The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, August 24, 1922, Image 1
a! onm VOL. NO. XXXV11L PLATTSMOUTH, NEEEASXA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922. NO. 12 FORTY YEARS A MERCHANT HERE IS UNIQUE RECORD Joseph Fetzer on August 21. 1882, : Opened Shoe Repairing Shop Now Has Fine Store. From Mondays Dally. It was just forty years ago today. August 21, 1SS2. that Joseph Fetzer. then a young man just recently ar rived from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, opened up a shoe repairing estab- lishment in the building where the present Wetenkamp block now stands and today this same gentleman is hend of one of the leading business houses of the city the Fetzer Shoe company. Mr.- Fetzer has with him in his repair shop at the shoe store the Eume bench that he started in busi ness with and during the years that have intervened from the starting of the business venture thousands oi dollars worth of work has been pass ed from the bench. Mr. Fetzer is one of the most high ly esteemed residents of the city and during his residence here has been a worker in the development of the interests of the city and his splendid ' business ability is reflected in the-urday and the double header yester growth of the business that now oc-jday. and as the result the members cupies one of the best store rooms of the team were able to fatten their of the city with a fine line of foot-' batting averages to a great extent wear and with which the repair de- , in the three game series, partrnent is still operated. On Saturday afternoon the mem- The firm has as one of its mem- bers of Co. L, the crack Omaha com bers Henry F. Goos. who has long pany at the encampment, played the been associated with Mr. Fetzer and local sand lotters with the result is one of the best shoe stores in the that the Merchants triumphed over eastern part of Nebraska. The long , the khaki clad ball tossers by the period of years has made Mr. Fetzer -score of S to 3. Joe McCarty did the a real pioneer in the business life ; pitching for the locals and Lieut, cf the city and his establishment , Auxier. commanding Co. L. was on ranks as one of the oldest in the the mound for the soldiers. The city. ftrame was verv well played through OMAHA BALL PLAYERS IN HANDS OF STATE AGENTS Two Members of Team Playing at Union Have Supply of Booze at Old Settlers' Picnic. The Ramblers base ball team of, : . r. 7 - . . . . Picnic at l mon Saturday and dur- ing their visit there met with some decidedly bad luck a3 the result of .1 3 1,. r : . . : , r s in tuuueu wmuuuu ya. i, ui state aeents. who were out shifting , . ' . , : i ,'. , s ii'iani vreue ui hub ciiy, ua.i j.iajer uau urneu iu Lmon in two cars and were intend- ing to enjoy an over night camping . party but the festivities were rudely terminated by the minions of Gus Hyers and as the result two of the ' party are short some L'OU smacks. One of the cars used was a fine Cole owned by the Shanahan family , tnined no booze, while the Drive-It-Yourself Ford was found to have concealed in it a quart of liquor composed of a decoction of corn Juice, elderberry and grape, and which it is el.iirud has a wonderful kick fr surpassing the ordinary brands cf home made hooch. The p Trie? were all brought to this city where t'iry were- given the once over anl their stork confiscated as well PS the car in which the liouor was found. A complaint in which war, charged possession of in-.11 tc,xica.tir.g liiuor was filed agrinst John Gogjremos, and the charge of ! transporting the booe Egainst Jteve' Shanghai! who was driving the Ford; LaT-. , . , Mr. Shanahan is not addicted to deposited bonds to cover the amount of the fine in the case ?100 and costs, and were allowed to return home. GAS MAIN BREAKS From Monday's Patly. The gas consumers were" decidedly up against it this morning as the result of a break in the gas main' near ne piani unci 1"" u hemic iiiiiK iu lutaic uuu a xrcin . ic main was a six-inch one and the break caused the gas all over the city to be shut off until nearly 11 o'clock. The Journal linotype ma chines were out of commission until iuf i-'ji. .ij.-i.i u me iu..r, n near Torrington. Wvoming. on Sat was f t? ted. but as the driver of the ' urdaJ. of a fine ei&ht and three much. ne, he acquired an unpleasant quart.rs pound baby boy. prominence In the case. Both men 1 lt ,s ni tn av h9t r.r-nHr,, noon as the result of the enforced eraj mjnutes shut down or the gas, the gas being! An ambulance from the hospital used in ti e melting pots of the ma- company was called and took the chines and as a result the paper wasiguffering soldier to the camp, where somewhat delayed. The employes ofjhe reCeived treatment and this morn the light company put in some veryjlng was resting very easy consider effective work when the break waSjlng. the severeness of the case. The located and had the supply on in incident tPd to the circulation nf time for the use of the householders at the noon hour. A HAPPY EVENT From Tuesday' raliy. A fine seven pound boy made his appearance yesterday at the, home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis in this city and it is unnecessary to state that the little one's advent has been the, occasion of a great deal of delight) to tne parents as well as the other! two ladies are now doing very nice relatives of the little man. ly. WILL LOSE EYESIGHT Fro.n Mop day's Dally. Reports from the University hos pital at Omaha state that Claude Hickson, who was severely injured a few days ago while digging a well on the Thomas farm south of the city, will lose the sight of his right eye as the result of the accident. Mr Hickson was descending the well at the time of the accident and the windlass broke letting him fall and in doing so he struck on iron crow bar a glancing blow and the bar in flicted a very dangerous wound to the eye that in the opinion of the specialists will result in the loss of the sight of the eye. THREE GAMES TO CREDIT OF LOCAL BALL PLAYERS Defeat Co L Saturday and Vinton Street Express and Co. K Teams on Sunday. From Monday's Dally. The Merchants base ball team of this city enjoyed a three game vic- torv bv the results of the game Sat- out by both teams. Yesterday afternoon the far-famed Vinton Street Express team came down from the state metropo lis and tried to do business with the hard hitting locals, but the result was a slaughter of the helpless Om aha ball players to the tune of 20 to 2. and the complete exhaustion of I the locals in running the bases was I all that prevented a larger score. The game was going nicely until the last half of the fourth, when the locals unlimbered their war clubs and started out to do business. In this stanza the greater part of the , I team batted around twice and Joe i:ice. anv enjoyea me distinction oi n g" twoJ h-jts in the one innins. Frank Gradoville also added a to sacker to his credit in this inning. A total of nine Bcores wag made in ,,-., tins inning. The fifth was almost as serious for the visitors as the Merchants rolled t , against the Omaha h , f th battl lt wag Qund ne p,attsmouth team had fl eit;hteen hits off Gernet. the thfui Omaha Ditcher. Feter Her- - , . If th vitB nTW, Jntk McCarthy four. they leading the feam ,n 'battin'ff while Gradoville. O'Donnell and Shepherd each added two hits to their credit. The Yin tons only secured four hits off Con nors, who was in good form and had excellent support. In the game with Co. K, of the 134th. scheduled as the second part of the double header, the locals were easy winners by the score of 11 to 3. Christy did the tossing for the soldiers and Mason for the locals. . . fT'C PAPA HPWPRPR WflW" 1 M " HUILULII MUII, NEW BOY ARRIVES SATURDAY A message has been received here Unnouncing the arrival at the home r.f Air h tr Horror t and Grandma Steinhauer and Grand pa and Grandma Heneger at Weep ing Water are feeling very highly elated over the event. The friends of the family here will join in wish ing the little man a long and happy life in the future years. SOLDIER TAKEN ILL Monaay.. Da!ly evening Elmer R Brick, a member of hospital company No. ISO, was taken quite ill on the streets here as the result of having par taken too freely of water melon and was seized with severe cramps from vhirh ht nfPrH ptch tlx fnr t,r- false report on the streets that the soldier had died, but such was not the case. HAVE TONSILS REMOVED From Tuesday's Dally. Yesterday, Misses Ella and Gusta Weiss, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weiss, were operated on for the removal of their tonsils and the JAY D. RISING HAS HIGH HONORS PAIDHiM IN EAST Elected Vice President of National Park Bank of New York City Formerly in Omaha. The Cass county friends of Jay D. Rising, well known here, where he has been a frequent visitor, will be pleased to learn of a new honor that has come to this able financier in his election on July 2Sth to the posi tion of vice president of the National Park bank of New York. Mr. Rising was located at Omaha for some time in 1918 and while there was married to Miss Rachael Livingston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Liingston of this city, and his advancement will be of much pleasure to many friends of the fam ily in this city. Jay D. Rising was born in Rising City, Neb.. July 15. 1871, and spent his youth on the farm until 15 years of age. He was graduated from the David City high school in 1897 and taught country school the followiug winter. He later worked for several months as a section hand for the Northwestern railroad and in 1898 served as mail clerk on the Oregon Shortline. running thru Nebraska, Wyoming and eastern Oregon. He entered the banking business as assistant cashier of the First Na tional bank of David City on July 1, 1898 and continued there for some time, later serving as paying teller at the National Rank of Commerce of Kansas City. 1903-1907; cashier of First National bank of Mishawaka Ind., 1807-1908. Returned to Kansas City as chief clerk of the Southwest National bank 1909-1912. Elected assistant secretary Commerce Trust Co. of Kansas City 1912-1915. Ap pointed by controller of the currency as chief national bank examiner of 10th federal reserve' district with headquarters at Kansas City, 1915 1918. Eleceted vice president of Live Stock National bank of Omaha Janu ary 1, 1918. Elected as assistant -ashier National Park hank of New York January 1. 1919, and rromoted to assistant vice president on May 1, 1920. Elected as vice president on July 2S, 1922. The National Park bank has a combined capital and surplus of $35,000,000, and deposits of flfiO, 000,000 and is one of the largest and strongest in the country. HOSPITAL UNIT IS ONE OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE Care of Men at Camp Barry in the Hands of Hospital Co. 130, 1st Unit of New Regiment. Prom Monday's Daily. One of the important units at Camp Barry, east of this city, is Hospital Co. 130. the first organized unit of the new 110th medical reg iment that has been assigned to the: state of Nebraska. This unit is motorized and has five trucks with them and on the camp ground there are six ward tents to care for the sick of the camp, but so far only ten men have been treated at the hospital, which shows the extremely healthy condi tion of the camp. There are five of ficers of the unit in camp and an en listed personnelle of eighty men. The unit is under the command of Major A. D. Munger of Lincoln and the other officers are Capt. Bruce A. Pates. Capt. V. Y. Coulter. Capt. George Covey and Capt. H. F. Morri son. The medical regiment when re cruited to war strength will consist of 85 6 enlisted men, one Colonel, one Lt. Col., 13 Majors and 53 Captains and Lieutenants. 1 Vi oro txMII a omrnc Hi n unite f f the regiment three hospital com panies, three ambulance companies. three sanitary companies, one vet erinary company, one service com pany and medical supply unit, and one laboratory division. The hospital company is very proud of the showing made here and are strong contenders for the Amer ican Legion cup and if Major Mun ger can be believed this company is right in the running as to efficiency and discipline. The medical regiment that is be ing formed is the outgrowth of the experience gained in the world war. and will replace to a large extent the old system of field hospitals and sanitary trains that were formerly a part of the war time army. The regiment will be a Nebraska unit and so far the personnelle is all from the city of Lincoln and vicinity and a very efficient organization. The members of the officers staff are enjoying smokes today from Capt. Bruce Pates, who has returned from Lincoln where a fine eight pound boy arrived at his home on Satur day. Phone the Journal office when yon are in need of job printing of any kind. Best equipped shop in south eastern Nebraska. VISITS RELATIVES HERE Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Ryan and daughter of Scranton. Kansas, who have been here for several days past visiting at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. William Morley, returned home Sat urday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan were very much pleas 1 with Platts mouth and Mr. Ryan is considering seeking a location in this portion of Nebraska as he regards it ns one of the most attractive spots in the west and the fact that thvy have a son located in Omaha makes them think very favorably of this section. Mrs. Ryan is a sister of Mrs. Morley. DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT OF CASS ! COUNTY SUNDAY i i Mrs. Nancy Grimes Dies at Unicn at. Ripe Old Ase of S3 Years Came Here in 1SS5. From Monday's Dally. Yesterday aftemocn. Mrs. Nancy M. Grimes passed away after an ill ness of some duration and at the ripe old age of eigr.'.y-eight years and seven months. Mrs. Grimes was the widow of George- W. Grimes, on" of the early settlers of Liberty precinct and has since 1SG9 been a resident of Cass county and a greater part of the time living on the family homestead northwest of Union. In the last few years Mrs. Grimes h'is resided with her daughter, Mrs. T. T. Smith, in the village of Union and where her death occurred. Nancy M. Goddard was born in Randolph county, Mo., February 10, 1S34, and there spent her childhood days, and on June 15, 1S54, was married in that county to George W. Grimes. The. father of the deceased lady was the victim cf the tctivities of the bushwhackers in the Civil war, as he was shot to death on his own doorstep in February, 1SC5. Shortly after this tragody in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes came to Nebraska and in May, 15C5, settled in McWHliams rre'L.tt. Ctos coun ty, where they resided until Septem ber 20, 1869, when they moved to Cass county and located near Union where the old homestead still re mains in the family. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Grimes there were Lorn ten children, five of whom died in infancy and five are left to mourn the death of the mother, namely, Mrs. T. T. Smith. Mrs. Flora Taylor, Mrs. Annie Stein. Mrs. Louvina Com er, all of near Union, and John Ed ward Grimes, who resides in St. Louis. The funeral services will be held on Tuesday and conducted by the Rev. W. A. Taylor and the interment made at the Union cemetery beside that of the husband, who preceded the deceased in death a number of years. LEARNS OF SAD NEWS From Monday's ra!ly. The message was received yester day at Union announcing the death of W. N. Cheney, father of G. W.t Cheney, one of the prominent resi- dents of that place. The death of Mr. I Cheney occurred at Minneapolis, Kansas, where he has made his home since removing from Ulysses, Neb., J where he was on early settler. He: was at the time of hi. death seventy-j five years of age and leaves six child-i ren to mourn his death. The funeral j services will be held at the old home; at Ulysses and to that city. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cheney and family de parted today to attend the last sad rites. IS A LUCKY GUY At the drawing Y.Ai at the K. S. hall Saturday night to determine who was the lucky person to draw the Ford touring car of the late A. Bezdek, and which had been raffled off for the benefit of the family. Charles Tilton, the taxi driver, was the lucky man. There were 500 numbers sold and the drawing took some time as there were 4 99 blanks and one prize slip placed in the hat and these were called alternately with the numbers sold, requiring a good deal of work on the part of the committee in charge. It is needless to say that Mr. Tilton is well pleas ed over the result of the drawing. W. H. FREESE VERY LOW Reports from the Immanuel hospi tal this morning state that W. IL Freese of this city, who has been, there for the past week suffering! from a serious attack of stomach. trouble, is in very serious condition and the children were all called to his bedside this afternoon. The case is such as to give but little hopes of the recovery of the aged gentle man. DONATES TYPEWRITER Miss Mable F. White of this city has made the local American Legion post a very acceptable gift in the shape of an L. C. Smith typewriter that the members of the post will find most acceptable in their corres pondence work and will add much to the completeness of the club room furnishings. ' DEMOCRATIC COM MITTEE HOLDS MEET ING LAST SATURDAY Elmwood Filled With Members and Democrats From Over County to Hear C. W. Bryan. The meeting of the democratic county central committee at Elm wood last Saturday afternoon was one that was attended by a repre sentation from all parts of the coun ty of the members of the committee as well as democrats in general to indulge in the preparation of the plans of the forthcoming campaign. The mivting of the committee was presided over by L. F. Langhorst, coui.ty chairman, and the remainder of the officers of the committee con sisting of Mrs. E. II. Boyles, Elm wnod. as secretary and J. A. Cap well of Elmwood as treasurer, and these will constitute the guiding force c: the county organization for the ensuing campaign. The members were rather disap pointed in the fact that John H. Morehead. candidate for congress, was unable to bo present, owing to prior engagements in the southern part of the district, but Charles W. I'.ryan. candidate for governor, was rt the meeting and gave a ringing speech in opening the campaign in the county and in which he attacked the wasteful methods and the dupli cation cf officers over the state un der the code bill and which has caus- d the loss of a great deal of the tax payers' money in the last two years. Mr. Bryan was given a great recep tion by all who heard him and his r.ilrlress was one that made a deep impression on the audience. All of the county candidates were present at the meeting to partici pate in the deliberations. FIBE DESTROYS GARAGE AND FORD SEDAN LAST KITE Prom Tuesday's Pany. About half past twelve last night the residents of the city were star tled to see the southern skies illumi nated by a lurid glare that portend ed a fire and from the appearance it seemed a very large one, but while serious enough for the owner, proved to be a. small garage at the home of Pilas Green near the Columbian schorl. The fire alarm was not given In tin;3 to do much good as the build ing was all ablaze when discovered nnd the fire spread very rapidly, as the structure was of frame construc tion, covered with galvanized iron, !:inl proved easy to burn. The Ford sedan of Mr. Green that was in the garage at the time was destroyed in the rush of the flames, ::nd rs the car was not quite a year old Mr. Green's lo?s will be quite a heavy one. How the fire started is unknown, nlthough the family are of the opin ion that it may have started from the ensine of the car' in some man ner. The loss will be keenly felt by Mr. Green and will be quite costly. TUESDAY UNLUCKY DAY Prom Tuesday's Dally. The employes around the Burling ton station have been decidedly un lu ky today or else there has been some slick fingered person operat ing there as two of the men employ ed there today lost their wallets and money. Lester Burrows, the express driver, had just received 550 from R. W. Clement, the agent, consisting of three $10 bills and four $5 bills and placing a rubber around the money he put it in a pocket in his overalls until he could complete his work and the next time he looked the roll was not among fhoee pres ent. He made a thorough search of the platform in hopes that he might have dropped the money but with out avail. The second loss was dis covered this noon when Cecil Tarks, one of the switchmen, reached Into his pocket to secure his wallet and found that it had vanished as mys teriously as the money of Mr. Bur row's. Two cases in one day look rather suspicious. UNDERGOES OPERATION At the Immanuel hospital in Om aha this morning Miss Helen, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Far ley, was operated on for an afflic tion of one of her knee3 and which will necessitate her remaining at the hospital for the coming ten days. The operation is not of a serious na ture however and the many friends are hopeful for her speedy recovery. AN APPRECIATION We desire to express our appreci ation for the excellent services that the Plattsmouth fire department gave in responding' to the call at our home and for their efforts to check the fire that caused the destruction of the garage at our home. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Green. Your ad will carry punch if you write it as a plain "seUing talk" in stead of trying to fuss it up with frills and ezageratiosj. LONGS FOR FREEDOM From Tuesday s Daily. This morning an action entitled Ralph E. Douci vs. Iva May Doud, was filed in the office of the clerk of th district court. In the petition of the plaintiff it is stated that the parties were married at Battle Creek, Michigan. November 15. 1918, but that in May 1919, the defendant left the home of the plaintiff and has since absented herself. The residence of the defendant is given as Eaid, Oklahoma, while the plaintiff is a resident of Cass county, living south of Plattsmouth. WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS ELECTION OF OFFICERS LAST NITE Mrs. R. P. Westover Named Presi dent and Miss Mae Murphy as Treasurer for the Year. Prom Tuesday's Dally. Last evenins:. the members of the Flattsmouth Woman's club held a called meeting at the public librarj' auditorium to take up the matter of filling the vacancies in the office of president and treasurer. Mrs. E. A. Stanfield. who has been president, has left the city for an extended visit and made necessary the naming of a successor and for this office Mrs. R. P. Westover was named by the ladies and Miss Mae Murphy for treasurer was selected. The first regular meeting of the club will be held early in Septem ber and at which a social gathering will be held at the home of Mrs. P. J. Flynn, being in the nature of a club tea and general get-together meeting for the commencemnt of the year's work. A great deal of interest was shown by the large number of ladies in at tendance and the prospects were for a very delightful time at the first meeting of the year. NEGRO BEAT UP From Tuesdays Ds.ur. The train crew of 164, fast north bound freight over the Missouri Pa cific, last night reported that a strange negro had been beaten up by two companions along the line between this city and La Platte and the two men who did the work, it is claimed, beat their way on into Om aha and one of them is now lodged in the jail there. The task now is to discover the negro, as he has disap peared and so far no trace has been found of him. The negro was re Xorted to have headed toward Platts mouth, but no trace was found of him here. CAUGHT WITH HOME BREW The old settlers' picnic and re union was not as arid as might have been expected, judging from the re sult of the visitation of the state agents there on Saturday afternoon. William Kasper end Edgar Hikes, who claim Nebraska City as their residence, were nabbed by the state men and found to have a small amount of the cheerful drink that has been tabooed by the Volstead act and the gentlemen will be given an opportunity of explaining to the court the how and wherefore of the matter. The Nation's in Tbe Federal Reserve System is re cognized today as conservatively repre senting the banking strength of our na tion. The total resources of member banks which have already joined or been ad mitted to the system comprise about 70f,c of our country's total banking strength. As a member of the Federal Reserve, this bank offers your account here the stability and prestige of the strongest fi nancial organization in the world. 1 The First national Bank THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT MOWE PLATTSMOUTH 21 NEBRASKA, Member Federal Reserve ATHLETIC SHOW AT CAMP BARRY PLEASES CROWD Boxing; Matches as Well as Wrest ling Match Draw Large Crowd at Recreation Tent. From Tuesday's Dblty. Last evening the first athletic show of the national guard eiuainp meiir was held at the recreation t'nt and a large crowd of the soldi'-rs as well as a sprinkling of the residents of the city were on hand to see the fights and the mat artists work out. In the wrestling match. O'Brien and Williamson, both cf the Service company of York, were the contend ers and the first and only fall of the match was secured by O'Brien. Two of the Service company hus kies, Goeble and Guilinger, weigh ing 175, fought a three round draw that was much enjoyed and showed speed. In the 140 pound boxing match Weller of Co. M of Seward made Ran dall Co G, Hastings, hear the birds sing in the first round with a knock out. Pvt. Perry. Service company, ami Sgt. McCord Co. G, fought a very in teresting three round draw with both boys going good. Pvt. rarnham of Co. M, scored a technical knockout in the second round over James H. Bear, local man. being a 145 pound bout. The goinc was fast and "Red" decided that two rounds was enough. The next athletic program will be held on Thursday night at the tent. RETURN FROM TRIP Froit Tuesday's Dally. Rev. H. G. McCluky, wife nnd daughter, Catherine, who have been enjoying a visit for some time in Minnesota at Lake Minnetonka. re turned home Saturday after a very delightful outing. The family were with relatives and enjoyed a cottar on the. lake during their Btay that gavf them the opportunity of being right at the report all the time. They are" all ' feeling gTeatly refreshed as the result" of the outing. HERE TAKING TREATMENT Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Anson of Nor folk are visiting here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Smith and Mr. Anson is taken to Omaha each morn ing by auto to receive treatment there of a specialist for his paralytic stroke that lie recently suffered from. Mr. Anson is in very serious condi tion and it will require some long course of treatment to give hira re lief. DEPARTS FOR MINNESOTA Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bates and Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bates were at Florence where they visited at the J. J. Smith home, the parents of Mrs. T. B. Bates, and in the eve ning Mrs. Bates departed for Minne apolis where she will enjoy a few weeks' visit there at the home of her sister, Mrs. Guy French and family and enjoy as well the e-oolness of the Minnesota lake region. The most exquisite line of birth day and gift cards to be found any where! At Journal office. Banking Strength! 6 2 J