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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24

cured as the result Of the efforts Of Ed
ward Rosewater."
Not only have the Douglas county
Mr.. Counsman and Mr.. Mahoney have
returned from Lincoln. where they con
Quoted part Of their investigation. They
learned that railroads evasion of taxes
there have been on a scale as large or
larger than in Omaha Every city and
town in the state will be affected by the
proposed bill. II II should be passed.
one Of the interesting features OF the
assessors investigation has been the dis
covery OF ingenious methods. of the rail-
roads IN making returns In such manner
as to diminish the amount OF taxes paid
THE Burlington" said Mr.. Counsman.
rs shown by tables prepared here. to
have reported a total acreage in Omaha
OF 2i1.92 acres to this office and of 1874. 10
acres to the state equalization board. II
reported 1854 acres inside right-of-way
and 1918 acres outside to the state board
and 1895 inside and 30. 90 outside to this
office. the outside acreage being that
which Is subject to local taxation for
all purposes. From 1909 to 1914 the state
valuation OF its property inside its right
of-way has remained the same, although
during that time two freight houses have
been built by It here, one at a cost OF
$4,000 and the other of $50, 600
some Valuable Property.
"All the railroads here have properties
listed as parts of their rlghts-of-way
which are blocks from their main tracks.
Sometimes detached blocks OF ground for
one reason or other are picked out helter-
skelter in a district. Many acres of
highly valuable city property are listed
as parts of railroad rights-of-way. In
one place the Union Pacific right-of-way
il 2.l0O feet wide. The Burlington has
several blocks OF downtown property. the
streets adjacent to which are closed.
Valuable buildings are located there and
their sites are listed as rlght-of-way."
on terminal property in Omaha the five
principal railroads are paying city taxes
on q valuation OF $l4,SSs. l65, and county.
school and state taxes on only 1881. 796.
This Is due to the fact that all their
most valuable properties have been listed
as inside right-of-way." thus taking
them out OF the control OF local authori-
ties.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Commercial Club
Committee Favors
Jury Commissioner

The enforcement OF jury commits
sioner law is sought by the Commercial
club. The municipal affairs committee
OF the club is to ask the executive com
mittee to recommend it. This is the re
suit OF a long drawn out and cratorical
meeting of committee of lawyers with
the municipal affairs committee at noon
Saturday.
1t was a meeting full Of legal language.
bitterness and sarcasm. Principally this
was interchanged between the lawyers.
Some of them are satisfied with the bill
that has been introduced i'm tho legislature,
seeking TO establish a jury commissioner
system in Douglas county Others are
not. The Omaha Bar association is some
what excited about the matter.
y committee of lawyers gave the
municipal affairs committee an illustra-
ton Of legal lore and legal verbosity.
The municipal affairs committe acted as
referee and saw to it that no blows were
struck.
Alvin Johnson and Francis a. Brogan
were among the lawyers who GRATED.
C. G.. Mcdonald, president of the Omaha
Bar association was also among them.
John Rine. city attorney, grew so
excited that his hand actually trembled,
with the fever of the arument
When adjournment was taken. the
Official announcer was authorized to
state "the municipal affairs COMMITTEES
Is to request the executive committee
to go on record, favoring a jury COM
missioner to be chosen by the district
judges. and that the jurors be collected
by the key number system"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
TrOtter, Pioneer
Stage Driver, Dead

William Trotter. pioneer stage driver
and frontiersman. died at Boulder. Mont,
last week. For many years he drove the
overland stage from Keokuk 10 the coast.
During the early eos Trotter was with
Colonel william Cody ("BuffaIo BnlO.
AS the construction OF the Union Pacific
aud other railroads cut down the stage
routes. Mr.. Trotter moved westward.
finally locating in California. where he
conducted several hotels. In his staging
days he made the acquaintance OF many
high officials. civil and military. He
estimated that he had driven stages a dis
lance of $4,000 miles. or ten times around
the globe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Wheat Price Falls,
But Omaha Market
is Strong as Before

While wheat on the Omaha exchange
did not reach the high mark OF Friday,
II was fully as strong, prices being from
81 SSltdi. S6ls. These prices were paid for
regular grade No. hard. while the fancy
price, $685. paid Friday. was for car
OF choice Turkey red. a variety that sell
dom gets onto the market and then in
only small quantities.
Omaha was outbidding Chicago for
corn from as far east rs central Iowa,
the price being unchanged to l cent
higher, The range was from 70i6 cents
60 75A cents per bushel. the last named
price being a new top on corn. This was
for No. white. several cars OF high
grade COMING In from out In the state.
Omaha receipts were not heavy, con-
sisting OF .wenty-seven cars OF wheat
las % corn and thirty-two OF oats.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Fidelity Storage d Van 90. Doug. asa
Aave Root Print It-Now Beacon Press
Burgess orandsn co.-Lighting fix
lures.
"Today's oomplsts Movie Program"
classified section today, and appears in
The Bee EXCLUSIVELY. Find out what
the various moving picture theaters offer.
The Steady Advancement OF business
up the Farnam hin is another reminder
TO locate your office In The Bee Building,
the building that is always new"
pepper Gets Jail sentsnoe-william
Brass. an Indian OF Santee. Neb,, who
was arrested for peeping in a window
OF the matron's department at the city
Jail. was sentenced to fifteen days in the
county Jail
win Primes At Danos-omaha hive,
Ladies OF the Modern Maccabees, gave
the first OF series OF masquerade
dancing parties at Metropolitan hail, FRI
day evening. Prizes were awarded to
Mrs. George winship and MIR. Roy Ley
decker.
Drops in FAINT. d. Brown OF Mar
shall. Mo-. dropped in "A faint in front
OF the Beaton Drug company. Fifteenth
and Farnam streets. Saturday morning
from the effects OF ptomaine poisoning.
He was attended by Drs. ]. A. Tamisiea
and II. r.. Ensor and dermoved TO St
Joseph's hospital.
Il rot Talking-T b, MCPHERSON who
landed a contract for 10000 horses for
the European war. has returned 10
Omaha from New York. where he on
deavored to contract for 5000 more. He
/ -. a..
state whether OF not he secured the
larger one in addition TO tho order for
10000
Philosophy in the Early Churoh"-
| Mrs. Catherine Leonard will lecture al
Theosophical hail. suite IOi Bee building,
Sunday evening. at s o'clock. on the sub
ject OF ''rheosophy in the Early Church, p
in which she will endeavor TO show the
existence IN the church at that time OF
the deeper mysteries. which were later
almost entirely lost to the mass OF
humanity
Former omAhan PromotSd-Henry q
Book. formerly connected with the Mis-
souri, Pacific here and who a year agC
went TO Chicago as chief clerk OF IN,
III PasO & Southwestern. has been pro
NOTED 20 travelling freight and passenger
agent OF the last named road with iii
nOis. Wisconsin and Minnesota as his ter
ritory. lie win enter upon the discharg'
OF his new duties February l.
Dabnsy Talks 70 DirSotOrs-The al
rectors OF Omaha university met at
luncheon at the Commercial club as TN
[ guests OF the university and heard a tall
by President Charles Dabney OF the Uni
} versity OF Cincinnati. President Dabne
spoke on the plan OF cooperation In Gin
cinnati. which is the subject he has I
l a greater or less extent eNpounded 4
= several talks he has made In Omaha dur
ing the last two days
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
SUFFS HAVE A MOVIE SHOW
Open office to More Effectively
Handle Their End of Your
Girl and Mine" Production.
SEE THEMSELVES IN MOVIES

Mrs. Draper Smith, president OF the
state suffrage organization. and her COM
mittee, including Mrs G. +. Copper. Mrs.
James Richardson and Miss Daisy Doane,
have taken desk space i'm the offices OF
the World Film corporation for the next
three months TO more effectively manage
the suffragists' work I'm connection with
the production of Mrs Medill McCor-
mick's suffrage movie, "Your Girl and
Mine" One of these women will be in
charge every day while the film is being
shown in the state.
The first showing of the film will be
in Falls city. Lincoln and then in Omaha
for four days beginning February q at
the American theater. For each block
of 5000 tickets sold prize of $lCO is be-
ing offered by the film company.
Il am sure Omaha will carry off the
prize. and am hoping that Lincoln, too,
will be able to wiz an additional $780,"
said Mrs. Smith. The proceeds of the
prizes won by towns throughout the state
will go to the state suffrage organza-
tons treasury.
Mrs Haleck Rose who was a member
Of Mrs. McCormick's national committee,
this position. her place being filled by
Mrs. Smith.
Local suffragists will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 1880 o'clock at the Young
Mems Christian association, when coupon
tickets to be sold by the women will be
distributed. Following this the women
will go in body to the Auditorium.
where they will see the pictures taken
of themselves last Saturday for the let
ter carriers moving picture show.
The long line of women is shown en-
tering the Hipp theater. where one of
them is distributing ballots. It chances
that the Hipp is situated next to the
Gayety theater, where the Merry Wild
ows" was the drawing card at the time
that these pictures were taken. There
is a huge sign in evidence to that effect,
but only the word widows" shows above
the heads of the patient line of suf-
fragists.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
ACTRESS SUES WESTERN
UNION TELEGRAPH co.

Miss stella Doyle. known on the stage
as Mile Grecia," has brought suit In
district court for s11,O5O damages against
the Western Union Telegraph company.
alleging that the contents of a telegram
which she sent while in Kansas City on
January was revealed by the company.
The telegram read: Wire me s. at once.
Act split He took everything. Need it for
room rent and baggage Will be home
tomorrow night. Have ticket"
When the contents of the telegram be
came known, Miss Doyle alleges. an at
tempt was made in Kansas City to attach
her baggage. She was prevented from
filling a contract at sl25 week and the
incident caused damage to her health
she asserts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Zero Weather Curbs
Ardor of Ice Cutters

Below zero weather was bit too severe
for the ice cutters and the forces on the
lakes and reservoirs were considerably
below the normal. The cold Of Friday
night added close to an inch to the thick
ness OF the ice and at the same time
added to its solidity. At this time ice
fully fifteen inches thick is being cut and
stored and on still water. whore it is fully
exposed. 1t runs to eighteen inches.
With the intense cold of Friday night
and with the further prospect that it may
continue freezing weather for several
days, ice dealers are resting easy. feel
ing confident that they will harvest the
most abundant crop in years. Another
week will about clean up the work, for
with five or six more days in which to
work all of the houses will be filled.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Cough and Cold Syrup
Made at Home. Touches Spot

A great big, full pint of Laxative cough
syrup of the finest quality known to the
medical world can readily be made by
any woman or even child. To a pint of
graduated sugar add half pint of boil
ing water; stir and cool. Obtain at drug
store 2Is ozs. Essence Mentho-Laxene,
empty it into a pint bottle and fill up
with the syrup. A teaspoonful every
hour or two will check or stop a cold in
the head, and cure any cough that is cur
able. 1t will pay any family to keep it
always in the home to avoid the diseases
due to colds, such as pneumonia, bron-
chitis, sore throat. diphtheria and con-
sumption. 1t is marvelously quick in &C
ton and permanent, too.-Advertisement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Ingersoll Guest of
Real Estate Men

Thomas s. Ingersoll. executive secre-
ltary of the National Association of
Real Estate exchanges. was the guest
of honor at luncheon with half dozen
Omaha real estate men at noon Satur-
day at the Commercial club.
Ingersoll is a Minneapolis real estate
man. He was in Council Bluffs Fri
day night for a banquet of realty men
there. He will go back to Minneapolis
from here. He asserts that a large dele
cation from Minneapolis will go through
Omaha to the national association meet
ing at Los Angeles next summer and
will likely stop for a visit in Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Nickel to Preside
at Chicago Meeting

George Nickel OF the Nebraska Cycle
company has gone TO Chicago to preside
at the convention OF the National Asso-
citation OF Distributors of Talking Ma
chimes. OF which he Is president. There
are iG men enrolled In the association
and during tho past year they transacted
l00OOoOOO worth Of business. The talk
ing machine business Is said TO be larger
than the plano industry today. both In
number Of machines produced and this
sum total Of business transacted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24

The most wonderful thing IN the world
Is love expressed In the helpless infant.
And among those aids and comforts for
Sxpectant mothers Is the well known
Mothers Friend"
This Is an external application TO
enable the abdominal muscles to become
more plant. to expand naturally without
undue pain from the strain upon cords
and ligaments.
In almost every settled community are
women who have enjoyed the blessing OF
this famous remedial and helpful embro-
cation. Their daughters have grown up
TO learn Of its>splendid assistance.
Applied as directed upon those muscles
involved Il soothes the fine network Of
nerves with which ali the muscles are
supplied. Thus q great share of the pains
30 much dreaded may be avoided and the
period Of expectancy passed through IN
ease and comfort.
Anything that adds 80 much comfort
must be counted as a blessing indeed.
In little book sent by mail much use
ful Information Is given 20 inexperienced
mothers. IL tells how 20 use Mothers
Friend" and how TO avoid cakinE breasts
Oct bottle to-day and write for book 20
hradnelG Regulator Co, 900 lamar Bldg,
Atiant. Ca Be sure y0u get Mothers
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
GERMANS MUST TAKE PRIZE
TO SEA OR INFERNO IT

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-The steamer
Farm, a British collier brought into San
Juan, Porto Rico, as a German prize by
a crew from the cruiser Karlsruhe, must
put to sea or be interned during the war.
The State department holds 1t win be
dealt with as a naval tender.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Parent of Runaway
Draws Thirty Days

d. w. Irwin. 1919 Chicago street, was
given thirty days suspended sentence IN
police court on charge of being drunk
and abusing his wife.
Irwin is the father Of George Irwin,
the 1O-year-old youngster who was picked
w in the lobby Of the Brande!s theateI
building Thursday morning with Madge
Spatz. a schoolmate with whom ne had
run away.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24

hAeAAc- A1a AeaAAny SIM
Stuart's Calcium Waters have a reputa-
ton for blood purifying that no doctor
In the world can approach. Literally
hundreds OF thousands Of men and wO-
men have demonstrated under every test
Of skin and blood diseases that these lit
lie pleasant, harmless waters have been
the means OF curing them.
They have proven this TO their own sat
lsfActlon and by their words OF praise
they have made Stuarts Calcium Waters
the most sought after blood. u ln and
Leauty remedy IN the world
Every drug store In this country worthy
u the name carries them In stock. where
sou may obtain q box. Price - cents.
Surely you can see that what they have
Gone for others they can do for you and
you should buy box today. One week
after using them you viii be astounded
a. the change you will readily see. A
ANAL sample package mailed free BY ad-
dressing n a, stuart Co. 10 stuart Bldg,
NnrsEa1 Mich.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Hymn ENEAL
Lausten-GibSon,

Lausten-GibSon.
Miss Nellie Gibson and Mr.. Charles c.
Lausten were married at 10 o'clock this
morning by Rev. Charles w. Savidge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24

Announcements" ads bring good re-
suits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24

A bin to designate Just what q railroad
right-of-way shall consist OF. precisely
how wide It shall be and how Its valua-
ton per mile shall be estimated, Is the
remedy sought by Mr.. Counsman. A bill
along these lines Is to be drawn by
County Attorney Magney.
As a matter Of fact" said Mr.. Couns-
man. there is no reason why we should
not have a terminal taxation law affect
ing county. school and state taxes, such
as the one which enables US TO collect
city taxes on reasonable valuations. So
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Take q Tip from
Beauty's Lip
Use Stuart's Calcium Waters and
Cleanse Your Blood, Revitalize
Your Pores and Make Your
Skin Clean and Clear.

IL Is a positive crime the way some
women try to remove facial blemishes by
the use OF creams, acids messages, To-
tions. electricity, needles. masks, etc.
These lines OF treatment only mar beauty.
The trouble lies with your blood.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24

Valuations would be increased, W, $50,
80; county tax, So. 06s; school tax. Ns.42'
state tax, 1910.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
Park. and Residences.

Scenes in the Omaha parks, all OF the
moving variety. together with a large
number of public buildings, private resi-
dences and activity on the busy streets
will be featured.
BY no means will everything be local
There win be 500 feet OF film of the San
Francisco exposition. showing a number
of the buildings. the parking, interiors
The Detroit times., 1915-08-11
ED1ToRiAL PAGE

railroad commission took that course,
after its treatment of Detroit in last
years telephone argument, in the grade
crossing accident cases, and other mat
tiers.
We respectfully suggest to the legisla-
ture of 1917 the. repeal of the acts gov
erning the state railroad commission,
and the substitution of law making
legal the commissions activities, about
as follows:
''The duties of the state railroad COM
mission shall consist in making beds OF
roses for corporations in Michigan; that
they may carefully remove the thorns,
and present said thorns to the people
The Detroit times., 1915-08-11

are two windows, raise one from the
bottom and lower the other from the
top. The one raised should be to-
ward the side from which the wind
is blowing. The lowered one should
be on the other side.
II the room has q window or win.
dows on one side only, II Is often
necessary to open the transom on
the other side OF the room, or per.
haps leave the door open few
inches to create current of air.
There are many beautiful breath
ing spots in the city. Make use OF
them. Take your share OF the free.
fresh air Don't let the other fellow
beat you out Of the health-giving de-
vices which Dame Nature has pro
vided In large enough Quantities to
80 around. 4
The Detroit times., 1915-08-11

nearly thousand miles away. II
Is a double line. and the two sides
OF II are engaged In one constant
battle, rs much greater than Water
loo or Gettysburg as the distance
from New York to Chicago Is great
er than that from Chicago to Evans
ton. One line follows the other up,
devouring 1t. The lines are CON-
posed OF human beings and ina
chimes. Both human beings and ma.
chimes are used for only one single
purpose-to pierce. penetrate, crush
and MAIN human flesh.
But the conception is pitifully in
adequate. The Teutonic lines press
the Moscovite lines back and seek
to break. envelop and destroy
them; while hundreds OF miles away.
to the west. In France and belgium.
and TO the south at the Dardanelles,
lie other lines, also deyouring each
ether. The fate of these depends on
the destiny Of those. II the Rus
SLAMS are crushed, the Teutonic lines
will not be satisfied. They will draw
back. hurI themselves westward and
southwark. and on other lines hun
dreds Of miles Ions resume the
struggle.
Can the nations endure II longer?
Can they endure tho things II will
bring, no matter which way II IL de-
cided? Can they endure its conse-
quences running down through the
ages?
Nothing can ever be a. Il was
before. America is no longer to lead
her frank. free life. And the crisis
grows daily more uncomfortable.
When POLAND fell. says Campbell:
Earth shook. red meteors flashed
along the sky.
And conscious Nature shuddered at
the cry"
But what wss the downfall Of
Poland to this? And Of this the
worst nor half the forst has not
yet come. II 10 beyond language,
beyond pity. beyond our ability. to
conceive or feel. In the worlds sun
setting in a fog of cruelty, lust.
greed, murder and deviltry?
The Detroit times., 1915-08-11
Remedy For Typhoid Lies
Alone in Proper Sanitation

The typhoid fever period is near at
hand.
Soon we shall be told to boil the water,
cook everything we eat and be even more
wary of the deadly fly.
Even now chlorine gas is being put into
the water
1t is said that this disease kills 10000
people yearly in the United States and
yet it is considered a preventable disease.
A bulletin of the U. S. health bureau
states that in ten years few communities
of 1000 inhabitants have escaped it en-
tirely in the course of year.
In spite of advice and precaution, sta
tistics show, we have twice and five times
as much as the various countries of Eu-
rope, although formerly their rate was
higher than ours.
The entire remedy for typhoid lies in
proper sanitation and the U. S. is said to
be a generation behind the times in this
science.
The garbage and sewage question in
France and Germany is disposed of not
only effectively but with actual material
gain to those countries.
With all of our knowledge along scien-
tific lines it would seem that the same re-
suits might be accomplished here; that
public moneys were better expended
toward the prevention of this dread dis
ease than for palliative and ameliorating
conditions along our various lines of en-
deavor.