Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
HAPPENINGS in
The MAGIC CITY
Martin of Republican Club
Completes Plans for Big
Rally Saturday Night.
LARGE MEETING EXPECTED


Side Republican club completed ar
engagements yesterday afternoon for
Abe big republican rally TO be held
Saturday evening at the Workman
temple. The hall was rented from
the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton people after they had obtained
a short-term lease on the building.
A meeting Of the executive COM
mittee and members of the repub-
lican club will be held this evening
at s o'clock in The Bee office at 1927
South Twenty-fourth street between
M and N streets.
John L. Kennedy, Judge A. L. SUIT
ton and Ben Baker will all be at the
meeting Saturday evening. The tenn
pie hall, it is estimated, will seat 1000
people. and there is every assurance
that It will be filled.
Arrested on Woman's Complaint.
As Mike Eggich Of Denison, Ia,
stood leaning against telephone pole
on Twenty-fourth street between M
and N, Officer Dworak, block
away, was stopped by a woman, who
complained that the man was carry
ing a revolver and once threatened
to kill her. Officer Dworak arrested
Eggich and the woman appeared at
the police station as complaining wit
ness.
The alleged threat, it is said, arose
from quarrel some time ago between
Eggich and the woman. The woman
is suing for divorce from her husband.
John p. Mertes Dead.
John P. Mcrtcs, 81, pioneer soap
maker Of Omaha, died at $50 o'clock
this morning at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Charles Rcmcr, 1918
z street, South Side. Death was due
from sickncsses Of old age. Mertes
had been resident OF Omaha forty
eight years. He Is native Of Prus-
STA and came to New York in.1865.
Three daughters and one son sur
vive, these being Mrs. Charles Remer
South Side; Mrs. George Baust, South
Side; Mrs. Joseph Baust, Los An
gelcs, Cal, and Nicholas Mertes Of
the South Side. The funeral will be
held Friday morning at St Agnes
church and will be strictly private
1nterment will be in the Mary Magde-
line cemetery.
One Halloween Trick.
One Halloween trick att least South
Side police detected Tuesday even
ing. Officer Knutson attempted sew
cral times TO make his hourly calls
from police box at Thirty ninth and
@ streets; but for some reason the
station refused TO answer. Exasper-
atcd, he sought private dwelling
and made hourly calls from there
through the night. Next morning po-
lice Investigated aud found the tele-
phone wires to be cut in two places.
Briggs Gets Ducks,
A party Of hunters headed BY Cap
tain OF Police John Briggs, and in
GLIDING johnny Boyle, Bernie Larkin
and Frank Dworak, returned Tuesday
from the Black Hills country, among
the lakes OF Garden county. Ducks
were very plentiful in this region, the
hunters reported. Briggs shot his
limit in a single afternoon and Others
Of the party did the same.
All members of the Briggs shift
Of the local police corps received one
or two ducks frAn their captain. In
single afternoon he totaled fifty.
seven birds.
Foot Ball Squad Crippled.
Coach Patton is coaching his squad
the limit every afternoon this week
in anticipation of the Commercial
South High game at Luxus park Fri.
day afternoon. Both Jimmie Ncstor
fullback. and O'Connor, tackle, are
absent from the line, which cripples
the team immensely, On top Of this
students say the squad Is not in fight
ing form and a defeat would not be !
surprise.
Harold Hunter, Joe Dworak, Jim
mic Etter and Wayne Emigh are
working in the back field, while Cur
tbs, big guard, has been shifted tc
O'Connor's vacated place at tackle.
Cooper Held by Police.
y c. H. Cooper was brought into po'
lice court this morning charged with
the theft OF 500 from the person O
Charles Erne, 2s07 f street. the lar
ceny said to have taken place on Sep
TENDER %, Matilda Neuman Of $50,
E street also appeared as complain
ing witness. Judge Reed continued
the case until November A.
Magic City Gossip.
Two hundred stockmen will make tn
trip from Lincoln Saturday In specia
train. Managers Of the special report tina
this number have signiped their intention
ths annual trip 10 the stock farm and In
cidentalIy to see the Ames game.
Friends Of Bryan Nixon. erstwhilc famou
athlete at the south High school. have 70
esived letters from him where he 10 work
ing or farm In the BLACK Hills. Ncl
Is ACCOMPLISHING muscle for Al onrlaugh
IN the state university Athletic fold nex
tkIl.
fetal o. $500 was reported collected frot
tbs public BY workers ia the interests
tho Lithuanian war sufferorers fun. Fsthe
Jousitss Of the local Lithuanian churc
: had charge Of the collection. Pretty girl
sold flowers on the streets of Create
Omaha all day yesterday.
Mike EgEich. transient, arrested yesterda
ON = charge OF carrying concealed weapon,
was held for Investigation this morning b
Judge Reed. when the trial came up
thu morning routine Of police coun.
woman appeared to charge that no threat