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Use Our Service
The arrow
shows position
of indicator
when car is oc
cupied. In this position you
know the car is actu
ally in service.
The arrow
shows position
of indicator,
meaning "car
is at your ser-
Tice
"With the indicator
in this position get
in tell the driver
where to go.
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The arrow
points to the
line that shows
how much it
costs
The face of the taxi
meter is visible from all
parts of the car bo that
you know at all times just
how much it is costing you
to travel.
X
The arrow
shows how the
fare line looks
before you
commence
your journey
Be sure to notice this
line carefully and that
50 cents is shown on the
meter. This covers the
first Vz mile.
A Taxicab
is a car that can be closed or opened as the weather conditions
permit. The compartment for passengers is separate from that
of the diyver.
It has a taximeter that makes all charges unerringly; thereby
preventing any overcharges.
The Advantage of a Real Taxicab
1st The meter insures the pas
senger against over-charging by
drivers. The meters used ou the
Cars of the Omaha Taxicab and Auto
Livery Co. are leased from the
American Taximeter Co. of New
York, who seal the meters before
shipping them, thereby preventing
any tampering with the mechanism
that fixes the charge.
2d Such a car is at your service
at all times of the day or night,
thereby enabling you to secure tho
best of service and exclusive ser
vice at that.
3d It is the most econ
omical for the business
man because the taximeter
can be depended upon im
plicitly at all times to cor
rectly adjust the charge
for stops as well as dis
tance. 4th "We find the taxi
meter to be more econom
ical because we feel sure
that our service is always
satisfactory to our patron
. the price is always
the same.
First Taxicab Com
pany in Omaha
It la proverbial that "the
arly Mrd catches the worm."
In business the firm that geta
on the ground flrat geta the
buaineea. When other con
cerns arrive this original firm
continues to get the bnslnens.
providing It has been faithful
In Its dealings and ha! given
the people their money's worth,
as the vernacular has It.
In this city the Omaha Taxi
cab company was the flrat one
to enter the field. It began In
a modest way with two fine
cars and has been growing ever
atnee and growing rapidly,
too. It hag made good in every
way.
Business Men Use
the Cars
The Omaha Taxicab company
has a large trade among the
business men of the city. This
particular part of the progres
sive firm's business haa kept
pace with the growth of the
other branches. The lawyer,
doctor or merchant, who is in
a hurry to get to his office or
to make a trip, finds that the
cabs of this company are al
ways ready to respond in Quick
time.
Service Attracts
Women
The cara of thiH company ar
always kept in the betit of con
dition. They are cleaned each
morning and are Tree from
dust. The seats are brushed
and looked over after each call.
This precaution makes tho can
popular with women and adda
to the business of the company.
The Omaha Taxicab company
gives exclusive service among
the women of the city, and cat
ers to this class of trade.
Hire Cars for After
noon Bo satisfactory has been the
service of The Omaha Taxicab
company that many people hire
cara from this, firm for trips
about the city In tbe afternoov
Many Omaha people, who do
not own cara, enjoy aptna dur
ing the fine afternoons, and
select cars of this company be
cause of the exclusive service
and fine equipment.
It 18 usually the rule for one
woman to hire a car for tbe
afternoon and then to have it
call at tbe homes of a few of
her friends for passengers
enough to make a load. Then
the party spends the afternoon
in a pleasant trip.
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Our Equipment
at the present time is the largest in the
city, and we have ordered a num
ber of new cars for the
summer season.
The passenger compartments of our taxicabs are
fitted 'with every comfort and convenience desirable
they are electric lighted by simply pressing a button
and the car may be opened or closed just as desired.
Our open touring cars are especially desirable for
pleasure parties during pleasant weather.
We have a roomy and well equipped garage at
2024 Farnam street which enables us to keep our equip
ment properly housed and in good order mechanically
at all times.
Ask for Identification Cards
We furnish identification cards to any reliable
person desiring their use. "
They are very convenient.
You don't have to carry so much cash and regular
patrons usually prefer to await a monthly statement.
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CouipoB Book
We have recently issued coupon books that will
enable regular patrons to save considerable
You Pay $9.50 for a $10.00 Book
You Pay $22.50 for a $25.00 Book
Sold at Both Offices.
Omaha Taxicab & Auto
Livery Company
OFFICES:
2024 Farnam St., and Rome Hotel
Phone Douglas 4078, or Independent A-3678
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GOING TO THE THEATER
OBJECT TO J-OWDER PLANT
Eesidenti of Pleasant Prairie Want
Danger Eliminated.
LEGISLATION TO BE DEMANDED
Drfrrtlvr Work In or Mac-hlnrrr la
Klnlanlaa i.Ul l'unrtrr Haiti to
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n.KASANT PUAIRIE. Wig . March 11.
Wllh Ihf vicinity i.f I ho mri-k.r T upoRt
IHiwdcr mill a waste of dlamantlBd hornet,
tha flrat action today of the reoldent wu
toward elimination of the mennre of pow
der mollis from the county. Indignation
meetings, at which this demand aa
uiced. were held here and at Kenoaha.
The effort Is to be pushed In the present
session of the Wlaconxln legislature, ac
ourdlnK to plana of resld-nts. The question
of liability for the damages Inflicted Is a
feilous one n'llh the victims. The destruc
tion of their homes In most Instances W
an overwhelming calamity. No attempt
whs made today to accomplish anything
but temporary patchwork of the shattered
homes. Few woimn remai.ied In the town,
and not one stoe was In working order.
Lack of food has already become a press
ing problem.
There have bten nine explosions In ten
year at the powder works, but no dlxaster
has compared with the present one In the
extent of damages Inflicted, although more
Uvea have been lost. In the explosion of
seven men were killed, while two died
later of their Injuries.
fragments of the body of K Thomp
on. the one man killed n Ui night ex
plosion, were found this forenoon in a
,'ond half a mil from the glaxe mill where
he met death. The b-Kiy waa Identified
by Superintendent Clarence llraly of the
ptwder works and others. A jury was
tunnelled by Coroner James Stanton of
' Kenosha and the preliminary heating waa
continued until tomorrow to obtain an at
tendance of enough witnesses tu fix the
cause of the eMlonion.
That the eipluoiiu ut;U-d in the (laae
mill and that its cause was defective
working- of the machinery in the delicate
process of putting the last high explosive
finish on giant powder was Indicated today
by the statement of Engineer Joseph Fllnn,
himself seriously Injured, who was an eye
witness of the initial rxploslon.
KiiKlneer Flam's statement was sup
ported by that of Dr. A. J. Low of
Pleasant Prairie, who has frequently in
spected the glas-e mill since Its Installation
and is thoroughly conversant with Its
workings. Both assert thai the heating
and friction of the powder In the hot-air
and steam-Jacketed cyPndera of the glaz
ing machinery brings the explosive to a'
precarious poise a the process approaches
Its finish.
A section of one of the shattered glaung
cylinders, a steel missile more than three
feet In diameter and six feet long, was
hurled two miles and crashed through the
roof of the two-story building opposite the
railroad station and occupied by H. A.
King as a general store The cylinder
made an eight-foot gap In the roof and
raising throunh the structure was burled
in the cellar.
it was generally believed tonipht. after
communication had been established with
the farm houses in the danger toil and
after phvslclHiis had made records of the
rases treated, that Kngineer Fllnn is the
only person aerlouslv Injured.
Account rr All Workers.
Superintendent Brudv said he had ac
counted for efery person w no might have
been at work in the danver gone and that
only one. Thompson wa dial. This was
confirmed In emlow. . f :he powder i
company after they had taken touk of
their comrades
The financial loss to the company Is
roughly estimated at f j 0 0 0, but the total
loss due to the explosion is loo widely dis
tilbuted to be estimated. I Ion Beholders In
Pleasant Prairie say their houses had been
I weakened bv previous explosions.
I Puwdi r non todav began floisling the
! ruins with water to safeguard the com
I munlty against further explosions. Con
i tradiclory estimates were given as to the
uuanl.ty of iHiwder left in the danger xone.
j Wet-tern Su: rlr.t. n,i, nt Romta l n '
I there Is a yuan my v l)0drr In prods
of manufacture in several of the small
buildings.
Superintendent Brady asserts that the
small magazine still Is standing.
A store house standing about half a mile
from the main group is filled with dyna
mite detonators. .
Sheriff Stahl Insists that from five to
eight car loads of loose black powder re
main In a building unroofed by the ex
plosion. Smouldering of the wet powder rave rise
to reports that fire again had broken out.
but powder men said the steam was due
only to the water on the powder.
IHstrict Attorney H. J. Hastings of
Kenosha county, announced tonight he
would conduct the coroner s Inquiry into
the cause of the disaster and would bkk
that the officials of the Oupont Powdei
company testify. These officials are ex
pected to reach Kenosha by Haturday.
Sheriff Klahl tonight closed the villam
of Pleasant Prairie to outriders on the
theory that to allow them to visit the
scene of the disaster would be to subject
them to possible annihilation in powdei
blasts that still are possible In the smoul
dering ruins. The powder company em
ployes, however. Insisted that the dangtr
from this source had passed.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Culls from the Wires.
The contract for tne new '.&i0.000 New
York City postofflre was awarded Friday
to the Fuller Construction company.
The fire that threatened to destroy the
town of Dougies, Alaska, was extinguished
after it had destroyed property valued at
hn).W.
Perry Ziele of Corey,
seriously wounded tils
law. Mrs. John Iovel,
an ice house, lie had
victims will recover.
Cows eating Irom a straw stack near
Walnut. 111., unrovered an Iron pail con
taining a quantity of gold arid silver co.nn
thought to h a ponton of the plunder
front the bank at Walnut, recently robbed.
LieWii Mart, the supposed American, who
charaee that he was fleeced by three
Italians out of li.ooo. with whom he
tleited gambling resorts in Pans, turns
out to be a (Jerman, w hu.-e home Is In
Frankfoi t.
COTNER WINS IN DEBATE
Defeats Bellevue and Doane Colleges
on Tariff Question.
CONTEST AT BELLEVUE CLOSE
Qoestloa Arlaea as to Meaalaar of
Babjeet I sdrr DImshIss T wo
Judges Art la Kaeh
Case.
, Pa . who shot and
wife and aister-ln-waa
found dead In
killed himself, ills
Cotner university, by defeating Bellevue
al HeMevue and Doane at Bethany, was
victorious Fnaay in the fourth tri
angular debate held annually between the
three institutions. By the victory they
wrested from the local collegians the Inter
collegiate championship held by them since
last year's debate.
The protective tariff was the subject
under discussion, the form of the question
being "Resolved. That our legislation
should be shsped toward the abandonment
of the protective tariff."
The home team of each Institution upheld
the affirmative of .the resolution. Doane
won the consolation debate at Crete from
Be.llevue's negative team.
The local debate was close and hard
fought, Cotner winning on the percentage
basis by 109 points tu 103. The decision is
usually awarded by majority vote of
three Judges, but by the default of one
of the Judges W. R. Patrick, the other two.
Judge Lee Estelle and Thomas H. Matters
decided by percentage markings.
Messrs. Stanley tooke. Raymond
Kearpae and Henry J. Brandt composed
the Belleuve team. while Cotner was
represented by Messrs. Carl K. Knapp.
Waller C. Raddlff. Clarence G. Miles.
Superintendent W. M Davidson of the
Omaha schools presided.
The whole debate waa marled with the
loose way in which the question was stated.
Bellevue contended that they could inter
pret the resolution as meaning a gradual
abandonment of the protective policy. The
Cotner debaters held that their opponents
were be.-ide the question ill such a reading,
la ths end the local team produced a
letter from the Cotner secretary written
at the opening of the season and defining
the terms of the question.
CRETh!. Neb., March 11. (Special Tele
giam.) In the fourth annual triangular
debate between Doane, Cotner and Bellevue,
Doane and Bellevue contended at Crete,
the former supporting the affirmative and
the latter the negative of the question re
garding the abandonment of the protective
tariff. Messrs. Klce, Findley and Webb
represented Bellevue and Messrs. Kellogg,
Wilkinson and McNeal were Doane s de
baters. There were but two Judges, Judge
Dettun of the supreme court and K. L. Met.
calfe of the Commoner. No other Judge
agreeable to both sides could be secured
One Judge decided for the affirmative and
the other for the negative. By previous
agreement percentages were then taken
and Doane was awarded the decision.
Inter-County High
School Contest Held
Iowa Declamatory Contest in South
western Part Won by Malvern
and Emerson.
TABOR, la.. March 11. (Special Tele
gram.) The lnter-county hlnh school de
clamatory contest was attended tonight by
nearly l. persons who paid for admission.
Afternoon and evening sessions were held
with twenty-three contestants representing
sight high schools eui h with three speakers
In uratorcal. dramatic and humorous
classes except Randolph with oratorical
and diiiii.atlc or.ly. other a hools were:
Sidney, (ilenwood, Kmora.n. Thunnan.
Tabor. Shenandouh and Malvern.
Jui!g"s weie: Dr. u. o. Smith Council
BluffB; Prof. K. Andeison of Oinnha High
Ikm,I; Judge Travis. Pluttsmuulh.
Winners weie: Oratorical
Rudolph Olson of Malvern, fust
Johnson Tatxr, second.
Dramatii -Miss Beryl McMuliin.
son. first: Miss -Mary Hniehaugh of
MalNcrri. second.
Humorous-Rim h Hochner of MaKern.
first; itulU Collins, tmerton, tc otid.
Class-fare
l-.mer-
Escapes in War and
Earthquake to Be
Hurt on Sidewalk
Man Receives Most Prosaic of Hurts
as His Very First Life
Injury.
A veteran of famous voyages and a
great sea battle In which shot and shell
rained about him, James Wlns'.ow received
the first Injury of his life In a fall on
the sidewalk last night. After a charmd
existence of many years, It came to pass
that Winslow received the most proralc
of all hurts. He slipped on the sidewalk
In front of his home, 607 South Thirteenth
street, and suffered a fracture of the ankle.
To the police who reacne.? trie scene and
took Winslow In the emeigency auto to
St. Joseph's hospital, the man was dis
closed as a most picturesque character.
While undergoing scute pain from the
broken foot, the man, far advanced In
years, sank his teeth nervously into a
knotted towel for moments at a time, and
tulked unconcernedly of his past.
Winslow was gunner's mate on the t'nlon
ship Kearsarge, In the battle which ended
with the sinking of the confederate ship
Alabama, off the coast of France. He
served throughout the cruises of the great
warship from 1M to JjsiV
The man was burn June -J. 1H41. Ills
father was a cousin of Captain Winslow,
who t-ommundid the Kearsarge in the
above named battle. Winslow came to a
pause at only one point in his narrative
and showed concern. This was when. In
answer to questions, he remarked that he
bad lost Ivl wife and two children in the
,-'n Fi unci.-o earthquake.
It occurred to a hearer ttiat Wlnsloi
nutht have had a miraculous escape In th:
yitut calamity. "Don't ask me any mort
al, out that." he said. Winslow s injury
was reported not serious, at the hospital.
Martin Kirkendall
Expires Suddenly
Court Bailiff Recently Hurt Testing;
Fire Escape, Apparently Recov
ered, Suddenly Has Seizure.
Martin Kirkendall, bailiff in the criminal
court, who was Injured February 11 while
testing a flrescape, though apparently in
the best of health at o'clock Friday night,
was taken suddenly III and died In ten
mlnutea. before a physician could arrive
He was 4S ears of age and Is survived
by h'.s widow, two sons, two s.sters and
his father and mother, all of whom live
In Omaha
Mrs. Klrkendal! and A. K. tloodson wars
with him when he died.
It was announced bv physicians Pmur
day that Mr. Kirkendall ca ne io his death
thiough Injuries received whle testing a
fire escape February 11. It was found he
had received Internal injuries, which re
suited in a hemorrhage at the time of
death.
Tie fu itral arrangemn s will be made
Paliirriav evening. Burial probably will
be ut 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Kit i.rndall was a member of the
Knights end l.adies of Security and of
the Knights and Ladies of Hecurlty and of
tho Red Men. He has b'jtn court bailiff
for the last seven years. Prior to that
time he was a Dundee motorman.
Look Over tne P"leld-The successful busi
ness man Is the one who advertises wisely.
Tbe experienced advertiser uses The Be.
0MAHANS SAILNEXT WEEK
Delegation lo Japaa Cllara Passat
fur Thiriilir Aflernoaa 81s
la Party.
David Cole president of the Commercial
club: (1. II. Kelley. chairman, and Cluuld
Diets will start next Thursday, with their
wives, for Japan.
The parly will salt from Kan Francisco
March i. Honolulu. Japan. China and the
Philippine;! will be included In the Kin rsry
Thr will be away fioin home about two
and a half months.
The Be Is the best because It reaches
the reading puLlta.
