Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-24
Brief City News

Platinum Wedding Rings-Edholm
Have Root Print It-Now Beacon
Press.
Best Meal for the Money-Claire-
mont Inn.
DIR. w. X. Footc, now at 1913 First
National.
Vincent c. HascaD announces the
opening Of law offices at 904 Omaha
National Bank building.
Mail Exam-A special railway mail
clerks examination will be held at the
postoftice building February 10.
Skating Clear-City Commissioner
Hummel announces that his men
have cleared the public skating places
of rough surfaces.
Columbian Club-The Columbian
club will give a benefit card party at
the Parish hall Thursday evening. The
first prize will be ton of coal.
May Lose Finger-Fred Hansen.
1907 North Tenth street, will probably
lose the index finger of his right hand
as the result of catching it in rip
saw while working for the Ferry
Screen company.
Mute Shatto Wanted-From Tur-
lock, Cal, comes an appeal to The Bee
TO help find Mute Shatto. His broth
cr Samuel who lives at 1S9 Fourth
street, in Turlock, believes the missing
man is in Nebraska.
Shortage of Vaccine Points-Health
Commissioner Connell states there is
a shortage of vaccine points. He wired
various cities on Monday for a supply.
4. n, ra,n tnlr Il
pupils of Long school, A shipment of
the points is expected during the day.
Industrial Nebraska-"Glimpse of
Industrial Nebraska" is the subject of
a moving picture lecture DR.. George
L. Condra of the University of Ne
braska is to give at the Commercial
club rooms, Thursday evening, January
%. Members of the club with their
families are to attend.
Guardian Brings Suit--Anfelt S.
Petersen, guardian of Fred oliver
Carlson, minor son of the late Alfred
Carlson, who was fatally injured on
December Is, 1916, in street car
accident. has sued the Omaha & Coun
Gil Bluffs Street Railway company for
81 $50 on behalf of his ward.
Another Blaze at Barn-F'lames
broke out anew Tuesday morning in
the debris of the Levi G. German liv-
cry stable at Twenty eighth and Leav-
enworth streets and resulted in an
other run by the fire department. The |
blaze was in a pile of hay and was
quickly extinguished.
New Paving-Revised paving speci-
fications approved by the city council |
MI nf hrin ly
pavement bases and cushions, accord |
ing to local conditions of the improve
ihent districts. This will enable the
council to recognize in a better way
such governing factors as the nature
Of travel over street, as well as the1
occupancy of the district.
Grand Larceny Charge-Charges Of
grand larceny have been filed in police
court against Frank Pascale, jr., of
Florence and his preliminary exam
ination has been set for Thursday.
Pascale was arrested in a raid on the
800" service station in Florence,
which, detective assert, was a clearing
house for stolen automobiles. Nine
stolen cars were found in the place.
Fine Fireplace Goods-Sunderland
Merryfield Here-W. Z. Merryfield,
superintendent Of the Nebraska lines
of the Missouri Pacific, is in the city,
the first time since taking charge of
the Nebraska affairs of the road. He
is making trip over his division to
get acquainted with the officials Mr.
Merryfield was formerly superintend-
ent of the north Kansas lines of the
Missouri Pacific, with headquarters at
Atchison, Kan. lie will reside in Falls
City, Neb.
Quits Job to Join Maya salary of
$25 in the navy looked better to Rob
crt M. Baker, bookkeeper of the Sun
derland Coal company than did his
wage of nearly century
mark. Baker told the recruiting Off
Ger that he could save more on his
small salary in the navy than on his
larger one as pen pusher. The book
keeper is an ex-navy man. He was
sent to San Francisco as hospital