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BARGAIN
Wednesday
EDITION
vol. no. XTJTT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, TETJESDAY, MARCH 10, 1927.
no 10
BARGAIN
Wednesday
EDITION
Journal
n
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W. A. Robertson
Selected on Ma
sonic Home Board
Member of Plattsmouth Lodge No.
to Succeed Robert French on
Official Board.
6,
From Monday's Dally
The members of Plattsmouth lodge
No. 6. A. F. & A. M. are feeling well
pleased over the fact that one of
their membership has been selected
as a member of the official board of
control of the Nebraska Masonic
Home association, the selection bein
made on Saturday by the members of
the board who were called upon to
take up at the regular monthly meet
ins the matter of filing: the vacancy
caused by the death cf Robert E.
French, the grand custodian.
Mr. Robertson is the first member
of the local Masonic lodge resident
here to serve on the board for a num
ber of years, the last being Walter
J. White, altho Francis E. ' White,
grand secretary was also on the
board for the duration of his office.
The new member of the board of
control has been one of the hard
workers in Plattsmouth Masonic cir
cles and no task has been too great or
labor too severe that W. A. Robert
son would not take it up if the inter-
ests of the great fraternity might
be advanced and the order receive a i
benefit. He has been an active stock-1
holder in the Masonic Home associa-
tlon and has kept the greatest inter-
est m tne upounoing or me iiomt
and the care and comfort of tae,tiff had been charged with the vio -
i ,1 : j 1 . .. . . i.x: m i f .
agea lames ana gentlemen wno are(iatiou or the game laws of the state!
reiainr at tne crreat lnsiimiicn.
The other member of the board of
control can be assured of having at I
active member in the new director
anu ieei satisnea inai iney nave iii? ; named canning ana wno chareed mailed to the gToup of the new citi
right man in the right place in thir j Rager with having in his possession bens as soon as they arrived,
talented Plattsmouth attorney. and trapping muskrat and mink out i The boys of the grade schools un-
Mr. Robertson is a son of Hon. of season, the complaint being madejder the supervision of Miss Amelia
James M. Robertson, president of the before Justice H. E. Gess and before Martens gave a very impressive pres
Masonic Home association, who also: whom the matter was heard. ientation of the American flag, its us-
is a resident here but whose Masonic
membership i3 in lodga No. 19 at
Lincoln.
The many friends of Mr. Robertson
are pleased with the rceognition
given his seri'V's by the directors of
the Masonic Association and know
well that Billy will be one of the
most energetic in the discharge of
the tasks of the office.
EATT'S EATHTNG BEACH
From Monday's Daily
John Hatt, the grocer and meat
market man, has long been an ad-,
i-ocate of a swimming pool and
bathing beach in this city and this
morning had one of these thrust on
Imtm without hir knowledge or con-
sent. Shortly after 1 o'clock this
morning a leak developed in tno
water main under the brick sidv.-alk
leadins to the Hatt store and the
ctrPiP, continued to run all nieht and'
this .norning a portion of the walk
was caved in a" the result of being
undermined by the water and a good
sized stream of water was bubbling
r.p from under the walk and forming
a small riverlet down the side of ihe
main street. Mr. Hatt wa. notified
as -early as possible and hastened
down to view the "plunge" that 1 ad
born formed in front of his store. On
opening up the store it wv.s found
V o rnrr cinnll cmminr rF thj
cellar wall but not enough to do
any damage, the foundation walls be
inrr of heavy stone and cement that
rfsisted the water so that the orly
damage was that to the walk, a large
section of which will have to be re-
J?id. Tne leak occasioned inuc.n x
citment among the early ra's.crs - '"T V utre lu.e uriu Creek; Waldemar S. Nielsen, Platts
r.long Main street and who notified in,Sd shape to what V8. mouth.
Mr. Hatt of the fact that tho front fal1 Jhe.re are two stretches that are
of his nlace nf business was fast be-
coming a great waterway.
LARGE REAL ESTATE SALES
From Monday's Daily
The past year has been one of ,
great activity with Searl S. Davis,
i'ji iii rrai ettait; auu insurance aeaier
t i
and in the twelve months just closed
he has figured up the sale of 1,4 69
acres of Cass county land at the aver
age of $170 per acre and which to
tals $250,000 or a quarter of a mil-
lion of dollars of Cass county land
handled. Mr. Davis has found that i
the past few months has been more
than usually brisk in his line and a
great deal of interest shown in the
sale of farm lands and the inquiries!
uyuiurs;
that have come into his office relative
to the available farm land that can
be secured in this county. The gen-I
eral
showing is more than pleasing I
ill of the residents of the county ,
and a
will be interested in the large num-
. . , A. . . j -, 1
ber of sales that have been made in
this county In the year.
AN APPRECIATION
The members of the Fontenelle
chapter of the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution wish to thank the
members of the Plattsmouth city
schools who so kindl assisted in the
naturalization day exercises, in both
the program and the preparation of
the cards used. The Interest of the
children and teachers shows real
patriotic spirit.
All local news it in the Journal
ENTERTAINS AT FORT
From Monday's Dally
The home of Captain and Mrs.
George A. Fingarson at Fort Crook,
was the scene of a very pleasant din
ner party on Friday evening when
the Fingarsons entertained a group
of the intimate friends.
The affair was in the nature of a
dinner party which was served most
charmingly and followed by an eve
ning of cards and dancing that made
the event of more than usual pleas
antness to all of the members of the
party. Mrs. Fingarson was assist
ed by her mother, Mrs. J. H. Don
nelly of Omaha In the entertaining
and serving of the dinner.
Jon the applications for citizenship ofjies to his eyes and the upp,
Those from this city who attended , who desired to complete their his face. The Injuries wei
Uie event w-ere Judge and Mrs. James become full-fledged! by Dr. R. P. Westover ant
T. Begley, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Rosen
crans and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Pat
terson.
Jess Rager Has
a Hearing on Ex
cessive Fine Case
Decision of Justice Court at Louis
ville Inflicting $390 Fine Re
duced to $10
From Tuesday's Dally
In the district court yesterday af-
ternoon there was taken up before
Judge J. T. Begley the case of Jesse
Rager vs. the State of Nebraska, in
which the plaintiff sought to
3 have
justice
set aside a decision of the
court at Louisville where the plain-
'nnn hart hpii tttipii s:cm with tho
.'trimmings of $4 added thereto.
The complaint as filed at Louis -
ville was by a deputy game warden
The plaintiff in his petition in the ages and respect that should be paid
district court stated that he was ! to the flag. The American flag was
without counsel and unaware of the i born into the court room by Stuart
fine and costs in the case and that ! Porter and assisted by the other boys,
the justice kept no docket or record j each of whom carried a card showing
and was unaware of the amount or i the various ways in which the flag
the fine assessed against him until 'could be properly displayed, the pc!
the next day when he had inquired ! tion of the colors in display with the
and had been Informed that the fine (flairs of other nation. The boys also
was 390 and the costs $4. igave the flag salute and the manner
Sir. Rager then secured counsel ! prescribed for the proper honoring of
and appealed the matter to the dis- j the fag by the individual either mili
trict court and thereby saved $3S0. tary or civilian.
The district court found the jdg- The boys who presented the flag
ment of the justice court in error inPaeant were as follows: Stuart
the amount of the fine which the I
law fixed at $20 for the offense and !
accordingly the district court reduced j
the amount to the lesser sum. i
Mr. Rsrr naid the fine of $10 and
costs and went on his way rejoicing !
at the mercy of the court in making ,
the penalty a great deal less thar
that nf the lower court. ;
HORSES TRIUMPH OVER AUTOS
From Monday's Daily
The people of this city and vicinity had made the' occasion especially im
as well as those from other portions pressive and lending a real patriotic
who cnancea 10 ira"i uvci, ur t
inru, tne iar iamea mua joau uemtru
this city and the bridges over the
x;aA ' 7, v , 7" 7m
" -
Y.U1B. ui uicuu i.xicj
pulling horses in keeping the
open. Mr. allery was out
late Saturday night and early Sunday
aii..ua ui6m !
illUIUIIli; aUU HI H U Cltltlt IIIIS UJUIU-
ing he was still there, pulling the
siruuueu cars irom ine iae ui iii.i. John chovanec, Plattsmouth; Mar
nnd the tired though willing animals paret Greer Greenwood; Carl Emrik
were jerking the beautiful new low- Carlson xehawka; Axel F. J. Olson,
: Iur.g cars down the highway. While rrlar rvk-- HpH-i t ninr. -flar
iiassauie to any auto excepi
those with exceptionally high clear-
;ance. One of these two places is on!
j the north and south road east of the!
;C. L. Stull farm, where the drainage!
ditch cut across the highway last'
i iiiii anu maue a nil necessary, ana i
the other is Just north of the grove
of trees at OrMnniia
r
M0VTNG TO OMAHA
From Monday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Rau. who
Z7; " l"l n.K
, .. . nte ue-
v.uru iu sue up iarming ana nave
sold their equipment and will move
to Omaha to make their home in the
future. Mr. Lau has a irood ioh in
- ). - , .t. K,v, :. , t
k ' " f Mr h w 1 . 1
.e 8" S'r;T"Hdrt ?re- Fernand
?ff' j"ur.d-..one .f .Cass
a"&reeable7pTea a nt voung man and
"f11. .ana
v -.- vv luuuiirs, auu 13 ix U
the hest of V V t ,
tne Dest or success and haDDiness in
tho o..f. 8 in
STILL VERY POORLY
From Monday's Dally
Mrs. S. E. McElVain. aged resi
dent of this city, is still in very criti
cal condition at her home in this
city and suffers a great deal from
the effect of her recent fall that re
sulted in the injury of her right hip
and has kept her confined to her
home . since that time.' Mrs. McEl
wain is in her eighty-fifth year and
which has had a great deal to do
with the lessening of her -chances of
recovery.
Naturalization
Exercises Held in
District Court
Ten New Citizens Are Admitted to
Citizenship by Court One Ap
plicant Fails to Appear.
From Monday's DaIVy
This morning was the formal open
ing of the district court and was
set aside as the occasion of hearings'
pplications and become full-fledged
citizens of the' United States ofi3 as comfortable as possible altno
America. i j he suffers a great deal from the ef-
The naturalization, "hearing was fects of the burns,
made the occasion of more than usual I
impressiveness by the participation
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, the American Legion
Auxiliary, the Women's club civic
department and the school children.
The program was arranged and '
carried out by Fontenelle chapter of!
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution of this city and was very
impressive to all of the large num
ber that were present in court for the
ceremonies.
Mrs. J. S. Livingston, regent of
Fontenelle chapter presided and in
troduced the various features of the
program as well as making the pres
entation of the citizenship manuals
prepared and given by the national
organization of the D. A. R. These
manuals have many valuable facts as
to our country and its government and
historv that are worthy of study by
an classes of citizens both new and
' old
;
Mrs. Henry G. Soennichsen, presi-
t si
i larv announced that the Auxiliary
; would make flag presentations to theia? me aamisMon oi tneir pieas in
; ,.ew citizens and' would have these, fat?ant S"7.i
Porter. Lawrence Rhodes, James
Robertson, Robert Hirz. Wendell
Marshall. Maynard McCrary, Billy
Highfield. Vernon Arn, Jack Moye,
uonaiu Jtsusnneu. ioya snannoiz.
John FTAiS, Greth Garnett, George
uftiuusnj
As toe ceremonies closed tne entire
audience joined in the singing of the
'first verse of "America."
At. the close of the program Judge
Eegley thanked the members of the
D. A. R. and all those participating
' ? ti tho n rr ot-a m fnr their n'irt ttint
touch to the scene
Tho 0-ramfra tia n-r, rnnHuot
fri tho crWOT.T,rTnOT,t w Tr amir, or
Griffin of Omaha and the applicants
showed a very clear knowledge of tht
form of pOVernment and the prin.
, , of th rcpubiic.
showed a very clear knowledge of the
Tho-p who received their tinners
.... Will lam T Ttina TIatf cmnnt h
Domenices C. Good, Weeping Water!
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
From Tuesday's Ianr
Last Saturday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dykes
was me scene or a very aeugnnui
affair when a group of young peo
ple gathered at their home to help
Miss Verna Hammon, their daugh
ter, celebrate her 14th birthday. The
rooms were very prettily decorated
in green and white the color scheme
also being . carried out thru the
amusements of the evening. The eve
ning was spent in various games and
dancing. During the early part of
the evening Miss Hammon was pre
sented with a shower of pretty and
useful gifts..
Just before the guests departed
luncheon was served by the hostess
at a late hour and all said good
night with the wish of many more
happy birthdays.
LAD IS INJURED
From Monday's Dally
Sammie, the young son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Pickett, suffered a very
painful injury last evening at the
family home while he was prepar
ing to retire for the night. The little
lad was playing around and in
jumping he struck his head against
the sharp edge of the davenport and
as the result reecived a gash that
laid open the scalp to the bone and
required the services of a surgeon tc
close up the wound. The little lad
is getting along as well as could be
expected but suffers some from the
painful injury.
SUFFERS SEVERE BURNS
From Monday's Dally
Yesterdaymornin2j Charles Elythe
young son of the proprietor of the
Plattsmouth Monument works, met
with a very painful accident at the
office of the company. The little lad
was engaged in starting a Ore. not
knowing that there was any live
coals iu the stove and the first, that
he knew the oil flamed rp in the
explosion of the gas1 and oil and his
face received a severe burning. The
left side of the face was the most
seriously injured aiivl the chin es-
pecially was badly burned
The lit. -
He boy fortunately escaped injur-
to his eyes ana the upper part of
were dressed
i by Dr. R. P. Westover and the boy
Dovey Case
Occupies Time
of the Court
Plea in Abatement, and Demurer Pre'
eented to Court and Morning:
Spent in Argument.
From Wednesday's Ual'.y
This morning the matter of the
State of Nebraska vs. George O.
! Povey, former cashier of the First
V atl
h f! 1
was called for trial
before Judge
V. G. Hastings of Omaha, who was
here to take the bench of Judge Beg
ley for the day. '
At the opening of the court the
j matter of the motions of the defense
the information and charges of the
state was offered.
Judge Hastings ruled against the
pleas in abatement and allowed the
defense to present their demurrer to
the case.
The defense contended that the
part of the statute under which the
information was filed against Mr.
Dovey was one that was prepared pri
marily for the protection of county
fundu in the hands f the treasurers
of the various counties "and that the
act did not cover in any way the
banks or bankers of the state. At
torney Patrick of the defense pre
sented the argument for the defense
contending that the law made no ref
erence to any duty on the part of the
banker or banks in the act in itself
and that the only reference to the
banks or bankers was in the penal
section of the law where it had been
placed by an amendment to the law
made by the 1925 legislature and was
without power or meaning as the
body of the law fixed no crime on the
part of the bank or bankers as to
the receiving of monies from county
treasurers in excess of bond or in
cases where bonds were not presented.
The argument of the defense attor
neys, Messrs. Patrick and Tidd occu
pied until 12:30 in presenting their
side of the case.
At the afternoon session of the
court at 1:30 the state waived the
argument on the demurrer of the de
fense and Judge Hastings overruled
the motion of the defense and ordered
the trial to be resumed.
The work of selecting the members
of the Jury to try the case was taken
up and will require all of the after
noon to complete.
VISIT TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
From "Wednesday's Dally
This morning Floyd Flack, in
structor in physics at the high school
with his class of some forty-six young
people, visited the office and exchange
of the Lincoln Telephone & Tele
graph Co., to look over, the manner
of handling the large number of tele
phones that are served from the ex
change. The young people visited the
exchange proper and viewed the op
erators in their work in making the
connections that were called for by
the subscribers and the large amount
of careful and time taking labor re
quired was very interesting to the
young people and gave them an in
sight into the manner of handling
this line of the work while Manager j
J. P. Lahr took the members of the
party through the exchange and ;
6howed the various phases of the j
work of the exchange. Mr. Lahr is
very much nleased as is the comoanvi'The cars have moved fast here in the
to have the subscribers or other per-
sons interested to call at the ex-;
cnange at any time ana iook over tne
work of operating the telephone busi
ness.
SELLS FINE ANIMALS
From "Wednesday Dally
A. J. Schafer, one of the leading
stock and fancy hog men of the coun-'
ty, has just disposed of two of his
finest breeding animals, "Teddy R.?
a fine Percheron stallion and "Jake" .
a fine purebred black jack, to Her-'
man F. Hennings, who will have the
animals at his farm west of this city
on the Louisville road. Mr. Schafer
has been very successful with these
two fine high class animals and now
that Mr. Hennings has purchased
them the public can find them still
in service at the Hennings farm. ;
Woman's Club
Holds Election
of Officers
Mrs. L. L. Turpin Named as New
President of Club Enjoy a
Very Fine Program.
From Tuesday's Dally
The Plattsmouth Woman's club
held one of their most largely attend
ed meetings x)t the year last evening
at the heme of Mrs. E. H. Wescott on
high school hill and the occasion wat
one of the greatest interest to ail oi
the members of the party.
Preceding the regular club meet
ing the parliamentary class met at
the home of Mrs. R. W. Knorr
very pleasant session and decide
hold a second meeting at the room?
of the Professional Business Women';
club on Friday on Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
At the regular meeting Mrs. A. J
Beeson. president of the club, presid
ed in her usual able manner. The
leader of the evening was Miss Jessie
M. Robertson and who had arranged
a very pleasing program.
The opening of the program wa?
the presentation y the dramatic de
partment of the club of act lil, sceuti'
1 and 11 of "King Lear." Mrs. Rob
ert Troop gave a synopsis of the play
and which was followed by the ren
dition of the part of the play that
the club will offer at the" ristrict
convention. Mrs. Troop as "King
Lear." Mrs. O. Sandln at the "Ear:
of Kent," Mrs. William Gorder as
"Th.?r1" an.d Mrs.-. William Tr??rlof the children being Just a child in
as vine cjentieman presentea me
play in a very clever manner and
which reflected the greatest credit
on the ladies of the cast.
Miss Vestetta Robertson gave two
charming piano numbers. "Nocturne"
bzy Chopin and "Sprir.g Song" by
Mendelssohn in her skillful manner.
Miss Jessie Robertson then gave p
short paper on "Common Errors in
English" that was very instructive
to the members of the club in attend
ance. Edgar Wescott offered several num
bers on the mirimba. "The Rosary"
as well as selections from the late
musical offerings that proved a real
hit of the evening.
Miss Hazel Clugy was heard in
one of her very clever dramatic read
ings "The Quaker Schoolmistress"
that was enjoyed to the utmost by
all of the members of the party.
Warren Taylor gave a splendid of
fering to the program of the evening
in his two vocal selections. "My Ax
of Steel" and "By the Waters of the
Minnetonka."
Mrs. Joseph A. Capwell, one cf the
talented musicians of the city pres
ented a fine piano offering to the eve
ning program in Beethoven's "Fun
eral March."
At the close of the program the
club ladies took up the election of
officers and the following wereiai-e hu iue cuunruer iue utituu
named :
Prsidpnt Mrs. L. L. Tumin.
Viee-PresidentMrs. Earl Teepells.
Corresponding Secretary -Fred
Lugsch.
Recording Secretary Mrs.
Mrs.
H. G.
Soennichsen.
Treasurer Mrs. W. L. Ileinrich.
Auditors Mrs. Robert Troop and
Mrs. R. W. Knorr.
The delegates elected to the dis
trict convention at Peru on March
30th, 31st and April 1st, were Mrs.
Allen J. Beeson and Mrs. L. L. Tur
pin. At the close of the meeting dainty
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Wescott that completed a very de
lightful time for all those in attend
ance. SELLS NEW COACHES
From tiiesday'p Dally
John B. Livingston, the local Buick
onil Vi orrlct rleulAT hna hpfTl hl!SV
the past few days in securing and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. HowjMra- Cloidt that completed th- :ir;er
making the deliverv of .hree of the ard Bourne and is well known in the noon- the luncheon beimr femur".!
anH cnnTv rhPTrn'pr cciphrs o
the residents of the nearbv territory
and which has caused the local deal-
er to hustle to procuie the desired'
model of cors for immediate delivery. I
Mr. Livingston was forced to go o
Pawnee City to secure one of the
coaches and had a real time in m:ik-
ing the journey from that place Sun-
day after the rain of baturda ana
feels that he certainly earned his
money in the sale in making the trip.
past few weeks and Mr. Livingston
has been kept busy looking after the
VL -"c -fli-
SUFFERING FROM MUMPS
From Tuesday's Dally
Councilman John E. Schutz of the!
fourt ward is on the retired list atj
the rresent time, suffering from thet
annoying but not serious malady of
the mumps, a great deal of which Is
now prevailing in this city and vi-
cinity. The malady is not serious but
very bothersome and has compelled
the councilman to cease his labors
and taken an enforced vacation. It
is hoped the councilman recovers in
time to participate in the spring cam-
paign but if the mumps hang on
there will be little speechmaking on
the part of John in the next few
weeks. :
ATTENDS BUSINESS CONFERENCE
From Tuesday's Dally
Yesterday afternoon Manager Fred
I. Rea of the local district of the Ne-(
braska Gas i Electric Co., was at
Lincoln attending a general meeting
of the managers of the states cf Iowa
and Nebraska in the United Light
& Power company branches and on
his return here was accompanied by
N. Jackson, construction manager of,
Lincoln, O. A. Vandebenter, manager f
at Avoca, Iowa, and C. J. Theleen,'
manager at Missouri Valley, Iowa. '
also accompanying the party. While
here today Mr. Theleen was a very
pleasant caller at the Journal office
and where all the force were de-
lighted to meet the genral C. J. again
after his long absence from the city,
While here Mr. Theleen renewed his
subscription to the Journal for an -
other vear.
: Man Charged
with Abandon
meat Sentenced
County Judge Gives Cnoice of Sup
port or Sixty Days in Jail on
Very Light Diet.
From Tuesday's Daily
The county court yesterday after
noon was the scene of the hearing of
the complaint against Adam Abbott
of near Union, who was charged with
having failed to provide for his wife
and family, there being seven chil-
dron in tho familv and thp vmm?pst
arms.
The man had been apprehended at
Nebraska City by Deputy Sheriff M.
G. Scott and brought to this city to
face the judicial wrath for his failure
to properly care for the wife and chil
dren who are in very poor circum
stances at their home in Union.
The court after the examination of
the man attempted to reach some set- the D L tj highway near Green
tlement as to the care of the family wood aud wag caUHM, b hjm b,.,
btbe eflfen?ant b"t w,t3 blinded by the bright lights of an
rather defiant mood and declined to approachi3g car and geUiDJf too far
!fUr,ffd drll Vth ifG nA to me !de of the road and the car
the children but offered to give ?10 overturnirig in the dltch.
per week toward the family upkeep ,BniIflw.a the ,lrab;1 cf a
but which amount was the limit that laIn,n wItnaPB were contended by
he desired to give for the care of the pro?e(.utlon to nave been Mttw4
WlfT JltUe 5nf- Th-6 Ctl T 7 the hands of the defendant while
ognized the need for seeing that the th dcfen?e contended thpy had bern
children were properly cared for received when Misg Purd was tl,rown
urged the man to return to his fam- from h wrecked
lly and give them all that he pos- noQn tt.aa - . l3rt
siibly could to contribute to their
food and care and especially as the
"m" u".a , vT t"u""u"u"B
from the head of the household since
the middle of February.
After the discussion of the case
Judge Duxbury set the amount of
the bond of Mr. Abbott as $200 for
lunumi i-ciiuniiamrui u.c uuu"
i r fa?"y "d.'
event that this is not provided as
an assurance of the faithful compll-
aui im juLaiii xu jail, I -' i 1 ci L tiAirc
,!,., r .v n, o
being tempered w ith a diet of bread
and water during the sixty days.
MARBLED AT C0UBT HOUSE
From Tuesday's Dally
Yesterday at the office of County
Judge A. H. Duxbury occurred the
marriage of Lester W. Gansemer of
Murrav and Miss Rinilah L. Bourne
r,o- ihtc n-,. tv,
a quiet one, the young people motor-) Yesterday was the seventh birth
ing here in company with Ros?lda' anniversary-of little .Miss Fran
Bourne and Miss Bessie L. Bourne !fts Cloidt. the event befi.g fittingly
brother and sister of the bride and observed at the Cloidt homo on west
who witnessed the ceremony. The j Main street and in wliich a group of
marriage lines were read in a very;tne school friends were invited In t
impressive manner bv the court and : participate in the happy afternoon,
united the lives and hearts of the ! Tlie time was spent in the playii.g rf
two young people. The groom is ? pames of all kinds thct are dear to
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gansemer ! the ,ittIe 'oIks an(1 in honor ( f t,!
of Murrav and was a student of the event Mis3 Francos was r. mml cn d
Plattsmmith schools un until the nast ' by the little friends with s-ihabl-
term and is now engaged in farming ;
in the vicinity of Murray. The bride j
vieinitv of Murrav where the familv i
have resided for the past few years.
GOES TO DES MOINES
From Tuesday's Daily
Mrs. J. E. Wiles of this city, who
has been elected as a delegate to the
An,erican Better Homes congress at
De3 Moines, Iowa, departed today for
tint city and will represent the
Tl-itoTv.niiti Wnnipn'u cliih at that
durine the life of the congress
0n her return Mrs. Wiles willn.-slst
Jn the preparation and demonstra-j
tion oi a mociei American dobw ma:,
will be used here for the benefit of
th? members of the local club and the
general public.
BYRON CLARK AT HOSPITAL
The many friend3 of Byron Clark,1
well known Burlington attorney, will
regret very much to learn mat Air.
Clark is ftill suffering a great deal
from an infected foot and whie ne
has been returned to Omaha from
tne west part oi tne state ne is etui
very poorly and is at th Immanuel
hospital In Omaha taking treatment
'or the affected foot and which it is
hoped will result In giving the pa-
tient some permanent relief.
.-
Blank books at the Journal office,
Melvin Burgess
is Acquitted of
Assault Ckarqe
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I
Verdict Reached Last Night f.t 10:20
After Short Deliberation
on Case.
From Wednesday's Daily
The jury in the case of the State of
Nebraska vs. Melvin Burg, ss late last
night returned a verdict Midir.g that
the defendant was not guilty f th.-
charge of attempted - assault on the
person of Miss Maybelle Purdy of
Havelock.
1 The case was on trial iroi.i snoru
after the noon hour when the taking
1 01 testimony was started anu npseu
over into a night session to dispose
, of the case and get it to the jury.
The testimony of the complaining
witness and the defendant conflicted
as to the incidents of the auto riile
on the night of August 1, from
Lakoma beach northeast of Ashland
to a point near. Greenwood, wh r
it was alleged the attempted asault
ilook place and where the car of Bur
gess was wrecked and Mis.s Purdy re
ceived serious injuries from which
she still suffers.
In the testimony of Miss Purdy it
was claimed that the defendant had
several times on the auto trip home
from the beach, made improper ad
vances to her and attempted by force
to thrust his attention on her and
which had been resisted. The com
plaining witness had represented that
the accident that resulted in the
damage of the car and her injury
came when the defendant tok hi-?
hands from the steering wheel to at
tempt to drag her over to him and the
unguided car had plunged over the
embankment of the highway.
Mr. Burgess denied all of the alle
gations of Miss Purdy as to the al
leged advances and also denied that
he had let loose his grip on the steer
ing whee of the car at any time. He
sized crowd and at the night sessiou
of the court there was added numbers
to get in on the details of the caso
u. . . ,
auu ii? ill el i iiic ci5uuicuin i k. iut tan.
The defendant was represented by
Attorney A. L. Tidd of this city ai.d
Attorney McReynolds of Lincoln. ho
conducted a very skillful defence of
f. t v. ,.,,.,,, lfl n(
the stlte wsepeed Tn the cae
by County Attorney W. G. Kieck.
The parties in the case are resi
dents of Lancaster county, the de-
.1 .... . . . .
fondant being a resident ol near I in-
versity Place while the complaining
. witness is living at Havelock.
Recently the plaintiff. Miss Purdy,
received a Judgmentof fT.OOO against
j the defendant in the Lancaster coun
ty district court for damages for tho
injuries received in the auto wreck.
PASSES SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
From Tuesday's Daily
lfts. At a suitable hour uuinty and
delicious refreshments wcr- -ervi d by
a nne nirtnuay case, i no invne-i
guests were:
Jeanette Hirz, Edna Mae Pet. r fn
Marjorie Tidball. Harriet Goos. Kitty
Ann Dove-5', Rosemary Cloidt, Jon:i
Knorr, Eleanor Minor. P.aeehel Rob-
'crtson. Frances Hadrabc. Shirley Ma
son. Jncnulyn Grassman. Patricia
V. V r, . "la , J
u"1' -""
ces L,oia
t I . 1 TT-. 1fr..l, .1 T."
Accept our thanks for kindness
buu yiupuiuy uuohk me mui'ss nui
death of our dear mother. Children
of Mrs. Mary Schafer.
A precious one from us has gone.
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place i3 vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
-iim nas remaned,
The boon His love had given.
Ana anno me nocy mounters here
i ne soui is pare in Heaven.
vTery shade ol crcp paper and all
jjje new novelties and favors as weil
rc.mr.Utt stnrV nf r.imit Tiedt
" al?P1"? i P . C
can De locjia m tne .uennison line,
.sold exclusively at the Bates Book
and Gift Shop.
