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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
NEWS NOTES FROM osCEoLA
Polk County Institute COnvenes Next
Week FPaternaI Picnic
Wednesday.

OSCEOLA, Neb., Aug. 2.-(Special. THE
Polk county teachers institute convenes at
Osceola on Monday of next week. County
SUPERINTENDENT Cole has arranged to hold
the sessions each forenoon and afternoon
in the high school building, while the lee
lures and entertainments are to be given
in the auditorium. The instructors this
year are Prof. r. V. Clark of Harvard,
Neb.; Margaret Cleand of Lincoln, Ger
trude Rowan Of Ames, Ia, and Prof. c. B.
Moore of Osceola. County Superintendent
Jessie Field of Page county, Iowa, has
been retained to give an address for the
younger people one evening.
The fraternal picnic for Polk county, an
institution which is participated in by
members of all fraternal organizations. will
be held at Polk. this county. Wednesday.
August 80. Special train service both going
and coming has been arranged for the af-
fair. Today the Polk boosters were here
in their automobiles and made a good i'm
preston for their picnic program and ar
rangements.
Polk county citizens have among them
selves a company known as the Tokahsn
Mining company, the properties OF which
have been located in northern Wyoming.
Recently the company decided to invest In
some copper claims in Montana and Tues
day the stockholders as individuals sub
scribed and paid over $4,000 in cash for
the new properties. A mining expert has
been employed and his report was so flat
tering that there was no difficulty in rails
ing the funds. Nearly the entire stock in
both of these companies is held by the
people OF osceols and vicinity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
COMPLAINT IN HUMPHREY
CASE FILED AT LINCOLN
Formal Charges Under sackett Law
Made Against Police Officials
with Governor.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, Aug. l-Formal
charges against the village board Of
Humphrey were filed before Governor Aid
rich today under the provisions of the
Sackett law. Tn, complaint follows in
formal charges called to the attention of
the executive several days ago and accuses
such of the village officials as are made
defendants with having neglected their
duties In connection with the administra-
ton of affairs while a fire tournament was
recently held at the Platte county town.
Governor Aldrich has set September 1 as
the date for the hearing and he will decide
at that time whether the case merits
custer proceedings under further provisions
of the Sackett enactment
The complaint is signed by w. M. Con-
don, r. p. Drake, Charles Schuette. George
Eisenminger and Fred Van Ackeren. The
defendants to the action are Peter Bodewig.
Joseph Bender, Louis Diers, Joseph Smith,
City Marshal Frank Echolt and f. J. Pratt.
The latter was a deputy state oil inspector
under Governor Shallenberger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Nebraska
Fairbury Police
Raid Big Crap Game
Big Crowd is Watching Play and Sew
eral Swim River to Escspe-Five
Arrests Are Made.

FAlRBURN. Neb. Aug. 22.-(Special)-
The Fairbury police raided the space south
Of the Little Blue river and scattered a
crown Of siNty-five persons who were
watching and participating in a crap game.
For some time past these games have
been going on at this point and Special
officer Cooper together with several depu-
ties planned a raid on the place. They
watched the crowd from ambush for some
time before making a charge. OF the sixty
five who we're INDUCING in the national
game of the negro. only five have been
apprehended, although the names Of sew
eral others are known and warrants will
probably be issued for their arrest. lust
as the special officer and his deputies APP
peared on the scene there was a scattering
and a number of the gamblers plunged into
the river and swan across to the other
side and took to the timber. number
left Fairbury on the first train.
The men arrested are John Fox, Harold
Brawner. Bob and Perry Kinney and Elmer
Copenhaver. A. b. Cherry and John Sturms
are held as witnesses. The prisoners were
taken up town and lodged in the city Jail,
but were later released on their own
recognizances to appear in police court.
Gambling has been prevailing for some
time near this place and considerable
money has been exchanging hands. In fact,
II is said that one of the gamblers made a
win of SIS just as Officer Cooper landed
on the crap shooters.
Several months ago the Fairbury Off
GERS made a similar raid ON a bunch OF
crap shooters on the Little Blue river and
secured a number of the gamblers and a
negro by the name of Davis He had 167
loaded dice on his person and in district
court he was found guilty, and Judge L.
M Pemberton OF Beatrice gave him a
year in the penitentiary for the crime.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Big Office Building
Plans Are Finished
Five-Story FireproOf Structure Will
Be Erected at Seventeenth and
Harvey Streets.

Plans for the five-story fireproof brick
building which Is to be erected on the cor
ner of Seventeenth and Harvey streets for
the Thomas Realty company have been
given to local contractors for bids. BY
Saturday all figures are expected to be in.
1t was announced some time ago that the
lot on the corner Of Harvey and Seven
tenth streets, the property Of the Thomas
Realty company, would soon be the site
of a modern office building The present
plans call for a five-story building, but
they are so made that If desired by the
owners two or three additional stories may
be added,
Concrete and steel will be used through
out, and when finished the building will
be one of the most modern in Omaha.
The bottom floor will be occupied by sew
eral stores, four OF which will be entered
on the Harvey street side. The elevator
entrance will be on Harvey street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Farewell for Madison Citizen.

MADISON, Neb., Aug. 23-(Special)-
Fully 500 OF the citizens of Madison evil
denced their esteem and friendship for Mr..
and Mrs. George r. Wycoff and family
by participating in a public farewell recep-
ton given last evening at the opera house
and Knights of Pythias hall by friends and
neighbors. Mr. Wycoff having disposed of
his hardware lumber and grain interests
here, will start with his family in a few
days to Harrison, Ark, where they will
reside.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Cleveland to Take
Three Rourke Men
Pick, DeMott and williams Have Been
Taken Over 'on Option
Agreements.

Announcement Of the lists OF players that
the big league clubs have bought on their
option agreements hits Omaha hard on
three good men. Pick. DeMott and Gus
Williams will 30 TO Cleveland Pick and
DeMott were secured direct from there and
Gus Williams who was secured from St
Louis, was bought from that club by
Cleveland.
Joe Lott, Hall and Niehoff we're pur'
chased by Pa Rourke, however, and prob
ably will make up the strong backbone for
the formation Of team next spring These
three players have undoubtedly shown that
they have good material in them and next
year they should all be valuable wherever
they play.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

E. II. Wilson has returned from a four
weeks trip to Geneva Lake, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs Lee Spratlen have returned
from their wedding trip and will reside in
Omaha.
Frank DreXel OF the Drexel Shoe COM
pany has gone on a business trip TO Chicago
and Milwaukee.
Miss Leila Scott of North Platte,
Neb.. is visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilcox.
Mrs. Lee DAILY and Miss Katherine Dean
OF Chicago are visiting Mrs. Days mother,
Mrs. Catherine Furay.
DR.. NJ. j. Ford leaves this evening for
Cambridge. Mass, where he will take q
post graduate course In surgery. He will
be away until October,
Mrs Richards, the milliner in the City
National bank building. left Tuesday even
ing for the east, where she will make pur-
chases and gather new ideas for fall mill
linery. Mrs. Richards was accompanied
by her leading trimmer.
Colonel b. ID. Hayward, superintendent
OF the the Nebraska Military academy "
Lincoln, Is in the city stopping at the Pax
ton. He win be glad to meet any boys
or parents who are interested in q first
class military school Colonel Hayward will
remain In the city till Thursday evening.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
A Daring Book
On Advertising
Secrets Never Before Put i'm Print

We have issued book which tells,
for the first time, the main reasons for
our success.
1t is startling in its franlxness, daring
in its revelations, long considered too
valuable to print.
The ideas in the book came from a
thousand sources. But we garnered
and sifted and filed them.
The ways in which we employ them
will give you new respect for this
Agency's efficiency.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

dvcatcd. and the walls lined With boxes
containing bricks which she had repre-
scented to contain Vibrators.
The St Louis game Is easily recognizable
as worked-ovcr edition OF the one she
used here There she involved James \.
Ncmicre the Tulsa, OIL oil man and Sc
cured Se4o from him, She pretended TO be
q dealer in brass goods and the
boxes loaded with bricks figured there as
they did here Tier advertisement In the
st Louis case however. deliberately sought
a husband,
According to the postoffice inspector, p
w Reuter-. who made the arrest in ST
Louis the woman has operated In Kansas
city. Topeka, Memphis and a number Of
other cities. In several VI which she is
under Indictment under various names.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
eILTNER REWARD IN COURTS
Possibility that distribution of 81 400
Offered May Grow In
voIved.

GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Aug 2S.-Cspe-
oiai)--A controversy has arisen as to the
bestowal Of a reward Of $500 offered by
the American Bankers Protection associa-
ton for the capture of the Gntner bank
robbers. sentenced to the penitentiary yes
terday after trial at Aurora. A statement
in a news article In the Omaha papers that
Sheriff Dunkel had made the capture some
what emphasized the dispute. 1t is no
where denied that Chief OF Police Arbogast
halted and held the men as they chased
through the underbrush of the Platte val
ley, but there are nine other claimants of
part OF the reward on the theory that they
chased the game from it's hiding place and
into the range OF their associate hunter.
The suggestion has been offered by one
OF the claimants that the facts be submitted
10 an arbitration board of three citizans.
and IL this is not done it is probable that
the matter will get into the courts before
the association offering the reward win he
sure OF its ground
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
DASHING WIDOW IS CAPTURED
Woman Who Lured Men to Omaha
Fleeing Them, Taken in st. Louis.
is UNDER INDICTMENT HERE
Postoffice inspectors Land Her for
DefraudinE by Use of Malls
She Has Operated In Many
different Towns.

Mrs. Jesse Halliday. who was indicted by
the federal grand jury here in october,
1905. for using the United states mails In
a scheme to defraud, was captured Tuesday
in st. Louis where she was working a
similar game under the name of Mrs
Fannie X. Morton.
The offehse for which a;rs. Halliday was
Indicted IN Omaha occurred in January.
February ard March, 1905 She had offices
in the Paxton block and inserted advertise
ments in papers all over the country stat
ing that she was the sole owner and patent
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Dead Girls Mother
is Grief Stricken
Mrs. Wedge of San Diego Not Able to
Come to Omaha to Attend
Daughters Funeral.

Frustrated with grief over the suicide
of Miss Ethel Wedge the young woman's
mother will not be able to come here from
San Diego Cal, to attend the funeral SER
vice. Mrs Wedge is subject to heart fail
ure and she was completely overcome when
news reached her that the daughter had
committed suicide.
w. 8. Wedge of Benson, uncle OF the
young woman, has therefore made arrange
ments for the funeral in Omaha There
will be a short service at Jackson's chapel
Thursday afternoon at o'clock, and in
terment will be made in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
TWO DROWN AT SToCKVILLE
John Brown and Clarence A. MORT
son Lose Lives While Trying TO
Ford Deer Greek.

sToCKvILLE, Neb.. Aug. 1s.-(special.)-
Clarence A. Morrison and John Brown,
living about ten miles east of here, we're
drowned Monday evening while attempting
to cross Deer creek canyon on horseback.
Both bodies have been recovered, that of
Mr.. Brown a short distance below the
ford in the barbed wire, while the body
of Mr.. Morrison was carried by the current
nearly a half mile below.
Mr.. Brown was an old man who came
here from Missouri some years ago. Two
of his daughters, Mrs. Robert Horn and
Mrs. II. Hall, live In the neighborhood
where the accident happened.
Clarence A. Morrison was young man
about % years OF age who came from
Atwood, Mo. rain in the afternoon had
brought the creek up suddenly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

Louis Keezer and Isadore Sitzman SEN
fenced to life imprisonment for murder in
Csss county over a year ago of Mike Geno,
have appealed to the supreme court for a
new trial, alleging that they have been
wronEfully convicted. A thirty-one page
abstract of the record has just been filed
in the higher tribunal for the perusal OF
the Judges who are to pass upon the APP
peal.
Geno was employed in a quarry near
Louisville and was attacked by two men
while on his way back TO camp after hav-
ing had his check cashed. Robbery was
the motive. Geno was accompanied by
George Sanders and one other person at
the time, who were also beaten with clubs
and robbed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
FUNERAL OF JUDGE CoBBEY
Services VIII he Held Thursdn y
Afternoon at Family Home
In Beatrice.

BEATRICE Neb., Aug. 23.-(Special)--
The funeral services for the late Judge
Joseph Elliott Cobbey will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 2:SO O'Clock from the
family home in South Beatrice. The SER
vices will be in charge Of Chancellor Ayles-
worth assisted by Chancellors Oeschger
and w A. Baldwin of Cotner university.
Mr. Cobbey was thirty-second degree
Macon and knights Templar. The Masonic
fraternity will have charge Of the services
at the grave.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Cannerie. Keen Buny.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 23.-Spe-
cial.)-The Grand Island Canning company
has begun operations in putting up the sea-
sons crop of sweea corn. Rains came in
plenty OF time for this later crop and Ia
good run will be made at the factory.
The farmer is receiving IS per ton for the
corn, aside from which he has the stalks
for fodder, which is figured at 80 per acre,
making a revenue of from sS5 to $40 per
acre
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
ARROW PIERCES STACKS FOOT
Boy Meets with Unusual Accident Mt
Tweaty-First and Leaven-
worth Streets.

John Slack aged 70 years, was the vic
tim OF a mysterious accident Tuesday after
noon in which his foot was pierced through
and through with a dart about six inches
long, at the apex Of which was flint
point. As a result he is now at home SUI
fering with a badly swollen foot.
Slack, in company with three other boys.
was walking past a three-story building at
Twenty-first and Leavenworth streets
when the former felt a sharp pain in his
right foot STOPPING over to see what
caused the pain he was surprised to find
that dart had gone through both his
shoe and foot. AS a result of the injury he
is confined to his bed at SSs South Twenty
third street. and IL is feared that blood
poison will result.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Dunbar Boosters Nim Make Tour.

DUNBAR, Neb., Aug -(Special)-An
automobile booster aggregation OF some
twenty or thirty autos will leave here
Saturday for tour of the county and
nearby towns. The trip is to advertise the
big log rolling Modern woodmen picnic to
be held here on Thursday. August 81, the
last day of this month. The following
itinerary has been arranged; Union Ne
hawka, Avoca. Berlin and Syracuse for
dinner. Afternoon. Cook. Brock. Talmage
probably Julian. Paul and home to Dunbar.
Hon. Judge Travis OF Plsttsmouth has been
secured as the speaker of the day and a
program of good attractions will be had.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

UNION, Neb., Aug. 23-(Special.) THE
Board of Education of Union yesterday
completed the corps of teachers for the
coming year by closing contract for the
services of Prof. A. p Stockdale OF Chad
ron. The other three teachers are Mrs.
Helen Glasgow, Miss Lottie Wunderlich and
Miss Rose O'Donnell, all of whom taught
here last year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Nebraska
Two Lincoln Boys
Burned to Death

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 2S.--(special Tele-
gram)-Two little boys. one years old
and the other Il. are dead here as the re-
suit Of an early morning fire. which de-
stroyed the playhouse in which the two
we're sleeping The dead are:
MAX SAPSON. aged years
HERMAN SAPSON. aged IL years.
The lads went to a neiRhbors early last
evening for the purpose OF remaining over
night with a Lockart boy, with whom they
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Owls Officer Held
for Embezzlement
]. H. Hicks Arrested on Warrant Sc.
cured by Brother Member of
Organization.

J. H. Hicks. secretary OF the Owls, has
been arrested on charge Of embezzling
SIS of the organizations fund. He was
given a preliminary hearing in police court
Wednesday, and he asked for a continu-
ance until September /. In the meantime
he will consult an attorney and says he
will produce documents to prove his inno-
cense. He was arrested on a warrant
sworn to by William Bauerly, a member
of the organization
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

1t also shows how one may profit by
other mems experience.
Most selling ideas have been tested
out. Most of our problems have been
somewhere solved, most of the pitfalls
discovered.
What folly it is to grope in the dark
when one may be guided by recorded
facts.
A thousand concerns have contrib
uted to our storehouse of ideas. This
book gives an insight to it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

SHELBY. Neb.. Aug. 2s-(special.)-A
election was held Yesterday for voting on
$1,000 per cent bonds for water works for
Shelby and they carried, l23 for TO s
against The vote for the new $1,000 school
house which was completed last year, was
almost unanimous also,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

This book tells how men have won
millions in this way, without any risk
at all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

Any man with a selling problem 10
welcome to this book. And every such
man should have it.
The ideas it reveals are of wide appli-
cation. They will better your qualif-
cations.
1t will lead to better advertising.
And better advertising always leads our
way.
Cut out this reminder; put 1t in your
pocket. Then, when convenient, write
us for the book.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

holder for vibrator TO be used in COM
pleNion treatments; that she needed about
500 to finance the manufacture Of the ma
chine. She was willing to take as a part
ner the person who would furnish that
amount Of money.
one Of these advertisements appcariug I'm
ST. Paul tMinnD publication. The Farmer,
fell into the hands OF Charles II. Webb Of
Glenbeulah. Wis, wealthy farmer, who
answered Il. and In response to lehgthy
letter from the woman. came to Omaha.
Succumbs 20 Her charms,
Arrived here he succumbed TO the
charms OF the widow who is described in her
letter to webb as 70 years old, medium tall
a brunette and weighing 10 pounds, Tic
proposed that they be married which offer
she accepted and secured an advance from
him of SO he understandings that he was
to become a partner in manufacturing the
vibrators as well as a life partner.
When he had returned home, she quietly
abandoned her offices in the Paxton block
and stole away. Postofficc Inspector
Frank Frayser, on Webb's complaint set
out to investigate her office and found il
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

TABLE ROCK, Neb., Aug es.-(special)
At a special meeting of the school board
held last evening Miss Muriel shepperd of
Peru. Neb.. was elected high school teacher
in Table Rock to fill the vacancy existing
by the resignation of another teacher.
This completes the corps of teachers for the
Table Rock schools for the ensuing year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
THIRTEEN MEETINGS BOOKED
In Three Months zoe, 900 Visitors Are
Expected to Come to Omaha.
MUCH MONEY WILL BE SPENT
Through UnceasinE Efforts of Com
merciaI Club There Has nee"
Much Activity in COnven-
ton Line This Year.

with thirteen conventions here during
the next three months. four Of which are
meetings Of national importance, over ZOO
900 visitors who will stay for at least two
days each will be I'm Omaha, and local
merchants and business men are looking
forward to one Of the best years for busi-
ness in the last decade. Through the un-
ceasing efforts of the Commercial club,
which has spurred delegates to conventions
elsewhere to boost for Omaha, there has
been on the average of one convention a
week in this city since the first of the
year, and for the remainder of the year
the average will be increased.
Among the conventions to be held here
in the next three months the most inn
portant perhaps will be the meeting of the
National German Veteran association,
which will be held on September 1, 2, 8,
and 8, and will bring battle SCARED vet
Grams from all parts of the United States,
Canada and Mexico. This association is
formed of all Germans who are veterans
of any war, and its membership is over
10000. OF this number at least one-hali
will attend the convention and will be ac-
companied bv families and friends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

Persistent Advertising is the Road to Bis
Returns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
\ nnnrcrnn. Wnunh

rendered antisepuc by Bucklens Arnica
Salve. thu healing wonder for sores, burns.
piles eczema and salt rhcum. For sale by
Reaton Drug CO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Totals

81. o90 in 1910 and were increased this year
to N,470.
official Figures I'm Lancaster.
The County Canvassing board completed
its labors today and for the first time since
the primaries were held definite results on
the Lancaster county democratic vote were
made known with some degree OF GER
tAinty.
The following lie the democratic vote as
cast on state officials in this county.
For Suprema JudRe-