Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 13, 1915, Page 13, Image 13
TrTR BKK: OMAHA. FIJI DAY, AUGUST 13. 1015. 33 ( IIETCALFE FAVORS FIRE BOX SKSTEI1 jdeclarei Reasons Advanced in Op poiition to New Sytem by Xupel Uot Sufficient WOULD REDUCE UrSURASCE That the reasons Police Commis sioner Kugel adrances In opposition to the proposed installation of a $136,000 system of fire alarm boxes la Omaha Are not sufficient Is the contention of Secretary. J. W. Met calfe of the Associated Retailers of Omaha. "Mr. Kuirel contends that the assur ance of reduced insurance rates Is toe Indefinite." says Metcalfe. "Neverthe- less, Townsend, the official, engineer of the National Underwriters, whose word is law with the underwriters, ' came be freo the council and reported that the In stallation of this system would . Imme diately place Omaha in the second classi fication of fire Insurance rates. If his word is not good oo the subject, whose word does Kusel want?. - "At the same tuna. Local Representa tive Bee son of the .National Under writers said the Installation of this sys tem would make a reduction of from 10 per cent to U per cent our Insurance rates. Thus the reduction would amount each year to $5,000 more than the upkeep sf the system. Surely that Is worth while. ' "Mr. Kugel points to the ,use of the telephone in turning In fire alarms. As a matter of fact, in the down-town busi ness district all places are closed after a certain hour of the night,, and no one t an get at the telephones. : "We know that there is no more effi cient fire department than that of pmaha, when the department once gets on the ground, but on account of our poor alarm system they fall to get there as quickly as they should. The annual loss by fine per capita of population In Omaha, is far above the average In all the cities In the United States. This Is (because the system of alarms is deficient, not because the department is Inefficient. -Mr. Kugel also ssye that if the new system were Installed, the down-town business district would be the part prin cipally benefited, while the outlying communities would be no better oft than before. Even if that were true. It would be worth while to have the fire hazard reduced In ' the business section, for it would do that much toward making the cost of doing business lees in Omaha, and the cost of doing business Is at present keeping some prospective firms from coming in hers." , Mr. Metcalfe has a letter from Minne apolis, quoting Superintendent Morrison of the alarm system of that city, saying: VAs a matter of service, the Independent cabins are- preferable, but under the cir cumstances and as a' matter of economy to the city., the free service given by the telephone company Is of value." ' . Mr. Metcalfe ponta out that the tele phone,' fire alarm service ' la Omaha I not xree.'ks it is In Minneapolis. "Bums Kerosene and Docs Its Work Easily r .1 ! t j e .4 T v. 'THE WATERLOO BOY IS 8HOWINO UP WELX, IN THE DEMONSTRATION. Diarrhoea ftalcklr Cured. "About two years ago 1- had a severe attack of diarrhoea which lasted for over a week," writes W. C. Jones. Buford, N, X. "I became so weak that I could not stand jpprtsht. A druggist 'recommnnded Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea. Remedy. - The- first dose relieved me and within two days I was as well as ever.'; Obtainable' everywhere. Advertisement. Thaw in Society; ' Graces Dinner at the Country Club l "Well, did yon dine with Harry Thaw?" "Not 1, t fwm not!" . j "Yes, t -was . there, . at another . dinner party, bijt. J. ot away as soon as I tould." ' " " ."' This Is the 'conversation whlchJs passing between Country club members today, who are all agog over the fect that the notorious Pittsburgh millionaire those Omaha to make his entry Into high society, and the Country club as the place for his social leappearaace. ft was the regular night for club dinning and dancing and all the swells and so i lety girls had a close view of the visitor although he did not go out on the danc ing floor. Some of the club members think It was a great stunt; ' others are indignant. Rent rooms quick with a Bee Want Ad. THAW TIPS 'EM ALL ATTHE FONTENELLE Peels Off Fire and Ten-Dollar Bills Indiscriminately .to Employes of the Hostelry. CONTINUES HIS TRIP TO WEST Harry Thaw left Omaha at 11:30 yesterday. He was at the wheel ot his car as the party started west on Douglas street from the Fonte nelle hotel. They expected to make an easy run, stopplnt probably In Lincoln tonight. Twenty or thirty people watched them. The Thaw excitement In Omaha had - entirely played out. Harry rose late and had breakfast about 9:80. - A traveling man who timed him said It took him Just nine minutes to consume, his meal. . Then he went out alone on some er rands. The various functionaries at the Fontenelle, from chambermaids to head clerk were much in evidence as the mil lionaire prepared for flitting. He did not disappoint them. From a fat roll of bills he skinned off five and tens, hardly look-' big at them as he distributed thorn among the servitors. Chief Clerk H. H. Wllhlts j received $15. Mall Clerk Sawyer reported $10. And so it went down the line. There was much disappointment with the bell hop shift that came on duty at noon when the shift that went off displayed SS and $10 bills that Thaw had given them. Thaw J seemed to tip- Indiscriminately, giving to those who happened to be around when he left, regardless of whether they had served him or not and utterly forgetting those who had served him if they weren't around when he left Thaw occupied a 6 a day room at the Fontenelle. The clerk ssid he tried tn t him to take a $15 suite, but Thaw refused. Eliminate Long ' ' Contract Ticket on Union Pacific - - . . , The Union Pacific h form of ticket to be used on the main line, the branche, and Its auxiliaries, the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon A Washington railway. The new style of ticket will result hi a saving o' thousands of dollars annually In printers' nlls and the-salaries of clerks in the auditors' of fices," - r. Heretofore when a party bought a ticket to Seattle, for Instance, the purchaser re ceived a piece of transportation nearly a yard In length. Each ticket, carried a Worthy contract and a cumbersome cou pon for each branch of the system trav eled. With the new ticket this has been eliminated. The new ticket -to be used to Pacific coast points evil! be but six inches In length. " It Is probable that the change In the style of tickets will do away with, a number of clerks In the offices ot the Short Line at Salt LeJte and the Oregon &. Washington road In Portland. All cou pons after the adoption of the plan being worked out will come to the office of the Union Pacific auditor in Omaha and here the checking will be done. ' As a result, the auditing force here will be Increased to some extent, but how many additional clerks will have to be employed Is not: known at this time. -1 ' ', Probably not all woman j who read the advertisements are good home-managers: : bt it is equally true that most ail. women who are. good home-managers do read' the advertisements. Judge Britt Meets Former Omaha Vag On Spokane Streets An interesting story about Judge C W. Britt of Omaha is carried In the newspapers of Spokane. Wash., where he Is attending the national convention of the Eaglea Judfe britt. who often acts as polios magistrate In the absence of Magistrate irsier. was walking down one of the principal streets of Spokane, according to the Press account, when ha was Uniutil on the shnuHer by a ragged Individual. "tiey, cuu: Ease me a pair o' bite!' he demanded. , "A pair of what?" "Two bite! A quarter! Five souttles o suds! Slip me the Jits. Judge. You owe 'em to me, y'know!" '1 ewe you a quarter? How la thatr Britt wanted to know. "Why, you see, Judge," answered the mendicant. "I was vaxged a month ago by Frank Williams, one of your Omaha cuah-foota, and you gimme th' gate nex' mormn In court." ''The gate? I gave you the gate? What do you mean?" "Why, yeu said no disciple of Inertls whatever that is could get by In Omaha while you was on the Job, and you had th' bulls cann me crosst th' bridge f'r keeps. Cnxin, slip me the two bits) I ain't never tomtit' back to Omaha) And I'm thirsty enough to Join the Eagles!" "Well. twill! It I banished you from Omaha, and you're sure you won't ever nome back to Omaha unless you mean to work, why I'll certainly give you a quarter, nut don't let me catoh you In Omaha, or the next quarter I give you will be a quarter ot a year in Jail." 'Much 'bilged. Judge, I'm gonna stsy here." Former South Side Man Killed in Auto Accident on.Coast Word has Iwn received "f 'be death ef W. It. (Ulttvl Holland at Ios Angoles, Cat, where he was killed hv the ever turning of Ms automobile. He was man ager for the Nebraska Telephone com pany In South Omaha before he went wet to embark In the land colonisation busi ness. His wile and boy were here at th time of his rirsth and they are now on their way west. Mrs. Holland was known here as Eva Clllen before her marriage. The information states Mr. Holland, when killed, was on his way to view a broken mail wagon which was part of his equipment In a mall contract ho had In southern California. Asnrn Hammer ', The first dose of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar- Honey will help you. It kills the cold germ. Only S&o. All drugslsts. Adver tisement. Ford Band to Qivo Concert on Monday The big band of tne Ft,rd Motor com pany of Detroit, en route to the Panama Pacific expoaiton, San Francisco, will stop long enough In Omaha to give one ef Its splendid concerts next Monday evening at Hanscom park. This band Is composed of fifty-five members, each individual of which la an employe In the factory and on the pay roll of the Ford company, end through the excellence of their work, the band stands in the front rank with the best musical organisations of America. j The Ford Motor band wae organised some four years sgo, the Instruments and uniforms bolng furnished by the Ford Motor company. The C.0J. 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" .v r lW -"-fTI 1 V Th Grand Detour S14 Powtr Lift 'Ptow, . pulled by, Caterpillar ' "45 at the Fremont Demonstration tatt year "the elickeet little outfit on the ground" i what the far mere there said. But there'! another plow we want you to see at Fremont, Au gust 0 to 14, the Grand Detour 2-3 Power lift. It will make your little-tractor work amouut to something.' . . Pull a rtrinr in go the plows. Pull It again out they come, all bottoms high up, and level where they won't catch trash. Hard plowing? Use two bottoms. Easy plowing T Shift the hind wheel and put on a third plow--a 15-mlnute job. . Can't break ahares, because there'a a break-pin hitch. Offset the hitch for a single drive wheel tractor. Back the plow be cause the hitch la stiff.. . i 'Lightest plow you could want 685 iba. for two bottoms,' 800 lbs. tor three. But strong! Not a toy. And remarkably low priced all the good points of a power-lift plow without the long -price and weight. Don't try power plowing with a makeshift. Here Is a real labor saver, a sure payer, and you can find out all about It by asking for Bulle tin No. 80. Grand Detour Plow Go. Establithed 1837 Dixon, Illinois TP HAT'S what farmer after farmer -aid last year at Fremont when they taw one man with the Holt Tractor and the Grand Detour 5 Bottom Power-lift Plow turn the furrows deep and smooth, and leave the headlands straight as a string. That's what you'll say, too, when you see the same outfit, with a year's improvements added, at the Fremont Show this year. This out fit captured the farmer vote there last year. Be sure and see it. You'll vote for it too, and you'll never be happy until you see it working on your own place. . . Power Lift Saves the Day Power-lift plows have made the successful small tractor liossible. "Scientific American" says: "The introduction of self lift plows, which eliminated the plow tender, cut out about a third of the labor cost a development greatly favoring the small tractor." Get a Grand Detour power-lift plow and make your plowing out fit a strictly one man affair operated from the engine cab. It will make your tractor pay instead of costing' you money. But be sure it is a Grand Do tour. The best tractor made can't overcome a poor plow, nnd that 's the on6 kind of plow wo don't know how to make. 78 years' experwnce, best ma terials and expert workman ship aro behind every Grand Detour made. Grand Detour Plows (mado.. since 1837) are built for all kinds of soil, for horses, ox, nnd tractor power. Tractor , plows in 12 to 14-inahi bot toms, light and heavy from 2 to 10 bottoms in a gang. Don't you want us to send Bulle tin. , The Grand Detour 2-3 Power-Lift Plow-The thcxeat plow made for a lifht tractor-the lighteat plow made for a heavy pull Send for Bulletin No. SO W If v .. : y Vv -It Vfc- ' J " " 'I -" ' I CHAR- I ' -ii i i .ii. I I NCE I uincy, - - Illinois. 52BE5 assLritiu - Sr''ir'..'ftjia j --i