Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-09
Brief City News



Kieser, Book moved to Loyal Hotel Bldg
Qualitas guam quantities. Edholm. jeweler.
Two Tires Stolen-Two automobile
Tres constitute the loot obtained by
thieves who broke into the garage OF
G. C. Chambers, 2709 Dodge street
Friendship Club Meets-The Friend
ship club will hold its usual meet
ing Friday night at Metropolitan hall
on Harvey street. Dancing and cards
are on the program.
Jewelry Corporation-Jacob B. Just
man, Anna S. Justman and George A
Lee are the incorporators of the Azure
Diamond company, dealers in Jewelry
The capital is $4,000.
Held for Stealing Harness-Clarence
Hockey and E. Ferris, 1904 Grace
street, were arrested Wednesday even
ing, charged with stealing a set OF
harness belonging to Lloyd Drew. It's
North Seventeenth street.
New Auto Observation-Disclosures
at $75, 900, the National Auto Accesso-
lies company has filed articles of in
corporation with the county clerk
Charles E. Page and o. T. McFar-
and are the incorporators.
Shoe Brokerage Firm-Carl E.
Weimer, P. ]. Boysen and R. H. Boy
sen are the incorporators of the
Weimer Shoe Brokerage company,
which will do wholesale and retail
business in shoes and footwear. The
,apital is $4,000.
Central Park Social Center-A
itereopticon lecture on Indian Life in
Nebraska" will be given at Central
Park Social center, Forty-second and
Grand avenue, Friday night. One
hundred slides will be shown, and
here will be special music and singing.
Property Owners Protest-Property
owners have filed with the city clerk
I protest against the proposed loca-
ton of a brickyard on Twenty-tlrst
street, between Dorcas and Francis
streets. The protest was filed in the
name Of the CASTELAR, Improvement
club.
New JeweIry Firm-Arnold H. Ed
monston, Edward P. larry and Joseph
Dawson are the incorporators of Ar
mold II. Edmonston & Co., which has
filed articles with the county clerk.
The concern, capitalized at $4,000,
will do a wholesale and retail jewelry
business
Run Down by AutO-George Miller
Of Coop Rapids, Ia, stepped around
street car at Tenth and Douglas
streets. In so doing he stepped d.
rectly in front of an automobile driven
by F. L. Duffy, 5114 North Twenty
fourth street. He was cut about the
head and his leg injured.
Stealing Journals-John Thaman,
1907 Leavenworth street, and Wolfe
Carey, 902 North Sixteenth street,
were surprised in the act of taking
journals from box cars at Thirty-fifth
and Vinton streets late Wednesday
evening. Police officers fired numer-
GUS shots after them before they were
captured.
Remembers the Firemen-John w.
WEIGH sent his check for 500 to City
Commissioner Withheld, explaining
that he wished the money to 60 to
the credit OF the firemen's relief fund.
He referred to the work of the fire.
men in saving endangered property at
the time of the recent disastrous fire
on Douglas street.
Owns Auto Just One Day-W. W.
Foote of Missouri Valley, Ia, came to
Omaha and bought an automobile. He
was the proud possessor of the said
automobile for just one day. A thief
got it at Fifteenth and Harvey
streets. A. B. Alpirn, 4O4 North
Twenty-second street, also reports the
loss of his motor car.
To Jail for Neglecting Family
Charles W. Spencer, 1884 North
Twenty-eighth street, was sentenced to
fifteen days in Jail upon complaint
Of his wife. Testimony showed that
Mrs. Spencer was compelled to pro-
vide for herself and her three chill
dren and that Spencer neglected to
offer his family any support at all.
To Start Tours Earlier--The North
western Union Pacific will start their
personally conducted Yellowstone park
tours June 16, about ten days earlier
than during former years. The train
will leave Chicago Saturday and pass
through Omaha the following morning.
Trains will continue to run at inter-
walls up to and including Septem-
Der 5.
Warmer in the West-Warmer
weather is blowing in from the north
west, say the railroad men. Reports
this morning indicated that through
western Nebraska and eastern Wyo-
ming temperatures ranged all the way
from Is up to 40 degrees above zero.
1t was clear and calm when the re-
ports were filed. During the night
there were scattered snow f1urries.
New Ruling on Impedimenta-
Heretofore theimpedimenta of SOL
diers moving from place to place,
when handled by the railroads and in
less than train load lots, has been
carried IN regular or special baggage
cars. Under a ruling Of the Western
passenger association the practice has
been abandoned. Now such shipments
must go by express or be forwarded
by freight.
An Appeal to Business Men From
Miss TObitt-Through the good will
and generosity Of the business men of
Omaha, the Omaha public library and
museum has on its shelves a. very
creditable file Of the city directories
OF most Of the larger cities of the
United States. These are obtained
from the public libraries throughout
ne country on an exchange basis.
Therefore We again appeal to the bust
less men of Omaha: May we have
Four 1915 city directory? Call Doug
las 1903 and we will call at once for
your copy of the directory.