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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1916. Brief City News "TonbmuiI ' (or Sporting Goods." Bora Root Print Boacon Prooa. Ughtlng Flitorm BurgeM-Oranden Co. Half Karot WVto Diamond tit Ednolm. "Business Ik Human Service" That is. why business is good for tenants of The Bee Building, whore service is the first consideration. "Todays movie Program," classi fied unction today. It appears In Th Bee exclusively. Find out what the Various moving picture theaters oner. Grain Inspector Bankrupt George McAllister, a grain inspector living at 2105 Binney street, Hied a petition In bankruptcy. Liabilities, 2,60O; assets, $43. Granted Absence Iieave Miss Mary Austin, teacher at Beals school, has heen granted a year's leave, that she may attend the University of Cincin nati. Signs on Buildings The city coun cil decided to enforce a section of the building laws requiring owners of cor ner buildings to place street name signs so that "he who runs may read." To Decorate City Ilall With Lights The city councit passed a resolution which provides for decorative lighting on the city hall for the Ak-Sar-Ben tall festivities. Loses Three Finger Tips Samuel Ritzo, employed at the Skinner Manu facturing company's plant, caught his right hand in the machinery and suf fered the loss of three finger tips. He was removed to St. Joseph's hospital for treatment Hanighen In New Field When the city clerk read a lot of paving bids during a meeting of the city council, the commissioners were surprised to hear the name of J. J. Hanighen in connection with asphalt paving bids. This is Mr. Hanighen's first Identifica tion with the paving game here. Manawa Now Showing Feature Photoplays During the remainder of the park season, the management, at Manawa park will treat the public to high-class feature photoplays, pro duced by the Fox Film corporation. l,ast evening Bertha Kalich, in "Slan der," a modern society photodrama, was shown to a large audience. The pictures change eve"ry evening. Show Hughes at Dodge Plant On August 7 Charles E. Hughes spoke to 10,000 employes of the Dodge Brothers plant, where he was welcomed with much enthusiasm. Mr. Hughes was received personally by John F. and H. E. Dodge, the former being a particu larly prominent character in the re publican politics of Michigan. A film showing Mr. Hughes at the Dodge Bros, plant Is being shown at the Muse theater today. Judge Kecommends Barrel Stave Remedy for Delinquent 3oy "After a boy has stubbed his toe and committed such a crime as steal ing an automobile for joy-riding pur poses, it is unfortunate that the law does not provide that he (hall be placed across a barrel and a barrel stave applied to his anatomy. You need a good sound thrashing, but you are saved by the good graces of the taw," said Judge Willis G. Sears in releasing Edward Burns, 19 years old, 1616 Chicago street, on bond of $500. Burns and Alex B. Chambers, 2605 L street, who is at liberty under $500 bonds, were charged with the theft of the automobile belonging to W. W. Reser of Missouri Valley. Reser missed his machine while eating lunch at a restaurant on the South Side. ' Burns' mother, sister and attorney appeared in court to obtain his re lease. Me was led irom tne county jail to the judge's bench in the garb of a prisoner. Promises to obey his mother and to refrainfrom wrong doing resulted in his being sent to the Riverview home for delinquents on suspended sentence. He agreed to re port regularly to the juvenile author ities and to his mother. To Have New Route to the Grand Canyon General Passenger Agent Basinger - of the Union Pacific has returned from the west, where he went to line up a tourist route to the Grand Can von of the Colorado for next year. On the trip from Salt Lake City he was accompanied by rassenger irat- lie Manager Fort, Governor Spry of Utah, and a number of prominent citizens of Salt Lake. Aecording to Mr. Basinger, the nronosed route is practical and will become one of the Union Pacific fea tures for western tourists next sea son. To reach the canyon by way of Salt Lake, tourists will be earned on the San Pedro road to Lund, 245 miles south of Salt Lake. From there to the canyon they will go by auto mobile, over a state road, a distance of 150 miles. This road, for some thirty miles, follows along the rim of the canyon, terminating at a point opposite me irau up irum vv imams, on the Santa Fe. Mr. Fort said that the automobile drive is delightful, as well as scenic, running through deep gorges and over high mountains. The trip from Lund can easily be made in a day. Want Forfeit to Protect Against Delay in Paying An ordinance has been introduced in the city council by Commissioners Jardine and Hummel providing that in submitting bids for paving work contractors must present certified checks in the sum of 10 per cent of the prospective contract, or not less than $100 for any check. This money will be forfeited to the city in cases where contractors do not live up to the terms of their contracts. Several paving contractors have been dilatory this season and it is proposed to hold a cash forfeit over their heads in the future. Cured Her Children of Colds. "During the past winter I had oc casion to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my two children, who were at the time suffering from se vere colds. It proved to be the very medicine they needed," writes Mrs. Myron J. Pickard, Memphis, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. Adv v Street's Are Set Aside for the Fall Jubilee Capitol avenue, Twelfth to Fift eenth streets, and Fourteenth street frnm Tlrtoe tn Davennni-t- a,r fa have been set aside by the city com missioners tor use as jubilei grounds" bv the Knights of Ak-Sar Ben this fall. HIrk ll-Hflarhe Due to CoitfttliMitlon, One don I)r. Klnff'il Now Life Pillg and your Mirk headache la tone, (let a 2B-ctnt buttle and be convinced. All drugglata. Adrertlaeraenb. ... , . ROBBER HOLDS HP CALUMK CASHIER Man Said to Be Former Em ploye Gets the Week's Payroll. RESTAURANT IS CROWDED While the Calumet restaurant was crowded about Monday and dozens of persons looked on, a masked robber said to be a former employe of the place, held up the night cashier, Clar ence Bussy, and escaped with the week's payroll of the nigh! torce, amounting to $125. Rest-urant employes say they rec ognized him as a 19-year-old youth named Lisle Messa, who worked as bus-boy for several months. Before lie entered the restaurant the robber loitered about on the out side for nearly half an hour, and was the object of much comment, as his head was almost entirely covered with a white gauze bandage, indi cating that he had been in an acci dent of some kind. Not Recognized at First Several taxi drivers and others who were standing outside spoke to hinfl for a few minutes. He said lie had been badly cut about the face, and it was healing. None of those on the outside recognized him, however. When he went inside lie cnattea ith one of the waiters for a mo ment and then went up to the cashier, pulling an automatic gun. "Hand me the pay envelope or i n plug you, ne exclaimed to Bussy. Bussy, thinking he was joking, told him to "beat it." You d better tork over or 1 11 shoot. the robber replied. Bussy forked. The man hastily jammed the money into his pockets and ran, tearing the bandage from his head. Dodges Through Building. Policeman O. P. Peterson was pass ing and gave chase, but the robber fled through a stairway over the Welch restaurant and out through the alley and into the Continental hotel at 110 South Fourteenth street. From there he made his escape. Messa lived at the Continental hotel for the last three months. Other lodgers said that just after the rob bery he dashed into the place, ran to his room and then ran out again. Search of his room revealed a big pile of cheap yellow-back novels. Letters Tell Story. If the bandaged bandit 'who robbed the night cashier at the Calumet res taurant early last night is really Les'ie Messa, the 19-year-old buss-boy who formerly worked there, then a pathetic story goes with the incident. When detectives searched the room in the Continental hotel, which Messa and another young chap occupied, they found a packet of letters ad dressed to the young fellow. The let ters were from his parents, who live m Decatur, 111., and each one was apparently an answer to a letter writ ten home by him. ' The letters unfold a serial of youth ful misery that had its start when he made a "bad break" in his home town, nearly a year ago. He went away to make good by beginning all over again. The "bad break" at home would not let him get away clean, the letters indicate, for soon after he left trouble followed him, and penniless and out of work, he became ill and was com pelled to spend a month in a hospital. When he was discharged from the hospital, he came to Omaha and got a job in the Calumet restaurant. Always Discouraged. A letter from his father, received while he was working at the restau rant, shows that the young fellow was still discouraged, but intended to hang on and his father offered him words of encouragement. Walter Lowe, a night waiter at the restaurant, was Messa's closest friend and confidant, though he never learned what sMessa's trouble back home was. "He always said he was afraid he'd never get back on his feet again," Lowe said. "He was a fine chap, but terribly down-hearted about some thing. His one passion seemed to be to get money. He worked like a slave. acting as substitute for other waiters whenever they wanted a night off, and trying to earn all the money he possible could. He didn't drink or gamble, but he was alwa'ys broke. "I saw him the other day and he said he had lost his job. He was gloomier than ever. I think he Dulled off the robbery because he was des perate, but at that, I think that if the cashier had tried to talk him out of it, he'd probably have stuck the gun in his pocket and walked away. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he'd walk in to the polite station today and give himself up. He wasn't bad its hard to think of him as being a stickup man. I'll bet he's in some kind of bad trouble and he needed money awfully bad. so he just took a long chance. I feel sorry for him, somehow." Others at the restaurant who knew Messa feel the same way. His general demeanor and his an parent secret sorrow made him a Omaha's Oldest "Fiddler" Celebrates His Golden Wedding Anniversary GncouraqementA f. r William II. Dunn, eldest brother of H, W. Dunn, chief of police, can play all the old "chimes" on his fid dle. He lias one of the most valued violins in this state,. but he prefers to call it a "fiddle." He is the champion, old fiddler of Omaha, and aside from that he has been married fifty years. In his seventy-third year of life he finds con siderable enjoyment playing "Money Musk." "Old Black Joe," "Turkey in the Straw" and other favorites. On Sunday he and Mrs. Dunn ob served their golden wedding anni versary with a small family gather ing to mark tne occasion at the Dunn residence, 5102 North Twenty-second street. He worked in the Burlincrtnn hnn at Aurora, 111., forty years and was married m tnat citv. Me has lived sixteen years in Omaha. When the civil war was started he joined Com pany i, ritty-eighth Illinois volun teers, and is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. Theodore Thomas of this citv is a daughter and William F. Dunn of the postolfice is a son. Another daugh ter is Mrs. Nettie Raymond of Aurora. 111. He was born in Rut land, Vt. Attending the golden wedding cele bration was Rutli Thomas, grand daughter. MRS. THEODORE THOMAS. MR. AND MBS. WILLIAM H. DUNN AND MISS RUTH THOMAS. mark for sympathy for the other rcs laurart workers and they always tried to help him all they could. He was let out because business was slack. CREAM MUST BE OP TO STATESTANDARD Kngel Instructs Health Com missioner He Must Enforce State Law Hereafter. LAW NOT BEEN ADHERED TO Superintendent Kugel of the de partment of police, sanitation and public safety directed Health Com missioner Connell to enforce a city ordinance which requires a mini mum of 18 per cent butter fat in cream. Last spring Dr. Connell suspended this ordinance of his own volition,, advising the milk and cream dealers he would not prosecute them unless their cream went below 16 per cent, which was the requirement of the city ordinance before it was amended to agree with the state law. The state law requires 18 per cent and Mr. Kugel has concluded that his department can not with impu nity go below the state requirement. Hannan Takes a Hand. State Food Commissioner Harman a few days ago telephoned from Lin coln to the city officials to say that unless they enforced the 18 per cent provision he wpuld do a little en forcing for them. State inspectors were here last week and took a lot of cream samples back to Lincoln for tests. The health commissioner explained that he agreed to reduce the city or dinance from 18 to 16 per cent be cause the dealers last February threatened to increase the price of cream if 18 per cent butter fat was demanded by the city. Dr.' Connell announced he would proceed at once to enforce the 18 per cent requirement and he has writ ten letters to all milk and cream dealers to that effect. Report Filed on Caldwell Estate V According to the report filed by1 Administrator Arthur S. Churchill on the estate of Victor B. Caldwell, late president of the United States Na tional bank, there is $209,56275 to be distributed. The estate includes 482 shares of stock in the United States National bank, valued at $108,562.50; real estate valued at $33,000, and other property. Mr. Caldwell died in the state. The widow, Nellie, and four children are the heirs. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. , MRS. AMBERT WOULD ANNUL MARRIAGE Seeks to Clear Name of Stig ma Following Recent Di vorce Suit and Wedding. MAGNEY IS CONSULTED Plans for the anniiling o( the r--r-riage of Mrs. Loretta Ambert to George Robinson, 19 years old, at Council Bluffs, in order that she 1nay be freed from the stigma cf the set ting aside of her divorce decree by Judge Willis G. Sears in Douglas county district court, are under way. Lloyd A. Magney, deputy county at torney, who acted for Mrs. Ambert when she appealed for a divorce de cree, has been consulted. When Judge Sears set aside the de cree divorcing her from Ambert, which was on May 12, leaving Mrs. Loretta Ambert with two husbands, she appealed to attorneys and the court. According to her complaint she has been married three times. The records in the county judge's of fice show that but one marriage license was issued. On December 5, 1908 (license No. 22,042), Joseph Anderson was licensed to wed Loretta Henning. Anderson gave his age as 26, while the bride was but 17. The consent of- her father, Charles W. Henning, is recorded, the ceremony was per formed by Father Patrick J. Judge of Sacred Heart church on Decem ber 7, 1908. The license was issued by Charles Leslie, at that time county judge. Anderson died and his widow married Ambert. The divonce decree from Ambert was granted by Judge George A Day and the decree was set aside by Judge Willis t bears. Mrs. Ambert married George Rob inson only a few weeks after obtain ing a divorce decree. She was warned at the time that six months must elapse before she would be allowed to marry. Mrs. Ambert-Robinson-An-derson-Henning resides at 523 South Twenty-fourth street. New Washington Market Is Opened for Public One of the most modern and up-to-date meat markets in the middle west was opened yesterday when the new Washington market at 1407 Douglas street was introduced to the Omaha public. B. A. and N. Simon are the owners. The formal opening attracted hun dreds of Omahans, who were agree ably surprised to see a market so tastily arranged and so scrupuousiy neat. The display equipment is es pecially attractive and all of the show cases are glass enclosed. A demonstrator of butternut cof ;fee served all patrons and visitors. MflkA known vnnr TTTTS JL 'ants, or desires, "I " and by all meant keep "Mother's Friend" nearby, for In It you can put complete confidence and reliability as a means of assisting nature la accomplishing Its wonder ful work ofi preparation. "Mother's Friend" soothes the distressing pains and gives relief from morning sick ness, as well as makes an easier de livery. Get a bottle at your drug gist use externally and note the satisfaction received. A free book on Motherhood will be sent all mothers. Write for one. Address The Brsdfleld Regnlstor Co., 213 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Third Week August Clearance Sale 20 to 50 Saving Furniture, Stoves, Rugs and Draperies at the Central Many items of special close-out pat terns yet remain in every department, which you would appreciate to add to the conven ience and beauty of your home. Every one of these sale articles carries with it our guarantee of lasting satisfaction, and you can buy now and we will deliver later, if desired. Our regular prices are always low, con sidering the high quality of home furnish ings we offer, and at this sale you have an unusual opportunity to save money on each article, and, as usual, you make your own terms. OSST0$L r " fsnnn ' la- im wr 'Turn lnl. i WHEEL TAX LAW IS NOW BEING DRAWN Commissioners Hummel and Parks Back of New Taxation Plan. WORKS IN OTHER. CITIES Assistant City Attorney I'e Toel is preparing for Commissioners Hummel and Parks a wheel lax ordinance ' which will he introduced within the I next (ew weeks for consideration bv ! the committee of the whole and to' be passed in time to be operative Jan-j nary I, 1917. The proposed scale of lax will he ; from i to $1 J a year, according to i llic horsepower, if it he a nioior-driv-i en vehicle, or based on sue of horse-1 drawn vehicles. Attorney Tc I'oel has hefore him similar ordinances of Kansas City, Chicago and other cilies. He slates there is nothing in the statutes of Nebraska to invalidate such an or dinance for Omaha. The revenue, estimated between $4(1,000 and $50,000 a year, will be di vided equally between the street maintenance and boulevard funds. In Kansas City this tax has been suffi cient lo keep all streets and boule vards in repair. In Chicago. At the city council meeting Com missioner 1'arks submitted a report of his visit last week to Chicago, re ferring at some length to the wheel lax which he recommended for Oma ha and which he and Commissioner llumtnel have been working on for several weeks. "Oilier cities of importance have seen the wisdom of imposing a wheel tax and 1 believe it is time we had. an ordinance here," stated Commissioner Hummel. The wheel tax has been suggested informally several times in recent years before the council, but this is the first time it has been given seri ous consideration. The report of Commissioner Parks was referred to Attorney Te Poel when Commissioner Hummel an nounced to the ocuncil that a wheel tax ordinance is being written and will be presented within a few weeks. ihe commissioners are in favor of the ordinance and no opposition is anticipated when the measure shall have been submitted. Bishop Stuntz to Move to Omaha on October First A reception was tended to Bish. n Homer C. Stuntz Monday evening at tne uroaaway Metnodist church, Council Bluffs, by Methodists of six districts. Bishop Stunti is the suc cessor to Bishop Bristol and will take up his residence in Omaha October 1, making his home at the Beaton apartments on West Farnam street. Officer Shoots and Wounds Prisoner who Breaks for Liberty Officer Joe Baughman, chauffeur of the patrol used at the South Side police station, shot and wounded John Logan, who gives his home as Par sons, Kan., when Logan attempted to escape from officers who bad placed j Logan, in company with Willie Ford, 5.'22 South Twenty-fourth street, South Side, was arrested by Prtective Mike Sullivan. Logan and Ford were trying to sell a couple of pans ot slices at Ihe tune, Milltvan suspected the shoes were stolen property. The police patrol was called and the men carried to the station. Just as Sullivan r.nd Baughman, who drove the patrol, were herding Logan and hord into the door of the jail, Lo gan made a break for liberty and started flight down the street. He ignored the call of the officers to slop, so Baughman pulled his re volver and shot. The .bullet entered I.ogna's leg at the knee cap and brought him down instantly. He was taken to the South Side hospital, where it is feared blood poison may set in. Logan declares he is a steam-fitter by trade and that he came to Omaha last Thursday. He says he met Ford in a saloon and it was at the saloon they bought the shoes for $1.50. They later tried to sell them at a profit, he avers. Mrs. Ben Newman, Former Resident Here, Is Dead Mrs. Rose Newman, widow of Ben Newman, resident of Omaha and Council Bluffs for many years, died Monday evening at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ike New, of Chicago, at the age of 74. The body will be received here Wednesday mornin for burial. Funeral will be held Wednes day at 4 p. in. from the residence of Sam Frank, 138 North Thirty-first avenue, with interment at Pleasant ilill cemetery. .. Mrs. Newman" suffered an attack of grippe last winter and did not fully recover from that illness. Her other daughters are Mrs. Martin Ober fclder of Chicago and Mrs. Samuel Frank of this city. Albert M. New man of Chicago is the only surviving son. Joseph Newman, another son, was drowned at Manawa in 1887. . Mrs. Newman came west from New York as a bride in 1865, living part in Plattsmouth, and then moving to Council Bluffs, where her husband was engaged in the clothing business. The family moved to Omaha in 1883, when Mr. Newman became a mem ber of the insurance firm of Martin, Perfect & Newman, Mr. Newman died here in 1903. Mrs. Newman visited Omaha in the early days a a girl and .was the guest of an aunt, Mrs. Aaron Cahn. General Freight ; -Agents Go East for Rate Hearing General Freight Agents Holcomb ' of the Burlington and Lane of the Union Pacific have gone to Washing ton. They will be present at an in terstate commerce hearing in which the two roads are interested, and be for their return will probably look in' on the wage conference that is going on between President Wilson and the railroad people. Dr. Crowley Goes to Detroit to Attend Father's Funeral Dr. C. F. Crowley, city chemist, has received news of the death ot his father. Dr. John W. J. Crowley, aged 85. in Detroit. The elder Crowlev was an army doctor during the civil war and was prominent in Grand Army of the Republic circles. Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Crowley leave tonight to attend the funeral. , "1 DON'T SUFFER ANYMORE" "Feel Like a New Person," says Mrs. Hamilton. New Castle, Ind. "From the tliM I was eleven yean old until I was seven teen I su tiered each month so I had to be in bed. Ihadhead ache, backache and such pains I would cramp donbla every month. I did- not know what it was to ba easy minute. My health was all run down and the doctor did not da me any good. A neighbor told my mother about Lydia E. Plnkhsm's Vegetable Compound and I took it, and now I feel like a new person. I don't suffer any more and I am regular every month. " Mrs.HAZKL Hamilton, 822 South loth St. . When a remedy ha lived for forty years, steadily growing in popularity and influence, and thousands) noon thousands of women declare they owe their health to it, la it not reasona ble to believe that it ban article of great merit? .'' ;-'. ' If yon want special advice writ to Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held In strict confidence. Store Hours t 8i30 A. M. to 5 P. M. Saturday Till 6 P. M.j Burgess-Nash GoMPMf: Tuoiday. August 22, 1916. "ttVERYBOPTfr STOPII' STORE NEWS FORWEDNESDAY. Phone Douglas 13T. Values That Appeal to the Eye and Purse in August Sale of Furniture WE are on the last days of this, by far our greatest August sale of furniture. Our im mense varieties of the most desired furniture enables the later purchaser a re markably good selection, priced at savings of fully 15 to 50 under regular prices.- Later Delivery If Desired For the convenience of our customers we will, upon a small payment, set aside purchases for later delivery. -, - Dining Room Chairs Half Price An odd lot of dining chairs featured Wednesday at exactly half price. This idea Chairs were $1.65 now ......85c Chairs were $3.00 now $1.50 Chairs were $3.50 now . . . $1.75 Chairs were $4.50 now .... .$2.25 Chairs were $5.00 now .... .$2.50 This $25.00 Solid Mahogany Rocker at $12.50 Just a small number of these solid mahogany rockers, upholsjered in best quality tapestry. Regular $25.00 values Wednes day at exactly half price, $12.50. Burfm-Nuh Co. TbirS Flor. Marquisette Curtains 95c Pair; the Usual $1.40 Kind THIS is indeed a timely sale of Curtains and will ap peal to the busy housewife, who right now is think ing of new draperies. A splendid assortment for selec tion, made of first quality mercerized marquisette, in ecru color, neatly hemstitched, full 2'2 and 2 14 yards long. Very dainty and attractive, were $1.40, specially fea tured Wednesday at, the pair, 95c. Bur;-Nuh Co. Third Floor. --Burgess-Nsh Co. Everybody's Ston Films Developed Free at Burgess-Nash WHEN an order is left for ' printing, we develop your mms witnout cnarge to you. A Word About Service in the Codak Section It is one thing to take oicture and another thing to have them ready when you want them. Films left one day will be ready the next day. Work guaranteed. BurtoM-Nuh Co. Mala Floor. , 16th and Htmvr.mmmmmmBiSSm Maltless Alcoholfree --vtsw inn . II! 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