THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1917
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Brief City News
Platinum Wedding Rlnf Edholm.
Lighting fixture Burgeu-Gracden Co.
Ht Boot Print It New Beaccn Press,
Metal tilts, Preaswork Jublle Ufg Co
35c Luncheon at Empress Garden.
Meeting of Southwest Improvement
Club The Southwest Improvement
. lub will meet at 832 South Twenty
fourth street Wednesday evening.
Alleges Xonsupport Nellie Edger
tcm, suing Charles Edgerton for di
vorce in district court, alleges nonsup-
port. They were married in Omaha
August 11, 1904.
Credit Men Meet at the Castle The
Omaha Association of Credit Men will
meet at the Hotel Castle Thursday
night. The directors will hold a ses
sion and a banquet will be enjoyed
by the entire membership.
Sues Burlington for Injuries Jo
seph Droege, formerly an employe of
the Burlington, is suing the railroad
for $15,000 for alleged permanent in
juries suffered at Plattsmouth, Neb.,
in December, 1914, when he was work
ing in the shops there.
Robbery Suspect Claims
He Can Prove Innocence
R. E. Decker, 611 North Eight
eenth street, arrested Monday night
by Officer Vance, at the Drexel ho
tel, on complaint of Arthur Hurth,
son of Mrs. Pearl Hurth, 718 North
Seventeenth street, who exchanged
shots with a burglar whom she found
in her room on September 4, was
granted a continuance of trial in po
lice court Tuesday. Mrs. Hurth iden
tified Decker, as the man who at
tempted to rob her and whom she
shot at several times. Decker, how
ever, swears that he was in Lincoln
on that day and asserts that he can
produce witnesses to prove that he
was.
Judge Fitzgerald has granted him
V i few days in which to round up the
witnesses and to clear himself of any
complicity in the shooting.
Rosenthal Looks For
Heavy Business This Fall
Henry Rosenthal, general manager
of the Union Outfitting company, has
returned from an extended visit to the
furniture markets at Grand Rapids,
Chicago and in the east. His trip ex
tended as far east as New York City.
Large purchases of furniture, car
pets, stoves and draperies were made.
Mr. Rosenthal states that business in
the east is very brisk. All the facto
ries have completely sold their out
put to January V. Mr. Rosenthal also
states that many new styles of fur
niture and rugs were shown at the
different furniture expositions. Large
purchases. were made, with urgent in
structions to have the goods f6r
warded at once in order to avoid the
freight congestion that is expected.
Mr. Rosenthal is very enthusiastic re
garding fall prospects for business.
Big crops and the high prices will
start an increased era of prosperity,
Harlan Fort Dies at
Home of Son in Chicago
Harlan Fort, aged 82 years, retired,
died at the home of his son, Ger
rit Fort, in Chicago Monday night
He had been rushed from his home
in Los Angeles and reached Chicago
Sunday night. He died from a can
cer with which he had been afflicted
several months.
Besides the widow he leaves three
sons Gerrit Fort, Chicago, passen
ger traffic manager of the Union Pa
cific: Van Dvck tort. Memphis, lenn,
freight traffic manager of the Illinois
Central, and James i'ort. connected
with the general passenger office of
the Union Pacific. Omaha.
The elder Fort is quite well known
in Omaha, having visited here a num
ber of times.
' . Funeral services will be held in his
old home in New York.
Bosse to See World's
Series on His Vacation
Claude Bosse, city milk inspector,
is getting ready for his annual va
cation. Bosse's idea of a vacation is
to see the world's series. So Bosse
leaves Omaha September 29 for New
York and points east. He intends
to take in the world's series games
at New York, but 6ays he will have
to pass up Chicago. "To much rail
road tare, he declares.
After seeing the world's series
games Bosse will make use of the
rest of his vacation by attending the
annual convention of the International
Milk Inspectors association at Co
lumbus, (X
Milder Found Not Guilty
On Liquor Selling Charge
Arsing Denchuck, arrested Septem
ber 4 with a pint ot wnisKy in nis
possession and charged with illegal
possession of intoxicating liquor, was
fined $15 and costs n police court
Tuesdav.
On his assertion that he obtained
the whisky from Jacob Milder, who
has a junk shop at Eleventh and Dav
enport streets,' Milder's place was
raided and a case of beer found.
Milder was arrested and charged with
illegal possession of intoxicating
liquor and illegal selling of the same.
The evidence against him was not
sufficient to prove the charges, be
cause the case of beer was sealed and
Milder was acquitted on both
charges.
Grand Larceny Charge
For Theft of an Auto
Sheriff Clark, Deputy Sheriff Lind
say and Detective Danbaum arrested
Frank Long, 5412 South Twenty
fourth street, an electrician, and
Homer LaMere, a member of Com
pany D, Sixth Nebraska, on a charge
of grand larceny.
It is alleged by officers that they
stole an automobile and accompanied
by Miss Hazel Broass, 2227 Jefferson
street, a divorcee, and her sister, Mrs.
Vern Straley, went out for a joy ride.
Mrs. Straley's husband is Sergeant
Straley of motor truck company, No.
57, stationed at Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, la.
No charges were filed against the
women.
Sam Joe Up for Third Time
For Possession of Booze
Sam Joe, alias Charley Lee, pro
prietor of the Empire cafe, at 1510
Howard, which was raided Monday
night by officers of the morals squad,
pleaded not guilty to a charge of ille
gal possession of intoxicating liquors
in police court Tuesday morning. He
waived preliminary examination and
was bound over to the district court.
He was released on $500 bonds.
This is the third time that Lee has
been haled into police court on the
same charge.
GIRLS WILL BE HIRED
TO RUNELEYATORS
Building Owners and Managers
in Convention Here Like
the Idea; Will Take
It Up.
Girls will probably be operating
elevators in all the office buildings in
the United States after the adjourn
ment of the convention of the Na
tional Building Owners' and Manag
ers' association, now in session in
Omaha.
A resolution will be offered on the
floor of the convention to the effect
that the delegates go home and em
ploye woman elevator operators and
that they recommend the same thing
to other building owners and manag
ers throughout the country.
At the breakfast conference on
"live problems," over which E. H.
Doyle of Detroit presided, it was dis
covered when a canvass was made
that eleven of the managers in the
room were employing girls to oper
ate the elevators at home. All of these
testified enthusiastically to the effi
ciency of the women in this work and
said that their tenants and the gen
eral public liked the idea. "The girls
are neat and clean, efficient and care
ful," said one of the managers, "and
we like the idea very well."
Talk Over Coal Problem.
The coal problem was also taken
up at this conference and it was
agreed that they must only hope for
relief from the government, as they
are entirely powerless, both in the
matter of price and in the matter of
getting the coal through when they
want it.
Secretarial conferences and apart
ment house conferences were also
held at breakfast, when the secretaries
and apartment house managers met in
their respective rooms and discussed
the problems they have to meet.
The promotion and construction of
office buildings, the problems of the
property owners, the building up of
local associations and the benefits de
rived from them are among the prob
lems discussed in the general conven
tion today.
The women accompanying their
husbands at the convention are being
entertained by a committee of local
women, with Mrs. Howard G.
Loomis as chairman. The other
members of the women's arrangement
committee are Mrs. C. Dean Glover,
Mrs. Byron R. Hastings, Mrs. Edwin
S. Jewell and Mrs. William R. Mc
Farland. The visting women were given a
tea at the Blackstone hotel roof gar
den in the afternoon. Last evening
both the men and women made
a tour of the big office buildings of
Omaha from 8 to 10. Various fea
tures of Omaha's big buildings and
office arrangement were shown in the
different buildings.
Aside from the women's arrange
ments committee the local women
have a reception committee, which
has been on the job and alert, con
sisting of the following:
Megdamea Mesdames
Ernest Sweet, Frank H. Meyers,
chairman- George T. Porter,
Boy O. Babcock, H. W. Potter,
John N. Crawford, Arthur A. Remington,
P. W. Fltipatrlck, John W. Robblna, ,
H. v. Frankfurt, Lou CT Sholea.
A. M. Gebelt, Edward M. Slater,
W. T. Graham, W. O. Spain,
Alfred C. Kennedy, R. C. Strehlow,
Paul W. Kuhns, W. H. Thomas,
Frank T. B. Martin, Hugh E. Wallace,
Charles W. Martin, E. F. Williams,
A. B. Mason, T. K. Wilson,
George T. Morton, H. A. Wolf.
Miss Catherine Shields.
Nebraska Corn Not
' Injured, Say Reports
In spite of the fact that many an
Omaha citizen shook the moth balls
out of his overcoat Monday night
and cast a shrewd eye at the reports
of a prevailing lower temperature over
the state last night, the reports now
indicate that no frost occurred of an
extent sufficient to damage Nebraska
crops.
In the central part of the state
temperatures as low as 45 degrees
were recorded, with mist and light
rains in a small district in the north
ern part. Calm and cloudy weather
accompanied the general cooler con
ditions over all but the western end
of the state.
Light Holding Company
Has Been Incorporated
The Union Power and Light com
pany of Omaha was incorporated and
the articles filed yesterday, the capi
tal stock being $2,000,000. The in
corporators are Walter B. Roberts,
Willis Todd, F. H. Davis, C. T.
Kountze and T. L. Davis. This is a
holding company which owns and
operates plants in eleven towns in
Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota.
This company owns the 6tock of the
local company and makes the pur
chases at wholesale for all the plants,
thus being able to operate much more
cheaply.
Leaders at Building Owners' Meeting
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Obituary Notice
MRS. MARIE KRATKY, aged 73.
died at Yutan Monday evening of con
cussion of the brain following: an auto
accident near that city Sunday. In
company with her son-in-law, James
Koutsky, and his wife and child and
Mrs. Marie Eddy and daughter, Ruth,
all residents of the South Side, she was
going to Wahoo to visit relatives. One-
half mile west of Yutan the machine
turned turtle, pinning the occupants
under the car. Mrs. Kouteky was ahle
to crawl from the wreckage and as
sisted the others. The baby alone es
caped injury, Mrs. Eddy holding it
away from the car. Mrs. Kratky never
regain consciousness after the acci
dent. Koutsky was unconscious for
ten minutes. Nearby farmers took the
injured people to a hospital in Yutan.
C. P. HISTER, aged 36, died at 3
o'clock yesterday at Harvard, Neb.,
after a long Illness of cancer of the
stomach. He leaves a wife and two
children. He had been home three
weeks from Chicago, where he took
radium treatment without result".
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Edwin S- Jewell, Omaha, vonven
tion committeeman of the National
Building Owners and Managers, said
to be the busiest man in Omaha this
week.
Charles E. Horton of Seattle, ex
president of the National Building
Owners and Managers, will conduct
the Live Problems conference Wed'
OMAHA DELEGATES
TO WAR INVENTION
Volunteers Are Asked from
Men Liable to Be in the
East at That Par
ticular Time.
Nine Omaha men will represent the
Commercial club at Atlantic City, Sep
tember 18 to 21 in the War Conven
tion of American Business which
meets there at that time under the
auspices of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States.
Omaha delegates are volunteering
to serve, as a number of Omaha men
will be in the east at that time, and
Commissioner Manley of the Com
mercial club says more delegates will
be appointed and furnished with cre
dentials if he finds that others willing
to serve will be conveniently in the
east at that time.
The local delegates already listed
tre Randall K. Brown, Henry A.
Thompson, John W. Towle, George
Mickel, R. A. Leussler, Frank W.Jud
son, Joseph Havden, David Cole,
Walter T. Page.
It is expected to be the most signi
ficant convention of business men
ever held in America. Secretary of
War Newton Baker will tell the con
vention what further the government
expects of business men in connection
with the war. Frank A. Scott, chair
man of the war industries board, will
tell those assembled what they must
do to assist in securing supplies need
ed for our army. He will explain the
relation of the war board to the indus
tries of the country.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Succens.
Linger Resigns From
Omaha Police Force
City Detective John Unger, who
figured prominently in the recent po
lice probe by testifying against for
mer Morals Squad Officer Paul Sut
ton, has resigned from the police de
partment. Sutton recently filed charges with
the city council against Unger, but
these charges were quashed last Sat
urday. New charges were to be pre
pared against Unger, but Unger beat
them to it by resigning.
Frost is Reported
Throughout Middle West
Chicago, Sept. 11. Frost was re
ported in Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa last
night. Early reports indicate that the
damage to crops was comparatively
small.
WISCONSIN GUARDS
BUY COLDTEA AT $3
Smooth Salesman Sells Amber
Colored Drink in Old Whisky
Bottles to Soldiers
Enroute.
It looked like whisky, but it was
tea.
It smelled like whisky, but it was
his breath.
It sold like whisky at $3 a pint
until Officer Hans Hough appeared
upon the scene, and William John
son started rapidly to leave the
Webster street station.
Johnson a short time before had
purchased tea at a local hotel and
filled several whisky bottles on which
the stamp had not been entirely de
stroyed. The liquor was being sold
on the dark side of the train to mem
bers of the Wisconsin National
Guard, who were far away from their
beloved Milwaukee, and proved ready
purchasers.
When placed under arrest the
salesman proved real friendly and in
sisted on buying the officer his sup
per. "You'll be my guest tonight," said
Gang Leaders Go to
War; Less Delinquency
Juvenile crime has decreased as a
result of the war, according to
Probation Officer Miller. He de
clares a lot of the older gang lead
ers have enlisted in the army or
navy, leaving the younger toughs
without an "organization."
"It's the same way with young
crooks as with older ones," said
the probation officer. "They must
have the 'brains of the gang' -or
their activities begin to cease. It's
easy to break up gangs of young
lawbreakers when their leaders are
gone."
Hans, "and tomorrow morning I will
furnish your breakfast.
Is Fined in Court.
"What do you mean," cried the
outraged tea salesman, "I think I will
give you a licking.
"You are not the only one that can
think," replied Hans. "I think I will
caress you with my night stick if you
do not come along.
In police court Johnson told the
court that he was going to make $5
from an expenditure of 5 cents and
that his friends did not believe he
could do it.
"You were trying to make money
too fast," replied Judge Fitzgerald,
'?25 and costs. Next.
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