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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1913.
NO. 64.
V. D. Conn of Greenwood Loses
Life in Lincoln in Trying to
Stop Automobile.
From Wednesday's Daily.
The. following taken from this
morning's State Journal gives the
particulars of an automobile ac
cident in Lincoln last evening, in
which Van D. Conn, one of the
prominent and wealthy farmers of
near Greenwood, lost his life as
a result ' of injuries sustained.
Mr. Conn was well known
throughout the county and his
death will be the cause of much
regret to all who knew him:
V. D. Conn, a wealthy farmer of
Greenwood, is dead in Lincoln as
the result of an automobile ac
cident at G o'clock last evening
near Eighth and S streets. Conn
was standing on the running
board of the car, attempting to
stop it, when the machine crashed
into a post and he was caught be
tween a steel fire alarm box and
the side of the auto.
Conn lived but two hours fol
lowing the accident. He was hur
ried to a hospital, where an ex
amination disclosed that he had
suffered internal injuries. ' The
liver and other abdominal organs
were ruptured.
In company with another farm
er from Greenwood, Conn came to
Lincoln yesterday afternoon in his
automobile to purchase threshing
supplies. He stopped at the Min
neapolis company's warehouse for
a time and then went out to start
his machine. As soon . as he
cranked the auto the car started
on low speed and ran across the
road onto the sidewalk in front of
the Missouri Pacific freight depot.
While attempting to drive the car
back into the street, Conn turned
it into the post at the edge of the
walk.
Practically all the appurlences
on the side of the car, the lamp,
the fender and the glass wind
shield were stripped off. At the
side of the post was a steel fire
alarm box, just high enough to
squeeze Conn between the side of
the car and the post.
For a time it was thought that
Conn was not injured seriously.
The machine came to a stop after
running over the edge of the curb
and Conn stood on the ground
holding onto a brace on the top
of the machine. Suddenly he be
gan to swing back and forth and
before anyone could reach him he
collapsed and fell to the pave
ment. After the ambulance had been
called and he had been removed
to a hospital, employes of the
warehouse and the freight depot
attempted to push the car out of
I the street. Immediately the en
gine began to work again and be
fore the car could be brought to a
stop it had moved nearly to Ninth
street.
, Van 13. Conn was about 5!) years
. I I r 1 i
oi nge unu leaves a wne unu iwo
daughters and three sons, Mrs.
Mabel Weidemann, Arthur, Irvin,
Cassius and Miss Grace, all resi
dents, of near Greenwood. He
was born in Marion, Ind., had
lived .in Greenwood about thirty-
one years and was a member of
the Modern Woodmen.
Mrs. Conn, it is understood, is
very seriously ill and last evening
was in too weak a condition to be
told of the accident in which her
husband met his death.
Cotton Crop Ready.
If there are any experts in the
cotton picking line in the city they
should visit the court house,
wheer the cotton plant of Deputy
County Clerk Frank Libershall
has several large fine pods all
ready to be gathered. This is the
second season for the plant and it
has never failed to havo a crop
under the care of the owner of
the plant and Frank takes a great
deal of pridei n the showing made
by the little plant.
Binder for Sale.
Eight-foot cut Acme binder, in
pood condition. Call on or ad
dress Adam Kaffenberger.
Has His Hand Burned.
From Wednesday's Pally.
Yesterday afternoon when Carl
Droege, one of the employes of
the Turlington blacksmith shop,
was lighting one of the oil fur
naces he was so unfortunate as to
have it blow out on him, ami as
a result had his right hand burn
ed in a very painful manner and
was compelled to go to a physi
cian and have it dressed and will
enjoy a few days' layoff as a re
sult of the acciednt.
0 H R0 VEUEHIS
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T. J. Sokol Hall to Be Enlarged to
Accommodate Large Number
Attending Tournament.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Another improvement in ttie
building line is to be added to the
long list in this city, as the T. J.
Sokol society have decided to
place no addition to their build
ing at the corner of Pearl and
Fourteenth streets. The new ad
dition was amdo necessary by the
large membership of the society,
and the fact that die district
tournament of the society for the
western states will be held in this
city in August. The new addi
tion will be 20x40 feet and will
be two stories high, giving the
society quite a lot of additional
room. The lower part of the ad
dition will be of brick, the same
as the present lower floor, while
the top story will be frame and
will be used for dressing rooms.
The addition will be placed on the
south end of the hall and entrance
to- the dressing rooms will be
made from the stage, while the
basement will be made into one
large room. The contract has
been let for the building to L. G.
Larson, the controclor, and work
will be commenced at once in
order to complete il by the lime
of the tournament to be held here
in August.
This addition to their already
large hall will give the T. J. Sokol
society one of the finest buildings
of its kind in the state and mako
quite an improvement to the
western part of the city. The so
ciety recently celebrated Ihe
twentieth anniversary of Ihe
erecting of Ihe ball, and during
that lime I hey have built up a
flourishing organization and
cleared themselves of all indebt
edness and are in splendid finan
cial shape, due to the able man
agement of their officers during
these years.
The tournament, here will be
the occasion of many visitors
coming here and the city should
begin to prepare to receive .and
entertain the guests and show
them what Plattsmouth hos
pitality is. Large delegations from
Omaha, South Omaha, Schuyler,
Wilber and other towns are ex
peeled, accompanying their turn
ers.
SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED TO
"MAKE SOME IMPWEHFNTS
From Tuenday'a Dally. -
The Plattsmouth board - of
education held their regular
monthly meeting at the Platts
mouth Slate bank last evening
and disposed of a lot of routine
business matters. The board has
decided to make some improve
ments in the central building,
which have been badly needed for
some years, and which will add
greatly to the sanitary features of
the building and place it in a
much more modern condition. The
board also received and accepted
the resignation of Miss Esther
Larson as a member of the leach
ing staff of Ihe school for the en
suing year, and elected Miss Mat
tie Larson to fill the vacancy
caused by Ihe resignation. Miss
Esther Larson expects lo attend
college during the coming year
and finds it impossible to take up
her duties in Ihe school here, and
whi'e the board regretted to lose
her services it was such a case
that made it imperative upon
them to accept the resignation.
ill HIE BUILDING LIN
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A Neighborhood Broil Terminates
In Trial, With Many Neigh
bors Present.
From Tuesday's Dany.
The hearing of the complaint
against Ira Bates, filed a few days
ago by the county attorney, drew
a large crowd yesterday afternoon
in Justice Archer's court, almost
all the male residents of Rock
Bluffs, in which vicinity the
parties in the case reside, were
present to hear the testimony.
The case was very conflicting
nd to one not prejudiced in, the
matter it was a grave question
whether Bates or the complaining
witnesses had had the most to do
in making the I rouble out of
which the case grew. The com
plaint was made to the county at
torney by Mrs. Perry Marsh, al
leging that Bates- had come to
the Marsh home and cursed and
abused the head of the house, as
well as being in a slate of in-
toxicalion. There were a number
of witnesses present to offer their
testimony.
Mrs. Marsh, who had made the
complaint, slated Bates had come
to their home about 9:30 Satur
day evening, June 28, and had
knocked on the door and she had
gone to the door and Bates had
asked if Mr. Marsh was at home,
and she asked him what he want
ed, and he said he wanted to see
what he meant by talkingabout his
(Bates') family, to Mrs. Alden, a
daughter of Mr. Marsh, who was
working at the Bales home. She
also staled Bates had asked what
Perry was mad at him about and
wauled to know where (calling
hint a vile name) was, and had
threatened her and she bad taken
a broom and gotten after him and
driven him lo the road, and he
was holding the broom trying to
gel il away from her, when Marsh
and a son and daughter had ap
peared on Ihe scene and Bales had
proceeded lo curse Marsh and
threaten him. Waller livers, who
was with Bales, had gol out and
lolil Ihe Marshs lo go into (lie
house and Bates lo get, into Ihe
wagon and go on home.
Judge A. J. Beeson appeared as
altorney for Mr. Bates and cross
examined Mrs. Marsh as to her
conduct on the occasion of the
visit, when on going to the door
the defendant alleges she said,
"Ira (using the same vile lan
guage) get out of here" and had
proceeded to strike him with a
broom. Asked whether or not she
had seen Mr. Marsh throw a brick
or rock at Bates, she state she had
not, but had struck him several
limes herself. She also testified
that the defendant had used vile
language when he reached the
road.
The defendant was on the stand
in his behalf and staled he had
lived in Cass county all his life.
He had been to Plattsmouth on
the day -of the trouble withhis
brother, Charley, and Walter
Byers. On the morning of the
same day he was working in the
Held when Marsh and his wife had
driven up to the Bates place and
called Mrs. Katie Alden, a daugh
ter of Mr. Marsh, out to the gate
and engaged her in conversation,
which the defendant could not
hear from the field. He had had
occasion to go to the house about
11 o'clock to pack some things in
a box, and then Mrs. Alden had
told him that Mr. and Mrs. Marsh
had been there and told her that
stories were being told in regard
to her and that it was not a fit
place for her to work and that she
could not come to their home if
she stayed at Bales'. On his way
home from town he had decided to
stop and see Mr. Marsh in regard
to the matter and had knocked
three times on the door, when it
was opened by Mrs. Marsh, who
proceeded to curse him saying,
"Ira (calling him vile names),
what do you want?'' and had
struck him over Ihe head and
shoulders w il Ii a broom-slick,
and as be retired to the road Mr.
Marsh had come around Ihe cor
ner of the house and had thrown
a rock or some object that had
struck him over the left eye. Af
ter Ihe parties had reached the
road Hates stopped, and said he
might have sworn at Marsh, as
the blow over the eye had greatly
angered him.
On cross-examination by
County Attorney Taylor Bates
stated he had not gone there for
trouble, but wanted to see what
the Marshs had been saying about
him. He had been to Plattsmouth
and had drank several glasses of
beer, as was his custom, but was
not drunk.
Walter Byers was placed on the
stand and testified that he had
been in the rig the night of the
tight with Bates and had been in
town with him. Bates was not
drunk nor under the influence of
liquor. Had heard Bates at the
Marsh home ask what Perry had
it in for him for. He had not been
able to hear all that was said by
Ihe parties at the house. Some
one had come around the house
and (brown a brick or some object
at Ira Bates, which had struck him
in Ihe face, and Ihen Bates and
Mrs. Marsh and Will and Maggie
Marsh had come out into the road.
He had advised Bates on the way
out that he had belter not stop at
the Marsh place.
Charles Bates' testimony bore
out that of his brother generally,
lie had been in town with Ira all
day and he .was not drunk when
I hey left. Charley had said noth
ing during the row at Marsh's.
Ira Bates, when questioned
again by counsel, stated he might
have drank four or five glasses of
beer., as had been his custom for
years when in (own, but was not
drunk.
Henry Soennichsen, clerk at the
Soennichsen store, testified he had
filled an order of groceries for Mr.
Bates that day, and he was not
under the influence of liquor and
was apparently as sober when he
left Ihe store at o'clock as when
he came there early in the after
noon. The attorneys, after a brief
argument, submitted the case to
the court, and the judge, after
deliberating the matter, decided
that the defendant was guilty of
Ihe second count, charging him
with attempting lo provoke an as
sault on himself and fined him $2
and costs. The county attorney
staled o the court that he did not
believe the complaining witnesses
were blameless, but the evidence
showed the defendant should not
have come lo the Marsh home.
As an outgrow! h of Ihe case it
is quile probable other complaints
will be tiled in the matter.
THE POLLOCK-DUFF BRIDGE
BIG THING FOR TRAVELERS
From Tueyilav'a Uallw
Victor Guye of Tekamah, Neb.,
motored to this city Sunday and
spent the day here with friends.
Mr. Guye reported a most de
lightful trip from his home to this
city and stated that ho found the
road between here and Omaha to
be the best he passed over on his
trip, and thought the bridge over
the Platte river a great improve
ment in traveling through this
section, and gave a person a much
shorter route from Omaha south
He also commended the marking
of the roadway along the Kansas
City-Omaha Scenic route, as it
made it a great deal easier for
strangers traveling over the road,
and although this was the first
time he had motored . south of
Omaha, he had no difficulty in fol
lowing the road. The Pollock
Duff bridge-is, as Mr. Guye says,
one of the biggest additions to the
convenience of automobile own
ers that has been made in this
locality, and the growing popular
ity of the route through here is
demonstrating Ihe fact that tho
owners generally are recognizing
Ibis as the best route to Kansas
City and all southern points in
the slate and it is generally kept
in first-class shape by Ihe differ
ent cities and counties through
which it passes.
Here From Arapahoe.
Samuel Patterson, accompanied
by his sons, Donald and Jamie,
arrived this morning from their
home at Arapahoe, Neb., and will
visit here with relatives, and the
boys will spend the summer here
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. William McCauley.
' FOB THAT
FULL FESTIVAL
Let the Commercial Club Begin to
Arrange for Such an Affair
Right Now.
Now that the Fourth of July has
been allowed to pass without be
ing celebrated in the manner it
should have been in this city, it is
up to the citizens and the Com
mercial club to begin making ar
rangements for the holding of a
fall festival, and now is the time
to start the ball rolling and have
everything arranged by the first
of September for a week of enter
tainment that will bring the resi
dents of the county here to cele
brate Ihe close of a harvest of
more than usual excellence. This
matter of a fall festival was dis
cussed some lime ago at a meet
ing of Ihe Commercial club and
Ihe festival decided upon, but the
work on arranging for it should
begin at once, as it will lake
considerable lime to arrange all
Ihe different features, and if il is
to be made the success it should
be will require work from now on.
If il were possible to secure a
good carnival company for a week
during the festival it would add
much to Ihe pleasures of the oc
casion and different, days could he
set apart for the towns of the
county and special features added
for these days for the visitors
from our neighboring cities, and
il would prove a. most desirable
feature of (lie festival. If Ihe
event was held early in September
a base ball tournament could he
added to the list of a 1 1 racl ions
and made a feature that would
add materially to making Ihe
festival a success in every way.
Let the Commercial Hub agitate
e mailer and arrange lo lake
e inilafive in Ihe mailer of
arling the hall rolling for one of
Hie biggest and best fall festivals
held in Ibis pari of the stale, and
e citizens by all gelling to-
gelher can make it a splendid
success and an event that will
prove of great value lo Ihe rily
and its residents.
PARK COMMISSIONERS HP-
POINTED FOR ENSUING YEAR
From Tuesday's Dally.
District Judge II. 1). Travis has
just appointed the park commis
sioners for Plattsmouth city for
a term of two years. k George
Dodge, It. B. Windham and Pat
rick Eagan are the new commis
sioners that will look after the
keeping 1 up and management of
the park here. It is a matter of
great regret that this city, which
possesses so many beautiful na
tural scenes, should be without a
park that would be in keeping
with the town. Garfield park,
while in excellent shape, does not
near 1111 the purpose, as it is far
too small and is not situated in
a place w here the best advantages
can be secured. If the city were
able to get control of tho land on
Ihe river bottom east of the city
and convert it into a park it would
make one of the finest in this part
of the stale, with very little labor
and expense. There would be
nothing easier than the construc
tion of a large artificial lake there,
and with the setting out of trees
and shrubbery and the making of
a few driveways through it it
would soon become a sceneof nat
ural beauty that would be hard
to beat and an advertisement for
the city that would impress every
person traveling through the city,
as it would be situated near the
Burlington station and on the
road to the Missouri river ferry,
where the travelers from Iowa
pass through, and a nice park
here could not fail to please visit
ors, but also be an ideal place for
our own citizens to spend a few
hours most enjoyably.
Residence Property for Sale.
Eight-room house with electric
light, gas and city water and
cistern. Three lots, some fruit
A bargain if taken at once. In.
quire of A. O. Moore.
Matters in Probate Court.
From Wednesday's Dally. . ,
Petition for the probate of the
estate of Carl Motion, deceased,
of near South Bend, has been filed
in the countv court. Mr. Molion
was a bachelor residing with' the
family of Mr. Nelson, near South
Bend, and left a small estate.
In the estate of Mrs. Clara
White, deceased, of this city, II.
N. Dovey has been appointed a3
special administrator of the
estate.
MIL
M AT A
Preparations Being Made for Big
Time on August 7 In Fact,
Bigger Than Ever.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The Odd Fellows of Avoca are
beginning to make big prepara
tions for the annual picnic of that
order, which has become an event
looked forward lo with much in
terest by the members of the
order in this part of the state.
For the past several years the
energetic citizens of Avoca have
been holding Ibis big event, and
it has drew large crowds each
year and every season has saw
the interest in the picnic grow, as
all who have attended it in the
past have had a most enjoyable
lime at this busy little town, and
the hospitality of Ihe people of
Avoca has earned I hem a very
favorable reputation throughout
Ihe county for the splendid man
ner in which Ihe visitors to that
city are t reated.
The committee having the pic
nic in charge have set the date for
holding the picnic for Thursday,
August 7, and an especially strong'
line of attractions have been se
cured for the event. Last year n
large number from this city at
tended and the prospects are very
bright for a much larger crowd
this year, as everyone attending
lliere last year, were delighted with
Ihe manner in which they were
enlerlained and received by the
residents of thai. rily. Make up
your mind right now lo he on
hand on the 7lh of August and
lake pari in Ihe big celebration
and you can rest assurred of n
most enjoyable lime.
THE SETTLEMENT OF
THE HAINES ESTATE
IS STILL IN COURT
The time of the county court
was taken up yesterday in hearing
the claim of Joseph Halmes of
Greenwood against the estate of
his father, Hie late Nicholas
Halmes, in the sum of $10,000.
The suit arises out of the sale of
a quarter section of laud on which
Joseph Halmes resided near
Greenwood in 1012 during the
lifetime of the elder Halmes, and
from the sale of which Joe claims
he was lo receive the amount
named above. The case was hot
ly contested by both sides of the
case, Attorney D. O. Dwyer ap
pearing for the Halmes' estate
and Matthew Gering for Joseph
Halmes, while Attorney C. A.
Rawls appeared for the widow,
Mrs. Henrietta Halmes. There
were a large number of witnesses
examined, including Howard
Gramlich of Lincoln, who pur
chased the farm; A. E. Lake, who
assisted in Ihe buying of Ihe
farm; Mr. Dwyer, who drew up the
contract, and Mr. Halmes. The
case was submitted to the court
without argument, as it ' will
probably be appealed to the dis
trict court by Ihe losing side in
(he county court.
ODD FELL01
Automobile Bargain.
For sale, my Chalmers 38, 1912
Model, with 1913 Self Starter, ful
ly equipped, used nine months.
Car in perfect condition, looks
like new and cost $2,100.
A BARGAIN for CASH, or will
lake NOTE from responsible
parly. T. H. Pollock,
Plattsmouth, Neb.
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