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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1911)
;ir, wv.iu omah.n. sati ijuav. ii: i:mi;i:ij .. mi i. J 1 - - 1 . . . .. . .. v. 'rrmj CAUSE OF ATTACK IS GIVEN Ealph E. Sunderland Tells Why Commission Form is Assailed. Electric Company Has Claim for the Delay at Court House Claim against the coantv for losses suffered by thf Johnston I'Jectrto com pany on account of the drugging of con struction work on tho new count v build, lug and In the dynamite explosions in tho building are to bo pressed by the Johnston company. In a letter Just sent to the llolml of County Commissioners the Johnston company calls attention to the fact that Its claim for losses through slow progress of the general construction Is Increasing gradually. The company has desired to do Its part of the work at the earliest possible moment so it can have the matter off Its hands and so It I will not U to be k-epin men on hand ' for the Job. Tho rlrcu-ioal work cannot 'be completed until the general construc limit. ';rZtr;L:z ,;;;n:':!CASES against druggist slonrrs holds the. contractors to this pi vision the penalties will be In excess of OLSON ARE DISMISSED tion is nearer done and tho Johnston let ter says tho slow progress of tho l.tst thirty or sixty flav hot cncoof.igliv. The rompany "wants to know it the county niches It to file a claim now and an additional oh when tho work t com. ploWd, or wishes it to wait until the woik Is done before filing any claim. The Johnston claim will bo In the neigh borhood of Members of tho Hoard of County Com missioners and others now are saying the new county building will not bo occupied In-fore next fall or late next summer at best. I'nder the contract with Caldwell & lrake, the general contractors. It should t-ave been finished June 1. this year. Tho contract provides that the contractors ehall pay a penalty of fioo t day for all time taken beyond tho timo H0YE SUES DAILY NEWS, ALLEGING CAMPAIGN SLANDER If. F. Olson, propiirlov of t!- iVui; store at Nlnetcvitli anl Ilarnry sfiets, who was nr-csl 'l when Ms slum was raided Saturday, was dinrharg.jd on two cluircos filed nn.i.rsf him In p'lcj couit. Olson wa chanted with rll:ti whisky without reipiirlni tie purchaser to air.it n l er.isior an I also for s-V.hmh llipior wiiiicit a I'.ccase. Ti e chin gc cf si Hint lnjuor wlthon'. a llieii'o w :i t.iivl on n search ,:irr.int. OFO LETTER IS MADE PUBLIC Attack M'a Mutle m Ihr Plan t l)ra Xolnci I.) Thimr Intrrmtnl In the Old Rule. , libelous and slanderous statements to have been uttered by the Omaha Pnilv News form the basis of a libel suit for 2."..ii0 against that newspaper bv I'red Ho e. w ho w as defeated for sheriff at the last election. The suit was filed late yesterday after noon In district court. Iloye sets forth that slanderous and defamatory statements relating- to his Incumbency on tho Kir and 1'ollce board were made by tho News In a tenlolnt editorial published during tho last campaign. Ralph K. Sunderland, leailrr tf the (.'ill nn' unl"n ha sent tlio lollowintf letter to tha editor of The Hoe answrrli-B the T!m cl-Higs i"..d not core.- the law tr.U on a tei hnicil.ty Olson was uuun.i:'i;,.l. Assistant oir.ty Auoinsy Mairr.c S'.U ho would lobe.lly fllii another n.mpUiul against Olacn which v.saia ioer ibe hi such a way iu t- w arruut O.son I lu( bound over to th district coort. i w I l r .1 i attack mail on the commission form of govmrnifiit; ' "As u to be fxpeclcd the rncmlcs of Commission government in Omaha, hava gain come to the front. "According to a local dully paper an tttcmpt is to be made to dcetroy the comrninslon plan law by having: it de clared unconstitutional or otherwise In valid. "The people of Omaho have by iluo process of law necured the coininl; tion ' Ilan. of government, effective next sprltiB, and they not only resent tho attack upon it, but will defend their right to put it into operation. '"The people of Pes Jioines Old the aame thing about four years av Admin Ixtratlon politicians whoso iwnoiiai ln tereaf surpajised their interest in the vvtl lare of the city, appealed to tha courts Upon technical grounds for the annulment tho commission plan law. "The citizetia rose up in defenxe of the law, although it provided for a th'-n un tried plan of government, anil they de manded their rlnht to use it. jThey won. "Tho dcclxioMH of thn court were in the interest of the whole city and today great honor tn pnld to the Judg.-f) who stood 3 a bulwark asalnut the destruc tion of tho commission r?an, which has irovea so beneficial to t'ie citizens of Dcs "Omaha, citizens liave been keen ob servers of the progress that Is being made In the direction of good government and Ihe (obstructlonist. whether operating in tho open or covertly In the name of som 'taxpayer,' can not' deceive tho leople of this city nor defeat their will. "Would any citizen or city official at tack tho validity of the commission plan law for the good of the city or would It be for aomo other reason? . "Fortunately for the good of tTift city, the citizens at large re awake to their own Interests and reallio their own power (o protect their interest", i They know what they want and will stand together'1 pBainst every effort to destroy that which they , want most, namely the commission plan of government for Omaha." Many Bid for Repairs on Federal Building Bids for $12,000 repairs to bo mu.le at Ihe federal building within the'next six fnonths poured Into the custodian's office yesterday, and among the several score received only 'six were sent in by Omaha contractors. (The remainder came tuoatly troin firms in Chicago, Denver and Knr BaE .Cty. These bids were ent to. the puptrvlBlng architect at Washington and the!, award will be inad wine '.ttnio KvitMn the next week. BROTHERS MEET AFTER ' TWENTYJEARS APART When Jess redersen, the l'anlsh wrest ler, who meets Jr-s Wcstergaard at 4ic Auditorium tonight In a finish match, stepped from his trnin at tho I'nion depot lie was met with a surprise which will make him think of Omaha for years to come. Tederseu has a brother by the name of John. Twenty years ago Joint and' Jess separated In the old country. John came to tho United States to try and make a fortune. AV'hcn the two brothers separated little did they know that It would be twenty, years before they taw each other. John read about Ms brother Jess being In this country, and it was, with a hearty grip that lie franped the hand of his brother when he arrived in Omaha this morning. John lives at gioux Falls, 3. D. Xt)TON BtOCW .GRAND OPENING ANNHMGEiiEN S UNION MADE m . 5DIT ir If "ft OGCAT TO YOUK MASUIt SATI1DBAV. DEGEC1BER 9TES For Our Opening I);iy wo luvvo for you to choose from, the finest assortment of woolens ever brought to Oiiuiha. The weaves include Imported English Worsteds, Scotch Tweeds, French Drupes, English lilue Serges and hundreds of all wool pattern. Tailored to your individual measure. Union Cutters Union Fitters Union Tailors. AH f M Union Wool JJ Hade $25 Suit or Overcoat to Order $30 Suit or Overcoat to Order $35 Suit or Overcoat to Order $40 Suit or Overcoat to Order To Your Measure Fit Guaranteed "Builders of Tidy Jogs" Suit or Overcoat Free Splendid premium to be given to our customers FREE, Satur day, our Opening day. ASK THE .MAN. "Clothes of Better Sort" j Do Mutt and Jeff i I interest you? I I Home Furniture Co., South Omaha 20 Below Omaha Prices .NOT ONE DAY BUT EVERY DAY PRICES ON USEFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS Solid Oak Rocker (Like Cut.) $2.75 mmmm low 1 v solid I wHi & v oak JGJi rfV RT571PS?Tr Children s Eockers JA . f iite& 20 Below yZ"S3s So III ... 'ssUftfeftSiia Omiha Prices iSe Sized Couch 11 Best Chased Leather Vlr . it ' x U 1 Special Holi day Line of Morris Chairs from $7.00 to $15.00 20 Below Omaha . Prices Special Holiday Kuj Prices I7x'.4 rlvrt !'.iiki I'7xj4 AMiin.Htor .... I: t x 7 'J Axmni!ftor Jtu-s Mxli H-i m ! m I v t ltns $.i0 Uillun j:u,; . .5J.PO . .l 75 S'.VI l'.'.'.0 . tC.)J M I Holiday I In; oi Library Tables Oak. Waxed, Fumed or Mission n 111 i They are going to do a double strip of pictorial ; stunts in pink section of The Omaha Sunday Bee To t laugh? You can't help it. ' Then in the four-page colored comic section those funny funsters, the Katzenjammer Kids, are going to make "fool ishness mit der Captain." Up roariously funny, indeed. Two Big Features All Wo men Will Read Mid-Winter Fashions f , . By Lady Duff-Gordon, . greatest living creator of fashions "My Secrets of Beauty" by Mmc. Cavalieri, the most famous living beauty. Scores of Other Things to amuse, interest and instruct every body who can read. To boost Christmas business, tell shoppers of your goods. i The Omaha Sunday Bee j Increases Business j It goes into more Omaha hemes than all other Omaha t Sunday papers combined , Women read The Sund ay Bee because its special fea tures surpass ah others men read it because its news is clean and reliable; children read it because they are de lighted with t h e funny pictures and the fea tures for the youngsters. ! e ! 1 i Your store message in The Sunday Bee j will mean enlarged sales next week . 1 . .4 V - :