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PLATTSMODTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1920.
NO. 100
YOUNG MEN
SUFFER SE-
VERE INJURIES
HAROLD SMITH AND DEAN DOUG
LASS SERIOUSLY INJURED
AS RESULT OF CRASH
From Monday's Tai.
The peace and calm of the Sab
bat li day was marred yesterday by
an accident that while serious, for
tunately was not fatal to the par
ties involved. The collision of the
motorcycle driven by Harold Smith,
ton of .Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Smith,
with the automobile of Klmer Wet
enkamp. near the I'nited Brethren
church corner just :outh of the city,
was the direct cause of the injuries
suffered by the parties.
It seems tliat hmith .and his com
panion, leau Douglass, had started
out Chicago avenue for the south,
and were going at a high rate of
rieed. All went well with the party
until they neared the corner near
the church where the south road
makes a turn to the west.
Here the track on the right hand
side of the road is somewhat obscur
ed from persons coming from the
west as well as from the north and
a car or vehicle luis to clear the
corner before its approach can be
noted by p rsons coming the other
way.
the boys approached the turn,
the car driven by Klmer Wetenkamp
came around the comer and was
cm the wrong side of the road as the
driver had made a very short turn.
Mr. Wetenkamp. after-turning . the
corner, saw the motorcycle and at
tempted to avoid a collision" by run
ning his car over to the center of
the road and applying; the brake-.
The' driver of the motorcycle had
also evidently saw the car approach
ing on the left hand side of the road
and made a tun: o the right, with
the result that the motorcycle crash
ed head on with the auto, striking
direetly in front of the left hand:
front fender. The force of the ini
pact bent and tore thw fender of the!
auto, demolished the left hand front
li-iht and scraped along the left hand!
sou
the
1. ef tin en r ilniiwt il en i fit i -:li i ?l ir
motorcycle.
!
Doth Smith and Douglass were
thrown from the, wrecked motor
cycle and received frightful cuts
and bruises. The accident was wit
nessed by. Alvin Jones, who was
traveling along the road at the time
and he at once hastened to do what
was possible, as the two injured boys;
lving in their blood and the dirt of!
the road made evident the necessity
of a physician. Mr. Jones called
Sheriff tui!iton. as he thought the
1 ys were killed, and had the sheriff
bring out relief and aid for the two
boys.
()a reaching the city Dean Doug
lass was taken to the office of Dr.
Livingston and Harold Smith to that
of Dr. Flynn. Doth boys were suf
fering very much from their injur
ies and the dressing and cleansing of
their wounds reuuired some time as
the cuts were very severe.
Douglass, who hail been riding on
the rear of the motorcycle was the
worst injured of the two as he had
five very severe and deep cuts on
the face and side of his head where
he had come in contact with a part
of the wrecked motorcycle in his
f.ill. Smith escaped injury on the
face but had a very large gash tore
in the upper portion 'of his left leg,
vhich required sixty stitches to
close.
Dean Douglass, although badly in
jured, bore the ordeal of dressing
a nil sewing up his injuries In a stoi
cal manner . and without complaint,
although the pain was, most intens'e.
The two boys were later taken to
their homes, where they are resting
as easily as their condition will per
mit. Klmer Wetenkamp suffered a
slight cut on the left ear as the re
sult of broken glass from the window
on the fide of the auto being broken.
The motorcycle is so badly dam
aged as to almost require rebuilding,
while the car will take considerable
work to get it back in shape, al
though it is still in running condi
tion. The accident was one that is felt
greatly by the public as both the
injured boys are well known and
very popular in a large circle of
friends. Smith is employed by the
Union Pacific in the headquarters at
Omaha and has for several weeks
been enjoying his week-end outings
with his motorcycle which he re
cently secured.
MAY RECOVER PART
OF STOLEN GOODS
Portion of Loot from Brown Hard
ware Store at Greenwood Lo
cated by Omaha Cops.
From Tuesday's Dally.
This morning Sheriff C R Quin
ton departed for Omaha in response
to a message from the police depart
ment of that city announcing that
they had located a large amount of
the stuff in that city which it is
thought was taken from the Drown
hardware store at Greenwood on
Friday night. Sheriff Quinton at once
notified Mr. Drown who will come
on to Omaha ami meet the sheriff
and look over the various articles
of hardware which have been round
ed up by the police.
The discovery of a part of the
mis.-dng loot points to the certainty
that the robbery was the work of
one of the numerous gangs that have
been operating out of Omaha and
who have conducted a number of
raids on the small towns of the state
in the past few months.
LADIES ENJOY FINE
FLOWER MISSION
Home of Mrs. Charles A. Troop on
Chicago Avenue Scene of Most
Delightful - Gathering.
From Tuesday's Dally.
For a number of vears the ladies
of the W. C. T. U. have held the
custom of the observance of the
birthday of Jennie Cassidy, origina-.
tor of Flower day, by the holding of J
a flower mission at which time the
members came with the beautiful
messengers of the summer time.
Yesterday afternoon the ladies met
at the home of Mrs. C. A. Troop, on
Chicago avenue, in one of the most
pleasant meetings they have had for
some time. The members of the so
ciety had come laideu with beauti
ful flowers that made the home a
veritable bower of beauty and a fit
ting setting for the delightful pro
gram that followed. The school child
ren of the city to the number of
twenty-four assisted in the observ
ance of the day with a program of
musical numbers and recitations
that proved most delightful to all
those in attendance.
Mrs. Arthur Troop favored the
members of the party with several
violin solos, being accompanied by
her little daughter, Kathleen on the
piano and Mrs. E. R. Queen read the
story of the life of Miss Cassidy,
originator of Flower day, telling
how from her confinment to the bed
for years this wonderful woman had
felt the touch of the beauty of na
ture and from the many beautiful
floral tokens of love given her has
sprung the idea of a geueral observ
ance of a day of this nature when
the sick and suffering should be re
membered and while Miss Cassidy
haa long since passed away the beau
tiful custom that she originated Is
still in existence.
The ladies of i:ie V. C. T. U. aU
the close of their meeting yesterday,
had the beautiful flowers distribut
ed among the sick of the city to
cheer them in their affliction.
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER
IN H0N0R0F JUNE BRIDE
Mrs. Edith Kussel and Miss Helen
Coverdale were hostesses at a miscel
laneous shower given on Thursday
evening in honor of Miss Golda
Stephenson, who Is to be united in
marriage next week to Earl Irelan,
of Plattsmouth, formerly of this
city.
A large crowd was in attendance
and a most enjoyable time had.
Dainty refreshments were served
during the evening. The bride-to-be
was the recipient of many beau
tiful and valuable presents. Ne
braska City Press. . .
Dally Journal 15c per week.
DEMOCRATS HOLD
COMMITTEE MEET
Seleci Organization for Ensuing Cam
paign in Bath t ehLadies and
Iilen's Committees.
Prom Monday's Daily.
The democratic committeemen and
women who was selected at the last
primary election met Saturday after
noon at the office of J. I". Fa't-vr to
dc:ri; Jne upon a program fo the
coming campaign and selected the
officers to guide the destinies of the
party. For the chairmanship of the
men's committee J. F. Falter, the
present chairman was re-eleeted-and
raluctently accepted the position as
he has served in that capacity for the
past two years and the position of
secretary was left vacant to be filled
by the chairman later. The demo
cratic ladies organized by the elec
tion of Mrs. Albert Young of Mur
ray, as county chairman and Mrs.
Xettie Stanton of Union as secretary
and these ladies with the aid and
co-operation of the various eonimit
teewomen will undertake the task of
organizing the democratic la die.; la
their first campaign voters.
The committee took no action on
the vacancies that exist on th? tick
et in the offices of county assessor
or clerk of the district court and de
clined to accept the resignation of
Mr. Libershal until someone could
be found who was willing to make
the race.
It was decided that the committee
would meet following the national
convention at San Francisco and then
prepare to launch at once into the
campaign for the fall election:
RETURNS FROM SCHOOL
Fro.rn.Tjuesday' Daily,, , ., ..
" Adolph Cechal who has been at
tending the Iowa State Agricultural
school at Ames, Iowa, is home to en
joy the vacation season with his
mother and other relatives and
friends. Adolph has taken up the
government vocational training that
is offered to all those who are dis
abled in any way from their service
in the army or navy, and has found
the school work very interesting and
Am?s a very pleasing place.
RED SOX GRAB ONE
FROM THE RAMBLERS
Colored Base Ballists Unable to Con
nect with Twists of Either
Connors or McCarthy
Prom Monday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon the Red Sox
crew gave a very pleasing exhibition
of the. national pastime at the ball
park and in which they succeeded in
defeating the Ramblers of Omaha by
the score of fi to 0. The locals had
the game well in hand at all stages
and kept the visitors guessing as to
where they were to get off as Connors
was in excellent form and after keep
ing the colored brethren fruitlessly
jabbing at the elusive sphere for
seven innings, yielded the box to Joe
McCarthy, who was equally sucfess
ful in holding down the visiting ag
gregation.
Janda at first base secured a spec
tacular foul fly that was the chief
fielding feature of the game as every
body was up and going in the field
ing department of the contest:
The crowd was much better than
at the previous game and the boys
secured a neat sum for their treas
ury. MARRIED IN OMAHA.
From Tuesday's Daily.
On Saturday in Omaha occurred
the marriage of Miss Irene Scott l
Salina, Kansas, and Mr. Wilbur I.
Gamer of near Cedar Creek. Tiir
wedding is the culmination of a ro
mance of several years standing arc!
the ceremony that united the yoerg
people was .witnessed by Mr. ana
Mrs. Harvey L. Gamer of Cedar
Creek. The newly weds will mike
their home at the farm near Cetla:
Creek in the future.
NATURALIZATION DAY
From Tuesday's Dally.
Yesterday was a busy time in the
office of Clerk of the District Court
James M. Robertson as three of the
residents of the county, Frank J.
Svoboda, and Frank Dvorak o" this
city and Max Willi;; m Dustcrhoff of
Murdock were all -admitted t.- citi
zenship by the dirti k-t court. Ap
plication for citizenship was also re
ceived from Joseph Wutscheick of
Murdock, who was a-eompaniei here
by his witnesses Ed W. Thimgan nul
William H. Rush. ,
DAUGHTERS OF RE
BEKAH MET LAST NITE
Nine New Members Ave Initiated Into
Order by Officer? cf Local Lodge ,
and Fine Tim.- Enjoyed. .
- r'-Tl) TllesilH v' I f I'1.
Last evening the laughters of Re
btkah. the great auxiliary of the 1.
O. O. F.. held a interesting
meeting at their hull and at v.hiih
they conferred the bulge work on
nine candidates. Ti-e meeting wss
very largely attend""! and the great
est of interest shown 1 y the mcnib. rs
present. Mrs. Martha J. Petersen of
ficiated as initiating i r:-rcr and was
assisted by J. H. Short in the ini
tiatory work. Tiie work of initiation
required some tim.1 :.:id at the con
clusion the members were invited to
the banquet room where refresh
ments of ice cream and cake was
served and after a i-h.Mt time spent
pleasantly in visiti.ig the members
departde homeward feeling that it
had been a most enjoyable occasion
throughout.
UNION GRAIN DEAL
ERS FILE COMPLAINT
With State Railway Commission.
Charging Discrimination by J
. the . Misses"' -Pacific..
From Tuesday's Dally.
The firm of McCarthy
.C- Sturm.
grain brokers, of Union, has filed a
formal complaint with the state
railway commission against the Mis
souri Pacify? railway. In speaking
of the case the State Journal has
the following:
"Complaint allege that the cor
poration has used discriminatory
tactics in ordering that the local ;
agent give the next empty car to C
V. Chernov, stockholder in the farm
ers union elevator, rival of complain
ant. It is claimed that the orn to
be shipped in the. car is corn pur
chased for speculative purposes and
that it is not grain raised by Cheney.
The firm contends that the road fur-1
nished it with but eight cars sincr
September 1 and but three cars dur
ing May. It is claimed that but one
third of the 1919 corn crop has been
shipped and that room must be made
for the wheat.
"Superintendent Kirk, of the Mis
souri Pacific writes the commission
from Falls City that because of t he
car shortage, there appears consider
able desire on the part of certain
shippers interested in elevators to
order cars in their own names. The
shipper in question at Union, who it
is said, owns' two shares in the
Farmers elevator, placed an order for
two cars to load corn. lie advised
the company that tho corn was his
own. The superintendent asks for a
ruling on the question as to burden
of proof when discrimination, under
such circumstances, is charged.
"The commission finds that Union
has been treated as well as other
towns and has not been discriminat
ed against."
HOLDS SERVICE AT THE
CEDAR CREEK CHURCH
Rev. 1 1. CI. McClusky was out at
Cedar Creek Sunday evening con
ducting services at the Presbyterian
church of that place and a very
pleasing congregation was present to
enjoy the visit of the minister and
the excellent sermon offered on this
occasion. The Cedar Creek church
has no minister of its own and is
supplied from this city, having even
ing services there at least once a
month.
DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD
From Tuesday's Daily.
Last evening the death of the lit
tle year old child of Mr. and Mrs.
James Holy occurred at the home in
the west portion of the city after
an illness of a few days. The' fun
eral was held this morning from the
home.
INJURED BOYS ARE
Stil Stiff end Sore from the Effects
of the Cuts and Bruises Re
ceived Last Sunday
irorn Tuesday's raily. j
The two young men injured in the
motorcycle accident on Sunday, Dean
Douglass and Han Id Smith, are both '
getting along in fine shape and seem
to have no serious after eiVects f
t ht ir injuries.
Dean is up and around but Lis ir
juries are still -er painful a:;d he
will remain bandaged up f:;r .-oiiie
little time yet. "Happy" is i-till con
fined to his bed by his injured leg.
but it is reported this afternoon
getting along nicely although
as
he
will be compelled to remain
quiet
f-.-r several days at least to allow the
r
ired cords and muscles of the ltj
that were lacerated to heal up.
BURLINGTON LINE TO
SIOUX CITY IS OPEN
Ivliles of Track Made Impassible by
F.ood Waters Had to be Re
builtRoadbed Soft.
From Tuesday's Daily.
The Burlington line from Lincoln
to Sioux City through the llood
stricken country around Homer, was
opened for passenger service yester
day i-fternoon. it is announced.
This lino was closed by the flood
- f a week ago that washed out miles
of railroad track, making rebuilding
of the line in many places necessary.
The liille town of Homer suffered
gre-it loss, a third of the houses in
tire" Tii";fn - being- moved ' from
-1 It ei
,
ed a considerable distance away.
The damage to property aside
from railway damage was estimated!
at considerably in excess of a half
million dollars. Crops were ruined
in place.-, all the plowed dirt being
washed from the fields by the. flood
vhich came almost without warning.
It was reported that more than
ten inches of rain fell between Walt
hill and Homer during six hours and
this 'rain foifjul the streams run
ning .full at the start. The result
was that every stream and every
drainway was overfilled and the
water spread over a large area of
flat country. doing an enormous
amount of damage not easily esti
mated. NEW VENTILATION
SYSTEM ARRIVES
New l.Ioreland Theater Receives
Large Fan That Will Be In
stalled at Once.
From Saturday'? Daily.
The patrons of the new Moreland
theatere. saw visions of cool com
fortable afternoons and evenings at
this popular playhouse, when the
large ventilating fan that will be
used in the n-3w system of ventila
tion and cooling arrived yesterday.
The fan is one of the largest that
has been brought to the city and is
especially designed for a building
of the nature of the Moerland.
The management of this syndi
cate of theaters are preparing to
make their Plattsmouth house the
equal, of any that they have under
tludr control and the changes out
lined some time ago by Mr. Moreland
provides that the new Moreland is
made just as neat and comfortable as
possible. It is the desire of the man
agement that the conditions sur
rounding the Moreland be made such
that even in the hottest of weather it
will be cool and comfortable in the
building by the rapid and continuous
change of the air in the building.
CAR GETS DAMAGED
From Monday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon L. B Egen
berger, the lower Main street mer
chant, was out motoring In his Over
land car which had just been over
hauled and placed in service for the
1920 season of joy riding, and having
occasion to go to his apartments on
the second floor of his building, left
the car parked near the curb in front
of his building. His surprise can be
imgained on coming down later to
find the left rear fender and the tail
light smashed and for several minutes
the thoughts of Mr. Egenbeiger were
rather torrid, but the party who did
the damage called later and settled
for the same explaining that 'lb; car
had refused to respond to the steering
wheel and had shied into the i'gtn
berger car.
ACT OF SOMEONE
OF SMALL CALIBRE
( Auto Owners and Drivers Find Large
! Amount ct lacks inat bomeone
Had Placed in Roadway.
From Tuesdays Da 11 v.
The automobile drivers and owners
of the city who have had occasion to
travel out over the roads in the south
! portion of the cltv have come in re-
j portjng that their, tires have picked
up a large amount 01 large
amount of large tacks
i
and from their newness and amount
there is no doubt that it has been
the work of someone who possesses
no respect for the feeling cf those
who drive the automobiles.
A watch is being maintained by the
drivers of cars for the party who
puts out the tacks and if the man or
woman doing this is found there will
undoubtedly be something doing as
the tacks have caused not a little
annoyance to the auto owners and
several punctures. Certainly a per
son who will do a milicious act of
this kind to inflict injury upon the
property of someone else should have
some means of being punished.
WILLIAM STONLMAN, OF
LOUISVILLE, HERE TODAY
From Saturday's Daily.
This morning William Stohlman,
the Louisville merchant, and one of
' tne iovui
and steadfast democrats of
j c ass county, arriveu m tne ci:y 10 ai
Jtend the meeting of the democratic
, ". -,r
pnimTV rtiln til 1 1 ma nnn 1 1 unrini 'I
snoi i time wiin nis uiu il leu rs. .wr.
Stohlman reports that his brother,
Frederick Stohlman is to undergo an
operation today at the Methodist hos
pital in Omaha for the removal of a
cataract from his eye. M Freder
ick Stohlman a few years af.;o was
operated on for a growth on one of
his eyes and the operation sot rued
quite successful hut about a year ago
when his home was destroyed by fire
he over-exerted himself in attempt
ing to save the home and the neat
and the exertion produced an injury
to his good eye that has resulted in
,it being affected with a cataract and
now both eyes have become in such
shape as to cause almost total blind
ness. The operation will be perform
ed by Dr. Clifford and it is hopid will
result in the eyes recovering their
sight.
CARD OF THANKS
W.3 desire to thank the kind
friends and neighbors for their aid
to us in the hour of our sorrow. and
grief in .the loss of our little one.
Mr. and Mrs. James Holy and family.
W. S. Smith t)f Murray, was in the
city a short time this morning en
route to Corning, Iowa, where he
expects to visit for a short titne look
ing after some matters of business.
The First National Bank
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
"Jhe Bank Where You Feel at Home"
WIFE RETURNS
TO FIND HUS
BAND DEAD
MRS. ALBERT GASTER ARRIVES
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
FROM SO. DAKOTA
From Monday's Patty.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Albert
'aster returned home from Tacoma
Park, South Dakota, where she had
been with her son, Charles Witt
struck, on a visit at the home of a
son who had been injured a few day-;
atio, and on entering her home on
Chicago avenue was startled and
shocked to find the lifeless body of
Mr. Caster stretched on the bed.
The family at once summoned
medical aid and Dr. P. J. Flynn re
sponded and on his arrival made an
examination of the body and pro
nounced that death had occurred
from twenty-four to thirty-six hour:,
before the discovery of the body was
made. A search of the body for
some indication of the cause of death
revealed a small bottle of crystal
strychnin", a part of which had evi
dently been used and which is sup
posed to have caused the death of the
unfortunate man.
Mr. Caster was lying on the bed
dressed and there was no sign of a
struggle or disturbance that n;iJit
indicate a violent death and ashb
from the bottle of poison found in
the coat there was no jign that hi;
death had been other than natural.
Members of the family can acrih
no reason tor tne rasn act oi .ur.
Caster, as he was apparently in good
health and no cause for suicide
could be given, the relations .' t he-
family having been most pleasant
and harmonious. Several of the im
mediate relatives are of the opinion
that death was not due to suicide,
but to heart failure, although the
circumstances of the bottle of poison
as well as the outward appearance
of the body b-d to the conclusion
that Mr. Caster had taken U life. '
The deceased was thirty-six yers
of age and leaves a wife and seven
step children, three of whom are at
home, while the re.-t reside in t lo
west. He also leaves an aged moth
er residing at We.-t Point. Nebraska,
who has been notified of the tragic
death of her son.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
from the home on Chicago avenue,
but the hour has not been definitely
fixed.
GRADUATES FROM UNIVERSITY
From Tuesday's Dailv.
Miss Jessie Robertson of this city,
returned home last evening from Lin
coln where she has been completing
her work in the university as a mem
ber of the class of 1920 and was gra
duated at the state university on
Monday receiving her degree of A. P.
as well as the life teaching certifi
cate. Miss Robertson has been very
successful in her work in the un
evrsity and ranked high in h'-r cl is-i.
in the graduation honors. She v ill
remain here for the summer at t6
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Robertson.
Backing Up the Farmer
Farmers are invited to bring their
financial and business problems to us
for solution.
Extended experience with the affairs
of farmers has given us a thorough
understanding of their needs and en
ables us to offer every practical help.
Financial and otherwise we stand
ready at all times to support the farmer
in every legitimate way. Farmers who
bank here will tell you that we can al
ways be depended upon.
