Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-20
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Town is Stupefied Over Seeming Dis
interestedness of Voters.
HOWELL SLATE IS SUPPORTED
Only one in Race that showed IN
WITH s,Str~nEth. tho REST Re-
Ing spite In different
WAYS.

for sheriff has helped some. The cause
OF wonder however, Is not so much the
success Of this or that candidate as "a
was the light vote cast, The Howell slate
was supported steadily by Howell fol-
lowers and those opposed to II we're split
UP in dozen ways.
r. ]. Trainor. former mayor, with prac-
tically the field against him, won out for
the republican nomination for county
commissioner while Long Tom O'Con-
nor won the democratic nomination for
the same place. For police Judge II. w
Reed will probably be the republican can
didatc while Police Magistrate Callahan
carried off the denomination among the
democrats.
The primary day was a day OF slate
making and breaking. Only the Howell
slate showed anything like a steady sup
port. Everything else was topSy turvy
Every candidate had out his own slate.
Men who wanted TO vote aEinst the How
ell slate appeared as ~ they We're be-
wildered and although the packing touses
and the Yards were interested. many OF
their employees went home and stayed
there without going near the polls. This
was apparent in the light vote cast, which
ran between ~ ana ~ per cent OF the
total registration.
TOwed Into axe by Gray Wolf.
Harry Parker brings back the best va
cation story of the season. Parker with
Merle Harrington and Frederick Bray
ling of Lincoln spent two weeks camp
ing at resort near Minneapolis
one evening Parker was alone In a
boat. fly-casting for bass when he saw
dark object swim out into the bay from
the near bank. At first ne thought It
was big cog, but as the object came
closer he saw that II was great gray
wolf.
The animal was quite close to the boat,
Parker says, and he dashed out at Il with
his fly. The hook caught in the beasts
relt and stung with pain. It redoubled
its efforts and towed Parker, boat and
all, for nearly mile, when the hook tore
out. Parker threw again and once more
succeeded In snagging the animal and
another ride ensued. As the South Oma-
han was thinking what 4 fine souvenir
the wolf pelt would be and what a fine
story he would have to tell his compan-
ions, the fishline broke and the wolf now
only few yards from shore, got away
Married Three Months Ago.
Friends of Robert Merkle. employed in
the offices of one of the packing plants,
have Just discovered that for three
months their supposed bachelor friend
has been a benedict. Mrs. Merkle was
formerly Miss Sadie Harrison of Omaha.
The young couple was married in Council
Bluffs, May 10. Now that their secret is
out they will hold a reception in the near
future to receive the congratulations of
their many friends.
johnson TO Return.
r. II. Johnson, who resigned as the
head of the commercial department of
the South Omaha High school a year
ago because OF insufficient monetary in
ducements, was reelected by the school
board and will take his position at the
opening of the fall term. Mr.. johnson
was well liked in South Omaha. During
the last year he has been in the south
west.
Miss Helen C. Lane, teacher, offered
her resignation which was accepted. Mrs.
Mary Lutr was elected janitor of the
Field school and Mrs. Whalen has been
transferred to Highland, where she will
be assistant janitor.
The contract for laying the walk and
steps at the Corrigan school was given
to Eugene Conklin. A new radiation sys-
tenn is to be installed in the Jungmsn
school The board adjourned until Au-
gust 81
Hoffman Bitten by Cat.
George Hoffman, formerly a member
Of the city council and one of the best
known OF the Independent packers in
South Omaha, is in the hospital in dan
gerous condition as the result Of blood
poisoning caused by the bite of pet cat
three weeks ago. Physicians administered
an antitoxin yesterday in the hope OF
counterscting the poison.
Magic city Gossip.
Office space for rent IN Bee office. 2Sis
n street. Terms reasonable. Well known
location. Tel South q.
The Merrymakers club will give
dancing party this afternoon at the
Moose home, Twenty-fifth and NJ streets.
The Christian Endeavor OF the First
Christian church will give an ice cream
social next Thursday evening on the
church lawn at Twenty-third and l
streets.
1893. Degree OF Honor, will picnic at Han
scom park, Omaha, next Thursday after
noon and evening.
Nineteen boxes of fancy toilet soap.
stolen from the Cudahy warehouses; were
recovered from a clump of weeds nearby,
where they were hidden. yesterday. Po-
lice Captains Shehan and Zalondek made
the find.
Card of Thanks--We wish to thank
kind friends and neighbofs, r. o. e l54:
A, o. L. w. 227 and employees of Cud-
ahys' for sympathy and beautiful floral
tributes during the illness and death OF
our son and grandson. j. w. Burns, w.
NJ. Burns and Family.
The Sunday school Of the First Chris
tian church will hold its annual picnic
neNt Thursday at ElmwOod park. Omaha.
Members will meet at the church, Twen-
ty-third and ] streets, at $3.50 a. m. from
where they will go TO the picnic grounds
Every mother Is urged to attend.
George Childs. conductor on the inter
urban line for years and who has missed
casting his vote omy once In his lifetime,
returned to South Omaha yesterday from
his vacation in order to vote. He has
been spending his furlough visiting
friends and relatives In several eastern
cities
Assistant Postmaster ]. l. Woodland at
Omaha is in possession OF two bill folds.
which papers contained therein, indicate
belong 10 Arthur Lee and Michael Scud-
era OF South Omaha. The pocketbooks
were found In mail boxes in Omaha. Mr.
Woodland thinks they were filched by
pickpockets while their owners were in
omaha. They may have their property
by calling upon him and making proper
Identification.