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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE:
SEPTEMBIJR
10, 1911.
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention.
Th Council Bluffs Offlo of
Tit Omaha Bi la at IS Boot!
Btrt. Both rhoaaa 43.
Iivli, drugi.
I-ffert, opticians.
Ilava Morehouie emboss It.
Corrlgaiii, undertake. Fhonea 141
For authority on watches sea Leffert.
FAUST liEKU AT ItOGERS' BUFFET.
Iwls Cutler, funrrai director. Phona 97.
Lilt. HOfiE H. KICK. Bell phono only S2T.
Woodilug Undertaking company. Tel. 369.
SCHOOL. SUPPLIES of all kinds. Faubla
Art Bliop. Jjruadway.
t;iasen that rulieva hendaciAe. nervous
lie and Improve the vision ato tlie kind
Hint e fit. Lcfferts, opticlane.
Exflslor lodwo No. 250, Ancient Free and
Aiiep:ed AlasmiH, will meet jn special com
munication riatuiduy evenitiK. Ki ptemlier K,
at 'i.JU, lor woik In the uecoial decree.
.Mr. unci Mrs. I . tjhwdy oC Iienvrr nre
llm Kiiestn ot Mrs. Shic-dy's sinter, Mrs.
K. (JDuiinell, at her home on Ulon avenue,
'ihty are en louto l'j Xtw Yolk to i.-it
i iiatl :.
A auptrb company of players will bo seen
at the Pohany theater Sunday, matinee
und nlKht, in a Hpl.ndid rovlvnl of Kuith
KM Uaker'a classie Btory, , "Mary Jane's
1'a." The pleco will be correctly
tlaKed and costumed In every detail. The
book has been widely read and an tlie play
iJovvly follows the book, It will be an
evening of rare entertainment for all, as
everyone knows Hoyd li. Trousdale,
Irum tlie play of 'The -lan Un the liux."
Carl Tortoro, un Italian, IS years old, and
.Mice Felt, a m-Kredx, aged 24, both of
Omaha, applied for a mari'luga license yes
terday atternoon and convinced Deputy
Hoy Hardeaty that they were In earnest.
'1 he woman wus apparently a full blooded
Alrlcan und the man wui unusually light
complected son of Jtaly. The license was
Ifsued to them ur.il they departed, seeking
aonie one to tlo the nuptial knot.
Next Sunday the Council Bluffs Mer
chants will tackle Farmer Hums' traveling
base ball team, known ns the Fnrrells.
They have won u loni; strlns of victories
on their tour of Iowa. The game will
start at 3 o'clock at Athletic park In
Council HluffH The batteries for the
Hums team will be Voiinn, Hamilton and
Miller, while Hombach and Payne will do
the honors for tho Merchants.
Judge Arthur renin d last evening
from Sidney after holding court there
ulnce Monday. He will no to Atlantic on
Monday and hold a short HesHloii there
for the purpose of revolving the, repurt
of the receiver of the Atlantic & Northern
railroad and ending the litigation that has
been pending there in connection with the
management of tho roati. He will return
to Sldnry on September IS, and will resume
the work there.
Did you notice the peaches. Wo have
them on show today. theiiulway brand, the
best on earth for canning, 9c per case;
pears at 11.75; blue plums at tl.35 per caso;
grapes, basket, at 20-i!0c; crelery, Be; lettuce,
tic; radishes, three for Be; nweet potatoes,
peck, 3'ic; crab apples, banket, 25c; eating
apples, peck, 25c. Have yon ever tried our
U. M. blend of coffee, per lb., 35c, once
used, always used. Extra large water
melons, 35-40c; Colorado muskmclons, 10c.
ltartel & Miller, Phone 22i.
Mrs. O. Q. Oldham, who for the last
eight years has been president of the lo
cal organization of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, as well us one of the
chief officers of the district organization,
haa refused to permit her re-election for
another year and the union has chosen
Mrs. Martha Ryder as Its president. Mrs.
Oldham will not abate her activity In the
work of the union, but will simply occupy
more fully the wider field. Mrs. Laura
lialrd was elected first vice president; Mrs.
Kn ma Kasneney. Becond vice president;
Mrs. Nellie Evans, secretary, ' and Mrs.
Carrie Uallenger, treasurer.
Darnell, the high diver, who was Pain
fully Injured Tuesday when he failed to
connect properly with the lop of the
smooth Inclined plane down which lie
slides on his stomach, reappeared at the
too of his fifty-foot inaBt last night and
again made his perilous leap. It was the
first since tho Injury. The carnival man
agers attempted to dissuade , him, but he
resolutely adhered to his purpose and made
the leap. He accomplished the feat easily
and alighted without injury. He was still
Buffering, however, from the effects of his
heavy fall. He will repeat the perform
ance this afternoon and evening.
Mayor Maloney haa sent one more notice
to the Postal and Western Union Tele
graph companies notifying them that the
city ordinance requiring the underground
lng of all wires In the business section of
the city before January 1. The Western
Union can easily comply with the order
owing to the fact of the connection of the
company with the Hell telephone Interests,
which places at its disposal the unused
conduits of the local Independent company.
If the Postal cannot make similar arrange
ments the company is confronted by a
serious proposition, for It will not be per
mitted to tear up the new pavement to lay
its conduits.
An attack of vertigo, due to weak heart
action, caused A. M. Honham to fall
heavily on the street at Pearl and. Broad
way yesterday. He sustained a painful
scalp wound and had to be taken to his
home at 2M Harmony street In an auto
mobile. The attack was only of a mo
mentary character, but the effects of the
fall caused him considerable pain during
the day, but did not prevent his attending
the carnival last evening. Mr. Bonham is
Ti years old. lie spent several months at
Hot Springs, 8. D during the summer In
the hope the heart affection might be
improved, lie only suffered one attack
while there, but has had several since
returning u week ago.
E. W. Hart, receiver of the waterworks
and the itrtind hotel by appointment of
Ftderal Judge Mcpherson, has filed final
reports In both cases and has been dis
charged. All of the 510,Uu0 paid Into his
hai.ds In connection with the purchase ot
the plant by the city has been distributed
among the bondholders with the exception
of la.lM.7t. for which the bonds have not
been offered. This money will be held by
the clerk of the federal court for a period
ot five years, and if the missing bonds
are not presented for payment and can
cellation in the meantime it will be turned
over to the United States treasurer. Mr,
Hart made a splendid showing in his man
agement of the hotel. Indicating that the
property had enhanced In value under his
receivership to the amount of more than
Uti.uuo. m
The pews, pulpit and other furniture pur
chased for the use of the new First Con
gregational church and withheld from lni
mediate delivery by orders of the Chicago
Kuating company has been turned over to
the church, following the replevin action in
the district court. It Is now being In
stalled. The necessity for the court action
was due to the company having sent a
slgnt draft for the full amount of the bill
with some additional charges for storage.
' The trustees ot tho church refused to pay
ths draft until the furniture had been in
spected, but would not have objected to
the storage charges. They realized that
considerable delay would follow before the
matter could be straightened out by cor
respondence, which might interfere with the
arrangements fur the dedication ot the
building and the course decided upon of
fered the Quickest solution.
Meat Dent. Specials for Saturday
Send us your order for your Sundry
meats. We cut only the best. Let us prove
It. Three-lb. pall lard, SUc; home made
hamburger steak, lb., 10c; leaf lard, lb.,
; dressed vpring chickens, lb., ; pork
roasts, lb., He; boet roasts, lb., up from
12Vc; beef put roasts, up from 8c J. Rol
ler Mercantile Co., The Big Uptown Store,
1U0-10M04-1W Broadway. Phones, 3J0.
California wines, too per qC Kontucky
whiskies, bottled In bond, 11 per Qt. Rosen
feld Liquor, Co. Tel. 321
Ths following transfers were reported to
The Bee September 8, by the Pottawatta
mie County Abstract company. Council
Bluffs:
Manly W. Green and wife to Claud -F.
Drake, lot 9, block t:. Everett's
add. excepting n feet. Council
Bluffs, la., w. d 12,000
W ard r. r olsom et ai. to r . T. liend
rix. lot 6, block 4. Slretl's add.
Council Bluff, la., q. c. d 1
Two transfers, total 12.001
Visit our art department as well as the
carnival. Tou will be pleased with the
many bargains we have to offer on framed
and uufratued pictures. We have the, Urg-
up-to-date Un In Co.-jiJi,BJuf. 1L
Council Bluffs
WATER BOARDLETS CONTRACT
Bidden for $65,000 of Machinery and
Work Get Jobs.
INJUNCTION WOULD MAKE DELAY
Fremont Ilrnjamln llrlnas Actios,
Planed by Frank A. Messmore to
Force Expenditure of Money on
Water Main Extensions.
Not .hastened In any degree by the knowl
edge that an application was being made
for an Injunction restraining them from
carrying out the carefully prepared plans
for the enlargement of the water plant,
the Hoard' of Wafer Commissioners yes-,
terday afternoon went ahead and com
pleted the contracts for the construction
of a now 8,000,000-Ballon reservoir at Thirty
seventh street, the equipment of that sta
tion with electrical power and the purchase
of a new 8,000,000-gaUon high-efficiency
pump for the main pumping station, Broad
way and Thirty-seventh. All of the con
tracts were stoned before notice of the
suit was served on the commissioners. The
total amount of the contracts let approxi
mate 805,000.
The members of the board and Superin
tendent Etnyre, assisted by C. . Burns
of Kansas City, the hydraulic engineer en
gaged by the city to assist the board for
the next three years, spent the day In go
ing over the bids filed on Thursday after
noon by a dozen or more bidders from
many eastern cities.
Tho construction of the reservoir was the
largest Item and the bids for the work
were first considered. All were local bid
ders. The bid of E. A. Wlckham & Co.
was 872,300; tho Lana Construction com
pany, 843,797.12; C..C. Norgaard, $41,500. The
wide difference in the bids was the cause
of much surprise to the members of the
board and the engineers, who considered
tho lowest bid considerably In excess ot
tho amount the Improvement should cost.
A careful examination of the figures and
consideration of the character of the work
led to the award of the contract to Nor
gaard. nids for Sew Pnmp.
Thero was a wide range also In the bids
for furnishing tho new pump. The high
bid was filed by the Cockburn Pump com
pany of New York, 831.755,. and the low bid,
$22,610, by tho Snow Pump company of
Buffalo. The Piatt Iron company of Day
ton, O., filed a bid of $31,5O0;ftthe William
Todd company of Youngstown, O., $25,700,
and the Allis-Chalmers company of De
troit, $26,030. The highest bid approximated
very closely to the estimate of cost placed
by the board and the low bid made a sav
ing of about $8,000.
There was very little difference In the
offers to furnish tho two 100-horse power
motors for use in the Thirty-seventh street
station. The highest bid was filed by the
Israel Lovett company of Council Bluffs
and Omaha, $2,168.64. The Allls-Chalmers
company furnished the low bid of $1,604 and
got the contract.
The 5,000 barrels of cement is to be furn
ished by the Hoagland Lumber company of
this city, Monarch cement at 98 cents per
barrel. This cement Is to be turned over
to Contractor Norgaard and the price is
to be deducted from his bid for the con
struction of the re3ervolr.
The new pump Is to be of the cross com
pound opposed type. The high pressure
cylinder Is twenty-four inches In diameter
and the low. pressure fifty-four. It . will
caver a floor area of 16x36 feet and will be
twelve and a half feet high. Its total weight
will be 285.000 pounds. It will have a fly
wheel fourteen feet In diameter, weighing
28.000 pounds. The stroke of the pump will
be thirty-six inches. This pump, doing
more than twice the amount of work of the
present old style machinery and having a
duty efficiency of elevating 142,000,000 pounds
of water one foot every minute will require
only half the bailer capacity now required.
All contracts require completion by April
1, six months. Work on the reservoir will
be begun at once and will be pushed until
cold weather stops It.
Apply for Injunction.
The threats to appeal to the courts to
prevent the Water board carrying out Its
program for the improvement of the Coun
cil Bluffs water plant materialized yester
day afternoon when an application was
made to Judge Woodruff In the district
court for a temporary writ of Injunction.
The application was signed by Frank A.
Messmore, who Is said to be 'an engine
foreman in the employ of the Northwestern
Railroad company In this city. Judge
Woodruff refused to grant ithe temporary
writ, but made an order fixing a date for
hearing It, providing for five days' notice
upon the members of the Board of Water
Commissioners. The date of the hearing is
set for September 16 at 9 o'clock a. m. The
board is only sought to be restrained from
constructing the reservoir at the Thirty-
seventh 'street station.
The application is based upon the allega
tion that the board is proceeding unlaw
fully and Is exceeding Its authority, that
all the authority It has is to operate the
plant and that the power to make exten
sions of the system and Improvements of
the plant is vested wholly in tlfe city coun
cil. The plaintiff alleges that he Is a tax
payer and that he will be greatly damaged
If the contemplated improvements at
Thirty-seventh street, reducing the cost of
operating that section of the plant from
$9,000 to less than 84,000. are not prevented.
Hunting; for Complainant.
It Is said that the few people who are
opposing the improvement of the plant and
seeking to embarrass the Water board had
considerable difficulty In finding a man to
sign the application. The petition was
drawn In blank by Attorney Fremont Ben
jamin early In the day and It was late In
the afterrtoon before a signer could be
found.
Mr. Messmora appears to the court In the
Interest of people who are now without
water, his attorney says, and asks to have
the money to be expended for the proposed
reservoir used for the construction of new
mains.
Members of the Water board wer not
served with notices of the suit until after
it was filed and after they had completed
all of the details connected with awarding
contract tor tne new reservoir and the
new pumping machinery. They wer not In
clined to take the matter seriously, and
felt certain that the court would not grant
an injunction after a statement of the facts
was submitted. City Solicitor Kimball had
not read the petition, but when told the
grounds upon which It was based declared
that hi task of defending the board would
not be great.
Klectrlo Irons.
Coffes percolators, stoves and toasters.
We carry a complete line; $350 to 87.50.
P. C. DeVol Hardware Co., 604 Broadway.
bam Dii.2ia juuAtva aiON&T on
household goods, horses, cattle and i
chattel securities at a big discount of to
usual rat. Office over 330 West Broadway.
Mountain valley spring water from
Hot
6irtngs, Ark. bold In half-gallon bottles.
Roscnfald, Liquor. Co j &. BL
Council Bluff s
Fifteen Thousand
People at Carnival;
End Comes Tonight
Me a Sen( Into Street to Sell Tickets,
So Great is Demand at Regular
Box Offices.
The tarnival attendance last night made
the record for the week, and If It la ex
ceeded tonight when the final great rush
will be made It will have to reach the 15,000
mark. More than 12,000 tickets were sold
during the evening In addition to the large
number of coupons that were out. For the
first time the ticket sellers were unable to
meet the demands and men with rolls of
tickets and yawning satchels to hold tbe
money were sent Into the street to meet
the surging crowds and supply as many
as possible with tickets before they reached
the outer court. It was not only the biggest,
but It was the Jolllest crowd. If such a
thing were possible, that has flooded the
grounds. When the stream of humanity
began to pour outward through the gates
there was not a face visible that Indicated
a trace of disappointment.
The only dlsapolntment that occurred
during the evening was the failure to pro
vide the fire department with the cargo
of roman candles and other pyrotechnics
that were to be used In the fire parade at
30 o'clock. Omaha and Council Bluffs deal
ers were depended upon to supply the fire
works, but failed at the last moment to
get enough to make the parade the pre
tentious thing that had been planned and
the fire feature was abandoned. Broadway
was cleared for half a dozen blocks and
an exposition run at service speed. In which
all of the apparatus of the department par
ticipated, was given. The thousands of
people who had gathered to see the fire
parade good naturedly accepted the sub
stitute and closed - In behind the racing
teams, headed for the carnival grounds.
t One of the features last evening was the
concert given by the Arlon Singing society
of Council Bluffs and Omaha, which fol
lowed the band concert at 8 o'clock. The
soloists were aided by a chorus ot thirty
voices.
Children will be admitted again this
afternoon at half price, but tonleht
It will require full price of admis
sion to Join the multitude of merry
makers. After counting the cash last
night tho Commercial club's officers real
ized that the carnival had been the great
success financially hoped for and that the
road Improvement fund would be swelled to
a figure that would permit the carrying
forward of the Important Improvements
contemplated.
In Onr Bis; Grocery Department.
Now Is the time to buy your winter sup
ply of fruits, vegetables, etc. Read our
prices, call and see the goods and be con
vinced they are right In both quality and
price. Peaches, extra fancy California yel
low free-stone (will keep until next week)
special Saturday, 89c. No delivery for
peaches alone. Home grown grapes, bas
ket, 19c; fancy California blue plums, bas
ket, 35c; fancy Bartlett pears, case, $1.70;
fancy Kalamazoo celery, three for 10c; green
lima beans, quart, Cc; fancy home grown
tomatoes, basket, 30c; fancy cook apples,
peck, 15c; fancy California Tokay grapes,
basket, 40c; home grown cucumbers, mar
ket basket, 35c; eleven bars Galvanic and
one bar Palmollve toilet soap, value 65c,
today, 65c; home grown sweet potatoes,
peck, 25c; Monte Chrlsto Muscatine water
melons, 30c to 45c; California Rocky Ford
Cantaloupes, six for 25; home grown can
taloupes, three for 10c; pint Mason Jars,
dozen, B4o; part Mason Jars, dozen, 69c;
one-half gallon Mason Jars, dozen, 73c;
capped Jelley glasses, dozen, 29c; extra
mason Jar tops, dozen, 25c; four-tie carpet
broom, special Saturday, 29c J. Zoller
Mercantile Co., The Big Uptown Store, 100-102-104-106
Broadway. Phones, 320.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 260. Night L-1702.
Feed Dealers All
Neglect State Law
Bags Containing; Fodder of Any Kind
Must Be Stamped with Character
of Contents.
Practically every feed dealer In Council
Bluffs will be placed under arrest today
charged with violation of the Iowa state
pure food law. The embarrassing feature
will be that very few of them will be able
to present a defense that will be tenable.
The unpleasant situation will not be im
proved by ths knowledge that about all of
the violation were Innocently committed
in Ignorance of the provisions of the law.
Deputy State Food Inspector Van DeBog
ert of Des Moines has been here for several
day getting the evidence and yesterday he
was busy all day making out Informations.
In every Instance the dealers will be
charged with failure to comply with the
law which requires every package of ground
feed, with the exception of corn, to be
marked with a tag showing exactly what
It Is composed of and where It was made.
It did not take the Des Moines official long
to determine after coming here that so
far as Council Bluffs dealers were con
cerned the law was a dead letter, and to
make the humiliating discovery that the
prerogative of the family cow to know
what she was eating had been curtailed
and the dignity of the old gray mare had
Jim
r
The Bankrupt Stock of Johnson & Flodman, en's Clothing,
Shoes and Furnishings. Sale (Ion On in Full Swing
It's up to you, Mr. Man, to avail yourself of an opportunity seldom, if ever, offered to you.
The high grade of men's apparel carried by Johnson & Flodman is well known. Splendid, relia
ble, well made clothing, the finest productions of the tailoring art, right at the threshold of tho
FALL SEASON, at almost give-away prices.
Don't Put It Off. Buy Your Fall Clothing Now. Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats.
$6.50, $8.50, $10.50, $12.50, $15.00
Former selling prices just twice, and in many instances even more. All sizes, for every typo
of man. Every new fashionable fall weave, color and cut.
MEN'S TROUSERS, worth from
to 3.00 at 51.45 u1
JfTEN'S HATS, worth $2.50
at
MEN'S AND BOYS CAPS..
t 35 ad
D11ES8 SHIRTS, value to
t 85S COO
MEN'S WORK SHIRTS
at - . . .
214-16-18
H. 16th Street
TBE
FORMERLY THE NOVELTY SKIRT CO.
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Council Bluffs
been outraged by withholding the knowl
edge of the chemical symbols represented
In the chopped feed and bran mash that
had been carelessly doled out.
The law plainly entitles the cow and the
horse, the ducks and the pigs to know
what percentage of protein, crude fiber
and fat enter Into the composition of their
daily meals, and If. In place of the desired
protelds, the ruthless manufacturer had
slipped In some of the carbohydrates they
are entitled to know It.
In not a single Instance did the Inspector
find a dealer whose packages complied
with the law. The law specfflcally requires
a statement on the tag of the number of
pounds contained In the package, the name
of the article, the name and address of the
manufacturer, a statement of the per cent
of protein, (crude) of fiber, (crude) and tho
specific amount of crude fat. In addition
to all of this the names of all the Ingredi
ents and their exact proportion must be
set forth. The penalty Is a fine of $25 and
up. Not a dealer was found who was able
to show compliance and all will be required
to come up to the dough dish and add to
its store.
Inspector Van DeBogert stated yesterday
that the pure food commission at Des
Moines was at a loss to understand why
no reports and no fees and other things
came from Council Bluffs feed shops. The
total absence of such reports forced the
bellof that the existence of the law was
unknown here, which was fully sustained
by the inspector's Inquiries. It Is quite cer
tain that the discovery will not lessen the
tendency to higher prices of feed.
CELLAR DOOR IS A DEATH
TRAP FOR MRS. L. J. ALLEN
Steps Back Thro a ah Hole In
' Kitchen Floor and Iter Skull
Is Fractured.
the
IDA GROVE, la.. Sept. 8. (Special.)
Mrs. I J. Allen was killed by stepping
backwards In the kitchen and falling down
an open trap door tn the floor. She was
at the home of her son, Arthur, and was
helping prepare dinner. He opened the
trap and went Into the cellar and she did
not notice it, stepping back a few moments
later to fall to her death. Her skull was
fractured at the base of the brain. She
was the mother of ten children, all of
whom, with her husband, survive her.
IOWA IS TO PUT UP THE BARS
No Live Stock, Unless it I Healthy,
Will Be Admitted Into the
State.
DES MOINES, la., Sept. 8. According
to the orders of the Iowa commission of
animal health, Iowa live stock will be pro
tected from disease In the future by the
most stringent set of rules In force in the
United States.
Dr. J. I. Gibson, state veterinarian and
chairman of the commission, announced
today that by the rules no live stock will
be admitted Into the state except when
the animals are In a healthy condition.
Sues the Saloon Keeper.
IDA GROVE. la., Sept. 8.-(Special.)
Mrs. William Kaus ot Holsteln, whose hus
band had his back broken In an automobile
accident July 13, has sued Peter Arp and
Robert Dahms, Holsteln saloon keepers,
for $25,000 damages. The American Surety
company Is also made a party to the suit.
Kaus, who is still alive, is kept on a watet
mattress. Mrs. Kaus does not claim the
saloon men sold her husband liquor, but
says they sold liquor to William Tarns, and
that Tarns as a result became drunk and
brought about the accident.
Fire at Tabor. .
TABOR. Ia., Sept. 8. (Special.)-Flre
broke out yesterday in the attlo of the D.
M. Williams residence and destroyed all
but the first floor and basement A piano
and most of the household goods were re
removed from the burning house, but the
contents of the second story and attlo were
censumed by the flames. The loss Is about
$4,000 and insurance $3,000.
Iowa News Note.
CORNING Ray Lowery of Corning Is
one of the lucky participants 1n the land
drawing in the Bertholdt Indian reserva
tion land opening, having drawn number
812, If he cares to take up tbe claim.
MOUNT AYR Miss Clara Wrya of this
city won the gold medal contest at the
Woman's Christian Temperance union con
vention held Wednesday. A large number
of contestants participated in the event.
Miss Wray's selection was "The Light Over
the Range."
LOGAN Twenty-five dollars and cost
are among the penalties find misfortunes
liable to overtake the chicken owners in
Logan for permitting their chickens to run
at large on adjoining lots as the result ot
a city ordinance passed by the city council
of Logan at its recent meeting.
CRE8TON Ed Setgford, a brakeman of
this city, was so badly injured in an acci
dent at Vllllaca yesterday that a part ot
his right toot had to be amputated. Some
time ago Mr. Helgford lost all the fingers
on one hand and two on the other hand
in a railroad accident, and previous to that
was crushed and bruised about the body
In another train accident.
CRESTON An Indictment of murder In
th- first degree was returned by the dis
trict court grand Jury yesterday against
Georgt Duw, the colored man who shot and
killed Charles McDonald, also colored, last
spring In a neighbors' quarrel. Dow,
through his attorney, pleaded not guilty
when the Indictment was read to him. The
trial is set for Septtmber 18.
LOGAN Friends and members of the
Progressive Farmers' club were enter
tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Tate, southeast of Logan, yesterday.
The morning session was devoted largely
to musical, literary and social program,
the afternoon to the discussion of the
value of the Chautauqua to farmers, the
f2J50
...95c
$1.45
19c
...39c
...39c
.
$2.50
OQUELTT MOODY
best method of sowing winter wheat and
the pa lug value of cement floors where
stork Is fed, especially hogs. The next
meeting will be held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W Latta, October 8.
CRESTON The oaloon ease Is now oc
cupying the attention of the district court
and promises to be a long-drawn-out case,
as It appears to be a case of technicalities.
It Is brought by lr. Uenttle. president of
the Citizens' lesirue, against the salonnlsts,
alleging the petition of consent secured
here last spring was not canvassed at a
regular meeting of the Board of Super
visors, as required by law; that the petition
contains 100 or more names not the correct
signatures of signers and that there are
fifteen duplicates, all of which were
counted by the opposition, and that the pe
tition was withdrawn after It had been
legally filed for the purpose of adding
other names.
Russian Captain is
Sentenced for Sale
of Private Papers
Military Court at Secret Sitting Sends
Postnikoff to Eight Years'
Penal Servitude.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 8. A military
court at a private sitting today tried and
sentenced to eight years penal servitude
and loss of his rights, Captain Postnikoff,
of the general staff. The charge against him
was selling secret documents to agents of
three powers. ,
Captain Postnikoff was president of the
Universal League ot Peace and the Rus
sian Esperanto league. He frequently trav
eled abroad and for a time sojourned in
the United States.
As a result of the conviction ot Captain
Postnikoff, the government has closed the
Esperanto league, which it declared to be
a convenient screen for International spies.
The case was oddly connected with re
cent trials. The witnesses Included Baron
do Ungern Stcrnburg, former correspond
ent In St. Petersburg of the semi-official
Austria-Hungary news agency, who was
sentenced to four years Imprisonment last
November for delivering secret documents
to a foreign state and Mile, Muse &ikke,
a sister ot the widow of Count Vasslllt
Bouturlln, who was poisoned by Dr.
Pantchenko In 1910.
Boy Bank Robber
Loses Nerve When
Cashier Uses Gun
LAUREL, Md., ept 8. A curly haired,
blue eyed youth, 17 years old, giving the
name of Henry Jackson of Yuma, Ariz.,
but later alleged to be John Williams
Morgan ot Merlaba, Cal., today attempted
to hold up the Citizens National bank with
a pistol. He lost his nerve at the sight
of a menacing revolver in the hands of
the cashier and fled when fired upon.
The boy was captured several hours later.
He said he had "beat" his way east from
Arizona, arriving in Washington two days
ago. Wandering on to Laurel he saw thof
bank building.
"I decided to rob the bank or kill every
man It It," said the boy.
Wearing a "false face," a long automo
bile coat and a blue cap, and carrying a
small bag, he entered the bank shortly
after the opening hour. He demanded
that A. L. Bevan. paying teller, should
fill the bag, threatening to shoot unless
his command was obeyed. Bevan first
tried to argue with the youth, then seized
a revolver and fired. The robber dropped
mask, cap and bag and fled through the
open door. Pursuers quickly organized,
but the lad succeeded In eluding them for
several hours before he was captured.
Michigan Lauded
at Happy Hollow
Cornhusker Club Gives Annual Ban
quet, 'When Alma Mater is
Praised by Nebraskans.
University of Michigan songs and yells
seldom heard off tne Ann Arbor campus,
and oft reiterated praise of the university
were much in evidence Friday evening at
the Happy Hollow club house. The occa
sion was the annual banquet of the Corn
husker club of that Institution, thirty or
more alumni, students and prospective
students of the school were present.
Louis P. Haller, acting as toastmaster,
called for responses to tlie following toasts:
Edwin Rosenberg, "Our Psychopathic
Ward." Robert Fisher, "Crossing the
Bar." Lyman L. Bryson, "The Corn
husker Club." Wilbur Chapman of Kear
ney, "What Can I Buy With my Degree."
Walter R. Metz, "Michigan Men a Com
pared With Others."
Imprompt responses were also called for
from J. P. Palmer, Isldor Zlegler, Prof.
V. R. McLucas of the University of Mich
igan Law School and Stanley M. Rose
water. Those who attended were:
Prof. V. R. McLucas. David Brodkey,
William boner.
uiiDen Barnes,
Otto Steufer,
Grand Island.;
Wilbur Chapman,
Kearney;
Harold Havlland,
Oeorge Gelb,
Edward Klrschbraun
Lyman Bryson,
Arthur Marowits,
Roy Metz,
Ed. J. Waters,
J. P. Palmer,
G. L. Fisher,
K. A. Morgan,
S. M. Kosewater.
1 sad or Zlegler,
Edgar Zabriskle, ,
Doane Keller,
Edwin Rosenberg,
Robert Fisher.
Harry Kulakofsky,
Louis Haller,
Omaha Firm Gets Contract.
OGALLALA, Neb.. Sept 8. (Special Tele
gram.) The . Alamo Engine company of
Omaha was the successful bidder for the
water works and was awarded the contract
today by the city counclL
MEN'S SOCKS at , U)S 0 and 5
15c COLXtARS, Corliss-Coon make tf for 250
WHITE AND COIiORED HANDKERCIUEFS,
at 4t 4 30
MEN'S TIES at. . . .- 200' 180 00
FALL AND WINTER UNDERWEAR, worth to $1.0K
at 370
MEN'S SHOES, worth $2.0O and $2.23 at $1.30
GLOVES, OVERALLS, FURNISHINGS, ETC.,
ALL GOING AT TREMENDOUS REDUCTION.
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CLOTHIERS TO MEN AND WOMEN.
DUN'S REY1EW OF TRADE
Improvement Indicated by Most Re
ports from Trade Centers.
DRY GOODS DEMAND IS BETTER
Knlaraed Operations in Plalrnn Are
Indtrated by Returns for August,
Showing: Klse of 133,300
Tons.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-R. O. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Koview of Trade tomorrow will
say:
Steady Improvement In business condi
tions Is Indicated by most reports which
come from the leading Industries and from
trade centers. The enlarged operations In
pig iron are indicated by returns covering
the production during August, which rose
133,56!) tons. Most of last month's expan
sion was due to the increased turn over of
the leading interest, whose bookings and
shipments in that period were heavier than
In any preceding month this year. In the
finished lines the existing price situation
induces consumers generally to confine pur
chases to actual needs. Competition for
new business has become very keen.
An improved demand for dry goods Is
noted, both in the primary markets and by
jobbing houses. Retailers purchase steadily
for current needs, especially of novelties,
specialties and of goods required for fall
distribution. Export trade Is Improved.
Woolen and worsted mills report better
inquiry and stock goods are being called
for steadily. Taken altogether the market
shows a tendency to broaden In a moderate
way. Trade in footwears shows further
Improvement. Upper leather Is firm, al
though some concessions are reported In
combination tannages of calf skins.
Further activity has developed In packer
hides and advances ranging from Vc to Vi
have been secured. Common varieties of
Latin-American dry hides are c a pound
lower.
BKADSTItEKT'S I1KMEW OF TRADE
Three Factors Help to Kipnnd Trade
Duclnsc Week.
NEW YORK, Sept. s.-Bradstreet's to
morrow will say.
Three factors helped to expand trade in
a moderate way this week fall festivals,
the advance of the season and the ending
of the vacation period.
On the whole, recent developments are
relatively more favorable, but still con
servatism In buying is everywhere visible
and final purveyors of goods display no
particular tendency to forsake the policy
heretofore pursued; that Is, to buy fre
quently and In small lots, rather than lib
erally at any one time. This attitude Is
superinduced in a large degree by tho in
ability of retail distributors of wearing
apparel, furnishings and the like to meas
ure the probable effects on their sales of
ascending prices for edible commodities
and tbe idleness visible in many industrial
lines. In industrial circles the drift has
been In a more favorable direction, owing
chiefly to diminished fears of an immedi
ate strike of shopmen on western lines
and to the resumption of some New Eng
land textile mills, but as regards this lat
ter movement It must be said that there
Is considerable room for further improve
ment before anything like marked activity
can be proclaimed In the cotton goods line.
In iron and steel the long-expected fal
buying of finished material has not ap
peared. The railways are doing more in
consonance with the season and there are
fewer idle cars than at any time since
December. Collections range from about
slow to fair.
Business rai lures in xne unuea mates
for the week ending September 7 were 194,
against 14 last week, 173 In the like week
of 1910, 191 in 1909. 191 In 1908 and 172 in 1907.
Business failures In Canada for the like
week number 22, which contrasts with 30
for last week and 18 in the corresponding
week of 1910.
Wheat, including flour, exports from the
United States and Canada for the week
ending September 7 aggregate 2,632.243 bush
els against 3.073.751 bushels last week and
1 511 008 bushels this week last year. For
the ten weeks ending Sentemher 7 exports
are 25,857.177 bushels, against 13.776.fitl bush
els In the corresponding period last -ear.
Corn exports for the week are 211.259
bushels, against 129.778 bushels last week
and 276 452 bushels in 1910. For the ten
weeks ending September 7 corn exports
are 4.686,762 bushels, against 2,oSS,8oi bushels
last year. '
Carnival at Pierre.
PIERRE, 8. D., Sept. 8. (Special Tele
gram.) The first day of the Merchants'
carnival brought a good crowd of farmers
in and the program of parades and games
was well attended. The ball game between
Pierre and Blunt, was won by the visitors,
4 to 2.
Vacancy Filled by Governor.
PIERRE, 8. D., Sept. 8. (Special Tele
gum.) Governor Vessey today appointed
Milton H. Derby, county Judge for Buffalo
county, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of F. C. Heard.
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Controller Bay Not
Best Port for Coal
Output, Says Fisher
Secretary of Interior Asserts Extent
and Character of Alaska Fields
Greatly Exaggerated.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 8.-Fecretary ot
the Interior Walter L. Fisher at a dinner
In his honor tonight declared Controller
bay to be neither the only nor the best
harbor for the output of the Hchrlng river
coal fields, pronounced the extent and
character of these fields "grossly exagger
ated" and announced his policy to be tho
opening and development of the fields, but
not under restricted private ownership.
Bloomfield Carnival
Pleases Thousands
Aviator Charles F. Walsh Makes) Sev
eral High Flights, Giving Fine
Exhibition.
BLOOMFIELD, Neb.. Sept. 8. (Special.)
A two days' fall carnival closed In thla
city tonight and, notwithstanding that
the weather was somewhat unfavorable.
It was considered the most Buoeessful on
ever held In this part of the state. There
were thousands of people from Knox and
the surrounding counties In attendance.
There were all kinds of amusements, such
as base ball games, all kinds of street at
tractions, band concerts, comedy roulette
wheels, merry-go-rounds, moving plctur
shows, various kinds of races,
Charles F. Walsh, the med Curtiss
aviator, made two first-class flights today.
The first flight lasted twelve minutes and
the second eleven minutes. In each of tha
flights he went up over 1.000 feet and flew
all over the city and out around in tho
country for several miles. The thousands
who witnessed these two flights were slm
ply entranced by the bird-like way that
this famous young aviator flew around In
the sky.
Plans to Entertain
Taft at Pierre
Executive of Nation Will Spend Sun
day, October 22, in Dakota
Capital
PIERRE, S. D., Sept. 8. (Special Tele
gramsCongressman Burke, Governor
Vessey and Mayor Stephens this evening
arranged for the entertainment of Presi
dent Taft, Sunday. October 22, at this city.
President Tnft will be the guest at the
home of Congressman Burke. He will at
tend the Methodist church In the morning
and take lunch with Governor Vessey at
the St. Charles hotel.
In the afternoon the president will speak
on "World Peace" at tne Auditorium
and will dine at the Burke home. The
presidential party will be guests of the city
at the St. Charles hotel, and will be given
an auto excursion over the city and vicinity.
SALESMAN, KNOWN IN STATE,
FOUND DEAD IN NEW YORK
J, W. MacDonnall's Body Found la
Broadway Hotel with Ga
Turned On.
NEW YORK, Sept 8. The body of a
man supposed to be J. W. MacDougali, a
traveling salesman, was found in bed at
a Broadway hotel today. Gas was escap
ing from an open Jet. It has not ' been
ascertained whether is was suicide or
accident. On the bureau was a letter ad
dressed to J. W. MacDougali, Paddock
hotel, Beatrice, Neb., from W. H. Hat
field, 160 North Fifth avenue, Chicago.
BEATRICE. Neb., Sept. 8.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) J. W. MacDougali Is well known
here, being a salesman In this territory
for Colgate & Co. He has told friends in
Beatrice that his home was In Winnipeg,
Canada.
ptmnr 10, 1911.
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