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    THE BEE: OMAHA, ."WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1910.
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I Announcement!
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the .'jtmall women" and girls of Omaha
will but wait until Wednesday, they will be
accorded a view of the ultra tORRECT
styles in washable dresses for the spring of
i9io:
We are busily engaged in unpacking large
eastern shipmznts now.
The sizes are 32, 34, 36 and 38 bust, and
, those charming one p'tece shirt waist dresses
are prominent of course.
The 'skirts are pleated some are shown
with the yoke effect.
Materials are most proper, embracing per
cales, chambrays, Scotch madras and the
like.
Any of .ihtse dresses w'tll be found highly
appropriate for street or house.
'$2:25- $3.50 $4.75
(Same shipmznt includes children's 1910
wash dresses of equally piqUant style.)
PHONE MEN IN CONFERENCE
Iowa and Nebruka Independents in
Annual Assembly.
PLAN TO PERFECT ORGANIZATIONS
Tonnf Popl Outfitters.
J New Location 1518-1520 Farnam St, c
If we could consider together the prin-
r clples of state supervision and regulation.
. and In the case of banks. Insurance com
panies, and public service corporations
.'could not only enjoy the benefit of -comparative
examination of existing methods,
but also endavor so far as may bs to
' relate our state supervisory activities to
common standards.
,' "The problems of labor, Involving those
' cf child labor, of safeguards, against In
'jury, of employers' liability and cdmpen
' aatlon acts, of prison Industries, of means
I to facilitate the arbitration of contro
J veisles; the protection Of the public health,
' including the prevention of stream pollu-
tlon and the checking of the ravages of
communicable disease; the methods of in
ferior courts representing to so many of
: oar people nearly all, that la- known of
, order and of Justice; our ejectoral ma
, chinery. and the questions relating to the
" number of elective offices, the nomlna
; tlon of candidates for public office, the
form of ballot, campaign contributions,
and corrupt practices; the obstacles to the
enforcement of the criminal law by crafty
;J mens devised to cheat state authority,
1 as for example, in the case of syndicated
bucket shops operating In different statts;
the Improvement of municipal administra
tion, and the means of securing efficient
. local guvrnment;-itbese are some of the
matters too serious and difficult to be j
dealt "with ' hurriedly' or en bloc but the
consideration of which at conferences like ;
these would in the j course of time yield'
results of the highest value to our state."
Governor Hughes 'suggested that it waa
t obvious thai th neitt meeting of governors
should be helJ atj&om state capita in-,
stead of at. tfaaftnabn and urged
operation'WnlWtteiii'effectlng' states.
He port n Uniform 'uwi.
P: ' Mr. Low presented a report of the civic
' 1 federation on the drafting of uniform laws,
urging uniformity as" to negotiable Instru
i ments, warehouse receipts, bills of sales,
- bills of lading and divorces. It also called
, for speedy" cooperative action, looking to
. supresslon' of the white slave evil so that
no state should be a harbor of refuge for
. white slaves from another state.
The report recommended , modelling pure
. food . andVtlrugs legislation after the na
tional law, protested against legislatures
making such amendment!) to -uniform legis
lation Intended ' to .be . uniform, stamped
the wareliouse receipt act as a law of the
anglo-Soxon world enacted by seventeen
states. Including New .York, where It had
been most opposed 1 and said thirty-eight
states halt enacted a uniform negotiable
instruments law and declared that uniform
divorce legislation through the procedure
It prescribed) jfwas designed to put an end
to migratory and fraudulent divorce.
Tonight the governors Attended, a dinner
given by "John Hays Hammond and the
regular reception at the White House.
GOVERNOR FOR
EXTRA.8ESSI0N
(Continued from Flrt Page.)
NATURE'S GREATEST MYSTERY pLEA fQR TAFT MEASURE
Illinoit Coihmisiioner PaTora Law for
National Incorporation. -
expansion In his bureau has taken place
under his supervision. .. ; ' '
The completion of the Shoshone dam, the
highest in the world, was announced to
day by the reclamation service. The con
tractors defaulted and the work was com
pleted by the sureties, a Baltimore bond
ing company. The reservoir creater by
the dam has a surface area of ten square
miles. It will Irrigate about 100.000 acres
of extremely fertile lands in the valley
below. A part of this land la now open for
entry to settlers under -reel imat Ion act
De Moines Officers to Go. .
Senator Nelson from the committee on
public lands today called up in the senate
and secured the passage of a bill to
abolish the land office at Des Moines
For years this office has been continued
as a very dlxtlnrt losa to the government
and now it is to be abolished. Captain
Hull when asked tonight whether he
would fight for the retention of the
land office at Des Moines said: "No, one
ofthe land officers there died recently
and the other, who Is near 80 year of
age, recently met wtlh an actdent.
'We now," continued ' Captain Hull,
have practically no public lands In Iowa.
We have settled up, therefore the abol
ishment of the land office is a credit to
our piogresslveneas. We have no com
plaint coming. On the contrary the closing
of this office is Indicative of the gen
eral prosperity, of the tat of. Iowa.". "'
' Senator Warren' today introduced 'a
bill granting eighty acres" of publico land
to Rawlins, Wyo., upon payment of $1.26
per acre. Rawlins desires this tract to
create a public park. ... ...
Civil service examinations will be held
February 12 for rural letter carriers in
Nebraska as follows:; Howell, Louisville,
Walworth, Wlsner.
One Hundred ' and Trlrly ' Companies
mm Asportation at Tnls Stat
Hap ta Work Mora Cloeely
Together la Future.
Farmers' mutual telephones may be op
erated at a eoet of 19 apiece a year, with
out adding a coet for depreciation, accord
ing to the report made by James H. Han
sen of Blair ta the ttelephone convention
at the Rome,
Iowa and Nebraska Independent telephone
men are meeting to the number of several
hundred, the first session be4ng held yes
terday by the Nebraskana. The two con
ventlona will meet Jointly today and to
morrow. . x
No efforts was made toward organising
the Independent telephone men of Nebraska
t the sessions yesterday because of the
lank of a quorum. While 160 members from
Nebraska were registered, it was Impossible
to keep a quorum present, as the members
Insisted on spending their time Inspecting
the new telephone devices which are on
exhibition at the Jtome. Officers of the
system will be elected this morning.
Seek tnltr ef Action.
The system was Incorporated last sum'
mer. but the organisation I sis not "been
perfected. It Is the purpose of this con
ventlon to perfect this system that the 130
Independent telephone systems of Nebraska
may be more closely allied and that there
may be unity of action In all matters of
vital Interest to the companies. It Is not
the purpose of the system to take over the
ownership of the various Independent com
panics, but rather to unite them Into an
association for the benefit of al
A new standard rate book Is to be fur
nished all Independent telephone companies
of Nebraska, according to the report of
G. K: Oann of Lincoln,, chairman of the
rate book committee. The report of the
secretary-treasurer was read and. referred
to the auditing committee.'
The officers of the Nebraska Independent
Telephone association are C. J. Garlow of
Columbus, president, and R. E. Mattson
of Lincoln, secretary. The officers of the
Iowa Independent Telephone association
are P. C. Hoidoegel of Rockwell City"
president, and W. J. Thill of Des Moines,
secretary.
The reception committee consists of F. J
Day. Council Bluffs; F. E. Ebersole,
Omaha; C. A. Laubach. Council Bluffs
II. S. Baker, Sioux City; W. F. Ely,
Omaha; Charles Q. Cockerlll, Jefferson, la.
Joseph R. Lehmer, Omaha; F. R. Musson
Atlantic, la.; Q. W. Johnston, Omaha; M
A. Reed. Woodbine, la.; A. Q. Munro,
Omaha: Charles A. Beno, Council Bluffs
Charles C. Deer'iig, Omaha; T. H. Pollock,
Plattsmouth; Levi Baker, Shenandoah, la.
A. Ebersole, Omaha.
Santa Remarkable Ware la W nlrU
Animal Fin Tnelr Way
llama.
Every evening about I o'clock till 10 many
thousands of people stream out of town
by tram and train and Sort themselves
out Into their separate homes. A visitor
from Mars might wonder how we do it.
It ia the same with nature; every day and
night millions of creatures find their way
home over long distances with unerring
accuracy, and soma of us marvel how it Is
done.
Imagine what would be the effect If the
whole of London ..sere struck blind at I
o'clock. A few minutes' awful silence.
during which, everybody would be groping
about in wild stupefaction; then a vast
stampede; thousands would perish oy laii-
Ing down areas and , trampling on eacu addresa before the National Clvlo
other, and hardly a soul would find his f, ,,, conf.,nee. He held that the
house. This means that human c-eings ap
pend chiefly on their sight for getting
about ' from place; to place.
With nature's creatures things vary.
An ant, for Instance, could find his way
to the nest if he were struck blind or not,
Trailing out from an ant's neat are many
tiny ant tracks branching out into triDu
ROI.ON9
CALL
FOR
SESSION
Miners Take Up
Cherry Disaster
Annnal Convention Will Begin Cam
paign for National Bureau
of Inspection.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 18. The annual
convention of the United Mine Workers of
North America which, opened at Tomlln
son hall . In this city today, practically ia
devoted to. the Interests of the thousands
of men that labor to. the immense bltu
mntous coal, fields of the country which
stretch from West Virginia and Central
Pennsylvania northwest to British Colum
bia and southwest to Texas and Oklahoma,
engaging all the mid-western states.
The preliminary organization of the con
vention, Including the report of the cre
dentials comml'.tee, was expected to occupy
the day. V hi.:.- . .'', l V .'
The disaster at Cherry, 111., has given
new impetus to the movement for federal
regulation of the operation of mines, and
this matter will be, only second In Import
ance to the question of wages In the con
vention. President . LeUi- vigorously will
press his campaign lor. the Institution of a
government bureau at mines and mining.
It la his assertion that mining la the
world'a greatest Industry and Its most haz
ardous, least protected and poorest re
warded one.
It is generally conceded that the report
f the tellers of the recent balloting for
officers will show the re-eelctlon of. Mr.
Lewis aa president over William Green of
Ohio, his opponent. Edwin Perry, the
secretary-treasurer, had no rival for the
office. E. .g..McCulloiigh,' the vice presi
dent. It .was presumed today, had been
lefeated W Fran J. Hayes of Illinois.
Majority of House and Fifteen Sena,
tors Slarn Petition.
Circulators of the petition asking the gov.
ernor to call a special session of the legis
lature have now secured the signatures of
a majority of the house members. " They
lack two of having majority of' the
senate membership. ,i - .
Representative Jamea 'Connolly). has
been circulating the petjtjpn among . the
Douglas county delegation ' and succeeded
In getting the signatures of every member
from this county except : Kraus and
Stoecker. None of the ; Douglas . county
senators would sign the petition, it la un
derstood.
Nothing Is mentioned In the petition on
which it Is proposed to have the governor
call the special session, but the Initiative
and referendum. "Tommy" Allen, and his
assistants In the move for a special meet'
ing of the legislators are determined to
hold everything down to give a clear field
to Mr. Bryan's pet measure. .
Some "funny work" la said to be going
on in connection with this move for a spa.
clal session. A certain , distinguished
Omaha lobbyist is said to pe promoting the
scheme purely for predatory', purpooes. He
Is charged with going to Governor Shallen
berger and urging the governor to call the
session. There Is a strong Impression in
Omaha that if this extra session Is called
somebody is going to try mighty hard to
profit at the expense of certain big Inter
ests Just now much in the limelight In Ne
braska. i . , '
South Omaha and the woman was sent
down there with Detective Dunn to identify
the man. but In the meantime Detectives
Pattullo and Davis had found Hunt at the
Rome hotel, where he has been employed
for soma time as a waiter. -.-'
Hant Asserts ' Innocence.
On being placed Jn Jail' Hunt refused to
make' any statement, except to say that
ho was not guilty. He asserts he was not
In the house at the time of the ahootlng
The gun with which It Is alleged he killed
Knowlton has not been found On Knowl
ton's person was found a large six-shooter,
but he did not get to use it.
Knowl toa's body was taken In charge by
Coroner Crosby, who will hold an inquest.
Knowlton has been In Omaha for some time
and has made his headquarters at th
colored men's club at 209 South Fourteenth
street He has had no settled occupation
His home Is said to be In New Orleans.
Hunt has a fair record for Industry at
the Romo and was regarded as a bad man.
I
Meat Problem ;
Easily Solved
in .mm,
Forty-Five. Feet of Link Sausage
Stored Awaj Against High Prices
y by Frugal Thief.
The fight on the high meat prices haa
taken a new and practical turn.
While (.000 men In Cleveland have de
termtned to do without meat until It comes
down, an Omaha' man haa solved the prob
lem all by, himself.
Forty-five feet of link sausage, weighing
twenty pounds, twelva beef . brains and
two hama constitute the loot taken by
thief from a Cudahy Packing compaay r
frlgerator car standing on the tracks at
Fourteenth and Jones streets.
Man wants but III Us here below." The
best way to let It be known ia through The
dee Want Ad columns).
Ttesra Is Only Ona .. '
TSmi'la N
ttsro me world own to ours a oolo im oat oat.
Always remember the full oame. Look
W ifcU. , U'ouira on erery box. iio-
ILLS FRIEND OF HIS WIFE
(Continued from First Page.)
SETTLE NATION-WIDE PROBLEMS
Inefficiency at Present State Control
Pointed Oat by President af Pas.
Ilo AereaatasU' Association
Before Civic Federation.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 17. A strong
plea for harmonious Incorporation legisla
tion wss made today by John C. Rlchberg.
president of the Illinois Commission on
I'nlform State Laws, and also chairman of
the committee on uniform incorporation
divergent laws in the various states were
no longer mere obstacles to commercial
and social development, but actuality men
aced both the business and moral growth
of the nation. Mr. Rlchberg heartily
agreed with those who believed In the
pov ei of congress to authorize the forma
tion of corporatlona and regulate corpora-
tarles. Along these traoks thousands of enKaBPO n interstate commerce. The
ants crawl dally to and fro. Some of the naDnny f Ule .tBtes to deal with prob
ants '.travel Into the forest distances equal em of natlona t.nt had been clearly
by comparison to a man's twenty-mile hown and the onward march of commerce
walk. They find their way back by their r)(1 dgeovry mU8t not be halted by state
sense of smell. . . lines. The speaker believed that the day
Caterpillars as a rule rely entirely upon wou)j aoon come wnen a national lncoroor-
llght and gravitation. A caterpillar fallen aton Uw woui,i effectively rid the country
from a tree detecU the presence of the the Incongruous and chaotic provlnlons
trunk by Its shadow and attraction. hn tbe Incorporation laws of tho different
This is not nearly so good a guide as gtates. But this would not do away with
the ant's sense of ( smell, for if anothar I gtate corporations or the power of the
tree happens to be 'growing opposite, un-igtste to create them. Tho objt-ct should be
suitable to feed upon, it will crawl to that to displace diversity w lth uniformity. A fldspar. all with smiling patience
tree and have all its Journey for nothing, corporation organised under the laws of aivlnctbl courage,
Alo. if a brick wall happens to be nearer state, yet conformlna to national reaulre-1 John B. McDonald was born In Irelnhd
than the tree it will make for the brick ments for engaging in Interstate com- of very poor, hard working parents H
wall. merce, could readily be given the privileges arrived In this country a broth of a b'j ,
But some caterpillars are much cleverer and held subject to the obligations of 1th all of .his worldly goods done up In
than this. natural persons.
The caterpillar of the "Purple Emperor Necessity r Bl Organisations,
I jg!7 FARNAM ST. A
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I Special Press
Wednesday weyoffer the choice of
our entire stock of fine one-piece
dresses that early in the season were
marked at $35, $40, $45 and up to
$60. Materials of chiffon, broad
cloths, silk poplins,
peau de cygnes, fancy V
nets, etc.; on sale Wed
nesday, at . . . ... . ....
Several dozen plain tailored Wash Waists,
formerly 95c, $1.25 and $1.50, on sale VVed
nesday at 50c each.
I-
ind In-
an education as he went. Every Job he
tackled he learned something from, and he
red handkerchief. From laborer he arose
to foreman, then superintendent, next con
butterfly" chooses In its Infancy specially The time had long passed, said Mr. Rich- tractor. He grew as he traveled and got
selected leaves to sleep upon. At dusk and berg, when problems nation-wide could
dawn it' crawls away over an apparently be efficiently handled by local ' orRanlsa-
tracklese waste of branches to some fa- tlons, and this Civic Federation witnessed g"'ng to school. He has got Knocks
vored spot to have supper and breakfast, the necessity for national consideration of "na given xnemana ne is nigger ana oei
When the meals are over It invariably national problems. Undoubtedly the cor- ,er tor the raps ne has rec-ivea,
flnrt. its wav back to Its home, because it porate entity was a ready cloak for wrong- Aren t we a queer lot of folks, to give
has left a thin trail of silk all along the doing to be used to conceal many baneful columns of space to a man like the poet
hnnrhH This silk forms a kind of guld- activities. But development of the great watson, wnose chief claim to distinction
Ing etrins-. such as sometimes assists ex- resources of the United States, the neces- Is that he. made faces and said saasv thing
plorers to retrace their way back out of sltles of economic production, the utillsa- at a woman ho didn't like, and we never
catacombs. tlon ot ostv and elaborate methods of so much as think twice of the men who
But when 'we coma to bees, the homing proaucnon an tne great moaern commer- ouna our Druiges, tunnel our rivers ana
l.l,v la mnrh mnre mysterious. Since itu uoiiiuumi in ncivitts ui """" u"1 uul J':rniicr : iv nau hit
bees can neither leave tracks of scent nor tn corporate form whereby the interests way' 1 would make the life of a man Ilk
t-.h Hnw la It that a bee can fly all 01 many partners in an enterprise couiaijonn a. McDonald a study, in our publio
a town and yet Invariably come home rwjwnmuijr aumuuBiereu. a nauonni m- noroois ana lei me poets, wun ineir ooose.
to the hive In the evening?
There can be little dou'n that so Intelll
gent an Insect as a bee has a long mem
ory and a keen eye for landmarks. This
I. testified to by the ten that almost U comprehenliloni wnere uu lnaependeno;
C6rporation la would . operate to Increase bromide and petticoats, slide Elbert Hub-
not only the business unity, but the social bard in New York. American,
unity of the nation,
Bald Mr. Rlchberg In conclusion: "Where LURE OF. 1 NAUGHTY COCKTAIL
uur jruuieras are nuuonai in necessary
oees iiy o l . 'r I rlcuni national charm, either the frtrl
as moths-of no fixed home or occupa- g(Wnment M repreflentlng tn. unltea
tlon fly In the darkneis. A bee would
Cnpld Hide In Liquid Confection
to Promote Marrlaae
Indn.try.
Wa live and learn. Heretofore the Ameri
can cocktail always, has been regarded as
a comparatively harmless and refreshing
BLOODLESS ROW AT CORINTO
WON BY AMERICAN OFFICER
Nicaragua Offleer Refused to Give
Papera ta Boat Bearing Cap
tain Chaves. '"
SAN FRANCISCO. Jar li-The story of
bloodless encounter between the United
States naval forces at Corlnto and the
Nlraraguan authorities waa brought yes
terday by the liner Ban juan, which left
Corlnto December 28.
Among the passengers who left Corlnto
the day . before on the City of Para was
Captain . Chaves, the N.uaraguan officer
who had given to the American consul de
tails of the execution of Cannon and Grocc.
He had gone aboard by advice of the act
ing American consul, a navy officer, to
avoid probable danger of his life.
When Captain Nelson of the City of
Para applied for clearance paper's he was
told that the ship could not leave till Cap
tain Chives had been turned over to the
authorities. The captain told hla trouble
to the naval counsel, who willingly wig
wagged the fleet lying off Corlnto. Five
minutes later Captain Oliver of the Al
bany was on hie way ashore.
I'll let you have just five minutes to let
Captain Oliver bowed to the Nlcaraguan
commandant of the port and remarked
Captain Nelson have hla clearance papers."
The clearance papers were given.
1
PAULHAN S FLYING MACHINE
Peculiarities of the Byplane Driven
by the Frenchman Almost
Oat of Sight.
Louis Paulhan, king of the aviators at
Los Angeles, has made good his boast in
New York City that he would beat all rec
ords of flight at the California city. He Is
easily ahead of all high flyers, with
record of 4,900 feet, made on the 12th Inst.
Paulhan'a biplane, named the 3ypaetle
waa constructed by Henry Farman, and la
similar to his No. t type. The main planes
are thirty-three feet wide and It feet deep.
having a total area of 430 square feet. In
front Is placed a horliontal rudder (eleva
tor) fifteen feet wide and forty-three square
feet in area. This Is operated by puahlng
in or out on a large lever In the aviator's
right hand. The balancing planes are four
amall flapa on the rear end of the main
box cell, and are operated by the aide to
side motion of the same lever.
At the rear is a small pair ot fixed horl
iontal surface which steady the machine,
and also two vertical surfaces which are
used as rudders.
Th motor I a fifty-horse power, seven
cylinder Gnome. - which revolve with an
sti-foot diameter Chanvler wooden pro
peller at 1.100 revolutlona per minute. The
machine I mounted an a combination of
wheels and skids which baa proved very
satisfactory. The speed of the machine la
thirty-seven mile per hour.'
nAunla mimt mat for th iwnnU . nr th.
be lost avmldnlght because it could not tatM muBt Jo,n han(J( acrlflce sectlonai
recognize Its surroundings. desires. Individual methods of business.
The same meinoa is praouceu ujr eVen. nerhaDs. climatic h.hlt. of ihnunht
although naturalists a iior wh.j pu . and a)Jopt unlform legislation as tha beverao. used to liven un a dormant .one
subject, mere can oe nine uuuuv medlum for expressing their diverse In- tit. on iu. ... .h. m..i ,h.. rn-,.
terests even as a common lans-uasa carries nv.n 1, ....- . v.. 1 ... j n.
... , u. .. whun tha .. - .. 7 I " uiuio
iwe-n " "" the expression or their divergent thought." Mrs. Leveret Hubbard has brought suit hi
nigntja. wor idhuc., Stita Control Inefficient. the New Jersey court of chancery to have
J!.iigiana, k ' ' her marrlajre annnllart anrt ..v. It .a. nar-
1 1 ,4V , I flnoalr nat e-.t Ha. rnntrAl a4 Mn.nnM (Un m 1 " - - " " B
oy gum uu """"-"""- formed While aha waa Inaanalhla tn av.rv
iow, iv u. yi . ... . ... "- thing that was kolna on. due to drlnklnir
Jar ever lirtentlonaUy Hew. straignt irom national Civic conference on uniform legl- k Mrs Hubbard was Miss Nlahtln"
Africa .tor EnglaBd.O , : ' -Hon, J. E. Sterr.tt, President of th Amer- "J """" "I W"J "LB"
n lTlaajr ennillr IiliMVQ hv uiiDtuno 1 ivcai aobvviuvii v. a umhu ai.vuuiimui up, I
himself In Franea,But Franaa, belnfe Just reviewed , tlys va.rlou sute. laws , now on mtt
a suitable to mm, ceciae in. quvmiuui mic siaiuie duoks ano men singiea oui
and he may drop down In th wood near "Massachusetts a the state where other
i'arls. ' states could find the beginning of a proper
In short, the hominri instinct in hilgrat- form of corporate control.
Ing birds consists of ;tltelr Wonderful ability "Even here, though, the law I Incomplete
tn detecting change An climate and dlrec- In It requirement in some respects," Mr,
tlon of the eompaaa, for their "home" may Slerrett said, "and, generally speaking,
cover a large' area.VTh rest 1 all done there exists a most unfortunate lack of
by landmark. ' ' 1 uniformity in our corporation law and all
Most animals, such as the fox, th wolf of these lawa- make little or no provision
and the rabbit find their way baoa to tor etteciive control,
their lairs by ' a, ' combination of sight, In conclusion, Mr. Sterrett said the pres.
memory and smell. The fox could smell ent chaotic condition of American Co
his way home If he was suddenly struck poration law I a serious . hindrance to
blind. ' " ' business progress, and the lax provisions
But there- are 'extraordinary Instances in the various state laws have been at
of cats, dogs and pigeons traveling over least a contributing cause of the loss ot
vast distance where it seems Impossible untold fortunes. The remedy should have
for either sight 'or scent to be of much uniform application and, to be successful,
For instance, a terrier . sent to a I must be founded upon sound business prac-
home in Birmingham, returnea on r uce ana experience
foot to Its old master in High Wycombe,
distance of nearly 100 mile. And, a
be regarded as a curio which ' had mixed
up theories about th conservation ot en
ergy and could have no practical valua
unless pitchblende could be found In quan
tities. ' " ... ..,..
Perhap who XnowsT th discovery will
come to pass. Already a -una or hign-
grade uranium ore Is reported from Den
ver. No such mas of pitchblende was evi r
seen before, though It I- not yet known
whether there I enough to make' the -new
metal available In the world' Work: It so.
hope will range Jilgh that other discoveries
will follow until dollars rather than mil
lion bf them come to designate! the mar
ket price.. San Francisco Chronicle. V
, ucATn ncuunu -v, ..
Frank Thorn peon'.
Frank Thompson, 43 year. old, died at hi
home, 8934 North Twenty-third treet Tues
day morning. The' funeral will b held
from the' homa at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. Funeral will .'be In-'flprfngwell
cemetery. ' :-r.-' '
Mr. Fannie Gamm, .
Mr. Fannie Gumm, 27 year old), colored,
the wife of Walter Gumm, 1211 Can street,
died at the county hospital Tuesday.
use.
new
year ago she wa traveling on a train and
man : ahcae name - wa J HubbaVd.'
They talked and Ulted eaoh . other and' last
March (by appointment) they met- again
in New York, djned . together and drank
a few cocktails, and then went to a theater
together. Nothing of any great Interest In
the affair so far; It read like thousand of
other. .-. , w t
. But let u go on. After the dinner the
young woman and Mr. Hubbard went to
the Astor and had a little supper, with a
coctitall or two. Then- "the next thing she
remembers", 1 that she .came to her semes
in a room in a hotel., and Hubbard was
there- congratulating hluiBolf and herself
on their being married. He . gave her
certificate, showing, that the knot had been
tied that morning.,, Now she wishes it un
tied. Mrs. Nightingale Hubbard says cock
tails deprived her of her sense.
It haa been . th custom, of certain bach
elor, called "men. about town," to Imbibe
' Knockout for "Third tearrea.M
The' police "third degree," so frequently
used by New York's detective . force In
cases where prisoners do not know their
rights, has fallen under the . ban of the
hiKhest court ot the state of Washington.
That tribunal has set allele a conviction In
a felony case, where it wa proved that 'a
material witness, under a threat of a pros
ecuting officer, testified, as .he. suggested.
The court noias mat "it is rar Deuer inai
criminals should escape punishment than
that the courts should condone sucn pro
ceedings." ' - .
collie sent from a town tn Oxfordshire to
Leeds turned up three or four days later
m Oxfordshire, haying "trampud" through
four counties over a distance of 200 miles.
In all instances like theaa memory and
sight are of hardly any use except in the
immediate neighborhood of "home." Of
what service can their sense of smell be
aither. when the track they traverse is
new and strange?
It Is the same with homing plgeona. And
we are forced to conclude that soma anl-
a dOCen or mora nf thaaa rirlnlra . hafnra
TRIBUTE TO MEN WORTH WHILE during and Ven after a meal. It now
turns out that it not safe to do so. First
PSYCHOLOGY OF
...THE COjnKIIIP.
v "We apeak. of man a the wooer," says a
recent writer on women,- "but Jailing In
love I really meditated by the woman. By
dress, behavior, coquetry, modesty,- re
uniformly, from the fattest part first.
the attention of man and Infatuates him."
Consider the predicament of the girl
busy at such entertaining sport, who finds
herself suddenly becoming fat. pbe.'know
by Instinct that she cannot Infatuate long
If she be fat, ao to exercise and diet In
stanter to save the day. They maybut
there 1 an easier way.
One can take off up to a pound a day
without causing wrinkles', stomach dis
turbances, or the least- bother, 'fills' can
be done in old cases of overfatnes as well
a recent ones. A flrie figure can be saved
or a trim one regained. Blmply send
seventyflve cents to the Manuola Co.,
633 Farmer Bldg., Detroit, Mlth.," or, bet
ter still, tender the same to yeur druggist
for a large case of Marmolg Prescription
Tableta. This elegant preparation oan ao
with you everywhere in your natohel Take
a tablet dally; off comes the fat, nice and
serve, and occasional, bqldpess ha gains
Suggestion for Leas Poetry
More Bloarrahr in th .
School.
and
I thing one ot them know he'll wake up
In a hotel and find a wife there waving a
marriage certificate. New York Telegraph.
AMUSEMENT.
mals possess the sense of direction so k d d th -ub,.v .cceDcrt
highly aeveiopea mai, no iuwr i.uw m h the owneri- .
fwhere tney are laaen, inojr w
retrace their steps a though they had
left trail behind them like the silk trail
of a caterpillar. Pearson's Weekly,
Daaajeron Surgery
In the abdominal region Is prevented by th
use of Dr. King's New Life Pills, the pain
lea purifiers. Ilo. For sal by Beaton
The greatest compliment ever paid to a
man in America wa when the New York
subway folk Insured the life of John B.
McDonald,- th contracting engineer, for
$2,000,000.
These policies were to expire when the
BASELESS FABRIC OF DREAMS
What Was Expected to Happen When
Radium Was First I'r.H
dueed.
When radium waa found In pitchblende.
hopes were high that It would make vital
economic change. A product which' give
Here was a 'tacit admission that no one light and beat without loss of substance
Bee Want Ad produce results.
Stricken Son
Telephones Father
Police Officer Peter Dillon Called to
Son's Plumbing- Shop to Find
Him Unconscious.
'I'm all In, father," said a vole over the
telephone when Peter H. Dillon, desk offi
cer at the police station, answered a call
Monday night The voice faded out In an
attempt to say something more and the
sound of a crash 'came over th wire.
Hastening to the plumbing establishment
at 1406 Jackson street. Officer Dillon found
his son Chris unconscious on th floor.
Th young man wa taken to the Omaha
General hospital, where he haa remained
unconscious for fifteen hours. His malady
ta pusxling the physicians. There I grave
likelihood that Dillon will not recover.
else could take this man' place and com
plete th task.
Bond had been given to the city provid
ing against damage to It sewer system
and the water supply. Also, the Job was
to be cleaned up by a certain time.
MoDonald was the pne man who had th
gigantic scheme thoroughly under his hat
If McDonald lived the work would go
through on -time.
If McDonald died havoc might reign,
panle follow and Inertia would do the rest.
The New York subway was the greatest
engineering feat ever attempted In the
world, and Still remain so.
To tunnel under a liver or through
mountain 1 straight Work, along mathe
matical lines. But to tunnel under the
meant. If cheaply produced, a substitute
for gaa and electricity,, for coal and pe
troleum. Imagination ran very high at
such a prospect. One thought of a loco
motive getting its pQwsr from boilers
heated by a trifling bit of radium a fuel
that would outlast tha great machine It
self and U successor for all time. A
pinpoint, of It in, each room of a house
would light and . warm the structure; and
another would run the. family cooking
range without replenishment ' The mills
and factories might shut off their coal or
oil supplies, and, possessed of a few grains
of radium, steam ahead at full speed. All
fuel blanker on shipboard could be added
to cargo apace, and, an ocean liner could
boom along on a lump of metal no larger
homes, houses, stores, streets and factories than a thimble. Another lump might light
of a busy city Is another thing. The net- city from the top of Its hlahest hill.
work of sewers, water pipes, gas pipe and Theae were some of the day dreams, but
elect rlo wire that had to be protected was! they were soon to vanish. A little matter
enormous. Then the excavating was most-0f cost Intervened. Something like 12. 000,000
ly through solid rock, with a dense popula- an ounce wa th retail price of radium
BOYD'S I TOHIGlIT
And All Week, Mat. Wed. and Sat..
rassBBio Taourgoxe Fxxsxirra
"BREWSTER'S MILLIONS"
With th Original New York Oast ' and
rrodaottou. '
Sun., "Traveling Salesman." ; Seat Tbar.
PHCNM
DOUls.404
tNOAldn
ASVAJfrCXO ATSDEVIX.I.B Mat. lvry
day, 8:16 Eve. perf ormanoa, UUS. .
'this week: George Auaer ac Co. in "Jack
the Otant Killer," The Carmen Troupe,
Nonette, Perry and White, William and
Tucker, James V. MacDonald, lieynold
and Donegan, the Klrtudroma and th Or
pheum Concert Orchestra,. . ., ,- ...
Vrioea, 10c, I60, aso and BOo.
To Uluolrt th I n Ion
of stomach, liver and kidney troubles and
cure biliousness and 'malaria, take Electric
Bitters.' Guaranteed. Wo. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Blood Humors
Commonly cause pimples, bolls, hive, eo
ema or salt rheum, or some other form
of eruption: but sometime thay exist la Uher was no restriction as to where Mc
tlon overhead, so the blasting had to be
carried on with great caution.
The business of the city must go on as
usual.
But one man had thought out all the
difficulties and anticipated every emer
gency and accident, even to the bursting
of a water main, which actually occurred
once, when th workmen had to swim for
their Uvea, and McDonald, waist deep.
waded out to terra flrma. But McDonald
did the work, and the Job was turned over
to the owners, beautiful, effective and com
plete.
McDonald went through the test without
onoe ever, stubbing hi toe. He didn't get
1 ervou prostration, nor did he rei ro
vacation.
The premium on th policies cost up.vard
of $100.0)0. Th rat wa rtlff, because
on the street. It waa cheaper to buy coo.
and ga for a generation than radium for
a day. So the new metal aoon cam to
r A VITTV ' Bt" 1B-8S-50-7EO.
Un I LI I aily Stat, I8-.8-6O0
Twice daily all week, closing Friday night
Capacity at every periuriaaao of
BOBIVS - '
"KNICKERBOCKERS' '
SZTBATAOA1TZA ASTD YAVSBTX&U
X.adi' dim matins dally at 8:10,
San. (S days) ''Xh 'I'roeadsrtj".. and
rraak S lnasy.
4WV MU, OU'la 'iOQm
SCHOOL DAYS
WITH "'-'' ''
HERMAN TIMBERCf
Sunday "THB Z.IOtf AJTD til MOVfE"
th system, Indicated by feellni of weak
ness, languor, loaa of appetite, or general
debility, without causing any breaking
out
nooq Barsaparuia zpl thera. reno
vate, strengthen and tone th who)
system. This U th testimony of thouu-
anas annually.
accept no substitute, but Insist oh
having
Hood's Garsaparilla
In usual liquid form or in chocolated
tableta known a garaataba. 10 dotes $1,
The Midwest Life
A8KET8,
December tl. 1! 115.829
Dfoember II. 1KVT 134. Ml
December 11, 1KM. KS3.0M
December 11, 1 , . UrT.fcf
INSURANCE IN FOKCK.
December, II, 1KU6:. I 568,000
December II, 1W7... l.Ui.m
December 11, 194 Mbl.itlg
December 11, iwa..,. i.uu.mii
No company In tha Unlwd State ha a
great a percentage of It total assets In
real estate mortgage aa Th Midwest
Life and tbeso. mortgages ar all on. Ne
braska real estate. . The money Invested
In these seeurttiee Is her to stay and will
be ud aaralnst him. demons and not leaVe tbe state In time of panio when
It 1 most needed. In buying lire, insurance
In Tha Midwest life tha money paid It for
premiums- remains in Nebraska and la
Invested, permanently, not temporarily, In 1
Nebraska. .Write th comany at Unooln
for premium rates. All let tars will receive
Donald might go and what be might do,
The man who write a poem doea o
usually under safe eondltlona Nothing
mora dangerou than a bean blower I apt
to
vegetable may com Ms way. but thi I
th worst, sav th soorn of th critic.
But McDonald lived underground, amid
dynamite and damp, for day and week.
He met business agenta high explosive.
Irate . landlords, th general cusaednesa of
TOMC1MT
Ex-Governor Joseph W, Folk
of Missouri
Will D?Uvr Bis ramous itotur '
"Tie Era of Consclance"
At vu Tlrst Methodist Church
Tlokst how oa sal at T. I Oorhbs ft Co
DR. LUDV.'IG VJUILUER
- Fiunilt IMTFRPRETER OF SOXQ
hh ww
Y. W. C. A. Auditorium
TONIGHT '
Priossi 91, (I SO Bad ga Belling at OWIi
DBUtt Bl'OBl. "
inanimate thlnga, falling glials and flying prompt and courteou attention.
MUSICIANS
ASK GARRIVAi
Audiforicrn 1
Monday, Jan. 24th.