HIE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 10, lf15.
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OMAHA'S CHARTER
MEASURE SIGNED
Governor Morehead Affixes Signa
ture to Bill that Provides for
Greater City.
ALL FUNDS ARE INCREASED
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From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April IS 8peclal.)-The
Onmha charter amendment bill signed by
'lovernor Morehead today provides for
the establishment of a public welfare
ommisslon. fixes mnximum amounts for
Mirlous city operating expenses per year
iind provides for a method for annexa
tion when territory now located between
Benson and Omaha shall have been added
to Greater Omaha.
The welfare commission, under the
terms of the bill la empowered to utilize
public school buildings for any purpose
It sees fit In carrying on "s work; It
sliall establish a comprehensive recrea
tion system, effect parole and pardon
rules governing the city Jail prisoners;
shall establish a legal aid bureau, an
employment bureau, a municipal farm,
and shall look into all conditions sur
rounding the public health, welfare and
housing In general. It also Is given au
thority to make researches of Interest to
Its work.
tt fixes a maximum revenue of $1,190,
0 per year from taxation, to which It
allows the addition of 275.0no for crea
tion of a sinking fund to pay off bonded
indebtedness, and from ISO.OoO to llOCfriO
for creation of a bond sinking fund to
pay off matured bonds. The special
funds as set out in the bill are given this
maximum: Kire department. tW.0nn:, po
lice department. ?0,000; public library.
."V: lights. ?!O,000; street repair and
Kindlng. t;:,.n)0; cleaning and sweeping.
JTrt.erti; repair of pavements and modifi
cation and chancing of curbing and gut.
tars. $."i0,000.
Pr v:lon Is made for taking care of
South Omaha expense between the end
of the fiscal year there, July 1, and the
commencement of the Greater Omaha
fiscal year. January 1, V.U3. This provi
sion was Insisted upon by the governor
as s result of the passage of the con
anlidation bill.
Jury at Auburn Decides Man Who
Confessed to Crime Com
mitted It.
I Miss Alena Relme took place Thurs
dy, April IS, at the German Lutheran
church north of this city
The electric theater at this place was j
bought by Thomas & Bosh from I C.
Hacon. H. J. Merry, who has been man
ager for the last season, will continue
in the same position.
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Apartments, flats, houses and cottages
can be rentedqulckly and cheaply by a
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from Rloumf l-ll.
n LOOM FIELD, Neb.. April IS. (Spe
cial.) Morris Tessen was arraigned be
fore the board of Insanity of Knox county
and declared Insane. He waa taken to
the state hospital at Norfolk. '
Ed Renner died Friday, April IS, of
stomach trouble. The deceased was pres
ident of tho Citizens bank here. He waa
Interested In the Commercial bank of
Warsaw and ihe bank of Spencer.
T. M. Wood rough of Omaha has been
secured to deliver the commencement ad
dress for the high school. The graduating
exercises will take place May 28.
MURDER OF JULIAN BAHAUAD
Ami'RN. Neb., April 18 -(Special.)
Fuller Rhallenburger was found guilty of
murder In the first degree last night nnd
the Jury recommended a sentence of life
Imprisonment for killing Julian Pahauad
In ISM. This was the second trial for the
defendant and the case had occ upied the
time of Judge E. E. Good for five day.i.
Julian Bahauad. an old man who lived
the life of a recluse, tn k small house
near the town of Julian In this county,
was murdered during the course of nn
attempt to rob him of a large sum of
money which It was thought he ial
with him In his house. The evidence
showed that the murderers obtained be
tween fsoo and II 00. It was further
shown that he was struck on ' the head
with a blunt Instrument while seated at
the supper table, and died almost in
stantly. The murder took place Juno
1R, ISlio, and Ihe authorities worked for
years in an effort to unearth eviden-e
s to who the guilty parties were, out
the affair had remained a mystery until
recently.
Makes Confession.
In the latter part of June, 1913, the de
fendant, Phallenburger. suffered a se
vere sunstroke near Burlington. Kan.,
and was taken to the county Jail by the
sheriff. Shallenburger, upon being told
by a physician that he might not recover
from the Illness, requested the 'sheriff to
Inform the authorities of Nehama county
that he was Implicated in the murder vf
Jullnn Bal.auad and desired to make a
confession. Later he confessed to a de
tailed account of the crime committed,
then fourteen years ago. '
In November, 1S13. he was tried and
convicted of murder In the first degree.
His case was appealed to the supreme
court, which reversed the case and re
manded him for a new trial on the
ground that the lower court erred in ex
cluding certain evidence of former con
fessions defendant had made which were
found to be untrue.
Implicated In Omaha Cases.
In these former confessions Shallen
burger stated that he was Implicated tn
the murder of the Jonea family ilea
Omaha In ISM. He also confessed to a
murder in Nebraska City prior to the
Bahauad murder, which he did not take
take part in.
In the trial Just closed the evidence so
strongly corroborated the confession
made at Burlington In all material de
tails that the Jury took only thirty min
utes to reach the verdict of guilty.
County Attorney E. F. Armstrong, as
sisted by Fred O. Hawxby and H. A.
Lambert prosecuted for the state. The
defense waa conducted by John C. Wat
son and Max Conn, both of Nebraska
City.
NOTES FROM NORTH PLATTE
AND OF LINCOLN COUNTY
SCHOOL BILL IS DEFECTIVE
Measure Giving State Aid to Rural
Districts for Agriculture is
Faulty.
ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT ACTS
NORTH rLATTE, Neb.. April 18.-(Spe-clal.)
After having been In the local
courts for ten years, the Lyle estate at
Brady was settled l:t week when Ad- I
mlnlslrator J. J. OTtourke turned over j
the money and securities to the alleged
heirs In Scotland. W. D. Lyle died In j
Brady many years ago, leaving a large .
estate. He was a man of mystery and
nothing was known of hie past. Adver
tisements in papers in Ireland brought
letters from alleged heirs residing there.
These heirs have secured the money.
Becoming suddenly demented Friday
night. R. Stethls. a Greek, suddenly leaped
out of bed, picked up a rator and at
tempted to slash the throat of his room
mate, also a Greek. The roommate waa
able to dodge the rator and give an
alarm. Stethis was arrested and con
fined at the county Jail. He will be given
a hearing before the Insanity board Mon
day. An entertainment, was given here Fri
day evening by the high school boys to
secure funds for the high school base
ball team. The sum of $115 waa taken In.
The high school Girls' Glee club fur
nished music and a colored minstrel show
was a feature of the occasion.
Jitney cars have been started here by
a local garage. The cars run every day
from 6:30 o'clock to 9:30 o'clock and make
regular schedules.
Work will be started Monday on the
tabernacle for the Lowry-Moody evangel-
Istlc meetings to be hetd here beginning
May 2.
The Bee Want Ads Are Best Business
Boosters.
News of Rennhlloan City.
REPUBLICAN CITT. Neb., April R
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Notes from Reward.
SEWARD, Neb.. April 18. -(Special.)
Harry Rutherford, an employe of the
Milford Corn Meal mills, climbed to the
! top of the Burlington water tank Bat
urday to take a kodak picture, when
the ladder gave way, throwing him a
distance of thirty feet and badly
wrenching his back.
The district meeting of the Rebekah
degree mill be held at Milford April SO.
G. Menlink sold his farm to J6hn
Richert for S135 an acre and paid $13,350
for another farm.
Mayor W. T. bonders has designated
April 19 as tho beginning of "Clean Up"
week and appointed a large, number of
citizens to carry out hla plans .
Petitions are being circulated to call
special election to determine the loca
tion of the STiO.000 school building to be
built. It Is being considered whether an
agricultural course shall be established
as outlined by the Phumway act.
The body jt the child of Dr. and Mrs.
Clyde Moore of Scott's Bluff, Neb., was
Interred here today.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
LINCOLN. April l.-Spo. Ial.)-The bill
passed by the Inst legislature :-ir state
aid for consolidated r'iral schools teai-h-lug
home economics, agriculture voca
tional and Industrial training Is rendered
Ineffective by a bit of legislative care
lessness. It has been discovered.
The measure, H. It. Tt.'. Introduced by
Representative Klmeli.ml, falls to pro
vide for the appropriation In the title,
although the body of the hill provides
for the appropriation ut of the general
fund. The appropriation inuei.be in the
title.
ld for Small l-airlct.
It was regarded as one of the most
Important pieces of school legislation
passed during the session It was espe
cially designed for the enstern purt of
the state, where the districts ar small
and can be more readily consolld ilrd. It
provided for state al.l according to the
number of rooms in the consolidated
school.
A district supporting a school with one
room was to receive stste aid of $wo a
year for equipment and I1W a year for
maintenance; one with two moms, $l.v
for equipment and $3)0 for maintenance;
one with three rooms, I .'50 for equipment
nd $300 for maintenance.
Meaanre la ftlanrd.
It was estimated that between J40.000
and 150,000 would be used In this man
ner. Governor Morehead has signed the
bill and it will go on tne statute hooks
despite the fact thnt the appropriation
it provides for will not le available.
Governor Morehead has also sinned H.
R. 32, the bill providing for the appoint
ment of a supreme cturt commission,
should the governor recommend one. This
bill also, as discovered after the legis
lature adjourned, lacks an appropiistion.
Inc. following a recent Inspection of the
Ieru Normal. Members of the board are
R. M. Campbell of Columbus. C. M Wal
ton of Wahoo and H. M. Kalon of Km
erson. The state sui erlntendenl has adopted a
new plan for keeping Ihe record of the
board s expenses, putting It on a straight
certificate be-os. Hereafter no mlleaRe
books will be used, but a receipt will be
required for arh ticket purrhased.
STOCK YARDS PETITIONS
FCR INCREASE IN CHARGES
Think of the comfortl
You can do your work
State Cleanup Days
Fixed by Governor
(From Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April lS.-(Speclal.)-Gov-ernor
Morehead has Issued a proclama
tion setting apart April 23 and C4 as
"clean-up" days. He urges the observ
ance of these days, not only as a means
toward civic beauty, but also as a pre
caution at this season of the year In the
Interest of health and the safety of prop
erty from fire.
i From a Staff Coriespondent.)
LINCOLN. April 1 (Special.) The
t'rdon St ck Yards company of South
Omaha has filed a request with the State
Railway commission asking certain In
creases In rates. One proposed Increase
would charge the Cidahy Packing com
pany pi Instead of $1 for delivering cars
of stock thought to have been exposed
to Texas fever to a separate and private
chute: another item would rale the
switching rhage from one line to an
other from t'2 a car to $.1 a car.
The petitioner explains that a similar
complaint has been filed with the Inter
state Commerce commission, and that
that body has set tt for hearing In
Omaha on May 5. The proposed Increases
affect only a small per cent of Intrastate
ftfflc.
Methodist Church
At Ponca Is Burned
I'ONCA. Neb.. April lS.-(Speclal.)-Tha
Methodist church at this place burned
last evening. The fire Is of unknown
origin, but it Is surmised that It was
caused by a gas explosion.
There had been a choir rehearsal and
the last person had left the church about
ten minutes previous to the time that
residents saw fire burst from the build
ing. It was with great difficulty that tho
manse and other nearby residences wn:-
saved. The Insurance carried was about
$:,0n0. Rev. A. IT. Kggleston Is pastor.
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SCHOOL EXAMINERS MEET
IN SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April 17. (Speclal.)-The
board of examiners and Inspectors for
state and life certificates met In Stale
Superintendent Thomas' office this morn-
ftnlendlrt tor Rheumatism.
"I think Chamberlain's Liniment It
just splendid for rheumatism," writes
Mrs. tUinburgh. Eldrldge, N. T. "It hat
been used by myself and other membert
of my family time and time again during
the last six years and has always given
the best of satisfaction." The quick re
lief from pain which Chamberlain' Lini
ment affords Is alone worth many tlms
the cost. Obtainable everywhere. Adver
tltcment.
do not need a
fire, you do not need to waste
your strength, and you can get
done in half the usual time, no
matter what the work, washing,
scrubbing or housecleaning.
Ptlt b Co., Philedelph'
MINNEAPOLIS MAN IS RESTORED
TO HIS HEALTH BY USING AKOZ
Elmer Erickson Ends His
Rheumatism and Stomach
Ills With Remedy.
I.lrrry Barn Darns.
BRA PSHAW, Neb., April l.-(Speclal
Telegram.) The livery barn belonging
to Park Emitter ft Son burned yester
day with a loss of IVOnO. Most of the
horses were saved. One valuable colt
belonging to Johnson ft Rears and one
team of mules belonging to P.udlett
Hrothera and five other horses perished.
The fire Is supposed to have originated
from a spark from a pile of rubbish.
Klmer Erickson, engineer of the Min
neapolis Klks' building, whose residence
Is at 1013 Park avenue. Minneapolis, Is
loud In hla praise of Akot, the new Cal
ifornia medicinal mineral, because of
the promptness with which It ended his
rheumatism and stomach trouble of
long standing.
"For seven years I suffered with
stomach trouble and one year with
rheumatism.'' said Erickson. "1 think
I tried about everything. Various rem
edies and physicians failed to relievo
me but when I tried Akot. I began to
feel better almost at once.
"The ae'vere rheumatic pBlna In my
arms, chest and shoulders left me en
tirely In a few daya, and the sever
palna, gaa and rumbling In my stom
ach also d4sappeared. I now rest bet
ter at night and feel better In every
way than" I have In years. Akot la also
a fine tonic, and I can cheerfully rec
ommend It to others Buffering aa I did."
This Minneapolis man Is but one of
the great ' number who have found
Akot most effective In the treatment
of rheufnatlsm, stomach, kidney, blad
der and liver trouble, ectema, plies,
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catarrh and other ailments. Akot la'
a natural mineral containing no harm-!
fut element.
Akot la now being demonstrated at
Sherman ft MeConnell'a Uth and Dodge
St. atore. Visit, phone or write tho
Akot man for further Information re
garding thla advertisement.
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MIDGIE MILLER
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MZmCXDES AaTST
ALVIN & WILLIAMS
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LUCILLE MANI0H
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TITS Mill
GJRDOM & MURPHY
Wonderful Aorobatio Danoert.
CKAS RAYMOND
YersatUe Comedian
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CALLAHAN & MILLER
lngera and Sanoara Xztraordlaary.
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Wblrlwlad Dancers.
ANTONIO QUORADO
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THE KANSAS CITY PAPERS OF MONDAY, APRIL 12, SAID IN PART:
"JOl RAI," The (iayctjr thaa an unusually successful comedian thia wek In
IVert Hker. Ho extracts nearly all the laugh which he puta Into
"My Wife's Husband" of which he la author. A lively chorus
aid In the fun.
"TIM KK-HTA R" -Bert linker and hla Ilou Ton (ilrls have a live and interesting
show. The houae rocked much with laughter at the troubles oC
the husband whooe lot is to always explain.
Raker In the stellar role 1 well supported by a good roinpany. la
hla i monologue, "The Typical Tad," he tells tales of his boyhood
that bring the laughs or tears, as he wills.
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JACK LONDON'S CRITIC. SM OF THE BON TONS .
The soeaery was massive and fins painted, the stare was full of eaceedlngly pretty glris, beautifully eostnmed,
and moving gracefully, tn tnne, and of evident cultivation. Bert Baker, tne principal comedian, waa aa artist of tne
first rank and kept the audlenoe la constant roars of laughter. I have never beard suoa hearty, uarsetretaed
laurbter la aay tbeater la my life. Then came Mldaie la tiler, the suubretve, a remarkably aa-lle youaar woman,
beautiful of face and flfnre and possessing- a sweet tiuflDf voice and dancing' skill. Then tbe leading woman, la'i
elllo atanlon. Here waa a aurprtae of tb evening a younr woman of great beauty and polae. Her voice was cf
remarkable range and sweetness. Tor two hours I sat admiring thla great snow and wondurLuf at the chance that
baa taken place la burleaaue since tho old days wnen, aa a boy out for a frouo, I gave up my old dime for a- Beat la
thawfallery "to see the girls." Tbe whole show impressed me greatly not a word eg aotloa that would off and aay
lady or gentleman a show to which saea aad women may go without the sUahteet ml salving. It waa a new ens
a me. (Slf-aed) JACK I.OsTDOsT.
NO INCREASE IN PRICES;
QUESTION: Will There Be Scats Enough
Horo's tho Show
Bert at 6:00 and
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