Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 20, 1915, Page 3

Nebraska SUGGEST FENTON FOR 0.5, MARSHALL Democrats Appear to Think He Will y,n"ml. Be Acceptable-to Both Factions of Party. APPLE CROP TO BE BIG ONE From a_Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, July 18- (8pecial.)—Warden Fenton of the state penitentiary has beén suUggested ' for the position of 1Thited Stites marstal, and it is said his choice may settle the long fight for the office. Warden Feénton, as head of the peui- tantiary, has made himself pretty popu- 1ar with the democrats all over the state. Conséquéntly it is belleved that by bring- | in& him into the fight as a compromise | éAndid4té some difficulties confronting | the pickers of the fruit from the old plum | treo Wil be settled. Apple Crop to Be Large. The apple crop of Nebraska will be an | imMense one and the quality of the ap-| plés will be the best for meny yédrs, | sspording to Ernest M. Pollard, prebl-| dént of the Apple Growers' assoclation, | who wah In Lincoln a short time yestér- day on his way to Ottumwa, la., being compelled 1o come this way because of | washouts on the Missouri Pacifie. | “The apples at this time' said 'Mr. Pollard, “are as large as they were at leking time last year, and show every | ifdication of being far above the crop of last t ift évery way. I look for a big | éroh urless hafl or storms damugé the ! crop. The trees are well filled, and on | acéoufit of so much wet weather the fridt. Has had all the moisture it needéd, and in ednsequence the apples will be lArge and lusclous.” Likea Commission Report. . . N..Tittennus of Oshkosh, Wis., -has | written o the State Rallway commissiony eomplimenting the members for the pcoMm- ploteness of their last annual report.. He $ags It 18 the best he has seen anywhere knd is a ‘more comprehensive and valu- | able report than that gotten out by ths Interstate Commerce commission | Doaglass Assessor Reports. ! H. G.' Céunsman, county assessor of Douglus county, called at the state how this morning and presented his report.to | the secretary of the State Board .of | Asgesament | The nuimber of automobiles in Douglas | county has increased 1, but the aver-| affe actudl value has dropped from 8550 th $415. There were $96,625 worth of dia-| pionds i Douglas county last year, but this year thére are $111.750. Stock in na- tienal banks has increased from $6,433,265 | 1o 98,573,075 and stock in state banks from 83,265 to §717,150. Public service corpo- Téitions are assessed the same as last yéar Wwith the exception of the Omaha Blectric Light and Power company, which gave A voluntary increase of $89,000. Asks to Be Pald tor Trip. : Vouchers filed n the office of the state Aliaitor show that J. 8. Plerce, president of the #tate dental secretiries, would:like 0, be reimbursed $22% for expenses while Attending the national association’ of déntiste at San Francisco a week ago. 11 Barrett Asked to Speak. - - Deputy Attorney General Barrett Is heing recognized as an orator who really arhtes and has many calls for speeches at portant. gatherin He recelved an inyltation this-morning to'deliver an-ad- dress at Hoéme Coming day, at Hyannis on Séptember 24, the occasion being the afinual. roundup of cattlemen of the cat- 18 country.” He will stick a gun in each Hip pocket, 'ty a new cowboy hat and fjre thé best'hie has at the range ride "Hailstones Weighing - Four Pounds Found FREMONT, Neb, July 19.—(Special)— Hallstones weighing four pounds fell on the eGorge Huffman farm near Ames $tnday forenoon, according to Mr, Huff- ‘man, who weished some of 'the fcy silierés. The oats fields in that viéinity were ruined and the corn crop will be almest-4 total loss. The damage in the vicinity of Fséront s nbt as extensive as at first thought. The stormi came from the northwest to the southeast and u mile north of the town thepe was no damage. The north- weet part of the county escaped. Several bridges were washed out in Peb- ble township Bouth of Hooper and Mage- Rau bridge northeast of Fremont across the Elkhorn river is closed to traffic on account of damage to the approach. The Notthwestern tracks in the vicinity of Hooper were damaged by the high.water for the third time in a week Sunday, causing delay to traine. Many fields of whedt that_had been cut are flooded. Fdrmers Save Lands - From Inundation | FREMONT, Neb., July 19.—(Spebial.)— fThie ‘herole efforts of twenty farmers who Jabored with their teams for several hours Buturday afternoon to prevent a leves constructed to stralghten the channel of the ‘Elkhotn river from washing Away sAved thousands of acres of farmland rom inundation. A muskrat hole was thé chuse of the break, which if allowed to remdin open for a short time would have yésulted In the levee being washed out, 'Tond of dirt were hauled and dumped in the break. 14 & Wise Woman Who recognizes dn the fell-tale symptoms such as backache, headaches, dragging sensations, nervousness and ir- Tiabllity the true cause and relies on Lydfa E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compouna 0 réstore her to a healthy normal condi- tion. For forty years this root and herb réinedy has been pre-eminently success- ful in controlling the diseases of women. Merit alone could have stood such a test of time.—~Advertisement. e f—— Srtanger Not Tdentified. « SEWARD, Neb., July 15.—(Spectal Tei- ekram.)—As yet the body of the stranger Rit by a Burlington freight train Setur- day evening has not been identified. Was aged 55 years, was minus his thumb. and had four gold teeth bridged, Rheritf Netman and Coroner Doty did not @eerd an inquest necessary. § ¥ Tasect Bites and Infeet! Abply Sloan’s Liniment to any bite, #ting or brilee. It kills the polson and ::mw Only Me. AN drug. —Advertisement. . ‘ Nebraska I Lincoln Woman Handed a Box of Poisoned Candy Staff_Correspondent.) July 18.—(Special.)—Chief of Police Antles of Linceln ahd his detec- tives are working on & case of Attémpted poisoning, which resembles the Omaha case, where Mrs, F. H. Kinney of that city ate several pleces of candy sent her through the mails which contaified poison. From Mrs. James Myers of Lincoln was #it- | ting on her porch yeaterday afternoon when a boy rode up 4nd handed hér a box of chocolates, telling her it was for her use only. Bhe ate three of them and was immediately seited with a severe burning in her throat. A doctor found that the candy had baen dipped in strong carbolic acid. In ordér to counteract the smell of the acid, tha box of candy had | been saturated with a|perfume. With the exception of a throat, Mrs. Myers is getting No clue whatéver ¢dn be perpetrator of place where the candy. was bought. fias been discovered: The clerk cannot give a description of the party purchasing. Moving Picture Made of Horses for War GRAN DISLAND, Néb, July (8pe- clal.)—1t is belleved that the Lincoln Highway moving pleture exhibition when completed will include & most Intéresting one of the severa! thoysand horses being lield here by the British and French gov- ernments through their own agents. It is known that when pictures were pro- posed the buying agents objected, In an informal way, desiring to avoid any more publicity because of possible,feeling.over the matter than is absolutely necessary. The suggestion of a picture was therefore denfed, But it was a féature which could be procured .only here, i né other point along the highway affording an actual photograph of this feature of ‘‘war busi- ness.”” The moving. picture member of the party is therefore .reported to have slipped quietly over 'the ground at 4 o'clock one morning anhd to have been rewarded by having several fitlds of them running directly toward him and his. rig, after the manneér of the hérds when fay or oats are being Brought in. Open. sec. tion lines run between and along thesd fielde and no trespassing needs to be done to secure pietures of the separdts pastures. lonk nicely. ound to the Prize Fight Film Law Declgred Valid NEW YORK, July 19.—Attorneys for T.. Lawrence Wetber recelved word from Philadelphia ~“today that the United States circuit court of appeals had kiven a decisien in the case which Webber brought against the depity customs col. lector of Newark :for ah>injunction re- straining him from preventing Webber bringing into the United States the Wil- lard-Johnson [fight. films. “The dééision sustained the constitutionality of the law against - the. linportation. of - fight fiims Counsel anncunced that an immédiate appeal will be teken to the United States supreme court. ¢ Notes from Heatrice. BEATRICE, Néb, July 19.—(Specia)— Mrs. Ellen Francis,.wife of A. R. Fran- cis, a ploneer of Gage county, died sud. denly Baturday evéning of paralysis ot her home six miles west of Beatrice, aged % years. She i% survived by her Tiuepand and five children. The smallpox quarantine on six homes in this city was raised Saturday by the city boasd of health. This cuts the total number of cases now in the city to seventeen. Arrangements are being made to hold Grape-Nuts very sore | the deed, although the ! THE BEE ' Nebraska & courding meet In this city immediately followink the mest to be held at Sutton néxt Uctober | Many of the dogs and | fome of the jack rabbits used In the Sutton races will be shipped to this| | point | | Clyde Lyneh, formerly engaged in the sxioon business at Wymore, has failed in hik effoft to establish a saloon in Du | Bols, Pawnee county, Judge Raper hav-| ing rendered a decislon to the effect that | | the village drdinance was not published | necoramng to 1 |BODY OF MAN FOUND ‘ NEAR NEBRASKA CITY | NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, July 18.—(Spe. | | elal Telégram.)—The body of a man was | f6und this moming near the water works [in Arift. He wore serge pants, blue ging- | ham shirt, Blgin watch, silver screw case, | No. 13073061, The body had evidently | been in water for about five weeks. It { waa burled by the coroner. F. H. ABBOTT INTERESTED | IN SOME ALABAMA LANDS Frea H. Abbott, acting commissioner {of Indian affairs under the Tatt ad- | ministration, passed through Omaha on his way to Stanton. Mr. Abbott let it be known that he s giving up his pesition As #ecretary of the Board of Indian Com- | missloners at Washington and is foining {a-group -of. Inveators interested in Ala-| | bama lands, and therofpre will not for the present at least resume his residence in Nebraska. Today's store aavertisements are per- #onAl messages to you-and some of them would be worth-while if they came to you as ‘‘collect” telegrams. DEATH RECORD J. F. Brix FREMONT, Neb,, July 19.—(8pecial)— J. F. Briggs, a ploneer wettler of Hooper, a brother of Judge A. H. Briges of Fre- mont, died at the home of his son, R. | L. Briggs, near Broken Bow. The body was brought to Hooper Monday after- | noon. Burial will take place tnis after- | noon. Mr. Briggs wds 75 vears of age and a native of Michigan. He came to Dodge county in 1863, settling north of Iooper, where he engaged with his father, A. C. Briges, in the operation, of a mill. e continued his residence i Dodge county for most of the time, helng eugaged in | the milling business until six years ago, when he went to Broken Bow. For a short time he resided in Fremont, where {he made his home wita his brother, A. | C. Brigss General Palmer G, Wood. LO8 ANGLLER, Cal, July 19.—Briga- dlér General Palmer Gaylord Wood, U. 8. A., retired, died at his home at Bev- erley Hille, near here, last night. Gen- erdl Wood has been in Il health for about four years. He waa 72 vears of age. He leaves a widow and daughter, Mra. J. W. McGee, of Oswego, N. Y, HYMENEAL Declus-Platt, TECUMSEH, Neb., July 19.—{Speelal)— The news has just reached Tecumseh of the marriage of Mrs. Emma Platt of this clty to Prof. Willlam T. Declus, formerly prineipal of the schools at Crab Orchard. They. wereymarried at Hot Springs, D., In May, and are now in the Black Hills, where they will remain for the summer. Prof. Declus expects to re-en- gage in achool work at another point this fall. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Perkins of this city, and was born and reared in Tecumseh. Her first husband was Nate Reynolds, a printer of the old schools wear ago, “holding caees” on:the State Journal at Lincoln and later working in Beatrice. He died a number of years ago. Anderson-Robbin FREMONT, Neb., July 19.—Willlam 11, Anderson of Chicago, an official of the Milwaukee road, and Miss Margaret L. | Robbins of Omaha were married here | yestérday by County Judge Wintersteen. | 1 | ! A proposed new fitney ordinance, pre- |pared by City Solicitor Fleharty, after | conferences with the jitney men, will be D Evidence Taken by Commissioners on Charge of F. J. McGovern Agninst Officer. TESTIMONY IS CONTRADICTORY Nours in Omaha Sunday, 10 of thew - funching at the Heoshaw and the en After hearing much contradictory |{tire party witnessing the hailstofm just evidence in connection with charges|after lunch. Many of the party had filed by F. J. McGovern, ence boulevard, ogainst Officer Thrasher, the city council an- nounced the case would be decided! Tuesday morning at the regular meet- ing. ver the Unton Pacifie at remain | GASE ON TUESDAY ¢pom, an until midaight, when The attending the Elks conven: o8 Angeles Florida Visitors Wonderr at Hail Here| One hundred and sixty-fiva people from ]lh’ Florida Normal Institute spent aix fore or storma. 5408 Flor- | never before seen such a phenomenon be- with | Motoreycle hom they came in contact aa to whether not Omahn was often visited by such | The party left Sunday afternoon over the Union Pacific for an extended | A eagerly questioned all tour of the west In the Information of the charzes it! HOLD UP NEW ORDINANCE abode, but denied he was Intoxicated of the city eouncll committea of. the' whalo Inthere are picture machine operators as | young an 16 years working In this city {1t 1s proposed to fmpose & minimum ageé | thae [limit of 2 on this business and to es Florence boulevard with his wife and Mr. |tABlish & board of five examiners who McGovern | Shall pass on-the eligibility of operators. that he even took a drink on the day question, which was July 10, s Bright Lights, While driving his automoblle on and Mrs. W. D. Cameron, Mr was stopped by the officer, upon a chargs | of having bright lights contrary to a city ordinance. | Witnesses for the | y ymplainant testified | the' officer was profuse in the use of oaths and handled Mr. McGovern in .\! rough manner. On the other bhand, the | officer and his witnesses tedtified Mr. McGovern and Mr. Cameron Aid not| show proper respect for the r senta tive of the law and even showed defiance Mre. Cameron testiffed she had her | baby In the automobile at the time and was very frightened over the proceedings. Officer Thrasher says he placed his hands on Mr. McGovern only after ask-| Ing him three times to get out of the | car, as he was under arrest All witnesses for the complainant clared they were positive the breath smelled of intoxicants. Take Up New Jitney Ordinance in Week | de- officer's taken up by the city Monday morning. The measure was brought mittee of the whole, business made postpon commissioners next | up in com but press of other | ment ndvisable WOMAN IS BITTEN BY DOG WHICH IS TO BE SHOT Mrs. F. R. Bellows, 180 Charles street, reported to the police that she was bit- | ten on the leg by a large black dog as she Was passing 141 North Sixteenth | street, Two boys jumped from a de-| livery wagon and beat the animal off. The wouhd was dressed by a police surgeon. Mrs. Bellows filed a complaint against the dog and it will be shot. LIBERTY BELL ESCORTS RETURN THROUGH OMAHA The official party which accompanied the Liberty Bell to San Francisco is due to arrive in Omaha on thelr return trip to Philadelphia Saturday morning. Thelir epectal train will come in over the Union Pacific and their stop in Omaha will be a matter of minutes. About 100 people will be In the part NEW YORK ELKS TO SPEND SEVERAL HOURS IN OMAHA One hundred and twenty-five of | Greater New York's Elks are expected | fn Omaha Saturday. They are due here and Summer Comfort A One or-two soft-boiled Eggs Some crisp, buttered Toast; And a cup of Instant Postum. - If digestion rebels at the customary meal, try the “Grape-Nuts Breakfast” “M s a Rqaoon” in this simple breakfast: It satisfies the appetite ‘and is easily digested. A little fresh Fruit; and cream; =" SAENGERFEST FLAG TRANSFERRED HERE Historic Banner to Be Brought to Omaha on Special Train from St. Paul. FLAGS ARE ALREADY FLYING The econnected with | the transferrence of the banner of the S8aengerbund of the northwest on the first evening of the Saengerfest in the Auditorium were arrauged at a4 luncheon of the Saengerfest asso- clation directors yesterday in the Omaha Musik Verein building, Sev enteenth and Cass streets. The di- \ ceremonies was alleged the officer was intoxicated, | rectors are having these luncheons used threatening wnd abusive language | FOR MOVIE OPERATORS | y x and displaved a revolver in a m«.mclntl T g i B by manner, Mr. Thrasher pleaded not guilty | An ordinance fr the resulation o | With the coming Saengerfest is trans- | to the specific charges, but admitted that immln- ploture operators will be held up | acted. In the excitement he took his revolver |until Commissioner Withnell brings n & | This handsome and historic banner will | out of his pocket In mistake for his club. [ more comprehensive ordinance, cOVering | be brought to Omaha on the special train He admitted he might have made some |this and other electrical activitisa | by_the Concordia Singing soclety of St emphatic reference to a certain sultry Operators backing this legislation told | Paul, Minn The clty has already taken on it festive appearance for the great event Flags and straamers and long strings of electric light give the whole business dis- | trict & gala wppearance both by day and by night. All signs roint to the greatest of all the saengerfests Fruit Growers Are Sending Big Orders to Omaha Boxmakers The splendid promise of a big apple rop In Nebraska and Towa is reflected At present in the incroased demand for boxes and barrels frem the box factorfes In Omaha. There are three concerns in Omaha that manufacture these supplies, the Omaha Rox company, the Acme com- pany and the OmANA Sooperage company. Al _are feeline the effects of inoreased rush ordera for boxes and barrels, No man will gamble very far ahead on an sapple crop,” sald F. 8 Knapp, president of the Omaha Box company, §0 all fruit growers walt until pretty nearly the time when they actually need these supplies for the packing season Then they begin to et busy with the telephone, telegraph and other means of communication. That 18 the case now, and we are especially busy." The war indirectly Increases the busi- ness of the box and barrel factorfes in Omaha: This is because there is a great amount of exportation of meats from the Omaha packing houses to the warring nations and the box and barrel factories In Omaha are naturally turned to first by the local packers for a supply of boxes and barrels Mr. Knapp has a sawmill running n the timber near Calhoun, where he is cutting out 1,000,000 “feet of cottonwood this year for use In the manufacture of boxer. Reduction in Prices OF MICHELIN TIRES EFFECTIVE JULY 19TH One Quality Only---The Best Get Reduced Price. Nebraska Auto Filling Company, “AS USUAL’ from 218-20 South 19th Street, Omaha. Telephone Douglas 7390. Should Join the Swappers’ Club! In the first place it costs you nothing to join; isn’t that reasonable enough? In the second place yon liave both the fun and profit derived from being a member, all without the nge of cash. Can yon BEAT that 1 NO? Well, then, don't put it off any longer, but eall at Room 104 Bee Bldg., or call Tyler 1000, T‘ho following ads appeared in The Sunday Bee. Read them; they will give you & good idea of the wonderful possibilities of this club, withont the use of cash. Nothing Too Large WILL exchange good suto as first y- ment on & new uvombun J:'. soy! de, T | ‘elephone LOT in lines, rade or what have you? WILL trade | o7 Ward,, No Webster 5014, evenings, 1 HAVE 54 Pax- dress S, addition, near 2 car or A located In North O ’urik wanted. d used only short time: anything 1 can use of equal value. BULLDOG—H, about 2 ulve % you? Address f AP BB TR TR KITCHEN range In A<l ‘ have you? Addresd B O it Hea ot Nothing Too Small & $10 electric fan, good as new, will trade for Ad- C. 1213. care Omaha Ben B old, to trndo“..." . O, 1391, Ree. Lulldog, nat have