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Nebraska State Histori cal Society Iplattsmoutb omn vol. xxx vn. PLATTSMO UTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920. NO. 101 YOUNG LAD GETS IN BAD , WITH THE LAW I HARRY CARNES, A WANDERER SINCE NINE YEARS OLD, IS SENTENCED TODAY. From Tuesday's Dally. This morning in the district court .Judge James T. IJegley.was 'called upon to perform a task that was dis agreeable in view of the circum stances that had contributed to it, and this was the sentencing of Harry Carnes. a nineteen year old boy, to the state penitentiary for a term of from one to ten years. Young Carnes was charged with stealing a horse from the farm of Louis A. Meisinger, where he has been employed for the past week, and the story he unfold ed to the court was one that could not help but bring to the hearts of his hearers a deep sense of pity for the boy and regret that he would be deprived of more of the years of his life by confinement in the peni tentiary, but the stern necessities of the law could permit no other course as in this state there is no institu tion in which first offenders might be given a chance to redeem them selves. The story told by young Carnes was one of wandering and unfriend liness from the days of babyhood. He stated that his family came origi nally from near Denver, Missouri, and that at the age of nine years he had suffered the loss of his father by death and that shortly after wards the mother had placed him in . . . , , . i.au ueeu uiaceu on u larm in ine' Central portion of Missouri, but ill treatment had caused him to leave the farm and make his way into St. I.ouis. and from that time on he had been a wanderer on the face of the earth, seeking farm employment over different portions of the west and never knowing the comforts of a home or the kindly words or gentle touch of friendliness with those he came into contact. He stated also that he had had but one year of j schooling in his life and had beer unable to gather any education save that of the hard knocks given by the world that had deprived him of the finer things of life. He had attempt ed to get in touch with the scatter ed members of his family without success and when asked by the court as to his friends stated that he had never known one that he could all little city last Friday evening and a real friend. which to one of our prominent citi- Two weeks ago the young. manlZ.ns Was an especially severe blow, came to this locality and secured employment on the farm of Mr. I... A. Meisinger and yesterday was en gaged in plowing when "he was sud denly seized with a desire to retrun to Missouri and proceeded to Un hitch one of the horses from the has become known, and Into his eel plow and mounting it started out to;iar j,a,i "becoup" quarts of the spark find his way back to his native state. ung Yellowstone, I. W. Harper. Old He was somewhat confused as to di-.'row, old Taylor and numerous reetions and instead of reaching Mis-!oti,er once prominent brands stored souri drove into Louisville this morn-jawav so that he might in the day of ingswhere Marshal Charles F. Kei-j,i;outn have something to drive away hart placed him under arrest and j the nasty flu germs or any other notified Sheriff C. D. Quinton. who!gerni3 that flee at the sight of good went out to that city and brought jioker. the young man to riattsniouth to answer in court for his offense. The case was one very disagree- illfltr nl lilt- aiiiiit'i ... the fact that the boy had apparent ly been denied every opportunity to learn or realize any of the better things of life and that his view point of right and wrong had be come cynical was not surprising. The court gave the young man a short lecture as he was compelled to pass sentence upon him and he ex pressed regret that the state had provided no place where a case like this might be properly handled. COURT HOUSE NOTES From Tuesday's Daily. The board of county commission ers at their session yesterday made the appointment of Lawrence Kreck low as road overseer of Center pre cinct and Mr. Krecklow will at once enter on his dTities. In the office of the Clerk of the District Court, William Rawson, of Kagle, made application for his final citizenship papers. He has been a resident of the United States since 1871. DRAWS SMALL FINE From Tuesday's Dallv. This morning Arthur Jacobi was arraigned in police court before Judge M. Archer charged with hav ing been intoxicated on Saturday night last and to this charge Mr. Ja cobi entered a plea of guilty and was assessed a fine of $10 and costs, amounting to $13 which he paid. It seems that Mr. Jacobi had fallen among evil companions and had tak en two shots of the famous prohibi tion corn juice which has the force of 1.000.000 mule power behind it and this rendered him very much under the weather with the result that he fell into the hands of the law. OLD SETTLERS' RE UNION THIS YEAR Annual Event Will Be Held at Un ion and Dates Are Friday and Saturday, August 21 and 22. From Tuesday's Dally. , One of the big annual events in the line of entertainment in Cass county is the Old Settler's reunion which has been held eacn year at our neighboring town of Union and which has been held since 1889 at that city. The event serves to bring together the old residents of Cass and Otoe counties for a reunion and visit that is always very pleasing and the attendance each year has been quite large although the last few years have shown -the rapid pass ing of the old pioneer residents who came to Nebraska at an early day. The citizens of Union met last we3k and organized their association for the coming year with the election of the following officers: Fred Clark, president; Dr. Schwab, vice presi- dent; C. L. Graves, secretary; Jack .. Patterson, treasurer; Earl Merritt, XV. II. Marks. XV. 1$. Manning, execu tive committee. The date set for the reunion was Friday and Saturday, August 21 and 22 and the location will be the park southwest of Union where the event has been held for several years. NOW AS DRY AS DESERT OF SAHARA 'Certain Former Wet Cellar of Well Known Citizen Ceases to be Attractive to Owner. Fro.n Mopday'g Dally. A very sad event occurred in our as it rendered his once well stock ed cellar as dry as the sandy wastes of Sahara. In the prehistoric daj's in Ne braska, our friend had prepared for "Der Tag", as the 1st of May. 1917, Now on Friday evening the mem bers of the "family of the prominent citizen were all absent from home and some flint hearted person took advantage of the occasion to enter the well stocked cellar and remove the Joy water. How much was tak en is not stated as only two persons know this fact the former owner of the liquor and the party taking it. WILL MOVE TO. MURRAY From Monday's Dally. Mrs.' J. A. Murray, of Omaha, was in the city today .for a few hours looking after some matters of busi ness and while here calling on the old friends. Mrs. Murray is prepar ing to remove to Milford, Nebraska, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. u. Kearns expect to purchase a new home and she will make her home there with the parents, as Mr Kearns. has been in very poor health for the past few weeks. II. F. Kropp, accompanied by Mr. Steffins, of Nehawka, was in the city today for a few hours attending lo some business matters at the court house. THIEROLF'S STORE VISITED BY BURGLARS RAID SOMETIME EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTS IN LOSS OF $2,000 IN GOODS. From Monday's Dally. During the past few months when the cities surrounding Omaha have been visited by numerous and fre quent burglaries, Plattsniouth seems to have also come in for her share. through two visitations, one several weeks ago at the McKlwain jewelry store and another sometime between midnight and early morning Satur day night, when the clothing store of Philip Thierolf was visited by a raiding party that made off with :uits and furnishings to the amount of $2,000. Entrance to the store was made through a transom over the rear door and proved an easy place to effect an entrance. At the rear of the building there is a small storeroom built onto the rear of the building the roof of which is on a level with :he transom of the rear door. This transom was protected with set-in iron bars held in place by expansion ! bolts set in the brick wall, but these; were easily forced by the burglars 1 md the entire set of bars removed. the glass in the transom then being 'roken and entrance made evidently jy a small sized man or boy as the pace between the jagged edges of he broken glass would not permit he paesage of a large man. The first party evidently 'then un locked the door in the rear of the itore room as this was found open 5unday morning by Mr. Thierolf. The burglars apparently took their time as they selected twenty-one of :he highest priced and best suits in the house and had made a careful search among the suit's, selecting the sizes most in demand, 3ti and 37, for the greater part of their haul, as these sizes are most suited for the lverage man. Strange to say. the m suits were all on the west side of the store and the cabinets in plain view of the door and windows and as the light was still burning Sun day morning the men had evidently showed but little fear in carrying out their robbery. In addition to the suits the men took two leather suit cases and also a numter or siik snirts, ties, nose, gloves and a tray of stick pins. It has not been possible to learn the exact number of shirts or small ar ticles taken until a check of the in voice is made, but the result will show at least $2,000 worth of mer chandise missing from the store. As soon as the robbery was re ported by Mr. Thierolf yesterday mOrning, Sheriff Quinton at once notified "the authorities of tfie near by towns of the burglary and a de scription of the articles taken as far as possible to secure. The robbery was one that was evidently well planned and carried out in a very systematic manner as there was no evidence in the store of a hasty ransacking of the stock, but everything was selected with care and only one stick pin lying on the floor was left to show that the stock had been raided until the check up was commenced. Parties residing north of the rear of the store on Vine street report that they heard a noise as if pound ing very late Saturday night, or in the early hours of the morning, but at the time thought nothing of it. as there is always more or less noise along the business section.' Mrs. August Cdoidt reported seeing two men at an early hour Sunday morn ing crossing the postoffice grounds Just east of the Cloidt home and getting into a car on Vine street and driving" away, while William Sch midtmann, who resides north of the postoffice also reported hearing the pounding noises, but thought noth ing of the matter at that tinre un til it was brought to his "mind by the news of the robbery. Sheriff Quinton was in Omaha to day to try and get a line on the disposal of any. of the property in that city. The evident thoroughness of the Job and the ease with which the parties made their selections of the articles led to the suspicion that the job was the work of someone who was familiar with the store and the arrangements ' t lie stock, but the daring nature of the robbery looks more like the work of experi enced men rather than any home talent. INSTALLS NEW FOUNTAIN The restaurant of Lew Kussell has just installed a line nw modern fountain that will be used in the preparation of all kinds of soft drinks and ice cieani dainties. The fountain gives added service to the restaurant with hi neat and com modious ryoms and certainly a more pleasant spot cculd not be desired. The fountain is equipped with con tainers for all the crushed fruits and flavors that makes their S3rjice un excelled. ; CLUE TO LOUISVILLE ROBBERS A FALSE ONE Search Near Cedar Creek Discloses Supposed Robbers Were Quarry Men on Way to Work. ?'om Monday's Datlv Sheriff C. D. Quinton returned on Saturday evening from Louisville, where he was called early that morn ing by the robbery of the F. H. Nich ols store at that place and reports that the robbers had made their get away into Omaha, from which place they had evidently operated. Thfc sheriff and the authorities' were delayed in their search for the men by a report brought to that place by a Uurlington train crew j that" three men had been seen loit- j ering near the right-of-way near ! Cedar Creek a short time after thej robberv and the sheriff and'membcrs of the posst ipent -several hours in j rounding up the three men who prov-j ed to be merely men who were em ployed in that vicinity and who had none of the ttplen property in their; possession and had been on their j way to work in the quarry when seen by the train crew. This delay caused considerable loss of time to the sheriff" and by the time the clue had been traced down the robbers had had ample time to reach Omaha and get well hidden away. The Louisville robbers are also held responsible for the robbery of the postoffice at Springfield, a short distance north of Louisville. Here the men were more successful than at the Louisville post office as they gained entrance to t lie building and stole about $200 in money and stamps and from there evidently continued on into Omaha. Post Office Inspector William Coble and Deputy Marshal K. J. Quinhy were called to Springfield from Omaha to conduct an investigation into the post office robbery. Sheriff Quinton. after 'the discov ery of the Identity of the three men at Cedar Creek, at once hastened back to Louisvill" and from there drove to Springfield and thence on into Omaha in an 'attempt to dis cover some trace of the stolen goods that might lead to the discovery of the men who had pulled off the rob bery but without success so far, but every effort is being made to secure a trace of the men. WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH IT. From Monday's Dally. Some one not fearing the man dates which arc put forth in the good book, entered the rooms of W. P. Cook a short time ago while he was away and ransacking through his effects, found a bible which had been in, his family for many yoars and a book which Mr. Cook highly prized, appropriated it, carrying it away. It does not look like the book was stolen for the purpose of the good which could be derived from the study of the precepts which are contained therein. Just who would steal a bible which had been an heirloom, no one knows, as it would not be saleable and while a thief might need the admonitions which the good book contains, it hardly seems that they would steal the book if they wanted to study it. But what must have actuated the culprit, Mr. Cook is at a loss to de termine. G. P. Meisinger came In this morning from his home at Cedar Creek to look after some matters of business in the city. VERY PLEASANT BIRTHDAY PARTY Some Fifty Friends of N. J. Ruscell and Mrs. C. W. Barker Assist Thsm in Fine Birthday Celebration From Monday's PaiU. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Russell and his sister, Mrs. C. W. Darker of Pa cific Junction, v.-.ie greatly sur prised on Sunday, June 20th. by a half hundred of their relatives and friends, which had come t - the C. XV. Darker home to help make their birthdays one long to be remembered by all present. Th? day was X. J.'; sixty-fifth birthday and Mrs. Duik er's sixty-fourth. 1 At the the proper hour a picnic dinner was spread and from the ap pearance of the feast placed on those tables all dangers from old h. c. r.f 1. are past. After dinner a collection of $1S.00 was taken for the eel ibrants. enough for each to purchase a nice remem brance of the day. At a late hour they dvparted after wishing the guests of honor many mi. re happy birthdays. Those present were: Mr. ?.nd .Mrs. Walter Mendenhnll and family, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. "Birdsall and Claude (lochenour of Missouri Val ley, Mr. and Mrs. Kdwfmr" Itoarry and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Russell. Frank Kilbane and Edith Davis of Council Dluffs. Mr. and Mrs. John Bruce and family of Glen wood, Mrs. Sarah (Jochenour. Miss Violet Gouchenour, Jarne;'. and Wil liam Ciochenour, Mr. aid Mrs. Will Mendenhall and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jo? Dulin and Gladys Lee of Platts niouth. Feb., Dr. L. B. Bacon, Mr. and Mr?. J. R. Lee and family, Mrs. C. W. Abshire and son Lyle. Mr. and Mrs. X. J. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. C. XV. Barker, Mark. Lee and Ernest Barker of Pacific Junction. LADIES OF W. C, T. IJ. HOLD MEETING Beautiful Country Home of Mrs. Os car Gapen Scene of 'Delight ful Gathering- Monday From Tuesday's Dally. The ladies of the XV. C T. V. who have in the past enjoyed many very delightful meetings, have had no more pleasant event than that .held yesterday afternoon at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gapen when Mrs. Gapen acted as hostess to the- ladies of the temper ance society. The members of the society who had automobiles had responded very generously to the request lor cars and were ready to convey the mem bership out to the scene of the fes tivities where they passed several hours very delightfully. The afternoon was spent in the enjoyment of an informal program consisting of vocal and instrumental musical numbers as well as recita tions, while Mrs. It. B. Hayes con ducted a short parlinientary . drill that was very interesting to the ladies. At a suitable hour Mrs. Gapen in vited the members in to enjoy a most sumptuous luncheon" which was serv ed by the hostess and her daughters and which served to complete a very delightful afternoon. It was late in the afternoon when the members departed homeward expressing the wish that they might often have the opportunity of enjoy ing the hospitality of this splendid home. SHIPS MUCH CORN From Tuesday' Dally. The last few days has saw a great deal of corn shipped from this city over the Burlington as the residents of Murray and Mynard and vicinity have found 'that the quickest and most satisfactory way of shipping is over the Burlington out of this city. During the past week Roy Howard, Fred Warren, C. II. Warner and Glen Perry have been shipping and Mr. Perry today has five cars being load ed on the siding. Dr. B. F. Brendel, of Murray, was in the city Saturday for a few hours looking arter some matters of business. HAS HAND INJURED Fiti Tuesday's Daily. Charles Hansenj-who is employed in the Burlington blacksmith shop, yesterday had a very painful exper ience while engaged in lighting an oil furnace and ohe that he will not scon forget. The furnace suddenly blew the burning oil out and with the result that the right hand of Charley's was liberally covered with the oil and badly burned and the blaze also singed the eyebrows and hair of Mr. Hanson, giving him a rather badly used appearance. The injuries were dre;sed by the com pany surgeon and the victim of the accident will be compelled to take an enforced vacation for several davs. CELEBRATES SIXTY THIRD BIRTHDAY Mrs. John H. Albert of This City Tendered a Pleasant Surprise by Her Children. From Monday's PaI7v. Yesterday was the sixty-third an niversary of Mrs. John H. Albert of this city and in honor of the event the children of this estimable lady and the husband joined in giving her a very pleasant surprise that will long be remembered by those who were participants. The child ren came w ith well tilled 'baskets of the most delicious viands that the Cass county.farms can prdouce artd these were made the base of a sump tions birthday dinner which was thoroughly enjoyed and the members of the faimly spent the time most delightfully in visiting and having a .royal time in the ?ociet3 of the mother and father. Those who were present to enjey the occasion were Mr, ani Mrs. A. J. Engelkemeier and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Engel kemeier and family of near Nehawka. John H. Albert and family of Louis ville, Philip Albert and family and Henry Albert and family of near Cedar Creek .and Misse3 Emma and Margaret Albert of this city. YOUNG PEOPLE WET? From Monday's rallv. Saturday evening Mr. John IJunten and Miss Irene Ludwig, agpd twenty one and eighteen, and both giving Council Bluffs. Iowa, as their home, arrived in the city seeking' to se cure the necessary permit to become as' one and their desire was granted by the marriage license clerk. Then the question arose as to the tyjng of the matrimonial knot and the repu tation of Judge Beeson have traveled to a distance of the Bluffs the young people requested that 'dej-huge' per form the ceremony, as he was at his heme west of the city, the seelcers af ter matrimonial bliss were taken there by auto where the ceremony was performed in fitting style by the accommodating county judge and the young people sent on their way re joicing. FOR SALE OR TRADE Nearly new Minneapolis thresh ing outfit, with tank and belts, 20 h. p. Straight flue engine and 36x56 separator. H. A. SCHWARTZ, Nehawka, Neb. It's the THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT MOVE PLATTSMOUTH ETEE STATE EAGLES IN CONVENTION AT FALLS CITY SESSIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW BEING ATTENDED BY LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES From Monday's Daily. The state convention of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles is meeting at Falls City today and tomorrow and the gathering is one that is filled with much interest for the members of the order over the state and es pecially in this city as the two Plattsniouth representatives, John P. Sattler and James M. Cunningham. are to present tiie claims of this city for the honor of being host to the Eagles for their next state con vention in 1021. Another honor that may be given to this city is the selection of Wil liam M. Barclay as state president. Mr. Barclay is at present vice-presi dent and has occupied all the chain in the state grand aerie with the exception of that of president and lias become one ol tne Unit Known members of the order in the state and his earnest and heartfelt inter est in' the order has done muc!: to ward the progress of the Eaglej in this city until one of the best and livest organizations in the commun ity has been secured by the Plat tu rnout h aerie. Owing to the pre-s of business Mr. Barclay was unable to attend the convention today, but hope? to be able to lie present to morrow at the final sessions of the gathering and will do his utmost to ee that the convention for next year is brought to this city. The members of the local aerie ire anxiously awaiting the action of the state convention as to the loca tion of the next meeting place and the possibilities of th selection of Mr. Barclay and in their efforts they :ertainly have the co-operation of ?very citizen of the community, .vhether members of the Eagles or not. NO DEVELOPMENTS IN ROBBERY CASE t'rom Tuesdays Dally. All effort to locate any of the tolen property taken from the Philip rhierolf clothing store in this city -arly Sunday morning, has proven inavailing and the authorities have )ecn unable to secure any trace that night lead to the apprehension of he parties. Sheriff Quinton was in Omaha yes terday interviewing the Omaha police force to secure their co-operation in checking over the possible places where the stolen property might be disposed of and the sheriff also made an inspection of the different pawn shops but failed to find any trace of the missing goods and it is now thought that the parties taking the goods will wait for a time before at tempting to dispose of them. Reserve that Counts! The difference between success and failure often lies in the reserve behind you. When you identify yourself with this bank, you can have the satisfaction of knowing that you have this strong bank back of you. And that back of us is the strongest financial organization in the world the Federal RESERVE System. This is of prime importance in the consideration of a banking connection NEBRASKA.