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VOLUME XXXI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1912.
NO. 38.
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GRADUATES ffl
ER HIGH HONORS
Former Plattsmouth Girl Receives
Much Praise for Fine
Showing.
Fifteen young women, students
of the Clarkson Memorial hos
pital's training school for nurses,
received their certificates of
graduation Monday night at Trin
ity cathedral. At the head of the
class was Miss Beatrice Hasse, a
former Plattsmouth young lady,
who was born at Weeping Water
in 1890. Miss Hasse attended
the Plattsmouth public schools
for a number of years, going to
Omaha to reside about ten years
ago; four years ago she entered
the Clarkson training school for
nurses, having finished the course
with high honors.
The graduating address was de
livered by Rev. J. Arthur Taneoek,
dean of the cathedral. After the
Graduating exercises at the
church a reception was held at
the Jacobs' Memorial hall in
honor of the fifteen young wom
en. Refreshments were served
and a general round of con
gratulations showem upon the
wearers of the white caps and
gowns.
Miss Hasse has a large circle of
friends in this city, who will be
pleased at her achievement and
will wish her success in her noble
calling.
Good Roads Movement Growing.
The pood roads movement is
sure growing in Cass county, and
all the fanners and business men
of the county and various cities
and villages are very enthusiastic
over the proposition. They are
exerting every effort to outdo the
other fellow. This is certainly
the proper spirit, and with such
interest being manifested we are
sure of being able to boast of the
best roads in the state in a very
short time. Commissioner Fried
rich tells us that the people of
Murray, after their successful
"flood Roads" meeting the other
evening, have made application to
the commissioners for a new
grader to be used in their locality.
We commend Mr. Friedrich in his
good work and are of the opinion
that he acted very wisely when he
lost no time in taking steps to
plar,e the order for their grader
at once. When such successful
meetings are held as the one in
Murray and such liberal contribu
tions are made we believe it is the
duty of the commissioners to give
them every assistance possible.
Enjoy Picnic 8upper.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The "Melchesedecs" assembled
m the lawn at the home of Miss
Ellen Pollock, last evening about
0 o'clock for the purposeo f enjoy
ing an outing and participating in
a picnic supper. When all the
young ladies had arrived the hos
tesses proceeded to spread the
yionic luncheon on the green, and
just as the hungry crowd was
about to devour everything in
si;;ht, the gentle raindrops began
to fall, so each made a hasty re
treat to the porch of the Pollock
home. Here, under the vigorous
attack of the immense appetites,
the picnic luncheon soon disap
peared. After the picnic supper
lh young people tarried but a few
moments for a social time, the
threatening weather compelling
them to hurry home.
A Fine Flower Tree.
Our good friend, Tom Walling,
is the only resident in Platts
mouth that can boast a flowering
crabtree, one of the finest of its
variety in existence. Some time
ago Mr. Walling and Byron Clark
each purchased one of these trees,
but the one set out by Mr. Clark
died, while the one Tom planted is
growing nicely and is full of fine
flowers, which scent the entire
neighborhood, and Mr. Walling is
very proud of it, and as he casts
bia optics upon it he not only
viewH a thing of beauty at this
time of the year, but finds much
pleasure in its possession.
Mrs. Foxall of Lincoln, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. B. S.
Ramsey, for a few days, departed
for her home today via Omaha.
.Alru. Ramsey accompanied her
cisJer to Omaha for the day.
Have Fine Picnic.
Sunday afternoon a party of
young people decided to enjoy a
little outing. So procuring
lunches, they wended their way to
the banks of the Old Muddy, where
the motor boat Ho-lla conveyed
them to a point some two miles
up the river, where a sumptuous
spread was partaken of and the
whole party enjoyed themselves
to the. limit. Those composing
the party were: Misses Zelma,
Alice and Hazel Tuey and Mes
srs. Charles Hula, Jennings
Sievers and Roy Holly.
M PROVE AND BEAU
TIFYTHE LAIS
Here in Plattsmouth It Requires
Hardly Any Care and Attention
to Have a Beautiful Lawn.
Plattsmouth already boasts of
many beautiful lawns, and has the
reputation of being an attractive
city, because of the beauty of its
trees and grass. The Journal does
not believe, however, the effort
for municipal beautillcatiou is
anything near what it should be.
The people evidently little realize
what wonderful natural advan
tages Plattsmouth has. Did you
ever visit a city where the soil
was mostly of sand, where it was
naturally dry, where each blade of
grass had to be nursed carefully
along, and where each little patch
of green represented much ex
pense and labor? Out in Denver,
for instance, many of the beauti
ful lawns are grown in the sandy
soil with the greatest difficulties,
but the people there think that
grass is essential not only be
cause the individual property
owner wants to make the environ.
ment of his home more desirable,
but because there is a civic pride
which makes the people ap
preciative of the fact that this
general care of the lawns adds to
the beauty and to the success of
the city.
Here in Plattsmouth it requires
hardly any care and attention to
have a beautiful lawn. A little
seed placed in this soil now
springs up of ilself almost like
magic. There is hardly a soil
anywhere where grass grows so
beautifully and so rapidly and
with so little care as right here in
Plattsmouth. We ought all to
consider this fact, appreciate the
advantages, accept this co-opera
tion of nature and grow more
grass than we do. There ought
not to be a home in Plattsmouth
without its surrounding grass
plots.
ONE DOLLAR JUDG-
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Supreme Court Dismisses Case In
the Matter of H. R. Gering
vs. J. M. Leyda.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The judgment for $1 obtained
by Henry H. Gering of Plaits
mouth against Attorney John
M. Leyda for malicious
prosecution has been reversed by
the supreme court with directions
to dismiss the case at the plain
tiff's costs. Mr. Gering was the
idaintilT in the case. lie was
prosecuted by Mr. Leyda for sell
ing whisky not intended for medi
cinal, mechanical or chemical
purposes, on Sunday. The court
holds that the evidence is insuf
ficient to connect the defendant
with the criminal prosecution set
out in the petition. Lincoln
Journal.
This is a matter that has been
hanging fire for some time, and
was taken from Cass county dis
trict court by defendant, wher
the plaintiff, Henry R. Gering, at
tained a judgment for $1, and At
lorney Leyda appealed to the su
preme court with the results as
staled above. The dismissal of
the case throws the costs in both
courts, which amount to over
$500, upon the shoulders of th
plaintiff, Henry II. Gering.
Mr. Jesse Snead of Chappe
Neb., is in the city this week for
few days' visit with his brother
John Snead, Burlington engineer
He arrived in the city Monday
evening.
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Made Slight Mistake.
William Jonas Brown, the gen
eman who distributes the Singer
owing mac nine from tins point,
had business in Greenwood and
he west end of the county one day
st week, and drove out in that
icinity with his lively broncho
team. He saw his parties in. the
illage of flreenwood and depart-
d, expecting to drive to Louis-
ille and camp that night. In
driving through the devious
I reels of the village and thinking
that the bronchos had at least
horse sense and would stick to the
trail, William Jonas got mixed in
the points of the compass, and
while sailing along at a lively
iip on the road north of flreen
wood he met a man In an auto, of
whom he inquired if he was on
the road to Louisville, to which
the other replied in the affirm
ative as he sped past. Our
Singer friend drove on, singing
as he drove, and soon came in
sight of the city not Louisville,
but Ashland and he did not dis-
over his mistake until he drew in
his foaming steeds at the Bur
lington crossing and read "Ash-
and" on the station. William
niias liked the town anyway and
gt out and loafed about for quite
while, pretending that he had
come purposely on business. Me
decided not to rely on strangers
to direct his course hereafter, and
while the bronchos fed on post
hay William Jonas proceeded to
x nearby book store and procured
pocket map of Nebraska and a
ompass. He arrived in Platts
mouth all right Saturday night,
having been gone only a week.
Hugh Norton Will Be Entitled to
an Annual Pass for Himself
and Wife Over the M. P.
Under the ruling just adopted
by the Missouri Pacific Railway
company to extend the courtesy of
annual transportation to the em
ployes of the company after a
slated term of service, our fellow
townsman, Mr. Hugh Norton and
wife, will receive one of the best
prizes the company will bestow.
Mr. Norton has been in the
company's employ more than
twenty-five years continuously.
Prior to entering the company's
mployment, almost twenty-six
years ago, he worked for the com
pany a year, being located a part
of the time at Weeping Water as
extra telegrapher. Then he quit
and worked for the Santa Fe for a
year or more. Returning to the
M. P. twenty-six years ago, he
worked for the company at Omaha
for a lime and in other localities
since.
For his faithful continuous
service for so long, Mr. Norton
and wife will receive a pass over
the entire Missouri Paciflc-Iron
Mountain System of 7,300 miles.
We congratulate our friend,
Hugh, on his good fortune, as we
would not mind taking the ride
ourself.
John A. Davis to Assist.
Sheriff Gus llyers will have his
brother-in-law, John A. Davies,
of Butte, Neb., to assist him in
his defense in connection with the
manslaughter charge resulting
from the killing of Roy Blunt in
Sarpy county. This will leave Mr
Hyers' case in Hie hands of Form,
er Senator E. J. Burkett and Mr
Davies. The hearing on the mo.
lion of the Lancaster county
sheriff for a change of venue will
be held at Papillion today before
Judge H. D. Travis of Platts
mouth.
Infant's Eye Operated On.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Ralph Wiles and wife and Mrs
Wiles' parents, Charles Martin
and wife, took Mr. and Mrs. Wiles'
little daughter to an eye special
ist yesterday and had an opera
tion performed on the little ono's
eye. What appeared to be a small
abcess formed under the lid of
the eye, which the doctor removed
with little difficulty and apparent
ly without much pain to the babe.
C. M. Cherry, of Weeping Wat
er, was a county seat visitor and
registered at the Hotel Perkins
today.
PLATTSMOUTH MAN
ENTITLED TO HONOR
THE NEW PENSION ACT
. RECENTLY PASSED
Provisions Very Simple and Easily
Administered Except Dis
ability Clause.
The pension bill lately passed
and signed by the president, and
which-affects nearly all of the
veterans, is as follows:
Section 1. That any person
who served DO days or more in the
military or naval service of the
United Slates during the lale civil
war, who has been honorably dis
charged therefrom, and who has
reached the age of 02 years or
over, shall upon making proof of
such facts according to such rules
and regulations as the secretary
of the interior may provide, be
placed upon the pension roll and
be entitled to receive a pension
as follows: In case such person
has reached the age of 02 years,
and served 90 days. $13 ner
month; 0 months, $t3.r0 per
month; 1 year, $11 per month;
1 years, $11.50 per month; 2
years, $15 per month; 2 years,
$15.50 per month; 3 years or over,
$10 per month. In case such per
son has reached the age of 00
years, and served DO days, $15 per
month; 0 months, $15.50 per
month; I year, $10 per month;
IVi years, $10.50 per month; 2
years, $17 tier month; 2Vj years,
$18 per month; 3 years or over,
$19 per month. In case such per
son has reached I he age of 70
years and served HO days, $18
per month; 0 months, $10 per
month; 1 year, $20 per month;
iVi years, $21.50 per month; 2
years, $23 per month; 2Yj years,
$21 per month; 3 years or over,
$25 per month. In case such per
son has reached the age of 75
years, and served 90 days, $21 per
moni n; o mom us, wish) per
month; one year, $24 per month;
one ana a nan -years, wi iter
month; two years or over, $30 per
month.
Any person who served in the
military or naval service of the
United States during the civil war,
and who received an honorable
discharge, and who was wounded
in battle or in (he line of duly,
and who is now unfit for manual
labor by reason thereof, or who
from disease or oilier causes in
curred in the line of duly, result
ing in his disability is now unable
to perform manual labor, shall be
paid the maximum pension under
this act, to-wit, $30 per month,
without regard to length of serv
ice or age.
It will be seen that the pro
visions of the new act are simple
and easily administered, with the
exception of the clauso relating to
disability. It will be necessary for
the veterans in order to enjoy the
maximum pension of a dollar a
day, without regard to length of
service or age, to prove that, they
have been rendered unfit to per
form manual labor by wounds or
disease contracted in the service.
A veteran may be certain that he
comes under this provision anil
still be unable to secure proof that
his disability was incurred in the
line of duly. Aside from this
clause, Ihe veterans will have very
little complaint to make of the
new bill.
Whlttaker Family Moved Today.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Mrs. F. R. Whittaker and
daughter, Katie, and mother, Mrs.
Bennett, departed for Lincoln on
the morning train today, where
they will make their future home
Their household goods were ship
ped yesterday. Mr. and Mrs.
Whittaker and family have re
sided in Platlsmoulfi almost six
years, and have formed many
pleasant associations and friend
ly lies, which they are bolh loth
to . sever. Their Plallsmouth
friends are sorry to lose them and
hope they may return often to
visit their former home.
Entertains Plattsmouth Colony.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Mrs. J. N. Wise of Plattsmoulh
is in the city spending a few days
with Mrs. Judge Root, and will at
tend a social affair to De given
this afternoon at Ihe home of
Mrs. S. II. Atwood in honor of the
Plattsmouth colony. Lincoln
Journal.
Mrs. W. A. Robertson Entertains.
Mrs. W. A. Robertson entertain
ed at her pleasant home Saturday
afternoon at. a buffet tea for a
number of tin' Tri Delta sorority
girls, who were guests of a house
party given by Miss Marie Robert
son. Mrs. Robertson's guests
were: Misses Klsie Brown, 'Cora
Unruh, Hazel Snell, Esther War
ner, Ellle Miller, Helen Rouse,
Florence Frost, Yerna Anderson,
Louise Mole, Gertrude Sturm and
Marie Robertson. Miss Robertson
entertained at progressive whist
at her home in the evening.
JENSEN AND
WIFE IN TROUBLE
Furnish the People of Louisville
Something Out of Ordinary and
Then Leave Town.
Some time since Ihe Journal
gave an account of a disturbance
that occurred between Dr. R. P.
Jensen and wife, who had recent
ly located in Louisville, but that
occurrence had to a certain extent
quieted down, and everything de
noted serenity about their house
hold until Tuesday of last week,
when the trouble again broke out.
In speaking of this late act before
the people of the usually quiet
little city of Louisville, the
Courier says:
Tuesday afternoon and even
ing Ihe burg was kept in a con
tinual stale of excitement and
buzzing confab anent a dilVcrenct
of opinion which made ilself pain,
fully apparent between Dr. R. P
Jensen and wife.
Along in the afternoon trouble
between them arose at his office
in Ihe bank building, with the re
suit that he made a hoi -fool exit
from the room, bearing marks of
violence and a half a coat sus
spended from either shoulder
This closed Ihe incident tem
porarily. Annul. i in me evening new
scenes were enacted. Mrs. Jen
sen waded jnlo a bunch of men on
the bank corner with a will and
a life-sized brick and a bunch of
real rough language. Said bunch
immediately dispersed, hastily
but in fair order.
Marshal Seyberl hastened to
the scene anil with Ihe assistant
of a deputy succeeded, after
ively scrimmage, in placing the
cause of the ruction in the bastile
The doctor trailed and protested
in so vehement a manner ns to
make his incarceration also im
perative. As a result, of the whole
affair, the office furniture is in a
sadly delapitlaled condition ant1
business there is indefinitely sus
pended. Both l lie offending parlies were
taken before Justic Bropsl Wed
nesday morning, charged with
disturbing the peace. They plead
guilty and were fined $5 and costs
each. They left town Wednesday
afternoon. It is to be devoutly
hoped that our people may be
spared any repetition of so un
pleasant an event.
Pollock-Duff Bridge Complete,
From Tuesday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon the repairs
on (lie Pollock-Pull wagon ami
auto bridge were completed, be
ing just three days later than Mr.
Pollock predicted it would lake to
put in the two new steel spans and
Ihe one wooden one. The road is
all righl for wagons, although
slightly rough for automobiles,
but this defect will lit remedied as
speedily as possible. When Ihe
road is in shape it will be a flue
one, the county having purchased
a new track straight south from
the end of Ihe bridge for some
distance, thence east to the or
iginal trail. This will take the
road away from the river, so that
there will be no trouble from
freshets hereafter, and no danger
of the roadway caving into the
river. Mr. Pollock, the Com
mercial club and all concerned are
greatly pleased at the prospect of
so fine a highway to the bridge.
On the other Hide the commission
ers of Sarpy county acted nobly,
and will put in a long trestle
work across the creek on their
side of the river, and are only
wailing for the Burlington and
M. P. railway companies to put in
the crossings to go right ahead
with the completion of the road on
the north side of the river.
SENT BACK TO THE
COUNTY POOR FARM
Dave Askew Tried Again for In
sanity, but the Board Could
Not Justify Charge.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The board of insanity had a
jneeting yesterday afternoon to
consider the complaint of Georgo
lams, overseer of the county
farm, relative to the sanity of
Dave Askew, whom Mr. Tarns al
leged did a good many irrational
things which an inmate of the
county house since going there
last November.
Dave was brought in Friday or
Saturday by Mr. Manspeaker on
the complaint that he was obstre
perous and had lost his mental
balance. The board, comoosed of
Dr. Cummins, J. M. Leyda and
James Robertson, held its session
in the sheriff's office. Dr. Cum
mins interrogated Dave, who ap
peared to be as rational as anyone
ever was, recalling matters which
occurred years ago. as well ns
some that had transpired more
recently. After questioning him
at some length relative to family
history and his own peculiar ail
ments, the doctor inquired how he
got along at the poor farm.
Dave slated, in substance, that
he had gotten along very well un
til one day last week when ho
objected in a mild way to Ihe
meat which happened to fall to his
plate, and requeued another
piece, lie also remembered that
he had criticised Ihe milk a few
days before, when Mr. Tains had
informed him that, if he did not
like Ihe milk he did not have to
use II; that was about all of the
unpleasantness he could recall.
At Ihe close of Dave's state
ment, Mr. Tains came into the
room and was sworn and inter
rogated by Mr. Leyda. He staled,
in substance, I hat Dave bail been
guilty of a good many nets which,
fo his mind, was wrong. For one
thing, he always carried a cane,
and Mrs. Tains was afraid of him.
At one time he gave some candy
to a young lady that happened to
be at the farm, and last week the
worst of all, the inmates said he
objected to his meal, and when he
was told that that was all he could
have on that occasion, Dave pick
ed up the meat and hurled It
against the dining room wall, de
claring llial he would have none.
Other matters related by Ihe wit
ness pertained to the work done
by Dave, Mr. Tains letting him
have his way about, working or not
as he choose.
Afler deliberating for a short
lime Ihe board concluded that
there was nothing irrational in
Dave's conduct and dismissed the
complaint, sending him back to
Ihe county farm.
Rainy Wash Days.
An exchange reports the fact
that in its neighbodhood the
women are groaning over the fact
that I here have been recently eight
consecutive wash days. Whether
this has been general or not
there has been an unusual amount
of dull and rainy weather in the
country at large. Perhaps the
Ihing of most interest in Die
above is the suggestion that the
home wash day slill exists. Many
people had supposed that wash
day was as extinct as the dodo.
It is not popular with the modern
domestic, who has social competi
tions to meet that her predeces
sor, the "hired girl," never knew.
Arms reddened by the hot wash
tub would not be conductive to
obtaining partners at the (lanes.
Our grandmothers reconciled
themselves to the rigors of the
festival by writing verses about
Ihe beauty of soapsuds and the
spiritual significance of the
cleansing act. But a good bout in
the laundry does not help one in
felling up papers for the Brown
ing club, or winning prizes at
bridge whist. The modern man
can't say much. He wouldn't do it
if he were in his wife's place. The
suggestion of the exchange with
whose observation this article be
gan, however, encourages the be
lief that thero are still left
Rimple-hearted rouIs who are
able to get a lot of fun in life out
of the money they save by being
their own laundrywomen. Our
hot off to them I