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415 -tblattemoutb Journal VOL. XXXIII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, Till RSDA Y, OC'l OBEK 2'J. 191 1. No. A PLAY THAT WILL SURE CAUSE IN 501 THINKING 'The Calling of Dan Matthews" Is Out cif the Greatest Plays Eer Appearing at the Parnu-le. From Tuesday's Iail The plays which do the most good in the world are those which set men thinking. The task has been well ac complished by Harold Bell Wright in the dramatization of his popular book, "The Calling of Dan Matthews." The scene of the play is in the Ozark mountains, in a little town called Cor inth. The hero is a young preacher, and by the way, is the son of our old friends, Sammy and Young Matt, whom we know in "The Shepherd of the Hills." w ho comes to Corinth to be pastor of one of its churches. At first he is well received. , Later, in preaching the convictions of his own heart and in befriending Denny, a poor boy, and his mother, and a poor, innocent giri for whose bad reputa tion certain persons in his church are largely responsible, he is elriven to resign his position as pastor, and the most influential members in the church turn out to be the meanest and the lowest. In the dramatization the story is, brought out with dramat ic force and strength that leaves ab solutely ntthing to be, desired. There is a delightfully humorous old character in the per son of the old doctor, who is a disciple of Isaac Wal ton, and believes that the best medi cine for a tired heart or a weary brain is to catch a good mess of fish. The love story running through the piece is sweet; pure and wholesome, uid this, together with some extreme ly realistic and startling scenes and situations, make a play brimming over with interest and with a power ful "punch." "The Calling of Dan Matthews" comes to the Parmele theatre on Mon day night, November 2, and is under the management of Messrs. Gaskill and MacYitty, who have given it a cast of reputation and a scenic pro duction par excellence. JOSEPH DROEGE RECEIVES A LETTER FROM HIS SIS TER LIVING IN GERMANY From Tuesday's Iaitv. Joseph Droege of this city last evening received a letter from his sis ter resitting at Werl, Westfallen, Ger many, which was written on Septem ber 1, and had just reached this coun try. The letter was one filled with sadness, as it conveyed the news of the death of the sister's oldest son on August 2i during one of the battles along the Belgium-French border, where the young man, who was just 21 years of age, was fighting for the Fatherland. The letter further states that out of the 800 men who went from that city to the front thirty of them had been killed by the 2-Hh of August. Werl is a city about the size of Plattsmouth, and is in a sec tion of country from which many f the residents of thi- county came, and the news from the- old home proves very interesting to them. This letter lifts a little the veil of the hor rors of the great war and the many l-roken homes whose ruin follows the path of the armies that are waging such terrible was across the conti nent. Someone Swipes Ticket. From Tuestlav'f Danr- Yesterday afternoon Agent Harry Thomas of the Missouri Pacific dis covered on checking up his sales that he was shy one ticket from Platts mouth to Kansas City, Mo. The tick et and its method of getting away are mysterious in the extreme to the agent, who has made a thorough search of the office in hopes of locat ing the ticket, but without success. The loss will fall on him, if it is not found. Seats selling: now at Weyrich & Hadraba's drug store for "The Call ing of Dan Matthews." All That Has lieen Claimed for It. From Tuesday's Ially. The feature film production, "The Battle of the Sexes," shown at the Gem theatre yesterday afternoon and last night, is one of the most power ful of the modern series of films that are shown depicting the double stand ard of morals between man and wo man, of which so much has been writ ten in the last few years. The pic ture is staged by an excellent com pany and is well worth seeing by every student of these questions, as it is a strong and interesting film and is all that has been claimed for it by the originators. MANAGER JOHNSON SUR PRISED BY THE RED SOX A FEW EVENINGS SINCE From Tuesday's raiiT. Manager Charles S. Johnson of the Red Sox baseball team was made the victim of a very pleasant surprise a few nights ago when the members of the baseball team invaded his home, bringing with them a large, handsome leather rocker, which was presented as a token of the esteem in which the manager was held by the baseball boys. The gift came as a most pleas ant and unexpected surprise and one that was appreciated to the fullest extent by Mr. Johnson, who for the past two seasons has hael charge of the work of managing the team, and the chair was given him, as some of the members expressed it, in order that he "might rest up" for the next season's work. In the rather diffi cult as well as annoying position of manager of the team Mr. Johnson has certainly made good, and the recogni tion given him speaks well of the young men who compose the Red Sox team. THE POSTOFFICE ROBBED OF ABOUT FIFTY DDLLARS WORTH OF POSTAGE STAMPS From Tuesday's laily. The burglars or robbers, who have been pulling off little stunts in this city in the past few weeks, last night carried off what is so far the largest robbery that has occurred. The Unit ed States postoffice was the place visited by the party or parties in this city, and so far as could be learned this morning some $5'J worth of stamps, and other articles, were taken from the building. It seems that en trance was secured on the north side of the building, where one of the large windows was pried open, and from here the parties descended to the cellar, where the search was com menced for articles of value. A suit case which had been sent in by parcel post was opened in the building and the contents taken, but just what the value of them was cannot be deter mined. The large, strong vaults of the building resisted the efforts of the persons to open them and were left untouched, as whoever the parties were they were not experienced in this line of work and took only what they could secure without much trou ble. The robbery must certainly have taken place quite late at night or ear ly this morning, as persons passing the building would certainly have seen the open window as well as the light of anyone searching the building. Card of Thanks. From Tuesday's: Daily. I want to return my sincere thanks to the many respondents to the no tice made in the columns of the Jour nal with reference to my 82nd birth day anniversary. I have been show ered from California, Texas, Ohio, Il linois, Tennessee and Florida twelve cities. And still they come cards and letters of the highest complimen tary, good wishes of continuous, long life and happy birthday anniversaries, even till I am 100 yeais old. The lat ter would be a cruel result. I want to be in heaven ere that limit of life. I am thankful for 82 years. Thanks to the Plattsmouth friends for their compliment. G. W. GREEN. Elmer Boedeker of Murray was here yesterday afternoon for a few hours attending to some matters of business. SUIT AGAINST THE DECEASED COM MERCIAL COLLEGE The Case Came Up Yesterday, and the Jury Gae the Arnes Hoys a Judgment for ."iU. From Wednesday's T"a:iv. Yesterday the court of Justice M. Archer was occupied ir. hearing the case of Major Al l ies and A. M. Arries vs. S. P. Randall and L. II. Borhorst, the Plattsmouth Business college and the Practical Business college of Grin nell, la. There was quite a good ileal of testimony brought to the case by the plaintiffs, which numbered several former students of the college here, who, after attending the school for the term of five school months, were not given a diploma, as it was claimed they might expect, by the persons starting the school. The plaintiffs represented that the tollege and its originators had absolutely failed to comply with their agreement made with the scholars as to fitting them for actual work, as they were not giv en their final examinations or the di plomas that were to of t n the chance for them to secure positions when they had finished up their schooling. Ealen Stanley, a student of the col lege who had come to this city from Holton, Kas., where the same college operated for a short time, testifieJ that he had come here to finish up his work. but had not received any diplo ma to date. This statement as to the fa'lure of the college to come through with the diplomas, or to come back here this fall to open up the fall course, was followed cut by all the students who had been in attendance at the school, but who had never been given anything to show that such a course had been taken. The defense claimed that the rea son given for not returning was that the starting of the suit by Mr. Arries made it impossible for them to secure the necessary number of pupils, and for this reason they did not return to Plattsmouth anil that the diplomas would be issued from the headquar ters at Nashville, Tenn., as soon as possible. They also claimed that there had been misunderstandings with Mr. Arries over his school woik. The case lasted from i' in the morn ing until 3:"0 in the afternoon, when it was argued by Attorney Y. A. Robertson for the plaintiffs, and by Judge J. E. Douglass for the de fendants, and submitted to a jury composed of J. II. Thrasher, William Hassler, Sam G. Smith and William Weber. The jury, after deliberating a short time on the points in the case, brought in a verdict giving Mr. Arries a judg ment in the sum of $"f for the sum paid out for the tuition for his son for which he did not receive the re ward promised in the form of a com pleted course. P0STOFFICE INSPECTOR IN VESTIGATES THE ROBBERY From Wednesday's Tal!y. There has been no new develop ments in the matter of the robbery at the postoffice revealed by the in vestigations made by the government officials. Inspector Covall of Omaha was in the city yesterday for a few hours looking over the situation and endeavoring to secure the facts in connection with the robbery. The loss was chiefly in stamps, of which in the neighborhood of $C8 appears to have been taken, although there may be more revealed by a careful checking of the amount of stamps on hand. From the money drawers some 10 in small change was secured by the robbers. The government will take all steps to try to run down the par ties committing the crime. It is strongly suspected thl the work is that of someone who resides here, and efforts will be made to run them down. Tyewriter ribbons at the Jour nal office. HERE LAST MONDAY NIGHT Gets Fine of and Costs. From Tuesday's lai:y. Yesterday afternoon A. II. Rinker was before Judge M. Archer to an swer to a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and as a result of hearing the evidence in the case the judge de cided that 5o and costs would lie nec essary to open wide the portals of the prison, and securing the money, the gentleman was released arid allowe-d to go on his way, however not rejoicing. THE WOODMAN CIRCLE DRILL TEAM ENJOY SOCIAL DANCE ATA. 0. 1). W. HALL From "Wednesday's XXT'y. A very pleasant social time mas en joyed last evening by the Woodman Circle lodge of this city at the A. O. U. W. hall, when the? members of the Nebraska Guards and drill team gave a most delightful HaMcwe'en dance. Preceding the or eninir number of the ball the lodge held a short session at which several candidates were taken into the mysteries of the order in the. most approved style. The attend ance at the lodge meeting was cjuite 1 large, and when the friends of the! order arrived for the dance the hali was filled to its utmost capacity and for several hours the measures of the dance were enjoyed by both young and old. The hall for the occasion had been arranged in keej ing with the Hallowe'en spirit with streamers of yellow and black interspersed with pumpkins and other emblems of the season of Hallowe'en while on the floor a ghostly figure paced back and forth to symbolize the coming of the witching days when the mysteries of the future are- supposed to be re vealed. The whole occasion was one filled w;th the most thorough enjoy ment to everyone v ' reflected great credit upon the ladies who hael la bored so hard to make it a success in every way. and they certainly can feel very proud of the splendid showing made for the dance as well as the pleasant time afforded to all who were in attendance. The ladies -of the Woodmen Circle never do things by halves, and the gathering last even ing was certainly as pleasant an af fair as it would be possible to find anywhere. VERY UNIQUE AND INTER TERESTINB SERIES OF PIC TURES FOR ELECTION NIGHT From Wednesday's rallv. A very unique and interesting se ries of moving pictures will be shown at the Grand theatre in this city on election night, November ", when the views of the Modern Woodmen of American sanitarium will be exhibit ed under the auspices of the Wood men. This is one of the most inter esting pictures that has been shown here and covers thoroughly the dif ferent scenes of the great establish ment that the Woodmen have reared to carry on the fight against the great white plague that every year carries off so many residents cf the United States. This great establishment is maintained at Colorado Springs, Col., by the Modern Woodmen of America, and here the members of the order threatened with or suffering from tu berculosis are treated in large num bers each year. The title of the pic tures is "The Man Who Came Back," and, as its title implies is that, of a sufferer who, taking treatment there, is allowed to return home to his fnm ily cured. The pictures will be shown at both matinee and night and in the afternoon the performance will be free, while in the evening the returns from the election will give an added feature to the program. This is a picture that should be teen by every one and especially the members of the M. W. of A. who have only a faint idea of the great work carried on in Colorado. Mrs. W. A. Ingalls was a passeng er this afternoon for Omaha, where she was called to look after some mat ters of business for a few hours. Miss Ellen Windham was among the passengers this morning for Omaha, where she goes to look r.fter her class in the Benson public schools for the day. A FINE PRODUG TJGN LAST NIGHT ATTHEPARMELE A Fair House Greeted "'Alma, Where lb You Live?" and All Were Well Phased With the Show. From Wednesday's raIH What was undoubtedly the finest dramatic production to appear at the Parmele theatre this season was of fered last evening to the amusement loving public of the city in "Alma, Where Do You Live?" a most laugh able comedy with music which has been adapted from the French gy George V. Ilobart, the dramatist, and enough of the life of the original pro duction has been left to make it laugh aide from start to finish, and filled, as it is, with the most tuneful of mu sic, make an entertainment that pleaes ail regardless of age. The company here last evening was head ed ly Miss Mabelle LaCouver, whose sweet voice and great personal beauty brought unusual strength to the role of "Alma" and her famous "Alma" song was one of the most pleasing of the entire show and its fascinating melody followed the course of the nlay. Miss LaCouver has a beautiful voice and a very w ii.scme stage pres ence that aids greatlv in making ".Virna" the splendid success that it is and her appearance here was cer tainly a pleasure and delight to every one in attendance. In the part of Theobald Martin, the gay old round er, E. A. -Anson was simply without n eq nil and his comedy served to keep the audience in an almost con tinuous laugh while1 his strong voice added much to the mu: ical program of the evening. In his support Paul Nash as Cast on Duval was very mirth provoking and these two gentlemen served to provide mr.-y a hearty laugh. As the jealous lover, Edward N'ernard as Count Bolivario was cer tainly all that could be asked, both in appearance and action. Earle Roome is "Pierre LaPeach." the youthful heir to the enormous fortune, gave i very realistic presentation of the young Frenchman reaped in the prov inces and suddenly brought into the whirl of Paris life. The play, as stated before, was the best that has been here this season, and Manager Shlaes can certainly feel well satis fied with the offering he was enabled to secure for the amusement-loving public of the city. THE TWO YOONG HIGH WAYMEN SENTENCED A TERM IN PENITENTIARY From Wednesday's Daily. The district court for the Second district heki a short session this morning at the court house with Judge James T. Begley presiding. The two men, Fred Davis and John Pease, who were given their preliminary hearing yesterday before Judge Bee son, were arraigned before the court charged with making an assault upon and robbing William Nensteil, near Elmwood, on Thursday, Octeber 22. The two young men ertered a plea of guilty to the charge preferred agatnst them and were questioned closely by the judge as to their hab its and residence. They stated that they had only been in this county .a few days, having come here from South Dakota. The two men were given a sentence of from three to fif teen years in the state penitentiary at Lincoln, to which they will be tak en in a few days to begin serving. Card of Thanks. 1 From Tuesday's Pallv. We desire to thank the neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us in extinguishing the fames at our home yesterday. MR. AND MRS. GEORGE WIN MR. AND MRS. GEORGE WINSCOTT AND FAMILY. A. W. White was among those going to the metropolis thir afternoon to spend a few hours looking after some ; the city today interviewing the vot matlers with the wholesale houses. jers in the interest of his candidacy. . C. II. Spohn in the City. F'Otn WeOnesaa v s Dully C. II. Spohn, who is the democratic candidate for county commissioner from the Second commissioner dis trict, was in the city today looking after his interests. Mr. Spohn, who resides in Avoca precinct, between Weeping Water and Avoca, is well known in his home loca'ity, where he is very highly respected and possesses a large number of fi lends who are er thusiastic in his interest:; for commissioner. BEMiS BAG COMPANY FAST FOOT BALL TEAM TO PLAY HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON From Wednesday's Paily. The hardy football warriors of Cap tain Streight have made arrange ments to tangle here with the team representing the Bemis Bag company of Omaha on next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the baseball park. The Bern is team is r eported as r ot bein g as heavy as that of the locals, but are very, fast in their playing and should make an interesting game for the boys here when they come togeth er on the gridiron. The team here expects to journey to Omaha on No vember 8 to take on the Columbians of that city, and a red-hot game is looked forward to, a-; the Omaha bunch is as swift as has been in the metropolis for a number of years. The Plattsmouth team has just received their new sweaters to wear upon the field, and they are some noise, being of a bright orange hue that can read ily be seen for several blocks. It is not expected, however, that the boys will appear in the sweaters on the streets on St. Patrick's day. JUDGE BIGLEY HOLDS SES SION OF DISTRICT COURT The district court yesterday at its session took up a number of matters pertaining to the cases of the June term of court, among them being the following: Ir. the case of James Ingwerson vs. Richard II. Ingwerson, the defendant was given leave to file an amended answer, and the plaintiff given leave to reply thereto. In the matter of James L. Wiles vs. Solomon C. Keckler, the motion of the defendant to make petition of plaintiff more definite and specific was argue'd and submitted to the court, and motion overruled. The defendant was given ten elays to file answer. In the suit of Mary E. Davis vs. Oscar T. Davis, the evidence of the plaintiff was introduced, while the de fault of defendant was entered and the court, after hearing the evidence i.ii the case, found for the plaintiff and entered a decree of elivoice as prayed for by the plaintiff. Files Suit in District Court. A suit was filed yesterday in the district court entitled David Z. Mum meret vs. Frank Tague et al. In this the plaintiff represents that he is the possessor of tax titles to the prop erty of the defendants, consisting of lots 3, 4 and n, in block 7, South Park addition to the city of Plattsmouth, Neb., which were the prpperty of Alice M. Tague, since deceased, and that the tax titles for the property for the years li()! to lu13 were pur chased by the plaintiff, and he asks that he be given a clear title to the property. Great Piano Sale. On page five of this issue of the Journal will be found a large adver tisement for the Schmcller & Mueller Piano Co. of Omaha, who are holding a Piano sale now at the Ilerold Book Store in the city of Plattsmouth. Pi anos at this sale can be bought for a less price than ever before offered tothe public. The Schmoller & Muel ler Pianos are well known all over the country, and there is but one prof it on them, from the factory to the purchaser. Read their ad, and if you are in the market for a Piano, attend this sale; it will save you money. Fred Nutzman, republican candi date for float representative, was in HOLLOWE'EN HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR MANY YEARS Germany, Rome and the (fatholo? Chunh Contributed Greatly to the Holiday. Few people are awat of the f.-n-t that the first Hallowe'en celebration.-, ever held wt-re similar to modern Thanksgiving day celebration.-. Hal lowe'en is generally spoken of a tie eve of All Saints' day. However, scholars who have investigated the matter find that Hallowe'en celebra tions have been held "for hundreds of years before All Sain's' day wa- eer thought of. In fact, there has always been a good deal of il'.-cus-ion a- to why such an evening of rr cm yina l- big should have anything to do with a religious festival such a All Saints' day. Scholars say that the f. rt. Hal lowe'en festivals were held in the for ests of Germany. The.-e celebrations wene in honor of the sn god, ai d at that time the Druids rendered thanks for the crops of the year which was just coming to a close. 1". was be lieved that on Halloween, Sanian. th lord of death, culled together the so d that were condemned to inhabit t he bodies of animals. It i- true that the Druids did not always ob-erw Orto ber 31 as Hallowe'en, but a day was always set apait near the fi '.-t of No vember. Why nuts and apple should al.vay. have played such an important part in every Hallowe'en celvl 'at ion js an other interesting question. The Bo man festival in honor of pomon.-i. the goddess of fruits, was held about No vember 1, and the nuts and apple always had a great deal to do with such celebrations. It is ! o'lcved that the two celebration, that of the Dru ids and that of the Romans, merged and formed the modern day, Hal lowe'en. As proof of the fact that Hallowe'en is alrgely id thi origin, scholars cite the fact th.it it 'till known in some parts .f Ireland n the "Vigil of Saman." All Saints day was not e tabli-hed until the seventh centu'y. At first it was held about May 1. All Saint-' day was introduced by Pop-' F.onifne on the occasion of the trans-format i n of the heathen Parthenon into a Christian temple or chimb. The d: y is consecrated to all of the martyrs. Hallowe'en is probal -y ol.-t-rvcd in the Britbh Isles with nioie enthusi asm than in the Uni'eJ Siaie-. The custom of building huge bonfires in the highlands of Scotland and Wales in the evening has survived until re cent years. Much of the super: tit i-n connected with the r-.'ugn n of the Druids has come down to modern times in connection with Hallowe'en. That is probably the reaon why the evening is supposed to i e one of mys tery. The Druid legend that Saman collected the spirits of the dead on this particular night is the na-on for the "spookiness" connected with the celebration. In Scotland it used tc be the cus tom for all present at family gather ings to toss pebble's into a log l.-e. The displacement of the ston;- during the niiiht indicated thi t the per.-oii who had tossed it into the tite wouid die during the ensuing twelve months. Another old Scottish custom is for a party, all blindfolded, to go out into the garden, each member of the party pulling up a stalk of colewort, a variety of cabbage. The appear ance of the stalk is supposed to in dicate the kind of a life partner one will have, the dirt sticking tr the stalk the amount of the dowry, an 1 the taste of the pith the temper of the future husband or wife. One of the old English games played years ago was somewhat in teresting, but not quite so pleasant for the participants as for the spec tators. A stick was suspended by a string in a horizontal position. A lighted candle was placed on one end of the stick and an apple on the other. The stick was made to revolve. The object of the game was to catch the apple with the teeth. It often hoppened, however, that the r-ori trying it suffered a burned face.