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Neb State Historical Soc
TOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 6, 1916.
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THE FRATERNAL
ORDER OF EAGLES
HAVE FINE TIME
Th
Members ami I amines and
Friend Enjoy a Most De
lightful Social.
From Friday's Dally.
Last evening the members of Platts
mouth Aerie No. 365. Fraternal Order
of Eagles, enjoyed one of the most de
lightful social gatherings in the his
tory of the order in this city, when
the members, with their families,
gathered for a great good fellowshi
meeting and genuine good time, at
the club rooms. The committee in
charge had provided for the pleasure
of their brothers and guests with an
entertainment which was enjoyable
from start to finish, and there was
nothing to mar the delight of all those
who were present.
The club rooms were arranged for
the occasion with card tables, where
those who desired passed the time
pleasantly in the playing of games of
different kinds which was enjoyed by
a great many, while to those who en
joyed the pleasures of the dance the
Switching music of the Plattsmouth
orchestra furnished the means of en
joying the delights of the ball room in
Coates' hall, and from early in the
evening the gentlemen and ladies
spent the hours in the enjoyment cl
the dance.
At a late hour in the evening the
well laden table was spread, with its
delectable repast, and the ladies were
invited to partake of the luncheon
provided, and later the youngsters,
while the gentlemen enjoyed the treat
of the festal board at the close of the
feast, and it is. unnecessary to say that
everyone enjoyed to the utmost the
treat prepared for thtm and the
loads of good things to eat were soon
disposed of.
After the feast had been disposed
of the members of the party spent
the remainder of the evening in cards
end dancing until the approach of the
midnight hour, when they all wended
their way homeward, feeling that it
had been a most delight occasion in
every way and one that was filled
throughout with the spirit of good
fellowship and friendly association
that is so characteristic of this fra
ternal order and which has done so
much to make it one of the leading
orders of the nation.
The committee in charge of the
entertainment consisted of Jess
Warga, Will Mason and Clifford Bur
bridge and these gentlement, together
with the president of the local aerie,
William Barclay, exerted themselves
to the utmost in seeing that the guests
were made thoroughly at home and
entered into the delights of the even
ing. Those who were in attendance
last evening are hopeful that the
Eagles will have more of these pleas
ant occasions in the future. '
IMPORTANT SUIT FILED
IN DISTRICT COURT
From Friday's Dal It.
A suit was filed in the district court
yesterday entitled the Farmers' State
Bank of Avoca vs. Fritz Ludeke, et
al., in which the plaintiffs set forth
that on September 6, 1915, the de
fendants, Fritz Ludeke and Margar
ethe Ludge. made a note for the sum
of $1,700, due and payable March 1,
1915, made to the Nelson Real Estate
agency. The real estate company en
dorsed the note to the bank, which
is now the owner of said note, and
they ask that the court give them a
judgment for the amount of $1,700,
together with interest, and that the
Nelson Real Estate agency, as the
endorsers of said note, be held jointly
responsible with the makers of the
note.
H. F. Gansemer of Mynard and
Adam Schaefer were visitors in this
city Saturday afternoon attending to
some business matters and visiting
county seat friends. Mr. Gansemer
was a pleasant caller at this office and
while here had his subscription ex
tended for another year.
Bead the want ads in the JoumaL
6. P. ESTWOOD REJOIC
ING OVER THE ADVENT OF
A NEW GRANDDAUGHTER
From Friday's Dally.
There has been considerable won-
uerment expressea ay tne many
friends of G. P. Eastwood, the hard
ware dealer, over the pleased expres
sion he has been wearing and the
broad smile that has decorated his
countenance, but the cause was final-
ly ascertained as that of his being a
proud grandfather. On Tuesday lastjheId on Tuesday evening, March 7, at
a fine little daughter arrived at the Coates' hall, as the committee on ar -
home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur East-
wood at Morrill, Nebraska, and the
little lady on her arrival tipped the
.
scales at seven pounds. This is the
first child and consequently the joy
of the parents is unbounded and standpoint of the excellence of the
Grandpa and Grandma Eastwood inmenu or the speakers who have been
this city are both greatly pleased over
the addition that has come to their
family. The parents will receive the
hearty best wishes of their many
friends here on their good fortune.
A GANG OF BILL
RAISERS ARE OPERAT
ING IN THE WEST
From Friday's Dally.
Detectives representing the Bank-
ers
ret service men, are on the Jookout for
a gang of bill raisers who are cperat
ing in Kansas City. Thomas Flem
ing, chief of detectives on the Kansas
ide, said that within the last week
several bills had been presented to
banks that had been raised in de
nomination from $1 and $2 to $5, $10
and $20. The work is done neatly
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various markings and color or paper
uiunej. -ine ias uuw im. "Mowing in the state, prof. Condra
the figures giving the value of the
bill does not injure the bill. Almost.
any large bank has from twenty to
fifty of these torn numbers in the floor
of the tellers' cages daily. The men
who raise the small bills make six
holes in a one-dollar bill and sub-
stitute six markings of a $5 bill by a
glue process. Then the bill is rolled
and crumpled.
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OF ST.
LUKE'S CHURCH ENJOY A
TREAT AT THE COOK HOME
From Frlday Dally.
Last evening the Woman's Auxilia-
ry of St. Luke's parish and the mem-j The illustrated lecture of Prof. Con
bers of the parish were present to en- J dra is one that should not be missed
joy the unusual treat that had been
prepared for them in having the pnv-
ilege of hearing Miss Florence
Thwaite of Capetown, South Africa,
relate a great many interesting
stories of life in that part of Africa
where she had spent so many years
and her splendid recitals of the char
acter of the natives and their customs
which had come under her observation
made the informal lecture one that
was most enjoyable. Miss Thwaite
nau bereu as a leacner in me scnoois
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at Capetown for a number of years
and her opportunities for the study of
both the native and foreign pouulation
was quite extensive and this she gave
to those who were fortunate enough to
hear her last evening. Her general
description of that section of the con-
tinent was very complete and the
many strange customs which prevail
there shed a new light on the condi-
tions prevailing in the colonies there
which are under the British rule. It
was well worth listening to the re-
marks of Miss Thwaite and gave one
a clearer insight into the conditions
prevailing in that part of the world.
During the evening dainty refresh
ments were served which added great
ly to the general enjoyment of the
occasion and proved a very pleasant
feature of the interesting and profita
ble evening.
William A. Heil and wife and Miss
Anna Heil came in this morning from
their country home, west of this city,
and departed on the early Burlington
train for Omaha, where they .will visit
for the day, looking after some mat-
Iters of business.
COMMERCIAL
CLUB BANQUET
TUESDAY EVE
There Will Be Several Able Speakers
Present, Including Judge Bigley
and Prof. Condra of Omaha.
From Friday's Dally-
The sixth annual banquet of the
I Plattsmouth Commerc:..! club will bo
rangements have completed the list
of sPeakers aTU the -ca.-ion will becourse luncheon was' provided by the
fully as delightful as ...ose of the
I 1 1 1
Pasl years wnicn nave Deen very
pleasing in every way both from the
present to address the citizens of
Plattsmouth. I his year the banquet
itself will be served by the ladies
of the Methodist church and a tempt-
n menu is in store for all those who
attend and take part in the festal
event, and from the previous ban
quets which this organization has
handled it is safe to say that this
feature will be par excellence and one
that will tempt the jaded appetite of
the men folks who attend.
As the toastmaster of the banquet
the committee has secured the serv
ices of Judge Jesse L. Root of Oma
ha, a distinguished former citizen of
Plattsmouth and who has the warm
cat irdiu iui me luiuie ui me
where he was so long a resident.
Prof. G. E. Condra of the univer
sity of Nebraska, will be one of the
speakers of the event and will give
his illustrated lectuer on the re
sources and industries of the state
which has been prepared under his
Qnal direction and lhe pictures
show just what Nebraska can do and
-
does produce for the world in the way
of natural products s wel as the
manufactories which are constantly
national ficnire in his line of work
and -t -s & rare opDortunitv to be
able to gecure him for lhjs occasion.
District Judge James T. Beglev will
. on , t t t f an addresa
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one f his usual pleasing talKS
tiiiu 111c triiiax uisuiLL juugc niu ut-
along lines that will be of interest
to the citizens of Plattsmouth and vi-
I v a renrontativf. the Hmn.
ha Commercial club will also
be
present and take part in addition to
the other speakers.
Those who are desirious of attend-
ine this important and enjoyable event
can secure their tickets by calling at
the places designated in the Commer
cial club advertisement which appears
on the front page of the Journal and
Ithey should get busy at once as the
demand for seats will be quite large.
by anyone in the city who can pos-
sibly attend.
JOHN MURTY OF
ALVO IN THE CITY A
FEW HOURS VISITING
From Saturday' Dally.
Yesterday John Murtey, one of the
ieading citizens of Alvo, was in the
cjty for a few hours and while here
caned at the Journal office to spend
a snort time visiting with the force
Mr. Murtey is a candidate for the
democratic nomination for represent
ative f rom Cass county and is a gen-
tleman well capable of making a fit
ting man jn the legislature to look
after the interests of his constituents
an(j it can be depended upon that he
will be on the ,-ob eariy and late in
attending to the legislation that is in
the interest of Cass county and the
taxpayers of the state. Mr. Murtey
has practically been reared in Cass
county, having come here in 1871 and
with the exception of a few years
spent in Kansas has made old Cass
his home. He is engaged in the grain
and lumber business at Alvo and is
held in high esteem there by every
one who has the pleasure of knowing
him.
Nicholas Halmes from Weeping
Water was in the city today for ' a
few hours looking after some matters
of business and calling on his friends.
THE G. 0. G. G. CLUB ENJOY
JOLLY TIME AT THE HOME
OF MISS ELEANOR SCHULHOF
From Friday's Dally.
The members of the C. O. C. C. club j
met last evening at the home of their
president, Miss Eleanor Schulhof.
Various games and amusements were
indulged in by the jolly company,
which aroused much merriment and
made this occasion a most enjoyable
one to all. During the evening some
pleasing instrumental selections were
rendered by Miss Marie Davis, which
j - were aiso most highly appreciated.
At an appointed time a dainty two
hostess, she being-assisted in serving
I . .
by Mrs. Kissling. At a late hour the
members of the C. O. C. C. club de-
parted for their homes, declaring their
persident to be a royal entertainer,
Those in attendance were: Ruth Ro-
man, Elizabeth Hall, Marie Davis,
Verna Propst, Eleanor Schulhof, Edith
Ramge, Vera Hatchett, Pearl Dugay,
Alice Weyrich, Blanche Sayles, Rose
Mae Creamer and Doris Vallery.
SOME REAL WINTER
WEATHER ALMOST IN
THE LAP OF SPRING
From Friday's Dally.
The appearance, as well as the at
mosphere this morning was very de-
cidedly wintery and the long expected
drop in the mercury, which had been
promised by the weather man, was
right on the dot in making its appear
ance. The zero mark was indicated
early in the evening and to add to the
general disagreeableness last night
the wind and snow did its part in mak
ing it extremely disagreeable to get
around. During the night the tem
perature gradually gTew colder until
4 below was registered at one time,
but toward morning the mercury be
gan to rise slightly, although it was
plenty cold at that for the early risers
who were out on their way to work,
r.nd the frosty winter air made every
one hurry along without any delay in
order to reach shelter. The cold wave
starting in tne nortnwest pars 01 me
state at Alliance has covered every
section of the state and was accom
panied by quite a good deal of snow,
which, blown by the high wind, made
inmgs tieciaeaij, Diizzaraiy in every
waT- 11 the monttl of Marcn keeps
UP to lts reputation its ending should
be peaceful and lamblike.
REST ROOM IN RILEY
BLOCK TO BE THOR
OUGHLY OVERHAULED
From Friday's Dally.
The rest room in the Hotel Riley
block, which is maintained by the
Commercial club for the use of the
ladies visiting in this city, as well as
those who are out shopping and de-
sire a place to rest while down town,
is soon to be treated to an overhaul-
ing and receive several additions to
the furnishings of the room which will
add to the comfort of the room and j
a 1 1 j x a. rrl I
mose wno may aesire to use it. ne 1
committee of ladies who were select-
ed by President Wescott of the club
to assist in their way in the general
betterment of the city, have taken hold
of the proposition and will soon have
a number of changes made in the rest
room that have long been badly need-
ed. More and better furniture will
be added to the place to give it a more
hospitable appearance and add to the
comfort of those who may desire to
spend a few hours down town. The
enterprise of the ladies in taking hold
of this part of the work of the Com
merical club is to be commended and
they will in their efforts add a great
deal to the betterment of conditions
at the rest room. It is to be hoped
the ladies of the city will join in the
city beautiful movement that has been
agitated for some time and keep the
interest stirred up in the desire to
make Plattsmouth one of the hand
somest cities of its size in the state.
Attorney C. E. Teff t of Weeping
Water was in the city today attending
the session of the district court.
WOLF HUNT
UNPRECEDENT
ED SUCCESS
Nearly 300 Take Part in the Chase
and Six Dead Wolves to Show
for the Result.
The big wolf hunt held yesterday
I in this section of the county is report
ed as havinir been one of the ereatest
success in the number of those attend-
ing as well as in the slaying of the
animals, as six of the wolxes are giv
' en as being the total bag of the day.
There were three hundred enthusias
I
tic enthusiastic hunters out earlw
armed with shotguns, and they formed
a square of five miles, moving in on
the wolves and causing them to try
for the open, giving the hunters an
opportunity of nailing a few of the
varmints. From this city and north
the hunters moved for a radius of sev-
eral miles and made things mighty
warm for the wolves that they were
able to scare out, although several of of Police William Barclay is to be re
the animals escaped through a break opened, as the lease has just been se-
in the line of the hunters a few miles cured by the Paul Brothers of Oma
northwest of this city. In the account ha fr the building and fixtures and
of the hunting trip there are a num- they will soon be on the job in sup
ber of rather strange stories told as Paying the needs of the hungry with
j to the marksmanship of the different
members of the party, and among
these is one on John Wolff, the Cedar
Creek hunter, who was one of the
party. The boys state that an extra
large and vicious looking animal was
scared out of the woods near where
Johnnie and a number of hunterg were
waiting, and as the animal sped by all
took a shot and missed, and then John-
nie fired his trusty 42-centimeter at
the broadside of the wolf and missed.
As Johnnie is one of the crack shots
of the county, we are rather of the
opinion that perhaps the story has
been framed un on the Cedar Creek
marksman.
TRAGIC DEATH OF A
FORMER RASS COUNTY
P.ITI7FN IN RAI I Ffl R N I A
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Wl 1 Wlll.ll WIIIIM
Prom Saturday's Dally.
The Journal has received a copy of
th Herald-Record of Aroyo Grande,
California, which contains the par-
ticuars cf the tragic death at Atasca-
d California, on February 13th of
Robert Barker, a former Cass county
man and a son of the late Samuel
Barker, one of the early settlers of
the county. Mr. Barker, in company
with two young men, were driving
along the highway near the Southern
Pacific right of way at Atascadero, '
and finding it necessary to cross the
track were in the center of the track
when a fast limited train crashed into
their vehicle and killed the three oc
cupants, Mr. Barker dying a very few
minutes after he was picked up sev
eral hundred yards from where the ac
cjdent occurred, having been hurled a
considerable distance. The wagon was
strUck about the middle and the horses
escaped without injury. Mr. Barker
was the driver for the Colony as a
delivery man and was bound home-
ward at the time the accident oc-
curred and the train being quite late
came on the unfortunate men unex
pectedly. Mr. Barker was born in
cass county, June 29, 1874, and spent
his boyhood and young manhood in
this locality. He leaves a wife and
three children to mourn his death as
wen as several brothers and sisters.
among them Mrs. A. C. Carey who re
sjdes near this city. Steve Barker
Qf Eight Mile Grove, Mrs. Martha
Wetenkamp, Mynard ; Mrs. George
Meisinger and Mrs. Emma Shaw, all
0f whom reside in this county, as well
as several residing in the west.
Ed McCully Very Happy.
Ed McCully is about the happiest
young man in the city and all over
the arrival on Friday of a fine little
daughter who was born at Nebraska
City, where Mrs. McCully has been
visiting at the home of her brother,
Joe Lahoda and family. Both the
mother and little daughter are doing
nicely and Ed is feeling very proud
over the addition to his family. The
happy parents will receive the hearti
est congratulations of their many
friends on the happy event.
MAX PRIES GOES TO THE
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMEN
Yesterday morning Max Pries was
taken to Omaha, where he will be
placed in the St. Joseph's hospital to
take treatment, and it is thought ne
cessary to undergo an operation for
the relief of a malady from which he
has been suffering for a short time
Mr. Pries has not been in the best of
health of late and his condition has
become so serious as to make it neces-
f ary to have him sent to the hospital
The many fiends of Mr. Pries will
trust that he be abl.e to recover
from tne lllness and be able to be UP
and around as usual in a short time.
BARCLAY RESTAUR
ANT TO BE REOPENED
IN ABOUT ONE WEEK
After being closed for the past few
weeks the restaurant owned by Chief
a first-class restaurant in every way.
There are three brothers in the new
firm and they are on the job today
looking after a number of changes in
111 m a 1 . a
ine ommg room 01 me resiaurani,
which will be made icr their benent.
Mr. Barclay, the owner of the build-
ingt is having the room repapered and
painted and put in first-class condi-
tion in every way. It will be with
pleasure that the public will learn
that this restaurant is again to be
opened and ready for business, as it
has been the leading restaurant of the
city for several years under the man-
agement of Air. .Barclay and the new
owners promise that it will be again
placed on the same high standard of
excellence. It is expected to have the
restaurant in operation by the first of
next week.
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PLE Ab AN 1 bUKPHIbE
. . . . m mmd.
lUMK.AliUMKS, WILL
KEHNE, NEWLY WEDS
Saturday evening a large number
of the neighbors and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Kehne wended their
way to the Kehne home, west of this
city and tendered them a very pleas-
ant surprise and miscellaneous
shower. Mr. Will Kehne and Miss
Elizabeth True were married last
Wednesday and will make their home
during the coming year on a farm
west of this city and have just gone
to housekeeping and some of their
neighbors planned this pleasant sur
prise and shower in order that they
might become better acquainted and
to assist them in getting started in
the art of houckeeping. When the
merry company entered the Kehne
home they were surely some surprised,
but recovered and proceeded to enter
tain their guests in a most hospitable
manner. Dancing and card games
furnished plenty of amusement for
the large company for a time and
from which the guests derived much
pleasure and merriment. During the
evening a tempting lunch was pre
pared and served at a convenient
time, which was greatly enjoyed by
all. During the course of the even
ing's entertainment Mr. and Mrs.
Kehne were showered with many
handsome and useful gifts, which will
remind them in years to come of this
delightful occasion and of the kind
ness of their many neighbors and
friends, tl was a late hour when the
guests departed for their homes, de
claring Mr. and Mrs. Kehne to be
most excellent entertainers and wish
ing them happiness and prosperity in
their new home.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to take this method of
expressing our most sincere thanks to
our neighbors and friends for the
beautiful and useful gifts presented
us at the miscellaneous shower given
by them at our home cm last Saturday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Kehne.
Marshall, Dentist, Coates Block.
PART OF A PRO
GRAM THAT WAS
NOT ADVERTISED
Manager of the C higuila Yaudetilb
Takes a Part That Creates Con
sternation Saturday Niht.
For a few minute Saturday even
ing grim war hovered over the Grarnl
moving picture theater when the man
ager of the Chiquita vaudeville com
pany, which was showing there, sud
denly took the warpath and for M.me
time raised several varieties of
trouble for his little wife, a well as
lhe management of the theater and
lhe other vaudeville arti-ts.
It. seems as though the manager
had accumulated a large number of
strange and varigateJ drinks before
the opening of the show and then, un
der the influence of the stimulants
arrived at the theater and announced
he was ready to take the tickets of
those desiring to enjoy the show. As
his condition was not the best in the
world the management did not desire
to have him in such a position and he
was urged to allow someone else to
gather in the pasteboards that allow
ed the patrons to enter the theater.
But no, he was determined that none
but he should have this honor, or
hiquita, the little lady, would not be
among the stars at the show, and full
of wrath and indignation he hastened
back on the stage to demonstrate who
was boss of the show.
His wife, the little lady, through
other similar experiences, was aware
of what was coming and sought
efuge bj concealing herself behind
one of the other lady members of the
company, but to no avail, as the irate
manager and husband proceeded to
box the ears of the other lady, and
shoving her to one side gathered
Chiquita under hia tirra, despite her
protests, and got himself hence, de
termined that as he could not take
tickets there should be no show as far
as his wife was concerned, and ex
pressed himself in no uncertain terms
despite the tearful pleading of the
helpless star, who was decidedly at a
disadvantage.
Here is where the curtain was rung
up on the second set, as Chief of
Police Barclay was called and came
to sooth the irate disturber of the
show, and in a few minutes led the
protesting but. still militant theatrical
manager to the village lockup to re
pose until the influence of John F.ar
leycorn might subside, and he bea Lie
to answer for his conduct. With the
retirement of the cause of the trouble
the show was allowed to proceed to
the satisfaction of everyone.
Yesterday afternoon the man, hav
ing sobered up, deposited a cash bond
to cover $5 and costs for disturbing
the peace, amounting to a total of J.
and this morning this amount was
turned1 over to Judge Archer, as the
man appeared not to defnd the case,
but w-ith his dramatic offering had
sought greener fields.
The chief of police states that this
experience with the theatrical busi
ness has decided him that he does
not care to have anything further to
do with the profession, or at least
with managers of fuch warlike dis
positions. 110 MATINEE OF THE "BIRTH
OF A NATION" SATURDAY
Owing to the fact that the "Birth
of a Nation" cannot secure the trans
ferring of their special cars from Red
Oak, la., to this city Saturday morn
ing, March 11, it will be impossible to
give a matinee on Saturday afternoon,
but the films of this great American
play will be shown on Saturday even
ing for the opening performance, and
in order to fill the place of the Satur
day matinee a performance will be
given on Sunday evening as well as on
Monday. This company has two spe
cial cars for the handling of the equip
ment of the production and includes
a fine twenty-five piece orchestra for
the successful staging of the films.
George P. Heil of Cedar Creek
drove to this city Saturday to attend
to some business matters, and while
here was a pleasant caller at this
office.