THE BEK: OMAHA, FRTDAY, FEimUAUY 11, 101 fi.
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TIE YOTE FOR THE
FIRE APPARATUS
Matter May Now Go Orer Until the
Return of Commissioner Kugl .
Next Week.
BIDS AiE NOT YET REJECTED
A tia rote of six city commissioners
cn th awarding of a contract to
the American LaFrance Fir Engine
company resulted in failure of Cora
nissioner Withnell to carry his
r e commendation. Commissioner
Kugel is out of the city. Commie
hinnr withnell and Hummel and
Mayor Dahlman supported tne La
f 'ranee resolution; Commissioners
flutter, Drexel and Jardlne voted
"BO."
Inasmuch as the blda before the
commissioners have not been re
jected, it is understood the matter
rray be brought up again next week
hen Commissioner Kugel will
have returned.
Aft tha vote had been announced
ommlssloner Withnell said. "Well, we
Just Keep Tne norses. x 11 nave iinuni
motor apparatus or none." Later In the
proceedings he offered to support any of
the bids which might be agreeable to the
either commissioners.
Superintendent for the Welfare
Board Arrives, Ready for Work
K. U Brhrelber. recently appointed
superintendent of the new Welfare board,
la here from Brooklyn. N. T. to begin his
Omaha work. He waa Introduced to trwm
bers of tha board and the city council by
Chairman Sturgees of the Welfare board.
t'ntll the board shall meet "aturday
evening Mr. Schrelber will not have any
definite plana to announce. It la the aer.ae
of the board, however, that the legal
aid and employment features ehall be
given first attention.
The city council accept a bid of l!97.
(if the. Alfred Bloom company, for re
modeling the balcony of the city coun
cil chamber for use by the Welfare
board. Until permanent quarters shall
hava been completed Mr. Schrelber will
have an office In the city legal depart
ment. Tha new superintendent has been en
gaged in child welfare work In Bronir
lyn. Ha was engaged In welfare work in
Kansas City for six years and was rec
ommended by the superintendent of the
Kansas City board .
FOUR WITH FEYER
IN SAME FAMILY
c..rnee wit. Bid.. ; Nineteen New Cases
The LaFrance proportion i 10 pm
he city eleven type 40 combination hose
und chemtcel cara at a price of $5.W '
sarh. Bert Murphy of the Murphy-O'Brien
rompany. local I-aFYanre agents, told the j
council he would give the city a guaran
tee to Inspect the equipment every month
und agreed that the city would not be
required to spend a cent on repairs for
Jive years if LaFrance care were pur
chased. The fight was on the price of the cars.
There waa not an unfavorable statement
figalnst the LaFrance ears. Chief Clem
ents of the Lincoln fire department ap
peared to endorse the LaFrance machines,
of which he haa three now In use.
A oontroveray developed over the bids
rffered by tha LaFrance company at
Toledo, O. Mayor Dahlman read a tele
sram from the mayor of Toledo, stating
the' LaFrance bid there for type 40 waa
Jj.OOO, the same as the Omaha bid. Com
missioner Butler read a telegram from
another official of Toledo, Indicating a
Inwer f I mire than the Omaha bid. Itepre-
the commissioners they had information
from nearly 300 cities and offered to show
that in only one Instance was tha bid
Instance was at Mfddleton, N. T., where
an agent had blundered and had to
stand the consequences of his mistake in
price.
Jardlne Waata Time
Commissioner Jardlne mads thla state
ment: am Inclined to think that Chief
Salter's recommendation as to tha kind
o Cars he wants should be supported, but
I believe the prices Art too high. I think
all of the bids are high. I contend we
should take mora time for consideration
of prices. As for the LaFrance machine.
I believe It Is the bes
. Mr. Jardlne propose! that three sample
machines be used in the fire department
for a. month aa a . test, and then one or
more "selected, but Mr. Withnell Insisted
ha, would aLandardlae the motor equip
ment or have none at all
Alleged lower bids of Toledo were ex
plained In detail by .the LaFrance people).
wha said that one bid contemplated tak
ing; back some oil equipment, another bid
Included installation of old equipment on
each chassis and a third bid was for new
cars and equipment throughout.
. v "Omaha Order is Larger.
In connection with the statement of tha
LaFrance repreaentatrvaa relative to the
Omaha bid being the same as uthsr cities.
It Is" stated that with ono or two excep
tions the fft.OOO blda made In other cities
were for cue, two or three cars, while
the Omaha bid waa for eleven cars. The
main- contention -of Commissioner Butlt r
as that tho city of Omaha should get
a. better price on account of the alsa of
the proposed purchase as well as the
proposition that the city lntenda to aland
ardlse Its motor fire apparatus and that
this purchase means additional equip
ment each year for several yeara. entail
ing an expenditure of more than ISOO.ouo,
ne Reported
by the Health Office for
One Day.
ELEVEN QUARANTINES RAISED
nineteen new scarlet fever cases
were reported to the health office
during the last twenty-four hours.
Eleven quarantines were released.
Four children In one family were
stricken with the disease, the names
be'ng: Willie, Arthur. Luther and
Morris Gilbert, 12, 4, 2 and ' years
age, respectively, of 2478 Soutl
Eighteenth street.
The ages of the new cases are
from 2 to 32 years.
Health Commissioner Connell waa
aeked If be had any statement to
ruake regarding Dr. E. Holovtchln
er's claim that most of the cases re
ported to be scarlet fever are a form
of grip. "You may say for me."
stid the health commissioner, "that
the statement of Dr. Holovtchiner
is preposterous. I do not have time
to answer statements made by any'
body who has a pipe-dream."
During the first nine days of thla
month 118 scarlet fever cases were
reported to the health office.
New cases reported are:
Ladlalow Dltrich, MIS South Eighth
street.
Mrs. W. O. Moore, J California street.
Clarence Newell, IMS North Twentieth
street.
Bennle Conn, 1111 North Seventeenth
street. ' . .
Harry white. , 834 South Thirty-fifth
street.
Gilbert, (four children). Si7l South
Eighteenth street.
Olsen. 8404 Parker street
Burgett, 05 South Fourteenth
street.
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Suit for S50.000
" Against the Water
Board is On Tria
Suit for tja.nos damages brought agalnat
the Omaha Water board by Bartholomew
J vi lien, 415 North Fortieth street, as the
result of Injuries alleged sustained when
he fell into a meter pit In front of his
home, lias gone to trial In District Judge
Iledtck's court. "
The plaintiff Is represented by Attorney
T. J. Mahoney and T. A. Donohoa and
the Water board by John L. Webster.
FATHER OF FIYE CHILDREN
.. DISAPPEARS FROM HOME
til
of a
of
Tuerday morning, at :, Walter
HortonY, who lives . two miles was
nsc-n, left his home ostensibly to go
work. He has not been seen or heard
lncst and the police have been asked
to make a search.
Horton is 4a years old, married and the
father of five children, only one of whom
Is old enough to work. He was formerly
employed as a shipping clerk at McCord
Brady, company, but recently quit there
to become a stock salesman. Hla efforts
at this latter venture were not attended
with success snd ha la aald to hava been
very despondent of late.
AUTO FIRM CHANGES NAME
AND INCREASES STOCK
The Btewart-Toober Motor company has
changed Ita corporate name to tha J. T
8teart Motor company and Increased
the capital stock to 160.000. J. A. C. Ken
nedy suceeds O. E. Tooser as a director
The Henry ft Allen Heavy Hardware
rompany has become the Henry Rob
In son Hardware company. The Cavera
fHuflevant company la now the Cavers
Elevator company.
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K. U 9CHRKIBF.R.
waa awarded a decree of divorce by -District
Judge Cay. Mra. Shay alleged that
her huaband had failed to support her.
DATE FOR BIG FEED
HAS BEHNCHAHGED
Annual Event by Ex-Legislaton to
Be Staged at Lincoln February
Twenty-Fourth.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS CARD
The date for the bin feed of fish
end fun to be enjoyed by the law
makers snd former lawmakers of
Nebraska at Lincoln ' has been
changed from February 25 to Feb
ruary 24. That will bp on a Thurs
day nlRht . The oyster cocktail,
tleh. tenderloin and Neapolitan ice
cream are to be served at the Lin
coln hotel. ' , ,
This is the annual event staged by
the Nebraska Legislative league. No
less a light than Senator W. V.
Hoagland of Iancaster county Is
president of the league. Orlando
Tefft of Cass county Is the august
vice president and Henry C. Rich
mond of Douglas la the pompous
secretary.
Old political fceuea of the atate will lie
talked over, and new ones will be coun
selled upon. Yes. and a mock scfslon
will be held, a mock senMon of the lest
inlet ure. Jut which senBion will he irp
resentcd In this mock proceeding no one
perhapa will know until the time comes.
Will It be a county option acsslon, or a
S-cent fare session? Will It be a loan
ahark sesMon or an Omaha annexation
session? WT11 It be a Metropolitan Water
Pletrlcl session, or a state Irrigation and
water power session T Or will the famous
session be represented that gave birth
to the n o'clock cloatAg law, and will tha
subsequent results be shown In panto
mime? .Mystery Leads Eeat.
Ah, the mystery Is what lends seat, j
Several hundred members of the legisla
ture an' former members are expected
to be present.
John I Webster la to be there, maybe
ss toastmaster, who knows? Senator
John M. Thurston Is to give a string of
his sentimental pearls, hut then no one
need worry, for In an unconx-entlonal
gang of dare-dcvlls like this, someone
csn always tie found to cut the string
If It be found too long.
"Msrsh" Klder. a former speaker of
tha house In the old daya of populist
glory, la to talk, and how long the
bunch will tolerate him will depend en
tirely upon the general mood of the eve
ning. Tom Ma.lors. of course. Is to be there
with all hla old time mettle, and Is to
be given the floor for most anything he
carca to uae It nr, from en oration on
the anatomy of the democratic donkey
to a goose step. If he chooses to make
stllons speak louder than words.
Doc and Tip Victims of the Recent
Cold Spell; Freeze Tips of Their Ears
LOOKS FOR GOOD YEAR FOR
SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION
Cam Hoff, former member of the
legislature, who with aeveral other local
men. Is proprietor of the Ferris wheel
st the Pan IMego exposition, has re
turned from a trip to the coast. In hla
opinion the exposition will tie more pros
perous this year than last.
"Msny of the attractions at Pan Fran
cisco have removed to Pan IMego," aald
Mr. Hoff, "and the exposition is now
the moat attractive place In the country
for travelers to visit."
Read Tha Pee Want Ads. It psys!-
Numbered among the "Injured" from
our recent cold spell are Lieutenant
Thomas M. Tipton. United Ptatea navy,
and Vr. Francis B. Oochrsn. "Tip" Is
In charse of the local navy recruiting
nation and "Doc" Is the exsmlnlng sur
geon 1'pon a day last week when the ther
mometer waa registering below sero,
"Tip" and "loe" decided It would he a
good day to take a hike.
"The fresh air will do us good." they
agreed.
So they set forth, despising the lowly
ear tab and allowing their aural appen
ilsiics to flap In the Icy hreeic.
I'p hill and down dale they drudged,
practicing the well-known deep breath
ing, remarking how bracing the air was
and congratulating themselves on what
good appetites they would 'have.
V ears don't feci a bit cold," sal"
"Tip."
"Xrltlier do mine," said "Po..-."
Hut Just at thst moment he hnppenei
to look at "Tlp'a" starli'd e.ir. that be
ing the one In closest pToxImtty to him
self. "Clash, Tip. why I ).cl!ee your ear's
freclia." he said. "It's white."
"So's yours." saltl "Tip'
The good ship "Tip-Do- " was promptly
steered to a place of refuge and warmth
where the froxen extremities were treats
with first sld. The frost t cs are not
serious1.
."Tip" hesn had such a surprise since
he spent half s day, when he was a
freshman st the naval academy, going
about asking for a "hammock ladder."
And "Doc" hnn't been more surprised
since he was sent on a wild goose chase
over the medical college looking for a
"skull stretcher" that had been mlslsld.
THROWS SUGAR BQWL TO
CLINCH BIQ ARGUMENT
John Hold, guest at the Bailey hotel,
became engaged In a dispute with Karl
Halley, son of the proprietor of the ho
tel, with the result that Boyd essayed to
clinch all arguments with the eld of a
augar howl, which he aimed at Bailey's
head with good results. A csll wss sent
to police headquarters snd Officers Tsr
rsnd and Aughe hustled to the scene.
Hoyd hesrd them spproachlng and
started to give the officers a race
through the halls and rooina of the hotel
After aeveral mlnutre of the pursuit,
Poyd tried to make hla escape via tha
fire escape, but found Aughe on hand to
meet him as he made the descent. He
was arrrsted on a disorderly charge,
tlallry'a hurts were minor.
TELLS JUDGE FOSTER HE
DIED IN DECEMBER, 1913
F.arl tirove of Centerhall, Ta., told Po
lice Magistrate Foster that he had died
IVccmtier SI. Foster asked him If
he wanted work and Grove replied. "Thy
wMI ho done, oh. Lord." The police Judge
explained that his name was Foster and
waa about In discharge Grove when It
wss suggested the fellow be held for the
Insanity board.
" . 1SIT South Second street.
Peterson, 2222 Fowler avenue.
Lucille Nielson. 1738 South Thirteenth
street.
Bernloe Anderson, 1105 South Twenty-
eighth street.
fcdward Carlson, 1514 South Twenty'
fifth street.
Ida Greenhouse, 1912 North Twenty.
Mxth street.
Lee. Hamilton apartments.
Helen Cullen. 230 North Twenty-first
street
Updike Sells 100,000
Bushels of Wheat
for the War Zone
One of the biggest wheat deals made
In Omaha In a long time waa when the
Updike Grain company sold 100,000 bush
els of wheat for export to Europe,
going through Atlantic ports. From
Omaha the wheat will go eaat on special
trains. It wilt fill about eighty cars that
Will be run In two trains. .
.Like all other grain marketa through'
out the country, Omaha waa weak, wheat
eelllng off S to S cents per bushed. There
were seventy-eight cars on the market,
prices ranging from ll.CS to flls. .
Corn slumped 2 to f cents per buehel.
selling at H to S3 cents. , Receipts wera
117 csrloada.
Oats wera off of a cant and sold at
42 to S cents. The receipts were fifteen
carloads. "
POWELL CARTOON MAKES
; HIT WITH THE MAYOR
owell'e cartoon in The Bee on the
elrome Arch evidently made a bit
with Mteyor Jim. for ha sent tha follow-
Wig letter to Poane Powell: "The Wel-
ome Arch cartoon In today a paper la a
i;ood one. Hope the fine arts lady does
nr,i slip on te wslk while walking
away."
Friedman Refuses
to Be Held Up; Takes
1 Gun from the Bandit
When a negro entered tha grocery store
of Joaeph Friedman, 2703 North Thirty
third street, Wedneaday evening, tha pro
prietor engaged In a desperate struggle
with the stranger, wresting a revolver
from him and putting tha man to flight.
The negro held the weapon In a men
acing position and demanded cash, which
Mr. Friedman refused, backing up hla re
fusal with a right-arm Jab and then
grappling with the negro.
The revolver was not loaded. Detec
tives are on the trail of the negro, who
is ssld to be running fast.
FOOTPAD SHOOTS VICTIM
IN FOOT AND ESCAPES
Charles' Lampart. loot North Eleventh
atreet, was shot through the right foot by
a highwayman, who accosted him near
Eleventh and Clark atreet a early this
morning. Lampart remonstrated with the
footpad, whoa the latter fired and then
ran away, making good bis getaway.
ASSERTS FATHER-IN-LAW
REFUSED TO SPEAK TO HER
Mrs. May E. Phar. who testified that
hrr father-in-law refuaed to apeak to her
for a week when aha and her husband
went to live with the parents of Willie
6. Phsy. on a" big ranch near Oshkosh,
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