Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-19
POLICE FORCE DEFICIENT
Several Men Short and Some More
Serve Notice to Quit.
NATIONAL GUARD INSPECTION
Petition OF Ranroaas 90 Raise the
FIOur Rate frOa Inferier PoInts
20 Omaha A. Gen.
ffuued.
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Trofn a staff C-orrespoodent1
LINCOLN. Dec M-CSpeciaLeAthough
the police force has ben running for sew
erzl mouths with several men less than
the charter allows. ths force promises TO
be Etin more depleted the first OF next
month. when Patrolman Joseph Haney and
Patrolmzn T. J. Shannon have served no
tice upon the chief OF police that they in
tend 10 quit Both men are considered ef-
ncient officers
At present the day shin Of the depart
ment consists % three uniformed men
Last night Jacob Johznsen. a wrestler
Of statewide repute. donned the blue uni
form and sailed forth He r. a big fellow
ard his first rought and tumble, II 70
thought win open the eyes Of any OF the
rough necks" Of he city. with whom Re
mixes
National Guard Inspection
The annual inspection OF the Nebraska
national guard win begin On January IL.
~ the plans now being made IN the office
Of the adjutant general are carried out
The officer Who viii make this Inspection
has not been decided upon. Thirty-one com
panies. viii. IN al. Be inspected. three Of
these being separate infantry companies.
TIE Inspection BY a regular army officer
VIII be made a couple Of months later. The
officer who viii make the inspection has
also not been decided upon
In the recent case wherein Cole
McKenna's cigar store was raided and one
OF the clerks caught IN the act Of selling
q box Of fifty cigarettes TO a minor. Deputy
County Attorney Watson this morning
stated that no further prosecution would
- instituted against the oompany and IN
a letter to chief Cooper. OF the police. d.
rected him 10 return the immense quantity
OF cigarettes taken Up. to the Cole
McKenna company.
Fad of the CIGaret Case.
The Railway commission has concluded
the hearing OF the application Of the Union
Pacific. Burlington and Northwestern rail-
roads for leave TO increase rates on nour
and mill feed to an amount equal to the
rates on wheat and grain II the Omaha
millers ask leave to Be heard on the side
Of the railroads the commission viii notify
the miIlers IN the interior OF the state q
be present The case was continued by the
commission in order to await a decision
from the Department Of Agriculture n
regard to a eiscontinuanes Of the use o.
bleaching processes IN the manufacture Of
-four.
Rate Hearing Continued.
The miIlers aIlege that they viii be almost
put out OF business II they are compelled q
stop the bleaching Of -four and al th'
same time pay higher freight rates on theil
product TO get Il to market. Under the IA
uonsl pure food law a ruling has been gfTeI
against the use OF bleaching processes
The Nebraska mIlers say they are CON
PEELED 20 use biezcherS because the flou
must be white IN order to grade well an
Il Is impossible 70 make white Tour froz
Nebraska wheat There are - mills 4
this state. with an average output OF sixt.
barrels a day each The owners OF mil
say the prise OF wheat viii Be affected b.
the throwing cut Of blesehers In the max
ing OF -four. II Is difficult now to get tn
Nebraska -four up to the high standar
Of surrounding states. One miller says Ne
brasks -four Is exoelled by that Of Kansas
Dakota and Minnesota in the order named
The bleaching is done by electricity Q
by chemical processes