Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-01
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1888 Davenport street. says that hi
overcoat and hat were stolen Wednes
day evening from the Swedish audi
torium.
Ford Runabout Stolen-J. A. Lynch
3714 Cunning street, left his Ford run
about for short time at Twenty-tiftl
street and Ames avenue. When h,
returned the car was gone.
Lonesome Folks Meta highl.
successful lonesome party" was helt
Tuesday evening by the Christian En-
deavor society Of the Third Presby
terrain church.
A Gum-Shoe Crook-Jerry Svas
was asleep In his own room at 140!
Cass street when some thief unlocked
the door. rummaged through hi
clothes, took $56 and vamoosed. Jerry
told the police.
Gone, and Likewise Overcoat-
Ralph Patterson, Union hotel, re-
ported to the police that he loaned his
friend, Walter Moeller. his overcoa1
last Monday. He says that he has moi
seen Moeller since.
johnson Goes West-A. C. johnson
traffic manager of the Northwestern
came in from Chicago this morning
and Immediately went west over the
Union Pacific, enroute to California
where he is called by the illness Of his
aged father.
Switchman Sues Road-Walter J
Armagost is suing the Northwestern
railroad in district court for $4,000
damages. alleging permanent injuries
suffered at Fremont, Neb., March l.
1915, where he was employed as q
switchman.
Equity Grain COmpany-The Equity
Grain company, which will do gen.
Of incorporation with the county clerk
The capital is $4,000. c. o. Day
ton, H. 2. Baker and H. W. Winkel-
man are the incorporators.
''Snookums" is Gone-"Snookums,' u
a Boston bull terrier, owned by Ed
win Maloney, son of Chief of Detec-
tives Maloney, 913 Forest avenue,
strayed away or was stolen Wednes-
day. A liberal reward has been
offered for the return of the dog.
To Operate Mines-The Exchange
Gold Mining and Milling company,
which will operate mines, has filed
articles Of incorporation with the
county clerk. The capital is $1,000
Frank G. Kellogg, Sam Wertheimer
and E. V. Keagle are the incorpora-
tors
Shinn- Callahan Company-Capital-
lied at 100000, the Shinn-C Callahan
Realty company has filed articles of
incorporation with the county clerk.
The concern will handle real estate.
Joseph H. Shinn, Leon D. Callahan
and William C. Ramsey are the incor-
porators.
Prof. Ropes Here-Prof. James
Hardy Ropes, dean of the extension
department of Harvard university,
and western exchange professor, will
talk on 1.-The Duty Of the University
Man in the Present Crisis" before
members of the University club
Thursday noon.
Man Tells Who He Is--The man
who keeled over at Sixteenth and
Nicholas streets Tuesday afternoon
identified himself as Philip M. Wright,
1913 North Twenty-eight street,
after being taken to st. Josephs hos
pital. Upon regaining consciousness
he was allowed to go home.
New Tire Company-The Nebraska
Tire and Sporting Goods company, re-
tailers and wholesalers of automobile
accessories, has incorporated with the
county clerk. The capital is $4,000.
The incorporators are Willis E. Gray,
Marcellus M. Gray, NJ. E. Hill.son. r.
w. Parker and R. w. Morrison.
Borrowed Bicycle Stolen-Harold
Page, 1921 North Forty-fifth street,
loaned his friend, A. Laughlin, his
bicycle so that the latter could work
for the Postal Telegraph company.
Laughlin reported that he left the
bicycle in front of the Telegraph COM
pany's office and someone stole it.
Martin Incorporates-With a CAPT.
tai of $25O,0O0, Charles w. Martin &
Co.. which will do general real es-
tate, rental, loan and insurance bust
ness, has filed articles of Incorporation
with the county clerk. Charles W.
Martin, LYDIA B. Martin and ]. H.
Weidenfeller are the incorporators.
To Prospect for Oil-Incorporate
for the purpose Of prospecting and
drilling in lands believed to contain
oil and gas, the Flat Top Oil and Gas
company has filed articles with the
county clerk. B. A. Simon, Emil
Hansen and Henry Monsky are the
incorporators. The capital is $780,
900.
Has Article in Outlook-Old resi-
dents of Omaha took much interest in
recent article in The outlook by Rev.
w. ]. Harsha, who at one time was
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church Of this city. Rev. Mr.. Harsha
has been living on a homestead In
Colorado for some time, and his recent
article tells OF his experiences there.
Lets Horse Starve-Arraigned for
cruelty to animals and disorderly con-
duct, Martin Weinfurter, Seventh and
Grace streets, was sentenced to If
teen days in the work house. Humane
Officer Nelson testified that he was
forced to shoot one of Weinfurter's
horses because the animal had been
so weakened by hunger that 1t could
not stand.
Enlarging the Lobby-In the con-
struction of the Union Pacific head
quarters building q lobby four feet
wide and ten feet long was provided
for in the office Of the ticket clerk.
who has to do with the validating of
the contracts of live stock shippers.
This has been found to be altogether
too small and is being enlarged BY
taking over one of the rooms formerly
occupied by the clerks of the passen-
ger department.
Stolen Car IA StriDped-A Ford rrn
about belonging to William Whit
comb. 223S Ohio street, stolen Tues
day evening from Eighteenth and
Douglas streets. was located by the
Omaha police two blocks north of the
Florence pumping station. The car
had been completely stripped, with
the exception Of the tires, all of which
had been cut. After stripping the
car the thieves punched holes in the
radiator. About a month ago a car