Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-02
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Delegation Of Women Induce Coun J
to Order X Street Graded,
FATHERS SURRENDER TO FAIR SEX 4
school Board Fails Again 60 Ns"c
superintendent Of DuildinHs' hut
Orders Porch Torn Down
at Central.

There was quite a sensation in the Guy
council last night when a delegation Oh
women called upon the city fathers 10
order grading OF X street between I"en-
tieth and Twenty-second streets. IL was
one on the council when tho fair ladie
filed into the sacred precincts OF the eiv't
legislators. Mayor Trainor's visage as
stunned a startled expression and he looked
anxiously towards the door, having IN
mind no doubt an unsolicited call from
militant suffrag ettes. councilman JACK
Walters. who is OF bashful Disposition
sat bolt upright in his chair and labored
earnestly at n refractory tie, while August
Miller assumed his most judicial pose aud
! waited for the attack. It cRTlc The sup
plicants began by soothing the rutfled
/ feelings of the council Then they said
some more nice things and the city fathers
began to expand in their chairs and before
the mclliflous voice Of the fair petitioner
had died away the august assembly fairly
purred.
! Then the petitioners said they wanted
to have X street graded explaining, with
out circumlocution, that they referred to
| that portion of X street lying between
7 4 "tHlitNu anu twenty -StNoiih oNiNNA''
Would the council kindly order the diggers
and things to begin right away? The coun-
Gil would with the advice Of the city at
torney and the cooperation Of the city en-
gneer to whom the petition was referred
City Attorney II. c. Murphy will take
tho matter up Mt once. He will give II
his own personal attention and II tie
graders and things are not at work pretty
soon then some one will probably be ar
rested on what charge the city attorney
did not say: probably for obstructing the
will Of fair" majority. Anyway X street
will be fixed
City Treasurer John Gnlin offered a re-
port of taxes collected to date. and the
report OF the city physician was placed on
file
A trifle of legislative odds and ends being
disposed Of the aldermen retired to dream
of suffragettes, recall petitions and the
blithesome task of satisfying all the tax
payers.
school Porch Ordered Down.
AS quiet as a ouakers meeting were the
weekly proceedings OF the school board
at It's meeting last night. Save for an
abortive attempt to elect the much-dis-
puted superintendent of buildings, the
meeting was a grind Of routine work.
AL Hunter recommended to the board
that the wooden porch on the north side
of the Central school be torn down lest
| someone should be injured The commit
tee on buildings and grounds will probably
have the work done before the opening OF
school,
Chairman Horacek, introducing the bids
for school supplies, explained that, while
the committee on supplies would make the
recommendation to purchase. the final ad-
judication would rest with the school board.
Such action will make the whole board re-
sponsble and do away with any criticism
or comment on the action of the commit
tee.
Acting on the recommendation of the for
mer attorney of the board, the school com
missioners allowed STILES for election ex-
penses contracted by the city instead Of
$S206O as asked for by the city authorities.
Altogether, the board allowed claims ag-
gregating A,105.64. When the matter OF
| electing a superintendent OF buildings was
preached Hunter objected on the score that
all the members were not present e. Il.
Leigh asked that the pulse of the meeting
be felt on the matter and vote showed
majority in favor OF election. Watson,
the present head carpenter and one who
is said to have been connected with the
school for ten years. received two votes,
while ]. ]. Daley received one vote The
matter will be taken up at the next meet
ing, which will be held next Monday night
Big Circus in south Omaha.
The agents OF the Adam Forepaugh and
Sells Brothers United Shows have made
numerous preparations for the coming of
the circus to South Omaha, August 8.
From now until the arrival o. the big
show. a large portion of our juvenile citi-
zens, with the same proportion OF the
older ones. will be anticipating with much
satisfaction the promised visit OF the Z
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers circus.
This is the first time a big circus like
the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers circus has
ever visited South Omaha.
The union of these big shows made one
Of the most extensive and expensive tent
shows on the road The 1911 show is a
long way ahead of the previous exhibit
tons Its clowns are more numerous and
more funny. Great swaying elephants,
bears walk upright. dance and wrestle.
Lions, tigers, pumas, seals, zebras ele-
plants, every thinkable sort of guest from
the forests OF many lands, forget their
love OF raw meat as a diets and perform
acts. See the parade. show day, 10 a. M
BOY RObs Sister.
John Tenczer, a 1S-year-old lad, of COS
North Thirty-fourth street. wanted a bicy-
Gle so badly that he broke open his sis
ter's trunk yesterday and stole thence SO,
at the same time arranging things SO as
to give the impression that an outsider
had entered the house.
The lad is said to have broken into the
trunk and after having taken the money
proceeded to dissrTange the house and
break nearby window. thereby striving
to make his family believe that the money
had been taken by an outsider.
Two detectives. MCGUIRE and zaIoudek.
made an Investigation of the affair and
found that the boy had bonsile - bicycle
for SIS Taken to the station house the.
lad confessed his misdeed and told the
officers where to recover the rest OF the
money. Late Monday evening the bows
mother and sisters called ut the police sta
ton and made intercession for his release.
Probation Officer Paul Macualey heark-
ened 10 their united prayers and. after Civ
ing TencEer a good lecture. dismissed him.
ForepauEh & Sells Circus in south
Omaha August 3,
For the first time since anyone can re-
member South Omaha is going TO have a
big circus. Thursday. August 8. is the day