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FLATTSMODTH, WEBRASXA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919.
No. 40.
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JURY DRAWN FOR
NOVEMBER TERM
Clerk of the District Court Selects
Men Who Will Serve on Jury at
the Coming; Term of Court.
From Friday's Dally.
Yesterday Clerk of the District
Court James M. Robertson drew the
names of the men who will serve as
members of the jury panel for the
November term of the district court
which convenes in this city on No
vember 17th. The names were se
lected from those submitted by the
county commissioners and consist of
the following:
W. G. Boedeker, Murray.
Arthur Bornemeier, Elmwood pre
cinct.
George Born. Plattsmouth.
John Busche. Eight Mile Grove.
Frank F. Buttery. Plattsmouth.
Walter Byers. East Rock Bluffs
precinct.
Frank Claus. Plattsmouth.
J. I. Fitch. East Rock Bluffs.
Frederick J. Fornoff. Eight Mile
Grove.
Emmett Friend. Greenwood.
Geo. M. Hild. Plattsmouth.
John Ledgway. Plattsmouth.
M. McFall. Tipton precinct.
Fred Muenchau. Elmwood.
J. R. Noyes. Louisville.
George Oberle. Jr.. Tipton pre
cinct. Wallace Philpot. Mt. Pleasant
precinct.
H. R. Schmidt. Elmwood precinct.
Henry Schoemaker. Nehawka.
John C. Spangler, Louisville.
Bruce Stone. Nehawka.
George Stoner. Weeping Water.
T. W. Swan. Union.
W. A. Taylor. Union.
NO IMMEDIATE CUT
IN TRAIN SERVICE
Western Roads Will Continue Their
Present Schedules at Least for
Another Week Longer.
From Friday's Dally.
Railroad managers of the central
western region in conference have de
cided that there will be no cut made
in the train service of these roado
before some time next week, and
then only in the event that there is
no show of settlement of the coal
strike.
A number of the eastern rojds
have made changes in their schedules
to cover the dropping of a number of
trains from service in order to con
serve the coal supply. If the strike
continues without signs of abate
ment it will be up to the western
roads to make a little move. The cut
ting of train service will serve to
greatly increas-e the travel by auto
mobile between short distances
throughout the country.
DEATH OF MRS. N.
H. ISBELL TODAY
Passed Away This Morning at Her
Home West of the City After Ill
ness of Several Weeks Duration.
Fr'Mn Thursday's Daily.
This morning at her home just
west of the city Mrs. N. H. Isbell
passed away after an illness of sev
eral weeks duration, having been
gradually failing in health for sev
eral months and during the past two
weeks her condition became such
that it was recognized that her re
covery was impossible and she has
been gradually sinking in the past
two days until death came to re
lieve her of her suffering this
morning at 10 o'clock. During her
long residence in this city and vi
cinity the departed lady has made
many wrm friends who will regret
deeDlv to learn of her passing and
share with the bereaved husband
and mother and brothers and sisters
the grief that the visit cf the death
messenger has brought to them.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the home west of the city and will
be conducted by Rev. A. V. Hunter
of the Methodist church. The body
will be laid to rest in Oak Hill
cemetery.
Jessie Fremont Beeson was born
June 20. 1860. at Hillsboro. Ohio,
where her parents. Allen Beeson
and wife were then making their
home and she spent her childhood
in that locality, later ocming with
the parents west to Iowa, where
for a short time they resided at Red
Oak, nd in 1878 the family came to
Cass county and settled in the north
portion of Plattsmouth where for
many years, the parents of the de
parted. ?.Ir. and Mrs. Beeson, made
their home. It was in this city on
I April 21, 1SS1, that Miss Beeson was
j united in marriage to N. H. Isbell,
and since that time they have made
i their home in this community. To
I mourn her death Mrs. Isbell leaves
the husband and two foster child
ren. John Isbell. serving in the
navy and Walter, residing at the
home here, as well as the mother.
Mrs. Eliza Beeson. four brothers and
one sister, Frank Beeson. Alliance.
Nebraska: Judge Allen J. Beeson.
Plattsmouth: Charles Beeson of Co
lumbus. Ohio, and John Beeson and
Mrs. Herbert H. Cotton of Platts
mouth. Of a quiet and retiring nature the
departed lady has passed her years
of life in our community without
show or ostentation, but in her
daily life carrying out the highest
teachings of the Christian life, of
kindness to those with whom she
came in contact, and to those friends
who knew her best her loss comes as
a verv severe blow.
A. 0. U, W. HAVING
MORE TROUBLE
Nebraska Grand lodge Aprils to
Supreme Court to Prevent Iowa
Grand Lodge From Taking
Over Nebraska Members.
From Friday'." Ta!1v.
The grand lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen of the
state of Nebraska has filed in the
state supreme, court, at, Lincoln a,n
appeal from the district court cf
Douglaa county, in which the Ne
braska lodge seeks to prevent the
grand lodge of the Iowa jurisdic
tion from carrying on business in
the state of Nebraska. The Ne
braska grand lodge alleges that the
Iowa grand lodge has excluded mem
bers frcm a building in Omaha
formerly used by the Nebraska mem
bership and has enticed Nebraska
members to join the Iowa jurisdic
tion. An appeal for an injunction
to deny the Iowa lodge the right
to do these things was denied by the
district court of Douglas county and
the case has been carried to the
hierher court in the hope of securing
relief.
ETERTAINED AT
DINNER PARTY
Mrs. Gladys McMaken Taylor of Wy-
more. Hostess at Pleasant Event
Wednesday at Home of Parents.
From Friday's Dally.
On Wednesday evening a very
pleasant 7 o'clock dinner party was
held at the handsome home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. McMaken at which
their daughter. Mrs. Gladys Taylor
of Wymore. was hostess to a number
of her friends. The dining room
was very charmingly arranged in a
color scheme of yellow, yellow
chrysanthmums forming the center
piece and decorations of the hand
some dining room. The dinner was
a very pleasant one of three courses
and most thoroughly enjoyed by the
members of the party, Mrs. J. H.
McMaken and Miss Fern Noble as
sisting the hostess in entertaining
and serving. After the delights of
the dinner the young ladies spent
the evening very agreeably in the
playing of Five Hundred, at which
Miss Bernese Newell proved the
most skillful and was awarded the
prize. Plates were laid for eleven
at the dinner, the guests being.
Misses Margaret Scotten, Helen
Egenberger, Glenne Dixon. Elsie Ho-
berg. Golda Noble. Lydia Todd. Opal
Fitzgerald. Bernese Newell, Mes
dames Henry C. McMaken, Louis
Egenberger, Jr., and the hostess
Mrs. Taylor.
Gulbransen Player Piano is the
easy pedalling player A child can
operate it and it's fool proof. A.
j Hospe Co., of Omaha, has been sell-
Iing your friends in this territory
since 1874. Why not to you? G-4tw
PERKINS HOUSE IS
ROBBED YESTERDAY
Young Men Residing; at Hotel Suffer
Loss of Valuable Gold Watch and
Small Sum of Money in Raid.
r-'rom Friday's Dally.
Last evening when Elmer Jen
nings and Bert Shaddock, two young
men residing at the Perkins House,
returned from their work at the
shops they had occasion to go to
their room to change clothes and
thereupon discovered that some one
had beat them to the room and made
away with a part of their worldly
possessions, the loss of which will
aggregate in the neighborhood of
$50. The chief loss was experienced
by Mr. Jennings who had left his
gold watch in the room on Wednes
day evening and failed to take it
with him to work yesterday morn
ing. The watch was a twenty-one
jewel timepiece and was especially
valued as a gift from his family.
Mr. Shaddock was relieved cf a small
amount of money which had been
left in his clothing and which
amounted to between ?3 and $4.
As soon as the loss of the prop
erty was discovered the matter was
reported to the police and Chief of
Police M. E. Manspeaker and Patrol
man Henry Trout were called to the
hotel to investigate the case and if
possible secure some trace of the
parties committing the crime.
No definite trace was found of the
stolen property but it is thought to
have been the work of parties who
have been staying at the hotel in
the past few days but who suddenly
departed for other parts and appar
ently the property cf the other
guets departed also. One of the
young men suspected in the case left
yesterday for ports unknown and
this leads to the suspicion that it
may be-the cause of the- mlrsing
watch and money.
This is merely one of a series of
small thefts that has occurred from
the rooms in the hotel as many of
the parties staying there have fail
ed to keep their doors locked and
as a consequence have had their
rooms frisked by sonic of the floating
guets. who then make their geta
wav. OFFICIAL RETURNS
OF THE ELECTION
Ernest M. Pollard Wins by Majority
cf 850 Over A. L. Tidd Bonds
Defeated by 560 Votes.
From Thursday's Daily
The official count of the votes cast
at Tuesday's election was complete!
today, and gives the final result cf
the election.
On the vote for delegate to the
constitutional convention from the
seventh district. comprising Cass
county. Ernest M. Pollard received
1.435 votes against 5S5 cast for A.
L. Tidd of Plattsmouth. The major
ity of Mr. Pollard is S50. In the
vote on delegate in the eighth dis
trict. W. H. Pitzer. of Nebraska
City was unopposed and secured a
vote of 1.4S9.
The bridge bond proposition re
ceived 771 votes for the bonds and
1.331 against. a majority of T.C0
against the issuance of the $100,000
for the building and repairing of
the bridges.
FUNERAL OF JACOB
MEISINGER IS HELD
Services at St. Paul's Church Large
ly Attended by Relatives and
Friends of Grand Old Man
From Thursday's Daily.
The funeral services of Jacob Met
singer were held in this city yester
dav at St. Paul's Evangelical church
and were very largely attended by
the host of old friends who gathered
to tender this last token of respect
and esteem to the kind friend and
neighbor who had made his home
with them for almost half a cen-
turv. It was an occasion of sorrow
that the community parted with one
who had been so instrumental in the
life of the county for so many years
and in their grief the members of
the family have the deepest sym-
pathy of the host of friends through
out the county.
The services at the church wen
conducted by Rev. Robert Kunse:i
dorf, paster of the Eight Mile Grove
church, wiio spoke at some length
in German of the lessons that the
life of the departed had taught and
the hope and comfort that the Chris
tian found in the living of a perfect
life that their end might bring tj
them everlasting life in the light of
the Master and Savior.
Rev. J. 11. Steger, pastor of St
Paul's church, spoke briefly in Kni
lish, dwelling on the long acquain
tanceship with Mr. Meisinger and
the splendid results t hat he had at
tained in hfs life time in the devel
opment of a simple and straightfor
ward honesty that had made him a
place in the community which would
be hard to fill. He spoke feelingly
to the grandchildren of the departed
'of the splendid life of the grand
father and the example that his life
would be to them in the vears to
come as they entered on the battles
of life.
During the service the choir of
the church rendered one of the oM
German hymns, at the close of the
service singing "Asleep in Jesus."
The body of the departed was
laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery,
the pall bearers being relatives of
Mr. Meisinger, Adam M isinger. G.
G. Meisinger, P. P. Meisinger, John
Meisinger. Jacob and Harry Mei
sincer. LINCOLN YOUNG
LADY IS MARRIED
Miss Ethel CritchSeld. Daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bird Critchfield
Former Residents Here
From Thursday's Dally.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Critch
field. daughter oIrs. Bird Critch
field of Lincoln to Dr. R. I). Green
of Beaver City, Nebraska, took place
Wednesday evening at the home of
the bride's brother. Don Critchfield.
P street. Lincoln.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. H. H. Harmon and witness
ed by the immediate family. A recep
tion followed for relatives ard inti
mate friends. Decorations in the
living room and reception hall were
yellow and white chrysanthemums
and pink roses were used in the din
ing room. Mrs. Harry Hough and
Mrs. Edward O. MiiK-r. who were in
charge of the dining room, were as
sisted by Miss Helene Morris, Mrs.
C. I. VanPetten. Miss Cecil Younk
er and Miss Myrtle Rapp.
The bride is a graduate of the Uni
versity school of music in the class
of 1916. Dr. Green received his A.
B. degree from the University of
Nebraska in 1913 and his M. D. de
gree from the Jefferson Medical col
lege of Philadelphia.
Dr. Green is now associated with
Dr. F. A. Brewster of Beaver City.
Nebraska. After a short trip to
Colorado. Dr. and Mrs. Green will be
at home in Beaver City.
VETERAN MERCHANT
MAY RETIRE SOON
E. Sturznegser. of South Bend. Ser
iously Contemplating Step
ping Down and Out.
From Friday's Dally
E. Sturznegger, the veteran boutn
Bend merchant who has for many
years been engaged in the mercan
tile business in that pretty little
town is seriously considering retiring
from an active business life and en
joying a few years of rest. He has
just recently returned from Canada,
where he has extensive land inter
ests and has found that the, dry
weather did considerable damage to
his wheat crop, but a fair yield was
secured.
Mr. Sturznegger expects to turn
his South Bend store over to his
son. who is well known throughout
the state as cne of the leading fig
ures in athletic sports. He is at
present in the east in charge of one
of the foot ball teams of a large
eastern school, but will return at
the close of the season to take up
his business career.
Let our carrier boy deliver you a
Journal each day. 15c a week.
RUNAWAY LADS
ARE NABBED TODAY
Three Boys From Paullina, Iowa,
Ars Gathered In By Police Chief
and Await Parents Arrival.
From Friday's Dally.
This morning Chief of Police
Manspeaker rounded up three"young
lads who have been in the city for
the past few days and who are want
ed at their home at Paullina. Iowa,
from where they ran away two
weeks ago. The lads have been in
Plattsmouth for the past week hav
ing arrived in the city on October
30th and registered at the Perkins
house where they gave the names
of James Chase. Earl and Paul
Smith, and their residence as Shel
don. Iowa. The boys made the trip
to Plattsmouth in a Ford runabout
and the car was stored here while
the boys have been at work, one of
them working in the store depart
ment of the Burlington while the
other two have been employed in
the country shucking corn at the
farms of Oscar Gapen and Glen
Perry. The police yesterday receiv
ed notice of the fact that three boys
Marion Jossen. James Hogg and
James Cowan, had ran away from
their homes at Paullina and their
parents were, very anxious for their
return. An investigation of the
boys proved them to be the ones
wanted and this morning they were
taken into custody by Mr. Man-
speaker and Sheriff Quinton.
From ti e facts gathered by the
police it seems that the car that the
boys made their trip in was the
property of the father of Marion
Jossen. and was taken by the lads
for their excursion trip.
When arrested the boys stated
that they were tired of attending
school nd desired to strike out for
themselves and accordingly reaching
this city and finding it looked good
they decided to remain here for a
time. All three of the boys are
quite young, none of them being
over seventeen and are neat and
well appearing young men.
They will be held here at the city
jail pending the arrival of their
relatives from O'Brien county, la.,
to take them back home.
SEEK NEW ROAD AT
WEEPING WATER
Delegation Visits Court House and
Calls on County Board In Interest
of New Road Near That City.
From Frioay's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon a delegation
numbering some twelve of the resi
dents of near Weeping Water and
headed by D. M. Myers of the stone
quarry company, were in the city
and visited the court house in the
interests of a new road that is de
sired to have opened up southeast
cf that city and in the locality where
the stone quarry interests are locat
ed. The members of the party point
ed cut to the board the importance
of the road to the residents of that
section of the county and the im
mediate reed for the opening up of
the thoroughfare. The matter was
taken under advisement by the board
of commissioners and they will make
a trip out to that locality and look
over the proposed roadway and if
found that the demand warrants the
expenditure of" the money necessary
will have the road opened up.
MEETING OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION
Local Post of American Legion En
dorses Resolutions Adopted at
Meeting In Omaha on Oct. 10.11.
From Thursday's Daily.
At the meeting last evening or
Hugh Kearns Post of the American
Legion a free and informal discus
sion of the resolutions adopted by
the state convention of the organi
zation, was enjoyed and the opin
ions of the individual members on
the important resolutions were se
cured. The portions covering the
new Morgan bill to provide the ee
curing of funds for purchase of
homes and farms for those of the
service men desiring to take them
up was discussed as was the matter
of the pending legislation in con
gress covering the granting of bonus
to the men who had been in the
service of their country during the
war. The resolution adopted at
Omaha calling for the movement for
the expulsion of all aliens who sur
rendered their first citizenship pa
pers to escape military service was
one that brought forlh much ap
proval and the action cr the state
meeting was warmly approved. Au
brey Duxbury. of the local post is
one cf the Nebraska delegates to
the national convention at Minne
apolis on November 11-12 and will
depart from Omaha Saturday even
ing with the members of the Ne
braska delegations, who are to urge
upon the national convention reso
lutions as similar to those adopted
at Omaha last Month. The local
post has been organized only a short
time and feel very well pleased in
the recognition given them in the
selection of Mr. Duxbury as one of
the national delegates.
TEACHERS ATTEND
STATE MEETING
Public Schols of City Closed to Per
mit Teaching Force to Go to
State Association Meet
From Thursday's Daily.
The public schools of the city are
closed todav in order that the mem
bers of the teaching force might
have an opportunity of attending the
convention of state school teachers.
which is being held in Omaha this
week and is one of the biggest meet
ings ever held in the history of the
association.
A greater part of the teaching
force of the schools are in the me
tropolis today to take part in the
meetings and to enjoy the unusually
strong program that has been pre
pared.-- One. of the .big subjects ol
the convention is that of the raising
of the salaries of the teachers of the
state to something like an adequate
standard as compared with other
wages given.
For the past two years the wages
of the school people have failed to
keep pace with the advance made in
other lines of wages paid and while
their work requires years of prepa
ration and study they are paid far
ess than unskilled workers at trades
and domestic work.
The importance of the work of
the school teacher to the community
is something that demands that they
be given a more adequate compensa
tion for their services and it is one
of the moves of the staVe meeting to
secure some working basis for get
ting a readjustment of this impor
tant matter.
CASS COUNTY MEN DRAWN-
FOR FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Prom Thursday's DW.
In the drawing of jurors for the
federal court for the Lincoln district
held esterday at Lincoln four Cass
county citizens were selected for
this service, being called upon to
report for duty on November 17th.
The men selected are Oliver C. Do-
vey. Plattsmouth; William Atchison.
Elmwood; E. F. Marshall, Weeping
Water and J. C. Stevenson, Green
wood.
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20 of the value of the improvements thereon, repayable in 33 years,
but optional after five years.
If you borrow on the amortization plan you save trouble and ex
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tion to any of our officers. . , r, .
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ANDY SCHMADER IS
Gains Favorable Mention Along
With Other Noted Aspirants for
the World Championship.
From Friday's Daily.
The Philadelphia Evening Ledger,
of October 29tli, contained the fol
lowing which will be read with in-tere.-t
by friends of Andy Schmad-r.
the Louisville bov who is in the ,;i;-t
meeting the big fellows in the i.x
ir.g game:
Enthusiasm in heavyweight com
petition has be-n lacking for many
years. It is apparent Yow. however,
that a revival of interest in bouts
between the big boys is assured. !' -ginning
with I'K-cembcr Jack D'inp
sey will bet: in hi.-; boxing eareer a-
the heavyweight champion of t he
world, and lie plans to k--p boxins'
regularly. Of cour e, if his manager
holc'.s out for exorbitant guarantees
Jack will 1 e "out of luck" and s.-
will the pcM r ol' public beeau.e it
is a cinch that the fans want to see
a lot of Dempsey's fighting.
Heavyweights are beginning to
take a new lease in life throughout
the country. K. O. B:!Ii Brennan.
Fred Fulton. Johnny Saxon. Ch iiK s
Weinert. Al Roberts. Willie Mt-ehan.
Andy Schinader. Battling Levinsky.
Larry Williams. Carl Morris. P.oh
Martin and Joe Bonds are only a
dozen heavyweights whose vanies
have been mentioned in the lat few
days for bouts. All of which i-:
rather unusual. for heavy woh-l :
matches have been very, very lev.-.
Picking an opponent r.ow for Demp-
sev would start an awful d.bate. Ir
is hard to select the best of the crop
ruled by Jack. But so long ::.- Jjtk
Kearns is fair with purses wanted
for Dempsey's services. Jack won't
be any idle idol.
Bill Brennan is starting an exten
sive campaign to prove that he i
the top-notcher of the heavy weight
contenders. Brennan stopped John
ny Saxon in Bayonne. N. J.. l ist
night. His next bout will be at
Montreal. Canada, with Ralph Brew
er as his vis-a-vis and on November
7 Knockout Bill is billed for a bout
with Texas Tate in N;-w Oil - is
and five davs later Jack Mason v. ill
be the party of the second p.irt in
contert at Shrevcpoi t. La. - I.oiu--
ville Courier.
RETURNS FROM THE
HOSPITAL IN OMAHA
From Thursday's Dallv.
Mrs. John W. Crabill. who for the
past several weeks has been at the
Methodist hospital in Omaha. b..s
so far recovered as to be a bio o
return to her home in this city.
Mrs. Crabill was operated on f r .
the removal of her tonsils a. id for
a short time was allowe" to have
the hospital and remain at the
home of her sister, M'?. Harry
Northcutt. but her condition be
coming worse she was compelled to
return to the hospital and r-nnined
there until returning home. The
relatives and friends are delighted
that Mrs. Crabill has recovered so
nicely from her operation and trust
that she may speedily be restored to
her former good health.
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