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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1913)
THE BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1913. Council Bluffs READY FOR THE CARNIYAL Electric Features Promise to Excel All Displays. ELABORATE AUTO DECORATIONS Those Who Hiiro Entered tun An? . Uslnir Everr Paaalble Mrnnn to Make Pine Slimrlnir in the Parade. Delay in completing the Mrinsr for the Installation of the thousands of Incan descent lamps, tor which tho electrician lr charge were not to. blame, prevented the "Jutco" being turned on laBt night, to the great disappointment of the Satur day night throngs on the. streets. It wus the occasion of considerable disappoint ment, tpo, to the. Commercial club mid the carnival managers. Tho lighting ays tern Is tho most extensive that aj yet been Installed for a local carnival, nnd trill present a most brilliant spjetaelo when tho current is 'turned oh. Otherwise tho work of preparation had reached the stage at the close of the iay yesterday that had been planned, and the little that will remain to be done will be easily accomplished before noon on Monday and the carnival gates will be thrown open when the automobile flower parado and Us attendant pageant cornea to a halt and disbands at Broadway nnd Jlaln street at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon. It Is quite probable there 'will be some slight fractures of Sabbatarian laws somo time today by some of the score or more of contestants who have entered their cars to win the prizes In the flower pa rade. Upon a number of the cars, espe cially those where the decorations have been entrusted io ambitious women who are resourceful and artistic, the bills for decorations and tlowera have already ex ceeded the $100 stage and may go to $300. It is assured that the cars, adorned with all of the beauty that beautiful flowers and real artists can bestow upon them, will present the most beautiful sight that the streets of Council Bluffs have seen. Itonte of Parade. Final arrangements for the parade, in cluding .tho officers In charge ant the line of march, were made yeatcrday afternoon following a meeting of the carnival committee at noon. Georgo F. Hamilton, chairman of the committee, will have general charge and W. A. Williamson will be grand marshal The. parade will form at Fourth ind Btory streets at 1:30. and any contestant not ready to go at that hour will bo dis qualified. The flower-clad cars will be spaced, as nearly as possible 150 feet apart and those who wilfully or negligently violate this rule will bo disqualified as contestants for the prizes. The Judges arc to be five women, part of whom wJl be from out of town. Their identliv has been carefully guarded and may not b-j disclosed at all. The assurance Is given, however, that they will be mose com petent and Impartial judges, basing their decisions upon real merit. They will make a general survey of tho cars at Fourth and Story streets before tne start and they will then view, them at various points and several times along the route to be traversed. Tho purpose of havinjr the cars so widely spaced s to ponnri the Judges to have ample opportunity to fully note the details as wel as the ,iren era.1. scheme of the decorations ot each Tbeir.'decislona wjlt be final. Tito Divisions. The route of the parade will be west on Story street to Main, north on Main to First avenue, west on ' First avenue to Eighth street, north on Eighth to Broadway, east on Broadway to First street and then countermarch" on Broad way to North Main and disband The formation ot tho parade will Include two general divisions. The first division wl1! be led by the grand marshal, a platoon of police and Arthur E. Smith's oand, followed by the flower-covered auto. The second division will be led by the Patterson shows' band, and will comprise the Patterson shows and tho industrial section made up of floats and automo biles representing the various industrial enterprises .of the city and the fire de partment The carnival will open after the parade with a number of free acts In the. forum between the grand arch and Broadway. Two additional opectacular features have 1een decided upon during the week. On-Tuesday and Friday nights the fire department will make "flro runs," with each piece of tho apparatus enveloped in red and other colored fires. The runs will take place at 7:20 o'clock and will start at Eighth avenue and South Main street. The fiery dash will be jip Main street k and First avenue, where they will begin to slow down. Large quantities ot red fire and other pyrotechnics ordered by the Commercial club arrived yesterday. It will be bestowed lavishly for the fin men to use in accordance with their own ( ideas of embellshment. In addition the firemen and their friends are arranging for -jxtra supplies. Bnh fire runs will be under the direct. super Vision of Frank Elgan, fire commissioner. Those who recall the brilliant spectacle presented last year by the fire runs will know what to expect this time. Council Bluffs Electric Fountains Will Be Beautiful The electric fountains for the carnival grounds were- completed' and teited yes terday afternoon and proved more beau tiful than was anticipated Three were Installed In the lagoon, one east of the Bryant street bridge and the others above and below the North Main street bridge. They are fed by two-Inch pipes carrying a water pressure of ninety pounds. The wiring tor the electric Illumination was not completed ln,Umo for testing last night, but when tho water was turned on during tho afternoon the sun painted brilliant rainbows on the billowy mlaU that arose. The spectacle waa very pretty. It was not anticipated, but wilt add considerably to the attractiveness ot the fountains as daylight features. At night they should present really Im pressive scenes. Reel Estate Transfers, The following real estate transfers filed Saturday were reported to The Pee by the Pottawattamie County Abstract com pany Conrad Wakehouse and wife to. Uzzla Wenger, part nw?4 new, C-74-C W. d.... , G. 8. Wright to a U Collins Oil company, lot U, block 13, Riddle's Subd. to Council Bluffs, la., w. d. s Klvlra Vore to Alice M. Morse, lot lot 4. Aud's Bubd. of loU 7, 77, TO, SO. 25, S3 and 1, block 87, original plat. Council Bluffs, la., w. d.... S.C50 Three transfers, total , $g;i JCer to the Situation Bee Advertising. Many Law Suits Filed in Court Tho last filings for the September term of the district court were made In the orrice of Clerk Harry Brown at tho close of the day yesterday. There were 129 new equity and 114 new law cares filed, wU Ing tho bar docket for the term to a total of 637. The docket was also Increased by the addition of thlrty-oue Mew crtrrlnal casea. A number of tlioncttons fled yestoday were divorce suits. One ot tho jults dls closed a rather peculiar tory. The jlt was brought by Mildred Ashley against Frederick Fitzslmnions, but tho wife says that these were 'not their true .nmcs. Sho alleges ihat her real nnio was Mil dred Simmons and that her husband' name Is Frederick Simmons. 8ho says they were married at Spirit Lake unVr wrong names through tho coercion und threats of the man and tha she signed the marriage ltcensu register thus be cauro ho Induced her to do si. She basoi her action upon cruelty' and habitual ure of Intoxicants. She asks the court to award nor the custody of their 8-year-old child, IS a week temporary and t20 a month permanent alimony and $50 attor ney's fees, She also seeks a court order restraining -her husband front interfering with her. A. C. Kllsworth asks divorce from his wife, Ada, on the grounds of cruelty. They wci-e wedded at Maryvllle, Mo., on August 23, 1875, and parted on Juno SS of this year. On tho plea of desertion, Elmer T. Clay ton brings a divorce action against his wife, Jessie E. Clayton, Thoy were mar ried in Council Bluffs on October IS, 1P09. and separated' on Febrvary. 15. 1930. Katherine Hitchcock asks a decree of divorce from W. R. Hitchcock, to who.n she was married In Omaha on July 2!, 1900. She alleges cruelty. 8he sayo In her petition that they jointly own the residence at 3002 Avenue C, upon wMrh thero Is a mortgage ot J1.300. She njka to bo awarded title to the property and be given 530 a month permanent alimony. Wife Given Pension Under the New Act The first application of the new so- called widows' pension law was made In Juvenile court yesterday when Mrs. Car- lln, wife. of James Carlln, was given $1 a week for each of her four children, who were under the age of 14 years. Two weeks ago Carlln was sent to the Knox vl 11 inebriate hospital by Judgo Snyder for the full term of three years unless sooner discharged as cured of the drink habit. He left his wlfo and five children, residing at 1901 Fourth street, entirely unprovided, for and under the section of the law which makes the pen sion available for tho care of dependent nnd neglected children of any father who (b an Inmate of any state Institu tion within the care of tho Board of Con trol the children of Carlln became eligible. The application was made through Probation Officer Herncr, acting as the executive officer of the Juvpnlle court, and. it was upon his report that the ac tion waa token. The Investigation' dis closed Mrs. Carlln to be a frail little woman, deeply attached to tver children. hut unable to earn enough properly to -support them. "The fifth, ohlld was- so near the . ago limit of 'fourteen years that the. court could not conscientiously' make tho order to Include all. The other children range in ages from 12 years to 18 months. The order of tho court waa made to declare that the children were neglected but tho term was not meant to mean that the neglect was due to the mother. Mrs. Carlln will continue to draw not less than $1 a week for each child until the age limit Is reached, which will go tar toward supplying tho necessaries of life. It was a happy family that left the court room at the conclusion of the or der, the mother carrying an order that brought ft in cash at the county court tjouse. . t HUSBAND SAYS WIFE'S SISTER CAUSE OF TROUBLE In a cross-petition filed by L E, In graham in the district court yesterday afternoon Mm. Clara Rider, formerly Miss Clara Bull. Is called upon to pay $5,000 for tho alleged alienation of the af fections of Anna B. Ingraham, wife of I E. Ingraham. Mrs. Rider Is the sister of Mrs Ingraham, and is now and has been for some time making her homo wltlu her sister in this city while d'a charging the duties of one of the chief operatorn in the local telephone office, where her brother-in-law, Mr, Rider, also heads one of the Important depart ments. Tho cross-petition cam In a suit filed by Mrs. Rider against Ingraham to re cover J325 on a promissory uoto signed Jointly by him and Mrs. Ingraham on December 27, 1910, given to secure .tho loan of that amount of money by Mrs. Rider to her suiter. When suit was trougbt a few days ago, Ingraham filed an answer denying his financial responsi bility, declaring that he had received no part of the money and that it was under stood to be for the use of Mrs. Ingraham alone. About the time this suit was filed, Mrs. Ingraham began an action for divorce, but the cross-petition does not refer that action. Tho couple were married soveral years ago and went to live on a farm near Glenwood. Ingraham alleges that Mrs. Rider led her sinter to becomo dissatisfied with life on the farm and finally induced her to leave and como to Council Bluffs, where she secured a position for her In the tele phone office, and that the sister alienated the wife's affections for her husband and caused her to leave him, hence the de mand for $5,000 damages. Our customers stay with us. Wo can't glv you a better recommend than that. If you send your garments to our clean ing nnd pressing department for atten tion you will stay with us, too. Just try us arid see. Bluff City Laundry, Cleaners and Dyers. Phone 2814. Mnrrlatre Licenses. Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday to the tollpwlng persons: Name and 'Address. ir, C. Zylwick, South Omaha .VTjh Mary Ryba, Qolpmbus, Neb... Edmund T. Manahan, Portsmouth. Ia. 2fl Lillian Carey, Neola, la H A. R. Conture. Orall City, a D u Pauline Felnstetn. Zealand, N. D.... 33 Girls wanted for wrapping and packing candy. Also experienced chocolate dip pers. Do not apply unless you want steady employment tor fall and winter. John O. Woodward & Co., "The Candy Men." Council Bluffs, la. Council Bluffs Minor Mention OoaaeU Bluffs Offioe of The Baa Is at 1 VOKTX Hala Ot. Tlaa 4a, Dart drugs. Vlctrola, . a. Ttotp Co. Corrlgsns, undertake, rhona 1 Woodrlng Undertaking Co. Tai. S Blank book work. Morehouse & Co, OARDNKlt PRESS. Printing. Phone S3. FAUST BEER AT ROOK its' BUFFET. Lewis CutUr. funeral director. Phone W. Bradley Electrto Co., wiring and fix tures. Phone 893. . The highest grade optical work In th city la don at Leffart's. , Bm Borw.ck for wall papor and palat Inr. 209 and III S. Main strtet. Scientific watch repair work, th kind that Is appreciated, at Leffert'a. WANTED Boy to carry TheBee west of L C. tracks. Apply Bee office. ..TO &WE OR TO BORROW. SEE C. B Mutual BIdg. A Loan Ass'n. 1M Part BUDWE1SSR on draught-The Grand Budwelsar In bottles at all ftrst-olaaa bars. LOOK OTTT iron MfiTHS-Tour winter suit should be cleaned. NoW don't wall until It Is eaten full of holes. Cook's Cleaning Works, 33a Broadway. Phone 178. The Harmony Chapter Kensington society, will meet on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mm. Oaora-e Ouderklrk. U07 Bluff street A full attendance of tnembcrn Is desired. Mrs. T. N. irilrktnrcr rlumd vester- day after spending five weeks nt 8plrlt lake, accompanied by her daughters. i.uun, iieien ana Margaret, jura. 1: v.. DeVoi. sr.. also returned from the lakes at the same time. 600,000 pounds of steel products. We buy all our hardware nroducts through large contracts, direct from the nianu- lacturers. This Is the reason that wo can sell to tho user at Jobbers' prices. C Hater Lumber Co. The Eagles announced yesterday that the Parlors and rest rooms for women In the Eagles' building will be open to tho general public throughout carnival ween, ah women, regardless or tne re lationship of male relatives to the ordor. are Invited hr this Eab-Ich to ma.lt a free use of the accommodations and luxuries ot tne building. Two Valuable horses, supposed to have own sioien irom me Darn or An. ijiack mnn. !00 Kast Broadway, on Thursday. wete yesterday located by Sheriff Und sey at Missouri Valley. The animals had boi oui ot me earn ana strayca away, maklnir the lonir lournev entirely unat tended. Thsy were traced by the use ui in iciepnone. The funeral of Mrs. Emma Anderson, who wan killed In an automobile accident at McClelland Thursday night, will be held this afternoon from the residence of Ous Peterson In Hardin township. Cor oner Cutler has decided no Inquest Is necessary. The services will be con ducted by Rev. Mr. Tyler of Neola. Burial will be In Hardin cemetary. Miss Cora Gretzer has returned from a trip to New York City, where she visited her brother, John S. Gretser, at his coun try home on Long Island. She was a Mo a guest at tho home ot Sir. and Mrs. Lincoln Hypes,, formerly of the Beno company, who now enjoy the luxury of a beautiful home on Long Island, Just far enough from the city to make pleasant tho daily business trips. The women of Palm Orove council No 211, Woodmen Circle, will have their an nual picnic at Manowa on Wednesday afternoon and evening. An attractive program has been arranged. Thore will be funny races and unlnue athletic con tests beginning at 4 o'clock, with prises for all winners, A bapket dinner wilt be served between a nnd 7 o'clock. Wood men of tho World members have, been Invited and many will Join the women nnd children In the late afternoon and evening. Mrs. Margery Hawkey, 8 years old, 1 ed at Mercy hospital Friday after an Illness ot several weeks, dUe to the weak ness of , old age. She was taken td the hospital from her home, 120 Stutsman street, when her condition became seri ous. Mrs. Hawkey was born in Donegal. Ireland, and came to America when sho was IS years old. She had lived in Council Bluffs for moro than forty years. One daughter, Mrs. Southwell, residing at Sacramento, Cal., survives har. William Blrblllls, owner of several of the Oreok candy kitchens In this city, re turned yesterday from Clarlnda, where he arranged to remove the business that has been located at 404 Broadway. It was one of the placos wrecked by the mob, which tore up the town, when Its leaders wero foiled In the attempts to lynch Ouldtce, the murderer. of Howard Jones, The BlrblllM brothers were the heaviest sufferers. The wrecking, how over, hod nothing to do with the closing out of the business at 408 Broadway. The lease had been surrended .a month before the riot and had been released for a term of ten years by the owner, M. Woolman. The Blrblllls brothers still have two other -centrally located places which will be continued. Charles R, Kelley. son of Officer Kalley of the police department, has profoundly and' pleasantly surprised his parents by making them an unexpected visit and In troducing his wife. Although but 20 years old, Mr. Kelley in the private sec retary of the genetal manager of the Western Union Telegraph company at Denver, with assurances that he will soon be placed at the head of a now department that Is being created. Mr. and Mrs, Kelley. who was formerly Miss Laura Shenk of Denver, were married there on December 2, last, and planned a wedding tour' home to announce - th news and receive congratulations. No opportunity for' the tour was presented until this time, when the .young husband was given a vacation of two weeks, which he Is spending at the home ot his parents, 1603 Avenue G. NOTICE The proprietor of tho HAM MILL COLLEGE, 146-712 West Browd way, rqcontly learned ,that certain agents of other schools calling at various homes In this city have asserted that this col lege does- not maintain an employment department. This statement is entirely false. We have such an efficient depart ment that yountr peoplo from other schools enron with us and wa Lave se cured positions for them as well as our own graduates. We maintain a. high class school in every respect und are so considered hv the best Judges the execu tive committee of the League of -the American Business Colleges. Further more, we do not send out agents, do not sell soholarshlps, do not charge exces sive rates for tuition and supplies, do not misrepresent, and we do guarantee satisfaction. The fall term begins Sep. tembor 1, 1813. Tuition, 87.00 per month. Merchants and Stolz Will Contend Today The Merohants will ulav the' Stole far the city championship this afternoon at Athletic park, the game starting at 8:30 o'clock. The Stols ure trying to Wre'st the title from the Merchants, the holder of the title. Both Captains Mo- Lean and Wolcott are in the contest for blood. ' "Buster" Probst will b on th mmmt for the Merchants and will be opposed bjr Francis, the Northwestern fireman who won manv Mmpi tnr lh. 3fni. rT'... - - - A V Merchants are composed of four Omaha and five local players, while the Stola are all Bluffs players. A preliminary game between the Knltrhts of rnlnmhn. and the Cubs will be played, starting at 1.30 p. m. Following Is th lineup of both teams t MPBPHlVTfl nu. Bwlogwood A.FIrst... Wolcott warn Doconu Preaker Otllham Third Oulnnea McLean .Short Vmm Kemp..... ..Left Moore Uofl Sfni?r Bll Bice... Bight Rowland Probst Pitcher Franela Gllllsple -atoner...,,.,,., -yv. Ball Duff 4n 13lt,tnlAnTl-l" 1-3.. .... . I Counoil Bluffs Fire Station to Be a Carnival Feature Even member ot the central fire sta tion devoted every available moment yes terday to brightening up all parts ot the handsome building and the apparatus nnd giving the whole place a carnival oast. Soap and water, paint and wall paper wero used upstairs and down and every part ot the building made to wear its best aspects and take on a real carnival air. The central station will be in the very heart of the carnival and will be one ot the worth while show features to out-of-town visitors. Evory portion of It will bo open for inspection. Must sell twelve organs- at once: 85 to 825: will make tvavmenta -nf M rm week. A. Hospe Co., 407 Broadway Coun- ui uiuiia, in. Watches repaired promptly, old and broken Jewelry made lll;e new at Let fert's, Jewelers and Opticians. KO Broadway. Banks in the Far and Middle West to Get Share of Funds Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. H Banks in the central and far western states will soon begin receiving their share of the 1S0.OM.. 000 crop moving fund that the government is placing in the agricultural states. The first western deposits will be made during the fcarly part of September In Los Angeles and San Francisco: Dnv,r C0I0.J Chicago, III. 1 Evansville, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Ind.; Des Moines and Sioux City, la,: Kansas City and Wichita, Kan.: Baltimore, Md; De troit, Mich.; Duluth, Minneapolis and 8t tPaul, Minn.: Kansas City, St. Joseph and St. Louis. Mo.; Lincoln and Omaha, Neb.; Portland, Ore.: Cincinnati, ant land and Columbus, O,; Seattle and Spo kane, Wash, .and Milwaukee, Wis. , Forty-two cities in southern states also are to receive deposits for short periods T. L, Combs Goes to Preside at National Jewelers' Meeting President and Mrs. T. L. Combs have gone to Chicago, where Mr. -Contort win preside over tho eighth annual conven tion of the American National ufn Jewelers association during tho com'mr week. The convention will' be beU the Sherman hotel and will be th great est convention of Jewelers evr hold In America. Noted snoakers front ah and Amorica's beat are on the program, and the trade displays of memhaniMts occupies two full floors of. the Rharmi , hotel and will attract buyers from all over America. Mr. and Mrs. Combs will have as special gueit during the convention Mr. and Mrs. John Drann of Leeds, England, delegate and mesiosv bearer from tho National Association o4 Goldsmiths of England. SIXTEEN ARRESTS MADE BY POLICE IN RAIDS Two alleged disorderly houses were talded by policemen last night. Stella White's resort at 1021 North Sixteenth street was the first, and Trixle Sum mitt's flat, over tho drug storo at Sev enteenth and Cuming strats, was the second. At A, T. Dantelson's drug store, a' Seventeenth and Cuming streets, liquor was being sold, the officers said. Six teen prisoners In all wero taken. RhnUr Off .,. nhrnmntlam. Now ts the time to get rid ot your rheumatism. Try a twenty-five cent bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and sa how quickly your rheumatic pains dis appear. For sal by all diugglsta-Ad-vertlaoment. Dnntterona Snrarery . In. the abdominal region Is often pre vented by the use of Dr, King's New Life Pills, the painless purifiers. 25c. For sale 'by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement. Kansas City Observation Gars, Day or Night Three Trains Daily FAST DAY TRAIN CARRIES OB SERVATION PARLOR OAR. PAST NiaHT TRAIN CARRIES OB SERVATION SLEEPER. Lv. OMAHA : Ar. KANSAS OITY: VIA THE 11:16 P. M. 11:30 A. fit. 8:00 A M. via the 7:10 A. fil 0:05 P. M. 4:00 P. M. Missouri Pacific For reservations or any information phone or see Thomas Hughes, Thos. F. Godfrey, The road youi a. a&v. a mo. auu avw u. 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Eat more WASHINGTON CRISPS and less meat and other Jheavy foods and you will soon feel the improve ment WASHINGTON CRISPS gives you one-half more than any other cereal food for 10c WASHINGTON CRISPS is good for young and old. Order & package from your grocer today. Youlllik it better than any cereal food you ever tatted and youll feel better, too. Wash ingtpn CRISPS J The BIG Package of Toasted Corn Flakes J