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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. MAY 14. 1912. (1 0 BRIEF CITY NEWS Im ot Mat XL S. V. Clark, aicna. Kth and DougJ as Xleetrisatal Dryers. BurgeasJrandton aTaneww, Owaaa Kay as Saturday oe ara Memorial day la chosen tor the op n inl at afaaawa. the date belnc Mar S. Partial aad picnic are being booked, by Manager Basnet. Tott oa F. W. Foes, -pro- prlator of tha drug atara at Twelfta street and Capital avenue, purchased a kit at XXghth and Leavenworth streets. Trcd Krause waa tha owner, who recs lived CJ58 for bla proper u. Blda Opened for Asa Xoiat Bids, bava been opened br the county com:ms4 oners for an aah holat (or the new county court house. Fatton A Bowman and thu Otla Elevator company vara tha only onrt to aubmlt blda. They vara referred, to tha committee of tha whole and cootiBcc will be awarded aa Friday afternoon. Thraa Waat Xwvoroee Three petition for divorce were filed la the dtatrMt court yesterday. In two cases thq plain tifts were the husbands. George R. Bates asked for a divorce (rem Helen Bates. Homer F. Fort petitions for : dlvarce from his wife Alt. Minerva A, Jarksoe asked for a legal separation tirom rJarl X. Jackson. Blk tolaa Beooad Tlxae 1fhat there la a "jinks" about the bicycle, of Frank W. Rocca of 3M2 Caas street Is what he new belterea. On May c his bicycle was stolen from m front of the Merchants National bank. It was recovered Satur day and returned to him. Yesterday Rocca rode np to tha Omafia National bank and left tha machine outside. When ha returned it was missing. The police were notified of tha "hike's" second dli appearaaos. Chorea Class has Social lleloa Tha Earnest Workers' class off the North Side Christian church held their regular monthly meeting Friday evening. May 1 at the church. Supper m served at 30 o'clock followed by their business min ing and social time. Thor present were: Kate Davis, Ruth Shirley. Etta Barent sen, Pauline Hoffman, Fmy Simons, Lola Wallace, Edith Vaoderhoff. Mabel Frand aen. Florence Ericksout Marl Ewers. Ruth C rites, Laura Roe Winifred Halll man. Marl Coffey. ' Winifred Cos, Aa elma Overman, Helen Grant, Helen Bal ing. TWO HOLDUP MEN GET GOLD WATCH AND CASH D. C. DodrM. Ct Walnut street, vaa slugged and robbed Sunday night at Fifty-first and Leavi at worth streets while hs was on his why home. His watch and several dollars In Changs were taken from him. He was able to glv the police but a meagre doaurlptlon of his as sailants, whom he describes as two medium slsed negroes. ll Pewdei? W ... Mj Absolutely Pure Ml Theonly Baking Fmmter made Jjg from Royal Qrapam oJTartar Seaftilfiii .. COMMISSIONERS TAKE OFFICE DaMman Again Mayor of Omaha and Ask? for Co-Operation. FEW CHARGES ASE AM0U5CED Flyaa City Clerk, McDonald Cemp treller Kyder rolls Ceaasate elaaer aad Alaa la Caere f Affatra af Library. Omaha's seven cammisalonera received then- portfolios yesterday morning aa had been formerly agreed upon and Mayor Dahlman sa president opened the first business meeting of tha new directory. Charles H. WlihneU nominated Mr. Dahlman for president and mayor. Th election was unanimous, as all the roll ceils were. Dan B. Butler appointed Jack Ryder to eecort the major to the chair. Mayor Dahlman spoke at length, ask ing the people to be patient with the new commission, which, he aald. weald work under the handicap of th old admin istration. Under the old charter, funds were Inadequate to carry out the desires of the people, he declared, and until i the charier was changed, as he hoped It would be within a year or two, too much out not to be expected. He thanked the people again for the result of the election and asked for co- ' operation. He said the new commission ers are all efficient men and he ex pressed complete confidence in their abilities to discharge the duties of their offices without calling down just criti cism. Kaalpmeat for Fire Depertaacat. In one thing ha asked for the help of tha business men. Ths fire department, he pointed out. did not have proper equipment and recalled two fires within the last month, when the entire depart ment was fighting the flames. Another fire at that time In any large hotel, busi ness building or In the wholesale dis trict would have proved that the depart ment needed mora equipment, lie wanted the business men to help convince the people that fir bonds ought to be voted. T. J. Flynn was formally elected city clerk and assumed the duties of his new office. H said b would work with th administration, as hs had in the past, and discharg tha duties of his office to the best of ala ability. H. B. rieharty followed Mr. Flynn with a congratulatory speech and pre sented the commission with s hugu sonar of forget-me-nots and roses, th gift of the Dahlman Democracy club, "which la composed of democrats, re publicans, socialists and those without any party affiliation." he said. Ryder Speaka lor ComatBeloaere. Jack Ryder, for the commission, thanked the Dahlman club and the Labor league and th Gala city club. He aald the new commlaalen was unsalmous In going about Ita work la the belief that It had no enemies to punish and no ven geance to take. "We have wiped the elate clean of bitterness," hs said. Friends of the new commissioners heaped their desks high with bouquets of roses. Mogy Bernstein and Charley Bp stein each presented a big bunch of roses to the new commission, with best wishes for a successful administration. Several hundred visitors were present. Including the wives or the commissioners. Other commissioners were Installed as follows: Dan B. Butler, finance and arcnenta. A. C KugeL street cleaning and main tenance. John J. Ryder, police, sanitation and public safety. Charles H. Wlthnell. fire protection and water supply. Thomas McGovern, public improve ments. J. B. Hummel, parks and public prop erty. Mayor DaVman also will have charge of the department of public aflaira ajeDonald Seeeeees Coearave. All heads of departments of govern ment, deputies and chief clerks were di rected to retain their offices and ths same salaries until further notice. Comptroller Fred H. Cosgrove sent in his resignation and Charles B. McDonald was appointed deputy commissioner of finance and ac counts. Rules or the preceding council were adopted. The new commission will meet each Thursday evening at t o'clock. The library board was directed to retain of fices under present arranxementa until further notice. The library board will be under Mr. Ryder's supervision for the time being. All requisitions for supplies will be msde to the heads of departments, until further direction of the council. Th of fice of fire warden a as th only office created at this meeting of the directory. Edward Morris was elected to th office. A meeting was held In the afternoon to dispose of business thst was scheduled for the regular meeting of ths committee of the whole. Births and Deaths. Births Arvld and Anna Johnson. SM North Twenty-elaiith street, girl: W. F. snd Florence Neabltt. Kort Crook, girl; Gaetano and Nettle funcbianco, 1H8 South Tenth street, boy: M. B. and Blanche Newman. Normandle apartments, girl; Robert and Georgia Ratekln, P1 Corby, boy: Fred and Clara Sehaffer. loot North Twenty-fourth street, boy: Laurence end Eleanor Whitewash, Ml North Twenty third street, boy. Death Andrew Christiansen, 74 years, 410 Woolworth avenue; William Barney, Jr., 43 years, 140 South Sixteenth street; W. H. Fox, 41 years, Excelsior Springs, Mo.: Allan J. Lee. 23 years, FUhklll-oa-the-Hudson, N. Y. Balldlasj rrrsalts. J. L Brandels Sons, 1714-11 Douglas street, brick stores, S12.M0; Charles E. Bentley. slteratlons snd repairs to dwell ln st ill North Twenty-third si reel. tV.OGO, and the following frame buildings: Ills North Twenty-third, 4101 North Twenty-third, each costing K.eOO. and 410J North Twenty-third. W; Alfred King. VIA Klllstone avenue, frame dwelling. I1.UW: O. W. Garlorh, 1IU and 121 Arbor street, frame dwellings. K.MV each, and frame dwelllnea at t,31t South Thirty first. B.WS, 4Mb North Thirty-sixth, I2.M4L BOYS TO KNOW CITY BETTER Organisation to Be Known aa the Junior Commercial Club. PART OF THEIR SCHOOL WOBK To Be laaeararated aa Part af rae CarrteaiBss ef Raw Caaaaaersial Drpartmeat af Omaha High School. Th Junior Commercial club of Omaha will be the name of an prganlsatlon of boy students In the commercial high school when the Leavenworth street school 1 opened for commercial studies. L, C. RusmtseL the principal, has an nounced the new organisation, whose principal endeavors at the start will be learning Omaha. Special studies along the Hue of "know ing Omaha better" will be Inaugurated by tha principal and the club will carry Its work stone In similar fashion to the big commercial club. Prof. Kusmlset is at present Interested In the "Know Omaha Better" campaign and Is exerting efforts to see that the city's assets are preached to ths younger generation. The "Know Omaha Better" campaign is bow well under wsy. All ths commit tees appointed to represent the various ctvto and business organisations ars pre paring their features for the week of home advertising to be held June X to 1 The special post card committee la casting about for suitable cards to be distributed to the world during the week. The cards probably will contain photo graphs of Omaha's manufacturing and jobbing district with Information about tha clty'a standing in tha different In dustrial fields. Canned Gas Plant to Start Work Soon The erection of a temporary storage building for the Nebraska Blsu-Oas com pany, makers of "canned" gas will start this week on the company's factory sits between Twenty-seventh and Twsnty dghtb street on the Belt line. The company expects to be manufactur ing lis product here wthln four mouths The storage building will he up la two weeks, ready for the machinery which will arrlv Jan 1. Bom of th machines hsv been mad In Germany. The company will ask ths city eera- missiossrs for a permit to lay a switch across Twenty-eighth street. Altogether 40) feet of switch tracks will be laid at th door of th factor)'. The Yellow Peril. Jaundice malaria bllltousness, vanish when Dr. King's New Life Pills ars taken. Easy, safe, guaranteed. lac. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Permits ta smeke, ( cents. All dealer. We offer greater bargains than Crowe Suspenders sold all over at 60c, OP, here at -Ja Genuine Shaw knit Sox gold th world 1 OJL over for I5c, hero at lVi2 V Frisco Bilk tubular tics, sold all over nP at 60c. hero at t -Jl Superior and Vassar Union Salt, told the world over at I .'.00 and bars at START REPAIRING YIADDCTS Union Ftcifio and Burlington Pay ing Expense of Eeconitraction. TWO MONTH KEQUIREQ FOR JOB llaaared an Tea Tknaaaaa Dol lars te Be atapeaded In Hrplae. las Weodwark aa Twe Bis Bridsre. Under ths direction of the Union Pa cific and Burlington railroads, that pay the expsnae, the National Roofing com pany yesterday commenced rspavlng ths Tenth and Sixteenth street vladucta, the contract price betas- about I110,J. It will require two months to complete the work. Neither vladuot will be closed to traffic, however, aa only one side of either viaduct will be torn up at one time. Tha repairs on the two viaducts con sists of removing aearythlng escept the steel. The creoroted blocks, the plank ing beneath and tha beavy stiinseis that ars still beneath this Will be taken out and replaced by new material. The ae ceaalty for ths repair la due ta th fact that th trlnxars have commenced to abow alms of decay, although laid leas than five year ago. Home of the plank ing between the trlngera snd ths blocks haa commenced to rot. but the block ars in perfect condition except for the wear. Rack Ulead to Start aa Tersalaala. President kludge o ths Rock lslan'1 Railroad company Is expected In Omaha shortly, st which tints he Is sxpected In take steps toward tha construction of the company's freight terminals on th sits west of the north end of the Six teenth street viaduct. The first thing to b don la th filling In of the ground, rulatug it to about th level ef the Great Western terminals to the north. This will require 100.0UO cubic yards of earth, the estimated cost of th fill being $3.k which will be on of the largest earth removlnr contracta that will b given out Id Omaha this year. Ths earth will be held In place by a heavy slon ratal nine wall that will be constructed along the south line of the property from oear tha waat aids of the viaduct nearly to Twentieth sirset os ths west. Pletarea of OsaaBa Saowa Henceforth moving and still picture of Omaha's commercial activity and beauty spots will be shown to all who attend J. W. Erwln's illustrated lecture on Tel' lowstons park. Mr. Brwin delivsred his Yellowstone park lecture here last week and esourad colored slides and reels that will enable him to give people who hav never via ltod Omaha something of an Idea of what this city possesses. At all of his lectures In the future Mr. Krwta will show pic tures of Fsrnam street from Fifteenth west; Sixteenth from Farnam north; th Union peasenfer station; a portion of th' jobbing and manufacturing district and three or four arenas In llsnsoom park and along th boulevard. The Omaha pictures were secured and are being ahown at tha Instance of the Union Pacific and hi dona purely for the purpose of advertising the city. Women and Children at Council Meeting Ths smallest feminine spectator at the Installation ceremonlee of the new city commissioners yesterday was s-year- old Mary McGmern, who In a big chair at the desk beeido her father, Thomas McGovern, commisaloner of public Im provements, est right up In front with I tie seven new commissioners. Mary was dresacd In her best pink dress with a pink ribbon on her hair. She listened aad watched with gravest attention to all the dolnga Th wives and older daughters of many af tha eommlaslonars war presest, ss ware ala a number of suffragists whs came out ef ambition to learn new a new administration la started. Robert U. Wolfe, dty boiler inspector was self appointed usher for the woman spectators snd provided them with seats Inside the circle where the cobnilaeloa ers held forth. Mikado is to Be Put Onby the Elks The Mikado, Gilbert aad BuUlvan'a comic opera, with local comedy Injections. will be presented at th Orpntum May 17 and by the Ak-Bar-Baa Operetta so ciety under th auspice of the Elks lods. Frederick C Msntell. director, ears k wUl aurpass tha performance ctven of "Th Musketeers" last year. Many of the principals and chorua In that shew will take part In "The Mikado." H. W. Dunn wm appear In the title role; Oscar Lie ben. aa Koke; 8. A. Ham ilton, as Pooh Hah; A. H. Kraeser, as Pish-Tosh; Miss Inea Lester, ss Tarn Tom; Mrs. C. H. Boyle, aa Plttl Blag; Msss Olson, as Peep Bo; Miss EUeaore Proas, aa Ifatlstia. and Ross Johnson, ss Naaat Pa. pedal entry sod esjetuave have been area, and tee awmer derteed fie the aerformancea arm te the beaaOt feed T the Xuts lode, 1 Men's Furnishing Goods Sale The best known, and known asthe best furnishings goods at saving prices from day to day new lots are brought from our stock rooms Men' genuine Drawers. 60c B. V. D. Mercerised Satin Stripe I n Ion Sulta, $1.50 grades B. V. D. Mercerized Nainsook Union Buite, $2,110 ft to, $1.35 Three Departments of Government to Be Consolidated Three departments of city overnmea: will be consolidated under the new dis pensation. Ths office of boiler Inspector, city plumbing Inspector and eity elec trician will be placed under ana head, although tha present official la char will be retained. Waldermar Mlrhaslaea. city electrician, win have supervision of the new department, subject to ths ac tion of the eomralsawMr of fir protec tion and water aupply. Commissioners have keen scouting for secretaries, but only on appointment has been announced. Miss Nsoml Pchenck. for more than twenty years the Journal rlrrk of tha city clerk' office, has been secured by Commissioner Mr. Govern, of public Improvements, far his secretsry. Commissioner Joe B. Hummel aald he would retain Mrs. Cells Jewett. present secretary of the Board of Park Com missioners, at least until other arrange ments were necessary. Mr. Jrwett has been secretsry of ths park board for aev arsi yesrs aud has a tharoush knowl edge of the board affair. Not all candidate for cmmlalmr hav filed their expense sooounls. three of ths Cltlsens' union endorsees brlruj among the negligent Those who have filed their aeeounts: Kucel. fM; Dahl man. M; Wlthnell. ; Hummel. tl.; Ryder, KM; McGovern. (AS; Butler, liot.li; Punkhouaer, KM: Furay, tM, Redlck, $tM; Thummel. ttnt Burlington Depot is to Be Visited by the Commercial Club The seventh home trade excursion ef ths Commercial club will bs held the afternoon of May 11 when the new Bur lington freight depot, Eurhth and Far nam atresia, will be Inspected and for mally opened. Th sxcuralonlsts will meet at tha Com mercial club room at 1 o'clock In the afternoon and so la a body direct to the depot. O. W. Holdreg end C. K. Spena, as sisted by the full staff of the operating and traffic department ef the Burling ton, will eecort the party through the new building and ever the twenty-three acre of new terminals. The Soar space ef the building bow la frUst square feet. but when completed will contain at, as) aquare feet, with capacity for 1M cars dally. YM.C. A. Board Gets High Praise for Way it Performs Labors George 0. McDtll of New Tork. one of the associate secretaries of tha Interna tional committee ef the Toung Men's Christian association, addressed a body of Omaha association directors and stats oommlttesmea at the local association building during the neon hour on "The Reeponstbtllty of Directorship.' "Reeponstbilily In this esse," said Mr. McDlll. "means opportunity; the oppor tunity lo throw the beet of your time, means .and talents Into a great enter- Mr. McDlll complimented the Omaha board of directors, on of whose meet ings h bad Just attended, upon the busi nesslike expedition with which It trans acts Its work. He said good busier men were needed on these boarda and could be had only If board pursued thelr afaflra as this en did. Mr. Mcntll ta out here te lead a atate conference la tea dtlee ef Nebraska on tha Importance of the world-wide Toung Man's Christian association movement TWO AUTOMOBILES WERE STOLEN SATURDAY NIGHT Automobile thlevee ere ea active aa the bicycle purkaners. A. J. Stubens of ffls Park avenue complained that Ma new Ford machine had been etolen from hi house gsrsae The police were else informed that a machine bad been stolen from In front ef Wick Moor e Saturday sight. The merhlae balensed to the Oray Boaaet Taxi company and was found at Eleventh and Fierce streets a $ o'clock Boaday aanratng. The apssiomatar showed ft bad been drive PRINTERS GIVE RECEPTION TO BARKER TOMORROW Fred Barker, candidate for president of International T pograpblral Union, will ttmnaCo. Want a Tonic? Co To Your Doctor hakoholatonic? No! Does it make the blood pure? Not Does it gtrerutthen the nerve? Not It Ayeft SarsapariHa a tonic? YesI Does it nuke the brood ptue? Vest Doe tt strengthen the nerve? Yes! By skto& your doctor yoa caa learn more about this famuy medidne. r oltow his advice. ever from the B. V. D. goods, here at Shirts or $1.35 $1.15 grade ... B. V. D. Nainsook Union Suits, $1.00 ?Q grade, here OaC artve la Omaha at tM o'clock this morn ing. A reception will be tendered Mr. Barker this afternoon from 1 to I o'clock at Essies' hall. MM Harney street SOUTH OMAHA LAD IS GIVEN GOOD PROMOTION Arthur J. Kennedy, aged tt, whs has been - enrrespondlna clerk at th Cudahy Packing company offices . sa South Omaha, haa been promoted to be broker's agrnt. with headquarter Is New Tork City. What makes Kennedy's promotion seem so remarkable was the election of him from an eligible hat of JM other clerks. Kennedy haa already gone to New Tork. Marrlaae Ueeraaea The followtns couples nave licenses to wed: been issued Joseph Doner, Omaha ...a ...a Ada tu. Uses, omalia Joasph Rentier. Omaha Teresa Kayih, Omaha Oabntt a. Ohlmen. Omaha.... Pearl el., Buah, Omaha Robert W. T.onf. Omaha s,Uaa belli Funks, Omaha -n .. ..tr ... TO Got Thick and Broke 0 1 Into Litt!. Sores. Tried CuticuraSotp and Ointment Completely Cured. DsveBport, Wash. "Two yean are t bed aha dMesee ea sty lee. At aral them war asj taw small ssd puopKs aad I est Bos pay aay - to stead M. After ; wa BMOth she slaw aroke eul bite ' est, Ths sty saner sold ass a try Cuikur Olstmeat ' and Soap, a I get sm baa of OuStcura Oanv SMi aad a os. o( CXilk-ura Soap. After weak I ma that lb Otaunaat and Soap-were doing bm goad as 1 ooattaasd te u taeei end altar satag Ibaa tare awaih I loans bast I ' was sompleksly cured 1 stta dkMsse.- ( &tfi) . Urn. inUkMi tatabaaberaat. bavnv at, 111. ' BABY'S FACE ALL SCALES : ikaasgWTbl. SaaCeaUNatSUsB. 1ST Coffey at, Brooklyn. IT. T. "aT baby lac, beck and arras beexas al amiss snd th ftahiag was terrible. 6ha would crsich uawl k was bsadasg aad a man) af an. Bo eould aot keep aad I bad te walk aooorwna bar nKM alter alcha. losodad te try Cakeure neap aad Ola unset. AIM Win Ihsai twe moaua she wes eared eon ' KWieir eod sot kerelrkt fc cloac." (KgxeaJ Irs. O. Hoaba, ewpi. a. 111. Culirure Soap and Ouilaeast as sold , eiwiabai, kempa ef each malted tree, wtta t-p. soak, address. 'CMfcana,' Dap. T, Bostoa. Tsndaadaosd Bass should soer with Cutkaua Seep Baavkeg kuck. . Healt. Is Yon Blrtliriglit TYREE'S ntiseptic Powder aerares year swOVUwt far yea. R w eshMstr nenau terseUs, n sena II : stastly la water. Metaas 1 1 TTUZ, CW, Vaeeiattaa. D.C fir 9 www wa w af " J "r."""T a j mi 7i EST AID lEJUXI Tl I0TBII Ul CH5J. Mas. Wiiaews oorai!e mnm baa area ased (or er S1XTT YXARS by MtlXIOK al MOTHP.kS tor their CRILORE.X nUeJt TEETHINO, wit rEantCT bCCCEss. n SOOTHE the CHILD, SOFTEN the GCMs. AX LA Yb all r AIM ; CITS ES WIND COLIC, aad ts the best remedv for OlAKkHlka- U tm mh. vehrtetr ksrmlcea Be eare aad ask lor M.v iosmw s aootBuaj ernip,- aaa laae aa stser uac swcasv-BTsecaise sa.' TJX. aMenaoa as tbsex, . ' jzfcZli. hat at leas shay to sTrCIN as thiak aad ther JfciiJ VTrV etarsad a kok and f sS3Krr bare el anal soma- ' Srfr ) Usoaa 1 thought I . Kswarte' sever weald he able - aeale ance. , aad s aw MOes by PkrsMaaa, and am aLfchy entslels eeerywbw. sea let lioiiet