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Tim DM ATT A SUNDAY HF.E: KF.PTT.Mr.riU 12. 1015. AMI aRMKMTI. AMI aF.MF.MT9. HOLD METHODIST CONFERENCE HERE Nebraska Conference Meets in Its Third Annual Sesiion Starting September 22. ALL BUSINESS IN MORKINQ 1 The Nebraska conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church inert In Oirahi ' Bptpmbr 22, tor Its third annual ses sion. B shop Frank M. Bristol will pre Wc, and hla knowledge of tha affair of thle conference will enable him to efficiently guide tha work of the cabinet. Many change ero said to be probable, but owing to tlx alse of the conference this la to be expected. The Sunday re vival going on In Omaha will probably prevent many changea being made In the city, but nothing definite can. be said concerning U until the conference has been adjourned. Three of the district superintendents are finishing their fifth years, and It would seem that changes in the cabinet are not to be expected. The Nebraska conference Includes about tlirec-fourtha of the state, there being nlno districts and 601 pastoral charge. The active members number 63,019, and there Is a very large number of adherenta and supporters. It has been the hope of the church to Increase the member ship 10 per cent during tha last year, and the report of tha conference will probably show that Increase. The Sunday school enrollment la 76,315, and the Epworth league has 11,961 members. Owns One University. Tha conference owna about $1,709, 8T.0 worth of church property. Including the parsonages. 6 no university Is owned by them the" Nebraska Wesleyan, at Uni versity Pluce, Neb. This school has an enrollment of about 1,000 students, and the flnurolnl standing of tha school la rapidly c-tttering Itself. In Omaha the Methodist hospital la making good, as it always has since the time of ita first I opening. Th Crowell Home, at Blair, wltli Hev. William Esplin as superlntcn- j dent, is doing very well also, and has I been able to improve constantly. Tho pastors of the conference received IT7!,177 In aalarlea and house rent during the last year, and for the same time ll.3fS.i35 was spent for benevolent Institu tions, such as missions and Sunday schools. Elect General Delegates. Considerable Interest is attached to this conference because of the choosing of delegates to the general conference, which meeta at Syracuse, N. Y., next May. Most of the business will be attended to In ihe mornings, as tha conference visitors wish to attend the tabernacle In the afternoons and evenings to hear Mr, Sunday. Tha Methodist Book Concern, which represents au Investment of more than $6,000,000, waa recently awarded the first prize against all of the publishing bouses In the United States, by tha judges at tha San Francisco exposition, and this com pany will , have representatives at tho coming conference. The conference ex pects to check for about 97,000 as lta share In the profits of the book com pany, this amount being used for tha support of retired minister, of the con ference. The dividends of the company for the last year, which are applied to this purpose alone, aggregate $360,000. Michigan Alumni Work to Build Club House Worth Million Thirty-five thousand Michigan alumni, resident In all parts of the United States, are being organized for a campaign to ! raise a million dollars for a clubhouse for the University of Michigan union In Ann Arbor, the seat of tha university. Kach of 200 district similar to Omaha and vicinity ha been allotted to a local committee tor work among tha Mlchl ganders and their friends. The local com mittee la headed by R. C. Peter of tha Peters Trust company. "By mean of energetic local solicitation in these districts," said Mr. Peters, "tha Plans to raise tha entire $1,000,000 in the I month of October. By means of lunch eons and banquets and smokera. tha Michigan men In every community will be got together and tha project laid be fore them. I don't think we shall have i any difficulty getting our pro rata share from the Michigan men in. "The union Idea la a development of the last ten years at Michigan and other big universities. The organization has for its purpose the promotion of democracy ' among the students, a tremendous prob- lem on a campus populated by .S00 stu- dents, and of close relationship between j the university and Ita graduates and other, former student. The clubhouse w ill give ! the atudenta a meeting place on common grounds, where equality of opportunity will prevail, will add magnificent bulM- !ng to Minhlgan'a group of structures, and will provide headquarters and home' for I the alumni when they revisit the campua 1 ior games, reunions, ana graauaie oay ftuaira. ( I KRUG PARK HOLDS ON AS POPULAR PLACE Summer entertainment are nearlng a. close, but the popularity of Krug park continue aa In the daya of the earlier season. Dancing in the open pavDIIon with Lampe'a orchestra Is the popu'ar entertainment, roller skating also cornea in for a goodly rhare of approval, aa evi denced by the enthualastlc numbers that ! teat between the forces of good, aa rep daily attend the large open air rink. This ! resented by Valjean, and the force ef popular resort waa the scene of much merriment last Thursday when the Omaha letter carriers entertained the ' members of the National letter Cartiera' association and their famllle. The clo a picnic grounds waa taxed to ca pacity from early morning till late at nltfht. From the number that attended the occasion can be remembered aa a grand luoera The Elka held away at thla popular resort yesterday, with their i annual clam bake, and to y that they enjoyed themselves would be expressing It mildly If the hilarity and the amount of joy displayed can be taken a any criterion It can be safely said the Elk had a good time. VETERAN GOES TO JO'N SOLDIER HIRERS' ASS'N E. W. Mcintosh, past 7 rears ef age. leavee Sunday for Atlantic City. N. J., where he will Join the Pattee Old Sol diers Fiddler aaaenatien. probably go ing onto the Orpheum clrce.lt. For more than fifty year Mr. Mcintosh has been playing the violin, and on this Instrument ; he is considered one of the best In the country. VMheatexv"8 Air IheOtpkuth v Ul f X . T 'A MAHA theaters had looked for something of a decline In business with the coming of "Billy" Sunday, but so far the blighting effect of a re vival lias not fallen very hard o V8W on any of them. .To be aure, the charac ter of regular form of amusement at the Omaha theaters Is not such as would b seriously objected to, even by a radical evangelist, and therefore regular devotees find it not hard to go from one to the other, sometimes doing aa one la re ported to have done during the week, seeing tho pictures first. Mrs. Camp bell's short stay here served to remind ua that Omaha has not fallen entirely oft the map, and a little Inter on may be again In the regularly traveled routes of standard attractions. Two weeks from Wednesday the Boyd will start on Ita winter season, with Al Jolson In "Danc ing Around," and from that time on something will be doing all the time at the playhouses. Much of tha future de pends on conditions In New York, where the big producers are still undecided as to what to do. Recent word from there tells of the postponement of a number of projects of the first magnitude, and that managers generally are not plunging Into anything headlong, unless it be conserva tlvlsm. This is comforting, for It means that when a revival does come, It will ba on safe lines for a little while. In tha meantime, we may divide our atten tion between tha Brandets stock com pany, the Empress, Oayety and Orpheum, and tha pictures at the Strand and Boyd's. Next Tuesday evening the Strand thea ter will present George Beban In his greatest triumph, "An Allen." This pict ure has been amply described aa "the picture that makes the dimple to catch the tear" and Is conceded to be one of tha best screen adaptations aver made. Mr. Beban Is supported by an excep tionally strong catt. Including two of tha most clever little baby girls possible to Imagine, and the story hinge around 1 the greatest of themes, mother and father1 love. An especially appropriate musical ! program will be rendered by the Strand theater orchestra, under direction of rrl limn, whiu tha n.w nir. r,,n I Ditm oriran will also ba introduced. On FYIrta n,l Saturday "Island of Regeneration" will b presented, followed by Robert Ede son In "Mortmain" Sunday, Beginning with a matinee this after- " .., ' Wit h twit nrkMsiritn t trtna tiallv. "1 M i. with two presentations dally, "Lea Mis- I erables," one of the moat Important pic ture productions of the day, will be shown at Boyd' theater. It la' baaed on Victor Hugo' wonderful work of the same name, and follow closely the story told In that masterpiece of literature that la lamiliar to all. Jean Valjean la care fully depleted from beginning to end, and the stirring event of hi checkered llf brought out clearly. A splendid company of actora has been used In staging the dramatlo effects of thia great picture drama, and nearly a thousand people are used In the big scene, of the mob In Paris, chasing Valjean aa ha ran from the baker shop with the loaf of bread he had seized to feed hi starving motner; In tho street fight between tha mob and tha army, when Valjean res- cue Javert and save hi life, only to nava him again turn on his relentless hunt ttinrt tn, man whose great gen- -- ... .. w . k, ........ .. - could not be happy himself. Prison scenes and tha priest' house, the factory and the convent, the quaniea and the street of Pari In tha early day of the laat century, all are shown. And finally, Val jean la shown In the laat hour ef hi life, when little Coaette stroke his pallid cheeks and realizes something of tha great love of thla man. It la a aermon aa atrong a "Billy" Sunday ever preached, showing tha unremitting con- evil, embodied In Javert The production ita In nine reels and run for about two hours. "The Shepherd of the Hills," a drama tization of Harold Bell Wright's novel of the same' name, will be the bill for the thirteenth wees, of the popular Edward Lynch Players at the iirandels theater beginning tonight The story is of a city mart who seeks solace in the hill country. The old man linger In the hills and gains the name of "Pad." Grant Matthews, the man whose sheep "Dad" herds, ha a stalwart son, "Young Matt" Sammy Lane, a ward of the Matthew Is engaged to OUle Stewart, a young man who has lnce moved to the city. OUle return and I humiliated by Wash dlbba, a bully In the hill. Warn, tiring of OUle, turns hla attention te 8mmy, and ''Young Matt" brushes up the landscape with hla Pete, a child of nature. Informs "Young Matt" that Wash Qlbbs and his gang are preparing te attack tae lonely shepherd. Wash I shot by an unknown hand. It develop that the unknown hand I tne shepherd's son, who has lived In. review In which will be Introduced every the hills a number of yeare unrecognised. 1 style ef modern dance and ball room nov The big theme of the play 1 the love I eltle with Willi Ellas and company In M- Tillman , r 'vn 7. ) X-AV ' ?i story of "Young Matt" and Sammy Lane. Mr. Lynch and Miss McOrane will put. ay these leading characters, and each and every member of the company will be provided with an excellent part. An unprecedented pattern In play writ ing has been handed to tha American ataga by Elmer L. Relzenstcln, whose "On Trial" furnished the big surprise of last season. Mr. Reizcnstnin himself has called the piece "an experiment In play writing," and the general acclamation of the publio Is proof that It la a auccess. 'On Trial" will be aocn at tha Brandela theater shortly under the direction of Cohan Harris. Years have elapaed since Houdlnl. the man of mystery, last . vlsltod Omaha. wnen no waa here some eleven seasons ago he was locked up In a cell at tha city Jail, securely handcuifed, with his legs chained to the cell bars. Ten minutes afterward the cell door was still locked, a were also the chains and handouifs. but lloudlui was no longer In them Neither was he In the cell, and no mem ber of the police force could tell how the trlclt '8 ione. This week he returns a h "tellar attraction of the Orpheum bill. known the world over as the self- liberator. Chains cannot scarce y hold him, ,ock n'1 Prison cells cannot hold him, rope, straltjackeu or any other kind 01 restraint cannot ds pui on mm ao mat he will not escape. This season he 1 presenting the most mystifying perform ance of hla career. After being locked In a water tortue cell he liberates himself while atandlng on hla head with his ankles clamped and locked In the center of the massive cover. To any person prov ing that II is possible fore, man to breathe wh.le in this upside-down position locked In the water-filled cell, Houdlnl offers a reward of $1,000. His mystifying act also Includes the masterpiece of the Yogis, the East India needle trick. Many other new feats also will be shown. He challenges the public to devlee some kind of restralnta from which he Is unable to extricate himself. lie is open to acocpt any challenge that will Interest the gen eral publio. Other features of the excellent bill for thla week are: Robert U Dally, In tha nonsensical skit, "Our Bob;" the Five Musical Byrons, a quintet of colored vo calists and Instrumentalists; Glen Ellison, a clever Scotch comedian; Walter Shan non and Marie Ann Is In their comedy singing art, "A Shine Flirtation" Elsie Faye, assisted by Joe Miller and John Hogan, In bieesy songs and dunces; the Novelty Clintons, aeslstcd by the Olrl with the Smile, In an act described aa ex traordinary Jumping. Aa usual the Or pheum Travel Weakly will project pic turesque views of curious placea the world over. Lew Dockstader, minstrel comedian, now a vaudeville toplluer, cornea to tha Orpheum next week, opening Sunday, September ID. Mr. Dockstader la present Ing a monologue he calls "My Politician," In which ha essay the character of "Teddy." For today only, the Hipp theater will present Porter Emerson Browne's fa mous drama, "The Spendthrift," tn which Irene Fenwlok takea the leading role. "The Spendthrift" oomblnea a powerful tory of today with a noteworthy cast and a aerlea of beautiful atage settings. For three daya, starting Monday, Mry Plckford will be aeen In "Earner da." In which she attain the greatest height she has ever reached In all the years of her phenomenal success. During te remainder of the week, Char lotte Walker will appear In "Out of Darkness," the story of a young society girl of great wealth who la auddenly de prived of memory and la placed at work In the factory aha herself owns, where she earns honest love and salvation. This week at the popular Oayety will be presented the new "Star and Oarter Show" In all It prismatic glitter, choris ter, vaudeville stars, singing and danc ing comedian and soubrettes. The pro gram embrace musical comedy, high standard vaudeville, burlesque of today, numerous special features and a dance cxhlblllon dance creations. "At Sara toga Springs" Is the title of the two-part musical farce In which the entire com pany will be seen. The company Includes Don Clark, Bert Rose, James Coimhlln, Jess Weiss. Richard Anderson, Krnest Stoney. M irgaret Lee, Jacuuelln Tollman, Willie Ellca and Welngarten's contingent of budding "broiler" beauties. The Im mense picture, "The Deluge," with ltn real rainfall, should be an Item of much comment because of Its linpresslveness. Likewise the Aeroplane Girl, who grace fully floats out over the heads of the audience. Today's matinee start at 3. beginning tomorrow there will be a ladld ' dime mallnee daily. The engagement wl.l close with next Saturday's mutlnoe. Jesslo llayward and company present- ng "Tha Quitter head tho bill at tho Empress for next week. "The Quitter" Is a comedy dramatic; sketch from the pen of Ueorg Rosener. Mr. ltoscner will long be remembered by local audl- Lnce, tn, BCtor who so woll lmpor- sonatcd an "Old Soldier" and a "Dope Fiend." Tha following line are from I Mr. Reseller's original art: I'm one of the run of the city' scum I'm one of the guys called queer, A hnp-nilid soak, with a habit lor coke That ho killed all the world holds dear. Luok at my hand, shakes like a leuf, And my brain's half eaten away With hop I knurf and tho roko I puff, It's got me, kid, and 1 have to pay. Mr. Rosener has gained fame In the theatrical world by his originality, an1 : Misa Hayward has a cant capablo of I presenting any of Mr. Rosoner'a works, j Vlctorlne and Zlar, two European 1 dancers, offer novelty song and dances, j and featuring their specially, "La Dana I Duello." Scott and Wilson are acrobate ; of merit, and Intersperse their work with clever laugh linen. Techow's Cats i will close this novel bill, and an assort- ! ment of photo-plays completes the pro- I gram for the first half of the week. On the list for the last half of tho week ; are found "The Clark Sisters," two dainty singing comedians; Bert Mel bourne, celebrated monologiBt; Hurke and Burke, partners In a laugh factory, and Phaxma, a spectacular electric dancing novelty. A comedy three-real drama, "One Performance Only," Is offored to complete the bill for the last half of the week. Movie Star Passes Three Desert Areas Without Any Mishap Word was received Friday that Anita ' King, who I piloting a Kissel Kar from Los Angelca to New York, had passed a ( little town seventeen ml us east of Og- i don, Utah, at 10:tS Friday morning. Mljt King la the leading lady for the Jesse U La sky Feature Play company and la the only woman who has at- j tempted the desert arena alone, I drrven from Loa Angclea to San Fran cisco in seventeen hours and fifty min ute. This Is a dlsianro of 472 miles and some of the roads are exceedingly dsn geroua. Mendelssohn Choir Starts Eehearsals The Thorns MendelHsohn Choir of Omaha a J. Kelly, conductor, started II' season of rehearsal last Thuradav n'piit at the old meeting place, army building. Fifteenth and Dodge atreets. This t.eii . In the nature of a get-together and gen eral organisation meeting, a number of noveltiea In part songs were presented by the conductor and enthusiastically re ceived hy the large attendance. Het Inning tomorrow night the regular Monday nleht rehearala will be resumed Mr. Kelly announces he has a large num ber of altoa and sopranos on tha waiting llHt. and requests that lat year's mem ber of the women' section who expect to retain their membership communicate with him at once. Could Not Walk with Itheasnatlasa. A satisfied patient writes: "Sloan's Liniment cured my rheumstlsm, am gmtoful, I can now walk without pain." .Only 2Ca All druggist. Advrtlsm;nt. WIcTqcJioW -Atifie Empress AM I' 913 M 13 NTS. (5 HIPP THEATER haVl Today Only XJUBATB rzarwxcx in "TAB Spsndthrlft" Vorter Zmsrsen Brown' Celebrated Drama. 8 r a Dm! O u n t Monday, Tuesday and Wedasaday lUAT riCKTOBO "EsmeraHa" Another PlokforA Triumph P Thursday, Trlday and Saturday CBVAB&OTTB WAIiKXB "Out of Darkness" An extraordinary S'roduetlon, ft 4 ft fVV MANAWA Park Closes Tonight FREE FEATURE PHOTO PLAY This Eveningi - The Lights O'London Hy Geo. It. Biros The Strongest and Greatest Melodrama Ever Written. In 6 Acts. DANCING BOATING Roller Coaster And Other Attraction. Corinne Paulson PMV57- Kssldsao statu S31S Iaayrtte Ave. Fheae Harney tTS. rhoaa XHar- 4M. Tha Oaly xim Claaa TnadarUl Daily Mat. tilli Svary Sight tilt Week Starting Todav Know All Otsr the Valver a the SlnstT Axaerleaa ran The Justly World-ratae elf-Z.ler ator Presenting tha rrtaieat performnn-e of hla strenuous career, liberotlng himacif after tln looked tn A WATER fORTUKE CELL (Houdlnl' Own Invention) While standing on hla head, hla an kles clamped and locked In the cent r of Ihe niaaslve cover. A feat whlca bordera on the supernatural. 1.000 Houdlnl offers thla aum to anyone proving that It In possible to oh aln air In the up-slile-down position In m-lilrli he rclt'tises hlmxelf from tMs WATF.H-FI1.I.KH TORTURE CKLI.. Also Introducing the Master-lece of the Tori, the Bast Indian, needle Triok. ROBERT L. DXILEY & CO. In a Oo'wlv -t Entitled oum o" FIVE KCSICIU BYROXS Vocalists and Instrumental'! In a pretentious Musical Novelty GLEN ELLISON A Pent "Mthout a Kilt WALTER SHANNON ft MARIE ANIS In Their Noveltv Comedy Ringing Act, "A Shine Flirtation' ELSIE FAYE Assisted hv Joe Miller and John Ilognn in ilMaht and Rreesy Songs and Iianrea A Sueresa In Six teen Countries NOVELTY CLINTINS Assisted by the Olrl With a Smile. Extrsordlnnry Jumping. OBrXStm THAYXXi WHIUY The World at Work and Play. Aroiria the World With the Orpheum Circuit' Motion Picture rn. tographer. Price M a t I n e a : flallarv, ine; Tfest Seats, ir.o, exreot Saturday an I Sundnv, a few at 60a. Nights, lOu, ir.c. 60c and TSe. KRUGPARKJi.:r.::;.-i SANOTBTO XAKVR omCXMTBA MART OTKia ATTRACTION! XSEA& ricjrxo ooucj nm mi MOTIOBT nCTOUl OAKAOB Walter Wheatley VOICE and OPERA INSTRUCTION Anr.lT Batnrdava. OS tvrlo Bldg. Phone . t704. Turpin's Dancing Academy ss MxMSBsHaehnsMa mmmKmmmmmmmMmmmmt 28th and Farnam Open Tomorrow, Sept. Adult beginner! Monday nnd Tueaday, S P. M. Adults advanced, Tueiday, .pept. 14, 8 P. M. (Note) Only new dance taught in thla clais. High school beginners Saturday, Sept. 18, 8 P. M. Pupils Joining clasaes on opening date will be given $1.00 reduction on ticket. Application received nowv Harney 6148. oyd Tlheafteir BaBBBSSSSSMaSSSSSSSBSBBBSSSBBSBSSSBKBB ALL WEEK Commencing Malinea Today 2:30 Victor Hugo's Masterpiece mjDS( sirs A Magnificent $109,009 Production Acted by a Splen did Cast of French Stars Don't fail to soo this ex quisite) intorprotation of tho Groat French Hastor Daily Matinees 2:30; All Qcats...10c Nights: Childron, 10c; Adults. 25o i niai tws .3 k DIG WEEK leit-Btoek 8toa.lU OIIIGHTf, T Mint popular Amerleaa Ftay, 'ThE Si EPHEFvD OF THE HILLS" Veil Ths ltJTnstln al Aont Msrr. 'VMM"1.-1!:-1 "OMAHA'S TVIt eiHTE" XjCllfGAlf Evngs 8-KJ-60-7Bo STAR & GARTER SHOW J.. rrom the Btar k Oarter Theater, Chica go. Vau.levi le includes "The Oreat lei uie"; Willie Kllea A Co.; WoHe It T-r-; Tha Aeroplane Olrl: Anderaon A Tall innn. Rig Reality Ohoma. T.adlea' Dime Matins week ey. E.M.JONES Piano Studio Reopens Sept. 2Cth, 1915. Courses In Harmony. History, Ear Training and Klaht heading Alio Uranch Sherwood Mualo School. Room 4, Woad Building, 18th and Farnam. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday ami Saturday. nellevue College, Tue lay and Frldav B02GLUM PIAItO SCHOOL gaei Bongta tree. Be-epea Sept. atb, August Horglum, Madame Rorglum (ltipll of Wagar Bwayne) Solfege-Schvart Method, I'arl Harmony Publio Performance The Greatest notion Picture Ever (.lade J I