THE r.EK: OMAHA. SATt'RIWV. .TANTAKY 0. 1015.
JOKER ON HIDES
TO SPOIL TRADE
Small Dealers of State Would Be
Forced Out of Business if Kate
Revision Goes Through.
DEALERS FILE A PROTEST
IVlrrs In Wdrs nnd furs have un-
i.vrrrd a )itt! Joker buried In the re-,
vlxton of classification No. 1 frelRht
iile., which In ppmlins hofnre the Ne
braska Railway commi..irn. t.nd on
which a hrarlno; Is t he had next Mon
day. In one section of this achedule la
liidden an Item relating tovlrt than car
loud shipments, lvlilch reads "hiilca, Rieen
mid FHltd. Including ho klna, cured
iid,M!ted. In tlKht Imrrcla only-lf not
:o parked not accepted."
It Is discovered that this would estah
I sh a new rule applicable In Ntbroska.
mily, by which the shipment of hides In
bales or parkaiccs would be completely
I i-ohibited, although kIWI . prev;illlnn In
l(iteigtate sblpments. Mont of these hides
iiime from fanners, consigned n smsll
numbers, on which a rr nulrcmcnt of In
.UiH'irc in tlKht barrels would stop thlp-
plrrtt HltoKether. or divert the shlpmeats
V dealers outside of Nebraska.
Statistics hastily compiled by Dunn
Arnold of the National lrur and Tannins
company, indl'-ate that during the last
year seventeen concern at different Ne
brnska points, lneiudin five at Omaha,
received .lH.flcfl bundles of hides, valued
at IfiST.Onp, and to put them Irt barrels
would have cost the shipper a tremend
ous nmount of money.
Will Spoil Hiislnens.
"One day last week." suys Mr. Arnold,
"V. S. Adams of Frcnont received 3t9
bunldrs tif liidcs coiiFicped to him from
the farmers In Nebraska and nearby ter
ritory. Mr. Adams' facilities are not such
that he could handle these hides should
they have been shipped to him In bar
rels and t doubt much if the railroad
company could have taken care, of that
many barrels with promptness and dis
patch. "Yehterday the National Fur & Tanning
Co. received Cur tanning and manufac
turing Into leather and fur goods 155
brndlrs, two loads from the depots, not
more than two of the hides were boxed
and none of them arrived In barrels; the
balance came In bundles. If the hides
had reached up In barrels there would
have been many more loads and our
'acilitles for handling them here at the
tannery would have been' inadequate.
W hen this inadequacy of facilities for
receiving, storing and caring for barrel
shipments Is applied to the , numerous
dealers scattered over ,tho state of Ne
braska you get something of an Idea of
what the new classification would mean
to tne Nebraska hide and tanning In
dustry." "kins All Animals.
"Owing to keen competition on the part
of dealers and tanners the farmer Is now
rei-eivliig enough for his hides so that
he skins each horse that he lows and
each cow that he butchers. These hides
find their way to the Nebraska deaJer
who is willing to pay the highest price
for them. In turn they are tanned Into
leather or furs and go to make up the
material that goes Into shoes, fur goods,
harness and other leather products. Al
ready there la a big scarcity of hides in
the United States and for this reason,
hoea and other leather products are on
the advance. If thd farmer must purchase
a tisrht barrel in order to' ship a horse
hide or cow, hld Ms net profits will
be materially reduced nnd the result will
be that many hides will go to waste, the
hide supplv will further diminish, leather
will be higher and shoes and leather
products cannot help hut cost the con
sumer more."
The hide dealers and tanners have put
In a protest at Lincoln arrainst the pro
posed change, which they hope to block.
Hotel Clerk Who
Mysteriously Left
y Omaha is Located
Charles W. Teeten. former clerk at the
I Schlltn hotel, who disappeared recently
I for the second time In two years, has
Just been located In Chicago by Joseph
McCaffrey, head clork at the Schllts and
secretary of the Nebraska-Iowa Hotel
Clerks' association.
About the same time Teeten was lo
cated, McCaffrey says, the missing clerk's
wife. Mrs. Ktta Teeten, nnd little boy,
Carl William, disappeared from Omaha
and are said to be trying to elud Teeten,
who wantf: to return to Omaha, but has
no funds and no position open. Mrs,
Teeten Is said to fear that her husband
will seek to gain custody of the hoy, who
la the child of his first wife. Mrs.
Teeten is Bald to be working in a nearby
town.
Mysterious disappearances of Teeteen
on two occasions are said to be due to
temporary loss of memory and wander
lust. McCaffrey atates that Tetten wants
to re-enter hotel work; now, and he has
been placed on the waiting list of the
local clerks' association. '
CLUB NOMINATIONS MAY;
BE ANNOUNCED TODAY
Nominations tor1 the sixty places on the
board of directors of the Commercial
club will probably be announced o
day. The nominating committee has
been working on this for some time, but
the process is somem-hat cumbersome
this year, owing to the change which re
quires the nominating committee to ob
tain lists of ellgibles from the various
commercial organizations of the city""-
OMAHA GIRL gets letter from Ireland acknowledging re- ii
eelpt or present sent to Europe on Santa Clans ship Jason
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Novel Coupon Free
to The Bee Readers
for Show at Boyd
By special arrangement with Manager
Burgess, The Bee wUl be able to give
free to its readers a coupon good for
25 or 50 cents upon the purchaao of a
Ucket to see "The Fight," the stirring
drama to he put on at the Boyd next
week by the clever stock company play
ing there. Of course, the coupon will bo
good only for a designated performance,
to which It will entitle the holder to buy
two tickets for the price, of one. This
novel coupon with fuller particulars will
appear In The Bee Sunday so watch the
lower right-hand corner of this page.
OMAHA GIRL GETS
LETTER OF THANKS
i Recipients of Presents Iwnt on Jason
1 n Tr)anI C..I. TJU Vn,-A.
,v .iiniiu mii'ia AJtillY nviua
ofppreciation.
CHILDREN ARE ALL DELIGHTED
lonie Wood, 7 jrai-oi,! !a'iKhier of
i Mi . ii. id Mr.'. ,1 S. o.- .. Myrtle
i aiiiiie, is the fii.t In this Mull to re
. ceixo a letn'r of thanks from .recipients
: of Chrislmns presents sent ever lo K.iuope
1 by the Ameiirm people.
The missive Is writtHt by lls Irene
A. llall-Actim of Ulliivicurrnli. lutli
drum, Ireland, one of the volunteer work
eis who dlFlrlhiitcd the present.! .ithered
by The llee Slid other papers lor the
war stricken homes of llurope. 'Miss
IUII-A ton was the represent at tr otn
society which Is i nKaged III looKliig aTter
lamllirs of Hritlsli soldleis and riillors.
There eie rluM i liildren In the small
rural district amiitned to her and eight
Kl'ts were turned over to her. including
a pretty bonnet. In whlrh little Miss
WoM hsd placed her b iter and picture.
The children who received tho girts
were hluhly pleased, says Miss Bull
Act on. and she continue "They thought
It so kind of all you American children.
1 am enclosing two extracts from a news
paper, which will show you all how much
ever) body is touched by your and the
other children's thoughts) for their broth
ers and sIMeis In Kurope."
nunnrl tn HoMler's Dnnahtcr.
A little girl, whose last nsmo Is Kln
sella and wln Is the daughter of a pil
vnte in the Irish Oiinrd at the front.
Is now wearing the bonnet sent by Miss
Wood. The little Omaha girl was highly
pleased to hear that her gifts were appre
ciated by the recipients) in far-auy Ire
land. Sixty-three large rases formed Ire
land's share of the Jason's cargo, ac
cording to articles .from tho Irish Times
enclosed In the letter. Many of the gifts,
says the newspaper, were accompanied
by messages of sympaUiy, especially from
children. One newaraper article closes
as follows:
"I think that a thousand humble Irish
homes will send bsck across the sea a
prayer of pleaauro and gratitude grati
tude for useful gifts sent In good season,
pleasure of the little ones at their toys
and their crckerjacks-an echo of. the
thank of nation to nation for the Santa
Clsus ship, a token of good will."
suggest huge brick wall ; Foot Ball Players
SWITZERLAND ON RHINE f j,
(Cortf sihindence of the Associated 1'iess I
OKNKVA. Pec. ll.-Tlie F ls As.iorla
tlon of Brick Manufacturers has seilously
siiRncsied that the Swiss gover-ment
erect a nail of brick along the rter
Uhtne. extending from Basel to Chnv.
end which would be of sufficient thick
ness to resist the shejls from tho fninouj,
Herman howitzers.
Ci,ireind n e of The Associated Press.)
I.ONrmv. .Inn. 4. To offset erlticlm
at.ilusl rofrsTonal fimi ball, which has
ben charged with hampering recruiting,
authority liss been grnnted for the for
mation of a battalion of athletes snd fool
ball playcrt:, to be known as the Srven
teenlii foi.t ball bnttullon of the Middle-"
sex regiment.
Bee ifant Ads Are the Best Business
Read Dally by People In Search of Ad
vertised Opportunities.
Don't Let Voir Cold Get Worse.
Bell's Plne-Tar-Uoney will cure your
cough and give you restful sleep. Good
for children. Only 23c. All druggists. Advertisement.
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Announcement
Apollo Week J?
at HOSPE'S
An Opportunity
for Player Piano
Purchasers
From Monday to Saturday, Jan. 11th
to 16th, Mr. Earl Holland, the repre
sentative of the APOLLO, will dem
onstrate the possibilities of the ONLY
HUMAN TOUCH PLAYER, the only
player playing DOWN ON THE KEYS.
The MUSICIAN plays DOWN ON THE
KEYS-so does the APOLLO.
We will have some TEMPTING
PRICES and TERMS to offer those who
wish to purchase NOW or LATER.
Don't miss this opportunity.
A..MOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas Street
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JOim A. SWANSON, PrceitteBt
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WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treaswer
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MRrJOHN'A. SWANSON, President
Of The Nebraska Clothing: Co.
,1m the Originator of the Half Price Clearance Sate.
Mr. Swanson's progreHsive methods have placed thia
tore in the front rank of America's foremost clothing
establishments. ,
Everybody who compares valoes sees at a glance
that our Half Price Sale is Omaha's supreme clearance
event, because it offers world's best clothes at Half
Price. , .
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stocks down out with them.
WW JlllQJ) 0)dl y So Keep the new store New regardless of cost
07 or loss. Smash prices right and left. This
is oo time to think of prof its. Give such sensational bargains that every
body will know that a decisive, determined campaign toclearthestoreison"
The "I Wlir Man's Word Is Law, and
Thousands of People are Making $1.00 do the Work of $2.00 in this Slashing Sale.
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Greatest Broadside of Bonafide Bargains Ever Offered
A Sale of Vital Importance to Men, Young Men and Boys
ANY
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Our Entire High Grade Fall and Winter Stock
The Best Selected, Most Comprehensive Collection- of World's Best Clothes Go. in This Sweepin
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ALL $10.00 SUITS S
AND OVERCOATS,
At Half Price N
ALL $20.00 SUITS
AND OVERCOATS
At Half Price
Here's the Way The "I Will Man" Cuts the Heart Out of Prices
You men of Omaha can thank the "I Will" man for such unequaled reductions make the most of it Saturday.
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ALL $40.00 SUITS AND &GTCh
OVERCOATS, HALF PRICE pdjviJ
AND OVERCOATS
At Half Price
ALL $25.00 SUITS
AND OVERCOATS
At Half Price
ALL $15.00 SUITS Cera 50
M Half Pri.'e ,
ALL $30.00 SUITS Q.
ilin rtTTPTlfin A rrici K
At Half Price
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ALL $18.00 SUITS
AND OVERCOATS,
At Half Price.;
ALL $35.00 SUITS
AND OVERCOATS
At Half Price....
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FUR AND FUR LINED OVERCOATS
AND BLACK SUITS ALONE EXCEPTED
ALL OUR FINEST $50.00 V
OVERCOATS, HALF PRICE LV
All Siics (or All Hen We'll fit erery mn In this
great Half Price sale. Stout men, tall or abort
men, bis men. Extra aizea.
AH Blue Serge Suits Included at One-Half Price
SPECIAL 50TICE During thia aale No charges.
do C. O. D.'a, no Approvals, and a light charge for
alteration.
Anv $2.50 to $10.00 Boys' Suit
Half Price Now They go at....
SU .25 ftrt S.OO 2Z0 10 $1000 By8' Overcoat
o-- U Half Price Now They go at....
SI .25 tO SSvOO
SEE OUR WIN
DOWS TODAY
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The "J Will" Man' Greatest
SHIRT SALE
Manhattan, E.xcello, Yorke and Bates Street
Shirts at Slashing Clearance Sale Prices.
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CORRECT APPAREL FOR MKN AND WOMKN.
The "I Will" Man's Greatest
SALE OF GLOVES
Hundreds of pairs of Men'a Warm Gloves, Gaunt 1
lets and Mitts, values 75c to $5, at 35 to $3.00
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