THK 13KE: OM.UU, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1915.
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HEW LIGHT RATE
READY TO PASS
Chinrie Puzzle "Ready-to-Serve"
Clause" is' Restored to the
Ordinance.
LAMBERT FIGURES BIO SAVING
u
The electric light and power rate
ordinance bas boen recommended by
the city council, in committee of tfco
whole, for parsage at the regular
meeting this morning. The main
features of the measure are: Primary
rate reduced from 11 to 8 cents: sec
ondary rate, 6 to 5 Vi cents, for resi
dence lighting, and reductions from
11 and 6 to 8 and 5H cents for com
mercial lighting.
Assistant City Attorney Lambert
told the commissioners that this
schedule of rates would mean an ag
gregate reduction of nearly $150.
000 a year to patrons. The council
decided to retain th present system
of determining the primary, or Ini
tial quantity, based upon lamp , ca
pacity, and cut out the 60-cent mini
mum from the Dahlman ordinance.
Commissioner Ryder protested against
he ptuan of the ordinance Just before
an election and announced that ho re
served the right to have the matter re
considered at a later date.
On Invitation from the commlsfc'onera
Victor Roseweter expressed hla views,
declaring that the only fair way to de
termine the initial quantity Is on the
actual amount of current ueed aa meas
ured by a meter. Mr. Lambert said be
was inclined to believe there is a lot of
"piffle" In the "readiness to serve" sys
tem used by the light company In ch arg
il r the primary rata, but advised the
council nevertheless to stlclt to It. .
"Ther is no uniformity under the pres
ent lamp measurement system." said Mr.
Roeewater- "nothing to serve as a guide.
The readlncss-to-serve method is wholly
arbitrary. It leaves the company free to
charge anything they want for the Initial-quantity.
It might be well to make
several classifications, but each class
should be on a uniform basis."
Walt Till ttlerttnn la Over.
Mr. Ryder declared It is "poor business
and poor politics" to pass an ordinance
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hastily at this time. "I would prefer If
the council had the ,m,oral courage to
hold this over until after election."
Commissioner Butler Insisted - no snsp
judgment was' being taken; that he did
not see anybody appearing in the council
chamber demanding S-cent electricity.
. Mayor Dahlman and Attorney Lambert
stated that the flat S-cent rate promised
by the anti-administration candidates
would have the effect of actually In
creasing the revenue of the light com
pany nearly 100 per cent, as most of the
current ts now being sold tor less than
6 cents.
Power Hates. ' 1
- The new "schedule .contains these rates
for retail power: First 300 kilowatt hours,
reduced from l to S cents; next 400 hours,
reduced from & to 4H cents;, next 1,000
hours, reduced from to 3' cents.; excess
of 3,300 hours, ; cents per - hour1. -which ts
the present rate..' The rate for ."wholesale
power current was not revised Heattnv
and battery charges, reduced from 6 to
&4 cents: per hour. .. .- ,
The reductlpn of ( per cent for .payment
within ten days has been retained.
Attorney Lambert figures that the aver
age reduction will be About 15 per cent.
He cited as a typical residence case, one
In which, the monthly bills would be re
duoed about 30 per cent
New Stunts Pulled
Off in Big Parade
of 101 Ranch Show
"Ttey're rertalnty welt heeled for In
dian." eald a bystander, viewing the
101 Ranch S lid west pnr.tde on the street
of Omalm yesterday morning. And he was
right, for one would thln'. rucii .in aggre
gation of Indians had nt congregated In
one. spot since the lavs of Wounded
Knee.
Ani sUvh a collection of. new "ihaps.,"
buckskin shirts, bonded cuffs and raw
hide lariats. No there was not the bunch
of brown cloth painted to look like cow
hide and buckskin, but there were reel
buckskin shirts and cowhide "slisps."
Onl four Cossncks aiprarec In the en
tire parade, tt is easy to Imagine that
these wild warriors are hard to retain
In America today doing a galloping,
word-twirling feat for a few jitneys
day when there Is a chance to gallop
roughshod over the trenches west of War
saw and clip off real Instead of Imag
inary heads.
A new feature of the parade was the
warning of a huge flrsli-an.l-blood Texas
steer on a fenced platform tilgh on a
circua wagon. Two buffaloes were also
hauled thrmmh the streets In the same
manner.
The clanking circus w>iis drawn oy
eight gleaming white horses, the half
dozen bnndr. the painted clowns and the
callope were features of the long parade
that drew tfie attention of the boys.
Big Touring Car
Turns Turtle on
the Millard Road
A big touring car containing six per
sons turned turtle on the road near
Millard some time between 8 and o'clock
Sunday evening, and several of Us oc
cupants were more or less Injured. The
car ts said to have been driven by Miss
Agnes iHiffy, and In tho party were re
ported Miss Nell Lovely. Miss McCaffrey
aand C. Fostor, and two other young
men whose names could not be learned.
Mr. Foster was reported to have been
the most severely Injured, suffering sev
eral cuts and bnilases. Miss McCaffrey
was also scratched considerably. Itow
the car happened to turn turtle Is unknown.
Minister Declines
to Give Out Cards
With Biblical Lore
Chairman Flynn received from a Pro
testant minister,' whose name, is not be
ing disclosed, a package of 850 unad
dressed envelopes containing the names
of the "Big 6ix" on cards and printed
slips and bearing a Bible reference,
"Wherefor, brethren, look ye out, men
of honest report, full of wisdom, wrsjm
ye may appoint over this business."
This minister told. Mr. Flynn he de
clined to distribute the envelopes to his
congregation Sunday, because he does
not believe It Is fair to make himself a
party to the printed Inference that only
one set of men are of "honest report and
full of wisdom,"- when there are other
who are also honest and who have wisdom.
P. 0. Receipts Show
' : Big Increases Here
An Increase of ever 13 per cent in
April postoffiee receipts la reported by
Assistant Postmaster Jamee I. Woodard,
ahlef of the finance division of the local
department.; This year the total receipts
for the month were I13S.76S.96, as against
SHB.Si4.s7 in April. 1914, an Increase of
114,438.29. or tf.S per cent ,
MRS. W. A- SMITH HEADS
SADLER CHAPTER OF D. A. R.
Mrs. William Archibald Smith was
elected regent of the Major Isaao Padler
chapter of the Daughters of the Amer
Incan Revolution.' at a meeting held Sat
urday' at the public library. Mrs. Smith
replaces Mrs. R. K. McKelvy, who was
the organiser and first regent of the
chapjter. Mrs. K. 8. De L.auney Is the
vice regent; Mrs. F. K. Hanforlh, re
cording, secretary; Miss Caroline Tarka
low, corresponding secretary;-Mrs. J. P.
Weir, reglstraft Miss Minnie Kldrldge.
treasurer; Miss Ida Crcwell, historian,
and Mrs. Earl E. tanleld, chaplain.
Mrs. Smith, who Is In the east attend
ing the Daughters of the American Revol
ution' congress and tho' meeting of the
Daughters of 1813, returns home Tuesday
morning. .,..
Germs Can't Stay
With This Treatment
No Impuritie Car Retain
A Foothold They're
Driven Out
SWEDISH SINGERS ARE
GIVEN AUTOMOBILE RIDE
The action of a 8. &. the famous blooA
purifier, la direct from the moment It
enters the stomach. Unlike food thaj
must be acted upon by the digestive
juices, B. a 8. goes at once Into the
blood, and In less than five minutes bas
traversed the entire circulation.
It now rapidly spreads Its medicinal
action in the fine network of blood ves
sels and is like giving the blood a
thorough bath, to overcome, ecsema.
blood risings, bolls and other eruptive
conditions. It can not harm any part of
the system. It does not lodge In the
Joints as do mercury, arsenlo and other
minerals frequently to be found I
blood remedies. It is a natural medi
cine for the blood, Just as essential to
health If germs have gotten the upper
hand as is nutritious food if aftar a
spell of sickness the body calls for nour
ishment. Wherever you go you are
sure to meet some one who ussd 8. 8. 8.
! for the blood and is willing witness
to Its wonderful power to overcome
blood troubles. Tou csn obtain 8. 8. 8.
In almost any drug store In the V. 8.,
a significant fact as to its worth and
Its sterling reputation. Get a bottle
today. It will do you good. Write to
The Bwlft Specific Co.. 104 Bwlft Bldg..
Atlanta, Oa., If the directions with the
bottle do not fully cover your case,
Swedish business -men of Omaha and
Houth Omaha on Sunday entertained
Joel Mossberg of Chicago and members
of the local Swedish singing society with
ai automobile ride about Omaha. The
singers, gsve several numbers st the
Florence pumping station and at Im
manuet hospital and were served a lunch
at the Swedish auditorium. Mr. Moss
berg expects to return to Omaha next
year -when the Swedish musical festival
Is staged.
ONLY SIX CASES OF TYPHOID
, . FEVER HERE THIS YEAR
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During the first four months of this
year there were only six rases of typhoid
fever reported to the health office. .
The following contagious disease rasee
were reported during April. Kcarlet
fever, twenty-sis; dtptherla, twenty-one;
measles, 129; typhoid, two; smallpox,
twenty-pne; chlckenpox. twenty-four.
SAFETY FIRST
The low percentage of
alcohol purposely main
tained In the brewing of
this beer is helpful to
' the system.
i Cfteuctnae Bre4tisCoLsCrous.U'lsUJA.
LEACH St Vrlrt SANDT
Wh4eMi (HstrUxnors
HIS. im St. Caaba, Metav
fHOfte . DoaslastllS.
PIONEER OMAHA WOMAN DIE
Miss Ella Bracken Falls on Street
and Expires at Her Room
Shortly Afterward.
well known Church worker
A few minutes after she asserted, "Fin
all right again," following an attack of
heart failure near Sixteenth and Far
nam streets at noon. Miss Ella Urackln,
a pioneer Omaha church woman, died
In her apartment at the Marley hotel.
She was 61 years of age, the second
daughter ef the 1st J. It. Urackln.
founder of F"ort Lawrv cemetery, and
was quite wealthy from holding resi
dence properties all over Omaha, left her
by her father. At one time the family
lived at Fourteenth and Davenport
streets, the present site or the Crelghton
Medical college.
In 14 when Miss Praekin was 2
yean old, the family emigrated from
Carrolltnn, O , her birthplace, an. I made
the entire trip to Omaha overland In an
old-fashioned carriage. On the day they
Intended to start. Miss Urackln fell down
stairs and suffered a fractured skull.
which delsyed their trtp to Nebraska J
severs! months. They first settled at
Florence, where the father engaged In
bustneea. The Forest lawn Oamalery
lands weYe one of the farms he acquired.
Owned Considerable Property.
Miss Brackin's property is said to be
worth 175,000. Mrs.' Anna J. Hueetia, a
sister, living at IU1 Dinney street. Is
the only surviving membe rof the family.
retailed directions for her funeral were
left by Miss brackln, including the order
that she be burled In Forest lawn ceme
tery, formerly her father's farm. In
rlothta which she bad packed away for
the purpose. Ehe had suffered severely
from heart trr-ubte for many years, and
made all preparations for death, which
she confided to Mrs. Kdwln Hart Jenks,
wife of the pastor of the First Presby
terian church, of which Mies lirackln
was an early member.
Ken Flewera en Pnlnlt.
One of her special church Interests wee
to keep the i ulplt supplied with ftesfc
flowers, which she carried to sick mem
bers of the congregation after each Run
day morning serv ice. Hhe was also active
In the Ladies' Missionary society and
head of the home visiting department f
the Sunday school. '
Her fatal attack of heart trouble began
at 11:10 o'clock this morning In front of
the gchllts hotel on Sixteenth street
Robert rempster, an elder of her church,
hapiwned to be passing. He end Paul
Doane cf tr.e Electrlo Garage company
removed Miss jjrackln to her rooms at
the Harley. On the way she remarked
that she felt all right again, UUt shortly
after that she became urioonsclous and
died before Dr. W. 3. tlibbs reached the
bedside. She attended church Sunday
morning, but an attendant had to be
called to oars for her In the afternoon,
although she felt well enough Monday t
morning to venture downtown alone
CHERRY SISTERS SWEAR
OFF BURLESQUE SHOWS
The perennial Cherry Ulster. Kffle
end Addle, have sworn off Never again
will they appear uion the hurleiue
stage.
"We are refined artists and romi-dlan.
We have been appreciated wherever we
have played all over Iowa." declared
Kffle, the spokesman of the dun.
F.ffle has also spring Into the author's
class. 'Nobody's Che-e-tld," a thrllllnt,
melodrama In five acts, la her master
piece. Kffle threatens in become des
perate and produce the thing herself If
she haa to coax eaatern producers any
longer to put It on .
Vffle and Addle, all that remains en
the stage of Klla. t.lazte and Jeasie
Cherry, are Cedar Ttapids stock, who
claim to have first rsssyed Thespian
rolee twenty years ago. They are rlay
Ing at the Oayely this week.
ion rooms si the city 'bell, for sll the i
women who have been acwins Indue- '
trtouely during the winter months and
for sll Inlrreated In the VMtTg Nurses'
work. i
rol lTlt l. lllVKItTHIM..
rni.iTicu. sn :nxistn.
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VISITING NURSES TO GIVE
TEA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
The April reports for the Visiting Nurse
association show 1.143 calls made upon
Sn patients during the month. T(ie work
U under the direction of Miss Bess Ran
dall.
The board of directors of the Visiting
Nurse association will give a tea Wednes
day afternoon at 4 clock In the assoela-
POMT1CAI. ArtVHRTISINn.
Thomas L'cGovern
Candidate for
Re-elootion as
City Commissioner
I at prvstMit in charge of tht
loparlintMit of Public lin
provoinrnt).. He bas proven
himself to be an honest, ef
ficient and evononiieal offi
cial, and worthy of the sup
port of all who believe in a
full return for every dollar
of the people's money.
Vote for Him Hay 4
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5 Chas. H. Withnell
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-for-
City
Commissioner
VOTE FOR
DAN. B. BUTLER
(Preaent Commi$$ioner of Finance)
FOR
City
Commissioner
He Has Made Good Look Up His Record
Election May 4th
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Vote fOE:
JOE L0TZ RELEASED BY
CARDS TO SEATTLE CLUB
Joe Lots, former Bourke hurter, has
been sent back to the minors by the St.
Louis Cardinals. Iots was released to
the Prattle club of t-e Northwestern
league. Lets went up to the Cards from
Oshkosh. He went to Oshkoan from
rcsnd Island, to which rlub he was re
leased by Rourke.
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Joseph
B.
Hummel
FOR
City
Commissioner
In the Omaha Daily News of Saturday
last appeared the following editorial statement:
"No wonder, then, that the electric light
company is echoing the Commission's slogan:
"Let Well Enough Alone", and is found vigor
ously supporting every man of them." .
That statement is unqualifiedly false in
word, and in spirit.
The Omaha Electric Light & Power Com
pany is a purely commercial organization; a
public service and public-serving corporation.
It is deeply interested in the growth and
welfare of Omaha.
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It is not interested in any party or faction.
It does not "echo" anybody's slogan.
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It does not support and is not supporting
vigorously or otherwise any candidate for
any office.
It has no place in politics, desires no such
place and would not have it if it could.
And it will not hereafter be silent when it
is slandered. Whenever it can locate the liar it
will n6t hesitate to tell him that he lies.
GEO. H. HARRIES,
President Omaha Electric Light & Power Co.
For recommendation
investigate his record
in the Department of
Parka during the past
three years.
: Election May. 4.
CANDIDATE FOR
City GommiGGioner
ELECTION
, MAY 4th
Mr. A. C. Kugel. ai super
lotendent of police, sanitation
and publle safety, seeking re-
election, needs no introduction
to the cltr of Omaha.
HI record as superinten
dent of street cleaning- and
, maintenance waa - a. sufficient
guarantee of hla interest in
our city's welfare; aa superin
tendent of police, sanitation,
and public- safety, bis record
haa been ; built on the same',
architecture aa bta plana were,
drawn when he started out In
bia first position given him un
der the commission form of
government.
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ernes
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CANDIDATE
FOR CITY
COMMISSIONER
Election
Hay 4th
The roles of the people of
Omaha, "whose) confidence I
hare never betrayed,' will be
apprM'iated on Muy -tth
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