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o Nebraska State Histori cal Society y VOL. NO. XXXTX. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUAEY 24, 1924. NO. 56 n 1 4t VERDICT OF GUILTY IN THE PARMELE CASE DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH EM BEZZELMENT OF $1,500.00 FROM LUKE WILES. JURY WAS OUT FIVE HOURS Next Matter Up Will Fricke Case be Tried Today Pamele Faces Two Otter Indictments. The rmbezzelment case of the State of Nebraska vs. Charles C. Parmeie. was given into the hands of the jury Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the conclusion of the arguments and the giving of instructions by Judge Troup, and they retired to the jury room, returning at 7:40 last night with a verdict of guilty, and fixing the sum enibezzeled as $1,500. The case on trial today is that of Carl G. Fricke on an alleged falsifi cation of building and loan books charge. Fricke was acquitted of an enibezzelment charge in this connec tion at the December term. Parmeie faces two other indict ments, both of which allege forgery. Tbe action of the s'ate of Nebras ka vs. Charles C. Pamele was start ed yesterday afterr.cn at 4:30 in the district court when the jury was fin ally select?d and the matter bro: to trial before Judge Troup. The defendant is represented in the action by Fred Wright and H. H. Kuppinger. of Omaha, and William A. Robertson of this city, while the state is represented by L. W. Dort. astistant attorney general, and D. O. Dwyer. special prosecutor for the county. . .... The state commenced thelr""case with the presentalioa byMr,JDwyer and the defense with Mr. Robertson. The charge under which the In dictment was returned by the grand jury is one charging the defendant with the embezzlement of a note for 51.500 made by Luke L. Wiles which was executed, the state claims, for the payment of i part of an indebt edness owed by Mr. Wiles to Mrs. Daisy Douglas and which was ap propriated by the defendant without the knowledge or consent of the maker of the note. Luke L. Wiles was called to the stand and note was read: 51.500 made payable to Charles C. Parmeie. signed by Luke L. Wiles, stamped paid Nov. 2, 1921, endorsed by Chas. C. Parmeie. Witness had talked with Parmeie in back rom of Bank of Cass County. Parmeie had said Mrs. J. E. Douglas had 53,500 she wanted to loan cn farm. Mr. Par meie had said she wanted to p-.-t 51. 50 that witness owed her to make up S5.0'9. Had told Parmeie to ap ply $1,50 0 on the Douglas note of 55.000. Had not talked with Mr. Douglas prior to talking with Par meie. Attention ha i been called to note in late summer of 1921. Note was stamped paid in November 1921. Notified by ei"her Mr. Patterson or Mr. McCIerkir. Proceeds of note had not bevn applied on note of witness to Mrs. Douglas. No part of note paid as yet. The TVjr.k of Cas Coun ty held the note at the time paid by Wiles had said bought the note from Omaha. Witness haci seen Mr. Par meie cn the street before paying the note. Said Mrs. Douglas had decided not to buy land mortgaged ar.d did not want 5 1.5f0. Witness had ask ed for money back. Tar mele had said would see Ceo. Dovey ard ar range for the money. Parmeie had i:ot taid the note as yet. Witness had no business with Do vey cr he with the witness prior to making the rote. Parmeie was not an agent of the witness. On cross examination witness stat ed Parmeie had loaned him money to buy place. Mrs. Douglas had bought the 55,000 note from Parmeie. Par meie had said Mrs. Douglas was go ing to buy Latbram mortgage. Had been the understanding of witness that Parmeie was to apply on the Lathram mortgage the noie made oy witness. Parmeie ha' Faid that Mrs. Douglas would allov. the amount on lean. Witness had known that Do vey held the $5,000 mortgage. Witr nss had gone with Dcvey to the'of- fice of W. A. Robertson where an agreement had been dran up. The drawing up of the agreement was shortly after the time Parmeie had told him he would see Dovey. Objection was raised to the intro luction o' the agreement by the de fense and c-.nsiderable argument had as to the admission of the document. The defense contended that the agreement had secured for Wiles the money. The court stated that in his opinion the fact was that Wiles had made note with the idea of having it applied on the Daisy Douglas note and that if Mrs. Douglas did not sign it the course was to have the note returned to him. Witness knew that it had been made payable to the order of Chas. C. Parmeie. j Mrs. Joe Sevier, daughter of Mrs. j ; Daisy Douglas, now living in Wis consin, stated she had seen $5,000 j note that Luke Wiles-owed mother. 1 Nothing had been paid on the note at all so far. j ! Mr. Wiles recalled and stated on 'December S, 1921. he owned 200 j acres of land, worth $300 per acre. and eighty head of thoroughbred j cattle. j R. F. Patterson, former cashier of Bank, of Cass County, stated he hud known of signature o Chas. C. Par- i ' mele. Had first seen the note in the Rank of Cass County. The note, j when coming into bank's possession : held indorsements. Had been paid about 30 days after coming into bank. Note was paid to Bank of Cass County. Had been paid to Mr. : McClerkin. On cross examination he stated the note had come from the First Na tional bank of Omaha. The siae rested its case at 4:35. Charles C. Parmeie, the defendant. was sworn in at the opening of the morning session. Stated he had liv ed in this city all of his life. Was in the real estate and banking bus'uess. Knew Mrs. Douglas for a number of years. Had a conversation with Mr. Wiles and Mrs. Douglas prior to mak ing note. Talked with Mrs. Doug las in fall of 1120 and later in the Rank of Cass County. The conversa tion between Mr. Parmeie and Mrs. Douglas as to the facts of desiring to make loan was objected to by the state and sustained. Had talked with Mrs. Douglas at her home later. Objections of state to the conversa tion between witness and Mrs. Doug las was sustained. Had conversa tion with Wiles in November, 1U20. on the street. Witness told Wiles that Mrs. Douglas had 53.500 that she wanted witne.ss to loan at S per cent and he had told Wiles he could get loan for 5 5,000 at this rate of in terest and wanted Wiles to pay 51. 500 on his note to Mrs. Douglas so he couid complete the larger loan. Wiles had said he would give a note. Later talked with Wiles in Bank of Cass County and had made out note that was to have been applied on loan. ' Later told Wiles that Mrs. Douglas would give him credit if she secured the larger mortgage. Wit iiess had secured the 55.000 mort gage. Witness had again seen Mrs Douglas a few days later at her home. The state objected to the con versation and was sustained by the court. Tbe defense contended that under wording of the indictment the testimony should be admitted to show that defendant had not com mitted any breach of trust. Received check from Mrs. Douglas a short time after the incident of the Wiles matter. Witness was to use Wiles note with the money of Mrs. Douglas to buy the Lathram mortgage, so he stated to Mr. Wiles. Told Wiles that Lathram mortgage was held in the First National Dank of Omaha. H3d taken the Wiles note to Omaha with Mrs. Douglas' check and secured the aforesaid mortgage and note. Had delivered the mortgage and note of Lathram to Mrs. Douglas. Attorney Wright read the mortgage of C. R. and Goldie Lathram to the property, certified to by the register of deeds. Had told Mr. Wiles what he had done with the note of Wiles'. Had told him that h had bought mortgage for Mrs. Douelas and that she would rrivo him credit. Wiles had said it wa; all risht. Witne.ss had met Wiles on the street and Wiles had sail he received money and interesc f'r l'i- note. Witness had no inter cut in the aLthram mortgage. Had received no benefits from Wiles note. On cross examination witness stat ed the Lathram note had been in the First National bank of Omaha. Mort gage had been made out to George Dovey fur $5,000 and proceeds of sa!e was to have ben used to take up paper of Dank of Commerce, owed by Lathram. Teh note of Wiles had by Lathram. The note of Wiles had bank of Omaha. Had taken note of Wils to Omaha and secured mort gage and not secured the indorse ment. Witness stated that paper of Mr. Lathram was that of a note of $S,000 held in the First National bank of Omaha, the note at mortgage of 5,000 was not there at that time. Wiles had no interest in the Lath ram note and mortgage. Had talk ed with Wiles after he had discover ed that he had not been given credit. Had not said that Mrs. Douglas would not give credit. Did not try to secure credit. At the time that Mrs. Douglas had declined to credit Wile- the note of Wiles had been in ue First Nation $bank of Omaha. Had known the files had received S per cent on settlement instead of six per cent. Witness had not pad the Si.cOO. Had not returned the cote-to Wik-s. Did cot know wn!.u cr the "Wi.i. -note had been paid af ter indictmnnt made by grand jury. Had told W'ies to go t-r.d see'Dovev after he had discovered that he hail not received credit on Douglas note. Wiles had not come to witness and demanded note or money and was entitled to credit Witness had been officer of Bank of Commerce. Bank had belonged to his brother entirely. I On re-direct by Mr. Wright, Mr. Parmeie was again "shown check of Mrs. Douglas, made payable at First National bank of Plattsmouth 'for $3,500. Witness had used proceeds of check -x.. xx ouu Ml. Jcp- Continued on Page 6) JURY RETURNS GUILTY CHARGE ON SIX COUNTS JURY RETURNS VERDICT YES TERDAY AT 5 P. M. IN THE QUINT0N CASE. ACQUITTED ON TWO COUNTS Found Not Guilty of Protecting the Bootleggers : Guilty Charges Fees and Reports. j From Wednesday's Daily I Yesterday afternoon was brought f to the close one of the most hardly : fought cases of the last few years in ' the district court here and one that has attracted state wide attention, ' when the jury in the case of the '. state of Nebraska vs. C. D. Quinton. i former sheriff of Cass county, re turned a verdict at 5 o'clock finding ; the defendant guilty on six counts and not guilty on two. The case was commenced on Tues day, January 15. before Judge A. C. Troup, of Omaha, and was continued through last week and given to the jury Monday evening at C o'clock. There were a large number of wit nses called by both the state and the defense covering all angles of the issues in the case that had been prepared in the indictments voted by the grand jury against the sheriff in November. 1923. The counts on which Mr. Quinton was found guilty, embrace thoe charging him with having failed to make his reports on the first Tues day cf Janur.ry. April. July and Oc tober of the years IS 2 2 and l'.t23; of having failed to make a correct re port of fees earned in the cfEce; of having failed to keep a proper rec ord of fees and of having failed to re port and turn over foreign fees that had been received in his office. The jury acquitted Mr. Quinton on the two counts that cover the charg es in the indictment of having had knowledge of the illegal sales of liquor by Walter Sans and Julia Kaufman and having knowingly protected them in their business. The jury had retired to its room Monday evening liberate on the ued thre until ring when thev at 7 o'clock to de verdict and contin 10:30 Monday eve were allowed to re- . tire bv Judsre T: oup and yesterday mornina: at " o'clock again ccnimen'' ed their deliberations that lasted until 5 in the afternoon when they returned the verdict a.s shown above. Th jury wr-s polled in open court at the request of the defense and gave the verdict as their expresbm of the issues of the case. The defense will file a motion for p new tr'.r.l that will be heard by Judge Troup at a later date. Under tbe provisions of the ver dict of guilty as expressed by the jury it is thought probable that the county commissioners will appoint a new sheriff to take ovr the office un til the next general election, aj? the verdict of the jury carries with it a fine and also removal from office. During the period pending the trial of tbe fase the ofne of sheriff has h?en filled by E. P. Stewart, who was pppointed by Governor Bryan at the time Mr. Quinton was suspended from bis off.ee. pending the hearing of the indictments voted by the late grand jury. From Monday's Pally Continuing the cross examination in repard to the use of confiscated cars by the defendant, which was in progress when the Journal went to press Saturday afternoon, and part of which was included in our Satur day account of the trial, Mr. Quinton admitted he had taken out a license for a Ford car as sheriff. Had given car over to use of Holmes and An derson. Did not know how late Mr. Holmes had been using this car. Witness said had taken out no li cense on Star car. Had got a car in January, 1923; did not remember how long he had used it. Car was later sold under of Justice Weber. OE,r near Union; back to roadmen. direction of court Holmes was using had been turned Had been having correspondence with attorneys for parties in Omaha claiming ownership of one of confiscated cars. ( Mr. Quinton said he had asked for a deputy last January. Had also ask ed prior to January, 1923 Asked by j commissioners if would appoint man rrom central or western part or tne county. t Took possession of living apart ments at jail when built In 1914. De clared no one of commissioners had ever asked him about giving up quar-( ters and jailor's fees. Commissioners had never refused to appoint deputy sheriff. In reply to question by Patrick. defendant said he had taken a vaca tion last summer. Said he had not been out on official business every ! night; nearly every day. Had made, charges for long trips to the country. . .Declared Urebe had done a gTeat deal of worb. Admitted if he had served j (Continued on Page 2) ASKS FOE DIVORCE I' From Tuesday's Pailr A petition has been filed i:i tho . office of the clerk of the di.-trict court by Lillian Harmer, thru her attorney E. A. Smith of Omaha, ask ing that she be given a decree . i di vorce from Isaac llarnter. Th" pe tition cf the plaintiff alleges that the defendant had neglecud and refus ed to provide the proper for"i and clothing tor the plaii.tiff r.'.i her children and also refused to secure fuel and have the furnace in Xhr- I home repaired. The plaintiff further J a lieges that the parties were married ' at Nebraska City on June 2!'. 1907, and that the defendant is worth the sum of at least S50.0-.i0 and aaiply , able to make provisions for the i plaintiff. The parties r ide at t Weeping Water. SHERIFF STEWART MAKES CAPTURE OF BOOZE SATURDAY Arrests Party With Iiq;:?r and Con fiscates Car in vvhich Parries Were Riding at the Time. Prom Monday's Iai'y Late Saturday evening Sheriff E. P. Stewart made the capture of a small amount of liquor being trans ported in an auto from Omaha to this city and as the result placed the party under arrest an 1 as well took over the car that wa- owned by the gentleman who acknowledged ownership of the hnczz. The car was stopped near riatte river wagon bridg" an search of the venial-."- revealed i'a t that there was in the oar the the 1 a tbe t'.ve marts of liquor that wv,s ta:en bv tr.o snr;ll and by !;ia turrc-d tc the county attorney as evi-ien tho case -md the c" driven on he city whore the ui:tr-r v.a. before County Attorney Cole. o er e in ' r t o In ;,: I Justice V.'iliham V.'.etcr wa- called ' to the court house and a trial c:" the ! pirty charged v. ith the transports-i tion. James PL Tripp t. was "ueld in i the crace of tie -ci-unty . attorney.' Mr. Weber assessed a fine and costs on the drfendant dered tbe car. a Chevrolet Of S 1 00 j and or- ' touring j car. taken over bv the county and to ha sold at public auction by th. heriiT at a later date. - m mm m m ns m cz. c .i & ! Ik? f' i ..id lS?-J I xj U.-ilJ E !.!TV 1.-8 3 i FOR LAW VIOLATE William C. Grebe and F. A. Arrested Here Saturday Taken to Papillion. Holme: and "rum Men-lay'.s Iaily Late Saturday afternoon the sher iif of Sarpy county arrived in this city and had with him warrants charging William C. G-ebe. termer countable, and Fred A. Holmes, evi dence man for the state law enforce ment department, with four ci unt:, involving two charges of usurpation of office, one of assault and battery and one of false arrest. The charges were on both of the men and they were taken by the sheriff to Fapillion where they were arraigned before the county judge there. The two men entered a pb-a ot not guilty to the (barge and were released on a bond cf 5600 each to appear at the preliminary hearing which is set for today. The offenses charged against the two men occurred on November 4 and November 2S in Sarpy county and the assavlt and false arrest al leged in the complaint were com mitted on a man named Swartz. GIVES DINNEB TOR HUSBAND From Tu'fJay's laily A large number or the ol 1 time residents of Murray and vicinity were entertained very pleasantly on Wednesday, the 16th of January, at tbe J. W. Berger home at Murray when Mrs. Berger entertained in honor of the "seventy-eighth birthday anniversary of Mr. Berger, who is one of the eld and highly respected residents of that locality. The af ternoon was spent in visiting and discussing old times when the mem bers of the party were all young Those attending the occ-ision were: Messrs. D. J. Pitman. V. A. Kennedy. C. J. Tilson. John Campbell. J. W. Edmunds, Charles H. Boedeker, H. C. Long, Ben Beckman, William Puis, Sr.. B. A. Root. D. C. P.hoden. S. O. Latta. E. Richter, D. A. Young. Charles Carroll, R. R. Nickels and the guest of honor, J. W. Berger. Mrs. Berger was assisted in enter taining by Mrs. J. H. Brown and daughter, Miss Catherine. S. W. FLOWER. CLUB The Social Workers Flower club will meet on Wednesday, January 23 with Mrs. Fred Nolting. A large at- , tenaance is desired d&w Lest anything? Advertise it iiuis nam with ustrm fe 'iTf S F E S Tt n2i iJ hZ I U i i h S OLD TIME RESIDENT OF THIS CITY STRUCK BY AUT0K0 BILE LAST NIGHT. AGCIDEriT CN GHICiGO A' Kcar Wheel cf Car Iriren by Pred Trilety Strikes Aged and Knocks Him Down. I ;-!ii ?,itr...:ay s I-any Vv'illiam Drantner, one of the eld est residents ot this city, was the victim last nicht of an auto accident thai resulted in injuries from whb u he client while on hs way to the I ni wr.'.iiy hospital in Ornuha. The accident occurred some twen ty feet ihis sid? of the Tiding of the pa fluent on Chicago avenue ar.d in a very dangerous plate there is no (-idewalk along this stretch of the highway ar.d the peb walk in the roadway str;ans have to which makes it very daiiccrous for both the pe-des- trians and the ilrivei's of cars. Fred villi a Trilety was driving north ord sedan and s'a'es that vlicn rear the .street light be saw a t-.ar. walking ia the roadway who ?ppar.-ntly v as ur.coiiscious of the ap.iroa-h of the car as he had his !.c-au down and was walking in the 'ire lion t .-:' the approaching car. Zlr. Trilety was alon in the car and states that he turned out to ilie left viu'.i lvar the approaching man and that tn '.he snowy and icy roadway the rcr whoeic c the car skidded id t':- back r-art of the car swung : re a i.d ioaru -ir. i5ramner ami I:r.O'-ked him down. Mr. Triiety had run his car clear over to the v.-c-3t side cf the roadway and go-; cut as he saw tbe unfortunate man lying In the road and found that be wpv t;r!CCIl cious r. shape. and apparently in seri- Mr. Triiety v as unable to handle the injured man and had i darted toward the residence ot C. V. iporbts nearby when the members of !rhe :"an.ilv. attracted by the- noise. i' .ir.:e out anil Glen Niel assisted Mr. i Trilety in geitinr the injured man iii the car and took him to the of I fi 'f Drv. Livingston v. here an cx ' a: 'ir.- ti n of the injured man dis ' ' Ic. ed a very severe c ut on the fore head and al'o deep and dangerous 1 on the back of tbe head had canned a fracture of the Mr. Eraiitner was wholly i:n us and from the nature of the ui!. i -nscio injury it was decided to have him to the University hospital in an.'' the injuries examined by the specialists. The injured man was hurried to he the hospital out ins ied nz Lution soon and a-? i -each be fore any treatment could be given to him. ! i Lrcatner had been in the city Sunday and late in the afternoon had been playing cards with some 'friends at the Gc-ise soft drink par lor and shortly after f o'clock had lid bis friends good night and ttart e:I ic r the tlarb.y Wiles farm south , of the city where he was staying and was on his way to the Wiles home when tbe accident occurred. The matter of an inquest has not ! been definitely settled as yet but County Attorney A. G. Cole stated that after an investigation the indi cations were that tiie accident was one that the driver of the car had ! tried to avoid and that the fact that 1 the car had been stopped within a ! fe w feet of where the unfortunate j man had been struck indicated that Ithe car had skidded when turned out 1 to avoid Mr. Brantner as stated by j the ynur.g man driving the car. William Brantner was seventy years of age at the time of his death and was a native of the Old Domin ion. H? came to Nebraska over fifty jears ago and has made his home for j the greater par' of the time in this ! city and vicinity. He was a man j who had many warm friends of years standing who regret very much his untimely death. ! lie leaves to mourn bis loss one 'son. M. E. Brantner of Pender, Ne braska, and one daughter, Mrs. Allen J. Beeson of this city, and four sis 1 ters, Mrs. T. B. Brown and Mrs. I Morgan Wayhright of Los Ansreles, Mrs. Joe Jeffers of Olympia, Wash ington, and' Mrs. Caroline Snyder of Stanton, Virginia. There have been no definite ar rangements made as to the funeral services by the members of the fam ily. The body was brought back from Omaha last night and taken to the Streight undertaking rooms. VISITS IN THE CITY From Tuesdav's L'ailj Mrs. William Heinrichsen, 223 North 3rd street, had as her house guest yesterday Miss Clara Howell, daughter of Senator and Mrs. R. B. Howell, of Omaha, who is an old friend of Mrs. Heinrichsen. The visit of Miss Howell was very much en joyed at the Heinrichsen home as the hostess and the guest have been friends for a number of years. urn n'R mm SUFFERS INJURED HAND i rri'i.i Tuesday's Daily Yesterday afternoon Drnlo, who is employed ing department of the ; hops was i!:e victim of LeRoy Me in the buff Burlingtoa a very stri ac ident which M was e n?.. whK-a will place him on temporarily. Mr ged in operating a buffing machine and was working v:th a number of elettric fan guards ;hat he w:.s buffing and one of these got caught in the machine taking the youn.T man s band witli it and injuring i!:e member seriously. The rin.j; finger of the- left hand was in jured so bauly that it will probably have to be amputated and the whole band v.-a ; badly skinned and injured. CODER'S JURY CLEARS OAR DRIVER OF BLAME TODAY Fred Trilety Exonerated of Blame in Death cf William Brant ner Sunday Night. i rn Tu'-sJa;. lai'.y This morning a coroner s jury was impanelled by County Attorney A. G. Cole to investigate the circum stances of the death of William Rrantnor. who was fatally injured by being struck by a car on Chicago j avenue early Sunday evening, i The jury impanelled was compos ed of Frank M. Lestor, D. C. Morgan, : II. M. Focuuiclusen, Austin Christ, Dr. O. Sandlc and David Ebersole. , The jury vas taken to the Streight undertaking parlors where they i vie wed the body and the nature of !thc- injuries that h:id caused the jdr-ath of the unfortunate man. They j ihcn adjourned to the office of the county attorney where the testimony c ? Fred Trilety. the young man driv ing th ar that had struck Mr. ' Ilrantr.er, was taken. lie related the : irtumstances cf seeing Mr. Erantner i i walking in the center of the street !rs he drew near him, of having swung th1 c r out to the left of tle hitting him and of t.oe troad to avoid ffat the the back -wheels of-the car t tkidded j car into and swung the back of the Mr. Brantner. It had been impossible to turn the ear to the i riirkt owing to the deep ditch on the I right hand side of the paving. The' Jcnr had been traveling at from IS to 20 miles per hour at the time and : I was stopped in a very short distance. I j The testimony of A. J. Trilety was 1 ; also taken as wax that of Allen J. ji'.eeson v.-bo bad viewed the scene of .tr accident the next day and the i-ituation and the circumstances led ! .Vr. Bec?nn to the belief that the- driver bad done all possible to avoid ! .the accident and the skidding of the, car was purely accidental. j The jury after hearing the evi-, dence. returned a verdict clearing! Mr. Trilety of any carelessness inj ,tr.e accitunt ana that it was an un avoidable accident, pure and simple JTMI-IIE BEGLEY BETTES Frnm Tiir-sd.-.y's Daily Jimmie, the young son of Judge and Mrs. James T. Begley, has for the past several days been suffering from a threatened attack of append icitis and was in very serious condi tion but yesterday was reported as being able to be up and around the house. tt, jss r?s tyr? rv nsa tvC C6?diality fi J .. .. SAVING r: in i " Wishing for money won't place you in poEsession of a snug bank account at the end of the year. Systematic saving, begun today, will. $1 opens your Sav ings Account at this strong bank. the First National Bank THE BANK WHEP?E DJJSTTSMOUTH The Bank Where MRS. CAROLINE JOHNSON PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT i Death 10 Occurred at the Home Here at O'Clock Fro:si Heart Trou ble End was Sudden. From Tuesday's Last evening son residing on Un 1 iy Mrs. Caroline John Wintersteen hill, ro 1 tired about (time seemed ll) o'clock and at the in her usual health ar.d the members of the- family were greatly shocked a few niouir ' later to find that tbe mother hr. : pr c l away, death having come a the re sult of a sudden attack ' f heart toruble. The deceased lady was fifty-eight years ofage and was born in Aus tria and came to America in her youth and for the past thirty-two years has made her home in IMatts inouth. She was twice married, toih of the husbands having preceded her in death. The deceased lady has been a very devoted mother and lias reared a large family of young men and women who will miss very much her acre and attention now that the lias been called upon to l?y down the burden of life. The children are: Henry Lahoda of this city. Mrs. Frank Schmader, of Omaha: Charles Lahoda, Omaha; Tony Lahoda. of this city; Joseph Lahoda and Mrs. Dewey Zuckweilor of Miller, South Dakota; Louis Lahoda, of Omaha, and Claude Lahoda and James John son of this city. No arrangements have Wen made for the funer?l as yet, await ine word from the relatives in South Dakota. RE8EKAHS HOLD THEIR INSTALLA TION OF OFFICERS lArp-e JInmber Irora Omaha Assist in Wcrk of Placing IJew Cfficers in Their Stations. From Tuesday's Daily The Rebekahs last evening held their installation of officers at the lodge rooms in the Odd Fellow building and the session was one of the mot interesting and largely at tended that has been held in a num ber of months by this branch of the Odd Fellow fraternity. To assist in the work the drill team from Omaha was present and installed in the stations the, newly elected officers who were: Noble Grand Mrs. Fred Mutr.ni. Vice Grand Miss Helen Ltua. Secretary Sanford Short. Treasurer Mrs. Sophia Short. The ceremonies were very impres sive and the members of the lo.Ice enjoyed very much the fine manner in whicii the work w as put on t y the drill team. Tbe last portion cf tbe evening was enjoyed socially in the serving of refreshments that were fully appreciated by all of the mem bers of the party. All the home news delivered our door daily for 15o a week. at Tn m ri ervice m l in kta k.' . v.. with V 111 on'f WILL YOU AT MO.t '-;u NEBGASiCA. You Feel at Homt ,? V aCn W-. V. Ml I K . Ife . m f t i a.-j