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PAGE SIX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY. JUNE 1. 1921 Now Is The Time! when prices of Farm Land and Products are at low ebb to Buy Passing of Long Time Resident of Weeping Water Mis. Chris J. Elgaard a Lovedy Lady Is Laid to the Last Long Rest at the Old Home. FORCED LABOR ATTACKED I have a few real bar gains in Farm Lands. SEE Searl S. Davis Loans Investments GIRL BEARS CHARMED IIFE Miss Helen Stone toppled from a cliff at Eldorado Springs, Colo., and fell seventy feet into Boulder creek. Then she was carried over a twenty foot dam. Unconscious, the young woman was sucked into whirlpool below the dam. The current then seized and whirled her 75 feet down stream where she was found by searchers. At a Denver hospital phy sicians said the victim had suffered oncussion of the brain but would re cover. The above article appeared in the Lineola Journal and was an Asso ciated Press report from Denver. Miss Stone is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Stone of DelXorte. Colo., and a former resident of N'e hawka. She is also a niece of Mrs. D. C. West. C. W. and R. B. Stone, of this place. Mrs. Stone is a nurse and about a year ago visited relatives here, where she is known by many Xe hawka Enterprise. Clothes make the man. If you look a little shabby there's no danger of being mistaken for a gangster. v .-..-4-..-.- -;-"-- f J. M. LEYDA Attorney Bonded Abstracter Real Estate Titles Defective Titles perfect ed at reasonable expense Mette Johanna Elgaard, wife of Chris J. Elgaard, was born in Den mark, June 24, 1877. She came to America with her parents at the age of 13 years, and settled with them at Weeping Water, Nebr., where she has made her residence ever since. On September 28, 1902, she was married to Chris J. Elgaard, and there were born to this union tour cnii dren, one of whom passed away at the age of six years; James A. El gaard of Norfolk, Nebr., and Mrs. Olga Philpot and Frank W., of Weep ing Water, Nebr. Airs. Elgaard was a woman of ster ling character. She took great pride in her home ami family, and has de voted her life to the happiness of those she loved. She was a member cf the Congregational church and also a member of the order of the Uebekah Lodge. She was very hos pitable and enjoyed having her friends visit with her. Her health began to fail about two years ago, which was caused by sinus trouble, and only two weeks ago was it thought that an operation was nec essary, but medical skill and all that was possible to relieve her was of no avail, and she passed away Thursday, May 21st, at 7:30 p. m., at the age of 53 years, 10 months and 27 days. She leaves to mourn her loss, aside from her loving husband and chil dren mentioned, two brothers, Mog ens P. Mogensen and Martin Mogen sen of Eugene. Oregon; Mrs. M. S. Peterson of Gretna, Nebr., and Mrs. Andrew Olsen of Weeping Water, Nebr.. two grandchildren and a host of loving friends. Funeral services were held on Sun day, May 24th, at 2:30 p. m. at the Congregational chinch in Weeping Water, preceding prayers at her late home, conducted by Rev. Ralph Pink ham, pastor of the church. Inter ment services were held at Oakwood cemetery, with a short service by the order of Rebeckah lodge. W. L. Hob son & Son had charge of the last rites. Those who attended the funeral from out of town were. S. W. Elgaard of Elba; Carl Christensen. of Elba; .Mrs. Caria Hall, of Omaha: Mrs. 41 Anna Petersen and son. of Gretna; Washington Daughters of the American Revolution were said by a District of Columbia official to be waging a nationwide crusade against Russian products by active protests direct to the sellers of goods. Mrs. R. Winston Holt, chairman of na tional" defense for the District of Columbia D. A. R., said occupants of her office In all states are suggest ing as she is that the members protest against convict made goods in competition with free American labor products. Simon Berber, a local drugstore proprietor, said a dozen demands had been made upon his employes in the past month to stop exploitiug a Rus sian candy he displayed in his win dows. Many of the protestants, Ger ber added, described themselves as D. A. R.'s. Trainmen Move to Place 11,000 Back at Work Railroad on Brotherhood Sets a Limit Hours of Labor Vir tual Order Gangster Trio Held for Trial on $100,000 Bond Suspects in Lincoln Are Heavily Guarded in Court During- Hear ing Aver Innocence. 4- First Door the Post South Office I i I t nf X i -9. T I .... s M -. Francis Alseu. of Davenport, Iowa: Mrs. Mamie Ewart and chil dren of Wahoo; Mr. and Mrs. John McCune. of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh St. Claire, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hillman. of Otoe; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hillman, of Dun bar; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baty and son, Vernon, of Lincoln; Mrs. Adolph Mogensen, of Omaha; Mr. Jens Jen sen of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Simon Rehmeier and children, of Alvo, and IMr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor of Alvo. Weeping Water Republican. Job Printing at Journal office. Houston. Tex.. May 29. The Bro therhood of Railroad Trainmen late today voted to limit members' work ing hours so that approximately 11 thousand men now out of work may be given employment. President A. F. Whitney announced. The resolution was announced at the brotherhood s triennial conven tion here. It limits the working hours of members in yard service to 26 days or two hundred hours a month; of members in freight service to 3,500 miles or its equivalent; of members in passenger service to 5, 500 miles or its equivalent. President Whitney said the chang- ru uvui a an u iiir iuiic4iirni nil it atr in employment winch he set speci fically at 10.S50 men would become effective within 30 days, or as soon as the general brotherhood chair men for the respective railroads could reach home and arrange con ferences with railroad executives. The resolution is tantamount to an order to all members. President Whitney had estimated, at the start of the convention some three weeks ago. that some 41 thou sand brotherhood members were un employed. "This resolution." said the pres ident, "is a humanitarian action on the part of the brotherhood to aid in relieving the present unemployment situation among its members and a step toward ending the present eco nomic depression. When it goes in to full effect on all the railroad sys tems in the United States and Ca nada it will place 10,850 members of the brotherhood now out of em ployment in jobs and aid them to support their wives and families." Mr. Whitney said the convention would adjourn within the next three or four days. -World-Herald. Lincoln. May 29. Three Illinois gangsters pleaded not Kiiilty here to day to the Lincoln National bank robbery and were held under bonds of 100 thousand dollars each for trial in district court. County Attorney Towle said he would try and have the case set for June 8. The trio. Thomas P. O'Connor, John Britt and Howard Lee, demand ed a continuance of the preliminary hearing and asked for lower bonds. but Municipal Judge John Pilk re fused both requests. A squad of national guardsmen and most of Lincoln's peace uflicers were mobilized to guard ihc- city hall during the preliminary hearing. An armed caravan in five automo biles and two police motorcycles took the three men from the state peni tentiary, where they are being held for safe kcenine. and rushed them back again when they failed to put up bond. At the city hall, even the persons who wanted to pay bills were denied admission for a time. he three defendants seemed to have a good time during the hearing. Arrested at East St. Louis May s in a gangster roundup. they were brought to Lincoln from Chicago last Tuesday. K. s. Woifenbarger, Lincoln sales man, identified all three of the men today as participants in the bank rob bery last September 17. W. E. Bark ley. a di lector of the bank, testified the holdup men ob tained about $1,250,000 in currency and securities belonging to the insti tution and its customers. Complaints in the case charge $2,500,000 was taken. T. Clement Gaughan, Lincoln at torney, told Judge Polk that he had only two days to prepare his case while Prosecutor Towle had six weeks. He said Louis Pickett of Chi cago, chief counsel for the gang sters, was busy rounding up witnes tea and couldn't be present now. Later he objected that the bonds were "unreasonable, disproportionate to the crime charged and excessive under the constitution." Towle re torted the bond was so small the gangsters might cover it with the bank's own cash, and threatened to ask for bonds of 200 thousand dollars. SEES PANHANDLE WHEAT A. E. Anderson, state and federal agricultural statistician, is anxious to see what the wheat crop will be like this year in the Panhandle re gion, where a large part of the coun try's wheat is grown. He left Wed nesday for an inspection trip to de termine if lack of moisture will harm the crop. Reports to his office were that there has been little or no precipi tation for the wheat and barley fields since the blizzard of last March. The wheat is heavy but theie- is no sur face moisture to fill it out, is the news. There also is said to be some frost damage. Anderson said wheat in this part of the state is in generally good con dition. He returned late Tuesday from a trip to Clay Center. Fields between Lincoln and that point look promising, he said. Walradt Family Holds Reunion in Cass County Meet at Glendale and Then Adjourn to Riverview Park for Fine Picnic Party, PROSECUTOR IS INDICTED A Special Sale of Summer Cottons for Summer afternoons and t 11. 7 mw evenings.' This presentation of the newest ideas in Summer Frocks of Cotton will ap peal to you, not only for the thrift opportunity, but for their sheer beauty as well. The fashion importance of cottons cannot be over emphasized. Ankle length for evening wear; medium length for afternoon and sports wear $1-95 $2-95 3-95 to 5-95 Youngstown A grand jury Inves tigation of alleged graft in public offices here brought indictment's against Prosecutor Thomas and seven other prominent citizens and an accusation by the jury tiiat "var ious crimes and offenses have been committed in connection with un lawful relations." between certain City ojcials and the Ohio Edison com pany, large public utility concern. The indictments against Prosecu tor Thomas charged he received and i concealed, stolen property, black - . mailed official of the Central Savings '& Loan company, blackmailed Harry , Kngle, former citiy traction commis sioner and embezzlement public moo jeys. Intimidated an officer, obtained 'a signature under false pretense, and ! committed birbery. The other men Indicated were charged with bribery only in connec tion with the county land purchases. I They were County Commissioner Al 'bert Cooper, former County Commis sioner Wade '. Christy, and Griffith I Jones, former Police Chief K. II. Powell. Thomas Ryan and Joseph Hannon, the latter two charged with bribing a grand jury witness. The annual gatnering of the de- BCendtnts and families of the George Walradt family, one of the earliest of this part of Cass county, was held here last Sunday, it being their cus tom to assemble here every year on the Sunday before Decoration day to clean up their lots and beautify the graves of their departed relatives. It has come to mean a great deal to those who attend and eac'h year they look forward to the reunion with much satisfaction. They meet at Glendale cemetery, where willing hands make short work of what needs to be done and then they repair to Riverside park, where they have their bountiful luncheon and a fine visit together. Those from a distance who were present this year were Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Paiish. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baton and family, all of Ashland; Misses Dag mar Pearson and Lillian Reynolds, 'Andrew Walradt and Bert Steizbach, of Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Wal radt and family and Glen Marolf, of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tritsch, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Born and Verner Hild, of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greene, of Union; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ahl, Mr. and Mrs. George Shroeder, Mr. and Mrs. William Lohnes and family. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Lohnes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Brien and family, Mrs. Mary Duff. Mr. and Mrs. X. P. Hennines and family, Mr. and Mr.-. C. H. Hennings and Odette, Floyd Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ahl and family and Miss Elvira Sprieck, all of Louisville, Cedar Creek and vi cinity. Louisville Courier. in i mil nMByjMTh fw TjBK iJfcB :iBMi . -mBSu WKmMmBB1m The Enqlish say only way to play 3olf- a it s th. In long Flannel trousers slacks they call them the fellows over here are grabbing the idea. They say it's cooler more com fortable. Hart Schaffner & Marx flannel slacks in all shades are here. Come in and see them! Wescott's PLAN AI REVOLT CHARGED Rome Seven "intellectuals," in cluding college professors and entriii eers. charged with ploting to ovt i throw the fascist government. Fri day pleaded for libertv before the special tribunal for defense of the state which Thursday condemned Mil hele Schirru, naturalized Ameri I can citizen, to death. The defend ants are accused of conspiring I against the government by spread- ing propaganda for an armed upris ing. They are alleged to be leaders I of the "justice and liberty' 'organiza tion with headquarters in Milan. EUccardo Bauer, businessman, and Ernesto Rossi, professor of political economy at the Cniversity of Berg amo, alleged leaders of the group, admitted formation of the society, but denied charges that they plan ned the simultaneous discharge of bombs in an attempt to overthrow the fascists. Tever, Tumult' is Hoover View of Pas! 2 Years President Is the Speaker at the Un ion Club in Philadelphia Address Today WILL HOLD PJCNIC The Daughters of the King, an or ganization of the Episcopal church. I will make a pilgrimage to this city on Tuesday, June 2nd and will enjy ja picnic supper at 6:30 on the lawn of the Henry Herold horn'. Rev. E. J. Seiker and Bishop Ernest V. Shay I ler will accompany the party and hold the services at St. Luke's church following the picnic. All members of the St. Lnke's parish are invited to be in attendance and bring their lunches and j in in the picnic. Cof fee will be furnished by the St. Mary's guild rind the Women's aux iliary of the church. CO-OPERATIVE MEETING CROWD IS CUT BY RAIN SOENNICHSEN'S STATE GOVERNORS TO MEET Superior Attendance at the an nual stockholders meeting of the Far mers Union Co-operative Creamery company was cut to 500 Thursday by a 2 1-2 Inch rain followed by threatening weather. Attendance at the preliminary meeting in Aurora last week was 6,000 and a similar turnout was expected here. Prelim inary meetings had been held also at Norfolk and Fremont. The wives and children were en tertained in the afternoon at a free show while stockholders went into a business session at the junior high school. Indianapolis State executives from nearly half the common wealths of the country wil' assemble in In dianapolis over the vve-k end and at Fiench Lick Snrings June 1 t ) 1 for the twenty-thud annual i:o 'ference of governors. Governors liUosevelt, r i.chie and Pinchot are iiuoit those s retailed for prominent parts in Hie bush-ess sessions. Governor Pinchot had been assigned the subject of re forestration. but lie adv'sed Governor Leslie he would address the confer ence on public utilities. Other topics include state expenditures, highways and land utilization. HASTEN PAVING WORK ON IOWA HIGHWAY NO. DOCTORS SHOW PROGRESS Milwaukee Cancer of the bone, once considered hopeless, is yielding "five year cures-' in 30 percent of the cases at Johns Hopkins univer sity. "Five vear cure means the pa tient has been observed for five years without recurrence of the disease. As time increases the cures are lab eled ten year, fifteen, twenty and so on. Conservative medical men refuse to use the word "cure unqualified. The records were given by Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgood of Johns Hopkins, at a meeting of the section of radiology of the Wisconsin State Medical society. Denison, la.. May 28. Paving on Hi&rhwnv No. 4 from Denison to Har lan has proceeded to a point seven miles south of Denison and is being laid at the rate of 2,000 feet per day. With good weather the Western As phalt Paving Co. expects to complete the entire 26 miles by August, giv ing Denison another paved highway to Omaha and Council Bluffs. OMAHAN FACES $15,300 CRASH DAMAGE SUIT Atlantic. May 28 Suits for dam ages totaling $15,300 have been filed against Chris Paulsen, Omaha con struction company foreman, as result of an auto collision near Cumber land several weeks ago. Mrs. Wil liam Krietzberg seeks $5,000; Helen Krietzberg, seeks $10,000, and Edna Simpson. $300. Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title Phone 324 Plattsmouth Philadelphia, Pa.. May 2f. Pres ident Hoover 'old the Cnion League here tonight that after "two yean of fever and tumult in Washington" the reception extended him would be an "undoubted and great encour agement" in the tasks ahead. Speaking extemporaneously in re sponse to a speech by George Btuart Patterson, president of the dub. who presented the chief executive with 0 portrait of bimseff, Mr. Hoover de scribed the dub as a "sanctuary of the great tradition of loyalty to the government of the United State.-." The Cnion League dub was form ed during the civil war to combat organized sympathizers witli the southern states. Through its portals have walked all the republican pres idents of the United States since that time with the single exeepuim of President Harding. He had ac cepted an invitation for October but died in August. 1928. At Valley Forge Today. The portrait, painted by Phil Idee Costa, a Greek artist. M character ized by Mr. Hoover as a representa tion of himhelf he "liked much more than the very lifelike pictures the photographers make." Early tomorrow the president goes to Valley Forge, near here, to lead the nation in its Memorial day ob servance. His address will be deliv ered over both nationwide radio net works at 8:30 o'clock (Omaha time). In presenting the portrait Patter son told the president that the club wished to take the liberty of say ing that you and your associates have met the crisis of worldwide eco nomic depression with courage and ability snd in accordance with the principles upon which the govern ment was founded. Tn times of discouragement, he said, the club wanted to "urge that there is a vast amount of common sense hidden away in tne in'niis oi the American people and that com mon sense teacnes them to nave con fidence in you." Only One Democrat. Sitting near the chief executive at the main table of the dinner group was Governor Pinchot, and practical ly every republican leader in Penn sylvania. The only democrat at the table was George Norris, governor of the federal reserve bank of this In accepting the portrait Mr. Hoo ver said in part : "I am deeply honored by your courteous hospitality. When your committee c:.me to me ami Bade the invitation extended to every presi dent of the United States that I should come to your club, as your guest, I said that in these times of extra and heavy burdens that I should prefer, perhaps, to dliru public questions as my predecessors have done as tin y bad felt honored to do before thin body. IV HI.. T , 1 "They, however, extended to me a delicate consideration that brook ed no refusnl: the sugeestion that the club WOUld like to extend fts hand in encouragement by a reception, with no request for a public address. In these times when a large number of segments of our population are seeking relief, that wa. indeed, the greatest and most considerable re lief ever extended to the president of the United States. "Your generous reeption has gone beyond even the frontiers of hospital ity. You have presented to Mrs. H o ver and myself a portrait by a skill ful artist. "After two years of fever and tu mult in Washington, I assure vou this is a gratifying occasion. In these quiet halls there is restfulness and feeling of security an Inspira tion "of faith in one's country." Mr. Hoover will return to Wash ington tomorrow almost immediate ly after delivering his Valley Force speech. World -Hera Id. FOR SALE Fresh Pollock, Guernsey cows. Likewise & Phone 3103, Murray, Nebr. 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