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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914.
NO. 59.
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A FIRST-GLASS
SENSATION IN OUR
NEIGHBORING T
Wife Goes Visiting and Returns
to Find Her Lord and Master
Also Gone.
The following from the Gh-n-vinl
Tribune of this week in
dicates that mir n i l: li I p i ri lt city
i in tin throes 'f a real sensa
tion that lias greatly stirred the
residents there in 1 1 1 - past few
wci'ks The gentleman merit it m
I a- one f the chief figures in
tin- affair is tiii well known
ii p. f i i- be has mmh a visitor
a number of times on profes
sional business:
When Mr.-. W. E. All-ii 'wife of
(b-nw l"s i -l ij iat h if physi
cian ifl 1 1 1! i ! 1 home a week ano
la-t Saturday from a i-it with
relatives in Illinois. -In1 found f 1 1 -home
locked ami no trace of the
doctor's w hereabout s. She man
aged lo effect an entrance and
wail nl. hut si ill Ilit 4 1 o o f did not
nut in an appearance. Thai
n -i i i 1 1 l: her son. Jessie, who had
al-o been back in Illinois work
inir a- a painter retu rued, and
they talked oer the situation Jo
i-vi''r.
They were finally fnirt'il lo tin'
ioitln.-ion that lhf doctor hail
Iffl Tor kt-t'p with lhf intention
of abandoning his family free to
pin -ne -in h pleasure as his in
rlinations niiuht dictate ami op
porl unity oll'er ami possibly in
aoii the embarrassment of
meeting: Glenwood people anil of
making- further misstatements as
lo recent happen inars.
When convinced of this. .Tc-s
ami his mother began preparation-
to leave also, ami yesterday
they move.l back to their oll
home at Fairs iew. Illinois.
The incidents which hae led
up lo this situation are ureally to
tic It'll fet I e.l. A few Weeks MSit a
strange woman came to Glen
wood and became a patient of the
loetor. Three weeks ao the pair
showed up at Malvern. ditching
their aulomohile just south of
low n. in which accident the doe
lor was somewhat injured. They
then hired another auto ami were
taken to W hite Cloud ami spent
the day in a '-Move mi the hank of
the rier there. The doctor re
turned to (ileuwood the next day,
and when questioned ahout the
happenings denied that there had
heen any woman with him when
the aeeidenl oceurred: ami ex
plained the report hy saying the
man who hrou-ht the second auto
to the scene of the accident hail
his wife with him. This explana
tion was later proven to he uu
Irue. ami other embarrassing oc
curences weie uncovered that
must finally have persuaded the
doctor that the end had come to
any sphere of usefulness he
miirht have had in Glenwood or
any claim on the respect of our
people.
lie came to Glenwood a year
ago last January and bought the
lr. W. S. Elliott practice. lie
also bought the residence at tin
northeast corner of the square
which Dr. Elliott had at that
lime traded to a IMatlsmouth
man. lie seemed to give good
satisfaction in his profession, and
was apparently prospering. He
made these purchases on time
and was owing considerable
amounts on them at the time of
leaving. -Mr.-. Allen will of course
have no interest in completing
the payments and acquiring full
title to the practice, and she is
undecided as to what will be done
in the matter of the residence.
IWore leaving, the doctor made
out statements of the accounts
due him from his patients and
left them so Mrs. Allen and Jes
sie could find them. They col
lected them as far as possible
before leaving, but they did not
settle many accounts which the
doctor bail contracted.
Candidate for Governor Here.
From Tuesday's Daily.
This morning. Sennlor J. II
Kemp, of I'ullertoii, one of the
numerous republican candidal
for. the otlice of governor of Ne
braska, came in to meet tin
ofcrs in the cily and look over
the political situation. Mr. Kemp
is one of the brightest of the re
publican leaders in the state, and
if he is not the nominee he is go
ing In be one of the biggest con
tenders in the race for the nom
ination in the republican party.
He was president, of the stale sen
ate at the last session of the
legislature ami had a great in
fluence in moulding- the different
measures passed by the senate.
While here Mr. Kemp gave the
Journal a short social call.
L. C. TODD IS FINED
FOR NOT HAVING HIS
AUTO LIGHTS LIGHTED
There were a large number of
the residents of Nehawka present
this morning at the court room of
Justice M. Archer when the case
of the state of Nebraska vs. I.. C.
Todd, a resident of near Nehawka,
was brought to trial. This rase
grows out of a complaint against
Mr. Todd for not having the rear
lights on his automobile lit
on the evening of July i. (Non
stable Plait of Nehawka claims
that he noliiie.l Mr. Todd to light
the liuhts and he did not do this,
but rode away in the machine
without the liirhts going. The
question of what hour the sun
set on the night of the i'th was
very thoroughly discussed by the
different witnesses and by the at
torneys in the case, which en
lightened the spectators to a
great extent on the question of
whether the standard or meridian
time was the proper authority to
take for the setting' of the sun.
The defense contended that it was
md after sunset when Mr. Todd
was asked to light his lights and
that the constable bad no right to
force him to light these lights.
The state contended that it was
alter sunset by standard time ami
that the action of the constable
should be substained in attempt
ins to compell Mr. Todd to light
up the rear lights of the machine.
The court, after hearing the dif
ferent witnesses in the case on
both sides, decided lo take the
standard time as that for fixing
the hour of sunset, and accord
ingly lined the defendant ."?.r ami
costs. The defense announced
that they would take an appeal in
the case lo the district court to
settle the questions involved in
the case.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
OF THE FISHING PARTY
AT CEDAR CREEK
The fishing party that spent
last week at Cedar Creek fishing
report several thrilling ex
periences during their stay and
particularly in the landing of the
thirty-pound cattish. This fish
was the finest catch made on the
trip and the honor of making the
catch is disputed between Albert
Rheinackle and Gus Swanson, the
two most skilled fishermen in the
bunch. It is claimed by many
that the honor really belongs to
Al, who. during the landing of the
fish, found it necessary to wade
out in the stream and land the fish
single handed, although the
whole party assisted in getting
the fishermen out of the turbulent
waters of the river. Whatever
may have been the trouble in se
curing the fish the boys had a big
time and are looking forward to
another big fishing trip next sea
son. Jacob Krug, one of the mem
bers of Krug Brothers, owning
the Krug brewery in Omaha, was
in the city last evening- looking
after the interests of his com
pany. .
GYPSIES ARE
ARRESTED NEAR
WEEPING WATER
Three of the Wanderers Brought
in Tuesday Evening and One
Fined $10 and Costs.
From "Wednesday's DallF.
Last evening about G o'clock
Sheriff Otiinton came into the cily
bringing- with him three wander
ing gypsies, whom he had gather
ed up near Weeping- Water, and
who were wanted in this city for
having 'touched'' V. H. (Jardner
on last Saturday evening- for the
sum of 10. There was really
only one of the trio brought in by
the sheriff who was implicated in
the robbery of Mr. (iardner, ami
she gave her name as '"Lizzie,"
the last name beinir too much for
the ordinary tongue to attempt to
pronounce.
The story of the robbery, as
told by the victim, was that the
woman. "Lizzie," had visited the
(iardner home and asked to be al
lowed to tell the fortune of Mr.
(iardner, and after giving him out
the dope on the future he was
searching for some silver in small
change to give the woman for her
efforts in sooth-saying when the
lady deftly extricated a roll of
2 in sr bills from his pocket
book, and picking out two of the
bills, then returned the three
others to the pocketbook, and it
was not for several hours after
wards that the loss was discover
ed, and by this time the gang was
well on ils way, having been
ordered out of town by Chief of
Police llainey, and Mr. (Iardner
decided that his peep into the
future had been a very costly one.
The matter was then taken up
with the county attorney and
Sheriff Quinton informed of the
occurrence and he started out to
locate the parties. Hearing that
they were in the vicinity of Weep
ing Water, the sheriff made a
hurried trip out to that locality
and apprehended them just south
of that city and brought them on
into Plattsinouth to be arraigned.
II was impossible to understand
anything of the lingo of the wan
derers for quite a while, until 11.
Weinlroub was secured, as ah in
terpreter, and he wes able lo se
cure some answers from the wit
nesses. Thev were taken before
Justice Archer and "Lizzie"
placed on trial, and as a result of
the evidence the judge decided
that it would be necessary for
them to part with the sum of 10
and costs, amounting to 25. The
man with the party dug up the
sum of 10. which he tendered as
payment for the fine, but this was
rejected by the judge, who an
nounced that their friend would
have to go to jail, at which one of
the women managed to dig up the
amount due the feelings of out
raged justice and the party lost
no time in getting away.
Big Fair to Be at Malvern.
One of the leading fairs and
entertainments of the summer
season is that of the fair of the
Mills county (Iowa) Agricultural
association, that will be held at
Malvern, Iowa, on August 4lh to
8th. This fair will be one of the
best ever held in this part of the
country and the races that are a
feature of the meeting will be one
of the biggest events of their kind
ever held in southwestern Iowa.
Messrs. Sherman Jones and . H.
White of the agricultural associa
tion were in the city yesterday for
a few hours promoting the inter
est of the fair and interested a
great many in the coming attrac
tion. IF YOU WANT any well digging
or cleaning; call on W. II. Barr
or Frank Rice. 7-23-2v-d&w
Harold Smith is visiting for a
few days in Kansas City atihe
home of his uncle, George S.
Smith and family, in that city.
Return Home From Trip.
From Wednesday's Daily.
This morning Iae Wallen
gien and Julius Neilson returned
home from an extended n ip ,, the
east, during which time they vis
ited in Michigan and Wisconsin
with friends. The return ,,f the
travelers has been awaited with
great interest bv their friends and
the report, of Mr. Walb-ngren on
the celery industry of Michigan
has been looked forward to with
much pleasure. lioth of the
travelers enjoyed the trip very
much ami were delighted witlMhc
country through which they pass,
ed.
GEORGE W. GARRISON
ESTATE IN COURT OVER
SI6.000.00 IN NOTES
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday in the coiinly court
a hearing was had before Judge
IJeeson in the matter of the estate
of the late (ieorge W". (larrisoii.
deceased. The departed gentle
man was one of the wealthy farm
ers of Liberty precinct and died
possessed of considerable prop
erty, and in his will left his wife
s"00 besides her widow's share
in the estate, which she was en
titled to. Since the time of the
admission of the will it has de
veloped that the deceased was
possessed of some 1(.HOO ill
notes, which were kept at Hie
home and which Ihe widow claims
were given her by her husband
before his death. The estate also
claimed the notes asi pari of Ihe
personal property of the deceased
included in the estate, and it was
upon 1 he question the owner
ship of the notes thai the court
was compelled to pass, holding
that they were a part of Ihe per
sonal estate of the deceased and
as such belonged to the estate to
be divided among the different
heirs. The case will probably be
appealed to the district court to
be threshed out before a jury.
Raw Is & Robertson appear for the
estate and Matthew tiering for
the widow.
THE CROP CONDITIONS
IN NEBRASKA ARE
MOST EXCELLENT
The following summary of the
crop conditions in the slate has
been give'n out from the office of
Prof. Loveland, director of the
government bureau at Lincoln,
and indicates that the conditions
are favorable to a good yield of
corn if the dry weather does not
continue for too long a time:
The weather of the past week
was favorable for work on the
farm, but was too dry for the best
growth of crops. The temperat
ure averaged very near normal.
The rainfall occurred in light
showers of little value to crops
except in parts of the southwest
ern portion, where the rainfall
was heavier. Generally the rain
fall was less than one-tenth of an
inch, but in a few southwestern
counties it was about one-half
an inch. This of course was much
below the normal everywhere.
Gotd progress has been
made in harvesting the threshing
and securing the second crop of
alfafa. Corn is tasseling and silk
ing and is beginning to feel the
need of rain. The rainfall has
been light generally for the past
few weeks. The crop is generally
for the past four weeks. The
crop is generally in good condi
tion, but the ground is getting
dry and a rain is needed soon to
realize the promise f a large
crop.
Ilching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. 50c at all stores.
Miss Margaret Mills, matron of
the Eastern Star orphanage in
this city, was a passenger this
morning for Omaha, where she
will visit for the day.
DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY C MEN
111 SATURDAY
Primaries to Select Delegates to
Be Held Saturday July 25, at
11 O'clock.
The democrats of (lass county,
Nebraska, are called to meet in
delegation convention at Klrn
win.nl. Neb., on Saturday, July
I'.H'i. at 11 o'clock a. m. for the
purpose of selecting "'U delegates
to the state convention to be held
at Columbus, Neb., on Tuesday,
July -s, 111 5 , and to transact
such d her business as may legal
ly come before it.
It is recommended that al the
pr imary held to select delegates, a
member of the county central
committee be selected in each
ward and precinct subject to the
approai of the convention.
The primaries for the selection
of delegates shall be held on
Thursday, July -M. llli, at
o'clock p. in., at the usual voting
places in the several wards and
preci net s.
The basis of representaat ion in
Ibis convention shall be one dele
gate for each 1"J oies. or major
fraction thereof, cast for A. M.
Morrisey for attorney general in
iil:?. ami one delegate at large
for each ward and preginct.
The number of delegates from
the several wards and precincts
shall be as follows:
Tipton
Greenwood
Salt Creek
Stove C.leek
Kiinwood
South Bend
Weeping Water I'recinct..
10
I
t
s
ll
r
8
8
8
1 1
t
10
r
12
i
i
("enter
Louisville
Avoca
Mt. Pleasant
Liu lit Mile Grove
Nehawka
Liberty
First Rock Bluffs
Second Rock Bluffs
Plallsinouth I'recinct
Weeping Water-
First ward
Second ward
Third ward
IMatlsmouth
First ward
Second ward
Third ward
Fourth ward
Fifth ward
-12
12
Total H4
It is recommended that there
be no proxies admitted to the
convention, but that the delegates
present cast the entire vide of
their respective wards and pre
cincts. W. D. W heeler.
Chairman.
HARRY M'DONALD OF
MURDOCH FILES FOR
REPRESENTATIVE
From Tuesday's Dally.
The last filing of the campaign
was made Saturday nigni wneu
llarrv McDonald of Murdock
entered the list as a democratic
candidate for the office of state
representative from the Seventh
district. Mr. McDonald will have
as bis opponents for the position
the present representative, Hon.
John J. Gustin of Murdock and M.
G. Kime of Nehawka. The list of
filings is now completed and all
those who were ambitious to get
into the political race but ne
glected it will have to allow their
desires in this line to rest until
two years rolls around and al
lows them to get onl for o'ffiee.
Mrs. H. R. Steinhaus and son,
Victor, of Gordon, Neb., who have
been visiting at the home of the
former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Haynie, in this city, returned
to their home today.
Wheat Not Very Good.
Arthur Sullivan and Wyelhe
Hutchinson, two of the farmers
living in the Rock Bluff neigh
borhood, have just finished their
fhrejhing and find that their
wheat has not turned out as well
as was expected. Mr. Sullivan's
crop will average eleven bushels
to the acre, while thai of Mr.
llulchiris will go at about fifteen
as some of the wheat on the hills
dil not make over six bushels to
the acre, but the wheat on the
bottom land will be quite plentiful
and will put the average up to
fifteen bushels.
MISS AGNES SLAVICEK
CELEDRATES HER BIRTH
DAY AMIDST FRIENDS
A very pleasant birthday sur
prise parly was given Saturday
afternoon at the handsome borne
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slavicek
ii West Main street in honor of
the birthday of their (laughter.
Miss Agnes. An automobile load
of friends came down from Oma
ha to join in making the occasion
one-of ths greatest measures to
the guest of honor, and it is un
necessarv to sav that Miss Agnes
was most agreeably surprised
'ii . . n . , i : . . . T -.
I lie iiiieriioon was spein in putt
ing games and several very enjoy
able musical numbers and a gen
eral good time among" the jolly
young people. At a suitable hour
a very delicious and tempting
luncheon was served, which ad
ded thoroughly lo the enjoyment
of the guests present. Those
taking part in the event were:
Misses Mildred and Vivian Kas
par, Rose Farrach. Sylvia Svobo
da, Gladys Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Janda, all of Omaha; Ter
esa Janda. Weston, Neb.: Agnes
Slavicek. Rose Skoumal, Agnes
Holly. Helen Slavicek, Tom Svo
bod a and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Slavicek.
MRS. CLAOS BOETEL.
SR.. CELEBRATES HER
FIFTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY
A very pleasant surprise party
was given Sunday afternoon at
the pleasant home of E. C. Ripple
in the west part of the city in
honor of the lifty-eighth birthday
anniversary of Mrs. Glaus Boetel,
sr., a sister of Mr. Ripple. This
lady was taken out to see the Rip
ple home with the object, so she
was told, of a short visit with the
family, and it was only a short
time after her arrival until her
children and their friends came
driving up and getting out of their
conveyances came in to assist the
mother in celebrating the happy
event of her birthday in an ap
propriate manner. At a suitable
hour some very tempting re
freshments were served that aid
ed greatly in making the event
one of the rarest enjoyment. In
remembrance of the event the
children of Mrs. Boetel presented
her with a fine rocking chair.
Those in attendance at the sur
prise were: John lioetel and
family, Glaus Boetel and family
and A. G. Tulene, wife and fam
ily. Finishes Up Wheat Harvest.
James McCullough of near
Murray has just finished his
wheat harvest from his farm and
as a result finds that the yield
will run thirty bushels to the acre
which is very pleasing to Mr. Mc
Cullough. While perhaps the
wheat this year will not be as
heavy as that of last year, still it
is very satisfactoryand the finish
of the harvest was very pleasing
to most of the farmers in this
county.
Mrs. Ed Tritsch and children
were passengers this afternoon
for Omaha, where they will visit
for a few hours with friends
looking after some matters of
business.
THE CASS
COUNTY TEACH
ERS' INSTITUTE
Coming Teachers' Institute, to Be
Held Here August 10 to 14,
to Be of the Best.
An excellent program has been
arranged by Miss Mary I-. Foster,
county superintendent, for the
annual Cass county teachers' in
stitute, which will convene in Him
city on Monday, August lo, ami
continue until Friday, August 1 l.
The wide acquaintance of Miss
Foster with the leading- educator
of the country makes it easy for
her to secure better lab-nt for the
lecture courses than it would
otherwise be possible to do, as
her judgment oil the different
teachers and educators is such as
to insure the best possible per
sons on the lecture platform.
The principal lecturer at the
institute here will be Dr. A. I'.
Winship of Boston, one of the
nmst eminent American educat
ors, and the editor of the Journal
of Education, tbe leading journal
of its kind in the country. Dr.
Winship has appeared before at
the Cass county institutes and
made a deep impression upon all
classes of people, as his lectures
are so broad and comprehensixi
that they appeal equally to the
business men and citizens, as well
as to the school teachers and
those interested in school work.
It was rare g 1 fortune on the
part of Miss Foster to secure this
able lecturer, and solely due to
the fact that a personal acquaint
ance with Dr. Winship allowed of
his being pressed into service at.
the institute here.
Dr. Howard R. Driggs of Sail
Lake, fine of the leading author
ities on English in the west, will
also be on the program and will
ive a clear and concise series
of lectures on the use of the
English language. He is the
author of th "Live Language
Lessons." one of the accepted text
books on this subject in use in
the schools of the country today,
and one that is valued very high
ly by school workers.
Miss E. Ruth Pyrlle of Lincoln,
principal of the McKinley school
in that city, will also be on the
lecture course, having a number
of lectures on the work of the
primary grade, miss I'yriie was
heard here last summer at the in
stitute and her addresses at that
time have been remembered with
the' greatest of pleasure by all
who were in attendance at the in
titule.
Harry E. Bradford of Lincoln,
superintendent of the state agri
cultural school of the university,
will also be here again this year
with another series of his splen
did lectures to the teachers that
will lie as interesting, if not more
so, the series delivered last
year, as the undoubted ability of
Mr. Bradford makes his offerings
to the institute fully as good as
any that has ever been given here
before.
Superintendent W. G. Brooks
of the Plattsinouth schools will
have the department of High
school teachers, and coming as
he does fresh from the summer
school work at Columbia univer-
ity. New York, he is well titled
to take up the latest phases of
this line of school work and pre
sent it in an intelligent manner
to the teachers.
Miss Marie E. Kaufmann will
also give a number of lectures al
the institute on the penman-hip
work of the schools that will ap
peal especially to those who are
interested in seeing the best pos
sible training afforded the young
people, as the success of Miss
Kaufmann in the IMatlsmouth
schools has been wonderful in her
two years' work.
The meetings of the institute
will be held in the district court
room this vear at the court house
and will allow the business men
in tha city to attend the lectures
and will also be far more con
venient to the teachers and sav"
them the long walk up the High
school hill.