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Nebraska State Histori cal Society VOL. XXXVII. PLATTSMODTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. MAY 3, 1020. NO. 89 KATGHA-KGB" PROVES VERY IS GIVEN UNDER AUSPICES OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH YOiitio PEOPLE ALL CLEVER Cr;;t Civcs Pleating; Presentation of I Tuneiul end Ilcaiing Story and Erilliant Chcrus Adds to Effect f'r'-rn Ti.ur Tin- J.:. ?'u !;.:'s:t lav's Ia:ly ::t;it i :i ia-t :1 fanta ' !' eve:ii:v:- tjf . "Ka'cha- Kiio" by th? i;i!is people of the city .:!! t!i- direcH.:i (' .Miss l.'.lel n'e'i-- i P t :.. . n WC (;Ii Cl the ID i t . : n.a if ;fici ... , v nidi has : ., ,. .. ; I. - "i - .v. i; 1:1 the for Lie nine a ; I ii which the iters i,r Hi- t - ! :(! t han d ability and their l-" pleasing 1 iluii ! efforts !..! . Im 1 and enterta e I ih.- lat v 5 It. r 'present to un?ss pit" of me p.:1.- w;. t: laid im t it lr i. t;i w .-r i I. s'lM- : th ; 1 i;a (,f mystery, ir l:a. . rs of the in i -(? a:ni thu playlet :: isc of the p'D; e that 1 3 1; .! !c sway It - i-mie-iT v.ur- iill predominates, fhe niists, nialiaraj.i'i ar.d the c.aiiiiiKg maidens of th-? temple and :1. wives of the ruii-r a- ..il as a l vdi'ir.m'- Americans com .r i .-.. 1 the I':!.t.pals of the play u: I thei ev .Uent efforts were aide I by several (1 ru.c" and groups, who Li 'tie musi cal ! dancing numbers jouod much '.. i t o r-.itces of the PiTjring. j i he curtain on the ."irc pcit dis-c!'-sd the temple of IJuT.''v :u I't re I i 1 the religious aK;r, Katch Km had stationed himself and de spit the efforts tf the maharajah of llur.ga, in which role Percy Fields ap peared the fakir Katcha-Koo in which Goerge Dovey appeared, ret used to he removed from the temple. The fakir refusing all temptations and retnaiiK-d there. Solejah, tiie widow of a wizard, impersonated by Miss Delia Frans and the four charming wives of the maharajah. Chin-Cliin Fin). Brazillitata. Patsy Kildare. LaBelle Kly-ee. .Misses Helen Egen bcruer. Flsie Hoberg. Alice Pollock. md Katherine Waddick were anion?) tluise win tried to rid the ) temple of the tresspasser but without succe-s until the arrival of two ad- venten us Americans Dick Horton ' and Harry Bradstone. in which char acters Carl Schneider and Dr. Bella my of Shenandoah. Iowa, appeared, came along and through the aid of the masic bag secured bv Selejah, i I t he fakir was made to forsake the : temple and the play was then livened i by the many startling experiences in j which Katcha-Koo took part." The. wealthy .Airs. t liattie-Gaoain in which role Mis-s Bernese Newell ap- j peareil. as well as her two charming daughters Dolly and Prudence. (Miss F;;e Chase and Mrs. Howard Ralya) wn-A the obiecf ,f the eves of the , . . T ,. , ". . , haughty Indian ruler and Katcha- Ko" also fell in love witl e daugh ters to the great wrath of the ma harajah, who threatened death to the ". met icans unless the fakir was re stored to his former condition, but the joy of his adventures would no.' allow Katcha-Koo to resume the role f religious fakir. The efforts of the principals to rcovc?r from Katcha Koo the magical garments was thej cheif feature of the play. During' the first act several tuneful musical numbers were given by the princi- pals and chorus' including. "I'm ; W?:tir.: Yet", by Mr. Fields. "It's' the Clothes That Makes the Man", by Mr. Dovey and chorus. "Tell Me Why You Love Me", by Mr. Schneider and Miss Chase and "That's What He Taught Me to Do", by Mrs. Ralya and Dr. Bellamy. The number "Di vert iscnnnt Oriental", by the chorus was very pleasing. Tin role of Frbannah. high pries tess was taken by Mi?s Alice Weyrieh and the priestesses by Mrs. E. G. Shallenbergcr, Mrs. Clarence Boyn ton. Miss Helen Hunter, Miss Flor ence Balser. Miss Myrtle Hennings. and Mrs. F. R. Gobelman. while the priests were B. A. McElwain, R. W. Knorr. Don York. Carl Schmidtmann. The polo dance wa one of the pleasing feature of the second act of the play as tho efforts to restore Katcha-Koo were continued, and the pol) group composed of Misses Mar tha Valltry. Gladys Liston. Mary Katherine Pannele, Verla Becker, Honor Seyb?rt. Freda Sattlor, Verna .ies, and Messr.". Walling. Law- it iue byvetl.cr. Will Schnndtmann. John Sat tier, Tom Walling. Albert J;nJa :'i:d Hilt Martin were ' most delightful in their clover dancing and thin number also introduce;! Sesi;uchanna Sue". Ming by Mrs. Howard Kalya in her pleasing man ner. I Tfif itmiein"- nf lis l.irv ICitlifi- ino I'arniele. one of the gifted artists of the city was one of the chief fea tures of the evening's entertainment and demonstrated her grace and ar tistic ability in the dances. In the second part the musical se lections were very pleasing, "If Thing Were Only Different", by Mr. Schneider, Dr. Bellamy, Miss Frans and Miss Weyrieh as well as "Girls Will- Be Girls", by Mr. Dovey and I Misses Egenberger. HoLerg, Pollock. ;iIul Waddiek. being especially pleas- i:.. i lie souk, wien i cm in School With i (iir , lv -Mr. Schneider - n l Miss Chase lntroduceu the Aulu Lang Syne group composed of Viola Archer. Florine Tritsch. Claire I f'reamer. Genevive Whelan, Judith j Johmon. Virginia Beeson. Fern Xeil J and Isabelle Hainey in the costumes j of long ago and made a very striking picture. .Assisting Miss Parmcle in her dances and in the special number were the veil dancers composed of Margaret Schlater. Theodosia Kroeh lor. Fern Noble, Wilma Bainev, Fae Cobb and Nellie May Cowles. The oriental ladies of rank were j Gelda Noble. Claire Mae Morgan. I,y- dia Todd. Gladys Cadwell. Myra Heine and Grace Beeson. In tha grand finale "Liberty Aflame". Mr. Frank Cloidt appeared j as soloist anu was assisted oy tne j assemble of principals .and choruses I including the little folks representing j the nations of the earth.,. The Yan ' "kee-Dixie girls were Katherine Schneider. Arlene Gilmore, Violet t Vallery, Edith Quinton. Eleanor Mc . Carthy. Bertha Schulhof. Mary Hal las, Helen Beeson. The Jackies. Em ma Wohlfarth, Clara Trilety. Cleone Mcisinger. Louise Short. Italy. Blanch Braum, Alice Ptak, Roberta Propst. Sylvia Noble. Elizabeth Wad dick. Olive Bonge. France, Helen Farley. Marie Hunted, Marguerite Wiles, Estelle Lister. Belgium, , Edith Fraley. Merna WolU". Helen Wescott. Ruth Shannon. The bam- : mies were led by little Jean Caldwell and were one of the most charming choruses being composed of the fol lowing: Jean Hayes, Catherine MeClusky, Gretchen Warner, Marie Sperry, j Alice Crabill. Bernice Arn, Marjorie ' Arn. Helen V. 1'rice, Nina South. , Ruth Pickett, Marjorie Pickett. Fern : Jahrig. Helen Iverson. Hazel Iverson. Ruth Warga, Helen Rush, Florence Connor, Annette Kirsch, Ethel Quin ton. Jennie Windham, Margie Braun, Wilhelmina Henrichsen. Katherine ; Flynn. Charlotte Fields. Helen Sharp, i Dorothy Persinger. Genevieve Ilatt, Martha Gorder, Dora Soennichsen, Margaret Gibson. Marion Copenhav ; er. Thelma Kroehler, Frances Ste- wart. Margaret Wynn, Germaine Ma son. Dorothy Elliott, Mary Nohava, Margaret Iverson. Leona Hudson, Elizabeth Hatt, Lorene Windham. Freda Preis, Patricia Flynn, Wilhel mina Schirk, Margaret Sch il.enber ger. Gus Brubacker appeared as Boody pah, a slave, and Harold Fitt and John Ptak as fan bearers and Claire Hudson as gong beater. The play will be given this even ing at the Parmele for the last time and tho'-e who were not in attend ance last evening should not miss -t and will assist in this manner the Christian Endeavor. COYOTES ARE PLENTIFUL From Friday's Dally. The office of the county clerk has j handled three more claims for coyote scalp bounties and making a total j of sixty-six brindled since November, j The latest to bring in their scalps are Frank Edwards of Alvo with nine, ; C. A. McReynolds of Murray with '. two and H. E. Raney of Weeping Wa ter with nine of the young coyotes. With a bounty of $3 each on the scalps the coyote industry In this county has been very successful the past season. Read the Journal. FUNERAL OF LATE JUDGE DOUGLASS Held at the lat? Home Thursday Af ternoon Conducted by Rev. H. G. MeClusky from Friday's Da 11 v. The funeral services of the late Judge Joseph E. Douglass were held yesterday afternoon from the home on high school hill and were largely attended by the friends and neigh bors of this good man, who in his iife time had been so pleasantly asso ciated with him. The services were conducted by Rev. H. G. MeClusky of the First Presbyterian church of which Judge Douglass had been so faithful a mem ber during his life time and where his presence will be greatly missed in the days to come as he was a faithful devout worker in the church and Sunday school and was for r. number of years superintendent of the Sunday school. Rev. MeClusky spoke of the splendid life of the de parted friend, and its worth to the '(immunity in which he had made his home. During the service a quar tet composed of Messrs. Frank A. Cloidt. R. W. Knorr, C. E. Pratt and Rev. MeClusky gave a number of the well loved songs which had been ta'" o rites of the departed, and Mrs. E. H. Wescott sang as a solo. "One Sweetly Solemn Thought". At the conclusion of the service the body was taken to the Burlington passen ger .station from where it was taken o the old home at Maryville, Mo., for burial, being accompanied by th1 family and "the relatives who were here for the funeral. The pallbear ers were selected from the members of the Cass county bar being Judge J. T. Begley. C. A. Rawls. Count Attorney A. G. CcTe. Earl R. Travis. E. Martin and John M. Leyda. The relatives fro mout of the city present to attend the funeral were Dr. G. G. Douglass, Elmwood; Rev. Lane Douglass. Ridgeway, Mo.; Dr. J. W. Dean and daugnter. of Mary ville. Joseph Edgar Douglass was born in Knox county. Mo., May f. lS.r9. He was the son of William and Emma (McMurry) Douglass. The former was born in Washington county. Ken tucky, and was a grandson of Hugh Douglass who came from Scotland to Virginia in 1740. . When the subject of this sketch was ten years old he removed with his parents to northwestern Missouri, locating on a farm near Maryvill;-. There he grew to manhood and ac quired his education. After attend ing Amity College, at Co'.lege Springs. Ia., for several terms he was elected instructor in Elocution and Oratory in a small collage in Missouri, but did. not accept. He taught for a time in the public scnools of Mis souri, studying law at the samatime. In August 188S, he was married to Daisy Dean, daughter of a well known physician of Maryville. Short ly after marriage he accepted the principalship of the Avoca school and has since been a resident of Ca.ss county. After teaching two years in Avoca he began the practice of law at Weeping Water, associated with the late Judge Travis. Twenty years ago he was elected county judge, which office he held two terms. Upon accepting the office he moved to Plattsmouth which has since been his home. Deceased was reared by devout Christian parents and about thiity years ago gave his heart to the Sav ior and has since followed in his footsteps. He was a member of the Congregational church at Weeping Water and has been a member of the Presbyterian church of Plattsmouth He was a great lover of music ud sang in the choir for many years. He was of a modest retiring disposi tion and had the Scotch characteris tic of being undemonstrative. He was possessed of a high sense of hon or and an uncompromising con science. Besides the wife, deceased leaves three children and two grandchild ren. The children are Mrs. Marie ! Steihm of Bloomington, Ind.; Miss i Vesta, a teacher in the Plattsmouth ' schools and Dean who is still at home. He also leaves three brothers, Wilson S., of Banner, Okla.; the Rev Lane Douglass of Ridgeway, Mo., and Dr. George Douglass of Elmwood. Barred Rock eggs for sale from ( best strains. $1.50 per 15; $7.00 per : 100. Phone 3421. C. L. Wiles. TO LOCATE ON CLAIM From f-'rioav's Pallv John Tarns, sun of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tains, departed this afternoon for Crook county, Wyoming, whcr-3 he will locate on a fine claim he has se cured near Moorciul't. Mr. 1J;iUi,'-i strved for two ye; rs in tin- army dur ing the war and has since his dis charge been looking i.vr the loca tions in the west for homesteads and finally decided on the Wyoming loca tion a? the most sriii;;!,!e one to be found. ' He will to his length of service have ,.:l -even month-? to live on the ho.iies: e:id until it is dr-eded to him. CHANGE IS MAGE IN BUSINESS FIRM Frank J. libersiial Purchases Half Interest in the Store of A. G. Bach & Co. Firm j'rnm Friday's Daily. Today a change was made in the store of A. G. Bach A: o.. in the low er Main street grocery store when Frank J. Libershal be anie half own er of this modern and up-to-date store. Mr. Libersiial bus purchased the interests of Mr. August Bach, Sr. and will lie associated with A. G. Bacli in the firm of Bach & Liber shal. The change in the firm how ever, will not mean any change in the same courteous dealings which the customers have found at this place in the past and the new firm wet comes all their old customers to cail and see them as well as the many new ones. Mr. Baeli has been in charge of the lowtr Main street store since its establishment and has built up a fine business there. Mr. Lib ersiial is well known to the Platts mouth public, having for several terms served as county clerk and has up until a few d . ago, been em ployed in the Burlington shops. The announcement of this firm will be found elsewhere in the Journal and they invite the public to call and see them. Mr. Bach. Sr.. will con tinue in the South Park sore. LOSES A VALUABLE HORSE YESTERDAY H. I-I. Soennichsen Has Fine Colt So Eadly Injured that It Was Necessary to Kill It. From Friday? Dailv. Yesterday afternoon the firm of H. M. Soennichsen suffered the loss ot a tine young horse t,hat was so severe ly injured in an auto mixup that it became necessary to kill the animal. Mr. Soennichsen was sending five' head of horses out to the Straight pasture on the Platte bottom and several of the horses were loose and following after the wagon while one of the voung horses was tied onto the rear of the wagon. As the driver of the wagon, HjJ- lard Grassman turned up the hill to go north near the Masonic home, a car came along bound for Omaha and running at a good rate of speed crashed into the horse that was tied to the rear of the wagon and broke a leg of the animal. The car stopped for a few seconds and the owner dis claimed, any responsibility for the accident and then proceeded on to Omaha, but not until Mr. Grassman was able to secure the number of the car and the identity of the Om aha man will be looked into. The horse was quite valuable and the injury was so severe that it was necessary to kill the suffering ani- inal at once. ARRIVAL OF A FINE BOY From Friday's rai!v A fine little son and heir was born to' Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rishel of this city at the Methodist hospital in Omaha on Tuesday, April 27th. The mother and little one are doing nicely and the occasion has been a very pleasant one to the proud fath er. The little son is a fine little lad weighing 7 pounds. The event has brought much pleasure to the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rishel and Mrs. B. C. Kerr of this city. Earl Cool and wife of Elmwood motored over last evening from their home and completed the arrange ments for moving to Plattsmouth to make their home in the future. DEATH OF OLD CASS 1 COUNTY RESIDENT John M. Fouler, Pioneer in Central Part of Count, Dies at IIo.r.c in Weeninrr Water. from FrMaVs lali John M. Fowler, pioneer and resi lient oi tins community tor more than three score ye.. rs, passed away at his home on East Eldora avenue Friday afternoon, April 22. 100, at the age of f,:j years. 10 months and 9 days, after several weeks of severe illness. Mr. Fowler had spent prac tically his whole life in this com munity as his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fowler were among the first homesteaders as home builders of this community. John's friends nev er diminished and always grew as he made acquaintances. His seven living children, although somewhat scattered, had all visited him during his last weeks of sick ness and were all present at the funeral, which was held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:20 and ?as in charge of Rev. W. F. Has kins. pastor of the M. E- church. The remains were tenderly laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery. Those who attended the funeral from a distance besides the daughter. Mrs. Roy Marshall and children, of Payette, Idaho, who have been here for some time, were the son Charley, of Central City; the daughters, Mrs. Fred Wolf, husband and family, of Benson; Mrs. Walter Powers, hus band and baby of Paul; Mrs. John Norris, husband and family.' of Avoca and son Paul, of Lincoln, as well as Miss EiTie Saunders, of Lincoln. Obituary John Martin Fowler was born in Mercer county. Pennsylvania. June 14th. 18S6. The family came to Nebraska in 1ST7 and settled on the old Fowler homestead one and one half miles east of Weeping Water, where he grew to young manhood. On December 10, 1S77, he was unit ed in marriage to Laura Jane Comp ton. To this, union eleven children were born, three sons and eight daughters. Twenty-two years ago, he with, his family moved to Weeping Water, where he has since resided. Nine years ago Mr. Fowler was stricken with paralysis which was later fol lowed by a second stroke since which time he has gradually failed , in health until the past few weeks when he grew gradually weaker un til death, which occurred on Friday. April 23rd. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Laura Jane Fowler and seven children,-nineteen grandchild ren, other relatives and many friends. Mr. Fo-vyler was of a kindly, gen ial disposition, loved and respected by all who knew him. His children cherish the memory, of an unusually affectionate and kindly father whose life was a constant erample. Weep ing Water RepubOcan. CANDIDATES GET OFF WITH LITTLE EXPENSE Statement of Expenses Filed in Office of County Clerk Sayles Shows But Little Money Spent at Primary From Friday's Dally. The candidates in Cass county par ticipating in the late primary elec tion who have filed their statement of expense as required by law have gotten off very easily as far as the amount of cash spent to secure the honor of being a candidate for pub lic office. State Senator A. F. Sturm reports the sum of $32.20 expended, $5 for the filing fee and the remaind er, $27.20 ftistributed among the newspapers of the district. County Judge Allen J. Beeson reports that his efforts were confined to $10 for the filing fee while his opponent M. S. Briggs parted with $10 for filing and $3 for postage. District Judge Begley will not have an Inquiry as to his expense as the only expendi ture made was the $10 for the filing fee. Dr. B. F. Brendel of Murray, candidate for representative, states that he has spent . nothing for the honor of the democratic nomination District Clerk James SI. Robertson expended $36175 in being re-nominat ed which includes the filing fee and announcements in the county papers. The remaining candidates have not as yet appeared with their list of ex penses, but there has apparently been but little expenditure made and th? old time "bar'I" has failed to be' no ticeable. JUDGE DOUGLASS A TRT2UTS i How beautiful it feenis, while all nature is singing the new life song, whiel the sun with pursuasive smiles is wooing from the earth her richest treasures, at the eventide of a spring time day. that a human soul at peace with the world, enraptured of home, idolized by loved ones, should feel the touch of divine love and follow the gentle voice of a Savior, into a newer and grander life. I Beautiful, too. and sublime, must I it be for those who are left, to re f member such a one with hearts throbbing only with tenderness and love, and with thoughts brilliant with memory pictures of days now gone. Beautiful, too, to remember that the last footsteps 'of the loved one were directed toward his home, the last service rendered was to bear in his arms food and refreshments for thoce whom he cherished, the last music heard was the greeting of his loved and loving companion, that his last conscious thought, as he at tempted to ccoss the threshold of his own loved home, was for the welfare of those for whom he lived. Rarely, indeed, in such a picture seen, but one such has truly been painted in our midst upon the warp and woof of everyday life. Gentle, amiable, faithful neigh bor and friend, from earth farewell. A Friend. FIRST TIME IN 24 YEARS From Thursday's Dally. This morning C. E. Ronne of Weis ner, Idaho, accompanied by his broth er, Frank Ronne, of near Weeping Water, was in the city for a fev hours looking after some matters in connection with the settlement of the estate of their father, Frederick Ronne. who died a week ago at the old home near Weeping Water. This is the first time in twenty-four years that C. E. Ronne has been in Platts mouth and he noted the many chang es that have occurred since that time and while here he enjoyed a short visit wijh County Clerk George R. Sayles, with whom he used to play ball when a boy out on the farm in Eight . Mile Grove precinct. Mr. Ronne Is now engaged in railroad work in the northwest, being an en gineer on the Oregon Short Line through Idaho. He returned to Weeping Water this afternoon and with his family expect to leave to morrow for the west. COUNTY C0MMISI0NERS MAKE TOUR From Thursday's Dally. The board of county commisioners together with County Highway Com missioner C. F. Vallery. departed thio afternoon out over the county to look over the roads and bridges, traveling through Eight Mile Grove, Louisville, South Bend and Salt Creek precincts and from Greenwood will go to Elmwood, where Commissioner Atchison will be left at his home and thence return to this city. 19 lJULLMK THAT GOES farih.ri IS THE DOLtAR thai 0tenr of horn The First National Bank, Plattsmouth, Nebraska . "The Bank Where You Feel at Home. BIO MUDDY IS THREATENING IOWA SIDE BREAKS RIP-RAP OPPOSITE THIS CITX" AND BEGINS EATING AWAY RIVER BANK. All Available Section and Road Men Hurried to Scene of Action Battling to Hold It Back From Friday's la!1v. 'The Missouri river has once iitfjre become a serious probh m for the Burlington railroad officials and the latest efforts of the river to break through and flood the Iowa bottoms and threaten the railroad interest is now occurring at a point straight east from this city on the Iowa side of the stream. The rip-rap at that potnt has been in for a number of years and today it yielded to the force of the water and gave way in a number of places and the rushing waters at once com menced their relentless eating i.way of the banks, kager to break from the present course of the river a'nd find a new channel through the Iowa bottoms. The grave danger threatening the interests of the railroad was realized and Division Superintendent Allen with all the available nen and ma terial were hurried to the scene of action in an effort to stop further cutting away of the banks and the formation of a new channel that would seriously threaten to leave the present course of the river a small by-channel and the hjg bridge stand ing over a dried up watercourse. Several trains of crushed rock have been sent to the scene of action as well as all the available men and the struggle to check the stream is being desperately carried on by the railroad men. The present, break is in a new lo cality from any that have been threatening in the past few years. as the previous breaks have been farther north in the vicinity of Hin ton and Folsom, where several hun dred thousand dollars were expend ed, by the Burlington and the state of Iowa in an effort to shift tho force of the current to the Nebraska shore. As it is . now the main cur rent, striking the Iowa shore near Hinton is shot over to the Nebraska shore and from there thrown back against the Iowa side at the point where the present break has occur red. MURRAY CHRISTIAN AID SOCIETY. The Ladies Aid society of the Christian church of Murray will meet on Wednesday May .'th with Mesdames Charles Creamer and Wal ter Sans at the Creamer home. All members and friends are cordially invited. a26-3w. The Safe Way to Buy Investments! It is estimated that over a half a billion dollars are lost to investors every year through the purchase of worthless securi ties. Heed the advice of experienced in vestors: "Don't buy stocks from strangers. Don't buy stocks from any one without the clos est investigation. Let some disinterested third person go over the proposition before you sign up." Any of our officers are at your service in such matters without cost or obligation. Your confidence will not be violated.