THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918.
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WARD M. BURGESS
TO WASHINGTON
FOR WAR WORK
I Savings Stamp Director Gets
1 Request From Baruch to
.... Jcome to Washington in
Industries Work.
Ward M. Burgess, director of war
savings in Nebraska, has received a
request from B. M. Baruch, chairman
of war industries board, urging-iiim
tq come to Washington at once, pre
pared to take up important govern
ment work in connection with war
industries. Mr. Burgess will leave
tonight for Washington.
"This is a broad matter, exceeding
ly urgent. I know enough about you
to know that vou can handle the
proposition," Mr. 'Baruch telegraphed
in sending his message.
The nature of the new work is un
known to Mr. Burgess, as the invi
tation did not state the duties of the
OFFICIAL OMAHA PRIMARY
CANVASS SHOWS FULL VOTE
CAST FOR COMMISSIONERS
Unofficial Returns of City's Choice as Compiled by The
Bee, Fully Borne Out by Figures of Election Com
missioner Moorhead; Dahlman Leads; Low
est Vote One Hundred Twenty-Five.
proposition.
Election Commissioner Moorhead's official canvass of the
primary vote lat week shows a range of totals, from Mayor
Dahlman's 7,497, to 125 for Albert Mitzlaff.
Commissioner Kugel and Laurie J. Quinby tied for 23d
place with 1,886 votes each. Julius Smith Cooley beat W. F.
Stoecker by one vote by polling a total of 201.
The total vote for each candidate in the primary, showing
the 14 nominees first, is as follows:
NOMINEES FOR CITY COMMISSIONER.
Tom P. Reynolds 4,326
Thomas Falconer 3,814
Roy N. Towl 3,812
Governor Neville Invited to
Attend Meeting in East
V E-President Taft has written a per
sonal letter to Governor Neville urg
- ing him to attend a meeting of gov-
, eruors and ex-governors to be held
. "in Independence hall, Philadelphia,
','on the afternoon of Friday, May 17,
' ' in connection with the convention on
'"Win the War for Permanent Peace."
The governor is requested, also, to
appoint a delegation of prominent
citizens to represent his state at this
convention.
.Mr. Taft and a 'committee of dis
tinguished Americans, including Car
dinal Gibbons, Alton B. Parker, Dr.
i Anna Howard Shaw, Samuel Gom
) pers, Senator John Sharp Williams,
f President Lowell of Harvard, Mrs.
I Thomas J. Preston, jr. formerly. Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, and gthers, recent
1y' .called this convention to be held
under the auspices of the League to
Enforce Peace, of which Mr. Taft is
president. Independence hall, where
cmvprrmrQ and PY-cnvprnnfs will
' confer, was the scene of the forma
tion of the league on June 17, 1915.
Italian Girl Spared From x
Death Twice in One Week
Frances Costentino, 7 years old, the
only passenger to escape injury . in
the collision of a train and automobile
In Florence Sunday, causing the death
of a woman and three children,
ficured in two accidents within a
week, according to a relative, Alfio-
Garrotto, groceryman at iu4 .North
Sixteenth street.
Sunday she experienced a thrilling
ride of several hundred feet on the
pilot of the engine, which struck the
auto. She was unhurt. Less than a
week before, she was picked up on
the fender of a street car at Sixteenth
and Nicholas street, carried over ten
feet and when the car stopped she
jumped to her feet and ran away,
unhurt.
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John Lynch, Former County
. Commissioner, III of Pneumonia
"Johnny Lynch," deposed county
commissioner, is seriously ill of
pneumonia at his home. He has been
sick since Friday.
James C. Dahlman 7,497
Dan B. Butler 6,813
W. G. Ure 6,429
J. B. Hummel 1. 5,755
Ed P. Smith 5,382
Harry B. Zimman 4,904
J. Dean Ringer 4,621
Walter S. Jardine 3,683
Charles H. Withn.ell. 3,615
George Parks 3,356
Henry F. Wulf 2,894
OTHER CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER.
Willis C. Crosby.. 2,638
R. J. Madden 2,585
Jerry Howard ....2,519
Frank C. Gardiner. 2,385
Fred H. Hoye. .. .2,277
Clyde- Sunblad ....2,103
Henry L. Bridwell.1,982
Henry Hartnett--. .1,936
A. C. Kugel 1,886
Laurie J. Quinby. .1,886
M. W. Rooney.... 1,692
R. C. Becker 1,655
Thomas Hoctor ...1,630
Adolph T. Tenopir. 1,555
Edward E. Howell. 1,458
Henry Rohlff 1,372
M. J. Sullivan, jr.. 1,338
George B. Dyball. .1,313
John C. Riha 1.179
John C. Cusick. .. .1,178
Paul B. Sutton...-
Patrick Duffy
L. B. Johnson....
James Allan
T. H. Tracy
Edward A. Smith
Alfred Sorenson..
John M. Tanner.
John J. Cameron.
Jesse T." Brillhart.
Elmer E. Gilliam..
Jabez Cross-
Frank Goodall ...
C. L. Mather
Ida O. Jorgenscn.
Hugo Melchoir . .
Michael Mullen '. .
J. Frank Burgess.
Robert Houghton.
George Kapinski..
1,1 IS
1,086
1,014
, 927
808
707
667
644
638
628
581
567
567
560
531
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, 492
407
, 451
, 420
Peter Mehrens .... 396
Ed R. Brumbaunh. 388
John M. Cahill 389
C. E. Weimer..". 373
Al Schultz 373
Georce A. Hill.... 371
Alfred C. McGlone 366
Leonard C. Johnson 353
Tohn M. Gurnett 345
Harry Forman 336
J. S. Griffin 290
Thomas E. Bradv.. 283
Daniel Hannon.... 260
John I. Taminosian 229
Otto H. Stuben..-- 224
W. L. Nichols 204
Julius Smith Cooley 201
W. F. Stoecker 200
Tohn Van Wie 181
P. T. McEllieott.... 126
Albert F. Metzlaff. 125
David Cole 10,623
Dr. E. C. Henry.. 10,347
Harry A. Tukey. .10,033
T. F. Stroud 9,409
John A. Rine 9,135
Wm. F. Baxter . . 9,001
Harry A. Foster.. 8,970
Charles W. Martin 8,936
For City Charter Commission
(All are nominated.)
Dan O. Whitney. . 8,899;
J. P.;Palmcr 8.478
I. J. Dunn 8,241
W. W. Cole 7,485
Sam V. Scott 7,329
John E. Reagan.. 7,026
George S. Collins 6.820
P.. C. Foley 6,574
Donald A. Johnson 6,567
P. T. Barber 6,256
C. L. Shamp 6,230
W. B. Check 6,025
Wm. T. Hamand. 5,777
Cornelius Farrell. 5,693
Samuel Grace-5,8
C. A. Martensen... 5,318
Vaclav Buresh ... 4,838
Yes ..
School Bonds.
.12,408 No ..
5,740
Military Police Guarding
Soldiers' Conduct in Omaha
Efforts by the government to pro
tect the moral and physical standards
of the men in khaki continue with in
creasing vigor. Military police pa
trolled the city Monday night with
instructions to arrest all women of
questionable character found in -the
companyvof soldiers. A close watch
is being kept on dance halls and cab
arets. ...
Parks to Cover 1,000 Miles
In Spring Cleanup Drive
Commissioner Parks of the street
maintenance and cleaning department
announces that he will endeavor to
cover 1,000 miles of alleys and streets
in the annual cleanup work which
will be started Wednesday morning.
He asks citizens to exercise pa
tience and remember that it may be 10
days or two weeks before his trucks
or wagons will reach some districts
"Our aim will be to remove all
heaps of rubbish which householders
place m alleys or streets, alleys pre
fcrred," Parks stated.
THOSE WHO
Subscribers to the
Third Liberty Loan.
CAME ACROSS
On Friday and Saturday of last
week the Liberty loan committee re-
leasid an official list of all subscrib
ers to the third Liberty loan of $1,000
or over. These were the early sub
scribers. As soon as the 1,626 general
solicitors got busy headquarters was
swamped with clerical work and it
was impossible to issue any official
lists on Sunday or Monday.
This, the third list of subscriptions,
includes all subscribers of $1,000 or
over which were officially reported to
the federal reserve bank up to last
Friday night. The list does not in
clude any of the names which appear
on the first two lists.
$100,000 J. L. Brandcis & Sons.
$50,000 George A. Hoagland com
pany, Faxton & Gallagher.
$25,00(r Guarantee Fund Life Insur
ance company.
$20,000 N. B. Updike, federal land
bank, New England Life Insurance
company.
$15,000 Wright & Wilhelmy Co.
$10,000 City Trust company,
Woodmen of the World, N. B. Updike
company, Standard Bridge company,
Travelers' Health association, Adams
& Kelly.
$8,000 Mrs. E. M. Fairfield, Barker
company.
$5,000 Stella H. Staplcton, James
T. Wachob, D. C. Bradford, Toozer
Gerspacher company, Burns-Brinkcr
company, N. Spiesberger, David Cole
comoanv. C. -N. Dietz Lumber com
pany, Nebraska Seed company. Mu
tual tseneiit ncami ana Acaaenr com
pany, H. C. Sumney, Harding Cream
ery company, McCague Investment
company, John Bekins, American
Radiator companv, A. C. Dreibus,
Talmer Findley, T. A. Fry, W. D. Mc
Hugh, Nebraska and Iowa Steel Tank
company, O'Brien Candy company.
$4,000 F. S. Martin & Co., Union
Outfitting company.
$3,500 Hayward Bros. Shoe com
pany. $3,200 H. I. Adams.
$3.000 Western Electric company,
Omaha Auto Dealers, Kirschbraun &
Sons, Klopp-Bartlett Printing com
pany, Charles L. Saunders, M. Shirley,
A. S. Billings, Coal Hill Coal com
panv, Thomas Dcnnison.
$2.950 Joseph Hajek.
$2,500 John T. Stout. O. C. Redick,
Thomas R. Kimball, Mrs. T. R. Kim
ball. $2,000 Central Market, J. F.
Bertschy, W. K. Callahan Construc
tion company, C. If. Clancy, C. J.
Lyon, Nebraska Moling Plow com
pany, R. Rosenzweig, Forest Lawn
Cemetery association.
$1,000 W. J. Burgess, Charles Ko
pald, Harry C. Marion, Harry B.
Kennedy Advises Omahans
To Purchase Their Coal Now
A circular letter issued by State
Fuel Administrator Kennedy Tuesday
morning urges all Nebraskans to
purchase their winter supply of coal
this month, thereby helping the ad
ministration, the railroads, the miners
and incidentally themselves, as prices
are scheduled for a raise during the
summer.
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