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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1912)
niE UKL: OilAliA, WEDNESDAY, FKBKUAHlf 28, 1912. CHARGES MADE AGAINST PEGG . .v '. , laipector Aocuwd of Taking Money from Col Company. . . lEGG SATS EE BORROWED IT si lis that 1U Leausa lUn ! Pa 14 lirt ItNtWT Says Ho tWe Case e ' i taerCraad Jnrr. ... Charges were made azainxt Jobs Grant ,Fcs". city Inspector of weights mud meas ures la polios court yaoterday. br H. Uroea wlillo the latter tu betac tried oa a chart of rfarn to repair Inaccurate scales 1 .Ma coal yard at Sixteen! and Inrd street.' Grose wss discharged after VratiBf that he u not nunc the ecxlea, laving quit' to eosl business in Dscenv , While or the stand- Mr. Gross said that a year ago bo spant over 13.00 to put tbo oathern Coal coaipany. of which ba was a director and sxockbeldeT,', out .of bus: m because tea secretary . of the oom paay was shertweif htlng all to costom an. Ho than bought tbo busissss from tba reosrveg.. In going ever too books ha found Fan had received esrtala anna ef sMDey. Ha also found eaaeeflrd Chocks fW varioueaswunts which bad eesaad eat to Js jd ,wnieh had been endorsed and cashed. These he of fered as evidence. Ho said ' the former cashier ' was held to eoecmnt for the checks and ssjd that ftss was paid fit a month, . . R. T. Patrick, atleraey for .Gross, sre sented the mauar to the grand Jury yes terday afternoon. - Mr. Pen was asked. If ba could give an explanation of tba checks heins nulls out to bin, and ba said: 1 seeded money oa two or three different .occasions and t borrowed the money from Mr. Meter -stela, who was secretary of the defunct Soot hern Coal company, and I ban paid It all back. I borrowed money from other eosl wanna nles. too, but I bar paid It all back." Dahlman Approves : Hiring, of Expert Mayor Dahlman yesterday slfned the council's resolution , tor- an appropriation of 1406 V be P1d James Hall of Chicago to appraise the gas company's plant. The appraisement :ts to be msda m connec tion with 'the cUy's. effort to. secure a reduction lnthe coat of gas tp .consumers. If your children are subject to attacks of croup, watch for tha first symptom, uusjsuitssi-f Otve-Cbainbarlaje'e- Ceetn BenMdy;aa'aeoa'as tha child beeotaet taearse and fhe, attack say ba warded a&for. aaia by. al druggut. s..r,' i 't.; Yoomiriii CMStut CUT. CUC Mai Laalin aw. MaaHoBsgets Moo . drcnlatioB ibJ miismTa irjrirtifMimw af .'I? iif::.lt V -ftoPW. . I '' " " . , i o . . lilcr. niiwrwf CXM takfJB tTiminiahjia anJ rm4.m I.r J I .... s a Z. awniiaiiisna Vf uq nan MoT k to Tire a fJ iL. -t.l. fmut I ll l l fadlwawHaai -- 1 J I 1 Tt CMBtmrl Aa afrara fo L.. . sfJ . I ' I a . . . " 7 . ""'a 7atal HCC Pure lili3daicy tk Vs lak VUaVf Oa. . S i , LIGHT COMPANY MAY SELL negotiations Under Way for Sale to Eastcra Capitalists. COLUMBUS P0WE& HAS IS UP OaaU Plant Hay Be Carol te DLa rjrfkwta Pwwxr GnmtH by tkve iMf Ktm snt Miakai tt Deal Coca Tfcrasnshw Henry li Deucberty of New Tork, rep- reeentinc a syndicate of east era capital ists, baa been la Omatia some time nerotlatlnf for the purchase of the plant of the Omaha Electric IJfht and Power company, to be used aa a distributing agency for the Columbue power canal. which It la now pmpoeced to deeeloo. The Columbue power scheme la that outlined by C. I Babceck, Involving the expenditure of a couple ot million dol lars In a power canal from tha Loop i at Columbus, which. It la said. would generate enough electricity for the use ot Omaha and several other eastern Nebraska cities. President F. A. Kaah has gone to New Tork to close tha deal It terms caa ba agreed upon. It la said that SUM.Wt baa been spent by tba .company an. Improve ments to the last three years andthat the sum offered tor the plant Is several fmlUlotos. The, city of Omaha claims that the el ec trie light company Is operating with out a franchise, and a suit to determine this question Is now In tba United States court of appeals, but this tact, tt Is said, will have ao effect on the negotiations. Omaha directors ot tba company'' are V. A. Nash.'O- W. Holdrege, Henry W. lYatse, K..C. Batten, CasperHE. Tost and ;W. it. Burgess, Tares directors are east- am man. . ' . camp. " T ,r -i ,: , tt b aSe beat elanent of a mixture v wapoSat c: i rmfiiTTy ttlocted fcr coking: quafitica. '"The pgfrntni aa&rayrxKrssha3tmgrvrevrry iarfjiulty. faerie pnct&aUy pass carbaa perfect fad lor sCOIbrsrih , Itcaabecaod ta toy fanwec, range, tfirre cr grate suitable ir coal cid &xs sot 1mm out fira poCtprgratesL It ia smokeless; sootiest clem and toslihfiil fcavc3 no ashes ta'xift. It is c&eapex' Catn bard coal and .Cate. idit gmir decern for toUkr mr write touij J ran sale rr Central Coal &'Coke Co; ol Omaha ISotta rhonsS'Uell Uouq. 1221; Ind. A165 Opposite: Orphuem Theater ' 1 1 1 S. V. A LostJHis ;;Hair:Beard - aiid lu Terrible Plight of a Pennsylvania Man Reported by a Prominent Ciliien: an old schoolmate ot Valor March's, both ha vlng attended West Point at the aaa time. Major March aaya there is a bet ter soldier la the army than Evans, and be la a good man for the position here. Ad Men Hear How to Boost Omaha Goods How la gat Omaha dealers to handle Onu ha.ma.de seeds and Omaha soaatamsra to buy Omaha. made goods," was the lubiest et diet: use lea at tha weekly meet ing ot the Ad sluh at the Fallon, r. . Sanborn, president ot the Viand ard etseh rood company, said! The only Inducements a manufacturer aaa after ts the dealer are htih suainy. lew prlee and service. Tha aversg Onuba maaufaeturer effcti high qualliy and lew Wise and stops theie. It ha sftrrs aervloe, tt Is ts eutalfle trade, n Is a sen. tasalea at week n see le argua thai (he loeal dealer wan'l handle hems goals, If the teal la sahaM, b will admit thai ha handles outside goada beoauss the cut aide anauufaeturara atfee him mars see. vloe In nslplng him sell the geeda," Barvrsa, Mr, Banbern sail, means hews. eeaee advertUIng, tlsmbwrd advsrUtlHft parssntl letters, dtawnetratloiue wlsdsw dliplaya, dlttrlbutloa e aaaiplea, ate, Hey T, Byrne af the Bryn Hanmer Dry Oooda somnany, said bt thaught the ltd was turning la Omalia In favee at horn mad good), Ilia teniae, hs Sail has douMad Ita OmaJ;a bualnaas Is three ytara aa Its Omahartnad alattilng, Wee. tt ajst far the prleaa,saads eiothlaf whlsh floods tha seunuy, he Seel area, his sea. paay would employ Hi ts Ml Mors pet- so aa, ; VtHee IhfanHelbert' at: the PhebJa'a Aorai bald tkdl ee salesaaaa rrent R Q, amlth A Co., ee tha Byrne V. U.m meaf. samsaay had; seati, called ' aa him, let ashmen ftx (wsjaia. eraus).at la their ,eile. i I , eewarr: n:-4tmiani 'slad'.'t? ra,"ftaa bora for aseakmr s Kjy i Wes aatdf kad la tur "eaUad" Hoy T. Br me tor not weartn a -A d ,"isblrt.J ,;. Presldsnt ' Cue aaasuhced - thai X, Hslaad JU11 af tha Jaiarnatlaaall Cats .reepeadrnea acheela and Kt. A iBabeeeh, advertlalna Raaagerat Tawmaa a Erba, wduid aOdreee the Ad club sooa. ., Frank Rourke Dies : " .- at Wheatland; Wyp. Ward had' sea reoelved et the death et rrsnk Itoorha, sea of Dave Roars, et the Omaha has hall stab, at Wheat, lead, Wye, at aaartet fever. Frank was a years sM sad eras traveUaeT as las tor Bwtft Oa. with head. aoarters at Douglas, Wye, The swws at i death saaee as a surprise te hla paresru as hut two days aaa a letter was recetvwd tram a doctor at Wheatland ssyhag that Prank was ateh. Tha tea ot the letter tld sot Indicate a dangiaeasj eoadtttaav The body will ha brought ta Dow ha far bwrtal. Praah Hour, era a , eterk at the Bmok Haose" to a long time, and as such be made a wide acquaintance among tha local baas hall patrons, whd will recall htm always aa a court eoue . sad obliging young auq, and will learn at hla death with regret. i, " LABORER SWALLOWS ACID. DEAD WHEN HE IS FOUND Isaac Demorttsky essayed sa original trick Monday night by assimilating three ounces ot carbolic add. ' The Banal doae It tws ounces. He . was dead when they found him thia morning In ha) room at till California street Demoratiky wa a laborer, it year old. H leave a wife and three grow up children. . . . Blue Laws Opposed - byHotel Managers Nebraska bM me) are eraaalslng against the early cleelng of saloons. In sisting that the "blue" laws give bee. loggers an opportunity ts multiply, wax fat and overrun tl - state. Thtrty-flve owners and manager sf hoatelrers are la area too. hi Omaha, 'forming a state as sociation for mutual protection and ben efit. i business easloa WUI b held to day, when the orgaDlsatloa will be com pleted. Among the prominent hotel men here t attend the BMetlng are C L Day, Long, Pine; W. B. Beverly. Plain view; Charles Tosenboft. Columbus; Earl A. Wilson. Unoouv, H. O, Stadley, Crea teni W. H, Ceok. York; K. P. Tkompeea. Tork; F. E. Zoom. aHaneaPoua J. c. Venahle, Lincoln: Oeorge Lerhman, Co 1 umbos: A. 1- BlUott. Urokea Bow, and Adam laeks, Genoa. . Sheriff McShane. -Eefnses to Let the J Contractor in Jail Silas Wright employed by the Board ot Coaaty Comrrdaaioners to feed county Jell prisoners at tH cents a meal until i board can receive beds and let a regular feeding contract was denied ad mittance to the Jail by Sheriff McShane's deputies ander order ot the sheriff yester day. The sheriff kept hla word, (irea the board last Friday, that he. will keep oa feeding tba prisoners and refuse te let anyone else do so. until tha court stop aim. ... .... ,. , Wright. reported tba situation to Jean C. Lynch., chairman ot .the Board ot County Commissioners. Lynch laid the matter before County .Attorney James P. English and asked ts be advised bow the board shall proceed to force the sheriff to let Wright go In and fed the prison ers. At t Tuesday aternooa Mr. Sua;. Ilsh bad not finished looking up tb law la the matter and had given do opinion. Democrats Prepare for Wilson Meeting Democrats ot the district met Monday night to drum up a big crowd for tha Wood row Wilson convention la Lincoln next Monday. A committee of thirty mem bers was organised, with John J. Ma. honey as chairman, to secure pledge far attendance. It enough pledges caa be eecured a special ear will ba provided to make the run to Lincoln, C. J. Smytbe and J. W. .Wood rough have been selected as delegate to repre sent this district at the convention. Mr. Woodrougb and Herbert 8. Daniel will go to Des Moines the Utter part of the week to- meet Wilson and accompany him to Lincoln. GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE ' ' ' BURIED UNDER AVALANCHE Loafers whs roost oa tha railing around tb pastofflo at tha earner at Sixteenth end Dodge streets have bad a scare that ha Mattered them more effectively than aould a platooa ot police. While eunnlnc themselves yesterday an avalanche ef w el id from the postoffloe root, eoav- pleteiy burying the leisurely geatlsmoa. moa than there has not been a lounger la sight of the hull d-nr. fate''"' Hill Grand Jury Still , Probing Charges of the "Ugly Emnors" Investigation of charges ot el leered mis conduct by -the .Board at rtra-sad Folic Commrsslonere ot Booth Omaha and of rumors of ermilar- misconduct by the Omaha Board ot Fir and Folic Com missioners waa resumed by tba grand jury yesterday morning. Invest! gatioa of liquor law violations also, was taken up. p. C Caldwell. ot South Omahar toroer jus- tire of tb peace, who waa,4efeated for the democratic nomination for poUoa judge at tha general. primary hut August, was a witness. H. entertains bitter feel ing againatth democrat! organisation bow la control in South Omaha. Police Judge Cxllanan of South Omaha, who de feated Caldwell for. the nomination, waa axamiaed by tea grand jury. . Robert Uormeo -ot Omaha, former state repre sentative from Douglas county, was a witness regarding charges against the Omaha Fire and PoUoe board. Other slnuss before the grand Jury were K. T. Brass, a Booth Oaaaha under taker, who hss been active as aa sn.my ot tb leoor traffic: Gay M. Warden, a private detective, who has doa much work tor tb Aatl-eloea league: Hoaaa C Johnson, who two years exe gathered some evidence of-Haoo law vtolatkms for tha-Aatl-Balooa league, and Patrick Ford, a South Omaha salaoakeeper. . Attorney ' J. Deaa Ringer of South Omaha, who's at the head ot tba cam paign against the Sooth Omaha Board af Fire and Pottee Comrqloslnerrs. spent stoat of the day outside tb grand Jury room, waiting to he called aa a witness. Hs was armed with many documents searing upon tb charges against the board.-' - - " , Persist ant Advertiatnc fat ts Road t B's Returna-'C : " W.fcT. U. WOMEN TO HAVE;, MOTHERS' MEET TODAY The mother's meetmg of the Trasee wmard Women' Christian Terrrpemnr-. 1 wmch was to have been at the boas ef Mrs. Charles W. Baraes Wednesday, win be at the horns ot Mm J. o. Hart, i:0 Park avenaa. Tb women will bring their babies for the enioa christening ceremony which con sists m the mother tleint a white rib bon en the babies wrist and pledging to bring the little one up in tha) paths of temperance. The Barnes terms. Char lotte sad Charles, were to have been cbrtstemed but the email girl la OL Aa American KtasT ' Is the great king of cures. Dr. King a New Discovery, the quick, safe, sure cough and eold remedy. SOe .and For sale by Beaton Drug Co. NO DRUGS! NO STARVATION! NO EXERCISES TO LEAVI YOU LAMB FOR DAYS FAT? Teas af Theasaaa ef wratefal Patron Proclaim This Woadreenr Pmgiees yat Treatmeat the Climax of affiolaacy . REDUCE FAT QUICK r ZT4rZ Wo Btarvatloa Diet; Ve Dope; Ho Pills; o Poisons) o Sweating daekete; Mo Bandag) lie Kellerst Vs Electricity ; sTo sTerve-. wreoklag Oyaaaastloe or alarm ul sxereiseel Xs Cupping Oape; s Soap; are Msatal maalingi sts sTjpnotlsm; To PooUshatss. .' ' . .. A almpla, natural, auecaaaful tratmnt with which FAT VANISHES ONE POUND A DAY tow that ngly doable chin, those naslnhUx, balky hips; rrxlnre that massivo bust and thick waist. Kegaia the slradrr elcipuaca ot girlhood, the alluring aleatlerscsa that fashion god good tense demand of jou. ? '.- xs an xbxii aXeked as Pat ae aa Oa Bet or ' X edaosd Bty Xaormeas Pat. . aaaTo rom txxs rui aodx. Xere I Am After Xedacing My Bnormena Amoant ef Pat In Plvo Weeks, With ' lay B armless Borne Treatmeat, TRUE SUCCESS AT LAST Marjeet Bsmlltoa, Ilia famous "Calendar Girl" lost thirty-seven pounds la five weeks. Write to her and ask her how she did It. Miss Hamilton was the highest pncea artist's and photographer's model la the world till she found that her fat was robbing bar of her vocation. To maintain her position she must reduce her enormous amount of fat. But how? She had seen other women ruin their health with dangerous druga; ahe had seen others starve themselves Onto gaunt, hollow cheeked, red-nosed wraiths ef their former selves: ehe lied known of delicately constituted women breaklns down under the atraln of severe exerelees prescribed by eo-f ailed physical culture experts end she wss frightened. Necessity, tba mother or Invention, meoe ner stuay ana , think end from this thought and study was born this new heellh-aivlng. fat-dlepeillng treatment which oho Is now offering to fat-cursed men and womsn. Bha lonad aa tare's resassy. A simple. Inexpensive and immensely auccesarut treatment for reduclnx obesltv and building uo bodily strength, health and vitality without druga atarvatton diet or exerciaee. Toaev ans tisa regained tne sienaernees. I have printed a book for you that 1 am giving away free (prepaid), so that you may know ot my successful treatment and be able to pewsnanrntly reduce your weight amount desired with my complete dragleai' tiWjnent, without ha rental exerciaee, starvation die or drafts ormedlrine. I have found happlnea and. I want all mankind aad especially all womankind, to benefit by- my dicovery. Send me your ame and addrea plainly written 0 I ran send yon my free book at one to help yon to reduo little or morn fat quickly from any par of! the body, Suite Central Bank Uuiltling, Dearer Olo, . .. j ' .... Your friend, , MARJOKIK U4MIIT0X. which Is the charm of youth: I er skin la pink s.nd healthy aa a baby 'a. and her eyes ere alive with the brightness that only perfect physical condition can give and she has one more the strength and elasticity of the muscle that had grown soft and flabby while she was fat Her enormous 1st figure Is transformed to beautiful proportions Mi WTiaklea, ao loose fold ef flabby flesh, ao baggy ahla, ao creased folds of ssarsd akta te.teU ef the violent methods that have burst oat the fat and deatroyed tb ! vitality et the ttsaaee) but a round, firm, graceful figure with the lines and the buoyancy of girlhood and a freah young coloring and akin texture that are the envy and the admiration of all who see her. Aad ah hss dene It all with, sat drugs, without aliasing a meal aad without racking her body with violent exercises. You who are fat and have tried drugs, starvation aad exercising without real benefit and with Injury to your systems should write to Marjorle Hamilton at once Ask her to send you her free book on fat reducing. It will not coot you a cent Here le her message to all of you who . need her advice and everyone who la fat, or baa a tend ency to increasing stoutness: -About two years sg my hair, beard ard tt!aeh started te cocae out ta ejxrta. These spots were entirely bare f hoar- - " J Saris PaXSIAX f AGE advertised, 1 jwsfjhaisd tseat bottles aad after uatag ' '.we e( tha beetles, the hair cam ta until sow I hav a gsed s head sf hair aa I bad borer tbte trsabJe started. - 1 can orathtaQy rajeessmead tat plop eastfra' te asty sns -far what at at reo mmsxded fax! gam Sadder.' Jamison Cl;y, CtL e. fa.; Oct u. ini : Pleas bear m snlod that PARISIAN KAOB te not guarasteed te grow hair sa fcili fceade ; -, . in xtr. Camer a esse tha hair root was not dead and tfcer is xo aevd raasoa I why PABUIAX SAGE should not ds just wnax a writes u am. - - ' Ths next Urns hlr. Gaidar came inte my store after yrchialng tha PARI 3 1AK SAOIS,'" em tee the druggist whe sold h!x, "Va appearaar was so cbanaed I 04 net haar hha. PABJBXkll aUOX Is wlthoxn dsaM the meat affidavit hair giueei. besmtV fSer aad daaetraff cur. sa. the worfcX and people wan O xraaalng ttm with nn aary sniii tal tor.tce ahonld araks vs. 'PABJEIAJt aUOIS wtU banish dand ruff, atop fairing hair aad i"-hg scarp-, win put life, tnatr and beauty Into thded hair, or aeons back. It la a moat delightful and refreshing tonic, for roe a. women aad children-' I Arte 'bottle j cents at druggists the country over. JUDGE REDICK WORKS HARD TO SEE HIS NEW GRANDSON Deeire of former Judge WiUhun A. Redick to see hla new graadeoa yister day made Mm get out aad shovel hi way two blocks t the bean ot hie sea, John Redkk. who h the father ot the new baby.' Former Judge Rsdlck Pves St Tweaty-flrat sad Knxmet all seta; hla son at Twenty-first aad Evaan streets. The snow was pretty deeav bat the tor. seer Judx says seetng his new graaeV son was worth tha stwiaftsg Key ta the Bitusxisnaee Advertkbag, MAJOR EVANS SUCCEEDS MAJOR P. C. MARCH HERE Keana ot tha major Sohert I teenth htfantry. Pberson. Ga. has beset appolared caed aU)or P. C March, who hi premoted to the raak of and trsjasferredi ts Fort Riley. Kan. Siane will teport bar next week. Malor lie is mm m South , Omaha 20 Dclov Omaha Price-Hot One Day, Out Every Day Big Spring Announcement of High ClasG Furniture, Carpets and Rugs : u Aotii n a Diss elln2!eSl ir carpets uid ni v&nt to kee? the el J w m ptiyotar avnd rui" n tfyon v&nt to ke" themirJ UgjutoubU their Lie. 1 lojA-Q BDOQDOOQfJI a lxe vJ-esw as war . a a ii!ion vnur ciimis ina rurrv w "u i is , i i?4.75 : y The best at much below the prices' ' you must pay in Omaha; n-,KA ir,i-y Vol-rot Pnrr J kKn dB I ethtydT- iUVU V W w wfBj set e s e aa a ; 27x54-inch Axminater Rugs . ,V. .V.'. . . .,.. .'. .'J.V. .'. $1.45 6x9 rt. eeanuesi jsrasseu ttugs .... 9x12 " Samle8 Brussels Rugi at $9.75 9x12 Velvet Eugs ...... $12.50 9x12 Axminster Enga .... $15.00 See our complete ' line of Body Brussels and . Wilton Rugs, furn ished in all isesJ.MUCH BELOW OMAHA. PRICE. , Solid-Oak Rocker, like cut. at $2.75 Full Line BisseH's Carpet Sweepers at V, $2.50 nrr -f I- Good, small size Steel Couch, with two rows of supports at $1.85 ... . . i . Solid 0ar CMna Clotet, -with ' TniTTnT ffn ion . . S12 Acorn Stoves We sell a good -4-hole Rang for ... $24.50 We sell a good 6-hole Range for $26.50 Set op in your home. Ful lbe of Famous Gas Ran ges in all sizes. Gtovos Sold on : Paymonts JlBBll I . t ACORN ,