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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1912)
i When Republican National Con vention Was Called to Order Flashlight Photograph Made in the Convention Hall by the Moffatt Studio of Chicago at the First Session of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday-Chairman Victor Rosewater in the Upper Right Hand IS - i NEBRASKA'S DAY OF TRIUMPH Native Sens Direct the Organization of Republican Convention. EOSEWATER WDffS AS CHAIRMAN Fairness and Good Natnred Firmness Works Where Impetnoattr Might Have Lost Mnr Nebraskaas Are Present. By EDGAR C. SNYDER. CHICAjGO, June 18. (Special TelegramO -This was a triumphal day for Nebraska, two native sons of the prairie state, Victor Bosewater and William Hayward, having charge of the temporary organi sation of the national republican con ventlon. And both made good, in a way that must have gladened the hearts of the friends of these sterling representa tives of young and virile manhood. At best to preside over a national con vention is an onerous task, and extremely responsible, but infinitely more so when lacing a divided convention with the likelihood of passions to run riot over rulings that were not friendly to soms particular cause. It is cause for sincere congratulation that Mr. Rosewater notwithstanding the lack of voice to reach the thousands present in the convention hall, was master of the situation and by his fair ness and good nature got out of several tight places, which a more impetuous presiding officer, imbued with the righteousness of his cause, might have made still harder by lack of urbanity and a disposition to allow the delegates to blow steam. Held the Job Well. Having the Job on hand, there was no shirking of responsibility on the part of .Victor Kosewater, in handling the knotty questions presented over the temporary roll, and he was "there with the goods," making his decisions with due appreci ation that history was being made in this year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twelve. While fists were shaken menacingly at him, with "thief and robber," ringing throughout the vast con vention hall. Mr. Rosewater, although exceedingly pale and obviously nervous, gave a splendid exhibition of a game man, who, having a mission to perform, brooked no opposition. From the viewpoint of an old conven tion attendant in the line of newspaper duty, today's proceedings were marked by a tenseness of interest not usual to the looker on from the visitors' seats or from the vantage ground of the dele gates. There was a drawn expression on the faces, not only of the delegates, but of spectators as well. The women, par tl"ularly showed the strain under which they were laboring, for two hostile camps wore facing one another for the first battle In an epoch-making gathering of the representatives of the "grand old Party." Many Women Interested. Gorgeously gowned women followed the drama as it unfolded Itself with absorbing interest, giving vent to their pent-up en thusiasm when the vote on temporary chairman was announced, and welcom ing to the chair Senator Ellhu Root of New York, who beat his opponent. Gov ernor McGovern of Wisconsin by fifty six votes on a roll call that lasted for nearly three hours. The Nebraska delo- fcatlon which is seated Jmx to to loft of the speakers platform, but in close proximity to Iowa, South Dakota and Womlng received, but few cheer's when the vote was announced that the entire delegation had registered their will In favor of the Wisconsin senator. The ap plause was not a marker to what Wyo ming got when it cast its six votes for Root, while Iowa gave sixteen votes for Root and ten votes to McGovern. The Nebraskans were early in their seats, some of the delegates attendn;. a na tional convention for the first time, and In consequence their expectancy and in terest were very keen. Women on the Stage. Among the well groomed women who graced the stage by their presence were Mra C. P. Taft and daughter Louise. Near them 6at Mrs. Victor Rosewater, Miss Katz, her sister from Baltimore and Mra Clarence H. Hough of Chicago, her guest, and the interest they displayed in everything that went on was a delight to witness. It was undoubtedly their first big convention and they made the most of it Luther Drake, president of the Mer chants National bank and a wheel horse of many republican campaigns, had a seat on the stage not far away from his friend and co-worker, Mr. Rosewater, and he stayed throughout the long and extremely tiresome session. There were probably more Nebraskans In attendance upon the convention than ever before in the history of the repub lican party. The prominence of the chairman, Mr. Rosewater, and the secre tary, Mr. Hayward, making it possible for them to secure a larger number of tickets than- would otherwise have been theirs, 'and the Nebraskans were not backward, seemingly, In coming forward and asking to be taken care of. Late Nebraska Arrivals. Among the late arrivals at the Ne braska headquarters are a number of women, including Mrs. R. B. Howell and Catherine Cooper of Omaha, Bertha B. Glfford and Mra C. W. Craft, Lincoln; W J. Lynch, Tecumseh; Charles H. Marley, Burd F. Miller, C. F. Tallmadge, and R. H. Wallace, Omaha; H. G. Well ensiek, Harvard; Ell H. Dowd, South Omaha;B. F. Eberhardt, Beaver City; A. R. Humphrey, Broken Bow, J. R. Parks, York; Charles Johnson, Nebraska City, and W. C. Frampton of Lincoln. T. S. Stevens of Hamburg, la., a lead ing attorney of the town across from Ne braska City said today that while he was a Taft man the vote on temporary chair man was so uncomfortably close that he doubted whether Taft could be nomi nated. "He will carry Iowa if he is." WILSON LIST OF DELEGATES WINS OUT INJSOUTH DAKOTA PIERRE, S. D, June 19. (Special Tele gram.) Ths state canvassing board this afternoon canvassed the primary vote, and, so far as the democratic electors are concerned, issued credentials to the Wil son list of delegates headed by,T. M. Simmons of Huron, the vote being Wil son 4,703; the Clark ticket, headed by Andrew E. Lee, getting 4,2??, and the Champ Clark ticket, headed by John L. Ross, getting 2,713. It is on this last ticket that the Lee delegation from Clark wilr contest the Wilson list of delegates on the ground that the Champ Clark ticket was a fake put in the field by the Wilson people, and that the vote shows that a majority of the people of the stats are in favor cf Clark. Persistent Advertising Is tb Boad, to Big; Returns, THE Corner; Secretary William Hayward in the Lower Left HandCorner. r. 1 (A I. NEW POSTALtiEPOSITORIES Postmaster General Specifies Fourth Class Offices. CHOSEN OUT OF THREE STATES Postmaster for Nvr Office to Be Established la Southwestern Cor ner of Holt County JHoast Acts on Homestead Bill. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, D. ; C. June .-(Spe-cial Telegram.) The postmaster general announces that August 1 the following fourth-class postoffices will become de positories tor postal savings: In NebrasKa Abble, Abie, Bee, Beemer, Belgrade, Benedict, Brainard, Bruno, Chapman, Crestou, Dewey, Duncan, Dwlght, Fort Calhoun, Garrison, German town, Goehner, Grafton, Hampton, Hordvtlle, Inland, Kennard, Llnwood, Lushton, McCool Junction, Marquette, Mlllerton, Monroe, Nickerson, Octavia, Ohlowa. Ong. Platte Center, Pleasantdale, Richland, Rogers, i Saronvllle, Snyder. Staplehurst, Stockham, Strang, Surprise, Tamora, Thayer, Trumbull, Uehllng, Washington. in South Dakota- Amherst, Athol, Bijou, Hills, Bonilla, Bradley, Brentford, Broad land, Butler, Carpenter, Claremont, Columbia, Corona, Corsica, Crandall, Crocker, Delmont, Florence, Forestburg, Garden City, Holablrd, Holmqulst, In Iowa: ' AuroraAlbumett. Alta Vista, Atkins, Aurora, Austlnvllle, Bassett, Baxter, Brandon, Beaman, Brlstow Buckingham, Bussev. Castalla, Chester, Clemons, Clermont, Clutler, Colesburg, Cordova, Dallas, Deehl, Dike. Dinsdale, Dunbar, Dunkerton, . Elkport, Ely, Epworth, Fairfax. FarmerBburg, Ferguson, Floyd, Ft. Atkinson Fremont, Garber, Garnaville, Garrison, ' Gsrwin, Greeley. Green Mountain Guernsey, Harper" Ferry, Hartwtek, Houghton, Kidder, Lilly. Mansfield, Newark, Peever. Plerpont, Pukwana, Ravinla, Raymond, South Shore, Stlckney, Tulare, Veblen, Verdon, Vienna, Wallace, Warner, Westport, Wheeler, Yale. Lamont, Laurel, Lrgrande, , Leig h ton, Llscomb. Little Cedar, Little Port, LUzerne, Lynnvllle, Mclntyre Marble Rock, Melbourne, Mitchell, Morrison, Mount Auburn New Alln, Newburg, Norway, Oneida, Orchard, Palo, Plafnfield, Prairleburg. Protivln, Quasqueton, Randalls, Ressner, Rhodes, Rosehtll, Rudd. Ryan, Saint Anthony Saint Olaf. Searsboro, Sheiburg. SplltWllc, Stanley. Stout. Swan. Taintor. Urbane, Vansorn, I, JHarrez. ,,. .- BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, 1 is ..On' Haverhill, Holland, Hudson, lona, Janesvllls, Walford, Wellsburg, Waterville, Westgate, Worthlngton. Now Postmasters. Representative Klnkald has recom mended the reappointment of John Ward as postmaster at Ervlng, Holt county, Nebraska, and the appointment of W. E. Hayes as postmaster at a new offioe to be established In the southwestern corner of Holt county. Homestead BUI Passes. The house has passed a bill which pro vides "that all pending homestead entries made In good faith prior to September 1, 1911, under the provisions of the enlarged homestead laws, by persons who, before making such enlarged homestead entry, had acqulted title to a technical quarter section of land under the homestead law and therefore were not qualified to make gn enlarged homestead entry, be and the same are hereby validated, If in all other respects regular, in all cases where the original homestead entry was for less than 160 acres of land." Woman Grabs Ticket from Bryan's Hand at Coliseum's Door CHICAGO, June 18.-William Jennings Bryan's ticket to the republioan national convention as a reporter for a number of newspapers was snatched out of his hand today at the door of the Coliseum by a woman who gave her name to the police as Katherine Doll. At the police station she was found to have $1,000 sewed In pockets In her un derskirt. Mr. Bryan's ticket was restored and the woman will be examined as to her sanity. After taking the ticket she tried to enter the halL MUFFLER FOR CHINNING MEN Girl's Simple Qaesttoa Pats aa Ead to Halr-Bpllttlna- Contro versy. ' At the banquet given by the class In salesmanship and advertising of the Young Men's Christian association, In Cleveland, Department Secretary Millar told a little story of his Oberlln college days. It happened In the chemistry clem and the professor had Just asked Miller to define gravity. The somewhat hur ried definition contained the word "pull," and this Irritated the Instructor. He declared there was no sue henergy in nature as pull. Whereupon Miller under took to Illustrate his definition by lift ing a chair to the level of his chin ami then thrusting it straight out "One is push; the other pull," he said. Hers was the professor's chance. "I have long suspected." he said, "that Miller considers his chin the center of gravjty!" f The laugh that followed was loud and long, the professor leading, and then Miller subsided. ' But when the merriment died away a young woman In 'he front row caught the professor's attention. "I would like to ask a question?" she said. "Yes, Miss Myers, what is it?" The young woman spoke up vary clearly. - - "X want to ask whether 7011 would push pull a radish r JUNE 20, 1912. 0 HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI OF '92H0LD REUNION Members of the class of 1892 of the Omaha High school held their twentieth annual reunion at Happy Hollow last evening when a dinner was enjoyed and an Informal evening spent talking over bygone days. Louis Edwards was toastmaster, and responses were made by nearly all of the "old grads" present. Pink and white, the class colors, predominated in the table decorations. Following are the alumni Included in the '92 roster: Mr. and Mrs. George Platner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hcranton, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Redfield, Mr. and Mrs. Setterman, Dr. and Mrs. A. O. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Edwards, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Nelson, Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Spaulding, Mrs. Gar ford, Miss Jessie Towne, Miss Maude Wallace, Miss Alma Peters, Miss Luellu Johnson, Miss Margaret Calvin and Miss Bertha Newman. One of the number, Mies Jessie Towne, Is now a prominent member of the tet th ing staff at the high school, her branch of -instruction being English literature and composition. Miss Towne was class fauulty supervisor for the class of 1912 which graduated June 14. PALEFACE STEALS SUITCASE FROM INDIAN ON TOUR Herbert Friday, an Indian, living on the Apache reservation In Oklahoma told the police last night that while he was taking a little walk near the Union station to stretch his tired legs, some pale-face with a black heart stole his suit case which contained his best clothing and $20. SWITCHMAN MEETS ACCIDENT WHILE ON MOVING TRAIN By a fall from a moving train In the Burlington yards last night, H. II. Hoff man, a switchman, 2501 Mason street sustained a broken arm and a strained back. He was taken to St Catherine's hospital. THRILL OF ACL0SE CALL Motorcyclist's Wonderful Dash in Front of Two Trains and Lives to Tell It. John E. Hoggs, president of the Univer sity of Illinois motorcycle club, who made a trip across the United States with two companions, tells, in an article In an English motorcycle magazine, of a remarkable and thrilling dash he made between two trains while crossing one of the eastern states. Running a few yards ahead of his companions, Hogge reached the crest of a hill which ran downward a distance of two miles at a steep grade. At the bottom two rail road tracks crossed the road, and then, beyond, the road went uphill again at an exceptionally steep grade. The only way of getting up the hill beyond the tracks without becoming stalled was to rush down tha first hill, so he opened the throttle wide and made the start Before running half way down the ma chine was going faster than the engine could drive it, so Hogge shut off the power and began to coast. When neartn? the bottom the hand of the speedometer registered seventy-five miles an hour. We will let him tell the rest of the story: "I was shooting along at this meteor like pace and was within 100 yards o: the railroad tracks, when out of the corner, of tny goggles I saw a passenger 17 train coming down the first railroad track. I had scarcely seen tha first train when there came a freight train going the other way on the further track. For me to try to stop In tha short dis tance I had before me would have been suicide. I do not know to this day whether I applied the brakes or just what I did, but I shot between the trains, missed the locomotive) of tha passenger train by not mors than six Inches, and felt the freight train grase my rear tire as I shot out of the way." London Motorcycling. COSTS ONE DOLLAR A SMILE Roster of Penalties that Swiped from Walters. 4he Palmed Coin. , Walters employed In the Hotel Belmont, Park avenue and Forty-second street, New York, are fined II every time they smile or laugh when on duty. It was Inarned yesterday from Edward Block linger, financial secretary of ths Inter national Hotel Workers' union. More than 100 waiters are on a strike because the Belmont management maintains what Is considered an objectionable system of fines and penalties. The strikers also protest against the action of the man agement In discharging' several waiters for taking part In the last May day parade. The system of penalizing ths waiters was one of the Interesting features de veloped yesterday. It Is said by the lead ers of the waiters the management col lects more than $10,000 a year from the fines, which are paid at the end of each month. The list of fines posted in the pantry reads like this: Each smile or laugh , $1.00 Drinking left over coffee 2.00 Permitting waiter to drink It 1.00 Twenty-five minutes late 3.00 Thousands Buying tiOi.18 The Great Big, Clean, Dignified MIDSUMMER CLEARANCE SALE 10 to 50 Discount From the regular, every-day price on ONLY first class, reliable, fully guaranteed JEWELRY OF EVERY KIND. Nothing from our beautiful stock reserved except a few contract goods. THE HONOR of our 25 years' service to Western people is sacredly maintained and back of every article and the "COMBS' GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK." THIS IS YOIJR GREAT PROFIT AND OUR EXPANSION. WATCH OUR WONDERFUL WINDOW 11ARGAINS. T. L. COMBS ft 0Q The Homa Jewelers 1520-DOUGLAS ST.-1520. The Store of Safety and Superior Service. . CD o t5 Not giving finger bowl 2S Dropping silver w Talking too much n Boiling guests' clothes 1 T v Not standing at station... .2 Giving cashier left over cakes o.CO Spots on clothes each......... 25 Boiled shoes.... I f Boiled finger nails..... .W Poor tea servloe LOQ Forgetting napkin Forgetting knife or fork Boiled linen l.OO .. The waiter's pay is SS cents a day, par able monthly. The waiters receive tips, which vary from H to fi a day. Without the perquisites, the men say, they could not make enough to pay their expenses, and When they do not serve liberal cus tomers the tips tall off greatly. 'Ths waiters say they are alarmed ajl the time lest they spill soup or a cup oC hot coffee down the back of a woman diner. In the event of such an aocldent the waiter, Blockllnger said, would have to pay the value of the dress sa damaged. New York Press. COUNTERFEIT TICKETS SOLO TO THE UNSOPHISTICATED CHICAGO, June 19. Offloers wars the convention were quoted at $100 each, with tbe demand greater than ths supply, hundreds of counterfeit tickets were sold to unsophisticated visitors at $1 each.' The swindlers did a thriving business with the fraudulent pasteboards. A. Scholz presented one of the counter felt tlcksts to. Door Keeper Thomas Hal pin, and when he was refused ad mittance created disturbance and was ar rested. The Persistent and Judicious Use of Newspaper Advertising is the Road ti Business Success. ' JEtTJELHY at 1S20 DOUGLAS ST.