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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1925)
too al Group Seeks to JKeep M. E. Smith! oil in Omaha iOutside Man Engaged as .Manager Provided Court i Accepts Bid Submitted for Property. ^ AT. E. Smith <S Co.'s weekly pay roll checks amounting to $16,870, Were signed today. This payroll will remain permanently in Omaha and continue to grow If the bid of Omaha k business men for the M. E. Smith & P Co. assets Is confirmed by the court. I Mr. Crofo'ot says that the object L ol' himself nnd associates in making $ their bid of $1,715,000 was clearly I stated to be the continuation of the f business of Al. E. Smith & Co., as a ' going concern and thereby preserving l to this territory a wholesale dry | goods business which has had a con tinuous existence for nearly 60 years; that in addition, they have agreed to , Assume all purchases made by M. E. k Smith & Co., amounting to approxl F‘ mately $600,ft0<5 and also assume L other obligations mentioned In the w bid, all of which is of great value to the creditors. Mr. Crofoot further sold; "Before bidding, we made a careful Investi gation of the value of the assets cov I «*red by our hid nnd know that our I ibid is more than the property would sell for at forced liquidation, hut realized that in order to maintain the organization nnd satisfy the uncer tainty of customers, it was necessary to formulate some definite plan which ■PPoould he carried out without delay. Should our hid he ncrepted, we can a now say that a permanent organlza F tion Is arranged for, nnd we will an l"-- r.oance the name of the man whom I tve have secured to come here as president and general manager of the flew company. His standing In the Wholesale dry goods trade Is of the highest and his record of many years bas been most successful. In agree ing to come to Omaha, he is sus taining a very substantial loss In closing out Ills Interests where he now lives and Is putting a sub stantial amount of capital Intel the new venture.” DOHERTY FIRM OPENS OFFICE Henry h. Doherty and company have opened permanent headquarters in the Omaha National hank build ing for the purpose of distributing the necurltles of Cities Service company mil its subsidiaries. The company has a largo list of Investors in Omah4. I The subsidiaries of Cities Service ■ company includes gas, electric light find power, heat, ice, water and street railway companies, combined with ex tensive natural gas and oil producing, transporting, storing, refining and marketing properties. The oil division of the Cities Serv ice company has foreign branches In Canada, Mexico and Europe, and mar 1 hating agencies in Australia, South fc America and the far east. SPORTING GOODS I COMPANY MOVES The Russell Sporting Goods com pany is vacating its old Harney street location and, on next Tuesday, will be open in its newly equipped and en larged store at 181R Karnam street. . "We have been serving Omaha sportsmen for nearly half a century," said Ralph Russel, president. "In 1905 I secured control of this company, or ganized by Walter Q. Clark, and re cently my two sons have acquired partnerships in the buelnesa. Our wholesale department will be very much enlarged in the new location. I j Out of the Records V Births and Deaths. IHrtlis. Frank an«t Ruth Nelson, 4415 Parker St.. girl. Claude an.l Myrtle Miller, Harlan. la., * Vernon and Emma Church. >311 F It., ** Angal© and Adeline Bonneet, 1017 South 27th St., boy. 4 ^ 4 Hans and Marie Jeneon, 18th and Dodge St*.. boy. Floyd and Della Brown. C07 Pacific St , boy. Guy and Bessie. 1830 North 17th St., boy. Deaths. .lames Beliak, 5828 South 32d St., 18 Elisabeth Gll/bs. 1702 Mason St., 88 years. Maty A. Topping, 602 Botith 41et St., ftrt years. ^ William Werkbach, >425 South 17th St ^ 78 years. Jennie Persona, 1569 North 17th St., V^lofej* Lou lee Paublon, 1983 T St,, 1 month. Marriage Licenses. Louis Morgan. 38. Omaha, and Esther Barlsh, 36. Sioux f’tty. la. Anton Rychly. 22, Omaha, end Theresa Sunnis. 21. Omaha. Joe Vlycich. 35. Omaha, and Carolina Mlchtch, 27. Omnha. Marriage License Applications Winfield Scott McMaatere 83. Omaha. »nd Hillevee G. Okerlund. 21. Omaha. Building Permits. n. Nielsen, 2702 Ellison Av#.. frame dwelling. 13,000 pftgf A. Cochran, 4305 Boyd, frame drellinff. >4,600, liitbert K. Anderson, 2343 North 64th fs: frame dwelling, $4,000 Herbert E. Anderson, 2345 North t4th H . frn him dwelling. $4,o00. A D V EKTi* KMKNT. Dandruff Sobn * Destroys the Hair H you want plenty of thick, beauti ful, glossy, allky hajr, do by nil meant* )( t rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin It If you don’t. It doen't do much pood to try lo ),i ush or wash It out. The only aura w iy to pat rid of dandruff. Is to dl* solve It, then you destroy It entirely. '! > do this, get about four ounce* of ordinary liquid arvon; apply It nt right when retiring; u** enough M moisten the scalp and rub It In.gently with the Unger Hip*. By morning, moat If not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or .* three more applloattynie will complete l * lu.dissolve and entirely destroy every ■Ingle sign and trace of It. you will mid. too. that all Itching ■ nil digging of the scalp will atop, and your hair will look and feel a hun di ed times better. Vou sen get. liquid arvon at any drug store. Four ounces Is all you will need, no matter how mn. h dandruff vou haV*. Tl>*» SlWPl* Artist's Posters Cause Much Favorable Comment I The most popular art exhibit in Ihe middle west is on view daily on Douglas street. It is open 1H hours a day, and is changed once a week. It is as free as air. It includes the finest works AC one of the modern "masters" of oil paint lugs, llis name is Gordon Bennett of Omaha. Everyone in Omaha has seen this exhibit. Anyone who lias ever looked up over the doorway of the Rialto theater to see "what's playing" has seen this exhibit. Fame weeks It's a portrait of the star. Sometimes it's a scene from the film. Again it's a decorative study. Did some one say, "Huh! Those posters?" They're more than that. They're examples of the work of the best air brush painter in the world. That Is the reputation lithographers give to Gordon Bennett, head of the Rialto theater's art department. Versatile Artist. Bennett has to be a verstlle artist to meet the requirements of his posl tion, for the art department prepares all of the drawn advertisements for the newspapers, as well as the dis plays which grace the front of the theater and scores of smaller posteis and signs. To meet these varied requirements Bennett is proficient in the use of every mediymbif pictorial expression I Us work is done in pencil, in crayon, in pen and ink. in pastel and in oil, and he is an expert in each medium. His greatest ability, however, is in the use of the air brush. This Is n variety of ol! painting, in which the colors are forced by a blast of compressed air through a tiny hole in a revice which resembles a revolver. This produces a fine spray which is much used for sha 1 ing and for painting backgrounds, hi. Mr. Bennett has developed It to higher degree. Has Secret Process. Through a secret procesB, he has succeeded In forcing the pigment through an almost invisible hole, and by this means he can produce hair line effect* which no other painter has ever been able to achieve. The development of thle process ha* made him sought after by lead ing lithograph firms of th* country, hut he has refused their flattering offers. He wants to remain in Omaha, for he likes the city. His unusual work has attracted the attention of such film stars as Norma Talmjyjge and Theodore Roberts, and at their request he has made their portraits in oils with an air brush. The portrait of Norma Talmadge hangs in the drawing room of her Hollywood home. He has also recently completed a •series of 14 portraits of film etars for the Knapp Calendar company, and more than a million copies of these porlralts have been printed and distributed. Attracts Other Artist*. Although Bennett ha* won *uch fame that artists from the leading .'maters In the country come to his uilio to' study his methods, he Is ill In his ‘‘thirties.’’ He la married. Bennett has two assistant* in the art department. Max C. Schneiders and Carl Johnson. Schneider* Is also an artist of considerable talent, work ing In most of the mediums which Mr. Bennett uses. Both have re ceived much of their training from their friend, J. I-awrle Wallace, an other Omaha artist whose reputation is world wide. / Wallace an<f Schneider* are leaving soon foV a tour of some of the beauty spots of the countr.v, which they will paint. Johnson is more or less a be ginner in commercial art work, but has already shown great promise, ac cording to Bennett. Militant Wife If ins Over Routine; Cooks Own Breakfast in City Jail ' i wi M'r mi 11 min Doinesttc Instinct* of a Scotch housewife won a victory over routine at the city Jail thin morning. Mr*. Samuel Oldham. 72, arrested yesterday with her husband after a passage of arms with train employes at Union station over possession of a stateroom, would have none of the Jail breakfast. Cooks Own Breakfast. For more than three score years Mrs. Oldham has been cooking her own breakfasts, and she didn't pro pose to have the custom of a life time set at naught on a moment s notice by any uppity policeman, just because she was in Jail. Followed business of a heavy con sultation with the cook, after which Mrs. Ohhnm was permitted to go to the jail kitchen, where she prepared breakfast for herself and her hus band with her own hands. Later In the day, Mr. and Mrs. Old ham were placed on a train for Halt I,ake City, their home. Off for Home. Their arrest occurred when they arrived In Omaha yesterday en route to Halt Lake City from Chicago, when train employes attempted to evict them from a stateroom for which they had not paid. In the rourse of the argument Mrs. Oldham struck the conductor over the head with her umbrella. They left this morning In undisput ed possession of a choice lower berth. Governors Refusal to Depose May Establish Legal Precedent in Ohio Columbus, O., Feb. 28.—When a man’s deposition Is wanted by a law yer in the interests of a client, and a subpoena Is Issued for said rnan who refuses to honor It, the only re course Is to mnke said man observe the subpoena by forceful methods. But when said nmn Is no puny thing, towering six feel or so from the ground and ruusing the scales to groan beneath a burden of around 200 pounds, it's no cinch of a job. Especially so when he happens to be governor of the slate and has at his command 10,000 soldiers, na tional guardsmen, to resist any and all efforts to employ forceful means In compelling him to do something against his will, „ This is the vexations situation which today confronts local attorneys who ays seeking to bring about the reinstatement of C. C. Curtis as mayor of Canton, a post from which he was misted by Governor I Mina hey recently for alleged Improper conduct In office. In addition to creating a somewhat amusing situation, the Incident Is re garded seriously hy many who assert that the governor’s refusal lo honor the subpoena served on him by Cur tis' counsel has raised a vital issue relative to the constitutional rights of the executive branch of the gov ernment as related to ths Judical. If forced to a showdown It undoubtedly would prove n most Interesting hot weather division to the people, not only In Ohio but everywhere. Donahey, In reiterating his deter mination to Ignore completely the subpoena, Jokingly remarked lo news papermen recently that "as command er In chief of the state's armed forces, 1 could in emergency call them nut to protect my rights under the con sUluUyn." It Is certainly very Improbable that the governor would take auch step, and It la still more unlikely that action of the court* would com pel him to, but, for want of other things to do, lota of folk* here are trying to figure out just what would happen in either event. It la dryly conceded by everyone that, with the national guard at his command, Donahey stands an excel lent chance of coming out on top of the heap In the existing muddle, but even If the entire matter fizzles out, as It Is confidently expected to do, the governor will have created another situation unprecedented In Ohio’* his tory. The complex situation found Its origin In the removal of Mayor Cur tis several weeks ngo by Governor Donahey following an official In vestigation Into Die former'* conduct In office. The deposed official * at tourneys are endeavoring to bring Ilohsney before a notary public to reply to question* regarding the man ner In which he reached Ida decision to give Ctirtls Ills walUtng'paper*. To present their appeal tn the state supreme court, which la not hearing testimony. It became necessary for Curlls’ lawyers to take the deposition i>f Donahey and have him answer some question* so that the cnae might lie completed and presented to the court with oral argument. This Dohahey refused to do. ’’I’ll go before the supreme court In rhamhera and answer all question* they can put .to me," Donahey sold, "tint I refuse flatly to lie Interrogated by Curtis’ counsel, who have no more light to ssk me how I reached my decision than has anyone the right to query a supreme court Justice re asrrltng the way he arrived at • de [clelun." (j JEWEL TEA CO. PROSPEROUS YEAR The Jewel Tea Co., In 1924 had net earning* of $855,076, equal to $23.49 on the 36,400 share* of preferred stock and $5 per share on the 120,000 ■share* of common after providing for 7 per cent on the preferred. They are the largest earning* *lnc# before the war. Total aalea for the year Increased 8.35 per cent, the annual report of President M. H. Karker says. The deficit existing at the begin ning of the year has been liquidated and the company now has a surplus of $654,555. Brother. Meets Sister; Separated 42 Years New York; Feb. 28—Frederick Kemmer of Cleveland made certain when his sister, Mrs. Jane H. Tuf nail, arrived from England on the t’oronla that, ahe would recognise him after a separation of 42 years. He wore a huge seml-eandwlch sign inscribed: “Frederick Kemmer, Cleveland, O.” Forty-two years ago Kemmer, then n youth, left his home at Gravesend. England, to emigrate to the United States. He settled In Cleveland and never returned to hie birthplace. Recently his slater decided to visit him. He feared that time had ■ ■hanged the features of both eo that recognition might be impossible. Hence the Identification card he wore. Girl Violinist to Play on $2 000 Instrument < rm?^SS5S5EEES!!5ES£EE!FF^^^*Z{ ' Wheil II irrlatt A bin hum, lOyeut old Kill vlnllnlat, play* for radio fans over WOAW the nlRht of March ?, alia will play on a $-.000 violin, the property of Herman Oerwlca, former conductor of the Ituaaian I’hllUarmnn to orchestra, Oerwb z. now In exile, and barred by lack of fund* from entering the Unit ed tttatea. aent two of hi* violin*, a MaRKflnl and a Seidel, to the ftchninl ler arid -Mueller company In Omaha to lie anld for money with which to pay Ilia paxauue to the United Stale*. It I* upon one of the*e violin* that the Klrl will play. The violin* are on exhibition at the Sehmnller A Mueller *toie. Ml** All i a ha in la a pupil of Harry Konono vltch. Radio Can Print Without Printing by French Device j ‘RacHutonogram’ of Professor d'Alhe Assuring Photo graph of Sound Does Work. Paris, Feb. 28.—Three houses out of every 100 in France have a radio receiving set. which means that there are more than a million In the enUfe country. The number of radio ownei'3 haa been growing to such an extent dur ing the last few years that the gov ernment has become alarmed. The minister of the interior and the di rector of the surete generale are now working to establish regulations and a service that will keep tab on the operations of all wireless owners. An effective aurvellance over all radio stations, large or small, receiving or sending, is needed for the good of the public as well as that of the country. The new invention of the radio tono gram by Dr. Fournier d’Albe now as sures the photography of radio sounds. The apparatus itself Is vet-y simple, consisting of resounders, each one a glass or metallic tube closed st one end and open at the other. At the open end is a little “tongue" of mica, very thin. 4o which is attached a mir ror. The tongue and the tube are at tuned to the aame note and will re spond to no other, no matter how strong the emission. Thus, when a piece of music is played and trans mitted by radio, each resounder em braces ite own note and reproduces It. The response I* exceedingly rapid and stops immediately after the termination of the note. Naturally the notes are longer and more marked when they are strong. Speeches may be recorded In the same manner. Tf all notes could thus he registered etenography would be come a superfluous science and book* would he printed without ever hav lng been printed. Woman Twice Seed News in Paper of Own Death Cumberland. Md., Feb. 28—Mrs. Beulah D. Right, of Washington, for merly of Harper's Ferry, has read a newspaper account of her death twice In 10 years. Ten years ago. while she wa* ser iously 111, a newspaper here announc ed *h# had died. Ten years later. In a ••Ten Tears-Ago" column, th* story wa* copied. Th# same newspaper also print* a “Twenty-Years-Ago" column, and In this Mrs. Right hope* to read again that ah* had died. Like Mark Twain, Mr*. Right says h* report was an “exaggeration." New Pastor Assume* Pulpit in Beatrice Beatrice, Neh., F*h. 28 —Rev. Mr. Stuckenbruck of Council Bluffs. Ia . ha* arrived in the city and will preach his first serrrton her* Sunday as pastor of th* First Christian church. He succeed* Rev. M. Dee Sorey, who went to Sailna, Kan., a few month* ago a# pastor of th* First Christian church of that city. Real Estate Transfers. Rtrnar« Riley »"« wife «• Billings and wife. 44th Si 1-0 of N.ixport *«; •■ • , Mien J Anderaon* and husband to Anna M Andereon. a w. cor. 4«»h and Wirt Sta.. »7x7O0 . . • - 1 j Anna M Andermn and huaband o Adolph O. Carlxon. a. w. cor. 44th and Wirt Sta 47x100 . J Samuel I. Raynor and wife to Clar ence. K Underran n • eor 15th and Oak S?a . 34x55 . . - - 1 ilsrtnra F Undman to Frederick M Furcell. n. e cor. I5th and Oak St* . 31x55 .,. Barker To. to .T. J Murphy, n w cor. l«th and Paclfto St# 40x130 115 Standard Development Co. to David E Buck. William Pt 111 e of 44th 8t.. n e 45x13* - ... *80 John A Hultyren and wife to John G. dark. Spraxue St.. 44 ft. e. of 26th St., n a.. 44x40. 1 Mollle C Clary and huaband to John O Clark. 24th St 41 ft. n. of Decatur St . « *. 43%xt0..., 1 Mollle C. Clark and huaband to John C. Clark n e. cor. 65th and Hlondo St a »5xl24. 1 Anna Fred and huaband to Beuban H Brown. Jaekaon St . 45 ft. w. of 27th St 35 \ x40. Frank O Davie to Charfea R. Davie 44th St . 64 ft. n of Wil liam St. w a 46x100. 800 Standard Develonmar.t Co. to Almet K Solomon. Poppleton Ave. 100 ft. w of 45th St., e a. 40x130.. 150 Occld Bld« and U*n Aean to Valera A. Walter*. 31*t St. 42% ft a. of Parker St., w a. 4344x113% . Charlea W. Martin and wife to Ralph W Xordell, Iowa S’ 114 ft. w of 26th Ave. a a. 44x114. €.180 Clay A Hully and wife to Rdwtn W Hully et al Whitmore St . 2.1 ft. *. of 31 at Ave. a a. 47x155 1 Hubert H foomle and wife to John C. Rebel and wife. Jonee S’ 116 ft. w of 54th St. n. a. 62x114 . 10.780 Harry A Jacobber»er and wife to Oeorxe W. Biahop, Newport Ave . 64 fi e of 25th Av? , n. a. 44x120 . 4-700 The Heron Read Co. to Albert E DeWaal and wife 27th St. |4» ft B of Woolworth Ave.. e a . 40x127 1.750 Albert F DeWaal and wife to Joaaph F. StlmmeJ. 27th S4 ID ft » of Woolworth Av#., a a . 40*1 27 5,143; Fred S. Mueller and wife to Mar garet A Hurley et al.. loth S’ . 176 ft a . e «. 21x130. 1,110 l.oulxa H Moran to T’anlel J Mecquarrla Ohio S’ 47 ft •. of loth S» . n a 60x117. . V. 1 D. M Murph' auardian. to J.oule S« hrubman et el . Sherman Ave 137% ft e of !.alrU St .. w. a.. I 65 % * 1 44 .„ . 3 300 ’try re Campbell and wife to Ralph B Tallman Wirt St 61% ft. w I of 43d St. a a . 57** xto 471 ! Ircneaua Shuler et a! to Fhll Con nell I, St . 436 ft e of 50th St . n * 6<D1>3.. 335 Boyhood Home of Grover Cleveland for Sale First Time Since Erected Syraeiino. X V., Feb. 5X — The hoy \ hood home of the Inte President ‘ <5,over Cleveland. In Fayettvtlle. a I irray rain and wtndtorn houae which line wentheied ion yeara. la on anle today for the flrat time elnco It wa* built. It »'i« the alender looking hotlae. with amall second atorv window*, looking like half oloaed evee through the tree*, that th* boy who wa* to lie twlfe tirealilent came to live when Juat a tot. In a amall room on the eecond floor, under the eavea. who know* what dream* Orovar Cleveland dreamt, a*, with hlatory hook on lap and thin In hand, he gaied out of that window over Fayetteville. drover Cleveland * father, th* Rev Richard F. Cleveland, wae paetor of Fayetteville fron^ 1X41 until lS.'iO During the nine year* that Fayette villa knew him and the Cleveland children, drover became a eludent of Ml** Kilim Cole In the little red aohonlhonse ncroee the way. The jPrtabyterian church wae on th* cor ner of Main street and Academy street, and the gray old house which ia now for sale was the parsonage. When the llev. Cleveland left Fay etteville the house In which the Cleveland family had made its home passed into the hands of William 1* Thompson and has remained a possession of the Thompson family to this day. The house has noi been repaired for some time The p st* at the foot of the old fashioned stairs that lead to the door have fallen partly away. Hut they are the an me banisters which the smnll hands of the bov Grover clasped ns he hurried up and down the statin, so many yearn ago, Cne aide of the house is completely covered with ivy, large flat green leave*, from roof to base There t* a sort of cellar studio, entered by a door In the front of the house, which Rev. Cleveland used for a study and where Grover used to patter down to read his history book, or maybe It was Grimm's fairy tales ! V 1 Friendly Victim* Maltin’ the Be»t of It. "On Inst Monday, an' Rgaln on last Wednesday, some unauthorized station transmitted a lecture on onion culture on our wave length dinin' our reg'lar operatin' time between th' hours o' 8 an' 10 p. m., an' greatly Interfered with two slip horn solos an' 'Curfew Must Not King T night,' by Miss Fawn Lipplncut," complained Mr. Ar tie Small, president o’ th’ O. K. Radio corporation, t' Constable Newt Plum, t'day. "Well, what do you want me t' do, git a airplane an' go after ’em?" said Newt. Th' f). K. Radio eori>ora tlon Is havin' lots o’ trouble. Hast night, Finley Newcomb, th' announc er, dropped dead while tapin’ a prl mary reluctance coil. He'd jest fin ished fixin’ th' filament hook-up, an' chatted pleasantly t’ those about him, however, his wife says he hadn' been catln’ right since he had some di alectic losses, A committee has been appointed t' wait on th’ railroad au thorities an’ see If it can't have th' 8:80 train taken off or th' time changed t’ 10 00. as It greatly Inter feres with th’ radio operations, as does also th’ 9 o’clock shifts at th' electric light plant. An injunction Is pendin' again' th' light plant. Amy I.ouise DeVere, contralto an’ xylo phone star, who wuz engaged fer an other week, has not returned from an' auto ride, leavin' th' whole o' t night's program on th’ shoulders o’ th' Ex celslor Comedy Four. Kudin Note*. Mrs. Tilford Moots ’ll entertain at her home this evenin', when It Is hoped all will he favored with a se lection by th' Prince o' Wales Drum corps at Calgary, Canady, an’ acme seal barkin' from Seal Rock, San Francisco, if th’ seals are active. Miss Ethyl May* Purvianc# Is Im itatin’ birds fer th' O. K. Radio cor poration, an’ has been heard aa fer aa Seymour. OPT, .Napoleon, Ohio, I've tried re versln connections on barlometers, but still have th' same ole gurglin'. Write agin. O. Is. K. Th' O. K. Radio corporation a ska all who cannot hear th' Excelsior Come dy Four distinctly to write, or wtre, t' th' Department e' Commerce. Washln'ton. D. C., an’ urge that aon ditlons he corrected lmmedlatply. ”J»st think, we could hear Hastln's, Nebrasky, last night Jest ss plain, as If It had been In our cistern. Haln't It Jest wonderful what thsy kin do these days?” remarked Mrs. Em Pash t'day. "We’ve been a talkin' o’ glttln’ over t’ see you folks all winter, but some how Jim got It int' his head that you had a radio set.” we heard a woman say t'day. 'A description o’ 8tew Nugent an* th' engine number o' th' Ford wua broadcasted last evenin' by th’ O. K. Radio corporation. "I've had fine luck with th’ radio,’’ said Tell Brinkley, this morning. "I’ve only been caught onca where I had t’ stay an’ listen t' It.’’ (Copyright till.) Arlington Couple Married 50 Years —.^ t...._ JCc AHQJCriJMfytftterbjCA tpsrU) Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Arlington, Neb.. Feb. 28.—Mr. and Mra. B. M. t’tterbnok, who recently celebrated their golden wedding here, have had an eventful life. Soon after their wedding. SO years ago. In Rlohland county. Illinois, they went to Texas by Immigrant train. Texas was' then still a part of the "wild west.” After living for a year In Texas, Mr. nnd Mrs. Ftterlwick moved to Nebraska They have lived In and near Arlington slnoe 187S. They have eight living children, all of whom were present at their golden anniversary. They have 14 grand children. MEANEST THIEF For months, Paul TVsantt. ward at the St. James orphanage, dreamed of a bicycle, until finally he got one. It wasn't much of a bicycle. The pedals didn't match. The frame was too big for the wheels. The handle ban were an engineering nightmare. Heaven alone knows where he got the chain: but It was a bicycle, and to Paul, It spelled happiness Police are looking for the man who stole If. 25 Milions Per Mile Cost to Widen Strand I/Ondon. Feb :s —The widening of the Strand, In the heart of lcindon, Is an expensive proceeding, according to H. H. Gordon, a former Hondon Coun tv Councilor. He places the cost at tiS.non.noo a mile Traffic congestion makes the o|>erstton necessary. New Anecdotes of Kaiser Show His Friends Wired Puns to Him By I n Iyer** I Sef-rire. London. Feb. 25. — Illuminating! anecdotes about the ex-kaiser crowd i Twelve Years at the Imperial Ger ! man Court.” have been translated by Alfred Kallseh from ths German of l Count Robert Zedlitz-Truetzchler, I controller of the household of WU-j 11am II. The count mad# his note#* day by day. and guarantee# that their gloomy picture of the trend of events and of the emperor's character la not an after thought. "It is." h# wrote In 1*04, "very regretable that the emperor should so often adopt a manner to others which Is bound to make much bad j blood, and even to arouse widespread hosltillty. Though he means no harm, he often seems offensive and harsh. "Thus the other day he pulled the adjutant of the crow n prince, a mid dle aged mapor, very energetically by the ear and gave him quite a severe blow on the neck, saying. ‘I am #erl ously displeased that the crown prince has appeared in public as an acrobat. He is much too good for : 1 that: you must stop that sort of: thing.’ * "The crown prince had ridden one of his horses In a steeplechase on the day before and had won. I/o>al Hysterics. March 13, l?uS, is the dat# of this , entry: "The emperor asked his suite the following riddle: ’What is the differ- j ence between a mother-in-law and a good Havana cigar?’ "Naturally nobody knew- the: answer, and he said: 'In the case of a good cigar we prefer the first breath we draw, but in the cas# of a mother-in-law It is the last breath she draws that we like best.’ "We all burst loyally into hysterics on hearing this new jest, which, If not \ery delicate, was st least not »o '• bad as some. The emperor told us that It had been telegraphed to him from London by a former British military attache. "The emperor oftnn get# sii^h things telegraphed to him, and they are often not quite eo Innocent as Browning-King Opens New Shoe Department . __j ITfcot > hjr 1Uyn Walter Harkert. who ha» been In tho ehoe husInrMo in Omaha for oom# time and imwlo ialv In the ami huai nosa In t'ounoll liltifFa for many yaare, ha* horn appointed manager of the| now a hoe department now Poll', g opened I" Hi own. King A Co. Mr. Harkert »«\» they will feature the Nunn Hnoh oho* excluei'ety. He] ■tat™ that all #t\lea In men'a and i loung umi allue* will be earned. thla. I wonder whether the publl* may not one fine day get a shock by ths publication of some such tele gram, because these things are not dlspached in ciphsr.’* Some sayings of ths ex-kaiser re corded by the eount are: At the unveiling of a Wagner me such a fuse of thla. Wagner? The fellow was, after all, only a simple morlal; "Why do people really make conductor, nothing more than a con ductor—a quite common conductor.'* During a dinner table discussion on the Increase of brutality In Germany, "Yes. we shall not be able to get on In the next few years without a '• proper blood-letting and a few whiffs of powder.” During a tramway strike In 1*00. telegraphing to the ecmmander-ln chief of the gardes du corps: "I ex pect, when the troops lntervsns. to hear of at least 500 people being shot down.” To Queen Alexandria. Introducing th* raster of the horse during an English royal visit to Berlin: “This is th# master of th# horse, who has , Just made an incredible ass of him self with your carnage.” To Sir Charles Hardings (accom panying King Edward VIII at FTled richshof: "A demand mads by Eng land to Germany to limit her arms menus would mean war, and England can have It at once it she really wants it. In any case, the development of th# German navy It a matter which concerns Germany and Germany alone, and no Interference from any other power can be tolerated tor a moment.” A Contrast. In contrast with such stories ts the following account of an incident that occurred in December. 1904: "When he (the emperor) name to th* throne, he said hs rscslved a sealed envelope which in obedience to the wishes of King Frederick William IV, was to me handed to each king of Prussia In succession. Hs had open ed this envelop*, and had found In it the political testament of Frederick William IV. in which he had earnest ly urged his successor* to lose no time in annulling the constitution which had been wrung from him by force. "Th# emperor added: / 'Except Frledberg, not a soul bad th# small est Inkling of this document, although it has already passed through the hands of tny grandfather and father.' Finally.) th# emperor said very se riously and in a comparatively low voice to himself: What disasters this document could hav# caused' It le inconceivable. I took it upon my self to destroy It with my own hands.' ” Count Zedlitx-Trustschler's per sonal estimate of William II la that h* Is possessed of immense ability of a kind, but "was repelled by any man who saw and dee, bed things as they were—that la tr say wbo »p. ka tha truth—and atrali .way avoided him. If a man so ;>, w*rf I does not wish to hear th# tr th. It s impossible to tell It to h in " •>0.(HH)-Arrp Pre$«*i for Sportsmen** ( <u»” S« Inlmmlhmil *,.11**. Chicago, KVh. i< —Game b ts ef many species bred on the -I'.f GVdk'-e burning preserve of ths Pa. lido Opafl Spoilsmen's dub, in Calif ni» wid be used to seek wild , , stJk* St every state in the union, a.oorMb,- t« announcement hera hy Frederick 1*. Sitns, chairman of ih* board of or ganisation. ' The preserve will breed JMl -■'# wild Pwl annually.'* aaid Mi iMma. The varieties will b# ring neck pheasant, quail, wild turkey, Hun tartan pan ridge, oscillated wild tur k#\ of Central America pra'rta chicken and th* tinamou of S.-uth 4meric*. Ten per cent of all ih* fowl- raised will be distributed through nat.cnal aivletiea”