THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1912.
11
BRIEF CITY NEWS
I ave Boo Print It. -
tula Oareral MospiUU. Boaff. SV
O, Bm Fixtures, wrrgaas rasas.
,- Dlvorc Bait riled Bessie a Hunting
ton bas started suit for divorce acains.
A 1111am R. Huntington, alleslnc cruelty.
Xt aukl to gat Booth' Guaranteed
Cannes' Oysters of your dealer, call
' Doug! Gc for nearest dealer's name.
CMae Stood ails Phllbrick still
haa curios, tinea, silks, tapestries, etc
on. sale at 8chadell Military Store, 15,
Iwaglas. Bargains for old friends and
new.. ....
Mastam Sees to Washington Superin
tendent John Hasten of the railway mail
service has been called to Washington on
official business. Ho Is expected to re
turn the latter part ot next week.
Qaly Sxasu Vast Woe Except for
examinations there wilt be no scuoui the
tint four days of next week. Classes
will be resumed on Friday, January 34.
' when final report cards for this term's
work will be given out.
To Keep atatameat Posted City and
' County Treasurer Ur is planning to
keep a bulletin posted In his office so
that all who run may read. This poster
will contain the condition of city and
All money on hand at the opening of the
day, receipts and disbursements for that
day and the balance at the close ot the
day's work will be posted early on the
morning of the following day.
Sue for atefnnt of Tax Suit against
l'uss I.. Hammond as collector of inter
nal revenue for the Omaha "District of
Nebraska has been started In the federal
' district court by Michael and Joseph Ku
lakofsy, who conduct a meat market at
!M North Sixteenth street. Ths object is
to recover KOt, the amount ot special
taxes assessed against them as wholesale
dealers In oleoma rgrrtne, which were paid
under protest
Timme is Declared
to Be Legally Dead
Arthur Timme, a son of th late George
E. Timme, died legally In county court
yesterday. Whether he actually is dead
Is unknown. He disappeared seven years
ago and since then no on who knows
him has. seen or heard from him. The
statute provides that when a person has
been missing seven year he may be de
clared legally dead, the law assuming a
man could not be alive for seven years
without someone's knowing II
A battle developed between Mrs. Wil
liam l-lckert. a daughter of George. E.
Timme, and Mrs. George E. Timme, the
widow, George B. Timme left a third
of his estate to his widow and the other
two-thirds to his children. Mrs. Timme
divided and distributed the estate last
year, twenty years after .the death ot
Mr. Timme. Each child received about
ll.Stt. but Uri Tlmnra asmssed each tH
for living expenses and keeping up the
home for twenty years. Arthur Tlmme'a
share hss been saved for him. Npw that
It Is to be probated Mrs, Timme wished
an administrator who would not contest
her assessment of $804, for It It should
be successfully contested th others
would contest their claims and she would
lose several thousand dollar. ,
A neutral administrator was named, '
SHERIFF CLOSES TWO CUJBS-,
ANQARRSTS.MEN IN CHARGE,
Sheriff Meghan taut, night closed th
Theatric! club, fcevntenth and Harney,
and the Jdlewild; club. "307 North Twenty-fourth
street,' Accompanied by depu
ties, . the sheriff entered .th place and
after exhibiting search warrants and
finding, quantities of various kinds of
liquor, ho mad on arrest In each club.
The men in-rested., ware-Jcck Henry,
steward ot the V Theatrical club, and
llobert JOhrierfi, ;a negro, president of
th Idelwlld club.'- Both v'were. released
later by Police Judge roster on bonds
of 1W each. ' '
None of -the persons In attendance at
either place was molested.
In polios court this morning Johnson
took a contlr.uanc until Teusday morn
ing.'; Jack ' Henry waived .. preliminary
l.eeiiiig and was bound Over to the dis
trict court in th sum ot P. H fur
tilslieU hi own bond.
BODY OF ERNEST STUHT
IS EXPECTED SATURDAY
The-body of Ernest Htuht, who died In
California, is expected to" arrive In
Omaha some time today. Arrange-'
merits for. the funeral will not be made
until members of the family have as
sembled m-re. Vr. A. E. Ktuht, a son.
accompanied by his wife. has already
arrived from Spokane.
, Bolldlaat Peres!!.
Ben Jones, 3117 Chicago, frame dwelling.
Cine. . . ' '
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Eighth Grade School Students Fin
. ith Mid-Tear Zximinationi.
ASE READY FOB HIGH SCHOOL
Bohemias atioaal Society Listeas
to Drama Stage at lls'rlaH
Mrs. Wleakieka mm J
Badslk Arrested.
Of Hie M.-eitv.four minis of th ets:il'.i
grade schools who have lust concluded
their examinations for entrance Into the
high school slxty-flv have passed and a
number are still In doubt. Th excellence
of the work don by the teachers of the
grade schools is proving a source of con
gratulation to Superintendent Pi. a. ura
hm who yesterday expressed his pleas
ure at the great number ot students that
have successfully stood th tests.
Th. .Mit srade schools of th city
have each arranged for a reception or
program la honor of the auccessiui stu
dent.
On Wednesday afternoon Lincoln and
Garfield each graduated ten pupils. A
program ot music was rendered, Dr-
ant h well nastor of the First Metnooisi
church, addressed the students of Gar
field school. Superintendent N. M. Gra
ham spoke to the class at Lincoln.
Yesterday afternoon Lowell and Central
schools hejd their exercises and Superin
tendent Graham addressed the classes on
the new prospect that was opening to
them as upper classmen of th public
school system of the city. Th superin
tendent told the graduates that if he
were to select a text h aould choose
the homely phrase: "Don't get "We
irs eked" as th aptest and most .ex
pressive advice that he could give. He
mid the students that too many are das-
sled by penny Jobs at a Urn when school-
in. i. mt nrotitahia. Ho cautioned tne
.indents sealnst the unwisdom ot leaving
school for a position that will pay a few
dollars' salary and never put tnem m po
sition for higher things.
Th speaker said that too often selfish
ml unwise na rents took their children
away from high school on th theory that
the time for repaying parental solicitude
had come. He said this was a gross mis
take, and boy especially were often de
prived of larger educational advantages
by parents Intent only on their own pres
ent aitvantue. He argued that a longer
education would give the parent better
hop for a comfortable old age under tne
trnteetion of stalwart and uccessfui
men whoa primary education had .roved
k. fnnnifeiion of their after uvea.
Th afternoon Brown Park. est Side,
Madison and Hawthorne school w.a each
i,m . .hrt neneram and receive their
credentials of having completed th eighth
grade, school work.
tatatery Charge Preferred.
Joe Budiik and Mr. Agnes Wienbleka,
Thirty-first and F streets, were arrested
yesterday afternoon at the Instigation ot
Truant Officer Paul McAulay on a
statutory charge. 11. Slavlk. a boarder
at the house, waa arrested as a witness.
but released later.
Budslk has been living with Mrs.
tt-i.nhi.ka for the last three month.
Although Mr. Wlenblska waa warned
several tlmea that unless she cessed liv
ing with Budslk she would b arrested,
he refused to do so. Th woman has a
large family of boy and girl ranging
in from I u II rears. Her husband
died about two years ago.
" A abort time' ago th oldest daughter
wa driven' from -home by her mother
and Budslk." She said that if her mother
Is sent to Jail She will go back home and
take car of th children.
thesk Society Program.
After a hard day' work In convention
assembled the delegates to th Chesko
loclely were treated last night .to an
elaborate program at the Bohemian Na
tional hall. Twenty-first and U streets.
The feature of the evening was a Bo
hemian drama, ataged and acted by th
local members of the Bohemian race. Th
play was In the Bohemian tongue and
met with much applause from those In at
tendance. The work ot tn convention will prob
ably conclude this evening, although
there mas possibly be another session
1 Saturday. The election work has not
been completed, but It Is understood that
several ot th local member ot th order
are favored by the delegates for general
offices.
. In case the general officers elected
should ba cltixen of this city th gen
eral administration of the society will
take place from South Omaha.
stockman La Moaey.
A he was paying hla rare on a crois
town street car yesterday afternoon
Henry Freudenberg, a -.Madison, Neb.,
stockman, waa robbed of t&. He did not
miss th money until he went inside the
car and reached to get his pocket book.
A man crowded against Freudenberg as
he was getting oik the car at Twenty-
r
Neither can you build
up your nerves with
alcoholic remedies.
To be Self-Reliatnt,
nerves mutt have a
food-tonic that nour
ishes and builds' up
the entire system
Soott'o
Emulsion
is the World's Standard
Body-Builder and
Nerve-Food' Tonic
all omjaaisTS
Hen's Union
Suits Reduced
Men's Union Suits, worsted
mixtures, $2
grade 8 re
duced to . . . .
$135
Men's Union Suits, Austral
ian wool and fine worsteds.
$3.00 grades
reduced
to
$185
Men's Union Suits, hea'vy
and light wool, silk mix
tures. $4.00
and $5.00
grades at . .
$245
Our Great Reduction Sale
Won't Last Long '
Take advantag of this opportunity to buy finely tail
ored suits and overcoats at an
HONEST REDUCTION
25 Discount
With 25ft reduction you buy better here than at so-called half-price sales.
HALF OFF SALES AKE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
Boys Furnishing
Goods Reduced
Boys Toques and Hockey
' Caps, 60c values, an.
reduced to miZ
Boys' "Winter Cans. 50c
25c
TT - " J all! ?!. $
wen s aniris
Reduced
Men's Fancy : Band Shirts,
$1.00 grades
reduced
to
55c
Men's Silk Sox, all colors,
worth up to
35c, reduced
to
19c
grades reduced
to
Boys' 3oc Felt Mitts r
reduced to ....... ,13L
Boys' Sweater Coats, $2.00
aud $2.50 gradesd MP
reduced to ..... Via
clothing store that year
after year consclen
tlouslr has taucht Its
customers that It sella Its nier
chandise at a reasonable profit
Blvinar value for value, should
expect the confidence it his
created. A clothing store that
buncoes and four-flushes about
"below cost." regardless o(
"former selling price," "50
discount", "half off. deserves
the distrust it Is sure to eara
for Itself finally. The straight
forward store does not deserve
the distrust that the extrava
gant statement store creates,
regarding all clearance adver
tising and all clearance sales
ot men's clotliliig.
Boys' Suits
Reduced
Boys' Suits, $2.50 values
reduced t4 PA
to ..$1.31)
Bovs' Suits, $3.00 values
r1.". $2.to
Boys' Suits, $4.00 values
..$2.5o
Boys' Suits $5 and $fi
values reduwd t0 IT A
to ,.!M.&U
Men's Fancy Band Shirts,
$1.50 grades
reduced
to
95 c
Men's Fancy Band Shirts,
$2.50 and $2.00
giades, reduced
to
$115
Men's Fine Worsted Sweat
ers, $3.00 grades
reduced
to ....
rvj on cm-
$185
a a
STORE CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT AT 9:00 O'CLOCK
Crown make Su
penders, 50c grade
Saturday
3fe&rai!iia
a i mr
Men's 50c and 75c
at
OMAHA'S LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED CLOTHING STORE
sixth and O street and he thinks it was
then that hla pocket book and money
were taken from bis pocket. Th loss
waa reported to th police, who are look
ing into the matter.
. Martla'a Mea'a Clafc.
Th Men s club of St 1'srlln's church
held its January social meetlnc at th
restdenc of J. II. Abbott, IS North
Twnty-third street, last Tuesday even
ing. Th musical proaxagi waa under
th direction of ktlsa fcnsor, director of
music in th public school. Jo Connor
rendered several splendid selections on
th violin.- Th speaker of the evening
was Rev. Arthur I Williams, 8. T. D
bishop of Nebraska. Th speaker re
viewed the building up of th Colorado
territory, with which his sarly ministry
was so closely and so effectively con
nected. He mad forcible presentation
of th unique way In which religious In
fluence cam to bar It prominent place
In this part of th country. Th com
mittee in chants of affair at this meet
ing Was made up of Messrs. Martin, Pan
coast, Francis and Clark. TH attend
ance was the largest sine th emsnlia
lion of the club a year ago, Th next
meeting will be February U.
Roaaetklac Mew fee Seatb Osaeh.
W mak new shoes for or and short
feet and do all kinds of repairing of shoes,
boots and rubbers. Satisfaction guaran
teed. W call for and deliver all work.
Tel. io. 17K Ind. F-ltU. J- U Rudsln
kaa Bho Repairing Co., tit N. rlth.
Card mt Tbaaka,
To the friends ana neighbors wtio so
kindly assisted during th late Illnes and
death of my beloved father, John Chesa.
1 wish to extend my heartfelt thanks and
gTatltude. In particular I wish to ac
knowledge the receipt ot th many beau
tiful floral tributes and designs.
MRS. JOHN BRIU(18.
101 North Twenty-first.
Macle Cllr Coaalp.
Wanted Delivery boy. 3 N. ttth St.
Miss Addle Crerdon Is able to b out
after a short lllnex.
V. II Queen n has returned from a
short business trip out through th state.
The Leap Year club will give a dancing
party at Hushing s hall Wednesaay
evening.
James Parks, Seventeenth and Missouri
avenue, picked up a si ray sorrel horse
yesterdsy afternoon.
Phone Bell South -Tnd. F-l for a
case of Jetter Oold Top. Prompt delivery
to any part of th city. William Jetter.
The I-adl Aid society of the rtret
Preahvtenan church wa entertnlneu
yeeterday afternoon at the borne of Mrs.
A. K. Htryker.
John Chess, Mrs Ann Comer and Mrs.
Hel-n liets, Med M. W and fc year
respectively, died within t. last twenty
lour hours. All wer pioneer restaenu
of Douglae county.
Mra. Helta I lets, wife of Joseph 8. Belt
of Bellevu and mother of l'r. W. 11
Bets of this city, died Wednesday a
Lincoln of pneumonia. ihe was born lb
New York City elhty-lx years agu
and cam to Nebraska as a missionary
to th Indiana la tha early days. -
I take this method of thanking tut
Knights of the Maccabees for kindness
and evmoathy shown me at th time oi
my great loss in th death of my husband.
1 nomas Heiiey, aio tor in prompt pay
a.ent of the inxursne carried In thai
order, they being the first to pay lu
death claim. Mra. Mary A. Kelley.
MISS FYFE WJNSJN SPELLING
Forty-Four Beit Spellert in Three
School Go Dowa Before Her,
"GLASGOW" IS DECIDING W0ED
Htu George f Mini aad Maael
aolaea f Lag Are Sear
Champs lar Order
XBases'.
Margaret Fyf I champion speller of
the Long, Mason and Windsor school!.
Roaa George ot th Mason o Hasel
Solomon of th Long school are sear
Champa in the order names. This was de
termined. at spelling match .held at th
Long school yesterday afternoon, when
thre teams at fifteen ach, picked from
Hi best spellers of th seventh and
eighth grades of tha thre schools, par
ticipated in a contest.
Beversl weeks ago It waa arranged that
th . seventh and eighth grade of th
Long, Mason and Windsor schools ahould
get into th spelling gam and settle the
much -mooted question of which school
contained th bast spellers, five hundred
words were selected and th two grades
In each of th school went at them.
They studied them and were drilled on
them. It was derided that th pupil win
ning should be given a pennant, and it
waa this pennant that Mies Fyfe took
horn with her.
"Ulaas" Decide Cutest.
The contest waa held at tha Long
school. Superintendent draff acting as
referee and Mrs. V. P. Loorals pronounc
ing the words, and Margaret Fyfe won
because she knew how to spell ''Glas
gow" correctly.
In lining up for th contest. In squads
of three, one from each school, th pupils
were seated In a line around th room,
fifteen Handing at a time. Each pupil
wa required to pronounce th word fter
th pronouncer, spell end pronounce
again. If a pupil required th definition
of th word. It was given. On trial waa
given at each and every word. If a pupil
failed, th word went to th next, going
on until to waa spelled correctly.
Nobody went down en th first round.
nor on th second, but "gnawed" caught
on of the boys and he drVpned out of th
running.' After that non fell by the
wayside until tit words had been pro
nounced. Then Iridescent," cams along
and dropped a couple of boy and as
many girls. Then matters went nicely
until Mra Loomls exhausted th studied
words. Then ah brought a list of her
own and floored a buncb of th spellers
on "unctuous," It being spelled In sll
manner of way but tha right way. Than
cam "facile." and soma more dropped
by th wayside.
Wlaeer la reasratalated.
Next th old speller wa brought out I
and tha boya and glrla were given words
that they had studied In the regular
co urs of school work. Gradually they
went down antll only Marraret Fyf and
Roaa George remained..' "Olaagow" earn
to Miss George. 8h missed and was
out, while Mis Fyf caught th wprd
and as quick aa a flash spelled it cor
rectly, Mh waa Immediately ' surrounded
by her schoolmates, receiving their con
gratulation, 1 . -s.
Mrs. Loomla Is a clear and rapid pro
nouncer and It required mure than two
hour for her to find enough bard words
to floor tb spellers.
v. rsv - c i
Garage and Repair
Shop to Be Built
A garase and repair shop costing let.ooo.
ill be built by tb Drummond Motor
company, at the' northeast comer of
Twenty-slsth avenue and Karnaru. on a
part of the "Paxton pasture," leased
from the Paxtun estate for twenty years.
It will be three stories and basement,
with aeventy-nv feet fronlaae on Far
nam and 1M feet on Twenty-slsth avenue.
Th material will be light colored brick
and steel: Architect John McDonald Is
drafting plana,
DAHLMAN CALLS DEMOS
TO CONFER 0W CANDIDATES
A state wide meeting of Nebraska
democrats was yeaterday called by Mayor
James C. Dahlman to confer on presiden
tial possibilities. Tha meeting Is called
following Wednesday's developments re
garding th action of George Harvey on
the candidacy of , Governor Woodroa
Wilson and the statement ot Coioee.
Henry Watterson.
Th data of th meeting la not an
nounced, but Mayor Dahimaa Indicate
it will be fixed at a time withla twa
week. It will be held In tb Interest of
so particular candidate and Is called, the
mayor says, for tb purpose of learning
tb views of democrats of thl atat.
After outlining tb necessity for the
meeting, tb message says:
"Without the support of such men a
are now turning their backs on Gover
nor Wlieon. no democrat can bop to be
elected president ot tble coon try. and
with th elimination of Wilson aa a pos
sibility there must be a Maligna! at
those democrats who owe supported his
candidacy."
Tb call Invite to tb meeting all
precincts, county and district eommittee
mtB of tb democratic party la Nebraska.
Oriental Bug Sale
Beginning Monday morn
ing we shall place on sale for
a few days our complete stock
of Oriental rugs at once-in-a-year
prices. The stock pre
sents a wide assortment; the
prices will be the lowest we
possibly can make. Some of
the rugs will be on display in
, our south window, Details in
The Sunday Bee.
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