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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913.
NO. 81.
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CITY COUNCIL
HAS A VERY
LIVELYSESSION
The Extension of Water Mains,
and City Occupation Tax Or
dinance Creates More
Discussion.
From Tuesday's; Pally.
The city council met last even
ing in regular session at the city!
hall with all present except the
representaiives of the First ward,
but Mr. Slreight came in later
and was marked present. Mr.
Patterson Is in the east in attend
ance at the banker's convention.
After the reading- of the min
utes of the previous session the
dads took up the various peti
tions and communications that
had been handed in to their au
gust body. A petition was present
ed from I'd. Eggenhergcr asking
permission to place his wagon in
the city hall yard during the win
ter months as he had rented a
barn near there and had no place
to put his vehicle at nights. The
permission was granted by the
council. A communication was
also received from Mrs. Lucetta
Sayles asking that the council
order the grading and proceed
with the work of putting in a per
manent concrete walk on the west
side of her residence property at
the corner of Main and Eleventh
streets. Councilman Richey stat
ed as the funds of the city were
not overflowing witli money and
numerous other walks had been
ordered by the council before.
He thought those ordered first
should be put in first but if the
money was' available he was not
opposed to putting the walk down.
Mr. Buttery, of the second ward,
stated that the walk was badly
needed, and that the city had sev
eral narrow escapes from being
sued for damages on account of
accidents on this walk and believ
ed that the sooner it was fixed up
the better. The council finally
ordered the work started, Coun
cilman Ilallstrom voting no on
the proposition.
A petition was also presented
from the residents in the north
east section of the city, -asking
permission to make extension. of
the sewer from Fourth and Vine
street north to Oak and then east
to Third, which permission was
granted.
The report of Chief of Police
Rainey showed nineteen arrests
for the month of September with
dilTerent dispositions made of the
prisoners. .
City Clerk Wurl reported he
had collected the sum of $38.75
during the month which had been
turned over to City Treasurer
Cook. .
City Treasurer Cook reported
that the balance in the city strong
box at the end of the month had
been S12.2G2.37.
Police Judge Archer as the re
sult of liis activities during the
month of September, was able to
secure some 4 I . i 0 from the dif
ferent parties who had appeared
before him during that lime.
The claims committee of the
council to which .had 1 been re-;
ferred the. claims of the August!
Gorder estate for 26 and that of
r.uy Patterson for .$1.00 for as
sisting in surveying, recommend--ed
the payment of the Patterson!
claim but asked that the Gorder I
claim be referred to the city at-'
torney as the bill -was several
years old, and it should be1 in
vestigated more thoroughly be
fore the council ordered the sum
paid out. This report was adopt
ed by the council by a unanimous
vote.
The finance, committee of the
city council reported the follow
ing claims aeainst the "ity and
recommended their payment: G.
W. Haynie, street work, ,$ 4 4.80;
Mike Lutz, street commissioner,
S49.50; Al. O'Neill, . street: work,
$32; Chris. 4 Gobelman,. street
work, . $20.80; John 8vanson,
street work,. 825.81: c Alviti Jones,
street work, S26;--Jo1h- Fitzpat
rick, salary, S2ft;, -Frank -.Neu
mann, salary, SG3; W. Ii. Rishel,
street .sweeping- and sprinkling-,
S'37.25; M. Archer, salary, $30;
Plallsmouth Water Co., fire hv-
drant rental, $838.62; Plalts
moufh Water Co., water for
drinking fountains, .?i.i2; Claus
Hoefel, burying three dogs, Si.nO;
James Donnelly, salary, .3; pub
lic library expense, .September,
1.G3; Olive Jones, salary, $35
Edward Svoboda, work at ceme.
tery, $5. CO; John Iverson, repair
ing tools, S8.10.
PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM COUNTY JAIL
Three Prisoners Break Down
Door and Escape From the
Ramshackle Building.
(Continued on Page C)
BOB PROPSI STILL
From Wednesday's Dally.
The venerable pile which for
years has borne the title of the
Cass county jail, last night yield.
ed up its prisoners, and the result
of some of the prisoners breaking
off a bar from the cell, and forc
ed the bolts on the door as well
as breaking the hinges, and then
rushed forth free from the con-
, wcry .nieresung ieuer, Tne men.had planned their time
Will Move to Idaho.
Philip and Nick Schaefer, from
near Cedar Creek, were in the
city yesterday looking after some
business matters, among- "which
was to call al the Journal office
for the purpose of ordering some
sale bills for the latter Mr.
Sehaefep. who is preparing' to
move to Fairfield, Tdaho, where
he will make his future- home.
As will be seen by advertisement
in another column of this issue,
Mr. Schaefer'.s sale will be held
on Thursday, October 23, at his
home near Cedar Creek.
THE PRESENT
LIGHTING SYSTEM
IS OITTIE BUM
And the Patrons of the Plant are
Not Going to Stand the Poor
Lights Much Longer.
Mrs. Nolting Still Improving.
The condition of Mrs. Fred)
Nolting who has been in Omaha
for some weeks taking treatment
is reported as being much better
and her family and friends fee
much encouraged over the pros
pects for her recovery. The op
eration which Mrs. Nolting tin.
derwent was a most, severe one,
and for a time her recovery was
quite doubtful, but she seems
now to be improving rapidly and
the hopes for her complete rei
coverv are very bright.
R.GUTHMA
SWINGING AROUND
Giving a Vivid Description
of His Travels.
for making the escape well, as
Officer Neumann had visited the
jail shortly after 7 o'clock to see
how the men were getting along-,
and shortly before 8 o'clock Mrs.
The Journal has just receiv- M. E. Manspeaker, the wife of
ed another very interesting' fet- the deputy sheriff who resides on
ter from our friend, R. L. Propst, the second floor of the jail build-
wno lias been in eomnanv with ing departed to attend a lodge
his worthy helpmate enjoying an I meeting, and the prisoners were
extensive tour of the east. The left alone in the building. They
LAID TO FINAL REST
Funeral Services at St. John's
Catholic Church Largely
Attended.
During the past few days there
has been much complaint
throughout the city as to the
electric light service furnished
in this city to the patrons of the
light company. There has been
several occasions in the past
CASS COUNTY PEOPLE
A MENAIIGE
LOOMS LARGE
IN NEBRASKA
Breakers Ahead In Nebraska Says
The Milling and Grain News,
of Kansas City.
INJURED NEAR LINCOLN
There are breakers ahead in
Nebraska for every manufactur
ing industry, according to Ihe fol
lowing taken from the Milling and
Grain News, published at Kansas
letter is as follows:
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 10, 1913.
Editor Journal:
Having spent a number of
pleasant days among, the Adiron
dack mountains and on Lake
Champlain, and after visiting
many places of interest such as
obi Fort Ticonderago, Frederick
and Montcalm's Landing and
Larabee's Point, Vermont, we
moved in toward Albany, one
hundred and fifty miles from
New York City, and a down pour
must have got busy at once with
their attempt to force their way
out of the jail, as about 8:30 par
ties passing the jail noticed the
door standing open, came up
town and informed Officer New
man of that fact and he at once
hastened to the jail to discover
that Ihe birds had flown. The
prisoners Nelson Clark, John
McGee and Tom Martin were for
tunately not dangerous criminals
but were in for small sentences.
As soon as the escape was dis-j
From Wednesday' Dally.
The funeral of the late Fran
cis R. Guthmann was held tins
morning at ten o'clock at St
John's Roman Catholic church,
and the service was attended by
a large number of the old friends
and associates, of this most wor
thy citizen, who gathered to pay
their last tributes of respect to
The following account of the City:
nearrow escape of several casii a menace mat moms large iu
I " 1 1 J t ? - 11 A
few weeks when the lights were county people in an automobile penraska at mis ume is one ui.ii
so dim as to be useless for the! accident near Lincoln, appears in
purposes of illumination, and to I the State Journal of this morn-
those who use the electric cur-ling. It was most fortunate that
rent for power it was impossible the members of the party were
for them to run their machinery, not seriously, if not fatally in-
This is a condition that the Light jured in the accident:
rt . .1.1 1 1 I .. ...
i.ui.pcoo Mmum iry unu rnneuj n automobile containing a
as the users of the electric cur- 1!m ami four women turned a
somersault eight miles east of
Lincoln at 10:30 yesterday mor
ning and landed right side up
rent are entitled to nave some
assurance that they will not be
laid out any time without warn
ing, and if the Light company
expects to increase tneir patrons js occupant
in this city they must give some of Nehawka. was driving the car,
active demonstration of tneir in- anj ner wrist was sprained
I Innl innc I -v. f I llirt rvlQnl nn linPn mi . i i I i
one they had esteemed and ad- 1 , k 7 7i ine otner memDcrs OI lue pailf
.-'.j mm ii ni ut- awio ij j i inr I ii k Mil OI iXeiiaWKa. L.ICUC
threatens every rnanufaeturinj
industry of the country, though
not, perhaps, in the same form.
It is not the danger of being com
pelled to have the laws govern
ing our industries made by indi
viduals and bodies who are total
ly ignorant of the conditions un
der which the various manufac
turers produce their wares.
The Net Weights and Measure
liitiu aiiu lanuru i ir in riui. u i' . . . . . . m
v if , . . r. Law, which has just gone into ef-
without seriously injuring any of , '. ,, , , r
a ., 4 f ii r- r feet in the God-fearing slate of
its occupants. Mrs. H. F. Ost . . , . , . .
mired during the long years of
his residence in this city. The
beautiful and solemn high mass
of the church Mr. Guthmann had
loved so devotedly during- his
life time was celebrated "by Rev
Father M. A. Shine, with Father
John Vlcek as deacon and Father
H. J. Cassilly of Omaha, as sub-
deacon. During- the services Miss
Opal Fitzgerald sang- the w?ell-
Nebraska is but another of the
spikes in the crown of thorns
that is being pressed upon the
brow of the long-suffering miller.
The Nebraska law provides that
current arm not make this citv i nnnrrn. ,i Mopimnr.;!, Poi'd-rp nf
i j i 1 aim iiiuipuMii ... . . i
a mere adjunct to the power Nehawka. and Mrs. James the.ni! ler Inust bra.nd ,"s.r,acka
plants several miles away in nrown. of Murray, were not seri-
lowa. llie citizens in general ously injured beyond a severe
and the patrons of the Light shaking up. The party was on
company in particular, are en- its way to Lincoln to take in the
titled to have the intentions of German dav festivities and to
the company made plain as to visit Mrs. E. M. Steiner at 853
whether the plant and service of hyorth Twenty-third avenue
tins city will be improved or at- Thev will visit with Mrs. Stein-
lowed to drag along-, with
same kind of service that
of rain made getting around covered ueputy Mienn wan-
very disagreeable. We boarded speaker who was at his livery
- . - I -l -t.l - . n - j J ... .1. I -"o
a trolly car for Troy, and after a iauie. inmm-a, una uu: ue- ,,,vr, soni2. ur;pafl Kindlv f.iffht.
few hours in thai eiiv (ho wnaf hi scription of the men telephoned
er became ideal ihe sun mm to the nearby towns in the hopeLri,ai, tua Hr,an -h ik- been handed out during the past. abie to tlrive back to Nehawka
out and all natu're seemed much of heading them off in their dash in The woalth of noral tributes T.he comPany has made prepar- They all laughed over the acci-
refreshed. Later we returned to lor liberty, but up to noon no at the church attested the deep d . e dent Iast evening, but admitted
Albany, where the Sulzer trial word had been received of them feeling- of grief at the passing- of w 1131 ls neeueu moie.is me nxiug I ttiat they were lucky to get out
waa in nmsppss hni all inforod or their whereabouts. Clart. is r.nA nnA ih5 UP of the plant so that it can nf jt with no more serious in-
in the mailer .nompri fo have the man who attempted to make a in ua n koia carry the amount of current used juries. Describing how the acci-
heen Wf hv mf of h nnniiifl. getaway with a cloak from the Un him wunoui navm me uius yo uui, dent occurred.. Mrs. Ost said
lion. The state capitol is a fine Monger store a few days ago, nn. M-nnA n,a r ie so aim mat his imposMuie We were driving rapidly along
while Mc(iee is in jail waiting the f r 1' : :, " io use uiem ana winie ine puu- East O street toward Lincoln
sitting of the district court to
pass on hi
with the net weight of its con
tents, and that he must stand re
sponsible for the contents equal
ing the net weight shown thereon,
even after it has passed out of his
possession, into the hands of a
second, third or even a fourth
party, no matter how long a time
structure situated on a high ele
vation overlooking the river, and
a goodly portion of the city. It
is built of marble from Vermont
Leaving Albany we embarked on
the steamboat, "Washington Ir
ving," for New York. The riv-
iri.i, iu-111.-.-. "i 11 ha heen verv nal ent in f ie 1 ..v t fmm
t- ui.u n-v iuui 1 1 1 i -j 1 l - . c - " - - - i Li 1 1 i v l. y M ' H L cipiii nmv r a v 1 1 1
violation of his pa- " , , lUB "T matter, they should be given the tmvn when the accident occurred.
harge of wife deser- lu , "n 1 ai ., VV .T" l ' assurance of the company of U was driving and tried
role on the char
tion. Martin had only been in the
jail since last Friday when he
was sentenced to ninety days for
er .for some miles below Albany attempting to. ieai a jjoara pin.
is very wide, but as you near the There are none of these men ex-
Catskill mountains it' becomes Prienced criminals (and the ease
gentleman wlio has been a resi-
dent of Plattsmouth during- a
long period of years. The body
was laid to its hnai rest in the
Catholic cemetery in this city.
IXlll. Villi 1 I.IL 1 1 l 11 All IC. k-lllll" , , , . ll 1
the Lr. Mrs. ost's cousin, until their has eIaPsed s,nce ll has. hn m
has machine is repaired and they are com,meT'4:
i lit injustice uj .'ui ii i uiiiih
concerning a commodity of the
character of flour, which is
known to shrink with age, borders
on the preposterous. It would be
just as reasonable for the law to
provide that the farmer must
guarantee that the wheat he rais
es and sells to the local elevator
be of the some weight after it
has passed through the hands of
several grain dealers, Iain in
to turn
their intention to improve the out for another automobile. The torape for months, and finally
service in this city.
in the law
narrow. The mountains are
beautiful and situated on the
west bank of the river. As you
with wnich inev maae tneir es
cape demonstrates the weakness
of the old pile of brick that has
pass down the river, you see called a jail, and the need
many small towns, the most im
portant are Kingspoint, Pough-
for the erection of a new building
to hold the county's prisoners
keepsie, at this last named place from which they cannot escape
ic lnentoH one of ihe hisrhfst whenever they feel like it. If the
bridges in the world, connecting new building is not erected soon
the town with Highland. New- to confine prisoners in it, it will
brough and West Point are on e necesary to nave a constant
Ihe west side of the river. OnefP"3 on amy io see mat me
has a good view of Sing Sing punaing is not torn aown ny tne
nrison situated at - the base of persons confined therein,
a high nut, ana ciose io me
BUSY MINE" THE
NEXT ATTRACTION
1 AT THE PARK
HAS JUST FISHED
GRADING CONTRACT
Ko.i citH n rPPintiv reaches the miller.
j . ,.,i There is nothinpr
tlllll lilt? fell Ml ICU 1 1 1 J u 1 1 1 Utlini , . . . ..,
and forth, Before I could that es ,hp rn,,Ifj' an' n
choke the engine and stop it it . ,
i i j i .. .mi, ,..olUfie wiihii iii- uuiuie 01 ine ihiii-
skidded crosswise with the road ... , .. , . ... , ,
mouiiv maives ii ii'iiuiu win iumi
From Wednesday's Dally.
J. II. McMaken of this city, has
just finished his grading contract
with the Burlington in this city
in ' placing some 2,500 yards of
earth in the new fill that the rail
The success of two contin-lroad company has made at the
ents, "Baby Mine," Margaret approach to the shop yards on
n,i Mayo's play of a thousand the north. This fill is to com-
and the car had completely
passed over us. It seemed to
fly right over us. None of us
was unconscious and we got -ip
and went to the car without dif
ficulty. It was uninjured, save
for a broken axle. e could
have run it in to Lincoln had it
place if the goods are kept on
hand a certain length of time, or
are subjected to certain atmos
pheric or climatic changes.
The measure has only been in
force for a short time, and so far
it caused no trouble, but the Ne
braska stale officials are said to
alert. It is
shore of the river. Tarry town is
beautifully located on the east
bank: of the river, and is the
home of Helen Gould Shepherd,
whose residence stands in plain
view from the river. We next
came to the home of the late
John Jacob Astor, victim of the
from the condition of the build
ing, it is reany a cri.ne against
mankind to confine any one in
there. In the past few years
there have been several parties
made their getaway from the old
building, and since .the people
have expressed their wish for the
erection of a new jail, there is no
reason why the building has not
and assured himself that none of
the others was injured. . He
then; hooked the Ost machine
behind his car and hauled the
laughs, is announced for presen- plete the improvements made by
tation at the Parmele next Tues- the installing of the large con-
day night. October 21. "Baby crete sewer to carry the water
Mine" has to its credit one solid I from the creek on Lincoln ave
-T . n . . n t I r. ' 1 ' 1. . n t . . . ...... n.l .1. .Illl--al-i t t 1 I I . I . 1 ' . . . . 4
)ct" S illll iit I'tXl) J. Iltruii I Hue, uuu Ul.il'icii.t;.i int.- uui nnp(v (n Tinonln
New York. It has also achieved en culverts that were used by thel1
phenomenal success at Sir company for so many years. The
Charles '.Wyndham's Criterion work of Mr. McMaken was most
Theatre, London, and in Paris, satisfactory to the Burlington,
Berlin and Vienna. "Baby Mine" and the improvement made by
lmnr. frvr- liia" Tin 17 H
llUl. 1CLH Al Lin.-'. l. ' -' I . , . . .
I.'.' n f T inlnln n-a a V C I n( t , . . .... w,
,,",rr.T.';ClT: Probable, however, that little dif-
ix L i lie riuuci lTvh iui 111 iivu u ; . . . . . ... .
LlJ, .., 1, -h nicf ficulty will be met with this sea-
UHU iiitti tuniivu u iiiu i .t . . . , .
1 lh o,.xr rP Vin-P4"". ONMIlff IO II1C IIMIUIIIOIO mi-
rt" " '" .Tl cnVn'in ! vrist which the wheat CCOP W.1S
nev dresseil tlie snrained wrist I.
Titanic. This estate has been, in h n tareH The anihorii holds the distinction of being ab- the railroad company is one that
are hnsv lodaV trvinn- in tret some soiuteiy clean from start to hn- adds greatly to tne appearance 01
track of the men who escaped ish'the comedy situations being eir shop and railroad yard as
hii:i nnn o,fl,. i,o, c,. none me less lauxn provoKins wen as iiicikiiik 11 iiiucn more
ed in covering their tracks well. beoause of the absence of sug- convenient and safe for the em-
the Astor family for a number
of generations, and all the noted
Astors have been, born here. At
the present time it is owned by
Vincent Astor, eldest son of
John Jacob Astor. Yonkers,
seventeen miles from New York
City, has a population of 60,000,
PHILIP HIRZ HAS THUMB
OF RIGHT HAND BROKEN
From Wednesday's Dallv
Monday afternoon
harvested this year, as well as the
conditions under which most of
the flour was ground, up to this
time. As the harvest season was
an unusually dry one, the wheat
contained only a minimum
amount of moisture, and the
continued hot, dry weather
which prevailed during the first
months of grinding the new crop
resulted in the dryest milling- of
many years, so that flour ground
before the recent precipitation
has less chance for shrinkage
as l'nuip than usual, there is liable to be
in .driving another story, nevertheless, abou"
gestiveness.-. Wm. A. Brady, Ltd. ployees. The superintendent ofjHirz was - engaged
makes the production, which is shops, Mr. Baird, has been work- around the field at his farm near flour ground during wet weather.
sending a gale of . laughter ing on securing this improve- this city, he received a very, pain- for, as the wheat was unusually
ment for some time and his con- ful injury. -The team , he was dry, the absorption element of
stant efforts, has finally borne driving became frightened and the flour will be correspondingly
fruit, and the new addition to I started to run and in-doing so greater. Even during ordinary
Turning Classes Doing Well.
Owing to the fact that German I around the world
and is really a part of New York Day will be celebrated this "week,
City, but is cut off from that there will be no turning classes Little Girl Baby Passes Away.
place by a narrow neck of water.1 held at the German Turner hall Saturday the little girLbaby of the years' improvements is one I threw. Philip out with the result seasons, when rainfall is moder-
Just here on a beautiful eleva- until next luesaay. inis is me Mr. and Mrs. William Fergeson. I that will reflect: much credit up- that the thumb of his right hand ate. flour absorbs a certain
tion. is the burial 'place of the second month of the turning and aged three months and twenty on the efforts of the superinten-l was dislocated. He came to this amount of moisture from the at-
stors. On theopposite side -of! a fine men's class as. well as a days, passed away at the home dent. city and had the injured member mosphere, which naturally evap-
t he river, are the Palisades, ex- boy's class has been gotten into of her parents at 1 :30 p. m. The . , . dressed, and made as comfort- orates in time if the flour is stor
tending for some twenty miles fine shape for the Winter work, funeral of the little one was held . OUR SILK SALE able as possible, although it will ed in some warm, dry place, but
down the river. We, now enter It is expected m a-few weeks to Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock left us with a large quantity of he some time before ho.regams in an unusually wet season, the
the lower Hudson river and in have a business men's class or- from the home, and the inter- remnants. These we offer at a the full use of his hand. absorption is . naturally greater,
full view of New York City of ganized for work on at least one ment made at the Horning ceme- cut price. Many 2 and 2;2-yard and if. after such a season, the
which r will perhaps speak of at night a week, andrquite-a num- tery. south. of this city. Mr. and pieces in 33-inch ; width, just Everybody's friend Dr. Thorn- flour is carried through a dry sea.
some later date. ours: her nave signinea. meir inien-1 ?.irs. ergeson resiae a few miles enough for a waist or petticoat. J as' Eclectic OH. the great house- son. the evaporation is irrealer.
R. L. Propst.- lion of being - enrolled. . in .. the south of this city, near the big ZUCKWEILER A LUTZ. . hold remedy for toothache, ear- Tn which, event, the. Nehraska
island, and. in their loss of their ache, sore throat, cutsr . bruises, state Government sleuths will be
Henry Hiner -:and family of Henry J. Meisinger, one of the little daughter will receive the Andy Lutkins , departed yes- scalds. Sold at all drus stores, able to get in some of their fine
vaithiii, Nebraska, who have staunch and. reliable farmers deepest . sympathy . of their lerday afternoon for Louisvillel 25c and 50c. . - . ; - Iwork. and make things entertain-
been here for a short time visit- from the vicinity of. Cedar. Creek, I friends and neighbors.:
ing with realtives,: departed this was in the city today -looking
morning for their home.- ' ... - lafter some matters -of business.! The Journal does job work
where he will Jook: after. the bus
iness: of the Nebraska. Lighting
company in: that- city.i -. -. : .
. Best results are secured by ad
vertising in the Journal.
ing for. the Nebraska milln
The Journal ads pay.
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