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He Hi The MewsHeralb TWICE A WEEK SEE PLATTSMOUTH SUCCEED NfWS. Etabliiihd Not. 5. 1891 HSRALD. Established April 18. 1864 Consolidated Jan. 1. 1895 PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TJIUltSDAY. Ai'KIL 28. 1U10 VOL. XLVII NO. 3 .l si it U. S. VOLUNTEER OFFICER'S BILL Some of Veterans Get Erroneous Notions Concerning Same. From an article appearing in the National 1 nbunc of the 21st mat. some of the ex-union soldiers of the fit v con ceived a wrong impression, and some way came to the conclusion that a bill was about to be passed whereby all the old soldiers were going to "be naid off" in accordance with ihn time served in the late war of the Rebellion. The writer has carefully read the ar ticle and to clear the matter up offers the following: The article starts out with this statement "on the 31st instant Mr. Prince of Illinois representing the Com mittee of Military Affairs, submitted to the House a favorable report on the so-called Warner Townsand vol unteer retired list measure, being Mr. Townsands House Bill No. 1S899, with the recommendation that it pass with certain important amend ments." The bill purports to establish in the war department and navy department, a roll designated as "the civil war voulntcer officers retired list." Heretofore it seems that the govern ment has made no provisions for car ingfor the officers of the volunteer army while it has arranged by law to retire , 'ill officers of the regular army at a K certain aire limit and continue 1 heir v fiT it miiur t ii n 1 1 nun ii i uninww present proposed measure fixes the pay for the ex-volunteer officer at one third his regular pay, per month. Sec. No. 5 of the bill provides as follows for the enlisted men: "That any person who served as an enlisted man 90 days or more in the military or naval ser ice of the United States during the civil war and who has been honorably discharged therefrom, and whose physical or mental condition is of such degree as to require the fre quent and periodical aid and attention of another person, shall upon applica tion have his named placed upon the volunteer retired list created by this et, and shall receive, in lieu of all pensions 830.00 per month during his natural life. The foregoing section is one of the amendments to the measure referred to, and the committee in defending it say "Not only arc these stricken and rapidly departing veterans entitled to the relief thus furnished in lieu of the insufficient pensions which they now recei e, but in as much as the dis ability provided for is not required to be of service origin, this legislation will go far to render unnecessary, and therefore to discontinue the pres ent unbusiness like and costly, but hith erto apparently unavoidable system of passing through each Congress a great number of special private pen sion bills, which in many cases arc so belated as to bo of little value to the beneficiaries. It is also due to the gen oral body of surviving veterans of the Union army, who are now fraternally aiding these old and helpless comrades, that the later should bi thus nvsiom. $3.- : if! atically and adequately cared for in their closing days directly by the Gov ernment which they helped to preserve. It will thus be seen that the pensions of the soldiers are not to be interfer ed with and only those enlisted men having reached the age of seventy years and are physically or mentally disqualified from caring for themselves requiring the aid of some other person frequently will be benefitted bv law. Organized Country Clubs. Miss Gertrude Rowan of the Uni versity at Lincoln was in the city yes terday and with the help of Miss Mary Foster, County Superintendent, or ganized an experimental class in agri culture and domestic science consist ing of the boys and girls of the vicinity. This form of work is being carried on all over Nebraska by the state superin tendent of Instruction at Lincoln and very pleasing results are being obtained with the younger generation of the state. Monthly reports of the experiments carried on in each department are sent to the superintendent and in the fall of the year, contests are held at the county scats, where the specimens of the work, grain, etc are exhibited. These exhibits are then sent to the state fair at Lincoln and later to the National corn show at Omaha. It is a rather new wrinkle in the educa tional work of the state but in it's year of existence it is proving a great success. Miss Rowan, who opened the work here yesterday, is a very cultured young lady and arrange mcnts have been made for talks from her at the teachers institute which will be held in the city in August. A. E. Nelson who was to have charge of the work in agriculture was not able to be in the city yesterday, but the class was or ganized by the county superintendent and Miss Rowan. Starts on Long Term. James M. McMichael was taken to the state penitentiary by sheriff Quinton this morning where he will begin to serve out his five year sen tence which he drew for grand lar cency. It will be remembered, he switched diamongd rings on the ex press agent at Mynard, leaving a cheap initation in the box and coining to I'lattsmouth with the real stone which he tried to dispose of in the city. It was later found that he had played the same game on the company at Wyoming last month. While at the depot waiting for the train this morning, he seemed to prove his claim that he was a railway telegraph opera tor, for he recognized the calls on the wire and gave the sign of the 0. II. T. to the operators at the station. He claims to be a member of that organ ization and had a ring with the seal of the organization on the inside of which are the initials "J. M. M." however, he insisted that McMichael is not his correct name. Miss Alberta Thomas took the early east bound Burlington for a few days visit in Iowa. She will stop a short time with friends in Glenwood and probably with her sister Miss Daisy Thomas at Clarinda. GABERDINES, ROSEBERRY AND CRAVANETTE COATS for slip-on'a and sudden changes in the weather. We have the full line in all grades from the $6 zepher coat to the silk lined, light overcoat at $40. Look in our corner window at the all wool rain coat we show there at $13. See us for automobile coats, caps and gloves. C. E. Wcscoll's Sons The Home of Satisfaction. INDIANS ARE ON Green's Tribe of Players SCALPING OCCURS ON MAY 6 The Game With the Fast Nebraska City Mink Aggrega tion is Scheduled for Next Friday The Plattsmouth ball team will have to get busy in the next ten days if they expect to fill their end of the score card a week from Friday when they will meet Green's Nebraska Indians in a game on the local dia mond. The red skinned aborigines are on the trail of the lied Socks and will soon swoop down on them in full war paint but with the modem base ball bat to take the place of the an tique tomahawk which they have buried many moons ago. The team is one of the most widely known in the country and it will give the city quite a name in the ball world if they can hang a few over poor Lo and his brothers. The team was originally organized in 181)7 and has been continually in the field since then, having played in nearly every state in the Union in its dozen of years work on the diamond. They have maintained an unusually high standing and at times have defeated some of the strongest teams in the country. Most of the Players have indian blood in their veins and some of them arc full blooded articles of the plains. The tribe of duskics is owned and managed by a Lincoln man and the cost of bringing the aggregation to COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES TO BE HELD ON MAY 27 Programs Have Been Completed and Arrangements Made -for Graduation. The date of the commencement ex ercises of the class of 1910, the graduat ing class of the Plattsmouth high school has been set for Friday evening, May 27. The program will take place at the Parmelc theater, the participants being principally members of the graduating class. niOGRAM Invocation Rev. L. W. Gade Instrumental Duet 7 Trovalore Virgic McDaniels, Frances Whelan Vocal solo Rockin' in de Win' Harrictte Adams. Salutatory Normal Training in Nebraska High Schools. Mattie Larson. Valedictory Industrial Training in our Public Schools. Marie Douglass. Instrumental Solo Grand Valse Hattie Hoffman. Class Address V. M. Davidson, Superintendent City Schools, Omaha. Presentation of Diplomas J. M. Robertson.. The class is an unusually large one having thirty-two members with a goodly number of boys. Miss Marie Douglass was elected at a recent class meeting as Valedictorian, but the highest class standing has not yet been announced. According to a custom of the state a free seholorship for nearly any one of the Nebraska colleges is awarded the person with the highest standing for the four years of high school work. The class sermon will be preached at the First Presbyterian church Sun day evening, May 22, by Rev. W. L. WAR PATH Red Skinned Ball Coming. the Home Grounds ' Afternoon. this city is quite an amount, so large crowds are hoped for to pay the ex penses of the visitors. There is a big responsibility in bringing the costly out of town teams to the city and what the management needs at pres ent is hearty support and large atten dance at the games. It takes money to keep the players going find, the managers have so far booked games that are worth more than the price to see. For the coming Friday, they have secured the Nebraska City team, which will play in this city. They arc members of the Mink league, a fast aggregation which is stirring up a big bunch of dust in the base ball circles in this section of the country. It is hoped that the weather will be more favorable for the fans on the coming Fridays j.hait it has been on the first two days that were chalked up as base ball dates; and as the weather improves the crowds are expected to increase accordingly. The boys arc getting anxious for a game now. It has been sonic time since they have had a chance to show what they could do and they have set their teeth to get the skin if the Mink that is going to come Friday and the prospects for their accomplishing it seems bright. Austin of the Methodist church. Communications have been made with Wahoo and it has been decicded to hold the district championship debate at that place on next Tuesday evening, the contest being between the Plattsmouth and Wahoo teams. The High school ball team goes to Ashland Saturday to play a return game with the nine which they beat on the local grounds in the first game of the season. Majestic Opens. The new moving picture theater "the Majestic" opened last evening and Manager Shlaes is more than pleas ed with the first evening's work. The crowd packed the little house to it's doors and many were turned awav. while everyone who attended spoke very highly of the pictures and of the pleasant appearance of the place. Miss Mario Fitzgerald has taken the position of the piano player. On Saturday and Sunday, however, Miss Anna Priesman, a fine musician of Omaha, will preside at the keys and Mr. II. Prissman has been secured to sing at the afternoon and evening performances Saturday. , Twenty live new chairs have been ordered which will enlarge the seat ing capacity to a little over 200. On a week from Tuesday, Mr. Shlaes an nounces he will hold his first "Ama teur Night," when besides a few pic tures, there will be a number of musi cal selections by local talent for cash prizes. The proprietor expects to hold the amateur entertainment every other Tuesday night commencing with May 10. F.arl Travis was ill Omaha last night, returning to the city this morning. The chief of police was out this morning notifying the business men of the city to clean up their back yards and place their gasoline tanks under ground and the men are getting busy with their shovels and rakes in an effort to obey the order. Incidentally, they might take a look at the river sand bar which could stand a little cleaning up. Funeral of IV. P. Bailey. Services of the late William P. Railey will be held tomorrow after noon at 2:00 from his old home on Figth street. The funeral will be in charge of Rev. II. R. Rurgess who was a fond friend of the deceased, spending much of his time during the last few weeks at the bedside of the old gentleman. 'The services at ihe home will be very simple and the body with that of Mrs. Railey will leave on an afternoon train for Schenectady, N. V. the former home of the de ceased. The remains witll be accom panied to their final resting place" by Mrs. II. G. Garrison and Charles Railey, daughter and son of the late Mr. Railey, both of whom made their home at the Railey residence in this city. Dancers Elect O Ulcers. The Dancing Club of the Young Men's Turner society held a meeting last evening at Turne Halle and elected officers for the club as follows: President, Glen Rawls; Vice Presi dent,Nelson Jean: Treasurer, Fred Mann. The young men's organiza tion is one of the leading dancing clubs of the city and their select little crowds that meet occasionally at their hall are always royally entertained in the hands of the capable officers. The last dance given by the boys was about three weeks ago and it has not been definitely derided when the next one will be held, but the date will probably be announced in a few days. Need Two Names. All the Nebraska Lighting Com pany needs now to complete the list of signers on their street lighting proposition is two names. They have given up the hope of securing 80 names as was originally intended, but have now set the goal at 70 ami two more subscribers arc needed to make this number. Reforc the day is up, they are expecting to find the two men who are willing to cough up 50 cents a month for the maintenance of the three arcs, and their list will then be full. 'If your name is not on that agreement, you had better get busy or you're liable to loose the chance of helping on this good advertising proposition. Mr. J. N. Wise and Itcv. L. W. Gade left this morning for Lincoln to attend a big Presbyterian meeting where Mr. Gade will formally accept the position of pastor of the Presby terian church in this city. The gentle men will return to their homes on the late train this evening. SEVERAL things once when you The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats COMMERCIAL CLUBS AT COLUMBUS TODAY" Plattsmouth Delegation Hill At tend and Hear Prominent Men Speak. The sixth annual session of the Ne braska Association of Commercial clubs, of which this city is a member, is to be held today and tomorrow at Columbus. Some very interesting sessions have been arranged for and if the plans of the Plattsmouth repre sentatives turn out all right, the three men, J. P. Falter, A. L. Tidd and Hilt Wescott who were appointed as repre sentatives of the local club, will Ieavo the city tomorrow morning to bo present at the day's meetings. They arc meetings well worth attending and representatives from all the live towns of the state will gather and talk over the work of the hustling clubs and the results they are obtaining in the different citires. The seession will open for registra tion and acquaintance this afternoon at three. The opening program will bo held this evening with an address of welcome by the Mayor of Columbus and the president of the Columbus Commercial club. The resnonse is to be made by Charles Ryan, president of the Grand Island club, following which there will be the annual address by the president II. M. Rushnell. and a short speech by U. M. Dunaway of the Kearney club. Tomorrow at ten will be a talk on "Ruilding Communities by advertis ing." by N. A. Huso of Norfolk and "Home money for home development" by V. E. Wilson, president of thn Stromburg Commercial club. At the afternoon meeting short reports will be heard from the different clubs. the year's officers will bo elected and the adoption of the resolutions made. In the evening at 7 o'clock, a com plimentary dinner will be tendered- the visitors by the Columbus club followed by a short program with the following as speakers; Chancellor Samuel Avcrv. Univer sity of Nebraska; Francis A. Rrogan, Omaha Commercial Club, ex-nresi- dent of State Rar Association; Hcnrv T. Clark. President Nebraska Rnil- way Commission ; L. W. Pace. Director Good Roads Dicvision Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. will strike you at inspect our show- ins: of spring goods. You will be impressed witli the quality, pleased with the style and sur prised at the reasonable price. These clothes are made to meet ideas of men of taste superb creations of the tailors art, fashioned and fin ished in the most ap proved manner. Your satisfaction insured in every detail. 4