Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 28, 1910, Page 5

OMAHA THURSDAY. APRIL 28, 1910, 8 [ It’s a Wise Head that thinks for itself It's a wise head that is not carried away by the seductive definition of “BEST”— best clothing, for instance. The wise head investigates and finds outr what is best for himself, for he realizes that big talk is mere sound, and it takes money tobuy the BEST CLOTH N6. $10, $12, §15, §18, $20, $22.50 and $§25 are the prices that every clothing store names for spring suits, and the wise head says “show me.” We want to show you our $18, $20, $22.50 and $25 lines especially, and then say match them if you can elsewhere, even at an advance of $5. s HOW T0 WIPE OUT THE PESTS| Census Returns Health Commissioner Connell Urgu;‘ \‘7111 ,\'Ot GiVC New City Ordinance. Clty Its Due TELLS ' METHODS OF SLAYING G w wytties Says that.Omahs Will Suffer in Comparison with Other Cities. Bolution of Formalin Exposed in Room Will Kill Pests Quicker Than Anything Else Yet iscovered. s Speaking further of his caution to the people against files, Health Commissioner Connell says altogether too little attention is given to keeping down or destroying this Bousehold pest. ‘Omaha will suffer in comoarison with the cities of the west when the census returns are made” said G. W. Wattles, president of the Omaha & Council Biuffs Street Railway comp who has returned i 1 | western cities like Los Angeles and Seattle have been annexing their suburbs until | from his winter home in California. ““The | SERCM FOR HOG CHOLERA| Department of Agricuiture to Experi- ment in the West. CONFIDENT PREVENTIVE FOUND | House Committee Favors Congress- dian Bil—Dr. Robaett Detailed to Cedar Rap urke's Stact rrespondent.) Special Tele- advised (From WASHING gram by Secretary of Ag: Quct the hog animal " At some poin aw d xposed in —Senator Burket Wilson that the Department o detail an expert to con- Nebraska showing a preven and cure for overed bureau of s bee ons in ve by the be chosen later per- | ne will ba secured. part of with hog cholers serum, to hog era. surenu of animal hem innoc and then The off ers in the tive an experime: eders (he sure this to the swin liscovery and breeding will ise. According to ot Nebraska, prof! e increased by its e state bureau of statisti Nebraska 260,000 n 1908, hese by vaiue lost & losses ot m disease ing ese hogs ha value therefore would cure or prevent hog era at ance be s apparent. The secretary has not yet determined where demonstration take piace, but has promised Senator B kett to provide for it within a short time. For Burke’s Indian Bill. house tee on dered a favorabie report on Repre most of caused cholera. The The commi tnrended 1o clear up | in dispute in administer- laws. The bill pro g who are heirs r the dispos: vations, v many points ing the present method for determi the deceased Indians, of allotments of deceased Indians under the direction of the secretary of the int also permits leasing of allotments and per- holder of an allotment to make a ege never before ow allotment to his children who may have no allotment of their own. One provision of the bill carries punish- | ment for anyone who makes a contract or executes a deed purporting to iransfer any land held by the government in trust for | Indians, also prohibiting such transfers of "persona; property of any India: Cutting timber on any reservation or al | lotment without consent of the government | | is prohibited. The sale of timber on an al- | lotm: ed with the consent of the secreta . The b es the secrstary of the {nterior to reserve lands in Indian reserva- | tions for power purposes, for reservoirs, | tor irrigation, and also authorizes the secre- |tary to Indian patents for land In- | cluded in any tract reserved for these pur- poses. | The bill repeals the present law permit- | ting ailotments to Indians who may come | | rom Canada or Mexico and claim relation | with the tribes in the United States, and | the waterworks | nave { putting the 'Governor Folk Prospective Democratic Candidate for | | Commercial Club Keeping an Eye | on Water Works! May Move as a Body, Says President Allen, When Supremre Conrt De- cision is In. The Omaha Commercial club ching | situation and may move | when the decision of the | supreme is announced. President | Edgar Allen of the club, discussing the | situation and The Bee's editorial gomment | thereg sald “ | “Th Commercial as I know given malter any consideration. as an orgacization. That may appear a Ift strange at first blush, but the whoie stion has come-up in such form that re seemed notiing for a comme: rganization to do, Possibiy we will g e matter some consideration | when a decision is announced by the su- preme court.” ‘ President Bariow of the water boasd the board has given aay| s action will be in the ing to take in the matter ourt club has nol) so far ever o o otherwis have not” said saw The Bee articie, bu board does not take official note of those things. As to what we may do in aay| given event, at is something like buying | a raliroad ticket. Nobody buys a ticket until he knows where be is going. We will | to wait until the United States upreme decides the case now under | consideration before we cAnm astempt to | inform pubilc as to the course we‘ will pursue.” | sident nester and & good many of | his coileagues have discussed among them. dilemma in which the city may whichever way the decisi agree that the bond issue plant is but the be itkely to be inv into proper cond! Mr. Barlow. 1 of course the | to ourt the f seif, goes. They take over of the expense plan the care for but what can or will do in the mat ter. if any must await developments. The counellmen are not disposed to sit| idiy by much longer. | Sounding West Presidential Nomination “Feel- ing Out” Sentiment, Friends of Governor Folk are canvassing the western states on his proposed can: didacy for the democratic presidential nomination. Thomas C. Hennings, an at-| torney of St. Louis, is in Omaha today. calling on Mayor Dahimaa and other in- fluential democrats in behalf of the former governor of Missouri. He will. go from Omaha to Lincoln, to sound sentiment in the home of the three-tinfe standard bearer. While Governor Folk has not yet an- Important Annoancement to the Public The Schmoller & Mueller Plano Co. buys five carfoads of planos from the Western Storage & Reduction Company at 30 cents on the dollar. All the included. Persons intending to purchase a piano now eor within Never before, and perhaps never ful, high grade pianmos at such remarkably a visit of imspection and see the great values we Are offering. If y will mail to you free of charge, catalogues a 1 description of all handle. We are now offering pianos at figures country. Beautiful high grade uprights of the $125, $138, $145 and up to the greatest plano ever man THE STEINWAY Acknowledged by all the leading artists and scientists to be the standard piano of the world. Besides we carry a complete line of the celebrated Weber, Hardman, Steger, McPhail, Chase, Mehlin, Emerson and our sweet. toned hand made Schmoller & Mueller piano sold from factory to home, thereby eliminating the middle- man’'s profit and saving the purchaser a clear $150.00 on the deal. Following is a partial list of the special offerings during this sale: ROYAL, Upright, mahogany case, only. .. KRELL, cabinet grand, ebony case, only.. KNABE & CO., rosewood case, only. . GAYLORD, mahogany case, only.......... KIMBALL, ebony case,only ............. DECKER BROS,, cbinet grand, only KELLER, walnut case, only .. HACKLEY, walnut case, only . CHASE, cabinet grand, only .. PACKARD, French mottled walnut ... ENABE & CO., golden oak, upright, only. . VOSE & SONS, almost new, only IVERS & POND, fancy walnut case, only. .. ¥ KURTZMAN, cabinet grand, only 232.00 4 Baby Grand Pianos, including Steinway, Hardman, Stegers and Emersons, slightly used, at $265, $290. $310 and up. $450 CHICKERING & SONS, upright, only. $600.00 ENABE, mahogany case, upright, only Pianolas and Player Pianos of all makes at $45, $65, $85 and up. Ten rolls of music free with each purchase. Every instrument fully guaranteed. We have been selling pianos to your neighbors in Nebraska, lowa, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming and the Dakotas for fifty-ome years, and all the advantages of our experience and position in the trade are yours if you buy from us. We ship pianos everywhere and pay freight charges both ways if the instrument after careful examination is not satisfactory. EASY TERMS Any piano in our stock may be secured from us on very easy terms. No advance in price when paid for by installments. $1.00 PER WEEK brings a beauatiful plano including a handsome scarf and free stool to your home. We solicit the homor of an early inspection, whether you are ready to buy or not. But in purchasing now you can save considerable money to pay for your children's entire musical education. Over 600 pianos to select from. Call without delay so you can obtain your choice of the largest and finest stock of pianos ever displayed in Omaha. THE WINNERS IN OUR NAME CONTEST For the benefit of all participants in our name contest we take pleasure in announcing the following sue- cessful contestants, together with the names selected by the committee of judges as the twelve appropriate names submitted. Prize Contestant Address 1st Prize—Francis J. Templar, 1818 Capitol Ave., Omaha 2d Prize—Mrs. C. W. Longley, Dow City, Iowa 3d Prize—Maybelle Tinker, 2119 Seward St., Omaha 4th Prize—Mrs. Clara Garrow, 1326 8. 32d St., Omaha .......... 5th Prize—Mrs. Albert J. Lunegurg, Creighton, Neb. 6th Prize—Mark Havens, 2138 8. 33d 8t., Omaha . .. Tth Prize—Mrs. Ethel Reynolds Butler, 1902 Ames Ave., Omaha .. 8th Prize—Mary Crawford, Kearney, Neb. . 9th Prize—Sophie Dallow, 2304 8. 15th St., Omaha . 10th Prize—Wm. Wiese, 4022 W. St., So. Omaha o in i et - b 233233233383 -0 AN AN BB B8RSk g 40 3] =1 22 i “I am in favor of passing an ordinance in this city that will compel the piacing of manure efther in flyproof containers below ground or it boxes above ground that shail be covered with screems that flies cannot get throught o “Manure piles are the great breeding places of flles. Millions of them are frozen and dle in the fall and winter, but their e5gs have been deposited in a safe place for ipcubation. On a day iike this we see one or two flles about and in a few days the first fly has a family of 5,000,000, more or less—generally more. “Now, then these flies go everywhere and pick ‘ap ail sorts of ‘infection, espectally where there are still outdoor closets and decaying matter of various kinds accessible to them. It can readily be seen that the governiment investigators are well within the facts when they warn the people that es are dangerous and should be royed.” Methods of Killing Pewts. Dr. Conneil says the government inves- tigators and the fly fighting committee of the American Civic association have rec- ommended certain methods of killing flies. Carbolic acif ean be used on a Heated shovel. The vapor from twenty drops of the acid will kill the flies in a room. Bichromate of potash in solution will also | do the work. One dram shouid be placed in two eunces of water with a little sugar added and the mixture placed in shallow dishes This is net #angerous to human life A solution of formalin or formaldehyde, a spoonful of the liquid to & pint of water. and exposed in & room, will kill flies with more purety than anything yet discovered. Or pysethrum powder may be burned in a room it quick destruction is mecessary Dr. Conneil says absolute cleanliness is | necessary to d scourage (il and that all food jgilould be screcned, In stores and homen,, Wiigre flies bave gained a foothold The sick shoukl be especiaily protected from them by traps poisens o any oth seem best “Death and {iséase fllow the fly.” says tho health compissioner.. “Treat him aud all his tribe as a deadly enemy | they now take 1n all the littie communities | 8ls0 & provision authorizing allotments to in Im-mu of twenty-tive miles about. This | Indian children indefinitely will swell the census, indicating a rate of | Carriers ana Postmasters. growth far beyond that which the figures | Rural carriers were appointed as follows: will show for Omaha. | -Nebraska~West Point, Rouge § Henry “Omaba, in fact, is'in better condition | Sehwinck, carrier; np substitute. generally than any of the western ctties. | South Dakota—Esmond, Route 1, Willlam We do not have the inflation of values |J- Lindsey. carsieri no substitute. Tulare, | here that characterizes the business of the | Route 2, Slas K. Boyd, carrier; no subsgi- | coast cities. Omaha's business is substan. | tute. | tial and its growth is based on realities | Postmasters appointed: Nebraska—Book- | Taking Los Angeles for an example, one | Walter, Pawnee county, Charies C. Smith, | can see that theirs is an uncertain pros- | vice W. M. Johnston, resigned. perity. There they depend in Iarge measure | 10Wwa—Deep River, Poweshiek county, de- | Criminal Proceedings in New York Involve Leonard J. Field on Serious Charges. —Another compil- tangled criminal proceedings on with the Windsor Trust loan transaction deveioped today with the in- | dictment on charges of perjury and grand lar »f Leonard J. Field of the broker- age firm of L. J. Fleld & Co. Fleld sur- d and gave oail in $15.000 on each charge. In charges which re Shefwood. formerly Field 1 on the tourists for their business. Harq |Ross Grier, vice R. B. Light, resigned. times which would immediately have the | Assistant Surgeon A. H. Robnett has been | effect of reducing travel wouid be feir | ordered to duty at the navy recruiting sta- there long before Omaha would know of it, | tion at Cedar Rapids, relleving Assistant “In the west the plan of the annexation | Surgeon G. L. Wickes, ordered to duty on of suburbs about the principal cities | the Asiatic station. its advantages there. In nearly every in- | 2 stance the communities affected have voted T 1 d \Web e sttt | Tropeled ‘We wave found that taxes are lower and that . a2 purts of tna oty tey aru suie 0 min| Of Coppet Deal | those things which as villages and towns | they were unabie to reach. | Snarcs B[‘Okcr “Los Angeles will probably have 350,000 in | population by the census now being taken, while at the last census it measured about in the same elass as Omana. A very large part of the increase over Omaha which the | census will show is to be attributed to the | | annexation pollcy 4 | Mr. Watties has been at Hollywood, hich now lies within Los Angeles. He spending a part of each winter season there. ‘I call that just my ‘vacation home,” said Mr. Watties. “Omaha is my real home and always will be.” MACHINISTS VOTE TO STRIKE Men on Five Roads Entering Deliver Ultimatum te e trial of Donald wing of the ed in & disagreement, John another defendant, who was ca: for Fleld, testiffed that ished the 350,000 used in the al- piracy take up $110,000 of pper which had been pledged with company. This stock, it was t was soid for $90,000, nd, sccording to wood's story. id eived $10,000 of the proceeds. eid was a witness before the grand that ord ndicted Persch, Sher- Persch, . on n, Louis ou —Machinists on ring Kansas City toda vered their ultimatum to the companies. which they dec a strike will be called uniess their demands af an inerease ' ¥ of 3 cents un hour is granted: The _excrydlaling: sRing trom corB8 oF | gne rgods affected are the St. Louis & bunions may be aveided by appiying Cham- | g0y pranciscs, Missouri, Kansas & berlain’s Liniment. Texas, the Kan.as City Southern and the ' Kansas City Terminal raliroad and the Missouri Pa atiroad. rie to stock trust fled, Bread Line Conwus T NEW YORK, April 21 ight. hat is known as 5 | nounced nis candidacy for the presidency, | | he is giving the question very serious con- | | sideration,” said Mr. Hennings. “We feel | that, as the originator, fo & large extent, |of the reform wava that has swept the | country, Folk s= the”most promfsing can- | didate the democracy could nominate. Just | now Governor Harmon of Ohlo is large In | the public eye, and Governor Marshall of | Indlana is a prospective candidate, with | | Mayor Gayner of New York in the dis-| tance. Our prospectors have found a. great | deal of friendliness to Governor Folk, aad | we belleve that as the days go by he will "ru\' in strength. The weSt, we feel, is { with him pretty solidly."” ;Harry A. Stone i Sues for Wage Field Worker of Anti-Saloon Organi- | zation Asks Judgment for $74 [ Against Employers. Harry Stone, formerly a stellar lum- | |inary in the Anti-Saloon league, is now | | plaintiff in county court against the Anti- Saloon league, thus proving not only thi the best of friends must part, but that| sometimes they do not part amicably. Mr. one asks the league to pay him #14 alieged due as salary. The petition | avers that his contract lasted from October 15 to December 20, 1X9, and that his com- pensation was to be §150 a month. Of this, 4, the plaintiff says, remains unpaid Marna 8. Poulson is made a co-defendant with the Anti-Saloon league of Nebraska. | Mr. Poulson is the stats superintendent. Whether or not the filing of Stone's suit had anything to do with it, there was a conference leading members of the league heid a few minutes r in the of- |fice of Rev. J. M Leidy, superintendent of the Omaha district of the league. Missing Child Under the Bed £ | siderable pubilc excitement. | tirse 11th Prize—Mrs. Louisa Coates, Room 16, Lerch Bldg.,, Omaha .. .... .. 12th Prize—Mrs. Celia Weber, The Schmoller & Mueller Triumphal March Free to all contestants calling at our salesrooms. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., 1311-1313 Farnam St Manufacturers, Wholsesale and Retail Dealers Established 1859. Branch Stores—Lincoln, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, South Omaha and Atlantic, Ia. Also 136 Distributing Agencies Throughout the West. Bjornstjerne Bjornson Passes Away in Paris After Leng Ilness. | NOTABLE CAREER AS REFORMER Writings Aimed at Govermament Re- form of Extensive Circulation— Was Advocate of Uni- versal Peace. PARIS, April 2T.—Bjornstjerne Bjornsen, the Norwegian poet, novelist and dram- atist, reformer and advocate of universal | peace, dled here last night, surrounded by his family. His end was peaceful. The last serious lLiness of the novelist extended over nearly a year. He was brought to Paris for special treatment in the early part of last November, accom- panied by his wife and daughter, a phym- clan and nurses, and during part of the journey truvelled with the king of Denmark in the king’s private car. Bjornstierns Bjornsen was born at Kvikne, Osterdaln, Norway, December §, 1532 His father was a clergyman. He com- pleted his education at the Universities of Christiania and Copenhagen, and first be- came known in eonsquence of some articies and stories which he contributed to news- papers. In 187 he returned from abroad and was director of the theater in Bergen and afterwards for & short time editor of the Journal Aftenbladet, in Christiania. As a journalist Bjornsen expressed strong republican opinions, which aroused com- Finally he [FAMOUS NORSE POET DEAD|Odd Fellows Join On Anniversay Day Ninety-First Recurrence of Day Ob- served by Omaha Members of the Order. ! | | | Omaha, Stats, Beacon and Wasa lodges | celebrated Tuesday night in Odd Fellows | hail, coner Fourteenth and Dodge streets | the ninety-first anniversary of the founding | of the Indeendent Order of Odd Feilows in |the United Siates. Some 40 took part in the rejoicing, and following addresses by prominent members of the 0O4d Fellow and Rebekah lodges thers was a dance and re- | treshments. S. R. Patton spoke on the | nome which the order is erecting at York, Neb., and Dr. Jacobi toid of what the Re- | bekans are doing in the direction of fur- | nishing the new institution. Judge Willlam Eastman entertained the company with | reminiscences of the wark of the order in | the state; Past Grand Maater Clark O'Han- lon addressed the sssembly on the subject of “Odd Feilowship and Good Cltizenship,” | and Judge A. L. Sutton's topic appropri- | ately was “Odd Fellowship in Relation to | the Children. Jouathan lodge of Florence celebrated the event with appropriate exercises at the Presbyterian church. The musical pro- gram consisted of violin solos, songs and music by the church choir. The speakers were Rev. George S. Sioan and William Larkin. A large crowd was in attendance | and those present spent an enjoyabie even- | ng. | Former Lincoln Man Disappears, Friends Worry Charles A. Smith of St. Louis Fails to Return to Work and Grain Firm Investigates. ST LOUIS, Mo., April ZT.—(Spectal Tele- gram.)—The disappearance of Charles A. Smith, 413 Cleveiand avenue, cashier of the Cochrane Grain company, has led Manning W. Cochrane of the company, formerly of Lincein, Neb, who is presi- dent of the Merchants' exchange, to en- SAge aAn expert accountant to go over the company's books. Cochrane today said a cursory examination showed everything in 4004 order. Smith worked until noon Sat- urday, but did not return from lunch. He has & wife and 10-year-old daughter. Mrs. Smith called at the company's office to- day to enquire regarding her husband. When employes were unabie to enlighten her she became hysterical. Smith has been with the Cochrane Graln company five years, coming from Lincoln, N When he first entered the employ of the com- pany he was under 35,000 bond. but the bond had expired and had not been re- newed. —— The Glad Hand removes liver naetion and bowel stoppagt with Dr. King'’s New Life Pills, the pain: s regulators. Z%c. For sale by Beator Drug Co The machinists are cents an hour. The wood, Charles Katz and Walter L. Clark. LAYMEN TO CHICAGO CONGRESS Who Will Attend the Lay- men’s Missionary Movement Next Week. The following delegates attend the laymen's in Chicago from May to 6: Rev. G. A. Beccher, dean of Trinity cathedral; J. A. Sunderiand, Rev. T. H. MecConrell of the | Westminster Presbyterian church; Clement Chase and William H. Russeil | the “bread Une’ gensus, city’s vagrapt population, is scheduled for tonigh~ TWe Dedigrees of the homeless men and women n the purks and out-of- the-way eormers of the ety will be taker ior the federal regords. e St e now was condemned (0 & years imprisonment for treason, but escaped to Germany and afterwards to America and did not return to Christiania ungl 1882 Once more he began the work of agitation sgainst the goverument and the union of the two Scandinavian kingdoms. It was Ole Bull who appoinied him to the directorship of his wite | the Bergen ter, and in 1857 he put on found that|the stage Hulda” and “Mellem rocetving < 37 compantes, it is.said, have promised a 2-cent increase. A com- | mittee was sent to St Louts to confer Missouri Pacific officials. Medium in Everything »--:... This is especially troe of Baking — and it is jost as true of taking powder. If YOU use the cheapaad Big Can Kinds you are getting guantity at the sacrifice of | New Lamber Plant. \ J Tust — the years has been associated with the company quality is 20 betterss : pow known as The H. F. Cady Lumber | | company, and soid his interests there on April 1, bas 4 compiete working organiza- | tion for a new company, which will be known as The Platner Lumber compaay 1On the very day tha: tais transsction’oc leurred, new trackage was.purchased com- L'r'nlnl ten lots on B, & M Twenty-fifth and Osk. adjc Hull's new yard on the |sidered the best avaMpie the two citles and in t His brothers, Louis N. and Jjustin C.. will | be assoctated with him. G. W. Jea nis {lwgels ifor the west, visiting al points of interest and & {stock. He will conduet & wholesals and | retall’ numiness on just as large a scaie as any ‘of his compeiitors. The construction of the sheds. dunnage, etc, will be of a | dore substantial nature than any other lin the two cities, being ail of cement | ltwmmm—vymmmnx Police Find Baby Whom Parents Feared that Robbers Had | Stolen. ’ The missing child was found under the bed When Morris Burmish awakened this morning they thieves had ransacked their rooms and | Slagene.” taken clothes aad edibies. Their year-| Other notable plays written by him are and-a-half-old baby was aiso missing. | “Kong Swerre,” “Sigurd Siembe’ and “The Amoug other s missing were three| Tragedy of Mary Stuart.” His comedy | Pairs of trousers, two shirts, three quarts | “Hanske,” was transiated for the Englisn of whisky, a galion of wine and ten pounds | stage in 1894 of Jewish crackers. | Bjorson's first novel, A call for police took Detective: Dev- |bakken,” appeared in 1 2d on the cele- eresse (0 the house. After & search of | bration of Iits fiftieth aamiversary at the premises he found the baby quietty | Christlianla the novelist received an | asieep under the bed. It appears tha: the | enormous number of greetings. from all | baby had fallen out of bed and as it Was | countries. It was followed by “Arn - too young to crawl back, it went to sieep. | gketch of Norwegian country Iife; “A Happy Boy" and “The Fisher Maiden " both stories of the peasantry. As a lyric poet, Blornsen took high rani | He even attemptsd the composition of epic verse. He was a voluminous writer and dramasist and In all his work stroye to | become a vebicle of national feeilng. seek- ng to give expression to the Norwegian spirit. e was looked upon as ome of the | most stimuleting Influences for the re- vivai of Scandinavian literature. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Marshal Craig, city passenger ani cket agent for the Great Western. wil leave Saturday for Waterioo, Ia.. where he has sccvpted ' position with the Waterioo, Cedar Falls Northern Ralwag a5 nawistant engineer M Crafg has been | s Omasa for sbout & year om Omaha will and mission, congr “HIl Anything that is cverdoae or under- ““ »» Lenox—Of Course THAT IS WHAT most women say when the grocer ashis them what Hind of laundry scep they want. IT ISN'T surprising. LENOX iS NOT A NEW SOAP. h is not an experiment. There is ne special method of using it. The cost is low—but not toc low. The quality is high. The shape is convenient. Best of all, Lenox Soap does the work it is intended to do. THESE THINGS BEING TRUE, do you wonder why so many wemen say, “Why, Lenox—of course” T ‘ Lenox Soap—Just fits the hand Geo. “Sinno Eve Sol- | | | which is con- being between ¢ cemter of things. It's Fun to be well Quit Coffee—Use POSTUM Done! ‘‘There’s a Reason’’