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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1918)
I THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25. 191S ' SOUTH SIDE RFn rmss niNn GIVEN BIG BOOST BY IHtrAKH Men ff Mohraclo onrl rxin IIIVII VI IIVUI U7IU MI1U IUIIU SenH in Thpir Wnns tn Re " Wl IU III I MVII I I V W ft W W Sold. Prnr.p.fids Goinn to Help Win the War. Two hundred and fourteen hogs, c'.onatfd by Nebraska and Iowa fanners of three communities, were sold Wednesday at the South Side market for the benefit of the home chapters of the Red Cross. The total proceeds were $8,106.37. A load of "6 hogs from Dunlap, Ia.,; consigned to Laverty Bros. Commission company, weighed 16. 360 pounds, and were sold to Swift & Co.. at $16.80 per 100 pounds, netting the local chapter $3,043.07. Sixty-five head from Wesorr, la., consigned to the Inter State Com mission compay, weighed 14,220 pounds and were bought by Swift & Co. at $16.75 per 100 pounds, netting $2,381.85. Seventy-three head from Hooper, Neb., consigned to the V. F. Denny Commission company, weighed 15,930 pounds, and were sold to J. W. Mur,)hv at $16.90 per 100 pounds, netting $2,681.45. The commission companies donate their services in handling all Red Cross shipments. South Side Social Worker Speaks Before Rotarians Mrs. Lett-Caldwell, South Side so cial worker, was the principal speaker at the Rotary club luncheon yester day. She spoke of her experiences in Russia and of the work she is do ing' in Americanizing persons of dif ferent nationalities in her field President Clark of the Rotary club, in behalf of the organization, pre sented Major E. C. Henry with a traveling bag. Henry T. Clark, member of the Omaha Grain exchange, was voted a member. Tom Powell of the Cedar Rapids Rotary club was a guest. He is here in the interest of recreation work among the soldiers. v Ray Qpombs of Benedict Gets Top Price for Steers Tuesday's price of $17.05 per 100 pounds for heavy cattle, the highest ever paid on the South Side market up to that time, was duplicated Wednesday when Ray Coombs, Bene dict, Neb., sold 51 head of white face steers, averaging 1,382 pounds, to the Cudahy Packing company. These steers were purchased last November for $11.70 per 100 pounds and averaged 1,010 pounds. They were handled by the Lee Commission company. South Side Brevities The allied candidates who are making the race for places on the city commission wilt speak at the Morris Packing houso and at the Exchange building at noon today. Man Found injured In Thirteenth Street An unidentified man lying uncon scious in South Thirteenth street, Omaha, with a fractured skull, was found by the Omaha police last night, and taken to St. Joseph's hosiptal. Cards with the name of Harry Claude Ferguson, 10 South Thirty seventh street, Council Bluffs, were found in his pockets. Up to a late hour last night the police were unable to find any clew. Obituary Notes MRS. ELLEN DOUGHTERT, 90 years old, pioneer resident -of Nebras ka, died Wednesday morning at the home of a daughter, rive miles west of Benson. Death was due to the in firmities of old age. She is survived by several sens and daughters. MRS. DAISY E. CLAUSEN, 25 years old, wife of B. N. Clausen, 5212 North Twenty-eighth street, died Monday, after an illness of six weeks' dura tion. She is survived by her husband, an infant son, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Philips, Omaha, and one sister, Mrs. G. O. Lake, Mer rill, la. Funeral services will be held at Crosby's chapel Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be n West Lawn cemetery. The Weather Bnej City News Towl, engineer, for commissioner. IIt Boot Print It Ntw Boa con Treat Lighting Fiiturcs, Burgess-Graden. Attorney Gerald M. Drew has re moved to 606 Security Bids. D. S837. Saves you 5c, saves the grocer on delivery and saves us on tin. Butter nut Coffee in the handy 3-pound cans, $1 each. Perry Is Transferred E. L. Perry, formerly traveling passenger agent for the Missouri Pacific, has been transferred to Hutchinson, Kan. Fraser Grove Dance W. A. Fraser grove No. 1, AVoodrrlen Circle, will give a dance in Crounse hall Fri day evening. Members and friends in vited. Sons of Veterans Tonight General Charles F. Manderson Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, will hold their reg ular meeting in' Memorial hall, court house, tonight. Prudent saving in war times Is a hostage for opportunities of peace. Play safe by starting an account with Nebraska Savings & Loan Ass'n, 211 S. 18th St Jl to Ja.000 received. Farewell Dance The farewell dance of the 14th balloon company, Fort Omaha, will be given at the Auditorium Saturday night. The pro ceeds from the dance will go into the company fund. Former Omuhan Dies A. W. Eber hart, for several years ticket clerk in the Omaha offices of the Northwest ern, died of cancer of the throat in Des Moines, where for the last 10 years he has been division freight agent for the Rock Island. Comes to Omaha J. E. Preston, formerly of the Omaha offices of the Milwaukee, but for the last 10 years commercial agent at Denver, is in Omaha. He had been a Milwaukee man for 20 years, but the "clean-up" order issued by Railroad Director General McAdoo caused abolishment of the Denver offices. 1 Medals for Muny Guards Friday night at 8 o'clock Park Commissioner Joe Hummel will present medals to the three best drilled guards wtio won in the state contest of municipal guards held last year. The medals consist of gold, silver and bronze, rep resenting first, second and third hon ors. The best drilled company will bo presented with a flag. Xulirig Funeral Services Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Nuhrig, 34 years old, who died Tuesday morning at her home, 4317 Franklin street, will be held at the Lutheran church, Thirty-sixth and Lafayette streets, at 10 o'clock this morning. She is sur vived by her husband and four chil dren. The body will be taken to Yu tan, Neb., for burial. Fine fireplace goods at Sunderlauds. Two Men in Bluffs Bound Over on Swindling Charge ( j I 4 BSi ISM . ilmmrnJjjkmM Greeters Will Give Banquet Friday for National Head The Nebraska-Iowa Greeter's asso ciation will give a banquet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Faxon of De troit, Mich., at the Hotel Rome Fri day night at 8 o'clock. Mr. Faxon is chairman of the board of governors of the National Greeter's association, and he and his wife are enroutc home from the Pacific coast. Hotel managers and clerks front the Nebraska and Iowa territory will at tend. Colonel William Anderson, chief clerk at the Rome, will act as toastmaster. Following the banquet, the men will hold a business session and the women will be guests at a theater party. , . j... Medals to Be Given to Municipal Guards Omaha municipal guards will meet in the city hall Friday night. Medals will be presented to first, second and third in the individual competitive drill. The regimental colors will be pre sented to Company C, presentation being made by City Commissioner Hummel. Those wimiing the medals were: Frank Laurenzana, Hanscom Park, first; Jack Wyman, Gifford, second; Joe Morrisey, Ginord, third. A. J. Matson, alias F. J. Mc Aweeney, and John Price, who re cently were arrested in Council Bluffs on the charge of conspiracy in connection with an alleged attempt to swindle Henry C. Thiessen, farmer of Keystone, la., out of $10,000 on a fake horse race, were bound over to the Council Bluffs district court grand jury Wednesday morning by V I A J S f Judge Cooper. The temporary bond of $5,000 was continued in force pend ing the decision of the grand jury. Matson furnished bond late Wednes day afternoon and was released. His bond was signed by E. C. Hendricks and Wallace Benjamin, both in the real estate bonding and surety busi ness in Council Bluffs. Up to a late hour Wednesday Trice was unable to obtain his release. MEN IN CHARGE OF FOOD SUPPLIES MEET IN OMAHA County food administrators of Ne braska and their committeemen have been caljed to meet in Omaha, May 3, at 11 o'clock, by Federal Food Admin istrator Wattles. The visit of J. A. Hallowell, director of states organiza tions of the United States food admin istration, prompted the meeting. It will give an opportunity for educa tional instruction to the county offi cials. In his official call Mr. Wattles in cluded the field men of the administra tion, chairmen of state wide commit tees and heads of departments. The meeting will convene at the Hotel Fontenelle and after a short session the food administrators will go to the Chamber of Commerce, where Mr. Hallowell will address them. An afternoon session will be held, after which the visitors will be the guests of Mr. Wattles, either at a dinner or theater party. During the afternoon there will be talks by the heads of the various de partments of the state food adminis tration and by field men and county administrators. v i .'. Traffic Officer Ulmer To Give Tips on Driving The Omaha police department, un der the direction of Chief of Police Dempsey, is planning to increase safety in traffic. The Omaha Safety council has offered its co-operation. A meeting will be held in the City Hall council chamber Monday even ing at 8 o'clock, April 29, at which time Harry Ulmer, traffic officer of Omaha, will outline the correct way of driving vehicles and will answer any questions in regard to traffic. Stop Speech of Irish Woman in Sacramento Sacramento, Cal., April 24. For the first time in her experience as a lec turer in the United States, Mrs. II. Sheehy-Skcffington, widow of one of the leaders of the Irish rebellion, was prevented from making- a Sinn Fein address by the authorities here last night. The meeting was advertised as a reception to Mrs. bheehv-bkelf mat- ton under the auspices of the Friends of Irish I'recdoin. After she had been presented with a handsome bouquet she launched into a speech, but County Supervisor Kobert u,. Callahan, member of the County Council of Defense, stepped to her side and, reminding her of a previously given promise not to talk, told her firmly that she could not be allowed to proceed. Winner May Pageant To Be Big Affair Winner,' S. D., April 24. (Special.) The patriotic junior Red Cross pageant to be given in Winner May 10, is somethirfg of unusual character. Arrangements have been made to have the entire performance featured that it may be shown over South Dakota and Nebraska. Two thousand school children will participate in the parade and the forming of living flags, etc. 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief S FOR INDIGESTION rl 1111) llie GRAY- AwSilB For Nebraska Unsettled Thursday ind Friday; probably showers and warmer Thursday; cooler Friday. . Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Dea 5 a. m.... 41 6 a. m 41 7 a. m 40 a. m 40 9 a. m 41 10 a. m 45 11 a. m 4ti 1 m 49 1 p. m 50 j z p. m oi 3 p. m 62 4 p. m.... 64 5 p. m... 63 6 p. m 62 7 p. m 62 S p. m 61 J918. 5917. 1916. 1915. "fTighest yesterday .. 64 03 63 73 .owest yesterday .. 4H 4:1 48 81 Mean temperature. ...47 4? 62 67 Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .05 Temoerature and precipitation departure! from the normal: normal lemperaiure D4 Deficiency for the day 7 Total excess since March 1 304 Normal precipitation 13 Inch Deficiency for the day 13 inch Total rainfall since March 1... .1.35 inches Deficiency since March 1 2.32 Inches Deficiency for cor. periotl, 1917.. .56 Inch Deftelency for cor. period, 1916. .1.61 Inches Reports From Stations at 7 P. M. Station and Stats Temp. High- Raln of Weather. . 7 p. m. est. fall. Cheyenne, clear 62 62 .OS Davenport, cloudy .... 60 62 .00 Denver, clear 58 1 .12 Des Moines, cloudy 52 52 .00 Dodre City, cloudy .... 38 .01 I.anrter, cloudy 60 c.4 .00 North Platte, pt. cloudy. 44 46 .1 Omnha, cloudy 52 . 54 .00 l'uc4lo, clear .... 52 52 .20 Hapid City, clear .... 64 ..68 .00 Salt Leko City. pt. cldy. 60 66 .o Santu Ye, part ilnudy.. 60 66 . .00 fcheridn," Uouuy 64 63 .CO 1 JL. WELSH, Met ' "Horse Sense Economy MOTORISTS who carefully select an expensive tire and then "economize" on tubes are "saving at the spigot and wasting at the bung-hole." When an "inexpensive," leaky tube ruins a $20 or $30 casing, it becomes an extrav agance. Diamond Tubes, made in either Gray or Red rubber, are "horse-sense" economy. We could have made them cheaper and sold them more readily years ago. But now we have the permanent business of thousands of motorists who, after costly experiment with others, insist upon Diamond Tubes. A Diamond Tube in a Diamond Casing makes the Ideal equipment the JMamond Rubber Ca v- (Incorporates) AKRON. OHIO 3 vmli MASS r-TllilLTff "if-1 Illlfllllllilllli Local Distributors LININGER IMPLEMENT COMPANY OMAHA TIRE REPAIR COMPANY NEGATIVE WINNERS CREIGHTON DEBATE Young Men Contest on Plat form for Honor Prizes Donated by Mrs. Schultz. The debate for the Mrs. John Schultz prize of $30 hy the Creighton Oratorical association last night at Creighton auditorium was won by the negative. The question was, "Re solved, That in the United States, all railroads he owned and operated hy the federal government, constitu tionality waived,." The winning de baters divide $15 of the prize money among themsvelves. The individual prize of $10 was awarded Thomas J. McGovern as the best speaker of the evening. The second prize of $5 was won hy James V. McGan. The affirmative was represented !y Messrs. James V. McGan, Edward 11. Kranz and, F.mmctt Jr. Randolph; negative by Messrs. Ralph L. Neary, Rrendan Brown and Thomas J. Mc Govern. Judges were Harry V, Burkcley, Ray J. Madden and Thomas P. Redmond. Diamond Missing After "Inspector" Visits House The robber who for a few days has been gaining entrance to resi dences under the guise of being an inspector for the Nebraska Power company continued his operations late, yesterday afternoon. At the C 11. Heed home, 3104 North Fifty-eighth street, he "in spected the wiring" on the second floor. After he departed it was learned that a valuable diamond ring had disappeared. Socialists Endorse Wilson and the War At the regular meeting of the local Omaha socialists last night a resolution was pased instructing the seven delegates from Omaha to the state convention to support a resolu tion at the convention endorsing President Wilson in war against autocracy, to be stated strictly from an international socialist working class standpoint. Central United Presbyterian 1 Extends Call to New Pastor The Central United Presbyterian church has extended a call to Rev. Paul Calhoun of Sewickley, Pa., to accept the pastorate of the church. He will succeed Rev. Hugh Spear, now stationed with the Nebraska sol diers at Camp Deming, N. M. He will be paid a salary of $3,600 a year. Wanderer Under Arrest. John Zoheen, giving his address a Davenport hotel, was arested last night by Special Officer Harris of the Northwestern railroad yards and coutd give no reason for his presence . on the premises. He is an Austrian but said he had not registered. Government agents will be asked to investigate. Two Men Held Up. Two masked bandits held up D. f. Bowman and S. L. Donnelly, both livinc in 20( DniicrlaB ctrr.t tnet night at Twenty-fifth and Harney streets. Both bandits were armed with revolvers. Bowman contributed a gold watch and Donnelly $5 in cash. 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