Tl!K HKK: OMAHA, THl'l'SPAY. MARCH '2. 1016.
11
-Um AT THE IDEA
OF BEING ABSENT
NEW ADVERTISING MANAGER AT
t BRANDEIS STORES.
(
tittle ld Did Not Fear Sicknes.
but Wanted Hit School Rec
ord Kept Clean.
iMAY HAVE SPECIAL RU1INO
One of the tragedies of a boy life was
enacted In all of Its terrlbleneas Tueedsy
afternoon at the Mason school. During
the regular examination of the children
by a school nurse one of the boys of the
seventh B class was discovered to have
la bad headache and slight fever. Offi
cially ha was "sick." and. according to
the health rules, should be sent home
and not allowed to return until he pre
sented a certificate of good health from
a physician.
The boy was Charles Rees. Up to that
tragic hour he had not been absent or
tardy this school year. He was striving
for one of the perfect attendance badges
which aro given at the Mason school at
the close of each school year. He scored
perfect attendance record last school
year, and was well on the way thla year.
When the nurse brought the boy Into
Principal .hr.stlancy's office his chief I
concern was not of his condition, but of
his attendance record. The nurse asked
the principal If absence under such cir
cumstances would mar the boy's record,
and the principal reluctantly replied: "An
; absence is an absence." Then Charles
broke down and cried right before the
nurse and principal. It was more than
hla little heart oould stand. j
It may be that a special ruling may be j
obtained for thla case, but the principal
Is doubtful. In any event, it was real
tragedy for Charles Bees.
AI.Vv
ITALIAN SHIPS THE
ONLY ONES IN PERIL
Small Proportion of VeeU Plying
Between America and Europe
Menaced.
MOST OF THEM ARE UNARMED
Building Permits
Showing Big Gain
VMirlns February the hulldln opera
tions were $.Uf.J, as agMnat s:.lX for
the corresponding month lat jrr. For
th first two months this year th total
Is Mt.!;T. for the first two months of
191& IJ.2,17:.. The new Flrnt National I'Htik
permit this year helped to bring the
total up.
CHARLES KOETHEN.
raid hi
con
jr thirteer
Stebben of Omaha
Gives Testimony in
EegardtotheU.P.
TOPBKA. Kan. March 1. Financial
matters concerning the Union Paclflo rail
way were reviewed today In the hearing
before the Kansas Public Utilities com
mission, in which railroads in Kansas
are asking for an Increase to 1 cents a
mile in the intrastate passenger rate.
8. C. Stebben of Omaha, assistant to the
Union Pacific Ntudltor. testified that the
lid had paid 10 per cent dividends on
common stock in eleven of the last
thirteen years. In 1914, he said, the dlv-
dronDed to 8 ner cent. It was
V brought out that in addition to paying
10 per cent dividends the Union Pacific
had in thirteen years, 1902 to 1916, added
J'lO.QOO.OOO to Its surplus.
The Union Pacific had Invested money
in other railroads, Mr. 8tebben testified.
Including the Oregon Short Line, Oregon
& Washington Navigation company. New
York Central and Illinois Central. A
summary of the annual report of the
Union Pacific submitted by Mr. Stebben
showed 10 per cent dividends for all but
two years, 8 per cent for those years;
tt,0O0.00O added to the surplus; special
dividend of 874.000.000 in 1M4. A state
ment of the operating, revenues, expenses
and taxes for the railroad for thirteen
years was read at the - hearing. "The
statement showed that the net operating
revenue for 1903, after paying taxes, was
11.962.812.M. For 1915 it was (19.040,429.54
Net operating revenues in 1916 were $7,
067.661.6J larger than in 1902, an increase
of approximately 64 per oent. The hear
ing will be resumed tomorrow with Mr.
Stebben on the stand. The hearing prob
ably will last a week.'
Versatile Ad Man
Comes from East to
Brandeis Stores
Charles Koethen. who has Just been
appointed advertlaing manager for the
Brandeis stores, hails from Greater New
York, coming here from Abraham A
Ptraus. the greatest department store In
Brooklyn. N. Y.
Mr. Koethen began his career In the
advertising field more than sixteen year
ago and attained marked success both
in advertising agency and in department
store work. He has beon with the Hoyal
Baking Powder company, Jules P. Storm.
Charles Austin Bates. Tobias Bros.
For many years he was the official
press agent of the Sphinx club, one of
the largest newspaper advertising clubs
in the world, and his work in this lino
was widely quoted.
Mr. Koethen is a well known figure in
New York and metropolitan advertising
circles, both for his diversified work and
for the quality of his output . -
During a period of more than eleven
years' Mr. Koethen was associated with
the late Justin McCarthy in the adver
tising office of Abraham & Straus aa
assistant advertising manager, and upon
the death of Justin McCarthy the man
agership passed to him.
The Abraham A Straus advertising ha
often been looked upon as a model of
department store work, but Mr. Koethen
promises that when things get running
smoothly for him in Omaha there will be
no better advertising anywhere than that
which will be shown In the Brandeis ads.
This la my first trip into the great
west, and I like it." he aaid. "UUle old
New Tork Is all right, but it seemed to
ma I had never expanded my lungs prop
erly and had a' good breath of real free
dom till I struck the rolling prairies of
the west"
NRW YORK, Mar. 1. Only a
small proportion of the shipping;
t plying between American and Euro-
Jpeim ports a fleet of armed Italian
men hautruen appears to b men
' aced by th new Teutonic submarine
: policy which goes Into effect at mid
night. ' Hrltish and French ships that have
arrived here and at other Atlantic
ports during the last year have car
ried no guns. Seven Italian ships
with naval guns mounted on their
after decks, and manned by trained
crews from the Italian navy, have
been plying between New Tork and
Mediterranean ports since the first
of the year, and one, similarly armed,
put in at Port Arthur, Tex.
Five other Italian liners In the New
York trade are understood to have, been
measured for armament to be plared on
their next arrival at home ports. Of the
j latter, the stcamnhlp San Giovanni sailed
at noon today for Naples and Genoa,
The Fan Giovanni carries only freight on
this trip.
French and British passenger ehlpi
from New York now at sea and due to
pass through the war sons are as folios
French line steamship Lafayette, Feb
ruary 2 for Bordeaux; Its sister ship
Kspagne, February 2 for the same port
British steamships Cretlc, February 20,
via Boaton for Liverpool, and Tuscan,
February 28 for Glasgow. No guns war
seen on any of these ships when they
departed, nor any reported to the col
lector of the port.
Mustn't Book Paaseaarere
riTTSBUItGH, March 1. Instruction
have been received by the Pittsburgh
agents of the White Star steamship line
not to book any passengers for the White
War liners Laplsnd, Baltic and Adriatic
which sail from New York betwen March
8 and 29.
The notice advises agents to endeavor
to Influence persona contemplating voy
ages to Europe to take passage on Ameri
can line boats. No reason for the aotlon
Is known here.
IMPROVEMENT BONDS ARE
SOLD FOR A PREMIUM
The city council awarded to Itemlck,
Hodges Co. of ?ew York $:.oY sewer.
pnrk and 13-li.oiX) street Improve
ment bonds, running tenty years and
hearing 4l per cent Inlcrft. Tlie pre
mium offered by the successful bidder
was 116.1M.0 for the entire lot of bonds.
Yost Announces the
Purchase of More
Telephone Property
minn:
1 Northw
vv pany of
more tr
Hf.es of
MINNEAPOLIS, Mtan.. Mar. 1. The
orthweetern Telephone exchange om-
MlnneapollS, In a deal involving
than 11,000.000, has purchased the
the Northern Telephone company
In. North Dakota and is negotiating for
another line that extends from North
Dakota into Montana, according to an
nouncement here today by President C. E.
Yost of Omaha.
F. P. Stoltce, Minneapolis lumberman,
and Victor Noble, Mlnot, S. D., were
principal stockholders of the Northern
Telephone company and are said to have
received $400,000 for their holdings.
Teachers Win Victory
In Fight to Organize
COLUMBUS. O.. Mar. l.-Ohlo school
teachers won a victory In their campaign
for organization of unions when the state
supreme court today declined to dismiss
a Cleveland case involving the question
f their legal right to affiliate with labor
bodies.
The suit . wss instituted nearly two
jears ago by a Cleveland taxpayer to
rompel Superintendent J. M. H. Frederick
to reinstate six teachers whom he hsd
ilsmlssed on order of the Board of Edu
cation after they had been active in the
organisation of a grade teachers' club.
AGED WOMAN BADLY HURT
BY FALL ON PAVEMENT
Miss Anna Bowman, aged o years. Sev
enteenth and Pahler streets, slipped and
fell en the pavement st Forty-eighth and
Pine atreets and broke her left hip. Hhe
was taken to the county hospital, where
she Is reiwrted to be ir
tlon.
serious rondl-
NONPAREILS TO STAGE
BIG ATHLETIC CARNIVAL
The Nonpareil tug-of-wr team defeated
the Amerli-r.n Bxpr.s tam Tuesday
night In forty-one seconds. Friday evening
tlie Nonpareils will stag their first ath
l t'e carnival. The program will ron'let of
nmrio by an on'hrtrs, songs by a douhle
tf.artrt. one from Drv'd nmp, Woodmen
of the World, and the Nonpareils will
f.irnlsl-. the other. There will he wrestling
and the Nonpsr-11 tug-of-wnr team will
tnrot 'he tentn repreentlng Tlonsin.
Reed Hee Want
them for results.
Ad for Profit. L'ss
GRAIN RECEIPTS LIGHT
AND PRICES MOVE UP
tirain receipts on the Otnsba market
were light and prices tip 1 cent per bushel
on all the commodities.
Whest receipts were twenty-eight car
loads and ssles were made at M cents to
H-0 per bushel. Therf were thlrty-tm-o
curs of corn, and It s-h at M to 1 cents
ner bushel. There were hut six rars of
an. and they sold at 4 to 41 cents per
bushel.
Mayor Dahlman Goes
to Defense Meeting
Mayor Dahlman left yesterday for
St. IjOuI to attend the National Defense
Conference of mayors, which will be held
Friday and Saturday. The mayor Is
a member of a committee of eleven
American mayors who signed the call
for the conference. John T. Tataa.
Thomas J. Nolan, General Qeoree Hnr
rlrs, John A. Bine snd C. W. Hull will
leave todsy for the conference.
Cornelius Vamterhltt, chairman of the
New York Pcfenas committee of 1.000,
will address the conference on Friday
nnd Saturday. Me will lead the discus
sion Saturday rtornlng. when the artny
will be considered.
This evening Mayor Dahlman will at
tend an executive meeting of the eleven
mayors who signed the rail, this session
to be held In the office of Mayor Kiel
of St. Ioula
SPECIAL INDOOR GOLF
MATCH ENDS IN A TIE
A special competition for women play
ers only was held at Bill Clark's Indoor
golf course Tuesday. Mrs. Allen Parmer
and Mrs. llowsrd Goodrich tied for first
prise with low medet soeres of tt tor
the 1ghte-n hole course.
FEBRUARY IS BUSY MONTH
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
Registrsr of Peeds Harry Pearce points
out a prosperous condition In tha vicinity
of Cnisha In his report for February.
During tne short month Just passed
there were VH deeds filed. l.M Instru
ments of sll descriptions, and receipts
totaled It." Total consideration ef
deeds amounted to $1.21,746.7S. I.st year
the total ronslderstlon for February
amounted to only I'WS.IWS.H.
It takes but a minute of time to sav
dollars when you read The Bee Want Ad
columns.
MISSOURI RIVER NOT
OPEN FOR NAVIGATION
Although the Missouri river at Omiht
Is now free from he the barge line will
not begin operation between Omaha snd
Decatur for some weeks. It Is said, be
cause the ice Is not yet all gone at
Decatur. The Ada Belle and the Julia,
the two boats thst piled the river be
tween Omaha and Decatur last summer
are still in winter dock at Decatur.
Dundee Youngsters
Make Perfect Score
In School Attendance
The pupds and teachers of the sixth
grade of the Dundee school on February
1 began a "perfect attendance campaign."
Those who have this perfect record lot
the last month are:
Josephine Burroughs, Charlotte Todd,
IjOvett A oercromuie,
Antoinette Beall,
Dorothy Beedle,
Donald Burroughs,
Charles Clayton,
Blanche Hamilton,
Russell Johnston,
Clifford Leigh.
Harold Powell,
Ronald Rockwell,
Evelyn Slgler.
Doris Tslmage,
Miriam Wiley,
George xouie.
Colleen Foy.
Pauline Johnson,
Oretta I -en He.
Arthur McDonald,
David McGahey,
Sara Martin,
Leo Massey,
Harold Nloholls,
Lois Bmalley.
Marjorle Pancoast
Gordon Pray.
Leona Foy.
Harold Griffin,
Hazel Snyder,
HITCHCOCK AND LANSING
CONFER ON POLISH RELIEF
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. -Polish relief
plans were the subject of a conference
today between Secretary Lansing and
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. Ger
many has assured the State department
that no supplies sent from the United
States to relieve destitution In Poland
will be seised by the German army and
ireat Britain now haa been- asked
whether. In view of this promise, such
shipments will be permitted to pass tht
Mockade lines. Senator Hitchcock indi
cated after leaving the department that
if the British reply was favorable he
would introduce a bill proposing a eon
greaetonal appropriation to aid the relief
campaign.
C0NN0LLEY IS AGAIN HEAD
OF SOUTHEAST IMPROVERS
The dove of peace fluttered over what
was predicted would be a tempestuous
session of the Southeast Improvement
club last night.
No wild scene'of carnage desecrated the
flagstones of the Bancroft school base
ment. Naught but little words nf kinri-
m hr1 r..nn !..- -I
' - - - . .n..iai4iiS arum i i
Asinembers as they peacefully re-elected Dr.
I,-- ,am uiinvjiirj nm ji r-Bl'Ifm. r.. v., I lop.
sr ..in o m-j-rvt n r v nnd A Vf f 1 i v.. .......
The foflowlng were not tardy, although
compelled by sickness to be absent:
Irene Heselton, Richard Koch,
Joaeph McMartln, Leon Ray.
Mildred Nelson. William Rush.
Alton E11ck, Sffffacmag-
DUNDEE FOLKS HAVE CHANCE
TO REGISTER ON SATURDAY
Residents of Dundee who wish to vote
will be given an opportunity to register
Saturday when Election Commissioner
Moorhead will have a force of clerks and
hla books at the fire hall in Dundee.
Heretofore it has not been necessary for
Dundee folks V register, but bow that
they are a part of Greater Omaha they
must get their names on the boolts if
they would vote at the coming primaries
or at the regular election.
U-Boats Sow Mines
Off Dover, Declare
Maloja Survivors
LONDON. Mar. L That German sub
marines have been sowing mines off
Dover was the belief expressed, today by
Ralph Foster of Kanaas and other sur
vivors of the Maloja disaster, including
some of the officers of the ship.
The fact that a number of disasters
have occurred in the neighborhood of
Dover during the last two Sundays is
considered In some quarters in London as
possible evidence that German subma
rines, knowing that a number ef boats
clear for foreign ports Saturdays, have
taken advantage of that faot to creep
in aa near the coast as possible in the
night time and discharge cargoes of ex
plosives. ,
In the opinion of Mr. Foster, lifeboats
are virtually useless where vessels strike
mines, as the ships almost Invariably
sink quickly, and because the erews are
insufficiently drilled for quick action and
the boats cannot be lowered when a ship
heels over on its sltte as the Maloja did.
Mr. Foster had a thrilling experience.
He was afloat In the icy water and oe
upturned boats an hour before he was
rescued by a trawler.
French Will Speak
; Upon Mail Seizures
LONDON. Mar.- 1. The Anglo-French
answer to the protest of the United
States regarding the seiiure of malls in
transit between America and Europe will
be delivered in the Immediate future, ac
cording to official announcement tonight.
The reply will take the form of a
French memorandum, in whloh Great
Britain has concurred. It will be com
municated to the United States by both
the French and British ambassadors at
Washington. An Identical memorandum
will be sent to alt other neutral countries.
TERMS OF THE CONTEST
AT CENTRAL HIGH GIVEN
Mrs. Atkinson, teacher of history and
civics at the Central High school, who
Is in charge of the Daughters of the
American Revolution easay contest, an
nounces that the names on the origin of
which the pupils will write will be limited
to 'the names of towns and counties In
the state having a population of over
9,000.
COUNTY ASSESSOR SAYS
HE HAS FOUND CUSTOMER
i
Upon the trail or Jcese Merritt, pliar
macist at Twentieth and Farnam, r. ,
Harry Counaman, county assessor. i
Merritt has a habit of filling his dis
play windows with animals for advertls. j
ing purposes. Last week he had a col
lection of dogs, which, according to n I
card on the cage, were worth ,M0. I
"J think this office has found a cus
tomer." declared Mr. Counaman, put
ting on his coat and hat.
VOTERS WHO HAVE CHANGED!
RESIDENCE MUST REGISTER!
Election Commissioner Moorhead an
nounces that it will be necessary for all
who have changed their addresses since
the last election to heve such addresses
changed on the registration books. He
says thst there are about 1.000 who have
so changed, and that they should lose no
time in getting the records straight If
they desire to vote.
urer. Patrick bgan was tmanlmously
t hosen vice president, aa were Measra.
t'lcason and Oliver. The only vote by
ballot was takes for the office of president.
MISSING IOWA GIRL
IS FOUND IN OMAHA
Through the efforts of the Omaha poll'c
di part mint Alma Hill, who had beer
missing from her home In Cllenwood, la.
for the lat five mor.tlif, was located I?
Omaha Tt'.esday evening snd was sen
home Her mother is dying and her ap
peal to see her duohter prompted i
cltiren of Oh-nwood to make a smcli
trip to Omaha to help the polVe in lhl:
sea r h.
Got Rid of 1
Pilos at Homo
Simple Horn Treatment, Easily
Applied, Givei Quick Belief
and Prevents Danger
from Operation.
od for rrss Trial Fackagt tad. frova
It In Tour Oias.
Dont even think of an operation for
piles. Remember what the old family
doctor aaldt Any part of the body out
away Is gone forever, fine or two ap
plications of Pyramid I'lle Treatment
snd the pain, fire and torture ce.
In a remarkably short time tbe con
gested velus are reduced to normal and
you will soon be all right again. Try
tbls remarkable Treatment, bold every
where at drug stores, bend for a free
trial parksge end prove beyond ques
tion tt is ibuiHht treatment for your
ra.se, even though you may be wearing
a pile truss.
Jiint send in the eonpon below st once
for the free trial treatment. Then you
en get the regular package for to
rents at any drug store. lont suffer
another needless minute. Write now.
Free Package Coupon
Pyramid Prua Company, ft Pyra
mid Bldg. Marshall. Ml.-h. Kindly
send me a trial of Pyramid Pile
Treatment at once, by mall. KRKK,
in plain wrapper, so I can prove its
splendid results.
Kama
Street.
tate .
I a a. m sigw
Every good farmer knows that tile drainage restores wet
land. But quite a number of farmers have proved that it
also benefits land that's dry and hard. They say it brings
larger yields yields that are uniform from year to year.
It pays others. But will it pay on your farm ?. What's the
theory? Does it work?
Can you tell beforehand approximately what underdraw
ing will cost? Is it a sound investment or is it a gamble?
These are some of the things you want to know before
you sink money in the ground and they're some of the
things told you by a man who knows what he's talking
about, in Drains to Fight Wetness and Drought, today in
EffLl
Also hi ttMs isolates
Fresh Air for Farm Animals A Cheap Water System
Sanitation is the keynote of modern
farm-building construction, and fresh
air is the keynote of sanitation. This
is an article for the farmer who be
lieves In helping his livestock to keep
healthy. It tells how to plan a venti
lating system.
The Lure of the Land
It's high time somebody warned
back-to-the-landers that there are un
scrupulous land dealers ; that farming
is not a romance, but a business ; that
a business farmer doesn't put all his
capital into land, and doesn't over
equip. The Country Gentleman says
this and more.
Electric Lights from Water
Power
The "water power" is a stream six
inches wide, that fills a six-inch pipe
only three inches deep at low water.
But he hitched it up to a dynamo and
it does the trick. lie tells how, and
gives costs.
A Page of Spring Fashions
A page for the farm mother the
home dressmaker. A number of.
attractive, simple patterns illustrated
and described.
A modification of the farm home
water system worked out by the
Government. It .can be made and
installed for from ten to twenty-five
dollars.
And Don't Miss
this week's installment of Diana of
the Moorland, the story by Louis
Tracy ; the latest addition to A Game
and a Gamble, about implement
dealers, their credits and creditors;
On the Road of Progress, by Herbert
Quick ; A Stove-Heated Hotbed ; The
Buff Orpington, by Judge W. H.
Card; Tomatoes in Cool Climates;
How to Balance a Ration for Farm
Stock; Getting Rid of Groundhogs;
Forty-Dollar Cottonseed Meal; Going
to School at Home, for farm children.
And the regular farm
and home departments
tat to-
news dealer
or boy agent