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THE OMAirA SUNDAY NEK: .1ANTARY P, 131(1
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BIG ARSON PLOT
SUSPECTED HERE
!FiT Xirei of Saipiciou Origin Are
Sow Being Investigated by
the Fire. Warden.
TRAIL OF OIL IS FOUND
.Fir Warden Morris Is Investi
gating a series of Incendiary cottage
flrea In' the nelghborhod of Thir
teenth and Center streets, the fifth
Ilr occurring at 10 p. m. Friday
evening at 1907 South Thirteenth
street, under circumstances which
leave no doubt that the fire was incendiary.
The fire warden believes there is
an arson plot and has asked the city
detective department to asBlst in the
Investigation.
The nous fired Friday evening is
frame structure, five rooma bearing evi
dence that the fire wna carefully plan
ned, but quick action by the fire depart
ment resulted in . saving most of the evi
dence. Trail at Oil.
The blaze waa started at a stove in
the dining room and a trail of saturate!
beets and excelsior was laid to two bed
rooms., bathroom and . kitchen. Drerser
drawers were left open and contents sat
urated ,with oil. The fire did not . reach
an open half-gallon glass jug of gasoline.
There were no occupants In the house
when the fire department reaped the
scene. Through an electric light bill
the fire" warden established the faat that(
the house has been occupied y A. R. ;
Randone, who could not be towed by
the fire officials. The warden states no
body appeared at the house today.
Tour other fires of similar ratura art '
said by the fire warden to' nave been
started in the same neighborhood during,
the last five weeks. In all lnsta.tcss the
fire warden was unable to find oceupauts
at time of fire. He explains tnat inves
tigations resulted in finding that ttte
tenants were out of the city or at picture
shows when the fires occurred, which
makes prosecutions futile ta3ks, Mr.
Morris stated.
"I am inclined to believe there is an
arson plot, but it Is difficult to get evi
dence for prosecution, we nave eviuern-e
that these fires were set. The tire Fri
day evening was the most positive case
of the kind I have had. The trail ot sat
urated sheets did not burn as fajt as
J .rtaH inil the 1r of EJSolinO
did not ignite,, otherwise we would not
have had the evidenos which was left."
aid tha ftra warden. ...
Biggest Week in
History of Omaha
Clearing House
The last week was the biggest In tne
history of the Omaha clearing house. The
total bank clearings for the week were
26,82G,'4M.69. as against a total ot J,9E5,
J35.89 .for the corresponding week A year
ago. the clearings for Omaha Saturday
were 3,T74.K.9. while the clearings a
yesr ago were S2.983.C9.U. .,
Mrs. Ira Kelley
Dies in Montana
Married Here Fifty Years Ago
V if 1
1 gn'mim
.25. j&J J!frj. AJolph 25 urm ester
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bvirmester of 2512
North Fifty-ninth avenue today are
observing in a quiet way their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. This golden coie
bratlon is attended by members of the
family and a few old-time friends.
This pioneer was 83 years ot ape Isat
June and is aMe to continue his daily
work lu his mrtal shop at Benson. He
was married in Omaha to Rosa Maria
VVehrer. The children were: I-oula,
Emma, William, Charles L., and George.
William and George are deceased, the
former losing sis life while serving as ,a
fireman in this city. Louis Is a former
member of the city council and at this
time Is city furnace inspector.
Mr. Burznester -was born at Hamburg,
Germany, and served in the Prussian
array from 181 te 1M. He n tinted June
COONSMAH TO RUN
FOR COURT CLERK
County Assessor States flatferm On
Which He Intends to Mafct
the Race.
DOES EOT WANT EXTRA FEES
5, 1S1, for the civil wsr and was mustered
into service as corporal of Captain 'Wil
liam Baumer's Company B, First regi
ment, Nebraska infantry, whioh ' later
was changed to the first regiment, Ne
braska Volunteer cavalry. Onioned John
11. Thayer commanding. His .reglninnt
was attached to the Tepartment of Mis
souri, later to the Army of Tennessee and
then to the Army "of .Southeast Missouri.
He participated rn the investment and
capture of Fort Donelson, in the hetlle of
Shlloh, and In the siege of Corinth: n'lao
many .other engagements and servioes.
He drilled the first company of volun
teers organized In Omaha .for the .union
errmy and was promoted for meritorious
service to sergeant in 1S2.
He is a member of Cleorge A. Custer
loet. No. 7, Grand Army nf the Republic.
Forty Farmer Lads
Would Sail Raging
Main for Uncle Sam
A record week was laat week at the
local navy recruiting office. Thirty-nine
farmer lads came in and expressed ardent
desires to sail the raging main, to beat
their husking Begs into marllnspUies, to
exchange the plow lor the 3-inch un.
Out of the thirty-nine only eight could
pass the physical examination. This,
however, la better than the usual average.
Enlistments always "pick up" when
midwinter is reached, because then the
work on the farm is pretty well done and
the farm eys get time to look about
them for an outlet for their nergles and
many of them decide So see something of
the tlg world.
Funeral Services
for John Power to
Be Held on Monday
Funeral services for John Power, former
Omaha sheriff who died of pneumonia.
will be held Irom the residence, MS South a
Tenth street, Monday morning at 8: to
St. Patrick -church at 9 o'clock. Inter-
PASTIME ATHLETIC CLUB
HAS ANNUAL BANQUET
The Pastime Athetlc club Treld its an
nual banauet "Friday evening at Hotel
Edward. Ouy Wright was toastmaster.
The speakers avere Walter B.' Jardlne, Jr.:
Dr. -Qnigley, William tfenwn. It Harrr tind
William Slevei's. Sixty enjoyed the
spread.
CCflCSEW-ATER TO AGAIN .
WAD mJBLICITY BUREAU
C. C. Rosewater has again been nomi
nated as chairman of the governing com
mittee of the bureau of publicity of the
Commercial club. Mr. Hosewater has
been identified with the organization
since its Inception. .........
In
Harry O. Counsnian, county asses
sor, has announced -that he is a
candidate for the republican Domina
tion for clerk of the district court,
on a platform of whicn utrict fcoa
esty in public offioe will be the prin
cipal plank. He said that if elected
he will not attempt to pocket the
naturalization fees or insanity fees,
which the present clerk has at
tempted to do, and declared against
star-chamber Insanity board pro-rr-efllnp".
Robert Smith, present lerk, raid Vile
filing fee as candidate for vermiiilnatlea,
without announcement a to Ms continu
ance of the fee graft ft eleoted, suit to
determine wkelher it is legal being TKw
rending In tha
W. Q. I're. county treasurer, rrnd
avowed candidate for aherirf. says he
will make cleir ls "position on the Jall-
Teedlrw and inlteave rerqulonos which
make the sheriff fhe Tionest official
the state, when he files.
The law rela'.tng 'to JaD-Teediag now
allows the sheriff eents nr ay for
eaoh of -the 00 prlsonaes la th county
jail, which 4s greatly rn esreeas ahe
cost and results in the tresmt damwoarlc
sheriff taKlng Tmrri Trie rtmmjr treaaary
In ealary, mlleaRO and Jail-(oedln graft
about t0 a day.
State Ilia Poalttesa.
Mr. Counsman, candidate for womlna-
tlon for clerk of the rttstrtrt rnurt, was
asked: "What Is your poslttam regarding
naturalisation fees?"
"My oettlon." be aald. "is that I be
lieve the clerk's salary Is sufficient for
him. I do not want fees wfrirSi gilace xmt
in the vesition f robbing the oaonty. It
I am elected the valsry wilt He all the
compensation which I will ask, aetd t will
not attempt to take money Which does not
belong to me. If there is any doubt Ike
doubt will bo settled in favor of the
county.
"Xlie jtatusallaation ee do et tiekeac
to the office and should be paid to the
county as the law provides. I also favor
fair and open proceedings of the Douglas
County Insanity board Snd am opposed
to star-chamber sessions dealing with the
liberty and property of helpless persons."
KEW PRESIDENT MANUFACTUR
ERS' ASSOCIATION.
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EACH MEMBERJO GET ONE
Manufacturers' Association Hai
Unique Plan to Double Its
Membership.
AND TUESDAY AT ONE THE TIME
To double Its membership In thirty
minutes, that is the program of the Ne
braska SHsjte Manufacturers' association.
There are 4S7 members at the present
time. It 1s characteristic ef Commis
sioner Frank I. Ringer's energetic dis
position to undertake a campaign, the
object of which in lo double tliot mei.i
bershlp in a cyclone campaign that la to
laat Just a half hour.
This stormy hslf hour Is to arrive at
I 80 and close at 2 o'cloi-k Tuesday after
noon, January 11.
Oh, no, Mr. Ringer Is not going to
- - - - M r
solicit all the new members himself, lie
Is going to have the old members go
it. So every one "f tho 4S7 present warn- -bers
in all parts of the state ass watcT)
tng the dor and tna csfemdar, for at
1:M Tuesday be mast ram dawn tM roll
top of Ms tfeeh. wethei he be in Hast
lugs. fVott's Bluff, LlnralH, Fremont. '
Oran IshmT. Kearney o fmaha and
must stalk straight to the office f the;
nearest maaufacturcr who Is not Ft a
member.
There he must pw p such- a txIJc aa
a book agent put up In a parlor wei
he hopes te soH his book before, that
seas sgent he passed down trie street
reaches the back dooc to sell, his soap.
In short, every member Is to get on;
more member on that day snd during
that parttetiiar half hour.
A "For Bale" or "For Rent" Ad placed
In The Pee will accomplish Its pur
B. W. BF.ST.EY.
It. W. Bealev, manager ot the Hy
draulic Pre on Brie company, was elected
nresldsat f the Omaha Manufacturers'
aseoclatma at a meeting of the ae"Ty
elected boara of directors ot the associa
tion at the Ootnsnerriel dun at noon. W,
I "BnTyrss was alected vtoe president i
R. A. Leusslor, treasurer, and Duane Am
oki secretary.
It W'Ul Helleve naekaehe.
Apply Sloan's Untment to your back,
pain gone almost Instantly. Don't rub;
it penetrates. 2"C. All druggists. Advertisement.
Fire Drives Boarders
in Scant Attire Into
Chilly Morning Air
Tklrs. K. B. Marshall of 17J6 Dodge street
mapped her 2-year-old lafsat In a blanket
and rushed to the street at 6 a. m.
tsaturday when an alarm of fire aroused
occupants of 17IS-20-JJ Oodge street. Mrs.
Marshait M set take muek time ta se
lecting garments for her own protection.
She aroused a staichbnr, who admitted
the ahlverlnc saothar and child.
The fire was nisrovSred by William
Graham, son ot Nettle II. flrsbsm, whs
Is proprietress of 171 Dodgs street. The
tlaaa started sooit after the moraine fire
was started. The Kiss was aonrinal.
Thirty ocewpania appeared on the skis
walk, carrying personal effects.
Resd The Hee Want Ads. It pays!
I
Steinway Fame Has En
circled fhe World
"NVhcrovor lovo of music provaila in the palace fOld
World Itoyalty, in the mansion of aristocracy, in- the
home of the true music lover everywhere the
Stein way
is known and preferred
above all other Pianos.
Supremacy of tone and
workmanship has achieved
this international renown,
and four generations Juave
faithfully upheld the art
ideal which produced the
first' Steinway.
When you buy a Stetowey you buy the standard piano of the
world. We iavlte you to (aspect our display of Stelnaays.
Beautiful Art fiuisU Mahogany Grands . . . .$750 and up
Colonial Statin finish mahogany Upright . .$500 and up
Convenient terms arranped if desired.
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.
lUl-13Farnam Street Omaha, Neb.
The Steinway House of Nebraska and Western Iowa.
MATCH RACE TODAY ON ICE
SKATES AT CARTER LAKE
Pksters representing llansoom park
and Miller park districts will race at
Carter lake Sunday afternoon at t o'clock.
The park department lias cleared tho
sand off a large area of the lake. The
loe Is la atUeadJd voadiliua for skating.
;
Tr.mitlnn has reached members of
th fsmllv In Omaha and Council Bluffs ; ment will fee in Holy Sepulchre
of the death of Mrs. Ira Kelley at Snow- tcry.
belt Mont., last Tuesdsy. Mrs. Kelley "he honorary pall bearers will fee;
,.f ... eha Was reared in i Rl'hard O'Keefe, I. C. Heafey,
vouiitju jia imitiw ;iuiT)ny, i, t, Maioney.
rJhe active pall toearerg will be:
some ten years ago. A lew years ago
her health began to fail and Uie family
moved to Montana, honing to find relief.
Together with her mother and brother
homestead claims were take up and
mslntatned. But the hoped-for improve
ment in health was not realised. .
Mrs. Kelley was the daughter of John
and Kllen Murphy of Council Bluffs. Her
father was a locomotive engineer on the
Northwestern road, who lost hie life n
the service. Besides her husband she is
survived by her motner, Mrs. Ellen
Murphy; Frsnk and Emmet Murphy,
brothers, of Council Bluffs; Mrs. T. F.
Swift of Omaha; Mrs. Robert Myles of
Council Bluffs, and Miss Florence
Murphy, sisters.
Mr. Kelley ts en route from Baowbelt
to Council Bluffs with the body and will
arrive there some Urns Sunday. Funeral
Joseph Sherry,
James Roach,
T. J. Flynn,
O. E. Parsons,
Patrick Egan,
John -Garvey.
services and burial win take
Council Blurts, tout the ttsns
been set.
i in
not
Omaha Advertised
to Entire World
r
A total of X.im tosokJets, paoipbtets,
lews and statistical leaflets conoornlng
Omaha were distributed throughout the
TJnlted States and the world d wring the
year by the bureau of pnaliotty. Beaid8
these SO. other pieces of publicity
matter, each as pointed iacts about
Omaha, astd statistical tables on the
covers of eonvsntSom programs, and (
Jolders.
Tha total toeipU f the bureau for
the year were Jlfc.Ciii and the disburse- ;
stents. 16.ttC.iS.
The administration of the affairs of the ,
bureau cost leas than 28 per cent of the
money expended. This 1s looked trprm as
a low percentage of expenditure for ad
ministration, since this includes, salaries
and all office and traveling exjcnBee.
BEQUEST TO CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE CHURCH HERE
A $4,0V bexiuest to the Christies Science
church of Omaha is made by the WI of
the lato Mrs. Hannah J. Hall Palmer,
filed for probate. The cfeimck wlU re
ceive all the remainder of the estate after
several cash bequests are paid.
Other bequests sre as foltowa:
Silver tea pot and Jewelry and ifl to
her niece, Hannah Charlotte Lather.
Gold beads to Mrs. Jennie Ieecb of
Peoria. 111.
One thousand dollars to her sinter,
Carrie V. Hall of ineseo. 111.
Five hundred dollars e her sister. Mrs.
ElUa Hall Brewa.
Five hundred doll era to her brutbrr.
James W. Bollinger, Daveaeert, la.
Hummel Will Stop
Bowdyism at Parks
Chairman Huenmel and fluperrrrtendnnt
English of the Recreation board state
they are doing all they can to provide
desirable Ice and comfortable conditions
for the skaters and they would ask that
those attending public skating places co
operate by observing rales f Xsisneas.
A shsation has arisen at Hanscom park
necessitating stricter supervision on the
ice. Complsmte have been received that
a gang of youths has been disturbing
children. SpedBl Officer Sudds will be
given assistance at this park and orders
have been issued to eject or arrest per
sons who do not know how to respect the
rights of others on the toe.
"We want everybody to have a goad
time, but we intend to stop rowdytam,"
stated Commissioner Hummel.
FORMER OMAHA. GIRL
DIES AT STAMFORD, CONN.
i
Mrs. Ralph Rrwklne, died ia Stam
ford, Conn., Ieremhcr X, is well remma
brred in Omaha as Mum Barbara flattie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rotoert Boras
Feat tie ef Chicago, formerly of Omaha,
both well known in literary and social
circles. Mrs. Ersfctre's mother-in-law,
Mrs. Charles Grskine. is one nf the
popular novelists of this country and
Great Britain snd under her pen name of
Fayne Erskine. is author rf tao of the
six best sellers, one of which, "The
Mountain cJIrl," was the leader of Its
season. Mrs. Ralph Erskine distinguished
herself by writing a prlie story st the
age of JS. After her marriage, fcn her
teens, Mrs. Ralph Ersktne settled In an !
Italian villa, near Tyron, N. C, anlj
gave her artistic energies to helping her
hoc bend develop a new field m American
rotUry. Her work in decoration and
illumination won highest praise from
cfltvcs.
Mrs. Krskine is survived by her hus
band, parents and thme young sons, the
eldest f years old.
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START TO MAKE PLANS FOR
MERCHANTS' MARKET WEEK
Flans for Merchants' ssarkK week la
the spring ia Omaha srs already made.
The wholesale trade committee of the
Commercial Hub held It sneetmg the
other day aad nasal mootdy praised trie
merchants' saarkat week movement, wtiils
they voted a Isses it to the market
week comsstttss) to select a aprinc dats
(ur -another vt tbtss trade weeks.
WING SJNG, HERE FOR
THIRTY YEARS. IS DEAD
Wing King, well known Oilnese laun
dr.vmaa and raHVle.nt of Owaha for thtity
yearn, died at his how, KM North Six
teeflth street, Saturasy morning of
dropsy. He was fl yesra of aij.
The funeral will be held from Crosby's
landortalciiic eatabllnhmt nt Tu-oday
ssorains;. with burial in Forest Uwn
cemetery.
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MORE HORSES ARE BEING
SHIPPED TO ALLIED ARMIES
Astetfacr kunrh of l.ffM naoass aro sete
gatbarod up in Denver deatisied Car the
areaSas of the allies In Bares. Tbey will
be efcsjsped ut Suadjcr, reaching Omaha
Monday, and iaymg over at the stock
yards a couple of days for rest and feed.
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