Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 5, 1916, Page 5

) i | | Police Commissioner Kugel, for the THE 1916 l Brief City News l Platinum Wedding Rings—Edholm. Have Root Print It—New Boacon Press | Lighting Fixtures—Eurgeas-Granden Co. Savoy Cafe Open—New manage- ment. Prices reasonable, Phone Bedford’s New Coal Yard— 1017 23d, for Paradise coal, best for furnaces. Doug. 115. Mr. Wilson Will Occupy the presi- dent's suite at the Fontenelle while in Omaha tomorrow. These rooms were decorated and furnished throughout by the Orchard & Wil- helm company. On Oberlin Glee Club—After close competition Mr. Soren A. Mathiasen, gon of Mrs. Johanna Mathiasen, 4427 Howard street, anc a member of the class of '17, at Oberlin college, has been chosen hass on the Oberlin Glee club for the current season. To Be Taken to Norfolk—Labor- . Ing under the delusion -that she is constantly being pursued by im- aginary enemies who seek to take her life, Mrs. Emma Johnson, a colored maid at the California hotel, has been adjudged insane by the insanity com- mission and will be taken to the asylum at Norfolk Thursday. Furnishings for Two Hotels—Oma- ha will soon have two newly furnished hotels. The Orchard and Wilhelm company reports tha# the installation of furniture, shades. draperies and the laying of carpéts in the Blackstone hotel is progressing rapidly. The same company makes a simildr report inl ragard to the new addition of Ho- te To Pren(‘h on Temperance-—A tem- perance sermon will be delivered at All Baints’ church Sunday at 1 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Willlam A. Was- son, a celebrated clergyman of the Episcopal chureh, will occupy Dr. Mackay’s pulpit. Dr. Wasson is“an orator of national renown and has devoted a great deal of time and study to the subject of temperance. Fine Fireplace Goods—Sunderland. Parrish Explains About Stage Seats For .V@n Speech The erroneous impression has gone out that tickets forthe stage seats at the Auditorium Thursday night for President Wilson's meeting, may be secured from E. V. Parrish, manager of the bureau of publicity. ‘They are rlggmg my head off for tickets,” said Mr. Parrish. “That is all wrong. I have no tickets for the stage seats. This wrong impression grew out of the fact that I am to pro- vide tickets for visiting newspaper men in the press boxes to be ar- ran ed there. eneral admission to the Audi- torium proper will require no ticket. This is open to first comé first served, and the doors are to be open at 7 o'clock. Tickets ard issued only for those invited to the stage seats, and these must present their tickets at the stage door entrance, on the Howard street side.” " Buyer for Updike (rain Firm Killed In Motor Accident Wahoo, Neb.,, Oct. 3.—(Special Telegram.)—Ben Schulz, a grain buy- er for the Updike Grain company of Omaha, was instantly killed when his automobile skidded, went into a ditch and turned turtle a mile south of Yutan at 9 o'clock this evening. He was going after his wife, who had been visiting with friends on a farm near Yufan. The body was taken to Yutan. Schulz was a member of a well known family in this part of the state. Besides his widow he is survived by his father and two brothers, all resi- dents of Yutan. Omaha Uni Gridiron Demons Prepare for Battle in Missouri Coach DeLamatre of the Univer- sity of Omaha is putting the finish- ing touches on the playing of the scarlet and blatk team, in preparation for the Tarkio col]egc Dbattle, which will be played at Tarkio, Mo, next Friday. Last Saturday's vrncnce game with the deaf and dumb team showed up a few weak spots in the line-up, and it is these thdt the coach is patching up. “Inspector” Gets Two Hundred From Him o “How much money have you? This was the question put to August Rosengren of Alexandria, Minn., by a stranger who rushed up| to him on the train as the Minne- sotan was on his way to Lincoln last night. | Rosengren said he had $400. The | other wanted to see it, saying he was an inspector. Rosengren showcd him the money. The “inspector” re- turned the roll and disappeared. When Rosengren counted his money he found about half of it missing. Lincoln police arrested two men on suspicion of having I)een connected with the “inspection” of Rosengren. Robert Hyde, 2226 Howard street, was robbed of $5 on the High school grounds last night by a holdup man. , o e e Be Careful to Park I Cars in Right Place| To the list of “don’ts” issued by benefit of carnival visitors, captains in charge of the various police sta- tions lay particular stress upon “the one concerning the pirklflg of autos on the streets marked off for the route of the parades. Machines left on these streets will be towed off to another street nearby, and owners will have to hunt for them, if they neglect the rule, The police also ask that car owners take the precaution of locking their machmcs when they leave them, as the “joy riders" borrowihg habit is growing to alarming proportions. Hacking Night Cough Relleved. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honay taken a little at & time will stop yo cough; sothes {rri ation. Only 25c. Al drlll!lfll —Adv. Persistent Advertising 1s the Road 10 Success. Dolling Up for j PAINT HEAP FINE FOR BIG WHITE FATHER ' umun “IIlIllll"'umunmnnnmmmumnmm OH'! YoU WISTORICAL K1D the Big Event A 11 DOESN'T EXPECT T0 GET ROAD SOON W. J. Conmnell Again Gives| Views on Street Railway Franchise. LONG LITIGATION| [ Although he contends that the| street railway franchise expires Janu-| ary 1 next, with reversion of all its property to the city, Omaha will not likely take over the street railway company and run it immediately after the first day of next January, accord- ing to the admission of W. J. Con- nell, former attorney for the com- pany, before the Economic league last night. “I can annclpatc a long line of liti- ganon growing out of this,” he said. “The street car company will not turn_the franchise over to the city the first of the year. Must Protect City. | “But the most important thing to be done now is to protect the ciiy;| see to it that the city holds dvery| right and privilege it now has, and| that it is protected for the future. Whatever the city’s rights are must be determined by the courts and these rights must be sacredly maintained.” | Mr. Connell went again into the history of the incorporation of the various street railway companies in Omaha for a half century, all of which in one way or another gave way to the present Omaha & Coun- cil Bluffs Street Railway company. The rights and limitations of these companies, he maintains, were taken over by the present company. By an act of the Ieglslature the first franchise was granted for a horse railway in 1867. The franchise was for fifty years. At the end of that time, he holds, the wording of | the act provided, the said road, de- pots and other equipment shall revert | to the city of Omaha. Obtain Concession. The following year, the company) according to Connell, obtained in the city council the passage of an ordi- nance securing to itself all the rights and privileges granted in the franchise by the lfifilshtur& This normally will expire ordinance as 166. Later, according to the record Mr. Connell has compiled, came the Oma- ha Street Railway company, ‘the Cable Tramway company, the Metro- politan Cable company, the Omaha Motor company, and the Northwest- | ern Street Ratlway company. | The franchises of these companies | largely ran for thirty years, most of which would expire at various times within the next few years. One Exception. The one exception, according to! | the speaker, is the Omaha Cable Tramway company, the franchise of which was granted May 10, 1888, for a pcnod of forty years. “I doubt,” said the speaker, “if the present company can claim any of the rights and privileges under the franchise of this old company, but even if they could, that would give them an extension of franchise for only ten more years from the present time.” The meeting was held at the court’ * house. Nebraska Troops Can’t Return Now, Says Gen. Funston Official notification that the ef- forts to have the Nebraska troops of the National guard returned from the border, so that they might partici- pate in the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities, were in vain, was received in Oma- ha yesterday. Congressman C. O. Lobeck received a telegram from Major General Funston .advising him that “the Ne- braska troops were not among the first to arrive on the border and will not be relieved from duty until others that came ahead of them have been returned home.” Dental Frat at Creighton Uni Host at Smoker to Freshmen The Delta Sigma Delta dental fra- | | ternity of Creighton university gave a smoker at the fraternity house Mon- day evening, more than fifty fresh- men being the specially invited guests. A program was given. Frank Theisen, grand mastér of the frater- nity, was toastmaster. MADE 1o ORDER v Skillful Seams Make a Figure Seem Better Than It Is. REALLY knowing the styles worn by gentlemen'is but part of really good tailoring. SUITS AND OVERCOATS $25, $30, $35 and upwards '.NICOLL The Tailor ‘W JERREMS' § 209-211 S 15th St. SONS Karbach Blk. PI LES &2x c:';".,l':‘éi’flfi B KNIFE :u-nnue Book_for men and wos DI. C. Y. OLllll‘l. lPlOlALIBT. av rmlnmll in Del Moines_for DES MOINES, B'A. anuary 1, 1917.! The speaker gave the number of this | | BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY THE PROHIBITION FARCE IN MAINE Letter From a Prominent Attorney TUE AT S R T UL ', OCTOBER Describing Conditions As They Actually Exist LAW OFFICES OF TERENCE B. TOWLE BANGOR, MAINE Tuly 8, 1916. THE NEBRASKA PROSPERITY LEAGUE. Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: I received your very kind letter this morning and note its contents, and I am very willing to go on record as stating that I feel that the people of your good state will certainly make a very serious mistake if they -change from your local option law to a so-called prohibitory law, such as we have in this state today. We have had the prohibitory law in our stat- utes for approximately thirty years, and during this time I have always lived in the city of Bangor, which is the county seat of the County of Penob- scot, and there never has been a time, during that thirty years, but what saloons were always wide open in our city. ' You can find today, in the city of Bangor, at least fifty well-regulated, well-stocked and well-conducted open saloons where ale and beer are sold on draft, and a very large stock of assorted liquors, so that the needs of any person can be satisfied at a m oment’s notice. The same is true of the City. of Oldtown, twelve miles north of Bangor, and, in fact, the same condition holds good in all of the citi es in our state. It is true that once in a great while there will be a spasm of so-called enforcement, and during those periods, instead of having draft ale and beer, the stock will consist of bottled ale and beer, and a little pretense made of closing up; but this only lasts for a few months and the old con- ditions soon become evident. You state something about the vote in this state a few years ago on what we called the “yes and no” campaign. It was notorious that in the principal cities of this state the men who were selling liquor and who were interested in the business, directly and indirectly, voted with the honest, radical, temperance person to retain the law just-as it is; for it is common knowledge that if we had a local option law in our state nine out of every ten men who are engaged in the liquor business would not and could not obtain a license, and there is more profit in it doinx business under the present law. Tt is also a matter of common kn owlege, and will be admitted by any person who wants to be fair, that our small towns are being flooded daily with literature from the so-called liq uor houses, not only of New England, but of other states, and a person need only be present at any of the depots and have his attention called to the number of express packages that are coming into our small towns daily, all of these packages containing intoxi- cating liquors. The two principal papers in this state, during the last campaign on this prohibition question, were the Bangor Daily Commercial and the Waterville Sentinel of Waterville, Maine; and I think they would be very glad, either of them, to give you any informaticn that they may have. If there is anything further that I can do, or any other information that you desire so far as conditions are concerned in Eastern Maine, should be very glad to do it. . Very truly yours, TBT-FG TERENCE B. TOWLE. is a vote AGAINST Prohibition. Yes 300 O No tution be adopted? How to Vote AGAINST Prohibition | These squares appear at the top of the general ballot. An X marked in Square 301 | Shall the above and fmego— l ing amendment to the Consti- | ! N I S I A P N 0 S S NI PP