onota
VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1913.
NO. 74.
WILL PUTTS-
MOUTH S REQUEST
BE GRANTED?
Hearing Before Railway Commis
sion Was Well Represented
From All Towns Interested.
From Saturday's Dally.
The hearing of the application
nf the Commercial club of this
city for niiiiv equitable train
service for I lie citizens of the
county coming into this city at
tracted a iieat deal nf attention
vesterdav at Lincoln, when the
matter was thre.-hed out before
the slate railway commission.
and a line array of the leading
men of t lie county were present
to ask that the Missouri Pacific
make some effort to provide bet
ter train service for this county.
The following from the State
Journal of this morning gives a
very full account of the hearing.
The matter will be decided later
by the commission, and it is to
be hoped thai they will give us
the long-needed relief:
"It. matters not whether a man
wants to fro to I'laltsmouth only
to play poker," paid Railway
Commissioner T. L. Hall at a
public hearing Friday, "if enough
men want to fro it shows there
will be a demand for more train
service. They might want to go
to attend a football game or they
might want to go on matters of
business."
.This .statement was denied
strenuously by E. M- Morsman,
jr.. attorney for the Missouri Pa
cific railroad, who is opposing a
request of Plattsmnuth citizens
for train service that will permit
people of the county to go to
Plattsmouth and return home the
same day. He contends that if
people can transact business in a
town that has train service, the
railroad company should not be
compelled to give additional train
service to Plattsmouth. He said
if people can buy groceries in a
town near their home, the fact
that they may desire to go to
I'laltsmouth to buy groceries is
no reason why more trains should
be run to Plattsmouth.
Commissioner Hall merely
mentioned poker and footbc.il as
something that first came to bis
mind to illustrate his point.
There was no evidence that the
authorities of Plattsmouth allow
poker playing at that place, and
there was no testimony showing
that the game is prohibited in
other town's in the county to the
irreparable damage to the feel
ings of a large portion of the
population.
It was a question of "demand"
for train service to and from
PlattMiiouth. and witnesses were
' present from every town in the
" county to back up the "demand"
of Plattsmouth complainants. A
train from Union, connecting
with the Lincoln train, to run to
Plattsmouth in the forenoon, and
a train to leave Plattsmouth at
2:55 in the afternoon to run back
over the Union line and connect
with the Lincoln evening train
comprised the demand.
Each of the large array of wit
nesses testified that there was a
, "demand" for better train service
from their respective towns to
Plattsmouth, the county seat. At
torney Morsman objected to such
testimony as being merely a con
clusion of the witnesses. He was
overruled by the commission. He
then cross-examined each wit
ness to ascertain how many times
he had gone to Plattsmouth dur
ing the past three months. Most
of them said they did not know,
or could not remember. One said
he had been there more than a
dozen times in three months. He
said he never went' by train un
less he could help ft, and that if
he was in a hurry he went in an
automobile.
Several witnesses testified that
they were compelled to go to
Omaha and then south to Platts
mouth in order to get back home
the same day- ,
- At the close of the testimony
for the complainant the Missouri
Pacific attorney called Superin
tendent J. Y. Russ of Falls City to
the stand. The witness submitted
a tabulation showing the amount
of business done by the road in
Cass county. He was questioned
by Commissioner Hall in regard
to the operation of motor cars.
The witness said he had seen no
motor cars on the Missouri Pa
cific, but he had seen them
operated on other roads with ap
parent success, lie said the St.
Joe road took its motors off be
cause thev had too much trouble
with them during the winter ami
found they were not useful dur
ing snow storms.
Commissioner Hall asked the
witness about the taking off of a
train from Omaha that formerly
ran south through Cass county
and back to Omaha. The witness
said it was taken off before he
became superintendent of his
present division five years ago.
Commissioner Hall thought this
train had been taken off without
permission of the railway com
mission but no one present could
give tne date or its discon
tinuance. Commissioner Hall said
that train being taken off caused
complaint and was the basis of
the present formal complaint.
The case was taken under ad
visement bv the commission.
Commissioners Hall
and Taylor
ommissioner
during the
were present, but (
Clarke was absent
hearing.
The Cass county people who
attended the hearing were:
Orlando Tefft of Avoca, A. L.
Tiil.l, H. A. Schneider, C. C.
Parmele, F.. H. Wescott ami
Mavor John P. Saltier of
Plattsmouth, Ed Belts and
J. M. Adams of Eagle, Dave
West and J. M. Palmer of Ne
hawka. C. S. Aldrich, M. H. Ty
son, X. (I. Penterman and B. I.
Clement of Eliiwn.nl, W: B. Ban
ning of Union, J. M. Teegarden
and C E. Tefft of Weeping Water,
W. F. (Jillespie of Mynard. Henry
Creamer of Murray.
The Commercial club and
citizens generally here feel very
grateful for the splendid manner
in which the representatives from
our neighboring towns contribut
ed their assistance in the matter
of appearing at the hearing be-
for the railway commission, and
such assistance demonstrates the
friendly feeling between the dif
ferent towns, as well as the uni
versal desire for more improved
train service over the Missouri
Pacific.
ALL BIDS REJECTED
FOR THE BUILDING
OF POOR HOUSE
From Friday's Dally.
The matter of constructing ttie
building at the county farm
seems to be very doubtful this
season, as the county commis
sioners, at their meeting Wed
nesday rejected the bids that
were made for the erecting of a
suitable building and ordered the
architects, Messrs. Fisher &
Lawrie, of Omaha, to prepare new
plans and specifications for the
building that would be covered by
the appropriation of $7,000 made
by the commissioners. 'There
were three bids for the erection
of the building as folloms:
Parson Construction Co., of
Omaha Original plans, $14,-
325.00; revised plans, 11,718.00.
Peter & Richards, Plattsmouth
Original plans. $12.05 i.GO; re
vised plans, $9,902.20.
L. G. Larson, Plattsmouth
Original plans, $13,3S5.00; re
vised plans, $10,817.00.
From the plan's prepared it was
very difficult to secure anyone
who would be willing to take up
the job for $7,000 and pive the
county the kind of a building they
desire.
New Concrete Contractor.
Phillip Harrison is now engag
ing in the concrete business, hav
ing just finished the construction
of two concrete floor coal bins for
the Journal publisher, and the job
is one that is right up to snuff.
Mr. Harrison will be glad to take
any jobs that may be offered him,
at a reasonable figure, and any
one desiring work of this kind
should call on him.
ADDITION TO THE
KROEHLER BROS.'
HARDWARE STORE
New Addition in the Rear of
Building in Order to Make
Necessary Room.
The hardware firm of Kroehler
Brothers has been compelled by
l lie r rannny inceasmg niisiness
... . I... -
to have a new addition some
20x28 feet erected in the rear
their present building. The work
on the concrete foundation is al
ready under way and as soon as
the weather settles it is thought
that the work of putting" up the
walls of the building will be got
ten under way. The structure
will be made of either brick or
concrete blocks and will be a
splendid place for this enterpris
ing firm to establish their tin
ning department, as well as the
bath and plumbing fixtures
store room. Under the present
crowded condition of the store
room it is almost impossible for
the firm to adequately handle the
business they have built up, as it
requires a verv large slock of
goods, such as it is almost im
possible to handle in the present
cramped quarters which they oc
cupy. This adtlition, while it is not so
verv large, is an indication of the
growing business of the town
and shows that the business in
terests of the. town, are con
stantly expanding and growin
larger each year in steady, con
servative growth and establishing
itself firmly little by little on a
larger basis, and there are a
great, many of the firms in the
citv who have in the past year
advanced to the front with new
additions to their buildings and
new equipment to their store
fixtures, as well as enlarged
slocks of goods, which all tend
to place them on a more modern
and up-to-date basis than ever
before in the history of the cily.
Let the pood work po on and in a
few years the city of Plattsmouth
will be' ready to take its position
in the front ranks of the live, up-to-date
cities of the state.
There is no limits to the pos
sibilities that the future holds
for this city and its business in
terests if a united effort is made
to advance all along the line and
the citizens and business men
unite in trying to bring the best
possible results out of what we
already possess and reach out to
secure new additions to the busi
ness life of the city. The spirt of
jealousy of competition has to a
great, extent died out of the busi
ness life of our community, and
there is no dealer in any line of
goods in the city, who is not, will
ing to stand on his own merits
and meet all competition, and
Plattsmouth can today boast of
as fine and modern stores as al
most any town in the state.
Visiting Here From Ohio.
A. L. Huffer of near Mynard is
enjoying a short visit from his
sister, Mrs. Clara Strader, of
Pickering, Ohio, who is visiting
here for the first time in several
years. Mr. and Mrs. Strader were
living in the district in Ohio that
was visited by the floods this
spring, and all their belongings
except the house in which they
lived were destroyed by the water
and they have just their auto
mobile and stoves fixed up from
the damage they sustained in the
flood. Mrs. Strader will be well
remembered here by the older
residents as Miss Clara Hxiffer,
having attended school here in
1884 and 1885. Mr- Huffer was a
caller at the Journal office Satur
day, bringing in some enormous
peaches raised by him on his
farm, and they beat any we have
seen so far this year that were
raised in Nebraska.
Mrs. Fern Pitzer of Nebraska
City came up last evening and is
a guest at the E. II. Wescott
home for a few days.
Is Getting Along Nicely.
From Friday's Dally
The many friends in this city
of Mrs. Harmon Iiestor will be
greatly pleased to learn that she
is getting along nicely from the
effects of an operation which she
underwent in one of tho Omaha
hospitals on Wednesday. She
stood the operation in splendii
shape and came out of it feeling
as well as could be expected. Mrs
Iiestor has been- in poor health
for some time and the friends
are hopeful the operation will re
suit in tier recovering her former
good health.
THE KNIGHTS ANO
LADIES ENJOY A
PLEASANT TIME
The Installation-of Officers At-
i
tended by Large Number of
the Members.
From Friday's Dallv. '
The members of the Knighls
and Ladies of Security held a
most pleasant session at. their
hall last evening on the occasion
of the installing of the officers
for the ensuing year, and there
were present, some 100 members
to take part in the enjoyment of
the evening. The new officers
were installed in a very impres
sive manner by Oeorge L. Farley,
stale deputy of the order, and he
was ably assisted by Col. J. II
Thrasher, who officiated as con-
ductor for the different officers
as they received their obligations.
The officers installed for the
ensuing year rtrrie; President,
Mrs. Laura Thrasher: first vice
president. Viola Ward: second
vice president, R. B. Windham;
prelate, C. H. Taylor; recordin
secretary. A. O. Moore; financier,
August Cloidt; guard, Paul Lutz;
conductor, Mrs. Carrie Leyda;
sentinel, Miss Clara Wohlfarlh
After the close of the cere
monies or installing ine new
officers of the order had been
completed the members were in
vited to the dining room, where
a delicious luncheon had been
prepared by the committee in
charge of Mrs. Allen J. Beeson,
and the ladies on the committee
certainly did themselves proud in
preparing the delicious repast,
which the members loudly praised
and which served to add very
materially to the enjoyment of
the evening, and the ladies can
feel that they have contributed
much for the good of the order
in serving the tempting refresh-
emnls.
During the evening a very
pleasing program was given by
different talented members of the
company present, including a
vocal trio by Miss Ellen Wind
ham, B. A. McElwain and R. B.
Windham, which was received
with loud applause from I he
company, as were also a number
of other musical offerings given.
The younger members of the
odge decided to hae a short
dance for a time, and as there
were a number of talented piano
players present there was soon
quite a large crowd on the floor
tripping to the music furnished
by theni, and the young folks en
joyed this amusement unlil a
late hour.
Our Old Friend Remembers Us.
Saturday afternoon the Journal
was the recipient of a nice lot of
peaches sent in by our good old
riend, Geo. W. Shrader, from
bis farm, near Union. Mr." Shrader
is a staunch friend of the Jour
nal and whenever he has anything
extra fine he always sees that this
newspaper is remembered, ana
we feel very grateful to this grand
old gentleman for his kindly
wishes, and trust he may be able
to visit with us whenever in the
city, as he is one of nature s
noblemen and an equal to "Uncle
Ceorge" will be hard to find.
Dave Young, from south of this
city, was in town today for a few
hours looking after some trading
with the merchants.
Paints and oils.
Gering & Co.
Phone 36.
THIEF FAILED
TO MAKE HIS
GET-A-AWAY
Has Goods Wrapped Up and Then
Returns for Same and Tries to
Get Away Without Paying.
This morning about 9 o'clock a
stranger entered the department
utore of M. Fanger and asked the
i
del Jv III uow uiiii riut- imii
cloaks, which they did. of course.
The man looked over a number of
garments and remarked to Miss
Delia Moore, who was waiting on
him, that his wife bad bought a
number of suits there and that
they had been very satisfactory,
and asked that the garment he
picked out, a $1G coat, be wrap
ped up and laid aside, as he would
return in about a half hour and
secure it. The coat was wrapped
up, and while Miss Moore was
gone over to the postolhce the
man returned and secured the
garment from another clerk and
started out, and the clerk, not
knowing him, at once notified Mr.
Zucker of the affair, and he at
once got busy, as the man was
unknown to any of the employes
of the store, but he had vanished
from sight by this time. Mr. Hialt
and Miss Moore were standing at
the door a few minutes before No.
4 arrived at the depot, when they
saw the man dash out of one of
the stores on lower Main street
and make for the depot, and Mr.
Zucker and Miss Moore at once
started for the depot, arriving
there as the train came in, but
there was no sign of the
mysterious stranger. They
boarded the train and came on
the man in the smoking car,
where he was identified by Miss
Moore and a search developed
that he had the coat concealed
beneath him. He was taken from
the train by Mr- Zucker, with the
assistance of John Hatt, jr., and
brought, up town, where he was
turned over to the police author
ities. The man, when apprehend
ed on the train, claimed he was a
railroad man employed at the
Junction and was going to take
the coat over to have his wife try
it on, although at the store he
stated he resided in the country
near this city. He offered to pay
for the coat, but as he only had
$2 was unable to do anything in
that line, and will be compelled
to face the music. It was due to
the quickness of Miss Moore that
the man did not succeed in mak
ing his getaway and the coat was
saved to the store.
While at the Fanger store the
man gave his name as Charles
Novak, which was evidently an
assumed name, as the man gave
different names at the other
places visited. He was a caller
earlier in the morning at the Mc
Elwain jewelry store, where In
stated his name was H. M. Miller
and he desired to purchase a
Howard watch, and after con
siderable hesitation decided upon
a $65 timepiece, but as Mr. Mc
Elwain said he would have to
order the watch, he requested the
man to deposit some money on it
before the order was sent in. The
fellow remarked he would go out
and get the money, but the next
saw of him was when he was
brought up the street, in custody
of Messrs. Zucker and Hatt, en
route to the police headquarters.
The man was evidently an old
timer at this line of work, and but
for the quickness of Mr. Zucker
and his clerks would have made
his escape from the city.
The fellow, who stated to the
authorities that his name was
Nelson Clark, and his residence as
Omaha, was taken to the county
jail to await the filing of a com
plaint against him, which will
probably be done this afternoon
by the county attorney, charging
lim with obtaining goods under
false pretenses or petty larceny.
IH. Tritsch, refracting optician,
at Gering A Co.'s Wednesday and
Saturday evenings. Examination
free.
William Stockham in Town.
William Slockham, of Tucker-
ville, Neb., arrived in Plattsmouth
yesterday afternoon for a brie
visit with friends here and to
look after some business mailers
Mr. Slockham has been a reader
of the Journal for many year.-
and, of course, did not fail to pay
us a brief visit. He tells us thai
he has been doing well in tin
western part of the stale, but thi
year the crops were pretty wel
burned out and corn will make an
average of about 15 bushels to
the acre. Mr. Slockham i
down near Nehawka for a great
many years prior to four years
ago last sping, when he moved t
Custer county, where he has since
resided. He goes to Nehawka this
afternoon, where he will make a
week's visit with friends and rela
tives, being a guest, at the home
of the Ingwerson families, these
gentlemen being brothers of Mrs
Stockham. We were very much
pleased to meet our old friend.
and more pleased to learn that he
is getting along so nicely in the
new home.
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH LAST NIGHT
The Church Crowded to Utmost
Capacity to Enjoy a Very
Fine Musicale.
Last evening the Methodist
church was filled to its capacity
by those who had gathered to en
joy' the evening of music given
bv the members of the Young
Men's (Jlee club and the Euter
pean Olee club, and they were
well repaid for their attendance,
as the music furnished by these
two young people's organizations
was of a high character and
served well to take the place of
the evening preaching hour, and
the sacred music brought out a
feeling of deep and helpful
thought. The program was en
tirely impromptu and gotten up
to supply the vacancy caused by
the absence of Rev. W. L. Austin
at the conference in Lincoln and
served to fill the place in most
pleasant manner, and the excel
lent music rendered was very-
much appreciated by the audi
ence. The Methodist church in
this city has one of te finest
musical organizations of any
town in the state, and when all the
choirs and glee clubs are united
there are some seventy voices,
and their efforts have contribut
ed greatlv to the work of the
church and has advanced the in
terest of that church perhaps
more than any one feature of the
church work. Most of the choir-
isters are young people and by
careful training they have been
brought up to a high standard of
musical excellence, where they
are a source of great pride to the
members of the church. The
Young Men's dlee club fills a
great need for male voices in the
musical work of the church or
ganization and the young men
composing the club are advanc
ing very rapidly in their train
ing and to hear them is certainly
a rare treat.
WEDDING AT HOME OF
BRIDE'S PARENTS IN ALVO
A marriage license was issued
Saturday evening by County-
Judge Allen J. Beeson to Mr.
Ralph E. Uhley, aged 24, of Elm
wood, and Miss Alletha Rouse,
aged 19, of Avoca. The young
couple were married yesterday at
the home of the bride's parents,
J. P- Rouse and wife, at Alvo.
Both of these young people are
well known and very popular in
their community and their many
friends will be delighted to learn
of their nuptials and trust they
may enjoy a long and happy mar
ried life.
Wall paper.
Phone 36.
Gering & Co.
THE BOOSTERS
"WALLOP" THE
HAVELOCK TEAM
Boosters Greatly Outclassed the
Havelock Team, as the Score
Fully Demonstrates.
Yeslerday afternoon the far
famed aggregation of ball play
ers representing Havelock visited
this city, with the result that
their slaughter was something
awful, as the Boosters .seemed to
take on new life when put up
against the bunch, and some oT
the boys batted in the 500 class
There was quite a good-sized
crowd in attendance, despite the
chilly wind, and they greatly en
joyed the humiliation of the boys
from the Lincoln suburb, al
though the contest was really
too one-sided to be of interest.
The Boosters far out-classed
their opponents, both in the bat
ting and fielding features of the
game, although in the last, in
nings the playing lacked the vim
shown in the opening part of the
game. There were a number of
very 'clever plays pulled off, but
the big hit of the afternoon was
the return by Mason in left field
of a fly that had been knocked
clear to the fence, and he threw
the ball into the infield in lime
to nail the runner at the home
plate and the play was greeted
with much applause by the large
crowd of fans.
In the npeninpr upaMn of the
game Plattsmouth succeeded in
securing two runs, and repeated
on this in the second inning, and
in the fourth the agony was ad
ded to when live of the Boosters
found the Havelock twirler for
safe hits and succeeded in regis
tering them at the home plate. In
the fifth one more was added lo
the string of figures, and in the
seventh the Boosters made their
core thirteen by pushing over
three more men, and making n
impossible to lose the game, al
though their playing toward the
close was far from what it should
be. The local boys should have
hung a shutout on the Havelock
bunch, as they were far out
classed and were unable to do
business successfully with Con
nor's delivery- until well in the
game, when, on a small hit, they
ucceeded in getting a man
around to third and he came
home on a passed ball by Carle
and rang up their first run. In
the seventh they succeeded in
getting two more scores, which
was very pleasing to them and
made the humiliation of their
defeat a little less. A home run
to the left field fence in the
eighth added another run to the
Havelock string and made the
score at the final inning i'A to '
in favor of our sterling athletes.
There was much rag chewing
in the sixth inning over a stunt
pulled off by one of the Havelock
players, there being "two men on
the bases, with two out, when the
jatter knocked a long drive into
center field and the two runners
came home, while the gentleman
making the hit passed by first
base without touching it and
raced on to second. The play-
was noticed by Connor, and as
soon as the ball was returned he
fired it to Smith at first and the
player was called out, which re
tired the side and prevented the
scores being counted for the
Havelock side, all of which
caused them to show great anger
toward Dr. Sandin, who umpired
the game very satisfactorily, but
after a short conference the
game Was resumed, the visitors
recognizing the fact that a bone
headed stunt had cost them two
scores.
Clarence Cotner and Lester
Chriswisser departed this morn
ing on the early Missouri Pacific.
train for Omaha, where they wiH
enter an automobile school and
garage for the winter, taking: up
a course in the handling of auto
mobiles.
