Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-18
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Merger with Omaha Is Hard Blow
to Free Lunches and Those Who
Have Patronised Them.
COUNTERS ARE ORDERED OUT

Word was passed around among the
saloonkeepers OF South Omaha yesterday
that all free lunches that have hitherto
teen maintained as part OF the ousl-
ness will have TO be dispensed with. The
city commission OF Omaha long ago
raised an ordinance prohibiting Omaha
saloonkeepers from maintaining such de-
partments and the same rule will be ap-
piled here.
Enforcement OF the ordinance means
severe loss 20 many South Omaha sa-
loonkeepers. Several of them had been
IN the habit OF depending largely on this
feature to bring them business. A large
part OF the patrons who patronize down.
town saloons haze done SO merely be
cause the feed they obtain at the
noon hour answers as a lunch. Down
town restaurants will most likely have
an increased business as result. The
police have been given strict orders TO
see that the municipal law Is complied
with.
EDITOR Herring Calls on Eagles.
Frank F. Herring. managing editor OF
the Eagle Magazine of South Bend, Ind,
stopped off at the Union Pacific station
here yesterday afternoon. He was met
by party OF local prominent members
of the Eagles who escorted him about
the city and later accompanied him 20
the railroad station. Mr. Herring II en-
route TO California where he will spend
several days visiting the Panama expo
sition In San Francisco as well an sew
eral other points.
Applies Golden Rule.
The Golden Rule is a new idea to local
policemen, yet officer Charles Coulter
interpreted It's meaning TO a peddler yes
terday. The lengthy discourse took place
at Missouri avenue and Thirteenth street
where the peddler. Sam Viner. became
obsessed with the idea that no owned
the street officer Coulter ventured TO
interfere reminding the peddler that he
did not own the street and that II was
best for him to move on. He was block
ing traffic When the peddler persisted
Coulter, remembering a particular para
graph I'm his book of metropolitan po-
lice rules, approached the man and
quietly, yet firmly. told the man to move
on. He ventured a second line of argu-
ment. without a word, Coulter drew a
small slip OF paper from his pocket and
after affixlng a few pencil marks handed
the clip to the peddler. The slip re-
ouired him to appear in police court this
morning.
station Agent Assaulted.
w. H. McCaulcy. station agent for the
Onion Pacific at Thirty-second and A
streets, was assaulted last night by some
men whom he tried to dislodge from the
outside Of the station, where they wore
loafinE ]. w. Cook, who gave his home
as Covington, Ia, was charged with AZ
sault and battery, while the officers held
for investigation Henry Firestand. Miles
Pieffer. j. NJ. Crogan and e. Pinkerton.
McCauley was not seriously injured.
Lab0rer Injured.
Don Demeter, laborer in the Ice gang
at the Armour packing plant. was
chopped about the head with an axe last
night at the Bloody Corners" In a man.
ner that would have killed an ordinary
man. His skull was cracked by one OF
four blows. He was not seriously hurt
and will be out In a couple OF weeks
Demeter lost bank book certifying to
deposits of $780,
Lack of Evidence.
John LAWYER 811e T street, and Frank
Miller. 5119 r street, arrested Friday eve
ming on complaint of Harry Komensar.
ISIS north twenty -Illln btItSNs WIN al
legged they had attempted to take money
from him. were released in police court
on account OF lack OF evidence
Quarantine f. Lifted.
The Union Stock Yards company yes
terday officially announced that. IN ao-
cordance with the recent decision OF the
Nebraska Sanitary board, when quaran-
tine on all stock from states west OF the
Mississippi river was lifted. II would be
ready to handle all orders for the trans
fer, shipment and disposal of stock from
Iowa, Minnesota and all other points
west Of the Mississippi river. hitherto
banned by the quarantine law. The Of
fetal letter issued by Manager Il. Buck
ingham of the yards company. follows:
SOUTH OMAHA. July Is, 1916.-ln ac-
cordance with recent lifting of embargo
on shipments of live stock by the No
braska Sanitary board, the Union Stock
Yards company of Omaha (Limited)
hereby cancel all orders relating to ship
ments of live stock that have been issued
by II since and including November T.
1914, and until, commencing noon, July 10.
1915. receive live stock from all points in
the state of Iowa. also Minnesota. and
oil in ~ atataa living Of