THE OMAHA! DAILY BEEt SATTTKnAT, .TANTTAItT 12, 1907. i, j o .if.:- Pavs u o Save Or Invest money with The ConservatlTS) Barings and Loan Association, 1614 Harney street. Our rate of dividend has never been less than 6 per annum payable eml-annually, the Association dis bursing In Its 15 years ot business the ,sum of $420,420.00 In dividends. In our fifteen years we have han dled over Ten Million Dollars without the loss of a penny to anyone, and with ur strong Reserve we are better able to protect the savings of our members than ever before. Fifty cents opens an account, to Which . any amount may be added at ny time. Or one may invest $100 to $5,000 any day, on which cash dlT Mends are paid semi-annually. , $50.00 may be withdrawn In any fconth without notice. Resources,' $2,020,781.06. Reserve and Undivided Profits, $68r 000.00. Call or write for information. Remember our new location, 1614 Harney street. , V MAUDE FEALY AT THE BOYD Tna Star Makes Her First Aper M la Omaha, la Kew Coaea to Small House. Maude Fealy and Campari? in "The Illu sion of Beatrice," a comedy in three acta, by Martha Morton; under direction of John Cort. The cast: Henry, the butler H. 1 Morton Mrs. John Stewart Blanche Douglas John Stewart Harrington Reynolds Jim Howard David R. Youns; Marry Cad waller Frank Oliver Arthur Jerome Wilson Jack Webster Beatrice Victoria Nevens Maude Fealy Miss Merryweather Cora Chrlstensen Tim. the elevator boy Joseph Coug-hlln Martha Morton Conhelm, to give her her full entitlement, has conceived a novel notion for her latest comedy, and roes about developing- It on a novel plan. The resultant play Is a singular mingling of comedy with something- that very nearly approaches pathos. It doesn't quite reach the point where It , appeals to the deeper sympathy of the. audience, but It does offer some quieter passages that are very enjoyable. Its comedy is delightful at times, and other times falls rather flat. A young man, studying art in Paris, finds a foundling on the street and cares-for It. . Unable to learn anything of the babe's parentage, he allows the woman of the pension to fill Its little head with mean ingless stories of a royal runaway match, and In the belief that she - Is a princess the babe grows to womanhood. The young man has provided for her education and has never told her the truth. In the meantime- he has become a successful stock broker and has married rather late In life to a woman who Is too old to be fooled. This is the situation at the opening of the play, when the young woman arrives from boarding school. The wife declines to re ceive her, and she rushes out into the storm, to be followed by the wife's brother and taken to the bachelor apartments of the latter, who is a millionaire. To save scandal, they are married. To pacify his wife the stock broker admits that he la the father of the girl, and the curtain goes down on Beatrice disillusioned and willing to give over being a princess to be the wife of a plain New York croesue. The first act is one of true comedy and promises much better things than are later at-forded. Miss Maud Fealy, who made her first Omaha appearance last night, la a young woman of admitted talent, but has not as yet reached anything like the possibilities of her powers. She is pretty and in the lighter passages la good, but she lacks something of being able to Impress with her efforts at the mora Intense moments of the play's action. Her storm of grief In the first act gives evidence of sincerity. In the second act.she Is girlish and sensi ble, and in the third act she Is neither, but Anally gives over and decides to get along withuut her Illusion. Miss Foaly's support has been well chosen and presents the play, with much spirit. It lias b'en most artistically staged by Mr. Max Flgipnn rrcntly seen her In The Man on the Box." , Joiin i on has been unfortunate In send ing his stars to , Omaha. He presented Miss Florence Roberts here last year, and the season before. Although New York and Ban Francisco had welcomed her, and her praises had . been sung by critics and reviewers across the continent, the Omaha publlo would have none ot her. So with Miss . Fealy. She has played In London . - and New York, and met success and praise, and her tour this season as a star has been very profitable, but her name was not enough to charm Omaha folks away from their other evening occupations. It was a small audience that saw the play and was mora or less amused . thereby. Buch as It was, it gave the young star Its encouraging applause. But it was not what she deserved. LETTERS FM BEE READERS f Band Hills of Vtlraiia 8bould U Made Pise Forsita, WORTHLESS LAND SHOULD BE PRODUCTIVE C. S. Harrison Points War Tnnt W1U lad ta Profit ana' that May Be Easily Pnrsned. pany should charge Nebraska farmers five times as much for hauling our wheat over Nebraska plains as for hauling the same wheat In the same cars the same distance across Iowa hills and valleys? C. VINCENT. "Sweet Clover at the Km. With all Its pretty scenes, beautiful story, sweet ending and with Its unusually attractive name, the comedy drama, "Sweet Clover," began a stay of three days at the Krug theater Thursday evening. This is a play requiring less than a dozen char acters, but a small number of good actors Is a great deal more satisfactory than a stage full of the mediocre kind, or worse. The people In "Sweet Clover" are of the kind that know how to make the most of the tender love story which runs through the play. Miss Juliette Atkinson is cast aa Loll Holcombe, , the leading female role, but while she does all the difficult work re quired to portray the unhappy youTig woman's trials and heartbreaklngs with creditable results, there are others who, in their parts, shine as brightly. The men are all good without exception. v Miss Dorothy Robertson as Sunny An drews and Janet Loudon as Aunt AbtgU Holcombe provide much fun. Though the old maid Joke Is worn threadbare from long usage. Aunt Ablgll Is given frequent applause, PRIZE FIGHTER A DESERTER Mis Kaocked Oat la Hew York Absent from Fart Crook Company Without Leave. NEW YORK, Jan. lL-Just after he re ceived a knockout blow In a boxing bout here tonight Charles Sinclair was arrested by 'the police at the Instance of the fed eral authorities on a charge of being a de serter from Company M, Thirtieth infan try, U. 8. A. The regiment, now stationed at Fort Crook, Neb., was in the Philip pines when Sinclair is alleged to have de serted in 1902. The police learned that the alleged de serter was billed for a "go" with "Tom" Garry, a looal heavyweight, tonight, and several detectives appeared at the arena during the second round. While the of' fleers were considering which was the man wanted, Garry gave Sinclair an uppercut, putting him out of the fight When Sin clair opened his eyes he was under arrest. MRS. STEELE WILL CLAIM BODY Widow of - Bomb Thrower Mast Identify It to Collect Insnr. aaea Policy. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. U Superintendent of Police Taylor today received a telegram from Mrs. J. R. Steele of Chicago In forming him that she was on her way here to claim the body of her husband, J. Rollo Steele, who threw the bomb in the Fourth Street National bank, killing Cash ler W. Z. Lear and blowing himself to pieces. It is necessary for her to make official Identification of what remains of the bomb thrower, the police officials say, to lay claim to an Insurance policy valued at 12,000. Mrs. Steele will be a witness at the Inquest tomorrow. Of Hi ii Vli 0 Us ii ii V! i. & ib Ji an Mj ii ii ili & m ili Between Season Sale Of vi 0 ft Mj ili ii) Ui iii ii ii Li ili 0 Li li vb b ili vli ib Lb Onimod Shoes $3.50 o&zA s2.48 The Best and Most Servicable Men's Shoe on the Market. The Leaders in Style, Workmanship and Wearing Qualities. This sale is to be held for the purpose of making room for our SPRING stock, which will arrive very soon. In this BETWEEN SEASON SALE we will sell Shoes that sold for $6.00 at $4.98 Shoes that sold for $5.00 at $3.98 Shoes that sold for $4.00 at $2.98 : , Shoes that Hold for $3.50 at $2.48 Shoes that sold for $2.50 at $1.98 Taking advantage of the best is your duty. These are the best men's shoes on the market and at sacrificial prices. Regent Shoe Co. 205 So. 15th Street. Omaha YORK,- Nb., Jan. 10,-To the Editor of The Bee: Nebraska Is a great and rich state and should be much greater and richer. Nearly one-fourth of our area Is a desolation, almost worthless sand hills, requiring a large tract to support a single animal, and yet In this region of desola tion are the possibilities of enormous wealth, which the state should not be slow In developing. A sand drift la an tnvltntlon to a pine tree. The grand pine forests of the north are largely on .sandy lands. In the days of Napoleon there was a Sahara of drift ing sands In the heart of France. It was gradually working Inland, overwhelming farms and even villages sometimes. Church spires rising out of the drifts, seemed to be the gravestones of burled hamlets. All that region was planted to . pines and the government now receives enormous reve nues from It. An immense amount of lum ber and resin and turpentine In large quan tities are shipped, even to America, to take the place of products which should have been produced from our slaughtered forests. Nebraska Is away behind in progress. It Is a parkless state, not an acre of park being owned by the great, rich state. No state has finer facilities for park work than our own. A township of cheap land could be procured; doubtless the govern ment would make a donation for the pur pose; at any rate the expense would not be great If not a township, a single sec tion in a place would answer. The loca tion should be secured near some lake or stream, and If we take It up in time per haps the government would aid generously. Doubtless someone will rise up and cry: "A pull, a pull I Graft, graft I" Pure non sense. As a rich state we are not much In debt. Our resources are Immense. We ought to get beyond the nickel 'stage and do something- worthy of the name. The United States government has set the pace In Its plantation on the Dismal river. It shows us how easily the sand hills can be reclaimed. The planting costs from $3 to IS per acre. No plowing, save the the first furrows for planting; no cultivation and no irrigation; simply planting the trees and letting them pump gold out of the ground. The first planting, some fifteen years ago, in Holt county Is a demonstration. In fifteen years, without any care what ever, the trees were twenty-one feet tall and were reproducing themselves from seed. If valued for the wood alone, it was worth $40 per acre at that early stage. n twenty-five to thirty years those once barren lands can be made worth 1100 per acre at least in real and prospective value. We should extend our area and our mpst worthless land will soon rank among our best The location Is ideal. There is no more healthy opuntry on the earth; the water is pure and the drainage perfect Let the state plant on a large scale and there will be ideal summer resorts. The property will be growing in value and In thirty to fifty years the state will not only encourage tree planting in all those regions but will have a splendid Income, We have advantages now that we could not have had twenty-five years ago. We are past experimental stages and are down to solid facts. The experiment station of York, after years of careful testing, has found out how to raise the bull or pon derosa pine as easily as you can raise pease. Nurserymen have been on the wrong track. They thought they must raise them under screen. We have demon strated that this was all wrong, that as they naturally grow in - the open, they should be raised without a covering. Any man, woman or child can grow them easily as they can grow onions with no money put save the first cost of the seeds, Anyone wishing to know more of the proc ess can find out the whole thing by send ing to us at York. Again, when the first planting of jack pines was made in Holt county H. B. Ayers of Aitkin, Minn., furnished forest gnown trees. He knew how to handle them and 60 per cent lived. Having faith in the future he has now millions of Jack pine seedlings which he Is furnishing at the lowest possible price, enough, for an acre for about t6. These are nursery grown, much better than the wild. So at present we have data and facilities such as we never had before. These two pines, the bull and the jack, are the ones to be depended upon Ipr .foresting the sands. The jack pine called plnus banksll, also plnus divaricate, varies much In different localities. In the east It Is a scrubby dwarfish tree. In northern Minnesota it grows very rapidly. In the station here at York, where we have eighteen varieties of conifers, It beats everything 4 to 1 It not only grows on sandy but on stiff clay land. We have specimens growing in a clay bank, and without cultivation which have made five feet in two years. When once established in the forest they will make eighteen to twenty-four Inches yearly. They manufacture Umber on large scale. The other day I bad occasion to buy some boards and I found they were just twice as high In price as they were ten years ago. What are we coming- to at this rateT Is it not time that something waa done? Let the state and Individuals plant now and in thirty years what an Inupme they will have by thinning out, taking the largest and giving the others a chance to grow. We don't plan for anything that will last much longer than a cornstalk. It Is high time we looked out a little for the future. York county alone spends WO.ooo a year for fence posts, whea It might aa well raise Its own. Think of the millions drained out of the state forvposts alone. Figure the millions spent for coal, when ws might raise our own fuel. Prairie soil is Just hungry for trees. Thirty-five years ago there was not a tree or bush In York now ws have trees that would cut over (00 feet of lumber each. Moral Let the state and everybody else plant trees, especially the bull and jack pine C. S. HARRISON. President Nebraska Park and Forestry Association. MPR0VERS ARE IN EARNEST Gas Tnnk Ordinance and Street Hall way Matters Are Discussed at Length, The expected debate between Council man Harry Zlmman and O. W. Wattles on the street car subject did not material ise because of the nonappearance of Mr. Wattles at the monthly meeting of the Fed eration of Improvement clubs Thursday svening st Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets, where George Kleffner presided. Mr. Zlmman was present and spoke at some length on the street car question and presented an Interesting array of figures bearing on the 4-cent fare question. The pecial purpose of the meeting was to dis cuss the Bridges gas tank ordinance, the street enr and other general questions of a municipal character. Mr.. Zlmman talked in favor of the Bridges gas tank ordinance and urged that representatives of the various Improve ment clubs make It a point to be present at the meeting of the city council next Monday afternoon at the committee, meet ings when this matter was to be dis cussed, and also at the meeting of the council on Tuesday evening. Councilman Bridges was also present and spoke at length on his new gas tank ordi nance and urged that members of the im provement clubs and cltlsens generally be present at the council , meeting Monday fternoon and Tuesday evening to give their moral backing to the ordinance. A resolution was presented by the West Leavenworth club urging the creation of a corps ef fourteen mounted policemen for emergency uses In the suburban districts. The resolution was unanimously adopted. and a committee waa recommended to be appointed to visit the legislature to secure the passage of a bill authorizing the ex penditure of an appropriation of not less than 120,000- for this purpose. The executive board was authorized to arrange for a meeting of committees from the various organisations of the city, in cluding the Real Estate exchange, Com mercial club and Women's clubs to ar range for sending a committee to Lincoln to confer with the legislature relative to arious measures for the benefit of Omaha. The next meeting of the Federated clubs will be held Friday evening, February 7, at Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets. Rallrad aad Orala Rates. OMAHA. Jan. . To the Editor of The Bee: Nebraska farmers have so long been bearing the burden of the railroad as well as their own that It has become a "matter of course" or "second nature" with many of them. It Is doubtful if any considerable portloa of them ever stopped to "figure it out" With your permission, I will cite one Instance of extortion. Nebraska's biggest tonnage Is its grain. Suppose we follow a carload of wheat from Grand Island to Chicago. The distance to Omaha pays M cents for each bushel, while ' the distance east from Omaha pays S i cents. The distance west from Omaha .u va ii rente ner 100 miles per bushel, f rwhlle the distance east from Omaha pays 1.1 cents per 100 miles per bushel Is there sny good reason why be Chi cago, Burlington 4k Quincy Railway com I I NURSES COMPLETE COURSE First Class to Graduate from Gen eral Hospital Training; Sebool. Graduation exercises for the first body ef young women from the Omaha General Hospital Training School for Nurses were held at 8 o'clock Thursday evening in the chapel room at the hospital. Light re freshments were served after the rendition of the program, which was opened with musc. by Miss Roenfeldt. After the sing ing of the class song, Rev. J. J. Lampe, D., offered prayer and Mite M. Moses sang a solo. Mrs. Hlgbee, superintendent of nurses, delivered a short address, and Rev. 8. D. Dutcher, D. D., being unable to be present because of Illness to take his part In the announced program, Miss Moses again rendered a song and Miss McNally delivered a class prophecy. F. A. Long, M. D., president of the Ne braska State Medical society, followed with an address, the program closing with the presentation of diplomas by Dr. W. O. Henry, president of the hospital organisa tion, and the benediction, by Rev. H. C. Herring, D. D., A reception was then held until 10 o'clock. The names of ths graduates are Misses Foster, Wylie,. Jones, Ball, Brockhahn, Massie, Buman, Heath, McPhail, Clark, Bpence, McNally, Dawson, Gockley and Archibald. The following was announced as the product of the graduates under the title of "The Class Whoop:" "Iron, strychnine, ergot and musk. What In the world Is the matter with us? We're all right, well I should smile We've been all right foi quite a while." BLUFF WITH AN EMPTY GUN Prisoner Dram Revolver la Conrt Room and Threatens Adverse Woman Witness. Because he was angered at the testimony given against him in police court Friday by Susie Turner, Paul Newman, who lives at the lodging house of Miss Turner at 808 North Sixteenth street, drew a revolver from his pocket In police court, saying he would "flx her for those lies." Newman was disarmed by Court Sergeant Whalen, when It was found the revolver was empty so no damage could have been done. The Incident created great excitement in the court room and several heads were ducked behind convenient desks and benches. Newman was fined 110 and posts after the excitement was over. He waa arrested Thursday afternoon by Officer Halterman on the charge of disorderly conduct, having had an argument with Susie Turner over the amount of money due her for the rent of his room. USED ROUND THE WORLD Baker's Cocoa and Chocolate B(1 stared V. o. Va. OStoe 47 Highest Awards In Europe and America ABSOLUTELY PURE Made by a scientific blend ing of the best Cocoa beans grown in the tropica the result of l?t .years of suc cessful endeavor. A new and anad.oe.ely lUutratoa Bedpe Book seal bee WALTER BAKER & CO, Ltd. EttaMiihta 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. 1 n f.SCOFIELQ n.fSCDFIElD Ulva.Lix&.saTca High Class, Stylish Cloaks, Tailor Suits, Furs AT JUST ONE-HALF PRICE We are bound and determined to get rid of our entire winter stock before a dollar's worth of spring goods come in our store and the time that we have to accomplish this in is very short as we have a very large stock to dispose of, but w mean to live up to our policy of never carrying a single garment from season to season, no matter how great the loss may beytherefere we offer the very finest Women's Wearing Apparel at JUST EXACTLY HALF THE ORIGINAL PRICES. FURS AT HALF PRICE $35.00 Fox Scarfs for $17.50 $25.00 Fox Scarfs for $12.50 $19.50 Fox Scarfs for $9.75 $15.00 Fox Scarfs for $7.50 $19.50 Squirrel Ties or Throws for $7.50 $15.00 Jap Mink Ties or Throwns for $7.50 $12.50 Jap Mink or Blended Squirrel Ties or Throws for ..$6.25 $25.00 Fox Muffs for $12.50 $15.00 Fox Muffs for $7.50 $17.50 Squirrel Muffs, $8.75 TAILOR MADE SUITS $55 Tailor Made Suits $27.50 $50 Tailor Made Suite $25.00 $47.50 Tailor Made Suits for $23.75 $45 Tailor Made Suits $22.50 $40 Tailor Made Suits $20.00 $37.50 Tailor Made Suits for ... $18.50 $35 Tailor Made Suits $17.50 $32.50 Tailor Made Suits for .$16.25 $30 Tailor Made Suits $15.00 $25 Tailor Made Suits $12.50 $22.50 Tailor Made Suits for $11.25 COATS AT HALF PRICE $45 'Loose Fitting Coats $22.50 $35 Loose Fitting Coats $17.50 $30 Loose Fitting Coats $15.00 $25 Loose Fitting Coats $12.50 $19.50 Loose Fitting Coats for ..... $9.75 $15 Loose Fitting Coats $7.50 TIGHT FITTING COATS $37.50 Tight Fitting Coats for $18.75 $35 Tight Fitting Coats $17.50 $30 Tight Fitting Coats $15.00 $27.50 Tight Fitting Coats for $13.75 $22.50 Tight Fitting Coats for $11.25 $19.50 Tight Fitting Coats for $9.75 All Fur Coats Also at Gearance Sale Prices WORK OF THE CLDB WOMEN Bills leading Before Leeislature that Embody Cherished Ideal. TEN MEASURES COVER POINTS INVOLVED Descent of Property, Child Labor, Pure Food and Pore Drugs Are Called (or In the Bills. Four of the measures in which the club women of Nebraska are particularly In terested have been Introduced Into the legislature this week. These measures have tp do with child labor, compulsory education, pure food and the descent of property, and are so' far embodied In ten bills, seven of which have been Introduced In the senate, and three In the house. The decedent law proposed by the women Is embodied In Senate Piles 35, 36 and 38. Introduced in the senate Tuesday by Sen ator Buck (t Otoe county. Senate File No. 86 provides for the amending- of the law governing- the descent of property; No. Zt provides that In case a wife dies Intestate and without Issue one-half of the estate shall go to her husband and tho other half tp her father. No. 38 provides an amendment that gives to the widow one-half In fee where there Is no issue and one-third In fee' where there Is Issue. The child labor bill was presented In the house Tuesday by Henry T. Clarke, Jr., of Omaha as House Boll No. 9, and pro hibits the employment of children under 14 years of age except In specified cases. The compulsory education bill is Senate File No. 60. It was Introduced Wednes day by Benator Thomas of Douglas county, and provides that children between 7 and 16 years of age must attend school the entire school year, except that a child over 14 years of age, regularly employed fpr his own support, may substitute night school. Pnre Pood and Drag Bills. The measures relating to foods and drugs and embodied In five bills, all In troduced Wednesday, three In the senate and two In the house. Senate File No. 64 was Introduced by Burns of Lancaster rpunty and would create a food, dairy and drug commission. Senate Files Nos. 70 and 71 were Introduced by Senator Wil son of Pawnee county. No. 70 consti tutes the State Board of Health a pure food commission, and Hp. 71 gives power to the State Board of Health to enforce laws governing the purity of foods and drugs. House Rolls Nos. 36 and 37 were Intro duced by Representative McMullen of Gage county, the first making the State Board of Health the food commission and giving It powers now conferred on the commission. The second defines foods and drugs, together with what constitutes mlsgradlng and adulterating and define the duties of the State Board of Health In relation to foods and drugs. The club women have not as yet en dorsed any of the pure food r drug meas ures, but are working on some Items. Work on Practical LJnea. The household economics department of the Woman's club has planned a practical and Interesting program for the remain ing meetings ot the year. The next meet ing will be devoted to further discussion" and reports of municipal Investigation of food supplies, sanitation, etc., which was com menced at this week's meeting, under the direction of Mrs. C. W. Hayes. Pure food will be the next subject taken up, Mrs. A. K. Oould acting as chairman, and domestio arts will later be considered under the direction of Mrs. Mary Moody Pugh. A committee of three or five has been appointed by the department to Investigate the-two pure food bills already prepared for presentation In the legislature with a view to asking the support of the women to one of them. Y. W. C. A. Bsststt. The Toung Women's Christian associa tion will give a membership banquet In the association rooms Monday evening, January a. All members securing a new member or the renewal of an old membership are entitled to attend the banquet ond those expecting to be present are requested to notify the office secretary as soon as pos sible. These "get one" banquets, as they have come to be called, have become one of the most popular means of extending the membership and are always largely attended. The suppers of the past have been furnished and served by the women of the various churches of the city. 'A $15 Doesn't usually go very far toward the purchase of a high grade piano. It is commonly known that reliable pianos cost more. THROUGH OUR CLEARING SALE $150 will secure a very satisfactory, one. "We have ma terially reduced the price on 50 pianos that must be sold at once. Would it not pay you to investigate our offer? We are selling high grade pianos on payments of $10 cash and $5 per month. Larger payments if desired. ' MATTHEWS PIANO CO. 1513-1515 Harney. Opposite Burwood Theater. THE HARNEY STREET PIANO HOUSE. f3 Do ypu live near 51st Ave. and Farnam St.? J. B, CONTE DRUGGIST 31st Ave. and Farnam St trill take your want-ad for The BEE at the same rates as the main office. Branch Want-ad Office OMAHA BEE f. Man cum Co., LETTER SPECIALISTS. Li 1 1 who are about to consult a specialist, and who have only a little money to spare, should not throw It away In an effort to get something for nothing. Better make It go as far as It will In getting honest, reliable, skillful and successful treatment. .minium ii i i ' " "7 mm- " i irsV i " nil CONSULT FREE The' specialists of the STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE (DTEiS FOR EU3EW. Call and Do Examined Free or Write. 1303 Farnam St., Between 13th and 14th Sts., Omaha, Neb. Permanently Established la Omaha, Nebraska. Weak Men, Frail Men YOUNG MEN, OLD MEN . All know ths wonderful bulldlng-up power of 1R. M OREW'8 treatment. Ilia 32 YEAKSof txirlence of treating" diseases of men has taught him Just what will cure, and cure quick and permanently at smalt rost. Diseases of men can and should be cured for a price that would correspond with the nature of the disease. DR. McCREW Treatment by mall. i. Omce hours all day and to 1:10 p. m, Sunday, to 1. i Call or write. Bos 7l Office tit BguU retrievals Street, Ouiuhs. Ntea t4