THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1912. 15 BRIEF CITY NEWS ve Boot Print It. Xlectrlo Fan Bnrgsss-Oranden Co. Btack-rloonr Co, 24 th and Harney, Boulevard Belnff Coated The North boulevard is being coated ' with tar to lay the dust that in some places is from one to three inches deep. Speeder Arrests Continue C P. Bates. Otto Raemer, O. A. Ralmbough and O. H. Burcham were fined Jo and costs in police court for speeding. A. C. Fancoast was discharged. Troop Ooes to Anto Bow Walter B. (Troop, a substitute clerk ia the Omaha postoffice, has resigned his position, ao cepting a position with a garage oa the automobile row. ' Mrs. Bubenstein Burled Sunday The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Rubensteln will be held Sunday afternoon from the residence. 1644 North Nineteenth street, to Pleasant Hill cemetery. . Stefan Sinking- Bapldly Karl Stefan, sr., a pioneer resident of Omaha, is sink ing very rapidly at his home, 930 Homer street, and is not expected to live through the day. He is suffering from hardening of the arteries. Policeman Betired Silas E. risk, for more than twenty years a member of the Omaha police force, was retired on pen sion bv the citv council. He Will receive 440 per month. He is E0 years old and has been on the police force since 1893. Elscirio Switch Satisfactory The elec tric switch at Tenth and Farnam streets has proven so satisfactory that It Is ex pected that they will be put In at all switching points on the lines. Old Style Can Discarded ffb street railway company will. not put the old style open cars into service this season exceDt in emergency cases. Those that have not been sold or broken up are kept in the Ames avenue barns and will be run out on holiday occasions only. Card Party and Danoe General Henry "W. Lawton auxiliary. United Spanish War Veterans, will give a card party and dance Saturday night on the third floor of the Paxton block. The shell from the wreck of the battleship Main will be on ex hibition. A short program will be given and ice cream and cake will be served. L Once Cameron ia Europe A picture jfcostal tells her Omaha friends that Grace Cameron, who went into comio opera and vaudeville from this city, is ; in Europe, where she made a big hit, and is to return in March to Paris to : play indefinitely. Saloonlst la Discharged Chris John : ,on, proprietor of a saloon at 516 North ' Sixteenth street, was found not guilty of the charge of selling liquor on Sunday by a Jury In police court. Guy Wardell, the Anti-Saloon league detective, who swore out the complaint . for Johnson's arrest, did not appear against him. L. CK Sonp Purchases ItOt L. G. Doup, president of the Doup Manufacturing company, has purchased a lot on Jack son between Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets, from J. D. Foster. He prob ably later will build a home on the lot, which has a fifty-five foot frontage on Jackson street. Coroner's Juries Return Verdicts Ac cidental death caused from falling from an upper story window of the Aetna hotel was the verdict of the coroner's Jury in the case of Charles B. Crane. It : was supposed that Crane had In some way lost his balance while sitting' in the : window to get the breeze. The death of George Lowery. who dropped dead Sat urday night, was found to haveWn due to heart failure. Bed Ken Book Attractions Several . attractions have been booked for the Bed Men's carnival, which will be held at the circus grounds at Twentieth and Paul streets, beginning Saturday evening. In the iist are included the six flying fcloores, an aerial return act and Miss Leola Linden, who will make a slide for life by her teeth from a tower 160 feet high. Dairyman Deserts Wife After leasing his dairy at Fifty-ninth and Grover streets to K, S. Murry for three years An drew Anderson went to cmcago wun ms Strife to look for work and deserted her there in a railroad station. . The Chicago Now For a Good Swim The water is right. The lakes ere inviting The Bathing Suits Are Here Both one or two piece Suits, cotton or all wool as you choose -not the sort that fade and shrink up but good reliable suits. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 Never Rent Bathing Suits It's dangerous and sure ly unsanitary, it makes , you feel uneasy while bathing enjoy your swim to the utmost be one of the fellows whose mind ' is free from worrying about who were previous wearers of the suit you rented. ' ' Own the suit you wear that means saf e ty and satisfaction. Special Showing Wash Ties 20c to 50c Browning, King & Company S. WUoox, Manager 15th at Douglas police furnished Mrs. Anderson with ticket to Omaha. vShe swore out a war rant here for Anderson's arrest She has very little money and her relatives do not reside here. Presbyterian Pionlo Saturday Special cars will be chartered for the picnic of the North Presbyterian church and Sun day school, which is to be held at River- view park Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 8 o'clock. It is expected that about 300 children and adults will attend the picnic. The crowd will gather at the church, wenty-fourth and Wirt streets. from which place tbey will start on the chartered cars. Basket lunches are to be taken. Games and prise messing and other contests are to be the program. of the afternoon. Water Board Will Take Over Water Plant Next Monday Resolutions directing necessary steps be taken toward taking over the water plant Monday were adopted by the Water board at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Issue of warrants to cover the cost price of the plant, the warrants to go to ths two bonding companies that purchased the $7,000,000 waterworks bonds, was author ised by resolution. R, Beecher Howell was elected tem porary water commissioner and secretary of the board, Secretary Koenig having handed in his resignation. Mr. Howell's election as permanent water commissioner will take place Saturday, when Member Congdon returns to The city. . Members of the board decided to open offices in the old offices of the water company in-The Bee building for the time being. They will be ready for bus! ness in these offices Monday. . Jackson & McKenzie were formally awarded the contract for the construc tion of the Florence main from X&ko street to Miller park. . Work on this sec tion of the main will begin Monday. The pipe will begin to arrive here by July 8 and will be laid as rapidly as possible, beginning on that day. A committee to appraise the property of the company's offices and other prop erty not listed under the purchasing con tract will be appointed at a meeting this afternoon, the board to appoint one man, the water company a second and these two a third. John I Webster and Wt D. McHugh were present at the meeting and resolu tions as adopted were placed in their hands for execution. "We're going. to come into possession of the plant Monday, free from possibility of lawsuit or any hard feeling," said D. J. O'Brien at the conclusion of the meeting. Young Man Killed While Repairing Broken Revolver While attempting to repair a revolver, which had exploded in his hands only a few moments before, harry Holford, aged 26, who lived at Fifty-second and Grant streets, was shot and instantly killed when another shell exploded, the bullet striking him fairly in the center of the forehead. Holford's death is tragic in that his marriage was to have taken place next month with Margaret Duffey, another roomer at the same house. The accident occurred about 9 o'clock in the evening. According to Mrs. M. J. Wascek, at whose home the young man died, Hol ford had been shooting birds in the baok yard all evening , when the gun's shell extracting mechanism broke in his band. Holford took the weapon to his room to repair it and while doing this another loaded shell exploded, the barrel being pointed directly toward him. When the police and physicians arrived he was dead. Holford was a young Irish lad. He came to this country several years ago and met Miss Duffey, who is a sister of Mrs. Waseck. A year ago he worked on a ranch near Madrid, but recently he lost his position and came here. He took up his residence at the Waseck home and was employed at the Model Steam laun dry. The body was turned over to the coroner. Water Carnival , is a Big Success The Venetian carnival last night at the Toung Men's Christian association park at Carter lake was a success. Twenty one boats, mostly canoes, beautifully decorated, formed in line on the east side opposite the park and slowly passed around the shore of the lake. The sight was a beautiful one with the Japanese lanterns swinging in the breezes over the tops of the canoes, sailboats and row boats. The carnival was in charge of Prof. J. T. Maxwell. Several hundred visitors to the park sat on the shore watching the long procession . of craft - The docks around the lake were Illuminated with red and green fires. Each boat carried a large supply of fireworks, red and green fire, roman candles and illumination sticks. After proceeding around the lake the boats congregated . in front of the pavilion at the park and the occupants sang songs. The carnival was such a success and proved so interesting to the crowds -on the shore that Prof. Maxwell is thinking strongly of putting another later in the summer. - ' Scorching Heat ; .Gives Fire Alarm The scorching beat of yesterday after noon set off an automatic fire alarm in the cable storage building at Fort Omaha and as a result the entire post, including a volunteer tire department force and its equipment, was called out COMPROMISE WITH GAS COMPANY IS LIKELY According to John J. Ryder, chairman of a committee of three appointed by the city commission to confer with the offi cials of the gas company, a compromise may be reached in the suit pending to enforce the dollar gas ordinance, as well as other matters contested by the com pany or the city. i ' "" "All I can say is that we got a good start and- a compromise is not Improb able," said Mr. Ryder after a conference yesterday afternoon with Frank T. Ham ilton, president of the gas company. It Is understood that bills due the citv were considered at the conference and a complete agreement on all matters may be secured and the suit brought by the legal department dismissed. Further con ferences will be held. AFFAIRS ATJODIH OMAHA Former Mayor Trainor Brings Suit to Begain Office. EX-CITY CLERK ACTS WITH HTM Vicious Dos Bites Yoangi Boy and Campaign is on to Exterminate Animal Mayor Hoctor Receives Surprise. Former Mayor P. J. Trainor upon his return from. Lincoln last night an nounced that his attorney. Ben S. Baker. had filed quo warranto proceedings in the supreme court against the right of Mayor Hoctor to hold office. It is un derstood that former City Clerk Frank Good acted along the same lines toward City Clerk Perry Wheeler. Both Trainor and Good were In consultation with Judge Baker Wednesday and the trip to Lincoln yesterday was in connection with the plan of the ex-officials to re gain the offices vacated by them . last April. Trainor stated that he had held an in terview with Attorney General Grant Martin, who, Trainor said, had given It as his opinion that any aot done by the present administration, in view of the unsettled condition of things, was illegal. The former mayor refused to say whether he would reinstate his former proteges in case he should be seated as mayor for - the next few months. Although Trainor declared that he had gone down to Lincoln alone yesterday, he admitted that he had met some of the boys In that city. The present administration is taking tie claims of the "outs" with considerable quietude. They met last night in City Clerk Wheeler's office for the purpose of talking matters over. It happened, however, that the conferees were advised by their attorney that as far as they were concerned, the game in the contest was a waiting one. "So then," said one of the conferees, 'Tom Hoctor and Tom Alton got to exchanging yarns about Illinois." It was decided that the coun cil should meet Saturday, in special ses sion to begin work upon the appropria tion sheet As far as the ousting of the present administration goes, it is thought by those best informed that the matter wi'l die out without much ado. There are several reasons for this. One is that some of the "outs" are known to nour ish other political dreams than to be city officials, and it is felt that in case tbo city should be turned Into turmoil and disorder by a new change of official reprisal is sure to follow those who op posed the will of the people. There is no question about the present temper of the citizens who are openly opposed to the continual political bickerings that are re sponsible for keeping the city at a busi ness standstill. Lew Swallows Crown. Lew Etter has changed bis last will and testament in which he specifies that the sum originally designated to be paid to George Brewer for professional ser vice shall be reduced by $40 which Lew claims Brewer will find lying loose about somewhere through his mortal remains. To be exact Lew had in mind a $40 gold plate which suddenly disappeared Wednesday noon while he sat at lunch with George Brewer. Lew was In the midst of demonstrating the culinary ex cellence of his national dish when his face assumed a look of most sincere re gret and deep concern. 'Tve swallowed the well darned thing," said the post master to Brewer. Only he did not say "darned." "What was it, Lew," Inquired Brewer with all the parliamentary dignity for which he is noted. "My gold crown," yelled Etter. "Oh well," said Brewer, "better see a doctor." Yesterday the postmaster and the undertaker met again. "Found your teeth, Lew," he queried In professional tones. Etter shook his head. "Too bad," sympathized Brewer and then In a burst of generosity, he added: "If I should find the gold Lew, I'll deduct that much from your funeral expenses." When the postmaster had regained his breath sufficiently to express the crowd ing onrush of ideas in regard to Brewer, that sympathetic soul might be seen a block away calmly listening to the riot ous argument of local democrats trying to "Harmonise" some progressive Wil son men. Bitten by Vicious Don. While returning to his borne at SOS North Twenty-seventh street last night a vicious dog belonging to William Bo gusbovskl of Thirty-first and F streets. attacked Thaddeus Kellar, the 12-year-old son of Albert Kellar. The left leg of the lad was torn and lacerated by the teeth of the savage brute. City Physician E. J. Shanahan was called and after cauterising the wound, had the boy taken home. The city physician has Issued a warning as to the dangers of a dog bite particularly during the hot season. He is anxious that all the vicious dogs of the city be exterminated without delay. Mayor Indeed Surprised. Clad in shirt-waist and skirt gray haired and wearing glasses, a severe look ing woman of uncertain age stamped into the office of Mayor Hoctor yesterday and demanded In tones suggestive of the Pankhurstlan school that she be shown into the presence of the mayor. Inside in the private office his honor caught the tones and turned an imploring eye upon a visitor about to take his leave. Walt a minute whispered his honor as he wiped the perspiration from his face. Again the voice outside declared that its owner had come to see the mayor and was not to be balked in her mission. "Some one to raise a row about taxes," protested the mayor as he touched the corners of his mouth with a tongue that was dry with fear. "It's fierce this thing of having to stand for the kicks and abuse of the whole town," complained the big chief, "but I guess it's up to me, and he touched the buzzer to let the stenographer know that the track was clear for the visitor. Across the floor came the determined steps of the woman, who stalked into the office with a look that hastened the out going interviewer of the mayor. His honor put on bis most dlplomatlo smile, but the woman began, "Are you the mayor?" His honor weakly pleaded guilty. Then said the follower of Mme. Pankhurst: "I want to say that I appre ciate the work you have done In cleaning- up the alley, behind my bouse. When we get woman suffrage In this state I will prove my appreciation of what you have done to clean the city." Then she walked out "What do you know about thatr said the mayor when he had recovered from a fainting fit ' "Henry," called .the mayor to Henry Schneling, his personal messenger, "go take a drink for me." Injured in Runaway. Gus Wardeman of Twenty-fourth and R streets, a driver for the Bee Hive Gro cery company, sustained a fracture of two ribs yesterday morning when his team r Paradise PeJ Carters, 25c gredtc Saturday Sc. ) n TT.i ranama nai oaie oaiuiuay X the lot worth less than $7.50 and from thai to $10.00, Saturday- $7.50 and from that Men's Pajamas "Faultless" Gar ments, $1.50 grade Saturday 95c ran away. The horses took fright at an automobile near Twenty-second and H streets and dashed west on H street to Twenty-fifth street, where they collided with a telephone pole. The shock of the collision threw the driver from the wagon to the ground, fracturing two ribs. City Physician B. J. Shanahan attended the in jured man, who was taken home in the police ambulance. Btter Delivers Address. At a meeting of the Southeast Improve ment club held last night in the Madison school house at Seventeenth and Madison streets Postmaster Lew Etter delivered a rousing address to the club upon the steps taken by the local postoffice to assist in the upbuilding of that section of the city. Postmaster Etter remarks were list ened to with much attention by the club and when the popular official had con cluded it was moved and seconded that a vote of thanks be offered him. The motion . passed unanimously and was spread upon the minutes of the club. It waa also determined to send a large delegation to a meeting of the park board tonight in order to urge that body . to hasten the Improvement of Maridan park. Another committee will wait upon the street car company for the purpose of having the car service begin earlier in the morning. It is claimed by the people in the southern portion of the city that there is need of a car schedule beginning at 5:80 o'clock in the morning Instead of 6:ifi as at present MafftoCitr Gossip. Put your money in the savings depart ment of the Packers National bank. Levi Proudfoot is home after a week's vacation spent in the Black Hills. Mrs. George Collins left this week for a visit with relatives at Walnut, la. For Rent Bungalow, six rooms, all modern, hot water heat. 22"8 D street. ' Roy Greer has returned after a two weeks' visit with his parents in Illinois. Mrs. C. M. Rich Is spending the week with her brother. Dr. M. White of Sioux City, la. Roy Robinson and son Lyle or Atlantic, Ia., visited at the home of his uncle, D. Robinson, Thursday. , For Sale South Omaha residence. Will take automobile as part payment. W. 8. Shafer, 2311 U street. South Omaha. Mm. N. F. Irish of Wagner, Okl., guest of Mrs. E. W. Creviston, has gone to Vermont, where she was called by the serious illness of her mother. Two Boys Break Edict About Giant Crackers Premature celebration of the glorious fourth day of July is in Itself a heinous offense against the peace and dignity of the city; violation of Acting Mayor But ler's edict as to a "safe and sane" cele bration is much worse, and frightening horses with fireworks is a crime little worse than stuffing the ballot box. The above are the thoughts that rattled through the brain of Patrolman Roscoe Smith last night when he caught Gordon Wegsworth, aged IB, who lives at Sixteenth ' and Dorcas, and John O'Donnell, aged 13, who lives at 2207 Dorcas street, shooting off giant fire crackers in the streets. The lads were arrested and taken to the station, but lake Notice how they are swaiminehere to take advantage of these two special values in mens summer suj able suits in the world and j do a little swarming ... .... ...... .. ....... . - O. . ' yourself. We'll spread before you the most; enticing collection of midsummer patterns" that ever pleased your critical eye.You can make your selection with absolute certainty of being ifitted as smoothly :: and perfectly as though theVsuit was; ordered, made up to conform with every; line: of your1 figure. iicor $22 Values C-i J 345 Worthto$10 We have bought 700 Mens Pana mas at a low figure every hat it guar anteed genuine Panama, every hat is strictly one piece every hat is finely and smoothly wov ennot a hat in than 4tv.f i n up ZlLtls were releasd on bonds when they prom lsed never to do it again. Vote of Women May Turn the Election If the presidential election should be at all close in November it is not un likely that the candidate that can control the vote of the women in the states now having women suffrage will be the suc cessful candidate, according to the opin ion of Mark Hirsch, mine owner and cat tleman from Denver, who Is stopping at the Paxton. Mr. Hirsch says there is no doubt that women's votes have purified the politics of Denver and he sees no reason why tbey should not purify the politics of the nation. If a new party is to be formed, Mr. Hirsch believes it will be through the union of the progressive democratic ele ment with the Roosevelt element of ths republican party. Ha admits that be could not conceive of either Roosevelt or Bryan taking second place on a ticket, but he says, nevertheless, this would be a running team that would have won derful strength. He says it is significant of the influence of Wall street in the democratic ranks that, although eight tenths of the democratic delegates were believed to be progressives, - they voted against Bryan and the progressive element of the party at the first opportunity. - Mr. Hirsch Just arrived from the sand hill country of Nebraska, where he has been looking aimr large cattle interests he holds in the state. Accuses Darrow of Offering Him Bribe LOS ANGELES, June 28.-For the first time since the Darrow bribery trial be gan more than six weeks ago a witness on the stand today openly charged Clarence S. Darrow with having personally offered him a bribe to turn over to him certain evidence against the McNamara brothers. Guy Blddinger, a Chicago detective temporarily employed by William J. Burns ai d one of the men who arrested James Bv McNamara and Ortle McManlgal, was on the stand. He testified that he pre tended to accept Darrow's offer and while in San Francisco last August had ar ranged so that Darrow could secretly view a conference between William J. Burns and Eugene A. Clancy, a San Francisco labor leader. TOUGH YOUTHS HURL BRICK WHEN CHASED FROM PARTY While William Moore. Ill North Twenty-second street, was chasing a gang of noisy boys away from a lawn party being given by his wife last night, where the youngsters were creating a dis turbance, one of the gang picked up a brick and hit Mr. Moore In the temple. He was rendered unconscious. ' The police took him to the station where surgeons sewed up a bad gash in hie head, and he went home. t Key to the Situation Bee Advertising. our Atue " ; . .' ; ' the Young I tfT)50 $25 Values; . . . -. ...... ,H , ... : A Sale of Men's Union Suits Now. is the time for, this store show you whether or, not it pays. to trade here. Union" Suit valuethere Saturday, by which we are' will ing to' be . judged. .' Note ' the prices note the quality Men who can't come themselves should have their wives or mothers come. for. theni. They'll be- even better able to appreciate the. values. $2.00, $2.50 and $3 Union Suits . . . r . .35 $150 and $1.75 Union Q CS n 'Strife go at .;. . .y .;V-UC $1 & $1.25 Union Suits 69c will go at WATER SlIPMIS CUT OFF Members of Water Board Make Fly ing Visit to i Water Piant '"Z MUST INSTILL METERS AT ONCE Construction Work Will Be Hashed en Florence Main to Relieve Sit nation in West Districts and Suburbs. A flying visit to the . water plant at Florence was made by the water board last night when the water company's offices were swamped with complaints from several score residents In the dis tricts to the west and in the. suburbs, who declared at 10 o'clock that ; they .had been unable to secure a drop of water, for from two to three hours. After a conference with , Superintendent A. B. Hunt, who called up .General' Man-' agar (Fairfield, an order , went out to have all sprinklers shut off-for the next two or-three .days. ';'.., ' !'.',-'-'-.. ii. .Superintendent1 Hunt: said the "Florence pumping . station . was . pumping , 26,000.000 gallons of water dally;, which is (.000,000 more than the. ordinary .'daily, eon'sump Hon.. The, plant was .taxed, beyond. its capacity last' night - ' V -: '. Members of the water 'board were Ill pleased with the situation and out of the conference with water company officials came the decision to hurry up the work of installing meters. - Advertisements -for meters will be run; wlthlni'the' next few days and bids opened within Jen -days after the advertisement is Inserted. Work of installing meters at consumers' ' cost will be started as toon as the contract Is let. " . 4'.- -., "' '.:',;-' A member of the water board said last night' that, about fifty per cent 'of the patrons of the water company were' sup plied with meters. . He said it was' Imper ative to good service that all customers be placed Immediately on meters.'.'- ' f' D. J. O'Brien ' said ; not only ' would meters, be Installed but .the contract for the north half of the new 48-Inch main to Florence would be let as soon as bids were received and work started at both ends and the pipe laid as-fast as-it 'ar rived. This, he said, would relieve-the situation. . ' Shortage in Carlson Accounts. - : CLEAR LAKE, Ia.. June 27.-(Special Telegram.) A' shortage In the accounts of Chris Carlson has led to the Issuance of a warrant for his arrest ; He ' was ' in the employ of M. A." Belts and, according: to Mr. Belts, the shortage has already reached nearly S80& , A man, answering his ' description was arrested : today at Minneapolis and Is now being held. Lungs Weak? Co To Your Doctor We have had seventy years of experience with Ayers Cherry Pectoral. That makes us have great confidence in $ for coughs, colds, bronchitis, weak throats, and weak lungs. Ask your own doctor what experience he has had with it He knows. He can advise you wisely. 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