Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-20
WE'D IN AUTO IN RGINSTORM
Floyd Jones and Fay Saunders Of
Council Bluffs Brave Elements.
AUTO AND MINISTER BALKY
Gasoline GiSes Out. GrOOm walks
Mi:es 60 Telephone for More, Clerk
Refuses Marriage License,
hut All Ends well.

After having encountered and overcome
practically every obstacle that the fates
could set up to prevent the course Of true
love from running smoothly. including
disappearing sister Of the bI;ee. "a none
too willing father OF the groom, hesitat-
ing minister, an adHmant marriage license
clerk broken down automobile and a
telephone that refused to work, Floyd
Jones and Miss Fay T. Saunders aged
respectively 20 and Il. Of Council Bluffs,
were married in an open automobile truck
in q pouring rain on an open road in
Pottawattamie county a mile north OF the
southern boundary at : O'Clock Thursday
morning.
Young Jones Is a son OF q. r. Jones,
proprietor OF q transfer and van business.
His bride is a sister OF Mrs. Charles sid
dons. 1888 Avenue f. at whose home she
lived until few hours before her marriage.
The bride was an employe OF the Bennett
store, Omaha.
Fearing that Mr.. Jones parents and his
brides guardians might not approve their
marriage, the =, young people planned an
elopement to Fremont Neb.. in one OF the
elder Jones' trucks. The father got word
OF the plot and gave full consent, accom-
panying his son and Miss Saunders to the
court house. where the license was issued,
Miss Saunders age being given as IS.
Hitch in the Proceedings.
Still fearing objections Of Mrs. siddons,
the pair decided to leave her out Of their
confidence. Late Wednesday evening they
drove to Glenwood. Mills county. in one
Of the Jones trucks and there asked Rev.
Mr. Graves, formerly OF Council Bluffs,
to make them husband and wife. Mr..
Graves had the ceremony half performed
when he discovered the license had been
issued in Pottawattamie county He stop
ped right there. He couldn't marry them
In Mills county under a Potta wattanie
license.
An attempt was made to secure a Mills
county license, but the clerk remarked,
Nay, nay" gently but firmly. when the
youngsters admitted that Miss Saunders
was not OF legal age. He said she must
have the consent of parents or guardians.
Jones proposed that the minister board
the truck with him and his sweetheart,
ride into Pottawattamie with them and
there make them one. He hesitated, but
after some pleading agreed.
Another Hitch.
When the party was six miles from
Pottawattamie county the gasoline supply
became exhausted. Jones walked two miles
to farm house to telephone to the Gray
garage at Council Bluffs and have some
gasoline sent out. The telephone refused
to work until it had been coaxed half
hour. At last a connection was secured
and the gasoline was sent out.
The party proceeded across the county
line and the marriage was solemnized. The
rain fell In torrents. The wind howled
There was more or less thunder. The
lightning flashed. There wasn't even an
umbrella in the crowd With difficulty
the marriage license was signed in the rain
As 1t turned out Mrs. siddons had nc
particular objections to the match. Friday
morning the pair was at home at 645 Wash
,ington avenue. = F ..'Dt a. =