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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1911)
nil'! m.. lUHiii 'niitisiinv iuimiu,!? w mn BRIEF CITY NEWS T Soot PHnt It. Omaha General Hospital. Oas. Sleo. natures, Bnrr-ess-Oranrten. Xfrptlan Chocolate 300. M er-lH Ion. Myrtle Afiau Property Sold r. i Hern, thnxmh 1Mb (llovrr Iti'nlty Sytull rate, lias Mild t. KrnrFt Ulovrr llm pmi- rty.at 3 Myrtle avenue for 3.-. Mon day afternoon Ilia Ultiver Sjniilrate sold f.irty-four tcrt of trackaco properly on Hodge stri-et to the NVy Manuf act ur ine company, whii li vlll sunn locate here. Curry Ooes to Convention Hpv. li. n. Curry leaves tj.lay f .r New Torlc to attend tlio flint nipetlnu of tho Hoard of Kducatlon of tlxi Northern Kaptlst con vention. Thin nioetliiR takes In all tho churches north of the Mason and llxon line and west to tho ceant. He bops a a delegate for Nebraska and several other wesrtern stales. Haverly Delivers the Bond a Frank A. l''uray, city and county treasurer, re ceived a telparam yesterday from t. M. llaverty, county clerk, Maying that he had succeeded In hlB mission to deliver J200,ono court house bonds in St. Louis. The bonds, with accrued Interest, amount ing to $20:1,310, were placed In a St. Louis bank this morning. Plan for Initiation Puzzles Gus Renze The brain of Qua Rente, master artisan of Ak-Sar-Ben, worka at its best only amid the familiar scenes of tho Den, so Gus is trying to heat hia office with an clectt-io hoater. and do hla thinking there, walking occasionally through tho build ing to quicken Mb circulation. Any day now Gus can be found In his office chair, enveloped In cigar smoke and rumination. His present problem is to work out In the rough a scheme for this year's ini tiation and show at tho Den. II. J. Penfold, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben, Is expected here from his California win ter home within a few days. When he arrive & date for the 'annual meeting of knights at the Den will be set. Former Omaha Man Returns to Marry L. Jay Camp, a prominent Creston, la., attorney and former county attorney o Union county, Iowa, once a practicing lawyer In Omaha, wua licensed to wed Miss Jessie V. Shearer of Creston by "Cupid" Furay, marriage license clerk in the county Judge's office yesterday. They were married at 6 o'clock yesterday after noon. They returned at once to Creston and later will go to Denver on. a honey moon tour. Mr. Camp and Miss Shearer have been sweethearts for nearly ten years. He li 47 years old and she is 35 years old. Mr. Camp and his first wife were divorced eleven years ago. Gov. Brady Back from Governors' Trip Former Governor Brady of Idaho, Who Witn the western governors made a awing around the circle, visiting most of the eastern and southern states, Journeying on a special train, was In the city yester day on hia way home. Mr. Brady la of the opinion that the trip of the governors will be of great benefit to the west. The train was out some sixteen days and during that time dozens of speeches, all booming the west, were delivered to largo crowds. The Idaho man, single handed and alone, delivered nineteen speeches from the rear end of the train, In halls and at banquets. TALKS WITH SON WHO IS AfiOUT 2,000 MILES AWAY City Passenger Agent Thomas Godfrey of the Missouri Faclflo was the recipient of a most enjoyable Christmas surprise, a long-distance telephone talk with his eon, Dr. Godfrey, who la engaged in prac tice In Philadelphia. Christmas afternoon Mr. Godfrey was Sitting In the Missouri Pacifio city of fice, when he was notified of a long dis tance telephone call. A moment later he had the receiver at his ear and was talk ing with his son, almost 2,000 miles away. Ill Id Cod liver 01 No Other Emulsion Has Tbe Quality There Are Two Sizes 1 6 oz. and 8 oz. Each Brown Bottles Only. 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RESTRAINING ORDER IS ISSUED Urrhnril A Wlthrlm'a Application Srls Forth that Time to Pre pare Proposals Is Net Iuua; ICnoniib. Alleging that the Hoard of County Commissioners was about to let a con tract for Interior decoration of tho new county building In an llleaal manner and to the disadvantage of the county, the Orchard & Wllhelm Carpet company started an injunction suit against ths board yesterday. At 10 o'clock, two hours before the time set for tho opening of the bids. Peputy Sheriff Flanagan served upon the commissioners a temporary restraining Older, Issued by Oorgrt A. 1'ay of tho equity division of the district court. Tho order restrains tho board from opening or accepting bids on this work and from warding a contract during the pendency of tho suit. Hearing on tetnivirary In junction was set for December 30. More Tim Wanted. The Orchard & Wllhelm company's petition alleges that after tho commis sioners rejected t!io first set of decora tion bids they readvertlsed, but only far two weeks. They say they wish to bid and can offer a bid that may be bcttr than any submitted to the board; but they have not had tlmo to prepare their proposals. Sketches of mural paintings, w hich must accompany bids, require sev eral days for preparation. Unless re strained, says the petition, the board will award tho contract to a bidder who Is not lowest and best. It adds that the building Is not yet fit to be decorated. The commissioners said they will have the county attorney appear In Judge Day's court and defend at the proper time. No bids will be opened nor con sidered until disposition of the case Is made. v Webster to Banquet Michigan "M" Men Arrangements are complete . for the banquet to be given to Michigan "M" men by John II. Webster at the Uni versity club on the evening of January 5. Casper K. Yost, '61, lias been chosen toastmaster, and the former University of Michigan athletes who have been decorated with the coveted "Ms" are an nounced for speeches as follows: Lyslo I. Abbott, '91, "My Batting Average." Charles L. Thomas, '93, "The Editorial We." Frank Crawford, '93, "Michigan's Greatest Coach." John -Totter Webster, '11, ' Kalsing the Racquet." Albert W. Jefferls, '93, "A Three Bagger." J. DeForest Klchards, 'M. "Foot Ball and Finance." Charles G. McDonald, '00, "Touch downs on Penn." Henry T. Clarke, Jr., '99, "Then and Now." Mr. Webster la himself a Michigan man and In June was honored by the faculty with an honorary degree. Publicity System . for Short Weights Mayor Dahlman has Instructed John Grant Pegg, Inspector of weights and measures, to start a card-scoring sys tem with the beginning of theyear. Mer. chants In all lines who sell by weight and measure will be rated and the report of their standing published each month. The mayor Intends to have the system gradually extended until all merchandise sold by weight or measure will be scored and the dealer In such merchan dise will be compelled to see his standing published each month. "Let them give short weight a time or two," said' the mayor, "have the fact published and watch them reform." Bullet is Removed from Frohm's Body William Frohm, the chauffeur who ac cidentally shot himself In the breast Tues day morning and who was thought to be In a critical condition, was success fully operated upon Tuesday afternoon at Wise Memorial hospital by Dr. B. A. Mc Dermott. I . J 11 The bullet, which was of large" caliber, entered Frohm's left breast and took an upward course, and for this reason tho attending Burgeon had a difficult task extracting it. Yesterday Frohm was resflng easily and his chances for recov. ery are now thought to be excellent. Explosion in Peoria May Be Fatal to Four l'EORIA, 111., Dec. J7.-As a result of an explosion of a gasoline tank at a dyeing an 1 cle'inlng establishment on Main street here today one man was killed and, three others were probably fatally Injured. All the victims were employes. The dead: JOHN II ANNA, 1 years old. The Injured: Fred Cool. K. shanemakcr, manager. Unidentified woman; badly burned. PROTEST AGAINST SCHEME OF SOLICITING FUNDS According to the Commercial club, the Armenian people of Omaha regard as an illegitimate scheme the ' solicitations of funds In a large number of towns and cities of Nebraska by Armenians, who say that the money Is for relief of their people, who have lost all their property through Turkish depredations. The charities endorsement committee of the Commercial club and the Associated Charities warn the business men of Omaha agalruit these solitltors and ask Jiem to refer all Solicitors to the charltlea endorsement committee for proper creden tials. If not already provided with them, OMAHA CHINESE TO HAVE TIME ON THEIR NEW YEAR' Local celestials will hold their annual New Year'a festivities during the second week In February, according to Joe Lee, proprietor of the Golden Kagle restaurant at 1304 Douglas street, one of Omaha's prominent Chinese cltlsens. The celebration will probably last but four days, but during that lima it will be observed with all due ei lat. in addi tion to the celebration In Omaha, many of the local Chinese will remember their relatives and friends in the orient with the usual New Year's greetings. Realty Men Plan , to Become Gardeners Tno Ileal Kstate exchange has de cided that all vacant lots In the city should be planted to vegetables or flow ors this year and to that end authorised the appointment of a committee of five ti out lint' n plan of campaign. It was also decided to hold a bmiciuct some time In January and K. P. Ilostwick, W. II. tlates, II. M. Christie. W. 11. Green and P. J Tebhlns were appointed a banquet committee. John It. Urn ml t reported that the case wherein the city socks to compel the Union Pacific to build a new viaduct over the tin ks wi Eleventh street had been i"t for hearing before the state supreme court on January in. Ho also said the city council had promised the improvement clubs not to repeal the new viaduct ordinance, which gives the city a standing In court, until the Union Pa cific had submitted plans for the ade quate and acceptable repair of tho via duct. Tho road had told the council, he said, that 11 would make the viaduct strong enough for an eighteen-ton load. In case II should be allowed to repair the old structure. William Tigh Asks CJourt for Retrial William Tigh may get a new trial of his $28,000 damage suit against J. I. Kemp for alienation of hit wife's affections, and ono of Judge William A. Rodlck's last official acts luforo he leaves the district bench on January 4 may be a reversal of himself, for this is what the granting of a new trial In the Tlgh-Kemp case would be. The Jury gave a verdict for the defend ant Kemp, Arguments on Tlgh's new trial motion, which were made to Judge Red lek yesterday by W. J. Connell for Kemp and John O. Yelser for Tigh, de veloped tho fact that one of the court's instructions to the Jury may have been erroneous. The Instruction was to the effect that (he plaintiff should not recover unless the acts of the defendant were the controling cause of the alienation. The contention of the plaintiff was that he should recover If the defendant's acts were either the controlling or a con tributing cause. If Judge Redlok comes to this view he will order a new trial. He took the matter under advisement for a few days. ELSASSER HELPS WOMAN TO RECOVER HER BABY County Commissioner Peter E. Elsasser Is busying himself ai a baby retriever, Mrs. Daisy Carman, a woman who has lived at the county hospital for the last year, being the beneficiary of the com missioner's efforts. Mrs. Carman has appealed to Mr. El sasser for aid. She has had a woman taking care of her baby for several months. Now her mother In Minneapolis has sent word that she will give her and her child a home there. Mrs. Carman says that when she went to get her baby the woman refused to give It up and an nounced her Intention to adopt It. Mr. Elsasser agreed to help Mrs. Car man recover the child. Illrths amd Deaths. Births Joseph and Mary Rkaiak, Ben sen, boy! Mr. and Mrs. Frits Lubhe, 1W3 Van Camp avenue, boy; K. W. and Katrina llarman, boy; Frank and Electa Nelson, 502 Ohio street, boy; J. W. and Zella Miller, M3 North Thirty-sixth street, boy; James and Mary Konvalin, "10 Center street, boy; L. A. and Floe Jensen, 2(102 North Twenty-seventh street, girl; Hobs and Daisy Doud, IMS Marcy street, boy. . Deaths Mm. knnnle E. Gibson. 75 years, Uinta, apartments; Lawrence Arnold Walters, H years, S34K Meredith avenue; William Hay lee, 68 years, Ht. Joseph's hnnpltal: Mrs. Lucy A. Gafford, 71 years, 1412 North Thirty-third street. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Big Returns. An unusual sale of furniture The green seal of quality event Tuesday morning, January 2; we begin an unusual sale of furniture that will continue all the month. It is unusual because the depth of the cut in prices is greater than we ever made before. In every case the price-reductions are genuine. The array of furniture includes the fin est wood6 in the store with articles for every part of the home. JThe reductions range from 10 to 60 per cent. Full announcement in Sunday Bee Miller, Stewart & Beaton Co. The Tag-Policy House Established 1884 413-1W7 South 16th Street BERNSTEIN MAY LOSE HIS JOB Some Judges Oppose His Reappoint ment s Jnrenile Officer, OUTSIDE BUSINESS AS REASON Ton Marh of the Time nf tee Head Prehatlnn Officer in Taken lp nltk Ills Oalolde tH nrctlAu. Mngy Itrmstrln, chief Juvenile officer, may not be reappointed by tho sex en Judges f the district cmirt when they hold their annual meeting New Year's day. All tho Judges refuse to nay whether or not Bernstein will bo reappointed, hut It Is a well known fact that hn will have the hearty opposition bt some members of the Judicial colteae. The opposition is based largely on the belief that Hem steln's private business affairs and his work In a salary position ha holds out side of the Juvenile work conflict with his labor as a public servant. At the New Year's day annual meeting the Judges will assign dockets, elect a presiding Judge, appoint ta;ilffs, fix dates for terms of court In the counties of the district and transact any other business that may come up. Saloon Men War Over Good Stand at Intersection Discovering that at the end of the fls. cl year there will be a surplus of about $7,000 in the fire fund, the Hoard of the Fire and Police Commissioners yesterday afternoon adopted a resolution requesting authority from the city council to buy two automobile runabouts, costing not to exceed 11,250 each, one for the use of each of the assistant fire chiefs. The same reso lution carried a request for authority to purchase 8,000 feet of fire hose. As a license board the commissioners heard protests filed by the Anti-Saloon league against the issuance of aaloon licensee to Emll Hanson, 1S3 Chicago street; Frank Streypa, 201 South Ninth street; and Henry C. Rahn, 130" Farnam street. Hanson andxStreypa were charged with selling liquor after hours, and Rahn with conducting a disorderly place. The presentation of objections was conducted by Thomas Darnell of Lincoln, attorney for the league. O. A. Wardell and Leroy Henry, detectives for the league, fur nished the testimony. The detectives testified that In both the saloons named they purchased and drank liquor after S o'clock In the evening. The proprietors denied that they have violated the law and said If liquor has been sold after 8 p. m. it has been without their knowledge and consent. In the Rahn case Sergeants Vanous and SamuolHon testified they were sent to the aaloon November 14 and arrested eleven women who were sitting around tablea in the rear drinking beer and other liquor. Decision was reserved In ail cases. The protests against granting licenses to Louis Peterson, Hans Netlsen and F. M. Walker, all of whom desire to con duct saloons at Twenty-first and Cum ing streets, were called, but on motion of the attorneys for the applicants the hearings were continued until Thursday afternoon. This Is a ease In which each saloonkeeper for business reasons Is trying to keep the others out. RUSSIANS URGE BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN MADE MACHINERY LONDON, Dee. ZT. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Dally Telegraph says that through the medium of Count Stenboclc, former marshal of nobility of Kherson, many Kemstvo members In that province are urging a boycott of American ma chinery and goods as a protest against "American Interference" In Russian in ternal affairs, UOTEKIXTS Of OCBASf TBAUZSM. Port. Arrive. ttautd NRW YORK Kunk NEW YORK -Athln.l UlNDON Mlnn.hh 1,1 1 A IT MlunM NAFUCS Mtrtbs Whllt(ton. .. GENOA Dur Ut(l Akrusil.... ANVws.Hr seres (It, KM M$tf Amato now sings only for the Victor The great baritone of the Metropolitan Opera has decided, like other noted artists, that only the Victor can do justice to his voice and will therefore make records only for the Victor. The first Amato records arc selections from the operas in which he has made his greatest successes, and they reproduce the voicc.of the famous baritone with all its wonderful purity and stirring resonance. Victor Red Se si Record. 12 inch, i tech. Inltalitn RS3? Pagliacci Prologo (l'mlnsur) , , Leoncavallo 88327 Carmen Canton del Toreador (Toreador Song) . . . .Blast 8R328 Otello Credo (Isso'sCrerd) , Verdi Hear these superb records at any Victor tlealrr a, and ak him for a Jan uary supplement which contains complete list of new single- and double- ucea v ictor Kecoras, witn a detailed Out today with the January list of new Victor Records Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. Victor Necd1t S esntt per 100, 60 ctnts per 1000 GEO. E. MICKEL, Manager 15th and Harney Sis., Omaha 334 Broadway, Counoll Bluff a We Wish You a Happy and a Prosperous New Year That is our Holiday Greeting to our subscribers and friends. At this time, in tho midst of tho extra work at the year's end, we like to pause a moment to extend to our patrons the compliments of the season. Happiness, you know, is tho only thing that in creases the more you give away, po wo want to pass along a wonl of good cheer. This we give you ns our New Year's pledge: "Wo intend to keep and merit our reputation for effi cient service and fair courteous treatment. v NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO. 3 A I 1 M I Let a in the Phones, D 3867; A 3867. 309 South Seventeenth Street, Omaha Comic Section The Sunday Bea description 01 each. 2 Bell Telephone King New Year for You. Guaranteed on Home Builders Shares With Happy Hooligan, Little Nemo, the Katzenjammer Kids and the whole interesting family Records, illactiines and Ac ccssones, On Sale at n 1513-15 Douglas St, OMAHA, NEB. ' Save Yourself Needless Work! There are plenty of hard things you haw to do. Why do any that are needless ? Why sweep with a heavy broom when you can get a Littl Polly, that weighs six ounces less, gets the dirt every bit as well or better, lasts twice as long and costs not much, if any," more r LtY 5 because the broom cornf is selected from the sea son's finest, for strength. flexibility and uniformity. The handles are of hard maple, cov ered with a finish that wears like boiler plate and can't stick. Look for the name " The Little Polly" printed lengthwise on each handle. The only guarantied broom. ' Your rrocer carries the Little Polly, It he Is up-to-date. 1. ha doesn't, we'll tell you who does. HuT&h & Stewart Mff. Co. Dee Moines, Iowa If your ror doss not supply Lit tle Folly lirooms, send a post card to the tJiuana asent, John Heck, SIS Ave b, (outi.-tl Bluffs, Iowa, who will supply one 'hroush your grocer. Llt tls 1'olly bruuuw "last t wk- as lung." For soma of your tirlrhbors to tell you of their loss of frivate Papers. Jewelry, etc., by Fire or Burglars, before rentlnsT a fcafe Deposit Box In our modern 8teel Vaults (or keeping? aafely your valuables. Come here today and select the else Safety Flox you require pay IS O Xur a year's rent, and t eel se cure. Omaha Safe Deposit Company Street Level .Entrance to Vaults. Company ,steggrt H I lt raraaan Street. r I