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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1916)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916. 8 Nebraska GREELEY COUNTY TAX WAR IS DPTO STATE Trouble Between Commission ers and Assessors Before Equalization Board. AYERS 13 CALLED IN Lincoln, NAug. 1. (Special Tele gram.) The war in Greeley county between the Board of County com missioners and the county assessor of that county was transferred to the State Board of Equalization this aft ernoon when Chris Webber and W. T. Reed of the county board appeared before the state board in an effort to secure the authority of the state board to allow it to aqualize assess ments in Greeley county, aliening that the county assessor, P. H. Phil bin, had kept his books in such shape that the county commissioners had not been able to equalize the taxes. The board called in Assistant At torney General Ayes, but adjourned until tomorrow when F. C. Wicks, the other member of the Greeley board will arrive and the matter wiil be fixed up if possible. The board wants to remove Phil bin from the office and Philbin re fuses to be removed. If the state board allows the Gree ley commissioners to go back and equalize the taxes, the state board will be delayed just that much longer in its work of completing the equali zation of the counties of the state. Two Pioneer Women of Callaway Are Dead Callaway, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. P. T. Van Cleave, one of the early pioneers of this locality, was held at the farm home, five miles southeast of Calla way, at 2 o'clock p. m. Sunday. She died last Friday morning following an extended illness. She leaves an aged husband and several grown up children. A few years ago a daugh ter of Mrs. Van Cleave was united in marriage to Horatio Booth, residing southwest of town, and yesterday morning his mother, Mrs. Frank Booth, passed away following an ill ness lasting several months. Mrs. Booth was preceded by her husband in death about three years ago. Jier funeral was held today. Rain Reports From - Out in Nebraska Are j Full of Good TCheer1 Ravenna, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) This community was visited by a rain that lasted nearly all night, a fall of an inch and a half. While it will afford much relief from the heat and drouth, most of the corn fields are badly damaged. Wahoo, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) A slow steady rain started falling about 11 o'clock last night and at 9 o'clock this morning more than an inch was recorded at the government gauge. Friend. Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) This locality was visited at an early hour this morning by a splendid local shower, carrying about one-inch of water. Geneva, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) A splendid rain fell last night, .8.1 inch. Everything looks refreshed and growing again. With intense heat from 96 to 104 every day grass and garden stuff was suffering and corn beginning to show its effects. While the north part of Geneva is soaked, there was very little in the south. Farrwell, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) Over an inch of rain visited this county last night. The rain was badly needed. The corn was slightly damaged, but this rain practically in sures a good corn crop. Shock wheat is selling at $1.07 from the threshing machine. No Order to Send Empty Grain Cars Out of State (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 1. (Special.) It was all a mistake. Such is the information coming to the State Railway commis sion this morning in response to the message sent yesterday by the com mjssion to A. C. Ridgway, chief oper ating official of the Rock Island, ask ing why the order had gone out to Nebraska agents of the railway to send all empty box cars to Kansas. Mr. Ridgway informs the commis sion that the order was misconstrued by agents and that as soon as atten tion was called to such misconstruc tion the agents were ordered to back pedal on the order and put forth every effort to secure cars for the Nebraska demand. Fire at Kenesaw. Kenesaw, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) Fire which is supposed to have started from an electric wire, did damage of $1,000 to the Fraternity building today. Stock in a store oc cupy by the building was damaged $500. HALL ISSUES CALL FOR GUARDRECRUITS Adjutant General Asks for Men to Take Places of Those With Dependent Families. HE MAKES STATEMENT (From a Staff Ccrritionilnt.) Lincoln, Aug. 1. (Special.) "No one knows what the next day may bring and to be trained and ready ! is an asset to both yourself, your family and your nation." This closes an appeal made for j recruits issued by Adjutant General Hall this morning, these recruits to j take the place of the men with de ! pendent families who may be muster- ed out upon making application, j The comunication reads as follows: 1 National Ourmlsmen now In hit v Ire on the border may be d lac ha rued provivtltng that the soldier makes miplicHlton through military channels. net Inn forth the fact that he has one or more relatives who are d"imdent upon htm Tor support. The ol diera' application must bo accompanied by adequate written evidence of real depend ency. 9ppl .rations from noncommissioned offi cers under the condition referred to herein will be forwarded to the War Department for action. For the purpose of filling the places of the men discharged on the border c.Jio have dependents, and In order to enable all able-bodied men who are true patriot and who have no dependents to serve with the colors and receive the training that every young American should hav as a fulfillment of the debt he owes his gov ernment, rerruitlng stations have been open ed. Major C. W. Walden, M. C. N. N. G.. of Beatrice, Neb., Captain T. W. Jaycox, Jr.. Quartermaster Corps, of Omaha; First Lieutenant Henry A. Aitschuler, Fourth In fantry, Madison ; Second Lieutenant M, L. Evans, Fifth Infantry. Hastings, are now stationed at Lincoln as recruiting officers, with headquarters at the Armory, 16 411 O street. Captain J. M. Leldy, Fourth Infan try, Omaha, and Second Lieutenant H. J. Emery, Fifth Infantry, Beatrice are sta tioned at Omaha. The recruiting officers at Omaha will receive recrulls and cend them on to Lincoln, which Is designated as a recruiting depot. In the course of two or three weeks a camp will be established near the city where the men will be equipped and tem porarily schooled before they will be sent to the border. Captain R. P. Pa liner. Twenty-second United States ' Infantry is now Btatloned at the Adjutant Ceneral's Department aa Chief Mustering Officer. It 1b our desire to enlist i . many men an possible, as recent information from the War Department requests us to recruit to war strength. No one knows what the next day may bring and to be trained and ready is an asset to both yourself, your family and your nation. Notes from Beatrice And Gage County Beatrice. Neli., Aug. 1. (Special.) - According to the report of County Assessor I'.nlow lor the year mo, lands in danc county are worth W.65. The railroads are valued at S7.OUO.0000. There are thirteen tele phone companies doing business in the countv and they are valued at $170,000. Automobiles are worth $500,000, and hogs, which number 37,- 000. are valued at S3.20.000. Announcement was received here yesterday of the marriage of Miss hlizabeth liaker, formerly teacher in the Central school in this city, to Ralph O. Jackson of Rushville, which occurred at the home of the bride's parents at Cook Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson will make their home at Kushvnle, where the groom is en- Rased in business. The old settlers of Gage county w ill hold their annual picnic at Chau tauquc park on Thursday, August 24 (iovernor Morchead and Mrs. Minnie Knox, acting secretary of the Ne braska State Historical society, have been invited to make addresses. Harry Clayton of Alliance and Miss Merle Clark of Elk Creek, who were married here Saturday night by Judge Walden, were refused a mar riage license at Lincoln because they each cave their ages as 1 years When they procured a license from Judge Walden soon after their ar rival in the city Clavton stated that he was 11 years of age and his bride 18. Platte Valley Telephone Firm Can Sell Additional Stock (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 'J. (Special.) The Platte Valley Telephone company of Scott's Bluff has been given authority to issue and sell an additional $25,000 in stock to better the condition of its lines. The State Railway commission in granting the reauest specifies that the company must make a full report of expenditures in connection wun, ine deal to the commission. Prevents Infection. Sloan's Liniment applied to a sore, out, wound or bruise prevents Infection and blood poison. 26c. All druggists. Adv. Cure for Cholera Morbus. "When our little boy, now seven years old, was a baby he was cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy, writes Mrs. Sidney Simmons. Fair Haven, N. Y. "Since then other members of my family have used this valuable medicine for colic and bowel troubles with good satisfaction and I gladly endorse it as a remedy of ex ceptional merit." Obtainable every- wnere. Advertisement. 1 NEBRASKA PROSPERITY LEAGUE A Statewide, Nonpartisan Organization of Taxpayers VICE-PRESIDENTS WISLCY p. ADKINS SOUTH OMAHA . JOHN ALSKRTSON MERCHANT, rCNDIM DR. C. C. ALLISON UROEON OCOROt ANTIL INVESTMENT. LAIR Z. M. EJAIRO - HARTINSTOH J. L. BAKER MANUFACTURER J. W. BENDER PARMER. HUMPHRET ALFRBD BR ATT INVESTMENT. OENOA CHAt. H. BROWN REAL CVTATE INVESTMENTS W. J. BURGESS INVESTMENTS HAflRY V. SURKLEY PRINTER W. M. BUSHMAN STORARE ALBERT CAHN MANUFACTURER LOUIS 8. DCETS STOCKMAN. KEARNEY . M. FAIRFIELD REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS JOHN N. FB INZER REAL SSTA1I INVESTMENTS DR. R. dlLMORf T. V. OLDEN CAPITALIST. O'NEILL FERDINAND HAARMANN MANUFACTURER J. J, HANIOHEN CONTRACTOR FRID D. MUNKtR ATTORNEY. WEST POINT FRANK B, JOHNSON C. J. KARBACH INVtSTMlNTS P. J. KELLY MERCHANT. NIORRARA FRANK m. KENNARO CAPITALIST JACOB KLEIN f MERCHANT, BEATRICE BUO LATTA E. M, F. LEFLANO CAPITALIST O. W. MEOEATH COAL OPERATOR JOHN A. MOHRBACMER INVESTMENTS. WYMORI SOPHUS F. NEBLE PUBLISHER FRANK A. NIMS J. J. NOVAK t-ANKSR. WILBER J. J. O CONNOR ATTORNEY OEOROE PARR MERCHANT. NCORASRA CITY HON. WATSON L. PUROY LANO OWNER. MAOISOM THEODORE REIMENS STOCKMAN, FULLERTON CARL ROHDE JOHN O. ROS1CKY C. ROTH INVESTOR FREMONT JOHN SCHINDLER STANTON W H. SCHMOLLER JOBBER THEODORE H. BERK STOCKMAN. MILIOH O. E. SHUKERT HARRY I. SIMAN WINSIDS PAUL P. SKINNER MANUFACTURER A. P. SMITH JOBBER N. A. SP1ESBEROER WHOLESALER HON. P. F. STAFFORD ' NORFOLK WILLIAM STORK ROBERT C. STREHLOW CONTRACTOR OEOROE B. TYLER INVESTMENTS, MASTIMOB A. J. VIERLINO pres. paxton viirlinb Iron works THEODORE WIDAMAN STOCK BUYER. AURORA C. B. WILLI Y ATTORNEY. RANDOLPH S. N. WOLBACH It. M. WOLCOTT MERCHANT. CENTRAL CITY HON, OTTO ZUELOW MAYOR. SCHUYLER Does Prohibition ? Prohibit The people of Nebraska are being urged this year to adopt state wide PROHIBITION, and to wipe out the Slocum Local Option, High License Law. Naturally, the average man wants to know what results have been achieved in states where PROHIBITION has been tried. He wants to know first of all whether state-wide PROHIBITION prohibits. The practical man also wants to know what results have been achieved in Nebraska under the Local-option, High License System We intend to publish a series of articles with a view of lay ing certain vital facts before the people of this state, facts which they should possess in order that they may be able to make an intelligent decision. The citizens of Nebraska want an opportunity to hear both sides of the question. They have little patience with the extremists, of whom there are some on both sides. They want to hear in plain language why so many men of standing are opposed to state-wide PROHIBITION. We will present evidence in abundance to show that state-wide PROHIBITION does not prohibit; that serious new evils follow . in the wake of PROHIBITION, evils far worse and more numerous than those for which PROHIBITION is offered as a remedy. Kansas tried for many years to make state-wide PROHIBITION prohibit, and has failed. The news item presented herewith is eloquent testimony to that fact. y An Item of Proof from Kansas Showing that PROHIBITION does not prohibit. (News item in Topeka Capital of November 3, 1915.) "Liquor is being sold to high school boys by bottom char acters," according to Ed. Rooney, probation officer. "W. E. Atchison, county attorney, yesterday afternoon ordered a warrant drawn (or the arrest of the negro who is said to have sold liquor to Reuben Niedens and Johnnie Barret, the two boys who took Mrs. Ida Brpwnell's Ford from in front of her residence, 205 Madison, and began a mad career of window smashing that ended in their arrest, j Niedens is 17, Barrett 14. The boys gave information to Atchison about purchasing the liquor. The warrant will be served this morning." The Nebraska Prosperity League OPPOSED TO STATE PROHIBITION. IN FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION, HIaH LICttNSK President, L. F. CROFOOT Treuurer, W. J. COAD Secretary, J. B. HAVNES Send for our literature. OMAHA, NEB. 'A FIVE MEBKASKANS rim who has been cast hut a few days, could not resist the temptation tn accompany his son to Carnegie ft T MAT! tv K TI AW ' luM '" 'ls a memorable ceremony ru uvnrivjAiivn an Gould Diets, Howard Baldrige and Congressmen Reavis, Sloan and Kinkaid Present. PARTY IS AGAIN UNITED lJ-D (From a Start Correspondent.) New York, Aug. 1. (Special Tele gram.) Gould Dieti, Howard Bald rige, Congressmen Reavis, Sloan and Kinkaid of Nebraska joined thou sands of other citizens in assisting at the ceremonies incident to the notifi cation of Charles Evans Hughes of his nomination to the presidency held last night at Carnegie hall. The pres ence of Colonel Roosevelt, with mem bers of his family, in a conspicuous gallery box accentuated the strong ut terance of the nominee that the re publican party was again united and ready to do battle for American in stitutions and ideals. Mr. Dietz arrived in New York yes terday, accompanied by Mrs. Dietz, Mr. Dietz having been selected by the Nebraska delegation to the Chicago convention to represent Nebraska on the notification committee. Mr. liald- d in all human probability the uoti lication of the nomination of Ihc next president. Representatives Sloan, Keavis and Kinkaid reached New York at 2 o'clock. They returned to the capi tal last niKht. Moore Will Quit fvi i tt- i n : oiauj juu iui ousmess (From a Sitfiff Corresponifrnt.) Lincoln, Aug. 1. (Special.) J. D. Moore, who has been an inspector in the food, oil and dairy department of the state for the last three and one half years, being the oldest inspector in point of service, with one excep tion, connected with the department, handed in his resignation this morn ing and will go into the grocery busi ness here. Commissioner Harman has as yet not appointed a successor. Two Days' Picnic at Berlin. Avoca. Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) A two days' picnic, under the auspices of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge, will be held at Berlin on Au gust 8-V. The principal speakers will be Judge Paul Jessen of Nebraska City the first day, and A. R. Talbot, head consul, of Lincoln, the second day. Music will be furnished by the Syracuse band. There will bqf free attractions of all kinds, Are Slow In Filing of Pleas for Pamphlets (From a Staff Corraapondant) Lincoln, Aug. 1. (Special.) No ar guments have yet been filed with the secretary of state to be printed in the pamphlet! to be sent out giving the argument! for or against the prohibi tion amendment, except one in favor, and none has been filed either for or against the so-called Harman amend ment to the food lawi. According to Secretary of State Pool, these argument! must be filed on or before August 14 Jo insure pub lication. The cost or printing the argument! has to be paid by those presenting the same. Beatrice Foundrymen Strike for More Pay Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 1. Forty foundrymen in the Dempster plant here walked out last evening because they were refused an increase in wages. They asked an increase of 25 per cent lor common laborer!, 20 per cent for core workers, 15 per cent for moulders. 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