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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16

slightly unfavorable. Chicago and Phila-
deiphia are both strongly on the side of
Improvement. Among the notable gains
that are scored for the month may be
mentioned the following. with percentage
of increase: Albany, lls; Baltimore, 112;
Chattanooga, III; Dayton, 1888: Manchester,
io6; Richmond, 2iS; Rochester, lOs and
Spokane, 107.
For the first seven months of the year
the excellent July showing has extin-
guished the former unfavorable showing.
The total cost of building permits issued
in seventy cities for the seven months
total t4S, 1865, as compared with 1925
Csd402 for the first seven months Of 1918
The most notable increases for the period
are the following with percentages Of
gain: Albany, 100; Minneapolis. SO; Okla
homa. l4s: San Francisco, rs; South Bend
u; Wilkes-Barre, 81. The statement in
detail is as follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
MIDLAND PEOPLE SUPPLY
FoNTENELLE WITH GLASS

Contrasts for furnishing the plate. win
dow and ornamental glass for the new
Fontenelle hotel have been awarded TO
the Midland Glass and Paint company.
Eleventh and Howard streets. in oompe-
tition with bidders from all over the
United states. This Is a feather IN the
cap OF the local concern and Is taken as
evidence that Omaha business houses can
compete In this locality with the largest
establishments In the country.
The Midland people have also been
given the contract Tor The Castle. now
under construction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
Inside Story Of
Withdrawal Game
of Hide and Seek

The inside story OF the recent mix-up
by which the entry OF Tom" Blackburn
into the congressional race was with
drawn and then the withdrawal with
drawn when John L. Kennedy withdrew,
has At last leaked out. This Is the way
Il Is explained by n courthouse official
who is in position to know what really
happened;
You see, In the original llne-up II was
a dead cinch for Kennedy, but he did
not want 20 jeopardixe his election by a
f6etional primary fight. and started
machinery in motion 20 force Blackburn
off. The result was accomplished finally
by an agreement by which both APP
parensly submitted their claims TO a
friendly board OF mediation. whose de-
csIon was to say which should withdraw
In favor OF the other.
The pre-arranged award was against
Blackburn. and he suddeply discovered
that tho condition OF his wife's health
would not permit him 20 make a cam
paign, He mailed his Withdrawal 20 the
secretary OF state, Addressed letter 70
Mr.. Kennedy for public consumption.
and left for parts unknown in the west
ern end OF the state. Kennedy now read
his nomination clear. but right at this
point bumped into a number OF friends
who told him that unless he lot up on
hls pronounced advocacy OF woman sut-
frage. he would beat not only himself
but the whole ticket. lie wouldn't LEI
up. 80 he concluded that sudden press
OF urgent business prevented him from
running. whereupon ne Withdrew. Al
soon an Blackburn learned OF this. hi
immediately discovered that his wife''
illness would not interfere with his cam
paign at all. and came back poathast'
In a response TO q message from Bob
smith TO break In the running again, an'
get busy for the slate There's thu
story In = nutsheii.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
Council Says He is
Unable to Have the
Milkmen Convicted

An appeal to city commissioners 70
compel Police Judge Charles Foster 10
enforce the city health ordinances WIN
be made by Health Commissioner X. W.
conneu. who says at Is impossible to
enforce the ordinances while Foster sits
on the bench
DIR. connel said that out OF ninety-four
complaints against milkmen for selling
impure milk only eleven convictions were
secured, and Of these one man, for In
stance, had his fine suspended four con-
secutive times
The health department revoked this
mans license TO sell milk. because, said
DIR. conneii. he continued 70 sell adulter'
ased and dangerous milk and was let of
always with suspended fines
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
Registered Voters
Now Number $4,000

More than 2s.OOQ voters registered and
qualified to cast ballots In next Tues.
days primary, according TO records Of the
election commissioners office The total
IL ss,7bS. but this includes duplicates and
removals occurring since Max TO- and
not yet adjusted by the election commits
sioner's office force. '......
The republicans lead the democrats by
more than one-thlrd in numbers. the d.
vision being as follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
MUST QUIT PARKING AUTOS
NEAR THE FIRE MIGRANTS

City Commissioner c. IT. Withheld has
asked the aid of the police department in
enforcing the ordinance prohibiting the
parking Of automobiles within fifteen feet
OF fire hydrants. Commissioner Withheld
said the work Of the fire department was
seriously hampered by the violators of
this ordinance. At a recent fire II was
necessary to haul two or three automo-
biles away with fire trucks before the
hose could be connected with the hydrant
"a delay that was serious.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
MANY STUDENT WORKERS
LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT

Students who will be in Omaha this fall
and winter and desire TO earn part Of
their expenses are besieging the Young
Mems Christian association 10 find them
''part-tima" work for the season. A. 4.
Remington, employment secretary, has
received 20 many such requests lately
that he has decided TO devote special at
tention TO student employment ana will
give such service free 20 all who apply
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
EVCKETT'j.D1DDt -BRLHITEtT'
OH A4STOn Biz - 0r1AHa nEBRAjHA

with a rough matt brick in a dark shade
with lighter trim brick.
This plan IL from the offices of Everett
s. Dodds, architect. rooms 6i2-1S-i4-l5
Paxton block, Omaha, Neb Any one
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
RAY WAGNER BUYS FINE
RESIDENCE IN DUNDEE

Grover & Spain have sold the beauti-
full brick and stucco residence at Fifty
second and Cass streets to Ray Wagner
secretary OF the Bankers Reserve Life.
The price paid was $500.
Mr.. Wagner has been in the market
for the last three years for a hgh-class
residence, and he feels that it is impos-
sible to beat Dundee, either from the
residential feature or profitable invest
ment feature.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
Omaha Twelfth in
Home Ownership

A pamphlet, recently issued by the
United states census bureau, rates Omaha
twelfth in the ownership OF homes, &C
cording to a tabulation OF cities over 1O0.-
600 population. The percentage in this city
is given as 1913 in proportion to the local
population.
Cities in the east have a lower per-
centage Of home owners than those in the
west The comparison Of cities in the
west follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
RECORD CROWDS EXPECTED
Many Looked For at Banquets Dur
ing Merchants Market Week.
STYLE SHOW WEDNESDAY EVE
f.avtug Models co Give Displays OF
women's wearing Apparel ne
L the Commercial Club
- Dining Room.

All records uf crowds fed at the various
clubs in Omaha are TO be broken during
merchants market week when the lunches
OF retailers and families from various
parts of omaha's trade territory are 20
be entertained. respectively, at the Field
club and Carter Lake club. so large
crowd Is expected at these entertainments
that preparations are being made by the
Field club to borrow equipment from the
Carter Lake club when they need Il and
to loan equipment TO Carter Lake club
the evening the merchants are TO be en-
tertained there.
wednesday afternoon the women OF the
visitors are TO be entertained at Happy
Hollow club.
style show In Evening.
During the evening the big style show
and living model-demonstrations are to be
given In the Commercial club dining room
A half dozen living models are to be en-
ployed to show the fall styles in actual
use. This is q great advantage over see
ing the garments simply displayed in the
show cases and show windows. Trained
demonstrators dressed In the latest fall
garments len to those garments a poise
and a carriage that goes with the wearing
OF them, and the effect of which cannot
possibly be obtained from a display In a
show window.
The merchants market week this year
falls ON August II TO p. That will be
during the present week. Tho other style
show was held last March. II was a
great success. Since then the merchants
OF omaha's trade territory have written
repeatedly to the wholesalers. asking
when another style show is TO be held in
Omaha. and urging that this institution
be not droppSd as the retailers out In the
state and the trade territory look forward
20 it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
THE BEE BUILDING
1.-THE Building { ia I Is all0ays nsD'

has kept its prestige because II was
built right in the first place. because
it has always been kept in perfect re-
pair. because its service has been al
ways kept up to the highest test and
because of its Incompatible archi-
tectural beauty.
There are few-and only q few
very choice offices at your disposal
now. If you are interested, II would
be better to make your selection at
once and not wait until fall.
For office space apply to Superin-
tendent, room los. Tel. Tyler 1000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
Few Suggestions for the New Home
OMAHA SEVENTEENTH IN
TAX RATES OF CITIES

According TO figures recently compiled
by the Grand Rapids CMich) Chamber OF
Commerce, Omaha ranks seventeenth
among the cities in the United states in
proportion to the height of taxes. The
schedule takes in only cities over 10000
in population. A partial list and the tax
rates follow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
1EtOnD RLOR Plan

desiring further information relative to
the cost Of the above design or the
planning Of a new home should get in
touch with the architect who will be glad
to rendered his services. Everett S. Dodds,
architect
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16

EssDsOa, asaa. Bee want Ads.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
Alfred Neumann,

Never has Bemidji been saddened
to the extent caused by the death of
Alfred Neumann, the twenty-one
year old son of MIR. and Mrs. John
Neumann, who was killed yesterday
afternoon when his body came in
contact with primary wire of a
distributing circuit, carrying 1900
volts, while he was oiling a trans
former on pole of the Warfeld
Electric company at Fifth street and
Beltrami avenue.
Alfred Neumann was one of the
young men of whom every resident
of Bemidji felt proud. He was of
high morals, unusual ability, pro-
gressive and energetic, and as an
electrician in the employ of the War
field Electric company, he was des-
tined to become one of the leaders
of that profession.
1t was while in the performance
of his duties that Neumann met
death. Every two years the electric
company must oil many of it's trans
formers of the city circuit. Two
crews were sent out, one of which
comprised Neumann and Ralph
Oracle, who worked the transform.
ers dow, Third street and up Bel
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
WEST BRANCH PICNIC
Annual West Branch Creamery Picnic
to Be Held at Uglem's Grove
Sunday, August rs.
Prominent Members of the State
@
Dajrymen'S Association Will
Address the Gathering.

Arrangements are being completed
for the annual picnic of the West
Branch Creamery company, and in
dications are that the picnic this
year will su1pass all previous events
of like nature. The picnic will be
held on the 0. H. Uglem grounds in
school district 4, Greenbush, Sunday.
August %, and a cordial invitation
is extended to all who desire to at
tend.
An interesting and instructive pro-
gram has. been arranged for the day
and farmers and their families will
be especially interested. Prominent
members of the State Dairymen's
association will address the gather
ing and no farmer in this section
should miss this feature of the day.
Music will be disLoursed during the
day by the Long Siding band, and a
ball game is also scheduled to take
place. =
The directors Of the creamery are
laboring hard to make the affair a
thorough success and their efforts
should be- rewarded by liberal at
tendance at the picnic. Those who
have attended these picnics in the
past will need no urging to attend,
as they have invariably proven ex.
tremely instructive and thoroughly
entertaining. All who can possibly
do so should make arrangements tt
be present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
VOLUME XXXVIII. NO. "a

tody, and four more watches were
found near the tracks. They we're
placed in the village jail, pending
an investigation. At first they re-
fused to talk, but finally admitted
that the watches were stolen from
a depot in village about q miles
southwest of here. However they
said they had not taken the watches,
but that another hoboe, who had
separated from them, was the Gull
prit. Sheriff Shockley then used the
telephone and learned that the
Becker depot had been broken into
and that II watches we're missing.
Inasmuch as but six watches had
been recovered up to that time, he
deemed it advisable to endeavor to
locate the other five. Shockley and
Blair returned to the place where
the Migrants were captured and
found the other five watches in that
vicinity. Sheriff Tiff of Sherburne
county arrived this morning and the
hoboes were turned over to him.
They will doubtless be charged with
burglary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13

tion-that of intensive farming. The
countries of the Old World have
always regarded US wasteful people,
in that the product raised on 100
acres of land in this country was
often less than they produced on ten
acres. Good roads have changed this
condition.
"The American farmer now finds
that he will get greater return
from one acre of land intensively
cultivated than ten acres farmed in
the old s]ip-shod methods would
heretofore produce.
';This intensive farming is the
direct result of good roads, for where
the farmer heretofore found it neces-
sary to cultivate crops which made
large market profitable, he now
finds that he can take a small load
to the consumer as often as he de-
sires.
"Good roads are an undistinguished
blessing and this every one who has
given the matter any thought will
admit. They not only promote in
creased industrial activity, and
therefore better living conditions for
thousands of our city jewellers, but
they provide an improved social life
for people>who live in the country.''
duluth Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
Good Roads Boon to the Poor Man.

1.-THE building of good roads is the
one biggest and most important fac
tor which this country must con-
slider in the next few years. said
Henry J. Mullin. ''The improved
highway is the one means of saliva
tion for the poor man, for in these
days of high cost of living we must
look to the cheaper transportation Of
foodstuffs as our way out.
1.-The only solution left for US is
to cut out cost of production and
delivery. The best way to accomplish
this is to provide good roads, for we
have already many demonstrations
of how good roads will work to our
advantage.
1.-The improvement of highways in
many parts of our country in the
last few years has been invariably
followed by better living conditions.
Where the roads leading into large
city have been improved we have
seen an increased supply of food
SUuuO OAA CAIC lOld1 lld1kCCS duU d
larger number of farmers bringing
their products into the city.
This, of necessity, results in lower
prices for the products and a long
step toward better living conditions.
sit is no uncommon sight now to
see farmers driving eighteen or
tuontv miles TO market with 10adS
of produce, which, before the high
ways were improved, were denied
the consumer. The automobile, it
is true, has had a great deal to do
with increasing this supply, but
even this vehicle would be helpless
without highways on which to run.
''The advent of good roads, too,
has brought about another revolu-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
The Light and Water Plant.

The report of engineer, L. A. Lar
sen, employed by the Water, Light
and Power commission to examine
the village plant contains little that
is new. 1t has been generally known
that to get the best results many i'm
provements in the plant are neces~
sary.
The plant never was in good con-
dition from the time it was first in
stalled: There have been eight or
ten different councils in power since
the plant was installed and each
council claimed to have bettered con-
ditlons-some did and some did not.
Then, four years ago, we had a Water,
Light and Power commission. The
commission made some improve
ments and more ought to have been
made, and more would have been
made if the advice of Superintendent
Randall had been needed.
There have been many improve
ments made since Chas. Keith be-
came a member of the commission
last spring and more are contem-
plated, and one of the most costly
will be new water tank. The tank
is liable to fall to pieces any day and
leave the village without fire pro-
lection. 1t requires time and money
to make the betterments in the
plant but the most pressing will be
made first.
The members of the Water, Light
and Power commission are doing the
best they can under the circum-
stances: They are giving their SER
vices to the village gratuitously-
they receive not dollar of compen-
satiop from any source.
1t is easy to find fault and criti-
CHE. and it is especially easy for
an expert engineer to tell what
ought to be done, but it is an alto
gether different matter to secure the
material and means to remedy the
defects in plant that was faulty
from the start.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
Hon. William H. Thielen.

Hon.. William II. Thielen, member
Of the legislature from the 38th dis
trict, died at the home of his par
ents in Minneapolis last Sunday.
Mr.. Thielen was a comparatively
young man, being only "a years of
age. He is survived by his wife, a
four year old sob, both his parents,
brother and three sisters.
Mr.. Thielen was an unassuming
and companionable young sman and
was held in high esteem by his fell
low-legislators of the 1913 session by
all of whom he was regarded as a
personal friend. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
For the Best Dairy Cow,

A beautiful silver trophy cup is
now on display at Mcmillan & Stan
ley's Office and it will be awarded to
the person having the best dairy
COW on exhibition at the coming
county fair. The Great Northern
railroad is offering the prize and it
is we'll worth making an effort to
win. With this extra ,inducement
there should be an excellent showing
of dairy stock at the fair. The cup,
which is valued at $50, is a thing of
beauty, and the one fortunate enough
to win it will have something of
which to feel proud. .,s:.z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
Recover Stolen Loot.

Sheriff Shockley and Marshal Blair
gathered in two suspicious charac-
tiers yesterday. It appears that a
couple of Migrants were seen in the
village the day previous and Blair
had ordered them to depart. Before
leaving they engaged in a systematic
search near the railroad tracks and
this aroused the suspicious of John
Briggs, who was near there at the
time. After their departure Briggs
looked around where they had been
searching and discovered gold
watch. He notified Marshal Blair,
who, accompanied by Sheriff Shock
ley, started in pursuit of the hoboes,
and they were captured this side of
Brickton. One Of them had watch
on his person when taken into GUS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
John Dalchow Seriously Injured.
The breaking of a strap cause

The breaking Of strap caused
runaway Saturday which resulted
seriously for John Dalchow. John
and his little daughter were return
ing from town in a buggy behind his
spirited team and when within
short distance of his home in Bogus
Brook strap broke, the pole was
iolted out of the neck yoke, the
team started on mad run for the
barn and John was violently precipi-
tated to the ground. When discov-
cred by members of his family few
minutes later he was unconscious.
After a time he revived sufficiently
to be brought to town and was at
tended by Drs. Galley and Dunn at
the Northwestern hospital. His
right forearm and the bones of his
left hand we're fractured and he was
severely bruised about the head and
neck. The broken bones were set
and John was made as comfortable
as possible. He is still at the hos
pital and getting along as we'll as
could be expected, His friends hope
for his speedy recovery. The little
girl escaped injury. 81 Il e. *.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
County Commissioners Meet.

The board of county commissioners
met in adjourned session last Tues
day with all members present.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted designating all of former
state road No. 81, as before plated,
state road for the purpose of hav-
ing same constructed or improved
pursuant to chapter -, general
statutes of Minnesota for 1918. ---~~=
A petition from the village of
=Onamia asking to have certain roads
and streets in said village designated
as state roads was accepted, but, in
asmucE as all state road money avail
able this year has been allotted, the
petition was laid over until next
spring.
A recess was taken for dinner and
when the board reconvened the time
for hearing on petitions for the re-
survey of section Is in the town of
Milo and section "a in the town of
Milaca was reset for September "a.
The petition of the town board of
Daley township asking for a resur-
vey of said town was rejected, as it
appeared by written protest
against said petition that a majority
of the land owners in said township
were opposed to such resurvey.
In the matter of hearing on the
petition of Chr. Carl Eberhart and
others for the construction of county
ditch No. IL. r. S. Chapman was
appointed to make an accurate sur
vey of the line of the proposed ditch
from its source to it's outlet. E. P.
Grow of Greenbush, James r. Ed
munds of Princeton, and Peter Jen-
sen of Bogus Brook were appointed
viewers.
i. A petition asking for the resurvey
of section Is in the town of Borgholm
was presented to the board and date
of hearing on same was set for Sep
TENDER II.
The boards order of assessment in
the resurvey of section ! Greenbush,
made on July "a, was confirmed.
The list of uncollected personal
property taxes for the year 1913 was
presented to the board by the county
treasurer. and the board ordered the
taxes on the list cancelled, where it
was deemed that same could not be
collected.
After acting on numerous bills the
board on motion adjourned. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
Harvester Trust Ordered Dissolved.

By majority decision of the
United States district court, handed
down in st. Paul yesterday, the
International Harvester company
was held to be a monopoly in re-
straint of trade and was ordered
dissolved. Judges Walter l. Smith
Of Iowa, and William c. Hook of
Kansas joined in the decision, and
Judge Walter H. Sanborn dissented.
The decision, of course, will be ap-
pealed from by the harvester COM
pany, and TIE supreme court of the
United States will have the last
guess, probably year hence. In
the meantime the trust will con-
tlnue to do business at the old stand.