THE, BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1917.
Nebraska
STATE MAY CUT
DIVIDEND RATE
, FOR CORPORATION
Railway Commission Considers
Cutting Rate of Income of
Arlington Company; New
Rule in Prospect. '
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special.)
Under a contemplated order by the
street railway commission it soon may
be made illegal in Nebra'ska for pub
lic service corporations to distribute
more than a fair and reasonable rate
of dividends to their stockholders. In
a bearing next Wednesday, at which
the Arlington Telephone company will
hi required to give an accounting of
its past dividends, the question of
adopting such a rule will be presented.
Commission Wilson has written an
opinion dealing with ihe application
made by the company some time ago
for authority to issue and sell $6,515
of new stock. The commissioner an
nounces that the decision on this re
quest will be deferred until after the
corporation has. made a full disclosure
and showing of its financial transac
tions extending over a period of years.
Dividends Too Heavy.
The opinion of Mr. Wilson, con
curred in by his colleagues, finds from
papers which the company has here
tofore submitted that since it started
business in 1903 it has paid out $24,
247 in dividends, while its total capi
talization amounts to only "$18,485.
The dividends are declared to exceed
a fair return of 7 per cent, by the sum
xa$9,G07.
$ In asking for $6,515 of additional
Hock, which would bring the total
issue up to $25,000, the company
claimed it was to cancel an equal
amount of indebtedness for money
loaned by its stockholders to repair
damage done by a sleet storm in
1915.
The opinion of the commission
holds that the $9,600 of excess divi
dends would more than cover this
expense and it calls upon the com
pany to show why an order should
not be issued requiring an assessment
upon stockholders to restore that sum
of money to its treasury, with the
further proviso that future dividends
shall be limited to 7 per cent a year.
General Harries Will
Command Negro Troops
Deming, N. M., Dec. 7. Briga
dier General George H. Harries,
commander at Camp Cody of the
Fifty-ninth depot brigade, has been
transferred to Colombia, S. C,
where he will command the Eighty
first brigade of the One Hundred
and Eighty-sixth division of negro
troops.
He left Deming today for his
new post, accompanied by his son
and aide, Lieutenant W. G. Harries.
Village of Oconto Votes
Electric Light Franchise
si Oconto, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special.)
At a meeting of the village board an
electric light franchise was granted to
Dr. J. L. Paine. Oconto has experi
enced considerable difficulty in get
ting lights, as several private parties
have tried to get franchises and only
a few weeks ago the proposed muni
cipal light proposition was voted
down at a special election. The plant
has been ordered and it is only a
question of a short 'time now until
this village will be well lighted.
Snow began falling here about 11
o'clock this morning and about three
inches now lies on the ground.
FREMONT RED CROSS
SEND MANY SUPPLIES
Chapters in Dodge County
Towns Are Busily Engaged in
Preparing Surgical l)ress-
ings for Soldiers.
Fremont, Xcb., Dec. 7. (Special
Telegram.) More than $5,000 ls
been expended for material for Red
Cross work by . the Dodge County
chapter since its organization last
spring. Of this amount about $2,000
has been spent for yarn for knitting
sweaters and other garments. The
remainder has been used in purchas
ing muslin and linen and other ma
terials for bandages, surgical dress
ings and hospital garments. A large
number of Fremont women meet daily
at the library auditorium to do Red
Cross work. Delegations from the
neighboring towns where local chap
ters have been formed come to Fre
mont to assist with the work. Chap
ters have been organized recently at
Hooper, Snyder, Nickerson and Uehl
ing. A meeting will be held at Hooper
Tuesday when plans for the member
ship drive to be made in the county
Christmas week will be outlined. At
the fair and bazar to be held here next
week the committee in charge plans to
raise $2,000.
Young Dane to Enlist.
Aroused to a high state of indigna
tion over jhe atrocities of the German
soldiers, Soren Jensen, a young
Danish farmer of the Pohocco vicinity
in Saunders county, is arranging to
dispose of his live stock and farming
equipment and enlist. Jensen was in
Fremont arranging for the sale of his
property. He says he is ready to do
his bit in the fight against the kaiser.
David E. Bell, a retired farmer liv
ing on the Lincoln highway cast of
Fremont, is at t local hospital suffer
ing with a dislocation of his left hip
and the fracture of his left arm, as the
result of a fall from the haymow at
his home. Mr. -Bell was otherwise
injured, but his condition is not con
sidered serious.
Loses Right Hand.
Chris Haidley of Schuyler under
went an operation for the amputation
of his right hand as the result of an
accident when the member was caught
in a corn shredder. Mr. Haidley was
cleaning the machine when by mis
take the signal to start was given.
Explosion at Niobrara
Wrecks Hotel and Cafe
Niobrara, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special.)
The Wellman Hotel cafe was dam
aged and the hotel proper threatened
by fire this morning. The blaze was
caused by the blowing up of the big
cafe range. The loss was several
hundred dollars.
CRIME AT BLAIR
PUZZLES POLICE
E. H. Friend, Former Omahan,
Found Dead Near Depot
With Throat Cut From
Ear to Ear.
from Crestou, Wash., is fighting in
the trenches in France. He is a son! I
win: t..i ,f n, E
til Milium! iajMl't, . Mumvt .'
kota county, now living at Carey,
Idaho.
Blair. Neb., Dec. 7.-(Special.)-El-mond
H. Friend, formerly of 111
South Seventeenth street, Omaha,
was found near the depot yesterday
morning with his throat cut from ear
to ear. There were evidences of a
struggle.
lie left the home of his mother,
Mrs. Mary Bartholomew, who recent
ly moved here from Pender, Wednes
day night, sayidg he was going to
Pender. That was the last seen of
him alive.
His body was found near the depot
at 10 o'clock the following morning.
Near the body were found, a razor
and knife scabbard. His cap and
gloves were found some distance from
the scene of the supposed murder.
There were some loose change in
his pocket. A diamond ring was mis
sing. It is said he had considerable
money.
While the authorities scout the
theory of suicide, it has been learned
he had several times expressed the
wish he were dead. He had threat
ened to "end it all."
Washington county authorities have
gone to Omaha in effort to find clues
which would aid in clearing up the
mystery.
Friend, a painter, was 28 years old.
He had lived in Blair at different
times.
Kearney Police Break
Up Gang of Young Thieves
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special.)
Spencer Lovitt, Robert Eldrcd and
Floyd Campany, Kearney boys, were
sentenced to the state industrial
school today, to remain state charges
until they are 21 years old. Campany
and Lovitt were charged with theft
of an auto and admitted their guilt.
The Fldred lad took an auto trailer
owned by the Midway hotel and re
moved tlie wheels, lie also was
charged with joy tiding in cars left
for a moment by the owners.
Hall County: to Accept
Provisions of Chappell Law
Grand Island,- Neb., Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) Hall county has taken steps
tq accept he provisions of the Chap
pell law with reference to the owner
ship of fair ground.; and the main
tenance of county fairs. The Central
Nebraska Agricultural association re
cently requested the county board to
accept the provisions -ef the act, thus
obviating the necessity of securing a
petition of 10 per cent, asking the
county board so to do. The next step
has now been taken by the stock
holders of the Central Nebraska
Agricultural association.
Former Dakota County
Boy Fighting in France
Lyqns, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special.)
Arthur Anderson and Miss Ida Lar
son were married at the Methodist
Episcopal church parsonage Wednes
day, Dr.!harles Wayne Ray, officiat
ing. They will reside on the old An
derson place northwest of Lyons.
Mrs. M. M. Warner received word
that her brother, John L. Taylor,
Farmers Near Eustis
Plan Big Coyote Hunt
Eustis, NcN., Dec. 7. (Special.)
Reports that freezing weather will
save the bulk of the corn crop is not
given much credence liy grain and
elevator men. It will not help the
com, they declare.
"The bulk of the corn crop this
year is tit for nothing else but hog
feed," said a local grain buyer, "there
fore I am not going to make any con
tracts for future delivery. Corn at
the present price runs into money too
rapidly and the loss of a few thou
sand bushels would set nic back sev
eral thousand dollars."
The coyote is getting rather bold
in its nocturnal rambling several
miles north of town. John Cress
well, farmer on the Platte river val
ley, savs they are setting so bold that
they come up to his chicken house'
at night and try to get in. Like
wolves, they travel in packs and sev
eral farnWs report the loss of young
steers and heifers which have been
slain and eaten by coyotes. At first
many were inclined to ridicule- the
coyote tales and thought that a big
wolf was commitiing the depreda
tions, but a carefu! watch has shown
that the coyotes are responsible.
Preparations, arc being made for a
big coyote hunt to take place some
time before Christmas, or after a
heavy fall of snow, as they will be
easier to track. The men who arc
getting up the, hunt expect to have
over 500 hunters in the roundup, and
fancy prizes will be offered for each
hide and a capital prize for the man
or group of men who slay the great
est number.
The oil microbe has struck Eustis
and several local capitalists have be
come inoculated with the germ. An
effort is being made to organize a
prospecting company of local men to
prospect for oil around Fustis. Re
ports from Red Cloud and Stockville
to the effect that oil indications have
been found is taken as an argument
by the lycal i.ien. If oil is at those
places there is no reason why it
should not be found here, they say.
Soldiers7 Home Motes
Grnnd Island. N.)., Deo, 7. (Sprota! )
Miss Mayme lownc"y had a short visit Willi
lier brother, Wrrptennt 11. R. Downey yrs
torrtay. lo linit inaile a hurried trip to his
homj In Mcrna and was on Ills return trip
to Camp Funslon.
Mrs. K. J. Maxwell jmd daughter, Maxlne,
returned from l.iikuln on Sunday, where
they spent Thanksgiving with relatives.
.Miss Ruth Heaver of liranil jftnnri. spent
Sunday at Burkott the guest of Miss Maymn
Downey.
Oils Anderson hn returned from a short
vacation which ho spent at Ulalr, Neh., and
where he attended tho weddinif of his son.
Charles, to Miss Helen Illnchmnni daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Hlnrhmun.
Work was begun yesterday on the over
hauling and remodeling of tho old baker
shop, and when completed this room will
mako very comfortablo living quarters for
eight members, whlc.li will fc'rcatly relieve
the crowded condition.
Mrs. Weir and daughter, Florence of Omi.
ha, visited this week with tho former's fa
ther, Joseph Conway.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have Riven up their
apartments In cottugo No. S, and will move
to Grand Island to spend the remainder of
tho winter. '
Mrs. Johanna Llnch, a patient In the
west hospital, wos surprised yesterday ovar
tho unexpected visit of her two daughters,
ono from Omaha and the other from New
York City, who dropped in for a Bhort
visit with their niuther. The eldest daugh
ter, a Mrs. Hart, Is a member of a tho
atrlcal troupo playing in New York City and
Is under- contract to make her appearance
on Sunday next, so her stay wus necessarily
brief. Tho other daughter resides in
Omaha.
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3 Dundee Woolen Mills C
When expense comes in at the
door, value flies out of the window
Whenever expense descends upon a business in overwhelming propor
tion, you can be pretty sure that value won't "hang around" much long
er. Expense is the natural enemy of value the store that indulges in
excessive expense can't expect to give its customers money's worth.
This store doesn't travel the expensive road and value is here to stay.
UNION MADE
UNION MADE
Our first economy is rent we pay less for a retail store room than a lot of people pay for apart
mentsour ground floor rent is cheap. Our next economy comes through selling only for cash.
And we save money by asking you to "carry your own." What we save, you save. We save $5 to
$10 per garment on expense so do you.
If yoji're a judge of clothing value you'll quickly appreciate the real worthiness of these goods.
You'll know what fine fabrics they're made of you'Jl be able to "spot" the hand tailoring
you'll call the clothes excellent. We use the best linings in all of them. Come here and get big
money's worth.
Money
Cheerfully
Refunded
Watch
Our
Window
Bsrg Suits Me
The Popularity
of our
l Suits and Overcoats
Greater Than Ever
While our stocks are smafier
in actual numbers than before
the fire, the assortments are
more varied and carefully se
lected, and
Every Garment in This
Store a New Model, Pat
tern and Style
Not a back number among
them. No matter the garment
you select, it's the last word in
style and newness, and while
qualities have advanced you
will hardly notice it in the
superb values to be found here.
Hundreds of Fine Suits
In Superior Makes, Styles and Fabrics
$15 -$20- $25 $15 -$20 -$25
and up to $45. and up to $60.
Comparison will show you a saving at this store of several dollars.
Hundreds of Fine Overcoats
Exclusive DesignsModels and Colorings
Mackinaw
CoU
Leather and Sheep
Lined Vests
Extra
Trousers
Corduroy Suit
and Trout. r.
Larkin-McKay
Overall!
Carpenter
Overall
Military Uniforms, Suits and Overcoats
Early Christmas Buyers
will find an advanced and exceptionally choice assortment of holiday furninhingi
and like our clothing all this season's models.
Muffler, silk and knitted novelties, at 75c to $10.00
Silk Shirt, at $3.50 to $10.00.
Madra Shirts, at $1.00 to $3.50.
Neckwear, at 50c to $3.00.
Cloves, at $1.00 to $9.50.
Hosiery, at 25c, 35c, 50c, 60c to $1.1S.
Underwear, $1.00, $1.50, $3.00 to $6.00.
(Union and Two-PIece Styles.)
Sweaters, civilian and army styles, at $3.00 to $3.00 and $8.50.
I Flannel Shirts, at $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50.
New Styles in
Winter Hats and
Caps
Every new idea litre in IIat3
From $3.00 to 16.00
Every new idea here in Caps
$1.00, $1.50, $2.00
Seal Skin Caps, at
$5, $7.50, $10, k$15, $20, $25
er Christmas Gilt An Electric Washer
freeing the busy Housewife from the shackles
of W ash-day, with its attendant work and weariness.
A constant reminder of your care and thoughtfulness
for many years to come.
The Electric Waslner
Washes Clothes the Ideal Way
It does not wear the fabric by constant rubbing
washes easily, swiftly, noiselessly, and at an average cost of only
1 cent per hour.
Choose an Electric Gift for your Home from among
the numerous applinnces we have in stock. Electric Toasters,
Chafing Dishes, Grills for the Dining Table an Electric Lamp
or Radiator for the 1'arlor. We will b5 pleased to have you
look over our stock. ,
Telephone Tyler Three One Hundred. .
aslca Power Company
"Your Electric Service Company"
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N. W. Corner 15th and Harney Sts.
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