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NO. 79.
VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913.
DESERVED
TRIBUTE TO
JUST JUDGE
Hon. Matthew Gering Pays Most
Eloquent and Touching Tribute
to the Late Judge Travis.
Tlie Journal has had a number
of requests for the publication of
the allress of Hon. Matthew Ger
ing, the eloquent attorney of this
city, delivered at the funeral of
the late Judge Travis, and
through the courtesy of Mr. Ger
ing we reproduce below the
touching and impressive tribute
that this gentleman paid to his
departed friend and associate at
the bar:
My Friends: Death is the valet
who opens the door of the future
and permits us to look into the
mysterious chamber of eternity;
it is the apogee of that highway
upon which our departed friend
and jurist has trod, and we who
live after him in tins sorrowing
presence can see the flowers he
lias plucked along its hillside and
the thorns whose sting he has
felt- In the noiseless chambers
of the dead no sobs of sorrow, no
heartaches over broken hopes, no
anguish over aspirations unat
tained now disturbs the restful
ness of his dreamless sleep. Tile
starlessness of a sombre night
neither inars nor detracts from
the generous deeds he performed
while living, nor the happiness he
gave to others, and from his
voiceless sepulchre there comes
no cry of pain. Let us salute bis
memory.
Death is the end of all sorrows,
it either secures happiness or
ends suffering. It. frees the slave
from his master, opens the prison
doors, cures pain and closes the
struggle of poverty. It is the last
and best boon of nature, for it is
the emancipator of a man from
all his cares and is at. worst but
the enl of a banquet we have all
enjoyed.
I "If a man die shall he live
again?" In reply to the savage
incantation of the untutored
Patagonian who leslens to the
winds and voice of thunder with
unfeigned awe, as to the subtle
meditations of the metapbysi
eans. comes the same answer to
this preplexing question. None,
except the throbbing of a soul
and the longing for a life here
after. If this desire for immortality
is to be the splendid realization
of our hopes, then men should
dread to live and not to die. From
the cavern of the countless dead,
from the ljps of. the living, from
the wails of infancy to the pip
ing sounds of age pagans ami
Christian -comes the cry of the
soul for immortality.
"Plato, thou reasonest well,
Else whence this pleasing hope,
This fond desire, this longing af
ter immortality,
Why shrinks the soul back on
herself
And startles at destruction?
"Pis divinity that stirs within us,
Divinity, thou dreadful pleasing
thought."
As I stand in fancy upon the
edge of his last resting place to
place a flower of friendship and
amiration upon his beir and pay
the timid tribute of a friend, I
find a melancholy pleasure in
contemplating bis virtures and
forgetting bis faults.' He was my
friend and in speculating Upon
bis sad taking off when his man
hood was at the noonday of ma
turity, I wonder why it is that
such a man is stricken down and
others so much less useful to
humanity are permitted to Jive,
perhaps as the sweet song sun?
with such feeling, ''Sometime
We'll Understand," but not now.
His subserviency to his duty as
a jurist while a judge and fidelity
to his clients, when a practitioner
at the bar, was' a' passion with
him, and his task in this "direction
contributed to his early dissolu
tion or' hastened' the end.'. The
sublimest of all virtues, that of
honesty, he possessed in a mark
ed degree, and any mistakes in
his judicial decisions was one of
the head and not of the heart, for
Judge Travis was as honest and
conscientious a man in the per
formance of his duties as any
man I ever "knew. He has not
lived in vain and his character
will leave its impress upon
the community wherein he lived
and which he loved, and those
that, were near and dear to him,
his faithful wife and helpmate
and sterling' sons and daughter,
can find much to sustain them in
their sorrows in the serene con
templation that the husband and
father was a man "where every
(iod did seem to set his seal and
give the world assurance of a
man."
FARMER NEARLY HAS
HIS EAR TORN OFF
Julius Helflicker Meets With a
Very Severe Accident While
on Way Home.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Last evening- Julius Helflicker,
who resides a few miles west of
this city, met with an accident
which was quite painful and will
put him out from his duties for
some time. Mr. Helflicker had
come to I'lattsmouth to do some
trading and late in the afternoon
tailed for home with a load of
lumber and other merchandise
for the house. When within about
a mile of his home the team he
was driving suddenly shied at
some object in the road, and in
so doing pulled the lines out of
his hands, with the result that
Julius was thrown to the ground,
alighting on the suit .of bis head.
The left, ear was torn in a ter
rible manner and bruises were
raised on both sides of his face
from the effects of the fall. The
team, after the driver bad fallen
off, continued on their way home
ward, and Philip Trilsch, who
was behind Mr. Helflicker in an
automobile, pieked the injured
man up and conveyed him to bis
home.
The injured man was brought
to this city this morning to have
his injuries dressed and they
were found to be quite severe,
and in addition to the lacerated
ear, he received a badly discolor
ed right eye. and numerous skin
ned places on his face. It. was
feared by the family at, first that
he had sustained a fracture or
concussion, of his head, but he
seems to feel in good shape this
morning, with the exception of
the injuries he sustained. It is
most fortunate for Mr. Ilelficker
that he escaped as easily as he
did. as it is a wonder he was not
killed bv the fall and the manner
in which be struck the ground.
WILLIAM BRADY FINED
FOR HAVING ON TOO
MUCH "BOOZE"
This morning William Brady
was brought up to face Judge M.
Archer on a charge of being
drunk, ami entered a plea of
guilty to the charge. William
was discovered by the police last
evening attempting to climb up
the lamp posts on Main street to
try and add to the illumination
furnished by the light company,
evidently thinking that in his own
well "lit" condition he would be
an excellent substitute for the
lights. He was requested to go
on to his abode and sleep off his
over-supply of "booze," but re
fused and the police gathered
him in and escorted him to the
Hotel Manspeaker to rest for the
night. He stated that his home
was in Omaha and that he came
down here to shuck corn, as had
been his custom for several years,
and was to start .work at once.
The judge, after hearing the evi
dence in the case, decided to give
him a fine of ?2 and costs for his
celebration, and as the man only
had $2 on his person the court,
on his promise of .good behavior,
released him in order that he
could go on to his work.
SATURDAY A
GREAT BIG DAY
FDR BARGAINS
Farmers and Their Wives Should
Take Advantage of the Special
Bargains Offered.
On next Saturday the sales day
which has been agitated for some
time among the merchants will
be inaugurated in this city, and
the merchants oT the city have
arranged some exceptional good
bargains for their customers and
the farmers of the county which
will be an event that canned be
overlooked- by the careful and
shrewd buyers.
The large advertisements ap
pearing in this issue of the Even
ing Journal will show that -the
opportunities offered the public
are such that they cannot be
overlooked by the shoppers and
those who desire to secure good
values for their money. The
business houses in this city are
as good as can be found in any
town of this size in the state, and
all of them carry lines of goods
from which it is possible to find
anything that may be desired,
and the goods all carry with
them the guarantee of the mer
chant as to their worth. The
committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the sales day has
secured the services of the Bur
lington band, which splendid or
ganization will give a concert on
Saturday afternoon on the street
for the entertainment of the
visitors lierii.and the citizens of
the town, and this feature alone,
resrardless of the splendid
money-saving bargains offered by
the merchants, will be the means
of attracting a large number to
the city, who can save money by
attending the sales, and at the
same time have the pleasure of
hearing the excellent band in
concert.
The auctioneer provided by the
committee will be at the disposal
of tin- farmers who have articles
for sale and will auction otT these
free of cost to the farmers. Come
in Saturday and bring your fam
ilies and spend a most enjoyable
day, as well as a most profitable
one.
RELEASED SUSPECT
AT NEBRASKA CITY
ENTIRELY TOO SOON
Jim Billings, as he gave his
name, a vagrant who was picked
up by the police a few days ago
and who had four or five Ingersoll
watches in his possession, is be
lieved to have stolen them from a
jewelry store in Plattsmouth.
Sheriff Fischer received a re
quest yesterday afternoon to hold
the man until the property could
be identified, but. upon investiga
tion it was discovered that Judge
Cook had released, the man for
want of evidence, and when
sought he was nowhere to be
found. It is believed he went
south from here.
The man was arrested on sus
picion and was held but twenty-
four hours, the police magistrate
having stated that he had no
charge upon which he could be
detained longer. The request
from Plattsmouth to bold him for
that county came too late for the
sheriff of Otoe county to do any
good.
The Plattsmouth store was
robbed a few days ago and noth
ing of value except the watches
was taken. . There is probably no
reason to believe that the thief
could be anybody but the man
who was released from the city
jail yesterday afternoon. Ne
braska City Press.
For any pain, burn, scald or
bruise, apply Dr. Thomas' Eclec
tic Oil the household remedy.
Two sizes, 25c. and 50c, at all
drug stores. . . .
Nigger in the Wood Pile.
In last evening's Journal, under
the- heading, "County .Commis
sioners Held Interesting. Meet
ing," wherein it states I filed a
claim for 375. This is not true,
and it looks to mc as though
there is "a nigger in the wood
pile" somewhere. I simply ask
for a just and. equatable allow
ance. I was never notified of the
intention of the taking of a strip
of my land for the road such
notification is required by the
statues and I do not know why
1 was not notified in lime so the
claim could have been filed in
proper time. However, I am en
titled to a just, amount for the
road L'oinsr through mv land, ami
las soon as I get next to who and
'where the nigger is that's in the
wood pile I may give out more
for publication, and I shall keep
it up until I receive justice. Re
spectfully yours, B. Golding.
SIONERS HOLD IN
TERESTING MEETING
The county commissioners at
their meeting yesterday had quite
an amount of business to trans
act and pass upon, especially in
the matter of new roads, as there
were several petitions for the
opening of roads in the vicinity
of Nehawka and Weeping Water,
ami they were ordered opened up.
In the claim of B. folding for
damages caused by the construc
tion of the river road, the claim
of 375 was refused, as the time
for filing for damages was past.
The different county officials filed
their reports for the third quarter
of the year as Io.osz: County
clerk, 2!0.f4; county register
of deeds, $392.70; county judge,
"M75.10; clerk of the district
court, 500.10. The commis
sioners decided to postpone ac
tion on the matter of the concrete
bridges in this city, and also will
not take action on the matter of
the bids for the poor farm until
the meeting here tm Tuesday,
October t21.
NOT MANY FARM
NAMES RECORDED
The legislature, at. its session
in 1911, enacted a law providing
that the owners of homes, farms
and ranches could, by the pay
ment of the sum of $1 have the
name recorded with the county
clerk .in the county in which they
resided and that there should be
no farm of the same name re
corded in the county. The home
owners of this county have been
very slow to avail themselves of
this privilege, as there has been
only five so far to avail them
selves of the opportunity to se
cure names for their farms.
Those who have registered their
farms are as follows: L. J. Grif
fith. Nehawka, "Cedar Vale;" C.
It. Jordan, Greenwood, "Prairie
View;" W. B. Banning, Liberty,
"Fair Acres;" Ella S. Larsh,
Liberty, "Springdale Farm;"
Julius A. Pitz, "Pleasant View."
The custom of having a name for
the country home is a very com
mendable one and more of the
owners of the beautiful farms
that cover Cass county should re
ceive their names and have them
recorded with the clerk in com
pliance with the law, in order
that they may have a distinction
and individuality of their own.
There is no county in the state
where . more handsome country
homes are to be found than in
Cass county, and it is fitting that
they should be given names that
will be lasting and which will im
press itself upon the persons
traveling through the county.
Itching, bleeding, protruding
or, blind piles have yielded to
Doan's Ointment. 50c at all
stores.
If you need anything for har
vest call on Ed Donat. Ha will
treat you right.
COUNTY CONU S
TWO BIG GER
MAN DAYS OCT
OBER 18 AIID 19
Arrangements Perfected for a Big
Time, and Every German In
Cass County Should Attend.
The near approach of German
Day in this city bids the citizen
get busy who desire to see thi
great event celebrated in th
proper manner. For the tw
davs that the representatives of
this ureat race will hold forth in
this city in celebration of the two
hundred and thirtieth anniver
sary of the landing of the firs
Germans in America, the peopl
,.f Pint i smooth. irrespective of
race, should do their utmost to
make the event a great success.
Let, the different business
houses and residences, on these
festive days, display the colors
oT the Fatherland, as well as our
iwn glorious Stars and Stripes,
for which the Germans have so
freely shed their blood. The
committee on arrangements from
the Germans of this city, which
has the matter in hand, have ar
ranged a very pleasing program
for the 18th and 19th of this
month, when they will celebrate
the event that is being set aside
throughout the country for the
purpose of honoring the mem
bers of the German race.
A big parade of the different
German societies and citizens
will be given on Saturday after
noon from Main, street to the
German Home on Washington
avenue' and in the" evening of
that day a fine social dance will
be given at the Home, 'to which
the public will be admitted. On
the 19th a very extensive program
has been arranged for, which
will include speeches, both in
German and Engish, as Otto
Kinder of Omaha will speak in
the German tongue, while Hon.
Matthew Gering oj this city will
deliver an address in English,
ami those who have heard the
eloquence oi ;ur. im-hhk m
know well that a splendid treat is
in. store for them. In the even
ing an entertainment will be
eriven bv a company of talented
musicians and actors from Oma
ha under the direction of Thd. R.
Heece, and these features alone
are worth coining . miles to he.ar.
The services of the Burlington
band have been secured ,for Sat
urday, the 18h. and this or
ganization will be heard in con
cert on Main street preceding the
parade, which will be'he'Id at
2:30. The Germans in charge of
the program were more than for
tunate to secure the services of
Thd. R. Reece as director of the
musical feature of the entertain
ment offered at the hall; and
those who had the pleasure of
listening to the beaut iful offerings
of this talented musician at the
celebration last year will fully
realize the importance of having
his services as director.
Remember the big events and
decorate up your places of busi
ness or residences and show the
visitors who will be here from
other points what we can do.
MEXICAN HAS ARM
AMPUTATED AT SHOULDER
From "Wednesday's Dally.
The Mexican who was injured
at Pacific Junction Monday even
ing by having his arm crushed by
'a locomotive, yesterday afternoon
was compelled to have that mem
ber amputated at the shoulder,
as it was so badly crushed as to
make it impossible to save the
member, and in order to save the
man's life it became necessary to
take off the arm. He was rest
ing quite easily this morning.
considering the severe nature of
the injury, and it is thought that
he v,-ill get along nicely unless
some unforseen complications set
in. Quite a number of the fellow
countrymen ' of the injured f man
were here yesterday looking after
him at the Perkins house.
Will Be Operated on Today.
R. C. Bailey of Maple Grove
came in this morning and was a
passenger on the early Burlington
train for Omaha, where his wife
is to he operated on today. Mrs
Bailev has been ailing for tin
past summer, and as her eondi
tion did not improve it was
necessary to remove her to th
hospital for treatment, and there
it was decided that it wouLd b
necessary to perform an opera
tion in order to afford her the re
lief from her ailment.
W. C. T. U. Hold Meeting.
The regular meeting of the
C. T. U. was held at the home of
Mrs. Jennie Schildknechl ye.-ter
day afternoon, at which there was
a large number in attendance.
The ladies have planned for a
Banner day, or in other words, a
reunion of all the former mem
bers of the society, and decided
to issue their invitations some
time next week. This reunion
will he held at the home of Mrs.
Charles Troop two weeks from
yesterday.
MUCH INTEREST OVER
DISTRICT JUDGSH1P
Judge Beeson Mentioned by State
Journal as a Candidate
for Office.
Allen J. Beeson, county judge
of Cass county, is the fourth
candidate for appointment to the
position of judge of the Second
judicial district. The others are
YV. V. Wilson and I. W. Living
stone of Nebraska City, and D. O.
Dwver of Plattsmouth. Gover
nor Morehead is called upon to
make an appointment, on account
of a vacancy caused by the death
of Judge Travis.
Judge Beeson of Plattsmouth
is a republican and is supposed
to have no show on that account.
The judge who died last week was
a democrat and it is conceded
that a democrat will take his
place, although this was not the
policy pursued by Governor
Morehead when he appointed
Judge English of Omaha on the
district bench to take the place of
Judge Kennedy, a republican, who
was appointed by the governor as
a second choice on the state
board of control.
Judge Travis was ill for a long
time and consequently the work
usually done by a district judge
is far behind. Judge George 1
Corcoran of York, judge of the
Fifth district, was called to pre
side in the Second district during
a portion of the illness of Judge
Travis. Judge Corcoran was
called to the governor's office
yesterday to answer some ques
tions relating to the work of the
district ami the qualification of
some of the applicants for ap
pointment.
Preceding Judge Corcoran a
delegation of Otoe county demo
crats called on the governor to
urge him to appoint I). O. Dwyer
of Plattsmouth. Although two
attorneys of Nebraska City are
applicants the Otoe county men
asked for the appointment of a
Cass county attorney. It is urged
that Judge Travis lived in Cass
county and the governor should
appoint a man from that county
to fill the vacancy.
The Otoe county callers were
George Leidigh, formerly warden
of the state penitentiary and for
merly a member of the legis
lature; his son, O. G. Leidigh, an
attorney of Nebraska City; L. H.
Rohrnever, editor of a German
newspaper at Nebraska City;
Bavliss S. Littlefield, postmaster
at Syracuse. The delegation left
feeling cheerful. Lincoln State
Journal,
For 8ale.
Seven and one-half acres of
land with 5 -room house on it.
Barn and outbuildings in good
condition. Good well and two
good cisterns; two new cellars.
Land has fruit and vineyard on
two acres planted m alfalfa.
Inquire of Mrs. Anton Javorsky.
10-8-lwkd
TRUXTGN IG
IS COMIIIG TO
This Fine Piay Will Be Presented
at the Parmele Theater Friday
Night, October 17.
Is there a tendency toward a
revival of t he romaui ic drama?
Several eminent writers on stage
topics, while not. certain there is
such a tendency, are willing to
predict that such a turn on the
part of the producers for the
theaters would prove profitable.
In fact, they are urging that more
of the romantic must be injected
into the drama if the "movies,"
which are much given to the pic
turing of romance, are to be suc
cessfully opposed by the regular
theater.
In "Truxlon King," the newest
play of the year, its premiere
coining almost with the birth of
ltiy, romance is enthroned again
and the theater-goer is given it
in just the setting he used to en
joy, the pomp of power and the
clash of arms. "The Prisoner of
Zenda" was a cracking good play,
and, it must be confessed, delight.
fully romantic. Then I here was
"Graustark," a picturesque and
appealing with its love story of
Yetive and Lorry. Now comes
"Truxton King," a smoothly-flowing
tale of the Graustark country.
well-fitted for a play because of
its fine flavor, its clear-cut char
acters, its smart climaxes and its
charming romance.
The adaptation for the stage
has been made bv Miss Grace Ila-
ward, an experienced playwright.
who made "Graustark" into a
play. Miss Hayward's play-build
ing is well suited to Mr. McCut-
cheon's style of story-telling" and
the result ought to be a very
pleasant drama. The melo
dramatic features are not over
done, but sufficient is provided to
permit of the swing and dah and
brisk movement enjoyable in the
book-made play. "Truxlon King"
will be on view at the Parmele
theater on Friday night, October
17. presented by a competent com
pany under the direction of the
United Play Co.
Dyspepsia is America's curse.
To restore digestion, normal
weight, good health ami purify
the blood, use Burdock Blood
Bitters. Sold at all drug stores.
Price, $1.00.
HARRY M. WEIGHEL AND
MISS BLANCHE DREAMER,
OF ALVO ARE MARRIED
This evening at the home of the
bride's parent., Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Dreamer, near Alvo, oc
curs the marriage of Miss Blanch
Dreamer and Mr. Harry M. Weich-
el. The ceremony will be per
formed by Hew Van Fleet of
Elmwood, and the relatives, a
well as a number of the intimate
friends of the contracting parties
will be present to witness th
ceremony. The young" people
were both born and reared in the
vicinity of Alvo, where their par
ents are' among the leading resi
dents of that section and where
they have a host of friends. The
groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Weichel of near Alvo, and
in this section the newly-wedded
couple will make their future
home on a fine farm. The best
wishes of a vast number of
friends throughout the western
and central parts of the county
will be extended to the young
couple on their journey out on
the matrimonial sea and that
their future wedded life may be
full of joy and happiness.
Doan's Regulets are recom
mended by many who say they
operate easily, without gripinK
and without bad after effect s.
25c at all drug stores.
PLATTSMOUTH
