THK HKI-J: DMAITA. T1T.NIAY. MAiHII '2. VjTi
COUNCIL TO LOOK
INTO BREAD CASE
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Hold i Ordinance in Abtyance Fend
inf Receipt of Information
from Other Cities.
LOCAL BAKERS ADVANCE ALIBIS
After hearing expression, pro and
con, with reference 1o a proponed
ordinance on the weight of a loaf of
bread, the city council committee of
the whole decided to hold the matter
In abeyance for two weeks, pending
the receipt of Information on the Hub
Jest from other cities.
The ordinance now up for reconsidera
tion provides thnl the laker insv
loaree of any weight, providing the
weight nd name of linker are marked
on the wrapper of eah leak. The bakers
want thia ordinance patsed, their -major
promise being that tiny prefer to main
tain the S and 10-cent 1 1 Vm and change
the weights according to pi he vt flour
nd oilier manuf.-i.t tiring consideration.
John Grant Tetc. rl'y rmler of weights
and tnessure. defended the existing or--dlnarve,
which fixes th weight of bread
at sixteen and thirty-two ounce. lie
characterised the proposed nrw orillti
anoe aa unfair. I
' Defy the Law.
'Tha bakera have defied the law hy ;
marking loaves 'over thirteen ounces'
nd 'over twenty-six ounrea.' Tha house
wlrea Of the city ar watching , thla
situation closely. The public want to
know what It la getting when the money
la paid. The tendency of federal, state,
and municipal lawe to adopt ' weight
standards. For Instance, the weight of a
bnshl of potatoes In 'fixed by law at
sixty pounds. The bakera ssy they can
not raise the price If It Is necessary.
They can get toegther to decrease weights
and' they can also get together If they
want to Ofi the pries rroposltlon," de
clared Mr. Tegg.
'Maay Itlseas Interested. I
Inspector Pegg says he has received
scores of telephone falls from rltisens
who urga him to fight for the existing
bread ordinance and to fight the passage
of the proposed ordinance which was
placed on file by the city council nearly
two ysara ago.
Superintendent Thompson of the Rlver
vlew Horn advised Mr. Tegg that he has
a contract for bread weighing sixteen
ounces and be now discovers that the
haker la dellvoring loaves many of which
weigh only twelve ounces. This contract
will be annulled at once.
Finds 1'eu-Oance Loaf.
Since the expose publ'.sned In The Bee
last aturday, various grocers and others
have telephoned ' Mr. I'egg stating that
they have found bread marked "Over
thirteen ounces," weighing twelve ounces
and even leas. Mr. Peg told the clly
council he weighed one of theeo thh teen
ounce loaves a week ago and learned that
the actual weight was only ten ounces.
City Comm'pslnner J. B. Hummel In
quired whether It might ne possible that
bakers are -applying apothecary
Colored Lad is
Caught in Act of
Robbing Pawnshop
As Officer I'nt Coffey was reporting In
from the patrol Ikx at Fourteenth and
1 tiglaa streets, he heard the sound of
hreuklng elms coming from the pawn
shop of I. FrledniHn at 1321 Pouglas
street. 1'pon hurry In lo the s cne t'of
fey discovered Arthur Jackson, atlns
Kdgur Warren, a l'J-yesr-old co lined lad,
making a haul through a window he had
hroken. Jackson docked back Into the
store when he s;iw t'offey. The officer
called the station and Officers Wheeler,
Haiimnn and McDonald responded, with
the ri ult that the four made a rush on
the store and raptured the lad, who had
considerable Jewelry and a camera In
his rioesespion.
NEW PROPOSITIOn
' FOR AUDITORIUM
Rome Miller, at President of Com
pany, Offers it to City for the
Actual Indebtedness.
COUNTY INSISTS
ON FULL WEIGHT
Has Contract for One-Pound Loaves
of Bread at Less Than Three
Cents a Pound.
CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL ACT
COST TWO CENTS LAST YEAR
the
Douglas county wll enforce its
contract with the IT. P. Stpam Bak-
i lng company for the purchase of one
j pound loaves of bread at 2 1 5-1 6 cents
per loaf, and will insist upon full
weight, according to notification gent
the company by letter by Commie
aioncr Frank Beat. The county
buys about 7,000 loaves per month
for use at the county hospital and
poor farm and at Rlvervlew home
for children.
The bid on which the contrail wns let
e ns submitted Isst January by the linking
company which undertook to furnish all
the bread wanted by the county nt the
price named.
"We will not Insist that onc-i ouna
loaves lie linked for un." said Mr. Hest,
"but all bread purchased will he weighed
and any shortage In the weight or 'oaves
must bo made up.
"Wo are able to proceed under our con
tract Independent of the city's regula
tion. The situation confronting the bak
ery la one always likely to arise In con
tract business since prices of raw ma
terials are always subject to Incesses
Last year we bought bread for 2 cents
per loaf."'
Mr. liesfa letter notified the cumpan
Hat bread received for the county will
bo weighed In tlie future.
Many City Schools
Have Too Many Home
Trained Teachers
Home Miller, announcing himself
as president of the Auditorium com
pany, and saying thathe appeared
In the interests of the citizens at
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uniaoa, went oeiore ins vny iuuiimi
committee of the whole and made a i
proposition that the city vote bonds
for the acquirement of the Auditor
ium property on basis of the act-si
Indebtedness, which at this time a
approximately $150,000.
.ew Proposition.
The first offer from the Auditorium
tompany was H."i.0 and the second prop
osition tai I1".i00. The voters retcct'.d
a bond proposition. !
Accompanying Mr. Miller to the city J
hall were T. Uyrne and A. C. hnlth. I
Mr. Miller placed the present valuation ;
of the Auditorium property at Xfiw.
When a written proposal shull hsT.
liern received In writing the city com-'
mlanloncrs will tske action. !
'resident Miller announced the Indebt-1
eclncss of the Auditorium company ss fol
lows: First mortgage bonds, VOA. held
by the First Trust and Savings bank of
I hleago; second mortgage bonds, 147,7(10,
due In 191 and held by local parties: note
iiulstsndlng, 112,100; tax certificates held.
1I7,70ij; accounts payable, 7,3o3: als'. In
terest on bonds and other debts.
Foreclosure Procredlna,
It was explained that the First Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago has starts I
foreclosure proceodlngs. Mr, Miller asm
the company he represented womu he
willing to accept the actual amount of
indebtedness to the penny for the f rop
erty. I
The representatives of the Audtti rtura
company declared that if thia property,
should go to outside parties It would be
but a short time until the citizens would
be clamoring for . another auditorium.
They contended thst this Is an oppor
tunity for the people and they expressed
confidence that the voters would approvs
a bond issue on the basis now proposed.
Commercial Club
Members to Vote
on Light Question
A Youngster at Fifty
The man who wants to be young at fifty must stop
digging his grave with his teeth. He must cut out the
M high-pro teid diet" and' eat cereals, fruits and fresh
vegetables instead of heavy meats.
Slhuredded WMeafi:
contains the greatest amount of tissue - building,
strength-giving material in a digestible form the
maximum of nutriment at lowest cost Keeps the
brain clear, muscles strong and supple and the bowels
healthy and active.
Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits, heated In the oren to restore crUpneis,
served with hot milk or cream, make a complete, nourishing, satisfying
5??i,!5.toW..co,l.rf Jiv or ix cent' Also delicious .with fruits.
TRISCUIT is Jthe Shredded Wheat Wafer, eaten aa a toast with butter or
oft cheese, or as a substitute for white flour bread or crackers.
Made only by The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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weight instead of avoirdupois weight. lis
did not get a response from any of tho
bakera present. . .
P. F. Peterson of the Union Paclflo
tiakery, aald 'the bakera are asking for
relief "so we muy know where we are.
at. He aald, "We want to be fulr with
tha people." .
Wald.RaUe Price,
C. W. Ortman, another baker, declared
that If the bakers are required to mako
l.iteen and thlity-two-ounce loaves, they
will be compelled to raise tha prices, ii.
E. Kuennc said that conietltiun with
housewives hits been one of the revolu.
tionary causes In the baking business In
iccent years. He snld the bakers want
to bake better bread and smaller loaves
J. J. Marker of hotith Omaha contended j
mai me mea or maHinu the wel
bread elastic and stamping the
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Tha city commissioner, war. not .. ! "'..m' M" "
cllned to enter Into any discussion on tho . . J . 1. r",rt.v-tl.ree cities .how.
subject. A largo drlcgetlcn of hakcis
aaa present.
Four grocers have been cited to appear
In the polios court Tuesday morning to
answer chargea of selling bread at less
than the weights Indicated on the wrap
pers. It la expected tliat at thesu hcar-
iiaonm will nave been asenreri
JVofeef f . f - ' rZX7tT?
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-""M.u.a- io tne miieKii. tl-.at H.-.lilmore
and I'steisou huve the snit.ll.st ,,rpor.
ti-n of teachers f r ,m outside sources.
Hhll.i Ntwark, Clelsed nnd Itochestor,
lirmii.,am and Umaha have tho largest
prrccnlsge of l.achcn. trained elsewficre.
Viipvilntendrnt K. I'. nraf of
' , c ...-.-ii sveuren f,
against the baker of bread sold by theso " '"'""c ' st.,tes tt he Imi
grocera. ' P'v-' mtestloii n.u h thought
lie does, not know what propoitlm of hii
VAN DEUSLN AND FLEMING
IS NEW DETECTIVE TEAM
'The Commercial club membership Is to
vote b- baMot on whether or not that
body shall endorse the Saunders electric
l'ght1 bill now before the legislature.
Within thirty-six hours from this
, morning every one of the 1,(100 members
t ; oi me ciuo is to nave in nia possession a
WAKlilNaTuN, Verdi A ,ltv m'sv I b"""t ntlnlnf a place for "Ms vote and
el.y have toe much "home talent" in " a-rord ""mcnt on either side of the
Us teaching fc.rce. , a result of prefer- I ',,","u"n- Thc b"llot n,,l be voted and
ence for graduates ot Its own teachers' '"nt 'm'k to ,he tl,,b w,t,,,n twcli'y-f'"-training
hol. according to a statement ! htM"'': of th" rc 'rlpt of tho ba,lot ' ll,e
today hy ti e Ktdcral Uureau of l.duca-! r"
tl.,n " The losrd of directors of the rluh .i '.
No greater misfortune . apeclal meeting made these arrungemcnts.
The meeting was called when IW mem
bers petl'loned the executive commltlce
and the hoard of dtrectoia for a referen
dum vote on tho electric light matter, as
ttiey ware not satisfied with the action
of the board, which opposed the bill,
to 1
it tlie meeting Charles Sherman, mem
ber of the board of directors and member
of th'i Metropolitan Water hoard, which
is. by the proposed Villi to be given power
to go into the electric lighting business,
ssuured the board oflllrcetora thst I he
sis hits of the petition would be satisfied
wth a referendum vote taken by mall
Jimt as well as tiirough an open meeting
of the cluh. On receiving this assurance,
tlie board overwhelmingly voted to have
ballots sent out on the matter.
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Ask for imi zmMMm
TL Food Drink fur all AfM Otieri are Imitation
ORIGINAL
GENUINE
Let Thc Bee et you u good job.
"Situations Wanted" . ads 1 arc- free
misfortune can coma to
any school system than to have a steady
Inbreeding jr home talent." thc statement
de lares." Tho Honrd of Kducailon should
hislet- upon the selection of at least one.
third of the new teachers cue Ii jear from
outside tho illy limits. The preference
In appointment for local pre ri nates is not
always In tne 'Interest of the school sys
tem. To say ttwit a tenc),er must suffer
the ivnnlty of ben r .-minted less
WiM-lhy becnus.. .o hta graduated from
i-o-m otlu-r trnlnlnu shool than the one
In the Hty al ,P ai-pllcaflon Is made for
ah o1!1 " -trBtmlP healthy compe-
"1 i,,,,n " I'Meher.. Inbreeding Is to--"I"l,day
the l,i,t f a B1Tt , .
roteetive John Fssanowskl. who hs
Wn off duty for nive than two months
owing to a severe attack of appendicitis,
has reported for work.
The detective teama have been rear
ranged owing to the murder of Tom Ulng,
and henceforth Edward Flmlng, who
worked with Prank Murphy, will pair
with Charles Van feusen. former partner
of Ulng. whll Frank flooney, rtlng's
successor, will work with Frank Murphy.
teaching staff Ii of "outside" classifica
tion, lie eplHlni that tho Hoard of Edu
cation, exacts requirements and alma to
gel the best teachers. He estlmatea that
about forty teucliera are hired each year
and that about ten are from the teach
ers' training class maintained by the local
school board.
DISTRESSING
RASH
Meat Injurious
to the Kidneys
Take a talle-.Hnfiil of Halts Jf llark
( " hurts or Rliutdcr txulii re Meat ,
forms uric acid.
TS'e are a nut Inn of mt esters and our
blood is filled with uric add, says a well
known authority, who warns ua to be
constantly on guard akalnst kidney
trouble.
Tha kidneys do their utmost to free the
blood of this triltattng acid, but become
weak from tiie overwork: tiny get slug
gish; the diminutive tissues clog and thus
the waste Is retained In the blood la
poison tlie entire system.
When your kidneys u.-lie and feel like
lumps of lead, and you have stinging
pains In the back or tho urine ts cloudy,
full of sediment, or the bladder la Irrit
able, obliging you to seek relief during
the nlght.x alien voii 1 severe head
achea. nervous snd dtxsy stella. sleepless
Imss, acid sUmiach or rlieumatlm In bad
Chtl.er. i;et from your pharmacist about
four ouu. es of Jad fU. take a table
poonful In a s',as of water before break
Tsst ea h morning and in a few daya
"'our kldnva will act fine. Thla fumous
lt Is tiisde from th-t si Id of K'spea and
Vmon Julci, combined with llthia, ind
baa been utd for genet allons to flush
and stimulate rlo&ged kidneys, to bcu
trslise tin his In urine so it is no longer
a source of Irritation, thus ending uil
tiry and bladder C.-auCvh,
Jsd Hlts Is inexpenxlve and canno In
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
litl U-wslrr d-lnk. snd iiotnnly tan mske
a mistake by taking a little occassional! y
to keep the kidneys clean and active--Jtdvei
llecjnecC
Prisoner in Police
Court Works Judge
Britt forDouble Jit
Irvine Attcrbmy. ariHltn,.! i., ,.u.
court on .a ili.no of panhsndlln. i
in. IihU. n,......, 1.1. M .
.. ...... umi ins ireeuom, but auo-
ceded lit getting Judge !rilt to glvs hlir,
a dime.
....r.uury ue. iure.1 lie had just flnlwhco i
a sentence in the county kl .i hM i
made up his mind to go to tii -nwood, la , j
t.,,t- empiuymeni pad been promlseu 1
him. The only oney he had was Mold. '
from him by prisoners In the county Ji, I
and be was arrested while s curing thi
necessary amount to take him t th. !
Iowa town. j
"1 11 go there rWlit awav. Judge. ,f jou '
will turn me loose." pleaded Altcrbury. '
"Have you got enough tu get you '
there?" asked Krltt. e !
"Well, not exactly. Judg-. I need ont I
more dime," replied the rrlsoner. And!
the judge coughed up. '
COVERED FACE
Head and Ears of Child. Kept Get
ting Worse. Verv Irritating. Face
Quito Disfigured. Used Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Trouble Entirely Healed.
flay Center, Neh. "t want to tell what
Cuticura Hnap and (Hntment has done for
my Utile girl. Her face, head and ears were
lust completely covered
with a sore eruption. It
made its appearance In the
form of a rash and kept get
ting worse and spread until
her face and ears were al
most a solid mass, very Irri
tating and causing great
Itching and distress. It
made her restless at nia lit
and her face waa quite disfigured.
" I tried different remedies suggested but
nothing we did brought any rslief. Finally
1 decided t give Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment a trial. 1 wash her fare with Cuti
cura Heap, dried It lightly and applied Cutl
rura Ointment. I could notice an improve
ment with the first application and in two
weeks' tiiuethetroubieeaaeotirely healed," -(Signed)
Mrs. u. O. Slick, July at, 19M.
Sample Each Tree by Mall
With ;ia-p. Skin Book on request. Ad
drew postcard "CuMrura, Dspt. T. Boe
toa." Hold throughout the world. ,
MRS. HENRIETTA ENGLISH
DIES HERE ON SUNDAY
La. Grippe and Colds
!' ?Grtppe and Colds, Anll-kamnta(A-'
Henrietta rnuii.h .ti. u.. i faoieia are unexcelled, ma vney atop me
at her h. ?. ! .t , ' tna. aooihe the nerves. and bring the re.t
at her home at 1 ortloth and II. mil ioVsatly o.eded by nature to restore the
trceta. aged Ttears. She Is aur-! aystem to health, i'byslcians have used
these tablets for over twenty years, in the
irestmenl of colds, foveri and la grippe, and
hare found no other remedy mors userui la
these conditions. Anll-kamnia Tablets are
so Ineipeoslve. ac pleasant to take, so ist-sta-jlory
In their reiults,and so useful In all
rondttl6nt where there Is pain, that A-K
i TablnJk should alwart bo kepi In the bouse
Mrs.
right
toa streets,
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" "T niiaren. rour or whoui llvs
In Omaha. These are Arthur Kngliah,
attorney In the Urandeu, Theater biilldl
lng; Mrs. HavlU Mufafferty, Mrs. Ad.lla
fanning snd Mrs. lilumhe Heigle.
One son. O. B. Kngllsh lives In
.nii sKO. ana snot in r. 1 A. Knglish
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to
., .. .. . in. ,,. colds. bT elaauslns tha avst
r-tnnner. M O,, the former home. Th. I .n. uu..,-i....i . ih.r.
body Is to be taken tu Scrlbner Tuesdsy Wo, putting the patient o a limited diet, ao4
for burial theiw In the afternoon. J administering one A-K tablet every two jr
' ' three hours. This (raatinvnt will usually
rrwasitt Actla Will ao mr j break up tue worst case lo a day or two,
I WwBsu while In milder cases, ease and eomtort tol-
v.r v.. r,i...l... . low almost jmouedlauly. These tablets are)
Ir. Mng g New Discovery will stop your to on.,,,,,.,, ,or W;uralgta, Kh.om.ue
coiuh. The first duse hslps. Good for Fains, The Fains ol Woman. IndlgssUu
children. All druggists. jOc. Advertise- and lusoninia. Ail druggist by taeui.
m"nt Casir A-K aMe i (As rK sk
Ives In U Angeles. -Mr. Eiiklish cami i ,0' t"1" of need. Many f our ablvst
o Omaha i,,i, . . .... - pkygiclans obtain pertecu resul.s In la grippe
cH. ee v r ! , 5 ",'0 ,rom end colds, by el-oslng the aystem with 4
Mrlbner. ,cb the former home. Tha I .m ui. . .nnd .h.r.
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