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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1912)
I 12 THE BEE: OMAHA, TVESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1912. FRAUD EVIDENCE ENDS SUIT Judge Leslie Scores Plaintiff Who Tries to Collect Twice. WIVES JUDGMENT TO DEFENDANT Conrt nrrnnl flhnim Ihnt S. J. Jnliti on Ilnri All-emir Cnllrctrtl the Monrr for Which llr Win Muln. Kvldence of fraud t.rouglit trial of n nult of the Crane company ofralnnt Hntn W J. Johnson of rJorencn to a nunv rnary end before Judfjj Charle Inllc, of tho law dlvlMon of tho dltrlct court Mon 1ny. Judgo Lmllf! gtriprxHl the trial In Its middle, took tlm case from the Jury, entered Judfrment for the Crann company for 1.167.41, scored Johnfon mercilessly, and Informed him he will have to aniiwer to a charge of perjury before the Febru ary grand Jury. Johnson declared the money for which the Crane company uel waa really duo from J. J. Cole of Florence, Ho laid that when ho ordered tho material for which payment wan anked, he acted as a dummy for Col. Tho sensational end of the lawsuit came When tlm court records disclosed tho fact that Johnson already had collected the money from Cole. Trial of the law suit had proceeded two days before the dnunatlo end camo. On the witness stand Johnson declared he had acted as n dummy In buying tho ma terial. Cole wished to purchai-o from tho Crane company, but that company dirt not wish to, sell to Cole, as it was In a Rtrlctly wholesolo business. Ho said It was agreed ho was to purchase, but It was to bo with Cole's money. Ho de clared that Cole wns the real dobtor to tho Crane company and tho suit should be BRalnst Cole. Shortly nfter Johnson left tho stand the Crano company pro duced district court records showlnff that more than a year aj?o Johnson sued Cole for tho money and recovered JudRtnent. Judge Howard Kennedy maWwr the entry. Here Judge I-rf-ellc terminated the case. COUNTY ATTORNEY WILL NOT FILE ANY WICK CHARGES No action tho Omalva Bar association may take re-Kardlns tho M Wick police court contempt case will 'have any effect upon the county attorney's office, ac cording to County Attorney James P. English. A resolution ask luff the county attornoy to file a complaint charging Wick with constructive contempt wns Introduced at the bar association meeting Saturday night and rcforrcd to a committee. When asked what ho will do If tho resolution Is adopted Air. KiirIIsIi sold; "It will mako no difference to this of flco as long as I nm hero what tlm bar association does. I don't mean any dis respect to the association In saying this, but It la not our place to take dictation from the bar association. In contompt raises the county attorney Is Instructed by tho court. Tf liny court orders mo to file a complRlnt against Wick I shall file It and go right ahead, but It Is not for the bar asoclatlon to glvo such Instruc tions. It Is tho practice and the custom for tho county attorney's office to tako instruction from tho courts In such mat ters. This was done In tho Oonncll case, in the Xemmerllng casca and tho Gross cse and In all that I can think of." Asked If ho will Instruct tho county at torney to fllo a complaint. Police Judge lister, upon whoso court tho contempt waa committed, said ho had nothing to say. Request Made for License for Wick & Moore Place Rudolph Oerber, who held a license to operate a saloon nt C01 North Thirteenth street last year, has applied for a license at P12 Dodge street, which Is tho location of tho Wick k Moore saloon. The city commission will act on the application In two weeks, the advertisement being run In the official paper In the meantime. City commissioners nre divided on the ndvlsablltty of granting a saloon llrense for this location next year. Mnyor Dahl mmi, who has not committed himself, said his vote would probably depend on tho man who applied for the license. Pollco Commissioner Itydcr Is opposed to granting a license for a saloon nt 912 Dodge. Other commissioners are divided or have not expressed their Intention re garding the application. MAIL RECORDSARE BROKEN Saturday and Sunday the Two Big gest Days So Far. SUMMIT REACHED YESTERDAY ImllriHlonn Point (Hit Hint Christ inns llnaliima Will rir lllBrs( IJrrr AMnlnrd In the Omnhn I'nMnfftce. According to Assistant lostmoster Jamos Woodanl the greatest amount of mall ever handled In tho Omaha post office for two days was handled Saturday and Sunday as a result of the ChrlstmuH rush. "Wo are all thankful that the parcels post did not go Into effect before Christ mas," said Jlr. Woodward. "As It Is wo havo some twenty oxtra men handling tho rush in tho mailing division. If tho p areola poMt were in effect now we would be compelled to havo lit least 100 more men working than at present." The officials at the pontofflce say that Monday was tho greatest rtiHh, and that although there will bo a great deal of Christmas malting today nnd even, perhaps Christmas day, tho rush will rapidly drop off. 80 gTcat was tho Incoming mall Sunday that a carload of It was delivered to Station II on Sunday In order to relieve the congestion Monday morning. On Christmas day two deliveries will bo mado In the business section of Omaha, wtillo but one will be mado in the resi dence portion. Tho ono delivery Is sup posed to bo mado In tho forenoon, hut on account of tho great quantity of mall that Is expected the carriers will not bo on ttmo at all places. STEEL CAR PUT TO THE TEST Iieasoiis for Itnllrond Mnnnuer Drawn front llrcent Trnln Wreck. SILVER LOVING CUP FOR JAMES P. ENGLISH A beautiful silver loving cup was pre sented to County Attornoy James F. English by his staff at a farewell lunch eon at tho Henahaw nt noon. Mr. Mag. ney mado tho presentation: tho others briefly expressed their regret that Mr, Kngllsh will leave tho first of tho year. Mr. English responded, expressing his own regret, his appreciation of tho re membrance nnd commending all for loyalty and faithful service. Tho cup bears tho Inscription, "Pres ented to Honorable James P. English, County Attorney of Douglas County. Neb., 1W8, 1906. 1907. 1912, by his deputies, his messenger and his stenographer." Then followed tho names of Deputies George A. Magna, Louis J. PInttl. James M. Fitzgerald and Charles Hanfkn; former Deputies Alfi-ed O, Elllck and W. J. Coad, who recently resigned; Paul P. titclnwender, messenger, and Miss Ittlo Martin, stenographer. Tho entire staff and the two former deputies attended the luncheon, Mlai Martin being absent because she was "the only girl." UNION PACIFIC ASKS LICENSE FOR WIRELESS The Union Padflo has applied to tho Department of Commerce and Labor for a license to operate and maintain the MUllner system of wireless telegraphy hero and along its lines to the west. The license, as applied for, provides for tho Installation of a technical experimental station. There Is but ono other station of this kind In tho United States. The story of what happened In the rall rood wreck on tho main line between Prazer and Qlcn Loch. Pa., ought to be In tho hands of all railroad managers and of all others who are Interested In the safety of the traveling public. It Is tho story of tho steel car when put to the test; the steel coach ns lite Insur ance and life saver. Tho train consisted of a baggage car, combination baggagn and smoker nnd ten other cars, or twelve coaches drawn by two monster locomotives In tandem. This tremendously heavy train had at tained a speed of sixty miles an hour t Fttuer, and then, when It took a down grade, It was still making a very high rate of speed, though the steam had been shut off. The mighty train with Its enormous weight and high speed and consequent great momentum, met somo sort of an obstruction .at a bridge, under whoh tho railroad's Trenton cut-off branch runs, and this Is what happened: Tho locomotives nnd tho two cars Im mediately following Jumped tho tracks, but retained their equilibrium, and wnro finally brought to a halt In a demolished track nnd roudbed; eight of tho coaches toppled over and fell down tho steep em bankment, three of tho cars falling on their sides upon a coal train on tho tracks below, nnd In tho troln carrying about 50 passengers only four or five wcro killed and perhaps only as many more very gravely Injured, One car, with many passengers, turned a somersault, but there was no fire and 'not a coach buckled;" there was no timber to fill tho ntr with flying splinters to malm, mangle and kill; there waa llttlo Inextricable wreckage to crush the pas sengers and tho work of rescue difficult or In many instances Impossible, and, In brief, dcsplto tho more or loss painful Injuries of many persons. It Is not too much to suggest that from fifty to 100 liven wero saved In the disaster Just be cause the cars were of stoel and with stood the terrific Mtinlti of the Impact when tho accident happened, Any person acquainted with the history of railroad traffic can easily Imagine what would have probably occurred If a similar accident had happened a few years ago, before the Introduction of the steel construction In. ears. Philadelphia Ledger. BIG BULGE IN THE MIDDLE Kxtrnvnaant Cost of DUtrllratlus J'nrni Products to the ' Consumer. Last year tlm products of all the farina of the United States wore worth mora than !9,OC0)OOt.COO. When these products finally went Into consumption the public! paid for them more than I U.f 00.000,000. m other words, It cost 7,000,000.0CO to dis tribute $8,060,000,000 worth of products from the farm to the consumer." Benjamin M. Yoakum, chairman of tho board of directors of the Frisco railway system, makes these tatements in the current World's Work, For Illustration. lie follows a carload of watermelon from the field to tho table. The carload, he says, represented LOGO melons, for which the farmer received S cents each, but are sold in cities for GO cend coco. "We have allowed to grow up elaborate and expensive methods to nuke the cost of selUrur as high a it possibly can be, ho m many nonproducers u possible may feed 8t the public expense," Mr, Yoakum aya. "Today tho tendency Is swinging lu the opposite direction. No man In his peiuses proposes to abolish entirely the 1 nerchandlfjlnsr and soiling' machinery of j the country. Tho new system of handling . farm products will not interfere with the legitimate commission business of the' country- CommUMon men always will no1 necry. it Is against the Illegitimate! and unnecessary machinery that our plans! niut be directed." WANT PAY FORPARK WATER Water Board Asks the City to Settle for Hansoom Park. HOLD BACK ELECTION BILLS Judge linker Holds that Money I'nlil for llrdrnnt Rental nnd Other Kxprnam Corem I'nrlt Wntrr Bill. Water Commissioner Howell and W. It. Ilucholz, member of the Water board, appeared before the city commission Mon day to urge iiayment of charges for water used by tho clly at Hanscom park. The council declined to pay, saying the J100,0O appropriated by the city for hydrant rentals and water for public uses cover tho expenses. However, a committee consisting of Councilman Ilutler and McClovern nnd Mayor Dnhl man was appointed td confer with the committee frwn the Water board. A conference will bo held Thursday morn ing nt 9 o'clock, At this conference the question ns to whether the Water board Is liable for a part of the election ..expenses, ns ns sessed ngoinst them by the council, will be discussed and an agreement probably reached. Mr, Howell Is standing firm against payment of the J1.23 for each clerk and Judge of election, the amount requested, by the commission. Mr. Ducholz said he thought the claim wns Just and the Water board ought to pay It, but In re turn ho said the city should pay the Water board's bill for water furnished llniincom pork. It Is asserted that during the season of water shortago hero Inst summer a gront quantity of water wns used ut Ilanscom pnrk In violation of tho Water board orders. It Is for this lenson the Wnter Ixiard seeks payment. City Corporation Counsel Hakcr says he bellovee the $100,000 covers all expenses for water used for city purposes, but ho believes tho Water board's rulings np pllcablo to Individuals will also apply to the municipality. IMS iaaatakw aaaa.aaaaaataaaate. jayLL .laatouaaaaa.aaatB'aM- fci Christ- run ft Cnntir ' Kreflh Every Dnr. Holly.1 Wreaths for Xinas;? Decoration, Flower ; Dept. TWENTY-TWO TO GRADUATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL The third mld-tcrin commencement ex ercises at the Omnha High school will bo held on tho evening of January 31 'n tho high school auditorium when twenty two KraduiltcH will rnoet Vn llnlninnii Mr1 John W. Cook, president of tho Illinois Btato Normal school at Do Kalb, will deliver tho address. Dr. Cook was at one tlmo tho teacher of Miss Kate Jlr. Hugh, principal of the Omaha High school. He was her teacher when Miss Mcliugh was In school at Hlimnilnirt.ir, III. During tho last three venrn the thi,v,1w,. of nild-term graduates from tho Omnhn nihil Eunuoi nave ueen steadily Increas ing. Tho flrftt graduates number four Cone Tonight or Early in the Morning if You Can ; Immense Varieties of Christmas Gifts at Wonderfully Low Prices Wo nevor carry over any Christmas goods after the holidays. In order to clear everything away wi offer yon great reductions in many lines of most de sirable gifts for the last day before Christmas. Off !t "" Regular Gold Filled Jewelry Cuff Links, Stick Pins, Hrncclets, Seta, Etc. y8 Off On All Solid Gold Jewelry With the Exception of Diamond Set Jewelry. Off On All Sterling Toilet Ware Toilet 8ot and Mnnlcuro SeCs. Off On All French Ivory Toilet Articles And Leather Traveling llolls 2nd IJnrgnln' Square. Off on all Silver Hollow Ware Jea Sets, etc, ALL OUR TOYS MUST GO In ltrnndels 1 Jn.sc mc tit Tojinncl. We jwwltlvcly carry over no toys until next season. Every thing will be sold by Tuesday night. ALL THE DOMiS' FURNITURE AT H P1UOU Chiffoniers, Dressers, Sideboards, Cabinets, Etc. ALL THE ClIUTiDIlEN'S ItED CHAIRS nnd IIOCKEHS PRICE AMj THE CHRISTMAS TREE ORXAMENTS nt M TRICE. AM; THE TOY DRUMS and HOY SCOUT 1JASS DRUMS at Jfi PRICE. Alili THE GIRliS' 50c SLEDS at 15c 1 1 m I I 1 1.1K II II IWII I II SI Mil, IIS. , 1V i"WiaHSSIUKJUallllV m KID GLOVES Make tho most acceptably gifts Glovoa In Christ mas boxes. Buy a glove bond if you do not know the right alzo. HANDKERCHIEFS Thousands of attrac tive styles for men, wo men or children very specially priced. 1 m Useful Christmas Gifts Men Will Appreciate A N Electrical Gift is certain to please any man. There is a business like practicability abont a handsome Electric Desk Lampfor instance, tliat is certain to find instant favor with him. An Electric Desk Lamp throws, a strougconcqntrated glow of light right whore it is needed, but leaves the eve in restful shadow. . The Electric, Cigar Lighter An Electric )igar fcigliteris especially conven ient for Ihe den, libraxy. or . office. No more need to search for mitches' no -more burnt matches to litter the desk or floor. . You simply touch the cigar to the asbestos pad aud you have an instant,. even light. Then,- too, the risk of fire from a smoldering match is eliminated. Other electrical gift suggestions for men are: Shaving Mirrors, Massage Vibrators and Shaving Mugs. Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. LARGE AREA OF WYOMING GRAZING LAND THROWN OPEN Woril tins benn received nt HjirllnRton headquarters nnd from tho Inferior dp. pnrtmcnt ot Washington, that probably about July 1, 1913, 728,000 acres of land of tho Wind Itlvcr Indian reservation. In tho vicinity of Thcrniopolls, Wyo will ' do inrown open to sottiomcnt and sale Generally this l-i -pazlnir, land nnd tho ' elovutlon Is s.o prrcat that It cannot be Irrigated, fcomo months neb, 1). Clom Deuvcr, bond of the Burlington's land do. partment took tho matter up with tho Interior department, Btieirostlni; as the Wind Klver land Is hot asfrieultural the practical plan wduld bo to allow. It to be taken In four section lots, the porchasors paying not less than Jt pr acre for the samo. In writing: to tho Burlington, the secretary of tho Interior naya that ho looks with considerable favor upon tlm Doaver plan and that It Is bcinp slven consideration. SPECIAL PRICES ON MATCHED FUR SETS. WOMEN'S SILK WAISTS at i2 PRICE. WOMEN'S LONG KIMONOS at i2 PRICE. in f olomdo The rerststent ar.d Judicious Um of Newspaper Advertising: Is the Itoad to Business Success. DR. C0NNELL IS FEARFUL OF SPREAD OF SMALLPOX The city health department Is making on effort to prevent a conLarlon nf smallpox which now seems to threaten coruun quarters of the city, owing to tho largo number of exposures. "There hnvo been somo very bad ex posures." sold Health Commissioner Conncll. "And It looks like wo would havo a number of cases of small pox here." Lust weel: a man with a well developed caso of smallpox walked Into tho pollco station and shook hands with sover.ti policemen. A few days ago thd Dunsnny apartments wero fumigated because two roomerB had become 111 with tlio dlseaso and others had been exposed. .Vt'linmUiiiin nt the Ilotrl. It. 1''. Smith of Ravenna, Sirs. n. n. Hart of Oram! Island, 11. A. Lester of Alnsworth and Peter I'almer ot Oakland Hre at the ltonie. W. J. Illchards of Dixon, Nena Herco of Verdel. J. F. Frye of Hastings. B. H. IjitUi of Tekamah and II, K. Htowcll of (loneva are guests ot tho Merchants. V. I Cleason of Grand Island, K. J Itlchy of Plattsniouth. II. H. ltobbln of Hertrand and J. H. Howard of Kremont have taken quarters at tho Paxton, John Here gun and J. W. finyder of Kwlng, Frnl Henderson of Creston and W. U Itonsflold of Auburn are staying at the Millard. Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen of West Point. Uoorge Jt. Noble ot Dlalr, John Heusted of I'chllng and Iawrcncu Coy of Valloy havo rooms at tho Loyal. Rocky Mountain Limited 10:47 p. m. Colorado-California Express 1:50 p. m. Daily to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo via Rock Island Lines Tickets and reservations 1323 Farnara Street, Cor. 14th. Fasat: Douglas 428 Nebraska DR. lfiun Farnam St. BRADBURY, DENTIST ao Y.aniBani. Offlcs. Phone Doug. 1780. Extracting . , Killing ... Crowns . . . Mrltlgeworjc Plates 25c Up . , . . Guc Up . . . $2.50 Up . . 2.nu Up . . . 32.00 Up Missing Teeth supplied nrlthout Plates or Bridge work. Serves removeil fflj without pain. Work guar anteed tea years. Gifts I For tho last minute of r ' fit If You Value Your Eyesight You will equip your reading table with a jRcXyte Lamp Christmas shopper. Buy a Certificate It can be redeemed tho day nfter ChrlHtmas. We have the finest lino of dainty cnrrUge boots In tho west. $4 and $5 We have also a com pete line of Auto Boots In leather and velvet, rubber and leather soles. Men's Cavalier Slippers In tan, black and Rreon, $0.7 a to $9.00. For Men We n.ke a specialty of Grandpa, Slippers extra widths, denlsned for comfort. $1.50 to $5 Drexel 1419 FarnarnSt. Prompt, salt Relief No matter what csum yotrr mrbinc had-x. rMilT. brain faff. rerrouaaeM, indirection, eolda, tripp. , eoryia, ertecta of ovor-lndtitaonee orfor ail cooditlona whar pain ( rrominaat-uoU or cnronic rneamaiiin, umgu, goat, ate, ANTI-KAMNIA TABLETS ara vondcrf ul.nt!e, prompt and aaf a pain nUartrs SaMC Ask Any DrusKlat for lOc A 36a Vfl-focHtt.liont TIFE OMAHA BFK The Homo Paper of Xebrasku. LAST DAY GIFT PROBLEMS SOLVED AT OUR STORE TIMELY CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Thermos llottles, nt $1.00, 91.00, .$2.00, $2.50, $3.(50 nnd $5.00. Waterman's Fountain Pens, and other standard makes, at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.50 nnd $5 00. Travelers' flasks, covered with vrickor, leather nnd nickel, nt 75c, 85e, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Milltnry Hair Brushes, in rosewood, coca bola, chony, sat In wood nnd celluloid, will ko at $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.50. Kino Dressing Hair Brushes for ladies and gentlemen $1.00 to $5.00 Fine Candies in Sealed Boxes ait Follows: AVoodward's.Llggett's, O'Brien's. Gtith's, Yocgele & DInning'6, Johnson, Hb. to 5-11). boxes 25c to $4.00 Thrce-plccc Silver Sets, at $4.30, $4.80 and $5.04 "Wo believe our stock Is the most corr.pleto and varied In Omaha, and) In cludes a b o u t ' any kind you. want at a price as ' "low or as high as you want to pay. Dainty perfumes tn fancy boxes make charmlnff Christmas presents. SAXSTT KAZOHB Gillette 5 to $10 Bedford... 93.50 to 99 Ever Ready ....91.00 Gem Junior ....91.00 Emerson .. ....91.00 Rnders 91.00 Keen TCutter, at.. 91.00 and 93.60 Durham-Duplex, at 85c, .93JS0 and $S Auto Strop 95.00 Clark's SS.OO Eludes for every razor made. SHERMAN & MeCONNELL 1MB GO. The Harvard, 34th and rarnam Bts. Oornor 16th and.BodffSi Komi of Downstairs "Owl's West," IiOj-nl Pharmacy, 307 Worth 16th St, Home of Downstairs, "Soaojutla." Corner 16th and Harnsy, HOTELS. Authorities agree that a good kerosene oil lamp is the best for reading. The Rayo is the best oil lamp made the result of years of scientific study. Atk to Met it at your D4mltr STANDARD OIL COMPANY NaWak) Fer Best Results uio Perfection Oil. Atk about quantity price and iron barrel for storage. OMAHA 20c This Ceupen and good tor tho next number of AIjIj the following magazines; Ban n t XaffsxlM. IfcClare'B staffattn. Tbs Kadlcs' World. XaUoua Xrzlxtttloa Jonrnsi Address, Magaxlne Coupon Dept., Twentieth Century Farer, Omaha, Neb. Hotel Loyal CHRISTMAS DINNERS At 12 M. to 2:30 P. M. At 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. $1.50 Per Plate (Tablos may be reserved.) SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM 0:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. HOTKL LOYAL ORCHESTRA Albln Huster, Director. Loulu Nowcomb Paul, Soprano Soloist. 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