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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.
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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
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