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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23. 11121.
Protests Filed
Against Phone
Rate Increase
Alliance ami Trlumali (ilulm
Tell Rail CummiD!ou Move
Not in Accord Willi
FrMfiit Condition.
Lincoln, Dee. 22. (Spicial.)
Protests agaiiit the application of
the Northwestern Pell Teli'phoi:e
company to k rate mortals from
the Mate Kailuay cotnniiskion, which
will cover the 10 per cent wartime
surcharge which expire January. ),
were received by the commission to
day from the Alliance Chamber -of
Commerce ami the ' I'nited Com
munity club of Tckaniah. , ;'
The ulftancc of the Alliance pr'o
trt was to the effect that lclcphor,-!
rate were higher now than ever
Iii fure, and. if any action were con
tetnplatcd ly the company, it should
desire to reduce 'rather than boot
i ate.
The Tckamali orRaniation de
clares that an overwhelming public
opinion there is against anything on
the part of private or public corpo
tations except reductions, to meet
like reductions in incomes due tv
falling of prices of farm products
as well an tailing in prices of wages.
Mrs. E. brewer, 1354 Ellison
street, Omaha, writes to protc-t
ai;aitst the application, declaring Kr
husband with a wage reduction was
having difficulty enough meeting
present prices.
John Curtiss, secretary of the
commission, declared today that as
nearly as could be ascertained the
application of the telephone com
pany wouldn't increase Its revenue
but would take the place of the sur
charge imposed on telephone users
during the war.
"I think that in Alliance' rates
under the application will be a little
higher," Curtiss said, "while at Tc
kamah they will be a little lowcf."
The company in its application
asks to divide its patrons outside o!
Omaha into nine zones, different
rates being charged in, each tow,
while Omaha would be divided into
four zones with a different rate in
each zone.
The hearing on the application
will be held December 28 at Lincoln.
Ex-Service Hospital
Probed by Oberlies
Kearney, Neb., Dec, 2 (Special
Telegram.) A dun of macaroni and
cheese, served to state tubercular hos
pital patients November 21 was re-
i poutiDic 1'ir an investigation con-
nucten at trie institution by i, I..
Oberlies of the state board of con
trol, following protests and com
plaints filed by disabled veteran of
the world war against treatment of
ex-service men who are wards of the
state. Criticism of more than 20
witnesses examined centered against
the kind of food furnished; cither
that it was unwholesome or the sup
ply was insufficient. It appears that
the protests all concern a period of
time when a change of cooks was
made at the institution.
Mr. Oberlies, at the conclusion of
the investigation, announced tlwt he
would recommend the hire of an ex
pert dietitian to supervise the culi
nary department at the hospital.
Size of Proposed Stat?
' Gasoline Tax Problenitical
Lincoln. Dec. 22. (Special.) -Just
how much tax tlovernor McKelvie
will-ask the legislature at its special
February session to impose on gaso
line, to relieve small home owners
from the 1922 road construction tax,
is, problematical and.. will .remain so
until figures are delved into and de
tails are worked out. It was report
ed here today that George, Johnson,
secretary of the department of pub
lie works, after a cursory view of the
situation believes a 2-cent tax is
necessary. This, however, is in ad
vance of a careful analysis of the
situation. It may be more, it may
be less.
Iowa Fed StecK Gains 305
Pounds in 90 Pays Feeding
A steer '. making a gain . of 305
pounds in 90 days was brought to
the stock yards as part' of a ship
ment of cattle sent in by Ulrich Al
bcrs of Earlitig, la. Mr. Albers had
a carload of fat yearlings which
averaged 812 pounds and brought a
good price.
The steer that made the big gain
was bought as a feeder. It weighed
815 pounds three months ago. Thurs
day it tipped the scales at 1,120
pounds, or a gain of about three and
one-third pounds a day. Mr. Albers
said there would be an immense sur
plus of corn in his part of the coun
try, as theft had been but little
fcediitg done.
,
Grand Island Hog Feeder
Tops Market With 86 Head
Two. loads of hogs were brought
to the Omaha market by John
Stueven of Grand Island. One of
the loads, consisting of 86 head,
brought the top price of $6.65 a hun
dred pounds. ' The other load, con
sisting of heavier hogs was sold for
$6.50 a hundred.
Mr. Stueven said live stock feed
ing was being carried on extensively
" around Grand Island, with a large
crop of corn raised, most all1 of
which w ill be fed.
Smaller Banks
Ignore Needs of
Cattle Industry
Bunnell Handier Charges
Bankers Indifferent in Tak
ing' Advantage of War
Finance Corporation,
Rankers of Nebraska have been
lax and indifferent in getting loans
for their customers out of govern
ment funds, according to W, H.
Maddox of Durwrll, a veteran
rancher and I've stock man, who was
a visitor at the Omaha stock yards
looking over the Mocker niarkej.
He said if the .live stock men were
not given assistance now that the
banks would lose business in the end,
because many ranches will be without
live stock. Mr. Maddox gave an
example of what the tight money
market had done to the cattle busi
ness by citing an instance where two
Dates for Court Terms in
Eighteenth District Set
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special.)
Judge Colby has set the terms of
court for the Eighteenth judicial dis
trict, comprising Gage and Jefferson
counties, as follows: Gage county:
First term, February 1, jury to re
port February 2; second term, June
5, no .jury; third term, October ?,
jury to report October 3.' Jefferson
county: First term, March 6, jury to
report March 7: second term, Juno
V, no jury; third term, November
13, jury to report November 13.
Naturalization hearings have been
set for the second day of each term
in each of the two counties.
State Institution Loses 63
Head of Hogs hy Cholera
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 22. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Stewart, superintendent
of the fecble-nrtndcd institute east of
the city, reports the loss of 63 pure
bred Poland China hogs during the
last week from cholera. The swine
averaged about 250 pounds. The herd
of 3(K) was immunized from cholera
arid when the disease appeared the
hogs were reinoeulated, but this did
rot stop the disease. Dr. Stewart
figures his loss will be between 70
and SO per cent.
Ed Barron Assistant TJ. S.
Attorney of South Dakota
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 22. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Ed Barron, an at
torney of Sioux Falls, formerly of
Ipswich, S. D., has been appointed
assistant United States attorney for
South Dakota, according to Wesley
S. Clark, the new federal attorney for
the state;, and will assume his duties
January 2.
Blue River Frozen
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 22 (Special
Telegram.) The coldest weather of
the season prevails here. The tem
perature this morning was 10 above
and yesterday the mercury dropped
to 4 above. The Blue river is cov
ered with a thin coating of ice for
the first time this winter.
SHOWING TODAY
Wanda Hawley
in
"Her Sturdy Oak"
young cattle with calves were com
pelled to tie put up tor saie at
auction and sold for only $126 for the
two. lie said that two year ago the
heifers had cost $130 each.
''Activities in the cattle business in
western Nebraska are rather quiet,"
said Mr, Maddox, "and there has been
but a small amount of feeding done,
and many of the ranch pastures arc
empty. tth the bankers showing an
inclination to lielp out. tucse pastures
could be filled up. Right in our ter
ritorv there arc a number of ranch
ers who have very few cattle and they
are in good shape financially, but they
cannot get money to replenish their
herds, Jt would be a great help if
they could get some money that the
government is ready to loan, and it in
up to the bankers to do something."
Try The Bee Want Ad Columns.
Business Boosters.
New Highway Across
State to Be Finished
O.hkosh. Neb.. Dec. 2J.-(Speeiat.)
The newly platted Gulf-l'lains-Canadian
highway, which met a ser
ious stumbling block at the Morrill
county line on account of poor roads
at the eastern side of the county, has
been given nw life by support of the
Alliance Chamber of Commerce and
the Commercial club at Broadwater.
l'lans are now under way for work
on the 40 miles of the highway now
in poor condition. When this htretch
is completed the road will be in tine
condition through the . entire Mate,
beginning at a point north of Jules
burg, Colo., and ending at a point due
north of Chadron. Completion of the
$30,000 road from the North I'latte
river valley to the tabic land south
of Oshkosh eliminates the heavy
gradei heretofore encountered at tin
place.
Omahaus Wed at Beatrice
Beatrice. Neb., Dec. 32. (Special
Telegram,) Raymond Russell Lane
and Eva Gertrude Kauger, both cl
Omaha, were married here by Rev.
M. Lee Sorcy of the Frist Christian
church, '
Xmas Special
Imperial Player Song
Rolls. Former price, $1
and $1.25; reduced to
50c for Friday and Sat
Schmoller& Mueller
kv, Piano Co.
Phone '
DO. l23
CiCUV 1H BtT IN VUDVIUC
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HELEN KELLER
lls,0aat (a ttmulf Oka
Dmh Fanlaaie
MEL KLEE SWIFT KELLY
Maraaret For "East West"
HARRYl. CONELY
Aesop's Fkbl.." "Topick ( th Day"
rnh Ntwt
Matla.i I5atk sot; mm 7Sk ii II M Ski.
ana auaeay. Nliht lk Ik II. Mi Mm 1 1. 2 J
Saturday sn tusks.
Aulamablla kskiktr II.HJ alas fk Mall h
Say. Wilts In luck kaf tkaarraw.
Doctor Seeks Home He Thought Was His Own;
But When He Got There, the Old Lot Was Bare
H EATR E
Weak Starting Sunday 9 5
Afternoon' and Evening
TEX RICKARD
Presents thk World's Heavyweight
Championship Contest Between
Jack Dempsey
Heavyweight Champion of the World
and
Georges Carpentier
Heavyweight Champion of Europe
5 REELS OF TERRIFIC ACTION S
TWO
SHOWS
IN ONE
EMPRESS
ALLEN'S CHEYENNE MINSTRELS,
"A Cowboys Life at. Twilight." PAL
ERMO'S CANINES, a Treat For The
Kiddies.
KENNY MASON & SCHOLL "The Im
possible on Skates." KENNEDY & DAV
IS "Fun in One." Photoplay Attraction,
"HER STURDY OAK," featuring WAN
DA HAWLEY.
Edgar Allen Poe's "Fall of the
House of Usher" may be a hit un
canny, but it doesn't compare to the
feeling experienced by Dr. Orville
C. Ivins. Crawford, Neb., when he
discovered Wednesday that the
"House of -Ivins'"' has disappeared
from its customary place at 2515
North Eighteenth street.
Dr. Ivins went out to view the
family domicile Wednesday. He
reached the place where it should
be, only to find that it was gone.
He had seen the house last summer.
It looked solid and substantial then.
Eleven years ago, following the
' death of his mother, Mrs. Martha E.
Ivins, Dr. Ivins went to Crawford.
For a time the house was unoccu
pied. Then it was rented. There
was some difficulty in clearing up the
title. This was accomplished this
week in county court here, however.
Dr. Ivins had come to Omaha to
repair the house. He investigated
and learned that neighbors had com
plained that the house was unsafe,
and that it was condemned and or
dered torn down by' the city council
shortly after he had visited it last
summer.
Dr. Ivins plans to consult an at
torney to determine whether he can
get redress from the city.
Piano Benches
12 $10
BClCJl Qtily
Only a few left, so hurry these
benches easily worth $16 to $18.
Player Roll Cabinet Off
M1CKBDS
15th and Harney Sirccts
Open Evenings
iJf l A.'iiTi3 1 a r k I
NOW THROUGH SAT. '
Eebe Daniels
in
"The Msrch Hare"
also
Educational Comedy
"Country Ghicfcens"
Chief Silverfongue
Indian Tenor
RIALTO SYMPHONY PLAYERS
Harry Brader, Con.
Julius K. Johnson at the Organ
NOW AND ALL WEEK
BETTY COMPSON
in
"Ladies
Must
Live"
Tomorrow the Big Cace Starts!
WITH THE SUDDENNESS OF A GIGANTIC THUNDERCLAP YOU WILL BE
TRANSPORTED FROM A THEATER TO THE THRILLS OF A GENUINE
DERBY DAY.
YOU WILL BE one of the gay throng.
YOU WILL HEAR .the clatter of the horses' hoofs.
YOU WILL GRIP your seat.
YOU WILL CRY out, "Come on, Boy!"
YOU WILL GO mad with joy when you r favorite wins.
YOU WILL SLAP your neighbor on the back.
YOU WILL SAY: ''Great race never saw anything like it before."
YOU WILL KNOW you have been somewhere when you see
A story of three
thoroughbreds:
A Girl
A Horse
A Boy.
Th Great Racing Sensation Put yur keu n
It's a 100-to-l shot, you've never seen anything like that hazardous rescue : . : '
AT THE VERY BRINK OF NIAGARA FALLS.
From start to finish it's crowded to the brim with action. You will "come under the
wire" with a regular evening's entertainment. ,
ALL-.
SET
TOGO
flWlHWIIUI''1
SEVEN DAYS
STARTING
TOMORROW
At The MUSE Tomorrow One Day Only
MOON
Last Times
Tonight
Desert Blossoms"
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Camille, the woman, beautiful and notorious,
ancient as the dawn of history, new and ever-fresh asT
an April morning, soft : as a lullaby and loud as a
trumpet blowing;, strong in her steely resolutions and
tender as threads of gossamer, the inscrutable, passion
swept woman, who gives everything for the supreme
love of her life, even to surrendering that love itself. Ca
mille has epitomized for the theater what Sappho rea
lized through the ages in poetry and Thais in prose.
The drama with which Alexander Dumas, the
younger, thrilled the world, the drama which afforded
the greatest triumphs for the leading actresses is now
remade and modernized in motion pictures, with the
great NAZIMOVA and VALENTINO in the leading
roles.
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LAST TIMES TOMORROW
"All's Fair in love"
STARTING SUNDAY
"NO WOMAN KNOWS"
Frm Ibe Novel. "Fanny Herself
By EDNA FEREER
I roles. Ijiji
COMING SUNDAY ILE EMPRESS I
iKll M l TOMORROW NIGHT ' . jjjj
kissl: JIMMY SCHUYLER " '. , ft
rliff ' FREDDY WALKER j5K
il"p1,f"jte,llMlll! Special Musical Program jJKl
j aBtk.v CARLLAMPS ORCHESTRAJFI ' J
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flOTEL' pdjNiTENELLE
Christmas Dinner
oon
toN
1I7C
The Main Restaurant
M. ' Two Dollars per Cover
Cup of Xmas Cheer
Little Neck Clam Cocktail
Blue Points Mignonette Casaba Melon Supreme
Cream of Almonds, Cheese Straw
Claire Tortue, Florida, Quenelle .
Celery Heart Ripe and Green Olive Salted Pecan
Aiguillette of Black Bat Reine Duchic
Pomme Persillade
Tutti Frutti Sherbet
Broiled Beef Tenderloin Steak Tippecanoe
Baby Artichokes, Fresh Mushroom
St. Nick' Turkey, Roasted, Chestnut Dressing
Raisin Muffin , Cranberry Tart
Cauliflower Polonaise Fresh String Bean
Candied Yams Mississippi Mashed Potatoes
Panama Salad
Mince Pie Plum Pudding, Hard or Brandy Sauce
Fontenelle Bomb ' Gateau Pantasia
Biscuit Tortoni, SurprUe, Petit Four
Coffee
CHRISTMAS DINNER IN INDIAN ROOM
Noon to Nine P. M.$1.50
Christmas Carols
From Mezzanine
10:45 to 12.
Christmas Concert
From Mtzzanlae
8:30 to 9:30 p. m.
EstKoTUftra' 1894
I tnT a ntl trmnt for Ruptnrc
without resorting" to ft psinful and uncertain
unreal operation. M. tremtment h9 more
than twenty-five Tear, of imecea- hehird it. and
t e!a:m it to be the fcest. I Ho not iniec
raraffine wax. as it is lUnreroas. Time required
for rd;narT rases. 1 days spent her with me. No daneer or lainr on f
royt-itaL Ca!t or write for naniralars. Dr. Frank H. Wray. No. SOT North 35th
St Omaha. Nth. Directions: Take a 13th or ISth street ear oin north and ft
ft at Ikta and Corair Sts. Third residence (oath.
RUPTOIIE
The Fontenella Lobbies are brilliant with -
Christmas thinfs. Viaitor are invited. (jj
HOTEL JfoHTENELLE
J" Reserve Your TabU Now for New Year1 Eve "Wak- Jj
USE BEE WANT ADS THEY BRING RESULTS
omaha's rm CENTEH"
tiXmgfj-r. Ml. and Nil Tea.
&ATJ1m Goad Seat o
LAST TIMES TODAY HI
HIT . I M- I- MUkltAl.
.w-.Vr.r.vw I V num. t
ru..: Bits 0' Broadway
Ladim' Tickets, JScSOe Cvkry Week lUt
Cast care aside
and sail with
these stars
from Broadway
to Lotis Land
A Merry
Throng!
Thar' John
Barrymor a
J e o u "
Lea el, who
never aw a
twenty 1 1 v
year and than
sailed away
again to forirt
thk en hk married.
1 Kk.' - $ is I
i
V
Thers' Wesley
Barry as Jocko,
tha imp of a
South Sea Isle.
And beautiful
Anna Q. Nilsson
as the adven
turess whn
finds ' Lenol an
easy capture.
M 'n
HlriterJoper (SkjBsi
You'll enjoy the
downfall of J.
Barney Sherry
a the inter
loper who him
self Is stung.
And you'll en-
joy. too, the
triumph of Col
leen Moore as
the daughter of
Lotus Land who
restores 4 the
faith in love of
a disillusioned
man. . .
i
s -w
Marshall
Neilan
Personally
Directed
"THE
Lotus
Eater
The most distinctive
production of the year
The perfection of photo
play entertainment
Also showing
Clyde Cook
in hi newest laugh producer.
"The Chauffeur"
Starts
Sunday
For One
Week Only.
"Prologue"
The Spirit of
Christmas
Orchestra
Organ