Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1916, Page 5

l Nebraska « DEMO DELEGATION UNABLE T0 AGREE Meeting at Lincoln Results in Post- ponement Until Night Before Convention at St. Louis. COREY FOR STATE CONVENTION (From a Staft Lnrrupond'ml Lincoln, June 3 Special Tele- gram.)—Democrats elected as dele- gates to the national convention at St. Louis were unable to agree upon an organization at a meeting held at the | Lincoln hotel this afternoon However, they hope to reach a set tlement of the difficulties before [ reaching St. Louis and make select ions June 13, at the Planters hotel { Just what W. H. Thompson will get 15 hard to tell. The committee stands 8 to 8 so things are considerably up | in the air \ It is understood Mr. Thompson and J g Thomas of Seward would like to have the chatrmanship of the com- mittee, W, D, Oldham wants a job on vh- resolutions committee and H. E. Gooch would like to be on the notifi- cation committee. At the same time the democratic state committee and the candidates for state offices were holding meet- { ings at the Lindell hotel. As a result | Melton L. Corey of Clay Center was [} selected temporary chairman of the state convention which will be held dt Hastings i The committee selected Governor Morehead as alternate delegate-at- large to fill the place W. J. Bryan re- fused to take when defeated for dele- gate, | The vacancies in the Fourth dis trict on alternates were filled by the selection of E. P. Mumford of Beat- rice, private secretary to Governor Morehead and Dr. E. O. Weber of Wahoo. ' v Trail Monument in i | Ash Hollow Unveiled Oshkosh, Neb., June 3.—(Special.) ~The dedication and unveiling cere mony of the Oregon trail monument in Ash Hollow, near Lewellen, yes- terday, was largely attended. 'Ad- dresses’ were made by Governor Morehead, Colonel Robert A. Har- vey and H. L. Bushnell of the Ore- gon Trail association, ex-State Audi- tor Searles of Ogalalla and a Mr Winterbloom of Julesburg, Colo,, who was over the trail in 1859 and visited the grave of Rachel Patterson, who was buried here in 1848 near where the exercises were being held The distinguished visitors were also shown over the historic grounds of Blue Creek, where a famous Indian chief, Red Cloud, was born, and sthrough Ash Hollow, where the old trail came over the tableland into the A North Platte valley and a notable In- dian battle was fought SENIORS OF CHADRON NORMAL GIVE A PLAY Chadron, Neb., June 3 ~—The commencement exercises of the Chadron State Normal began with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W. S. Banks of Grace Episcopal church, in the First Congregational church, Sunday evening The senior play, given in the Pace (Special.) opera house Tuesday evening, was “The Rose o' Plymouth Town,” with a cast as follows Miles Standish Keith Lenington Garret Foster La Vergne Irwin John Margeson Raymond Fisher Phillippe De La Noye Wesloy Sparke Barbara Standish e Francls Mirfam Chillingslay tls Bruce Aunt Resolute Story orrissey Tiose De La Noye Nona O'Nelll PIONEER FULLERTON BUSINESS MAN DEAD| Neb., (Special.) F. Blake, an old resident of this Fullerton June 3 —( Nebraska CHOLERA SERUM LAW 1S HELD VOID State Supreme Court Rules That Act | Gives the Makers a Real Monopoly. egn | LOSES SUIT AGAINST BEE| (From a_Staft Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., June 3.—(Special Telegram.)—~An opinion by the supreme court thjs afternoon holds the hog cholera serum law unconsti tutional. The Omaha Bee wins the case brought by R. B. Howell seek- ing to enjoin the publication of cer~ tain articles | In the case brought by Cushman Hall by the state for selling hog cholera serum at Omaha the supreme holds the court law unconstitutional and reverses the Douglas county dis trict court. The court holds that the law gives the manufacturers a monop. oly on the manufacture of serum Holding that there is no power in the courts to prohibit by injunction the publication of newspapers of al- leged misleading information, the supreme court reverses and dismisses the case brought by R. B. Howell against the Omaha Bee in 1914, Cites Constitution. Judge Rose wrote the opinion. syllabus of the court is that: “The publication of political matter in a newspaper cannot be enjqined merely because it is false or mishad- ing, such relief being forbidden by the | following constitutional provisions: ‘‘Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, be- ing responsible for the abuse of that liberty; that in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth vhen published with good motives and for justifiable ends shall be suf- ficient defense.”” The judgmeent of the Douglas county district court is affirmed for $8,750, secured by Francis A. Rankin against the Elizabeth Kountze Real Estate company for injuries received while a tenant of the company be- cause of a defective threshold which caused a nail to enter her heel, neces- sitating several operations and per- manent injury ay Add Omitted Property, The Douglas County Board of Equalization had the right since 1903 to add ommitted property to the as- ressment list of an individual or in- crease the value of his property with- out complaint by a taxpayer, but the owner of the property.must be noti- fied of the proposed change, accord- ing to the supreme court in the case of the Farmers' Co-operative Cream- ery company against Henry S, Mec- Donald, et al. The decision of the Douglas county district court is af- firmed COUNTY ATTORNEY COWAN REPORTED CRITICALLY ILL Tecumseh, Neb.,, June 3.—(Special.) —County Attorney M. E. Cowan is critically ill at his home in this city and but little hope is held out for his recovery. For several years he has been a sufferer with locomotor ataxia and yesterday he suffered a stroke of paralysis. Up to this time he has not regained consciousness. Besides | the afflictions mention, Mr. Cowan has a kidney trouble and he has been | having uremic convulsions. WOMEN NOT PERMITTED TO WEAR HIGH HEELS | (Correspondence of the The | oclated Press.) THE OM \ vy INTERIOR OF Seats for 12,400 persons have been | | provided in the Coliseum in Chicago | three members of the pational com for the republican national conven- tion, which operds on June 7. There will be 991 delegates and an equal number of alternates. Each delegate is provided with a guest ticket. The press will occupy 650 seats and promi- | nent Chicago citizens get 2,200 seats The ten members of the subcommit tee on arrangements each get 200 YORK MOTORING PARTY SEEING CAPITAL SIGHTS Statt Correspondent.) Washington, June 3.—(Special Tele gram.)—For the next two weeks Washington will be well-nigh desert ed, the exodus of senators, repre sentatives, secretaries and officials of departments already having Inguu with Chicago as their objective. While the official life of the capital (From a will be notable for its absence, the great tourist public will be coming to Washington, and in that number INTERIQR. OF CHICAGO COLISEUM. CHICAGO COLISEUM READY FOR CONVENTION | seat 9,400 HA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE ¢, tickets, totaling 2,000, while the fifty- mittee have taken from fifteen to 200 tickets each, totaling 4,367, The can didates and other distinguished guests | have appropriated 200 tickets more. have been filled with seats, so that| with the 3,000 persons can be accommodated | outside of the main floor, which \ulll visitors. Orchard @ Wilhelm Co.| 414-416-418 South Sixteenth Street Crystal Gazing Globes Mounted for the table, $16, For the garden, $18 and up. The speakers’ south end of the speaker will be the 200 seats for | candidates and prominent guests newspaper men will be | either side of the speakers’ platform, | The balcony and spetial mezzanines | the delegates directly in front of it, alternates The rest of the main floor and the balconies will be given over to the e OFFICIAL DETAILS OF BIG SEA BATTLE [ (Continued from Page One.) | enemy's hattle cruisers and we have their admission that they had lost two battleships. I “The admiralty has a report of the sinking of four Gernan light cruisers and the Germans have acknowledged | I the loss of six destroyers, There is | good hope that the (GGerman loss is even greater but we do not intend to make any estimates until, we have complete official, reports from our commanders who do not report the loss of antagonists without definite evide | Zeppelins Not Inportant. | “Zeppelins did not play the import ant part attributed to them. Only one appeared. It remained in action a very brief time, retiring under heavy fire, evidently badly damaged, Weather conditions were such that it is doubt ful whether any air craft would have been of much service “The enemy sprang no surprises We saw nothing of any 17-inch guns “The weather conaitions were the hardest bit of luck our fleet encount rr\-d as may be judged from the fol lowing paragraph from the official report »L,,m mitsy weather of Jlst | saved enemy from far more serve pun | ishment.' | "From .the | strength the navy's standpoint of actual osses in person platform is at the nel, while great was not serious as the hall’ and Back of | P have plenty of men to [Fl\ldl‘?: gy | them | “With a fight like Wednesday's ac- | The | tion occurring every day we u»uld‘ seated on|stand the loss much better than the | Germans. Our battle fleet is still in- | tact, while we still have wnmdcra‘hly\ more battle cruisers than the Ger- mans, It is interesting to note that the sober estimates in the Reichstag| |do not confirm the great victory prv‘ | back of them, Golden Oak Dresser, $20 R R R S R A S S STRIKERS GOING T0 HARVEST FIELDS Many Have Gone—Quite a Few Have Returned to Work at In- creased Pay. SOME JOBS ARE STILL IDLE It is umvmlr‘d that a large per- centage of the building laborers who struck some three weeks ago, have now departed from Omaha for the harvest fields in the south to begin the movement northward with the harvest. Many of the laborers do this every year, but work at building con struction when the harvest season is not on. Now that the strike has con- tinued a little longer than they at first anticipated, mauy found it more rofitable to leave town and enter the harvest fields of the south. Those who have families or homes here, however, are still here and still strik- “mg Here and there building jobs are beginning work again, in most cases, it 1s said, at an incressed wage. Work has been resumed oun several jobs, Kiewit & Son put some laborers to work on the apartment house job at Thirty-third and Dodge Selden- Breck are working a force of men on the Sanford hotel Job. Some men are working at the Blackstone Fam- ily hotel and at the Ford hospital job. No work is in progress on the new Masonic temple, on the First Na- tional Bank building, and numerous other jobs in the down-town district S jubilantly announced by the German press. With our battle fleet intact we still hold the North Sea and we have prevented the enemy from accom- plishing any definite ubject.” will be many automobilists, There arrived yesterday from York, Neb., an auto party made up of H. S, Harrison, W. A. Harrison and their | wives, who left their pretty Nebraska | city fourteen days ago, stopping leis- | urely en route, The Harrisons are going to New England, to Boston and | the Maine coast and are enjoying Crystal sticks, 50c each. gazing globe garden Gift Shop A Complete Assortment The Golden Oak Dresser as shown is inexpensive, but has the lines and proportion that appeal to the customer who knows and appreciates value. Full quartered oak, large mirror, deep drawers, & lock on each drawer, panel ends, good casters, Our price, $20.00. Chiffonier to Match, $19.00. | his relief about an hour are laid up and under care of a_physi cian and was not known to be their long auto trip splendidly, Dur- ing their stay in Washington the Har risons have bheen entertained by Con- gressman Sloan, in whose district they reside RAVENNA MAN HAS HOUR'S TUSSEL WITH BULL Ravenna, \rh J\mc 3.—(Special) —George H Br«uL a farmer living northwest of Ravenna, was attacked I by a bull and before the animal aban- | doned the attack it had severely in- jured not only Mr. Brock, but his, sister, Florence Brock, who came to| Mr. Brock partly protected himself by holding to the animal's horns and neck, and the tussle lasted Both of the people years old Cross The bull was about 2 DEATH RECORD Mrs. Anna Maria Haase Cologne, May 25.—Disappointed | West Point, Neb, June 3.—(Spe that both personal and official pleas |cial.)—Mrs, Anna Maria Haase, an and warnings have had little or no af- | aged woman, the mother of Mrs. Her fect, the Woman's Alliance of [man Schultzkump of the East Side, Cologne and thirty-five associated |died at the home of her daughter at women's associations and organiza- | the age of 87 years. She was a na tions have petitioned the governor of | tive of Baden, Germany, and had re the fortress to issue a decree forbid ding the wearing of high-heeled shoes, | is survived by two daughters wide-flowing, short skirts and other apparel that has been smuggled in} from countries at war with Germany sided in this country fifty years. She Edsal Potts. McCook, Neb, June 3.-—(Special.) Edsal Potts of Hayes Center died of Wilton Rugs In the season’s best designs and in all sizes, 9x12, $35 to $75 Many extra large and unusual sizes. Rugs have been hard to get and most stocks are badly broken, but because we bought early and in large quantities on account of our wholesale de- partment we are able to offer an assortment that is practically complete in all sizes of the best of the season’s designs and colorings. This includes Bundhar Wiltons, Whittall Anglo- Persians and Anglo-Indians, Hartford Saxonys and Wiltons in less expensive grades. Also A Complete Showing of Low and Medium Price Rugs, Axminsters, Velvets, Brussel Rugs,. ete,, in many sizes 9x12 from $15 and $18 to $31.50° Crex Porch Rugs— in all sizes from 18x38 at 45¢ to 9x12 at $10.50 The New Porch Fibre Rugs— Washable and reversible, serviceable, in many sizes, LINOLEUM Inlaid Quality, square yard, 85¢c to $1.75. Printed Quality, square yard, 50c to 90c. Also shown in American walnut, mahogany and old very attractive and 36x72, $1.95 to 9x12, $11 ivory finish-— rs, $25.00 Each. 80 low a price, FEM Either twin or full size, $32.50. American Walnut Dining Table, William and Mary 54-inch top, B.foot extension, $54.00. Beautifully turn ed posts, select stock and good construction, ex- actly like illus- tration panel head and foot, | carved pineapple tops. il A better appearing and a better finished bed than any we have ever been able to offer at Turned Post Rocker, $10 00 Turned post rocker or chair in Jacob- ean oak fin- ish on which we nfier an mend these to you at— ach, city, died this morning after a few|or (liha' Nl r:al]rml» a copy of foreign | in 3 local hospital Friday night. The $54 $10.00 hours' illness. He was in his usual | mode and fashion i | body was shipped to Hayes Center health yesterday, but was stricken| “Tt shows a lack of patriotism and | this"marning for burial 1 during the night Mr. Blake had[is a disgrace for (vrrmn)‘ women,” dio et cm. Headquarters for EffeCtlve Your Oppol‘tunlty been engaged in the insurance and sxe the N"“l"'" in vd"'v'h'."“ oy HYMENEAL = d M d h D . Ch . t M h to familiarize yourseif with the real estate business for thirty years|of them go about in clothing which | - > an:i was one of Fullerton's ‘most | by its striking, frivolous uat;lre mnrlks; Brooks-Farmer [=an odais lnlng air to atc ;"::':;‘u:n\:;Ln;:a]nl;um:::an:ntdhet: prominent citizens He leaves a|the earnest sentiment that rules Bridgeport, Neh June 3 —(Spe- . L e A ) widow, one son and four daughters, [among the people at this time of | cjal ) A" quiet wedding took “place Curtains Table, 6.00 are imuied- is. right hers in this C. F. Blake, jr.; Mrs. Theodore Rei-|manifold nu[nl) and i'\r;' Iy--rmlnal last night, when George Brooks and ntorehv\":l l:lrro “”\”\"rlm;rn?acf;:le mers and Mrs. Arthur Leard, all of | sutfering 1e petition declares that | \f Mary E. Farm " mited 1in 5 any day our new Vie - this place, and Misses Cora and Lil- | luxury of a noticeable sort in clothing m::”ag:”.,\. |,‘,;i b 2k T ;v;,‘,,‘.,h : Lace '"l""”" maintain Wiliiam and Mats Design. lery on the Fifth Floor and make lian Blake, who are en gaged in teach-|is nothing but an insult to the un-|of the Presbyterian church. After H the same relative position in shown in this ad-—shewn in’ Amerd use of the sound-proof rooms pro- ing in the Omaha sc Is | fortunate, and is unworthy of the Ger- | 3" wedding trip Mr, and Mrs. Brooks house furnishings as the hat nut, mahogany, fumed and golden oak vided just for this purpose |man woman at this time will be at home in Bridgeport ] to a well dresssd woman $6.00 Each. They are away ¢ News Notes of Chadron, “Since all the pleas of sensibly Steinhauer-Holfman We call especial attention o e | from interfering Chadron, Neb... June 3.—(Special) | thinking pe 15 well as the official I Ry % 0% SApE S0l REw sio0 . noises and an Th literar department of the | cautions, heen without result Mabel Hoffman d He to our, exclusive showing of So 1 ahogany ideal place to Woman's' club of n gave ar (vlflr‘v« the petition, “we ask the | E¢ einhaue t f Platts . & judge the won elaborate banquet at the residence of | governor to take steps against the | W na ay after Duchess Lace Curtaing Rocker $13 00 erful tonal qual Councilman Shamp for Mrs. Joseph | above-named evils floon at 2 o' Rev. ( s\ Wake of fine Rk . ities of the Vie ~ rks fter 1€ oast ery in Savi at n ¢ ¥ 5 . 0 produe parks. A “‘ k' oty ‘]"‘:L: Bee Want Ads serve hundreds daily Theater building ast tn tvery and Solid mahog tor product e having been the leader pagne eplor any rocker o1 VIclrolas f that department the last year chair to f The Daughters of the American S C t h 54 $5.50, $6, 37 smup to snso Pur rom irtaing stock, well M\ulin Curtains $1.25 Torms If " v made and fin D i Never Gets Well A St S0 | made and fin . A cold in summes Mnrquiwllr Curgains . 95¢ to §1.50 p_— - Tungstone Needles in Stock. gy . oy Filet Net Curtains $2.25 tapestry 2 passes into catarrh Quaker Craft Laces $1.78 spring cushior “Ivory” Furniture pollen and heat keey - eal Polish constant irntation on the 3 Satisfactory, harm! ess SUA. el on fpst and Tubfast Each Satiafactory, bormloem ender membranes of ot M l ’ adal R e and throat. Nature accommo pery ateria $l3.00 Bottles 25¢ and 80¢ dates herself to this condition enutitul and sheer unfadead e ——————————————————————————————————————— b f “ . ot ract ' but {8 cften leaves chronie eat apery material s Sl practieally $3. 00 for Your Old lce- Box |f Apphed on a Herrick arrh, which never gets well of itself \ ah . Aty that's our ) K has advantages that you 8 Price these vials will ha ot loast . wreula | o w ™ neula Peruna Overcomes Catarrh]] . e : | { Rungalow and Lace Nets 2500 in Use in Conoiha Now l]l cleans out the poisons from the L ri Yo, Be, B¢, 10¢, 120 4e yard A 65:1b apacity the blood, reinvigorates the membrane [ [ iR 12%e and 18¢ yard H k Ref ratos A 0 S - Srrie s \ Fige ol soreness, and starts the vietim toward Wi e 'l Lace Candle Shades mu » $4.00 snc) : o ands once afflicted owe present h istration Imported and Domestic Cretonnes . ! "a | 825.00 Connected Manthly Payments Over 300 pattoras 1o seleet fram | ' 28¢ 10 $2.50 & Yard e The Poruna Company, Columbus, O Plass your arder in June