Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-13
Bret CITY News


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Have Root Print It--New Beason Press
Lighting Tixtures- Rurgess-Grandcn Co.
Half Karat white Diamonds s1S-Edhoim.
Mrs. II. NJ. Eek Is now connected
with the millinery department Of j. l..
y Brandeis & Sons.
''Today's Movie Program CLASH
fed section today. 1t appears In The
Bee exclusively. Find out what the
various moving picture theaters offer.
A Learned Student-Dr. s. r.
Towne has been studying birds Tor
thirty years and admits he does not
know 1t all. He says he is student
vet.
Gets Paving Contract--Hugh Muir
ply Paving company was awarded q
contract to pave Happy Hollow boule-
ward, Dodge street to Underwood
avenue.
Revoke Milk License--The city
council confirmed the action Of its
committee of the whole by revoking
the milk license of Quist & Miller,
South Side dealers.
Largest Plate Glass Window-In
the Installation Of the new front for
their store, Hayden Bros are putting
in two of the largest plate glasses in
the, world, one being slightly larger
than the other, and being twenty-five
feet by twelve feet.
Seek Relatives Here--The body Of
W. III. Bowen, aged about so, who is
said to have a sister and a son some
where in Douglas county, is at Hoff-
mans funeral home, awaiting burial.
Communication from relatives or
friends of the deceased is asked.
improvement Club Protests-West
Leavenworth Improvement club filed
with the city council a protest against
approval Of plat for q new addition
being surveyed south of Pacific street
and east of Forty-eighth street. The
objection is to thirty-foot lot frontage,
Hearing for Inspector--John WEIGH,
city meat inspector. who was sum-
marily discharged by Superintendent
Kugel, will get a hearing in the city
council chamber Thursday morning at
10 o'clock. Mr.. Kugel advised the
council he dismissed WEIGH on account
of intoxication.
Speeding Street Cars--Superintend
emit Kugel of the police department
will investigate a complaint from M.
C. Peters, who states that street cars
violate the speed laws on West Far
nam street. Mr.. Peters alleges that
traction cars travel as fast as twenty
five and thirty miles an hour. and
offer an incentive for motorists to
speed.
Clarke Powell Goes East--C. G.
Powell, secretary of the Omaha Auto
Show association and president of the
Powell Supply company. leaves for the
east the end of the week on two
u,a e., h,,x, inc I'd A,tv xxyhtoh ha
will also devote considerable Of his
time toward making choice of a
decoration scheme for the 1917 auto
exposition.
Invited Too Late-Receipt by the
city commissioners Of an invitation to
picnic held two days ago may result
in summoning Postmaster Tanning be-
fore the honorable city dads to explain
why the invitation was not delivered
before the picnic was held. The South
Side improvement club invited the
commissioners to an outing held in
Mandan park last Sunday.
Would Close Sand Point--Bathing
at Sand Point beach will be closed for
the rest of the season if the request
of Receiver Evan C. Worthing is
granted. Following legal battles be-
tween Mr. Worthing and Oak c. Red
lex, owner Of the Carter lake property |
occupied by the resort, Mr.. Worthing |
has asked that he be discharged as
receiver and that the resort be closed |
for the season.
No Jurisdiction--After legal battles
lasting all day Monday and a portion |
of Tuesday, County Judge Crawford |
has decided that the county court is |
without jurisdiction in, the case filed
by s. A. Hutchinson against F. I.
Walker, asking the payment of $1,000 |
on a land contract. The case was dis
missed. Judge Ben. S. Baker and L.
J. TePoel for the defendant, have |
been pitted against Baldrige, Keller
& Keller. The case will be appealed
TO the district court.
Asks Damages Of Milwaukee -
Damages of 100000 are asked by
Shell Allin In a suit filed against the
Railroad company Mon
day, alleging that while riding on a
train between Tyndall, S. D., and
Yankton, with his wife, the train was
wrecked and his wife seriously in
jured. When the car in which they
were riding was thrown down an en-
bankment Mrs. Allin was crushed and
bruised and was confined 10 her bed
for six months. B. s. Baker, and
Charles i. Davis are attorneys for AL
lin.
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