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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1915)
Till' VYA): OMAHA. 'IIH KSDAV. .l.NTKV . BRIEF CITY NEWS nselH torr Ysa Co. Sour. IH T moot Prist It Now Huron Prn rfwi Qrenden Co. l.ltiling fix tures. "Today's CorrfpUts Moni Program" classified section toduj-, and appvurM in The Km EXCIA'SIVKLY. Finn out what the various moving picture theaters offer. Olam Oordon, No. 63. will hold ltd an Tiual Robert Bums ce'ebrutlon January 15, 191$, at Swedish Auditorium. ladies of O. A. B. Meet Oar field clr fl. No. 11. Ladles of the Urand Army of the Repuhlli:, . will nievt tli's verilng 1 at 8 o'clork at Mrmor'al hall. Tie Steady Advanctmsnt of busings tip the Karnam Hill Is another reminder to locate your office In The IV c Ilulldln;. "the building that Is always new." x Mealey at Monmouth rark The Mon mouth Park Improvement flub will mwl Friday evening In the auditorium of the Monmouth Park achool. Hubert Menley, commissioner of the Commercial club, will address the assembly on "Hlver Navigation." , eooveriag from Appendicitis Ulen C. Wharton, vice prslU:nt" and aeneral manager of r. P. Klrkomlull & Co., aud son of Postmaster Wharton, 'Is at the Methodist hospital, coflvni;sclnR from an operation for appendliltis which was fer fo riiied last Saturday by Dr. Joints. OessoU to Par Taxes oon T'lcfH ra tion of the decree agreed upon by Iouy las county and W. J. Connell by the terms of which tho Imperial Investment com pany will pay nearly $,oni back taxes and Interest has been completed by Dep uty County Attorney IlaffKe. Nearly half of the amount to be paid Is Interest. The city reoelves 12 per cent Intercut on un paid taxes and the county gets ID per cent. Bailors Travel Ovsrland-V party of thirty-four Scandinavian sailors are en route across the t'nlted Platen, traveling on the Union raclfie-Northwestcin. from San Francisco to New York. These sail ors came Into San Francisco from a long cruise, and from ' there were ordered direct to New York to take charge-of a merchant ship, sailing under the Scan dinavian flag and carrying a cargo of wheat to Europe. Woted woman to lecture on Wheoso phy and Free Masonry." Mrs. Alida E. 2e Locuw of Cleveland. O., vice presi dent of the American Federation of Human Rights, an on,-anlsatlor. of co Masonry to which Women arc permitted to belong' aa well as, men, will lecture at TheoBophlcal hall, suite 701 Bee build ins; this evenin at S o'clock, under the. auspices of 'the Omuha nnd the Olcott Theosophical lodges. Mrs. de Lje.euw Is making, an extended trip to the coast and through Canada In the Interest of the organisation, which has lodges throughout tho world, Mrs. do Leeuw is quartered at the Loyal. - HISTORIC BEAUTY SPOTS DESTROYED BY ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE -Famous Colonna gardens at Avezzano, Italy, which suffered from the chock of the earthquake that killed more than 14,000 persons residing in the neighborhood. Check Artist Reaps Harvest in Omaha With checks totaling M returned marked -'fnsufficient funds," and with G. II. Comied, writer of the checks, now on his way east after drawing all but 1 of bis money from the German-American .State bank, Omaha people holding the worthless, checks are asking each other, "What are we going to do about, It?" , . Conried van a solicitor for the Mills Advertising company, lie and his wife had an apartment on Park avenue. Cashier Hacketb of the bank says that the man deposited a sum of money there last week, but drew out all but $1 a few days later... Then a check for 30 wMttcn by. Conried came in. from the Honshaw hotel, when, lie had given a cafe parly, and later two more checks for $10 each came In from the House of Mcnagh and the ' apartment owner. . , Inquiry developed the fact that Conried Vft the Mills agency last Friday, sup posedly for New York. Now those who are "holding the sack" are very anjious to locate him, as they would rather have Conried' cash than his checks, Uity say. GETS $10,000 VERDICT AGAINST MILWAUKEE ROAD Alfred Peterson, who allcsuJ that after "lie was run over-, by u Milwaukee toad train at Neola,- la., a company physician cut off his leg; with n pocket knife and threw the limb In a stive, wok awarded a verdict of $10,000 by a Jury in Judge Troup's district coui . . Peterson is a hopeless cripple, his re maining1 leg having be :n severely crushed. .He Is living- at the Swedish home. Evidence of the pocket knife and the stove was ruled out by the court In the tv'al. , , ' SAILORS TAKE NO CHANCES AND HAVE ARMS VACCINATED There was a vaccinating bee up at the United States naval recruiting office in the federal building Tuesday and every body from bridge to fo'cautle boldly bared his brawny arm to the doctor's vaccine points. "T lure's smallpox around and we really can't take any chances with our beauty," said one of them. i lltn Pay Homage to Mothers Friend mm "l am not surprised to observe tile umber of men who come Into the store te purchase 'Mother' Friend.' " remarked leading druggist. The expectant mother If she hasn't heard ef this splendid embrocation la probably not reading the papers to much extent. And If she does It ia a happy thought to send hubby to the drug store. "MoUier's Friend" la applied externally ever the abdominal muscles. It Is a gentle, soothing lubricant, pene trates to the fine network of nerves beneath the skin and baa . a marked tendency to relieve the muscular strain te which thete broad, flat abdominal muscles are subjected. The cords, ten tons and ligaments are thus permitted to stretch without the corresponding surface strata so often Involved during the period of expectation. And particularly to young soothers is this remedial application of inestimable value since In thus keeping the muscles firm but pliant tt enables tham to go through the ordeal without laceration of tbe epidermis eftea the rase tea Oils gentle attention is neclected. "Mother's Friend" Is highly recom mended by a host of women. Write ftradOeld Regulator V. 40.H Umir V , Atlanta, Ga.. and we will send you a val uable 111 Us boca to expectant panthers. , pM , . .: i : un pi, . UjM & " !! m, m' I 1 EE OMAHA PRICES HOLD FIRM i Do Not Break Under Pressure of Numerous Reports that Come from World's Markets. SOUTH 13 BUYING THE CORN With a break of I oenls In the price of wheat Tuesday the market opened weak today, but on account of the report f heavy buying In New York for export the cereal grew firmer and not only reached the high of the previous day. but mounted considerably higher. The Omaha prices ranged from .X3 to $1.34lV the top being fully 3 cents above tho top of Tuesday. flraln men assert that the advance had nothing to do with a report that Argen tina has placed an embargo on tho ex portation of wheat, and that It went up on account of tho demand. They beard of the embargo and at once wired New Yoi k. the reply coming back that the re potv .whs without foundation, and that Instead of Argentina holding back It wss In the market trying sell Its surplus. Omaha grain men say Australia has laid an embargo on the exportation of heat, not on account of the war, but because of the partial crop failure and the further .fact thHt Instead of selling the Island will have to buy wheat and flour to carry the people through until after another harvest. Corn was erratic ami kept all the deal ers guessing as to what It would do. It was from lt cents to higher, closing near the hlsh price of the day. Sales were made all the ay between SS and Tl cents per bushel. Omaha receipts were only fair, there belnu Hi cars of wheat, 119 of corn and 21 of oats on the mnrket. The south was a heavy buyer of corn, commission houses disposing of more than 2W) cars that will be routed to t.ou lstana and Texas for plantation and mill ing purposes. From now on for the, next month It Is asserted that the south will take practically all the corn offered un the Omaha market. BETTER BUSINESS SHOWNJY HOTELS Traveling Men and Stockmen Fill Up Hostelries, Showing a Re turn to the Old Days. REFLECT IMPROVED BUSINESS Omuha hotels are enjoying patronage actually bigger than a year ago, accord ing to statements of a number of hotel proprietors nnd managers. In spite of alleged business depression, they axsert that tUclr business, usually regarded ns the pulse of general business condition , Is from 20 to 30 per cent greater than for the corresponding days of January ono year ago. Dun tiuines, proprietor of tho Mer chants, declares tliut more guests are sioyplng there Tight" now than at the Kama time" in 1HM. lie says "It certainly looks good." Koine Miller of Hotel Itome declares that so muny traveling men and other guests are now tvglKtored there that all accommodations arc taken, whereas last year at thla time business was not so good. "Our dally room count is running quite a ways; ahead of corresponding days lat January," Ralph and Pick Kitchen of the I'axton say. "Wo are enjoying a business at least 20 per cent bettor than at this time in 19H," Manager Joseph Kecnan of the Hcuehaw says. F. J. Taggsrd, proprietor of the Loyal: R. D. MacFuddcn of tho Wellington Inn. and a number of other hotel men concur In the assertion that tho hotel business Is better than a year ago, and they de clare It Indicates encouraging conditlotii In other lints of trade. "More traveling men are nowv In the Omaha territory than formerly," thoy say, "and the suleemen tell us that bus iness aronnd here is very good. "Some drummers declure that the grain belt territory, extending from Minneapolis to Kuiibhs City. Is th brightest spot on the country's trade map today, and that Omaha is the very center of t. They declare that this wi stern country, where grain, meat and other foodstuffs are the chief products. Is tho best business dis trict In the L'nited States riKht now, be cause it has what the wholo world waiui food." Seymour Lake Club Woden to Help in Beautifying Club Nearly one hundred women of the Seymour Lake Country club wero present at a reception and tea given at the Hotel Lmyal Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. Mrs. James E. Bcdnar, Mrs. K.'T. Yates, Mrs. John Beklns find Mrs. Howard E. Raid received the guests. The women tiro very much Interested In club Improvement ,ind general discus sions were Indulged Informally. It was suggested that committees be appointed to confer with tho 'directors on various proposed schemes, and Mrs. T. L. Combs was selected as chairmun of the Interior redecorating committee. Need of larger quarters for the accommodation of the women was discussed, and the rest room will be enlarged and more conveniently equipped for their use. Mrs. . John Bekins heads the grounds 1 beautlficatlon department and will co operate, with Mrs. Charles I. Vollmer ' and her uorps of women, w ho have the supervision of the cluD sidewalks. . The children's playgrounds was dis cussed at length, and Its equipment will bo superintended by Mrs. I VM- Lord, Mrs. James K. Bednar and Mrs. E. T. Yates. The women present contributed gtnerously from their own funds to finance these Improvements. Tea waa served at the cloee of the In formal business session. GRAFF REPORTS WICHITA . MEETING TO R0TARIANS Kuperlntendcnt of Schools E. IT. Oraff wos the principal speaker at tho regular noonday meeting and luncheon of the Rotary club at the Henshaw. He re ported the meeting of the western dis trict of Rotary 'clubs at Wichita laet week, which ho attended as the delegate of the Omaha organisation. Gilbert E. Carpenter was chairman of tho meeting. .Frank J. Bchneller of Chicago and Rotarlan Wiggins of IJnooln were visitor and spoke briefly. Almost 100 members attended. Vou (San Afford a Piano at These Hargain Prices Our Annual January CI win Jtal of Nw. Discontinue Styles and ri Pianos and r'lRypr Piano of nation-wide reputation la now In mil awing. Thn exceptional value listed below glre yon an Idea of the savin ortportunttlos. Liberal terms of payment with in the reach of all. Never In our RB years In the plno buslneaK wero tbere aucb re markable values In exchanged pianos and player pianos on otir floors. Many of llieso Instruments were received by us during tbe holiday In exchanjre on New Rtelnnay ft Song, Weber, Hard man. Steirer ft Son. Emerson, McPhall, l.lndeman ft Sons and Scbmoller ft Mueller pianos. SELECT FROM 1600 Emerson Square on sale at i 00 Fischer Square on ssle at 1300 Ktmhall t'prlght on sale at tiaO Host on I'prlght on sale at tm Schrlmer I'p rlght on sale at 1 ,1"0 Hamilton t'p rlght on aale at :t. Kimball I'p rlght on aale at ....... :t00 Hchmoller aV. Mueller I'prlght. at.... 1400 Ptoger Bonn I'prlght on aale at THIS SI 5 $30 $100 75 $115 $150 $145 $147 $160 LIST OF BARGAINS $138 $500 $140 $125 $325 $200 $225 $360 $400 S.100 Davis ft. Hons t'prlght on sale at $70 Htnlnway A Rone I'prlght on tale at...... IliOO Chlckoring ft Sons I'prlght. on sale.. I'-'TS Mueller Upright en sale et . ... IRflft liardman lipristit on aale at 11.000 ('flickering Grand on sale at loOO dough ft Warren Player on sale at IK0O Krhmoller ft NTueller Player on sale at 1700 fttnyresant Pianola on aale at Sends One of These Pianos To Yoar V" House With Free Stool and Scarf c Bee Wunt Ada Produce Kesulti. VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT IN ALIENATION SUIT A verdict for the defendant waa the result of a suit In Judge Day's district court, brought by William H. Cooler against Fred W. Push, for 15.000 damages for the alleged alienation of the affec tions of his wife. '' Kansan in Search for Nebraska Hay While the r la Europe has caused an abnormal demand for Nebraska horses and breailstuf fs, It now promises to fur nish an outlet for large quantities of hay, and that within tho near future. . J. H. Turner, Wichita, Kan., has landed a large contract and Is unable to fill It In Kansas. Now ho has turned hla at tention to Nebraska, and his agents are scouring the hay producing areas of this state In a search for 80,000 tons. It Is said that owing to the light win ter the sandhill country of Nebraska has the greatest supply of hay In its history, and It Is asserted that IS per ton Is now being offered for baled hay at the sta tions. Handlers and others who have been In tho hay business contend that loaded on the cars thla hay haa not cost to exceed 13 per ton. DR. DANSKY TALKS TO THE MEN0RAH SOCIETY TUESDAY Dr. Isador Dansky gave an Interesting talk on the history of the Jews at a meeting of the Menorah society Tuesday evening In their new club rooms In the Metropolitan hall. Dr. A. Oreenberg re lated the history of the Leo M. Frank case, and Jacques Rleur spoke on Theo dore Henri, the late standard bearer of Zionism. Piano solos were given by Miss Hattie Pred. Several new members were admitted and many new applications for membership were received. chraolicr & r.lucllcr Piano Company 1311-13 Farnam Gt. Keadqnarters for Tlot roles '. ralonolas, Bll5 (nn7 Visiting Nurses Make More Calls Than Ever Before TTio largest number of culla ever made by the Visiting Nurse was made during the l.iut month, v. l.cn K63 calls were made upon :41 patients, of these culla, IX were made upon new patients. Pneumonia as tne causa fw the mcst suffering, accord ing to Miss HruMie Kandull, in charge of tho workf who gave her report at the monthly business meeting "of tho asso ciation. Sixteen mothers were also cared for and outfits of clothing provided for the wee arrivals. "The cold wenther.nnd luck of employ-" incut tfav? caused an unusual amount of hardship." declared Mlrs Kuudall. "The five' nurfes employed In the work have been kept extremely busy by the number of calls upon them." Unclei Sam Will See That Your Mail Box is Well Protected A new ruling has been made by the postmaster ' general and notification thereof has been received by Postmaster Wharton regarding private mail boxes. It la to the effect that if you, citizen, have built, constructed, erected or. caused to be built, constructed or erected a box or other receptacle intended as a holder of mail brought to your home by the postman, and If anyone feloniously, ma liciously or otherwise tampers with said mail box or other receptacle as above mentioned the strong hand of the govern ment of the United States, backed by all her sovereign officers and officials and supernumeraries and by her more or less adequate army and by her llobson-says-It-isn't-big-enough navy shall descend upon that hapless person who shall o feloniously, maliciously or otherwise 1 tamper with the said mail box or other I receptacle as hereinbefore mentioned and the same shall be considered to be agaiiuit the laws hereiu made ani provided and a?ahiut the peace and dignity of the I'nlted States of America. In other words. If anyone "monkeys" with a private mall box on your door or elsewhere on your property he will be dealt with by the United States court and not by the police court. October tbe .lion lb for Colds. Harden your system with Bell's' Pint-Tar-Honey; it kills the cold germ, cures the coukI. Only ibc. All druggists. Ad-vvrtlsenicnt. SUTTON VACATES ORDER ON THE LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE Fnstrict Judfce Sutton has vacated a retraining erer' secured by O. Ihnen, a membtr of the Kuuth Omaha Live (itock eehanKe. forbidding it to expel Mm be cause be hus In his employ a man dls- j r! nrad by another member of the ex-! change. The question of the legality nf the al leged "restraint contract" rule of the exchange, raiatd In the suit, was nut decided by the judge. He declared the aul. was 'brought piemnlurely, no suf-( ficient showing that the exchange was threatening to do an illegal act having been made. The court ii.tiinalod that if Ihuen th.'Uld be expelled from the ex hango a rulinR us to the legality of the rule could thu t..- hi c.ie I. liineii hf.!.;! fie ril fii'-hlddiiui a mem. Irr to lure mi rni.loyt. tt i ... 1 1 tir . .J by an other nitmlrr i illt fc.il. Joe Heil Warbles , Tipperary Melody a la the : Kaiser Police Oiri.tr Joe If lei, who Is strong for the Teutonic allien and don't care who knows it, is also a great admirer ef the HrltWli Mar ballad "Tipperary." Joe sinus ill id whittles tlte sung from morning until night. At police head.piar tets he warb'.ea th refrain In Anglo Saxon, but when alone or with a crowd of congenial German-American frieudi sings It in the foUowinR phraseology; Ea 1st sehr welt su Tippttf-ary, fcs iH ehr well su peh o, tt ist nenr well tu Tipperary. I'm den lletien Kchats su hn H'liut soot Piccadilly, Atlir.u Lot eter square K JkI nchr. whr, welt su Tipperary. I' nd mein Hei b-t o hcliwer (Oder bertr't "Announcements" sds bring- good re- FllltS U ID) U. S. spells us when breakfast time arrives. ' All of. us you and I, our neighbor around the corner and the man in far off Australia or in England we can all get Grape-Nuts at our grocer's. There are few places, indeed, at home, on lihip board, or. in a foreign port where this sterling, ready-to-eut food is nbt available. The world-over you find Grape-Nuts FOOD a really delicious food, that ia all food. No waste, and every granule brim full of nourishment. Made from prime wheat and malted barley, the firm, crisp granules of Grape-Nut compel chewing a greM aid to digestion. This food is sterlized.by long baking (HO hours. or more); is partially predigested by changing tho starch of the grain into dextrin or grape sugar so that it is easily digested and quiokly assim ilated by the most delicate stomach. Delicious taste, digestibility, convenience and economy all tell "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts sold by Grocers everywhere. 0 Fast trains tm convenient schedules arrive Englewood Union Station (63rd St.) and La Salle Station most convenient locations in Chicago connecting with limited trains for all Eastern territory. The . me JT1 Leaves 6:08 p. m. dairy. Have dinner on the train arrive La Salle Station, Chica&o--in the heart of the business district ready for the day no time lost. Carries, sleeping car for Tri-Citiei may be occupied until 7:00 a. m. Other Solid Through Trains Paily "Reeky Mountain UmitesT 1:85 a. "Chleege Day Express" ... fein . "Chkege-Colorade Express" 4:10 p. sa. ' Awtommlla Block Signal Fbtatt Modtm A8-Slml Pamtngar Emuipnnt AWois Writs, phon or call at Rock Iiland Travel Bureau, 112! Farnam St., far tickets, reservations, information. X S. McN ALLY, DivUett Passenger Ageat-PheM DeogUs 421 Bright and Homelike Furnished Rooms With Board may be found in the Want Ad section of The Bee. Experience teaches families with such .rooms to rent that the most wel come tenants are readers of The Bee, so do not fail to say you are one when you call to look at rooms. Phone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE "ryUij AeWa e WW Ad" s