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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1910)
THE HEK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12. 1910. 4 .Si.... f vt IS. !7V X. : W STICOETRISTETATSIOST Dressed Beef Tariff Great Western"! Biggest Revenue Producer. SO THE ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS Jolt to ComprMDi l.lnn that Tried to Make Oat Thla Rate Wat What Broke the Chicago Great Weatern. if mm,.. s BRAN DEIS STORES announce their annual pring Week of Monday, March Fourteenth A formal presentation of the new spring styles for 1910 in millinery, women's ready-to-wear apparel fabrics and ac cessories to the costume. The most exquisite window decorations ever beheld in the west. Our court of honor will hz a scene of splender. BR AN DEIS STORES Opening " 1 i - - - - - INDIAN HAS A METAL FACE David Raymond of South Dakota Sub ject of Delicate Surgery. FACE SHATTERED BY A ; GUN Few Teeth Left l aed to Anchor New Grladrra and Bony structure of iNoae la Replaced by a Silver Frame. David Raymond Is a South Dakota Sioux Indian who Is having a new face fixed on af Clarkaon hospital. His natural stoicism will be reinforced hereafter by a physiognomy unshakable by laughter or neeio. Raymond, who Is about 25, rrew tired of life. In his own mind, Inst fall, and placed a gun under his chin, with the muszle up ward. Then he carefully pulled the trig ger and presto! he had no more face than a devilfish. pavid was a robust, tough chunk of Indian humanity, however, n-iih tutlon akin to that of a cat fully equipped 1 "in uvns. ne uvea, perhaps In agony, but of that he gave little sign, thus saving his pride. Brought to Omaha for repairs, Raymond was placed In the Clarkron Memorial hos pital, and clever surgeons were called In to look him over. It was a most desperate case, they found.' The whole under Jaw was shattered, and about all that was left that could be regarded as permanent was three teeth, molars. The upper Jaw was likewise pretty well gone, being split and made Into ragged edges, but also retaining a few teeth. He was shy entirely on nose, with the exception that the skin nf wh.t had dnce been a nose was partially left, flat against the nasal passages. Alto gether, David Raymond was In no condi tion to make faces at anything or any body. Sargroni Tnrilviuayea. After a careful survey of Mr. Raymond's facial remains, the surgeons agreed that here was field for experiment worthy of their skill and ambition. They took all necessary steps to make David comfortable and to prepare him for a long siege of very particular and delicate dental and surgical work. The Bkln of the chin, or what was left of It, was used to cover the portion remaining of the lower Jaw, and a dentist, after careful measurements and planning, constructed bridges and crowns that will eventually enable the patient to consume his government rations. In fact, right now he Is doing fairly well as a member of the oppressed family of consumers. But the nose that's where the fine work Is being done. This Indian will have a silver proboscis when he leaves the hos pital. A silver frame was constructed, of temporary character at first, which was anchored to the bones of the face by screws. While Mr. Raymond did not Insist on It, as a matter of wise precaution, he was anaesthetized while the surgeons worked at this ticklish Job of laying a keel xor a new nose. The silver frame In place, the skin that had once covered his natural nose was drawn over It with great care. All of this repair work has. consumed up to date, something like three months, and now the surgeons are about ready to place the permanent nose frame In peti tion. But Raymond is not out of the hos pital yet by a good deal. In fact, the surgeon who Is In charge of the case says his stay In the hospital, and the completion of the extraordinary work on his face Is a matter of Indefinite date. This case will take Its place In surgical . annals as a high examDle of what nuvium skill can accomplish In restoring wounded (issues ana shattered shapes to almost normal form and usefulness; but In. lino with high medical ethics. charge refuses to allow uie use of his name. I 1 . . . I will luuk INTO LEAL SYSTEM Dr. I.angfeld Will Be Enabled, After AH, to Examine Waiter Pari, flcatlon Plan. City Bacteriologist Langfleld will be en abled, after all, to make his proposed In vestigation into the water purifying plants of Dr. John L. Leal in New Jersey and elsewhere. The Omaha Water board will stand the expense. When the city council granted Dr. Lang feld leave of absence, to represent Creigh ton university at a convention of medical men In the east, It refused to assume any responelblllty for expenses that might be Incurred In Investigating the Leal system, which Is to be Installed here by the Omaha Water company. The city council thought the water board should shoulder thn . pense and referred the rratter to that board, wnicn has consented to pay whatever cost may be involved In a careful examination into me Leal plants now In operation. Dr. Oingfeld leaves for the eaBt Saturday night. A New Meaning. Somebody had tossed a Boston news paper overboard and the lady codfish eag erly seized It. "Well, well," she cried, "here's something that Interests us. Listen, Tom." "Gasp It out," he said. "Why, this paper says codfish steaks are selling for 26 cents a pound! I guess 'cod fish aristocracy' will have a brand new meaning after this!" And she haughtily swam away. Cleve land Plain Dealer. ORCHARD & WILHELM South Sixteenth Street. SATURDAY SPECIALS Dining Chair Spec! Tor Saturday Only (Like ilustration) except that it has a solid wood, shaped seat, full box frame made of quartered oak, weathered finish. Sells regularly at $3.50 each. We will close them out Saturday at half price, ea., 75 SI Picture Frames In French gold, various shapes square, oval and round with miniatures of famous actors and actress esalso medallions; sell 35c to 40c each; special Saturday, each, 21c. Nottingham Lace Curtains 3 yards long, 60 Inches wide white only regular $1.50 a pair; special Saturday, at, per Palr 05 Lindsay Gas Lights and Mantles Inverted light, sells regularly for $1.50 Saturday only " g5c Upright and Inverted lights, sell regu larly for $1.00; Saturday GOc Junior Upright, regular price 75c; Sat urday, for 5oc The best quality Lindsay mantle, in either inverted or upright, called the Tungsten sells regularly for 25c our Saturday special price, each 18c Basement Specials A iLii Carpet Samples Ingrain Samples, one yard square, sells from 75c to 85a per yard; all at one price Saturday, each 15c One and one-half yard samples of two quarter borders of Body Brussels, Wiltons and Axminsters, sells regu larly from 75c to $1.50 per yard all at one price Saturday, each, 25c Samples of Carpet from half yard to one yard .of Wiltons, Axminsters and Brussels, all nicely fringed; sells regularly from 11.00 to $1.60 per yard; Saturday only, while they last, all for, each 30 The Oreat Western shows In its annual report that the rate of 18 cents a hundred pounds, at which It has been carrying dressed beef from Omaha to Chicago for five years. Is Its most remunerative rate. This is the cut rate put in by former President Stlckney and which has been the thorn In the flesh of the other roads all the while, nut the most notable thing about this rate is that other roads have sought to create the belief that It was this rate that led ultimately to the bankruptcy of the Oreat Western. They argued that the rate got the road the bulk of the busi ness and this In turn broke the road. Some years ago President Stlckney en tered Into a seven-years' contract with the packers of South Omaha by which he agreed ,to haul their dressed meats to Chi cago for IS cents per hundred. This was whst he figured the railroads were re ceiving net, after deducting their rebates. Rebating has been stopped since that time. It Is now announced that the Great West ern has been realizing 6. 78 mills per ton per mile on dressed meats, while the average for hauling all other freight on tho system Is but 7.17 mills per ton per mile. More Than Any Other Traffic. The Great Western, therefore, has been getting more for hauling dressed meats un der the Ideal operating conditions of from one terminal on the line to another, direct, though, from the Missouri river to Chicago, than It collects from any other traffic, and that at the published rate of 18 cents per hundred pounds. Missouri river business men have been Investigating this condition with A view of brlngng the matter before tho Interstate Commerce commission and have found the railroads are getting a high rate all over the country for handling dressed meat. It has been found by Investigating the reports that the Lake Shore between Chi cago and Buffalo, where the conditions and distance Is about the same as between Omaha and Chicago, has been collecting 8.S" mills per ton per mile on dressed meats, while all other traffic on the system pays an average of 5.21 mills per ton per mile. The Nickel Plate, hauling between the same terminals, received 8 28 mills per ton pr mile, and but 6.15 mills per ton per mile for hauling all other traffic on the system. It Is expected tho case which tho Missouri river markets brings before the Interstate Commerce comlsslon will make other In teresting revelations. The proposed raise will cause a great loss to Omaha. Sioux City, Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Joseph. Speaking of Piano Bargains If you haven't already seen the unprecedented offerings in this j Railroad MtfrecEi Sale You're missing an opportunity which was seldom, if ever, beforo equaled PIANOS AT WAY BELOW FACTORY COST Is what we're offering you in this sale. Selection from a splen did assortment of high grade makes THE RAILROAD G OMPANY IS THE LOSER And You Aro Greatly tho Gainor in Any Selection You May Make From These High Grado Offerings Not a piano in this purchase was seriously damaged, the only injury being from marring of cases in hasty removal, and a few slightly damaged by smoke and water All the damaged ones were repaired. ALL PIANOS ARE IN FIRST CLASS CONDI TION. Note well the wonderful bargain prices, then come and examine the greatest values ever. $300 Billings & Co., ebony case, used $350 Price & Teeple, mahogany case, used $350 Shaffer, oak case, used, for $300 Wylie, upright, used, for $350 Fisher, upright, used, for $350 Vose & Sons, upright, used, for $350 Estey, upright, used, for $300 Rembrandt, upright, used, for $400 Steger & Sons, upright, used $100 $175 $175 $125 $100 $115 $120 $125 $140 $300 Kohler & Chase, upright, used $400 Weber for $450 Everett, for $350 Smith & Barnes, for $000 Knabe, used, for $600 Chickering Bros., used, for Knabe Square, fine condition, for Weber Square, fine condition, for Other Squnre Pianos, in Exchange Dept. $3, $7, $10, $15, $35 Organs, up from $5.00 ...$75 $200 $200 $175 $200 .$269 ..$50 $40 NEBRASKA AND NORTH DAKOTA PEOPLE MEET IN LOS ANGELES Old nealdents of Theae Two States Hold Reunion In Cali fornia Cltr. Fifteen hundred yellow Nebraska ribbons and 1,600 red North Dakota ribbons floated In Eastlake park yesterday on the coats and waists of the California representatives of the two states, who had gathered at their annual basket picnics, says the Los Angeles Herald of Sunday. Neither of the two state associations had known that the other was planning to meet at 'the park, but when they arrived on the grounds they immediately Joined forces and planned their programs in such a way as to make one great picnic of the day. In the morning the Nebraska people had charge of the festivities. Nebraskans and North Dakotans mixed and listened to the Nebraska orators talk of the good times and the bad weather back home, and the good limes and the fine weather In south en California. W. H. H. Morris, president of the Nebraska society, presided. Among the speakers were J. J. Goper and A. B. Taylor. At the conclusion of the program M. M. Davidson, secretary, led the Ne braskans to one side and showed them how to register. After the picnic dinner the North Da kota faction stormed the platform and told the Nebraska people how glad they were to be with them away from the snow that they might be fighting If they were both at home. Then, of course, they told about the things they raise In the middle west, especially in. North Dakota, and finished always with glowing tributes to the Cali fornia climate. Among those who talked were Edward Winterer, president of the society; Dr. S. P. Johnston, Rugby; Dr. W, A. Bently, Bismarck; Rev. George A. Henry and Major E. R. Kennedy. Miss Nellie Pearl Mitchell played several solos on the cornet. BOY INVENTORS MAKE MONEY Recent Inatancea at Snceeea and Profit from Various Devices. Wireless telegraph and the conquest of the air have taken a firm hold on the youth of America and hundreds of lads of tender years, but advanced Ideas, are de voting their talent to the invention or con struction of machines In both these lines. While these devices are largely for pleas ure, Young America has proved Its ability to turn inventive genius Into utilitarian channels. One of the most remarkable In ventions made by a boy is a device for signalling on elevated roads. It Is In use on part of the Brooklyn "L" system and Is the work of Morris Schaeffer, 15 years old, a publlo school boy. Morris was of fered $18,000 for this patent, but on the ad vice of friends refused it. The boy expects to be able to get )50,000 for the Idea from the railroad company. Of quite a different caliber is the ma chine Invented by Donald II. Miller, a student at Columbia university. This, by the mere touching of keys, similar to thosu on a typewriter, translates Chinese Into English. It can also be used to translate any other language. The contrivance re sembles an adding machine. From Indiana comes the record of the achievement of Claude Moore, the son of a poor coal miner. Young Moore, who Is 20 years old, was reduced to the sum of 2 cents when ho received word from the pat ent office that it had iBsued him a patent on a cornhusker. Thereupon Claude, who is a thrifty youth, sold this patent to the Harvester trust for considerable real money. A most ambitious piece of work has Just been successfully finished by Francis Lee Herreshoff, the young nephew of the famous yacht designer. This is the con struction of a high-power racing automo bile with which has been developed the tremendous speed of eighty miles an hour. Herreshoff has also patented a device for subduing the glare of acetylene lamps. The mechanism does away with the neces sity of extlngulBhln gthe lamps, for It soft ens the glare, making It hardly more no ticeable than an oil lamp. Van Norden's Magazine. 1 L TERMS MADE TO SUIT THE BUYER EVERY INSTRUMENT IS GUARANTEED OVER 27 FACTORIES REPRESENTED THE WEST'S LARGEST PIANO HOUSE J TOM FLYNN HAS MORE WOES Street Commissioner Again Maketh the Welkin Ring. SAYS KICKERS NOT FAULTLESS Tboae Complaining- Down Town Are Permitting Malda at Home to Contribute to Rnbblah Heaps in Alleys. Street Commissioner Flynn Is quoting the beam and mote parable. Discussing criti cisms of street conditions, he says: "While some of these folk are down town kicking, their men and maid servants at home are throwing refuse Into the streets and alleys, littering the public places. .It takes more than the street department and us men to Keep umaiia clean. I can see dirt as far as any other man, and I know what should be done and what Is not done. More men are employed on the streets of Omaha today then ever before, but we ought to have twice as many, and we should have them all the year round. "Perhaps the critics forget that ten miles of new pavement were laid In Omaha last year, the greatest amount ever put down In one year. That stretch of paving can not be taken care of by the same number of men as formerly cleaned the streets. If prominent citizens make the point that the men hired are not the very best that can be secured, I can only say that, since they cannot get work with those same business men, they must be given employ ment somewhere to support their families. And observation will show our men aver aged up very well with the laborers em ployed by private contractors. For proof of that statement, let the kickers watch the flushing crews at work, or watch the Ice diggers and the dirt gatherers, out In all kinds of weather. You cannot get picked men for that kind of labor. Systematlslna; Sorely Needed. "When we get tool houses located In dif ferent parts of the city, so that time need not be wasted In traveling long distances to begin work, we will be doing what any private concern would have done long ago. I have been urging this systematic method of doing work, and have urged up-to-date machinery be bought; In short, that the city go about Its extensive work In a busi nesslike way, but without result. I have asked for large wagons, to be owned by the city, that would carry twice the amount of refuse an ordinary wagon carries at one load, without avail. "All this agitation will result in good, some time in the future; and when the city gets the right Idea of doing Its work, the Job of street commissioner will be a snap. At present, the lack of necessary things, the neglect of the legislature to give the council any emergency power, places tho city In the position of working In an old fashioned catch-as-catch-can fashion that Is expensive without being effective. Busi ness men can change this condition if they will investigate for themselves and then act when the legislature meets." Troup Sorry He Gets Cronk Case Judge Who Heard Paul Suit is Also to Hear the Next Big Di vorce Hearing. Notice has been served that a motion to argue the Cronk divorce case will come up before Judare Troup In district court Satur day and the question of temporary alimony ror Mrs. Cronk Drobab v w 1 he then threshed out and settled. Judges on the eauitv side of district court have been prosecuting Inquiries to learn on whose docket the case fell and there was no eagerness shown to secure the position of presiding at the hearing. Judge TrouD. with memories nr tho re cent Paul case ringing In his ears, found himself In a state of mind iniwvli riu slmllar to the mental conditions of Judges Sutton and Day when It was learned who had the case. New Spring Clothing Every mother should know that Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly kafe. CALL OUT FOR FARMERS' UNION President of National Organisation Summons Meeting to UctIm Ilettrr Farm Conditions. ATLANTA, Ga., March 10. President Charles 8. Barrett of the National Farm ers' union has called a national convention of farmers to be held In the Coliseum In St. Louis and to contnue In session from May 3 to T. The convention la to dlscuoa needed national and state legislation and to establish bureaus at different capitals to see that the demands of the farmers are heard and to devise some means of making the farm more attractive and of supplying mbre food for the nation. Army Notes Lieutenant Colonol F. F. Eastman, chief commissary of the Department of the Mis souri, has gone to Valentine to Inspect some recent purchases of flour for army purposes. Major William F. Flynn of the Fifteenth cavalry has been assigned to the duty of Inspecting certain cavalry detachments of the organized militia of Missouri at Ne vada, Mo. The Inspection will take place March 26 and 27. Honorable discharges from the regular army have been granted by purchase to Corporal Orvlllo Worster of Battery E, Sixth field artillery: Privates Albert tin. guet of Company L, Third battalion of en- nigeers, and James E. Pparlln of Battery E. Sixth field artillery. On the New System of a Little at Time Plan New arrivals n new spring clothing for the whole family. We will surprise you in our clothing, in fit, workmanship, style, and price. Our terms of payments can not be beaten anywhere. Our system of a LITTLE AT TIME PLAN is proving the most popular system In Omaha. Don't fall to give us a visit. No goods like ours. WHEN V Credit Clothing Co., 1810 Dodge Street, P. W. H perry, Mgr. ISsaSSiinl TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Best In the West. The Key to the Bltuatlon-Bee Want Ads! Uncle Sapi , Employs the Burlington Between Omaha and Chicago Burlington Fast Mail No. 7, which has been running for 2P years from Chicago to Omaha, and is scheduled at 40 miles an hour, including stops, for the distance of 492 miles, reached Council Bluffs Transfer on time every day in September, 30 days out of 31 in October, 27' out of 30 in November, 1909. It was "on time" 87 days out of 91. The total time lost in 91 days was 07 minutes, or an average loss of seven-tenths of one minute per day for the distance of 492 miles. Such precision of train operation tells the story of the track, the power, equipment and organization of the Burlington. Chicago Trains at m. 4:20 p. m, 6:30 p. tn. 7:15 TICKET OPFICE, 1502 Faro am Street, Omaha.