Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 01, 1910, Image 2
. i ii i . j : ;i X- J 1 " v. 1 .iTE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1910. enson Thorne.Qds DOUGLAS DOUCil STREET STREE IMPORTANT NOTICE The B v I 1 I i I . . . . 1 i i ill t t j i u v 1 m r W - .1 59- 1 I J IJ (mill n ii av -aw .. . Commences Isn't it gladsome news to hear that "20", and even "2Zys" reductions are to be offered on EVERY winter wearable in this UNCOMMON stock7 Think of "cheap store" prices on a grade and class of gar ments select enough to be quoted as a standard for this vicinity. The very nature of the merchandise carried by. us makes frequent common sensation sales prohibitive, but we ARE able to do something like this TWICE yearly, and will introduce a long-to-be-remembered. event on Monday next. Sunday papers will carry fuller details with items and prices. In the meantime, put off every apparel need, at least 'til Monday. One Fifth or, in other words, a discount of --20 per cent is offered on these and boys house wear of niany kinds, young men 8 and boys furnish ing goo is, boys and girls of women s, misses, children's, boys, youths and "Utile gents shoes, and enough other lines to make this one of the most exciting sale events ever pulled off in Omaha. Note itl 20 less than regular. grain Interest as centered In the Grain change. More than 10,000,000 bushels of ach wheat and oats and more than 22. J00.00 bushels of corn came Into' thla city during the' yer "and had hot November been ao rainy rind December so unusually snowy, preventing the farmer from haul ing, these totals would be far greater. One ot the surest signs of the general , Increase in Omaha's business may be found In the figures of Postmaster Thomas which, are by thousands larger than the figures of any Other year In the city s history. ... ' .. Another of these signs Is reflected In the hank figure whloh exceed anything ever, before readied In Omaha's business career. . Their combined deposits are now at the mark of ,000.009. The clearing of 736.000,000 breaks all records. First Half Year . Shows Increase in Revenues Gain in Customs it Over Thirty Mil lions and in Internal Collections , More Than Eight Millions. WASHINGTON, Dec..Sl.-An Increase In Customs receipts of 30.t48,20 snd in In ternal revenue of IS, 412,000 during the first six months of the fiscal year 1910. as com pared with the corresponding period of the fiscal year 1800, Is the; showing of the Derations of the treasury, according to the latest figures available, which lack one or two days of being 'complete. The deficit for ID10 In the matter of ordinary receipts and expenditure, Is $M,14O,02S, ss KjUlnst; M 447.603 during the first sis months of 1908, which figures do not take Ijiuo account posts revenues and disburse ments) except the postal deficiency, nor do they Include $16,311,078 paid tor work on the Panama canal. At the close of . business December 2 there being no statement Issued today, the working balance la treasury offices was $.237,331, a loss of several millions slnoe the early fall months. Speculation Is now being Indulged In as to the form of bonds that will be emitted by the)- government during the government during the coming year to re pay the 'treasury for expenditures on ao- i iunt of he, Panama -canal, Vhe lnfl ijbtodness ,f .tb,e Panama oanal he gwnl fund of the treasury at the ccrta'ry' MacVeagh's annual report ibfntttd to congress amounted to The secretary thinks the settle '"e account should be begun. He -ys a Issue bonds paying up in mu Nr. ih addition to those alread for the canal. .t of bonds authorised by khe ; Paaama canal Is Vt issued to date la rlsed but not yt Horrned de of the 'the count of Vcan ln Vflculty Vs now las de 14 two ' s la tic U for 1 the 1. tuo. Monday next. Off gown and robes. Infanta hats and caps, many styles I I 'II .. . I K AND New Location 1518 PERHAM CONSULTS OFFICIALS Labor' leader Presents Case of Strik ing Switchmen at Washington. - NO ACTION UNTIL MONDAY tveseMi Other Vnlons oa Llaea Affected Are Voting om Proposal to Strike Because of Their Owi Grievances, , WASHINGTON, Dec. .81. It is a waiting game tonight In the negotiations for media tion of the switchmen's strike on the rail roads entering St. Paul. During the day the government mediation board, consist ing of Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce commission and Commlnsloner of Labor Nelll, together with President H. B. Perham of the Order of Railway Tel egraphers, head of the railway branch of the American Federation of Labor, wres tled with the problem of what to do In behalf of the Interests affected by the strike, but without definite action. Meantime, Mr. Perham has made no ap pointment with President Taft, who, It is stated at the. White House, has not taken up the matter In any way. '' The conference with the mediation boarO was solicited by Mr. Perham, following the railroads' refusal to make vacancies fo; the strikers, but other matters, Including the general conditions affecting the men were considered. v Mr. Perham said there would be no con ference tomorrow "unless something ex traordinary develops." and that he did not expect to confer again until Monday and that he did not expect in the Interval to do any telegraphic negotiations. Perham Submits Evidence, Mr. Perham submitted a lot of document ary, evidence today bearing on the dispute between the ra.lroads and the switchmen. He pointed out that his effort was to seek some way of reaching a settlement; that he wanted a resumption of negotiations be tween the railroads and the men. The' railroads say they have the situa tion well In hand; the strikers hold the oontrary. The swltahmen want all of the strikers reinstated without prejudice; the railroads, which have employed strike breakers, refuse to make vacancies for the strikers. Something like t,60Q switch men were said to be affected by the strike originally Cnd the understanding hore Is tl at practically all that number' are still OUt. . ' . 1 Mills and other Industries dependent im full transportation facilities are said' to be affected and the mayors of St. Paul and Mini eapolls telegraphed here urging a solu Ion of the problem. 1 To these telegram. Messrs. Knapp and Nelll have replied, pledging their willingness to. gid If any way should seem clear. Many Informal propositions were considered, but bene of them crystallised. Strike Voto In Prparrese. 8T. PAUL, Minn., Deo. Any contem plated tuuvt in-Uw switch niaa's strike Is being held in abeyance pending the con ference in Washington today between Pres ident Perham of the Railway Telegraphers and the members of ll interstate' Com merce commission. This conference, , the strikers expect, will ' hcla fhem to ' come, to some understanding" wiOrtne railroads. It was officially announced fttaullta headquarters that a strike vote had been In progress for saver.! days - throughout the entire northwest among the ettjree; Rail way -unions represented- in tha 'American Federation of Labor. Added to this announcement was the statement that if these . anions. Trent on strike It would not be in' sympathy with the switchmen, but that each rase would be based on Individual grevahb'. ' ' i. Lehliih Makes UbccuIom, '. NEW YORK, De O.-The Lehigh Val ley iU 11 road company today ratified an agreement with Its conductors for tha year See Sunday Papers One-Thira Off A clean 33 1-3 per cent reduction on any of the following lines "small women's suits, coats and dresses, girls coats and dresses, children s furs, many styles of women s, misses, children 8, boys, youths and "little gents shoes, and young men a and boys suits and overcoats, A decisive "third off on the most dependable attire lines shown in Omaha today. No "jobs no "seconds no "irregulars but all clean, stylish; wearables A 111 f II II Mill l - 1520 Farnam St. 1010, the principal feature of which Is the reduction of the working day from twelve to ten hours. - . Bandits Killed While Trying to Rob a Bonk United States Marshal and Posse Frustrate Scheme to Loot Three Banks and Fostoffice. QUTHRIB, Okl., Dec. ai.-Flve men who Intended to rob the three banks and the postofflce at Harrah, Okl., early today ran into a posse headed by United States Mar shal "Jack" Abernathy. As a result, two of the bandits are dead, one Is In Jail at Oi'thrle, wounded, and.two others are be ing pursued by a posse. Frank Quigg wa, shot down during a fight with the posB and Instantly killed. He lived In Atchison, Kan., and was the son of a wealthy mother,. Frank Carpen ter, another of the robbers, was wounded during the fight, and died late today In Jail here. J. C. Dllbeck, the third bandit, a as only slightly hurt. The robbery was , well planned, but Car xi.ter made the mistake of telling a num er of people of the plot. In this way, joetofflce inspectors learned of the affair. Marshal Abernathy was notified, and when .he robbers reached the bank he waa ready for them. The posse caught the men in the act of breaking into the rar door of the Harrah State bank. The robbers ran and the deputies fired, wounding Carpen ter and Dllbeck-at the first volley. Quigg snapped his revolver, but' before he ooulil return' the fire he was killed by a ride ball. Carpenter, after the fight, admitted to Marshal Abernathy they had planned to rob the banks and the postofflce. He said "Red" Rogers and Pearl Wilson were the men that escaped. He and his associates bad, he aaid, robbed the Golden, Colo., postofflce a few weeks ago of 13,000. Dllbeck later told the marshal that Rog ers and Wilson were on top of the bank building at the time of the raid, keeping watch. The two fled from the town after the fight, the marshal waa told. Warrants for their arrests were placed In the hands Of deputies. - . - . ' ATCHISON, Kan., Deo. U. Frank Quigg. who was shot and killed by a marshal's posse during a bank raid at Harrah, Okl., today, lived in Atchison, where b(s mother Is wealthy. Q'jlj;c': brother, George, wat a member of Roosevelt's rough riders In the Cuban war, and died In tha National oiaiers- nune at Leavenworth, Kan., a year ago. , . Wheat Tumbles Over Six Cents Profit Taking Sales Cause' Drop to $1.12 on the Chicago Ex change. CHICAGO, Dec. 81. Wheat for, December delivery declined today 6 cents" from, yes terday's -closing figures, as a result ot "profit taking' sales,' the low point of the' day being reoorded at Stll Trading In that option -was extremely light and the decline caused-' tittle excitement. Pinal trade were at the lowest mark. - Working? for Saw GlffV NEW YORK, Dec. St. AM over the coun try agents of the American Bible society are working industriously in an effort to raise the last IluO.OiO of the sum nuded to make certain Russell Mage's gtft of (Mrouti to the totetya conditioned upon Its lulling an equal aimwnt by January 1. The main offtc- of the orgailsatlun was areatly encouraged today bv tha reoelnt of (a enact fnr Uhflua from Mia Hlm loM Send for Catalog BANKER TRASK IS KILLED J Prominent New York Financier is ' Victim of Collision. CLOSELY BELATED WITH EDISON Was One of . the Best Known New Yorkers im Financial Circles and Hacked Electrlo En. terprlaes. '1 NEW YORK, Deo. St 8pencer Trask, one of New York's best known bankers, met death today In a disastrous rear-end collision on the New York Central railroad at Croton, N. Y., to which three other pas sengers are reported to have been killed. Several persons were injured, some, it is feared, fatally. Meager details of the wreck Indicate that Mr Trask and the other victims . of the collision were in the rear sleeper of the second section of the Montreal Express, which had been halted by a signal, ac cording to the railroad officials' Informa tion, when the freight train crashed Into It, telescoping the sleeper and damaging the next car forward. The casualties for the most part were In the smoking compartment at the ex treme rear of the sleeper, where a group of passengers was gathered as the train preceded down the river. Mr. Trask was on his way to this city from his home in Saratoga. The news of the banker's death had no effect on the stock exchange, where prices were slightly above the close of last night. Fpenoer Trask was one of New York's leading citicens and one of the country's best known bankers. Born here In 1S44, he entered the banking business Immediately on his graduation from Princeton. His financial acumen waa quickly reoognlzed snd he became a power In the banking world. Mr. Trask early became impressed with the genius of Thomas A. Edison and Identi fied himself with the Edison electrlo enter prises. The banker was a director In many railroads and realty companies and was duply Interested in several educational and philanthropic aooletles. Several years ago he bought and reorganised the New York Times. He was president of the National Arts club and a member of numerous other prominent clubs. Mr. Trask was married In 1874 to Miss Katrlna Nichols. HYMENEAL Bchnpback-IIardla. HUNTLEY, Neb., Dec th (Special.) Miss Minnie Hardin of this city, a prom lnent teacher In the publio schools, was married to E. A. Schupback, a prosperous farmer of Shlckley, Neb., at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Hardin, at high noon yesterday, In the presence of fifty friends and relatives. Rev. Q. M. Burnett, pastor of tha Methodist Episcopal church, officiated. The young couple left on the evening train for their home at Shlckley, PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. . Emery Roller of Salt Lake City, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Howe of Herman. Mrs. E. U bowers, Mrs. .William Kloan of Verdoa and J. A. Langel of Albion are at the Merchants.. . Joseph Rosier1 of Denver, Mrs. E. H Ponce of Scott's Bluff, C. A. Qrunkemtyer. W. 8. Green of Harwell, F C. Benjamin of Belgrade and Oeorge S. Murphy ot Rawlins are at the Loyal. T. M. Ctirrie of Broken Bow, D W Hicks ot Oklahoma City, B. O. Burroughs of Norfolk, O. I. . Woodward of Kansas City. Mrs. A. Salisbury and H. U Salisbury of Los Alleles are at the Rome. C. W. Mcdomt of WllsonvllU. C. A Terry of Little rSloux Mr. and Mrs. m' Wilson of Lawrence, Thomas K. Wolland of Cheyenne, Oscar Relnstain of Fremont W. B. Williams of Lincoln, J. W. Hamilton of Speneer and B. C. Hamilton of nt. Charles, 8. P., are at the Faxton. Our Annual Clearance Sale . Opens Monday Morning at 8 o'clock Ruthlessly sacrificing all our exclusive styles (not a single garment reserved) with the sJy flisregard for cost or loss that have made bur former s J ylmoxxs. Our Entire Stock of High Class Tailored Suits, Coats, Furs, Dresses, Etc. ON SAUE AT JUST BIAftlF MCE Watch Sunday papers for our advertisement of this clearaiye sale the greatest bar gain event Omaha has ever known. Sale starts promptly at 8 o'clock. Uncle Joe's Friends ' Feast on Venison Law Requires Speaker to Dispose of Whole Deer in One Day. WASHTNCrroN, Deo. 31. When "Unole Joe" Cannon arrived In the national capital last night on his return from a Christmas season spent at his Danville home his secretary, I White Busbey, Informed him that an entire deer had arrived during his abence as a Christmas gift from Colonel James A. Owenbey of Colorado. 'Why, Busby," exclaimed the speaker, "It's against the law here to have venison In your possession after January 1. Only thirty-six hours to consume an entire deer." Whereupon, not to be outdone by an Item of direct legislation, the speaker referred the matter to himself as chairman of a committee on ways and means, with Busby as a. Bub-committee, and in lens time than It takes to tell It the resolution was re ported back and adopted: 'Resolved, That we will call upon our friends to help us dlupose of Colonel Owen by's deer before midnight of Deoember 1." The telephone was soon busy and today a number of the speaker's friends enjoyed venison for dinner. Produce Men' Are UnderTrust Charge Alleged by Kansas City Jury They Combine with Packers to Boost Prices. KANSAS CITY, Dec. SI. Indictments charging three officers and six members of the board of directors of the Kansas City Fruit and Produce "exchange, and rep resentatives of two of Kansas City's pok ing plants with combining to control the price of butter, eggs, potatoes and other fdodstuffs on the Kansas City market, were returned by the Jackson county grand Jury todry. The Indicted men are C. W. Spencer, president of the Produce exchange'; E. W. Linn, treasurer; C. M. Marston, secretary; 8 3. Hurst, Jr., W. L. Brush. A, W. Bear, D. A. Trimble, J. H. Miller. William Bridges, members, and Roy Storms, repre senting Swift and Company, and John Howeland, representing the Armour Pack ing company. The former concern withdrew from the exchange ten daya ago, but the latter still retains Its membership. Dr. C. N. Oeorge, Osteopath, 703 N. 24th. Search for Mlaalug Man. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. .-(Speclal.) Although the peace officers and soores of farmers living In the southern part of Hand county and northern portion of Jerauld county have conducted a persist ent search during the past week, not the slightest trace can be found of Ivar Llnd berg, a plasterer and mason, who disap peared several weeks ago after leaving the little town of Lane on foot. Intending to make the Journey overland to his home at Wesslngton Springs, where he has a wife and two children. Farmers and officers have searched practically every foot of ground for many miles around Lane, but without finding the slightest trace of the missing man. A thick blanket of snow covers the entire re gion, and may conceal his body. The pres ent thaw may melt the snow sufficiently to reveal his remains If he met the death which his friends suppose he did. His wife Is almost distracted by the uncertainty as to his fate. Herself and children were left In a deBtl'ute condition. Our Birthday Book Henry W. Yates celebrates the New Year as his birthday. Mr. Yates Is the well krown president of the Nebraska National bank of Omaha, and a recognised authority on currency and banking subjects. He is a- pioneer of Omaha, but a native of Mary land, being born In 1S37. Willis Sweet, former congressman from Idaho, Is M today. Mr. Sweet useKto live in Nebraska, having worked In the early daya for The Bee as traveling correspond ent. After he quit congress he was at torney general in Porto Rico for several years, but Is now back In Idaho. Lew Fields, the comedian, ushers In the New Year with a double celebration. This star funny man la Just 43 and was born In New YOrk City, where he Is a top-notcher In the amusement world John J. Mereer is 77 years old this Janu ary L He Is an old sollder and employed at tha military headquarters here In Omaha. He was born In Pennsylvania, and will be better Identified aa the father of "Our Dave." v Thomas A. Louusbury, who used to worry us with his English grammar, was born January L 1838 He Is now profeuM of English in Yale university, where he la still teaching the young Idea how to shoot. Scientists Act on Naval Observatory Ask Congress to Name Eminent Astronomer to Place Favor Mine Commission. BOSTON, Dec. 31. The American Associ ation for the Advancement of Science closed at noon today, to meet next year In Minneapolis. A resolution was adopted today asking congress to place an eminent astronomer at the head of the United States naval observatory. Congress was also askt-d to establish a bureau of mines, whloh shall undertake such Investigations as will aid In lessening the waste of life and resources. Prof. Albert Abraham Michelson of the University St Chicago, and a Nobel prlxe winner, was elected president of the gen eral session. '"' , i . Flies Forty-Three Miles in Aeroplane Maurioe Farman Breaks the World's Eecord for Cross-Country " Flight. - PARIS, Dec. 31. Maurice Farman, In a biplane, flew across country- today from Chartres to Orleans, a distance ot seventy kilometers (forty-three ami one-half miles) in one hour. He followed the high road, maintaining an average height of U0 feet. This constitutes a new cross-country rec ord, the most successful previous feat hav ing been accomplished by Captain 8. F. Cody, yjft .bead of the balloon department of the British war office. Cody made a flight last September of about forty miles In sixty-three minutes. NEGRO WHIPPED TO DEATH, , GIRL' HUNG BY HANDS More Tales of Cruelty to Prlsoacrs Confined In the Atlanta Cltr Jail. ATLANTA, Oa.. Dec. 81. Further stories of inhuman cruelty to prisoners oonvtoted ot misdemeanors were told today to the council committee Investigating the charges made against the management of tha city prison. Herachel Ivy, a former guard, declared Mose Johnson, a negro, told Superintend ent Vlnlng he was too ill to work. Vlnlng ordered him whipped.- ' After tha whipping the negro collapsed and was taken to a hospital when he died a week later.; He saw a young whit girl, Ruby Qalther, chained to the wall by her hands until she fainted and said she was left there unconscious for thirty minutes. She went Into .convulsions. . The white women, he said, were ted from scraps ploked up from the floor of the men's mess hall. Ivy said there were 100 hens kept at the prison and that the eggs were gathered each day by Commissioner of Public Works Collins for his own use.' CHRISTMAS PACKAGES GO UP IN SMOKE AT EXPRESS FIRE American Company's Baildtnar in Now fork Destroyed -Lom, Half Million Dollars. NEW YORK, Deo. tl. Belated Christmas packages and other valuable express mat ter In large numbers went up in smoj today In a fire which destroyed the Ameri can Express company's ' office and store rooms near the Grand Central station, causing a loss estimated at $600,000. -The flames raged for several hours In he main building and smaller structures adjoining, covering the greater part of a block. At periods the fire was punctu ated by explosions trf oil barrels. Two men were bsdly Injured. The Adams Express eompany buildings nearby were threatened, but hard work by the firemen 'saved these structures. NEW BRIDGE TO BROOKLYN Hanhatfaa Strnrtnre Over Bast Rive Will Help nelieve Coa restlon. NEW YORK, Dec. 81.-Manhattan reached out another trafflo embracing arm to Brooklyn today with the opening of the Manhattan bridge. This glgantle span of the suspension - type, like Its sister, the original Brooklyn bridge, a little further down tha East river, waa designed to re lieve the ever Increasing pressure on the old and - already trafflo over-burdened structure. Eventually it is expected to carry through trains from Brooklyn outlying districts to the heart of the Manhattan business sec tion. For Croup there is nothing tetter than Chamberlain's Cougb Remedy, BRANDEIS CLEARING SALES Omaha's Supreme Bargain Event Be gins Next Monday. ' WINTER MERCHANDISE MUST GO T. nnaal January gale of Linens, Walt Goods. Maallaa and -Bmbroiderlea . Will ne Held at the' Name Time aa .the Great Clear Ins Sale Bargains ' ' Are Wonderfn.lt. I if ' I Tho greatest sales and the most extraor dinary bargains that have ever been known In the west will , take plt.'ce at Brandeis Stores beginning Monday. Thla event will comprise the annual clearing sale and the January sale of, linens, mus lins, White gooes, sneets and pillow cases and embroideries. This Is the great oc casion that is looked forward to by ail the women in Omaha, ( . All our wlntor goods will be sacrificed In this clearing sale. Brandeis Stores posi tively carry over no onds from one sea son to another. Everything "must go at once, right in the height pf the winter season. Hundreds cf thousands of dollars' wc-nh of the highest grade:, fashionable winter merchandiaei will- be prloed . lower than ever before In Omaha's history. You can buy the goods you need right now at Just a fraction of the prices you would have paid a few weeks ago. In our departments , devoted to linens white goods, embroideries, muslins, etc, we have specially priced these deslrabU goods at figures that are almost beyond belief. Watch Sunday's papers for particular! ot Monday's great opening day speoluls. J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. BR DSTItKET'S REVIEW OF TRADB Ci ii let Follows Last Week's Rush la Retail Lines. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-BradBtreef to-' morrow will say! 1 1, Quiet has followed the preceding 'week'! rush of business In retail lines, while In wholesale lines salesmen are In from the road and Inventorying Is general. Beet re ports as to the year's results come from the west and northwest, while leant satis factory come from those of the aouth, where crop damage has prevented tullext advantage being taken of the high prices of cotton, - v ' In wholesale and Jobbing lines a 'targe, if not. Indeed, record, spring business .has been booked and It Is noted that tlio holi day shutdowns In Industry will not be as prolonged as usual. Prices ot commodities show undiminished strength and some of the highest prices of the year were rnnila Wi tho Inkt wuli. Cotton.-for instance,, reached and passed 16 cents, a price never heretofore reached at this date since war times. Live hogs also reached hew record prices thla wek " wmieni markets. ROLLER SKATH2G i - i . - Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day of tbls week, ?v MUSIC BY GKKE.V'S JJAKD , Admission 10c, Skates 20c BOYD' STI ml topat last Tins TOSTIOKT . ; Henry W. Savage Offers -4 I THE HERRV 17ID017 Tomorrow Jtlght TEU MUfcXHtT ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE ova nir?T jtbw yxam mow Matinee Today, gas . WOT CVBTAItf HAMXtT Tonight Silft fUukrn 14 mil L. JT . t - - m ..... vm i it f k wii program and patrons will not le '. wnne cr net is in progress. THEATI - WSUCB8 I lao. a&o. boo. 7Vo Tonight, .Matlnoo Today - 10a, BSe and lOo. ST. ELMO SUNDAY IN OLD KKVXLX'KlJ Michigan University Glee tnd Mandolin Club ' Concert ' eats oa sals at Bsaton Drug Oo.A IMa aad rarnaM streets. Jea. 1, mo, SiOOT n. i jyric Theotrt . AMUSEMENTS, . 1 AUDITORIUM j! I. i