THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912. 3 Nebraska MATERNITY JHOME LICENSES State Board of Health Exercises Supervision Over Them. 3UAED MAY NOT TAKE TRIP .'resident's Veto of Army BUI I.lkely to Prevent Nebraska Na tional Gaard from Taking Part ia Maaeavers. ' ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June 20. -(Special.) Acting under the new law regulating maternity homes, twenty-seven Institutions have re delved licenses to date. Meet of these licenses are taken out by weU known hospitals in . Omaha, Lincoln - and the larger towns of the state. The first one to receive a license was a hospital con ducted by Dr. C. P. Fall of Beatrice who happens to be a member of the board. Before the applicant can receive a license he must show that his house is approved by the authorities in the city wherein the same is located. These homes are subject to Inspection at tiny time and are under the supervision of the .state board of health as to proper regulation. Those re ceiving licenses are as follows: , C. P. Fall, Beatrice;. C. S. Long, Beat rice; Sister Marie M. Wedel, Beatrice; Mrs. Sidona Wehner, Omaha; Elizabeth Caldwell, Omaha; Rev. P. M. Llndberg. Omaha; C. A. Shoemaker. Lincoln; O. H. Hahn, Hastings; S. P. Gainsforth, Holdrego; Josephine Nystrom, Omaha; O. W. Everett, Lincoln; Jennie Graham, Omaha; .Sister Mary Genieve, Omaha; Charles F. Robel, Omaha; Ellen Stewart, Omaha; Nels Erickson, Omaha; Ida B. Hulette, Omaha; F. M. Andrus, Lincoln; F. L. Wllmeth, Lincoln; R. L. Bentley. Lincoln; B. F. Bailey, Lincoln; W. M. Raniey, Lincoln: R. H. Cawyer, Univer sity Place. Hanora T. Kelly. Fremont; Orvlllo Rockwell, College View; Martha A, Lee, Omaha. f.uard May "ot Go. That the National Guard may, not be permitted to attend maneuvers at Chey enne, Wyo., or hold a state encampment is the proposition which confronts the adjutant general's office at this time. The veto by President Taft of the army ap proprlatlon bill because of "riders" at tached to it which he did not approve may result in a lack of funds unless con- gress should do something along the line before adjournment. Traction Company Appeals. The supreme court has granted permis sion to the Lincoln Traction company to file a bond of $5,000 pending a decision of that court as to the rights of citizens of Lincoln to compel the street railway to run certain cars over what is known as the "high line." The district court folnd against the company, which appeals. This Is a7 case In which one department store proprietor complains that the owners of another department ' store, who are also stockholders In the street car company, Influenced the company to take off -cars from the College View high line, which passes his store, and route them down the line which passes the store of the other mercants who own stock in the company, Burlington Answers Mlnden. ' The Burlington :has filed with the rail way commission its answer to the appli cation made by the citizens of Mlnden. asking that a new oepot be erected, and that trains Nos. 1 and 6 be stopped at that place. The answer of the company sets . forth, . among other claims,, that if compelled )o stop trains Not, - , and that If would be discrimination against towns, of tike size where, sali'trains do not stop. Also that , the present-depot was located and erected with the consent and Inderr the suggestion of the city au thoritles c Mlnden, and that they have no valid claim for the contention they make. , Antelope's Assessment. Antelope county Is the fourth county to send In her assessed valuation report to the state board. The assessed valus tlon for this year Is J5.222.275. an increase over the last report of 11,131,987. . Miss Myrtle Pettyjohn of the auditor's office left today for a vacation In San tiago, Cal. Gooch la Alternate. H. E. Gooch, owner of the Lincoln DailyStar, has received notice from Senator Hitchcock that he has been selected as the latter's alternate to the Baltimore democratic convention. This leaves ,nly one more alternate to be chosen,, Mr. Bryan having failed to make a selection, in his haste to get down to the national republican convention, where he could absorb a few points on how steam rollers could be run successfully. The Bryan roller, while propelled by wind and somewhat out of date, it is said, Is in pretty good shape at the present time and rood for at least one more conven tion. 1; MalOrie Back from Trip. Robert Malone, a distinguished demo crat of Lincoln who has twice been ex tinguished for the office of mayor of the capital city, has just returned from a trip through Texas and Oklahoma and says that everything down that way Is for Bryan for the democratic nomina tion. He says that people on the trains, In the towns and everywhere else simply stand up and shout whenever they hear the name of Bryan mentioned. Blind Workers Sleet. The third day's session of the Nebraska Workers for the Blind being held at Col lege View opened this morning, the prin cipal address being by Charles F. Camp bell of Ohio. The afternoon session opened with an address by the president, J. R. Shink, ollowed by Mrs. Truesdale. L. N. Muck gave a report on the 1911 national convention. . Secretary Mellor of the State Board of Agriculture, is putting out a folder headed "Meet the politicians at the Nebraska Btate fair, Lincoln, Neb., September 1 to 6." The folder contains' a political chart in colors, with a key to the chart which telle how every state voted in electoral colleges from 1868 to the present . Fraternal Men Bnsy. Steps were taken here last night to form a permanent state organization to work against legislation which might prove harmful to fraternal insurance in terests in Nebraska. . It is expected be fore the November election to have over 1,000 members, and while it Is mostly a Woodmen organization, members of other orders interested are Invited to Join and co-operate With them. ... Rnll. and .Urn's Picnic. ' BEATRICE, Neb., June 20.-(Speclal Telegram.) The annual picnic of Burling ton railroad men. held at Wymora this afternoon, was attended by about S00 em ployes from the southern division of the road, many being hi attendance from St Joseph, McCook, Red Cloud, Oxford and otheer points. Tjm speakers were Jean Cobbey of Beatrice and C. P. Phil brick of Wymore. The affair was brought to a doe by the serving of a big picnic dinner. Persistent Advertising Is -the Koad to Big Return. Nebraska. Notes from Beatrice and Gage County . BEATRICE. Neb.", ' June 20.(Special.) Mr. and Mrs. John O. Johnson, who were found in. a drunken stupor on their farm near Filley. Tuesday, were taken to the asylum - yesterday as Inlbrlates. -According to the statements of Mrs. Johnson, they had been drunk almost continually for four years and squandered what prop erty they bad for liquor. - Rae W. Woods of Ravenna, O., and Miss Bertha A. Llttlejohn were married yesterday at the . home, of the' bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Llttle john, Rev. . M. G. Brown, officiating. About fifty guests witnessed the ' cere mony. Mr. and Mrs. Woods will . make their home at Ravenna, where the groom is employed as a civil engineer. Mrs. Sarah G. ' Reed, wife of John T. Reed, a prosperous farmer. Hying near Blue Springs, became violently Insane yesterday' morning. ' She was ordered committed to the asylum by the insanity commissioners and was taken to Lincoln last evening. - Charles V. Day and Miss Anna Ander son, both of this city, were married yes terday by County Judge Walden. Commission Orders Relief for Albion (From a Staff 'Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN, June 20.-(Special Telegram.) The railway commission dismissed this afternoon a portion of the complaint at the Albion Commercial club relative to a request for faster train service over the Northwestern and a better and safer track., The. company is ordered to rear range its depot and take out the living rooms therein, change the freight de partment from the west to the east end of the depot and put in a heating plant and to make an entrance on the south side of the station toward the town. An order . was made by - the railway commission regarding return transporta tion for stock shippers over the Burling' ton. Where single cars of live stock, are consigned to market by different owners be in charge of one person, no return transportation will be allowed. A shipper must ship two cars in order to get the return transportation. - National Secretary. Addresses Eagles GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June 20.-(Spe- clal Telegram.) Twenty local organiza tions of the. Eagles were represented in the state; convention today, the feature of the. day being the address of J. S. -Perry, national secretary, on "Financing An Aerie." Business sessions were held this morning and afternoon and a banquet was tendered to the-visitors tonight. Deshler- News Notes. DESHLER, Neb., June 30. (Special.) Deshler will take an automobile trip Thursday, June 27, boosting for the big Fourth of July ... celebration. Twenty five autos with the Deshler .'band of twenty pieces and : citizens , will leave Deshler at 730 a. m., visiting Ruskin, Nora, Nelson,,. Smyrna,! Supertax, Hardy. for dinner, Byron, Chester, Stoddard and Hebron, a! total of eighty-two miles. John Rodenburg arid John Albrecht of this place, who have secured a special train from Davenport to Fremont Sun day morning to attend -the -celebration of the anniversary of the Lutheran Chil dren's " Home Finding society are ' ar ranging, transportation f rum Deshler to Davenport for the large number desiring to go from this ' place. . Accused of, Bootleg-gins;. BEATRICE, Neb., June 20. (Special Tel egram.) W. B. Harvey and Owen Young of Wymore were bound over to the dis trict court today on the charge of boot legging. In default of J300 bonds they were remanded to the. county jail. The two men were operating a restaurant at that place last week, when arrested. Three Weeding at Seward. SEWARD, Neb,, June l0.-(Speclal.)- Mr. Francis A. Pollock and Miss Clara H. White of Ulysses were married by Judge Colman last' Wednesday. Mr. Myron Kloppensteln and Miss Lydia Steckley. of Mllford were granted a marriage license by Judge Coleman Saturday. ' , ' Mr. -Herman J. Ihde and Miss Marie Lindner of Pleasant Dale were granted a license ' to - marry by County Judge Coleman yesterday. Fortune for Heirs of Thomas Beatty SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.-One mlll- llon, five hundred , thousand dollars is the fortune that will be divided between four members of a California family, as the result of the settlement of an old lawsuit In St Louis. The money will be paid by the holders of real estate In the commercial center of that city, who were defendants, in the suit that was decided in favor of the California plaintiffs. Those to whom this fortune will go are Ludlow Chambers, a. resident of this city, and his three daughters. In 1832, Thomas Beatty, grandfather of Chambers, bought the St. Louis prop erty, but failed to record it and after ward lost the deed to the land. Others took possession of the property and it was not until 1843 that Beatty, having re covered his deed, began suit to regain the land. After Beatty's death his heirs continued. the suit .... Chicago is Mecca . I for June Brides CHICAGO,1 June 20. Convention week has brought, an Increasing number of June brides to Chicago. The figures of L. C. Leger,.. marriage license clerk, show conclusively the aid to matrimony In the big political event. The dally list has' been well above the 200 mark. Mr. Legner expressed the belief last night that the . convention, ' its large crowds and excursion rate to-Chlcago were ; responsible for attracting many couples to Chicago and he added that be thought many of them had eloped. -Jewelers said yesterday was "brides' day" In Chicago, who by their engrav ing are able to decide the biggest wed ding day of the year. One jeweler alone said : 200 rings , had been - engraved for June 19. Last year Juno 24 vu the heaviest day. . Evelyn Thaw Gives Testimony Against Her Husband, Harry WHITE PLAINS, N. T.. June 30. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, took the stand again today to testify against her nusband in his action to secure his release from the Insane asylum. - Mrs. Thaw testified that her husband made proposals In New Tork in 1904 that they both commit suicide. He had the details all planned, she said. They were to engage rooms at a hotel and take poison. He had even fixed the hour. She, of course, refused. She testi fied further that Thaw had complained to her that the food given him while he was In the Tombs was poisoned. He also complained that he could not -eat the potatoes they gave htm at Mat teawan because "there were large lumps of saltpeter In them." . Evelyn Thaw's testimony was inter rupted when It was learned that Miss Susan Merrltt was in the building. She had been sought for days by the state. Mrs. Merrltt became hysterical and screamed that she did not wish to testify. She was still weeping when she took the stand. She testified that on one oc casion Thaw beat two young girls almost into insensibility and when she broke Into the room he rushed at her. "I thought he would kill us all," she said. She added that Thaw said to her that it she ever told - anything that had hap pened he would kill her. Mrs. Merrltt swore that 17,000 in $1,000 bills .was paid to one of the girls to silence her. Other girls had received large amounts. There were upwards of 200 girls In all who received money in large amounts, she said. Sloan, a Wealthy Chicago Promoter Lost in New York ; NEW TORK, June 20.-The police today are searching for William Sloan, a wealthy Chicago promoter, who disappeared frbm a downtown hotel on the morning of June 1. The day before he had re ceived 1260,000 In cash for his services in settling a claim for J. P. Knight of Chicago. April 24 he came here on the misBlon for Mr. Knight George K. Wright a close friend of Sloan, reported his dis appearance. "It is believed some criminal knew Sloan - was to get a large amount of money and has robbed him," said Wright. "If he were sick he would certainly have communicated with me." Lost Three Years, Lawyer Jones is ... . . Found in London LONDON, June 20. Luther Maynard Jones,, former 'law partner, of .the Lite William C. Whitney and the first secre tary of the Yale Alumni association, was found today In Streatham intl: nary after a disappearance of three years, duo to loss of memory caused by ab.-t :es on the brain. .' Mr. Jones came , here several years ago in connection with an important law suit, but was compelled to give up practice, owing to brain trouble. He afterward be came a noted antiquary. J. R. Cjuain of Ottawa, a life-long friend, found Mr. Jones today as a result of a year's search. ( Burned to Death When Automobile Gets Into Wreck HEMSTEAD, N. Y., June 20.-Arthur Baumgartner was burned to death and six others were Injured, two probably fa tally, In a collision today between a high power touring car and a runabout at a road intersection near, the grandstand of the Long Island Motor park way. Baumgartner was pinned beneath the touring car and a moment later flames covered the wreck. The victim cried for help, but his companions were unable to give it . . South Dakota Elks Hold Annual Session SIUOX " FALLS, S. D., June 20.-(Spe- cial.) The Elks have possession of Sioux Falls, thousands of members having gathered here from, all parts of the state to ' attend the annual convention and carnival of ,the South Dakota Elks association. Thousands t visitors and many Sioux Falls people this afternoon went to the fair grounds south of the city, where automobile races and other sports had been arranged . for their en tertainment. . The feature tonight was the big Elks industrial parade, which marched through the principal business streets, the parade in numbers and in the excellence of the floats being the great est in the history of South Dakota Elkdom. A fine program has been prepared for Thursday and there will be something do ing every minute of the day. Chinese Troops at Mukden Loot Stores PEKING, June 20. The Chinese troops stationed at Mukden mutinied last night according to pispatches from that city. Many ; natives were victims of their ferocity and hundreds of houses were de stroyed by roving bands of mutineers, while the Jewelry stores were the first to be looted and then burned. Foreigners and their property were re spected by the troops. FARMER ELEVATOR MEN MEET AND ELECT OFFICERS ;- MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., , June 20.-Th first annual convention of the National Association of Managers of Farmer Elevator .companies elected officers to day as follows: ' President J.' W. Simpson, Danvers, III.; vice president, J. M. Johnson, Thomson. S. 'D.; secretary," Iver S. Henjum, Hart ford, S. D.; treasurer, W. J. Hunt. Cavour, S. D. A Pleasant Surprise follows the first dose of Dr. King's New Life Pills; the painless regulators that strengthen you. Guaranteed.' 25c. For sale by B""on Drug Co. Persists... .VdvarUjilug j the fioad ti Big Return,-, 1 - Fifty Years Ago Dr. Renner Started to Fight the Indians Fifty years ago, June 19, 18. Dr. Fred-erk-k Renner, then of Nebraska City, was commissioned captain of the "Otoe County . Reserves," Second brigade, Ne braska militia, and entered the service of the country, being assigned to duty In Nebraska under Colonel Olive Perry Mason,' who was then conducting the campaign against the Indians. Forty years later, June 20, 1902, Dr. Renner was honorably discharged from the service of the Nebraska militia. Adjutant General Colby issuing the order at the instance of Governor Savage. General Isaao Coe, who was in com mand of the Second brigade of Nebraska mllltta during the Indian campaigns, records that "Captain Renner did, in his double capacity as scout and surgeon of militia, render valuable services to his regiment In repelling Indian raids from June, 1S62, from my personal knowledge and from reliable reports, rendered efficient services also In the years 14 and 1S67. That he was noted for -his bravery and public spirit, and as such volunteer did not ask or receive compensa tion for u.a services, but rendered ef ficient service In protecting the overland travelers and terror-stricken settlers when their lives were in actual peril from hostile Indians." This report was made by General Coe In 1896, when Dr. Renner was then first asking for a pension from the govern ment. Now, In 1912, sixteen years later, he Is in receipt of a letter from the solicitor general of the pension office, telling him that his case to outside of the pension law, and that he must depend on an act of congress for relief. The effort of Senator Hitchcock to have such a bill passed by the present session has failed, and the venerable doctor, who fought Indians to aid settlers at a time when the confederates were stirring the red men up to raids in Nebraska and Kansas, must wait for another congress before he can try again to get the tardy relief he so greatly needs. Rosewater Holds Fate of President for Seven Hours Says William H. Culver in the Chicago American: "Victor Rosewater made good yesterday the faith repoBed in him by the mighty of the old regime. He proved that he would and could 'stand up.' The. young Hebrew editor of Omaha, the midget of the great national repub lican convention that boasts many giants, held the fate of President Taft in his small hands for seven hours. And when Rosewater surrendered his charge to Senator Ellhu Root, President Taft's chances for a renominatlon were JuBt as good . as they were when given to Rosewater to guard. "At any time within that; seven hours Rosewater could have turned the con vention over to Theodore Roosevelt. A simple ruling and he could have made Roosevelt the nominee for a third term. "Because Rosewater stood firm in do ing the job he was chosen to do, Ellhu Root, representative of Taft, Is tempo rary chairman o-the convention made so by. a vote of 588 for himself to 603 for Governor McGovern of Wisconsin, 9 for W. S. Lauder of North Dakota, 3 for Walter S. Houser of Wisconsin, 1 for Senator Gronna of North Dakota and 6 absent or not voting. "Because Root Is in the chair, and be cause Rosewater kept the faith, Presi dent Taft also retains thus far his paper title to a renominatlon. But he re tains it by an eyebrow margin." Army Mule Again in the Spotlight MADISON, Wis., June 20.-The army mule has apparently won his fight for existence. The test of the auto truck as a substitute for the mule on the march of the provisional regiment has been extensive enough to justify the fol lowing statement from Captain M. E. Favllle: "The automobile demonstration has been such as to warrant the conclusion that it is unwise and unsafe to super sede army mules and wagons with the troops by any other form of locomotion.'' Colonel R. N. Getty, In command, de clared, however, the auto truck will prove valuable in supplementing the regu lar modem of conveyance. The provisional regiment encamped to day at Mlddleton and will reach Madi son at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Orkin rotted 318-320 South 16th. 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Her testimony covered her relations with Thaw , from the time ten years ago when he first sought acquaintance with her as a chorus girl, his proposal of marriage, his rage when she told ot an earlier at tack on her by White, fhe Thaw mar riage, his constant reversion to her rela tions with White and the shooting of White on the. Madison Square Garden roof. !She , had not touched ( upon the later mental condition of her husband w'.ien the hearing was adjourned until tomorrow, when she may be recalled. Key to the Situation Bee Advertising. FRECKLE-FACE ITtw Bemedy That Ktmovts Trscklts or Costs nothing. Here's a chance, Miss Freckle-Face, to try a new remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable dealer that it will not cost you a penny unless it removes the freckles, while If it does give you a clear complexion the ex pense is trifling. 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Our Hat's Off to an Omaha daughter She's More Beautiful Than Chicago's Prize Shop Girl. Out of the vast throng of girls who work in Omaha, The Bee has picked one who is more beautiful than the Chicago working girl who visited, this city last week. Her picture will be published in The Omaha Sunday Bee There are other good things in this issue of The Bee. , Gaby's New Clothes What a wonder of beauty they are. The famous ' little girls' hats and gowns are well described by Lady Duff -Gordon, and there are some stunning pictures' of this idol of kings. ... . The Only Girl Who Ever Broke" Dannuzia' Heart Allan Dale, the famous dramatic writer, gives an inimitable picture of the woman with a riddle face who may be a greater Bernhardt. Food Yalues a Study for Beauty Lena Cavalieri in another famous beauty talk, v A German Beauty off to Con'; que? Paris The interesting story of Fraulein Wagner, who is ' set on capturing Paris. These are just a few of the - many features in The Omaha Sunday Bee It is the biggest and best of Omaha's Sunday papers. . .5 ? 0