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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1917)
4 A Nebraska WHO WAS GREATEST WHEN TEDDY CAME? Ex-Senator Burkett and frank Woods Wage Sub Eosa Bat tle for Honor of Entertain ing Former President. (Krom a Staff Correipond.nt.) Lincoln, June 16. (Special.) Was it Solomon who in order to settle a dispute as to who was really entitled to a baby, grasped his trusty knife and threatened to carve the child in twain so that each of the two women claiming it might have a share? If it was, history had a chance to repeat itself this week; in fact, did repeat itself, somewhat differently, though, when Teddy Roosevelt came to Lincoln and two well known men, both of whom claimed a right to be called the "greatest in the kingdom," prepared to entertain the distinguished visitor. It was necessary for the com mittee, acting as a modern Solomon, to step in and settle the question. While the modern Solomon did not exhibit his knife, it is understood that other knives were not far away and but for the Solomonization of the pro ceedings there might have been an other story to tell. Burkett Sends Invitation. When it was announced that the ex-president was coming to Lincoln to deliver the semi-centennial address, former United States Senator Bur kett, who won his spurs as a senator while Colonel Roosevelt was presi dent, sent the coming guest an invi tation to take lunch with him at the Burkett home, which, by the way, is one of the most palatial residences in the city. President Frank Woods of the Commercial club, who has a brand new residence also, out on the boule vard, decided that it was up to him to entertain the former president as he had never been entertained before, and, mind you, Mr. Woods could have done it, too, even if he never had been in the United States senate. Well, Teddy came. Both men had made extensive preparations to enter tain the great man. The high cost of living was forgotten and both men did their "gol durndest" to make good. Two Tables Groaned. It vmt not only a ticklish situation, but it was a serious situation. It was not only serious, but it was precarious, so to speak. Two tables groaning with the delicacies of the season were watting for the ex-president. Two homes were standing with open doors waiting to receive a distinguished guest. Two automobiles with throb bing engines were waiting to carry the valiant colonel to the aforesaid groan ing tables and homes with open doors. The committee was up in the air. Bat something had to be done. The un had nearly reached the meridian and ex-presidents are supposed to get hungry just like common people. Just what really did happen is somewhat clouded in the minds of most people and so The Bee, always willing to set things right, discovered the following fter investigation: Three Stories Told. Information from the Commercial club disclosed that Colonel Roosevelt took his noonday meal at the Lincoln hotel. Over it the Lincoln hotel the Infor mation was given out that Colonel Roosevelt ate lunch at the governor's mansion. Information from the governor's of fice disclosed that Colonel Roosevelt ate his mid-day lunch it the home of Senator Burkett So with three perfectly good lunches to stimulate him ind a crowd of 50, 000 to listen, it is no wonder that the colonel delivered a mighty good ad dress. What Really Happened. A Sherlock Holmes investigation, however, deduces the following: The committee desiring to smooth down any ruffled feathers which might have been brushed the wrong way and not caring to let the distinguished guest discover that he was the means of causing any dissension in an other wise happy committee, sent the colonel to lunch as the guest of Sen ates Burkett at the latter s home. The honor of conveying him to the sen atorial home was conferred upon Colonel Frank Woods, who was also given the honor of escorting the ex president in the parades and taking him about to all the functions. So that matter was settled, but the ques tion who is greatest in the capital city of Nebraska still remains unsettled. Must Take His Medicine. Pender, Neb., June 16. (Special.) The cas of Conrad Wolf against Pat Dorcey, sheriff, in which Wolf petitioned for a writ of habeas carpus in county court, claiming that he was unlawfully detained in the county jail to which he had been committed by the police magistrate at Emerison un der thirty-day sentence for unlaw ful possession of intoxicating liquors, was decided against Wolf. Injured in Runaway. Crete, Neb., June 16. (Special Tele, gram.) When a horse driven by Mrs. D. T. Gantt residing near Crete, be came frightened and ran away, Mrs. Gantt and her companion, Mrs. A G. Frundell, were thrown from the buggy. Mrs. Gantt was scratched about the head while Mrs. Frundell suffered severe internal injuries. Soldiers' Home Notes Grn4 Island, Neb., Juna (Special ) John Ward want to Doniphan Wdndy marnlnv en a bualnaai trip and returned Thursday vntng. J. T. CalbcrUon of eottaga No. I had Saw potatoes raited In hiss own garden on tfa heme froundi. for dinner Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hervejr of HI East Flral street. Grand Iiland, In eompany with Mri N. K. Harvey of Lemone, Colo,, called at the home thla week. Mr. and lira. Edward L. Hiley tn cottage No 4 have been doing their ahare of en lertainlpg this week. Their two little grand one. who came the Utter part of last week, rlil ted with them for several days, and departed en Wedneiday for their home at Alma, Neb. Their son, R. E. Riley of Fair bury, secretary of the Commercial club and alio treasurer of the Bed Croea work of that place, arrived by auto with hie family for a vlatt. Mrs. FIRon and daugh ter Mont, accompanied them, but remained for the day only, Mrs. K. M. French of fllenwood. la., a niece of Mr. Riley, n route to the mountains of Colorado, where he will spend the summer, stopped for a llt. They also had with them Captain Kelly, who will to to Vlckeburg with the firing pque4 tn October. Mrs, Jane Klrkwoed, aged nearly l pears, and widow of Samuel J, Kirk wood, war governor of lewa In civil war times, has onpleted knitting e pair of wrlstleta tor oaa TaakM soldier. LINCOLN GIRL WEDS BEN. SON MINISTER. News Notes From York. York, Neb., June 16. (Special.) Hon. B. L. Sallinger of Iowa, one of the supreme court justices of that state, will deliver the oration at the Fourth of July celebration here. One of the features will be a wrestling bout between John Pesek and Julius Reif. James E. Reed of Broken Bow and Miss Nancy A. Ditson of Mary, Neb., were united in marriage yesterday morning. Judge H. G. Hopkins offi ciated. Wayne W. Snper of Johnstown, Neb., and Miss Venice V. Hitchcock were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hitchcock, in this city last eve ning. The ceremony was performed by Rev. O. M. McLaughlin. The Platte River conference of the United Evangelical church will hold its fourth convention at the Chautau qua grounds June 18 to 24. Rev. W. Elmer Bailey of Findley, O., and Dr. C. A. Mock, M. A., Ph. D., president of Western Union college, LeMars, la., and other prominent workers in the church will he present. Notes From Oakland. Oakland, Neb., June 16. (Special.) The annual convention of the Swed ish Baptist churches of Nebraska opened at the local Baptist church Wednesday evening and will continue with daily sessions until Sunday eve ning. Visiting ministers will preach in the other churches on Sunday. Both English and Swedishes are to be used at the meetings. The quarterly meeting of the Burt County Co-operative union was held at Lund's theater on Friday. The state president, C. H. Gustafson, spoke in the afternoon. The local Red Cross chapter is plan ning for a real "push" during Red Cross week. Six teams have been se lected to see that Oakland's share ($4,200) of the fund is taken care of. W. W. Roberts is president and Mrs. W. E. Miner secretary of the local chapter. Conductor Acquitted at Trial Pender, Neb., June 16. (Special Telegram.) The jury in the case against L, E. Schwartz, Minneapolis & Omaha railway conductor, charffed with mistreating a young girl, brought in a verdict ot not guilty yesterday. Assistant United States District At torney Howard Saxton, Omaha, was counsel for Schwartz. At the time of the . indictment feeling ran high against Schwartz and he was threat ened with mob violence. Facts brought out later and at the trial led to his acquittal. Fire it Ayr Doei Damage. Hastings. Neb. June 16. (Special Telegram.) Fire of unknown origin this morning destroyed two buildings and damaged a third at Ayr, near here, causing a loss of $2,000, about half covered by insurance. Buidinss owned by C. S. Woodworth and Mrs. A. Vering, the general stores of L. K Matheny, and H. A. Howe and the equipment of the Odd Fellows and Woodmen Lodges were totally de stroyed. Pioneer Woman Dies on Train. Crete, Neb., June 16. (Special.) Mrs. John Guard, wife of one of Ne braska's early residents, died yester day on Burlington train No. 12, com ing from Beaver Crossing, where she had been visiting her daughtr, to Crete. The funeral wilt be held today. Red Cross Ball it Brayton. Brayton. Neb.. June 16. (Soeclal.) The local Red Cross auxiliary will give a patriotic ball and box supper here next Wednesday evening. The money will be used for Red Cross re lief work. York's Liberty Bond Portion. York. Neb.. June lb. (Special Tele gram.) York's four banks sold $194, 000 of Liberty bonds. DRESNERS ASK "III WHAT SHAPE IS YOUR HAT?" Somehow or other, when you look at man, or a woman for that mat ter, your gaze starts at the top. Con sequently the first thing that strikes one'i eye is the other party's hat Now, if your hat isn't in the con dition it ought to be, by all means have it cared for, for nothing goes against sensitive nerves as much as a sloppy, greasy, limp, broken or un stylish hat. Dresher Brothers, at their immense plant at 2211-2217 Farnam St., have a complete hat manufacturing dept. In this. dept. a hat may be built from start to finish, or your old hat may be cleaned, dyed, blocked, trimmed or entirely reshaped. Last year's Panamas may be made to look like new. If the brim of your Panama Is broken it may be replaced with a felt brim, forming what Dresners term a "Panafelt" Hat So if it's anything whatsoever pertaining to a hat, put the question up to Dresners. Leave your hat at the Dresher Plant, at the Dresher The Tailor establishment, 1615 Farnam St., or at one of the Dresher branches in the Burgess-Nash or Brandeis Stores. Dresners pays carrying charges one way on all out-of-town shipments of any size. Adv..,.' RAZOR BACKS FOR NEBRASKA FARM Extensive Shipper at Gretna Will Try New Breed of Hogs; Sends Stock East by Trainload. Gretna, Neb., June 16. (Special.) Ed Hickey, a stockman, living three miles south of Gretna shipped five carloads of cattle to Chicago to day and will ship an entire trainload Monday. Mr. Hickey is one of the largest stock feeders in eastern Nebraska He has shipped many thousands of dollars' worth of stock the last year. He feeds cattle, hogs and sheep. He said: "I don't believe in carrying all the eggs in one basket. By feeding sev eral kinds of stock, if I fail on one, the chances are 1 II make good on the others." Mr. Hickey went west not long ago and surprised his neighbors by com' ing back with some long-legged, razor-backed hogs with snouts so long they could almost drink from jugs. He is feeding them here. He uses modern methods and all feed ing is done scientifically. Three grown sons, Ralph, Guy and Howard, are helping their father. Representative Conley Held On Complaint of W. F. Cramb Fairbury, Neb., June 16. (Special Telegram.) Asserting that Thomas E. Conley, float representative from the Thirty-fourth district of Ne braska, comprising the counties of Gage. Jefferson and Thaver. had ob tained approximately $1,000 under false pretenses, William r. Cramb, owner of the Fairbury Journal and former democratic candidate for congress here, caused Mr. Conley's arrest to day. Sheriff Rawles went to Omaha, arrested Conley and brought him to Fairbury for a preliminary hearing. Mr. Conley gave Editor Cramb a mortgage on a number of typewriters in his business college to cover the loan and court preceedings estab lished other ownership of the ma chines. The hearing was set for June 30. Conley served in 1915 and 1917 legislatures and was a republican. He made his home here several years, coming to Fairbury from Beatrice. Three Greeley Boys in Navy. I hree Greeley boys have joined the vjiiucu aiaics navy, nris wnite ana Leo Moore hnv hn nrHrH tn r nnrt at th Omaha ......;,... -..:.. Fred Hoffman is awaiting orders to icpun. r 10 mi m ILi Hi i & r ' - f THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 17, WINS PRIZE WITH ESSAY ON TOBACCO. Julius Reader, 14 years old, 4320 Parker street, wrote the prize-winning essay on temperance in a com petition participated in Ly all the school children of Omaha. Julius is a seventh grade student at the Wal nut Hill school. He chose tobacco as the subject of his temperance e:r,ay. Miss Yost and Dr. Cooper Married at Fairmont Fairmont, Neb., June 16. (Special.) Dr. A. L. Cooper and Miss Elsie Rosalind Yost, were married at Fair mont June 14, at noon, in the Metho dist parsonage, the bride's father of ficiating. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cooper of Fair bury, and is an upper classman in the Nebraska University School of Medi cine, Omaha. The bride is the daugh ter of Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Yost of Fairmont, and is a graduate of Ne braska Wesleyan university. The last year she taught English and history in the high school at Fullerton. The bri dal couple will make their home in Omaha. Richardson County Will Come in Automobiles Stella, Neb., June 16. (Special. Sunday school workers in Richardson county have planned to have a cara van of, 150 automobiles start for Oma ha Tuesday morning to attend the state Sunday school convention. Richardson is the banner county in the state in Sunday school work. M. E. Ruddy 6i Humboldt is president of the county association. Vf-' ' 4 Speedway Test That Further Proves Hudson Endurance Four Car Entered Four Finished. First Place in the Free-for-all; Second, Seventh and Ninth Places for Hudson Super-Six Specials in the v 250-Mile Cincinnati Memorial Day Sweepstakes Races. The Hudson Super-Six was not designed for racing. The aim was a car that would endure. Ml its records were made in tests that prove endurance. With some changes a stock car is made suitable foi racing, capable of out-performing most cars that are spe cially built for racing. The reason for this is the patented Super-Six motor which minimizes vibration. Hudson Super-Sixes are entered in almost every rac this year. Except for the championship events, they are entered by men whose only interest is to win prizes. These men are given no inducement to drive Hudsons, save the advantage the Super-Six gives in its performance. No price concessions are made them. They must make their can suitable for racing at their own expense. . Ira Vail was the first driver to recognize the racing possibilities of the Super-Six. He bought a dealer's demon strating car, removed the touring body, shortened the frame to racing length, mounted a racing body and in the 150 mile Metropolitan trophy race at Sheepshead Bay won second place and a $2,000 prize. Now other drivers are doing what Vail did. There You can get a Hudson Super-Six in eight different body types: Phaeton 7 Puiengar SI, 650 Cabriolet 3 Paueofer $1,950 Speedster 4 PsMeofer 1,750 Touring Sedan 2,175 1917. Case Where Low Price for Sheep' Was Money Makei (Prom a Staff Gprreapondent.) Lincoln, June 16. (Special.) Five years ago Judge Reese of Broken Bow had a herd of sheep and .they were good sheep, too. However, the wool from those sheep brought the disappointing price of only 16 cents per pound and the judge was discour aged. Judge Reese was in town this week to attend the semi-centennial celebra tion. To Secretary of State Pool he said: "You know 1 tried to sell those sheep, but I could not get what I thought they were worth and I just was compelled to keep them. I am glad now that I did for 1 have just marketed 7,000 pounds of woof aijd it brought me 56 cents a pound." The judge is not hustling very hard this summer to sell his sheep. Slacker Who Is Arrested by Fillmore Sheriff Registers Geneva, Neb., June 16. (Special.) Sheriff Warner, yesterday arrested a slacker in the person of George Al bert Roberts, a horse trader from Fort Scott, Kan. The governor was called by telephone and Roberts, who is 24 years of age, was allowed 'to register and continue on his way. Solid Comfort Would a cool kitchen in July appeal to you? Would you like to go out in the afternoon and find a hot dinner ready cooked when you return? Would you like to have time to do some other work while cooking? ASK THE COOK SPECIAL INDUCEMENT SALE This week Mr. Stafford, a factory expert, will be with us. Come down tomorrow and be convinced that our above statements are correct. Learn why you should quit cooking in the old, extravagant way. Learn the economy of the New Chambers' way. DURING THIS SALE WE WILL ALLOW YOU $5.00 FOR YOUR OLD GAS RANGE ON A NEW CHAMBERS MIITOM BOGERS AVali &S0NS CO. livl 1515 HARNEY SI could be no stronger endorsement of the Hudson Super Six. These experts want cars they can rely upon in the hardest ttials known to the automobile. You are not urged to buy a Hudson Super-Six to use as a race car. We know you will never want it for such purpose. You won't ever care to drive it at the rate of 102J4 miles an hour, or to equal its record of 1,819 miles in 24 hours, both officially made by a stock chassis. You will never care to make a round trip across America in 10 days ind 21 hours, the record excelling each way that of any other car, made by a Super-Six seven-passenger touring ar. But that the car you own is capable of such service is proof that there is no task you will impose that it is not more than equal to. That is why the Hudson Super-Six is the largest selling fine car with a price above $1,200. Can any car offer greater proof of its endurance? There are eight body types of the Hudson Super-Six chassis. Each car is in keeping with what you would expect to find on a chassis that has shown such convincing proof of its endurance. GUY "SERVICE FIRST" 2563-65-67 Farnam St., Omaha. Phone Doug. 1970. , Open Western Nebraska Clubs Hold Meeting at Chadron Chadron, Neb., June 16. (Special.) The Associated Commercial Clubs of Western Nebraska met here yes terday. The business sessions were held in the forenoon and afternoon at the Chadron clubhouse, presided over by H. M. Bushnell, jr., of Alliance, presi dent. Three subjects were discussed: "Liberty Bonds," led by H. R. Rea soner of Gering; "Red Cross," by J. H. Burleigh of Crawford, and especi ally the designation of roads to re ceive the federal donation. Three roads were decided upon; Black Hills to Denver via Chadron and Alliance; C. & N. W. road along line of its tracks and B. & M. along tracks. In the evening the Chadron club entertained the visitors at a banquet at the normal dormitory, furnished by the domestic science department of the school. Covers were laid for 100. The programs were models of ar tistic work. The menu had a particu larly western flavor. W. S. Bosider was toastmaster. The welcome to Chadron was given by ex-Senator Reynolds for Mayor Donahue. "Commercial Club War Work," H. M. Bushnell, jr. "Com .Jin IT. Pa CHAMBERS F1RELESS GAS RANGE THE ANSWER L. SMITH Evenings Until Nine. mercial Club Organization Necessary in Preventive Medicine," Dr. L. is. McDowell. "Co-operation," W. P. Rooney. "Possibilities of Western Nebraska," R. I. Elliott. Music was furnished by the normal orchestra. County Seat Fight in Court. Pierre, S. D., June 15. (Special Telegram.) The final round in the long drawnout contest between Fair fax and Burke for the county seat of Gregory county is being presented in the supreme court. The issue de pends upon whether Fairfax was the permanent county seat at the time of the last vote, whi.'. gay. Burke a majority, but not enough if the lo cation had been made permanent at Fairfax. Graduate Nurses Elect Officers. Pierre, S. D., June 16. (Special Telegram.) The association of graduate nurses of the state com pleted their first annual session here this evening selecting Lead and Dead wood for their next meeting place, and as their officers for the coming year: President, Mrs. Elizabeth Dry borough of Rapid City; first vice president, Irene Laborte Redfield; second vice president, Ruth Binford, Pierre; recording secretary, Yvonne Herbert, Deadwood; corresponding secrctarv, Nellie Card, Rapid City; treasurer. Estelle. McGill. Vale. Real Economy Would you like to see your gas bill cut each month one-half? Would you like your food bill cut down, being cooked better with less waste? Would an investment paying 15 or 25 in terest you? ASK THE MAN