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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MABCH 19, 1934.
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Arnold Lillie
Democrat Choice
for City Mayor
H. L. Thomas end M. D. Brown Re
nominated for Cleik, Treasurer;
Maishall Esat in Fifth.
The Nominees
Major Arnold Lillie
Clerk Herman L. Thomas
Treasurer M. D. Brown
Police Judge C. L. Graves
COUNCILMEN
1st Ward John E. Frady
2nd Ward Don Sievers
3rd Ward Frank Rebal
4th WardFred H. Vincent
5th Ward Max Bowman
One of the largest city conventions
that has been held here was that
staged by the democrats on Thurs
day evening at the court house and
large numbers of new members gath
ered as City Chairman W. H. Puis
called the meeting to order and the
convention started on its way.
J. A. Capwell was elected as the
chairman of the convention and
Frank J. Libershal as the secretary
of the meeting.
The nomination for the office of
mayor was taken up as the first or
der of business and the balloting re
quired some time as the names or
Arnold Lillie, the petition candidate
two years ago. Mayor John P. Sat tier
and W. C. Tippens were presented to !
the convention. The result of the
ballot gave Mr. Lillie the nomination
by a large margin, he having a clear
majority ever all other candidates.
In the offices of the city clerk and
city treasurer there was no opposi
tion to the present incumbent?. Her
man L. Thomas and M. D. Brown and
their nominatons were speedily ac
complished. For the office of police judge, the
convention followed the custom ol
years past in the endorsement of the
incumbent. Judge Charles L. Graves
and who will also no doubt receive
the republican nomination for the
office.
With the disposal of the city ticket
the various wards were called into
ther caucuses for the purpose of se
lecting the candidates for council
men and the city committee.
Ia the first ward the nomination
for councilman was given to John E.
Frady while for the committee Mr.
and Mrs. George Jeager were select
ed. The second ward had a large dele
gation at the meeting and who named
as councilman, Den Sievers, while the
committee selections were Paul Van
dervoort and Mrs. A. T. Seybert.
The third ward delegation select
ed Frank A. Rebal for re-nomination
to the office and as the committee
members Thomas Walling and Mrs.
Cyril Kalina.
The fourth ward named as coun
cilmanic candidate Fred H. Vincent
and the committee members Frank
Rice and Mrs. A. E. Edgerton.
In the fifth ward an upset was
marked when Councilman Adam Mar
shall whose first term is expiring,
was defeated for the nomination by
Max Bowman, South Sixth street
barber. The committee members se
lected were William Kief and Mrs.
Frank Sheldon.
FILES FOR COMMISSIONER
Horace W. Griffin, one of the best
known residents of Union, was in the
city Thursday and while here made
hi3 filing at the office of the county
clerk for the office of county commis
sioner from the second district.
Mr. Griffin has made his home in
Union for a great many years and is
engaged there in the blacksmithing
business at which he has been quite
successful. He is affiliated with the
republican party and will make the
race under that party designation.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Griffin cf this city and is well known
to a large number of the local people
as he has been a frequent visitor
here.
The second district is composed of
Liberty, Nehawka, Mt. Pleasant, Cen
ter, Avoca and Louisville precincts.
Under the new law the commissioner
is uorainated and elected in separate
districts instead of by the county at
large.
FUNERAL OF BABZ
From Thursday's Daily
This morning the funeral of Rob
ert, three months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Slayman, was held at
the Sattler funeral home" and attend
ed by a number of the neighbors and
friends.
A short service was held by Father
J. J. Kaczmarek, pastor of the Holy
Rosary church, at the funeral home
and also at the grave in the Catholic
cemetery.
A number of the relatives from
Omaha were here to attend the last
rites of the little one whose passing
has brought so mucu sorrow to the
family.
Telephone Com
pany Sees Better
Business Outlook
Report of Lincoln Telephone Co,
Shows That General Conditions
cn Upward Trend.
Another inde.i of improved busi
ness conditions was reflected in the
February, 1934. report of the Lin
coln Telephone and Telegraph com
pany. According to figures released
by J. H. Agee, general manager, the
company showed a net gain of 227
telephones for its 134 exchanges
which are located in the 22 southeast
counties of Nebraska. This is a de
cided improvement when compared
with the same period a year ago.
"We feel that business conditions
will show a steady improvement dur
ing the year," said Mr. Agee. "Al
though the volume of business of
1933 remained at the lowest level ex
perienced during the past ten j-ears,
the company pursued throughout the
year careful and diligent attention f
to maintaining at all times telephone
service that was accurate, dependable
and speedy, and at a cost to the users
as low as efficient operation can
make it.
STAGE A GOOD GAME
From Friday's Daily
The Plattsmouth high school bas
ketball team and the Plattsmouth
Storz staged an interesting contest
last night at the high school gym
that was well worth seeing.
The game had bsen arranged to
raise funds for a joint banquet for
the two teams, but the patronage af
forded was such that the boys will
be lucky to secure a hamburger from
the proceeds.
The high school was held largely
to long shots after the opening period
with Rhodes leading the scoring.
Rummel was the high point man of
the Storz as he was plenty hot in
the first half but was held to two
goals in the last stanza.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
High School
Ffj ft rr Tr
.10 0 2
.2105
.0 0 0 0
.2 0 0 4
.0 0 0 0
.01 1 1
.5 0 0 10
.10 0 2
11 2 1 24
FG FT PF TP
3 10 7
.7 0 1 14
2 0 0 4
.3016
.2 0 0 4
17 1 2 35
McCleary, f
Ronne, f
Jensen, f
Hiner, c
Knoflicek, f
Armstrong, g
Rhodes, g
Comer, g
StOIZ
Krejci, f
Rummel, f
Donat, c
Forbes, g
Knoflicek, g
Referee, Mason. Peru; Timekeeper,
Taylor; Scorekeepsr, Svoboda.
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SUFFERS INJURED FOOT
Virgle Kline was injured Wednes
day afternoon while engaged in cut
ting wood on a farm northwest of
this city. He with a companion, Rob
ert Sedlak, were cutting down trees
and trimming them for cutting in a
sawmill. The young man was trim
ming one of the felled trees at the
time cf the accident, the ax glancing
as a result the blade of the sharp ax
cut through the boot and sox of the
young man and Inflicted a deep cut
on the toe, the blade penetrating to
the bone. The young man came on
to this city where the injured mem
ber was dressed and made as com
fortable a3 possible under the circumstances.
John P. Sutton
Dies After Short
Siege of Illness
Irish Patriot Was Knight cf St.
Ckegory Honored by the
Xnir
of Cclumb'j:
John Patrick Sutton, churchman.
writer and soldier, died at his home
at Lincoln Wed ::.-dr. y afternoon af
ter an illness of about a week. He
was SS. In 1 D 1 ; Mr. Flutter, was
mads a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope
Pius X. and was or.e of t!2 few Am
ericana ever to receive the honor. In
19 32 he was made an honors;- mem
ber of the Knights: cf Columbus.
Mr. Sutton was knighted for hi. 3
services to the Reman Catholic
church as a writer, Laving mad:
many contributions over a lens per
iod or years. At o:.c time lie was
editor of the Irish Republic, a New
York publication, and later of the
Chicago Citizen. Ho was also nation
al recrctary of th? National Irish
league.
Member cf the Fenian brother
hood, Mr. Sutton and his brother.
JJU f UU , VUIilT LU vllV V .nil 1.1 .... II.
from Ireland in 1J6 5. Their family
was ci'.e of the eldest in Ireland and
its members had taken part in many
patriot movements there. About a
year later. Mr. Sutton emigrated to
St. Louis where he joined the army
to take part in the Indian uprisings
of the time.
During hi -3 service in the army he
was stationed at Jefferson barracks
in Missouri. Fort Leavenworth in
Kansas. Fort Kearney in Ntbrarka.
and at Fort Uridger. During this
time he was a member of the party
of General Dodge, chief engineer for
the Union Pacific, and Secretary of
War Rawlings, who were making a
survey of the .Rocky mountain region.
In 1SG9 Mr. Sutton completed his
enlistment and returned to Quebec,
Canada, to join his family. In 1S72
he married Miss Mary Clancy, and
for several years lived in New York
City. Quebec and Montreal. In 1SS5
he became the Canadian organizer
fo- the Irish National h.-ague.
In 1SS6 Mr. Sutton severed hi3
connection with the Irh-h National
L-ague, came to Lincoln, and became
! a paymaster for the Fitzaerald-Mal-
lery -Construction company, whose
president was John Fitzgerald. Dur
ing the same year Mr. Fitzgerald be
came president of the league and Mr.
Sutton its secretary.
In his memoirs, written in long
hand, Mr. Sutton says of Mr. Fitz
gerald: "He had natural intelli
gence, he loved his native land and
no man strove to serve her more
generously and with greater single
ness cf purpose. Tli3 very day before
he took sick, he was telling me of j j
certain projects he had in view toipj. t,e ioca people
give me a good start in life. . . . God
disposes or man proposes."
During 1S93 and 1S94 Mr. Sutton
was engaged in editorial work and
continued his writing for many
years. In 1906 he returned to Lin
coln where he lived until the time of
his death.
Mr. Sutton is survived by two
sons, R. C. Sutton of Lincoln, and
M. R. Sutton of Kansas City, Mo.;
one daughter. Miss Georgina Sutton
of Lincoln; and one sister. Mother
Mary St. John of Holland Mills, N.
Y.
BRUXSOIT LEAVES FOE OHIO
Harold Brunson of the Kahler Tot
tery company, left Tuesday for Co
lumbus, Ohio, where he represents
the western district at a meeting of
pottery manufacturers from all over
the country, who will assemble to
try to agree on a code that will
equalize prices as wtll as wages.
Under present conditions, manu
facturers in the southern part of the
country, who pay but 25 cents an
hour for labor are able to undersell
their neighbors who pay from 40 to
50 cents an hour. This question andjinj, fallin do. the Etairs ad su
divers others will be ironed out at j
this meeting. Louisville Courier.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this means of ex
pressing our appreciation to the kind
friends and neighbors for their acts;
of sympathy during our recent be-
reavement. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Slayman and Family.
CELEBRATE GOLEIx wTEDBING
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Hci! celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
their heme in East Louisville on
February 2S. The families of both
Mr. ar.d Mrj. Heil were among the
early settlers cf Cass county.
Mr. end Mr. Ilcil llvd c:i their
farm r.ar Louisville unt:l after the
marrige of their ycui.gest son, Ar
nold E.. in 1930, when they moved
into Louisville. The other children
are II. E. and Adam lie;! ar.d Mrs.
Harry Urish and Mrs. Ed v.-in Grcup,
all residents of Cuas county. Louis-
vil!:- Cour:er.
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Siieriii ayivesier
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lies for Renomi-
naiion to Office
j Enters the Democratic Primary Lists
fcr iienonnnction
to His
Preci-nt CfTic?.
Sheriff Ilcmcr Sylvester Ti.urriiay
afternoon filed for it nomination to
th? office cn the democratic ticket.
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ticket for the position
Sheriff Sylvester i. completing the
remainder of his two year term, he
having been elected in the fall of
1932 to fill the unexpired term of for
mer Sheriff Bert Reed and will now
seek the regular four year term to
the office. The sheriff has made an
excellent record in th? handling of
the office and his many friends over)
the countv will be interested in
!, ,;., v -. . r. . , ;
learning that he is-now definitely m
the race for renomination.
Previous democratic filings for the;
Giiice were r.iartin A;ei.en ol weep
ing Water and Jess. Elliott of this
city.
LEGI0X AUXILIARY . 1TEETS
The American Legion Auxiliary
met on Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. A. K. Duxbury with Mrs.
R. II. Pat ton, Mr.-,. Robert M. Wall
ing and Miss Dorothy Gradoville as
the horiesscs.
The members cf the unit had a
very busy afternoon in the trans
action of the business that was de
manding ther attention and whicti
was featured by the very thorough
report of the district convention at
Louisville given by Jdrs. Fay Mc
Clintock. Mrs. Herman L. Thomas, president
of the unit announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. Fred Herbster and Mrs.
Don Seivers as th.- committee lor
Poppy daj
The unit also discussed the plans
for the program to be given at the
Veterans' hospital at Lincoln on
April 20th, which is to be furnished
The unit also vot
tion3 to the Bey
Health Center and
towel shower for th
d to make dcr.a
Scouts and the
s well to hold a
Boy Scout cabin
in the near future.
An Arbor day pageant was also
discussed by the members of the unit
as a part cf the activities of th? next
few week?.
The ladies spent the remainder of
the time in the plying of the busy
needle in making a quilt that will be
used for a hospitalized nurss and the
unit will hold an all day quilting
the next week.
At the close cf the afternoon
dainty and delicious refreshments
were served to add to the pleasures
of ths occasion.
FALLS AND EREAK3 HIP
From Saturday's Pally
Mrs. Joseph Warga. Sr., residing)
at the Nottingham apartments, 33rd
and Burt streets. Omaha, suffered a
severe injury this morning when she
fell at her home and suffered the
fracture of her left hip. Mrs. Warga
was descending the stairs at her home
jand caught her heel on the carpet-,
tainir . the b n llip. she was tak-
en to the Methodist hospital where
she is being cared for. Mrs. Warga
since moving to Omaha has made her
home with her daughter, Miss Ann,
at the Nottingham.
The news of the accident came as a
great shock to the friends here and
who trust that she may recover from
the accident without, any serious
after effects.
Truck Driver
Reports Attempt
Cn TT 1 JS ing in the hope of saving t
to stelae riolciup.of
jured Wednesday. Th? exa
Watson Truck Last Night followed
Fiom Fart Cicok to Near This
City ty Ttvo Cars.
Late Thur.-.day i:irht a Watson
(ruck, . -outhbourd, arrived in the city
with the driv-r reporting that an at
tempt had been niado tc stop his truck
i
several timer,
botween this city and
Fort Crook.
The driver
ported that he had
firnt noticed two cars that were fol-j
lowing th? truck and which madej
attempts several times to get the
;f
truck blocked and forced to the side .
the road. As the Watson line has J
suffered rxveral heldiTps in the pact, j
tho driver was much alarmed and .
( reaching hers nctlfiul S'neriff syi-
vester of the fact.
Sh-.:if Sylvester drove his car as
a convey for th; truck the remain
ing distance through Cass county,
Sheriff Carl Ryd:r cf Nebraska City
meeting the truck at the Otoe coun
ty line and guarding it on into Ne
braska Citv.
After securing the services of the
e he riff the Intel: was net threatened
by th? VGuld-be holdups, who appar
ently returned back north to Omaha.
EEEE FIFTY YEASS
Krom Saturday's Palsy
W. P. Cook of this city, one of the
told le.-idents of the community, was
in a i eminisccnt mood today as the
.
snow storm was ragins aud remarked
(that it was th? fiftieth anniversary
of hi-3 arrival in Plattsmouth. Mr.
'Cook who is a native of Salem, Iowa,
had been working at tiis trade as a
bulbar at Burlington and later at
Hamburg anu while there learned of
a position at Plattsmouth and accord
ingly on the 17th of March. 1SS4,
he arrived her? to become a resident.
He states that on the day cf his ar
rival the rain was falling very heavy
and the then unpaved streets of the
city were hub deep in mud and the
next day the weather shifted
snow and a real storm raged. Mr.
Cook secured quarters rt the "Cot
tage House" a residence building used
as a hotel which was located on Sixth
street where the Mullen and Gamer
stores are now located. The hotel
was operated by James Woodson who
will be remembered by many of the
older residents here.
The shop that Mr. Cook was first
engaged in was located in the base
ment of the present Wescott build
ing at Fifth and Main streets.
VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS
Frnm Thursday's Daily
This morning Erl R. Teepell
fori
reveral years storekeeper here for
the LKLX at tneir local shops, ar
rived in the city to join Mrs. Teepeil
in a visit with the old time friends
in this city and vicinity. The Tc-epell
family are now located at St. Paui,
Minnesota, where Mr. Teepell is en
gaged as storekeeper for the refrig
erator car company as he wa here.
The friends have been delighted with
the opportunity of visiting with this
estimable couple who have not been
able to visit here since the' were lo
cated at Atlanta. Georgia, following
their leaving here. They report their
son, John, as still being at Atlanta
where he is employed and residing
with his family.
EECEIVE FINE PEESENT
From Friday's Daily
This morning Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Egenbergcr received from Pompona,
Florida, a case of the fine large
tomatoes grown on the farm of Mr.
and Mre. Roy Fuller near that place.
Mrs. Fuller will be remembered here
as Mss Bernice Newell. The tomatoes
are exceptionally fine and according
to the wishes cf the doner will be
distributed to the Egenbergers, H. A.
Schneider, William Baird and L. W.
Egenberger families.
Mr. Fuller has suffered a great
deal with his eyes and his eyesight
is badly affected and it is expected
that he will go to Baltimore to enter
the John Hopkins hospital as soon
as the crop is completed. During his
illness Mrs. Fuller has had charge of
looking after the farm with the as
sistance of a foreman.
UNDERGOES Of xiATiGN
Frci.i Thursday's Daily
John A. Libershal ur.der.vent an
operation on his left eye this morn-
ving the eight
iously in-
examination
by a specialist at Omaha disclosed
that some substance had penetrated
the eyt- rather than burning it, it
being thought that it was a piece of
glass that had gotten into the ey;.'.
The many lriends are trusting that
Mr. Libershal may soon be on the;..
high. way to recovery from his acci
dent and not suffer any disability as
: the result of the injury.
Declamatory
Contest Proves
Fine Attraction
Laip Audience Hears Fine Program:
Presented ty the Young; Peo
ple cf School.
From Thursday's Daily
A large crowd filleO the high school
auditorium last night to hear the
local declamatory contest, partici
pated in by about twenty students,
competing lor the right to represent
the srl.ool in the sub-district contest,
to be held at Auburn next Tuesday.
While a number of the more ex
perienced declamatory speakers ot
former years were missing, the con
tost last night showed a fine array of
talent and the presence cf a num
ber of Freshmen and Sophomores was
especially pleasing. The speakers were
dircted by Mr. Figley, assisted by
Miss Heltne Perry and numerous
others who volunteered their serv
ices. The results were as follows:
Extemporaneous: Edgar Seitz, 1st;
Earl Lambcrr.cn, 2nd; Eleanor Elack,
3rd.
Drrmatic: Frederick Fricke, "Num
ber Six," 3ft; June Geist, "Daddy
Doc," 2nd; Alice Hirz, "Mercede3,"
3rd.
Humorous: Virginia Trively, "Good
Eye Sister," 1st; Edna Mae Peterren,
"Some Other Birds Learn to Fly,"
2nd; Betty Kalina, "The Home Tal-
mtojented Rehearsal," 3rd.
Oratory: Laurence Rhoades, "Fac
ing the Criris." 1st; Dorothy Siemon
t it. "Present Dangers to World
Peace," 2nd; Oliver Taylor, "The
Road to Recovery," 3rd.
FLOWER SHOW MEETING
The Flower Show committee met
at the library March 15 at 3 o'clock,
Chairman A. L. Tidd presiding.
The following committees were
appointed by the chairman:
Securing judges Mrs. J. W. Cra-
bill. Mrs. E. J. Richey, Mrs. George
Mann.
Entries Mrs. Frank Gobclman,
- , Tlirmii V-.!!;rr- .T r ? 1 .11 kp
Wiles, Mrs. J. J. Cloiclt.
Securing hall Mrs. J. C. Petersen,
Jr., Mrs. J. E. Wiles, Miss Julia Svo
boda, Mrs Otto Keck.
Donations Mr. Luk? Wiles, Mrs.
George Mann. Mr;. J. J. Cloidt. Mrs.
E. J. Richey. "
Arrangements cf premiums Mrs.
George Mann, Mr?. J. C. Petersen. Jr.,
Mrs. Otto Keck. Mrs. G. L. Taylor.
Date- for the flower show to be de
termined later.
The committee will meet at the
library Thursday, March 22 at 3
o'clock to make further plans.
Flower growers of Cass county are
invited to enter the show. A commit
tee from each town will be appoint
ed. DEADLINE Oil TAXES PASSES
Washington. Those who failed to
file income tax returns Thursday
night face a 2T, percent penalty. Mid-
night was the deadline. The treasury
has its own ideas about what should
be paid on 1933 incomes. It counts
cn 250 millions for March the
month when returns are filed and
first quarter payments made. Last
year's March payments were 174 mil
lions. "I am tremendously impressed with
what the fellows have done in esti
mating the amount of income taxes,"
Secretary Morgenthau said. "They
have not only hit it but actual in
come is running a shade above it.
Our estimate for March was 250 mil
lions. It looks better than last year
but wou ought to point ou that the I
banks were closed last year."
Geo Lushinsky
Nominee at Last
Night's Caucus
Experienced r.nd Capable Iercter of
Council Asked to H;r.d City
Ticket for Major.
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The Nominees
Mayor Geo. Lushinsky
Clerk Albert Oi.-cn
Treasurer R. II. Anderson
Police Judge C. L. Graves
COUNCILMEN
1st Ward E. A. Webb
2nd Ward Fred Lindeman
3rd Ward Miles M. Alien
4th Ward John E. Schutz
5th Ward Harry Winscott
Fr"m Saturday's Dai'y
The republican city convention
met last evening at the court l.ou
and brought together a large num
ber of the citizens from various fac
tions cf the city to take up ihe im
portant work of selecting the: nom
inees for the city ticket.
The meeting was presided over by
H. A. Schneider, city chairman, with
William Schmidtniann, Jr., as the
secretary and these- were made the
permanent officers of the- convention.
Chairman Schneider in taking the
chair stressed the necessity of having
as the leaders men of knowledge cf
the condition of the city affair? and
aha one that had the real interest
cf the city at heart and was in thf-m-
selves a part cf the taxpayim:
dy.
i The financial condition of tlie city r--
quireu a careful policy that had t.een
followed in the past few year.; to he Id
the city cost to as low a figure as
possible.
The convention then proceeded to
ballot for a candidate for the office
of mayor and George Lushinsky, vet
eran councilman and one who has
b?n serving on the finance committee
of the council in the battle for city
economy, was named as the candidate
for this office. Several name:; were
suggested but those of Mr. Lushin
sky and Adolph Geise were the only
ones voted on.
Fcr the position of city clerk a
Very interesting race developed when
th? friends of Albert Olson. Miss
Mary Peterson and Miss May Mur-
iphy, presented their name? to the con
vention, none of the candidates be
ing present in person and the vote
results showed Olson winner. The
vote wan Olson, 35; Peteifon 2 4, ar.d
Murphy 9.
Several names were suggested for
the position of city treasurer, all de
clining with the exception of V. T.
Arn and Ralph Anderson and made
necessary the taking of a ballot with
the result that Ander;on received -15
and Arn 2C.
Judge C. L. Graves, who had been
endorsed the night previous at the
democratic city convention was madt
the unanimous choice of his own
part' gathering and can coast into
office without any effort.
The convention then proceeded to
name the candidates for councilmen
in the various wards of the city as
well as selecting the city committees
for the campaign with the f olio-wing
results:
The first ward renominated for
councilman E. A. Webb, whose work
has been outstanding in the c-uncM
in his handling of the city tax pur
chases. The committee sele.tions
were W. A. Becktr and Mr. William
I Schmidtmann, Jr.
In the second ware1 the caucus se
lected Fred Lindeman. a f-.-mc r mem
ber of the council in 1920-22. th
candidate for Use position again while
on the commiitc? Car! J. S: !i:m id r
and Mrs. John L. Tidball v.c.c rthct
ed. Tho third ward former council
man Miles M. Allen was named for
the position in the city legislative
body while W. A. Weils and Mrs.
E. H. Wcscott were selected cn the
central committee.
The fourth ward al-o named a for
mer member of the council, Jol n E.
Schutz, to make the race in that ward
and with E. J. Weyrich and Mrs. F.
R. Gobelman on the committee.
In the fifth ward the del.gat' , se
lected Harry Winscott. war veteran,
to lead the party there and with
Albert Stokes and Mrs. Marie Gabrl-
man a3 the members of the central
committee.