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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920.
No. 85
BRYAN HERE
TO PLEAD FOR
HIS TICKET
SPEAKS AT DIST. COURT ROOM
LAST NIGHT TO AUDIENCE
THAT FILLED ROOM
SCORES SENATOR HITCHCOCK
And Sets Forth the Principles He
Hopes to Have Placed in the
Platform If Elected.
From Friday's Dally
Last evening William Jennings
Bryar, three times democratic can
didate f for the presidency of the
United States, and now seeking the
position cT delegate at large to the
democratic national convention, vis
ited this city in the interest of his
candidacy and addressed the voters
both male and female, at the district
court room In the court house.
Mr. Bryan has lost none of the
charm cf his eloquence in the years
that have gone by since he first com
menced campaigning in Nebraska,
although his voice has taken on a
sharpness of age that was not heard
in the Bryan of the free silver days
and the countenance of Mr. Bryan
Is showing the intensity 'of the pub
lic life he has lead.
"Attorney D. O. Dwyer presided, at
the meeting and introduced Mr.
Bryan, who was delayed several
minutes in arriving, to the audience
which numbered some 250 persons,
almost equally divided between the
male and female voters.
Mr. Bryan in his opening remarks
spoke of the strenuous day of travel
that he had spent through the south
eastern portion of the state and the 'u,u",u
pleasure he felt In being able to be lngs of the house and the personal
with the citizens who had first sent wardrb of the young man aside
him to congress. He also touched from what he had on his back and
j; ,, . . , ' , with It a number of valuable papers.
on the candidates on his ticket, for . j
.i.i ..,.. i . . The auto of Mr. Murray was ss ved
delegates both at large and in this . ......
. . , from the fire affer much trouble aid
district, and urged their support. ... , , , .
this Is all he has left. Earl haa e
In the statement of the issues of curde 640 acres in Union COUnty
the campaign Mr. Bryan strongly New Mexico and a portion of which
opposed the compulsory military sys- is wooded . land, something rathei
tern as tending .toward militarism unusuai for that country and in
and also spoke of the profiteer and time tne iand wm be very valuable,
urged the curbing of this evil, but He has resided there only two weoks
did not offer the remedy that would ani states that it is very lonesome
rid the nation of this festering sore. a3 ne haa no neighbors and the near
although he stated that the demo- j est postoffice and store is six mile
cratic party could deal better With ! away and it is Just a tiny settlement,
this as the profiteers were mostly The hard luck of the young man
members of the republican party. be much regretted by his many
He also urged the bonus for the friends in this city.
soldiers, but stated that while many ;
favored this they offered no way of 1 TIIIC fllODI AV flC
raising the funds and Mr. Bryan sug- A lIllL UlurLAl. UT
gested that the 23,000 millionaires
that had been created by the war
be taxed to secure the amount ne
ctFsary to furnish the compensation.
Ih touching on the public owner
ship of railroads Mr. Bryan favored
this measure. and attacked Senator
Hitchcock who he stated did not
care whether or not the government
owned the railroads but wanted an
endorsement of his stand given by
the democratic voters.
In speaking of the peace treaty
J.lr. Bryan stated that the principals ,
embodied in the peace pact were the
Lest that could possibly be secured
and that he favored the ratilcation
cf the treaty at once without reser
vations but if the., senate believed
this necessary he thought that the
majority opinion should be accepted
end the United State? ratify the
treaty and assist-the world by giv-
nig It a helping hand In this time
cf stress and suffering.
The chief portion of the speech nection with the county spelling con
was devoted to' the arraignment, of . test that ts to be held at the audi
Senator Hitchcock on his attitude on J torium of the Plattsmouh high school
the prohibition question. The speak-J on Saturday afternoon. ; The school
er charged him with having repre-j work will be on exhibition the corn
Rented the liquor interests in the . ing week and from It the best work
years 1910, 1912 and 1916 in which
campaign Mr. Bryan" was defeated
for delegate to the national demo
cratic convention. He stated that
Mr. Hitchcock by his advocacy on
the light wine and beer was a tool
of the liquor interests and appealed
on this to the audience to vote for
the Bryan delegates to the national
convention. He also took the Ne
braska senator to task for failure .o
get into the suffrage band .wagon
and charged him with the desire
ami intent to defeat the proposition
of giving the ballot to the women cf
the nation.
At the close of his address Mr.
Bryan paid his complements to Ar
thur Mullen, candidate for national
committeeman and charged him with
also being an anti-suffrage leader as
well as urging the election of W. II.
Thompson.
Charles A. Lord of Lincoln, can
didate for district delegate, accom
panied Mr. Bryan as did a repre
sentative of the Omaha Daily News,
which paper is covering the Bryan
campaign of the state.
OUT DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES
From Thursday's Daily.
Tiris looming County Clerk George
K. Sayles ovparted for . the countiy
to look i-frer the distribution cf the
supplies and ballots for the forthcom
ing primary election on Tuesday
next. Mr. Sayles will visit the. south
ern portion of the county today and
go as far west as Weeping Water and
tomorrow expects to reach the-remaining
precincts in the west part
of the county. The condition of
the roads has been such as to make
travel very difficult In a grest many
places and will make the work of
delivery quite 'slow.
EARL MURRAY HAS A
STREAK OF BAD LUCK
Plattsmouth Youg Man Komestead
ing in New Mexico Has Home and -Contents
Destroyed by Fire
From Friday' Dallv.
Earl L. Murray of this city, one
of the service men who served dur
ing the world war with Co. I, of the
168th infantry; and who is now
hemesteading near Guy, New Mexi
co, writes to Edward Ripple of this
city telling of a piece of bad !uck
that-has befallen him. Mr.' Murray
had the' house"" "that "he had con
structed on his place entirely de
stroyed by a fire a few days ago and
SCHOOL WORK SHOWN
Office of County Superintendent Fill
ed With Specimens of Work Turned
Out by Schools of Cass County
From Thursday' Daily
The exhibition .cf the work turned
out by the pupils "of the grade schools
of Cass county, which is being shown
at the office of County Superintend-
ent Miss Alpha Petersen', is one of
the finest that has been shown in a
number of years. Practically all of
the schools of the county are rep
resented in the work and. it Is a
splendid showing for the students
ranging from the first to eighth
grades. Free hand drawings, out
line work, penmanship and map
drawings are among the exhibits and
the collection Js very complete.
This exhibition is shown In con-
will be selected to send to Lincoln
for show at the state school exhibi
tion In competition with other coun
ties of the state and it is safe to
say that Cass county will have as
good a showing as any county in the
state from the standard of high class
work.
EGGS FOR HATCHING
Buff Orphington's eggs, $1.00 per
setting $?.00 per 100.
SAMUEL GOODMAN.
A 12-4w. . . ." Mynard, Neb.
DEATH OF XL
II. MOORE -- AN
AGED PIONEER
CAME TO NEB. CITY WHEN LAD
OF FIVE YEARS LIVED IN
STATE LONG TIME.
WAS PAST 76 YEARS OLD
Resident of Plattsmouth Last Four
Years Was a Freighter and
Gold Miner in Early Days
from Thursday's Daily.
At an early hour . this morning"
William Henderson Moore, one of
:he oldest pioneers of Nebraska,
passed away at his home in this
aity after a lingering illness due to
:ancer and dropsy, which for the
jast five weeks kept him confined
.o his bed.
Mr. Moore was bom at Richmond,
ndiana. May 18, 1844, and when he
lad reached .the' age of four years
he father' was removed by death and
he mother, Mrs. Z. I. Moore, with
.he little family removed to Nebras
xa. settling near Nebraska City in
1849. and here' they made their
tome for a number of years. The
nother died when Mr. Moore had
.eached the age of 11 years and he
then made his home with the Clark
family on a farm near Nebraska
?ity, until reaching the age. of 14
ears, when he engaged In the work
jf freighting, follownig the march of
,he ox drawn freighters across the
.hen Indian. infested plains of west
;rn Nebraska and Colorado, to Den-
During: his service as a freight
team driver, Mr. "Moore made thirty
rips across, the plains which were
.llled with the thrilling adventures
if the pioneer days. A- the discov-
jry of gold in the Rocky mountains.
he Joined the onrushing horde of for
'.une hunters and was for a few years
engaged in mining near Georgetown
ind Colorado Springs, but failing to
Ind the fortune that the gold strike
lad prQmised, he then returned to
he old home at Nebraska City and
n 1874 was married in that city to
Miss Emma Cowles.
The family made their home at
Uebraska City for some4 fifteen yoarj
during which iime Mr. Moore con
tinued his mining interests in the
-est. Twenty years ago they re
moved to Lincoln, where they made
their home for fifteen years, coming
to Plattsmouth four years ago, and
have since made their home here.
Mr. Moore has, since the resi
lence of the family here, been spend
ing a part of his time at Joplin, Mo.,
where be was engaged in work in
the zinc mines near that city.
To mourn his death there remain
he aged wife and three children.
Miss Jessie Moore, residing at home;
Mark Moore of Lincoln and William
Moore of Grand Junction, Colorado.
One half-brother, James Walker, and
i sister, Mrs. Keysor, residing at
Wayne, Nebraska, also remain to
share the grief of the death of this
good man.
The funeral services will be held
at the home on Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. McClus
key of the Presbyterian church.
SECURES NEW EQUIP
MENT FOR ROAD WORK
County Highway Commissioner Re
ceives Building That Will Be Used
on New Highway System
"
From Thursday' Dallv
. County Highway Commissioner C.
F. Vallery was a very busy man to
day unloading and arranging the
building shipped, here by the state
department of public works and
which is to be used on the new gov
eminent aid highway to house the
employes of the road work. The
building was constructed by the
state and loaded on. a fiat car for
delivery here and Is a very compact
and well built structure. - It is pro
vided with facilities for cooking for
the men as well as sleeping quarters
and will be located at some point
alon gone of the sections of the new
road where it will be occupied by
the patrolman and the employes of
the road work. R is the intention
to have these buildings placed along
each five mile seetion cf the -road
and in this way the patrolman will
be able to be on the job all the time
in looking after the care and main
tainance of the road. .
Mr. Vallery is demonstrating the
wtedom of the commissioners in his
appointment as he is a rustler and
Is busy every minute in the day in
preparing for the work over the
county in caring for the roads and
those who are acquainted with the
roads over the county know this is
truly some job. With the plans for
the county highway system it will
not be long before the county is well
covered by good roads that can be
traveled any time f the year.
PIOEER LA PLATTE
MAN DIES AT 90
Victor W. Miller, Well Known Pio
neer of This Portion of Nebraska
Passed Away Yesterday .
Fiom Thursdays Daily.
Yesterda ymorning William Vic
tor Miller, one of the oldest residents
of the eastern portion of Nebraska,
passed away at his home on a farm
near LaPlatte, at Jlhe ripe old age
of ninety years. Mr. Miller has re
sided on the farm where he passed
away for the past fifty-one years
and was well known in this city to
a large number of the older resi
dents. The deceased gentleman was
born in Scotland, July 27. 1S30. and
came to LaPlatte in the year. 1SC3
.and was married there jthe same
year. He is survived by four sons
and two daughters.-.
The funeral of this aged pioneer
will be held from the St. Agnes
church in South Omaha on Friday
. anL'the burial- ride. in-.the .St.
Mary's cemetery..
PROMINENT CASS
CO. COUPLE WED
Miss Ida H. Wolken and Mr. William
JIuenchau Are United in the Bonds
of Holy Wedlock at Eagle.
from Friday' Pail v. ;.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Wolken, their daughter,
Ida H. and Wm. Muenchau were
united In marriage. They were at
tended by Dan Muenchau, brother
of the groom, and Leta Wolken, sis
ter of the bride. Rev. John Davis of
Milford officiated, ring ceremony be
ing used. The wedding march was
played by Lillie Muenchau. The
room was decorated very beautifully
in pink and white streamers with
brides roses and tulips. .
The bride was very beautifully
dressed .in white satin with overdress
of white georgette trimmed with
pearls. She wore a veil of silk rao-
leen with orange blossoms cuaght
in the veil. She carried a large
bouquet of brides roses.
The bridesmaid was dressed in
pink satin trimmed with pink silk
moleen and carried a large bouquet
o fpink roses.
The groom wore a suit of blue
serge. The best man oeing also ai-
itred in a blue serge suit.
The bride is one of the popular
young ladies of Eagle and well liked
by all who knows her.
The groom is the eldest son of
Mr. an Mrs. Fred Muenchau. sr.. of
Elmwood, and is well liked by all
who know him. He Is one of the
prominent business men of Eagle,
being in the garage business.
A very bountious dinner was
served by the bride's mother, the
table being decorated with blue
streamers and carnations and brides
roses. The most beautiful was the
bride's cake as it stood among the
many other good things to eat.
After a short wedding trip they
will be at-home to their many
friends after April 20, 1920, at
Eagle, Neb. .
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Frod Muenchau, sr., and Lillie Bert
of Elmwood; Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Muenchau and family; Mr. and Mis.
Fred Muenchau and family; Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Smith and family of Alvo;
Dan Muenchau; Mr. and Mrs. Tarn
Malone and family; Miss Smith of
Elmwood; Mr. and Mrs. Halvorson
and Edwin; Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Wolken and family. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT B, P. 0,
E. STANDS FOR
PERHAPS YOU'VE THOUGHT "IT'S
ALL FOR FUN!" PAUSE
THEN, AND READ
AH 'ALL - AMERICAN' ORDER
Patriotic in Purpose and Helpful in
Purpose It's Really Worth
While Belonging To.
'From Thursday's uaily.
uuring the next few weeks many
men of the community will be ap
proached relative to joining the lo
cal lodge of Elks. In view of the
contemplated drive by the newly ap
pointed "75 Members in 36 Days"
committee, we believe something of
hat Elkdom is and what it stands
for should be published.
Elkdom is strictly an American
institution and does not exist out
side of these United States. Found
ed in America, by Americans, it is
but natural that the flag of the
United States should be one of its
most cherished emblems, and pa
triotism and love of country its fun
damental doctrine.
To some it is an unknown fact
that the Elks were responsible for
the entry of the Salvation Army
;hat organization whose motto was
'Give, give, give" into the oversea
Geld of service. It was the Elks who
stood squarely behind them in those
early days before their aims were
well enough understood : that they
could""raise' money bjrT)opular sub
scription themselves, and with tears
streaming down her face. Comman
der Evaline Booth, speaking before
the last national Elks convention at
Atlantic City, paid masterful tribute j
to the Elks.
But this was not enough. With i
the return of our boys from the glor
ious field of battle, wounded In body J
but not in spirit, the Elks came to
the front again,' establishing voca
tional trades schools, where these
brave, sons of America could receive
educational along lines that would
enable them to become self-supporting.
With the war safely over, the
government turned its attention to
peace-time needs and quickly saw
the desirability of the plan adopted
by the Elks and so entered upon the
task itself on a much larger scale
than private enterprise could pos
sibly hope to do.
Every member of the Elks lodge
who served in America's armed
forces was exempted from all dues
during his service and the doors of
Elks homes everywhere were thrown
open to the boys who wore the uni
form of our country. These and
many other patriotic acts have made
of the B. P. O. E. what they are
sometimes and really like to be al
ways called Best People on Earth.
This is the guiding spirit of Elk
dom, although there is also room for
a less serious vein and wherever an
Elk may roam he is assured of find
ing pleasure in the association of his
brothers.
There is room in the Plattsmouth
lodge for more good men other
than these not wanted under any
condition and there are many good
men within the jurisdiction of 'the
lodge who do not belong. These' will
be solicited - within the next few
weeks and it is to acquaint them
with the principles at Elkdom that
the above information is published
by the committee in charge of the
"75 Members" drive.
TED RENNER INJURED
UNLOADING POLES
Young Man Was on Flat Car Loaded
With Telephone Poles When They
Spilled Throwing Him to Ground
Fria Thursday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon Ted Renner
received a , very bad dislocation of
the left elbow and numerous other
bruises and a badly lacerated face
as the result of the spilling of a
loaded flat car of telephone poles at
the siding near the Burlington
freight house. At the time of the
accident Ted was on top of the poles
on the car assisting In their unload
ing when suddenly the stays holding
the poles on the car gave away and
they at once commenced to 'fall to
the ground and started to carry the
young man with them. Ted, seeing
his danger jumped and came near
clearing the" flying poles, but one
struck him and pinned him to the
ground and the force of the falling
pole caused a very severe disloca
tion of the elbow joint of the left
arm. In falling the young man lit
in the cinders and dirt along the
right-of-way and his face was badly
scratched up and bled profusely; as
he was taken to the office of Dr. Liv
ingston. Ray McMakn and Ray
Schiapaccasse who were working with
Ted in the unloading of the poles,
with Manager Cole of the telephone
company, assisted the injured young
man to the office of the surgeon
where the injured member was dress
ed. ELMWOOD IS ON
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Men Are Now at Work' Who Will
Spend Tims Putting Roads
in Shape.
From FriJay' Dally.
From the understanding that we
get of the situation the Lincoln high
way will pass directly through Elm
wood. Men are now already at work
on the road. Charley Cole will have
a strip of road to look after com
mencing north of town and passes
through town and to the O street
road two miles south of town and
then west to the George Oehlerking
corner. From this point his broth
er. Earl Cole will take charge of the
roadapid.work it to the Lancaster
county line". Charles Cole will live
in Elmwood and Earl Cole will live
at Eagle.
These men will put in all ' their
time working the roads both winter
and summer. This will be a fine
thing and will insure a good road.
This new development in the road
situation has aroused considerable
speculation and his been the cause
for much discussion among our clti
rens the past few days. Many ar
gued that well kept up dirt roads
were a mighty fine thing and others
said that it was their belief that this
road as maped out, would be paved
in the not far distant future, or
course it naturally brought out the
different kinds of paving and which
was the best. Consequently many
were relating their experiences as
they traveled over various paved
roaas in ineir buiu w i vc
country. Anyway, the matter of
navine may soon become an actual
fact and we may see the main street
of Elmwood paved. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
Wanted a Telephone Man.
Wanted, a competent telephone
lineman to take charge of local tele
phone system. Apply at Union Mu
tual Telephone Co. $
W. B. BANW1MU, .
lwd&sw Union, Neb.
Dally Journal 16c per wee.
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EAGLES PRE
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SHIP DRIVE
PLATTSMOUTH ARIE NO. 365 AR
RANGING FOR CLASS ADOP
TION ON APRIL 29 '
TO SECURE 25 HEW MEMBERS
Meeting Last Night Decides on Step
to Increase Membership To Have
South Omaha Team For Work
From Frldayi Daily.
Last eevning the local arie of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles held their
regular meeting and took into mem
bership several candidates to add to
their large and growing meraberihip
and the occasion was one much en
joyed by the members present.
The members of the Eagles have
decided on a membership drive which
will start at once and continue un
til April 29th and during which
time the lodge will endeaver to add
twenty-five new members. With the
usual push and energy of the Eagles
this should be easily accomplished
as the members of this arie have
the reputation of getting away with
any proposition they take up and
they are now getting busy in secur
ing these desired additions to the
order.
The arie in this city Is one of the
live ones of the state and has, since
its organization, been very promin
ent in the Eagle circles of the state
and have been honored in having one
of their number, William Barclay,
as one of the grand arie off.cers of
the state. The club rooms in the
Coates block ghat e been greatly en
joyed by the membership and the
untimate aim of the lodge is the
efection of a building of their own
that will be a fitting monument to
the order.
For the big meeting on the 29th
the South Omaha degree team will
be present to administer the work
and to assist in seeing that the new
members are made full fledged
Eagles. It is hoped, to have the
state president of the order present
on this occasion an to make the oc
casion one of the best that has been
enjoyed by this live bunch in many
months.
BAD FIRE AT NEHAWKA
Prom Friday's Daily.
The fine residence of Senator A. P.
Sturm.of Nehawka. was destroyed by
fire early Tuesday morning and as
a result Of the ravages of the fire
the structure was burned to the
ground. The house caught fire in
the roof and It is thought that the
blaze was caused by a defective fine.
The contents of the rooms on the
lower floor of the house were saved
by the efforts of the neighbors. The
residence was one of the finest in
Nehawka and was valued at $10,000.
The loss on the house "was partially
covered by Insurance.
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