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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
HITTING THE SURF IN WINTER
sea Gods and STermaids Taking
Their Plunge In Chilling
Waters.

The sea gods and mermaids who happen
to get into some OF the breakers that wash
I'd on Brighton Bearch L. J., have many
surprises these cold. chilly days. On
almost any day OF the season during the
winter months. but especially on sundays,
q great many men and women go into the
water at Brighton Beach. They Hike it
best when the snow falls and they can
send the blood circulating through their
veins with a brisk SNOWFALL battle on the
shores. All sorts Of games are played on
the sands or IN the snow before tho
plunge is taken. Medicine ball is highly
popular and the women as well as the
men play leapfrog and a modified form
Of base ball The snowbirds come from
their lighthouses through the biting air
with nothing over their bathing suits
With the exception OF the fact that all OF
them wear slippers. while In summer
there are always a few girls who do not
trouble TO do this their attire is exactly
the same as II is in the hottest weather.
For about two hours there are games be-
fore the plunge Is taken. The time spent
in the water -zaEaes with the coldness OF
the weather.
In the late autumn or On a mild winter
day the swimmers will spend fifteen min
utes In the water. while in midwinter.
especially after Christmas. not more than
two or three minutes Will be spent in the
water All OF the snowbiras are swim
mers, and most OF them take the time TO
do little swimming even on the coolest
days No matter how athletic and how
unafraid is the typical snowbird she never
fingers ,on the beach after the plunge.
The snowbird wears no wraps after COM
! ing out OF the water. as It has been found
that the time taken I'm putting on the
WRAP is better expended in sprlnting for
/ shelter. Spartan TO the last, the snow
bird dresses IN a room which Is uhheated.
/ The bathhouse Is provided with a warm
room, but this is very little used, as the
genuine winter bathers prefer TO dress in
an unheated room. Another, tradition of
the snowbini Is that no warm drink OF
alcoholic drink of any sort is taken be-
fore or after coming out Of the water.
After quick alcoholic rub the snowbird
emerges from the bath house in a glorious
/ glow. with eyes shining. cheeks glowing
full OF high spirits, strong and gay
f, Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
HARRY A. FRENCH ENDS
HIS LIFE BY SHOOTING

ASHLAND, Neb.. April 5.--CSpeciai Tel
esram.)--whilo coming into Ashland with
his crew about o'clock this morning'
Burlington Section Foreman Reuben A.
Mayfield Of Memphis discovered the life
less body of Harry A. French, former
Burlington station agent at Malmo. this
county. The body was lying face down
ward, close to the salt creek railroad
bridge. ond not far from the Burlington
pumping station on the Schuyler division.
Under the body was found a .s2-caliher
revolver containing four loads, with ono
chamber empty, and bullet wound was
found through Fiench's heart.
Coroner Swanson OF Wahoo, on viewing
the body, decided that the evidence OF
suicide rendered an inquest unnecessary.
Harry French was 4s years OF age. the
son of Robert E. French Of Kearney.
state lecturer Of the Masonic grand lodge
Of Nebraska. He had been i'll for several
months. He leaves a widow and six small
children. Burial viii be made at Ashland.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
INVENTIVE SKILL SCOFFED AT
New Machine on the Market that
VIII Fin "Non-Rc fIIIabI
Bottles.

The Joy OF the drinking man who Tor
a year or two has relished the knowledge
that he was obtaining his favorite bev-
erage from bottle that could not be
refilled, has been shattered by tho ap-
pearance on the market q a simple
mechanism by which II is declared any
so-called nonrefilable bottle could DO
easily and quickly refilled.
A bottle that could not be refilled had
been the dream and the ambition OF in
ventors for many years Not day has
passed in the last twenty years that in
ventors have not filed in the patent office
In Washington applications for patents
on nonrefllable bottles.
One was invented couple Of years
ago that looked and seemed 20 stand
every test Liquor manufa cturerv began
to adopt this device for thcir bottle until
recently many standard brands OF whisky
have been sold only IN the non-refillahle
bottle. This was to overcome the habit
many saloon Keepers had OF refilling tho
empty bottles of these standard brands
with liquors of an Inferior and much
cheaper grade. The consumer aiwav 5
| got the worst OF t.
IL was commonly reported that tho in
rentor OF that device received fortune
and that the distiIling company which
purchased II mace another and larger
fortune, not only I'm protecting its owl
brand OF whisky, but In Leasing the rights
20 use tho device 20 other distillcrs. Now
all that apparently has been made Ok
no avai--ot least where the INSCRIPTIONS
saloonkeepers are involvfd--by the Sim
pie invention OF device by which 4 ~
asserted 10 be possible 10 rtfll non-
refillable" bottles. u has been Offered
for sale 60 nearly every saloon owner Ia
New York. and undoubtedly many have
purchased. There Is ono man who has
a place In the Herald square zone whu
| purchased Il and who has II suspended
By string over his cash register with
a sign reading:
This machine was invented 10 dciraul
the public
Near Il he has hottie TO which Is at
taohed another sign:
This Is the only nou-icfilab,e bottle "
the world Tho bottom hna heoa
knocked out.
The device consists OF a Tunnel which
fits tightly over the outside of tho ''nonl
refiiiing' neck OF the bottle AZ the sid
is suction pump. The air Is drawr
from the bottle. 90 that vacuum eN
lists inside. A small valve az the bottom
OF the funnel is then opened and III,
vacuum sucks the whisky from the fun.
mel down into the bottle.-New Yorl
Herald
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
To Start Asphalt
Repairing at Once

Superintendent Moves OF the street de-
partinent will commence his asphalt re-
pair work Wednesday morning with three
gangs Of thirty-five men.
Repairs will be started simultaneously
along Sixteenth street, from the viaduct
to Vinton street, and in the business dis
trict and the west part Of the city.
Mr.. Noyes has a new machine for
using old asphalt and he expects to have
this ready within two weeks
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
OMAHANS REJOICE
OYER BIG VICTORY
Huge Crowds Stand Before Bulletin
Boards TO Hear Results Of the
Willard-Johnson Fight.
LITTLE BETTING OF BIG SUMS

Enthusiasm IN Omaha over the bis
fight at Havana was st fever height from
O'Clock until O'Clock when Willard put
over the fatal punch. Great crowds
gathered around the bulletin board to read
the returns as they came in and every
body evidenced great satisfaction at the
outcome.
During the course OF the battle half Of
the business IN Omaha stopped az inter-
vals while results OF the rounds were
being ascertained. Everybody, old and
young, man and woman, seemed 10 be
anxious TO learn the outcome. Vociferous
cheers broke from the crowds before the
bulletin boards when the flash that VIII
lard had won came OVER the wire.
Betting Light.
Betting in Omaha was very light. Here
and there small bets were placed at
various odds. II was only in the morning
that tho betting became at all brisk and
only then IN small sums Omaha fight
fans had little confidence in willard, but
were unwilling to gamble on the black
for fear all was not as Il should be In
the promotion 'of the event The outcome
was considered a surprise by those who
believed the fight on the square and
those who assorted e framc-up considered
their assertions verified.
Some bettors wagered all kinds Of odds.
some bet even money others that the
fight would end before the fifteenth and
IS TO IS we're the prevailing odds on the
result Some excited bettors gambled OF
/ 50 to 81 and one or two over offered s.
70 81, but their offerings were snapped uT
so quickly that small change only wai
Ventured.
An Unlacky Mascott.
One OF the most unfortunate losers ol
the day was George Mascot, Such su
preme confidence In the ability OF IN,
smoke had Mascot that he bet Jacl
Bramon, ride in a wheel barrow tha
johnson would win. Bramon acccpte,
the bet Thus Immediately after th'
finish OF the fight Mascot dug up
wheel barrow and pushed Bramon arounC
the main streets down town. Friends o.
the young men followed in automobiles
and made regular parade Of the affair
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Culls from the Wire

w. b. Slaughter. president OF the de-
funct Mercantile National bank OF
Pueblo, Colo, who was arrested two
days after the bank closed, March %, on
a charge of embezziement, was released
under bonds of $4,000 furnished by a
surety company. The charge was pre-
ferred by County Treasurer Stannard in
connection with $4,000 OF Pueblo county
funds on deposit in tho hank.
Theodore Broadbent, II years old. was
eleetrocuted when he stepped on an cleo
trio wire, while hunting for some stray
COWS I'm the foothills Of the Wasatch
mountains west of Ogden. Utah. His body
was found by members OF a picnic party,
who thought the child asleep. A tele-
phone message to the police from the
father. asking for a search for his son,
brought Identification OF the body.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Nebraska
COMPENSATION is EFFECTIVE
New Workmsn's Law Being Made
Use Of by Laborers and EN-
ployers Alike.
BLANKS FURNISHED AT LINCOLN
from a siaff correspondent.l

from staff CorrespondentO
LINCOLN April s.--CSpecial.) -Accord-
ing to statement issued by Labor Csna-
missioner CoffeN. settlements under the.
workmen's compensation law are coming
in quickly. Deputy Commissioner OF
Labor Coffcy said:
The report of settlement of siXty-four
accidents under tn compensation law
were received IN the bureau OF labor on
Thursday of this week. While accidents
OF any Kind arc to be regretted but they
happen and they bear down more heavily
upon the workers of tn estate than any
other class OF people. for the reason tnat
they i'll can afford the loss of time and
the resultant loss OF earning power.
III the wisdom Of the legislature IN
tification more than Il has already re-
ceived, these sixty-fout accident reports
together with tn ereport OF adjustment
and the settlement OF the same fully ana
completely 9ustifies.
what Law Does.
Under the former method of adjusting
those worR accidents there would nave
been sixty-four lawsuits and there would
have beer, sixty-four employees and their
dependents waiting on an average OF
about three years to learn whether there
should be any sort OF eompen IiSs.,s n dpr
ably have been sixty-four employees look.
ing for other employment after they had
been repaired and able to return to work
But those sixty-four reports under the
conapensatAon law mean that there have
been sixtylfour injured employees VINO
have been compensated for their injuries
and have returned to the same eHp'oy
And then, too, under the old method
only one IN ten who received an INJURY
actually recovered damages after me
customary three-year walt. Under tRe
corripensafion law each and every Worlf
accident Is compensated for. and conl
renaated at time when compensation
is needed.
OfftcfnI Lending Aid.
Intcr Commissioner Coffey prepared
two blanks for reporting accidents undel
the COMPENSATION law. These blanks are
Furnished by the department Of labor
uuon application. with tho filing OF these
two reports complete history Of each
accident Is made part Of the board
Many questions arise in making settle
Ynents under the compensation law IN
voIvfng the amount Of compensation, the
application OF the law as 70 employees and
employers, 70 whom compensation Is u
be paid and by whom paid. the period
of time for which an injured employe
shall recefve compensation, and so on
Many OF tkAe questions are submitted &c
the labor commissioner and with the
help OF the attorney generals office the
questions are answered whenever prac-
ticable and possible.
To prevent litigation was one Of the
reasons for passing the compensation law
and to date there has ont been single
case OF litigation arising out OF a com
pensation case.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
LACK or BUSINESS MAKES
TRAVELLING MAN DESPERATE

SIDNEY. Neb, April Especial -R.
]. Epson, travelling salesman for a fruit
house from Denver while laboring under
high mental excitement attempted TO take
his life, at the National hotel last night
by shooting He went to the Burlington
depot to take a train to Denver. went
behird the water tank and again shot
wildly az himself. He was brought back
TO the hotel and DR.. Maitor was called.
Epson has departed for Denver and adj
mits lack OF business has made him very
desperate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06

CHICAGO. April 5-Cempaign man
ayers today admitted that the vote TO be
cast by women at the municipal election
tomorrow is pulling. Two hundred. and
eishty-two thousand women have regis
tered, and leaders, both In the political
camps OF the men and In the councils OF
the Suffrage organisations expect a total
woman vote OF more than $4,000.
One Of the principal aspects. OF the fig
uring by the managers is as to whether
the women voters will display more In
dependence than the men or whether
they will follow the partisanship or the
ideas of heads q households. There Is
no previous vote from which to figure
as the women will vote tomorrow for
the first time at a meyoralty election in
Chicago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Table rock Notes.

TABLE ROCK. Neb.. April 5,-special)-
Miss Catharlne COnnell OF Lincoln has
been elected Latin and German teacher
in the high school 10 fiji the vacancy
caused by the failure OF Ruth Thatcher
10 accept this position 10 which she had
been reelected
misfortune Friday 10 allow his right
hand 10 come In contact with the buzz
saw. The thumb was sinputated ana the
index finger and hand we're badly
mangled, but it is thought his hand can
De saved
Ernest Sargent. who lives a few miles
cast Of town. had the misfortune Thurs
day TO have large log fall on his left
leg. breaking 10th bones some four inches
above the ankle
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Bescher Agrees to
Join the Cardinals

ST. LOUIS. Mo, April 5.--Msnascr Mil
Ter Higgins of the st. Louis Nationals
announced tonight he had received a
telegram from Bob Bescher, Mt Little
Rock. Ark. In which the latter agreed 60
Join the ST. Louis club In tho deal
whereby w. d. "Pon'' Perritt went to
New York.
Higgins would not divulge the details
Of the Bescher DEAL but said he expected
the new odtfieider In St Louis within the
next few days
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
ICE WILL, BREAK SOON
IN UPPER L0UP RIVER

LoUP CITY. Mob. April 5.--(speciaI
Telegrain.)E. G. Taylor OF the Mill ana
Light company Of this city has force
Of men at work opening the way to let
the water off 30 that no damage may re-
suit to property along the mill race from
the rush Of water which is expected soon
when the ice breaks up in the Loup river.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Vote of Women Viii Be Big Factor
in the Chicago Municipal Election

Campaigning continued In all parts o.
the city today. The forces OF Robert NJ
sweitEer. democratic candidate for mayor,
have arranged for a parade under the
auspices OF the Young Democracy SWEET
Ger club IN the downtown district as well
as large number OF meetings where
speakers will address tho people
Tho managers OF William Hale Thomp-
son, republican nominee for mayor,
planned 10 hold 1000 meetings at street
corners and In factories during tho day.
One thousand automobiles, each carrying
two women and two mon orators. will
address the people.
Seymour Stedman. socialist, and John
II. Hin. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for mayor,
also planned to make speeches In various
parts OF the city during the day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Tho Trottera.

The philosopher in bis green house
robe. leaned back In his morris chair and
giggled.
This is the evening the Fat couple
IN the flat above are TO take their first
fox trot lesson" he chuCkied, The very
thought of Il fills my philosophical mind
with mirth What a worldi The thin
people sit around philos0phizing while
the fat ones endeavoF to he aRiielr
At this 1uncture there was q thudding
overhead.
pher He weighs 20 pounds and she
weighs 365. That makes f9S pounds col
iid'nF forcibly with my ceiling every
second"
Just then two great squares OF plaster
left the ceiling and descended to the
floor.
''dey. there" yelled the philosopher.
Al that moment half The ceNlEg fell
in. Carrying the chandelier with H. They
aug the philosophers body out next
morning. Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Civil War Veteran
Wanders from Home

William Bishop. 50 years old and a
veteran OF the civil war. is being sought
by Dr. Bishop, his nephew. and Mrs. G.
w sprague, 1888 Franklin. with whom
the old man had been making his home
He wandered away Sunday afternoon
and has not been seen since. The police
are assisting in the search. When last
seen Mr.. Bishop was wearing a Grand
Army pin. brown hat and black coat
He was carrying walking stick
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Negroes Long Sprint
Ends in His Capture

BEATRICE, Neb., April 5.--(speciai Tel
egrnn.) Floyd Combs, negro, who
robbed the homes Of j. T. Claypool ana
F. Fl. Tucker, farmers living near Pick
reil, sunday evening" was chased hYg =
crowd of farmers five or six miles and
finally captured. In order to make better
headway through the fields Combs took
off his shoes and was barefooted when
overtalSen. He was brought here and
lodged In the county jail.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06

oven the guests at the hotel, assisting
TO fight tho fire. which had gained COIL
siderable Roadway before the frozen
pumps were operating In smooth style.
With the mercury below the zero mark
the men worked desperately and put out
tho fire before other buildings could be
ignited. Milwaukee Free Press
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06

TECUMSEH. Neb. April 5.--(special)-
The stated spring meeting Of the Ne
braska city district Presbytery will be
held at the Presbyterian church in
Teoumseh, April ~. 10 and "a, The session
Will be opened Monday evening with a
sermon by Rev. G. G. Kersten of Alex
andria. About 100 delegates will be in
attendance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06

Washington aud Lee. 6: Cornell. 0.
Catholic university. J; Pennsylvania
state, s.
Beloii. s; Beloit. 3 asg
Yale. 2; Holy Cross. I.
Johns Hopkins. /; Rsitimore Tedessls. y
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Metr Famour Bod. Herr

Guaranteed TO be the only Genuine
Book Beer brewed in Omaha, on draught
and in bottles on and after April &
william J. sWoboda, retail Dealer. Phone
Douglas IA Acknowledgement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06

florist, died Of shock and fright today
after he had been attacked. bound ana
robbed by robbers who entered his place
OF business in West Sixty-third street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Cold blasts Causr sciatica.

sloan's Lihiment viii help your sciatics.
Get . &c bottle nov. II penetrates: kills
the pain; stops many aches An drug
ts.-Aovertlscment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
ChIclsen sannwIss savc Town.

Frightened chickens gave the alarm
which awakened the entire village OF
Stoddard, Wis, to fight a fire which de-
stroyed two barns ana henhouee be-
longing 10 Alvin Gretsch md VIII Brook
II was supposed that 10 started from
ON overheated stove.
The noisy squawlSlnE OF the chickens
In distress awakened the villagers, who
every one In the village, ali the men,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
BOSTON PLAYERS WIN
THE THREE MATCHES

BOSTON. April 5.-Boston players won
the three matches played In tho first
round for the national court tennis cham.
pionship In singles at tho Tennis and
Racquet club today In the feature con-
test. d. p. Rhodes of the local club de-
feated Edgar Scott OF Philadelphia in
five hard fought sets. j. A. l. Blake
had difficulty in eliminating w n, T.
HUM of Philadelphia. four sets reins
necessary.
Summary:
First Round
c. T. Russell, Boston, defeated Richard
Gambrlll, Cambridge, G-1, 6-2, go.
d. r. Rhodes, Boston, defeated EDGAR
Scott, Philadelphia, 6-2. So. Sc, b-6. Gel.
]. A. L. Blake, Boston, defeated w. II,
T. HUM. Philadelphia. 5-e. g., 81, SO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
SENATORS BLANK PILLS,
WALTER JOHNSON HURLS

WASHINGTON. April 5.-The Washins.
ton Americans shut oat the Philadelphia
Nationals here today. Walter Johnson
In his initial tryout on the home grounds.
pitched the last four innings. Score:
nIIE.
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Batteries; Harper Johnson and VIII
killifer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
Summary:
PIrnten nent AtInntn.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 5.--The Pitts
burgh Nationls were defeated here today
by Atlanta of the Southern association
8 to 1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-06
LATEST BLAZE IN
BALKANS SAID TO
BE SM0THERED

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Brinkley argus., 1915-12-24
Circuit Clerk RObt. A. Hal.
 loway For Reelection.

In the ARGUS announcement colu mns the announcement of Robt. A. Halloway as a candi- date for reelection to the office Circuit Clerk appears.
 Bob Holloway is known to every man in Monroe County and the nice part of it all is that we know him to be a clever, kind. courteous and efficient officer. He has filled this important place in way that must be appreciated.
 It is a matter of real pleasure to his friends that he should have no opposition for the office and and in this connection, an ad- vantage to the citizens of the county.
 MT. Holloway is not unmindful of the kindnesses shown him by the people of the county and will show his appreciation further as he faithfully serves them during the coming term.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-12-24

Why havn't you joined the Bank of Bsinkisy Christmas Savings Club?
 A mammoth bronze turkey gobbler weighing, with crate 50 lbs. was received in BrinkIey Saturday by Mir. and Mrs. E. l.. Woodfin as a Christmas present from Mrs. Woodfn's father, MT. Mcdowell, who is now visiting relatives at Bryant. Texas. The best typewriter ribbon made for any kind of a machine you can always get right here in Brinkley from the Folsom Print cry.
 The Forrest City people are planning to have a joyous christ mas and several former Brinkley ites are among those named as a managing Committee for the good fellows work. R. l.. Stock ard and Gazzola Vaccaro. SANTA'S Xmas. Cake and Cooking, As every prize cook knows-was made out of White Crest. White Crest is used only by the best cooks and there's only ONE place where you get it-at A. R. Hammon & Co.
 LAND FOR SALE:-The North East quarter of Section 32, Tp. 6. Range 1, in Woodruff County. Apply at this office.
 The ARGUS locals last week made a slight error in mention ing the birth of a pretty Helena baby. We gave the parents name as MT. and Mrs. Prince Lawrence when it should have been Mir. and Mrs. Pearson w. Hendrix.
 Misses Sophia and Annie Walker were thro Brinkley Sat urday en route to their home in Lowell, Ark, near Fayetteville. They were accompanied by Baby Lynch, little daughter of MT.