Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-21
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Annexation Sentiment is Said to Be
Growing in the Magic City.
ALL CLASSES GETTING IN LINE
People who Opposed the Measure
Two Years AEO Arc Now
strorEIy In Its Favor
News and Gossip.

steadily and quietly the annexation
sentiment is growing in South Omaha.
Men who for years were opposed to the
measure are now m n.Vor OF It
II is known now that the on.v thius
that prevented annexation two wears ago
was the interference OF the Union stock
yards which needed the administration
| as an ally to fight r. f. Howell and the
Water board. when the yards got what
it wanted II quit and let the city hold
| the sack This year the same old stunt
Is TO be pulled off, 1t is said. old-time
corporation tools, II is asserted, have
come once more before the people Of
South Omaha to get votes for the legis-
lature.
In the legislature the said candidates
have three purposes. IL il said. One to
arrange some nice little fat pool playing
something for themselves; second, 10 see
that the corporations get everything they
want and nothing they do not want, and
! third. to provide the political gsng that
has lived off the people of South Omaha
! for years with sop to keep them IN good
humor. The people at large get the horse
laugh So this year when the old gag
! ~ lhllNu II 10 GhlAe pHpbahiN lnAI Nnn
/ horse laugh will he the other way.
/ WepubIicanV Are Pleased.
/ South Omaha republicans were jubi-
liant yesterday over che candidacy OF At
torney A. C. Psncoast for the state SEN
ate and John Larsen for the house OF
! representatives. Both men are popular
and have served the citizens before. Lar
sen served in the city council a number
| of years ago and won a record for hon
esty and fair dealing With the common
! people.
Attorney Pancoast has carried the re-
publican banner in South Omaha several
| times when the carrying meant a sacri-
flee Of time and money This year his
| friends urged him to file so that he
might be able TO represent them IN the
state senate. Pancoast Is clean and In
dependent. He is we'll liked by the work.
| ingmen and the voters at large He has
! always carried the confidence Of the
common people and since he il the
| only South Omaha candidate for the
state senate it is quite probable that he
will get heavy vote.
Eleven stitches in Face.
J L fight, at Twenty-eighth and w
/ streets saturday night John Eggers was
neaten and cut about the mouth by Bar
hey Dombrowsld Eggers SAYS that
Domorowski used the butt end Of a gun
! on him. Dombrowski denies the charre
! DR.. r. j. Shanahan put eleven stitches in
+ Esgers' face while Dombrowski was
( thrown in Jail where he remained until
he was released on bond The case will
be heard today
shooting nt Bloody Corners.
Bloody Corners at Twenty ninth and r.
streets held the stage yesterday after
noon when Mike Raich was shot through
the breast by Steve Cubrtch. Conflicting
stories have been told of the shooting.
/ Mike Nick and Mary Cubr4ch. John
Papic and Mike Raich are all said TO
nave been in room together about $50
yesterday morning An arRumept
Is said TO have occurred and then the
shooting. After Raich had been taken
TO the police station he accused Cubrich
al the shooting. Later, IL was said that
the shooting was an accident Raich
VIII get we'll DR., f. j. Shanahan sent
him to the South Omaha hospital.
Hit by Motorcycle.
Miss Elenora Camo was thrown to the
ground and injured about the body this
morning at O'Clock when a omtorcycle
driven by Albert Jensen ran into her AT
TWenty-fourth and II streets. Miss Camo
was about TO board a car to take her TO
work in Omaha. The machine caught her
just as she was about TO step on the
car. Jensen took the injured girl TO the
police station and later to her home al
Fortieth and X streets.
Magic city Gossip.
Wanted-A bright, energetic salesman
who can talk Bohemian Omaha Gas
Co, South Omaha
The Ladies' Aid society Of the First
Methodist Episcopal church will give an
ice cream social at the church next Thurs
day evening.
office space for rent in Bee office. 23ls
\ street. Terms reasonable Well known
location. Tel South -.
The Mystic Workers of the World will
hold their regular weekly meeting in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows half
at Twenty-fourth and NJ streets tomorrow
evening at o'clock.
Miss Phoebe Richardson of Plattsn1outh
is visiting at the home of her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs F. S. Richardson EOS
North Eighteenth street.
Quietness prevaded at the Sprinslake
park swimming pool Yesterday and the
authorities have the park well under con
troll The pool will be open to the public
from to 10 y. m. each day.
Several hundreds of South Omaha church
PEOPLE gathered in union vesper services