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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1912)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912. Nebraska DEMOS HOLDING DOWN LID Those at Lincoln Not Predicting Outcome at Grand Island. TO WILD WILSON BOOSTING lead of Ticket H FrW EitkuU nutle Friends Br Freely YrltlcUed for ''Betrayal of Trait." (From a Staff Correspondent). f' LINCOLN. July 16.-(Speclal.)-Whi!e r oollevs there will be no attempt to "reso lute" against the hero of many political oattles, yet the fact ermalns that they are not sleeping extra well nights on ac- 2- "nllnt rtt ihm rmhllnsna nf nnlittrfll thlin- .- ier from, the direction of ' the Grand' 4 Island meeting. Many of the leaders of J Lhe party say nothing when urged to say something. ' but ' show a . disposition to t look wise ' and leave the Impression that while at .tTils time "silence may br gol- .;' den,' It may be well net to attempt any loping of the democratic state conven tion until after It is over. - . Somehow the enthusiasm which was ex pected to be shown for Woodrow Wilson ir nm in pvinnura nn Tnn nmirH ni inn " capital city where there are so many dmocratS'of the old school. . The pub lished" statements of Colonel John O. Maher.. and John .T. Kent, .former very j , close" "followers of" Mr. Bryan, criticizing his' "betrayal" o his instructions, asj they term It, has not tended to help the cause of the democratic nominee for the presidency. The action of the populist 1 committee in endeavoring Morehead, de mocratic .-nominee for the governorship, has-caused a small beam of sunshine to strike, the democratic camp, and Is about all -the hance the democrats have had to smile the- past week. ' -y ' George Bay Bonds. State Treasurer George has purchased this week the following bands: Cam bridge city bonds of 118,000; Beatrice city bonds of $7,000 and Rosalie village bonds spoirdi; among theemfwy mfwy mfwy y of $S,000. He has issued a call of H 67,000 worth of bonds," but several of the towns have failed respond among the number being: . Benson? Bristol school district; No. 30, Hebron, Eustis, Hayei Center .and Scotts Bluff school district No.', w. .: ... ' : ' ' Columbus Day Celebration. ' The Italians of Lincoln, with a large delegation from Omaha will celebrate Columbus Day at a park near the peni tentiary Wednesday. Governor Aldrlch has been invited to deliver the main ad dress of the day and most of his official family have also been, Invited to partake of the big picnic dinner during the cele bration. . ' ' . Burlington Prepares' Ballast. The Burlington railroad is preparing to ballast 100 miles of track with burned Kumbo. manufactured from soil to be taken near its track close to Havelock, about -six or eight miles' from Lincoln. The railroad company purchased the land several years ago and expects to pre. iu ahnnt 100.000 cubic vards as soon as doesi Die in wrucn oia ues nu hiouk coal will be thrown and get on fire. Kearner Hearing Soon. " The StdtlBoaM of Irrigation will hear the case of the Kearney Water & Electrio Tower company, July 227 on an application for walef ' f ro'irf the 'Platte river. " His company built the eKarriey rower canal and has leen using water all the time. but othersers of water farther up ;the river claim that it has lost a portion' of Its right to water because of the nonuse of a sufficient quantity to "hold the same. The Kearney .company desires the board to decide hdw1 "much of the water, it Is entitled to under its original filing. Barton Goes West. Auditor - Barton left this evening for Seattle where he will attend the annual meeting of the state Insurance commis sioners of the United. States. , He will advocate a reduction of - fire Insurance rates and , a. more uniform set of laws throughout' the country., ' " '. v Owner ;Mut Complain.-' .' Hans Hansen of .Arlington has. written a letter to the. game warden stating that he haa a lake on his land and that he caught five menselnlng it Sunday night He wnats the' state game warden ' to prosecute the fellows, but. he Ofit not want to make any complaint- He claims Nebraska. the lake Is a private one, but the neigh bors think differently, as It Is caused by overflow from the Elkhorn river half a mile away. Game Warden Miller does not believe that the state la Justified in pro tecting this lake, especially when the owner does not care to enter a complaint. Recodified Lawa Read'. The contract for printing, the recodified laws, which .have been prepared for tho next session of the legislature, was let to the State Journal company, this after noon. The bids were as follows: North & Co.. $1.73 per page; Hammond Printing Co., Fremont. $2.66 per page; Klopp-Ba-1-Jett Co., Omaha, $3.09 per page; Re se Printing Co., Omaha, $325 per page; Gll.s- pie & Phillips. Lincoln,. per page; State Journal Co., Lincoln, $1.31 per page. Five hundred copies will be printed from which the legislature will determine which laws are the ones to be saved from the wreck. Everybody who smokes a pipe usually does it for the pleasure of it. What a pleasure it is to smoke a pipe that's sweet and clean entire ly free from accumulat ed saliva and coal tar. The pipe of pleasure is the CROWN PIPE Its construction is sanitary; it can always oe Kepi i a - clean.- Retail Price, 50 Cents. It's made in Omaha If your dealer doesn't han dle it call at our office or end 60 cent and we will ' mail you a Crown pipe. The Grown Pipe Go. 115 So. 1 6 Si. 5tC0ND FLOOR Omahf, Neb. 1 f MJ us Si. For the Deaf By using the Auronhone you hear ing is practically restored. For sale by Walson&Hfinrlckson.J'WBiers 801 North 16th Street. Central City Will Entertain Veterans CENTRAL CITY, Neb.. July 16. -(Spe cial.) Elaborate . plans are being mode for the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the Platte Val ley district, which will be held In Central City for the week of August 5 to 10, Au gust 6 will be governor's day when Gov ernor C. H. Aldrich will be present, Au gust 7 there will be an aeroplane flight by a Curtis Machine. Some of the leading speakers In the state will fill out the pro gram on the other days. , iJerrlck county has now safely cut and shocked one of the best wheat cut and shocked, one of the best wheat crops in Us history. The average for the county is much better than last year and will run about thirty bushels to the acre The recent rains have also greatly ac celerated the corn crop, and although some fields were backward, all are look' ing fine. " During the heavy storm last Friday night, six horses were killed by lightning In the big Gleason pasture, , about ten miles north of Central City. . Central City's first four-story building is nearlng completion. It is the new hotel being elected by J. A. Hays, near the rTJnion Pacific depot. Besides the hotel features there will be a cafe in one cor ner of the new building, facing the depot, ' Fred C. Ratcllff is making extensive repairs on the Ratcllff hotel. - Cecil Miller has been elected secretary of the Merrick county - branch of the Federation of Nebraska Retailers, suc ceeding R. F. McKlUlpp. .who reslgnes, One of the attractions secured tor the chautauque in August is Governor Hadley of Missouri. Already a sufficient number of season tickets have been sold to as sure the Chautauqua of being a great suc cess financially. During the hot weather local' churches have given up the holding of services In their various edifices Sunday evenings, and have joined in outdoors union ser vices in the city park. Nebraska. TWO ACCUSEDOF BLACKMAIL Lexington Men Charged with Mak ing Threats to Extort Money. BANK PRESIDENT THEIR VICTIM Sam O. Jennings and A. W. Bellamy Arrested After Latter Confesses Plot to Secure Eight Thousand Dollars. NORTH PLATTE CHURCH CALLS PASTOR FROM IOWA NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. July 16.-Spe. cial.) The First Presbyterian church of tWs city ' has extended a call ' to J. C. Christie of Tipton la.," to accept the pastorate. Two weeks ago the congrega tlon unanimously expressed themselves In favor of ' selecting him to fill the vacancy which has existed during . the last few months and this was communi cated to Rev. Christie and he agreed to accept the call when it should be offlci ally extended. ' Rev. Christie comes very highly recommended as a very talented minister. He win not come until the middle of September. He sails for a visit In Scotland and other European points this week and will not return until September. Bryan at Boone Chautauqua. BOONE, la., July 16. (Special.) Boone's big Chautauqua commenced today and there are many out-of-town people in Boone for the coming week to attend the programs. The feature this after noon was the appearance of Benjamin Chaptn, , the Lincoln Impersonator, and he drew a magnificent audience. Tonight a musical program is to be given. On Wednesday evening Hon. William Jen nings Bryan of Lincoln,' Neb,, will be the orator, and deliver one of bis lectures during " which, however, he will touch upon 'the. national political situation HonB. P. Hoist will be the host n Mr. Bryan during his stay In this city. Commercial Club for Shelton. SHELTON, Neb., July 15.-(SDeciaI.l- Fifty business and professional men of Shelton met in Reddington hall Monday evening and organised a commercial club with the following officers: G. L. Bas- tian, president; J. L. Walker, vice presi dent, and 1. L. Templln, secretary. The spirit of progresslveness prevailed and the first , work of the organization will be to hold a race meet here early in September, as Shelton has one of, the very best half-mile tracks In the state and , plenty of ' premium monpv u .i. ready m sight. NORTH PLATTE. Neb.. July 15.-(Spe-clal Telegram.) Sam. O. Jennings was lodged in jail here tonight and Arthur W. Bellamy is in jail at Lexington, hoth charged with blackmailing. Jennings was deputy sheriff at Lexington and ran for ' sheriff last fall against Fred L. Benton, the present sheriff. Fred L. Temple, president of the First National bank of Lexington, recently re ceived three letters each demanding that $3,000 be placed in a tin can at a desig nated spot six miles east of Lexington, and threatening death to Temple or' a member of his family as an-alternative. All letters were signed "Black Hand." A second letter demanded money to be put at the same place at another time and again threatened death. . Then, a third letter stated It was the last de mand and . that it it wqs not complied with, first a child of Temple's would be killed, and then he would, be given., one more1 chance and- if money ? was - . not forthcoming he. would alsoi.be killed. - Special Detective , Ira Wiedman. of Denver, was engaged two days ago.- He with the sheriff and .others of Lexing ton today took Bellamy In custody who after being put In, the sweat-box, broke down and after' crying fifteen minutes, confessed the whole crime and .said Jennings forced him to write the letters at the point of a revolver. . The . tablet on which the letters were written showing the Impression on the under sheet of the last letter was found in the possession of Bellamy, and much evidence direct and . circumstantial was secured which the officers, say renders proof of guilt conclusive. They ' will withhold this evidence until the trial. Jennings completely denies, any con nection with the crime and says he never knew Bellamy. The Temple family has been under guard and have slept In the attlo ever since the first letter was received. Both Jennings and Bellamy are mar ried and have lived In the neighborhood of Lexington for some time. in ne country, i ne yieia is irom nneen j w iwriuj.piji uubiivis or ai're aim ll la weighing out sixty-three pounds to the bushel. FAIRBURT. Neb.. July 16.-(Speclal.)- The first new - wheat from Jefferson county farms has been received on the market at Falrbury. ' This wheat tested sixty-two pounds to the bushel and brought S3 cents a bushel. The farmers are threshing their wheat and It Is yield ing splendidly, many of the fields making betwen ' twenty-five " and thirty bushels I per acre. Anvil First in Eace With Fast Trotters Forty-Three Bushels, in Merrick County CENTRAL CITY, Neb.. July 16.-(Spe-clal.)That Merrick county, is going to be able to match right up with the best records in the state when the report on the wheat harvest Is all in. Is very evi dent from the report which has been sent in by C. Osterman. Mr. Osterman's farm lies in the Platte valley, four and one half miles southwest of Central City. He has just finished threshing the wheat from a twenty-five acre field. The whole crop was weighed and showed forty-three and one-half bushels to the acre, with a test of betxty-four pounds. This report sems to effectually contradict the pro phecy that there would be" a p6or' wheat crop In Nebraska this year. ' ' YORK,-' Neb., July ' l6.-(SpeciaI.)-New wheat is bcglnniif; to come to market Dealers report the crop to be the plump est and the best color of any marketed KALAMAZOO. July 16Results of the Grand circuit races today were: 2:18. pace, purse )1.000, three heats in five:' Longworth B.. h. h by R. On Time (Murphy) 1 S 1 1 1 King Psphne. blk. h. (Dean).. S I 1 14 Ty Cbbb, ch. g. (Colbv) (111! Walter J.. b. k. (Parker) 2 4 4 4 4 Mark Knight, blk. h. (Mo Mahon) U ( (I Early Thacker. h. g. (Geers).. 8 ds Time: 2:084, 2:07V 2:07V 2:1214- 2:08 trot, purse $3,000, two heats in three: Anvil, b. h., by St. Valient Vincent (Geers) 1 1 Paron May, br. h. (Cox) S 2 Helen Stiles, b. m. (Durfee) 2 S King tfrooic, dik. g. (MiRKinsj i o Todd Mac. b. m. (Sanders) $ 4 Time: 2:06V. 2:06H. Second and third money 'divided be tween Baron May and Helen Stiles. ' Fourth money divided between " King Brook and Todd Mac. , 2:1$ trot, purse $1,000, three heats in five: Searrlne. b. m.. by Silver Brook (Macey) 17 2 1 Dave Halite, br. h. (Shank).. 12 14 4 Pee Wee. b. g. (Geers) 5 3 2 1 2 Queen Lake, b. m. (Murphy), 3 7 S 3 S Centervllle. blk. h. (Cox) 4 5 6 6 dr Onward Todd, b. h. (Dean)... 7 6 6 Ids John W. Davis, br. h. (Mc- Donald) 6 4 4 dr Sunday Morning, b. m. '(Shlvely) ds Time: 2M, '2:10. 2:10tt. 2:1134, MS". Three Good Races at Columbus Meet COLUMBUS, Neb., July 16.-(Speclal. Telegram. )-WIh a string of good horses here for the first day of the Columbus races, thres goods events were pulled off. The track Is fair and the weather hot. The attendance today was fairly good, but the prospects are for a better at tendance. Besides the trot and the pace, Harry Johnson, the' guldeless wonder, gave a. fine exhibition. The half mile dash was a dead heat between Blue and On Deck. Time: 0.4914. Summary: Trot, 2:19 class, purse $400: Prince Waverly, s. g.. 73111 (Betts), first; Na bisco, b. g., 11222 (McKenna), second: Homer Allerton. b. g., 22333 (Myers), third; Gladlola, b. m., 36454 (Hart), also started. Time: 2:20, 2:18. 2:2014, 2:2214, 2:1914. ' ' Pace, 2:17 class, purse $400: Steamboat Bill, s. g., 3111 (Pike), first; J. B.. b. g., 6422 (Owens), second; Earthquake, b. g., 2733 (Douglass), third: Peggy Pamfell. b. m.. 4556 (Haughty; Mike McCork. g. g., 5347 (Call Icott. also started. Time: 2:16Vt, 2:1614. 2:1814. 2:1914. . The last two tied for fourth place. N. J. Ronln of Fremont is acting as the official starter. DEATH RECORD. "A. D. Curt Us. GENEVA, neb July 16.-(Special.)-A. D. Curtis, 47 years of age, died at his home yesterday morning of paralysis. He was serving his third term as county at torney, was . a member, .of ' the 'Modern Woodmen of America, Independent .Order of Odd Fellows and local firs company. He. elayes -a-widow- and four' children, three sons and one. daughter. . .. M. M. Brovra. . YORK, Neb., July, 16,-(Speclal.)-M. Mv Brown, who has been a resident of York, county for more than thirty-five years, died yesterday morning, aged 89 years. OSTUHiKS Now Served Instantly . rv At the following Omaha & Council Bluffs Hotels, Restaurants, Lunch Rooms and Soda Fountains: Sleep Walker Badlr Injnrea. YORK, ; Neb., July 16. (Special.)-Sun day morning Harold Brown, son of Rev. and Mrs. Brown of Beatrice, who Is vis iting his grandfather, C. G. Thames, and his uncle, Louis Rothman, arose in his steep, unhooked a screen door and walked to the edge of the roof and fell to the pavement in front of the bouse. The left arm was broken, the teeth of his upper Jaw broken and his lower Hp pierced through. ' Timber Crash Child. COLUMBUS, Neb., ujly 16.-(Speclal Telegram.) While playing around some timbers that are being used to raise the German Reformed church 4-year-old Claude Howard was so badly injured last pight that he died. The accident, which was caused by one of the heavy timbers rolling on him, occurred about 9 o'clock and he died at 11, being crushed Internally. Madison Man Visits England. MADISON, Neb., July 16. (Special.) W. ILV Field, clerk of the district court of Madison county, left yesterday noon for England to visit his aged mother. whom he has not seen since leaving Eng land thirty-one years ago. She is now over 80 years of age and In declining health. Mr. Fields will said from Que bec Saturday and land at Glasgow, Scot- lard. - "I was cured of diarrhoea by one dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy," writes M. E. Gebhardt, O-iole, Pa. There Is nothing better. For sale by all dealers. Hotels Her Grand Loyal Rome (Council Bluffs) Grand Goodrich Drug Stores and Soda Fountains -King's Soda Fountain W. A. Piel Drug Co. Merchant's Drug Co. Sherman & McConnell Drug Co; (4) Restaurants and Lunch Rooms Baltimore Lunch ' Baxter's Lunch Belmont Restaurant Boston Lunch (2) . Brandeis Cafe Calumet Cafe Delft Tea Room Elsasser's Lunch -Hayden Bros.' Tea Room New Delicatessen Popular Cafe Vienna Cafe Vincent Cafe Quickserve Instant Postum is now served at most leading hotels and restaurants in America. ' , ' Among them- The Waldorf-Astoria, Vanderbilt, Astor, St. Regis, etc., in New York; Bellevue-Stratford, Walton, Bingham, etc., .in Philadelphia; Auditorium, Blackstone, Congress, etc., in Chicago; Touraine, Parker House, Copley Square, etc., in Boston; Iroquois, Touraine, etc., in Buffalo; lead hotels in Washington, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Detroit, Cleveland; Cincinnati, Minneapolis, St Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, etc., etc. "There's & Reason' for POSTUM Made by Postum Cereal Gk, Ltd., Pure Food Factories, Battle Creek, Mick Don't make the same mistake this man made A customer was In the other dsy, found a suit that pleased him, but declined to buy saying, we would make still greater reductions later on. Inside of 30 minutes the suit he preferred was sold to a wiser man, and the first fellow "will be grler ously disappointed when be wakes up. One-Third Off on all Spring and Summer Suits except black$i$ the final bargain event of the season take our word for it If you want to choose a quality suit from among 3,000 choice ones and want to save as much as any store can afford to sacrifice under such an arrangement come in at your earliest convenience. Store Closes IF, K; Saturdays I f, II, F U Ml". Till HOME VQllMm affflitt .S.PECK SCO. TRIAS. T ' mum F TIHII IK HOUSE Wednesday: morning,, starting . at 8 a. m., we offer you the choice of the house on all the following presses at the rididculously low price of $5.00. 75 SILK DRESSES, worth from $15.00 to $25.00, Wednesday for ....... !$5.00 60 LINGERIE DRESSES, worth from $10.00 to $15.00, Wednesday for....... $5.00 55 VOILE DRESSES, worth from $10.00 to $15.00, Wednesday for........... $5.00 40 LINEN DRESSES, worth from $10.00 to $15.00, Wednesday for. $5.00 25 MARQUISETTE DRESSES, worth from $10.00 to $15.00, Wednesday for. . $5.00 s , These Dresses come in all sizes. . We positively take 1 an actual loss on every dress mentioned above. OTTO MM The Bell Telephone Will Save You Time and 1 -t Dollars Do you appreciate the telephone that stands so mod. f estly tt your elbow? It is a powerful force in business-building and profit making. By its use, you, a man ef affairs, can increase your sales, decrease your expenses and multiply your profits. ' Letters Go Slowly-the Telephone Instantly James H. Collins, one of the country's foremost "business doctors," says every letter written costs the business man from 20 to 25 cents, figuring stamps, sta tionery, stenographer, filing expense and principal's time; and then the letter is carried slowly and the answer may not be intelligible. With the telephone the actual cost of -messages is no more, perhaps less; and you reach your man instantly and get an immediate reply. r , Are you adequately equipped telephon- ically? Call Douglas 2, Contract Dept., and we shall be glad to give you the bene fit of our experience. Look around you and see for yourself that the men of the greatest business success are the men who use the tele phone most. Those successful men, the men who are head and shoulders above the others in the world of affairs, turn to the tele phone first in the rush of everyday busi- ness." The telephone is intended to be your faithful local and long distance mes senger. It is at your elbowuse it to save your time and energy use it to send the power of your personality with every message. It will pay big divi dends to you. Your Bell Telephone is at the center of a system of 6,500,000 telephonesand every telephone is a Long Distance Telephone and Telegraph Station. Nebraska Telephone Company BELL TOLL LINES REACH EVERYWHERE. Home circulation brings advertising returns The Bee reaches twice as many homes as any other Omaha paper. You can cover O m a h a with only one paper J