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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUBT 24, 1913. i h ' Council Bluffs LIBRARY SAFE CRACKED ThicTci Bob Strong Box, lmt Secure Nothing. IOCK COMPLETELY SHATTERED Xahor Under Idea that Valuable Were Kept Inside True Drat Companr Alto rrorcs Loser. The safe In the publlo library building visa broken Into by expert cracksmen some time Thursday night In a vain quest for valuables. Except valuable records and papers the aafo contained nothing o. any value The only money com prised a few pennies and nickels and some old confederate script that had been donated to the library from tlmo to time to Increase the curio collection. The Job was done In the most cvpert manner and by someone who had previ ous experience and was eulpped wlh "yegg" tools. A center punch had been used to smash the combination disks md bolts, permitting the door to be swung open. The safe was filled with manu scripts and documents, which had been sorted over arid thrown upon tbo floor. A roll of confederate money with a face ralue of (LOCO had been examined and tossed sway In disgust The only thin? of any value the thief could have taken was a number of solid silver souvenir apoon Theaa had been found and were laid aside on a shelf and were either forgotten or else regarded as too risky to h taken. It Is believed that It re quieted at least one hour to break Into the eafe, aa thefo wero (several punch mark trhere many heavy blows had bean struck. WtMft Bart el Kelson, the janitor i)t the building; reported for duty yesterday morales: he found the north, door if h hui'ldlng open and when he entered the librarian' office, where the fs Ik lo cated, he illeeovered the disorder created by tXe thief. It id behaved the yaS ltssgtae the safe to be the receuuci for sooner and articles of value taar could be, trafficked In and that he awaited an opportunity to secrete him e!f In the building before the closing Tiour et I o'clock. 3"he Truo ' Drug: company store on West Broadway was entered during the night end all of the money left n the casli register was Ulien, jloKethAr with dome dfarp and other merchandise. Soeak thieves nleo broke Into a bunk c In the Northwestern yardo and robbed the members of a brldse eons occupying it There were three men to the crowd and. when they were leaving With a number of trips and suitcase btlongln to the bridge men they f discovered and chased. One of the thieves, carrying two Mltca, wa captureeT and (e new In Jalt The jeMc beHeve there Is an taftUT of thieve attracted, by te earnlysj and he state Mr at Des Moine. A fMnl rou4u 'oC all, Idler and vagrante Is Vtlug snad with Uk raltla ti protect carnival; vsktaef t the fiit C4fM -Mujf has been tckrly from ertmlna! for maBy-wmJis,, Meiy ttve te ft tHieietent 4 eKMertt werlc of teMee daMtiaesat Ttte 'move on" order, la reieirtleeelr enlereet. VpACnm ARB OOIXO TJP (a price. The beet ttf wo can give you ty la tt oMit er case. Op M ? basket, at at cents, Home grown muete nejon. 6 ana M cent each! sweet pot toe, J t X ceti) ettoklac plea, 36 nU per peck: root beer and airier ale, 9 bottlea 30 cat: xt large, can ( baked beans, 1 cents. "We sew Vv) oranges, cent per doseni lemon cants. Wej slice cooked tongue, W cents,' ham, 40 cental dried beef. 9 cent; urd mer eausafe, SS penta per pound; c3 Clasts. 3t cbU; good celpry, 6 cents; white grapes, MH cent per pound; QoL dn JRtfe flour, tl.; ralcon, Jt, Btrtel & Miner. Telefhotrt i. Saturday Specials in Our Sanitary Grocery Peach we e to t hlgder. "W have (May Calltornla Jaberta aeMhr. crate, H.TZI Muscatine wtenM. each; eto' M Me; rauesaaeksM, each, S6 a Me; hsw wwn gre. large aaefcet, .at Kc; freaewss, per beeket, ale; -tar. Mr btit,'lBc; head lettuce trem -Denver,' MVkeam celery, per atalk. So; apple. Mr tmcIc. l5o and ac; strictly frsaH mtKt, eef &, 5c: beet country butter, Pr 'b.,' 90c; cheese by 'He cnunx, per ib., vki MU ulcltle In Jar. per Jar, Uc; olive in et iar. Sfie; flat eas aalmen, t f We; 7 oii aardrlaea, Xc lH-.lltf cl- bege, In can. ; eauer kraut, in cans. "tec; UrSlfce flour. Pride of Otnah, r tack. Uly Cream flour, -nothtey bftter. per aaek. ttSw U Oreen In cur ew location. 130 West Broadway. Tele. paene itlO. CHrls wanted for wrapping and packing candy. Also esperlencea chocolate dip per. Do not apply iroless yon wtnt teftdy employment for fall and wtnter, John O. Wocxjward & Co.. "The Candy Men," Council Bluff. Ia. Why Pay More? jlugar, X pound. ?L; pork chops, 15 cent per pound: to-cent city moil nrcr. 9 cent; H-quart granite dlahpan. 43 cents; Ivory "P 6 bar, it cent; O- cnt galvanised wathtub, 4 oenu; lard, 2 pound. X cents; extra fancy California freestone peach, TS cents a case; canta- loupeo. up from 8 tor 6 cant; istra heavy i&i rubber, J docen, X cents; green or wax bean. Slpounds, 35 cents; gTapea. S8 cents per basket; hom-dretBed e print chicken. V cant per pound; real, pr jHtund. up from 154 cents; fancy ter shoulder roast a, per pound, 15 to 1TH cent) tOtcest package cedar mo. fe cents; 5-cent bottle olives, 1) cents; M- nt Jap tea, 96 cent per pound: pot-. to chip, 19 cent per package) IT.00 easy running wasbmg machine, H-S5; iZent br washboard, S3 cents; sweet rot. te, & pounds for 35 cento; steel fiatn wrtnav. ,nm pickled plga feet, i for S eeaMl ce9a-aad bologtro, J for If cekta; extra large, fancy watermelon. as to CO cent; eUv, etc jr. zoller Mcrcth tile Cowpuny, The Big Uptown BtotA VK-VHyfi Bros4wy, Fhonea S0J0, 7Varria He . Man Meeaa wre brnud -Mtr4y - te U fellewln; persons: - Vm aad AddresA. Ace. Arthur Kow FlettoUt Oknwood, la.... so vwiHruMiB!, fanner, ju... , Council Bluffs More Damage Suits Filed m District Court for Injuries Another big batch of district court aults was filed In the clsrk'a office w3 a still larger consignment Is due today. Sheriff Llndsey had to put two extra deputies at the work of nerving tho orlg lna notice to get service on the laat dny. Damage ' milt still, hold the lead over all other form of litigation Mia con tribute the chief part of the court cost. The street railway caught two more. J. F. Woddlngham on June 1 last, when driving his automobile In the dark on Benton street near Kydo avenue, at tempted to go through the alley be tween Denton and Harrison in order to avoid the obstructed condition of Harri son street while the pavement was being laid. Kmployta of the street railway company were engaged In raising a pole near the alley and had left a half-Inch guy rope extending from the top across the alley. It wa not v(b!a In the darkness and It caught Mr. wadding ham across the face and necK, giving him a severe wrench. He lies the. claim of tOO. George Fox, also an automobile owner, flies a elmllsr claim against the street car company. On July 28 his automobile was hit by & car on the ponton street line at the junction of Benton and Broadway under circumstance, he al lege", that made the cornPlny respon sible. HI car was damaged and he re ceived a shaking up. but he ask to be reimbursed only for cost of repairing the car, S3& Two damage suits, each for HOW, were filed against Elmer B. $hugrt by Mr. and Mrs, C. J. Taylor for personal In juries sustained when they fell Into an excavation near the coiner of F1mt ave nue and Couth Sixth street The excava tion had been inaaa by plumbers during the building of the Si3,060 Shugort flat. The hols wa left open and unguarded. It waa In the parking near the sidewalk and close to a ell of building material. Mr. and Mr. Taylor were passing along there on the evening of August C 1812, and In avoiding tne lumber fell Into the excavation. C. B. Tyler began aw 'action agalntt the Cadillac Car company of Omaha to recover ISO for an alltgsd violation of contract. Several divorce caat wero filed during the day, Fred Aamussen asked legal separation from hi wife. Jlasel Kmlly, to whom he wm wedded In Council Bluffs on June 110, He allien cruslty, but ask nothlcit but the decree of divorce. Charlotte Ilouve asked a denree xrom Xe House, the custody of their ohlld. tS a week temporary alimony, (20 a month -a. t . .1 mfA m,,mm.v' permanent ausaony v viw - fee. They were married s.t Council Bluffs on March 3$, 1M0., Ktta v. rarxs iuea a uu iwrnmn- nev kuceand, Teler B. FarlM, oKargHKt MM with cruelty. They were married at nJiead. fa., en May Z, 1SS6. Csh ka for the euetody et their tarn children. Farmers in Court to Settle Obligation After to' bM M$t lMRy Mfe tm. eomiag twte eewt aM ee-b- itUimmt lar araiiatly M09.9, face vilue of otf given" 'to r4W the money to build the tertervrb raUread fcrm, Traynnr i Council . Vel- kerns, Peter Kathmati, WfUlam Trede, t, Suckederf. Wlplaw Hu, Arthur and Harry Br, WMtlthjr farmer rtejdta near Treynor, are pew at out) among themselves) and have brought their won-Ul-.s Into the district conrt. Horry V. Rar and William HUa Ve terday fiied a ault against all of the other, asking for ft court decree Mualj. Ing tae. obllgaOoa ascumed oy au witen thy undertook lb heavy UJt of fi nancing the cHtwatrous rJlrod enter price. The plaintiff fay. thsre waa a verbal ajrreerneat and a morougn noer Maaakic among, tkem thai eowe ac tfeera hM Mn lter eWleWwoM tfesn their )rertleaw. weajth JuetMUd when tkey casM to la the JofM tf tot the big amounts and that r 'ef of the then suppeeed to be rt o stbiitty of being called upon te pay, the wealthier' ren afcould uaM thk prf- erly greater financial ress-tanMuiy. Tlie fwwn I drawn ! a very triendly e4rH aM theM to o net) of deseord ataeac wen, Tker aar ln'tfce at tttud c ceod tietgaben aekiatt fHeadtr f Oee t he court in .settlwHI av laatter thy sanfiet BataSy ad). The two lUK awt an orr eawauemc tae debt and Judgment agatnet the prtl who bt atd lee tkaa tetr Jut. Share. Barak :iay Shad, Pole. TV have the moat compUte etovOt of nice. Straight Tenn. red cedar po1 to be found anywher. C Hater i,umber companr Haf er Family Baofc From .big Eeunion Calvin Hater, bead ot tho Hafer Lum ber company and other mribr of the Hafer family, has returned from on the most remarkable family reunion that ba ever ben held In this country. It was held at Chamberaburg, Pa., tn sat of the Hater family since colonial days, and was attended by nearly 4QQ mmbrs and descendant of the famllr. The dining table at which they all gathered at a banquet "ws more than Stt feet long and waa eproad In the open air. The father of Mr. Hafer, now tS years old, presided. There aere six of his sons and two ot bt daughters present, with their children and grandchildren and great grand jhl dren. Ttilrty-stx grandchildren have been born and thirty-five of them are living and were prmnt Death ha been very considerate of the Hafer family. On child died In Infancy and on ton many years ago, and with In exception ot the death of the mother quit recently these have been the only death ln-the family. The grandfather and great grandfather of the praaont bead of the Hafer family lived in the vicinity of Cbambersburg or In the Wyoming valley, raised large families, all' of whose member lived to tare old age and loft Urge families. Rep rentatlve of the family came from all part ot the country. The local papers devoted oolumn 'to It and described It as being on f the moat remarkable gathering ever held In tbe sUU. Ferry Pride jettlo washing t chlnta with wringer, all complete, ISO. 8e them at our store. P. C D Vol Hardware Co., tM Broadway. Soldier in Omaha Grandson of Last Survivor BBBBBBBBBBSSBBBv " ' BBSBBBBBbV PV- r a H ssssssssssssssssamJV 'BBEIBBBBBBM bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbK bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1 ssssssssssssssfl TbsbsVJsssbbssbbbbbI ssssssssssssssasssssssssssssssssstHaBssssssssssssssssssssssn V KOBE71T ZjTOKJL 'With tho fighting blood of the last urvlvor who fought under tho Duke of Wellington at Waterloo churning In bis veins, John F. Corners found farm life too dull In Cast Iiverpool, O., so t Joined the United fitates army, and baa re cently been transferred to Omaha, where he i a member of the army recruiting party at present t Minor Mention ewHtt mti f k Be W I sTMTsl Mat an. vateyliea 4- Dari. drag. Vlctreta. tne. A, TIoj Co. Corrlgaa, undrte. Faon ltf. Woedri&g Urtjang Co. Tel. m. Blank book work. Morehouse at Co. OAIIDNEH PRKSa Printing. Phone 63. FAUST BEER AT ROaKltS BUFFET. Lewi Cutler, funeral director. Phone 17. Bradley Elcctrio Co wiring and fix tures. Fhon ass. The hlgbeat grade optical work In the city Is don at Lefteri's. See Berwick for wall paper and paint ing. 369 and HI B. Main strut ..Bclentlflo watch repair work, the Wnd that Ik appreciated, at Leffsrt's. WANTED Bey to carry The Bee west of I, c track, Apply Be office. .TO RAVK OR TO BORROW, 8KB C. TB Mutual Bid. A Loan Aaa'n, IX FaarL BUDWEiBER on draught--The Grand Budwelstr la betUes at all farst-oi LOOK OUT FOR MOTIIS-Tour winter utt aheuM be cleaned. lisw don't wail until it ta eaten twill of holes. Cook's Cleaning Works, Has Broadway. Phone in, s : " Rev. Edgar Price, pastor of the First Christian church, will return from Clar- im today, wuero he has been attenatng the Chautaua.ua. during, the week. He will occupy hw pulpit m tlio church at the1 Mjvice tomorrow. Ml ecaetdaack et the PuMla library ha returned from Boeoo, where she went te attend a reunion of flvo members of her claa at 8t Ftancls acaacmy. The uuti noiiioit wno "sraauaiuu at tne asn time endeavor to spend a few days together every summer. The wedding of Miss Lena Grantham of Tamma, lb., and Arthur Rowe Fntell wa soiamnlsect yesterday mormng at tne H. F. Flntoll home, w Went vvaaiung ton avenue,, at V) o'clock, Rev. Henry Ueiong otnclailng. Mr. FinteU is a me chanical enlnsr.and holaa a fine posi tion at the avftte instltuUonat Qienwooa, Iru After a four-course wedding dinner the young peoul left for tho noma or tho groom at Ames, la. After a short astern trip Mr. and Mrs. Fmtell vvi 1 return to Gienwcod, la., where they will be at home to their friends. One of the best base bull stories ever produced In moving picture will bo pre- pentM mf me .tuuam, company iu i-o reels at Elite. No. 1. on Sunday and Moaday. It is calltd "Breakmg Into the Big League." featuring Johnny Mc Oraw, tho manager of the New York Giant. Cnrlmy Mathewson, known, as Sim Six, Mew York' lcaumg pitoher, Ms Chief Myers, the Indian, and others, waxen they were oubs. This picture ia wertn seeing ana tne, uiuns oaee uau facw will, see many noted players In ac tlen. Taw vleture waa shown In Omaha and ether big clues and drew great .William uarvein, wno ucgan m mi. oi printing In Council Bluffa nearly twenty year ago ana ueveiopeu tletlo aMlity aa a creator and de-giier with, pen and ink, ta here from Cuikmo, where he hae establlahed lflmaelf by his ability. He haa recently sold his large xruuine; piant ana is now en route u Denver and the wast for tho first vaca- tlon he baa taken In half a doxen years. He will return to Chicago early in the auturon and open a new art Printing plant upon a much larger, aCala than tne one esld. It la the ilrtt time Mr, Cnrreth. ha visited Council .Bluffa since ha left a doxen year aito. Hj. la renewing many pUesant and valued friendships. Edaar 'white, who went to Portland. Ore., last SDrlmr. to take an Important po sition in tne oinces or tne vrexon rail way and Navigation company, ha r- turneo to ni nome on Imogen street ana will resume his work et the Union Fa- el rto headquarter ta Omaha. Mr, White's health wa very frail when he left her laat spring, but after a sum mer spent on ins coast, aespuo tne iw tie wa orerworKta anq pur, in many extra hour at night h return In vig orous health. Hla mother. Mrs. Qeorge White, was arranging to dispose ot her property here and go to Portland when the eon bacam homesick and announcod his intention of returning. Real Gatatn Transfer. The follon Ing real estate transfern filed Friday were rportd to The Bee by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company: a B. Savings Bank to H. O. McOes, part lot t In IWM3. w. d f 1 M. a Caldwell to Kate II. I) men, ntm cHt. w u. u. u. C. W, 1'angburn and wife to Will iam Arna, lot 4, blk. 3X Central subd. to Council Bluffs, w. d 11 11. Ftaher and wife to Berta B. ruber, lot ana wvs or , oik. si, ll-.vllt and Palmer's add. to Coun cil niuffs. Ia.. w. d 1.103 r. J. nay ana wire to u. u, iisisiea. mt & Mi. a. setter ana uonti'S add. to Council muffs, la-, w. d E35 B. M. Millard to Lucy B. Spooner. lots s ana a I'urpie a sudo. to coun cil Bluff, la., w. d , M. J. Kelley and wife to Margaret Brennan. lot 1 blk. 11. Hyatt's tulxt to Council Bluffs, la., w. d.. 1.600 1. u itooney ana nusosna to same, lot L blk. 11. Hyatt's nubd. to Council Bluffs, la., w, d.. XWJ Eight transfer, total . ... ....K.03S Frlse Fits Btorr to Bats, LOS AKGELE3. CaL, Aug. a-lisUb-llshlng what la eald to be a world's record with rod and reel, W. C Bowhen et tw Tork brought to gaff off Cataltna Island today a KS-pound oword fish, after a fight lasting ninety-two mlnutea The fish wa twelve feet In length, with sword four feet long and seven Inches Wide at the base The Sotnera lad wa very young when he first learned that hi grandfather. Robert Lyon of Walsall, En eland, had fought against the great Napoleon Bona parte at Waterloo. He heard- the ac counts of the great battle over and over at his mother' knee back In Ohio, and evor ho heard that his own grandfather his mother's own father, had stood In the magnificent BritUh wquares that success fully shattered the world famous charge of the rrench walry Under Marshall Key, near the clow of that awful day's carnage. Young Sdmer learned that hta grand father was living In England and from his boyhood he cherished a dream of get. ting across the big water and sitting at the knee of tho aged veteran to hear the tales of the rattle of the bayonet from the aged llpn. HI wish was never grati fied, for ten years ago, before the lad raised the money to crots the water, his grandfather died at tho age of 10$. When tho aged veteran of Waterloo died at Walsall, England, he was spoken of throughout all England as the lost survivor of the battle of Waterloo. He was but 13 years old, June 18, ISIS, when the great fight, at which all Europe trembled, was fought A he lived to bt 103. thero was little chance for dispute In England of tho claim that he wa the lost survivor of the great conflict With the tales of his grandfather's ox. plotts burning In his brain, young Somen determined that no life but the life of a soldier would do for him. Aa soon as he was old enough he enlisted In tho United Btates army and is now located In Qmaha In the army building at Fifteenth and Dodge. No he Is not the only soldier In, the family, nobert Lyon's exploits at' Waterloo fired other members of th family, ao that tho old veteran'e eon. John Ivyons fought with the English troops through the Boer far In South Africa, tut did also a grandaon Tom Iyons. Young Somers has no fear of hi future In the army for he says It don't run In the family to get killed In the AGED MAN LOSES BIG SUM Dcs Koines Xetired Farmer Misted $30,000 in Certificates. LEFT IN UNLOCKED TRUNK Tie ft f Fire Thousand Dollar Worth of CIgnrs Discovered -Five 3fen Arrested aud Plot Uncovered. (From a Staff Correspondent) DBS MOINES, Ia., Aug. 2.-(8peclal Telegraro.)-When St, P. Shivers, a re tired farmer, aged 03, went to his trunk to get some clothes tbday, bo discovered there had ben stolen from hrm negotia ble certificates of deposits In banks to the value of W.W. Ho had left the trunk unlocked and had not seen tho contents tor soveial day. He at once notified tbe bank, but the paper la negotiable and may have been placed In the hands ot Innocent purchasers. The deteotlve are looking tor a woman who had been housekeeper for Shivers, but went way several days ago. ManrC'nr'8elei.t Five men wera arrested today for al leged theft of 5,& worth of cigars from the Jobbing house of C. C. Taft - They are Carroll Balsear, who- was until re cently driver for Toft: Tony Scallae. Ru dolph Lucas. Kills and It B. Leiaowerts. Th latter are .merchants. It Is asserted that the driver would go to the store after hour and load up the cigars and deliver to the other men tor their sala and the five would divide. Raid at the home ot two of them resulted In the recovery of a large amount ot stolen atuff. Fear Bine Stir Law WU1 Fall. There Is a well defined feeling among the state officials that tho courts are likely to declare the new Iowa Blue Sky law null because of Its covering too much scope of apparent discriminations contained therstiu The principal line of attack In the various suits which have been brought at the qlnstances of person connected with the National Association ot Brokers and Promoters Is that the error In the enrolment of the Iowa law Invalidates the whole law I but the at torneys In the case are convinced this Is not the principal defect nor tho one most Ukaly to be glvon serious regard by the courts. The law make an exception In favor of bankers, and this Include pri vate banker a well a organised ftinks, which scorns to bo an unworanted dis tinction between private bankers and pri vate brokers. The state officials hav gene to just as little expense as possible under the law so aa not to bring any un just criticisms on them for attempting ta enforce Its provisions. Veterans te Chattanooga. O. A. Newman, assistant adjutant gen eral Department of low. Grand Army of tbo Republic, haa received Inquiries from war veterans In Iowa Indicating that the attendance at th national encampment at Chattanooga the middle ot next month will be attended from this section or the country. A great many Iowa soldiers participated In the battles around Chatta nooga and desire to visit the place again. The adjutant has received notice that for members of tho Grand Army of the Republlo who apply before thv dose ot thla month fro lodging for four days will be provided In Chattangooa. Conference on nntes Another conference Of commercial club representatives with the state railroad commission was held today for the pur pose of completing the work on the west ern rato cases. The Interstate Commerce commission decided In the suit brought by the Ion a commission against certain far western rauroaus tnat tne lowa pro portion o' vestam rates should be divided Into live nones across the state. consuming the 37 cents Increase from the Missouri river points to, the Mississippi rlvor. Th meeting today was especially ftr the purpoe of preparing a proposed plat of the sones to be sent to the inters state commission- The representative of the commercial clubs, especially tn tastem Iowa, who Joined In the pre para tlon of the case, expressed themselves greatly pleased with tho result of the submission ot this ca to the tnterestat body. Fire in Floar Jloose, A loss of over 115,000 wss Incurred' last night by tire In the warehouse of the Northwestern Milling company and Sar gent Si Co. feed and flour dealers. The two were practically together. The fire wa of unknown origin and aa there was a large amount ot hay and other highly Inflammable material In the warehouse the less waa almost total. Four horsea were burned to death in the fire. loTta Florists to Convene. A meeting ot the Society ot Iowa Florists will be held In th rooms ot the State Horticultural society next Wednes day evening with papers as follova; of Battle of Waterloo JsbbbsbB Blnebart Photo. JOHN F. EOMEItS. wars, alnoe the grandfather survived the frightful field of Waterloo and the bid mans son and grandson survived the South African carnage. A few faded photographs of the last survivor of Waterloo are among the priceless relics the. members of the Somers and liyons families are cherishing In England and at East Liverpool, O, "New nosea on Trial, M. J. Graham, Adel "Carinas as Bedding Plants," J. T. D. Futmer. Des Moines; "Floral Designs for Fairs and Other Publlo Exhibitions," J, S. Wilson. Des Moines; "Cemetery Planting," O. A. Heyne, Dubuque; "Con crate In Greenhouse Construction," F. J. Olsan, Ames; "Suggestion on Greenhouse Building." Roy Wilcox, Councir Bluffa; "Report on Floral Convention," J. 8. Wilson. Tho president Is William Trillow, Dcs Moines. Contcmot Case Decided. L. H. Paul and Roy Paul, members of the firm, of Paul & Paul, manufacturer of cement atave alios, are not gutlty of contempt of court Judge Smith Mc Pherson Thursday so decided In overrul Ing of the application of tho Cement Stave Bllo company, who charged the Pauls with violating an Injunction. Fair Is Started Well. The annual state- fair opened today with a. "Children' day" and a fair at tendance Under mbst favorable skies. The opening day being advanced one day in the week, the exhibits were not quite nearly ready a in jthe past but all the live stock was there. Tho progsam for the day started off with concerts by Henry's band of Des Moines and tho Llbcratt band. T.hcs and three other muglcaV erganlsatbn play the entire week. The stock Judging contest started welt with 106 boys entered to .vln scholardelp at the state college. They were given classes .for -judging in live stocit nd corn and later awards will be mod ac cording to the merit shown. ' Judging- of all live stock classes com menced promptly and eome of the big classes of horsea and cattle went in rough the ring today. The atate executive council today mint out tnvltatlona to all legislators and .offi cials to attend on "State day." nnt Wednesday, when a blf gathering of h prominent men of the state la to be held The race program started off thlt after noon at 1 o'clock and with It a va'ide vllle- apeclalty show and In the evening the, fireworks spectacle of "Old Mexico " Iowa Nevra Note. DENISON There win tniioh Ium Soil feeling here Thursday afternoon over1 a game between the local, team and one from Little Sioux. The latter team wo enforced with Louie Jacenon of Bloux City a pitcher. Score: Little Blouse 4; DenUon, I. City School Superintendent teraay. BAG C1TT MaUrlCA V. TTvfa mttnn of the civil war and for forty-aeven years a, successful farmer of, Douglas township, died suddenly of heart failure late yes terday afternoon while preparing to come to Saq City n his automobile. He was 79 years of age and is survived by hi uiuow, toree eons ana two doughter. LOGAN The road baween Hsinn nnd Mourt Valley, owing to neglect, la in a dangeroua condition for automobllist. tall weeds, tall corn and brush obstruct ing the vtow ao comoletelv that it ia im. possible to see approaching automobiles around many sharp oorners and cut of mc ivou. tuo mini are narrow in many places, a condition that adds to the don. i ger to traveling publlo. 8AOOITT At the annual Vm.ln.. ..... slon of the Northwestern Iowa Christian convention which closed at Sso City last evening, it was decided to hold the next meeting at Lake City about June SO, 19lt The following officer., were chosen President. It C. Littleton et ciaHnn. vice president H. C. Hurd of ISsthervlllei secretary, Loren Howe of Maxwell: sup erintendent ot Bible school, L. E. Huntley ui uiirum, uuerintenaent or cnristlan ISndeavor. J. a Harris of Storm Lake. SAC CITY -Sir. and Mr rUr. Hechtner of Coon Valley township have announced the encasement of thir daughter, Elsie, to Charles Brynteton, fiuyiwwr ui ton ooa urosa pnsrmacy in Sao City. The weddlns- win tak place September 17, On September 4 will take place the marriage of Miss Janle Pltstlck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wll Uara Piutlck of Sao City, to Harry O. Mendenhall. a aubstanUal young farmer of thla locality. The brlde.to-be formerly a JEcner , tne sac City school. John Sheridan ana tHren Johnstone have been bound, over to the grand Jury for attempting td rob a passenger on th Northwestern two days ago. The train was coming west and between this city and Carroll, It is alleged, Sheridan accused fwmur ot stealing nis pocKttbook. The roan charged denied and brought ont hi pocketbook showing the one he had was hla own. It ia charged that Sheridan took the bock, saying it was his. and Johnstone held the hands of the owner. to a war or words in which the conductor took part and at Denlaon an of fleer waa calld and Sh.rM.ii . ;r. ii il rn lo too aotecuve of ' -t?" ww--cr7n, ne c-oaraea the train fi. H,M?uil V5Uef "no t0 Johnstone liS ?:.At bearing held Thurs day night both men were held. MASTER JEWISH BAKERS PRESENTED WITH CONTRACT The Jewish baker recently organised with local union No, SU and yeso-day presented a contract to the master .Tew. Ish baker. Tbe contract wa algned bv all the masUr baker and member of the local union. Thla contract affect twelve men and four shops suid th be-l msnufastursd tn these four" shop will carry the union label. RETAIL CLERKSHARE PLANS Will Circulate Petitioris in Tavor of Early Closing. WANT PUBLIC TO ASSIST Dealre to Make Permanent Tlan Al ready In Force for Mot Month City to Be Canvosed with . ThU la View. Two hundred retail clerk gathered In the Board of Trade building Friday even ing, to aeleut a plan of a"lck action to obtain the greatest number of signature to a petition for a permanent C o'clock closing each 8atUrday. The petition la tn be presenter to the Retailers' association for approval not later than Wednesday of the coming week. John ailletple of the Thompson Belden store presided and soon had the crowd vlelng among .hcmselvea to suggest fea-, lblo plana of procedure. Leo McManus of the Thomas Kllpa trick company presented a motion that a map of the city divided Into wards and precincts be procured and a clerk or num ber of clerks living In each precinct can vass the householders in that particular precinct for signature. This scheme met with hearty endorsement, with but few exceptions, and was adopted a the cen tral Una of campaign by tho organisation - . - r . .. ., .1 work of selecting the candidates was ac-1 compllshed wth success. Several precincts Without resident clerks were provided with canvassing committees by the execu tive board. AaU for Co-operation. The Retail Clerks association Is anxious to interest tho buying publlo In the cam paign for tbe 0 o'clock closing, as It Is the buyers whoso desires have weight with the merchants. Tp do this they have appealed to a number of the churches of the city and would like the co-operation of all tho religious bodies In the fight. Up-to-dato the hearty endorsement of those solicited t;os been obtained and last Sunday In the village of Dundoc 300 names were secured to a petition, pre sented by members of tho Sunday school class at tlio request of Mr. Gillespie. So for GOO names have been affixed to tho petition of which 300 are members of the organization, Minister Commends. Commendation and approval ot the spirit shown was vouchsafed by Rov. James R. Beard ot tho Cherry Hill Con gregational church who was present merely through his Interest In tho cause. In pledging his support he announced that tomorrow ho would Inform his con gregation that any help they could pos sibly do the clerks by securing names to the petitions on Sunday, would be con sidered a worthy work by him and no desecration of the Sabbath. N. P. Safs of Thomas Kllpatrick gavo a short talk on raising tho standard of efficiency among retail clerks by co operation In tho organization. This, was met with hearty applauso by the entire gathering, which seemed equally as In terested In, tho welfare, of their employers as In their own. Former Nebraska Wom&n Sutag for Denver Divorce i .... . . , f . DENVER, Colo., Aug. 23.--(Speclal Tel egranuFotlowlnr Uur tiling' of a di vorce suit by- Mrs. Mae Oiler Current his bride of, a month, on August o. W.- D Current a well-knowri local Innjiwco promoter, was. last night arrested on charges ot grand larceny and obtaining money .under false pretense. There are six counts of larceny, charg ing him with obtaining 5,300 from W. J. Sproul. a contractor and builder. Current represented, according to tbo Information, that be had been tip. pointed Denver agent lar the Equittble Life. Current Is a member jot a promt nent Louisville, -Ky., family Tand married hi? second wife, formerly . Miss Me Gates, daughter ot an Albion, N.b.. banker,, last June, a few day after a divorce from his first wife. 0MAHAN MADE MEMBER OF FRATERNAL COMMITTEE CinCAGO, Aug, 33. The amalagmatlon of thv National Fraternal congn-K and the Associated Fraternities of America was completed yesterday at a Joint ses sion ot the two bodies held at the Hotel Sherman. The combined body will henceforth be known a the National Fraternal Congress of America. The first official business of the Joint body was to pas a resolution favoring uniform ,laws throughout the country pro hlbltlng the. writing ot group Insurance. Before adjoumament the following offi cers, were, elected: w. H. Powers ot Boston, president; T. W. Taake ot Des Moines,, vice president; F. J. Nunne- tnakcr Of Chicago, treasurer. A. H. Burnett of Omaha wo chosen chairman of the legal section and H. C. Evans of De Moines, chairman of the press section. Tn executive committee is composed of A. R. Talbot, Lincoln, Neb.; W. E. Froser. Dallas. Ter.; T. B. Hanley. Des- Motnea, !-; J. B. a ark. Dayton. O.: J. J. Uynes, Buffalo, and Q. B. Hunt Indianapolis, SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR BUFFALO BILL SHOW DENVER. Colo., Aug. Si (Special Tel egram.) The net proceeds of the Ruftton sale ot tha entire clear title propc-tv or the Buffalo Bill Wild West show ap proximately, J1,000. There remains about fto,0CO worth of miscellaneous circus proo. er(y to. be sold It the federal court ao or ders. Thomas Smith of Newark, N. J., claims ownership of the unsold property, bu oredltora of the show will tomorrow prob ably ask for an order calling for an auction sal of tbe cars, tents and 141 head, ot draft horses comprising tho lot Tbe heaviest purchaser were the Mll'er brothers of the "101" ranch at Bliss. Ckt, and the Bison Film concern, who to gether bought About 13.00) wortn of horse and ponies. Irwin Bros of Cheyenne secured four sacred cow for their Wyoming ranch at 1375 for the btrd DETECTIVES GET PRESENTS FROM MEN UNDER ARREST Detective Johnnie Dunn and JImmIe KenneUy arrested two cocaine fiend Mon day, and yesterday the man were given aontanca of ninety day each. Each of tbe "snow birds" nod a brand new atraw. bat when arrested, and a they war be ing Ukdn to the county Jill, they asked that the bat b given the officers that arrested them. "We'll need earlapa by tbe time we get out tny laughed. BANKERS CHANGE ATTITUDE Spirit of Conciliation and Compro mise Toward Carrenoy B11L F0S0AN INTRODUCES MOTIONS His newlntiona Asking; Consrren Xot o Pass Any Money Measures Tbl Seaslon Not Approved by Committee. CHICAGO. Aug. 3.-A aplrit of concilia, lion and compromise toward the Owen Qlaca currency bill aa It Is expected it will t amended was manifested at n conference of leading banker from all porta of the country held here today. Before the conference adjourns tomor row It Is expected that resolution recom mending a number of Important changes In the currency bill now pending in con-' gres will be adopted and that the bank ers wll use their Influence to assist President Wilson In obtaining -currency legislation. The change In the attitude of tho bank ers developed after George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental and Com mercial National bank, had addressed the meeting and told of an Important con ference held In New York yesterday with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo at which the amendments to tho currency titii .-.--.. i . i u i -. -"l-U mjt IKW.D1H ffBII UWWUJOVU frn "8"r'n" IfS!" "r ' " ' 'Z7' " Mr. Reynolds was summoned to Now York to confer with Seeretary McAdoo last Wednesday to discuss the attitude, of thd bankers toward the proposed legist latlon. Mr. Reynolds outlined tho princi pal objections ot the banker to the meas ure and when he returned to Chicago he felt confident that tho administration would make a number of concessions Iu the final draft of tha bill. Snmmgsed to Conference.. In addressing tho conference today Mr. Reynolds said: "If we cannot agree -among ourselves In regard to the kind of a currency law needed what can we expect of congress," he aald. "We endorsed tho Aldrich currency bill by unanimous vote, and It never got out of tha committee. Now we have a chance to got A bill passed and we should en deavor to get the best measure possible under the circumstances. Thoro olteady hav been 500 changes mado In thu bill since It was Introduced and I believe we can get many more If we go about It In the right way." Other speakers urged the adoption of the some policy in discussing the meas ure Introduces Resolution. James B. Forgan of Chicago, opened the discussion by Introducing a set of resolutions pointing qut numerous de fects In thq bill and advising that con gress be asked not to pass any currency legislation at tho present session but defsr action until a new bill drafted by a commission composed of representatives of tho government the bankers and busl ncs men of all plaeses appointed by the National Chamber of Congress had booii given an opportunity to prepare a new bllL The resolutions were read and after they had been discussed were re ferred to the commltteo on resolutions for consideration. ' The committee, Just before midnight, announced that thp Forgan resolutions recommending the present congress bo asked to' take no action oh n currency bill had bees laid aside and would1 -not be approved by the committee, - - A Life Sentence of suffering with throat and luru trouble Is quickly commuted by. "Dr., King's New Discovery. 60c and ILOO. For sale "by Beaton Drug Co. 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