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AN THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 3. 1911. v. I and w( nd wt No Need to ook Shabby when fine clothes are to be had so cheap- ly-OUR HALF PRICE SALE has demonstrated to a great portion of Omaha's population that they never had a better opportunity to buy clothes nor were ever offered such rare ;iml honest values as this popular store has made it possible for them to gt. There are plenty of splendid suits yet to choose from and if you will only look them over you will agree with us that they axe wonlerful values. $35 to S10--Suils-$17.50 to $5 H DOVT WAIT. if Sarpv county, a hoy: Joe Peeek fe. a boy; Mike Novak. 2?17 R MWt, , a sir!. i Fir Bert ,Jnrr"nm, TrO. filt hase ! mnt brick, una. wwer. city water, paved ; !ireet. -V" N tt.. South Omaha. ;oml wholesale nr retail liwatlon: lonn term if nelr-d; Pr nontli. L. C. Gibson, Agent. South Omaha. I 1 lie city counc I will mwt tomorrow evninK at a iec3al eeFslnn. held for the purpr.se of passmir the appropriation ordi nance and soup public Improvement hills. A meetins of all the republicans of South Omaha ia called fur thin evening at 7 30 o'clock In the offi.-p of M ureteric and Pan cnast. In the Hannon block, next the post office. Followtna- an Illness of only a week. Mrs. Get.rsre O Parkhurt parsed awav W'edne.- iav at 8 :X. at ber resil ience. Thirty-eighth and T streets. Mrs P'likhur't was well known ail over the state, and she Ipaves a wide circle of friends who mourn her death. Funeral arranKements have not been made as 1'eL AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Board of Review Cuts Down Assess- meats Below County Figures. I been slated for a healthy raise, came hap pily through the ordeal of the review with I perhaps an increase a little above S8.0OO. When the final lists have been com- I Dieted It remains to be seen what Der- Icentage of increase will be borne by the I common tax payers and what by the pub- PUB1IC COEPOBATIOUS BEUEFITInc service corporation. If the needed Caarce Trader New Law Filed Aialast Regre Tts Wu Fewnsf CerrrtaaT Wrapoai Pt Disaate Still la Cearte. After a session of several days, the Board of Relview adjourned yestereay. That the day of the tax review were filled with work there la no question: that the sessions had developed some surprises is admitted by all. The county tax commissioners had raised the taxes of the Union Stock yards, only to have them reduced by $60,090 when the Municipal Board of Review took them . up for consideration. According to the " county ' list the stock yards were aaaessed at M.0W.O0t. The Board of Review shaved ' the total $60.00 by a unanimous rote. The Gas company, whose assessment had been raised by the city tax commissioner to Ca.aoo waa reduced to $187,000 with Tralnor. .fifxgerald and Gtliln voting In the nega tive. The street railway, cited in under a raisa of $TU.O00. was reduced to $75,000, with ' Tralnor. Fltxgerald, U 11 Lin and Walters casting negative vote. One of the remarkable features of the ' voting waa that August stiller, ordinarily tea watcb dog of the treasury, voted In the ' Instances aforementioned for the reduction of the tarns on big corporations. The Omaha Water company had to ac cept the substanUsi raise apportioned to It, while the street car company and the gas company were permitted to escape the present raise and be rated under the urn seal as last year. Gura F. XUls Dead. Oeorga F. Mills, a well known South Omaha tinner, died Tuesday afternoon at X o'clock. Sometime ago be suffered a stroke of paralysis. He was U years old and leaves a widow and two children. Funeral services will be conducted Thurs day afternoon at Forty -eighth and U Psrrtsug Disaate la Dembt. ' On the first day of September there will fn due Clot of improvement bonds Is sued In ISM and amounting to $3,000, bear ing Interest at S per cant and designed to pay for the paring of Thirtieth street be- ; an eil Q and T streets. The pamillar part at the story Is that the city has paid for the paring of the street except for SUS0-M, ' contributed by soma of the owners of the property abutting on the street in ques ' -non. It Is contended by the city that tha ' property owners In question are indebted ta the municipality In tha sum of H7.7U-U. ' with, faxtarest accrued sines the year 1304. It is admitted that the city originally ad tranced tha S2L0M for the completion of tha work, and that moreover SS.400 has been paid out In Interest by the treasury. Now the city has wanted to know for a long time why the taxpayers In question will not pay their quota of the taxes due on the Improved street. Some time ago .tha matter was taken up by the city attorney's office, which suc ceeded In having the supreme court Issue a decree on tha validity and Justice at the debt owed to tha city. But even the voles of the supreme court did not compell obedience, for soma of the delinquent tax payers then had an attorney to take the case bark Into court on a new point. AU of which means that the cnata of litigation becomes endless and that the debtors re fuse to pay taxea while tha case la pending and, finally, that the city has no chance of recovering the money spent to pave the street befors the doors of private In dividuals. It has been considered whether or not tha city would agree to eocept payment of the property owners on a basis such aa Is maintained at present between the taxpayer and tha city. But the attorneys reply If the debt waa dus formerly It Is still due. and the city itself has not the right to remit a penny of the original debt. The outcome of the matter Is awaited with keen interest. Dr. Staaler VUlca Hera. Dr. Court R. Stanley, a former resident of this city and a recent graduate of Rush Medical college In Chicago, spent last week here with his uncle. F. W. Francis. Twenty-second and I street. Dr. Stanley was well known hers aa a boy. having received his primary education la this city. He goes to Manila via Saa Francisco, from which port he sails today. He will be stationed at the government hospital la Manila. Dr. Stanley Is the brother of Paymaster C D. Stanley of the Catted States navy, now stationed at Cavtte. P. L Both the Stanley brothers c nee delivered Ths Omaha Bee for the local office. Mayer Tralaer Exnlaiaa, Mayor Tralnor, In discussing the reduc tion of the Stock Tarda company, ex plained that It was But. a reduction, but In fact a simple maintenance at last year's figure. This Is true from ths standpoint of the rtty lists, but the county tax com uuwwnen In their ree?nt review tacked m an extra M.iW to the original' valuation ef the Mk yards wtaipaay. Tha Jeuar aVswlag sonnpaay wale had CS.OOO.OW is raised it is declared that the percentage borne by the common tax pawers is In excess of that sought by the tax commissioner when he raised the val uation of the public service companies. Last evening's work, however, brought to a close the annual review and the board adjourned sine die. Dlaa Fares Merlons Ckarxet, W. II. Dlas, a t.erro. was up yesterday morning before Police Judge Callahan on a charge, the first of Its kind in South Omaha. Dlas. who was arrested for car rying concealed weapons, fell under the new rule which makes it a felony to carry concealed weapons. Ths case had already been tried and a fine of $100 assessed against the man. A. C. Pancoast, attorney for Dlas, refused to pay the fine, alleging that the police Judge had no Jurisdiction in the matter. Mr, Pancoast' s opinion sustained. Judge Calla han dismissed ths original charge and filed a new one. On the new complaint, with Assistant County Attorney J. M. Fltx gerald acting for ths state. Dlas was bound over to await ths action of tha district court. Mr. Pancoast. during his examination of the witnesses, sought to find out how the culprit was known to have a check, for $100 on his person. Judge Callahan inter posed and explained that ths defendant's wife had called at his horns and told him that ths negro had a check for $108 in his pocket. Palleet Board Delays. Notwithstanding the fact that the police department has not yet been paid for the month of July, there was no meeting of the board of firs and polios commissioners yesterday. Tha men are anxious for their money and soma of them feel the long wait. Chief Brtggs up to Tuesday evening was unable to complete the new monthly detail, awaiting the action of the board. Thar are several matters to be considered by the board. it is understood that there are those who will Insist that Louis Cohn. recently arrested and dismissed on the charge of selling liquor after hours, be given a trial Deiore the fire and police board. One of tha commissioners, when asked about the matter, said that no oomplaint had been filed against Cohn. ' Mag-la City Gaaslp. Dell Groan la absent on a hunting trip. Martin Jotter went on a dove hunt yee tarday. L. J. Carpenter left yesterday far Emer- miss .va fcturr of Auburn. Neh. 1 the guest of Miss Norma Hammond for the weea. H. C. Murphy left yesterday for Lin coin, wnere ha will attend to some legal uueiucaa. Mrs. John Melntvra ina. left last evening for a visit with rela tives in cmeago. John Keea-an. one of tha welt tmown cltlsens of Highland district, has gone Into After a short tllneaa w-m4 n ir.. v. the infant Boa of Emii Fermom'h itrl night at I o'clcok at the residence of his parents. 1101 North Twenty -sixth street. The funeral service will be held this after noon at X o'clock from tha family horns to ui. hut s cemetery. Nets Peterson has asked the city council rweue mm irom the bonds of W. D. Conlon Exonerated by Board on Hearing Fireman Proves He Wu Called by Girl Friend and Bid TSot Bun Away from Charge. The board of fire and police commission ers :at night exonerated John J. Conlon of No. 1 fire station, charged with picking the pocket of Thomas Hastings of Hosa Company No. 4, at Courtland Beach June 4 after a number of witnesses testified without giving any tangible evtdenos asainst him. Suspicion fell on Conlon because ne had hurriedly left the roller coaster platform at the park Immediately after Hastings missed his money, but Conlon had a girl friend before the board to prove that she was the cause of his hurried exit. While the girl was away from him, Conlon had gone to the coaster for a ride. While pushing his way through the crowd. Con lon noticed the girl had come back and was beckoning to him. He pushed his way out of the crowd toward her, just as Hastings was giving the alarm that he had been robbed. Conlon was reprimanded for being sway from duty too long last election day. Captain Charles C. Ellington, Junior capr tain of No. 7 Hose company, who has been in the service twenty-two years, was placed on the pension list. Captain Elling ton was appointed a member of the fire department October 20, 1SSS. He was pro moted to junior captain March 1, 1908. The resignation of Policeman W. G. Velle was accepted by the board. The board adjourned until August IS. TWO WOMEN ROUGH IT ALONE rtaey Arrive la Omaha Em Rente la Ante from 5w York ta Saa Fraaclsew. Two quiet Uttle women spent Tuesday afternoon in Omaha. They are Mrs. R. M. Simmons of Chicago and Miss F. H. Brown of New York, and they are driving alone In a motor car from New York to San Francisco. Mrs. Simmons has driven various cars for several years, but has never before undertaken such a trip. Be fore leaving New York on the transcon tinental trip both women toured the New England states Just to acquire the knack of rough driving. Their plans take them through Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Port land. Seattle and San Francisco. They carry a tent, oil stove and all comple ments for camping out. which they moat likely will do west of Omaha. "Iowa roads are better than Maine roads," said Mrs. Simmons. Asked what they did when tire trouble was encoun tered, she replied. "Tires don't bother us a bit." Though they have had a number of blowouta and punctures they fix them themselves. "It's when the 'hum' of the engine changes and I have to go Into the machinery that I look for real trouble. We haven't had any of that, though." he found asleep on a cot. a kick accom panied with the requpst to know what he was doing there The stranger bounded out of his posture of repose and landed an upperhook to Fiunkett's jaw that made It work funny. This is the story Plunkett told the police when he wandered Into the station a few moments later. The surgeons sent him to Bt. Joseph's hospital and today they will repair the fracture. Plunkett says he la a lineman In the employ of the Ne braska Telephone company. The man who hit him disappeared. General Manager Tells Why Request for Advance Made Everett Buckingham on Stand Before Bailroad Commissioner at Hearing. (From a Staff Correspandent.) LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. . t Special Tele gram. (General Manager Buckingham of the Union Stock yards occupied the stand practically the entire afternoon today In the heating on the company's application to Increase the price of com from $1 to $1.10 a bushel and the pries of hay from $3 to $2S a ton. Mr. Buckingham went over In detail the manner of handling feed and hay at the stock yards. The $S per ton increase asked for upon hay, hs asserted, was Justified In view of tha fact that tha demand this year wll be extremely acute on account of what appears to be a short crop. Ths annual amount of hay, Mr. Bucking ham declared, which la consumed at the yards is not far from 12.000 tons. Hs em phasized the fact that a raise to $17 or tin on the market price would make It impos sible to dispose of It for a profit at the present price of $30 per ton. On account of a demand which wll be made by his com pany for 10,000 tons within the next few weeks, the manager of the stock ysrds asserted that he looked for a rise In pries as soon as the fact became known. Negro Didn't Know His Victim is Dead Will Clark Arraigned on Charge of Killing Andrew Anderson in South Omaha July 14. "I hit him, your honor, but I didn't know yet that he was dead." was the reply of Will Clark, a South Omaha negro, when upon arraignment In district court Tues day he waa asked whether or not he waa guilty of the charge of manslaughter pre ferred against him for the killing of An drew Anderson on July 14. The assault. In which it Is alleged that Clark struck Anderson a blow on the side of the head, occurred at a lunch stand at Twenty-seventh and N streets. The negro la said to have been provoked by a slight ing remark made to him about his family by the dead man. Clark wished to con sult his lawyers before pleading and Judge Estelle entered a plea of not guilty. Arthur Parks, another South Omaha negro, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kllL Parks Is ac cused of having attempted to kill his wife by cutting her throat on June 9 at his horns at 2722 R street. It Is alleged that his intention was to kill his wife and then to commit suicide. 5 s -r-wrx e-1 318-320 South 16th. St. Great Clearance Thursday TAiLSHEO SKIQTS SOLD FROM $6.75 TO $10 AT THE SALE WILL OPEN THURSDAY MORNING PROMPTLY AT 8 O'CLOCK with some four hundred skirts, all from our regular high clas3 stock and late spring styles, that will be good for fall wear. The materials aro Fronh sorgos, all wool mixtures, fine worsteds, mannish materials, etc, : : : ; Regular Prices 56,75, i57.50,$8.75, $10.00, On Sale Thursday at him to the station. Warner said Mrs. Weis wished to leave her husband and he simply helped her take away the silver, which is hers. BLANCHARD ISEN ROUTE WEST Reclamation Service Official Pa sees Thieagk OnaaJaa to laapect Got. ersunaemt Work. C. J. Blanchard of ' the reclamation service passed through Omaha Tuesday on his annual trip west , to look over the work being done there by his department. His work consists chiefly of looking after the settlement of the western land and the publicity bureau. He expects to be sent in November to Europe to give lectures with the Intention of drawing foreign tour ists to visit the western part of this coun try. In the winter Mr. Blanchard gives lectures in the east on ths work being done in the west. Mr. Blanchard la acting as advance agent for Secretary Fisher of the Depart ment of the Interior, who will arrive in Omaha Thursday afternoon on his way to the Pacific coast to look after the Irriga tion work being dona in the west. He will arrive In Seattle August 14. and set sail for Alaska to investigate the coal mines there. On his trip through the west Mr. Fisher will stop at Mitchell. Neb.; Cody, Wyo.; Huntly, Mont., and Denver, arriving In Seattle August 11 MAN'S CURIOSITY SATISFIED X. J. Plaaukewt Iaojalres Why 8 tram SOT ta slecptaa; aael Geta Brakes Jaw. to Parent, an expressman. City Clerk Frank Good proposes to take his vacation aa soon as the work of the uuuu ui lie view is completed. William Buckley of the Cudahy Packing company was called to Chicago by the usaiu ui a weai my Dacnelor uncle. Miss nayme Fitzgerald, wno cas been spending the vacation at Mtuuiuu oyiiuss, Colo., returned home this morning. 'Phone Bell South 86 Independent F-18S for a case of Jetter iold Top. Prompt de livery to any part of city. William Jetter. Fire Warden John Trouton returned lat evening from the Interior of the state, where he haa been occupied for the last week. August Miller wants the treasurer's of fice to supply a clerk to the office of the ta-x commissioner, instead of hiring an extra one. For a case of good beer order PTXSENTTR STYLJi, Uohemian Extra Pale or Burg Brau from Nebraska Liquor House. South UU7. Ind. F-U7. The barbers of South Omaha, It la under stood, will aak for the paaaage of a Sun day ordinance similar to the one reoenily euacted la Omaha. The Traders' exchange and the Stork exchange each had repreaentativea at the hearing of the State Railway oommiasion yesterday afternoon. Tha Ladies Aid society of St. Luke's Lutheran church will meet Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. Deckerr. Seven teenth and M streets. The Jetter Sewer will be started today between Twenty-seventh and Y streets to the brewery and from the brewery to Thirty-sixth and Q streets. City Tax Conwuseiaaer Jerry Fltxgerald has begun the work of compiling tne list of delinquent taxpayer. The list must be filed with the city treasurer's office. Howard Fan-ell of Twenty-third and I streets fall In a fit yesterday evening at the corner of Twenty-fifth and N streets. Dr. Shaaahan attended tha aidt man. The Shamrock club cleared about fire M the net results ef Its picnic held last Hun dar at HiiliOie park. Ralston. The money wiil be devoted to the rehabilitation of the organisation. The following btrthe have been reported Mat Tamoahevltg and wife. 83 North Twenty-ninth street, a girl: Eune Cink lln and wife, sua South Fifty-third street, a girl: Oevrre MeGulry and w-fe 1W North TweaUeve street, a airt. Q. C akeosgoard f- Walking Into a lodging house at 43 North Fifteenth street early this morning, M. J. Plunkett gave a stranger, whom COLONIZING IN NEBRASKA Fkesomeul Record Made la Selling the Horl Lands la Merriest Coaaty. Just a week ago Payne Investment com pany announced the sale of a large tract of land in Merrick county belonging to the estate of the late T. B. Hord. Almost everybody In Nebraska knew of T. B. Hord and his success In the land, cattle and grain business and there waa at once aroused considerable Interest in this sale. Payne Investment company ran their first excursion from Omaha to Central City, leaving Omaha, Thursday night, the 27th. Ths party returned Saturday morn'ng and reports the entire tract of over 4,000 acres sold In only one week's time. This means over $250,000 Invested In Mer rick county and means also the settlement of a large tract of pasture and hay land and Is one of the most remarkable sales ever made In the stats. The report la that 20.000 acres of the same land could have been sold If It had been available and several hundreds of people who had planned going out to look over ths country and Invest are disap pointed. The entire transaction certainly shows ths result of persistant and well planned advertising. Extensive Damage to Crops by Hail Lou to Tanners in Vicinity of Hecla S. D., Will Beach Four Hundred Thousand Dollars. ABERDEEN. S. D., Aug. L (Specials Further reports from the district near Hecla. S. D.. which was devastated by hail oa July 3. show the damage done to have been greater than at first thought. The storm started in Dickey county. North Dakota, and ranged to the southward Into this state, covering an area from two to six miles in width and possibly forty miles long. In which growing crops were totally ruined. It Is estimated the crops on 400 quarter sections were destroyed, the aver age money loss to each quarter section being tLOOO, making a total loss of at least 1400,000. Among the heavy losers are John Karri an and son. estimated loss of 15.000; M. Uarre and sons, tlO.000; Henry Court ney and son. from 2,000 to S.00O; four Donovan brothers, from 5.000 to $10,000: Bennett, $1,500 to COuO; Steve Do lan, $2,000 to $5,000; Willis Wood. $2,000 to $6,000; Pier son, $3,000 to $5,000; William Colestock, SS-000 to $5,000; L. Heath, $1,500 to $2,000; Roy Thorp. C.000 to $4,000; Alex Streeter, $2,000 to $4,000; Bagley and son, $1,000 to $2,000. Crops In that section had been exception ally fine, possibly the best In . northern South Dakota this year, and the loss Is all the more serious on that account. HUSBAND HAS WIFE ARRESTED Coaaell Blaffa Wenaaa AvpresiendcMl la Osaakua for Steallasr Her Owa Silverware. On complaint of J. V. Wats of Council Bluffs, Q. C. Warner and Mrs.' Weis were arrested Tuesday charged with being sus picious characters. They were taken to Council Bluffs, where a charge of grand larceny waa placed against Warner. Weis got after Warner and bis wife when the two disappeared slmultaneonaly and moat of ths Weis silverware was missing, The Omaha police caught Warner on the street. Mrs. Weis, who was with him. accompanied. DOROTHY ARNOLD ABROAr Woaaaa Sara Missies; Girl Has Bera Heard from aad Parents Have Gone to Look for Her. NETW YORK. Aug. L "Dorothty Arnold Is not dead; she Is abroad and her parents have gone there to look for her. That is all that can be aald definitely now." Miss Griffith, companion to Mrs. Rufus W. Peck ham, Dorothy's aunt, will be quoted tomorrow to this effect In a dis patch to the World, from Blddeford Pool. Me. Miss Arnold was heard from some weeks Hon would follow," said Miss Griffith, might say, very Indirect manner. Ths In formation came that she was abroad and it waa concluded that further Informa tion would follow," aaid Mlsr Griffith, irrSLrJ fiOOSL Are You a Member of the Hoos; er Kitchen Cabinet Club If Not You are missing the one great opportunity to purchaser one of tfiese sanitary labor-saving cabinets at the cash price by paying your mem bership fee of $1.00 and having the cabinet de livered to your home, where it will save hun dreds of steps and then pay $1.00 a week until the cabinet is paid for. MEMBERSHIP CLUB CLOSES SATURDAY. AUG. 5TH Come in, let us show you the cabinets and tell yon more about the club plan. Have you registered for the cabinet to be given away? blanks can be obtained at cabinet display, main floor. Orchard & Wilhelm Boy Dragged to Death by Pony. PIERRE, 8. D., Aug. L (Special.) A 14-year old son of Mrs. Charles Perry of the Big Bend country In the southern part of this county, waa dragged to death by his pony last Sunday. He was racing with another boy when his saddle turned, throw ing him off. and his foot caught In ths stirrup. Hs waa dragged some distance before he was torn loose from the saddle, and he lived but a short time after those who witnessed the accident could get to him. tft 1 v$ Didyou ever notice that the man ""SSP0 J Jl '"-m (til who clrinJu it is never quite satisfied witn ilp fMfWM" cotter brew? OTJ ilifiiJ Pabst m iff BlueRibbon Jfi p- Tha Beer of Quality 1 " 00 distinctive eo satisfying so delicious JMM, 0Ji aPPcak to people who select their leer ffi)0 I tTOVw " tW do their food and clothes- J'lp yl -,llwie!w ffl WUawss.Oss) y; swMawsessWMBwasMwssew ii e When His Work is Done He Shuts Off the Power He throws a switch right at hand and cuts off the power from the engine room. The power that drives your machine is a necessary expense, but the power that fritters itself away in shafting, belts and bearings, is loss pure and simple a dead weight added to your selling costs. Electric motors usingourdependabletwenty-four-hour power bring power and the producer together eliminate the 20 to 6o loss in between the transportation charges of power transmission. We shall be glad to give you any information on the subject of electrical power. 'Phone us today. OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. The Bee Prints the News