cf.l plattemcutb Soutnal VOL. NO. xxxvn. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 28. 1921 NO. i o 'UNITED CITIZENS' PARTY LAUNCHED AT MASS CON VENTION HELD LAST NIGHT NON-POLITICAL MEETING AT DISTRICT COURT ROOM LARGELY ATTENDED AND MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN TICKET. G, A, JOHNSON CHOSEN Aubrey H. Duxbury for City Treasurer and Dr. C. A. Chase for Members From THE Thcr.xiav's Daily. UNITED CITIZENS' Fcr Mayor ( AIM. A. JOHNSON' For City Clerk .n:i:i:v h. nrxuniY For Citv Treasurer i'!I.!:i.K K. HA RTFORIJ Members School Board IR. A. MARSHALL MRS. S. S. filAPK For Coancilmen R F. PATTERSON'.. JAMES PTACKK ROV W. KN'ORK J'ltiN S'HlLHOF FRANK riEBATKA lst -2nd .Trd 4th oth ward i ward ! ward Tl.e 'Tuned Citi7-.iis" party of Flat!.-muth v. as launched on the P-..'.:: val .-trt-;i-. evening at the mass convention held at the district court room and the new party carries with, it a strong and forceful city ticket that wa- selected by ihe large and representative gathering f peo ple of tl." comiiMtr.it y who were prM . I.nnu before the time for the as sembling of the convention the citi zens began to gather at the scene of activities ami while there was no avowed candidates, ity of the members w re busy in thtir he vast major-j oi the convention I own minds pick- ing out the logical man to head the ticket, as the trr;ttest interest seem ed to attach to the office of mayor. Attorney C. A. Rawls. who had been one of the signers of the call for the convention, presided over the meeting and stated the reason for the gathering as that of a generally ex- pre--s-d desire ii'n if) secure possible for th w;i select e) a lor non-political ac-i the best government 1 city. 1 1. W. Smith the temporary seere- tary and the convention was fairly launched and on the way to do busi ness. After the temporary organi zation was made permanent the ques tion of what the new party was to be labeled arose and the chairman called for a iu'!ii- i..,r the political infam. Jos. 11. McMaken suggested that the party be designated as the Citi zens party of Flat tsmouth. to which an amendment was moved by M. S. Briirgs to make jt the 'Tnited Citi zens party of Plattsmouth" and this was carried by a unanimous vote and the new party formally placed i m the running. TL" discussion of the manner of picking the candidate for mayor led to the adoption of a motion to take an informal ballot for the nomination of a candidate and this led to tiie necessity of the chair appointing f iitrs to handle the vote and T. M. Patterson. Emmons Ftak. L. L. Mc Carthy and M. S.-Friggs were desig nated to act in that capacity ami be fore the nominations were made the tellers had a good working out. The first ballot showed a large vote with Mayor Schneider receiving 63 and Mr. Rawls 49 and a large scat tering vote among other of the well known men of the city. No one re ceiving a majority, a new ballot was ordered by the chairman. Mr. Rawls also stated tluit he would not accept the nomination and urged that the delegates cast their votes for some one else as they were wasting time in voting for him for the office. Mr. Schneider also urged his friends to omit his name from their ballots as he felt he was entitled to a rest from the duties of the office which he has filled for the past three years. The second ballot was lost as the old votes were mixed in the con fusion with the new ones and it was necessary to throw away the ballot and order the tellers to take another. This third one proved fruitless, how ever, as the friends of Mr. Schneider and Mr. Rawls continued to vote for them, while C. A. Johnson began to develop strength as a candidate. The fourth ballot gave the nomi nation to Mr. Johnson of the fourth ward as the candidate for major, the final result of this ballot being John son, 101. Schneider, 46, Guy Morgan, 2". and a small scattering vote for different candidates. CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR Clerk, C. E. Hartford for City Marshall and Mrs. S. S. Board of Education. j Before the result was definitely an TICKETj nounced Mayor Schneider moved that the choice of Mr. Johnson he made a , unanimous one, incidentally paying tribute to the successful nominee's ' faithful service as a member of the : city council during a part of Mr. ; Schneider's administration. The new nominee of the citizens ; was called for and received quite an . ova'ion from the convention as he ' pledged his efforts to give the city the best services he could possibly , render and asked for the co-opera tion 01 the community in his work if he is selected to preside over the city. The difficulty of securing a nomi nation through the means of an in formal ballot led ( hairman Rawls to suggest that the nominations be ward i made from the floor of the conven ward tion and a formal ballot for nomina tion then he made and this was I adopted as the best method of seleet- ing the other candidates for positions on the ticket. For the office of city clerk the names ot Aubrey Duxbury and li. A. MeKlwain. the present incumbent, were presented to the meeting and the result of the ballot was the nam ing of Mr. Duxbury as the candidate by a vote of 120 to 40. For the office of city treasurer, the name of Charles Hartford was pre sented, as were also the names of II. M. Soennichsen and H. F. Goos. The result of the ballot was that Mr. Hartford received S4 votes. Mr. Soennichsen 41 and Mr. Goos 14. For members of the board of edu- cation three names were presented to the convention. Dr. C. A. Marshall. Mrs. S. S. Chase and Frank E. Schlat er and the result of the ballot gave Marshall 94. Chase 75 and Schlater 74. making the two nominees Dr. Marshall and Mrs. Chase. The residents of the various wards of the city were divided into their ward caucuses for the purpose of se- letting nominees for members of the city council and the result was that the following were named: First ward R. F. Patterson. Second ward James Ptacek. Third ward Roy "W. Knorr. Fourth ward John A. Schulhof. Fifth ward, Frank Sebatka, Jr. In the ward caucuses there was not much contest save in the third, where Roy Knorr won over V. H. Mason, the present councilman from that ward by a majority of one. Of the candidates. Messrs. Ptacek and Schulhof are the present councilmen from their respective wards. The ticket named is one that promises much for the cause of good government in the city in the future and the candidates are men who will make an earnest and sincere effort toj serve the best interests of the people of the community without a doubt and they will enter their offices free of any political strings that might interfere with the full and free dis charge of their duties. Mr. C. A. Johnson, the nominee for mayor, has served the people of the city for eight years in the city council and was one of the strong men of that organization and during his term of office was vigilant in watching for the best interests of the taxpayers of the community. He has resided here for a great many years and has been in the employe of the Burlington and is held in the highest esteem by those who have had the opportunity of knowing his sturdy honesty and integrity. For the office of city clerk the con vention has named one of the bright est and most efficient professional young men of the city in Attorney Aubrey H. Duxbury. who is excep tionally well qualified for the posi tion to which he has been named. C. E. Hartford, the nominee for city treasurer, is one of the active business men of the community and one who will make a splendid official for the city as he has had a long ex perience in the lines of book work and business affairs that will make him a worthy successor of the pres ent city treasurer. Mr. H. M. Soen nichsen. who is retiring after having served some eight years in that ca pacity. For the board of education there is nothing that need be Baid of Dr. C. A. Marshall as he has served on the board in a most efficient manner for a long period of years and is at the present time president of that body. Mrs. Chase, the new nominee, lady well qualified for the office! and one who will have the nest in terests of the public school system at heart. In the first ward Mr. Patterson, the nominee for councilman, is one of the best qualified men for the of fice in the city, as he has served for eight years in the council, and was during his time of service chairman of the finance committee of the coun cil and made a splendid record there. I Mr. James Ptacek. who is a candi date for re-election in the second ward is the present chairman of the streets, alleys and bridges committee and president of the council, and is one of the big men of the city legis lative body, and his return to office will bring much pleasure to the residents of his ward. Mr. Roy W. Knorr, the candidate in the third ward, is one of the ac tive young business men of the city, whose nomination, will bring a very efficient citizen to the city's service in the legislative body. In the fourth ward the re-nomination of Mr. Schulhof shows good judgment on the part of the resi dents of that ward and if elected to the office Mr. Schulhof may be de pended upon to continue giving the best possible service to the entire city. in the fifth ward Frank Sebatka. the nominee, is one of the active young leaders of the city and is a gentleman who will do his utmost to give the people of the community the best service that lays within his! power. He is in the employe of the' Purlin gton shops and has been active in the labor circles of the city. Taken as a whole the new party ( has nominated an excellent fusion ! ticket on which is represented all . classes of citizens and which should meet with general approval of both political parties which have hereto fore had tickets in the field. MEN PROVE TO BE ADEPT AT SERVING Demonstrated Skill Last Evening by Acting as Hosts to the Ladies Who Enjoyed the Feed. From Thursday's Pally. For the past six weeks the mem bers of the congregation of the First Presbyterian church have been en joying a weekly mission study class and on each Wednesday evening there has been served at the church a supper to the members present. These pleasant feasts have been pre pared by the ladies of the church and have been much appreciated by the congregation. With the approach of Easter the study sessions have drawn to a cloe and the ladies decided that it would be no more than fair that the men of the church show their metal in the way of preparing a supper and accordingly hurled a bomb, figura tively speaking into the ranks of the men a few weeks ago by announcing that on the night of Wednesday, March 23, the men would be called upon to provide the feast. A hurried conference of the men was held and it was decided to ac cept ihe challenge and a search of the members revealed the fact that they possessed a real chef in the per son of Fred Wagner, proprietor of the Hotel Wagner and he" was ac cordingly given the main job of pre paring the supper and from all re ports of the gathering last even ing the men more than covered them selves with glory as entertainers. Mr. Wagner had the direct work of preparing the supper and it was "some feed" everyone concedes. As assistants to the chief chef, J. K. Pollock. C. A. Rawls, G. L. Farley and J. W. Marquette were on the job and the boys had the good things to eat on hand last evening at 6: HO for the enjoyment of the ladies as well as themselves. In the dining room. J. W. Holmes, Rev. McCluskey and J. W. Tritsch assisted, while Dr. H. C. Leopold aad D. C. Morgan pre pared the "Java" for the supper. The only unfortunate feature of the affair is the fear entertained by some of the gentlemen that in re vealing their skill in the culinary line and their adaptibility to house hold work they may secure more of this passtime in the future. LADIES AUXILIARY MEET From Thursday's Daily. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pres byterian church, was entertained by Mesdames W. H. Mann. C. L. Creamer and H. G. McClusky yesterday after noon in the church parlors. The rooms had taken on the ap pearance of spring, for it had been abundantly decorated in apple bloc soms. pink roses and blue birds re flecting the artistic ability of the ladies entertaining. An unusual amount of business was transacted. Mrs. C. E. Pratt delighted the la dies with two beautiful solos, both of which bore the sentiment of the spring time. Catherine McClusky played very tastefully an instrumental solo, and responded to the hearty enchore. ! Edith Quinton and Helen Wurl played an instrumental duet that a delight to hear. ! Refreshments reflecting the Easter tide were served, yellow being the color scheme. ! The ladies present felt they had spent a very pleasant afternoon. is a OLD RESIDENT OF CASS COUNTY DIES Jess Livingston, For Many Years a Fiesident cf Near Louisville, Passed Away at DeWeese. Je.-se Livingston, one of the obi lime residents of Ca-s rr.uniy, who has for the past Ten ars been making his home mar DeWeese. Ne braska, parsed aw.:; at Ins home there on Monday ening, after an illness of a short tii:,e. Mr. Livingston c;.M" to Ca s coun ty ;.t any early day and t'.-r a num ber of years befoie liif advent of the railroads in the e.-t was engaged in freighting across plains to the west country and Liter located on a farm near Louiiviiie. where lie re sided for a great ini.ny years, later moving io ti e vicinity f Wei ping Water and near wner.- t.re ot his children. Cyrus and H.i rritm Living ston and .Mrs. Clan; Sacks. .t 111 re side. Mr. Livingsto'n v..,.. at the time of his death, seven'. -three years of age and his death is barned with great regret by the old friends in this county where he is s well kno vn. The body was h: ought to the old home at Weeping Wa'er and the fun eral will be held t' e Friday after noon at 2S'.o from the Christian, church and the i:iiernien; had at the Ok-i-dale omtN-rv near Louis ville. MISS AGNES EDGER TON MARRIED SUNDAY Plattsmcuth Young Lady is Joined i:i Wedlock to Mr. Lee Catherton. Prominent Young Fanner. From Thivsday's Pally The news has hern received in tin's city of the marriage on Sunday at Reliance South Dakota, of .Miss Ag nes Edgeiton of this city and Mr. Lee Catherton. a prominent young farmer of that locality. The eremony -occurred at the home of the bride' sister. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lester, a few miles v.-r-s' of Reliance. Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev. S. C. Cadle. pas tor of the Methodist church read the marriage lines. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Edgerton of Platts mouth and was born and reared in this city, where she received her edu cation and graduated from the local high school and in the old home she possesses a large circle of friends who will learn with pleasure of her new happiness. Since her graduation from school Mrs. Catherton has been engaged in teaching and has been employed in and near Reliance and is at present teaching at the Rrule school north of Preho. S. I). The bride will finish her school work and then join her husband who is engag ed in farming near the town of Presho. The groom is a young man who has been brought up in the community in whk-h he is now residing and is highly respected by a very large circle of friends. A PLEASANT SURPRISE From Thursday"; Daily. Last evening the home of Mrs. P. A. McCrary was the scene of a very pleasant surprise party when a number of friends came in to help celebrate her 44th birth anniversary. She was somewhat surprised bu soon recovered and joined in the merriment. The time was well spent in social conversation and the ladirs all being busy with their fancy work. At the proper time a dainty lunch was served. She received many very nice present u which she appre ciated very much. At a late hour they all departed wishing Mrs. McCrary many more such happy birthdays. Those present were Mrs. Maggie Kaufman. Mrs. Henry Kaufman and daughter, Mrs. George Lamphear and daughter, Mrs. Grover Eledge and children. Mrs. George Fenwirk and daughter, and Mrs. Hetty Co vert. CHIMNEY BURNS OUT From Thursday's Dally. . This morning the burning out cf a chimney at the residence of F. H. Adams in the south part of the city near the Columbian school called the fire department to the scene of ac tion, but their services were unnec essary as the fire soon died out and did no damage to the building. The fire department made a record break ing run to the scene of the fire as it was but a few seconls from the time the alarm was sounded until the truck was under way to the scene of the fire. TO BATTLE MEEHAN From Thursday's Pally. A wire from Louisville, N'eb.. yes terday announces that Andy Schma der, the coming light-heavyweight champion of the world, and his bride, have just moved into their new 510,000 bungalow. Andy, feeling extra good, will be up here next Tuesday night and show us what he can do with the Roily Polly Willie Meehan in ten rounds. Sandy's Dope in Omaha World-Herald. CHAMBER OF COM MERCE MEETING Attendance is Net Large Eut Number of Matters cf Importance Taken Up and Discissed by Members from Friday's Pa 1 1 v. The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held last evening at the auditorium of the public library and during the session quite a number of matters of inter est to the community in general was taken up and discussed by the mem bei ship. At the opening of the session the president. Mr. J. P. Sattler. read the resignation of Secretaiy Claude Smith, and on motion Guy W. Mor gan w;;s elected to the office and at once commenced the discharge of t he office. President Sat'ler announced the names of the following committees of the chamber of commerce iVr the ensuing year: Put licity C. C. Wescott. Frank H. Smith. Dr. R. P. West over. Rev. A. V. Hunter. Good Roads Frank M. Restor. T. H. Pollock. G. L. Farlev, J. H. Mc Maken. J. F. Wolff. Rail-oads Ji- A. Schneider. W. A. Robertson. S. S. Chase. J. P. Falter. E. J. Richey. Entt rtainnient H. F. Goos. Guy Morgan. J. F. Warga. E. A. Wurl. F. A. Fricke. Mr. Sattler al.-o stated that al though the members of the commit tee that have been soliciting the funds for the purchase of the land belonging to Edward Fitzgerald near ihe Masonic Home, was not present, the committee had prac'ically raided the fuM amount a-ked for. $;?. and That if would be ready by Friday eve ning To turn oer to the owner of the land and the matter closed up. Mayor H. A. Sehiu-Mer explained briefiv the situation there and which the Masonic Home association wishes to have improved in order to make the surroundings of the home more retractive and also the fact that the grand lodge of the Masons of Nebras ka will !e here in June and the work is des-ired To be completed by thai time. J II. McMaken offered some ob jection to the closing of Sixteenth street for a block as proposed, but was favorable to other changes that t might be necessary. The general sentiment of t he meet ing seemed to be in favor of the pro position of doing all that was possi ble in the way of improving and Messrs. W. A. Swatek and J. V. Hatt were both of the opinion that the changing of the roadway and the closing of the present road between the Home and the Fitzgerald proper ty would tend to better roads. Mr. Reed was present at the meet ing and offered the lyceum course proposition for next year, but no def inite action was taken at this time to await further consultation on the matter of talent and the practibility of the securing of the needed sup port for the proposition. Mayor H. A. Schneider, who has been one of the boosters for the lyceum in the past and also one of the few persons who have taken off their coat and put in some hard licks for its success in the years past, re ported that the last season, while the talent had been the best ever shown here, the attendance and sup port had been the poorest. The li ceum this season has had a deficiency of $l;o' which it was necessary for the patrons of the course to make good. There has been no question that this entertainment in the season of 1920-21 was the best in its way that has ever been shown here, but the .seeming indifference of thepub !ic to the matter has not been very encouraging to the men who have labored and stood the cost of the bringing of the attractions to the city. Mr. Schneider also told of the pros pects of legislation in the way of free bridhe anil his report was very pleasing to all of the members pres ent. GIVES H0USEWARMING During the past summer and fall Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spangler have erected on their farm south of the city a very attractive home and this pleasant place of abode was given a fitting dedication a few evenings ago. Mr. and Mrs. Spangler had been in formed that their neighbors and friends were planning the house warming and true to their announ cement the friends arrived at the home with well filled baskets of dainties and prepared for an evening of the rarest enjoyment. The- time was spent in games and music and a general period of social enjoyment that lasted until a late hour, when members of the party wended their way homeward feeling that the Spangler home had been given a thorough "warming." DR. CALDWELL IMPROVING Dr. A. D. Caldwell. the dentist, who was operated on Tuesday at the Nicholas Senn hospital in Onjaha fcr appendicitis, is dot.- reported as do ing very nicely and has shown the most favorable improvement since h;.s operation and his speedy recovery is being looked forward. That he is doing nicely will be pleasant news to hi many friends in this city. CHINA WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Peter Spangler cele brated their twentieth wedding anni versary Sunday. March 2, at their country home with a fine dinner and sixty relatives and friends to acsist in the occasion. Eighty-four rela tives were invited, but on account of sifkness and other reasons oniy fifty six relatives and friends were pres ents, which with the family made a total of sixty-five people in the gath ering who were all in a spirit for a good time, which they proceeded to carry out. Pete was a little naugh ty when asked to make a speech, but he finally mounted a chair and did splendidly. Among tha-e who were privileged to be present for the splendid good time and make the acquaintance of relatives not seen for so long were: George Stander and family. Hugh Stander and family, and Russel Stander. all of Plattsmouth; Vale Gobelman and family of Fnion; Hen ry Stander and wife. South Rend; James Stander. Peter Stander and family. Arthur Stander and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will ('leghorn, Mrs. Redella Stander and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Will Stander. Mr. Ches ter Eagan, John Spangler and fam ily, of Louisville: Frank Spangler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Peter. Go belman, Cyrus Livingston and fam ily. Mrs. Elizabeth Spangler and Rob ert Sands, of Weeping Water: J .D. and Ella Gerbeling. of Wabash. Weeping Water Republican. RETURNS FROM IOWA From Friday's Dally. This afternoon W. S. Wetenkamp. the local representative of the Hart Parr tractor company returned home from a few days stay at Charles City. Iowa, and was accompanied by a num ber of the residents of Cass county, who have been enjoying the time in looking over the large Hart-Parr fac tory in the Iowa city. The mem bers of t he party journeyed to Oma ha on Tuesday and were given spe cial cars over the Illinois Central for Charles City. On their arrival at the factory the members of the party were given the opportunity of seeing the operation of the Hart-Parr plant from the time the first steps are ma.de in the foundry to prepare the metal for the tractors up to the time th completed piece of machinery is placed on the market. The boys were royally treated and given ban quets and social entertainments ga lore until they were ready to return home. The party was composed of Jake Lohnes. Fred Reverage. Phillip Hild and Roy Howard as well as Mr. Wetenkamp, and there was nothing in the plant that thev failed to en joy. The Hart-Parr plant covers twenty-eight acres and at present there are 1.S0O men employed although in the rush seasons there are several hundred others carried on the pay roll. SECURES MARRIAGE LICENSE From Thursday's Dally. This morning a marriage license was issued in the office of County Judge A. J. Beeson to Mr. John Frans of Union and Miss Lena Klaurens of Xehawka. The groom is one of the young farmers of near Fnion and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frans, while the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Klaurens. two of the prominent residents of the Xehawka neighborhood. Blank" Books at the Journal Office. l. ' ' I n -3 m Getting Back to Normal ! That we are rapidly getting back to nor mal is clearly seen in recent Federal Reserve figures. Last October the Tenth Federal Reserve Bank at Kansas City, to accommodate its member banks, had borrowed more than $44, 000,000. By January 28 this debt had been entirely wiped out. This is most encouraging, and thanks to the operation of the Federal Reserve System in acting as our great financial shock absorb er, we shall soon be on the up grade. fs3 Hi The First national bank THE BANK WHEBE YOU FEEL- T M O AA E m ATTSMOUTH TiT NEBRASKA 1 Member of Federal Reserve System !li!ilil!!!il!il!l'll!iS4lill!lHlW CAMPAIGN GETTING A GOOD START NOW General Satisfaction ot United Citi zens Ticket Among Rank and File Party Conventions Tonight. From Friday Da!lv. t The general expre sion of the cit izens in regard to the citizen's ticket placed in the- field Wednesday eve ning is one of satisfaction and the nominees are till men in whom the people at larg have the greatest of confidence that thev will serve to the best of their ability the interests of the city. The two old parties, the democrat ic and republicans, meet tonight at the city hall and court house, but it is thoucht in view of the excellent ticket already named by the citizens and which represents both parties, that there will be no opposition to the candidates already in the field. In the first ward the citizen's can didate, R. F. Patterson has notified Chairman Rawls that he does not care to make the race for the office of councilman and it is now up to the new city committee to fill the vacancy. For the oflice the name of Mayor it. A. Schneider i most prom inently mentioned and if The present efficient executive of the city can be induced to accept the office it will be a great aid in making a splendid city council as Mr. Schneider has demonstrated that he is on the con stant watch to aid the betterment of the city and its interests. The friends of Councilman William H. Mason of the third ward are very anxious that he enter the race for council by petition and a move j.-- on foot to have a petition filed for his candidacy. Whether or not Mr. Ma son will accept the nomination if made, however, lias not been made known. Petitions are being circulated to day for John Cory, who announced himself as a candidate for mayor several weeks ago. Mr. Cory has been urged by bis friends to enter the race and will remain in the con test. LADIES AID MEETS From Friday's Dally. Yesterday afternoon the ladies of the Methodist aid society were v ry pleasantly entertained at the parlor of the church by Mesdames J. V. Hatt. J. M. Lloyd and A. V. Hunter and the occasion one of more than usual pleasantness to the members of the society and their friends. Af ter the usual routine business of the society the members were given a very interesting address by Rev. H. G. McClusky on the life and work of Rev. Higgins. a Presbyterian mis sionary, who had labored in the lum ber camps of Minnesota and whose work stands out as one of great ach ievement in the lines of christian teaching. At a suitable hour the members of the party enjoyed dainty and de licious refreshments that were pre pared by the hostesses. FOR SALE Three or four good milk cows. Telephone 4022. C. C. BARNARD. A world of books for the kiddies and grown-ups are on sale at the Journal office. M 0 I 1 ti3 m i pi Ni a mi it-.'. n4 e rj jsiit' iff