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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1910)
1 1 Tf7 o ) li ffe IPS a $250 Diamond Ring Someone who trades irrth one ofAese Vorchanlsgefsfihfandsqnicprescit Ghrisfmas One of these Tine Japanese Cup3 and Saucers "I 11 M inl Af TOO? with two pounds SPECIAL BLEND COFFEE gQ December 17th and 24th inclusive. Ladies: ii The Very Finest Blue and Blue White Dia monds at Prices That Cannot Be Equalled These diamonds have our persona) guarantee that they are of the finest quality and perfect In every respect. i Watches HowiM'i, Hamilton's. Klrln and Waltham, In old and gold-filled eases, at the very lowest pomlble prices. We. have a very fine line of these watches and Invite you to Inspect them. ; Toilet Articles Comb, Brush and Mirror Fets, 15.60 to t0.00 Sterling Silver Mnnlcure Sets, In ca-ies, from $3.50 to 96O.0O And all the other toilet articles at very reasonable prices. Lockets, Chains. Bracelets, Frooches. Scarf Pins, Cuff buttons. Lace Pins, Belt fins. Klns and a very fine line of Coral Rings at extremely low prices. Coral Brooches We have an extremely fine line of these Brooches and call your special at tention to thts coral. LOUIS A. BORSHEIM 606 South Sixteenth St. Presents for ABE'S Her Southeast Corner 16th A Fen Suggestions Perfumes Cigars Manicure Sets Toilet Sets Fountain Pens Candy Novelties When words fall send Dolly Varden" Chocolate COLPETZER T0HEAD CLUB Friend Urge Him to Take Presidency of Country Club. AJSnSTUAL MEETING SATURDAY Tkm Vaeaneles to Be Filled en (hi Aral ( Directors Prepare te Inereaee the Capital Stock, Frank Colpetier la likely to be the next president of the Omaha Country club. Mr. Colpetser'e frlenda In the club and on the board of dlreotors are earnestly urging Ma candidacy. The preeent prealdent of the club la Judge W. A. Redlca. The offloe la filled by vote of the board of directors Sat urday night. The terma ef three of theae have ex pired and theae vacanclea will be filled at the annual atockholdera' meeting, which will be held at the Omaha club Saturday night, preceded by the annual dinner. The three director whose terms expire are Thomas A. Fry, Harry A. Tukey and W. J. For. Of theae Mr. Fry has declared he will not be a candidate for re-election. The attitude of Messrs Tukey and Foye Is leea definite, but It Is expected that the latter, at least will be a candidate. Other candidates will be these: W, R. McKeen, Harry Doorley and E. It. Hprague. Probably other namca w ll be placed In nomination, but tl'.e candidacies of theso have been kept a secret so far. Ni directorships hold over, and these places are held by t S. Montgomery, F. H. Gaines. V. A. Redlck. Frank Colpetser, F. J. Burkley and J. R. Fcoble. It la expected that the proposition to In crease the capital stock, which Is a nomi nal Increase only, will carry without op position. This will enable the club easily to borrow enough money to buy all or part of the McShane tract. The question of such purchase will not come before the Haturday meeting and may not be decided until spring. RECORD SALE OF YEARLINGS lewa Stockman Markets Reach ef Utah tirade Cattle at m tiood Price. A. P. Mammen, a Mc'lelland (la.) cattle raiser, broke South Omaha records for some time by topping the market Friday H 15 a hundred. Mr. Mammen sold, through livers Rros. & Co., a bunch of while-faced yearlings of his own feed nr. which averaged W4 pounds. The price was I7.1S- "Omaha la the beat place to sell rattle I knew of." declared Mr. Mammen. "and I QBjdder myself f animate that I lire nuar mmA aae eU aasJkat my eaule kar" VI carat $30 s carat $55 to 170 5 carat $100 to $125 J carat $170 to $205 1 carat $225 to $250 Jewelers and Silversmiths Everbody at Grand Pharmacy and Howard Steets. LEATHER HAND BAGS and INDIAN MOCCASINS We hay a moat unusual assortment of all kinds of leather roods, from beautiful hand bats to genuine Indian moccasins and novelties. The bsgs range in price from most attractive ones at 18.00 to others at 120.00. Tou will surely find what you want Mail Clerk Admits Pilfering Pockets of the Other Clerks Wai Caught with Harked Bills and Confeises to Having; Taken the Money. Thefts of valuable railroad watches, money and Jewelry from the railway mall clerks' dormitory upon the top floor of the federal building, alleged to have been com mitted from time to time during the last six months, are thought to have been stopped by United States Marshal Warner, through the arrest early Friday morning of Clyde M. Cambridge, a Missouri PaoUlo railway mall clerk. , Cambridge was arraigned Friday morn ing before United 8tates Commissioner An derson charged with larceny from a gov ernment building. He pleaded guilty and was remanded to the Douglas county Jail In default of IS09 to Insure Ma appearance before the federal grand Jury. It Is said that the disappearance of valu ables from the clothing of railway mall clerks who slept In the dormitory, together with the occasional mysterious maneuver lngs of Cambridge, directed suspicion upon him. The United States marshal's office was notified. This week deputy United States Marshal H. B. Hayes, pretending sleep In the dormitory, watched for the supposed culprit, without avail. Thursday night Marshal Hayes placed three marked S bills In the pockets of sleepers at the dormitory. At midnight, the marshal says, he saw Cambridge get up from his bed and go to a clothes rack In the opposite room where the "trap was set. When Cambridge returned. Marshal Hayes said he stopped him and searched his clothing, finding the marked bllla Cambridge denied that he had taken the money. He said he got It In Kansas City. He broke down Friday morning, however and confessed that he had taken the money "I am in hard straits." he told Marshal Warner, "and needed the money. I have a wife and two children In Kanaas City, Kan. Cambridge declared that the marked money was all he had taken from the dor mitory, but Marshal Warner says ha has proof to deny thla Cambridge has been employed on the Mis souri Pacific railway as mail clerk far five yeara. He has a run between Omaha and Kansas City. He la about 17 years old. Btirger, Better Buster Tnat la what advertising la The Bee will 4a tor your 'Men like manly togs from a mans store. Neckwear 50 to $2.50 Fancy Suspenders 50 to $2.50 Gloves 50 to 93.00 Horierj 15 to 82.50 FamJl'esUi $2.00 to $5.00 Christmas Boxes for all without extra charge PrayzzFor Men Omaha agents for Hole-Proof Hosiery 508-510 South 16th Street. aaV- Come "Hot Point" Irons. Yearns for Battle, Veteran Fighter is Going Back to Sea Adolph Lanon Ceolarei Hit Lust for War at the Naval Recruit ing Station. Tklnl tnr rnra and lOVS of the din Of battle have put Adolph Larson back In the navy. He Is a veteran of the Brltlsh-Boer war and has seen service before In the United States navy. Thla man Just dearly loves a fuss. Larson Is going to apply for re-enllst-ment In the United States navy as soon as he can get his naturalisation papers, wmcn he aava he has left In New Tork. and he wishes for war as soon as he Joins. At the navy recruiting station yester day afternoon he declared his love for war. Such an admirer Is he of fighters that he tried several times, he avers, to desert the colonial army. In which he was a soldier, to Join the Boera "Outside of Americana,'' hs said, "the Boers are the greatest flgutera on earth, and during that war I longed many times to be with them. I tried several times to bring my desire to reality, especially because we received such Ill-treatment at the handa ef ear generals, but when ever I atempted It I found that the lines were closely guarded." Larson said he never was so happy as when he was In the midst of the volleys of slssllng bombs and bullets during the battlea of Klandslangte, Alkemar and Lang's tteck. "Wny did you enter the colonial army If yea were with the Boers in spljil?- be was aakea. I areas earns Bad e This is the mans store where the ladies do their shopping for their men folks. You 11 feel at home here We have as many lady shoppers as men, Itath Robes $5.00 to $10.00 Collar Hairs, Tie Kings, Mufflers, Shirts, Sweaters, Hats, Handkerchiefs, and the largest line of Men's Jewelry in the city. in and sec fine display of Stand Lamps . Art Domes and Shower Effects AMERICAN ELECTRIC CO. "THE FIXTURE rJXnrVWSKnSVySnJJ-inru-Un---!- John Oahmtte Fine "Wines, Liquors and Cigars 512 South 16th Street OMAHA, - NED. he said, "and would have Joined the Boers, but I couldn't get to them. I wouldn't have Joined the British forces It I had known the kind of treatment I was to get. Tou see, I was a aallor on one of the passenger steamers of the Aberdeen White Star line which reached South Africa Just at the outbreak of the war. When I found there was -to be a war I wanted to get Into It so I Joined the Colonial army." Larson has been on the seas since he was 14 years old. He ran away from his home In Stavenger, Norway, at that age for a Job on a Norwegian passenger steamer. Since, he" says, he has seen every country . and Island In the world with the exception of Guam. Part of his travels Larson covered as a sailor In the United States navy from which he re ceived his discharge In ISM. He la now 87 years old. CROOK SOLICITS FUNDS TO HELP BURY MRS. NELSON A rimed with m FsLke Letter from Mayor DsklaisB, He leearee Consid erable Moaey. Some Industrious person has been out soliciting funds for the burial of Mrs. Henry Nelson, J007 Martha street, the woman who died while the police were searching for her daughter who had run away. The daughter was found Just after the mother died and has since disappeared. The husband reports that he Is working for Henry Rohlff and that he has au thorized no one to make any collections. This person Is armed with what purports to be a letter from Mayor Pahlman, but which In reality Is said to be a' forgery. He tells a pitiful story of want In the family and It Is reported that he has col lected quite a sum TL. police took Edward Oable tnto ous tiidsy Friday aflarouen aa tbe oharge. HOUSE" Opposite Rome Hotel. mmm aaaata m a Blind Will Not Get Mrs. August at Money Beneficiaries Named in Strang-e Will Get No Share in Woman's Estate. The blind of Omaha will not benefit by the death of the late Mrs. Maria Augustat, although her will orders that soma 1900 of the proceeds of the sale of her property be divided among the sightless. Clyde Sundblad, clerk of the county court, sild Friday that the provisions of the will could not be executed, since It was Impossible to secure the name's and addresses of all the blind persons In the city. The part of her small fortune which Mrs. Auguttat wished given to the blind will be turned over to the state, since she leaves no natural heirs. "You see, It would be Impossible for the executor of the will to swear that he had divided the money among all the bllod In Omaha, because he could not know posi tively that he had done so," said Mr. Sunblad, "therefore the Judge could not approve his work and discharge him. Sup pose such a thing should be done. After the whole matter was supposed to be set tied some blind person who had been over looked mlKht coma in and have the whole thing set aside." MAN PASSES BOGUS CHECKS Tea mater Purporting" to Hall from Pa pillion Dors 'thriving Holiness for a Time. William Smith, who Is held at th po lice station on the charge of passing bogus checks around town, says he la a teamster and halls from Papllllon. He was arrested by Officer Dunn. About a dosen complaints have eome to the police. The sales of "Grand Union Coffee" are built on quality and every day is a record day In the output of our special at 30c. We want every family In Omaha to try this coffee. We are, therefore, making this generous ofier. "Grand Union" Baking Powder is puro and wholesome. We give here a few of the handsome and useful Christmas pres ents, which we are offering with one pound: Gold Signet Ring . China Salad Child's Silver Sot Child's Xmas Book Swivel Mirror and many other practical gifts. Grand Union Tea Co SOO Block" Sixteenth Street Between Howard and Jaokson BOB I PLEASANT SMILE And Well Cared for Clothing Are In Keeping With Christmas Time Our years' of experience and modern equipment enables us to thoroughly clean even the most delicate garments. A trial will convince you that it pays to send your clothes to us. We will call for and deliver all orders promptly. Skirts, 75c and $1.00. Ladies' Suits, $1.75 to $2.50. Other Prices Just Dyeing, Pressing, Repairing, Relining. "CLEAN CLOTHES GATE CITY CLEANING WORKS Phones: Bell, Douglas 328S; Ind. A-32S4 518 Soutti Sixteentln Street LUMBER PRICES HURT REALTY Cost of Building is Retarding Devel opment of City. LAUD DEALERS GIVE VIEWS A seats Declare Iaveatmemts Are Un profitable at Preeent Coet ef Ces stractlen of Hooaee They Cite Illustrations. Omaha real estate men declare with al most complete unanimity that building- op erations and real esiate deals have been retarded and restricted by the uniformly high prices demanded for lumber by all retail dealers. Some real estate agents declare that prices asked (or lumber by these dealers are considerably higher than . In many cities In the same part of the country. The charge that construction of build ings has been postponed and delayed by the price of lumber, is supported by specl- flo Instances. The high price of lumber and other building material has been a hard thing to pull against," said W. H. Green, three times president of the Omaha Real estate exchange. "Prices of lumber has been so high that many a man about to buy real estate to build on, or to build on property already owned, has been compelled to abandon the project for a time. I my self have delayed more than a year a building at Twenty-seventh and Leaven worth street. I ought. In a way, to have started It long ao. I have the tenants se cured, but I could not build with lumber at these, fancy prices, and get anything out of It myself. Who wishes to Invest his money when no return Is to be forta- comlngT" 'It costs too much to build," said D. V. Sholes, president of the D. V. Bholes company, one of the largest Omaha agen cies and companies. Lumber costs too much. I have compared prices here with other places at which houses built to sell are sold and I know that the sale price U lower In other places than Omaha men can afford to sell it. The explanation la obvious. In thebe other towns the men who built the buildings get their lumber cheaper. A high retail price of lumber retards building and consequently of real estate transfers." C. F. Harrison of Harrison ec Morton, another prominent firm, sayj that "high prices of building material are of course restrictive and -lumber has long been pretty high here." Weed Pare More. F. D. Weed paid $2 a thousand for di mension stuff the other day. At wholesale dp 1 lip m 9 i Men's 3-piece Suits, $1.50. Overcoats, $1.50. aa Reasonable. Covered Buttons Made to Order. LAST LONGER," thla costs 118 a thousand. The difference Is 10 above the wholesale price. "It costs a great deal to build nowa days," says Mr. Wead, who was president of the Real Estate exchange last year. "Lumber Is the principal item in thla exeat cost of building and we certainly are pay ing fancy prices for lumber." Mr. Weed's quotations of what he him self paid for dimension stuff. S28 a thou sand, Is direct refutation of the assertion oi retail lumber dealers that never has more than 26 a thousand been charged here. Daniel Courtney May Recover Yankton Man Shot by Farm Hand it Improving Inquest Over Res teuflcher'i Body ii Delayed. YANKTON, 8. D., Dec. 16. (Speclal.) Danlel Courtney, thought to be fatally shot by Oeorgs Rossteuscher, waa re ported to be a little better Thursday night and there Is some hope of his recovery. The Inquest Into the killing of Rossteu scher has been delayed until Friday, the authorities having determined to have a very full investigation, as some have criticised the method taken to end the reign of terror. A later and Interesting development of the affair came when the body of Rossteuscher was more closely examined. Over the heart, pinned to his underwear, waa a photograph of the 14- year-old girl, Bemlce Culllgan, Infatua tloa for whom caused the shooting. !oiiolioa.ioii Munyon's Ptw. Taw Tills are on like U other lsxa tires or cathartics. Tbey coax the llrer tlW,-vF-;7 "to a tivity by gen- t He methods. Tbey M H du oot scour; tbey do nut weakeu; but they do start all the secretions of the liver and stomach la Ti ) l i, I a way i Lis.fl .1 ,,uU tbei I ', , lu a heal' Wr" tlou and tost soon bees orgsns jit by couill- iid corrects coijstlpatlon. Uunyou's l'w-Piw Tills are a tonic to tbe stomac h, liver and nerves. 1 bey In Tlgorste iustead of weaken; they enrich tbe blood luntead of Impoverish it; tbey ensble tbe stooim-a to get all the nourish Bitot from food tbst Is put Into It. Tbese pills rontsla no cslonjel, no dope, tbe are sootblug, besllug and stlmulst log They school the bowels to act wlta ul physic I' flee M ceuts. -1 r rvt l I