Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1909, Page 11

THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, BREF CITY NEWS 1909 NOVEMBER 1909 | SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAY | 123456 ‘47 8 910 1213 | 141516 17 18 19 20 821 222324252627 28 29 30 ‘ Mave Root Print Iv. Chambers’ School of Dancing open R, F. Swobods.—Cortifisd Accountant. Rinehart, Photographer, 1811 & Lightitiy Fixtures Meyn, photo, remo Bond salesman cequired for dress Y 748, care 13 White Waiters at Schilts Cafe—Quick service and courteous traatment 3. A. Gentleman Co., Undertakers, Naw location 1614 Chicago St. Both phones. | Equitable Life— Policles sight drafts at | maturity. H. D. Neely, manager, Omaha. Six per cent pald on savings accounts. $1.00 to 35,000, by aska Savings and | Loan association. 106 Board of Trade balld- | ing, 1608 Not a Plano Tune A. Hospe Plano company has learned that a young | man without authority is making a tour of the city as a plano tuner, and that he claims to be a son-in-law of Mr. Hospc Canvassing the Whole Vote—County Clerk (D, M. Haverly and a number of sistants have begun the official canvass of the clerks’ returns of votes at the recent Farnam. Bueges: Grandon Co. 1toly h & H lowa vard, | Ad- | Weinlander & Smith Ladies’ Exclusive Furnishings 317 So. 16th Streat FLANNELETTE GOWNS These gowns are beautl- fully embroidered. Prices from $1.00 up. HEATEERBLOOM SKIRTS Bpecial for Saturday.... §3.00 SILK MOIRE SKIRTS With large flounce. This grade Is a Letter wearing than any other make, up from $3.50 Mall orders given prom attention. Our Candy Special For Saturday Our regular 40¢ per lb., Toasted Marshmallows, 1b. box...25¢ Our regular 60c a 1b., Smart Set Chocolates, Saturday only, per IR AT Rk 1 300 MYERS-DILLON DRUG CO. 16th and Farnam Sts. | value teetlon, tut not had time the Lave progress far with Mother Dying at 90—J Schulte of | asper, Wyo. & prominent hadware and | urniture man, stopping at the Iler Grand, | telegram Friday to the effect %0 vears of age, Is dangerously and summontng him to her yot work ecelved is mother. I in Towa bedsid Cridwell & Drake Are Sued—Caldwell & | Drake, the court house contractors, are defendants In a suit for $1,000 brought Qistrict court by Gerritt H. Ten Broek and D. W. Voyles of St. Louls. The plain- | tfts are receivers for the Cook Hotel com- | P of St. Louls and they say Caldwell & | Drake bought the Napoleon Bonaparte hotel in that eity from them for $9,000, and the sum sued for remains unpaid Who Stole Tho aborers, employed on & F nd Cass police department knew by sight boxes and stolen $0. The man was to | hirteenth and Farnam streets, where he recelved a transfer south.. The police are Investigating. All Invited to Aldrich Linner—Invita- tions are prepared by the Commercial club for the dinner to be given to Senator Ald- rich when he is in Omaha, November 10, but they have not been sent out. They | will be mailed to any who expresses a desire to attend the dinner. It being a | subscription dinner no one will be barred | and a telephone call to the club is all that | necessary. A large number of reserva- | tions have already been asked for. Omahans in Studlo Light — “Studio Light,” a publication devoted to photog- raphy, has In its issue for November re- | productions of a serfes of photograph taken by Herman Heyn, an Omaha pho tographer. Photos of three men and of three women are shown, the men being | | Cclonel W. F. Cody, Attorney George E | Pritchett and Dr. Bridges. The women are | typical of the beauty that has made the women of Omaha famous all over thel | country. | Prof. Lucile Eaves to Lecture—Monday | evening at the Young Men's Christian as- | soclation rooms Prof. Lueile Eaves of the | soclological department of the University | of Nobraska will lecture on “Training for | the New Profession of Social Service.” | This Is one of the lectures in the new course which Miss Jontz of the Assoclated Charfties and Secretary Crossman of the religlous department of the Young Men's Christian as:oclation have planned to train volunteer workers in the local fleld. Judge Orawford Nome—Police Judge| Bryce Crawford was back at his desk Fri- day morning after a several days' visit in Kansas City, during which time Justice C. M. Bachman has presided. Judge Crawford visited the Kansas City police station and court Thursday and was very favorably impressed with their method of doing business. A man caught carrying concealed weapons, the judge sald, was recently sent to the penitentiary by the Kansas City police judge. He Bought a Pig in a Poke—Frank D, Christie avers that he bought a pig in a poke, as it were. He sets up in a petition in district court that he purchased of Harry 8. Gates a plece of property in Des Moines, which, he says, Gates as- sured him would net a monthly rental of 3$35. When he got on the ground he was pained to discover that § was a fancy rental figure. Wherefore he would like the sale contract set aside and himself relmbursed for costs incurred, a ny trio of at strects, complained that someone, | had broken into tools to the | traced new the whom they their tool of Guard the health of your ramily by keep- ing at hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has no equal for coughs, colds and croup. The person who knows shoes wears the best of good ones. WOMEN UNION SHOE S Quality Shoes for OUR $3.5 All Leathers To Fit Al GOOK SHOE GO. 1609 Farnam St. BE 600D TO YOUR FEET Quality People— 0 SHOES All Styles To Suit Al There is no question that you will make a great discovery by attending Our Bi Some Things You Want to Know The Thirteenth Census—History of Census Taking. Briefly told, the history of census taking in the United States is that tweive times we have made inquiry Into our state as & nation, &t a total outlay of more than 357,000,000 The thirteenth census will bring the total expenditure to upwards of #79,- 000,000, Starting out in 179 with but four questions about a single subject of inquiry—-population—the work expanded in 100 years to such a remarkable extent that in 18% there were thirty-one separate sub- Jects of inquiry, carrying 13,161 questions, The most remarkable expansion of the work of census taking took place at the tenth census in 1880, At the preceding cen- sus there had been but twelve subjects of inquiry, embracing only 156 detalls or ques- tions. In 1880 the numuer of subjects of In- quiry was increased from twelve to twenty- six, and the number of questions from 13 to 13,010 The lesson of the top-heaviness |of the tenth and eleventh censuses did not fall to impress itself on congress, and that body limited the scope of the investi- gations of the twelfih census to four sub- Jects—population, agriculture, manufae- tures, and vital statistics, leaving all other inquiries to special investigation. The thirteenth census will follow the linex of the twelfth in the limitation of the scope of inquiry, except that vital statistics will be omitted and mines and quarries substituted. About half of the United States s now included in what is known as ‘“registration area,” where births and deaths and the cause of death are regis- tered by local authorities. The permanent census now prepares an annual report on mortality statistics, so that the occasion for vital statisties inquiries by the thir- teenth census has been removed. It is indeed a far cry from the seventeen marshals and 200 assistants, with their quill pens and saddlebags, who took and prepared the returns of tne first census in 17, to the director and his force of 70,00 assistants, with their electrical tabulating machinery, who will take the forthcoming census of 1910. Likewise, it i a long jour- ney from the $44,000 that was spent in tak- ing the first consus to the $14,000,000 that will be spent in the taking of the thir- teenth. The first census was taken wholly as a means of determining the number of peo- ple in each state, so that representation In congress might be fixed according to the constitution. It was intended also to determine the apportionment of direct taxes, the imposition of which the con- stitution makes dependent upon population. The act providing for the first census does {not mention the fact that it was to be a census. It may be sald that there is not the slightest evidence that the fathers of the nation ever thought it would amount to more than a counting of noses. The other mutters of inquiry have all come as incidentals of the main constitutional inquiry as to population—a sort of by- product of these ten-year counts of popu- | 1ation, The framers of the constitution put a wise check upon the early census authori- ties. They understood full well that there would be a constant tendency to exaggerate population, by every state, in the hope of Increasing its representation in congress. To overcome this was one of the purposes of making the direct taxes distributable in the same way as representation in con- gress. The state which was tempted to exaggerate its population in order to get Increased representation in congress would find itselt In danger of having a larger direct tax than was its share. By playing the desire for a smaller showing of popu- lation against the desire for the higher showing, they were able to securs a true report. In late censuses the direct tax provision has lost its terrors, but such a careful watch Is kept upon the work of the enumerators that although there are many interests which would exaggerate population, the chances for doing so are growing fewer with each recurring de- cennial. There was disappointment over the show- ing of the first census. Many thought it made the population too small, on the ground that it has supposed to be for purpose of taxation. Thomas Jefferson unhesitatingly expressed his bellef that it was erroneous, and as secretary of state notified the representatives of the United States abroad that the returns were far short of the truth, and he was careful to supply many ommissions In red ink. Subsequent events Indicate that the first census was, as a matter of fact, a very accurate one, and that the trouble was in the previously made over-estimates of colonial population. The second census differed from the first in that it had an official head—the secre- tary of state. When the legislation author- izing the census was pending, congress was memorialized to extend its Inquiries to many subjects, but the petitions were buried in a senate pigeon hole. The third census was the first to include any sort of Inquiry outside of population data. As an afterthought $2000 was appropriated for collecting the names of the manufac- turers of the United States. Population 1909. had approximately doubled in the twenty years since the first census, and the cost of making the count had quadrupled. Th fourth census made a number of inquires beyond those preceding, among them b&‘ ing questions showing the number of un- naturalized foreigners, and the number of persons engaged In agriculture, commerce and manufactures. Later a special act| caused some Investigations to be made with reference to manufactures. The fifth census returned largely to in- quires limited to population, and a pro- | vision was made for a revision of all the| previous census reports. This report was hastily and heedlessly and General Walker, who had charge of the ninth and tenth censuses, says It was filled with errors to such an extent as to be valueless. He observed that “‘many pages of the republication would, by merely not Ing the corrections, be almost as much disfigured as the werst proot of statistical matter ever seen in a printing house.” The next decennial census, taken in 1840, Is regarded as a lamentable fallure. 8o glaring were Its errors that the American Statistical assoclation memorialized con- gress, declaring that such documents ought | not to be sanctioned by congress, and that if the statistics could not be corrected they ought to be disowned. The inaccuracy of | the 1840 census is attributed to the vast expansion of the census inquiries without adequate machinery to support the work. | It was really the first census at which | the modern scope of Inquiry was adopted From it dates the larger meaning of cen- sus taking, and its fallure is attributed | more to defectlve machinery than to its plan and purpose The law providing for the taking of lhei scventh census, passed in the carly part of | 1850 served for the taking of three decen- | nlal censuses. The seventh wit- | nesses the first centralization of the census taking business under one office in Wash- ington and the conditions under wlich it was taken makes it the first comparable with the present methols. The alghth census in 1860 was taken under the same law. In 1570 Is was argued that the law of 1550 has outlived its usefulness and that the census of that year ought to be taken un- der entirely changed conditions. A stren- uous effort was made to secure a new census law. A bill enbodying the idea of the advanced statisticlans was passed by the house, but was defeated in the senate. The result was that the census had to be taken under a wholly inadequate law, one that had been completely outgrown. Yet by reason of tho excellent work of those in charge of the undertalking the results were such as to compare favorably with anything that had gone before. It was at this census that the first attempt at me- chanical tabulation was made. It was In the shape of a taltying machine, which was used With good results. A strong effort to obtain a quinquen- nidl census was made In 1§ General Grant lent the prestige of the presiden- tial office to the movement by recom- mending it in two annual messages. It was contended that such a census would be especially fitting &s showing the prog- ress of the nation in the first hundred years of independence. But the proposition fell through and the inquiry was delayed until the regular ten-year period, James A. Gartield introduced a bill providing for the taking of the tenth census, but it was not able to run the gamut of the committees of the senate and house. The history of the succeeding censuses and of the creation of the permanent cen sus bureau is fresh in the public mind One of the interesting pleces of work per- formed at the eleventh census was the enumeration of the names and service of the survivors of the clvil war. No provi- slon was made for the publication of this data, which would have filled eight large quarto velumes of 1000 pages each. The returns were deposited In the pension bu- reau and never have been printed. Ths publication of the last volume of the elev: enth census did not take place until 18 seven years after the gathering of the data. However, bulletins were extensively used and the essential results were all given to the public by 189%. A famous French statisticlan, Moreau de Jonnes, declared during his life that the United States presents a phenomenon without a parallel, in history—‘“that of a people who Instituted the statistics of thelr country on the very day they founded their government, and who regu- lated by the same instrument the census of thelr Inhabitants, their civil and po- litical rights and the destinies of the na- tion.” From the time that the great king of Israel offended his God by taking a count of his people down to the present day there have been thousands of reck- onings of population, but nowhere else In the world has the art of census taking reached the high state of perfection exist- ing today In the United States By PREDERIC J. NASKIN. Tomorrow—The Millinery Busin made, necessary census Commons Heads for Capital City Here, He Will Consider Situa- 1 Sale We bave 200 dozen Hats—soft and stiff, in all styles and shades. WE ARE CLOSING OUT AT $1. BALE STARTS SATURDAY, 00 NOV. 6th, Omaha Hat Factory 1158 South 13th Street rugs For the Particular Person We cater to particular trade. The able prices are just what you are lo Bpring Chicken Ib. .......... 18}ge Spring Lamb Koast, Ib. . sy Rib Roast, Ib. 100 Pot Roast, 1b.. 8o Boiling Beef, per 1b. . THE HOME uality of our goods and our reason- oking for. Speclals for Saturday only: New Peas, dosen cans | New Tomatoes, dox. can & | New Corn, doz# cans | No. 1 Flour, per sack OF QUALITY. R. E. WELCH > " Phoues: Bell, Douglas 1. TWENTY-FOURTH AND FARNAM STREETS. 511; Independent, A-2511. | | 1eans. be left in the hands of a committee, tion in Lincoln. Ben Commons, who came to Omaha as the leader of the striking street car men will leave within the next three days for Lincoln, where the unfon street car men are making demands on the company. Tie Lincoln situation is sald to be somewha uncertain. Mr. Commons declines to dis cuss the probability of a strike there After a sojourn in Lincoln Mr. Commons will return to Omaha and will remain here until a date about three weeks hence, when he will depart for his home in New Or- The affairs of the Omaha union will It is admitted by the leaders of the re- cent strike that the men would all go back if they could get even the terms against which they struck. Nothing better than the “extra list” is now open Special Notice. Brandels Stores recently purchased from a recelver In bankruptcy 20 room-size These rugs will be placed on sal: next Monday and It will one of the greatest bargains of recent years. Various grades of 9x12 seamless Wiltons, the very best Axminsters, Bigelows' Electras, ete They are regularly worth as high as $0 each, but they will be sold next Monday for $19.98 each These rugs are absolutely sound and per- fect and are all new patterns. J. L. BRANDEIS & SONE, Bullding Permits. Thomas Quinlan, 2 North Twenty- nipth, frame dwelling, $2,000; J. F. Stur- geon, 201 South Thirty-second avenue, frame Awelling, $2800; H. C. Dunn, 50i North Twenty-ninth, frame dwelling, $1,80. Bee want-ads bring resulta Street Car Strike Having Been Belten‘ MRS. STETSON IS EXONERATED A'!Itrxe" Christian Sclence Church York Takes Action Stormy Session. EW 4.—Mrs. Augustus 12, Stetson, formerly head reader of the First Chyrch of Christian Scientists in this city, was exonerated today of charges of “mental malpractice” in the report of a special board of Inquiry presented to a congregation of 2,000 persons at a long and stormy meeting in the big white stone church in Central park, west. The exoner- ation of Mrs. Stetson was endorsed by the members of the church, but a portion of he board's report, which concerned Virgil | O._8trickler, her successor as first reader who had appeared in Boston as a witness against Mrs. Stetson, was referred back to | the board of inquiry for further considera- tion. YORK, Nov. A 5(»ccn7t botile of Scott’s Emulsion |given in half-teaspoon {doses four times a day, |mixed in its bottle, will |last a year-old baby near- |ly a month, and four bot- tles over three months, and will make the baby i strong and well and will lay the foundation for a healthy, robust boy or girl. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS | High school, wrete a rough sort of vertical | the 1 | ten | continued, Our Men’s Suits and Overcoats At $15 Cannot Be Equaled Anywhere Below $20—A Broad Statement But Easily Proven. = THE SUITS embody every good taste that is usually limited priced elsewhere. feature of correct style and to $18.00 and $20.00 suits as Fabrics embrace splendid novelty worsteds in handsome new shades of green, gray, blue this season; in attractive and ex Each suit is strietly HAND and other proper colors for clusive fall patterns. TAILORED and finished in a manner seldom found anywhere for less than $20.00 Their appearance, fit and service are so much better than you expect, that most likely you would. want them even were they priced at $20.00. THE OVERCOATS are seen in both three-quar- ter and full length styles and are really notable for their splendid quality o f fabric. They are shown in black, green, gray, and other correct fall shades; and patterns of unusual distinctiveness. They are handsomer, better fitting and more service- able garments than were ever where. displayed at this price any- We believe your inspection of either suit or overcoat will convince you that all other things are equal and price is the final argument in their favor. $15 BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS Probably the best thing we could say about our Boys’ Clothing is that in every way it is as carefully selected and splendidly made as our men’s garments. Parents of boys will be greatly interested in our boys’ suits and overcoats at $3.95, and especially so upon examin- ing their splendid quality, handsome styles, new patterns and the remarkably strong construction so evident. At this price you will find suits and overcoats for most any boy of any size or age. He’ll find it hard to wear them out, too. Price— $3.95 —————————————————————— Boys’' Box Calf Shoes for Fall Of all things a boy wears, his shoes generally receive more hard knocks than any otber part of his attire. That’s why we’re so ve ry careful about the grade of other materials in our boys’ shoes. Our boys’ box calf shoe made on foot-form lasts be made. Sizes 9 to 13— to $L.5 ‘‘The House Of High Merit’’ blucher style, Sizes 27 to 51— $L75 i) leather and heavy extension soles, and are excellent samples of how well boys’ shoes can Prices according to size. Sizes 13142 SFARNANY & - L/ TEENTH 575, Eagles Make Presentation Mrs. George Rogers Given Beautiful | China Set and Robert F. Bacon a Chest of Silver. Many members and their - wives and | dsughters assembled Thursday evening in the beautiful new hall bf aerle No. 3, Fraternal Order of Fagles, to participute in one of the happiest events In the history of the local serie. Mrs. George Rogers and | Robert F. Bacon were the particular guests, the former having been chalrman of the | women's recepticn committee of the na- tional convention and the latter chalrman of the general convention committee. To Mrs. Rogers was given a most artistic | set of hand painted china and to Mr. Bacon | there was presented a chest of soltd silver spoons, knives and forks. The tokens were tendered on behalf of the officers and members of Omaha aerle No, 38 as me- mentoes of the grand aerie convention of 1909 and as Indicating the appreciation of | the aerle for the efforts put forth by Mrs. | Rogers and committee of assisting women and by Mr. Bacon and his fellow commit- teemen. John J. Ryder, former state presi- | dent of the order and secretary of the con- | vention committee, made the presentation speech on behalf of the aerle. Preceding the formal part of the program there was a moving picture show and afterward there was a short program of music and song. Dancing followed until midnight. BUSINESS MAN TEACHES HIS | EMPLOYES HOW TO WRITE| George H. Lee Organizes Classes to| Do What Schools Fatled to Accomplish, one business up raw ma. Finding that George H. Lee of Omaha Is man who belleves in working terial to its highest capacity. he had In his employ a good many young ' men and women who couid not write a plain, legible business hand, he has organ- jzed two writing classes. One class made up of young women, about fifteen of | them, who study writing lessons, practicing | from examples set by Mr. Lee, during lhe! noon hour two days a week. The other | class s made up of about twenty young | men, who study an hour two evenings a week. “It is surprising,” sald Mr. Lee, “that girls and boys who have been through the public schools, some of them through the high school, cannot write & presentable business hand. One girl in particular in my office, who s & graduate of the Omaha | hand when she came here. Now look at this,” and Mr. Lee showed a bunch «f| lesson sheets. They were a complete his- | tory of the young woman's progress, and | t sheet indicated that she had got- entirely away from the uncertain, characteriess style she brought with her from school. “This is but & sample of what all of my students are doing,” the Incubator man “and I find that there is a spirit of emulation established which helps even the most backward among the em- Bend 102, name ‘of paper and od. for our besutiful Bavings Bank aud Caild's Sketob-Book. Each bank conteins & Good Lack Peany. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St, New York ployes. A little later on, if they indicate | a desire to take up practical bookkeeping, 1 mean to organize classes for that study." @pe WaBl-ads are businegs boosters, | committee In going before the city councl | AFTER SCALPS OF RAILROADS Federated ' Improvement Clubs Want Big Corporation to Pay Occu- pation Taxes. At a meeting of the Federated Improve- ment clubs last evening at the city hall, a resolution was adopted favoring the prop- | osition of forcing all railroad companies which occupy the sireets of Omaha to pay an occupation tax. The club also ratified the action of its to eppose a reduction of street car fares and discharged the committee. If you have anything to sell or trade and want quick action, advertise it in The Bee Want Ad columns. For Saturday's Selling We offer Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats, hand tailored, worth $18.00, 1$12.50 Men’s and Young Men's § | High Grade Suits, beauti- § fully tailored, large as- sortment, worth $22.50 to $25.00, at only [ $15.00 | The Mayer Giuthing 0o, 109 North 16th St. Opp. Postoffice. Great Sale of LINOLEUMS Monday, November 8th. 1 413-15-17 South 16th St. district of the | Kinodrome AMUSEMENTS. BOYD’S TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT Theatre packed with a laughing, cheer- ing Multitude. HAN AND HIS ROYAL FAMILY THEIATER PRINCE"” Fow for Storag 5 SUN., NOV. 7 % HARRIS Presents Charles Kilein's Greatest Trinmph The Third Degree Direct From A Remarkable Run New York, Boston and Chicago Same Great Cast No Advance in Prices THE BUCKLE OF OMAHA'S AMUSEMENT BELT Fri, Sat.—Sat, Matinee MUSICAL “PETER PAN" JACK & JILL A PAIRYESQUE BXTRAVAGANZA Introducing the Frima Donua, Ada M d Company of 80. Note the Special PFrices—Orch., 76¢ and $1; balc, 36c and 5O jat. Mat., 25c, 0c and 786, Sun, (4 days)—Elinor Glynn's THREE WREXKS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ST, JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH Dr. Booker T. Washington will speak at the Auditorlum on Saturday evening, November 6th, at 8 p. m. He wiil be Introduced by «Bishop A. Grant, D. D., presiding bishop of the Fifth Episcopal . M. E. Church, General Admission Children B «. 280 Reserved Seats ceee.. 8100 Tickets on sale at Sherman & McConnell Drug Co., 16th and Dodge sireets; Meyers- Dillon Drug Co., 16th and Farnam; The People's Drug Store, 108 South lith ‘street. Also at the Auditorium. T ..800 PHONES R ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Matines Every Day 2:18. Bvery N t 8:18 This Week: Franklyn Underwood & Co., Brown, Harris and Brown, Schrode & Mul- vey, Griff, The Reed Brothers, J. Ruben: and the Orpheum Cones Orchestra of fifteen talented musiclan: Prices, 10¢, 25¢ and 50c. THEATER —PRICES— KRUG =o' ~TONIGHT-MATINEE TODAY— ‘“‘ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE" SUNDAY-FAUST AUDITORIUM Roller Skating = g Afterncon and Evening— Al Week Except Saturday. Admission 100, Woller Skates 200,