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THE OMAHA SUNDAY- IUOR: FEBRUARY 28. 1915, r u FIRE NOT AN UNTIMELY ONE German Submarine Meets Disaster Real EsUt Men Dicm Burning; of Board of trade Building; and Wliat it Mean to City. CORNER ONE OF VALUABLE ONES After all, frcm a rlvlc standpoint, few reople are regretting the burning of the Hoard of Trade building at Flxteenth and Farr.nm ttrwi. Not that It waa not a good building, for It was one of the high, st on that intersection, but. neverthe less, H was oH. and not necessarily a thins of beauty. With the Insurance pretty aure to be adjusted to the satla faction of the owners, with no Uvea lout In the fire, and no (treat single los of property not Insured, real estate men are saying that It was a fire that waa tint necessarily untimely. Thl thry my, of coume, with the Me thet a new structure 1 to go up on the rite. They say this, tod, because thera are many rraeon why a splendid new structure at that corner would be a timely Improvement. With the two leases cloed almost within the Inst alx weeks, which Insure a big new building Just south of the Board of Trade building, and another Just west of It, the Board of Trade building formed a veritable key stone at the angle. It formed a con necting link between what are to be two legant new structures, to add to the beauty of this valuable business section. Onrroenrieri sr niai Kolldlnsra, With the Rchlank Theater bulldlpg to to up west Of the Board of Trade building on Farnam street on ground that has been obtained under a long term lease, and with the big building for the First National bank and other buslnexaea to go In Just south of this corner, on Sixteenth, where the Schllti hot; property now Is. extending to Harney street, a new struc ture In the anrle w ill be a sort of crown to the development that Is contemplated In the vklnlty. Then. too. J ist n-ross the street to tho rat. tl.c b!g bull, ling Is contemplated on what Is known as the Stjer & Dillon corner. Tl.o ubiety nine-year lease nb. talned by tho syndicate headed by Arm strong & Wnlth. calls for the beginning of that structure within a little, more than a year from now.- i . i On the corner directly north of the Hoard of Trade building Is the new tnlted States National Bank building, which la . aliendy occupied by some of'lts tenanta, and la aoon to be occupied by the bank. Thus, taken as a whole, .this Intersec tion, long recognised as the most Im portant and,,huset In .the '.city. Is In a fair way to get at last the long deferred development ILIma so much needed. CimiSTIANIA, (Via homlon). Feb. 27. Wreekage picked up near Chrlstlania ap pear to Indicate a disaster to the Ger man submarine U-. The Oermsn aubmarlne t'-i haa played an Important, part tn the naval activities of the war. It Hank the British cruisers Ilogtie, Abouklr and Creasy In the North Sea on Beptembei 23, and eluded pursuit. October 25. It sank the British cruiser Hawk. A Dutch steam trawler reported No vember L that It had met the V- In a disabled condition off Hunks lightship near Helder, on the north coast of Hol land. Ita trouble had been caused by becoming entangled with fishing nets. There have been no reports regarding the U- since that date. AFFAIRS ATJOUTH OMAHA Report that Annexation Will Affect Local High School Pronounced Groundless. , MERELY RUSE OF THE ANTIS The Way the Sleeping Room Floors Look at the Fontenelle Looks Upon Omaha as Brightest Spot on Map The International Rralty Associates, an Invcstlifg company capitalized at JMC.tO', will . Invest some money In Omaha property , soon If the price Is rUM. according to their Judgment of what price here should ba. President N. I. Vpton of thl company waa In Omaha Thursday and waa very much pleased with some tract of ground he found on lUmey and. Farnam atreeta lie has his eye on aaveral of these tracts and la favprubly. Im pi erred with them aa an Investment; ne mid while her that be regarC -Omaha a the brightest spot on the American , map at 'the present time, and look for great development lire. t !!' t ' Thl company Invest for it own profit. It Invests In- a flty here and there Just to show tlv- local renl estate men what good opportunity are Ivlng around. ' Tt hn done - this ' In Dnfiith and other place am) has made large ' sums of in w y. ' BUILDING OWNERS TO EAT AT THE FONTENELLE The annual banquet of the Mulldlng Owners and 'Manager of '(Oma,ha, th evening of March 4. Is this yesr to bo a more elaborate event 'than' usual, and to he glvrn at the Fontin.-He hotel. Ac cording tn' the present Indication about IO- will attend. ',',., Thomas It. Kimball. n-hitet-t who de lanrd the Vohtenelle hotel building. In to te' the story of t!H hotel. It con- it ruction and It rierltn. Building man ager are Icoklng. forward to thl a treat. Manascr llaudall of the Commer- In!. Nulumal Iiank, building of Chicago !a tl c oth'i- speaker. Jlc Is president of the National Asnrtvlstinti of ftulldlng Owners mil M.-innrerg. .He Is .In. talk on "( oiiitiin titiii and t'o-oticrstton." Emanating from the Routh Omaha High ehool came the report yesterday that In the event of consolidation the South Omaha High school would bo reduced to a two-year course or even a manual train ing school. A request to Tho Boa to publish a notice calling for a meeting of the patron of the high school thl eve ning followed. The purport of the meet ing. It waa explained, was to Insure an amendment to senate file No. 12 provld- Inc for tho maintenance of a four-year course at tho local high school. Questioned as to hi authority for the rumor of the proposed change. Principal I'. S. Moore of the Pouth Omaha High school said he had gathered It from aj ' conversation with Principal C. E. Reed : of tlieOmaho. MlKh school. Moore quotud Heed as having heord It g'Jggeited. ... , ,:;r;:rHf;:?2HE'l;:;',tiHEYDEN back from coast consolidation bill, senate file No. 14:'. tho : tatemcnt waa branded ss without fpunda-! Demand for Land West of Moun tlon. further, leading menioers or me , Omaha.' Commercial vluo stated that In, event of consolidation tne umana ciuo would Insist upon the maintenance of the present high school four-yesr course In South Omaha and another In Omaha. "The report a .circulated In South Omaha 1 utter nonsense," said Oould Diet of the committee on municipal af fair of the Commercial club. . President Robert Cowell of the Omaha Board of Education said uch a matter has never been discussed by the Omaha board. Mr. Cowell further staiea m ai T 'a ill you TH , m H mi I ns J 7 i; n'9 ; in uis n s , -. L L-H- J-' " 1 1 -L-, y j -aOILTH COLtlDOt- I , fife l iBI u in i v - jj j pj1 , 'a j rt2a j v I ii I Nil i OUTH 'COtLltOt. T j,,,, I rill TY? C A L Flooil- PLAN tains Slnmpi Off and Prices Leu Than They Were Year Ago- JIT BUS BUSINESS THRIVES E. T. Hoyden, Just returned from the two rtillfornio expositions, any "right hero In Omaha and surrounding country is the heat and safest place Tor Invest ments and tho eaalcst place to make a living from the soil. "When you take Into consideration the Principal Reed had been quoted correctly small expense to grow fruit, vegetable, hla statement were toiauy wimu-.v foundation or authority as far aa Omnha waa concerned. Report Merely nose. The latest report Is really nothing moro than a ruae of war eoopieu uy v..i k- poncnta of senate file No. 3. It la tnougni. Principal Heed la out of the city at pres. ant. It U probable that In tho event of a meeting at the local high chool tonight there wilt be a epeaker who will explain what cnate file No. i mean . I.earee C'hlldre-n llestltwtc. A. Welnfleld, whose wife died In Pouth Omha few weea ago imum mall orphan, ha been arrested in Mil waukee end detective James i-neanau left here yceterday to.nnng nun - The Stclnfleld orphan are aald to hav been left destitute. AslU Klgkit foe Time. Annniim-einent that 8.' V. No. would poultry, stock and gralna In thl district and the ready market here for everything , grown we certainly have manv advan tages over the west coast country. "When you figure the cost of Irrigation, feitllizliii;, the price you pay for your land and what you get for tho different things you grow there, you will llnd your pet returns on every dollar Invested here not be taken from the committee on cities n r,Khl ml u property to own. and! towns until next Tuesduy evcnlnn la .-.,.,. buildings of the two exposltlona being hallod as a Victory by the antis,,,, m,rVrla of beauty In architectural who' are flrhtlng the measure. They say j rsigns and are entirely different from that now the measure cannot get through j lli nl,.r cVHwItlnn bulldlnns. " The San in time for the local people to pnrltolpan , p,H,.Hco buildings are entirely different (n the Omaha election and they are urg ing the' Murphy amendment which pro vide for the vote some time next winter. Locally It la -known that a number or In order to have the time between tho promulgation of the merger and nuxt ummer when the bill would become law without th emergency clause. It has been known for some time that the antls were fighting for time and for tlmo alvinc . I.aral Mm Hard Hit. " It 1 the hope of the local stock yards people that the state quarantine will It lifted at the end of the thirty days prescribed recently by the Uvc Stock Sanitary board, t.'attlo from the western half of Iowa have been ahlppcd In directly to the local packers throiiKh the Sioux City yards. -This deprive tliu local yards BRN RD APARTMENTS IN HMDS OF PCTFRS, TRUST CO' . T' e !Nr;iul ePMlmr'it hom-e U ilU and ma nted by .1 C. Jtsmard aad, recently, tranff.rred t;. Jsmi.s f. Uh, l as been f.lMi-ri' In the I it-it! rf the Pelcm Trust, cntnrpny f,r rrHr.ascnient. under a ll.liy .ear truteiii,t atrcemrni. The narnsrd l loa'.d at Hie noiithwest corner of I'u-k p venue and Leavenworth atrret. The rtKiiiia a:e U,, and W(l lrnni;f i.nd ihc oiirtmcnti u're In big demand! Bryce Says America Acts Impartially in Regard t6;the,War I-OMj;.i.N. f'.-li. if.-Vlai-oiint Jam Pryce. Ii artl.-io which -t te be pwb n,hii In the lially Vlironlcle tomorrow n - The position of the flitted Hate la in" war. h;i it Is a "complete error to aclme that Iho.t who bear a German name or who own to Herman blood be loin? to the pro-Ocrtnan party. , The chUdr-a of Kuropwsna who are twn in America." Viscount pryre eon- unues, -grow uii norma;,,- American cltl county where the hoof and mouth iliveasc prevail at present. Mihm Asked to Attend Kusrrsl, All luemliera Of the Rce lllvo lodge No. IM, Ancient Kree and Acreptcd Mafona are ieiupstet to attend the fu neral Ai-vlcra of Past Orand Master ,Joln J. Mercer, to be held at the Masonic temple, , (Sixteenth and t'apltol avenue, Omaha, Sunday. February Vi, at i o'clock. First Metliodlst Kplm-.1. Twenty-fifth and K, Itev. J. V . Kli kfiatrlck, Pnslor I'reachlna at II by tho paalor. auliject. "A v'krlktian Man's Job." In the evening s 't:M o'clock Hev. t'. U. brown ot Omaha will preach. Special music by the hoir. Hun-lay sciux.l at t a. m. Junior a a cut, at S U. rpoorth eaua at Kliat llaptlet. 1 enl v -f t I li and II. Itv. Wli'lam H. 111,1. I'astur Morning service at II o-cMu k, rernmn hy Hev. Kred Hen y of Llil.'Tln. .Sunday echo..! al a. I.. V uuiui Peoples union at k:uu. in the vtentug a. 7.1U o'clock a r'miny I'roshy er it will he given by the choir, aatlaleu y Mia. V L. I'rucka. who lil am 'rated lv Urace." I St. Martin' Kplscopal. Twentv-fourth "and J.' Hev. John Wallla Ohl. lteetoe ten for all practical purposes. Th.ie ,' le,,rtlou of holy eucharlat at 7:80 and lojiiltv li. to tha Ki.r. . w. , "':' Matin and Sunday a. Iiool at .3i. L J . i . the Star and btrlpoa and , hvenlng song at !. Tuea.lay. holv e.i th. Ir, ftillng lor the land of their parent i'hr't et .W. Wednesday, litany at 4:), Is cmn.mratlvfly weak. What I. ..n.j ,'1 hursday, holy eucliarlet at Mi. Friday, the Gcrnan vote I. In . . . . Utany at 7 JO. followed by choir rehearsal, tne u,mB vote I. In some few cltle a (Saturday, evensong at 4:). Scat. true. foi. to bo reckotied with. Hut when ftranger alwuya weloume. li.oae who try to use It a a mean for Mail Hy iaw:ai. app ying political pressure In auch raeea' The Kaglca will give a benefit danca ns tttls, te native American resent auch evening at tne Lagle hall at Twenty an fctteimiL for w th ihn. o i. - ... .u i ur. i. - - iunaa DICE GAME WAS FIXED. DECLARES RED OAK MAN May Moots, known to the police a Orace Kenny, wa arrested last nlxht uion the complaint of W. J. D'llon. Ited Oak, la., farmer, who alleged that hla at tempta at being a "good fellow" with her coat him $14 and a check for 1:0. The woman lured him Into a fixed dlco game with two other men. who got the money and then left, after dividing with the girl, he ay. PAST RULERS AT STAG PARTY Elki Hold Ceremonial Initiation I Followed by Delightful En tertainment, j MUSIC AND MUCH GAYETY More than 830 K!kaattended the Initia tion eeremonle and stag oclal held in th. Klkn' building. Flfteerth and Harney la much greater than the ame amount rt(,tBi ist. night. All the r-halr and other positions were tilled by past ex alted rulers during the Initiation cere monyan absolutely novel situation In the history of the local organUation. Those who erved were: Acting Kxalted Ruler Walter. P. Thomaa. Acting Es teemed Leading Knight John A. Rine. Acting Eteemed loyal Knight Sidney W. Smith. Acting Esteemed lecturing Knight Dan B. Butler. Acting Secretary Jamea It. Dewar, Acting Treasurer Arthur C. Wakcley, Acting Tiler Frank Craw ford. Acting Esquire rtobert W. Tatrlck. Acting Chaplain I C. Gibson and Acting Inner Guard E. C. Page. The candidate given the efficiency tent by the above capablo' tester were: Dan W. Gaines. -William C. Hronson, Charles B. Offerman, K.' Tlerney. Michael F. Black, F. . W. Suverkrubbo. Edward J. Callahan and Roy M. Klein. , Following the Initiation festivities a sumptuous feast waa spread before the 360, and In turn wa followed by an ex ceedingly entertaining program prepared by George E. Begerow, chairman of thai social committee, and his cohort. The amusement feature consisted of numerous election by the Elk', choru under the direction of Prof. Emslie, stunts by ten male member of the "Htar and Garter company", of the Gayety, who were .headed by Phil Isaac of the Newark, N. J.. lodge and Jack Conway of the Mel rose, Man., Elk, and a number of rlever Ideaa from James fherry of the Potash & Pr-rlmutter company of the Brandels. George West expressed the opinion of the entire body when be remarked. "It waa the best afialr we ever pulled off and one that will be long remembered by every Elk present." Mayor Dahlroan and Dan Butler were In the thick of the fray, and hooked antler with the rest of the herd. Secre tary f. Miner, In hi usual capable man ner saw that the occasion lacked nothing to make tt a real winner. PLAN FOR KNIGHTS' COMING Grip Carriers to Convene Here in Jnnc Appoint Committees to Carry on Entertainments TO BE GUESTS OF KING AX Invested In the Paiirie coast country. And you will find right now that the demand and pib es of land' out iwoat la lci than one year ago. Here Demand Increases. you will find just the opposite here. T.he demund is greater and the price are no less. Hoveral years oko you could scarcely get any rrude for our middle west lands, hut now you will find many v ho ore willing to trade wefctern land for jour land, you will near it saia every where now that the middle west country from tl ose at the fftn Diego, My Idea la tl:st the San Diego exposition grounds an the moat, beautiful of the two, being located In a larger park and are entirely officeholders and contractor" are anxious j completed, while the ground of the San to keep the emergency clauso off the bill I KntmiM-o exposition were not all com pleted on the opening day. "Many of the exhibits In the Ran Fran cisco buildings are not yet Installed. Pome of the Mute buildings are not yet com pleted. The French building will not be completed for aome time. Nevertheleaa, the cxpc-altions ro wonderful and worth the price to go thousands of mllea to aee. Jit lluaea Are Baay. "About Jitney bunea; you ce them everywhere 111 the small town, a well at- the larger ones. "Due evening I Mood at the corner of Kil'th and Main street In Ia.s Angelca All the work Is now assigned to the different local committee members for the entertainment of the delegate to the National Traveler' Protective associ ation which la to meet In Omaha, Juna 14 to 19. In the neighborhood of 1.000 dele gates or perhaps 1,600 are expected hero. The entertainment committee met Sat urday afternoon at the Commercial club rooms. George W. Long, chairman of the committee assigned the different block of work to the various member who will appoint their own committee to work with them In the preparation of the vari ous entertainments. J. W. Stlne to have charge of the card parties; R. E. GUmore is to have charge of the crowd that la to be Initiated into the order of Ak-Sar-Ben: Charles E Allen la to have charge of the expedition through The wholesale district of the city; A. D. Iloag of the women's enter tainment; William Lawrence of the Field club entertainment; Walter Hughes of the Commercial club entertainment In the evening; H. B. Patrick I to be master of ceremonies for the women's entertain ment In the evening at Carter lake; A. G. Boyer 1 to have charge of the expedition through the . packing houses and stock yards and Robert Trimble Is to b'e at the head of the ball committee. . Some of the old timers who were at the meeting In Omaha the only time Omaha had the national meeting, are coming again. This was In ISM, during th ex position year. -. These fellow were Initiated at Ak-Sar-Ben den at that time. They are coming with the announced and avowed Intention of standing once more for Ak-ar-Ben'a revised, amplified, and altogether glorified Initiation of 1915. ai.d counted fifty pass that point in five and the Ideal stockmen or the bintlncaa ,,).,., hlch would be at the rate of that would othcrwlae tomo to them. As ,-, hur. Francisco I counted It, Is Hloux City reaps the l.ueflt of the1-,, , Uo mimlU. on Market street at Stato board s orecr of quarantine. I.i ,.. evening, ao you can get some lona tlier Is only or.e extreme eastern j ,low ,nsiny .ro ar bllne,. 1 Haa aurpriacd to see how crowded all the cur were, some Fords carrying six to Hewn pasacngcra. You will find Pa. clitic of all make doing a rushing busl r.esH. AM the car um-d were the regular automobiles. it act in.-i that the people prefer auto mobiles to street cars on account of uiueh quicker trHnsiHirtation and being less crowded, which seems to be quite a re. Ilcf to the general public it will, no doubt, force the street railway com- iwnlea to be more accommodating and not overcrowd their rare, as the public wll not aland for It any longer." mental pi.ncli l. that .ItUen. must h. h.r.m,u?".t uZ JTa.! 10 i n.iea mates and." jweniy-rnin and M alrwta. tho great Xu'k even of hyphenated Gr-i Ladle and children will find an ex-jnan-Amailcana wpuld refuse to reapond.' ' cepuonally entei lalinug proKiam today A to the neutrality of the American i tomorrow tn Thrater. aovemment Mr Hrvr 1,I. ' The Independent Order of tMd Fellows, govern nent r. llryie adds both sides , No. &. held Its regular weekly inn-ting ba blamed It and the government points t their hall at Tweoty-fourth and N to UiU a ht best proof of lu Impar- trtl evening. tLiltty. ' ' , . " A "mysterious Julius sesar" will make ' i hie appearance fct lb li. .- thla utter- noon, ror two weeks Mansarr Atkins has kept local movie , ra eagerly ex pectant for the "mystery." Th Woman's Forelxa Missionary o- ' .'tut w ,.r tm It'lt-Bl U ... hfk.t. k' ... .....v. ... . City -omnil.ia'oners yesterday promoted church will have a lea nt Wednesday Pafni'inau I'rxnk Kooney to be detective I afternoon at t o clock at the homo of on t-r iwnaha force. The vacancy w hlch j ' rll indwell. l North Twentv. , ... . , , fourth treet Mia (Jrifflthj, returned Rnoncy will fill waarreated by th, death 'miaaionary from Japun, WUI address iht ut Di-u-ctlve Tom It.ng. J meeting . . , FRANK ROONEY PROfOTED ' TO PLAHF AS DETECTIVE University of Omaha Is to Stage a Drama "Ksmeralda," a four-act drama by j Frances Hodgson Burpett, will be given ' l-y Urn l'ramullc club of the I'nlverstty ' f Omaha some time the latter part of March. The play will be staged In the ! school gymnasium, which Is being fitted ' up for the occasion. The proceed of the ; plav will be turned over to the athletic ' department to make up aome of the ' deficit for the season. Franklin P. Itamsay, Jr.. an Instructor 1 of the Omaha High school, haa been se cured to coach the play. Rehearsals hav already been started by the Thespians. The caat selected Is as follows: Kglrt It-ers Edjtar Ernst Mrrf.l.vitta Kogere tiladya Tvllmarise Nitaa Fsmcrakla Marlon Prarsall l'uve llaidy tierald Bruce Mr. Keiabrook Iick Richards Jack I emoiid..... Emrraon Uoodrlch Nora le mo nil Ruth Peters Kate IVwnond..,,., Helen Johnson Martitils Tl'llllani Thomrann ieora 1 "rew .......Roy IT. Creeling Sophie t..l Etta Ujrnatvii IIubt lias Mae Rooktea. Vanaaer Miller Hoggins of I he 8t. lula r'ardlnals gatheied ti nine rwrults, five of them being pitchers. A carping rt ijiuta crltlt: makes a rompoaii table of the hitting of the nine and then com ma Ins becauae they don't average .JM at lut l'-ul aince when waa a pltder's abil ity gauge! by his batiuig average? SALESMAN AND BELLBOY BOTH PUT UNDER ARREST Olen Plxby, Woux City saleeman, and R. E. Johnson, a bellboy, both of whom have been living at the State hotel, are held In custody by the police pending In vrattgatlnn of their conduct. Both men were found prowling about the upper floor of the Flomar hotel' early this morning. Neither was able to give a satisfactory explanation of his presence. and Officer O'Connor, who lives In the hotel, placed then under arrest Waraa Aaatast Sox. Hugh Jennings says the Red Sox will be hard to beat for the American league pennant and all that, but he advises the fans to look out for the White Sox and tho Athletics. Water! Water!! Will drill you a well anywhere In Douglas. Washington or Burt Coun ties; guaranteeing an lnexhaustable supply of water or no charge. Thirty yeara' experience In drilling. Phono or send postal now for prices. D. L. Horn & I. J. Turnbull, rhone lad. 164. Blair. Kebrwka E. J. Davis SAFE nOUER Heavy Hauling 1212 Farnam PHONE DOUGLAS 353 Moving Packing Storage ' T 7 S -a i vnc ca a mm p a k mmmmm- STORAGE CO. 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Buy your family a home as a start toward success $25 to $500 down will do it Just think of the thousands of Omaha people now paying rent who could call their homes their very own within a few years and pay no more, often less, per month. It will be a good step to take-a good start towards Prosperity to take advantage of the splendid opportunities ad vertised in the real estate columns of the Want ,Ad sec tion today. Read them and see what can be done with a little money. Telephone Tyler 1000 , THE OMAHA BEE Everybody Read Bee Want Ads, i