cal Society 3 VOL. 170. XXXVlli. i ENJOINS CITY COUNCIL FROM ; GOING AHEAD WITH LETTING OF NEW PAYING, CONTRACT AFTER THEIR OWN RESCINDED. HEARING SET FOR AUGUST 3RD And In the Meantime Bids of Last Night Were Not Opened Is in Tangled Condition. From Tuesday's tany. The proposition of letting a con tract for the paving in Districts Xos. 26, 27 and 2S, which was to have been taken up by the city council last evening was pushed into the dis card temporarily when a restraining order was served on the mayor and councilmen at 7 o'clock against their taking any action in the matter. The restraining order was secured late in the afternoon In the office of the clerk of the district court. This injunction, secured by the Modern Construction Co., of this city, which was first awarded the contract that was later rescinded by the coun cil at its meeting last Monday night on the grounds that its legality was questioned by the fact that the mem bers of the family of Councilman Mc Maken were members of the company, was so worded as to prevent award ing of a second contract until hear ing of the matter in the district court Friday. In view of the injunction, when the council assembled, it was decided that it would be unjust to the bid ders to open and tabulate the bids until after the disposition of the In junction proceedings and accordingly on the motion of Councilman John Sattler, seconded by Councilman Iiestor, the matter wa3 laid, over un til next Monday evening, as the time of hearing of the case ha3 been set for Friday, August 3rd. at 10 o'clock in the morning in the district court. The Modern Construction Co. con tends that Councilman McMaken haa no interest in the company as it Is now constituted, and that the pre vious contract in which they were found the lowest bidders and award ed the contract should stand as a legally awarded contract and that they should be allowed to go on with the work as under the terms of; the plans and specifications. The meeting of the council had at tracted a great deal of attention from the residents of the various paving districts Just created and the cham ber was well filled with their repre sentatives, who were apparently not eo greatly Interested in who had the contract as in 'the kind of paving curred the death of Mrs. Lucina Po used. as the petitions filed at the! cock, sister of County Surveyor Fred previous meeting had indicated their j Patterson of this city, and one of the preference for the re-inforced con- last of a large family who are num crete paving. jbered among the early residents of The Modern Construction company, Cass county, through their attorney. D. O. Dwyer,. The deceased lady was at the time in their petition state that the mem- of her death in the neighborhood of bership of the company is composed j eighty years of age and had been, of Henry C. McMaken. Joseph G. Mc-;wlth her brother Fred, the last of a Maken and Emma McMaken and that; family of twenty children, the sons the action of the city council at their; and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. previous session constituted a bind-;M. Patterson, pioneer residents of ing contract and that the company 'Cass county, but six of whom lived had prepared a bond to cover the to maturity. work in the paving districts and The family of Mrs. Pocock is one were ready and willing to take up; of the oldest in the history of the the work of performing the fulfill-1 colony and state of Pennsylvania, as ment of the contract with the city r their ancestors came to America from and that to award the work to any . Ireland and Scotland in the early part other company or individual would j of the eighteenth century and located cause a I033 to the Modern Construe-j in what Is now known as Lancaster tion company, and for these reasons ( county, Pennsylvania, and the great thev ask that the court grant the re-1 Ereat grandfather of the deceased straining order against the city gov-! ernment from entering into any otner contract for the paving. , In the absence from the city of Judge Begley. the restraining order was Issued by County Judge Allen J. IJeeson. Just what will be the outcome of the controversy that has been arous-Jjur. ed cannot be determined until after the hearing or me mouuo iur iue state that the aaugnter L,ucina ias restraining order in the courts, butjDorn. xne family crossed the Mls- indicatiens point to the fact that If j the contract price is not as low or lower than that which was first agreed upon, further litigation may come from the residents of the dis tricts themselves, no matter to w Horn the contract may be given. As it now stands it has developed a very much mixed up condition of af fairs as regards the paving ana may possibly delay the matter so that it j win oe impussiuic carried out planned. this year as naa Deen HAS SMALL OPERATION Prom Tuesdays Dally. This ' morning, Stuart Ebenberg er was operated on at the Methodist hospital in Omaha for the removal of his tonsils and adnolds and the oper ation was reported as being very suc- cessful. Stuart has been troubled ( with tonsils and adnolds for some time and it is hoped that the opera tion will result in giving the young man permanent relief. Mrs. I. B. Egenberger. " mother of the -young man, remained at the hospital-for the day. GOES TO SILVER MINE From Tuesday Dairy. George Eaton of near Union, who for some years has been interested in the development of a silver mine situated in the mountains of old Kentucky. Mr. Eaton has been most favorably impressed with the pros pects of a real paying development of the mine and his friends in Union and Cass county are trusting that he may realize his fondest dreams real ized in the mine. Mr. Eaton has promised, to have several specimens of the ore from the mine sent to Un ion so that his friends may look them over. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE JOINED IN WEDLOCK Miss Ella M. Siemoneit and Mr. Wil liam F. Halmes are Married At St. John's Church. From Tuesday's Dally. Two of the well known and popu lar young people residing west of this city, Miss Ella M. Siemoneit and William F. Halmes, were united in marriage at the St. John's Catholic church in this city on Sunday after noon by the Rev. Michael A. Shine, rector of the church. The wedding was very quiet and the bridal couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rhoden of Ashland the latter a sis ter of the groom. After the wedding the young peo ple were entertained at the. pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs. John Halmes where a reception was ten dered them by the members of their host of friends in that section of the county. Music and games caused the evening to speed on wings until near ly the midnight hour when a very dainty luncheon was served by Mrs. John Halmes and assisted by the brother of the bride, Fritz Siemoneit. Both of the contracting parties have a large acquaintance over this portion of the county, the bride hav ing made her home with her brother Fritz "Siemoneit and family since her arrival from Germany two years ago and is a lady very highly esteemed by those who know her. The. groom is a native Cass county boy, a son of Mr. and" Mrs. Peter Halmes. In the future the young people will make their home ..with the father of the groom on the farm west of thi3 city. MEMBER OF PIONEER FAMILY PASSES ON Mrs. Lucina Pocock Dies at Gode boldt. Oklahoma, Yesterday Sister of Local Man. From Tuesday's Dally. Yesterday morning at the tome of relatives at Godeboldt. Oklahoma, oc- lady was born there in 1733 and the family resided for years near what was known as Patterson's Mills, un til the early fifties when they start ed westward to find a new home in the great unknown country that stretched beyond the Mississippi. Stopping in Illinois for a few years and Mrs. Thomas Patterson made j their home there and it was in this sourl river In the year 1855 and es tablished themselves at the then flourishing town of Rock Bluffs and where the deceased lady was reared to womanhood. It was in the tumult of the last days of the cival war that witnessed the day of the marriage of the daugh ter, Lucina Patterson, to Mr. J. W. Pocock, the marriage occurring In the home at Rock Bluffs and here me young people re&iucu lur euiue years, later removing to the west to make their home and have not lived in Cass county for a great many years. To this union there were born two sons and four daughters. The body of Mrs. Pocock will be brought ' to the late home at Ord, Nebraska, for burial, the funeral par ty leaving Godeboldt this morning and the services will be held Thurs day afternoon from the late home in ord. me soie surviving oromer, Fred Patterson, of this city, will be In attendance at the services. F. G. Egenberger will writ you a policy in the New Tone Life Insur ance Co.. and look' after your Ww York Life business. 2-Mr MAKE THE PEDDLERS GOME ACROSS WITH OCCUPATION TAX Chief of Police Jones Keeps Visitors in the City from Selling House to House without It. From Tuesday's Dally. The practice of persons dropping into the city to peddle from house to house and not complying with the city occupation tax ordinance has been cut down to a large extent by the efforts of Chief of Police Alvin Jones and City Clerk Duxbury who camp on the trail of the violators of the ordinance and see that the city treasury gets its just share of the proceeds of the occupation tax. The fact that the chief has a car of his own now makes it much easier to round up the parties who are re ported from different parts of town and he usually arrives on the scene early in the game and gets the money for the city before the salesmen are doing business very long. As the result of the watchfulness of the chief and the clerk, the city strong box has received a great deal more funds than would have other wise been possible. DR. JO FAST WILL GO TO CALL IN THE EAST Pastor of First Methodist Church at Omaha Will Take Over Balti more Pulpit Octoher 1. From Mondays Dally. Rev. Jo W. G. Fast, pastor of the First Methodist church of Omaha, aonnucned to his congregation yes terday morning that he had accepted the call to the First Methodist church of Baltimore. Md., and would resign from his Omaha pastorate September 1. His acceptance has been officially ratified, by the Balti more church officials. A Rev.' Mr. Fast returned Frldny night from a vacation of several weeks in the east. "Although I had an intimation of my transfer before I left Omaha, it was during a conference with bishops on the eastern seaboard on my trip that the matter really materialized. I" withheld the an nouncement of my decision until this morning when the matter will also be made public in the east," said the pastor. Dr. Fast visited Cleveland and spent 10 days with his mother, who lives in Pittsburg. He also spent 10 days In New York. Membership 2,000 The First Methodist church of Ealtimore is the largest ecclesiastical Institution In what is known as the Washington area. The church num bers in its roll of members about 2,000 persons. Dr. Fast will retain the pastorate of the First Methodist church at Omaha thruout August. He an nounced Sunday that he would not leave for Baltimore until the termi nation of the annual meeting of the Nebraska conference in Lincoln, Sep tember 19. He will take up his new duties In Baltimore October 1. The Intervening two weeks will be occu pied in establishing himself in his new quarters. Regrets Departure "I am sorry to leave," stated the pastor. I like Omaha and the peo ple of Omaha, and I think it is a splendid city. The only reason I am leaving is because I could not, In jus tice to myself or my profession, turn away from a splendid offer of such magnitude." Hi3 sermon yesterday morning was on "What Is Religion?" The church was packed. Rev. Mr. Fast is a native of Ohio. He accepted the pulpit of the First Methodist church of this city in February, 1922, succeeding Rev. Tit us Lowe. Prior to coming to Omaha he had served six years as pastor in Akron, O. In the short time of his ministership in Omaha he has sprung into the fore ranks of this city's most popular pastors. Who his successor will be Is un determined. YOUNG MAN NOT FINED In the account of the trial of a young man from Elmwobd for cruel ty it was stated that Floyd Dowler had been fined $1 for his part in the case. In justice to Mr. Dowler It may be stated that his only connec tion in the matter was in being at the farm at the time and he was re leased without a fine by Judge Weber. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE This morning County Judge Bee son was called upon to officiate at the marriage of William S. Winters and Miss. Minnie A. Corbett, both of Omaha, who came down to our beau tiful little city to have their life's happiness realized. In order to give a fitting setting ot the ceremony John J. Svoboda and Morgan Way bright were called upon to act at witnesses for the young people. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1923. SHOWING IMPROVEMENT From Tuesdays Daily. The condition of Mrs. John Henry, who is at the Laughlin hospital at Kirksville, Missouri, is reported as .being very favorable and the patient is showing a great deal of progress j toward recovery and it is hoped that I she may be able to return home by the first of next week. Mrs. Henry has been at Kirksville for the past three weeks and her family and friends are well pleased with the prospects of early return to the home in this city. ENTERTAINS FOR BRIDE TO BE ON LAST FRIDAY Mrs. Fred Hild, of Murray, and Miss Helen Hunter are Hostesses in Honor of Miss Kanson. Friday afternoon Miss Helen Hun ter of this city and Mrs. Fred Hild of Murray were joint hostesses at the very charming and cozy Hild home, in honor of Miss Doris Hanson, of Nehawka, whose marriage to Mr. George Pollard will occur the com ing week. The home was tastefully decorated throughout with bankets of sweet peas that served to enhance the beau ty of the scene. During the afternoon the- time was spent in the plying of the busy needle in which many attractive ar ticles were prepared for the future home of the bride and which will long be cherished by the recipient as remembrances of the many loving friends in her home community. Christine Soennichsen Coughlin of Plattsmouth gave several of her ar tistic piano numbers And Mrs. John Hanson several vocal selections that were much enjoyed by the members of the party. At the luncheon there were covers laid for sixteen guest, the following comprising the partyi Mrs. F. A. Hanson and daughters, Doris and Charlotte Hanson, Mrs. John Hanson, Miss Zupha Chriswisser, Edith Han son, of Nrtiawta, MrWU-m Pet- era and f ern uansmer and Editn Peters, of Weeping Water; Mrs. Henry Wiilf, of Avoca, Mrs. T. J. Brendel. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Ed Peterson of Murray, Christine Cough lin, Mrs. William Hunter and daugh ters, Helan and Marie, of Platts mouth, Master Charles Brewer cf Callaway and Mrs. Fred L. Hild. BURLINGTON TEAM TAKES GAME FROM.., SWIFT'S SUNDAY Score is 4 to 1 in Favor of Locals Strong Makes a Circuit Drive that Cinches Game. From Monday's Dai:y. Yesterday afternoon after a delay far beyond the scheduled hour for the game, the Plattsmouth Burling ton baseball team and the team of the Swift Packing company of Oma ha tangled on the local lot in an event that resulted in the Platts mouth team coming off the winners by the score of 4 to 1. The scoring was practically all m the opening inning as it was in the first half of the inning that the visi tors garnered their lonely tally when, with a man on the sacks, Strong made a poor peg to second and allowed the runner to score. In the local half of the inning the opposing pitcher was decidedly wild and without con trol and hit two of the locals and which later proved his undoing. Carl Strong, one of the best of the ama teur players in this part of the state, at this stage of the game unlimbered and placed the ball over the left gar den fence for a home run, giving the locals a safe lead, which they held until the end of the game. The locals scored again in the sev enth inning when Strong was given his base by being hit by the oppos ing pitcher and when Swanson hit along the third base territory, Strong registered at the plate for the con cluding score of the game. The visiting team was delayed in arriving at the ball grounds owing to the fact of. the very muddy and slick roads north of the riatte river, where a heavy rain fell yesterday afternoon and the car in which the team was riding skidded into the ditch and made a delay of some time before they could get back into the road and reach here to play the game. The pitching yesterday was han dled by Herbert Swanson, one of the reliable members of the "Q" team, and he was in the best of form, al lowing but few hits and these scat tered through- the game so that they were not dangerous. Pete Herold was at the third sack while Pressley did the work In the short territory and Erickson occupied the center garden in place of Herb Klautsch, who was absent from the city. Carl Strong departed this morning sils. Mrs. Bates is feeling much im for Rockport, Missouri, where he will proved -since the operation and while catch for the Rockport team against I still feeling the effects of the ordeal the Coin (Iowa) team this afternoon lis hopeful of a complete recovery at Coin and tomorrow at Rockport j from her former suffering through against Pawnee City. the operation. GRESHAM YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE AN AUTO ACCIDENT Auto Collission Near Neliawka Sat urday Afternoon Injures Young Man Quite Severely. From Monday" DaiH. Saturday afternoon j while Harley Eckland, Glen Sack and Miss Marga ret Boutell, young people of Gresham, Nebraska, were en route to this city to enjoy a visit with Rev. F. E. Pfoutz and family, they Mere the vic tims of a rather serious auto accident in the vicinity of Nehawka. From the story of the accident as given by the young people, it seems that they were driving east on the O street road r.nd when passing a cross road. Dr. Harris of Nehawka came forth in his car and the members of the Gresham party were unable to get out of the way as the front wheels of. their car seemed to lock and caused the car to refuse to an swer to the steering wheel and be fore any of the parties realized the danger the two cars met head on and as the result the car of the Gresham party was badly damaged. Harley Eckland was the most for tunate of the party as his injuries were very slight while Glen Sack was struck on the head and had quite a severe ga.h cut in the scalp and was suffering from the accident for hours after. Miss Boutell was cut and bruised somewhat in the accident. The injured members of the party were brought to Plattsmouth by one of the passersby and their injuries were dressed by Dr. P. J. Flynn and the young people were taken to their destination at the Pfoutz home. For several hours after reaching here, the condition of Mr. Sack was con sidered quite grave, as It was feared that he might be suffering from in ternal injuries, but this fortunately did not develop and the young people are all feeling in very good shape today barring a little soreness and stiffness. TELLS OF PIONEER DAYS OVER RADIO Ezra Meeker, 93, Speaks to WOAW's Large Invisible Audience on Saturday Evening. "Friends, you who hear my voice transmitted through the ether can scarcely realize my feeling of emo ti6n and amazement at this moment. Born nearly ninety-three years ago, before the advent of the railroads, I am using the newest and possibly the most' remarkable forces develop ed in these days of scientific miracles to bring before your minds 'The Ox Team days on the Oregon Trail,' days and movements in which I took a part seventy years ago." Thus Ezra Meeker, 93-year-old president of the Pioneers of America Film corporation, opened a brief sketch of history of the Oregon Trail, which he broadcasted over Station WOAW, at Omaha, Saturday night. Was Striking Figure Of patriarchal appearance but ac tive of movement and clear of voice he made a striking figure as he spoke into the powerful transmitter at the Woodmen of the World station that carried his words to hearers thousands of miles distant. He sketched the hardships, ro mance and adventures cf pioneers and the perseverance that enabled them to build the great empire of the west. He told of his first trip in 1853 in a covered wagon drawn by an ox team, which carried his young wife and infant son, now a man of 70, and of trips in 1906 and 1910 in the same conveyance that resulted in hav ing 160 granite monuments and markers put up jointly by states and the federal government to commemo rate the great trail and some of the historic events that took place upon It. MOVES TO NEW LOCATION From Tuesday's Dally. John Frady, who last week pur chased the garage and shop of Ernest Buttery at Seventh and Vine streets, yesterday afternoon started the work of moving his equipment from his former location on South Sixth street to the new place on Vine street. The consolidation of the two plants -will add to" the efficiency of the establish ment of Mr. Frady and give him the additional room that wos so badly needed in this line of work. Mr. Frady has made a splendid reputa tion for his work and his new loca tion gives him a greater opportunity of expanding his business in the fu ture. - ' RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL From Monday's Dally. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Robert A. Bates returned from Omaha, "where she spent several days at the Clark son hospital, recovering from an op eration tor tne removal 01 ner iou- ENJOYING SUCCESS IN NORTH. From Monaar a Dally. The many friends of Ernest Du bois, formerly here in the barber business, will be pleased to learn , that he is doing very nicely at Min neapolis, where he is now located 'and that he has a fine business es tablished there and one of the fine and attractive shop3 in the best sec- jtion of the Minnesota city. While there the last week T. B. Bates en joyed a visit with Mr. DuBois who conveyed to his friends here his greetings and well wishes. SANDLOTTER GOES TO THE BIG LEAGUE Eddie Hazen Well Known Here in His Early Days as Fast Ball Players to Have Chance Froir Tuesday's Dall The Plattsmouth baseball fans will readily recall Eddie Hazen, former fast Omaha sandlotter who was seen here frequently in the past years with a number of the fast Omaha teams when they came to this city to play and his admirers will be pleased to learn that he is to shine in the big show in the baseball world, having been sold to the Washington team of the American league and is now on his way to the national cap ital to play with the Griffs, according to a message received in Omaha by his father. Young Hazen was signed up by the Laurel, Miss., club of the Cotton States league early this season. As right fielder for Laurel, Eddie led the league in hitting, with an aver age better than .360 and also led the league's base stealers. A New Orleans paper lauded him as one of the "finds'" of the 1923 season, prais ing his fielding, in addition to citing his league-leading tendencies In the hitting and base-stealing lines. Last week Laurel sold Hazen to Memphis of the Southern league. The cash consideration netted Hazen him self, a "neat sum," which his father did not care to disclose, says today's World-Herald. Last night the tele gram from Eddie, under date of Mount Roanoke, W. Va., brought the newis that he had been sold to the Senators "and " was en-houte to his new club. Eddie learned to play ball on Om aha sandlots. He won prominence in Class A amateur ball and semi-pro ball, when he was but 17 years old. After several years of successful base ball in minor league he has now been given his,lirst opportunity to shine in major league "time." A VERY UNIQUE PLANT i From Tuesday's Dalit. While at Washington a short time ago, Attorney D. O. Dwyer of this city made a visit to the old Washing ton home at Mt. Vernon and was im pressed by the beautiful boxwood hedge that surrounds the entrance to the grounds of the home of the first president of the nation, and while there purchased a small plant of the boxwood that he brought home with him and which he has placed at the Bates Stationery store and where it is the object of a great deal of In terest ot the visitor. From the ap pearance of the small plant an idea may be gained of the great beauty of a hedge of this old English hedge plant that is found in evidence in the old estates in England. Seed Corn and TV) CORDIAL 7 1 BANKING J fsERVICE The man who wastes his seed grain will never harvest a bumper crop. Neither will the person who spends everything find him self farther along on the road to independence and success at the end of the year. Money in a Savings Account is like seed in the field. It will grow until it yields a boun tiful harvest. Save -and have a Savings Account at this strong bank. One dollar will start you. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE BANK WHEPE YOU F6EL AT HOME PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA. NO. 110 SHELDON MANU FACTURING COM PANY RESUMES Plant at Nehawka Recently Sold at Receiver's Sale is Again Turn ing Out Cement Mixers. From Tuesdays Dally. The Sheldon Manufacturing com pany, which has been one of the leading industrial plants in the west and has had a very strenuous time in the financial seas during the past year has emerged from the bankrupt cy proceedings and following the sale of the plant under referee proceed--ings has again started in on the work of turning out the machinery that has made this plant well known over the country and In fact ovtr the world. Mr. Ray Kratz haB charge of the active manufacturing work as the foreman of the plant, a position that he occupied prior to the world war when he enlisted and served through the war and has only recently re turned to Nehawka. His brother. George Kratz, is on the road looking after the placing of orders for mater ial and also the sale of the output of the plant, while George C. Sheldon is at the head of the sales depart ment at the factory and handles the mail orders that come in and which gives the plant a real working force that tends for the utmost efficiency. The plant itself is operated by John Griffin, Milton Hilton and Emmott Hicks, all three of whom have had experience in this line of work and are capable gentlemen in every way. POISONERS OF DOGS AGAIN ARE ACTIYE Residents of South Part of the City Find Their Pets Being Killed Off in This Manner. The residents of the south portion of lhe city have discovered in the last few days that their pet dogs have been dying quite rapidly as the result of poison that has been put out by someone in that locality and which has already resulted in the death of a very valuable dog of Gus Kopp and which was a great favorite and play mate of the children of the neigh borhood. While there are often cases where dogs in a neighborhood become a menace to the residents, there is a relief in making complaint to the proper authorities who will attend to the matter and shoot the animal if necessary, but the practice of parties taking it onto themselves to get rid of their neighbors' pets by placing poison out in the neighborhood is one of the worst measures that can be thought of by anyone and as the result of it the poor animals suffer a horrible death and every animal in the neighborhood is menaced by the danger of getting the poison. The distribution of poison is a very underhanded way of doing and the parties who do this are causing a great deal of trouble to their neigh bors to gratify probably some small personal spite. Advertise your wants. m NPLV Sood onoyS