Nebraska c-4ote Histori cal Society X onm VOL. XXXVL PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAPXH 17, 1919. No. 78. piattSMtotitlb WOULD ERECT A HISTORICAL BUILDING HON. R. B. WINDHAM INTRO DUCES DILL FOR ITS ESTAB LISHMENT IN LINCOLN From Thursday's Daity. Representative R. R. Windham, of the Cass-Otoe 'county district, and George A. Hurt, of Saline count-, have introduced a bill Jtnown as House Roll 519. which asks an ap propriation of $200,000.00 for the erection of a building for the joint ucc of the State Historical society and the State 1'niversity library, which bill lias now passed the sec ond reading and been referred to the Finance committee. Th follnwnig is the text of the bill as originally drawn and ready for the report of the committee: 'T.e it enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. I'pon conveyance by the Hoard of Directors of the Nebras ka Historical Society to the State of' Nebraska of the west half of block 124. in the city of Lincoln, .lying di rectly east of the State House grounds, by warranty deed approved by the attorney-general cf the state, the provisions of this act hereinafter set forth shall take effect. "Section 2. There is hereby ap propriated the turn of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) from the State General fund to the State Historical Society, which shall be expended for a site and for plans, specifications, and the erection of a wing, or for part of the cost of the erection of a State Historical and University Library Building, for the: joint use of the Nebraska State His torical Society, the State University Library, and other organization that may be ag"red upon by the Board of IMrectors of the Nebraska State His torical society and the Board of Re gents of the University of Nebraska. "Section ?,. It shall be lawful for the Board of Directors of the. Ne braska State-Historical Society and the Beard of Resrents of the Univer sity of Nebraska to enter into an agreement and contract for the erec tion of a joint building upon the campus of the University cf Nebras ka, in the city of Lincoln and for the joint occupancy of said building as a library and historical museum by the State Historical Society and for library purposes by the Univer sity of Nebraska and for its fur ther use by such other organizations as the Board of Directors of the State Historical Society and Board of Re gents of the University of Nebraska may agree upon. "Section 4. The auditor of the slate is directed to draw warrants for an amount not exceeding the to tal of this appropriation upon pre sentation of vouchers properly cer tified and approved by the Board of Directors of the State Historical Society." RETURNS HOME FROM CHICAGO. From Ftiday'a Daily This morning Mrs. W. R. Clem ents who has been visiting for some time in Chicago, the sruest with her daughter Miss Harriett Clements and also with other friends, return ed to her home. , Mrs. Clements was somewhat sur prised on her return to find that their heme had been burned during lier absence. Mr. Clement had not tcld his wife anything about the fire, and he had thought it was no use to spoil the wife's visit by giv ing the knowledge of the fire until she should arrive home. That was very considerate in Billie, aid did not spoil the visit of the wife which would have been the case had she have heard of the fire before her return. THE CLOSING OUT SALE OF A. E. TOrD, MARCH 21 A. E. Todd has sold his farm. and now wishes to dispose of all his per- j sonai property at ruaiic Auction anu quit farming. A genuine closlr.g- out sale will be given at his late,1 home on Monday, March 24th. You will find a complete list of the offer ing in another column of this issue of the Journal. Look it over, you may find something that you need, and it can be bought at your own price. A line of stationery at the Jour nal office that can't be excelled and is hard to equal. A TRYING VIGIL From Thursday's Dally. It was an enthusiastic and inter ested bunch of devotees of basket ball, comprising all ages of citizens, who were trying last night to learn what success our boys had had in the opening game of the tournament at Lincoln yesterday. And as the hours passed and no word came from iany of the team the fear came into existence that the inevitable had happened they had met with de feat. And sad as it is true, this proved to be the case. Intuition led some to believe that "No news is bad news" and they surmised the re sult long before.it was definitely an nounced. Probably the most inter ested seekers after knowledge of the result were the girls of the High school, who have always been loyal boosters for the team. HASTENS TO SEE HER SICK SISTER Mrs. William Ballance Departed for Jackson. Michigan. Last Even ing, to Attend Bedside. From Friday's Daily. Yesterday morning Mrs. William Ballance received. a message telling of the serious condition of her sis ter, Mrs. L. B. Johnson, of Jackson. Michigan, who is lying very low in a hospital at that place, where she has just undergone an operation for relief from a cancer of the liver. The message this morning did not hold out any hope that the recovery of the sister might be looked for. but rather that she might not live until the arrival of Mrs. Ballance. however rapid her Journey to that place might be. At the best she can not arrive in Jackson before the miu d!e of the afternoon today. I Mrs. Johnson spent some time in this city, living here with her sis ter, Mrs. Ballance and attended school here years ago in the base ment of the Episcopal church, and had as an instructor the late Cannon Burgess. She was known by many Plattsmouth people. who will be distressed to know of her sad con dition resulting from ill health. HAD AN EXCELLENT PURE BRED SALE From Thursday's Dally. Col. V. R. Young who has just returned from the northern portion of the state, is looking fine, and says that he just had an excellent sale cf pure bred Duroc Jersey hog3, which averaged $125.00 and that the man which he had the sale forr "Will Rasmussen. who lives near the town of Brunswick, was well pleas ed with the results. Col. Young is a pure bred stock salesman, with but few equals and no superiors. If there is any way possible of getting another dollar out of an animal, he knows that way and will get the dollar, you can rest assured. Those needing some one to conduct a sale of pure bred hogs, or any other kind of stock, but hogs especially will do well to call Col. W. R. Young. HAS A BIRTHDAY PARTY From Thursday's Daily.- Little "Billie" Edwards, who has Just arrived at his second ' birthday yesterday, was honored by a birth day party, in which his little and big friends gathered to do him honor. Little Billie was the proud posses sor of a birthday cake, on which two little candles burned, and the affair was one of much delight to this young American. FARM INSURANCE. Now is the time of the year when one should have their Live Stock and Buildings protected against loss by fire, lightning and tornado. ' I write for the Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., of Lincoln, the old est, strongest and most satisfactory Farm Insurance Co., in Nebraska. Do not neglect this. W. T. Richard son, Mynard. Phone 2411. LOST. 1 black fur mitten some time ago between Union and Murray. Finder please leave at Hiatt & Tutt, Mur ray, Neb. Jarris Lancaster. 17-2tw NOW HAS THE RHINE BUT PRE FERS BACON AND EGGS AT HOME IN STATES TO LIFE WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION. From Friday's Dally. The Jounnal editor is inreceipt of the following letter from Ray H. Schiappacasse, a Plattsmouth boy who is with the army of occupation on the Rhine river, in which he de scribes some of the interesting scen ery and picturesqueness of that sec tion of Germany: With the Colors. Febr. 21. Friend Robert: Find .enclosed a few views of the Rhine river that I trust will prove interesting to you. These views are characteristic of the section held by the A. E. F. im Germany. The river here forms a vast source of travel for the inland commerce. Tug-boats towing long strings of heavily laden barges are to be seen at all times, and while the valley below here forms an almost unbroken chain cf manufacturing establishments, most of which were engaged in the mak ing of war material. So you see be having possession of this section of the country we are able to rob Ger many of any continuous efforts to ward resistance. Above here the valley grows narrow and is wonder ful in its scenery, as it is in its his tory. Ruins and castles bedeck the high cliffs of the narrow valley at every hand, and the small towns built to the water's edge are beyond my limited vocabulary to uescrioe. Some cf these castles are very old built ages ago. and almost every stone or claff forms the source of a legend. The people here, that is the native population, are not very hostile in their attitude to the Americans, and amongst the poorer class of people, the coming of the Americans was a sort of .a relief. As most of us are billeted with the private families. we have a fine chance to find out the views of the people, and one cannot help but feel a sort of pity for the way they have been exploit-j ed. though when one thinks of the ruthlessness with which they car ried on the war. one is apt to feel that he is being mislead, if he wasn't in possession of the facts. The Ger man people, to my mind, had too great an opinion that their former government and Kaiser were unable to do wrong and with that spirit they entered the war and were kept there wih misleading stories. I am with a radio company in the Signal corps, and we have one set whose duty it is to copy the Ger man communications each day. Dur ing the last days of the fighting. when the Germans were being beat en on every hand, the German offi cial communication to the public would be composed wholly of false statements. However you will also find that the people themselves have fostered this idea of Imperialism. For instance, in every village, town or cky there is sure to be a Bis- mark and Kaiser strassa (street) and the leading hotel is the Kaiser- hoff. There is almost always a statute of th Kaiser or Bismrke in the square. Notwithstanding all this the people are very friendly' with the soldiers, 69 much so, that orders are constantly coming from head quarters making it harder for the soldiers to fraternalize with the people. Of course the people have good reason to be friendly for only today. from way across the valley, the ar tillery demolished an old stone house on a hill, where the population could see the full effect, and which no doubt bad a bit to do with their behavior. It would take only a few moments to lay the beautiful towns. castles and cities in ruin, as we are lined up here Just as though we Elsewhere in this issue of the Journal you will find an advertise- ment listing the property to be sold the mother and babe are getting at the A. E. Todd Public Sale at hisjalonS nicely, and fhe father is feel farm four miles west of Plattsmouth . ins "bully." on Monday, March 24th. Read it, ; you will find some offerings that will interest you were in battle, and the tinkle of a telephone would start a whole train of fireworts. or as the French say "toot sweet." Don't believe any rtories to the contrary that the hoys are not anx ious to get home. This is the big topic of t lie day and forms a never ending argument us to when we will sail for our home in the states. We are all very tired of this country and are anxious to pet home and back to where they Tiave honest -to-goodness people again. We are very comionaniy locaieu nere. Sleep in real beds and have a fine place to stay, so you can ree that we really want to get back to the grod old U. S. A. again, and our desire is not prompted by any complaint that we might have on the mode cf living.' Will close with the hope that you are still wearing That old smile of yours, and trust that it will continue in the fuuro as in The past. I remain. Yours truly. R. H. RCHIAPPACASSE. FINDS MARKED DIF FERENCE IN CLIMATE Sowed Oats in Oklahoma Mere Than a Month Age Finds Snow Drifts in Nebraska. Fiom Thursday s Diily. A. A. Schaefer, living near Enid, Oklahoma, throe weeks before he left for a visit in the north sowed his oats crop for-the coming season, and when he left they were growing nicely. Mr. Schaefer was a guest of relatives and frier ds here for a short time, goinj from here to Plain- view where he has been visiting for a number of days, returning here last evening for a br, ef stay before goinj; hack to his honv in the south. Leav ing Plainview'he left Iwhind Inn; snow drifts piled high and which will be there for a long time yet to come, while such a short distance to the south as could be traveled in lesr than two days time grain is grow ing and flowers will soon, if not al ready, be blooming. Still the resi dents of each cf these places would, if asked, claim their climate is most ideal. Now Plattsmouth and Cass county are neither in the vicinity of the fields of growing prain nor where chilling winds are coming from off the snow banks, and we are certain neither climate mentioned above can beat this. WORLD AGAIN NEAR WAR Those of you who are not careful followers of current events in to day's history may be surprised to learn that as late as the seventeen th day of February the world was again near the brink of war. Ger many almost broke the armistice, and it was only after much consul tation that an agreement was final ly reached and our boys were saved from being 'recalled to the trenches and to open warfare. Women of Ne braska are true heroines in this cause of freedom, for it is they who have suffered much. It is the woman, the mother, the wife, who paid the price in the larger measure. Had your boy been called again into ser vice, what would have been your feelings? Our government will soon ask us to loan it money on short term notes to pay for the equipment which helped to stop the hun. and for food for the starvingb people. What will 'be your answer to the call? The women of this state will rise as a unit and subscribe from their own funds, thus saying to the German party leaders. "You shall not violate your armistice a-d again plunge our country into war." Woman's Vic tory Loan Committee. LITTLE SON ARRIVES I From Thursday Daily A" announcement just received here tells of the arrival at the home of Mr- and Mrs- William Bell, of Davenport, Iowa, of a little son. wnose name is wiiiiam ari Also tire information reaches us that Comirg, Miss Anita Stewart," in j "Virtuous Wives." Parmele, 18-19th. MRS, MICHAEL GLASS DIED LAST NIGHT SICK FOR SOME TIME WITH IN FLUENZA, FOLLOWED BY PNEUMONIA From Saturday"? Daily. In the care of the death of Mrs Rosina Gla.s. wife of Michael Glass of this city last night, five children are left to face the battles of life without the guiding hand of a moth er. Her loss from the home occasions much radness and the family has the heartfelt sympathy of the en tire community in their hour of deep sorrow. Mrs. Glass, mother of six child ren, ore of whom preceded her in death, was stricken with influenza a rhort time ago, as were also the five children in the home. The case developed rapidly into pneumonia. which disease called her from life unto death last evening, although she made a most valliant fight to live and be of service in rearing the family she leaves behind. The children did not have the dis- easeiearly as severely as the moth er and are now apparently all safe ly on the road to recovery. When her condition became rapid ly worse and hopes were no longer entertained for her recovery, the husband was paralyzed with grief, while the children with loving em brace clung to the father as the ueiMh anpel called to take from them ?h-.' guiding hand so essential to the rearing of a family. Mrs-. Glass was formerly Miss Ro--ina Kisslirg. being a sister of Louis Kissling. Sr. and of Mrs. Geo. Mittle r.Kjer of Omaha. She was about 4 9 years old and was married in this city several years ago. Later they moved to Comstock, Nebraska. where they were engaged in business until fire devastated their home and place of business when they return ed to Plattsmouth last fall and Mr. Glass sought work with the Burling ton in the local shops. The funeral will be held from the home tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, the Rev. J. II. Steger officiating: and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery wot of the city. WILL PROBABLY EXTEND SERVICE LINES TO UNION Gas and Electric Company Planing to Furckh that Enterprising Village with "Juice." . From Saturdays Daily Last evening Superintendent Ki kendall of the Plattsmouth Gas and Electric company attended a meet ing, of the city council and commer cial club of Union, where the mat ter of supplying that enterprising village with light service from here was taken up and discussed to a considerable extent, and it was plan ned to take steps immediately to the end of extending the service line now running from here to Murray, on south into Union, in order that they may have the benefit of elec tric service. The matter will be taken up and definitely settled at the next meeting of the council and commercial club, at an early date. If the matter goes through as it is hoped it will, it will be the means of furnishing employment to a num ber of people in this city, as the construction cf the line will entail a good deal of labor and the expen diture cf a handsome sum of money. CHILDREN ARE VERY SICK. The children of Robert Wells, be ing Robert, Jr. and Olive, who have Been sick with some bronchial trou ble. are reported as being slightly improved, and hopes are entertained that they will now continue to get better and will son be well again. VISITED WITH FRIENDS HERE. Mrs. Otto Hamburg and little daughter, Alice, who have been here from their home in Gretna the past week, visiting at the home of Mrs. Hamburg's mother, Mrs. Wm. Budig, departed for her home this morning. While here Mrs. Hamburg called at the Journal office and extended her subscription to the paper. WOULD INVESTIGATE PLATTSMOUTH From Thursday's Daily. Through the influence of L. C. Sharp of the Western Machine and Foundry company, J. Q. Stephens, of Chicago was induced to make a visit to this city this afternoon, to look the city over with a view of locat ing a cone manufacturing" plant here. Mr. Stephens is interested in a number of plants, and during the season, when the product of his fac tory is mostly used, carries a stock of a. high as twenty millions of single cones in stock at the differ ent places where they are made. Mr. Stephens is taking the matter under consideration, and will weight the advantages and disadvantages care fully as to arrive at a definite con clusion as 40 what to do regarding the location of the plant. AGAIN IN POSSES SION OF PROPERTY Disposed of by Mullis & Son when Latter Entered the Service Need for Greenhouse From Thursday's Daily. Virgil M. Mullis and son, Lyle M. Mullis have agaiu come in posses sion of the greenhouse here, having purchased the same yesterday, and they will begin work at once put ting the same in condition for the housing of the plants and flowers they were noted for raising prior to the time they disposed of the green house. They expect to put in a large variety of flowers, vines and foliage plants. Plattsmouth has been without au institution of this kind since Lyle Mullis disposed of the place, for. the purpose of answering the call of his country. In going Mr. Mullis was forced to sacrifice a great deal cf his investment and now on returning he finds it necessary to begin at the bottom again and build up the busi ness. In this he should have the support of Plattsmouth people and the encouragement of everyone to the end that the venture may be an even greater success than before. EENRY B0ECK WRITES FROM CALIFORNIA From Fridnv's Daily. A letter from Henry Boeck to the writer on the Journal, tells of his having moved from Los Angeles to Venice, Calif., and says that he and wife like the place there better, as it is near the seashore. He men tions of having a visit from George Wiles and wife and Ed Hesser and wife from Weeping Water, and of going down to the pier, where they spent the afternoon, and recounted the happenings of years ago here. Mr. Beck concludes by extending best wishes for the Journal and all the citizens of Plattsmouth. A SERVICE MESSAGE Saves Huch 77THEN you pay current bills by check you always have the right change. You can write a check for any amount in less time than it takes to pay by cash and wait for change and a receipt You can write your checks at home and send them to your creditors by mail. This conserves your time and jour credit . Your check serves as a receipt which we return to you at the end of the month. If the checking system hadn't proved itself the ideal way of handling" money 90 of this community's busi ness wouldn't be handled in this manner. Why do without .this great convenience when it saves so much and cost you nothing". First National Bank Plattsmouth, Nebraska PLAYED THEM SELVES OUT OF TOURNAMENT PLATTSMOUTH TEAM WALLOP ED BY FREMONT AT LIN COLN YESTERDAY. STORY US SAD AS IT IS TRUE But Our Boys Can Well Feel Proud cf Enviable Record Made During the Season. From Thursday" Daily. This is something which we are not so overly anxious to say anything about, and yet it must of needs be recorded that the Plattsmouth team received a drubbing at the hands of the Fremont team yesterday in the opening game of the state yiirna- ment at I-aneoln and thus '"played themselves out" of further partici pation in the tournament. But there is no dishonor in being defeated and we know that the game was a good one and that our boys put tip a val lisfnt fight, whereas the Fremont se gregation put up a better one. -and we are offering congratulations to the town of Ross Hammond. The score of the game was 24 to 13, the Fremont boys holding the lead throughout most of the game. The Plattsmouth team, like many others are out of the tournament' ami can come home at any time they de sire. Among others to be outclass ed in the first day's playing, how ever, was the fast team from South Omaha. We are well satisfied with the record our team maintained during the past season, and why should we not be, when they won nine out of twelve games. We know they were up against a hard proposition, and Lad hoped they would win out. but as they did not (and someone had to lose) we are taking the matter good naturedry and hoping for the better at some other time. The boys Jiavc done their part in most efficient manner and ue con gratulate them upon the excellent record they made during t he past winter. Go to it boys, the world is yours. SELLS HIS LAND HOLDINGS. Prom Fridav' Datlr. J. W. Black, who has staked a claim on the Missouri river bottom some time since and has been farm ing the land, but having an of.er from Grover Ellege for the purchase of the tract, has concluded after careful consideration to allow the parcel of ground to depart from him. Cost nothing! H