-jlistoTi- Sebrasta. State cal SocietV UMattemoutb ournal. f QL. NO. XXXTX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. APRIL 14. 1924. NO 79 Xbe THE VOTE IN CASS COUNTY AT ELECTION FINAL CHECK OF ALL PRECINCT RETURNS FALLS TO ALTER RESULT VERY MUCH BRYAN SWEEPS THE COUNTY Senator Norris and Thorpe on Repub lican Ticket Have Very Com manding Majorities. From Thursday's raily The tabulations of the votes cast at the primary election on Tuesday are all completed now as County C'lerk George R. Sayles received the final returns from the outlying pre cincts yesterday and the result shows that the republicans cast a large per centage of the votes at the primary. The large majorities received here by Senator Norris and Governor Pryan were strong endorsements of these two leading candidates in the two parties. The final result of the vote in the countv was as follows: REPUBLICAN VOTE For President Calvin Coolidge 1.3 63 Hiram W. Johnson 560 For Nat. Committeeman Charles A. McCloud 1.089 Robert C. Druesdow 514 For U. S. Senator George W. Norris 1.090 Chas. H. Sloan 560 Fred G. Johnson 297 For Governor Adam McMullen 705 Albert N. Mathers. 6S3 24 4 C. H. Gustafson George W. Sterling W. P. Stoecker Lieutenant-Governor Grant S. Mears George A. Williams 143 98 521 494 John M. McFarland 262 Thos. E. Conley 18 Secretary of State Harry R. Knapp . 518 Joseph W. Mayer 469 L. B. Johnson 353 Woodruff Ball 167 T. J. Cronin For State Auditor 99 Lreorge v . ..vnrsn i d Henry M. Eaton 4 87 Land Commissioner Dan Swanson 797 Harry H. Folmer 465 Gus Swanson 360 Attorney General O. O. Spillman 1.544 j For State Treasurer C. D. Robinson 1.602 -F iiailway Commissioner H. G. Taylor 492 John H. Miller 387 ML T. Harrison 307 William Co'.ton 255 M. F. Rickard 146 For Congressman R. H. Thorpe 1.125 William A. Selleck 642 For State Senator Abraham Lincoln Tidd 1.307 For Representative Troy L. Davis 1.207 George Vogel 578 Clerk of Dist. Court Clarence L. Beal 1.048 James Robertson 910 For County Sheriff E. P. Stewart 739 Nelson Jean 6S5 John F. Wolff 576 County Attorney W. G. Kieck 1.60S For Co. Assessor Chef H. Smith 1,026 P. C. Hansen GS0 For Commissioner George L. Farley . 703 DEMOCRATIC TICKET National Committeeman Arthur Mullen 793 National Cornmitteewoman Jennie C'allfas 774 For U. S. Senator J. J. Thomas 312 Kenneth W. McDonald 204 D. C Patterson 229 Trenmor Cone 144 For Governor Charles W. Pryan 842 Charles Graff 192 Lieutenant-Governor P. J. Mnllia 677 j J. P. Connolly 292 1 Frank Mills 290 Secretary of State C. W. Pool 697 W H. McGaffin 194 For State Auditor C. E. Harman 435 e'lara Jen3en 261 Randolph Brazda 172 Attorney General Harry Flaherty 767' For State Treasurer L. F. Langhorst 820 For Land Commissioner L. A. Lar3on 450 Warren Riggs 3 80 Railway Commissioner Floyd L. Pollen 457 roien For State Senator Banning 370 W. B. . S4S For Representative Tow.e 829 Earl Clerk of Dist. Court C. Morgan 838 D. For County Sheriff Geo. F. Wilson William Barclay For County Attorney J. A. Capwell C84 292 For County Assessor W h. Pan 837 For Commissioner D. Spangler c. 359 NON-POLITICAL TICKET For Supreme Judge B. Rose 1.230 W. W. c. C. Parriott 867 B. Letton 588 For District Judge James T. Begley 2.423 For County Judge A. H. Duxbury 1.430 ML S. Briggs 820 William Deles Dernier 650 PLATTSMOUTH TO HAVE NEW WHOLE SALE HOUSE SOON Robb Candy Co. to be New Estab lishment in Business Life of the Community. I From Friday's Daily Another new factor in the busi ness lif of thp nhr llinnltv 5 tn lie laun. hed in the next few weeks that -tn Pi..tn,n.,tk cr,T,i "111 1 J . t . i .... t . I IlL) )' I U11U give Platusmouth its wholesale house, and the Robb Can dy Co. become one of the fixtures in the candy trade in this part of the state T" c. -.-., nf lhia Ti. vv nniMif will he thP Rev V.-alter R. Rol.h. who ia 1 pastor of the Christian church here. and has also been engaged in travel- ing for one of the large i andy houses of the west for a number of years. Mr. Robb believes that the field here will warrant the wholesaling of the candy trade from this city as well as the larger places and accordingly will supply the needs of the I'latts mouth and surrounding territory in the candy line. It is expected to have the new wholesale house located in the Soen nichsen building just east of the Journal which ill give Mr. Robb a large and suitable room for his line of buiness. I This new wholesale candy house i ...,, 1 I . n , !' . -ii... . . i . f V-..-. ...it.. mutiny w nerever possiuie in aieimg in building up a new line of busi ness and Plattsmouth should secure its supply of sweet stuff through its own wholesale house as soon as it gets to be a going proposition. HOLD CHURCH CONFERENCE rom Friday s Taily Yesterday afternoon at the Metho dist church was held a pastor's conference- at which time representa tives from Plattsmouth, Union and Nebraska City were in attendance to meet with the Rev. C. C. Cissel, dis trict superintendent of the church, who was here in the place of Bishop I W. Robinson of India, who was i Ira I). prevented from attending. The fail- Another question to be reviewed ure of Bishop Robinson to be here Dv the general conferecne and which was very much regretted by all of win attract the attention of the en the church membership, but he was tjre Christian world is the status of suddenly called to New York to at- the episcopacy of the denomination, .tend a conference of the bishops of , The entire system of episcopal super- .oc me cum- vision will be considered. It is lin ing week to ararnge plans for pre-;OSsible to predict what turn this ac sentation at the general conference I tion would take but all regard it as in May Lasr evening Rev. Cissell address ed the members of the church here on the world problems of the church whih are being taken up in the world s service book of the church 'and under the heads of the various! departments the cause of the church I is being advanced. TAKING TREATMENT IN OMAHA From Friday's Ually Mrs. Allie Meisinger of near Ce dar Creek is at the Methodist hos- i pital in Omaha taking treatment as ' the result of her poor health of the past year and a half Mrs. Meising ! er was operated on at the hospital last year and the result has not prov en all that was hoped for in the re storation of her heatlh and the pres ent course of treatment is being glv I en in the hope of restoring her to I her former good health. Mr. Mei singer was in Omaha today to spend a few hours with the wife. TO CASS COUNTY VOTERS I Appreciative of the 6plendid sup port given me at the primary elec tion. I desire to take tnis means of ! exressing my feeling of gratitude to the friends who were responsible for my nomination. I also wish to ex- .tend my thanks to all of the voters J who ga ve me their support in the Primary as I was unable to meet per sonally all of the voters of the coun ' ty. It is my earnest wish to give the best possible administration of the office of sheriff and to have the co operation of the public in seeing that the law is 6trictly and justly 1 enforced without fear or favor. E. P. STEWART. DELEGATES ARE CHOSEN TO METHO DIST CONFERENCE Nine Ministers and Nine Laymen From State of Net raska to At tend Conference in May. From Friday's Daily Nine ministers and nine laymen from the Methodist churches of Ne braska have been appointed to at tend ihe general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in i Snrinirfield. Mass.. throughout the month of May. The ministers chosen are Dr. Titus Lowe, missionary sec retary, who now has headquarters in New York City: Rev. H. G. Langley. '. Central City; Dr. L B. Schrenckeu- gast. chancellor at WesJeyan; Dr. J. R. Gettys, district superintendent of the Beatrice district. University Piace: Dr. C. C. Cissell of Omaha, district superintendent of the Oma ha district; Rev. A. A. Randall. Ris ing City; Dr. M. W. Gilbert, district j superintendent of Hastings district; i Rev. L R DeWolf, York; Rev. A. O. Hinson, Norfolk. The laymen are Frank Deroe. Tecumseh: John H. j Dryden, Kearney; Charles A. Rah i da 1 1 . Randolph: William A. Sailers, Chester; George H. Gray. Columbus; Ernest Shiefelbein. Wahoo; George W. Sehultz. Omaha; Carleton F. Freas. Beaver City; Miss Ella M. Waison. Lincoln. The conference will be one of the most important in the history of the denomination, mere wzu be aprox 1 iraately S50 delegates from ail parts ;"f the Lnited States and from forty- four nations and territories abroad. Delcgatesh from the foreign field elected to represent the various na tional groups of Methodist abroad number 7S. among whom are nine women. This gathering is represen tative of the 4,774,520 members of the Methodist Episcopal church around the world and is the law making body of the denomination. ! John, had not been able to get a All decisions made by it arc final un- j train out of Louisville before the less reconsidered by the body itself, message came announcing his death. The delegates consist of an equal j body was brought to Louis- number of - ministers '-and laymen ! ville for burial and the funeral oc from 162 annua! conferences which ! curred last Saturday T mm the M. E. elect them. There number is deter mined by the membership included in the annual conferences. The plan for unification with the Methodist Episcopal church. South. which was drawn up by commissions ' from the two denominations: will be considered by the general confer ence. It is understood that the out look i considered favorable by offi cials whose opinions are of weight. It provieles for the churches to be j united into one church with two Jurisdictions. If the plan is accepted I by the general conference of the , Methodist Episcopal church in May t Springfield, the general confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal chuch. Sout.h which normally meets in 1925. will roTiably be called in special session to consider the plan. Acceptance by that body will make the plan effective. It is understood that large sections of the member ship of each of the two churches are in favor of unification and consu mation of the efforts of the past de- j cade are regareled as highly probable thru the action of the two general conferences one of the most weighty before the church today. The question has not been so reviewed in the past twen ty-five to fifty years. FRESENTS NEAT APPEARANCE Frnm Friday's Daily The court house building which i was erected in 1891 in this citv, has this year received its first real house cleaning in many yeai -in several ways the most noticeable one to large delegation 01 clergymen and the eye being that produced by the laymen who met Bishop H. C. application of paint and varnish to Btuntl on his return from Florida the interior of the building. 'and was greatly shocked at the The commissioners had the entire change that has come over the bish third floor cleaned up in fine shape op since his stroke several weeks ago and re-decorated, so that it now pre- and the marks of which are very ap sents an appearance that is a credit parent in the physical condition of to the county and in addition the the patient, basement of the building has also' been touched up bv Frank Gobelman and his force of assistants, so that it is much lighter and brighter and the change is one that furnishes a great deal of pleasure to the office holders and theTr Z t The commissioners have also had several changes made on the exterior of the building in an effort to check the leaking of the roof that caused so much damage in past years, and feel that they have at last succeeded m getting this evil abated The board deserves credit for do- ing these things whieh v. kt, glected for so many -ears before wnen tney were first needed. When arranging for the observance f Easter, remember that the Bates Book and Stationery store has every- thing that will assist in making the occasion one of charm and beauty. RETURNS FROM ROCHESTER From Friday's Daily Herbert Sherwood, who has been for several weeks at the? Mayo hos pital in Rochester. Minnesota, re- i urn ed home this morning for a isit here with his wife, expecting to return later to tne Hospital tor further course of treatment. Mr. Sherwood is feeling somewhat improved and his many friends are trusting that he will i eccive a perma nent benefit from the ourse of treat ment and be restored to his former good nealtn. Mr. ewer wood na:- been in poor health for the past several years and the indication of improve ment is very pleasing. ANOTHER PIO NEER CITIZEN IS CALLED BY DEATH Andrew Johnson. Member of Louis ville I. 0. 0. F. Lodge. Passes Away at Sterling, Colo. Andrew Johnson, a pioneer citizen of Louisville, died at Sterling, Colo rado, on Wednesday of last week. April 2. 1924, after a short illness with neuralgia fo the heart. Mr. Johnson had spent the past winter in California and had return ed to Sterling to look alter his prop erty interests there two weeks before he was stricken. He was on his way to the postoffice the Monday before to mail a letter to his sister. Miss Anna Johnson, of Omaha, when he became ill and wls assisted to the office of a physician and later was taken to the hotel, where he was t;iven every attention. Word of his serious condition was sent to his sis ter and to his brother. John, at Louisville. Miss Johnson left at once, but ar rived there several hours after he had passed awiiy and his bro;her. church, the pastor. Rev. R. J Myers officiating. Mr. Johnson was a mem ber of the L O. O. F. of long stand ing and this local organization at- tended the funeral in a body to nay their lart tribute of respect to their departed brother. The pallbearers were F. H. Xiehois. C. W. Merriam. A. H. Peterson. Theodore Wilccx. J. W. Taylor, and Frank Johnson, all members ef the same order. Deceased was born in Torup. Hal land. Sweden. March 15. 1862. and I at thc time of his passing he was 62 years and 17 days old. At the age ! of 21. he fame to America, to Louis ville, where his brother. John, had I come two years before. He resided (in this vicinity for almost 30 years, ' when he took up a homestead in Colorado m the year 1912. He lived OB this place tor "even years, devel oping it. and then sold it and lived in the adjoining town of Sterling until his death, spending his winters and spare time in Louisville. He was well known here and was highly re spected and his sudden death, just when he had arranged his affairs so that he could enjoy his later years in peace and comfort, comes a sad shock to his relatives and friends. Louisville Courier. DOING VERY NICELY From Friday's Daily This morning. Rev. Frank E. Pfoutz of the First Methodist church returned home from Omaha where he has been spending a short time with his daughter. Miss Helen, at the I Methodist hospital and reports that i the young lady is now doing very ' nicely anel apparently well on the i highway to recovery and the attend ing physicians feel that she is doing fsrt as well as could possibly be de- sired V nil? in Omaha this morning. Rev. floats was a niemDer 01 a very ORGANIZE DANCING CLUB From Friday's Daily Last evening a number of the voung-men-about-town of this city organized the DeLuxe Dancing Club which expects to put on a number of dances the coming spring months. The club was organized with the election of the following officers: Fred J. Warren, president; Lester Ellsworth, vice president; Leonard I. j Carter, secretary-treasurer; Harold X. Renner. sergeant-at-arms. With tne officers in the dub are associat- ed-Carl P. Ofe and George F. Meade. The young men expect to stage their first dance ot tne season on Wednesday. April 23. the first dance! after Easter at the Eagles dance f?rc!eI?' and TV har Fin,chTIan(! Pnnteneiie Omaha, as the attraction " " " v "I 1 for the lovers of terpsichore. PASSING OF MRS. SARAH VAN FLEET AT RALSTON, NEB. Former Well Known Resident Here Rrought Back and Laid to Rest Here. prom Thursday Dally The funeral of Mrs. Sarah E. Van Fleet was held at the Horning ceme tery south of this city on Tuesday afternoon, the body arriving here irom the home in Ralston by auto and being laid to rest amid the Scenes where she had spent so many j years 61 her life and attended by a number of the relatives and former neighbors to pay their last tribute to her memory. The services for Mrs. Van Fleet were held at the late home on Tues day and the cortege departed at once : for this city lor the consignment of the departed to her last earthly dwelling. "the deceased lady was sixty-four years of age and was for thirty years a resident of Plattsmouth and vicin ity, leaving here eight years ago for Ralston where the family has since resided. During her long residence here. Mrs. Van Fleet made a num ber of very close friends who have regretted very much to learn of her death and share with the family the loss that has come to them. To mourn the taking away of the moth er there remain six children. Mrs. Olive Nelson, Mrs. Emma Green, Asa VanFleet. Mrs. Madge Roberts. Mrs. Edith Zasziiky, all of Ralston and Mrs. Otto Lusibinsky of this city. A number of the friends from Ral ston accompanied the family here for t:ie final funeral services at the cem etery. FINE LITTLE DAUGHTER Prom Friday's Daily The home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hite in this city was gladdened on Wednesday by the arrival there of a fine little daughter, who. with the mother, is doing very nicely and the coming of the little daughter has proven a most pleasant occasion for all the members of the family. The mother Is a daughter of Mrs. J. R. Hunter. The little daughter has been christened Ruth Eilen Hite. SELETING JURY LIST From Thursday's Dallv The board of county commissioners were here today to look after a few matters of road work and this after ; neon took up the task of selecting the jury panel for the forthcoming term of the district court and which will be placed in the hands of the district clerk for the purpose of drawing a jury for the May term of the district court. At this term of the court the remainder of the cases covering the indictments returned by the grand jury last November will be taken up and tried. There are sev eral that are to come before the court. APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP From Thursday's Daily Yesterday at the office of the clerk of the district court. Otto Frank Lau and wife, Efhel Gordon Lau. made application for citizenship. Mr. and Mrs. Lau are residents of near Weep ing Water and Mrs. Lau is making application because of the law that makes the wife of an unnaturalized citizen a citizen of the same country as her husband, despite the fact that she is a native born resident of this country. They were accompanied by Joan Carter and Daisy E. Smith to this city. H0LD SAFETY FIRST RALLY This noon at the Burlington shops a very large Safety First rally was held by the employes of both the me chanical and store departments of the shops. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Hahn of Chicago of the safety department of the railroad. It is the policy of the Burlington to have these meetings frequently and to keep in touch with the prob lems that are met with in the shop routine where greater safety could be secured for the employes and the injury of the employes prevented or the destruction and damage of prop erty. By means of the intensive edu cational campaigns of the Safety First department of the railroad in recent years, the injury loss has been greatly cut down and the showing one that has been most pleasing to ! the railroad. BADLY CRUSHED THUMB From Friday's Daily Walter Bickford, night foreman of the mill at the Meyer quarries met with a painful accident a week ago. He got the thumb of his left hand caught in the machinery and tore the end of the thumb and nail off. which makes a very painful wound. He has suffered very much with it. but has worked right ilong, not losing any time. v eepmg water Republican. The children find real relieht in the Easter eggs that are sold at the t T 1, J Cc ntnr. I Bates Book and StaUonery Call in and see them. VOTE ON REGENT From Friday's Daily The ('ass county voters were strong ' in their support of Earl M. ("line. I former Nebraska City attorney and 1 well known American Legion leader. 1 for the position of rtgent of the state university from the First district. In the tabulation of the vote from the tv .nty-four rrincts of Cass county the vote shows tlit-t Mr. Cline re- Delved 1.478 and Mrs. IkawN 1.075. giving the former service man a ma jority of 40?. for the office. On the face of the returns received at Lin coln, Mr. Cline seems to be a winner and Wul have this advantage on the fall election over his opponent. COMMISSIONERS APPROVE BOND OF W. R. (REX) YOUNG Appointee of Sheriff E. P. Stewart is r- . m - , , n . Given Approval of the County .Board, at meeting. From Friday's Daily The board of county commission ers, who were here yesterday taking up a few matters covering the leave over from their session of last week, took up the matter of the appoint ment of William Rex Young as de puty sheriff of Cass county, which appointment was made some time ago by Sherir E. P. Stewart. The board approved the bond of Mr. Young for the office and fixed his compensation at $55 per month. It has been the understanding that Sheriff Stewart would have Mr. Young act as jailor as well as depu ty which would allow him more com pensation as well as the occupancy of the county jail building and the care of the prisoners that are con fined there. The jail at the present time is still occupied by former Sheriff C. D. Quinton and the attitude is taken bv the county board that the secur ing of the possession of the jail for ' the new deputy was up to the sheriff 1 of the county rather than to their offiee and the situation is left in this status by tbo action of the board, which has given approval to the ap pointment of Mr. Young. MEETING OF CASS COUNTY LAWYERS The lawyers of Cass county organ ized a short time ago for the pur pose of pushing certain definite edu cational projects they will sponsor. C. E. Tefft. president, called a meeting at his office Monday after noon. Judge Beeson, Mr. Duxbury. C. E. Martin and C. A. Rawls were out from Plattsmouth. Owing to the fact that the school year is so nearly out, they decided loved wife and mother, and to Mrs. to appoint committees for aggressive c c Wescott, Mrs. B. J. Reynolds work next year. and Mrs. R. A. Bates for their asslst- They also decided on a picnic for,ance ln our sorrow; to Rev. Pfoutz the lawyers of the county and their an(j tne quartet for their services at families and friends, to be held in the funeral and to the D. of H.. the June in our city park. Eagles, Eagles' orchestra, I. O. O. F.. The work they are planning to do , philt;thea and Y. M. B. classes of the is national in its influence. The m. E. Sunday school, Shopcraft Auxil work is organized in the nation, j jarv m. e. aid society, the Swedish States and Counties. The work is to interest the children of America in j the constitution of the United States and other laws that govern them, its object being to make better citizen ship in this grand old country of ours. Weeping Water Republican. with Where the Cart Belongs! When you put the cart before the horse, you cannot expect the best results from old Dobbin. Neither can you expect as great value when you save to pay as when you save first and buy when you have the money to pay in the bank. Save beforehand and keep your mon ey in a Savings Account at this bank. The First national bank THE BANK W HCHC? VOU FEEL AT HOME PTJMTSMOUTH NEBRASKA "The Bank Where You Feel at Home!" WS-M-ShrrflW P. E. 0. LADIES HAVE VERY PLEAS ANT DAY MEETING Entertained at Home of Mrs. C. , . Rawls and with Luncheon at Home of Mrs. Cummins From Fri4ay. lally- The members of Chapter F. of tho P. E. O. society enjoyed a very pleasant gathering yestertlay anel at which they had the pleasure of hav ing Mrs. Harriett G. Salter, state or ganizer of the society, present. Mrs. Salter, whose home is at Pierce, has been here for the past few days look ing after the work of the society, and as a guest of Mrs. William Baird and the occasion of her visit has bc.n enjoyed very much by the members of the local chapter. The ladies met yesterday morning at the attractive home 01 Rawls where the time w tne buBineas ses8ion of home of Mrs. C. A. as spent in the society and a discussion of the various mat ters of interest coming before the organization, and in which the state organizer participated. At 1 o'clock the members of the chapter were invited to the home of Mrs. Frank L. Cummins, where tin y enjoyed a most pleasant luncheon ar ranged for them and in which some thirty ladies participated. The dining room of the r'ummins home was very attractively arranged with decora tions of pink ros?s that added to the charm and beauty of the occasion and here the ladies spent the time socially for several hours. Mrs. Sal ter, following the luncheon, gave a very charming whistling solo that was very much enjoyed by all of the party. The ladies in the late afternoon departed for their homes feeling that the occasion had been one of the most pleasant that they have enjoyed for some time. CANVASSING THE VOTE From Friday's Daily The. task of canvassing the vote cast at the election on Tuesday was , taken up todav by County Clerk 1-Geo-ge R. Sav!es. James I. Hall and William Rummeli. ud the board will check over the i ious precinct re turns to determine vhe vote received by the various candidates. As the election boards an. usually very ac curate in their flr?t returns report ed, it is not expected that the can vass will make any material changes In the returns. CARD OF THANKS To iny kind friends and nei?:i:. in c wish to express the r,' most heartfelt appreciation of their tender sympathy in the hour of sor row at the tflkinc awav of nur he- Priends nnd r V. YVentt'e Snns for the henntifnl flowers t the fnn- eral. Joseph Hadraba and Family. 15c a week delivers ''ournal to your door. the Daily