rilK BKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DrX'EMHKK JS, vji
BRIEF CITY NEWS
"TiiiNtil for Oooda."
CHr OtrtlflMtM-JBdholm Jswslsr.
Bars B PTlat IV Now Beaeon Prase.
Christmas Trss X.fhUat Outfits
Burgss-2randea company.
Te MQ Baal B stats. Hat It with J. -tHunont
at Co., Kesilne Bid.
Davsaport Btrss Leu Sold MUa Mar
Hemstr sold the Iota at tha northeast
error of Twenty-fifth and Davenport
it rests.
Toeayg Mena roT" elesatflss:
geetJoe today. It appear la Tbe Bee
EXCLUSIVELY1. Find out whet tha t.
Ho us moving ptoturs theatera off sr.
Hew Drawing- Teaebe a BUg LU-
Han Rudsrsdorf will auccxl Wary H.
J lan Una" aa Uaohar of freehand drawing
at Central High school, on account of
tha marriage of Miss Hsntlng.
Ctoee te Auto Showe Clark G. Powell,
secretary f tha Omaha Auto club, leaves
Omaha tonight to be gone three weeke.
He will Attend the New Tork and Chi
cago auto shows, and will alao attend to
tome bualneae ui tha east.
Merle Stare U Omaha Going eat
from the Paclflo coast, a carload ot movie
llghta wUl arrive In Omaha at SA o'clock
tonight, coming In on the Ixta Angelca
limited. In the party will he Rosco
Buckle, the fat boy and Mabel Normand.
The Stata Bank Of Omaha, corner Six
teenth and Barney. Pay- FOUR per oent
on time depoatta and THREE per oent
on savings aocounU. All depoelt In this
bank are protected by the depoettore'
guarantee fund of the atate of Nebraska.
rtaed tot taenltlng' Women John
Relchinler, Emporia, Kan., charged wuu
Inaultlng ladlea on the street, waa ar
reated by Officer Pipkin, who found
Relchinler laying hold of every woman
that paaaed him. John waa fined S25 and
costs by Judge Foster.
Teamate la Sort Ed IlUbbard. Hit
Decatur atreet, teamster for the E. J.
Davla company, sustained a badly a trained
wrlat when a heavy roll of paper which
ha waa unloading from a freight car fell
on Me right arm. He waa attended by
Dr. EL C MUler and aent home.
rimed fox JrlfhUnr William Bleewell,
Twenty-fourth and Binney streets, aud
William Garry, Twenty-flrat and Izard
atreeta, both colored, were arrested for
fighting on a atreet car. Garry called
Bleswell a "ohltlln-faoed Zenegamblan."
and the latter unloaded a crate of brass
knuckles and etarted to labor. They were
bath fined $36 and costs.
. MirrlrHe Bodaty Mondamln aoclety,
Ko 111. Fraternal Aid Unh,n, hut -eared
new quarters In the Labor temple
at Nineteenth and Farnam atreeta and
all the regular meetlnga will be held
there, starting January 1. when the new
offlcera will ha installed in their chalra.
The Mondamln society will alao hold its
annual masquerade ball at Labor temple
January li.
teals Htorse Biankea Barney McCor
mlok, address Omaha, waa arrested at
Sixteenth and Webster streets for the
theft of a horse blanket, which he swiped
from a buggy belonging to Charts Wil
liams. 1341 Meredith avenue. Charles
captured Barney and held him for the
law. "What did you take It forT" asked
Sergeant Marshall. '1 was felling a little
hoarse," replied Barney facetiously, for
which un he la alatett to get life.
Kail your Btotlose Early Numeroua
lodge notices and notioea of church sen
vlote failed to be printed in' The Bee
Saturday and Sunday becauas of the
Christinas rush at the poatoffloe.. The
Bee received thirty or forty such notice
Monday morning that ahould have reachqJ
Tha Bee office Friday. According to the
poetoffice stamp. One woman telephoned
she was In bad with her lodge as she
had lust been appointed a reporter and
the members accused her of not doing her
duty. Such notices should be mailed
earH In the week this week.
Breaks His Neck in
Fall from Window
During Nightmare
Freien stiff, the body of Phil KosowsM,
M-year-old young man of the South Fide,
w found at C IS o'clock Monday morning
lying on the ground directly beneath his
room window, at hla home, 4wu ouin
ThMMMitful atreet. Examination re
vealed that the young man'a neck waa
broken and his skull fractured. He had
been dead several houra
Tie last eve nine Mrs. SanduskL pro
prletress ot the rooming house In which
the young man lived, aaw Kocowaki go
hla mnm. Ha had been the recipient
ot many Christmas presents and waa In
tbe happiest of moods. .
Knsnkakt waa a laborer at the local
atock yards and was of the best char
acter. His only known relative, a father,
Peter Kosowski of DuncA, Neb., has
been notified of the death. Deputy
Coroner Lerkln has tha body In charge.
LEGISLATIVE BANQUET IS
SLATED FOR FEBRUARY
About 900 member and ex-members of
tha legislature, together with newspaper
men and lobbyists, are expected to at
tend the big banquet in Lincoln Feb
ruary 15 of the Nebraska Legislative
league.
This) Is f.o be the annual banquet of this
organisation. It Is the banquet at which
all the members, ex-members and those
closely associated with them In the work
dine together and throw off the cloak ot
responsibility for a night of fun. It is
the night when the newspapermen and
lobbyists have all the fun they can with
the members, and when every man's
strength and his weakness In the halls
ot the legislature are held up to the
ridloule of the guests.
The banquet this year will likely be
held in the Lincoln Auditorium. Thla la
a detail, however, that still remains to
be arranged. A meeting of the execu
tive committee of the league is to be
called before long, at which meeting de
tails will be worked out. Henry C. Rich
mond of Omaha Is secretary.
LITTLE IDA STROUD IS
REPORTED AS IMPROVING
Ida Btroud. agfed years, who was
shot by Watchman Baker of the city
dump Wednesday, la reported to be
slowly improving at 8U Joseph's hos
pital. Doctors assert shs baa a fair
chance for recovery.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Assistant City Physician T. D. Boler
has returned from Jackson. Neb., where
lie spent Christmas with his parents.
Miss Edith Tobttt. puMlc librarian, has
had the misfortune to be sick ever since
I'lirls'mss eve. he Is sufferlrg from a
l.ad attack of grip snl cold, but l.er av-
Isles at the library hope that she all!
auuu recover.
CITY NEEDS MORE
HONEY JEXT YEAR
Departments Aik $300,000 More
Than it in Bight and $900,000
More Than Last Year.
HARD PROBLEM FOR THE DADS
The problem before the city com
missioners Is how to spread 11,466,
500 around bo that It will make II,
725,628.05. Even by throwing oft the 5 cents
It cn't be done,
Tbe following statement shows a
total ot $1,723,638.05, which repre
sents the sum of the estimates asked
by the various city departments tor
1916. The total Is for Greater
Omaha, while the accompanying to
tal tor 1916 represents the former
limits of Omaha:
When the city commissioners certified
to the IMS levy, thejr made the follow
ing statement: General fund. W.0,000;
bond Interest. $400,000; bond retirement.
SUiO.OOO; South Ride general fund, and bond
Interest for last five months of 1915,
$122,fti0; special levy for fire alarm system
and motor aparatus for fire department.
IW.&00; hydrant rentals, 1148,101; total.
$2,270,602. a levy of M S mills.
The Itema shown In the following state
ment must be apportioned from the gen
eral fund of tt.S90.000 and special fire de
partment levy of tet.500. There will be the
usual miscellaneous collections in addi
tion to the levy, but In any event the
estimates will have to be shaved off to
keep within the maximum.
Com pari m ef Badsvts.
The statement to be considered by the
city council when it sits as a budget
board In a few days Is as follows:
191,
4.7)
S.IM)
,46
L22o
Mayor, dept. pub. airs... I
,1 .. ' -
t.l00
Mayors office.
4,
1.716
2,0
4,40
2.240
l.0
1M
S.iJuO
ii,io
16.0UO
SAOJ0
Su.uoo
limp. wts. A meas.
License Inspector .
foilve court ......
Uhs commissioner..
City chemist
Uliy market
City clerk
Election expense
Legal department
Judgment department...
City hall maintaining....
Public library
Welfare board
City planning board
Sup. accis. finance...
city comptroller
Purchasing dept.
Official bond premium..
City appraisers
15. M0
16, U0
29.DU0
63,Mttt
XO.OlO
25,000
4,600
lil.Kt
4,710
1.660
00
4,600
1H
7,000
1.7W
12,000
25,000
36,000
15,010
26,000
4.600
260.000
41,670
2.60O
lo.ooo
42,tU
""i,m
4,600
1.000
4.500
4.500
17,930
4. tM)
1.860
600
t,0u0
100
200
S.6U0
1.600
4.000
9,b"0
22,0(0
14.M0
190,000
30.10
2,600
6,000
81.600
1,200
S.0U0
66
Meals for prisoners
Recording deeda
Dues and aubaoripa.....
Advertising
Mun. atat- an. rep,..
Half coat grading
Reualrs to buildings ...
City treasurer's office...
Miscellaneous exp
Refund of loans
Supt. of police, etc
Police oepartmem
Health department ....
Detention hospital -
City emergency hoap....
Liar base removal
City dump
Llty veterinarian
Una: fund
Col lectins: dead animals.
bupt of lire protection
and W. Supt.
Fire department 280.000
Building inspector 10,70
Holler Inspector 4,600
plumbing Inspector , .
Electrical Inspector...... - 7.220
Klrewarden ....,..... 1
Lighting streets 60.000
I7S.113
16,180
6, aw
tlOO
T,0
1,660
11Y.7&0
Auditorium
6.000
riupt. tC cleaning
M.
4.600
22.6)4
2,6(10
46.000
4.600
77.OJ0
Street cleaning
Street repair grading....
8&.OI0
Cutting weeda
Curb, gutter and paving
6.000
60.000
4.600
100,000
30.6o6
4,500
70,000
SO.OrtO
10,000
20.000
1 6.000
6,000
WQ
2.000
.000
Superintendent parks ana
rttihlln nrnnertv 4,600
Park department X,0o0
Public concerts
Public recreation
Superintendent of publlo
Improvements
Engineer's office
Sewer maintaining
Bridges, culverts
Crosswalks, sidewalks ..
Insp. street cuts
General inspection
Water troughs and re
pairs Special city dump
Prison labor fund
1.000
20,000
4.600
47,000
18.000
6,000
12.000
1.240
6.000
too
Grand total $U75.0 $1,723,000
Includes municipal court.
Baby on Flaming
Bed Has Narrow
Escape from Fire
The two weeks old baby of Mrs.
Fred Machisl of 124T South Thirteenth
street, in the rear, had a narrow escape
from death yesterday, when the bed
on which the child was sleeping became
enveloped In flames and had to be carried
out Into the yard.
Mra. Machisl and her little girl were In
the kitchen and later went into the yard
to hang up the washing. When they re
turned they found the house full ot
smoke. A kerosene stove near the bed
on which the child was sleeping had In
some way act the bed on fire. The
mother grabbed the bed clothes with the
baby and rushed Into the yard. Neigh
bors hastened In and extinguished the
fire in the house. Tbe baby waa not
touched by the flames.
Seven New Cases
of Scarlet Fever
Health Commissioner Connell notes
some Improvement in the scarlet fever
situation, although he still regards the
epldemlo dangerous.
Since last Saturday morning seven new
caaea were reported to the health office,
making the total tor the month, ninety
seven. The city emergency hospital Is being
taxed to tha limit.
TRIES TO SELL OVERCOAT
FOR 50 CENTS; PINCHED
"I believe there were ample grounds
for arresting this man, but I am going
to turn him loose," asserted Judge Foster
when Cooney Elrhard, Fourteenth and
Douglas streets, waa arrested on suspicion
for trying to sell an overcoat for 60 eenta.
"Any man selling an overcoat for that
amount on a day like thla would look
decidedly suspicious to me." Cooney ex
plained his act satisfactory, hence his
dismissal.
POLSKY ASKS COURT
TO CHANGE HIS NAME
lien Polsky has asked tbe district court
for perm ssion to change his name to
Posley. He desires a name which will
not subject his son to ridicule, according
to his petition.
Ooa't -! t t'sighi or Colds.
Dr. King's New Discovery should be In
very borne for coughs and colds. Child
ren and aed like It. 60c. AU druggists.
Advertisement.
TENDENCY TOWARD FARM
More People Now Sesire to Own
Land, Even if Only a Small
Patch.
FARM LAUD FOR THOUSANDS
rJtncusstng the tendency toward a more
widespread desire among the people to
own small farms or small tracts of till
able land, T. F. Btunrcsa, editor of the
Twentieth CVntury Farmer has the fol
lowing to eay:
"There la a tendency among many of
the well-to-do laboring peer' of today to
own a email farm, even down to the
acreage or suburban fruit and poultry
farm. There im an appreciation now,
more than In any past period In the
history of the world, that the basis Of
all prosperity ran be traced to the land,
to the soil, to the farm, where crops are
grown. That thla la the seat of produc
tion and only needs to be gu.dod and di
rected by the hand of man Is generally
appreciated. Thla belief not all vis
ionary; in the main It la a true state
ment. JThe visionary feature is In the
misunderstanding of the physical ability
of the land "and Ita need of prvper culti
vation, fertilisation, etc.. In order to pro
duce abundantly.
"The general educational tendencies of
the last quarter of a century have been
to direct publlo opinion to the land, to
agriculture and Ita numeroua and varied
phrase of production. The agricultural
colleges and experiment stations have not
directed their energy and work In the In
terest of the small land owner, the home
owner of a few acres, but have been ab
sorbed In the larger interests of farms,
live atock and farming operations that
seemed to them to be more In demand,
more urgent under the appeals of a busi
ness necessity for world-wide production
of farm arc pa.
"There Is a disposition among many
money owners to Invest in farm lands as
the greMest source of property security.
There 4s a disposition among a very
small eer cent of all classes of persona of
active, Industrious habita to own a little
farm as a country home, a reserve In case
they are ever In need ot such a home
where they can go and enjoy the com
forts of retirement.
All Should Own Iad.
"There ahould be a disposition among
all classes of laboring people to own a
small piece of land. If no more than
one acre, where they can build a home,
enjoy the conveniences of living comfort
ably and cheaply when they, by choice
or necessity, quit the activities of busi
ness life and seek leisure and rest.
"It la astonishing what an Industrious
man and wife may be able to produce
on an acre of land If they are reason
ably active In body and mind, fruits,
vegetables, poultry, bees and honey, and
the comforts and enjoyment of mind
that these Interests and activities bring
with them. It la this feature of land
ownership that ahould prompt and en
courage the ownership of the acre su
burban property for the retirement of
the laboring man and family. Remem
ber that tbe time to acquire such homes
rpEDAR BROOK
is everywhere that
service is supreme the
Eure, rich age -mellowed
ourbon that cheers the
jaded tourist like a message
from home.
At leading dubt, hotels, and
restaurant, from leading dealers,
to ask for CEDAR BROOK
is a mark of good judgment
a certainty of satisfaction.
For sixty-eight yean the mel
lowest ana best.
W. H. McBRAYElTS
CedarBrook
-Tas World's Fiasst Waist
y v
in
sfT- J
li&ninitt.
V i arTST
ill HI,
I tOTTlEB II BOH f "1
Is before old age haa crippled the pros
pects of accumulation.
"The small farm la en the eve of
popularising itself with the man of amall
means. Bduoatlonal Interests and public
educational Institutions are commencing
to think along these lines. Thry will
soon be demonstrating In actual prac
tice what a man can accomplish on the
acre of land and the five and ten
acres, put Into the best form of cul
tivation for the family to make a liv
ing. These are the things now of great
est Interest to eur laboring people of
mall means. These are the things of
most vital Importance to eur country as
a prosperous and self-austalnlng nation.
We are getting crowded about our (It
lea and towns with a large non-producing
population that should at least be
providing for themselves an honest, hon
orable, and healthful living.
"There la room for thousanda and tens
of thousanda of small farm owners with
farms of forty to eighty acres each In
each of our big crop producing states.
In place of the land holdlnsa Increasing
In the ownership of the big landlords,
the demands ot business, the people and
the country would be profited In a more
wide-spread ownership."
MERCURY DROPS TO TEN
DEGREES ABOVE ZERO HERE
Ten degrees above aero waa the
minimum registered In Omaha Monday
morning. The oold extended over the
valleys and to the Rocky mountains. At
North Platte and Valentine the ther
mometer waa at aero. In western Canada
a minimum of II below tero waa reached.
Today
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W 0V5 'IP' drew her lines and slid from his g
III Ma--- back beside the sidetrack switch
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KUGEL HAS PLAN
TO HAUUARBAGE
To Divide City Into Three Districts
and Haul t City's Expense to
Three Central Stations.
CORNELL NEEDS MORE FUNDS
Commissioner Kugol. who has
charge or the garbage collection,
states he will advertise tor bids for
taking garbage from tho city at three
locations, the city to haul the ma
terial to these locations In the game
manner garbage haa been hauled to
one location.
Bringing South Side and Dundee
Into the Greater Omaha gar':ese sys
tem the first of the year t. ikes the
hauling of garbage quit a problem.
Mr. Kugel's plan Is to create a dis
trict for the South Side, another dis
trict for the territory west of For
tieth street, and a third district for
Omaha proper east ot Fortieth street.
This scheme would do away with
long hauls.
It Is proposed that the city shall col
lect the garbage from houses aa In the
past snd deliver it at specified district
stations, from which points private con
cerns will take it from the city under
The Fearless Film Star in
you have another opportunity to
greatest otall him novels I he Girl and the Uame.
irst chapter of this remarkable motion picture production will
another group of theatres. Today you can see Helen Holmes' sensational leap on horse
back, off a bridge, into the black waters of tho riven you can see the tremendous collision
scene in which a whole train is demolished: you can see the fearless film star, Helen
Holmes, make a mad dash on horseback to throw a railroad switch and save a trainload
of human lives.
These are only a few "big scenes" in the stupendous film novel
The Girl and the Game." This story, from the pen of the noted author,
Frank H. Spearman, is full of thrills-atfua with dramatic climaxes fAro&ojTtjr with sen
sational adventures. It's a story of railroads and finance, of wealth and poverty. of romanoe
and adventure. Half million dollar hare- been expended to produce this remarkable photoplay. Go
see It at your favorite theatre. See darter Helen Holmes, the fearless film star. See her stylish
s;owos her g-orsjeous costume! See tbe thrilling scenes that have been staged at tremendous cost
to Interpret thla eutrr.
See "The Girl and the Came" at these Theaters:
Read the Story
Omaha Daily Bee
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Motion pictmrms) predated by th Signal Film Corporation, an J distributed ikroagh 98
Mist mat Lxchangei in America. Lnhtbitom Writ or (Mrs year Msersst Mmtmai Exchanga.
conditions to be specified In contracts
which will be made.
Health Commissioner Connell has esti
mated that an appropriation of $U,S1
should be made by the council tor gar
bage hauling In Greater Omaha during
191A. During this year the fund was
131.S00.
MRS. KILPATRICK LEAVES
NO WILL FOR PROPERTY
The estate of the late Mra. Harriet N.
Kllpatrlck. wealthy Omaha woman, who
died November It, will be divided between
her husband, Thomas Kllpatrlck, promi
nent merchant of this city, and daughter.
Mrs. Florence K. Mlxter of Molina, III.,
according to a petition filed In probate
court.
Mra. Kllpatrlck died without making a
will and her husband and daughter are
her sole heirs.
A petition signed by Mra. Mlxter asks
that W. M. Baldwin be appointed aa ad
ministrator and fixes the value of tho
estate at more than SM.flno.
SANTA CLAUS BRINGS TOP
TO KUGEL FOR CHRISTMAS
City Commlaslrner Knurl waa unusually
happy at the council meeting of the
committee Of the whole. To an Inter
rogator he confided the Information that
he received a sinning top for Christmas.
The toy waa on the family Christmas
tree and now tha superintendent of the
police department ran hardly wait until
the whistle Mows, so eager Is he to get
out and spin hla top.
the Great Railroad Film
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Every Monday in the
Soveral Arrested
on Christmas for
Disturbing Peace
Frank Delbrldge. Twenty-fourth and
Iecsture streets, was arrested Christmas
ve for abusing his parents and dis
turbing the peaoe. John Weldman,
Eleventh and Nlrholsa atreeta, waa ar
rested Christmas day for beating his
lfe. Oecor Halverson, 41U Corby street,
ae arrested Christmas day for abusing
his nmther. Arthur Mottace, M South
Twenty-fourth street, was arrested on
Chrlntinss night for disturbing the peace
by abnslng his wife and mother. Frank
O Orady, nui South Twenty-eighth atreet,
was arnsted Chrlstmis day for being
drunk and abusing his mother, and waa
sentenced to thirty days. No oomplslnlng
witnesses appeared In court against any
of the above men. and with the exception
of O'Orady they were released.
LOSES HANDBAG WHEN
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
Mrs. Oorgla Watson, 1060 Famam
street, who sustained a broken leg when
struck by a motor car at Thirtieth and
Lake atreets Sunday, reports to the po
lios that her handbag, which contained
W cents, disappeared when the accident
occurred. A. Carblno of Council Bluff a
lost a check for fit In Omaha Sunday.
Tha Bee Hive grocery, S2t North Six
teenth atreet, was entered by thieves
who stole several boxes of cigars and S4.
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