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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1910)
i TIIK BEEi OUtAIIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1D10. ir BRIEF CITY NEUS lt Print I. nnM W. Bleehbnrn, lawyer. Take yow prUttaf te til Clause. Else trie reae aargase-Onuidaaa do... Vest Bry OkMlf of rmU. Tajla City Dye Works, 497 South Fifteenth, o tbe Divorce Conrt Anabel Tobias haa I Tight suit for divorce against Marvin J. ll.,iaa on a cruelty chsr-jre. Coanen Korea DfflM Dr. W. 8. Con nail, f health commissioner, haa moved hla offices to the seventh floor of tha City National , bank building;. i Soma Loaaa on lowest tarma by Na braska Savings and Loan association, rronipt service, no commission, repaid monthly. 101 Board of Trade building. Many rattttoaa rued Twenty-two pett tlona ware filed In the office of the clerk of the district court Monday. Thla la the lar gest number ever filed In one day in tha history of tha court.' AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Spitser & Co. Bay Bonds, and raying Will Go On. JAH HANGS SELF IN JAIL James Kennedy, Arrested for ."Va- grrsaey, rises Noaee a Tea) of Bisk ae.4 Beds Life Before Jailer Cemee. Loses Everything in Three Years Oakland Kan, Hardly Able to Walk, Telia Polioa Priae Hard Lack Btory of Years. Three Muri man hannv and in tha Drlme of good health with thriving oooperaga business and several thousand dollars to tils oredlt la banks, now pennllese and but the shell of his former salt, George Craus of Oakland, CaL, la In Omaha friendless and alone, and dependant upon the city for aid. With his wife and two children. at home needing hla support, and he hundreds of miles away, unable to reach them and in a condition Unable te oare'for himself. Craus wa brought Into the police station off the street Tuesday morning. His story began three years ago, when tha Safe and Deposit bank In Can Francisco failed with $U,00 af hts money on deposit. Folio wing thla be alleges ha purchased ri.800 worth of steel tanks of tha BuU Head Oil works, paying for tkem, and afterward finding that he had bought property not belonging- to tha "company, and that an other -oil concern had succeeded In a re plevin suit, leaving Mm In the hole. Fol lowing thla be loot $K In the Union Na tional bank of Oakland, at which time he left Oakland for New Tork, where he went to see tha president of the Bull Head com pany In an attempt to recover tha money he -Lad lost through that company. iTM October ha suddenly became 111 and In all has spent more then six months In hospitals since that time, with a spinal trouble which has taken away hla power of locomotion, making It nearly Impossible for htm to even walk with the aid of crutches. About this time ho heard from his wife and found that the $300 he had left In the California bank for her support when ha left for New York, like the pre vious money, had been lost, leaving his wife and fapilly without any means of support- Disheartened and almost despondent he managed to .secure transportation from the olvle authorities In Bellevue, Pa., which brought him westward. At Leavenworth, Kan., he expected to meet an old time friend whom he thought would lend assist ance, but foand that long alnoa the friend had moved. At Kansaa City the same thing confronted him, and ha la now In Omaha, praying that he may suooeed In reaching Salt Lake City or -Ogden, where ha haa friends who will assist him. " . AiV Oakland NswWfcp-ort - Odtober 14, minted a, atory of ' Mr. Craus myster- ious'disappearance' from that city, but Mr. William J. Long, representing Bpttsor A Co. of Toledo, O., was in South Omaha last night and attended the seesloa of the coun cil where ha placed a bid for tha bond Issue amounting to J2,IU0 at 6tt per cent Inter est. His company waa awarded tha con tract for tha enUre issue, being the only bidder and having submitted a bid offer ing par and accrued Interest The com pany will print the bonds. The oompany was granted the privilege of paying onQr 1100,000 at once, but may bold the rest on deposit subject to draft as tha city may need tha money. Tha city will be paid l per cent Interest - Thla sale of ' paving bonds insures a great deal of work m that dltectioo before the advent of winter. Most of the" oontraots are far advanced. Others will be rushed, aa they ware delayed otvly on account of tha lack ef funds, fur ther Issues of bonds, amounting to pro- ably ISOO.OOO, are still to follow before the oloae of the year, An ordinance waa introduced at tha ses sion of ths council to regulate the charac ter of the ploturea exhibited at all mov bit picture shows In the olty and forbidding all suggestive or Indecent ploturea and pro hibiting the exhibition of any prise fight This la a blow aimed at the Jeffrlee-John eon fight ploturea. The statement of the Nebraska Telephone oompany on its gross receipts, on which to base an occupation tax, and the pay ment of G63.6 by the company were mat ters referred to the finance committee. The contract for the grading of Thirty- alxth atreet from Q to Harrison was awarded to Condon Qrlffeth at 18. cents per cublo yard. Board of Kdaeatton Meets, The Board of Education met last night and took up the routine of affairs concern ing the autumn term of school. Bids to furnish coal ware advertised aa well aa to haul the sme. Bids for heating and plumb ing In HUlorest school were also aavenieea, These are to be opened August IS. No action was taken on the erection of a manual training building, although the time for the construction of such a bulld Ing'ls far passed If the same Is to be used this year. Tha resignation of Miss Anna Nystrom was accepted, as that young woman has been elected . assistant principal of ths Winnebago Ittgh school. Miss Bonne L. Withey resigned also to accept a position In the Omaha schools. The contract to furnish supplies waa awarded to tha Soott Stationery oompany. The board adjourned to meet August IS. Hongs Himself In Jail." ' James Kennedy, apparently . a vagrant and demented, hung himself until dead at the city jail In South Omaha at 11 p. m, Monday, August L He was arrested by Officer Cashton at 10 p. m., who found him before the Elite theater talking Irrationally and under a delusion that a mob was after him. On being placed in tha cell he took a towel or strip of white cloth of that texture, tied It to the top of his bunk just fivefeet above the floor and after knotting the cloth about' hie neolc he sank down on his knees, made no effort to rise and soon strangled to death. One of the other prisoners, a negro named Craus explained tha report as his wife's refusal to divulge the whereabouts ot her I Joe Stout, finally saw the man hanging and husband. , ' I . ' ' ' WaterCompany A-: Files New 'Suit riling of Salt to Compel tha City to Fay Rentals ia Followed by Another. Nevveli on His Way to Western Nebraska Field Chief of Reclamation Work Will In apeot the Projects that Are De manding Completion. Mr. F. H. Newell, chief of the Vnlted States reclamation service spent a few hours between trains In Omaha, leaving at noon for Lincoln, to have a conference with the state engineer with reference to some Irrigation matters In Nebraska. I am an my way west," said Mr. Newell, 'to Join tha army engineers, who have been made a consulting board for the reclamation service, and who ara to ad vise what works are to be pushed to com pletion with the 92,000,000 which congress provided as a loan to tha service. This $2,000,000 Is to be paid back with I per cent interest from the receipts from the sale of Irrigation lands and water rights. "I .want to say 'that there is absolutely no friction whatever between me and tha consulting board of tha army engineers. but on the contrary; wa ara working to gather In cordial co-operation. In fact, there la no friction so far as 1 am con earned with any other division of the In terlor department I am an engineer and my work la to do tha thlnga which my su parlors decide should be done In the way cf develeplng Irrigation projects, and I ex pect to continue doing the work to tha best of my ability so long as I am In the service, and having been aver twenty years In one position, 1 naturally desire ta continue la It and oomplete and follow up the plana whloh have been worked out heretofore, "I want to keep qsrfood terms and get along with all tha other branohaa of tha government with whloh I must come In contact officially. No, I hardly believe '. will be able to attend tha conservation eon grass at St Paul. I have work ahead of me whloh will keep me busy, and I hardly expect to find the time to attend that meeting." The army engineers started a day ahead t v ar. vvv,i. uiu iiv mpeuis w men uy with them either at-Onernsey or Mitchell. V1CIIM OF THUGS IS DEAD James Murphy Dies After a Week- of I Great Buffering:. MYSTERY SURROUNDS ASSAULT Tells Doctor He la t loa by Two . Colered aad Qse White Maa raee Badly Cat t W lie Beeka Physician. Absolute mystery surrounds the death of James. Murtfey, 1701 Caaa street who died Monday morning at the Omaha General honpital following a supposed assault on Saturday evening, July n. Tba coroner has been unable to locate any of the de ceased man's relatives, and tha police have no record of the assault, which ia reported to have been of a most malicious nature. Whether the aaeailanta of the unfortunate man can be apprehended Is a question whloh will confront the detective foroe of the ctty. Dr. P. .8. Edwards when Interviewed Tuesday afternoon aald: "Mr. Murphy Dr. Crippen Was a Boyhood Chum of an Omaha Man Frank Devor ' of Xlopp & Bartlett 'Printing; Company Knew Him When a Boy. J called Jailer J. P. Corcoran, . who cut the man down. Life waa found to be extinct and Deputy Coroner B. J. Larkln took charge. An inquest will be held at 11 a. m. today-, following that of Arthur Jetter. Kennedy had no marks of identification except that he carried soma cards such as beggars carry bearing his name. He was a heavy set man of sandy complexion. His hair was a light brown. His oUtthlng looked like that of a tramp. Hla dementia closely resembled the usual hallucinations of tha dope fiend. , MeClare Bays Stock. Dr. D. MoClure of Pendleton, Ore., was in South Omaha yesterday for the purpose of purohaslng 100 blooded bulla for the United States government These animals are to be shipped to the Indian reserva tions of eastern Oregon and distributed through thfa herds to . enrloh the rather backward Breeds of cattle now belonging to the trlbea It is not necessary that tha animals be thoroughbreds, but an effort Is made to get a good, strong and robust stock. Mr. MoClure has been In the gov ernment service for many years. At one time he waa atationed at South Omaha. Bin. Robert Hall Dead. Mra. Robert Hall died at her heme Mon day morning of typhoid fever and, a com nllcatlon ot heart trouble. BUI had not been long ill and the fever waa low and of Itself was not eonsldered dangerous until ths complication developed. Mrs. Hall was ths wife tt Robert Hall, superintend ent of construction for the Union Stock Tarda company. Their married Ufa had lasted but two year. The funeral has not yet been announced, pending the wishes of relatives out of the city. i New Steel Stark. Swift & Co. Is erecting a new steel stack at the plant which Is Intended to ac commodate the whole battery of boilers Secure Counsel td Contest Right of ln U8e- 'Th0 "fw ek h" , 100 feet higher, It lias been found that the steel in use may have to oe changed tor a heavier grade to sustain the greut weight of the structure, the tension of Uf guy ropes and the stress c-ccs.ui;wj t the wind yVressure. When tLla ,aek la torn pitted automatlo feeders will , miblituted for the gang of coal heavers. Mncie City GoeslB). Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Schlndel have returned from a visit to Maryland. V Miss Harriet Angerman left Saturday for a two weeks' visit to Chicago. - A. R. Nichols returns this morning from his attendance at summer school at 1'eorlu, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Perry McD. Wheeler leave yThe judgments given the water oompany ' In federal court against the olty of Omaha are not yet fully decided, declares Assistant City Attorney Dunn, and the mandamus suit brought before Judge Munger to com pel the city to levy taxes and collect the money Is not a regular proceeding. Before the . council .committee meeting Monday Mr. ; Dunn declared that since John L. Webster, attorney of the Water board, has motions on file for a new trial In all the jjfc; Uant cases and until Judge Munger comes back and passes on these motions the mandamus suit .cannot threaten the city, The opinion was given by Mr., Dunn when sked by the council whether or not . L was required to go ahead and take some action toward getting the money In oaae the water company waa successful In its SuiU- Since tha tiling ot the mandamus suit the'4cUy t attorney's office haa received notice of another rental suit in which the company demands tfl.MO more for hydrant rental up to the present tlme, Shippers Ready ; to Fight Raise Railroads j-to Adranoo -V --FreifuT Ratefc- Frank Devor, superintendent of tha Klopp & Bartlett Printing company, has been wondering tor many years what had be come of a boyhood playmate of hla. Ha found out when the newspapers began to print accounts ot the pursuit of Dr. Haw- ley H. Crippen and of his arrest "I knew Hawley Crippen thirty-six years ago," said Mr. Devor. He Waa then nhJ tnwlalf sk Kav tf 1 w ma ft A wa Kntk wIaJt4 hi svis a arv va u J 7aa as aauu w v wwui v IR- Ited one aummer at a farm a tew miles north of Elkhart, Ind., my boyhood home, Elkhart la near the Michigan border,' you know and Crippen came from somewhere north of the line. "'We were together for several weeks. doing all the things that boys enjoy while living for the first time on a farm, and of course we became quite" intimate; Crippen waa a good boy,' active and full ot spirits no mollyooddle but oh the other hand with out vicious- traits or more than the normal boy's tendency to cruelty. . "Our association .made a deep Impression upon me and while I never aaw him airaln I have often wondered what had become of rum. x suppose he was 'called to mlnrt when.I otherwise would have fors-otten him Decause there is an Omaha traveling man who looks so much like him that every nine see mm I think Of Crippen. Thli traveling manias the same peculiarity of set eyes, a teat u re which I aee tha n.w. papera have commented upon. Dr. Crippen'a eyes are set higher than most men's and are farther apart It makes his faoe a striking one, though far from bad looking." mr. vur is inclined to believe that hi. playmate is guilty of the crime oharA He will probably get his deserts." he added. University of Michigan men are not re joicing over the extensive advertisement given the fact that Dr. Crippen graduated from that Institution. That Dr. Crippen did study at Ann Arbor has been mentioned in the dispatches with, what seems to Wol verine alumni unnecessary freauency. Arthur Jetter is Drowned in Pappio Ditch '- Son of the South Omaha Brewer Falls Into Water and Loses Life. Arthur Jetter, youngest son of BalUias Jetter, president of the 'Jetter Brewing company, was drowned in the ditch of Pappio creek Monday at I p. m. The fa tality occurred a few feet wont of the bridge where the Missouri Pacific crosses ths Pappio ditch only a few rods north and east of Seymour lake. Toung Jetter went ia swimming In com pany with Jonnie Tost Herman Tost and Evan Klmmlck, boys of bis own age, living at Thlrty-fjrst and R streets. Bouth Omaha. As soon as he had reached the middle of th dltoh, whloh Is about twenty yards wide ha began to alnk and tha other boya went to hla rescue. Ha grasped Johnnie Toat first and pulled him under the water in his frantio efforts and in soma manner tha oarne to ma about o'clock Saturday night Toat boy broke hla stId and swam away. la Very bad condition, mis aeaa ana laoe insn the Klmmlck boy also tried to save were chopped and unit and from my ax-1 no, and came nearer being drewaed than amlnation seemed to have been caused by tha Toat boy, but escaped In tha same chisel 'or soma similar Instrument I way. Tha boys then tried to reach Jetter There was a cut on hla lip that ha wltn a atiek, but be waa too far out from wanted sewed, but ha at first refused to abore. Finally ha sank and was seen allow ma to at t and the Injuries on his I no more. head, which needed medical attention badly. D0" by their cries attracted the at- I deoltned to assist him unless he would let or tn"ae Andesooa,- motorman on ina dress all his wounds, and after soma . 'Jr"?" ep' Anaon to tha place. trouble I finally succeeded In getting at ' nad 'PPeared and aa An them. . AVOIDS MM OPERATION "The man aald he waa employed at the Illinois Central freight house, and was about 48 years of age. He was In an In toxicated condition at the time, aad told deraon could not swim hla efforts were fu tile, A call for halo waa aiven bv tain. phone and soma of tba menof the neigh borhood conducted a search. It waa two hours before Chief Brla-ra and VL r ma of hia assault Ha stated that when "V!1- r T!nt.,nt0 iw uie onage, mere ine ooay was round two hours after tha drowning In seven feet of water. he ' was In an alley near the Loose Wiles building at Twelfth and Davenport streets, two negroes and a white man set upon him and attempted to rob him. He said that they beat him unmercifully, but did not succeed in taking his money away f Pom him, and be had $15 when here. 'He said a policeman -appeared on the scene, and when thaassallants saw tha officer coming they ran, leaving him alone. Ha then came to roe and I attended him, letting him go with tha instructions to re turn and have the wounds redressed. This, nowever, ne laiiea to no, and I saw no In tha meantime. Henrr. William and Martin Jettftr bad arrived. Dr. E. L. De- Levnney also oeme In an automobile and tlon. Strong men of the party worked for an hour steadlry and used artificial respira tion, but at the and of that time there waa no response to tha treatment For a tew momenta Dr. DeLannav mud tv heart throb, but there was no blood in the arteries and tha organ soon stopped. ine immediately began tha work of resuscitaV alcians that tha only chance for her more of him until last Tuesday, 'when he UrthT.rT Z k, I 1. came back. He was then In a worse condl- t?A ?" abU ? awlm. Hehad tion. and after changing hi. bandage. 1 erv warman I i k ? 71 nt him t .ha DmaK v. VT waJm- " theught ne waa seised where he remained up til he died Monday1. ms aeam is, j. minx, aue to tne reot that he did not have medical assistance between Saturday night and Tuesday. Not only was his face and head badly mutilated, but he had been severely kicked and bruised In the groins." Dr. Edwards says he reported the matter by a cramp. Deputy Coroner B. J. Larkln took charge of the body and tha arrange ments win be announaed later. Arthur Jetter was 18 years old. the youngest in a family of five children. The rainlly has been unfortunate for the old est daughter, Emma, waa burned to death by the falling of an old-fashioned hanging to ths police when Murphy came back the fe VJ'll ' n' ua second time. denly at Beatrice after an attack" of epil epsy. Martin and William Jetter ara cous- Oil of Sunflower for Painters Use ins. 1 An Inquest will be held over the body of Arthur Jetter at, 10 a. m. today and) the funeral la announced for I p. m., Wednes day, August a LEAVE REFORM SCHOOL TO FOLLOW THE CIRCUS Two Omaha . Lavda Are Lared te Trouble by Playlnsr of the Bias. Idea City Chemist Crowley Brings Home from. Convention of Pacifio Coast To develop some ol Nebraska's unused wealth, Qas Commissioner Crowley wants to start a new Industrf.'lha raw material of which will be sunflowers and the fin Ished product a substitute for linseed oil. Mr. Crowley has just returned from the meeting ot the American Chemical asso ciation at San Francisco and In describing his experiences to the ooundl meeting Monday afternoon he declared that It Ne braska wants to keep pace with the states farther . west that have big advantages in natural resources something must be done to find new; ways of making money from Nebraska products. Linseed oil Is expensive and Mr. Crowley thinks sunflowers oould supply a product that would do the work just as efficiently. Mr. Crowley also spoke very favorably of the electric device for doing away with the smoke evil which was advocated In the convention. The device, which ia tne same one which Acting Mayor Brucker sug. gestad for publlo consideration several days ago and which City Electrician Michael sen is now investigating, uses statio elec tricity to make the smoke cloud deposit Its solid matter before it passes out into the air. It has been especially useful in smelt ing works aad produces sulphurlo add as a by-product, making its , use a matter ot profit to tha smelters. The water system of Los Angeles, whloh utilises melted snow from tha mountain tops 215 miles from tha city to supply water of a tme quality, waa also described. The system furnUhes enough water power for tha city to make over $1,000, 000 annually la revenue from it . Her Brother Persuaded Her to See Dr. T.lilon Before Going to the Hospital Highly Recommends the Hornby Cancer Remedy Used by Dr. Milen. way to the hospital to be operated on for cancer ot tho breast, I 'phoned my brother to aay good bye. es I never ex pected to leave the hospital alive. My brother advised me before I went to the hospital to see you, ao, hoping that I might be saved from tha horrors ot tbe knife, 1 took hia advice. I went borne happy after aendlng for my lit tle girl, for I had already made ar rangements with a neighbor to car for her while I waa In the hospital. After calling on you, Instead of auf ter-i -lng from the knife, I dona my house-. ; work, loat no aloap and suffered but very little pain, and the cancer was removed In eight days. .The treatment -la mild but surely positive. 1 I am not only willing but anxious that others Buffering from thla horri ble disease should write mo or call on me that I may guide them to where they can get relet as I did. I wish to thank you and Ood for the relief you gave me, for I was Buffering, not only physically, but mentally, and only those who have been afflicted with this horrible disease can realize what you have done for me. Providence surely Intervened and aaved me. . Wishing you Buccesarl am, gratefully yours, MRS. F. SEROY, . ' 2314 Manderson, Omaha, Neb. Anyone suffering with any cbronlo, deepaeated or nervous disease, such aa disease of the nerves, blood, akin, warbut waa persuaded by her brother heart, Irver, stomach, Kidney and livery to Ilret aee Mr. Allien. After a careiuij.mtiuumg i uiuonoui y j cU examination' she was placed under treatment by the Mtlen Medical Com pany and .today she Is one ot the happi est womon In Omaha. Read the fol lowing letter that speaks for Itself: Mllen Medical Company, Omaha, Neb., Dear Doctors: A few days ago, when I was on the DK. THEODORE MILEN. Mrs. F. Seroy of 2 S 14 Manderson St., Omaha, Nebraska, was suffering from cancer of the breast She had been suffering months from this dreadful disease and was advised by her phy- recovery was to go to the hospital and have the cancer removed with the Bur geon's knife.. After making all arrangements to go to the hospital, having bade her little daughter good by, ahe started on her ralgia, loss of nerve force, goitre, con stipation, catarrh, epilepsy, indigestion, dyspepsia, weak back, bloating, dropsy, cancer, eccema, scrofula and diseases of women and diseases of men,cannot do better than to ca on these famous specialists. Tbe examination Is free and If 4hy cannot cure you they will frankly tell you., The r.lilen Medical Co. Is Centrally locahd at 315 South 16th Street, Omaha, lleb. PRECIPITATION IS VERY SMALL la tha Vicinity ef Omaha Deflelenoy f - Rain Darin Jaly Is Remarkable. Tbe month., neteorologlcal summary of ths . United States weather bureau shows that the precipitation in Omaha for July this year is far from being up to the aver age of recent years. It waa but 1.90, aa against 4.10 last year, 147 in 1808 and 6.45 in 1907. The greatest precipitation during July- was on the td, 0.78, and tha deficiency for the month la 2.43. There ia a deficiency of 18.66 since January L The highest temperature for the month. was 104, on the 17th, and the lowest was 69, on tha 10th. Fifteen clear days occurred during July, four cloudy ones and twelve partly ctoHdy. MEXICAN ELECTION COUNT Complete Retarns Received Dims Gets NIaeteea Thousand Eleo , toral Votes, MEXICO CITY, ' Aug. !. Copmlete re turns of the presidential election have been received at the department of the interior and totals were given out at the bureau of information today as follows: For General Dlaa for nresldent. IS KM alee. toral votes: for Francisco Madero. 221: for Theodore Dabesa, 6; for Oeneral Bernardo Reyes, J; tor Jose Ives Ilmantour, 1. Dlssjraeefal Coadact of liver, and bowels, In refusing to act, a lt-.nlvv (h. .raniii, nt annw.rannaif mnufitaina the raatfut Inleaaure of fertile valleys tne magniricence ana peauiy vi nature a si auuusi aim uuii rUgg4 scenery, a trip on tue T!ArJ AITIIAPU PACIFIC RAILWAY offers a vacation at small expense to the most talked of and Interesting acenio spots in the world. - basts', avan xoxrura, itbx.d, anacxxB . Here you will find a perfect revel of enjoyment no other place enn offer such an opportunity to kodak, hunt, fish, drive, sketoh. climb, botanise. Hotels are under direct management of the railway company and give unequaled service. . low Bummer Tourist Fares Daily to all Worth Vaoifio Coast Cities, June 1 to September 30. If desired, you may use the Canadian Pacltlo in one direction and any other railway In the other. ' 11 icUA and return from Vancouver, 980 by Canadian Pacifio Steamers. Be HblUian eurt your steamer reservations before starting. Literature free. .Tickets for sale by agents of all railways. A. O. SWAW. Oensral Arent. S33 Bonth Clark Street. CT9TOAOO isaawaB-JWaa Ernest Dungan and William Zimmerman, two boys sent recently to the Kearney reform school, from Omaha, have escaped and the authorities are working on the the ory that they - are following Barnum A Bailey's circus. The boys are 19 years ot age and very narrowly escaped being sent to the penitentiary for burglary. If they are caught now they will probably get a penitentiary sentence, as they proved to be incorrigible. E. J.) McVann returned home from Chi cago Tuesday and, announced that, tha com mittee of the shippers had selected counsel for the forthcoming Investigation Ot the proposed Increase In freight ratea After long debate a majority voted for Francis B. James' of Cincinnati,- who Is chairman of -the commute on commercial law of the American Bar association and an au thority on Interstate commerce. With Mr. J sines was chosen John H. Atwood ot Kansas City, who waa associated with t ,v. w.k., nf Hmihi In tha M(a 3u.l river rate cases prosecution and today for a two .weeks', visit to Tllden. Asu. victory. . Y Miss Grace and Ella Peterson will leave These two lawyers, W. T. Trlckett of I today for a visit of two weeks or more at Minneapolis and J. C. Lincoln ot pi. ixmls lows City, ia. wers .named a committee to proceed at Miss Clra liarolay and Miss Nell Lefler FIGHT PICTURES DO NOT DRAW New Treasnrer of v Morris Theater Says Pablle Not Interested la Cfcamploa Jvkssos,, 'The Johnson-Jeffries fl-ht pictures hava not proved a heavy drawing card In New Tork," said J. A. Pile ot that city. Mr. Pile Is treasurer of the American Amuse ment hall ,and arrived In Omaha Tueeday to help get the Morris theater ready for the opening. I "Johnson himself did not attract many people after tha first few days," continued Mr. 1110, "and this seems remarkable in view of the thousands who were at tha station to meet him In New York and else where. But managers ptlH have faith in him as a spectacle, and hi has just signed a SttO.000 contract and given up hie trip to lOu onre te WctMngton and confer with ths Interstate Commerce commission regarding future hearings. gave a shower last night. in honor of Miss Harriet Koberts. 'Superintendent N. M." Graham and wife leave today for Clear Lake, la. They will be gone for two week Mra. Oeorire Bartholomew and daughter. Helen, of Preston, la., are the guests of Mr. and Mra L. II. Greer. H- " f - I jerry Howard began his campaign for the ouse ot Uems rrtdrir,fj,h.-workmen OS 111V l.uu.u; ' - Phone Bell South 8tH, Independent F-LSj for a tfase oi jenrr uwj v rumju delivery to any part of the city. William The Woodmen of the Wbrld meet this evening to make ar-angemenia ror tne Dig ptonle to be held at Seymour parky Satur day. August SO. v w inkn P.v.r. KU fluuth TwantV-sIxth Walla tha family af W. II. rose ware I ,trtlti umaha, but formerly of South alumbartna a sneak thief entered tne house, Omaha, dlea yesisraay. mi ruqarai win fit w..h. Ninataaiiilk atrattt. and stole a be held at I P- m. today. ' . .. . ... i.w. 1 t.nh Hadualner. Thlrty-eith and U oeu,oo. ..m ,w - reported that his stable had been and a Quantity of Jewelry valued at several 'j., Sunday -night and !ta horse stoUn. hundred dollars. Theie were an epaL pearl irred Bruntsen of Harpy county also re. Burglar Loots Wlile Tamilyof W. H. Post Bleeps Tnief Gets Purse and St -... ,, ; aral Hingi. ud a d.'aoiopd 'ring in the loot. ported lie ioas of a hoi se. rope." CRONK IS TO PAY ALIMONY Coart Awards Mra. Croak Fifty Dol lars a Moath aad Assesses Coet ta Mn-Creak. Mrs. Cora L. Crunk was awarded all mouy by Judge Troup in tbe Bum of fGOO. Until the abpeal of Mrs. Crank reaches the supreme court and Is finally decided she will receive $50 a month temporary all mony. Mr. Cronk will be' required to pay costs of tha suit, amounting to nearly .... i Teething cnlldren have mora or lesa diar rhoea, whloh can be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is necessary ia to give the prescribed dose after eaua operation of the bowels more than natural and taea castor oil to cleanse the system. It Is safe and sura, eota by au dealers. . . , Compare for yourself Measure The Bee against other local papers in respect of J quality as well as Quantity of timely newsand inter est" ing articles from day to day and The Pit.k,yr superiority will he demonstrated BAND CONCERT AT C0URTLAND Crowds at the Beach Eatertalaeel by tba Amerlcaa ataad freav . Provldeaee. ,' ' Monday evening, the opening evening for the American band at Courtland Beach park, drew a 'large number of pleasure- seekers to . that popular resort and they were well rewarded for their oomlng. The band, whloh comprises about forty pieces aud halls from Providence, R. L, rendered a program whloh pleased every person in the audience. There was a sprinkling of the classlo and semi-classical music and snough of tha popular "raggy" tunas to please those' whose taste runs to - the George M. Cohan sort of music Ths solo work ot the evening waa espe cially pleasing. Bowen Church, the band's conductor, .played a polka movement. In which his mastery of ths cornet showed to a great advantage. Slgnor Tagllalavors I played as a baritone horn solo, "The Even ing Star" from "Tannhauser," and Fred Padley made a tremendous lmpreslon with tbe audience in his flute. solo, "Echoes of the Alps." Miss Dexter, a Boston soprano soloist, I also pleased her hearers. Miss Dexter has a strong, high voice, excellently adapted to the open air work and she was forced to respond to tour enooree. The two exhibitions by Rollo. the dare devil roller skater, given at 4:90 and 9:50, were a atrong attraction and the ground In the neighborhood i of hla apparatus,! which was set up Just at. theslde of the pavilion, was crowded during bis exhibi tions. 6MAHA GAS NEWS 1509 Howard Street. AaBavaesa ( wan " Nearly every Omaha home contains a gas range. ; Is your's one few that does of the not? Remember can that with COOK a gas more Year Sammer Oatlas. If you ara fond "of fishing, canoelna ramping or tbe study of wild animals look up the Algonquin National Park of Ontario for your aummer outing A fish and game reserve ot t.OOS.OOO acres interspersed with 1.200 lakes and rivers is awaiting you of fering all tha attractions that Nature can bestow. Magnificent canoe trips. Altitude t.OuA feet above sea level. ,Pure aad exhil. ara ting atmospheca. 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