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HICHAELSEHJM--HIS JOB
tiity Council Ousts the City Electri
cian from Office.
MAY MAKE SOME CHARGES
SIa a Tallin Oat irlth 111 Su
perior and Saya that lie Will
, Soon Make a Statement
( Showing the Facta.
IValdemar tlchaelcn, for the last ten
years city electrician, was discharged
by the city commission yesterday
without a word "of warning, and M. J.
Curran, a local electrician, was aji
feolhted to take his place. The order
goes Into cKect July 1.
Commissioner C. II. WHhnell. head of
the fire protection and water, suyply,
Mtehaelscn's superior, Introduced the
resolution and It carried by a vote of a
to 2, Dan B. Butler and Mayor Dahlman
voting In the negative.
"Non-attcntlon to duty," WHhnell said
was the" cause of the order. It Is under
stood, however, that Mlchaetsen asked
for a vacation of two months In which to
jro to his home In Denmark and visit his
Aged parents and the commissioners were
peeved at his Insistence.
A short time ago Mlchaclscn made
known his desire to return to his home
Sor a short time, a family reunion having
"been held at which he was tho only one
absent. Ho was to have left July 1.
Mlchnelarn Surprised.
"It Is quite a surprise," said Michael-
ten. "I will say nothing today, but I'll'
have a statement for the papers tomor
tow. My father used to tell me to sleep
fiver It when anything happened and
then I could see the thing with less
!nger."
Mlchaelsen'a statement will accusn
'Commissioner Wlthnell of knowingly vio
lating the building ordinances, in that
Tie has been, the electrician will allege,
granting special favors lo his friends.
"He hasn'r-been attending to hla duty,"
fcald Wlthnell. "There are houses right
Across tho street from him which have
hot been Inspected. Mlchnelsen would
We to his office, right, past houses that
ought to have been Inspected, and then
end some man from his office out. He's
Tot the head of this department He's
only an Inspector."
Wlthnell said the assertions that he
ad violated the building ordinances were
au not air ana ho could provo it. na
said his department had always lived up
Jo the city ordinances and Intended to
continue to so do.
Mar Not tio to Denmark.
"This may change my plans," said
Mlchaelsen. referring to his proposed re
turn to his home In Denmark. I can't
,,tell just what I'll do oil yet" He took
h,e council's verdict cheerfully, although
,be affirmed that he had received not the
least Intimation of tho commissioners'
plan to oust him.
Mtchaelsen and Wlthnell havo not
agreed since Wlthnell took charge of .tho
department under the commission form.
It is asserted that Wlthnell wanted
Mlchaelsen to "go ahend and O. K." cer
lain Jobs and Mlchaelsen refused until
' wlthnell himself had approved them.
A short time ago Wlthnell Introduced
u resolution at a meeting of 'the city com
mission directing that an automobile be
purchased for the city electrician. Later,
(t (s said, he resented the electrician's
Ycnue-t and became "sore at himself
""for having approved it Tho resolution
Jwas killed.
The Bee Praised
for Its Warning
Against Gambling
George P. fJllmOre, president, and' It. P.
Denlson, general secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association, heartily
cemmend The Bee for Its condemnation
of street fair gambling and Its successful
warning against the permission of any
kind of fake or fraud at tho next autumn
festival of Ak-Sar-Ben.
"I want to express my appreciation of
The Bee's splendid stand," said Mr. Qll
more. "The street fair Is, I understand,
to be held on the vacant lots adjoining
the Young" Men's Christian association
building next fall and, therefore, aside
from n general condemnation of gam
bling, I feel -that we have particular rea
son for gratification now. The Bee Is
entitled to the thanks of nil who despise
gambling and we rfhould not fall to com
mend also the board of governors for
acting as It has."
"We certainly commend what The Bee
started and the board of governors com
pleted," said Mr. Denlson. "This is a
rtal benefit to the community and tile
ease with which The Bee's very brief
fight was won with the co-operation of
the board of governors, suggests to my
mind how nicely things of this sort can
be done with tho proper harmony of ac
tion."
FIGHTS BURGLAR IN HOME
W. H. Indoe Wrestles with Night
Marauder After Losing Gun.
FINALLY MAKES HIS ESCAPE
In the Knaiilnir Tussle Thief 2et
Arrnr While 1IU Combatant U
Stunned from n Hump
ARnlnst Dresner.
Col, Dorrington is
i3 Visiting in Onjialia
( Colonel Al Dorrington, formerly of
Chadron, now head of prisons In the
Philippines, visiting Mayor James C.
'.Dahlman. declared In favor of a work
house for prisoners and believes all
prisoners should be taught some useful
frade.
Colonel Dorrington called on the mayor
.tilong with Gould Diets - and the three
tllacuaaed prison reforms at length. Col
onel Dorrington says he has charge of
about 10,000 prisoners in the Philippines
and all of them ere 'taught some trade,
which sends them out of prison able to
tfarn an honest living.
After a visit at Lincoln Colonel por
rlngton will leaVe for Washington. He Is
on his vacation, part of which was spent
' , at bis old home'ln Chadion.
Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to
Butler Would Cut
Rate of Interest
on City Warrants
Dan B. Butter, city commissioner of
finances and accounts, recommends that
tho charter commission provide that the
city pay not more than 8 per cent on Its
warrants. The rate of Interest drawn oy
these warrants Is now 7 per cent. In a
letter to tho cnalrman of the finance ,
committee Butler recommends tho fol
lowing provisions:
Advance notices be sent to owners
whose special taxes are payablo In Installments.
Make city bonds tax exempt.
Levy annually $100,000 for bond redemp
tion fund.
Ltmlt time for contesting any special
tax to one year from' date of passage of
ordinance.
ray day laborers by cash.
Change system of taxation by making
assessment on tho actual valuation In-1
stead of one-fifth.
An emergency fund of $38,000.
Butler also makes recommendations con
cerning the duties of tho city purchasing
agent. Ho would give the agent power
to sell all city property and give htm
authority to purchase all materials used
by the city under certain restrictions.
Bine Finds Way to
Buy -"Bluff Park"
City Attorney John A. Ulno has ren
dered an opinion as requested by the
city commission. In which ho holds that
a special assessment can be levied to
cover the partial cost of a new park,
the assessment to be made against adjoin
ing property, where -benefits accrue.
A question as to whether tho council
could assess adjoining property to help
pay the cost of a park arose when
Uncle" Joe Itedtnan suggested the pur
chase of lots at Fourteenth and BInney
streets, where there aro sulphur springs,
and the council decided In favor of the
purchase, but could not raise the money,
"All that Is necessary In such a case
Is to show that there aro benefits," sold
the Pity attorney, "and the assessment Is
good."
City commissioner say th property
adjoining "Bluff park," should It be
created,, would be considerably bene
fited and they will decide at the next
meeting whether or not the lota will bel
secured and a park created.
W. II. Indoc, 1314 North Porty-flrst
street engaged In a hand-to-hand en
counter with a burglar early Tuesday
morning, tho details of which will be
long-enduring In his memory.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday morning the
sound of crashing glass aroused Indoe
from his slumbers. Securing his revolver
from beneath the pillow and an electric
flashlight from a chnlr near the bed
ho made his way to the floor below,
l.nnrn, Ilerolvrr.
Plashing the light around the four
walls of the parlor everything appeared
to be In order, but ho decided, to con
tinue the inspection to the rear of the
house. Ho had barely crossed into an
other room when from behind the por
tieres a pair of arms encircled his neck,
striking the weapon from his right hand
and tho flashlight from the other.
Ilnnil-to-llnnd Fight.
In the darkness which followed there
ensued a tussle between Indoe nnd tho
burglar which lasted a good ten minutes.
Around the room they wrestled, overturn
ing chairs and tables until finally In the
heat of tho struggle Indoe's head was
forced violently against the corner of a
china cabinet which stunned him for a
few seconds and gave the burglar a
chanee to escape through the open win
dow, where he had gained entrance. By
this time Indoe had swltohed on the eleo
trlc light and, regaining his revolver,
followed In hot pursuit. He arrived at the
window In time to catch a glimpse of tho
departing thief running down the street
and fired two shots at him.
neturnlnglo the dining room he tele
phoned the police and with his terrified
funnily, Who had crept down tho stairs,
completed the Inspection of the house. A
glass vase splintered In front of tho
buffet testified as to the noise that had
aroused him, and a thorough search of
tho downstairs revealed that the prowler
had secured nothing. Indoe was unable
to furnish the slightest description of
the man except that he was extraordi
narily strong.
Falls from Wagon
and Leg is Broken
Leo Sullivan, laborer, 803 North Twenty
first street, fell from tho seat of a Jay
Burns bakery wagon, breaking tils left
leg. Ho was riding with the driver when
the vehicle gavo a lurch In going over
a rough place In the streets and after
falling ono of tho wheels passed over him.
Police surgeon Foltz attended the In
jured man and ho was taken to tho St
Joseph's hospital.
TO ASK FILM FIRMS TO PAY
Board of Equalization is Now in Ses
sion Over Taxes.
WILL HEAR PROTESTS OF ALL
Few Appear at the Opening Session
One Lumber Firm Get As
sessment Cut Doirn a
Small Amount.
Three of the film companies owning
large quantities of reels of moving pic-'
ture films which they rent to the shows.
will bo called before the board of equal
ization of Douglas county to show cause
why their assessments should not be In
creased. The board met yesterday to
bo In session for twenty days as required
by law. Henry 8. McDonald was elected
chairman. In the course of discussions
regarding some of the assessments on
moving picture shows. It was learned
that the show people themselves do not
own their films, but rent them from film
companies who carry valuable stocks In
them. It was pointed out that the Gen
eral Film company carries a stock of
films worth some $50,000, while they were
only assessed at $3,000. This led the board
to sit up and take notice. A resolution was
at once passed providing that the General
Film company, tho Mutual Film com
pany and tho Laemelle Film company
should bo notified to appear before the
board soon nnd show cause why their
assessments should not be raised.
Other discussions by various complain-
ants brought out the fact that the Penn
sylvania Rubber company had not been
assessed at all. Another resolution wa
necessary to demand that this company
appear before the board to show cause
why they should not bo assessed.
Arrive Early.
Moses Cohn, an old man with a tre
mendous crop of black whiskers, was tho
first man In the room In the morning
watting hours for the board to meet. Hs
complained of the taxes assessed against
him for his lota at Nineteenth and Izard.
Some of the board members knew where
his property lay and decided at once that
It had not been assessed tqo highly, so
his request for a reduction was denied.
The Mangold Lumber company man
aged to get theirs cut down $2j0 because
they had a fire In tho spring that de
stroyed a large part of their stock at
Bennington, Neb.
Paul F. Skinner kicked on having a
piece of property at Twelfth and Jackson
assessed at $20,000, when as a matter of
fact he recently bought the property for
a great deal less. He admitted that he
would not take what he had'pald for It.
The matter was referred to the assessor,
who Is to Investigate .the condition of the
old building on the property.
Chief Dunn for
a Sane Fourth
Suggests the City
Has Own Insurance
As.itnnt fiiv Attorner Te Poel has
suggested to heads of departments of city
government that tho city be lta own in
surance agent and carry Us own risks.
"Why not set aside a certain fund,
which would not revert to tho sinking
fund at tho end of the year, nnd out of
this pay fire, tornado and storm losses?"
asked Te Poel.
"Heres Is a city of 1B0.00O people and
3 or 4 per cent of the annual assessment
would more than cover the losses, for
the municipal buildings arc widely scat
tered. It would mean a saving of about
$10,000 a year to the city."
Mrs. Lucy McBride
and Son Charles to
Have Joint Funeral
The funerals of Mrs. Lucy McBrldo
and son, Charles, will 0 Jointly hold
this afternoon at 2 p. m. from Crosby's
chapel, 1521 North Twenty-fourth strcet
The services will be private, without
flowers, and Interment will bo In Forest
Lawn cemetery".
Chief of Pojlce Henry W. Dunn has
written a letter Instructing police officers
to strictly enforce a safe and sano Fourth
of July, under the provisions of city ordinances.
Caught In the Act
and arrested by Dr. King's New Life
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Suspects Are Being
Held by the Police
Pursuant to a request from O. W.
Yountf of Dumfries, la., the Omaha po
lice have been on the lookout for a team
stolen from htm. Tho team was located
at Twentieth and Vinton streets Monday
afternoon and City Detective Devereese
has slnoe arrested George Wilson and
XL j. Keasan as suspects. They ore be
ing held for further Investigation.
THREE SCHOOLS TO HAVE
EXERCISES THIS WEEK
Park. Vinton and Train schools will give
class programs this week. The programs
will consist of songs, recitations, piayieis
and drills. They arc as follows:
Park school this afternoon:
Prte essay oa Omaha. Virginia Greene.
Hong, "Miserere," r.iKnwi um
rnnrrt rpnltatlnti. Klirhth II hova.
Bonus of Bteohen Foster. Eighth D
class. " . ,
Class llmeriCKS. reaa uy uiaujs Aict-uri.
iiano soio, L.ium j
Pantomime. "Lord Ullln's Daughter."
trtirl. t. n irlrta
Class propnecy, recuoa uy woisuiti
Holden and wary McAdams.
nmilla tnnV t'.i IT l I II 1 1 Oltl
nrnmntixnilnn. "Merchant of Venice.'
Eiehth D girls. w I
urt Tnine nyea, irom iijaii, mama
B class.
vinina tnnl. Wlriav. 2 n. m. !
.in. "Th nnrr." 11. F Oil.
I,.. ih -ThA Rkvlark Ronar." II. K. Itad-
ley; to) "wne uueriueo, . . jiib.
ia iL'ni.fiin ttnnrttm f.ii?iiin kthup.
Drill, "a 3rpee from Japan," Eighth
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A Ulimpse 01 tne a-t, rncav vuuh
The I'rescnx. uacar uno.
The Future. Waldemar Thomson.
Presentation of class picture, Arthur
Iiachten.
Vocal solo. MUs Hachten.
Chlldbdod Lore. Seventh n class.
Class song.
trw-1 MiiwI TiMi V f
Overture from William Tell, Vlctrola.
ntnaa hlatoryr Chrln Anderson.
Piano solo. 1!Pur as Baow." Hilda
Johnson. i" , . , ,
Recitation. "An Order for a Picture,"
alarms Dcnfmanw"!.
Violin aolo. FranH MUnk.
T,- Ti.11t Val VIaImIi
pinna Dronhrcv. Marsaret Marauardt.
. ArnVianhl "Villa Vianh-
wviuna ..Mil-
nber, Madeline McKanna. JoaU Vaneck,
Anvil Chorus Trovatorot YlctroUu
BUTCHERS ASK THAT
SCHEDULE BE REDUCED
Beet butcher at the South Omaha
packing houses are asking thai thtlr
dally .schedule for killing be put back
to fifteen cattle Instead of the present
average of elatteen and a half. They have,
submitted the request to the packers, who
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sometimes nothing short of a "broadside"
or a "derrick" will get us out.
Nothing is more typical
than smokers. J
rutty rut
We have always , maintained that a high grade, quality
Mild Havana cigar ,would outsell everything on the market
and because we were so sure of war judgment, have
continuously qffered as our leader the
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The immense increased sales of the past two years
.
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they have discovered what we antici
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can smoke all you want Isn't it worth climbing out to try?
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