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t iYOIa XL NO. 233.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1911.
SINGLE COnr TWO CENTS.
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MAHA
PLABAUGH TELLS OF GAS COST
$a&aper ef Gai Company m Witnen
i Before City Council.
jteoess srrrixo as a coolt
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Wft) TaJra raiikrr Testimony la
, xtffesrt Kffeet a Cwsaprwsatse
r re Hill, tar PVrta er
' Flee Tears. '
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T" IT res eirmnllM h "Allium Chambers
f the etty oemptroner's department, on
order at tha righting (wimlttM of the rite
tntmeil, are being used by U,e Otniht G
bomnany ta substantiate tha claim ef the
r-ompary against the city far lighting tha
street ef tha city -with gas for toe last
Cra years.
Bitting' aa a Bnecial rourt. tha ctty cettartl
began taking testimony Tbursdsy morning
In an effort ta reach some basis whereby
a compromise might be effected aver the
KEW JUDGE OF U5TTZD STATES
CUCCTT COITRT OF APPEALS.
J7 y.-i:.
difference existing .between . the dty and
eemaeny. .
O. W. Clabeugh, vice president a ltd gen
eral manager of tha Omaha ttaa company,
wu tha onJy witness pleood on tha stand
Curing tha rooming. Clabeugh s time aa
devoted ta explaining a statement of fig
ures, which ahew what ha says la the ac
tual eeat to tha company ot furnishing
ma'ntenance and labor for street lamps,
from January, i, 11406. to January' 1. 1SU.
totalled the aura ef aSa.llS la. This figure
d es not Include the amount of gaa con
sumed. Clabaugb. further testified that
each lamp uaed during tha time consumed
a trlfla mora than five coble feet of ga an
hour, or mora thaifSR.Dm cubic feet of gas
each, year.
The Mesne of maintenance and labor, he
aid. Included everything from lighting and
extinguishing the lamps to sundries, In
which vu Included stamps for the return
f report of boys who care for the lampa.
An Item of lama rental of a year was
I plained te mean that the company paid
uch royalty on all hoods and equipment,
eave three mantels each year, which tha
company utilises In furnishing lights. .To
get tha total cost of each lamp Bar year.
Clabaugh told the council that tha actaal
eost of gaa must be added. 'This, with in
terest of 7 per cant, runs the claim In the
neighborhood of Z?.00. the blil submitted
to the city and rejected by the council.
The examination of Clatoaugh was not com
pleted. Attorney Will Herdmaa asking until
the afternoon session to furnish statements
for each member of the council.
In the items for maintenance, the cost
of lamp rentals each " year, aggregating
3i.r77.S8 for five year. Is inl uded, - aa 4s
an Item of t38.20l.7C. which Is said to
he
the coat of labor for .Uie jieriod. ' Store
room axpenae and aundrlea run the amount
f a trifle more than ISniWn " '
Before the council began taking ev'idrnca.
lively tilts enlivened the prettinroary ro.
ceedlngs. Councilme -Funkhouser, Hum
Del and JicUovera ut It ,up equarly- tv
tbe gaa company, to aubmit any offers ot
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Govemor, Senators
- and Congressmen ."-;..t.5!e
Accept Invitations
Coiig-reiionaJ Banquet .of the Com
mercial Club ii Fat Assum-
ing Shape. '
' Aex-eptencea to the cengree.-sionai banouet
to be given at the ' Rome, hotel " Tueaday
bight by the Cojuiutri lkV."club"have been
remixed from -Senators l-lrown. C M.
Hitchcock and E. J.-Krtrketl and Congress
man James P. l-atta. Charles "W.' Sloani
C. O. loberk aad G. W. Norria. Governor
C. H. Aldrk h has also accepted.
The affair has assumed thenture of a
hurry proponltlun. Commltlees are avurkt
Ing etery' mtmne to make It a big- event
Jp. Commercial club bistor'
Indian Girl Seeking;.;;;
Mother Being Held
... .',, ' !
Has
a-iiair-raiiing -uaiBrTmmaT-T!r-naowm
White - Girl On tbt., .
Street. '
An lhrt.aw girl h proved herself per-
fectly eapahK-. T'-t'wir--berser i a
primitive manner - with- fingernails and
denrhed fists.' Is held at the police' station
unable to find her maniAit. Mabie Kauf-
man. about 30-year bid, and possessed of
enough tndtwn- btud te ehe 4 tm ea
locks and dusky complexion, is the above
aueniiotitid aard, of the station. ., .
Mab4 and a white gin) named Maud
Tim V lea. Imlh bavuig jiM-t MUvrd from
8euth Omaha, became involve in a hair
pulling and sr.ratohlng onmbat at r4xeetb
ae) Burt streets Wednesday night and Buf
fered arrest. Mable alleged that Maud
had taken usaeston of a coat belonging
rightfully te the former. Judge Crawford
discharged Maud, but ordered the Indian
girl detained ..until.. bcr.uiother...cQUld bt
located, t" take the girl in charge
had Bald khe waflix'ttinK further"
when she came to this city.
Dr. Maynard Leaves
University of Omaha
Beugnation it Accepted by the Ei
ecntiTt Board Eeturni ta
Co College.
. One or the largest nurseries in the coun-
The eietiitie boaid . T tre frrl ven-Tty tey-wf -ftrmt-h Tti- rises-- -rrw! be fine
or Omaha formally accepted lain ntght theoung ahoots. If iKimible It is bopen tu
resignation ot rr. H H Mavnard. I'l. ' v the Panted uniform! over the city.
Manard is leaving bU po'ition with the
t'nlveralty of Omaha to accept a call back
to his old position of financial ae-retery
at Coe college.
OMAHANS OFF FOR THE ORIENT
Elabt rrswlarsl atealdeats f
itr start a Leas
1 rip.
Thla
Vr sud M
Iavid t cile. Mr ar.d
Mrs.
(tould Pieti
Mr and Mrs. (Vrurg H.
Kel-
lev and Mr. and Mrs A. M Klnsler left
Thursday iiioiiilng at k !j or kick fur (sail
rrancifco to mil for Jin. I'hlnai and
the I'luhpinnek They will be gone thir
arioi'tl a
A 4 I4. I a(. !-..-. Tk Pnraatoaia
Is tio (.Hen tle fata seq ieoc Foley's
lU ney anl Tar the ioIJ. ibx li ina
bvgrlpje and ireicnts pneunioaia. Una
lrompt atid reliable cuugn niedli me ttai
euntauis aj aarcutlca. It la aa sate (or ,uur
cblidrva aa uurwil t ut a, by aU Oi
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WALTER, I. SMITH -OP . COUNCIL.
W-UFrg, FORMER . CONGRESSMAN
ROM lOVi'A. . , . . . , ... -
WALTER I. SMITH TAKES OATH
Becomes Jndfe of the Circuit Court ;
... . 9 Appeali.
SUCCEEDS JUDGE - VAUDEV ANTES
la fesra ! Before J avta Saaltb Mf
. Pheraoa Will Have Ilia Hea
ajaarteea at (eeetl Dlafta,
Ma ere He I.Ives.
Waller 1. 8mith of CooncU Bluffs took
the oath n3"Tn'"BrnirTuace oT the Vnlted
States circuit court ot appeals" at noon
Thuroday before Jilrrw"Smlth B. McPher
eon irT federalXrcult court. 'The'tfaTh" wrs
adminiotered tey' yi"rk" McArthur or Dei"
Molriep.
Juripe Pmilh a 111 establish' headquarter
lii 'the Kedi'ral .PuiMlng at Ouncil Bluffs
Me "will sit In" court at tvnver! Pt' Iouts
end St. Paul. His salary is 17 V a year.
with an allowance of tW a day
while" traveling,' " " "
and mDeage
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Judge Fmlth was appointed bv President
Tafto'nn flie cancy resulting, from' the
promotion of 3udge Vandevantrr.
Judge Small, wu born in otmcil "Bluffs
J'yJ. received a common acliool
' 1 . , . I , 1 , .. ,1 , , , . 1 1 . '1.u' In t lia
In
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J office, of CotoneJ ,D., B. .Pally. . He was ad-
.Jmltted .to practice, in Pecember. ' 1182. He
i tn,arrtd .Miss .Effia" Xoon at Council Bluffs
Jln .1R'(H IJe. was ytlocted Judge in the Fif-
iccjvili 40 oiFirra in novfrawr, iswr.
lected In ' NovemTierj
100, to fill the
:,n
oongreas left by
Smith H. ' Mr-
appointment to his : present office be baa
been continuously In, congress.
Omaha-Institutions
;. Receive . Bequests
in Sum of S15,000
Brown ell Hall, Clarkson Hospital and
'.. Diaasled Clergy. Fund Receive
' Mrs; Worthington'a Money. "
By the deaTRor Mra. CeoiRe Worlhing
ton at New" York "'pjesday, Nehraska in
etitutlons win be enriched In the aura of
$1S,000. the money, having been held In
trust, for Mr.s., Worthington during her
ltfe to now .be distributed according to the
will of plsfiop .WorthlngUm.
The puiiUc- begeats which will now be
distributed are to'Clarkson Memorial hoa-
LwUenH, JfU.W. ,U Brawnell-ilaJl. Unifcha. j
ifj.OuO. to le kmin as Amelia Tlbault j
j Worthington acholarshlp: to dlnceuan fund j
j r disabled clergy. wMows and orphans:
. t the JioU)e JCebraska. to do-j
n"nc auo ioman niuuiunnry aocieiy 01
(the Proteeient Kplcopa1 church, fio.ouu;
! for work in China to trustees of Hobart
j coHetm'tJenera. -W. -T., 5.rjnr;- to General
-Tlmlsajiiel siiaae)! n Kie-yerlr,- tS.Oiiv.
Bishop Worthlngton was formerly blshoo
ot Nebraska and died in Methone. rr.no- i
m 1305.
eld. -
Mra. Worthlngton was 76 j ears j
Buys Ten Thousand
Trees for Children
Omaha. Turn to Girt .Away Catalpai
tit montn.
Ten thousand oatalpa trees have been
purcbaaed by the J. L. Brandeis company
ewre and aill be. given a Way free to the
! children of Omaha and suburbs for plant-
ir;f on Arb.ir day, April tZ. It is boM-d by
1 1 i tian to ben Lit try the city to a larse
intent, a" these trees prow very rat'd'.y
j and f-te ejcellent shade. Just boa' the
tr-es wlti be distributed has not jet been
j deeKivd ' - - . -
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
DISCOVERS WRONG MAN
Jeba Oallasrber tears I1laaa-lt
t harse ef Ikra Ibb Brick
Ikrsaik Wistow.
f
Christofiher Coluiiibus may have been a
diecoverer, but he Is no detective
C'hrttoiibr. a he Hve at 7r tVuth Thir
teenth etreet, rushed out into the ptreri
W niMMiif mshl la puhsu t of the person
I or
lirrsons aha had tbroan a brick ln'o
h i dutmcil. He caurht Join tlwllarlie!
juet because he haitened to lie In I he
valnlty.
Judce Cram lord drriord in police court
Thursday that Gallagher a as a vtrttm of
circumstances and mercurial Italian haste
Not gu:li.
affair
i lung hemorrhage. Stop It and cure weak
loi.gs. vougba and colds altta. Dr. Kings
Nrw Discovery, sue and flea. Fur sale by
Usui Di ug Co
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Wonianfs Work
AunUea at T art one Orgwalsad
Bodies Aieng the Xaaaa of. Vv
ertaklBg of Oeaoera to Waaaea.
The -household eeonomtc department of
the Womane club has found thla year's
plan of work .so aatisiaciory that at the
meeting Thursday morning It decided to
continue It next year. The department also
insisted, that .Mra. , Burnett continue to
direct the club affairs aa leader. Mra, W.
O. Paisley was elected assistant leader;
Mrs. Charles Tracy,, secretary, and Mias
Kmlly Bolts, treasurer. Mra C. H. Town
lend Is the honorary leader of the depart
ment. . ,,
Textiles and household questions have
been and will -be the topics- disc-isaed at
the meetings.
April ( is announced aa the date of the
luncheon which the .women of the First
Presbyterian church will give In accord
ance with their annual custom, in benefit
of the Visiting Nurses' association... Mra.
Q. L. Bradley, who is a member of the
board of directors of the association and
In charge of the plans for the luncheon,
a o no u need the date at the meeting of toa
directors Wednesday morning.
At this meeting the report of the month s
mork thowed that 211 viiiiU had been made
oy tne nurses 10 t paiienia. Thie com
pared with :w of the year before Uidicatea
that better health prevails thla year.
Mra.' W. C. Shannon waa re-elcrtted
president by the board of dir tutors of the
Foetal Beltleraacit At in moating hekl.Wed-
" afternoon. Ihia waa the first meet-
" "' urP'
t v !., a.B V.. . w.A Uh. .t -i tl i
waa elected vice president; Mrs. Harold
Gifford. secretary; Mra. Theodora Ring
wart, tieaaurec; Mra. K. A. Benaon, chair
man of the membership cemmlttee, aad
Mitt - Alice Buchanan, chairman of the
house and hnoe committee.
"The secretary of tha Nebraska Public
library commission. MJbs Charlotte Tem
Ileton. has Hi ten to the federated clubs
ot the atale, explaining the way in which
the uommibniun will assist them In their
aork. The letter aas:
"inquiries which have come In to the
office of the iiurary oommlaaion during
tha iaat month in reference to reeerving
books fur next year Indicate that program
committee are already buey planning neat
year'a werk. While many clubs avail thetn
aeives of the lie.p of the library commis
sion, others. perhai. do not know
that the resources of Uie library commis
biob are at tlielr arrvioe. The library
commiaalon wlil aend te any club books
covering the work of the ear. They will
be aent by freight or express in the fall
and may be kept until spring; the only
I eajwruM to the club bring the tranaporta-
tion cnargea. In order that - the hooka
wanted fur club mork may not be aent out
in general traveling llbrariea and In order
that the commission may have time to
purchaae books if it finds Itself lacking on
; subject to be taken up, clubs are requested
to make application tor the books they
desire aa early aa possible. In addition to
aeuding out books to study cluba. ythe
library commission Is very glad to aasiat la
outlining programs."
i Mum Alice Howell, head of the Depart
ment of expression at the I niversity of
Nebreka. ail! give a reading of "The
, I'een of Tomorrow" at the Vaunt Wom
en a Chnstiaa aasuulatiuo Monday evening
at a 15 v clock. This is art ot the mem
bership entertainment course.
The maha chapter of the Aiiencan
Woman a league held a pleaam merlir.g
Thursday eveiung at the chmoller A
Mueller auditorium. Mra. W. B. liomard
read a paper on "The Advantages to be
tLertted from the Study ot xwixranio,"
JDcm't
Eat the simple, nourishing, inex
pensive foods and you will be the
"gainer in health and pocket. The
"cost of living1 ' generally means the
high cost of things you do not need;
The high-protein foods cost the
most, are the hardest to digest and
hence the least nutritious in the
long run.
Cut ; out heavy meats and soggy
pastries for awhile and eat Shredded
Wheat, tire ready-cooked, ready-to-serve
whole wheat food which sup
plies all the material needed for
building the perfect human body.
In Shredded Wheat you have the
phosphates for bone and brain.
Made only by
The Shredded Wheat Company
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
and Mra. Carrie Iaton Scott on "The
Advantages to Be I'lerived from the Study
of Art." Muaical numbers and readings
were given by Miss Marguerite Scott. Mr.
and Mra. J. M. Bturdevant.
The study classes are under the follow
ing leaders: Mrs. Nettle Allen, Sirs. 3. M
Sturdevant. Mrs. W. B. Howard. Mrs.
Jeanette White. Mra. Carrie Scott and
Mra J. W. Kuasell.
1
HELD FOR THEFT OF HORSE
Rlraari la
larerar
(If Jail ta Pare
rkarsre I ateeaetl-
fi4 teaaaa with Hlsa.
John Richards of Cimaha a a arrested
in Louisville. Neb. Wednesday nir-ht on
the charge of horse stealing He was ac
companied by
insisted upon
companion.
in unidentified woman, w on
being locked up with her
I.K-harda is only years of age Iieputr
Fnerlff Tbompaoa and the boy's father left
Una morning via automobile, for Louis-
vUle with a warrant.
Marshal Biebert arrested Richards as he
mn vi 3 W WU SIW lll-l WK SUU llb((F Si
'Eat All
T1XI5CUIT Is the Shreddwd Wheat
waXei e crisp, tnty. nourishinrjwhole
wheat Toztat. delicious for any meal
with butter, cheese or marmalades. Al
ways toast it in the over, before serving.
a very low figure. Upon telephoning to
Omaha be found that the horse and buggy
tallied In description with an outfit stolen
from the bam of John Winder at 2"1S Cali
fornia street early Wednesday morning.
The deputy returned later In tbs day with
Ru haras in his custody' and placed the
young man in the XJougiaa county jail.
Wirilat te BtatlrM Jfeau
I Leek eut for sever, and even dangerous
! 1ey bladder troubles resulting from
i tears of railroading. George E. Bell. u
i Third street, r on wayne. ino.. was many
years a conductor on the Nickel Plata. He
:saja. "Twenty years of railroading left
my kidneys la (terrlbl. condition. There
was a continual pain across my back aad
' nips ad my kidneys gave me much lia
; trees, and the action of my bladder was
, frequent and most painful. I got a supply
ef Foley Kidney Pilla and the first bottle
, K aonderfui tmprovement and tour
j jetties cured me completely. Bine be:ng
' cured I have recommended Foley Kldtter
' nila to tnanii of my railroad friends" I'ur
I sal. b all druggists.
i -leiy H error.
, 1 ""r as so shocked In my life
ex-
tbry
seemed te be persooe act ust-jim-d to naov iug
Your- .Salary
carbohydrates for heat and fat, the
nitrates for building muscle, and the
outer bran coat for keeping the
bowels healthy and active.
Shredded Wheat is the whole wheat
the most perfect food given to
man steam-cooked, shredded and
baked in the cleanest, finest food
factory in the world.
Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits for
breakfast with milk or cream and a
little fruit make a complete, nour
ishing meal, supplying all the
strength needed for a half day's
work at a cost of five or six cents.
Your grocer sell. them.
I .
ln good society, and we accepted their cre
dentials without question. In fact, they
attended several of our most exclusive
functions. Well, after they had gone
away as found out they were impostors,
lie wss an ex-butler who had inherited
some money, and his wlfs waa a former
housemaid."
I "So. t lien." commented Mra. Chlllico.1
1 Kearney, "when that eastern tnairulac
i chatiged hands the other dsy It wasn't the
only Sn.art bet that had been sold, a as it T '
Chicago Tribune.
When ou have Rheumatism In your
foot or Instep apply Chamberlain's Lini
ment and ou will get relief. It costs but a
Quarter. Why suff o ? For sale by all
0eiers
Harhelvr'a Blef leet leas,
(range blossom at the altar, then orange
bit its.
Wldoas aeem to have learned bow to
be Innocent Just from experience. :
They say bow women like te talk, but
I any onin Knoa enougn to Keep still
I about the meals ,
Tne more ttmes a man tells the same j
fungi story before his m If e tne more he :
wonoers wn she hasn t any sens ol
hutimr.
li tka a woman to start to put some-
thing in a letter. rtte slateen pages,
j mall It. and then rememoer si
forgot
vrote It
I "J IIU1 III Mil y 1I HIT llllllll fUl
( for .New I'ork Preas.
Auto Owners Escape
State License Tax
Shxrver DiicoTert Dodgn by Exam
ination of Eecord at Office
in Lincoln.
Many T'ougiaa county automobile oanera
have been aucceasf uily dodging year af'.er
year the state's license tax of SI.
svjrh was the condition of affairs discov
ered by County Artessor Bhriver and his
chief Ieputv. H. C. Coenaman, a ho iw
turned Wedneaaay from Lincoln with a bat
of the taxable cars in the couuty.
Almost aKt r.aines awie.r aa deimnutnt
I and a large a ha re of these l.ae neier taid
j anything but the first license fee oa regis
tration. Tb law Is that tbe license must
be rcnesed every year aud notice to the
! effect that the fees are due at s nt oji
, .
I MlLr ne delinquents are pa) Ing taxes
' upon tau or three cars, but aie o. i-'
; K1I1W for the orifiinaJ on. .u,t, i. ....
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their license number trout one car iu li,e
Other.
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