PAGE 2. PLATTSMOUTn SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Monday, may 31, 1915. TWO YOUNG MEN HAVE CLOSE GALL FROM DROWNING From Friday's iallr. Yesterday afternoon two young men bound down the Platte river in a motor boat, met with a rather thrill ing experience at the Burlington bridge over that river, a few miles north of this city. As it was raining at the time shortly after 4 o'clock the boys had the cover on their boat unci apparently did not pay close at tention as to whether or not they could clear under the bridge, for as they reached the bride the bottom timbers of the structure struck the coverof the launch and in a second the craft was overturned and the two members of the party were lucky to grab hold of the timbers of the bridge and save themselves from a ducking in the river. Their cries for assist ance were heard by James Tipton, the watchman at the automobile toll bridge, who came to the rescue, and with a section of rope succeeded in pulling the two boy travelers up on the bridge. The boat continued on down stream after overturning and was finally located near the mouth of the river, but the baggage of the travelers had been lost in the waters of the Platte. The two young men were none the worse for their experi ence, but their boat suffered greatly from the dip in the river, and this morning was submerged in the waters of the stream, although the boys were able to tie up the boat. They stated that thy had come from David City. THE OLDEST BURY ING GROUNDS iN " CASS COUNTY Resting Place of Many of the Pioneer Citizens of Cass County Being Re stored to Its Proper Condition. The cemetery at old Rock Bluffs, which has for many years been sadly neglected, is about to be placed in the condition That it should have been kept for many years past, as the resi dents of that community, together with those who have loved ones sleep ing there, are awakening to the need of taking some action in the matter of fixing the cemetery up. Some time ago the Journal made mention of the fact that an agitation was being conducted looking toward placing the cemetry in shape by hav ing it fenced and thaJots platted and arranged so that they could be cared for and laid out in the manner origin ally intended. County Surveyor Fred Patterson had the matter in charge and soon got in touch with Mark White and several other prominent residents of that section who were in terested in the project, and the ball was started rolling to make the im provements desired. Mr. Patterson was able to secure a plat of the ceme tery, and making a blue print of the same was ready to start in on the actual work of relaying the lot lines and streets in the cemetery. The last step that has been taken has been the securing from the board of county commissioners of the appointment of three trustees for the cemetery on the petition of the residents of the vi cinity of Rock Bluffs, and for these positions Fred Patterson, Mark White and Walter Byers have been selected. This will now give them a governing body that will be able to' go ahead and arrange for the care of the cemetery and to secure the funds necessary to carry on the work by subscriptions from among those who have lots in the cemetery. Thus one of the oldest, if not the oldest, burial plots in the county will be restored and saved from further desecration by man and best, and its restoration will be a worthy object for the residents of that locality to strive for. ' Many a sturdy pioneer and their helpmates sleep there, and it is just that their last resting places be saved that future genera tions might honor them for their work in paving the way for the settlement and upbuilding of the county. Best Thing for a Bilious Attack. "On account of my confinement in the printing office I have for years been a chronic sufferer from indiges tion and liver trouble. A few weeks ago I had an attack that was so severe that I was not able to go to the case for two days. Failing to get any re lief from any other treatment, I took three of Chamberlain's Tablets and the next day I felt like a new man," writes II. C. Bailey, Editor Carolina News, Chapin, S. C. Obtainable everywhere. " Paints and Oils, Gering & Co. :-:-:-:-; -k-k-v- -hh 4 4 4. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. ! I "J Henrietta Wolf to Barbara Goetz, lots 9, 10 and XI, block 9, Murdock. Con sideration $1,950.00 .T TI. Pi'prsnn tr Charles F. Morton, lot 15, block 1, Union. Consideration.... 50.00 Will Jean to Charles N. Han son, lot 13, Porter Place. Consideration 2,000.00 Emma Cecil to Hugh I. Cecil, lots 4, 5, 0 and 7, block 8, Orchard Hill ad dition to city. Considera- tion 1.00 J. H. McMaken to R. M. Shlaes. lot 12. part lot 11, block 35, City. Considera- -tion 800.00 Isadore V. Hall, et al., to Christian Ross, west half SE half, 31-10-13. Con sideration 14,500.00 C. F. Harris to W. H. Por ter, SE half NW quarter, part W half NW quarter, 36-10-13. "Consideration. .12,000.00 Elizabeth A. Petty to Ed ward Rice, lots 11 and 12, block 26, South Park. Con sideration C. 800.00 William Ballance to Fred C. Stewart, part let 7, block (50, City. Consideration.. 500.00 John H. Stege to William F. v Stege, N half SW quarter, N half SE quarter, 15-10-10. Consideration 1.00 John H. Stege to Otto P. Stege, NW quarter, 14-10-10. Consideration 1.00 John II. Stege to Frank E. Stege, N half, NE quarter, S half SE quarter, 15-10-10. Consideration 1.00 LOUISVILLE. Courier. V i i i 1 V 1 1 T i.iAlwi" i i Mrs. Lyons went to Atchison Thurs day to visit her son, George Masters. President II. L. Arenas of the Farmers' State bank was a business passenger to Omaha Wednesday. The Courier is pleased to note that Phil Suiter is recovering, after a lingering illness with typhoid fever. Miss. Daisy Funke went to Atchi son Thursday for a short visit with relatives. She will also visit friends in Missouri before returning. Grandvil Richey, foreman of the Journal office in Chicago, visited his aunt,' Mrs. John Twiss, and other rela tives in town last week. Miss Anna Myers has gone to Oma ha to stay with a cousin for some time. She will be greatly missed by her young friends at College Hill. Roy Clifford came down from Elgin Sunday afternoon for a few days' visit with his parents. He reports crops in that part of the state looking fine and business good. Miss Grace Beatrice Chenoweth of Moose Saw, Saskatchewan, Canada, stopped off here last week for a few days' visit with Mrs. William Lohnes of Cedar Creek, and together they visited with Mrs. Henry Ahl of this city last Saturday. Miss Chenoweth was en route to Edmond, Oklahoma. to attend a normal institute. Wednesday forenoon during the electric storm lightning struck a chicken house on the farm of William Wendt, yvest of town. The building caught fire and was burned to the grouna, cremating about 6 to young chickens. The interior of the building was saturated with coal oil to kill mites and when the fire started there was no chance to Fave the4uilding or its contents. Loss was oyer $500 with no insurance. By hard work and the assistance of neighbors other build ings were prevented from burning. . EAGLE. - Beacon. 4. Aunt Betsy Sumner, who is at the Lincoln sanitarium, is improving slowly. Mrs. H. E. Brumbaugh and daugh ter returned home Monday from a two weeks' visit with her parents at Marysville, Mo. Mrs. Jesse Westlake went to Ne hawka Wednesday afternoon for a brief visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Heebner. A six and one-half-pound boy was born to MK and Mrs. Charles Trum ble, jr., Friday evening, May 21stand died early Saturday morning. Burial took place in Camp Creek cemetery, north of town. Mrs. A. M. Vanlandingham went to Lincoln Wednesday morning to be with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. San ders Vanlandinghaai, who is at a hos- pital there receiving medical treat ment. Mrs. II., E. Brumbaugh and daugh ter went to Talmage Tuesday after noon for a few days' visit with Mr. Brambaugh, who is in charge of the Missouri Pacific section at that place for the present. G. L. Myers and family arrived on Tuesday noon's train from Dennison, Kansas, for a couple of weeks' visit with relatives and friends. Mr. Myers was formerly station agent for the Missouri Pacific here. Mrs. C. H. Iludson departed Wed nesday for Sioux City, Iowa, for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Jim Beaver. She also intends visit ing relatives in South Dakota before returning home. Mr. Hudson accom panied her as far as Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. John Urhart of Gif ford, Mo., arrived here Saturday even ing for a few days' visit ""with Mr. Ulhart's sister, Mrs. C. S. Trumble and family, and other relatives. This, is the first time in twenty-nine years that Mr. Urhart and Mrs. Trumble have seen each other. - WEEPING WATER. Republican. K4f-?- -XH.Ir-f Mrs. E. C. Carrick of Scotts Bluff came" in Tuesday for a few weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kennedy. Roscoe Wollen and his two chil dren came in from Lander, Wyo., Wednesday and will remain at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wollen, for some time. The senior class play, "Strong heart," has to be given two nights, because the increase in the tale of seats is more than the opera house can accommodate without it being given twice. Considerable damage was done in this vicinity by the heavy rain Mon day night to the corn fields. Many of our farmeis will be compelled to re plant. Some of them as much as fifty acres. Mrs. Mary Pool, ho was operated on at Lincoln Wednesday, was pro nounced by the physician as being in a critical condition. As no word has been received since to the time wo go to press relatives hope to hear favorably. Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, sr., was visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Thacker, at Plattsmouth the first of the week. She took ' her two little grandchildren with her and put them on the train for their home at Mound City, Mo. Married Miss Jessie Ellen Cappen to Mr. E. M. Hcstetter, at Nebraska City. Friday, May 22, 1015. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cappen of our city. The groom is well known at his home town cf Nehawka, where the happy couple will make their home. Miss Eda Leonard, who has been teaching school four miles west of town, the last two years, left Wednes day evening for the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Leonard, at Hillsdale, Montana. She was accom panied as far as Lincoln by her sister, Mrs. Charles Crew and husband. George Peters, Henry Kuhnhenn, Henry Maseman, Henry Wulf, Henry Vette and J. C. Zimmerer, sr., and A. Zimmerer, jr., of Nebraska City, autoed up from Avoca Tuesday after noon to look after some business mat teis regarding the new bank for Avoca. v NEHAWKA. News. W.- H. Hough and wife of Twin Falls, Idaho, are here this week. The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Flatt is quite sick this. week. Charley Stone and wife came 1 in from Plattsmouth Saturday for the great "doin's" .here Monday. A. D. Rough of the Steel City Press was here the first of the week on ac count of his father's funeral. - Miss Hope C.onley returned to Alma Saturday. She will graduate there this week, and expects to go to Doanc next year. John J. Long returned to his home in Vesta Saturday, after spending several weeks with his son, the editor, here. Vernon Fleshman has been nursing a very sore thumb for a week or more. He cut it with barb-wire And then got it infected. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lloyd left Saturday morning for York, where Mr. Lloyd has secured a good position and where they will make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Eennet Chriswissnr ! of Plattsmouth, who were here Mon day to attend the dedication of lha Auditorium, remained durin the weejc ior a visit yvith their Charles, and family. son, Bud Hall came in Saturday from Seattle, where he has been making his home for several years. He is employed in a bank and looks and acts as prosperous as any of them. Bud has a "host of friends here who are very much pleased to know he is making good. He left for the west again yesterday. I"II JJ V UNION. Ledger. H- D. Ray Frans went to Omaha Mon day evening to look after some busi ness matters at the wholesale houses. Mrs. Harry Frans and daughter, Miss Zola, visited Monday evening with their relatives and friends in Plattsmouth. Dr.. Huston has improved upon his former mode of travel by the pur chase of a new Ford auto, and has al ready taught it to stand without hitching. Beadon Hall, who for several years has been located on the Pacific coast at Duvall, Wash., arrived on Tuesday to visit his brother, L. J. Hall and family, east of town. Mrs. C. II. Dysart and daughter, Florence, departed Monday' evening for Brush., Colo., where they are to spend three weeks with relatives, the McNamee and Eikenbary families, near that town. Operator E. II. McConaha and wife and their niece, Miss Vena McConaha, departed Tuesday for Charleston, 111., to spend two weeks visiting among their relatives and friends at their former home. Thede Frans and wife- returned home Tuesday from Omaha, where Mr. Frans spent a few weeks in a hos pital recovering from the effects of a rurgical operation for hernia, aid we are pleased to state that he is now getting along very well. J. M. Willard and wife, residing southeast of town, are the happy par ents of a nice new daughter who an nounced her presence at their home Tuesday evening, and the editor of ; RivInR testimony against her husbard, cur "infant industry' department en- illt judge Graves overruled their ob joyed smokes given by the little lady's jee tion. elated father. " - ) Vivian Wolton, nine-year-old daugh- Dan Lynn and wife are soon to bs'ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wolton, who was comfortably located in a new home, I " the ki'cnen when the murder was ., .1 , 1 1 committed, was next called by the their new residence near the old one . t , ,.,., f0,;m,, , . , . ... , Btate and substantiated the testimony being near complet:on. It will be one' von by heT parents. she told vivid of the neatest homes in the town,jjv now she had been in the kitehen nicely located and constructed of the, with her mother, Mrs. Cochran, her best material, also equipped wilh all the modern conveniences, such as elec tric lights, heating plant and bath rooms. ELMWOOD. Leader-Echo. ' Gertrude Tyson, who has been at tending school here this year, left for Columbus to join her parents at that place. Miss Edith Hill, the primary teach er, left for Arapahoe on Monday, where she will spend the summer visiting with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Olsen went to Lincoln Thursday. Mr. Olsen, who has been sick for some time, is taking treatment at one of the hospitals. A. L. Gash and family have moved from Louisville to the O. M. Ward property here. Mr. Ga?h is a member of the Gash & Rader Auto Co. of this place. Henry Mollen arrived Thursday morning from Louisville, Ky., for an extended visit with Elmwood friends. "Heiney" is a harness maker by trade. He has been working in different large cities of the south since leaving here a few years ago. Paul E. Rose arrived Saturday from Colon, Neb., to take up his duties for the summer here in the restaurant recently established by his father. Mr. Ross has been teaching school at Colon, a small town near Wahoo. He expects to teach again next term. J. L. Ring returned Friday from a three weeks' visit to St. Paul, Min neapolis and various other points. While gone he visited some of the large flouring mills. He has secured the contract for putting in the ma chinery in a large mill in Iowa. The storm Tuesday morning was rather severe, rain falling in torrents. At times hail fell quite rapidly and lightning was very sharp. J. H. Rogge's barn was struck, demolishing one corner quite badly. -' It is esti-! mated that from two to three inches of rain fell. A U.... 1 1 iivy lainnuiiM yvasiicu uut r vered un considerable corn through vereu up COnSlderapie corn inrpun this section early Monday morning. ' . " Some farmers report that they will have practically all their COrn to re-, ... J ... , 1 plant, in some cases as hiffh as a nun- died acres. The first cutting of alfal- fa hay has la .week on account in nn trio crniinn pll court 6 disallowance or me purponeu so mucn ratrn in its curative powers mat tney in on tee grouna SIl lourl . , . .;L vi offer On Hundre4 Deilars tor ny cas that it of the Continued wet Jotn O COnnor ieawug mo falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. neciuier. yjL course luere is cwn- siderable hay yet uncut. i a 1 Af . - COCHRAN TRIAL MOVESSLOWLY First Week Is Taken Up With - Gelling Jury. FIVE WITNESSES EXAMINED, Woman at Whose Home Murder Was Committed s Fir$t to Testify Her Little Daughter Tells Clear Story ot Slaying of Jump. Tender, Neb., May 21. The trial of Jesse Cochran, who is charged With the murder of John-Jump or Rosalie, lor nearly a week is making slow progress. When court adjourned until tomorrow only five of the sixty five witnesses had testified. Two hundred p.nrt firty talesmen were examined be fore a jury was secured. The first witness Mrs. Lorin Wol ton. at whose home the murder was committed devoted her time to tell ing the position of the furniture and the occupants of the room the night Cochran made his appearance at her house, and identifying photographs taken of the interior of the house showing the position of the furniture and another showing the position of the people in the room when Cochran made his appearance at the door with a revolver in his hand. Her testimony showed that Cochran's wife, who is her sister, and, herseif and her two children were in the room besides the slain man and that the three had po sitions around a kitchen table, with the exception cf Jump and her little boy, Arthur, with whom Jump had been playing before Cochran made hi appearance. I.orin Wolton testified that there were several men in the room adjoin ing the one in which the murder was committed and that they were playing cards. Wolton also identified the ' photographs of the house taken after the murder, which the attorneys for the defense tried to have stricken out because Mrs. Cochran was in the pho- Inirank and in this wav she WOU'd be brother and John Jump, when Coch ran entered the room without knock ing and Immediately began shooting at Jump with the revolver he held in his band when he entered the room. CUTS THE ASSESSMENT Road Pavs Taxes on Section House Razed t by Cyclone Long Ago. Lincoln, May 31. The Northwest ern Railroad company has not heard that there was a cyclone in Seward t-ountv about two years ago and that its section house was demolished and has never been rebuilt. It has kept on giving in that section house to the assessor on a valuation of $fi00 and the county assessor, not having heard that the house had blown away, cut the assessment to ?300. Over near Heaver Crossing the com pany used to have a bridge built for the accommodation of its patrons, but it went down stream some years ago However, the company still insists on paying a terminal tax on the bridse This is immensely amusing to Secre tarv Hemecker of the state hoard of assessment, who is a Seward county man and happens to know all about the house and bridge. Cut' Worms Begin Work. Eealtrice, Neb., May 31. Farmers report that in some sections of Gage county cut worms and high water have damaged corn considerably the last week. Many fields, or part of them at least, will have to be replant ed. Chinch bugs have stopped opera tions on account of the cold, wet weather, and fanners are of the opin ion that Gage county will produce a bumper crop of wheat this year. Nebraska Semi-Centennial March 1. Omaha. May 31. The Nebraska Historical society has set on foot plans for the celebration of the fif tieth anniversary of the admission of Nebraska into the Union. In accord ance with this plan a committee has been appointed to finance, p'an and carry out the details of the celebra tion. A meeting of this committer will e called for a conference in June, fhe date is March 1, 1917. Many to See Stecher Meet Serb. Pierce, Neb., May 31. A special train will be run from Dodge to ac commodate the crowd of supporters who are preparing to back up Joe Stecher when he meets the bi? ?o ' pound Servian champion. Govedorica. 11 . 1 T1 " fn the onpn-air arena Ot cue i'leice ,"V , , ', : Ainieiic emu iwitj. . . ' UA ! Culivan Appeals From Jury Verdict, TTactin! Kpb Mav 31. John T. iiastin0s. .eu., Jiaj oi. u Oilivari filed bond for an appeal to the supreme court from the district ... , ,j .51t v. , i trict court held the win to De a ior-, . - . ... - - - - - you want to see the full Manhattan line, with all t lie new and latest ideas, just stej in when you are going by. Sport Shirts $1.50 Up Other Makes 75c, $1,00 and $1.25 Have you seen the Uqion ajl Qveriuit? $ J .50 and $2 Lacjies Awto C. E, Wescott's Sons Everybody's Store GREECE AFTER AM AIRMAN Aviator Shaffer of Nations! Guard Re ceives Offer From Abroad. Lincoln. May .Q. W- Staffer, rhi -f r.vja:or of the Nebraska aviation corps connected with the nr.tional guard of this state, has received a letter from Vcnzolcur, Greek consul at San Francisco, asking hjr.i for terms on which he would ?o to Athens to take charpe of the wqrk of building aeroplanes and instructing in - their use. Mr. Shaffer built twelve aeroplanes for the Chinese government when he was liviro- in San Francisco anrl thp consul became acnuainte'd with his! work, which is probably the reason of the offer. However. Mr. Shaffer will rcfu the offer, as he Is making arrange ments to go into business for himself Chamberlain Charged W'th Larceny Tocumseh.'Neb., May 31. The tion bles of Charb s M. Chamberlain, form er cashier of the Chamberlain Dak ins house of Teeumeeh, seem to be many. He is now and has been for several years at Spokane. Wash. He was convictod of forgery in connection with the affairs of M. C. Gray of Pull man. Wash., a former Nebraska hors buyer. A new trial was secured and the jury hung. He was than charged with grand larceny for the alleged em bezzlement of $8.0u0 from Mr. Gray. .was recently tried,, and the jury in this case did not agree. Justice Hyde pf the Spokane superior court has now bound Chamberlain over for trial on a charge of grand larceny. Bond wa fixed at S"ri0 in this case. He is charged with embezzling $200 which belonged to W. P. Russell. Phone Toll Line Stretching West. Chadron, Neb., May 31. The Chad inn Tf'eDhone company has bought the Valentine exchange, thus giving complete service through to Omaba The company is building a copper toli lini all the wav from Harrison tc Omaha. Russian Vessel Burns. Stockholm, May 31. The Russian Rtpampr Rore II. caught fire and burned to the water's edge in the har bor of Helsingfors. Gulf of Finland Forty lives were lost. German spies are suspected of starting the blaze. Paints and Oils, Gering & Co. At the Cottage. He I didn't know it was so late. Are you sure thot clock is going? Feminine voice from above It's going a whole lot faster than you are, youn man. Penn State Froth. High birth is a poor dish on the ta ble. Irish proverb. Su!&ribe for Ihe JounxaL $100 Reward, $100 The readors of this P. learn that thf-re Is at feaVt one dre.dtd dises that 8cienre na(, bwn abi to euro tn an ita .taees. and that i Catarrh. Hall Catarrh Cure ;s the onijr positive cure n..w kuwn to the med- WI fraternitr. Catarrh beinsr a constitutional disease. riuire - constitutional treatment. directly upon the blood andJmuus surfaces of tfae SJ.gt(?m tiierebr destroying.' the foundation of the disease, and BtTina- jbepauent utrenetu Sold br all Drngzl&ti. 75c. 7Ue Hail's TtmUz PUli for POSjtiptUoa, r SHIRTS IF New ties every week paps 75c Up How 3Irs. Jlarrod Got Rid ef Her Stomach Trouble. "I suffered yitfr stomach trouble for years and tried everything I heard of, but the only relief I got was tem porary until last sprjng I saw Cham berlain's Tablets advertised and pro cured a bottle of them at our drug frtore. I got immediate relief from that dreadful heaviness after eating and from pain in the stomach," writes Mrs. Linda Harrod, Fort Wayne, Jnd. Obtainable everywhere. For Sale.- One extra fine milk cow, and two past yearling Galloway steers. In quire of Oldhams, or telephone 16G. Are You Jlcady for (n) Rainy Days i Our stock of "rainyjday" coats is complete. Plain slip-on effects, regular ami raglan shoulders range in price from $3.75 to $10.00; exceptional- , ly good number for $5.00. Baljnaccan patterns, make at tractive raincoats; we have two good selling numbers in this class-one brown mixture for $(, the other a gray wool mixture, silk lined for $10.00. Boy's Raincoats,' ages 12 to 1 8 years $3.00 The best $1.25 Umbrella in town-Tbe "RELY-ON" guaranteed for one year. Qtjier good umbrellas for $1.00 and Up. Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats