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State Historical Soc Neb VOL. XXXIV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 1. 191G. No. 92 r 1 '51 COMMERCIAL CLUB ENJOYS A FINE MEETING A Great Deal of Interest Manifested in Home Affairs and Arrangements Are Made for a "Hume Coming" iji the I'all. From Friday's Pally The session of the Plattsmouth Commercial club last evening: at the ! ooms in the Hotel Riley was one of the most enthusiastic and pleasing that has been held for several months itnd the attendance was most pleasing as was the keen interest shown by the members in the subjects of the meetinjr. The club received a most pleasant surprise as a few minutes before time for the meeting to come to order W. B. Cheek and party, con-."-istinsf of G. II. Brewer, W. II. Cheek and Charles Scar came down from Omaha to be present at the gathering of the Plattsmouth club and take part in the discussion of the goods roads question, which with that of the fall festival and band concerts divided the interest of the meeting. The Omaha visitors were received with enthusi asm by the local club members and they demonstrated that they were real live ones on the roads proposition and the facts and figures given by W. B. Cheek on the good roads movement in Douglas county was a revelation to the Plattsmouth club. Preceeding the address of Mr. Cheek the club took up the matter of the band concerts in this city during the coming summer and a report was made by Dr. O. Sandin, who in the past few days has been securing sub scriptions to the fund for the giving of these coiicerts. The doctor report ed that he has secured $400 in pledges for the concerts so far but that the subscribers had been rather at sea as to where they desired the concerts to be held, some preferring to have them cn Saturday afternoons on Main street while others of the business men had been in favor of holding them in the evening at the park. It would be necessary to secure about 200 more, in the opinion of the doc tor, to allow of the four months of concerts being given as had been in ihe past. President Wescott stated that there was a strong sentiment in favor of holding the band concerts in the eve nings instead of the afternoons, and a great many preferred them at the park while others desired to have them on Main street, but he thought that with the shop men as well as a large number of farmers the evening concerts would be the most success ful. It was the desire of the club to please the general public in this mat ter and the location they favored would be the one accepted. Doctor Sandin gave as his opinion from his tour of the business part of the city, that the greater part of the people favored the evening concerts r.t the park in preference to the ones on the street, as many had so ex pressed themselves to him. The sen timent at the club meeting also showed clearly thr.t this was the case as there was no one to boost the after roon concerts. It was finally decided that the en tertainment committee would be given power to locate the concerts for the reason. The chief speaker of the evening, Mr. W. B. Cheek of the Omaha Auto mobile club, and also r. member of the good roads committee of the Commer cial club of Omaha, was then intro duced and for several minutes gave a clear and concise statement of the good roads question and of the steps that are being taken to advance the work throughout the country and par ticularly in tho west and in Omaha and Douglass county. In his remarks Mr. Cheek touched on the new George Washington highway which is to pass across the country from Savannah, Georgia, to Seattle, Washington, and which will in its course after leaving Kansas City come up the west side of the Missouri river and pass through this city on its way to Omaha where the Lincoln highway will touch it, and will then be continued into Sioux City and then west to the coast. The su pe,rior points of this highway over the other trans-continental routes was pointed out as it passed through the most productive as well as scenic part of the United States and would un doubtedly prove a magnificent route for the tourists. He also gave a brief cutline of the Shackleford bill, now before congress, for the aid of good loads and which when passed would prove a boon to the work of the road- makers of the country. The federal aid, as Mr. Cheek pointed out, would be given first to the national high ways which had been formed, and at the present time there were seven of these roads planned in the country To securs this aid, however, the dif ferent states would have to give ap propriations equal to that which the federal government would apportion to each state to insure that the proper amount of permanent roadway was constructed. He also urged the enact ment of better laws for the governing of the permanent good roads work and gave the example of Iowa, which has in the past few years placed on its statute books some of the best laws governing th construction and maintenance of permanent good roads in the country. In the five years un der the Shackleford bill, Nebraska would receive as its share of the ap propriation from the federal govern ment SI. (550,000 to be applied on the main roadways of the state. Douglas county has planned five paved high ways from Omaha to the county line, and Sarpy county was getting ready to co-operate in their county with one of the paved roads running from Omaha to the Sarpy county line. The county and city authorities of Douglas county and Omaha had co operated with the commercial club, the automobile club, and the real es tate exchange in the good roads movement, and the result had been one that had pleased every one and the general public had joined in the work with a keen interest. The Omaha Automobile club, Mr. Cheek stated, was organized six years ago, and the first three years had been most harrowing ones, but they are now able to boast of a membership of 1,000 and are continuously growing and boosting for good roads all the time, and by their effective work have secured a large number of improve ments that would not otherwise have been possible, and the speaker urged that a live working organization to deal with the formation of good roads be organized in this county to attend to road work and se3 that the main highways were well marked and kept in proper condition. The address of Mr. Cheek was a rare treat and enjoyed to the utmost y everyone who was present, and he gave the ringing notes of a real en thusiast over the good roads proposi tion. President Wescott of the club touched on a subject that has been i agitated a great deal by the residents of the city, and this was the Home Coming celebration for the residents of the city and those who had former ly resided here. He expressed him- relf as being heartily in favor of the proposition and for holding a base ball tournament as well as stock show at the same time, making a festal week for the city in the early days of fall or the late summer. He urged the club to take steps to aid this movement and introduced Hon. R. B. Windham, president of the Territorial Pioneers' association, who has been in touch with the plans for the cele bration of the fiftiath anniversary of statehood and is one of the leaders in the proposal to hold v. proper observ ance of the occasion. Mr. Windham in his remarks point ed out the importance of the occasion to the state of Nebraska that marked the half century of statehood and told briefly of some of the plans that had been made to mark the event in the larger cities of the state. He spoke of the favorable mention that had been made by th? Journal of the Home Coming celebration and of its favorable reception by the citizens in general and the splendid opportunity effered to give the old residents of Plattsmouth and Cass county a real treat in visiting the old home town. The city of Lincoln would, according to one of the former Plattsmouth men there, send a large number of former residents to this city for the occasion. He urged a systematic organization to get in touch with all those who had made their home here, and that with the support of the Journal it could be most extensively advertised. It was decided that the next meet ing of the club should be given over entirely to the fall festival program and the boosting of the citizens de voted to this proposition. Mayor John P. Sattler was called upon and stated a few of the plans for the coming year, the chief of which was the paving of Washington avenue, and which would be the first paved roadway of the new George Washington highway. He told of a desire to have the city government operated for the best interest of the community and the elimination of politics from the city council in the transaction of public affairs, and also urged the commercial club in their meetings to forget outside influences and labor for a bigger and better city. The meeting, as a whole, was one of great pleasure to those attending and filled with the real spirit of en thusiasm and push that can accom plish many good things for the city in the future and every one should get busy now and start planning for the big fall festival. After the meeting the Omaha vis itors were entertained at the Elks' club for a short time. MORE NEW HOMES IN CONTEMPLATION IN PLATTSMOUTH From Friday's Dally. . E. C. Hill, storekeeper of the Bur lington, yesterday closed the deal whereby hs becomes the owner of the west lot and a half belonging to F. A. Cloidt on what is known as the Crites property on Main street be tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets. Mr. Hill expects in a short time to put up a new residence on the lots which will be modern in every way and a splendid addition to that section of the city. This is another improve ment that will bo noticeable in the building record of the year. L. O. Minor, the manager of the Plattsmouth Water company, has had the excavation started for his new residence which he is to erect on the lots just west of the First Methodist church and as soon --as possible ' the work on the residence will be com menced. The new residence will cost in the neighborhood of $3,500 and will be one of the attractive homes of the city. 1 These are the most favorable signs cf the spirit of improvement in the city and indicate the feeling of confi dence in the future of Plattsmouth. SAM WINDOM NOTI FIED HE HAS PASSED WEST POINT EXAM From Friday's Dally. This morning Samuel C. Windham eceived a message from the war de partment at Washington notifying him that he had been successful in his examinations for entrance to the mil itarv academy of the United States at West Point, to which he was appoint ed last summer by Congressman C. F. Reavis. Mr. Windham has been spending the past winter in the pre paratory school at Highland Falls, and finishing the course there took the government examination at Fort Slocum, New York, r.nd now that he has successfully passed the examina tion will be ready to enter West Point on June 15th when he is to report and ;tart on his work as a prospective of ficer of the United States army. The success of this deserving young man will be the source of great pleas- use to his many friends in this city and is a well deserved reward of the hard work and earnest endeavor he as put forth to realize his ambition of a military career, and in his new field he will carry the best wishes of his friends for continued success and the attainment of the position in the army of his country. A bright, keen and thoroughly American young man, Mr. Windham should be able to give his country a splendid service in the y ears to come. Rejoicing Over New Daughter. From Saturday's Dally 1ms morning the stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boetel and left in their care a handsome lit tel daughter who will make her home with them in the future. The mother and little one are doing nicely and Frank is feeling very proud of the new addition to his family, and their friends will extend their congratula tions to them. Read the want ads in the Journal Moore's Non-Leakable Fountain PRETTY DOUBLE WEDDING AT THE HAM HOME The Uniting of Miss Ellen Windham and Mr. Williard Beezley and Miss Kathryn Windham and Mr. Ken yon Riddle. From Katurday's Dal'v. A very pretty double home wedding was celebrated r.t 3 o'clock this after, noon at the home of Hon. R. B. Wind ham when his daughters, Miss Ellen Windham was united in marriage to Mr. Williard Beezley of Syracuse, Nebraska, and Miss Kathryn Wind ham wedded to Mr. Kenyon Riddle of Harrington, Kansas. The ceremony uniting the lives and hearts of these four happy young people was per formed by Rev. H. G. McClusky of the Presbyterian church and Rev. F. M. Druliner of the Methodist church. Preceding the ceremony Ben Wind ham, brother of the two brides, sang "At Dawning" by Cadman, the ac companiment being played by Miss Lucille Gass, and as the strains of the song died away the four young people took their stations before the minis ters and were united in the bonds of holy wedlock. Miss Ellen was attired in a very handsome traveling suit of brown taffeta, while Miss Kathryn wore a blue taffeta suit, both of which were very charming, and the two happy young brides made a most pleasing picture on this, one of the golden days of life. Misses Janette and Barbara Windham, neices of the brides, acted as the ring bearers. The wedding was a very quiet one, only the immediate family and a few of the closest friends 'being present at the ceremony. The-jhome .was .very prettily decorated for the happy event with a profusion of spring flowers, making a delightful setting for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Beezley will visit rel atives at Sjrracuse for a few days and with then return to this city where they will make their home until Mrs. Beezley has closed her school work for the year in the city schools. Mr. and Mrs. Riddle will travel for a week or ten days and then go to Abilene, Kansas, where they will make their future home. Both of the young ladies are well known in this city where they have spent their lifetime and where they possess friends by the score who, while regretting to lose them from their circle, extend their best wishes for many years of happiness and joy. Mrs. Beezley is one of the most tal ented ladies in the city and is a grad uate of the Academy of Fine A i ts in Chicago and is at present supervisor of art work in the city schools of Plattsmouth as well as in the Benson schools of Omaha. Mrs. Riddle is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a mem ber of the Kappa Alpha Theta soror ity of the state university, and for the past year has been engaged in teach ing, having just closed her school work in Kansas. Mr. Beezley is a salesman for the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co., of St. Louis, and is a young man of much promise and held high in the esteem of his company and those who know him best. Mr. Riddle is a bright and rising civil engineer of Harrington, Kansas, who is making his mark in his chosen profession, and in his home is held in the highest esteem. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity' of the University of Kansas. Purchase New Overland Cars. From Saturday's Dally. Philip Hirz and John .baiter nave become members of the growing list of Overland automobile owners, hav ing purchased cars from John Bauer, the local agent, and the two gentle men are well pleased with the new machines, which they will enjoy in the future in their journeys. The Over land is a popular machine and is con stantly growing in favor. Pasture For Cattle. And horses, room for 20 head, good spring water all the time. Inquire of John N. Beck, 64 miles northwest of Plattsmouth. 4-24-4twkly. WIND FATHER OF MRS. WASLEY DIES AT SPRINGFIELD From Friday's Dally. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. W. W. Wasley received a telephone message announcing that her father, Frederick Pflung of Springfield, Nebraska, was very low and that his recovery was despaired of by th attending phyhi tians. Mr. and Mrs. Wasley at once started for Springfield but arrived too late as Mr. Pflung had passed away shortly after the telephone message had been sent. Mr. Pflung was one of the pioneer residents of that sec tion of Sarpy county, having come to Nebraska at an early day and located on a splendid farm, where he made his home until his death. He was eighty-four years of age. The friends here of Mrs. Wasley will extend their depest sympathy in the loss of her father. JIM HIGLEY SUES M., K. & T. RAILROAD CO. FOR $18,500 From Friday's Dally. I rom the following, taken from the Muskogee, Oklahoma, Daily Phoenix, it is learned that James W. Higley of this city, who was injured in the Okla homa city a few weeks ago, has brought suit there against the M., K. & T. Railroad company for damages in the sum of $18,500, as the result of the injuries received at that time. The case is one that will be watched with interest by the friends of the young man in this city. He is the son of Mr. J. B. Higley. "Eighteen thousand five hundred dollars damages for a bump on the head and resultant complications is demanded of C. E. Schaff, receiver for the M., K. &T. Railway company, by J. W. Higley, who through his attor neys, filed his petition in superior court. In consideration of the insig nificance of the original injury, the case is a record breaker from the standpoint of damages asked in the local courts. Higley, who at the time of his in jury was employed as a car painter by the defendants, charges gross negli gence. He sets forth that during the morning of March 21 last he was in structed to paint several cars which lad been set on a side track in the ocal yards of the railway for that purpose. While thus engaged, a heavy timber, which either was on top of the car or leaning, fell in such a manner as to let one end hit the plaintiff a blow on the head, knocking him down and rendering him unconscious. Although the original injury to the plaintiff's scalp seemingly was quite inconsequential upon first examina tion and treatment, complications de veloped which affected Higley's stom r.ch and intestines in such a manner that he is now unable to partake of solid food, according to the petition. It also is set forth that the plaintiff's brain is affected, an affliction which forever will interfere with his resum ing his employment as a car painter or engaging in any other line of en deavor for the maintenance of him self and family. Higley declares that had the de fendant company exercised due care the timber would not have been on top or leaning against the car upon which he wras working, and the acci dent would not have occurred." ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARKING AUTOS FILL LONG FELT WANT From Fxlday's Dally. The new arrangement for the park ing of automobiles on Main street, as prepared by Chief of Police Barclay, seems to have filled a long felt want in the way of clearing the congestion of traffic and gives the best possible means of handling the automobiles by parking them in the center of the street. The chief, with the assistance of Ed Mason, has painted out the parking lines for the cars on the street and it will be an easy matter for the owners and drivers of ma chines in the future to comply with the regulations for the vehicles. As soon as the work was completed the owners of the cars on Main street at the time complied with the request of the police and placed their cars as desired. v - BAD RUNAWAY ON LINCOLN AVE. ON SATURDAY Horses Become Frightened at Auto Hearse and Make a Wild Dash and Crash into Several Vehicles. Saturday afternoon a very lively unaway occurred on Lincoln avenue near the Burlington shop offices and it is almost a miracle that the parties who were unfortunate enough to be in the affair were not seriously in jured. The team of John Lowther, a pair of rather high-spirited animals, were coming down the avenue toward the business section of the city just at the time the funeral of Mrs. Sam G. Smith was passing out to the ceme tery at Rock Bluffs and as the auto mobile hearse passed the team of Mr". Lowther the horses became frighten ed and started to run, getting away from the control of the driver and starting north along the avenue, nar rowly missing crashing into the auto mobile of Thede Amick, which was in the funeral procession. The horses continued their mad race down the avenue, causing the automobiles in the funeral procession a great deal of trouble in keeping out of the way, while a number of persons were at tempting to catch the horses. Near the shop gate the team crashed into the double carriage of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Creamer and almost demolished the vehicle, but fortunately did not seriously injure the occupants as Mrs. Creamer jumped from the carriage just before the collision and beyond a few bruises and a very severe nervous shock escaped a more serious fate. The back seat of the Creamer car riage was torn off and one of the rear and one of the front wheels demol ished as the carirage turned over, as well as breaking the top to the buggy. Mr. Lowther was pulled from his buggy while attempting to regain con trol of the team and thrown to the ground in the midst of the wreck and debris of the buggy, and for a few minutes his position seemed very crit- cal and it was only by good fortune that he escaped without great injury. He was badly bruised and suffered a few scratches in the thrilling experi ence. The team was finally stopped from their wild tear and tied up, and ater was driven home by the owner. LOUISVILLE DIVORCE CASE IS FILED FOR THE SECOND TIME From Friday's Dally. A suit for divorce entitled Kose Brounco vs. Edward Brounco has been filed in the district court, being an other chapter in a matter that has, several times in the past been brought into the limelight and seems now :bout to be settled. The case seems to date back several years as the pe tition for the plaintiff indicates stat ing that on and after December, 1910, the plaintiff and defendant cohabited together as man and wife in the vil- age of Louisville and their relation was publicly , acknowledged as man and wife. That on January 10, 1916, they were married at the office of the county judge in Plattsmouth and have ince continued to live as man and wife. The plaintiff, in her petition, charges the defendant with cruelty, both physical violence and vile lan guage toward her, and failure to sup port the plaintiff and the two children of the parties. She asks that a de cree of divorce be granted, together with the custody of the children and that the defendant be required to fur nish suitable alimony for the care of the plaintiff and the minor children. This is the second divorce case to bex filed by these parties, the first of hich was withdrawn at the time of the marriage in January. Fresh Eggs and Hens We will pay this week the follow ing prices for eggs: 18c in trade; hens, 13c. Hatt & Son. For the n Simon Pure Benjamin I Franklin Lightning Rod, call on T. W. Vallery, or write him at Murray, Neb. i 4-2.4-lmowkly FINE PROGRAM AT H. S. AUDITORIUM FRIDAY NIGHT The concert and reading entertain ment by Miss Bertha Nethan and Mr. Jess Fair of Lincoln, which will be offered by the glee club at the high school on Friday evening. May Hth, promises to be of special merit, and generous petronag2 upon the part of the public should be given to it. The purpose is not so much to raise money as to give to the patrons of the city a high class entertainment under school auspices. The high school glee club and other local talent will assist the Lincoln artists. Especial interest is being taken in the program as Mr. Fair is a former Plattsmouth high school student. The admission charged will be 25 cents to the gener al public and 15 cents to high school students. HIGHLY ESTEEMED LADY PASSES TO HER REWARD SUNDAY Sunday morning, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. J. McDaniel passed away after having lived a long and useful life, filled with loving sym pathy for all those with whom she came in touch. The death of Mrs. McDaniel was not sudden, she having been in very poor health for several years. For a month preceding her death, she was confined to her room. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Ohio, where she spent her early life. She was united in marriage to Mr. D. J. McDaniel, with whom she moved to Minnesota and spent many years in pioneer life. Later they moved to Sidney, Iowa, where they made their home until the husband's death, two years ago. Since then she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. William Tuey. Mrs. McDaniel was a member of the Grand View Presbyterian church, and lived a devout Christian lift. For seven years she cared for her hus band, who had been stricken with pa ralysis, and during, that time she was never known to complain. She was a self-sacrificing mother, with her chil dren's welfare always uppermost in her mind. She leaves eight children to mourn her death: Lewis McDan iel, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Wilbert Mc Daniel, Sidney. Iowa; Archie McDan iel, Lynden, Washington; Thomas, Everett and Howard McDaniel of While Sulphur Springs, Montana; Mrs. J. E. Tuey and Mrs. William Tuey of this city; also one sister in Indiana, sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the res idence of Mrs. William Tuey Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Interment will be made in Sidney, Iowa, where the hus band is taking his last long sleep. W. D. JONES SUFFERS SERIOUS ATTACK THIS MORNING From Saturday's Dallr. This morning W. D. Jones, who for the past year has been in very poor health, suffered a serious attack of his malady and for a few minutes his condition was very critical, but now is somewhat improved. It seems that Mr. Jones, on getting up this morning had stepped into the bathroom where he was suddenly stricken with a faint ing spell and fell into the bathtub, where he was discovered a few sec onds later by his wife and daughter, and with the assistance of one of the neighbors he was carried to his room and placed in bed and medical assist ance called. The sudden attack was quite severe and for a few minutes the recovery of the patient was doubt ful, but he later rallied and at last re ports was resting very easy and it seems that he will recover from the attack. Mr. Jones is well advanced in years and his illness has made him quite feeble. His host of old friends will be pleased to learn that he in showing signs of improvement and trust that he may continue to gain strength. George Budig came down from Havelock Saturday and spent Sunday here with his parents and friends. V r 1