THE BEE. OMAHA, FRIDAY,. FEinUAItY 25, 1910. CHIEF OTV NEWS i Wr Vet r-'nt i. X.lttlng "latnts niir-s-Orndsn Ce. tried? Ktiue-Maa Pie, tier Or rid Cf Diamond aiaoelet Edholm, Jeweler." "-a atonal lilft Xoauraaee Oe 110 diaries K. Auy. Oeneral Agent. Omaha. I Tli Vefaraska Savings and X.oaa As'. XS" "" hon'ea only In Dougla t-juaty. Sir. 1c prompt, terms rraxonalile. Board ot Trade building, 1003 Farnam. rilling- Up th Wi rnd A building ' Permit has hjen taken out by Ucll I. Hubert for a frame dwelling at Forty sevanth ami California, to cot t2,M0. This section of Omahu la being rapldty . Mled up, as ,to It vacant places, with substan tlnl horns and several property owner are planning new resldrnces thereabout. Baearrorfaat, Fnbllshe a Faper The jtfirat H-nue of tha official rper of the imaha ftaengeifest la published, with Val J Tetcra aa editor. It la printed in Oer inan rn 1 devoted to the one Idea of boosting Omaha and the Sapngerfest, which will V hold here July 20. 21, 22 and HI. Uraahlsg-toa and Llneoln Celebration Oarflrld circle. No. U, Ladle of the Grand Army, .'will entertain It. members and friends Friday evening with a Washington and Lincoln birthday nodal. Addresses will ba niaV by membeis of tha Urand Army on the Uvea) and characters of Washington and Uncoln. Tha occasion will also be taken advantage of for a reception 'to Department Prextdcnt Mrs. Clara Lyons. Light refreshment will be served during tha vonlng. The affair will ba given In Earlght han. , Data of Commercial Club's Convsntioa P J. M. -Guild, comrtilulontr of tha Pnm. menial club, who Wednesday attended a meetlnar tit the offlnera nf th Rtata mmn. elation ijr Commercial clubs at Columbus, t epulis that tha state meet will ba held at ii'oturobus April IT and 2S. The association "lias six vice presidents, ona for each con gressional dUtrlct and the task of Inter esting all tha clubs In the dintrlct falls to the vine , presidents. Mr. Guild is vies president for this district. ; . Five Fights for ! Eighry-Fivc Dollars Braw cf Clan of Williamson Eecorded in Police Court, a Bather Bellicose Tribe. ' ' - : Flva fights In two days at tha total cost of SS5 In police court fines, to say nothing of broken heads and shattered furniture, Is the record of the braw. clan of Wll llsnyson. ' Kfvgaret and Charlotte, rather dishev elled and uncertain of step, appeared to answer before Judge Crawford for. their duel In a locked room at their home, 1815 Cam street, the day b'-tore. Ten dollars and coats each was i!"- assessment.. This was paid and then the court took bp the matter of Mr. Jamie Williamson, who got Into a fuss elsewhere. James paid a fine of S'JS apd costs and they went trooping to their happy home. Jamio left tha house and got Into an argument with Elmer Tulbrlght in which, for the sake of an illustration, he took Tul brlght' hat. In th6 effort to recover tha hat, Mr. Tulbrlght underwent extensive modification of his features. The ,dy, pruvlow, 4ha Williamsons, got into a disturbance which took the crowd Into police court to pay fine amounting to ILLEGAL BRAND OF BOOSTER IS NOT POPULAR IN COURT Three Thieve Who Overate tn Mores Sent to Cells-Vntll Snrln by. J ad are Crawford. Tha way of the "booster" I hard. Three members of tho light fingered gen try of' that Hype known to the police aa "boosters," the shoplifting sneak thieves, got sentences that will hold them for about i , two monthB in the county Jail when, they appeared In polio court Thursday morn- in.' Joe Adams and John Foley, collectors of clothing and lace operating In tha Bran del stores, wer oaught with the goods and sot sontenoea of ninety and eighty-five days respectively. William Martin, who had a route of his own, will serve eighty days, Tha sentences Imposed by Judge Craw ford will secure the release of these men at Intervals of five days; thus they will not be turned out on the community in a concentrated bunch. . 0011 pAGSAGHE MIIIELD To Lydia E, Piakham's Vegetable Compound x)uhiuuuib. vmo.- "x suirerea irora terrible hartachea, pains in my back and riRUt slue, ana was tired all the. time ana nerTOus. I could .not sleep, and every month I could hardly stand t lie rain. Lvdla E. llnkham'a vegeta ble) Cnmnniinrf to. ,"V J stored me to health J n gain and made ma J feel like a new wo- man. I hope this loiter vill induce ier Momen to avail themselves of irns vaiuaoie medicine." Mrs. E. M. I'HtDEiucK, Elooiiidale, Ohio. Backache is a symptom of female weakness or derailment If you Lave backache don't neglect it To rp,t permanent relief you must reach he root of the trouble. Nothing we kmmof will do this so safely and surely as Lydia K. link ham's Vegetable Com- round. Cure the cause of these dig ressing aches and pains and you will become well and strong. Tho great volume of unsolicited tes tliiy constantly pouring In proves conclusively that Lydla E. Pinkham'i Vegetable Compound, made from roota and ht-rbs, has restored health to thou aands of women. If you havei th si Ijrh test doubt that I ydla 11 JHnkham'g Vego tntIa Compound Mill help you lvrite.to Jslrs. l'lukhamat Lynn, Blitss., fct jkIvIco. Vour letter will be ftl'solutrly couudentUU und tho ati vice free. Some Things You Want to Know Growth of the Telephone. Few branches of business have enjoyed tha development that ha marked the ac tivities of voice-transmission. Telephone have multiplied over and over again until there are now more than ( 000,000 In us In the United States. Talk, over wire ha In creased tn such an extent that the com panies which keep account of their me sage show a total of lO.OOO.OOO.OOO conversa tions a year, and these constitute only about half of the total number of mes sage. It Is said that the Hell' Telephone com pany added 2,000 Instruments a day to Its service during 1S09, and that the independ ent companies did equally is well, If not better. New York has 260,000 telephones and Chicago 180.000. Th exchange of the latter city are the busiest In th world. They average twenty-tm'o conversations on each Una a day, or about 1,100.000 message each twenty-four hours. The average conversa tion Is said to be 200 word long, so that the total number ot word spoken over Chi cago telephone In a day would fill 1,100 ordinary sited book. The wireless telephone I being perfected gradually, and Inventors confidently pre dictthat the next ten years will see re markable progress In volce-transmleslon. As tli telegraph was th forerunner of the telephone, and tha wtreltea telegraph the harbinger of the wireless telephone, so It I believed the picture transmission by wire and wireless will be followed by actual seeing by wire. It Is predicted that people of this generation may yet behold the per son at the other end of th line when they use a telephone. Tiulu dispatching by telephone I-being adopted by many Important railroads, and In the recent eastern blizzard It proved h lat r4ort In the handling of train. Be twetn Rochester and Syracuse the New Yrrk Central did not have a single tele graph line In operation. In spl'e of the fact that the telephone lines were crossed In two places and further Interfered with by the breakdown of the Niagara Power company's high tension transmission line, . they were able to perform passable service. The same was true on the Delaware divi sion of the Pennsylvania railroad. While the telephone wires .were crossed and broken the operators still wer able to talk the entire length of the division. Th railroad off totals stated afterward that . but for th telephone not a wheel could have been moved until the telegraph wlie were repaired. President Taft has one of the biggest telephone booth ever n ade. Not only is It roomy enough for him, but hi stenographer can ar.tcr It with him. It is finished In a way that makes It a notcble piece of cabi net making. The White House has one of the best branch telephone system ever installed. In addition to the public system thrre Is a prlvnte system, which leads to the capltol and the vtrlcus executive de partments, over which the confidential business of the government Is transacted. Uncle Sam Is the world's greatest. user of the telephone. In the past the government was given a flat rate for Its business: to day It Is oharged so much per message, nd th government olerk cannot use the telephone for his own private business ex cept by resorting to pay stations. Even r-hen subscriber calls up a clerk h must leave his number and have the clerk go to the pay station and call him. In this way the .Washington: Telephone company gets-. double pay for many of Its messages. ' The automatic telephone exchange has been on trial for some time an has proved uch a success that several concerns in America are now manufacturing uch equip ment. On this exchange each subscriber Is able to make hi own- connection and there Is no chance for back talk. On the subscriber's apparatus there Is a clock-like affair with ten holes In its face, numbered from lero to nine. When a person wishes to call 9662, for instance, he takes the re--ceiver from the hook, put his finger in hole No. and rotates the disk as far as It will go, then permits It to return auto matically to It normal position. He re peat the same operation for each of the three other numbers The connection Is made through the selective principle, used In party line service. When It has been established and the conversation i con- . eluded, hanging tht receiver on the hook disconnects' tho telephone and the subr crlber is ready to call up another person. It 1s so arranged that no one can ring in on the conversation. The switchboard Is always in service and the subscriber can be sui-6 there ha beep no Indifference to hi call. ... Norwegian fishermen are using a new mlrro-telephon apparatus to detect the cooilnji of a shoal of fish. The Instrument la enclosed In a water-tight box and sub merged In th sea. - It I connected with a receiver In the boat and the listener can hear the fUh coming when they are still io me distance away. The telephone companies of the United tte are lending thlr aid toward tli prevention of fire and the repression of crime. In all cities they transmit messages free to fire alarm and police stations. In Chicago the call for police Is Main II and It was used C2.00S times In 190B. Th fire alarm cal.. Main 0, was used I.S2S time. American telephone companies could well Imitate a Copenhagen company, which In stalled phonographs In Its central office. Whenever an Irate subscriber abused an operator over the wire she limply (witched hi voice Into the phonograph. If he were at fault, he was summoned to tha offtoe nd asked to listen to himself talk. A an abuss-repressor It has proved a great suc cess. Belling time service a a by-product of th buslnes I one of the latest wrinkles in telephone. For many year th West ern Cnlon ha sold standard time service, though It never has pushed the Idea. Now comes a Missouri man with a master clock In the tllephone office with which clock In the home and offices, of subscriber are connected. Where th experiment ha been tried It haa proved satisfactory, and It is not Improbable that hustling telephone companle everywhere will adopt the Idea. Telephone are now sometimes attached to barbers' chairs. A New Jersey barber Installed neveral In his shop and his pat ronage hat Increased because of It. In this way th busy man can keep in touch, with hi offic. while being shaved or having his hair cut. The Germans have a telephone which rem to be the aojne of perfection. Th transmitting and receiving are made Into one piece in such a way that when the sub scriber hold the receiver to hi ear, the transmitter is In the correct position before his mouth. Thus one hand Is always left free and both transmitter and receiver can be moved aa far a the cord will per mit A Philadelphia invontor has brought out a fire-hose telephone. It consist ot a wire connection woven through the lengths of th hose and a small portable telephone attached to each end of the line of hose. In this way the firemen may talk with, the chief and get order even when the latter ts a block or more away from the fire. Whenever the hose section are put to gether the wire connection Is mad auto matically. ' ' ' f ' Thomas Thorne Baker, In charge of the photo-telegraph department of the London Dally Mall, has perfected a new photo graphio transmitting device which he calls the telectrograph. It la being used between the London and Manchester office of the Mall especially for the transmission of pictures from the London office to the Manchester office where they appear simul taneously with their publication In Lqn don. r'roin four to-five hours are saved over the transmission by mall. It taks one hour to transmit a picture. The illustration 1 first photographed through a screen ruled ' like a checker board, with seventy-live line each way to the inch. By chemloal treatment the de veloped plate is made to contain little fish glue dots, one dot for eaoh mesh In the acreen. Aa the needle, corresponding to the needle of a phonograph, passes over the plate these glue dots alternately make and break the. circuit, and corresponding im pulses are sent out over the wire. At the other end of the line a needle act in the same manner on p'aper so sensitised that the little impulses of( electricity mike., a black mark at each mesh, corresponding in intensity with the degree of the Impulses. Consequently, when the reproducing needle hus followed the Rending needle through" all of the little messes on the sending plate, an exact reproduction of the original with ail ita gradations of light and shado Is the result. A line between London and Paris is being planned and will soon ba In operation.. - The very newest thing in electrical cir cles 1 "farming by wireless." ,At the re cent Hobby night of the National Press club in Washington, Prof. Wlllla Moor stated that the highly electrified nort' west wind is the source of America' re markable energy, and, In keeping with this idea, some English scientists are making experimental efforts to transfer the energy of the atmosphere to products of the toll. They rigged up an oil engine and dynamo and covered some twelve acres of land with a series of parallel wire lines not so high as telegraph lines, but still high enough to be out of the way - of farm operations. Through these wires electrical currents are sent over tho growing crops with remark able result. Anyone walking below the wlrvs can feel the effect on the hair of the head as of a cobweb one the face. At dusk,' just before the power Is cut off, there i a glow visible wherever a leakage of ourrent occurs. The current In turned on several hours each day, and the photographs of erops grown tinder such in Imulatloa show that by this means production may be in creased hy one-half. Br ruxBxjuo J. HAsxnr. Tomorrow "Preventing ltlne Blaaater, Burglars Seen Smashing Glass and Run Down Two Men Caught in the Act of Bob biny TawnBhojAre Tripped by Volunteers. Caught In the act of a daylight burglary, W. F. Murphy and Tom Welch were pur sued and captured by a crowd In tha heart of the downtown suction of the city lata Thursday afternoon. ' Welch and Murphy smashed a window In Nathan' pawnshop, 209 South Thirteenth street, making a hurried grab for the watch tray In the window. Welch snatched a watch and together they ran, a a man standing nearby, yelling loudly, took up the pufsult. "Halt, halt," the racing, self-organised posse screamed. Sergeant Madsen wa etrolllng along tha treat at just tha proper place to come j face to face with tha running men at Twelfth and Douglas streets. H arrested ! them both and Jerked them away to jail in the patrol automobile. Waiting for the arrival of the can Murphy tried to throw away two watohea and Welch attempted to drop unnoticed the ona , which he took from the pawnshop window. One of tha watchea haa been Identified j by the detective aa that stolen from Her- l man Tnlkln of Auburn, Neb., several week ago. Th police expert to connect these i men with another caa under Investiga PLANS FOR F. B. MEYER PARTY Committee oft Heceptloa of Bin Sns-- ' day Srhool Workers Will . Ba Appointed. ' ' Sunday school worker in Omaha are deeply interested in the coming visit to Omaha of the world' president Sunday school party, scheduled for April 10 and 11. Th executive committee of the Douglas County Sunday School association met at the Young Men's Christian association building to discuss plans. George O. Wallace, president of the as sociation, wilt appoint a committee to take charge of - the reception to the world's workers. The party will consist of Rev. T, B. Meyer of London, president cf tho World' Sunday School association; Marlon Lawrence and E. O. Kxcell, the song leader. The party will visit eighteen principal cities of the country between March 16 and May 15, Omaha being the farthest point west to b visited. . More people are taking Foley's Kidney Remedy every year. It la considered th moat effective remedy for all kidney aa4 bladder trouble that medical science can devise. Foley' Kidney, Remedy correct Irregularities, build up th system, and r stores lost vitality. Sold by all druggist. If you have anything to sell or exchange advertise It tn The Ue Want Ad column The Great Railway Hate Oaf tie Xa Amoag Th Article of Ur Onr reat later. aa Tain ta tha in tho IVost AF1GII mm i.y.io out LIVE STOCK RATES LEVELED Made Same from All Kiisouri KiTer Cities to Chicago, RAILROADS GIVE UP THE FIGHT Itavlaa- Raised tha Hrese- Reef Rata, They foaerdr Other Polat and Biehss Asreea to Dlsntlaaal ot lta faee. The railroad having Increased the rate on dressed beef between Omaha and Chi cago and Sioux City and Chloago, thus dis criminating as In favor of Kansas Oity and St. Joseph, have magnanimously agreed to a uniform rata on live stock for ail Missouri river cities to Chicago, On this basis therefor th petition of the South Omaha Live stock exchange against the several railroad operating between Omaha and Chicago for an aqual rate on live stock shipments from Omaha to Chicago with that of Kansas City, Atchison and fit Jo seph was dismissed by Interstate Commerce Commissioner B. B. Clark; Thursdsy morn ing. The railroads through their several attorneys, agree to give Omaha th same rate enjoyed by th other cities on April 1. Th stipulation were agreed to orally by all .the attorney (or the railroada, each announcing that th rates on live stock from KsnSa City, Atchison and St. Jo seph should be raised to the Omaha rarf wii'ch ia 2Z'i cent on cattle and hogs and X cent on sheep. Withdrawal f Rate. Th agreement involves the withdrawal of tha Kansaa City, Atchison and St. Joseph rates on live stock and th substitution ot the Omaha rale from all Missouri river points, thus giving Omaha an equal chance with these po.nts, which has hitherto been denied Omaha. Commissioner Clark said the oase would be dismissed without further hearing with the understanding' that the new rates should be published forthwith, to become effective April 1. The Live Stock exchange people are muoh elated ovr their 'Victory, many of whom were present at the-dismissal of th case. This live stock rat suit, a a ault. ha no relation to the matter of the Insreaaed dressed beef rate, but It may bear a very live relation In another respect. Tha pack era contend that If th dressed beef rate Is allowed to stand, making Is mora from Omaha and Sioux City to Chicago, than from Kansas City and St. Joseph, . there'll not much live stock from this territory ba unloaded this side of Chicago. Spencer Confesses, Involving Others Negro Sayi Two White Youths As sisted Him in Some of His Bobberies. A multiplicity of long, unexplained rob beries haa been confessed by William Spencer, ' alias Spencer ' Williams, negro, who has been held hy the police. In al) he and Ms accomplices have been connected with fifteen robborte oommltted within tha year. : "". Charles H. Tracy and Cha'rle Filbert, two whit youths, wet "arrested (Tlur day afternoon followtnf,''rt''llliams' con fesalon to Chief Savage the detective department -They are charged With com plicity In the robbery of ' Henry Stone, ntghtwatchman at the Guarantee laundry, 1168 South Sixteenth street. . Stone, It develops, was asleep and un dressed. Spencer and the young white, men met there. Thoy surprised each Other on their guilty errand and then agreed to share the spells. The watchman's clothe war stripped and Spencer, turning traitor to hi new found friends, secreted SG5, while he gave the boy 11.50 each. Spence Is-charged alao with the robbery of Eloomentbal's pawnshop at Twelfth and Douglas streets. William Woods,, who was arretted for a share In the laundry rob bery, was Innocent , ot that charge, but guilty of tha pawnshop -robbery, aocord ng to the police. . . DR. CONNELL STIRS 'EM UP ON BOUNCING OF. DR. Y0UNQ Health 'Cotamlaslonrr nnd His Vetev Inarlaa Are Still Clinched la . . . Their Het-To. Mayor Dahlman was due o icwd to the last meeting ot the city eouncll a nomina tion to the office of assistant city veter inarian and slaughter house .Inspector. Hi absence from the city caused a postpone ment of the appointment. Thl office was recently created and the lnoumbent will have the duty of. watching the animals brought to tha slaughter houses ' of tha Independent peckers in South Omaha. Ho will also Inspect and tag the meat after killing, ao that no more uninspected meat can be brought to. tfio butcher shops, ot Omaha for sal. The salary la 12 a month. . . In thl espnectlon, copalderabln Interest is aroused about th city hall over the de mand of Health Commissioner Connell that the city council abolish the office of city veterinarian and dairy Inspector, now held by Q. R. Young, a veterinarian. rrV Con nell gives as his reason tor. wanting the office abolished that Dr, Toting has not been performing the duty of dairy In spection aa he ought to. It is understood Connell askrd Young to rttjlgh, but tho lat ter refused to comply with the demand.' Both men will have a chnnoe to give their sides to th council committee of th whole next Monday afternoon, - Dr. Young draws a salary of (100 a month and bsld having the duty of Inspecting dairies looks after tha horse of tha police ar.d fire departments. He oontends this 1 work takes a great deal of his time,' but . the commissioner rtorts that Inspection j of dairies ha brsn done only in a perfunc- j tory manner and where bad conditions I have been, found the offenders have not been jacked up in an effective manner. - N 1 yffxTl: 11 llOll ' .- The Joint Postal Commission in 1907 reported as follows j ' i " It appear too obvtoua to require arRumant that tha tnoat efficient sorrlae ran haver ba expected aa long aa tht direction of tha buaineaa ia, aa at praaent, intrusted to a Postmaster-General and certain aaaiatanU selected with' out special reference to experience and qualification and aybjoct to frequent change.. Before the Poatraamr Genrral and hi assets nta caa become reasonably familiar with the. operations of the service they are replaced by Others, who, in turn, are called upon to realvn before the can, in the nature cf things, become qualiAed by knowU edge' and experience to perform their allotted tanks. Under such a system a large railroad, commercial or industrial buaineaa would iuevitably go into bankruptcy, and the Pos4 -Office Department has averted thai fate only became the United States Treasury has been available to meet deficiencies." - The public accountants' report said: '. "The work of the Department and lta development hindered all along the line by slavish adherence to old methods and to precedents created In previoua yeais. and many reforms which might otherwise be instituted' art hindered if not entirely prevented by appeals to tht decisions of the. Comptroller, made perhaps, many years ago under entirely different conditions, , Then, again, the conservatism of Government officials is a generally admitted fact. There is no inducement to employees to suggest improvements In the service for the reason, that if these improvements result In greater efficiency or economy i of administration they will receive little credit; and, on the other hand. If new methods are not successful they rill be charged with tha whole blame." .1 , ? In view of these official statements by those, whom Congress authorized to in vestigate the Post-Office we submit that the Postmaster-Greneral?s attempt to wipe out the deficitiin his Department by raising the postage on your magazines, instead of by devoting his energies.td sequring legislation that will place th e :seryice:biii a; sound, . 'effiT cient and economical basis, is;,unwfee and unbusinesslike. The nature of; his' recom jnendations, r and th attempt to exempt newspapers from (any( increase, ;are final grounds for a divorce of this gre&t business department from" jpolitids. : "... .;. , See this week's number; of '' ' 'i :'-.'.'. ' "- ;'.'' j " ' ' ' ' More :tnan 1; illipn and a . Half copies sold every week The Curtis Publishing Company . ' " " Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MAYOR SAYS BANQUET BOARD IS THE FORUM OF THE PEOPLE Dnalmaa Brings Back Good l.essaa from Hla Hsperleare Down at at. Joseph. Mayor Dahlman has returned from Bt. Juiieph. He made an address in tht Mis souri city Tuesday evening- on Wahlu ton - and 1 on Wednesday spoke at th monthly meeting of tb 8U Joseph Ad club. "I was given a very 'hearty weloom ia Uissourt,'' aa'd the mayor. "Mayor Clay ton i almost a dead ringer (or . th late Mayor alooras. H favor him in looks, in sli and disposition and In many way recall th Omaha leader of othea year. He' had that municipal banquet properly organised and It (truck m a a good thing. When men get their leg under th table to talk over oity affair and minora of general Interest, benoflt 1 bound to flow fiom It. Wa could very well follow tht example hare and talk out loud In govid, old-fashioned English what w often L. I IVaaBBl ft , " "".. i t th ANNUAL issiori rSO Join tho Crowd and Enjoy Youroolf Music Every Afternoon and Evening feel, but do not aapreae. A neighborly, give-and-take spirit Is engendered about the banquet board that 1 found nowher else, and mn who ordinarily do not take an active part In clvlo affair will pn such an 'occasion voice opinions and outline ideas that are wII worth while." J Ts Dissolve tb raloa of stomach, liver and kidney trouble and eura blliouanaaa and malaria, tk Elaetrio Bitter. ', Guaranteed. 6to. For . sal by Beaton trug Co. , . Na AetUa aa K1T Caea. . CINCINNATI, O., Feb. M -The National Base Bali commlesloa failed to act on John Kllng'a petition for reinstatement at todar'a meeting- . Engraved Stationery V W4dit nm'taffon Amnauvmmnt0 Vhltlni Card, , AH (emet lonm la eurrant social eomved b the k Meaner an4 aunoueUjf delivered wha ' premleart. Emboaaed Monogram Stationery fid ether wark'ssecuue1 el Slice lawer lhaa wimIIt" travail elMwhwe. A. I. HOOT, Incorporated l!IOi31SHwr4 3t. PkeaeD. o . 104 f