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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1909)
8 im Jih.hi: OMAHA, HATUKHAY, MIVKMHkli 'M, VMK " r 0 O O W v V- W W W W W 'i- q Dressing Problems O lot Difficult 9 on little Money at a OV FREE SATURDAY To all visitors we will give away 5,000 Beautiful Chrysanthemums They are IB Inches long, the colors are white, yellow, pink and red. They are highly perfumed, and on display now In our 16tli street furniture window. 3 This Store o o sLtADtRSlOr IjOWtPmCl O IVeTrustthePeopio 1612 & TADNAM STREETS, OMAIIA. (The reeplae Tnreltut aail 'Jarptt Co- Eat. IMT.i ri On .All Sample ' f y r sits 1 TTTi JKailCfQ) All our "traTeling men's fall and winter samples of men's Raincoats at ONE THIRD OFF OUR REGULAR PRICES FOR SATURDAY ONLY 5 o " " ; QTyirkeys FIHH Saturday il TV n r-i -5 ra jxt44Tb AO fn f and every a ay nex.ii uum iuuiugiiujj, th ,o,vu W and every sale in our Men s Clothing department, amounting to $10.00 or over. It . ,v $20.00 Coats at off. . . $18.00 Coats at , off. . . $15.00 Coats at i3 off... SI3.33 $12.00 $10.00 $12.00 Coats at 13 off... $10.00 Coats at y3 off. .. $8.50 Coats atisOff..., $8.00 $6,67 $5.67 LAST DAY OF OMAHA'S GREATEST RAINCOAT SALE. All Sizes and Styles. . Don't IVlIss It! - E. I I. SPRAGUE, Pres. ,1608 Harney Street. "Just Around the Corner" ; 1 o ftM$m k la ill O Iff 8 If i jo ). ill - -o rw . OOOO CASH OR CREDIT Here is an opportunity without one penny of cost to you by this plan those persons who buy from, us get a Direct Benefit impossible to secure elsewhere. .This is an annual affair with us. We give them away free. This offer applies only to purchases made in Our Men's and Boys' Clothing Department. Buy your Thanksgiving clothes from us and get a Turkey Free. It's a clear gain to you. r.lEU'S FIEIE SUITS AilD OVERCOATS Snappy, stylish, good looking, service able garments, made In styles that are strictly up-to-date, In the choic est fall fabrics. Our special prices from now until Thanksgiving are, $20.00, $13.00, $12.00 and LIBERAL CREDIT HERE OOOOOOOOOOOOOCOCG WE ALSO CARRY Men's Cravenettes Men's Fur Coat Men's Shoes Men's Hats Men's Furnishings Men's Neckwear Ladles' Shoes Boys' Clothing Men's Work Shirts Men's Underwear Duck and Leather Coat for Men AI1Y LADIES' SUIT In the house. This exceptional in ducement to get you to tfuy your Buit of us is for Saturday only. All goods marked in plain figures. This saving Is a clear gain to you. Ladies' Classy Vinhr Coats $19.50 Actual $35 values At this price we are showing a won derful array of ladies separate coats from our big Chi cago purchase of last week. Coats are all 54 Inches long, come in blacks and the new, popular fancy mixtures. This is a rare opportunity ior you. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o a o ooooccoooc EX-TASKS' TELL OF OLD WOES Men Who Once Paid Penalty of Drink ing Narrate Breams. EXPERIENCE COMPLETELY CUBES Negro with Knife and Do( with Foamlnft Moatn More Effective Than Keeley Care or W. O. T. IT. In These Cases. WINDUP OF THE FRATERNITY End of Insurance Part of Sr. Henry'i Society Comes. HE SPEINGS SURPEISE ON 0THEES Tonnder of Christian a Fraternity Company Cables from London to Close It Vis Not Notify Ins; Ills Managers. Ths Christian Fraternity Xnsurance asso ciation of Omaha, ths oirerowth of the Christian Benevolent association, founded by Dr. W. O. Henry, has turned over Its Insurance risks to the Security Mutual In surance company of Lincoln and will, for the present at least, do no insurance busi ness, devoting all Its time to the mere so cial features of its work. This transfer of Insurance was made on the order of Dr. Henry, who Is In London, by cablegram, when he failed to come for ward with $15,000 promotion fundi. This cablegram was sent to State Auditor Bar ton and ordered Mr. Barton to do more than let some other company assume the Insur ance risks In fact to "close up" the affairs f the Hi-ary company. But the state ludltor first heard the protests of John t'. Hansel, general manager of the Henry (rganiiatlon, and Lloyd E. Harter, super intendent, to any such drastic action as Henry ordered. Mr. Hansel, backed by the Official board of his society, declared his fcelltf that these funds could be raised. The board of control, the governing body tt the fratern.ty Institution, has drawn up .. an official statement in which It draws the line on Dr. Henry with a sharp pencil. In this statement, among other Interesting things, the board says: "Dr. Henry did not consult nor notify the board as to his proposed action, and It came as a great surprise to all concerned." The board also says steps ai being taken to send Messrs. Hansel and Harter east to tecure funds to carry on the work. Official Statement. The fore part of the board's statement Is: "In view of the fact that certain rumors are abroad to the effect that The Christian Fraternity Is abcut to be closed up, and that the members of The Curtstlan Frater nity and the publio may have the exact facts, the board of control has authorised the general secretary of The Christian FraUrniiy to publish, this statement. "n December of 1S07 Dr. W. O. Henry in duced Mr. John W. Hansel and Mr. Lloyd K. Harter of Chicago to come to Omaha to . organise and develop The Christian Benevolence association. Dr. Henry vol untarily proponed to enter Into a contract with the board of control to the effoct that If It could not meet the expenses tnd salaries of tltcse men without endangering the benents of the members that he would rLnally pay to the board the necesuary tttoni y to enable It to do so. Dr. Henry en tered Into a written legal contract pledging himself to furnish the necessary funds to the board for a period of three years from the dste of the charter, namely: February 190(4, or until February 22. I9U. This contract has been performed from February 22. ,1908, until July 1, 1909, or fif teen months. For the months of July and August only a part of the money nec essary under the contract was furnished. About August 1 Dr. Henry left for Europe and since September 1 none of the money due under the contract has been paid. "At a meeting of the board of control held October 16, 1909, In a resolution passed by the board and forwarded to Dr. Henry the board requested Dc Henry to provide funds sufficient to meet the Immediate requirements of the fraternity and to de clare his Intention as to further payments under the contract No reply was received to this, but on November 1 notice was re ceived in the office of the fraternity from ths st&to Insurance department at Lincoln, that Dr. Henry had instructed the depart ment by cable to close the affairs of the Christian Fraternity and that the state examiner would at once make an examina tion of the affairs of the fraternity." Travels a Rocky Road. The fraternity project has had rather a spirited career. It came Into existence, ostensibly, as a society for promoting the spiritual, social and Intellectual Interests of its members, and when the report was published that a financial aspect WuUld de velop the report was openly ddnounced, but the financial aide developed. I'hen Dr. Henry sought to make this af fair an adjunct of church work, if, In fact, not of certain churches themselves. Sev eral Presbyterian churches first were asked to let "households" Into their organiza tions. Several declined, while others hesi- I tated or toleated. The session of tho First , church of Omaha was notably divided on the question, while the Third church be came Involved finally in such a lively dis cussion that its former pastor. Dr. J. B. Cherry, ultimately resigned. Thfs church did open Its door to the "household," and It was when Dr. Cherry undertook to re trace his step that the trouble came. The "Christian Benevolent association" was at length aired on the floor of the Presbytery at Tekamah. Warren Swltxler, a prominent Presbyterian, member and offi cer of Westminster church, prtaented the whole situation to that body, showing the discord It had created and predicting that if It was allowed to foist Itself on the church it would become an incubus that one day would prove disastrous. Predicted Its Collapse. "It, like all fraternal insurance projects of Its kind, will some day fall," asserted Mr. Switzler, "and when it falls It will in evitably be regarded as a church failure and to some extent will drag the churcti down with. It." Presbytery, while taking no formal ac tion, puts its foot down very emphatically as not on the side of the Christian Benevo lent association's attempt to hitch Its kite to the church. This rebuff proved so effective that be fore a great period elapsed Dr. Henry per ceived the wUdoin of reorganising his In stitution and it partook, then, really of the Insurance aspect, changing its name and making no effort to conceal Its actual character and purpose. To It as an Insur ance society Mr. Swltxler. Dr. Cherry and the other churchmen who fought it had no objection, but they seriously objected to It as an adjunct of the church and ob jected to the church being used as a means of aiding the financial income of any one man under the cover of religious enterprise. If you Lave never beore tried E-nnnEnyacHil i Dest Natural Laxative Water FO CONSTIPATION TV it now Ami Judge for yourself Sunday Shaves Up to Dahlman, Not Burmester At Least One More Harvest of Stub ble Will Be Garnered This Sunday. Acting Mayor Burmester was sought by a delegation from the Omaha Journeymen Barbers' union Friday morning, but the delegates missed Mayor Dahlnian's under study. They desired to have the acting mayor take steps to close all barber shops next Sunday. Speaking of the pending fight to close the barber shops, Mr. Burmester Intimated that he will not take a hand In the matter at this time. "The movement was Initiated by a com mittee conferring with the mayor," he said, "and I will take no part In It, for the reason that the mayor himself will be home In a few days, and the delay, if any occurs, will not Injure any person." D. M. Copas, chairman of the barbers' Sunday closing committee, says: "I have made the demand on Acting Mayor Burmester (the mayor's office) to enforce the Sunday closing law prohibiting barbers working Sunday. With the as sistance of others, I Intend to take not only the name of every master barber, but the name of every journeyman barber who violates the law. I Intend to file com plaints against the violators, whether 1 get their names or not. I am not through filing complaints on barbers who worked last Sunday." Y. W. C. A. THANKSGIVING Association Will Keep Open Honee to All Its Youne; Wonien. The Toung Women's Christian associa tion has announced an open house for Thanksgiving day. The building will be opened at 10 o'clock and during the morn ing tb,e gymnasium will be at the disposal of the young women cf the city, whether members of the association or not. for In door tennis and other games. A Thanks giving dinner, with all the tradttinal ac companiments, will be served at 1:30 In the dining room at 60 cents a plate, and ar rangements may be made for serving small parties If desired. At $ o'clock a musical will be given In the auditorium and at 4 o'clock there will be a basket ball game In the gymnasium. Any young woman who plays basket ball Is eligible to enter this game. During the entire day and evening the building will be open to all young women, whether members of the association or not. The parlors will be at their disposal for the entertainment of their men as well as women friends, and the men will also be welcome at the dinner. This will be the first time the new build ing has been thrown open to outsiders, but It is only the beginning of a broader policy tending to Include all young women. MISS HELEN MERRILL DEAD Secretary of Brownell Hall Dies of Paenmoala After a Brief Illness. Mies Helen A. Merrill, secretary of Brownell Hall for the lat couple of months. !. dad as the result of a week's Illness with pneumonia and complications. She was years of age and came to Omaha a few months ago to accept the secretaryship of the Episcopal school. The body will be sent to the former home of the deceased, Waterbury. Conn., for burial. Mrs. D. S. Merrill, the young woman's mother, who arrived several daya ago, summoned by her daughter's Illness, will accompany the body. Brief funeral aerr. Ices were held at 4 o'clock Friday after- ma m W O.I. uufM n i In a group of men sitting In the Paxton lobby someone read an account of an Iowa man being attacked by delirium tremens at Union station. This led to a discussion of the fearful state Into which drinking men sometimes fall, and two of them told their own experiences, "a good many years ago," as they put It "I was a periodical drinker," said one, "and never thought of taking a drink for months at a time. Then I'd get Into a rut for a week or ten days. The experience that cured me of heavy drinking occurred rlcht hero in Omaha. "It was a dream, of course. When the d. t. got me I was proceeding over a crossing downtown, In what was then the business district. I found myself with a bottle of cream in one hand, when sud denly someone yelled, 'Look out: he's a coke fiend!' Raising my head, I aaw a brawny negro dashing out of a doorway with a long, glittering, double-edged knife In his hand. Madman Rashes at Him. "I was actually rooted to the spot as that madman with the knife made a rush toward me. I couldn't stir, nor even make a sound come from my tips. The agony of the moment was something paralyzing. Just as he was about to plunge the great blade Into my body 1 managed to raise the bottle of cream in an attempt to throw" It at him. The knife struck the bottle while It was still In my hand and then I was holding a long white stick of solid Ice cream. It was at this point I fell out of bed, and I had a pillow in one hand and an ache In my head that I can feel yet. Next day I took a few, but only to steady me, and none at all since." "Well, my experience was a trifle dif ferent," said an Intent listener. "I had been out on a rampage, a good many years ago, when Omaha was much rougher than It Is now, with a party of .stockmen. Of course, they only got Into town once a year, or maybe twice, while I was drink ing steadily. "Getting the ordlnaxy routine turned completely around, I was at one of the packing houses, on a killing floor, late at night. Someone was Introducing me around among the men, when I came onto two dogs. One waa a tremendous beast with foaming Jaws, while the other was a dwarf dog, net much bigger than a rabbit, but with sharp bristles that looked like spikes. -, . "The big dog made a spring at me, when a butcher with a big knife and bloody arms rushed between us. I could see the little dog biting the big one's hind legs and jumping up to stick him with the bristles on his back. That struck me as a new way to fight and that little dog's tactics had me fascinated. Then he disappeared In some unaccountable manner, and I saw the struggling butcher and the big dog fall Into a pit. The butcher had dropped his knife and was holding the dog by the throat with a desperate grip. Blow After Blow Falls. "I aeemed to be taking the part of the dog. As I leaned over the pit the butcher kept throwing his head back and hitting me in the mouth, and I was unable to dodge the blows. I felt my teeth being knocked out and was going crazy with the pain and excltment Then I woke up, sweating like a sponge, and my hand was over my mouth. "It took until morning to regain my equilibrium, and except for purely medical purpose liquor la not on my list of provi sions any more." CHANGES AT THE P0ST0FFICE Stamp Department Mores Across Hall, Giving; More Space to Money Order Ston. ( Two new safes from Canton, O., have been received at the postofflce and are be ing Installed for the use of the stamp de partment across the hall from the old loca tion. It Is Intended to have the new stamp department completed by the time the holiday rush begins. The old stamp room will be utilized for the enlargement of the money order de partment. An archway will be cut be tween the old private office of the money order room and the old stamp room, which will be used as the new private office for the money order department. The temporary wooden roof over the lead roof covering the porch at the front of the federal building has decayed by weather exposure and la being removed. This porch has for years been used as a sight-seeing resort for the Ak-Sar-Ben and other parades, but for the future no one will be permitted on Its roof. The furnishing of the rooms for Super intendent C. L. Saunders of the Second Nebraska census district in the federal building has been completed. The census rooms are Nos. 203 and 20-1, on the second floor of the building, near the main eleva tors. Superintendent Saunders will Install his new chief clerk, who has not yet been definitely selected, the first of next week. The purpose of opening the census office at this time Is to arrange for the reception of the census auppliea and begin on the preliminary work of the census for the district The work of enumeration will not begin until April L In the meanwhile there la considerable preliminary work to do. Building of Road Hinges on Death People in Chicago Precinct Fig-lit Twenty Years on Highway, Which Will Cut Through Farm. Down In Chicago precinct In the south central part of Douglas county they have been fighting for twenty years over the question whether a certain road shall be laid out and once more the whole country side Is aroused to the boiling point. This time the belligerents are going to the mat before the Board of County Commissioners. David Warren la the standard bearer of those who ask the road cut through to the south toward Qretna and John Qultui la the new leader of the opposition, having succeeded Joe Reeves, who has died. Warren walked Into the commissioners' room In the court house before the hearing and remarked: "I waited for old Reeves to die and I'm hanged If I'm going to wait for Qulnn to cash In." Qulnn and John Newhouse are fighting the road because It will cut through their farms. The commissioners took up the matter in committee of the whole. DIDN'T KNOW GAS WAS ON Bert Price of Red Oak, la., ConyU Near Losing; Life by an Aecldent. Bert Price, 27 years old, from Red Oak. Ia., with a wife living at Lexington, waa found partly unconclous In a room at the Aetna hotel. Thirteenth and Doge streets, with the gas turned on. Police Surgeon Harris, who attended him, aays he will recover. Price says he doesn't know how the gas came to be turned on as he did not do it with any suicidal Intent t7 o Hunger makes"me think of you Thought of you makes me hungry? Between the thought and sight of you; Indeed I'm always hungry. 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