jnre bee: omaha, twirsday. july i. 1915.
JITNEY DRIYERS GO
INTO ILj). COURT
Bek Restrmininj Order to Prevent
City Ordinance Being Put
Into Effect July 7.
EXPLAIN REASON FOB ACTION
A petition for a restraining order
to prevent the city commissioner
from putting Into effect the recently
enacted Jitney ordinance was filed In
federal court by Attorneys Thurston,
Crow and Morrison. Judge T. C.
Munger will come from Lincoln Fri
day to hear the arguments.
The plaintiffs are: Harry M. Carr.
Touncll Bluffa, and Floyd E. Bate. C.
T. Falen. C. R. Cott, Ralph Brosll. Os
wald Lwla and Lawrence T. Conkiln,
Omaha, and other. Tha city of Omaha
la the defendant.
Mr. Carr alleges that he la the owner
of three jitneys operating In Omaha.;
that he has Invested 13.000 In hia property,
and that others have Invested a total
of SlaO.OOO In tha bualneae. The petition
attack the ordinance on the ground that
It la unconstitutional In being confisca
tory of tha property and bualneaaes of
the complainants and owners and oper
ators of Jitney buses. The principal
complainant atatea that ha would per
sonally be damaged to tha extent of
110,000 by the provisions of tha ordinance.
Oot of the Jitney
The eoat of operating a Jitney In Omaha
Is siren as followa:
tfrkoee of ear, suppllea, repairs,
gaaoltns, ell, eta. to
alary of driver .. ""
tetr1oratlon ........... l0
They May Break Knott, but They
Arc Not Able to Make an End of Him
Georre Knott, switchman In the pas-
senrrr srrts at the Union station and
no was causht between the bumpere
of two ran a week aao and nearly
crushed to death, la back on the Job,
reedy for another cloae call.
Bad luck haa been a boon companion
of George Knott almoet from the day of
hla birth and there are few men who
hava auatalned more lnjurtea than he
nd are ait til living. When o boy, hla bad
uck started when he was caught In a
street railway turntable at Twentieth
and Lake streeta. At that time he was
cut and brulaed and surgeons debated for
week relative to cutting off both hla
egs. However, tha lege were aaved.
Some yeara later and after he had grown
to manhood, Knott was out hunting. He
' Total............ I1.T00
The annual receipts of a ftve-paaaanger
saw ore stated as $2,0rX, leaving margin
of only 1300 for profit Mr. Carr drives
on of his cars himself.
If the ordinance becomes operative the
Jitney man would hava to par a total of
m a roar la addition to present coeta,
thus "wtptng out all profit.
The Jitney man who are filing tha peti
tion have organised tha Jitney Transit
oompamy, and "What they dealro In
ptaeo of a bond; for each car la a blanket
liability bond," said Mr. Morrison.
' "Koch owner In the company would
gtro bO.1 of gala of hla car aa eecurlty.
A blanket bond would be aooured from
av bonding company protecting all tha
member of tbe.Jltoey company. If any
driver were called upon for liability, It
would bo taken core of under this bond.
Tha coat to each man would be very
mall." ,
The Jitney ordinance, against which
tha petition Is- directed, la to go Into effect
JulyT.,
Fleharty Says the
' Jitney Bond Law is
; Reasonable in Scope
City Solicitor Fleharty, who drew tha
new Jitney ordlnanoa, beltevoe tha Jitney
men would secure quloker and better re-
suit by taking the ordinance Into the
. district court, rather than Invoking the
I Initiative and -referendum Iaw t
. Mr. Floharty makes this statement re
garding tb situation! "The Jitney men
claim the ordlnanoa would throw 1W men
out of employment They have told u
.that Jitney a earn about 17 each day. On
that basis their annual receipt would
be about 13, 000, which revenue other
wlae would go to the street ear company
and would yield the tlty 111.(00 a year
occupation tax. It haa bean propoeed
to assess the Jitneys a minimum of $40
a year occupation tax which would
amount to about 19.000 a year In the ag
gregate. It would aeem that the Jitney
men defeat their own case If their fig'
urea may be accepted. Aa to the bond
requirement, t would say tha 13,300 maxi
mum for one death and a maximum lia
bility of 110,000 for any on accident. I
quit reasonable, if tha protection of the
public la to be considered. ,
Government Crop
Report Optimistic
The following Is the government crop
report for the week ending June 10, oonv-
. ing from the headquarter of tha Agrtcul
tural department at Washington!
'ln Ui winter wheat belt., a a whole,
mora lavoram Harvest weather pro-
vaiiea. Borne damage to wheat, and In
terruption to .harreat occurred In re
stricted era, especially Kansas, Okla
homa and Arkaneaa, but otherwlao har
dest progreaaed aatlafactorily and thresh
Ing la under way in the more southern
Portion. In the aprtng wheat belt some
what warmer weather, with ample oll
tuolalur. eauaail ai4l growth, and the
outlook continue! favorable.
"In the. com belt lea widespread heavy
rainfall permitted much field work, and.
la most ptaoes. cultivation progressed
rapidly, resulting la oonalderably im
proved outlook, but crop la generally
backward, and 1 atlll graacy in some
sections where the oil 1 too wet for
cultivation, and moat of the week waa
too cool la the central and north portions
for rapid growth. In tha south portion
the outlook for corn oootinuea favorable,
except In tha aouthern half of Texas,
wher It la badly Injured by drouth. Oat
grass, truck and stock continue in good
condition
NORTHWESTERN ALL READY
! TO HANDLE BUMPER CROP
Coming over from Chicago to look after
business matters and also to play a few
hole of golf, 8. F. Miller, general freight
apent of the Northwestern, says:
,"Tka country nover looked better than
now and tha prospecta for a big wheat
ar.d an equally a big corn crop were
r.evcr more favorable. Our road is doing
a good business and I. note an tnc
.1.1 all line of traffic.
"We have never been better prepared
to haadl the crop. Our freight care have
all been run through the abopa and have
lee a put in good condition. W'a have
commenced storing them along the line
at the smaller stations In tha wheat belt,
ar.d aa noon grain 1 ready to start
fur market, w will be able to handle It
h'uthlng now indicate that there will be
a car atiortag. The only thing that would
tilng tt on would be to hava new wheat
eurt off at a hurt price and farmer
sliow a disposition to sell as soon a they
flnnh thrtstlng."
pulled hla gun from a wagon and the
weapon ai discharged, tearing away
part of his right side.
Pome years mo Knott went railroading
and one day he fell from the top of a
freight car, breaking both legs. This sent
him to the hospital for nearly alx months
snd shortly after coming out he fell
again, breaking both lega again. This
crippled him so that he could not follow
the occupation of a brakeman and he
secured employment In the switch yards.
There bad luck followed him, he sutaln
Ing numerous minor Injuries. A week ago
he was caught between the Sumpers of
two cars and when he was taken out the
attending surgeon asserted that he could
not live. He did, however, and now he I
back on the Job.
TRACES HIS FAMILY
BACK 1J0 YEARS
A. Agnew Connects Ancestry
with 8igners of Declaration
Will Help Receive Bell.
MANY ARE BEING HEARD FROM
F. A. A rnew, South Side resident,
can trace his ancestry back 1,000
yeara. He will be a member of the
local reception committee which will
serve on July 9 when the liberty bell
will be here.
Commissioner Kugel, chairman of the
Liberty bell general committee, la begin
ning to hear from tha descendants of
persona who were Identified with the
day of "71
The commissioner want Omahan to
delve Into their genealogical record and
help form this ancient and honorable so
ciety of sons and daughters of '" for
servio on July .
Back to the Signer.
Mr. Agnew write that hi maternal
great-grandfather waa first cousin of
John Morton of Philadelphia, one of th
signer of th Declaration of Indepen
dence. HI mother' father wa a cap
tain In tha war of Ml. General Charles
Morton, who wa stationed her and who
died In Washington, D. C a few month
ago, claimed hi relative and the Mor
ton branch of the Agnew family are de
scendants of William the Conqueror of
England.
"My mother" ancestor came to this
country In 1640 and th Agnew family
cam In 10," wrote Mr. Agnew.
J. M. Leldy will be another "vice presi
dent" during the visit of the Liberty bell.
Ill great-grandfather fought In th
revolutionary war and h adds that th
Leldy family ettled In , Philadelphia In
168J.
J. M. Oreevy, secretary of th Penn
sylvania society. Is busy on this matter.
His society will meet Tuesday evening
In th pioneer's room at tha court houae.
Next Tueaday Chairman Kugel will
have a meeting with the various subcom
mittee and other Interested In the visit
of the hell to this city. Mr. Kugel 'will
endeavor to have a band of mualo greet
the special train a It arrive. -r-r
May Plant Ivory
Spike on Course
for Chumps' Help
Speedway, official are thinking of
planting an . Ivory ' spike at the spot
where a band of exuberant newspaper
men last fall loopd-th-loop In a park
knock afflicted, 8-mlle-an-hour Ford, In
which they tried to tour the new 1100,.
ooo race track. Bine It required a oar
capable of eventy-tnll speed to achieve
th forty-five degree turns, th state
ment la superfluous that th machine
afterward resembled a tin wedding
souvenir and th scribe looked Ilk in
habitant of th late Rhelms, when the
Kohensollern family flnlehed up with it.
The Bee's Fund for
Free Milk and Ice ,
No, we know it hat not been very
hot yet bat the heat is "bound to
come.
Then the little tots will need
fresh milk and ice and the fund
will hare plenty of demands to
meet.
Contributions from 10 cents to $5
are solicited and will be acknowl
edged in this column.
Frevlously acknowledged tSS.aO
0. Btora 8.00
W, M. Beeves, Oaawa, la.... 1 00
O. W. M l.oo
W. raraam Smith 1.00
DREXEL PLANS TO
STOP JAYWALKING
Has White Marks Painted on Street
Crossings for the Pedestrians
to Follow.
HAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT
Sections of State
Visited by Heavy
Bains and Hail
The couth half of Nebraska and north'
ern Kansas waa hard hit by rain and
hall Tuesday night, according to the re
porta coming to th railroads. Practically
all that portion of th country south of
th Platte river and extending down into
central Kansa wa visited by a heavy
rain, th precipitation ranging from one
to three Inches. In a number of locali-
tlea there waa hall, aeverely damaging art
crop in It path.
Both tha Rock Island and Burlington
roads sustained considerable loss by rea
son of the rain that again threw th
atreama out of their banka The only
report coming to the Rock Island la that
tha rain wa very heavy and that th
damage will be considerable.
Along th Burlington west of Stam
ford on th Bt Francis branch the crib
bing that was put In following th wash
out of a week ago was all washed away
and th lln again put out of commission.
On the main line across th southern
part bf the atai a number of small
washouts were reported west of Edison
and Oxford. West of the first named
place -r rretch of track mil In length
waa unden water. .JJp th Republican
valley a washout waa reported between
Franklin and Rlverton, seriously delaying
trarrio and necessitating th diverting of
train to the Sterling Una, A aever hall-
storm waa reported between Alliance and
Halaey on the Billings line.
Julia Starts On
Trip Up the River
At dawn yostorday the Julia and
barge laden with an Omaha cargo bounJ
for Decatur moved out of th harbor un
der th Doujrtaa atroet bridge and began
to breast th currant of th Missouri
toward Decatur. Captain BUvens said
th boat would not attempt to reach De
catur In less than three days, as th dis
tance I seventy-five mile by river. Th
boat I to ply regularly between Omaha
and Decatur, so that th latter river
town without railway facilities may now
nave a direct t raffia communication with
th metropolla
Of th first cargo waa a shipment from
th Btandard Chemical' company, Sun
derland Bros., Paxtoa at Gallagher, Mo.
-ora-nriy, Adam as Kelly, Cudahy
Packing company. Cudahy Oil company,
owioara uu company and the Crane
company,
Convention for Deaf
to Be Held in Omaha
The June number of The Frat, the of
ficial publication of the National Fra
ternity of tha Deaf, la filled with-Infor
mation about tha annual convention of
mo society, bald la Omaha July to It
Tha Hotel Rome will 1 headquarters J.
Sohuyler Long of Council Bluffa la Drill-
dent of th Omaha division of th aocl.tv
Th local committee in charge of t
convention are headed by Waldd H. Roth'
eri. Jsaao j. YVlttwer. John W. Barrett.
Perry E. Beely. Harry a. I Aug and Mr.
ota c. Blankenahlp.
JS Healiy Docs Heller Haeasaatlaaa
r.uan ' Liniment doe glv almoet in
sunt relief. Nothing better for rheu-
mi., barbai-h and sciatica.
Xc 411 Orumts. Advertisement.
To Ward Off Summer
Complexion lilt
. To..ll,1 the race smooth, white ajid
ueautuul ail summer, there's nothing
quite so ,cod a ordinary luercollsea
.-vvi W,A wr rrecaiem akin eo
common at title season la nm! h-
yorbed by the wax and replaced by th
newer, fresher skin beneath. The fao
exniblte no trace of the wax, which i
ew'iieq at centime and washed off
mornlug-a. Greasy i-reajns, powrtere and
. - r, oirter nana, are apt to ap
peer more conspicuous than usual thesi
" of excessive perspiiatlon. Just e
an ounce of iitercoliaed was at any drui
store and use Hk ...i.t ,.,.. n-i.i. i.
help any skin at ome and in a week or
so the complexion will luok rsituukably
young and healthy.
(Sun, winds and flvlns duat nrtan .,,.
squlntln and ether contortions which
lna.ke wrinkles. You can quiikly get rid
of every line, however ru,l U .,.!.
Only a harmless was'; ioiion made by dissolv.
,1ns 1 ox. pom Itred saxolitc in ta lt
The business of educating the dear
public Is a tedious undertaking, as
any seller of gold bricks or some
thing will tell you. The latest at
tempt to work upon the collective
mind of Omaba Is being put forth by
the city In the Interest of better traf
fic regulation.
Palntera appeared on busy downtown
oomers and produced glaring white lines
several Inchea wide and about ten feet
apart, on avery Intersection. Tha object
la to make a sort of imaginary -pn. or
coop, for wayward feet, and thua prevent
cutting the atreet cattl-corner, or "Jay
walking," aa it ta more popularly known.
Of course there is nothing to prevent
the wayward feet from straying out of
the bounds except the trafflo policeman
In th middle of th street, but he's gen
erally ao busy that the pedestrian 1
nearly acros before noticed.
Trafflo Officer Charley Chapman at
Sixteenth and Howard wa standing on
the sidewalk watching the painter mark
out the patha, when a would-be wag ap
proached.
"Hey, Charley, what la this have they
got you hare to keep folk In the
'straight and narrow path?' "
"Nope," answered Chapman. "I'm here
to answer foolish questions."
Commissioner Prexel said: "The lines
extend from aldewalk to atdewalk and are
so glaring that when one steps 'out of
bounds' he will Instantly notice It, and
remember the traffic rule about 'Jay
walking.' There'a an explanation of the
working of the human mind which will
show you why these lines will be a great
preventer of Jaywalking, and I'd tell you
what the explanation Is, only I forgot It.
However, the linns work out well In other
oitlea, and it won't take long to educate
the public not to 'Jaywalk' downtown."
' Apartments, flats, house and cottages
can be rented quickly and cheaply by a
Bee "For Rent"
Hold that Stock
in Federal Reserve
Bank Must Pay Tax
A request made by bankers to the Doug
la eounty Board of Equalization that
capital stock In the federal reserve bank
at Kansas City be exempt from taxation
waa refused. The board held that stock,
in the reserve bank, should be assessed
at Its face value In spite of representa
tion that th federal bank' operations
show a deficit since its establishment.
The 'United State National asked thit
130.000 stock held by It In the Kansas
City reaerv bank be , exempted from
taxation. ,
The board held Ha customary evening
session, to which banker were Invited,
and assessed twenty-five banka of
Donglaa county on a valuation of 17.000.
000. Th following banker were present:
W, H. Buchols and. J. D F. Riohardt,
Omaha National: H. 8. Clarke, Corn Ex
change: W. A. Rathaack, Security State;
U. EX Haveretlck, United Btates Na
tional; James B. Owen and J. C. French,
Stock Tard National; W. J. Coad, Pack
er' National; T. I Davis, First Na
tional, and taither Drake, Merchant Na
tional.
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