PLATTS1I0UTH SEMI - WEEKLY JGTJENAL
MONDAY, MAY 12, 1920.
PAGE SIX
INSURANCE
X? ETfEiJY' KIND
Turned Tipsy
Turvy by Bad
Windstorm
Such is the fate of
many a man's build
ings and only proper
ly written insurance
can make good the
less the storm may
cause.
Insure and be Sure
Only a policy of the Hartford
Fire Insurance Co., combined
with an agency that knows its
business can bring complete
satisfaction.
Searl S. Davis
AGENT
Plaltsfficuih - Nebraska
POSTPONE BAND CONCERT
K.-'jm Thursday's Dally
0-.vii.pr to the prevailing rains of
the past few days and the extremely
chilly weather that prevailed last
n:;;ht, the band concert which was
to have been made a part of the
music week observance, has been
pvstpom-d. The concert will be held
on next Wednesday, May 14th, the
weather permitting. The Elks band
under the direction of V. R. Holly,
w ill present the program as was pub
lished this week and which is a very
popular and entertaining musical
REPORT SMALLPOX CASES
From Thorsflay'si Daily
This afternoon Chief of Police
Jess Elliott and City Physician Dr.
O. C. Ha Ison, were called to the
south part of the city where they
were engaged in quarantining the
Chester Wall home where three chil
dren, were reported to be suffering
from an attack of smallpox. This is
the second case in that part of the
city as the William Richter family
h:.ve al.-o had the malady for some
time. The cases are all of a very mild
type, however.
WLND DOES DAMAGE
K(m Friday' r-a.il
The heavy wind that visited sec
tions in and near this city late last
night and early this morning did
pome damage in this locality, blow
ing down several telegraph poles
along the right of way north of the
P.urlington passenger station and
which served to interfere with the
signal system for some time but the
damage was soon repaired.
Mrs. Edgar McOuire departed this
morning for Omaha where she was
jelned by her mother, Mrs. L. A.
J.inda and her sister, Catherine, they
spending the day there and all then
going on to Lincoln.
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BEARDED BEAUTIES WIN
From Friday's Daily
The Bearded Beauties, well known
team of semi-professional baseball
players, who are making a tour of
the central west states, last eve
ning engaged the Murray Red Sox
on their diamond at Murray, the re
sult being a 6 to 1 victory for the
Bearded Beauties.
The hairy boys accumulated five
of their runs in the forepart of the
struggle when they rapped Schliscke
very lively and in the third inning
Hans Newman, who grabes them at
short, was sent to the mound and
proceeded to lay over a barrage of
fast ones that the Beauties were un
able to successfully get away with
and Hor.os held them to one score in
the remaining six innings.
The Red Fox scored in the last cf
the game when Newman singled,
reached second on a sacrifice and
scored on the double of Fay Spidell
to the center garden.
The two teams are planning to
play again this evening if the wea
ther permits and it is planned to
have Flynn, Pacific Junction hurler.
here to do the heaving for the Red
Sox.
MARRIAGE MARKET BOOMS
From Friday's Daily
The marriage market at the office
of County Judge A. II. Duxbury yes
terday took an upward turn after
severr.l days of dullness and two
couples were made happy by the
genial and accommodating county
judge.
In the afternoon Miss Delia Jar-
man cf Springfield and Harold Camp
ebll of Gretna appeared at the court
house and requested that the court
join them in matrimony and which
was performed in the usual impres
sive manner of Judge Duxbury. The
wedding was witnessed by Miss Ruth
Campbell, sister of the groom, and
Otto Byrne, both of Gretna.
Last r.ight Judge Duxbury was
cr.lled from his deliberations as the
master of the Masonic lodge to per
form the wedding ceremony that was
to unite the lives and hearts of Miss
Katherine Helen Knecht of Council
Bluffs and Norbert George Benesh of
Omaha, who were accompan'ed here
by Miss Alice Woster and Lynn E.
Sharrar. At the conclusion of the
wedding the briday party returned
to their homes in the metropolis.
FARM HOME DESTROYED
From FrJday'B Dan
The tornado that swept through
Hastings last night also struck in
the vicinity of Minden, Nebraska,
and practically wiped out the build
ing on the farm of C. J. Jorgensen,
father of Mrs. R. Foster Patterson
of this city. The storm caused dam
ages on the Jorgensen farm esti
mated at $10,000. Fortunately the
members of the family were able to
reach a storm cellar on the farm and
escaped when the force of the wind
destroyed the house and barns on
the farm. The wind storm was fol
lowed by a very heavy hail storm in
the vicinity om Minden.
W. C. T. U. INSTITUTE
The Cass County Institute of the
W. C. T. U. will be held at the First
Christian church in Elmwood, Tues
day, May 13th. The meeting will
open at ten-thirty and a covered
dish luncheon will be served.
The program arranged by County
Director of Institutes, Mrs. Ole Ol
son of Weeping Water, will be of
interest to every member. Each de
partment director will be given ten
minutes on the program for present
ing her work.
In the afternoon Attorney General
Sorensen will speak. All non-mem
bers are invited to hear this able
speaker.
NOTED EDUCATOR COMING
The committee of the Chamber of
Commerce having in charge the re
ception on the occasion of the open
ing of the Missouri river bridge, have
received among a large number of ac
ceptances, that of 6. J. Ferguson,
dean of the college of engineering of
the University of Nebraska, who
adds as his greeting that he came
across the Missouri river at Platts
mouth on the train-ferry on April
9, 1879, and vividly recalls the in
cidents of his first trip into Nebras
ka where he has since been num
bered among the leading residents of
the state.
WILL ATTEND STATE MEET
From FrldAy'8 Dally
This morning Coach Fred A.
Rothert, with a group of his track
team, left for Lincoln where the
boys will take part in the field day
meet of high schools that has been
sponsored by the University of Ne
braska. The tracksters are anticipat
ing a fine time in the meet and the
opportunity of seeing some of the
leading track men of the state in
action. Those who made the trip
were Clarence Forbes, Garland Mc
Cleary, high jumper and pole vaul
ter of the local team, James Begley,
Kenneth Trively and Cecil Hennings,
track men.
QUEEN ESTHERS MEET
From Friday Dally
Last evening the Queen Esthers
met at the home of Elsie Perkins.
Devotions were read by Ruth Patton.
Mildred Elliott gave the lesson in a
very interesting manner. Plans were
made for the convention to be held
at Arlington on next Wednesday and
a large number of the girls are plan
ning to drive there to attend.
At the close of the meeting de
licious refreshments were served by
the hostess. Miss Ruth Patton was
associate hostess.
Harry Fry of Portland, Oregon,
an old time Plattsmouth man, is here
to enjoy a visit at the home of his
sister, Mrs. C. E. Martin and family.
2 Ohio Convicts
Killed in Bunks;
Shot by Accident
Machine Gun Discharge Sends Bul
lets Through the Window
Third Convict Wounded
Columbus, O., May 8. Two sleep
ing Ohio penitentiary convicts were
killed by machine gun bullets to
day when the gun mounted in the
prison yard after last night's stock
ade fire, was accidentally discharged
by Ohio National Guardsmen. The
prisoners were asleep in the E and F
dormitory when the bullets passed
through a barred window. They
were struck in the head and died al
most instantly.
The dead were believed to be James
W. Ross. 40, Cuyahoga county, and
Albert Freeman,. Negro, Cuyahoga
county. Ross, admitted to the peni
tentiary in 1925, was serving 10 to
15 years for burglary and larceny.
Freeman, admitted the same year,
was serving 10 to 20 years for man
slaughter. Identification was not cer
tain, guardsmen pointin gout that
all numbers in the prison had been
confused since the disastrous Easter
Monday fire when 320 convicts, lock
ed in their cells, were killed by fire
and smoke.
Freeman was unbalanced mentally
and was to have been sent to the
Lima state hospital for the insane
within a day or two.
Third Convict Wounded.
A third convict was wounded. A
bullet creased the side of Ernest War
ren, Cuyahoga county, also in the
dormitory. He was serving two to
20 years for cutting to wound. War
ren, who has served time in a half
dozen prisons, will recover, prison
hospital doctors said.
Colonel Robert S. Haubrich, rank
ing guard officer at the prison, re
ported that the shooting occurred
about 6 a. m. He said that following
last night's fire in the stockade, when
about four hundred unruly prisoners
fired 88 tents inside the barbed wire
enclosure, machine guns were
mounted In the prison yard to pre
vent any break for liberty.
A prison guard, who was on duty
at the gate, said the two men who
were shot were asleep in the E and
F dormitory which adjoins the G and
H. blocks, where 320 convicts, lock
ed in their cells, were killed in the
Easter Monday night fire. He said
the machine gun bullet went through
the dormitory window and killed the
convicts as they slept.
About four hundred convicts, who
were transferred from the idle house
which they damaged in a prolonged
mutiny after the fire disaster, had
been quartered in the stockade while
repairs were being made.
Guardsmen who suppied the tents
told the prisoners there would be no
replacements, regardless of weather.
A Habit of Machine Guns.
The colonel designated Captain
James Collier, Ironton, to make an of
ficial investigation of the shooting! j
He said the guard regretted the
shooting very much but that such I
accidents "cannot be helped." He
pointed out that during the world
war in France many machine guns,
all delicate in operation, were dis
charged accidentally. The guns in
the prison yard were loaded and
ready to fire at all times, because
those in charge realized that the un
ruly convicts might make a break
for liberty at any minute.
Two hundred prisoners, who have
refused to work since the fatal fire,
are now confined in the write city
cell house, in solitary confinement,
on a bread and water diet. World
Herald. KANSAS TEACHER ACCUSED
Kansas City A warrant charging
assault was issued here late Wed
nesday against Miss Hilda Rennick,
a public school teacher, on complaint
of Mrs. Lyle Plantz, who asserted
the teacher had beaten six year old
Virgil Lee Plantz for throwing bits
cf paper on the classroom floor. Mrs.
Plantz charged that her son came
home crying frequently and would
not tell her why.
Wednesday, she said, Virgil came
home with a bump on his head. She
said question brought out the as
sertion from the child that his teach
er had bumped his head against a
seat. Mrs. Plantz said she called on
Miss Rennick Wednesday afternoon
and was ordered out of the school
and that Miss Rennick struck her
on the left check.
PAINT'S
important part
Did you ever stop
to think how a
community would
took if there were
no such thin as
paint? Imagine rows of
unpajnted houses. Tet
some of us allow our
tomes to gro without paint
for years only the ghost
cf that first painting- left.
Aak for our free advice.
F. E. G0BELMAN
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t FARM BUREAU NOTES
Copy for this Department
furnished by Count Agent
County News Writing Contest.
Chas. V. Seeley, editor of the Weep
ing Water Republican, has again of
fered to sponsor a 4-H news writing
contest within the county. This will
be the third year that Mr. Seeley has
sponsored such a contest and paid
the expenses of the winning contest
ant to boys and girls club week at
Lincoln.
Mr. Seeley is deserving of a great
deal of commendation for he not only
makes it possible for a club member
to enjoy an educational week at
Lincoln but he encourages a worth
while movement for the boys and
girls in the county.
Two New 4-H Clubs.
Two 4-H clothing clubs were or
ganized in the Louisville vicinity Fri
day, May 2. One of the clubs, south
of Louisville, has elected Irma Letier
president; Gladys Shelhorn vice
president; Ruth Stohlman secretary
,and Mrs. Albert Shelhorn will act
as local leader for this club.
Merry Workers is the name by
which the club in town will be
known. Miss Mary Rogers is spon
soring this club and the officers are
June Geist, Julia Gerds, Louise Fro
lich and Gertrude Hart.
Closing Date May 11.
Applications for boys and girls
club week must be in the state office
by May 11. Any club member plan
ning to attend should mail his appli
cation not Inter than Mav 8. Extra
applications are available at the
farm bureau office.
Three New Extension Clubs Organize
Three new roups, in the west part
of the county met the past week and
organized for project work. They are,
the O Street club, east of Eagle with
Mrs. Caffie Adams as president and
Mrs. Blanche Colbert and Mrs. Mable
Weier as project leaders. The Sun
shine club, west of Alvo elected Mrs
Cora Klyver president and Mrs. Anna
Fifer and Mrs. Vida Miller as pro
ject leaders. The group south of Alvo
have not selected a name, but Mrs.
Freda Reeves will act as president
.and project leaders are Mrs. Dick
Elliott and Mrs. Jess Holka.
The project work does not start
until September but these groups will
have social meetings monthly during
the summer and endeavor to Increase
their membership.
Mothers Vacation Camp.
Once again has Camp Brewster
been selected as the ideal site for
Mother's Vacation Camp. Application
blanks are available at the farm bu
reau office, and anyone interested in
attending camp,.August 12-15, should
make arrangements as soon as pos
sible. Poultry Meeting.
A poultry meeting will be held at
the Ruel Sack farm at Mynard at
two p. m., Friday the 9th.
Joe Claybaugh, poultry specialist,
will be there to discuss brooder yard
management and summer range fof
chix.
The bungalow outdoor feeder will
be built at this meeting. It holds
200 lbs. of feed and is rain proof. It
is used out where the birds range.
Anyone wishing one of these please
notify Mr. Sack and he will have the
material there.
Cannibalism.
What should be done when chicks
eat one another? This is called can
nibalism and is regarded as a bad
habit.
1. Remove the victims as soon as
found.
2. Avoid crowding.
3. Feed raw meat, more milk, boil
ed eggs or add more meat meal to
the mash to satisfy this abnormal
appetite.
4. Add a teaspoon of salt to each
gallon of drinking water.
5. Feed greens, germinated oats,
lawn clippings or cut dandelions sev
tral time a day if chicks are 10 days
old or over.
6. Keep the chicks busy and en
courage all exercise possible by giv
ing them more room in the brooder
house, adding a sun parlor or letting
the chicks out doors and feeding fre
quently of small amounts of greens
or boiled eggs.
7. Provide plenty of trough room
for feed and water so all chicks can
eat at one time. Keep mash in feed
troughs before the chicks at all times.
8. Darken the brooder house if
you find it necessary to place chicks
under the brooder before they are
old enough to have feed.
Note: Cannibalisma and feather
eating among hens may be regard
ed as a bad habit and caused by a
protein deficiency. The above recom
mendations will also apply to hens
which have acquired such habits.
i Bis; Hitch Team.
Remember that the week of May
12 to 17 is when the minature big
team hitch will be at the farm bu
reau office. Be sure and see it when
you are in town. D. D. Wainscott,
Co. Ext. Agent; Jessie II. Baldwin,
Asst. Co. Ext. Agent.
NEW DAUGHTER ARRIVES
From Saturday's Darty
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Beckman, near Mynard, was made
very happy last evening when a fine
seven and a half pound daughter
arrived there to make her home in
the future. All are doing nicely and
the occasion has brought much hap
piness to the members of the family.
Mrs. Beckman was formerly Miss
Margaret Ruby of near Mynard.
Former Omaha
Girl is a Noted
Radio Organist
Ann Leaf Is Featured Staff Artist
for the Columbia Broad
casting Systems
A little girl four f-ct, eleven
inches tall takes her place at th
great organ in the Paramount build
ing studios in Now York at 12..'!0
o'clock every night ami puts the Col
umbia broadcasting system to bd.
The diminutive organist is Ann Laf
whose Midnight Melodies lo:-e th;
day's broadcasting at key station
WABC.
Little Ann was born in Omaha,
Neb., on June 28, l'JOG, and when
not quite a year old shaped her
destiny with her first stop, which
she took in the direction of her lis
ter's piano. Ann was barely five
when she began to sneak into the
music room and, if no one were
looking pick out pieces that she hud
heard her sister play many time be
fore. The cracker crumbs on the
bench and the keys sticky with jam
soon incriminated her.
Instead of the spanking less for
tunate and less talented children
might have received, Ann's father
took her ot a children's recital at
the studio of one of the leading piano
instructors of Omaha. A prize was
to be awarded to the one who played
a chosen selection best. Ann listened
to them all and then asked to play,
too. Her performance was not a
literal rendition of the notes, but it
revealed a true ear and a fine musical
memory. Soon after this she start
ed studying, and made such progress
that at eleven she made her first pub
lic appearance with an orchestra,
playing a Mozart concerto.
The next few years were occu
pied with academic and musical
studies at home and in Now York
at the Damrosch Institute of Mu
sical Art. It was not until after
Ann's graduation from school that
she started to study the organ. She
mastered the fundamentals in one
summer, the rest she left to herself
Before long, however, Mis Loaf was
an accomplished organist looking
for a modern field to exploit her
talents.
As luck would have it, her op
portunity came soon. Her family
decided to move to Los Angeles and
Miss Ann, young as she was, cast
about for a job as organist in the
motion picture houses of that city
Hearing about a vacancy she hasten
ed to apply.
She was asked if she had ever
played a Wurlitzer organ and, of
course, said she had. Even yet she
con.-iders her best lifetime perform
ance was the composure she achiev
ed upon seeing the huge instrument
for the first time. A mental flash
back compared it to the small home
organ Ehe was used to. Her amaze
ment, however, did not affect her
ability'and she got the job with a
raise in salary after the first week.
It took eighteen months In this
theater to make Ann see an organ
as nothing but "a big box of whis
tles." She left determined to find
work that was really difficult. She
found it. For the next six months
she played accompaniments in a pre
view picture theater. With no pre
cedent to follow and no advance in
formation on the film, she had to play
appropriate music from memory.
From that point her career ceased
to be a problem. Contracts were
made and contracts grew out cf them
Ann's reputation was asured, she
moved from big jobs to bigger jobs
and then came to New York. Thru
the offices of Paramount's music de
partment, Miss Leaf was given an
audition at Columbia and signed a
contract for twelve programs a week
Miss Leaf has two grevances
against broadcasting. One is her ab
sorption in her work, which dulls
the pleasure of her other oceupa
tions. The other is the indigestion
she gets from the popcorn and maple
sugar one of her admirers sends her
by mail and which the little organists
simply cannot refrain from devour
ing.
WINS TEMPERANCE CONTEST
The following from the Sedalia
(Mo.) Democrat, tells of the recent
contest held there in the schools
and is of interest here as the win
ned of the essay contest. Mildred
Peterson, is a former Plattsmouth
girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Peterson, lone time residents of this
community.
"Washington school held a very
enthusiastic assembly this morning
at 9 o'clock in the community room
of the school with all pupils and
teachers present. The occasion was
to celebrate the awards given by the
W. C. T. U. in the recent essay and
poster contest conducted in Sedalia.
"Mrs. "V. O. Stanley made the pre
sentation speech which interested all
present. She complimented the chil
dren and teachers on their excellent
work and made the following
awards:
"In the essay contest: Mildred
Peterson placed first in the fourth
grade and was given a gold medal.
Eva Mae Elkins placed second in
fourth grade, silver medal."
The young lady is a niece or Anton
Hasson of this city.
CRD3BAGE CLUB MEETS
rom Saturday's Dally
T.ast pvonine the Cribbage club
met at the Stewart cafe, the mem
bers being entertained by Mrs. F. R.
Gobelman and Miss Laura Meisinger,
the two lady members of the original
club. A very fine time was enjoyed
and at the close the check of the
games revealed that E. H. Schulhof
V, nrlnnar nf the first Drize
and Claud C. Smith had received the
consolation honors. Dainty reiresn
ments were served at an appropriate
hour.
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Gold Dust, large pkg 230
Fruit for Salad, No. 22 43p
Lima Beans, No. 2 size can 120
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Shaker Salt, 2-lb. box 80
Opera Cream Drope, per lb 27c
Butterscotch Flavo" Heavy Chocolate Coating
Victor Chick Feed
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BOOSTS BRIDGE AND ROAD
The more or less personal column
of the State Journal today had a
very interesting statement of their
views on the new Missouri river
bridge and the Plattsmouth-Green-wood
road:
"One good thing generally calls
for other good things with the re
sult that we never get done getting
or trying to get what we want.
Plattsmouth people have their new
bridge, a magnificent crossing of the
Big Muddy that has been needed for
fifty years. It will be dedicated on
the sixteenth. It will connect the
east with highway Xo. 75, running
north and south from Plattsmouth.
Now Plattsmouth and Cass county
are facing the necessity of a road
west from the bridge, and the Platts-mouth-Louisville
to Greenwood route
seems to fit into the map well. That
road must be improved. It lies en
tirely in Cass county, but would con
nect at Greenwood with the D-L-D.
That would give the Plattsmouth
bridge a straight outlet to the west,
to Colorado, the mountains, to the
west coast. The western Iowa con
necting links for this bridge are un
der construction. A good road from
Dos Moines to the Rockies, placing
the Plattsmouth bridge as the cross
ing, can thus be arranged.
"The new Plattsmouth bridge is
to be dedicated on May 16, and
the site selected for the dedicatory
services is on a high bluff at the
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dedication. Lincoln is much inter
ested in this I'.h it means a great
deal of thru traSic coming thru this
city. The people of Cass county will
be benefited as well when the road
from Plattsmouth to Greenwood, via
Louisville. i3 improved and thru
traffic sent straight west to a con
nection with D-L-D paving at Green
wood. The importance to Lincoln of
such a road is not the matter of first
importance. Its convenience for
those who must use the highway de
serves first consideration."
LINCOLN DRIVE FOR
TEKAMAH STARTS
Lincoln, May 5. A drive for the
.raising of $3,000 for the relief of Te
kamah storm sufferers will start in
Lincoln Tuesday it was decided Monr
day at a conference of civic clubs'
representatives and Dr. M. R. Brooks,
chairman of the disaster relief com
mittee of the Lincoln Red Cross.
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