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V 3 IT 2T 7T Neb Stato HlBtorical Boc omn VOL. XXXV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1917. r 1 1 ii f A Partial List of the Men Who PIVE OF OUR EOYS WILL LEAVE HERE AFTERNOON OF SIXTH FOR LINCOLN AND GO FROM THERE TOFORT RILEY, KANS. Fifty -One Are Listed Below But Only Five Have to Go Local Board Will Pick the Five to. Go First Stand a Chance of Eecoming Commissioned Officers. Tickets Will be Furnished to Lin coln and Eats Provided Others will Go Later. Final instruct ions for the first draft for 1'ncle Sam's bis army at Fort Rib y. has been received here by the local exemption board, and falls for five white men to appear at the above trailing camp on the. morn i us of September 7th. leaving lure on the 1:."".S train on the after noon of the sixth, arriving in Liu eoln about five o'clock in the eve ning, where they will take a spec ial train over the- Union Pacific for Ft. It i ley. ' It was also desired that the first five men selected by the local board lie men that have had military training or men that have had ex perience as cooks. The following list of fifty-one men selected by the local board, have Ser. Xo. Name and Address Given: : 3C Floyd Earl Morgan. Elm woo J :: lt'T. Albert Jacob Godwin, Plattsmouth : f '.' 4 ." William Andrews. Plattsmouth 17 ; -f, 7 Harlo Kdward Gray. Bayard 1 ! 17 Anton Medved. Wabash 2 8 ItiTG William II. Garrison. Weeping Water .".4 77."i Samuel Louis Rhotten. Plattsmouth St", 4SG Martin Wm. Grefe. Louisville 37 S1U James H. Biggs. Plattsmouth 40 :.".:: William Lee Stewart, Eagle 41 .".07 Ralph R. Larson. Louisville (Exempted yesterday) 43 f04 Oscar Mack. Weeping Vater: 47 4:5 Merritt F. Pollard. Nehawka 4S 1 t, 4 Charles Freeman. Greenwood 50 2im;c, Fred Newman, Plattsmouth 51 4:::! Hurley Pickering. Union 57 i::i Robert P.. Will. Plattsmouth 61 Charles F. Stewart, 7 E. lSth St., Denver, Colo C6 ;o 1 Elic C. Monger, Nehawka 77 l'l-2 Harry Harvey Slater, Greenwood 78 i:;i5 Jack Eidenmillr, Elmwood SI 117 James J. McLemon. Louisville 92 i;)l Oswald T. Miller. Weeping Water 93 772 Fred II. Rutherford. Plattsmouth 96 1C William R. Holly. Plattsmouth 106 jfif, Carl Richard Dalton, Plattsmouth 108 1" Clay C. Foreman, Alvo 110 i!7! Chester I). Austin. Union 111 19 4 Walter A. Stohlman, Murdoek .114 552 Walter Sal berg. Cedar Creek 1 1 i" (.75 lUin Mahan. Rulo 1 047 "John M. Ilobson. Weeping Water i:J54 Clarence E. King, South Bend 9S2 Emil J. Hild, Plattsmouth 15 Charles Wm. Everett, Avoca !.",:; Joseph V. Stanek, Plattsmouth l.".:. 4 Harold B. Bryan, Ashland lfill George X. Palmer, Weeping Water.. 770 Bernard C. Rakow, Plattsmouth 525 Peter Nelson. Louisville 5C Golden B. Snodgrass, Avoca 5 George F. Beucke, Avoca 14S5 Frederick Boobyer, Eagle S41 John Pedersen, Plattsmouth. ISO i::09 John Frederick Sweeney, South Bend 31 420 Earl Merritt. Union 53 9 72 Clifford M. Forbes. Plattsmouth 105 355 Orvil F. Prouty Alvo 135 04 5 Chester A. Bashford. Nehawka 140 077 Edward F. Marler. Nehawka 153 S70 James Cernik, Plattsmouth 169 The local board are also instruct ed to call five alternates to take the place of the first call in case rome fail to show up. This notifi cation will be made on pink postals, immediately after the action of the local board, and the ten men must be on hand at the time given in WILL VISIT IN IOWA. Mrs. Elle Beezeley of Syracuse, who is visiting in the city with her faher, Mr. R. B. Windham; with her father departed- this afternoon for Dunlap, Iowa, where they will visit over Sunday and labor day at the home of Robert Windham, Jr. Call Flattsmouth Garage for serv ice. Tel. 394, also livery. J. E Mason, Prop. Were Called been passed upon by the district board, and the full number were notified last night by Count y Clerk Libershal, member of .the local board to hold themselves in readiness for call at any time, and while there are only five men named in the first call all will be held in readiness for service at any time needed. The local board will now make the se lection of the five men, and while the official call names the first five men in the list, the local board have the privilege of selecting men from any section of the list what might desire to go, and have the training called for in the instructions. These men will also be given preference in the non-commissioned official staff and stand an excellent chance of re ceiving their commissions later on. Order No. Certfd. G 4 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26 27 2S 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 3S 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 120 123 124 127 129 131 143 145 151 157 162 165 173 48 49 50 51 their notice. The general plan is to entrain the men at the home stations with tick ets to the concentration points, which in our district is Lincoln. Each man will be supplied with rail road tickets, identification cards, and meal tickets. DIES AT CLARINDA. From Friday's Dally. Miss Bessie Donnelly, of Clarinda, who has made her home in that city for a number of years past, but whose family some years since mov ed to Washington, a cousin of Frank and Charlie Bestor died yesterday, at an institution in that city. The remains -will be shipped to this city. and here interred. It is expected that they will arrive here tomorrow (Saturday) morning. RETURN FROM TRIP TO ALASKA Misses Mia and Barbara Gering See Considerable of the Country and Return Home Great ly Refreshed. From Friday's DaUv. Early yesterday morning. Misses Mia and Barbara Gering arrived at home from their extended trip to Alaska and other northern points. Yesterday they spent resting from the fatigue incident to the journey and this morning Miss Mia was again at her accustomed place at the court house looking rested and invigorated from the vacation she had taken. From Seattle they had eleven days in the north, and the trip each way occupied 3C hours. Miss Gering tells of her impressions of the northern part of the continent, which she de clares is indescribable, as one can not accept the facts as they appear. For instance, speaking of the vege tation, she says that the beans grow to such enormous size, that it is un believable. Strawberries as large as small apples .and of the most delic ious navor. I heir point or landing was Skagway. and the town, which is built in the narrow ledge of a shore between high mountains, faces the sea and naturally has but little space, as the mountains come down nearly to the water's edge. The streets are all covered with planks, there being no stone or concrete pay ing. The street is used for pedes trians, teams and automobiles alike. This peculiarity impressed the young ladies, but they found it the same in other towns visited during their stay in the country. They took a trip on the wonderful Klondike train, which is now known as the White Pass and is covered by a narrow guage rail road. They went by boat up the Youkon river to the head of naviga-J tion, 110 miles from the mouth. Dur- ing tne entirety oi tins Trip tneyi scarcely realized they were in a river, the channel being very broad and filled with numerous islands, mak ing it appear more like a bay. Dur ing the entire eight days they were in the country, tney um not get to see one nrignt sunrise, as in me morning which opened with a pro tracted dawn beginning at about one- thirtv or two o'clock, a mist covered the landscape and water, and grad ually lifted, allowing the light to- sift through, producing a wonderful scene, the like of which they say never occurs in this climate. On the river as they went up mountains lay on the one side while on the other the landscape melted away into a mist, indicative of the shore of the ocean in the distance. This too fur nished a most delightful spectacle. and often when the boat was ap proaching an island, it appeared as if it was going to run into the moun tain, but the scene would dissolve and bring out the island, together with other islands between them and the mountain. Returning, the young ladies land ed at Vancouver, from where they took the Northern Pacific for a trip through Canada en route home. They stopped a while at Winnipeg, seeing all the while many of the interest ing sights of the country, through which they were passing. In Winnipeg- they saw thousands of wounded soldiers who had returned from the front in France, some with an arm gone, others with a leg missing, and still others were blind or deaf. From Winnipeg, they came via Minneapo lis, arriving in Omaha night before last and coming home on the late Missouri Pacific train reaching here a little after midnight. Their trip was a most pl?asant one being as unusual as it was pleasant. MRS. EARL TRAVIS ENTERTAINS On Thursday evening at her home Mrs. Earl Travis entertained very charmingly in honor of her friend. Miss Claire Dovey, who has just returned from a years absence. The time was employed in social conver sation, and a delightful luncheon was served. Those in attendance were Miss Claire Dovey, the guest of honor, Miss Hazel Dovey, her sis ter, Miss Mathilde Vallery, Mesdames Rae Patterson, J. T. Begley, T. P. Livingston, Frank L. Cummins and Earl Travis. GETTING INSTRUCTIONS. From Friday's Tail v. Mesdames J. F. Brendel, Vice Chairman, Ona Lawton, G. H. Gil more. J. B. Jackson. W. S. Smith, treasurer, Charles Spangler secre tary. Miss Margie Walker, chair man. Miss Margaret Spangler, Mrs. O. A. Davis, members and officers of the Murray Red Cross Chapter were visitors at the Plattsmouth Red Cross chopter room in the Coronado Apt.?, yesterday afternoon for the purpose of' getting some instructions in the various branches of the Red Cross work. Miss Lily Tighe of the Manley Chapter was a visitor at t lie Plattsmouth Chapter rooms Wednes day afternoon to get some instruc t ions. MRS. GEORGE SNYDER RETURNS FROM EAST From Friday's 1'iHy. Mrs. George W. Snyder, who some seven weeks since ri'li her daugh ter, Anna, went to Virginia for a visit, returned This morning, leaving Miss Anna for a longer stay. Mrs. Snyder visited at llightown, and at Hoi Springs, which is i:v.Bath coun ty, as well as Crab R.inoin, in High land county, while away. At the Hot Springs, both she and daughter took a Course of baths. The course l'cr t rent incut for crtain ailments are irom 14 to l. Miss Anna, has jut completed a course or 14 iiatns, una nas oeen ad vised by her phyic:an to continue them to the longer (nurse of twen ty-one. Sneal.ing of farming in that country, Mrs. Snyder. was greatly surprised, at what the po- pl" culled farming, lor what they considered a large staek of hay would contain abou one ordinary load as hauled in tins country. And as to raising corn mere was noiii- ing doing as compared with what is done here. At Hightown they visited with relatives of Mr. Snyder, where they spent a good deal ot the. time, and also at Crab Bottom, they visited the relatives of the Mauzy's here. and others as well. Highland couti- tv, Mrs. Snyder said the farming was better and looKetl more UKe raising things, but the farmers did not raise the stock as lure. Every one in the town aimed to have two hogs for their own nvsit, which in a way helped in tlie living. .Mrs. Snvder got to Pacific Junction too late for the morning train and was met at that place by her son, Bryan Snyder, this morning. TEACHERS AT COUNTY FARM. From Fril;tv's 1 ; i I v. The Teachers attending the Insti tute were visitors at the county farm, and were gladly shown over the place by the genial superintend ent, Mr. .G. H. Tarns. The farm is looking particularly nice, having been kept in the best of condition, and the crops growing thereon, being good, which speaks well for its sup erintendent. MRS. ANNA KNOFELCEK DIES. Ffnm Friday's Daily. This morning at the late home of Mrs. Anna Knofelcek. at tlie age of eighty-three years, she passed away, after but a short illness. This lady was born in Bohemia, in 1834, and with her husband and family came to Plattsmouth. thirty-two years ago. Her husband, Frank Knofelcek. died about four years ago. She leaves to mourn her departure, Mrs. J. C. Ptak. of this city, Hanna Knofelcek A. J. Knofelcek, both of this city, and Mrs. Geo. Horn, of Hay Springs, Miss Anna Knofelcek fo Hastings, Nebraska. Mr. Frank Knofelcek of Silverton. Illinois. At present no arrangements have been made for the funeral, and will not until rela fives who are at a distance can be communicated with. WILL VISIT AT AUBURN. Cbas. F. Glaze and son, Elmer, of Auburn, who have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cotner for tlie past week, departet this morning over the Burlington for their home and were accompan ied by Mr. and Mrs. Cotner and little one, who will .visit with their rela tives in and about .Auburn, for few days. STEERING GEAR ' GOES WRONG Car Leaves the Road and Turns Over Pinning; Two of the Occupants Underneath, but They Es cape Uninjured. From Friday's Daily. Last evening four young men from the southern part of the county came to Plattsmouth, and when returning Jtist outside of the city the steering gtar of their Ford went wrong with disa? tcrous results. L. Young, the driver of the car. Arthur Ltndsey, and (jeorge are! iiiloert iv:me were the names of the occupants of the car, all being irom AtliawKa. .ml Young and George Kime were in the front seat, and they had been com ing up oer the McKonkie bill, when jut as tney passed the top they struel: a decline and with the engine working rapidly to make the hill, a high rate of speed was soon attain ed. A moment later :,o:ne!hing went wrong with the steering gear and the car con id not be kep in the road. After wabbling from one side to the other, the car (limbed a bank on the wet side (if the road, as one ap proaches the farm of Charles Cook, it still traveling at a good rate of speed. On nearing (lie top of tlie bank it slowed up and turned over. Mr. Young and (Jeorge Kime were thrown clear of the car. Young es caping with but a few scratches and bruise-;. wlie Kime was scooted rap idly along the rough ground with his face in' too clo' contact to Old Mother Earth for comfort. He suf fered a rr::;( ussioti above his right eye, whit li had to be mended. The young i.ien in the "re;ir seat were caught under the car when it turn- d over, and Art Linsey was not hurt. lie being lucky enough not to come under the weight of the car. CJil- ert Kime did not fare so well, as v when t lie car came OVwn it caught i i m under the odne of the body, pin ning him fast to the ground and ren- lering him unconscious. T. L. Aniick who was coiling tins way, was just hour ( m.-et ihe car when the- ac ident occurred. He rail to their as sistance, and with the neip oi .ur. oiin sr. lifted the car so tlie boys were dragged safely from underneath its weight. The car was brought to the garage of J. E. Mason for re- pairs and ttie noys to ine on ice oi i-. "lynn, who mended the broken cu ticle of the young man. They were ndeed fortunate in that they did not sutler anv more serious injury than thev did. i WILL CLAIM DAMAGE. From Friday's J any. A bridge at a cross roads, two miles south of Elmwood, wnirn lias caused a number of automobiles to go into tne mien, some wim ser ious results, and others not so bad is name to cause more iroume. .... - . i . There is a bridge at the cross roads and so it can only be crossed in going two directions instead m four. About a week since a car. belonging to Mr. Chad Hagefeldt. and driven by him. on itie way be tween Elmwood and Lincoln, came to the place, but were not able to negotiate the short turn which it re( u ired to make the bridge. The consequences nemg mat ine car went into the ditch, breaking it up badlv, and fracturing a rib for Mr. Hagefeldt. Mr. Hagefeldt, whoso home is in Falls City, was in the city yesterday, looking for the coun ty commissioners, and will ask that they pay damages for the repairs of the car well as for injuries which he received in the accident, which it is claimed was due to the poor appointments at the road crossing. The members of the board were not in the city, and could not be seen. but Mr. Hacefeldt will press his claim against the county for the in juries and damage to the car. Have you a record oi! baby's first nair of shoes, the first present, the first tooth or the first word spoken? Do you not think a little book with this record would be valuable in the years to come, either to you or to the baby itself , when grown up? Come then to the Journal office. You will really be interested in keeping book of this sort. It in complete in every detail. EABY BOY, GOODBYE. Litle baby boy, goodby! Kiss me, little pard. Put your arms around my neck, love your daddy, "hard!" Give his hair one last good pull, wave jour hand ."by by" Little chap can't understand seeing daddy cry. Laughing, crowing baby boy, what knows he of tears. " Partings bitterer than death, ang uished hopes and fears? Cooing, babbling joyously, little does he guess Soon the darkling war clouds may make ljm fatherless. I am going. little son, that in years to be You shall, when you understand, not be shamed for me; You will say, "He did his part, so will I do mine." Thus, shall honor pass unstained down alone the line. Babv with the dewey eyes and the rose leaf cheek. Here I make a covenant for my boy to keep Through the long, long years to come daddy leaves to you All the fine, high, noble doed.s daddy did not do. Lille baby boy, goodbye! Kiss me. little pard. Put your arms around mv neck, love your daddy "hard!" (Jive his hair one last good pull. wave your hand "by by" Little chap can't understand seeing daddy cry. -Anne Yirgina Culbertson in the Columbus Dispatch. FIRE MAKES TR0UELE. Last evening just before six o'clock, tlie lire alarm sounded, and a great excitement was caused. The firemen and the citizens, found an inignificent blaze at a coal house. adjacent to Bach's south park store. The cause of the fire is unknown. some assigning spontaneous combus tion, others to carelessness of child ren. I he building was destroyed. loss but nominal. Incident wit It thi'J was the fact that Martin Shel don, had-just finished about a hund red feet of concrete walk. which was still very soft, but guarded, and this was tramped by the excited peo ple until any characteristic; of walk or walking material would be rti!!i cult. to recognize. Who is to make good, that is the question which is interesting some. SPECIAL TRAIN NEXT WEEK. A State Fair Special will be run next week for three days over the Burlington, leaving Plattsmouth every morning at seven o'clock, and running direct to the Fair grounds, and on returning, leaving th? fair grounds in the .tneutng at ten o'clock. This train will run for three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Remember the date and the time of leaving and returning. The train will run to the grounds. and from thre on the return, so it will be convenient to all who wish to attend the fair. Wall Paper. Paints. Glass, Picture Framing. Frank Gobelman. Helping You With Your Live Stock Through our membership of the Federal Re serve System we are in a strong position to help our patrons carry live stock which they are rais ing or fattening for future sales. Farmers' notes with not over six months to run, given for raising or carrying live stock can be rediscounted by us with our Federal Reserve Bank, thereby increasing our ability to extend to our patrons such help as they may need. If you contemplate raising or fattening live stock can FIRST NATIONAL DANK An account with us is your financial preparedness for all time to come. RED CROSS MEETING HELD AT REST ROOM Adopt Resolutions Condemning Ac tion of Library Board in Not Allowing Them Use of Public Library. Last evening at the Ladies Pest Boom in the Hotel Riley block was held a very enthusiastic meeting of the ("ass County Chapter of the R-d ("rosy society, at which considerable hu.iness was transacted. Among the th'iigs taken up was the matter of the knitting of sox, scarfs and sweat ers, which had been asked for, and it is desired that everybody who can do so, cooperate with the society in tliis work. It was arranged to hold the meetings in the future at the Rest Room on the second and fourth Thursdavs of each month. Judge J. T. Begley, tlie president, was present and presided at the meeting. Secre tary W. A. Robertson and Treasurer Rae Patterson were also present. The following resolution was una- niniouly adept ed: "Resolved. By the Ca s County (Xebrn-kai Chapter. American Re I Cross, in regular meeting assembled, that the -action of the P! ittsmoui h Library Board, through their presi dent, A. L. Tidd. preentir.g the Red Cross societv from meeting in the auditorium of the Platismomh Pub lic Library be condemned as unpa triotic and un-American: That these resolutions be forwarded to the " -c-retary of said board, md a cry thereof be forwarded tn tie- Nation al Red Cross officials, at Washing ton. I). C." VISITING IN OLD HOME. Mr. CLr- loiiias, an : Wi!. wli fhtir little len. Franc arrived yes terday from Og'len. Ftah. wli ere Mr. Thomas is engaged in the automobile business, and were i.ut at Omr.'na i-y Mrs. Thomas' brother. Robert Will, with their cir. coming down yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Thoir.a .nth rt former reside . ' of t! is city and are v. ell known by n.ost of Platt-mouth peoj le. They will make a visit of two or three weeks, with their many friends. Mr. Thomas is selling the Studc baker car there and doing a good business. His brother Louis is also at Ogden. WILL LIVE IN CASPER. Flf'tll IVIli.'VV l;il!y. Frank Rarcus. who but p short time since resigned a position with tlie Missouri Pacific railway in th,i city, to accept one with tlie Fnion Pacific, and who before he should go to work, departed for Casper. Wyoming, for a short vi-it with h': brother Lester Parens, and family, lias accepted a position with imn of the Electric Lighting companies of that city, and will remain in the west, lie is getting fifty cnts per Miss Kittie Cummins, Piano teach er. Fall term will begin Monday. September '.!rd. Residence Studio at !02 First avenue. Phone Xo. 19. a 2 7-1 wkdaw Obey the Law. Order your Osjrood Lens, rlattsmouth Garage. All sizes. for the market come in and and talk it over with us. We help you.