The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, April 18, 1910, Image 1
The MewsHeralb TWICE A WEEK SEE PLATTSMOUTH SUCCEED NWS. Established No. S. 1891 I CoMalkUtirf Jin 1 IMC HBRALD. lUblubd April 16. 1864 ( U,Molldlted J,n-l- 1894 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY APKIL 18. 1U10 VOL. XLVI NO. 104 V WIN FIRST BALL GAME Plattsmouth Defeats the Old Rival, Glenwood by Good Margin. FIRST SCORE OF YEAR WAS EIGHT TO THREE Boys Pleased Over their New Suits Which Were Sprung on Them by the Association. Old Sol didn't especially favor the Plattsmouth fans yesterday at the opening of the base ball season, but the boys played the game anyway and put it over the Glenwood nine by the score of 8 to 3. The weather that was turned out was more on the foot ball style, and the cold and disagreeable wind with the threatening clouds pre vented a very large attendance. The boys were given a pleasant surprise when they went into their dressing moms and found brand new suits .hat had never been donned before. They were purchased by the associa- ..tion without the team getting next to it and are some of the best of Spaul dings goods, white suits and caps with red and white stockings. The players christened them well too, by winning their first game inHhem. When a base ball team with new suits on wins the first game of the season, when it starts on Friday, with two colore! gentlemen on the opjosiiig side and the thermometer hovtringrPlatramouth was given a batfc oil balls"; around zero, that is certainly going some. Things looked pretty bad for the local nine until about the fifth inning when they came in strong with four rujus and from then on they had things going their own way. . The first inning started out rather siow. 1 lie dully winds whistled around their ears and the pitchers didn't get warmed up. On the toss up, Glenwood went to bat. By steal ing bases, the' visitors got a man as far as third, but the third out pre vented him from making home. The local men were unable to get a man past first and the the inning closed without a scare. , . , One of the the first throws in the second inning, with Glenwood at bat, hit the batter heavily in the ribs and the man was placed on Uis base. Two of the Iowans walked on balls and the catching of a pretty fly wound up the inning with two runs in their favor The first man up for Plattsmouth went out, th,c second put a Hy in the hands of an Ioyan, the third succeeded in getting to second but here a third out stopped him. In the third, one of the dark gentle men slugged the ball and reached sec ond and later stole third. Deal in the '-.49Jd caucht a pretty fly and the half closed with one visitor reaching nome The first Plattsmouth man fanned the wind, but Deal found the ball for a cood slug. None of the men made home and the frame closed 3 to 0. In the fourth, the Plattsmouth pitcher struck out the first man. Fitzgerald made the .second out, by getting under a Glenwood fly.. . One of the men was hit by a hot one in the arm, and the bases began to fill. The man stole second and third when McCauley made one . of , the . pretty iJays of the games in closing the in - C. E. i $ rzzi ill); ft - ning by catching a hard fly with a man on third and one on second. The first Plattsmouth batter was hit with the ball and stole second. McCauley made an easy hit that brought in a man and their luck began to change. With two men out and two on bases, a home man fanned out leaving the score 3 to 1. . In the fifth McCauley did some fine work in the box and put out the Glen wood men as fast as they could stick them up, and not a man reached first. Then the local boys started something. One of the first men was hit and walked Mann and McCauley- found the pit chers ball and ran in a couple of scores Mason made a nice hit and the bases were well filled when a man fanned and closed the inning with the score of 3 to 5 in Plattsmouth's favor. In the sixth, the good work contin ued. The first visitor couldn't find the ball with a scoop shovel. The1 Ethiopcan was the second man to bat and he had the same luck. The third man struck out also and the bleachers went crazy as the game was practically cliched. Plattsmouth went to bat and Warga landed on the sphere for a two bagger, and had the pround rules not prevented he would have made a home run. One runner got in and the frame closed with a man on third, score 3 to C. The seventh was an exciting one and the home plate was endangered more than once but no knight from across the river succeeded in safely getting his foot on it. One of their first men stolo second and third and was just put out as he slid for home. A man was run down between second and third and the first half gave Glen wood a goose egg. After a couple of errors, Smith slugged the ball for threo bases, and Mann with the only home run of the game brought in anothei run which made (he final score of 3 to 8. The eighth was a short frame and no runs were made by cither side. The visitors staid in bat about two minutes, but Plattsmouth nearly piled up a few more scores on her side. but in trying to steal second, the man went out. Droege landed on the ball for a good two bagger and with a man on third, the inning closed. In the first half of the ninth a colored man nearly reached third on a steal, but was tipped and the game was closed with the score 3 to 8 in Platts mouth'B favor. Following is the score: Plattsmouth: Bcal.cf 1 1 1 Drege, 89: . . . 0 1 0 Fitzgerald, 3b 2 1 0 McCauley, lb 1 1 0 mith,2b. 2 0 2 Mason, p, lb.. -y . . . 0 2 2 Maun, c 1 1 0 Warga, If 1 1 0 Kelly, rf.. 0 0 0 8 S 5 Glenwood. Wheeler p...., ..... 0 0 0 F. Reeves, c....... 1 1 0 Albce,lf,p 0 0 0 Marshall, lb .010 Kagoe, ss 10 3 It. llceves 10 1 Uishell.rf.... 0 1 0 Collins, 2b, If 0 0 0 Allen, cf 0 10 ' 3 4 4 Score by innings: Plattsmouth. . 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 8 Glenwood .... 02100000 0-3 Batteries: Plattsmouth: Mason McCauley and Mann. Glenwood: Wheeler, Albee and F. Reeves Umpires Barrows and Albee. D. Ilawksworth was a traveler on a north. boifud. Burlington this mom ing, going up to Omaha for the day. Is the price of the Hercules Boys' Knickerbocker Suit, No more. No less. If you pay more for vour bov's suit vou can't eet more value. If v ; v w you pay less you are not ' getting enough for your money. These suits are strictly all wool, have full . lined trousers, are extra sewed and taped, have rein forced sleeve lining, are water proof and moth proof. They come in handsome shades of brown, gray and olive mixtures. Also a beautiful blue serge for $5. Compare them with other suits and you'll appreciate their value. WESCOTT'S SONS STEELE CIH WOMAN KILLS HER CHILD Jefferson County Brains of Two - BELIEVED TO BE MENT ALLY UNBALLANGED Cuts Her Own Throat so Long Survive Steele City, Neb., April 14. Some time between 3 and 7 o'clock this morning Mrs. Cora Van Orsdale, a widow residing here, killed her two year old daughter by beating out her brains with a hammer and then in her frenzy, to make sure of ending the child's life, she cut a frightful gash in the little one's throat. The woman then cut her own throat with a knife, making so many fear fully ragged wounds that it is be lieved that she will not live until morning. " The terrible crime was enacted in a bedroom occupied by the woman and M MICHEL DRAWS FIVE t YEARS IN THE PEN Man at Who Exchanged Diamonds Mynard Gets StlHTerm From the Judge James McMichael, the man who had a diamond ring worth $145 sent from the Nebraska City jeweler, J. B. Mikkelscn, to Mynard, and there substituted it for an imitation stone, plead guilty to the charge of grand larceny before District Judge Travis this afternoon and received a five year penitentiary term and costs of the legal proceedings. The man gave the same statements regarding his life as has been before spoken of in The News, but the judge regarded the man a,s a crook and gave him nearly the maximum sentence, only missing the mark two years. Interesting things nre still turn ing up about the diamond swindler McMichael, who claims to hail from the west. Yesterday afternoon, the jeweler, B.A. McElwain, took the rings up to Omaha to sec if he could find out anything about them and whether the man had bought them as he had claimed. He found the concern of which Mc Michael spoke, generally known as the DeLong Jewelry company, a new establishment in Omaha. He took with him the neat leather wallet in which, tho man carried the jewelry, There were five rings that could Widow Beats Out Year - Old Child. Badly That She Cannot Wounds. her babe. It is supposed by. some that she was mentally unbalanced, out others say that her mind is normal. Mrs. Van Orsdale is a very wealthy woman. Her husband died about a year ago and some people hero thing that she took the life of her child and tried to end her own existence because of grief over her .husband's death. . Mrs. Van Orsdale is at her resi dence under, the continual care of a physician'.1 People who know her well say that she never has shown any symptoms of insanity. not be distinguished from each other by a casual observer, and these he claimed to have purchased from the Omaha house. They were spark lers, looking much like diamonds, and were set in solid gold k mountings. It took but a moment for ' the Omaha jewelers to recall the man, McMichael, who appeared at the store last Saturday giving the name of Jack son, ins actions were noted to be peculiar, like that of a person under the influence of dope, and the jewelers watched him closely, but in liis deal ings .with them he was fair and legi timate. He produced three of the five rings, which are now held, and asked that two exact " duplicates of them be made, with the exceptions that- in one a real diamond be placed. His order was correctly carried out and the goods were turned over to him. In the examination of the rings in Omaha, the real diamond was found to be among them, a "straw diamond" it is termed by jewclrymen. : It was at this store that he picked out the imitation stone and ordered it set in a solid mounting. This was the stone that he switched at Mynard The Omaha men knew nothing of the large imitation pearls but they stated that he . had a large white diamond when iu their store, which he must have disposed of the first of the week for no trace of it can now be touna. 10 the Umaha jewelers he gave the same story of being west and said that he purchased the three rings from the Davidson Jewelry com pany of Sai) Francisco.'-,. " " . , . It is the general supposition that the man had a stock of rings mndefor the trick similar to the one lie worked at Mynard He would, use the. real stone. for the sample, "perhaps have it examined, by u jeweler, but instead of delivering ,tho atone ho would slip one of the cheap imitations into-the box. The riugs look so much alike that it is ouly possible for a person with an experienced eye to tell them apart, and the scheme no doubt would have proven quite successful, Mr. A. E. Sheldon a inemlxT of the . Historical society of Lincoln, who a'tedns ouo of the judges of the debate hist evening was in to pay his respects at the News olliee during his short stay in the city. Mrs. Albert Nelson departed for Lincoln where she will make a brief visit with friends and relatives. WIN THE DEBATE BY UNANIMOUS DECISION Plattsmouth High School Team Clearly Outclasses Its Old ( Rival Blair. (From Saturday's Dally) The debating trio of the home school crushed the visiting team from Blair last night by the unanimous decision of the three judges. The P.lattymouth team seemed to have their oponents bested m every part of tho work; their argument was deeper, their rebuttal stronger and their delivery better. The subject in question was, "He- solved, that labor unions arc, on the whole, beneficial. Plattsmou'h up holding the affirmative side of the ques tion. The local team lead out strong by Miss Cass's opening speech, pre senting and explaining tho question. The orators followed in the order as stated: John Falter and Marie Doug lass. For Blair, Carl Hathaway, li. V. Haten and infield Itoss. The home team again proved the old supposition among the league de baters, that a delegation comprised largely of girls can defeat a masculino team nearly every time. The fine de livery and the ease of speech was a very noticable feature of the Platts mouth debaters, and their lack of a set speech was of great advantage to them iu upholding the affirmative. The visitors lead off in the rebuttal, but did not rise to tho occasion with as keen argument as the home students put up. Every speaker took his full time, ten minutes for main argument and five minutes for rebuttal, and it was one of the best high school de bates ever seen in the city. All of the Plattsmouth speakers showed them selves to be artists "with the gift of gab." -: ; The judges were C. A. Robbins, A." E. Sheldon and E. B.'Conaut who reached their decision in a few moments time. The gratifying result was an nouced by the principal, Ben. Harrison, who is feeling quite elated over the out come of the meet. During the evening a number of pleasant musical selections were ren dered. Before the debate a delightful piano solo by Waldemerc Socnnieh sen and a vocal solo by Mrs. J. W. Gamble were greatly appreciated by the audience, and just befcre the de cision was announced Miss . Virginia McDaniel gave a pretty piano selec tion. ft! '" ft YOU'LL find a good raincoat one g of the most useful, sensible, re- ft . liable garments you can have, g ft ft m ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft! ft ft ft ft B 0; ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft for spring, ranging in Anyday we'll be glad to ft The Home of Hart Schaffner &, Marx clothes Manhattan Shirts Falter & Value Giving Clothiers. MAYOR IS VERY MAD Proposes to Throw the Preachers of Topeka Out of a Job. OPPOSED HIS ELECTION . AS TOPEKA S MAYOR Calls Preaching Common Everyday Labor and Is Therefore Unlawful. Topeka, April 14. Does the preach ing of a sermon on the Sabbath for pay, the singing in a church choir for com pensation nnd the playing the church organ for money on the Lord's Day constitute a breaking of Topeka's Sunday labor law? Mayor Billard says theso things arc just as much an infringement on the ordinance as the working of actors, actresses and Btago hands who are now prohibited from follow ing their vocations Sundays. Mayor Billard also calls attention to the opera tion of street cars on the Sabbath and to open drug stores, cigar stores, pea nut stands and soda fountains. Tho plain inference is that he expects to make Topeka the "tightest" blue town in christendon unless the people ap peal the present anti-labor law. , Mayor Billard docs not believe in the closing of theatres Sunday. Ho says that this day is the day of re creation for the laboring man, and, so long as the attending of the theatres is an innocent amusement, the people should bo allowed to "enjoy it. 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