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The Omaha Daily Bee EDITORIAL PAGES 13 TO 24. OUR MAGAZINE PAGE will interest every woman who likes Rood honrt-to-honrt talks with other sympathetic women. VOL. XLHNO. 130. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOUNING, XOVEMKBK 10, liUL SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. STATE BMJOOPEH TODAY New Concern. Will Keep Open House All Day. A. D. SCHANTZ IS THE PRESIDENT Othrr Officers Are All Well ICnorrn Hanker and llnre Ileen Hn Bncred In the Dnstncss for Some Years. Tin State Bank of Omaha Is to be formally opened for business this murnlnK at 9 o'clock and will be .open Saturday from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. The new bank Is In the Stato bank building, the new building at the corner. of .Seven teenth and Harney streets. .It has been dolus business for the last ten days, but lias not been formally opened and dedi cated. Albert L. Schantz Is the president of t' e new bank. He was formerly man ager of the Bennett store. Albert S. "White Is vice president. Mr. Whllo was formerly a banker In St. Louis, having sold out his Interest In a bank there to engage In the banking business here when the new bank was organized. J. L. Svo bod a la cashier. Mr, Svoboda has inter ests in' various batiks in the state and has been .state bank inspector. F. M. High, the assistant cashier, was formerly rashler of" the Farmers and Merchants bank of. Wymero, haying resigned, that position to enfer the-bank here. There ,w)ll be flowers' for the women Who visit the bank- during the open hours Saturday, and the officials promlso there will be something for tho gentlemen, but they have not, yet said whether it will be Cigars or what All who visit the bank will be shown through the banking rooms and will be allowed to ask questions to their hearts' content The bank opens with a capital of J300, 0CO. As this Is the only stato bank In tho rlty it will bo the only bank that comes ilndcr the bank guaranty law of this state. GADELTAYLOR TALKS ON TARIFFS AND CUSTOMS' Cadet Taylor, United States collector of Internal revenue In Omaha, addressed ;he members of the Civil government class of the public library at the library build ing Thursday night on the subject of 'Tariff and Customs Duties." Mr, Taylor explained to the class the Various tariffs from ,1789 down to the present day. Ho discussed ' th o theo ries of bofh the republican and demo cratic parties, not from a political stand point, but from that of an official.- Fin ishing his discussion of, tariffs Mr. Tay lor explained the duties of a customs official. Ho told of tlVe '.various classifi cations of goods t through the customs houses And Otho many, systems which are employed Itf examining... He told from whence most goods come, haw. handled ahd the duties that are charged. Over thirty members, of the class lis tened 4p', the addreps, besides; a largo num-t cott sends Designation AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER The resignation of George Cott, mem ber of tho Board of Education, has been lecclved by President IS. Holovtchlner and will bo submitted to the board Mon day night,' when a new member to fill the vacancy will bo choson. Tho candi dates are Dr. B. W, Christie and Alfred l Konnody. Kennedy, formerly president of the board,- Is being' supported by the Holovtchlner contingent. CALIFORNIA l Health and happiness awaits you In 1a Jolla.'San Dv!e'go County, Cal., the most beautiful seasldd resort and tho fin est and most' Healthful and Invigorating climate in alLtliu World.: No winds, no storms, no frosts, no extremes of hent,or. cold, 365 days a' year' of balmy, healthful pieasa.pt ,iceuh ibrpezos; average temper ature the year around -65 degrees. .La. Jolla'a rocky cq'ast llii'p and mountain fcencry, myriads of'floWcrs, glorious sun sots are tho marvel of all. Here you can enjoy a quiet restful, healthful .vacation free from tho cares of business and so ciety, and at. very moderate expense. In addition to the many natural attractions there Is golf, fishing, tennis, hunting, mountain climbing, all the year ocean bathing, boating and motoring, while San Ilegptproper, only 14 miles away by, dl. i pet railway line, or perfoct automobile boulevard, offers every possible attrac tion of a modem, thriving city. "Write ug; for free illustrated booklet giving all particulars. HARLAN-BANE REALTY COMPANY LA JOLLAi CALIF. A VOIB IMPURE MBLK for Infants and Invalids Get HORLICK'S It meant the Original and Geauin MALTED MILK "OMm Jmitatwnl' The Food-Drink for all Ages vRich milk, malted grain, in powder form. For infants, invalids snd growing children. Purenutrition.upbuildingito whole body. Invigorates nursing mothers and th aged. More healthful than tea or coffee. Take no substitute. Aak for HORLICK'S HORLICK'S Cental Pure Milk Death of Lumbard Brings Poverty to Widow of Brother A single CO-ccnt piece Is the coin that, stands between Mrs. Frank Lumbard and absolute pcnnllessneas, according to word from Chicago, her homo. This coin Is a souvenir that Its owner, who Is the widow of the elder of the two famed wartime singers, Frank and Jules Lumbard, can not spend. Mrs. Lombard's mother was ono of the moving spirits,, back In tho early 'EOs, In tho establishment of the Chicago Homo for tho Friendless. It now seems prob able that the daughter will have to enter a similar Institution. The 60-cent pleco that Is Mrs. Lumbnrd's entire capital Is not In the form of legal tender. It was found on a battlefield of the civil war. , . When General Grant appeared 'in Chi cago on his return from his trip -around the world this coin was thrown onto the stage of McVlcker's theater on the night of his appcaranco there. It bears n. gold scroll and- an Inscription, but it will not buy the necessities of life for its 81-year- old owner. Mrs. Lumbard, who Is staying with friends at 103 West Sixty-eighth street, Chicago, until arrangements can be mode for her future, has many wartime anec dotes of Interest to tho few remaining veterans. The recent death of Jules Lumbard loft the aged widow of his dead brother Frank without any means of support. Jules Lumbard was the recipient of a smalt pension from the Pennsylvania railway. Man Who Admires Volunteer Lass is Released by Foster Edward Bennlnghoff, representative of tho National Fpr and Tanning company, 1D23 South Thirtieth street, nrrostcd Sat urday night on complaint of his wife, on a statutory charge, was discharged by Police Maglstrato Foster for lack of evi dence. Mrs. Bennlnghoff,. who resides in .Coun cil Bluffs, followed her husband around for four weeks disguised as an old woman and saw him taking Miss GeoTgla Smith, a member of the Volunteers 0f America, to theaters, and afterwards . to supper numerous times. t , , , " She employed six. prlvato .detectives to watch BennnghorfA Tlfgytestlfled In polico court that they Ima.Jsoeh Bennlng hoff go with Miss Smith ',toficr rooms at 4019 Nicholas streefj1 several 'times, but had never seen hlm.; leave the house, al though they had watched until. after 12 o'clock. Mrs. Bennlnghoff has started .sUlty ln district court for .divorce. She says .her husband left her penniless tin Council Bluffs last winter and tlmtmt the pres ent tme she has little money. .Slio Is stopping atr the 'J?&icaf?MaVel. 4. J Swobe is Elected President of the Fidelity Company At tho regular meeting of the directors of tho National Fidelity and Casualty company Kdwln T. Swobe, tho organizer and general manager of the company, was elected president, to succeed K. A. Ben son, who was obliged to retire on account of tho stress of private business and bo' cause ho Is required to bo away from tho city so much of tho time. About two years ago the company bought tho old United States National Bank building, renovated It from top to bottom, put In tllo and marble corridors, maKing it generally up-to-ciata anu a credit to the city. The general offices of the company occupy tho entire first floor, where there aro employed between forty and fifty persons. , Formed originally for tho purpose of doing business in Nebraska alone, the company has since been admitted Into many .of tho western states. MANY MEN GIYE UP CHECKS More Than Five Thousand Dollars Collected by Gang in Omaha. COMPLAINTS ARE POURING . IN Scheme Worked May tip n I.rjtt t linnte One, lint It U Now llnrd to Con vince l'ntrons thnt Thl la Trnr. .,r In Looking for Pal Brady Makes Mistake Approaching Block Watchman PHgrlm at Fourteenth and Farnam streets about 2 o'clock Friday morning Jnck Brady, a well known polico character, told tho officer In a hoarse whisper that ho know wnere both could mako a "killing" by breaking into a 'Jewelry store. He said they could break In a rear win doxy, obtain about JoO.OOO worth of dia monds, and If they had time after they had picked out, the best stones they could bloW the safe and get equally as 'much In money. , "And the best part of It Is tho block watchman will never be able to detect us," continued Brady, Scores of Omaha business men ate be ginning to bellevo that they have been swindled out of $5,000 or more by a clover gang of men who worked here for about two months last spring. Tho extent of the operations will never be known, bo cause many of tho men who gave up money to Mie gang urn reluctant to admit that they have been token In. -Of course It still remains to be, seen whether or not tho operations amounted toT a -swindle, yet practically all of the men- who guvp tip checks ranging In vuluc from SU.CO to .V feel certain tnat they will never huvo value returned. ; Mstnlillxli nn Office. Tho gaiue, If It were such, was worked In the' mime of cartoonists employed on tie 'Omaha dally papers. Tho men came here In March of this year and fitted up offices, at 415 McCagUo building. They tlun went to the cartoonists and unfolded a plan to' get out n book to bo known as Omaha In Caricature." They offered tho artists $3, 3 and M0 apiece to draw tho.cnrlcatures, payment to bo made ao- I cording to- tho value of the subject. With this preliminary matter out of the way they went forth and told of their plan to get out "Omaha In Caricature," representing that it was to be published by the "Omaha Cartoonists' Club," which does not exist. In this manner they used the names of the local artists, leading tho business men to bellevo that they Wore doing something for a home Institution. The fnct Is that they used tho names of tho local artists unauthorized. Kach -of the business mon who took space m.tho.book was told that It would ue puousnea within ninety days, but eight months have elapsed nnd still noth- lug 1ms been heard of "Omaha tn Curl- cature.." It may be published yet, but no one seems willing to bellevo It. lthlu'the last few weeks Don no Pow ell of The Beo has received n nrnrn nf letters from anxious patrons of tho "Omaha In Caricature" nsklfag for In- forlnntlon. Indicating that his nnme was used freely In' the game. Mr. Powell ras emphatic In saying that although ho thought th'e scheme was legitimate at first, .-after findlm: oilt thnt mi.r.n. sentat'lons -were being mnde he severed connections ahd had absolutely nothing to d"ovlth' tiio' 'men. . V .PoIIhIkmI Voiiiik Mrn. Tho.jnenih.crp of the gang had .the np pear.nncji of being young college men, polished, mnoth and apparently of good bearing.. That they wero clever Is uvl deneed 'by. tho fnct that they secured checks from their !tl,MtSSljV Ios, of the caricatures ,thatcr?loVvo be?n Printed. ,k ino.xiee is In possession of miuiv nninni of-bfi(JhcsH, mcn who gavo'vup chicks', bulJ It Is. doomed bwt not to publish them. In .nil probably Omahans gnve up mon.ey, and thoy include sumo of tho most prominent men In the city, mer chants, lawyers, doctors and politicians. Arrest Pawnbroker for Bilking Farmer 6am Falor, a pawnbroker at EM South Tenth street, was arrested by Motorcycle Officer Ktncry yesterday on the charKo of obtaining money under falsq' Vrctcneos from Huns Lugona, a farmer living at Aurora, Neb. Faler sold Lagona a wntch, claiming It wns a twenty-five Jeweled wnitnam. lie rtrst asked $25 for tho timepiece, and later sold It to Lngona for J.15. After Lagona left the storo ho believed it woud bo advisable; to,' take a look at tho works in tho watch. He discovered that tho watch was not a Waltham and lacked many Jewels from being what It was said to be. Ho returned to tho pawnshop nnd de manded that Faler return tho prlco of tho timepiece, which the pawnbroker re fused, to do. Ho then swore out wurrunts for tho arrest of Fuler und Tom Suuu- ders, in the employ of the pawnbroker. The two men wero arrested and rcleused on cash bonds for appearance In police court. Fire Warden Orders Old Buildings Down Fire Warden Ed Morris has ordered the demolishing of two two-story flat build Ings and one street car barn, which ho Inspected and declared dungerous as fire traps. One of the flats Is it Sixteenth At this point Pll- nd Leavenworth streets. Work of do- grim grabbed Brady and hurried him to the station In tho police bus. Pilgrim happens to be the watchman that Brady hays would be unublo to discover any person robbing tho vtore. Brady drew ninety days. Mayor Inspects Roads in Missouri fctroying It began today, The other flat building Is at. Tenth and Douglas streets. Several small frame buildings In that vicinity also havo been I condemned nnd ordered torn down, j An old car barn at Twenty-flrtt and 1 Ames avenue has also been condemned nnd the street car company will bo noti fied to tear It down at once. Many other small buildings and shacks aro on tho fire warden's list and will be ordered demolished. Men's $16.50 Suits and Overcoats Saturday $975 "f fiE NOVELTY CO. 214-18 N. I6th St. Mayor Dahlman, who is at Excelsior Springs, Mo., riding fine saddle horses for his health, gave an Interview to a paper there In which ho declares he will ask the city commission of Omaha tn appoint a committee to visit Kxccjslor Springs and inspect the system of oiled roads maintained there. I. "I. . . Springs he will go to Kansas City, where in mvur oi sucn a pysiem nere. lie ; ,, . . ,, . . , fo.i ith fo, n.... v- i.i lle wl" vl8lt t,le l"ger retail and whole- Springs and together they Inspected the Courtney Lays Off for a Week to Rest Up l it. Courtney has gone to Excolslur PprlngN for a week's rest In preparation for heavy holiday rush. From Excelsior roads about that city. Roads Pay Nebraska a Fortune in Taxes sale grocery companies to get Ideas for his holiday decorations and sales. He will lie back In Omaha tho latter part or next week. Bring $5 Saturday morning and join the Orkin Brothers Piano Club P m 1 1 ) 1 1 Ly I I : " Cjf If you com'e "dowiTtcrtvn Saturday morning, come in and join the Orkin 'Brothers' piano dtib: " ' " v f 1 ; Cjf Come in, anyway, and look at the piano and hear it. If you think well enough of it 5 dollars is all it takes to join the club. 1F The remainder of the club price ($252.50) is then payable at the rate of 1 1 dollar and 25 cents a week. flF You may have the piano delivered at once, or later just as you wish. The weekly payments of 1 dollar and 25 cents does not necessarily begin until the piano is delivered, though you may, if you wish, keep up your weekly payments until you have your piano delivered if you do not want your piano until later. The important protective feature of the club becomes operative when you begin your weekly payments. From that time on, should you die, the remaining unpaid payments will be canceled fortwith and a receipt in full for the instrument will be turned over to your family. There are somany reasons why you should join the Orkin Brothers piano club if you are thinking of buying a piano, that they can not all be mentioned in one advertisement. The thing to do is to investigate them. Go over them one by one with one of our salesmen who can explain them point by point to you. A piano is something, you do not buy every day you owe it to yourself to look well into what you are getting before you do buy. Other features of the Orkin Brothers ' Piano Club in detail 1. Tho Club Is to bo compoBod ot GOO morrP bora. 2. Nearly cttio-fifUt of tho mcntborslilp.i hnvo liiM'n taken, 3. Tho value of tho Orkin Brothers Club Plnno In ?3C0. ' 4. The prlco to Orkin Brothers Club mom-' ber Is 257.G0. G, The tarnis are $5.00 cnsli when you Join, then $1.25 pur week for 202 weeks. , 0. The plnno will bo delivered whon you Join, or later, as you wIbIi, 7. The weekly puyinonts of $1.2G bogin whon tho plnno Ih delivered. 8. Kvi-ry Instrument is guaranteed without reserve for five years In a guarantee as strong uh wo know how to mako It in writing. 9. ir, ufter !IO ilnyH trial, tho plnno Is not sat-: Isfmtory wo will glvo you your money back. 10. If tho plnno is Mitlnfnetory after 30 days'' use, ino chid memuor huh eleven more months In which to witlsfy himself as to tho character of tho pluno. If It does not then provo.to bo ovorythingi that ho expects, ho haa the privilege of exchang ing It without ono penny' loss for any other In strument of equal or greator vnluo that wo sell (und wo soil a dozen different representative makos.) 11. If a dull member (l ex during (lie life or IiIh contract we will immt-tliiituly heml n receipt 'in full lo Ills family lor the Instrument. , 12. A beautiful stool nnd scarf to match the pluno nro Included without extra cost. 13. The piano will bo tuned twice without charge. 14. There In positively no intrst ncltled. Far the conbfnlence of of people who cannot came in during the day appointment will be made to ehjw the pianos evening ,,M v onntTjy Tiiucunott Co. J()(h mid Harney Streets Omaha, Neb. Copyright 1912 by Stone & McCur riclc. Inc. Unauthorized uso in whole or In part- or colorable summaries thereof forbidden. was o; Chiehering, Kurtzman, her & Pond, Auto Piano and Player Piano-and Victor Talking Mac hi, LITTLE LAD IS STRICKEN WITH SPINAL MENINGITIS b'tate and local governments will be enriched by a few thouiand moro than a million dollars within the next fuw of spinal inenlnKltlx. weeks by the payment of the Union I'u- tending Lake school. The little ion of Charles Powell has been ktrlcken with a very serious caxn The -tad was at The principal at clflo taxes. Kansas will also come In for a share of tl Is big budget Ne braska's share will nc fcoiuewticiu In the nelKhburlAiod uf JtirfUUl I.ako ha been Instructed by the city health commUNlon to thoroughly fumigate two romia of thr hu.lding, where thi-ru It posrible danger. Lockjaw Fatal to Hospital Fireman lockjaw, resulting from Mippobcdly In. significant injuries xuxtalned In a fall from a ladder took the life of George Davie, u county hospital flrouiaii, Friday. DhvIp wax puaklug a pait of the hint ing equipment at the hospital on election day, November C, when he fell from tlio ladder on which ho was working, lie had been drinking. Ids' Injuries wero slight He went on with his work for a time. Last Tuesday, a week after hli fall, Diivle showed the first symptoms of lockjaw. Liberal administrations of anti tetanus serum failed to relieve him. FINAL INSPECTION OF COURT HOUSE UNDER WAY Final Inspection of the new county building, preliminary to the financial negotiations between the county and Caldwell & Drake, the general contrac tors, will be completed today or some time Monday, Mr. Caldwell, N. II i'or low nf the Fidelity and Deposit company j of Maryland, the general contractors surety; John Latenscr, county building architect, and the county commlesloners spent today going over tho building and will coutluua until tho Inspection la com pleted. The commissioners say they aro finding tho building In good condition except for some minor details and dofects which Sir. Caldwell says ho is quite willing to bring up to requirement?. Thenn matters are small ones, which attend tho erection of any large building. 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