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. THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 19.13. BRIEF CITY NEWS Sarcophagus. Eltctrio rani tlurgess-GranJen Co. Have Boot Ptlat It Now Deacon Press. JTiatUty Storare fc Van Co. Doug. :S1 The ruttron Omaha's high grade fam ily hotel. 17th Si St Mary's. Tranatent rma. When you tax a vacation wave T0UT silverware, etc., In Omaha Sate Deposit Co.'a burglar-proof vault ISIS Farnatn St Coal Bids Lower Bids for 10,000 tons of coal for the use of the school district of Omaha next year have been received and are being tabulated. Secretary W. T. Bourke of the Aoard of Education says the bids are lower than they were laat year. Ou Company Btcslpts Gross re-, cetpts of the Omaha Oas company for the months of April, May and June to taled J213.363.76, according to the com pany's report filed with the city com mission. The receipts were greatest In the month of May. Officer Drlscoll Resigns Officer A. J. Drlscoll. who for seven years has served on the local pollco force, has handed lit his leslgnatton. Driscoll's father died recently and the, officer was named executor. Drlscoll will go at once to Iowa to take charge of his father's estate. Would Buy dasollue Grader Dean Noyes will suggest to the city council through Street Commissioner Kugel trlat a. gasoline grader be purchased for grad ing streets. During the hot weather the horses used In grading work have been all but useless. Everyday one or more of the animals drops under the heat. Ex-Gonvlot Oets Ninety Day John D. Leemar, ex-cpnvlct who served a three-year sentence at the Nebraska peni tentiary, was arrested Wednesday eve ning by Tom Baughman, foreman of the pollco garage, after attempting to pick the pockets of an old gentleman riding on a Farnam street car near Twenty-fourth street Leemar, who It Is said, Is slightly unbalanced, was sentenced to ninety days In the county Jail. NEW FEDERATION DIRECTORS Central Federation of Improvement Clubs' Prepares to Battle, FAVORS TORNADO BOND ISSUE Takes Inane rrlth the Ileal KMntc Exchnnste on fin Franchise nnd Other Clnentloiia of Pub lie Interest. Figures Show What New Gas Franchise Would Save People A computation has been made based on occupation tax returns which shows that If the ordinance extending the franchise of the Omaha Gas company carries the people who consume gas will within five years save J612.937. The proposed reduc tion of 15 cents ' per thousand feet will mean to gas customers and the city dur ing tho next five and .one-thlr years the above saving, based upon an annual In crease In gas business of 5 per cent V; r 5w o P 3 fa Si. 2 3 : a : P ?Q I M : o : 3 o o So 3 f B" o 2 IP i US o a o ' O P S3 & 1013 262 J 38,453 21.140 $ 15.000 32,359 1914 827 121,350 66,591 50,000 104.759 1915 868 127,417 69,920 50,000 107,497 191 B.v 911 133,788 73,416 65,000 115,371 1917., 1.... 966 140,477 77.087, 65,000 118,390 pjS. 1,000 167,501 80.941 60,000 126.560 WfTotals (TOO.tar J3S3CK5,000 60,337 VSaVing', UUe to l6werprlco,of gas' - ,ior Bircci ugniius 8,000. ' Total 613,937 Fined for Leaving Horse in Hof Sun A new executive committee was elected at a meeting of the Central Federation of Improvement Clubs held at the rooms of the Southwest Improvement club at Twenty-fourth and Icavcnworth streets. Lrhe directors for the ensuing year con sist oi r. . f ucn, Herman umme, a. N. Yost, W. H.'Hatteroth, c. A. Johnson, Richard Uurnell, H. J. Potter and M. O. Cunningham. The federation discussed several of the proposition!! to be put before the voting public In the very near future, Including the gas franchtse, the tornado bonds, the new city charter and street railway Im provements. With regard to the gas franchise, ar rangements were made so that at the op portune time an organization would be perfected to work on the ordinance. The club intends to stand pat on Its constitu tion and by-laws, which clearly state that the club shall do everything In Its power to encourage and promote Improvements of al) kinds and to bring about the ex pansion of all public service utilities. Special attention will be given to the clauses In the gas franchise that relate to extensions of mains nnd service. , The federation decided that they would be unable to co-opernto with the Heal Estate exchange In any manner or form, because the exchange had abandoned Its original purpose to protect Individual rights with regard to real estate nnd has entered Into politics and is working in conjunction with those whose views on government are contrary to those held by members of the club. The executive committee was authorized to examine tile proposed city charter and compile a report illustrating its advan tages and -disadvantages. This report will he sent to every club in tho federa tion and a meeting will be called to de cide what stand the federation will take. A commltteo was appointed to make a formal statement to the street railway company, demanding that tho company lay a permanent line from Fflfty-flrst street to the West Lawn cemetery and a temporary line from Leavenworth tb Center on Fifty-first The company, In a recent letter to F. W. Fitch, president of the club, stated that It would make the extensions Immediately after permanent paving was laid on Fifty-first. As this is out of the question this year, the feder ation asks for a temporary line this fall, as tho residents pf that portion of the city the line would accomodate would be wlihdut adequate transportation facilities The federation went on record as favor ing tho tornado bonds and made prepar ations to Inform tho public or the mis information that Is being published by a prejudiced source. ""The bond Issue Is a business proposition, as well as a human' Itarlan proposition and the citizens of Omaha should be able to bock up any boast they have made with regard to' car ing for Its unfortunate without outside assistance," asserted Mr. Fitch, and tho club agreed unanimously that he was correct It was decided that one of the 'subjects for discussion at future meeting was 'hRqu$ttlon pfthe. high school.. Theneed ol a manual 'training high eohool- Is seriously considered by most of the .members of 'the club and a line of - ac tion will be worked out before fail. SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK MAN IS STILL MISSING. ' Lewis Margolls, an Iceman living at Twenty-fourth and Clark, succeeded. In establishing himself In a peck of trouble hy leaving his horse In the hot morning sun, near Sixteenth and Dodge streets. Tra'fflo Officer Rlshllng requested that the animal be removed to the shade and was told by Margolls to "go to." Rlshllng started, to move,' the animal,' and Margolls tried to move' Rlshllng,. with the ' result that Rlshllng moved Margolls to the station. In police court judge Altstadt .moved that Margolls be -lined 25 and costs for violating traffic regulations, cruelty to animals 'and re futing an officer. HEAVY FINE HANDED OUT FOR WHIPPING A HORSE W. L. Doty, proprietor of a livery es tablishment at 417 South Fourteenth street, was given one of the severest rep rimands dealt out in police court for many a month when he was arrested for breaking a whip over the back of a horse and brought before Judge Altstadt Beside the lecture Doty was treated to a fine of 5Q and costs with advice that double the dose and a Jail sentence would ho his reward for a repetition of the offense. Judge Altstadt said that It would be his greatest pleasure to sen tence the culprit to a year In the peni tentiary if It was in his power. UNION PACIFIC CUTS IN MORE DOUBLE TRACK DAVID S. PARKHURST. DECLARES CITY HALL UNSAFE City Braiding Inspector Recommends that Tower Be lorn uown. WOULD REMODEL THE OUTSIDE Sn- It Would De Economy to Tenr Down the Dangerous Vartn llnther Than to Pay Ills Dnmnne Snlts. CARES NOT M SICK BABY Bluffers of Water Board Threaten to Shut Off Water. THEY TRY TO SCARE A WOMAN Water Hoard Insist on Collrctlnar Illll for Wnter Snpiioneit to Hnve Item Tnlil For by Former Owner of Property. Rodney M. Drown, city building ln reDorted to tho city com mission that the city hall is in an unsafe condition and recommends that the tower be torn down Immediately and the en tire exterior of the municipal castle bo remodeled. Thn hulldlne lnsoector says the stone out of which tho city hall Is made has 111 withstood the weather ana tne project ing designs have lost their original shapes. Huge pieces of stone, he says, hav fallen down and barely missed the heads of passing pedestrians. Continuing Brown states, tnai wnne the brick work is good the metal louvers in the tower are rusty and weak and that part of the building Is In danger of collapse. nrown characterizes the whole struc ture as a "menace to public safety" and predicts Injuries which will Involve the city In litigation If steps are not taken at once to put the building In safe condi tion. City commissioners received the report and placed it on flic. If money can be secured action will be started Immedi ately to repair, remodel and rebuild por tions of the structure. The Water board has sent Its bluffers mounted on motorcycles to .1S2S Scwnrd street to try to eare a woman, busy caring for a sick baby, Into paying 79 cents which the board claims Is due for water used by the man that formerly owned the property. It. O. Ilealr formerly owned the property.- When he sold It and Just before mov ing away to Pes Moines he nskod the board to send a man to read the meter and send him his bill that ho might nay up before leaving. They did so. He paid his bill and moved to Dea Moines. S. I. Bostwlck, real estate dealer, sold the property to the present owner. Long after the present occupant had lived In the house this bill for 79 cents for back water rent appeared. The board was told to send It to Beaty in Des Moines. They did so. Beaty returned the bill to the board saying that he had hsked to have his meter read before he left, that it was read and that he paid the bill rendered him at the time. Then began the bluffing. From that time on the board persisted In sending and resendlng the 79-cent bill to the present owner, who has no way of knowing whether Beaty used a pint of water or a whole Carter lake every day. Yesterday, one of the bravo bluffer of the board dashed to the home on his motorcycle. The woman, weary from caring for the sick baby, came to the door. "I have come to shut off the water." h announced. She was too weary with her domestic, cares to argue the matter with him. ' "If you think it is right to go down lu the basement and shut off tho water here when I have a sick baby and when wo have paid all the bills we have ever incurred here, Just go ahead. I am powerless to stop you," "I don't care anything about the sick baby," ho rotorted. 'The Water board vsants the money.' After parleying a moment longer he rode away, giving a parting warning that he would be back at 3 o'olock in the afternoon to turn off the water. The Union Pacific has Just put In six and one-half miles more of main line etcond track, recently completed. The section cut In Is between Bushnell and Oliver, out In Kimball county, Nebraska. Telephone Girls Go .to St. Louis to Help Break Strike According- to the officials of the Ne braska Telephone company, who were re ported to havo sent a largo -number of girls to St LbUls to rellnvf. ttm nirlkn situation there, fewer than a dozen girls nave gone to the Missouri City. These girls, so the officials aav. havn crnnA tn St. Louis during their vacations and have not in any way made the trip at the instance of the telephone company. Fewer than twenty-five telephone girls are away at any time during tho summer on vacations, and this la the maximum number that could possibly go as strike breakers. However, the officials of the Nebraska company say, only six girls have so far gorie. These left Wednesday night and will return In two "weeks, when their vacations are pver. The company gives each girl two weeks' vacation each summer. i According to President Yniit nt h -nt braska company, the strlk.e situation at Bt. Louis Is not considered serious, and It Is not likely that any concerted effort win De maao to get girls from outside the city. Another side of the situation is pre sented by stories emanating among the local operators in which the version is that they are not being requested to go, but are Instead being asked whether they would not care to go for nn added re compense than they are at present re ceiving. The queries, the operators say, are being made quiety, but nevertheless being made. One operator, when openly asked what she knew about it, said, "I am afraid to tell." Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Big Returns. ' You Get Strengtfe b every dttydaat brown flake of Washington CRISPS 1 ri Tl BIO Psckicc of1 g XUC Touted Com FUku XtTC 194) David S.Parkhurst Still Missing from Home of Daughter David S. Parkhurst, SC6 North Twenty first street, who has been missing from the homcof Ills daughter, Mrs. John Pol lard, Mandan, S. D for ten days, has not yet been located. Until about four years ago Mr. Pankhurst was president of the South Omaha Live Stock exchango for the nine previous years and until about a month ago was a member of the Farm ers' Live Stock commission company of South Omaha. He then retired from ac tive occupation. Since then his mind be came flighty and he was obsessed with a haluclnatlon that he had lost all of his property and that he needed to work. His half sister, Mrs. Thoebe Herald, 172Uj South Tenth street, nursed him until he left for the home of his daughter at Mandan. PEACEMAKER FINDS HIMSELF IN TROUBLE "Blessed be tho peacemaker" Is not thought much of by James Hendrlch, liv ing at the State hotel, who was arrested Wednesday as a result of his attempt to avert a duel with hatpins between two women at Eighth and Douglas streets- The trio had Just landed from the steamer Saturn. A dispute between the women arose and they drew their blades and began making passes at each other. Hendrlch started to separate them. Thoy turned their hatpins on him. He, knocked one of his assailants down. Detectives McDonald and Rich, sta tioned on the boat, arrested Hendrlch. A Fortunate Texan. E. W. Goodloe, Dallas, Tex.', found a sure relief from malaria and biliousness In Dr. King's New Life Pills. Only Kc For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement I iI 1 n -A III III Announcing in Advance SATURDAY Choice of Any Woman's RESS, UIT or WRAP GOWN, In the House 15 t4? Whether the former price was $25.00, $35.00; . $45.00, $50.00 or even $75.01 Seo Friday Evening Papers and 16th Street Windows for Particulars i BANKERS DISCUSS CURRENCY Ten Different Cities Are Represented at Gathering Here. WOULD GET THE SENTIMENT Talk Over the aiensnres Now Prnd Inir Before gonitress Mertlnir Mar Be Completed This Afternoon. Bankers from ten different cities ore In Omaha to discuss the new currency bill now pending before congress. Tho meeting-was oalled by tho bankers of Omaha and South Omaha for the purpose of getting tho sentiment nnd opinion of the money changers through the- Missouri valley. The meeting started early this morning and will last until late thin aft ernoon. Whether or not any conclusions will be reached or resolutions passed could not be ascertained by any of those In attendance. They aro simply here, they say, to talk tho matter over. The bankers who are In attendance are: George B. Hovey, P. W. aoebel, J. F. Downing, H. Ii. Jarbos, Jr.; C. Q. Hutche-J son, J. W. Perry nnd Charles 15. Walte of Kansas City; It. A. Crawford, Arthur Reynolds, J, Q. Itounds, Simon Cassidy, Leo Stevens, J. Q. Ilerryhlll and P. W. Hall of Des Moines; John Mcllugh of Sioux City; II. T. Forbes, Henry Krug, Jr., and a rah am II. I-ncy of St. Joseph; W, 8. McCormlck and Frank Knox of Bait Lake City; Alva Adams and F. O. Koof of-Pueblo; p. U Hall. II. 8. Free man, James A. Cllne, I. D. Howey of Lincoln; W. It. Fuqua of Anmrillo, Tex.; John F. Hamilton of Cedar Rapids, la., and the following of Omaha and South Omaha: Victor D. Caldwell, J. C. French. John F. Flack, Charles T, Kountae, Lu ther Drake. C. F. McOrew, W. T. Auld, J. F. Coad, W. H. Bucholx, George B. Haverstlck, T. L. Davis. William B. Hughes. W. E, Shepord and J. DeF, Richards. Victor B. Caldwell Is acting as chain man of the meeting. Woman Robs Little Children of Money Mrs. L. F, E parka of Florence com plained to tho police Wednesday that wtllo her two girls, aged 11 'and T, were standing In front of a ten-cent store In tho afternoon, & woman took ll.CO from one and 10 cents from the other. This is the third complaint made to the pollco of a woman robbing children. J. i I. '. i NO. 5. id Advertisement by the Omaha Gas Company Quality of Service CARL EMSLIE DIES AS RESULT OF HIS INJURIES Word has been received from Little Rock, Ark., that Carl Emslle of Omaha died at a hospital there Sunday, as the result of the Injuries he received when struck by an engine on the BL Louis & Iron Mountain railroad, Juno 26, His father, B. Emslle, arrived there be fore he died and is making arrangements for the funeral. Interment will likely be In Omaha. Howell Backs Up on His Ooatless Order Superintendent R. Beecher Howell of the eJItropolltan Water district has re Bclnded' hi. order forbidding his office force to work with their cpats off . "Something Is due -the patrons etltjuet,"- said the BUDerlnterldent. this hot weather la nn beleve th'e men ought, to be allowed to take their coats off.''" Following this order there was a sud den shedding of coats, clerka mliMi ,m (thelr sleeves , and went to work with a -wiiicn am noi cnaracterize them be fore the order was rescinded. SCALP ITCHED BURNED In but I Take Plenty of Time to Eat. There is a saying that "rapid eating is sjw suicide,' If you Viave formed th habit of eating too rapidly you are most likely suffering' from indigestion or con stipation, which will result 'eventually In serious illness unlets corrected. Dlges. tlon begins In the mouth. Food should be thoroughly masticated and Insalivated. Then when you havo a fullness of the stomach or feel dull and stupid after eat ing, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets. Many severe cases of stomach troubls and constipation have been cured by the use of these tablets. They are easy to take and most agreeable In effect For mle by all druggists Advertisement Scarcely Anv Hair nn HnnH. I AP- rible Itching. Also Bothered With nmples and blackheads on Face. Guticura Soap and Ointment Lured Both Troubles, Greenwood, Ind. " first my hair began to fall; then my scalp Itched and burned wnen i Decame warm. I had plmpes On my cup; my nur was ram tig out gradually until I had scarcely any hair on my head. I couldn't keep the dandruff off at all. My hair was dry and lifeless and I lost rest at night from the terrible Itching sensa tion. I would pull my hair off and scratch mv huH any place I happened to be. . "For several years I was bothered with pimples on my face. Some of them were hard red spots, some were full of matter, and many blackheads. I was always pick ing at them and caused them, to be sore. They made my face look so badly I was ashamed to be seen. "I tried washing my head with Outleura Soap, dried without rinsing, then put the Cutlcura, Ointment on and rubbed It Into the scalp. I applied the Cutlcura Soap and Ointment the same each week until cured. Three months' use of Outleura Soap and Ointment has made my face as smooth and clean as can be." (Signed) O. M. Hamilton, Sept. 34, 1012. Cutlcura Soap (25c.) and Cutlcura Oint ment (60c.) are sold by druggist and dealers everywhere. Iiboral sample of each mailed free, with 3T-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cutlcura. Dept. T, Boston." MrMen who shave and shampoo with Cu tlcura Soap will Had It best for akin and scalp. To serve tho people WELL has .boon tho con stant and unswerving ondeuvor of the Omnha Gas Company. Qns service in this city for many years has boon abovo reproach. It has not beori criticised except in occasional political speeches, nnd never SERI OUSLY criticised. The gas which is delivered. to YOUR homo is better gas in all respects than that supplied in tho great majority of American cities. It is higher in quality than that recommended by tho United States Bureau of Standards. Good gas service, from tho consumer's stand point, has three principal requirements, as follows: 1 Uniformity of pressure. , 2 .Heating value. , 3 Lighting value. Uniform gas pressure can bo maintained in a growing , city the size of Omaha only by unremitting watchfu'Jness by tho management, followed by fre quent enlargements and extensions of tho distribut ing system, and amplified by the equipment of ad ditionar distributing centers. The uniform and adequate gas pressure main tained throughout the city, with its great area and hilly contour, is.-considered a remarkable achieve ment by gas engineers. There is practically no in convenience to our customers from this source. The quality standards of gas havo not been left to the determination of the Company, but havo been fixed by ordinance undor tho regulatory, or police powers of the City. Tho requirements concerning lighting values call for gas of 23 candlepower, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER .CITY OF SIMILAR SIZE IN TILE COUNTRY. Tho heating value of tho gaa doman'dccl by; tK city authorities is expressed in heat unitstechnic ally known as British thermal units. The ordinance requires tho delivery of 600 NET heat units per foot In order to givo tho NET value of 600 heat units, tho gas itself nlust contain at least 650 total heat units. Few, if any, other largo cities-demand and re ceivo gas of as high values, considering BOTH. LIGHTING AND HEATING, as Omaha. With tho common uso of tho incandescent gas burner, tho necessity for high candlepower gas has -practically disappeared. Tho HEATING VALUE of tho gas determines tho intensity of light in an, incandescent burner. To mako and distribute gas of high quality calls' for a correspondingly high cost of production., The richer the gas, tho more coko, oil, time, supervision andjabor must bo expended. . , Low gas rates and poor gas would not be eco nomical oi1 satisfactory to customors. Fair rates and excellent gas givo tho best and oheapest re sults, and this is the theory upon which Omaha has acted. . " , ' Tho City offipials did not want specific require ments as to quality of gas provided for in tho pro posed franchise. They preferred to leave tho way. open for such additional requirements as the future might dovolop, or progress in the manufacture of gas make possible. THE PRESENT RIGOROUS REQUIRE MENTS AS TO GAS VALUES AND INSPEC TION WERE MADE BY ORDINANCENOT THROUGH THE PREVAILING FRANCHISE. THE CITY OFFICIALS PREFERRED TO -CONTINUE THIS POLICY. OKI AH A GAS COMPANY t 4 i