Till HKE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1.5, UK.
GRANT PARSONS AT
HEAD 0FJJU1LDERS
Nebraska Association Elects Offi
cers for Ytr and Selects Omaha
as Permanent Headquarters.
Nebraska
Nebraska
Farmers' Congress
At Grand Island
Reports Growth
CONTRACTORS AT A BANQUET! uraxi. isi.aNp. Neb.. .in. 12.-.S1- .
rial Telegram,) Interspersed with mimic
Grant I'arsons, Omaha, was re- ,,v ''! nialo quartet, the openina se- ;
... . . . . x . . ,, j slnn of the Farmers" eoiiRress to-
elected president of the Nebraska . . , , ,.
1 u 1 ,rt.iv was devoted largely to addresses.
Master Builders' association at the;Mny-r Kyan welcomed the members to
convention Of the association yes- j the city nnd Charles K. Slatt responded,
terday afternoon. H. II. Fallforf. , nddrosMlnit himself Ininely to a rnmpar
,, ... j t. ..1 ison of city Bnd farm oraan'satlons. In-
Grand Island, was elected Mce pres- ,,,,,, ,, neVired lle hnd hNird
ldent; Erenest Itokahr. Mncoln, ommprcla cU,hn crttieisins; nnd oon-
treasurer, and Itay Oould, Omaha, idemnlwi farmers' organisations, but never
secretary. I heard a farmers' organisation blnmlnn
1 ., . . citv Interests for org--nlzln.
The following directors were cia.(i. g n.rrpU M,t of ,h . ,
elected: braes. HOKanr, Mnctitn. tlcnal or:uilatlon. arrived from Ueoi-Kla.
Ttay Gould. Grant Parsons, Omaha; landing Into one of Nebraska's coldest
Peter Palmer. Oakland; W. J.Xstsen- -spcii. He especially ratef.ii to the
t,- iti t i,.l,.rll 1 Nebraska union for Its extension of
. ...... w.u. ma((1,.lHl nM by vny of , , ,outh
North Bend; H. li. raimorr, uranu
rt Harris, a merchant at 1 lolmesvllle,
ss arrested at Washington, Kan., for
hicskiim" his parole and w ill be brought
hack to Heat rice by Sheriff Alton, who
left Tuesday for requisition papers.
YOUNG PASSENGEtTfIREMAN
INJURED BY SLIP ON ICE
T'Air.lU'ttY. N-h.. Ian. 12 (Special
Tel. sranVi .lay T.. Hall, a Tlork Island
pnssenter fireman of this city, fell off a
bin pssoenver locomotive tank at t'ourt
lainl. Kan., last night and sustained seri
ous In.lurles while Bssltlnp Knirlneer
diaries Tt. l'orter In taklni; coal. H
slipped on the lee and snow. He was
removed to a coach In the tialn and
brought to Fsirbury snd taken to 111
home. Hnglneer Porter brought the
Horsy Mountain passenger train to Helle
vllle, Kan., and secured an emergency
fireman who took Hall's place to Fall- I
em members In the cotton depression n
few months ago.
In his annual address this Rfternonn
I President Oustafson stated that "war.
! unfavorable weather and stubborn reslst-
Island; S. P. Wahlstrom, Wahoo,
and II. E. Olsen.
During the nftrcnoon Harry l-flwrie,
......1 rt ilma Vi a ri i aMi sued the reln-
, ' . . ' ., ,. . nine tiy the opposition" had so much ;
tions between the building" owner the r ,
contractor snd the archi.ect In the even- mpp( f .
In a banquet of the contractors was held ,.,, ,,.,. of R ar m, !
: grown to T3I.
Permanent l.eadquartcrs of the asaoc-la-; Tho iUm nlPmber. of a y08r - mi,
tlon arc to bo ina'ntuined in Omaha. Kn,wn to about twice that number. There
Attorney ltosennter Talks.
Stanley Itosewalcr. attorney, discussed
'.he law and the contractor before the
convention at the- morning session. He
went with considerable detail Into the
points of the law on which litigation Is
most likely to occur to tho contractor In
Scaling with architects and building own-
ITS.
wore today eighteen county organizations
compared with eleven a year ago. The
growth of the state exchange was much
more phenomenal. In the summer of 1914
a room 20x20 was occupied. Now a bulld
injr ira feet long- and four stories high
was well filled by the different depart
ments of tho exchange, through which
members buy direct from the producers.
He advised the contractors to take care 'Over 2,O0O.nnn pounds of binder twine were
always to have the signatures of both the thus sold this year.
owner and the architect before golnu
nhead with any change in the building
from what the original contract called
for. By no means, he swld, should they
go ahead with such changes on merely
the order of either tho owner or the
architect alone.
The speaker discussed the standard con
tract documents now coming Into pretty
general use throughout the country, and
declared them the best of their kind he
had seen. Hverything Is clear and spe
cific," he said, "and very little is left
to Interpretation and construction."
The association devoted most of the
morning to the reading and discussing of
the articles jof Incorporation. Some
twenty-two were present.
O'Connor Claimants
Lose Case in Court
By Judge's Decision
HASTINGS, Neb.. Jan. 12. (Special
Telegram.) Judge Corcoran today disal
lowed all heirship claims to the ,100,000
estate of John O'Connor, recluse and al
leged reformed bandit. lie took under
advisement the Jurisdictional question of
whether the auit to quiet title in the
state of Nebraska . was prematurely
brought, since a ault over a will Is pend
ing In the supreme court on appeal from
a verdict finding that the Instrument was
forged. i
Judge Corcoran supplemented his de
cision with a scathing criticism of some
of the witnesses. The story of Mrs.
Amanda Brown of Asheville, N. C. who
claimed to be a niece, read like a tale
from the "Arabian Nights." ho said.
If the testimony In this case had been
given before him in his own district.
Judge Corcoran asserted he would have
had the claimant and witnesses prose
cuted for perjury. "Our courts," he said,
"should teach a lesson in the state con
cerning testimony of this character."
Several of the claimants announced
that they would appeal from the decision.
Attorneys will have sixty days in which
to file briefs on the Jurisdiction question,
and the state will have thirty days In
which to answer. Judge Corcoran came
from his home In York to preside as a
aubstltute for Judge If. 3. Dungan, who
wag disqualified by reason of previous
connection With the case.
There arc at present forty-two farmers'
union co-operatlvo grain elevators in Ne
braska. The union has done much to bet
ter rural schools. President Oustafson ex
horted the members to remain loyal and
the success of the organization Is sssnired.
Secretary-Treasurer Kills of Omaha also
rendered a report corroborating in detail
tho statements of the president. Various
committees were appointed. An Interest
ing paper by O, L. Carlson of Norfolk
wai read.
Tonight the members were shown the
Nebraska resources pictures by Prof. Oon-
dra and listened to an address by Prof.
Bradford.
Hall l. one of the young extra board
engineers involved In the recent reduction
of men at this point and had made only
a couple of trips as passeticer fireman on
the district between Falrbury nnd Phll-
upsmirg, Ivan., when the accident hap
pened, i
DOUGLAS APPOINTED CITY !
ATTORNEY AT PLATTSM0UTH j
IM.ATTSMOCTH. Neb.. Jan. l!.-(Spe-j
cinl.) Judge J. r'.. Poimlas was elected J
city atto'-ney to fill vacancy by the city
council at its meeting last tilcht. The
council received Hie notice or Hie letting!
of the contract bv the library hoard f-r j
the ne- public library to the firm of j
Peters & Richards, local contractors, for j
tll.530.
H. P BURKETT FILES
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE
Held tor Breaking Parole.
BBATKICK. Neb., Jan. 12. (Special.!
Clarence Uitliens, who was paroled a few
months ago by Judge l'emberton after
ho had pleaded guilty to the charge of
passing a forged check for (S.B0 on Rob-
HARTINGTON, Neb., Jan. 12 .-(Special.)
II. K. Uurkett of this citv has an
nounced his cand'oucy for the office of
district Judge on the nonpartisan ticket.
Mr. Uurkett Is a cousin of ex-United
States Senator linrkctt of Lincoln.
The dates of the Cedar County Teach-i
era' Institute have been set for the week i
of August 21.
COUPLE FROM OMAHA
MARRIED AT PLATTSM0UTH
PIATTSMOlTTM. Neb., Jan. 12.
(Special.) Frank Stroud snd Miss Cora
Russell, both of Omaha, slipped down to
this city yesterday and, securing a
license, were united In marriage by his
honor, Judgo A. J. Ileeson, after which
they departed for thtir home In tho
metropolis, where they expected to sur
prise their friends.
MAY HAYE TO PAY
FOR OLD METERS
General Manager Howell Discovers ,
City Paid for Meter Put In by
Old Company.
NOW PLANS TO GET COIN BACK
Many hundreds of people In Omaha are
soon to be asked to pay for the old badly
worn and almost useless water meters In
stalled In the homes by the old water
company before tht plant became the
properly of the city.
General Mana ;cr Howell of the Water
board Is planning on this move. F. l.
esd. new chalrn.an of the Water board,
mentioned It casually at a meeting of the
Omaha Heal E-ntMc exchange.
When asked t" explain tt he said that
the old company had installed a large
number of nielets years ago at no cost
to the properly owner, but had retained
ownership In the meters. He said tbst
these were Inve rt, rlcd when the plant
was bought by the city, and that there
fore they are now the property of tho
Metropolitan Water district and not tho
property ot the f wnor of tho houso In
which they are installed.
(.runns (.reel Announceittnt.
Groans and exclamations from the real
estate men greet-d this announcement.
"What will be the price 111 snd some
thing, the same a; those sold by the
board now?" tsked a member.
"I am not stir? as to that." said Mr.
Wead, "but 1 understand they were In
ventoried at about 115 apiece."
"Wouldn't it be good business, then."
asked J. It. Robbing, "lo throw tho old
one out and buy one of the new ones
cheaper."
This created a ripple of laughter, and
several suggested that the board be al
lowed to come to the homes and take
out lta old meters which it bought ot
the old company at $15 apiece, and that
the owners buy the new ones at til
rather than pay the price for the old.
Rllla for Pipe, Too.
Harry Wolf asked If the home owners
were soon to get bills for the water
pipe, also Installed by the old company.
"I admit I cannot follow that out
logically along the line with ples and
all." said Mr. Wead.
The subject came up only casually
through a discussion of some Water
board tsctlcs with regard to requiring
owners to sign a guarantee of the water
rent before the board t euld turn on
water in a rented house. It was pointed
out by some that there Is a tendency
at the water office when an application
for water comes In to send the tenant
to the owner to get his signature to a
guarantee rather than t call his atten
tion to the fact Hint he may havo the
water turned on by making a cash de
posit as a guarantee. It was voted that
V. P. Wead as a member of (lie ex
change and also ss a member of thf
Water board, take this mstler up -.
the boa id snd ask that more emphasis
be put on the cash deposit a,, that land
lords would !e less bothered wlih ten
snls coming In asking for slttnatuies
Kii.it anteelng the water rent.
Schmidt Doomed to
San Quentin Prison
The Rest of His Life
ea otra f llmfti. '
I'.KNHVA, Neb., Jan. U-(Spcrtal.)-Or-Mlle
K. Hamilton, assisted by Virgil P.
Brock and Clifford Newham, are con
ducting a union revival In the Methodist
Kplscopal church.
Han Welch, after a trip to Mllligsn. is
spending his time In the elty Jail await
ing his trial on a charge of cruelty to his
wife.
lle (rnnld tfardly o.
"About two years ago t Kot down on
my bark until I hardly could go," writes
Solomon Heouette. Flat ltlver. Mo. "I
got a 60c box of Foley Kidney Pllla and
they straightened me right up." Common
symptoms of kidney trouble are hack
ache, headache, rheumatic pains, soreness
and stiffness, puft'lness under eyes,
blurred vision, sleep disturbing bladder
troubles, and s languid, lired feellrr
Foley Kidney pllla help to eliminate the
poisonous waste matter tbst causes these
symptoms. Sold everywhere Advertisement.
Advertiser and customer profit by the
l "Classified Ad" habit.
I.Ofl ANGRI.rcs. Cal.. Jan. 12 Matbew
A Schmidt, convicted of murder two
weeks sgn in correction with the dyna
miting of the Tlmca building five years
ago, was sentenced today to life Imprison
ment In Pan QuonMn prison.
Schmidt wss sentenced sfter Judge
Prank R. Willis of the criminal depart
ment of the superior court had denied
the motion of his attorneys for a new
tiial.
Asked if he hail anything to say before
sentence was pronounced. Schmidt pro
duced a lengthy manuscript and read
therefrom a statement in which ho de
clared he had nothing to do w ith the eon
splrscy of James n. MrNamara and
others to blow tin the Times and that he
regretted as much as anyone the death
of the twenty men killed In the bomb ex
plosion. A stay of execution was granted
Schmidt until January 21 to give his at
torneys time to perfect an appeal.
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ROY R. BARNARD SELLS
THE CALLAWAY QUEEN
CAIjLAWAY, Jan. 12. (VSpeclal.)-Aftel'
having aerved In Callaway for the last
twenty-two years, fourteen of which has
been as editor of tho Loup Valley Queen,
which he was one of the founders of.
Roy R. Barnard closed a deal late Sat
urday evening in which fie stepped down
from the editorial harness and turned
the reins over to James C. Naylor and
Harry B. Yates.
The new proprietors took charge of the
business on Monday morning. Both are
young men who were born, reared and
received their early education in the
Callaway schools, and both have been
successful business men in the town since
reaching manhood.
The future plans of the former editor
have not been given out, but it U un
derstood that he does not Intend to be
out of tho "harness" for any length of
time.
CIDIU DATTHal WCWWCnY
GENEVA PIONEER, IS DEAD!
GKNOA. Neb.. Jan. 12. (Sneclal.l-Mw.
-arah Patton Kennedy died at her home
in this city yesterday at 11:23 a. m. She
van liorn at Kdenderry. Puri.ih oC though
iiricklan. County Down. Ireland, Febru
ary IT, ISi"0. and was married to James
Miles Kennedy October 21, lsiti. Mrs.
Kennedy and her )iit,band came lo Amer
ica In l!, settling In New York City for
a short time, then moved to New
Jersey where they remained until coming
to Nance county in 179, which has been
their home ever since. Mrs. Kennedy Is
survived by four sons and three daugh
ters, all of whom were at her bedslds
when she passed away.
Damage Claim settled.
I'.KATR1'"K. Neb.. Jan. 12 (Special )
The fiiion Pacific Railway company,
through Its attorneys, Hazlett Jack of
this city, and Claim Agent Motilton of
i unaha uesdTay made a satisfactory set
tlement witii Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peter
son, wiuse son. Kdwln Peterson of Vir
ginia, thit rounty, waa killed In the wreck
Kt Randolph, Kan., last November. Mr.
Moulton suited the company proposed to
utile all death claims In connection with
the re k jnfct as fast as time and cir-
uiitrt.Hr.cc would pci nut.
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Appi'ofd toy?
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Look over this partial lint, se
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r n nice ai moa
)EJfj 1160.00 Mahogany China Cabinet,
"" 1 si Adam style, Interior lined In
3C..t;--l silk damask $50. OO
19.00 China Cabinet, fumed
oak S7.SO
$ r.2.00 China Cabinet, fumed
oak .-S20.00
9100.00 Klnndors style China
Cabinet, mirror back, drawer
across bottom $-17.?0
$ 38.00 Chair, tapt etry covered, wing back. $2O.O0
$210.00 Mahottany Chlfforobe S105.00
$ 21. CO Rocker, golden oak, leather upholstered
spring sent and back S14.50
30.00 Hocker, mahogany, seat and back uphol
stered In green morocco leather S20.00
f 19.00 Hocker, Jacobean oak, tapestry spring
aoat nnd back S12.00
0 E i l I . -nl
CO. 00 Fumed Oak Bookcase $15.00
4 4.00 Walnut Cniiffonler S22.00
(54. 00 Walnut Chiffonier &XS.OO
4 0.00 Lad lea' Desk, In walnut SUJl.OO
73.00 Mahogany Chest of Drawers $37.50
70.00 Mahogany Chiffonier $45. OO
34.00 Chiffonier, bird's eye maple $25.00
65.00 Drmfier, Toona mahogany $37.50
Odd Pairs of Lace Curtains Priced for Final Clearance
Bric-a-Brac Sale
Lamp. China. Statuary and
Miscellaneous Gift Articles at
about HALF.
For example .
$7.2.1 Kjigllsh IWk Crystal Center
rive 83.65
fD.OO Kock Crystal Comfort
Prtre $4.50
SIVJ.M) Hilk Covered, flower trim-
med laby ront hanger. .$1.25
f:t..V lavender silk ront hanger,
trimmed Mith heather, .gj 7f
$.00 Hand yoven bags filled
with lavender $1.00
20 atyles
Muslin. Scrim and Lace Curtains
Values to $3.50 pair, 95 pair.
30 styles
Lace. Net and Scrim Curtains
Values to $5.50 pair, $1.85 pair.
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five yards long, at a mere fraction of rngular values.
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