Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
EBERLY IS CHOSEN COLONEL
First Regiment Officers Elect Stanton
Man Commander.
BAEHR LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Bargain sales Of Booze Were Feature
of Las Day for the Legal selling
of Intoxicating Liquor in
Lincoln.

CFTom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, May 10. 49, CSpecial) - The
ballots cast by the commissioned officers
of the First regiment. Nebraska national
guard, to FIJI vacancies in the offices of
colonel and lieutenant colonel. were cam
vassed today at the adjutant generals
office. Major George A. Eberly of stan
ton was elected colonel and Major Will
liam Edmund Baehr of Omaha was chosen
lieutenant colonel with no opposition.
Major Baehr was formerly captain Of
company l.. Omaha, and served as a pri-
waite in tht company in the Philippines.
Major Eberly was a member of Grigsby's
Rough riders, or Third volunteer cavalry,
during the Spanish American war and
was at one time captain of company b,
Stanton.
Bargain Sales Of Booze.
Lincoln saloons were busy emporiuins
today, right up to Z o'clock. Booze was
being disposed of during the day at bar
gain prices, and there were patrons In
plenty. Every once in a while some Rus
sian from the bottoms settlement hiked
down toward home with a jug under each
arm and a glad look on his face.
Brown paper parcels and paper bags
that gave emphtic evidence of their bot
tle-shaped contents were also numerous.
Al lii bdIItl-AOhNtNs NAtit " VI ~
bottled goods is sold at retail, 1t was diff
ficult at times for men to get up to the
bar. Booze was cheap, and the boys were
loading up for the dry times ahead.
Mayor Love Moving slowly.
Mayor-elect Love said this afternoon
that it would be a month or three weeks
before there would be any change in the
police department. II declared that the
administration would move slowly, TAX
ing its TINA to this matter and several
| others under it's Jurisdiction. 1t is un-
derstood that George Carter refused to
consider the offer of a position as chief
Of police. This Information was impaired
by a friend of Mr.. Carter who was dele
gated 20 sound him about the matter, The
candidates for chief of police that have
declared themselves so far are S. M.
Melick. Charles Comstock, /. M. Lyman
and C. M. Green.
Mayor Brown today sent a very COM
plimentary letter to Chief of Police
Cooper, thanking him for the services ne
had rendered to the city during the last
two years. He also extends to every
member in the department his sincere APP
probation.
Burlington Man Promoted.
II. f. Byram. general superintendent OF
| the buIllIblOn ldlllOah " h"N
district. has received notice of a promo
ton in the form of a transfer to Chicago
headquarters as assistant TO Daniel VIII
lard. second vice president of the system
He will be succeeded here by w. p. Troop
now general superintendent of the Iowa
district with headquarters at Burlington.
In his new capacity Mr.. Byram will be-
come a factor in the operation of the whole
Burlington system. His experience In Ne
braska. where the largest mileage of that
road is, will be of great assistance to MIN
in his work. Until recently he had charge
OF the entire mileage west of the Missouri
river. but the traffic grew to such proper
lions that It was necessary to suodivide
the territory.
Federal Court.
Twelve cases were assigned by Judge l.
c. Munger this afternoon for trial before
iuries at the present term of United states
court. The Jurors will report on Tuesday
and the first case will be taken up at tha'
time. In the order scheduled the cases are
Coburn, ADMINISTRATIVE, against Burning
ton; Leyda, trustee, against Gering eta al
Forest against Jakway ct al; Fores'
i against Jackwey; Smith, ADMINISTRATIVE
against Rock Island; Geiger against Bur
I%lington; Martin against Leibold ct al; Foro
Administrative. against Burlington; Dishel
Administrative, against Rock Island; Fla
der against Burlington; Gotfredson against
Burlington. Sanders ct al, administrators
against Burlington.
Four other suits, including that OF the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty com
pany against H.. f. Schaden were passed
HustlinE.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to intro
duce a class of 1000 new members into tht
Woodmen Of the World on Saturday even
ing at a state initiation in Lincoln. Elabo'
rate arrangements are being made for th'
ceremony. The camps in Lincoln and
within a radius of 100 miles are expected
to furnish the candidates.
Tax Experts Get Hearing.
The State Board of Assessment anc
EQUALIZATION met today and decided to heal
railway tax commissioners next Friday
and Monday. The board adjourned I'll
Thursday without taking up any business
i'm detail. There were present Governor
Shallenberger Secretary of State Junkin
Land Commissioner Cowles and State Audi
tor Barton. Mr.. Pollard, tax commissions
for the Burlington, and Mi. Scribner' fol
the Union Pacific, were before the board
for the purpose Of finding out when they
could be heard in regard to the assessed
valuation of their railroad companies