Uetrasfci State Histori cal Society moui VOL. SO. XXXV11L - PLATTSJ10UTH, NEBRASKA, XONDAY, JTTLY 23, 1923. NO. 107 mum 2" Si 11 D DEATH CALLS . CHRISTIAN GUERR,- AN OLD SETTLER Dies at Home in Murdock After Lone: T : J f TTr,1V. ' rciiuu ui x vui ucoilu j. u.nci- al Held Wednesday. Mr. Christian Guerr, of Murdock, who has not been in good health for some time, having been in the hos- pital at the time of the death of his wife on May 15th, suffering from a cancer, was abie to return home a short time later, although the ravages of the disease were not checked. In termittently since his return he had been able to bo up and around and last Monday was a visitor to the busi ness portion of the town as well as calling on some of his friends in the residence section. He had started back down town from the H. A. Guth mann home and as he neared the residence of H. R. Schmidt, where Mrs. Schmidt was sitting on the porch sewing, when he uttered a slight groan and fell forward upon his face. Mrs. Schmidt ran to the C. L. Mil ler home across the road for assist ance, and when she returned Mes- dames Mat Thimgan and A. Stouse were endeavoring to minister to his needs. A phvsician was called and ."1 V. J . .V V, C 7 t before his arrival a large crowd had;0?, ?ndiy aJ the Presbyterian hos gathered. On the arrival of the ' ?lta , ln Omaha, the members of the physician, it was found that he was died, having died within a few min utes of the time of his falling. . Mr. Guerr was preceded In death by his wife on May 15, while he was called on July 16. He was born in Germany August IS, 1850, and was nearly 73 years of age. In 1S75 he'"rameu a"u urwu bh wb pdiww was united in marriage to Miss Au gusta Buchholz. they coming to America and to Cass county in 18 S3, where they made their home Just north of Murdock during the Inter vening years until they came to town to live a few years ago. The funeral' was conducted by the Rev. A. Strouss, who delivered the discourse in American while the Rer. A. Brauchle made an address in Ger man. Interment was made in the cemetery of the Evangelical church at Louisville, church northeast of Murdock. John Scheel, his friend, was born in Germany but a short distance from where Mr. Guerr was born. ' The deceased had been an excellent citizen and was wel liked by every one. He leaves two daughters, Mes dames Otto Miller of South Bend and Fred Backemeyer. of Elmwood. be sides three grand children, children of his two daughters. There was a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Guerr, who died in infancy. A large number of friends attend ed the funeral to pay tribute to the J Nebraska to California of Judge Ar deceased and attest the high esteem thur G. Wray cost that gentleman a in which he was held bv all. BUCK DIFFERS WITH TAGORE v i ti -d Nebraska Professor Does Not Believe Mohammedanism Destined as Religion of India. From Thursday's Daiiy. ' ti, Atin-n rr sir Pahinrtrannth Tagore that Mohammedanism will soon train sunremacv over the Hindus: in India, reported in Wednesday's State Journal, under a Calcutta date line, is not endorsed by Dean M. P. Buck, of the University of Nebraska, . who returned recently from India. I pJfZ , t,.v- t rhrfSt!an religion has made deep impress upon . V. " ' J Tr,.iia .lthnnh tl,P numhcr of attual ... i converts has been comparatively small. The effect of Christianity is noted by thoughtful observers in the(add to the probabilities of his chang modification wrought in the oriental religions. Ghandi himself was tempt ed to accept Christianity. The Bramo SomJ. which has had wide vogue,. Is a mixture of oriental beliefs with Christian tenets. Mr. Buck found that the Christian ized people in India were demanding control of their own churches. He says that the church ln India is be ing taken from the missionaries to be conducted by educated natives.; The Church of England mission' in the orient, known as the society for the propagation of the gospel, allows the natives full control where pre pared to take it. Eventually, ac cording to' Dean Buck, a church com bining the essentials of Christianity j with the best in oriental religions destined to take strong hold -"In j orej population as some twelve ne India. Dean Buck is engaged upon a'oe9 were brousht ln this afternoon V w-vlr i t - H ? r Vi Viio nhoArriitinTiB will 1 be embodied. A HAPPY OCCASION The news has been received by George E. Dovey of this city that he, is the grandfather of a fine new grandson who was born Wednes$y : mornine at Minneanolis to Catrarfrf4nroDortion-some thirty years ago, and Mrs. Floyd Harding, the mother I being formerly Miss Edith Dovey of 1 this city. The family is stated at Fort ' Snelling during the citizens train- ing camp where the captain is act-! ing as instructor and Mrs. Harding has been at the hospital in Minneap- oils. Mrs. R. F. Patterson of this city, lister of Mrn. Hardiag. has been with her for some time and was able to welcome the little nephew. CANADA WHEAT PROSPECT Ottawa, Canada, July 18. Reports of a 500.000,000 bushel wheat crop in Canada are "absurd" according to officials of the Canadian department of agriculture. They declare that the official esti mate for the ensuing year's crop had not yet been completed but that the half billion bushel figure was out of i line with what th final rcnnrt - - shows. The Dominion farmers planted 22, 432,693 acres in fall and spring wheat, according to official reports, which would necessitate an average yield per acre of twenty bushels to reach the total harvest reported aswav to be constructed from Manhat- 'probable, UNDERGOES VERY SEVERE OPERATION AT THE HOSPITAL Thomas Rabb of this City Operated on "at" Presbyterian Hospital and is Now Some Better. Thomas Rabb of this city, who has I been suffering for several months i from the effects of his wounds re ceived here in the shooting affray r v-.-,.i.. it family report, and has been In very serious condition since that time al tho yesterday he showed some im provement. Mr. Rabb had two ribs removed and the wound, which had never thoroughly healed as it should, was is reported as suffering greatly from the effects of the operation and ln his weakened condition following his lonk Illness It was especially dim- pleasing to learn and the family and friends are hopeful that he may soon be able to return home If he has no further complications In the case. REMOVAL COST HIM A SENATORIAL JOB Politicians Think' Judge Wray Had a Chance for the Job if He Had Not Moved Away. fYom Thursdays Daily. Several Lincoln men whose minds revolve in political gear express the fervid opinion that the removal from .'seat in the Lnited States senate rrom Nebraska. They base this on the be lief that conditions In Nebraska are about as ripe as they were in Minne sota for the success of a farm-labor 'candidate for the senate to succeed Norris. They further point out that If Wray had remained on the ticket of the progressives, which parallels in i--i cor, f,.!, political significance the farm-labor party of the north, nothing couia I beat him next year as a third party I candidate. The progressives are In no position to benefit by the ground swell now Decause iney nave no uui- standing man ln their ranks who could piucK tne senatorial seai . . - .v.. nSp! ffnrt Khm.bi The made to a concerted effort should be maae to, get ."sorris 10 cnange ms miuu. . . . i ij fruA senator is not a man to readily make his mind, and it would take an Qimt nnimnn, call to make him .even hesitate about saying "no. , vnrr) lltplv to sav that the re- . . .. publicans want him so as to save tne .ticket in the state, and that does not . ing his mind. Some republicans refuse to get panicky over the situation. They say that a year Is a long time, and much may happen in that time to change conditiins. They point out that Min nesota Is largely moved by economic conditions and less likely to be In fluenced by argument after they have once made up their minds, while in Nebraska the percentage Is small. Then, too, labor forms a com paratively small element of the vot ing population In Nebraska. HAVE COLORED POPULATION por the first time in almost thirty Vears Plattsmouth can boast of a col r a. v 1 1 . from St. Louis and will work at the Burlington lumber yard in this city. The negroes are mostly young men and evidently, from the extreme south. - This city had a number of ne groes living here for some years af ter the Civil war, the old residents state, and the colony reached quite a having a colored church here and an ' increasing number of the colored! folks, until one night the residence ; of one of the colored families was J found ablaze and while the fire was. put out there was a very liberal deluge of awter applied to the rest of the colony and after the experience for years old ."Uncle Ned" was the sole and only colored man In the city 'and remained here until his death. NEW HIGHWAY THROUGH CASS COUNTY SOON TTil,To tvt v.nt.oHon Voices to Omaha Will Pass Through Cass County Towns. From Fridav Dally. Wepninz Water is deslenated as I V, - , nr. t,a na'.ir V, 5 err, tan, Kansas, to Omaha. The proposed route was decided upon Tuesday when 75 Kansas and Nebraska, men attending a confer ence at Summerfield, Kansas, which is located 85 miles south and east of Weeping Water, on the Kansas-Nebraska line. There were 11 present j from Cass county, nine of these dele , gates being from Weeping Water. They were Carl E. Day, Earl Towle, L. R. Snipes. S. R. Bradley, Henry Crozier, V. E. Smith. George Olive, C. E. Butler and J. J. Meier. The route had previously been de cided upon from Manhattan to the Nebraska line. The purpose of the meeting was to designate the route from the Kansas line to Omaha. An association was organized for the purpose of promoting this enter prise. This organization is known as the National Short Cut Highway association. The name of the new highway Is to be the National Short Cut Highway. The officers of the organization are: President. J. M. Rhodes, Frank fort, Kansas; vice president, W. F. Diers, Louisville; secretary, J. P. Murray,-Summerfield. ' When the meeting was called to order a committee was appointed by the president to formulate a propos ed route for the new highway and to submit it to the entire group. ,J iL?. ! Carl Day. Weeping Water, chair man; Messrs. Johnson. Tecumseh; Brumbaugh, Summerfield, and Diers, Louisville. This committee submitted two routes. The one adopted by the group designates that the highway shall go through Tecnmseh.-Weeping Water, Louisville and Millard into Omaha. A publicity committee was named to give the project proper publicity. This committee is composed of L. J. Mayfield of Louisville. S. R. Bradley of Weeping Water, W. H. Keeler of Summerfield and W. F. Hill of West moreland. Each town along the highway was assessed ten per cent of its popula tion to take care of the marking of the trail. Weeping Water Repub lican. BARGAIN DAY WAS VERY SUC- nrOOrill flUC and lT GillesPie received several lJ2N,yB (JjjDroken riDS and internal Injuries. j John Ackles, who was working ! near them, says there was no warn- 'General Reports are Favorable on the 1 v:; . V , . , . Result of the Volume of Busi ness Shoppers Pleased. From Thursday's Dsiiy. J The buying public took advantage of the opportunities afforded by I Bargain day yesterday in very large J numbers and almost all of the stores the city report a pleasing volume ' - r ul uusiusi auu in uisuusiuk me C , un-j""" " irT Q ""TT. red at the pecIal barS.aln and ' mid-summer clearance prices. i A great many of the farmers are . wmw-r nf K now 1U .uitfir uuwwi uu ui u voa r a Tin finHi-n t that their timo is i r '."V ' - u IU"' irom eany in me morning until late at night, and this has 6erved to keep many of them at home who would otherwise have been in for the bargain offerings. ' The crowd yesterday was here largely ln the morning and the af ternoon, the evening attendance at the sales not being as heavy as last month, although they were counter- balanced by the larger day time rrn-arila crowds Special features will probably mark the next Bargain day as it will be after the close of harvest and will give more opportunity for the resi-t j iu. . a . . dents of the country districts to be in attendance. la DlUJLXJX Al 1 ELMWOOD LAST NIGHT j From Fridsy's Daily J The members of the police force, were on the alert last evening for a rsr ronnrtoH to hare hean ctolon from 1 the streets at Elmwood early last! evening and which it was thought the thieves might be trying to get into Omaha with. The car was an Essex and of the touring car type. according to the messages received here by Sheriff Quinton and the po- 'lice. The sheriff was at the Platte river bridge until late at night to see if an attempt was made to cross the river on the way to Omaha and the police made a thorough search around the city, but without locat- Ing the much sought after car and it j Is thought that the parties taking it j probably made their way on into Lincoln or some of the smaller! towns near there to lay under cover, for a time. - ' DEATH. OF OLD RESIDENT Prom Friday' Dally. The body of Anderson Rouse, old . resident of Cass county, who died at i. Richmond, California, will arrive in ' Lincoln Sunday. The funeral will be held Sunday at 11 a. ni. from the 'Christian church at Greenwood with Rev. Park in charge. Burial will be at Greenvood. . portion of Cass. county for a great! many years and was for a time su- perintendent' of the Cass county j farm here prior to J. II. Tarns and' larm nere nnor to j. 11. lams anu after leaving her located at Green- , WOfMl Wh(TI tip m( fi ll!S hOTTIP ffir a number of years. 'He was the father of Mrs. Grover Will of California and an uncle of E. L. Roase, superintend- ent of schools at Scottsbluff. death of am. 6 AT-HOS PITAL IN.D31AHA Young Lad of 11 Years cf Age Dies Following Operation Yester- v day for Appendicitis. From Thursdays IaJly. This morning at 7:30 at the St. Catherine's hospital in Omaha oc curred the death of Elvin Fleming, eleven year, old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Fleming, who reside west of this city on the old Harman Bcstor farm. The death came ir-ry suddenly fol lowing an acute attack of appendi citis and the lad, who was taken to the hospital, was operated on yester day morning and ct that time it was found that he was in a very serious condition and has gradually grown worse until death oarae to ease his sufferings at an early hour this morning. ine aeceaseu was a ver ungnt (Iodge o lhe Elk3 at Atlanta, Geor- and active lad and his death comes: s,. , ' as a severe blow to the parents and brothers and sisters of the lad. The funeral arrangements not been made as yet. have APPinCMT &"n.-THC : nwwlUkll I n I I Ilk' KIEWIT QUARRYIS NEARLY FATAL Huge Stone Falls During Cave-in of Tunnel Eussell Haines and Pierce Gillespie Hurt.- , From Friday's buiT- An accident occurred at the Kie wit quarry north of town on the oth er side of the river in which two men were seriously Injured by fall ing rock. Russell Ilair.es, a son-in-law of Mrs. George Kobier, and Pierce Gillespie were tunneling rock in?- ftea a cracK1Df noise and saw the rock loosening and iumDed in time to escape getting hit. As he jumped, he shouted to the men land they had time to almost get in the clear which saved their lives, although they were struck and Knocked down Messrs. Haines and nir.esuie were I attended bv Dr. E. W. Worth man of! Louisville and Dr. J. A. Peters of J ,. a jMin iiiti i?ui aim Hfie i ii 1 1 r I t'Mitj 1 11 7'"V : , TT could receive the best of nursing. This may be a much cheaper way of getting out stone, but it surely is a aangerous piace xo worK as very !itl Tm.a,tnn is lilron r -ru-nx-ant . . such' cave-ins as occurred at this 1 time and it is a lamentable thing that a working man should be ex- posed to Courier. such danger. Louisville MADE GOOD WITH HIS WHEAT Bert Jameson, one of our hustling wheat this year. He sold his wheat ....... ... last tan to one 01 me elevators ior $1.00 a bushel. He had 225 acres in wheat and got .. quality a fine yield, and tne wheat is good He had three binders in the field last week to take care of the grain oe i f rlnanArl CA fact Via lnil rrV. t Koct not to trv riittitic it bv himse.f Bert was not so fortunate last year for he was in the hail district and lost his entire corn crop. Take one season with aifther, Nebraska usu- ally treats her folks fair and square. What la Tr.it one. vmi- to morln ,.o the. next year, if you just have faith and;10 a11 unui. ine keep smiling. SHOULD CUT WEEDS While the campaign is being push ed to have the weeds cut over the i.v uac iiic ccua LUl uwi city, one of our citizens called the attention of the press to the fact that some of the worst places In the city 'are the grounds around some of the'ized y W. R. Holly, the director, ward school buildings and along the 'and made ready for the summer and school nrooertv. ffall work in the dance line. There The weeds have been uncut for a long time and the city council while after the remainder of the citizens will afto include the board of educa-ibe tion in the list of violators of the weed ordinance. ' OFFICERS SEARCH FOR FOILED BANK ROBBERS HERE n,Vl PWV 4ti Ra-nlr r.r leaver Cross- 1U "J Are Going East. Yesterday afternoon a message vrsterriav afternoon a vi-2S received here bv Sheriff Quinton ' ocL-incr- him in h,a nr. (V,o prt nr tWf men who yesterdav afternoon at- tempted the robbery of a bank at Beaver Crowing in Seward county. J The men were reported as having passed through. Crete and were thought to be . Leading into Omaha and all entrances to that city were asked to be guarded in an effort to apprehend the men. The mo men. one of them par tially masked, entered the bank shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday af- and on being told by Miss Helen. Ross, clerk in the bank, that he was absent, the two men seized the girl and forced her into an adjoining room and locKed ner in, according to the reports received at Lincoln by.cjty have received notice of the ap the state law enforcement bureau. ' pointment of their son. Edward Miss Ross cried loudly for help ' Kunsman, to a verv flattering posl ar.d the two men growing alarmed, tion with the Southern Pacific at ran from the bank and joined a . Tucson. Arizona, and which is that third man in a car that was waiting" Gf assistant master mechanic at-Tuc-near the bank and made their escape. SOn. one of the most important points State law officers believe that the Cf the g. P. line through the south two men are the same ones that stole west. The position is not only an ad a car at Omaha, drove it to Green- vance in rank for Mr. Kunsman but wood where it was found abandoned, also brings with it a substantial in stole another car and drove to Beav-icrea3e jn salary as he will receive cr Crossing, which is situated on the from $375 to S400 ner month in his Northwestern Seward. railroad southwest of EETU2NS FE0H SOUTH Postmaster J. W. Holmes, who has il, ilea iciuiucu aiiu i c u ii a ci j pleasant trip and a most interesting meeting of the lodge. He states that the special train on which he trav eled was one that was prepared with 1 at the" Tarious towns the members of4with the Burlington. and learned kis The party were entertained and greeted by their fraternal brothers and friends. The views of the south enjoyed by Mr. Holmes Impressed him very favorably and especially the fine city of Atlanta. En route home, Mr. Holmes stopped at Osh kosh, Wisconsin, where he visited with his brother, Troy Holmes and family for a few days. Troy is nowo fl ,d k &nd wh,' in tne automoDiie Wisconsin citj- ELMWOOD MAN HAS A VERY CLOSE GALL FROM DEATH While Fixing up Fence lodge Cay gill Has Startling Experience With the Lightning. Lodge Caygill, a well known resi dent of Elmwood, had a very start ling experience the past week with 'the elements of nature and in which : he was compelled to play the unwill- ing part of a human lightning rod. Mr. Caygill was out iixing a wire fence during the electrical storm that visits that lncalitv and while - - - - - . he was holding the ends of the brok en fence wire, one section in each hand, the lightning struck and fol lowing the flash of the lightning Mr. Caygill was hurled to the ground and reniainedvunconscious for some time irom tne ecects or tne snocE. After regaining consciousness he felt very shaky and unstrung from the effects of his experience and while he has now recovered from the effects of the unusual experience he is not desirous of having another like one. PAVING IS DELAYED From Friday's Dally. Owing to the fact that the 'city council failed - at its special session last Monday evening to definitely authorize the mayor and city clerk to draw up and enter into a contract for the paving in districts No.'s 26, 27 and 28, the final work of signing up has been delayed. The council ac cepted the report of their committee and granted the contract for the pav ing to the Modern Construction com pany but the details important to the final closing of the contract were Omitted, It IS Claimed, and Will nave session next Mon- day to clear it up. KE-OEGANIZING ORCHESTRA From Thnrtidsy'B Dally. - The Holly orchestra, which was - for a number of years one of the popular aance orcuesiras iu mis set- "on ci tne siaie, nas Deen re-organ wiH be a number of additions to the personnel of the orchestra and some of the best musicians of the city will found in the jiew line-up of the ! orchestra. They will play at the K. ' S. dance platform Saturday night. . REPORTS A PROWLER 1 Last night the members of the Bur rows household in the northwest part of the city had what they think was a visit rrom tne prowler who has been reported around in other parts of the city. Mrs. Mary Burrows was aroused by the sound of someohe walking around the house and called her son but failed to find anyone. The fact . that several parties are reporting this night time prowler looks as though there wa3 someone snooping around tne residences or the city and V-ZIO Will DrOOail TeCeiVe a OOSe OI buckshot from some of the house- holders. ED KUNSfflAH RE CEIVES A WELL DE SERVED PROMOT'N -Kade Assistant Master Mechanic of Southern Pacific Railroad at Tucson, Arizona. r Mr. and Mrs Carl Kunsman of this new position For the past six years Mr. Kuns man has been with the Southern Pa cific at Yuma, Arizona, and his ex cellent work there has won for him the promotion to the new Job with vancement in his line of railroad i- I w I rv . The news of the success of Mr. Kunsman will be very pleasing to his friends here in the old home where he spent his boyhood days. Mr. Kuns- trade of machinist &t th Ilavelock shops... . ' . r- - GIVES SURPRISE PARTY From Thursday's Daily. A surprise party was given for Miss Mabel Brittain yesterday after- young people present as they passed the time in playing games in the pleasant shade of the trees and with the oolincr hrezps helniner make the day more than usually pleasant. The!tonlSnt in the program to be broad games proved a- pleasant diversion cast from WOAW, and which will in for the partv and at 4 o'lock a very elude Hawaiian interpretations of -a dainty and "enjoyable luncheon waslnumber of up-to-date song hits, also served that aided in the completion eaxaphone and orchestral numbers, of a day of the rarest enjoyment to and two or three male quartet ren- aYl of th nartv anH nno whirh hpv ditiens. will very pleasantly remember. Those attending the event were' Hazel and Helen Faunch, Helen Mary Ellen and Opal Byers, George and Edith Luschinsky, Mabel and Merlin De Wolfe, Alfred and Janet Bennett, Glen and Mabel Brittain. F. G. Egenberger will write you a policy in the New York Life Insur ance Co.,- and look after your New York Life business. J2-tfw ffl CORDIAL j FRIENDLY J -rBANKING J When The (louse Heeds Repairs Every year brings the need for fresh paint or repairs somewhere about the house. It costs much less to attend to these things promptly than to let the property become badly run down. Try the Savings Account plan of keeping the house in. repair! Open an account at the First National Bank, make regular deposits, and you'll always have money on hand for this purpose. Meanwhile, your deposits will be earning 4 interest. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE BANK WHERE YOU PEEL AT MOE PIATTSMOUTH ITHE ARRIVAL OF NEGROES HERE IN THE YEAR 1876 Coming From Natchez, Mississippi, Party Settled in Towns Along the Missouri Eiver. From Frldav'n Dally. The arrival of the consignment of negroes here yesterday afternoon for work in the Burlington lumber yard has occasioned a greal deal of discus sion owing to the fact that there have been none of the negroes living here in many years and while discussing the matter, noe of the old residents here related the story of the coming of the first negroes to this city back in the year 1876. At that time this city was free of the colored people and It was learn ed one fine summer day that a large consignment of tfie -colored brethren were coming up the Missouri river and seeking homes and accordingly a committee of citizens was appoint ed to look into the matter and met the party at East Plattsmouth whore they had been unloaded and found there several car loads of the colored folks. The members of the party told the committee that they were from Natchez, Mississippi, and had been brought by steamer to St. Louis for fz a nead and reaenmg that place they had been taken over by a so ciety and shipped west by train. At Kansas City they were diverted to the north arid scattered among the towns along the Missouri river and when they arrived at East Platts mouth they were unloaded as their funds were exhausted and they were left to hustle for themselves. The committed or Plattsmouth people declined to receive the new comers with open arms and selected two families, on of which was that of "Uncle Ned" Baker and allowed them to come on over to the Nebras ka side. of the river and settle but the rest were ordered away and a Iarg number journeyed down the river to Nebraska City where they located and which has furnished that city its colored population. . FINE POPULAR PROGRAM TONIGHT; WEEPING WATER IN THE AIR SUNDAY NIGHT Frnm Thursday's Pally. Lovers of the popular in radio mu sic will come in for their share of it Many are looking forward eagerly to Weeping Water's program of next Sunday night, which will be given over wholly to musical numbers, most of which are of a sacred nature in keeping with the Sunday spirit. Weeping Water has some excep tionally fine artists who will certain ly uphold the reputation Cass county holds with radio fans as a result of the two Plattsmouth programs al ready broadcast. "NEBRASKA.