Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 18, 1912, Page 4, Image 4
OMAHA,; SUNDAY MOSN1XG, FEBRUAET 18, 1912. PEES ARE GIYEN TO CHARITY Jig1 Hotel Ken Before Grand Jury Find Place for Money. JTST EESIUIO UKT1L H05DAY iimta am trti Made All bat Fwwr Iadlrtaseats, kat Sheriff fa Maklac AU IIIMi to l.aae Hla lira. Though til Doug's county grsad jury Ih turned out to bo an III wind tor oomo persona, tha adage about Its being aa "ill wind that felon nobody food." mil holds true. After having hcen examined by tha strand Jury yesterday regarding the rumor of a "sheiirlown" of saloonkeeper when they sought Manor selling Hciosoa, Roma Miller, proprietor or tha Ron and KU- lard hotels; T. J. 0"Brtn. proprietor of tha Henshsw hotel, and T. F. Taggart, proprietor of the Loyal hotel, turned their witness tees over to the Child Sav ing Institute. Examination of hotel men was designed to bring- out facts retarding rumara that hotel men maintaining, bars In eonnee tlea with their hortelrles were victims of the alleged "shakedown.' Three re fused to discuss their testimony before the grand Jury. Before they were ex amined they held a fifteen-minute con feranes In the -corridor outside tha grand Jury room. Stiller Makes lasseetlaa. sillier, O'Brien and Taggart met scale In tha office of Robert Smith, clerk of the district court, baring been sent there by Mi W, Oelger, foreman of tha grand Jury, who supposed they wanted their (sea. Tha statutory witness fss Is XX. Tha three hotel magnates wars amused at the Idea of their demanding tha paltry lees and were about to decide not to claim them, when sillier suggested that they take thera and turn tha money orar te the Child Sating Institute. Tha suggestion was approved by the ether two and the three promptly en dorsed their check t the Institution. Miller took them all and said he woiud see they reached tha right hands. - The grand Jury adjourned at 11 o'clock yesterday morning to reconvene Monday morning. It wishes t finish Its work next week, but fears it will be unable to do so. Arrests aa ail Indlctmaata but four fcave bean made. The persons Indicted In these have not ben found by Sheriff McShane and hi deputies, though they bar sought them diligently. It 1 thought they hare feared action by tha grand Jury and bays flown. NEW RAILROAD WOULD BE BIQ HELP TO OMAHA Local railroad man are radioed to ex press considerable surprise over tha In terview given out la Chicago by Presi dent Erb at ths aUaneepolls St. Lotus railroad, who make tha unqualified state meet that the lino Is to soon bo built Into Omaha, leaving the mala line either at Fort Dodge or Dos Moines, la. The Minneapolis St Lours Is one of tha read oontrolted by. ths lata Ed wis JKawiey and la put of the Alton sys tem. It has terminals la Minneapolis, St. PsuL Chisago and St Louis. - ,. Omaha railroad men cos teed that' the decision of Frsstdent Btv ts build Inn Omaha would bo of great benefit to t,hta eity and the entire country tributary. It would not only give Omaha another coaaeettos with the Inks, but would osea new territory into whloh Ih Omaha Job bers and manufacturers eould go. They also say that It would be of vast tmpor tanos to the grain aad live stock mar kets, drawing from both Minneapolis and Chicago, According ts the Interview given oat by PrssMent Xrb ths Minneapolis A It Louts I not gains to . stop . with . ths building of a bos Into Omaha, but will extend north from Minneapolis to tha Csasdlan border, tapping tha wheat fields Of too Dominion. Famous Diplomat to Speak Here Washington's Birthday John Barrett, who will deliver ths address upon tha occasion of too annual Washington birthday dinner at tha Omaha dub, Is di rector of tha Pan-American union, an International organisation main tained by tha twenty-one American republics. It purpose I the de velopment and conservation of com merce, friendly Intercourse and good understanding among tha na tions that are thus brought la touch with one another, Mr. Barrett waa the first United State minister to Panama and bad r haras of the establishment of the relation of the canal son and tha government of Panama, A a United Stats minister to Argentine Republic, bo Inaugurated the first big movement for the development of trad between tha United Stats and that nation. As United State minister to Colombia, he begs tha negotiations, still under considera tion, for the adjustment of the dis pute between tha United State and Colombld over Panama. A United Btato minister to Sum and special commissi oner of commerce la Chins, where be began his diplomatic career, ha waa largely instrumental In awakening the American commercial Interests to the opportunities la the far oast. In hla Omaha address,' Mr. Barrett will discuss tha "Panama Canal and Americas Commerce; What They Moan to the Central West." . JOHN BAKltsTTT. WOOING OF MISS DEMOCRACY (Continued from First page.) shades of Sherwood forest for the sake of Its tall timber, hence they fell easily Into Robin msrry crew. There was "Little Joha (Jim) Oarflold. and "Will Scarlet La roUetts," and 'Trier Pln enot" and good ''Dam Marksttlng." besides Robin Hood, who, introducing himself a an outlaw, ssng: "But out. law now, yon see, are mea of wealth and rank and pedtgre.' Thar waa a "loud blast" from a bugle la the forest depths and It was announced. That's Bob La 'Toilette." (Very faint blast) "That's Cummin.' (Oenaral mtkup of discord.) "Hsnry Wattorsoa la la Son 's renee with Woodrow Wilson," That tuneful air, "Old Cross Bow," was glvea a Strang twlat a follow: A ttateman who dwelt ea tha Out looks Edge, Wu A. It alih hla sid me SMIek. window lease. lie hit It an awful lick. A dove of peace lit en hi i He stopped awhile, and to sigh began; They heard him both near and far, If you wait for tha office to seek the man. The office says, "stay where you are" Dame Markettlng declared she ksd been deoalrsd by ail parties, and expressed her indignation at the high cost of living, to the tune of "Oh. Promlss Ms:" Toa promised me that aa day I could buy, A strsk without s atortgag . on the farm. Ton said with Dr. Wiley help, you'd try. To ehleld in famuy awmasn from ail . harm. And yet when I take out my pocksv . sooa ear nay, And see hew all my 014 man's ooln ha allim4l Bav. 1 ahed anether tesrdreo a I ssr. You promised msi you promised ma i The "Court af Honor" mat la opsa ses sion befar the guests to settle all ejus. tioa requiring arbitration, sanitation and Illumination," and waa ready to report Her war some of the question and the court' answer: , "Have yo looked Into this dispute over universal arbttretlonT" "W havs" "everybody favor It, I (uppossr "Everybody but tha United States sea ate" ' "What la your decision ra tho dispute between J yd son Harmon and Mr, Bryan T" "Mr. Bryan Will allow Mr. Harmon to ALMOST DEAD WITH CATARRH "PERUNA HAS SAVED MY LIFE." remain la the race an ea condition." "What la that" "The condition that Mr. Harmon refuses to withdraw. "Have you settled the row between Os car Underwood and Mr. Bryan r' "W decided Bryan waa Infringing on a copwrlght. Hs had no business to try to organise an Ananias eiub." Too oeurt also decided that the only dif ference between La Pol let te and Cummins waa la ths fact that "There la only one cantor of the tag." Tho august tribunal cams to grist whoa asked what It had to say about the rumored struggle be tween Taft and Roosevelt Each member throw up his bands and walked out with out saying anything, and whan tho "press agent" (an essential feature of the court) waa appealed to ha exclaimed. In greet surprise. "MoT I've got nothing to say. I etarted It" It remained for ths "Democratic Steepler)! ate" skit to bring out tho Candi da tee la full force. A bookmaker ap peared with blackboard, shestwrltsr aad other apparatus and announced tho en tries as follows: Her ts woodrow W, sired by Jim Smith and daamned by Henry Watteraon; brassed out well oa his last trial, going fast under a hard pull. 'Next I Judaoa H., an sld campaigner, begot by O rover C, a famous staks horse, and damned by W. J. Bryan. "Her 1 Tom Marshall and J. W. Kern, entered by the Tom Tags-art stable from tho banks of the Wabash, and coupled la tho betting. "Next I Champ and Oovornor Polk, entered by tha -Show Mo stables. The Governor has Just been klcksd la the paddock by Champ, soupled In tho bet ting with bun, and layer can 1st their money stand or take It down. W. J. Stone and J. Reed, both likely boys, will rid them. "Here I Wimaia Jennings, who will be ridden by W. J. Bryan, tho only rider who has svsr been able to stick aa his back. Next corns Oscar W a Uttls eon. sarvatlve svsr tho lumps, but a fast colt; J. Bank head up. "Last but not least I JEugon N, en- tared tnadvartonly by Henry Cabot Lodge." I Tho funniest kind of betting followed aad ths horse got away, but unfor tunately th Oridlron club tailed to en lighten Its guests aa to th Identity of tho winner, for Just ha th ponies were banohed.ln th home stretch la aa excit ing finish th poltcs raided th ball and "pinched') th bookmaker. Death from Blood Poles. waa prevents by O. W. Clsyd. Plunk, Mo, who healed his dangerous wound with Bueklsa's Arnica Salve. Only So. For sal by Beaton Drug Co. Catarrh for Fly Years Mr. a 8. Johnson, Greenville. I1L, writes: 1 waa for five year troubled with catarrh. Tw year ago I had an foot la tho grave I had triad seven doctor aad also wont to a catarrh spe cie tut la St Louis, sad took ssversi kinds of n. edicts a day. I eould not walk more than a nundred yards without resting. -M friends told m to take Psruna. and I did so. I now feel that rerun baa saved my Ufa It la tho boat medicine on earth, aad I would aot bs withy, at if - A Heavy Cold Samuel McKinley, ltli Oraad Ave. rr-TTT City, Mo, member of tho Sod Sty of th United States Jewelry Auc tioneers, writes: I can aonostly say that I ewa my Ufa to reruns. After soma at tha best doctors la th country gave sac ap aad old mo I eould not 11 vs aaotast month, Psruna saved me. "Traveling from town to town throughout th country, and having ts go Into all kinds of badly bested stores and buildings, somstlmss standing ap for hours at a time while plying my trade aa autloneor. It Is only natural Chat I bad colds frequently, so whoa this would occur I paid llttla attaaHoa to It. sstil kat December, whoa I con tracted a saver case, which, through my part, ssttted aa my "When almost toe lata, I began doc toring, but without avail, until I hoard of Psruna. It cured ma, so I cannot praise It toe highly." , Knsal Catarrh, Cndgh. Mr. Emil Plckart. Ill lith St, Ham' mond, Ind., writes: "I am entirely cured of catarrh of th nose, and my stomach la la good condl den also, I only used about five bot tle of your great medicine, although I bad catarrh so bad aad for so many year that I thought I woalda't live much longer. I had to consult doctor right along. Mow all my friends say I never looked as well aa I do now. "I can also say that It la a great rem edy fee1 coughs, berasee I gavs It to my children. I never will be without It used enough other medldns to know now valuable Parana la "Ton are at liberty to as my nam la spreading th merit af Psruna, MAY OUST THECONTRACTORS ComminuoaRi Threaten to Complete Court Home ThemtelTet, BOASO ISSUES A5 TJITdATUK Demand U Mads aa All Sake est. tractor ts Maka Statements Ncsjardlaa Taair Agree-meats. BRIEF. CITY NEWS ZUv Boot Prist It, Ma, Slee. Putajea. nwigssa Srsssca. If enable to got Booth' Guaranteed Canned Oyster st your dealer, sail Doug las CM for nearest dealer's name. Waal ths ad tress of every city sales- traveling salesman and merchan dise broker In Omaha or territory ad joining. Something a peel si, ssnd full nam and permanent address, ga Bee Bidg. wtsta Sets a Isak-Joseph Stein ha taken out a oommlssloa blank. Thar ars now 111 blanks sut Twnty-on hsv been tiled. Trinity Obeli Bmtsrtalasd Dean aad Mr. J. A. Tanoook entertained sixty five member of tho Trinity church choir last night Th evening waa spent In dancing and playing cards. 1-lga raasral Meaaay Ths funeral of Martin Ttgha, th Union Paclflo watch- allied In th railroad yards Friday, will be held from tho Sacred Heart Catholic church at t o'clock Monday morning. Park Beard Meets Wsdnssdsy Th board of park eoiamiasionore wUI hold a meeting at th city hall Wednesday at 1:11 o'clock and th public Is invited to attend. B. J. Comtek, now la the east. ay be prssenL snrsUey la Sue Alleging that former Shorif Edwin P. Brsiley nssaulted him at tha automobile races June 11. liu, and for no reason. Alfred N orris of Council Bluffs ask tlt SM damages la a suit filed In th federal district court OsagM eteaJJsg Cera Anton Breeds wsa arrested by Officer Mansfield while stealing corn from Droshs Bros., teed store at 1KT South Thirteenth street He wsa coming out of the store with the feed when caught red handed by the officer. J spasm Imbssssilog Oeealar Ths new ambassador from Jspan, Mr. Bhinda, accompanied by hie wife, has arrived la San Francisco, Ho will pass through Omaha en Union Peotfio train No. X Tuesday evening at l:o) o'clock. He at riding aa aa ordinary pssssngsr. Xiyaahsr to SeUver Addis Th Omaha Tbeosophical society will hold a pabUo meeting In tho Omaha School of Musts, Eighteenth aad Parnam street, Sunday svenmg at S o'clock. W. H Lnnehard of Council Bluffs wUI deliver aa address. Hla subject will Include a general resume of tho Tbeosophical motement throughout the world. Ths title of Us subject will bo "Sunrls" and will be sxsspUrislly lateresUag. sspo dalry to those who kaow Uttls of the Taeosocolcal nwvaovaut. For ths tallur of Caldwell A Drake general contractors on the new county building, to make reasonable progress oa ths building, ths Board of County Com missioners and Architect John Latenser, will take charge of tho work unless the general contractors Changs their tactics within thirty days. Ultimatum to this effect wss Issued ts th general contractors and their bonds man, tho Fidelity and Deposit company, of Maryland, In ths form of resolutions by ths board yesterday afternoon. By way of preparation to take th threatened alternative telegrams were sent to the Colorado Tula Marble com pany of Marble, Colo., aad all other Im portant sub-contractor asking for state menu regarding ths present Stat of their contracts with Caldwell A Drake. Watchmen Are Appelated. To guard against any unforeseen con tingencies that may srUe as a result of the relations between ths county and ths general contractors now strained al most to the breaking point-to board upon recommendation of John Latenser appointed day and night watchman for th new county building and called upon Sheriff Felix J. McShane to appoint them deputy sheriffs. They ars W. B. Christie, dsy watchman, and Tom Kelly, night watchman. The action resulted from a conference of the board, Latenser and County At torney James P. EngUib, which was bo gun Friday aftsrnoon and ended yester day. It was necessitated by the failure of Caldwell A Drake and their bondsmen to take any official notfes of tho board's action three weeks ago In calling upoa the bondsmen to make tha general con tractors rush th work. When Hsnry Ostrom. dark of ths board, began reading the resolutions Commis sioner Thomas O'Connor hurriedly left the board room. A recess wss taken and Ostrom sent out to bring O'Connor back lo vols oa the resolutions. Hs waa found In the corridor. Hs had a copy of the noon edition of a newspaper la hla hand and explained that he had gone out to get the news. Tho Reeelatlea. All five members of the board voted for this reeolutloni Whereas, By ths terms and conditions of their contract, Caldwell A Drake ware i to have completed the oonat ruction of the Douglas county court house on or before May L 1311. and Whereas, It Is now more then eight months since the time when said building should have been completed and the earns Is suit In an unfinished condition, and at the rate the work is now prosTeesm it will require many months longer to complete the same: and v hereas. Ths Fidelity and Deposit eom psny of Maryland Is surety on the bond of the said CsldweU A Drnk tor the faithful performance of their contract for the eonetrucuon and completion of said court house; Therefore. Be It Resolved. That ths ajd Caldwell A Drake and the said Fidelity and Deposit company of Mary land as surety on their said bond be, and they are hereby notified that unless the said Caldwell A Drake begin sctlve work upon said court house within thirty 3U) days with a force of men and material sufficient to complete the same wlthia a reasonable time, that the Board of County Commlasioners of Douglas county and ths architect John Latenser, will take possession and charge of said build In and employ other workmen to com plete said building, aa provided by the terms of their said contract with ths said County of Douglas: And bs It further resolved that a copy of this resolution bs furnished to Cald well A Drake and to ths Fidelity aad Deposit company of Maryland. HIGHWAYMEN HELD FOR IMPERSONATING OFFICERS Three men were arrested st I o'clock yes terday morning, charged with Impersanat ing officers and for highway robbery. They ars Aleck Beck. 7M North Sixteenth street; A. J. Groth. same address, and W. B. Scott id North Nineteenth street They were arrested by Detectives Murphy snd Sullivan on complaint of Robert McKee of Dixon, Neb. McKee said hs was stopped at Sixteenth snd Webster streets by these men. who told him be had a revolver on his person which wss stolen and they ware officers and had received Instructions to search him. Dtxton objected and finally mad his get-e-way. but not until th supposed officers hsd taken Hi of his money away. The polios havs learned of several per son who havs been fleeced by this gang. Th man will bs turned over to th grand Jury for Investigation. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Vice President Munroe of the Union Pacific has been called to Washington, where he has business before the inter state Commerce commission. W. A. Wsymsn, formerly local agent of ths Erie Dispatch, has been promoted to the position of assistant general man ager, with headquarters in Caicsgo. Lew Adams spec's! Immigration offi cer from Denver, Is In Omaha holding a oonfsrsncs with H. B. Mills of ths secret service department relative to the de portation of undesirable alien women. Miss Bess A. McClenshan. assistant secretary of the Associated Charities. Is In Omaha to visit snd study soctsi con ditions, paying particular attention to ths methods employed by the charttebla organisations here. Demos Object to the Attitude of Senator Hitchcock "Th fusion forces ex-silver republi cans, populsts aad Bryan damoerata have supported atenator Hitchcock." said & Arton Lewis yesterday. "But bow be Is attempting to gather and load a delega tion to the national convention that will bs solid eg aloe Mr. Bryan aad Woodrow Wilson. We resent it And wa re going to fight It Mr. Lewis said Lea Herd man had publicly nnnouncad that aa effort would bs mad by Nebraska desnoarata to "glv Bryan another taste of the Grand Island convention." Bryan democrats are not unanlrsouely against Governor uim, but Mr. Lewis declared that any attempt by the junior senator from Nebraska to win a sou a siarmen alle gation from thai state would be mot by ths most bitter sopostuen. Bens ii Htteheook ha asuMtaaosd that he would be willing to accept a uoinina Uon as on of the four delegstes-al-lsrge. Imi snnnortara aav ha Will BOt St OS at accepting auch a nomination, but ha al ready started a movement to send aa an ti-Bryan man from every one of the twelrs district from whloh a delegate will bo selected. "W will mak It warm for Mr. Hitchcock If hs does this." said Mr. Lewis. "W supported htm once, but will not stand for anything Ilk what la being proposed now." Ure and the County Board Come to Terms on Salary Question County aad City Treasurer W, 0. Ura, who hag been asking the Board of County Commissioner to Increase the salary schedule of hi ofOc a year, and the board, which baa been refusing, has reached aa agreement. Both think they havs won. The board adopted a reeoiutjoa giving Or aa Increase of M, Instead of the in crease he originally asked. The oounty rejected hla eatlmat of U.K a year for B. O. Solomon, as chief deputy treasurer and several small Hams. According to the board's resolution tha total salary sost of the sfflos will be feVeis. Last year it waa tse.am But Mr. Urs smiled after th board aad agreed to adopt the resolution. He 1st It slip out that be has consulted th st stilts and know th statu ts pro video for a chief deputy at HM aad th oounty will bar to pay th salary. Kay to th Ktuetios-Bss Want Ads. RATE CLASSIFICATION MEETING AT ST. LOUIS . - MMilur of the Rn.nl tnnoru -iui of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa and chairman or ins comnimew ths State Railroad Public Service com missions of lows. Nebraska, Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Kansas. Oklahoma. Texas and Missouri, that proposes to formulate plans for attacking th proposed advance tn freight rates, ha called a meeting for February 80, to be herd In St Louis. Mr. Thorn says that under th new western classification worked out by the railroads, on some conuuuuiuc nine will be sn advance of from 50 to V per cent la the rates. He finds that tha rat on binding twin will be ad vanced MO per cent Pure Blood. Lily-Pare Skin Clear Your Blood With Smart's Cal cium Wafer Pimple Disappear la Remarkably Quick Time. Trial Paokars Best Free to Prove It, Ton can us all th lotions and creams m th world, but you won't have a good eomplexloa unless your blood I free from the Impurities which causa pim ples, blotches, liver spots, blackheads and bolls, v No matter how splotchy or pimply your face la now you can clear It quickly by taking Stuart' Calcium Wafers. This Isn't guess work. It Is a fact Thess little wonder workers clear tha blood almost like magi. 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A Single Dollar Down has a tremendous purchasing power during balance of February A mere $1 down buys ANY single - piece in this store Regular terms to be resumed in March again $1 down per room secures any of our ad' vertised room outfits $1 down leaves you NO excuse such as; "I've no ready money just now." Our $1 down proposition is exceptional you are aware of that Durin,, the balance of February we will oSer any piece of furniture in the store at a mere "dollar down;" McDougal Kitchen Cabinets, Brasi Bed, Gas Ranges, Macy Book Gases, Side Boards, Buffets, Rugs, even Parlor Sets. $1 down takes any piece. February is usually the dullest month in the furni ture trade, but we do not intend to have it remain so. If you want furniture, buy it NOW; your first outlay is merely $1; pay balance later when money is easier for you, but enjoy the use of the goods NOW. Our celebrated, strongly advertised room outfits may be secured at $1 down per room during February; this applies to our well known $23 bed room, dining room or kitchen outfits. Don't remain shy on home equipment when it takes but $1 down to stock up. Where, indeed, is the man or woman who cannot lay down a dollar deposit on some piece of furniture he or she craves; who cannot afford to grace the home with a complete room outfit by paying down $J and securing easiest terms on the balance? We are sure this offer has never been duplicated elsewhere on similar high grades of home outfiittings; we are sure our terms on the remainder of the moneys due are as liberal as a dealer could devise and still re main in business. You've never yet realized the full purchasing val ue of a DOLLAR. Try us out during FEBRUARY. Union outfitting OMAHA SLCEfWfrJAOBON COKSOUDATED WITH efwrnrX THE PEOPLE'S STORE