Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 4, 1916, Page 4

[ DEATH JOURNEY FOR GOYERNOR BURT First Territorial Ruler Took Office Two Days Before He Died. SOME STATE HISTORY By A. R. GROH. The first governor of Nebraska ter- ritory held his office only two days. He was Francis Burt of South Carolina, a man with a distinguished public career for twenty years before he was appointed governor of Ne- braska by President Pierce, August 2, 1854. On September 11, he started from his home, Pendleton, South Carolina, for’ Nebrasak. He was accompanied by his young son, Armistead, and by several neighbors. They. traveled by private conveyance, stage, railway and steamboat. His son has de- scribed . the hardships of the journey as follows in the “History of Ne- braska.” “At St. Joseph the steamboat could go no farther on account of low water, and the governor hired a hack and traveled in it to Nebraska City which then contained one house, where he 'odged for the night. “The next morning he hired a_two- lorse wagon from. the only citizen and_traveled in it to Bellevue. *Thoroughly. worn out, he went to bed and was' nevér again able to be up,. He had been, for years, a dys. peptic and the journey from Nash- ville to Louisville during the excess- ively het, dry weather, drinking strong limestone water and traveling d.K and night in a rough coach so exhausted him that he had to stop in St.‘Louis in care of a physician.” Governor. Burt reached Bellevue, October 7, and continued to get worse. The oath of office was ad- ministered to him October 16, by Chief Justice Fergusone, but he died October 18, 5 Cuming as Substitute. T. B. Culmf\"g,'luuur , acted as governor “until Mark Izard of Arkansas reached here, February 23, 855. He resigned in 1857 and Cum- i‘v again acted .as governor' until . A. Richardson arrived, January 12, 1858. b , 1858 : J. Sterling Morton was acting gov- ernor then until Samuel W. Black of Pennsylvania arrived, May 2, 1859. He resigned February 24, lsdl, and returned to Pennsylvania where he raised a regiment, was commissioned colonel and went to the front. He was killed in the battle of Gaines' Mill, June 26, 1862. 3 After Governor Black resigned "J. | Sterling Morton acted as gowvernor until May 15, 1861, when President Lincoln appointed Alvin Saunders of Jowa, governor. He was the last ter- ! ritorial governor of Nebrasgka, Nineteen Governors. Since then nineteen men have been vernor of Nebraska. None of them died in office. The firsg one, David Butler, was impeached. * Another was . removed by the supreme court and reinstated fater. And a third resigned . to run for United States sedator. The names of the state’s governors are as follows: T David Butler, 1867.71. W. H. James (acting), 1871-74. Rohart W, Furnas, <16, Hilag Garber, 1876-79. Albinus Nance, 1879-8 5 W. Dawens, 1883-87. John M. Thayer, 1887-91, James 1. Boyd, 1891 (removed by decision of Nebraska supreme court, May 0, 1891); ored . by di He served until December Test N of Unitéd - States su- premo court, Febfuary 1, 1892 i M. 192, e Ji B, sl m 1 3 A 1 3 '?lfhn“r Poynter, 1 t’-ml. | Chatles H. Dietrich, 1901 (reslgned to run nonator). ¥ ¥ Otitahe Girl Bushes ' To-Resoue-8tudent herine O .of Omaha, ‘a § mmmm nnm!fif Bellevue . col- leg&ylpncl a heroic coup-d'etat yes- | terday’ foriher class 'when she’ at- tacked and-routed- George Pangle of O a freshman, and thus, saved Perry. Tohns, a sophomore, from a e beal tips. with two first- Y ',\131 and James Daugh- %-‘%fiéfi;w e Miss Oh- ( an 1 companions - ;:‘nng({ ong.: - e_Omnh: girl loI:t o e e gl ol ;::cgedtd to beat Daogherty. Licenses of Twa Dairies no ' Suspended by ‘Connell| Health Commissioner Connell has suspended the milk licenses of C. B, Post and L. P, Jensen, Igroprietors of the West Omaha and Purity dairies, vely. Two weeks ago the com- missioner notified 25 dairymen, who had been convicted more than once in the police court, that the next time their milk tested below legal standard he would revoke their licenses, These suspensions are subject to ratification by the city council after regular hear- |- ings. Sleek Young Men from .Chicago Forget Their Game ames D. Currey and George Hall o Chke?o grew-so excited wherl they observed the police approaching that they handed Ralph sfi) nson of Red Oll.,ll., $43, just $25 more than they had beat him out of in a dollar match- ing game. A citizen observed the “sport” and called the wagon, with the result that Currey and Hall are bound over to the district court with bonds fixed 4t ' $750, and Johnson is $25 to the good. Used Car Auction is to Be Held Wednesday by Wilson The sale of used automobiles is handled in various ways by dealers along the automobile row, but E. R. Wilson has the best and quickest means of turning the cars. 4 - expect to clean up all of our . at our auction very .much surprised if ~ haven't much invested really let them go at auc- ‘R. Wilson More “Don’ts” for the Visitors Don'{_\)’hsz;sf on sle on the floor -well be only BEE: eping = Don? purchase any of our sky— Scrapers —we need em ourselves! S DONT THINK WE THINK You L0oK LIKE THIS = BECAUSE —= THIS 1S MORE UKE IT OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, |CONNELL ADVISES ALL T0 BOIL WATER Sixteen Cases of Typhoid Fever —Howell S8ays Omaha Water is Better Than Ever. WATER IS TESTED DAILY Sixteen cases of typhoid fever re- ported to the health office since Sep- | tember 1, and unusual presence of coli bacilli in a sample of city water ana- Iyzed at the city laboratory, are the reasons offered by Health Commis- sioner Connell for advising citizens to boil all city water used for domes- tic purposes. The typhoid fever cases reported during the last five years werc as many as recorded this year to Sep- tember 1. Four of the cases are at the Klepetko home, 1956 South Fif- teenth street, where the victims are. Anne, 20; Stephie, 18; Irma, 16; Ir- win, 11, LA “I am not ready to state positively that these cases are due to city water, but the evidence before me warrants the suggestion that city water shpuld be boiled. I do not regard the situa- tion as serious, but it is bun(ucual," ex- plained the heal:h commissioner. Ten of the sixteen cases were re- WISHT I OWNED A ported during the last week. Manager Howell’'s View. General Manager Howell of the mu- nicipal water plant gave the following statement: So far as Omaha's water supply is concerned, our method of treatment is | Sweden Comes Back Hot at Allies’ Charge It Is Not Loyally Neutral (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London, Sept. 22—The relations be- tween Sweden and the entente powers are attracting unusual attention here and there is every indization that the situation threatens to bbcome some- what more tense. With the dispute as to mail seizures still unsettled, there now has arisen the charge by the en- tente that the neutrality of Sweden is net 30 loyal and impartial as it should [ Submarines, knowing these powers #6:. This has drawn from Stockholm | Were rlu,ot using commercial under- 2 g ", | water boats. a reply as tart and crisp as some of | The reply of Sweden was char- the ‘notes 'in the mail controversy which were characterized by Viscount Grey as containing words not usua'ly found in diplomatic correspondence. The new point of contact with Swe- den.is-the ouurfiwth of the practice of betligerent shi pring in using’ the Swedish territorial waters for all Baltic traffic, Within the safdty ‘of this neutral three-mile limit, English and other ships of the entente nations have sailed defiantly into and out of the Baltic, paying not the slightest heed to the German fleet looking on from the outer waters, Similarly, Ger- _merchant ships have sailed up e and down, the west coast of Sweder, |, heavily laden with foodstuffs andsirem ores, whilé Russian destroyets: its the northern reaches of the Baltic have been impotent to act. This rrlctic: placed a heavy re- sponsibility upon Sweden and kept its fleet busy day and night, patroling the territorial waters in protection of the belligerent traders, despite which precautions there were several vio'a: tions of 'Swedish neutrality. Public sentiment in Sweden was aroused and! the govefnment determined to mine the waters”of Kogrund channel lead- ing out of the sound into the Baltic. combines all the nutriment of whole wheat and malted barley, including their mineral salts s0 necessary to thorough nourishment. Grape-Nuts is a winning food—ready to eat direct from package, easy to digest, richly nourishing, and wonderfully delicious. Every table should have its daily ration of Grape-Nuts. “There's. a Reason” Sweden also served notice that its naval commanders had been instruct- ed to firé upon all submarines found rowling within the three-mile limit. his policy scarcely had been an- nounced when news came of the suc- cessful trip of the Deutschland from Bremen to Baltimore, and there arose the question as to whether Swedish warships would fire at sight of a Ger- man merchant submarine or whether they would only fire at entente allied istically stiff, “You conclude that in the attitude adopted by the king's government re- garding, the two belligerent camps there is a signal difference, which would seem incompatible with the duties of loyal and impartial neutral- ity,! it said. “It i$ ‘the duty of the km&‘s government fardeny in the most formal manner thatithe opinion thus expressed has any foundation. It can- not enter into discussion on the sin- cerity and impartiality of its neutral- ity, which <have been abundantly demonstrated:throughout the war It will, however, observe that an allega- jon of this nature is fundamentally Viciots, being founded only on isolat- ¢d facts imperfectly discernible.” The reply declared that all sub- marines are to be treated by Sweden as war submarines if their employ- ment for commercial purposes is not established with certainty by common facts. Should Address MeMillan, - Boston, Odt. 2.—The committee In charge of préss drrangements for world's series base ball games to be played in this city | announced today that upplications for press soats should be addressed to Ralph Mc- Millan, chairman in ®harge of the Boston | than Omaha, | his assistant are practicing constant more nearly perfect than ever before, | and last year there were only three cities in the United States that had a lower death rate from typhoid fever Our chief chemis: and | vigilance, and the report of our daily analysis shows that the water being supplied the citizens today is as good or better than it has been in the past. “Typhoid fever is tracable to other sources than a city’s water supply. It is a well known fact that the milk cupply is often the cause of epidemics from this fever, and it is much more difficult to control an infection from this source than from water, as for instance, we analyze samples of all water ‘supplied the city, “How many of the various milk supplies are daily analyzed by the city physician? “Again, this is recognized as the typhoid fever season. It is a time when people have completed their va- cations, possibly in places where typhoid germs may have been abun- dant. They come back home and set- tle down to their daily avocations with the result that here and there typhoid tever cases develop: “If the ‘water:departmerit believed there was ‘any danger in. Omaha's water it would be the first to suggest additional “precaptions, but we feel confident that our water supply, which has been all that could be desired in the recent past, is just' as good today, 'f not better.” Fairbanks Brands Wilson Statement ‘Base. Utterance” Los Angeles, Cal, 'Oct. 3.~~Charles Warren' Fairbanks, ' republican candi- date for vice president, speaking at the ' Auditofium theater tonight de- scribed as.a “base utterance” such charges @8- that' mdde” by President Wilson at”Shadow Lawn when he said the “c:rlain‘prospect of republi- can success in Navember would be the use of force in Mexico and en- tanglement of this country in the em- broilments of the European war.” “The " suggestion which now and then is heard,” Mr- Fairbanks said “to the effect that republican victory will tend ‘to our entering the Euro- pean war, is a base utterance, which the stress of a political campaign does American league ‘club, Fenway park. not warrant." = Putting It 0ver The Line Many a man can think up plays in sport or business who lacks the rugged strength and energy to carry them out. Human power comes from food, and it is vitally essential that it contain the elements required by both body andbrain—in good balance, and in form for prompt digestion. Grape-Nuts with Cream 1916. GAMBLING EXPOSE ~ BXGITES CHICAGO While Landis Quizzes Witnesses Police Get Busy and Raid Base Ball Pool Quarters. “BIG BILL'S” NAME IS USED Chicago, Oct. 3—While Federal Judge Landis continued today to draw from reluctant witnesses testimony of a highly developed organization for gambling which the police previously declared did not exist, city authorities scurried around and uncovered evi- dence of a base ball pool in a raid on a downtown office building, State’s Attorney Hoyne, conducting an independent raid on the Sports- men’s Club of America, declared he suspected that the funds derived fr.m a large sale of associate memberships was used as a political fund for: the benefit of Mayor William H. Thomp- son. Extends to Many Cities. Witnesses before Judge Landis told that the general news buregu, of which Mont Tennes was the head, daily tele- phoned racing results to hundreds of cigar stores and saloons, where bets were made. Ramifications of the bu- reau extended to Kansas City, St. Louis, San Antonio, Tex.; San Fran- cisco, Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Cin- cinnati and West Baden, Ind, wit- nesses testified. Betting in this ity through the various agencies of the bureau was said to have run as high profit fro testified, was $4,000 a month Police Captain Collins, who raidec the base ball pool, said paraphernalia seized indicated tions had the coming world’s series. “New cards were made, each con- aining combinations of six players,” | he said, “and there were thousands of such combinations. The documents indicated that as high as $1,000 could be won by the holder of an especially successful combination.” m the organization, it wa elaborate prepara been made for betting on | keeps Her Children In Perfect Health Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep- sin the Family Laxa- tive for Many Years Mrs. Aug. Doellefeld of Carlyle, IlL, recently wrote to Dr. Caldwell, at | Monticello, Ill., that she has used Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin in her home for a number of years, and would not be without it, as with it she has been able to keep her four children in per- fect health. Dr. Caldwell’'s Syrup Pepsin is a combination of simple qaxntive herbs with pepsin that acts on the bowels in an easy, natural way, and regulates the action of this most important function. Nearly all the sickness to which children are subject is trace- able to bowel inaction, and a mild, dependable laxative, such as Dr. Cald- well’'s Syrup Pepsin should have a lace in every family medicine chest. t is pleasant to the taste and chil- dren like it, and take it readily, while you get Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep. sin. See that a facsimile of Dr. Cald- well’s signature and his portrait ap- it is equally effective for adults. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is sold in drug stores everywhere for fifty cents a bottle. To avoid imitations pear on the yellow carton in which the bottle is packed. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be. obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 455 as $60,000 a d;y‘ Tennes’ personal ‘and ineffective substitutes be sure Washington St., Monticello, Illinois. e about Studebaker DEFI 2550 Farnam St. NITE Sérvice. 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Nothing would please us better than to have you come in and let us téll you thore E. R. Wilson Automobile Co. - Phone Harney 871. Bast AND WasT UniTzp AT PromonToRY Point, MAY 10, 1869, Y JUNCTION or Uion Paciric anp CentaaL Paciric Linss iriving the Golden Spike completed the first line of this great railroad system and gave our country the firstadequate communication between the Atlantic and the Pacific. No other event in the History of Transportation was so widely celebrated or so important in the public mind—not even the building of the Panama Canal. The completion of this first transcontinental line was the climax of a quarter of a century of agitation and three years of record-breaking construction. [ 5. brated by public meetings and parades in all great cities of the country. Every blow on the Golden Spike was recorded by telegraph over the whole land. Public rejoicing in San Fyrancisco lasted three days. Travelers and shippers know that the first road west is still first. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Joins East and West with a Boulevard of Steel L. BEINDORFF,C.P. & T. A. 1324 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. e occasion was cele-