Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-27


Fave Morehouse emboss H.
Corrigans, undertakers. Phones l4S.
For authority on watches see Leffert.
FAUST BEER AT ROGERS Buffet.
Lewis Cutler. funeral director. Phone 81.
DIR. ROSE II. RICE. Bell phone only s27.
Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. S69.
Call l42 for a case OF Gunds Peerless
beer. j. j. Klein Co, distributors.
Get those photos taken at Kuhns studio.
70 So. Main St Co. Bluffs. open Sundays.
Francis Byford Avenue G and Tenth
s d.
Glasses that relieve headache nervous
ness and improve the vision are the kind
that We III. Lefferts opticians.
Miss Mary Nickel, who has been the
guest OF Miss Beradette Wickham, re-
day. At the same time Miss wickham
went to Nicola to spend a few days as
the guest Of friends.
The color and character of the new brick
paving on Broadway was revealed for
distance Of several blocks yesterday when
a number Of employees Of the street clean
ing department began washing off the sand
and mud with fire hose. The heaviest part
of the sand was gathered by men with
shovels and hauled away 20 prevent
cloggng the storm sewers The removal
of the coat of sand has disclosed the nice
character OF the surface.
The removal Of L. W. Hart from the
city has made Il necessary for a change
In the management of the Grand hotel
which has been under his charge since he
was appointed receiver a number of years
ago II has been decided to have the re-
ceivership Dissolved and to place the re-
sponsibility for the management OF the
hosiery upon NJ b. Park, who has had
the active management all Of the time dur
ing the receivership. The hotel is owned
by a local company, Of which II. w. Binder
Is president William A Moore, treasurer;
Wright, General Granville M Dodge and
ID. II. Merr IN executive committee. The
hotel has been very prosperous under the
management Of Hart and Park.
Damaia Mongra, a Greek, unable to speak
q word of English, was placed under ar
rest last night at II O'Clock charged with
selling two women whom he passed on the
street. The complaint was made by j. F.
Metz, who resides on North Tenth street.
One OF the women was his wife and the
other was Miss Lulu Davenberg. a neigh
Dor. They were on their way home and
were almost at the gateway when they
allege, they were grasped by the Greek
who also lives in the neighborhood. The
police are inclined to doubt that any serious
attack was made, but until an interpreter
can be found II will be impossible to Sc
cure the Greeks version Police inquiry
last night disclosed that he was a hard
working young man. He will be in police
court this morning.
Iris Crossley, aged II years. who resides
with her mother, Mrs. Florence Crossley,
at No. "a South Fifteenth street presents
a psychological problem that Probation
Officer Herner Is endeavoring to solve The
child was in Judge Snyder's Juvenile court
yesterday upon complaint Of the Meneray
Nursery company, charged with wantonly
destroying a number of valuable shade
trees belonging to the company. The trees
are grown from stock grated on catalpa
trunks, and have been zealously guarded
Tor about six years. The little girl for
Some strange reason, conceived the notion
OF destroying them and worked several
hours girdiing them with sharp knife
and peeling down the bark for distance
OF foot or more all the way around She
was working on the seventh tree when she
was discovered and stopped. She was
unable TO assign any motive for the mis-
chief and did not even know who owned
the trees Judge Snyder has taken the
case under advsement, while the girl is
being cared for at the creche.
The Ludlow Valve company OF Troy,
n. y, the company to which was given the
contract for furnishing a large number
OF new fire hydrants, including a dozen OF
more for steamer use. will be required to
put up cash bond IL II ever gets another
contract from the Council Bluffs Board OF
water commissioners. When the com
pany bid for the fire hydrants was ac-
cepted IL was upon specifications requiring
pany ignored the water board and sent a
letter to former Manager F. ". Hart
telling him they supposed he wanted the
regulation four-inch hydrant The letter
was turned over to the water board and
replied to in a few crisp sentences that
called attention to the Specifications a
Before II could be filled the company was
given the contract for furnishing all OF
of extensions now under way with a time
limit that expired several weeks ago The
valve order is still untitled, seriously de-
laying the ms tallation of the new mains.
When the fire hydrants came Superin-
tendent Etnyre quickly discovered that
they were four-inch instead of five. The
only explanation the company gave was
that Etnyre did not know how to measure
he valve area. 1t required more than a
month to get the company to acknowledge
and rectify the mistake Not one OF the
promises for the immediate delivery of
the valves has been kept,
Fred Neudorff, president Of the Retail
Merchants association at St Joseph, Mo-
and one of the leading spirits in the orga-
niZations that have taken over the 1911 ex-
gress, Will be in Council Bluffs early next
week for a conference with Freeman l.
Reed, who served as superintendent and
active manager of all OF the expositions
that have been held by the congress. The
st. Joseph men have asked Mr. Reed again
TO assume the management OF the big
enterprise, and the visit of Mr.. NeudorfI
is for the purpose of inducing Mr.. Reed 10
go to st. Joseph and devote three months
TO the work. The knowledge acquired by
three years work has equipped Mr.. Reed
with experience that Is of the most valua-
BILE character, The ST, Joseph people have
decided to hold the exposition for ten DAYS
beginning on Wednesday, November g. anC
concluding on December 2. No. persons
unfamiliar with the organization of The
congress could successfully do the Organiza
ton work required in the period OF three
months available, and the st. Joseph people
FULLY realize the Importance of the valuable
assistance Mr.. Reed alone can give. Presl
dent keeline and the other members Of
the congress Will do what they can to in
sure the success OF the exposition, and will
spend much time In ST. Joseph without
compensation.