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JE BEE: OMATIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMREB 23. AFTER DRV CLEANING FIRMS Courts Busy Some Things You Want to Know The Holy Land Thrice Holy Palestine. Untying Knots r Kew Ordinic:e Will Caus Lonj i Drawn Out Wail of Protest. i that Slipped i at m 4 DE3iA5D rOS. HUE FROTICTIOS j Mnt Meve latn Oar-Story Flaai rnnt etrartares, tvtlh Coatly P ptlaarea, hy First Day of rll. (Several DiTorcei Granted and More j Coniinj Up in Douglaa County Tribunal. "And suddenly there was with the an;e1 tlm In the fulfilment for all. of the multitude of the heavenly host praising of mon ot Jerusalem: rords -v.rwthlrg will be Arln In the eorrn!Ars cf :'ie eitr 'hall am! later In th council, chamber u soon aa the dry cleaning e- j t.i , iahmenu can net their forces a.lg"ed. Tle fjitet cily builiirs; Is due to !)und : v l:n a holler tiiat H1 be soraethlii In the I ra;jre of a yell. , A r.ew ordinance Indorsed by th. council committee of the h.le will put a dosen or molt dry cleaning firms out of bulness cn April 1 unies :hey can ?et Into one etnrv flrnm.f hu:.Ilnz. eluiDPd HH vnia near the floor, with Albert Morrison has o-n given a decree nf divorce bv Judge Es'elle In district court from Wllletie Morrison God, ajnd saying glory to O'i In the high- "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant tie, r 'and on earth teace. gocd will toward part in peace, according ta Thy word: For meru-' mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, wnicn j This the first Christmas greeting. f!nd Thou hast prepared before the face of all echo this week In the hearts of million, of people: A light to l'ghten the Gentiles, and Christians In. all parts of the world who me g:ory or inv peup.e 1 '.i.h,t. ik. hrhf:-.v of Jrsus Christ th I. the ground. The hearrng too, p ac- so-,, ( ca one f th, PllM.ae. day, .go. but the decree has Just be,-i , g (n whjch ,f MMtA s gr.ti and entered. i i,. was born: Nasar- ! Mrs. Anna Malthy wa. granted a djcrej - He grew to manhood, and by Judge Redick from V. Rov Miltbv. '" " 'Jlv-ling -.-man. T.e c.upL me to , rusa;era wher e r H is deach. la ! Omaha December n. lm. a year .so tr.e j - Jws who do not icwpt ent.r the courtyard of the Church of the ; day the decree is given. ,,,, ,w. ,. Holy Sepulchre. For twelve hundred years! , Anton Jensen ha, bn granted a decree : the faith o' the Co .r, f the gr eat e. Jew has stood upon the site of the! I of rfivnrr. on the ground cf cruelty from ; of the Jew for J.ruealem la now. as It ,,.... ft, rim. I Mrs. M ., Mr,. An. S.panek i baa been since t he da y of David, the cap, inmi. -.. Within the year since last Chrtstm.'w the ! light of fred-m hss broken upon this d.s- tressed holy land and for the f'rst tlmej In all the centuries its people hive known ; the spirit of the fatherhood of God and : the brotherhood of man. For eighteen ; centuries it has been dath for a Jew to , Testimony ... k . .1 i.x..Ma linuld aud i jiranar fjruuni. frr c.en;n; stored in air-tight receptacles ! x. given in Bohemian. Frank TI, Th.r Ll ill in 4ivjm in this easa 1 Is Mohammed. clarity and Jewry, rome distance from the nunaing. iwj ... ' .... , K. .t, i. ' imrnritr lann ui musx iso nave an iuivuug .....u, , - r .-r. ..... i vf, virt.s .:i .h. tr.sldfl of the Herbert V. OUtnore is suing -"- - ; Kgriiicr n. "" " r.i'mnr. for il tore on me iromi i i cruelty. The couple wera married In Fre mont October TL 1'JW. system runnin. build, ng. to si'jirt water on occasion into and through any fins tha-. enay start with out dj warning. Wa don't know whether to regard this new regulation aa a Christmas box of trouble or aa April fool, bat In the face.' sa J one manager of a large dry cleaning es;abiihmtnt located on the second floor cf a business block. "One thing La cer tain. If we are to rorsply with the terms of that proposed ard.tance by April I a lit mora cement, stone or brick one-story buildings will have to be built in mlhty Q.iicfc time. The sponsors for the ordinance irut think'th dry cleaners are part of the Standard Oil concern, cr the under studies fur banks. To abandon all present locations and put up toe kind of building r;::red would bankrupt every man In the i -less. Faihng to comply and dolnf a.'.nesa under coyer would put us all In danger of the law. So we seem to be up against It.' unless our lawyers ean figure a way out - or the council can be got to defer the time- when the ordinance becomes effective until we can make tne necessary motiey." , Bloodthirsty Chrla- ords of the Master ! also the holy latd to the followers of "5n the cross, have murdered Jews who ; for Islam, as wrll as Chris- mucn as uarea ipi"' la build-d upon the ul wsu. i.ur, u.. -....( rho offered- up as a bv - n throats of pious Jews who; sought to nr. up tneir voices m prayer the hill where st.xvd the temple of Solomon, "P" M-icnesek ana, ALranam, Isaac ana jacoo. kiviu nu u . . id.ii. tanrht. from whenc Mo .j soit moo. wesi.'kian ana ine .hjcctots in- JOY MORTON DOES NOT TALK Salt Klatt .May Renal la latll After (krUlai, Day. Osaaka Joy Morton. "The Salt King." son of the late J. Sterling Morton and a native of Omaha. Is In the city, owing to the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. C. L. Deuel. "I have nothing to say for the public and don't want to be Interviewed," said Mr. Morton. While In Omaha he Is a truest at the home of Jasepb Cudahy. Thirty-eighth avenue and Dodge streets. He reached the city Tuesday morning from Chicago and probably will remain here for Christmas. Cat Gl FRENZEXV IJth and Dodge. Want to Work for , Turk Without Pay? The sultan of Turkey wants a representa tive In Omaha to promote tha commercial relations of Turkey tth this city. The Commercial club has received a com munication from Seoretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel asking that the club as sist In finding someone to fill a consular post in this city to represent the Oitoman empire. A consulate will be established here under the imperial embassy at Wash- .r.gton. While there Is no salary attacnea to the office the club expects no diffi culty In finding someone to fill th post DERIGHT HEAD OF AUTO SHOW Cosaaaay Which Will Coadact Motor C Espoaltlasi Hlwa Mectiast aa. Electa Officers. J. J. De right has been elected president of the Omaha Automobile Show associa tion; J. T. Steward. 2d. was chosen vice president and C. G. Powell, secretary-treasurer. These three and WUlard D. Hoe ford and T. R. Kimball, comprise tne board of directors. Messrs. Hoe ford and Powell were named the executive committee to have charge f th Kiitrtmahtle show, which will be February Zl-K, Inclusive. A large number of dealers were present at the meeting. which was held at the office of J. J. Deright and moet of those present subscribed for stock and became members of the associa tion. Ther-s were twenty old dealers on the list of stockholders, and twenty new names were idded. Invitations to join will be sent to all dealer. We've exclusive and eleirant Neckwear, np from 50c The best make of Gloves, up from .$100 Perfection in Shirts, up from $1.00 Best brands of Underwear, per garment, up from. . i . . .50c Choice Hosiery, up from 25c Warm Dressy Mufflers, up from.. 50c, Night Robes 50c Pyjamas, up from $1.00 House Coats, up from w $2.50 Lounging Robes, up from $3.50 Umbrellas, Bags, Cases and Novelty Articles, all rea sonably priced, AND the only Suits and Ovecoats worth while at $10.00 to $40.00 choice selections VV:c:vlVt . , XP.'A of Men's Fur- VVCvHrfvV V . it ' h nis hint's for mvfelaaJ'11 1 '" . 1 Christmas gifts 1 hammed ascended Into heaven today stands the noble dome of the mosque of Omar. In the world today there are Christians, LO.000.oro Mohammedans and UOOOOjO Jews, making together one-half of the total population of the world and more than a third of the civtllxed world, who look upon Palestine as holy land. It la a tiny bit of country, perhapa a hundred and fifty miles long and fifty or sixty iru'.es wide. Within this narrow compass is contained a startling variety of topo graphical wonders. From the mountains of Lebanon at the north stretching to the d'sert which girts Ml Slnal at the south. the country is divided Into four narrow strips. Along the coast a ribbon of green beauty; then a rugged range of brown hills whose verdure has long since been stripped away; then the depressed river valley leading down Into the abyssmal horrors of the Dead sea, and beyond that the purple peaks of those mountains t -hereon stood Mosea when he was vouch safed that one glimpse of the Promised Land which was to him forbidden. It la difficult for the" twentieth century man. be he Jew or Gentile, to realise how small was the stage upon which was en acted those great events which have shaped religious belief and which have moulded political action in all the occidental world for nearly 000 years. It Is even more dif- voked the surcnr of Jhovah. Treacherous and vindictive Jews, suffering under the perscutions of centuries, have dealt death to their enemies of other creeds. Ever since Jesus died on the cross of Calvary has Jerusalem and all this holy land been drerched with blood shed by murderers who slew their victims In the name of re ligion. Then came this year 13.' of the Christian era. 563 of the Jewish era and L7 of th Mohammtfan era, and the light of liberty for the first time broke throuch the clouds of religious Intolerance am' Illumined the churches and synagogues and mosques of the city of Jerusalem. It was the young Tvrks' revolution. The despotic sultan, Abdul Hi mid, was overthrown, and -the constitution became a reality in benighted Turkey, of which Palestine la a part. What a great cele bration it was In Jerusalem! Tour.g men of every creed united In the demonstration and Mohammedans went boldly Into the holiest of all holy Christian churches, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and gave thanks for their new found liberty. Mo hammedans took with them Jews and Christians to the platform of the temple. surrounding the moaque of Omar, and gave I vent to their joyous feeling. Jews took i Christians and Turkish political allies Into : ficult to realise that Palestine today la he th aacred precincts of ll elr synagogues, j home of the miserable descendants of those same people who were there when It be came, by successive dramas, the Holy Land of Israel, Christendom and Islam; and that those people cow are engaged In a struggle for political freedom which has Tor 'he Every difference of faith was forgotten In the common Joy. Of course this religious union lasted only for a day and now the old lines are drawn again, but they are not as taut as they used to be, and never again will they mean death to the tres- flrst time united many men of many faiths Pasr- Turkey la free and the holy land In this country of religious strife. u delivered from the curse of despotism. It is difficult for Christiana In America. Not re ,n nse that we Americans hearing at this glad holiday season the ever know freedom, for the habits of centuries new message announcing the birth of the may not b overthrown entirely in a mo Prince of Peace, to reallxe that in the Holy mnt Du to the sense that for the Land It is necessary every hour of every fIrst Um the splrlt of IibT and of uni day for Mohammedan soldiers to stand on r9nai brotherhood hi permitted to Influence guard In Christian churches to prevent t'ie tn" minds of the people. The railroad, the rival sects of the followers of the lowly t,leTPh- the aewspaper and the schools Jesus from cutting each other's throats. nCW hT their opportunity- to remake and and from slaying the Jews m th.lr remoI tn Land a the light of true I ! I " " I I ii a-i mas . m-rm-immi r ' We point with M choice selections V' V 11 of Men's Fur- .VXv VV'i v t- n "mm tl TV h w. -t - -t--. -m V a ( " t 'i i I ?M nishings for W- ill t.i Christmas trifts .aW f Store Open Evenings ! i .... Ji j i liMZssawWassii ssisl sWli ihtaT mi ' Mt ti'K. "ll III fltim 1aslsT11-srMlgsll-"- irhsi r T iHI " II n awsTnOTl ll i st tli issn T tptI i Vt".' - S rt.. :.: W 4 1- I t k-i- ' V XI V a lh Ml. J -A 9 ; !, i . But two more noppln; days. We hav prepared for j ! , tte Slut! raih Of tht lilt fev K. .nnTln. nM .l.rk. II I I I tt our custotner shall have prompt attention. Our 1 1 j I ,tCH"k fa tl11 Try large, despite th recent heafy gales, be- 11 I cu tave received new goods dally up to the Vast I I I I wees-. Remember, what little Is left of the Mawhlnney ft II I L Ryan ttock la blng aold at cost Watch our wlndowa for I 1 I j I Ky Jewelry Co., M city. It Is difficult In this modern day, to re allxe why the physical misery and degrada tion of tha Holy Land should not- be over come" and alleviated by the hosts of Chris tian ptlgrtma who annually make the Journey to the scenes of the every -day 'tfe of their Saviour. It Is that In this country where was revealed the religion of cleanliness that mortal men i should be more dirty than In any other place on earth. It Is difficult to realise holinea At this Christmas season every American Christian, Protsstant and. Catholic, and every American Jew ahoeid rwjoica that ft was the American Influence! more than all else besides, that made, possible these "good tidings of great Joy." The American Mis sionary mllpr. nf .Sv.iS f H m.a .J .W - w Aim l. , . ' inr uuil " rr';I" of education which made the Toung Turk movement possible. The American Catho lics In Jerusalem did their part la brinrinc to the people the knowledge of free institu tions. And msir H(i-.tlv K. . .w- . I ?"J? ,UnI WhT th Gr, PhJriCi" "ctlvely. It was th. XmcZ enc. : .I . l; "" 1nl m opening the empire of Japan to arestern blind, that there should be more lepers and elvUlxaxion that gave the Aaiatic peoples more blind men than in any other country, a new sense of rower, and which Impelled .oi. m rTuesune, tne Turks m the near east to emulate the from whence came the Inspiration for the example of the victorious Japanese In the mi- ii.iuiu wnicn nave man possible far east. every progressive step In the western world Not since the wise men of the east saw . v. tocir oemg amia me otar oi uetnienem, not since the conditions practically unchanged from Angelic host charmed the shepherds with those which obtained 1.000 years ago. It Is their heavenly chorus, not since Jesus was difficult to reallxe that among all the peo- laid In the manjer, has there been such a pie of all the world the people of Palestine happy Christmas In Palestine aa will be should be least responsive to the clvlllxlng celebrated this month. All Christendom will Influence of the railroad and the refining iol with the Christians of the Holy Land Inspiration of the telegraph. In the repetition of the good tidings, "Glory But at thla particular Christmas season to Gyi ln highest, and en earth peace. in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred Kd wui toward men." and nine, the Christian world, the remnant MT rXJISEXIO J. XASXXH. vi nrn ua me nousenoia or toe prophet xosaorrow Tas EOLT LAJTBn of Allah may rejoice together for the first The Jerusalem of Today. WHERE ARETHE NEEDY ONES? Question &ued by Baiineu Men as to 5,000 Hungry. DON'T BELIEVE THEM 15 OMAHA Daaht that the City Has That Xaay Peaple Wha Are Vaahla to Pravlae Their Owa Dlaaera. Love of Curios Bests Scruples; Letter Betrays Church Builder Arrested for Loot ing- Collections of Deacon and Host. Is e .1 : By ELLIS PARKER BUTLER, Author ot 'Pis la Figs" Generally when a writer produces one notably famous story he finds it hard to 4trepeat," but Mr. Butler certainly "repeated" in mirth with Teeth Is Teeth in which S. Potts tells Watchman Daniel about Peter Guppy An inventor, too lazy to eat, who invented Guppy's Auxiliary Motor Teeth (guaranteed 60 "chomps" per second), to save himself the effort of chewing. . The stunts these "chawers" do, make the story chuckle, run along in continual laughter and end with Read it. berin with a side-splitting Some business men are beginning to ask questions about the many campaigns at present being conducted throughout the city for the raising of funds ostensibly for Christmas dinners to be given nomeisss or needy people. "As near as I can figure it out, after questioning the canvassers." said one mer chant, "steps are being taken to furnish Christmas dinners for between 4. and ! 5,000 Individuals. Now. I don't believe j there are that many perple ln Omaha who (cannot provide their own Christmas din ners. This belief led me to question one ! canvasser pretty closely, after proving by ! his own statement that he had already n.ore money than would provide the num 1 h-r of dinners mentioned. Then the can ' tvsser came back at me with the blunt statement. 'Tea. but we have a debt of a Urge sum to take care of.' "Now, that statement set me to thinking, and I have about come to the conclusion that It la not quite right to use ; the Christmas spirit as aa excuse to raise ' money, not for dinners for needy people i altogether, but to pay debts. Inquiry among other business men proved : that a great many of them have given ' pretty liberally for Christmas dinners ' without any particular question. It seems reasonably certain, from what can be ' learned even whea the givers are not prone to talk about their contributions that enough money haa beea raised by a dosea j or more canvassers this year to buy thou- i i i i i roar. ' if V II MUM! JiSril II Wm ejsaBF aaatfftaam M. J" V M t i-. a hsa . JF JT II flflvSMflPOUTA N J. ,W At All News Stands. 15c a Copy. N Jj - MMi central!, s n i t&jYji issm iii i r IK wm mm is m B .' t !" . .-i V. Illi' t 5 O 'l I I V OS an. tM.m Am lii, over tha "Central Routt to Florida and Cuba" 00 pen Witt-.' L Chlesoo., Lv St. Louie... Ar.. .Birmingham. Ar Columbus.. Ar Albany .Jackson villa... ....Ar T.ISam ....Ar .. Lv ll.asam ....Lv t.COi Lv 2.30 am .40 pm T.I am 1 1 .49 am e.M am 2.30am .40 pm Observation sleeping car. ten-section two-drawing-room sleeping car, free reclining chair car (steel construction) and combination baggage car and coach between Chicago and Jacksonville. Through sleeping car. and free chair car service, between St. Louis and Jacksonville. All meals en route in dining cars. Connection at Columbus with through sleeping car to and from Savannah; also with trains at Jacksonville for all Florida points and steamship Connections for Havana. Cuba VIA KNlQltTS KEY OR PORT TAAIPA If you don't want your letters read, don't leave them lying around. If a letter contains incriminating evi dence against you. destroy it on the spot. First of all, do not let your passion for art and desire to furnish a coay den get away with your ability to discriminate be tween meum and tuum. (From the maxims of J. J. Healy.) Some month ago, J. J. Healy, skilled bricklayer, went to O'Neill. Holt county, to help build a church. This pious occupa tion does not seem to have resulted ln the moral uplift which It should have -"but we anticipate," as says Nick Carter. I Mr. Healy secured quarters in the family j very church which HeI worked upon. In (0RGE S. LULL LOjES LEG years gone by Mr. Shlrbing let his liking j for th.ngs wordly get the better of him ! A special Florida Folder and inf nrmation as to low winter tourist fares, reservations and tickets of your home ticket ajents or by addressing S. NORTH, District Passenger Afeat, Illinois Ceatral H t, 140a Fsraam St.. Oauha, Neb. New Fast Through Train to FLOKI and he amassed a handsome ejection of ) Omaha Packing Home Tire Indian relics and souvenirs. , . , , Most of the curio, he stored in trunk, Caat Under EnSUM. which was kept ln the attic - To the same dusty repository Healy's ' track was carried. Healy had occasion to i visit that trunk of h.s several times ar.d, I " " once, probably by mistake, he opened the 1 H" Crashed a ad Has to Be la. Ciief SLIPS 03 TEE ICE 15D SSOW sands of Christmas dinners. And It la ; equal ry cen&u. mm.j momm wm su(ai w f)n paaaace ln th I know, that there are not several thousand 1 nicely we have fixed : homeless ana needy men and women la j Omaha at this time who will have to be fed by charity on Christmas day. rong trunk. To hasten the story: Healy left for Omaha after a time, leaving the memory of a pleasant acquaintance, which dtmned somewhat when the curias were found mlssivg. He also left a letter from his sister. Miss Shlrbing. daughter of thj deacon, suspected Healy ail held desrtie with her mother about reading the letter. Mother opposed It; daughter favor.-d it ad had her way. let;." t;.i ' h . u? ti'e d-r. vltlt those cute curios." - Mias bhirbing went to sheriff C. K. Hall of Holt county. patated A bare the Kaee, hat Injared Maa Is Espeeted ta Live. George 8. Hill fire chief of the Omaha Packing company, lost his leg through an accident In the railroad yards. He was at the old plant and attempted to mrunt the foot board of engine No. 15. of the Tnton 5tock Yards company. The ground and the foot board were slippery with Ice and frost and he missed h'.e f lot ng and went under the trucks of the piiot- His leg was severea oeiow tne snee. and has a family dependent on him He recovered from the Immediate chock of the Injury and operation and probably will live. . Omaha, and Healr is now fcunivir.. Lame back may be cured br apply ng to aS'iU with Sheriff HalL W herelosw Chamberlain's Liniment two or three times a day, with a vtgurous rubbing at each ap I Ucatloa. the maxima. Sheriff Hall came te i When he was taken to the hospital the physicians round it necessary to amputate above the right knee, because the leg was so badly crushed up to the knee joint. He has been fire chief at the Omaha Packing compeer for a number of years NoveiUta FrU.NiiLtt-U'.u and &odgt. TO TAX BILL DISTRIBUTERS Lleease Inspector Woald Give City Share la "Velvet- Made aa Peatlac Permits. License Inspector Snyder has secured the indorsement of the council committee of the whole for an ordinance to make bill distributers poy a l'. ense of l a year. Bill posters pay a license of I'.OO a year, but some ot them, and other Individuals ln the bill posting business have been dis tributing bills as a business and making a good thing out of it Mr. Snyder want to be put In a posi tion where he ean license and control the methods of distributing bills, which are often scattered about the streets and la other public places promiscuously. The or dinance is In line with similar enactments in other cities. SLlaaed fraas Head ta Heel was Ben Pool Threet. Ala., when dragged ovr a gravel roadway, but Bucklen's Ar nica Salve cured hiua. Cc. For sale by &caloa Druj Co, BROWN AND ADAMS MAY BE GIVEN TO KANSAS CITY Twa Mea il aspect ed af Heataas Crisaee There aad Are Held 8 ab ject ta Ideatlfleatlaa. The local police are anxlous'y awailtng! wonl from Karsas City for Mentlf 'cation of the photographs and BertlUon nvasiare ments of Larl Brown and John Adams, sus pected hold-up men. as being mergers of a gang that operated extensively tn Kan sas City, and who murdered a saloon keeper named Spangler and dangerously ounded bis son. who Is still in a hospital At the time Drown and Adams were he'd for district court In 0;rah3 their photos were taken snd descriptions of them were sent to the principal cities of the country. Including Kansas t'tyr. Sice then bo word tas been received by the local po'.lre, who still believe Brows and AJjjtui ere the men wanted in the Missouri eit, I ir mur der and attempted mufifer, ae welT sS a long string of burgiarWa, , Brown and Adams are held at the county Jail pending trial la district court, but if Identified as the men wanted for the kill- , lng of ripajigler. will likely be turned avag to the Ksnjsas City authorities '