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Nebraska State Histori cal Society NO. 23 PLATTSMO UTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920. vol. xxx vn. LABOR DAY PROVES ONE OF PLEASURE CELEBRATION UNDER AUSPICES OF LOCAL UNIONS AT K. S. PARK GETS CROWD. A FINE PARADE OF WORKERS Every Union Organization in Line of March Thru Business Section of City to Grounds. From Tuesday's Dallv. The observance of the day set apart in most of the states to honor t ho men who labor, in this city yes terday was a great and glowing suc cess and the hard work and efforts of the committee from the federated shop unions who had charge of the event was largely responsible for the smoothness with which the picnic celebration went oil. The opening event of the day was the parade of union workers, the members forming at 9:30 at Third and Granite streets near the shops, from whence the line of inarch was down Third street to Main, west on Main to Sixth north to Vine and;fn out Washington avenue to the p'.cnic grounds on west Locust street. The parade wa.'. headed by Jame.i M. Cunningham as marshal of the . day and the combined Pacific Junc-take tion and Plattsmouth bands headed ; have surely been his before the con the column of marchers that embrac-1 elusion of the scheduled number of ed representatives of the cigarmak- J rounds. ers. barbers and the shop unions, in-i The contest was staged under the eluding the carmen, boilermakers. I auspices of the Douglas county post blacksmiths, sheet metal workers. I0f the American Legion, and is the clerks, maintenance of way and other j first of a number to follow in which of the organizations whose crafts- Schmader, himself a Legion member, men are employed in the shops. will be featured. It may be that he This year the unions omitted the)Cnn- Lamson. the Walthill Indian will floats, from the parade and the line; tangle on the 17th of this month, of marchers was far greater than as result of his" win last night, last year, indicating the growth oft From the first gong Schmader was the union labor movement in Platts-jun j-is feet lighting aggressively all mouth. through the six and a half rounds. On the arrival of the parade at the picnic grounds the citizens be gan to flock to the scene of the cele bration and the grounds were soon filled with the jolly crow 1 of merry-; offensive tactics and laid himself open -..inkers that had come to ei.joy theto several jabs from his opponent, day as guests of the union men of which although they were ineffective, the city. The opening number on ! toofc from him the honors of cinch the bill was that of Le Mens i t a I every round, as he successfully pleasing aerial act that proved veiyjdj(j ju ech of the other four and a interesting to the members of the half. The seventh opened with the crowd. I home boy rtill pushing the fight and The big feature of the morning's aft.r l.e h?d successfully jabbed the festivities was the program of races johioan with a jolt that shook the big and events that had been arranged j ,oy from head to foot, he went into for and a large number wore cnja cnnch and swung low on Andy., hand to take in the various events -vith the result that Referee Fitzger- that had been planned by the com mittee. The only incident to mar this portion of the program v.as the injury to Kd Gradoville. vho had his ri?Tht ankle sprained hi making the high jump. During the no'.n hour the band, under the direction of Prof. L"d H. Schulhof, gave a very pleasing and well balanced musical program, their concert embracing the high class standard numbers as well as a few of the popular hits, and while this ;'er.- ture of tlte program was being given, the families present who had come prepared for the day enjoyed the noonday luncheon as well as the pleasing music. The afternoon program was open ed by the address of Judge Arthur (J. Wray, candidate for governor of Nebraska on the no;i-partis?n ticket, at'd who has just resigned the mayor ship of his home town of York in order that his campaign activities may be pursued unhampered. Mr. Wray was introduced by Attornfy riiarles E. Martin in a short and I'Vasiug address and the speaker .'t once launched upon his address wh'ch was sharp and to the point. In his lei.iarks Mr. Wray urged the etoser co-operation of the laboring interests of the cities and towns and the farm ers of tlr state, in order that their interests, which are identical, may b advanced. He told of the Grand Mand convention at which he had been nominated for the office of gov ernor and in a simple and concise i: ..inner gave a few of the measures that he represented and believed the laboring interests of the state ana nation stood for. ! He advocated free ".. in of the press, freedom of speech : itd of conscience. Mr. Wray also to.-k a stand in favor of government ownership of railroads, a matter in which the union men of the na tion are today urging through the Plumb plan league and independent action for the straight government ownershin. Following the address of Mr. Wray. he was taken in the auto of Frank Detlef. to Omaha, at which place h delivered three speeches during the afternoon before having for his home in York. A number of the picnickers who are enthusiastic base hall fans en joyed the time set apart for the ball game, in witnessing the Red Sox da feat Ralston. The dancing program was opened at 3 o'clock and continued until 5. with a large crowd of young and old alike taking part and. as usual. his form of entertainment proved one of the most delightful of the afternoon. The special attraction of the Jackraans in one big musical act, was staged at 5 o'clock and witness ed by a large crowd who were more than pleased with the treat afforded them. The band concert that closed the active festivities of the afternoon was given at T:30 and followed by danc ing that completed the big day and the lovers of the dance were able to enjoy themselves until a late hour in the measures of the good jazzy music furnished by the orchestra that had been secured from the union musicians of Omaha for the occasion. The day as a whole was one of pleasure and the men of Plattsmouth unions can feel well pleased over the excellent entertainment they have provided for their families and friends and the only regret express ed was that the union boys do not oftener arrange these pleasant gatherings. OVER BIG OHIO AN , Louisville Boy Fouled Twice in the Seventh Round Had Best of Nearly Every Stanza. From Tuesday's Dally. IJefore a crowd of approximately 1.500 people. including a number from Plattsmouth and more from Louisville. Andy Schmader, Cass county's young heavyweight, won over Terrv O'Kellar of Dayton. Ohio. the seventh round of a ten-round bout at Fort Omaha last night, when the Buckeye lad clinched and deliv ered two foul blows, doubtless pre- ferring to be beaten that way than to the impending count that would no time did he appear winded, al- though his opponent showed signs of sheer exhaustion. In two of the rounds Schmader relied too much on aid awarded the decision to the ex naval champ. Several good preliminaries were on the card, one of which went the k. o. route in the second round. Friends of Andy here are glad to note his success and see in him a coming boxer of the first magnitude. DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD rrn Tuesday's DaJty Yesterday Jack Edward, the four-mouths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carmack, who died at the home in Omaha late Sunday night, was brot to this city and the body taken to the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kunsman, where the funeral services were held this af ternoon and the little one laid to rest in the family lot at Oak Hill. The Rev. W. S. Leete of St. Lukes church conducted the services, which were simple, the Episcopal service being used. The little one has been in very I l in f o health circo Vila liirth anrl the condition of the babegradually grew worse until death came to re lieve him of his suffering. In the bereavement that has come to them the parents will have the deepest sympath of the many friends in the old home here. MRS. ED MAYBEE AT HOSPITAL From Tuesday's La!ly. Ed Mavbee, who has been at the bedside of his wife at the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha for the past few days came down yesterday. Mrs. Mavbee is suffering from an attack of bronchitis and pneumonia fever and her condition is quite serious at the present time. It was found neces sary to operate on the patient to give her relief from the pneumonia and she is fetill in very critical condition Mr. Maybee has been sick himself for several days as he was taken down while at the hospital with his wife and forced to return home. SUFFERS SMALL INJURY From Tuesday's Dally. Earl Brittain. one of the sons of Councilman Jack Brittain, suffered a rather painful injury this morning when he had his right foot run over by a rubble car and as the result, suffered a rather painful injury to a number of the toes. The Injured foot was dressed by a surgeon and the young man made as comfortable as possible. MURDOCK LADIES SEE THE WEST MESDAMES A. E. LAKE AND P. V. PICKWELL SPEND THREE WEEKS IN TRAVEL. FIND THE LAKES BEAUTIFUL As Well as an Abundance of Nature's Wonders Enthusiistic "See America First" Boosters From Tuesday's Dally. Mrs. A. E. Lake and Mrs. G. v. Mckwell returned Fridav from an I extension vacation trip through the northwest and Canada. For more man inree weeKS tnese .uuruoiK ladies have been "seeing America first," and have gathered a story of experiences and thrills that no Euro pean trip could duplicate. Starting from Lincoln, they stop ped first at Deadwood. South Dakota. Here, in the midst of the Black hills, Mrs. Lake spent a short time visit ing her brother, Fred Gramlich. Dur ing their stop at Deadwood, a trip was made to the famous Lead gold miles and the ice cave. The latter is so called because the floor of the cave is always a sheet of ice due to the peculiar and excessive withdraw al of warmth by the soil above it. These hills, according to the ladies, present as many beautiful and varied scenes as the Rocky mountains, which they visited later. From Deadwood their journey was continued without stop to Glacier National park in northwestern Mon tana. This park, now conceded to enclose some of the most wonderful awe inspiring views in the world, is in the heart of the tallest of the Rockies.- It is. as the name implies, a succession of snow "patches, giant, peaks, beautiful lakes, forests and glaciers. The two travelers took ad vantage of every tourist convenience and during their stay there traveled on water nearly fifty miles, had the thrills of a fast auto ride along mas sive ledges and deep canyons whose walls often dropped a sheer thous and feet from the trail over which they were passing, and then wound up their stay with a horseback ride to Iceberg lake. The latter lake offered one of the most wonderful and impressive sights of the entire trip. large glacier flowing down from the moun tains on three sides of the lake keep it supplied with icebergs, but on the fourth or' open side of the lake, at the very foot of that huge bank of snow and ice bloomed hundreds of -1 . . . i ... . . ., , mountain asters, unconscious of their proximity to cold .aad winter. Mrs. Pickwell and Mrs. Lake have only praise for "the beautiful rustic hotels and the excellent service ac corded them while in the park. Most marvelous of all. they say the prices were very reasonable. From Glacier National park the tourists passed into Alberta, Canada. from a region of mountains and rock to one of vast rolling plains and fields of wheat. The farmers of Alberta were just beginning to cut this wheat on the 25th of August. The ladies say that except for the fields that were damaged by the wind in the spring, the Alberta crop is excellent. In many of the fields where the grain is thin, the Russian thistle is very bad and causes the farmers much trouble in harvest. The first stop in Alberta was at Leftbridge. the home of J. E. Perry, formerly of Cass county. Mr. Perry has proved Canada a very prosper ous country indeed and at the time the ladies were there he had begun to harvest a crop of nearly 700 acres of wheat. Mesdames Lake and Pick well spent an enjoyable day and night visiting at the city home of the Perrys. Calgary. Alberta, was the next stop, and from there to Acme to visit old friends of Mrs. Pickwell. After a day or two at Acme, the home trip was begun via Billings, Cheyenne, Denver and Lincoln. There are two persons at least who know and appreciate America better because they have seen some of its wonders. FILES ESTATE MATTER From Tuesday's Dally. This morning the petition of Mrs. Ella Rosenow was filed in the county court, asking for a hearing and de termination of heirship in the matter of the estate of Emma J. Bragg, de ceased. The petitioner is represent ed by Attorney C. S. Aldrich. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET The regular monthly meeting of the board of county commissioners i was held today at the court house and all of the commissioners were present to take up the work of audit ing the various bills to come before that body. You will find a fine line of gif stationery at the Journal office. BIGGEST "DAM" TOWN From Tuesday's Dallv. Saturday afternoon C. L. Deitz, the foreman of the Burlington lumber yard in this city was at the Burling ton station and on inquiry as to where he was going he stated that he was going to "the biggest dam town in the world." At once thoughts of Kansas City, New York, Chicago and othsr places of some size floated through the mind of the re porter and which of theie towns he had designated was in doubt until Mr. Deitz explained that the expres sion "dam" was r.61 a mere technical expression but the real truth and that he was headed .'for Keokuk. Ia., which is truly sonie "dam" town as the largest dam in the world has been built there in the Mississippi river. Mr. Deitz returned home this morning. ; LOCAL SOKOLS WIN THIRD PRIZE FOR MEN Omaha Teams Carry Off First Honors With Plattsmouth Team as Third in the Drills. From Tuesday's Dall . Anton Kralicek of Racine. Wis., won the gold medal in the first divi sion of the Bohemian Catholic Sokol tournament staged on Creighton field in Om.iha. it was announced at the concluding banquet 6f the Fifth Na tional convention of the organiza tion in the hall at 1245 South Thir teenth street in that; city last night. He scored a total of 111.3 points. Anton Petrof of .Milwaukee won second prize with a, total of 109.3. and Joe Krejci, ilwuakee, took third with 10S. i Omaha received the lion's share of both team and individual honors in the meet, all third division prize winners being local entrants. Marjorie Dusatka:of Omaha won high honors in individual drill, with a total of 14.6 points out of a possible 1T. instead of tying for the event as was incorrectly announced. The national sokol record for pole vaulting was broken by Ted Matha of Omaha, who .cleaTed the bar at 10 feet inches. He also topped the list of individual prize winners in the second division, with 11.2 points. Vaclav Smutny of Baltimore, who broke the Sokol shot put record, was second, with 110.5. while Joseph Kralicek of Racine. Wis., placed third with 108.7. Vaclav Sloup. Jan Rozmajzl and Frank Vachal. all of Omaha, were prize winners in the third division, with 107.9. 107. S, and 107.7 points, respectively. The Omaha girls' team won the Indian club team drill with Sfi.l points. It was ( niuosod of Lulu Rozmajzl. Barbara Forman. Agnes Hermanek. Marjorie Dusatko. Mamie Fuxa and Anna Rozmajzl. Teams one and two in the third division, composed of Omaha men. won first and second places for di vision team drill, with 03.01 and 55.55 points, respectively. Third place went to Plattsmouth. Officers will be elected at a meet ing of delegates to he held in the parish school at Fourteenth and Pine streets today, following which the convention will close. Cedar Rapids. Ia., Baltimore, Md., and La Crosse. Wis., are competing for the next convention. TO APPEAR AT FALL FAIRS AND FESTIVALS Ben Hankinson Leaves to Open the Season in niinois and Has a Large Booking for the Fall Months. Ben Hankinson of this city depart ed Sunday to take up his wo'k throughout the central west with hi aerial act, that he has just perfected and which is one of the best that can be found in the booking agencies of this part of the west. Mr. Hankin son is resuming his stage career alter a rest of several years. He had at one time decided that he was through with life of the stage and the fairs but the lure of the l.Uing profession proved too strong and Mr. Hankin son decided to resume the career that he has followed since he was four teen years of age. His act is one of the best of its kind that can be found on the road today and will Drove a winner in the places where it will be shown. l he first engage ment of Mr. Hankinson 1s at Beemer 111., where he opens up this week He will use both the tight and slack wire acts and his tight wire act is one full of thrills and demands the greatest of skill on the part of the performer as he stands suspended at from 100 to 200 feet inthe air and walks across the wire and follows by the thrilling act of balancing him self on a bicycle on the wire, where the difference of the slightest move means instant death. That Ben will have the greatest of success in his work is the wish of the many friends in this city. For Sale: 6-room house and 2 lots on North 6th street. Electric lights bath, city water and gas in house Priced at a bargain. II. J. HOUGH. SCHOOL DAYS ARE NOW COMMENCING Opening of Fall Term Tcday and Very t e v ti Large Attendance of Young People m Grades and High School From Tuesday's Dally. The school bells this morning woke the youngsters of the commun ity to the realization of the fact luajn here for the present at least un that the golden vacation days were til tl)e farnily is thoroughly settled over and that the school house was going to be the big attraction for them from this time until the com ing of the next vacation. The opening days registration and attendance was greatly increase;! and twelve members of the senior class were received from the Murray school and makes the membership of the class of 1921 some forty-five boys md girls and this class has one of the best representations of young men of any class in the school for a number of years. The normal train ing department of the high school which was not so heavily enrolled last year has shown a surprising num ber of young men and women regis tering. In the grades the increase was very noticeable and in the seventh grade it was found necessary to pre pare an additional ro;m in the cen tral building as there are 119 reg istered in this grade a? against sixty eight last year. In almost all of the grades from the fourth up there are overflows and the additioon of two now teachers to the force will become necessary to care for the training of the youngsters. The Columbian building in the south part of the city is filled to its capacity and the showing there is of a large increase in the registration and attendance. The closing of the St. John's paro chial school has added 131 addition al pupils to the schools and with the increases of population and the num ber of children reaching school age and the non-resident puplil brings up the total for the year. RED SOX ADD TWO GAMES TO LIST Easy Furniture Co., of Omaha Vic tims Sunday and the Kalston Team on Labor Day. ProtT Tuesday's Dally. The Red Sox demonstrated that thev are some team when they de cide to play ball and added two anies to their credit on Sunday and londay when they defeated the Kasy Furniture company team oi umana on Sunday 9 to 1 and the fast Ral- ton team to 2 Labor day. The Sunday game proved that the isitors were as "easy" as their name implied and the Sox had little difficulty in romping around the bases at will and tne memuers ol the team were able to fatten up their batting average to a great ex tent from the slants of the Omaha pitcher and the numerous errors that the team pulled and which allowed the Sox to add up the runs they did at will. Connors opened the game and was; going at his top speed throughout and kept the visitors guessing, but as the contest was decidedly in lavor of the locals Connors was withdrawn to save him for the Monday game and Rudolph Meisinger was sent to the mound and operated with tne greatest of success in the remaining stages of the game and should have won a shut out but a scratch nit permitted the Kasy Furnitures to slip a score over the plate and saved them from returning to Omaha in a blank ed condition. Yesterdav afternoon the ball park was well filled by a large crowd to witness the second game of the ser ies and in which the fast Ralston team was the opponent of the Sox and received their second defeat of the season by the score of 6 to 2. Connors was on the mound for the Sox and in his usual excellent style kent the visitors chopping at the ball and had gilt edged support from his teammates. Owing to the fact that Eddie Gradoville, the catcher. had been injured during the races at the Labor day picnic, a change in the line up of the team became neces- sarv. 1'ete ueroiu resumed ms oiu position behind the bat while Robert Poisall, of Waterloo, Iowa, who is in the city visiting, was placed at third and Bruce Wolfe, the fast shortstop of the Union team, was in the short territory for the Sox and both men played a fast game and added to tne defeat of the enemy. Several times the visitors had men on bases but they were soon disposed of by Con nors and his crew' of base ball tos sers. A number of the visitors se cured long drives to left territory. but these were all grabbed by Ma son. Christie was in his usual bat ting form yesterday and secured sev eral safe ones. The excellent manner in which the Sox have been performing in the past few games has been very stimu lating .to the base ball spirit in the city and the fans are well pleased over the closing games of the season that the Sox are staging. Don't overlook Ghrist's special price furniture ad in this issue. REMOVING TO DETROIT From Wednesday's Dally The A. W. Dawson family after a residence of twenty-seven years in this city are soon to leave for Detroit to reside in the future. The home on Gold street has been sold to A. B Mass of Oreapolis and the work of packing the household goods of the Dawson family is now on and the goods will be shipped east as soon as possible. Mrs. Dawson will leave as poon as the household effects can be packed while Mr. Dawson will re- in the east. Fred Dawson. Ihe son, is now at the Michigan city in the employe of the Detroit Electric Fur nace company and has been very de sirous of having the family there with him. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson cam" to this city in 1S93 from St. Paul. Minn., and during their resi- thence lure have made many friends that they will great Iv regret to part with and their going will bring much regret as well from the friend-. VERY BUSY DAY IN BOATING CIRCLES Steamer "David Lindsay" Tied Up Here Over Sunday New Craft Launched by Owners. From Tuesday's Daily. The vicinity of the Missouri river was a busy place Sunday and Mon day and the activities indicated a renewed interest in river navigation. The steamer "David Lindsay," owned by the Woods Bros., of Lin coln, and which has been engaged for the past several months in work at Hamburg, Iowa. where several thousand acres of land were redeem ed from the danger of being swallow ed up by the treacherous waters of the Big Muddy, by the use of hollow cement piles forced below the river bed by a pumping process similar to that employed in sinking bridge cassions, was tied up here over Sun day. The boat is of a similar type to that tied up here for several weeks this spring, and was enroute to the. Iowa side of the river near Council Bluffs, where it will aid its sister ship in protecting the land from en croachments of the current. The large motor launch built by ( Bert Coleman and Fred Wynn dur ing the past winter, was launched in the waters of the Missouri yester dav and is some craft, being un doubtedly the largest and best equip ped boat that has been placed in the river in a number of years. The boat has everything that could be asked in the way of comfort and will be a great aid to the owners during the hunting season. The owners have built the craft especially for the purpose tf hunting and hope to en jor many a successful trip in it this fail. Jack Iverson, the first ward coun cilman and Louie Kroehler. were al so at the river yesterday and ex perienced some of the annoyances that come to motorists who brave the Missouri. They had gone down theViver several miles and when it was desired to return home, the en gine became sulky and refused to run and after spending several hours trying to coax it into going, the boat was tied up and the two pas seneers hiked over the hills back to the city. CARD OF THANKS We take this means of expressing to our kind friends and neighbors our deep appreciation of the assist ance given us in the illness of ourl loved one and for the sympathy given to us in our hour of sorrow and bereavement. Mrs. Otto Kram er and Son. Miss Clara Young was among the visitors to Omaha this morning where she spent a short time. School Days The first National Bank THE BANK WHERE PLATTSMOUTH 3 DEMPSEY HAS A MIGHTY PUNCH And Proves It Puts Miske Away in Third Round of Ten Round Bout on Labor Day. Benton Harbor. Mich., Sept. fi. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham pion of the world, demonst rated lo day that he still retains the teriflie punch that won him the title. He knocked out Billy .Miske, of St. Paul, a tighter as big as himself, in the third round of their ten-round match. Three hard smashes were sufficient to win him between J 50,000 and $100,000, his 50 per cent of the gate receipts. At the start of the fight, his first in fourteen months. Dempsey peeled off the same worn and patched red sweater t hat. he wore when he knock ed out Jess Willard. His face wore the same fighting frown, he danced about the ring with old time light ness of foot and finished up by tak ing the fight in the third round Jul as he did at Toledo. The third round went on one minute and thirteen seconds. Miske went down three times in the less than two and one half rounds of fighting. In the second he measured his length on the floor for the count of five. In the l;.tal third, driven to his corner under a rain of lefts and rights to the stom ach and chin, the challenger took the count of nine and had Just re gained his feet, when Dempsey, cart -fully measuring his balance, finished the bout with a right hend punch to the chin. Crowd an Orderly One The fight was watched by one of the most orderly crowds on record at a championship match. Women in bright clothing very scattered thru out the audience from 1 ho rinssiilf to the liatk fence, where they perch ed alongside the wicked barbed wir- and outshone some of the signboards in attracting attention. Delayed special trains held back the fight, and in the confusion of the long wait. Miske, .first into the ring, slipped through the crowd scarcely being noticed. A messenger from the champion" camp presently arrived to inquire whether the challenger was in the ling. This formality of the squared circle over, the messenger hiked back to Denipsey's camp while Miske waited ten minutes for the champion, who drtw an ovation as he march ed through the crowd. Miske's fight ing legs bore his initials elaborate ly embroidered in silk on the left leu. Dempsey had the regular red, white r.nd blue costume. SERVICE CLASS EN JOYS PLEASANT TIME Christian Church Ladies Spent the Afternoon at the Tome of Mrs. J. R. Stine, "iesterday. From Wednesday's Dally. The service class of the Christian church enjoyed a very pleasant meet ing yesterday afternoon at the hos pitable home of Mrs. J. R. Stine and the number in attendance was very pleasing. The afternoon was spent in discussing the business of the or gaization and the matters pertaining to the furthering of the plans of the class. One of the features was the fact that each member brought a dol lar and with it a poem telling the manner in which they had earned it and this proved most entertaining to the members. During the after noon dainty and delicious refresh ments were served that added to the enjoyment of the numbers of the party. Lost anything found anything?. Try a Journal ad. "They satisfy." , Begin Again! Another school year has opened and we welcome the Teachers and Stu dents on their return to work. Students will find us already ready to advise them on money matters with out charge of any kind. Teachers are invited to make use of our helpful banking facilities. Open a checking account. Courteous atten tion will be accorded you always. Students and Teachers alike should feel that they have a good friend in the . YOU FEEL AT HOME NEBRASKA.
