Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 5

Brief City Neu ‘ “Townsends for Sporting Goods.” Have Root Print It—New Beason Press. Lighting Fixtures—Burgess-Granden Co. Half Karat White Diamends $75—Edholm. “Today's Movie Program,” classi- fled section today. It appears in The Bee exclusively. Find out what the various moving picture theaters offer. Navy Office Falls Of—The local navy recruiting station dropped to a low mark in August, securing only eight recruits for the navy, during the month. Sioux Cityan Is Fined—F. W. Manz of Sioux City, charged with in- sulting women at Sixteenth and How- ard streets, was arraigned in police court and fined $6 and costs. Two Women Seek Divorces—Charg- ing desertion, Lillian- Plymplar has filed a petition asking divorce from Leroy. She asks the custody of the minor child, Evaline. Grace Ford alleges nonsupport in a divorce peti- tion against Wilmer Russell Ford. Wants Maiden Name Back—Alleg- ing nonsupport, Mrs. Euletta Porter, an employe of the Harney hotel, has filed suit for divorce against Frank of Rock Island. They were married in Omaha July 12, 1913. She asks that her maiden name, Euletta Shortt, be restored. Asks D es for Remarks—Suit has been filed by H. A. Livingston against W. E. Bailey, asking $5,000 damages for the utterance of alleged false and defamatory statements. Liv- ingston asserts that Bailey made un- complimentary remarks regarding the condition of his accounts. Grain Exchange Recognizes the Open Season on Straw Lid Friday was the first day of the open season on straw hats at the Omaha Grain exchange and during the first hour of the session there was enough of this class of headgear destroyed to stock a hat store. Regardless of the owners, or the quality of the hats, they all looked alike. When a straw hat appeared inside the trading-room it was quickly grabbed, tossed about, and when returned to the owner, was minus a brim, or a crown, and in most instances, both. With the embargo going into ef- fect, and fronr now on grain going * out shipped subject to delays and sub- ject to owners’ risk, light business is expected until the end of the railroad strike. Shipments in and out, how- ever, were fairly heavy. There were 102 cars of wheat in and 249 out; 26 cars of corn in and 89 out; 29 cars of oats in and 40 out, Wheat prices were stmfl{ to 2 cents up, selling at $1.36 and $1.46, Corn was a fourth off and sold at 76 and 79Y; cents; oats, % cent lower, selling at 42 and 43 cents per bushel. August Average Temperature Only TwoDegrees Hotter The last week in August served to pull down the average temperature for the month so much that it figures uj only two degrees hotter than usuaf, It was 764 degrees and the average of all the Augusts for forty-four years is 74.4 degrees, The hottest day this August was| on August 4, when the maximum was 100 degrees. The minimum was reached August 27, with 52 degrees. Last year the average temperature in August was 68. The hottest Au- gust was in 1913, with an average of 82 degrees. Two and seventy-four hundredths inches of rain fell this August. The average for August is 3.62 inches. “ Omaha is 9.49 inches of rain “short” since March 1 this year jhaving had only a little more than half as much as usual. The dryest August was in 1913, when there was only .18 of an inch of rain. Killed as He Tries To Board a Train . While attémpting to board a pass- ing freight train in the Missoari Pa- cific yards at Fourteenth and Wirt streets late Thursday afternoon Wil- liam L. Baxter, 4411 North Twenty- fifth avenue, fell from the train and was fatally injured. The body was found beside the tracks by B. Weber, 3109 North Fourteenth avenue, a brakeman on an outgoing freight train. . Baxter, who was 39 years of age, had been employed by F. C, Gardner as a pipe fitter on some houses under constfuction at Twentieth and Charles streets. He stopped work about 2:30 o’clock and started for town, but it is thought that he changed his mind and decided to return home. He is sur- vived by a wife, three daughters, one son, his mother, Mrs. Maria Baxter, and a brother, Thomas Baxter, of De- troit. His brother, Charles R., was killed by a similar accident in the St. Louis yards last May. The body was turned over to Cor- oner Crosby, who will probably hold an inquest Monday. Mexican Annoys Farmers’ Wives North of Florence Hurry-up calls from farmers’ wives residing a mile north of Florence asking the co-operation of the sher- iff's office in ridding them of a strange Mexican who has been prowling about the vicinity for weeks sent Deputy Sheriff Musgrave to the scene Friday afternoon. Ac- vrding to telephonic complaints re- ceived by Chief Deputy Foster this unknown brown man has been sleep- ing in the weeds and begging hand- yuts from backdoors on the plea that lie is suffering from a fractured right arm. He will be brought to the county jail and. given the attention of the county physician, FEp R bbb LRI Seventy-Nine New Men For Army Signed in Omaha Seventy-nine new men for the army were signed at the local recruiting station during August from 195 who applied for enlistment. This includes men who enlisted through the sub- stations at Des Moincs, Lincoln and Sioux City. Eleven of these went into the in- fantry, twenty-eight to the coast ar- tillery, thirty-four “to the cavalry, four to the field artillery and two to the medical department, Liven Up Your Torpid Liver. To keep your liver active use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They insure good diges- tion and relleve constipacion, At druggists 2bc.~—~Advertisement. MILK DEALERS ARE .~ NOT IN A COMBINE County Attorney Magney Gives the Results of His Investiga- tions on Prices. \ ANSWERS THE IMPROVERS Milk dealers of Greater Omaha have not combined in restrajn of trade in increasing the price of milk to its present price of 8 2-3 cents per quart, according to an exhaustive ex- amination just concluded by County Attorney Magney. On request of the Riverview Improvement club and of milk dealers were investigated. The following letter from the county at- torney, addressed to Secretary J. A. Van Haven of the Riverview club, outlines the sitfation in detail: In order to violate the iaw those engaged tn the milk business must enter into a com- bination for the purpose of fixing the price of milk, and preventing its sale at & price less than that fixed by the combination. This can only be done when practically all of thows engaged In the business in this city enter into the combination, 1 have made a careful investigation of the situation in Omaha, and find that no such combination exists and that there is now and has been at all times competition among the milk dealers. The Alamito, which is probably the largest distributor of milk in the eofty, charges an average price of § 2-3 cents per quart. These prices have been fixed by the company without regard to the prices demanded by other dealers. The Arwood dairy has been charging from 815 to 123 cents per quart, This company has not consulted other dealers with refer- ence to these prices and announces that it is contemplating ruising them somewhat in the future. I find that the small dealors are not all selling milk at the same price. Some of them have recently ralsed tho price to 9 cents per quart, others expect to do 80 in the near future. A large propor- tlon of them have been selling twelve-quart tickets for a dollar, and many inslst that they will_continue to do so. T find also that the Milk Dealors' assoclation has taken no action relative to the price of milk. Not more than haif of the milkmen of the city belong to the association, and the assocla- tion has had no meeting within the last three months. One or two meetings have been called within that time, but not more than half a dozen attended, and no business was transacted Bach.individual canf legally fix the price of kis milk as he seek fit. ~His customers can buy, or not, as they please. The wrong is in a combination which arbitrarily fixes the price of milk and prevents its sale for less. Those familiar with the situation allege that there are many feasons why the price of milk has gone up. It is contended that a good cow now sells for §85, while for- merly the price was $46 or $60; that the price of foed and bottles is much higher than formerly, and that because of rigid Inspection, the expense of getting the milk to the consumer, as required by law, I ®&reatly Increased I am not prepared to say, whether or not, these conditions justify the recent raise in prices by semo of the milk dealers. That is a question about which there may be an honest,difference of opinion, 1 am convinced, however, that there is ne combination which has arbitrarily fixed prices, consequently there is no combination in restraint of trade, within the meaning of our statute, Mayor Asks Parade Line Be Not Broken Here on Labor Day Mayor Dahlman has issued the fol- lowing proclamation, warning all from breaking through the parade Labor day: Monday, September 4, Omaha will wit- ness one of the largest Labor day parades ever held in its history, Ordinance No. 7060 prohibits the break- ing of the line of march of any parade, and provides u penalty therefor. Heretoforo the police have experionced some difficulty in_enforcing ‘this “ordinance; therefore, 1, James C. Dahiman, mayor of the city of Omaha, earnestly- urge and request the people to assist the police in enforcing this ordinance by refraining from breaking through_ or attempting to break, through, the line’ of march. Omaha Real Estate Showing Activity Increased activity in the real estate market of Greater Omaha is shown in figures compiled by Register of Deeds Harry Pearce at the conclu- sion of business August 31, this data showing that the first eight months of 1916 marks a_total valuation of transfers of $11,776,381.79, as against $10,994,965.37 for the corresponding month of 1915, The 1916 gain is $771,- 416.42, gust 31 there were 4,377 deeds filed, as against 4,277 for the first cight months in 1915, One of the striking features of the 1916 gain is the increase of small transactions, March has been largest month for realty transactions. In March, 1915, the largest deed filed was the $600,000 deal for the First National bank property at Sixteenth and Farnam. During 1916 thus far there have been no transactions of such magnitude, the deeds being con- fined to the transfer of residential property and smaller commercial tracts and structures Motorists Fined for Violating Ordinance A. C. Kennedy, 236 Omaha National Bank building, and C. G. Blackenburg, 2836 Parker street, were fined $1 and costs each, with suspended sentences, for violations of the parking ordin- ance, Other alleged offenders were P. Hahenbery, 2018. Pierce street; Charles Valz, Fortieth and ) streets; W. Kiewit, 2609 Marcy street. - They were discharged when no one peared against them in court. Many Marriage Liceflgéé Issued During August August was not a month of brides and roses, yet figures compiled by Marriage License Clerk H. }-[ Stub- bendorf show that more licenses were issued during the month than in any corresponding month in five years, Here are the comparative figures for Augustabeginning with 1912: 112 1913 1014 1915 1016 203 21 153 208 219 Thus far in 1916 there have been 1,723 matriage licenses issued. At $2 dach, these documents have poured $3,446 into Douglas county coffers. une, 1916, was the record month dur- ‘ing the five years, 331 licenses being’ issued. Many More Births Than Deaths During August The health department reports 273 births and 195 deaths during August. Owing to the Greater Omaha merger last year, there are no comparative figures for the consolidated city, other civic organizations, operations | During the eight months ending Au- | the | ap- THE BEE: | | { ToN 0' HARD AL AT AUGUST PRICES QUICK ' VES, 1'LL PAY FOR T 8y vexT R JULY SURE |3 .l .l ./ .I 0 d I Gor 3 Ton OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER- 2, Apropos of Nothing TELEGRAM i~ COME BACK RDR.Q. e B TS A SHAME 70 USE THE LITTLE, BUILDING RECORDS SHOWING BIG GAIN First Eight Months of the Year as Large as Twelve Months in 1914, AUGUST DOUBLES AMOUNT Omaha's building operations for the first eight months of this year were 35 per ceht more than the corre- sponding period of last year, last month was nearly twice of much as August, 1915, and there are indications that the total for the year will far ‘cxrrrd the total of last year. ! The figures: August, 1916, $652,835; August, 1915, $350,610; first eight' months this year, $4,550.357; eight months of last year, $3,365820. Last year's total was $5,385,009 and the total for 1914 was $4,610,456. The first eight months of this year nearly equal the total of 1914 and within $835,000 of the total of last year. New Work in Sight. Chief Clerk Tsitt of the city build- ing department states there is approx- imately $600,000 in sight, for which | ermits have not been issued. The oard of Education sent in applica- tions for new work aggregating $200,- 000, permits for which will be issued this month. The closing day of Augnst brought in two large permits.® One was is- sued to the Metropolitan Realty com- pany in the sum of $200,000 for a/ tour-story brick apartment house ar| 619 South Thirty-seventh street. This will be a modern apartment building in every particular and will introduce some new ideas in the way of living conveniences, It will be fireproof, 168 | by 105 feet, with a court yard open- | ing into the street at one side. | The Graham Ice Cream company | took out a permit for a factory at 1412 Jones street, to cost $50,000 and to be 44 by 132 feet. This will be four stories, G. W. Loomis Returns from Vacation on the St. Lawrence | George W. Loomis of the Burling- ton has returned from his summer | home in the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence river. Mrs, Loomis | and the children will arrive home | Sunday. / | Mr. Loomis reported that the fish- | ing in the St. Lawrence river this | year was the best ever known. He | pickerel. Mr. Loomis succeeded landing one —pickerel that weighed | close to twenty pounds. Beautify the Complexion | IN TEN DAYS { = USED AND ENDORSED Sk DY THOUSANDS [ v 7~= B/ Guaranteed to remove| RELS tan, freckles, gmples,: y liver spots, etc. Extreme cascs about twenty days, Rids pores and tissues of impurities, Leaves the skin clear, soft, healthy, Two sizes, 50c. and $1.00, By toilet counters or mail, | MATIONAL TOILET COMPANY, Poris, Temn Sold by leading toilet cowaters In Omah Clears Complexion Don't worry sbout skin troubles. You can have a clear, clean complexion by using a little 7emo, obtained at any drug store for | 25¢, or extra Iarge bottle at §1.00. Zemo easily removes all traces of pimples, black heads, eczema and ringworm and mmkes the skin clear and healthy. Zemo is neither watery, sticky nor greasy and stains nothing. It is easily applied and costs a mere trifle for each application. It is al- ways dependable. % Zemo, Cleveland. SFREFTIN HOTELS AND RESORTS. ATLANTIC HOTEL Atlantic, lowa. New addition to Atlantic _Hotel will be opened by September 1. European plan. Rooms modernly equipped. Cafe and bar- Ploneer hotel her shop in connection. keeper of Atlantic, Iowa. GEORGE F. LANG, Proprietor. caught many large pike, bass an‘d\ | in| | Funeral Services For Dr. Dorward For This Afternoon Funeral services for. Dr. W. N, Dorward, who died at Worthington, Minn., while enroute from Rochester, Minn,, to Omaha, will be held from the family residence, 1804 Binney street this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted; by the Elks. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. The honorary pall bearers will be: W. G. Shriver, M. H. O'Toole, William_Muckey, Dr. Alfred Hunt, A. H. Burnett, Dr. G. D, Shipherd, Dr. H, P. Church, = James Cook, A T. Hart, Dr. W, H. Tatey, Dr. Roy Dodge, Fdward Knapp. The active pall bearers will be: C. T. Hayden, R. M. Thpmpson, James Freeland, J. W. Ellwood, August Plel, N. H, Nelson. e Sty Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. - | contest is a free-for-all, without con~ 1916. 'PICK THE AD WHICH |OMAHA ROAD GIVES |Automobile Driver SUITS YOU THE BEST| WARNING 10 MEN| ¢ And Tell Why in Short Story and Take Chance on Win- ning Some Ooin, R. H. MANLEY TO BE JUDGE Sharpen your pencil—grind your ~put on your spectacles and [orepare for The Bee's “Best Adver- | ! tisement” contest Sunday. There's | ?mnnry in it—if you know a good ad- | | vertisement and can tell why it is | good. | Evervbody knows when an adver« ’visemem appeals to them. You know | "\}hvn an advertisement has “news” | for you in it just as you know when any other item in the paper is news | to you. You also know when an ad- | vertisement has an appeal in it—when | I'it attracts your eye and your sense of { value and causes you to Stop! Look! isten! You rarely ask yourself | Now The Bee wants you to do this very thing and to make the !trouble worth while is offering sev- "cr;d cash prizes. * ! | Ad of Omaha Concern. i | Take your copy of Sunday's Bee, | look the advertisements over care- | fully apd select the one that appeals | i most to you. Cut it out and send it | to the Contest Editor of The Bee with | 300 words or less, telling as clearly as you can why it is the best for its purpose of any advertisement in ‘that | |issue, Of course it must be the ad- | | vertisement of some Omaha business | | concern, | All these statements will he turned over to Robert H. Manley, commis- | sioner of the Commercial club, and he will be the judge and tell The Bee to whom to pay the first prize of $5.00 | cash and five prizes of §1.00 each for the five next best selections, The our an- ditions, except that you get use no | swer in by September 5 ani more than 300 words. Creamery Fails to | Fall for 01d Trick, When a party ‘giving his name as | Dr. Allison telephoned the Fairmont | creamery and requested that a'freezer | of ice cream, together with change for | $20, be sent to the Union station, the creamery manager became suspicious and notified police headquarters. | Harry Buford, driver of the police patrol, was fitted out with a phony ice cream truck and sent to meet “Dr. Allison.” When Buford arrived at the depot a man rushed forward to et the fce cream and the change. | iut all get got was a free ride back to the station. The man gave his name as A. J. Sullivan of Guernsey, Wyo. He had a bad check in_his possession, with which he intended to pay for the ice { on its line. land fuel. | representing train and engine servic | neers, firemen, | impo! ! will be considered In service without pay, Say They Will Lose Their Jobs If They Strike—Will Oper- ate the Trains. ONE TRAIN A DAY AT START In case the strike of men in train service becomes effective Monday morning, the plan of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha will be: To operate one passenger train each | way by daylight between allterminals To handle mail, milk and express traffic on such passenger trains. To move by freight service food stuff for human and animal use As rapidly as conditions permit this service \\'ifvl be extended in | hoth passenger and freight branches with the intention of restoring full service as now effective on their rail- | way. The following statement has been issued by A. W. Trenholm, vice pres- | ident and general manager of' the compliance w terms of the hoatler onductors, me d yardmen propose to leave the em- ploy of this company at 6 a. m. Monday, Septembe 1f this plan (s carried out it will throw out of employment temporarily many persons employed by the company in o that a proper understanding of You are there- the conditions be set forth employed by fore advised that all person the company in train se fee and yard service falling to report duty or to respond to vall will be sidered as having left the service of compuny, forfelting Al sentort and othor and privil Mon in the ahove positions who re and are ready for service, but on account of existing temporary conditlons cannot used, will retain all now hold and the gu ided for by thelr schedules. being equal, men remaining In the employ will be given preforence of positions, accord- ing to senlority. New en employed to flll vacancles 8o caused will be retained as long as their services atisfactory. Em: ployes In other departments of the com- pany who may be temporarily thrown out of omployment on account of this strike but will retain all senlority, pension rights and other privileges. A. Maloney Family Made Homeless by Night Fire Fire destroyed the home of A, Ma- loney, Third and Haskell street, while he was at work Thursday night, His family, consisting of his wife and three children, are staying with friends, The fire started in the rear of the house and the members of the family escaped from the burning structure without injury. New Brigadier Commands Salvation Army in Omaha Adjutant Elwell of the Salvation Army has received notification of the appointment of Brigadier Prebble as commander of the Towa-Nebraska di- vision of the organization, ceeds Robert Dubbin, who has gone ¢ departmonts and it Ix therefore | | He suc- eps Going After Car Hits Woman Mrs. Vinardi, 605 Marcy street, was struck by an automobile at Tenth and Jackson streets Thursday evenin; The driver of the vehicle did not stop after knocking the woman down. Tos Salerno, who saw the accident, said. that the car's number was one whig the police ascertained belonged to Frank Morris of Villisca, Ta. g Mrs. Vinardi was painfully bruised | and suffered severe lacerations. Subses Fast in Mud. € Long Beach, Cal, Sept, 1.—The United States submarine L-§ still was fast tonight In a mud bank in which it stuck atter being Iaunched carly today at the plant of the Caltfornia Shipbuilding company. _marine has not been dam X 1 $2--The Rookie-- Hat Sensation of the Season. | Our numerous hat styles will suit the most particular, and we are most plnyflllll‘ to suit you.' 163 Styles to Choose From A Hats—- G5 2--A1 Hats WOLF’S 1421 Douglas St. BELL-AN | Absolutely Remove Indigestion. Onepack provesit. 25cat all druggi s / 1013 South 41st St. Bargain, Must Sell. New five-room cottage. Full lot. down, §20 per month. Inquire “.-.‘ cream, Br- “Berg Suits Me" NEW CAPS, $1.00, New Fail Hats When you change that straw for a new Fall Hat we sug- gest you change it here, beo- cause if you are looking for style and fine quality there is none better in the world than these we have— J. B. STETSONS- $3.50, 84, 85, to $15 MALLORY'S— $3.00 and $4.00 BERG'S- $3.00 OUR SPECIAL- to Hawaii. \ ~=Our Formal Oper:ing of Autumn Style Models We offer this last and only chance to buy a fine medium weight suit at— HALF-PRICE Plenty heavy eno&gh for office and indoor wear all winter. Every garment must go—and, owing to the rapid increase of price in ready-to-wear garments, you should surely take advantage of this GREAT REDUCTION. Styles for men and young men, hands\ome patterns, belt- d ed and loose back models: ‘ $15, $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $30, $35 Suits—Now $7.50 to $17.50 All broken lines of “Kuppenheimer” and “Society Brand” Suits that sold from $20.00 to $40.00- Now, $10 to $20 New Autumn Styles--for men and young men Here at this popular store you will find clothes that reflect the vim and vigor of youth —~out of the best tailoring shops in the world today. “KUPPENHBIMER,” “SOCIETY BRAND,” “L. SYSTEM" and COLLEGIAN,” in correct models and sizes for regular, ) “short,” young, Fancy nubbed stripes, unfinished worsteds and serges. ... long figures— subdued and basket, stout weaves, $18. 00t0$40.00 A Few of Our Great Assortment Displayed on Douglas Street.. Boys’ Extra Pants Suits Nothing to compare with this greal collection of Boys' Sturdy _School Suits with two pairs of full lined pants—Fine heavy worsted and fancy mixtures in the new Norfolk models. A very special value at, Other Qualities and Styles From $2.50 to £10.00 New Blouses, Waists and Shirts— 45¢ and $1.00 Hose—15¢ and 25¢ “Everything for the $9 Fall Caps— 50c, 76¢ and $1.00 Jersey Sweaters— —Faney Stripes. Boy’s School Wear.” New Slip-ons $7.50 Something Different—A light weight, soft, flexible garment in navy blue, tan, oxford and fancy gray mixtures, suitable for rain and dress wear. A $10.00 value for— $7.50 Regular Rain Coats— $2.50, $3.50 and $5 Young Men’s Fancy Jerseys Black and yellow, red and *$1:50, 32 50, and rfuui. Lhne 32.50 Medium and heavy weight, 1.50, B2, $3.50, 83 Nion aota. 2-00. 83 Light weight, wool and cot- ton for early fall wear— $1,.00, $1.50 and $2