Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
sleeper in the Charter Bill Affects
ViaduCt Cost
Puts HALF EXPENSE UPON CITY
HaIds wars, s---ioa with Delega-
tisa. Whs uiscIatua knowIsdEe
View Ne waa 4ttached.

~IrmuU feeling was Aroused HHNlu
omaha yesterday when Is was learned
that the charter bill. AZ it PASSED the sen
ate. contained sleeper imposing upon
the tazpaysrs half the cost Of erecting
vtadurts
city Attorney Henry c. Murphy and As
sistant Attorney Winters Immediately went
10 Lincoln and had an interview with
Senator Tanner. VINO disciaimed all re-
sponsibiity and positively stated that no
silCh provision was In the bill when Il
vent 10 be enErossed. The city attorney
drafted an amendment TO the Bill 20 be
placed before the house eliminatins the OBJ
lecienable section
You can say Absolutely" stated Mr..
Murphy last night that there will be no
such an unjust proposal as that the tax
pave ra shall pay half OF the cost Of erect
ing viaduCtu"
- He Indicated that the insertion Of the I
amendment was due 10 some OF those myH-
FERROUS movements. as he described them,
that take place a. the legislature
He added that the Omaha Water beard !
had tried to get an amendment introduced !
rsauring a tWo-thirds vote TO oarry any /
special election. This attempt he said I
TO Interfere in our affairs was defeated, /
and a bill has been introduced into
the house by Representative McArdis TO
give effect to the same intention.
Rafus seIoonmsn's Bends.
Il was stated by saloon keeper last
night that the bonding companies had com
uined together to increase the bonds from
So 20 Uoa
why should this be dons9 he asked.
There IL no more risk here than in Omaha
nor than there year ago 1t
SENS TO me-. ne added. that the bonding
companies ara forming themselves into
trust to take advantage Of those placed IN
circumstances where they cannot resist
He mentioned that the bonds had been
increased from so to so and that in addi-.
zion the saloon keepers had TO indemnify
the bonding companies to the extent Of
sea.
Business Meas Dinner.
For the purpose Of increasing interest
IN the south Omaha Commercial club. u
was decided al meeting OF the directors
and members yesterday TO have a dinner
between April 8 and A pril 10. a COMMITTEES
was named 10 make the arrangements
The idea lie that each member shall invite
some one not a member OF the body and
that invitations snail be extended TO city
officials and others. At the dinner oppor-
tunity viii be given for discussion OF prop
ositions concerning the general and COM
mercial interests OF the city
DauRhtern' New Officers.
The Kings Daughters OF the First Pres
hyterian church were entertained yester-
DAY afternoon by Mrs Perry Wheeler and
Mrs W l. Wheeler az the home Of the
former, 21so 1 street.
During the afternoon the following were
elected as the officers for the ensuing six
months. Leader. Mrs. Arthur Miller; vice
leader. Mrs. W. Barclay. secretary, Misc
Anna M. Duff. treasurer. Mrs. J. W
Green.
Basket Bail Games.
The big Eve OF South Omaha last
night defeated al basket ball the freshmen
Of the Omaha high school b. the score
OF - to Is. The first half ended with
neither having a decided lead but in the
next period the big nva'' braced I'D and
practically ran away with their opponents
Morton and Jordan starred for the South
Omaha boys and HousmAn ana Norton
for Omaha. The teams viii meet again
next Thursday on the floor a. Omaha.
"a square Deal"
Rev Newton Mettler recently Of spirit
Lake Ia. and now Of Omaha. will Eive a
lecture in the First Presbyterian church
Sunday evening az ~. HIS subject will
be "A square Deal" and from this stand
point ne will discuss certain econ0mis
questions and 1--we issues Rev. Mr. MettlaF
was described BY Ex-Governor q. W. Hook
OF Kansas a. man with q voiea and Z
message one wants 20 hear. He viii alsa
sing q sanH he wrote and composed him
self Rev. DR. Whistler win preside
Boy scout Lecture.
r. A. Crosby. boys secretary for tie
city OF Chicago. will give an illustrated
lecturs on the Boy Scout movement In
ne First Baptist church sunday evening
a. IN. Every Sunday school superin,
.endeut teacher and parent ought TO heal
this lecture and learn what the scouts ar,
Every boy ought 10 see the pictures anl
earn what the scouts doing
Church Notices.
ST. Martins Episcopal. Twenty fourtl
and streets. Rev. Alfred q. White rec
tor Holy COMMUNION. 500 a m. sun
day schooL 1900 a. m; morning prayer an,
sermon BY the gector az u-u0 a. m. sub
iect "A Fight for Condition" Eveninl
prayer and sermon at 3.0 by Rev. W a
Bayiey rector OF ST. Johns. Omaha.
81 Ciem, nts Episc0paI. 'twelty mint
and : streets. sunday school 1000 a. m.
morning PRAYER and sermon. 100 a m.
81 Ddward's Episcopal, rwenty-sixtl
ana ADAMS streets sunday scluoi /.
sos D. IN.
II. Lukes Lutheran. Rev. 3 RI. Yeriau
pastor Bible school 1000 A. m. m0rniH
Worship, u.09 a. m. subject Of the sermon
The sufnciency Of Christ" catechetica
class. see q. N. Lnther league. go D. m
subject. The Imitation OF christ" Mr.
h. &. Mcfarland, leader. Lenten servic
on rhuTGday evening az s o clock
tirzt Prasny terlan church. Twenty hlr
tnd streets Rev Dr. Wheeler pastor
bihle school. 9-B a. m. Preaching az % 4
m znhlect OF sermon. n Am Doing
Great Work and cannot Come Down.
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