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THE BEE: OMAITA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 10JH. A JOHN A. SWANSON 1'resldont CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP WM. h. HOhZMAN, Treasurer. Council Bluffs Council Bluffs Council Bluffs FIND MUCH STOLEN SUGAR Bluff s Spends Cash Get Property and Make Arrest Be. tO Fight the RiveiS fore Know Who Lost It. Ini'OadS On Banks TAKEN FROM STORAGE FIRM Fifty Sncka Cnrlril Arny from U'ltrrhouiiF anrt IJIpnrtl of fo nnkliiK Company In Omnhn flrforr Theft DlnciiTf rfili Fifty Rooks of sugar, HfTKrcgatltiB 5.W pounds two and one-half tons wan stolen some tlmo prior to February S from the Council Iltuffn fitove Ptorac and Transfer company. 302 Eleventh ave nue, hauled to Omaha and aold on tin date Riven and the owners of the ware houo fal'eil to discover their los until notified by the Council Bluffs police lie partmcnt late yesterday afternoon '"'l after the thieves who had stolen It had bten arrested. The sugar had been stored In tho ware house by tho Great Western Sugar com pany of Colorado and U a part of ,'), (DO or 7.000,000 pounds that has been stored In Council Bluffs warehouses during t autumn and winter. The sugar was arid to the J Burn's Haklflg company. Twin ticth and Cuming streets. Omaha. H, 15. dtreeter. years old, was In police ourt yesterday and was held for Investigation under ll.OK) bonds. John Cooper, years o.ld. was arrested at Unlonvtlle. Putnam county, Missouri, Monday evening upon a, telegraphic request by Chief of l'ol'.cn iToom. The Intimation that stolen sugar wbh blng offered for sale In Omaha was re celved several days ago hy the Council Bluffs police department The first Inti mation came from Hayden Bros., who declined the offer to buy, but neglected to get .the names of the men offering it The next camo from the Iooic-WIUs Biscuit company, who secured tho name Of 8. K. Streeter. Streeter was Immedi ately placed under surveillance. It was ascertained that he had been boardlns at tho Burlington hotel at 1101 5'welfth street, kept by Mrs. Kirk, and that his roommato was John Cooper. Equipped with tho .Information thai Streeter had offered to sel a largo juai ilty of sugar he was taken Into custody en Monday Afternoon and vigorously sweated. The officers wero only In pos session of a suspicion that the sugar City Auditor McYneney has prepared and sent to Mayor Moloney, who Is now lit Washington for the purpose of seek ing fcdernl aid for the protection of the river In the northwestern aiyl western parts of the city, a ilctallid statement of tho amount of ruoney that hfis been expended hy the city, tho Water de partment and the I'nrk board' to prevent the river mnklng h new channel for Itself across a valuable section of the town The money was expended last M'rlng when n. stubborn, but successful, fight was mado against the river's en- Minor Mention Oounetl Bluffs Offlc of Ths Baa la at 14 HOttTH Main St, Tsltphone 43. Davis, drugs. Vlctrola, tlS. A. Hotp Co. H, Dorwlck for wall paper. Corrlgans, undertakers. Phones 141 Woodilng Undertaking Co. Tel . Blank book work. Morehouse t Co. FAUBT BKEU AT naIItB BUFFET. Lewis Cutler, funeral dlreotor. Phons M. The highest grade optical work In th city Is done at Lfferta'. Scientific watch repair work, the klnu that Is appM-clateu, tit leffcrts. iw SAVK Oil TO l.UtlUOW, tir.H O. B. Mutum Ulug. e loatl AS'li, 123 Pearl. BUDWHIBEII on drauirht-The Oraiid. Ill bottles at all iirsi-cias v'" ' " ' . i Bu.lwelscr iiic iwnouru expenurii lomis ,, riiu tiari It Is for tho purpose of reimbursing the I city that Mayor Maloney has gone to and 1 p. m., on diamonds, watches, solid Washington to assist Congressman Green i lvw- cul RiU!" aim Jeweir. arid tho Iowa rif.lncatlnn In f.rurlnc this The funeral of MiH. OslUle Johnson will ana tno Jowa ill legation in securing this ,)n UnU tnl) lltturnu0I1. Mnort sn-vlrcs reimbursement and to lay before tho wm tic held at tho remdcnc, iftli &itith Washington officials the urgent necessity i Ninth Htreot, at 1:3) ami at the Danish . .1.. i. .11... I hal nt 2:31). conducted by Uuv. j. a ut,.,n.,u,, u..,,.,.-,,i , ,.il,v,u.h llnrlnl will t permanently to Improve te river front all tho way from the Illinois Central to tho Union Pacific railroad bridges. The Information furnished by tho ilty auditor will be of great value to Mayor Malonoy and Congressman Green In presenting the matter to thn War department and also to congress, If found necessary. The detailed statement shows a total of 3,3f,G spent. A portion of the park fund expenditure was to defray the cost of maintaining day and night patrols from takovlew park to the ThlrtyeevenWi sttcet pumping station. It wan the presence of this patrol that mnde possible tho timely warning of tho break In the old, partially completed levco west of the Illinois Central bridge, permitting tho prompt measures that were used in averting tho danger. In addition to tills, Auditor McAncney points out tho amount of money that has been used In the acquisition of tho river front park, $11,515.45, awarded by tho sheriffs jury for the land condemned and tho additional costs of tho surveys and condemnation proceedings, rnuklng' tho uggregato total expended by the Park board 114,871.45. In addition to this he calls attention (o tho passage of a spe cial net by the Iowa legislature last 'year providing for 1 mill levy for a period of five yearB to provide money for the Im had been stolen and had .no knowledg .,.,, f ,,. rirHidwnark. innklnir whatever or wnere u nan oeen mimi vi ftn ndlitional total Investment hy tho tvhero It was disposed Of until mreeii taxpayors of Council Bluffs of $25,000. It admitted that It had iieen sold to a bak- ,g ,0 prolect th Brg0 investment and Ins company In Omaha. It was during tho Btlu iarger thot must bo made In tho the questioning of Btretter wio yester. fUtUre tnat tno government, is now being (Jay afternoon that the fact was dts- M.cA to provide permanent protection to closed that tho sugar waa aioien irom lho rlv, t,tanle . i the warehouse, of tho storage company. iirxv Theff Wits Mndc. Ileal ISalate Transfers, Streeter said Cooper paid Kd Dalton M The following real estate transfers wero fnr ii... use of a team and had taken a reported to The Bee Tuesday by thu wamn from the Droce company's vavdt Pottawattamie County Abstract com at nlsht and hauled the sugar to Omaha, pany: The exact dato of tho theft of the augar L,. Fred run and wire to W llard . . ... ji.Li i i.... ... I wnuoil, ioi . m anu 11, uiock lias noi neon uipkiuw, uui ,v . Benson's Hecond addition to Council Bluffs, w. d Jl.WO ill. u. Magen ei ui. to l'oitawattamio county, towu. W40 reel or ott neji swU and wto feet of nH oH seU BWii. 3-7-, W. 1 have been on tho night of February 4, a wpek ago yesterday, The work of breaK - taifi Into tho warehouse, carrying and fn&riin? the sucar was" a huge task, and tnat l couio oo qn, V''""'-'"' Vta and 80. .block; vATSuFi attention la till 'more remarkable Tho robbery waa not committed, how tYer. until alter; rtho sugar was sold. C. K'. Maurer, mandjrer of the atorago conn nany. was not abla to throw any llslit Upon tho transaction. Streeter was em ployed by tho company last fall when tho augar was being stored and waa thus thoroughly familiar with tho internal ar raneemonts of the warehouse, lie was also working then when arrested, Tho sugar waa taken from a romo. corner whero its absence would not ot detected until an Invoice was made. In the effort yesterday to discover if the? was any sugar missing, 8,000 bags wer counted before the hole mado by t.ts theft waa defected. -Manager Mauer said tho Omaha Baking company would be utld accountable for the loss. Detective Callaghan went to Missouri yesterday morning to blnu back Coopc-, who has consented to return without a requisition. He is expected to return Alth hia prisoner this morning, First addition to Council Bluffs. w. d 1 Lena Klimpke to Claus IShmpke, oo rpet or lot io. ana oo reet pr e reet or lot ii, an in niocic in, wal nut, la., ii. c. d C, A. True and wlfg to Albnrtlne rJ. Aiariin, iwu sou, -j-ii-, except five acres. s w. d. l.uoo v. ait uarter una who to v. k. ana If. I Baldwin. s3o feet .1 Inches or lot 10, block 13, Hughes & Doni phan's; addition to Council Bluffs, Sheriff of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, 'to B. II. Lougeo, lot 3. block , nquirea- aaamon to council Bluffs, s. d C. T. Officer and wife to W. E. Duggcr. lot 18. block 33. Central subdivision to Council Bluffs, w. d.. Total, eight transfer $3,056 i Key to the situation Bee Advertising. b0 400 Ilelchenbach. Burial will be in Walnut ltlli cemetery. ' John Campbell, Gl years old. died at St. 1 Bornard s hospital yesterday aitornoon i I mm unnerHt tnentid and tuiyslcal break ing down. The body was removed to Cutlers Pending ariungements for tho I funeral. He has one slider, Miss Helen I Campbell, residing at bantu Barbara. J Col., and a brother at L.os Angeies. I.ul iturfuripr filed n claim yesterday aRainst the estate of Jonn tJKtnklo, claim ing 11,311.00 dUo on a promissory note exe cuted by Hkmklo before his death. The claim was originally filed on October 2S, 1912, and Mr. Hammer alleges that W. H. linii-.i mill J. ii. uooDer. au n nuinuura, linvn rvlimi'd to nllnw thu clullll. The court Is asked to set ti time for hearing evidence substantiating the culm, and nxcu 1' euruary i ai v o uiulh. 'I'tie Second defeated the First Ptes byterlan banket ball team lust night at tno local "V" by the score of M to 21. In the church bKet nan lean"" me turn of tho ganfc was the basket tossing of Crowl, Cook and Grow. The Hecond Presbyterians 'outclassed tnclr rival church In team wdrk and gained an cam lead and held It to the end of tho game. Rnlh ('rmvl mill Cook lllllVPtl a Star game, scoring ') out of 36 points for tnolr side. Thu flrn dnnnrtinent was called to ex tinguish a tno Uiat had broken out at 831 Hast Broadway yesteiday. A defoctivo chimney had set flro to tho roof and n largo area wan blazing- when u chemical stream from the automobile truck was turned on. Tho houso wai) tho homo of tho late Ur. ChrlsteiiHoli and la now In tho namu of llartel Nelson, whom tho widow married several years ngo, Tho fact that only tho chemical was used limited the damage to about $100. A n'rlnrk liuit nvenlnir tho auto truck made a swift run to Fltth avenue and (Seventh street, where a chimney uurning out alarmed the owners. Alilai-mnti llnvnr llltH linultll til dlSCllltrgO his duty as a member of tho council com mittee unrKilnted by tho mayor to Inquire Into tho feasibility of consolidating tho flro station at liroauwuy aim i weimciu street with tho proposed new station to bo erected at Broadway and Thirty-fourth street. Ho dug up considerable informa tion yesterday arternoon, no uiscuvorcu that In IBM the Twentieth street station had two teama und flvp men. Now, with a population nearly three tlmen us great, there ore threo men and one team located there. His committee was nlso Instructed to ascertain tho cost of moving tho old flrn house, which wan built about 18SU. six blocks further WeRt. Tho best figures wero above $2,C00. 'rim ltniird cf County Sunerv!norn has designated March fi us to date, for the ntiiiniil iranil roudn muutlngs. when all Of lm mmnbers of tho. -ounty., township tVusteeS and the road supervisors will gilther at tho court houso and discuss tho methods of road making. Tho meeting Is In line wltli tho effort to modernise tho methods of road making and prevent tho almost useless expendlturo of money that has followed tho old methods that have been In uso since pioneer days. Men who know how to make good roads of at least seml-pormanent character and can tell what they know will b provided as in structors. It Is expected that these men will be of state and jiorhape natlonul charactor. ' Supervisors Coo, True and Harding have been appointed aa a pro gram committee. Lincoln's birthday anniversary will bo observed as a seml-hbllday In Council Bluffs. Thu postofflce. city building, publlo library, city hall and all of tlio banks will be closed all day. It beln? a legal holiday, most of the bank ttank octlons would bu Invalid. There will bo no interruption, however, of the other branches of business oxoept the saloon business. All of the drinking resorts uro MX EMODELING SALE Help yourself to wonder values and help us mnko a lighter task of remodeling this store. Every, floor is in the hands of busy worknieu. Please overlook tho slight inconvenience of shopping. The astounding bargains we offer prove our determination to ef fect a sweeping clean-up of all winter merchandise. Here's a salo you really can not afford to miss.. Any Suit or Overcoat NOW All loan's ana Young- Men.' $12.50 to 350.00 OVERCOATS $625 fn 75 PRICE r v ipv Pay Half Keep Half Original Price Tags on all Goods Any Pair Men's Trousers Va 1,800 pairs of men's and young men's trousers. Pay only half 93.60 to $7.50 trousers $1?! to $3!! NOW All Men's and Young- Men's $10.00 to $35.00 SUITS at $5 to 17 '2 All Full Dres Suits Silk lined full dress and Tuxedo suits Think of It. $25.00 to $10.00 suits $3.50 and $4 Sweaters, $1.95 Undoubtedly tho greatest sweater .bargains over offered lh Omaha. Uyron and Ruff neck collar Best colors, $i!.riO to $4.00 Sweaters at. . . $1.95 $12!! to $20 Boys' Clothes at yz Price Any boys' Suit $!2.05 up to $0.05 Knickerbocker suit3 at half price Any boys' over coats, $2.05 up to $0.45 values at half price $148 t0 $498 t0 $4?3 $3.50 and $4 Union Suits $1.95 Any men's "Superior," "Made well" and "Muldoon" union suits In our entire stock. Broken sizes, but all sizes In the lot; up to $t.00 union suits, jj Men's shoes, up to $1.00 values; salo prlc 1 95 Correct Apparel for Men and Women Men's shoes, up to $5.00 values; salo price $2?! obliged to close under tho provisions of tho J own lawn, l'.euruary. tno miorichi month In tho year, hits tho Raloontnen u nolar plexus blow. There aro four Sun dayH In thu mouth nnd three legal holi days, If Valentine's day Is to be counted, leaving only twenty-one days upon which they can legally do business. The rouu lar monthly license of Jlti7 still goes on. however,1 making the llccnsb cost pretty nearly S n day for each ulocunau tim ing tho duy,s he can do business". WaYer tower -'equTp'ment FOR BIG LADDER TRUCK lilro Chief Nicholson nppcarcd before the Board of Plro and Illqe Commis sioners last, night to urgo tho equipment of tho aerial ladder truck for a water tower. Ho showed that by tho expendi ture of about $150 a four-Inch pipe could be attached to tho truck a nil equipped with a gooseneck nozzle throwing a two-Inch Btream elevated to u point cor responding to tho height of tho! ladder, or sixty feet above thn ground. The stream could be fed by threo or four lines of hydrant hose attached by a Siamese, connection. Chief Nicholson told of tho splendid work of sich mi Im provised, water tower at Des Moines which proved tho only means possible' b'f saving the Iowa Homestead building when Its contents wero practically de stroyed by n flro that was raging on all of the upper floors. The heavy two-Inch stream drowned It out when a dozen Btrcams from tho common fire hose ap parently iiad no effect.' The. commissioners listened with jnucb. Interest, to the suggestion, ..and though action was postponed ,for pnp week. It was quite evident that tljey would ap prove the suggestion. Arrangements were mado for a special meeting Tuesday night, when tho board will determine the amount of the appropriations to bo asked for the maintenance of the fire and po lice departments for the coming year, and which will be certified to the council. That appropriation will be made to care' for the water tower proposition Is almost certain. Chief of Police Proom reported that he hnd suspended Patrolman O. P. Peterson yesterday afternoon because he had tar ried too long at No. 2 flro station on West Broadway, whero he went to re port. The chief said the officer remained there twenty-five minutes. Peterson was fined two days' pay for tho Indiscretion. Jack Hadley Arrested For Wife Desertion The troubles of 20-year old Jack Had ley did not end when he strangely left his 1-ycar-old bride and fled to Minne apolis after drawing his week's nay nt the, .PttfjCfO. of the ,Krc Railroad compapy In. Omaha. He was arrested yesterday on a warrant Issued by Justice Joseph after the young wife had filed a charge of wlfo desertion. It was ascertained that the young man was returning Iro,n Minneapolis to Omaha with the intention of taking, a Missouri Pacific train south. He found an officer nt the train with tho warrant for his arrest. Tho bride, formerly Miss Florence, re siding with her parents. Mr. and Mr3. John Willis, 318 Sherman avenue, was u' member - of tho freshman class in ic Bluffs High school when they were nui rled In September. They havo since bwn living with the young girl's parents. Young Hadley, greatly distressed at t.ie unexpected turn taken In his affairs, was unnble to give the bond required and was taken to the county jail pending a hear ing before the justice. Taft Compliments Attorney General WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. "If the Sher man anti-trust law Is enforced In tho. next administration as It has been In the last four years, the trust question Is going to bo settled In this country and it Is going to bo settled by lawful acquies cence by tho business Interests of tho country." So declared President Taft In an ad dress at a farewell dinner given hero tonight to Attorney General Wlckersha.n by his associates in the Department of Justice. "Thero Is nothing In my administra tion," said tho prestdont, "in which 1 take such pride as 1 do In tho work of the Department of Justice In the last four years." Lefferts' great auction sale dally, 2 and 7 p. m., on diamonds, watches, solid sliver, cut glass and Jewelry. Unusual Proceeding in Telephone Suit a A rather unusual proceeding In district! court practice was taken yesterday when I counsel for McKlnzle and Husn, plaintiffs In the big suit started against the officers and members of the board of directors of the old Independent Telephono company, when they applied to Judgo Thornsll for an order cltlflg nil Of tho defendants to appear before a commissioner and give testimony concerning the sale of two- thirds of tho company's stock to the Ne braska Telephone company. Tho order asked for was granted and H. J, Cham bers was designated as the commissioner, acting also In thu capacity of notary pub lic. Tho defendants are directed to ap pear In his office. X15 Me;rim block, on February 17 for the purpose of examina tion. This Is frequently done In federal) courts, but seldom resorted to In the state courts. It is taken to Indicate the Inten tion of tho attorneys for tho plaintiffs to try their case on written testimony. All of the evldenco obtained will bo submitted to the court by Commissioner Chambers, The defendants aro relying largely, It I is aald. upon the recent action of the board of directors of tho Independent-Ne braska company making all of tha com mon stock of the old Independent com-l uany not acquired In the two-thirds pur chase practically better than the preferred stock, as the directors passed a resolu tion not only permitting this stock to itartlcJpate In all future dividends, but (taking It obligatory to pay the dividends lo all of the outside stockholders before )ny Income was (leriyed from their own holdings. This action maae we one-imrai fit common stock outstanding bf much kreater value than It had ever been. This I fchowlng will perhaps go a long way to ward securing a favorable ending of the present suit. i " MarrlotfR Licenses. Marriage licenses were issued yesto.day fo the following named person's: v Mime and Address. mM Ago. Prank Vallncio, Council BIuKs....,. fino ritilinovlo. Council Bluffs .....13 JOe Holtnbek. Omaha....,..,,,......, Anna Jelinek. Omaha , a Thomas U. fersons. Omaha a Betty Wilhelmlna Oleson, Omaha AS leortre LUou. Xhuaha... ...a Jese7ilne Helssner, Omaha 18 Kdward F. Blunden, Omaha-...,,... .....14 Helen Christiansen, Omaha SO t M Wiley. Omaha 22 julla fan-oil Omaha 23 If you only knew what pleasure the Victor-Victrola brings into your home, you wouldn't be without The following Omaha and Council Bluffs dealers carry complete lines of VICTOR VICTROLAS, and all of the late Victor Recirds as fast as issued You are cor dially invited to iispect the stocks at aiy of these estaMishaeits: Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will gladly play any music you wish to hear. Victor-Yictrola $15 to $200 Victors, $10 to $100 Victor Talking Machine Company Camden, N. J. i mm i wry Nebraska Branch at 334 BROADWAY Council Bluffs Cr. 15th and r f Haraey, Omaha LVClC L0. Nickel, Mgr. Geo. E. Brandeis Stores Talking Machine Department in ithe Pompeian Room A. lospe Co. I Vlctor-Victrola VT, $25 1513-15 Domgl 407 West B as St., Omaha, and Council Bltiffs Orkin Bros. Victor Department ' Third Floer Cor. 16th and Harney Sts. Oak Mfl Vktor-Victrola IX, $50 I Mcbogaay or oak H A list jly efficient optical work at Lef