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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1911)
MAY BLOCK PAVING DEALS Exposure by The Bee Thought to Have Put a Stop to Work. SOMEBODY BFAPS A HARVEST Omaha and goath Omaha Are la Aboat the Same Boat aa Mime . poll All Thrte Clllca on the Warpath.- "The Kettle River and I?publlo creo sote companies were Just putting a pry Under the paving fund of Omaha." said a prominent city official referring to the paving deal worked oy the Kettle com pany's representatives here, "and If The Bee hadn't stirred up the thing there ia no telling how much more money they would have gathred from the taxpayers. - I don't think they can ever work the same scheme attain here. In my opinion this exposure of the Kettle Kiver and Republic combine will mean the dissolu tion of the two companies. I" understand Minneapolis Is on the warpath also, and Is preparing to erect a creosote plant of Its own to shut out the combine." While admitting that somebody pock eted a neat sum which belongs to the Omaha taxnavpr. rltv nffiini D.na.nii. believe that the transaction, open enough on Its lace, was so well handled that evidence of "fixing" could not be ad duced. '"The main fault Is In the law that permitted such a transaction," said one. "There Is no doubt but what the Kettle River company knew Charley Fanning was to get the Job and the General Contracting company bid simply a dummy bid. In the event that their plans In regard to Fanning had failed they were to furnish the creosoted wood blocks through the General Contracting company, blind arranged by them. Their representatives didn't work two years here for nothing. Borne of the citi aens who signed the petition specifying creosoted wood block as the best ma terial to replace the Sixteenth street as phalt pavement, which was In good con dition, woke up to the wool over their eyes and kicked out of the traces. It took ome high handed work to get the or dinance through finally, but some ex perts at such deals were on the Job and succeeded. '. Company. Dues Promotlnac. 'JL C. Morrison was a salesman for the Kettle company and spent several weeks In Omaha, , but he Is said not to . "have been actually engaged in the work of promoting the deal." In writing from Chicago to the Minneapolis offices in 1909, Mr. Morrison Bald: "General Con tracting company bid for us at Bbuth Omaha and therefore, I did not bid In the name of the company. We are to do' all the promoting. Van (Van Hafften, representing the Republic company), is to furnish' one-third and pay us 10 cents promotion expense." If the Republic company paid a "promo tion expense" "In Omaha for pulling tne 140,000 contract, ' which was for paving more than" 1,700 square yards, the "pro- . motion fees" alone would amount to something like (1,700. The' manner In which this money was spent Is open to peculation until the promotion methods cf the KeKle company are more speci fically known. This collusive contract was a secret during the .fight here, hut ; the exposures at Minneapolis, show that It extended over the time occupied In ' securing the Omaha contract, and there fore could have applied to Omaab as well v as to South Omaha. December Magazines Dickens' Son is to Lecture in Omaha Alfred Tennvson Dickens, son of the . English novelist, will lecture at Jacobs Memorial ball Tuesday afternoon, De- , cember 12. Dean J. A. Tancock of Trin ity cathedral secured Mr. . Dlckena, who bad been Invited to lecture at the Pallmp Best club Monday, and will turn the pro ceeds Into the fund for the Institutional work of the hall. NOVEMBER BIRTH RATE EXCEEDS THAT OF LAST YEAR The birth rate tn Dm all a Is Increasing, tl'e lhcomplete records for November this year showing ten more than for the same month In 1910. The births this month total 194, against 184 for November, 1910, and -all births for the month have not teen received at the recording office. Of the total this month, ninety-six white males were bom and ninety-four females, tour colored children completing the totcl. tr ' AN OLD REMEDY FOR BLOOD POISON For more than forty years S. S. S. lias been curing Contagious Blood Poison in all its forms and stages, and is today, as it has always been, the safest as well as "inost reliable remedy for this disease. One reason tvhy S. S. S. is so successful in curing Blood Poison 13 that it strengthens and builds up the stomach and diges tive members while eradicating the poison from the blood. The greatest cf all reasons however is because this medicine possesses just the proper ingredients, blended and compounded in such scientific proportion, as to snake it the most perfect blood puri fier ever placed upon the market. S. S. S. is made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, and in addition to its value as a remedy, is the one blood medi cine which may be used without any tad effect, no matter how delicate the system. Not a particle, of strong mineral or other harmful drug enters into its composition, and you can take it assured that it will cure you and at the same time build up your system. S. S. S. cures permanently and perfectly, removing every symp tom of the trouble by nature's true way removing the inward cause. Get S. S. S. at your drug store and then write for our Home Treatment book which is free and of great assist fence to every sufferer of this disease. THE 5 WUT SPECIFIC CO.. AlUntm. Co. In Scrtbner's for December the art features are particularly good. Writers of short stories axe Henry Van Dyke, Richard Harding Davis, Edith Wharton. Alice Brown, Margaret Sherwood. Mary Synon and Harry Renefleld. There Is another Installment of the serial by A. E. W. Mason. "The Turnstile." and Walter Frlchard Eaton tells of "A Berkshire Winter." The poerty Is by Julia C. R. Dorr. O. E. Woodbury and Richard Burton. The December number of the Century opens with "The Oil National Road," by William Rayard Hale; Charles E. Eliot writes on "Democracy and Manners," and Charles N. Johnson contributes the sec ond paper to his "Across South Amer ica." The -fiction la by Marie Conway Oemler, Florida Pier, George Madden Martin and Virginia Fras?r Boyle, and a rather unusual departure Is a Christmas song by Horatio Parker, the words being written by J. G. Holland. . The December Atlantic contains "Heck ling the Church," by Harry Emerson Fosdlck; "Social Democracy and West Point," by II. M. Chittenden" Japanese Commercial Honor," by 'Arthur May Knapp; '.'John Morley," by George Mc Lean Harper; "A British View of the Eteel Corporation" and "Pressure of Pop ulation," by William S. Rosslter. The fiction Is by J. C. Snalth. Charles Egbert Craddock and Lucy Pratt. Llpptncott's features "The Ordeal," by Charles Egbert Craddock and among the short stories are "Tte Child Who Had Bevrythlng But," by John Kendrick Bangs; "Red Bird," by Elisabeth Maury Coombs; "The Fashioning . of Florence Isabel," by Edith Ayrton-Zangwill; "The Whistle," by George U ' Knapp, and "Christmas Eve at-Sedocake Hall," by J. J. Bell. "A . Hole In the Walt," by Mrs. ' John Kendrick Bangs, and "The Christmas Book." by , Edwin L.. Sabln. In the department, "Short Story Master pieces," will be found Ludovio Halevy's, "The Insurgent," with an Introduction by the editor, 'The' Christmas nurtber of the World's Work contains the "March of Events." Norman Angell writes on "Recent Inter national Events and "The Great Illu sion."" Charles Wellington Furlong de scribes "The Taking of Tripoli." Paul II. Neystron contributes "Education and Money, Leadership and Morality," and there Is another installment of the biog raphy of Woodrow Wilson by William Bayard Hale, A- story by John Luther Loni. "The Little 6and Boys," opens the December issue of . the Metropolitan, and there are other"1 stories by Harrison Rhodes, S. Carleton and Anne Warner. In his de partment "From the Bleachers." F. P. Dunne discusses the decline of oratorv as a popular form of entertainment and Fil son Young contributes a friendly criti cism of American manners. ' The December American Magazine con tains a new Sherlock Holmes detective story by Conan Doyle. This new story Is called "The Disappearance of . Lady Carfax." There is another Installment of H. G. Wells' serial, "Marriage," and Sen ator. La Follette proceeds with his biography. Among writers of short stories are Will Irwin, Ed Howe, Edna Ferber and Ines Hayes GUI more. The Popular Science Monthly for De cember Includes the following articles: "Science Among the Chinese," by Dr. C. IC. Edmonds; "The Water Relations of Desert Plants," by Dr. D. T.MacDougal; "The Lack of Printing in Antiquity," by Frederlo Drew Bond; "Is Vegetarianism Capable of Worldwide Application?" by Prof. Alonzo Englebert Taylor; "A Bug bear of Economics," by Prof. Herbert Adolphns Miller, and "The Germans at School," by. Prof. Hugo Muensterberg, In Popular Mechanics for December the recent experiments of the Wright broth' ers are described, the naval reviews at New York and Los Angeles are depicted. and there Is another article on the cost of electricity In the home. Other articles are "Automatic Electrio Flreless Cooker, "New Toys Exhibited in Paris," "Free Municipal Laundry for the Poor," "Wlre less from Aeroplane to Motor Car." The Shop Notes department contains the usual variety of practical "kinks." The Christmas number of Country Life In America is a large double number. Among the articles are "The Spirit of Christmas," by Walter A. Dyer; "A Year Round Houseboat." by Charles E. White, Jr.; "More About the Yak." by Ernest Thompson Seton; "Outdoor Fun In Win ter," "The Jovial Toby," by Albert Lee; A Man-and-Wlfe," by Anne O'Hagan; and "A Fourteen Room Concrete House for JS.500," by William Walter Smith. The Smart s4t opens with "Ging Yuk," , by Robert Emmet MacAlarney, and among short stories are "The Wooing of Minnie Trlmm," by Kate Jordan; "The Pelican Mother," by G. Vers Taylor; The By-Product," by Elizabeth Her- . rick; "The Mad White Night," by Fred eric S. Isham; "A Wife per Invoice," by Michael White; "The Blessed Saints of I Mademoiselle," by Forrest Halsey; "Ghost Lane," by Alice Woods Ullman; "Through the Dark," by Adele Luehrman, and "The Princess," by Prince Vladimir Vanl&Uky. Young's for December contains a novel .ette, "Young Blood," by Reginald Wright rCauffman; "Christmas In Hell," by Crit tenden Marriott; "The Butterfly," by T. D. Pendleton; "Live Copy," by- William Harper Dean; "Was it Destiny?" by Dean Carra; "The High Jump." by Mary Hard .ner, and "Reddy Squares Things,'' by Luclnder May, and the usual number of stories In "On Broadway and Off." 3 In One Overcoats "Ve load with the 3-in-ouc over coatsit's the latest and best thing we've done in overcoats; n combination of stylo and comfort never before equalled in clothes. You can wear the collar three ways; and it looks well any way; you can change from dress over coat to storm overcoat in a sec ond. This coat is made form fit ting, box or semi-box, with or without belt, 48, 50 or 52 inches long, in Friezes," Shetlands, Che viots, Vicunas, Tweeds; beauti fully made, a distinguished, use ful and dressy garment, somt are rainproofed. Sold for $20.00 at the umaller stores. Our spe cial while they last p j 1 j pi ft? j Suit Sale Saturday Just arrived a collection, of Full and Winter Suits which should be priced ot $18.00 Save $0.50. Saturday choice 2150 These new models priced Vat $11.50 offer men economically in clined a most exceptional oppor tunity to buy correctly tailored apparel at a portion of their real worth. It simply means $18.00 worth of satisfaction for $11.50. We specialize Schloss Bros.. Kuppenhelmer, Stein-Bloch and Society Drand Clothes. enjoy the advantage in our store of dealing with the best stocked, best equipped and best maintained establishment in the west; but more, you enjoy the protection of a positive assurance of quality by our specialization of good clothes and nothing else. We don t ask you to choose between good and almost good here. Whatever you choose is high class, at prices just a little lower than others. Berg's the Place for Boys Russian Blouse Suits in Blue, Brown, Gray and Tweeds, up from ..$2.95 Sailor Blouse in Blue, Brown, Gray and Tweeds, made up in Sailor Collar or Eton style, up from ..: $2.95 Double breasted or Norfolk styles in Blue, Gray, Browns or Scotch Tweeds, up from ...$2.45 Boys' Overcoats, in black, blue, brown and gray mix tures, with or without belts, convertible sJO IE collars, up from ...VfctHJJ Swellest Cravats Found at This Store Never before In the history of tho Cravat business have tbey made such beautiful shades and combination of colorings as we are showing this month. Perhaps we are mentioning this fact a little early, but It's too good to keep. So better see our Ties first Christmas will toon be here. Saturday gpeciaJ Men's all wool heavy ribbed Sweater Coata, In blue, Stay and brown, sizes up to 52, formerly sold at f 3.60, Saturday 0B,3r ...-$2.50 It's Cold Enough for Caps Don't waste your time or freeze your cars but come trotting to our cap "de partment for a warm cap thousands to select from in all the new imported and domestio fabrics, made in the new English, Golf, Togos and Brighton shapes; some are fur lined at 50c to $1.50 The nwt complete line In the city of Fur Caps, Seal Skin, Coney and Muskrat ,...1M to S1S.OO Xtome of the John B. Stetson IlaU 3.BO to fia.00 AUCTION GALE To Be CoBtlnued oa 179 Lots Of -Unredeemed Kousehold Ooods. I1TUBDAT, KOXDAT, TUE3DAT, ZCMXK S. 4 and 6 Until all Ooods Are Bold. 1130 Worth lfcH Street. OMAHA VAsT k BTOKSX CO. The Youth's Companion announces for rs next volume serials by Ralph D. Paine, O. A." Stephen and Hoi I Is Oodfrey. Among the other contributors of fiction t the same volume are Orate 9. Rich mond, Fanny Kemble Johnson, B held an C. ttoldard, Mary Blew art Cutting, George Madden Martin and Dallas Lore Sharp. Admiral Francis T. Bowles will describe the construction of a great battleship. Prof. Perclval Lowell will write of his most recent researches of the heavens, and George Cary Kggleston will give an account of "Indian Uta of a Hundred Years Ago." ft n Reliable Dentistry Taft's Cental Keens Dierst Bhootlasr . pains in the chest require quick treat ment with Vt. King's New Discovery. Prevents 'pneumonia. tOo and 11.00. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. The key to success In business Is the ludiclous and persistent use of newspaper ( dvertUlAf BIG BOLT DR0PSINT0 CROWD Three Persons Injured in Accident at W. 0. W. Building. It la Precipitated Into a Crowd of People that Was About to Board Far nam Street Trolley Car. Three persons were Injured when an Iron bolt six feet long fell from the tenth floor of the Woodmen of the World building into a crowd of men and women at :30 o'clock yesterday morning. Those Injured were A. R. Wadlelgh, 1614 Har ney street, lert arm and wrist fractured; J. P. O'Brien, 2H South Thirteenth street, right foot Injured, and an unidentified woman who - was struck on the left shoulder and breast. 1 The bolt hit Mr. Wadlelgh, bounced from his arm to the ground, bounded up ward, striking the woman and fell across Mr. O'Brien's toe. It fell Into the crowd of men and women who were about to board an east bound Farnam street car, U. A. Baldrige was In the crowd, but ebcaped uninjured. The rest of the people bearded the car . without . giving their names to Officer Corneau, who was nearby at the time of the accident. The unknown woman la not thought to have been seriously hurt, as she walked away shortly after the accident without giving ber name. A fT S I -I Christmas Fair of the Chtsrche Famous Mule Case Comes to an End The famous Zlev-Hordy mule case came to an end in district court yesterday when Louis Zlev gave up his fight, paid the Hardy s 100 in cash and gave them a. re ceipt In full for the f U grocery bill. which he sayB they never paid. The fight started two years ago. Zlev attached the mule to protect his claim against K. L. Hardy. He got Judgment In Justice court and sold the mule. Mrs. Hardy tried to replevin the beast, but never was able to find It. Then she sued to recover the value ot the mule, Sioo, claiming It was ber's and not her hus band's. Judge Redlok directed a verdict for her. Zlev threatened to appeal, but decided to settle today. Various phases of the case have been tried In all the Omaha justice courts and In the district court Zlev spent about 1300 trying to collect his grocery bill and has not yet succeeded. Grain Receipts at , Omaha Show Gain Grain receipts at Omaha for November were 2,856,000 bushels, or- 709.B00 bushels more than receipts for November of last year. There was a decrease In oats, wheat and"e, but an increase of 500,000 bushels in barley receipts and 420,0u0 bushels In corn receipts. Shipments of all grains for the month were 1,690,500 bushels, compared with 1,709,500 bushels for the same month last year. A record-breaking December for corn receipts is looked tot. There were 104 cars of corn on the market yesterday, mostly new crop. Of grain of all kinds there were 193 cars, on the market. Sheep Show Entries Uome irom All Uver Additional entries are being received every day for the mid-winter sheep show at the Auditorium December 14-16. Among the latest are entries from Saline, Mich.; Camp Chase, O.; East Bhoreham, Vt.; Cokevllle, Wyo. Bun Prairie, Wis ; Kent. O.; Waukesha. Wis.; Qalesvllle, Wis., anJ I'ewaukee, wis. JAMES MUERK INJURED WHILE CRANKING AUTO James Muerk, 1011 Pacific street, was severely bruised about ths right leg and chest Thursday while cranking an auto truck. Ths crank, was violently reversed by a back-fire,' and struck Muerck with such force that be was put out oX oonv Begins Monday, December 4 ..In m Beautiful Court of The Bee-Building Useful and pretty gifts for all ages -fancy hand work; delicious dain ties; best of pies; appetizing cakes -and just everything that makes one want to buy all he sees. Santa Claus never carried presents of greater beauty Plenty 'to eat; beauties to see; good time for all. .Ml Best fair of its kind ever held in Omaha Twenty-five Churches Co-operating. Under auspices of The Omaha Bee. 1 . 'A 7 M mission for a time. II was attended by Police Surgeon Feppers and later taken to his home. Permits Increase During November Although the number of building per mits issued during November is larger (ban for the same month last year, the cobt of the buildlncs erected is smaller by nearly 1(10.000. The total number of permits Issued 104 called for the con struction of buildings at a total cost of U07.817. In November of 110 100 permits were issued and the building expenditures wars HOl.ftiO. For that part of the year ending December 1, 1S11, the records show 6,2til,8ta spent for building improvements in the city, against S,1M,US for ths same period Ul 1910, CULP-LANGWORTHY STOCK WILL GO ON SALE TODAY The fine stock of goods of the Culp Langworthy company, which rorently went into bankruptcy, Is to be offered tor sale at reduced prices. At present the store, located on the ground floor of the City National bank building. Is closed while the goods are being remarked and arranged preparatory to the sals, which opens Saturday morning. Ths bankrupt Culp-Lang worthy company carried snm of the finest men's clothing In Omuha and It Is expected that the store will be well filled with eager buyers from tht tline the doors are thrown open until the stock Is closnd out. Nothing but suit. and overcoats will be offered for sale at the prevent time. Key to the Situation-Bee AdTertlslng. f I ' t) j ir. t i . a 5c Top .r. J u Mver made by ehano Tip Top bread 1. xcellant every UmTwl know just what to expect each day-eo do our customer. Care .nA r-i.i. ATT our motto and you find M to every loaf -j "HP Top broad. , Dread ... 5c at all firocer V. 9. BTXAM BAKIBTO COKVAsTT T I m - rm