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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1911)
i 0 Scflerstrom Piano Mfg. Co Wlh and Farnam Sis. P 037.00 s;d Pnv lOo rn , M peraav, Vw THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1911. 7 " can't compare it, nor describe it quite, nor liken it. I never saw the like. " To the Public: Wa hare accumulated fn hundred or mor piano during th rt year m part payment on new pianos, that mint Iiom uf. along with our general array of the world beat tuakf of pianos, we come to you on a scale of greater magnificence than any piano aale ever bold anywhere at any time. We come to you, Mr. Piano Purchaser, wtth an offering of $25,000.00 worth of High Grade Standard Plauoe ttiat must be sold In the next few days. The public of Omaha and vicinity hate been deluged with piano salts a perfect flood of sales eale -vlthout any sense or reason behind them sale for every day In the calendar. Thla is no clap-trap, drumrood-up excuse, but a genuine bona fldo ale where $25,000.00 worth of pianos must be sold. A treraendoin whirlwind of daitllng and Irresistible bargains awaits you. We moit respectfully and earneatly solicit yir attention for a moment, for, during this great Bale every piano is included and nmst he aold. BEOER8TROM PIANO MFG. CO. Established 1ST. C In Plan ra Mas Arrived! Seejrftrew Pisa. Ml(. C. Geatlemesi i Please mail roe full deeerlptiea of Bargain Plane .... UI1 ma about tow 80-day Tnl rropoaittoa. Name 9 Worth of New, Returned and Slightly Used Pianos, While They Last Must Be Sold in the Next Few Days We Guarantee All to be in Perfect Condition. Act Quickly Ad d rs. .. ...... -) a - ej People Who Do Not Live In Oraaha Read Carefully If you want to save money In tie purchase of a piano, let us send you, our list. It you are Interested In any ot the above bargains, send us th coupon today, and we will write you a detailed description of it and tell you all about our 30-day tree trial proposition. Yes, we will ship you a piano, freight prepaid. You can try It for a month, if It pleases you, you can buy It on monthly payments, It you wish- If It doesn't please la every respect, we take It away free of expense to you. Mail us the coupon today. Every piano fully niaranteed 10 to 25 years by tbe Segerstrom Piano Mfg. Co. Wednesday, Sept. 13, Bargain Offerings INVESTIGATE ! Consider! Compare ! Make Your Dollars Do Triple Duty. Wk VW- Si bl4.7 A tli m V A 1 r ' al M mm sr. If on ail ar V- & i f?RK7 , saa . fth ... 1 I t ?r-I tested The Most Progressive Dealers of the Northwest. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK EGEMSTOOM PlAMO MFG. NINETEENTH AND FARNAM STREETS TERMS TO SUIT THE THE POCKETBOOK OF EVERYONE BEIEF CITY NEWS are Boot print It. Oas si tlM. ristorM-rars-MSOraa4n. Oat, ataok. Kki. Autogenous welding SaAqaat Is Kot rormal'Th. report that the bis banqu.t to b. given by the Commercial club Wednesday night is to be a formal affair U absolutely without foundation," aaid E- V. Parriah of the Commercial club. "All of the potmter and their wlvea will be made welcome and there will be nothing formal about it whatever." Vrarelogue Thronfli the Holy Md J. t. Bailey, state secretary of the Young Men'a Christian association, will five "Travelog ues Through the Holy Land" at Pearl Memorial Methodist Episcopal church. Twenty-fourth and Lanmore ave nu. The. course ot lectures is under the auspices of the Epworth league. The first lecture of the season will be given Wednes day at S p. m. Foor Prospect for lee Protpeeta for a good supply of ice In Omaha for next year are getting leas and leas favorable every day. The water In Carter laic is so shal low at present that a man can walk across It at almost any point and there seems to be little chance ot Its filling up before cold weather sets in. Carter lake ! the only place rear Omaha where natural Ice can be harvested, except the river, and If the crop there falls artificial and imported ice la all that Omaha dealera can get. Caldwell Cue SOU la Court J. P. Cal- lanan a demurrer to P. C. Caldwell suit against him for the democratic nomination for police judge of South Oraaha waa sus tained by judge Leslie In county court Tuesday afternoon. Thli would have nded the fight In Callansn's favor had not Caldwell immediately filed an amended pe tition. Callanan's attorney, John p. Breen. moved to strike the amended petition from the files on the ground that It was not really an amended petition, but, a sew ae. After hearing arguments Judge Lei la took the matter under advisement. Station Master of Union Station Dies Tuesday Morning W. W. Keen Passes Away After an Illness of Le Than a Week'i Duration. W. W. Keen, station master gt the Union Pacific depot for the last four years, died Tuesday morning at t o"clock at ft. Cath erine hospital, following an operation for bowel trouble. A week ago Mr. Keen went to Bald Eagle. Minn., for a visit with his wite, who has been there for the last month. Thursday morning, while eatltig breakfast, he was aeUed with cramps. He went to a specialist In Minneapolis, who told him he would have to be operated ob immediately. Wirhlng to have the work done by surgeons here ha came to Omaha on Friday and was operated on by Drs Jonas Updepraff and Smith, rom which he died Tuesday morning. Sir Keen entered the service of the t'nion Pacific as brskeman October 1, 1879. and wes rromoted to freight conductor October 11. 1S0. He was promoted to pa.i Fer.ger conductor December 10, 18SJ. which position he held until February 23. lat7, when he waa promoted to station master. tkiperlntendent Cahill In speaking of his record while with the road said tew men In the servlea had a clean and good a rec ord as be baa la the thirty-two year that Mr. Keen ha served the road he has i.iade an absolutely perfect record. Mr. Keen leave a widow, one daughter, Mr. Mather of Jollet. 111., and an aged' father and mother at Jollet. Mr. Keen wa f vr of age and a veteran of th civil war. . Big Expenditure for Benson Mains Suburban Corporation Awards Con tract for Deep Well and a Pumping System. Benson 1 adding an 111,000 well to Its municipal water plant and will spend tlS.- 000 in extending It water main. Th well, for the drilling of which ma chinery 1 now on th ground, will be 600 fet deep, with a diameter of ten inches and will have a capacity of 500 gallon a minute. It will be operated by the air pressure system, by which air will b pumped down, a tub to force th water up In the well. The drilling will cost $7 a foot, while labor and other expenses will bring the coat up to IU.0OO. City Attorney Haffke says the municipal plant 1 making mouey. The contract for extend ing the water system ha been let to Dan Whitney. Benton haa also decided to put oil and gravel on Leroy avenue, a an experiment in permanent road making. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage llcenat t been Issued: Name and Residence. Alexius J. Kettlsr, Omaha Ruth M. Sherwood, Omaha Daniel File. South Omaha Mary Murori, SouLb Omaha Frank E. Dow. Omaha , Josephine M. Zeigler, Omaha Orvtlle C. McCaslln. Omaha , Sarah F. Beeson, Omaha Dezzo Trombltas, Omaha Helen Sabo. Omaha... have Age 2$ 10 24 26 30 30 22 IS ...26 PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. W. L. Huffman left Tuesday morning for Huron, 8. L.. where he will show the Hup. mobile at the South Dakota Stat fair jj.her this week. AYIATOR FOWLER IN A SPILL Escapes with. Few Minor Bruises, but Machine is Demolished. VEETICAL RUDDER GOES WE0NG Repair Will lie Mad FlUnt Across th- CoatLaent to Be Re sumed in Three or Four Day. AI,TA. Cal.. Sept. 12. While flying over this place at a considerable elevation. Aviator Fowler fell wtlh bis machine, which wa demolished. Fowler escaped with a . few minor . bruises. He said the accident wa caused .by the rudder falling to work, and declared that the motor might be repaired, as it did not appear to be badly damaged. Aviator Fowler said: "Th vertical rudder quit working for some reason and all I could do wa go around in a circle. My machine swung to lb left In the cplre. then dropped and hit a couple of trees, damaging th frame badly. The engine, though, 1 all right. "My back 1 wrenched, but not a bit of skin Is off anywhere. It will tak three or four day to rebuild the rudder, when the (light will be resumed. Fowlor aid that the flight after leaving Colfax wa amooth and he entertained every hop of Successfully topping the Sierras despite th encountering of con trary air current. When in the neighborhood of Alta and about two milei at of Dutch Flat, some thing suddenly went wrong with th aero plane and the machlna began going around In circle and dipping to the earth, getting completely beyond th control of th av iator. The aeroplane struck in the top of a large pine tree at the "eae of a gore. calug the mat hln. .which aeUied wltUy to the rocky ground. Fowler wa caught In the wreckage. Person in Alta and Dutch Flat, witnessed the fall and rushed to Fowler's aid. The altitude at this point Is 6,304 feet. AUBURN. Cal., Sept. li Aviator Robert G. Fowler, who arrived her last night at the end of the first day's air Journey from San Francisco en route to New York via Omaha, slept as soundly as if no attempt at making history confronted him. He was up early today and went immediately to the hangar, where hi biplane had been guarded throughout the night- A crowd waa present and cheers greeted hla ap pearance. There wa's little other than precautionary Inspection to be don to the jnachlne, a the engines made the 1217 mile from San Francisco to this place without a hitch. Fowler said hi machine was th perfect condition when he atarted and that It was just as fit when he arrived here. Long before 8 o'clock, the hour desig nated by Fowler a that of hi start on today's journey, th machine waa sur rounded by a cheering crowd. Fowler ate a hearty breakfast and aaid he felt con fident of a successful flight to Reno, Nev. Fowler faces the most difficult flight of the entire journey today. He must croa th Sierra and expect to reach an alti tude ot mor than S.000 feel. He said he probably would fly about 3,000 feet above the umrott. which would give him an alti tude of between 8.500 and 9,000 feet. Expecting to encounter sever cold dur ing the three and a half or four hours in crossing the mountains, Fowler dressed warmly this morning. H will carry beef tea and a thermal heater on th biplane. He will depend on chocolate wafers to satisfy hi hunger while in ,th air. Fowler plana to spend th night in Wla nemucca, Nev., a distance by rail from thla town of HZ mile He will travel by j the way ot Fallon and Lovelock. j From .i:bm;i t- d.o i.iei p;au oer i whMh i'owier will l u vuly auuy-eialH miles and he w.ll be compelled to climb skyward almost from the time hi machine leave the ground here. Fowler expects to make the tian-contl-nental trip In twenty-six day. A sched uled, he will make stops at Salt Lake City. Granger and Cheyenne, Wyo ; North Platte, Neb.; Omaha, Rock Island. Chicago, Fort Wayne. Pittsburg. Buffalo, Albany and New York. He will follow the tracks of the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and th Northwest ern railways to Chicago. He I accom panied by a special train, which carries a full staff of mechanics and parts of three complete biplane. Stream of Molasses Floods City Street NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12.-A flood of molacsea swept, down several street lead ing from a'atorage warehouse today, when a large tank containing about l.ono.OOO gal lons of treacle burst wtth a tremendous report. A stream fifteen lnche deep made Its way down Market street for nearly a mile. The explosion brought crowds to th scene and thrifty residents obtained a year's supply by merely scooping up the syrup with buckets. The explosion wa caused by th crumb ling of. a wall supporting five tanks. Th flow of the molasses was so swift that two boiler weighing fifteen ton were swept from their foundations and carried across the street. The los 1 $50,000. HaU county. The former had ben aceue4 of unlawful relation wtth a young woman cousin, and when one of the directors of the school board by which Nieman waa employed accused him of immoral actions, the young school teacher hot him with out further provocation. He waa en tenced to ten year in the penitentiary, his term of Imprisonment beginning In Sep tember. 1908 Martin was sentenced to five years and a half In the state penitentiary for robbery. 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