Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-25
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Have Root Print It-Now Beacon
Press.
| Best Meal for the Moncy-Claire-
mont Inn.
DR.. W. X. Footc. now at 1913 First
| National.
Clan Gordon No. 63 will hold Burns
celebration at Swedish Auditorium.
1909 Chicago, Friday evening, Janu-
airy 26 at 5 o'clock,
Amend Articlcs-The capital stock
of the Nelson-Zarp Paint company
has been increased to $4,000, ac-
cording to amended articles of incor-
poration filed with the county clerk.
Increases Capital-The Concrete
Engineering company has increased
its capital stock to 100000. c. Louis
Meyers and A. V. Jessen filed amended
articles of Incorporation with the
county clerk.
| Central Park Social Center-Friday
night at the Central Park Social GEN.
| ter, Forty-second and Grand avenue,
| DR.. s. r. Towne will give an illus
trated lecture on the Bird Life Of
Nebraska" There will be special must
cal numbers.
New Auto Company-The w T.
Hause Auto company, which will do
a general motor car business, has filed
articles of Incorporation with the
county clerk The capital is $4,000.
c. L. Griffey and W. T. Hause are the
incorporators.
Go to Trade COnvcntion-G. W.
Gamble and w. II. Yohe have started
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by the Commercial club of Omaha as
delegates to the National Foreign
Trade convention, to be held there
January rs to 81.
Held for Federal Grand Jury-Wal-
ter Freund, arrested by federal au-
thorities in the recent dope" raid,
waived his hearing before Commission
er Mclaughlin and was held for the
next term of the grand jury. Frcund
Is out on a $3.50 bond.
BILLY" Sunday Converts to Meet
Billy" Sunday converts will tell of
their experiences at the mems meet
ing of the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
The meeting will be in the hands of
the Billy Sunday gospel teams.
Says His Auto Is Exempt-Jerome
D. Kriz, laborer of Snyder, has filed
a voluntary bankruptcy petition with
the clerk of the United States dis
trict court, with liabilities at $716 and
assets at 1884. An automobile valued
at $50 is claimed by kriz as exempt.
Waldrun Taken to Lincoln-Ward
Waldrun. who pleaded guilty TO for
gerry under the name of Floyd Rus
sell before Judge Sears last week and
was sentenced to from one to two
years in the state penitentiary, has
been taken to Lincoln by Deputy
Sheriff Mead.
Gets Better Position-The trip to
the Mexican border certainly paid
oliver Holmes, private with the Fourth
Nebraska regiment, Upon his return
to Omaha he was given $271 back pay
from the Nebraska Telephone com
pany besides better position than he
had before he left,
Compton With Grain Exchahge-C.
Fl. Compton, formerly rate clerk with
the John Deere Plow company and
subsequently with the Commercial
club, has been appointed chief rate
clerk for the Omaha Grain exchange,
filling an office recently created. His
offices are in the Exchange building.
Wants Her Husband Released-Po-
lice Judge Fitzgerald has received a
letter from Mrs. Samuel Gravett of
Chicago which requests that her hus-
band be released from Jail Gravett
is confined in the county Jail on a
charge of vagrancy, which grew out of
his alleged relations with an Omaha
woman.
More Using the Library-More
books were borrowed from: the library
last week than any time of similar
period, according to Miss Tobbit, |
librarian. The heaviest patronage was
Saturday, when more than 1,500 books |
were drawn from the central library. |
The increased patronage, The librarian |
says, is due to the Indictment weather |
which keeps many Omahans at home
evenings.
New Trial for Riseman-A new trial
was granted David Riseman, the Lake
street merchant, who is accused by
creditors with having taken goods
from his store at Twenty-fourth and |
Lake streets after he had filed a
petition. The new trial
was granted by Federal Judge Wood
rough on the ground that erroneous
evidence had been introduced No
time was set for the new trial