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VOL. NO. XLT7
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1928.
KO. 45
Wind Storm in
City Does Great
Deal of Damage
Trees by the Hundreds Are Torn Up
and Branches Scattered Over
the Whole City.
From Thursday's Dally j
One of the most severe wind
storms in many years visited this
city early Wednesday morning and
caused a great deal of damage in
all parts of the city with trees up
rooted and branches broken off and I
scattered over the streets and mak -
ing
a "reat deal of work to get the
damage cleared up and the trees re-
moved, as in many cases they fell
across the streets and blocked travel.
The storm came up at 1:45 and
was preceded by a loud roaring that
alarmed the residents over the city
and many sought the shelter of
cellars and caves in fear of a tor
nado and which proved one of the
most severe windstorms in many
years.
The storm was general over the
city and there was hardly a part of
the town that did not suffer as the
result of the wind. Along Chicago
and Washington ' avenue large trees
were torn from the ground and toss
ed along the street while other trees
had the tops completely torn off and
hurled sometimes for more than a
half block by the intense force of
the wind that almost reached cy
clonic proportions.
At the residence of H. E. Becker
t n high school hill a large tree had
the top torn off and as it fell it
crashed onto the Buick coupe of
John Sat tier, Jr., son-in-law of Mr.
Becker, badly damaging the front
portion of the car and practically
making a wreck of the hood, radiator
and otherwise damaging this part of
the car.
The porch on the north side of the
residence of Thomas Svoboda on Vine
street was completely blown away as
was also a porch on the old Svoboda
store building on west Main street.
Many of the residents found that
their doors were barred by the fal
len trees and debris and required
some tine before they were able to
get out of the wreckage.
On the graveled road on Fifteenth
street, the highway was blocked by a
large tree that had blown down in
front of the Joseph Schissl home. '
At the home of Joe M. Sedlak on
west Locust street, the enclosed
porch at the north part of the house
was badly damaged and the glass
blown from the windows and strewn
over the yard of the home.
The storm caused great damage to
the lines of the Lincoln Telephone
fi Telegraph Co., and every part of
the city had many lines down as the
result of the storm and the regular
service of the company was carried
on with the greatest difficulty.
The Iowa-Nebraska Light &. Tower
Co. also suffered, having their lines
damaged by trees falling over the
wires and breaking them down, sev
eral of the high powered lines be
ing put out of commission as the re
sult of the storm over the city.
The garage building of John Bauer
& Co.
was also one of the heavy
sufferers from the effects of the wind
storm as the large sign plated on the
roof of the garsee was blown down
as well as a chimney of the build
ing blown over by the intense force
of the wind. One of the peculiar
twists of the wind at this place took
an auto parked near the garage and
carried it over to the E. A. Wurl
residence at Cth and Vine street, a
half block away.
STORM CAUSES INJURY
From Thursday's Daily
Mrs. Glen Rhoden. residing three
miles northwest of Murray, is a vic
tim of the severe windstorm of yes
terday morning and as far as can be
ascertained is the only person to
suffer physical injury as the result
of the cyclonic wind that prevailed.
Mrs. Rhoden with the other members
of the family was seeking shelter
from the storm in the cave at the
farm when the full force of the wind
struck the Rhoden home. Mrs. Rho
den was caught by the wind and
blown over, falling into the celler
way and as she was hurled to the
foot of the stairs she suffered the
breaking of her right leg. The in
jured member was dressed and the
victim made as comfortable as pos
sible with a broken limb in the hot
weather that is now prevailing. The
only other damage of the storm at
the Rhoden farm was that of break
ing of trees and some damage to the
growing crops.
IMPROVES RESTAURANT - BLDG. j fct that no formal observance was
planned for the day here, led the
The building on Main street oc-; residents to largely seek entertain
cupied by the Walton restaurant. eri torJh? at ?tlieT PJac5.s-
which is owned by Willi'-m Barclay,
has just been treated to a general
redecorating that makes it one of
the most attractive buildings in the 1
business section. The front has been
painted a dark red that is very hand-
some and with the white trimmings
of the structure makes it a building
of unusual beauty and one that at-
tracts the eye. Mr. Barclay will have
the building placed in the very best
oi snape ior me use oi tne resiauram
business.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MCCARTHY
From Thursday's rally
The funeral services of Mrs. Joseph
McCarthy, Jr.. were held on Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 from the Sattlo
funeral home at Fourth and Vine
street, a large group of the friends
leathering there to pay their last tri
butes of respect to the memory of the
depart,d friend and neighbor
The services were in charge of the
leader of the International Bible
students chapter at Omaha, of which
faith Mrs. McCarthy had been a mem
ber for some years. During the ser
vices Mrs. Kdward Koman gave two
of the old and loved hymns, the ac
companient being played by Miss
Marporie Am.
Following the service the body was
;tafcen
to Hamburg. Iowa, the old
home where it was consigned to the
last long rest oesiae tnat or me otners
of the family circle that had pre
reeded her in death.
Storm will Take
a Heavy Toll in
Farm Sections
Loss to the Growing; Crops. Particul
arly Corn. Will Reach Many
Thousands.
The damage to the growing crops
caused by the severe windstorm of
early Wednesday morning will
mount to a great many thousands of
dollars, it is estimated by those who
have looked over the damage over
the county.
One of the sections that seems to
have been the hardest hit was that
in the locality northwest of this city
where almost every field had a great
deal of the young and growing corn
broken off by the force of the wind
and which in many cases will make
as much as a third of the total corn
as a loss to the farmers.
In that section of the county also
there were many barns and sheds
blown down in the area from north
of the Louisville road to the Platte
river on the north and which in
cluded damage to outbuildings at the
Matt Sulser, Ed J. Lutz and Allie
Todd farms in the vicinity of the
city where barns and sheds were
blown down in the face of the in
tense and tornado like storm.
In the timberland along the
Platte river that is owned by Law
rence Stull. the storm found a great
target and tore a wide path of the
broken and ruined trees through the
wooded area of the Stull farm.
J. P. Falter, secretary of the
Farmers Mutual Fire and Live Stock
Co., which has its offices in this city,
was busy during the day in the
checking of the reports of losses in
the farm territory, and estimates
that the storm was one of the most
destructive that has swept over this
part of the state in many years.
The wheat and oats ripened for
the harvest were blown down to some
extent in this section, but it is not
thought that it will make any great
loss to the farmers, altho making in
some cases more difficult to cut and
handle at the harvest. The fact that
the upper portion of the ground had
dried out well served to help the
wheat from being blown out or en
tirely down, those who have visited
the storm swept areas state.
HAS SEVERE INJURY
Ike Gouchenour, young man em
ployed at the repair shops of the
BREX Co., was the victim of a severe
accident that befell him Tuesday af
ternoon and which was a very close
call for the young man from being
killed. The young man was engaged
in working around one of the re
frigerator cars when a fellow work
man threw a large section of a sill
.out of the car, not knowing that Mr.
uuutiirnuui u.3 nui mug near irnri
car at the time. He saw the piece of
sill falling but had not time to get
out of the way and threw up his left
arm to break the force of the blow
when the sill struck him and the
upper part of his arm is black and
blue from the force of the falling
timber. The worst iniurv was re-
was laid open and had it not been
for the young man trying to ward
off the full force of the blow, he
would probably have been killed.
FOURTH QUIET HERE
The Fourth of July in this city
will rank as one of the quietest in
the history of the community with
very little to denote that the great
natal. day was being celebrated. The
Omaha, Papillion, and La Platte
a a. i i .
" j. - u 1 1 u no
here in all of its glory.
nJ e pleasure of the,for' MrS" Applemin. while suffer-
others e3yhe much from the effects of the
Murray Darning Deacn Tne usual f u j h fracture d bruises is
Jjj; WseT to'a greaf ' restIn as as nd"Ahe clwim"
nreworics was also aosent to a great Btances could be looked for Her
extent and the most intensive ob- m friends are hJe ro;
servance of the day was that staged Boon be well again. .
in the late evening when the return- ( .
ing ceiebrators from other places , anvtfctoi? xo Tell'
staged an attempt to awaken the city .J011. 7t? . . .
Mrs. C. S. Forbes
Passes Away at
Her Home Here
Death Comes After an Illness of a
Very Short Time Has Resided
in City Over 40 Years.
From Thursday's Dally
Mrs. C. S. Forbes, old and highly
respected resident of this commun
ity, has been calltd from the scene
of her earthly activities, passing
away at the family home on west
i Marble street, at G o'clock Wednesday
' morning. The death came alter a
. comparative short illness and which
in the past week has given the fam
ily no hopes of the recovery of the
mother and they have watched with
sorrowing hearts the near approach
of the grim messenger that was to
take from them their loved one.
The deceased was the widow of
Charles S. Forbes, a veteran of the
Burlington railroad, they coming
here more than forty years ago from
their former home at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and have since made their
home in this community, both be
ing highly esteemed residents of this
city. The husband preceded his wife
in death some ten years ago.
Mrs. Forbes has been very prom
inent in the life of the community
and was one of the most active lead
ers in the Women's Relief Corps, the
auxiliary of the Grand Army of the
Republican, serving as president of
the local post for several years ' and
had by her efficient work become
one of the leaders in the organization
in the state and was prominently
mentioned in connection with the
state presidency at the last encamp
ment. The deceased lady was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wendell, old
time residents of this community,
both of whom have preceded her in
death. To survive the passing of
Mrs. Forbes there remain six chil
dren, Clarence Forbes of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. George Forbes of
Missouri Valley, Iowa, Mrs. Fred H.
Wynn of this city, Clifford Forbes
of this city, Harry Forbes and Fr-d
Forbes of this city. One sister, Mrs.
Belle Gas. of Long Beach, Califor
nia, also survives her.
YOUNG PEOPLE WEDDED
On Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 at
the court house at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, occurred the marriage of two
of the popular and well known resi
dents of this part of Cass county.
Miss Nora Wilson and Walter John
son of this city.
The ceremony was a very quiet
one and the bridal couple were at
tended by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beins
the latter a sister of the bride, and
the marriage witnessed by Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Johnson, the parents cf
the groom.
Following the wedding the mem
bers of the bridal party returned to
this city and later motored to the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Wilson, near Rock Bluffs,
where the members of the party were
entertained at a very fine dinner
party which was featured by one of
the delicious repasts that mark the
Cass county homes, and enjoyed to
the utmost by all of the members of
the party. William Edmundson of
Omaha, grandfather of the groom,
was the only out of town guest pres
ent at the dinner party.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will make
home in this city where the groom
is engaged in work at the shops of
the Burlington and their many
friends will be delighted to learn
that they are to continue to make
this city their home.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Wilson and one of
the best known and accomplished
young ladies in this locality and held
in high esteem by a very large circle
of friends. The groom is the eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson
and a very popular young man among
his associates in the Burlington shops
and one who is held in the highest
esteem by all who have the pleasure
of knowing him.
SUSTAINS BROKEN
ARM
AND RUBS
On last Wednesday morning when
the storm which was brought to the
attention of every one in this coun
ty, broke, it coming with such a
rush, all that were asleep were awak
ened and hustled to get the windows
and doors closed, among whom were
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. ADDleman. of
Alvo, who hustled about to close '
i th windows to keep out
1 and in 1?n5J so' U being.
the storm I
dark, only !
lightning, Mrs. Appleman by mistake!
stepped into the stairway area, fall- f
ing down the stairs, fracturing one1
arm and three ribs. Dr. Mier was!
orv;uiru auu liic 111 ureu i rr rarf ;
-- -b. vuu-
Jnal'i Want Ad department.
GIVE SHOWER -TOR BRIDE
From Fridays Daliy-p j
Mrs. Elmer J. Rommel and Mrs.!
Philip Ilirz were hostesses at a most
delightful miscellaneous shower in
honor of Miss Ruth iHook. of Omaha,
whose marriage to Mr. Vernon C. Wil-i
liamson will oci-ur oli Saturday, July!
14th, at the St. John's Evangelical
church. 24th and Vinton streets. Om-
aha. The delightful event was held
at the attractive Hummel home and
the time was spent most agreeably
by all of the members of the parly
in working quilt blocks and writing
recipes, which were to lie presented
to the bride-to-be as re'.m-mbranees
from the friends.
At an appropriate hour dainty re
freshments of ice cream and two kinds
of cake were served, to add to the en
joyment of the occasion.
The out of town guests present at
the shower were Airs. Adam Hook,
Misses Helen. Eva and Ruth Hook.
Mrs. August IJrightiner, of Omaha.'
JUTS. Ml. li. 11UII uiiv 'inu.ii'.fi , iiiu;-
garet Louise, of Leaver City. Others
attending were Mesdames Elmer
Tritsch, Lester Meis-'inger, E. H.
Tritseh, Edgar Meisinger. Henry
Born, Herman Hennings. John Rum
mel, Guy Heil. Harry Tincher. Ray
Herring, Guy Long, Lon Henry, Wil
liam Runimel, Edward Hummel. Ray
Tschirren, Philip Hirz. Mrs. Christine
Rummel. Louise Hummel, Marie
Hunter and Katherhie Hirz.
Platte River
Bridge Free on
Tuesday at Six
K. of T. Bridge Repaid Cost cf Pud
ciase and Resurfacing Charge
and Will Be Free.
From Friday's Dally
The King of Trails bridge over
the Platte river north of this city,
erected in 1925 by a group of Platts
mouth and Omaha citizens and sold
to the state at the cost of $ 125,000,
will be free of tolls after C p: m.
on Tuesday, July- loth, word from
the office of State Engineer Coch
ran of the courty.v4oa.rds of Cass
and Sarpy county announces.
This bridge, one of the best of its
type in the state was erected by pri
vate capital late in 1925 under the
act of the legislature that permitted
the erection of bridges by private
citizens and its purchase later by
the state and the counties adjoining
the bridge. The bridge, which cost
$125,000 was then later sold to the
State of Nebraska and the counties
of Cass and Sarpy, the state paying
outright their purchase price and the
counties collecting their half of the
cost of the structure by the means of
tolls levied on those who u-d the
bridge and which has not only paid
off the counties half of the bridge
but also raised the sum which will
be used in the resurfacing of the
bridge with rock asphalt, making a
permanent and solid roadway over
the bridge.
During the two years since the
purchase a fifteen cent toll has been
charged on automobiles and twenty
five cents per truck. This toll has
produced an average return of ?170
per day since the opening.
The advent of the bridge as a free
structure represents an agitation of
several years and removes the last
toll structure within the boundaries
of the state, as the Louisville bridge
was free shortly after its purchase,
it being an older bridge and which
was purchased for a small amount by
the state and counties.
The state is re-advertising for bids
for the resurfacing of the King' of
Trails bridge which are to be open
ed and award made of the bids on
July 25th at the office of the state
engineer.
FARMERS WANT HELP
From Saturday's Daiiv
The farmers in this locality are
sending forth the call for help in
handling the wheat and oat crop that
is being ready for the harvest and a
large number of the residents of the
farming sections near this city have
been in to secure all available men
and boys that can be used on the
farm during the busy season when
the crops are being gathered in. The
hot weather has brought the corn
booming along and many are get
ting their corn laid by for the sea
son and which with the harvest on
makes the farm one of the busiest
places in the country at this time.
The local police have had many calls
for men to work on the farm and
they are searching for those who
may need work and can help out the
farmers In their hour of need for
labor and lots of it.
CTT L' L' VTf TWfl T7T? flM A PP7TOHTfTTTS !
From Friday's Daily-
friAnrlR r,f Ino Wilier.
Jr.. well known plumber and tinner,
.... .
will regret to learn tnat joe is con-
fine to hi home as the result of n
ooi- r ornHr-Hio fmn, urhioii tiA
has been suffering for a few days 1U lu l"a "-fi"-i"wu i menus, uejguuuis anu relatives ior to tae uora i-.iei.er noepitai.
but which last night grew worse and tne superintendent for a levy for their words of sympathy and deeds
caused the patient a great deal of Ire high school tuition for 34 8 pu- of kindness and also for the beau-' Attorney Guy Clementc, B. I.
suffering. The patient is being kept pils at $3 per week each, the board tiful flowers received at the time of Clements of Elmwood and Chris
packed in ice and this morning was not having: the exact valuation needed the death of our dear husband, son Bornemeier of Waco, Nebraska, wore
some better altho whether he will to make the levy voted to leave the and brother. Mrs. Forrest Frans: here today to attend to some mat
have to undergo an operation or not the same in the hands of the county Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Frans and family, ters of the county court for a few
has not been fully determined. superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Smith and family, hours.
I 1
Local Team Wins
from the Pappio
Tribe Yesterday
p,
ourteen Linings Required to Settle
Game Final Score of 11 to 5
for the Locals.
, Fr.m Thursday's Daily
j The Piattsniouth baseball
team
i journeyed up to Papillion for the
Fourth of July and a red hot ball
game there witn the trine 01 tae
Pappio. a game that was a real one
on the part of the ball players of
both teams but not to good from the
work of the umpire, both teams hav-
! ing a real kick coming on the hectic
I work of the umpire.
Those wio saw the game were of.
the opinion that it should have been
a 4 to 1 victory for the Platters in
nine innings, but required fourteen
fiames and the final result of 11 to 5
for the Piattsniouth team.
The game opened with both teams
showing their batting eye, the Platts
mouth team starting in to do busi
ness with Becker, the Pappio hurler,
when with two down Shirley hit a
clean drive to right and followed by
Newman who lifted a fly to the left
,'arclen that was dropped and then
Joe Krejci hit safe to score his team
mates. The; Papillion team with two
hits, an error and a fielder's choice
were able to garner in four runs that
made the game look decidedly blue
for the locals.
The Piattsniouth team tied the
score in the fourth inning when
Gansemer hit a clean drive to the
outfield, was sacrificed by Svoboda
to second base and scored on the
clout of Spidell. Spidell was able
to register while Eaton was striking
out and Trumble closed the inning
on a ground ball to Beerline at
short.
The game was running into extra
periods with the score knotted four
alike when the' Plattsmouth team
broke into the scoring again in the
eleventh frame after Hans Newman
was lobbed of a home run in the
third inning by the ump. In the
fateful eleventh Gansemer hit to left
where Blondy Ruff drew an error
and Smear" was safe, being sacri
ficed to second by Distell and when
Becker was striking out Spidell and
Eaton. Gansemer registered. The
Papillion team came back in the last
of the eleventh with a home run by
C. Beerline that again tied up the
score.
The big blowup came in the four
teenth inning when five runs were
brought over the plate by the Platts
mouth players. Eaton opening with
a two bagger, hits by Trumble.
O'Donnel and Mason resulting in the
scoring of all of these and Joe Kre
jc i was then walked and tallied on
the hit of Distell.
The Papillion team in a try to
come back in the fourteenth was
eliminated in one, two, three order
by Eaton, whiffing all of the three
batters to face him and the big game
was won.
The tabulated score of the
was as follows:
Plattsmouth
game
A P.
Trumble. Sb-lf 6
O'Donnell. lb 7
n po
1 4
2 17
2 1
1 0
2 3
0
0
0
'
0 :
0
0
Shirley, If 6
Mason. If
Newman, ss
Krejci, cf
Gansemer. 2b
l
7
5
6
1
2
1
2
9
o
0
0
10
1
Svoboda, rf 2
Distell. rf 3
Spidell. c 5
Eaton, p 6
49 18 42 24
Papillion
AB H PO
Matthies, 3b , 6 12
E. Cordes, 2 b 5 0 3
0
)
1
3
1
1
0
1
King, c 6
Oliver, cf-p 6
Becker, p-cf 6
C. Beerline. lb 6
G. Beerline, ss 6
Margaret, if 6
16
1
1
16
2
0
1
Byrne, If 5
52 10 42 28
DOINGS OF COMMISSIONERS
From Friday's Daily
The board of county commissioners
at tneir regular montny session mis
week received tne quarterly reports
of the various officials of the county.
the officers showing a very pleasing
amount derived from the conduct of
the various officers. The reports
showed the following amounts re
ceived: Clerk of District Court--? 7S4.75
County Judge 613.85
Sheriff 313.15
County Clerk 285.85
Register of Deeds 598.25
The board also received the request
oi uie rirti Aduuuai ua...
ins Water asking permission to sup-,
nlir !i rterrcit of T.inertv nnncis to
v - 4 ' w 7 7 VT-v.;, 1
guarantee the county deposits, which
was granted.
ORGANIZE NEW CLUB
On June 2C, 1928, Mrs. John Ket
tlehut. assisted by Mrs. Ray Wiles,
organized a 4-H sewing club in Rock
Bluff precinct. Eight girls enrolled
at the first meeting. They those
"Good Lui k" as the name of their
club and selected the following officers:
Ada Campbell, president; Agnes , TTm,. c.i
G.-chenour. vice president; Helen Stc Iov7a to Have Fine System
Slagle, secretary; Mary Lois Wiles, Leading to Bridge Over MlS
treasurer; Lucille Pate, reporter; j souri at This Point.
Mrs. Ketthhut, leader. I
j The second meeting was held at
the home of Helen Slagle on July 2d.
The Kirls were advised
tO in"'t Oil
-Tuesday of every week until they
saould have made up their back ies- ctone that is needed to connect up a
sons caused by the late organization great svstem of highways in Ne
of the club. Mrs. Kotflehut gave an Alaska "and Iowa and make the
interesting talk on club work and its routts of travel to the east and west
aim. The afternoon closed with the continuous and rhe saving of many
.serving of light refreshments. Thelniii(.s to tnf. residents of these local
next meeting will be held at the heme '. j, tl tourists going
of Agnes Gochenour on Tuesday af
ternoon, July 10th.
Funeral Ser
vices of Mrs.
Forbes Held
Highly Esteemed Resident of the
Community Is Laid to the Last
Long Rest Friday.
From Saturday'a Dally
Yesterday afternoon at the First
Methodist church was held the fun
eral services of Mrs. Elizabeth
Forbes, one of the long time resi
dents of this city and a lady highly
esteemed by the community where
the best years of her life had been
spent in the rearing of her family
and her services in the community
welfare.
The many beautiful flowers and
the attendance of the friends spoke
of the feeling of affection in which
the deceased lady had been held and
the members of the Women's Relief
Corps of which she had been a past
president and untiring worker, were
present in a body to pay their tribute
to the memory of this splendid lady.
. Rev. II. E. Sortor, pastor of the
TrnuTTh.-hrld the ser lees- and -in' his
sermon paid tribute to the long and
useful life of Mrs. Forbes, her de
votion to her daily tasks and the
love and care that she had given
to her family circle. During the ser
vice Mrs. E. H. Wescott gave the
beautiful musical setting of the
Tennyson poem, "Crossing the Bar"
while the mixed quintet composed of
Mrs. Wescott, Marjorie Arn, Gtadys
Bushnell, W. A. Wells and L. O.
Minor gave the old and loved song,
"The Old Rugged Cross," a favorite
of the deceased lady.
At the conclusion of the service
at the church the cortage took its
way to the Oak Hill cemetery where
the body was laid to the last long
rest beside the others of the family
circle that has preceded Mrs. Forbes
in death.
Elizabeth Wendell, daughter of
Mr. of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wendell,
was born on December 1, 18 61, at
Schnectady. New York, the family
E later moving west to the state or
1 ' Indian.! and where on December 31,
187S, she was united in marriage to
Charles S. Forbes. They came to
Plattsmouth forty-five years ago and
have since made their home in this
city where the sons and daughter
have been reared and where on June'
12, 1917, the husband and father
0 passed to the last reward. To tless
1 their lives eight children were born,
0 . two preceding the parents in death
- and the children surviving the pass
4 ing of the mother are Clarence, of
Oklahoma; George of Missouri Val-
E I ley, Iowa; Clifford, Mrs. Harriett E.
1 1 Wynn and Fred of this city and
0 Harry of Omaha. One sister, Mrs.
1 Belle Gass of Long Beach. California,
0 also survives her passing.
0
VERY PLEASANT CONCERT
From Friday's tally
Last evening the Eagles band en
tertained the residents of this sec
tion of Cass county at another of
their very pleasant concerts and gave
several of the popular numbers,
"Sunshine" and "My Melancholy
Baby" that were greeted with great
, applause as was the tuneful and
n," "'.""B
& ""
Mountains." '
1.1,".
T"li i "i - or 4 Vin AAiiron r f V a rrr fart '
the band gave one of the numbers the shooting suffered a severe breast
that will be heard all over the conn-luna and is in serious shape at the
try in the coming months, "The , hospital.
Sidewalks of New York." the tune-! The negro was later captured in the
'ful and swinging melody that has ! stof' .b' officers cf the police force
been adopted as the featured song,an1 disarmed and was at once rushed
!of the empire state and its dis-0 the state penitentiary at Lincoln
tinguished sons for r,afe keeping.
The concert was closed with the' IlHEes Mildred Allen and Mildred
insnirins- "Stars jinrt Rfrines Fnr-
ever tRat made & fiui fina,e tQ
thg hour of reaj musicai enjoyment.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our
raany
Great Highway
System Centers
on Bridge Here
From Friday's Dally
Tjit. erection of the Missouri liver
..t i.i.int fri liuriiile ;illt
..J)d truck travel will make the k-y-
from east and west.
The state of Iowa is planning
many new road projects, a part now
being under way, that will jfive
miles of paved roads along the line
that leads as straight as the crow
flies from Burlington westward to
where the bridge that the Platts
mouth Bridge Co., has projected, will
span the waters of the great Mis
souri that now divides the state of
Iowa and Nebraska, making a great
aid to the further extension of the
good roads movement in this state
as well as that of our neighboring
state.
The new bridge will be a great
link in this highway system and one
that will save many miles of unnec
essary travel along the great high
ways to the east and west as well as
bringing the great market of South
Omaha nearer by seventy-five miles
to the farmers and stock raisers of
southwestern Iowa.
On the Iowa side of the great river
there are many important branch
roads that will join into the great
trunk road from the east to the west
and which can have the use of the
bridge over the river for their con
venience in travel and bringing into
closer touch several hundred thou
sand of the Iowa and Nebraska peo
ple. The bridge here has a wonderful
hook. up on the western side of the
strt-am with highways both to the
north .and.. feouth St well as the east
and west, the King of Trails already
a great all weather highway leading
either to Omaha or Kansas City,
while to the west the traveler can
connect with the D. L. D. at Omaha
or via Louisville, at Greenwood with
this western highway and there are
also the Red Ball highway to Lin
coln via Murray and Elmwood and
the "O" street road at Union to Lin
coln and thence to the west, so that
the traveler can have a choice of
highways that will lead through the
heart of the great agricultural lands
of Cass county and the fine little
cities that mark this section of the
state.
With the prospects that are now
so bright that work will be abl to
be started this fall on the new
bridge, the year 1929 should see the
structure over the Missouri river in.
operation and the travel over the.
bridge and highway system under
way, bringing thousands of travelers
each year to realize the glory that
is the beast of Nebraska and Iowa, iu
the heart of the great agricultural
domain of the United States.
PLATTSMOUTH LADY SHOT
Prom Friday's Paity
Mrs. Julia Connor, former Platts
mouth lady, was among the victims
of the rage of Bill Lewis, negro por
ter, at the Wool worth 5 and 10 cent
store at ICth and Douglas streets,
Omaha, yesterday afternoon.
The negro, who has had attacks of
insanity before, suddenly became en
raged at the spilling of some gravy
on the floor of the kitchen by a
waitress. Miss Marie Maloney, and
rushing to the store room adjoining
the store kitchen, secured a revolver
and opened lire. Miss Maloney. the
intended victim, fainting and faliing
to the floor and was unharmed as
the crazed negro, who evidently was
of the opinion she had been killed and
then rushed into the main kitchen
and began firing wildly over the room.
injuring two of the ladies who were
there at the time.
Mrs. Connor, wife of Walter Con
nor, well known ball player, and
who was for many years a resident
hero was struck bv a
bullet that
imbedded itself in her riht leir.
"
Nina Dodson, the second victim of
mou. iwo iiaiismouin gins were
in the Woolworth store at the time
ol lct? biiyoung anu was among ne
large number that were thrown into
a panic when the chazed negro broke
loose on his shooting. They remained
to see Mrs. Connor as she was taken
