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.Neh state Historical So. A .Ak V A W IT Xk 3"OU'!10U. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1912. NO. 18. VOLUME XXXI. 'Splat is PLATTSMOUTH CITY SCHOOLS SHOW FLHIERIIIG HDITIOII OF AFFAIRS Under the Skillful Management of Superintendent Abbott the Schools are In First Class Shape and the Attendance of Out of Town Pupils Brings in Much Revenue. From Tuesday's Dally. At a meeting of the school board last evening, on account of the death of Mrs. Knapp, Presi dent II. N. Dovey's mother-in-law, "Vice President II. M. Soennichsen presided at the meeting. Only routine business was transacted. Superintendent Abbott made his regular monthly report, which, in substance, was as follows: Total receipts from tuitions for the month aggregated $28, which, with the amount previous report ed, amounted in six months to $217.51. A summary of the month of January shows attend ance as follows: Boys Girls Total Enrolled first day.. 454 485 939 Belonging last day 434 45G 890 Days absent G07 027 1,234 Tardy marks 78 59 137 Truants 5 . . . 5 Number of visitors 20 Out of 22 rooms in our system 13 had no tardiness at all among the girls and 8 had none among the boys. The summary for February is not quite so creditable as January on account of the unseasonable weather, being as follows: Boys Girls Total Enrolled first day. .442 471 913 Belonging last day 408 443 851 Days absent .....009 576 1,185 5 128 Mrs. E. H. Booth Very Sick. From Tuesday's Dally. Mrs. E. II. Booth, who has been visiting relatives in St. Louis for the past ten days, re turned (his morning via Omaha. She is very sick, having had the care of a nurse during her entire trip from St. Louis. Mrs. L. B. F.gcnberger and Mrs. Val Burkel met her at the station and called a cab io enable her to go to her home. 501 THINGS THAT Tardy marks 73 Truants 3 Number of visitors 15 For the first half of the schoo year, under the High school law, there has been collected $432, and the prospect in this direction in future seems to point to doubling this amount during the next ylear, and instead of $800 for the year, next year may be expected to yield an income of $1,000. The students who come from these outside districts are, as a rule, pupils of whom we may be justly proud. They are usually earnest and studious, and though many of them drive in some dis tance each morning, they are able in spite of this handicap to keep up their work satisfactorily. In order to secure these new students who are about to gradu ate from the eighth grade in the various school districts, it will be necessary for us and the business men of Plaltsmouth to show them that we should like to have them take work here. Now that the bridge is built over the Platte we may properly reach out to Sarpy county for some of their pupils, since this law of free tuition is not restrained within county lines. I suggest that during the coun ty institute and during all. of May when these pupils are graduating are two good times to do mis sionary work along these lines. As I have said in a previous re port, your secretary and super intendent did some of the sort of work here suggested last sum mer, but it was not a small part even of what may be done if we all work together and get all of the people in Plaltsmouth to help. During the past month I made a careful and comprehensive study of our High school, in person re viewing the report of every student in the school, and consult ing in many rases with teachers, principal and parents. The re sult of this investigation I em bodied in a report to the High school that I trust has done some good. I have also condensed this investigation into a briefer re port that will be published in an educational magazine. I defer the condensed report until such time as you may be able to read it in print. Suffice it to say here that while our High school is not yet on a plane of scholarship where we may be perfectly satisfied feel that it is going in the right direction and that Mr. Larson and his corps of teachers are doing the sort of work and reaching the kind of results that we hoped for when you employed them a year ago. The general plans for the com mencement exercises have been made. Rev. Mr. Austin has kind ly consented lo preach the annual sermon on the evening of Sunday, May 19. This service will be held at the Methodist church and it is likely to be a union meeting, as Rev.Gade has accepted an invita tion to take part in if. The class play is being ar ranged for. We have socured com petent coaches and expect fo present the comedy on the even ing of May 21. We have not definitely secured the speaker for the graduating exercises through a misunder standing as to the fee to be charged us. The others who are to be given places on the pro gram have been invited and this matter will be in definite form in a few days. BH II UPTONS IN T FOR 1250 Injured in Locomotive Boiler Ex plosion In Burlington Yards at Lincoln. MRS. GROVENOR KNAPP PASSES AWAY MONDAY Highly Esteemed Lady of This City Called to Her Final Reward. From Tuesday's Dally. Mrs. Mary Knapp, wife of Grovener Knapp of this city, passed away at their home on West Granite street last night, after an illness of several months. Mary Mallannah was born in Rochester, New York, December 14, 1839, being at the time of her death in her seventy-third year. She grew lo young womanhood in her native city, and on April 17, 1802, was married to Mr. Knapp. With her husband Mrs. Knapp moved to St. Catherine, Canada, where they resided for some years and later settled , at Pacific Junc tion, where Mr. Knapp was super intendent of the railway yards for a year, being transferred to Shenandoah, ho was promoted to the master mechanic's position. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp resided in Shenandoah for fourteen years, later coining to Plattsmouth, the first lime in 1882 and the last time about 1899, since which date this city has been her home. Mrs. Knapp is survived by her husband, two daughters and two sisters, her daughters being Mrs. W. K. Fox and Mrs. II. N. Dovey of this city; her sisters are Mrs Oscar Heath, Lincoln, and Mrs William Parkhill, Delavan, Wisconsin. P. S. Since the above was put in type we are informed that the funeral will occur from the home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock Hev. W. L. Austin of the Method ist church conducting the serv ices. Morris II. Upton, the Burling ton brakemau, who was injured in the explosion of a locomotive boiler in the Lincoln yards two years ago, will receive $8,250 as damages from the Burlington railroad, with interest since the rendering of the judgment in the Lincoln division of the federal court several months ago. The federal courts of appeals affirm ed the judgment of the lower court yesterday. Information of the affirmation by the court of appeals was re ceived in Lincoln by a telegram to R. J. Greene, of counsel for Upton. It stated briefly that the position of the lower court was upheld in every particular. The principal contention of the defendant company, that the Bur lington was not subject to a judg ment because its relief funds ex empted it from the operation of the federal employers' liability law, was held void by the superior court. This question was an open one when Judge T. C. Mun- ger decided against the railroad in the lower court. Since that time the federal supreme court has ruled that the company is not xempt, the decision being in the case of McGuire vs. the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, appealed from the Iowa district court. It was necessary for the plain tiff to make a case proving that no negligence of the crew was re sponsible for the accident, since such negligence would have re lieved the railroad of liability. The necessity for making such a negative case was considered the hardest task of the entire suit from the standpoint of the plain tiff's attorneys. The case was argued before the court of appeals at St. Louis in December, It. J. Grecnp and L. C. Burr representing Upton. The accident in which Upton was injured caused the death of George R. Pierce, the engineer, and Charles Meacham, the fire man. Upton himself was hurled through the air and lit in a pool of water some, distance from the scene of the explosion. He sus tained a fractured leg and other severe injuries, including serious nervous shock. Lincoln Journal. And Which Needs the Attention of the City Council Ere Spring Fully Dawns Upon Us. N'ow that spring is almost here some or the gooil citizens or Plaltsmouth are beginning to plan a campaign tor cleaning up the city along the line of sanitary conditions. One of the peculiari ties of the men on the street and oir offensive alike to men and women, is the habit of spitting on the sidewalks and on the platform at the station. According to the doctors this filthy habit is one o! the methods of spreading diseases of different sorts, especial tuberc ulosis. Besides being nauseat ing to the men and women who are compelled to observe the filthy walks, it is a menace to the health of 4 he community to allow promiscious expectorating on the pavements. Occasionally after imbibing too much lager beer at the counters of the numerous thirst parlors, a man will be seized with virtigo and attempt to spit on the walk and before he is through has thrown up two or three meals. All this, could be dispensed with if the idinance passed by the city CHARLES ALLEN I C DlfAHIOT Id I Tl MIL UlUnlll RECEIVES A VISII FROM WIFE 1. 2 They Have Quite a Conference, and the Second Mrs. Whiting Seemed Very Much Disappointed at the Condition of Affairs. Was Engaged to Whiting Since September, Not Knowing That the First Mrs. Whiting Was in Existence. legislative body some time ago should be strictly enforced. Other cities in Nebraska have such a measure on their ordinance book and enforce it, and why not have Plattsmouth keep along with the procession? It would be a little hard on the fellows "a lean'n against the buildn's," and would no doubt be awkward at first to have to lep across twenty feet of pavement to deposit their saliva over the curb, but after a little practice they would be able to do so by going only half the distance. The enfr cement of the measure would be welcomed by the women who have to pass over the pud dles of tobacco mixed saliva often seen at some of the most fre quented corners. Arrives at Montlcello. Louis Schultz has written M. A. Searle of this city that he ar rived in Monticello, Arkansas, last Thursday and found everything lovely. Will Schultz, his son, ar rived with the car of stock Fri day and everything went through in fine shape. Mr. Schultz is greatly pleased with his surround ings and with the country. After looking over the fine farm which he had purchased he decided that it would be more than he could handle himself, so he turned this over to his son and rented a smaller. farm nearer town. They are all comfortably located and delighted with the change from the frigid climate to one so much milder. The prospect for early spring work is bright and every thing promising and inviting. From Wednesday's Dally. A young lady wearing an anxious look alighted from No. yesterday morning and inquired where the court house was located, where the jail was situated and who she would have to see in order to obtain an interview with a prisoner in the jail. She was directed to the court house, where she at once sought Judge Beeson's office, and seat ing herself before his honor asked him if he remembered having seen her before. The judge reflected a brief minute and remarked that he believed he had seen her. She then produced a copy of the Oma ha Bee containing an account of Charles Allen Whiting having been apprehended for bigamy, and informed Judge Beeson that she was the innocent victim of Whit ing's crime, and that the first she knew of his trouble and double dealing was when she saw it in the Bee. She said that she had known Whiting for about a year, and ha( been going with him for six months and had been engaged to him since last September. That he had always led her to believe that he was a single man, and that his father and mother lived in Lincoln, where he frequently went to visit them. The lady was in tears during her conversation with Judge Beeson, and appeared to be badly shocked at learning the -perfidy of her supposed legitimate spouse. Whiting was such a fine young man and everyone liked him so much; he could go to any of his acquaintances and they would trust him for any sum he might wish to ask to borrw; punctual with his engagements and "Johnny on the spot" on all oc casions, and it grieved Mrs. Whit ing No. 2 sorely to know that he had duped her. The lady left the court room to find Deputy Manspeaker and get his consent to let her into the jail where she could have another look at her lover. She thought it very strange when he failed to 'phone her from Lincoln, where ho went Friday to visit his parents, and when she got no word from him she was much worried and would have been worrying still had she not happened to pick up the Bee and see the plight Whit ing was in. Mrs. Whiting then found Mr. Manspeaker and told him her mis sion and showed him the story in the Bee. The lady was weeping and the deputy is not a hard hearted man, so he agreed to let her have a ten minutes' interview with Whiting and conducted her to his prison cell. Mrs. Whiting No. 2 shed more tears when she confronted Whiting and asked him why he did not tell her he had a wife. The confessed biga mist replied that he didn't like to tell her. At the end of the interview, if, being near the hour for lunch, the deputy sheriff invited the troubled woman to take lunch at his quar ters over the jail, and the invita tion was accepted. After lunch Mrs. Whiting No. 2 proposed that she interview Whiting once again, but she was disuaded from this. Before her marriage she had sup ported herself and two children b working at a restaurant, where she received $11 per week, but since her marriage she had given up this position and her place was now filled by someone else, but she expected to try to get a position at the same place again. The lady staled that Mrs. Mc Queslion of this city was her grandmother, but did not say what her maiden name was. Building and Loan Co. Meets From Tuesday'! Dally. The Plaltsmouth Loan and Building association held its an nual meeting for the election of directors last night. The state ment of T. M. Patterson, sec retary, was read, showing the as sociation on a sound financial basis and in n more prosperous condition than it has been since its organization in 1885. Last year was one of tin1 best in its history, the association having increased its membership by one third, and n dividend of 10 per cent on the stock was declared last, night. The following direct ors were elected: William Bal lance. T. J. Jai;da, T. M. Patter son, for three years; Fred Ramge and C. A. Johnson, for one year. The present board of trustees i composed of the men just men tioned and F.d P. Lulz, J. M. Leyda, John II. Hollslrom and J. K. Barwick. Snow-Bound Thirty-Six Hours From Tuesday's Dally. Miss - Mary hosier, county superintendent of schools, re turned from St. Louis this morn ing, where she had been in at tendance at the National Associa tion of Superintendents. Many of the most prominent educators in the country were present at the three days' session, which met Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day of last week. Miss Foster went to Omaha and joined the party of Nebraska educators on the way down, departing from the Union station Sunday even ing, February 25, over the Wa bash. The train was stalled in a snowdrift at Wilcox, a little sta tion between Burlington Junc tion and Maryville, for thirty-six hours, and consequently got into SI. Louis a day and a half later than expected when leaving Oma ha. The meeting was a good one, there being present about 2,000 superintendents from different parts of the United Slates. County Commissioner C. K. Heelmer of Neliawka came in last evening lo act with the board to day in the Irnnsaclion of county business. W. H. Rush In Town. From Tuesday's Dally. W. H. Rush, overseer of high ways in the vicinity of Murdock, was a Plattsmouth visitor today, having come down to interview the commissioners relative to tunneling the snowdrifts in the roads leading to the village of Murdock. Mr. Rush has had fourteen men working at one time trying to open the road for traffic, just as the law requires. His mission with the boardl was to ascertain under which law he should pay the salary, as there seems to be a slight difference in the amount. Goes to Geneva. From Tuesday's Dally. On complaint of her step mother, Myrtle McPhearson, a 13- year-old daughter of one Mc Phearson, who was committed to the asylum some lime ago, yes terday was ordered restrained at the girls' industrial school at Geneva. Mrs. McPhearson com plained that her stepdaughter was incorrigable and growing up in medienncy and asked that the court step in and place Myrtle where the proper restraint would be used upon her. She wag taken to Deputy Manspeaker's apart ments at the jail, where sho will remain until taken to Geneva. DECLARES Oil SEGEEDING MEMBERS II Head Consul Talbot Warns Ne braska Camps of Danger of Disobedience. From Wednesday's Dally. Nebraska Modern Woodmen are warned in a circular letter issued by Head Consul A. R. Tal bot, that the forfeiture o charters and the cancelation of individual insurance certificates may be the penalty paid by members who seek to effect organized resistance lo the raise in Insurance rates re cently ordered by the head camp of the society. Mr. Talbot calls attention to a section of the by-laws of the so ciety, whereby the executive council is empowered to recall charters and annul certificates whenever members act in wilful insubordination or contempt of any superior authority in the so ciety. Hastings camp No. 420 1 has so erred, says Mr. Talbot, in issuing a call ffr a state conven tion on March 20, to which camps are invited to send delegates to protest against the head camp's advance of rales. This camp and all others who support it are lia ble to extreme discipline, declares the head consul. In a second letter, addressed to each individual member of the Hastings camp, Mr. Talbot em phasizes the illegality of the step taken by that camp. It is not too late to recall the action, he re marks, nnd he urged members to attend the next meeting of I hat camp, March 12, and rescind the previous resolution. Both letters convey in no con ciliating tone the determination of the head officers to force adher ence to (he new rate schedule. Mrs. Captain Palmer Dead. From Tuesday's Dally. A message wn received in the city last evening staling that Mrs. Captain Palmer passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Kountze, in New York City, yesterday morning. Mrs. Kounlze is the only member of the Palmer family surviving. In speaking of the death of Mrs. Palmer, the World-Herald says: "Mrs. Henry K. Palmer, widow of Captain Palmer, who was the pioneer of seven stales, and founder of the Battle Mountain sanitarium for veteran soldiers, died at the (ireal Northern hotel, New York city, at 1:30 Monday morning. "She had been ill of pneumonia and was recovering, but proved unable to survive the weak con dition in which it left her. Mrs. Palmer lost her son,,, (leorge II. Palmer, two years ago, then her husband last year, and had only surviving, her (laughter, Mrs. Herman Kountze, jr., former ly Miss Clara Palmer. She had for nearly a year past made her home with her and Mr. Kountze. "The body will be brought to Ibis city Thursday for the fun eral. Particulars will be an nounced later." Farmers Shovel Snow. From Tuesday's Dally. John Bergman and sisler, Miss Lizzie, drove in from their home, eight miles out, this morning and boarded the train for Omaha. Mr. Bergman found the roads fairly good considering the deep snow. The farmers have had to dig the roads out with snow shovels for much of the distanco lo town. E. O. Furlong and wife and children left today for their homo at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, after visiting relatives in this vicinity for some time and spend ing about three weeks in Florida.