Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-30
Brief City NeWs
Platinum Wedding Kings--Edholm
Have Root Print It-Now BEACON pres.

Platinum Wedding Kings-Edholm
Have Root Print It-Now Beacon Press
New Telephone Directories Out-On
Wednesday the Nebraska Telephone
company will begin to distribute 50,-
900 February telephone directories to
patrons in greater Omaha.
Dundee Carryall-The Board of Ed
ucation authorized the purchase of a
new carryall for Dundee school dis
trict, to take the place Of the vehicle
destroyed by fire in Leavenworth
street livery barn.
Sues Railroad-Joseph Fonfara, ad-
ministrator of the estate of Peter Fon-
fara, who was fatally injured when he
was struck by train, is suing the
Burlington railroad for $4,000 dam
ages in district court.
Howell Returns-R B. Howell, gen.
eral manager of the water plant, re-
turned from Chicago where he at
.ended rate hearing in connection
with the charges of pipe in which he
was particularly interested.
For Carrying Hidden Gun-H. f,
Rodgers, who gave his address as BIG
Poppleton street, has been arrested by
he police, charged with having carried
concealed weapons. His case will be
brought to the attention Of the grand
jury.
Grabs Money Sack---M. C. Barker,
Davenport hotel, lost $3.75 Monday
night when a purse snatcher at Thir-
teenth and Dodge streets grabbed his
money sack from his hand and ran
away with it. Barker pursued the
thief. but was outdistanced.
Suspected of Theft-Suspected Of
the theft of several travellers cheques
in Denver, Robert Hilderbrant and
Larry Morgan, 1922 Harvey street,
have been arrested by the police and
are held for investigation. Word from
Denver will determine what shall be
done with them.
Stops Light Fingered Gentry-Sat-
urday couple of pickpockets at
tempted to work the passengers on the
Burlington's No. 8, the train between
Omaha and Lincoln. The conductor
discovered them before they had COM
menced active operations and they
were put off the train.
To the Auto Show-Two special cars
filled with Mitchell automobile sales
men, one from Omaha and the other
from Lincoln, will go east over the
Northwestern, enroute to Racine. Wis,
where a family meeting will be held.
From Racine they. with others, will
go to Chicago as guests at an automo-
bile show.
Increases Capitalize Mountain
Timber company has increased its cap
ital stock to $1,500,OO0, as shown by
amended articles of incorporation filed
with the county clerk. Robert y.
Drake, president: Tom L. Roberts,
secretary; e. c. Stroud, H. D. Miller
and R. J. Tate, the principal stock
holders, made the filing.
Street Grade Remains-Another eff
fort to change the grade of Seven
teenth street, Leavenworth to Jackson
streets, was discouraged by the city
council when the matter was brought
up in committee of the whole. Oppo-
sition by interested property owners
moved the city commissioners to let
the matter rest for a while.
Simpson Goes to Washington-S.
Milton Simpson, for several months
private secretary to c. ]. Smyth, will
leave early this week for Washington,
D. c., to become secretary to E. Mar
vim Underwood, assistant United States
attorney general. Mr.. Simpson re-
ceived the offer of the position Satur-
day and at once wired his acceptance.
Many Join the Mayhem at this
early date of the current fiscal year
has the Omaha navy recruiting sta
ton exceeded the enlistment record
marked up during the previous fiscal
year. The navys fiscal year ends July
/. During the year ending last July
l a total of 14S enlistments were made
in Omaha. Already this year, starting
July last, $50 enlistments have been
made.
Want Money to Dredge River
More money to develop the upper
Missouri river is desired Of the federal
government The various jobbing
houses in Omaha and the members of
the Missouri River Navigation league
want it. Only $4,000 is stipulated to
be used for the work of snagging in
the upper Missouri river, in the rivers
and harbors appropriation bill as 1t is
now drawn in congress.
Fine fireplace Goods-Sunderland