Tin: OMAHA SUNDAY HKE: MAHC II , 1010 BONDS FOR GOOD R0ADS?R0P0SED , Member of Cirio Organizations Sleet with County Com-missionen. JUXT AGAIN KXXT MONDAY A big crowd of good rod boosters frathered In the county commission ers' rooms In the court house yes terday and not to work planning the $1,700,000 good rnttd bond Issue which will be brought before the Totem, April 1. At the meeting, beside the com missioners, were representatives of nearly erery civic improvement or ganization In the county. Including the. Commercial rlub, Automobile club and Improvement cluba. Nearly a half htimlred plain cltl.en ware present to voice their view, and though the present mad condition of X0URlaa county Wfr vigorously con damned, not m irh tlma ws wasted on , the matter Instsd. attention waa turned toward mapping out tlans for tha ex panditure of tha 1.7(0.onn, ahnuld tha bonda carry. During tha, meeting a telegram from W. I. Kleratead and T., F. Btroud. now In Julesbunr. Colo., waa rwid, endorsing the eommlaaalonera' plan of floating the bond. rarer Brick. 3. E. Oeorge of tha Automobile rlub as serted that Ma organisation long ago went on record In favor of the plan. Ha agreed with the commissioners that brick paving would be tha boat and pointed out that the coat of maintain concrete and macadam roada la too great. Another mealing waa railed for Monday morning at the court house, at which time an advisory committee will be choaen to alt with the county commls alonera In planning tha proponed etpendl turea. The propoaed bonda will be re deemable In thirty yaara. "We want all our plane made in ad vance aa to the kind ot paving and grad ing, what roada are to be paved, etc., before the thing la put up to the voters." aeeerted Chairman Lynch of the county board. "Tbea no voter will be In the dark." Among those who spoke endoratng the proposition were: W. B. Cheek, P. A. "Welle. Peter Mangold of Bennington, Edaon Rich and J. E. George. Harwood Is Named Exalted Ruler of Omaha Elks' Lodge Omaha lodge No. S3, Benevolent Pro tective Order of Elka. held Jta annual election of offlcere yeaterday evening, at which time the following officers were elected for the enaulng year: Kalted ruler, F. Pratt Harwood. Ksteemed leading knight, Thomaa B. Xvsa.rt. Esteemed . loyal knight, Charlaa R. Pocherty. Secretary, Taaae W. Miner. Treasurer, Charloa 1 kaundfr. Trustee, three year. Muse N. Fllnn Tiler. John 11. Klillan. Grand lodge representative, Raymond O. Young. Alternate Orand lodge representative, li. Butler. After the eleotlon T. B. Dysert, ea teemed leading knight for tha enaulng year, addressed the member on (he du ne of the home lodge In welcoming the brotherhood of the atate during tha con vention to be held here June 12-lJ-lt. Dan Butler told the membera of the meeting of the grand lodge In Balti more R. W. Patrick cloaed with a talk on the attendance of the officer of the ledge during the laat year, during which he pointed out that only one officer of the six neoeaaary offleera required to eP n a meeting missed one evening during tha year, thue making a record not to be aurpaaaed by any lodge In tlje atate. Refreshments were aerved. About 100 siember were present. Iowa Editors Guests Of Commercial Club Members of the Western iowa Editorial laaoctatton left the Iowa aide of the Mls lourl laat evening and mere entertained at the Commercial club y a musical program, motion pictures, speaking, and anclng by puplia of Chambera" academy, aa well a Galatea, the Ak-Bar-Hen Janoer. AH thla followed a banquet at the club. V. Parish accompanied the motion plcturea. showing vlewa it Omaha and vicinity, with an exposition of the home life and business activities of tha com munity. To Randall K. Brown' request for a Tew remarks, F. W. Hantou of tirlawold. la., president of the association, re sponded, aa did Victor Iloaewater. Thla Horning tbe editors were taken to ln pect the water worka at . .orenre. Bryans Will Reopen Home at Fairview LINCOLN. Neb.. March 4 -Inflrmatlon reached Lincoln thla evening that Mr W. J. Bryan will arrive here early In April, and will act about the work of rwiytrnina; rairview, tha Bryan suburban home. It haa been cloned for nearly a year. Mr. Bryan la due to arrive In Nebraska about March jo, fr the open Ing of hla campaign In behalf of atate wlde prohibition. He pinna to remain in the north most of the time until after the fall election. Mra. Bryan will keep the ho-ise throuiihout the a-rlng and aummer, and probably until late in the fall. During that time Mr. Hryan, while campaliining over tha roitry a wd part of the time, will make hla headquarters here. STR0MSBURG GIRL'S MIND SHATTERED WITH ROMANCE DENVER. Colo., March 4-pe lal Telegram.) Lured from her home In Btramsburg. Neb., two weeks ago on a promise of tnurriste by tlyde Pearson, a married man. Audrey 11 oil quiet,- Ji, be came In nana when her romance collapsed, and Is now in charge ef county authori ties at Brighton, Colo., who have aaked the girl' patents to take charge of her. Pearaon is allied bo have placed an advertisement fur a wlfa in an Omaha newspaper, a mouth sgo. while b was orvtnf sememe atv Brighton for carrying- concealed weapona. The girt answered the ed, and aay that after photographa were exchanged, be wrote her he would marry her. When aba arrived in Bright ebe learned Cavers Keeps His Key Just for the Br r. l. oi.ivf.b. t was sitting irmii the mhiiny. glass-topped table from J. A. CaVera, In hta beautifully appoint office -In Pi new Oraln Exchange blilMlng. thorough')' njoylng the esperlenee of being able to brea In m tie time of a busy, Biicf il train merchant While we were talking a telegram wn laid before him. Aftrr reading It li. reached out and releasing a telogrnpli key began ell' king off aomethlng that Bounded like this; .. - - x .-... . a . - x - - x , x . . . x - . x . a xx . . . x x . . . x - . a etc. He speeded up a little and I couldn't follow the real, hut ao far he tad asu "Omaha market strong," hersusn he thinks It a atrong market all the time, 1 aiippoan. I waited for him to flnleh an.l return to our conversation. Aa I waa saying," said Mr. Cave's, I came to Ontah tmeniy-one veer ago and went to work aa a telegraph operator for tha Burlington. Later I wae ap pointed chief Inspector for the Inspection bureau of the Western Weighing a' ciatlon. I remained In that position until eleven year ago. "One day I wentx to the man under whom I worked and told him I wanted to quit railroading " 'When do you want to quit,' ald the boaa, with a twinkle In hla eye. He didn't think me serious. "Well." I told htm'. "It la now It :e. t gneaa Ml cult at IS o'clock. And that waa the ;ny I null rallroitdlna. That yenr I engiged In Importing Uooded cat tle firm Canada, uml t,na.niatini in landa, and In one so.'tson niadj mure money than I hal made In the previous eight year railroading. "About ten years ago I organised the Caver Elevator company and built the elevator now operated by this company at Council nimfa "Tea, we are proud of thla new Grain a-xohange building. It la one of the handsomest, beat bulldlnga of IU kind In America. We have great faith In the Omaha market and expert It to increase In Importance. Two year ago I came to the conclu sion that Omaha waa the place for a permanent home and built a dwelling at Thirty-sixth and Howard, end apend all of my time In Omaha with the er- Pearson' history and that he had gone to Wyoming. The strain waa more than she could stand. ( Cross of Legion Of Honor for Miss Marcelle Semmer (Correspondence of the Associated preas.) PARIS, Feb. It. About fifty women altogether have been decorated with the war cross, Including Madam Carrel, wife of Dr. Alexia Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute. The honor waa conferred upon Madame Muenler, nicknamed Madame "Daredevil," after her death. She, like the four Vat! alsters of Vertu. In the Ms rue, earned the honor ot feeding the French and English soldier at the risk of her life. These were all absent from the Treca dero war cros fete, but many other were there, including Medemofaelle Mar celle Semmer, a glrj of VK whox rendered great service when the Germans came down the valley ot the fiomme. Through her daring scouting the French located a German battery and destroyed It. Bhe provisioned an advance post beyond th first line of trenches over open ground exposed to the enemy fire. She waa wounded there Beptember Si, 1PM. hs kept alive 13S old men. women and chil dren of tha neighborhood ot Ktlueieu wha had taken refuge in cellars. She fur nished civilian coatume to French ol- diers surrounJed by the Germans and en abled them to escape. In th absence of the lock-keeper, ehe opened the flood gate of the canal and considerably re tarded the advance of the Invading forcee. Three tlmea the Germans .caught-her al most in the act of hostility, but she slipped through their hands. Finally ah was ordered to be hou "All right." ah eald. locking the Ger man officer tralght In the eye without fllnrhing. "I have only one thing to ask, and that 1 that 1 be hot with French rifle, not German." The French artillery interrupted the execution, and General Baret a few day later decorated Mademoiselle Bemmer with the cros of the Legion of Honor before the troops. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS PLAY TO PACKED HOUSE The Glee club of the Central High erhool laat night played before a packed houe. The "Maket Marvel Octet" from th Boy' Olee rlub brought down tha house on Ita first appearance On the etage. The purpose of this ronrert waa to ralae money to send the C.irls ard Bov Glee cluba, the choral union, and tht rct.ctra to tie National Mualn Teacher ronventl m held at Lincoln on the atitlt of this month. The following prosrsm ess elven: Felertinn-The Olrl Who Hurtle Orchestra. "Send Out Thv l Uhf .. Gounod .. t hnral I'n on. Ctllo Solo Oivolk tvl4-lopter . - Edwin Oark. The Kvenlnar Wind" .nlnt-aena ... R,th Uordon nd choral I'niun. Lntll the lwia' Parke Boys' Glee Club. "O, Iilvlne Hedeemcr" Boinad M1s Coffey and Choral I'nl -n ' Nightingale and Bona" Lehncrt Girls' O't-e Club. ' In the Boat" ore K Glrla' Glee flub. Murmtrlng Zephem" J.-n-.-n Mary Jacks n. ctarlotle Skidinm, enj !irla' Ohe Club. "WLl O' tits lp J Oll-tV a CI, h From the l.nd of the ky Blue Water'. !..!.... Charlotte Bkld.nore. NITRE CAKE. FORmTrWASTE. NOW USED IN BLEACHING (Correspondence ef the Associated Tn ) INDON, Feb. li -Nltre rake, a w .H material produced In enormous Quantities In 'tha' manufacture of nttr e acid, ha been found to be uaaful in the woolen tn duatry and calico blearhln. A snlutW u of tha rake can be used aa a himii.hi.. frr aulphurle arid or any mineral ari l In chemical processes where acidity a'one la required. But It ia not a jlubie n solu tion stronger than 11 per cent, and th ia cannot be used In the dyeetuffa industry or In the manufacture of eiploalvra It take put a minute ot time to aave dollar when you read Th Bae Want A Hand in at the Sake of Old Times oeptlon of a month or alx week dur ing the aummor which I put In on my ranch at Rock Lake, Manitoba." "I aee you keep your hand in at the telegraph," I remarked. 'oh, yea, I find it quite a convenience at tlmea. Then, of course, there la a little romance In It, too. I am not a rapid aa I uaed to be and I haven't time for much telegraphing, but It keep me mindful of the day when X pounded the keys for a living and remlnda me that I waa happy then and that money lan't all there la In life." The Cavers Elevator company la one of Omaha' largest grain concerns. It la headed by Johnnie Cavera, once tele graph operator; now Mr. J. A. Covere, prominent grain merchant. Not Given a Chance To Find Out if Mrs. Eowe Plays Poker CHICAGO. March 4.-The case of Mrs. Louise Oahorne Rowe, superintendent of the bureau of public welfare, charged by her subordinate, Mrs. Page Waller Eaton, with compelling the latter to turn over athlrd of hur salary as head ot the aocial survey department waa given to the civil service commission tonight. The commission oannoi. Inflict any pen alty. Mra. Rows' position- ia not under civil aervlce and the commission can only recommend action to the mayor who ha the power to diamine Mrs. Row. The case came before the commission becauae Mra. Eaton's poaltion waa covered by the civil law and Mr. Eaton complained that this law waa being violated. Whether a grand Jury shall take action will be decided by state' Attorney Hoyne. An attempt by attorney for Mrs. Eaton at the hearing to learn whether Mr.. Row play poker in order to ahow Juat what ah meant when ah told re porters. ''I'll stand pat." waa frustrated by the organisation ot attorney for Mra Rowe, LABOR REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THE NEW LAW Tf waa decided at a meeting of the Central Labor union held laat evening that the discussion of the workmen'! compenaatlon law be confined to mem ber of organised labor exclualvely. and the third Friday evening of each month et aside for thla discussion, for an In definite period. Asulstant (lltv Attorney T. J. MeQuIre addressed the union In regard to the practice ef some metchant of selling rul in basket a. to consumers of small quantitle. He informed that many of the baskets purported to hold a bushol, but In reality held much lesa. II warned against th purchase, of the product In thla manner. J. P. Palmer talked of the municipal eourt. Cold Sores and -Fever Blisters are only outward manifestations oihe inflammation of the mucous surface that lines the lungs, the stomach and all the digestive tract, but they fiive you evidence of how sore a membrane may become as a result of Inflamma tion, which is stagnation of the blood. rightfully called acute catarrh. If you suffer from such conditions don't let chronic, don't run the risk of systemic catarrh.' Clear it Ud With PERUNA When your system 1 cleared of all it poisons, the membranes soothed and healed, the cold gone and your digest ion restored, you will enjoy life, feel equal to all Its tasks, and be at peace with tha world. Let Peruna do for you what it did for this sufferer: Mrs. L A. r&ttcrson, 253 Utah Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. says : M I have bera a trtrni ef Penis many rear. I have ased It off and ea for catarrhal aneaplaiuta and fuund it a very eawlloot rsoicdy. 1 have a small family of chiMrea. llmae ar hard with us, but I can camly a nurd to do ant bout Panics, eapociallr during iha aaaaua of the year vbvaeuutti anil colds are prevalent. W always rscuoiaiaaod faruoa tu euf Bcistibura, for the bauolii it has docd to u. " You needn't suffer longer with such a remedy at hand. Yeas flVCTiCIJI-.-,. The xaa HTy TiT a. diS ( Fbertuan A UeOonoell Drug Co. 'a Stores ll)o ! AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA South DtkoU Visitor Here Tell of Ion? Haul to Market. IIE BUYS A CAE OF CATTLE Thirty miles to a ralkroad Is the ached tile of C. J. Fenenga, who ha a ranch In Tr'pp county. South Dakota, If he want to ship any kind of stock In I market. let this enterprlBlng farmer hauled a load of hoga In a wagor, rrom hla place to the nearest railroad. HI hoes Bold at the top price of the dy yesterday at th local market, drawing l.T5. They aver- ared M4 fcunds In weight Fenrnga while her bought a car ot steer and heifers. Farnltare Cap Robbed. Just aa the car In which their house hold furniture was packed we getting ready to pull out of Pouth Omaha uni dentified thieve broko open th padlock and atole an Edtaon phonograph, a aheep. lined duck coat and a large five-gallon crock of pork meat. The good belonged to A. P. Nelson. tM Dretel atreet Omaha, who waa going to move to an other town. Th theft occurred at I o'clock Thurs day morning. The car wa standing on th Rock Island railroad tracks In th local Rock Island yard In Maple avenue. Old Has FoemeXCaJd. John McGUI, to year ef age and on of th oldest men in Douglaa county, waa brought In to the local station after be-' Ing found helpless and cold in the street at Thirty-ninth and L atreets laat eve ning. The operator at the Burlington railroad station discovered hi plight and while the police emergency cer wa on Ita way to the place gathered a collection for the aged man. . McGlll ha been an Inmate of the county hoepital and will probably be placed there after a few day. "W'aaroei Thefte Ssaeleleaa. Three aacka of flour were either stolen it lost from the rear end of the Welsh grocery delivery wagon aa the driver wa driving along Twenty-fourth street between A and U A three or four lml lar caaea have been reported within a fw weeks' time it Is the belief of the police and driver that th good are not lost, but stolen. William CaMlakaat Dies, William Callahan, ao-ed M run. Aim at hla home, 41W South Twenty-eighth aireet, Tiiuraday morning. The funeral will' be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the residence, Rev. R. U wneeier officiating. Interment will be In the Graceland Park cemetery. tnarcli Note. Grace Methodist. Twenty-fifth and E Rev. ,T. W. Mornis. Paster Tha n..fn III give the first In a course of aer mrn on "Prophecy" at the 11 o'clock sermon hour, the subject of this eermon being. "The Ancient Prophet in the Light of Modern History.1 The evening discourse will be on "Popular Deluatona.'' Sunday school nt 9:45. Junior league at i.M. Kpworth league at 6:30. St. Luke' Lutheran. Twenty-firth and K. Rev. B. It, Yet tan. Pastor Sunday school at 8:4a. Church aervlce at if. Luther league at 7. Leader, RdwarJ Mcwlua. Hpeclal service at 8 under aus pices of the Brotherhood. Hillsdale Baptist. Forty-third and T. Wilson Mills. D. D.. Pastor Bibla atndv at 10. Morning worship at 10:46. Ser mon oy the pastor. Those desiring to unite with the church will meet the c'f aeon nt S at the church. Evening eerv loa conducted by a gospel team. Mid week service Thursday evening at 7:46. Lefler Memorial Methodlat. Fifteenth and Madlaon, Rev. Edmund Sllverbrand, Pastor -Sunday school at 10. Pmacv-ins at II. Subject. "Working In Ood'e Vlne- yaia. t-pwortn league at 6:45. rcvanjrel tstle ervlco at 7:3tf. Subject, "Tha La pardonable Trinity Baptist. Twenty-fifth and II, Rev, Mr. Andwrson, Pastor Morning aerv lce at 11. Pastor will preach. Sunday school at :4o. Junior society at :.. Toung People1 Bible union at 30. No evening service will be held. West Side Interdenominational, Thirty eighth and Q. Rev. Mr. Bhallcroas, Pastor Sunilay school nt 8:4.r. Morning worah p at 11. Sermon to children will be de livered by pastor. Also communion serv ice and reception of new membera Tues day morning at 10. The women of the community are Invited to meet at the home of Mra. Thompson. Thirty-eighth and P, to organixe a Bible class Wednes day evening at 7;30. Maalo City Goaalp. Office apace for rent 'in Bee office, ?tlli N street. Terms reasonable. Well known location. Tel. South 27. The Polish Merchants' Base Ball club will give a dance Saturday evening, March 4, at the Koacuiaako hall. Twenty seventh and J streets. Doora will open at 7 o'clock. The first serious fall of the winter was repwrted at the police station yesterday when Gus Oerllng. 2-iM N street, fireman at tha 8ill & Coini'aiiy plant, slipped and sustained a fractured kneo on the sidewalk before 4S1J South Twenty-sixth street yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Jano Horner died Friday at the home ot her daughter. Mra. Phoebe Wil- , son. l.v", I street. Mrs. Hopper is sur vived cy one son. Henry j. Hopper, snd ' one daughter. Mrs. Wilson. Funeral ! services will he held at 1:30 - Sunday afternoon from the home of Mrs. W. son. The bodv will be taken to Water loo, Neb., for burial. 8 ST . r them become Parana, can ka ntitainarl In tahlat fi can carry it with ymt mod take it eye- I tamaUcally and ragularry for recnady, or a needed fee a preventive. Cat bos today. Peruaa Campaay, Columbus, Ohio ;.eIcriplio" fr i j'liiiczema OaL.JaaO u n b etaadaed skla rmedr-a tiouU aaail aitanwllr tnstaat ralief neai IU a. SoapS niUtvst ef rtaanaar krpa skluawasrtuaM4 baailby. Three Hundred and Ten Officers Are Killed in a Month (Correspondence of the Associated Press ) LONnON. Feb. W. Officer casualty list for January show that the British army lost 10 officer killed, 47 wounded and forty missing. Taking a number from the missing and wounded totals which na-a been since Included In the killed, the. casualties sine the beginning of the war aggregate .0T. of which T.1R7 have been killed or -died. 14.U4 wounded and 1.771 missing. During January the lease were heavy among the regiments operating In th Paralen end Balkan theater ef war. The Indian contingent loat flfty-l killed, in wounded, atx musing; Kent, nine killed, twenty-two wounded: Australian, twelve killed, seventeen wounded; Lancashire, ten killed, twenty-two wounded; Black Watch, alx. killed, seventeen wounded; field artillery, eleven killed, thlrty-eeven wounded; engineer, twelve killed, twenty-seven wounded; Yorkshires, eleven killed, twenty wounded; Canadian, nine killed, twenty-three wounded. The Royal Flying corps casualties totalled rnrtuwn during the month, alx officer having been killed, fourteen wounded and twenty-two missing. Brigadier General Fittm and at un tenant colonel ware killed and Brigadier General Harvey wounded. Along French Front . Rat Tails Fetch. One Cent Each (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PARIR. Feb. 11 Rattaila are now worth a cent each on one part of the French battle front. The general com manding In that section haa issued the following order of the day: "With the object of Intereatlne- the men In the destruction of rodenta. a premium of S centimes shall be nald for each rat destroyed. The premium shall be paid every ten day on presentation nt the tails of the destroyed animate. The rats, bearing vermin susceptible of spreading diaease, muBt not be handled, but imme diately burled, and the ts.Ha dona nni in a paper Impregnated with tar or petro leum. The order resulted in a tremendm,. slaughter of rata, but was not iTbeved in all ita detail. It appears that the new faahlon of trimming women' garments wun rur bas created an outlet for rata' fur, and the rat-hunting soldiers skin their victims before burying them, dis infect and sterilise the hides and ae!l them to the butlers behind the front It Is estimated that tha rats have de stroyed millions of franca worth of tiro. visions sent to the soldiers hv thei friends and relative at home. Borne urprise ha been expressed that c DURING TE2BS BIG Aud You Will Actually Save from 25 to 507 RBBEL'S SPLEfJDIB Mm GRADE STOCK THE CENTRAL FURNITURE STORE Makes This Big Saving Possible , Every floor and every balcony throughout our entire store is now filled to capacity. The big assortments in all of the different lines gives you a wide rang:e of styles and pat terns to choose from, and prices they are positiely lower than what you are. obliged to pay for the cheapest home furnishings that are manufactured. Don't delay, come, while the assortments are at their best and, as usual, you make your own terms. OUT OF THE HIGH RENT wraa i- ,j - - Buffets From Kobel's Biff aHoek Rubel's price 124.50, our S Q50 price X aaa KubeT a price 127.00, our $1 1O0 price A a1 Rubel' price $34.00, our Si 700 price . . 1 I Ttubel's price 137.60, our ?JQOO Rubel's price $39.50, our $0 1 OO price sis 1 Rubel's price $42.50, our 9OO50 price easO Mabel's satire stock of Btosl aad Cast Iron atajigas, Oook Bteves, Oa.s aVanjras. Ks. frlajsrators. Kitchen Caelaets, ate near e a sate at the Caatral ruxaltare Btore. Dining Room Tables From Babel'g Big; Stock. Itubel-a prlrs O Cf $7.60, our pr... ajQsvU Kubil'a prlre (Q TIC IU.00. our pr..slO Htrtel'a price ell C f 1.40. our pr.Wl lwU Hubers pries 4 f C $2I.i0. our pr.9 I M I 41 Ruebl's price SIC Cfl 121.60. our pr.9 I UlOU Rubel's prlrs tj I Q flfl 134.68. our prl3"UU Rubel IT. 60, Itubel' a a , a , a , Rubel' fll-6. Rubl' 11(00, Rubel' 111-60, Rubel' 111.00, a , a Our big Rug racks are loawled town 1th hundreds of Ruga from Rubel's bis; stork; earn and every one ia tsgrawl with special ticket which shows Rubel's price and our price. The) difference) betvrn the two Is in nearly every Lnstanre) leas than half. Throughout our entire store every article from Rubel's big stock ia marked and specially prlrrd In the name manner. You Make YOUR OWN Terms at Rubel's entire stork of beautiful lied room rumltare now on aale at the t Vutral Furni ture) Htore. several hundred thousand men, turned ret hunters, have been tinah'.e to ex terminate the rata. A mathematician has taken the trouble to calculate that a year progeny of a single pair of rats may elly amount to more than in.onc, One. which he hold la proof that only wholesale poisoning or suffocation can cop with the pest. In fact, of all the different measure adopted airs Inst them, none hove produced the reeulta obtained by the suffocating gas that the tier man occasionally and toward the Trench trenches. Thousands of them were plrked up dead In the first line of the trenches after one of these gas attack. Six of the Atlantic Fleet Not Upon Duty WASHINGTON. March 4-Only fifteen of the twenty-one battleships of the At lantic fleet are en active duty In West Indian water, three of the other six being so crippled for lack of officers and men that they cannot operate with the fleet, and the other three either await ing or undergoing extensive repair. The fifteen active ships are short from eight to seventeen officers each of th number assigned to them by the Navy depart ment, and 1,100 Co si passers, electrician, gunner' mate and other trained en listed men, although they have aboard about 109 more men than the total pec aonnel allowed by regulation. Thla wa the situation of the fleet aa pictured to day by Admiral Fletcher, commander-in-Chief, before the house naval committee. FRENCH AVIATORS FLY FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LONDON, March . A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Athens says that seven French aeroplanes flew from Palonlkl to the gulf ef Rmyrre a few days ago and bombarded Turkish batteries. The aircraft returned safely. The correspondent adds that the Journey lasted twenty-four hours, which would make It one of the longeat on record. WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL . . SEASON COMES TO END WASHINGTON, March 4 The formal White House social Reason was brought to an end tonight with a reception given by the President and Mrs. Wilson in hondr -of fcrmy and navy officer. The White House waa crowded with guests. Mrs. Marshall and cabinet members and -their wives assisted the president in re ceiving. R0OSEVELTS ARE GIVEN WELCOME IMPORT OF SPAIN PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad, March 4. . Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevolt arrived here today and were welcomed by a representative of the gov ernor and a number of prominent local citizens. Buy Your Home Furnishings See Cur Beautiful Threc-Rccm Hctne Outfits from RUBEL'S Biz Stock Consisting of ' a beautiful llvlnti room autte. a bedroom suite and a combination suite for the dining room nnd kitchen. Beautiful rugs and draperies ami the compute outfit for the three rooma, $91.00. Rubel's Twenty-five Thousand Dollar Stock of Furniture; Rugs, Draperies and Stoves now on sale at the Central Furniture Store. . Davenports 7rom Bubal's Bin- Btook. Rubel's price, $31.00, $ y50 our price. XI Rubel's price. $38.00. r -l 00 our price A Rubel's-prlce, $42.60, $0450 our price aSsTr - Rubel's price $47.60, ?0 OSO our. price tO Rubel's price, $52.50. $o -50 our price Ol Rubel's price, $.59.00, $0 lOO our price. ....... OHr Purchases Will bo Held and Deliv ered Later if so Desired Library Tables J-rosa Babel's BlffaHoek. Dressers Babel's Btr rrom '....$6.50 JVi Rubel' .$4.50 $6.00 $7.50 ..S875 $10.25 $12.50 110.60. price our ir., price our pr. price . our pr. price our pr. Rubel' price $8.25 moo. our pr. RubeV purrcP,..$9.75 orpr$ 11.50 a. aai.. tA aSBBml 118.60 Hubel in.OO Rubel our prtee. Rubel our prtce. CIO OK price our pr. prlre our pr. a prlrs 128 00. $16.25 CEKID5AL 17th and Howard Sts. Pimples in an Evening Gown Atop Kmhnrrnssment from Pimplea Iloatitlfy Your Skin yiikkly With Stuart' faJrlifm Wafer-. Trial ' Package Mailed Free. Pkln-tlssue Is mad from the blood, and aj It Is a tendency of nature to throw off a good share of Impurities through the skin, naturally Impuri tea gnther on the surface in the for;n of pimples, blotches. blBckhends and other eruptions. Natur ally, if there arc no Impurities In the e tl M it blood, none will nppoar In . the skin. There'll be no skin eruptions. The ektn will become wonderfully clear. The com plexlerj will be perfect, angelic. 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Name Street City State THE OMAHA BEE THE HOME PAPER SALE: DISTRICT See our Beautiful Fcur-Rocm Home Outfits from RUBEL'S fig Stock Consisting of an elegant bedroom suite, a beautiful suite for the living- room, a vplandld dtnlnR room suite and a complete kitchen outfit. Klegant rugs and draper lea and the comnlete outfit for the four rooma. (-135.00. Brass Beds R-ubel's price, $12.50, SC75 our price.... O Rubel's price $1C50, SQ75 our price O Rubel's price, $21.00,8t 75 our price X J Rubel's price $26.50, S 1 Q50 our price A J Rubel's price $31.00, i J50 our price AO Rubel's price $34.00, 1 Q75 our price lO Stock, YL the CENTRAL Rubel's entire stock of beautiful Dining Room Furniture now on sale at the Central Furniture Store. MHa