THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912. 'BRIEF CITY NEWS Beacon Have Boot Prist IsNow Press. Otaaha Plating Co-Eatabltahe4 IS. D. . I4iTtittnr 7Utsri BwromOntaAra Co.: '.' .: : WihuI Peelfia Aafta to Vow Train Tha Missouri Pacific hat found the new night train to popular that additional equipment ! to bo added, beginning Au gust 10. On that date an observation sleeper will 'be placed on the evening train south out of Omabe. More Orkla Buyers Go feastIn re spoase to a telegram from th Orktn brothers, who are In New York buying stock for the Omaha store, three more of the firm's buyers left for the east over the Milwaukee last evening. The telegram announced that the market Is In good condition and that prices are such a will enable the firm to give the Omaha patrons some very choice goods at re- tnarkable bargains. Odell Says Apple Crop of State Will Give Great Yield Despite the denials of Prof. R. J", ltow ard, Frank CJ. Odell, secretary of the Rural Life commission, sttU contends that Nebraska produces more apples than the six states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah Washington and Oregon. Odell is returning from St. Joseph, where he signed a contract to write a series Of articles on the crop conditions of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska for new farm magazine published there. Prof. Howard, he said, based his fig ures on the statistics of the bureau of labor, which do not give accurate figures of Nebraska's spple crcp. 'The government figures show only one-tenth of the output actually shown at tha state house by the reports of the county assessors." Mr. Odell declared. "Tha government figures show only 8,000 barrel of apples for the stat, while Richardson county alone has shipped out 1,080 carload. There are WO bushels to the car. Nemaha county has produced too carloads; Cass county. t; Johnson county. 126; Pawnee, 133; Jefferson 125 carloads. "There are three times the number of bearing; apple trees shown by the govern ment figures, there being approximately 9,000,000 trees In excellent bearing condition. "Nebraska Is a great Apple state, in vestments In orchards have proven that there is a mnt of ropney in apple raising here. There is one orchard, for instance, Forest- Home, fourteen miles northeast of Falls City, which netted Its owner, tha late Henry C. Smith, 400 times Its original cost Mr. Smith paid 10 an acre for sixty-five acres. In 1809 his crop yield brought 49,000. In ltlO he secured a profit f H an sere, which I equivalent to l an acre for each year since his trees, were planted." '. v The apple erop this year, according to Odell, la excellent Schwartz to Seek .''Membersfortliie' Retailers' Club The Retailers' Association of Omaha. Is going to inaugurate a vigorous campaign for membership. ' At the meeting held Thursday night General Manager Philip Schwarta of the Nebraska Clothing com pany was chosen chairman of the mem bership committee, with power to appoint the rest of. the membership. "I am going to appoint about twenty-five of the best and ablest, business men In the city among the retailers," said Mr. Schwarta, "and We are going to start a campaign for membership that U going to leave nothing undone. We are going to see every retailer, big or small, and not lei up until we get them all into the asso ciation." Mr. Schwarts said tha retailers' asso ciation would be one of the biggest Omaha boosting organisations in the city. "And it wlitbe an organisation that will work for the best Interest of our customers and ourselves," said Mr. Schwarts. "It will b a coming together for the co operation and for better service. It is the first time that all of the retailers have gotten together with so good an or ganisation and so much enthusiasm. I expect to devote a great deal of time to the work as chairman of the membership committee" We shall send committees to see the "various retailers In the hope of getting them as members and If ws do not get them the first time we will try them With another committee until wt get them enlisted in he association. The charter membership of the association Is large and representative of the retailers, both large and small," The third meeting of the association is to be held the latter part of August. At that time plans will be definitely worked out as. to. the policy to be followed and the program of Activities for the better ment of Omaha. , Double Track Work 7 on Belt Line Starts Superintendent DeBernardl of the Mis souri Pacific same up from Kansas City yesterday and inside of an hetir th. work of the reconstruction of the Belt Line railroad was under way. Twenty five teams were started on tha removal of 125,000 cubic yards' of earth and this num ber will be Increased dally. Within the next ten days three cr' four steam shov els will be At work cutting and widening the Hamilton street cut and the big cut at the poor farm. It Is the intention to push the work with All .possible speed that the new grade may be ready for the double track within sixty days. The entire line around th city will b laid with new end heavier steel. " - CALDWELL PASSES THROUGH LARGE FIELD OF ICE BERGS "The usual Influx of Amsrtean tourists to' point In Europe has greatly dimin ished Vine the recent Titanic disaster," raid Sara Caldwell, prominent Omaha business man, who has returned from a two months visit in Europe, i Mrs.. Ram Caldwell, Mrs. Mark Coad and Miss Frances Wessells, all of Omaha, accom panied him on the trip. Caldwell returned over the northern At lantic steamship route, which covers about the same territory as the ocean path used by the Ill-fated Titanic. He said that on the return journey the Em press of Ireland, on which he was trav eling, pasted within a mile of a huge field of ice. and t) at the tops of the bergs were floating above the waves te a height of seventy-five feet. ; MAY ENDORSE STATE TICKET Dr. W. 0. Henry Beturns from the Booserelt Convention. WILL HOLD CONVENTION SOON Only New Candidates Certain ( Get. . tin State Ticket Are Pro , nreastve Electors Con ventlon to Decide. Sr. W. O. Henry, one of the delegates to the national progressive convention In Chicago, has returned to Omaha. "Those who expect to support the progressive ticket this fell will register as progres sives at the fall registration and la future primaries," said Dr. Henry when asked about the attitude on this point. Dr. Henry aays as near as the plans are completed at the present time the state convention Of the progressives in Nebraska is to be held in Omaha or Lincoln the latter part of August or the first of , September. Governor Hiram Johnson of California, the progressive candidate for vice president is to be present at the Nebraska state conven tion. "The only candidate we are certain Will be put on the progressive ticket In Nebraska," said Dr. Henry, "are the candidates for progressive electors. It will be settled at the convention whether or not a complete state ticket will be made up or whether the republican state ticket will be indorsed." Jfa Definite Announcement. Nothing definite oould be announced concerning this matter, Dr. Henry said, until after the selection of a new state committee. Tha present is merely a pro visional committee and the convention will select a new committee to carry on the campaign. If the convention decide that a new state ticket is to be made up for tha progressives, it may either name the man to be placed on the ticket or may delegate this duty to the state committee. "Of course," continued Dr. Henry, "we are out to elect Roosevelt, not to cripple any candidate for state office. We do not want to do anything that would cripple anyone else. But the thing that is certain is that we will have a new electoral ticket" Asked whether It was likely that the progressives would take the several Roosevelt men now on the republican ticket as candidates for electors and put them also on the progressive ticket for the same office, Dr. Henry said he could not say as yet whether or not this would be done. Nathan Merriam has not yet returned from the Chicago convention. At his home It was said he would not return until Monday. Huge Electrio Sign '.. Attracts Crowds on ; Its '.Opening Night Douglas street from Thirteenth to Fif teenth biased into a regular 'white way" last night when the immense Jetter beer Sign at the northeast corner of Four teenth flashed forth with all the bril liancy of 1.G00 electric bulbs for the first time. The mammoth illumination, show ing a tilted bottle pouring amber fluid into a glass,' attracted crowds of the thirsty who admired and then walked away, vowing vengeance on the 8 o'clock closing law. All plans and specifications of the sign were designed by the contracting depart ment of the Omaha Electric Light and Power company. The sign was built by the CUsack company. The whole sign Is one of the largest ever erected In the west It is forty feet high and thirty-eight feet wide, being nearly square. The huge bottle, lined with powerful lights. Is ten feet wide and forty feet long. Approximately 1,600 electrio bulbs are used. Accident at Denver is Fatal to Former Omaha Business Man A. I. Agnew, president of the Columbian Optical company, died in Denver Thurs day night of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He had been mar ried about six month. Mr. Agnew as president of the Colum bian, which operates a string of stores In the west, made his home in Denver. prior to taking the presidency be was manager of the Omaha house, leaving here ten or twelve year ago. The accident In which he was Injured occurred several days ago. The body win be taken to Wilton Junc tion, la., for burial. Mr. Agnew was a very popular business man, and was well known In Omaha- He made visits to this City every few months. His brother, Frank Anew, is employed as an optician tn the local house. Woman Heads Postal Saving Bank at P. O. Miss Clara Southard is at present in Charge of the postal savings bank in Omaha. She was placed In Charge tem porarily while the regular elerk of the bank, William H. Baehr, was away with the state militia at the Pole mountain encampment in Wyoming. Postmaster Wharton says he believes there should be more than one person tn the post office who is familiar with the work tn the postal savings bank as In any other department, so he proposes to keep Mlw Southard in the bank for a time. Mr. Baehr on hi return from Wyoming waa assigned to another department in the postoffice. Miss Southard was formerly a clerk In the directory department Prof . Gillespie Talks on Pyramid of Gizeh "The Great Pyramid of Glzeh as it Show the Divine Plan of the Ages," will be the subject of discourse by Prof. J. A. Gillespie at Bartght hall, Nineteenth and Farnam streets, Sunday, at 3 p. m. This wonderful stone witness,-silent tor 4,W0 years, now speaks, corroborating the writings and prophets of the scrip tures. The Great Pyramid, the first ot the seven wonders of the world, la now giving out. the secrets It has so tena ciously held. It now shows when and why tt was built, as a witness in the land of Egypt and at the border thereof. Its witnessing is now due and needed, as never before; hence It speaks. The Persistent ..d ua:ctous Use ef Newspaper Advertising is the Road to Business Success, E Buy Now That formerly Bold up to $5.00. In light and d ark colored worsteds and cheviots all size waists up to 80 Inches. Reductions for Saturday and All Next Week Boys' and Children's Clothing Wash Suits. Knee Pants, Rompers and Waists. Soya 75o K a e e Paat lo to H years, reduced to Ce OklUrn'i Wo Bowpere 1 to years reduced to ...89 Beys' SUM Wash Beats reduced to Me Boys' a-plM gatta to 15 years reduced to Sl.as Bon' a-pieee suite I to 16 years- reduced to a.69 oyr yso Waist reduced at...o SCHOOL ST0RES18E YAWED Nearly a Million Articles Will Be Bought for Coming Term. BABY BLBB0N IS INCLUDED Supplies Range Anywhere treat So Dlebe and Key Rings to a Brace - ( Stilettos and Beads of Limlxr, Nearly a million different articles for the manual training department ot the city schools next year will be purchased and of this number twenty-four will be books. ' A list ef the manual training supplies which have been advertised for begins with five bolts of blue baby ribbon and an equal yardage of pink and red ribbon. The list ends with two soap dishes and two key ring. ' Among other things to be purchased for this department, which has expanded for In a marvelous degree during the last year, are: Calico, caBhmere, button-hole scissors, cheesecloth; crash, damask. 4,50$ price tags, hook and eyes, pins, thimbles, darning cotton and ticking. ' Dry goods are not the only require ments for a few of the "groceries" and "drugs" to be purchased will be: One quart of lard, linseed oil, listerlne, peroxide, sperm oil, varnish, vaseline, witch hasel. floor wax, turpentine. Hardware will be purchased In plenteous quantities: Awls, chisels, trowels, boring tools, screws, monkey wrenches, steel square, saws, brace, augurs, gimlet, drill, acrapers, files, whisk brooms, ham mers, rolling pins, funnels, paper clips, emery cloth, sandpaper, nails, brads and hinges. There will also be a large supply of carving tools and reams of stationery, In eluding paper of divers and sundry bright hues, beginning with "asure blue." Among the article classified as "drugs' Come such necessities as hair brushes, absorbent cotton and rolls of medicated cotton bandage. ' Every grade of lumber will be pur chased white oak. clear poplar, red sum. bass wood, white pine and other pieces as needed. - in tne ary goods department two "sti lettos" will be bought, for what purpose It is not specified. All these articles will be bought In large quantities to supply the several schools that will need them during th school year ot 1912-18. MORE RAIN FALLS OVER PORTION OF THE STATE While it 1 agreed by all of the railroad men inai rain is not needed at any place in Nebraska, there were fairly good showers again Thursday night. Along the Burlington there was one-half inch and more over most of the Lincoln division. over that portion of the Omaha division around O'Neil and numerous showers eut toward MeCook. The Union Pacific reports from no- half to three-fourths of an Inch most of the way from Central City to Sidney and heavy showers over the St. Joseph line. Aiong me nonnwesiern there were heavy showers over the country tributary to tne superior and Hastings branches. HAYDEN BROS. MANAGERS PREPARE FOR DISPLAY Pat Johnson, manager of laces and no tions at Hayden Bros, leaves Saturday for a two weeks' buying trip to New York. He wlH meet his assistant. Miss Margaret Butler, in New York and with other Hayden buyer will select im mense line of imported goods for hi silk and lace display in September. It is planned to give over the entire third floor of the Hayden Bros, store for this display. Mr. Johnson will be accompanied by Mr. Johnson. Young' Farmer Injured. HANCOCK, la.. Aug. .-(8pecial.)- Whlle riding a colt aout three miles touth of here tcday, Bert Bruen, a young faimer residing near this place, was se riously Injured, The colt reared with its rider and fell ever backwards. Ip the fall Mr.. Bruen' leg was caught under the animal and his ankle was broken. Final Clearing Sale Hen's Fine Business j Outing Suits You will make a saving of 25 to 50 per cent on all clothing bought here Saturday and all next week. Our entire stock' has been marked down with a view of closing it out at once. We must make room for fall purchases. Men's Fine Business and Outing Suits that H O50 were $18.00 and $20.00 now ..10 (Including Blues and Blacks.) Men's Fine Blue Serge Suits that were Ha $15.00 now. 1U Men's Fine Business Suits that were $12.50 i p 7 5 and $15.00-now. O - Men's Finest Business Suits -that were $41 $25.00 and $27.50-now. 1 (Including Blues and Blacks.) These suits are all handsomely tailored, this sea son's models, comprising all the newest popular shades in cassimeres and worsteds with sizes to fit anybody. Here is an Opportunity to Buy Fine Worsted Trousers at $2.50 and 3.50 SU6DEN PRAISES ROUS Veteran Tiger Scout Sayi Omaha . Team ii of High flags. UKES THE WAT THEY W0EK Finds tb Team Well Balanced-r-Gires the Pitchers All Work oats to Try Them Oat Likes Team Work. Joe Bugden, for years catcher with the old St Louis Browns and now a scout for Hughle Jennings' Detroit tribe, is in Omaha looking over some possible timber for the 1918 Tigers. . . . Bugden blew into Omaha Thursday and will stay ever for a couple ot days. The old boy, unlike meny of his kind, gets out in a uniform among the players. Yesterday he donned an eld Detroit unl- form and with a battered catcher's mitt went out on the field and caught every una of tha Rourke twlrlers. He then batted grounders to them In pretlc. after which he occupied a seat on th playera' bench for the game. Bugden wa very reticent when It came to the question of who he wa looking over. However, he soon warmed up to the occasion and praised the Rourkes In glowing term, "t think the Omaha team Is one of the best balanced minor league team I have had the pleasure of look ing over thl year. ,f "The Infield 1 without a doubt a won der. The playera all work together and give the twlrlera all they have in the way ot upport. The game they played Thursday behind Hall and Beebe was faultless ahd some clever work waa ex hlbited. Usually when a oout 1 on the around, and th player know it, they go to piece, but not o with the Omaha team. The outfield 11 equally a food as the infield and 1 am sure that It will take a perfect team with a perfect ta of hurlers to keep Omaha out of first nlaCs at th end of the season. "From what I saw of the pitchers they are good. I caught all of them and I am here to say that they have every. thin a Ditcher needs. But what they can do in a game I am not prepared to Say, but I hope to see the majority of them work. Your catchers are beyond reproach. There are some star players on the Omaha teanv bat It would not be fair of me to name them. But, taking tha team as a whole, It 1 a wonder. Perfectly balanced and ready to fight at the drop of the hat. I can truthfully ay It i th bet team I ever saw repre senting Omaha." RETAILERS DESIRE BELDEN ON COMMITTEE At the regular monthly meeting of the Omaha Retailers' association at Hotel Rome last night it wa decided to ak th Commercial club to make C. C. Belden chairman of the retailers' committee in the club. There was much discussion as to the advisability of the step, one of the mem btr contending that it would hurt the new association, because many retailers are not oh friendly term with the Com merelnl club and difficulties would arise in perfecting the organisation and in creasing the membership of the retailers' association through such an action. The resolution finally carried with only one dissenting vote. It was then decided to hold the next meeting of the associa tion In the Commercial club rooms, PAVING CONTRACT CASE ' IS UNDER ADVISEMENT Arguments In the suit of Alonte A. Wright and ether1 parlies to Invalidate flSO.OO worth, ef paving contracts in South Omaha were completed before Judge Howard Kennedy In the equity division of the district court yesterday afternoon and the case was taken under advisement. John P. Breen, counsel for the National Construction company, which will be the greatest sufferer if the contracts are invalidated, .wss Ktv!n ten days In which to prepare and file a writ ten brief of his side ot tne caso. Wright and the city do not care to Hie btlffs, relying entirely upon their oral argu ments. " . , ! SPECIAL CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES z Were sold all season at $1.45 to $2.45. There are about three hundred dresses in this lot Ail are new and of this sea son's latest styles. They are tastefully trimmed and are made of Percale, Gingham and laneu. This is the best offering of children's wash dresses ever. made. All Sizes- from 6 to 14 Years Little Money Here Goes a Great Way Children's Wash Drosses 59c 150 Percale and Gingham Dresses which were $1.25 and $2.00 now 59c. . Take advantage of these exceptional bargains. Both lots will not last very long at these prices, so we advise : your coming early on Saturday morning. , V PASSING OF 1HE BASEMENT" New Departure in Toilet Room Arrangement for Schools. NO ilORE UP AND DOWN STAIRS Castellar Is to Be Ptrst Grade School In Omaha with Fell Toilet Equipment OA Each Floor. With the opening of the new Castellar trhool building which la fast nearing completion, there will be no more "going to the basement." This 1 the tlrt grade school In Omaha which will, have toilet rooms for the children on every floor. The other new school buildings In course ot erection are to be likewise equipped and will eitabllah a new departure in our school sure to mark a wonderiul Improvement. ' Just how or why the notion came to prevail up to this time that toilet rooms In school building should be located In the basement, where they are usually dark, damp, dirty and unsanitary, and force the children to run. up and down one or more flight of stair to get to them It not explained except as a survivej of th time where there were teparate outhouse or because of the additional rost. All trie school building In Omaha and other cities, too, have been planned on the theory that every foot of space above ground had to be ustd for fecit Hon room and waa too valuable for any other purpose. When the new Omaha High school building waa put up, the toilet rooms were looated on the landing of th stair. ways, thus accessible from the floor above and below, and alternating for boys and girls. Th Castellar school ha two complete toilet rooms on each floor, one for boys and one for girls, each fitted up with the most modern appliances, even to Juvenile slse fixtures and washbowls, ,o that the little tots are as well accom modated as the larger ones. School board member who have In apeoted the new building express them selves delighted at this feature, which is to make "the basement" hereafter unex plored territory. ( runf Fall on Workman. CWARUES C1TT, la., Aug. .-(Specla: Telegram.) Nick Topolovtcli, a Servian, Wa instantly killed. bnC another had his leg broken when a crane fell on them while working in the Hart-Parr traction engine factory here thl afternoon. Choice of Any Straw Hat in our store worth up to $3.00; Saturday, for 65 c Choice of our Fancy Summer Shirts, $1.00 grades, Saturday at 44c Choice of our 50c and 75o Fancy Silk Four-in-Hand Ties 25c Choice of our 35c and 25c Belts for men and Boys, Saturday 15c 3S SALE s SATURDAY WATER BOARDASKS PERMIT Bequests City Council for Permission to Lay Water Main. F0BTUKE TELLERS GET TIME Ordinance Prohibiting Them from .Operating Is Referred Until License Expire -Haror V Get Cfcanrfenr. Through It attorney th water board ha requested the city council to grant a permit to lay the 4-Inch Florence water main along either Twenty-eventh street or Twenty-elghth avenue. Objection made by an employ in th city engineer ing department and a recess ef th coun cil waa taken. A resolution drawn by Corporation Counsel Baker wa Introduced at the aft ernoon eslon, directing th city en gineering department to grant the water board a permit to lay the pipe on Bln ney from Twenty-seventh treet to Twenty-eighth avenue and from Blnney along Twenty-eighth avenue to the south line of Miller park. An ordinance granting th Missouri Pa cific railroad permission to lay a track at Twenty-evnth and Boyd wa placed on file and a more comprehensive ordinance submitted. Commissioner Ryder' ordinance requir ing all chauffeurs to be licenced tu placed on file at hi request. He said an other ordinance that met the requirements more fully was being drafted. - City Connell Notes. The ordinance prohibiting fortune tellers from flDeritln In tha . r.... to be held until thi llcensw granted will have expired. Pete Roynen wanted to sell the council om ornamental waste paper boxes for the street Ills proposition Was referred to the committee of the whole. ; H. JT. Hackett. president of the Fon tanels club, requested for that organise, tlon that the stub car Una tn th Tut Institute be discontinued and t.i tlse Fontanelle and Elmwood uarki th terminals of the lines at these parks ,be ! HKuicu r uiuaiitiia o.nqt jLimwooa. .-; A. Smith, formerly an employe of the ! National Automobile company, wa ap-' public affaire, to drive the mayor's ma-' Chin at a salary of $25 per week. ) A hootne; gerane ' Bucklen's Arnlc. Salve. Heal, wound. ! sore, burn, bolls, cut or piles. Only ffic. For le by Beaton Drug Co. 'Key to th Situation-Bee Advertising. Choice of our ,$1.00 and $1.25 Union Suits, ankle or knee length, 66c Choice of our 50c Silk , Hosiery . f or men -all col ore, all sites, Saturday-- 25c Choice of our $1 and St. 23 genuine B. V. I). Athletic Undershirts salesmen's amples; Saturday ' 37c Choice of our 9 1 .SO and $1.23 Negligee Bummer Shirt Saturday 66c Choice of aev eral' hundred doien 12ttc Sox Saturday, 5c 3 'The Best Oil for all Pfotors" Note the convenience ot the flat Polarlne can gal lon or half-gallon sise. . It fita snugly into the tool box- -takes up practically no room, at all; and It can al ways be refilled rom tne largtr packages': ' Tl.e flat Polarlne can may como In "handy" too, for carrying an extra'aupply of gasoline along. .That may save you from getting stalled some day. . Always keep Polarlne with you. Use it steadily. It means the end of lubricat ing troubles. , &ad cur free booklet, "Pol. artne Pointer." Post-paid on reiuert, any agency. Standard Oil Company, Hebraeka " Omaha. ' No CM Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infentum or Summer Complaint ia so seri. ' i thmt WAKEFIELD'S RI.ACICRFRIrV BALSAM win not quickly relieve it. ' For ? WAKEFIELD'S BLACKBERRY 9f X 0 Af 0 . . . S mm BALSAM baa cored tbeaa bowel troubles in their worst forms, and in mny cases after other remedies and doctors bad fatted. 35c everywhere, . I 4 Diarrho J4S 5 is .a -.: .Of .A trr U .8 a '.'5 3 10 1) si 'j' t: .3 .3 1 O ;a