Tlli: UVA): OMAHA, MONDAY. Al'ISl'ST LW 1!M.. ) f l I BRIEF CITY NEWS iMt Ml T Wsw Km ri' lMr!c ft... VT.M. nura-nn1s frank Macs, Vlollnst, baa ra :mt tiarhins; with a larger enrollment of pupils than any previous rear. r. K. Kow.ll, rac.nt Unit ad gU.Ua at torney, totaled olflcws at Tii-ISl Hrandels Thealtr MUg.. entrance 17th or 18th 8t. Xwp Tour Moaay and valuaMmi In tha American Hafe lcposlt Vaults. X1H 3. tfth Ht-, ltee building. Boxes rent 1 for three ttiouth. Upen from a. ni. to p. m. Coppr Wlra Btolen Nine hundred feet of copper wire belonging to th I'nlon 1'aclflc railroad trai stolen from Ninth and Leavenworth streets Friday night. Toaar'a Ooaoplsi. Mori giagiaw lassaTtifl saattoo loaajr, b.b4 appear is Tbe Bee KXSL.UPIVIU.Y. Fla4 out wba4 rrle mo1n picture tnsatsra offer. Welsh Plcnio Xbo Bay The Welsh of Omaha and vicinity will have a lasket picnic at Miller park on Labor day and a concert In the evening at the pavilllon. for Safety PlrtK In Life Insurance see W. H. Indoe, general agent State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Worces ter, Mass., one of the oldest, 71 years, uid best companies on earth. Back From Ohloago Visit Miss Nell and Miss Reba McNamara return today from Chicago, where they have been the irueeta of their sister, Mrs. J. P. Shields and Mr. Shields, for the last two weeks. Close Stores Bandars The Butchers' association of Omaha met Friday night and elected J. J. Cameron as secretary. The butchers also decided to co-operate with the grocers In closing their shops on Sundays. Bedford Moree Jeff W. Bedford Son have moved their offices from Room WIS State bank building to rooms 8224 State bank building, where they will con tinue to do a general real estate and in surance buslnens. Changes at Toon Men's Christian As sociation A handsonio dark wood and glass partition is being built In the lobby of the Young Men's Christian association hulldlDg to be the office of Assistant Sec retary I. TL Lines. Anto Trip to Columbus 8. E. Smyth, lioiiso secretary of the Omaha Auto club is going on an auto trip to Columbus to day, to see what the Lincoln Highway looks like. With him will go his brother, V. C. Smyth and Charles Bothwell. Wanted Bhoe Salesman for northern Nebraska also Northwestern lowa.N one without successful road record considered. Write (confidential) fully. Experience annual shipments, territory worked, age. references. Noyes-Norman Shoe Co., St. Joseph, Mo. Asking Bids on lord Plant Bids on the contract for tho construction of the Ford motor assembling plant at Cuming and Sixteenth streets, are to be in by .September 1. Plans are on file at the office of the Omaha builders' exchange. Albert Kahn Is the architect. Two Held TTp Stlekup men got two victims and about 30 and a watch last night H. Leone, 1712 North Twenty seventh stivet, contributed the watch and $10 to a large, well armed negro. E. F. Young, Twenty-second and Davenport streets, yielded $30 to two men. In Interest of Sunday Meetings A meeting was held Saturday afternoon by a number of women prominent In the Billy Sunday movement, to discuss various phases of the work among women dur ing the meetings. Tho following partici pated: Mesdames L. A. Borshclm, K. Benedict, EX It. Jenks, li A. Benson, W. T. Graham, W. W. Slaubaugh and Miss Lilly Strong. MODERN WOODMEN HOLD JG PICNIC Bellevue ii the Scene of a Great Gathering of the Order with the Royal Neighbor. STAGE BIG CARD OF EVENTS small luncheon at fie Ia)-i. Krhlnv j evenlnu Mr. and Mr. l.eonnr.1 Miller entertained nt dinner. Mr. Sullivan wns formerly Miss Blanche Deaver of tn.s city. Burgess-Nash Buyers Back from the East With one or two exceptions the entire force of buyers for the Burgess-Nash company have returned from the eastern markets and each reports an unusually successful trip. I C, Nash, vice president of the com pany, who was in New York directing the buying and who returned home yes terday said: '"Everybody the country , over is very optimistic and everything points to a remarkably prosperous season this fall particularly In this locality. Tha ilurgess-Nash force bought with that In mind, laying particular stress on the selection of ready-to-wear and mer chandise for the basement store. "Manufacturers realizing our wonder ful growth, the character of merchandise we sell and the Increasing demand were anxious for us to open accounts with them and in that way we were able to secure many splendid lines of mer chandise for which we will have the ex clusive sale in this territory. "We made a greater effort this time than ever before to select merchandise w ith an eye to the needs and requirements of the Omaha buying public that we may be In truth of the greatest service to the greatest number." Bellevue had the time of Ms life Sat urday when i.WO Modern Woodmen of A merle. Royal Neighbors of America and their friends from TVmglaa. Sarpy and Case counties were guests of Bellevue ramp No. NTS and South Omaha camp No. 10B6. The crowd began to pour In early In the morning, bringing bountiful baskets of good things. They came by foot, by horse, by automobile, by street car, crowding into Washington square, giving the glad hand to all their brethren and sisters and welcoming the strangera At 2:30 p. m. the real fun began with the raoes for all. "Come on, Tom." "Oo It, Jerry." And away they went, the iv Inner In each rtet blng nswardftd by a crisp new tilll from the roll which Master of Ceremonies Cook carried. Win ners in events were aa follows: i Hundred-yard dash. Woodmen only, Andrew O raves. Flfty-rard dash. Royal Neighbors only, Helen Morton. Hundred-yard dash, boys under IS. II. Freeman. Fifty-yard dash, iflrls under 1. Violet Bressman. Women's egg race, twenty-five yards, Stella Hognn. Men's sack race. Woodmen only, H. B. Bsrker. Fat women's race., twenty-five yards. Mrs. Andrew Sander. Fat men's race (over 200 pounds'). Ad Weekly. Olrlsr raca, under 10 years, Jessie Hons Hoys race, under 10 years. Ulenn Wat klrin. Men's nuarter-mile race, Robert Page Woodchoppera' contest, Bert Bressman. Itellerne Wins Tug. The tug-o'-war between the South Side, and Bellevue camps was the brg event of this part of tha program. Men pulled and pulled harder than they ever had at other log rollings until the South eiders threw up their hats and the Bellevueltes slipped back with the rope victors. The address of welcome delivered by Vloe President Baakervllle of Bellevue college waa next In tha order of events. It was Immediately followed by an ora tion on Woodcraft ' delivered by Hon. Frank R. Korro." chairman of the board of directors of the Modwrn Woodmen of America, After the "speakln' " a farce ball game was staged between the regular Bellevue base ball team and a town team In out landish garb with masks, wigs and painted faces. The regulars won the flve-tnnlng game. 10 to 6. After supper the blight lads and lassies began to come Into evidence and at 7 o'clock they led the crowd In tripping the light fantastlo on the big platform erectsd for tho occasion. From 7 to 11 o'clock the band furnished melody, the hawkers shouted their wares, the merry-go-round whirled madly around In Its dtssy course, and the refreshment stands were fast emptied. Large Small Grain Crop in South Dakota W. W. Johnston, assistant general freight agent of the Burlington, Is home from a swl..g around the country, having visited a large portion of South Dakota and a greater portion of northern Ne braska. Said Mr. Johnston relative to crops: "South Dakota lias Just completed har vesting the best small grain crop in its history. Threshing Is well under way and wheat is turning out twenty to thrlytHfive bushels per acre and the qual ity la excellent. Corn Is coming on fine and promises a big yield. "As to Nebraska, through the north half of the state, where there was less rain than farther south, small grain Is In good condition and ia turning out well. I never saw corn looking better and though it Is a bit late. It is rapidly mak ing up for lost time and If frosts hold off as late ss usual the crop will be up to. If not far above, the average. Every where) farmers are In the best of spirits. They have an abundance of everything that the soil produces." Negro Delegates Close Convention Four-Wheel Drive Co. Looks for Location George P. Hewitt, sales manager, and V. H. Burdette, special representative of the Four Wheel Drive Auto company, are Id Omaha for the purpose of locating an agency at this point. The Omaha field Is very much desired by truck men, as there are great posslblltles In this terri tory from the standpoint of mechanical hauling. MICHAELSEN FINDS THE COUNTRY IN GOOD SHAPE Waldemar Michaelsen, former city electrician, now representing a gas en gine company, has returned from a trip through l'ortheaitem Nebraska where ha found many evidences of general pros perity. "I met Chris itasmussen, farmer near Homer, vtho asserted he would havo a yield t.f 100- bushels an acre from his corn. I shipped home a bunch of corn stalks i:!' feet " in height and having three, four or five eara to the stalk," remarked the Omaha man. Mr. Michaelsen says It U surprising to note how many farmers are Installing tholr own power and light plants. He asserts he sold several plants last week with electric washing machines. lroa vacuum cleaner and fans as parts. Delegates from Missouri. Iowa and Ne braska to the sessions of the United Brothers of Friendship, the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten and the Juveniles brought their conventions at the court house to a close yesterday. Most of the visitors left for their homes by special trains to St. Louis and Kansas City. H. A. Chllds of Omaha was elected right supporter. Other officers were elected as follows: Dr. J. H. Williams of Kansas City, grand master; S. T. Pettl grew of Huntsvtlle. Mo., grand secretary; J. T. Carter, grand treasurer, and B. K. Burke of Ieavenworth, Kan., secretary of the executive committee. C. J. Will iams of Boonvllle, Mo., was re-elected editor of the Searchlight Officers were Installed at an entertain ment and ball held at the Auditorium Friday night when more than 4,000 guests were present. Auditor and Chief Clerk Are Reversed The official positions of Engena A. Mur phy and William II. Anderson, former Omaha men, but now residents of Chi cago, have been reversed. When In Omaha, for years Anderson was auditor of freight accounts for the Union Paclflo and Murphy was bis chief clerk. A couple of yean ago Murphy quH the Union Paclflo and went to Chloago, where he became chief clerk In the office of the auditor of freight accounts of the Milwaukee. Subsequently Anderson left the Union Paoifio and In a few wek went to Chicago, where he seeured em ployment wkh the Milwaukee road, work. Ing under Murphy. September 1 Murphy will become auditor of freight accounts and Anderson will be his ohlef clerk. No Orders Placed In Omaha for War Munitions for Europe According to Omaha manufacturers j who have had negotiations with Hgents I who wish to order shells for the warring natlona. no definite orders have yet been placed In Omaha. Negntlatlens. rather Indefinite In tone, have been In progress with the McKeen Motor Car company, the Paxton Vlerllng company, the Baker Ice Machine company and the Omaha Machine Works, but no orders have been placed. We do not know fer which country the shells are wanted." said Mr. Vlerllng of the Paxtort-Vlerllng company. "The negotiations have always been with about the fourth or fifth hand man. A local man la acting as agent for some Chicago concern which In turn Is acting fcr a New York concern which again Is acting for someone else, and so on. "We have no contract. We have been asked If we had facilities for making heils. We said we had. Then we were asked If we could make them of given lie, with given temper of steel. nd a great many specifications involving a world of detail. And there the thing ended. We havo not been ordered to go ahead and make them. "I was In Chicago not long ago and foun l that ii factories canablo of hand ling that kind of orders ar not all work ing on such orders. That convinced me that the demnnd Is not so great, and that the Omaha concerns sre not likely to be called upon for such orders, at least until the Chicago and other eastern concerns are running up to cnpaclty." TWO MORE WEEKS SCHOOLJACATION Twenty-Six Thousand Children, Taught by Nine Hundred Teach er, Will Gather. MANY CHANGES IN THE STAFF Large Shipment of Chinese Goods Here A large shipment of Chinese goods has arrived In Omaha from Hongkong, China, and la now In the government warehouse awaiting the action of the collector of the port. The shipment Is the first of any alse that has been sent direct from China to Omaha for five years, and Is from the Wah Fong Tal company of Hong kong to Sang Chong, who la opening a wholesale Chinese grocery at 123 North Twelfth street. Tho value of the shipment Is placed at about $5,000, Hongkong money, which Is about the equivalent of J2.M0 American money. The shipment consists of Chinese wine, which Is a distilled product made from rice; prepared vegetables, ploklea, sauces, preserved fruits, nuts, fruits and other Chinese eatables. The shipment has a consulated Invoice from the Ameri can consul at Hongkong and the duty will bt about 4fi0. ' Baby Has the Oeas. When a mother Is awakened . from sound sleep to find her child whn ha gone to bed apparently In the best of 1 neaiui struggling for breath, she Is naturally alarmed. Yet If she can keep her presence of mind and give Cham berlaln's Cough Remedy every ten min utes until vomiting Is produced. ' Quick relief wlU follow and the child wilt t j fcleep to awaken In the morning as I well as ever. This remedy hss been in u! for insny years with uniform sue i ens. Obtainable everywhere. All drug gists Advertisement FORMER OMAHA GIRL AND HUSBAND ENTERTAINED HERE Dr. and Mrs. 3. J. Sullivan of Seneoa, Kan , left Saturday evenlag for O'Neill, after a few dura' vUit with rt-A- - -- . . a . UM, , i I . Omaha. Numerous affairs were given In j tneir nonor. Mrs. Charles B. McDonald antertalned at a 1 o'clock luncheon en Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Barnes entertained at a 7 o'clock dinner Wednes day evening. Thursday noon Mrs. E. F. Leavenworth was hostess at luncheon followed by a matinee party at the Bran dels. Thursday evening Mr. and Mr. E. W. Norrls entertained at dinner and Frl dsy Mrs. W. C. Schopp was hortess at a Lincoln Gets Meet Crowded Out Omaha Between t.OrtO and 8.000 delegates are ex pected to attend the convention of the Farmers' Hducatlonal and Cb-operatlve Union of America at Lincoln. September 7, 8 and 9. Twenty-three states, from Oregon to Florida, and from Indiana to Texas, are represented In tho delegates that are to attend. This Is to be the eleventh annual convention of tho na tional organisation. The convention Is to be held In the city Auditorium at Lincoln. This Is the convention that was scheduled for Omaha this year, but could not be accommodated hero to tho best advan tage at that particular time as the Na tional Letter Carriers' association is to have thousands of delegates here at that time. Want Building Bids Opened in Public Legislation forcing owners of proposed buildings to open bids for construction in public Instead of In secret is one of the reforms the Nebraska Master Builders' association Is seeking to accomplish. The association has Just gone Into preliminary organisation in Omaha and the first state meeting Is to be held at Lincoln Friday evening. August 27. Notices are being sent out for this meeting by K. M. Illckel, editor of the Midwest Construction News. Casualty Insurance matters are to be taken up by the association, fake adver tising Is to be scored systematically, and a lot of details that are of vital Interest to the contractors are to be gone aver. Two more weeks of school vaca tion and then 26,000 boys and girls of Greater Omaha win return to fifty two schools, where 900 teachers will be ready to receive them. Tuesday morning, September 7, will mark the beginning of te actual operation of the consolidated school system under the control of the Oreater Omaha Hoard of Education. The last appraised valuation of the buildings and groundo -t uls sys tem wan approximately $4,500,000, with a bonded indebtedness of $1. 795,000, which Includes the fifteen schools of South Omaha and the Dundee. shown by School t'enaaa. The last school census of the consoli dated area showed S7.70O persons of school age, 6 to 21 years. A 10 o'clock Monday morning, Septem ber 8, Superintendent Graff will greet his teaching staff of MO men and woman In the auditorium of the Central High school. South Side and ruindce add nearly 200 to tho list of teachers. As sistant Superintendent Ryan Is working on the assignments of teachers for the next school year. The Central High school will be under the direction of Joseph O. Masters, former principal of tho Oklahoma City High school. Miss Jesse M. Towne will take her new position as dea.ii of girls and Major llennlng Klsasser will le the new commandant of cadets. 11 It. Mul ligan will tie supervisor of athletic and dobating at the Central High. M'ss Mary B. Mcintosh will Inaugurate the new laundering feature at this school. A branch public library will be Installed. Three New Kindergartens. Superintendent Graff expects a rather crowded condition at the High School of Commerce, which was congested last year. He does not believe consolidation will make any material difference In the attendance at this school. The building program of the Board of ICducatlon Includes a new High School of Cemmeree. Karl F. Adama of Spring field, Mass. ,will have charge of this school, and J. W. LampmLn has been added to the faculty. Kindergartens will be opened at the Jung man, Garfield and Madison schools, South Omaha. The South Omaha schools formerly known ss High, Central, Frank lin and Lincoln, will have the prefix South In each instance. Temporary annexes have been erected at Mason, Lincoln, Franklin and Saund ers' schools. South Omaha schools have been overhauled at an expenditure of about I1S.O0O. N. M. Graham, former auperlntemlent of the BOuth Omaha school, has started his work as assistant superintendent, his duties being supervision of the elemen tary oourse of study, csre of reports and teachers' meetings. German will be taught In five more ele mentary schools, making a total of flf-ti-en. The new school at lumle will be ready for occupancy on the opening day. Brown and Dietz Test Out Balloon Owned by King Ak The big ilitiglhle balloon pun-hased by Hand, til Brown and UonM Plets for use on the Ak-Snr-Mcn carnival grounds, ha been tested nnI found gtMxl. No. I 'lets and Hrown IM not go nero scouting In this rraft of the firmament. They simply sneaked out to the big bal loon house at Fott Omaha when no one was looking and filled the Mg hag with gss. They merely wanted to know there were no holes In It. Thi-y dill not even open the door of th steel house for fear the Walloon would escape. Also, they looked the roof over carefully to see that it had no weak places where the bag might get out and sail away. When thsy were assured that the monster was properly confined and duly shnck!ed with chains. Brown swung his weight on a guy rope, lifted his feet fully six Inches from the ground and bobbed up and down Just to see how It would feel to be suspended In air by a balloon Finding that Hrown was not Instantly dashed to ptex ee on the earth below him, Gould Diets made bold to catch at a guy rope, ami also lift his own weight from the dust of Fort Omaha Tim two Ak'Sar-Brn governors, suaiH-ndoil In air, hung there grinning at each other for a space of twenty pulse beats, then stepped six Inches down to solid earth, shook hands, and congratulated one nnothor on the fine ascension. Then they pulled tha plug, allowed tho gss to wheese out Into the wide world, locked the door and came away. As y no dnflnlte contract has bren entered Into for a man to said the dirigible dur ing the carnival. Elks' Big Annual Clam Bake to Be at Krug Park Sept. 11 The date for the 1016 clambake of the Omaha Klka has been In douht for some days for the reason that It was originally fixed for Thursday, September t, at Krug park. Tha Omaha letter carriers, how ever, desired that date for the entertain ment of the delegates to their national convention to be held In Omaha during that week. After telegraphic correspond ence with John Klpple of Gloucester City, N. J., the expert clanibsker who comes to Omaha each year for this special pur pose, h eastern and middle west clam bake dates were so adjusted that he will be able to do the bake on September 11. The general crmmlttee of arrangements Is preparing a high-class vaudeville pro gram In connection with the clambake. Invitations have been sent out to all the Nebraska and Iowa sub.dtnate lodges and many prominent Elks of the two states will be present, notlaeably among them being Frank L. Kaln of Falrbury. Neb., one of the leading officials of the grand lodge. NO SUCCESSOR TO O'BRIEN UNTIL ANNUAL MEETING The departure of "Pave" O'Brien to make his home permanently in the east will leave another vacancy on the Ak-Sar-Ben board of governors. King Ak Sorely In Need of Horses "My crown for a quadruped." or words to that effect, were squawked madly across the battlefield by Hlchard the Third when he had lost his horse In the thick of the fight. King Richard is not speaking now, but King Ak-Sar-Ben Is. King Ak-Sar-Ben Is short of horses and he wants horses for the big electrical parade. Every year tliey are becoming more scarce and more difficult to get, until King Ak snatches at the merest plug like a dying man at a chance brlok-bat. DES MOINES PEOPLE COME TO SUNDAY MEETINGS Dee Moines is planning to run a special train to Omaha to attend the Billy Sun day meetings. A letter has bn received by A. W. Bowman, chairman of the ushers committee from a member of tho Deej Moines Ushers' association which has been continued as a permsnent organlxa tlon since the Sunday meetings there. The lettar states that the lnter-church council of.Des Moines expects to run .1 spe lal train to Omaha Saturday, September 11, to the Sunday meetings. The letter also suggests that the Des Moines ushers do the ushermg in the local tabernacle lor one or two meetings. iPMf Corn on the Cob The Roasting Ear JULIUS 0RKIN LEAVES TO INSPECT BIG CITY STORES Julius Orkln, the Douglas street women's outfitter, aceomoanled hv architect, left last evening for Kansas City, Bt Louis and other cities to took over some or the leading women's gar ment stores for the purpose of securing I new Ideas for a store hmi 1 Urged Orkln store. Mr. Orkln says he expects to make tha new store one of the most up-to-date and beautiful In the middle west. Don't r gleet foeghs er elds. 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