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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.
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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.
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