Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1910, Page 11

« BRIEF CITY NEWS Rave Moot Print It Lighting Pixtures—Burgess-Granden Co. 1850—Nutional Life Insurance Co—1910 Charles E. Ady, General Agent, Omaha Store Your Pine Furs iIn moth proo! vaults. Nominal cost. Shukerts, 15 & Har'y. Your Child Weeds a Sand Pile clean p #anl, $1.50. Sunderland, 1614 There Are Several Ways of Baving— The Nebraska Savin nd Loan assocla- tion may, and Others. Our way pays 6§ per \ cent per annum. 106 Board of Trade | , bullding | Lobeck Talks at Orete—City Comp- troller Lobeck will go to Crete Saturday and on that evening will deliver an ad- dress to the Commerc club of the Baline county town on municipal improvements \ Balloons Wait On Weather It was in- tended to send up some of the mieteoroloyg fcal experiment balloons from t Omaha Friday, but the weather interfered The first ascensions will be made as soon as the weather will permit Schoolmasters to Lingoln—The Ne- braska Schoolmasters' club wfll nold its v last meeting of the year at Lincoln this even Dr. Wolfe of the State univer- | sity Wl make an address on "Our Mark- ing System,” and the discussion of his - will be led by Chancellor Davidson of Wesleyan Xharas Trial Still On—The hearing In the case of the dore Kharas, charged with using the United Ktates mails for fraudulent purposes, is still on in the federal district court. The case 18 exciting considerable interest from the prominence of a number of parties of Omaha and Lincoln, who invested in some JPl, the stock enterprises promoted . by Kiuras. The case will occupy the re- week mander oA the Coal Dealers to Listen to Prominent Men of Speakers at the Big Convention, The program of speakers who will ad- dress the convention of the Northwest- V'h Coal Dealers, which meet in Omaha, Jdune 20, includes the names of Senator Jonathan Dolllver of lowa; James R. Gar- fleld, former secretary of commerce and labor and later etary of the interfor; Governor A. C. Shallenberger; Thomas L. Lewis, presicent of the United Workers, and President George Gregory of the retall assoclation. The publicity bureau of the Commer- program.” It is headquarters that elected secretary succeed H. G Laird has been and was one of also announced H. L. Laird has been of the assoclation to Reeves, resigned. Mr. assistant to Mr. Reeves, those who originally fa ored bringing this big convention Omaha. He s in Minneapolis now and will complete the arrangements for the convention, The organization has a membership of 10,000 coal dealers in nine states, and the meéting is being widely adver Al the wholesale coal dealers both in the eastern and westerh part of the country are ‘putting advertising matter in their mail. boosting the Omaha meeting. The traveling m>n representing the dealers e also instructed to boost the meeting much as possible. The Coal Dealer, official organ of the association, gives Omaha a four-page write-up this month, running some effec- tive views of the eity. This periodical will be published dally in Omaha during the convention. Foundations to Union Pacific Headquarters Site is Found to Be Underlaid by Pocket of Quicksand. Caissons for the foundation of the new Union Pacific headquarters, Fifteenth and Dodge street, will go down as deep as seventy feet, In order to have them rest on bedrock. The company’'s engineers and the bullding contractors decided to chances, and it 18 understood that the bid took into consideration just such a tre- mendovely deep foundation as will be nec- essary. Thy tests of the ground failed to indicate a big pocket of quicksand which has been this deposit properly will require the use of compressed alr locks, as to pump out serious effect on the fourdations of ha . mf» bulldings in the vidinity, other LEONARD MAY STAY IN 'FRISCO Ohief Wri that They Have Strong Case Against Him at Gol- den Gate. the chlef of police of San Francisco con firms a telegram previous:y sent with re spect to the attitude thers concerning Frank Leonard, the holdus man “Leonard was captubed here,” chief of police, “following & between Leonard and two pals @ good case against him, but if he should be acquitted will run him over to yo writes the Auel A ton of Dolliver and Garfield Head the List | Mine cial club, which secured the convention for Omaha, has recelved the announce- | ment of the outline of the three days' from | to! Go Seventy Feet| take no of the contractors putting in the foundation struck in making the excavation. To handle the quicksand by hydraulic method might | immediate | A letter received by Sheriff Brailey from | have | Saturday Radically Different Tha HARNKY HOWAKD (Sold by the bex of 6 en A Collar Sale Ever Held in Omaha 6 Collars for 39c SATURDAY n Any ly.) A collar manufacturer, who makes the hest advertised line of hoxes of collars, each hox containing 6 six collars. accepted them under the condition that he allow us to DOLGE sell them without his trade mark at a spec day, with the maker’s They are guaranteed by us to be stri and the latest prevailing styles, as shown All sizes from 12 to 20, S: 6 for 39 BOULDELK illustrations. WEBSTEK Mail Orders Filled. number of odd and broken lots. and taken out all of these hats, both of them a new spring model—from the country. $3.00, $2.50 and $2,00 Grades at., *‘The House of High Merit.”’ A Mid-Season Men’s Spring Hats $3.60, $2.50 and $2.00 Grades $1.65 This spring has been the best hat season for many years and, of course, the greater volume of business causes us to have collars on the market, come to us with 2,000 We ial price. DOUGLAS These collars are sold in most of Omaha’s stores to- trade mark in them, at 2 for 25¢c. Sold Only by the Box. Order by Above Names. = ctly four-ply, by the above aturday, at— DAVENPORT “.a VINTON Sale of a greater ‘We have gone through our stock soft and stiff shapes—every one the most prominent makers in All go on sale Saturday at one price— $1.6S5 MAY 1910 We Shall Continue Our Sale of b Men’s and Young $18, $20, $22.50 Hand-Tailored Spring Suits Saturday at $14.50 As previously stated these suits consist of small, or in some cases, but slightly broken lots of the choicest gar- ments shown this season at $18, $20 and $22.50; now offer them to you at $14.50, solely because the lots are not complete. and we This season’s correct styles and most popular fabrics, shades and patterns are all included amongst the hundreds of suits from which you may choose. The range of s—from 34 to 46—provides perfeot fitting garments for men of regular, stout or slim build. Although we still have a splendid assortment, we ad- vise you to come early Saturday morning, when we can give you better attention than during the rush hours as well as a more complete assortment from which to make your selection. These $18, $20 and $22.50 Suits SATURDAY— 14.50 ‘When you consider that “Nebraska' and longer wearing than any in town, boy into a pair of “‘Nebraska' Boys' Shoes. it's certainly ting lasts and stylish shapes. Sizes 9 to 13.. Sizes 215 t0 6.. ‘“The House of High Merit.”’ Boys’ and Youth’s Spring Shoes Boys' Shoes are more stylish, better fitting Our Box Calf and Pinto Calf Shoes, lace, button or blucher styles, are made of strong, serviceable leathers in perfect- fit- They're absolutely unequaled at their prices, which are BINSRABVL 0. | o o voe i onnieve BOYS’ANDYOUTHS’ OXFORDS Men S L7 time you were putting your in $1.50 .75(~ and 85¢ fow a Other wholesale dealers are in [ he same predicament and look for a coal (0AL SUPPLY RUNS SHORT shortage before the strike of the coal s Stops Shipments | miners is settled. Strike at the Mines Stop P 1‘ 8. S, Swift, manager of the wholesale de- to Omaha Dealers. partment for the ¢. W. Hull company, said 1]“|‘\dl_\' morning that a coal shortage in : COAL DOUBLES IN PRICE \ilimu.lm was inevitable. He sald his com- | | pany was well supplied with coal for do- | mestic use, but that they had little on | Indlcations Are that While There |hand for the use of the big manufacturing | 5 % i plants that depended upon ‘‘steam coal” | is Plenty of Conl for Use in AT (et 2ib1 | Homes, Steam Coal Is “We have 5,000 tons of ‘steam coal' on Senrce. hand, but that is a mere drop In the bucket when a real shortage comes,” said Mr. | Swift. “There is no indication that we wiil Omaha faces the possibility of coal | receive any shipments from the mines for some time and can depend upon nothing until the strike of the miners is settled The big concerns of the city use an enor- mous amount of coal and our lttle handful will mean nothing when the crisis comes.’ Other wholesale dealers are in the same predicament and do not encourage the be- lief that there will be any relief until the troubles between the mine owners and the miners are settled. shortage in June. | On account of the strike at the mines | that supply Omaha dealers, shipments of bituminous coal are not being made and the supply on hand in the yards of the Omaha dealers has dwindled until there is hardly enough to last thirty days. This only effects the users of what is termed as “steam coal'—coal that Is used | to run the big manufacturing plants of' the Plenty of coal is available in Omaha (nr domestic use in the households. Omaha gets most of its coal from the mines of southern Kansas, Towa and Illi- nois, and with the present strike on, with | no indication of a settlement, the large| users of fuel for power are llable to be| up against a serious problem within a few weeks. | Some of the big plants of the city have a | supply on hand, but the daily drain upon | these resources is making the users stop and consider the situation seriously. No shipments are being recelved by the dealers of the city who have contracts to furnish fuel to the big institutions and | it i1s not known when a supply can he de- pended upon. | Price Nearly Doubles, | | The price of coal used for power has in- | creased from to 100 per cent since the | first of April and there is no e rage- | ment offered that this price will be low-| | ered. In fact, from the present status of | the situation it is thought that the market Fearing Poison, Flees from Food, Laborer Goes Hungry Because of Ene- mies—To Cure Him with Hyp- notism—and Food. Obsessed with the idea that he is pur- sued by a squad of poisoners who would take his life, John O'Hara, a laborer, is fleeing from his !maginary foes Dr. A. Blshop, police surgeon, is laying in ambush with a stomach pump and a bot- starving man's life For three days O'Hara has been suffer- ing with his fear of death from poison. ) these three days he has eaten nothing | will have an upward tendency. On Apr & few crackers which he bought at a | tirst the price of “steam coal” was quoted ry store while in his maddened flight at §1 per ton at the mines. but today the the eity imu ranges from $1.50 to $2.00, with the Several times the unhappy man has supply snapped up as sedn as obtainable.| seated himself n a restaurant expecting The C. W. Hull company has about 5,00 (o eat a meal in peace, only to have his tons of coal on hand for use of those con- ghostly pursuers show up. | cerns which use steam coal, but under the | present conditions where no shipments ar O'Hara appe: tion to ask for red twice at the police sta ald, but both simes it so that this bank has fmonths. irst National L_,Bd"k of Omaha The report made to the comptroller under date of March 29, 1910, shows Time Certificates of Deposit $2,034,278.61 5‘@ % Interest Dald on certificates running for twelve | dicated In such cases. but he won't be abl to get along without it." O'Hara is a laborer, who until days ago was in the employ of a c tion company working ¥ | ereamery plant {CLUBMEN READY FOR SEASON Field on the Club to Be Formally Opened with Sports and Dance on i day. ub tormally The Field cl will doors for the season of 1910 Saturday after- | open its noon. In the evening a dinner and dance will be given for the members. The only athletic event that has been planned for the opening day Is a golf game which will be a match play against bogey with handicap, best score for one round. A number of entries have been made for this mateh and if the weather permits some £00d plays is looked for, as a number of | entrants have been on the links stuce the opening of the spring weather, clty | Doctor Waiting| Meanwhile | tle of malted milk with which to save the happened that the surgeons were out on emergency calis. He has beseeched the chief of police to save him from the polsoners and even attempted to get to | the mayor with his troubles. here one thing to save the lite, Dr. Bishop. “That Is a and coplous dose of auto-suggestion, accompanied, of course, with a proper { quantity of substantial food. The f Is merely an ineld al to the treatment in- | recetvea this is not expected to last bu e led.ll\ t expected t hlh!n‘((VVe All Alnt Got No Census” Special Enumerator Runs Into Be- nighted Family, Chicken Coop and Two Bulldogs. | “We hain't got no census. What youn's want come round heah dis time o' | to take our census for?" | It was an old colored woman who spoke. The regular enumerator for that district had made nine fruitless calls at the house | and gave the project up of getting the peo- ple of that house on the Omaha census lists Then a epecial census agent was sent | out, and it was only after five calls that he managed to sec house. re an entrance to the To do this he had to erawl through | night | 1 i{a hole in a chicken coop to get into the got no aggication. | house through the kitchen, as the occupants | We's just poo' folks, dat's all. | refused to answer any calls at the front|want to take our census for? Kain't read or write. What you | door. In order to get Into the house at all The pecial agent made his final descent [the special enumerator lad to make {on the premises at 9:30 Thursday night friendly acquaintance with two blg, white | There were three occupants in the house, |bulldogs. But he succeeded finally, and | the result of his persistence was that three more people were added to the population | an old colored man, his wife and a younsg colored woman. When asked why they refused to |of Omaha. |answer the door, the woman said lh? thought the man was an assessor and that | BURGLAR IS FRIGHTENED AWAY “lhe\ had nothing to assess. They at first | refused 10 answer the questions of lhn | enumerator, until he showed them his offi- | PFIV clal badge and told them of the probability | of their arrest by the United States mar- | shal unless they answered the questions. | After positiveiy asserting that they had nothing to census, the old woman pleaded had te Wa(skman 1s oniile Job ana Thief Gets Nothing for His Trouble, Disappointment and quite a scare was the portion of a burglar who entered the tallc “We's only awful poo' folks. We don't | establishment of Olson & Fugerson at 1609 | based upon the statement that the pris- count anywhar. What you want take our | Farnam street Thursday night. Private | oner's real name is “not Gotto Jeobatispo, census for? 1 don't know how old I is.|Watchman Marvin surprised the thief in [but Glovannibatista Gotto, or as sometimes I was bo'n down in Tennessee. My the store and pursued him before the man | written in the Ttalian way with ti man he cum from Virginny. We hain't | had succeeded in taking anything. first—Gotto Giovannibatista. Gotto Got to Signor Giovannibatista Juggles with Gotto Jeobatispo—if nams to use—is on trial after a short delay In district court on a charge of cutting & fellow countryman with intent to wound. Uncertainty about the name of defendani comes thr in his behalf by his attorney and overruled by Judge Estelle. This motion to quash the information is | name' | Go to Trial Name to Escape Prosecution in Vain. that is the right gh a plea in abatement 5ads O filed Kinsler, 15 oO8c DOUGLAS STREET At Our Douglas Street Store Greatest Waist Sale Omaha Has Ever Known 18§10 DOUGLAS STREET 10 N 0. ORK We Open Saturday Our Annual reat May Waist Sale Promptly at 8 Saturday, on the first floor of our Douglas Street store, we will start Our Annual May Sale of Waists. We absolutely will Waist bargains ever offered, gest Waist sale Omaha has pointed. to follow us. <3O ror 53.00 Waists. " "1 offer the biggest hesitancy in saying that this will be the big- the thousands of women who have been wait- ing for this bargain event will not be disap- Don’t be misled by others who will try We have made these sales famous by selling as we will Saturday. Thousands of BEAUTIFUL NEW WAISTS In Scores of Pretty Styles, Inciuding All Sizes, at the Biggest Bargains Ever Oifered For $2.00 Wa aists. and we have no ever known, and JOK rorsa.00 W aists.