Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1915, Page 2

ROYSE REPORTS | HORE RESOURGES Secretary of State Banking Board | Shows Seven Million Increase in Total. | LOANS ARE $5,688,640 HIGHER (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special.)— According to & report by Secretary Royse of the State Banking board the total re- eources of the 791 state banks of | braska at the close of business Augus! ® was $136,735,490.85, the report being as tollows: | | i | RESOURCES. Loans and dis- counts .. #101,818,59.96 | yverdratis . . 600,245.17 “surper ‘,uLspnf | oto. Ent furniture 1ixtures Other ¢ Liabilities, Capital stack .. Surplus fund . ] l'-?idvmod profits Diyldends unpaid..§ individual d d_certifi- oates o .. Time certificates of - deposit Due to ban il tors guas Dther liabilities Total . subject Doeman {SAYS AMERICAN WOMEN ARE T0O | SELFISH TO LOVE. Y awS. ‘“The American soclety woman is beau- tiful and cultivated, but it is impossible for her to love,” says Jules Bgls, French poet, philsopber, dramatist and feminist, n discussing the impreasions he has gathered during his five months’ stay in thig country. “My book will be no eriticism of the American soclety woman, but will give the impression of one who has had the opportunity to study them, and who is not prejudiced one way or the other report was 25 per cent. The total num- ber of depositors was 365,980, Resources Incrense. Since April 21, 1915, there has been an Increase of $7,48,601.%7 In total resources of state banks; the loans and discounts have increased %,058,640.38; depoeits, $6.979,- 50908, and cash and due from banks, $1,448,940.10. During the last yoar the state banks have* increased thirty-four In number; thé resources have Increased $15,576,071.99; loans and discounts, $10,386,65.66; deposits have increaser $14,837,006.00, and cash and fue_from banks, $4,315,286.50, and there has been a decrease of $415,641.60 In notes and bills rediscounted and bills payable. Two Reported Dead In Storm in Butler Eiis g 4 ! ] H £ b : i the last sum- ub. C. H. Gustofson, C. A, Sorenson, Prof. They can take love but they can’t give true love. They have not sacrificed.” Ex-Legislators Want Convention {of twenty horses NDAY BEE JPTEMBER 19, 191 SAVE RACERS FROM BURNING STABLES One Horse Lost in Flames at County Fair Barns Early This Morning. LIGHTED LANTERN KICKED OVEP | With one exception the entire field entered in the county fair races next week were re- moved in safety from the burning stables at the fair grounds near Benson when those buildings went afire shortly after midnight yester- day. More than §$60,000 worth horseflesh was rescued from thre ened destruction through the effort of stable attaches, nearby residents and the fire departments of Omaha, Benson and Dundee. Among the horses were Columbia Fire, the of Trotter Burned to Death. One trotter, Alice Traveler, owned by Allen & Filelds of Fremont, burned to death. This mare was en- tered for the 2:20 race here and was a winner in one of the events on the state falr track at Lincoln. Her owners had just a tew days ago re- fused an offer of $2,600. Racing men sald she was a coming trotter. The stables were badly damaged. Twenty-five stalls were destroyed. The loss was 36,000, There was no insurance. The buildings will be restored at once #0 there will be no delay in running off the events. Chris Lyck, who was the second man on the scene, arriving In response to the cries of the watchman, sald he believed the fire was caused by a horse kicking over a lighted lantern, Mr. Lyck turned in the alarm, bringing the three fire apparatueses to the scene, and alded In removing the frightened To Fix Basic Law |53 (From a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. 18.—(Special Telegram.) ~Nebraska will have constitutional | convention in 1919, If the plans of the league which met at the Lindell hotel here this afternoon are carried out. Fifty persons attended, among them State Senators Sandall of York and Quinby of Omaha; Representatives J. N, Norton of Polk, Edwin J. Jeary of Lin- coln and J. P. Palmer of Douglas; ex- members of the leglslature, Windham of Cass, R. B, Howell of Dougias, Director A. B Sheldon of the reference bureau, z lesworth of the University of Ne- ke, M. A. Hall of Omaha and a ber of others. plan as adopted calls for a conven- 100 members elected from the leg- at the general election 13 A Brogan of Omaha, R. B, Howell of | C. A. Gustateon of Mead, W. L. & chance to say whether they want the convention or not. Consul M. J. Baehr Is Transferred i fice maintains, however, that there are | sufficlent wagon roads for use in emer- | gency. It is stated that a decision con- retention longer of Vilna will ‘soon. Lida rallway line hase been under | attack 1o the westward of Lida. In to check the German cavalry, ne Are aGevevoping strong cav- Hept. 18—Lloyd's agent at St Michaels, Azores telegraphed today that the captain of the Fubre line steamer Sant’ Anna attributes the fire his vessel to the work of propagan- AUTUMN | newspaper brutes from their burning cages. were taken out just in fime. It was im: possible to get to the stall of Alice Traw: eler until too late to get her out alive. Huron Baby Wins Gold Medal at South Dakota State Fair' HURON, 8. D., Sept. 15 —(Special.)- oy | cet. and R revATy. wdel of Misslon Hill, p - Dowdell of , Artes) ‘| Bryan's Attitude | Causes Much Worry | To Chiefs of Party WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 —(Special Téle gram.)—Mr, Bryan's plan to seek a Ger- man peace tfeaty, as outlined to forelgn newspaper edifors vesterday, has com- With Art Smith furnishing the. grand K menced to WOrry party chiefs not a little finale with the most spectacular fifgi he has made this week, Friday evening's | & Posjtive danger, program was brought to a close, at tue|party facing a As they seo Jf the ex-sccretary’s positio with tie democratic gerlous split over th same time the twenty-sixth annial Sguth, opposition of the Commoner to any @x Dakota falr ended Friday, night' aas | traordigary national defense now being Huron night, traveling men's mikht and’| espolgéd by President Wilson. was given. Smith's flight wa sone con tinuous loop the 100p, and with his envelopes in flames he wrote the “Huren"’ of his flight, Seventy-three bables wete ovamined in | Hruce Hubert the Hetter Bables contest. Ketelle, son of Rev. and Mre Huler | Ketelle of Huron, was the highest rank | ing baby of all cladses and was awarded | pacer, and many other noted racers. | men's night, and ths most | elaborate evening prosram of the we.k | seemod in the sky at the conclusion Politiclans close to the president today confident that the presidential - | program for the army and navy could be o |put. through congress despite the Bryan | ord | position, but, nevertheless, the influential men. of the party look upon Mr. Bryan's | “statemént as forecasting trouble and they don’t Itke the putloog a little bit 1t wak wlq today that Senator Ollle t | James of Kentieky, who Is one of Presi | denit, Wilson's 8losest advisers, will do all 1n'his power ta land the federal judge- the gold medal. Scoring on the basié. of | ship i NeBraska for W. H. Thompson of 100; Master Ketello received 9.5 points Phylis the bighest ranking baby in and was awarded a bronse melai Bugene Hoy of Carpenter, rapie) high & bronze medal. In additioa to Companion, to the amount of $120. Jerauld county wan firsf place among the cpunty agriculttral exhivits, with a score of 962 out of a posible L000. Hand county was second with 806; 9y, third with 807; Minnebaha, fourth with %01, and Perkine, fifth with 785, In the county exhibits in thy Women' building, first place was won by Sully county, and second went to Stanley. The meeting of the Sonth Dakota Home Coming and Ploneers’ assoclation was & feature of the falr. ‘Annual busi ness was transacted and a niadér of short ‘addrenses made, the oficers frén last year being re-elected, A. L. Van Jean Hurd of Rapid City, was the ety class, outside of the gold midal winner, Tler scors was 9. From the rural distriots, .| Grand Island, and there are those that belleve Thomipson, will be appointed In order that thie threatened break between ‘Wilsoh and Bryan may be averted. LONDON POLICE WILL LONDON, | Sept. 18.—~The British mili- tary authoritles have decided that a pro- hibition upen < “treating is essential the well being of the troops within the metropolitan polioe - district of London and the board of central control proh- nbly will lesue. an order when it meets next Tueésday forbldding this form of hospitality. = The district ocontains 70 square milés, 8| ‘Under the prospective order, which will apply to <lub’' and restaurants, as well as saloons, any one paying for an- other person’s“drink or giving him morfey |te pay for it, or ‘any one serving a drink except to the person who pays for it, will Do lable' to punishment. al PROHIBIT TREATING | est, with a score of %65 He also recived the medals presented ‘by the Woman's Home the fair board gave vrizes | PORTER CASE NEAR FINAL | Senator Fall of New Mexico Takes | | Witness Stand in Defense | | of Porter. { TESTIMONY ABOUT CHARACTER LAS CRUCES, , Sept, 18.—(Special Telegram.)~When the fiftieth witness for the defense in. the Porter-Connell case had been Introduced this afternoon, the trial of James L. Porter on the charge of killing Ralph Connell was almost com- pleted. Little new evidence has been de- veloped during the last two days and the majority of the time of the court has been takn up with the hearing of char-| acter witnesses put on the stand by the attorneys for the defense to show that| Porter was a law abiding citizen and | that he had never had any trouble, One of the witnessea this afternoon was United ‘States Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico, who lives at Three Riv- ers, N. M., only a short distance above Tularosa. His testimony mainly referred to the statements made by Jack Cravens at his ranch. The senator was also used as & witness for Porter. } A copy of the decision of the state su- preme court in the water hearing ca which was the original cause of the trouble between Connell and Porter, was introduced today, It had no special sig niticance except to show that the higher | court had. reversed the lower court and | haa thrown the case out of court, | Today closed the second week of the| trial and it is not belleved that the case will continue more than two more days, | s little remains to be presented and the arguments will probably start Monday. Department Orders. | | WASHINGTON, Bept. (Speclal Tel- | egram.)—Misa Slva M. | pointed postmaster at Bra | county, ‘Towa, vice Miss |lett, removed. Warren M. Woodbury was re-appointed | gnlln)l!l@r at Center, Knox county, Ne- raska. A. W. Schulz of ‘Ames, Ta., has been appointed an assistant in field secvice of the Agricultural department George P, Braun of Greenville, been appointed an assistant engi the United States penitentiary s enworth, Kan. The postoffice at Susié, Lincoln county, | yton, Audubon | Vivian Bart- || 'Wyoming, has been discontinued, mail tv| ntier. | | were | hours v.|Of age New Record Made in Unloading Grain SUPERIOR, Wis, Sept. 18-A world's record for unl established at new & grain was ¢ Great Northern elevator cars unloaded in thirteen and a half The mark has never been ap- proached, A. B. Clarke, superintendent of all Great Northern elevators in Superior, declared. It not be equalled again for years, he sald Brother of Beatrice Mayor Killed in East BEATRICE, Neb, Sept. 18—(Special Telegram)—Mayor J. W. Mayer was called to Kenosha, Wis., today by a tele gram stating that his brother John had been killed in an accident. No particu lars were given. Mr. Mayer was &5 years supe yesterday, when & may slectrocution. Sept. 18.—(Spectal .gram.)—Charles Kearn barely escaped ing electrocuted at the Gilbert theater today when he attempted to connect the ends of two wires without turning off the, current. His hands and face were badly burned before he freed himself from the wire. Munst Remove Poles. SUPERIOR, Neb, Sept. I18.—(Special Telegram.)—The city council at the meet- ing yesterday ordered the Lincoln Tele- phone company to remove all the poles and lines from Central avenue for five blocks before December 1, as they intend to install a new system of white way street lights along the avenue Try to Stop Auto Speeding. SUPERIOR, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special Telegram.)—The city officlals are having quite a time trying to enforce the state law in regard to lamps and displaying of numbers on the automobiles. They are also trying to stop children under 16 years running the cars. Some of the officlals are carrying stop watches to catch the speeders and have several cases ready to file complaints on now. INAUGURAL Announcing Our Formal Exhibition " of - WOMEN'S OUTER -APPAREL MILLINERY, FABRICS and ACCESSORIES ' Monday and Tuesday, September Twentieth and Twenty-First A display which has involved judgment as well as skill--the setting apart of the authentic from the ex~ perimental and the flippant. A collection of styles of engaging personality, which clearly demonstrate the recognized preemin- ence of this establishment. WE EXTEND YOU A CORDIAL INVITATION TO BE PRESENT - Thompson-Belden & Co. The Fashion Center of the Middle West ESTABLISHED 1886