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a cal Society i omnia VOL. XXXVI. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1918. No. 17. plattemowtb 3 7 I 7 TWO QUOTAS OF B0Y9 DEPART AN EVEN HALF DOZEN GO TO KANSAS CITY WHILE SIX ARE SENT TO LINCOLN. WILL TAKE SPECIAL TRAINING At Each Place. The Crowd For K. C. For Auto Only. Number Of Trades At Lincoln. Prom Thursday's Daily. Today witnessed the departure of twelve more of the young men of tin's county to the training camps, Vvhero they are to receive special training for service with the govern Ttnnt in the present war. There vcre six each of the School at Kan sas 'Mty and for the various indus- ti.es which the government require j departed llus mornins ior ivansas . . - . f ... - . A i. . t : . . . : t i unit wriii uiri iiif ,iiiuuii i u- erne anu are compo.eu as ioiiows: . - f.ll John Weber. Carl Droege. Klwood : Buttery 'and Henry Roman all of this city and Clarence Heebner of enawKa. anu jiearie canning oi Kasle. In the afternoon the boys who departed for Lincoln were: Frank Turner Marshall, Platts mouth ; James K. Jordan, Platts mouth; Earl A. Mayfield, Louisville, Harvey E. Kuiss and Clyde Ralph Kennedy of Murray and James E. Shreve of Elm wood. The men who go to Lincoln will cover a number of different trades while those to Kansas City will only cover the one of auto mechanics. , At the Missouri Pacific, A large crowd gathered to see the six boys depart who go to the school at Kansas City, where they are to ttuJy auto machanics. under the government for service in the war. Friends cf the boys waved good byes as the train pulled away, and there was somewhat of feeling ex hibited as the partings were given. The bovs besides serving their coun- 2,1,1 uaugnier nts r.mm ueparieu try will be ficouiring a good know- I for Kansas City, where they will se ledge of the automobile business. i c"re rooms in the neighborhood of Goes .Via the Burlington. the mion station there, and will At three twmtv this afternoon i awt uijtil the soldiers from Camp ju. t ps we are going to press, the ! -'ody arrive on their way to Camp bnvs departed for Lincoln, and were j Merritt. N. J.. where it is supposed greeted bv a larze crowd of people in the near future, .nt tho rtnrlir.irtnn station on their : Those who formerly departed from departure all wishing them the good byes and good success, and added interest to t"he parting, which was not coupled with the marked sad ness of some on account of the real ination that they were near here when they can cc.me home and see their friends a number of times probably before their real departure. MARRIED AT TEE CHURCH. Frnm Saturday's lmily. Last evening Harold 11. Real and Miss Harriet E. Hallas, securing a marriage license quietly proceeded t othe Holy Roary church where they were united in marriage by the Rev. J. Vlcek. in the presence of but a few friends They departed but a little while later for a trip, and will be away for a short time, . after wfiich they will make their home in this city. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hallas. and is a very esteemable young lady, having graduated from the IMattsmouth High school, and has a host of friends in and about this city. Harry Real 13 one of the excellent young men of this city, an employe of the Burlington in the capacity cf a switchman. Both the bride and grcorn are excellent j-oung people having many admiring friends with whom the Journal joins in ex tending congratulations and best wishes for the happiness and pros perity in this life. VOLUNTARY REGISTRARS. From Saturday's I ia.il v. "In preparation, for the contem- Plated exten-icn cfiraft as;es. Gov-ito ernor Keith Neville has issued a bulletin to all local boards request ing them to recure the services of voluntary registrars in every voting precinct in the State. Nebraska has achieved a very enviable record in the administration of the selective service law. Nebraskans have given freely of their time In the transac- tion of this work. In the 1917 reg istration, volunteer registers were secured for the past majority of counties. In Omaha, 400 registrars volunteered their services. The reg istration in that city of 20,000 men cost the federal government only $9.4S. The record attained In of the rural districts of Nebraska has been equally as good and in some ca?es. better. The 191S reg istration was handled with no ex pense to the federal government. It is Governor Neville's desire that the titantic task of conducting the proposed new registration be accom plished with as little expense to the government as possible. He is. con sequently, calling upon patriotic Ne- braskans to communicate with the Local Board having jurisdiction over their territory, offering their ser vices on registration day." HAD GREAT TIME IN THE WEST I'rom Saturday's Dally. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Raw Is return ed last evening from a ten days trip in the great northwest, where they stayed at Lewistown. Mont., and it is led over the continent, and under the great, one could almost see the! ocean, the tidinsrs of the death of grCatness in their description of the i places there Last Tuesday you will n,melI,i)Pr i,ow hot if was i1P,P thpv had a good sousing frost there. How it vvould have seemed here to have ra:, out anu see the ground and out door things all covered with frost, They found the boys and their fam- uiVa nil won rind pntnvine- lifp to ttm full. The air had that crispness which comes to this climate in the fall "When the frost Is on the pumpkin, and the fodder's in the shock." that makes life there worth the living. Glen expects to go to the army about the fifteenth of Sep tember, while Joe will enlist as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Noel cannot go on . account of his feet, though much he would like to enter the service. Mr. Rawls and wifa were pleased to get back home after their trip in the west where they spent the time at Lewistown, Mont WILL ENDEAVOR TO SEE THEIR SON From Saturday's Pally. Last evening C. Walfroth, wife : i i t T" .1 a i ! Camp Cody for the foreign field. , passed through Kansas City, and ; were allowed to stop at that place 1 for two hours. Carl Walforth who nas ueen at i oay ior a year, is ex- j pecieu to ue among me soiuiers, anu it is their intention to get to see ' their son and brother when he pass es through if possible. They will have to watch every train but the reward of seeing him, will be worth the trouble. We hope they will be successful. BROTHER HAS BIG LOSS. From Saturday's Pally. A fire a few days since at Cres ton. Iowa, in a garage, which not only consumed the place but the one next to it, entailing an entire loss with the exception of two books for a man named Mose Hurst, a brother of Mrs. Ben Hankinson of this city. Mr. Hurst's loss was something over $C,000.00. BEN BECKMAN LITTLE BETTER From Saturday's Pailv. A. T. Willum, and R. U. Willums formerly living near Murray, but for the past twenty-years making- their home at Norfolk, arrived In the city this morning coming to visit with Jacob and Con Benger, and to visit also with Uncle Ben Beckman. who has been very sick but who is re ported better at this time. The Joy of Living. To enjoy life we must have good heaitn. m one can rwmu,, uupc get much real pleasure out of life . . 1 l.AtV1 when his bowels are clogged a good share of the time and the poisons that should be expelled are absorbed Into the system, producing headache and indigestion. A few- doses of Chamberlain's Tablets will move the bowels, strengthen the digestion and give you a chance to realize the real ' Joy of living. Try It EDDIE C. RIP PLE. JR.. DIES E Forms Squad Here Who Join Rain- Eow Division at Glenwood, la., Last Year. ALSO WOUNDED THIS SPRING He Had Returned to His Com pany but a Short Time Before His Death "Was Expert Rifleman. From Thursday's Daily. A few days since the wires flash- Edward C. Ripple, jr.. of this citv. a royai good fellow and a friend and favorite of all. Eddie Rippie was killed in battle on the western front. and died fighting, doing what he could for the country he loved, and for which he was living. Eddie Ripple was the leader of the ?ight boys who went from here to Glen wood where they joined the col ors last year. Edward C. Ripple was born on the rst l,ay of Ma-V 1S94- at Louisville, Nebr., this county, and was a pro duct of Cass county, and was killed in action in France. July 2Sth. 191S. He was twenty-four years, two Wf Edward C. Ripple, Jr. The Latest Photograph of Eddie Ripple, taken in New York, just before he sailed for France. months and eighteen days old, and was the only child of his father, Ed ward Ripple, of this city, although he has a half-brother and a half sister, Mrs. May Odell Lee. of Ford, Kansas, and Frank Cheval, of this city. Eddie, as he was known, with his parents, went to Oklahoma, in 1906 when he was twelve years old. There he became acquainted with Earl Murray, they becoming as broth ers, attached to each other with a friendship that lasted through life. Early in the spring of 1913 the Rip ple family moved to Plattsmouth, where Eddie engaged in work in the Burlington shops, where he con tinued to work until his enlistment which was April 9th, 1917. While working in the Burlington shops, he went with the seven other boys from here to Glenwood, Iowa, where he enlisted in the service of his country, having interested all the other young men in the great cause. Those to enlist were Edward Ripple, Earl L. Murray, Ralph Lair, Hugh Kearns, Tex. Wilson, George Kearns, Ralph Allen and William Huffman, making eight in all. These young men have remained together during all the time, have not been separ- FRANC 5 ri -3 '.32" -7 . "7 ated so but they could communicate during the entire time. Mr. Ripple and Earl Murray have been bunk mates in the camps ever since arriv ing on the soil of France. In joining the Iowa National Guards they became members of the '.Ul Iowa Regiment, but they were taken over into the National Army, and they became members of the IGSth l S. Infantry, and of the Famous Raibow Division, which has done so much of the liard fisrhtintri Earl L. Murray Mr. Ripple formed a fast friendship, like that of "Jona than and David," they were not sep- araieu, except wiring uie time wnen Mr. Ripple was in the hospital dur- ing the period alter his wound in the spring, and Earl had to be on the fighting line. The wound Eddie re - ceived was an injury to one of his' legs from a Shrapnel, from which he had just recovered when he went back to the front. While he not much of a shot at the time of his enlistment, he soon picked up , the art of markmanship. and became an expert rifleman, and was con sidered one of the best long distance shots in the service. He was em ployed to pick snipers out of faraway posts, whre the were harrassing the lllied line. : The Message. Th.e message announcing the leath was received at five o'clock last Saturday evening. August 10th, and reads as follows : Washington. D. ('., Aug. 10. Cdward C. Ripple, sr. IMattsmouth. Neb., Regret to inform you that Pri vate Edward C. Ripple, jr.. Infantry, is officially reported as killed in ac tion July twenty-eighth. .McCain. Adjutant General. It was only a week since letters came telling of the doings of the lads in France, arlin that arrival of mail there were tive from Eddie, to his parents and friends, all telling of good spirits and encouragemnt, also of the times which they were having, and carrying with them an air optomism. lie also told of the times when they would return to their native land in the near future, all of which was followed by "the sad news of his death. 'Eddie Ripple has received a decor ation for being over seas for over six months, and also for having gone over the top six times, which looks to us like an ecxelient. record. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the many kind friends for the numerous expressions of sympathy, for the many kind words, jn this our hour of bereave ment, in the loss of our darling son, who gave his life for others both at home and in France. MR. ANR MRS EDWARD C. RIPPLE. SR. MRS. MARY ODELL LEE. FRANK CHEVAL. HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS. From Saturday's Daily. Lincoln, Nebr., Aug. 13. 191S. Mr. C. C. Wescott, Plattsmouth, Nebr., Dear Mr. Chairman: It has been brought to our atten tion that a great deal of traffic is being carried on in Liberty Bonds; ; Qf tie instructors in the blacksmith that stock selling corporations are . jnjr department of the training ser accepting them in exchange for stock ( vice. Last evening a number of his certificates and that merchants and , many friends gathered at his home others are receiving Liberty Bonds jn this city and made the 'welkin in exchange for merchandise. This ring until the wee small hours and practice should . he promptly dis- couraged and it should be made quite clear that commercial organ izations encouraging this practice and individuals accepting it will, if they continue, expose themselves to undesirable publicity. It should be the duty of the Coun ty Councils of Defense to give the widest circulation to this request and where there does not se?m to be a willingness to comply, they should take such action as the cir- cumstances warrant and whenever the cooperation or assistance of the State body is desired, it will be promptly given. Very truly yours, ROBT. M. JOYCE, Bulletin No. 125. Chairman. Miss Mathilda Soennichsen is spending her two weeks vacation visiting friends and attending to j some business matters In Chicago. LITTLE GIRL m N BY AUTO Niece of Ted Barrows of Murray. Was Skating With Roller Skates. LITTLE HARRIET BARROWS OF OrdAiiA KAN OVER BY AUTO. DIED YESTERDAY. nimmnu in nimrn nrnriurn UJtO ttM UUMld nLUtlVtU j From Saturday's Daily inursuay evening while playing with otn,r children near her home at tho vicinity of Ft. Omaha little . - J T I A. T- J - .u'ar namei narrows, oaugn- ter of Harry Harrows who is an engineer running out of Omaha, she was run over by an automobile driv en by Grace Snyder of Omaha. All that was possible was done for the little one, who was run over, the wheels of the car passing over her chest and breaking a number of rihs. crushing her bady, as she died yesterday morning at about ten o'clock. The mother was at the time in a hospital but while sick would remain in bed but get out of her bed and went to the side of the little one. The young woman who ran over the child was wild with grief at the result of her act. The little child is a niece of Ted Barrows of Murray, the father and he being brothers. ON THEIR WAY OVER NOW. From Saturday's Daily A card from Iouis Rothman tells of his going to sail for the other side seme days since, was reecived here, yesterday, by his parents, who shall expect to hear of his arrival on the other side "in due time. Mr. Rothman was with the contingent which went from Camp Dodge, and where were many boys from this town there being about fourteen from this city in the fifty-eight which went from this county. Most of who had departed from Camp Dodge some two weeks since, al though Carl Schmidtmann was still at the camp a few days since. .' r THOUGHT IT WAS AN AIRSHIP. From Saturday's Daily. Fred Ramge, V. T. Arn and Dick Young are responsible for a story regarding an airship which. they thought was passing over this city the other night. Dec saw something which he thought was an airship, and in the dim and insufficient light, he was puzzled. Still thinking that it was such a ship it would be bet ter to get into connection with the Home Guards, and so notified Pri vate V. T. Arm, who responded in stantly, and with a clearer vision he soon discovered the thing which had puzzled 'Doc' Young was the American flag floating from the Wagner Hotel. RETURNS TO THE SERVICE. From Thursday's Daily. This evening on train two of the Burlington, George McDaniels de parts for the Great Lakes, where he is stationed in the navy, and one rent their friend away knov.ir.g j that he has many friends here who are wishing him god speed in his ef forts for the country for which he is offering his service. Mrs. Barns' Letter. Here is a letter that Is certain to prove of interest to people in this vi cinity, as cases of this sort occur in almost every neighborhood, and peo ple should know" what to do in like circumstances: v Savannah, Mo., Oct. 12, 1916. "I used a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy about nine years ago and U cured me of flux (dysentery). I had another at lack of the same compia'nt Boine three or four years ago and a few dose3 of this remedy cured me. 1 haves recommended Chair, nerlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to doz ens of people since I first used It. DOW IS AFTER THE LAW BREAKERS From Saturday's Daily. Chief of Police Barclay is after the violators of the law, and ordi nances regarding the negligence re garding the lights on their cars, and the non compliances to that law which forbids speeding. .The other night a car shot across the street, without any notification, and the chief was after him in an instant. You who have been in the habit of scooting at an unmeasured pace, better temper your gait and save trouble. WERE MARRIED BY THE JUDGE. From Saturday's Pail. Yesterday Christ E. Wahl, of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Edna Wahl of Michigan, came to this city and securing a license were united in marriage by the Judge. Mrs. Wahl was a divorced wife of a brother of the groom, and has been separated from the former husband for some time, and it is hoped that this union may prove more agreeable than the former. HOME FROM LONG TRIP. From Thursday's Paily Will Troop and Reynard Kettel- hut were in the city this morning looking after sOme business for a few hours, and have just returned this morning from a trip to Sioux City in the north, then going west passing through Norfolk, and west erly with a little south decline, un til they struck the western portion of the state in Keith county, then to Perkins county, stopping at Grant, then on south to Cambridge, and visiting many places and peo ple whom they l new. Starting back from Cambridge, they were compell ed to start in a rain. They travel ed in the rain the entire way to Lincoln, and in a sprinkle until they arrived at Weeping Water this mor nings RETURNS FROM LONG TRIP. From Thursday's Daily. C. M. Manners and wife with their children, Herold and Josephine, re turned yesterday from a trip, which included much territory in the northern and middle portion of the state, and where they visited with many people and many places. They first went from here to Wayne, where they visited and then spent some time with friends in Carroll. They stayed here for some time, then going west and finally south, arriv ing at Grand Island, where ' they visited at the home of John Man ners and wife, he being a brother of C. M. Manners. Here they had a good time visiting but found things very dry. for at that place and Co lumbus which is east of there they were chitting their corn with har vesters and binding the fodder, it being only about three feet high. Banding By ail adds hours to your day! You can do much on your farm while your deposits are being safely carried to us by the mailman. After your day's work is done, sit down to the table and "do your banking" endorse checks you have received ' during the day, ready to be mailed to us in the morning. It gives you the use of this money at once. You always have the right change too, when you handle your financial affairs the Checking Account Way. First National Bank Plattsmouth, Nebraska GALL YOUNG IN TO REGISTER ALL WHO HAVE COME OF THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE MUST REGISTER AUGUST 24TH. ORDERS FROM GOVERNMENT Message Received From Governor Neville Calling For Ob servance. From Thursday's Pally. The local board here has received the following telegram from Gover nor Neville of Lincoln, calling at tention to the matter: Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14. Local Board, Plattsmouth, Neb., Every man who since June 5th, 1918, has attained his twenty-first birthday, must register with nis lo cal board on August 24th, 191S. Registration regulations will gov ern this registration. Bulletin of details explanation follows. Give widest possible publicity to this reg- stration immediately. (Signed). KEITH NEVILLE. This matter has been talked much about and most people should be in somewhat of touch with the matter for it has been expected, and nor s here. Since the time of the reg istration in June, the number can not be very large, but a number here and more there and scattered over the county will make a large number when all collected together, should make about one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and thir- y thousand. More in detail will be published soon touching upon the registration hut this will be notice to all who are attaining their twenty-first birthday prior to the 24th of August to come nd register. NOW CAPTAIN WHITACRE. From Saturday's Pally. The many friends of Mrs. Flossie B. Whitacre will be pleased to learn that she has received the informa tion that Lieutenant "Whitacre has been appointed Captain. Captain Whitacre is now stationed in France nd Mrs. Whitacre is spending the summer with her mother at Hast ings. Mrs. Whitacre expects to re sume her duties as instructor this fall. Lame Shoulder. This ailment Is usualy caused by rheumatism of the muscles. All that is needed is absolute rest and a few applications of Chamberlain's Lini ment. Try it. Pl