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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1921)
... -THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1921. Tram Attorney Admits Expenses Have Decreased Lawyer for Street Car Com pany, on, Examination Be fore State Rail Body, Says Coal and Labor Less . Lincoln.' July 6. (Special.) Ad nission that the price of labor and coal hat decreased within the last few months was made today by Victor Wilson, attorney for the Omaha & . Council Bluffs Street Railway company,' before the state railway commission in the plea of the company tor a temporary raise of 1 cent in the street car fare rate. Hie company seeks to raise the rate to 8 cents, or four tickets for 30 cents, instead of .cents, four tickets for 25 cents. ' Coal as High as in 20. In his plea for the temporary in crease,' Mr. Wilson, on cross-exami nation by members of the commis sum, also admitted that while the price of coal ' had increased from April, 1920. to April, 1921, the same increase could . not be shown in a comparative cost statement of coal from October, ltt-'U, to October, IVtfl. .The attorney said, too, that the price oi coai taie in i?ar was as mgn as it is now. The Street railway company has made April. 1920, to April, 1921, the "motto" of its alleged decrease in revenue. More Repairing Work. Mr. Wilson declared that an item showing an increase of 13.16 per cent in equipment was due to the fact that in the last two or three years the high cost of labor and the difficulty in procuring labor forced the company to be dilatory in re pairing its cars, but that. in the nrst few months of 1921 the company had done much more work. The hearing continued over the neon hour and in the afternoon it was expected that W. C. Lambert, corporation cflunsel for the city of Omaha, would argue before the commission against. the increase.. One Way Rate Urged for Live Stock by Governor Lincoln, July 6. (Special.) Res toration of the one-way rate on ex hibition live stock to the state fair was urged today by Governor S. R. McKelvie, in letters to presidents of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern railroads. "It seems to me that this practice might well be restored at this time," the governor wrote, "for the breeders of pure-bred stock have been passing through a very trying period and i any encouragement that can be given them will be worth while. "Moreover, the general use of pure bred stock on the farm is sure to greutly augment the returns that the railroads will get from shipment of live stock to market. So. aside from .the immediate advantage that will be given to the exhibitor, there must ultimately come a very hand some return to the transportation companies." Park and Flag Boards Are AnnAitifArl Lincoln, July 6. (Special). Gov ernor j. R. McKelvie today an nounced the appointment of two non-pay commissions, provided by the last legislature.. .. . One is a commission to select a state flag for Nebraska as follows: George A. Williams, Fairmont; Dr. G. . Condra, Lincoln, and Mrs E. B. Penny, Fullerton. . - The other is the state park board whose membership, under an act of the last legislature, shall consist of one representative in each congres sional , district Members of this Commission include the following: Dr. Harold Gifford of Omaha and G. D. Putterfield, Norfolk, six years; Harold Cook, Agate, and W. A. Har rison, York, four years; A. J. Weav er and J. F. Cordeal, McCook, two years. " Wheeler County "Monster" Sought By Detective Joshua Sewell. box 253. Youngs town, O., is a regular "decatif" he acknowledged in a letter to bher iff "Mike" Clarke Wednesday. Josh wrote that he read in a local paper that a giant "eight feet high with red hair and feet 14 inches long:" was terrorizing women and children in Wheeler county, Ne braska. Josh declares in his letter he has had real detecting experience and cares not how big the giant is, as he will bring him in dead or alive. Sheriff "Mike" has forwarded the man's letter to the sheriff of Wheeler county. Dominican Sisters Will Operate McCook Hospital McCook, Neb., July 6. (Special.) The General hospital of this city will pass under the management of the Dominican sisters early in Au gust The sisterhood will manage the' hospital until the new hospital they will build in McCook during the next year shall be completed. The r.ew hospital is expected to cost about $75,000 and will be equipped in the latest manner. Presbyterian Minister at Madison Goes to Superior Madison. Neb.. July 6. (Special) r-Rev. A. H. Eggelston, pastor of the First Presbyterian church for three years has resigned to accept a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of Superior, Neb. He will preach his farewell sermon Sunday when the congrega tion will take tormal action on his resignation. - Wymore Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Install Officers Wymore, Neb.; July 6. (Special) The Odd Fellows and Ribekahs held a joint installation Friday eve ning at their hall. Following Re bekahs were installed: Alice Wheeler, V. G.; Etta Brown, N. G.; - Jennie Schook, F. S.; Fanna Benda, treas urer. Odd Fellows installed were: L. L. McKeever. N, . G.; FranJ-Rich'ejti-V.: .C ? At Last J. A. Sbllman Poses Before Camera T A James A. Stillman, the central fig ure in the now famous 'Stillman di vorce case, finally consented to face the camera. He was somewhat glum about it, but stood the ordeal gamely. The photograph was made at, Pough- keepsie, where two days of question ing brought from him the stereotyped reply that to answer truthfully would incriminate him. Deharts Plan to Plead Guilty to Slaying Mize O'Neill. Neb., July 6. (Special Telegram.) Rolla Dehart and his wife, Delia, in jail here charged with the murder of John Mize of Platte, S. D., whose body was found in the Niobrara river north of here a month ago, will plead guilty before District Judge Robert R. Dickson Friday morning and be sentenced. The De harts have decided to take the advice given by Dehart's aged father last Saturday, to "be a man and take his medicine." Dehart has recovered from an attack of smallpox and the quar antine period is up Friday morning, when the two will be arraigned. De hart. will plead guilty to second de gree murder and will probably re ceive life, his wife to manslaughter with a sentence of 10 years. North Platte Is Striving Hard For Normalcy ? Building Operations Kept at High Point and 85 Per Cent of Homes Owned By Occupants.- North Platte, July 6. (Special.) Replying to an inquiry from the Building Age of New York -City as to buildinsr conditions in North ' Platte, the Chamber of Commerce i has forwarded the following: This is a town of 10,900, a railroad center, with 85 per cent of the heads of families owning their own homes. This condition of ownership has been largely due to our building and loan association which was organized in 1887 and has present resources of nearly $1,150,000. Since January 1, 28 residences have been completed, 24 are in course of construction, and probably 25 more will be constructed before the end of the year. These, however, are not sufficient to meet our present needs, and at least 50 more, costing from $2,500 to $4,500 each are needed. Our present needs in public build ings are a community building, ad ditions to three of our ward school buildings, and a 60-room hospital, the latter to supplant two small hospitals of 15 rooms each. We have approved plans and have the money'with which to erect a $200,000 court house; last month we voted $165,000 to extend our water and sewer systems, and today are laying $50,000 worth of water mams from bonds issued last fall. We are also ready to construct a $10,000 addition to our fire depart ment building. ... Last fall we created three addition al paving districts, a total of 34 blocks, but are holding up the work with the expectation of securing lower freight rates on brick and cement. Lincoln Attorneys Seek Federal Plum ' Lincoln, July 6. (Special.) Lin coln lawyer-politicians- are trying to land a job as deputy United States district attorney, believing that J. C. Kinsler, new United States district attorney, will maintain a branch of fice in Lincoln. It is reported here Harry Aye of Omaha has been of fered the Lincoln office and has re fused it. Clark Jeary, a member of the Lan caster county delegation in the low er house last session, probably is making the most determined fight for the position and is reported to have the backing of close friends of. Kinsler. 1 Ralph Moseley, who also served in the lower house, is reported to be active in pushing his candidacy. Dick Stout, another Lincoln at torney, and five or six more are likwise coquetting 'with the new United States district attorney for the political favor; ." British experiments in increasing crops with electricity have been found to have a beneficial effect on the soil, increasing its productivity for a year or more. : Youth Clad in Barrel Walks Farnam Street Blase pedestrians on Farnam street stopped and stared as a youth clad in a barrel marched bravely eastward from Seventeenth to Fourteenth street. On the front of the barrel was a sign which 'read: "I bet on the Frenchman to win the fight, "He lost and now look at my plight." Harry Fink, 19, 1102 North Twenty-fourth street, lost the bet In ad dition to the barrel he wore a bath ing suit. Jack Freiden, 2702 North Thirty-third street, was the winner. He followed Fink a short distance to the rear. Fink started his star tling stroll at 3:30 yesterday after noon.' Many Stolen Cars Recovered By Omaha Polce Auto Squad Last month 56 automobiles were stolen but the newly created auto theft bureau of the Omaha police department under Lieut. John Psza nowski recovered 69 stolen cars. Ten belonged to out-of-town persons. Only 10 stolen cars are now unac counted for. Pulp and paper mills in Canada are running but five days a week. Action on Community Playground Is Postponed No community playground will be established here this summer. This was the statement yesterday of S. S.. Caldwell, chairman of the newly formed playground committee, and which contemplated the establishment of a playground at Twenty-second, and Paul streets or near Thirteenth and William streets. . Inability of the cjty to take over leased ground and assume responsi bility of its management under the Omaha charter was the reason given for the change in plans. ADVEBTI9EMENT ADVERTISEMENT Professor Budlong Puts Tanlac To Test l1"' j PROF. C. J. BUDLONG, Manchester, N. H. "It's an actual fact, I'm in good health for the first time in 30 years and I owe my present splendid con dition to Tanlac and nothing else," was the emphatic statement of Prot. C. J. Budlong, well-known and high ly respected citizerr of Manchester, N. H., residing at 42 School street. "Practically all my life I had had rheumatism, and when I say rheuma tism I mean every word of it. It was all over my body and especially bad in my feet and legs and there were times when I couldn't get from my bed to my chair without help. And from the time I was a boy I couldn't sit down and eat a good meal without being in -misery after wards aiiid I . would have terrible pains around my heart and frequent attacks of palpitation and dizziness. "I had a .stubborn case of consti pation, was troubled awfully with blinding headaches and hardly knew what sleep , was. My suffering had almost made a complete nervous wreck of me and-1 was so weak I wasn't worth a nickel as far as work was concerned. I thought my trou bles had a life-long grip on me and was about as discouraged as a' man ever gets. "Well, before I had finished my first bottle of Tanlac I realized Jt was different from anything I ever tried. It suited my case exactly And now for almost the first time since I can remember I can eat anything I want and digest it I -haven t ati ache or a pain and have gained 15 pounds in weight. I just feel good all over and am full of life and energy these days. Everywhere go I talk Tanlac. It hasn't n equal." 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