Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1916, Page 3

[ ( g THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1916 3 6, Nebraska 'HOW TO PILE UP THE YEARS | Nebraska CLARKE COMES 0UT Father Who Brought ‘ FOR COMMISSIONER Chairman of Railway Board Will Make the Race to Suc- ceed Himself. SANDALL ENTERS THE FRAY (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. b6.—(Special.)—~Chalr- man Henry T. Clarke has decided to file for the republican nomination for rafl- way commissioner to succeed himself. Mr. Clarke has been a member of the board from its very beginning, when the board was created by a majority vote of the people in 196, Mr. Clarke was ap- pointed by Governor George L. Sheldon as one of the three commissioners. Be ing a lawyer, he was able to handle the complicated legal controversies have come up before the board and advise his assoclates in a way which has been of immense value to the state. While Mr. Clarke has made some ene- mies because of his determination to hew to the line, yet most of them are big enough to give him credit for honesty of purpose even though his opinion have been against them. His assoclation with men connected with national affairs and the Interst te Commerce commission has been responsible for the mention of his name as one of the men to be appointed to the Interstate (Commerce commission in its enlarged form Sandal] Files. Senator C. As Sandall of York has filed for the republican nomination for attor ney general. time that Senator Sandall was consider- ing the matter. The York man was con- sidered one of the shining lights of the last senate. He is a good speaker, forci- ble and eloquent, a good attorney, has a #ood law practice and a good partner to whom he can turn over the business with- out much loss and return to it when his terms of office expire, Another well-known citizen who an- nounced this morning that he had been unable to withstand the onslaughts of the political bug is Senator I. L. Albert of Columbus. Senator Albert served in the 1911 state senate and was a leading member. He las also served as district judge of the Columbus district and was a supreme court commissioner from 191 to 194. He is a' democrat and filed for senator in the Eleventh district to su ceed Senator Krumbach, BALANCE OF CASH ON HAND IN THE STATE TREASURY (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 5. — (Special.) — The monthly report of State Treasurer Hall, given out this morning, shows that the State treasury had a balance of $78,300.47 greater at the close of Business Decem- ber 31 than it had at the close of business at the end of the previous month. The former report showed a balance of $1,204,708, while the report today shows a balance of $1,284,008.82 Th eamounts are credited as follows: Checks and cash on hand.......$ 19,045.31 Cash on deposit........ e 1,000,124 8 University fund warrants.... 4.4 Normal school warrants 88,504.16 Johngon county warrant 2500.00 | Bonds held as cash 55,000.00 STATE HOUSE IS .COLD PLACE ON A COLD DAY (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan, (Spéeial.)—The monia wing of the state house was doing business at the old stand this morning and many of the clerks were unable to work in the shivery atmosphere caused by the cold wind which came through the side of the building as it used to do in the old barn down on the farm. In one office the clerks were obliged occasionally to go to other offices in or- der to get warm, one of them hav pneu g suf. fered last winter from a severe attack of pneumonia because of the refrigerator like conditions, CHANGES ARE ANNOUNCED IN TELEPHONE COMPANY (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINC Jan. 5.—(Special.)—Several changes were announced yesterday in the official force of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company, Dudley T, Cook, who has been district commercial man ager for several years, reslgning to enter business for himself. The vacancy caused general raise along other lines. Walter Thorgromson, chief clerk to Commercial Manager Mattison, steps into the shoes of Mr. Cook and George Farwell of the treasury department takes the place made vacant by the promotion of Mr. Thor- grimson, 'FISH AND GAME LICENSE REMITTANCES ARE MADE (Prom a Staff LINCOLN, Jan Deputy Game this morning taking care of remittances coming in from different counties on game and fish licenses. The largest re- mittance came from the county clerk of Douglas county, in the sum of $1,688 In the report it was shown that twenty- four licenses had been solC to non-resi- dents for fishing and the same number for hunting and fishing combined. The rest were the usual resident licenses. ALBERT FILES ARTICLES FOR TRUST COMPANY (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 5.—(Special)-Judge T L. Albert of Columbus called on the sec. retary of state this morning and filed articles of incorporation for the Guaranty Loan and Trust company of Columbus with a capital of $75.000, tors are H. J. F. Hockenberger, E. H Chalmers, Gus G. Becher, jr., C. M Gryenther and Adolph Suers. MOORHEAD ACCEPTS HIS REAPPOINTMENT (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan (Special.)—Governor Morehead this morning received the me- ceptance of Harley G. Moorhead, vester Aay avpointed to again hold the office of wlection commissioner of Douglas county. The term is for two years and begins the first of January. rrespondent.) 5.—(Special.)—Acting The incorpora- Anmnoviog Winter Cou he first dose of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar- Honey will help y It kills the col germ. Only %e. Al druggists.—Adver- tisement which | it has been known for some - [fill the vacancy Warden Whelan was busy | Daugther's Body . | Throw 0 Back Home is Deadi _ KHARNEY, Neb, Jan. 5.—(Speclal)—A record of death, illness and misfortune covering a little over a week in which & Hall county ploneer is the vietim, was | brought to light yesterday when James Salter, for years a resident of near Shel- ton, passed away from pneumonia. Two years ago he went to Oregon with his | family. He had come to Neoraska in the 70s. A week ago his daughter died in the western state. She had wanted to be buried In her old home. The aged father brought the body of his daugnter hevre for burial. The feeble wife could not make the trip. After the daughter was buried at Shelton, Mr. Salter, weakened by the long trip and grieving over his | misfortune, was taken with pneumonia. The day he was stricken a telegram from Oregon urged him to come home immedi- |ately if he would see his wife alive. He could not go and succumbed at Shelton on Sunday. He was buried there yester- day. No word has been received as to {the wife's condition since the husband's death, but a ond telegram, which are rived before the death of Mr. Salter, said she was dying Notes from Beatrice | And Gage County| BEATRI S, Neb, Jan, G—L. L. Cass of Waterloo, 1a., representing the bond- | | holders of the Kansas City & North- western rallway; C. R. Berry of St. Jo- |seph, and §. E. Bentley of Waterloo, were in the clty making an investigation of the physical condition of the road and | the value of the tributary territory from a commercial viewpoint, in order to make a report to the bondholders. While in | the city they conferred with the traffic committee of the Commercial club, and it | is reported that the company is making | plans to build its lines on through from Virginia to Beatrice, a distance of fifteen miles, making Beatrice on a direct line {to Kansas City. Frank Smith, who has been employed with the Rock Island at this point for the last twenty-five years, has been ap- pointed commercial agent for the Rock || Island road, to succeed ©. P. Liston | who died in this city a few weeks ago. | Mrs. E. E. Clancy of Sheridan, Wyo., formerly of this city, has been appointed | head of the state hospital at Sueridan to caused by the th of which occurred November her husband, Frank Wilson, the 13-year-old son of J | R. Wilson of Pickrell, had the fingers on {both hands torn and laeerated Tuesday by the accidental discharge of a shotgun A. H. Kidd has been selected as toast- master for the banquet at the reopening of the Paddock hotel on January I7. | Among ‘those who will speak are H. H. |Johnson, E. L. Hevelone, H. B. Sackett, |J. W. Burgess, Samuel Rinaker, E. L. | {May and Dr. B. F. Gaither. i |DOBBS ELEVATOR AT ; | BEATRICE 1S BURNED | | BEATRICE, Neh., Jan. 5.—(Special)— 1| The elevator of the Dobbs Grain company in the Union Pacific yards was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock Thursday morning, | together with 2,000 bushels of corn, 2,00 | bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of oats. ‘,'l'xm fire is supposed to have Leen caused from spontan=ous combustion, as the | building was a mass of flames when the | firemen reachod the scene. The loss is placed at $7.000, partialiy covered by insurance. The elevator is one of the oldest ccunty, having been built | thirty ago. | CELEBRATE FORTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY | about in the years AVOCA, Neb. and Mrs. Asa | | | | Jan.” 6 l‘vnunly people, | | Lyon ~(Special.) well known liviag near Douglas, cele- brated thelr fortieth wedding annivers- ary last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon were | married near Liberty, Mo., December 23, | | 1875, and moved to Otoe county in 1885, { where they have’since resided. Their | four children and a number of friends were In attendance, Mr. | Otoe | | FAIRBURY, Neb., 5.—(Special.)—| The tenth annual poultry show of Jef- ferson county opened in this city today with 600 fancy birds, representing all va- rieties of chickens, on exhibition. Nearly | all the leading towns in Nebraska, as well as many points in Kansas, ave repre- sented. Several birds that were exhibited and took prizes at poultry shows in San Francisco, Chicago and Topeka, are here, The leading exhibitors from Fajrbury comprise W. M. Hare, C. Bonsall and C. M. Hurlburt, J. D. Calder and E. E. | Richardson. | RELIABLE REMEDY RESTORES KIDNEYS. For many yvears druggists have watch- ed with much interest the remarkable | record mgintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and | bladder remedy. It is a physician's prescription Swamp-Root {s a strengthening medi- {eine. Dr. Kilmer used it for years in his private practice. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature in- tended they should do. | Swamp-Root has stood the test of years. | It is sold by all druggists on its merit and it will help you. No other remedy can successfully take its place, Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, If you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N, Y., for a | sample bottle. When writing be sure |and mention the Omaha Daily Bee.—Ad | vertisement | | BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25¢ at all druggists, | WANTED! 10 Experienced Furni- ture Salesmen. Apply before 8 A. M, Thursday. Rubel Furniture Co. | who gave this Information free to a | steak, go out and eat two turnips and |tilled water to make two glasses full. |time is coming. I have absolutely no amall, but select audience at Detroit drink n glass of water and you will be | Eggs should be eaton raw. I eat two |sympathy for a big, strong man who says Sl All you have to do is to throw away |satisfied,” sald Mr. Harter, “if you w dozen n day. Why, my system has been [he is slck. And there is no meed to be Away Salt and Meat and | .. it cellars, drink only distilled | train It properly. Kven frults are to be |80 well trained to a sane diot that a plece | fatigued. On Sundays when I am at ey W S water, avold all kinds of meats and con- | eaten carefully are good, of veal two inches square would make me |home 1 always take a twenty-six mile Raw. fine yourmelt to a dlet of raw vegetables | but the pulp shoul en e siek walk before my afternoon lecture—De- 1t is quite possible to live to be 180 to |And eggs, he aald Wise people will breakfast on the jul n people have loarned to eat |troit Free Pross s, according to George “Wh ur body calls fol beet- | of two oranges diluted with enough dis- | right there will be no sickness, and that — years, according to George Harter hen your bo Ils for a tw n 1 | Read The Bee Wanu Ads. It pays! J r > , Y o X JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres. l%flb&e@ WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas. The Event That Thousa SEE OUR SHOW WINDOWS Mr. John A. Swanson President of the Nebraska Clothing Company Originator of the Half- Price Clothing Sale, Says: “We must and will keep the New Store New. Our . determination to never carry over goods is the foun- dation of this greater store's suc- cess. To make a clean-sweep doubly sure we reduce prices to the absolute 1imit and sell regardless of every coneideration but cleared cases, counters and shelves.” Black Sults and Full Dress Suits Excepted. Thousands of Newest Fall and Winter Styles All $50.00 Overcoats, at The big sale of the year. Bargains you cannot resist. Pric Rochester, N. Y., Hand-Tailored Clothes included at One-Half Price. selections we have ever placed at your command. NO CHARGES, to $40 Suits and Overcoats Sale starts promptly when the doors open Thursday morning, January 6th. nds Eagerly Watch and Wait For Starts THURSDAY January 6 Nebraska’s Colossal Semi-Annual Clearance of Men’s and Young Men’s At Exactly One-Half Price Now The World’s Best Hand-Tailored : 5.0—'0 to 320.00 Clothes Half-Price : $25.00. All $565.00 Overcoats at $27.60. All $60.00 Overcoats at $30.00. es that will probably never be duplicated again. Our finest 4 i, ’ This radical, resolute clearance offers the most wonderful Men’s and Boys’ Mackinaws at 25% to 88%% Off. NO APPROVALS, NO EXCHANGES, NO REFUNDS. *fmal sharks for aite ] Bates Street Shirts Nebraska's largest and be goes on sale Thursday at rou $1.50 Shirts Reduced to 1.15 $3.50 and $3.75 Shirts January Redueced Price....... Men’s Sweaters “Clear out the Sweaters now when a man needs one,” says the “I Will" Man. S5c Men's Sweaters a ¢ $1.50 Men's Sweater; ¢ $2.50 Men's Sweaters, i o $8.00 Men's Sweaters, # $8.50 Men's Sweaters, g $700 Men's Sweaters, K Men's 260 Keystone Garters at 2 pair for or, per pair. .. Men's 10¢ Cotton Hosiery— Colors black and tan, at, pair. .. $1.50 Men’'s Shirts 1 Jot of high grade Madras 95 Shirts, beautiful patterns. January Clean-up Price. Men Hundreds of b 15¢ - OC The ‘I Will’’ Man Says Clear Out the Entire Stock of Manhattan Shirts Our Finest Silk Shirts Included for Quick Clearance at the Above Prices. Broken sets from our regular 50c lines For quick clearance Thursday at i and Yorke Shirts st selected stock of nationally Famous Shirts 1sing reductions. Stock up for months to come. $2.00 Shirts $3.00 Shirts Reduced to Reduced to Men’s 1.55 $1.95 Underwear The “I Will” Man has cut p——— prm—. prices on men's warm Union Suits for Thursday. $5.00 and $6.00 Shirts January Redueed Price. ... $2.85 $3.85 76¢ Unfon Suits at $2.00 Men’s Shirts 1 lot of several hundred Shirts, J Cl -s ’s 50c Silkk Neckwear eautiful silk four-in-hands. 75c Men’s Shirts Made of good quality per- cale, Attractive patterns. January Clean-up Price... 50C Men's $1.00 Night Gowns— Warm Flannelette. Thursday at. . 65C Men's $1.00 Knit Mufflers at 50o. 50¢ Knitted Mufflers at......... 25C Tremendous Clearance of Our High Class Stock Women’s and Misses’ COATS at Half-Price ALL $12.85 COATS Half Price Now... ALL $14.85 COATS Half Price Now....... ALL $10.60 COATS Half Price Now Half Price Now.. ALL $20.50 COATS Half Price Now. ALL $32.50 COATS Half Price Now ALL $39.50 COATS Half Price Now ALL $49.60 COATS Half Price Now...924.75 Jebrasha Ct JOHN A SWANSON.sues. All Furs at Half Price All Dresses at Half Price All Plush Coats Half Price’ All Children’s Coats at Half WM L HOLZMAN vae, ORRECT APPAREL FOR ME . $7. $9.75 ALL $24.50 OOATS. 512.25 $14.75 Half Price Now .....$9.75 ALL $24.50 SUITS Half Price Now. ALL $34.50 SUITS Half Price Now $3.00 Washable Blouses at 50c Women’s and Misses’ at Half-Price ALL $14.85 SUITS 57 45 ALL $19.50 SUTTS Half Price Now Half Price Now...... 912,25 Al s Nowe..........510.28 Half Price Now ALL $39.50 S8UITS 9.60 BUIT A!ll.lél?‘l'rire 'Folw! 524-75 $4.00 8ilk Petticoats at $1.95 .00 Child’s Rain Capes, $1.95 Finest Waists at One-Fourth Off . FARNAM AT FIFTEENTH 5T AND V