The Omaha Sunday Bee
PABT TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT.
PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
VOL. XLH-NO. 5.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1912.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
M'BRIDE EXCEEDS AUTHORITY
County Commissioners Pass Resolu
tions Ordering Stop.
lOREMAN'S REPORT INACCURATE
Lynch. Offers Resolution Indicating;
that in the Future the County
Should Know "Where It
Money is Beiiic Spent.
SPRINKLING ORDER IS DEFIED
Paul Getzschmann Will Water His
Shrubbery or Xriow Reason.
NEIGHBORS ARE WITH HIM
If Water Board Attempt to Force
Its Ruling He Says lie Will
Carry the Fight Into
the Courts.
Store Close s at
Five O'Clock
Store Closes at
Five O'Clock
ORKIN BROTHERS, Successors to
Resolutions finding that County Sur
veyor and Highway Commissioner
Goorge McBride has exceeded his author
ity by having work done without con
tract when the amount involved exceeded
t;K, by having work done and purchas
ing materials without first submitting
plans and specifications to the Board of
County Commissioners, ' and by employ
ing men to do work without the board's
authorization, and ordering McBride to
ceaao such practices on account of il
legality were adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners by unanimous
voto after an Investigation of bridge and
culvert work in the county.
During the investigation it developed
that foremen's reports of the culvert
work have been inaccurate and some of
the reports failed to tally with a report
on payrolls.
Mr. McBride produced a report o Fore
iv.an Sam Kline, In charge of work on a
culvert north of Bennington, known as
t'.io Bennington culvert, the report show
ing Urao of laborers to a total of S2G7.50.
The work was begun June 4 and finished
June 24. County Auditor George Anthes,
instructed to report on the Kline payroll
from June 4 to 24, reported the amount
as 493.
McBride then explained that the $267.50
was for work actually done on the Ben
nington culvert while the balance of the
money was spent on work on two nearby
culverts.
The total cost of the Bennington cul
vert. Including labor and material, was
$656.30. Mr. McBride was unable to say
whether the culvert could have been built
at less cost if a contract had been let.
Chairman John C. Lynch, who offered
the resolution, declared that in the last
six years the county has spent mure
than a million dollars on road, . bridge
and culvert work, and in future the
county ought to have some way of know
ing that it Is getting its money's worth
and that bridges and culverts are costing
as little as possible.
McBride admitted that some of the cul
vert work has not been done in conform
ance to . Judge Kennedy's Interpretation
of the law, but said the commissioners
were willing to have it done as he was
doing It, and if it had been wrong they
were as guilty as he. Mr. Lynch said
the commissioners had every reason to
assume that he was conforming to the
law and took action as soon as they
discovered the work was not being done
4
as It should be done.
While admitting that some of the nork
was not done as Judge Kennedy huM the
law requires, Mr. McBride said not a
dollar had .been spent , for bridge, worlt
except by contract
Milwaukee Road
is Pushing Its
Double Tracking
With more than 1,500 men employed,
the Milwaukee Is pushing the double
tracking and ' reconstruction of Its line
across Iowa. Work is now going on over
the entire stretch of road, 40 miles, be
tween Marion on the east fend Neola, a
few miles east of Council Bluffs, on f.ie
west.
The work of construction and recon
struction is being prosecuted night and
day at nearly all of the twenty grading
camps, electric light plants having been
installed In order that night- work may
be carried on during every hour of the
twenty-four. Curves are being taken out,
hills are being cut down to reduce grades
and low places are being filled. The re
sult of this will be that, when the new
line is completed, it is contended that it
will be the shortest route between Omaha
and Chicago, the distance having been
brought considerably under 500 miles.
The heaviest work on the new line will
be in the vicinity of Madrid, the crossing
of the Des Moines river. Here an im
mense hill will be cut through in order to
cross the river on a level gde. The
bridge over 'the river, however, will be
one of the high type, the tracks being
about 150 feet above the bed of the
stream. The structure will cost In excess
of $1,000,000 and will not be completed
much before next fall.
Paul Getzschmann, 1608 South Tenth
street, has defied tho Water board to en
force the order prohibiting the use of
water on lawns except between the hours
of 6 and 8 o'clock a. m. He says he will
use wuter whenever his shrubbery needs
it and if the water commissioner shuts
off his supply he will go to court.
Several otner . Tenth street residents,
neighbors of Mr. Getzschmann, have lol
lowed suit and denied the right of the
Water board to interfere with their use
of water to preserve shrubbery that will
die unless it receives water during other
than the hours fixed by the Water board.
Mrs. Getzschmann declares nearly all her
neighbors are going to use water when
ever It is needed, regardless of what the
Water board does.
"This may mean that we will have to
go to the courts," said Mr. Getzschmann,
"and if it does I am willing, because I
intend to keep right on using water when
ever I believe it is necessary." He says
South Tenth street residents have planted
several thousand dollars' worth of shrub
bery that will die unless it receives water.
Howell Gives Ultimatum.
"If they refuse to stop using water ex
cept between the hours of 6 and 8 a. m.,"
said Water Commissioner Howell, "there
Is but one thing for us to do. We'll fchut
off their water. They will pay $1 to get
it turned on again, but if they Insist on
using it out of hours we'll keep it shut
off. It is the only thing we can do."
Mr. Howell believes under the law the
board has absolute power In this jiase
and will stick to his plan to enforce the
ruling. The South Tenth street residents
declare they have not "investigated the
law,"' but believe there is no legal sanc
tion for an act that deliberately destroys
their property. They ,will. secure lcr,al
assistance as soon as the water Com
missioner shuts off their water supply
and refuses to turn it on again.
Wheat Movement
Starts Eastward
Over All Roads
New wheat from Nebraska is commenc
ing to move through the Omaha elevators
In larg quantities. The Chicago Great
Western has taken out forty cars des
tined for Minneapolis and Chicago, and
neadly double this number of cars are
being loaded.
The Milwaukee is preparing to load out
fifty cars the first of the week, the
Northwestern sixty-five, the Burlington
forty-nine and the Rock Island sixty
three. The wheat easily grades No. J,
and it Is said that if it had gone Through
the sweat, it would have come very close
to No. 1. Some of it weighs as high as
sixty-two pounds to the bushel.
Idaho Farmer Has
Great Potato Yield
By changing his alfalfa fields to potato
fields, J. B. Pcrrine of Twin Falls,
Idaho, declares he has obtained & yield
of 600 bushels to the acre.
While In Omaha he Is telling friends of
his success with potatoes planted where
alfalfa' has grown. He sold 4,000 tons of
alfalfa and made some large potato con
tracts while here.
Perrine is a scientific farmer and an
authority In his home state. Fruits from
his apple, pear and prune orchards havo
taken the highest premiums all over the
world.
He bas just returned from New York
City where he had gone to get some of
his Union Pacific friends to meeUThomas
A. Edison to see his latest railroad car
equipped with, storage .. batteries. He
placed an order for two cars to be used
on his twelve miles of belt railroad In
Twin Falls.
Kecord is Made in
Printing Envelopes
A new Industry ' has sprung up in
Omaha. xIt is the manufacture of an
. envelope printing press, which was in
vented by M. P. McKenna of Dubuque,
la. The Burkley Knvelope company of
Omaha has purchased the right to manu
facture and sell these presses. The first
order for the presses is now being ex
ecuted In th .east, after which it is pro
ps, ctd to manufacture them in Omaha.
Lust rjK the Uurkiey Knvelope corn
pit ay printed for tnc Unitwl States Na-ti-.o.il
liai.k ;X.-,yO' niupcs in s'x. and
oi.c-f'u:-tU Lours on one .of these nr-w
prexes, wh'ch is considered u. world's
record.
Would Do Away
With Trolley .Poles
City Electrician Michaelsen will ask the
city council to take some action to com
pel the street railway company "to re
move all posts to which are fastened
trolley sustaining wires and fasten the
wires to buildings.
Mr. Michaelsen says the plan Is per
fectly feasible and would do away with
a lot of unsightly poles. He says other
cities have found it necessary cooner cr
later to do this.
"Where there are objections to doing
this," said the electrician, "the plan fol
lowed in some European countries might
be adopted here. An unsightly pole Is
used and it Is placed directly against the
building. The owner will permit the
wires to be connected with his building
rather than have such a polo placed
there."
Where there are buildings too low to
hold up the wires, as on the corner of
Sixteenth and Farnam, Michaelsen be
lieves posts ought to be used until larger
buildings are erscted.
Nebraska Drenched
in Copious Fashion
A large portion of Nebraska was given
another soaking Friday afternoon and
night, being heaviest up in the sand bill
country.
From Columbus to Sidney there was a
steady rain of a couple of hours' dura
tion, the precipitation ranging from cne
fourth to one-half inch. To the north the
rain was much heavier, an inch being re
ported from several points on "the Caila
way and Albion branches of the Union
Pacific. (
There were scattered showers in the
southern part of the state. In the north
part the rain was very heavy, one Inch
falling throughout Custer county, around
Tliedford.
Good rains are reported along the Mis
souri river. From Blair north, and an
Inch or more most of the way from At
kinson, through to almost as far west as
Gordon.
FORMER OMAHA WOMAN
DIES AT RAPID CITY, S. D.
Mrs. Harriet Loveland, well remem
bered as one of the earlier residents of
Omaha, died at her home In Rapid City,
S. D., on June 14, at the aged of 92 years.
She was the widow of Edwin Loveland,
who died two years ago at the aged of
99 years.
The Lovelands came to Omaha in 1R56
and lived here In early days at Nineteenth
and California streets, where Mr. Love
land built the firse home in that neigh
borhood. The old homestead was torn
down only a few years ago. Mr. Loveland
was a miller and had Interests In Coun
cil Bluffs. The family moved to the
Black Hills in 1877, and Mrs. Loveland
followed two years later.
Three children survive. ;
Pel slstent Advertising Is the Road to
B.g Returns. -
This Week the Closing Out of the Bennett Stock
Looms Big with Opportunities for the Thrifty
Seasonable merchandise to the value of thousands and
thousands of dollars has been reduced still further to add fuel
to the bargain flame. ' The advantage is all yours and we
expect to turn the loss to gain by various improvement!
when the sale is over. Remember that not all of 'the good
things could be given ipace in an advertisement. The
greatest price reductions have been made on the smallest
lots and they will be found on the counters and bargain
tables or displayed in some prominent place in the depart
ment to which they belong.
Sample Line of Fine Lingerie
Goes on Sale Tomorrow at $7,50 to $25.00. They Were
Made to Sell at $15,00 to $59.50. All New Summer Styles
These', dresses were purchased from a prominent maker at just about a half of the actual values-the savings
are passed on to you in the same proportion. There are so many styles we can't give detailed description to any
particular model, but mention that they are of the finest voiles and lingerie materials, trimmed in Macrame,
filet and Irish laces as well as embroideries.
White French linen dresses with hand embroidered or allwer lace bodices; a new
French model in high and low neck variations; actual $25 values, priced for Monday
$9.95
A Sample Line of
Children's Dresses
on Sale Monday Morning
They are made of nets, chif
fons, voiles and lingerie materi
als, being trimmed in beautiful
girlish modes with laces, ribbons
and embroideries. 4 Come in ages
oJorlif Ton on1 xi7olirz vooto rvrilv
Values, $9.00 to $18.00
Sale Prices, $4.50 to $9.00
or just a half of what they are actually
worth. Each and every dress is of a
very superior Quality as concerns fabric
and workmanship; made by one of the
country's foremost makers of children's
garments. - '
Wash Norfolk Suits at $4.75 and $5.95
Wash Norfolk, plain tailored and fancy suits of linen, Bedford cords,
and piques; tans, whites and Copenhagen blues in many different styles;
$9.50 to $12.00 values to close out Monday at price, or $4.75 and $5.95.
Cream Wool Skirts
Cream and wool skirts in serges,
Bedford cords and whipcords; this
lot includes all the latest models, so
every woman is bound to find a
suitable style; formerly priced at
$12.00, Monday, $5.95.
Cravenetted Coats
A sample line of cravenetted and
rubberized rain coats in tans, grays
and blacks; a variety of styles for
your selection; $15.00 values
priced specially for Monday's sell
ing at $6.95.
House Dresses
Double service house
dresses of Sea Island per
cales in light and medium
colors; many different
patterns; 12.50 values at,.
$1.95
Lingerie Waists
Lingerie waists In high,
and low neck styles; trim
med with. Irish, cluny and
filet . laces; $9.'50 to
12,00 values, 4.75 and
$5.95
Bathing Suits
Bathing suits of brllllantlne
In navy blue and black
some with fancy collars
worth up. to $7.50, Monday,
each, $1.98 to
$3.95
Dress Goods atLQr
Various kinds, and all colors and widths, suitable lf S
for coats, aluits and dresses. The values range up -
to l-25 the .yard, but Monday, you will choose at only 49c the yard.
Silk Bargains You Must See to Appreciate
Silks worth to $1.10 the yard, Monday 39c
Silks worth to $1.25 the yard, Monday 49c
Silks worth to $1.35 the yard, Monday.'. . . .59c
Silks worth to $2.00 the yard, Monday 69c
Wash . Goods in Hundreds . of New Patterns
Wash goods worth to 29c a yard, Monday. . . 10c
Wash Goods worth to 35c a yd., Monday.'. 120
Wash goods worth to 50c a yard, Monday. . . 15c
Wash goods worth to 59c a yard, Monday. . .29c
Long Cloth
86-inch. long cloths of
an extra fine quality;
formerly priced at
$2.40 bolt, Monday, a
12-yard d1 QQ
bolt Pl .70
Linen Towels
18x3,7-inch all. linen
huck towels with' hem
stitched borders; worth
39c each, Monday, spe
cially
priced ... .
25 c
Dresses
:: XT
- . r- : J 1
Uhite Gcifii
27-inch white goods in
checks, stripes, em
broidered figure pat
terns; 40c values, at,
the -I Ql
yard .......
Pattern Cloths
Satin finished pattern
clptb.8,1 either mercer
ized or, all linen; plain
and hemstitched bor
ders; $1.50
values at .
98c
Summer Comforts
Light weight comforts
filled with sanitary
cotton; right weight
for cool nights; $3.00
values gn i a
Monday ..) 17
t
Bleached Sheeting
9-4 bleached sheeting
in round thread finish;
excellent . quality for
service; worth 30c the
yard,
Monday .
26c
Bed Pillows
20x27-inch bed pillows
covered ' with a fine
quality of art ticking;
formerly priced at
$3.50,
Monday
$2.75
Belmont Percales
36-inch Belmont per
cales in both light and
dark colors; excellent
materials for men's
shirts; 12 ol
values at. .... OiC
Porch Shades
Are Specially Priced for
Monday's Selling Only
Although we have room for
mention of only a few bargains
in this department, the entire
stock is reduced in price. Im
ported and domestic made in
sizes and qualities for all uses.
10x8-feet Bamboo porch shades,
natural color; $2.50 values,
at $1.48
8x8-feet Bambpo porch shades
with -inch slats; $3.75 values
at $2.95
10x8-feet. Bamboo porch shades
with -inch slats; worth $4.75,
Monday $3.75
5x8-feet imported woodweb porch
shades in natural color; $3.00
values at ...... $2.25
6x8-feet imported woodweb porch
shades in natural color; $4.00
values at $2.98
8x8-feet imported woodweb porch
shades in natural color; $5.50
values at $3.98
10x8-feet Imported woodweb porch
shades in natural color; $6.75
values at $4.98
A Great Deal of this China can be Pur
chased in Open Stock as Well as in
Sets, Satisfying Every Need
$40.00 Booth's Silicon
china set; 100 handsome
pieces in set; beautifully
shaped to meet the exact
ing demands of particu
lar people at . .$19.95
100-piece French china
dinner set-pattern from
the famous Pouyat Factory-
gold leaf design and
Roman gold finish ; worth
$100 Monday ..$50.00
Haviland china ' dinner
ware in a pink and green
floral pattern; full gold
treatment; 100 pieces in
set; $60 values, $39.95
$35.00 coin gold porcelain
dinner service, in Ranson
shape; every piece to be
closed out at one-third
off;100-pieceset $23.95
Large table odds and ends in Blue Canton and Ethereal Blue dinner ware, to be closed out at half.
Extra Specials
Cups and Saucers r.l2o
Dinner plates 120
Breakfast plates 11c
Pie plates ...9c
Bone dishes .5c
Card dishes 75c
Small platters 20c
Large platters .50c
Pink border, lOO-piece
dinner service in porce
lain ware; full, beautiful
gold treatment with two
gold lines; open stock,
off; $26 set at $13.95
High grade English din
ner ware in full enameled
decorations, to be closed
out in 100-piece sets -or
in open stock, y2 PRICE
$38.50 Edward Boote, 100
piece dinner set, made
after a famous model;
exquisite decorations for
any table; closing out
at $19.25
Groceries
8-lb. sack yellow cornmeal. . .15c
19 lbs. granulated sugar. . .$1.00
25c can Bennett's California
grapes, plums apricots i8c
Cracker Jack brand salmon, per
can . . .'. . . 12c
H-plnt bottle Blue Label catsup
'or ioc
Bulk cocoa, lb. ....... . . . . .aOc
8 large cans Cottage condensed
milk for , B6o
3 cans Snlder's tomato soup 85o
4 cans Eagle lye a So
4 lba. chicken feed.' loo
full cream cheese, lb SOo
Hand cheese, each StHo
Three 10c pkgg. assorted crackers 35o
Bishop's California fruitate, Jar..l5o
H-lb. can Bennett's Capitol baking
powder lOo
4 pkga Toasto corn flakes ....... S5o
15c can Walker's Chill Con Came, lOo
1-quart Jar olives 30o
H-pint bottle Snlder's chill sauce, 12o
Bennett's Capitol coffee, lb.,... ,25o
68o assorted teas, lb 48o
Butter and Eggs
Fresh country eggs, dozen ....... flOo
Bennett's Capitol creamery butter,
lb. brick, full weight guaranteed, 36o
Best country butter, lb SSo
Cooking butter, lb .83o
CORN IS GROWING NICELY
A '
Union Pacific Crop Eeport for Week
is Most Favorable.
BIG WHEAT YIELD BEP0BTED
Pasture Are In Fine Shape Oats
Yield Promises to Be Big
Potatoes the Best in
Some Years.
The Union Pacific's crop report for the
week ending July 20 shows most satisfac
tory condtions existing along the main
line and branches In Nebraska. It Is
pointed out that nowhere in the state si
corn sufferng by lack of moisture. It is
growing very rapidly, is free from weeds
and with a continuation of favorable con
ditions ought to make much better than
an average crop. -
The report of the Union Pacific deals
with the territory tributary to its stations,
information relative to tbe crop being
gathered by the agents after making per
sonal observations and by talking with
the farmers and grain dealers. These re
ports are tent in to General Freight Agent
Lane, who orders them summarized.
In the vicnlty of North Bend wheat is
reported to be yielding on an average
from 16 to 18 bushels per acre; Fremont,
as high as 60 bushels; Clarks, 18 to 24;
St. Edward, 18 to 20; Kearney, 20; North
Platte, 18; Gothenburg, 25; Sidney, 18 to
24; Kimball, 25 and better; Wahoo. 18 to
20; Rising City, 20; Beatrice, 20 t" 25.
The oats yield is far better than was
anticipated, and while the straw, gen
erally is short the grain is heavy and the
quality good. Thirty bushels per acre
seems to be a fair average, but there are
many fields reported to be turning out
forty and some as high as sixty bushels
per acre.
Everywhere the potato crop promses to
be the best in years, the acreage being
large and the yield heavy.
Owing to the frequent and seasonable
rains during the last month,' In almost
every locality, the pastures are in good
condition and cattle are doing well.
The second cutting of alfalfa has been
gathered and it is better than the first
being from one to one and one-half tons
per acre. The third crop. Is now In blos
som and about ready for cutting. Owing
to the rains this cutting promises to be
heavier than either the first or the second.
RIVER BRIDGEPLAN DELAYED
War Department Will Setttle Matter
of Bridge Across Missouri.
M0BE FACILITIES ABE NEEDED
Union Pacific Has Been Head 7 to
Enlarge the Yards, bat Other
Roads Fail to Join the
Movement.
Whether the Union Pacific will con
struct a new trldge over the Missouri
river north of the present one or recon
struct the old one, widening It sufficiently
to carry four tracks, has not been defi
nitely determined. The company will do
nothing until, the War department takes
up and settles the matter.
It is conceded that mors bridge facili
ties are needed, but before anything can
be done aotion must be authorized by the
War department Then, too, the con
gested condition of the passenger termi
nals on this side of the river may have
something to do with tiie tarly construc
tion of a second bridge, or the enlarge-
ment of the present one. More trackags
is needed and that badly, but nothing can
be done until the roads that are tena.its
of the Union station get together and
agree upon an expenditure sufficient to
eniarge the building and the yards. For
more than a year the Union Pacific has
been anxious - to begin the work of en
larging the station and the yards.
Enormous Expenditure.
The enlargement ot the present station
and the yards' would mean the expendi
ture of In the neighborhood of $1,000,000
and up to this time a number of the
roads . have absolutely refused to come
across with a dollar.
Plans for the enlarged building have
been prepared, submitted and approved
by all of the roads, with one or two ex
ceptions. These plans provide for raising
the entire building one story. This would
give plenty of space on the viaduct level
floor for waiting rooms, ticket offices
and rest rooms. This plan would enable
the lower floor to be used for waiting
rooms, baggage and express offices and
for storage, which Is now almost a minus
quality. "
The new plan also provide for an addi
tion on the east of the present building,
running through almost to Eighth street.
With this constructed it would either ba
used for restaurant purposes, else the
baggage and express rooms would be
moved into it and - the space now oc
cupied by them be converted into a
modern restaurant
As to the business that the bridge Is
now 'handling, it is out of all proportion
to what Is being done by other bridges
across the Missouri river. Its nearest
approach is the bridges over the river at
St. Louis. There there are two. The
ombaha bridge is handling more than 50
per cent more . business than either of
them and each twenty-four hours handles
within eighty-nine as many trains as th
two combined.
BIDS ARE dPENED FOR ,
ADDITION TO HOSPITAL
Bids will be opened today for a 160,000
addition to the Methodist hospital. Archi
tect G. B. Prints has completed plans for
a four-story brick building 46x90' feet
The addition will be placed on the south,
east corner of the hospital, at Thirty,
sixth and Cuming streets .