Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1916, Page 5

THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1916. 8 T i IR AR {. Nebraska PETERSON MEETS OLD NEIGHBORS ON STUMP \ City Attorney of Lincoln De- livers Republican Address at Stromsburg. IS STRONG FOR KENNEDY Steomsburg, . Nov. 2.—(Special.) Surrounded by friends who knew him \ in boyhood, C. Petrus Peterson, city N/ attorney of Lincoln, and a former res- | ident of Polk county, delivered an address to about 1,000 people in the opera house here tonight. He dis- cussed the national issues and then 6 emphasized the necessity of the elec- tion of John L. Kennedy for senator, 5 and Robert W. Devoe for attorney ). general in order that the laws of the 14 nation and state might be strictly and cfficiently enforced. In discussing the attitude of President Wilson, Mr. Pet- - erson said in part: “There is little to be gained by speculating on what might have been if what was had not been, or what would now be if what is were not, the 'fact remains that the American peo- i ple are facing a crisis in t thistory. { In order,to meet that s we must "have a man in the White House who doesn’t change his policies over night, who ‘is against preperadness and for preparedness - the same month, who does away with the tariff commission and creates a tariff commission in the same. administration, who regards a problem postponed as a problem set- tled, but a man who can be right the first time.” Mr. Peterson declared: “If Robert W. Devoe, the republican ca* didate for attorney general, is elected, it will | not be necessary to select attorneys with reference to their personal rela- 8 tionship with the attorney general, and there will be no resurréction and revival of dead bank charters, or oth- er recommendations by him for the satisfaction of any political boss in \ the state of Nebraska.” 4 Man Suspended in 1 Fork of Tree by Foot Plattsmouth, Neb., Nov. 2.—(Spe- i cial.)—A man named Moore, while ~rimniing some tall trees at the home of Mrs. A. B, Swartout, in this city, slipped and fell, and while descending his foot was caught in the fork of the tree, a considerable distance from the ground, 4nd suspended him .in mid-air, injuring his face and head badly, skinning his face. He called for, some time before he secured the attdntion of anyone, when he was taken down and removed to the office of Dr. E. W. Cook, where his wounds were dressed, and on removing his mitten a portion of his front finger was gone. The right leg, which caught, saving him from falling to the ground, was badly bruised. Anness Says It Looks Good for Reavis Wilber Anness of Dunbar, former member ?f the legislature and op- ponent of -C: F. Reavis for the con- gressional nomination two/years ago, is orie of the strongest Reaves boost- ers in the First district. Out of 100 letters received from 100 democratic N friends over the district, sixty-nine declare they will support Mr. Reavis for congress. ' Mr. ‘Anness is a strong republican, but also has many equal- ly strong democratic admirers in the First. He says that Otoe county will ¥ g give Frank Reavis a majority, and Y { of all the men sent to congress from the First, none more deserve to be sent ‘back than Frank Reavis, 2 Bixby and-Huntington » Make Addresses at Dunbar Dunbar, Neb., Nov. 2.—(Special.)— - Colonel A. L. Bixby and Hon. H. F. Huntington of Columbus delivered addresses for the dry amendment here on the street yesterday forenoon. Superintehdent H. B. Tibbels and Miss R. Mae Medley, principal of the Dunbar public schools, marched the 1 whele High school down tto the Bix- by meeting as a compliment of this ) great-hearted Nebraskan and poet of the human Teart. Have Returns Party Columbus, Neb.,, Nov. 2.-—(Spe- cial.)—Confident of victory, republi- cans of Platte county have arranged to have a special wire into the Hughes-Fairbanks headquarters in the ‘Wurdeman building to _receive re- turns Tuesday night. The large hall will be thrown open to the public and a room adjoining has been reserved for ladies. Reports will also be re- ilks' club. ceived at the E Canadian Lynx is | Killed Near Lindsay L Lindsay, Neb., Nov. 2—(Special,) - —Fred Leoffler shot what the natu- ralists around about here claim to be a Canadian lynx near his home Sun- day. He brought the carcass'to town, Platte Demos May Knife Wilson to Discredit Bryan Columbus, Neb., Nov. 2—(Special.) —Organization and wet democrats in Platte county aré debating seriously whether to stick to the head of the ticket. Vigorously do they condemn Bryan and his prohibition, anti- Hitchcock and anti-Neville specches‘ this last week in the state. Moregver, they recognize Bryan's game to claim | credit for making the state dry, - ing Wilson and defeating his po! enemies within the party, Conse- quently they can see no reason why they should render aid to their own humiliation. They have seen their leading democrat, Chris Gruenther, turned down by the Wilson adminis-: tration and have noticed not the least iota of improvement in the way of public buildings sadly needed and in the way of a recognition of their be-| ing the strongest county in the state. Notes from Beatrice And Gage County | Beatrice, Neb.,, Nov. 2.—(Special.) —R. W. Grant, an architect of this; city, sustained an ugly gash in the head and a badly wrenched back and Mrs. Grant minor bruises about the body, when their, Ford car turned over yesterday near the Hanover church northeast of the city. The accident was caused by the steering rod breaking. .. The business men of Wymore held a barbecue yesterday, which was at- tended by several ‘thousand people. 1,200 pounds of beef, 5,000 buns and all the bread in town, 325 pounds of | beans and quantities of crackers were consumed by the crowd. Physicians ~ yesterday afternoon amputated ‘the other injured foot of ! Lpum Koenecke, the boy who had his feet crushed by a Burlington train Tuesday evening. Alpha MsKinley Ridpath and Miss Opal Gordanier, both of De Witt,; were married here last evening. Automobile races will be held at the driving park Saturday and Mon- day, NovemLcr 4 and 6. Politics Hold Center Of Stage at Brownell Politics holds the stage today and tomorrow at Brownell Hall, where republican and democratic campaign commmttees are putting the finishing touches to what has been one of the warmedt contests in Nebraska. With only four days more in which to reach the Brownell electorate, rival managers are working furiously to make the final result satisfactory. Both sides are confident of victory. The democrats, will close their ac- tive campaign with a big parade, in which all the Wilson adherents will ! participate. Banners and decorations are being prepared, and many novel stunts are promised by the_ com- mittee, of which Nevada Graham is! chairman. Followers of Hughes will wind up with a feast of oratory, in which the G. O. P. representatives will make a special effort to reach those girls! who continue to waver between the two leading candidates for the presi- dency. New Freight Facilities, Alliance, Neb., Nov. 2.—(Special.) —In order to accommodate the in-{ creasing freight business at Alliance, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad finds it necessary to make a considerable addition to their freight facilities here They arc building on to their freight depot an addition eighty feet by thirty feet. Commissioners to Alliance. Alliance, Neb., Nov. 2.—(Special.) —The date of the state convention of county commissioners and clerks, | which~will be held in Alliance this year, has been set for December 12, 13 and 14. The Commercial club is making elaborate preparations for en- tertainment, Geunty Committees’ Financial Report The following feports of treasurers of republican and democratic commit- tees have been made to the clerks of | their respective counties: Saunders County. Republican—Recelpts, $654.97; disburse- ments, $103. Democrat—Recelpts, $570; disbursements, $348.85. Richardson County. Républican—Amount on hand August 3, 1916, $83. No subscription éxceeding $25 has been recelved since that date. Democrat—Receibts, §140.06; ments, $95.35. disburse- towned by G. F. Bussard, three miles Censor Held Up Boy-Ed's Wedding | Washington, Nov. 3.—Capital soci- ety is discussing today a story of how the action of an American military censor held up the marriage of Cap- tain Boy-Ed, formerly attacfed to the German embassy, and Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith, daughter of the late bishop and rector of St. John's Epis- copal church of this city. It is said that Captain Boy-Ed filed through the German ambassador a request for the kaiser’s permission for him to marry, without which no German military or IMSS VIRGINIA MACKAY - SMITH. RIS naval man may wed. No reply was received and the wedding did not take place. When Bo; i arrived in Ger- many his friends inquired about his|: bride. Then he Jearnde-that the kaiser £ had sent his consemrt by wireless via Sayville, L. 1., and also developed that | an American naval censor had su pected a deep-laid plot back of the message and held it up. At the Navy ¢ department, knowledge of the sup- departtment, however, knowledge of the supposed message is disclaimd. five-Foot Vein 0f.Coal Discovered _ Near Shenandoah Shenandoah, Ia., Nov. 2+(Special.) —A five-foot vein of coal was discov- ered on the Sid Hummel farm, now west of the Wabash depot, while Al- bert Gustafson was boring a well for Mr. Bussard, The farm owner concluded to solve the water question and bore into_the carth. He got more than he bargained for, he says, as he found a five-foot wein of coal about 250 feet below the surface,"and also struck a vein of water that filled his 300-foot well to a point within eight feet of the top. This discovery. verified the predic- tions that Dr. George L. Smith of Shenandoah, geologist, made at a re= cent noonday luncheon of the Shen- andoah Commercial association, when the business men became so enthused that a committee was appointed to make investigatjons. If a workable vein -of coal that thick lies within three miles of Shenandoah, and the coal is of good quality, theny Shenan- doah' has a future far more promising than thought. Too Low Demurrage Causes Car Shortage Lincoln, Nov. 2.—Freight car short- age in this state is due to foo low de- murrage charges, according to J. W. Shorthill, appearing at a hearing of the State Railway commission, a rep- resentative of the Grain Elevator as-| sociation. Shorthill declared that a material increase, in demurrage\ charges would remedy the car situa- tion. & Rush Should Worry, For Auto Was Insured There was a large smile on the face of Sylvester R. Rush, special as- sistaiit to the attorney general, de- spite the fact that someone had broken into his garage at 4931 Web- ster street Wednesday evening and made away with his new six-passen- ger Buick. “It's fully insured and I'm not worrying over the loss,” he ‘said. Little tems About the Progress of the Campaign. At a meeting of the Polish Inde- pendent club Dr. E. Holovtchiner, a | member of the school board up for re- election, outlined the progressive pol- icies for which he has stood and now stands in public school affairs. He said he is for a_teclfnical high school [= where the young fdlks may fit them- | selves for practical 'work of life; » ¥ Congresswian Lobeck’s correspond- ence bureau is being worked overtime answering inquiries regarding the le ter written by C. W. Markham of North Bend printed in The Bee. Mr. Markham went into detail to relate the history of various unpaid 'judg- ments rendered in court against the congressman, aggregating $18,000, Member€ of the Grand Army of the Republic have sent' Mr."Lobeck a let- ter asking him to explain and calling for a definite reply. John L. Kennedy has returned from a strenuous speaking tour of the stat confident that he will be elected next Tuesday. The Kennedy campaign of Nebraska has been one of th most thorough ever made in this state. He traveled on schedule and had a series of interesting meetings. |- Mr. Kennedy looks for a republican |: victory for the national and ‘state ticket, and is just as confident of M Hughes carrying Nebraska as he is of his own election. Postoffice Safe at Cedar Creek Robbed|: Plattsmouth, Neb,, Nov, 2.—(Spe- cial.)—Early yesterday morning the pdstoffice at Cedar Creek, this county, was entered, the safe blown and $200|: in stamps and $125 in taken. Sheriff Quinton was notified and|= was at the place in a short time, but| 2 no clue was found. ] currency | = Obituary Notes | GEORGE W. PUTMAN, aged /8 years, died suddenly at his home at York yesterday. He was stricken with heart disease and floor. dropped to the Variety of Flavors and Prices There are times in one’s life when only the best is good enough. Those are the times when you should buy Vassar Chocolates De Luxe—exquisite confections of indescribable goodness in pack- ages of rare beauty and refinement. But there are other Vassar €hocolates—some as low as 85c a Ib. . Nea In the ly Ni ne Thousand Vacant Houses in Denver Last Year the Number This Slump in Denver Real Estate and - Rental Values Was Caused No More Des " By Prohibition \ \ Denver, Oct. 27, 1916. The Nebraska Prosperity League, Omabha, Nebraska. Gentlemen: “There are more vacant store rooms in the business district of Denver today, under the prohibi- tion law, than there were last year under the saloon law,” said Alec Finlay, representative of the Lyons & Johnson Real Estate and Loan company, one of the old- est and largest concerns in the city. To ascertain if this statement was correct, Mr. Wil- liam Koch, of 2223 West 27th street, sent out four re- ~« liable men to make an actual count in the busiress cen- ter of Denver, embracing the streets from Fourteenth street to Nineteenth street, inclusive, and from Court Place to Wazee street, which takes in 65 busipess blocks in the very heart of the city. In these 65 business blocks Mr. Koch’s men found, according to their report, by actual count, just 538 va- cant store rooms on the ground floor, no account being taken of the vacant ones on the upper floors. On the streets running East and West, from .Court Place to Wazee street (Union Depot), they found the following: Name of street. Vacant store rooms. Name of Fourteenth ...... Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeenth . Eighteenth .. Nineteenth Court Place (cross street)..... 17 Glenarm (cross street)..... 16 Tremont (cross street) o B VWREE® ooisissoanswashatene s Welton (cross street). ... B2 — California (cross street)....... 10 Tatal....oooveeeennrereess.b88 This, street. Vacant store rooms. A .. 26 . Stout according to the staterhent of Alec Finlay, of the Lyons & Johnson Real Estate company, is consid- erably greater than during one year ago, or even sev- eral years past. William Koch, through competent accountants and men who made a careful compilation of the vacant buildings in Denver for 1915 and 1916, gives out the fol- lowing figures which are vouched for: . VACANT BUILDINGS IN DENVER, OCT., 1915. Vacant residénces in Denver........ ,430 Vacant apartment houses in Denver. 881 Vacant store rooms in Denver,... 1,184 \ / — 6,495 VACANT BUILDINGS IN DENVER, JUNE, 1916. Vacant residences in Denver. . . 6,001 Vacant apartment houses in D 1,211 Vacant store rooms in Denver... . 1,669 8,861 Increased About Twenty-Four Hundred " The Selling Value of All Property Has Fallen Materially - Tax Assessments Have Increased 27 Per Cent tructive Blight Was Ever Thrust Upon a Great City RS A i R This report shows that there were, on June 27, 1916, : a total of 1,366 more vacant houses and buildings in E Denver, Colorado, than there were in October, 1915, or just eight months previous, which includes six months of a prohibition regime. - Also, according to facts and figures compiled by Mr. Koch and his competent men, taking their informa- tion from the assessors’ reports, the valuation of prop- erty in Denver for 1916 has been greatly decreased, while the taxation assessed against the property shows an increase of 27 per cent. “We arrived at this fact from the books of the asses- sor,” said Mr. Koch, “and there is no guess work where it created considerable com- ment, the most frequent of which| was, How did it get into this part of ll|c‘tountry, no other similar one having ever been shot in this part of the country? AB& Chogolates ' lodSE-WILES @MmPany CMAHA T “A wealth of Aavors melted to : Notes from Seward. Seward, Neb., Nov. 2—(Special.)— Rollo Johnson, lessee of the Inde- pendent-Democrat for the last eigh- teenumonths, died at Colorado Springs Monday night. His body will be brought to Seward for interment. He leaves a widow to whom he was mar- ried but three years. He was 29 years of age. Miss, Belle Givens, deputy county superintendent, has announced her engagement to Mr. Benjamin Donald Wood of Prescott, Ariz. The wed- ding will take place at Prescott on November 20. The groom is a mining “engineer. & it A ; v L i 9 "smnl:e“alzmgs'u g:::(sm Hil:gh:s lolc&; i “ @ about it. " A. U. M. 3 7 ‘l xg(cs ag;gnst Wilson's 62, and “drys” (,';fi;‘l\l-‘..‘ A , wet 26. 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