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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. JUNE 17, ' 1922.
Railroad Values
Boosted 9 Million
for Tax Purposes
Sutc Hoard of Equalization
Pint Big Levy oil Carrier!
; Three Allowed
Decreases.
Lincoln. June 16. (Siwcial.)-
The Ute board of equalisation to-1
lay fixed the t enable valuations o(
ill railroads in Nebraska except the
uiuitk'o & ivortn western, at ii7.
.'54,1.'.'. an increase o( $9,788,544
over u.t year.
The valuation of the Northwestern
it withheld pending development in
a. federal court injunction luit. The
amount for this company last year
was u.uuu.uuu.
Six Franchiaci Taxed.
The slate board alto announced
that with the exception of fix com
panic operating m Nebraska, no
IranchUe value would be placed on
the tax roll. Five of the companies
not exempt are the Blue Kiver
rower company, American Tele
phone and telegraph company,
American Kailroad hxprtss com'
pany, Western Union, Omaha-Liiv
coin Railroad and Light company.
.The following valuations of the
railroads were announced:
Btirlinpton. $137,389,782; Union
I'aclfic, $98,259,808; Milwaukee and
I Omaha. $12,693,223; Rock Island,
VJCi0.694,326; Missouri Pacific. $11,'
r 596.213; Kansas City and Northwest
ern, $487,855: St. Joseph and Grand
Island. $4,052,113: Mason City and
Fort Dodge. $540,000; Omaha-Lin-
coin Railway and Light, $99,450:
Omaha Bridge and Terminal, $648
000; Omaha, Lincoln yind Beatrice
Railway company, $91,800; Omaha
and Southern, $90,000; Illinois On
tral, $54,000; Wabash. $54,000; Mil
waukee, $108,000; Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, $15, 000; North Flatte
Valley railway company, $376,000. '
- Three Increases Mada.
The following increases were
made: Burlington, $5,634,057; Union
Pacific, $7,398,688; St. Joseph and.
Grand Island. $80,218. v .
- The following decreases were al
lowed: Milwaukee and Omaha, $1,
305,632; Rock Island. $808,659; Mis
souri Pacific, $1 210,128.
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Complains Against Officer
Who Called Him 'Cheap Guy'
'"Cheap guy" were the words ap
plied by Police Sergeant Gardner to
Jacob I.icb.. 1924 Sahlcr street, ac
cording to a written complaint filed
by Mr. Licb with city council yes
terday. .
'The complainant alleged that he
suffered embarrassment before' a
crowd at 1111 Farnam street. The
matter was referred to the police
commissioner foe investigation and
recommendation.
Baptists Invited to Hold
Next Convention in Omaha
("Invitation has been extended by
ie Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Publicity to the Northern
Baptist convention to hold its next
annual mjeeting.ini OrjjjaJw .Tjbeeon-'
vention repfees'cntaC jo,verTsi.i50,000
Baptists i through three or tour
ttousand ' delegates who usually
njeet im tune. . Tb.tttfireaTVWeting
i beingheld in I'twiarjapcil.', '. v
Woman and Nine Men
Fined (or Speeding
une woman and nine men were
fined In central police court yester
day on charges of speeding and
rccklcls driving.
Mis M.ble Hall. 119 South Thirty
fifth street, was fined $10 after she
told the judge she was just "hurry
ins to get downtown."
Floyd Taylor, 620 Saratoga street,
was fined $5; J. Cummingi, 2912
outh heventeenth street, js; c
Saunders, I'laza hotel, $10; R. Ba
laugh, 703 Hickory street, $5; Harry
Whitcomb, 22J8 Ohio street, $10;
Edward Bays. 2745 South Ninth
street, $10; H. L. Wethans, 620
South Nineteenth street, $10; Byron
Hart, 180 Hurt street, $25; and Lake
bngclke, 3494 Ames avenue, $10.
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Man-Shot Five
Times Recovers
Brief Cifc$u$$:
PloM'MsJisfepsViifthi
a oem
Bnr association's,'. aojiKfWtl ''day
will be staged at trie Happy Hollow
chit) June 29. " -
To Give Free &dVrhe Chicle
company is to dmjrlbute 250,000
samples of Yucata'ii. phewins gum
in Omaha througHIodal. stores,
Leave for CoBeuUon-kA. ' caravan
of 15 automobiles ioenring Omaha
Eagles will leave .Dmahd. Sunday
evening for the state coivention at
Grand Island, ;to . be held" Monday
and Tuesday. ' ''
Robbed, of fSSHitBS Jenson,
driver for the TO"jes company,
reported ,to poltpe JSpi traa robbed,;
$32 near Twenty-shverith. and Spald
ing streets at jkiavytspterday morn-'
trtg. S. F. Seebe'rgep, complained
that his pocketws5plclted of 9.
'Pnbllc SchooWa6P;0maha P
11c schools closed' theii- doors forth
summer yesterday, and jwill riot re
open until Labor ! day. - There were
no classes at the grade schools yes
terday, the pupils reporting onlx for
their report cards and promotions. -
Receiver Files Report William J.
Ttandaii, receiver of the Basket
Stores company, filed a supplemental
report In- federal court yesterday in
which he showed receipts of $571,010
is handling of the bankrupt con
i, with expenditures of $386,654.
Petitions for Divorce Mrs. Mamie
Meir tiled a petition for divorce In
the district court yesterday against'
Andrew Meir, mechanic in ;- the
Union Pacific shops, alleging that
her husband preferred other femi
nine passengers in his newly-purchased
automobile. -V
"Airplane Hits Hayrack Pilot
Andy Nielson. B. H. McCarthy and
Dr. F. H.Klnyoun of Omaha had a
narrow escape Thursday afternoon
when flying from Tekamah to
Omaha, '-their airplane -colliding
with a hayrack at a forced landing
three miles out of Tekamah; -
Miraculous Recovery Made by
Victim of Wounds in
Stomach and Lungs.
Although he was shot three times
through the stomach, once through
tfie lung and through the right
hanfT Albert N. McDonald, 43, has
recovered and walked out of the hos
pital to Central police station, yes
terday, according to police authorities.
McDonald signed a complaint
charging Richard K. Fox, alias Wil
liam James, with assault with intent
to kill. McDonald is said to have
been shot in a ' fight with Fox be
cause he attempted to remove a
friend from Fox's place of business,
near First and Haskell streets in
Gibson.
Police. say that McDonald's recov
ery rivals that ot lari (lathsh)
Fisher, negro, whose four wounds in
the stomach failed to kill him. Mc
Donald was on' the operating table
at St. Joseph hospital for an hour
and a quarter. Hospital attendants
despaired of the man s recovery. -
McDonald has' had a varied ca
reer. r- or three years he was mid
dleweight champion of the Ameri
can' army. lit 1916 he enlisted in the
Canadian army,- tie was wounded
in the' knee by a machine gun and
twice in the head by shrapnel and at
another time thrust through the arm
with a bayonet. He is a native of
Fort Worth. Tex.
Nonogenarian Seeking
: Lost Daughter Jailed
Anthony Thavant, 90, who has
been searching for his lost daughter,
57, for 11 years, landed in the coun
ty jail yesterday.
I am only searching tor my
daughter," he protested from his
cell. "I have done nothing wrong. I
have relatives here in Omaha but
they are shy of me."
The patriarch was taken into cus
tody by Sheriff Mike Clark yester
day morning when Mrs. M. Grimm,
who lives on a farm foui miles north
west of Florence, complained that
the weird mendicant was annoying
her family.
Thavant asked for food at the
Grimm home ' three days ago, ac
cording to deputy sheriffs, and told
the Grimms that he was makinga
canvass of. Taf mhuses near Omaha
for- his lost: daughter V , v.
Have you work for someone? Ad
vertise ,it in the ' "Help r Wanted"
columns of tomorrow's Sunday Bee;,
assist.,' someone; in getting a job.
Have You Sent in
Your Contribution
toMilkFundYet?
Single Dollar May Save Life
of Baby Suffering From
Lack of Cooling
Nourishment.
It takes such a little bit of money
to io so much good through The
Bee's Free Milk and Ice Fund that
no one should hesitate to scud in
A single dollar may lave the life
of some baby who is suffering from
lack of cooling nourishment in these
torrid days. It will bring untold
happiness into the heart of some
despairing mother who from day to
day has been forced to watch her
dear one fail for lack of cool sweet
nvilk.
There is nothing so pitiful as the
weak wail of some suffering infant
It rends the heart of the mother who
it unable, through lack of money, to
stop its suffering. There ' are hun
dreds of such cases in Omaha, within
but a . few blocks of cool, com
fortable homes. It requires but slight
effort to mail a contribution to The
Bee Free Milk and Ice fund, or to
drop into The Bee office on Farnam
at Seventeenth street with a con
tribution. Each contribution will be
acknowledged in these columns.
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Come packed six pairs
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FOR MEN AfD WOMEN
Men, White Oxford
Headquarters .
$Q50
and
$4
Men's white and
palm beach ox
fords. Their
comfort; and
cool appear
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for t h e m
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lower prices
Men's' dark brown and
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welt sewed soles, Sj5?00
rubber heel caps. U
special .........
Men's all solid leather
brown calf oxfords; short
vamp, round toe or square
toe, rubber heel S?00
cap; new lower J
price ,
Men's Nebraska' special shoes and oxfords. Un- Jj5095
donbtedly the best values for the money in Omaha O
Greater Shoe Department Entire Worth Section Main Floor.
rCORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN:
Objection Raised to
"Jitney Ice Station '
Three residents of the north part
of Omaha went Into ditriet court
yesterday to seek an order retrain
ing a "jitney Ice station" from doing
business in rtieir neighborhood,.
The petitioners, Herman G.
Seume, 4123 Florence boulevard,
William I Teterson, 4UI North
Twentieth street and ICdith Lirh, si
lege in their action against the Oma
ha Ke and Cold btorage company
and the Uoulevrd Improvement
company that in their dreds to thnr
lots bought from the latter com.
(any a clue was inserted stating
that the lots would be ued only (or
private residential property.
The neighborhood in question lies
on Twentieth street between Laird
and Saltier.
Dee Want Ads boost business.
Woman Asks Damages for
Sale of Liquor to Hubaitd
Mr. Viol Yhite brought suit
aganikt Ike Payne and three other
men for $.'5,0"0 damages, sllrging
that the four men sre responsible
for her liukbaiid being an habitual
drunkard.
The other defendants are Tony
Marco. 1407 South Fourth street;
t'arnicllo (Jraitdinetto, 22S2 Tierce
street, and Tony Hedge, 1318 South
Twenty-second street
Mrs. While charges that her hits
band traded a peck of apples to Mar
to for a bottle of whisky, 'the
Whiles have (iu children, Chester.
9. Donald. 8, lCdua, 6, Mildred, S.snJ
Koltrrt. I.
.The petition states that although
Mrs. White wanted the four men
to stop selling liquor to her hus
band, they ignored her demand and
continued to sell him booze.
One Minute
Store Tolk
'Thanks to you folks, a
summer suit la not a sort of
necessary evil any more. What
a treat It is to find on store
where fine fabrics and fine
workmanship are combined to
make a man look presentable
in clothes that are comforta
.ble," said an Omaha banker,
buying a tropical wonted suit
at our store.
Are yea enjoying
the New Mm
Summer Suits?
The Bee leads all the other pipers
in sport news. Read The Ute first
Mayor to Entertain School
Cliil.lrni at Kru'g Park
Mayor Dahlman wilt have as hi
guests at Krug park this sHernoona
group of several tliotusnd school
children, this being the firt group
of several he will entertain at the
park. The mayor drligbts to rn
trrtain children and has made ar
rangements for the lads and Us
sies to ride free on several of the
park oaacetaWne,
'JOHN A. SWANSON, President'
WM. L. MOLZMAN, Treasurer-'
'"The Clothing Corner of Omaha"
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ITERE'S the store wonderfully prepared.' Greater Nebraska's amazing se-AJ-
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CLOSES
a p. m.
SATURDAYS.
8HOP EARLY,
Sport or
Conservative
Models
$7.50 , ummjjwm
Superb Tropical Suits
House of Kuppenheimer Tailored
$35
The New
1922 Quality
Fabrics
Your ideal suit the suit you have always looked for
ward to buying. The suit with all the character of the
Spring weight, but skeletonized to the limit in thorough
ly hand-tailored zephyr weight fabrics. Here today in
great array of colors and models.
Linen Knickers
For Golf (Knit
Grip Knee)
Golf Knickers
In Tweed (Knit
Grip Knee)
87.50 98.50
Zefirette
Tropical Worsted
Suits
$30
Other ool Tropical
Suits, all sizes
$15 to $25
Air4)Weave
Cool Mohair
Suits
$25
Other smart Mohair
Suits priced at
$15 and $20
Extra;iTroiisers--:Utmost Values
$3.50, $5.00, $7.50
Made tosell at $5.00 to $12.50
Fine worsteds, flannels, serges, cassimeres, che
viots. All sizes for men and young men.
Kuppenheimer Finest
. Palm Beach Suits
$20
Strictly Hand-Tailored.
The Best Made.
Finest $60.00 to $75.00 Suits The ideal year-round suit, customized quality tailoring;
:ny imported fabrics. Society Brand, Fashion Park, &A( fryiC 1ttTf
- Hickey-Freeman, Kuppenheimer masterpieces, at prU) p4t)y ipOi)
Palm Beach Suits
rNebraska
Extra Pair
Palm Beach
Pants, $4.
$11
22 and
$1522
Our Special
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Cool Suits
Men's, Young Men's, Younger Young Men's Clothing Entire Second Floor. Both Buildings.
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CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Cool Athletic Union Suits
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Men's athletic union suits and knit union
suits-a feature here, in all sizes, at
Men's athletic union
suits of sheer hand
kerchief cloth, made
by Vassar, at
$2
Men's lisle knit
union suits, Vassar,
all sleeve and leg
lengths, all sizes,
fine quality, at
$300
Superior Athletics .... -81.00 to 82.00
Knitted Superior TJniona 82.00 to $3.00
Burton's Irish Poplin Shirts 22
The ideal summer shirt made of Burton's genuine mercerized Irish -poplin
in . the new' cool gray with separate collars to match.
Royal Tan piped edge shirts. Just
arrived. . Come with collar $" 50
to match. Specially priced at X
Radium Pussy. Willow
Shirts
The coolest of cool shirts. Separate
fgOO
collar to match. The new
light gray shade, at
Garner fine percale shirts. Guaran
teed fast colors. Sizes 14 $" 00
to 17. A value revelation at X
Eagle Ripple Crepe
Shirts
Another 1922 innovation. Needs no
ironing. Clever patterns. SQOO
AUgizes, at O
Fine Bathing Suite for All
Men's all worsted heather and solid color, 450
fine quality bathing suits, specially, priced. .;' 4t is
Finest- heavy wor
sted bathing suits.
Extra fine quality.
Price- V
too
SWrte Xaia 'iwf araaai Eafraact-
Bradley all-wool ex
ceptional quality
men's bathing euita
$350
MEN S COTTON BATHING SUITS
Sl.OO. 81.50. 82.S0
Mea'a Farwe
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Men's Knitted Union uits
"White and ecru, short sleeves, length - M SO
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1 and short sleeves, ankle length.
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WOMEN'S BATHING
' SUITS
$3.50 to 87.50
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BOYS BATHING
SUITS
50 to $5.00
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