Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-28
Brae.I CITY NeWS

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No Luncheons Memorial Day-No
luncheons will be served at the Com
mercial club dining room on Memorial
day.
Tr, the MONDAY 35-cent luncheon
at the Empress Garden. amidst pleas.
ant surroundings, music and entertain
ment.-Advertiseme
John COgan to Talk-John Cogan OF
ireland will address the Salesmanship
club Monday night at meeting at
the Hotel Fontenelle. He will speak
on ''The Salesman's New job"
Postpone Trip to Triangle-The city
commissioners postponed for one week
a trip to squatter settlements. The
Winspear triangle" along the river
bottoms, will be investigated by the
officials, who have received many COM
plants against this tract.
Says She Was Observation-Disclosures
Hagdahl, who is suing August Hag-
dahl for divorce in district court. was
married to him In Sweden February
10, 1900. She says he deserted her
May Is, 1918. She asks the court to
restore her maiden name of Mathilda
Goransson.
Peter Buys Stats Demokrat-The
Omaha Daily Tribune has absorbed
the Stats Demokrat of Columbus.
This makes the third paper Val Peter,
publisher of the Omaha publication,
has absorbed since January l. The
others were the Platte River Zeitung
of Fremont and the Volksblatt of
West Point.
Heavy Fine for Bootlegging-Strude
Nicols, a liveryman at Rosalie, Neb.,
was found guilty by jury in federal
court of selling liquor to Indians He
was sentenced by Federal Judge Pol
lock to six months in the Hall county
jail and to pay a fine of $500. Nicols
refused to plead guilty to one of the
three counts on which he was indicted
and insisted on standing trial.
"Red' Martin Fined-John "Red"
Martin, an employe of the Martin
employment agency, was fined 500
and costs for violation of the prohibi-
ton law. While bringing forty-one
men from Kansas City to be used
as strikebreakers In the boilermak-
ers' strike he gave the men whisky
and had 1t in his possession. A suit
case said to belong to him filled with
whisky was confscated. He filed bonds
for an appeal,
Commission Man Sued-Minerva
Brown, 2S12 I street, suing Earl
Brown, South Side commission man
and member of the Live Stock ex-
change, for diorvce in district court,
alleges cruelty. They were married
at Guthrie Center, Ia, February 0,
1906, and have one son, Donald D.
Brown. On application of Mrs. Brown
the court issued an order restraining
him from molesting her, drawing any
funds from the bank or selling his
membership in the Live Stock ex-
change during the tendency of the
suit.
Given Another Chance-E. H. Mer-
rifield, living at 2416 Charles street.
pleaded guilty to the larceny of gro
ceries from the store of Hayden Bros
valued at $3.50. He was employed
as driver. The H. c. of L. proved
stronger than his will power and the
ease with which he could carry out
groceries led to his downfall. He
was sentenced to thirty days in jail,
but upon his promise never to err
again and the fact that he was mar
ried and the father of four children
the sentence was suspended. He has
made arrangements to pay for the
groceries, taken in small installments.
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