Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 3

B Nebraska MOREHEAD TURNS | DOWN PETITION | Army of Solicitors for Prohibi!ion“ Invade Lincoln, but Not All Succeed, SUPT- DICK PROVES SUCCESSFUL (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 1.—(Special Telegram.) ~Lincoln has been besieged today with | an army of petition solicitors who have had considerable success in getting sign- ers to submit the question of prohibition to the voters at the next election. One man appeared at the state house, but Governor Morehead refused to sign his petition, having made a rule when he entered the executive office that he | would not sign petitions or recommenda- | tions for ecigars, medicines or things of like nature. Some of the other officersq were absent, Thomas, the three members of the Rail way commission and members of the Board of Control signed the petition, { Dick Seems Successful. While a resident of the state only a | short time and in the employ of the state | little over a year, Superintendent Dick | of the State Normal school at Kearney | appears to have been pretty successful in landing jobs for his family. A report | filed with the state auditor shows that a daughter, Margaret Dick, is on tne payroll of the Kearney normal at $0 a month, and it is said that another daugh. ter is on the Peru normal payroll. The report shows an expenditure of | $116,37 for the last year for maintenance | and $3707.50 from the institution cash | fund. Teed to Red Cloud. A. V. Teed, assistant superintendent of publie instruction, left this morning for an inspection of rural schools and to in- vestigate_methods of standardization in rural high schools. His first stop will be made at Red Cloud. Gmaha Dalry Tests Low. State Chemlist Frisbie has been making a test of milk furnished him by inspectors who have been investigating Omaha dairy products and has discovered that of the sixty-two samples tested, twelve of them went below the legal require- ment of 18 per cent butterfat. These sam- ples ran from 11 to 15 per cent and pro- ceedings will be started immediately to prosecute the offenders. Prison Board to Meet. The state prison pardon board will meet tomorrow to take up cases of applications for parole. There are no applications for pardon. The board has mot had an ap- plication of the latter kind for several meetings, but applications for parole are always plentiful Changes to State Bank, The First National bank of Clarks has been granteq leave to change from a national bank to a state bank under the name of the State bank of Clarks. The capital of the bank will remain the same, $50,000. Officers are Walter Cham- berlain, president; Michael Shonesy, vice president; Marion Chamberlain, cashier, and Mark P. Sears, assistant cashier. Two Hundred Join Aurora Churches AURORA, Neb,, Dec. 1—(Special)— More than 200 additions have been made to the membership of the local churches in the last two days. Evangelistic serv. ices are being held in all of the churches of the city for the purpose of gathering in the converts of the recent tabernacle Iieetings held here. The United Bréthren church has had the largest addition to its membership. The new members number as follows The United Brethren, 102; the Methodist church, 8: the Christian church, 30; the Presbyterian church, 24; the Lysinger Fresbyterian church (a country church), 18; the Congregational church, 13; mak- ing a total of 215 additions to the local church membership. The evangellstic meetings will be held for two weeks. They began last Sunday evening and will close Sunday evening, December 12, Evangellst Kirkland claimed ebout 300 converts and as many more fevmer members of churches who wanted to again become affiliated with some chureh. FALLS CITY GIRL TO MARRY MAN FROM PITTSBURGH FALLS CITY, Neb,, Dec. L—(Special.)— Miss Aleece Jaquet, who has been a teacher of French in the city schools of Ithpeming, Mich., the last two years, has resigned her position and arrived home Monday. Her parents announce her ap- treaching marriage to Fred Kolb Houck of Pittsburgh, Pa., which will take place during the holidays. - Miss Jaquet is an sccomplished woman, being a graduate of an castern college and teacher in a young women's seminary at Loulsville, Ky. Besides having mastered several lan- guages she Is an accomplished musician ard singer, Notes from Beatrice, BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 1.—Two cases of diphtheria were reported to the city board of health Tuesday. A week ago the scourge in the city was entirely wiped out, but three new cases have de- veloped the last few days. Floyd Smith of West Beatrice on Tues- day purchased the grocery store of G. H. Harder and took possession tcday. Julius Lambert, a well-known farmer, living two miles southwest of Cortland, diéd Tuesday evening of cancer of the liver. He was a veteran of the civil war_and leaves no family, except his widow, The Coon Dog trust of this city held its fifteenth annual banquet Tuesday evening at a local cafe. Two coon and two 'pos- sum, with sweet potatoes and coffee made up the bill of fare, E. W, Hackney was toastmaster, Aged Falls City Man Hurt. FALLS CITY, Neb., Dec. 1.—(Special.)- G. P. Grinstead, who is nearing 8 years of age, met with an accident which cost | Iim a broken collarbone and a badly Lruised head and hip. A horse he was driving became frightened and ran three Liocks, when it stumbled and fell, throw- | ing the buggy upside down upon Mr. tirnstead. The horse being badly tangled 1 the harness tried to free Limself, and o doing fell over upon Mr. Grinstead, ho would have smothered had it not icen for the timely assistance of the ncighbors Mr. Grinstead is one of the idoneers of Nebraska, having resided in Humboldt a number of years before com- & to Falls City. | ernor but State Superintendent | | without | Stated that | cut of the state. Nebraska JUDGE HOSTETLER DECLINES, Kearney Jurist Tells His Friends| He Cannot Be Candidate for Nomination for Governor. LIKES HIS WORK ON THE BENCH KEARNEY, Neb, Dec. 1- Judge B. 0. Hostetler yesterday itely announced to a company of his | friends that he will not be a candidate for the republican nomination for gov- (8pecial.) defin- | For a number of weeks there has been more or less discussion of Judge Hose tetler as a possible candidate, the first | rumors coming from the eastern part of the state, and the subject being taken up by a number of his fellow citizens. The matter finally reached a head yesterday | when he wak called upon at his home in Kearney by a deputation of republicans | who were desirous that he should be- | come a candidate, The matter was pre- | ented as strongly as possible, but no tronger than the sentiment that had been expressed by many citizens during | the hurried canvass. Judge Hostetler stated in reply. that | the use of his name has been entirely his knowledge; that he had | neither inspired or encouraged it, and he could not see his way clear to becomo | a candidate at this time, no matter how encouraging the outlook might be. Ha his work upon the bench was in line with his profession; that he enjoyed it and was satisfied with such {honor and emoluments as the judseship { brought him Debt Twenty Years | 0ld Grows Some| _ AURORA, Neb, Dec. | \When a man has to pay a debt that is| twenty years old he finds it has grown | | | 1.— (Special.) — some. The case of Farley against Cox, over a note signed by Cox In 1805, has just been decided by Judge Corcoran in favor of the plaintiff. The original| notc was $112 and the judgment is almost $3%. Cox signed this note and borrowed the money in 1895. He then left the state and has never returned. He lived in Towa, Iiinols, Kansas and Texas. His attor- reys claimed that the statute of limita- ! ticns of the state of Kansas had run| against the debt, but the court found otherwise. The Nebraska statute of limi- tations does not run while a debtor is' Since the statute of no | | other state had run it did not run in Ne-| braska, under this decision | | LEADING RICHARDSON COUNTY BANKER IS DEAD | STELL, Neb., Dec. 1.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—Isaac W. Harris, 68 years of age, | died at his home at Stella today. He was a retired farmer and left a large ate. He was a director in the State | bank of Omaha and was interested in| the State bank of Stella, Farmers' Btate bank of Shubert and a bank at Hum-| boldt. He was president of the Richard- son County Farmers' Mutual Insurance | company ever since it was organized | thirty years ago. Mrs. Harris died last| February. BIx children survive, Mrs. Ralph AsClark, Guy Harrls, Misses Olive and Lucile Harris of Stella, George and | Burt Harrls of North Yakima, Wash. Burial will be in the Stella cemetery, MRS. COMSTOCK SUES KEARNEY SALOON MEN KEARN Neb.,, Dec. 1.—(Special Telegram.)—Mrs. Lee Comstock of this city is asking $10,000 damages from the | former saloon keepers of Kearney for ! the death of her husband last spring, who she alleges in her petition came | to his death by self-inflictea injuries, due to inebriation. The case came up for hearing in this city yesterday before Judge B. O. Hostetler of the district court. GIRL WHO LIGHTED FIRE WITH OIL FATALLY BURNED CURTIS, Neb., Dec. 1.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Miss Mertie May, living north of Curtis, used coal oil to light her fire yes- terday and an explosion followed, and in an instant she was enveloped in flames. Her burns are fearful and death seems certain, Rl LT MeCook Ploneer is Dead. M'COOK, Neb., Deec. 1.—(Special body of Mrs, John F. Porter, who re- cently dled_at Burkett, Neb., was buried here Monday arternoon. her son, Wil- liam Porter of Juniata, brought the body here. Deceased was a ploneer resident of this county, coming to Nebraska in an early day from lowa. Her veteran husband was buried here about a year ago. To Dedicate MOUNT AYR, Ia., Dec. The new First Baptist church, which has just been completed at a cost of about $20,000, will be dedicated next Sun- day. Rev. W, 8. Abernathy, D. D., pastor | of the First Baptist church of Kansas City, will preach the dedicatory sermon. Rev. Willlam Edwin Darrow is pastor. CAN'T SAY IF WOMEN SAVED CITY COURT PLAN | DES MOINES, Dec. L—Incomplete canvassing of the returns of Monday's election on a street rallway franchise and | municipal court in Des Moines failed to reveal whether woman voters were re- sponsible for the sixty-five majority se- cured by the municipal court proposition. Opponents of the measure will attack its legality, if the women's votes carried it through, on the ground that the women were not lawful voters. The result of the granting of & new street rallway tranchise will be the sale of six tickets for a quarter beginning January 1, 1916, according to the company's officlal PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS 1.—(8pecial.)— Bo'sun's Mate Richard Dixon is back from Lincoln, where he had charge of the branch recruiting office of the navy Postoffice Inspector Warren is in the city, consulting with Sylvester Rusi. spo clal assistant to the altorney general Howarq R. Grebe has gone to Austin, Tex., with a moving picture camera, rep- rescnting the Paragon Feature Film com- Dr. Millener, superintendent of the Unjon Pacific bullding, who has been ili and confined to his rooms during the | deposited in banks. poeetl | {over to the state treasurer so it can't An inquiry at the office of the board | concern. Several years ago, while clean- | tinual fouling of his own nest” daid not ' 3 . » k lof control today whether dny other state |ing & gun, it went off and the wmmd[pruw effective; “it was porlerllv p0|-> Tempors.u Office and Phone: 929 clty Nat l, Doug 3108. institution has been able to collect in- | made amputation of one of hip arms sible to take stronger measures.’ |the superintendents of other institutions |are reéguired to turn thelr cash funds last ten days, has #o far recovered that he is aga'n at the office J. M. Gillan, state ageut for the Fidel'ty Mutual Life Insurance company left Tuos- day San krancise o.er the Union Pariric, He will take in the San Francisco exposition en the closing days and then do Los Angeles and Ban Diego, returning w0 Omaba in about three weeks. THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 3 - - | . . | " No Harm if the Good Old Family VILLA REGIME IS The Promotion Names Die Out Declares Myrs. Blair DISINTEGRATING ,,,,, | Aol 0 i i : | of Health { PuritAn families are dying out? May | Army Said to Be Slowly Dispersing | flower, ancestry fom't -‘necessaty ~for | and Many of His Leaders Are | Good health must have its fei-9] Americans in Uni s N | start in the Stomach, Liver in United Statss. Thus spoke Mrs. John Blaiy, treasurer 1 ‘ prrt | and Bowels, for these organs - | artstocratic famittes ! | 5L PASO, Tex, Dec. 1.—~Under an and have direct influence on [l Desoendants of Philadelphia Quakers § | exterior of seeming tranquillity the | the entire system. and New England Pilgrims have been | convention, or Villa government, or - criticifed frequently for permitting the ; ganization south of Juarez, ita sole | If stomach weakness is al- i 0ld American stock to die out. The latest pert of entry, apparently is disinte lowed to develop, digestion - critic Is Prof. E. G, Conklin of Prince- % kvating, according to advices re- | becomes impaired, the appe- — H lceived here. Close advisers point to tite begins to wane, the liver Prot. Conklin spoke at the convention the departure of functionaries, the | becomes lasy and the bowels [0 B2 DN AR QUSIRION. for 1He FTe. shrinkage of territory without con ¢ \,T”Tn Ml “‘“‘l‘l R n\‘ "hl:n ] 1'.:1( at the approach of Carranza | comtlpated. - delphia. He a red that families who 4 S i l.n’.;“”:, mn |h:|r e e ! | furces and the suspension of f‘nrolkn( Therefore the g'reat im- | out from deliberate race suicide. g m\no:! lm::ultr\nn as indications o portance of esta.blishmg and - “1t/14 rather snobbish and un-American § | Cisintegration. ; to congider New England and Phiadel- £ | ¥ransisco Escudero, minister of finance, | mmntflhmg strength and phia Ancestry necessary for Americans, E the last of the Villa officials u.“\‘. e | vigor in these organs at all - eald Mrs, Blair, “The 'Infusion of new § Mexico, 18 reported in Los Angeles uel [ blood makes for democracy. § Diaz Lombardo, minister of forelgn rela times. To this end just t.ry “There is really no such thing as & t'ons is here and Dr arza Cardenas, pure ‘strain in this country. We are a & | minister of gobernacion, is reported in HusTETTER s people of mixed blood. There is no room H Arizona | h: a democratic country for race snob- H ym an authoritative source - bishnéks. The American Indlan is the |learned the departm ;x.- .vlrl u(‘m | o o 0 of ¢ 0 b a {have Leen move unofficially to J 1t' was prbably the aristrocracy of ‘-vx-ymnd-d‘ nd a strict censorship Is Pligrigns to become known as the first | While Governor Avila u‘lu:h* i« ’~l| - | familfes. Other races, other ancesiors huahua City, it is generally \111414140«‘- ‘ { . » are quite as xood stock. But If it Is trae i practically Is governed by It is Nature’s one best ai 5] that_thore boy bables are born during General Manuel Oachoa, military con | in the promotion of health. war tites, some of the “'gold old names WO Yo o | mander at -_""""v And & General’ VillA should be continued for some gen IPOELL / AL i AT tions. They will have a splendid oppor- Dr0S,N.y. " They hold in silence plan cause, | justice in the absence of established .7 I l l Ifil I l I l I I collect its revenues and dispens courts, From rellable sources, however, it \ is understood they have determined to amount left in the hands of the institu- [evacuate Chihuahua City in a few weeks, | that interest can be drawn as it is small | northward movement to impede Carranza | Beatrice Institute Head Shows thatmml of a checkable nature. Chairman |forces until the end of the race season | | Kennedy said that the matter of the |in Juarez | S“'e F“nd! K.'e E'med Beatrice institution would be looked into | Officials in Juarez admit the southern ! 318& | tunity to apread the old American fdeals MRS 'JOHN BLAI)E . MANAGEMENT SERVICE IDEAS AFTER DECEMBER 15, 1915 THE OMAHA GARAGE, Inc. NEW to sec if there was not some way to |most point controlled by Villa forces is compel the superintendent to turn that |Santa Rosalta, about 100 miles south € fund into the state treasury the same | Chihuaghua City. According to the best | | perintendents of other institutions. ormado ere ore o | SHOOK 70 BOARD OF CONTROL| ™ "’*rinitnienis of siher niuton | averiing apobmualle; o appoRtHy: Cule Hotel Patron Takes { huahua City from the vicinity of Minica |on the west, Santa Rosalia on the south POISOD Whlle Sea;ted vnn.l Ojinaga on the west Lol Waiting for Service| Monastir Formally | Yields to Bulgars| LONDON, Dec. l—Monastir was for mally surrendered to the Bulparians on (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. I.—(Speclal)— | One Athte Institution has set an example | for others to follow by making a report that $198 in interest has been collected during the last year and a halt on mone will be open for business at 2010-2012-2014-2016 Harney St., as an up-to-date garage with a thoroughly modern equipped repair plant in charge of our Automobile Engineer, Mr. Masters, and a most com- petent force of expert mechanics, Our supply department will prop- erly fulfill your wants This! astonishing report comes from the | Panic relgned in the dining room of Beatrice Institution for the feeble minded | the Harney hotel, Fourteenth and Har- and has caused such a sensation on the ney streets, carly last evening when a board of control that the matter will be | waitress discovered that W. B, Grosvenor, looked into and if possible the superin- | whose dinner was about to Monday, according to an Athers dis- tendent be required to turn the money | tae was dend. | pateh to the Daily Telegraph | While apparently waiting for service he | liad swallowed the contents of a bottle ot | JOHN SIMON TELLS LORD ! carbolic ncld ,and died a few moments NORTHCLIFFE TO LOOK OUT| afterwards. Grosvenor was about 3 years old. Mis| | ron Dae 1-8ir John Simon, | secretary of state for home affairs, wife and five children survive. They rved notice on Lord Northel'ffe today | | Mive in Florence, where they have been This came fro mthe fund paid in from mr the last three years, ever since |y the House of Commons that If the | gentler way" heretofore pursued to in- | ; 2 | the aifferent countles for the clothing | GTosvenor came here trom Waterloo, Ta., |- rid! as the iepresentative of a refrigerator | quco his newspapers to stop the “con- We aim to give the public the proper service long needed in the garage busines Car owners desiring competent and responsible service will do well to make your needs known and ourjexpert will eall on you . order she draw any interest. In his report to the state auditor made i today,. Dr. Fast, superintendent of the |institution, makes a showing that since {January 1, 1914, there has been paid in intereat from banks where the funds of the institution have been deposited, $195. For car space reservations, address the Omaha Garage Inc. H. A. MASTERS, Pres. 5. ORLOFF, Treas. 8. FLEISHMAN, Sec. terest on funds brought the response that | necessary. Friends say desponden:y ovi his crippled condition caused him to take | nis 1ite wife, Canndians Are Flush, OTTAWA, Ont, Dec The $50,000,000 He left a sealed note to his|Canadian domesiic war loan has been subscribed twice over. More than 23 separate subscriptions were recefved, into the state treasury and that the If Your Health Is Poor Your Work Suffers ' B ONSTIPATION threatens your health every day, every hour that you permit it to persist. To disregard it is to invite disaster, for constipation is the underlying cause of many more serious disorders. Nujol REC.U.S. PAT. OFF. A PURE WHITE MINERAL OIL is odorless and tasteless, nbsoiutely neutral, and is not digested or absorbed into the system. It acts merely as a mechanical Jubricant. k Nujol is not a drug. Its use will not give quick, temporary relief. 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