TAB BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914.
BRIEF m I HEWS
Kara Soot Print It Norr Beacon Presa.
Xax Stontaly Xnoome Gould, Bee Bldg.
naollty Storage O Tu Co, Doug. 1B1,
Big ht-Znoh Sltotrlo Tui for horn use,
)7.(0. Burgess-Qranden Co.
Wnta Oood City Xroar.s Prompt
closing. First Trust Company of Omaha,
Whan you know ma lignttng you pre
fer It. Omaha Gas Co.. 1S09 Howard St.
Wall Will Be Examined Alfred Wall
was arraigned In police court on a charge
of Insanity. After a hearing he waa
locked up pending an Investigation by
the Insanity board.
Barksepsrs' Hearing Put Orer The
hearing of the case against the Barkeep
ers' union for selling liquor Illegally In
their club rooms was put over until
"Wednesday morning.
Senator Clark Oomlnff Traveling In a
private car en route to Butte and coming
from New York. Senator Clark of Mon
tana will pass through the city today
over the Northwestern-Union Pacific.
"Today' Complete Movie Program"
may be found on the first page of the
classified section today, and appear in
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the various moving picture theaters offer.
JCugel Is Improving Police Commis
sioner A. C. Kugel, who Is In the hospi
tal recovering from an operation, will
probably be at his office within a week.
He was able to be out of bod for the first
time today.
Pined for Piling Kerolvsr Charles
Clements celebrated the Fourth of July
by frightening occupants of a rooming
house, at 1815 Dodge street with a re
volver, in police oourt $30 and costs
were assessed against him.
Pined for Throwing Crackers George
Wright, 1715 Leavenworth street, and F.
3. Flanagan. 1729 Park avenue, each paid
$5 and costs in police court for throwing
firecrackers and torpedoes under passing
automobiles at Sixteenth and Howard
streets.
Thorpe's Death Accidental O. A.
Thorpe, 2703 Manderson street, died as
the result of an unavoidable accident; de
clared a coroner's Jury. Mr. Thorpe was
ratally scalded on June 21 while repair
ing an engine at the Missouri Pacific
loundhouse.
Iijrsaffht Bent to Bes Moines J. It.
Lysaght, who re-enlisted In the army
last week, has been sent to the recruit
ing station at Des Moines to relieve
F. C Jones, who, following his re-en-llstmcnt,
went to Kansas City on a three
months' furlough.
Sheets Forfeits Bond Charles Sheots,
eon of a street railway official, forfeited
a 110 bond In police court, where a com
plaint was lodged against him by Mabel
Jordan and Ethel Smith, who accused
lilm of Impersonating a policeman and
attempting to extort money.
Br, Jenks on Vacation Rev, Dr. E. H.
Jenks, pastor of the Firat Presbyterian
church, has gone to Spirit Lake, where
he will visit his daughter, Mrs. Funk.
From there he will go to Alberta, Can
ada, and spend some time with bis two
ions. Chester and .Hart, He will return
In September.
Knbat does Bast C. H. Kubat, law
yer, In the Barker block, left Sunday
night for an extended trip eastf Ho
will stop at his old home in Cedar Rapids
for a few days, after which he will go
lo Chicago, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Cleve
land, New York and Washington, re
turning home In three weeks,
I Band Master Be-enllsis It. B. Mac
New, chief musician of the Fourth
Infantry, after being out of the army
tir.ee April, has again enlisted and
will be sent to Fort Warren, near Boston,
to take charge of the band of tho coast
artillery corps stationed there. This is
his sixth enlistment In tho army.
Watch Pound in Kail Bos A gold
watch was found In the mail box at
Thirteenth and Caatellar streets and re
turned to J. C. Wharton, postmaster, to
await Identification of the property by
the owner. Inscriptions engraved in
the watch indicated that it was pre
sented to T. C. Ross at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
In 1SS9.
Br. Vaggeusr Joins Brother Dr.
Todd Waggener, formerly of Dawson!
Neb., has formed a partnership with his
brother, Dr. H. A. waggener. They have
offices In the Brandeis Theater building.
Dr. Todd Waggener is a graduate of
Creighton university and was formerly
assistant physician at the Douglas
County hospital.
Shot In the Arm George MOro, 164
South Twentieth street. South Omaha,
was shot in the right arm Sunday night
during an altercation over a card game
in which ho participated. The police
have arrested August Stefano on sus
picion, as Stefano was one of the quar
reling players. Moro has been removed
to the South Omaha hospital.
Will Wot Brink for a Tsar If A. R.
Hartman, T09H North Eighteenth street.
violates the pledge he signed in police
court he will be sentenced to sixty days
in the county Jail for drunkenness. His
wife had him arrested, but he was re
leased on a suspended sentence when he
showed willingness to sign a pledge
promising not to drink for the next year.
Garbage Contract Eeld Cp Considera
tion of a contract with a garbage removal
company was postponed by the city coun
cil for one week, pending proposals from
a Chicago company. An Omaha feed
company has been removing the garbage
and feeding It to hogs kept In the Mis
souri river bottoms. This company asks
for a five-year contract, which the coun
cil is loth to give.
BABC0X SAYS THE AUTO
BUSINESS IS INCREASING
Edward S. Babcox, advertising man
ager of the Firestone Tire and Rubber
company of Akron, O., Is In Omaha mak
ing an inspection of the local branch.
Mr. Babcox, reports that the Firestone
tire business has Increased 78 per cent
over the business of last year, and antid
pates that before the end of the current
year a larger Increase will be registered.
"In order to meet the demands for our
product," declared Mr. Babcox, "it has
been necessary to add 95,000 square feet
of floor space to our enormous factory.
These new additions are being con
structed as rapidly as possible, and even
li pw we fear that the additions will be
Insufficient and thus necessitate mora
construction next year.
Thla, I think, will clearly show that
the automobile business Is not deteriorat
ing, as some persons would have us be
lieve. Ever since our organisation we
have been making additions and since the
erection of the new plant in 1910 the ad
ditions have been 'more frequent and
more extensive than ever,"
BURBANK WANTS 1Q HURRY
Ii Against Any Sclav In Completion
of the New Hotel.
HIS BROTHER TO BE WITH HDI
Hotel Director to Meet Tuesday
Morning Dnrbnnlc is Orsrnl-
' Ins Ills Force Will Let
Contracts Soon,
W, R. Burbank, manager of the new
Fontenolle hotel now being built In
Omaha, Is In the city with William
Rafferty, vice president and member of
the board of directors of the Interstate
Hotel company. They are looking over
the stato of progress In the construction
of the new hotel building at Eighteenth
and Douglas, where Burbank Is to open
the Fontenelle as soon as the building is
completed.
A meeting of the Douglas Hotol company
the local company erecting the building,
Is scheduled for this " morning. Mr.
Burbank and Mr. Rafferty will attend
the meeting. An extension of time In
completing the building has been asked
for by Selden-Breck Construction com
pany. It Is understood that the Douglas
Hotel company favors granting the ex
tension of time, but that Mr. Burbank ts
for pushing the building to completion
so that ho may open the Fontenelle hotel
on scheduled time.
Mr. Burbank says several contracts will
be consummated while he Is In the city,
and that much detail will be disposed of
with the architoct and contractor. He
says he has been very busy assembling
the data with regard to furnishing the
S30 rooms the now hotel Is to have, as
well as working with designers on special
furniture for the lobby, dining room,
tarlors, etc. Orders for all these things
are to be closed within a fortnight.
"The organization of tho staff of the
hotel Is largely selected as to heads of
departments," eays Mr. Burbank. "As
sociated with me In the management will
be my brother, Abraham Burbank, who
has just relinquished the management ot
the Hotel Broezcl in Buffalo to give his
wholo time with me. I am much grati
fied that lie has decided to cast his lot
wtlh me, as he Is widely experienced. He
opened successfully, as manager, the new
Hotel Vermont, on Lake Champlaln. Bur
lington, Vt., some three years ago, and
has managed several other hotels with
success."
Rook Island Has
Passenger Engine
Said to Be Hummer
Passenger engine No. 999 of the Rock
Island has Just come out of the American
Locomotive company shops and gone Into
service. It 18 one of the fastest railroad
machines In the country and is capable
of attaining and maintaining a speed of
sixty miles per hour, carrying a heavy
all-steel train of passenger equipment
The new No. 999 on the Rock Island 1b
some engine. It has a total weight of
833,000 pounds, with cylinders 28x28; boiler
pressure, 1S5 pounds; equivalent heating
surface, 5,533 square feet; grate area, C2.7
square feet, and traction power, 60,000
pounds.
In 1893 the New York Central had a
No. 999 engine, and It was the marvel of
that time. In fact, It was looked upon as
the best and most powerful passenger lo
comotive In the world. It was exhibited
at the Chicago exposition as one of the
wonders of the age. However, compared
with the No. 999 of tho Rock Wand it
waa a pigmy. While It was the biggest
passenger engine In existence, its total
weight was but 124,000 pounds. Its eylln
dera were 19x24; Its bolter pressure, 190
pounds; equivalent heating surface, 1,908
square feet; grate area, 30.7, and tractive
power, 16,270 pounda In other words, It
was not half as large or powerful as tho
Rock Island machine of today.
F. A. Shotwell Files
for State Office
Franklin A. Shotwell has filed as a
candidate for the republican nomination
for lieutenant governor. In a letter to
Secretary of State Addison Wait, accom
panying his filing papers, he declares
that he Is filing as a republican only,
underscores the word "only," and states
that be Is a follower of the "plumed
knight, James G. Blaine," and of Harri
son, McKlnley, Roosevelt and Taft, of all
of whom he says he Is proud.
Other late filings for office are: For
polloe Judge of South Omaha, H. W. Reed,
republican, and Jacob Small, democrat.
For state representative. John M. Ber
ger and Michael Lee, both republicans.
For road overseers: Andrew Nevey, dem
ocrat, Florence precinct; Pete B. Clausen,
republican, East Omaha precinct; David
W. Mawhlnney, democrat, Douglas pre-rlnct.
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS ARE LESS
Amount of Business Going Through
This Port Shows Increase.
TARIFF IS CAUSE OF THE LOSS
Larsst Importations Are from Ger
many, While France la Second
and Canada Third Da
crease Thirty Per Cent.
In spite of the fact that the Imports
cleared through the customs office here
show a material Increase for the first
half of 19U, over the corresponding period
last year, the revenues of the office have
decreased about SO per cent, due to the
operation of the new democratic tariff
law.
In the first six months of the present
year, merchandise valued at US2,000 waa
cleared through the port of Omaha, as
compared with $374,000 for the correspond
ing period last year. June of 1914 showed
the greatest Increase, the Imports being
HC9.000 as compored with $86,000 for June,
1913. Only about half of the merchandise
cleared through the customs ottloo here
last month wna dutiable.
The Import tax collected by Cadet Tay
lor, collector of customs amounted to
JC9.000 for tho first half of 1913, while this
year, the first six months yielded only
$47,000, a decrease of $12,000 while the total
value of Imports shows an Increase of
$10,000 for the same period.
The largest Importations were from
Germany, whilo France waa second and
Canada third. Much beef is Imported to
Omaha from Canada, while lumber and
glycerine form a big percentage of the
Imports from that country. .
Spectators Amused
at Tichy-Fanf erlik
Alienation Trial
Spectators and Jurymen In the court of
District Judge Charles Leslie were
amused by testimony of the defendant
In the case of James Tlchy against
Charles F. Fanferllk of 1319 William
street, for alleged alienation of the af
fectlons of the plaintiffs wife, $16,000
being asked as damages.
Becauao Mrs. Tlchy's husband waa
away and did not write to her, Fanferllk
testified, ho addressed little notes to her.
calling her Marie the very day after he
made her acquaintance. She wrote "Just
foolishness" In reply, he said, the whole
correspondence bltig "Just for fun." The
notes were exchanged over the fence.
Mrs. Tlchy being a neighbor. Fanferlik's
wife was in a hospital at tho time.
How much time Is required to drink a
bottle of beer became an Important ques
tion In the course ot the trial. Fanfer
llk stated that he and Mrs. Tlchy were
at a hotel only long enough to drink one
bottle of befir, and said that took about
twenty minutes. Counsel for the plain
tiff asked for expert testimony as to the
normal spetd of beer drinkers.
Powell Says Eastern
Factories Running
on Western Orders
Clarke G. Powell of the Powell Supply
company has Just returned from a ten
days' trip through New England, where
he was buying stock and observing busi
ness conditions. He found all of the fac
tories In the auto supply business run
ning full time on orders from the middle
west. So far as the east is concerned the
automobile business, he says, Is stagnant
and people with cars are making their
old ones last over another season, where
heretofore they bought new outfits each
year.
News of the big crops In the wheat belt
of the United States has gladdened the
hearts of the New Englanders and Is do
ing much to stave off the quiet times
which they would bo fneng If they were
depending entirely upon trade In their
own immediate territory.
U. P. Wants Fund to
Exploit Country
Passenger Traffic Manager Fort of the
Union Pacific and the officials of the ad
vertising department are back from Salt
Lake City, where they attended a meet
ing of the advertising men of the Harl
man lines. While there they agreed upon
the sum of money that they desire for
exploiting tho country tributary to the
system during the next twelve months.
The requisition has gone to the New
York offices, where It will be considered
at the meeting of the directors this month.
If the sum is authorized, the Union Pa
cific will inaugurate and carry on a
boosting campaign next year with a view
to bringing in large numbers of settlers.
Enroute home J, P. Cummins of the
advertising department stopped off in
Colorado and did a few days' trout fish
ing. He is telling tales of the big catches
City Refuses to
Compromise Its
Suit With Scott
Request of former Gas Commissioner
O. A. Scott for a $500 compromise on his
suit against the city for injuries sus
tained when a city automobile In which
he was riding turned turtle was refused
by the city commission In committee of
the whole.
Evidence was offered to show that Scott
drew six months' pay after the Injuries,
and that he was paid while in the hospi
tal, and that he did not bring suit until
he was let out of the gas commissioner's
office.
Further, it was shown that Scott, who
was acting as director of street lights,
was in charge of tho automobile. In which
were several city councllmen. Former
City Councilman Burmester, who was In
the auto, appeared before the commis
sion for the city.
DOWN TOWN ALLEYWAY
TAXES ARE CANCELED
City and county taxes amounting to
over $1,009 on the alleyway from Sixteenth
to Seventeenth street, between the George
A. Hoagland and the Burgesa-Nash prop
erties, have beeen cancelled by decree of
Judge Willis Sears In district court. Mr,
Hoagland brought the suit In equity, cov
ering that part of the alley, twenty feet
wide, adjoining his property on the north.
By the court's decree, the city and
county are restrained from collecting
back taxes and future taxes on the alley
way, as long as it Is kept open to the
public The suit resulted from the fact
that the alley had never been formally
dedicated to the city.
Tlckllnar of the Throat
qufckly relieved, by Dr. King's New Dis
covery, the great cough and cold remedy.
A safe and sure medicine. We and $1.
All druggists; Advertisement.
Budweiser
The Beer for the Home, Hold, Club and Cafe
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