Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 3, 1916, Page 7

POSTOFFICE GAIN FOR AUGUST LARGE Receipts Increase Over Fifteen Por Oent and Twenty-Egiht Olerks Get Raise. IS INDEX OF OITY GROWTH Another encouraging increase in Omaha postoffice receipts was made % Atigust of this year, an increase of 15.8 per.cent over the receipts August of last Yy The figures are: $104,685. 4 | 116,320.31 18,368.18 'l-hu was the first month of C. E, Fauning’s incumbency. ~ The postal receipts are: considered, the most, re- liable ‘index of the city’s growth and an ‘increase of 158 per cent in a year is "goin( some. rch a_ fine record for increased business has been made by the Oma- h; postoffice in the last year that the &Artment has ‘granted increases of ar in the salaries of twenty< enghfl: erks, Usually. such increases are granted only ‘once a year and to clerks re- «emnl §1,100 or less a year. The “present increase is an extra one and goes to men receiving $1,200 a year. The following received the | increase: Viola Coffin, Charles P. Rodman, Vern D. Mulgrove, Charles Ni Nelton, Wlllmn ckhardt; Fer- === dmmd €. Krebs, Harry C. Black- ne, Robert Jpjtenun. Harlow / F. \ yers, Patrick Govern, Irven . Barr, .Charles H. Chadwell, Jere- | mifaft-J.. Cortin, William E De:k\n, . dale, Charles E.'A:| awm-d Spillett, Lee H. Utt, P_'l ega, . Willia; m F.| White, Edgir L Holdg chnb G Jas cobmn. rln}: iet, Charles: ’J, M Connor, S Mo "w {onnorl C, Westerdahl, ._._._-_ (Goes to Russia to Francis (et His Family|. Sar Kis Bedrosian, an Armenian, seeured pus‘)orh at the. clerk of the federal court's office and shne§ Sat- urday for Russia to find his. wife and four "ehildren and bring." ‘them _to Omaha. He lives at 2540 Capitol avenae. He has been in this' country about six- teen years, but’was back to his home in'Armenia four years ago, remaining here three years, fAfter the war started he could get no word of his family, Then through an Armenian 1paper he learned that ope of his children had died of star- vation and the rest of his family had been "driven from their home by the Turks. , Later word came that they were at'a town in Russia. ‘To that place. Bedromn is bonnd “I will go to New York,” he said, “and then I. will get passage on the first ship that I can for Rulsla I must reach. my family some way.” Teachers’ Institate Uon_cludes Sessions The Douglas County Teachers’ in- stitute concludéd its .session Friday and 150 teachers from the rural dis- tricts and towns of the county re- turned to their homes to prepare for the fall schook-term, based on in- structions and lectures staged for their bcnefit dunng the week in Omaha. Friday’s sessions included educa- tional psychology, with discussions by Superintendent Yoder; primary reldmz lectures by Miss Caldwell; library instruction by the office force of the superintendent’s department; work for rural teachers, A. V. Teed, rural inspector for the State Depart- ment of Education, and' a general discussion of methods for town and country teachers by Dr. I. S. Cutter of the University School of. Medi- cine. Enroliment at High Shows Increase Over Last Year Enrollment = at the. Central High school this ' year will be ruch heavier than last, according to_pres- ent indications noted by Principal J. G. Masters. Yesterday 406 students signed the router, ngamlt 396 on the corres, ondlzg of last year. Alrea puplls have been en- rolled, whlch beats last year's record considerably. Bridge. Worker Attacked nd -Robbed While Asleep . McConnell, a bridge worker, | drew is pay, amounting to $125 and then went to-sleep in a vacant lot at Seventh and Leavenworth street. His next stop was at the police station, where he reported that thugs had at- tacked him while he was lleepmg and robbed ‘him of hi» “roll.” Dan Gaines Offers Big Cup For Best Boars at Hog Show Dan Gaines has offered a $50 cup, known as the Merchants hotel cup, for the four best Duroc-Jersey boars | which are exhibited at the National Swine show which is to be held here the first week in October. This prize goes for any age. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 8, HIGH POWERED MONSTER GUN WHICH BATTERS GERMAN LINES—This picture, taken on the western battle front, shows oneof the British monster guns now being used. The gun is mounted on a specially built truck, which runs over tracks laid for the purpose. MONSTER BRITISH GUNL HAPPENINGS OF. - THE SOUTH SIDE West . Side 'n_plidflltl Anxious to. Seoure New Park in Their Neighborhood. OLUB I8 BOOSTING PROJEOT West side residents in the weeks past have organized three new clubs, besides the old West Side Improve- menit clib. Now tne South Thir- teenth Street. Improvement club is advancing a.new location for the park addition now under consideration by the city commission. The club de- mands that no other site be consider- ed -when that from Twenty-seventh to Thirty-second and from Q to W streets is considered. West ‘Side bdosters, credited to be the representative club of the district, have petitioned the council dcmandmg that it reconsider its proposition of making a certain plot along Q street| (not yet made known) a park by or- dinance and take under advisement the purchase of a. tract either at Thirty-sixth and Q streets or at Thir- tieth and Z streets, next to the Jetter properties. President Trainer of the new club is urgent in his demand that his club’s wishes be considered. White- horn is secretary. of the club The councnl has not ‘announced its decision in.the matter yet,.but is; expcctcd to do 50" 800m 4L ».South: Newsies: Pienic. Juvenile Officer Paul ‘McAulay of the South Side took .in_ his' charge thirty-five newsboys yesterday after- noon and” made straight for- Krug park, where the annual picnic festival for the ‘young news merchants was held:" The.boys all ‘boarded a street car at,the corner of Twen(y-fourth and N streets at 1:30 o’clock. At the park they were hustled into executing a varied program. All the while the cry for eats was the prin- cipal note. Athletic contests of many kinds were pulled off, with the Sulli- van boys winners. Church Notes. St. Luke's Lutheran church, Twenty-fifth and K Strrets, Rev. S. .H. Yerlan, Pastor hool at 9:45. Sermon at 1l 1" Luther League at 7. Next Sundsy wil be d in the evening at 8 oclock he will llvn an illustrated sermon on *'Shadow of the Cross.” West Side Interdenominational, - Thirty- eighth and Q, Rev. W. M. Shallcross, Pas- tor—Sunday school at 9:46. Morning wor- ship and communion services at 10:45. Chris- tian Endeavor at 7. Evening sermon at 8. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 3. Everybody welcome. ‘Wheeler Memorial, Twenty-third and J, Pastor—=Sunday school ermon at 11. Subject, “The Conflict.” Intermediate Endea 6. Senior Ende: fces. Henry B. Kies in the morning in the absence of the pa: First Christian, Twenty-third and I, "\ G, Alber, Pastor—Sunday school at 9:45. Morning worship at 11. Evening sermon at 8. Christian Endeavor at 7. evening at 7. nument ~ and he Impregnable Iortress.” Prayer meet- Ing Wednesd Morning ser- mon " tople, * Evening top! Trinity Baptist, Twenty-fifth and H, Rev. Charles F. Holler, Pastor—Sunday school at 9:46. Morning worship at 11 Baptist Young People’s union at 6:30. Evening serv- foe at 7:30. Subject of the morning ser- mon, “Christ and Sin.” At the close of the morning sérmon .the Lord's supper will be observed. The evening service will be a sacred concert by the church choir with ape- clal victrola numbers and a history of each hymn by the pastor. Magie City Gosslp. The Kensington ot Degree of Honor, No. 193, will meet at the home of Mrs. Prince, 6661 South Forty-eighth avenue, Thursday afternoon. James Stevens, son Btevens of the local police station, who underwent an o) tion at St. Joseph's hos- pital two week: , is reported to be re- covering rapidly. He will be able to be re- moved to his home in two weeks. TRADE MARK RESITERED Indian Summer September is the month for touring. See that your battery is ready forit. We'll give you a few pointers. Nebraska Storage Battery Co., Omabha. 2203 Farnam St. Phone D. 5102 Free inspection of any battery at any time. 1 | feel more ti; irtholace," | of Officer George | FALLS ON FOES WITH 1,000 MEN Prancisco Villa Attacks OCar. ranza Force and Inflicts Defeat on It. SENDS SOLDIERS NORTH El Paso, Tex., Sept. 2.—Francisco Villa, with a force recruited as a re- sult of his recent victories in the vicinity of Satevo, to about 1,000 men, attacked General Elizondo in the vicinity of Santa Ysabel and forced ithe Carranza leader, who had about 600 troops, to fall back toward Chi- huahua City, according to private dis- ra!ches here tonight. The Carranza osses were estimated at about thirty, while the Villa losses were said to have been less. After the engage- ment Villa seized a freight train on the Mexico Northwestern, which he set 'his' men converting into a troop train, A part of his force, according to the dispatches, was sent north from the line of the railroad apparently on a scouting expedition. Military authorities here, while ad- mitting that all their information in- dicates that Villa is less than 100 miles south and east of El Valle, the southmost base of the American ex- peditionary forces, manifested no ap- prehension that he plans to attack any. of the United "States detach- ments. Numerous rumors of revolutionary juntas on the American side of the berder have been current recently |and at least two small forces of Mex- icans have left Juarez with the an- nounced intention of joining Villa, ‘Hipolita Villa, brother of Francisco Villa and his financial agent in Juarez in his period of power, is now in the custody of the United States author- ities, it was learned here today. Manufacturers of Omaha Protest Eight-Hour Law Manufacturers of Omaha, in session yesterday, adopted resolutions pro- testing the passage of the eight-hour law and then authorized their presi- dent, R. W. Besley, to wire President Wilson the following: We are absolutely oppose possd to congress passing the W ‘ht-hour law at this time, 18 needed for Investiga as effects on buainess of country are (oo far-reaching to take hasty action. ——— Political }dvenilinl. JOHN C.MARTIN Central City, Nebraska Candidate for Election on the Non- partisan Judiclary ballot For Supreme Judge R. MARTIN 1is 66 years of age, was born and reared at Pittsburg, Pa., where he read law for four years prior to coming to Nebraska. duu ted at Wooster Universit | Ohlo, and u(ny-nc College at ton, Pa. He came to Nebraska in 1883 and first located at Columbus, where he practiced law until 1885 when he moved to Merrick County, Neb. He has devoted his entire time and energy to the practice of the law In this state ever since, excepting during thu 1899 and 1900 when he ‘was leg: lviser of the l.udllln‘ depart- | ment ot the United BStates located at Havana, Cuba, under the military occu- pation of Cuba. As .vld-na. of his conception of the dutles of the office to which he aspires, and for the p e of advising the electors of Nebraska as to his conduet in that office if elected, he announces the following PLATFORM Equality before the law. s‘:am ulnhle l,-w J vexatious delays. justice unhampe b; technicalities. S " Purfly lho ‘courts by severe punishment | Ior ner nr{ t litics or favoritism known on the eh | '“T& .l:"tho right as God gives me to | Would Appreciate Your Support and WIii 8trive te Merit Your Confidence, ROUMANIAN RUSH MBETS WITH CHECK Vienna Official Report Says the Enemy Was Beaten Back At Two Points. SERBS REPULSE BULGARS Berlin, Sept. 2—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—-Austro-Hungarian troops on the Roumanian front again re- pulsed the Roumanians near Orzova and Hercules Fuerioeon August 31, says the official statement issued by the Austro-Hungarian army head- quarters under date of September 1. The statement adds that the Tran- sylvanian towns of -Szeben (Hermanstadt) and Sepu- zent-Gy- orgy, north of Kronstadt already had been evacuated by the Austro-Hunga- rians on Wednesday. Serbians Repulse Bulgarians. Paris, Sept. 2—The, Bulgarians re- turned to the attack last night on the western end of the Macedonion front. The war office announced today that. an assault delivered by them in the Vetrenik sector was repulsed by the Serbians. The announcement says: “On the Struma front and in the region of Lake Doiran there was in- termittent cannonading. Our artil- lery set fire to the railway station at Portiovica, Between the Cerna and the Vardar there was hand grenade figl htmfl “A night attack by the Bulgarians in the sector of Vetrenik was repulsed easily by Serbian troops.” e — Funeral Services for Train Accident Victim Today Funeral services for William L. Baxter, who was killed Thursda when struck by a train at Fourteent and Wirt street, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the resi- dence, 4411 North Twenty-fifth ave- nue. Interment will be”in Forest Lawn cemetery. condition of your mo- end &, year's run We tirmly believe that Panhard 0fl is of the best quality for a have stuck although th it year after er oils of are innumerab lar appesrance which would show us bigger immediate profits. It M doesn't pay to experiment —buy P Panhard and be sure. POWELL SUPPLY COMPANY OMAMA mobile Suppli A“';llil F-rn-.” S'lxty‘ borse power==Seven Passengder / + Cantilever Sprinds 120 Inch wheelbase « Price $1350 vly jail, held on a charge of vagrancy. 1916, He led the officers to these quaint shcltcrs. bu! offered no explanation. n he demanded food at farm houses and was offered bread, he insisted upon being served with CAVE MAN HAS BEEN TAKEN BY SHERIFF! fned chicken and that when refused Lived on Berries and Grapes (‘m“plnlms at the sherif’s office. His right arm hangs limp at his side and and Frightened Women |is being attended by the county phy- North of Florence. | sician, Disouss Plans for Wilson's Speeches New York, Sept. 2—Plans for President Wilson's speaking trips dur- ing the campaign were discussed here today at a meeting of the democratic campaign committee, after which it was announced that the president Benson, A, J. leClunl Pastor—Sunday HIS DIET IS NOW OHANGED‘-rhm wt 10; at 11, “Childlike Christi | Chirlatian Endeaver at nioon; evening service 2 » at 8 “The Great Salvation;" After terrorizing farmers' wives In§ Wednesday evening at & north of Florence for more than two *w==== i (e Clos at 1P. M. MONDAY--LABOR ,l,?_,é,,! s:mple Il(e is now the guest of 6 1 DODGE a# DOUALAS STREE‘I'S Displays of New Fall Merchandise MANY SPLENDID SPECIAL BARGAINS Aranged for the Moring Will Make Early Buying Here Monday, Both Pleasurable and Profitable. The early showing of new styles s\ué)us all pre- vious seasons—assortments broader and values un- cgzesnonably superior. ' September sales here point e way to satisfying price-savings, without the least sacrifice in style beauty or quahg It always pays you to Try HAYDEN'’S First DT ool (il i) Hlnlllmull!llnm|||llll”l\lunmllifl demountable rims and the same size tires on both front and rear wheels. ‘ probahly would make his most " im- portant speeches from the porch of his summer home at Long Branch, His diet of grapes, apples, stray chickens, herbs and berries has been changed to pork and beans and the health-giving viands of the county bastile. After trudging through the woods all day and a part of the night Deputy Sheriff Musgrave and the Florence marshal found the Mexican wanderer in a gully clad only with a handker- chief about his loins, His ragged clothing was hanging about an old well where he had given the gar- ments the weekl, wu ing. When accoste: the officers the Mexican meekl lu mitted to arrest and at once re?\md to talk. It was only when an interpreter was called to the court house that Gonzales told a portion of his story to deputies. Broke His Arm. i According to 'his nmblm% admis- | sions he is 45 years old and has been in the United States eight years work- ing as a railway laborer. hile work- ing at Lincoln he fell and fractured the smaller bones of his right arm. From Lincoln he wandered to the vicinity of Florence with his _right arm in splints and bandages. He has since existed by belgint handouts from farm houses an y « picking fruit and berries in the vicinity where he wys located by officers. The man was unarmed, but carried a hu’e club, Three tepees, made from twigs and leaves, and located on strategic look- out points, provided shelter for him. I |'mu|m|umumm “!unull““l ll !Hlmunlml REMEMBER these important features, because they are not to be found on some of the lighter cars. 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