Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BEE: OMAHA,. MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917.
LINCOLN MAN BDYS
FARNAMPROPERTY
Building at Twelfth and Far
nam Streets Brings Higher
Price Under Hammer.
riBST DEAL UNAPPROVED
Rets Wilkinson, young insurance
nun of Lincoln, Saturday bought the
National Fidelity and Caiualty com
pany building at the southwest cor
ner of Twelfth and Farnam street!
under the hammer (or $65,250. The
property has a sixty-six-foot frontage
on Farnam street, which makes the
price just a trifle less than $1,000 a
front foot
- Mr. Wilkinson says he will merely
hold the building as an investment
Wilkinson is only 31 years old, but
seems to have had some idea of the
value of Omaha real estate, for he
came to Omaha for the sale equipped
with the necessary money to make
nil -first payment, also bringing his
attorney, Foster, who was to assist
in the legal features of the transac
tion. On Other Bidder.
The only other bidder in the auc
tion was David Cole, who opened the
bidding with an offer of $57,500. Mr.
Cole went as high as $65,000 and then
he auction was conducted by A.
E. Agee, representing the State In
surance board. This building was
previously sold under the hammer
some months ago, but the state board
refused to sanction the sale because
it was shown that a previous bid on
the property was higher than the
price it brought at the sale.
This building has steadily been
listed in the assets of the National
Fidelity people's accounts and with
the state board at $185,000. ,
In the previous auction sale, which
was not confirmed by the board, the
property only brought $41,000 in.
round numbers.
COUNCIL BLUFFS
'BUSINESS CENTER
SWEPT BY FIRE
i.
(Coatunw' froa Flnt rata.)
muehlen. Second floor, F. J. Schnorr,
realty; Spencer Smith, realty, and
roomers, Mrs. Mary Gilmore, Mrs.
Kate ePtersen, Miss Fern Chester and
Miss Norma Stratton. Third floor,
Dr. M. E. O'Keefe, office and room,
'also Till Dahle, E. N. Pickard, P. B.
Petersen, .Peter Swanson ond G. E.
Evans.
' Maurer Block First floor, North
western and Union Pacific ticket of
fice. Second floor, Boyer Adjusting
company, W. H. Schura and Academy
of Music, Mrs. Mary Mordeson
(room).
Estimat on Losses.
An attempt to compute the losses
yesterday indicated that the total will
exceed $200,000 and the insurance will
not approximate more than half the
losses. The walls of the Sapp and
Wickham buildings are apparently un
injured. Wickham estimates the dam
age to the Sapp block at about $30,
000, with insurance of $28,000 and
cbout $40,000 to the Wickham block
with insurance of only about $10,000.
Maurer places bis loss on the build
ins at about $22,000 with insurance of
$13,500. The Kresge company's loss
is placed at $40,000 by the local man
ager, but cannot be determined until
the auditing is finished at the head
quarters in Detroit The loss is well
protected by insurance. Gunnoude &
Zurmuehlen place their loss at $18,.
000 with about half the amount of in
surance. - -
Nothing but the bank fixtures and
furniture was lost by the Commercial
National bank, and Cashier Konig
marcher said that it would not greatly
exceed $2,000. Before 5 o'clock yes
: terday morning President C E. Price
' and Cashier Konigmacber had leased
the cast room in the old Dohany the
ater building and announced that the
bank would open for business at the
usual hour thia morning. The vaults
were opened yesterday and everything
found to be intact.
Ciuia of Fir Unknown.
W. B. Richards, general agent of
the Northwestern and Union Pacific,
placed tne loss, exclusive ot the
tickets, at between $5,000 and $10,000.
The furniture was all solid mahogany
and cost $5,000 when installed three
or four yeara ago. Everything in the
office was a total loss, including
stocks of costly advertising matter.
Two hours after the fire was out Mr.
Richards had secured temporary of
fice quarters with the Western Union
Telegraph company at 12 Pearl street,
ind will also be ready for business
hismornina.
Several insurance adjusters viewed
he Beno stock yesterday and said
he loss might be anywhere trom
$2,000 to $50,000. The whole building
was filled with dense volumes of
imoke for hours, but so well were all
the goods protected that only mini
mum damage coma result
Losses of the tenants occupying of.
ices are toUl and will amount to a
arge sum. Dr. Hamilton places his
loss ot dental instruments ana sup.
plies at $1,000 and several others were
equally heavy losers. Six real estate
ind insurance agents, Schurz, Boyer,
Casady, bchnorr, Johnson ana Lemon,
confessed with some chagrin yester
day that none of them carried insur
ance on their office property. The
telephone company lost about $1,000
in telephones ana fixtures.
The attempt to ascertain the origin
nf the fire was unavailing yesterday.
The boiler room is outside the build
' ing underneath the sidewalk. No rub
bish or inflammable material was near
the stiirwav or elevator shaft The
fires were banked at 9 and the build
ing closed and locked and the lights
urned on at iu o ciock.
Tony Denier, Humpty Dumpty
Clown, Is Killed in Fal
Kingston, N. Y, March 1L Fam
ous for forty years as the origi
nal "humpty dumpty" clown, Tony
Denier died here today from fall on
an icy sidewalk. He was 78 years old
and has been an inmate of the alms
house since June. He retired as a
clown eight years ago.
Care Vnr Mat
Dr. King's Nv Wacowf will ears rw
II Is MIlMplls an Mathlat. kills lit
SONS OF VETERANS
ARE MUSTERED IN
Impressive Ceremonies Held
When Officers Muster in
The Lincoln Camp.
CAME FIEE FOLLOWS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 11. (Special.) A
large and patriotic gathering was
held in the Grand Army hall here
last night, when department and di
vision officers of the Grand ' Army
and Sons of Veterans met under the
direction of the Lincoln camp of the
latter organization, udder the com
mand of State Auditor W. H. Smith,
who besides being commander of the
local camp is junior division com
mander of the state organizaiton. The
occasion was the mustering in of the
Lincoln camp of Governor Neville.
Conducted By Hague.
. The ceremonies were conducted by
Division Commander L. W. Hague,
Minden; assisted by E, E. Ridgway,
Omaha, as senior vice commander;
W. A. Fetterman, Lincoln, as junior
vice commander, and P. A. Barrows,
Lincoln, as patriotic instructor. The
ceremonies by those present as the
most impressive along patriotic lines
of any they had ever observed.
At the close of the exercises a
camp fire was held, Commander L. E.
Hague in charge and speeches were
made by Commnader Stewart, Gov
ernor Neville, Senator Chappell, W.
A. Delzell and the other recruits and
also by Colonel Tom Majors, Past
Department Commanders Hoagland,
North Platte, and Lett; Past Divis
ion Commanders A. C. Boone, Colum
bus; P. A. Barrows, Lincoln) Senior
Vice Division Commander Overman,
Bennett; Junior Vice Division Com
mander Smith, Lincoln, and several
other prominent veterans and sons of
veterans of the state.
Woud Pay Far.
A resolution was adopted urging
the legislature to vote the $20,000 ap
propriation for the payment of the
railroad fare of the veterans to the
fiftieth anniversary of the battle of
Vicksburg.
DEMOCRATS SEE
1 ANINWF POWER
(Continued from lint Fete.)
made the laughing stock of the coun
try, the republican minority will be
patriotic enough to atep in and save
the legislature, democratic though it
may be, from going home in disgrace.
so tar the republican minority has
not attempted to pull off anything.
The republican members have simply
set back and voted with the idea that
it waa the only thing to do. From a
political standpoint it has not been
necessary for the republican minority
to pun ott anything in order to put
the democratic majority in the hole.
They have been putting themselves in
the hole so fast that even the repub
lican oil can has not had to be used
to make the democratic eliding easier
or quicker.
But from now on it is expected that
politics will be worked to the finish.
The. democrats are beginning to see
that they have simply accomplished
nothing. Less than a dozen bills
have gone to the governor for his
approval or disspproval. Something
will have to be done and In the hurry
and akurry of the closing days it is
possible tnat one or two important
bills may get through either by mis
take or by republican votes.
The democratic party in the Ne
braska legislature is making history
and not of a kind which ia nivinsr them
mucn joy. un the other hand they
are looking into the future with gloom
and with little hope of continued
power.
Aged Han Drop Dead.
trii. v.ki if i. it c
eial Telegram.) A, B. Coe, aged 68
yeara old, dropped dead Saturday
morning in the door ward at the
home of F. J. Ellsbury, north of here.
He arrived Fridya fro amn all win
ters visit at Chicago and had just
called on his nearest neighbor. It
is ' presumed the excitement due
to his return to the home place, to
gether with the exertion of a short
walk ,waa too great for his weakened
heart.
Ht Finds "KonrJon's" on th Job.
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60 million Intelligent American have used Koodon'a lor
cold-ln-head or nasal catarrh. Some druggists offer yott com
plimentary trial cans. All druggists offer 25 cent tube with th
understanding that If the first tub doe not do yon dollar
worth of rood, you can get your quarter back from Koodoo'
Catarrhal Jelly, Minneapolis, Minn.
ALLIES MISJUDGE
TEUTON CONDITION
Field Marshal Hoetzendorf
Says Countries Not on
Verge of Collapse.
WHY PEACE OFFEE MADE
Austra-Hungarian Greater Head
quarters, Feb. 27. (Via Vienna and
Berlin, by Wireless taThe Associated
Press, Via Tuckerton, N. J, March
10.) "Our enemies have made two
cardinal mistakes in this war," said
Field Marshal Baron Conrad von
Hoetzendorf, chief of general staff of
the Austro-Hungarian army to The
Associated Press today.
"The first mistake was that they be
lieved that the races forming the
Austro-Hungarian monarchy would
fall asunder at the war's outbreak.
The second was when, a few weeks
ago, they failed to accept our peace
offer, interpreting this evidently as a
sign that the water was well up to our
chins, in other words, that militarily
and' economically we were on the
verge of collapse.
- "No greater mistakes ever were
made. That the central powers made
a peace offer was due alone to the
joint desire to end the senseless
butchering and the destruction of
everything that centuries of civiliza
tion have given to fcurope. 1 will say
here that to end this war was and is
the keenest desire of our emperor, our
commander-in-chief, who, in some
thirty-two months of experience at
our fronts knows every side of the
war." . '
Bootlegger Swears
Gill Took the $4,000
Like Box of Matches
Seattle. Wash.. March 11. "Mayor
Gill didn't say 'thank you.' He just
picked, up the $4,000 roll of bills like
a box of matches," testified Logan
Billingsley, chief witness for the
United States in the so-called liquor
graft trials, when cross-examined to
day concerning his alleged payment
on August 30 last to Mayor Hiram
C. Gill for protection ot uuungsiey s
liquor business.
Mayor Gill, Chief of Police Charles
L. Beckingham, former Sheriff Robert
T. Hodge and four city detectives are
on trial in federal court, charged with
conspiracy to violate the federal laws
by importing liquor into the state.
Counsel for Gill asked him how he
came to pass the money to Gill on
such short acquaintance Billingsley
having sworn that he had never met
Gill until the day of the alleged
bribery. The witness replied:
"I'm a pretty good authority on
how to give a man money. I have
had a good deal of experience."
"Didn't you ask the mayor for a
receipt?" asked Gill's counsel.
"I have never given nor taken a
receipt in matters of this kind," re
olied Billinnsley.
When taken to task for bribing po
licemen, Billingsley answered:''
"You don't have to ask them to
take money; they come to you.
Will Not Permit Hanging
On Roof of Postoffice
Washington, March 11. Treasury
department officials today declined to
permit the custodian of public build
ings at Spokane to use the roof of
the federal building there as a loca
tion for a scaffold for the execution
of Edward Mayberry, sentenced to
die March 20 by the federal court
Capital punishment being torbionen
in Washington, a federal reservation
is the only place where the man can
be executed. The request had been
referred to the attorney general, but'
today without waiting to hear from
the Department of Justice, Acting
Secretary Newton 'absolutely de
clined to grant the authority request
ed, on humanitarian grounds. .
Big Shipyard Will Be
Built On the Delaware
.Philadelphia, Pa., March 11. A
shipyard "equal to any in the United
States" will be built on the. Delaware
river, immediately below the mouth
of the Schuylkill river, according to
an announcement tonight by the Fort
Mifflin Ship Building company, re
cently organized, with a capital of
$10,000,000. One hundred and sixty
acres ot river tront property nave
been acquired.
United Commercial
. . Travelers Pick Officers
Council No. 118, Omaha United
Commercial Travelers, met at the
Swedish Auditorium Saturday eve
ning and elected the following offi
cers: J. Howard Martin, past coun
selor; D. F. O'Brien, senior counselor;
L. Jay, secretary-treasurer; Charles
E. Allen, junior counselor; L. P. Rob
ers, conductor; Charles Fink, page;
J. F. Marshall, sentinel; J. W. Mar
tin. W. A. Watt. I. W. Pooe and Jack
West, delegates ot grand council.
Kills Himself After He ; ,
Had Made Good Shortage
Kansas Citv. March 11. With the
discovery todaj in a hotel room of
the body of Frederick Oberhelman, 45
years old, former paying teller of the
Security National bank of this city, it
was revealed by officials of the bank.
that a shortage ot "pZS.Ui found in
the teller's accounts after he disap
peared February 23, had been made
good by Uberhelman because. ot a
troubled conscience before he shot
himself.
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INSURES SATISFACTION
Fireproof Storehouse
EnJjrjBletlOMbjnftJDwenport.
Vault, Cesspools and Grease
Traps Cleaned
At Ordinance Bates or by contract
" Tel. Douglas 1387;
The Gty Garbage Co.
Manure and Ashes Removed
Of fie, 12th and Paul Sts
' OMAHA. NEB.
AMERICAN LETTER
& ADVERTISING CO.
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COLD STORAGE
COMPANY 7
Manufacturers of Distilled
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350 Tons Daily Capacity
Telephone Douglas 50
Telephone Douglas 6967 ;
Western Heating and
'Plumbing Co.,
Jo Johnston, Proprietor
HEATING and PLUMBING
SANITARY ENGINEERS
1810 St Mary's At-
OMAHA, NEB.
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EDUCATORS OF U. S.
RESTORE LODYAIN
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American Institutions Will
Take Responsibility of
Rebuilding School.
WORD COMES BY CARVER
New York, March 11. The Uni
versity of Louvain, damaged by fire
and bombardment when the city was
taken by the Germans in the early
days of the war, is to be restored
through the efforts of American edu
cational institutions, it was learned
here today upon the arrival from
France and England on the Steamship
Adriatic of Clifford N. Carver, for
mer secretary to Amabassador Page
at London and later secretary to
Colonel E. M. House on bis last trip
to Europe.
Omaha Races to New Records and
All Men Call Her a Sure Winner
With fifty-six new industries enter
ing the 'field in Omaha during the
last year in a manufacturing way,
and with more in process of negotia
tion all the time, there is every like
lihood that Omaha will thia year sur
pass all former records in the out
put of its factories.
Already since the first of the year
ten or a dozen new industries have
either located here or have definitely
closed negotiations for locations here.
This, together with those which be
gan business here last year, and to
gether with the ever-increased value
put on the products, ' will tend to
swell very materially the total money
value of the manufactured output of
Omaha concerns in 1917.
In 1912 the factory output of Omaha
totaled $187,673,466. .
In 1916, just a half decade later, the
factory output was $268,057,715. . ;
This reveals a gain of nearly 43 per
cent in the brief space of five yeaits.
The figures on factory production
in Omaha for these five years are
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NEW LOCATION
318 Rose Building
16th and Farnam St.
Douglas 2186.
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Legislature Would Know of
, Superior Bank Receivership
(From a Staff Corrtpondnt) ,
Lincoln. March 11. (Special.)
Representative Swanson introduced
the following resolution this after
noon in the house and the same was
adopted:
Whenaa, Th Tint National bank of Su
perior failed March the 6th. 19H.
Whareu, The reaervo fundi of tht First
State Savings bank of Superior were de
posited In th defunct National bank, forc
ing the aald Saving bank to auapend bual
neu, and
Whereat, The itate banklnr department
drew out of the guarantee fund IM.S26.17
with which to reimburse the depositors, not
a cent of which hu been returned to aald
fund, therefore be It
Revolved, That th itate bank ins; depart
ment be and la hereby requested to cubmtt
to this house Information concerning- the
present status of the affaire of th afore
said defunct Savings bank, the amount re
covered from the securities held by said
bank, th toUl cost of receivership Includ
ing attorneys fees and alt other expenses
to date, -the time when th money collected
may be expected to be returned Into the
guarantee fund and the probable amount
which will thus be returned, Be It further
Resolved, That the elerk be Instructed to
transcribe and deliver a copy of these reso
lutions to said state banking department.
interesting, both from' the total vol
ume of gain and from the steadiness
with which this gain was made from
year to year, each succeeding year
outdistancing the preceding.
' By way of comparison the' figures
for these five years are. given here:
1912. .$187,673,466 1914..$196,312,527
1913.. 193,385,671 "1915.: 213,643,059
! . . -1916.. 268,057,715
' It has been interesting to note the
gain , made in certain lines of manu
facture in' Omaha, and the growth
Omaha has made in the last five years
as a center for certain lines of produc
tion. In butter, for example, Omaha
leaped from a $5,000,000 butter center
to considerably over a $10,000,000 butter-producing
center. All this in five
years, or a gain of over 100 per cent
in volume.
In no other industry of such im
portance' did Omaha march to the
front with such mighty strides in
the five years as it did thus in butter,
putting itself in the lead of all but-ter-producing
centers in the world.
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Omaha Paper Stock Co.,
Office 'and Warehouse
18th and Marey St.'
Phone Deug. 159. Omaha, Nab.
D. 4500
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JACK HURLEY, Proprietor
HIGH GRADE
Hardwood Flooring
Omaha Hardwood
Lumber Company.
. Douglas 1587
Yards, 13th and California.
FIRE DOORS
SHUTTERS
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Omaha Central Iron
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Deng. 490. 10th aad Dadga Sta.
JDRY DONATES TO
ADMIHED THIEF
Youth Who "Got Even" With
Deadbeat Employer Is Ac
' quitted in Court.
RECIPIENT OF COLLECTION
Denver, Colo., March 11. Al
though he admitted he stole a quant
ity of clothing and a razor from a
former employer to get even with
him fbr refusing to pay his wages, a
jury in the West Side court, found
W. G. Schaer, 18 years old, not
guilty and then took up a collection
and presented the boy with $8. He
was charged with petit larceny.
Labor Leader 111.
Bloomlngton, 111.. March 11. John D,
Lennon, labor leader and treasurer ot the
American Federation of Labor, la critically
111 here, lie underwent an operation last
wee.
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2703 Leavenworth St.,
Omaha. Phone Harney 2406.
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