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THE 'BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. JULY 5, W.
NEW ROAD PROJECTS
IN THREE COUNTIES
Cedar, Red Willow and Rich
ardson Are First to Choose
Where Improvements
Are to Go.-
(From a Stuff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb.. July 4. (Special.)
Cedar, Red Willow and Richardson
counties are the first counties in the
state to have definitely located the
roads upon which work will be first
begun under the new good roads law.
Assisting the county commission
ers of the different counties to locate
the roads which are to receive the
benefit of the federal and state funds.
. State Engineer George Johnson and
ucputy Lochran have been traveling
over me state.
As soon as all of the roads are to
cated. that are to he imnroveH Hiir
ing the next four years, the state will
be divded into nineteen project dis
tricts of four or five counties each, as
specified in the State Aid Road law,
passed by the 1917 legislature. The
funds for the five counties are to be
v msidered as a unit. The work will
start at one side of a project, and be
completed in a continuous manner
Money Will Count.
The State Board of Irrigation,
fiigiiways and Drainage, has instruct
ed the state engineer to notify the
counties that work will be started in
the county of each project district
having the largest sum of money to
Use with state and feHpral mnnrv
Although the funds from all of the
luumica in ru.ii piujcti uimuci Will
be considered as a unit-, when Hip
work is completed, each county will
,have received its share of money; one-
third based on vthe mileage of mail
routes, one third on the population,
and one third on the aj;ea in square
miles. v
The Highway department expects
i to get all roads designated, plans pre
pared and contracts let by January
JO. 1918.
While the federal and state ap
propriation laws provide that a part
of the appropriations can be used for
bridges, a large per cent of the coun
ties, where the roads have been lo
cated, . will construct their .own
origes. and culverts, in order to use all
of their appropriation on roads.
Ninety-five per cent of the improve
ment will be well graded and drained
earth roads.
Liquor in the Cooler;
Owner Pays Big Fine
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 4. (Special.) Before
pronioition made its appearance in
Nebraska frequent stories how men
lost their jobs because of drink were
heard. Now that prohibition prevails
it appears it is still possible tor a man
to lose nis job by reason of drink.
A certain well known Lincnlnit
thought it a great idea to take to his
place of business a few bottles "ot
beer each day so that he could enjoy
a sip when the hot weather brought
on that languid feeling. So he was
accustomed to place a bottle or two
in tne water cooler where it would
be handv.
"'"' imt"ago he discharged an
employe and the said employe was
soic. -Miouier employe who was'a
close friend of the discharged man
nipca rne aisciiargea one ott to the
(act that the employer had some beer
in ins water cooler, contrary to liw,
And here the nlnr thirl-en
One day in walked an officer of'the
law, opened the water cooler, took
out the . beer, arrested the business
man and before a tribunal of justice
..inc. latter paid a line tor illegal pos
session of liquor which amounted to
$62 a bottle; the, highest priced beer
he had ever possessed. Worse still,
ne aiant get. tne beer, back.
Next day the unlucky employe who
nau upped ott trie possession of the
liquor to his friend, was fired, and so
ngain intoxicating drinks were the
cause of a man losing his job.
First Fourth Accident;
Cannon Barrel Explodes
Frank Patti, 5222 North Twenty,
foutrh street, narrowly escaped
death early Wednesday morning
when the barrel of a cannon being
fired at Twenty-fourth and Fort
street burst. Pieces of the cannon
were thrown in all directions. One
of the larger pieces broke a large
plate glass window and hit Mr.
Patti on the head- Edward Ensign
5312 North Twenty-sixth. andLaur
ence McCarthy, 5604 North Twenty
fourth street, who were conducting
the celebration, were arrested and
are being held for investigation.
MORE PICTURES ARE
ADDEDTO GALLERY
Splendid Exhibit of the Friends
of Art Now Shown at
the Omaha Fublio
Library.
Five Lincoln Persons
Hurt in Auto Upset
(Krom'a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln. N'rh.. Tulv"4 fSnerial
Five persons were hurt when the au
tomobile of A. F. Adams, 350 North
Thirty-fifth street, rolled over three
times at the foot of a hill eleven miles
nest of Lincoln today.
I he injured arc:
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Adams.
Freda Adams. 18 vears old.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Kable, 3135 T
street.
Miss Adams, who was mnsl serinns.
ly hurt, suffered from a broken collar-
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uone ana concussion oi me Dram. jurs.
Adams received four broken ribs and
bodv bruises. Mr Adams a craln
wound, Mr. Kable was badly cut about
tne ncad.
Two Confidence Men
Sent to Penitentiary
urana isjand, web., July 4. (Spe
cial.) Aristides Bougioyis and Con
stantinos Lucopoulos, the. two Greeks
.wnom sieve mngos accused about a
week ago of having buncoed him out
of $1,400 by the promise of doubling
his money over night and thereafter
deftly exchanged the package, have
been sentenced to from one to 'five
vears in the oenitentiarv.
It is one of the swiftest cases on
the apprehension of escaped offenders
and final adjudiction of the charge
that has ever taken place in this
county. Upon notification by Hangos
of the "crime, the local police and
sheriff's forces sent out notices and
in a few days word was received of
the apprehension at Des Moines of
tvo suspects.
Hangos was sent to Des Moines to
identify the men and found two of
the three to be the men wanted.
County Attorney Suhr soon secured
confessions fra:n them and in district
court late yesterday sentences fere
imposed.
, Deserted Village Applies
To Capital City on Fourth
(From a Start Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 4. (Special.) The
capital city of Nebraska was a quiet
, place today. There was nothing in
the line of a public celebration.
From early in the morning, large
numbers of automobiles filled with
people bent on celebrating outside
the city, were leaving town, so that
by noon the old town took on the
aspect of a deserted village. j
; A large number of Lincoln people
visited O ink ha durinc th dav tin. at.
Traction being ;the automobile races I
and the hall trometa htirn T t,.,1. I
- - " - qw...w,j uvinvvu i ( 1 1 C 1 i I
and Omaha, which, to a rnn!irlr.-ih1.
extent, cut down the attendance at
the fair ground races.
Douglas County to Get
Cash From School Fund
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, lnlv 4 fnria1 Tl.-.iKr-
las county will receive $36,315.91 as its
share of the state semi-annual school
apportionment and Lancaster county
the next highest with SSI8.7.H) r5 and
Custer county received the third high
est amount, being $10,7MUK. These
are the only counties receiving more
than $10,000.
The total state annnrlinhmnt Jc
eiven as $41 1.344.1 . on 384 .i rliil.
dren of school age.
Motorcycle Races Feature
Fourth at Grand Island
Grand Island. Neb., lnlv 4 fSnen'al
Telegram.) Automobile and motor
cycle races on the bradstreet two
tnile track attracted a large crBwd
here todav. Lerov of T.inrntn wnn
first in three motorcycle races, Muhl
of Grand Island being second.
Ill 1 h tnrtv-mtlfk tmtniwnki .
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Ruenker of Grand Island won first'
,..,tU Cl.nU1 A J '
nun .hiuui ui aurora second.
A dance on the new Davison street
asphalt pavement and fire works fea
tured the evening entertainment.
Cream Car on-Northwestern
Bumped by Union Pacific
"vVahoo, Neb., July 4. (Special
Telegram.) Union Pacific No. 411, an
extra freight bumped into Northwest
ern passenger train No. 22 this after
noon, on a crossincr south of tnnm
llie union Facihc engine caught a
cream car of the Northwestern train
and tossed it into the ditch. The en
gine of the Union Pacific train turned
on its side, the engineer and fireman
escaping injury by jumping.
Young Man Shoots Self in Head
Sioux FalIsS. D., July 4. (Spe-
uai.; uart jsranm, aged i, a young
larmer or AingsDury county, com
mitted suicide by firing two bullets
from a revolver into his head. He
was unmarried and resided with his
motlier. Why he ended his life is a
mystery. He had heen
the morning to market a quantity of
Lidin. jn nis return nome lie started
tor tne barn, ostensibly to hitch op
the horses for work in the flM
instead ot doing this he went to a
grove near the house and ended his
lite.
Bladen Woman is Injured.
B aden. Neh Tulv A
Willie drivinc to markt m Uof
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yesterday Mrs. Oeorge Lockhart, liv
ing five miles south of town, lost con-
trol of the marhinp n ;ntn -
, . . -- cii mil a
ditch and turned turtle, ninniricr th
driver to the earth. It haonenerf that
the driver's seat stmrl- n
washout, preserving her from further
injuries man a broken rib and several
minor bruises. The rar m.qc .-r.-.rl
IUU3IU-
eraolv broken, havmo- a sn-iachod ,;a
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glass ana broken tront axle.
New Drainage District.
Pender. Neb.. Tulv 4
At an election held yesterday for the
purpose of forming a drainage distrtct
the proposition carried by. a vote of
O.WU lor and (III acainst n ri..
. " O A'ltbl.iUti
elected are frank Parker, J. H. Shul-
enoerger, jonn K. House, George
Heyne and John Heyne. This im
provement will mean a big thing for
owners of low lands and in nmi.,,
-r, , K'vui-iijr
uvyners in renoer. ine Pender ditch
win connect the Wakefield and Ban
croft ditches."
City Light Plant for Greelev. '
Greelev. ?Jeh.. Tulv 4 Cn.n .
, ' .:. lHH.iai.;--
urcciev SOOn Will nave a mnHrm on.
tric light and power plant. By a v5te
ui jt io ii tne voters decided to issue
oonds in the sum of $13,000 for that
nurnose. llie n an i tn h.
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Dy me city.
Shaw Attracts Laree Crowrl.
Cambridge Wti Ti,1 a fc i
Telegram) Leslie Shaw, ex-serretary I
iu.;, uicw an immense
li uwu io me lorenoon and evening
meetings of the chautauqua here.
Alfalfa Sets Fire to Granary.
Bladenr Neb., July 4. (Special.)
Green alfalfa, piled in the alley way
of his granary, caused W. E. Toap.
residing southwest of town, a loss of
considerable ixtent yesterday. The
resulting spontaneous combustion set
fire to the building and destroyed all
its contents, including 850 bushels of
corn and $500 worth of machinery.
Fire Destroys Residence.
Beatrice, Neb., July . 4. (Special
Telegram.) Fire this afternoon prac
tically destroyed the residence of E.
. M. Gashaw, most of the contents were
saved. The fire is sunnosed to tiav
been .caused, by. a defective electric
wireThe loss is nlaced af S'nno
753
Residents of No
braska registered at
Hotel Astor during
the past year.
i insurance.
SiDgleRoom.withoutbalh,
f 2.50 and $3.00
Double (3.50 and 4j00
Single Rooms, with bath,
13.50 to f 6.00
Double 4.50 to $7.00
Farlor, Bedroom and bath,
10.00 to 114.00
Times Square
At BroadY,4Uh to 43th Street
the center of Newark's ocil
aud busineet activities. In close
proximity to all railway terminals.
A rare and beautiful collection of
new paintings valued approximately
at $65,500 is now on exhibition at
the Omaha public library in connec
tion with the Society of Fine Arts
and the Friends of Art gallery.
Five of these pictures, which arc
worth $5,500, represent the paintings
purchased during the last year by the
Friends of Art association, of which
Mr. John Lee Webster is president.
The rest. of the collection has been
loaned to the Friends of Art asso
ciation for the summer by R. C. and
X. M. Vose of Boston.
"Omalia has now reached the point
in its artistic progress when it can
have loan exhibitions as the large art
centers do," said Mr. Webster Tues
day afternoon before a joint meeting
of the boards of directors of the
Friends of Art and the F inc Arts so
ciety, succeeding a luncheon at the
Fontenqlle given by the former in
honor of the women on the executive
board of the Society of 1'ine Arts.
Twelve Are Presented.
This makes a total of twelve pic
tures which have been given to the
gallery by the Friends of Art in the
last two years, as seven" were given
last year. The new pictures just pur
chased by the association are as fol
lows: "Un regard dans lepasse," an
excellent example of the celebrated
Belgian artist, Herman Richir, which
was in the Franco-Belgian art exhi
bit at the Auditorium.
"We paid $1,000 for it. but would
not take $3,000 for it now." said Mr.
W ebster.
"Sunlight and Shadow," by William
Chase, one of the best known Ameri
can artists, was obtained at an auc
tm in New York for $2,500; "Knit
ting," a Holland interior by Evart
Pieters, which received almost a
unanimous vote at the recent exhi
bition, is valued at $000; The Cres
cent Monn." llV lIpnrDA t-f Rmv-irf
at $600, and the "Hilltop," a Nebraska
scene by our fellow townsman, Dun-
bicr, at ?.MJU
In Loan Exhibition.
In the loan exhibition arc the fol-
lovi'.icr.- "The fnnn-iv l.'i,-r" k..
benjamin Leader; "Bv the Fireside."
by liernard De Hoog: "Alert," bv F.
1'. Tcr Mculcn; "Hauling Timber,1' by
J. K. Lcurs; "New Bom Lamb," by
H. J. Van dcr Wcclc: "Pussv's Break
fast" llr I! l..ii,-,.. c,...i:i.. 1
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i ..-mhui'vi , iiv Mii t iii lessen, and
"October Sunshine." Iiv H li L
which is worth $2.51X1 .
"Juniata River," by George I lines,
which is valued alone at $7,500, was
loaned by George H. Ainslic of New
York City.
The gallery will be open all summer
every day excepting Sunday from u
in the morning until 5 o'clock and is
free to the public.
"We feel that it is a n-editkln ,ri
gallery and worthy of frequent ,visits
by all our people who have a love
for the beautiful," said Mr. Webster.
The luncheon party included the
luiiowwg:
Msdsimr
Ward Burgess.
C. T. K (Hint, -.p.
John E. Summery,
Palmer rind ley,
Georg Frill,
Messrs.
John I.. Whster,
Wiird RiirRoss,
C. T. Kountip,
O.v-ar Williams.
1'. M. Vlnsnnhalor,
rimrles O'Neill likh.
W. J. Hynrs.
MNsrs.
Thninas Bums.
Miss Uda WIlEnn.
Uallare llr.t. Kid Me.
Tufhlo. Colo., July 4. Youn ullo Wal-lai-s
of Milwaukee won a referee's decltitou
over "Kid" Tilex of Tuehlo here tonight in
fifteen rounds. After the Inning was even
for th first ten rounds, Wallaeo opened up
and with terririe right and left jnbg and
swings to the l'uohto boy's faee and stomsrh
ivon on points. The men are lightweights.
TO OPEN BIDS FOR
GARBAGEHAULING
City Council to Keceive Offers
for Garbage Concessions
for the Entire
City.
The city council will this
morning open bids fur garbage
concessions. The city has been di
vided into twenty-six districts by the
health commissioner and bidders may
offer proposals on one or more dis
tricts or for the entire city.
For the downtown district, known
as "the cream of the Karbage." it is
expected that sharp biddiilE will be
dene, but it v. ill not be surprising to
the city officials if no oilers are, made
for the outlying districts, where t;ai'
bage collections are scattering.
May Offer Bonuses.
Bidders will offer the city bonuses
for exclusive privileges, the require
ments being tharthcy make recular
collections without expense to the
chvy. These haulers use the Rarbage
for hog feed and it is said to be a
profitable business. .,
The former plan was that the city
collected the garbage and delivered it
to a hog-feeding concern for a con
sideration of $1,000 a year. This
collection cost the city nearly $J5,
000 last vear.
LITTLE DAMAGE
FROM JFIREWORKS
Independence Day So Quiet
That Almost No Property
Loss of Consequence
- - v Results.
Several fires caused by fyeworks
occurred about the city yesterday, but
none caused serious damage. The
first 'lire started at tlie home of Ever
ett C. niumlcll, JO-M Cass street. The
little son could not wait for his par
ents to assist in the celebration and
started a pinwhccl burning in llie
hoJsc. Mrs. Uliuulell put out the lire
with a slight loss to the rugs.
A . vacant house at .SolU South
I wenty-foutth street early in the aft-
3
ernoou sustained slight damage to the'
roof as the result of lireworks and
later the roof of the home of John J.
Fleming, .'318 Deer Park boulevard.
! was slightly damaged by a fire caused
oy lireworks.
A few firecrackers thrown in fjje
doorway of the Star department store,
Twenty-fourth and Park streets,
started a blaze last night. The fire
department put it out before it made
headway.
-A stick from a skyrocket fell on (he
barn in the rear of A. Peterson's resi
dence, 422A Patrick street, and burned
the roof off. The fire department ar
i rived in time to save lumber which
the barn contained.
Small fires occurred at 1141 North
Seventeenth street and at Twelfth
street and Popplclon avenue. , No
damage was done.
liihhona Outpoints Chip.
1 nunc-KMiwn. O.. July t. Mike Gibbons. 1
of Si. i'aul outpointed lleorge Chip, of New
t'astle, fa., in a twelve-round bout at
Wright field today, tlibbona was mastsr
of ine situation throughout and was never
in danger.
Coal Deposit Is Found
Near Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, July 4. Commer
cial coal in paying quantities has been
discovered 100 miles from this city,
according ' to an announcement by
Slate Chemist Herman llarmes. The
new mines are vicldimr sixteen tons
of coal daily, it was statctj.
1 lie Ldre I 1115 company handles rcl
nf Rpal estate, as well as securities,
UI Iedl giving 1 and prompt attcn.
Estat6 tion to detail and showing a tact
. ful consideration to tenants that
assures steady and profitable
returns.
WmmM III IMIIInt 1
Win Omaha Annual 150-Mi
4b .A
Ralph Mulford In a Hudson Super-Six Special Wins First Place.
Average Speed lOloo Miles Per Hour
it,"
Tommy Milton in Duesenberg wins second place,
using A C Plugs. '
Billy Taylor in Hudson Super-Six Special wins fifth
place, using A C Plugs.
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Andy, Burt in Miller Special wins eighth place,
using A C Plugs.
In the 50-Mile event A C Plugs finished second,
third and fourth place.
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Above Results Prove Conclusively
That A C Plugs Are Supreme
Garages Not Carrying in Stock A C Plugs Can Secure
Them From the Following Jobbers:
Empkie, Shugart-Hill Co.
Paxton-Gallagher Co.
Lininger Implement Co.
Master Sales Co.
Omaha Auto Supply Co.
U. S. Auto Supply Co.
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
Powell Supply Co.
Western Auto Supply Co.
Omaha Rubber Co.
Hinckle & Joyce Hdw. Co.
Korsmeyer Co.
Insist Upon Having the Plug With A. C. Burnt In the Porcelain.
Manufactured Only By the Champion Ignition Co., Flint, Mich.
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