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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUMtt 5, Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee ASK INJUNCTION AGAINST OMAHA CORPORATION Railway Commission Files Ap peal in Painless Withers Dental Company Case; Al lege Violation of Law. Lincoln, June 4. The State Rait way commission filed an appeal in the supreme court Wednesday after noon from the judgment of the Douglas county district court in a case wherein the Painless Withers Dental company of Omaha, .com- posed of William Lee Withers. Har 'ris E. Bowes. Gilbert Withers, John , T. Booth and W. Skovgard arc the ;' incorporators. "i The application which asks for a 'perpetual injunction, forbidding the j company to sell arty more stock and .for the appointment of a receiver for the company, sets out that the company was incorporated in the sum of $100,000 October 27, 1917, and ;asks permission of the railway com ' mission to sell stock of the company in this state. Application was later withdrawn pending decision of the commission.' Violated Law. The company went ahead and sold stock, it is alleged, against the laws of the state, to Gilbert WitherSfwho sole same to different parties in sums varying from $100 to''$12S per '.share, amounting as near as tan be determined, to $15,000. It is alleged ' that the stock on a basis of $100,000 ; capital is not worth $10 per share The commission appeals from the order of the court which sustained a demurrer against a judgment in favor of the company as protection to stockholders and against the in corporators of the company. sCommencement Exercises at York College Start Today The annual commencement ex cises of York college, York, Neb., begin today and end next Tuesday. todays program will include an ex hibition of the work of the students of the. art department. In the eve ning there will be a musical recital. Friday will occur the anniversary tof the literary societies and Sunday morning the anniversary of the Christian societies, with the preach ing of the baccalaureate sermon in the evening, Dean Ashcraft occupy ing the pulpit. Academy graduation exercises will be held next Monday, with C. E. Sandall the speaker. The following day will occur the regular graduation exercises, with Rev. H. H. Harmon, Lincoln, the speaker. The alumni business meeting and the banquet .are scheduled for the evening. grange Leaf Rust May Hurt ; Winter Wheat Production Lincoln, fcNeb., June 4. Orange leaf rust, unusually prevalent in Ne braska, may reduce production of the state's winter wheat crop, ac cording to a statement issued today :by A. E. Anderson of the United States, bureau of crop estimates. "Ordinarily," says the statement, "orange leaf rust does very little damage to winter wheat, but com ing before wheat is headed and de stroying the functions of the leaves, it may lower the production in' those fields that are most seriously af fected." Scribner Firm Awarded Contract for State Road Lincoln. June 4. Schleutir Bros. i;t Scribner have secured the con tract -for building the state road from Blair to Oakland, which will run through Tekamah and Craig. , The contract price is 38$4 cents a square yard and will amount to approximately $60,000. This makes the 12th contract let so far for state roads, all of which are lor. dirt construction. ' Specialize in Strawberries. Napjes, S. D., June 4. (Special.) The Boys' and Girls' Garden club members pf Naples are specializing it! strawberries. Hundreds of plants have, been planted under the direc tion of the home demonstration agent P. A. Barrowi, Correspondent."-- Head of Vocational Department Moves Office in Capitol Lincoln, June 4. C. A. Fulner, head of the vocational department of the schools of Nebraska, who has been holding down a little corner in the office of the state superintendent, has now moved to the room vacated by the clerk of the house on the sec ond floor of the state house. C. W. Watson, state supervisor of agricultural education, who has been holding forth at the state university farm, has also moved into the same room, while Miss Alice Loomis, state superintendent of home economics, will also share the room. The state will soon adopt the su pervision of trade and industrial edu cation and this department will also be established with the others men tioned. Mr. Fulmer says that by fal' the state will probably have 100 Smith-Hughes schools. Held In Connection With Fire In State Hospital for Insane Ray Carson, 17 years old, is being held at the city jail for investiga tion in connection with a fire which occurred at the state hospital for insane at Lincoln, where this youth was employed. Carson was arrested Tuesday night when he alighted from a train, following information received by the police that he had conversed about the fire in a suspicious manner to a stranger. A deputy state fire warden is on his way to interview Carson, against whom no specific charge has been placed.. Carson told the police that his home is in Oklahoma. State Dentistry Board Holds Annual Examination Lincoln, June 4. The State Board of Dentistry is holding examinations pf applicants who desire a license to practice dentistry in Nebraska, at the state representative hall at the capitol. The board consists of Drs. Ferdi nand Greis of Sutton, M. O. Frasier of Lincoln, J. H. Wallace of Omaha, S. A. Allen of Loup City and Dr. Boehler, who is now in England in special work for the govrnment. Dr. Boehler has been in France during the war. There are 100 men taking the examinations. Lincoln Traction Company Ordered to Make Statement Lincoln, June 4. The State Rail way commission has ordered the Lincoln Traction company, which has made application for the right to raise fares, to furnish the com mission a statement of the physical valuation of its heating plant, gas and electric light plant and its street railway plant in order that it may thoroughly size up the situation be fore it makes its order on the appli cation for a raise in street car fares Governor Allen of Kansas to Address Roosevelt Club Lincoln. June 4. Gov. Henry J Allen of Kansas will be in Lincoln some time in the near future to ad dress a meeting of the new Roose velt club, the time having not vet been decided upon. Organizers deny that the club is a political organization, but say that it is a memorial to the former presi dent and that all people who have beet, admirers of the wielder of the big stick can join the organization Lincoln Man Is Elected Head of Gas Engine Body Chicago, 111., June 4 (Special Tele gram.) At the annual, convention of the Gas Engine association, now in session here, L. M. Ward, of Lin coln, was elected president of the national organization. DeWitt Soldiers Return. Beatrice, Neb., June 4. (Special.) Four De Witt boys, Ralph Waldo, Otto Meier, John Gordanier and Walter Bolgeffener, members of the famous 89th division, arrived home Tuesday from Camp Funston, hav ing received their discharges. REPUBLICANS TO NAME CHAIRMAN NEXT TUESDAY Will Select Man to Fill Post Vacated by Beach; Cor rick and Devoe Are Mentioned. Get'V&iirs Today and have a treat for tomorrow's breakfast . Nothing like them in corn. ' flakes" Am I WO PostTomhes ; ; , A superior flaked food tjnade of corn in entity one quality the highest i A product that cultured " American taste has made Americas foremost corn food. Lincoln, June 4. It is understood that the republican state committee has been called to meet next Tues day afternoon in Lincoln for the purpose of electing a chairman to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of E. D. Beach, who retired after being appointed state fire com missioner by Governor McKelvie, and of forming plans for participa tion of women in elections. , At the time that Mr. Beach sent in his resignation, Nels P. Hansen, secretary, was placed in charge of the headquarters in Lincoln and My ron P. Learned of Omaha, vice chairman, has been the head of the committee. Some time ago F. P. Corrick was mentioned for the chairmanship. Mr. Corrick was not a candidate, but had said that lie would accept if the committee desired to place liim in charge. Mr. Corrick was chairman of the progressive committee during its existence and the personal repre sentative of Theodore Roosevelt in this state. Another candidate who has been mentioned is R. W. Devoe. chair man of the last republican state convention. Mr. Devoe is out of the city, but it is said he does not be lieve he could find time to devote to it. Mexican Is Killed by Fellow Workman Following Crap Game Grand Island, Neb., June 4. (Spe cial Telegram.) Arcadia Sanies, Mexican, employed in the Union Pa cific yard gang, was shot and In stantly killed early Wednesday ',y Joe Regga, another Mexican, pre sumably because of the results iti the former's favor of a game ol craps. Anton Antroutsos, a Greek, similarly employed, witnessed the shooting and gave the alarm, but Regga appears to have made his es cape on an outgoing train imme diately after the shooting. Sanies was 37 and Regga 40 years of age. Both are single. Sanies was just preparing to go to work when Regga walked up and fired thrt shots, all taking effect. The land lady with whom Regga hoarded, said he remarked several days ato that Sanies had cheated him at crap and would never do so again. Elks Hold Seventh Annual State Convention at York York, Neb.. June 4. (Special Tel egram.) The seventh annual state convention of the Nebraska Benevo lent Patriotic Order of Elks opened here Wednesday morning with a large number of delegates and vis itors present. The (iessions began at the Elks' club with an address of welcome to the delegates by Mayor Wray, which was responded to by M. A. Hartigan of Hastings. A ball cramp hftwppn Falls Pifv a id Omaha Elks was played Wed nesday atternoon. the result being & to u, in tavor ot falls Uty. Kain stopped the game at the end of the sixth inning. In the evening the Nebraska state band of Lincoln gave a concert. But One Bid Received for Dodge County Paving Job Fremont, Neb., June 4. (Special Telegram.) One bid was received for the construction of paving a six mile stretch on the Lincoln High way between Fremont and Ames. Hugh Murphy of Omaha, bid $2.64 a square yard for the work. Final action was deferred until June 28, while approval of the project by the government is being awaited. The board of supervisors passed a resolu tion favoring the use of cement mined in Nebraska. Representa tives of a number of firms at the meeting objected to the resolution. Fremont Raises $65,000 of Required Sum for College Fremont. Neb.. June 4. (Special Telegram.) The Fremont Commer cial club has raised $65,000 of the $75,000 it pledged toward the ex pense of moving Midland college to hremont from Atchison, Kan., and the establishment of a Lutheran uni versity here. The committee will finish the canvass Thursday. A com mittee fro mthe Commercial club and the Salem Lutheran church is at Atchison to attend the meeting of the board of trustees of the col lege, when the question will come uo for consideration. O'NEILL WOMAN ; ON TRIAL UNDER MURDER CHARGE Grand Jury May Implicate Husband In Confessed Murder of Wife Springfield, Mo., June 4. Almost simultaneously with the opening of the trial of Mrs. Carrie Erickson Hofland of O'Neill. Neb., charged with the murder of Mrs. Pearl Wel ton of Teresite, Shannon county, the grand jury was called in special session to investigate the possible connection of Frank Welton, hus band of the dead woman, with the murder. Welton was on the witness stand today. Last January Mrs. Welton was thrown into a well on the Welton farm after being choked. Mrs. Hof land, in her confession, said she had lived for years with Welton, in Ne braska, as his common law wife. She said she followed him here, but when she told the present Mrs. Welton of her position, the latter attacked her and she choked the wife. Mrs. Hofland admitted she told the hus band when he returned to the farm house from work and they dragged the dead woman from the well. South Side Brevities Salesgirls and salesmen wanted to clerk Saturdays. See Wllg Brothers. Adv. WANTED SIX SALESLADIES AT ONCE, APPLY IN PERSON. KOUTSKY PAVLIK CO. Adv. LAWN mower sharpening and repairing a specialty. Phone South 18. Residence phone. South 1314. We buy furniture, clothing and rags. We are paying 2 cents a pound (or rags. Call South 3011. Adv. For Sale One 10-room house built (or two (amilles; all modern except heat. Lo cated on paved street and alley. Cement walk, good shape, house well built and easy to heat. Price, (3.600. Phone. South 33 G. E. Harding Coal company. ON SALE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. Lawns, pretty (lowered designs, every pat tern good, on sate at. yd 10c Voiles, the newest summer shades at, per yd I6jc The materials o( these lawns and voiles are fine and just what you will want for summer wear. White outing (lannel. nice and fleecy, worth 30c yard, on sale at, yd....l7ty.c BASEMENT STORE WHO BROTHERS. South Side IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN UNION STOCKYARDS Enlargements Being Rushed in Contemplation of Fall Run of Stock; New Sort ing Arrangements. The Union Stock Yards, South Side, will be enlarged to handle 2.000 more head of stock a day than is now possible. Gangs of men are at work and 190 catch pens have al ready been installed at scales Nos. 8 and 10. The enlargements are being made in preparation for the usual big run of western cattle this fall. Much of the congestion during the fall run is said to have been due, not so much to the lack of pen room as to the uneconomical arrangement of pens. Plans to remedy this arrange ment have been made. Plan "Jackpots." A new sorting arrangement for "jackpots" in front of scales has been planned, and already installed at scales Jmo. 5 and No. 7. I his an rangement is expected materially to facilitate the work, both before and after weighing. . Another plan to facilitate the work is to change the blocks of large pens into smaller pens- Taking . five blocks that contain at present 107 pens, it is proposed to split them up so as to provide 200 pens. These will be kown as model blocks and if they prove as practical as expect ed, they will be. installed in other blocks. The advertiser who uses The Bee Want Ad Column increases his business thereby and the persons who read them profit by the oppor tunities offered. Lawn Mowing Firm Is Dissolved After Fistic Encounter The .South Side Lawn Mowing corporation was dissolved yester day when the president and vice president engaged in a quarrel over declared corporation dividends amounting to $3, which resulted in a fistic encounter. John Mardin, president, and George Robinson, vice-president, are both over 70 years old, gray and bent. They both live at 4722 South Twenty-third street, in a hall bed room, the corporation office. Arrested for fighting and brought before Police Judge Fitzgerald the two charged each other, with equal animosity, with embezzling the cor poration's dividends. After hearing both sides of the case, Judge Fitzgerald released both members of the corporation with out a fine, and the two old men left the court room still arguing heatedly over the $3. They had been taking contracts to mow lawns for the summer, accord ing to residents. Live Stock Commission Man Dies of Pneumonia News of the death of Green C. Martin, for several years engaged in the commission business at the South Side market, at Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, of pneumonia, was received at the Stock Exchange yes terday. Mr. Martin was well known among South Side stock dealers. He was 40 years old and is survived by his widow and one son, both residing at the Howard apartments, jn Omaha. Government Sends S. 0. S. Call for Stenographers According to advices received by the Civil Service commission, the government is woefully short on stenographers, typists and book keepers for the departments in Washington. The chief of the de partment has sent out a call to the local offices urging an early ex amination of applicants for posi tions. The assurance is given that applicants who pass will be im mediately given positions. Those who pass are started at salaries of $1,200 per year. Hold Art Exhibit. The Brown Park public school, Nineteenth and U streets, held an art exhibit yesterday afternoon. Clay models, wood carving work, bench work, painting and sewing, all done hy pupils of the school, was on ex hibition. Kiwanis Olub to Meet Arthur L. Palmer will address members of the Kiwanis club Fri day noon in the south room of the Chamber of Commerce. His sub ject will be, "Getting Back Going Ahead." Liner Imperator Collides With Ship Near Sandy Hook New York, June 4. The .former German liner Imperator which sailed from this port yesterday for Brest, collided about 300 miles northeast of Sandy Hook last night with the steamship Agwidale, from Rotter dam for New York. A wireless mess age from the Agwidale stated that she was proceeding for this port under her own power, but requested, a convoy. A later wireless message said the", imperator was undamaged and thatj the damage to the Agwidale was slight. A heavy fog is said to havel caused the collision. . ' , Next Time Buy FISK TIRES! The lowest-priced mileage you can buy. An exceptionally good tire. An exceptionally good price. Price of 34 x 4fc FABRIC Non-Skid Casing CORD Non-Skid Casing TUBE Fits all makes of Casings $43.35 $55.70 $6.60 Prices reduced proportionately on all sizes For Sale by Dealer The Fisk Rubber Company of N. Y. OMAHA BRANCH 2403 Farnam and 24th Sts. Wednesday, June 4, 1919- Burgess-Nash Store News for Thursday- -Phone Douglas 2100 Find 254 Pints of Liquor in Home, Following Fight Beartice, Neb.. Tune 4. (Special Telegram.) The police Wednesday raided the home of Tom Hawkins in West Beatrice, where they found 254 pints of whisky, some of which was hid in the attic. Hawkins was arrested and lodged in jail. The raid followed a fight between sev eral young men whom, it is said, had been drinking. One of them was struck over the head with a blunt instrument and badly hurt. Fremont Negro in Jail for Attempt to Shoot Neighbor Fremont. Neb.. Tune 4. (Special Telegram.) Wardell Cash is in jail here awaiting hearing on a charge of shooting with intent to kill. Cash fired one shot from a revolver at Gas Herndon when the two met on the street Wednesday morning and became engaged in a quarrel over some trouble between their children. The shot went wild. Both are negroes. On a Certain June Day The Girl Graduate Comes Into Her Own IT IS the day upon which a whole nation does homage to youth. Full of promise, full of hope, it shines forth for that army of girls and young women whd have so splendidly proved their right to that homage. Nothing must be allowedj to mar its perfection. Least of all unbecoming or unappropriate apparel. We have guarded against that, however. Here are The Loveliest of White Frocks Unaffectedly Simple and Charming At once their usefulness and adaptableness for other summer occasions becomes apparent: so a girl may be gov erned in her selection by her summer plans. Burgeta-Nash Co. Second Floor Sale of Lingerie for School Girls as Part of the May Sales In this sale are the daintiest of princess styles, petticoats, bodices, etc. Just the sort a girl wants to wear with her grad uation frock, and they are very inexpensive, too. Burgess-Nah Co. Second Floor A New White Hat-Smart Cape- Two Delightfully Timely Suggestions Indeed in assembling the day's requirements, summer needs can be provided at one and the same time. And there's no place where better selection can be made than here at Burgess-Nash. Burgeaa-Nash Co. Second Floor A Gift for a Girl Graduate--Have You Thought of That? There's a world of thing3 that might be suggested, but these may help to aid you in making a selection silk gloves, crisp organdy neckwear, silk umbrella, crepe garden smock, service bag, something in jewelry, books, etc. Burgeta-Nah Co. Main Floor Hosiery for the Graduate In fine white cotton, lisle or silk, in severalqualities and at a range of prices that will appeal to everyone. Burgeta-Nash Co. Main Floor New White Pumps That adds so much to the beauty of the graduation outfit are offered here in a wide range of styles and very low prices. j Burges-Nah Co. Second Floor Engraved Announcements Or invitations, done in the very lav est form and at moderate prices; 100 visiting cards from your own plate for $1.25. Burgtai-Naah Co. Main Floor SURGES EVERYBODYS STORE"