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I 'ft outn Neb State Historical Soc- ' VOL. XXXIV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917. No. 212. plattewiotb 1 s J i v l': i'i CONRAD VALLERY AWAY Deceased Bore the Distinction of Re in:? One cf the First White .Chil dren Horn in Cass County. From Tiif 1ayV raily. Death has again entered our com munity and taken from the circle of the home ard friends Conrad II. Val lery, one of the pioneer residents of Cass county, and a gentleman well known and very highly respected throughout the entire county. Mr. Vallery passed away last evening at his home southwest of this city after a long: and lingering illness, suffering from cancer of the throat, and al though all possible in medical skill and tender care was given to him it was impossible to check the prog ress of the malady that finally re suited in his death. Conrad H. Vallery enjoyed the dis tinction of being one of the first white children born in- Cass county, having saw the light of day April 20, 18"S, in Plattsmouth precinct, where his parents, Theebalt Vallery and wife, had been among the earliest set tlers in the county. The Vallery fam ily came originally from Germany, but located in early life in Pike county, Ohio, where they resided until 1S", when Mr. and Mrs. Vallery re moved to the new territory of Ne braska and became numbered among the pioneers of Cass county, where the-y made their home in the then wild and unsettled country of the west. Mr. C. II. Vapory was reared to rr.r.ndood in the vicinity cf Platts mouth and experienced the hardships and toil of the youth of early days j in assisting in the work of forming j a great agricultural empire, and through his efforts he had won for h:.n?elf a part in the history of the county, and thiough careful manage ment had made a success of his farm ing life and possessed one of the fine farms of this portion of the county. On October 20, 1877, Mr. Vallery was united in marriage to Miss France-; Sprague, at Plattsmoutla, and for the Fast forty years the happy ties of love have been kept as tender as when t-litrhted at the altar in their youth. To bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Vallery five children were born, who with the widow remain to mourn the death of the husband and father, Mrs. Myrtle Marks of Omaha. Ed and Al bert W. Vallery of Grass Range, Mont.; Jersc Vallery, residing at home, and Mrs. W. K. Shephe-rdson of Grass Range, Mont., and Mrs. Henry Meisinger of Plattsmouth. Mr. Vallery also leaves to mourn his death the following brothers and sisters: Jacob R. Vallery, Mynard; Mrs. George Sigler of Custer county; Peter Vallery of near Deadwood, S. 1).; T. W. Vallery of Murray, and Henry Vallery of Ruby, Alaska, and Mrs. Mary Wright of Deadwood, S. D. . TO LAUNCH "MOST POP ULAR LADY" CONTEST From Tuesday's Dally. Last night at a special meeting cf the firemen it was decided to launch a most popular lady contest to begin immediately and last through the week of the big municipal carnival, closing Friday, June 15th, at G p. m Tr.e members selected a committee PASSES rf composed of G. II. Closson, C. A. Johnson and George Luschir.sky for this special feature. It was decided to give a diamond ring as a prize for the most popular lady, which has been secured and may be seen at the Crabill jewelry store, where it is on exhibition. This contest is open to every lady in this territory and en tries and voting may be made by ob taining the ballots at any of the fol lowing places: Crabill Jewelry store, Mauzy Drug company, H. M. Soen r.kh.en's, groceries, and E. G. Dovey & Son, dry goods. ; The votes will be counted every night and also the standing of the contestants will be posted daily. Dr. T. J. Todd, wife and son of Kearney, Neb., are in the city to en joy a visit with relatives and friends for a few days. GETS FINE OF TWEHTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR BEING DRUNK From Tuesday's Daily. The first arrest in Cass county for intoxication since the first day of May, when the saloon ceased to be in the state of Nebraska, occurred yesterday afternoon when Chief of Police Barclay took into custody Wil liam Decker, charging him with be ing intoxicated contrary to the laws of the state. This event occasioned a great deal of interest, being the first of its kind since the sudden de parture of J. Barleycorn from our fair commonwealth. This morning Mr. Becker was arraigned in the police court before Judge M. Archer and acknowledging his shortcomings was given a fine of $25 and costs, amounting to ?2S, which was paid. It was thought at first that the man had been supplied with the liquor from bootleggers, but his statement was that he secured it from a supply purchased before the recent drouth. AMERICAN SURGICAL DRESSING COMMITTEE HAS A ROOM IN RILEY From Tuesday's Daily. The ladies of the American Sur gical Dressings committee have se cured a room in the Hotel Riley block and wiil now be able to carry on their work in a much more rapid manner and to furnish to the hospitals and field work for the relief of the suf ferings of the wounded the necessary supplies. . The ladies hope by Thurs day to get settled in their new quar ters and be ready to commence on the active work of preparing ban- j dages and the comfort kits for the soldiers. This is one of the most needed aids at the present time that can be given to our allies at the base hospitals in Europe and one that will result in the saving of many lives among the ranks cf the brave men of all armies. The national society of the American Surgical Dressings committee will as- ist in supplying 1,200 hospitals with bandages to care for the injuries of the soldiers. The Omaha chapter cf the organization has since November contributed 50,000 surgical dressing bandages to the national organiza tion, but this is only a very small part of what will be required. The Plattsmouth ladies are anxious for the co-operation of every one and the work will require a great many hours of labor to prepare the much needed bandages, and in this way every lady who can spare a few hours each day should assist in it. It is the noblest of causes and should have the undivided support of everyone. ANDREW DILL VERY LOW. From Tuesday's Daily. Reports from the bedside of An drew Dill are to the effect that the patient is not showing the favorable signs as had been hoped for, and his condition in the last twenty-four hours has become a great deal worse and gives but little hope of his re covery. Dawson Wiii Fix It 11 The Modern Spirit of co-operation, the spirit which animates all successful business, prevails in the organization of our Federal reserve bank. We own stock in it. We keep our reserve cash in it. We have a voice in electing its di rectors and through them in choosing its man agement. It is our bank, and its resources en ables us at all times to meet the legitimate bank ing requirements of our community. You, in turn, can co-operate wilh us in main taining the Federal Reserve Banking System, and fP 'MEMBER Ml JFEDERAI. RESETTVE FIRST NATIONAL BANK The only National Bank in Plattsmouth WHEN THE WAR IS OVER. Vil en the war is over, laddie, just j take a tip from me, There'll be no German submarines a- diving through the sea, For the fatherland of Kaiser Bill, the guy we're going to lick, Will have a brand new kaiser, and the same will be a Mick; We'll change the song, "Die Wacht at Rhein," into an Irish reel, And make the Germans dance it, if 'tis so inclined we feel; For the police force in Berlin will be Micks from County Clare, When we put an Irish kaiser in the palace over there. Sure, in every German parkway you will find a sweet colleen, And the fields of waving sauerkraut we will plant with shamrocks green. No- liverwurst or sausage when the German drinks his suds; He willget corned beef and cabjbage and good old Irish spuds. The heathen guns and gas bombs we will throw them all away, And make them use shiilalah or bricks of Irish clay; They'll wear no iron crosses; sure 'tis shamrocks they will wear. When we put an Irish kaiser in the palace over there. F. C. FUNERAL SERVICES OF THE LATE OTTO BUL1N From Tuesday's Daily. i esterday afternoon the funeral services of the late Otto Eulin were held from the home in the south por tion of the city and quite largely at tended by the many old friends and associates who had known and loved the departed during his lifetime. The cervices were conducted by Rev. Wea ver, of Omaha, who only a short few months before had been called upon to join the depaited young man in the holy bonds of wedlocck, and had now been called to lay him away in final rest. The minister spoke feel ingly of the worth of the departed ana to the sorrowing wife and rela tives spoke words of comfort in the promise of the Master for blessed rest ard peace in the life hereafter for tho.se who walked with Him in their earthly life. The floral tributes at the funeral were beautiful and numerous and attested the feeling of respect and love in which the departed had been held by those who knew him best. At the conclusion of the serv ices the body was conveyed to Oak Hill cemetery, where it was laid to rest beside that of the mother who had preceded him in death. To the wife, father and brothers and sisters of this worthy young man the deepest sympathy will go out in the darkest hour of life, when all the grief of parting and separation has fallen upon them with heavy hand. Few men had been held higher or more truly respected in the commun ity than this young man, who just in the "dawning of life with all the pos sibilities lying before him was taken from his family to answer the final summons to the great beyond. John Livingston came down this morning from Memphis to attend the funeral of the late C. H. Vallery, one of his old friends and neighbors. at the same time share in its benefits and protection by be coming one of our depositors. REGISTRATION DAY i Plattsmouth Men Between the Ages' of 21 and 31 Register For Serv ice of the Republic. Registration day, wr.en over 10, 00000 of the male residents of the United States of America registered their names before the boards in the voting precincts for the purpose of complying with the selective draft, was on in full blast today all over the nation. In this city the call was heeded by all those falilng within the age limit of 21 to 31, and frcm the opening of the places of registration there was a steady stream of young men answering the call of the nation to arms. The greater part of the young men being employed in the Burlington shops, made the registra tion more slew than otherwise during the working hours, as they were sent out two at a time to register in their respective wards. The number that will be secured in Plattsmouth within the ages set out above will be from 400 to 450 and from these the selection of the men for service will be made by the ex emption beard that will pass upon the claims of those who claim ex emption, including married men, those with dependents, physically in capacitated and otherwise exempted under the act. This method of selecting the army is undoubtedly the best that could be devised as it includes the rich and the poor, and only those who have de pendents upon them will be passed up in the selection cf those who will serve L'r.ele Sam. The selective draft will make it possible to have the men put where they vru-do the best possible "good for the country during the tine cf the war, either in the field or in other lines equally as vital to the welfare of the ration. In this city the day was very quiet, with no effort made to interfere with the operation cf the selective draft and but very little discussion of the matter on the part of anyone, or at least in a public manner. RED GROSS WORK iS EXPLAINED BY MEMBER OF NATONAL COUNCIL The local chapter of the American Red Cross society met yesterday af ternoon at the auditorium of the pub lic library, where Mr. R. E. Burton, of Denver, organizer of the society, gave a short address to the members on the work cf the society and what might be expected of the local or ganizations the country over. Owing to the very limited notice cf the ar rival of Mr. Burton, the attendance was not as large as had been hoped for, but those in attendance felt very enthusiastic over the meeting. Mr. Burton told of the organization of the Red Cross during the Crimean war of 1836 and of the activities in the different nations in this line, as well as the formation of the treaty of Gen eva in 1882, that guaranteed the safe ty of the Red Cross in time of war. There were two phases of the Red Crwss work, Mr. Burton stated, the first that of the relief of the families of the sailors and soldiers of the United States who were serving at the front and in this work of relief the society was aided by the govern ment to some extent in supplying funds, but the greater part of the re lief had come through the Red Cross society. The second great feature of the so ciety is that of the personal work in the field in the nursing and care of the soldiers on the battlefield and in the field hospitals. The war relief work wiil mean the care of the wounded and for this work a large number of .the Red Cross members have departed for France and other of the European nations for service. This department of the work requires a great amount of work and money and the societies are conducting a campaign for this purpose through out the nation. C. F. Harris of near Union was in the city today looking after some matters of business and calling on friends in tiie county seat. DEATH OF JOHN H. G9U6HUH, OF CHICAGO A message was received in this city today announccing the death at his home in Chicago of John II. Cough lin, son-in-law of H. M. Soennichsen, of this city. Mr. Coughlin has been in poor health for some time, as he was a sjifferer from heart trouble, but his condition was not thought dangerous and the news came as a great shock to the relatives and friends in this city. Mr. Coughlin was a very genial and pleasant gen tleman and during his visits to this city made a great many ., warm friends, who will learn with the deep est regret of his passing, and their most tender sympathy will be extend ed to the bereaved wife and relatives in the loss that has been visited upon thm. Mrs. Coughlin was formerly Miss Christine Soennichsen of this city. The message did not announce any of the particulars cf the death. To the wife the loss comes as a heart breaking shock after a year of wedded happiness, taking from her side the loved companion, and in her hour of grief the sympathy of the many friends will be extended. AVY a:n storm Another Heavy Rainstorm Lasting All Night, Swept Over This Section, Doing Considerable Damage. Another very heavy rainstorm swept over this section of Nebraska ast night that brought in its train quite a gcod deal of damage from ligh water and washing of railroad tracks throughout the state. The storm commenced shortly after 6 o'clock and raged during the entire night, being the most intense between 9 and 11 o'clock, when it was almost impossible tc. e out in the storm. In this citv the situation was made worse by the fact that the storm put the electric lighting service out of commission and plunged the city into darkness for the remainder of the night and made it more disagree able than ever with the storm raging and darkness being over the entire city and those who were down town and attenpted to reach their home certainly found much difficulty in reaching their residences without ex periencing a thorough wetting. The streets were filled with the running suface water and made it a great problem to get around at all. The Omaha division of the Burling ton suffered from the result of the heavy rain storm as a landslide oc curred between Gibson and Bellebue early in the evening that closed the Plattsmouth-Omaha line of the road and made necessary the abandonment of train No. 14 which is scheduled to reach this city at 9:30 p. m. This morning the trains from Chicago and Denver were sent over the Ashland Louisville shortline, being compelled to cut out the Omaha line until later in the day. No. 5 from the east and No. G from the west were both sent through this city over the old main line. Those who desired to go to Omaha this morning were disappoint ed in finding that it would be neces sary to travel via Pacific Junction and Council Bluffs to reach the me trcpolis and the stub making the con nections for that city was sent across the river at 9:30 a. m.. to connect with the Kansas City line of the Bur lington. The Missouri Pacific was also a suf ferer from washouts on its main line and the early morning passenger was sent to Omaha via Weeping Water and Louisville as the line south of this city was out of commission. LITTLE ONE BETTER. Ralph, the little son of County At torney and Mrs. jV. G. Cole, who has been quite sick for the past few days suffering from an attack of stomach trouble, has shown a great deal of improvement, and it is thought will soon be on the way to complete re covery. This will be most pleasing news to the many friends of the fam ily throughout the county and they will trust that the little lad may continue to improve. REGISTRATION DAY VERY QUIET Day Was Quiet, With No Disturb ances, and Result All That Had Been Expected. Total En rollment 315. The registration of the young men of the community between the ages of 21 and 31 in this city yesterday brought forth some three hundred and fifteen of those of this age in this city. In all the wards there was a very good registration, starting from the opening hour and continuing until evening. The result of the enrollment of the young men was very satisfac tory to the officials of the registra tion boards and very few if any of those within the age limit tried to avoid the service of the country. In the first ward there were 49 registered; in the second, 82; in the third ward, 85; fourth ward, 54; fifth ward, 41. There were a great many of those registering who offered their claims for exemption from the service of their country, but in the city at large 112 of those registering offered no ex emption, although a number of these were young married men, but who were willing to do their bit for the country if necessary. The second ward led in the list of those net claiming exemption, as forty-five of the eighty-five registered did not offer any reason why they should be exempted. The third ward was second, with thirty-two of those who were willing to forego the ex emption right. A number of those who registered made sudden discoveries of dependent relatives that would prevent their serving and these will have to be threshed out by the exemption board to discover how nearly dependent the relatives really are- It was also found that there are quite a few farmers residing in the city who can not at this time forego the duties of tilling the soil to go into the draft. These elaims will also be passed upon by the exemption board to determine liow intensive farmers the parties are. In the first ward the registration and claims for exemption can be taken for a fair example of the gen eral run throughout the city. There were seventeen who did not claim ex emption, seven claimed dependent wives, eleven claimed dependent wives and children, five claimed de pendent relatives, seven claimed phys ical disability as the reason for ask ing exemption, and two were farmers, although residing in the city, and could not respond. The first ward at the court house registered the following under the operation of the conscription: J. V. Hatt, G. O. Dovey, James H. Biggs, Theodore Schiappacasse, Vincezo Ras telli, Ezra Lynch, George W. Squire, W. S. Soennichsen, Luther M. Swan, T. M. Scarborough, Renzselaer S. Hewitt, L. W. Egenterger, M. G. Herold. E. G. Dovey, Pe.llock Parmele, E A. Fricke, E. G. Shallenberger, F. H. Wynn, A. H. Karnes, George Co nis. F. H. Smith, C. F Schmidtmann, Fred P. Bush, E. Roy Craig, Guy W. Morgan, Clayton Crounse, Clinton J. Chase, Fred S. Stewart, John W. Fal ter, J. Leonard Meisinger, Glen R. Hawkenbery, Frank H. Schuldice, Karl Roessler, August W. Cloidt, Er nest A. Dubois, Floyd W. Richardson, Julius Merick, Lawrence Lawn, Ar mour Gamblin, Vernon Long, Leo A. Welsh, Chester E. Wclshimer, K. L. Carman, Dwight T. Patterson, Jo seph M. McLeod, Dan C. Culwell, John Peterson, William H. Wood ward. In the second ward those register ing were: M. A. Jirousek, B. A. Ro- sencrans, C. R. Eledge, R. H. Newell, W. F. Evers, A. C. Davis, H. C. Mc- Maken, F. A. Cloidt, W. E. Propst, E. H. Felix, H G. Soennichsen,, W. J. Kalasek, J. R. Jelinek, W. J. Reid, L, W. Tiekotter, O. L. Elder, Dan Cooney, J. II. Carter, F. A. Thackray, D. II . Seiver, F. E. Smith, E. M. Walters, P. F. Stadelman, Ed Kala sek, F. J. Bukacek, Tom S. Svoboda, James Cerni, Joe Cizek, Joe M. Hi ber, John A. Koukal, L. O. Minor, Joe M. Sedlak," Phil F. Rhin, Louis Kosta, H. R. Brinkinan, Ernest R Parker, Emil L. Stenik, Jess F. War ga, Frank J. Svoboda, F. M. Dvorak, Jess C. Brady, Joseph Polster, Charles W. Hula, James Panes, Leroy W. Rueland, Frank Vejvoda, Albert A. Cotner, John J. Jirodsek, Robert J. Rebal, H. E. Brady, A. W. Bradway, Earl C. Hyde, Clyde E. Martin, John F. McAlpine, Elmer H. Meisinger, C. E. Hadraba. John II. C. Toman, F. A. Rebal, Peter Roucka, R. F. Schwin niker, Arch R. Campbell, Vine Slat insky, Anton J. Hula. F. A. Chrval, F. A. Brown, Elmer F. Franz, O. C. Krueger, L. M. Mullis, J. W. Chap man, Berl Biggs, Charles C. Janda, J. E. Ashtnbrenner. J. W. Chapman, Jo seph W. Stenik, F. L. Linderman, Jo seph Marsik, Anton J. Toman, C. C. Burbridge, E. J. McCart, Charles I). Lynch, A. O. Moore, Ralph M;; shall, C. H. Stenner, Ed Long, Earl L. Mur ray. In the Third ward the following were listed by the board of registers: Lester B. Dalton, Orval A. Newton, Earl C. Berger, John Bajeck. James B. Seiver, Carl R. Dalton, Fred G. Dawson, Everett L. Gooding, Clar ence E. Dungan, William H. Brink man, Clarence R. Isner, Maldon D. Brown, Charles F. Stastka, Clarence L. Beal, Everett A. Ward, Charles Floyd Kuhney, Raymond C. Hitch man, Roy W. Knorr, Robert Hunter, Bror A. J. Christianson, Robert Will, Frank L. Barkus, Lewis C. Minner, August F. Kopp, Peter Paul Anton, Marion L. Dickson, Charles J. Jelinek, W. R. Holly, James J. Sedlak, Clar ence C. Cotner, Frank Kozak, Flau D. Daniels, Edgar G. Glaze, Frank Joseph Suchky, Emil J. Hild. Frank F. Janda, Frank G. Ghryock, Glen Edwards, John Frederick Hirz, Hallie B. Perry, Cyril Kalina, Leland S. Briggs, Henry M. Hirz, Harry Ray Barkus, Edward F. Grybsky, Guy II. Closson, Carl E." Egenberger, Paul C. Sprecher, Robert E. Sprecher, Harry Beal, Frederick W. Mann, Fred V. Speck, Willis Ray Holmes, James H. Jones, Henry Lamphere, Major A. Arries,. Elmer F. Kelley, James J. Janca, William K. Fox, jr., Nick Pan ski, Charles Gradoville, Anion V. Rys, John Elmer Hallstrom, John J. Cloidt, William Andiews, Frank Foreman, John E. Schutz, Fred H. Verhule, K. H. Larson, Joseph A. Hunter, Clifford M. Forbes, William II. Mason, Ralph C. Mullis, Gunnard R. Johnson, Earl O. Carlberg, Earl M. Geis, Peter E. Herold, Harold G. Streight, Otto J. Luschinsky, Ben. Turner, John Ray Stein, Hemy M. Gentry, Murle W. Parmele. In the Fourth ward the following were registered: Fred Newman, Leslie John Joseph Barrett, William R. Egenber.rer, Ray mond R. Burrows, R. Glen Rawls, Joseph Lahoda, A me! A. Stillger, An ton II. Egenberger, Frank A. J. Mil ler, Estes Oscar Kowe, Edward Gun ner Torall, Sophus Arnold Christian son, Joseph Vanek, Charles C. Lahoda, August G. Hesse, Alfred E. Edgerton, Edward E. McCuIly, John J. Sabatkr. ewis A. Lee, Clarerce E. Ledgway, William Robert Haffke, Monte C. Franks, Otto Pitz, John Charles Pe terson, jr., George Kiley notion, Louie Smith, Guy C. Anderson, Thcm- as Lyndon Cook, Emil Finder, Will iam Rathmann, Louie Kissling, Frank Fischer, John P. Miller, Fred Kiss- ling, Henry F. Lutz, John Pries, Percy H. Fields, Albert M.' Sanders, Earl Winger, Francis W. Streets, LeRoy F. Covert, Leslie W. Neil, George W. Budig, Edward C. Harris, Henry Ed gar Steinhauer, George G. Eledge, Theodore B. Farmer, James Robert Jones, Frank M. Rice, Don E. Nor man, Oscar Herchenroedcr, Edward G. Ofe, Louie Rothmann, George H. Kopischka. In the fifth ward the following 11 1 .1 A. were enrolled Dy tne registrars: Leonard Schafer, William H. Shel don, Joe Sabatka, Charles F. Ault, Harvey Burke, Floyd McCart, Jesse York, William Heinrich, A. F. Vro- man, Frank Maurer, Albert J. God win, Guy Crook, Robert F.ay Patton, William G. Tams, Hillard Grassman, Eugene Maurer, Nels Renner, Joseph O. Sitzmann, George W. Brinklow, John W. Maurer, Ed Maurer, Wil liam E. DeWolf, Albert Murray, Wes ley H. Eledge, Charles H. Wence, Hi ram A. Sheldon, Roy Steins, A. A. Alexander, Joe J. Koubek, Andrew Rabb, Arthur Dean, John S. Rhodes, William Patrick O'Donnell, William H. Ofe, Verdon Vroman, Frank G. Koubek, Herman II. Hough, Wilbur Rowen, Harry Floyd Stone, Michael F. Rabb. Nothing is more needed on the bat tlefields than aid for the wounded, so attend the Red Cross dance at Coates' hall Saturday evening, and help mit the good cause. Admission, gents 50c, ladies 25c. A Biff re