Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
MAY VETO THE \\ILLL BILL Dahlman Oppt’!::i to Suing the City Garbage Contractor, BAYS HE WOULD SUE' IN REPLY Mayor Will P Rellet Confer with the Menacing Sitoation Confronting Omaha the Coumeil tor from Just Now, thing that appear v ter. ' The to release eity garbage s to sue 5,000, 1's be the eomtra for probabiy n which event conveyed He claim ass bave lost ing situs e suit w possibiy, is accu (a overfiowing, and in every cormer of the with the same co Tied Up by Charter. “Our charter does not permit us 1o make any arrangement for garbage gathering that will cost the city money. In my judg ment there are but one or two large cities in the country ihat have a beiter coniract for garbage removal than Omaha, but the trouble is the contraetor nas mot been pro- tected in his righ her the garbage. Where ihe fauit lies for this failure 1 am Dot prepared 1o say With ceriainty.” erting the resoiution passed the council, said “Ten weeks ago this department sent to council a similar resoiution, looking to *he beginning of & sult to test the garbage con tract. Councll placed the resoiu on file. If it had been passed at that time we would have had a good start in the matt by this time. The resolution passed last Tuesday night has not got to this office yet, and until it does we cannot give the | THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, {DAB OF CASH FOR STREETS| (J()mpdn) Seven Hundred Dollars Shows Up to Clean Thoroughfares. DECEMBE Philips Ob;ects to Pate’s Marth Hamilton's Slayer Doesn't Want to Sit Beside Companion of Dead Man. AFTER THAT IS GONE, THEN WHAT Mayor Says Throws His s Up City and Asks Why it Not Aet tp Ha as necessity shown up and racing phere in clearing n downtown streeta are an emerg- 4 approprigate to put suf- to remove is now might Iaformation would have over us less than two wee to suffocation with planos. N music lovers of Omaha and vic rooms of this overloaded stoc a & down a unt stoner has mot spent for the the newspapers nd ¥ do, that ybody about with cannot be avoided. Th e only power that can 4 why the members have > them to explat n said: “Yes- iler informed me would be an additional ovember tax payments 1 at o town uld b and Auto Speeder is Fined and Jailed Montague Roberts, Noted Driver, Serve Thirty Days for Recent Offense. .s o SAL RE efforts sweep of this stock d less never again—w SACRIFICE, comptr w e probabiy ring t officially int was avallal 4 to be e my appropriat t was at work t And again, what the follo rooms at once. We cannot guarantee Take Warning. stomach, liver por you, when you can h Electric Bitters. c. For n Drug Co. Dox | down t let e down hem w not of competency wil! provide the money 1 w work doi but d that every addl # added to the da In an emergency w ne are reeded mor the coal con:pan.es and of heavy hauling to do are offering such In- ducements to men ow the c‘ty cannot have | spasmodic methcds of empio: lucky to get what left employers are supplied. JOSEPH A. CREIGHTON WILL BROUGHT INTO PENDING CASE | Attorney Smyth Peints Out Provision of Parallel Significance Upheld by reme Ceurt. | By a curious coincidence ige will of an-| other member of the Ureighton family is It the I get must be kept team p | sale by Be = { | DOUGLAS COMMISSIONERS | CAPTURE NEXT CONVENTION Lancaster County Men Made Hard but Inetfeetual Fight t e tional t on $150 Columbus $350 Ivers & Pond 4350 New Sample Piano $375 Mueller $325 Merrifield Douglas eounty’s Board of County Com- $700 Chickering & Sons missioners won a hot fight at Fremont and ¥ brought to Omaha the next convention of the Association of Supervisors and Com- missioners. Messrs. Bruning. Pickard, Trainor, Bedford and Grant rather put one over on Lincoln, for the Lancaste: men were hot after the co: Isiand and Plattsmouth also entered the | race and the first vote stood Omaha 25, Lincoln 2. with thirty votes divided be- | tween Grand Isiand and Plattsmouth. Fol- is after priv At a saving of $100.00 to our present showing. Such was the news received own quick ago plano buyers convinced that they secure the 250 Story & Camp Cottage Upright Let no one think that we withhoid a single one of our world famous makes of high grade planos during this sale. contrary, we offer the celebrated Then the R ONE CAR ON THE TRACK-- THREE ON THE WAY FROM CHICAGO PIANOS at MENT, tha the instr ts read last until Christmas— late last evening. My, how such uccession of chills and fever Then our five floors were pack w, due to the appreciation shown efforts to clear our sales- ristmas, we know that with HIGHEST GRADE LOWEST those . PRICES and on BASIEST TERMS of PAY- late arriving cars will g0 as soon as we have tor ection. This sale was annonnced to and it will, but we will not promise that tk select'on the last days will be as good as right now. With these four carlcads of lates planos fresh from the eastern factories added to our preseat st Utk our Gnlden Anniversary Piano Sale will, for at least this week, continue to be the ONE GREAT PIANO iles of Omaha. 1 contk he closing days. 11 conditions make it PRICES, SACRIFICE as we are doing to secure the bes propriate Christmas only anoth Altogether only 7 SHORT DAYS e unabated to make a Never before—do necessary for TERMS, SACRIFICE a time when the whole family ofab les of mean to 3 long deferred h n T ness con great el us to PIANOsS, NOTHING DOWN FREE STOOL FREE SCARF, 30 DAYS' FREE TRIAL, THEN $1.00 A WEEK. wing sample bargains indicate in the selection and the genuine trest »er tamily and for you by calling that these bargains will last over tomorrow. $450 Chase . $450 Emerson $600 Hardman $650 Steinway $750 Steger Player Piano 0 Electric Player $1,500 Steinway Concert Grand We do not. On the WEBER, EGER, HARDMAN, EMERSO MEHLIN, McPHAIL, A. B. CHASE, STUYVESANT, WHEELOCK, STECK AND THE SWEET-TONED, HAND-MADE SCHMOLLER & MU s , compared with regular quotations. Nowhere i array of planos to compare with this matter any attention officially.” Health Commissioner Connell maintains that everything be could do has been done. He points oul that many arrests of unau- thorized garbage colléctors have been made by his men. “And with the exception that a § fine was imposed on one man, nothing has been dome to protect thé contrastor in whatever rights he had under his con- tract,” he says “It i3 no wonder he has become discouraged and NOw takes the position that the city has not lived up to its part of the contract. I feel as the mayor does, that & one-sided contract, with | no mutual obligation, is not & fair deal and | will not stand the test” @tom The convention will December. missioner law. County Attorney Cook of Dodge county, attacked the present law as assess their The association elected Phil Diamonds—FRENZER-IW and Dodge. | Till of Adams county its secretary. ” The trial had resolved itself into “The People vs. One Poor Old Mother.” Outrageously illegal and sentimental ? Yes. : Butisit entirely desirable that men should ever grow unmindful of the tears of old mothers? This story, “The Old Folks at Home,” by Rupert Hughes, is one of the excellently well done things which make a re- markable number of the HOLIDAY COSMOPOLITAN 18 Cents a Copy—All News-stands lowing several ballots, the two lower can- Qidates withdrew and Omaba finally won be held here next The Douglas county board was | lso recognized in the election of Com- ©O. J. Pickard as treasurer of | | the state assoctation, and Mr. Pickard was | named a member of a committee which!yiiey Bishop Scannell, argued in favor of will report on amendments to the drainage |tne bequest to a working giris' home. The being used by an attorney in the present |fight to prove that the bequests of Coun |John A. Creizhton are valid and enforeidie. | This is the will of Joseph A. Creighton, & cousin of the millionaire, over whose testament there bas been so much litiga tion. C. J. Smyth, representing nominally the | attorney gemeral of Nebraska, but in re- Steinway Piano other side has declaréd that the clause . | making this devise is Do good because It vesting In |does not vest express power to do certain | | directors of drainage districts the right to \things in the executors own benefits and damages, | with county commissioners left powerless. Kennedy of York its new president and Commissioner | “They say,” argued Mr. Smyth. that| this will does not vest express power in| the executors to say who shall be the in- mates of the working girls’ home, whether | | the girls shall be white or biack or yellow, ! and that, therefore, the bequest s vold | “Where is such express power stipula {in the will of Joseph A. Creighton? XN | where do you find it, and ¥ eourt of Nebraska has ruled t by Smyth with a paral t based on the Joseph Creighton will ded before Smyth be- | were met m Verbal argument Pnoes $550.00 to $1,250.00 Terms to Meet Your Convenience PIAIOLA PLAYER PIANOS y play. ¥ ar roamd, there s no instrumen ments. Your equal to the plano taker liberal Prices $550.00 and Upwards You are cordlally invited to attend our daily Planols Recifals and to ~xamine our eampiete of Pianola Plavers comprising . he Weber Plasols, Sleck Ftancia, Wieelock Panola, Biayvesant PAancie. MAXE IT A POINT TO CALL TOMORROW, SHLECT YOUR PIANO, AND IF DE- SIRED WE WILL HOLD AND DELIVER IT TEE DAY BEFORE CERISTMAS. SCHMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO CO. ESTABLISEED 1689 1311-1313 Farnam St. Phones Doug. i625; Ind, AI625 in exchange at & |gan as to the validity of the appeal from county court, and this long debated Il be continued by submission of writte: briets. MRS. J. B. KITCHEN AND M. C. PETERS EXCHANGE HOMES They Trade Furmirare amd Al and HE FOUND HOME FOR THE GIRL -peesicd Mr. Peters Pays Cash | departed for tk Difference. | Rev. Mr. Quivey A deal bas been completed whereby Mrs. | Flaced Her with Foster his reasons fo: Josephine G. Kitchen and M. C. Peters| Will Leave it to Her formation trade homes, furniture and all Deeide on Returning to ous insta The large home built by J. B. Kitchen at ek’ Panitly. prove °~:{ 2% South Thirty-second street has been on » the market for some time. T is ome of the finest homes In Omaha and was bullt at & cost of about $88, 0. The home which Mr. Peters traded is at 1113 South Thirty- third street, and was rebuflt by Mr. Peters some time ago at & cost of about §13.00. Both houses are elegantly furnished, the furniture of each in many cases being made with special reference to the place it should occupy. The oid Kitchen home is much the larger of the two and Mr. Peters peid a considerable difference In making the trade The trade was made througn D. V. Sholes & Co. FIRE LICKS UP SMALL STORE Flames Wipe Out Grocery of T. Cowan Out on Limcoln Boulevard. ocery store znd meas m: les T. Cowan, 344 Lin was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour Thursday morning. The flames had made considerable headway when discovered and the bullding was ai afire when the engine company arrived The structure was of frame, one story in »d, was burned to the grot combined efforts of several engine and hose companies being without resuit The alarm was sounded at 35 from Thirty-fourth and Cenmter streets The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is presumed a defective flus was responsible. The loss on the bullding and stock Dot exceed $2.508, fully covered by insur- ice. A year ago last June the rear end of the ing was badly damaged by fire tructure many years MRS. BLACKETT PROSECUTES Wife No. 1 Sues Husband for Aban- donment Instead of Digamy, as First Plasned. A charge of wife and d abandon- ment has been lodged against Walter F Elackett by his first wife and Blackett bas been placed under arrest As announced. Mrs Blackett has given up her plan to prosecute for bigamy. But she is getting action on him through the harge just lodged of whi a photograph dale, N. D ned he; WOMAN SEEKS LUST SISTER " Mrs. George Duerr of Louisville Begs Rev. Quivey for Information. age and her sis her see a reu Parents to ces where ang wife of Lo attend the carn expositi otber mission whi Duerr than ail of the cor United States or foreign was to locate, if possibie sister, Miss Bessie Albera some eight or nine years ago out by the Nebraska Children's soclety, “the officers of Whi far deciined Mrs. Duerr all to the missing sister. efforts ol the uperintendent Rev soclety, Mr and Mrs the poiice. It seems that father of the faliing tree at who is sull Cuapman where Hartmas was farmed | hare = STUDENTS GIVE Members of Two High Hola Weekly Gatherings. The Latin and High sch Ge rles tw ngs, plays and éanc mbers of the The littie owned by CI avenu Ket given by and Mamie gien read entered & scacol ai streets. The two giris, (Mrs. Duerr), w Chiidren's society was mo longer abi and both were placed tendent Q From Dece: 16, when the tw her siste ugh letters sent by | Bessie 10 Rev. Mr. Quivey over to ber, with & as to location. obi went to live with & In Bessie's rs she conv formation she believed her mother dead, having been 5o informed and i doubted if she really knows the facts in| her life's history. During the int scters years up to October 1 N8, when she was | by Ed married, Rosana lived in several Nebrasks | Winter towns, coming 1o Omaha for several years. Alde Re: Her Efforts. A piay, 2 After her marriage. Mrs. Duerr given by the Latin soclety. Helen | renewed efforts to find her sister, W;Khm& role ;l the 1‘ roles o is discipull were take v Finall she decided o 3 ()T::v. and ’-.e Rev. Mr. Qui Her | Adkinson, Elmer Banun, Maud C husband visited the latter, who informed thur -““’:“vfl Bessie Healo him that Bessie was doing well, but when | Damon. Fred Fernad gave a Ppressed as to where she was, Botw sclection and Avilda Moore gave & stand. Bessle was 1§ years o Res Novid Rueris Legendae | Pebruary last, declined on the gre | the rules of the soclety compelied him 10 Adjourn Day s Fixed, | withhold the information When Ms. Duerr |, 560; Harwood ,‘r.:‘: WASHINGTON, Dec. M~The senate to- | told his wife she became suspicious, as re- ,x'r-a L avenge, three frame day agreed to the house resolution provid- | cently Rev. Mr Quivey. she claims, bad :-:_H’ '?._lsu{:-:[{ _::;:-“ ing for the adjournment of congress from |10id her he &id Bot know Where Bessit |ian Ol Company of Nebraska El Decersber 2 to January ¢ for the Chriat- | was and Charies. warehouse 3,000, A. | mas bolidars Several years ago Mrs Haruman received Undeland, Agnes d Nellie Moo A School in Archaeciogy made but in | SoR come w by lding Per: J Ln Swanson. 398 ™ e. PROGRAMS chool Socie- ra. manda dlkl‘. B South Elghth, frame dwe = Learned Dlgs A;I’ostoftircc Will Up More Herman Keep Open Late Kountzc Propcrty Uncle Sam Will Be on Duty Until Ten O'clock Until After Christ- Finds $663,672 Not Visible with the mas Time. Naked Eye for the In- heritance Tax Postmaster Thomas 4 stamp depar tfice will remain ces ents that the f the unt left by Herman Kou: purted y Judge as appra untse and not perty will be subject to operty by and 80 to take testimony these places details and e for rheumatism It you have anything to sel Avertise in the Want Ad columns Dec. of Ri here, ear lllams was y here. uglas 4 the sum netted .00 and .00 VETER!NARIANS PICK OFFnCERS | Dr. J. J. Drasky of Crete Head of Or. ween nnets, E still have a very complete ussort- meat of goods in all of our depart- ments regardless of the innumeracl purchases which have been made. Our beavy buying this fall has enabled to keep our stock so compiets. would especially eall your attention the many new diamond goods Bave arrived in the past we of Brass and Sterling goods WATCH OUR WINDOWS. Remember, the few goods that left of the Mawhinney & R; g0 at cost Weeping Water secretary-treas technical papers on naria of Grand Is as ° 10 that also 4 Dr eterinartar ¢ Chicago % & Dr. G. R. Young of sett of Beatrice, Dr S. Anderson rs and Dr. J. H WS | Thom of No Bend Fobla- | Omaba, Dr. I w The |5 J. Drasky of Cre Heleo | o¢ Seward, Dr. A. T. Pe both of Lincoin Extra features sented by “Doc Municipal Meat w. Nell, o ndustry at So are o stock n the program Breed of Omaha ction by jef of the bureau nima ath ha, the latter ha at a clinfc pathologieal specs. k yards. The clinic nfirmary Hall and y-eigh tended Ryan Jewelry Co. Successors to Ma ey & R 15th and Douglas Sis. Same Locacion rect In & present mens from was held at is at Tw largely RESORTS HAMPTSRTERRACE AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 18 H9LE GOLF COURSE AUTOMOBILE RUADS inge ave- ha: v Drs | was at 58 | Watches—FRENZE!