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VOL. NO. XXXTX.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBEE 20, 1923.
NO. 47
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JURY FINDS
JULIA KAUF
Rf ANN GUILTY
VEBDICT HETUXNED BY JUEY
AFTER THREE HOURS DE
LIBERATION. VERDICT COVERS FOUR COUNTS
Case Attracts Great Interest Over En
tire County and Ccart Room
is Crowded All Day.
From Monday Dally
This morning in the district court,
with Judge J
B. Rcper of Fawnee
",. J r, rr o time rsT iKn r-nitrt
V. U T ' 1 V 1 II L, , I 1 1 T. 1 1 1- IV VT V V I . V V V U 1 L
was largely occupied in the argu-
merit of motions offered by the de-
tense through Attorney A. L. Tidd
representing Mrs. Julia Kaufman.
who was indicted by the grand jury
on the charges of having had posses-
sion of intoxicating liquors, selling
and giving away intoxicating liquors.
The case of the state of Nebraska
vs. Julia Kaufman was called at 10
o'clock and at once a motion was of-
fered that the case be heard by a new
jury panel, it being alleged that
many of the jurors had heard the evi-
dence offered against the defendant
in two days of the trial of the case
of the State of Nebraska vs. Carl D.
Quinton. j
This was overruled by Judge Rap-
er and the jury was called in to start
the examination of the panel when
Mr. Tidd then offered farther motion
to disqualify Attorney D. O. Dwyer,
who has conducted the prosecutions,
together with W. R. Patrick, as spe-
einl counsel for the . This mat-
ter was contested for more than an
hour and affidavits offered by both
the state and the defense, the defense
presenting the affidavit of County At- the contents for analysis and of hav
torney A. G. Cole thatfce waa will- ins turned the remainder over to the
Ing to try the case while the state of- court reporter on December 11th.
fered the testimony of the disquall- Chester Welsheimer testified to
Oration of Mr. Cole in the grand jury seeing many cars going to the Kauf
calling and several others support- man home at different times. On
ing this ause which covered incl- cross examination the witness named
dents leading up to the appointment several parties who he had seen.
of Mr. Dwyer by Judge Begley. i The testimony of Miss Georgia
This afternoon the motion of the Denson was practically that given at
defense was argued from 1:30 to the Quinton trial as to her having
2:30 on the grounds of disqualify- heen at the Kaufman home and be
ing Mr. Dwyer and Mr. Patrick and ing served by Florence Kaufman
was overruled by Judge Raper and w hich she stated was beer. On cross
the case advanced to trial before the examination the witness stated she
court. did not know whether it was near
The work of selecting the jury is heer or not.
now progressing as the Journal goes Mrs. Hazel Fritch was recalled to
ot pres3. ; the stand and stated that the beer
ishe had drank at the Kaufman home
From Tuesday Daily i had given her a headache and made
The event that has been looked her drousy.
for eag-.rlv bv the attendants at the Fred Kaufman testified to naving
district court was on today before visited the home of Julia Kaufman.
Judge Rarer and the jury when the hls, sister-in-law. in August, 1922.
case of the state of Nebraska vs.
Julia Kaufman, charged on three
counts with violation of the liquor
law, possession, selling and giving
away of intoxicating liquors. There
was a large number of ladies pres
ent to hear what was offered in re
gard to the violation of the prohibi
tion law a3 alleged by the state in its
charges against Mrs. Kaufman.
The first witness of the state was
Mrs. Hazel Fritch. who testified that
the had ben at the Kaufman home
on several occasions during the last
year and a half. She had seen wine
there. Witness stated she had seen
lots of men ircing thre at different "cfur'. iu uicn me nauinian
tim. some stopping at home of wit- resided and that Mrs. Kauf-
ress as late as 3 a. m. to inquire lo- maPai11 the rent for the Place
cation of Kaufman home. This had , Th? Ptate aked that they be al
been last sprinc. On cross examina- lowed to use the testimony of a de
tion bv Mr. Tidd. witness stated that Pty sheriff of Otoe county later but
she ha'd made home brew but denied thf defense insisted that they either
showing Mrs. Kaufman, who. she take a court or that state
paid, made it previous to the time foreP? ths testimony Mr Patrick
witness had stated that rather than delay the
Mrs.' Fav' Grassman testified that ase he wouId P3 il UP and de
she had visited at the Kaufman home ense commenced its testimony at
once or twice, had seen beer f ere at 11:15-
theso tines. This had been in the Henry Kaufman was the first wit
fall or winter. Asked by counsel as ness for the defense and testified that
to conversations with Mrs. Kaufman he was at home July 1st and got up
as to where she had secured liquor, at 10 o'clock in the morning and had
witnc.-K stated Mrs. Kaufman had gone with his family to the Sherrill
never told her where the stuff had restaurant for dinner. The family
come from. Mrs. Kaufman had said had then driven down to the George
that it was ISO proof and had been South home near the Missouri river
brought in cans. Witness said that ferry to visit Mrs. South as Mr. South
Mrs. Kaufman had stated that she had just died the night before. They
jrut in 20 cents worth of distilled i stayed there until 6 : 30 and had then
water and that the stuff was sold for come up town and later gone to Mur
J2. 50 a pint. Witness stated she did '. ray and stayed there until late at
not know what it was called. This : night. Did not see Henry Koebel on
conversation occurred last summer ' that date. Was home up to the time
Witness stated that she had seen men 'of going to dinner. His wife had no
going to the home several times. '; intoxicating liquor in the house at
Fometimes two or three times a day. any time in the last three years. Did
This covered a period of a year and a not ever see any home brew at home,
half. The conversation had taken Fred Kaufman had not been at his
place at the Grassman home. On home in a year and a half. There
rrosf? examination the witness stated : were no cars at his home except those
that no one had talked to her in re-'of relatives and friends. Never seen
gard to her testimony. Questioned cars there after midnight. Cross ex
fs to the fact of whether witness had J amination by Mr. Patrick, witness
seen beer at the Kaufman home. Mrs. ; stated that he was employed at the
Grassman stated that she did not j garage from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. and
know whether it was beer or not. j did not know what transpired when
Mrs. Kaufman called it "home brew." :he was absent. They did not attend
Witness had not tasted it. Did not the South funeral. Did not recog
ree any of the other stuff. Witness nize anyone at the South home ex
had seen several parties she knewjeept the widow. Witness did not re-
: . - rvo trail i o coma ttrarc. nionhor nnvthinp thnt Jransntrpd at
ers.
I T T 1 ' 1 . i T T V 1 . I-1 - J 11U11I. WUQ
Wayne Gouchenour testified prac-
tically as he did at the Quinton trial
as to having driven the car for Hen
ry or Chris Koebel to Omaha on the
date of July 1, 1923, and had re
turned from Omaha with Koebel at
l p. m. and had gone to the Kauf
man home where Koebel had got out
and remained a few minutes, coming
out with a bottle of stuff he bad call
ed whiskey and threw it on the seat
of. the car. Koebel had told witness
to drive to Nebraska City. Koebel
had taken two drinks on the way
from Plattsmouth to Nebraska Citv.
Sheriff Carl Ryder had arrested Koe
bel at Nebraska City and taken! the
booze from him. Witness had not
been held. Koebel had not had bot
tle before going to Kaufman home.
The witness was shown the state's
itAiiimi i, me Dome claimed to nave
been taken from Koebel at Nebraska
City and identified it as the one
shown him. Ryder had put some of
the booze in a dish and burned it, it
giving a blue flame. Witness did not
drink any of the liquor. On cross
examination, Gouchenour stated that
he he had stayed in Nebraska Citv
1 fifteen minutes. Witness had left
! here for Omaha about noon with
Koebel
J n t mot Iv'aaKaI i t li Vino
" " ' . hit. - . . v ' v it.1 ai tut t i iiv
street garage which was on witness-
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the city. On reaching Omaha Koebel
bad gone into a soft drink parlor on
24th street and had two drinks there,
Witness had taken a pop. They had
stopped at a soft drink parlor in Fort
Crook both going and coming and
Koebel had taken several drinks,
Koebel had threw bottles out on pre-
vious trips with witness to Omaha,
Sheriff Carl Ryder of Otoe county
testified as to the bottle on exhibit
as that taken from the person of
Henry Koebel and testified as to
making a test of it and also of having
brought it here and turned over to
the foreman of the grand jury, C. J.
Pankomn.
Ralph G. Batty
chemist in the
state department of pure foods and
drugs, testified as to having received
a bottle at his office from his clerk,
Mr. Stoll and detailed the tests made
to determine its alcoholic content and
gave it as 4 0.3 alcohol. Liquor had
been tested out to be grain alcohol
diluted with water,
C. J. Pankonin detailed going to
Lincoln and turning the bottle over
to Mr. Stoll who had kept a part of
and purchased what he supposed was
a half pint of whiskey for which he
had paid $1.50. It had tasted like
whiskey. On cross examination the
witness stated that he was not on
friendly terms anymore with the
Kaufman family and did not speak to
them. He would not care to cinch
her for that ref.son. On redirect the
witness stated that he would not give
any false testimony against the de
fendant and was not mad at her ex
cept over the whisky which witness
claimed was too much diluted with
water.
Joseph Dostal testified as owning
the South home except that they had
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visited with family, had brought Mrs.
F. R. Gobelman and the South child
ren up with them from the river.
Witness did not remember anyone
at the Murray bathing beach.
Mrs. Ina South testified that on the
occasion of the death of her husband
she had been badly worn with many
nights of watching and nursing and
could not give a clear statement of
what had really occurred there.
Knew that the Kaufman family was
there. Mrs. Gobelman had been there
several times assisting her. Witness
did not recall what had transpired
there in the way of visiting with
friends who had come and gone dur- .
ing the day. Did not know how long
T w ,"; - ., . , "
iiiT? ivaui Hid ii kcixiuiy ntric at nvi
home. On cross examination witness
stated that the Kaufman family were
not close personal friends but ac
quaintances that they had known
when living on South 10th street. On
re-direct, Mr3. South stated that Mr. ,
Kaufman had frequently repaired the
car of Mr. South at the garage and
also at the home.
Emily Satva testified that she had
been a friend of Florence Kaufman
and a visitor at her home a number
of times and had not seen any intoxi-
'ratirtr linimrc fliara rf n tut 1- i ti , T 1 wl
i ti'i "T" -J ..it. . t ' a iv i 1 1 v i . i'iu
not see men nor autos there during
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1 uvi I I io, 1 CI 14 m. I 11 OU111C 1 1 1 HI 11 v" 1 1 VT
knew later as Walter G. Reed bring
some cheery juice or wine to the par
ty given for Florence Kaufman. On
cross examination witness stated that
she had been a friend of Florence's
eince last September and did not
know anything of the family prior
to that. At the party something like
cherry juice had been served by Mrs.
Kaufman and later by Florence. Had
stayed at the party until 11:30 or
11:45. Had seen John Lamphere
there.
Florence Kaufman, daughter of the
defendant, testified that she had gone
with the family to the South home
and remained there until about 6:30
'in the evening and had then gone to
Murray where they stayed until 11
o'clock. Mrs. Gobelman and the
South children had been left at the
Weseott corner. Chester Craig had
got in the car there and driven to
Murray with them. Did not see Koe- th? interment made at Oak Hill ccm
bel that date. Had never seen beer . etery here.
at home or other intoxicating liquors, j ... , . - , m
Fred Kaufman had not spoken to wit- 1
ness nor other members of the fam- he had ne Wlth the family fre"
ily for past year and a half. Just Quently on trips.
cherry juice had been served at the Walter Reed was then called and
party at her home. No cars nor men testified that he had brought the
asifip from friend railing hati neon
at the home. Vitnet3 did not stay
out later than 10 or 10:30 in the eve- ;
ning when she was not at home. j
From Wednesdays Dallv !
The case of the state of Nebraska '
t,,t? tj-,-
lation of the liquor law on an indict-
ment made by the grand jury charg
ing her with four counts of the viola
tion, terminated last night at S:30
when the jury in the case returned a
verdict of guilty on all of the counts
charged bv the state in the indict-
meilt
During the trial of the case in the
afternoon the crowd was the largest
that has been present at any of the
hearings an dspecators overflowed
into the precincts back of the railing
that had heretofore been confined to
the members of the bar and everyone
showed the keenest interest in the
progress of the case and despite that
the arguments invade the supper
hour the audience stood during the
whole proceedings until the instruc
tions had been delivered to the jury
by his honor, Judge Raper.
The defense had a large number of
witnesses during the afternoon ses
sion, the first one called being Flor
ence Kaufman for cross examination
by the state. Questioned as to the
duration of the meal of the family at
iha chorriit too - n t-o n i n n.tnnco
did not know how long it had tak-
en. They had gone to the South
home. Witness had not at first gone
into the South home and did not
know how long they were there Wit-
ness had later gone into the house,
Visitors were talking; could not say
about what aside from the death of
Mr. South. Had gone from there to
Murray. Asked by Mr. Dwyer as to
what she had done on the first of
Tr, a c-. v
. iue,u9i. auu jc-picijii.'ci
witness could not recall. On re-di-
rect witness stated that Mr. Tidd
had asked her a few questions about
the case. Death of Mr. South had
fixed the date, July 1, in her mind. :
Mrs. F. R. Gobelman testified hav-
ing left the South home about 4:30
p. m. with the two South car and
had gotten out of the car at the cor-
ner of 5th and Main streets. Knew
the Kaufman family to speak to but
was not on intimate terms with
them. The time of getting out of the
car had been fixed by witness at
6:30. aside from relativeF and on Decora-: a Tislt to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Craig testified that he'tion day had several relatives there, i James Henderson in the south part of
knew the Kaufman family and Geo. Witness' husband ha l been called out ' the city and left in their care a fine
South. Saw Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman frequently at night on auto work. ' daughter who tipped the scales at
and daughter on July 1st at the cor- Fred Kaufman had not spoken to the eight and a half pounds. The nioth
ner of 5th and Main streets. Time w-itness for a long time and had not er and child are doing nicely and Jim
was between 6 and 7 o'clock in the heen at her house in three years. Had is about the happinest man in the
late afternoon. Had got into the car not sold or given away any liquor, surrounding country.
with the Kaufmans and drove direct Walter Reed had brought cherry
to Murray to the bathing beach. Re- juice to the party. Did not know of j RECEIVES GOOD NEWS
turned about 11 o'clock that night, any intoxicants being out in there, i '
On Cross examination witness stated On cross examination, witness stated From Wednesday's Daily
he was on very intimate terms with that the only disagreement she had a message has been received here
the Kaufman family and was a fre- with her husband had been over by relatives and friends announcing
quent visitor there. Was a friend of drinking when first married and was the arrival at the home of Mr. and
Henry Kaufman and also of the fam-' then asked why she had prepared Mrs. Marvin Stiles in Omaha of a fine
ny. witness did not remember who
he had 6een in the bathing beach at
Mun-ay. Got away from his work
frequently at night to visit the Kauf
man home after 9 o'clock. Had at
tended shows, dances and other en-
tertainments with
Florence Kauf-
man. On re-direct, Mr. Craig stated
MRS. 0. L. LYNCH
PASSED AWAY LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.;
Died Shortly After Midnieht at Her
Home in Rock Bluf s Precinct
Folowing Short Illness.
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From Wednesdays D.uly-
Last night shortly after the mid
night hour, Mre. O. L. Lynch, a well
known lady of Rock Lluffs precinct,
passed away .following a very severe
illness from scarlet fever which was
followed by complications that caus
ed her death.
The death comes as a severe blow
ot the husband and the li t tls child
ren who are bereft of the tender love
and care of the wife and mother
whose place in the household will be
one hard to fill for her loved ones.
Miss Ada Edwards was born in
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. U U t 11 I tr UI ,JI HUH -I ' - il- J. 1U
I wards of Winona. Missouri, and spent
, the greater part of her lifetime in
that community coming here several
years ago where the family has re
sided for the greater part of the time
since. She leaves ; to mourn her
death the husband, three little sons
and one baby daughter four weeks
old. as well as her parents.
Shortly after the birth of the little eastern portion of Cass county, pass
daughter, Mrs. Lynch was taken with led away from the effects of the in-
scariet lever and tnis was followed
by a sudden complication of Bhight's
'disease from which she died. The
mother, Mrs. M. L. Edwards, arrived
here yesterdav as did Peter W. Lvnch
of West Plains. Missouri, father of
Mr. Lynch, and both were at her
bedside when death came.
Tlio fnntrit rr,V00 DOro holH !,!
. I . .U.IV.W 1'VI T . V . T T i 1 T I I I vl Llim "
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home;
due ed by Rev F E P out
First Melodist church and
and con
" tne
cherrv iuice that had been referred to
so frequently in tie trial, to the!cit-,
Kaurman home on tne occasion or tne
birthday party of Florence cn No-
vember 6th. Had secured the iuice
at the Tincher cafe after 9 o'clock j
tna n5Sbt- n examination,
witness stated bottle had been for-
merl'. used for gmgerale and that " (
was iuiea ay .ur. narry nncuer irom ,
a glass jar of cherries, the cherries
being poured into a pan. Witness
had not seen anything put in the
juice except sugar and water. Go-
afUr tne J"uice had been suest-
ed by one of the boys at the party
who "wanted something to drink."
Asked as to whether or not the re-
QUest had been for something with a
"ku-k" witness did Dot recall. Had
poi:e a dis,an'e of over a mile from
ue ,iOUSe to laie Il,r lne juice
Juice had been poured out in the
kitchen of the cafe. Witness was
asked by counsel if he knew that
anyone who was right could obtain
something with a kick he stated
"no." One round had "killed" the account of the acident:
juice at the partj-. j John Bills was hurt in an accident
Harrv Tincher. aged 22, stated that iat Twenty-first and J streets at 10:30
he was engaged in the conduct of the ; P- ni- when the car he was driving
cafe with his brother W. D. Tincher collided with a car driven by E. G.
and that Walter Reed had come there , finhold. 190S J street. Mr. Wein
late in the evening and asked for the ho,(1 was driving west on J and Mr.
juice
and he had secured it for him.
ot .class jar of cherries in the kitch-
ph and nourpil off thf iuice and mix -
ed it up with syrup as Reed stated!
he desired to fool a friend. There :
was nothing else put in the bottle
that he knew of. He had not been ;
at party and did not see the juice af-.
ter giving it to Reel. The cherries
had been brought here by his broth- j
er from their former home.
The last witness of the defense 1
was the defendant. Julia Kaufman,
who stated that she had not seen
tr t.-,.ki .. ,1- v.
t ii li i y iv it Lit i : v n t, viuuiuruuur
on July 1. The witness, detailed the
visit to the South home as given by
her husband and daughter previously
and also stated that returning in the
evening they had gone to Murray.
Mrs. Fritch had come over to her
place and tried to t-ach her how to
make home brew, bottles had blew
"P and Henry Kaufman had thrown
out the remainder. Had no intoxi-
eating liquors at heme at any time,
Had not seen the Denson girl have
oeer at ner nome. Had heard no
cars come up to her home at any time i
eer unaer ine a:rection of Mrs.
Fritch for her husband.
i
Dennison seals ai?d stickers make
your Christmas parkaees more at-
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uowuic, uct iiicm e njj .Dales JDOUlt
and Stationery Store.
MARRIED IN COUNCIL BLUETS
From Wednesday's Daily i
Yesterday at Council Bluffs occur
red the marriage of Mr. George
BrinklDW of this city and Mrs. Ida
Schlagel Ca!lott of Flint Michigan.
The wedding was a very quiet one
I and the newly weds returned home
, last evening to tcis uty where they
pe" l maJr. V cir ,no'ie in n.e
iuture. Mr. innKiow nas maae r.is
home here for a number of years,
coming here from Texas, and is well
known over the city. The bride is
also a former Plattsmouth lady, be-
ing a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt
Schlegal, former residents here. Mr.
and Mrs. Brinklow are now receiv-
ing the congratulations of their many
old friends.
DEATH GF WM.
MARSH AT SAINT
1 JOSEPH HOSPITAL
Passed Away Saturday Afternoon
Frcni Effects of Injuties Re
ceived in Accident.
rrom Monday's Paily
Safiirriav afternoon at tilt? St Jo-
s?ph hospital in Omaha. William
-uarsh. well known resident ot tne
juries received two weeks ago in
! Omaha when his car was wrecked at
; Missouri avenue and 13th street,
. when the car was caueht in the
! street car tracks and as the result
was almost demolished and the un-
fortunate man so severely injured
I that he had never fully recovered
COnSClOUSIleSS.
Mr. Marsh has been a resident of
Murray and vicinity fr a number of
years, coming to that place from
' Memphis. Missouri, and is well:
1 nown over the eastern portion of
Cass countv. For the past year he
has been a resident of Plattsmouth.
To mourn the passing of Mr. Marsh
there T-orr.pir, the wtfe r, a
of children. Mrs. Jarvis Lancaster,
nf Mnrrav Mr Virjel IrnnM
iror-v or, t;,, Moh f
N"1"-" "''"'"U "1- -lla
r
body was brought to this "city,
iy evening from Omaha and
The
SatlirHn l
taken to the late home on Winter-
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steen hiI1 """here the funeral services
will be held this afternoon.
lyCCUmf; WATFR MAN
(ibkl l3 tin i Uti Eflfll?
INJURED IN AGGIDENT
John Bills, Weeping Water Han, In
jured at Lincoln on Sunday in
Automobile Collision.
From Monday's Ially
Anions the victims of the Sunday
auto wrecks yesterdav was numbered j
a Lass county man, John Hills ot
Weeping Water, who was one of the
chief figures in a wreck at Lincoln.
The Lincoln Star has the following
was S(,1I1S soum on iwenty-
first when
ietner -
the two cars came to-
The car driven by Mr. Rills struck
the V. eir.hold car on the front wheel
and th cars were badly damaged,
!r- sustained a rather severe
cut on the scalp about three inches
f; e .rud. topSte- Ellf,a"
beth- 8 hospital m fcplam & Schnell s
ambulance where the wound was
at ent1??- He was unconscious
i . i T ,
! u llf lumn a s orJ
.as able to talk. Dr. C. C. Johnson
who had charge of the case said the
cut was an ugly one but probably
would not result seriously. It could
not be told until later. Mr. Weinhold
escaped injury and Mrs. Weinhold
received a slight injury to her leg.
Mr. Weinhold's car was towed in last
night.
FINE LITTLE DAUGHTER
From Wednesday's Daily
This morning while the new day
was coming into being the stork paid
eieht nound daughter that arrived
; Tuesday morning. The mother and
little one are doing nicely and the
grandmother, Mrs. Mike Stiles, of
this? city, is at the home to assist in
carjng for the little one. Mrs. Stiles
was formerlv Mi
of near Mynard.
SPILIMN IS A CANDI
DATE FOR RE-ELECTION
Attorney General Spiilman, follow-
me
the example of three other rc-
n.-hiimn stt rfffeprs has filed bis
r,ron;l nomination with the seorp-
tary of state for renomine.tion. His
home at Pierce. Mr. Spiilman was
a member of the s-tate constitution 1
convention of 1919-20 and one of its
n!Cst active workers. He succeeded
Clarence A. Davis as uttcnev gen-
eral in January of this vear. In that
brief time he has participated in
much important legislation on behalf
of the state and acted as legal adr
vi;,tr if riate officials and the legis-
lature when called upon.
j Mr. Spiilman was authorized by
(the national association of attorneys
'general to call a me-t ing of members j
fof that body, to investigate the oil )
! industry and was made chairman of!
a committee of attorney:; general to
make such an investigation, informa-
M
thered to be used for the ben-
he states and federal govern
ment in dealing with the oil indus
try.
GARY S. STOTTLER,
UNION, PASSES AWAY
Dies After Illness of Some Duration
; ot,a ract -ro- TT,T7ctio-Qt.4
by County Attorney.
j F" Mo"da''s' raiiy
This afternoon a telephone mes-
safre lo -ouni Attorney a. u. oie
calIe(i l"m to the vicinity of Lnlon
to investigate the death there of Cary
St- Stottler- wlo passed away this
mornin?- hile Mr. Stottler has
i. ii. . . j ii i.on.i 111,
utireu uy ins "iijbiciau,
Dr- Wllon of Nebraska City, that the j
; bce Ml al?f; , , r , J
tary t. stonier was uorn in L.1D-
f '--"" M J ; '
r.eld.e!l the,re Practically al of his
Itime and engaged in farming near
,l u,uu a,t U1 ".'V J ' v. -'
ws marreid on March 2o, 1921.
to Mrs Clara Shepherdson, who sur-
jWAeshlm.
Suffering financial losses in thel
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natuicw jedia, ajr. sniuiutr una made
,s home on the farm of his wife
southeast of Union Mrs. stottler is
i . , . . . .
inour e aeam or tne ruis-
uana.
The deceased leaves two brothers
nnrl two ciefpre to rrnlln t!c flanth
George Stottler of Phoenix. Minne-
sota; Walter Stottler of Alberta.
Canada; Mrs. Ella Waint of Salmon,
Oregon, and Mrs. Sarah Ira of Lin- !
coin.
The funeral services will be held
at Union but will be postponed until
the inquiry into the death.
ATTEND MAC CAB EE MEETING
From "Wednesday's Daily
Last evening, H. M. Wolfe, deputy
state commander; Fred Stewart, com-
mander: Gerald Gillespie, sergeant;
turner i-irneu, recorutr. were at re
br?ska City to attend the installa-
ticn of a new tent of the Maccabees sity authorities ei. -4 ..'.-. them to eight
at that place. This new tent was or- days of vacation, iiu! iding two Sun
ganized by B. A. Hartman. deputy , days, and that u:--'tr the present
state commander, who was also the; schedule they are asived to include
organizer of the tent here.
We appreciate your assistance In
helping us to publish all the news.
Cll nhone No. 6, 3 lings.
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For the Up-to-Dafe Housekeeper!
A If
The systematic home manager keeps her
financial affairs in just as trim condition as she
does her house.
Naturally, she pays her bills by check
and at the First National Bank she finds the
courteous, considerate service that appeals to
her.
We'd like to open an account for you.
May we soon?
The First National bank
THE BANK WHE3E YOU FEEL. HOME
PLATTSMOUTH
EX-POLICE
CHIEF IS ON
TRIAL TODAY
ALVIN JONES CHARGED WITH
THREE COUNTS IN GRAND
JURY INDICTMENT.
MALFEASANCE AND PERJURY
Mcrnine Spent Endeavoring to Se
j r . T Arainst
enre J ury to iry Case Against
Former Chief of Police.
From Wednesdays Daily
This morning the time of the dis
trict court was taken up with the
task of selecting a jury to try the
case of the state of Nebraska vs. Al
vin Jones, former chief of police, on
an indictment voted by the grand
jury in which Mr. Jones is charged m
i with malfeasance in office. It is al-
I leged in the indictment that on July
I 10, 1923, he failed to arrest Julia
! Ka"fman altho he knew she was
dealing in intoxicating liquors. The
indictment also alleges that on July
10, 1922, he was in a state of intoxi
cation and that on August 10, 1923,
! he had liquor illegally In his poces-
sion.
i he case apparently was lacking
the Interest of the previous hearings
as there were only a scattering few
present in the court room as the at-
torneys for the parties questioned the
uuni.ui uicjui, UCi lu lUCir
quaiuicaiion ior service.
In this actio,
y
on the defendant la rep-
torneys W. A. Itobert-
son and A. L. Tidd.
STUDENTS PROTEST
SHORT VACATION
.Nebraska Officials Said to be Opposed
to Change in Plan Other Uni
versities Have Longer.
Lincoln. Dec. 18.
The student
! counc" of the irsity ..f ebras-
i ka today sent to Chancellor Avery
and to Executive Dean Engberg a
protest against the short Christmas
vacation, which begins December 21
and ends January 2.
Nebraska has a shorter vacation
. v. i . . i r i i .
j mai many represeiiiau ve miuaie
western schools, the students declare.
Their protest includes figures from
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Kansas. The chart of comparative
vacations, which they have prepared,
shows that undergraduates at Ne
braska go to school 209 days aDd
have 12 days of vacation.
The students as?' ' t That an aeree-
ment between the- rtnd the univer-
two legal holidays in their eight
days.
Business forms of all kinds print
ed at the Journal office.
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