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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1917)
- 12 THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917. COUNCIL VOTES FOR , CITYCOAL YARD Citiscaa Offer to Advance Nec essary Funds if Legal Au thority Is Found Lacking; " To Relieve the Poor. KINGDON GOULD DRAFTED Wearing knickerbockers and jacket, and carrying hit personal baggage in a pack grip,. Kingdon Gould, son of George J. Gould of Lakewood, - N. J., marched with other patriotic citizens for the national Army camp. Omaha city council Tuesday morn ing by unanimous vote passed Com missioner Butler's resolution provid ing for the establishment of a muni cipal coal yard. Mayor Dahlman and Commissioners Butler. Tarks and Kugcl were ap pointed a committee with authority to arrange the necessary plans and details for the establishment of the muny plant, with' instructions to re port back to tne city council not later than Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Corporajtion Council . Lambert in formed the council that he believed an emergency fund could be created to establish the municipal coal yard even though the law passed by the last legislature giving the city the right to go into the coal business was indefinite. Lambert's opinion was that it was not probable that the city would be given the power to estab lish the yard and then be denied means with which to do it. Citizens Offer Funds. ' , It is the belief of the commissioners that funds will be needed only to ob tain yards for temporary storage of the coal, and that these yards will be necessary only. for the little fellow who buys a ton, or even half a ton, and not for the man who buys four or five tons at a time, in such in stances delivery can be made directly from the cars. ' Even though the city finds it cannot declare an emergency fund, the money to start the coal plant will be forth coming. Several individuals have of fered to advance money to the city. James Walsh, of Benson offered to start the ball rolling with $4,000 in case it was needed and several $500 offers have been received.' - v Coal Supply Short. , ' While the Omaha roads are doing the heaviest freight business in their history, there is one commodity that they are not handling.into the city in large quantitiesv That commodity is coal and right now the receipts are far below the normal, for this season of the year. In fact, thereis only enough coal coming .in to take care of the daily needs. , Cpal that is con ing is largely steam-coal. ' Railroad men do not look for any heavy movement of coal until after October 1, the date when price fixing becomes effective. ' After that they expect an enormous business and an ample supply for the local demand. While railroad men anticipate that October will be one of the biggdst coal-hauling months in many years, they are at a loss to know from whence the Omaha supply of bitumi- "nous coal, will come. However, they are of the opinion that when prices are fixed, at the same time Coal Ad ministrator Garfield will determine the mine zones that will supply the con suming territory. A A good many of the railroad men are of the opinion that coal from Illi nois will go into Wisconsin, Minne sota, eastern Iowa and North Da- KOia ana inai mc euppiy iui wemtm Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota wiH come from I owa Missouri, Kan sas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kan sas, with the western part of Ne braska getting the bulk of its supply from Colorado and Wyoming. No Fear of Shortage. None of the railroad freight men have any fears of a coal shortage if the mines are worked to capacity, which they believe will be done, now that the government has turned its at tention to the "matter of production and distribution. The railroad freight . . - T 1 - ALT.. ...... t. . U .AMlmfl. njen an agree mai wuh yuvuus system of freight cars inaugurated , and working perfectly there will be efficient eauioment available to rap idly handle the coal and place it where needed, keeping all points wen sup Some of the railroad freight men as sert that it may be a little difficult for consumers to -secure the tavor ite kinds of coal that they have been ircustomed to use: but predict that there will be ample stocks of other varieties equally as good. ,k ., . , , , i ... Groom Returns; Was He Left "Waiting at Church,?" Evidently something went amiss at the altar when Miss Alma Ojendyk ' of Lincoln, 29 years old, was tboutto become Mrs. Richard F. Lowe. Lowe, who gave his age as 29 and his residence as- Emerald,' Neb., ob tained a license to , wed Monday . morning. He was all smiles. He Rave his birthplace as German.' -vf :p . Looking down at the mouth, Lowe shuffled into county early Tuesday morning and returned the marriage certificate. "Can't use itVwas all . he would say... , .V.L, ' , He' asked to have his $2 returned, but "Cupid" Stubbendorf, marriage license clerk, informed Lowe it was against county rules. Lowe returned the license anyway and it was marked "canceled." :l ,y Hard Luck Story No Good ; And Fine is Assessed Jesse Hyatt of the Hyatt-Fairfield Realty company lost out on a lot sale yesterday afternoon and so great was his disappointment that be forgot his automobile and left it standing at the curb in front of the Omaha Na tional Bank building all of two hours. He anneared in oolice court with the facts m the case as his alibi. But the judge remained unmoved, "Every one has a hard luck story. Jesse,- ne ; said. "One dollar and costs." i Frank Lemly Injured . ' In Automobile Smash In an automolile collision at Twenty-fourth and Burt streets at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Frank Lem- ll, 204 Davenport street, received a badly bruised side and possible inter nal injuries. He was taken to St Joseph hospital. D. ? Blumenthal, . proprietor of a grocery at Twenty ninth and Cuming streets, "was the driver of the other machine. Ex-President Taft Will . ' Give Two Talks in Omaha William Howard Taft ex-president , of the United States, is to speak at a public artairs luncheon at the Com mercia! club at 'noon, October 19. On that date he is to be in Omaha to ' speak before the Omaha Society of i-ine. Arts. ..... . . Br " ' " H i WHEATLESS DAY, AND MEATLESSDAY SOON Govenor Neville Expected to Is sue Proclamation in Short Time Asking All to Aid . ' in Conserving Pood. , Nebraska will have an officially pro claimed "wheatless day" and a '.'meat less day" within a very short time. Governor Neville will issue the proclamation if he follows the -request of Herbert Hoover, national food administrator, as communicated to him in a letter written by State Food Administrator Wattles. .-; There is to be no compulsion about these days, but every patriotic citizen is to be requested to refrain from eating white flour on wheatless days and from eating meat of any kind on meatless days. 1 ' m. Wattles states in his letter that if .each person in the United States would eat one less slice of bread per day this would amount to a saving of 380,000,000 bushels of wheat a year. The inhabitants or Nebraska, follow ing the same save-a-slice plan would save 475,000 bushels of wheat in a year, , . . , Mr. 'Wattles also announced that the supervisor of perishable foods for -... . -I, , . i. . urannj win puousn eacn aay me wholesale and retail prices of these foods "so that all consttmers may know the exact amount of profit in these goods to the middleman." This is done, not to attack the legitimate profit in these thinirs. . but to curb speculation. - . Prices for Today. The prices for today are as follows: Potatoes Wholesale ' f Minnesota. $1.56 per bushel; retail, 45 cents per peck. - - - Potatoes Wholesale (home grown), $1.35 per bushel; retail, 40 cents per peck.. " '. 1 ' , Onions Wholesale. $1 per bushel: retail, 40 cents per peck. ' ' Tomatoes Wholesale, 22 cents per basket; retail, 30 cents per peck. Beets Wholesale, 60 cents per bushel; retail, 25 cents per peck. Carrots Wholesale, 75 cents per bushel; retail, 35 cents per peck. Turnips Wholesale, $1.20 per bushel; retail, 40 cents per peck. ; Cabbage Wholesale, 45 to 90 cents per; dozen; retail, 5 to 10 cents. per head, ' Beans Wholesale, 25 cents per bas ket; retail, 35 cents per basket. Corn Wholesale, 10 cents per dozen; retail, 15 cents per dozen. Apples Wholesahs (hand-picked), 60 cents to $1.35 per bushel; retail, 25 to 45 cents per peck. '' , , Apples Wholesale (wind falls), 50 cents per bushel; retail, 25 cents per peck. . ' . - . Grapes Wholesale, (b lb. basket), 33 1-3 cents per basket; retail, 40 cents per basket. - Police Raid London Hotel And Arrest Nine Inmates Police are attempting to stamp out houses of prostitution said to be oper ating in Omaha before-the Ak-Sar Ben carnival is in full swing. Offi cers Chapman, Anderson, Damato and Boler raid the London hotel Monday night and arrested four men and five women, "charged with keening a dis orderly house and being inmates of the same. ' 1 hey gave their names as J. H. Bennett, London hotel; Maurice Marsh. 1820 Paul street; F. W, Anthoy, Valley, Neb.; R. E. Saw-, yer. West Dodge; Bessie Wilson, S23 North Fifteenth street; Pete Kelly, Ermie De Rose,1 Esther Brooks, who work as domestics in the London ho tel, and Mane Waston,- 403 f North Nineteenth street ' - ' ' Dr. J. P. Lord Answers ' " v? : : His Call to the Colors - Dr. J. P. Lord left Omaha Sunday in compliance with orders from the War department for Fort Riley, Kan. Dr. Lord will do special work in or thopedics at the army camp in that city fordhe government The length of time he will be 'stationed at this post is not known. , - In addition to his' large practice in Onjaha which he is voluntarily leav ing to assist in war work he was an Instructor in orthopedics at the Uni versity of Nebraska Medical college. Armour Has 6ig Display : Vln Hayden Bros.' Window What is said to be most .complete display ever' shown in Omaha of .aJ big food manufacturer s full line is the display of Armour products in Hayden s big fifty-foot front window. It is said also to be the equal of any Armour display ever made in the United States. It contains 120 dif ferent kinds of. foods meats, fruits, cereals, grape juice, butter, ( cheese, chili sauce and many others. German Liberal Party Wants Spoils of War London, Sept 25. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Cop'ei'i' hagen says the main committee of the national liberal party of Ger many has adopted a resolution op posing the Reichstag's peace reso lution opposing the Reichstag's peace resolution, disarmament, - es-1 tablishment of a parliamentary gov-1 emment in Germany and the resto ration of Belgium and advocating annexation of conquered territory. The socialist newspaper, Vorwaerts, of Berlin, characterizes the resolu tion as a challenge to the Reich stag majority. SCOUTMASTERS IN OMAHA ARE SCARCE Ten of the Leaders Have Gone to War or Have Left the' Citj for Other Fields. - A serious situation iii Boy Scout ac tivities in Omaha has developed be cause many , of the foritier scout masters have gone into the army or have moved from the city. ' Scout Executive English gives the follow ing list of scoutmasters who have re signed recently!-. . C. B. Hlnile. Troop t, tmslncai now In Council Bluff. In. W. B. Horner, Troop S, navy, Ort LtkM, III. 3, Morley Toung, Troop I, lercsant, Omaha ambulanoo Bompany. A. D. Barre. Troop if, Tort Bley, Kan., fuartrmnitr'a dpartmnt. Harry Haftntr, Troop ID, itrfeant, Omaha mbulnc company. Karl W. Porter, Troop It, aviation corpa, ' Ernoat Schrlbr, Troop m, aviation eorp. J. P.. Sullivan. Troop 7. drafted. Charlea W. Brltt. Troop 38, buslnesi out of town. H. a. Montgomtry, Troop 4, aviation eorpa. ., , . Are Badly Needed. "Scoutmasters are needed urgently to keep up the Boy Scout movement in Omaha," said Mr. English. "Also associate scoutmasters are needed in nearly every troop in Omaha, not only to take the places of those who have left," but also of others who are sub ject to draft and are merely waiting their call. Scoutmasters must be nWre than 21 ears old and associate scout masters more than 18. "It would - be a good service for some drafted men who have been ex empted to give. Some physical defect or dependent relatives may have caus ed some men to be excused from serv ice for good reasons. These men can serve by being scoutmasters. Appli cants can get information by calling Douglas 8171." STRIKE CASE TRIAL IS NOW ON IN COURT Eight Attorneys Battling in the Controversy Which Started . With Strike Troubles : Last Spring. Eight lawyers girded their legal loins in equity court, Judge. Leslie presiding, at the beginning of the jinal chapter in the strike injunction case. The ex rel.suit of Attorney General Reed against the Business Men's as sociation now will be heard on its merits. The attorney general seeks a permanent injunction against both the employers and fourteen Omaha labor organizations. -'More thart a score of witnesses were summoned to testify the firs"rVday. The hearing for a' permanent injunc tion is expected to last at least a month. , , - , J?eed Gets Order. The strike litigation dates baclc to last spring, when Attorney General Reed, envoked the Junkin act, in an attempt to end Omaha strike troubles. He obtained an order from Judge Leslie restraining both ' the unions and the business men from "com mitting acts in restraint of "trade." The case was taken to federal court and later remanded to. district court After a bitter Court fight between attorneys for employers and em ployes, Judge Leslie, Judge Rediclc and Judge Sears, sitting in equity court, issued a temporary injunction against "the Business Men's associa tion and the unions. v " - Array of Talent Deputy Attorney General Munger, Norrfs Brown and D. M. Vinsonhaler represent the state. Anson Bigelow, Malcolm D. Owen, counsel for the International Bricklayers union, and A.Ninde of Chicago are attorney for the unions. Francis A.' Brogan and j Frank IL Gaines represent the Busi- Deputy Attorney General Munger in his opening argument said that while the state named the business' men and unions as codefendants, it did iot charge them with being "co conspirators." , "They conspired against each other and the working man and-4he public were tne losers, ne declared. By an agreement between the three sides the witnesses called will be cross examined only - by the side toward whom their testimony is directed". ' Laboring men and business men packed the. court vroom at the. be ginning of the hearing. Mrs. Tuten Dies From ; Injuries in the Tornado . Christia A. Tuten . wife "of " R.f P. Tuten. 2209. Ohio street, died Monday uiKni irom a compncaiion ot aiseases due to the Injuries and shock received in. the ,Ea.ster tornado when their home was wrecked over their heads. Mrs. futen was an active member of the -Trinity Methodist church, U. S. Grant post. Women's Relief corps. Maple Leaf chapter. Eastern Star, and Women's , Christian Temperance union ... , i 7 Funeral services will be conducted at the home Thursday bv Rev, Mr. Luce. The body .will be taken to Loses Large Roll in - Local Movie House M. W. Long of Casper, Wyo., ar rived m Umaha Monday, andv.while searching for amusement of some kind, entered a. local theater, where he was seated beside two well dressed young. women. , After he left the thea ter he .discovered that he had been robbed f $500 in denominations of ten and twenty-dollar bills.,. He be can a search for the two women. whom he suspects picking his pocket, but nowhere were they to be seen. NUXATED IRON nercaa atrangth at delicate, nervous, run down pooplo 100 pr emit .. ta tea . dayi in man Inttaneea. S100 forfeit U it faila a per full explanation in tart article eooa to appear in thia paper. Aak, jrour doctor or druujUt about it. : .. .. - Sherman tt HeConnelt Drag Store alwari carry n in atoe SUFFERERS STOP! LOOKI ThniiMnrli if ftinf vieHaa biv bam wrmm Mf thm imwtret Ammoan ifamUrtm- hv4 v ouncil Passes Ordinance Regulating Dance Halls The dance hall ordinance, which calls for more careful regulation of these places of amusement by the po lice department,, was passed iy the vsv-j vuuiku iiiia litui inline ! : i : ill LJ EVIDENCE STOLEN FROM ESTELLE Papers in Booze Case Taken, But Whisky Had, Been Locked Up Else chambers of Judge floor of- the The private Estelle on the fourth court house were entered some time Mjpnday night by a person ot persons who took a large pine box, evidence in one of the appeal liquor cases in district court. -... Judge Estelleii believes the individ ual who tookjthe box had. an idea he also was getting twenty-four bot tles of whisky, supposed to be in a smaller receptacle inside.' A court re porter, however, had hidden the whisky in a closet in Judge Estelle's private office. . ; Loses His Discharge Papers. A priceless . memento-the dis charge papers of Judge Estelle when he was mustered out of ,the United States navy-in 1865 was also taken. The discharge certificate was cut from a frame. -Judge Estelle's voice broke when he told of the theft. "It was of no intrisic value to any one, but I valued it higher than any one can realize.- I would- horsewhip the varrdal who stole that discharge. : On the honorable discharge papers from the navy were the namesf Lee Roy Estelle, J. J. Irwin, acting ensign, ang Paymaster Pearson. The docu ment, was yellow with age. The pine box, evidence in the case of the state against Lee Deering, who was found guilty of illegal possession of liquor by a jury in law court this morning, was locked in Judge Es telle's private office in the rear of the court room Monday afternoon. It was7 in' the morning. Whoever took the missing box believed the two dozen bottles of "red eye" were still in it,' in the opinion of Judge Estelle. According to court house attaches this is not the first time within the last few weeks that different things Irave beeiL taken from. offices and court rooms. s V "Some One Has Master Key. "Someone with a master -key is PIQUANCY or as' modern slang would call it "PEP" is the pre dominant quality of this smart boot New in every line, yet truly conservative in general ; style. A great favorite among the new fall shoes, of which a charming variety is now here awaiting your inspection. AAAA to D Sixes 2 to 9 $6.00 to $10.00 DREXEL SHOE CO. 1419. Farnam Street JIBIIIlllIllllIIlIIIltIlilllllliliiiiiiiie!iiiiiuillllllllllIIIIIIIItIliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII iBtishel.Wbrk'i Have Your Winter Clothes Repaired As m , , , , - - ..,-.',..'.;'-'." , J, - . '' " ' 5i? '. o V. " ' " I f We can make them almost as good as new by putting in hew linings, putting ,on new collars, : making new edges, on sleeves, new buttons' and I button-holes, new. seats Iff trousers, new pockets ' and pocket edges, etc. f We do. any, kind of altering and repairing of s both men'3 and women's garments. ' - I y.. : Get your winter garments out now and let us . 5 . help you make them last another season. . 1 : ; .DON'T DELAY DO IT NOW. . : I THE M stealing things in the court house," d;clared Judge Estelle. Police detectives and deputy sher iffs are working on the thefts. The jury, that found Deering guilty was only out twenty minutes. Judge Estelle in his instructions to the veniremen told them it made , no difference whether Deerins knew the whisky was in the box. Suffice, he said, that the booze was found in it when he got possession of it. The box was shipped to Omaha from St. Joseph. It was supposed to contain picture frames. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Durum Wheat Now Being Sold on Omaha Market The run of durum wheat has started and it is beginning to come in in goodly quantities from the western part of Nebraska. . Colorado and Wyoming. There is a good demand for this -wheat, the flour from which eventually goes into the manufacture of macaroni. Practically all that comes here is taken by the local mills. The Omaha basic price for durum runs right along with the best grades of winter wheat, being $2.19 a bushel for the amber, $2.15 for, the straight durum and .us tor tne rea. Don't try to save money buying cheap or big-can Baking Powders. You can't do it You'll throw out more in spoiled bakings than you save on price of the powder. And don't think, that old style high priced powders are best because they cost most. They are not. , . MET BAKING POWDER has proved in millions of bake-day tests that it is ' the best baking powder ever made that's why it is the biggest selling baking powder in the world today. No other baking powder makes sucn temptmgiy-gooa tender , wholesome bakings. No baking powder of any . where near the same quality is sold at such a low price. ftHwgy-nciffi iouuseiessoiLaiumet-Decause 1 AT Tftrfji it ts the highest grade baking powder. 1 II lilJXi J I 0Qe teaspoonful is equal to two teaspoonfult PW I of most other brands, JJzrSA Andthereisnd'7tfe&Mabofit it when you use Calumet - No loss. It is absolutely sure. It is the mot economical of all. Millions of housewives use it and so do leading domestic science " teachers and cooking experts. Tea MTewhtBjoafcjy ft Yearn wbea yoa it Calumet contains only such ingre dients as have been approved officially by the U. S. Food Anthoritiee. r . U & Food Authorities. , UirUffCT QUALITY luvusui. AWARDS 1 - Fast trains on convenient schedules 7" arrive Englewood Union I Station :: (63d St. ) and La Sale Station-most . connecting with limited trains for; all Eastern, territory. . iThe ' HO-MORC0.1Dtpl,109 BssRsinM.lowi ' " "Good Cleaners and Dyers." " - f . -, . 1513-15.17 Jones St Phon Douglas 963. V Branch Offic 2016 Farnam Street. . . South Side 4708 S. 24th St. Phone South 1283. ' N. B. -Ak-Sar-Ben FalfJubilee. Sept 26th to Oct 6th. . Out-of-town customers Bring your cleaning, dye ing and repairing with you, and we will do the work while you enjoy the carniraL lllinilillUlUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIllllllllllllUIUIIIIIU" -" ; Leaves: 6:08 p. m. ' 'daily. Ewe dinner on,the train-arrive La Salle StatiQn, Chicagrj in -the ; heart oi the business district ready for. the day no , time lost.' ', ' :' 1 1 a' ,: v : t Carries sleeping car for Tri-Cities may he occu- -pied until 7:00 a. m. ','v ; ; Low round-trip fares to points in - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,' Hew , Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Tork, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Vermont and Virgina, . also circuit tour fares to Boston and New York, in . effect daily. . - - , 'Automatic Block Signals , Flneii Modern All-Steel Equipment AbsoIate Safety Write,' phone or call at Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1323 Farnam St, for tickets, reservations, information. J. S. McNALLY, Dir. Pass. Agent Phone Doug. 428"