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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1913.
NO. 43.
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AGED FATHER
Reception in Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Russell of Lincoln
Fine Time Enjoyed.
From Saturday's Dally.
Thursday evening', in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Russell, the
father and mother of J. L. Rus
sell of this city, Mr. Russell and
wife prepared a most enjoyable
surprise reception for the aged
couple at their home in the Sec
ond ward and there was nothing
omitted from the arrangements
to make the occasion one of much
enjoyement and pleasure to the
large crowd that gathered to
honor these worthy people, who
are visiting here with their son
for a short time.
The grounds of the Russell
home had been tastefully decorat
ed with Japanese lanterns that
made the scene one of great
beauty, as the company sitting
around enjoyed a delightful time
with these worthy people. The
affair had been kept a secret from
Mr. Russell and wife and they
were greatly surprised when the
guests began to arrive to spend
the evening with them, and it
was a rare treat to all the com
pany to be present at the delight
ful gathering.
Mr. J. L. Russell, the father,
has reached the venerable age of
9(J years, and his friends were
greatly surprised with the vigor
and clearness he displayed, being
mentally and physically far more
vigorous than many men of 60
years, and his conversation of the
events of the great civil war,
through which he served, were
most entertaining lo all, and his
fund of reminiscences, covering
his long lifetime, seemed almost
inexhausl able.
The host and hostess who had
venerable pn rents were most
venerable paernts were most
lavish in lliejr hospitality and
made the entire company feel
deeply indebted to them for the
splendid time enjoyed. During
the course of the evening de
licious refreshments were served
to the guests that came as a most
tempting treat and added greatly
to the enjoyment of the occasion.
The Holly orchestra, stationed in
the parlors of the house during
the evening, furnished some very
fine musical numbers to the
pleasure of the evening and the
musical entertainment was made
complete by the rendition of two
vocal selections by Mr. Jesse
York, who has a fine voice and
his contributions to the evening's
entertainment were loudly ap
plauded by the delighted listeners.
As the hour for home-coming
drew near Mr. Matthew tiering
arose and in a few well chosen
words expressed the gratification
of himself and the assembled
guests at meeting Mr. and Mrs.
Russell, and paid a brief tribute
to the long service given to his
nation and slate by this worthy
citizen, and at the close of his
remarks presented Mr. Russell
with a remembrance, from his old
friend and comrade who had
served with him in the army be
fore Cornith, Mississippi, Justus
Lilly. The guest of honor of the
evening was so overcome with the
pleasure and feeling of the
spontannus expression of the
esteem of his old friend and the
other guests of the evening that
for a few minutes he was unable
to speak, but in a few words he
thanked everyone, for the pleasure
he had derived from their pres
ence. The entire company arose
at the conclusion of the remarks
and gave three cheers for this
vailant old soldier and wished
him many more years of life and
happiness. Mayor John 1 Sat
tlervvas called upon and respond
ed with a few well chosen re
marks nt his pleasure in being
present on this pleasant occasion.
For any itching of (he skin, for
skin rashes, chap, pimples, etc.,
try Iioan's Ointment. !jOc at, all
drug stores.
Fred Wagner Has Accident.
A few days ago Fred Wagner,
the proprietor of the bakery and
lunch room on upper Main street,
had the misfortune to cut his
hand on a tin can, but the wound
did not appear very painful and
nothing was thought of the mat
ter, but for the last two days it
has been very painful and has be
come affected with blood poison
ing and has given him great pain.
It was necessary to secure the
services of an additional baker to
look after the hax?n(? at the
establishment until Mr. Wagner
is able to resume his duties
St. Mary's Qulld Holds Meeting.
From Thursday's Dally.
St. Mary's Guild held a most
enjoyable meeting yesterday aft
ernoon at the home of Miss Har
bara Tiering1, there being a large
number of the ladies in attend
ance. An enthusiastic business
session was held, at which time a
final report of the carnation sale
was made. The remainder of the
afternoon was whiled away in
sewing, conversation and the
like, the hostess serving some
excellent refreshments.
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One of the Most Pleasant Events
of the Season at the
Reese Home.
One of the most pleasant social
events of the season was given
Thursday afternoon by Mesdaines
Kva Reese and C. W. Hay lor, who
entertained some sixteen young
ladies at a 1 o'clock luncheon in
honor of Miss. Virginia McDaniel,
whose wedding lo Mr. John Allen
of Oklahoma City occurs this
ev ening. The rooms of the hand
some Reese home were decorated
most lavishly with flowers in a
color scheme of while and green
and presented a scene of great
beauty with the merry party of
handsomely gowned young ladies
present. The guests were usher
ed into the dining room promptly
at 1 o'clock and here the decora
lions were simply magnificent in
their artistic beauty. The four
tables were decorated in keeping
with the color scheme, the table
where four of the coming brides
were seated being designated by
large bouquets of white flowers
tied with a large bow of white
ribbon at the seats of these
guests. The luncheon was of five
courses and it is unnecessary lo
say that it was most delicious and
much enjoyed by the guests of the
afternoon. Over the table set
apart for the guest of honor and
the hrides-to-be a large parasol
of white flowers and ferns was
placed, with streamers of flowers
descending to the sides of the
table, and which made theoom
seem a veritable fairy-land with
its wealth of floral beauty. Fol
lowing the luncheon each guest
was requested lo write out her
favorite recipe to be filed away by
the guest of honor for use in the
future, and then the company
spent some time in the hemming
of dust'clolhs and tea Imvles for
the use of Iheir friend in her new
home. The afternoon was one
filled with much enjoyment to
those attending and they all de
parted for their homes feeling
that the occasion would long be
remembered bv all of them.
ACCIDENT BEFALLS EARL I
GIES AT THE MACHINE SHOP
Frnm Thursday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon while Earl
M. Geis, who is employed in the
Hurlinglon machine, shops, was
engaged in his work he was so
unfortunate as to get the index
linger of his right hand caught, in
a planer in such a manner as to
mash it, very badly, laying open a
wound that, required several
stitches to close, and while it, is
not a dangerous injury it will lay
him up for some lime before he
will be able to resume his duties.
0! 0 MISS
VIRGINIA Mil
BOOSTERS
6 DEEEA1ED
J. S. Crosses, With a Pick of the
Best Amaturer Players in Oma
ha, Again Down Boosters.
From Saturday's Daily.
In a ragged game, filled with
errors, the J. S. Crosses of Oma
ha again took the boosters into
camp by the decisive score of (5
to i yesterday afternoon before a
large attendance of the fans. The
playing; of the locals was very
rank and despite the splendid ef
forts of the battery Connor and
Carle it was impossible for the
players to get their hands on the
ball and hold it at critical stages
of the game.
The visitors proceeded lo take
a comfortable lead in the first in
ning, when, after Kelly had struck
out, McKee hit to third and was
safe on the throw to first. Faulk
ner of (he Slorz Triumphs was
passed by Connor, the only pass
of the game from our side. Gil-
liam hit" a long tly to center field
that was gathered in by Heal.
Then (Srossmnu advanced lo bat
and placed a safe one over sec
ond, bringing in McKee, and Mc-
Culloch," who followed, hit a safe
one to left field that brought home
Faulkner and Grossman, making
the visitors total 3 for the inning.
Johnson was out, second to first
base on a small hit. In our half
of the inning the Hoosters suc
ceeded in getting away with their
first and only score of the game.
Heal was passed by Jarosh, but a
few minutes later was caught off
first base and tagged out. L.
Smith was also passed by the
generous fosser of the Crosses,
and was followed by Salsburg,
who went out from Jarosh to
Grossman, but then the reliable
MeCauley placed a little one to
the pitcher and Smith came home
with the tally. Carle was put out
on a small drive from first to
second.
There was nothing doing on
either side until the sixth, when
the Crosses again got busy with
their little sticks and added more
to their lead over the Hoosters.
McKee, the first man up, hit
safely to center, Faulluier was out
on a tly to third, then tlilham,
who was one of the strong hitters
in last Sunday's game, decided it
was time to start the fun, so he
placed a three-bagger into center
field, on which McKee scored, and
a moment later (irossman placed
a nice hard drive through short,
scoring tlilham. He was caught
at second and Johnson ended the
inning by striking out.
In the eighth the visitors still
added to the humiliation of the
locals by taking' another score
from them, when, after Grossman
had hit safe through" third, Mc
Culloch hit a hot one to short that
brought in Grossman. This was
the final scoring of the game and
was plenty to assure the triumph
of the Crosses.
Salsburg played a line game at
third for the locals after the first
inning and took all kinds of
chances and -made good on them.
The home team pulled off a very
fast triple play in the fifth, Con
nor catching a fly and putting
men out at second and third.
The line-up for the game was
as follows:
Crosses. Hoosters.
Johnson.... Caleb Carle
Jarosh.... Pitcher ....Connor
Grossman.- . First MeCauley
Kelley Second Smith
H. Arries
McCulloch.. Third
Gilliam Short
McKee Right
.Salsburg
. Ii. Smith
I). Arries
Mann
Lowen Center .Heal
1-autkner. . . . Left Mason
Fixing Up Kearn Place.
The past few days C. A. Welsh,
the carpenter, has been engaged
in making some repairs and im
provenients on the old Kearn
place, north of this city, which
is now owned by II. M. Soennich
sen. A new roof is being placed
on the house, as well as the floors
and windows and door frames
placed in condition lo make I lie
house in good shape.
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FOR HIS FUTILE EFFORTS
tK.
Make; vlccessful Attempt to
Get His Lajiy Friend Out, and
Thereby qets In Jail.
From Saturday's Day.
Last evening George Johnson,
who for the past... severai weeks
has been a resident of our peaee
lul and law-abiding little city, ac
cumulated a few drinks and de
cided to visit the county jail and
attempt to secure the release of
a lady friend of his, who has been
confined there for several days,
and although unsuccessful in re
leasing her- he hung aiound in
Hie neighborhood hoping that ha
might get. her out of the custody
I the jailor.
Deputy Sheriff Manspeaker was
notified of the man's actions and
concluded that a short stay would
not do him any harm, so gathered
him in and placed him in the
confines of the prison, where he
can meditate on the folly of his
offense. The woman, who was
the cause of George getting
"pinched," is what, the poet would
term a "while elephant." on the
hands of the police. She was
tried before Judge Archer Wed
nesday and lined $10 and costs
and the tine suspended if she
would leave town and gave her
over to the custody of the police.
She did not possess the necessary
amount to purchase a ticket and
remained over night in the jail
and Thursday afternoon enough
money was raised to secure her
transportation to Omaha and she
was taken to the Hurlinglou sta
tion by Chief Rainey to depart on
No. 2'A. The woman seemed wil
ling, jo leave and the chief left
her tii si( in the waiting room un
til the (rain arrived.
The train came steaming in
and loaded up with baggage and
passenger and the woman ap
peared not, so the chief instituted
n search and discovered that she
had locked herself in the small
ladies' room and refused to come
out. until after the departure of
the train, preferring evidently the
joys of life in the hotel de Man-
speaker lo liberty. She was
promptly taken back lo jail to
await the solving of the problem
of gelling rid of her.
REV. ERNEST MAY O'NEIL,
A FORMER RESIDENT. HERE
From Wednesday's Daily.
The Rev. Wray O'Neil of Chi
cago, who is lo deliver the ad
dress at the commencement
exercises at the I'armelo theater
Hi is evening, arrived this morn
ing on No. If) and spent I lie day
here visiting bis cousin, Hon. R.
H. Windham and family, and
other old friends. Rev. O'Neil
formerly resided in this city in
the early eighties and is well
known to many of our citizens.
While here he studied law with
Mr. Windham in the rooms over
the store of Wescolt's Sons, but
on removing from this city later
entered the ministry and is now
pastor of 1he First Methodist
church of Chicago, one of the
largest churches in the country.
CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING
JOHN GORY OF THE PERKINS
From Thursday's Dally.
The county attorney today filed
a complaint in Justice Archer's
court against John Rhodes and F
Meiedil.li, who are charged with
defrauding John Cory, the pro
prielor of the Perkins House, out
of a board bill. The men were
employed for some time on the
work at the pumping station of
the water company and Saturday
evening gathered Iheir few be
longings and got Idem hence,
shaking the dust, of our little cih
from their feet and neglecting to
see Mr. Cory before leaving, and
he is seeking tin's method of get
ling redress for I he sums due nim.
GEORGE GOT
murium
flNlintU
Might Have Been Worse.
From Saturday Dally.
One of those "might have been
serious" accidents happened
Saturday night about l o'clock
just north of Freddy Schmaker's
when the big Sturm car driven by
Ralph lost one of the front wheels
and came to a sudden stop, pitch
ing Mrs. Sturm over the side and
cutting a gash in her forehead.
In the car at the time were Mrs.
Sturm, Mrs. Rockwell) Miss Kime,
Miss Johnson, besides Ralph, who
was driving. A bolt had worked
loose in the knuckle on the right
front wheel and came out, letting
I Hat side of the car down. For
tunately they were not going very
fi'st or the car might havo turned
over and the results would have
been pretty serious. Mr3. Sturm
was bruised some and shaken up
but none of her injuries will be
permanent. The car was not
damaged. Nehawka News.
Goes to Weeping Water.
From Saturday's Dally.
1 he Holly orchestra, composed
or W. It. Holly, Miss Marie Fitz
gerald, K. H. Sehulhof and Anton
Hajeck, motored over lo Weening
Water last evening, where they
played at a dance given in the
JMiilpot hall in that city. Despite
the warm weather a large crowd
was present, and the dancers were
very much pleased at the excel
lent music furnished by th? or
chestra. . v
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The Increase Will Effect Several
Hundred Employes in the
Plattsmouth Shops.
From Thursday's Dully.
Hurlinglou shop men and car
men have been granted a sub
stantial, increase of wages. Me
chanics and car men receive an
advance of a cent and a half an
hour, and Iheir helpers one cent
an hour. Apprentices share also
in the advance. I luring the third
year they get an increase of one
cent an hour and during I he
fourth and last ear two cents an
hour.
Car men include car repairers,
their helpers, car inspectors and
their helpers. Under the general
name of mechanics are included
machinists, boilerinakers, black
smiths and their helpers.
The increase will affect from
'.',5(1(1 to :i,(KlO men and in the car
departments of the Hurlinglou
lines west of the Missouri river.
Over l,(Ki() workmen at Iincoln
and llavelock will be benefited by
having larger monthly pay checks
to cash hereafter. The rate of
pay for mechanics is now iO cents
an hour, or $1 for. a day of ten
hours. Those employed on uieie
work share proportionately in the
advance.
While the increase was only
made public in the last two days,
it was decided to dale it from the
first of I he month.
The llavelock shops are now
running on I he summer schedule
of fitly hours a week, work being
suspended Saturday afternoon.
The change began last week.
About three months in I he year
the shops close half a day Satur
day. There are now over 700 men
on the payroll.
The shops in this city will be
changed to the summer schedule
next week and the employes re
ceive Saturday afternoon off dur
ing the heated months. Several
departmenlments that have been
working from 7 a. in. till i p. in.
will work until 5 o'clock under
the new arrangement.
Social Workers Meet.
From Thursday's Dally.
The Social Workers of the M.
V). church were entertained in a
very pleasant manner at the home
of Mrs. W. G. Hrooks Thursday
afternoon. There was a large
number in attendance and a most
enjoyable afternoon was had. The
regular business session was held,
after which the ladies plied the
busy needle on fancy work and
indulged in various other amuse
ments. The hostess served some
excellent refreshments and a few
moments spent in conversation
brought to a close another de
lightful meeting of the Social
Workers.
I
PAY GRANTED TO
BURLINGTON EMPLOYES
T
Injured Man In Critical Condition
and May Die as a Result of
the Injuries.
From Saturday's Dally.
Yesterday morning about 8
o'clock August Heins received in
juries from a team of horses
with which he was working near
his farm south of this city, which
may result in his death, as he is
in a very critical condition this
morning.
It seems he had got oil the hay
rack on which he was riding to
quiet his team and was holding
them by the bits when they be
came unmanageable and started
forward, trampling Mr. Heins
under foot and badly crushing in
his side and injuring him in
ternally. The horses and hay
rack passed over him and ho was
left lying in the road in a terribly
mangled condition. Parties who
saw the runaway at once hastened
to the scene and carried the in
jured man to his home and medi
cal assistance was at once sum
moned from this city to care for
him. The injured man was bleed
ing very profusely from the
month when found and it was
thought, from internal injuries,
and it was feared that he would
not live until tins house was
reached, but the flow of blood was
finally checked, although his re
covery is considered very doubt
ful.
Tin' accident, came as a great
shock to the family and relatives
of Mr. Heins, as he had left the
house but a short lime before the
runaway occurred and was
brought back to the house in a
terribly injured condition. That
he may recover from the injuries
he received is the devout wish of
I he. many friends of this worthy
citizen throughout this section of
the county.
The unfortunate man passed
away this moriiing at 11:30 from
the effects of his injuries, despite
all that, medical skill and loving
bands could do lo save his life.
The funeral will be held Mon
day afternoon at '.' o'clock from
I he late home of t he deceased.
NO DOUBT EXCEEDED
THEIR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
From Thursday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon, in pursu
ance to orders from the mayor
and Complaints from rfhe resi
dents of the northwest portion of
the city, Olllcer Neumann pro
ceeded out to kill a very vicious
dog that had bitten several parlies
already and had been a menace to
everyone in the locality in which
it, was kept. The olllcer shot Ihe
dog, although not killing it, and
made an clfort to finish it up, but
without result. This morning Ihe
olllcer meilioned received a letter
from the Hand of Mercy denounc
ing him for his action in not kill
ing Ihe dog, and threatening him
with punishment for cruelty to
animals. The matter is one in
which Ihe parlies, while doubtless
meaning well, have overstepped
the bounds of Iheir rights. The
olllcer did his best to kill Ihe
vicious dog, which should have
been killed long ago, and if it was
only wounded il'Nvas not his fault,
as he did his best to put the
finishing touches to his dogship,
and the Hand of Mercy should
have reserved judgment until
they learned Ihe full particulars
of Ihe case before jumping on, Ihe
olllcer for ridding the community
of a mean, worthless dog.
Gets New Lense.
I). C. Howard, manager of the
Grand theater, has just had a fine
new imported lense added to the
equipment of the moving picture
machine in his theater which adds
much lo Hie betterment of the
pictures shown. In addition he
lins had the screen on which the
pictures are shown retouched and
Ihe result is the pictures are clear
and distinct.
TERRIBLE ACCIDEN
TO AUGUST BIS