TUV. WEE: OMAHA. MOXPAY. APRIL 2(1. 1015.
Nebraska
MORE TAXES COME
UNDERJEW LAW
Million and Half Dollars Added to
Valuation by the Inclusion
of Mortgages.
ESTIMATE BY SEC. BERNECKER
From a Staff Correspondent.)
MSCOLN, April 2,-.-Speclal.)-The new
law passed by the last legislature taxing
real estate mortgages will brin Into the
treasury conFdderahle Increase In taxes,
adding about a million and a halt dollars
valuation to the assessment roll. accord
Inn to Secretary Hernecker of the State
Board of Assessment.
The estimate Is mnde by the secretary
on a one-fifth valuation which lie places
at $7,500,000. For several years banks and
truM companies have been Retting; around
the law and evading the payment of this
tax by subtracting from their capital
stock the amount they had Invested In
real estate mortgages. It Is generally
inipposcd that the tax was paid by the
mortgagor, but as a matter of fact the
mortgages were not listed for assessment
and thus escaped taxation, while on the
other hand the bank stock went untaxed.
The Smith law Is not repealed by the new
law, H. R. '292, the latter simply correct
ing the fault.
Nebraska Academy of
Science Will Visit
Fontenelle Forest
LINCOLN, April 2S.-(Speclal Telegram.)
The twenty-filth annual meeting of the
Nebraska Academy of .Sciences Will bo
held at Lincoln May 21. with a field ex
cursion to the Fontenelle forest, near
Hc-llevue, on Saturday, May 22.
The date of the meeting Is the birthday
of Pr. O. H. r.essey, chosen president of
Uir. academy at the meeting last year,
whose untimely death waa so sincerely
mourned by all, and especially by the
scientific directors In Nebraska. Empha
sis will he placed at the meeting upon
the botany section of the academy. The
principal address will be delivered by Dr.
George T. Moore, director of the Mis
souri Botanical garden at St. Louis. This
Ir one of the famous botanical establish
ments In the world, and Dr. Moore's ad
dress will deal with some of the methods
and seme of the things achieved there.
Appropriate exercises will be held pom
lremoiative of the life of Lr. Betsey at
the field exercises.
The field excursion to the celebrated
Fontenelle forest at Bellevue ia certainly
to be greatly enjoyed. This Is the most
Interesting historic and . scientific ground
within the state. A strong program for
other parts of the academy meeting is. al
ready assured, details of which will ap
pear later.
South Omaha Men
Shown Good Time
Out in Crawford
CRAWFORD, Neb., April 26. (Special
Telegram.) The South Omaha stockmen's
delegation of boosters arrived In Craw
ford this morning over the Burlington
and were met at the depot by the Cham
ber ,of Commerce band and given escort
by a large crowd of Crawford's promi
nent citizens. Mayor A. C. McLaln wel
comed the visitors in behalf of the city
and explained to them that Crawford had
no keys to give them, thm city being al
ways open to its guests. ,
Tho visitors were next placed in auto
mobiles and taken to Fort Robinson,
where Colonel H. O. Sickles and the
other officers of the post entertained
them royally at the Offlcera' club.
In the', evening ihe doors of the new
city hall were thrown open and the
guests were shown Crawford's latest im
provement and pride. The Military band
from . Fort Robinson came down and
Joined with the Chamber of Commerce
band in discoursing music during the en
tire day and evening. The visitors lett
on the Burlington In the evening far
OmshR, 'after expressing their delight
ard appreciation of Crawford's hospitality.
MRS. PETERS OF NORTH
PLATTE DIES OF BURNS
DOG POISONING IS CONTINUED!
Nine More Valuable Animals Given
Strychnine in West Part
of City.
Nebraska
TWO ARE SAVED BY TREATMENT
NORTH PLATTE, April 23.-(8peclal.)-Wtth
her clothing on fire Mrs. .T. W.
I'eters ran out of her house yesterday
calling for help. Neighbors "ran to her
agsiutance, but mere unable to ovettake
her before she sank to the ground. She
diej a short time later at the Good
Samaritan hospital. Mrs. Feters had
started to prepare the evening meal for
her family, and had attempted to touch
a match to the gasoline stove burner.
5aollne had leaked from the tank, caus
ing it to explode and throw oil over Mrs.
Peters.
Since the poisoning of three fine dog
In the West Fa mam dIMrlrt. nine
highly valued animals have fallen vic
tims to similar brutal work In two other
neighborhoods on the west hill.
Systematic sr.d dMlly work of the dog
poisoner ha become so extensive and
serious thnt the matter Is one of the
chief topics of conversation 'n that part
of Omaha. Owner of thoroughbred and
pet anininls have hecoaie alarmed and )
are offerlnq rewards for th arrest of j
the person responsible, but so far with- j
out result.
Two of the jioisoned doc were lucky
enough to be discovered In time to be
sived bv vigorous treatment. One of
tbOjin. "Koko," a spaniel belonging to Dr.
J. S. .Mexendrr. VV North Forty-first
street, bad been raved from poisoning
once before through prompt work by his
master. For the other, a MSndHome
greyhound helonRlni? to V. J. Hnycs, 117
North Forty-flryt. a veterinarian was
called In time to save Its life.
f lillilreil re Monrncr.
But sever, rt' gs own"d by citizens liv
ing In the neighborhood of Forty-sixth
and Oimii.K Mreets were not so lucky
and are now hetntf mourned by many
children, whose playmates they were.
Thrco of them belonged to Andrew Lund,
617 North Forty-eighth street, and the
others to Thomas F. Vaushan, '3 North
Forty-elehth street; William Woerner,
WIS Nicholns street; Arthur J. Carter,
"i!7 Lafayette avenue, mid C. TV Han
son, lorty-el;;hth and Lafayette ave
nuo. Itemard Offered.
II. J. Knudsrn. proeer at Forty-sixth
and Cuming street, says that dog
poisoning has become so common in that
part of the el'y that nil dog owners now
keep their animals tied ui. He says that
Hanson, who lost a highly valued and
much petted dog. offered a reward of Jf.0
for arrest of the party who set the
poison.
Strychnine was usrd In all esses, it la
said, and the poison is supposed to have
been placed in fresh meat. Carter, who
Is porter at the Hcnshaw and lost a
thoroughbred Scotch collie that came
from Nat Huston's kennel, declares he
found a piece of meat-stained butcher's
paper In the yard shortly after the dos
died. .
Just before these latest cases were re
ported, . valual le animals owned by
George K. Hnverstlck, Mrs. C. V. Axtell
and Mrs. C. W. Downs were poisoned In
the neighborhood -of Thirty-eighth and
Fortieth streets, near Harney, and a
coach dr.g owned by F D. Wrad, 502
South Fortieth street, wes Just barely
saved by a veterinarian.
Police are tryln? to find the guilty
culprit, who ia promised vigorous) prose
cution by over a dozen angry citizens.
GREAT IRRIGATION
PROJECTS SIGHT
Land Owners Under Fort Laramie
Unit of Pathfinder Canal Pro
ject Take Action,
URGES EFFICIENCY IN COURT
Head of Municipal Court of Chicago
Tells of Good Work of Psycho
pathic Laboratory.
200.000 CASES A YEAR THERE
PUT WATER ON 107.000 ACRES
GKrtlNG. Neb.. April 25. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A mass meeting of
land owners under the Fort Lara
mie unit of the Pathfinder govern
ment canal project held here last
night and all today, attended by
probably 500, Is regarded as bring
ing the commencement of this
$5,000,000 enterprise within sight.
Numerous additional land owners
have today pledged their lands and
the total area now signed in Ne
braska foots up over 22.000 acres
out of a necessary 26,000 acres.
Th: Wyomli.g area Is already secured.
This canal will add W7.000 acres to the
Irrigated section of the North rialte val
ley, all of which is on the south side of
the rler, and means rnllrad extensions,
more sugar factories and homes for treble
the present populntlon.
Judge Wlil R. King, chief counsel, and
H. L. I foliate, asslntynt counsel of the
reclamation service, were here from
Washington A. R. Honnuld. R. F. Wal
ters, Andrew Weiss and other western
reclamation officials. Congressman Kin
kail, Engineer Ross, Colonization Agents
Smith and Wheeler of the L'ninn Pacific
and other notifies tool; part In the pro
gram, which began with a banquet last
night and ended tonight after an all-day
session, which Is regarded as having
leen entirely successful In tlie point of
Influencing the signatures yet necessary
to secure starting of the work by the
government this summer.
An approrrlatlon of SljOflnn Is available
for exiK'nditure prior to July 1 and an
other appropriation of Smo.auo Is avail
able for the fiscal year then beginning.
Great enthuslptm prevails over the
roseate prof-pect for the Immediate future.
FUNERAL OF W. H. BANCROFT
HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral of W. TT. Bancroft, vice
president of the Oregon Short Line, who
died in Salt Lake City, was held In
Salt Lake City at 2:) o'clock Saturday
afternoon. The telegram snld nothing
about the disposition of the body.
Several of the I'nlon Pacific officials
had expected to attend the Bancroft fu
neral, anticipating tha. It would not be
held before, perhaps, Monday.
"The arcret of admlnietering Justice
efficiently under modern conditions. Is
business management for the courts,"
sal.l Chief Justice llany Olson of the
municipal court of Chicago. In his ad
dress at the banquet of the Noonday club
at the Commercial clni Saturday. Judge
Olson Is serving hie second term as head
of the largest single organised urban
court In the country.
"Chief among the devclopro-nts of this
court," he said, ''ate the domestic rela
tions court, now rapidly spreading, the
morals court, the boys' court, and so
forth. There are a dozen or more spe
cialized branches in the Chicago mu
nicipal court, all working harmoniously,
managed by Judges selected for their
particular woik by the chief Justice.
"The court now has thirty associate
Judges and handles something in excess
of 20(1.000 cases every year, ranging from
police court matters to commercial causes
Involving unlimited amounts.
ew Pairhoiiathlo l.aluiralori.
"The greatest accomplishment of all
doubtless Ilea in the establishment re
cently of the psychopathic laboratory,
headed by a director who has fitted him
self for the post by many years of study,
first In this country, later In Huron. It
la the first significant Instance of scienti
fic methoda being adopted by the Judi
ciary. The psychopathic laboratory In Ita
first year is proving Its Inesttmitb' worth
by assisting the court to sort from
the thousands of human beings who pass
through its clrmlnal branches), those who
are lacking in complete mental responsi
bility. The most sensational facts are
disclosed with unquestionable scientific
authority and precision.
"In the boys' court, for Instance,
through which passes every criminal
offender between the sgea of 17 and II.
It is found that a large per cent of these
novitiates in crime are only feeble
minded, that they are unfit to cope with
the dangers and hardship of competitive
life In great city, and that they break
down because of Intellectual weakness,
which unfits them for anything but the
simplest sort of work. Of the firot 245
boys examined S4.7 per cent were
definitely feeble-minded. These boys are
the ones who fill the tanks of ciime, if
left in the city. If given a protected
environment they may be useful and
productive and hapfy citizens.
"Of the women on trial in the morals
court. It Is disclosed that a large pro
portion, probably exceeding 60 per cent
are definitely feeble-minded, which means
that they will never become mature In
tellectually. They have the minds of
children. It becomes plain nt onre that
to permit Bitch unfortunate creatures to
have complete freedom is Impossible In
a community which Is devoting money to
the prevention of disease.
ASK AGREEMENT
ON SALE OF TIN
Smelter Buys Material from En
gland, but Has to Promise Will
Not Be Sold to Others.
NO EXPORT FROM UNITED STATES
The Western Smelting and-Tiffining
company, Omaha, must guaran
tff that all tin It gets from England
will be used here In manufacture and
that none of it will be exported to
any other nation than to Cireat
Britain.
A regular form of guarantee is printed
l the Piitlsh government anrt sent to
the agent in New York who Job tin to
the smelters. This form has Just i cached
A. H. Alrtrn. manager of th Western
Smelting and Refining company. niaha.
He has signed It. agreeing to the tctnia,
as the only way to Insure his continuing
to get Straits tin, whlc'i he munt have
from Knrland.
In the manufacture of solder, typ
metal, babbit metal, slab zinc, block tin,
pig lead, ingot lead and other products
which this plant manufactures, about W.
C00 pounds of Straits tin Is used annually
at this Omaha plant.
Following la the wording of the con
tract the company was required to sign
before It could be guaranteed Its supply
of tin:
His llrlltantc Majesty's Consul Oeneral,
New York: In consideration of your con
senting to dtitver to us of the tinia)
specified on page one, which we have
purchased from Winter, Son Co., we
the Western Smelting and Refining com
pany. hereby give von the following un
dtrtaktng, which shall remain In force
so long as Ureal Krltaln Is at war with
any Kuropesn power:
W will not export from the Cnlted
States any tin, or tin ore. whether the
same haa been Imported from the Mrltlsh
dominions or not, otherwise than to the
Cnlted Kingdom, or to a Rrltlsh posses
sion. We will not sell the tin, chloride of tin,
tin ore . now delivered by you to any
dealer, other person or persons, In the
I'nlted States, hut will use It for our own
msnufactuiing purposes.
The Rest Medicine for ( onabs.
The first dose of Dr. King's New Dis
covery helps your rough, soothes throat.
Get a bottle today. Wc. AH druggists.
Advertisement.
TOM HUGHES IN ST. LOUIS
HOSPITAL: BLOOD POISON
T. F. Godfrey, general stent of the
psswrnger department of the Missouri
Pacific, has gone to St. Louis to visit
Tom Hughes, traveling passenger agent
of the same road, who Is In the hnspltat
there.
Some four weeks ago one of Mr. Hughes'
shoes inhl'cd a blister on one of his
heels. It was opened and refused to
heal, after which he went to the hosplt.il
for treatment Now word comes from
there that uanaerene has made Its ap
pearance and that there are strong symp
toms of diabetes.
P.ent room quick with Bee Want Ad
can be rentedqulckly and cheaply by a
lie "For Rent"
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Miss Matle J. Rortenlauger has returned
home from St. Joseph's hospital. While
' there she underwent an operation for
j tonsllltls.
LEHIGH VALLEY
ANTHRACITE
THE COAL T1U T SA T1SF1ES
Mora Heat
y Lett Ah-No
Your Dealer.
Make Teething Easy for Baby
use I
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
A SPLENDID REGULATOR
PURELY VEGETABLE-NOT NARCOTIC
MISS ISABEL H0LBR00K
TO LECTURE ON THE0S0PHY
Miss Isabel Holbrook, one of the most
gifted lecturers on Theosophlral subjects,
who comes from Krotona. Los Anueles,
Oal., will apeak at the Theosophioal hall,
suite 701, Bee building, this evening at S
o'clock on the subject of "Prayer Occultly
Considered." Mlsa Holbrook has charge
ef the Krotona Institute at Los Angeles
and la much admired by Theoaophlsts for
her great knowledge of the occult.
WRESTLERS INTO TROUBLE
OVER DISPOSAL OF RING
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, April 15. (Special.) George
Mi Leod, a well known professional
wrestler was arrested yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Antlea charged with dis
posing of a diamond ring which was
loaned him by George Sauers, who made
the complaint.
The ring was sold to Tom Long, another
wrestler and It la alleged by Sauers that
the money has never been turned over.
Long refuses to give up tha ring claiming
that he bought it In good faith.
Mil Killed at York.
YORK. Neb.. April 26. (Special Tele
gram.) F. J. Miller of Chicago, about 17
tears of age was killed by Curling-
on train No. 42 two miles east of her
today. He was riding- the bumpers and
et tempted to climb to the top of a car,
when he fell to tha rails.
A reel fie Colas.
"If there la such a thing a a sped fie
r gainst colds. It ta to bs found In tha
Bleeping porch or tha open bed room.
Next to that cornea the cold sponge bath
In tha morning," says tho Touths Com
panion. Be aa careful as you can you
will occasionally take cold, and when
ou do you will find Chamberlain s Cough
Itemed y a great help In enabling you to
get rid of It. Try it 'Obtainable every
here. Ad vertlsement
iBlSil ,.
j ft
Tell your grocer
to send you a
package of
Krumbles
Don't tell the folks anything about
it beforehand.
Just serve KRUMBLES all around
at breakfast, with cream or milk.
Watch father and the children take
notice of the KRUMBLES flavor.
KRUMBLES is the new Wheat breakfast
food invented and perfected by W. K. Kellogg,
manufacturer of the original Toasted Corn Flakes.
A new idea a new method a new food
a new flavor, and a fine natural sweetness all
its own.
KRUMBLES is just introduced in this city.
Already it numbers its friends by the hundreds
all over town.
pac
In the. Kellogg's "Waxtite" n ,
kage grocers everywhere vr Ctrl lib
Look for this signature
T
11 WO
Tf? TTT)
that's all. Beer in Brown
Bottles and beer in light
bottles. One is known
to be pure; the other is
known to be impure
and unfit for use if light
reaches it and once
the cover: i$ : off. a. case
of light bottle beer, it
is exposed to light.
Schlitz in
Brown Bottle
is Kept Pure'
11
until it is poured into
your glass.
The light bottle brewer
hides behind a paper
lid and refuses you that
one guarantee within
his power purity.
9
Get Schlitz in Brown
Bottles, and you get
pure beer. Its quality
has been famous for
years; the Brown Bottle
perpetuates its fame.
See that crown is branded "Schlitz9
Phone Doug. 1597
Schlltg Bottled Beer Depot
723 8. 9th St., Omaha, Neb.
Phone 434
Hy. Gerber
101 S. Main SL Coimrll ninffa
Rpf?r
That Mode Milwaukee famous.
