Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-15
Brief City News
Have Root Print It--Beacon Press
Elks should read Mediator" Feb.


Elks should read Mediator" Feb
14.-Adv.
Library s Silk Shade Lamps. rs pot
redu'n. Burgess-Granden Co.-AdV'
Chemical Club to Meet-The Oma
ha Chemical club will hold its
monthly dinner and meeting next
Monday night at Hotel Loyal.
To Confer Degrce-Hesperian en-.
campment No. 2, I. o. o. F., will
confer the royal purple degree on
20 candidates next Thursday eve
ming. Supper will be served at 6:1s'
Bcddeo Back From East--Elmer
Beddeo returned from an extended
buying trip in eastern markets. He
reports that the styles for this sea-
son are prettier than ever and and
that conditions never looked bright
er for a banner season.
Award Plastering COntract-The
contract for plastering the court
house was awarded by the county
commissioners to o. c. Hardy, his
bid of $4,000 being the lowest Of
the two bids received for the work.
Sentenccd\ to Prison.. Kasata.
meta pleaded guilty to a charge OF
grand larceny before District Judge
Troup and was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for a term of one to 10
years.
To Talk Oh War Causes
Of the World War" will be the sub
ject of an address to be delivered at
3 p. m. Sunday by J. J. Boucher at
the Labor temple under the auspices
Of the Omaha Philosophical society.
Confirm johnson Death--Dr. A.
A. Johnson, 1907 Lincoln boulevard,
received a cable yesterday confirm
ing previous reports that his BROTH
er, Frank Johnson, Y. M. C. A.
worker, had been killed by Turkish
brigands.
Sue on COntract-John r. Fahey
& Co., Baltimore, have filed suit in
federal court here asking $4,000
damages from the Nye-Schneider.
Fowler company, Fremont, Neb, for
alleged failure to comply with q
corn sale contract.
Attends Concrete Institute -
Homer Knouse, assistant superin.
tendent of the Metropolitan water
plant, went to Chicago last night to
attend meeting of the Concrete in
stitute, which will be held next Mon.
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Fire Escape Bids-The buildings
and grounds committee of the Board
of Education next Monday night will
offer a resolution to accept the bid
of Potter & Co, Sioux City, to fur
nish SO chute fire escapes for IA
school buildings. The bid is 1856
each.
Present Lincoln Portrait-Pupils
of Columbian school now have a
fine portrait Of Abraham Lincoln,
the gift of Garfield circle No. II,
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the G. A. r.
The presentation was made as part
Of Lincoln birthday program at
the school.
Given Jail Sentence-A. Maten, a
Spaniard, who was arrested two days
ago when detectives found several
articles Of jewelry pinned inside the
lining of his overcoat, was given a
Jail sentence Of 80 days ip Central
police court yesterday. He was
charged with vagrancy.
Rioter Fined $2OO-Walter McGill
pleaded guilty to a charge Of unlaw-
full assemblage and rioting before
District Judge Troup and was fined
5000 by District Judge Troup. A
charge Of assault with intent to MUIR
der VIII Brown. during the~riot of
September 2S, was nolled by the
county attorney.
VIII Leave Omaha---O. II. Parken.
ing, club man and oil man of this
city, gave farewell dinner to about
30 of his friends and associates at the
club Friday night. He will
leave Omaha to take up his duties
as general sales manager of the r..
J. Cannon Drill company at Kansas
City, Mo.
To Open Federal Court-United
States Marshal Thomas J. Flynn,
Deputy E. J. Quinley, Assistant
United States Attorney Frank A.
Peterson and R. C. Hoyt, clerk of
the federal district court, will go
to Grand Island, where
Judge T. c.. Munger, Lincoln, will
open a two weeks term of court to
hear two criminal and two civil
cases.
Seeks Missing Son-A worried
mother, Mrs. N. E. Taylor, Of Camp
Verde, Texas. is requesting through
Postmaster Charles E. Tanning the
aid of Omaha residents in finding her
SON, William Arthur Taylor, % years
Did, who came here several months
ago. HE doesn't seem to be the
same boy he was a fewmonths ago."
she writes. His letters are so un.
The boy was not
found at the address he gave in his
asst letter to his mother, written in
December. He is described as five
feet, nine and one-half inches tall:
weight, $50 pounds; dark complex
or hro,un Nd Iorly axac