BRIEF CITY NEWS
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Sleotrle fan, VT.SO. Burssfts-Orsndsn.
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Bchrosdsr. sue. Ware Hock. Ksd .
Tansy's Csmpl.rs Won rw'
'classified ssction looar. and appears In
Tha Baa KXCLUflVKl.T. Find out what
tka various mrnrtna; plcturt thatera offsr.
Ssspital Bscslpts Superintendent
'Jus;el of the dersrtment of pllc and
sanitation reported receipts of the Emer-
arenejr hospital on Douglas street were
l.WS.SS for April. May and Juno
JTsw Far Torsraaa John l.ynn,
format employe, of the South Omaha
park department, confirmed 1 the
icttjr council aa foreman In tho South
Side park service, at M.fW a year. j
Tot Keparlng- Allay The city council
authorised setting Hldn tUi.Kt aa the
'eltya chare of the expense of repaying
jtha alley between Parnam and !cuglae
streets. Seventeenth to I'ltrhteeith.
, To Await Grand Jury Harney Kern-
merlin waived hearing before fnlted
jftates Commiasloner Oaniel Monday and
waa aent to Fremont to await the October
'eaalon of the grand jury. Hla bond waa
made $1,000. Kemmerlln la charged with
having thirty-five grain of morph'ne In
hla possession without having pa!d the
federal tax.
Govs to Elks' CoBTantlon Mr. and
'Wrs. W. I. Klrrstead, who have been
visiting the Panama fair for the last
'week, have moved so'Jtli to l.os Angeles.
'Mr. Kioratead writes that he wouiJ travel
'until hla feet got tired and would then
i chango hla ahoes and i-tart out again.
He will attend the lilks' convention at
Los Angelea. He saya he la able to get
The Bee, every day.
And.rsoa with the lCUwioJts V. R
Anderson, former l.'nlon Paclflo auditor
of trelght accounts, retired on pension
one year wo, haa gone to Chicago where
'ho hu accepted a position In the general
: freight offices of the Milwaukee road.
'He goeo Into the freight auditing depart
jment aa a clerk, but It Is expected that
he will become the head of one of th
.bureaus. His employment starts with
July IS.
Cannot Force the
Reprinting of the
f Telephone Book
The Chicago Laundry company's peti
tion for a writ of mandamus to compel
the Nebraska Telephone company to re
I Issue the June directory or place plain
tiff's name on an addenda slip In each
I book because the name of the laundry
had beon Inadvertently omitted from It
(was denied in district court. The court
held that thla would work too great a
jhardshlp on the defendant company and
Instructed the plaintiff that Ita remedy
i lies in a suit for damages. The plaintiff
: will wait until the four months during
j which this book is current have expired
In order to calculate the damages to
(which it ha been subjected by reason of
the omission.
Nebraska
BRYAN MEN SEEM
TO HAYETHE LEAD
Choice of A. S. Tibbet for Tem
porary Potmaiter Throws
Big Scare.
FIGHT LIKELY TO OPEN AGAIN
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. July It (Special. )-Hig
chunks of harmony which have existed
In the democratic party for the past
year or so are again In evidence, caused
by the appointment of A. 8. Tlhbets aa
temporary postmaster of Lincoln pending
the appointment of a permanent official
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Postmaster F. V. Brown.
Followers of Senator Hitchcock look
upon it as a move on the part of the
Bryanltes to get a led pipe cinch on the
Job so that when the time cornea to make
the appointment Judge Tibbet s will have
gained auch a foothold on the Job tt
nobody will be able to get within strik
ing distance of the place and he will
remain until a republican successor Is
named.
Thla coming on top of the leak that
Brother-in-law Tom Allen Is to have t'ne
United States district attorneyship han
not struck the Hltchcockltes aa being Just
the thing needed to promote a brotherly
feeling among the unterrifled followers
of Thomas Jefferson and Is likey to
open up sgaln a fight that many iiitd
tried to think was near solution.
Stork Boards to Meet.
A meeting has been called of the live
stock sanitary boards of ten western
states to meet In Omaha on Monti y,
August 2, at 1:80 for the purpose of dis
cussing uniform shipping rules for the
middle western states and other matters
connected with the shipment of live
stock and the needs of ssnltary lines in
connection therewith.
The states to be represented are: lov.'j,
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Kansas,
Colorado, Oklahoma, the Dakota, Wyo
ming and Nebraska.
.New Bank Formed.
Articles of Incorporation of the Sidney
Ftate bank have been filed with tne
state banking board. The Incorporators
are Jesse C. McNlsh, C. H. McNish and
H. H. Oatenberg.
The Bee's Fund for
Free Milk and Ice
The Bee's free milk and ice fund is
already being drawn upon, and not
a cent is to go to pay anything but
milk and ice bill.
The generous list of contributions
printed today is sent in from the
Carleton hotel.
Contributions from 10 cents to $3
are solicited and will be acknowl
edged in this column.
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B. A, Bore
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Nebraska
Hastings to Secure
Current from Loup
HA8TIM58. Neb., Julv IS. (Special Tel
egram 1 The city council last night gave
the preliminary order fir three nillea of
street pax log and appointed a commute
to confer with the Oiamler of Commerce
relative 'to accepting the proposition of
tho Central Kiev trie company of Orend
Island for supplying electric current to
Hastings from the Hoelua water power
plant on the Loup river.
ALL S ECT fdNSOF K W A
FREED FROM QUARANTINE
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July IS. (Bpoclal.) All sec
tions of Iowa. n far as shipments of live
stock Into Nebraska la concerned have
lie-en released from quarantine and ship
pers cen now hlp to the Omaha stock
ynrds without fear of trouble.
At the meeting here yesterday the board
raised the quarantine against the east
ern portion of the state, leaving thej
whole state free.
The Colorado quarantine on Nebraska
tattle has been ralaed, according to in
structions received by the board here, ao
far as cattle are Concerned where a cer
tificate will show that they have been
In the county from whence they am
shipped for a period of thirty days.
FIGURING COMPENSATION
UNDER THE NEW STATE LAW
Babst is New Head
of Sugar Company
An announcement of Interest to msny
, Nebraska people is that just made of the
election of Bart D. Babst of New York
,to be president and chief executive of
ficer of the American Sugar , Refining
company. Mr. Babst paid several visits
to Omaha and Lincoln a few years ago
as general counsel of the National Biscuit
company when legislation affecting that
concern was pending, and has also been
prominently connected with the Alumni
association of the University of Michi
gan, of which he Is a graduate and which
conferred on him an tionorary degree,
lie was a classmate of Or. Le Roy Crunv
mer and C. L. Thomas.
Jitney Ordinance
Has Been Withdrawn
The city council suspended indefinitely
the operation o the Jitney ordinances
recently passed, and received for consid
eration a new ordinance, which retains
the regulation features of the former
measures, without reference to liability
Insurance or occupation taxes.
Objecting to the liability and tax fea
tures), ths Jitney men filed referendum
petitions with nearly 3,000 names.
City Solicitor Fleharty advised the
council he examined the petitions and
aald tht law requires the 'ouncll to re
consider the ordinances cited in the peti
tions or submit those ordinances at a
apeciat or general election.
iFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 11 (Special. )-The
Grand Island beet sugar factory has
written Labor Commissioner Coffey, de
siring to know the method to be used in
computing compensation when the dis
ability lasted twenty-nine days. In
answer Commissioner Coffey hss In
structed them as follows:
The actual earning power loet bv rea
son of an Injury suffered In the course
of employment should be the basis of
computing compensation. This computa
tion would Include the whole of the day
upon which the employe Buffered the In
jury, and all dava actually lost by reason
of the Injury. Fractional parts of days 8
should not enter into tne computation
The law provldest hat compensation shall
begin on the fifteenth day and that the
Injured employe ahall be compensated at
the rate of 50 per cent of the wagea
IBlue River Water
Rights Up to Board
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 13 (Ppeclal.)-The
Ptate Board of Irrigation, which has been
in session for a day or so, adjourned
this noon, having not acompllshed very
much except In a general way.
Oeorge W. Stelnmeyer of Beatrice and
C. O. Beardsley of IJncoln have conflict
ing claims for water power sltea near
Barneaton, In Gage county. The I nlon
Pacific la objecting to botli, olalmlng that
Its tracks are liable to be overflowed In
case of high water.
CHICAGO MAN ELECTED
HASTINGS SCHOOL HEAD
HASTING.", Neb., July 13 (8peclal Tel
egram.) T. W. B. Kverhart of Chicago
was elected superintendent of the Hast
ings schools lost night at s salary of
S2.5O0 a year. He haa had twenty-four
years' experience aa a superintendent In
knld, Okl.; Muscatine, la.; Paris. 1:1.,
and other placea. Membership In the
Nebraska Schoolmasters' club was a fac
tor In eliminating a number of candldatea.
LOCAL PASSENGER TRAIN
OFF TRACK AT.'HARBINE
FAIRBCKY. Neb.. July ll-l9peclal
Telegram.) Ixcal passenger train N. SM
was derailed near Itarblne early today
the loromotlve and ears leaving the rails.
Conductor Henry Duval was in charge of
the train. The passengers were badly
shaken up. but escaped Irjurlos. This
makej the fourth wreck In thla vicinity
In tho last few weeks, due, railway offi
cials assert, U soft track caused by rains.
Trains mansged to get by the wreck late
this afternoon and passenger and freight
traffic was restored.
New City Office is
!, Hot Air Inspector
A new position to be created by the
city council will be hot air Inspector.
His duties will be to Inspect hot air
furnaces.
John H. Huaele, spokesmsn for a dele
gation of furnace men, appeared before
the council and represented that during
tho last year the city building dpartment
lsaued permits for ano-it one-fourth of
the actual number of hot air furnaces
Installed, a condition due. he ssld. to
lack of inspection.
It. is proposed to mak" the new job
self-sustaining through collection of fees.
he
received at the time of the Injury
In computing compensation the first four
teen davs are calendar davs, compensR
tion startln.-r with the fifteenth dsy. If
the disability continue fur eight weeks,
or longer, the compensation shall be paid
from the date of the Injury.
The number of da: a rer week worked
by the Injured employe at the time of
the Injury would be the basia of determin
ing the fractional parte of weeka. If an
employe worked six days per week for a
stipulated wage "per week," and suffered
an Injun- in the course of his employ
ment which continued for twenty-nine
days, he would be entitled to comnensa
tlon for two weeks and one-sixth, or
thirteen diws. But If he worked seven
days per wee'? for a certain sum "per
wek" end Buffered an Injury that con
tinued 'or twentv-nlne dsvs. he would
be entitled to compenstlon for two weeks
and one-seventh or fifteen daya.
Wewa Votes tf Hebron.
HEBBON, Neb.. July 13. (Special.)
An Inch and forty-two hundredths of
water fell laat night between.! and S
o'clock. Thla makes three and twelve
hundredths Inches this month.
Wheat harvest Is going on under 'lf-
flculties, but most of the grain Is mw
In the shock. Some farmera worked all
night. One. Charles Burkhols, west of
town, put two bicycle lamps on his
binder and went along as thought in
daylight. The wheat is turning out
well.
A scheme is on foot at this writing
to curb the business section of th city.
The four blocks, one each way from tl-e
center of town, a curb and gutter Is
contemplated. This will be a great ;m
provement to the city with but slight
expense.
The parking of autos on the streets
of Hebron is being agitated and some
means will aoon be devised a Ion th's
line.
The county commissioners will hsvs
their hands full for sometime to -on:e
In the replacing of the many brldues
that have gone out or been damage 1 by
the heavy wlnda and high waUr of the
season. They contemplate buildins (ill
of steel and concrete.
Suing for Wages
of a Minor Child
Nelson M. Punches is suing Mr. snd
Mrs. Charles Foley, in whose home his
daughter. May Punches, 17 years old, has
been employed since March, 1914. for Mil
wsges In county court. The father al
legea his daughter'a wages should be paid
to him because she Is a minor child.
Mr. and Mrs. Foley sssert that they
have provided a home for the girl and
have paid her tl a week wages, in ac
cordance with an agreement with her.
Their statement Is corroborated by Mias
Punches, ....
MARSHAL WARNER GETS
THROUGH IN SPITE OF RAIN
A note from I'nltrd States Marshal
Warner tells of Mr. Warner'a arrival at
Rice lake, near McGregor. Minn. Mr.
Warner left here In his machine on ths
4th, going via Kloux city. The note,
dated the "th, tells of his arrival that
evening, having made the oWi miles in
three dsys. The best day's run wss 2
miles.
Ths roads were muddy, but not too bad
to negotiats, and no delay waa experienced.
Auto fpaela, Driver Injured.
GENMVA. Neb.. July 18.-(8pecial.)-Alvln
Newehaw of Carleton, Neb., is
at the Gtlmore hotel here with a broken
leg. He had been to Lincoln and bought
a second-hand car and when near Fair
mont one wheel gave way and the car
turne dover, catching Newsham, who was
an Inexperienced driver. Ha will be laid
up for some time.
LUTHERAN ASSEMBLY IN
SESSION AT BEATRICE
BEATRICE. Neb., July U.-Th south
ern district assembly of the Oerraan
Evangelical Lutheran church opened a
(hree-day conference in Beatrlne today,
which waa attended by ministers of that
faith from all over southeastern Ne
braska. Questions of paramount Issued
to the church will be discussed at the
sessions. Seventeen mtnUterg from oouiv
ties sdjulnlug Gage arrived In the city
yesterday to attend the ronferenc.
Crew of Steamship
Choctaw is Saved
DETROIT, July IS. Tha crew of the
steamer Choctaw, wrecked , Sunday night
in Ike Huron, reached Port Huron
safely aboard tha steamer Wahcondah,
according tu word received here today.
It 4s belleod the Choctaw and Wahcon
dah collided, the former sinking. Reports
received in Cleveland last night were
that the eighteen members of ths Choo
taw's crew had been drowned. The
steamer belonged to the Cleveland Cliffs
Iron company of Cleveland.
Size of Postoffice
Buildings Will Be
Based On Real Needs
WASHINGTON. July 13. -The TreaMirr
department hereafter will construct
poKtofrhca and other federal buildings
In accordance with tho needs and Im
portance of rlsas where they are lo
cated Instead of spending all that con
gress appropriate. In some instances
expensive poslofflces tatva been built In
towns wheiw the postal receipts were
not miff ii lent to maintain them.
Poslofflcea. Assistant Secretary New.
ton announced today, will be considered
in four classes: Those having receipts
of more than IsOO.ono a year, those hav
ing between WXOOo and VWO.OOO. those
having from $15,000 to SWftm, ad thva
below tl5,(XiO.
By following the samn plsn in acquir
ing altos, the department on 1 rurchaaea
siient JoOrt.ono es than congress author
ised. t -
York Votes for Pavlagr.
YORK. Neb.. July IS (Special Tele
gram.) At a special election hold In tha
city today to vote V&.WQ Intersection
bonds the vote waa rra for and 107 against.
New districts have already been stgneJ.
for whloh will when complete cover
eighty blocks or more than miles to
be completed this season.
Ynnth Drawn tn Resabltpaa.
M'COOK. Neb.. July U-(rHeclaI Tele
gram.) Tha Republican river took an
other toll of life here this afternoon
when IJiwrence Ralne. aoon of Wlllla.n
Ratne, was drowned while bathing and
boating, near the Republican river
bridge south of MoCook. Tha lad was
about 16 years old.
No hard rubbing;
No backache;
No suds-steam through
your house
when
J0 soap
r does the hard part of
does the hard part (
the work for you in cool
or lukewarm water.
Easy, pleasant, quick.
Fris Co.. Philadelphia.
0 New Location 12th and Farnam Q
Don't Haw m ftosnmrr Coaarb.
Take Dr. King's New Discovery and
you won't catch cold. It kills th. cold
germs, keeps you well. SOo. All dru
glsts. Advertisement.
MADE TO ORDER
$21, $39, $S5 and up
INCLOIlia
Extra Pair Trousers
GEORGE
WASHINGTON
Once threw a silver dol
lar clear acrota the Po
tomic river to tradi
tion ayg,
Of course a Dollar
would go further then
than it does now.
We will make your Dol
lar go very far this
week by including
An Extra Pair of Trousers
with your suit order
without extra cost.
Your garments will be
tailored in the satiafac
tory Nicoll way-at our
risk.
NICOLL The Tailor
WB Jerrems Sons
209-211 So. lBLh St.
AYRES IS APPOINTED
DEPUTY STATE AUDITOR
(From a Btafr Correionaent.)
LINCOLN, Neb.. July 13. (Special Tele
gram.) Fred C. Ayres, editor of the Hol
brook Observer. Is to be the new deputy
atate auditor, the announcement being
made today by Auditor Smith, lie fills
the vacancy cauaed by the election of
W. H. Kaatliam aa Insurance commis
sioner. He was formerly an Inspector
with the pure food department of the
stats.
Worker Robbed of Ills Savings.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., July lt-pe-
cial.) Julius Merewlck was robbed of his
savings yesterday by two men who en
tered his room whlls he waa at work
and mads the! rescspe to Omaha. One
man, Oeorge O. Merrl, Is under arrest
for Implication in the robbery, but the
other, George Frankleta, is still at large,
ad
Chasaberlaia's t elle. holers
Diarrhoea Haaer.
This Is a remedy that ayery family
should be provided wlfi, and especially
during tne summer months Think of ths
pain and suffering that must be endured
when medlcii.e must be sent for or ba-
rors relief can be obtained. Tills remedy
Is thoroighly reliable. Ask anyone who
has used It. Ortslnabie srerywbers.-
AavcrtuMmant.
The Same Car
Only Better!
The Price Is
IK jry. ?
Great Price Reduction
On the Enger Six-50
It's the Bame high-dans oar KXCKPT
JNft that it is better. There have-been no
radical change of de8in, model or mech
anism it U the snme standard car which
has given ncores of buyers absolute tiatis
faction. And yet it is different; there ar
many intprovements and added refine
ments Httlo things here and there about
'the car, which moan much in added com
fort, convenience and excellence.
And if the Enger at $1,495 sold readily
and made good, think what an excellent
investment it 1 now. The sanio car, only refined
and Improved! Itrally, it sounds too good to be
true, but It is truel And there's a reason: In
creased efficiency and output enabled the manu
facturers to give added value at a reduced price.
We have neveral cars in stock, on tha
floor, ready for you to select from. Im
mediate delivery can be made; you can choose
u car and drive It home If you wish. 80 why
delay longer. Why not get TOUR Enger now
and use it? Answer the call of the great outdoors!
General Western Distributers,
FOSHIER-ENGER CO.
12TH AND FARNAM, OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
The Shore Luncheon
Out under the spreading canopy of blue, where the air is fresh and invigorating -by
lake or 6ea, brook or river appetites are keenly sharpened. With
all the frolic and glee, full contentment will be lacking if you
fail to satisfy those exacting appetites. What could be
more delightful than to have a special packer of
55fo GeanV
of
jMl Ice (Yearns;
prepared, just before leaving for the day's outing? Nothing
appeases the craving of hunger more than
this universal food-dessert 1
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