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. ctp Kistorl "ctl Society piattsmoiitb V 1 if. urna VOL. NO. xxxvtl PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921. NO. NATURALIZA TION DAY IN DIS TRICT COURT MANY APPLICANTS FOR THEIR FINAL PAPERS ARE GIV EN HEARING From Monday's Ia!ly. This morning was naturalization day at the court house am! the dis trict court and some twelve appli cants for final papers were present with their witnesses to undergo the final examination that would give them the full rights as citizens. The scene was very interesting as all the applicants were eager to en ter into their citizenship and dis played The greatest of interest in the juestions put to them by AL F. Lay ock .f St. Louis, representing the United States government. The hearing was presided over by Judge James T. Begley and upon those who siicces-l'ully p.ised the examination a- impressed the lessons of true citizenship and the majesty that the right of participation in the Amer those who ican government hold tt frm it- citizenship. The senior and junior cl;i--e of th- Loui.-villf high school were, pre-ent at the hearing and displayed great interest in the conferring of the riuh's of citizenship on the ap plicants. There were twenty of the young je"p!e in the party that was in charge of Mi Jessie AL Rob err -on. on- of the instructors in the hi::h school in our neighboring city. The applications uf I'tter Lenhart of South I!er.d. Bror Christiansen. Fr-nk Fisher of Plattsmouth. AL AlcEall. William and Harry George (audy. of Eagle, were granted in the court thi morning and a num ber of oth-rs will be taken up dur ing the day. Two of the applicants for final paper- we:- -i i'ii pel led to have their cases I j i . I over until later as they failed !n give clear encugh answers as to th.e American form (if govern ment and til" processes by which the laws of tli- nation and -'te ure en acted. The exaltation for ciftzen"hip ha become a very severe test and one that requires the thoughtful at tention of the applicants rather than the former loose methods of receiv ing persons into citizenship and those who get through the l.ars will well remember the even'. SUNDAY SCHOOL IN STITUTE A SUCCESS Mi?s Isabella Reimers. Dr. Gregg; and Dr. Bishop of Wesleyan, Give Interesting Talks The Sunday school institute held on Saturday evening and both in the morning and afternoon yester day at the Methodist church, proved on- of the most inspiring religious meetings that ha been held here in snie time. At the service at . evening the gatherin :?, Saturday r was largelv for the officers and teachers of the S inday sc hool and the members of Wsl-an faculty explained the de tails of tli- plan of the institute and the importance of the Sunday school in the religious education of the oung ami the strengthening of the church i:i t he- community. At the service at 11 o'clock Sun day morning. Air. Gregg occupied t lie morning worship hour with his b-cfure. "What is Religious Educa tion." and his long experience in tii- study of psychology has given him a wonderful opportunity of judgment of the religious spirit of man and in his remarks lie gave clearly ihe means by which the re ligious spirit of mankind can be cultivated and made to grow Into perfection In the afternoon a thorough dis c '.is ion of the Sunday school work was taken up by the three instruc tors. Miss Ktimers covering the pri mary work. Air. Gregg the interme diate work and Air. Bishop the best methods of handling the adult classes of the church school. Each of the meetings develoned t; greatest of interest and the re-: suit of the visit of these ernest Sun day school workers will be reflected in the creating of greater interest in all of the Sunday schools of the city. As a feature of the morning ser vice at the church, Aliss Dorothy Grey. ,,f Omaha, gave a solo number that was much enjoyed and afforded a splendid opportunity for the sweet voice of the young singer to be heard. MEETINGS CLOSED From Monday's Dally. The series of revival meetings which have been conducted at Alur ray by Rev. A. G. ILjllowell, closed yesterday morning at that place and as a whole have been very successful in promoting the spiritual advance ment of the community. Two addi tions were made to the church dur ing the series of meetings and a quickening of the spirit of the church generally shown. We do all kinas or )ot printing HAS MOVED TO TOWN Andy Sehmader, the Louisville athie'.e. and his bride have moved into their new home on upper Main street. Andy has helped to keep I-uisville tin the map by winning the championship belt of the Amer ican navy as a boxer and after the war was over and he received his discharge from the navy lie has met some if the best boxers of the coun try and has yet to meet with defeat. Louisville is proud of the record made by this young athlete and we are glad to know that he has decided to make his permanent home here. Louisville Courier. MRS. GASTER WINS CASE IN DIST. COURT Jury Returns Verdict Against Wood men of the World for $2,000, in Favor of Widow. The case of Airs. Annie Dollie Caster against the Woodmen of the World, which was on trial all day Friday and Saturday in the district court, was decided late Saturday evening when the jury returned at I 10 o'clock with a verdict awarding) to the plaintiff the sum of $2,000 on an insurance policy carried by the late Albert Caster, husband of the plaintiff in the insurance society. The jury also disposed of the niat-j ter oi tne contest oi ine marriage or Air. and Airs. Gaster, which had been attacked by the mother of Air. Gaster on the grotinds of the fact that the first husband of Airs. Gasteri was living at the time she was mar ried, and for which purpose two w it nesses testified they had seen Air. Wittstruck on a train some four years ago. but these statements fail ed to impress the jury to any extent owing to the length of time since the parties were supposed to have seen the man and the fact that they too were interested in the case. The case was one that was very complicated, covering the different questions involved and it required several hours for the jury to arrive at an agreement. Airs. Gaster was represented by Afatthew Goring or this city and the W. O. W. by Frank II. Gaines, gen eral attorney of the order. This closes the jury cases for some time as the jury has been excused until April and will probably not be required again this term. MAY TAKE TRIP TO FAR OFF SWEDEN John H. Hallstrom of This City Con templating Trip Back to Old Home in Mother Land. John II. Hallstrom of this city who has not for the past thirty-five years enjoyed a visit with his rel atives or a glimpse of the old home among the hills of far off Sweden, is now contemplating a trip back across the waters within the next few months. The father of Air. Hallstrom is still; living in Sweden and is now in his ( late eighties and this is one of the. prime objects of the visit that is be ing planned is to visit with the aged gentleman ere he shall have passed on his journey. All of the relatives of Air. and Airs. Hallstrom are resid ing in Sweden with but one or two exceptions and a visit there would be one filled with much pleasure to all members of the family. If Air. Hallstrom decides definite ly on the trip he will take the op portunity of also visiting the conti nent and looking over that part of Europe where the great war was fought. WRITES AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM GERMANY Lester E. Vroman who is station ed with the American army o' oc cupation in Germany, has Just writ ten to his friends here to inform them that he is still on the job as a soldier of Uncle Sam and enjoying life as much as possible. He states that their work there is very pleas ant and the troops enjoy a great deal of liberty when not engaged in the routine of garrison life and trips up the river Rhine and to the Ger man cities afford them pleasant out ings. He sends in a letter to C. E. Wes cott's Sons, a number of the new German paper marks and as is gen erally the case with the European paper money, they are printed on a very light paper, which, of course, soon becomes worn out from hand ling. The marks in appearance are not unlike the very familiar franc with which the members of the A. E. F. were wont to amuse themselves by placing them as stakes in a game of the Mississippi marbles and the appearance of the francs after a lively session of sevens and elevens made the heart of the average Frenchman ache and the madame at the cafe was usually kept busy past ing up the lacerated and wounded franc notes. Blank Books at the Journal Office. THE PASSING OF A NOBLE, UPRIGHT MAN Clark Newlon, Well Known and Be loved Resident of Weeping Water Passes to His Final Reward From Monday's Pally. The city of Weeping Water and tne surrounding community are mourning today the passing of one oi the most striking figures that has resided in their community, that of Clark Newlon, and who is known throughout that portion of Ca. county as one of nature's noblemen. The death' of Air. Newlon occurred at an early hour this morning follow ing a sudden attack of heart trouble last night and from which he never recovered, passing from the scene of his earthlv activities to his final re ward in a very brief period of time. To those who know him in hi home, the life of this good man re mains as an inspiration to which they can look forward to and his loving kindness has left him a place in the hearts of the community that no one else can ever hold. There was never a troubled spirit or emp ty hand that came in the pathway of this splendid christian gentleman that was not sent on its wav rejoic ing and full of hope for better things and his life covering a period of sixty-one years was filled with love for all mankind. Air. Newlon came to Weeping Wa ter some fifty years ago from Alon mouth. Illinois, and has since made his home in that community. He entered the Baptist church at Wa bash shortly after his arrival in Ne braska, and continued a member of that faith until his death, although of late years he has attended the Congregational church in his home city and had expected to become a member of that church at Easter. He was a member of the Alasonic fraternity and had risen to the thirty-second degree in the order and was also a member of the Shriners at Lin coln, and the members of this order will have charge of the services at the grave tomorrow. Air. Newlon was never married and made his home with his un married sister. Aliss. Catherine New lon. "for the past years. In his passing the community in which he has lived has suffered the loss c.f a gentleman whose place will be hard to fill and only the softening influences of tiine can lighten the burden that is laid upon the rela tives and friends. The home at Weeping Water was filled todiy by the host of friends anxious to do some act of love for him whose form is resting in the silent sleep of death and to share with those of the family the grief that the parting has brought to all of them. The funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2: CO from the late home and will be conducted by Rev. Riley of the Congregational church of Weeping Water and Rev. W. A. Tay lor of Fnion. an old friend of the deceased. CAR TAKEN BUT RETURNED From .Monday's Dally. Last evening the Ford car be longing to Jess Elliott, was left park ed in front of the I'armele theater for a short time while members of the family were attending the thea ter and on their return to drive home, lo and behold, the faithful Ford had disappeared and no trace could be found of the car. The mat ter was reported to the authorities and a search started to attempt to locate the missing Ford, but without success until this morning. Per sons coming into the city reported (hat a Ford had been abandoned along the road near the Alercerville school house and an investigation disclosed it as the car belonging to Air. Elliott, who hastened to the scene nd brought the car back to nis huine in this city. Who took the car. however, re mains a mystery and if it was car i ied out as a joke, the' party doing it was taking long chances on get ting mixed up rather seriously with the law and had they been caught in possession of the Ford it might have been hard to explain. CANDIDATES FROM HERE ' BECOME SHRINERS TODAY From Alonday's Datlv This morning an auto party com posed o f Guy W. Morgan, C. F. Schmidtmann, Charles S. Dovey and Waldemar Soennichsen. motored to Omaha, where they will attend the ceremonial of Tangier temple of the Mystic Shrine, being members of the large class that are to cross the wind swep.t and heated sands of the desert this evening at the Shriners' temple. A number of the local Shriners will go up this afternoon and evening to attend the initiator ceremonies. OLD RESIDENT VISITS HERE Prom Tuesday's raliy. T. N. Bobbitt, for many years one of the well known residents of near Alvo. was in the city todav for a few- hours visiting with his old time friends. Mr. Bobbitt is now living at Lincoln and io enroute to Tecumseh, where he expects to visit a son. Wil liam Bobbitt. near, that place. WAS NOT AT SHOW In regard to the account of the stealing or taking of trie Ford ear of Jess Elliott. Sunday evening, tiiere seems, to have been a slight mis statement of some of the minor de tails, that of tli'.- members of the family having been at the theater when the car was taken as the Jour nal is informed the members of the family were at the Methodi.-i church at the time anil 'ot ar i he I'armele theater. OMAHA WOODMEN BID FOR HEAD GAMP Camps of That City and of State to Urge Bringing National Meet .to Gate City in 1922 A matter of mrch interest to the members of the Modern Woodmen of America in the state and especial ly in this city, where Cass Camp No. :532 numbers so many of the res idents of the community, is the proposition launched in Omaha to have the next head camp held in Omaha in June, l'J22. The first steps in the campaign have been taken by Beech camp, of Omaha, which is organizing a dele gation to go to th coming head camp at St. Lotus to rost lor omaha. and who will be accompanied by their crack drill team of twenty members. The national meeting will bring at least 100.000 visitors to the scene of the meeting and includes some 7,000 of the Foresters who attend the head camps to put on the drill work of the meeting. The county conventions of the var ious camps will be held in April and May and the delegates named to the state camp, winch is to he held at Lincoln in Alay and which will select the delegates to St. Louis. That the whole state of Nebraska will hear tily endorse the move to have the national camp come to Omaha next vear is unquestioned. Cash bonuses from cities asking the convention will not be accepted oy the Woodmen authorities. Assur ance must !e given however mat visitors to the bead camp are given Talr treatment to prices for ae and adequate facili- comniodat ions t ies. BIG TIME HAD AT SHRINE MEETING Members and Candidates from This City Participate in Meeting of the Omaha Lodge. from Tuesday's Dailv. The Plattsmouth delegation that lttended the creiuonial of Tangier temple of the Shriners in Omaha ye terdav. returned late last night feei ng that they had spent a most en joyable time and the candidates es pecially felt that the occasion had been cue they would not soon for get . Glen Perry. Luke L. Wiles. Wil liam A. Robertson. Guy Alorgan. F. P. Busch, Charles S. Dovey, Walde mar Soennichsen. C. F. Schmidt mann. Dr. II. ". Leopold. H. A. Stromberg. William Rummell and John F. Wehrl-ein were among t lie party attending the big gathering and they report that there were some 4,500 in attendance at the meeting. which' was one of the greatest the Omaha Shrine has enjoyed in years. The candidates were given the us ual impressive Shrine initiation and one that they will long remember, and that they will not forget it the members are anxiously awaiting for their pictures which were taken at t lie close of the ceremonies and w hich they will preserve to hand out to their descendents as a trophy of the occasion. LOCAL VISITORS TO OMAHA SHOW HAD A GOOD SCARE A Nebraska City party of young people who attended the Omaha au tomobile show Thursday night and returned by moonlight had a scare when they drove past La Platte. They had been told that road ban dits were numerous and were rather anxious to get over the Platte river on that account. At La Platte they saw a car. without lights, standing alongside he road.' A man" stepped out in the highway, waved his arms in a menacing manner and the driver of the Nebraska City machine stepped on the brake and came to a 4tan(flMl. With their hearts al most jumping out of their bodies the young folks waited for the summons to "stick 'em up", but it didn't come. The stranger merely wanted to borrow a match. His car was one of the old-style varieties that use a Presto-lite tank for illumination. The Nebraska City young people gave a sigh of relief, in unison, and the stranger was presented with a whole box of matches. Nebraska City Press. HORSES FOR SALE I have a number of horses for sale; also a new International separ ator. 22x3S. Fred Beverage. Alur ray. Neb. 5t s-w. Blank Books at the Journal Office. TIME OF NAM ING NEW OFFI CIALS AT HAND NON-PARTISAN CAUCUS CALLED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT TO PICK CANDIDATES. The time for selecting the new of ficials of the city is fast drawing near and to date there has been very little interest shown in the matter as far as the activities of the indi vidual candidates are concerned. The onlv candidate who has publiclv an nounced for otlice is John Cory, has yielded to the wishes of friends and announced that he who hi. 9 is a candidate for the office of mayor. If other candidates have the bees buz zing in their bonnets they are abb' to keep the fact well covered up and Hone have avowed themselves as yet. The call for a citizens' non-parti--an convention on Wednesday even ing at the court house gives promise of developing something in the way of a city ticket that may be able to cover the needs oi all parties and factions and provide a ticket for the city that will assure a good business like administration of the affairs of the community. The republican city convention will be held this evening but may await and see what Ihe citizens' meeting may bring fofthin the way of a city ticket. So far the demo crats have made no call for their city meeting and whether they will hold a convention this year is a matter of doubt, as there is an in clination among the leaders of the party to accept the nominees of the citizens' caucus, rather than bring about a reversion to partisan poli tics in city affairs. In any event there remain but very few days now to ulace anyone in nomination. The personal sacrifices that are necessarily demanded of anyone run ning for office are such that few men care to make them and especially if they are compelled to make an ac tive campaign and contest for the pesif roup. One of the best things that ever happened in Plattsmoulh will be the getting away from partisan tickets in the municipal election, and both democrats and republicans should join whole-heartedly in the move and stand by the nominees of the city convention tomorrow" night, whoever they may be. ELMWOOD RECRUIT ING GUARD COMPANY Cass County Town to he Made Sta tion of "One Pounder" Com pany of National Guard. The residents of Elm wood, who luive been boosting the proposition of having a company of the national guard of ihe state located there, are apparently on the way to have their wishes gratified as the announcement is made that a "One Pounder" com pany has been stationed there and that the recruiting for the company has progressed very nicely to date. The citizens of Elm wood recently held a public meeting at which Adju tant General Paul and Alajor Stein, heads of the newly re-organized militia, made brief addressee and pledged what assistance might be possible tto make the new company a success. It is expected that the new com pany will soon be recruited to its full strength and ready for service and the officers will then be select ed and other steps toward active drilling will be started. The "one pounder" company is a new departure in the formation of the infantry regiments according to the plans of the general staff at Washington, former from the obser vation as to the most efficient meth ods used in the world war by the allied nations. GUY GOULD CANDIDATE The Lincoln Journal of Sunday contained the announcement from Havelock that Guy B. Gould, loimer chief clerk at the offices of Superin tendent William Baird. at the shops, had become a candidate for mayor of Havelock. Air. Gould is running on the eiitzens' ticket and will receive quite a large vote as he is very pop ular in the shop city. His many old friends in this city will await with inteiest the outcome of the battle of the ballots in the shop city. NOW DOING NICELY Charles S. Johnson, yardmaster of the Burlington in this city, who. has been at the Methodist hospital in Omaha for the past few days, is now reported as feeling somewhat im proved from his course of treat ments and expects in a short time to be able to leave the hospital and return to his home in this city. FOR SALE A number of Red Polled bulls. Telephone 2114, Alurray Exchange. A. F. Nickles & Son. " 4tv. GOES TO FACTORY From Tuesday's Pally. This afternoon W. S. Wetenkamp. Cass count v dealer for the Hart-Parr i Tractor company. departed for ' Charles City, Iowa, in company with P. A. Hild. Kred Beverage. Hoy How ard and Jake Lohnes. The party will viit flip llart.IVirr fsiftrirv n nl J will spend a few days looking over ine vast piant inai is turning out the tractors and other machinery that is so well known throughout the west. The party will leave Omaha this evening over the Illinois Central and will remain in Charles City until Frida v. KENYON RIDDLE HAS IMPORTANT OFFICE Son-in-Law of Hon. R. B. Windham Named City Manager of Middleton. Ohio, at Salary of $5,000 Hon. R. B. AVindham of this city has just received the announcement of the fact that his son-in-law. Ken yon Riddle, has been named as city manager of Aliddleton. Ohio, going to that city from Xenia, Ohio, where he has been occupying a similar po sition. Air. Riddle is one of the closest students of municipal government in the country and his ability as city manager at Xenia. where he was very successful, has brought him to the attention of the people of Aliddleton. who were seeking someone to direct the affairs of their government in a strictly business like manner. The selection of Air. Riddle was made from a large number of can didates and the salary of the position placed at $5,000 per year and he ex pects to assume the office within the next thirty days. The manager of this city of 12.000 people is a young man of thirty-three years and was educated at the uni versity of Kansas. He was city en gineer of Abeline. Kansas, for a num ber of years 3nd also secretary of the Chember cf Commerce of that place and in 1915 was secretary of the Au tomobile Trade association of Kan sas and later was given a large part in the engineering work at Camp Funston. On January 1. 1918. Air. Riddle was elected as city manager of Xenia. Ohio, and in company with Airs. Riddle, who was formerly Aliss Kathryn Windham of this city, left the western home to take up his new duties and has since resided there. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF THEIR DAUGHTER The announcement of the en gagement of two of the "well known young people of this portion of the state was made at Lincoln Saturday when Senator and Airs. A. F. Sturm announced the engagement of their daughter. Aliss Gertrude, to Air. John O. Yeiser. of Omaha, one of the mem bers of the present house of repre sentatives. Both of the young peo ple are well known in this city, where they have been frequent visi tors and are very popular in the younger social set of the city. Aliss Sturm is a graduate of Wel lesley college while Air. Yeiser has attended the University tf Nebras ka and the L'niversity of Pennsyl vania. Blank Books at the Journal Office. rtj Will the Farm Pay a Profit? : m Farm profits for 1921 will be controlled by just three elements: The weather, hard work and good seed. The first is fairly certain to be in your favor. The second is yours to control, but the third, good seed, is uncertain unless our farmers make the most careful seed tests. In past years seed testing has been look ed upon as meaning better prices. This year seed testing will largely determine farm profits. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME ! ATTSMOUTH b"!iniilli!lti!!i!'i DISTRIST COURT HAPPENINGS Scveial Mattel s of Importance Han dled by Ccurt Including- Number of New Citizenships. Krcm Tuesday's Daily The district court yesterday after noon completed the hearing of citi zenship application.- anil grained pa pers to Nels Pe:ersen of Weeping Wa ter; L. 15. Egenberger. Plat tsinout h ; H. J. Lambert. Nehawka. and Vin cent Pilney. Plattsmout h. In the cace of C. Lawrence Stull" vs. the Alissouri Pacific the ause was dismissed by the court and to this the plaintiff through his attorney D. O. IHvyer. has tiled a motion for a new trial. The case of Annie Dollie Gaster vs. the .Woodmen of the World which was decided Saturday by the Jury in favor of the plaintiff i objected to by the attorneys tor the defendant and a motion for a new trial filed in the office of the clerk of the district couri by the representatives of the V. O. W. An action has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court James AL Robertson entitled Anna C. Huff. vs. Silus Huff, .and in which the plaintiff state- that the parties to the suit were married at Waverly. Neb., in 1880 and in the year 1900 the defendant abandoned the plaintiff and a decree of divorce is askeda of the court by the plaintifl and also a share in the sale of cer tain real estate of the defendant. At torney C. A. Rawls of this city ap pears for the plaintiff in the cause of act ion. MRS. MAX PRIES VERY LOW From Wednesday's Dally. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Alax Pries of this city, was taken by auto to the Imtnanuel hospital In Omaha for treatment and is now at that in stitution in very serious condition. Airs. Pries' condition has proven very baffling to the physicians and sur geons and but little hope of her re coTery was entertained at the hos pital last evening although the mem bers of the family were informed that if the wife and mother could pass through the night they might be able to give her some relief and possibly secure her recovery. AD-. Pries and the children motored to Omaha today to be with the wife and mother at the hospital during the crisis of her case. WILL BE OPERATED UPON Prom Wednesdays Dally. This morning Air. and Airs. Ed Stoner motored to Omaha, where they were called by the serious condition of Airs. Florence Newton, daughter of Airs. Stoner. who is to be oper ated on this afternoon at one of the h( spirals in that city. Airs. New ton was a viistor here Sunday and on re turning home was taken ill and her case pronounced a t-evcre case of ap pendicitis and it is thought that the appendix has been punctured and the condition of the patient unite ser ious. TAKEN UP Black, two-year-old heifer, ear mark on right ear. Owner may have same by calling at my place, paying for this ad. and for feed and care. SEARL DAVIS. Murray. NEBRASKA T t i ; t r m t i : r i : j n r i r ; i ;