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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1911)
TTTE BEE: OMATTA. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1911 CHILDREN DROWN IN LAKE Helen Spellman r.d Olive Fitzgibboni Wade Off Precipice at Carter. FIE ST AD) EFFORTS UNAVAILING Victim. Tina Plathla Salt In Private Ham nnat oa thr ehra.V ' 'I'm Dreilare - Cnta Canal. Heien Preltrran. jr,l Manilersnn street. n4 Olive rft.-.Ribbons. 1623 B irt. both II years oM. while ivsding at 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon near lemon's boat house In Carter lake. Mepne.l off a. fifteen-foot rreclplre jn th- fcottnm nf the lake and drowned bffor hHp could rrach them. Hlx young mn standing near the boat house saw the girls go down. They laughed at what they thought wm a girlish Prink and not until several aeconda had elapsed and the girls did not Brine from tho water, did they realize they were wlt nesalns a di owning. Whrn flnall the little Flliglbbona girl came to the top they dived In and took hei from the water. Carrying her to the chore, they tried artificial respiration to rcsimriute her until Pr. F. E. Sedlecek. visiting at a bungalow nearby, waa called. With Dr. J. C BlBhop. who came a few mlnutri later, Dr. .Sedlecek tried for tw6 hours to bring the girl to consciousness before giving her up a dead. ft t-1 1 ma a Girl's Body lie-covered. Helen Spellman waa taken, from the water a few aeconda after her companion had arlen, but was found to be dead when take-n aahore. County Coroner Crosby waa called and took charge of the bodies. T'ie gins lei t their homes early yester day afternoon to go wading In tha lake. Ttey dunned bathing aulti In a private houseboat on the Nebraska aide of the lake known as "A Ooat." Not knowing that a steam .dredge had been at work a short distance out In tho lake, they started wading toward Larson's boat house. They screamed In childish elation aa the water came higher upon them. They laughed amid their screams until tha un known i rectplce waa reached, when, with faint cries, both .went down together. The drowning of the Fltzglbbon and Bpellnan. children will be lnvetlgated by the coroner and a jury at 4 o'clock this afternoon. NEBRASKA AND IOWA PATENTS Many Patents Granted Invent . la This and Netghbsrlna- States Darin Week. Following la the official Hat of letters ratent of Inventions Issued from the United Etates patent office at Washington, to In ventor of Iowa and Nebraska, for the week ending June 17. as reported from the office of Wlllard Eddy, solicitor of patents and counselor In patent causes, 1530 Na tional Bank building, Omaha: John M. Baraett of Oskaloosa, la., for armor for tires. Ferd Clemens of What Cheer, la., for oe ment mixer. Alnnio M. Crisman of Davenport, la., for automatic pl.inter and check rower. Alonzo M. Crisman of Davenport, la., for vnrluble change gear for planters. Klbrrt M. Elliott of Lincoln. Neb., for concrete pole. John C. Fate of Cqllege View, Neb., for bridle bit. William C. Folaom of Poatvllle, la., for gate. Charles N. Ollle of Omaha, Neb., for milk pasteurizer. No. 99V 129. Charles N. Gllle of Omaha, Neb., for milk pasteurizer. No. 996.130. Alfred J. Gillespie of Atlantic la., for lockout for voting machines, Ouy U Horn of Paplllion. Neb., for rod puller. Allen Johnston of Ottumwa, Is., for press for making side plates for sash pul ley casings. Allen Johnston ' of Ottumwa, la., for manufacturing sheet metal platea for sash pullev casings. Frederick KIrchoff of Merlden, la., for nlmal holding crate. Lars M. LJnblom of Sioux City, la., for uper for beehives, George E. Mariner of Shenandoah, Ia, for corn husking Implement. Frances O'Brien of Carroll, la., for de vice for fashioning hat frames. i Milton C. Thomas of Mount Pleasant, la., for nut lock. Julius P. Tlsdale of Ze&rlng, la., for churn dasher. George H. Tracy of Albion, Neb., for grain shocking device. Mar rim-are Lleeases. Tha following . marriage license been Issued: t Name and Residence. Charles M. McMullen, Omaha.......... Paulina L. Lalble, Omaha, Roaooe Homan. Omaha Etbel C. Hlgby, Omaha John P. Smith, Omaha Adello D. Moeller, FarweU, Neb Everett A. Pmtton, Omaha Ida M. How In, Omaha Paul Bchmool, Omaha Bertha Hoffman, Bethervllle, la George Meyers, Omaha Bertha Cheslok, Mahptar. N. D bavs Age. ... M ... .. S3 .. .. .. .. M .. S3 .. n .. 21 .. 10 .. 34 "CarrtS Ctftfee Com, lur Witt BIS 0 a OmmtUtr Bomp m ran. Re eoe coal, auk. As cent er cake T. equal tbls savory tan." Honest reputation The reputation of Campbell's Soupi has been honestly earned by their perfect quali ty. And this is hon estly maintained. Vou know positive ly what you get when you buy i Boups Don't ask merely for "tomato scup" or "ox-tail oup". Specify Campbell's. And avoid disappointment. If you don't say that these perfect soups de serve their reputation, the frocer doesn't charge you for them. 21 kinds 10c a can Jutt add hot vatr, bring to a toil, , and rre. Jotcm Campbell Company Csudes N 1, Look for th . rad-and-whit Girls Drowned at Carter Lake HELEN 6TELLM AN. OLIVE F1TZOIBBON. INCENDIARY BLAZE FAILS Quick Action of the Fire Department Extinguishes the Fire. MATTRESS IS SOAKED IN OIL Fir Warden and thief of Fire De partment Are lavestlarattaK the Pecallar C Ireamstnncea Sor ronndlna; the Fire. Fire nf unmipsMntiable Inrendlary ori gin Imperilled the lives of a dozen persons ana lor a wmie. tnreaienea consiaeraDie property destruction to tne two story store and Tat building at 213-215-217 North Twenty-fifth street early Monday morning. The blaze waa started In a vacant flat on the second floor. When the members of Company No. 6 arrived from Twenty Fourth snd Cuming streets at 1:40' o'clock they found an oil soaked mattress blazing fiercely. The fumes of oil were stifling and the firemen had great difficulty In extinguish ing the flames hefore thev would soread to the adjoining flats or communicate to the three stores on the street floor. The hiilldlnar Is owned bv Jacob Rlngle. who operates a steam cleaning and repair ing establishment at 116ft North Six teenth street. Fire Warden Edward Morrla waa at ones notified of th criminal character of the firs and he has started an Investiga tion In conjunction with Chief Baiter of tha fire department. The underwriters have also taken the matter up and are pursuing an Investigation on their own account. It waa stated at fir headquarters this morning that until th owner of the build ing has been heard from there Is no Im mediate way of ascertaining the amount of Insurance, if any, that is being carried on the building. Fire Warden Morris stated at noon that he had learned from an Insurance agent named Manhelt that RJnale carried 118.000 Insurance on the bulldlna. The fire war den said that Manhelt had placed the In surance for tha owner, but he had not yet ascertained what company Issued the policy. Lata this afternoon Mr. Manhelt. the agent, said th Insurance on the building waa S11000 and on tha stores $3,000. , Woman Will Cling to Unwritten Law Two Jurors in Freeman Case Sis missed Because They Refused to Abide by Instructions. Examination of jurors occupied the greater part of the first day of the Free man murder trial before Jurir F!tll in district court, wherS Mrs. Llsxle Freeman Is charged with first degree murder for th shooting of Earl Freeman, her hus band. Mrs. Freeman found her husband enter ing a Hat at Seventeenth and Cuming streets on th night of April 17 In tha com pany of another woman and shot him so seriously that he died a few days later. Th defense. It la expected, will be "the unwritten law.'" D. W. Lire, 2611 North Twenty-second, and Tony Nlanlrda, 1041 South Twenty-second street, two Jurors, took such a radical stand sralnst conviction In cases where th unwritten law might apply that they were ordered out of th box by Judge Gaulle. Mrs. Freeman appeared In court with her son, Arthur, a U-year-old high school stu dent Th boy sits by his mother's side. Mrs. Freeman Is a nervous wreck, from all appearanoes. Judg Est ell has ordered th sheriff to provide a woman attendant for th pris oner, th fact that she had. non exciting much erttlciBim. Eastern Millionaire Rides Through Riches H. L. Hill of New York Says Middle West is Biggest Business Cen ter in World. H. t. Hill, New York millionaire, passed through Omaha today enroute to his Cali fornia home, stopping long enough to de clare the great central west the biggest business district of the world. "I came through from New York and It must be admitted that the crops through Iowa, IlllnolB and even farther east point to a most prosperous yer." he said. "The crops of the west 'are the business of the country and they certainly look fine." Danarerons Sarverr In the abdlminal region Is prevented by the use of Dr. King s New Life Pills, the painless purifiers. 25c. For sale by Bea ton Drug Co. Bnlldlna; Permits. Anna Watson. 2128-30 Sherman avenue. brick stores. tfl.OiiO: M nm.tir, mi Charles, frame dwelling, tl.ffifl; John Beklns, 1138-40 North Nineteenth, brick apartments H,000; Joseph Schmidt. 2329 South Four teenth, addition, $1,200. Can It Happen to You? On Mav 22d a New York hanlcpr ma miWlv n'rlirxr with friend. in his automobile along a highway near Taterson, N. J. To avoid a team the Danker, turning hia car aside, ran into a ditch. The car turned over. The banker was hurt so seriously that he died June 1st This Accident Cost the-ZEtna Life Insurance Co. $58,607 On February 6, 1908, this banker bought a $25,000 Accumulative Accident Policy in the ,ETNA LIFE on which he paid four annual premiums, of $125. Under the 10 accumulation feature the insurance increased to $32,500. On October 22, 1910, he bought a second policy of the same kind, paying one premium of $125. Weekly indemnity and surgical operation fees added $1,107 more. The total amount paid, $58,607, cost him only $625 in premiums. $58,607 Afor $250 ' Annual Premium The banker to whom this accident happened was Mr. Wimam Porter, of the firm of Erickson, Perkins & Co.. l He had been a successful business man and the fact that he carried accident insurance was one indi cation of his business judgment. Are your business methods equally sound? If you do not carry accident insurance, do not let the day pass without calling up your broker or finding an agent of the -ZEtna Life Insurance Co. HARTFORD, CONN. JOHN DALE & SON, Gen'l Agents, 310 Ramge Building, Omaha, Neb. Tlfi fiCB ttfi But lit Silts Have Your Ticket Read "Burlington" ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED REGISTER SATURDAY Utile latereet U Shows la th. Corn la Bead Election, Accord lav to Kl era res. Partial returns from the revtstetim, rlelon. held Saturday, Indicate that not mora than 600 took advantace of th. rhm to register for the bond elections on June n and the August primaries. Twenty-nine precincts out of .n a,.-,. showed a total of X3E. or about an average ui .ism 10 me precinct. With fifty-seven precincts to hear from, that MrlsteatlAe will not run mora than 600, says City Clark Butler. The registrars are slow In arertlnv in tt..i. returns. Nineteen Dradneta wr. at noon Monday. The cost of registration Will tmAlint m. about 11.11 per .man. according to compiled in the city clerk's office. Three regietrara are employed In each precinct nd the salaries paid run the coat well ud Homer Makes Eeturn Flight of 500 Miles Pigeon Bought by A. D. BrmdeU Re tunu to Its Horn in Wisconsin. Horn meant a flight of 600 miles U pigeon that recently waa bought by A. Brand els, but tba bird rot then, a weeks ago Mr. Brandels bought a floak of nonuog pigeons from Walter Bahr, a fan cier In Manitowoc, wis. The birds were placed on the Brandels farm. According to an account In a Manitowoc paper Mr. Bahr found the pigeon at his sheds a few days ago. It had eacaped frrm ins Brandels farm and made the iourney through a strange country. to a long (CaiMfiopmaau New Through Standard and Tourist Sleeper Service, Omaha to San Francisco via the Western Pacific Railway. NIGHT TRAIN SERVICE FROM OMAHA. Lv. Omaha (Burlington Route) . . . . .11:35 P. M. Monday, for example. Lv. 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