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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1916)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1916. Brief City News Townssnd's for Sporting Goods." Hav Root Print It-New Beacon Prssa. Elertrlo Fans S7JW Burgsss-Qranden Co. Halt Karat Whit Dlamonda ITS Edholm. Building Business (or years ahead to always safe, when located In The Bee Building, the building that la known to all. "Today's Movie Program," classi fied section today. It appears In The Bee exclusively. Find out what the various moving picture theaters offer. To Ropave Fifteenth Street Com missioner Jardlne of the public Im provements department Introduced an ordinance which provides for the crea tion of a paving district on Fifteenth street, Howard to Leavenworth streets. It Is proposed to repave this street. Take a day off and go to the home coming of the old residents of Ne raska City, Friday, August 18. Ev erybody Invited and good time prom ised. Special coaches'from Union sta tion 8:10 a. m. Return 8:30 p. m. via Missouri Pacific. See the committee. Parks and Noyos to Chicago City Commissioner Parks and Superinten dent Noyes of the street cleaning and maintenance department have gone to Chicago, where they will look over the street department for ideas. They will be gone four days, visiting several other points enroute. Lewis Seigcl Discharged Lewis Sel gej, In the jewelry business at 1315 Douglas street, not in 1313, as first re ported, was discharged for lack of evi dence connecting him with the three men who flim-flammed William F. King, a Kansas merchant, out of 11,000 on a fake horse race game. Bath House Hearing Thursday Au gust 17 is the date set for proceedings against Evan B. Worthing, proprietor of the bath house at Sand Point beach, on Carter lake, asking that a receiver be appointed. Oak C. Kedick, owner of the land occupied, has sued Worth ing for $2,600, a division of the profits. George D. Gesman is suggested for re ceiver in the application filed with the clerk of the district court. Wife Gets the Property Lettie Alice Dumbauld has been granted a divorce from John P. by Judge Charles Leslie on the ground of non support. The decree awards the prop erty at 2322 North Twenty-first street to the wife, the findings showing that the home was purchased by plaintiff before marriage. Cholera Breaks Out in Nagasaki And Yokohama Nagasaki, Aug. 15. An outbreak of cholera here has resulted in forty eight deaths. One hundred and nine cases so far have been recorded. A dispatch from Yokohama August 5 stated that there were fifty-two cases of cholera in that port and that Tokio had declared a quarantine against the city. The Japanese steam er Hawaii Maru, bound for Tacoma, was quarantined with fifteen cases of cholera on board. The ship was later released and sailed for Tacoma Au gust 10. Mexicans Coming To Work in Fields Laredo, Tex., Aug. IS. Four hun aa fhirtv-tw'n Mexican labor ers were admitted into the United States by' immigration' autnormes here today. ' The Mexicans are said to be en route to the Texas cotton fields. This is the largest number of immigrants admitted through this port in more than a year. Danish Folkething is for Selling the West Indies Copenhagen, Aug. 15. The Folke thing, or lower house of the Danish parliament, today voted in favor of the Danish West Indies to the United States, if a plebiscite favored it. The vote was i tor the proposi tion to 44 against it, one member be ing denied a vote and six being ab sent. , Having taken this action the Folke thins took ud the question of ratifi cation of the treaty itself, providing for the sale of the islands. The vote was the same as that upon the ques tion of the sale. . Brandeis Will Not Serve On Mexican Commission Washington, Aug. 15. Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis of the supreme court, informed President Wilson tonight that because of the mass of business before the court, he would be unable to accept the presU dent's designation to serve on the joint commission which will attempt to solve the difficulties between the United States and Mexico. Culls From the Wire rrfd W KnauD. Belolt. K.. won tha republican nomination for itate auditor over Dan B. Dyer, Smith Center, by a plurality of twenty-two votea, The directors of the Canadian Pacific de clared dividends of 2 per cent on the pre ferred atock for the half year and 2 per cent on the common stock. Orders were received by Adjutant General Gamble at Chicago, directing him to post pone entralnment of the Colorado National Guard units for the Mexican border. Dennis W. Leonard, engineer on the Twen tieth Century limited. New York Central ; train, wrecked at Amherst, O., last March I 29, was found dead In bed at hta boms In Toledo, O. Carransa government officials expressed curiosity over the delay by the United States government In naming American del egates to the American-Mexican conference on border difficulties. In Colorado Springs, Colo., the contract for the arena In which the lightweight championship twenty-round bout between Charlie White and Freddie Welsh, to be held Labor day, has been let. Two men robbed the bank of Crowder, at Crowder, Okla., of about $1,000 yesterday. John P. Bt. John, former governor of Kan sas and at one time presidential candidate on the prohibition ticket, Is critically 111 at his home in Olathe, Kas. Two men were killed during a fight at a picnic of working men on a plantation near Maugnlto, Matanzas province. The trouble grew out of political enmities and the lib erals and conservatives are accusing each other of having started the trouble. Saved Her Daughter's Life. "Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved my daugh ter's life when she had chojera mor bus at the age of fourteen months. She vomited every few minutes and we were unable to keep any medicine down long enough to benefit her un til we $ave her this remedv. The doc tor being at our house 1 asked him what he thought about our using it, and he said as he was unable to do the child any good, I had better use it. The second dose she kept down and in a short time the bowels were checked and she improved rapidly after that," writes Mrs. Jennie Mover, Lima, Ohio. Obtainable everywhere. Advertisement. i THIEVES THRIYE ON STOLEN AUTOS Well Organized Band Operates Boldly in Territory of Whioh Omaha is the Center. LOSSES BEACH MILLIONS Approximately 100 machine!, worth on an average of $400 each, have been stolen in Omaha since January 1, 1916. Approximately 500 machines have been stolen since the first of the year from various places in Nebraska. Approximately 3,000 machine! have been stolen from five states in terri tory contiguous to Omaha. Theft! total more than a million and a quarter of dollars. A special telegram from The Bee's staff correspondent at Des Moines ays: "Sheriff John Griffin, of Polk county, towa, believes he has uncovered a gang of automobile thieves who have stolen thousands of dollars' worth of cars in this and adjoining counties as well as in Omaha, Lincoln and Fremont. He says the gang operates from Ottawa county, Missouri. Three members of the gang are under arrest, he says." A man and woman wanted in Lin coln are being held in Fairfield. Edward Graven has been arrested at Bedford charged with stealing a car there. Part of the gang, Griffin says, were members of the Mabray gang, which operated fake horse race swindles in this territory. One Caught in Omaha. C E. Caldwell, of Shenandoah, la., was arrested Sunday night by Omaha detectives in an automobile from which the engine numbers had been partly effaced. He is out under bond furnished by City Attorney Harry B. Fleharty, who is acting in a private capacity. In Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri nearly 3,000 ma chines, worth more than $1,250,000, have been stolen since January 1, 1916, and of this number the percent age recovered is so small as to be almost unworthy of mention. Private detectives employed by in surance comoanies find that their ef forts are practically useless. The po lice in most cities discovered tms tact a lonar time airo. "Carefully organized bands of thieves are making this territory their stamping grounds," declared the rep resentative of a national detective agency who is in charge of investiga tions of stolen machines. Thieves Work Boldly. "The cars are stolen, hauled to a garage or barn where they can work under orotection. and so transformed as to be beyond recognition of the owner, even though subjected to closest scrutiny. "Engine numbers are filed off and new ones stamped on, the cars are repainted, accessories changed about, and then they are driven or shipped out of range ot tne owners investigation. "The business of auto stealing is mighty well organized and pront. ahle. sinre it offers enormous win. nings and can be carried on with a remarkable degree ot success. Car Owners Must Help. "The solution lies not in efforts of ri-Bularlv constituted authorities, in stead, car owners should be more careful of their machines. Adequate inMna devices should be installed and secret ineradicable identification marks, duly witnessed by responsible oarties placed as wen. ''As the situation now u, even though a stolen car is identified, and iHi.ntifiration is not so easy as it sounds in most cases the thieves go uncaught. "Cars are in many cases taken en tirely apart, and sold piecemeal." Omaha authorities for a long while have been working on clues which pointed to former members of the Mabray gang oi " uinHlrra as the leaders of a syndi cate of auto thieves, but their investi gations brought no results. lov Riders a Nuisance. Of the hundreds of cars reported stolen -every month, at the local po lice headquarters, perhaps 75 per cent are taken by "joy riders" who simply "borrow" the cars and after riding around for a while, abandon them on the streets. The remaining 25 per cent is stolen by thieves who are in the business for pecuniary reasons. Occasionally the police recover a car stolen from Omaha, in some out tu. ,,, ntare. but the thieves are rarely caught, and the net result is that an innocent purcnasc. w... pelled to turn his "bargain car back to the real owner. . . ii .1 1 . I Mm ttvuiut, Oa.. Aus. 15. Th. elshts.iith with a PUDI1C mwoiiii. " --- Savannah welcomed th thousands of 5"? .m .11 nsrta ot tha country. Tho sddrsss ot welcom. was by Mayor W. J Ths first business ..Ion will b. h.ld tomorrow. Th. convention will continue tbroush Friday. Persistent Advertising i! the Road to Success. That Troublesome Pork I .1.-. v j jmrm to r f M l 'fa-c ANTI-DUMPING LAW CALLEDWORTHLESS Hughes Scores Democratic Effort to Protect Markets of America. OF NO VALUEWHATEVER I do not orooose simply because 1 am a candidate ior without abuse. office to seek office under false pre- tenses. I am a candidate and a good republican, but if I am elected I shall endeavor to the best of my ability to see that princip'e applied for the gains. public good and not for private 'f Six Persons Give Blood for Serum to Fight Child Paralysis New York, Aug. 15. After three and a half ounces of blood had been taken from six persons today who have recovered from infantile paraly sis, to be used in the preparation of the human serum which is said to have afforded relief to sufferers from the disease, the health author ities toniorht issued a call for more volunteers, stating that the supply of serum was inadequate. One of the sufferers to whom the human serum treatment is being ad ministered is Dr. Leroy B. Vail, whose condition is said to have shown decided improvement. William A. Major, president of the Independent Iron Workers' union, died from the disease today in a hospital at Eliza beth, N. J. Health officers from the District of Columbia and from Tennessee dis cussed the epidemic today with Dr. Charles E. Banks, in charge of the federal service here. Three more sur geons, it was announced, have been added to the federal staff to assist in regulating interstate travel. J Ten Thousand Box Makers In New York on Strike New York, Aug. 15. A strike of paper box makers here was called to day by leaders of the Box Makers union who said that demands for higher wages and better sanitary con ditions had been refused by the em ployers. The leaders asserted to night that 10,000 workers had quit and that there would be 25,000 out tomorrow. Representatives of the American Federation of Labor are supporting the union leaders. Railroad Men and Shippers For and Against Increase Washington, Aug. 15. Railroad men and shippers from many parts of the country appeared before the Interstate Commerce commission to day to argue over the reasonable ness of proposed increased freight rates from the Atlantic seaboard to the intermountain section and from Pacific coast points east. Some of the increases are as high as. 100 per cent and unless suspended by the commis sion will go into effect September 1. Take no Chances, But Shoot Hampton Deadwood, S. D Aug. 15. Refus ing to surrender his gun, when offi cers who sought his arrest demanded it, Ham Hampton, an alleged stock rustler, was shot and instantly killed bv Georae B. Russell and his son, John, both deputy sheriffs, at a dance rL.l....1 r.n.li nar tinnrlanri. Wyo.. known as "Hell's 400." Both of ficers were arrested and maintain that they saw Hampton's gun in his belt and took no chances when he denied having one. War is Declared On the Mosquitoes Laredo, Tex., Aug. 15. State and federal authorities today took steps to eliminate mosquitoes In this vicin ity in an effort to prevent the bringing of dengue fever to this border from interior Mexico, where it is said to be raging- .... , Dengue is epidemical at several in terior points, according to Dr. Hall, quarantine officer here, there being 1,000 cases at Monterey and 250 cases at Victoria alone, he said. No for mal quarantine has been declared. Mexican Band Crosses Over To El Paso and Gives Concert El Paso, Tex., Aug. 15. For the first time since the inception of the recent crisis, a Mexican band crossed into El Paso to give a concert on the local plaia. The band, attached to the brigade of General Jose Santos, who arrived in Juarez today for a conference with General Francisco Gonzales, included thirty-two stringed instruments. The concert was ar ranged by Andres Garcia, local Mex ican consul, with the consent of the American military authorities. Flahlaf Schooner ftank. Hallfx N. 8.. Aug. IS The Qlouceeter Sahlns chooner Oriole. we aunk In a colllalon with the Norwsglan atsamer Pors hlld which reported the Ices of the Y.as.1 on lie arrival here today. Four of the schooner's crew were drowned. The colli sion occurred during a denee fog late on Saturday nlsht. Eighteen ot the oriole orew were aaved. Induce Bleep. Take Dr. Belli Plne-Tar-Honey for that hacking nlfht oough; It etopa the coush and yon sleep. lBc. All druisliU. Adv. Chinese Attack the Japanese Garrison, Killing Seventeen Tokio, Aug. 15. Chinese troops have attacked the Japanese garrison at Chengclnatun, between MUKoen and Chaoyangfu and have killed or wounded seventeen Japanese soldiers and killed one officer. According to official advices from Chengchiatun, the Japanese barracks now is be sieged by the Chinese soldiers. Reinforcements are being rushed to the beleagured garrison from the Japanese forces stationed at Kaiyuan and Sudinghai. The fighting resulted from the arrest of a Japanese mer chant. Mrs. Monahan, New Orleans Only Police Woman. Dead New Orleans, La., Aug. 15. Mrs. Alice Monahan, New Orleans' first and only police woman, died here tonight, following an operation. She will be buried tomorrow with police honors. Mrs. Monahan was appointed to the police force in July, 1915, and until a few days ago policed the cabaret district in an effort to protect young girls. Spokane, Wash.. Aug. 15. Charles E. Hughes last night told an audience in Spokane's stadium that the pro posed democratic legislation against the dumping of rordgn made goods in this country after the war was not worth the paper on which it was written. . "This piece of legislation," Mr. Hughes said, "would be about as valu able as the piece of paper I hold in my hand, in effect, in protecting the American people in the economic war that will come when peace comes to Europe. Mr. Hughes read a synopsis of the proposed legislation. The democratic party, he said was not equal to the task oi protecting mncrn.au tries by a tariff. "If you want to see what they are equal to," he said "read the anti dumping clause they put in one rev enue bill." "I shall not read it in full. sou would need to sit down and put a towel around your head, get down close to it and study it, read it over again and again and then you would be puzzled to know what it meant. If you found out what it meant, you would agree with me that it was ob viously ineffective and would not work. The Proof Required. "Now, what would a prosecuting attorney have to prove as a violation of this act?" Mr. Hughes continued, after reading the synopsis. "He has got to prove that this act of com monly and systematiclly bringing goods into this country contrary to their prohibition, is being violated. He has got to prove that such act is done with the intent to destroy or injure any industry of the United States. If he does not prove that h hae ont tn nrove that it is for the purpose of preventing the establish ment ot an inaustry in inc umm States or for the people, restraining any part of the commerce of the United States. , , "Whv. that is a niece of legislation that would be about as valuable as that piece of paper in my hano in effect, in protecting the American people in this economic war. "Vnui there was a remedv. a coun tervailing duty which was proposed but our friends were so strong to their traditions of tariff for revenue only that they would have none ot it. Would Do Hit Beit. Mr. Huehes devoted his attention almost exclusively at the night meet ing to a discussion of the tariff. At an earlier meeting he addressed his first audience, composed exclusively of women voters, and in an address at Couer D'Alene, Idaho, at noon, defended himself on the charge that he lacked constructive policy. The nominee left tonight at 9:45 o'clock for Tacoma, where he will speak tomorrow afternoon. To Report To Washington. Ottawa. Ont., Aus. lft. The city authori ty will make repreentatlone to Washing ton. It wi. announced today, respecting the tratim.nt received by nureee from Ottawa who were last Friday night refused ad mlsnlon to the United States, at Alhurg, Vt, under the alien labor act. The nurses had been engaged by a New Tork hospital to help light the Infantile paralysis epidemic. HUSBAND OBJECTS TO OPERATION Wife Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham't Vegetable Compound Des Moines, Iowa." Four years ago I was very sick ud my life was nearly spent. The docton stated that I would never get well with out an operation and that without it I would not live one year. My husband objected to any operation and got me some of Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegeta ble Compound. I took it and commenced to get better and am now well, ant! tout and able to do my own housework. ' I can recommend the Vegetable Com pound to any woman who ii lick and run down as a wonderful strength and health restorer. My husband says I would have been In my grave ere this if it bad not been for your Vegetable Compound." Mrs. Blanch Jems son, 703 Lyon St, Dei Moines, Iowa. ; Before submitting to surgical opera tion It is wise to try to build up the female system and cure its derange menu with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound ; it has saved many women from surgical operations. Writ to the Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for T em teiriMis tliat this matter of the tariff should be attended to I advice It will be COilfldentlaJ. sStore Hour.: 8:30 A. M. to 5 P. M. Saturday Till 6 P. M.s Price reductions of rare interest at RAY MOND'S in DINING ROOM FURNISH INGS, especially fea tured during this week, bo tomorrow SURE. You might miss get ting just the suite or piece you want. W31 frvYeuMmr ThAffcaS K01:! Raymond's Sale Featuring Dining Room Furniture at great reductions from our every day low prices for this entire week. Suites in many styles, odd pieces innumerable, marked with the big white and red tag, showing just what the re ductions are. This Golden Oak or Fumed Buffet, 46-inch length $16.00 Chairs in wood seats and leather seats. Reductions on many best patterns. This quartered oak Dinner Leather-slip Seat, an ele gant and durable chair. "n '11 f Li III mi Mr V This Golden Oak V Buffet, quartered and beautifully jlO 75 finished 1u Ask to See Golden Oak Suite, at $44.65 And the larffe suite In Old Eng lish, 10 pieces, at 865.00 I5I3-I0I9 Will Save You Money HOWARD ST TWeJ A Reason Burgess-Nash Company. Tuesday, August IB, 1916. "everybody's store STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. Phone Poof. 137. All Eves Are On Our Third Annual August Blanket Sale Because of the Unusual Value Features . . i j t , , li - ltA.,.vV.t 'viAnf Via o rrn in larcrA "QRACTICALLi every Dianicet in mis assemuunse wb uuu,u - X quantities, ana in mis wy we ukuuku h"v vh , vo ders, as well as getting our oraer in Deiore me recent uv in wool and cotton goods. This enables us to offer you unlimited selections from MonW tv,ftr r known for their wearinsr quality for color ings that defy time and for patterns that represent real artistic offnrr (which, bv the way. are an jjurgess-asn specifications) at fully 338 per cent under pres ent market quotations. Wool Auto Robes $3.98, $4.98 and $7.50 i-iVF.RY auto reauires from one to three robes, Jjj and the saving on these robes is fully one third during the August sale. The smart appear ance, the combined warmth and durability, the soft texture and beautiful designs are sure to please. Wool Surface Blankets, were $3; ffl QO August Sale Price, pair pi.JO Jacquard Blankets, were $2.50 ; CI August Sale Price, pair $l.OJ Wool Finished Blankets, were $2.50; August Sale Price, pair Blanket Sheets, were $1.50; August Sale Price, each Blanket Sheets, were $1.00; August Sale Price each. $1.69 .. 98c . 50c 25c $6.98 $4.75 $3.50 The August Sale of Furniture Continues With Renewed Zest in on turn linuspfl into homes: vacant 1 rooms into livable rooms ; fill in extra pieces ; furnish homes outright witn lurniture proporuoneu nu uuu. right at savings of 15 to 50 per cent. This $35 Kitchen Cabinet, $24.50 Constructed of solid oak, fully equipped with alum inum sliding top, metal cake and bread drawer, with enameled cupboards and metal flour bin. Ten styles to choose from ; reg ularly $35.00 ; August Sale price, $24.50. Library Table, $10.45 Made of solid oak, in the popular fumed finish, has magazine racks on each end and one large drawer; top is 24x42; August Sale Price, $10.45. Burfau-Nash Cl-IWri Flaar. Blanket Sheets for Child's Bed, were 50c : Auirust Sale Price, each Wool Blankets, were $12.50; P7 CA August Sale Price, pair pi.JV Wool Blankets, were $10.00; August Sale Price, pair Wool Blankets, were $6.50 ; August Sale Price, pair Jacquard Blankets, were $5.00; August Sale Price, pair Burgsss-Nash Co. Down Stairs Star.. We Will Allow $15 for Your Old Sewing Machine ON any Cabinet or Princess Standard Rotary Sewing Machine in our stock. This ia a splendid opportunity to secure a brand new reliable machine and still get something out of your old sewing. machine. Wednesday Specials Clark's Standard Rotary flJOO No. 97, was $46, now PW Standard Vibrator, ffOO CA was $45, now. ....... . POsi.aJU Paragon Sewing Machine, QflC was $32.50, now Cleveland Sewing Ma- tfOJ. Ktl chine, was 32.B0. . . . -'. Howe Sewing Ma- 4JOO CA chine, was 28, now. . aJ.4i4i.aJU Singer drop head (slightly used), was $48.00, M CA White (slightly used), -0 AA $4.00 Unique drop head (slightly used) . . Burfau-Nash C Dewrn Stain Stage, iBurge-Nah Co. Everybody'! Store 16th and Harney StreeUi