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JTebragka Stat Hlitcri cal Society X VOL. NO. xxxvn. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1921 NO. 54 plattsmrtoutb Seminal GREENWOOD SUFFERS FROM NIGHT VISITS SEVEN BUSINESS HOUSES FORC IBLY ENTERED DURING SATURDAY NIGHT. The gar-: or ronners operating out nf Omaha have made another do-. scent on the business houses of ("ass; county and the village (.f Green-' wood was the scene of the latest raid ftimnrolv littto f.f vahio, was taken although the robbers vis ited seven of the Greenwood stores ai;d business houses. Th night callers made their vUit and escaped undetected as the result of their raid was not discovered un til Sunday morning and as far as could be learned there has been no one found who heard anything of the virit until the owners of the fitted place;-. oT business discovered traces of the robberies themselves. Three parages. those of L. A. Townes. Ilutler A.- Schroeder. Sehoe- field j Jardine; i wo confectionaries. I of A. R. Ilirdsall and Watson How- ard. and two groceries, of K. E. Mc-1 elected and will continue in the con Donald and W. E Xewkirk. were thel'luct of the business affairs of the places entered and in each place the ! insurance company. The officers so- robbers made a close search forilecteu were money that might have been left in the stores over Sunday, but in each place only a very small amount of pennies and odd change had been left iii the registers, and the raid, as fur n the robbers were concerned. was a decided failure, although to , the owner of the various places it; will entail some expense in having the broken windows and doors re- j paired. In several of the place? the rob-J bers entered by breaking out a -win- dow and getting in and then tin-! locking, while in a few of the'm there . were window panes in the doors.; which were broken out. allowing the; parties to reach in and release the locks of the doors. A check of the contents of the stores and garages failed to disclose the loss of anything of particular t 1 what monev thev could and h:ckilv county will be much interest - for the owners of the places of busi- d in the following letter that has ness. thev had removed their cash ! fct -n received by the family here to places" of sretv at the close of.om one of the relatives who was business hours. I unable to attend the funeral of ( ap- The state law enforcement office at Lincoln was intormed at once oi the robberv and the blood hounds sent down to Greenwood from the, state capital, but without result, as' the animals after following the .scent i for a mile a?id a half east of town.' wcri comprtll to five up Hit- oliaw.l Sheriff Quinton was out of the city at the time and did not receive word of the robbery until last even ing and departed this morning for Greenwood to look over the situation. From the indications this is the work of the -rang that has been operating out of Omaha for several months. TROUBLES AT MURRAY KEEP SHERIFF BUSY Sheriff Quint on has been spending some little time the past few tlavs at Murray investigating acts that have disturbed annoying the usual peaceful calm of that little citv riur-iout ing the past we- k. i The trouble started on Friday night when some person or persons visited the pasture of Mr. I5erger and turned four cows loose and drove! them off. Saturday two of the ani mals were found near the Missouri Pacific tracks and bore evidences of having suffered mistreatment at the hands of the miscreants, who had evidently been running them. One cow had a horn torn off and the other, while being driven back to the Herger home dropped dead. Other tricks have been performed that have had a tender.cv to disturb me peace anu caim oi me resiuents r,lfrard to his renewal to this paper and as a result the sheriff may have!and alPO states that his family are a number of parties brought up here to lace a session of the law for the happer.incs of the past week or two. A FINE ATTRACTION. From Monday's Dallv. . "The Jucklins", the picture of the southland made famous bv the pen of Opie Read, was shown yesterday I at the Tarmele theater to large sized auuiences anu ttie splendid company that presented the screen version of the story was one of the best that has appeared here. The cast was one of the all star variety and each character in the story was well esieciea ior tueir roles. Tnis pic ture is being shown here prior to appearing in Omaha as it will be shown at the Strand for the week commencing February Cth. UNDERGOES OPERATION From Monday- ra;iy. This niorninc Dr. II. c. Leopold operated on Miss Hos-e Kuschinsky of Omaha, who came down to have her tonsils and adnoids removed and the operation proved very successful and gave the patient a great deal of reMef. C. C. Koke was also operat ed upon for the removal of his ton-f-lli; and came through the ordeal in f.ne shape. ARRIVAL OF LITTLE SON. The members of the Wiles family hcr- have received the announce ment of the birth at the home of Mr. ami Mrs. Marshall Wiles ut Mina tare, Nebraska, on Saturday, Janu- arv 22nd of a line thirteen and a half pound son and hir. The little son is doing nicelv as are all concerned and he corner as a solace to the fani- i!y that has ju-t suffered the loss of me- graii'liatner ot the little one. Captain I.aac Wiles, and it is the sincere wish of the family and friends that the little one mav live as ione ami usefui a ijfe as his dis- tinguished grandfather. . n ITTf IfllTIITI Hi O I I r Mil I i I I I tmri I I k IMU I U I L ELECTC OFFICERS All the Old Officers Renamed at the Annual Meeting Held Sat urday Afternoon. The Platte Mutual Insurance com pany held their annual meeting on Saturday afternoon and the reports of the various officers of the com- pany were received and passed upon by !Ti the stockholders. All of the old iTicers of the company were re- H. M. Soennichsen. president. John M. Vondran. vice president. Dr. C. A. Marshall, treasurer. I). O. Dwyer. secretary. Harry Dwyer. assistant secretary. John M. Vondran and John Kopia. directors. The company has had a very heavy loss in the recent burning of the Warga building and has successfully settled the claim to the satisfaction of all parties. This interfered to some extent with the profits of the company for the year, but is the only serious loss that the company has sustained in the past twenty years. SENDS WORD OF COM FORT TO RELATIVES HERE -The -mem ben of -tte W Hes family ia:n Isaac v lies. i ne leuer is irom Mrs. E. A. Maxwell, one of the fav ! orite nieces of the deceased and is as follows : January 21. 1921. My Dearest Cousins and All:. We were sorry this morning to i , r c. . I- ... . i. ,. ",ur '""'""" tew are better prepared to go than he. He has lived a clean and simple life, trying to do right and live right and what more can any one do. I know he was loved by all who knew him. I am sorry not to be able to gf down for the funeral. Have not been outside our door yard for nearly three months, but hope some of the children can attend the funeral. Sister Bell's daughter. Olive, was here at Christmas time, she said she never seen I'ncle Isaac and that was one reason she was anxious to go to the reunion a year ago last fall and then missed him. How we will miss him all the rest of our lives. I have hoped and hoped he would come and make us a good visit on his trips west and can never forget the good times I have had at my uncle's home. Hope you are all in good health and we want you all to know how sincerely we sympathize with you in this one great sorrow. Affectionately. E. A. Maxwell and family. WRITES FROM KANSAS CITY. W. W. Coates. for a number of years one of the prominent business men of this city, but who is now located at Kansas City, writes to the I Journal a very interesting letter in all in the best of health and enjoy- ing their just measure of success. Mr. Coates is now the head of the Coates' Manufacturing company, which has. besides the main office in Kansas City, branches in Denver. Des Moines. Oklahoma City. Sioux City. St. Louis and Omaha. This company has the manufacture of the Amercian flint tile as their specialty and have had great success in the sale of this type of tiling that is especially in demand in the middle west in the construction of silos and farm buildings. Mr. Coates states that his sons are all to bceome in- terested in the company and the old er son. Vyiliam W. Coates. Jr.. is ex pected home from Champaign, 111., where he is attending the University of Illinois, about March 1st and will then take charge of the plant at Lawrence. Kansas, where a great deal of the tile is manufactured. FOR SALE The large frame livery barn and feed sheds, known as the Sam G. Smith Garage, Plattsmouth. Neb. A good chance to get some good barn material cheap. Mail your offer to Sam G. Smith. Plalnview. Texas. Blank Books at the Journal Office. COUNCIL HAS SHORT-SESSION LAST NIGHT i JUT LITTLE INTEREST PASSED i ! UPON BY REGULAR GRIND OF j CITY LEGISLATORS From Tuesday's tally. The session of the city law makers laM evening was as uneventful as the meeting of the tatting society a far as excitement was concerned .':nd very little of importance passed upon by the body in the bri f nalt hour that they were in session. One of the first matters that came to the attention of the councilmen vas a communication from William Paird relative to the old livery barn on Main street between Sixth and Seventh streets and which has for a number of years been ripe for re moval. Mr. Baird in his letter touch ed on the dangerous condition of the barn as regards fire and also of the fact that it had been rebuilt in viola tion of the state law covering fire proof buildings and should be con demned. Mr. Baird also touched on the practice of having wagons and other vehicles pulled out in the cen ter of Main street and left ehere for days and weeks and practically con vrting the main street into a yard for parking purposes and which was not only very un.-ightly but a nui sance to the residents of that portion of the city. On motion of Councilman Ptacek of the second ward the police were instructed to see the parties owning the barn and to see that the ofending vehi?les were removed or the reason for it not being done inquired into by the city police. In regard to the consolidation of the fire equipment fund into that of the fire department fund Chairman Schulhof of the finance committee re ported that on consultation with the city attorney it had been foui.c! that it would be impossible to consolidate the two funds as they had eaoh been included in the city levy and it would not be possible to do anything until the nexj. levy was made when the fire equipment fund conld be dropped The reason for the desire to close up the fund is that the purpose for which it was created had been accom plished in the purchase of the new equipment for the fire department and that in making the settlement, through an error the fire department fund ?vul been drawn against instead of the fire equipment and it was to see that this matter was straightened out that the council has been endeav oring to get the transfer made. The finance committee also report ed the approval of the insurance poi icy of the Traveler's Insurance com pany, for the city to carry their lia bility insurance policy for the en suing year and on motion the policy was accepted and the premium of $lS!.f0 ordered paid. Mayor Schneider stated that he ha ", sent a drag out to level up the crush ed rock roads in the cemetery anc! place them in proper condition against the coming of the spring weather and that this work would make them first class in every way as far as was possible. Chairman Iverson of the lighting committee stated that he had notified the light company as to the removal of a pole on Oak street as well as the installing of a new light on North 8th street, but neither of these acts had been carried out by the com pany. Mr. Howe of the same com mittee stated that the manager of the light company had stated that he had not been formally notified by the city clerk in writing of the matter. Councilman Will Mason who keeps a watchful eye on the needs of his baliwick reported that there were a number of low places near Pearl and 11th street as well as on Seventh street and that quite a good amount of surplus dirt was piled up near the residence of City Attorney Mar tin on Pearl street and he suggested that the city secure this dirt and have it used in smoothing over the low places, and the matter will be acted on later when the street work opens up again. The matter of the bridge on west Vine street near the west second ward school was brought up for discussion as the place is one that is dangerous for travel. The council had this matter under consideration for some time and means for supplying the needs of that portion of the city discussed. This bridge has been out of commission for the past year and a half and at one time the county commissioners had promised the coun cil that the old steel bridge south of the Burlington shops on the street had been closed up. would be trans ferred to this point so as to give the residents of the west part of the city a means of travel, but as Mayor Schneider stated he had understood that the bridge in question had been ordered placed in the district south of the city and unless the commis sioners stuck to thehir original pro mise and changed their last order there would be no transfer of the bridge to west Vine street. The need of a bridge on Maiden Lane was also discussed and this too will be taken up with the county commissioners. Councilman Brittain raised the ouestion as to the working hours for I the chief of police and desired to I know at what time he was supposed . to go on" and off duty, but none of the councilmen "were qualified to give this i information although most of them thought he should put in the larger portion of the day on the job. Mayor Schneider stated that he had made no decision on the matter of a fire chief but would consult with the new fire department by the time of the next meeting of the council and hoped to have some one selected who might be i:gre"able to all parties con cerned. The finance committee of the coun cil after a careful examination of the claims against the city teported the following r, cm-rest and their pay ment was ordered and following which the council adjourned: John Cotn-r. cutting trees a citv hall ? G.CO C. C. Comer, : Dr. O. Sandin. Fi.nie expense to York ;.; convention Anderson Co.. .00 Omaha. fire- men hc-imets IM.O'J L. F. Terry berry, si t rage lire truck P. A. McHlvvain, express C. H. Lewis, burying 1 dog C. E. Hartford, coal at city hall A. Xitka. flushing streets John Maurer. same James Wynn. same C. II. Lewis, cleaning crossing ; s lC.r.n 8. SO n. 8. SO PASSING OF AN OTHER PIONEER Wm. F. Hill. Lor.? Time Resident Near Union. Passes Avay His Home at Ripe Old Age. William Fields Hiil. at the age of more than four score years, passed from this earth at iii late home last Thursday after an illness extending c er a wte... Mr. Hill first saw light on Chiistmas day. ISoS. in Ohio and there lived until he became a man and later came to Nebraska and to Cass county wheie he has lived fcr the pat sixty years and has been a man who all live to revere. It is not known that lie ever affili ated with any religious society, but lias lived a God fearing life, and been a man all rhe vay through, has alwavs treated all a- he would have them treat him. h- He whs li.nftefl-irnitiTiage to Miss Miss Mary Bird, nn September 18. 187S. and i survived by his wife. and five sons and three daughters. One daughter died in infancy. The sonr are Wesley. Joseph James. George and Charles, the daughters living are Mrs. Allax Kxline. Mrs. Minnie Morrow, and Mrs. Louise Wood. The funeral was held v.t the Lewis- ton church north of I nion last Sat urday and was attended by a large :uiml.er of friends notwithstanding the almost impassible condition of the roads-. The services were con ducted by the pew W. A. Taylor of I'nion at noon. January 22. and the interment made at the Lewiston cem etery. PLATTSMOUTH LADY WEDDED JUiss Mathilde Vallery of This City United in Marriage at Billings. Montana, on Saturday. A wedding of interest to Platts mouth friends was that of Miss Mathilde Vallery of this city to Mr. Edwin T. Dutcher. of Warrensburg, Missouri, which took place Saturday afternoon in the Presbyterian church at Pillings. Montana. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Cameron and was fol lowed by ? dinner at the Northern hotel, attended only by one or two of the intimate friends of the con tracting parties. After a trip through the west, in cluding California. Mr. Dutcher and his bride will make their home in Warrensburg, where he has been in business for some vears past. The bride is a member ef one of the oldest and best known families of Cass countv and a sister of Mrs. T. P. Livingston. Mrs. Kate Minor and Mrs. W. J. Streight of this city and Mrs. F. E. White, of Omaha. She has been one of the most gifted musicians of the city and her charm ing voice has added much to the en joyment of many of the musical en tertainments of Plattsmouth and her removal to her new home wiil be a distinct loss to the musical circles of the citv. Mrs. Dutcher has also been very active in the work of the Presbyterian church here and was for a great many years in charge of the work of the choir of the church. CALLED TO VIRGINIA From Monday's Dally. County Commissioner C. F. Harris of Union, departed this morning for Virginia, where he was called by a message announcing the serious ill ness of his only brother, who is re ported at the point of death at his home in that state. Mr. Harris left hoping to reach the bedside of his brother in time to visit with him be fore his illness should culminate in death. My. but she'd appreciate one of those lovely boxes of stationery on display at the Journal office. SOUTH SIDE HIGH LOSES A FAST GAME STINKTOWN TEAM DEFEATED EY PLATTSMOUTH HIGH LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. The local hii;h school basket ball team adde another victory to their string on Saturay night', when they defeated The fast South Side high school team, of Omaha, and after a fast and furious battle. the score tood :!0 to 29 in favor of the bat tling Plattsmouth live. The game was characterized by much roughness as the visitors were loaded with rough stuff, but in this they found their equal in the husky local team and did not progress far in that line of tactics and it failed to bring the desired victory. The attendance was quite large and the locals were cheered by their friends as they buttled the packing house city bunch and made them take the loser's portion of the game. This is the second victory of the week as the locals took the Have lock team into camp Friday evening by the decisive score of ;S to 3 and but for the kindness of the referee the visitors would have been score less In this game Sat tier, captain of the locals, was the chief basket securer, as lie- added fifteen baskets to his credit and aided materially in the victory of his organization. In the game Saturday night he threw six of the eleven field goals and successfully caged eight free throws, thus making 20 of the 30 .(points scored by the locals. SOUTH OMAHA LADS LAND IN THE BRIG Too Much Enthusiasm and Disturb ance at Hotel Wagner Leads to Their Confinement. In the early watches of Sunday morning the members of the South Side basket ball team and a number of their friends who had accompanied them here, started a disturbance at the Hotel Wagner by giving vent to their youthful enthusiasm through shouting and making a large amount nf noise that proved very annoying to the other guests of the hotel and led to Mr. Creamer, the night clerk, summoning the police and Officer Al vin Jones appeared on the scene and took the situation in hand and or dered seven of the young men to dress and get read to accompany him to jail, which they did. The seven boys spent the few re maining hours of te night in the confines of the bastile and would have spent a much linger time there but for the kindness of Mayor H. A. Schneider. Mr. Schneider, who is himself a good soout and having had experience of traveling with basket ball and base ball teams, felt com passion for the boys whose punish ment was adequate to the offense committed, and accordingly visited the jail yesterday morning and al lowed them to go on their way back to their homes. The boys did not commit any depredations at the hotel aside from their loud talk and yelling and as it is a common fault of most teams of this kind when they get away from home for a good time, the ac tion of the mayor was decidedly the right one to lake and leaves a better impression of the city with the visi tors from South Town. CLOSE OF ST SEMESTER. Final examinations for the first semester of the university of Nebras ka began Saturday and will contin ue through the coming week. Fifty six students are candidates for de grees in the mid-year class, includ ing candidates for the junior certi ficate given for the shorter course. Senior division students are required to make a grade of eighty in any junior division courses they may be taking, in order to obtain full credit in such courses. Only four-fifths credit is allowed a senior student for a passing grade below eighty for work in a junior division subject. Registration for the second semes ter will begin Wednesday. January 2fi. ami continue until 4 p. m. Satur day, January 2ft. A letter of instruc-j tion has been sent by Miss Florence j MeGahey, registrar of the university. t to all freshmen students, containing j directions for obtaining numbered j tickets indicating the time at which J they may register in order to avoid I conflicts with examination held dur ing the same days. Students are j warned they are not "registered" as students of the university until the application blank has been filed at ; the registrar's office following the! payment of registration fees. A of $3 is added for those who do register before 4 p. m. Saturday. fee not Rhode Island Reds For Sale. ' I am offering some fine Rhode Island cckrels. this year's toek. Miss Etta Nickles. Murray phone IS 11. tf T's s-w. GETS NEW FILM STAR. The bill board ater on the east :;ear the post off i of the Parmelc the side of Fifth street, e, has a large pos- ter ad vertisement of a familiar fig ure of the movie stage but the name is flaming across the large circus posters is one unknown to the thea ter goer. The poster announces that Arb Iioscoehuckle is to be in our city on January 28th and 2!Uh in "The Lite of the Party, and this strange. billing r jf the famous "Fatty" ii roused considerable curiosity from the residents of the community. Manager Cloidt of the theater denies the authorship and states that the unique manner of advertising Fatty was the work eif H. M. Young, the veteran bill poster, who has been advertising the theaterical stars since the days when "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a Broadway hit, and long before Theda Bara started in to vamp. DIES AFTER ILL NESS OF MONTHS Henry Miller Passed Away Yesterday at Lincoln and Body Will Be Brought Here for Burial From Tuesday's Daily. After an illness covering several months duration, Henry Miller, one of the best known residents of this city, and for a number of years in charge of the Elks club house, pass ed away yesterday morning at Lin coln. Mr. Miller has for the past year been feeling poorly, but it was not until the middle of November that his condition become such as to give little hope of his recovery and he was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Horatio Taylor at naveiocK. wnere ne remained unin November 2Cth, when he was taken to the sanitarium at College View, where he has since remained. Hen ry had continued to fail in health until death came to his relief yes terday and brought to the close his intense sufferings. Mr. Miller was fifty-five years of age and has spent the greater part of his lifetime here in Plattsmouth. where he was married and some three years ago the home circle was broken by th -death of the wife and mother and since that time Mr. Mil ler has been residing for the greater part of the time with his sister, Mrs. P. D. Bates. To mourn the death of this good man there remain five children, namely: Charles Miller, Brunswick. Neb.; William Miller, re siding in California: Mrs. Horatio Taylor. Havelock: Albert H. Miller of this city, and Elmer Miller of Havelock. Five sisters and one brother are also left to mourn his death: Mrs. Margaret Stewart. Lin coln: Mrs. Hannah Colbert, Mem phis; Mrs. P. D. Bates, Plattsmouth; Mrs. Kate Curtis and Mrs. Annette Elliott of Kansas City. Mo., and Charles Miller of Brunswick, Ne braska. The deceased was a member of the Eagles and of Plattsmouth lodge No. 729. B. P. O. E. The body will ar rive from Lincoln this afternoon at 4: HO and will be taken from the Bur lington station to the Elks club house where it will lay in state until noon tomorrow. The funeral services will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) af ternoon at 2:30. at the Elks lodge room. Rev. H. G. McClusky will of ficiate and the Elks will have charge of the ceremonies at the grave. COURT HOUSE CLOSED From Mnndaj-'B Dally. The Cass county court house was closed this morning between 10 and 11 o'clock during the funeral services of Captain Isaac Wiles, who was a former county commissioner, and a number of the county officials attend ed the funeral services. The Right While present conditions call fer conservatism on the part of the public, all of us should regard the present re-adjustment optimistically. Financial and trade conditions are trending naturally and surely toward improvement. It is the opinion of the officers of this hank that there is every justification for confidence and optimism. We are ready to lend helpful ce-operation to all of our customers during the present re-adjustment period ;;nd the prosperous days which will surely follow. the First national bank trbBank where PIATTSMOUTH BOYS AND MEN ARE EN TERJAINED FIRST ANNUAL BOY'S AND KEN'S NIGHT AT METHODIST CHURCH ENJOYED BY 160 PERSONS. From Tursdny'H Dallv. Last eening the fir.-t annual jiiili ering of the boys ami mm T th community who are not i'hlkiti with other church eru::ti izat ion war held at the parlors of l:e Methodic Episcopal church and the event ai tended by 100 of the men and boys from ten years up and it is needle, to say that the occasion was one thai is going to be long remembered for its pleasantness. The committee that had arranged the affair was composed of Jee Perry. Ward Whelan. Frank Elliott. L. V. Copenhaver. John E. Schutz and Vern Am. and represented the membership of both the Men's Adult Bible class as well as the Young Men's Bible class of the church. These two organizations financed and promoted the event ami those who attended were required to do only one thing that of having a good time and from all report both jthe hosts and the guests entered in to the spirit of the occasion and had one of the jolliest tunes that li;i ever been enjoyed among the men of the church. The gathering was scheduled for 8 o'clock sharp, but by 7:"0 there were at least sixty men and lads on the scene and all readv for the fes- !tive occasion and bv the time the event was scheduled to start the parlor- were filled by the jolly members Qf the party and the cfunmittee com posed of H. H. Cotton. James Kuv kendall. F. P. Bu.eh. E. H. Wescott, D. C. York and C. C. Wescott saw that all of the party were acquaint ed and all interested in the evening of fun and frolic that had been planned. The entertaining was given over largely to Rev. Hunter and a few of the young men who devised some very entertaining games and in which all entered with the greatest of en thusiasm and glee and taid busi ness men found themselves romping with the abandon of years gone by and enjoying the event as thoroughly as the lads of younger years and in fact some of the older men showed adeptness in the games that was a surprise even to themselves. During the progress of the games a knock at the door revealed the fact that a stranger was without garbed in the costume of the old time farmer and insistent on coming in despite the fact that he had no boy with him, which had been one of the require ments of admission, an daccordingly he was refused admission, but on promising to sing he was allowed to come in and it was discovered that it was Don C. York and his number a laughing song, was much en joyed. The games continued until 9:."i0 when the luncheon was served and the feast of good things provided by the committee proved ample for the jolly crowd and as the members of the party were served in cafeteria style the spirit of fun continued un til the very last when the fact of the lights going out signaled the close of the evening although it had been expected to enjoy some further time in pleasure 1 ut the electric lights which have a habit of'goi'ig out when most needed followed true to form and brought the evening to a close shortly after 10 o'clock. You can get any kind of a diary you wish by coming early and pick ing from the Journal s sample line of "Standard" diaries iow on sale. Viewpoint! YOU FEEL AT HOME