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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1908)
THE OMAHA DA FLY T.EE: SATURDAY, MAHCIT 21. 1908. ER not SANDS 1 HEY COME Eixty Novice. Poll the Brssi Knocksr . at Billy Bourke's Door. DJTO TANGIER TEMPLE TIIEY GO Camel Left Oajtslde While Expeetaat Victims Kaoek Their Hrada oa the Floor to Ills Royal ' Bobrobs. Show ms the plar where lie my hope To tee the Kanba stone. Show me where I get my card And for all my tins atone. Sixty novice knocked the braaa knocker at the door'of "Billy" Bourke, recorder of Tangier Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Noble of the Mys'lc Bhrlne. Friday and they were ahown the way to the yellow card and the place where tha date palms grow, near the aide of the wild sweet spring where the bulbul sings hi lay so low and the camel ha his fling. While east Is east and went Is weat and aald "never the twain shall meet," the novices poured Into Omaha Friday from every direction and mot at the Oaals of Omaha .where Tangier Temple I holding a ceremonial session. The business was called to order at s p. m., In the Masonic temple. The Initiations will begin at 7 p. m. In the same place. Heated sands were by far the mildest form f torture devised by the ceremonial master, J. Flti Roberts, and his second mate, F. H. Jackson. The electricians had their share In the punishment at the pres ent session, as did also the Inquisitors, ilchemlsts and the very special committee w necrology. But on the other side, when the candi dates are shown the way from the merci less sanda and allowed to hear the heavenly band and see the hourls sweet, there were hot only whirling pools of senv-cem, but Scottish Usquebaugh, Nantz, genuine Bchledam, golden waaner and aquavltae Caithness In abundance, as well as Missouri river water. Headed by Will H. Beck. Headed by Will 11. Beck the first Illus trious potentate of Abu-Bekr temple, a delegation of Shrlners arrived from Sioux City at t o'clock, singing the praises of Allahu Akbar, lord of creation and all merciful and all compassionate, ruler of the day of reckoning. The Sioux Cltyan are especially friendly to the Tangier Shrlners, because of the good work the Omahans did at Los Angeles In assisting the Iowana to secure a charter for the new temple. ' George S. Powell, Illustrious potentate of Tangier temple, has been doing everything possible to show the visitors a time and "how excellent the night Al Kadar Is," which Shrlners say Is better than a thous and months. The membership committee which was Instrumental In securing the large number of candidates was headed by R. V. Cole, with such nobles as C. E. Herring, J. A. Howard, W. R. Bennett, B. F. Thomas, George W. Carter, E. I Dodder, F. Mc Glverln, J. M. Klngery, Charles B. Finch, Fred A. Cressey, Harry Cheney and E. D. Hamilton. The committee which made It possible for visiting members to get In without the yellow card and have a good time until the rosy dawn consisted of L. M. Talmage, A. H. Hippie, John T. Tatee, C. E. Herring, B. E. Wilcox, B. F. Thomas, M. F. Funk houser, J. B. Rahm, Henry Hardy, Edgar Allen, II. C. Akin and Gustave Anderson. esme to Omaha and applied for the divorce, much to the surprise of friends rf Thomat. Her maiden name. Anna M. Kennerson, ws restored to her. YATES ON CURES FOR PANICS Omaha Ranker Has Article 1st ale of American Academy of Polltlea! Science. As. In She Annals of the American Academy of Political Science at Philadelphia, just published, Henry W. Tates, president of the Nebraska National bank of Omaha, In speaking of "Panic Preventions and Cures," gives as a cure the extending of the powers of the secretary of the treasury of the United States so that all banks supplying satisfactory ' securities could secure public funds, Instead of limiting the deposits with a few sneclally selected banks. "Estimating that one-half of the present fixed cash rf'erves should be dopoMted with the trensmcr, this would alone provide a fund of over .SXMXHi.CCV rays Mr. Yat.cs. "No Interference wnuld occur with that portion of t'.ie reserves which may be retained with reserve agents. With this plan In successful operation it may easily be conceived that the Instability now af flicting our money system would In a large measure be corrected, that the an nually recurring periods indicating Incipient panics would be prevented, and the danger avoided of absolutely uncalled for finan cial revulsions with their attending com mercial and Industrial losses and suffer ing." Two other "cures" were suggested by the Omaha banker, one being that the cash actually on hand should be simplified and made to embrace the various kinds of our money under the general term "cash," and the other that the banks should be encour aged to keep a portion of the fixed cash reserve with the treasurer of the United States. , Other writers In the Annals are George E. Roberta, president Of the Commercial National bank of Chicago; Isaac N. Sellg tnan of New York; Frank A. Vanderllp, vice president of the Nntlonal City bank. New York: Frederick A. Cleveland, bureau of municipal research, New York; J. M. Elliott, president of the First National bank of Los Angles; George TI. Earle, Jr.. presi dent of the Real Estate Trust company of Philadelphia; Lyman J. Oage. ex-secretary of the tr!asury; Myron T. Herrlck, chair man of the board society for savings; Wil liam Barret RIdgley. former comptroller of the currency; Jacob H. Schlff of New York on "Relation of a Central Bank to the Elasticity of the. Currency;" Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States. A Bloody Affair I lung hemorrhage. Stop It, and cure weak lungs, coughs and cold with Dr. King's New Discovery, too and IX For ale by Beaton Drug Co, GENTLE SPRING HAS COME Arrives Two Week Ahead of Hicks Schedule, Which U at Triumph for Colonel Welsh. Budding flowers, gentle showers, nature arraying herself In her new dress of green, poetry, fancies lightly turning to thoughts of love and the price of flats, letters to J Truth Hashmore asking whether a man and woman can live on 112.60 a week, poeina, odes, Influenza,' colds In the head, lost umbrellas, patent tonic advertisements, seed catalogues, brisk trade In rakes, spades, hoes, hose and lawnmowers, days and nights equal In length, vernal equi noxspring. Yes, spring, gentle spring, lovely spring has "came." The calendar proclaims It, though as a matter of fact spring arrived ahead of Its schedule about two weeks. Colonel Welsh of the local weather bu reau point with pride to the brand of weather which he ha furnished- and views with contempt the prophecy of his friend. Key. Irl R. Hicks, that "high winds will prevail during March In the central por tion of the country, accompanied by snow and rain. ANNA NT. THOMAS DIVORCED Wife of .Man Serving Life Sentence for Mnrder of Mabel 8cho Held Gets Decree. Charles C. Thomas of Des Moines, now serving a life term In the Fort Madison penitentiary for the murder of Mabel Scho fleld about five years ago, was divorced by nls wife, Anna M. Thomas, In district court Friday. Mrs. Thomas secured the decree on the grounds her husband had been convicted of a felony. The murder caae atracted considerable at tention at the time because of the mystery lurroundlng It at the stsrt. The body of the girl was found In the Dcs Moines river. Thomas, who was a hackman, was charged with drugging her to death. At his first preliminary hearing he was discharged, but a year or two later, after detectives had worked up the case, he was held for trial and convicted of the crime. He I now try ing to secure a reversal In the supreme sourt of the United States. During the1 trial Mrs. Thomas stood by her husband, but a short time sgj she SPEAKER FR0MTHE ORIENT Rev. Frank W. Bible of China Will Make Several Addresses In Omaha Chnrches. Rev. Frank W. Bible, a Presbyterian missionary of Hangchow, China, will be In Omaha from March 29 to April 5, speaking at several places. Sunday morning, the 29th, he will speak at the First Presbyterian church and In the ovening at Caatellar Presbyterian; Sunday, April 6, ho will speak In the morning at the Second church and In the evening at the Third. Rev. Mr. Bible has returned to this country with Mrs. Bible on account of the tatter's health. He was to have been In Omaha some months ago, but was detained on account of Mrs. Bible's condition. How long they will remain In this country Is not yet known. Mr. Bible Is a native of Pennsylvania. He received hi academic education at Park college and his seminary course at Auburn. He is a forceful and aggressive speaker and a man . with youthful vigor, which enters Into his work. He Is known to several college friends In Omaha. Mrs. Bible also was educated at Park college. This Child's Life Was Salved by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy TV 'J, ' V -1 7 r, 'I. 1 - . 4 k tr 7 v. WILMA SMITH. In March, 1899. Geo. L. Hall, of Birmingham, Ala., together with Mi wife, went to viblt hi married sister, Mr. William Smith, of Albertsville, Ala. When they arrived at the house they found hla slster'a four week-old daughter dan gerously HI with what the family physician pronounced la grippe. The doctor who was treating the child Bald It could not live over night, aald he waa doing all he could do, aud there was no chance of caving the baby. He vas giving castor oil one hour end syrup cf i'.iecac the next. I knew that Chamberlain's Cough Iteniedy contained all ihe Ipecac that tho child needed, and from exper ience with It In my owu family with my children. I believed that the other ln gredleuta tn It were belter for the baby if It had la grippe, than oil. ao I took the lesponHlblllty of giving the baby Chamberlain' Cough Remedy every twen ty minutes for two hours, then every forty to sixty minutes for the remainder of the night. Before morning the improvement waa easily perceptible. In three or four days the baby waa well. She la now about nine years old, a fine girl, and her parents are everlasting believers in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. ITS HA - -.I WW V ..nn US. Spate R LEY SISTERS SPRING OPENING TODAY, Saturday, March Twenty -First 1 msaBSBsasawssssssssss-t An Artistic Display of Spring Summer Millinery Embracing the vry latest Imported Modes and our own exclusive adaptatiens. Yeu kre cordially invited to be present. v Souvenirs to Ladies, TlXCL U SI V EN ESS is assured in our novelties, not only because there are ?w J-s duplicates but because we have taken advantage of the seasons fashions, in making our selections as widely varient as possible. The impress of distinctive' refinement in our exquisite spring modes reveals the success of our well directed efforts in meeti?ig the requirements ef our exacting trade. Our large volume of business enables us to give our customers the betiefit of discounts and low prices received by - heavy buyers. 7" : We Hav a Large At$ortmnt of Hair Goods RILEY. SISTERS Three - Hundred - Seventeen South 16th street ELK BUILDERS INCORPORATE Club Beady with Articles for Hun dred and Fifty Thousand. CAMPAIGN FOE THAT NEW HOME Fifteen Hundred Share In All and One Prominent Kile Will Take One Hundred of These Shares. Incorporation papers are ready for filing for the Elks' Building Club of Omaha, the club to be Incorporated for $160,000, shares to be sold at (100 per share, there being 1.600 shares. The constitution and bylaws have been accepted and everything Is In readiness for the Inauguration of the cam paign for the raising of money for the new building. Notices will be sent out the first of next week to every member, calling at tention to the shares for sale, and It is expected that in a short time a large block of stock will be disposed of. One promi nent Elk has signified his intention of taking 100 shares. The stock will be divided Into common and preferred issues, the preferred stock to bear cumulative dividend at 8 per cent annually. Omaha Elks own the corner south of the Toung Men's Christian association building on Seventeenth and Howard streets, the property having been bought several years ago. This has risen in value considerably and, it is said, can be sold for much more than was paid for It. Members of the lodge, therefore, are In favor of disposing of this corner and buying another location nearer tho business center. Nothing defi nite, howevet, regarding the location of the proposed club house or the architectural plana of It has as yet been decided upon. The names signed to the Incorporation papers are T. B., McPherson, D. B. Welp ton, Rome. Miller, E. A. Benson, W. I. Klerstead, C. L. Saunders and H. F. Mets. TRADE TOUR COMMITTEES Manaarera for Northwest Commercial Invasion Appointed by Com mercial Club. Committees on advertising, commissary, finance and transportation for the next trade extension excursion of the Commer cial club were appointed Friday noon by Chairman D. B. Fuller of the trade ex tension committee of the club. The sub committees will make all arrangements for the next trip, which will be made the lat ter part of May through northern Colorado and Wyoming, and the trip to last six days. The banquet which was to have been given by the Commercial club to those who went on the last great northwest trade excursion, the banquet to be In honor of Governor Sheldon, has been postponed by his request from March 23 to Ihe evening of April 11. These are the committees: Advertising J. C. Colt, Robert Z. Drake, T. B. Coleman, F. L. Haller. Commissary Joe Kelley, A. F. Smith, Q. H. Pratt. Entertainment W. L. Vetter, E. A. Hln rlch, W, E. Reed. D. J. O'Brien. "Finance J. H. Taylor, Joe Kelley, W. F. Norman. O. W. Later, O. W. Dunn. Transportation C. E. Johannes. W, W. Johnston, G. N. Peek. They were addressed to Chicago, where he had received one of them as late as March 13. He had a card of membership In the International Association of Machinists. A pawn ticket showed he had pawned a ring In the Eagle Loan office Thursday. Death was due to morphine poisoning. Police Surgeon Fltsgibbon thinks It was not taken with suicidal intent, but that the man while' Intoxicated took an overdose. ALUM TO CLEAR THE WATER Theory la Advanced by City GncUirr Whereby Company Conld Rectify Matters. ''By putting one and one-half grain of alum into every one gallon of water, which contains 7,000 grains, the Omaha Water company could cleanse the wuier it. is serving the people of Omaha and give them clear water instead of the present muddy concoction," asserts City Engineer Rose- water. .''The water company state that Omaha uses 16,000,000 gallons of water I day. To separate the dirt from this quan tity of water about one and one-half tons of alum would have to be used. Tills amount of alum would cost about $50, which would be the dally expenditure on the part of the water company in giving the people of Omaha clear, pure and ster lllzed water. ' "There is nothing In the wajer company' excuse of inability to get at Its weirs as a cause for the muddy water, of the last few weeks. The weirs have nothing, to do with the clearness of the water, that the quantity which is used every day cannot possibly be purified by settling. The only way to make the water clear Is to inject some coagulant which will collect the im purities." A. B. Hunt, superintendent of the Omaha Water company, says his company has been using alum in the Florence pumping station for upwards of a week and that the water is now rapidly clearing, though he does not give full credit for the clearing of the water to alum. Of the use of alum and its effect on clearing the water Super intendent Hunt says: "Alum will coagulate and take to the bottom heavy substances, animal and min eral matter, but vegetable matter, such a decayed wood and soot also it will not touch. ' Our weirs generally catch this that Is, when the water la lower. The 'snow water' has caused this excessive muddlness, but this is passing off and I think that by Monday the water will be practically clear." BEDFELLOW IS FOUND DEAD Whit Man Who Bleeps with Nearro Lifeless When Latter Awakes After Debauch. Earnle Wilson, colored, woke up in his bedroom, S13 North Thirteenth street. Fri day morning with a headache. He lay for a while thinking. He was very tired. Suddenly he remembered he had a bed fellow, a white man, with whom he had been drinking the night before. He turned hla head to look at him. The white man was not breathing. Wilson raised his head. The man was dead. Neighbors heard a shriek and then a ter rified colored man la a night shirt rushed out on the street. Coroner Davis took charge of the body aftt-r Police Surgeon Kittttlbljon hsd pro nounced the man dead. His name was George R. Spencer, but no trace has been found of any of his relatives. Several let ters from a woman With whom he had lived In Burlington, la., were found on him. CHAMPION OF STAY'AT-HQMERS aronafrenarlan Bailiff Has Not Been na Far East aa Itlvev In Eleven Year. C. F. M. Morgan, who at almost 90 years Is an active bailiff In criminal court, claims to be the stay-at-home champion of the city of Omaha. He believes In tho last eleven year he has traveled as little as any other person in Omaha. "During these eleven years," he"said, "I have never been east aa far as the Mis souri river. Once I took a street car ride to Benson and that is as far west as I have been In that period. Practically all the traveling I have done has been be tween the court house and my home. I find plenty of things to attend to without gadding around." Mr. Morgan did all his traveling In his younger days and he declares he Is now ready to settle down to a quiet life. ROBBERS STEAL HAY CANVAS ..,1. III.! II,. , , II II -'0ws-w4 Do You Believe in the life after death ? Do you believe in psychic. forces and voices from the outer Dark? Do you believe IN THE SHADOWiWORLD? HAMLIN GARLAND Tells of his own personal experiments. They are weird, startling, terrifying. This is an original, exhaustive research after the truth, by a trained investigator, who is also a well known author. fE had never taken Psychic phenomena seriously. We don't know what to think now. Mr. Garland's narrative is stscp-erino-. Tn n AmWm tn Vnnw hnw wMsrri these manifestations are, we offer a cash prize of $500.00 for the best authentic account of personal experience of any sort la this field. We also offer prizes of $250.00, $125.00, $75.00 and $50.00 for the second, third, fourth and fifth best papers, making $1,000 in all. Mr. Garland's series will run through four number. JSend your com munications any time during the next four months. u W1 15 Cents a Copy THE KIDGWAY FOR. APRIL $1.50 a Year COMPANY. UNION SQUARE. NEW YORK CITY Take the t'overlnfc-, bat Leave Load f llarse Feed. the Fred Peterson, who conducts a hay and feed store at 1S15 Leavenworth street, found himself overstocked Wednesday evening and compelled to leave a load of hay standing on a wagon over night. He protected the hay against rata by care fully placing a big canvas over It, but he fulled to protect the canvas against thieves and some wretch removed It during the night and took It with them. Burglars entered the residence of Mrs. Catherine I'rather, WO South Twenty-first street, while the family were sb.ent Thurs day and ransacked the place, securing seven rings, a coral brooch, a pearl brooch, a lot kit and chain. ! Kat Take the MJast Goda.M Red Cross -- Cough Props real thing, sc. PLUTOCRATS FEEL THE PINCH New York's Hlah Flyers Pat a Fleet of Swell Yaehts on the Market. These are hard times for the more than "moderately" rich of New York and vicin ity. Fifty of the largest yachts in this country are on the market, lteports that many owners of huge steam and sail craft were anxious to sell their floating palaces have been rife in shipping circles for sev eral days. An investigation on every hand evidences that the money panic had reached deep Into the pockets of yachtmcn. lesigner and yacht brokers said those who wish to sell have bought anew. That Is true in a few Instances, but the fart re mains that never Ufore have so many large craft bren for sale. Kapecially is this the case In steam yachts. Twners of sailing vexwls that cost less to run than sti-uni-driven craft are holding back with the hope that buxl nesa may pick up, but many who have spent ttns of tnouaands a year on coal, crews,' fittings and entertaining hav been forced to give up the sea, either from lack of funds or of time to spare from business. The desertions from the blue ribbon fleet will be felt In all of the large clubs. In cluding the New Tork Atlantic and Larch motit organizations. Of the 250 large ves sels assembled In Newport harbor two years ago for the New York Yacht club cruise many believe there will not be one quarter to draw from this rear. Scores of owners who have not put ihelr yachts up for sale have expressed doubt as to putting their rraft In commission. Many make no effort to conceal the fact that they will spend the summer In Wall street unless business takes a sudden change for the better. Hollands Letter In Philadelphia Press. Kisutr Degrees of Frost. It is difficult for us to form any Coneer tlon of the degree of cold retreentel by the 80 di-grees of frost recorded f'om eer. tuln rails of lluanla. Sir Leopold McC'ln ttx'k t.lla how In one of his Arctc ex peditions, a sailor waa foolhth enough to do some ould.xir work at precisely this temperature. Ills hands Irose, and when hs rushed Into the csbtn find plunsed one 1 of them Into a basin of water so cold was the hand that the water was instantly converted into a block of Ice. Al tj oe' grees. Dr. Kaae says, "the mustache ai.d under Up form pendulous bead of I'a'iei'iir ice. Put out your tongue and It Instant i-" freeses to this Icy crusting. Your cli... has a trlok of freezing to your upper Jaw by the luting aid of your beurJ; mv eyes have often been so glued as to show that even a wink was unsafe." JJunJ.e Advertiser. Footla It Aroand the World. That was a weird tale, outdoing Julei Verne's "Around the World in K.lKiity Days." which the French pedestrian, lleml Mosse had to tell when he arrived In New York Tuesday, lie la the sole survivor of eight men who started In couples four years ago from different points to wait around the world. Four were front the Tourists' club of France, four from th fiportamen's club of Loudon. Three died n Australia, two were murdered In Abyasinli, one was killed in China, and the fevf -it i. Mouse's partner, Qt?orK S. Most. I'o.mii.t :! suiciue In Turkey. Mush Lima -If h.ia I a I many narrow escapes, hut hones In I've till June H when he irual he at Lyons, Kratce. to claim 'he 1Wm alukrs If anything should happen to him it will of cm r l) a tie between Franca and KriK lamt. Who can say. lit the face of sjch evi lene. II. t the spirit of romance is dvad'f bpilnfiuivl Kepubllcaa. V-'il r