T1IH 1JKK: OMAHA. TIIt'lJNDAY. TK(T;MHK1l 1H, 1P15.
Nebraska
BOARDS SHY AWAY
FROM ASSESSMENT
County Commissioner! Do Not Want
Job of Aiding in Fixing
Valuei.
GOOD ROADS HOLD BOARDS
COIjUSTBUS. Neb., Dec. 15. (Special
Te!gram.) The. Nebraska Association of
vtommlsstoners. Supervisors and Cocntv
c'lsrks today talked good roads.
Ross Hammond of Fremont stateu that
th roads ehould be worked In small
lengths and completed before another
tract Is worked, tt has hern the custom
of road overseers to grade and plow up
long distances of roads and then find
themselves unable to complete the work
afterwards because of rainy weather
which placed the highway in had condi
tion. M. I Dolan Of Hall county read an arti
cle on good roads. Riving full details of
the cost and construction of the one mile
of concrete road on the IJncoln highway
recently finished near Orand Island.
Secretary Fisher of the Alliance Com
mercial club stated that a law should be
enacted
providing guide signs on ech ;
corner se
potion for the benefite of the I
traveling publio
Senator Banning of Cass county advo
cated creating an office of a highway
commissioner in each county to take
charge of the public highway and to act
with the state engineer concerning roads.
At the afternoon session the subject of
taxation of real estate was discussed. A
suggestion made by the State Board o
Equalization that real estate ought to be
assessed by the local assessor, assisted
by the county assessor and supervisors.
A vote was takon on the subject and de
feated. Automobile license funds, it was de
cided, should be used for the road drag
fund.
The mothers' pension law was dlrcussed.
J. H. Kebo of Franklin county, J. O. Saw
yer of Richardson county, O. W. Oreen
waJt of Custer county. State Engineer
Johnson and Senator Placek of 8aundera
county made brief addresses. Tomorrow
Is the last day of the convention, at the
close of which a banquet will be given at
Orpheus hall.
Brakeman Killed
by Fall from Car
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 16. (Special.)
A. C. Graham of Wymore, a brakeman
on the Burlington, was Instantly killed
at Reynolds, Neb., by falling from the
top of a box car. His head was struck
by the trucks of the car, crushing his
skull. Tha train was switching In the
yards at Reynolds, and a alight fall of
sleet made tha top of the car slippery.
As Graham went to step from one car
to another he slipped and fell to his
death. He was about 23 years of age.
Tha body will be taken to his home near
Hubben, Neb., for burial,?. ''. .
REV. DR. M'lNTOSH
, - , v DIES OF APPENDICITIS
6HBNANDOAH, la., Deo. 15. (Spe
cial.) Two funeral services will be held
for tha Rev, V. C. Mackintosh, pastor
of tha Presbyterian church, who died
Sunday morning after an operation for
appendicitis. The Rev. W. II. Fraser of
Broken Bow, Neb., a boyhood friend In
Nova Scotia, preached the sermon here
Tuesday morning, after which tha body
was taken to Hopklnton, la., aooortJlng
to his death-bed request, where It will
ba burled In tha town where he was
ordained as a minister after receiving:
his M. A. degree from Princeton uni
versity.' It waa hare that he was married to
Miss Minnie MeConnell, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. ft MoConnell. He served
thia pastorate thirteen years and waa In
structor in New Testament Greek In
Lenox college, from which institution he
held the honorary degree, D. D.
'Until a few days before his death he
was taking an active part in the Lowry
revival meetings, which are being held
here in a tabernacle.
HASTINGS' CHRISTMAS
TO BE REAL YULETIDE
HASTINGS, Neb.. Dec. 15-(Speclal
Telegram.) A municipal Christmas tree
and two programs, one Christmas eve
and the other Christmas night, and the
return of time honored customs, such as
brightly lighted candles In the windows
of Hastings homes snd the singing of
Varola before the residences where the
sick or feeble are confined, wehe decided
upon by the municipal board today with
the idea of giving Hastings the true
Christmas spirit during the approach
lng season.
C0NDENS0RY MAY TAKE
PLACE OF A CREAMERY
HASTINGS. Neb., Dec. 1C That a con
denaory offers a better market ' to the
farmers thaa does a creamery was made
plain at the chamber of commerce meet
ing last night by the report of Secre
tary Blake that the Fairfield Creamery
prospect has been held up temporarily on
account of the proposed establishment of
a condensery In this city. '
The citizens of Fairfield have raised
130,000 for a creamery at that place, but
they await the next move of the local
proposal of a condcnery.
Poaltry Show ut I'rrnoal.
FREMONT,. Neb., Dec. 15.-(Pplal)
The sixteenth' annual show of the Dodge
County Poultry association opened Tues
day with over 1.000 birds on exhibition.
Two Judges, D. K. Hale of Chicago and
M. W. Baldwin of Hlorx City, are mark
ing the birds. The show will continue
through the week. Breeders from over
Nebraska and some from adjoining states
have their birds entered here.
State Sirise Herd ta Ma.i fclwipr.
LIXCOLN, Dec. 15. (Special.) Cpmmls
stoner Henry Gerdes of the State Board
of Control has been called to the state
penitentiary to look over the herd of
sbout 400 hogs of all sizes which show ap
pearances of not being in the best ef
I'ealth. Vfany of them are so small that
tliry cunnot be put on the market and so
tlie l;oard U rnxioua to do something If
II I1 " le oVitigcr f dintase.
I u':iil ad old 4re errieaa.
I 'un t clltfivtcard your cold. Tou sneeze
couth are feverish nature's warning.
lr. King's New Discovery will cure you.
Hc. All druygidts. Advertisement.
Nebraska
Bryan Receives
Letter from Wilson,
Keeping it Dark
(From a Staff Correspondent.
MNCOIN. Dec. 13. (Special. ) Mayor
Charles Bryan has ceased sinning the lit
tle ditty, -The I-ettpr That He Ixnged
For Never Came." for It "has came."
At the time the petition was filed with
the secretary of state placing the name
of Woodrow Wilson In nomination for
the presidency ft was given out that
Mayor Bryan had refused to sign the pe
tition, claiming that he did not want to
embarrass the president and that he'
would write him and ask him If It would department of public safety and others
be embarrassing to be a candidate for the have been forced to keep their mouths
presidency on the democratic ticket. closed or go out Into the cold world
backed by the action of the democrats of ! without employment.
Nebraska. This is the condition which faces em-
Mr. Bryan ststed to the newspaper men ployes of all departments of the public
that as soon as the letter came he would : service in Lincoln because of tho apod
let them know Its contents. They waited tlon of a resolution Introduced r-y Mayor
patiently, but no intelligence came from" Bryan which provides that any employe
Mr. Bryan that he had heard from the! of the city who may have ft grievance
president. Now comes the Information against the city cannot appeal to the
that Mr. Bryan has received the answer. eourts to adjust his claim, for If ha
but he refuses to give out It contents 1 do he must forfeit Ills Job.
and the world will have to continue In I 'omin as It does from a source which
the dark whether the Nebraska petition 1 P'""''lBted the slogan. "Let the people
has embarasaert ths nriHnt !.. I rule," it has caused considerable of a
prf Bld(.nt h, . . ,
ter.
However, it la hinted by people who
i
ciaim 10 be In a position to know that ; raising the question whether the com
the letter received by Mr. Bryan did not mission can lawfully deprive its employes
prove to be a thing of beauty and a Joy I of the right to an appeal to the court
forever as far as tho mayor Is concerned I ' threats of dismissal If they do. Thpy
and that he Is still up In the air. as faric'l attention to the constitution of the
as any knowledge received from the pres
ident whether he feels embarassed.
Masonic Orphans'
Home is Dedicated
by Grand Officers
FREMONT, Neb.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
The new Masonic Orphans' home, erected
at a cost of S12.0O0, was dedicated here
today with Impressive ceremonies. Grand
lodge officers of the Masons and East-
i ern Star orders took part In the cere-
monies. The services were held in the
Masqnic hall In Fremont, the officers
driving to the new home, where the cere
monies Incident to the dedication of the
home was carried out. Children from
the girls' home In Fremont and the boys'
home at Plattamouth took part In the
services. Grand Master Samuel S. Whit
ing of Lincoln presided.
The- building, which Is of red brick,
with stucco above first story, cost $120OO.
It was built upon the "cottage" plan
of homes for orphans. It provides ac
commodations for twelve girls and a
matron. Fremont Masons gave $10,000
toward the project. The forty acres of
ground cost 20,000, making the present
Investment something like J32.000.
Among Masonic officers present at the
dedication were Grand Chaplain Charlea
M. Shepherd, Lincoln; Grand Tyler Alex
ander E. Porter, Lincoln; Grand Cus
todian Robert B. French, Kearney; Past
Grank Master Thomas Davis. David
City i, Past Grand . Master Frank H.
Young..: Broken Bow; Past Grand Mas
ter Alpha Morgan, 'Broken Bow; Mrs.
Qeerge Wllletts, McCook, grand matron
of tha Eastern Star; Miss Pearl Albert
son, Fremont, past grand matron of
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Two Judgments
Against Harriman
Lines at N. Platte
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Dec
(Special Telegram.) Settlement was
made today in two railroad damage
suits, one being against the Union Pa
cific and the other against the Oregon
Short line. '
Mrs. Elizabeth Danxa obtained Judg
ment against the Union Pacific for the
sum of $6,000 because of the death or
her husband,- James Dante. Danze was
killed on July 11 last when the automo
bile in which he was riding turned over.
It was alleged that the car struck a
mound in the road caused by a ditch
having been filled In there by the Charles
J. Burke company of Kearney while in
the employ of the railroad. The case
against Burke will be carried further,
he . having been made a defendant also
in the case.
The Oregon Short line road today con
fessed judgment In the case brought
against it by Mrs. Helen Kirsch, who al
leged, that her husband waa killed while
In the employ of the road. Kirsch was
killed at Peru, Wyo., on the morning ot
May 3, 1913. He had been sent back to
guard the rear of a freight train. No
one saw him killed, but it was alleged
that his death was due, to negligence.
Mrs. Kirsch will receive $1,000 damages.
She brought suit for S&O.OOO.
NOTES FROM SEWARD
AND SEWARD COUNTY
SEWARD, Neb., Dec. 15. (Special.)
The evangelistic party left for their re
spective homes yesterday, having closed
the religious campaign with a total of
3T,fl conversions. At a meeting of many
citizens at the Young Men's Christian
association last evening It was decided
to permit the tabernacle, which seals
1,500, to stand until after Christmas In
order to permit the churches of the city
to co-operate In a community Christmas
service. A splendid, tall tree will be
decorated and placed on the court house
square and carols will be sung around
It. but the true service will be held at
the tabernacle.
The Woman's club of this place will
celebrate Christmas with a "children's
party" at the rooms in the Carnegie li
brary. The new county Jail being erected at a
cost of 116,000 U nearing completion. The
cells were torn out from the dilapidated
old Jail, revealing many ancient and
I curious things stored on the top of the
cells. A newspaper thirty years old was
; found and all sorts of wooden keys that
I had been modeled by soma prisoners.
An old hoopsklrt was found, which had
been used for making tools for escape.
j The ministers of Seward are preparing
I to take almost 400 people Into their ser-
vices in the next ten days.
WNibsb Kleeteel pervisor.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. li. (SpeclaD
Oscar Widman, well known grocer, was
named to succeed the late Duncan Uv
Ingston, as supervisor, when the bosrd
met Tuesday. Mr. Widman was chosen
from a field of eight (anduiatea, hi
election being elreoxt unanimous. Mr.
Widir.ni is a (I'lnwinl and was a cluc
personal friend of Mr. Livingsiun.
Nebraska
BRYAN MUZZLES
G1TYEHPL0YES
Mayor of Lincoln Has Resolution
Passed Forbidding Them Taking
Troubles Into Court.
LEGALITY IS BEING QUESTIONED
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, One. 15.-(Special.)-renlpd
the rUht to appeal to the courts on pain
of dismissal from their positions as
employes of the city, members of the
etlr In this part of the state.
Hrfer to Cnnatltatlon.
Friends of soma of the employes are
state which in section IS of Article I one
says: ,
'All courts shall be open, and every
person, for any injury done him. In his
lands, goods, person or reputation, shall
have a remedy by due course of law.
and Justice administered without denials
or delay."
They insist that in passing an ordi
nance or a resolution which is intim
idating the employes of the city and de
priving them of the right to appeal to
the courts on penalty of dismissal they
are Infringing upon the rights of every
American citizen and laying themselves
open to impeachment for vlalation of the
constitution as officials.
That the resolution should be drawn
by Mayor Bryan, introduced by him and
voted for by him, makes the caae appear
all the more peculiar in the face of the
fact that the Bryans have been sup
posed to bo for free speech and the
right of every man to earn his dollar
without Intimidation.
Use The Bee's "Swapper" column.
P. E. HALL NEBRASKA
RAILROAD BUILDER, DEAD
FREMONT, Neb.. Deo. 16. (Special.)
P. E. Hall, for several years construc
tion engineer for the Northwestern, with
offices at Fremont, died at his home in
Cedar Rapids, la., Sunday morning, ac
cording to word that reached Fremont.
Mr. Hall superintendended the construc
tion of the Northwestern lines from
Wiener to the Black Hills and the South
Platte branches. He was for a number
of years general manager of fhe Sioux
City & Pacific and the Fremont, Klkhorn
fc Missouri Valley lines before they were
taken over by the Northwestern. He
was 83 years of age.
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THE PURE WHITE
MINERAL OIL
Approved byi
Harvey W. Wiley. Director Oee4
Housekeeping Bureau of Feeds,
Sanitation and Ueelt.
CHEER
ANY doctor
blues" will take care of itself.
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Nebraska
York Citizens Will
Discuss Lighting
At Mass Meeting
YORK, Neb.. Dec. l.V-i Special. )-The
question of public utilities nn.l tlie rates
charged for gas. electricity ami water
service vitally co'icerns (he rltlxrns of
York. Many feel that the consumer of
electilelty In this city I charged an ex
cessive rate by the York 1!hs S')d Klectrlc
company and Is required to jay more for
service here than Is charged elsewhere in
the state,
A mesa meeting has heen called at the
court house for next Friday nlnht for the
following purposes:
To discuss the report of Kngl"ecr Prince
recently fled with the city m in i, which
recommends ihnt a reduced rnle schei'ule
lw submitted to the Voik !n nn.l Klcc
tric company, ami which pt'poKe( re
duction the city council lis fVcn unable
to set the (Suit and Klcctrio campimy ti
agree to.
Shall an effort be mndo to put tho rale
recommended hv Knsincei- lvineo Into
j force by a dlrci vole of the people under
i no initiative?
Or shall steps lo taken to construct,
own ami operiile a munliipnl plant?
To discuss the advl-nhlli'v of forming
a citizens' orRanlxattcn In York with the
avowed purpose of public ownership a:xl
operation of public iitllUle.
TWO PIONEErTwOMEN
OF SHENANDOAH DEAD
SI IEN AN DO Alt. Ja.. Dec. lV-t Spe
cial.) Two women who have lived In
Shenandoah since the pioneer days rilcil
this week. The death of Mrs. A. T.
Irwin Sunday was particularly ssd to
the old residents of the town, ss was
that of Mrs. Mary Un, a r-ettlcr who
came In the 70' s and who died at the
home of her son-in-law. Dr. Cartllch, in
Kansas City Monday. Mrs. Irwin was
bom In Pennsylvania and was the
mother of Miss Kate Irwin, a teacher in
the Shenandoah schools, and W. F.. Ir
win, advertising manager of Andrew's
store.
Mrs. Laws was the mother of George
Laws, who la an officer In the United
States navy and Is thought to he on the
water at the present time. He makes
his home In Washington, as does an
other child, Miss Kitty I.ana, who is
In the Treasury department.
SAMUEL LICHTY DIES
AT HOME IN FALLS CITY
FALLS CITY, Neb., Dec. IS. -(Special
Telegram.) Samuel Llchty died at his
home Wednesday morning. He had been
HI for some time with hardening of the
arteries. Mr. Llchty was secretary of the
Farmers' Mutual Insuranco company for
a number of years and waa one of the
best known men of the county, having
served the county In various official ca
pacities. He waa a pillar In the Brethren
church and was liberal in his support to
those who were not blessed with riches.
OHIO CRUDE OIL IS
ADVANCED FIVE CENTS
LIMA, O., Dee. IS. An increase of 6
cents in all grades of local and Flndlay
oils was quoted by the Buckeye Pipe
Line company this morning. The prices
now are aa follows:
North and South Lima. 11.3.1; Indiana,
$1.4; Wooster, $1.18; Flndlay, Princeton,
11.47; Illinois, $1.47, and Plymouth, $1.33.
. UP BRIGHTEN UP !,
will tell you that "the blues"
- a symptom of constipation and its attendant evil, auto
intoxication, lake care of constipation
constipation and "the
But laxatives and cathartics won't cure constipation. In fact
the indiscriminate drugging of the system with such rem-'
edies only aggravates the condition and tends to make con-'
stipation chronic.
Because of the evident dangers of the laxative habit,
physicians everywhere are advocating the use of Nujol, a
pure white mineral oil, which docs not drug or physic but1
which acts as an intestinal lubricant.
Nujol softens the contents of the intestines and lubricates
the entire tract, so promoting normal evacuations. It is
purely mechanical in its action, and is not absorbed into the
system. Consequently it is not habit forming and may be
taken in any quantity without harm.
Write for booklet, "The Rational Treatment of Con-1
Ktipation." If your druggist cannot supply you, we will
send you a pint bottle of Nujol prepaid to any point in the
United States on receipt of 75c money order or stamps.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(New Jersey)
Bayonno New jersey
ANGLO-FRENCH
BONDS LOWER
Dissolution of Syndicate Which
Floated Loan Followed by De
cline of Nearly 2 Ter Cent.
ALL OFFERINGS ARE AFS0RBF.D
NEW YORK, Dec.' 15.' With the
dissolution over niRht of the banking,
syndicate which floated the $500,
000,000 (Anglo-French ft per cent
loan. Interest centered largely
round the dealings In that security
At today's stock market opening.
The flrKl offering consisted of twenty-'
flvo bonds at :IV a decline of IS points j
from the price which they were taken by
the sjrtdlcate and l' under the previous'
low quotation at regular sale. This wn j
follower, hy numerous additional trans- !
actions of ten to fifty bonds at M and j
ft',. j
The bonds were readily" a', sorhed and i
caused no disturbance to the grner.tl
market.
Hefore the end of the first hour th
bonds made a further decline to IMS for
future delivery.
Hcfoiv midday regular sa:es were ma.lo
at M'4 snik for futuro delivery at MV
Transactions In the first hour approxi
mated H.iMt.imo, with further sales toward
noon.
Two Hundred Tons
of Gold Arrive Here
Within Six Weeks
NKW YORK, Dec. 15. Two hundred
tons of gold worth $102,0no,OCM and oc
cupying the space of three cords of wood,
are stored In the United States assay
office here. The gold la In lfi.346 bars. It
represents the accumulation ot British
sovereigns and other foreign coins,
brought to the t'nlted Plates within about
six weeks in an effort to maintain the
financial balance between the Kuropean
nations and the United State".
The bars have been melted down to 8U 1
fine. It la finer than the gold used in
the I'nlted States mints. The employes
of tho assay office, working overtime,
finished today the task of melting it
down.
FARMER NEAR LAUREL
IS KILLED BY FALL
LAl'UKL, Neb., Dee. l!S.-(Ppeclal.)
George Helhert was Instantly killed at his
farm, seven miles north, this afternoon
and John Burns, a carpenter, and another
man severely Injured 'when a staging
upon which they were working collapsed.
They were erecting a large horse and cat
tle barn. Pelbert was about CO years old
and lived with his son, Mark Pelbert, his
wife being dead.
OMAHA DAVIS GETS SIX
MONTHS IN CHICAGO JAIL
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Speclal Telegram.)
John Davis, more familiarly known
among habitues of the underworld aa
"Omaha," was given six months In the
Bridewell today for violation of the anti
dope law. Davis pleaded guilty and also
turned state's evidence, with the result
that he received the light sentence. Davis
Is well known to the Omaha police.
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pvrrTl Headquarters for
415-17 South 16th Street
"Best Place in
to Buy Good
hon't full in Include a visit to the Beaton
A Later Toy Shop In your Christmas shop
"Inpr Itinerary. Bring the little folks with
yi.ti- .Ro they ran floclde what they would
lllto flanta to bring them. Our Toy show
Intrs 1I1U Benson nre more complete than
frrr snd prices will surely please you.
Fumed Oak Rocking Chair
With Leather
(Mke cut.)
StronRly bull'
of oak through
out, In genuine
SpanUh leather,
Comfortable high
back, spring
cushion scat. Big
value at $ft.?ft.
Oak Dining
Chair
(lilke Out.)
With full slip sent In
genuine leather. Best;
an unrivaled value on
sale at (M HO
A . new
come In
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While
Yes, Your Credit Is Good at Beaton & Laier's.
We can't think of any name but BABY for the doll we are go
ing to give away this week.
If you girls want to see the prettiest, sweetest baby doll In all
the world. Just come down to The Bee of rice this week and see
"BABY" you'll be glad you came, Just to look at her. .
Everything about her looks "BABY;" her dress, shoes, hair,
cheeks, mouth, everything Is Just dear, Innocent, pink BABY.
Wouldn't you like to hold her in your arms Just a wee moment T
And thlnkiof It she Is going home with one of you next week, to
be ALL YOUR OWN. How happy that little girl will be.
Maybe, that littlo girl is Yon.
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18x36 Rag Rugs
shipment Just received. They
assorted colore. Just the thing
for bathroom and bedroom use.
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Two more beautifully
dressed dolls, but not so
large as "rtaby," will be
given as second and tltlrd
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"efcy- will fca givsn
Tr to tha tittle girl,
- aadir 10 rsars of a-.
tuat brings jr malls ns
tha ' Jargast nnmbs of
(toll's pictures out out of
tbo Sally and Manda;
Bs bafors 4 p. m. gatar.
day, soosmbsc 18.
Her picture will be in
The Boe every day this
week. Cut them all out
and osfc your friends to
Gave the pictures in
their paper for you, too.
See how many pictures of
"BABY" you can get, and be
sure to turn them In to The
Bee office before 4 p. m.
Efeturdsy, December 18.
If you don't win this
Dollie, perhaps you can
get one next week.
Only one doll will bo
given to any one person.
AT THE BEE OFFICE.
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