Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 17, 1912, Page 12, Image 12
12 THE BEE: 01IAHA. . WEDNESDAY, JtJLY 17, 1911 3IG CUT-IN EXPRESS RATES hnaha Shippers Will Greatly Bene fit by the Change. Ordered. SMALL PACKAGES ABE CUT MOST DiiIhii Mem Say that rder the ""Sew Rates They Mar Ship by Express Instead of I'aiaaT the Malta. BETWEEN NEW YORK AND OMAHA. Pounds. 6. 10. 25. 100. Present rate...... .75 $1.00 $1.60 $4.60 ProDosed rate 38 .57 1.13 S.SW ' RTPTWTTRM BOSTON AND OMAHA, Freaent rate 75 J.15 1.85 .00 Pmnnml rate. .43 .6 J.M 4.S5 BET. SAN FRANCISCO AND OMAHA. r..t.t rt .80 1.40 3.25 10.16 PrnnnMl rate 60 1.00 t.2X . 8.25 i. BETWEEN DENVER AND OMAHA, Present rate .70 1.00 1-40 -W Pro nosed rats. .34 .48 .90 S.00 BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND OMAHA Present rate.......... .70 .90 1.80 $.60 Proposed rate. 34 .48 .90 k 3.00 BET.' SALT LAKE CITT AND OMAHA. Present fate.. .78 1.16 1.86 6.00 proposed rate .44 .68 1.41 6.06 Omaha shippers are to bs gently bens- tited; when the reduction in express rates , is made effective In October, as la shown by the above table, which gives the re duction to be made between soma of the ' principal cities of the country .and Omaha,.'- , ,- , it may be noted that the reduction if tiiurh more on the smaller packages than n those' more wlghty.. On five-pound packages a cut of about 46 per cent is made in some instances.' while the gen eral reduction is about J3V4 per cent .. Railroad men say that their charges in the past have been a minimum and that there is no way by which they could re duce them and receive any profit for hauling through cars and local business. They add that if they are forced to make any reduction, the business will have to go by freight and take its chances with tner fetght. r 1' ,- r Rates Are Too High. ' Business men who, hare casually ex amined into the proposed reductiomof ex press rates, contend that heretofore the charges have been too high. In fact, they have been higher on some classes of pack ages than exacted by the postofflco de partment If a reduction of 10 to 26 per cent is forced by the: commission, it will bring the charges to a point 'where goods, especially small packages, can be sent by express. '' The new schedules, aa formulated by the commission, are cumbersome and some time will be required by the express agents and others to study them out so that they can talk of them intelligently. ' Country Divided I p. ' - The United States is divided into 860 blocks for rate making. These blocks are (('proximately fifty miles square. Rates ire proposed between each of these flocks, treating cities and towns within each block aa common points. Each block Vi one degree of longitude in length and one degree of latitude In. width. .To every express station' Within "each of these blocks, the .rate is the same from any other given block; Thus, the rate Is be tween blocks instead of between cities. A'nder this block system of making rates ihe rates are stated for each package weighing from one to 100 pounds. ..' By .the decision the express companies of the country are required to enter into arrangements with each other for the i direct routing of all shipments, instead of tending them by roundabout Routes In rder to secure more mileage and conse quently more charges. inner me new method of rating and charging Omaha will be in block S29 and every town within the fifty-mile limit 111 be terated as a common point taking ;he Qmaha rate. To give an Idea of the new as com pared ,wtih the present rate, a fw in stances are cited. At this time the tharge on a five-pound package to St. Paul or Minneapolis is 66 cents. Under the new plan, the charge will be 28 cents. Between the same points on a 100-pound package the rate Is B, but under the new plan It will be $1,80. .; Railroad Officials on Inspection Tour -President Felton and General Manager SUfer of the Great Western spent a portion of yesterday . In Omaha enroute .from Chicago to Kansas City. They came in on a special, spent an hour or more looking over the Council Bluffs termi nals and then came to this aide of the river. - , In Omaha they looked over the freight station and yards and then called at local headquarters. .. I . While President Feiton states that the l)Kat Western is not contemplating any extensive Improvements here, he says that the facilities for caring for business will be Improved rapidly as the occasion .demands. He Is well satisfied with the .business tho road is doing out of .Omaha .and predicts an increase as soon as the ";crop commences to move, He has cov ered most of the Great Western territory during the last two weeks and. finds the crop conditions excellent Small grain Is fully up to the average and corn gives promise all through Illinois. Minnesota and Iowa of being as good as last year, it not better. ; Insanitary Butcher v Shops to Be Cleaned ' Police Commissioner Ryder has directed inspectors to Investigate conditions in local butcher shops and slaughter houses and report to him. Mr. Ryder saya he understands that very young calves are being slaughtered and that uncleanliness prevails in sev eral shops. . . "It is a misdemeanor for a butcher to keep unclean places." said the commis sioner, "but we will make it tough for them it conditions are found as bad as they are represented." RAILROAD IS SUED FOR ; ' FAILURE TO PROVIDE CAR :" Frank C. Biles of Arlington has started a suit tor Jtt against the Northwestern railroad In district court alleging failure lu furnish a car for shipment ct ninety even head of hogs to South Omaha. It If alleged that had the car been provided en the day promised the bogs could have been sold for C more than they brought Uec shipped a day later. " , K'Rbel Flat HeaC Vc'li tickets, Chicago so New Tork and f.i.m, CZT; Boston and return, 126. Be Xicvci rates to other eastern points. Also r!alU-rut. ' Liberal stopovers. In csuirv of local agent, or address John T. I'jilNhciii. A. a. P. A 6ft Wen Adams Bt Babe Tumbles Out of Coach. Window, Escaping Unhurt Little Reed Fairbanks, 2 years old, sun of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Fairbanks of Salt Lake City, tumbled out of the window of a Union Pacific train Monday evening near Fremont and though the train was moving at the rate of forty-five miles ari hour the child was unhurt The train was Immediately stopped and everyone expected to find the child dead, but much to their surprise the conductor end the parents found the baby-gurgling and gleefully waving his arms when they went back to the spot where he had fallen. , - Soon after the accident the child seemed to be stuplfled, and it was feared that Internal Injuries had been' sustained. " The baby was taken to St Catherine's hos pital upon arrival here and it was found that minor bruises only constituted the Injuries. CHURCHES FIGHTING MOVIES ' "' r ' i Ordinance Proposed to Regulate Electric Theater Operation. PAST0B APPEALS TO COUNCIL Objections Are Raised by Rer. C. A. Tarnqnist to Establishment of Amusement - Place Near the Swedish Cknrch. Moving picture theaters may be com pelled to vacate- church neighborhoods If an ordinance being drafted passes. Kev. c. A. Turnquist and Attorney John C. Wharton apeared before the council to object to the establishment of a mov ing picture theater at Twenty-third and Davenport streets, opposlto the Swedish Evangelical church. They declared it would be less disturb ing and less offensive to property owners to allow a saloon to operate on the corner across from the church. E. C. Page, representing the builders of the theater, declared the council had no right to act until after the license had been granted and the city ordinances violated. Assistant City Attorney Te Poel upheld this view, saying, however, that any ac tion the council might take would not take away, the , power to regulate the place. : Councilman MeOovern moved the mat ter be referred to the legal department with instructions to draft an ordinance excluding picture theaters from school and church neighborhoods. The distance limit suggested was 600 feet An ordinance creating the office of ele vator inspector, the office to be self-sustaining, was passed. City Attorney Bine ruled that In the case nf the protests against the Tlnley Rescue home the council had no. power to act. Contract between the city and the elec- trlo light company was approved. Commissioner McGovern's appointment of J. Bllckensderfer as Inspector at $3.50 per day waa approved. City Clerk Elynn was Instructed to re- advertise for bids for repairing the rc-jf of the city hall. , Chinaman Puts Up Unique Defense Leo Wing, arrested last week by Ser geant Slgwart, Detective Murphy and several other officers in a raid upon his plaoe, was fined $25 and costs in police court for conducting a gambling den. The thirteen Inmates were assessed $6 and costs each.., , ' ;,'v.' ' ( The erowd of Chinamen was gathered around table playing fan tan when the officers made the arrest. In police court the proprietor, Leo Wing, put up the de fense that he and the Inmates were con ducting a building and loan 'association; that on this partcular night the board of directors had gathered at his house to draw for a house and lot The man who drew the red paddle was to be the winner. The court refused tq believe the story. The evidence of the officers tended to show that they were playing a game of chance for large stakes and not drawing for a beautiful home in the residence dlstricj of the city. REAL ESTATE MEN TO DO BATTLE WITH ABSTRACTERS What promises to be one of the main features at the real estate men's outing at Happy Hollow; club this after noon is the ball game between the old reliable real estate men and the abstract ers. ' There is oonsderable rivalry between the two teams and John L. McCague, cap tain of the real estate men, vouches that he will get the scalps of the abstracters. He asserts that he has the better team of the two and with W. H. Green as t wirier being In good shape, no doubt a hot game will be looked for. On the other side Captain and Manager Jessen of the abstracters expects to. re peat the dose that he gave the real estate men a few years ago at the real estate men's picnic at Bennington, in which game the abstracters defeated said real estate men in an - elghteen-lnnlng game by a score of 1 to 0. H. D. Reed, known as "Dinger Reed,' and who is also a f linger, or In other words a Class A' pitcher,: will endeavor to do his best to keep his past record. HARD COAL MAY COST MORE Sealers Say There is No Chance for Cheaper Price. HARD WHITES USES UP SURPLUS Saspeaatoa at the Hard Coal Mtaea Added to the Loag. Wlater Re dares Advaace Supply at Mines aa Docks. " "I look for hard coal to go up to $12 per ton during the coming winter." said Victor White yesterday." It is a mat ter of competition between the dealers for the coal at the mines and at the flocks. We will all be standfng tn line waiting for coal and the supply will "be short 'so that naturally the mines will raise the price on us when they find us competing so sharply with one another for: the sup ply." i i , Last winter, Mr. White says, cleaned the mines and; docks of coal and left them stripped in the, spring. The strikes had reduced the amount of coal thrown on the market, so. that the hard winter easily consumed every-bit of surplus. "Even .though, they see the ulluatlon that confronts them," says Mr. White; "the people seem absolutely Indifferent They are not putting in as much cnal for their winter supply this summer as they normally do. Hard coal will never be below til per ton next winter and it is apt to go a great deal higher than that." ; . . Hard Coal Higher. Formerly the chestnut has been selling at the docks at Chicago "and other lake ports in June at $6 per ton wholesale, and It has been customary for it to' rise 10 cents per month after that until winter, This year the wholesale pric at the docks started at $6.60, just a halt dollar higher, than the June price of former years, and this advance Is sxpoctcd to continue throughout the fall and winter. It Is estimated that the nut coal will be $7.10 wholesale at the docks in October, as against $6.50 last year. The freight from Chicago and other lake ports to Omaha Is $2.50, per ton. The minimum cartage Is 50 cents per' ton, and outside of certain limits it la 75 cents. Dealers say they, are always at a dis advantage in that they have to buy all coal at the mine weights, and the shrink age is ' great before ; the cars reach the point of consumption. This shrinkage re sults fr6m various reasons. There Is al ways a leakage of cars, and then' there are people in the various railway yaids on the way that help themselves to coal that stops In the yards In transit For tnis reason aeaiers say mey never get quite what they pay for at the mines and docks'. . ..... Soft coal of the Illinois variety. Is re tailing at $7 per ton and the dealers do not look for any material advance In the price of this. Sheridan coal Is selling at fl per ton. Elks at Portland Are Kept on Move Colonel W. A. Canada is the first of the Omaha Elks to return from the grand lodge meeting. He says the Elks had the time of their lives. ' . ' Portland, says Colonel Canada did itself proud in entertaining the visitors. The town was wide open day and night and there was nothing too good for the visit ors. Numerous excursions and attract ions were planned and the visitors were constantly pn tfiet move. The attendance was hardly what had been anticipated, the east not having sent as many dele gates aa had been looked for. However, Elks were there in full force from the west. ' The Omaha Elks 125 strong-made a tine appearance and there was not a minute, day or night, when they were not boosting for and talking Omaha. DAY LETS DOWN BARS FOR FRIENDSHIP SAKE Judges of the district court do not en courage civil marriages, but Judge George A. ( Day stepped over the bars to ac comodate an old friend when he married Joseph C. Morris and Mrs. Rosalia Kopald, 1 . v V . When Mr. Morris and Mrs. Kopald. ac companied by Mrs. Kopald's two sons and Health Commissioner Ralph W. Con nell, Walter Molse and Charles Schlank, appeared In Judge Days court, armed with a marriage license, the court sug gested that marrying was a little out of his line. District court Judges through experience are defter tn. untying than In tying marital knots. Mr. Morris and Mrs. Kopald. Insisted, however, and the judge performed the ceremony. GUY R. C REED SERIOUSLY ILL AFTERjAN OPERATION Guy R. C. Reed, well known attorney, Is. In the Swedish Mission hospital in a very serious-condition-as the result of an operation for appendicitis July 4. Mr. Reed was taken suddenly HI on the morning of July 4 and was operated on In the evening. His condition was very critical until Saturday morning last when he took' a turn for the better. His con dition is . still such that none of his friends are permitted to see him at the hospital. '. . ' i ; . Most Woaderf al Heallag. , After suffering many years with a sore. Amos King, Port Byron. N. Y., was cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. , FLORSHEir.l SHOES AND OXFORDS (DLACK AMD TAN) fON'T wait-take this U opportunity to buy the high grade FLORSHEIM SHOE at greatly reduced prices U UUL3 KJ U LULJLiJ UUUIIUVIU 315 SOUTH 1GTH OTI7EET, OMAHA, NEBRAOKA. n 1 1 1 1 1 n-i I, :: Tjl Wednesday's Specials Frem the Semi-Annual Clearing Sale Women's Wash Skirts r,.m,M i 1 - I I fr 1 IB J V f aaa-l. TV . P'-jW W 1 i I'lid'Summer Clearance of Ribbons ' ; Wonderful opportunity Here are ribbons that were prices. Wednesday, they are , 6-Inch Messallna Ribbons, best quality, good colorings, at-........... ,. 6, 8 and 6 is -inch Fancy Warp Prints, beautiful floral ' designs, at 6 H -Inch Moire Ribbons, in white, pink and1 blue, also other desirable colors, at........... 6 -Inch Fancy. Striped Ribbons, suitable for millinery, etc., at ; . . . . . . . 6-Inch wide Fancy Stripe Ribbons, In pretty colorings, . 6i4-!nch Satin' gibbons," good' quality, at............. Also No. 16 Black Velvet Ribbon, all silk, at Mo. 22 Black Velvet. Ribbon, all silk, at, yard........8So Sashes made free of charge.. ; " WEDNESDAY SPECIALS - Dept., on Main Floor. , Laundry Bags- Assorted patterns, worth 50c, at ; . .-. . . .3J) White Linen Scarfs, embroidered in blue and pink -extra special,' at .................. . . , v. . . f . : ;.v; . Silk Pillow Cords, special, at, each c. ..) Linen Pillow Covers with scarf to match, in conventional designs, fringe edges 50c values at, each , . . . 252 Silk Floss Pillows For One Day Only Size 18x18,1 Size 30x20 Size 1 at ,. 19 I t . 294 I at . SPECIAL SALE WOMEN'S MID-SUMMER SHOES Women's Oxfords and PumpsBroken lines of our most popular styles tans and blacks, patent leather, dull kidskin and dull ealfskm. less than $3.00 all sizes, Women's Tan Calfskin Pumps, OxTords and Colonial Pumps $3.00 to $5.00 values in all sizes, A ft at, pair. . . . . . . .U, ; . . . . ., . . ...... V&AO BRANDEIS STORES M DRS. MACH Q. CIACH THE DENTISTS iiMMsere to BAILBY a MACH The larrtst and best equipped deatal offices moderate prices. Porcelain fillings jast like Srd Floor Paxton 10 FIGHT METERS AT CURBS Gas Commissioner Butler Protests Against Water Board Baling. PATE0NS HAVE NO EEC0URSE ! Dr. Conaell Also Aanoaaees that Hf la la the Flcht to Compel Plac ing of Water Meters la the Hoaaea. . Joe Butler, gas commissioner, protest ing against the ruling ot the water board that all meters must be installed at the curb, declares (bat if the order is .car ried .out "patrons will have no recourse because they will be unable to read meters and Will be left at the mercy of the meter-reader." : V : :: ' : i : i. He further asserts that an experienced meter reader will have difficulty in se curing exact readings. He believes if meters are Installed at the curbs only "approximate readings" can be obtained. "And with an approximate reading just one figure read wrong may mean several dollars to the consumer. There will be as T m ran $6.00 values now Q4.95 $5.00 values now G3-95 $4.50-valuesnow.03.85 Some DrCstcn Lets, $4.00 values Hllill Stores Close B p. m. Baring July and August Except at P. JL Worth 91 AQn and $1.60, at A special purchase of 2,000 new style summer wash skirts : of , tnto-date wash fabrics linons, -cotton cor- I duroys etc. cool," dressy jj and practical skirts for every j occasion all good styles and f well wearing materials. MADE TO SELL AT $1.60, i $1.25, $1.50, Wednesday 0o, Second Floor, at . V. to buy. ribbons for all uses. ;; splendid values at regular ;; all reduced to, yard, 19c. YARD IN AET NEEDLEWORK Z 22x22, I Size 24x24, i Size 26x26, .394 I at . .494 I at 594 i Not a pair worth $1.98 at. . : ... ...... la Omaha. . Experts la chsrtr of a rail work. tke tooth, lastrtuaeats sterilized alter asiag. Block, Omaha, Nebr. recourse because these meters are buried in a dark hole four and a half feet under ground and It would take a hardy man to go out in the winter and dig up the froxen ground to read the meter by a lamp or a candle." Company Fears Loss..!. ' Gas and electric meters ' are all placed in the basements of bouses. Water Com missioner Howell and the water board maintain that there will be considerable loss of water by means of leaks between the curb and the house It meters are in stalled in houses. It Is their plan to have customers pay for this loss or else discover It and report it to the board. They declare also that all the larger cities have installed meters at the curb, and that they' are easy to read there. t)r. R. W. Connell, who has notified the board that he will fight the plan to com pel property owners to pay for main extensions, - will also object to installa tion of meters at curbs. He believes the board has no right to make watchdogs of the consumers 'and ought themselves see - that pipes are kept in -repair. .Key to the Situation Bee Advertising. al $2.95 W 1 1 19c MAN'S OPPORTUNITY An Oxford Bargain that will please yon is awaiting yon here. All the latest shapes, styles, colors and kinds of leather. - 20 por cent of f all Oxfords Four special tables on which Oxfords and few High Shoes are. placed. These lots are being offered at a discount of from . ' ' , T- 33 per cent to 75 por cent 1 LOOK FOR TOUR SIZE. ' Table 1 $ .98 for $2.50 to $5.00 values, f ! 2-$1.48 ' $2.50 $4.00 : r 5 " 3-$1.98 " $2.50 " $5.00 . i . : " 4-$2.48 4 $3.00, ",$5.00 REGENT SHOE CO' 205 South 15th Street ? TO SICK PEOPLE : v : .. ' - :. .-.- ' - The gratifying success of our "United" system :of medicine In-the treatment of ' chronic " diseases has no only convinced ' the - people that "United" treatment often succeeds after ordinary doctors, have Jailed; but bur success has also convinced some unscrupulous dooctors that they, can reap a'reward by pretending to be agents for or pretending to- be -connected with us in some way. . ; J .We have been informed that doctors are traveling over the western states reaping a rich harvest from sick people representing themselves , to be our agents or using some name so similar to ours as to be confusing to bick peopie. . . ' . - Therefore, we make the following statements in order to prevent sick people from becoming confused in regard to where -they can receive too United Doctors' treatment. . , We have only one office in Nebraska located in Omaha on the second floor of the Neville block, corner 16th and Harney streets. ;". We have no institutes in either of the Dakotas, Minnesota or Iowa. . We have no traveling representatives in either of the above states or in Nebraska. i . ' ' We do not conduct any institutes or offices anywhere under the names "Associated Doctors" or "Associated Medical Specialists' or "Western United Doctors" or "Northwestern United Doctors" or any similar Bounding names. The only name under which we do business anywhere is just plain United Doctors. V . ; - '; -.. ' "- -''' Any sick person who has been defrauded by any doctor or persoits who fraudulently represented that he was our agent ,6r was connected with us may compel such doctor or person to return the money, and also convict , him of swindling by obtaining money by false representation. i W sioo We will pay $100 reward to any person in Nebraska, Iowa or Minne sota" or the Dakotas who convicts any doctor or person of fraudulently ob taining money by pretending to be our agentsr . , , ------ . - - iA ( . 0 Pxl D EP Dl6'0TR"S Low Fares East Round Trips from Omaha to Atlantic City, N. J. ..$44.25 Boston, via Montreal $40.60 Boston, direct routes $41-$45 Buffalo, ;N. Y. .....$32-$34 Detroit, Mich. .... .$25-$26 Montreal, Que. ......$35.00 New York City ...,$42-545 Quehec, Que. .... . ". :. $39.00 Portland, Me. ......$43.35 Toronto, Ont ..$29.60 These are only a few of the at tractive 60-day . summer tour tickets on sale daily until Septem ber 30th to many eastern resorts. Long limit, round trip tickets on sale at reduced rates to Wiscon sin, Michigan, New England, Canadian and Pacific Coast points. Liberal stop-over priv ileges. . Start your vacation right by using the CHICAGO MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY" ' ' : , vnnr anlendid daily trains .from a h afford a auick and com fortable means of reaching the near-by resorts and make good connections at Chicago for al) nointa east. Let, us plan your trip and arrange the details. In formation and folders free. . W. E. BOCK City Passenger Agent 1612 Farnam St., Omaha . ..Neb.,-.'. ,'.-. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. WENTWORTH iS?JS Com prpf tor TmAMg Coam, tJnlTmme,Ktlonl AndcinM or Bnttnen Ufa, Qorm. rmmot uMrrtiloii. InfDtiy, ArtiltePf and Ckimlrr. tjtttm ot athlotua noobw mn atodaak ForCktolcc.wktraai THE SECKETAKT. 1804 Wulilaatoa Aveaae. VtxinfUm, Me. Hardin SB Tko bnt a4omd glrU' school la tho Cwtnl Wwt. Preparttorj and Junior OiW tg. Hlsboat rank at anlTntitlaa. Covrm In Art. Elocution, Mule. 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