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iVOLk, XL. -NO. 262.
OMAHA. THUKSIUY MORN1XC1. APRIL 'JO, 1911.
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The
HASH TO ASKTOR FRANCHISE
Eeetrio Light Company to Go Before
City Council Monday.
TO ASK FOE FIFTY-YEAR GRANT
Will Offer Pay Bona f Ta.asaaa
Dallaaa m. Maath. lata the City
Trtuorr far Prlvtleaa 1 af
Dal a a; Baslnese.
Negotiation between F. A. Nash. presi
dent of tha Omaha Electric Light and
Power eompsny, and certain members of
tha city council have progressed so far
that tha light company will petition the
city council to grant It a franchise to do
business In Omaha at the meeting of the
committee of the whole next Monday
afternoon. unlet present plans are
changed. The electric light company
franchise matter Is now In the higher
courts.
A tentative draft of the franchise has
been drawn and circulated among mem
bers of the council, who have been Invited
to confer with Mr. Nash. The draft aks
for a franchiser for a period of fifty years,
for which the electric light company agrees
to pay $1,000 monthly during the life of the
franchise Into the city treasury.
While the companv asks a fifty-year
franchise. It I said to tie w lltng to take
one for twenty-fhe years, and agrees to
pay fixed sum each month, In addition
to the royalties and occupation taxes. The
royalties and occupation taxes, however,
are not mentioned In the franchise as
drafted.
Other Krnnchlses t p.
Rumors that the Omaha &-unc-ll Bluff j
Ftreet Railway company lias decided tdask !
for a lighting franchlnn has been given I
credence by the offlclalx of the " electric
light company to such an extent that In j
retaliation they have decided to ask for I
a street railway franchise, officials of the Interest in Arbor Day to Be Aroused
h.T w M,te " n 1 ? u"u-"",t ,;7 by One of Omaha's Lead-
has been annuel lipn ttv Omnhtt ratiltatlata '
to float a compuny for street car purposes, ! IHR Stores.
but the request for the franchise Is con
tingent on the action of the street railway
Omaha Boy Forges Ahead
by His Persistent Industry
Hard work and persistant effort
has landed an Omaha boy to the po
sition of assistant cashier of the
Live Stock National bank at the axe
of 26 years. Saturday, Frederick V.
Thomas takes up hia new duties In
the reorganised bank at South
Amaha.
Since a youth Industry has been a
marked characteristic of Mr. Thomas
who went through the Omaha High
school In three years, a littlo more
then when he went to Germany and
studied for a year. He graduated
from the Inlversity of Nebraska In
three years and two months.
(Graduating from the I'nlversity of
Nebraska three years ago he win ked
with his father far a year and went
into the Corn Exchange National
hank when that bank was made a
national Institution. l-at October he
was married to Miss 'Marlon Haller.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. I..
Haller. -
Mr. Thonia is one of the youngest
men in the entire west to hold such
a responsible position as that which
he has accepted with the South
Omaha bank.
A k
t.vi)lLeJK.x:U. A.L i Mir I f mill
FREDERICK W.
THOMAS.
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Thirty Thousand
Trees to Be Given
Away on Saturday
company In asking a lighting franchise.
Lively competition Is anticipated If the
lighting company sticks to Its plans to
present Its petition to the council Monday
afternoon. Arrangements have been made
to have attorneys for the company at the
meeting to prevent the company's side of
the case.
The street railway company. It Is said,
Is conversant with every move made by
the electric light company and will have Its
representatives at the meeting also. The
latter company has entered the' lighting
business, at the ' present time supplying
power to many private concerns In the
downtown district.
No discrimination 'In rates Is promised
by the lighting company if the franchise
is granted. It agrees to give the same
rates to consumers of equal amounts of
light or power under similar conditions
and tabnoes all rebates. All consumers
will have the same service and no favors
aro to be shown.
City May l a Poles.
Certain privileges are also granted. The
company agrees to permit the poles and
afsnriurrfa In twi tiu.H t nv lh. nnvnna. nt
placing and maintaining wires that may be
necessary for the use of either the fire or
ponce Departments.
' The ctty Is given authority to reason
. ably extend the present conduit service
Vend the company agrees to lay conduits
In such districts in advance of paving,
Service Is to be metered and the city is
, given the right to test the meters at any
lime. However, service whloh is furnished
on a flat rate, Is exempted from this pro
vision. The city comptroller Is given
authority to examine the books of the com
pany at any time to verify the statement
as to expenses and earnings.
Amoaat of Royalty Paid.
For the year 1909 the electric light com
pany paid to the ctty treasurer $18.tS S2 In
loyalties, and for the first four months of
the year, 5,7o0.8u as occupation tax. For
1110 the company paid' SL9.182.M5 in royalties
. and l.(iT.87 for occupation tax.
The draft of tbe. franchise, as drawn
by the Electric Light company, and handed
out to members of the council fuliows:
Section IVTlrttt the Omaha' Electric
Light and Power company, lie successors,.
. anil aSMKns. is herein- Airanieri in. num I
' . and authority ,o construct, reconstruct,1
extend, acquire, use, maintain and operate
in. under, through,' ovtv and upon ne
streets, aiica and public grounds of tn
city of (.HiidUa an necc-isary, convenient or
impropriate .conduits, poles, standards,
. wires, cable., .lamp, appliances ana ap
purtenances lor- the purpose' ot supplying
and selling - electric current for lignitng,
heat, powur and all other commercial and
domestic purposes and for the purpose of
conducting a general electric light, heat
and power but-lneaa.
Section 2. The rights, privileges, author
ity mid franchise hereby granted shall
be and remain In force for a period of
fifty years from and after the final ap
proval of this ordinance by the electors
ot the city of Omaha and Its utmiIium
by said company, but the rights, privileges,
authority and franchise hereby granted
shall not be exclusive.
neeuun a. upon ine acceptance or said
company of the franchise herein granted
by the olty of Omaha all of tbe rights,
privileges and authority of aald company
under Its present franchise or any other
franchise heretofore granted by said city,
shall be terminated und extinguished.
election 4 f-ejd company shall make no
discrimination In rates between coiiHumeis
of an equal amount ot light or power, with
the same demand and urder the fame con
ditions, and rebates are prohibited.
Section s The city comptroller of the
city ot Omaha shall have the right and
power to examine the books of t,aid com
pany for the purpo of verifying Its state
ments ss to earnings and expenses.
aectlon -Tlie cltv of Omaha shall have
the right to reasonably extend the orc-aem
conduit dlairlct and In such districts su
reasonably exiemieii from time m Umu
raid comuanv ahall lay conui.u m a.i,
vane of pavliiK
, Section i The settles furnished L add '
company (except hi hereinafter provided j
ehall be metered and tlie c!lv ot oinm.i!
shall bave the i 1m 'it to test all meters at
any time. The provisions of this kectloii I
rnau noi appi io service hiiicii aald com
pany now fui-nUhtd at a flat rai or to
.service of a eiintlar character wh.cn it mav
hereafter luiinsh at a flat rate.
Section S All conduits, poles, standards.
-wires, cables, lamps, appliances and appur
tenances shall be so placed and maintained
by said oooipany as to conform- to sucb
. reasonable regulations as may be now or
hereafter provided by ordinance.
(section -t-aid company shall at all times
when so requested by the authorities of
- tbe city of Omaha penult its poles and
standards to be ured for the pur-iose ot
placing and maintaining thereon any wires
that may be nnoimy fj- u, UUA ef
fue department oi imi.Icc of said ctty.
beetlon 10 Psii company shall pay to
the city of Omaha the sum of it wi monthly
throughout the pilol covered bs this ordinance.
To the end that Arbor day In Omaha
shall he a success, not only In the num
ber of trees planted along the public
thoroughfares, hut In the crystallization ot
a spirit of civic pride among the school
children, 30,000 ratalpas will be given away
Saturday at the Brandels stores. The prin
cipal object Is to supply the school chil
dren, but trees will be given to others
who apply at the store on that day.
By way of example to create Interest in
the Arbor day movement, Arthur Brandels
has planned to plant rows ofcatalpa trees
on both sides of the road for two miles
leading to his farm north of the city.
As has often been expressed by
Omahans who are filled with civic pride
and who are doing all In their power to
beautify the city, there has not been suf
ficient Interest shown in the. past in tree
planting. All of tbe moat beautiful cities
ot the country are those In which trees
have been set out in abundance and nil
livated. In making this offer to the school
children It Is the desire to arouse the
growing generation to the Importance of
beautifying the city, which some day will
becoirtelhelrs. ' ... - j-v'
..A. great deal of. interest Is already being
taken In the movement by the boys and
girls, .and indications are that there will
be an Immense crowd on hand Saturday to
receive the gifts offered. The tree dis
tribution will be an all-day affair, con
ducted on the Douglas street side of the
store, and the firm hopes there will be
enough trees to go around. '
NOVELTIES ARE VERY SCARCE
Omaha Trade Boosters HsTlng Dlffl.
calty In Secrlu- Soareaire for
the Trip la May.
It is nearly three months since announce
ment was first made of a 1911 trade ex
cursion by the business men of Omaha,
and It has been a full month since it was
definitely stated that a six-day trip would
be msde by the Omaha wholesalers and
manufacturers over the lines of the Union
Pacific, May 21 to Zl. Whether the manu
facturers and sellers of advertising novel
ties are too busy otherwise or hsve retired
from the field It Is not known, but there are
a lot of com errs In the city who mesn
to mske this trip who are having diffi
culty In getting the proper line upon novel
tics to give away on the trip for souvenirs.
,-lt is hard to conjecture whether this Is
eldcme of prosperity or, otherwise, but
there In a big field among the hundred
concerns that are intending to make this
trip for any live dealer in advertising
novelties," says Commissioner Guild of
the Commercial club. .
ROCK PILE READY FOR WORK
City Engineer Has the Rock and
Hammers and Lot.
AWAITS NOW THE LABORERS
l-oaarll Establishes It by Resolatloa
After Mayor Oahlmaa Had Ve
toed Uae of similar Na
ture Last Week.
The rock pile, which was ordered estab
lished by the city council Tuesday, is all
ready for business. City Engineer Craig
stated Wednesday morning that the police
judge can send hoboes and petty criminals
who tarry In the city Jail to the haven of
labor when he sees fit.
The fence around the two lots on Tenth
and Nicholas streets, where the rock pile
has been located, has been erected and
sufficient rock provided to furnish employ
ment for many weeks. Hammers will be
provided on application to the city engineer,
who states that he has enough on hand to
supply the Immediate needs.
-Work waa begun on completing the de
tails last week, after the council passed a
resolution which was afterwards vetoed
by the. mayor. Despite the disapproval of
the chief executive the council got a plain
resolution through Tuesday nffht, creating
a rock pile.
"Everything Is In readiness now," said
Mr. Craig. "We have the place Inclosed and
have put enough rock on the ground to sat
isfy the demands 'i have hammers to pro
vide for the' unfortunates. They can be
had by applying to me. Now all that Is
necessary is for the police Judge to furnish
men to do the labor." - -
VALUABLE PRIZE DOG IS SHOT
Coach Dog of High Uesjreo la Mais,
aero by Some 1aldealiriea Per
'ms Tuesday Mght,
A highbred Dalmatian dog, the propertr
vi i4. i. i rBau, jom jnannerson street, was
abot and killed by some unidentified person
Tuesday night.
The dog was valued at several hunrtr.
dollars. He had won prises at a number
or nencn snows.
Freeman .Continues
to Show Improvement
Victim of Shooting Has Chance for
Recovery Both Women Are
Still Held.
. Recovered from the effects of the anes
thesia administered Wednesday, Earl Free
man, though still In a dangerous condition,
waa said to.be much Improved Wednesday
morning The wounded conductor Is firm In
his conviction that he will recover from
the wounds inflicted by his wife. Mrs. Free
man was In a much calmer frame of mind
Wednesday morning at the police station.
Her rival, Mrs. Maggie Hlrsh, Is still de
tained by the police until the outcome ot
Freeman's Injuries Is known.
Omifly Oee-Temitlh Down
And One Per Cent Per Month Until
Paid, Buys a Lot in "Bonnie"
A
I lasij, 8a literate i
L J
The opportunity you have longed for the FIRST
dievosal of "Dundee District'
these is offered you on
property on terms like
About S2S0.000 has been Invested In
0 Dundee district notnes during the
past; year. Values always advancing.
DUNDKE proper has gas, electricity,
city water, sewerage, both phones, and
will be paved with asphalt by 112.
Paving squads are working In three
sections now.
NO OMAHA CITV TAXES to be
paid In the Dundee district, snd a fine
school awaits your children now.
TREES, three thousand of them, will
be planted: one thousand are being
lanted now: the city msn win have a
eauty bower to turn to when his day's
work Is over.
DUNDKE hss a population of 1100,
also a newspaper, grocery, meat mar
ket, drug store, pi ti inner shop, etc. and
other establishments on the way.
You'll live well here.
ROADS all the way from Omaha to
Dundee are paved.
COME SaturdayA white stake in the center of each lot beara the lot and block
number. Liberal Discounts will be offered for all cash paid at time of purchase. An
absolute clear abstract of title given with each lot sold; a warrantee deed when pay
ments are completed. Additional information may
be secured from us in the meantime. Write or call.
Remember, It's
Saturday, April 22
Note Thisl It'
Saturday, April 22
George & Co.v Agls., K Cily National Bank Bldg.
SMITH BEFORE FEDERAL JURY
UNDER WHITE SLAVE CHARGE
Fleet Criminal Case to Come Before
. tbe Federal Jary at the
April Term..
The first criminal case to be taken be
fore a Jury In the April term of the United
States district court was begun this morn
ing, when Frank Smith was brought up
for trial for the alleged transportation of
women for Immoral purposes. The trial
will last for two days.- Smith Is alleged
to have brought fcva Latham from Kansas
City,' Mo., to Omaha early this year. He
was arrested after having been In the city
but a few days, va 1 .at ham waa also ar
rested and the two people have been In the
ccunty Jail since. Smith waa brought be
fore Judge W. H. Munger last week and
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
MUST NOW FACE TWO CHARGES
Will Haelaa la liela (or Theft nf
tslamolilli and Alma li.r
Forgery.
Two charges, baeel on slleted bogus
checks and t lie theft of an nutomnhlle.
stand against Will Vhsnii, a-teited
Wedntaday morning
Whelan Is rhareed w lh the iii-ft f an
automobile belonging to A. 11. Walsh The
machine was taken from In front of the
Orpheum ttnaler.
Pioneer a Vestryman of
Trinity Forty-Five Years
Henry W. Yates, reelected for the
twenty-fifth time senior warden of
Trinity cathedral. Omaha, has been
sn officer of that church for foity
flve years. He became a .vestry
man In I.noT, and from a vestryman
was elected senior warden twenty, -five
years ago.
Mr. Tates is also treasurer of the
Trinity cathedral chapter of the
diocese ot Nebraska , of the Epis
copal church, and Is a trustee of
the Clarknon hospital.
Kesldes being one. ct the prom
inent churchmen t! Omaha, tr.
Yates Is one of tiie pluncer clttsens
of Nebraska. He ia:ue here before
the civil war. and In IHHJ eslabllahed '
the Nebrssaa National hank of
tuna ha
Mr. and Mrs. Yai.es sre st present
In kundon. lis v In been making a
lour ot s i 11 hern Kurope and Tales
line. i n sail fur New Y ork
r'stuidav and will leturn to Omaha
:.u. i. . ,
Other oKlceu eletied ' hy the
vestry . fcr the coming year are:
Junior warden, V.. Wakely; venire
men. F. 11 Davis, 'd. D. Karkalow.
U. t Frem-h. roig H Thumiml.
C. i'. George and Philip Potter.
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HENRT W. TATES
"LIQUOR OUT OF POLITICS"
Initiative and Referendum Puts it to
People Hartington.
HE WILL ANSWER METCALFE
Trusty Stalwart Discusses Bryan's
ataad an Saloon Qnestloo- Says
Pablle Is Pleased with the
- Last I.eglslatore.
Mike F. Harrington, , stalwart of stal
warts and regular of the most regular In
the democratic party, in Omaha Wednes
day morning made the prophecy that the
liquor question is out. of politics for good.
'The passage of the Initiative and ref
erendum act by the recent legislature has
put county option out of politics for good
and all," said Mr. Harrington, "and every
body will be glrfd of It. The Initiative and
referendum constitutional amendment will
undoubtedly pass at the 1912 election and
after that If the people want to submit
a county option bill or a prohibition bill
under Its provisions they can do so , and
political parties will not be involved. Even
If the next legislature should pass a county
option law it would bave to go to a vote
of the people any way, because the liquor
Interests could very easily get enough sign
ers to start a petition for a referendum and
the legislature could not put its law into
effect unll it had submitted it at a regu
lar election. -
"As far as the democratic pnrty is con
cerned the recent discussion of the liquor
.question will soon be forgotten. I Intend
very soon to write an answer to the speech
made at the Bryan birthday banquet by
Mr. Metcalfe In which he referred to the
Grand Island convention in terms which
showed that he thought he was tricked.
1 am sure, myself, thst even Mr. Bryan
himself would have withdrawn from ' his
Hand on the liquor rsflstlun If he could,
and it certainly was his fault that tin
question was submitted to the on venU"i,
as It was. I for one will nut stand for a
minute with any movement to keep Mr.
Bryan from going to the national conven
tion, and, although I. have been asked to
4,-0 myself, I would not accept an honor
at the expense of recognizing him. Mr.
Bryan more than any other man who
ever was in public life has been cursed
with his "kitchen cabinet, ' and with the
exception of a few In Uouglas county he
bii not permanently Injured his standing
by this transitory liquor trouble.
People Are Satisfied."
"The people of Nebraska regardless of
party tiding arc talieflid with the work
of Ihe la&l legislature."
Mr. Harrington is keeping wll in mind
the fact that the demorats held a sllgnl
majority In Ine last legislature. He Is
willing, however, to give the republicans
credit for a Kindou share In. what was
accomplished.
"The veto of the n mi ai Usan Judiciary,"
said Mr. Harrington, who drew both the
constitutional aimndnient. which failed to
pa. and the -l.ee bill, wnich was vetoed
ax a political measure, -'hurt Governor
-Uililch to the extent of making It poaalble
lor the democrat!'- party to elect thres
jtidfccs lo the supreme court at the next
election. The prevent complexion of the
couit. all icpubllcan. will undoubtedly be
changed at the next election and the demo
crats will grt at least two. The other may
go to the populists. The nonpartisan
Judiciary constitutional amendment not
tbe cne which a as vetoed, but the on
Doesnt
Blow Out
No danger of our
Country Cousin
failing to respond
to breakfast call
in the morning.
Equally safe where there
are children in the home.
1
Omaha Electric Light & Power Co.
3
which was defeatedprovided for an elec
tion of Judges by district, and since the
people of Ihe western part of the state
have not had a member of the supreme
court since Judge Holcomb they would
welcome such a change. The people In
general want a non4rtlsan Judiciary and
they are going to get It. because tbe initia
tive and referendum will give them a
chance to get it for themselves"
Mr. Harrington predicts victory and vic
tory yet again for the democratic party
In the next few years. Aehton C. 8Uallen
berger, he prognnatk ates, will be the next
doi ted I'nltrd Stales senator and. in gen
eral, the republican majority In Nebraska
is suing to the bow wows.
atimirday, April
Next Saturday "Arbor Day" the time of all times to visit that suburb beauti
ful tbe "Dundee" District." 'TIs but a short trip out there 20 minutes from 16th
and Farnarn, and not one of these specially offered lots is over three blocks from the car
line.
Take any West Parnam car, marked Dunde.; get off at the entrance of the Happy
Hollow Country Club on Underwood Ave., and walk one block east.
There you will see our signs and meet our salesmen, who will be on the around all
day Saturday. As you step off the car you will be right in Happy Hollow, which is part
of Dundee, while beautiful Falracres Is a close neighbor.
Arrange for a future home away from the city's turmoil; do what you've set your
heart upon doing for years; own a lot in "Bonnie Dundee.
Facts "Boiled Down" but Printer's Ink does not do jus
tice to this "little city of homes."
THE DUN ORE DISTRICT will ever
remain a section of homes; your
neighbors will be representative people;
your children's associates will be of the
kind that Impart a refined influence;
and the same building restrictions that
have been In force right along In Dun
dee, will be carried out to the letter
in the future as In the past.
UVE I1KUE and youl combine
Omaha advantages with 'suburban
life."
LACE AND JEWELRY STOLEN
Burglars t.el alaables to the
aatoaul of aaoo from llvsse
of J. K. Hiid
Jewel and 'ace worth lW were stolen
from the home of J K. Rugg. Twenty
ninth and Perlflc streets, by burglars
Tuesday n ght.
The thieves broke Into the apartment l
prying open a window.
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