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VOL. XXXVI.
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919.
No. 84.
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TORNADO WAS
BAD IN VICINITY
OF ELMWOOD
MANY BARNS AND ' HOUSE DE
STROYED SUNDAY EVENING
WHEN TWISTER HIT THERE
WOMAN AND BABE IN THE AIR
Picked Up Uninjured Except For
Slight Bruises. Number of
Pis Was Killed.
From Tu-slay Daily.
Through the courtesy of Eldor
D. A. Youisey. we have the follow
ing report of the tornado which
visited Elm wood on Sunday evening,
the wires were not working sc that
an earlier report could reach us.
The storm 'struck there at a little
afjer seven in the evening, a funnel
"hape cloud, miles in length, mov
ing nearly due north, but slightly
east and traveling high in the air,
when about two miles south and one
west of Elm w ood, while rearing
terrible, dipped to the earth, and
struck first the home of George
Bogenrief. passing between the
house and barn destroying all im
provements and killing a number of
pigs, then passing to the home of
David Kunz near by, destroying all
improvements on the place with the
exception of the house, which stood
the storm, lifting and tearing away
the garage, in which his automo
bile stood, and scattering the ma
terial over a broad area, while the
car itself was left uninjured stand
ing where it was before the storm.
At the same time Roy Rhoden who
was passing in his car," seeing the
rtorm approaching, leaving their
car in the road, rata to Mr. Kunz's
house for shelter, and had just
gotten there when the fierceness of
the Ktorm struck, when all but the
house was destroyed. The automo
bile which was left standing in the
road was entirely destroyed. No
ftock was killed but two horses
were buried under the wreckage of
the barn. On the farm of Henry
Brockam. there was nothing left but
a pump. The place had been vacat
ed on Friday, and therefore was not
occupied. At the home of George
Lenz the destruction was complete,
as all the improvements on the
place were swept from the land.
Here Mrs. Lenz. with her two weeks
old baby, seeing the storm approach
ing could find no place of safety, and
with the babe in her arms wrapped
the bedding about her and getting
into bed where she had just gotten
when the house was lifted from the
foundation and scattered over the
farm, and when found, Mrs. Lenz
still wraped in the clothing with the
lobe in her arms was under an
apple tree, hundreds of feet away
from where the house stood, and un
injured with the exception of a few
minor bruises.
From there the cloud reeraed to
separate from the clouds high up,
and its force spent, stopped..
In the course of the storm was
the barn of John Weber, which was
!so destroyed as was also the house
of Eniil BDrnemeier, which was
moved from its foundation though
not otherwise injured.
RECEIVES A FINE OF $100.00.
Fiom Yuesilay'f "Daily.
A young man giving his name as
Geo. K. Bronson. saying he hailed
from Syracuse, and had been at
Omaha, was making his way on the
railroad and stopped at the barn of
Thomas Wills, where he went to
slep, and from there took ti saddle,
which he disposed of at South
Omaha, and was apprehended. When
arrested he told that he hud taken
a saddle about three miles north of
riattsmouth. The police of Omaha
got into communication with the
Chief here, who located the place
where he took the saddle. When
he was brought back at the trial
on his plea of guilty he was given
a fine of on? hundred dollars and
costs.an'd remanded to jail In de
fault of pyarnent. The saddle was
recovered.
"Happy School Days" a beautiful
praduation present for the class c-f
1919. You will find a beautiful line
at the Journal office, v
IN COUNTY COURT TODAY.
From Tuesday's Pally.
In the county court today was
J given the last hearing1 of the mat
ter of the estate of the late Adam
Meisinger jr., and the administrat
or released, all claims being paid
There was a child born, since the
death, who inherits one-half the
estate, the remainder going to the
mother. The estate amounting to
about four thousand dollars in per
sonal, with the addition -of their
home in Mynard and some lands in
the west.
DEATH OF YOUNG
LADY LAST SUNDAY
Frt-m ..Tuesday's Dally.
BEEN HERE FOR TWO MONTHS,
COMING FROM BUFFALO. N.
Y.t HAD TUBERCULOSIS.
Sunday at the home of her aunt.
Mrs. George Wagener, living just
east of Murray. Miss Teresa Kneller.
who had made her home here but
about two months died from that
dread white plague. Tuberculosis.
Miss Kneller had been told by her
physician in the east that she would
have to seek a change of climate in
order to expect any improvement in
her health. Her home was at Buffa
lo. New York, and accordingly she
came west, hoping by the change to
be benefitted, but rather, the end
came after being here but a short
time. The body was shipped to her
home in the east being accompanied
by the wife of her brother, 'Mrs. W.
Kneller, and a cousin Albert Wels
mill, they leaving last evening on
the evening Burlington train.
BADLY BURNED WHILE
LIGHTING A FURNACE
S. 0. BRIGGS OF OMAHA, RE
CEIVES BAD BURNS WHILE
STARTING FIRE IN FURNACE
From Tuesday's Daily.
Mrs. F.- M. Welsheimer received a
letter from her brother's family in
Omaha, telling of the burning se
verely of her brother S. O. Briggs
of that place. Mr. Briggs had gone
into the basement of the home to
start a fire in the furnace, when
throwing on some kindling what he
supposed to be coal oil. he lit it
and it proving to be gasoline, he
found himself enveloped in flames.
He tried to extinguish . the flames
bj- throwing dirt and ashes on them
but soon the whole basement was
filled with flames until he could not
get out by the way of the stairs, and
the folks pulled him .out through a
cellar window. When gotten out
his pants were burned away all ex
cept the waistband. His legs were
burned badly but were saved some
what by heavy woolen underwear.
The hands were badly burned,
where he had fought the fire. The
can caught fire and the fire running
into the can. blew the bottom out
and contents all over his legs. Mr.
Briggs was immediately hastened to
the Methodist hospital, where the
best of medical attention was given
him. He is resting as well as could
be expected, and was fortunate in
that he was not burned about the
body or head. Some one who had
filled the can for th purpose of
starting fires, has by mistake placed
gasoline therein instead of Coal oil.
which had been ordered.
From Tuesday's Dairy.
BECAME 0BSTEPER0US AND
IS AGAIN IN CONFINEMENT
Fred Deitel who was lodged in the
county jail for some time recently on
account of being of unsound mind as
well as a citizen of Germany, and
who at the time hostilities were con
cluded was taken to the county farm
for detention and care, became un
manageable of late and has been re
turned to the county jail, where he
is now confined under charge of
Sheriff Quinton. Some further dis
position of his case will doubtless be
made at an early date.
0TTERBEIN SOCIAL POSTPONED.
The Social that Vas to have been
given by the O. G. Girls at the M.
W. A. Hall, in Mynard, on Friday
evening, has been postponed to
some future date on account of the
bad weather. -
LOSES HOME
BY FIRE LATE
LAST NIGHT
HAS ONLY THE BARN LEFT NOW
HOME BURNS TO GROUND WITH
OUT BUILDINGS AND MOST OF
THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
No Fire Protection, Hgh Wind
Fanned Flames, Making Fight
ing Practically Impossible.
From Tuesday. Hally.
Last evening t'he home of Ivan X.
Taylor caught fire near nine thirty
o'clock, and was fanned by a high
wind which prevailed, making the
putting out of the fire an impossi
bility after the fire had gotten a
headway. The fire consumed the
house, all the out buildings'' near,
and even burned a portion of the
well curb. There was but little time
to get anything out of the house.
and all that was saved was a few
chairs, two stoves and a few cans of
lard.
How the fire originated is a mys
tery and with the conditions which
existed last evening and no means
of fighting the fire it is especially
more so.
VIOLA DANA MAKES
HER GREATEST HIT
'Blue Jeans" Coming to Parmele
Next Week Gives Celebrated
Actress Her Opportunity
Viola Dana, the Metro star, comes
into her own as the greatest of all
modern screen artists in the part of
"Jun" in "Blue Jeans" which will be
-.hown at the Parmele next Tuesday
and WednesOay nights, .April loth
and 16th. While Miss Dana is
known and her work is appreciated
by hundreds of thousands of motion
picture theatre patrons none of the
vehicles in which she has heretofore
appeared have .given her the oppor
tunity to show her real class as does
"Blue Jeans." . It is confidently pre
dicted that after the public sees the
seven-reel Metro production that
Miss Dana's pictures will be in even
greater demand than those of Mary
Pickford, who made her first big hit
in "Tess of the Storm Country."
PLATTSMOUTH MAN
BUYS UNION GARAGE
T. H. POLLOCK MAKES PURCHASE
OF AUTO BUSINESS AT UNION,
AND WILL CHANGE CARS.
From Tuesday's Dall j .
The third business firm to change
hands the first of April was the
garage owned by Banning & Du
Boise. Mr. Pollock of Plattsmouth
bought the garage last week and
took possession the first of the
month. Although this garage has
formerly been agents for the Oak
land and Overland cars, it will now
be headquarters for the Ford agency
also. Mr. Pollock is a well known
auto dealer, owning at the present
time a garage in Plattsmouth and
because of his business experience
and many friends here he will no
doubt have a first class garage and
a thriving business.
Mr. Banning will continue to
have his office in the garage for the
present and Mr. DuBoise is still
undecided Just what he will do.
Union Ledger.
ARE VISITING WITH SON HERE.
Fmr Tuesday's Dally.
Nelson Taylor and wife of Hax
tum, Colorado, are in the city for a
short time visiting at the home of
their son, Geo. Taylor and family
of this city for a short time. Some
twenty-five years ago. Mr. Taylor
and family who were livinc rrns
J the river in Iowa, removed to the
' west and where they have been mak
, inrr their home since. Mr. Taylor
and wife will visit here for a short
time with their son and family.
VISITED HERE ON WAY HOME.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Charles A. Spacht, formerly prin
cipal of the Piatt. -mouth High
School dropped into this city for ti
short stay with friends on his way
home from the Great Lakes Training
Elation, where he has been with the
Naval Training Sration for nearly a
year, having been discharged a rhort
time since and was c:u his way-home
to Alliance. Professor, now Sailor
Spacht, was looking fhio in his natty
uniform as a sailor, Mid while will
ing to have stayed as long as need
ed, was glad to be back into civil
life.
CHIEF OPERATOR IS
GIVEN A SURPRISE
OPERATORS OF THE TELEPHONE
COMPANY AND FRIENDS GIVE
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
Prom TuPflay's Dall v.
Yesterday being the day on which
the aniversary of the birth f M:33
Helen Hallock fell, the fallow opera
tors, having kept in mind the event,
had prepared a surprise supper for
this popular young lady, and wlien
the day's work was completed, had
invited her to a show for the even
ing, which all enjoyed. Miss Hal
lock and "Miss Let tie Foster also an
operator for the telephone company
make their home at the residence
of C. L. Herger. and after the show
was over, they repaired to their
home where they fouud the other
operators waiting and a supper of
great variety, - a table decorated
with beautiful flowers, provided by
Mrs. C. L. Herger, and a most ex
quisite cake which had been baked
by Mr. Herger, they being parties
to the surprise, which the love of
the frien,ds prompted. A most de
lightful time was t-pont, where the
restraint of heiT-i. was thrown
away. There was music, games and
singing, with a nice rememboranec,
as a memento of their esteem for
their friends and to commemorate
the occasion. Those present were:
the guest of honor Miss Helen Hal
lock, Mr. and Mrs. Herger. Misses
Lettie Foster, Sadie Dooley. Sophia
Siever. Hulda Goos. Pauline Bajack.
Anna Egenberger and Clara Mumm.
HEARS MOTHER IS
DYING IN THE EAST
J. W. Hartwick Receives Word
Mother Is Dving In Chicago.
Hastens To Her Side.
From Monday" Da M v.
Saturday afternoon J. W. Hart
wick received notice of the extreme
illness of his mother Mrs. H. W.
Hartwick, who is well advanced in
years and who i3 afflicted with
hardening of the arteries, and with
dropsy.
While the dropsy gangrene had
become established, which, compli
cated the matter, making the case
even more serious than otherwise,
which was very bad any way. Mr.
Hartwcik hastened to the bedside of
his mother departing on the next
train to Chicago, leaving here yes
terday morning, and hoped to arrive
in time to see his mother.
SUFFERS WRENCH OF ANKLE.
From Tuesday' Dally.
Yesterday while at his work at
South Bend, Stephen Clifford, a
brother of T. S. Clifford of this city
suffered a very severe fprain of one
of his ankle?, which has laid him
up fo he cannot walk. lie came
down on the train this morning, and
is stopping with his brother until
the injured member is well again.
HOME FOR THE SUMMER.
From Monrtav'fi DaTTv.
Miss Lillian White who has been
in the southwest for the past fifteen
months, returned home yesterday
morning, and will make her home
here for the present. Miss Lillian
says she likes the country in that
portion where she was, fine, and en
Joyed her stay in the west greatly.
but will make her home here for the
summer. '
You will find a complete line of
School Dsv books at the Journal of -
fice. A beautiful graduation pres-,in,
ent. We have an excellent line to
select from.
'HUNG MA
CHINE TO. VISIT
' PLATTSMQIITH
TWELVE EATTLE TANKS WILL
HELP IN VICTORY LOAN
DRIVE.
tMKRED BY AMERICAN HERO
Loan Organization Plans Great Re
cepticnto Machine That Assist
ed Our Boys in Crushing
the Enemy.
The people cf many sections of
the Southwest will have an oppor
tunity to see one of the tanks that
were used effectively by the Ameri
cans and their Allies in forcing the
Germans to surrender.
Twelve of thee tanks have been
tent out from Kansas City by the
publicity department cf the Victory
Liberty Loan organization to assist
in the Loan campaign that is to
start April 21. The routes have
been so mapped out that it will be
possible for the twelve' tanks to cov
er the greater part of the Tenth
Federal Reserve District in the time
allotted. One of these tanks will
stop at Plattsmouth cn Sunday aft
ernoon. Aoril 20th. over the M. P.
II. R. t-o the people here at home
may have an opportunity to see the
real machine about which the boys
over there have been writing about.
The tank will be manned by tank
corpsmen who have -een active ser
vice in France.
In no other war since the dawn
of creation has there been put to
ore in battle a machine so destruc
tive to human life as the tank. Built
cf heavy bullet proof plate and
manned by machine guns, it mowed
down the Huns by scores and by
hundreds, and crushed other scores
and hundreds unable to get out of
its way. Its use as an instrument of
war was justified as a means of stop
ping the Huns in thir attempt to
crn'juer the world by force and
murder.
The tank weighs six tons and is
the type that was used almost exclu
sively on the western front at the
time the armistice was signed. it
having proved much more efficient
than the heavier tanks.
One cf these tanks is scheduled to
make the ascent up Pike's Peak, a
feat hitherto unheard of but of
which it is believed to be capable of
performing.
SELLS PROPERTY TO -SATISFY
JUDGMENT
Greenwcd Property Disposed Of To
Pay Incumbrance, Sold
At Court House.
From Monday's Dallv.
A large crowd of people from
Greenwood were in the city this
morning coming to attend the sale
of some property owned x by A. D.
Welton to satisfy an incumbrance,
which was held by N. H. Meeker 6f
that place amounting to some $S.
500.00. The property sold bring
ing in all $11,600.
Thomas Marshall making pur
chase of a portion at $9,023.00,
while Mr. Welton purchased a few
lots bringing the entire amount to
the sum total. There were from
Greenwood at the sale" here: Roy
Armstrong. A. D. Welton, Thomas
Marshall. Martin Doud, P. A. Cly
mer, Henry Weideman, Paul Ren
saw, James O. Kimball and C. D.
Fulmer.
MAKES PURCHASE OF HOME.
Clyde M. Cavender the operator
of the Burlington, has purchased
for himself a Home, selecting one
formerly owned by Alex Bazanz, in
the north portion of the city, and
well located, with modern improve-
ments. and for which he is paying
I $2,800.00. This will make a good
home for Mr. Cavender and wife.
t Tnis places Mr. Bazanz on the mar-
ket for a place for himself to live
and which he is now looking
, for. s he 6a?8 he dos not care to
be out of a place to live.
F
HAS ARRIVED IN AMERICA.
F'ura Aiomlay's Dally .
A card from George Kearnes, son
of Michael Kearnes and wife of
this city, who has been over seas
for many nion-ths stated that he ar
rived in New' York, April 1st, and
expects to be discharged soon from
the service. George has been away
for a long time and has, seen some
very severe fighting while on the
.western front in France. His par
ents and friends will be greatly
pleased to have him home again, and
he will also be glad to be back to
the home, in the good Id U. S. A.
again.
TWO YEARS YESTER
DAY WAR DECLARED
Eut Fighting: Has Been Over Near
ly Five Months Now U. S.
Did Things Up Fast.
From Monday's Da 11 v.
Two years ago yesterday April
6. 1917 Congress passed the decla
ration of war against Germany and
from that day on the United States
made preparations rapidly to con
vert itself into a fighting nation. So
qliickly were we able to get things
in shape that the achievement of
this country amazed every one of the
allied nations as well as the enemy
ones who thought we couldn't fight.
Now hostilities have been over al
most five months and we are about
to step up and subscribe to the Vic
tory Loan, which wil lbring our boys
home from the foreign battle field.
Surely a great achievement has been
this of ours, accomplished in the
hort space of two years.
WILL MAKE HOME
IN LEXINGTON
From Monday' Dallv.
. This moruin.gW. .R. Egenberger
and wife and sister Miss Rhene
Fisher departed for Lexington,
where Mr. Egenberger becomes man
ager of a creamery at that point.
Mrs. Egenberger who has been with
the Lincoln Telephone and Tele
graph Company also accompanies
her husband, they making their
home there.
HAVE PURCHASED A TABLET.
From Monday's Dallv.
The employes of the court house
have purchased a tablet for the plac
ing in the office of the county clerk
where Mat Jirousek formerly was
employed, in memory of this excel
lent young man. which tells of his
service, and of his death. This will
be received .some time in the near
future, the order from a facsimile
cf the. one which was carried by
the soldier and sailor who are tak
ing orders for the same.
A SERVICE MESSAGE
Keep Your Boys at Home!
THOUSANDS of soldiers from over
seas and training camps are, after brief
visits to their hometowns flocking' to the big
cities in hopes of getting jobs and enjoying
for a change a taste of big city life.
It develops however, that few of these men are gei
ting jobs. Tie cities have their own quotas of return
ing men to take care of and are giving1 them prefer
ence. The result is that the labor market in the larger
centers is already glutted. Men without jobs or money
are walking the streets hungry. Begging crimes are
on the increase.
This is bad for the boys and bad for the big towns
and the remedy is simple. Keep your boys at home
see that they are given the facts about the situation
in the larger centers.
It is the plain duty of every citizen to interest him
self in this matter.
First National Bank
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
MOTHER'S HOME WAS
WRECKED IN STORM
MRS. HARRY CLARKE, MOTHER'S
HOME WRECKED IN SUNDAY
EVENING'S TORNADO.
From Tuesday" Dafly.
Yesterday on call via phone Harry
Clarke and wife went to Omaha to
see about the home of Mrs. Clarke's
mother, which has been wrecked by
the. storm of the day before. The
roof was blown away, the porch al
so, and the ceilings of the building
also gone. The walls were in tact,
and by immediate reconstruction can
be retained. Mr. Clarke has asked
James Welscheimer the builder, to
go to Omaha, and make an estimate
on the damage done, in order to
have the work of rebuilding began
immediately. While there Mr. Wel
sheimer will visit his uncle S. O.
Briggs who was so severely burned
a lew days since at umana wlwc
starting a fire in his furnace.
MRS. KAUFMANN IMPROVING.
From Monday's Dall..
Mrs. Eliza Kaufmann. who has
been so seriously ill for the past few
weeks suffering with bronchial
pneumonia, continues to improve
with each day. and the many friends
will receive the good news most
gladly that she will soon be restor
ed to her former health. She is al
so, in receipt of a message from her
son. Clyde, who has been stationed
in California in the navy service,
that he will arrive home Wednesday
morning. The message was ent
from some point in Nevada, and he
is now enroute for home. This is
indeed good news for Mrs. Kaufmann
who has been almost waiting hourly
for his arrival.
RETURNS FROM THE
SERVICE IN FRANCE
From Urnctay' f Fa 117 " '
Friday evening Richard H. Wells,
known better as Harvey Wells, re
turned from the service having been
discharged from the service a few
days since at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Mr. Wells enlisted In the "Dandy
Sixth" regiment of Nebraska, which
was afterwards taken and incorpor
ated in the Fifth and Sixth, and
went with the crowd to Camp Cody
in September 1917. where they were
in training for many months, and
early in 191 S were sent to France,
where he served in Medical Corps
in the first aid camps, and the base
hospitals. On March 15th he sail
ed for America and arrived at New
York March 24th. After a short
time he was sent to Camp Dodge.
Iowa, where he was discharged last
Friday, and arriveC here Friday
evening. Harvey was glad to see
old Plattsmouth again, as were his
folks glad to have him home.