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I 1 1 TIIK HEK: OMAHA, 'TUESDAY, KE1JIIUARY .1, 11)10. WESTERN RAILROADERS WIN Defeat Increase in;Hatei .Sought by Eastern Railway Men. NEW DATE3 TO FAVOR PATEONS Toarlat, Colonist and Convention Rates from Omaha to Coast Points Milt Itemaln Prartlrallr - ,' "th'tt WM. '' . ' ,' .Western Vaflrbad ' managers have trl jmphfd over the ra.it In the matter of reduced rate to. the Pacific mail for thn summer' of lfllO. There will be no Increase In -tourlnC 'oolonl.it. or convention rat ex, eouftht by. th eaatern men, and there la a posslhlltty that the dates of a.lr for spe cial tickets will be changed to favor the passenger. . Colonist rates to Common points on the Pacifle coaat will be on eale In Omha from September IB to October ID for . The Bummer tour let rate of t0 for the round trip will be In effect from Omaha from May 20 to September 30, with the expira tion limit October SI. . It la probable that date of sale of totlrlst ttrkets will be'mad ear) lee to a4conmodatti the early spring, traffic In addition to these rates a ppeclal con vention rate will be offered, limited to ninety days, for- several great conventions to b held on the Pacific coast. This rate Is 150 from Omaha,' pa. 60 from Chicago and 157.60 from Bt. Louis for the round trip. ; Eastern railroad managers endeavored to raise the selling prwe of the summer tourist tickets approximately 12.50, Insist ing the Income from the sale of the tickets was Insufficient. This would have made the round trip from Omaha i .SO and from Chicago 175. William H. Murray, assistant general passenger agent. Vnd W. A. Cundlff. chief rate clerk of the Union Pacific lallroad In Omaha,, attended the meeting of the Transcontinental Passenger association In Chicago, at which; the rate question was threshed out Pasenger officials In Omaha look to an extensive expdus of tourists to the west during the coming summer. There are six great attractions on the coast, to which the $50 round trip rate applies. These attractions are the Portland Rose carnival, Jna' 6 to II, and the convention of the American Bankers' association at Los Angeles, In October; the American Institute of HomeoDathv In Lou Ar,o-i. July 10;. the Anolent; Order of Hibernians in Portland, July 19; the Hotel Men's Mu tual Benefit association In Los Angeles, April 1J to 16. and the Concatenated Order of Hoo floos In San Francisco, September . ., ..::..;:...i.,.::::i::'::j'''';;': .,- - ,-i No Cut in Price of Meat Vet Made by the Packers One Housewife Surprised to Find an Extra Charge ii Made for Slicing; Bacon. No cut In prices was made by the pack ers at their distributing stations In Omaha Monday, although some of the bl TeUlU ers made small reductions on some of the Products. One firm aA a hlff nlln nf hum. ! Whteh It 11 m m f,f 1 1 1X nanl. m rA another a Mg pile .of bacon on which a cut had been made. The packers were forced to pay several cent a hundred more for pork. Sittinlay than the day' before. One packer pnld IS.07H for two loads of hogs, the top price, and then had 65. per c.nt of the. lot con demned by the government officials. One woman shopping nt an outside shop discovered that a chnrgc of 6 cents a pound was made for slicing becon. The woman asked for some bacon and was told It was 30 cents a pound. , "Thirty cents a pound?" she asked In surprise. "Oh, I guess you don't want It sliced that will make it 26 cents responded the meal cutter. Inquiry at the department stores re vealed the fact that they charge IV4 cents a pound for slicing, the charge being made because of the waste ends. MRS. PRATT BLAMES LAWYERS Sayi They Induced Her to Sue Colonel for Divorce. ACCUSES VINS0NHALEB AS CHIEF Declares that Before He aid Bront not Bur She Was Living Han. plly with Hrf Ae4 Ilnshnnd. WHERE IS THOMAS HELMUTH? He t'aed to Operate Saloon In Omaha and Hie Folk Now Want Him. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS M. Ford of Cedar Rapids, M. A. Albright B P. Perry of Red Cloud, S. W. Eusilce of Auburn and J.. A. Shoemaker of Little ton, Colo., are at the Henshaw, R. II. Francis of Union, V. O. Allen of Annn, j. j. oi&cK or DeDrasKa City, Q. F. l'unn, J. R. Collins of Fremont and T. H. Elliott of Tekamah are at the Merchants. Postmaster B. F.Thomaa, who Is at Ex celsior Bprlng, Mo., undergoing treatment for his eyes, expects to return home about Wednesday. He-writes to Omaha friends that he Is Improving .very encouragingly. P. H. Carey, who, retired from the hotel business a few month ago, was stricken with paralysis Friday evening and taken to St. Joseph's hospital. Dr. Dwyer pro nounced the case, serious, but entertains hope for his ultimate recovery. 'Mr. and F.-O. ' Fisher of Fayette. Wyo' K, L. Stump otfiiNsnvar, C. O. .Woods of Columbus. J. W. Haskell of Wakefield R J- Call of Hastings, Mr. ' and Mrs. W d' DriHklll of Sheridan, J. H. 'McGee of Bur lington, ,Wyp.; Edward Harvey and Sidney lngraJiab of Ten Sleep, :Wyo., are at the Puxton. 1 Rallvrar Notes and Personals. Robert A. Smith, advertising manager of the Union Pacific railroad, Is In Chicago. J. M. Davis, general superintendent of the Oregon Short Line, passed through Omaha Monday morning eoroute froir Chicago to Salt Lake City. Anna Meyers of 2092 Madison avenue New York City has written the Omaha post office authorities asking for information of a Thomas Helmuth, who was engaged In the saloon business in Omaha' in 1870. She also asks of the poaslble whereabouts of her' father, Herman' Newgarten, who wan also In Omaha for some years pre ceding 1870, and both he and Thomas Hel muth wore then receiving their , mall , In lock box 208. The poetofflce was at that time located on Dougiaa street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, and al most every business man In the city had their mall directed In care of a postofflce box. It was before the days of letter car riers In this part of the country. Herman Newgarten, the father of Mrs. Meyers, was a soldier of the civil war. be ing a member of a New Torn, regiment, and was present at the capture of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. .' . - .The postofflce, of course, has no means of tracing the whereabouts of Helmuth or Newgarten, but It is thought that some old time Omahan might know of Newgarten, If he ahould happen he be yet Irving; - ' In the suit of Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt against D. M. Vlnsonhaler for $90 Off) alleged damages, now filed In oounty court, Mrs. Pratt re-echoes charges which ap peared by Innuendo at least In the divorce case when attorneys for Colonel James Harvey Pratt charged too great activity on the part-of 'Mrs. Pratt's then lawyers. A fierce attack Is made upon Attorneys Vlnsonhaler and Brome In the petition. They are accused of having misrepresented the nature of the pre-nuptlal contract to Mrs. Pratt, with haying persuaded her into signing a contract with them to sue for divorce ami with having mismanaged the litigation. One of the Interesting things In the pe tition Is the picture painted of the happy domestic life of Mrs. Tratt before she was a pound," led Into bringing suit against Colonel Pratt j and for which Mr. Vlnnonhaler principally and Mr. Brome partly also are blamed by her. , Broke I Her Happy Home. The plaintiff recites that she, "notwith standing the great disparity of ages, dwelt happily In a beautiful, comfortable home, surrounded by every luxury." There was alco enjoyed the society of hospitable friends, whom she entertained and who en ttrlalned her In turn. ! For the loss of this Messrs. Vlnsonhaler and Brome are again blamed. A large part of the legal document, which is rn answer and cross-bill to Mr. Vin. sor hater's suit, Is devoted by R. M. Fart lett, the attorney who drew lt( to defending himself against the charges of Vlnsonhaler with respect to the way final settlement a as brought about. Another chapter Is devoted to early ef forts to settle the Pratta' difficulties, which "Colonel Pratt , and Colonel Pratt a relatives desired to the end that further publicity, scandal and 'disgrace might be avoided." but which the lawyers who had fastened themselves onto Mrs. Pratt wanted to continue. ' LAYMEN LAY NEW PLANS FOR THEIR JMG CONVENTION Will Ask Ik C'knrrkea to et Aside February BT t Present Ike Work. Plans for the furtherance of the Lay men's Missionary movement and the con vention to be held In Omaha March 17-20, were formulated at a meeting of the exeo untlve committee of the Omaha co-operating committee held at the Toung Men's. Chris tian association Monday afternoon. J. C. Prall. executive secretary, presided at the meeting.' Joseph W. Smith of Council Bluffs and Judge A. I Sutton of South Omaha, chairmen of the committees from their cities, wer present. The resolutions adopted ask that the churches of the city set aside Sunday. February 27, for the promotion of the In terests of the movement In a special ser mon. It was further provided that pub licity through the church bulletins should be a feature of the campaign. J. H. Franklin, chairman of the educa tional committee, will have charge of the Issuanco of circulars and bulletins. A deputation committee Is to send out representatives to each of the sixty larg est cities In the Iowa-Nebraska district. A statistical committee .Is to gather Informa tion concerning the churches which will be available for use after the convention. The statistics will Include the total church membership of the towns of the district, to gether with the amounts contributed to the various branches of church work and the average per member. ' The convention, will open on March 17, vlt a big banquet to the 1,500 delegates In the Auditorium. .; . , .. COURT OFFICERS SHOCKED AT PROBLEM OF ONE YOUTH ; V, a . M ', l ;.'' - ; . ,,. ' 'J 5 . " .-trC ' . i ,c. nl L0 XC' m EDM iliTW M I 0U)Mrftftniio I ) !.'?' . iRLfO rrrrrrt Uvea Hie Ilia Head OMAHANS IN LOS- ANGELES Rennlon of Old Friend at Homes of Mrs. J. O. Cerhy and Mr. and Mra. W. B. Tra Trek. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. Sl.-Speolal:) -M J. -O. Corby and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ten Eyck threw open their beautiful home In Hollywood a week ago Saturday ana aeiightfully entertained a arhall por tlon of the Omaha 'colony now living In southern California. The event was a cele bration of the birthdays of Mrs. M. O. McKoon and Mra. Cyrus Rone, i. An-elaborate, dinner , was aarve, Cafeteria'?, style. Among the former Omahane, presents were Mrs. J. O. Corby, Mr,, and Mrs. W. B. Ten tCyck, Mrs. Ellen ,and Miss Nellie Ten Eyck, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. McKoon, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ten Eyck, Mrs, Ellen and Mrs. W. J. Wclshans, Mr! A. C. Welshans, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McLain, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Rose, Mr. and Mrs. George King, Mr.' and Mrs. Samuel Hawyer, Samuel Hawyer, Jr., Mrs. EJ- L. Grain and Mrs. 'M. ' 'I. Prltchard. ' ' ' Ihe successful medicines are those that aid nature. Chamberlain' Cough Remedy acts on this plan. i UHIVEK FIND FOR BREAKING RULES OFJTHE ROAD LAW Officer Wilson Takes In Thomas Bun nell and Police Magistrate Fines Hint One Dollar. "I don't want to bring people to the po nce court I Just want them to observe the traffic regulations." It was thus Officer W.-R. Wilson ad dressed Police Judge Crawford when bring ing under' the notice of the oourt a case of persistent disregard ' of the traffic regula tions by Thomas Bunnell, a driver In the employment of the Merchants' Express and Transfer company.' Bunnell, who, -accord ing to Wilson, only does' right when he Is under' the official eye, cut across the In tersection of Sixteenth and Farnam streets to the ''northwest corner when -the" officer's back .was turned Instead, of making the turn out across to the northeast corner. Traffic was. Interrupted .for some minutes and as Bunnell was an old offender he was taken to the station and fined $1. . Officer Wilson stated that he handled some 2.000 vehicles from 8:30 In the morning to 6:30 o'clock In the evening, and he added that he had always had a lot of trouble with Bunnell. This morning the latter became "gassy" when ordered f o ob- j serve the rule of the road. ' I the Jndne Shakes In Contemplatlnn- Case. . If Hymle Cohen took seriously the words of his elders he would be a badly worried youth, .instead of a smiling one. Predic tions of a dire fate for Cohen were rife In juvenile court. Judge Estelle, among' others, asserting that Cohen was on the wrong road. Cohen Is 16H years of age. This was set tled after some .argument and a confes sion by Mrs. Cohen' that she could not remember whether 'the boy Is U or 17. The lad was In court because he was with two boys who worked a short change game with great success on Mrs. A. M. LeBlond. proprietor of a small store at 2215 Cuming street, and on Miss Cora Jensen, who Is an employe of a nearby bakery.. How much complicity attaches to Cohen Is not defi nitely shown. i What shall I do with this boy?" asked Judge Estelle of the people Btandlng at the long table In Juvenile court Mrs. Heller of the Detention home shook her head In perplexity. Probation Officer Bern stein admitted . that' Cohen's case puxzled htm too. and at that the delegation of amateur sociologists who were present In numbers, shook' their' heads, too. Cohen has been appearing with regularity In Juvenile court since he was 13 years of age. He has been at' the Detention home and has often promised to be good. Each time he edges a little nearer Kear ney and this Is likely to be the outcome If he appears onCe jnore,;. Monday Judge Es telle let him go home with a lecture. who Is also helping the governor of Min nesota In promoting the congress. "One sees many former Omaha men In St. Paul. Joseph Strawhorn, formerly a conductor on the Omaha road. Is general manager of the South St Paul stock yards and Wlliard Magtveney, formerly with The Bee, is president of the same company. St. Paul maintains a publicity bureau similar to ours for which the city appro priates $8,000. and tho cltlxena the same amount. St. Paul' is Just awakening to me iact mat au.uw immigrants went through that gateway last year to other western states, while there are still over 1,000,000 acres of government land to be had In Minnesota, "The Minnesota Field Crop Breeders as- SivMntfnn hSM rnllActMl ftAarly J1 th Min nesota grains which were shown at the National Corn exposition In Omaha to show at the conservation congress." GETTING READY FOR MEETING OF FEDERATED RETAILERS OMAHA CONVENTION BOOSTERS - IN DEMAND IN MINNESOTA -' -t: ;v . ' "in : ' . ' - Paisley andt Cianipbell Assisting Gov ernor Rberhart Other Omaha Men Making flood. "W. O. Paisley., assistant manager of the National Corn exposition, Is in St Paul, assisting In the . promotion of the First Minnesota Conservation and Agricultural Development congress, which will be held In March," aald W. A. Campbell, of the publicity- bureau of the Commercial club, Omaha Jlobbera and Commercial Clab Pabllrltjr Bnrraa Are Mak ing the Plana. Omaha Jobbers and the pubtlcity bureau of the Commercial club, working with the officers of the association, are arranging for the Federation of Nebraska Retailers' convention which will be held in Omaha March 8, and la ' The program Is now about complete, ac cording to President Fred Dlers, who is active in urging from 1.000 to 8.000 N. praska retailers to attend. Among the addresses arranged are, "Good Things Accomplished In Minnesota," by J. J. Ryan of the Minnesota Retail Merchants' association; "Cash vs. Credit," by John Moran of Callaway; "Parcels Post," by tjeorge E. Green, secretary of the Illinois Retail Grocers' association; "In surance." by W- H. Elbourn of Omaha, and "Advertising," by Pena P. Fodera. di.tor.f the. Trade . Exhibit E. , F, Trefs of the Sheldon School of Salesmanship will also be one of the speakers. . , The publicity bureau of the Commercial club will Issue a special booklet for the retailers and the club proper will extend visitors' privileges to every retailer attend ing. The convention oomes at a time when the Jobbers and Manufacturers' associa tion is refunding railroad fares and thin will have an Influence on attendance. . Ir you want to sell anythng quickly ad vertise it in The Bee Want Ad Columns. WRECKED YACHT IDENTIFIED Steamer Wlllena of Oakoah Lost Off St. Andrew's Bar- All on Board Safe. MOBILE, Ala.,o Jan. 81. The yacht Wll lena, reported last night aa having gone to pieces on St Andrew's key, west coast at Florida, was the property of W. H. Fahr ney of Oshkosh, Wis. 1 The Wlllena arrived at Mobile October 18 last, having come down the oanal and river enroute from Lake Michigan to the gulf. From the mouth of the Mississippi It was to have proceeded to Pensacola to get Its owner, but rough weather In the gulf neces sitated putting Into Mobile, the first port In reach. It remained here until ut Wednesday, when It left in tow of the tug Leroy of Mobile for St Andrew's Bay, Fla. Nothing further waa heard of the boat here until last night, when news of It having been wrecked waa received. APPALACHICOLO, Fla., Jan. Jl.-The wreck reported on Bt. Andrews' bar In Fri day's storm has been Identified as the yacht Wlllena of St. Louis, Mo., bound for Havana, Cuba. It was temporarily dis abled and In tow of a tug, but parting Its cable, attempted to make St. Andrews and went ashore. The tug then put to sea with all aboard and made port safely In St. Joseph bay. The Wlllena Is a total loss. ''' ALTON, III., Jan. 81. Friends In this city are worried for the safety of C, F. Sparks, a millionaire milling man, and his family in the belief that the yacht Wlllena, wrecked off the Florida coast may be the boat tn which the family has been crustng in the Gulf of Mexloo. St arks, with his wife, sort and daughter, left here November 15 In a new ocean-going yacht, a sixty-footer, which had not been christened when It departed. The last heard of the party waa two weeks ago, when it was reported at Hob sound, on the Florida east coast Anaonneementa of the Theater. Just at a time when the striking shirt waist makers are making a right and ths wage earning girl Is enllntlng noted patronesses to their cause Is' certainly well timed for "Tho Agitator," the playlet Helen Grantley la presenting at the Or pheum this week. If the great current In terest In the theme is good for "The Agi tator" the gain Is reciprocal for the char acter created by Miss Orantloy Is uner ringly calculated to win sympathy and sup port for the strikers. Rose Stahl's engagement at the Boyd In cludes a matinee on " Wednesday after noon, when "The Chorus Lady" will smile at a host of her Omaha lady friends. Miss Stahl's work in this part Is of th h'sht and the company supporting her Is a splen did organisation. The engagement ends on Wednesday night' Jules Murry'a production of "Class mates," in which Norman Hackett Is star ring this season and which is now at the Krug for four days, will close Its engage ment Wednesday night with the usual Wednesday matinee. This is one of the most massive acenlo attractions taken out of New York this season. Remarkable I'eiHea have been 1 mftd hr Chamberlain's Cough Remedy- Sliver Wedding; at West Point. ' WEST POINT, Nefo., Jan. 81.-(8peclai.) Mr. and Mrs, Carl Will, well known farm ers and pioneer settlers of Cuming county, celebrated their silver wedding at their home In Garfield township yesterday. They have resided here nearly forty years, com ing to this county to homestead, and have now acquired over 400 acres of land. Nu merous relatives and friends were present. "The Jersey Llllies," one. of. the best extravagansa and musical comedy suc cesses, plays at the Oayety twice dally this week. Among the olio are Leon Errol, James and Lucia Cooper, Fannie Vedder and the National four, Robert Jackson, three Alvarettas, James and Prior, Stella Chatelaine, Mackey and Croix, whloh.piake one of the strongest companies playing the circuit this season. Ladles' matinee daily. Two of the chlet features of the Lam bardl Grand Opera company Is tho magnif icent symphony orchestra of fifty instru ments and splendid chorus of sixty voloes. Special attention has been given this year to these, cardinal requjaltes qf a grand opera 'company and Impresario Marid'Lam bardl promises the greatest chorus and or chestra that have ever appeared here. "La Boheme" will be the offering for Thursday evening, the opening of the three-night grand opera season. In this cast will be featured Slgnor Attillo Mau rinl, hailed as one of the three , great tenors, and Marina Salvl, a lyric soprano of note. "Faust," "Lucia" and "II Trova tore" will complete the repertoire . for Omaha. - ' -I,. . 'E ''--Mnmna.. I a, - I : ' : " 1 ,11, , . . ... , . -..,. : . "i-. 1 ..'.'" ''' .... , . ' - .'" . . . . Out ' 1r i M:ffi The widespread "shriek" about hiah i prices for meat will induce people to plan meals with more reason and better judg ment.of food strength and cost. i : Many of our strong men. College Athletes and others, learned from actual lxperience that a vegetarian diet produced fetter results than a diet including meat. Many famous names appear in the ..vegetarian list. , Names whose owners are champions and prize winners in their chosen field of athletics. 9 '' v After all the argument for and against -any particular kind of diet, the question can best be solved for the individual by personal experiment. Certain it is that those who have never tried it, have some facts to learn by breakfasting this way: A LITTLE FRUIT either fresh or stewed A dish of GRAPE-NUTS and cream A cup of some hot beverage Postum Tea Cocoa or Hot Milk Some bread and butter and there you are Plenty! Plenty! Plenty! for a strong man, day worker or Brain Worker. Looks "thin" you say. Our word for it, you will reach, lunch time fully sustained food well digested head clear and ready for the noon-day meal. Where is the sustaining power? You ask. In Grape-Nuts which we believe to be the strongest, most digestible food known. Five; important points should guide the wise selection of food. Must be made of nourishing ingredi ents Grape-Nuts. Must be easily digested Grape-Nuts. Must taste good Grape-Nuts. - Must be economical Grape-Nuts. Must be guaranteed under the Pure Food Laws Grape-Nuts. : AS TO PRICE: One 15c package of GRAPE-NUTS contains 14 portions, practically ONE CENT each. Sold the same today as this food has always sold. No rise in price. There's a pathway to reasonable economy in food and thats not all ii herepS;a IReasonpp for CBrsipe-MlEts ...... - ' mk Postum Cereal Company, Ltd., Battle Creek; ' Michigan. " ' ' . . . i. ! . ' . ' . . i 1