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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1912)
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, MARCH 28. 1912. LITTLE TO FEARFROM FLOODS j Vcold Nights Keep Streams of State ; MEMBERS STILL COMING IN Commercial Club Campaign Com mittee Meets Success. INVADE THE DISTRICT COURT sestsr Secure Twa Sew Mesaeere While Ceert.ls la Seeelon Officers of ta Clas Are Pleased. Commercial Club Membership Hustlers Below Danger Point &AH&OADS BEPOSI NO DANGEJt Indication Are that lee Mar Xew Go Oat Wlthest Parties the Lowland Dwellere la Amr Fear. ts v. Railroad officials are optimistic over the flood altuatlon and are of the opinion V that In the event the present mild weather continues a tew days longer, the worst ' , will be over so far as Nebraska Is con cerned, and that the resulting darwre will not be more than the minimum. neports received at all of the railroad offices from which lines to the north, west and south are operated from this city. Indicate that there has been little rise In the Nebraska streams durlnc the last twenty-four hours and that generally conditions are more favorable. The Northwestern had fears of the Cheyenne river overflowing Us banks and carrying away the bridge at Oral, near the Black Hills, but the ice broke up and Is now flowing out without doing any damage. In. the northern part of Ne braska the Niobrara and Elkhorn rivers are bank full of water, the Ice remaining Intact However, by reason of the warm weather. It Is becoming honeycombed and Is expected to break up and run out within the next forty-eight hours, unac companied by any unusually high water. Platte River Sear Flee Stage. Along the Union Pacific as far west as Silver Creek the Platte river Is near the flood stage. At Valley it has overflowed its banks and has spread out over the lowlands west of town, but is not doing any damage. West of Fremont tor a tew miles the water continue to spread over the bottoms, but Is no higher. West from Central City the loa still balds firm, but . is covered with water. The Loup river Is bank full of water, but the lie con tlnues firm; though becoming consider ably honeycombed. The- Burlington Is In the best condition in th last ten days. Through Nebraska territory most of the streams have com mences to fall and In th south part of k. the state they are rspldly becoming clear fat lea, Trora Ashland to La Platte the Platte river Is very high, but has not reached the tracks or th bridges. The MiMSourt Pacific Is getting along In good shape wtlh Its Nebraska line, but I having some trouble getting tnrouga Kansas and Into Si. Joseph and Kansas City, where thev water Is reported to be .unusually high, caused chiefly by the melting of the heavy fall of snow of last Sunday. The high water 1 not Interfering with the train service In or out of Omaha, Train are practically all on time. - No Danger ft lews. Superintendent Blunt of the Chicago Or eat Western, with headquarter at Clarinda, Is., Is In town and scouts the Idea of flood through central Iowa. Ha says the snow Is rapidly disappearing, and that while the streams are high, few of them are expected to overflow their bank. He says that th Das Moines, Iowa nd Cedar rivers are breaking up and that the te 1 running out. Trirpp Tlfiat.ha TTppt. i , AW VV - VVD V UW MVVU ' the Coroner Busy . i ' During Mormnt? t. Three sudden deaths of men ta Omaha Tuesday aftemdon and Wednesday morn ing kept Coroner Crosby busy yesterday. His investigation disclosed nothing un- usual In th death of th men, however. Abraham Stelrera, a garbag hauler, living near Fifty-first and Center streets, was found dead Tuesday aftamooo by several school children at Fifty tend und Leavenworth streets. Alcoholism and heart trouble are given as th cans of his demise. ( Th second sudden death was that of Frank Qarrtty, a structural Iron worker from Melrose. Ia, who died yesterday morning m bis bed at th Metropolitan hotel. Twelfth and Douglas streets. Ap poplexy Is believed to have caused his death. He was shout 36 years old. A. A. Hevrey, aged J3 years, a printer, wh came here from Pittsburgh, Pa., with ibis wife, was found dead In hie bed at SIT North Seventeenth street. Tuber culosis caused death. Th body will be taken to Pittsburgh for burial. Two Men Fined for "Insulting Women Whan Miss Una Klrby, MS Dodgs street, and Mrs. Dolly Cahn, MM Far nam street were walking In front of th Baa building Tuesday mailt, four men ran into them. Th young women tried to walk on, but, two of th men mad insulting remarks to them. On of the men is then . said to bav thrust a lighted cigar Into Mrs. Caho's face, Th polios were notified later of the In cident by the young woman and T. Yf. Knap and L B. . Ever were arrested. In police court they pleaded not guilty to bullion4 th women. Their stories did not appear satisfactory aad Judge Foster fined them 11 and cost each. Ml ) ' Top Kow, Left to Right V. T. Psrmer. R. T. Burns, A. C. Soott. C. C. Crowed, Jr. Middle Row-Chairman. 8am Burns. Jr.: A. W. Oordon. K. W. Noble, W. R. Lumry. H. C. Judson, B. F. Folds. H. M. Browning, T. L. Davie, T..L. Combs, John Steel, J. L. Houchin. . Grizzly Bear' and Turkey Trot Draw Fine for Eienrich For running a "private party," at which, unlawful dances. such as "the turkey trot.", "bear cat, "grlssly bear" and other terpslchorean antics were being performed, David Eienrich of ill Grand avenue was fined 5 and costs In police court yesterday. Sergeant Madsen snd Patrolman Flm- pis testified that they saw about thirty couples performing the unlawful dances and others drinking beer from a keg. When they broke Into the room the dancers and drinker fled through doors, snd windows. Only Klenrlch was ar rested. The dance was a prlvat one. Judge, and I thought It no harm. I issued tick ets to the couples and therefore I thought It was all right." said Elearlch. Eien rich showed Judge Footer on of th ticket to th private party. The next time you are arrested for permitting such dances to be held, the fin will be larger, and besides the grand jury may take hold of you," remarked tue court after assessing the fine. Gov. Shaf roth is , Seeking Seed Corn Governor Shafroth of Colorado' and Al lison Stoeker, president of th iMnver Chamber of Commerce, were In Omaha to confer wjth President Mohler of the Union Pactflo yesterday. The men art making a trip to St. Louis and Chicago In tlio Interest of se curing the assistance of railroads In getting seed for the dry farms of eastern Colorado. After the conference with President Mohler, who told them he was In favor of their proposition they Intend to visit Presidents Mudge of the Rock Island, Miller of th Burlington and ' Busu of the Missouri Pacific, Lad is Scalded to Death by Falling Into Boiler of Water Howard, the 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, J. Krsuse, MB South Twelfth street died Tuesday evening at 1:30 o'clock from scalds received in the morning when he fell In a tub of boiling water. The little tot was playing In ths kitchen where the mother was washing. In asm way he lest bis balance while standing by a wash tub of boiling water, and be fore th mother could reach bla aids had fallen in. He was so badly burned about the body, arms and legs before hi mother oould get him out of the tub that he died last evening after suffering Intense sgony all day. Forty-six new members were report- d , by the hustling committee of the Ci- , merctal club when the noon meeting wj held. This makes a total of 15 tor the first three days of the week, fifty-one Monday, sixty-two Tuesday and forty- six Wednesday. The committee Is now striving to secure IT more during the re mainder of th week. The Commercial club has been forced to wire to the novelty company for mor. blue buttons. Such a demand has bevit made for them that the box which con tained several thousand has dwindled down to a few hundred of the booster badges. There were some who Ignored th let ter sent to them at the beginning of last week requesting that the button sent be worn during the week of campaigning. Consequently some of the little badges wet thrown in the waste baskst. The result hss been that these men have tired of being stopped -on the streets, waylaid In office buildings and t every comer by the boosters on the membership committee. Interrunt Ceart. That the membership commute is not to b thwarted In Its efforts by anything waa proven when they Invaded the district court In order that the Judge on the bench might be Impressed wllii what th Commercial club Is doing and why his honor should be a member. Two such effort were met with surees aad th members of the committee say they were not fined for oontempt In Inter rupting th oourt proceedings because of th Justice and merit In their pleas. Speaking of th progress mad so far In th fight for US) members. President H vers tick said: "It Is most gratifying to ma to not th readiness with which thoss who havs not been identified with th club hitherto are coming In. It Is proof that -the stability and Influeno of th club srs recognised In the community and that th new Omaha spirit pre valla." Chairman Oeorg H. Kelly of th ex ecutive committee, eommented most en thusiastically on th fact that to Com mercial club members themselves havs planned and so tar conducted their me cri me rahlp campaign instead of doing a so many other cities have done where pro fessional are employed) tor that purpose. Stimulate your business by advertising In The Bet th newspaper that teaebes all of th buyers. Coffee Steals' to to Pay Old Debts Because John Coffee owed Ed Porter about US he stele three sacks of oats and five bales of hay from his employer, Is. Blorsky. a grain dealer, and carried the feed stuff to Porter's stable. De tectives later found the mitring eats and y 'there and arrested Porter. ' ., Porter was tried In nolle ceart and discharged after It became known that l e did wot knew that -Coffee had stolra the stuff. Coffee is now confined hi the sounty lalL Ta notes teed stuff was lued at tl by Blorsky. Andersons Indicxed on Gambling Charge BBBBnBnBmmnnmnmnmnBanBmwnBBBS William Anderson and A v :k hsv keen coedacting th pool kali in tbo Midland hotel, have been Indicted by the grand Jury en tbe charge of cna . ting a gambling bouse. The Indlct t At was retursed as information fur i by a man who was Inveigled Into a game of cards, lostng snmethtnc like ti. ,. His wife demanded ta know where Lc spent his money. Us totd her, aad sue did the rest. Cteent tm the let and arrested by Dr. K trig's New" Life Pills. Blneas headache waits and liver. stomach aad bowel r right Only St. STes sale B Beatea Drue Co. I A Try Tells Why! For a time this new food was served exclusively to guests of the famous Post Tavern at Battle Creek, a hotel ndteel for its excellent table. s Now it is offered to the general public for use in the home. Post Tavern Special is a particularly pleasing blend of the rich field flavors of wheat, rice and corn and should be served hot, as a porridge. Grocers sell it. 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