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THE BEE, OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 3. 1013., Nebraska We close all day the Fourth COUNTIES REPORT INCREASES Announce for Saturday Choice-of-thc-House Sale of MEN S SUITS Involving Values of $20.00 to $55.00. for J lOsOU See Friday Papers for Particulars. WATER POWER TO GUIDE ROCK Republican River to Furnish Water for Project PLAN GREAT CEMENT ' PLANT If. G. CnlkliiH nnd J. F. Clneat Commit rrlth Chief Engineer Price Abont Development of Water niBhf." (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July :.-(Speclal.)-H, O. Calkins and J. F, Quest 'were holding a consultation with hlef Engineer D. D. Price of rne State Board of Irrigation today regarding the development of their water right ort the Republican rtver njir Guide Rock. . ' They ure Interested in. th5s manufacture' f Portland cement at Guide Rock and the power will bo partiy used In the nanufacture of the cement "You may not know," said Mr. Calkins. ;hat Nebraska uses over 300,000 barrels f cenvtht jl year In tha building o'f'dlfV ...... i ... . . . . . . . lerenr ouuaings, onagee, -etc.,. and nan to pay freight charges 300 miles to the nearest . point. We are anxious to get ur plant 'in working condition as. soon, as possible' for It will save a great deal to Nebraska people If they can get the :ement colsre .Home." The water for the power -plant wjtl toe taken from- the river about1 nine m)les above dulde Rock" and will bo received through a canal, the water being turned into the canal by a diversion "dam. A reservoir at -about five acres will con tain the water ' at the Guide Rock end. The whole projectwill cost about JlTBioOO. BANKING BORD .MAKES : GUARANTY FUND-LEVY . - i (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 2.-(Speclal.)-The Stat Banklngboard has held Us regular, meet ing to levy for the benefit of the state guaranty" fund and has' decided that an assessment ;one-twepticth' of 1 per cent will be about the., right thing for the banks to put up. This levy will raise JU.56S.0S and 'will bring the total fund at this time up to JSS1.S11.76. This' fund, stays In tht hands of the banks andwlll not -be called for unless It Is necessary to have It to ewer losses In banksthat fail The State 'Banking board also granted to the Farmers State bank' of Wlristde, In Wayne ''ppirnty, a charter to" iio busi ness. Thejcapltal of the bank is 15,000 and its officers are: Frank "JVelble, pres ident; K.'L.-Wclble, vice president, and F. W. WelWeKxashler. TVoten from Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb., July 2.-(Speclal.)-Mrs. E. B, T, Wadsworth, a resident of Beatrice since 1ST9, died last evening at her home after a lingering illness, aged 16 years. Her husband, 8. W. Wadswprth, a pioneer Jeweler of "this city, died a few years ago. Mr. Walter Allen Bell nnd Miss Gladys Irene Farlelght both of Liberty, were married here yesterday by. Rev. U. G. Brown. The business men of Wymore have ar ranged with the' Burlington, road to run l"row Itow, lrt to Rltlt-l.y A. wetierw. Topliow X. J. carpenter, cbarie. sh.rman. special trains to that place on the Fourth from towns in this section of the state. Old Line Accident Company Chartered (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jqly 2.-(8peclat.)-The Old Lino Accident Insurance company, which a' few days ago was told If the complied with the law, it could organize and would be granted a license to da business In the state, came Into its own thfs after noon and was granted a charter. Under the law If a company compiles with the law the state auditor must grant the charter, The probable officer are John G. Mahcr, president; A. M. Morrlesey .treasurer,' and C. M. Shurtllff, secretary ST. LOUIS INSURANCE AGENT HUNTS MAN FOR FRAUD (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July 2.-(Speclal,)-J. B. Smutz of St Louis, United States agent for the Great Eastern Insurance com pany called oh Commissioner Clancy this .morning, for. the purpose of Identifying W, C. Dart, the Insurance agent now being held In the Lancaster county jail' o na charge of defrauding the public. Mr. Smuts i has been on the track of a' mah calling hlrorelf F. J. Klenck, who has been carrying on' the same sort of work as Dart, in that he would write policies. c61Iect the fee' and neglect to remit to the company. Ills work was so similar to that of Dart, who worked under sever aliases that Mr. Smutz thought they might be, one. nnd the same. However, his description of Ktertcy dpes. not'sh6w any indication that Dart is' the man. A, reward, of ISO has been vofT. fercd by .the company for .information which might lead to klepck's arrest LINCOLN' WOMAN PHYSICIAN ACCUSED BEFORE BOARD (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln. July 2. (Special.) Complaint was. filed this week with the board of secretaries of the State Board of Health against Dr. Lellllan B. .Snow of Lincoln charging her with having performed a criminal operation on a Lincoln gll from which she died. The complaint was made becauie of the rumor that the doctor contemplated moving to Missouri when. she expects, to practice under a reciprocal, agreement between that state and this. 0BEE APPEALS LAW SUIT . INVOLVING BURIAL EXPENSE x (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 2. (Speclal.)-Under-takerXJ, Wade Obee of Omaha has ap pealed from a decision of the, Douglas county district court to the supreme court in which Clara Tolson won a suit involving the .expenses of burying Isaac Burke at Omaha. Mrs. ' Tolson sets out that she paid the expense and that Burke's mother paid the undertaker also. She sued torecover her money and won. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Big Returns. Omaha Business Men Take a . iank Klllck ri. J O'Pri-11, V R . ood, W. U. Horfprd, Ham urn. .-; Dopsju M VtH' t. it. ato' A v Oordon. i' CV Itoswater, W V Baxter. J. M Guild, f. N. Diets, W. A. Kills. Middle Row-C. A. Ocas. C C Btlden deVa W.a lUiosfink lrMrtf(kTJ' "averted!. Tom pavlb. T A Fry, F. W. Judson. r. s. Kn pn O H Kejley. J A fcunderland, Casper B, Yost. E. Uucklnhim, J. F. FJack. G II. PlckinsF. eT Sunborn. AV W ur . 'tXtTIVE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCIAL CLUB PLAYS DIRECTORY TO DETERMINE GOLF SCJPI1EMAOY'. Governor Is Asked to Extend Clemency to Men in Prison (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July 2 (Specjal.)-Alfred Coleman will ask GoGVernor Mdrehead to celebrate Independence day by giving him a pardon. Coleman was sent Up to the Nebraska penitentiary for thirteen years for rob ber yof a Chinaman in Omaha. In com pany with William G&lbralth htr as saulted the hlnaman with af piece of gas pipe and got away with aoout 130. Another man who would like the gov er$r to take advantage of the day and give, him a freo ticket to the outside world Is Andrew Hawkins. Hawkins was received at the penitentiary from Red Willow county for life for tho al leged killing of an old farmer, who was found , dead. There was nothing to substantiate the charge against Hawkins except circumstantial evidence and after bein gl mho. pen a short time his sen tence was commuted to fourteen years. The man 'is now TO years 'of age and says he ought to be remembered with a par don. DAUGHTER OF FIRST . OMAHA MINISTER DEAD TABLE RQick. Nob,, July 2.-(Speclal.) Mrs. Eugenia A. Smith, who had been an invalid for. many years, died at the residence of-Mrs. Margaret Lowrle, a few miles south bf here, Sunday, evening, aged E2 years A Mrs. Smith was the eldest daughter ',of- Rev. 55. B. Turman. Elder Turmanw.fta a jjoncer .Mejhodlst minis ter Of sputheast, Npbraska .and Is said to have, .pryxphed tjie. ,firsUMetod)st ser-. mon ever prcaciipa in umana,.or ratner at an Indian agency in, that. -vicinity, in about the year. 1855. 'Mrs. Smith was born In 1S61 at this agency, where the father resided at Jlmt time. OXFORD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO COUNTERFEITING LINCOLN, Neb.. July 2. William F. Ltnaberry of Oxford, Neb.,, pleaded guilty In federal court here today to a charge of counterfeiting J5 and. $10 notes and was 'sentenced to .a year and a day In Leavenworth. LInnaberry Is a photogra pher by professlpn- The notes were mud through a photographic process. An other man connected-with the case, whose name Is withheld. Is under arrest in Min nesota, according to United States Mar-1 shal Lane. , Ti"vrn JTotei of Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, Neb., July 2. (Speclal.) The annual school' meeting for Cambridge school district was held June 30. E. C. Rodwell was re-elected trustee nnd J. W. Hammond was elected to take the place of James John, who was not an applicant for - re-election. A rain of .71. of an Inch fell here Mon day night. This wilt help the corn crop conditions over this section of, tho coun try. Farmers are harvesting wheat, and" While many fields will not pay muchmor4 than the, expense of harvesting, some 're port the promise of a fair yield, consider ing' the June drouth. Cojfax and Thayer Show Higher Assessments. RUSH STATE FAIR FACILITIES Lincoln Traction Company (llreh Right to mi Doable Track Over Viaduct Farm Statistics Art- .MlftKttir, (From a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July 2.-(tpectin-The In- crease In tho valuation of the state eon tlnued to be shown this morning when two moro counties reported to Secretary ScymOur of the State Board of Assess ment. These' counties were Colfax nnd Thaye;, the former showing a valuation of 5.S22.t2. this year against eM3.023 last year, an Increase of $19,402. and the latter a valuation this year of J6.H2.077 to J6, 092,622 last year, an Increase of 119.415. 'Doable Track to Fnlr. The city council of Lincoln has granted permission to the, Lincoln Traction com pany to build a double track lino to the state fnlr grounds over the Tenth street viaduct. This will glvo better facilities for quick trips nnd will do away with tha dangerous crossings across the Miss ouri aPclfle. Burlington nnd Northwestern railway tracks. With these added facill tics for transportation nnd with Seven- teenth street paved direct from O street' to the main entrance to the grounds, which will be completed before fair time, the transportation question will be solved. Ilnrninn Keeps Iliiy, Food Commissioner ITarman has gone to Grand Island and Holdrego on busl nesa connected with the pure, food de partment and putting in effect the new weights nnd measures law. Motorcyclist Injnred. Dnn Recder, a motorcycle man, prac ticing for the motorcycle races at the fair grounds for July 4, was seriously Injured last night by being thrown from his ma chine while rounding a curve in the track at a speed of fifty miles an hour. Three weeks ago Rceder met a similar accident In Which several bones were broken. It Is thought that his injuries are of an internal nature and therefore very serious. y Affrlcnltural StntUtlca MUnlns;, Tho two bg counties of the siatc,,Doug las nnd Lancaster, are delinquent In tliclr reports to tho State Board of Agriculture under the provisions.', of the Scott net, which requires that county clerks shall forward to the State Board Of Agriculture agricultural statistics. Until this is done precinct assessors cannot legally receive pay for thtlr services. . nnnrri Help Pnr Fare Tha State Board of Agriculture will pay all railway fare in excess of J5 for the boys who are delegates to the boys' state fair encampment. These delegates must be between the nges of It and 21 years. Selections nro 'made under the direction pt the . county superintendents of ' the various counties. EXPLOSION ,0F FLOUR DUST IN HAMPTON MILL HAMPTON. Neb,, July 2.-(8peclal.)! "W II. McGuIre was painfully, though not seriously burned, and Nels Petersen sustained & badly bruised hand, - In a fire at the Harnpton mill yesterday morning. The fire resulted from an ex plosion caused bjllghtlng a match too close to a flour bin. An alarm wa sounded, and althdugh the fire depari ment responded quickly, the fire had ber exunguioneu ay onipiuj-cp u, mo m,.. v. . m .la J 1 Th. ..... .1 . . . 9 U ml DCloro mo ucpai uncut hiiucm. ,va will be very small. The Hampton mill Is ownedN?y the same company as the Aurora mill, which was burned last Thursday evening. - , NeiTM Notes of Oxford. OXFORD, Neb., Juty 2.-(Speclal.) Owen Oreer, E. E. Duryee and V. V. Far rar were elected school directors at the annuAl school meeting here today. The electors decided by a unanimous vote to build onother room for school purposes and. to have the same ready for occu pancy by the time school opens this fall. The board organised by re-electing E. B. Larmon president, E. E. Durkee secre tary and T. F. Mackprang treasurer. P, W, Von Berg of this place was token to Kansas City to be operated on for cancer of the stontach. It was found that tho disease had progressed so far nothing could be done to relieve him by an opera tion. He Is still In Kansas City at the home of his daughter- Skinned from 1 1 mil to Heel was Ben Pool, Threet, Ala., when drag ged over a rough road; but Bcklen's Ar nica Salve healed all his Injuries. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co Advertise Half Day Off to Settle Momentous Question The day before the Fourth is always a busy, bustling -day at this store It's bound to be busier than ever here today 4k Our stooks bping much moro extensive, ' varioties nnd ohoiconoss of styles sur pass our best past records and our low prico schedulo assures, you of a decisivo saving. Investigate your 'Apparel needs; whether it bo a completo outfit or a wash tio wo can servo you best. KING-PECK CO. . HOME OF QUALITY CLOTHES" Formerly King - HAILSTORM HITS SAUNDERS Severe Damage Done to Cropi by Wind and Ioe. MOWS PATH THREE MILES WIDE Wind with Violence of Hurricane Sweeps Over Waterloo, Tearlntc Up Trees nnrt Overturning Small nnlidlnns. ASHLAND. Neb. July 2;-(sfeclal Tele gram.) A severe holl nnd rainstorm vis ited this section yesterday and evening. Window panes were smashed by the hundreds and gardens beaten into the earth. Northwest .of 'toSvn no damage was done, tho Path of the storm being about three miles wide In the vicinity of Ash land following the course of Salt creek and stripping corn fields and wheat fields almost entirety in places. Hall fell for five minutes -nbbut 7:80 this evening. Ih tho Cedar Mil neighborhood, ten miles southwest of town, a horse hltchefl to a binder In the wheat field at the John H. Sherman farm was killed, the animal in Its fright overturning the machine. Not over a third of tho wheat had been cut In this vicinity and tho loss will' be very heavy. HIr JBIott nt Waterloo. WATKP.I160, la., July 1. (Special Tel egram.) A heavy rain and hurricane swept over this place this afternoon about 4:30 and tore up trees by the roots, break ing "heavy Umbs. A few small buildings were, ovdrtu'rned.' RUbop Williams' nt ' Wymore. . wyMOrtB. "Neb., July 2. (Special.) Bishop.' Williams of- Omaha confirmed; two. in St. Luke's Episcopal church here Monday .evlng. Monday afternoon '-about twenty members of the Woman's Aux (f f'h.-ir rhtirrh of nefit-lce wero hereto meet Bishop William. They were entertained at luncheon, by the Ladles' Auxiliary of St. Luke's church at the home of. Mrs, C. W.' Robertson. School UUtriut it Surplus. REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb., July 2. (Speclal.) The annual school meeting of School District No. 1 of Harlan county,' Nebraska, was held at the school In this city at 8 o'clock Monday evening. The reports of the school officers showed the district out of debt and nearly 11,000 -in, hand. E. Cassell and C. A, Smith, were ?ected as .members of the school board for the term of three years. I OhloTrn'n V"iv School Trnsteen. OHIOWA. Neb.. July J.-(SpecIal.)-At the annual school meeting held last night the fallowing new . tdustees were elected: W. O. McFarland and F. J. Ble ber. A new school building . was dts cusied and a mass meeting will be called soon to get a definite opinion of tho people. j . News Notes of Falrbury. FAIRBURY, Neb., July 2.-(Speclal.)-Walt Sturns, a Rock Island switchman, has the distinction of being the cham pion fisherman in this. city. He .suc ceeded in landing a twenty-eight-pound .yellow catfish with an ordinary hook and line. . The heavy rain of Monday morning has Swanson Co. caused wheat harvesting in this county to come to a standstill. The Hock Island work trains have been pulled out of service temporarily on ac count of the rains. John Bell and II. M. Cyphers, locomo tive engineers of tthls city, left for1 Den ver with their families last evening to spend a couple of weeks' vacation. Messrs. J. IV. Corey and'Wes Crawford have Issued a call for n conference wltn the fans of Falrbury npd tha Commercial club to be held Monday evening, July 7, to organise a league team In Falrbury. Arrangements have been consummated to construct a n6w diamond on the grounds near the flour mills. A special election will be held July SO to vote bn the Sunday base ball proposition. It Is tlw Intention to get a movement started for a permanent tsam In Falrbury. NtH Notes of Deshler. DESHLER, Neb., July S.-(8peclal.)-At the annual school meeting Monday Henry Blttlcr was re-elected mddorator. The treasurer's report showed a cash balance on hand of 22,472.11. It -was voted to finish and furnish another room m the high school building, also to install electric lights and furnish a room suit able for commercial club and other pub lic meetings. There are 317 pupys In the district, a gain of 46 the last year. A 10 mill tax will be sufficient to run the school another year. MISSOURI PACIFIC ADDS TRAIN TO KANSAS CITY The Missouri Paclflo has added to Its fast daylight train, from Omaha, to Kansas City and St, Louis, two new coaches, a dining car and en observa tion parlor car. A dining car and an observation car have been part of tho equipment, but, starting Tuesday, -brand nsw cars, replete with Innovation, were substituted. Tho observation' fcarlor ,car has a larger observation platform that wll ! allow more than the.averags number of, passengers to enjoy all .the benefits -and .comforts . 6f outslda riding in the hot weather, The smoking compartment Is larger than the average, Is equipped with an individual exhaust fan, several electrlq fans, and every convenience for the smoker. The dining car Is the latest, pattern with a new, up-to-date kitchen, where all the foodstuffs are prepared with, tha latest cooking facilities and under, sani tary conditions. This car is also equip ped with exhaust fans, The silver the cut glass, the table linen and the -furniture is all new and of the latest 'de sign, Both cars are the new steel con struction type, which was recently de vised to take tho place of the heavy all steel coaches. SCRIBNER MAN STRICKEN WITH HEAT PROSTRATION Harry McLaln of Scrlbner, Neb., ws!s overcome by heat Wednesday afternoon while walking along Farnam street near Sixteenth, Traffic Officer Rlshllng came to his assistance and a passing auto, belonging to a man named Qllmore, con veyed tho stricken man to the St. Joseph hospital, where he is in a critical condition. "WE CLOSE AT 5 P. M. DUR ING JULY AND AUGUST. SATURDAYS 9 P.M. CLOSE DP TIGHT ON FOURTH Not an Outside Wheel to Stir at Local Postoffiee on That Day. RAILROADS TO SLOW DOWN, TOO ThronKh Service of Trains Will Bo In Order, but the Local Sched ules Will Praotlcallr Be Abandoned. The Omaha postoftlcs will be closed nil day Friday, July 4, and not a single de livery will be made, cither In the business or residence portion of the city. The stamp windows, general delivery, rnonoy order and - registry division will also be closed all day.' This is an Innovation nt the postoffiee and never In the history of the Omaha office has everything been shut up on a holiday. PvastmaSter Wharton wishes to an nounca that this will not be a precedent, hut he is giving It a try-out Collections and distributions of mall will be followed out according to holiday schedule. Per sons with boxes will be able to get their mall as usual. This year the railroads will observe the Fourth of July moro generally than ever before. Passenger nnd through freight trains will run according to regular schedules, but all locals will be aban doned for the day. In the city, a)l of .the headquarter .buildings will be closed to the public and only enough clerks, on duty to care; for matters-demanding Immediate attention. July 4 all 'of tha passenger trains oa all of the lines, will carry extra coaches, but not an excursion train will be run. Excursions on holidays were discouraged several years ago ahd this year they' will be abolished. At many stations on the lines operat ing out of Omaha, local celebrations ara scheduled and the extra coaches on th regular trains will be for tha accommo dation of those who desire to travel be tween, towns where -exercises are being held, VALUABLE PAPERS FALL FROM A HIGH WINDOW , People walking by the kersateentfe street side of the Omaha National Sans building at 3:40 o'clock yesterday afterv noon thought another tornado had struck tho city, when papers, bills, letter heads, flllns cases and other office utensils, began dropping about them. Upon in vestigation It was found that soraeons In the offices of Crane & Bouoher, at torneys, on the ninth floor, had leaned against a radiator on whlfh had been placed the filing cases, The cases fleW out of the window and the papers clew helter-skelter all over Seventeenth street Several valuable papers were lost, many of which blew Into open:, windows en ths loweV floors of the bulldlnt. STARTS HEAVY DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST BREWING COMPANY Mrs. Lpyo English, mother of Arthur English, S years old, has .brought suit against the Stors Brewing oompany top $10,000 damages, alleging that on June 37 the. boy and a 13-year-old girl were in duced to go Into the company's brewery and . were each given a bottle of beer. Hho alleges that they became Intoxicated.