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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1910)
TITE BEK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1010. January Clearing Sale of Lace'Cuplains The nssortmcnt consists of more than 3,000 PAIRS of the choicest styles of this season's productions. From two to six pairs of a lot; all must be sold within the next few days. The prices we herewith quote is but nn index to the general values which this sale offers. Make your choice early and secure the best values. LACE CURTAINS. $6 Irish Point Lace Curtains per pair 9:1.7.1 $7 IrlHh Point iAce Curtains per pair $4.23 $10 Irish Point Lace Curtains per pair ffl.25 $13.25 Irish Point Lace Curtains, per alr v 8.0l) $8.25 Pfilssels. Curtains, pr. $5.00 $9.50 lirtism ), Curtains, pr. $fl.OO $16.75.. liruflsols ', Curtains, pair, now at . i. . ......... . $10.25 $9.25 Prusseis Curtains, pr. $3. 7ft $8.60 Cluny Lace - Curtains, per pair, nt $5.25 ,$12.50 Cluny Lace Curtains, per pair, at $7.75 .$7.26 Cluny . Lac, Curtains, per pair, at $.ro $9.60 Cluny Lace Curtains, per pair, at $0.00 $5.75 Lacet Arabian Curtains, at, per pair $3.75 $8 Lacet Arabian Curtains $5.00 $12.75 Lacet Arabian Curtains $8 lVlillei, Stewart & Beaton 413-15-17 South Sixteenth Street. ' BRIEF CITY NEWS Kara Boot rrlnt It. B. r. Swoboda Certified Accountant. Lighting rixturea, Bargeas-aranden Co. Blnehart, Photographer, 18th & Farnam. Xeyn, photo, removed to J 6th & Howard. I860 Rational Ufe Xnauranoe Co. 1910 Charles E. jA.dy, General Agent, Omaha. "Try Us First Tot rutl" Nebraska Fuel Co., 1414 Farnam St. lioth Phones. Equitable X.lfe Policies, sight drafts at maturity. H. D. Neely, manager, Omaha, Keep Tour Money ana Valuables In the American Safe Deposit Vaults in the Bee building, tl rents a box. Investments In the shares of Nebraska Savings and Loan association earn t per cent per annum, ' credited semi-annually. 106 Board of Trade building, 1003 Farnam. Till la Tapped for Tan The Fidelity Insurance and Casualty company reports the loss of S 10, which was taken from a drawer. The drawer of the sate waa pried open and the money taken. V,- Honey Bea Owner Gets Stung' Someone stole a hive of bees belonging- to F. M. Robbllng, 4411 North Thirty-first street Mr. Robbllng wants the police to arrest the thief and secure the honey-makers. If possible. Charged with Cheok Meddling William Carnaby of 2063 Izard street is under arrest charged with raising a check. He Is In the city Jail awaiting the development of additional evidence. He . was arrested by Detectives Murphy and Ring. TV K. C.' A. Baoaption for Students A reception to the 2T0 new students of Boylcs college waa held at the Young Men's Chris tian association Friday afternoon. The re ception was held for the purpose of familiarising the newcomers with the work of the Institution. Lawyer Baas for BUS Pees Arthur C. Wakeley, lawyer, has brought suit against Thor and Ida Jorgenaen for 00 attorney's fees. The case has been taken from Jus tice George C. Cockrell's court to Justice Eastman on a motion for change of venue filed by the defendants. BUI Collector ta Telia Fred Morrow was fined $18 and costs in police court for collecting meney for eoai and not turning Over the cash ta the dealers by whom he was employed. Morrow elaimad that he turned the cash and receipted bills over to the firm, but the books did not show up right and Morrsw was deelared to be guilty: Last Bites fe Mrs. Barak T. Tyler The funeral ef Mrs, Barah F. Tyler waa held Thursday Mm. Tyler waa 86 years Of age arid made her heme with her niece, Mrs. Charles V: Wllklns, at "Hlllorast." Mrs. Trier has been In Omaha four years, CHinuig to this eltr from Boston. Her body was plaeed In the receiving vault at Forrnt Lawn and wfll be taken ta New Hampshire for permanent Intermeat. Tt.o Firms are Incorporate The Mid West Cigar company has been Inesrporated for SS.ena bf L SSttrtnuehler, A. Q. Jaeger, John 11. C; Htmehi Donald Maerea, Fi Fi Ecfcbert, A. C. Hnnd, Charles D. Rosen-fk-.t'; O. A. Orlbhle and Fred Johnson. The VK.'Ch-Kalconer company, which Is to do a plumbing and contracting business, has been Incorporated for $10,000 by Thomas . jucn, : iioTi.ns i aicozcrr nim u. tt mur ro:;: Texan Honored by Omaha Friaads M. J. Le.-irhey. Twenty-elRhth and Leaven worth, gave a .Mag party Thursday even ing for a ntsrrber of Ills friends, the guest of honor being M. K. Case of Ran Antonio, Tex. IMmmlck's orchestra was present and rerderrd rnqstc threttshnut the evening. The guests "were C. H. Wlthnell, William Renol ken, Peter Iter?on, L, Bolsen, Arthur Kuhn. Joseph Reiensreln, William Sohroe fler,, rr. Larfcens. B. r. BUey Bays the Albany The Al bany, a roninttiR limine at 2103-6 loulaa Btret. has been bought by E. F. Ulley for- tim ftnr terwstment. The sale waa mad by the Oltfve Rtlty syndicate. The same flnn snld four apartment brlek flats at iTtventy-toui-tlt ahd Dewey avenue to Ml it Adelnlde ( fUekneli for .$U,W0. The flrrr also reports Htie hhIu of a 720-acre ranah In Paivea eoMpty ta Charles White for','S3f.4Vv . ,'. ' rargreta Board BUI In Kla Baste Jack O'Brien is wanted by the Metchsnle hotel miinagement,ras O' Brian has departed and 1 left unpaid a hotel bill amounting t- over ay, lie had been slaying; at the hotel more than a month and claimed to be waiting fwr transportation to New Zealand. Re cently his transportation came and he left the city, but forgot to pay h'.a bill and Pure in the can- Pure in the baking. Never Falls. Try it, $6.50 Point DeLuce Curtains, per pair, at $1.00 $8.15 Point DeLuce Curtains, per pair, at $5.00 $8.50 Point DeLuce Curtains, per pair, at $5.25 $2.25 Novelty Lace Curtains, per pair, at .$1.50 $4.25 Novelty Laiw Curtains, per pair, at $2.75 $5.25 Novelty Lace Curtains, per pair, at -. $3.25 $6.00 Novelty Lace Curtains, per pair, at $3.50 $7.50 Novelty Lace Curtains, per pair, at $4.75 $3.50 Novelty Lace Curtains, per pair, at $2.25 $2.25 Ruffled Curtains, pr. $1.50 $1.75 Ruffled Curtains, pr. $1.25 $6.60 Silk Curtains, pr. ,..$3.50 $8.75 Silk Curtains, pr. ...$5.50 $10 Silk Curtains, pr .$6.00 $8.76 Silk Curtains, pr $6.00 now an effort will bo made to intercept 1.1m before he gets out of the country. Pointers to Census Applicants Census Supervisor C. L. Saunders of the. Second Nebraska district has Just received from the census bureau a supply of blank ap plications' for persons applying for pol tlons as census enumerators. These will be forwarded to his list of applicants as soon as possible. The applications, properly filled out, must be returned to the super visor not later than January 31, the dlrec tor of the census having extended the time for filing from January 25, which was the date first set for closing the consideration of the applications. Prcttv Governess Choked to Death Coachman, Who Attempted to Commit Suicide, it Charged with Crime. POUGHKEEPSIB, N. T.. Jan. 14. Sarah O. Breymor, aged 26 years, a pretty and cultured governess at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes Compton, Mlllbrook, Dutchess county, was found in her bed early this morning strangled to death. Frank Schermerhorn, of the same age. and who ia employed as coachman on the Compton place, has been brought to this city, charged with the murder. Late this afternoon he made an unsuccessful' attempt at suicide, cutting his throat with a razor, Mary Fennel, a maid in the Compton house, waa awakened by a noise, and says she saw a man's form disappear ' out of the corridor. She ran to awaken the gov erness, and not receiving any reply, entered MIbs Breymor'a room. The governess was found lying in bed, her face black and finger prints on her throat. Life was extinct , In the same room waa little Polly Comp. ton, aged S years, unharmed. The maid quickly pressed an electric button, sum monlng the coachman, and when he arrived the sheriff and police of this city were notified. The officials spent the day at the Comp ton place. They found Mies Breymor'a hands had been tied, the big chest contain ing the silverware had been forced and several of the rooms were In disorder. making It appear as though the tragedy had been part of a burglary. The police went to tha coachman's house late this afternoon. Investigation revealed Schemer horn lying under the bed with his throat cut Schemerhorn waa taken into custody and hia wound dressed. On the table in his room was found a note signed Frank which read: "My Dear Wife: I am not guilty." Schmerhorn was too weak to make much of a statement. He did say, however, that he stood watching under a window of the Compton mansion while the Japanese butler committed the deed. This statement the police discredit, and say there is no doubt that Schmerhorn strangled the governess to death following an assault. INSURANCE COMPANY ELECTS Commonwealth Llfe'a Directors and . Officers Choeeu at Annual Meet Ins;. The officers and directors of the Com nion wealth Life Insurance comoanv of Na braska were elected at the annual buslnsa meeting of the stockholders of the con cern. The directors elected were: Frans Nel son, Sherman Saunders. A. D. Marriott E. M. Fairfield, C. H. Clancy, Paul walker, van U. Itey, A. B. Hunt and H. Matters. The officers elected were E. M. Fairfield, president: Sherman Baun ders, first vice president; A. D. Marriott, second vloe president; Vsn. B. Latey, sec retary; A. B. Hunt, treasurer; Thomas Matters, general counsel, and Charles Clancy, superintendent of agencies. A banquet was held at the Paxton connection with the annual election, which thirty stockholders from outside In at of Omaha were present and the sneakers wer Clark O'Hanlon of Blair, L. D. Richards of Fremont and Allen O. Burke of Ban croft. , , . Skinned from Head to Heel was Ben Pool, Threet, Ala., when dragged over a gravel roadway; but Bucklen'a Ar nlca Salve cured him. 26c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. HOLLKR SKATING. Skaters Will tlavo Poeeeaeloa Aadltortam for Next Ten Din The thousands of young people In Omaha who enjoy roller ekatlng will be glad to learn that the skating at the Auditorium will go right along every afternoon and evening for the next two weeks without an interruption. The skating season been somewhat broken up this year by Corn exposition, the poultry show other attractions at the Auditorium, the track Is clear now for a couple the and but i of weeks and the skaters will have ther Inn- Ing. The floor waa never In better comll tlon. The akatea are well care,! for and with fine band music the exercise la enjoyable and fascinating. moat AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Roadi Refuse Eastbound Stock and Packers' Product!. STORM JS EAST IS CAUSE Gt Jataapheloa Becomes Demented on Receiving Ktm of Death of Ilia Father Xo Filings ob Thirteenth. On reports of a heavy storm raging In eastern Iowa and Illinois, the railroads of South Omaha refused all eastern consign ments of live stock or packing house prod ucts shortly after noon yesterday. The rigors of the present winter have worked difficulties in railroading which are with out precedent and the action of the roads yesterday was arbitrary, but based on tho xperlencee of the past. Further, the de mand for steam coal from the section af fected makes It Imperltlve that the roads be kept as free from entanglements as possible. Tho packets of South Omaha have been on the acute edge of anxiety for over a week and more than once not half a day's supply of coal remained between the packers and a shutdown. The shortage of refrigerator cars has been acute for a month and the Omaha Packing company yesterday was over thirty cars short of the orders which were most urgent. Other packers were equally handi capped. The middle west has been enjoying milder weather for a week or more and as a ref-ult the live stock Is being rushed to the South Oinaha market and the' packers eport that their coolers and cold storage rooms are rapidly filling wtlh lAeat which should be on the toad. Over 30,000 hogs have been received In South Omaha Id the four market days of the week. The severe weather In the east has brought th prices up again so that yesterday $S.58 was paid for the best grades. With the big storm In the east the local market is likely to be higher today. Commercial Club Leaders. At a luncheon given by the Commercla! olub at tho Havcrly hotel, Thursday noon, the president of the club announced the following committees and presented the revised roll of membership. Following Is the roll: W. P. Adkins. J. H. Kopleta. Ira Kellog. Frank Koutsky. J. W. KoutBky. L. M. Lord. James Martin. V. H. Mann. J. C. Mlchelsen. R. M. Montague. A. 11. Murdock. James Murphy. T. J. O'Nell. Dell Pierce. C. M. Rich. John J. Ryan. C. M. Schindle. C. W. Sears. J. B. Watkins. Jack Walters. Joe Walker. A. Kakke. F. C. Beavers, a. H. Brewer. Frank Broad well E. B. Brogn. P. C. Caldwell. W. B. Cheek. E. A. Cressey. M. Culkln. L. D. Erlon. H. B. Fisher. John Flynn. E. F. Folda. J. C. French. E. O. Furen. Oeorge Qlbbs. Fred Ueorne. Martin Jetter. L. Hendrlcksen. Directors. Municipal Affairs Adkins, Watkins. Manufactures and Trade O'Nell, French, Mlchelsen. Railroads and Transportation Cheek, Montague. Public Service Utilities Schlndle, Mur dock. Ways and Means Qlbbs, Lord, Flynn. Membership Culkln and entire board. Convention and Tublio Entertainments- Martin. Employment . and . Labor Brewer, Cald well, Furen. Promotion of Industries Watkins, Folda. Statistics and Publication Brown, Lord, Flynn. Insurance and Fire Protection Kopeits, Rich. O'NelL ' Federal and State - Relations Broadwell, Kopleta, Murdock. Auditing and Club Property Mann, Brown, Fisher. Greek Has Musical Mania. j Oust JutBaphelos, a Greek of South Ozr.aha, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on the charge of dementia. He was found by the police at Twenty-ninth and R streets scrubbing the floor of his lodging house with a tar mop and water mixed with cinders. He had been so violent that all hia associates left the place, fearing they would be attacked. The officers had diffi culty in landing htm In jail. Once in Jail he began to sing in his native tongue a wierd medley of aongs. which never ceased for hours. He beat time on the bars or danced up and down the corridor, much to the distress of the other prisoners. The caBe has evWy appearance of being per manently developed. Yesterday it was thought an effort would be made to have his case disposed of before the Board of Insanity, but he is still in the South Omaha jail. Then men with whom he roomed said he received a letter about two weeks ago tell ing him of the death of his father. Since that time he has shown signs of breaking down, which rapidly developed hia present condition. City Clerk Busy with Bonds. The city clerk has been busy getting out the history of the latest issue of general improvement bonds. Three of the paving dtbtrlct hlstorlea have been completed and two more will be finished today. The clerk has also been busy rewriting an entire Issue of bonds and signing coupons because of an error found in the context. The bonds shculd draw Interest payable January 1 and July 1, but the error read June 1, so the change had to be made and the error corrected by ordinance. The ordinance Is now up for third reading before the council. Janaary IS Proven Hoodoo, None of the ambitious candidates for office had the tlmerity to file yesterday, preferring to wait one day to avoid the "hoodoo." Among the number to wait one day or more was Jolin F. Schultx, repub lican candidate for city treasurer. John Biglewicz, a biennial candidate for the city council, also thought St better to wait until a later day. The city clerk said he thought most of the candidates who an. peared have no fears of the hoodoo, but thtre were some who do, and it is likely When the doctor says you must take Cod Liver Oil he means Emulsified Oil and not the crude oil which is rery heavy and hard to digest, Scott's Emulsion is the world's standard prepa ration of Cod Liver On; it is very easily digested and im mediately absorbed, and will not upset the stomach like the crude or plain oiL ALL PBPOOHT Bn Us, um at m mmt hla ad. t tmr kMntltuI K.ai Bank ao4 ObUd fekatoa Hook, fcao bans fulaOoa Laos fmaL SCOTT a BOWN& 409 Paarl St K Y. I'aiffllgii n. .!J).. m -i in in .i . Mm .wi THE CONTINUATION OF OUR GREAT 1-2 Price Sale of Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats A'''f "A t II' y - V' , it' i I1, f I ' ? 1 li 5ni til , w, u -1 S ,i 'jJ "The House of High Merit." some will have bad luck without the in fluence of a hoodoo. Nebraska! Shoe and Clothing; House. JAUNARY CLEARING SALE. This is the month we disregard cost and value and out one aim la not to carry over any winter stock. Boys all wool suits regular $3.60 value, $1.98. Boys all wool pants, regular Tpc value, 39c. Boys all wool overcoats, regular 13 value, tt.98. Boys all woo! suits (2 pairs of . pants), regular $5 value. 12 63. MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR SATURDAY, ONLY 6.. Men's $10 suits and overcoats la plain and fancy colors, all new, up-to-date merchan dise, for one day only, $6.00. NEBRASKA SHOE & CLOTHING HOUSE SOUTH OMAHA. Magic City Gossip. Mrs. Jeannette M. Whito of the Juvenile court has resigned her position. Jetter's' Gold Top Beer, delivered to any I art of city. Fred Hc-ffllnger. Tel. South 16t9 Tho Central Labor union will give a masquerade ball Saturday evening at Labor Temple. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stryker are entertain ing Mr. Btryker's sister-in-law, Mrs. Stryker of Galena, 111. Vaudeville Clark Sisters In singing and dancing at Majestic theater, balance of this week. They are fine. The young people of the Baptist church will hald a social and business meeting this evening at the church. Wynona lodge No. 2106, Modern Brother hood of America, will meet this evening for the purpose of installing officers. MIps Mattle Clarke entertained the Entre Nous society at her home Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Pearl Nlehua of Spring field, Neb. The regular meeting of Phil Kearne) post, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Woman's Relief corps, will be held Saturday evening. . On account of the illness of Mrs. Eads the next session of the Presbyterian King s Daughters will be at the home of Mrs. AHhe, 1323 North Twenty-sixth Btreet See the Parisian Cloak Co.'s Adv., page 11. PLEADS "CROSSED WIRES" Bat Police Jodice Flnea Man Charged with Sending; False Alarm of Fire. John L. Miller waa fined $15 for turning in a false alarm of fire. He pleaded not guilty, but the testimony of fire depart ment official, police officers and others looked bad for Miller. The alarm was sent In from a Sixteenth street saloon and the location of the fire given at 1911 Call fornla street. . When the fire department arrived at the place there was nothing doing and M Keller, the proprietor of the place, was the most surprised man in the city. He has no telephone at all and could not ac count for the cay for help. Miller rooms at the place and has recently had a little trouble with Keller. An investigation of the manner of turning In the alarm led to the saloon where Miller had been using the phone. He says ho waa talking to his brother and that the wires must have be come crossed. GEORGE BEWIS GETS DIVORCt Former Mayor Gets Decree Separating; from Wife Who Left Illm Loif Aaio. George P. Bemis, former mayor of Omaha, has been granted a divorce In dis trict court from Mrs. Julia B. Bemis on the ground of desertion. The hearing waa before Judge Redlck. U was testified that Mrs. Bemis ha's not lived with her hus band for more than twenty-five years. The suit was not contested For Vour Hunt Table. All orders sent to me for Krug bottled beer, "Luxus," Cabinet or Extra Pale, for delivery at your residence In case lots, will have my prompt attention. Same wagons, same teams, same drlvera. Douglaa 1889, Red S32, Ind. A-1420. JOHN NITTLEr! 3224 South Twenty-fourth St., two blocks east of brewery. Yaadalla Train Wrecked. TERRS HAUTE. Ind.. Jan. H Eaat bound Vandalia passanger train No. It, New York express from St. Louis, due here at 6 a. m , waa wrecked at Wood lands. III. The train passtd over a broken frog and the two rear sleepers were over turned. Two passengers were Injured, but not seriously. Gives to you one more chance to select n Suit and Overcoat from this season's choicest garments at exactty one-half our regular prices. During the regular season thousands of Omaha men carefully inspected and compared tho style, quality and workmanship in these garments with those sold elsewhere nt the same prices. In every instance "Nebraska" garments proved the best values in town. - , So, when we offer you the small lots and broken sizes from the entire season sev eral hundred garments in all at an actual reduction of one-half you will undoubtedly appreciate what an extraordinary sale this is. The assortment includes all sizes from 32 to 46, and more patterns than you can find in any other store in town. tj $7.50 to $35.00 Garments, now $3.75 to $17.50. ..: . ;!,f IfiJiTiilELW' 7 Extra Special, Tuxedo Suits 1-2 Price SATURDAY we offer you choice of the broken sizes of our high grade hand-tailored Tuxedo Suits at one-half their regular prices. Sample Suits in Farnam street windows. Boys' Suits and Overcoats Sold to $6.50, Saturday at $3.69 We have detennined that the boys, too, shall share in the great reductions we are making on all broken sizes of winter garments, so all small lots of our Boys' Suits and Overcoats that were sold up to $6.50, will be priced Saturday at $3.69. Both Suits and Overcoats include all the latest styles, newest fabrics and handsomest patterns and are made to withstand every possible demand of the roughest boy. Suit sizes are 5 to 17 years only. , vk aJ f J) Overcoat sizes are 4 to 12 years only. 0 Jp Take your choice Saturday, for ... . . ' Pioneers Choose Officers; Plan Winter Picnic Douglas County Association Elects Thomas Swift President of , Organization. President Thomas Bwift. First Vice President W. J. Mount. Second Vice President D. W. ShulL Third Vice PresidentJohn B. Kuony. Fourth Vice President Ralph H. Hall. Fifth Vice President Fred Krug. Sixth Vice President Mrs. John S. Brlggs. Seventh Vice President Mrs. Ida L. G. Knight. Secretary Jonathan Edwards. Assistant Secretary Margaret A. O'Brien. Treasurer Augustus Lockner. The Douglas County Association of Ne braska Pioneers Thursday elected theee of ficers for the ensuing year. Tho meeting was largely attended, over fifty members, men and women, being present. Next in Interest to the election of officers was the report of the special committee on the forthcoming midwinter picnlo of the association, which Is booked for Ma sonic hall, the afternoon of February 22. A. N. Yost was elected as chairman of the general committee of arrangemtns and selected the following as a partial list of ' the general committee: Mrs: E. A. Walker, Mrs. A. Sorenson, Mrs. M. M. Reed of Omaha, Mrs. II. Carroll of South Omaha and Messrs. A. Lockner, M. J. Feenan, J. A. Dempster, Joseph Redman and Jeff W. Bedford. t This committee is called to meet at i p. m. Tuesday, January 25, In Masonic hall, to make further arrangements and aturdla at Half Priee Commencing at 9:00 a. m. IN ANNOUNCING THIS REMARKABLE SALE OP WOMEN'S SKIRTS at HALF PRICE we want to impress upon you the fact that it is not a sale of job lots or odds and ends, but that it is a skirt sale of the better kinds minus the better kind prices. I To make a long story short here is what this remarkable 6kirt sale means our entire stock of over 600 new tailored women's dress and walking skirts, consisting mostly of French Altman, voiles and English worsted materials. There are scores upon scores of both plain tailored or trimmed styles, in sizes to fit the small, medium and. large women. - "We say, without fear of contradiction, that taking into consideration the immensity of quantity and high grade quality of the skirts offered you at just exactly half bf original selling price makes it the most remarkable bargain event that we or any other Btore has ever attempted. , ,v , '. . The women who really appreciate skirts of style and quality will be here Saturday morning early to buy one at JUST HALF PRICE. ; " All our regular $7.50 Skirts will be on sale at just Yz price. . All our regular $12.50 Skirts will be on sale at just Yi price All oiur regular $12.50 Skirts will be on sale at just lz price SUITS, COATS, DRESSES and FURS will be on sale many instances at less than half price. , inn i m . wnt sl.ii a- r '3U r . '. i t. x . s.i f 113 Squlh Sixteenth Street Opposite lOc Store. to complete the list of the general com mittee. Joseph Redman waa appointed chairman of the committee on reception, with au thority to appoint a committee of ten on reception, or more If necessary. The next regular meeting of the asso ciation will be held in the rooms of the Omaha ' Water board, ' No. 210. city hall, Thursday, February 10, at i o'clock In the afternoon. The members of the associa tion are asked to keep In mind the change of the place of meeting. The report of the treasurer showed that during the year there had been received $303.34, and expended during the samo period $87.30, leaving a balance in the treasury of $2i6.04. The sum of $25 was voted the secretary for his 'services during the last year, and $5 for the assistant secretary. The secretary was directed to prepare and have printed a new roster of the as sociation after the midwinter picnic. It was decided that the attendance at the mldwljiter picnic - should be confined solely to members of the association. HOTEL MEN MAY ORGANIZE Local . Association Dlacnasea Plana that Will Embody Oirnfn of the State. The Omaha Hotelmen's association held Its annual meeting and election at the Ho tel Loyal yesterday afternoon, officers be- namedMng elected as follows: President F. J. TagRert, Hotel Loyal. Vice President P. H. Philbln, Schllti hotel. Secretary-Treasurer I. A. Medlar, Hole! Reporter. . The matter of a Btate organization of ho telmen was discussed, but no action was taken. Members of the Omaha associa tion are convinced the time Is ripe for the formation of such an organization and steps to this end will likely soon be taken. $3.75 $5.00 $6.25 All our regular l5.00 Skirts will be on sale at just price All our regular $17.50 Skirts will be on sale at All our regular $19.50 Skirts will be on sale at just M price. ..... s Paul to Appeal for New Decree Florence Man Dissatisfied Because Divorced Wife Was Kot Pctind Guilty of Infidelity. John Paul wl'l r to the supreme court with an appeal of his own. His attorney yestrrrfay filed a motion for a new trial In. district court on tho- ground that' the court erred In giving an additional perma nent alimony, which Is declared to be ex cessive, and In not finding specifically that Mrs. Paul was guilty of Infidelity. The motion will of course be overruled by JUUSB lioup tlliu lli mm of appeal to the supreme court. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy contains no injurious substance and U pleasant to take. ELEVATOR MIRRORS NUISANCE They Attract the Vain raasena-ers. Says tho Operator, Who Forget Their Floors. ' If they'd cut out those mirrors it would help our work a lot," remarked the eleva tor boy, giving the cable a vicious yank as he spoke. "It's a shock to my young sensibilities to see how vain some of these "men are. Why, they get so busy looking over their attire in the elevator, mirror that they forget to get off at their floor. Then they roast mo' for not stopping. "No, tho women ain't any better. One of the fluffy type got on board yesterday and rode two trips. When I asked whose off. oe she was looking tot she just grinned and said: 'I wanted to see If my hair was on straight,' and walked out." $7.50 .$8.75 $9.75 just V price. here Saturday at half, and in