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Krtrwift State Histori cal Society outu vol. xxx vn. PLATTSMOUTH. KEBRASKA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1919. No. 21. BURGLARS AT GREENWOOD ON SUNDAY NIGHT WESTERN CASS COUNTY TOWN SYSTEMATICALLY ROEBED MAKE GET-AWAY. FIVE STORES WERE ENTERED And Money and Goods to Amount of Several Hundred Dollars Were Appropriated. From Monday's Daily. Yesterday County Attorney A. G. Cole was called out to Greenwood to inve.-tigate a number of burglaries which took place in that city Sun day night and resulted in a clean up of a number of the business houses of the town. The work was done in a most sys tematic manner and apparently the person or persons carrying out the robberies was not afraid of being disturbed as five of the business houses were entered and searched thoroughly for money and valuables. mkI in each case the robber had se- tired entrance by forcing the. rear doors of the different stores. There bad been no intimation of the rob beries until Monday morning, when i he various owners of the stores discovered that there had been a wholesale robbery carried out in tne town. The store of Walton Howard was entered and the cash register tapped for the amount o t'-' or $4 which had been left there over niht by the owner. The largest haul of tne bunch was" made at the general store of .Mrs. Metcalfe, where the robber had proceeded to gather up a larae number of leather veMs and different assortments of dry gods which will total in the neighborhood cf J2oo when the losses are fully checked up. At the pool hall of David Appuhn. the cash register was touched up for $4 in change, which had been left there and at the drug store of Krnest F. Smith the same story was told, the register having been broken- open and the contents, amount ing to something like $4 being taken. A harness i-h.op was also visited by the burglars who seemed desir ious of not sliehting any one and here there was a large amount of harness and leather goods taken, but at the time it was impossible to base an estimate on the value, owing to the absence of the owner of the shop from town. It is thought that more than probable the robbers after securing their haul made into Omaha or Lin coln to dispose of the stolen prop erty and the means of getaway, it is thought, was by the use of an automobile, as it is only a few minutes' run from Lincoln to Green wood. MOTORS FROM THE EAST. From Tuesday' Iai!y. Yesterday afternoon Dr. E. W. Conk of the supreme board of medi cal directors cf the M. W. of A., ac companied by Mrs. Cook and their son, Harris Cook and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Dovey of Chicago, arrived in the city. The party has motored from the Cook home at Rock Island. Illinois, and hod a most enjoyable time during the- trip over the state of Iowa. The auto tourists left Kock Island on Sunday and reach ed Atlantic, Iowa. Sunday night, re maining there until yesterday morn ing when the trip was resumed and the remaining distance was made in twelve hours. Dr. and Mrs. Cook and son will remain here for a few weeks when Harris will return to Chicago to resume his studies at the Northwestern university school of law. Both Dr. and Mrs. Cook are in the best of health and the visit of the family to the .city has been the occasion of much pleasure to the many friends. LABOR DAY IN OMAHA From Tuesday's Xa!lr. There w-as the usual Labor day celebration in Omaha yesterday, in eluding the parade of union work- jiisujcn in; is an annual leature. All of the men with the exception of part of one local of the boilermak ers' union are now employed, they having been out on a strike for some time. With the execution of a few t banners decreeing this or that firm as being unfair to organized labor, no demonstration of the unusual sort was indulged in. Following the big purade of the morning, a union labor picnic aud-celebration Was held at Krug park, and there were among other amusements, a double-header in the Western league, together with numerous amateur games over the city. Generally, it was- observed among laboring men of the metro polis as a day of rest rather than one of hilaritv. CLOSE GALL FROM LOSING HIS CAR Stolen Cadillac Located at Edge of Town, where Thieves Evident ly Had Planted It. From Tueptfay's DatTj. Fiiday morning E. A. Hoyne, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Jess, of this city, arrived in Plattsmouh to pay the family a visit while enroute Irom Lincoln to Chicago and made the trip here in his new Cadillac auto. which is valued at several thousand dollars. Mr. Hoyne left the car standing parked near the Jess home on South Sixth street on Fri day night as it was desired to use it Saturday and the auto was sa'e end sound in ihe morning when the family awoke, but when this was re peated on Saturday night. Mr. Jess on arising Sunday morning discov ered that the high priced machine had disappeared. Mr. Jess and Mr Hoyne at once started a search for the missing machine and after about an hour Mr. Hoyne located it down near the south end of the "Burling- ton shop yard where it had been runj and from the circumstances it seems as though someone had planted the car there to await a favorable op-J port unity of making a getaway with it. Two men were noticed lurking in the neighborhood of the Cadillac but fortunately the owner was ah!" to find the car before they made ... . . m . . . away witn it ann Mr. Hoyne is shaking hands with himself over the outcome of the affair. SUFFERS SEVERE INJURY From Tuesday's Pally. Yesterday, while playing around a corn sheller at the home in the northern part of the city the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Knoflicek, met with a very serious and painful accident in having the ring finger of the left hand caught in the sheller and severely lacerat- ed. The injured member was given medical attention and the little suf ferer made as comfortable as pos ible. but it is not known whether i the injured finger can be saved or not as it may be necessary to ampu tate the finger. ISSUES MARRIAGE LICENSE From Tuesday's Pally. A marriage license was issued to- dav to Mr. George W. Comer and Miss Genevive Pell, both of Union.! The voting people are both well t known in the southern portion of the county, where they were born and reared. The young man is a son of Mrs. Luvenia Comer and "lias just recently returned from service overseas with the army. The bride to be is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Pell, one of the prominent fam ilies of that locality and a lady well and favorably known throughout that portion of the county. The young people will be married today at the home of the bride's parents. PURCHASES NEW HOME. From Tuepday'a Dally. George Mark and wife of Weep ing Water were in the city today for a few hours looking after some business matters and calling on their old friends in the county" seat. Mr. Mark has just purchased a fine n w home in Weeping Water that ha been fitted up in strictly mod ern fashion and makes a fine resi dence for this worthy couple. Mr. Mark has just returned from Grant, Nebraska, near where he has land interests and will now make his home in Cass county in the future. LABOR DAY OBSERVEI IN PLATTSMOUTH YESTERDAY AN OCCASION ENJOYED BY EVERYONE. PARADE OF UNION WORKERS At Nine O'Clock in Morning. Fol lowed by Picnic and Sports Held in Sage's Grove. From Tuesday's Pally. The day set apart by the nation in honor of those who toil was most fittingly observed in I'lattsmouth yesterday, when for the first time in the history of the city union labor predominated in the features of the day and the employes of the Bur lington who arranged and planned the celebration certainly deserve a great deal of credit for the beautiful floats used in the parade as well as for the splendid turnout of the rep resentatives ot tne uniereni locais of city and the interesting and elaborate program arranged at the picnic grounds. The federation committee which has had charge of the arrangements for the celebra tion has been busy for the past two weeks in planning for the event and the result has been one which they can well be .proud of in every way. The day dawned fair and bright and the coolness of the autumn air made it an ideal day for the observ ance of labor's day of honor and permitted the large crowd to fully enjoy to the utmost the pleasures of t Fie occasion. The streets for some time before the scheduled start of the parade were crowded by the interested sightseers awaiting the appearance of the floats and the union labor representatives. The parade moved from the shops at 9:15 proceeding north on Third street to Main and thence west to Fifth street and along tinr. tf n r, V i A - tftot C O Tl 1 - mumi m- .. sidewalks were filled with the spec- tators eager for a glimpse at the ar tistic floats which the different crafts had prepared for the big event. The line of march was headed by A. F. Braun. president of the Plattsmouth federation as marshal of the day and followed by his aides. C. A. Johnson and Frank Sebatka. The Burlington band fol lowed, heading the long line of marfhin? toilers nnd the arrav of Each of differem " ne partments of the shops were in line with a float renresenting some branch q tradeg gnd xhf wnrk of the boys in preparing the floats was shown in the excellent results ppcurpd The peakers of the day and members of the commercial club, representing a large number of the business firms of the city were in the line of march as were the shop foremen of the different departments of the Burlington shops. The first of the series of floats was that of the Brotherhood of Machinists which showed a small machine rhop in full operation and the machinists busily engaged in turning out their line of work. Aft er this union and their float came the blacksmiths, who had a real ex hibition of blacksmithing going on the float and the followers of the craft received many words of com mendation for their float from the lines of spectators. The Amalga mated Sheet and Metal workers with their real live tin shop in operation were a feature of the parade as was also the display made by the Broth erhood of Carmen who had three very fine floats in the parade. The coach shop, painters and upholstery departments were represented by a minature passenger coach filled with a bevy of little girls while the freight car repair department had a box care true to life as their emblem in the parade and was followed by the steel car men with one of the minature steel cars representing their trade craft. Not the least c the handsome floats shown was those of the clerks and pencil push ers as well as the maintainance of ways. In the first the lady clerks at the local- shops were busily engag ed in their work as stenographers and were followed by the men wbo p.re employed in the shop offices clerks. The maintainance of ways including the supply department, section workers and bridge carpent ers had a very clever float represent ing the work of the men who keep the railroad lines in running order. Throughout the line of march the banners carried by the representa tives of the railroad workers urged the Plumb plan adoption as the worker's bill of rights and also car ried the worker's appeal for a lower cost 01 living cr a v. aire increase. Throughout the parade was a great success and the turnout of labor unions was the greatest seen in the city for many years and the first time that the railroad employes have appeared in line as union org anizations. The local of the barbers were also represented in the line of march and while not represented by a float were there with the spirit of unionism. The features at the picnic ground. were varied and proved the point of enjoyment to several thousand who visited there during the afternoon and evening. The spot selected was one that by nature was fitted for a gathering of this kind as there was ample shade for all and the grass formed a resting place for the weary ones. In the forenoon addresses were deliverd by Mayor H. A. Schneider. District ' Judge J. T. P.eg ley and Rev. A. V. Hunter, in which the purpose and alms of the labor ing interests of the country were landed by the speakers. The Bur lirngton band also furnished a num ber of selections. The program of the afternoon was filled with many interesting featur es including addresses by Attorney C. A. Raw'.s and Attorney A. L. Tidd. who in their remarks covered a review of the Plumb plan of own ership of the railroads of the Unit ed States and the rights of the la boring interests for a just share of the products of their toil. The ad dresses were lir-trf d too with the greatest of interest by the thous ands present at the grounds and af forded the public an insight into the plan proposed for the turning of the railroads of the country over to the men who have mad" them possible throuch their labor. The sporting events of the day were inaugu rated by a wrestling match between John Maurer of the paint shop and Edgar Boggs of the machine chop in which the result was declared a draw on the third fall as neither man was able to pin the shoulders of his opponent to the mat for the necessary fall. In the opening Maurer in four minutes' threw Boggs for the first fall but in turn was pinned by Boggs in twe minutes. In the tinru act 01 tne drama the boys wrestled for thirty minutes without a fall and the prize of 10 was divided between the men. The matcti was gooa throughout and showed much skill and science on the part of the par ticipants. As a curtain miser two voting lads were introduced and in about ten minutes young Lee was declared the winner having pinned his opponent twice in that length of time. In the fat men's race W. R. Egen- berger grabbed off the prize money. $3.00. The men's free for all race re sulted in Ward Patton capturing the first prize. while Guy Mur ray was second and won the $2 offered for the runner up. In the girl's under la race, Cath erine Burbridge won the $2. The ladies race was one of the most interesting of the sporting card of the afternoon and was won by Miss Maxine Draper. 1st prize. $r: while Miss Leola Hackenberg won the second prize. The three legged race featured by a numher 01 entries whs iuu tn ducing and in this event Guy Mur ray and C. R. Hickson won the first money while Ward Patton and John Schwartz came under for sec ond prize. In the boys under 13 years race Charles Wooster came across a win- her and was given $2. The lean man's race proved a soft proposition for C R. Hickson who drew the prize, $3. The potato race in which much spirit and rivalry was shown by the participants and Ward Patton got away with the first prize, $3. while C R. Hickson was given the second prize. $2. The Fack race resulted in C. R. Hickson securing the $3 offered as a prize. In the standing broad Jump, Ev- A GOOD BALL GAME SUNDAY AFTERNOON OH. BUT THE ONE YESTERDAY ME: OH, MY! WHAT A FARCE IT WAS. RED SOX SPLIT WITH VISITORS Copping Tirst by Score of 2 to 1 and; Losing Second 11 to 1 Home Run by Atkinson. From Tuesday's Pally. The opening of the two game ser ies with the .Morris Packing com pany icr'in of Omaha at the lo.-..l base ball lot on Sunday resulted in a victory for the Red Sox by t;. score of 2 to 1 and the game was one of the fastest and best that ha -. been pulled off during the season. The work of the Sox was excellent, both in the fielding and sticking and the venerable inlielders grabbed off the hits of the visitors in gre.it shape and aside from a wild throw of Gradoville to second the defense of the Sox was air tight and held 'he pack'ng house crew safely. The work of Atkinson in the box was ?.s usual, all to the good, and but two hits were secured off his deliverv, while the locals were able to gather nine clean hits of.' of Wood row. h-M Omaha thrower, one of which was :: two sacker by Cradoville. the fa; backstop of the Sox. In the opening inning Smith wa hit by Wood row and .sent to fir;-: iack. advancing to second on the hit )f Chri.-:tie. Mason hit safe to thv left garden, scoring' Smi:h. In the visitors' half of the second inning Denny was safe at first o!i tn error by Christie ami when Ei'.ui-- Gradoville overthrew to second the runner reached third and scored gn the throw in from center field. The sixth inning of the game gave ihe Sox the nettled rur. for victory, ds the result of the two bagger Ci Gradoville to the center garden and when McCauley reached first on the hit to center which was fumble1. Eddie came over with the winning run. The Tables Turned Yesterday The game yesterday sfternoon was as far removed from tnat of the pre vious day as was possible to be a:; it was from start to finish a walk- awav lor tne raeners ana rrsuni-J in the downfall of the Sox by a score of 11 to 1, and it was mighty lucky that it was not a shutout for th locals as while they were able to hit Hiatt. the Packer's southpaw, they were unable to register at the plai with the badly needed runs and b.r. for the home run of Atkinson m the eighth inning. would have retired scoreless. The visitors scored in the openir : half of the game in such strength that the locals had no possible chance of overcoming' their lead. Two runs were picked off in the first. one in the second, three in the fourth and in the fifth the Packers cleaned ip a total of five scores and there after were on easy street so far as victory was concerned and gathered up the big end of the $24 gate re ceipts. erett Rucker with a jump of 11 feet carried away the money. $3. The tug of war between the ma chinists and the steel car shop re sulted in a victory for the husky lads of the steel car shop and as a trophy of the occasion each team re ceived a box of cigars. The greased pole event was not as successful as had been anticipated and it was decided to abandon this portion of the program and substi tute a foot race for the young boys in which Russell Wasley won first prize. $3: Blythe Koubovec won second prize, $2.50, and Howard Dwyer, third prize. $2. In the evening the lovers of dancing were given the fullest op portunity of enjoying- themselves on the fine dance platform prepared end here the Eagle orchestra render ed the most pleasing dance music. I Wall Paper. Paints, Glass, Picture Framing. Frank Goodman. SHERIFF QUINTON SICK r r'.rn Tuesday's Pally. Sheriff ('. I). Quir.ton for the past few days has been confined to hi.-; home, having been suffering from an attack of hay fever as well as a very severe gathering in his Lead, which has been such as to confine jhini to his bed for the greater par'. , of the time. The sheriff has not been feelin.,r the best for several j weeks, but foupht off the sickness as long as possible before he was .compelled to give up his active dn jties and retire to his home, but ho is now quite sick and it will some time before he is able to be be up and around. inUM OODV HCCTO J U II Si bUHT IflLLlU WITH IRATE BULL Suffered Fractured Rib and Other Serious Eruhes and Injuries as Result of Attack. Frim TupiI.t v'b Daily. Saturday evening while John Cory of the Perkins house. was engaged in looking after the care of the stock tin his farm east of the P.urlington station, he met with a most serious encounter with one of the animals. a i;d as a result he will be on the non- active list for some time. It seenr; that Mr. Cory had cut some fodder for the use of the pigs, which are. allowed to run loose in the pasture and he had climbed over the fence to feed the fodder. As he was turn ing around, he was struck by. a young bull that is allowed the freedom of the pasture, and knocked down. Tiie animal. seemingly infuriated, at tacked Mr. Cory and inflicted a number of serious injuries before the injured man was able to extri cate himself from the dangerous position in which he found himself, iieins: pinned to the ground by tit" animal. To secure his safety, Mr. Cory was compelled to draw his pocket knife ?nd stab the infuriated bull several times to get the animal to desist from its efforts to horn and trample him. After the animal had been drivfr. off. Mr. Cory was able to reach the hotel, where he received medical attention and the injuries were dressed. RECITAL A SPLENDID SUCCESS. FinTi Tuesday's Iailv. The musical students of Miss Olive Gass at Pacific Junction gave a very pleasing recital at that place in Saturday which was one that re flected the greatest credit upon the young peojde taking part. The pro pram of twenty-four numbers was in the nature cf a "Victory" program consisting cf military marches, soldiers' songs, and was presented before a very large audience of the parents and friends of the young people. The work of Miss Gass at Pacific Junction has been very suc cessful and the large class of stud ents have secured splendid musical training through the efforts of their i n st meter. For tasty printing you can't go wrong in having the Journal office 'urn out your Job. Standards of Service! Whether a depositor, a borrower or a seeker of advice r the lines of our manifold activities, you can always be aiorn assured of uniform, prompt and courteous service at every point in our organization. We have but one standard that of rendering the best service possible. The size of the patrons' accounts; the magnitude of their transactions affect it not at all. They get the best we have to offer always. The First National Plattsmouth, Nebraska "The Bank zvhere You Feel at Home EZ 7T TO SAIL FOR ARMY SERVICE IN FAR EAST 1ST LIEUT. FLOYD HARDING. WIFE AND CHILD DEPART TOMORROW I OR CHINA. TRIP WILL TAKE TV0 MONTHS Stops Will Be Made at Honolulu. and Philippine Islands for a Fev Davs Enroute. From S;i 1 1; i-.ln y's Dally. Lieutenant Floyd Harding and wife, formerly .Miss Edith Dovey (f this city. accompanied by their little child, depart tomorrow fr"Ui this city for San Francisco. Oal . from vhTe they expect to t-ail for the far east where Lieutenant Hard ing has been ordered for service with the American .'ectiiii of tie international troops stationed at Tientsin, China. the approach t Peking. The trip is one that will ree.uire two months to complete :!. trip. Stops will be mai'c at Hono lulu and at Manila. Philippine Islands for a few days enroute and the transport is scheduled to n-ac!. the Chinese station in October. The friends of Lieutenant and Mrs. Harding regret very much to part wi'h them and especially as they are to be stationed s.i far from tfn home in the states. Lieut. Harding lias been stationed at Fort Leaven worth, since his tranfr from For: Crook in the summer of 11. and has just been relieved from th" Kansas pnst to take up the far eait ern duties. Tientsin, where the lieutenant is to be stationed is one of the poims of entry to the city of Peking, cap ital of China, and since 1900 at the time of the Boxer rebellion. k; been internationalized by occupation by troops of the I'nited State. Eng land. France and Japan., v ho h; ve been stationed therp to prevent foreign demonstrations such as characterized the P.oxer outbreak. The post is one of great importance and a large number of officers the allied armies are stationed there with their families making ;t quite an important point. Thi- sta tion is al?o not far from the Shan tung province of China which is now the matter of dispute between China and Japan. SECURES NEW TEACHER. From Tupdav'p Pntlv. The board of education has clos ed a contract with Miss Gladys Cadwell of Arcadia. Nebraska. t take up the work as instructor in commercial and business course in the high school. Miss Cadwell comes very highly recommended to the board of education and is a graduate of the Hastings Business college where she has studied for a number of years. Btprinner? at the Journal office ank,