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CONDITIONS
ARE GROWING
MORE SERIOUS
LIGHTS WERE OUT AGAIN LAST
NIGHT ON ACCOUNT OF
GENTLE RAINFALL
BROKEN TRANSMISSION LINES
Near South Omaha Cause of Latest
Interruption in Service Cus
tomers Without Ice.
From Rnt. irony's Ttai'iY.
Hot days with no ice, dark nights
with no light, factories shut down
and owners and nianafiers very ang
ry over the condition of electrical
f-ervice In Plattsmouth are some of
the Inconveniences due to the pres
ent transmission electric light ' and
power system upon whicti the town
is wholly dependent for its source of
suppl
The storm of Wednesday night, in
which the wires were torn down in
so many places, greatly inconven
ienced all our people who use elec
tricity to operate their machinery,
hut at the same time everyone rea
lized that this was beyond the power
of anyone connected with the light
ing company and could not be reme-i
died short of several hours, so they
accepted the condition of affairs very
calmly and awaited the return of
the electric juice for the resuming
of operations, although it was late in
the afternoon before it came on-
This state of affairs is all due to
the present transmission service line
and cannot be avoided in storms liko
that of Wednesday night. Hut it i.
far from being in keeping with the
promises made the people of Piatts
mouth at the time of granting the
franchise to t the present company
some years ago. At that time, a cer
tain Mr. Abbott, Mr. Manlove ar'!
Mr. Sweezey, the hteal manager,
promised the people of Plattsmouth
continuous 24-hour service, by hav
ing transmission service from Oma
ha and from Red Oak, also keeping
the home plant in readiness so tln.t
In case of an emergency it could l
pressed Into service within a very
few minutes time, and thus we would
never be without light an-1 power.
Rebuilt Fords
FOR SALE
ON PAYMENTS!
$150 Down
BALANCE MONTHLY
Liberty Bonds taken in part
payments.
T. H. Pollock Garage
Phone No. 1
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
The Ford Sedan is a car with refined appointments, many
conveniences, and with all the economy and satisfaction charac
terized by Ford cars. It is a popular rar among women who drive.
It meets every social demand, every family want, every day of the
year, regardless of weather. Kqually useful in city or country.
Price, Sedan. $S75.00. with starter; Coupe, $750.00, with starter;
Runabout. $500; Touring Car, $525; Truck Chassis, $5.0. These
prices f. o. b. Detroit.
We now have Sedans, Coupes and Touring Cars
with Sell Starters and Electric Lights. '
We will sell New and Used, Cars on part pay
ment plan and will take in Liberty Bonds at market
value.
T. E-S. Pollock Garage,
Telephone No. 1 -:- -:- Plattsmouth, Neb.
This is the gist of the promise given
to the Journal publisher at the time
of granting the franchise and on the
occasion of installation of motors in
the Journal office. On numerous dif
ferent occasions has the power been
down at short intervals, but never
for so long a time and our people
were willing to overlook the matter
at thfs time.
Now comes grievance Xo. 2, when
for three days many of our people
have been without ice. all caused
from this one day without power.
This has made many of our citizens
pretty sore. It Was beyond the pow
er of the local management to rem
edy, fo they claim, and the best tint
the good housewife could do was to
erve sour cream with coffee, hot
lea. or warm' water from the city
hydrants. Accept this, smile and be
happy is all the satisfaction we have
been able to get for the past three
days.
Nov, again, lubt evening, when a
very gentle rainfall passed over this
community, there was a little flick
er traveling over the juice line from
Cmaha here, and within a few sec
onds we were again without "power
or light, 'and wc remained in dark
ness for several hours. The busi
ness of ur picture shows was com
pletely knocked out, a;rd all busi
ness houses remained in darkness
until a rather la.te hour. The Jour
nal plant was .fortunate in this in
stance and did not have to share it.
this last inconvenience, but we bud
enough the day before when we were
compelled to line up a gasoline on
gi' e to one of our linotypes in or
dtr to print even a semblance of a
newspaper.
Today, the people of I'lattsmoutii
are pretty sore, their usual abun
dance of patience having become a
most exhausted. Many are talking
individual light plant, some gasoUr.e
plants, others a municipal plant or
anything that will give better rer-vit-e
than we are receiving at ti'O
hands of the present company witl.
their transmission lines from Omaha
nil Red Oak that fail to transmit.
Those individuals, Manlove, in
born and Sweozy, are no longer wi;
the present company and of course
their promises made to the people of
this city yoars ago have been carrk-1
pway wfth them, so far as the pres
ent management is concerned, but
we. the greatly inconvenienced citi
zens of Piatt: -mouth are still here,
battling wiMi those unfilled prom
ises, sometimes in the light and ,;l
other times in the dark, as well -s
on hot summer days without ice, l;vt
up to the present time wef are no
nearer the solution to the problem
than we wore several yars ago.
Right now is the time for action
to cither get .v'.-pt we have been
promised by the present company, or
commence rem" movement thrf w-pr
give us relief at the rxpirnt ion. if
Tiot before, of t,he present f ratii'!u ;e
that s ha n '.ring over the city as well
is over the light and power consum
ers of this community.
The local management is power
less to th? end of relief, but the
higher authorities should install i
new engine in the home plant that
would Hike care of emergency casts
like those of the past few days. IiOt
'.is all get busy, am! get busy at
once, ?nd make a united effort to sei
that the promises made a few year.-;
ago are lived up to by the new Yiilr
ing company. ' A city of more ti'au
".''00 population, growing in r'-ed
of electric power, like Plattsmouth,
should have a plant that will t'ke.
tare of the demands of her people.
TEAMSTERS
IN OMAHA GO.
BACK TO WORK
FOR FIRMS WHICH HAVE BEEN
. AEJUEGED "FAIR" TO OR
GANIZED LABOR.
A SERIOUS STRIKE AVERTED
When Striking Teamsters Comply
with liequest of Central
Labor Union.
Striking teamsters and truck driv
ers, employes of "fair" linns in Oma
ha, who walked out in accordance
with the general strike order issued
by their local about ten days ago.
returned to work yesterday and arc
again operating vehicles for firms
which have conceded the demands of
the union. This step was taken in
compliance with the order of the
Central Labor union that the driv
ers resume work for the "fair" em
ployers ami thus is probably averted
one ot-tne largest general siriKcs
Omaha has ever known.
The number of men who returned
o work is estimated by union lead
ers at :'.
Wagons and trucks operated by
union men were again piacaraea
with "This Firm Fair to Organized
Labor" cards.
By Monday ihu strike will be prac-
ticailv over, employers declare. The
strikers have been steadily retimi
ng to work during the last week
and delivery service is in most cases
now norm::!. In a few instances lo
cal transportation about the city is
still somewhat ha7iipered.'
Sme employers fontradict the
statement made by Commissioner
Zimman that he was making good
progress in hi effort to bring the
striking teamsters and truck drivers
and their employers together.
And ;o, the beginning of the week
will see organized labor in Omaha
once more settling down to its rou-
ine of work without having to wor
ry over the possum' general sxri:;e
that might be called.
ARE FURNISHING EMPLOYMENT
From Saturday"? Patty.
This morning James M. Robert
son was in .receipt or a numuer oi
posters, calling attention of the peo
ple to tlje necessity of wherever pos
sible furnishing employment for the
soldiers returning from the war.
The posters which have been dis
tributed wefe very catchy, in addi
tion to the picture, they called at
tention to the desirable fact of
putting fighting blood in to the busi
ness. NEHAWKA CHAUTAU
QUA CONCLUDES
From . Saturday's P.-illy.
Last evening the Chautauqua con
cluded successful engagement of
some five days, and at which a good
attendance and excellent numbers
were enjoyed. The feature of the
whole time was to have been the
having of two airplanes, which
were to carry passengers and per
form various stunts, .but owing to
engine trouble during the morning
and the storm of the evening, was
not the complete success which had
been anticipated. Otherwise the
Chautauqua was a good success, and
was enjoyed by a large number of
people, and had the farmers and
others not been so pressed with
work would have been more so.
MRS. WM. F0XWELL IS HOME.
From Saturday's Dally.
Mrs. William Foxwell, who has
been receiving treatment in an Oma
ha hospital for some time past, has
been showing good improvement of
late and yesterday a letter was re
ceived by her sister, Mrs. B. S. Ram
sey, saying that she would be able
to return home today. Accordingly,
Mrs. Ramsey left this morning for
Omaha, and accompanied her sister
home from there on the noon train
today. Friends of Mrs. Foxwell here
will be pleased to take note of her
improvement. "
Cut This Out and Take It With You.
A man often forget9 the exact
name of the article he wishes to
purchase, and as a last .resort- takes
j something else instead. That is
always disappointing and unsatls
' factory. The safe way is to cut
this out and take it with you so as
, to make sure of getting Chamber
lain's Tablets. You will find noth
ing quite so satisfactory for consti
pation and indigestion.
ALL FEELING WELL
THANK YOU
Prom Saturday's Daily.
The household of Eugene Maurer
Is feeling pretty well and satisfied
with this world, and the allot
ments of the goddess fortune, for
they are Justnow pretty wrell pleas
ed by reason of a visit from the
stork, who left with them for their
very own, a little American, who
tips the scales at seven pounds, and
says that he thinks his father and
mother Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Maur
er Just the finest people in the
world. Now it would nop be neces
sary to say that they are thinking
there is no other baby like him in
the land, but it is so. All feeling
fine and happy thank you.
GIVEN A DINNER PARTY.
From Saturday'!! Datly.
Miss Merna Morrison, who closes
her season's trimming in the milli
nery store of Mrs. Emma Pease to
night, will go to Omaha tomorrow
and from there leave for her home
at Ro'ck Rapids. Iowa. Miss Morri
son was a guest at a dinner party
given Thursday night in her honor
by Mrs. James T. Begley. at whose
home she has resided during the six
months spent in Plattsmouth, she
being a distant relative of Judge
Beelev's. A number of friends of
Miss Morrison were invited and the
time- was most pleasantly spent.
UNCLE JACOB GRASSMAN
FEELING BETTER
From Saturday's Pally.
C. W. Grassman of Alliance, was
a visitor in th'is city for the lay,
coming in from Louisville, where he
has been visiting at the home of
his father, Jacob Grassman. who
has been sick, for some time past.
but who is at this time up and bout
again, and enjoying pretty good
health for his advanced age of 87
years. Mr. Grassman will visit
here for a short time the guest at
the home of his nephew, llillard
Grassman, and at the home of his
wife's parents II. T. Batton and
wife.
BRITISH UNABLE
..TO STOP SINKING
OF GERMAN SHIPS
Washington. June 27. No effec
tive measures could have been taken
by the British admiralty to prevent
scuttling of the German fleet at
Scapa Flow without violating the
terms of the armistice, said a state
ment issued ry the British embassy.
The fact that the ships were merely
interned and not surrendered, said
the' statement, prevented the plac
ing of armed guards on board.
Even had this been done. It was
said, it would not have been a guar
antee against sinking, because the
German crews, with their expert
knowledge of the complex valve
machinery, would have found it a
compartively easy matter 'to open
the valves without detection.
It was recommended to the allied
naval council by the naval adviser
of the British admiralty, the state
ment said, that the armistice terms
provided for surrender instead of in
ternment of the German ships, but
the recommendation was overruled
by the council. - x
"Admiral Von Reuter slated ver
bally that on his own responsibility
he had given orders for the ships
to be sunk, being under the impres
sion the armistice had ceased on
Saturday," the statement said.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE 10
DAY RECESS FOR CONGRESS
Washington, June 27. Proposals
that congress recess for 10 days be
ginning early next month, after the
annual supply measures had en
passed, has been made by some
democratic senators, but thus far
republican leaders have refused to
agree, holding that in view of the
early return of President Wilson
and his desire to address the sen
ate, it would be unwise for the
senate to suspend its work. It is
understood, however, that they
agree to a three-day recess pending
consideration of the peace treaty.
Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, ad
ministration spokesman, and Swan
son of Virginia were said to have
been among senators urging a brief
recess.
Lost: On Cedar Creek road be
tween Plattsmouth and my farm an
inflated -Republic tire on demount
able rim. JOHN W. .FALTER.
28-2tdltw
Neat printing Is assured If you
bave it done at the Journal office.
CASTOR I A
or Infants and Children
fh Uso for Over 30 Years
Always beam
the
HAS SEEN THREE
YEARS OF SERVICE
Harley Thomas Is Discharged From
Service At Camp Dodge
Visiting Here.
From Thursday's Pally.
Harley Thomas, a brother of
Harry Thomas of this city, and also
an operator, whose home was form
erly at Cheyenne, where he was a
member of the Wyoming guards,
and was taken from there and giv
en one year's service on the Mexi
can border, and returned to his home
just before the beginning of fie
United States in the world war and
on his return discharged. But with
the beginning of the world's strug
gle, was called for service abroad, as
an operator, and immediately sent
over, and tias been overseas for
something more than two years,
sent a wirexto his brother from
New York on landing that he would
be discharged in the west and would
visit his brother here. Last bun
day getting a little advanced infor
mation of the movement of troops
Harry went to Omaha in the hopes
that he might get to .ee tjte broth
er. Instead the Wyoming troops
came this way and Charles Staska
getting next to the matter sent, a
message of inquiry to the train
wheih passed through this city last
Sunday afternoon, and a note was
thrown off says that Harley Thomas
has been sent to 'Camp Dodge for
discharge. Harry has been looking
every day thinking he would be
here the next train sure for he past
few days. He was in the same regi
ment as Matthew Herold and ex
pects to come to this city after his
discharge for a visit with his broth
er. WILL ORGANIZE
BURLINGTON LEAGUE
'
From Thursday's Pally.
This evening there will be a meet
ing of the base ball fans of the Bur
ling for the purpose of organizing
in inter-Burlington league, which
hall consist of five teams and. will
he the store department, blacksmith
shops, coach shops, machine shops,
and the freight car department. The
excellence with which the boys
played last evening, has inspired
others in the shops who can play
ball to get in the game. We will
have more after the- organization.
MURRAY YOUNG MAN
ARRIVED FROM OVERSEAS
irom Thursday's Daily
Yesterday at New York Walter
Jenkins from Murray, who has been
overseas for many months arrived
on the Santa Teresa, which brought
home 1939 soldiers, eighteen of
them from Nebraska and olily one
from this county that being Mr
Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins will be sent
in a short time-to a cantonment for
discharge, and may be expected
home in the course of a short time.
SPORTS A PECULIAR RING
From Friday's Daily.
Attorney I). O. Dwyer is sporting
l peculiar ring, which is made of
lluminum with a copper rivet for a
;et. The ring is artistically scroll-
3tched and was a gift to Mr. Dwyer
from his nephew, J. H. Blackburn,
who but a short time since returned
from overseas service. He received
the ring from a Russian war prison
er, who, shortly after the signing of
the armistice, along with many oth
ers was turned loose by the Germans
3 shift for himself, and being hun
gry a group of them were fed by tne
American unit of which Blackburn
was a member. After eating the men
lsked that the soldiers buy a few of
the trinkets which they had made
during the months they were prison
ers of war in Germany and for a
most trivial sum Blackburn secur
ed the ring Mr. Dwyer now wears.
The Russian who made the ring had
been in German prison camps for
two years and was glafl to be releas
ed although the Huns turned them
loose without food and with very
little clothing.
Booze Is Not a Good Cure.
From the Ames Iowa Intelligencer.
When a man conies' to you all
doubled up with pain and declares
he will die in your p'resence unless
you procure him a drink of whiskey,
send hira to a doctor or else give
him a dose of Chamberlain's Colic
and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is a
mistaken notion among a whole lot
of people that booze is the best
remedy for colic and stomach ache.
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steam engine
season.. P. A.
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CALVIN F.0BYLER HOME AGAIN.
From Friday's Daily
This morning, accompanying Will
R. Andrews, whose arrival home is
mentioned in another column, was
Calvin Itoybler, of Weeping Water,
who also was discharged from the
army at Camp Dodge yesterday and
who also made tracks post haste for
his home in "Cass county. Both of
these estimable young men have just
lately returned from overseas, where
they have, served for more than a
year in the Field -Hospital corps of
the 40th division. After having
stopped off here briefly with Mr.
Andrews, Roybler departed later in
the day for his home at Weeping
Water, to greet his parents and oil
time friends. He is truly glad to be
back in the good old V. S. A. and
doubly so at being back to Nebraska
and among his friends.
WHEAT LICENSE BLANKS
TO EE SEN 'TOUT SOON
From Thursday's Daily
Blank applications for the license
required of persons, firms, corpora
tions and associations dealing in
wheat Will arrive at the zone man
ager! office of the United States
Grain corporation in Omaha tomor
row and will be mailed from this
ofJIce to the various dealers in the
zone, who in compliance with the
r i nouncement of Julius Barnes, b .
v. heat tlijojtor, that President Wil
fpn has signed a proclamation mak
jng such a license necessary, will be
urged to sign and forward the 3p'J
cation at once.
The proclamation becomes elTerv
tive July 15th. No license fee 5:
charged.
GRAIN CONTROL
COMMITTEE TO BE
NAMED IN OMAHA
Washington, June 27. Definite
plans for controlling shipments of
erain to Drevent railroad conges-
tion and excess accumulation at
primary markets involving a. dual
system of individual and blanket
permits were announced Friday
night by Director General Ilines.
Grain control committees will be
appointed in Duluth, Minneapolis,
St. Louis and Omaha, to administer
control of grain movements to the
principal markets in their respec
tive territories. The jurisdiction of
the Omaha committee will include
Council Bluffs. Detroit, Toledo,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
Wichita and Fort Worth.
Each ' commission will consist of
three members, it was said, two
representing the railroad adminis
tration and one of the United States
HOT?
I Mill I I I Mm it 4,r
NO. 4 OR 5
grain corporations transportation
division.
The movement of grain to pri
mary markets will be controlled by
issuance of blanket permits to the
railroads, while control of the
movements between the markets as
well as from all points to Atlantic
or gulf ports will be exercised
through the issuance of lndividii.il
permits to the shipper.
DEALERS IN ST. LOUIS
ADVISED TO CONTEST
WARTEME PROHIBITION
St. Louis, June 27. John K l'en
sa. president of the St. Louis Retail
Liquor Dealers, announced he had
advised the 600 members of the as
sociation to continue the sale of all
liquors after July 1 in an effort to
test the enforcement of wartime
prohibition. The decision of the
United States court of appeals in
New York, modifying the injunction
against enforcement by district at
torneys, he said, would have no ef
fect on the stand of local saloon
keepers, as they expect only a few
arrests will be made as a basis for
test cases.
Approximately 600 saloon-keepers
have applied for new. licenses to
cover the last six months of the
year. These applications, however,
are regarded as conditional on the
lifting of wartime prohibition.
U.
S. A. HAS 3.400 AIRPLANES
READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE
Washington, June 24. Army air
planes in commission for immedi
ate service number 3,400, it wa3 of
ficially announced, after an inven
tory had been made at all air serv
ice fields and stations over the coun
t ry. '
The survey shows that should an
emergency arise there would be
available for instant duty as soon
as the flyers could be put down at
the hangars a total of 1.240
"battle planes," or enough to form
50 squadrons.
Backing up the 1,240 battle
planes are SC2 of the same type in
storage, but recently tested mJ
capable of being put in commission
within a few hours. In trained per
sonnel, there are 1,394 flying offi
cers.
Stationery at the Journal office
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ho. eair1 iritli Blua RiUkw.
Tilt no nthjr. Hit r roar V
Vassar Athletic
union suits will help a little
$1.50 '
Interwoven Socks .will do the
same trick 50c to $1.00.
A few good bargains in Palm
Beach suits $8.50 to $13.00. If
your size is here you can save a
five spot.