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VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916.
No. 132.
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PERFORM THE
LUST 5110 RITES
TO A NOBLE LADY
The Funeral of Mrs. Roy Dodge This
Afternoon, and Large Concourse
of Sympathetic Friends
Attend.
from Friday's Daily.
The bodv of Mrs. Ella Ruffner
Dodge arrived in the city last even
ing on No. 2 over the Burlington from
Omaha, where short services were
held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and on the arrival here was taken to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Ruff
ner, parents of Mrs. Dodge, where the
iiody lay in state from 9 to 12 o'clock,
and a large number of old friends of
the family called to pay their last
farewell to her whom they had held
so dear in life.
The funeral services in Omaha were
held at the Jackson chapel and the
building was filled to its utmost ca
pacity by the friends of the beloved
lady to pay their last respects to her
memory before she was taken from
them. The services were in charge
of Rev. F. W. Leavitt, assisted by
Rev. W. S. Leete of St. Luke's church
of this city, and were most impressive.
Mrs. J. W. Gamble, an old friend of
the family, sang a solo during the
services that was most beautiful in
its rendition and expressed the feeling
of the entire circle of friends of the
grief they had felt at the severing of
the ties of hte and friendship. At
the close of the service the body was
conveyed to the Burlington station
fr its last journey back to the old
home at Plattsmouth. An escort of
representatives from the various
branches of the Masonic fraternity
accompanied the body from the Scot
tish Rite, Knights Templar, Royal
Arch Masons, Shriners and Nebraska
Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M. This es
cort was composed of Charles L.
Shook. J. R. Stein, E. N. Boyles, I.
W. Barr and John Wall. On the ar
rival of the body in this city the rep
resentatives of the Plattsmouth Ma
sonic bodies joined the escort and as
sisted in the guard of honor to the
home. The Plattsmouth Masons pres
ent as the escort consisted of Dr. T.
P. Livingston, Dr. C. A. Marshall,
Carl G. Fricke, E. H. Wescott, W. C.
Tippens.
The funeral services were held at
the Ruffner home this afternoon at 2
o'clock, and were attended by a vast
number of the old friends, who joined
with the family in their great sorrow
that has been visited upon them and
to take their last farewell of the dear
one whom they would know no more
on earth. The parlors of the home
was filled with the beautiful floral
remembrances from the friends, both
in this city and Omaha, and in the
midst of the wilderness of beautiful
flowers the loved one slept the last
long sleep that knows no awakening.
Rev. H. G. McClusky of the First
Presbyterian church officiated at the
cervices and was assisted by the Rev.
Father W. S. Leete of St. Luke's
Episcopal ohurch. Rev. McClusky
spoke words of comfort to the wound
ed hearts of the family, who have
suffered greatly from the shock of the
loss of the one held doubly dear by
all of them, and to those who mourned
he held out the promise of the Savior
of the meeting in the world to come,
when troubled and grief-stricken
hearts shall find in the light of a
newer joy their loved ones. During
the services a quartet from the Pres
byterian church gave several of the
old loved hymns of comfort and faith.
At the close of the services the body
was tenderly borne to Oak Hill ceme
tery, where in that beautiful city of
the silent it was laid to rest. The
pall bearers were selected from among
the members of the Masonic order and
old friends of the family, Dr. T. P.
Livingston, Dr. C. A. Marshall, C. G.
Fricke, W. C. Tippens, E. II. Wescott
and Lloyd B. Wilson of Omaha com
prising the escort to the grave.
Ella Mae Ruffner was born in
Plattsmouth, February 10, 1881, where
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Ruff
ner had long made their home, and it
was here in the city where she sleeps
in the last long rest, that she was
reared to womanhood and passed the
greater part of her life time. She
graduated from the Plattsmouth High
school, and for three years was a
teacher in the primary department of
the city schools, until the time of her
marriage. On July 5, 1903, Miss
Ruffner was united in marriage to Dr.
Roy A. Dodge, son of Mr. and Mrs
George Dodge of this city, and since
the marriage Dr. and Mrs. Dodge
have made their home in Omaha
and enjoyed together the greatest hap
piness that it is possible for two such
loving hearts to realize. To the hus
band the loss of the wife has come
as a terrible shock and grief which
is heartbreaking. Mrs. Dodge was
taken sick a little over a week ago
and despite the fact that the most
skillful medical aid was called it was
not possible to save her life, and she
passed away Monday evening at 11
o'clock at the Swedish Mission hos
pital in Omaha. Besides the husband
there remains to mourn her death, the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Ruffner
of this city, and four brothers, J. W
Ruffner of North Yakima, Wash.; Ed
win G. Ruffner, Obert, Neb.; Sperry
B. and Horace B. Ruffner of Omaha,
all of whom with the exception of J.
W. Ruffner were present at the fu
neral services.
Among those from out of the city
attending the funeral were: Mr. and
Mrs. William Ruffner, uncle and aun
of Mrs. Dodge; Earl Bragg, Mrs. F.
W. Lenhoff, Mrs. Elmer McManis, all
of Omaha; Mrs. Fred Graham, Mrs.
John Cromwell, Ames, la.; Mrs. M.
C. Reed and daughter, Miss Irma
Hunt, Omaha; Mrs. Mina Swike, Hav-
enville, Kan.; Mrs. Ed Mitchell,
Smithville, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Kirkpatrick, Nehawra.
SERIOUS AUTO
ACCIDENT TO MR.
AND MRS. MAUZY
From Friday's Dally.
A telephone message received in
this city from Robert Mauzy at Oma
ha, states that a very serious auto ac
cident befell his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Mauzy, yesterday a few miles
from Hastings while they were en
route to Furnas county for a short
visit. The party had left this city
early yesterday morning and when
near Hastings, the Ford car in which
they were driving was overturned with
the result that Mrs. Mauzy had her
right arm fractured in a very serious
manner and it is feared sustained se
vere internal injuries. Mrs. T. B.
Brown, who has been here from Los
Angeles visiting and who was accom
panying Mr. and Mrs. Mauzy on the
trip, received a very badly sprained
ankle in the overturning of the car.
As far as could be learned Mr. Mauzy
escaped without injury from the ac
cident. As soon as the" accident oc
curred help was secured and Mrs.
Mauzy was taken to the hospital at
Hast'ngs to have her injured arm Set
and at last reports was resting as
easily as possible although the full
extent of her injuries had not been
determined. The circumstances of the
accident have not been learned as yet
by the friends here.
HAS WRIST BADLY INJURED.
From Saturday's Dally.
Yesterday John L. Mayfield and
wife of Crofton, Neb., motored down
to Omaha en route to this city, and
while Mr. Mayfield was engaged in
cranking up his Ford car in the me
tropolis he met with an accident that
has caused him a great deal of an
noyance through a badly injured
wrist of the right arm. The crank
kicked back and struck Mr. Mayfield
a very severe blow on the wrist and
put that member out of commission.
Mr. and Mrs Mayfield came on to
Plattsmouth and spent the night with
their relatives here, going to Omaha
this morning, where an X-ray exam
ination will be made of the wrist to
determine the exact extent of the in
juries. Miss Janette Patterson departed
this morning from Omaha for Lake
Forest, 111., where she will take up her
studies at the Fairy school in that
city, one of the best private schools
for young ladies in the central west
and where she will complete her edu
cation work. Miss Patterson is a
graduate of the class of 1916 of the
Plattsmouth High school.
$5.00 Phonographs at Dawson's.
FRED WAGNER
MAKES SUCCESS
OF RESTAURANT
Now Open All Night to Serve the
Late Ones With All Kinds
of Eats.
From Friday's Dally.
One of Plattsmouth's progressive
business men is Fred Wagner. To
night he starts on the new plan of
keeping open all night in order to
supply the needs of the public of this
place. Three years ago Mr. Wagner
started up in business and his success
is largely due to his square dealing,
good service and to the fact that he is
on the job all the time to look after
the needs of his patrons.
One departure from the usual cus
tom of restaurants in his shop is the
fact that he never uses the returned
dishes in any way but just throws
them out so his patrons need never
fear of finding "second hand" food at
his place. This item alone cost him
$1,000 a year, he estimates, but judg
ing from the patronage he gets here
from the home folks it pays big divi
dends even if it does cost $1,000 a
year.
A good many people are taking ad
vantage of his special chicken dinners
on Sundays, and really one gets an
excellent chicken dinner with all the
"trimmins" for 50 cents. We are glad
to watch this place grow and branch
put. Success to vou, Fred.
THE PROPOSED NEW
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
From Friday's Daily.
The drawing of the proposed high
school and departmental building that
it is desired to erect on the campus
of the school grounds, is on exhibi
tion in the window of Warga & Schul-
dice, where the board of Education
has placed it in order to afford the
people an opportunity of seeing what
kind of a building the board desires
to erect, and together with the draw
ing is a description of the building
and the rooms that it will provide
for the caring for the pupils of the
high school and the seventh and
eighth grades.
The board of education desires that
the taxpayers and citizens look up
the matter of the new building and
let them know just what they desire
to have done in the erection of the
building. The high cost of material
and workmen will not ptfrmit the erec
tion of a building of the kind desired
unless the additional $15,000 is voted
at the special election on Tuesday,
September 2Cth, and unless this
amount is voted the board feels that
they cannot put up a building that
will be adequate in the years to come
to care for the high school and the
higher grades. If the additional
amount is not voted by the people the
board will be compelled to keep within
the limits of the original $50,000, but
feel that it will cramp the usefulness
of the building.
MRS. R. F. PATTERSON EN
TERTAINS AT LUNCHEON
From Friday' Dally.
Mrs. R. F. Patterson entertained at
a very pretty 1 o'clock luncheon this
tfternoon at her home on North Sixth
street in honor of Mrs. T. P. Living
ston, Mrs. W. W. Rockwell and Miss
Eleanor Rockwell, of New York; Miss
Carolyn Barklow and Miss Betty
Ringwalt. The decorations of the din
ing room were in pink and white ast
ers while the place cards were in the
color scheme of pink and white.
The luncheon was served in four
courses ana most thoroughly enjoyed
by the members of the party. Covers
were laid fcr eleven. Those in at
tendance were Mrs. Rockwell, Miss
Carolyn Brinklov, Ivlrs. George .E.
Dovey, Mrs. T. P. Livingston, Mips
Mathilde Vallery, Mrs. John W. Fal
ter, Miss Betty Ringwalt, Miss Edith
Dovey, Miss Nora Livingston and Miss
Esther Wildhelm.
CREAM, 34c, at Dawson's store,
Plattsmouth. 9-19-d&wtf
FORMER CASS COUNTY
BOY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
From Friday's Daily.
Howard Saxton, former county at
torney of Thurston county and who
for several years was. a resident of
Elmwood, where his father, D. Sax
ton resides, has received the appoint
ment of assistant United States dis
trict attorney and will remove from
his home at Pender to Omaha to take
up his duties. Mr. Saxton has been
very prominent in political and legal
circles since locating at Pender, and
will be a very efficient aid to United
States Attorney T. S. Allen in the
conduct of his office. His many
friends throughout Cass county will
be pleased to learn of his advance
ment and trust that he may continue
to advance in his profession of the
law, in which he has displayed marked
ability.
A PLEASANT SOCIAL
EVENT LAST NIGHT OF
EARLY FALL SEASON
From Frldav's Daily.
One of the pleasant social events
of the early fall season was the dan
cing party given last evening at the
Woodmen hall by Dr. and Mrs. T. P.
Livingston in honor of Miss Eleanor
and Mr. Jerome Rockhill of New
York, who are guests at the Living
stone home. The hall was very pret
tily decorated for the occasion with
festoons of pennants of bright and
pleasing colors, which were placed
throughout the hall, while the soft
glow of Japanese lanterns and shaded
pink electric lights cast over the
scene a soft and pleasing light and
added greatly to the beauty of the
event. Pink roses were also used in
the decorative scheme and were very
beautiful in appearance. The color
scheme of pink was also carried out
in the dining room of the hall, where
pink roses were used extensively in
the decorations. During the dance
delicious fruit punch was served in
the dining room, the serving being in
charge of Mrs. Henry Herold and Mrs.
A. E. Gass.
The young people spent several
hours very pleasantly in the late
ranees to the delightful music fur
nished by an orchestra from Omaha.
which rendered a program of the lat
est and most popular dance numbers.
Preceding the dance the out-of-town
guests were entertained p.t the horr.e
of Dr. and Mrs. T. P. Livingston at
a very enjoyable 6 o'clock dinner
party, which was certainly mosL de
lightful. The dinner was served in
four courses and covers were laid for
fourteen. The decorations were in
the beautiful pink roses and made a
most charming prelude to the ;?njoy-
rents of the dance.
Those who were in attendance at
the dance were: M'sses Carolyn
Baiklow, Elizabeth Ringwalt, Esther
Wilhelm, Mr. and Mr:,. Rufus Harris,
Messrs. Warren Breckenridge. Arthur
Ringwalt, Robert Patrick, James Wy
man, Fred Woodworth, Roderick
Crane, Rev. Robert F!?ckhart. all of
Omaha; Adam Breede, Hastings;
Misses Marjorie Walker, Helen Gass,
Edith Dovey, Madeline Minor, Janecte
Patterson, Nora and Mary Rosen-
crans, Harriett and Barbara Clement,
Mathilde Vallery, Elva Hartford. Lil-
liam and Verna Cole, Marie and Gretch
en Donnelly, Inez Sutley, Edith Mar
tin, Verna Leonard, Mia and Barbara
Gering, Marion Mauzy, Eleanor Bur-
nie, luizabetn iseeson, Mariel
Streight, Nora Livingston, Eleanor
Rockhill; Messrs. Matthew Herold,
RobcrtWnlling, Byron Arries, Charlas
Dovey, George F. Dovey, Fritz and
Edwin Fricke, Pollock Parmele. Fred
Mann, Carl and Wilkam Schmidt-
mann, Waldemar and Henry Son
nichsen, Ed Schulhof, Matthew Ger
ing, Juno Marshal, Henry Herold,
Jerome Rockhill; Messrs and Mes-
dames J. S. Livingston,' W. J.
Streight, G. E. Dovey; Henry Herold,
R. F. Patterson, J. W. Falter,' L. O.
Minor, E. R. Travis, H. C. McMaken,
H. A. Schneider, Mrs. A. E. Gass and
Mrs. Clayton Rockhill.
FOR SALE A good, gentle driving
horse, harness and top buggy, at a
reasonable price. Address Box 514,
Plattsmouth, Neb. , 3td 2tw
COMMERCIAL
CLUB HOLDS A
BIG MEETING
A Very Interesting Session, the Chief
Business Being Report of En
tertainment Committee.
From Friday's DalW.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial Club was held last evening
at the rooms in the Hotel Riley block
and the chief business of the meeting
was the report of the entertainment
committee, through Chairman William
. Robertson. This committee gave
a detailed financial statement of the
Home Coming and Fall festival which
gave those who were at the meeting
a clear understanding of the splendid
work the committee had performed
in conducting the highly successful
entertainment. This statement will
be published in full as soon as a few
small bills have been secured by the
committee and will allow the public
who had donated to the festival to
reach a clear understanding of the
disposal of the funds.
Mr. Robertson has devoted a great
deal of time to the making of a suc
?essful fall entertainment and its suc-
ess is largely due to the careful ar
rangement and handling of the details
by this gentleman as well as the chair
men of the different committees who
assisted in the details of the festival.
It certainly is gratifying to the mem
bers of the commercial club and every
citizen of Plattsmouth that the fall
festival was such a splendid success
nd the report is one that demonstrates
that there was able management of
the event.
The committee recommended in their
repoit that the Fall Festival be made
a permanent feature of the year's
3ntertainment and also gave a num
ber of suggestions as to improvements
that might be made next year and
which the committee had learned
from their experience of this year and
which would add to the success of the
entertainment in the future. The sug-
estions were all timely and well
woilhy of consideration by those who
will have the direction of the enter-
ta"ii!ientnet season.
E. A. Wurl of the band committee
reported that they had a small sur
plus on hand and that another con
cert vould be given when the weather
would be warm enough to permit of
an open air meeting.
The meeting of the club was one
Sllcd with interest and demonstrated
that ti e officers and members were
?ertainly desirous of doing everything
poss'ble for the advancement of the
Lest interests of the city.
MR. FLOYD M'DANIEL
BUYS MOVING PICTURE
SHOW IN CALIFORNIA
from Saturdays Dally.
From the Santa Journal of Santa
Clara, Cal., we learn of the purchase
in that city by Floyd McDaniel and
his partner, Mr. Hoots, of the Rex
theater, a moving picture house in
that city. The theater has been en
tirely remodeled by Ihe new owners
and is considered cne of the finest
theaters of its kind in the southern
portion of California. The play house
is one that is very successful and the
new owners have scored a great suc
cess since its opening on September
6th. Mr. McDaniel is the son of-Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. McDaniel of this city
and has been on the Pacific coast for
the past few years engaged in the
moving picture business in association
with his brother-in-law, Mr. Allen,
and is now to be associated with Mr.
Hoot; in the new Santa Clara theater.
His many friends will be pleased to
learn of his success on his venture
and trust th:r: he may meet with the
success that he so well deserves. Both
members of the firm are young men
just past their twenty-first year, and
will be able to give to the theater
their fullest interest, and will un
doubtedly score a great success.
Joseph Malcolm of the Nehawka
flouring mills was in the city for a
few hours today interviewing the mer
chants with regard to the purchase
of a consignment of his flour.
AUNT FANNIE LATHAM CELE
BRATES HER 94 BIRTHDAY
From Saturday calir.
Yesterday was a notable occasion
at the county farm west of the ciiy,
when Aunt Fannie Lntham, as she is
well known to everyone, celebrated
her ninety-fourth birthday and the
occasion was one fittingly observed
by Superintendent Tarns and wife as
well as the other residents the
farm. "Aunt Fannie" has made her
home at the farm for the past fifteen
years and is held in the deepest af
fection by everyone around the insti
tution. Although stricken with blind
ness several years ago, she has al
ways kept her usual cheerful disposi
tion and is a ray of sunshine to the
residents of the farm. Mr. and Mrs.
Tarns assisted her in the observance
of the day and it will always remain
a pleasure to them to know that they
were ahle to take part in the anni
versary of his splendid lady.
ANOTHER REPUB
LICAN SPEAKS
FOR MR. NEVILLE
County Judge Gives Word of Com
mendation to Keith
Neville.
North Platte, Neb., Sept. 15.
Judge George F. French, republican
candidate for re-election as county
judge of Lincoln county, has shown
his resentment against the mudsling-
ing campaign conducted by those op
posed" to Keith "Neville for governor
and has issued a statement showing
the facts concerning the La Mar room
ing house case tried before him last
June.
In the same statement Judge
French, a republican, adds his per
sonal word as to the character and
reputation of Mr. Neville, which he
jsavs he has learned from a thirty
years acquaintance with him.
The statement follows:
"North Platte, Neb., Sept. 11, 191G.
To whom it May Concern: This is
to certify that on the 31st day of May,
1916, Mr. Keith Neville filed his com
plaint in forcible entry and detainer
and seeking to oust the tenant from
his premises known as the La Mar
rooming house, who held a lease for
a term of three years, said case was
tried before me on the 21st day of
June, 1916, and judgment rendered
in favor of the defendant. The evi
dence disclosed that the action was
brought by reason of rumors brought
to the plaintiff's notice that the prem
ises were being used as a disorderly
house, and for that reason Mr. Ne
ville desired to break the lease and
oust the tenant. The evidence clearly
showed that the house was run as an
ordinary orderly rooming house and
that the persons circulating such ru
mors had no cause to do so and the
court dismissed the complaint, as the
evidence showed that a large number
of respectable people of this and other
counties were daily guests at this
rooming house, and there being no
evidence of any disorderly conduct
therein.
"Mr. Neville has the reputation of
being a clean, moral, upright man
and from an acquaintance of thirty
years with him, I know he is entitled
to such. GEORGE E. FRENCH,
"County Judge."
FROST LAST NIGHT.
From Friday's Dally.
This locality was visited by the
first frost of the season last night,
and his forerunner of the winter sea
son made the atmosphere noticably
chilly and snappy. Wliile not heavy
the low lands in the vallies received
quite a visit from the frost king. The
season is. at hand when this may be
loked for and from now on the real
warm weather will probably be ab
sent from our midst, but the glorious
fall days in Nebraska are the kind
that makes life worth while and makes
the blood flow faster with" the touch
of the cool weather.
Stewart's Phonographs, only $5.00,
at Dawson's, Plattsmouth, Neb.
MORE ECHOES
RECEIVED FROM
HOME COMERS
Prof. Abbott Writes of His Recent
Visit to His Former Home in
Plattsmouth.
Nebraska City, Sept. 11, 1916. The
Journal, Plattsmouth, Neb. Gentle
men: I have been so busy for the
past week or ten days that I have
not had time to do what I felt was
only an act of courtesy namely, to
thank the people of Plattsmouth for
the joy that was mine in taking part
in the Home Coming and to congratu
late you on the strides forward that
Plattsmouth is taking. To one who
remembers kindly the pleasures of a
residence of two years in your midst
and who will ever take an interest
in your welfare, it is a genuine pleas
ure to observe pavement being laid
on the boulevard, a beautiful library
building in process of completion, an
expensive apartment house in process
of construction, beautiful new homes
erected and in process of erection, and
best of all, to know that soon you
will have an adequately equipped
beautiful high school building.
To me has been granted the privi
lege of going over these high school
plans in detail, and I was much im
pressed with them, as I suppose any
one will be who, with a genuine re
gard for the education of the young
people of the community, takes the
trouble to look them over. It will
take, as I understand it, not less than
$65,000 to complete this building ac
cording to the plans and specification
and I really do not see how, with
building material and labor at the
high price it now is, the school dis
trict could expect to get such a build
ing as is contemplated for less money.
I sincerely trust, as one intensely in
terested in the welfare of Platts
mouth, that none of these esential de
tails of an up-to-date modern school
building will need to be eliminated by
the board of education on account of
lack of funds.
In their wise foresight, the board.
as I gathered from study of the plans.
is providing for the accommodation
of 300 pupils in the high school, in
addition to the seventh and eighth
grades. As there are now 215 pupils
enrolled one can readily perceive that
with enlarged shops, natural growth
of the city and increased attendance
from outlying districts this provision
is not unreasonable; but is in fact
very modest. Provision for less than
300 high school pupils would write
the board down as narrow and lacking
in foresight.
The lecture rooms, twenty in num
ber, laboratories, gymnasium, shower
and toilei rooms, provisions for do
mestic science and manual training,
convenient and modern heating plant
all these will leave little to be de
sired in the way of bringing Platts
mouth up into the first rank educa
tionally among the well equipped
towns of the state.
I wish to speak particularly of the
plans relative to the assembly loom.
This room, lighted in the modern and
sensible manner so as to eliminate
eye-strain, is to be equipped, not with
the old-fashioned desks, but with
chairs and tables, making the work
in the high school as near like the
work done outside as possible. Such
a plan is carried out now with admir
able results here in Nebraska City
and in many of the other high schools
of the state. In addition to the ad
vantages that I have indicated in fol
lowing this plan, the high school has
an auditorium without additional cost
where entertainments may be had for
the pupils at night. Here in Ne
braska City the commencement exer
cises have been held in this large room,
which serves the double purpose of as
sembly room of the high school and
general auditorium for other pur
poses. This letter, I fear, has extended
beyond reasonable length. I become
so interested when a matter of edu
cation comes before me that I have no
sense at all as to the length that I
am writing. I am so delighted with
the plans which the board has adopt
ed; so hopeful that none of the pro
visions made by them will need to
be eliminated, that I trust you will
pardon the excessive length of this
letter. Very truly,