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1 10 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 8, 19112. ! - n 1 ' ; it i i START POWERGANAL IN 1913 Augustus Kountze Gives Omahans Assurance of Early Start. WORK WILL BEGIN IN MARCH Krrmnnl Frnjrct Will llcitnlre I2x prndltnr nf 9.1,000,000, "Which Will Vnr for Cnnnl, ll-d-Ttsrks. I'oTrrr Hntmr. That construction work will begin ' m early aa March 1 and b continued with nut delays until that portion of the llatte river power canal known as the Fremont project Is completed, U the statement of the men who are behind the proposition. The Fremont project Is hacked by the hountzo Brothers of New Tork and Omaha, Augustus Kountio of the New oik hanlt belnc Uio flscl asent. The project will requlro the expenditure of l5.oriO.OM, which wilt pay for th con f tru. lion of the canal, the hcadworks at Fremont and tho power houses and wire :ics for the transmission of the electric . urrent Into Omaha. The money Is pro vided for and $4,000,000 of It Is In th banks, ready to be drawn upon when needed. Augustus KounUe, who has been In Omaha for a week or more looking after details In connection wtlh tho canal, as sured his friends before he left for the cast that tho canal would be started within the time limit required by tho ttate laws, which, in this Instance, Is September 15. 1915. Tnkr Orer Power Compnnjr. In addition to building the power canal the company In which the Kountxes are heavily Interested and of which they are tho chief backers, expect to take over tho Omaha Eloctrio Ught and Power company and also ask the city for a franchise that will permit of furnishing light and power. Tho city of South Omaha will be asked to grant a similar franchise. The Fremont project Is one of three rower canat projects along tho Platto river. The one farthest up the stream Is known as the Dabcock project It takes the water from the Iup river a short distance abore Genoa, carries It onto tho high prairie north of Columbus and Into the Bhell creek volley. It carries It to a point Just above Columbus, where It is droppid back Into the Platte, having a fall of ninety feet, producing 22,000 horse power. liulow this la what Is known Is the Boob's project To supply power, tho water la taken out of the Platte Just below Columbus, carried onto the rldgo to the north and then through a canal, being dropped back Into tho river a short distance below Schuyler. This canal has n head of sixty-six feet and produces 35,000 horse-power. The Fremont project takes the wnter out of tho riatto Just below Schuyler and carries It along the south side of tho stream a dlstanc of twenty-six tulles, discharging It Into a natural rcsorvolr opposite and a short dlstunco below Fro mont. Shorter Tliun Itlvrr. From Schuyler to Fremont, the Platte has a fall of flvo and one-hnlf to six feet to a mile. Tho canal being stralghtor Appoints Democrat ' BEER IN ELECTION BOOTH m Oddie's Absence CAltSON CITV, Nov., Dec. 7-ln the absence of Governor Oddle from tbe state. Lieutenant Governor Ulltmrt C. Hois today appointed George n. Thatcher of Tonopah attorney general for the un. expired term of the late Cleveland II. Hakor, who died Thursday. Tho commis sion was signed and delivered this even ing. Governor Oddle Is a republican and It wai expected ho would appoint a re publican to succeed the late democratic attorney general. lieutenant Governor Hons is a democrat and his appointed Is a democrat Witness Tells of Member of the Board Drinking. SOME OF THE BALLOTS ARE TORN JmlKC nf nirctlnn Ilecltm (hr Ilnrd Tlnir llr Had to Get thr nallnts Counted In Second Precinct of thr First AVnrd. Negro is Legally Hanged m Maryland 1'IWNCF.SH ANNB. Md.. Dec 7.-ln a grove of pine trees on the county alms house farm near here, Wesley Miles, col ored, was legnlly hanged today for an attack on the 15-year-old daughter of for mer Sheriff W. C. Phillips of Somerset county last May. A crowd of 100 men and boys tore down tho board enclosure surrounding the gal lows to boo the hanging, hut there was no other Interference with the officers of the law. Miles on the scaffold admitted his guilt, declaring that "following the devil brought mo to this." Negro Lynched for Murdering Planter BUTLER, Ala., Dec, 7. Azarlah Curtis, a young negro, was hnngod by a mob near hero early thU morning after he had confmied to having killed It. D. Hush, a planter, whom he and three other negroes held up. The negroes waylaid Bush on a country road. After Curtis was captured and placed In Jail tho mob formed, stormed the Jail and hanged him near the scene, of his crime. The otner prisoners woro not molested. Steamship Easton Released from Reef DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 7. Itcleosed at 7:15 p. m., this evening, tho steamer lOaston of tlio Booth linn, oscaped from the clutches of tho Iroquois reef, anil proceeded under Its own steam to Port, Arthur, All on board nro safe. It Is expected to arrive In Duluth tomorrow afternoon. filnco 5:30 Thursday rooming the boat nau been lost on tho rocks, . ACTRESS WINS HER SUIT AGAINST KLAW & ERLANGER NEW TOniC, Dec, 7 K.llth St Clair, actress, won her 122,000 suit against Klaw & Brlanger today, when a Jury declared her contract for that amount with tho theutrtcal firm valid. Tho vurdlct came after a sensational trial, during which That there was beer on tno table where the ballots wero being counted In the second precinct of the First ward during tho night; that several members of tho election board drank freely and finally fell asleep;, that ballots were torn nnd spattered on the floor, and that there wcro other Irregularities, were points brought out In the testimony taken In tho election contest case In which Arthur C. Pancoast, republican. Is contesting the election of .T. IT. Grossman, democrat, to the stato senate. James Conorran. 1417 South Klghth street, one of the Judges of election In that precinct, gave this testimony. He said Charles Lemme and other member of the board drank freely of the beer thnt was on the tables. He testified that some fellows coming back from uptown where they had been late to learn the election returns had brought the beer to the polling placo about midnight of elec tion night. According to the testimony, Kd I Barry and Charles Lemme, two of the board, went to sleep on the tables near morning. "Mr. Lemme had the keys," Conorran testified, ''Tho next morning some fel lows got him to go out to the saloon at tho corner of Seventh and Paclflo streets. Some of the members of the board told mo to go and get the keys from him or have him arrested. I went Into the saloon and found him at the bar drinking with some other fellows. I asked him for tho keys to the boxes and he rave then to me. If he hadn't I Intended to have him arrested. Cotilil Not llurrj- Tlicm. When some of the board drank too much and refused to do any work I trlod to hurry them up, but couldn't do It. I touched nothing to drink. They cussed me and told mo I wan too stingy to drink. told them 1 could buy my Uquor If I wanted any, but that I wanted to get through with the work. Anyway I have .not been drinking since I cam back from tho springs. "When I tried to get them to km at the counting-, after thoy would lay off for fifteen to twenty minutes at a time, they got mad, so I didn't say very much. I didn't wont my head pounded to pieces. I hod a notion to pull up stake and tro to Council Bluffs I was so disgusted, but I didn't know what the law might do to mo for It "Four or five of tho ballots got torn In the confusion during tho night and gathered them up, fitted them together where I was sure they belonged and pinned them together." Lewis Kaplan, James Banks and John Iteves, all Judges of tho second precinct of tho Third ward, testified during the morning. Throe more dltnesnes are to testify Monday. The hearing was ad Journed to Monday morning at 9 o'clock, New Oleo Inquiry Starts in Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-An Investigation alleged violations of the Internal rever laws In tho manufacture of oleomart rlne was begun today by the federal grn. Jury. The Inquiry was ordered by Fcdt Judges Landls and Carpenter and w It Is said. Involve several Chicago flrn. The discovery of a new process l the coloring of oleomargarine wi the largo manufacturers have been us. for several months Is sold to be . sponsible for the present Investlgatl . Harriman Officers Finish Conferenc SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 7,-OpernU officials of the Various Harriman rat roads, who met here yesterday to dlscu train schedules and other traffic detail for the coming -year, finished their wor this evening. No Important changes wcr mode, It was said, In the schedules. Tl. representatives of the Southern Pacific Including General Manager W. B. Scot started for Ban ' Francisco this morning The Portland and Omaha officials wl. leave tonight and tomorrow. BREAKING OF PLATE CAUSES WRECK ON PENNSYLVANI, HAJlIUBBima, Pa,, Dec. 7.-John I Dohoney, marshal of the stato rallror.' commission, has filed with the commits slon a report on the Glenloch wreck oi tho Pennsylvania railroad on Novcmbc 27, In which ho gives tho cause of ttu disaster as "the breaking of a columr cap, or plate, qn which the bridge gird ers found their support." The report says that six minutes before tho derailment, a train of seventy-five empty coal cars passed over the bridge. Abraham 1 Krlancer charared a lawver than the river and not coveting so long a t j), blackmail and declared the contract distance between the two points, will naturally have a greater fall. At the head works, or Uie point whore the power will bo taken up for distribution, the fall will he 150 feet, trlvlng 35,000 horse power, or moro than doublo the amount used In both Omaha and South Omaha ut tho present time. Wired Into Omaha nnd South Omaha, this power will be sold at nominal prices to manufacturing concerns here and those that desire to come. "While they have not been made public, it Is said to be the plans of the people behind the Babcock and Boggs people to also secure franchises In' Omaha and Bouth Omaha, wire their power Into tho two cities and sell It to manufacturers, thus making available 82,000 horse-power for commercial purposes. ) i Demands on Turkey Prepared by Allies ON, the bHng of the peaco delegate In London, the Balkan alllos are occupied In prepar ing a Joint draft of tho demands which are to be made upon Turkey and, it is understood, exchanging communications with a view to arriving at on agreement defining their own mutual obligations. Th formal acceptances of all the power to send delegates to the am bassadorial conference to be held In Lon don have not yet been received, but there 1 no reason to suppose there will be any delay la the assembling of the conference. The position of Greece In refusing to sign the armistice remains unchanged. The. Greeks are said to be continuing: their campaign on the Island of Chios and at Jantna and their ship are closely search Ins foreign steamers found between the Dardanelles and Smyrna. was mado under duress to savo annoy ance to his wife, who was 111 at the time 'and who later divorced him. Mis Bt. Clair, under the njrrcemcnt, wo to recelvo t3,W0 a year" for ten years. Tho contract was lived up to for only one year, the testimony showed. In the roport In The Bee Friday of the content a typographical error made the story read "Becond precinct of tho Becond ward." It schould havo been "Second pre clnct of tho First ward." WILSON GOES TO WORK ON ' MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE HAMILTON, Bermuda, Deo. 7. Presl' dent-elect Woodrow Wilson today began tho final stages of his vacation In Her muda by beginning work on his message to the New Jersey legislature. He has practically concluded his period of recrea tion and social engagements and expect to work steadily from now until he start? on the homoward voyage. Rheumatic Advice Prominent Doctor's Best Prescrip tion Easily Mixed at Horns. Thn Pcrxlstent and Judicious Use of Newspaper Advertising' Is the Bond to Business Success. From your druggist get one ounce of Tons compound (In original scaiea paca age) and one ounce of syrup of Barsapa- rllla compound. Take uiose two ingre dients home and DUt .them into a half pint of good whiskey. Shake tho bottio nna take a tnblespoontul before each meal and at bedtime." This IP said to be tno quick est and best remedy known to the medical Droresslon for rheumatism nna DacKacne, Good results come after the first dose. If vour drutrelst does not haVe Torts com pound In stock he will get It for you In a few hours from his wpoiesaie nouse, Don't bo Influenced to take a patent meai flnn instead of this. Insist on having the genuine Torls compound In the original one-ounce, sealed, yellow package. Hun dreds of the worst cases were cured here by this prescription last winter. sosb FEET. Corns. Callouses. Bun Ions. Frost Bites, Aohlng and Sweaty wt. A snoonful of Calocldn in tho 'foot bath gives Instant relief. Got a S5o box at any drug store. Advertisement. fTou Are Invited On Monday To Kilpatrick's Linen Section promptly at 8 a. m., an important sale of lunch cloths MIIS. AUGUST HKTiMONT nnd a lot of other distinguished women havo bandod together In New Y City with a view to educating or Influencing people against extravagance or foolish giving at CHRISTMAS TIDE If this organization was In Omaha a suggestion from it to do your Christmas shopping at KILPATRICK'S would be all that would be Mtessary No fool things to wjatto your monoy on hut attractive, useful merchandise-and ever and always -VALUE. Now for the story on Lunch Cloths without Superfluous verbiage: NSIST ON THIS LABEL ON EVERY LOAF W 1 f QUALITY ...AND... QUANTITY IS WHAT YOU GET LOAF OF IN EVERY PURE - DELICIOUS - WHOLESOME BUTTER NUT 11 SEiiiik E All Grocers, 5c or 10c Size We have no competitors -but those DaKers ,vho are always saying: "Beware of Imita- m m 1 shd mm preatAst imitaTors. ors' MEW ENGLAND BAKERY CO. 2213-19 Leavenworth Street 'Phono Dougta 1807. WE HAVli NO DOWNTOWN BRANCHES INSIST ON THIS LABEL ON EVERY LOAF Christmas Slippers Any woman will appre ciate a dainty pair of House or Boudoir Bllppors, and find them very useful, In deed. We h'ave the largest line of Christmas Footwear in the west at your dlBpoBal. Itomeos, in red, black and brown, $1 and up. Carriage Boots, $5 and $6.50 Drexefs 1419 Farnam St. 36x38 Inches, formerly $1.00, Monday each . .7f) 3Gx3G Inches, formerly $1.50, Monday each SI. 29 36x36 Inches, formerly J1.7C, Monday each 81,49 3Cx3C Inches, formerly $2.00, Monday each Sl.GO 3Cx3C Inches, formerly $3. GO, Monday each 52.95 36x36 inches, formerly $1.25, Monday cnch..9S 46x46 Inches, formerly $1.75, Monday each 81,49 64xG4 45x45 inches, formerly $2.00, Monday each $1,69 45x45 inches, formerly $2.50, Monday each $2.19 45x45 Inchon, formerly $3.50, Monday each 82.98 64x54 Inches, formerly $2.25, Monday each 81.89 64x54 Inches, formerly $3.60, Monday each 83.19 54x54 Inches, formerly $4.50, Monday each 83.98 64x64tn., formerly $6 and $C50, Mon. each 85.25 NEWS OF BL00MINGT0N AND FRANKLIN COUNTY ntOOMINOTON. Neb, Dec 7. (Spe- cjsl.) Mrs. George W. Green, wlf ot tho , Dloomtngton lumberman, died In Cud- i fornla Saturday, where she went last tprlng for the benefit of her health. Plans are being- made to hold a poul try show at Franklin In connection with th farmers' Institute. It. N. Crawford Is In charge of the work. Th old liter homestead ot 33) acres was sold at public auction to John Mabon of Franklin for consideration ot $18,93). A band of seventeen pieces ha been organized In Naponee with E. C. Moore as leader. I W. Copley la secretary and J- X). Kelweltl 1 treasurer. . The Franklin County Bankers' associa tion held a meeting at Campbell In the directors' office. Those present from other town were: 8. Y. ITartt, W. A. Deary, Dloomlngton; A. A. Qs.lt, Q. K. Hall, Franklin; I lllnker, "Wilcox; W & Marr, lllldreth. O. V. Qunn. Uluo Hill; 8. II Halt, Bladen, who attended the meeting aa guest of the association. An elaborate luncheon was served by the association to the visitors. luchea, formerly $3.50, Monday each . And Now a Lot of Round Cloths 36 Inches In diameter, 45 Inches, 54 inches, 70 Inches, 81 Inches- $1.98 instead of $2.50 $3.59 instead of $4.00 $5.25 Instead of $6.50 $0.98 Instead of $8.50 82.59 instead of $3.00 84.29 instead of $5.00 87.25 Instead of $8.60 88.95 Instead of $10.50 83.29 instead ot $3.75 33.98 Instead ot $4.50 87.75 instead of $9.00 CUMMINS' PROPOSAL PLEASES BOTH HADLEY AND TENEP WAMIIK GTON, Dc 7.-The recent proposal of Senator Cu turn Ins of Iowa for a national convention to bring to gether the opposing factions tot the re publican party, meets with the approval ot, both Governors Hadley of Missouri, and Tener of Pennsylvania, who arrived ht-re late today from the governors' con- Never any mark up U mark down at Kilpatricks The customs officers havo had a difficult oxperlenoo with our Importation from MHEHTY & CO. No similar Importation over came Into OMAHA. Thero is an Indication here that PKKSIUENT TAFT'S Idea ot a tariff commission was just the proper cap or after all, for tho tariff As it exists now on ONCLE SAM'S BOOKS Is fearfully and wonderfully mnde takes more than u Philadelphia lawyer to Interpret it sometimes. Not able to quote prices on all Items ot this exclusive purchase today but expect to bo fully ready Monday. Have you seen the book and stationery Window? If not. take a walk down town today. A small note book and a pencil will be helpful you may solvo some problems about ChrlstmaB giving and re movo some wrinkles from your brow. We cannot tell as we write this ad whether a full assortment ot Kid Gloves will be left from the Saturday 98c Sale. There'll bo somo depend upon It for the lot was large. Whatever remains will bo offered Monday They are Worth 91.15, Indeed no easy matter to match them a,t THAT PRICE. It la our tleslro to clean up absolutely a lot of Hllkn, odd pieces, odd col oiu, odd weaves. 50c, 00c, 7Bc Hffc, $1.00 former prices. NOT1HNCJ IN THE LOT THAT SOU) HKLO.W A HALr A DOLliAK, and lots sold nt fl.OO It's true the lengths are arbitrary when small you must take all or none rbut there'll be no hagllng or hesitation. lil)c a yard will do the business. On Decomber 15th the Epeclal price of $2.00 tor making skirts to your measure ENDS. s Itcxluctlons lu Dress Hoods During this Period. IThos Kilpatrick & Co At Silk Section Phone DouRlas 353 Residence. Harney 4283 E. J DAVIS HEAVY HAULING 1818 Farnam Street Omaha, Nebraska. $2.19 H mhms in I .. II uo Your H """.""""s""1"" ID II tin In - All Leading Makers of Electric Cars Have Adapted Motz Cushion Tires After four years' ceaseless experi menting with every conceivable tire, makers of pleasure electrics have come to realize that the Motz Cushion Tire is best. 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PHONE HARNEY 304 40TH AND FARNAM STS. The Twentieth Century Farmer fs the leading Agricultural Journal or tno west. Its columns sra filled with the best thought of the day in matters pertaining to the farm, the ranch and the orchard, and it is a factor In th development of the great western country. Christmas Shopping NOW KNOWING THAT WHEN THE REAL RUSH OF CHRIST MAS SHOPPING IS ON, TRAVEL ON THE STREET CARS WILL BE ATTENDED WITH MORE OR LESS CROWDING AND DISCOMFORT, NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THE PROVISIONS WE CAN MAKE, WE URGE THE PUBLIC TO DO THEHl SHOPPING NOW. YOU WILL FIND IT MORE SATISFACTORY IN EVERY WAY THAN TO WAIT UNTIL LATER. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. ferHicc at Richmond, Va, Key t h ltuatitti-se Advertising