SOUTH OMAHA
BRANCH OFFICE, 24TH AND N STB
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Patrick Murphy
Dies at 82 Years
; . -
Retired Omaha Livestock
Man Succumbs Suddenly
to Heart Failure.
Patrick J. Murphy, 82, pioneer Oma
ha resident, died at a local hospital
Saturday night of heart disease, fol
lowing an Illness of two days. For
nlmost 50 years Mr. Murphy was con
nected with the livestock business in
South Omaha.
Surviving Mr. Murphy are his
■widow, four sons, John, Thomas F.
and Dr. Frank Murphy of Omaha,
and Edwin M. Murphy of New York
city, and four daughters, Mrs. J. R.
Henry and Mrs. F. J. Henry of Schuy
ler, Mrs. John McGuire and Mrs. W.
E. Straub of Lincoln.
Mr. Murphy had retired from busi
ness and had moved to a country
place near Schuyler. He was return
ing to live In Omaha. His death was
sudden and was quite unexpected.
“Rational America” Men
Invading South Omaha
J. J. Flanagan, 2612 Fowler avenue,
with .offices at 211 Leflang building,
in charge of a corps of solicitors in
Nebraska and Iowa, representing the
Rational American league, securing
signers to petitions, invaded South
Omaha yesterday.
Besides Mr. Flanagan, there were
15 men in various automobiles mak
ing a canvass of the business and resi
dence districts of South Omaha. The
following is the heading of the peti
tions circulated:
"The undersigned citizen* of the Unltfd
State* believing that ?ood government
and true temperance are seriously Im
periled bv the present conditions exist
ing throughout th*- United States under
the Volstead prohibition enforcement act.
respectively petition the congress of the
United States to study carefully the facts
and so to amend this act that wo may see
and end to the disrespect for law. promis
cuous crime, corruption of public servants
and other evils now existing:
"We believe that his cun be best ac
complished by modifying the Volstead act
.is to permit the legal manufacture, dis
trlbutlon and consumption of beer and
light wines of moderate alcohol content."
“We have 110,000 signers to the
petition in Nebraska,” said Mr.
Flanagan, "secured since July 4, 1923.
Rentlmept seems to be strong for beer
and lighCwine legislation."
Harvard Pastor Comes
to South Omaha Church
Rev. Barton A. Johnson of Harvard.
Neb., has accepted the pastorate of
the South Side Christian church and
Will assume his charge next week,
taking tho place of Rev. J. L>. Brum
baugh, resigned.
Rev. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of
Cotner university and has been In the
ministry for the last two and one-half
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and baby
daughter, Margaret Ellen, are ex
pected to arrive In South Omaha next
week and have taken an apartment
at 2122 F street.
Rev. X.. A. Brumbaugh will preach
his farewell sermon this morning at
IX and will occupy the pulpit for the
last time here this evening, taking
as his subject "Response to Vision."
West Side Boosters’ Club
_r •_ to Honor Baseball Team
At the weekly meeting of the West
Ride Boosters club, plans were made
to join the community center coun
cil, and to sponsor athletic activities.
First program will be held Thurs
South Omaha Brevities.
Mrs. Albert Martin is reported ill at
her home, 2002 G street.
Illinois coal, $3 ton delivered. Pivonka
Coal Co. MA. 0617.—Adv.
LOST—Boy's heavy red sweater, near
South Lincoln school. Call MA. 138c.
Mrs. A. Finley, 4224 South Twenty-third
street, left last week for a visit on the
Pacific coast.
After a visit of a week with relatives
at York. Neb.. Mr. end Mrs. E. J. Bel
lowa returned home yesterday.
The Ladles' class of tho South Sldo
Chrhtlar church will meet at tho church
Thursday and will sew all day.
Mrs. T. C. Parks. 4?2o South Twentieth
street, went to .Mason *’ity. la., last week,
where she will visit relatives.
Mies Katherine Nolan 5063 South Twen
ty-fourth street, had as her guest last
week, Mrs. William Flechtingur of Snyder,
Nob.
Frank Swanson, who was called to
Fort Dodge. la., on account of the Illness
of his mother, returned to South Omaha
Friday.
Mrs. W. B. Routt, 3903 South Tw*»n
ty-fourth street, is enjoying a visit from
her sister, Mrs. John von Arb of St
Louts, Mo
The XL club will give a card and
bunco party and dance at 8t. Agnes
ba!!, Twenty-third and O streets. Wednes
day evening.
Tho Kumjolnus club of Grace M. E.
church met Friday afternoon at the horns
«.f Mrs. Fred Goerne, 3610 South Twenty
fourth street.
Mrs. Lucinda Martin of Charlton, la.,
arrived last week to visit b*r son and
daughter-in-law, Mi. and Mrs. Albert
Martin. 2012 G street.
^ Luring the month of November the la
rv*-Ui-y of Wheeler Memorial church will
r It* a heme-cooked luncheon every Tues
day a mo Thursday, 11 to 1.
Rev. B. If. Ward, state superintendent
of evangelism of the Baptist church In
Nebraska, will occupy the pulpit at the
Graco M. E. church this morning at il.
Willard Graves a*compan led by bis
aunt. Miss .Mary Sargent, 3323 .South
Twenty-seventh «tr» f, returned last w«-ek
from Columbus, Neb., where they were
visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Wllkerson, Fort
^ Crook boulevard, have as their guests
Mr. Wilke.eon's mother and sister. Mrs
.1 M. Wllkerson and daughter, Virgle, of
Kansas City, AA>.
The Wheeler Memorial Sunday school
will hold il annual promotion esor
ciscs at tho chu.'h this morning at 11,
when pupils of all departments will take
part in the program.
Tho pupils of Brown Park school will
give a benefit show at the Koseland
theater. Monday and Tuesday evening and
tho showing of * Salomy Jane" will l»u
tho principal feature of tho benefit.
After a p easant visit of a week with
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lang, 4725 South Eight
eenth street, their son and dauguter-in
law. Mr. and .Mrs, Fred L*ng, of bt.
Joseph. Mo., returned home yesterday.
Dr. George W. Y'oung of Kentucky wilt
occupy tho pulpit at the Cntted Pres
by i.a:i church this morning at 11, and
will | lvo no »ddre*H on the subject, "Law
JKnl i t elotut the Duty of the Hour."
A log dance will be given tho evening
of 0<-tn.>i-. 27 «»t New Settlers hall,
Thirty .■ i..lh am] IJ streets, by South Oma
ha post, American Legion. Them will
Lj i u muwlo and rvli oehments will be
•*r\ td
Ac < ording to Pet* r Plechas, president of
tho St. Nicholas society of 8t. Nicholas
church, the bazar held la»t week was a
flecld.-d aurcL-ss, $942.30 having been
cheered whb h will be applied to the inort
sage on the church.
Alias Irma Abbott, youngest daughter
f Mr. and Mrs J M. Abbott, 3906 South
wenty-thlrd street, and Dr. Ivan Smith
•ur*» unit' d in marring* Monday afternoon
r 4 at St. Marlin K‘j incopal c hurch, Re v
huH* m Herbert Llnh-y performing ttis
nr oniony Th* young couple wiil insko
heir horns in South Omaha.
Mrs. Samuel Wilson and daughter, Mrs.
Aaron Sutton, and George Ferguson, all of
Mechanisvitle, la., who hnvo b* etc visiting
at tho home of Mrs. Wilson's daughter
***pd son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. George
V " iU" man. 4<>2* South 'I wenty-flfth »tie«d.
f lot the pmt two Wc(k«, returned home
' yesterday.
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Iowa’s "Bus Queen” Single, “Under 25.” j
Says "Men All Right—in Their Place”
From Small Start She Has Built Up Biggest Business in-ihe
MiddlcDtesl—Has Fight on Against Six Railroads
at Present Time.
Mason City, la., Oct. 13—Just
imagine it! Six full-grown railroads
pouncing with all their might on one
young lady, and not a very big one
at that. It's a pathetic story—unless
you know the young lady.
She is Miss Helen Schultz of this
city. She's active manager of the
largest intercity bus line in the. mid
dlowest. Daily her fleet of 15 motor
busses, ranging In capacity from 15
to 24 passengers, cover a total of
2,000 miles, well over half way across
the continent, with terminals spread
from Des Moines, on the south, to
Minneapolis 4nd 8t. Paul on the
north, and from Waterloo, on the
east, to Algona, on the west. *
And the six railroads—Chicago &
Northwestern, Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific, Chicago, Great Western,
Minneapolis & St. Routs, Fort Dodge.
Des Moines & Southern, and Mason
City & Clear Rake—have turned loose
their legal powers to show that Miss
Schultz' lines are not essential to
day evening In honor ©f the West
Side Boosters Baseball club, that won
the class B baseball amateur city
championship. Refreshments will bo
served.
Tfce West Side Booster's Football
club will play their first game today
at Valley.
A dance will be held at St. Mary
hall, Thirty-sixth and R streets,
Thursday evening, October 2$.'
Citizenship Meeting.
This evening at 7:30 at the Wheeler
Memorial church there will be a men's
citizenship meeting. Subjects to be
discussed are: “The Value of Chris
tian Citizcnrhlp to the Community,''
“The Meaning of Christian Citizen
ship" and “Th® Duties of Christian
Citizenship."
Morton Wells and Albert Wolf will
play a \iolin duet and special music
will be given by the rholr.
Children’s Contest.
The South Omaha branch library
will hold a story contest during "Good
Book Week," November 11 to 17.
Contestants will be required to write
a story using the titles of the books
found In the children's branch of
the library. Any boy or girl having a
library card may enter the contest.
South High Notes
A mating of Vellum wai held October
9 A program In memorial of President
Harding was given by Al.ce Kopecky.
Marjorie Oran. Alice Bassett and Frances
AY a ter it.
Next Tuesday th* Senate will debate on
the Ku Klux Klun. Byron Reed and
Lt" Hanify will lead.
Th cooking II classes gave a luncheon
last week The ctsss was divided into
thne*» groups with five In & group.
Miss Harvey gave her second period
*h#i»th«nj If cla s a conteat October 9
Twit captains w# re cho»*n and picked
> den. The contest wna on word sign*.
The losing side must give th#* wlnnln r
* do u veanut feed The two captain*
were Edward Kratky and Frieda Sim
mons.
Th#* typewriting classes are showing
ho-.v th#*' can mtute Many students
have received award*, as certificates or
• t*. In every speed test the person
that ha* fewest error* wins a new penny.
The person having no errors receive* a
»h ny nickel
At th*» second meeting of the Portia
club, one member was honorably dl*
mis ed and a new member taken In
Speakers were Maude Cannadv and Ml*s
U>hr*. Chairmen In parliamentary prac
tice were Grace Carpenter, Yetta Simon
and H'-lsn Mertze.
In e.» quarter. Town*#*nd at full
and Captain Hutter and MupDcnatd a?
halve*. Coach Patton hu* a speedy hack
field.
Th« English rlae*»*s have been asked to
furnlshh mat-rial for the Tooter.
Thursday afternoon. October 4. 20 mem
ber* of the science club met at Twenty -
fourlh and N street* for a hike to th*
Omaha Walking club shuck near Child's
Point. They hiked by way of the White
Trail road. A hot supper wa* serVsd and
Mike Drnkulipk washed the dishes. James
Baldwin, caretaker, escorted them through
th*- dark woods. Popular song* wero
fcUhg »
Aii'uracjr prize winners In typewriting
el ms e* last week were Grace Hughes,
Clad'* I.-’vj*. B'-sslo Kuncel, Earl Parslgv.
Margaret Oehrmnn, Anna pnvlicek. Frieda
Slmtoonds Charles Dunn, Anna Pavllck.
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the public's good. They would have
the railroad commission of Iowa deny
her a certificate to operate them.
With $125,000 already invested in
equipment and three score more
palace busses on their way from the
factory, each costing $11,000, the
stakes in the fight are of considerable
import to Miss Schultz. But she Is
facing the fight with a smile, just
as she faced with a smile the prob
lem of developing her bus line from
a single bus, operating between
Charles City and Waverly, a distance
of 30 miles, to its present size In a
period of 18 months. Three compet
ing bus lines have entered the field
since Miss Schultz launched her busi
ness In Mason City, and have been
sent to cover.
“I like a fight If the odds aren't
too "great against me,” said Miss
Schultz. And she doesn't think they
are when it's a mere matter of fight
ing six railroads.
This remarkable young woman was
doing clerical work in a railroad of
fice in Duluth only three or four
I years ago, following her course in a
business college there. There it was
that she learned the rudiments of
the transportation business. Then
she went to California, where she
came in touch with the extensive bus
line business. An idea seized her.
Why wouldn't the same thing work
in northern Iowa?
With $800, which came to her from
an estate, she purchased her first
bus. It succeeded. She bought
others. They, too, prospered, and
she kept on adding to her equipment
until she has the finest fleet of palace
cars In the entire middlewest.
Business women—women generally
for that matter—don't tell their ages,
hut she admits it is on the under
side of 23. And she doesn’t look any
older either.
In her large organization them i*
only one other girl—the office girl.
One of her associates is her older
brother, Magnus, who by choice
handles the mechanical problems of
the concern and lots his sister do the
hiring and the firing.
"While I much prefer hiring to
firing." says Miss Schultz, "I don't
find it hard to get up courage to fire
a man if I think he deserves It."
Home times a little lecture in her
private office staves off the necessity
of firing a driver or a mechanician.
A pnir of eyes that snap when their
owner is irritated aid materially 111
clinching her points.
“Occasionally I find Instances of
dishonesty among my men, but for
the most part they are loyal to me,”
she declared. "I much prefer to
deal with men. And I've learned some
things about them, too, that will
guide me in the future, I've found
that men who are 30 years old or
more are far more reliable and satis
factory for my purpose than the
, youngsters. Most of my drivers are
mature men and more and more it
will be so in the future."
Marriage is a subject that Miss
Schultz doesn't give any thought,
sho avers—but with a twinkle in her
eye that might mean any one of a
dozen things.
"Men are ail right in their place,”
she adds, "but I don’t have time to
think about them except in determin
ing whether their qualifications are
such ns to warrant my hiring them
to drive my busses. I've been ac
cused of being a man hater, but I
won't admit that. They're all right—”
rt’s just a business proposition for
Miss Helen to stay single, if the
truth is known, however. If she
is going to win in her fight with the
railroads, and she has up to this
point, she can't be encumbered with
a husband, she says.
Mason City. Ia., Oct. 14.—Bast Fri
day Miss Schultz' bus line business
was attacked from a new angle when
farmers and residents in three towns,
Xorthwood, Kensett and Manley,
along her route to the twin cities, be
gan signing a petition in which a
bar on her busses Is sought on the
grounds that they are destroying the
gravel roads. Tbe railroads are con
tending that the bus service furnished
by Miss Schultz between Dt-s Moines
and the twin cities and between
Waterloo and Aigona, la., is not for
the publics good. The petition will
bo presented at a hearing before the
railroad commission slated for Oc
tober 23.
Miss Schultz has Indicated her con
fidence in an ultimate victory by
adding three new palace cars to her
dozen busses alreadv m use.
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Another Lot Dress
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Street
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Sixes
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Can Millions Buy Heart of Youth?
Stokes Tried; Says "No.”
By International News Service.
New York, Oct. 13.—Cun gold
millions—ever buy the heart of
youth—love?
“No."
Earl Dodge Stokes gave that an
swer—the first Interview he has
ever given in the five years since
he instituted divorce proceedings
against his beautiful young wife,
Helen Elwnod Stokes.
Out of the experience of Ills 73
years at the game of hearts, bullet
scan "d years in which he has learn
ed tiio wrath of women acorned,
Stokes spoke today.
"1 know now" he said. "She—
he referred to the tltian haired
beauty whom when he was t>3 and
shp but 21, he married at Gretna,
N. J„ —"pledged her heart against
my wealth. It was her bargain. 1
lived up to mine—I loved. She
didn't.”
That was all Stokes had to say.
But In the telling, he explained
what lies behind what is In all
probability the bitterest marital
battle In the history of New York
courts—the drama of "Stokes vs.
Stokes.”
"I have been called the vilest
man in New Y'ork—a city of
6,000,000 people,” said Stokes. "I
have been branded a libertine, a
roue. 1 have heard these things.
“Never has my idea of this
story been told. Always It was
the woman.
"I was old—63—when X mar
ried her,” Stokes said. “'She was
21. She has said I lied about my
age. I didn't. She knew I had
millions. She sold her youth, her
beauty, against that. Anil she
welshed on her bargain.”
That is Stokes' story—the story
of the bitterness; the hatted; the
determine,! fight. he Is today wag
ing against his youthful wife in
New York's supreme court.
“I am not deceived now, al
though 1 was,” Stokes said. “Like
every old mao. I thought when I
married her, that my wealth and
position in life could make up
for youth. I loved. She didn't.
• Hut she told me she did.
"She went back on her Mrgain,
I did not."
True or false. Stoke*, without
doubt, believes the charges lie has
lodged against his wife. He has
accused her of friendship with 57
men. He has named 46 separate
incidents of these alleged friend
ships. Whether he can prove them
depends upon the Jury now hear
ing hi* charges.
18 Arrested in
Waiters’ Club
Deputy sheriff* raided the Porters
and Waiters club at Twenty-fourth
and Seward streets, taking 18 Inmates
to the city jail and seizing cards and
dice found there.
The deputies also arrested Joe Cal
lone in a cigar store at 722 South
Thirteenth street, where liquor was
said to have been found under a rear
doorstep.
Sheriff Endres sent his raiding
sqgads out Saturday afternoon with
25 search warrants.
- .- — - .. 1 1 a m -n
Plans Made to
Open Community
Centers cf City
Central Council Arranges to
Start Popular Programs
Within a Few
Weeks.
Community centers will begin thcii
winter program* In various part* of
Omaha within the next three weeks,
it was reported Inst night at a meet
ing of the central Council.
Arrangements were made for book
ing the talent for the centers. Some
centers will hold their programs
weekly, others every two weeks
II. G. Wilcox presided at last
night's meeting. Ray Sutton was
secretary. Representative* were pres
ent from Bancroft. Edward Roae
water. Clifton Bill. Franklin, Benson,
and Florence school districts; “from
the West Leavenworth Improvement
club and the West Bide Booster club.
Out - of -1 o w n customers
should avail themselves of
this wonderful money sav
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