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Society Stox. State IfMattemcmtb Journal VOL. NO. XLVH PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1931. NC. 51 Man Who Shot Rex Young Pays Life to Law Stranger Shot at Council Bluffs Early Friday Is Identified as Would Be Slayer. Deputy Sheriff Rex Young was at Omaha and Council Bluffs on Friday ; afternoon and visiting the police headquarters in the Iowa city was asked to look over a stranger who had been shot to death earlier in the day by Officer Esbeck when he at tempted to escape while being ar rested. It was the end of a long search by the Cass county deputy, as he view ed the body, as it was the man who had shot and wounded Mr. Young here last October. shooting the de puty as he was searching the man on a Missouri Pacific passenger train at the local station. The identifica tion by Mr. Young cleared up the question of what had become of the would he slaver and who had been sought over this section of the west. J Many prisoners nave been neicl at different places and Mr. Young call ed to identify them, but it was not until the startling and sudden con fronting of the dead body by Mr. Young that the story of another law less outbreak was closed. At the time of the shooting of Mr. Young he was notified early in the morning of the fact that a pool hall at Nebraska City had been broken into and that the man committing the crime was supposed to be on the Missouri Pacific train that reached here at 6:15 a. m. Mr. Young drove to the station and as the train pulled in boarded the train and after a short search discovered a man that answer ed the description of the man he sought, he requested the man to come with him and as they were going out of the vestibule of the car to reach the platform Mr. Young was search ing the man for weapons when the prisoner quickly turned, drawing a gun and fired at the deputy sheriff, the bullets entering one arm and in the fleshy part of the thigh. The man then leaped from the train and flourishing his revolver cowed the persons on the platform as well as the train crew, dashing around the end of the station and racing into the Masonic Home grounds and where he disappeared. Mr. Young although wounded continued efforts to secure the man for some time and then was compelled to return to the city and have the wounds terated and the search was continued over this lo cality under the direction of Sheriff Bert Reed and with large groups of armed men searching over the coun tryside. Later the report was received here that the man had made his escape by racing to Webster boulevard from the raliroad station, stopping a truck that had slowed down to allow an other car to pass and compelling the driver to take him on into Omaha and where the gunman had alighted in the outskirts of the town, warn ing the driver to keep on going and not to mention the incident for sev eral days under penalty of death. The bandit was killed yesterday at Ninth avenue and Third street in Council Bluffs, when a companion, Harry Harrell. were stopped by Offi cers Esbeck and C. E. Lane, the stranger attempting to escape by leaping from the car, to be halted by a bullet that lodged in his brain, fired by Officer Esbeck. Harrell said he could not identify his companion whom he said he met in Jefferson square in Omaha Thurs day afternoon. Harrell told Police Capt. Jack Dempster he was going to leave Omaha for the harvest fields of South Dakota. "Shorty." the only name he knew for his new compan ion, offered to take him in his auto mobile. Chief of Detectives C. R. Brown learned the automobile had been stolen July 15 from Walter Cassen, city electrician of Davenport, Iowa. Investigation growing out of the shooting took a new turn early in the afternoon when J. G. Pnebard. a state motor inspector of Iowa, wired Cap tain Brown the car was stolen by two men. Their descriptions tallied with those of "Shorty" and Harrell. Authorities said they would fur ther question Karrell in view of this development. Getting primed for their invasion of the harvest fields the two men bought and drank two pints of liquor and then started on their way, choos ing the Iowa side for the trip. They stopped in Council Bluffs and bought oil and gasoline and were headed for South Dakota when "Shorty" was killed. Harrell said he had served a three year term at Dallas, Tex. for auto mobile theft and in his native Ten nessee had served a number of short sentences on liquor charges. He said "Shorty" recognized Es beck and Lane as police. When they approached, he said, "There comes the law." "Shorty" was armed, ac cording to the policemen, who said they found a .38 caliber pistol near where he fell. Coroner Leonard Jackson describ ed "Shorty" as five feet in height, weight 125 pounds, with a scar on his left cheekbone and the tip of his thumb on the right hand missing. All the local and county news in the Journal. AIDS HOME LABOR Charles L. Pease, whose remodeled home on Marble street has brought a great many compliments to him and Mrs. Pease, states that material and labor for the home was all from Plattsmouth. a fact that he feels very proud of. The carpenter work on the house was in the hands of Orville Kintz. John Hirz and Pied Lindenian, the plumbing and tin work by Fred Hirz and Joe Hiber and the Bestor A: Swatek Co.. the cement work by William Kief and the painting and decorating by Harry Kruger. the hardware of Kroehler Bros. All ma terial that was used in the boose was purchased of Plattsmouth dealers and as the result of all the money paid out in the remodeling of the home remained in the community. Nebraska Young People Wedded at Long Beach, Cal Miss Maun'ne McCoullough of Brady and Charles Egenberger of This Ctiv Married. The announcement has been re ceived here of the marriage at Long Beach. California, on Saturday of Miss Maurine McCoullough of Brady. Nebraska, and Charles Egenberger. formerly of Plattsmouth. The wed ding was a very quiet one and at tended by only the immediate rela tives. The Catholic wedding service was used in the joining of the lives of the two young people. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCoullough. prom inent residents of the vicinity of Brady, the father being engaged in the conduct of a large ranch near that place, and it was while engaged on the ranch a number of years ago that Mr. Egenberger first met his fu ture bride and the romance started on the Nebraska ranch finally culmin ated in the happy wedding on the west coast. The groom is well known in this community where he was born and reared, being the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Egenberger. He was educated in the schools of ths city and after his graduation here attended the University of Nebraska He is a young man of outstanding ability and character and the news of his new found happiness will bring a great deal of pleasure to the many old time frineds in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Egenberger will con tinue to make their home at Long Beach where Mr. Egenbereer is en gaged with the Bank of America. GTANT TIRF IN CITY The giant tire manufactured by the Goodyear Tire Co., at their Ak ron, Ohio, factory, visited Platts mouth Thursday afternoon and at tracted a large number of the resi dents as it was paraded along the streets of the city during the after noon. This tire is the largest in the world and is twelve feet high and four feet wide and represents a real triumph in tire making. The tire was brought here through the Oie Oil Co.. the local representatives of the Goodyear company and afforded the residents here the opportunity of viewing the unusual product of the tire trade. The tire is arranged in a special mounting at the rear of a small truck and is in charge of a group of representative? of the Good year company. The showing of the tire here was made the occasion of a small parade of the representatives of the tire company and the local dealer, in cars along the Main street from the lower portion of Main street to the Ot Oil Co. service station at Pearl street and Chicago avenue, where i number as sembled to view at close range the great tire. DEES AT MASONIC HOME From Friday- rallv The death of Mrs. Sarah V. Per kins, 7C. occurred this morning at the Nebraska Masonic Home where she has" made her home since Decem ber 28, 1928, and the body was tak en this afternoon to Omaha and from where it will be taken to Mullen, Ne braska, where the funeral services will be held. Mrs. Perkins was born August 20. 1854, at Clinton, Illinois, and has made her home in Nebraska for a great many years and was a mem ber of Winifred chapter No. 292 of the O. E. S. She is survived by a son. Watson D. Perkins of Norfolk, and two nieces who make their home in Omaha. HERE FROM ILLINOIS Thos. J. Dunn and family of Christopher, 111., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Brown this week. Mr. Dunn is a brother of Mrs. Brown and is an official of the Old Ben Coal cor poration operating mines in Christo opher. West Frankfort, Johnston City and Herren, 111. Mr. Dunn is a golf player of considerable reputation, and holds at the present time the title of champion for SouthernvIlli nois. He was pleased to know Platts mouth has a Rotary club as he is a past president of the Christopher Ro tary club and an active Rotarian in southern Illinois. Search for Bank Bandit Ends at Blair Herman Banning. Murdock Robber. Seems t Have Beer. Successful ir Making Get-away. The search for Herman Banning. Murdock bank bandit, who was last seen in his dash for liberty in the vi cinity of Blair, seems to have ceased as far as the activities in the vicin ity of that city is concerned. The efforts of the officers and citizens of Blair to apprehend Ban ning was very thorough and the man hunt covered many miles in the vi cinity of the town. The officers found a real handicap in their search for the man in the dense under growth that covers the Missouri river bottom land east of Blair. Deputy Sheriff Young of this county, who was at Blair for two days on the search, stating that the brush. wc;eds and small trees were so thick that it was a real struggle to get through them, requiring the party to pro ceed slowly through the under growth. In the brush and occasion ally on the soft ground could be found indications that Banning had passed through the undergrowth and in many places the impression of his footprints were found but later lost as he reached the patches of grass land. It is thought that the reports of seeing a man with shirt torn, board ing an outgoing freight at Blair, was correct and while search was made of the freights at Omaha, Banning no doubt was able to elude the M arch by dropping off the tr?,in just before it reached Omaha. He is thought to be "holed" up in some of the underworld hideaways and only the unrelenting search of the law for the man will bring him in time to punishment for the crime with which he is charged. The second of the Murdock ban dits. Harry Bortoff, is now at the Douglas county jail at Omaha, and is being guarded that he does not at tempt a second dash for liberty. He -.ill remain at Omaha until the No vember term of the district conr in this city when he is to be placed on trial for the Murdock bank robbery. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY The passing of the birthday anni versary of City Clerk Herman L. Thomas was made the occasion of a very pleasant gathering at the home on Elm street, a number of the friends being invited to enjoy a "stag" in honor of the birthday of the genial clerk. The members of the party spent the evening at cards, and in which pinochle was the chief feature and in which a great many skillful players contested for the high score of the evening. In honor of the passing of the anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were each remembered with an appropriate token of the happy event. At an appropriate hour Mrs Thomas assisted by her daugh ters. Carlyne and Betty Ann, served a very dainty and delicious luncheon that was enjoyed to the utmost by the members of the jolly party and it was a late hour when they wend ed their way homeward, wishing Mr. Thomas many more such happy gath erings in the future. RECEIVES SMALL FINE From Fridays Diully Information was filed this week by County Attorney W. G. Kieck against Merle Long, of Elm wood, on the charge of provoking an assault, the information being made on the complaint of George F. Wilson. The young man is a member of the Elm wood baseball team and Mr. Wil son, the manager, the trouble seem ingly growing out of a dispute among the members and in which Mr. Long had declined to obey the orders of Mr. Wilson and who complained of the language used. The court after hearing the mat ter discussed gave the defendant a fine of $5 and costs for the alleged offense. GOES TO WYOMING The many Plattsmouth friends of Mrs. Lena Droege will be interested in learning that she is spending the summer months in the west, going to Green River, Wyoming, on Tues day and where she will visit at the home of her son, Emil Droege and family until the fall season. Mrs. Droege is making her home in Om aha with her daughter, Mrs. Gale Connors and expects to return to Omaha in the fall to spend the win ter. Mrs. Droege was here a few weeks ago for a visit with the old friends before leaving for the west. SUFFERS FROM INFECTION Carl Kunsmann is wearing his right hand in a sling as the result of an infection that developed on the hand occasioned by the fact that the hand was cut by a screwdriver a few days eigo. Mr. Kunsmann thought nothnig of the injury at the time as the cur. made by the screw driver did not seem to be serious but in a short time the hand became sore and it was found that the member was infected and made necessary medical attention. WELL VISIT IN EAST From Friday's Dan Last evening Mr. and Mrs. William T. Distell and the four children, de parted on a visit of a few weeks in the east, this being the vacation of Mr. Distell from his work as super intendent of the BKEX shops in this city. The family will spend the greater part of their stay in the state of New York, the former home of both Mr. and Mrs. Distell, spending a part of the time in the Odirondacks. the favorite summer playground of the residents of the large New York cities. They also expect to visit at Albany, the state apitol city and where a large number of their rela tives reside. Clarence Woods Receives Broken Neck in Fall Despite the Fact That Neck is Brok en Boy Will Recover from the Accident. Clarence Woods. 11. son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Woods, residing several miles south of this city, is at the Uni versity hospital at Omaha recover ing from the effects of a broken neck, the attending surgeons that have had charge fo the case state that he will recover from the effects of the injury. The boy in company with his bro ther Joe, and Jack Troop, were out gathering bird eggs for a collection that they were starting and Clarence had scaled a forty-foot tree to reach a nest when he lost his hold and fell to the ground and in the fall sus tained a fracture of the vertebra in two places, but which fortunately was not severe enough to perman ently affect the young man or to cause death. The lad will remain at the hospital for several months, however, before he is able to return home and it is safe to say that tree climbing will be one of the things that he will avoid in the future. G. G. Gri Secures Parmele TheatreJBuUding Will Operate Parmele as Well as Ritz Theatre in the Future : Open ing Next Week. From Friday's Dally G. G. Griffin, who has been oper ating the Ritz theatre on South Sixth street for the past three years, yes terday secured the Parmele building which has been under the manage ment of W. J. Seydlitz, and expects in the next week to start the oper ation of the two picture houses. Mr. Griffin is planning, he states on operating one of the theatres with nightly performances while one will be used for perhaps three nights of each week. Just which of the the atres will be used for the nightly shows has not been decided upon by Mr. Griffin. The Parmele is being given an J overhauling and some improvements being made in the interior of the building preliminary to the re-opening of the theatre the latter part of the coming week. Mr. Griffin states that he expects to have the very best pictures that he can secure for the offerings at the Parmele and with the great ar ray of first releases that he has of fered at the Riiz, the public can be assured of having a real amusement center in the Parmele and with a very high standard of sound pictures offered for the entertainment of the people of Cass county. WEDDINGS AT COURT HOUSE The office of the county judge here had the first application for mar riage license from Mills county, Iowa, since the Iowa five day law. made here Friday when Ralph A. Purdy and Amanda M. Mayfield, of Glen wood called at the office of Judge A. H. Duxbury and secured the nec essary permit that would allow them to be Joined in the bonds of wed lock. The marriage ceremony was performed by Judge Duxbury and was witnessed by Mrs. J. E. Martin, mother of the bride. Late Friday afternoon Judge A. H. Duxbury was called upon to Join in the bonds of holy wedlock William Greenwood and Lura Clark, both of Omaha, who were accompanied here by Mr. and Mrs. Cletes Peckham. ESCAPE FROM LNSTITUTE From Saturday s rany The local police were notified to day of the fact that two girls, aged 17, had wandered away from the Iowa Institute for the Feeble Mind ed at Glenwood, and were thought to have perhaps made their way to this city. Chief of Police Elliott made a search over the city but was unable to locate the wanted girls. Two young women were reported to have been seen near the old ferry but a search of that section failed to reveal any further trace of the girls. Mrs. Inas Wever Says Innocent of Murder Charge Brief Filed in the Supreme Court Sets Out Reasons for New Trial oi Case. A brief of many pages was tiled Friday with the supreme court at Lincoln by attorneys for Mrs. Inas L. Wever. convicted in this county and sentenced for the remainder of her natural life on a charge of killing her husband. George E. Wever by admin istering poison to him on Dec. 8 last. Part of the brief is devoted to set ting out the evidence in an effort to show that she should have been de clared not guilty, as it is alleged it shows a verdict of innocence would be as consistent as one of guilty, and under the law she should have been released. A new trial is asked on numerous grounds, twenty-nine rea sons being outlined. The contention of the state was that Mrs. Wever poisoned her hus band so that she might be in a posi tion to marry another man who had already divorced his wife. Her at torneys say that the evidence of her running around with other men was vague and inconclusive, and that the court erred in permitting evidence as to the quarrels with her husband. The theory of the defense is that Wever, who is depicted as a heavy drinker, died from the effects of moonshine liquor that snielled like formaldehyde and that he was a very sick man from these effects before the wife bought strychnine to kill off rats, as she explained the purchase. The couple were married Nov. 27, 1920, and divorced, but remarried Aug. 16. 1924. The wife says their chief trouble was over his fondness for moonshine, and that he had three times threatened to kill himself. There is an adopted boy. CHANGES IN RALL TRAVEL The great change that the years have brought in the short haul pas senger travel of the railroads is strik ingly shown by a visit at the local Burlington station at the time the morning train departs for Omaha, when the casual traveler that boards the train is a rarity, this being a re flection of the general situation over the country in the short haul pas senger patronage. The writer recalls the situation a number of years ago when before the station building was remodeled when the number going on "No. 15" would range from forty to fifty each day, at that time the waiting room hav ing seats for about fifteen and a check was made each day for the Chamber of Commerce and which fi fiually led to the enlargement of the railroad waiting rooms, where now the one or two that may travel have all the room that they might wish for. That the people are not patron izing the bus lines much more than the railroads is shown by viewing the buses that pass through this city. The chief factor in modern short travel seems to be the privately own ed cars, of which there is one for every five persons in the state. RECEIVES SAD NEWS Prom Saturdays Dny District Judge James T. Begley this morning received the sad news of the sudden death Friday after noon at Phoenix, Arizona, of his brother. Charles Begley, aged 50. The message announced that the death was caused by over heating. Mr. Begley had been at Phoenix tor some years in charge of construc tion work In and near Phoenix. The deceased, who was unmar ried, leaves to mourn his passing, the mother, Mrs. John Begley. of Om ha. two brothers, Judg" Jar.es T. Begley of this city and Harry Begley of Omaha, as well as four sisters. Mrs. Charles Thompson of Log An geles. Mrs. Fred Sullivan of Oakland, California, Misses May and Eva Beg ley of Omaha. The relatives have not learned as to the funeral arrangements or whether the burial will be at Phoe nix or the body be brought back to the old home at Omaha. HEARS BROTHER VERY ILL From Thursday's Dally This morning M. S. Briggs received word from the wife of his brother. Warren F. Briggs of Winton. Cali fornia, telling of Mr. Briggs having suffered a severe stroke of paralysis, and is very poorly. Mr. Briggs is the younger brother of M. S. Briggs and passed his seventieth birthday last April His health has not been the best for some years and this finds him in a very poor condition to sus tain the stroke. ATTEND REUNION from Saturday's Dally Miss Luella Carter and Mrs. Irv ing Hoffman left last evening on No. 2 for Ohio, after a short visit with their cousin. Miss Olive Gass. These ladies have been attending a reunion of the members of the Gass family at Los Angeles, Calif. They had the pleasure of visiting with Mrs. Alvin E. Gass and daugh ters, formerly residents of this city. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. John Sanders of this city was j operated on Wednesday at the Meth-i odist hospital at Omaha, she having been suffering from a mastoid that I had for some time been giving her a J great deal of annoyance and to give her any measure of relief it was de- i cided the operation won hi be neces- saiy. Mis. Sander.- came through the , operation in very fine shape and at ; the last reports was doing just as well' as possible under the circumstances, j The many friends of Mrs. Sanders are I trusting that she may soon recover and be on the highway to complete icvuw,. ni.r tuc mutual i.-at n.r hospital the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders is at the farm home of his aunt. Mrs. Phillip Albert near Cedar Creek. City Officials and Water Co. Hold Conference Confer Relative tc Rates and Matter of Future Water Situation in This City. A series of conferences is being held between representatives of the Plattsmouth Water Corporation of Portland. Maine, who have been serving the city with water service or many yea. s. ami me .einue., ... the fire and water committee of the i a. v. nm city council, of which Councilman Searl S. Davis is the chairman. The first of these meetings was held on Thursday afternoon at the city hall and at which the water company was represented by Vernon F. West, of Portland. Maine, the vice president of the corporation, Phillip Burgess of Columbus, Ohio, consult- --.,;..... . " t .. ..... t i r t i nl r V-ll lVrr.. the company here, while the city ,1-, r.nr,..tiri l.v the fir UJ wa-!lue ter I.U1UUI111CU, ..A UU L LI. 1 ui.u , . . .... ...... 1 , , r 1 T l.i,' QtlM other representatives of the council membership. Mr. West was compelled to re turn east last evening but at the sec ond conference that is being held this afternoon Mr. Burgess is repre senting the company with Mr. Minor in the discussion of the problem with the city. The question that is of the chief interest to the residents of the city is that of rates and wheh was dis is that of rates and which was dis have been derived at this prelimin ary session which is taken up with th discussion of both the nosition of the company serving the water to the community and the city gov- ernment. The question has been tak- en jn at several dinereni times through communications between the city and the water company, but this is the first meeting where both par ties have been able to enter fully in to the discussion of the issues. RETURNS TO SOUTH From Saturday's Daily Mrs. James Monson and two daughters. Helen and Jane, of Talla hassee, Florida, who have been spending the past six weeks in the w,-t i ti- i t Vi thii relatives; nn H old friends, departed this morning for St. Louis where they will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brad- ihP former a brother of Mrs.' Mnnunn t Vi cm iTii tip fir fn thir hnmv u-mi ho ti,ov ,av. viitH nt the home of Mrs. Monson's son. Russell , members of the party comprising a Bengen near Mvnard and with her bridge club of wh.ch Miss Livingston mother. Mrs. John Geiser of this city1 member, devoted the time to and with a sister. Mrs. Walter Ed-the fascinations of this pasting At wards of Davenport. Iowa. They an appropriate hour all joined In have enjoved the visit here in the''shing Miss Livingston many more west verv" much and their coming, happy annversanes in the fu- has been a great pleasure to the.lu,e- relatives here. FLOWER CLUB MEETS The Social Workers Flower club of south of this citv met on Tuesday at "" T the home of Mrs. John Kaufman andlev"al years are to reside a Spr.np with a very pleasing attendance of ' field in the future, they moving Their - - - i tim afforded them by Mrs. Kaufman and Mrs. James Lei pert, the joint hos- tessees of the afternoon. The ladies occupied a greater part of the time in the consideration of the plans for the club picnic which will be held on August 19th at the Fred Spangler grove. During the afternoon the ladies had a very pleasant treat in a most interesting discussion of var ious authors, given by Mrs. Phillip Leipert and Mrs. George Mumm. At an appropriate hour dainty and de- licious refreshments were served. ENJOYS PICNIC PARTY From Thursday's Pally Last evening a group of the young people residing on Wintersteen hill JJTrSSm mm dJalkTwItS enjoyed a very pleasant picnic party vuth angel rood ak. and jeno. wun near" the br.dgis over the Missouri fd tea for drink, by our hostesa river, they taking well laden baskets "eporter. of the good things to eat and in the . c T,TnTTTviTT- cool of the riverside and the shade HEARS 01 DROWJjlACj of the great bluffs, spent several ' hours most pleasant ly. Those who Louis Dunkak. of this city, has re enjoyed the occasion were Mrs. John J ceived word of the drowning of a Ledgway of Lincoln, Misses Mathilde nephew of his son-in-law in South Olson. Helen and Edith Ledgway. Dakota. The young man was 04 Fern Jahrig, Josephine Rys, Dorothy Alvin Beig. who was swimming In the Elliott, Mrs. Mable Snyder, Roy and Missouri river at the time of hia George Olson and Aulton Rolland. , death. The family are anxious to js I receive any word of the finding of Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts and and if in this vicinity the ,. , , . i . i i a parties can notify Mr. Ixmkak. who all kinds of legal blanks for sale at is weU a(.quainted with the deceased the Journal office. and can make identification. William August Passes Ninetieth Anniversary . , Well Known Resident of Nenawfca Has Resided in Cass County for Pact Fifty-five Yeais. J August BOW over ninety ftmxpDtm and llvint! wi:h his A , norlheast of Kekmwkm, - ,..: f .. r haalth :, tut Ikes to meet nil fellow man. was visited by a representative of this paper a few days since, and who enjoyed a short visit with the Nonegenanan. Mr. August lived in the Hu. keye State, where he was born at New Lisbon. Julv 6. 1S41, until he was I twenty-eight years of uge when he came west and settled near Villisca, Iowa, where he resided for seven years and after having temained there for a year, was in 1870 united in marriage to Miss Susan McGinnis, they continuing to live there until 1875. While making their home in Iowa Mr. August was engaged n the carpenter business and worked on the first buildings erected in Shenan doah, as at the time he first went to Shenandoah there was only a side track, a box car for a station and a corn crib. Mr. and Mrs. August came to Ne braska and settled near where Ne hawka was to stand in 1876, and f twenty-four years, the ia r. ' .... tt....j moved to Nehawka, where be lived for a long period, and is now mak ing his home with the son of Wm. August. The union of this couple was blessed with four sons and one daughter. One grandson. Wm. Aug ust 3rd. and the family, the wife being formerly Miss St. John. they making their home now at La mar, .Nebr. A granauaugnter, now Mrs. Henry Ozanne with the husband ; ke then home in England a here "usuanu is a J"u"ia..i u..u . the New York Tribune in ' v . " London. Last year they spent their vacation at Corsica, the island where Napoleon the first was held Miaoaaf for so long more than a hundred years ago. Grandfather August, as he spoke of things which happened three quarters of a century ag. be came much animated and the l.-at gray eyes sparkled as he told the in cidents. GERMAN ACE IN ACCIDENT Detroit While on its way from Delafield. Wis., an airplane pilot.. i " pt. wiiiiam snrasniT, ur- j man World war ace. and carrying George Edg.cumbe. a companion nosedived into Detroit river Both ",cu w . speedboat pilot. Captain Ehrengart. who has a war record of thirty-five or more, planes, was to be chief speaker at a banquet. The guests had to wait while the officer remained in his room until his clothing had dried. The mishap was attributed to un familiarity with the river's cross currents. The airplane was a land machine equipped with pontoons. IS GIVEN SURPRISE Miss ivian Livingston was inven a very pleasant surprise a few day- ac at the family home south of this city. the event being urranged by a num ber of the friends in honor of the birthday of Miss Livingston. The TO LIVE AT SPRINGFIELD From Thursday's Dally The Harry Piatt famiiy. whe have , . , ,V, ....lj. nouseliold enects yestetuay to the new home. The family formerly resid- jed in Papillion and have many rela tives and friends over Sarpy county who will be pleased to see thVm back home again. While here Mrs. Piatt was very active in social circles and will be greatly missed by the friends. JOLLY CHEFS The cooking club met Thursday, July 16th at the home of our leader. There were eight mem be is present, The lesson for discussion was on "Simple Desserts." There were other problems of interest discussed. The (meeting was adjourned to meet July 1 30 at 2:00 o'clock with Malinda Leutcheus and Opal Knaup as ban-