Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
VOL. HO. aT.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20. 13
210.
it.
RUNAWAY BOYS
ARE FOUND TO
BE FROM OMAHA
Two Young Lads Picked Up at th
Platte River Bridge Touni to
be Frora. Or
hanag-e.
From Friday'? Ijuily
The two young boys who were
picked up at the Platte river bridge
u few (lays ago where they stopped
to get a feed, have been located as
being two hoys who ran away from
the Masonic' omhanatre in Omaha
last wetk.
The two hoys walked across the!
uuutr .iiiu ti'iieu ui 11 e i
home of Joe Thorr.pson. caretaker!
or the bridpe. and asked for a hand-!
out as they were hungry and had I
net been fed for a long period of
hours. The Thompson family very!
kindly pave them food and also call
ed up the county attorney, ar.d Sher- (
iff Stewart motored out and brought j
the two boys in to ti e city where j
they were cared for at the juil nil-'
til their relatives or friends could be j
located. The boys pave addresses in I
Omaha as their homes which t n in
vestigation were found to be false
and this moraine the county attor
ney received information that two
hoys were missing from the Masonic
orphanage at Omaha and getting in
touch with the authorities there dis
covered that the two boys were from
that institution.
This afternoon
from th? orphanage
re preservatives
en mo on down
and secured the beys
nd took them
cv. hack to the metropolis where they
will be given another trial at the in
Ftitutien ir?iu which they escaped.
BARNEY BAROWELL
IS VERY SEVERELY
INJURED IN WRECK
Wcrd Received Here TeU Serious
Injury to rormer President
ci This CItjf.-
From Sarurdav's IaH-'
Last nipht word was received from
Bloonington, Illinois, of the serious
injury of Barney Bard well, fine time
resident of this city and a well
known baseball player in the years
that he made his home hfre.
Mr. Bard well has been firinp on
the Illinois Central railroad out of
Bloominpton and the report states
his injury was suffered in a railroad
.vrci: near that place.
The facts as to the accident that
resulted in tb.e
well were very
stated that he
severe injury to
injury of Mr. Bard
meapre and merely
had suffered a very
his head and was be-
ing taken to Chicago on
train and Mrs. Bardwell
a special
was ac-
eonipnuyin
lg her husband to the hos-
pital.
The nrnouiuement was received
hrre by Harry Poisill, brother of
Mrs. Bardwf 11 and was very rief as
it was .-ent iu'-t as the train was
leaintr for Chica-o and pave no de
tails save that the condition of the
unfortunate man was very danger
ous and he was iu a most critical
state.
INTER
PAFLE3
From
Friday's i'Qily
C. C. Despain of thic city
has
brought to the Journ.'.l s'-vcral
very
interesting old newspapers that he
has pre? rveii for a ftr.'-at n:':ny years.
O'.e of those is a copy of the Council
E'ufTs Bugle, of April 10. li.
when thi- part of th'
si ill t!v: d;vain of tht
and C:::ai.a a mere
Pl.-ttsniouth was just
country was
noble rc dnnn
village while
beinc organ
ized as a settlement. The paper has
few local items that are of interest
rn e one that tells of the election in
Mi."s eounty when even at that
early date an attempt was being
r-ade to move the county seat from
Glenwood hut which was defeated as
have many attempts since that time.
Another of the papers is one
printed in Vicksburp. Mississippi,
during the seige of that place in
July, 1S0:, and the paper of one
PTge i; filled with a number of in
cident? of the struggle which was
raging outside of the city between
the southern and northern armies.
JAIL IS CROWDED
From Fridav'ji Taily
Deputy Sheriff Rex Young and his
wife are conducting one of the best
patronized boarding houses in the
citv in the county jail building, but
the capacity of the building is now
almost filled to the limit as the re
sult of the activities of the county
officials. There are now twelve per
rons confined in the jail and they
have every available ppice well filled
up and a few more arrests will make
necessary overflow meetings for the
prisoners. All of the cell section as
well as the upper floor of the Jail
section of the building is filled up.
Three of the prisoners are awaiting
to be taken to the state reformatory
as soon as there is room in that in
stitution for them and this will help
lighten the burden of the jailor. This
is the largest number that has been
in the jail for the past few years.
HAS AUTO ACCIDENT
From Friday's I:.iiv
William J. O'Brien, rormer head
of the state fisheries at Gretna, and
well known over this section of the
state, wu-i. with Mrs. O'Brien and
Mrs. Jason Streight, the victim of
a very severe auto accident on lust
Sunday, and which resulted iu the
serious injury of Mrs. Streight. The
party vas returning to South Bend
from Fremont about K:.?o in the
eveninp and the accident occured on
the I). L. D. highway near Ashland.
Tiiere were two busses passing at the
time of the accident and Mr. O'Brien
turned his car out of the way of one
of the busses only to be hit by the
other. Mrs. Stre
ght was thrown out
j of the car and received a severe
, scalp wound of several in- lies in
leapt n arm wnicn was very deep.
Besides a few bruises Mr. and Mrs.
O'Brien
were uninjured.
GUESSING CON
TEST ON LUMP
OF COAL DECIDED
The Tidball Lumber Co. Makes
Award for the Successful
Winners in Contest.
' From Thursday's I'ailv
; The puessinp contest that the Tid
ball Lumber A: Coal Co. has been con
ducting: for the past few months was
closed yesterday when the awards
in the contest were made and the
prize winner selected from the lists
. of thos puessinp on the weight cf
the large lump of coa! that has been
j on exhibition in front of the office
! builiing.
I The lump of coal was one of the
larpest that has been brought to
the city and has attracted a preat
deal of attentio-n as it was a decided
I novelity and the guesses covered a
larpe ranpe. some beinp far and away
below the exact weipht and others
several hundred pounds over wieght.
i The Ticbal! Co., selected C. C.
Weseott. president of the Ad club.
Emil J. Weyricn and Frank H. Smith
as th? co Turrit tee to e:- zrttn th
tueaces and make the
wards to those )
weight. The ticket giving the weight
of the lump of coal was sealed in an
envelope and placed in the Piatts
mouth State bank where it remained
until yesterday afternoon when it
was secured by the committee and
t opened in tiie presence of Mr.
Tidball and all of the members of the
committee. The wieght of the lump
was "."7 pounds.
The check of the list of guesses
showed that Mrs. Frank Rehal was
the nearest correct os her guess had
been rjt;r or within five pounds of
the correct amount and the second
was that of Mrs. W. A. Galloway
who had guessed the weight at 2ffio
.or witirn fen pounds of the correct
weigh. The third
nearest guess was i sr
Fred Gcis and I). T.
of ,.. h. m had selected
guess find these two
draw lots to deejde th'
The first prize will
Ilahney, ho4h
Lrr0 as their
will have to
winner,
be one ton of
pounds
coal, the second prize
and the third prize r00
pounds.
STEANGEHS GET NIPPED
1 From Thursday's Onily
This morning two strangers,
are supposed to hail from the
j city of Syracuse in Otoe county, were
I nabbed by Constable Tom Svoboda
and Chief of Police Hinrichsen ard
are now lodged in the city basfile
to answer to the charge of violation
of the prohibition law. The two
' men had driven in here and appar
ently under the influence of liquor
to a greater or less extent and this
attracted the attention cf Mr. Svo
i boda, who camped on their trail
: closer than a candidate after the
elusive voter, and in the course of
time the two men grew aware that
all was not well and that they were j
being watched, and accordingly thev i
: were seized with a desire to conceal
j the incriminating liquor and made
j the attempt but the constable spotted
j their cache and at once proceeded to
retrive the liquor and place the men
, under arrest. They were taking to
the city jail as the county prison is
overflowing and will remain there
I until the return of County Attarney
,Capwc-ll from Weeping Water when
the' will be given their airing be
fore the courts. It was stated by
the police that the men face a charge
of possession, from the county, and a
charge of driving a car while in
toxicated, from the city.
ENJOYS HUNTING PARTY
From Thursday's Daily:
A hunting party composed of
Herbert Drexel of the Drexel Shoe
Co.. Dr. C. F. Schmidtmann and Mr.
Norton of Omaha and William
Schmidtmann, Jr., of this city, were
engaged a few days ago in hunting
the festive squirrel on the William
Reynolds place near Union. The
hunters secured a goodly array of
the squirrels and had a very fine
time out in the open. On their return
home the hunters stopped at the
Oscar Gapen home where they enjoy
ed one of the famous chicken dinners
that Mrs. Gapen has specialized in
and which have been enjoyed by a
large number of the residents of this
locality.
OTOE COUNTY PAR
TIES DRAW DOWN
SOME STIFF FINES
Glen Sackley Receives $116 Fine and ;
Hay James
One For S20
and Costs.
From Friday's Laily
Last evening. Justice William
Weber had up ior consideration at
his court the cases of Glen Sackley.
cnarged witii lump intoxicated and
in possession of iiquor, and Ray
James, charged with beinp in the
'-tare of intoxication contrary to the
peace and dipnity of the people of
the state of Nebraska.
The two men claimed their resi-
dir.'e as Syracuse and were caupht
yesterday morninp bv Chief cf Po
lice Hinrichsen and Constable Svo
t tioria wnn a larpe napon 01 corn
juice on tneir perscn and lodged in
jail for the day until the return cf
the county attcrney who filed the
complaint against Sackley for pos
ussicn and intoxication while James
was fined under the city oruinaiiTes
for beinp drunk.
The defendants did not deny the
fact that they had the corn juice or
that they had inbibed too freely of
the beverage that cheers ami also
cax?ses r. great deal of trouble
The finc were paid and the par
ties sent on their way sadder but
wiser by the experience.
UK U
GARL GOUOHER
WAS PROPER
Sa-
s Tl-at Traveling Man Had Fair
Trial and That Evidence Sus
tains Jury Verdict.
Frern Friaay'n ii.-.i.-y
At'orney General ?pil!man has
filed with the ruprTpe court his
printed opicic(n that le conviction
of Carl F... G' f e -.Mj-'- and
abetting Arthur S. Allen, former
clerk of Lincoln
couniv. m
committing a forgery, was proper
and is fully sustained by the evi
dence. Goucher was an agent of the
Omaha Printing company, which
so'd a large amount of supplies to
the county.
As the story is told by the state,
Goucher was handed certain war
rants in psym'-nt of legal claims of
his company against the county, but
that instead cf handing them over to
hi:-- employer, he endorsed them and
t-seT 'he pro'-eeds; that later, when
checking up the account of his com
j "i;y with the clerk, he was astound
ed to find how raudi he owed his
employer; that he then and there
asked Allen 10 fix things up for him.
that the countv would pay more
n it owed, and later he would pr.y
th;
it back
The
because
attorney general spys that
cf the misconduct of cer
tain county officials the people of
he county were so wrought up that
he did net ret a fair trial. He says
hat while it is true the newspapers
did print a great deal about the cases
Goucher wasn't tried for neariy a
year and that the question of wheth-
who I r he snould have been tried in an
fir ' ether county was one resting within
the sound discretion of the trial
judge.
As to the claim that County Clerk
Allen did not secure the money for
Goucher in the wry that the testi
mony indicates (Goucher had sug
gested and that, therefore, he could
or nave amcci or anctted him in
j what he did, the attorney general
I says that the means are immaterial.
jfFPncially where the defendant had
: asked him to help in some way. The
complaint is based on a fraudulent
v.arrcnt for fSf.O that Allen issued
to the
Journal.
printing company. State
HAS NEW COUPE
From Friday's Daily
Miss Estelle Geis. the efficient
stenographer in the office of Attor
ney William A. Robertson is the
possessor of a fine special Dodge
coupe, which she has just purchased
and which will furnish the means of
travel over the hills and vallies of
this section of the state in the future
for the owner. The car is a very
fine one and Miss Geis will find a
great deal of pleasure in it in the
future.
RAFFLES DOILIES
Some time ago Mrs. C. C. Neff
presented to the American Legion
post of this city a fine hand made
doily and also a line buffett set
that was the handiwork of her skill.
At the recent festival the two art
icles were raffled off by the ladies of
the Legion Auxiliary and Mrs. Mike
Hild was the winner of the doily and
Mrs. Robert Reed of the buffett set.
The articles were very beautiful and
the kindness of Mrs. Neff will long
be remembered by the service men
and women of the community.
Mrs. William Budip returned tn
Omaha today after a short visit here joyment of the program of the after
with the old time friends. noon.
MAY FACE OTHER CHARGES
From Saturday's liaily
Mathias Marvi's. who is serving
out a sentence i i the county jail
here for stealing a set of harness
from the barn of It ay Becker of near
Union, faces a longer stay shut in
from the sunshine and pleasantness
of the autumn days. Mr. Marvin
was found, when arrested, to be in
passession of a team or' horses that
were claimed by parties living near
Valley. Nebraska, and for this offence
be still has to answer. His term
here is drawing to a close and when
he btcps forth from the Cass count v
j jail it will be into
the welceminp
arms ot .Mike J:
iiires. sheriff of
i)o.:glas county
-.vLo wil! take him
to Omaha to ariaign him on the
horse stealing ch:rpe. This offence
, is very serious and will probably
I luean that Mathiai will po out to
Lincoln to dwell for some time at
least.
dRBARiN' GULCH
CLOSES WITH A
U3GE CROWD
American
Lerrion Post
Has Splendid
Snppoit in it?
Past Fc;
Carnival the
: Lays.
From. Thursday's )"'Hl)v
Last evening the American Legion
Roarin' Gulch t- stival closed its
doors after four rir.:nts of unabated
success and interc.-t and the Eagles
hall, where the cr. nival was staged,
was packed to th.- doors from 7
o'clock to ;:.idnigr.t by the residents
of the community to assist the ser
iee men ia the success of their en
terprise. The members -f the Hugh J.
Ker. rns post of th" American Legion
feel very appreci? live cf the P-.y;Li
and enthusiastic f tipprrt in whirh
the p-rople of Plattsniou'h and in
f:ict ail Cass county responded tr
their festival and assisted in making
it the great and unqualified success
that it has proven to have 'been.
From Saturday or through to last
night there have been large and
pleasing attendai";s at the festival
ard the pubjic vj,w T'-.-'f,':r effort"
to do something for the service men
who were spon.virir.g the entertain
ment. There wcYe many donptionc for
the festival and persons who voiun
teered ard assisted in the work of
running- the festival and ferrnishing
the entertainment whose services
were invaluable and could not be
measured in money cost to the Le
gion. When the last dance of the even
ing was played Inst night the work
t is and the committee of the Leain
looked upon a hail that was bare of
everything except the bunting and j
decorations and every- booth sold out '
and many of these had been clor.' d 1
earlier in the evening when the
r'.ocks were exhausted.
In the 1,."00 that filled the hail
there were many from out in the
county, the farmers of this section j
f nd their families, the men
of
"vi
the
ves.
Burlington
shops and their
families
business
citizens
ard sweetbtarts and the
men and their ladies and
in general of Plattsmouth
represented in the
joining in the final
crowd that
big boost for
was
the i
i
Legion.
One of the chief attractions of
evening was the drawing for
cardial prize the Fordcr Ford
dm and in the drawing that
the
the
held by the children, selected from
the crowd on the floor, the car was
awarded to Walter Salsburg of Lou
isville, who held the lucky number,
G."0, which was drawn as the one
winning the car. This makes the
second time that the Legion car has
been Avon by residents of the outside
towns as the one Inst year was wen
by Marion Pittman of Avoca.
The large crowd was largely en
gaged in the patronizinp of the
booths and the genial carnival spirit
prevailed until late in the eveninp
when dancing was enjoyed until the
close of the festival and the ICettle
son orchestra furnished the music
for the occasion.
AUXILIARY HOLDS MEETING
From Saturday's Daily
The Woman's Auxiliary of the St.
Luke's parish of the Episcopal
church held a very delightful meet
ing yesterday at the home of Miss
Dora Fricke on North Sixth street
which was very largely attended by
the members of the church society.
The ladies are this year studying
one of the well known works on
"China" in which is covered the
many changes that have come in the
form of government of this ancient
nation that is now in the throes of
awakening and adopting the plans
and methods of the more progressive
western nations.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. J. M. Roberts who led the dis
cussion, of the national life of China,
its people, religious work, customs
and reviews of the possibilities of
the future in that land which is so
little know in the outside world. A
number of very interesting papers
were given along the line of the top
ic of the afternoon and which were
followed with the greatest interest
by the ladies.
Pleasine- refresh
sn
BARGAIN WEDNES
DAY AGAIN PROVES
VERY -SUCCESSFUL
Despite the Threatening Weather of
the Fleming Very Lare Crowd
Visits Stores.
From Thur'!a v's i : i y
The monthly community sales day
' yesterday was
u v ry pleasinp sm -way
for the business
ty and dimonstrated
advertising and the
1 bargains in various
1 cess in every
1 men of the c
j the power of
I offering of re;
"ties that are
carried m tne store
cf
the city.
The opening
utifuvoraLle as
of the day was most
far as the weather
was com-erneu as in and near
city there was quite a iieavv
rani
that checked the volume ot trade in
the morning hours nut this was more
than made up for when the cloud
rolled away in the ai'ternex.n.
Starting in the early afternoon the
cais commenced to roll into the
city from the nearby trade territory
and bringing whole families in to
participate in the buying opportun
ities that were offered and from the
afternoon until the closing hour
last night the stores were well filled
with the shoppers seeking to take
advantage of the bargains that were
on display.
The business houses generally re
port a much better bargain day than
was anticipated and many strangers
here to become acquainted with the
advantages of Plattsmouth as a trad
ing center.
DEATH OF FORMER
RESIDENT OF THIS
CITY LAST fiiONTK
J.
W. Snellbacher. Who Was Born
Eere, Dies Prominent Citi
zen of Billings, I,Iont.
The death oi' J. V. .fc'nel ibacher
well known resident of Billings,
Montana, who was born in this city
and passed part of his boyhood here,
occurred at his home in Billings in
September following a sudden ili
ncss and operation and occurred so
suddenly that tha mother, brothers
and sifters failed to reach his bed
side before the arrival of the grim
reaper.
Mr. Snellbacher had made his
home for a greater part of his life at
BiHings where he wc-s very promi
nent and was at the time of his
death a candidate for the sta'e leg-
islature there on the republican tick
1 et. He was also very active in the
Masonic order and in the Lions club
l and a man held in the highest cs
j teem.
I he faneiihncner lamny were m
the earlv eighties residents of Platts-
mouth and William Hassler of this
city is an uncle of the deceased gen
tleman. The followinp sketch of his life is
f-iven by the Billinga (Mont.) Ga
zette. John William Snellbacher was
born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, in
IS S3. Ke lived in Nebraska until he
was fourteen years old, when the
family moved to Colby. Kansas. In
'3&05 he was graduated from the
Colby high school, later taking a nor
mal course at Emporia, Kansas. For
a few years he taught school, and
then he went to the University of
Michigan to take work in law. He
received his degree from the univer
sity in 1911, beginning practice at
once.
The first few years of practice
were spent in California. In 1914,
Mr. Schnellbacher came to Billings
where he opened an office. He was
married in this city to Miss Inez
Richtman. One child, a little girl,
Lael. now three years old, was born.
During his residence in Billings.
Mr. Schnellbacher was active in lo
cal and state civic affairs. He was a
member of the local bar association.
He served a term as president of the
Lions club, which organization had
him under consideration for an in
ternational office at the time of his
death. During the iast primary elec
tion, Mr. Schnellbacher was a can
didate for the house of representa
tives. Besides Mrs. Schnellbacher and
the daughter, he is survived by his
mother, Mrs. A. M. Ullrich, of Colby,
Kansas; five sisters. Mrs. Margaret
Howard, of Grass Range; Miss La
vina Ullrich, 419 North 9th street;
Mrs. William Ehler. Holyrood. Kan
sas; Miss Augusta Ullrich, Houston,
Texas; and Miss Lena Ullrich, a stu
dent at the state university of Berk
eley. California: and five brothers,
Claude Schnellbacher, Colby, Kan
sas; Henry Schnellbacher, Page,
Kansas; George Ullrich, Houston,
Texas; John Ullrich. (Holyrood, Kan
sas; and Philip Ullrich of Colby,
Kansas.
Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz and
wife, Mrs. R. B. Hayes, Mrs. Ed
Roman and Miss Ella Kennedy were
in Omaha for a short time attend
ing the missionary convention that
is meeting there today.
Lest anything? Advertise II
rCND IS FILED EY BUS OWNER
i From Thursday's Tal'y
J The first bond to be taken out by
ja bus line owner in Nebraska and
ineu wnn the state railwav com-
r.ission. as order, d by that
body
town
over
some time apo, is lumisbed by
ry n.strt cf Weeping Water.
er:
s a i
lie ,
twern r ; i r i r
bond turned
an
bv
lia
Cmaha.
i: .!!. c
The
rries $5.0 CO maximum
mtv to
any inju.itd person, $J0.
fi.r ail passengers, and
property damages as the
icvid -iijs. The premium
:;-l.r0 for injury risk and
perry, or ?4i;i.50 iu all.
, Oho total
, $1,000 for
j r suit of
paid was $
J SMi i'ui prr
Norn
has been received bv the
railway commission that W. W.
Townsend of Hastings ia arranging
i to file a similar bond. Owner:-; of
'bus lines have been given until Oc
tober 20 to file surety instruments.
FATHER LEETE
TO SERVE ON
COMMITTEES
Will Ee One cf Number cf Promi
nent Members of Clergy Se
lected to Assist at Denver.
Father V.. S. Leete of the St
Luke's church of this c'ty has been ;
selected as one cf the clergymen ;
from in and near the central west to j
become a member of the general I
committee of the Evergreen. Colora-I
do, cc.i.f"renee of the Episcopal j
caurch. which has charge of the i
c-onfe rrnres fcr lay peop;e.
Father Leete has hern at the ees-
r,;or.s of the converence in the past
which are held at Camp Neosho near
Eversrreen. and from iiis Interest and
helpfulness in the cause l.e has been j
mitte" that will carry ou; the plans
for the enlargement of the field cf
activity of the conference and a
greater facility for the work.
The conference has purchased ad
ditional grounds near Camp Neosho
which will furnish greater facility
and ability to care for those who
will ccrae for the summer conference
from all over the United States. This
vv?il vzrsr-t th ccr.fe:-i. c? tha n'vt
ar to become more general in its
nature and take in a number of
its groups instead of jut tne one
croup that has been held there in
the past. The clergy school which
is held at the camp or retreat each
summer for the members of the
priesthood is one of the strong fea
tures of the meetings.
Father Leete will leave on Sunuay
for Denver to attend the first meet
ing ol the committee which will be
held at the St. Mark's parish house.
on Tuesday October 2Mh. and will
remain there until the work is com
pleted on outlining the plans of
action.
S. S CLUE MEETS
The T. S. S.
club had a meeting
journeyed, down to
Inst night and
the Muddy Missouri where thev had
i moonlight wienie roast and then
pent and enjoyable hour playing
.ew Orleans. The side under Cap
tain Weber were the winners. Those
esent were: Misses Emma John
son, Mildred Schiater. Frances Bent-
ley, Emma Wohlfarth. Florene
Tritsch, Lillian Palacek. Esther
Hcafey, Jeanette Weber, Edna War
ren. What Will
Buy
They'll buy more then than
they will today if you deposit
them in our Savings Department
at 4 compound interest.
Save something every pay
day. The interest we will pay
you is as good as a raise in your
wages. Begin now!
The First nItional Bank
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL A.T HOME
PLMTSMOUTH jHj "NEBRASKA
"The Bank Where Yon Feel at Home!'
JUSTICE WILLIAM
WEBER HAS VERY
BUSY TIME TODAY
Several
trate
Ca?es Come Eefore
to Pass Upon in Eej:
to Law Violations.
I-Iagis-
;ard
From ThursO.-.. s I'ailv
This morning. Justice William
Weber had a very busy time when
the drnnnct of the law was thrown
out and several parties enmeshed
and brought before the court for a
hearing.
Tit;- first matter to tahe up the at
tention of his honor was the hearing
of a complaint against Walter Burke
by County Attorney J. A. Cap well
in which the young man was charg
ed with the violation of the liquor
law.
The complaint charged Mr. Burke
with possession of Huuor and also
ith the sale of liquor. The alleged
took place en Saturday evening
and the arrest of the young man was
made yesterday afternoon.
After hearing the evidence in the
case and the statements of the state
ar.d the defendant, the court assess
ed a fine tif ?100 and costs on two
(counts and which will amount to
!?22f. The prisoner was remanded
to the custody of Sheriff E. P. Stew
jart until the fine and costs are paid.
Mr. Weber in hi? capacity as po
lice judge also heard the complaint
filed by the police against J. W.
! Rogers who was charged with Inv
Hng resisted an officer and also with
(being intoxicated and on these two
'. offenses he received a fine of $10
land costs for both offenses which
amounted to $23.50. The defendant
; was charged with havinp forcibly re
sisted arrest and abused Officer Joe
I Lobershal when
he had placed him
under arrest.
SIXTH STREET NOTES.
From Friday's Daily
The Halstead meat market of
which B. J. Halstead is the manager,
andwhich has been closed for the
past few weeks has again opened
its doors for th trade ar"i Mr. Hil
stead is once more at the helm and
offering his usual line of goods of
substantial meats and groceries.
The W. P. Cook barber shop in the
Modern Woodman building is one of
the new business houses In that
portion of the city and Mr.
Cook
bUPi-
while a veteran at the barber
ness has a very attrac tive new
place
in this location.
OMAHA GIRL TO TRY OUT
ON CRPEEUM CIRCUIT
Miss Evelyn Newbranch, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Newbranch,
departed for Kansas City, where Fhe
will try out on Orpheum time vaude
ville in a song act which is bcins
sponsored by Gus Edwards.
Miss Newbranch sang for Mr. Ed
wards when he was'at the Orpheum
theater here a week ago. At ihat
time Edwards declared her sinping
of character sonps was superior to
that of many well known artis;s. As
a result he has assured her that if
she enjoys the work and cares to
continue she can obtain a year's con
tract and an option on a second year.
Miss Newbranch has taken the
stage name "Jane Vyrne." Omaha
Bee.
Today's Wcges
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