Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 21, 1916, Page 8

MONEY IS MADE IN A DEAD BUSINESS And Legislature Says it Will Be More Dead After First of the Year. NOTES ON SOME OF FEES By A. R. GROH, - Sometimes there is lots of money made in a dead business. = Your mind staggers under the be- wilderment of this seemingly contra- dictory proposition of mine, does it? You say you can't make money out of a dead business any more than you can get blood from a turnip or intelligence from a democrat. Well, the county coroner made £2,991.26 out of a ““dead” business last ear. In 1914 the easy picking in this garden of large and easy fees amount- ed to $3,625.35. You admit now that our opening proposition, which seemed so para- doxical, is but the simple truth. No More Fees. Restrain your indignation at this pouring away of public money; for the last legislature abolished the of- fice of county coroner an ' placed the duty of holding inquests on the county attorney, who is to receive no fees for the service. 2 Coroner Crosby’s term of office will expire December 31 and the office and the fees will expire at the same time, though Crosby has carried the case into the courts and it is now in the supreme court. Another landmark of the old fee-grabbing days will dis- appear with this office. t us consider the Eldorado of the coronership. Whenever anybody is murdered or commits suicide, or is found dead, the coroner ‘“views the body” for which he gets $5, a very beautiful “view,” indeed! Then he has the body removed to his establish- ment, $5. Then he holds the inquest for which he receives $10. More Fees. He gets 50 cents for impaneling the jury. He gets 25 cents for swearing each witness. Sometimes there are thirty witnesses in a single case. When he journeys out of town to hold an inquest he collects 5 cents per ‘mile mileage. All this is “velvet” ta the corone The jurymen and witnesses are paid by the county in addition to the cor- oner's fees. And a coroner’s physi- cian is paid by the county $900 a year. Total Cost. Last year the total expense of the coroner's office was as follows: Fees to the coroner, $2991.25; coroner's juries, $844; witnesses, $1,463.05; printing, $5; coroner's physician, 800; summoning coroner’s jurors, i sheriff acting as coroner, $39.25. To- tal .55, In 1914 the tota! expense was I‘S\lxnmoning coroner’s jurors” is a new little stunt that was added to the expense account in 1913 when it was put through to the pleasant tune of . In 1914 it showed a healthy growth to $620.40. VL) In 1913 the coroner’s own income from this office was $2,879.35 in addi- tion, of course, to the amount the county paid for jurors, witnesses, printing and physician. In this year, also, the sheriff viewed some bodies, held some ‘inquests, swore some wit- nesses and so on, by which he “earned” (laughter) $251. In 1912 the coroner made $3,365.55 { and in 191] his fees were $3,126.25. . “Them was the days!” Emergency Order To Complete Sewer The_storm water sewer extension from Mary street to Redick avenue, in Minne {.uu addition, will be com- pleted at this time, notwijthstanding that $27,000 of the cost will have to be paid out of next year's sewer bond fund. To meet this situation the council passed an emergency ordi- nance. Superintendent Jardine of the pub- lic improvements department made this statement: “This year's sewer bond fund is nearly exhausted, but to stop this Minne Lusa sewer exten- sion would be unwise. The commis- sioners yisited that portion of the work alréady completed and conclud- ed that an emergency existed, so the work will be completed this fall.” The next extension of this sewer will be from Evans street to Mary street, which probably will be done next year, Mayor Was Not Asked to Open the Dry Convention A statement from Mayor Dahlman's office contradicts the allegation that representatives ' of the Woman's Christian Temperence union were un- able to locate the mayor on Monday or Tuesday to ask him to address their meeting. “The mayor was in the city hall on both days, attended the committee of the whole meeting Monday morning in the council chamber and the reg- ular council meeting Tuesday morn- ing and was in the city hall most of the time during both days. None called on me or telephoned me ‘on this subject,” said the mayor's secretary. et TOO WEAK TO FIGHT The “Come-back” man was really never down-and-out. 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Mr. Hughes was in Kansas City recently, and 1 just want to tell you he made u fine impression with the rank and file of voters.” T. J. McGuire of the republican county central committee has re- sponded to a call from Jesse Craig ot the state bureau of speakers to go tu Chapman and other points to make addresses on behalf of the repun- lican nominees. Chairman Dahlman of the demo- cratic county central committee, at a meeting in the Swedish auditoriun Monday evening announced that onc of the big cards fn the campaign of this county will be demogratic oppo- sition to the prohibitory amendment. Cofonel W. F. Stoecker, identifying himself as “not a candidate for gov- ernor,” is issuing bulletins against the liquor interests. He is distributing this literature on street corners, Bride Delays the Ceremony Until the Hand Points Down While the hour and minute hands of the marble clock in the county court pointed upward at 11 o'clock Anton Lanik and Gertrude Mitchell refused to take the marriage vows before Justice Britt, After the min- ute hand had moved downward and pointed to 11:30 they promised to love, honor and obey. Judge Bri pie” Stubbendorf and “Ka nedy waited out the half hour in order to.satisfy the superstition of the bride, “My grandmother and my mother were both happily married while the minute hand of the clock pointéd downward and I insist that my mar- riage ceremony be performed under similar circumstances,” said the 19- ear-old bride in explanation of the half-hour delay. Anton Lantk, a farmer, aged 22 resides at Wahoo, Neb. The girl bride, {AND DOCTOR IS MISSING OFFICE GIRL SEEKS PAY FOR HER WORK Court Officers Would Put Out Furniture of Office Where Girl is on Watch. Where is Dr. P. J. Little? What is to become of office fixtures in rooms 212- Neville block? Where will Miss Myrtle Newcom- ber, office girl, recover pay for six weeks watching headquarters of the United Doctors while the doctor has | been absent? These questions are puzzling Coun- ty Judge Crawford and will be threshed out when an action started by Judge Neville is heard. Eviction papers were issued to Constable Hen- sel Wednesday and he was instructed to break into the rooms in the Ne- ville block, if necessary, and remove | the fixtures. Mr. Neville complains that the missing doctor is indebted to him. Friends of the physician assert that he is seriously ill in a sanitarium at Lincoln. “Dr. Little has been away from the office for nine weeks. During the first three weeks he sent me checks for my services and wrote me urging that | [ keep the office open to notify call- ers that he would be absent for some time on his vacation. I have received no wages for six weeks,” complaiped Miss Myrtle Newcomber, the office girl when she appealed to Probation Officer Miller to arrange plans for the collection of her wages. “Dr. Little is not here and his pres- ent whereabouts are unknown to us, was the answer to inquiries at the Schlitz hotel, where the physician for merly occupied a suite of rooms. Library Has “ome Books For ihe Boys on Kites The Omaha Public library believes in some crazes, the one in this par ticular instance being the kite-flying craze, which seems to have gotten a firm hold on the boydom of the city For the benefit of ambitious kite flyers—boys who would know the why, wherefore and reasons thereof of everything pertaining to ! J ibrary officials have arranged a list of books on the sport. itos An Excelleni‘ “FIRST-LINE Gertrude Mitchell, came to Omaha from her home at Valparaiso, Neb. They will return to the Lanik farm at Vvahoo after the honeymoon. Feel Stuffy? Irritable? Dissatisfied? 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Advance res- ervations at the hotels and regular rooming houses indi- cate there will be - A Scarecity of Accommodations \ql Many priv.te families are planning to throw open their homes and rent their spare rooms, but still more will be needed. q It does not matter where you live, people will be glad to go long distances and pay good prices for plages to sleep. Cee that your room is ad- vertised in The Bee—get it in at once. The cost will only be one cent per word. Bring, Phone or Send Your Ad. in NOW Call Tyler 1000 Bee Want-Ads gained 19,599 more paid ads than amy other Omaha newspaper gained in the first seven months of 1916.