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VOL. 170. XTJIT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1927.
NO. 53
Enjoy Sunset
cf Life in Real
Weslded Bliss
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Waybright,
Aged 84 and 80 Years Happy in
Each Other at Coast Home.
The Los Angeles Times of a recent
date had a very fine picture of two
well known former residents of thi3
city. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Way
bright, who were residents of thi.
city from their marriage immediately
after the civil war up to twenty-two
years vgo when they removed to Los
Angeles where they have since made
their home.
The many friends here will be in
terested in reading of their happy
years in the sunset days which they
are spending in their home in the
west.
The article from the Times is as
follows: i
If she opuld turn time backward
sixty-two years and be a hoop-skirt
bride again. Mrs. Morgan Waybright,
1141 West Twenty-fourth street,
would ask no better husband than
the one she married August 17. 1S65.
namely. Morgan Waybright. she sn.id
yesterday. She is SO years of age and
her husband is S4.
The couple were celebrating their
sixty-second wedding anniversary
quietly at their home because neither
was feeling very chipper, but many
friends dropped in during the after
noon and evening to congratulate
them and ask for their formula for
happy marriage.
"If fol!;s roth do as they ought to
do." opined Mr. Waybright. "they'll
get along. I don't know that there
a're any more divorces nowadays than
there were when we were young, ine
amerenee 13 mat mere are more peo-
pie than there were then. There
were just as many ornery people in
my days as there .are now , and don't
i- r : iivriiui v i i i vim i i i r i
Mrs. Waybright had taken no part ; Miss Delle Ilarber of Tacoma. Wash
In the divorce discussion vp to this Kington and Chester Ilarber of Grand
point, but she interrupted her hus-: Island, who Is ill and will be unable
band to say that if a woman feeds j to attend the funeral services. The
her husband what he likes to eat and I Ilarber family resided for many years
always has dinner on the table when jat Tekamah, near where Mr. and Mrs.
it should 1 e there, she Is not likely j Ilarber homesteaded after the close
to have many domestic worries. She. of the civil war. The maiden name
didn't try to say that she and her
husband had never had any quarrel?
in their sixty-two years of weddec
life. Not by a long shot!
"Rut." she said, "we've always
made it a point to settle our differ
ences when they came up, and when
they were once settled that was the
end of it. Neither of us likes to
quarrel. I think that, in most cases
both of them are to blame for it when
a couple is divorced. I would be will
ing to live with my husband for an
other sixty-two years if I could, but
I don't suppose we'll be here that
long."
Mr. Waybright. a native of Vir
ginia, fought on th Confederate side
during the Civil War, and when Ik
enme out of the army he went tr
work at 5 0 cents a day. They have
lived In Los Angeles twenty-one
years.
CALLED ON WILD CHASE
From Monday's Daily
Sheriff Bert Reed and Deputy
Sheriff W. R. Young were called out
to the vicinity of Ashland yesterday
where it was reported that a serious
auto accident had occurred on the
D. L. D. in Cass county. The sheriff
and deputy made the run out to the
sfene of the supposed accident and
with visions of persons injured or.ly
to find when they arrived there that
the affair was a matter of dispute
by the parties over the damage for j
the accident. A car from New York,
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Falls City car belonging to one
of
the national guard members at the
camp and the parties had a dispute
over the cost of the damage that was
tne !
later settled at Ashland and
affair settled when the sheriff
rived.
HAVE FINE AUTO PARTY
From Monday's Dally
Miss Mathilde Soennichsen has re
turned home from a very delightful
auto trip in the east that has cover
ed some four weeks and taken her
into a great deal of very Interesting
country. M'ss Soennichsen was ac
companied by a lady friend from
Omaha and they enjoyed visits at
Chicago and New York where Miss .
Soennichsen visited a number of the I
1-ading wholesale houses and made j
purchases
of many attractive lines!
for the II. M. Soennichsen Co.. store'
in this city. Later the ladies cn1ov-M(.tic
ed an auto trip through New England
and in the Berkshire hills and White
mountains that made the holiday one
of the rarest pleasure.
ENJOY A FINE SHOOT
From Monday's Dally
Yesterday the members of the
Plattsmouth Rifle club enjoyed a very
fine day at the U. S. rifle range north
ot this city and some very good scores
were 1 ecordod by
the twelve mem-!
bers who were out for the shootlne
The high scores were Elmer Taylor,
2H; C. W. Huptchins. 208; Warren
Taylor, 198 and B. C Racow 187.
MISS OLIVER VERY LOW
From Tuesdays Daily
Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mor
gan were at Lincoln where they spent
the day in that city with Miss Carrie
Oliver, sister of Mrs. Morgan, who
is in very critical condition at the
sanitarium. Miss Oliver, some five
years ago, suffered a paralytic
stroke and has never fully recovered
from the effects of this and her con
dition has become such that it was
found necessary to have her removed
from the home of her sister, Mrs.
A. W. Hallam to the sanitarium for
treatment. Miss Gertrude Morgan
has been at Lincoln assisting in the
care of tho aunt nnri rPtiirnP.l last
eveninsr with the narents. Miss Oliver
nas gradually ben growing worse
until she is now only partially con
scious and her condition has great
ly worried the members of the fam
ily. Death of Former
Resident Here
jf O J I six branch lines, will bring t
uccures oURQaVi3111011 right up to snuff s
J Underwriters rules are con
Mrs. Elizabeth Haiber Dies
Soldiers and Sailors Home at
Milford Funeral Here.
at
From Monday s Paiu
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Har
ber, former resident of this city, oc
curred Sunday at the Soldiers and
Sailors home at Milford, Nebraska,
where she has resided for the past
few years and at the time of death
Mrs. Ilarber vas seventy-eight years
of age.
The deceased lady was born in
Illinois and came to this state when
the state was still one of the young-;
est in me union, ner nusoana Deing
i eieiau oi me ovu war acu wuo
preceeded her in death seceral years
ago
pe children of he "deceased are
j. i .3. cilui s i x auui iii. ivr ului.iv t . '
of Mrs. Ilarber was Elizabeth Ash
bury. Mrs. Ilarber was grandmother of
Mrs. Ilallie B. Perry and Fred Stew
art of this city and made her home
here for many years until her failing
health and advancing years made it
necessary for her entering the Home
where the aged veterans and widows
are cared for.
WOODMEN DROP TWO
From Monday's Dally
While the league baseball team
was absent from the city yesterday
the Modern Woodmen team of thi3
city entertained at the local ball park
and had as their guests the Pacific
Junction team and the Schafer team
of near Murray, the local ball players
dropping both of the contests, the
Junction winning 12 to 4, and the
Schafers by the score of 8 to 7.
In the opening struggle the Pa
cific Junction team showed their su
periority and behind the hurling of
Flynn they made easy work of the
contest and had little trouble in win
ning. The second game was more inter
esting as the teams were more evenly
matched and the M. W. A. made a
hard fight in thel ast of the ninth to
come within one score of tying the
battle. For the Schafer team "Tip"
Rector of Weeping Water hurled a
r,ccd game and several errors and
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ores f the M. V . A. Clark and Don
Bnttain did the hurling for the
Woodmen. In this game the score
i was standing eight to four for Philip
! Schafer and his teammates when the
Woodmen received re-enforcements
in the shape of Frank and Joe Krejci
i a ii u juuu Qvououa, wno naa piayeu
I . r . .3 . T . .
il i.imiey auu arrived in lime LO
take in the Inst inning here. Joe was
sent in to hurl and held the visitors
scoreless while in the M. W. A. half
of the ninth, Frank Krejci. Joe But
tery and John Svoboda were able to
tally and run the total up to seven.
ATHLETICS TAKE ONE
From Monday's Dally
The Plattsmouth Athletics yes
terday afternoon Journeyed out to
Manley and took on the fast team of
that place and in the exhibition of
the national pastime the Athletics
proved the winners, 6 to 3. in a hard
fought battle. Ray Krisky of this
ritv was on th mound fnr the Ath
tnm nnH was nhio t f,ni,i
usually hard hitting Manley team to
few scattered bungles while the lo
cals were able to bunch their hits
and make them count. In their form
er meeting the Manley team won by
the score of 1 to 0.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our apprecia
tion of beautiful floral offerings sent
to us on the recent bereavement t
the death of our beloved mother. We
wish to thank the Eagles and the
Burlington Bridge gang for the beau
tiful flowers. The Children of Mrs.
Hettle Rogers.
Fine Progress
Made with the
Electric Work
Lighting System at New Community
Building to Pass Every Under
writers Requirement.
From Monday's Daily
Splendid progress is being made
with the wiring of the new Legion
community building. William Iligh-
field was cn the 5b a11 dav yesterday,
his second Sunday to assist with the
work and the greater part of the
; conduit work was finished. A number
,of Legionnaires were present to as
isist. Some idea of the size of this
job can be gained from the fact that
with all installation work donated,
the cost of the material and electric
light globes will run close to $150.
Over S00 feet of conduit, part of it
the large 1-inch size, a dead-front
control board, some fifty outlets and
the in-
so far as
cerned.
and materially reduce the insurance
rate on the building. Incidentally,
it is the largest installation made in
Plattsmouth in several years, with
the single exception of the Nebraska
Masonic Home infirmary building.
Non-Legionnaire electricians have
been giving valuable service and will
be credited with labor donations to
the building fund, equal to what
they would ordinarily make if em
ployed on this work at their regular
schedule of wages
Tomorrow night there will be lots
of work for the Legion members who
turn out, including the filling and
.leveling of the ground in front of the
j.ujjjino. while a limited number can
assist with the electrical work.
Progress is bein" made with the
interior painting as well as setting of
h ,ass , t , French case.
neng am, by Thursday the contrac.
tors expect to have the Omaha floor
ing company here with a force of
workmen, laying the floor, sanding
and polishing it.
The millwork has also arrived and
its Installation will be a matter of
only a week's time, including casing3
and stairways.
The fine progress being made is
highly pleasing to the committe,
which expects to be able to turn the
completed building over to the mer
chants for use at the joint Legion
Business Men's Fall Festival around
the middle of September.
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
From Tuesday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon R. F. Oline,
foreman of the Henry Fields bulb
farm near Bartlett, Iowa, was in the
city and brought with him a fine ar
ray of beautiful gladiolas which are
found by the thousands on the bulb
farm and where they are cultured
and developed into some of the finest
specimens of the Gladiolas that can
be found in the country. At the Bart
lett farm are produced the bulbs that
are handled through the seed house
and havo- won a national reputation.
There are sixty acres of the gladiolas
and other bulb plants on the farm
and it is truely a sight of greatest
beauty.
The farm has large picnic grounds
and where refreshments can be pro
cured by picnic parties and every ac
commodation made for the entertain
ment of the large number who every
Sunday visit the farm and enjoy the
sight of the beautiful flowers.
Mr. Oline states that the Union
band w ill be at the picnic grounds on
next Sunday to enjoy the day and the
residents of Bartlett and vicinity are
anticipating a pleasant time with the
visit of the Nebraska musicians.
Those who visit the farm are pre
sented with bouquets of the handsome
flowers and receive a hearty welcome
from the force of Mr. Field, who
have charge of the famous bulb farm.
AUTO TRAVEL HEAVY
From Monday's Dally
Sunday was one of the heaviest
days in the amount of travel over
the highways through this city and
in a five hour period at the K. of
T. bridge over the Platte river over
700 cars passed over the bridge. The
highway was alive with cars for the
day and during the entire night there
was an almost constant stream of
traffic passing north and south thru
this city, the belated Sunday auto
visitors hastening home in the late
hours. With the very heavy travel
on the highway the number of auto
accidents was much smaller than
usual and none of any serious aspect.
HERE FOR VACATION
From Monday's Dallv
Miss Anna Hassler, who has for
the past several years been engaged
as instructor in one of the large
colleges in the east, is here to spend
her vacation at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hassler.
Miss Hassler is located at Dunkirk,
New York and has been most suc
cessful In her work In the business
and commercial college at that place
and ranks high among the instruc
tors at that place.
All local news is is the TouniaL
PRESENT "NEBRASKA"
From Monday's Dally
Last evening the large audience
at the Parmele theatre had the pleas-i
ure of hearing "Nebraska," the state;
slogan song, composition of B. A. j
Rosencrans of this! city and which'
ercian Legion posts of the state. The ,, , ,. n , .
song was very beautifully given on , Double Wedding Occurs at Hcly Ros
the organ by Carl Wcigei, the pre- ary Parsonage Svoboda-Roes-mier
organist of the Parrr.ele and the sler, Rys-Scott.
verse and the chorus sung by George '
F. Dovey, with the audience joining j From Wednesday's Doilv
in the singing of the last portion cf j The Holy Rosarv parsonage was
the song and making the theatre ring the scene of a very quiet double wed-
witn tne meioay oi me tuneiui stato
song hit. The song was presented
with appropriate slides and made a
very attractive feature of the even
ing performance.
Platters Split
Double Header .
at Springfield
Capture the Opener 9 to 3 But Lose
the Last 4 to 2 Swanson
Pitches Two Games.
From Monday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon the Platters
and Springfield team of the Sarpy
Cass County league clashed on th
Springfield grounds and with the re
sult that they divided the boners.
the first game going to Plattsmouth
by the score of 9 to 3 while the final
contest was annexed by the Sarpy
boys by the score of 4 to 2.
Herbert Swanson, local hurler,
strove to break the record of Iron
Man McGinnity, who frequently hurl
ed two games in a day. but not al
ways win and this happened to Swan
ny in the nightcap, but the loss was
largely the inability cf the locals to
hit in the final battle, rather than
any lack of pitching.
In the opener the locals took kind
ly to Wolfong, the star hurler of the
Springfield aggregation and annexed
an early lead that they were able to
maintain and turn into victory. The
Platters had a new third sacker on
the job. Young from Louisville, whe
more than made good and in four
trips out to bat able, to annex
four hits Hans Newman was also
in his best of form and was grabbing
them off in all parts of the diamond
and short outfield and .had a large
part in the spilling of the beans for
the Sarpy lads.
In the last game the pitching of
Dunn, youthful hurler of Springfield
proved too baffling for the locals and
they were unable to do any effective
damage to his hurling and both team?
showed the effect of the two gamer
as their pace slackened Jn the last of
the game aside from the pitching
staff. Plattsmouth gathered but
three hits off Dunn in the last game.
Owing to the absence of Sam Moye
the official scorekeeper, the tabulated
record of the game was not kept for
the locals.
SUFFERS BROKEN NOSE
From Monday's Dally
Frank Gradoville of this city suf
fered a severe Injury in the baseball
game yesterday between Talmage and
Burr and which resulted in the
breaking of the nose of the young
man and a very badly discolored
eye. rranK was piaying snorisiop
for Talmage and in the second in
ning of the game was fielding a hot
infield grounder which took a bad hop
just as he was about to field the ball
and the ball struck him on me side
of the face, discoloring the eye and
breaking his nose. The injury knock
ed Frank out for a time and he was
hurried to the office of Dr. Clinton
Kenner where the injured member
was dressed. Aiier me acciuem
Frank pluckily resumed playing in
the sixth inning and continued in
the game until the close. Ed Grado
ville caught for the Talmage team
and they met defeat at the hand of
Burr, the accident to the shortstop
seemingly upsetting the rest of the
Talmage team.
HAS SMALL ACCIDENT
From Monday's Dally
A. C. Carey, who has been spend
ing several months in Colorado and
the west returned home Saturday af
ternoon and was accompanied by M,
J. B. Cole and children. Glenn and
Grace of Brookvale, Colorado, they
making the trip by auto. While
traveling along the highway near
second or two and the car in which I
the party was riding ran off the
crown of the road into a small ditch
and Mr. Carey had his hand bruised
some but nothing serious and the
party was able to resume their jour
ney without any additional trouble.
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT
From Monday's Dally
Mrs. H. E. Becker entertained
number of friends this afternoon at ,
bridge In honor oi ner daughters George B. Mann, departed for Chi
announcing the marriage in the late faeo and were acconmanied bv Mrs.
fall of Miss Leone to Wm. H. Schmidt-
maun and Miss Verla to Jno. P.
Sattler, Jr.
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Journal Want Ads bring results. '
Wedding Bells7
Ring for Well
Known Teachers
aing yesterday afternoon at 3:30
when Miss Marie Svoboda and Mr.
Karl Roessler of Chicago were united
in marriage and Miss Ann Rys was
wedded to Mr. Howard Sott cf Lin
coln. The ceremony was very quiet, the
bridal parties serving as each others
attendants and the marriage cere
mony being celebrated by Father
Jerry Hancik pastor of the Holy Ros
ary church.
Both Miss Svoboda and Miss Rys
wore traveling suits of dark blue,
that of Miss Svoboda being of the
navy blue twill with flesh colored
blouse and hat of light rose, while the
costume of Miss Rys was of blue
charmeen with rose blouse and biege
tone hat. Both brides wore corsages
of the Sweetheart roses.
Immediately after the wcddln?
Mr. and Mrs. Rocssler departed on
No. 2 over the Burlington for Chi
cago where they are to make their
home in the future, while Mr. and
Mrs. Scott departed on an auto trip
of some duration before they return
to their home at Lincoln where they
will be at home to their friends.
The wedding takes from-this city
two of the most popular and efficient
teachers in the city schools as both
Miss Svoboda and Miss Rys have been
among the most successful teacherr
in the grade schools and their de
parture from the ctiy brings a great
regret to the patrons of the school.
Miss Svoboda is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Svoboda and Miss
Rys of Mrs. Mike Rys, both ladie?
having been born and reared to wom
anhood in this community where
their lifetime has been spent. Since
childhood days the two ladies have
been companions and close friends
and it was most fitting that each
should have the pleasure of bein
present on the most happy occasion
yesterday as a bride.
Mr. Roessler is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. August Roessler of this city
and also is a native Plattsmouth boy
and one who has a large circle of
friends who know and esteem him
for the many splendid qualities of
character. He is a former service
man and served with the A. E. F. in
France. Since the war Mr. Roessler
has made his home for the greater
part of the time in Chicago and is
engaged there in the postal service.
Mr. Scott is a resident of Lincoln
and connected there with one of the
large contracting firms of that city
and a young man held in the high
est esteem by all those who have the
privilege of knowing him.
The many friends here among
whom the Journal is pleased to be
numbered, extend to the young peo
ple the best wishes for the future
years, that they may be bright with
happiness and success.
HAS SHORTED WIRE
From Tuesday's Dally
Last evening about 7:30 the odor
of burning rubber was quite strong
in the block on the north side of
Main tetreet between Fifth and Sixth
street and led many to look around
to see if they had dropped any lit
cigarettes in the old rain coat. The
odor grew stronger and still it was
a mystery where the smoke was com
ing from until Sam Giventer of the
Peoples Market happened to go out
to his car and open the door and
thereupon the smoke rolled out in
clouds as it had been confined in the
car. The cause of the trouble was a
short in the wiring of the car and
the insolation of the wires burning
had caused the dense smoke that
made things look pretty bad for a
few moments. The damage to the car
will not be great and is of a nature
that can soon be repaired and Sam
have the car back in service again.
GOES TO HOSPITAL
From Wednesday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hennlngs de
parted for Omaha Monday by auto
where Mrs. Hennings will enter the
Methodist hospital at that place for
an operation. Mrs. Hennings has been
affected for several years with an
ailment that has grown worse in the
'st lew monms ana nas anecieu i, .
difficult for her to get around as
well as causing intense pain. To re
lieve the trouble it has been decided
that an operation will be necessary.
DEPARTS FOR CHICAGO
From Wednesday's Dally
This morning Mrs. Anna Nichols,
of Kearney and granddaughter, Miss'
Agnes Wood, who have been here
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Mann. The ladies will eniov a visit
at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Gousrh.
'sister of Mrs. Nichols and spend a
short time In visiting the spots of.
interest in Chicago and vicinity. '
DEATH OF. MRS MAYFIELD
From Wednesday's Daily
I The announcement was received
here today of the death yesterday '
' morning at Denver of Mrs. Claude F.
Mayfield, daughter-in-law of Mr. and ,
, Mrs. Eugene O. Mayfield of Omaha j
land a niece of Editor Lee Mayfield!
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ceased lady was formerly Miss Ethel
Woods, a daughter of one of the!
pioneer residents of near Ogallala j
she being for eighteen years a teach- j
er in the schools there and where
she wis married to Mr. Mayfield.
'family here will regret to learn of
the death of Mrs. Mayfield, the hus
?and, will be remembered here where
he was associated with his father
E. O. Mayfield in the conduct of tho
News-Herald several years ago.
Flag Tournament
at Golf Course
Draws Rig Crowd
Earl Teepells Proves the Winner of;
the Entertaining Golf Con
tests Sunday.
From Monday's Daily
The flag tournament staged at the
local golf course Sunday was one that
attracted a very large number and
of the twenty-eight entries made in
the tournament, the large number
were present to enjoy the event.
Large numbers of the friends of the
contestants were present during the
morning and afternoon when the
matches were being played and the
work of the various contestants
cheered by their admirers and
friends.
The first place in the tournament
was won by Earl Teepells, local store
keeper of the BREX company while
the others finishing close to the win
ner were Evi Spier, C. E. Hartford,
C. XV. Morrison and L. XV. Niel. Many
of the veterans of the club were not
shooting in their usual form and the
low men of the last ears tournament
allowed a good handicap that brought
tLem up in splendid shape and the
leaders of the flat; tournament aP
shot a fast game of golf.
The regular city golf tournament
will be started in the next week, the
qualifying rounds starting on Sun
day, August 27th and continuing
over until Thursday, September 1st.
The match play will start on Sun
day, 'September 4th and will con
tinue over labor day, the date of the
championship game being announced
as the match play starts.
The present city champion is Js
Wurga and other members of the duo
will do their best to try and wrt
the honors of the city title from h s
brow.'
ENJOY DELIGHTFUL TIME
From Tuesday's Dally
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Tschirren was the scene of a very
delightful gathering of relatives and
friends on Sunday when the mem
bers gathered to spend the day with
this hospitable family and to hav
the pleasure of meeting Fred Stauba.
of Portland, Oregon, brother of Mrs.
Tschirren, who is here for a visit with
the relatives in this part of Nebras
ka.
The time was spent in visiting and
a general good time and the parti
cipationu in the big dinner that em
braced all of the good things to eat
and which everyone of the party ap
preciated to the utmost.
Those who attended the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Tschirren
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tschirren, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Wheeler and family.
Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Livingston and
family, Mr. and Mrs. George Kaffen
berger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frit.x
Nolting and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Fritz Kehne and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Tschirren, Miss Elizabeth
Tschirren and Mr. Fred Stauba of
Portland, Oregon.
VISITS AT REED HOME
From Monday's Dally
The home of Sheriff and Mrs. Bert
Reed, was the scene of a very pleas
ant gathering of friends yesterday,
a party of friends from Omaha and
Lincoln driving in to spend the day.
with the family and the Sunday out-
ing. Those in the party were Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Cutter and daughter,
iuanie, or uemany, ssir. ana xurs. r .
Y. Knapple of Omaha, and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Wood of Lincoln. The
members of the party returned in the
late evening to their homes after en-;
joying the hospitality of the Reed 1
home.
ENJOY FINE OUTING
From Tuesday's Dallv
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Vallery,
Donald Smiley and Mr. and Mrs. An
drew J. Snyder, motored out to the
vicinity of Ulysses, Nebraska, where
they spent the day visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James Gilmour.
The day was spent in visiting and
the enjoyment of the fine fried chick
en dinner that Mrs. Gilmour had pro
vided and which added very much to
the enjoyment of all of the members
of the party.
Police Have
a Busy Time
with Traffic
NlSht Jorce. P Busy 111 Checking
the Violator of the City
Ordinances,
From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening the members of the
police force had a very busy time in
battling with the violators of the
traffic regulations that have been
made a part of the city ordinances
and which the city government has
decided has had sufficient time to
become familiar to the residents of
the city and which are similar to
the ordinances in force in other lo
calities. The chief cause of the trouble for
the officers was in the auto drivers
who failed to see or heed tht stop
sign at Main and Sxith street and
where the officers were kept busy
checking the passing cars that made
their way up and tlown Main street.
, Yrst lo b cauKni in in., ions
name unknown, who with a party of
friends was driving merrily through
the stop sign when clamped down on.
He was informed of the city ordi
nance and invited to call at the ses
sion of the police court.
Judge William Weber was called
to open up a night court and gave
the drive of the car, who claimed
Omaha as his home, a fine or $1 and
costs which was paid.
Another one who was apprehend
ed was a man giving the name of
O. E. Flack and who was also meted
out the fine of $1 and costs and
which was also paid and the party
sent on his way rejoicing to Omaha
his home.
One of the party who was picked
up on the traffic violation threatened
the wide publicity of the event in
Omaha newspapers and a caustic
criticism of the ordinance of the city,
but as the printed word was appar
ent the court had no leeway and
gave him the small dose that Is meted
out to the first time violators.
It. is expected that the lessons
learned in chapter one will be suf
ficient but offenders who appear later
In court face the probability of
having the fine raised for the sec
ond or succeeding offense.
A great deal of complaint Is also
made of speeding on the avenues but
owing to the limited supply of mem
bers of the police force they are un
able to be in all parts of the city and
will have to divide their time on the
stop signs and slow signs In the
main part of the city until other
means of reaching the speeders can
be devised.
VISITING OLD HOME
From Tuesday's Dally
Raymond Bookmeyer, who Is at the
present time assistant manager in
the cost and erecting department of
the Truscon Steel Co., at Youngs
town, Ohio, Is here for a visit at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Rose Book
meyer as well as other relatives. The
Truscon company is one of the larg
est steel companies in the world and
the positfon that Mr. Bookmeyer has
is one that is exceptionally important
for one of his years.
Mr. Bookmeyer was accompanied
home by his aunt. Miss Marie Book
meyer, who has been taking a courw
in food nutrition at the Columbian
university at New York, and study
ing this special course for her work
in the domestic science deparfmcnt
of the Omaha schools. While in the
east Miss Bookmeyer after her school
work was closed spent some time at
Boston, Marblehead and Atlantic City
and was joined- at Chicago by her
nephew and who accompanied her on
to this city.
SHOWER FOR MISSES BECKER
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. II. A.
Schneider and daughter, Miss Cath
erine, entertained very charmingly
at their home on Oak street In honor
of the Misses Leone and Verla Beck
er, whose marriages will take place
in the late fall season.
The attractive Schneider home was
arranged in a color scheme of yel
low and white which was carried
out in the fall flowers as a note ef
the decorative scheme of the after
noon. The event was In the nature of a
kitchen shower and in honor of the
occasion the guests of honor receiv
ed a number of very handsome and
appreciated gifts.
In entertaining and serving the
hostesses were assisted by Mesdames
John F. Wolff and E. C. Harris.
SUFFERING FROM LUMBAGO
From Tupsdav's Dallv
J W. T. Adams, deputy county clerk
is at home today, suffering with an
' attack of the painful malady of lum
ibago and which has kept him in bed
for the greater part of the time and
i Is proving very annoying. While Mr.
Adams Is compelled to remain at
;home George Sayles, Jr., Is assisting
in the work at the office and the
compiling of the tax list that will be
.turned over In the next few weeks to
the county treasurer's ofUce.