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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1917)
10 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917. ' CITY NOT LIABLE - FOR SUBURB DEBT Lambert Advises that Omaha Need Not Pay Overdrafts of the Annexed Villages. That the city of Omaha is not liable for overdrafts made by former officials of th annexed villages of Florence and Benson upon the general funds of these village's is the gist of an opinion submitted by Corporation Counsel Lambert to the city council at its morning session. ; When the city comptroller's office Jhccked up the funds of Florence and . JEtenson following annexation of these villages by Omaha large overdrafts were discovered. It was found Flor ence officials had overdrawn $15, 711.32. while the Benson fund had been overlapped $11,000. The problem of these overdrafts was turned over to the city legal de partment for Investigation and the opinion handed down is that it is not up to Omaha to foot the bill. Many Warrants Presented. Many claims have been made upon the city council by holders qf war rants of the annexed villages. Mrs. Anna Seieroe, 2622 Decatur street, and Mrs. J. M. Bondessorf appeared before the city council af the morn ing session with claims. Mrs. Seieroe, who is a daughter of the former city clerk of Florence, owns general fund warrants totaling $1,245, while Mrs. Bondesson has $500 invested. Some of the claims may be valid, such as special warrants, for instance, ,and these will be paid. The council has instructed the comptroller's office to investigate all claims to learn ex--actly those which are valid and those which are not. It is estimated the illegal overlaps will reach at least $5,000 for each village. Suits by warrant holders against former officials of the annexed vil lages probably will be the outcome. Neal Takes All Wheat Offered; Sells to Mills Food Administration Agent Neal was on the Omaha market, taking the v entire wheat receipts, thirteen car loads and at the government prices for the several grades. He had orders for everything, nearly aH of the stuff going to nearby mills. On account of the change of the weather from cold to warm, the ex pected bulge in corn prices did not tnateralize. though there was an ad vance of 2 to 3 cents a bushel, the sales being made at $2.10 to $2.13. Receipts were forty-one carloads. Oats sold at 58J4 'to 59 cents a , bushel, one-half cent up from Satur ' day. Receipts were 101 carloads. Nebraska Boasts of the Tallest Preacher in the United States "Lodge Meetings" Were Calls On "Lady Love;" Asks Divorce Esther Fullerton, suing James H. Fullerton for divorce in district court, alleges infidelity and names a Mrs. Daisy Munro as co-respondent. She says when he went to visit his "lady love" he frequently left home on the pretext he wasoingto attend "lodge meetings." Cruelty is also alleged. She declares he had a habit of "kick ing her." Mrs. Fullerton says her hus band earns a large salary and has con siderable property. ' Nebraska claims the tallest preacher in the United States and no doubt the tallest in the world. The man, who is head and shoulders above the other gentlemen of the cloth, is Rev. Dr. Charles Wayne Ray of Lyons, a thriving town in Burt county, who is six feet four inches. Dr. Ray has just been unanimously invited to re turn for the fifth year as the pastor of the Methodist church, which has prospered under his supervision for the last four years. The member ship has almost doubJed and the church built up materially. Rev. Dr. Ray was born on a farm in Vigo county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, attended the dis trict school and later drove to Terre Haute daily, a distance of eleven miles, to attend the Commercial col lege and in six months he graduated with honors. Dr. Ray then decided to enter De- Pauw university at Greencastle, Ind., where in 1894 he began the battle for a higher education. He worked 'his way through the university. In 1900 Dr. Ray came to Nebraska and accepted the pastorate of the Methodist church at Crawford, where in two years he succeeded in paying off a debt that had been on the church for twenty-four years. Later he was called to Valentine, where he remained only one year, when he was assigned to the most promi nent church in the northwest confer ence at Alliance, where he had a very remarkable career in receiving almost 500 members into the church in four years. Dr. Ray went from Alliance to the First Methodist church at Nor folk, where he remained for three years, and gained notoriety as the cuiiuj Ul lilt iiui iuir j-.vaiiKW, a v o years with success. In 1910 he was given the Methodist church at Colum bus. In 1913 Dr. Ray was assigned to Lyons, where he has proven how a small town can build a strong church congregation for here he has a young men's Sunday school class of sixty-one members, several of whom have now enlisted in the army. While being a busy pastor Dr. Ray h also a traveler and writer. He was a delegate to the" world's Sunday school convention at Rome, Italy, in 1907 and toured Egypt and the Holy Land for five months. In 1910 he CORN IS WINNING ' RACP WITH FROST Railroad Reports Show Crop Conditions in Eastern Ne braska Better Than a ' Week Ago. was a delegate to tne worlds mis sionary convention at Edinburgh, Scotland, and toured all of Europe for five months as a tourist conductor of two different parties of twenty five people. The'h in 1913 he was a delegate to the world's Sunday school conven tion at Zurich, Switzerland, being in charge of a party of thirteen. Dr. Ray is a famous climber, having climbed Mount Vesuvius, Leaning Tower at Pisa, St. Peter's church in Rome, the Great Pyramid in Egypt, Pike's Peak, Capitol building and Washington's monument at Washington. Fraser Confers With Hoover On Insurance for Soldiers Food Administrator Herbert Hoo ver has requested Sovereign Com mander W. A. Fraser of the Wood men of the World to come to Wash ington to confer with him on impor tant matters, particularly, it is be lieved, on insurance matters. Mr. Fraser left Saturday night in response to the request and is in Washington now. It is believed that Mr. Fraser's in fluence is desired by the government in the work of dealing with insur ance companies and their policy hold ers. . A few weeks ago Mr. Fraser got a rush telegram from Secretary Mc Adoo calling him to Washington at once. When he got there it was in timated to him that bis services would be desirable on a board of directors of a federal soldiers' and sailors' n The Burlington's crop report for the week ending last Saturday and dealing with crop conditions in Ne braska indicates that corn is racing with Jack Frost, is several lengths in theJead and is now coming down the homt stretch at a pace that is glad dening the hearts of the farmers. Company officials and agen.s made a careful survey of the Nebraska corn crop last week and the conselsus of opinion is that if frost holds off a couple of weeks longer, the yield on the eastern divisions of the road, which cover practically all the Ne braska corn belt, will be immensely satisfactory. In any event, they say there would be a fairly good crop. Better in, the East. On the McCook division, covering the southwestern and western por tions of the state, conditions are less favorable, though the estimated yield is placed at twenty-five bushels to the acre. Dry weather in the western part of the state is said to be responsible for the condition. Over" the state, on the basis oftlOO per cent, the condition of, cornet the end of last week, as compared with the condition at the end of the pre vious week is estimated as follows: Division. Last Week, rrevlona Wepk Omaha 97. V;- V83 Lincoln 70 T'- .. 70 Wyinors 76 "85 McCook 6? S Weather conditions over the stale continue favorable and with the. ex ception of in, i few localities, the precipitation has been sufficient and as a result, plowing for fall wheat and seeding is progressing rapidly, with indications that the acreage that is to be sown to this cereaf is going to be much larger than normally. Saturday and Sunday the rains were pretty general over 'the state AMUSEMENTS. surance organization it was proposed to work out. Mr. Fraser expects to, be in con ference with Washington officials the remainder of this week and will not be back in Omaha before the last of next week. Omaha Rnv I mvpr For Aviation Corpsl Bert P. Meycn, son of Paul Meyen, 3026 Emmet street, has been called into active service in the aviation corps at Austin, Tex. He passed the commissioned officers' examination after having a minor operation per formed. He is an expert mechanic, having been employed by the Pack ard Auto company. A farewell Nre ception was given by his friends be fore he left. PERSONAL MENTION. Mum hull 5. l.r.avttt of Boston ha ar rived on a, visit to hla mother and hta brother. Rev. V. W. Leavltt. lie haa been worklna? aa an electrician en tot battleship Cincinnati. ' m mm Looms Caiir Train Well Equipped; Wall Operated; Arrives Chicago 8:09 A. M. . Special Sloopors for Collegians KEW YOTtK CENTRAL at 10tS3 a. in. for Kew York, J0i30 a. m. for Hew York and Boston. For YFELIESLET COLLEGE, gpeelal sleeper from Chicago Sept 20th at IOiSO a. bui also special sleeper for new student from Chicago Sept 16, 10:30 a. m. r For TASSAR. special sleeper on 10:25 a. n. train from Chicago Sept 20 j also on "w York Special" from Chicago 10:30 a. m. Sept 20 1 special sleeper on "Lake Shore Limited4 Sept ID at 5:30 p. m. .- For SMITH, special sleeper from Chicago on "Boston Special," Sept 13 at 10:30 a. m. spe cial sleeper on Lake Shore "limited" from Chi cago 6:30 p. m, Sept 15th and lSth. V For HAETAED, special sleeper on Lake Shore Limited" from Chicago Sept 23 at 6:80 p. m. also spdal sleeper on fast mail from Chicago oepu ss ai z:&u a. m. y For C0E5ELL, special sleepers Train No. 16, from Chicago Sept 26 at 1:40 p. m. For WILLS COLLEGE, Aurora, 5. T, special sleeper on Jio. 16, from Chicago Sept 18th at 1:10 p. m i AU the Above from the La SaSe Street Station. XICHIGAX CENTRAL at 0:05 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. for New York and Boston. For YALE, spedajt sleeper from Chicago, Sept 26th, 6:40 p. m. ! For CORNELL, special Ithaca sleepers from Chicago at 6 :40 p. m Sept 23, 24 and 25. For TASSAR, special sleepers from Chicago 6:40 p. nu Sept 20th f special sleepers from Chicago 10:80 a. m. Sept 20th. For 1VELLESLET, special sleeper from Chicago at 6:40 p. m. the 20th. Special stop. Special sleeper on "Wolverine" 9:06 a. m. Sept 20th. For SMITH, special sleeper from Chicago at 6:40 p. m. the 18th. ..-.. For HART ARB, special sleeper on 6:40 p. m. train 22nd special sleeper from Chicago, at 12:06 a. nu, Sept 23d. For AMHERST, special sleeper from Chicago 6:40 p. m. Sept lSth. For DARTMOUTH, special sleeper from Chicago at 6:10 p. m. Sept 18th. . AU the Above from the Twelfth Street Station. PENNSYLYANIA at 8:45 a. m, 10 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. for Washington and New York . 8:30 a. m. Indianapolis and Cincinnati GRAND TRUNK at 12:10 p. m. for New York j at 4 40 p. m. Montreal, Boston. BALTIMORE A OHIO at 10:46 a. m. for Wash, lngtoa and New York. Your Friends Will Be With You iitatp Block Protected. We shall be pleased to secure reservation in the special college sleepers over the Eastern lines and provide you with through sleeper tickets to Eastern destinations. It would be well to make arrangements early. City Ticket Office, Farnam and 16th Sts. Phones, Doug. 1238 and Doug. 3580 PLAYERS Q Dorothy Shoemaker, Harry Minturn W. M. Mortimer, Director TONIGHT at 8:20 Wm. Hodf es' Own Grcataat Success "Fixing Sister" No Brifhttr Comedy Haa Been Written in Yeara. Matlneea Thla Week, Wed. and Thura. PHONE RESERVATION, DOUGLAS SOO Eveninge, 25c, 35c, 50c, $1.00 Matinee Prices, 23c, 35c, SOc "Omaha'a Fun Center" Daily Mata. 15-25-SOc. Evening-s, 25-50-75c-$l. The Gayety'a Annual Live Stock Show. Billy Watson's Beef Trusts. MounUinoua auemblage of atotrdupoli 'comediennes. Percheron-tw maiden, tactile ton. Wortd't largest beauty choru-ln welnht. not in numbers. Stage shored up to support 'ran "8AKETT K1R8T." LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS. 8at. & Week Frank Hunter and Best Show in Town. with clearing weather and consider ably wamer Sunday night. Prospects for a large yield of late potatoes are excellent and the opin ion is expressed that the yield of the early plantings M ill be fully -up to the average. Six Months for Aiding In Deh'nqyency of Girl Harold S. Lute, street car con ductor, married, pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting the de linquency of Marie Williamson, IS years old, before Judge' Sears, sitting in criminal court, and was sentenced to six months in jail. He was arrest ed on complaint of Probation Officer Miller and juvenile court officers. Large Expenditure For Soldier Comfort The sum of $1,550 has already been paid out of tne soldiers' comfort fund of the Commercial club for the com fort of the soldiers in these early stages beore the machinery of the government has got into perfect ac tion to supply all the necessaries promptly. The committee held a meeting at noon and went over some details. THQTO PIAY. OFFERINGS FOR. TODAY 1 imiiiimiiiiiimmiiiiiii AMl8EMKVrS. : IN A CLASS BY ITSELF JUNE MILLS SONCS AND FUNNY SAYINGS CARl, and INEZ ' NlFTY N0WSENSE 'rWHAT'EVERYMAN'IEEDS VrED pnd ALBERT THOSE DIFFERENT ATHLETES - EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOPLAY 'THE DIVORCEE" A DAY IN RENO WITH MARY. 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