Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1915, Page 3

THE OMAHA Nebraska TWENTY MILLIONS RAISED IN TAXES State Auditor Smith Compiles Com. plete Figures on Assessment of Nebraska. DOUGLAS PAYS GOODLY AMOUNT (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. 25 — (Special.)—Ne- braska's total assessed valuation this year s $500,000000, according to figures prepared by State Auditor Smith. The assessed valuation of the ninety-three oounties of the state, to be exact, is $471,- 067,168, putting the actual wealth of the wtate, as revealed by the assessor's fig- ures, well over $2,00,0.0,0. The actual value is five times the assessed valuation, The total tax levy for all purposes, in- cluding state, county, school, township and road districts, brings in $ , of which approdmately one-half is for edu- cational purposes, including the support of the stato university, normal, city and rural schools. The state receives only about one-sixth of the total for the support of its various institutions, according to the figures com- piled by the auditor. Douglas county contributes share of the wealth and taxes of the state, having an assessed valuation of $47,013,638; total tax levied of $1,395,383 and state tax levied of $364,798 Requisition Issued, Another is Honored (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) LINOOLN, Sept. 2.—(Special.)—Requis tion papers for the return of John Me- Clure, jr., of Benedict, Neb., who is now under arrest at Pekin, Iil,, were granted by Governor Morehead today. McClure is charged with felonous assault. MeClure felled Willlam Johnson with a club, after a dispute on August 2, ac- cording to the information. Johnson was rendered senseless and his skull frac- tured in two places. He is now partially recovered. County Attorney O. S. Gilmore and Deputy Sheriff C. A. Peterson of York county came to Lincoln with the warrants and were met by Sheriff J. C. Miller, who started immediately for Tllinols after McClure, The governor honored a requisition trom Virginia to have W. N. Sedgely re- turned for grand larceny at Richmond, where he is accused of stealing jewelry to the wvalue of $40. He {s under arrest at Rushville, Neb. Cuts Down Limit For Filing Briefs (From & Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. 2.—(Special.)—The su- preme court took another step today to | hurry up the work of clearing its docket | and made possible the hearing of cases | six months earlier than under the old a large P (e —— |. D.C.Ayres | A sdolal event of unusual interest, observed at Minden, Neb., on S:ptember 12, was the triple golden wedding cele- bration of Mr. and Mre. L. R. Brown, Mr, and Mrs. D. B. Topham and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ayres, all ploneers of Min- den. Participating in the festivitics at the Odd Fellows' temple were members of the Grand Army of the Republic, Ladies' Circle, Sons of Veterans and rela- tives and friends of the homored gueets. Rev. J. W. Pressly of the Presbyterian | church performed the ceremony for Mr. |and Mrs. Brown; Rev. R. L. Welch of the United Presbyterian church, officl- | ated for Mr. and Mrs. Ayres; while Rev. | M. B. Carman rerharried Mr. and Mrs. | Topham, | Miss Alice Gordon opened the program with the “Lohengrin” Wedding March. | Mrs, L. Godfrey sang, ‘Love's Old | Bweet Song,” and Clarice Slusser rend- lered “Fifty Years Ago.” Mre. R. L. Welch read, “The Golden Wedding,” writ- |ten for the occasion by Mrs, Julla M. | Klinck. Mrs. -Emma Jones and Miss | Daisy Slusser .wer so well received in | thetr duet, “Silver Threads Among the Gold,"” that they responded with, “When You and I Were Young, Maggle.” Miss Margaret Copeland favored the merry company with, “I Will Love You When the Silver Threads Are Among the Gold.” The supper tables were decorated with | golden rods, cannas and marigolds, dainty | suggestions of the sunset of life. 2Mrs.D.C.Ayres LR . Brown A striking feature of the occasion was the fact that the three venerable ‘‘bric:- grooms,” were veterans of the civil w * The following girls carried flowers dur- | . D.B.Topham SUNDAY 1 Nebraska BAR COMMISSION ALL REAPPOINTED Supreme Court Again Names Five Applicants Heretofore. MISS LATHROP BACK IN LINCOLN (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. %.—(Special.)—The su- preme court has reappointed all the five members of the state bar commission, | whose duty ls to examine applicants for | bar examinations, investigate charges | against attorneys and make recommen- dations on these matters to the supreme court, The five, reappointed for another eral of the Nebraska Grand Army of the [ ot other veterans tor Washington, to ate tend the national Grand Army of the Republic encampment. A speclal train | will carry the Nebraska delegation from | Omaha, No Evidence of Rables. The body of & cat, which had bit a | | man at Lushton, was examined for hydr: { phobla by State Bacteriologist Wild to- day. A letter from Dr. J. E. Prest. ex | plained the circumstances. No evidence | of rables wer found More Room for Pool. Another room has ben added to the sec retary of state's office to provide mo facilities for the storage of automobilo number plates as they arrive from the tactory. New Cedar Creek Bank, The First Security State bank of Cedar Creek, with a gapital of §10,00, was granted a charter by the State Banking | board Saturday. Its officers are: Willlam Schnelder, president; W. H. Lohnes, vic: | president, and J. ¥. Woreman, secretary Lathrop Returns. Miss Edith A. Lathrop has returned to the office of state superintendent of public Instruction after spending the sum- mer In the east, where for six weeks sho o - the summer course at John Hopkins uni- wn versity. Miss Lathrop is In charge of tho m"'z'fl'mo rural educational department in the state ing the ceremony, which preceded the program: Vera Anderson, Ardis York, Martha Wheeler, Bessle Wood, Sarah Hopfer and Virginla Slusser. Shell Metal Used DRY GflNVEfiTlON 70 MEET Seven Hundred Delegates Have Filed Credentials for Gather- ing at Lincoln. NOTABLE MEN ARE TO SPEAK (From a Staff Correspondent) | LINCOLN, Sept. 2.—(Speclal.)—Over procedure. Ohief Justioe Morrissey today an-| nounced that the high court would limit the time for filing briefs after arguments had been submitted to six months, Here- 700 delegates had filed credentials for the Nebraska Dry convention, to be-held in Lincoln next Wednesday and Thursday, September 29 and 30, according to an- nouncement made by the committee iny tofore attorneys have had a year in' . harge today. which to file briefs. The effect of the mhe committee expects an attendance new ruling will be to bring a'case be-!,¢ 3000, The convention will ‘be held in fore the high court for decision six'ine city auditoHum. months earller than heretofore, | The detalled program was made public | BAEHR LEAVES THE SERVICE, DOUG! 8 COUNTY PRISONERS' RECEIVED AT PENITENTIARY ! (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. Garcfa, the Mexican, convicted of having . hand In the murder of Tom Ring, ' Omaha detective, last spring, and sen- tenced to lfe imprisonment, has been re- celved at the state penitentiary. ~ Garcla and others had been under sus- picion of being box car thieves. Ring was watching them when he was shot. Garcla and & companion were followed to Fremont after the shooting, where Garcla was captured. His companion killed himself near Wisner. Three other Douglas county convicts were received. They were Jack Harmon, sentenced to from one to seven years for robbery, and Joe Cook and George Smith, sentenced to from one to ten years for burglary. ! BEET SUGAR TONNAGE HEAVIER THAN YEAR AGO M'COOK, Neb., Sept. 20.—The Culbert- son and Frenchman valley beet sugar eountry expects to be able to begin ship- ping its first sugar heets to market by October 1. Practically all of the beets from this territory are shipped to Grand Island. Mr. Hagge, the district repre- sentative of the company, states that the tonnage will be heavier than last year from his territory. Notes from Chadron. CHADRON, Neb., Sent. 25.—(Special.)— Work commenced yesterday tearing down the old frame buildings that have | stood since Chadron existed, thirty years, to give place for a uew building for the First National bank. The new building is to be 50 by 100 feet, of brick and stone, and will be heated by power from the electric plant. The city council gave the Intermountain Electrie Light company a franchise' for heating, and about a dozen of the larger buildings have signed contracts for heat. at the Young Men's Christian asaoctation bullding to teachers and students attend ing the normal and high schools. Mrs. Elisabeth O'Linn Smith presided, and Mayor Fisher, Revs. Father Dolan Bturdevant, Williams, Banks, Stough, and Profs. Sparkes and Hays responded The Chadron contingent left for State university Tuesday night. They were Traverse Foster, George Lowenthal, Irma Carmean, Charles Coffee. A few more will follow. Notes from ¥ BLOOMFIELD, Neb., Secpt —(Spe- clal.)—Custave Martens and Frieda Tunge, both of Santee, were married lust Wednesday by Rev. A. Spleckermann. The young couple will leave next week for Ekalaka, Mont, where the bride- groom owns a farm. L. Leffler, who several weeks sgo went to Omaha to have a cataract removed from an eye, is back again Lester Sherman Beach, son of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Beach of Ekalaka, Mont., dled here as a result of spinal meningitis. Mrs. Beach and babe came from Montans to attend the funeral of her brother, Roy Calvin,, and it must have been on this trip that the little one contracted the “iacase. %.—(Special.)—Joe | today. The convention will be called to order by Mayor C. W. Bryan at 1:30 and "# n- porary Chairman 8. P. Davidson v\llll make the opening address, | Following the appointment of commit= | tees and reports on (‘N(‘Lvnlmlu, Dr, Perly A. Baker of Ohio will deliver an address. | The committee on campaign work and organization will then report. speaks. | A business session will feature the| Thursday morning program, with Judge M. B. Reese, Judge A. C. Epperson, H.| | B. Sackett, Chancellor Willlam Oeschger | of Cotner university, Judge E. P. Holmes and J. N. Dryden of Kearney talking. | The bus'ness will be rinished Thurs- day eveninz and Governor Frank M.| Byrne of South Dakota will deliver the! closing address, Suddeth Refuses To Prosecute Wife (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. ‘2.—(Special.)—James | Suddeth, who was shot in the back abéut | a month ago by his wife, refused to ap- | pear against her in the criminal prose- cutlon, arising from the shooting, and | County Attorney Hager dlsmissed the | case. Suddeth even pald the costs of | prosecution i his request that the pro- | ceedings be dropped, H FINE EXHIBITION IS MADE | OF DRAFT HORSES AT ALBION ALBION, Neb., Bept. 2%.—(Speclal)— The Boone County Agricultural assocla- tion today closed one of the most suc- cesaful fairs in ita history. The demand | for more ground and buildings is a seri- |ous and pressing need. New depart- ments are being developed and the older ones continually growing. The horse depertment crowde its pres. ent capacity to the limit | pure bred draft horses. The show for | the Jones silver cup, which was won by | Bowman & Bon, was the greatest exhibi- tion of draft horses ever shown in the state, Two head were in this contest Howard Gramlich of Lincoln placed the awards, KOENIGSTEIN ACQUITTED RY JURY AT MADISON MADISON, 26.—(8pecial Telegram.)—In of the state | aguinst Art Koenigsteln, former county {attorney, & jury turned in @ verdict for | acquittal. Koenigsteln had been charged with receiving money for protection of | keepers of houses of fll-fame at Norfolk, Horee' Lonvieted of Assauit, COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept, %.—(Special,) —After deliberating fully fifteen hours | on the evidence submitted in #tw case of the State of Nebraska against John Hor- &t Humphrey, Neb., a jury in the distrie. | court yesterday ryturned a verdiot find lng the defendant gulity of assault and battery. Bee Want Ads Produ Results. | Max J. Baehr of St | ment. There were 151 A public reception was given last night | head on exhibition, 100 of which were | | eck, in which the defendant was charged | with assaulting 1T-year-old Minnie Kosch | RUSHVILLE PIONEER [ DIES IN CALIFORNIA| RUBHVILLE, Neb, Sept. 2%.—(Special.)| ~Word was received last night of the| death of G. D. Peck, founder of the Peck 'Hardware company, who died at Los An- geles Thursday. Mr. Peck was one of | the old settlers of Sheridan county, com- Ing here in 1886, He was born iIn New York, and after bullding up a competency here, he retired, leaving the business in the hands of his eldest son, G. D. Peck, who left last night for Los Angeles to attend the funeral. United States Consul at Berne De- clines Yo Accept Transfer to Azores. TAKES POKE AT MERIT SYSTEM WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—(Speclal Tel- egram.)—As intimated in the dispatches, | Paul, Neb., the United Btates consul to Berne, Switzer- land, has declined the transfer from | Berne to St. Michaels, Azores, recently In the evening Bishop Frank Bristol|naqe by President Wilson, and will re- | pronounced the bond ample security, tire from the consular service upon the | acoeptance of his resignation. In a letter to the secretary of state from Olenfuegos, Cuba, under date of | September 19, Mr. Baehr says: I have the honor to acknowledge the | receipt of your cablegram of September 18 announcing my transfer from Berne. Switzerland, to St. Michaels, Azores and to confirm herewith my cable in answer thereto, as follow Secretary of State. Washington—Regret cannot accept St. Michacls. Writing. nearly elghteen years I have had| consular service, and ‘nl o given to the several po- sitions to which I have been accredited | the thought, the most careful considera-| tio; d the wisest judgment with which I have been possessed, to the end that the good name of my country should be uppermost with those having business! with the consulates over which T had | to preside. mfi 'r'.unorb«:n My one ambition to be| considered & good servang by the depart- N6 position which you now tender mI ‘doé:onul seem to met the merit sys- Tom ‘o often referred to, mot omy in re- rts of officials of the department, but P fesibiative channels, and theretore seelng 1o hope of advancement, but feving "hat T should now be 'ih class 4 or higher, 1 herewith beg t tender you my resignation to take eff. forthwith, P9 assured, however, Mr. secretary, of | my ‘wppreciation of your kindly consid- | i "carr. head of the consular bureau in the State department, stated today that Mr. Baehr's resignation Was not unex- pected, although he very greatly regretfed to see a splendid official leave the service.' He said Mr. Bachr had shown ex®pumnal abllity in the several positions he had filled since his appointment to the con- sular service nearly twenty years ago. | Mr, Carr regretted that a promdtion was not possible at this time. “The transfer to the Azores,” sald Mr. Carr, “seemed the very best the depart- ment could do for Mr. Baehr in view of his determination not to return to Berne. St. Michales {s on a par with Berne and [ 18 in the same class. However, Mr, Baehr | has seen fit to leave the eervice for which I am sorry as we need capabls business men to represent the government in for- elgn countries.” FUNERAL OF POSTMASTER OF LINCOLN IS TODAY (From a Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, Sept, 2%.—(Special.)~The fu- | neral of Addison 8. Tibbetts, prominent lawyer, emocratic politician and tempo- rary postmaster of Lincoln, will be held at his home at 2 o'cloox Sunday after- noon. After the services the Knights Templar will escort the body t§ Wyuks cemetery, and the Masonic lodge will of- ficlate at the grave, Judge Tibbets, who was 6 years of age, 1s survibed by & widow and two brothers and two sisters. The brothers are George W. Tibbets of Hastings, attorney, and Lem Tibbets of Hastings, clerk of the district court of Adams county. The sisters are Mrs. Ida Hill and Miss Anna Tibbets, both of Lincoln. To Make Ornaments (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) PARIS, Sept, Z—Many of the metal artisans and engravers ' serving in the artillery devote their to carving ornaments from aluminum and copper taken from exploded Ger- man shells. These souvenirs, made be- neath the bomb proof shelters at the front, have been highly prized by the reciplents at home, and until a short time ago it was impossible to buy them. Recently a socloty ' was whose aim is to dispose of these trinkets, the proceeds of thelr sale being for- warded directly to the men themselves Kach article is accompanfed by a ocard Bridge Firm Will Construct Spans, Though Bid is Low (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. 25.—(Special)—Rather than forfelt its $5,000 certified check put up when it bid on the state ald bridge over the Loup river at St. Paul, Neb., the Central States Bridge company of In- dianapolls has sent to State Engineer Johnson its bond of $28,6 to complete the work. In an endeavor to beat its rivals and Members Who Have Examined ! year, are: W. L. Anderson, Lincoln, sec- retary: D. McCandless, Wymore; | Bernard McNeny, Red Cloud; N, C, Pratt, Omaha, and J. J. Ledwith, Lincoln Veterans East, A. M. Trimble, assistant adjutant gen- Republie, will leave Sunday with a arty | J had the department of rural education in | superintendent's office. | lelsure moments | organized, | et into Nebraska territory the company underbid its lowest competitor by 6,000, a figure which was $0,00 below the lowest figure recelved a year ago for the construction of the bridge, all of which bearing the name and military address of the maker, and if dosired the pur- casher may recelve a card of acknowl- edgment from him. Aluminum vings are the most popular, but lockets, brooches, bracejets, paper knives, h recelvers, paper welghts, ink- stands, and various other articles of every day use are made. were rejeckd, The'price fixed by the company was $28,636. When the Central States firm di:covered it was so far below its rivals it sought Lorraine, emblem of Joan of Are, Is to have the contract cancelled, but the | gavorite’ design for rings: four. leaf county und the state boards Insisted oft |ciovers, horse shoes, and occuslonally the completion of the work, or forfeit| . 1 some special mark of the regiment are also employed Bxploded shells, and fragments, are used in many Parisian homes, as flowor pots, vases for cut flowers, umbrella stands, and similar vees. SUPPLY SOLDIER BOYS AT WAR WITH GOSPEL BOOKS LONDON, Sept. 21.—The only exports in bulk which are going through unim- peded to Germany nowadays are sent the $,000 put up as a guarantee of good faith. Attorney General Willis E. Reed has nd the check for $5,000 will be returned to the company, together with the checks of two other low bidders, held in o the Indlanapolls company was not able to carry out its contract and the next bid- der would get the work, _ Moistare Retards Corn. from .the warehouses of the British and BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. %.—(Special|joreign Bible soclety, and consist of Telegram.)—A steady rain has been fall- | ¢agtaments, psalm books, and portions ing in this section today. The molature will retard corn, which has been ripening fast the last two weeks. of the gospels. Over a million books of this character have been shipped since the beginning of the war, The soclety is supplying scriptural reading to all the nations at war. This of course is quite apart from the normal work of the moclety. The past year has been the busiest in its long history. During August the export in- cluded over 30 cases, welghing forty tons. For the Russian armies alone 460,000 testaments have Been provided, partly by the help of contributions from Sunday school scholars in the United States. The bulk of the books sent out during the past years have been bound in khaki for field service. Bven the Ger- man prisoners in Japan, taken at Kiao- chau, have been supplied. ARCHITECTS AND ARTISTS PROTECT THE CATHEDRAL LONDON, Sept. 18.—An assoclation of architects and art craftsmen now does duty In proteeting St. Paul's cathedral, presumably in case of incendiary bombs being dropped upon it by Zeppelins. These men, who include many well known architects, serve in addition to the regular watchman. Sand boxes and shovels for putting out fires are placed in convenient cornerw, just as they are | in the museums and art galleries of London. So far the Zeppelins have de- stroyed nothing of importance in the way of art or architecture in England. 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