THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 22, 1012.
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1. 0.0. F. Mm IN WINNIPEG
Odd Fellows Hold Eighty-Eighth
Annual Communication.
MEMBERSHIP SHOWS A GAIN
Many Important Question Art De
ctded by the Suprrme Gorrn
ing Body of the Organisation.
The sovereign grand lodge of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows held Its
eighty-eighth annual communication at
the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, last
week. v-
The week was begun with a public re
ception Monday morning. Premier Rod
mond Roblln delivered the address of
welcome on behalf of Manitoba, which
was responded to by Grand Sire
John B. Cockrum. Immediately 'after
this meeting the sovereign grand
lodge began Its session at Westminster
hall with a full attendance of representa
'tlves, John J. Cockrum, grand sire, of
Indianapolis, presiding. The Patriarchs
Militant met In the amphitheater with
General A. R. Stocker of Indiana, pre
siding. The reception In the evening for Grand
Sire John B. Cockrum was a very Im
pressive function and was attended by
all the leaders of the organization and
representative citizens of Manitoba.
Other events of Monday were a meeting;
of the Rebekah Past Presidents' associ
ation, a meeting of the Grand Secretaries'
association, a Rebekah reception In the
evening and the Home association meet
ing. The Grand Representative held a re
union on Tuesday, Which was well At
tended. Twenty-one departments were repre
sented in the Patriarch Militant session
and much Important business was tran
acted. General C. S. Davis of the De
partment of Nebraska was appointed on
the committee1 on the state of the order.
Fraternal Presa Meeting;.
The annual business meeting of the
Fraternal Press association was held
Tuesday afternoon. The banquet given by
the association Tuesday evening was at
tended by all of the officers of the sov
ereign grand lodge. The secretary re
ported that sixty-two papers were pub
lished for the members of the Indepen
dent Ordor of Odd Fellows, of which
fifty-one were in the United States.
In his report concerning the condition
of the order, Mr. Cockriua said to the
grand lodge:
"I congratulate you upon the excellent
condltoin of the order throughout the
world. We meet under the best condl
tions In this, the eighty-eighth annual
meeting of the sovereign body We have
a larger membership than ever before,
our financial strength is greater, and in
most branches we find unexampled seal
and energy being applied daily to the en
nobling work of our great organisation
for the uplift of mankind and the ex
tension of our benevolent and fraternal
purposes."
Parade a Big Feature. .
The parade, which took place on
.Wednesday night, was one of the best
in the history of the order and by far
the lareest ever seen In Canada, There
were 20,000 men Inline and It took" two
hours for the parade to pass a given
point There were 1,000 men clothed In
the glittering uniform of the Patriarch
Militant, and all of those in the Una of
tnarch 'were clothed In the regalia of the
order. In this parade was seen repre
sentatives from every state In the union
and from every province In the Dominion,
The streets covered by .the parade were
roped off and the arrangements keeping
the route of the parade cleat were almost
perfect. A number of floats typifying dlf-
ferent phases of the work of the order
made up the last division of the parade.
There were 3,000 Rebekah in the line of
march.
C. A. Kellar of San Antonio, Tex., was
elected grand sire, and Robert T. Daniel
of Georgia was elected deputy grand sire.
John R. Goodwin, grand secretary, and
M. P.. Muckle, grand treasurer, were re
elected to these offices.
In the individual drill contest for the
Patriarch Militant branch of the order,
Women who beaf children and ro
inaln healthy arc those who prepare
their ystem.s In advance of baby'i
fcomlng. Unless the mother aids
nature in Its pre-natal work the crisis
finds her system unequal to 'the de
mands made upon it, and; she la often
left with weakened health or chronic
ailments. No remedy is bo truly a
help to nature as Mother's Friend,
and no expectant mother should fail
to Use it It relieves the pain and
-fiiscomfort caused by the strain on
the ligaments, makes pliant and elas
tic those fibres and muscles which
nature is expanding, prevents numb
ness of limbs, and soothes the inflam
mation of breast glands. The system
being thus prepared by Mother's
Friend dispels the fear that the crisis
may not be safely met Mother's
- Friend assures a speedy and complete
recovery for the mother, and she is
left a healthy woman to enjoy the
rearing of her
: child. Mother's
Friend is sold at
Irug stores.
- Write for our free
book for exftect
unt mothers which contains much
valuable information, and many sug
gestions of a helpful nature.
I KIaT FIELD REGULATOR C0.f Atluta, Ca.
Friend
WM. J. BOEKHOFF,
Basil Dealar.
G- A. McHugh of Winnipeg won first
prixe.
The sixty-first anniversary of the
institution Of the Rebck&h degree will be
celebrated with appropriate ceremony o"n
Sunday afternoon, September 22.
City Profusely' Decorated.
The city was profusely decorated with
flags and bunting and many unique de
vice were used to welcome the Odd Fel
low to Winnipeg.' One display consisted
of three links, which were over 100 feet
; Kng and nearly thirty feet In height
Twenty-five halls were required to ac
comodate the meetings of the different
branches of the order and the degree
teams." Large cash prizes were hung up
for degree work and drill teams and each
of the events had a large number of
entries.
Winnipeg was at Its best at night with
brilliant arche of light strung across
all of the main thoroughfares, lighting
up the gay bunting on every Bide, and
the uniformed Odd Fellow everywhere
lending a military aspect to the scene.
The newspaper of Winnipeg gave much
space to the session and turned out un
usually complete reports. The Free Press
devoted from one to six pages dally to
the proceeding of the sovereign grand
lodge and it subordinate Organisations.
The account were profusely Illustrated
with picture of the leader of the organi
zation.
The membership report show there
are over 2,100,000 members in the order.
The cost of maintenance of the home
of the order 1 $700,000 per year, in which
there are 3,500 guests. There have been
admitted into the home of the order
since their opening over 8,800 guests, and
the present value of the property If
15.000.000.
Figure were cited to show that Odd
Fellowship ha since It origin relieved
8,856,431 members and 316, 2M families at a
total cost of Over $28,000,000. It ha
membership today of Over 8,100.000 and
It Invested fund amount to tl3O,000,O0O.
At a big ' reception fid ball given
Wednesday evening for the Patriarch
Militant branch of the order, over TOO
couple were on the dance floor at on
time.
Highway Robbery
Charges Preferred
Against Bandits
Charges of highway robbery have been
preferred against John Cohen, 2486 Blondo
street; Arthur Nelson, 2531 Patrick ave
nue, and Gilbert Linfleman of Milwaukee,
the three youthful bahdit arrested Thurs
day night In Council Bluff for the series
of holdups In Omaha during the last
week.
The trio will be given a preliminary
hearing In police court Monday morning.
So far no bond ha been arranged for
to procure their release.
Full confession- from all three were
exacted by the police yesterday. Even
without the confession the police would
have been able to hav held the three
boy .by the letter and plunder obtained
from their victims, which they had on
them when arrested; '
They made no effort to destroy or get
rid of any of the effect of their victims.
Although Nelson has come to the notice
of the police before the other two boys
have not been mixed up in any, trouble
here.'
Utah Strikers Quiet;
Company Brings Men
BINGHAM, Utah, Sept. JO.-The third
day of the strike of the copper miners
has failed to bring out any new develop
ments. Prospects for a settlement were
a far off tonight as when the strike
first began.
The strikers crowded the streets all day,
but mad no demonstrations, not even
when the Utah Copper company imported
twenty men this afternoon who are sup
posed to be strike breakers.
The sheriffs force now comprises 250
men, most Of whom are armed with rifle.
It was said that an attempt would be
made to open the mines at 11 o'clock to
night, but up to that hour there were no
indications of men going to work.
ECHOES OF THE ANTE-ROOM
Odd Fellows Flan to Remodel Ball
and Have Dining- Boom. ,
ALPHA CAMP TO GIVE SMOKER
Order of SeotUh (Ian Held Regalar
Steetlnf) Last Tuesday and aa
Vnnaaall? Large Crowd
Tnrnrd Oat.
1510 Douglas Street
Omaha lodge No. 2, State lodge No. 10
and Beacon lodge No. 20 will take up the
proposition to remodel the second floor
or the Odd Fellows' building at their
lodge meeting this week. Plans have
been prepared which call for a large oin
Ing room and kitchen, a library, two com
mittee rooms and a parlor for the women.
A seoond plan calls for a small lodge hall,
dining room, kitchen, women's parlor and
a library. Efforts Are being made
bring out a large lodge attendance this
week so that thee plans may be laid be
fore the members of the lodge repre
sented In the hall association.
Omaha lodge No. I will have seven can
didate for the initiatory degree next
Friday evening.
Ruth Rebekah lodge No. 1 and Ivy Re
bekah lodge No. S3 will celebrate the
sixty-first anniversary of the Institution
of the Rebekah degree of Odd Fellowship
at their hall next Thursday evening
There will be a program of speaking and
muslo, followed by dancing.
State lodge No. 10 will have work in the
first degree tomorrow night
Grand Secretary Gage has sent out an
nouncements of the coming session of the
grand lodge and the grand encampment,
which will be held at IJnooln from Oc
tober 15 to 17. :
Wasa lodge No. 1S3 will have degree
work next Wednesday evening.
A crowd of Omaha Odd Fellow organ
ized a first degree team and visited No,
225 last Friday evening to help that lodge
put on the first degree.
Dannebrog lodge No. 216 will hav fiV
candidates for the third degree next Frl
day night.
The picnic which gave such bright pros
pects pf success was partially spoiled by
the rain. About 300 of the picnickers
went to Cole's hall at 4:80 p. m. and held
the races and other scheduled event.
Congressman Norrls gave a forty-flv
minute talk and the floor was cleared
for dancing, which Uwted until midnight,
All of those present voted the ptonio a
big success In spite of the rain.
Jonathan lodge No. 225 will have work
in the second degree next Friday night.
Knight of Pythias.
The member of Nebraska lodge No. 1,
Knight of Pythias, anticipate an Inter
esting business meeting Involving
change of by-laws at their next regular
meeting, Wednesday evening, September
25, at their lodge room in the Board of
Trade building.
Modern Maccabees.
Omaha hive No. 952, Ladles of the Mac
cabees, will hold their next regular meet
ng Tuesday afternoon at Modern Wood
man hall, corner Fifteenth and Douglas
streets. A full attendance is desired, a
plan will be made for the reception of
Frances E. Burn, great commander, of
St." Louis, Mich., who will visit the city
in the near future.
Brown Yields Seat
and Gets Hard Fall
in rising: to give up hi seat in one of
the stall at the Auditorium to a woman,
A. Brown, colored, lost his balance and
fell over the rail to the floor, a distance
of five feet, last night. He sustained a
badly sprained back and several minor
bruise about the face and arm. His
lnjurie were dressed at the police sta
tion by Police Surgeon Dawson. He was
removed to his home, 2618 Franklin street.
SOCIETIES OF HIGH SCHOOL
MEET AND ELECT OFFICERS
Literary societies of the Omaha High
School, held meeting and elected offi
cer yesterday afternoon:
Webster Debating Sotietv-PreIHent
Harry Gideon; vice president, Harold
Langdon; secretary-treasurer, Kenneth
Widenor; sel'aeants-at-nrms. HnmM un.
deryou and Milliard Holbrook.
Demosthenian Debatln Society-Presi
dent, Frank Hlxenbaueh: vice president.
Harold Torell; secretary, Barney Kula
kofsky; treasurer. Morton Rhoa.de: pr-
geant-atarms, Harry Mooneys librarian
Gilbert Kennedy; Boosters,' club repre
sentative. Morton Rhoades.
Athenian Debating Society PrAirfriant
Ward Smith; vice president. Earl star
board; secretary, Warren Johnson; treas
urer, Olen Musgive; sergcant-at-arms
Edmond Booth.
Linlnger Traveling Cub-President
Mary Day. The remaining officers are to
be elected at the rxt meeting.
Uiris' Kacque'. Club President, Alict
Porterfield; vilo l' resident, Catherine Cul
ver; secretary-treasarer, uella Rich; re
porter, Rache. Metcalfe. '
All entries for the girls' tennl tourna
ment must be in by Monday. The play
begin Tuesday after drawings have been
made.
MISS T0BITT WANTS ?0ME
OLD CITY DIRECTORIES
Mis Edith ToMtt, librarian In Charge
of the Omaha public library and museum,
Is desirous of securing half a dozen copies
of the Omaha City Directory or 1911 for
exchange purposes. Those prior to that
year are of no avail. Person having well
preserved copies of last year's directory
are requested to send them In.
Order Scottish Clan.
The regular meeting of Clan Gordon
No. 63, order of Scottish Clans, was held
Tuesday evening, when a large number
of members responded to the call.
Several application from hew importa
tion of Scottish blood were read and the
report given by the treasurer of the build
ing fund was very flattering.
The clan readily accepted the offer
from the LadleB' Auxiliary to attend their
social In Jacobs' hall, September 27, when
the proceeds will go to the clan building
fund. -
So much Interest is taken In -the Royal
Clan conventions that One prominent offi
cial Is grooming himself as the represent
ative from Nebraska In 1913.
Woodmen ef the World.
Alpha camp No, 1. Woodmen of the
World, will give a smoker for Its mem
ber and tiheir gentlemen friends on
Wednesday evening, September 25, and
make final arrangement for the dedica
tion day parade.
Woodmen Circle.
The card party given by Alpha grove
No. 2 Wednesday evening was largely
attended. The prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Schmidt, Mis Wilson And Mrs.
Strasse, Mr. Brown, Mr. George M.
Kellar and Mr. W. T. Burke. The next
regular session of the grove In next
Wednesday. All member Interested In
the dedication parade, October 3, are ear
nestly solicited to attend thi meeting;
arrangement are to be completed for
Alpha grove to participate in the parade
if possible.
Royal Achates Ptenlc,
Owing to the Inclemency of the weather
last Sunday the picnic by Union lodge
No. 110, Royal Achates, was held at the
home of H. d Dunn on North Seven
teenth street. A large number of mem
bers of the lodge were jiresent and the
festivities wre continued Until lato In
tho evening. , '
Mechanic.
All members of Jr. O. U. A. M., Omaha
Council No. 1, are requested to be pics
ent Monday evening. Business of Impor
tance and work In the perfection degre
with another class of fifteen.
Movement of Ocean Steamer.
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NAPLES........ Veneila
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TRIESTE Argentina
TRIESTE K. F. Jsaeph I.
SYDNEY Aorangl
ST. VINCENT... Ouirii.
CUEENSTOW.V. Celtic.
GENOA Odrlc
ROTTERDAM.. Ryniam Duca dl Genova
NEW YORK.... Baltic Volturao
QUEBEC--Wflleltad ,
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Burglar Robs Home
Of Younger Morgan
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-55urg1ary of the
mansion of 3. P. Morgan, jr., while Mr.
Morgan and hi forty servant slept ha
been confessed, the police say, by John
Bernauer, whom they arrested late today.
In his possession were found seven
watches, medals, diamond pins and other
articles of Jewelry stolen from the Morgan
home. '
The burglary took place last ianuary,
but new of It was not made public Until
some time afterward. When Mr. Morgan
notified the police that he would pay a
reward of 13,000 fof the recovery Of the
stolen articles, many of which were price
less to him for their associations.
Detectives shadowed a man suspected
of being Reynold Frosbey, who had made
a sensational escape from the Tomb,
watched the suspect today as he visited
the Offices of a pawnbroker In the Bronx,
where he tried to dispose of articles of
Jewelry. He was arrested and a search
convinced the officers that they had not
Frosbey, but the Morgan burglar.
The prisoner gave his name as John
Bernauer and said he was a native of
Munich, Bavaria, and was 38 years old.
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PART OF BANK LOOT LOCATED
New Westminster Bobbers Make
Escape from Chicago Officer.
WOMAN'S HELP TURNS BATTLE
Pour Men surprised by Lieutenant
Boms While Negotiating With
Member of Police Force
for Inminllt,
Key to the Situation Bee Advertising.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20,-Part of th 1272,000
loot robber got from the Bank of Mon
treal at New Wetmtnter, B. C and
which was hidden here, ha been recov
ered by Chicago police, according to an
amission of , Assistant Chief Scheutler
today. It was Intimated that the amount
would run Into the thousand, In Cfcfta
dlan bill of large denomination.
Captain John Mahoney and Lieutenant
Bernard J. Burn, who will be required
to answer charges preferred by Chief Mc
Weeny before the civil servlo commis
sion for permitting the sank bandits to
escape, returned to the city today.
They wont on a furlough shortly after
their Unsuccessful attempt to capture the
thieves, arid returned before the expira
tion of their leave.
It was reported that James Sldias
owner of the saloon In which the rob
bers assaulted lieutenant Burns and es
caped, ha disappeared. The polio be
lieve he fled from the city after he had
been threatened with death by either the
robber or their friends. Similar threats,
It 1 said, were sent to Attorney Devlne,
who is said to have given the police In
formation In regard to the case.
Woman Hold Officer.
Lieutenant Burns made a Statement to
night In 'which h declared that a woman
was responsible for the escape of the
bank robbers. .
He said that when he went to the Sa
loon it was In response to information re
ceived that two men had bean spending
money freely in the place and they were
believed to be the thieves.
I first went to the saloon Monday
night, September 9, but did not find the
men I was looking for," Said Lieutenant
Burn. '
The next, morning I went there again
and found the men In the place. They
were spending money freely and from
their talk I Judged they were safe blow
ers. After being In the place for some
time one of the men became suspicious
of m and remarked that he was going
for a walk. I did not want to take a
ehance on Ms getting away, 0 I drew
my revolver and covered both men and
said If they took a walk it Would be with
me. t had the men covered and would
have arrested them or shot them dead If
It had not been tor a woman who wa In
tha place. The moment I drew my re
volver she leaped on my back like a
tigress and held me while th men beat
me into unconsciousness."
Trying to Bay Immunity.
the man, said to be a go-between, 1
reported t6 have Informed the polk to
day that there were four instead of two
of th bank robber In the South Wabash
avenue saloon when the police went there
to make arrest and that they Wre
negotiating to buy immunity from arrest
when they Were surprised by the appear-
anc of Lieutenant Burn.
According to th story circulated, a
police officer discovered that the four
robber were hiding In Chicago and de
manded 100,000 a the price of his sileno.
Under the plan said to hav been ug
geeted, each of four police officer were
to receive $25,000. . Two Of th robber,
It is said, had agreed to pay the sum
for protection but the other two refused,
declaring the amount exorbitant.
While the negotiations were pending,
there was a leak, according to the story,
and Captain Mahoney and Lieutenant
Burn learned of tho presence of the
robber in the saloon and attempted to
capture them.
CAPTAIN DEMPSEY BACK
FROM TRIP TO CHICAGO
Captain of Police Dempsey Is back on
dutya after a month's visit at Chicago and
other eastern points.
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More Industrial Growth for Omaha
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?. mmim owning machine eyed built
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Tou hav before you a picture of the
largest rug cleaning equipment ever sent
West of Chicago, and It I destined for
use In the Hug Cleaning Department of
the immense Dresher Bros.' Cleaning
Plant at 2211-2213 Farnam St., On.aha.
Dfeshers are now better equipped,
larger equipped, to clean rugs and floor
covering of all kinds, than ahy concern
in this section of the country, and on
look at the coloosal slee of the new rug
cleaning machine will give an Idea that
Dreshers are looking for a continued ex
pansion in business.
The revolving, tank-like arrangement
shown above, was especially produced
from Ideas laid down by Dreshers' own
draughting: experts. Tho new equipment
embodies so many clever features that
other cleaning establishments the coun
try over are already communicating with
bresher Information In regard to
this specially designed rug cleaning ap
paratus. No matter how large your rug, or how
many of them. It will bo handled via this
equipment with th tarn ear that Is
Usually given to a filmy lac handker
chief or a delicately colored tllk frock.
Take, for Instance, your fine Oriental
Bug; It I lolled; It 1 flabby, And Its
color are dull and listless. Well, It will
look just as bright and unique as the day
It wa Woven, aftef Once It ffOs through
the Dresher process.
Send in your oldest, grime laden rug
and Dreshers will make It appear a a
hew one, If there 1 any rug at all left
to Work on before Dresher tak In Into
their shop. Rugs that were original
"sized" at the mills will be resiled by
Dreaher before they are allowed to leave
the establishment. It It Drhr' firm
and fixed purpoa to gtv you the
WOHLD'3 finest fug cleaning servloo,
and the Immense amount Of work of thi
Character done here dally fully Indicate
that Dreher are carrying out thelri
idea along these lines. The work on!
rugs here la hailed as nothlng.short of!
marvelous. ' ;
No matter how clean you THINK yourj
rug are, Dresher' new method will ex
tract plenty of dirt from them. " Thi 1
not a mere claim, but a fact Try It out
to your own satisfaction.
Phone Tyler 13M or Auto A-222S and get
In touch with Dreshers' Rug Cleaning ex
pert; h wlH teltyotf that they use no
soap and water to create an immovable
gre&set he will open your eye to other
fact concerning rug cleaning. Or, sea
Dresher The Taller at 1516 Farnam St if
that' handler for you. DreBhera hav
also an agency in the Fompelan Room
Of The Brands! Store. If you are near
the Dresher plant, however, at 2211-2J1S
Pa mam St.. you will have the advahtag
Of seeing the hew tug cleaning equipment
in operation.
Remember Dresher Bros, for Rug
Cleaning. . ' ,
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