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THE BEE: OMAllA, SATURDAY, MMlVll 1, 1013. 11 WAflM&M! Br f ITl TTMlff riiTViiwi ti in COMING MONDAY A Sale of USED PIANOS .Taken in oxchnngo for new instruments during our great club sale, together with many discon tinued styles, at prices that will set new records for piano selling 'in Omaha. WATCH PAPERS FOR PARTICULARS I TO ABOLISH WATER BOARL House Committee Recommends An derson Bill to Fats. VOTERS MUST DECIDE FIRST BRIEF CITY NEWS Stack-Falconer Co., Undertakers. Bailey, the Dentist, City Nat'l. D. 2668. Have Boot Print It Now Beacon Press, Slgntlng- fixture, Bnrgogs-arandei) Company. Grant lays driveways, alleys, curbs, builds steps, coping, etc. Bee building. look Anead and Qet Ahead by Joining Nebraska Savings and Loan Assn. $1.04 will start you. 1C0S Farnam street A JlrFiwiKp la Ilnllroml Men. E. S. Bacon, 11 Bath St., Bath, Mo., sends out this warning to railroaders everywhere. "My work as conductor caused u chronic Inflammation of the kidneys and I was miserable and all played out. I was weak and had dizzy xpcllH, and. u friend, recommended IA)ley Kldnoy rillB. From tho day 1 began taking them, I commenced to regain my Htrcngth. The Inflammation Is gone and I feel better now than I have Jn twenty years." Try them. For sale by all dealer everywhere. Advertisement. COUNTY BOARD SAYS IT HAS NOTHING TO ARBITRATE Tho Board of County Commissioners will refuse to arbitrate for settlement with Caldwell & Drake, county .building' general-" contractors, until' tlio county building Is approved and accepted. Tho board has taken the position thut at pres ent tjiero Is nothing to arbitrate. Commissioner John C. Lynch offered a resolution notifying the general con tractors' that the, county will refuse to ar bltratuntll tho building Is accepted and then 1 counts will arbltrato nothing but Its iclalmffjior damages for, delay-of construction. This resolution was adopted, whereupon Commissioner A. C. Hnrta offered.' resolution calling upon John LatenserJ county building architect, for a report on work still unfinished and a final report .on yie entire building con Btriiatioit This also was adopted. Upon receipt of Mr. Latenser's report tho couhty will decldo whether or not to accept tho building. After acceptance It will be willing to submit a $30,000 con struction, delay damage,, olalm to arbl tratfqnr - TKe county wllj not consent to arbitration of Cnldwell sk Drijke'B claim tor extras because tlifl contraot provides . I ..!.!. I. .. .. . . ,.., nfl.ltr.tlt Writ. ton ordeis and these claims are supported by no orders. Nohoily in Too Old tu learn that the sure way to .cure a cough, cold or sore lungs is with Dr. King's New Discovery, 60c and $1.00. For sale by Beaton Drug Co.-Advcrtlsement WAGE COMMITTEE AT WORK Members Return to Resume Hearing on Wages of Women. WOMEN'S CLtJBS TO AFFEAR CSIrlK WorUlnjr In Stores and Fac tories SlRiiIfy Their Wllltnir nesn to Testify Ilcfore Committee. Only three members of tho house com mittee Investigating tho wage scale for working girls In (J ma a wcro present at the headquarters at tho Merchants hotel this morning. George W. Losey, chair man, remained In Omaha while tho other members went back to tho legislature to vote on the university removal proposi tion Thursday. D. H. Cronln and Henry Hclllger, two other membem of the com mittee, came back from Lincoln. Others are expected to arrive this afternoon. Representatives of the various women's clubs of Omaha are before the cpmmitt; this afternoon to tell what they knuw about wages and working conditions of tho girls employed. The women will bo free to make any suggestions in regan: to the methods to be pursued in getting the desired Information. Chairman Losuy says there are several girls who havo signified their intention of coming beloro the committee this afternoon to testify In regard to their wages and the condi tions under which they work. The committee will work all day Sat urday In Omaha, and will probably Uo some work In South Omaha next weeK, More replies wore received from the em ployers stating the number of employes they havo and the conditions in answer to some questions sent out In a .circular let ter1,' " Committeemen1 Richardson "Ad Busch have not been hero to Work on tne wage: matter, ' having1 been excused by the chairman because they havo some Im poriant bills coming up In the house at Lincoln and deslro. to be there tp fight for. them. C0IT IS GENERAL MANAGER OF LEE-GLASS-ANDREESEN J. Clarke Coir, for twenty-three years connected with the Lee-Gloss Andreesen company, has been promoted to the posi tion of general manager, succeeding WIlr 11dm M. Glass, deceased.- Mr. Colt started In the employ of the company as an assistant In the stock room. He will continue his duties as secretary for a short time !n conjunction with the new .office. He has been a resident of Omaha for nearly thirty years. Avail Yourself of Our Basement Bargains Saturday - ' We would urge you to attend our basement bargain salo early, for at these winning prices the goods will .not last long. All desirable goods nothing cheap. Everyone a bargain at the Pr,CeSale 'starts Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. These goods havo been displayed for two days and will be taken quickly. 9.00 Hall Seat , $35,00 Hall Seat, carved back, quarter sawed oak ...17.50 S75.00 China ClOBet. fumed oak, 3 shelves, Queen Ann posts 4"'"R $30.00 China Closet, fumed oak ................ ..S17.50 $40.00 Hand Carved Roman Ghalr, finished In dark oak slightly damaged .$15.00 $75.00 Three-Pleco Mahogany Parlor Set, Chase leather seat 37.50 $48.00 Colonial Chair , 832.50 $32.50 Mahogany Parlor Settee, denim seat S19.50 $25.00 Walnut Chiffonier, with mirror S17.5Q $37.50 Mahogany Chiffonier, 6 drawers, mirror back S2S5.5Q -j?S0.00 Walnut Dressing Table 840.00 $95.00 Sheraton Mahogany Dresser 55.00 $50.00 Walnut Dresser, Sheraton period 37.50 $27.50 Golden Oak Dining Room Table, claw feet ....817.50 $38 50 Queen Ann Dining Room Table, fumed oak ..822.50 $32.50 Golden Oak Dining Room Table 820.00 $24.50 Fumed Oak Square Dining Room Table 814.50 $37.50 Golden Oak Sideboard Z;?Q $45.00 Queen Ann Sideboard ................. ... .827.50 $31.00 Fumed Oak, Chase Leather Seat, Folding Bed Davenport : V.Y I " ' 'S?-P0 Hundreds of Odd Bedroom Rockers and Dining Room Chairs, suitable for Desk Chairs, etc.; In all finished, golden oak, weather ed oak. mahogany, birch all greatly reduced. White Enamel Beds with gold trimmings. $80 00 Brass Bed, full size, colonial fluted spindles head and foot 840.00 IIUGS Hundreds of odd patterns of Rugs that are left from the Miller. Stewart & Beaton stock that we desire to close out. Wo mention herewith, a few of them: Brussels Rug, 8-3x9-3, value $17.00 810,00 Velvet Rug. 9x10-6, value $29.00 20.00 Scotch Art Rugs, 7-0x9, value $20,00 ......814.50 ' These are only a few of the Items that we show of hundreds of odd Rugs, together with Linoleums and Oilcloths, GAS STOVES 4-burnor Vulcan Gas Stoves, $21.50, special S15.00 3-burner Vulcan Gas Stoves, $12.00, special g 7.50 BEATON & LAIER CO. 416-17 South 16th StrfeeV. DUctimlon Kntered Into bjr Tionrtl Member unit l'lt- Commissioner, Who Drnrr Ont Coat or Hoard to Taxpayers. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. ffi.-(Spoclal Telegram.) The Anderson bill to put the water works plant of umaha under the con trol of the city commission, thus abolish ing tho water ooard, was recommended for passage by the committee on cities and towns of the homo tonight, after It had been amended to provide the change should not be made until the question was submitted to a vote of the people of Omaha and carried, the election to bo called upon petition signed by 15 per cent of tho voters. The recommondatlon was made by the unanimous vote of tho committee, savo Mike Lee. who insisted on killing the 4lll. Leo's motion to Indefinitely post- peno tho bill was defentcd by, tho fol lowing vote: Yes Fuller. Reynolds, Druesedow and Lee. . ....... No Trumble. Klmeiunu, run, nanus. Burket, Foster, jhckissick ana oeanc. Politic nnil Work. Those who oDiioscd the bill argued that the city commission had all the work It could attend to now without taking care of the water plant. They Insisted also that the city com mission had to be In politics and that the water board Is free from politics. Those who spoke against the bill argued that the Water board was an excess expense to the city and especial atten tion was given to the. cost of legal ad vice for the board. Those who talked for the bill were: Simon, of tho delegation; n. F. Scan- nell. In charge of tho Paxton estate; City Commissioner McOovcrn and E. W. Faterson. Those who opposed tho measure wore tho following from tho Real Estate ex ohange: Messrs. Graham. Patterson, Wallace, and Members Wead and Bucholz of the Water board, and Its engineer, R. B. Howell, and H. B Zlm- man and I. W. Carpenter ot the Car penter Paper company. I'hnrgea for Meters. McOovern Insisted on asking Howell about tho charges made by tho Water board for Installing meters and the original cost of the meters. H was brought out that the meters cost $6 and the board charges $11.25 for tho meters and for installing them. This, Howell said, Just paid a little more that the actual cost. Tho board had Installed 8,000 meters. Howell also said the cost of attorneys and the salary of the mem bers for nlno years had been less than the profits of the plant for six months. The attorneys for the board, he said, had cost about $90,000, while the Water company had spent many times that amount for attorneys. aiemher' Capacity. In arguing the ability of the members of tho commission and the Water bbard, tho opponents of tho bill said the mem bers of the board had mado their own way and each of them makes more than $10,000 a year, while the members of the commission probably had never before made. more than $1,600 a year. To this statement McOovern said he believed men who dealt with the people should be men who knew what It. was to work for small wages. He had worked for $50 a month, he said, and was now getting $1,600 a year from the city. Mem bers of the Water board receive $50 a month. Droenedow 011 I'romUe. The vote was taken In oxccutlve fces- slon after several hours had been spent In arguments. The feature of the argu ment was a verbal fracas between Druesedow and 81mon. This came w. after Clerk B. W. Peterson of the city engineer's office had said t5 per cent of the people of Omaha were opposed to the Water board. In discussing this statement, Simon said Druesedow had said during tho campaign he would voto to abolish this board. Druesedow dented this and then, getting sure enough wrathy, he begun to glvo a history of the Third ward vote, winding up by saying: "I never made a single promise during my campaign and the person who says so Is a liar," McKlsslck Insisted on order being main tatned and that stopped any further pro ceedings along the riotous line. aslon was observed by a banquet and lit) grain attended by over 100 members ind Invited friends of the order In their now lodge rooms. The entertainment consisted of nn address of welcome by Rev. .1. R. Martin, pastor ot tho Metho '1st Kplsropat church; history of the home lodge; Joseph Owen, a charter nember; address, T. W. Bum, grand master of Nebraska, followed by reclta Hons and songs by children. Miss Fanny D Bow, president Rebekah assembly, was also present and spoke In behalf of that auxiliary onler, tho program closing with a supper served by members of tho lodge In thejr own dining room. NEWS NOTES OF BEATRICE AND OF GAGE COUNTY UKATRICK. Neb.. Feb. 2S.-(8peclal.)-The Chople Gasoline Engine company, which recently made a proposition to the Commercial club of this city to in-1 fate here, may movo Its plant to Fre mont. The company Is at present located at Plattsmouth. Ray Highland of Kills and Miss Nellie G. Rartlett of Beatrice wero united In marriage yesterday hy Rev. V. a, Brown. Rev. I D. Young also officiated at the marriage of Andrew L. Freder icks and Miss Hatel Arcndt, both of Adnms. A meeting of the Blue Valley Co-operative company, which will soon ongagn In tho lumber and coal buslnesn at Blue Spring, was held yesterday. The canltiil stock of the company was placed at $2T., 000, and $16,000 of this amount will havo to bo raised by the sale of stock before tho company Is ready for buslnrss. 1,001 LINGERIE WAISTS, $2 Valuos 98c 1510 DOUGLAS STREET $6.75 to $15 SILK PETTICOATS at $3.95 FINAL CLEAN-UP $4,95 SLASHING SALE REGARDLESS OF COST Coats for this weathor and early spring, in nuy material you wnnt - jm cloths, mixtures, chinchillas, broadcloths, etc., coats that sold formerly fcMs ml up to $29.75; this final clean-up, SATURDAY " " w w Dresses for now and spring; somohandsomoly trimmed serges, silks, Jm velvets, etc. Dresses that fonuorlv sold up to $19.50; this final clean- mmm 2?J T up SATURDAY wm w Furs 512.50, SI 5, $17.50, $19.50 it Cleanup Sitirdiy, '4.95 1510 DOUGLAS 1510 DOUGLAS.. By MELLIFIOIA. aEE-iUVB Friday, February 28, 1913. NEW MUSIC HALL FOR THE LUTHERAN COLLEGE SB WARD, tteb., Feb. 28. (Bpeclal.)- The contract waa let yesterday for the building of the $15,000 music hall at the Lutheran college. Ed Nichols ot this city gets the contract. The building will be three stories. Ten pipe organs and fifteen pianos will be placed In the new building. The Seward Base Ball association at a meeting Tuesday elected Frank Graff president; T, H. Wake, vice president, and C. E. Moran, secretary, and W. II, Moore, treasurer. Three thousand dollars has already been raised for expenses for 1913. News of the death of Frank Nelson formerly proprietor of a bakery and restaurant here, has been received. He was at Irwin, Idaho. He went on an ex tended deer hunt sixty miles east of the Idaho-Wyoming line. He became separ ated from tils companions and when found twelve hours later was frozen. He had evidently fallen Into the river and the water In his clothing froze and. he could not revive. His body was Interred at Irwin. C. Ia "Waaserman has been appointed city clerk by the council. The Sunday school ot the Congrega tional church has started a fund to pur chase annual Young Men's Chrtsttan as sociation tickets for poor but worthy young boys or men. The new building Is already up to the first Story. The rule limiting the membership of the Seward Commercial club to 100 has been removed and the membership Is now climbing over that mark. Tho rural route carriers of this county met here on Washington's birthday and organized themselves Into a county association. John Konkrtght was elected president; Judge Illller, vice president; Robert Hunter of Utica, secretary, and Pierce Dygert of Beaver Crossing, treas urer. District court opens here March 3. The Plckrell murder trial will be heard at this session of court. Judge Corcoran Is on the bench. G OVEUNOR MOItKHEAD'S staff of colonels havo beon busy mon this wecK arranging their apparel for tho feetlvltlos In which thoy nro to partlclpato at tho Inauguration next Tuesday. But, bt'sldes tholr gold-bralded habiliments, thoy havo also been actlvolv nn. gaged In tho practice of military deportment. For you must romomber that lack of stop and tho proper swing of arms would go a good ways to- wara spoiling tneir pleasing symmetry of march. Then. too. thov must nanaie tneir swords dexterously. Last evening I went to a small Informal dinner and tho llttlo gather ing was momentarily nonplused by tho arrival of a colonel, all arrayed, flC to kill, In his now uniform. "I trust," he jpalnod, "that you will not mind my levity In appearing this way, but you aoo I wanted to get used to ineso auds and wear away tho consciousness which I knew I waB bound to experience tho first time I had them on." it goes without saying that wo wero all in accord with tho now colonel, and lot him practlco to his heart's content. Wo all admired the outfit In Its dazzllnsr ennulnt. anil irnlil hrnlri trimmings. Tho caps aro also fantastic in design, but, of courso, cannot do worn in the drawing room. a private train win carry Governor Morehcad and attendants' to Washington, and will leavo here this evening. Many courtesies will bo extended to them along tho route and thoy will avail themselves of several Invitations for social entertainment. Musicalc at Olub. The excellent program given by tho musical department of tho Omaha Wom an's club Thursday afternoon, deserved a much larger attendance, notwithstand ing the storm. It was a Russian pro gram under the direction of Miss Helen Sadltek assisted by Mrs. James A. C. Kennedy. Mr. Cecil Bcrryman gaye In a, moat artistic manner, "isiamy," an oriental phantaste. Miss Madge West gave two numbers on the violin accom panied by her sister, Miss Klotse West. Miss Martha Murphy, Miss Oertrudo Miller and Miss Nelson Bennett took part In the program. A most cordial Invita tion was extended, not only to the mem bers of the club, but to all Interested in music to attend the meetings of the de partment. The next meeting will bo March 13, when Mr. Thomas Kelley will give an English program. Week-End Dancing Olnb. The Week-End dancing club will en tertain at a dancing party Saturday evening at Chambers. For Out-of-Town Guests. Mr and Mrs. C. Y. Smyth entertained at bridge Wednesday evening for Miss Edith Baldrlgs of Hollldaysburg, and Mrs. Pryor Markel of Kansas City. Four tables were placed for the game. Hustead-Kretzsohmar Weddino. mo wedding of Miss rtoso .I.oulse Kretzschmar, .doughtar of Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Kretzschmar. and Dr. Charles I Husted of trails City. Neb., took nlac Wednesday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the home or tho bride s parents. Rev. E. T, utto of the German Lutheran church performed tho ceremony. Miss Azllda Moore sang "I Love You Truly" Pro ceding the corcmony and tho Ixhengrln wedding march was played on tho violin by Miss fcmlly CleVe, accompanied on tho piano by Mis. Margaret Bolcr, 'the undo woro white charmeuse. She wore a long tulle veil and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and sweet peas. The only Jewel worn was a strand ot pearls, thn gift of the groom. Miss Emily Xretzsahmar, sister of tho bride, waa bridesmaid. She wore pink ciepc do chlno and carried an arm bou quet of pink roses. Dr. U, T. Petersen was the best man. The bride presented Miss Krotzschmar with a pearl lavallor and to the other attendants Jeweled bar Pins, The best man received gold cuff links. Assisting through the rooms wero Miss Vera Hustead, Miss Ida Proctor, Miss Gertrude Kohr, Mr. T. D. Foley and Mrs. Fred Volgt of Lincoln. Dr. and Mrs. Hustead will be nt home after March 15 at Falls City, Neb. Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. Fred Volgt. Lincoln! Mrs. A. Schlaebltx, Lincoln, Miss Elsie Anderson, Lincoln; Miss Maudo Waslnk, Sargent Bluff, la.; Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Bordner, Grand Is land. Mr. nnd Mrs. S. I, Hustead and Mr. Harry D. Hustead, Falls City, Neb. Debutante Honored. Complimentary to Miss Margaret Oreer Baum and Miss Daphne Peters, two of the debutantes, Mrs. Howard H. Bl drlge and Mrs. Frank W. Judson enter tained at a beautifully appointed lunch eon this afternoon at th. home of Mrs. Baldrlgo on South Thirty-ninth street. Tho guestM were seated at small tables and mounds of sweet pea. formed the center pieces for the tables. Those pres ent were; Misses Duphno Peters, Margaret Greer Baum, Dorothy Morgan, Gladys Peters, Hilda Hammer, Mls.es Clara Schenlder of Fremont, Neb.; Marguerite Schneider of Fremont, Neb.; Margaret Bruce, Margaret McPherson Elizabeth Bruce, Nannie Page, Mildred uutier, Dorothy Halt, Katherlne Beeson, Helen Brown Alice Carter. of Seattle, Wash.; Elizabeth Congdon, Dorothy Stevens, Carolyn Congdon, Edith Thomas, Mary Rlngwalt, Katherlne Thummell.MUdred Rogers, Eugenie Whltmorr, Elizabeth Davis, Edith Baldrlge of Hollldaysburg. Penn.; Me sdames Harold Prltchett. MacMlllan Harding. Charles Beaton, Ross W. Towle, Edward O'Brien. Marcla Perkins of Fremont, Neb. Meadames Wilson Austin, C. W. Turner, Jr.; Howard H. Baldrlge, Frank W. Judson. Pleasures Fast. Mrs. K. Strasssr entertained Wednes day evening in honor ot her son, Martin, who celebrated hi. birthday anniver sary. The evening was spent at garriss and muslo and the tab)e decorations wero n Ted, white and blue. Those prencnt were: Misses Denus Kotchner, Lillian Wlchteman, Amelia Wntkowlcz, Dorothy Woosley, Elizabeth Duffy, Messrs. Doll Branch, Martin Htrasser, Charles Strasser, Qua Burell, Misses Alice Hansen, Maud Brady, Lldla Wotkowlcz, Mary Rodgers, Eleanor Strasser, Messrs. Edward Burkard, Arv'a Alexander, Joseph Strasser, Frank McMahon, Elks Dancing Olub. The Elks Dancing club will give a party at the club rooms Wednesday, March S. In and Out of the Bee Hive. Mrs. J. J. Dickey and daughter, Mist Bertha, who are spending the winter at Beverloy Hills, Cal., will soon leave for Honolulu. Misses Clara and Marguerite Schneider of Fremont, are spending the week end with their sister, Mrs. C. W. Turner, jr. Miss Margaret Brown of Dea Moines, returned home Wednesday after spend ing a week here, the guest ot Miss Rutlt Dennis. Miss Brown Is returning homo after a stay of six months In California and Washington. Mrs. W. E. Bingham haa returned from a two months' stay in anio, visiting at her old home at Columbus and other points of interest. Mrs. Frank W. Judson, Mrs. C. C. Rosewater, Mrs. N. L. Ouckert and Mrs. Alvln Johnson returned home Thursday from an extended stay at Colfax Springs la. Mrs. James II. Molntosh of New York. Who has been spending a few days In Omaha with her mother, Mr. Charled' n. Rustln. will leav. Saturday for her home. Mr. Frank Burkley and his daughter. Miss Mary, who have been In California for the winter, will leave for Long Beach. Mr. Burkley Is expected homo soon. Mr. and Mrs, Vlotor B, Caldwell, who hove been to Pasadena, will leave soon fpr Hollywood, whero they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Wattles at their winter bom?. "Juallta." Miss Agnes Riley left Tuesday for Los Angeles, Cal., to Join her sister, Miss Anna Riley, who has been there for n. year. They plan to make their home In Los Angeles. These Children Cai Have Birthday Only Every Fourth Year It Vernon L. Sequlst. Fannie Qlldear, Mildred Dalbey and Gladys Blpe never received presents except oh, Uielr birth days, these children would fare poorly, as they hava no birthday this year, nor the next, nor the next It Is the old story of th misfortune ot being born during leap year, tl) ono' year In four In which occurs the date, February . February knocks off business today, tho i8th and March begins on Saturday. Al though Fannie Qlldear of the Cass school Is 1J years old, she has had but three plrthdays and wilt not have another until she Is 16 years old. The other three are each B years old and have had but two birthdays each. Vernon L. Sequlst lives at 4118 Blnney street and attends the Clifton 1IIU nchool. Mildred Dalbey lives at 3005 Franklin street and attends tho Long achool. Gladys Slpo lives at 2422 Leaven worth street and attends Mason school. Fannie Qlldear lives at 817 North Six teenth street and attends Cass school. The last named was born February 29, 1800, and .the other three. Febluary A 1904. The Richest, Most Exquisite Silks, Lien md Dress Trimming From One of the Leading Modistes and Importers in New York Will be Sold to Omaha Women Monday at Less Than lA the Prises Thij Fashionable Women in Htw York Win Paying for Thin i Mntti Af Mine, Osborif s Entire Dressmaking Stock Was Purchased at an Unheard of Redietion by I.utlire Annlver.TV nt flUclton. SH ELTON, Neb., Feb. 28.-(Speclal.) Wednesday being the twenty-sixth an niversary of Shelton lodge No. HI. In dependent Order Odd Fellows, the oo- ran s Stores Mmc. Osborn designed and finished costumes and robes for woniou, in tho most exclusive fashion able sets. Her creations wore known among society women throughout the East. When she retired from business Brandois secured her ontire stock, inofiiding thousands of yards of fabrics and trimmings brought abroad for the express purpose of making up into this spring's finest costumes. SALE BEGINS MONDAY MARCH 3D See the Great Window Displays FULL PARTICULARS APPEAR IN SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS T r