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PLATTSHO CTH, HX32A2SA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920.
NO. 15
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MANY VISIT
OMAHA DEN
LAST NIGHT
HUNERERS PAY HOMAGE TO THE
SHRINE OF REIGNING KING '
OF AX-SAR-BEN.
ENTERTAIN VISITORS ROYALLY
Samson" at His Best, is Concensus
cf Opinion Special Train to
Convey Local Crowd.
From Tuesday's Dally. I
I'lattsmouth night with "Samson" J
at the Ak-Sar-lien den last night
was a great success in every way.
Through the efforts of Jess Warga
and Frank Bestor, the special train
was secured, and we are glad to note ' From Tuesday's Daily,
that more than enough tickets were I The friends of the two fast N'e
sold to cover the guarantee, a part braska boxers. George Lamson. of
of which it looked at first as though Walthill. and Andy Schmader, of
these two gentlemen would be forced Louisville, who have been anxiously
to bear. j awaiting another meeting between
The special left at 7:15. reaching these two nien may soon have their
Omaha shortlv after S and the dele-.wish gratified.
gation boarded chartered cars for! Bert Rossiter. of Winnebago, man
the ride to the den on north Twen- ager of damson, has written to the
tieth street j friends of Schmader here that they
' : 1 1 : . t t - -: in.
In addition to those going via rail
a large number of car owners drove
up. making a big showing for Piatt.-,
mouth. I
The preliminary initiatory stunts!
were fullv no to standard this vear. i
beimr new and ordinal ideas ron-lto
ceived in the fertile brain of that
king of Jesters. Gus Renz. Among the!
local folks picked for a part in this
work were Dudley Hudgins, Roy ,
Mayf.eld and Carl Wohlfarth.
The initiatory work over, members
of the Concord club were called to
the Mage, where their quartette andjresult of this raatch wU1 have sorae
chorus furnishedome excellent vocal effect on the future of lhe meting
-ftitu. i
kv,ii,- tut th.
upon the first act. the scene of which
is laid among the crypts of ancient
times. lietween the first and second
acts. Dr. Wagoner's saxophone oc
tette that rivaled that of the cele
brated Brown brothers, the last time
it was our good fortune to hear them. '
Omaha is justly proud of Wagoner
and his musical aggregation.
The second act was laid on the
moon, where, supposedly, high taxes,
labor troubles, profiteering, prohibi
tion and high-jacking are unknown.
Shortly after the arrival of the party
there however J. Pluvious comes with
announcement that the stars and sat
telittes have formed a union and re
fuse to siiine longer than six hours
per night on weeks nights, nor on
Sunday nights without double time,
together with numerous other de
mands of an exacting nature. It
is then that our visitors decide Ne
braska, U. S. A. to be the garden
spot of the world, and to which they
will return post haste.
The scenic and lighting effects of
the show are very nicely done under from a few days' visit at the home
the direction of Gus Renz. who is of jacoh Horn and family near
credited with being the producer. Creighton. Mr. and Mrs. Becker en
Following the curtain on the sec-;joyed yery much their stay in the
ond act. Hon. Matthew Gering of northern portion of the state and re
Plattsmouth; Hon. Emmet Tinley, of port tnat a verv heavy hanstorm
Council Bluffs, and a Los Angeles j j visited that portion of the state on
minister who was present were es-
corted to the stage and vied with
each other in a mastery of the Eng
lish language, at which our fellow
townsman was able to hold his own.
The visitors from Plattsmouth, Ne
braska City, and southwestern Iowa
were next conducted to the adjoin
ing refreshment room, where "near"
beer, sandwiches and coffee were
served.
By eleven o'clock the festivities
of the evening were over and the
return trip was in order, the special
train leaving Omaha promptly at
11:30.
The Omaha bosters are to be com
plimented upon the many years of
success which have crowned their
efforts to make Ak-Sar-Ben an in
stitution of such proportions as it
now is. And with their dream of a
$2,000,000 Ak-Sar-Ben field rapidly! Charles Adams and wife, of Ne
Decerning a reality they may well bejhawka, were here over Sunday visit
proud of the efforts of those mem-iing
hers of long standing who have lab -
ored in the fields of adversity, when
the sun was its meridian heighth.
and yet are willing to grant their
fellow workers of the cool of the
day equal honors with themselves in
the accomplished result.
Plattsmouth appreciates your hos
pitality and may success continue to
camp on your trail.
FIXING FIRE LOSS
'r&m Tuesday's Daily
The adjusters of the Farmer's Mu
tual Insurance company were out in
the vicinity of Cedar Creek today
looking over the fire loss on the old
Chris Metzger farm where a few
days ago the barn was burned. The
barn was owned by Mrs. Clara Sland
er and the cause of the fire is un
known, but the building was small
and the loss will not exceed $500
and is covered by insurance.
LAMSON WILLING
TO MEET SCHMADER
Manager Bert Rossitter, of Walthill
Indian, States that Two Ne-
braskans Will Meet.
LU luvvl lue
lad in an exhibition and that while
at present Lamson has not been well
enough to look after his training
work, as soon as he Is able to start
training, his managers will be glad
discuss be proposition of an ex-
hibition between the two rivals for
the Nebraska title.
Mr. Rossiter. as well as a number
of other friends of the Walthill box
er, expect to be at Ixuisville on the
ISth to witness the meeting between
Schmader and Alexander, and the
o i hi t? claimants iur me eorasKa
championship
RUNS INTO DITCH
From Tuesday's Dallv.
While' driving along the Rock
Bluffs road just south of the city
limits Sundav afternoon. Richard
, " ,,,.. TJ .
Hoye and son. Richard E. Hoye, of
Omaha, ran into a ditch with the
result that their car was damaged
somewhat. The Omaha car was com
ing along the road and as they near
ed the ditch in the road a tall clump
of weeds hid it from their vision,
so that when Mr. Hoye turned his
car out to allow the passage of an
other auto, his machine ran into the
ditch. The owner of the car has
taken the matter up with the county
authorities as to the recovery of
damages for the accident, but as yet
has filed no action in the matter.
SUITERS FROM HAIL
From Tuesday's Dallv.
William A. Becker and wife re
turned home yesterday afternoon
Friday, doing quite a little damage
to te crops.
FILES NOMINATION
From Monday's Dallv
The republican county central
committee through Chairman J. M.
Teegarden and Secretary W. A. Rob
ertson today filed with County Clerk
George R. Sayles, the nomination of
William Atchison for commissioner
from the third district to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of former Commissioner Henr
J. Miller. Mr. Atchison, who is one
of the prominent residents 'of near
Elmwood is now filling the commis-
sionership by appointment. So far
the democratic committee has filed
no nomination for this office.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C
jA. Rosencrans and on their return
were accompanied by Mrs. Rosen
I crans and little son. Billie, who will
J visit at the John Wunderlich home
for a few davs
LOCAL BOYS
TAKE ONE FROM
THE SOLDIERS
TWENTIETH INFANTRY TEAM. OF
FORT CROOK, DEFEATED
BY 5 TO 2 SCORE.
ERRORS GIVE VISITORS SCORE
In Opening Inning When They Put
Their Only Two Men Safely
Across the Rubber.
From Monday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon the Red Sox.
playing in true mid-season form,
trounced the team of the 20th in
fantry of Fort Crook by the score of
3 to 2 in.a very interesting contest.
Connors, who has been laid up as
the result of an injury received last
Sunday, was on the mound and in
his usual excellent form and had
che soldiers in the hole the greater
part of the game and with the ex
ception of the first inning when a
clean hit and several errors gave the
visitors their tallies, the contest was
on ice for the locals. In the opening
the visitors secured a clean hit to
center and followed by a drive to
short that McCarthy failed to get to
first sack, placing two runners on
the bags and was followed by several
wild pegs around the bases that al
lowed the doughboys to register.
The Sox grabbed one in the sec
ond when Eddie Gradoville was hit
and given first and when William
Patrick O'Donnell jabbed one to cen
ter, Eddie Scored. In the fourth in
ning Collins was put on to run for
Connors who drew a safety and the
fast former Armour star was able to
pilfer second and third and was re
lieved by Christie who pulled otT the
stunt of stealing home on the sol
diers. McCarthy hit safe and was
followed by Collins who broke up
the game for the soldiers by a dar
ing steal of second and in the at
tempt to get Collins. McCarthy came
home making two scores for the
Sox and giving them the lead.
The seventh also gave the locals
one when O'Donnell secured a safety
on the error of the Fort Crook short
stop, scoring when Herold hit safe
through second base. The Sox also
added another to their string in the
eighth, making a total of five for the
game.
In the soldier's half of the eighth,
with one down, an attempt to stretch
a two base hit into a three bagger,
caused the second out and cut off at
least one more score for the visitors.
The next man up also knocked a
two base hit. but died on the base
when the batter following him fan
ned for the third out.
Walter Schneider, of Cedar Creek,
did the work with the indicators
and was very fair in his decisions
and neither team had any complaint
on discrimination of the umpire.
SHOWING FINE PROGRESS
From Monday's Dally.
The many friends of Clarence Beal
will be pleased to know that this
popular young man is now progress
ing so nicely that it is hoped to
have him in shape to return home the
last of the week to complete the per
iod of his recovery from the effects
of the severe accident that resulted
in the amputation of his righ foot.
The splendid constitution and grit
of the injured young man has been
a great help to him in his ordeal
and he has borne it in fine shape.
RETURNS FROM TRIP TO
DENVER, COLORADO
From Monday's Dally.
John Palacek, who has been
spending a two weeks vacation in
Denver and the west, returned home
Saturday evening and was accompan
ied as far as Lincoln by Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Heneger, who have also
been visiting in the west and who
stopped in Lincoln for a brief visit
with friends?
While in Denver John was in time
to witness the riot of last Thursday,
which resulted In the destruction of
a portion of the plant of the Denver
Post, which had engendered the ill
feeling of the striking car men and
their friends by its attitude. Citizens
have volunteered to care for the po
licing of the resident portion (if the
Colorado city- and the regular police
force was used in the downtown dis
tricts when the rioting was at its
worst. Federal troops have since
been sent to control the situation.
During his stay in Denver. John
also met Raymond Rehal and Leon
ard Walling of thi? city, who have
just completed their work in the
Nebraska wheat f.elds and were m
their way to Salt Luke for a short
stay while enroute to California,
which has been their ultimate des
tination since leaving this city.
PLEASANT FAMILY
REUNION IS HELD
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Reed Enjoy Day
Together with All the Mem
bers cf Their Family.
From Tuesday's Daily.
The familv of Mr. and Mrs. Bvron
Reed of this city enjoyed a very
pleasant family rem:ioii on Sunday,
when the children of this estimable
couple gathered to a-sist the parents
in the reunion. All of the children
with the exception of Mrs. Ivor
were present.
The day was spent in visiting ami
one of the most enjoyable events
that could be desired was spent as
the happy children gathered around
the father and inotl.er who had de
voted their years to their well being
and happiness. At the noon hour v
very fine dinner was enjoyed and the
array of good things embraced all
that the most discriminating could
demand and prepaid u in a very de
lightful manner.
Mr. Reed, the father, has not been
in the best of health for some time
and the opportunity of enjoying the
day with him as well as the mother.
was one that was thoroughly ap
preciated by the members of the
party. Those in attendance were
Harry Tigner. wife and seven child
ren; Charles Reel and family; Frank
Reed and family; Walter Reed and
family, all of near Murray; Dewey
lieed. Russell Reed and Ralph Reed
and Miss Edith Reel William Reed
of this city. Mr.. Ivor Standish and
daughter of Newton. Kansas.
DOINGS IN THE COUNTY COURT
From Monday's Daily.
This morning petition for final set
tlement and discharge of the admin
istrator in the estate of Mae S. Good
man, deceased was filed, by IJ. F.
Goodman, the administrator of the
said estate.
A hearing of claims in the estate
of Marv Jane Johnson, deceased, was
held this morning by Judge Beeson.
the administrator of the - estate,
Frank H. Johnson of Weeping Wa
ter, being in attendance at the hear
ing. A suit to recover the sum uf $ltQ
alleged to be due as salary as teacher
in the public school in district No.
23, was filed today by Miss Ger:l-
dine Liston aeainst the directors of
district No. 23. In her petition the
plaintiff cites the teaching contract
calling for the payment of the sum
of $S0 per month as teacher and al
leges that the hoard of directors dis
charged her as teacher after two
months and claims for this period
to be due. Matthew Gering appears
ror the plaintiff.
A HAPPY OCCASION
From Monday's Da it v.
The friends in this county of Mr.
and Mrs. Derwood Lynde of'L'nion,
will be pleased to learn of the good
fortune that has come to these young
people in the arrival of a fine little
daughter. The little one was born
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Hall, parents of Mrs. Lynde in Ne
braska City on Thursday, and both
the mother and little one are doing
nicely and Derwood Is about the hap
piest man in Cass county as he trav
els over his mail route out of Union
wearing one of those always pleasant
smiles.
Miss Mary Margaret Walling is
spending a few days with relatives
and; friends at Omaha and Murdock,
where she is enjoying a short out
ing.
DEATH OF AN
OLD RESIDENT
OF NEBRASKA
DAVID TOURTELOT PASSED
AWAY LAST NIGHT AT HOME
OF HIS DAUGHTER
CAME TO STATE IN 1852
Has Resided at Nemaha City and
Lincoln During Greater Part
of His Life.
rrorn Monday's Dai!.
David Tourtelot, one of the pio
neer reidents of the state passed
away last night at 12::ii at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. William Baird
in this city after an illness of a few
months. .During his residence in
thi city Mr. Tourtelot has endeaied
i:iuicelf to a circle of friends who
vill learn with sorrow of his pass
ing. He had passed his eighty
eighth mile stor.e and closed a well
spent life with the same cheerful
spirit that had characterized his life
time as one of the early settlers of
Nebraska.
The funeral services will he held
at the First Methodist church at 2
I. m. tomorrow and the body tciken
to Lincoln where services will be
held on Thursday under the auspice:;
tf the East Lincoln Masonic lodge
f which Mr. Tourtelosf was a c harter
member. For the past fifty years
the departed has been a member of
the Masonic fraternity.
The friends desiring may call at
the home from 11 a. m. to. 2p. m.,
Tuesday and the family have re
quested there be no (lowers sent.
David Tourteiot was born in Ea.-t
Thompson. Massachussets, January
27, 1S32. He came to Nebraska as a
young man in 1852 and has made
his home in this state for the great
er part of the years since that time.
lie had many interesting experiences
ts a pioneer Nebraskan. Twice he
crossed the plains to Denver with
an ox team. On one trip especially.
the Indians were very troublesome
and the party had several lights skir
mishes.
In 1SG0 he was married at Nemaha
City, Neb., to Miss Elizabeth Skeen
and to this union seven children
were born, one of whom died in in
fancy and one daughter Mrs. Mol
lie Hedine. died in "1910.
Mr. Tourtelot was for many years
engaged in the mercantile business
in Nemaha City and was considered
one of the wealthiest men jn the
countrv. In lb'J'J lie moveu to iiii-
coin wnere ior several jears ne a
engaged in the wholesale and retail
grain business.
Mr. and Mrs. Tourtelot celebrated
their fiftieth wedding a"nnivcrsar
just before Mrs. Touitelot's death in
1970. Mr. Tourtelot has nide bin
home for the past three years with
his daughter, Mrs. William Baird in
Plattsmouth.
He leaves to revere his memory
five children: G. E. Tourtelot,
Chit wood. Mo.; C. V. Tourtelot,
Adams, Neb.; Mrs. R. W. Allerbey,
l'a-szdena. California; Mrs. William
Baiid. Plattsmouth, and Mrs. J. C.
Barber, Sterling, Neb.
Mr. Tourtelot has been ill for six
months. A few days before his
death he said: "Tell everybody to
be good, and to do all the good they
can. that is all that counts when
they get where I am." His end was
as peaceful a his beautiful Chris
tian life had been as he slumbered
away to awaken only at the distant
breakers of the farther shore, closing
a long and useful life.
ENJOYS FINE SERVICE
From Monday's Dally.
The members of the congregation
of the Presbyterian church enjoyed
a very fine service yesterday morn
ing at the church when. the pastor,
Rev. II. G. McClusky, who has just
returned from, his vacation, was in
charge of the service and delivered
one of his very able and instructive
sermons. Rev. McClusky and fam
ily have been spending a few weeks
at Lake Okoboji, Iowa, and returned
from the outing feeling much re
freshed and the very able discourse
delivered yesterday was given in all
the splendid eloquence and ability of
the pastor. At the morning service
Miss Estelle Baird and Mr. F. A
Cloidt gave a duet that added to the
pleasantness of the service.
In the evening Rev. McClusky
conducted services at the church at
Cedar Creek and was greeted by a
large congregation to enjoy the de
lightful sermon given for their ben
efit. '
Attorney J. A. Capwell, of Elm
wood, was in the city yesterday for
a short time looking after some
matters of business in the district
court.
VETERAN COUNTRY
MERCHANT TO QUIT
L. F. Langhorst, Long Engaged in
Mercantile Business at Elm
wood. Will Retire.
From Monday's Daily.
The friends throughout the coun
ty of L. F. Langhorst. prominent
Cass county business man. and one
of the well known figures iff the
politics of the state, will be surpris
ed to learn that Mr. Langhorst is
forsaking the mercantile business in
which he has beeu so long engaged,
and will take up other lines of work.
Mr. Langhorst has been' engaged in
business at Elmwood for the past
thirty years arid has one t)f the larg
est and best known establishments
in that portion of Cass county and
the announcement that he is going
to close out and retire brings to a
close a very successful career in the
mercantile line.
In his announcement Mr. Lang
horst states that he has other in
terests that demand his attention
and as well as a desire to get out of
the line of work that he has be-n
ngagel in for such a long time. He
is expecting to have his stock closed
out by the 20th of the month and
will then have an opportunity to
pnore fully determine just what his
future plans will be.
His friends are rather of the opin
ion that he will devote the major
portion of his efforts in the future
to his land interests in Colorado,
which are quite extensive and de
manding more and more of his time.
Lou Langhorst has been one of i
the leading democratic politicians of
the state and in IMC had charge of j
the campaign that led to the tuc
cess of the ticket in the state and has
for years taken a keen interest in
the political life of the state, but I
this year has taken no active part
in the campaign.
GREENWOOD LADY DIES
From Monday's Dally.
Saturday afternoon the body of
Mrs. Hen Coffin, of Greenwood, who
died at the hospital in Omaha Sat
urday morning, arrived in this city,
and was turned over to Undertaker
J. I'. Sattler and taken by auto
hearse to the late home in the west
portion of the county. The funeral
services were held Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock, being conducted by
the pastor of the Methodist church
of Greenwood, of which Mrs. Coffin
had been a member for a number of
years. Interment too place in the
Greenwood cemetery.
The First National Bank
THE BANK WHERE
YO
M
PLATTSMOUTH
ASKS THAT
DEED TO LAND
BE SET ASIDE
DECEASED MAN WILLS PROPER
TY TO LADY WHO CARED FOR
HIM DURING LAST ILLNESS
LAND WORTH FIFTY THOUSAND
John W. Kunz, Nephew of John Webb
er, Deceased, of Elmwood Claims
Undue Influence on Part of Nurse
From Tuesday's Dally.
An action involving the deed to
a ejuarte- section of land near Llm-
v..od valued at JjO.'joV was filed
e yesterday afteruo l in the of-
nce of the clerk of 'h-r Ji.-trirt court
in v i i h John .W. Kim is the plain-
tiY ltd ISelle Itowdisi, 'he defend
i. n .
The petition of the plaintilT states
that he is a nephew and the ule hi ir
at law of the deceased, John Weber.
wtyj died at his home in Eimwoud
on August Sth. 1920. Following tin-
death of Mr. Weber the discovery was
made that he had several months ago
deeded the land in question to IH-I'.e
Rowdish who has been caring for him
during his illness. The deed was ex
ecuted on June 2. 1920, and recorded
on the 14th of June in th" ofi'.ce of
the register of deeds in this city. The
consideration as alleged by the plain
tiff was one dollar.
In the petition of the plaintiff, pre
pared by his attorneys, J. A. Cap
well Tf Elmwood and D. O. Dwyer of
this city, it is stated that f'T some
yearn Mr. Weber has h'ven ia p4ior
health suffering from kidney trouble
and this has weakened him physically
and mentally and that in March of
this year the plaintiff secured the
services of the defendant to nurs-"-and
care for Mr. Weber at the stipu
lated fee of $40 per vik and that
the plaintiff arranged with f
the Elmwood banks for th payment
of her salar yas Mr. Weber was un
able to transact his business affairs
which wore looked after by the saiJ
plaintiff. It is claimed by Mr. Kunz
that the defendant by undue influ
ence secured the execution of the
deed to the land and that t!e de
ceased owner was mentally incom
petent to execute such instrument.
The plaintiff asks that the deed
be cancelled and declared null and
void and that pending the action
the defendant be restrained from dis
posing of the land to anyone, until
the case can be tried in the district
court in this district.
FINE BABY BOY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Kiser of near Mynard is very happy
as the result of the advent of a fine
little son who arrived there the la:?t
week and who is the object of much
admiration from the proud parents
and the other relatives and friend3. j
.
Fine line of stationery and ccr
resnondence paper at the Journal
Are You Waiting
For Accidental Success?
Are yoM simply living in the pres
ent with a feeling that some day finan
cial success will come to you by acci
dent? Unless you inherit money, your
chances of financial independence thru
accident'are mighty small.
Only one prospector in ten thous
and strikes gold. Ninety-nine gamblers
out of e'very hundred fail. All syste
matic savers succeed. . Why not take
the sure method?
This bank is at your service.
YOU FEEL- AT MOWE
NEBRASKA,