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More Than Enough Money Donated for the Fireman's Banquet
Thanksgiving Evening, and Enough of the Funds Left to Give
Two Dollars to Each Member of Fire Company.
Councilman I). O. Dwyer, chair- ners soun had throe streams of
man of the committee appointed
by Mayor fattier Monday night to
raiso funds for Riving the fire
boys a Thanksgiving dinner, met
with hearty response from the
citizens and business men of the
ity. He was out but a short time
and the contributions footed up
to $83.50, which shows the high
appreciation with which the busi
ness men of the town regard the
valiant fight the boys made to
save the property in the neighbor
hood of the fire Friday afternoon.
There have been seventeen fires
in Plattsiuoulh since January 1,
according to the record kept by
Secretary Frank I.ibershal of the
Plattsmouth fire company, and at
each ono of them the boys turned
tiut and performed their re-
water playing on the fierce flames,
and by . strenuous efforts every
fireman doing his utmost, the fire
was prevented from attacking
other property.
The company is composed
wholly of volunteers and is in
need of a good team of well drill
ed horses to drag the hose carts
quickly to any part of the city.
The city should own such a team
and keep the. same for no other
purpose and have it always ready
to go at a moment's notice. The
company is well organized and in
I he hands of efficient officers. The
president of the company is J. C.
Itrillian; vice president, William
(Sravctl; secretary, Frank Liber
shal, ami treasurer, Mike Hajeck,
ly the boys, until since the dis
astrous lire of last Friday, had
nd been fully appreciated by
many, and the action of the city
council in recognizing the merit
I of the boys in their brave light
against the llames met with Ihe
hearty approval of every citizen.
Ami the quick response by the
men canvassed with funds with
which to procure and serve a
Thanksgiving dinner to the mem
bers of the company is very
gratifying. The amount, neces
sary was quickly raised and
turned over to Ihe company, and
at a meeting last night was
turned over to each of the boys to
take home for a Thanksgiving
dinner for his family, and the rest
to be expended in a banquet to be
tendered the boys Thanksgiving
day, to take place at 7 p. m.
of the fire company are exempt
from poll lax and also jury serv
ice. After five years of active
service a member can be retired
and are honorary members and
receive a neat certificate entitling
.him to all of the privileges of an
active member, except to vole at
Ihe meetings of the company.
There are about 100 retired mem
bers in the city. The members
have a meeting each month, it be
ing held on the nighl of the sec
ond Tuesday of the month, and
spective duties well, but the fire I a retired member. The members
of last Friday was the fiercest of
Ihe year, and required the best
efforts on the part of Fire Chief
Manners and his company to sub
due the fire demon without ad
ditional loss of property than that
where the fire was started.
There are 29 active members in
the department at, present, and the
boys are on tin lookout for new
material and good men are in de
mand, as the force as now enroll
ed does not give enough men to
each hose cart to make the work
as effective as it otherwise could
be made with more men. There
are four hose carts and the hook
and ladder wagon. Three of the
carts and the wagon were in use
Friday afternoon. The red hose
cart and the white hose cart of
the central house and Ihe cart
from West Main street were used.
The red cart was maned by Harry
Kruger, captain, and F.1 Weaver,
foreman; the West Main street
cart by Joseph Kanka, captain,
and Hugh Stanley, foreman; the
book and ladder by C. P. Richards,
foreman, with force. Chief Man-
There is little danger from a
cold or from an attack of the grip
except when followed by pneu
monia, and this never happens
when Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is used. This remedy has
won its great reputation and ex
tensive sale by its remarkable
cures of colds and grip and can
be relied upon wiah implicit con
fidence. For sale by F. 0. Fricke
& Co.
BANKER ATTACKS
COL. ROOSEVELT
Wharton Barker Says He Male
ASSAILS THE "MONEY TRUST"
Philadelphia Man Says Story of Deal
With Financial Giant Is Verified by
Message of Former President Har
riman Named.
Adjusted Loss.
C. N. Crandall of Lincoln,
special agent for the Delaware
Insurance company and Reliance
Insurance company of Phila
delphia, was in the city yesterday
and adjusted the loss on William
Jones' livery barn, destroyed by
lire last Friday. W. K. Fox, local
agent for Ihe companies, -with Mr.
Crandall, made the Journal office
a pleasant call yesterday. Mr.
Jones is well pleased with the
prompt and business-like methods
they are reminded of the meeting; l,f '' companies represented by
by the fire bell, three taps repeal
ed calling them to meeting. The
secretary keeps an accurate list of
all active and retired members,
and makes a record of each fire
and a comprehensive history of
the organization and Ihe punct
uality of Ihe members can be got
ten from the secretary's books.
Should a member miss three
meetings of the company or fail
lo show up at five fires in suc
cession, bis name is dropped from
the list and the member sus
pended. The valuable service rendered
Messrs. Fox and Crandall, in thus
promptly paying the loss.
"I am pleased to recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as
the best thing I know of and
safest remedy for coughs, colds
and bronchial trouble," writes
Mrs. L. It. Arnold of Denver, Colo.
"We have used it repeatedly and
it has never failed to give relief."
For sale by F. 0. Fricke & Co.
D. O. Dwyer and Joe Peters
were passengers to Omaha on Ihe
afternoon train today.
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Philadelphia. Nov. 29. Wharton
Enrker, a retired banker of Philadel
phia, sprung a sensation on the sen
ate committee on interstate commerce
when he alleged that a New York
financier told him, In 1904, that the
fin ancial interests would support Theo
dore Roosevelt for president "because
,.h latter had made a bargain" with
them "on the. railroad question. "
Mr. Uarker'a statement came in the
midst of a vigorous attack on the
"money trtirft," in which he alleged
also that President Ro tsevolt had been
given the details of the Impending
j.anie of 1907 several months before it
happened, but took no action to pre
vent It. Tie (leeliml that the AUirlch
currency plan was the handiwork, not
of former Senator Aldrleh, but of a
Mr. Warbui ton of Kulin, Ioeb & Co. of
New York, an I that a fund of $1,000,
00C hiul been started to InRure its
adoption.
"Three or four weks before the
ejection In 100-1," Mr. Parker said, "I
was walk bis down Rroadwiy when I
mot one of the most distinguished
.noney kings in New York, a nan now
dead. He said to me: "vVe are going
to e'ect Ro isevelt.' I expressed sur
prise, and asked if he had given up
the support of Parker. lie said yes;
that tley had fr'ghtened Roosevelt so
that he had made a bargain with
them."
Mcmbors of the .o.iiniittee looked
somewhat incredulous, and Mr. Par
ker added:
"I wNV Mr. Roosevelt were here."
"I. wish h? were," Senator Towns
rid said; "it would be Int. Test InR."
Tells of Alleged Bargain.
.Mr. Parker said the financial giant,
whom he declined to name, told him
that 'iloosrvlt had made a bargain
on the railroad question." Mr. Parker
continued:
Ho is to holler nil he wants to,'
lie told uie, 'hut by and by a rnilroad
bill will bo brought inby recommenda
lion of the president cutting off re
bates and freo passes, which suits us
who own the railro ids, permitting the
luilroads to make pooling arrange
incuts and 'irovidlng for maximum
rrt.es.' "
Tlio rnilroad man idded, Mr. Darker
said, that under the latter authority
It would bo possible to add from $300,.
0(10,000 to $100,000 000 to the total
fielilit charges paid by the American
riddle.
"I told him 1 didn't believe Rooso
velt had made any such agreement,'
Mr. Darker said, "but when the annual
message of 19 '5 wont to congreaB he
recommended most of those things
wrote to President Roosevelt and told
him what I heard and that I had
thought the man lied, but now I must
believe he had not. It was tho only
letter of mine Mr, Roosevelt ever
failed to answer."
Members of tho committee asked
Mr. Rarker to give the name of the
financial man who had told him that
Roosevelt was to be elected.
"I cannot do It," Mr. Parker snld
"but. subsequently somebody was al
legod to have stolen some correspond
ence between Mr. Hurrlnian and the
president telling of $250,000 put up
for election expenses In the city of
New York."
Asked to Use Influence.
Referring to the panic of 1907, Mr,
Parker said a man who was present
tit a conference at J. P. Morgan's
house in May came to him In Philadel
phla and wanted him to uso his lnflu
once with President Roosevelt to stop
a plan that bad been mapped out, he
alleged, by the financial leaders. The
man was a captain In the rough riders
he said, and had used his own lnflu
enco with the piesident, but without
avail.
"The plan," Mr. Parker said, 'con
templated the curtailment of loans
the withdrawal of credit, the putting
away of money by those Interested
where they could get It when they
needed It to stop the panic and the
enforcement of the various state law
regarding the holding of cash re
serves by the banks and trust com
panics."
Mr. Parker said that In October,
when the financial upheaval reached
its crisis, he urged President Roose
velt to distribute $143,000,000 of cash
cn hand In the treasury among the
banks of Chicago, Philadelphia, Bos
ton and other large cities.
"He wanted to do It," he said, "but
he called In Mr. Knox and Mr. Cortel
you and Mr. Root, and Instead of de
positing It In the outside cities, he
plunged the whole amount Into Wall
atreet. It broke the country, but It
saved the gamblers."
CLEMS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
Oefense Claims Frank Smith, the Vic
tim, Shot Himself Curing Struggle.
Ploomington, Neb.. Nov. 211. The
rase of Charles C. Clems of Franklin,
charged with the murder of Frank
bmith, also of Franklin, on the night
of Sept. 11, Is on trial in the district
;rcurt here before Judge Dungan.
Betraying little or no concern, and
with the same indifference that he has
shown during his confinement In the
jail here, tho defendant faced tho
twelve men who are to decido his guilt
or Innocence. He entered a plea of
not guilty to the Information In a
steady voice and was seemingly as un
concerned as any of the spectators In
the court room. The Jury Is com
posed chiefly of farmers.
The county attorney, In his address
to the jury, outlined tho case for tho
state and what he would attempt to
prove, which was, In subBtance, that
Frank Smith went Into the monument
works, of which Clems was the pro
prietor, on the afternoon of Sept. 11
and the two had several drinks to
gether, when a quarrel arone and
Clems grabbed a revolver which was
lying on the table and shot Smith.
The defense will attempt to dis
prove the testimony of tho state and
show that Smith was a very quarrel
some man when drinking; that he en
tered the oftiee of Clems on tho night
of the killing nnd started to pick a
quarrel with the latter; that he grab
bed tho. revolver off the table and that
Clems struegled with him for Its pos
session, ard In the struggle Smith
shot himself.
Farms Fop Sale.
1(50 acres of Cass county land.
located 3 miles south of Nehawka.
This place is in excellent condi-
lon with 100 acres sowed to fall
w he at, i acres of alfalfa, 30 acres
of meadow and remainder in
pasture, 7 acres being fenced hog
tight. Improved with 8 room
house, fine new largo barn with
accommodations for ten head of
horses and fifty cattle; cribs and
granary, 4 acres orchard and a
splendid well with new mill. Be
side, the well there, is a good spring
and two email running streams.
Would make a fine proposition for
stock of diversified farming.
Also 160 acres rich Otoe coun
ty land adjoining the above farm;
135 acres under cultivation, most
of which is bottom land and pro
duces bumper crops; and 20
acres is in meadow. This la m
good buy for somebody. For
further information communicate
with .
C lleadon Hall, Nehawka, Neb.
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AREJNGLUDED
Banking Board Sends Noto lo
Bankers About Reports.
Lincoln, Nov. 29. Following a meet
ing of the state banking board. It was
decided to send a letter to each of the
Btate banks relative to tho discontinu
ance of public money deposits with the
bonds which have had to be put up
dining the years when no other pro
tection was afforded for tho deposit
of such funds. The action Ih taken
in consequence of the passage or the
amendments to the guaranty deposit
law, providing Unit public funds
should be under the protection of this
law as well as private funds. It Is
deemed by the board that a fair con-
btruction of nil the provisions of the
law requires tho banks to make a
statement of their average dally de
posits, which statement should In
clude public moneys, ns well as pri
vate deposits. ' This will apply to the
report of average deposits to be made
Dec. 1, 1911, as well ns those to bo
miido in tho future.
PRAISE WEEKLY'S VALOR
St. Mary's Guild Meets.
The St. Mary's r.uild of Bt.
Luke's church held their regular
meeting yesterday afternoon and
were delightfully entertained at
the charming home of Mrs. James
Donnelly. The usual large num
ber were in attendance and the
regular business session was held
at the nppoiuled hour, at which
time some business of importance
was transacted. The remainder
of the afternoon was very pleas
antly spent in si itching and other
amusements. An elegant lunch
eon was served by Ihe hostess, she
being assisted in serving by Miss
Orctchcn Donnelly and Miss New-branch.
In County Court.
The final settlement of the
estate of Ellen Nagle Murphy was
had in the county court today,
which was attended by tho re
siduary legatee, Mrs. Charles Gcr-
laek ami husband. The will of the
deceased leaves an 80-acro farm
in trust, for the children of Mrs.
Oerlack and the rest and residue
of the properly to Mrs. Oerlack
herself, Ihe only child of (ho, deceased.
Body of the Dead Nebraska Hero Sent
Home for Burial.
Chicago, Nov. 29. A coroner's Jury,
after heariue a dramatic recital of
the heroism of Finest Weekly by Mlsa
Celeste Urculli, whose life ho saved
at the sacrifice of his own, included
In Its verdict of accidental death a
resolution praising tho young mail's
valor.
The girl told of her confusion In
tho blinding glare of locomotive head
lights as she started across tho IrackS
on her way home; of Weekly's shout
inc to her and of her being bo fright
ened she was unable to move, and how I
he rushed to her aid, threw her out of
danger and went to his death under
the wheels ot the locomotive with a
smile.
Weekly's body was sent to the homo
of his mother In Valley, Neb.
Two May Die After Joy Ride.
Mlnden, Neb., Nov. 29. Fred Wells
and Harry Nelsen, who were thrown
from a stolen automobile when it
turned over a low bank, are on the
verge of death. Tho boyB with a com
panion helped themselves to a ma
chine standing oa the main street.
While driving at a rate of sixty mlleH
an hour the accident occurred. Wells'
akull Is crushed and Nelsen has sus
tained several fractured bones and In
ternal Injuries.
Killed for Attentions to Wife.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 29. Ilorrow
Ing a shotgun, James Merrltt, son of
a wealthy planter, killed Adolph
Lnyne, near Walter Hill, his home In
Rutherford county. Several months
ago Merrltt wounded Inyne, claiming
Ijvyne's attention to Mrs. Merrltt were
obnoxious. Merrltt surrendered to the
authorities.
Mrs. Drummond Granted Divorce.
St. Louis, Nov. 29. MrB. Charlotte
Dentu Drummond, second wife of
Charles It. Drummond, a wealthy real
pstate man, divorced him after a hear
ing lasting seven minutes. Drummond
I? under sentenco In St. Louis coun
ty on a charge of bigamy and Is said
to be either In Ijo Angelos or In Hawaii.
Mr. T. J. (Iruinmel of Auburn,
was in the cily over night, going
from here to Omaha this morning.
Mr. ('ruminel is a bridge contract
or and was here on business. He
gave Ihe Journal a very pleasant
call and ordered Ihe household
necessity sent lo his address ia
order lo know what is going oa
in Cass county.
Highest price paid for
all kinds of poultry.
Matt Produce Co.
Henry Earl Placed on Trial for Murder
Fremont, Nob., Nov. 29 Henry
Earl, tho alleged murderer of Charles
Vail, aged proprietor of a local lodg
ing house, was placed on trial for
murder here. Karl Is colored. His at
torneys exhausted tho panel and
called nearly a dozen extra talesmen
Mra. O'ShaugHnessey Acquitted.
Vow VnrV Ktw "Ml Mra TTVnnnftc
O'Hhaughnesscy, who shot her hus-1 Defore the l"T? wnB completed.
band "to save his roul." was acquitted ) mteryrban Line Opened,
on a charge of murder by the Jury , . , , .
after It had deliberated two hourB.' herldan, yo. Nov 29 -The Sher
The defense was a combination of in- ""nD'cU Interurban electric line waa
lanlty and the "unwritten law." opened for business.
Herman Grosdar,
Graduate Vctsniary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska Stale
Board
Calls Arswcrcd Promptly
Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth
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