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VOL. XL-NO. 153.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOKN1NU, DECEMBER 20, .1910.
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LAST WEEKJOR SHOPPERS
Rush SUrts Early Monday Morning
and by Night ii a Jam.
PEOPLE ARE BUYING STRONG
ladlcatloas Are that Volant of nl
km Thta Year M ill K.xreed that
of Last Sriion'i (iood
Trade.
Omaha Christmas shopping Is on In
aarnest. The last wek ha begun and It
has begun with a ruh. Most shop open
t 8 a. m., and aa early aa 8:15 Monday
mot nlng the stores and shops were
crowded. Clerks and managers declared
with unanimity that never before had they
seen ao many people nhcpplng at this hour.
The number Is evidence of the successful
result of the campaign for early-ln-the-day
hopping.
By afternoon the crowds were aa large
as on Saturday afternoon and evening,
when progress through the aisles of the big
stores was all but Impossible owing to the
jam.
Bpeelfio evidence la at hand that pur
(tiasea of retail warea will this year eclipse
those of last. IJttle can be told by
viewing the crowda for this, though lm
prenslve. Is not In anywise definite and
comparisons wltt previous crowds a mat
ter of hazy memory. Then too, the size
of a crowd tells nothing about Its pur
rhanlng quality and quantity. Soma years
higher priced goods are more generally
bought, so that the total volume sales
and cash receipts varies, and not always
proportionately to sire of shopping crowds.
"So far aa can now be told," aald C. M.
vVllhelm of Orchard & Wtlhelm. "Christ
mas sales this year will be considerably
ahead of thoae of laat year. This la true
5f us and must be equally ao of our com
petitors and of houses In other lines alao.
"People will buy Chrlatmaa preaents
when they buy nothing elae but the barest
necessities of life. A man will deny h lin
tel f a new suit or overcoat and wear last
(ear's worn garments, but he will not dla
penae with presents for his children If he
haa money or credit. Women are even
more self-denying than men In such a way
and the study of Christmas shopping af
fords after proof of such devotion to mem
bers of one's family."
OUTFIT CARSARE CONDEMNED
Inloa Psvrlfta Forces Forelarn Ibw
era to Establish Their
Own Homes.
"Outfit cars" which have been used on
the Union raciflo road for many yeara
aa homes for the Austrian and other for
eign laborer are to go.
When the foreign laborer first cornea to
this country he la unable to speak English
and heretofore It haa been their custom
to herd together In these cara In the
lower yards and sidetracks of the company.
Now the Union Faclflo 'sends out the
order that no mora cara are to be used
In this manner. The company holds that
the laborers will - make better workman
and better cltlsena If they have their own
homes.
Some of the ears may be used as tem
porary houses for workmen engaged in
track work, but all the othera are to be
brought to Omaha and broken In the
Union Pacific shop yards.
The Moscow-Wlndau-Rybinsk rallday has
recently acquired an electrio accumulator
car of Russian make for experimental and
demonstrative purposes.
The car coat 75,000 rubles ($38,626) and la
to develop a speed of thirty-five to sixty
seven miles per hour. It Is divided Into
first and second class compartments, of
twenty-three berths and thirty-eight bertha,
respectively. This car is to run on the line
between St. Petersburg and Tsarkoye-8lo,
and should It give satisfactory service,
more cars will be Installed by the railway
company.
Wabash November earnings broke even,
although the car loading Increased 4 per
eent. The car loading amounted to 219,068
cars, against 210.B6J cara a year ago and
while the .ratio . between eastbound ; and
wetttbound movement wsa unchanged the
coal movement waa SB.OOO cara, against 62,
OuO a year ago; miscellaneous freight was
J3,tu cars, against 18,700 a year ago.
By April 1 the Milwaukee expects to be
gin operating Ita all-steel passenger tralna
Into I'uget Hound cities from Chicago, and
will, It la said, get Into Portland over the
tracks of the Northern Pacific until such
lime aa It can build for itself.
It has been suggested that the Northern
Pacific Is behind the Pittsburg & Gllmore,
and Intends building Into I,ewton, Idaho,
and then following the Snake river toward
the coast cities and obtaining a water
tiade. Western railroad men feel certain
that It Intends to tunnel the Rockies.
Irrigation Schemes j
Open Vast Resources
at Laramie, Wyoming
Three Projects of Over One Hundred
Thousand Acres Each Make
for Prosperity.
T. H. Work of Laramie, who is In
Omaha In connection with business far
the Laramie Water company, Is a fervtnt
botster for the Omaha land show to be
held here next month. Mr. Work has ben
making an extensive trip through Ne
braska and Kansas and haa investigated
the profits made by the farmers. In this
connection Mr. Work says:
"Agricultural reports show that there Is
no doubt but that a larger percentage of
profits Is made by those who work the
Irrigated sections than by those who are
using the old methods of farming. Albany
county holds the world's record on the
yield of oata per acre, having won the bit?
medala at all late expositions. The wheat
shown at the recent Chicago land show
was said to have been better In quality than
any wheat shown at that large land ex
position. "A man of moderate means has a splen
did opportunity In Wyoming, lie mar get
a much better start In that state than In the
older states, where more capital la required
to engage In the Industry of agriculture.
He may buy Irrigated land on small time
payments and the water right may bo paid
for at any time from one to twenty years.
The twenty-year plan Is made possible by
the organization of Irrigation districts, the
same as drainage districts are organized
In thia country. In thla way a community
may organise Into a municipality and may
Issue bonds, and the bonds ftnd ready sale
In the eastern markets.
"The Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
expects to be hauling coal from the Elk
mountains by next fall, and this will also
be a great boost to the country, aa It goea
through one of the richest districts of
agricultural and mineral land a country
which haa big opportunities.
"Laramie la now enjoying a great boom
and la growing about as fast aa any of the
hustling western towns. The merchants
are all prosperous and are a live bunch,
and everybody la expecting In a few years
to see Laramie the largest town In Wyo
ming because of Its surrounding natural
resources. Three large projects are now
under way. The Laramie Water company
Is to reclaim 1IS.000 acres, the James Lake
Irrigation company haa already reclaimed
a like amount and the Rock River Con
servation company will reclaim about
100,000 acres more. All these will include
some of the finest land on earth, and with
the railroads coming in a man locating
here la bound to succeed."
RED CROSS SEALS SELLING
Good Reports Coming; In from Many
Nebraska Towns.
FAIRBURY MAKES A RECORD
Sella Oat One l.nt and Uete Many
More, Which Are Also Nearly
All Disponed Of by the
Workers.
The town of Falrbury Is one Nebraska
community that is doing its best to break
a record In selling Red Cross seals. Al
tl.otiKh It has a population of only a few
thousand It haa sold out a supply of 2,500
seals and has received a second consign
ment of 3.000 which It expects to dispose
of in a few tlaxs. Fort Robinson haa sold
out its supply and several other towns are
usklng for more.
The office of the secretary In Omaha. 807
Hrandeis building. Is stripped of the great
haps of advertising matter that were ac
cumulated when the sale began, and the
posters have been scattered everywhere.
Several more Omaha Jobbera have Joined
their support and the down town stores are
beginning to report supplies exhausted.
The central office has sent out a plea
from Che pen of Samuel Hopkins Adams
urging Americans everywhere to Join in
this crusade where contributions of a
penny are so helpful and so welcome. He
tells of the 200,000 that die of consumption
In a year and emphasizes the part that
education can plav in preventing Its
ravages.
"Fifty million seals means. 1300.000." ha
says. "What can IfiOO.OOO do toward saving
a million consumptives? Not much. It Is
true. But It can do miracles toward pre
venting the further spread of the disease
through 80.00.000 Americans. Every seal
means a warning. Every warning means
a life saved. Education and education
only, persistent, unremlttent letting In of
the light that and that alone will wipe
out the great white plague.
"So, whether you buy one of the gay
little red and green seals to put on the back
of an envelope, or 10.000 wherewith to
paper a room, you will be doing your part
In the great campaign. A million for
tuberculosis Is Its' battle cry, and the red
cross flag on the seal, Its banner. It 1
the war of one and all upon a common
enemy. Get Into the fight, though It be
only a cent's worth."
Boy Robs Friend,
Then Loses Money
Lad of Eight Years Tnrns Against
Benefactor, Then Repents De
tectives Look for Treasure.
Henry Nltsche, 8 years old. an orphan,
has confessed to the police that he robbed
his friend and benefactor, Michael Martin,
Thirty-seventh and Manderson street, of
$110.
Now the boy la unable to find the stolen
mtney, which he concealed near his
adopted home. Wltlt two detectives he
spent Monday searching for the money.
The ' stolen hoard was accumulated by
Mr. Martin, who was planning a visit to
hlj old home In Oermany.
The Key to the Situation Bee Want Aaa.
TO DISCUSS CHARTER CHANGES
City Department Heads Will Talk Re
vision Plans.
WANT TO CONSOLIDATE FUNDS
Comptroller Wosld Simplify Hook
krrplnit on Miscellaneous Ac
counts Darin FaTora Muni
cipal Work llonne.
Plans for the revision of the Omaha char
ter will be discussed by the heads of the
city departments at a meeting to bo held
In the council chamber this evening at S
o'clock. The public has not been asked to
contribute Its advice because of the ne
cessity for expedient action.
A conference was held between Judge
Berka, W. S. Sheldon and the finance com
mittee and City Attorney Rine. Some of
the fiscal changes most Important were
discussed. One of the minor changes de
sired by the comptroller's department Is
the consolidation of some of the smaller
special funds Into one large tiilM-rilaiienus
fund for the sake of elasticity and simple
bookkeeping. Other finauclu! cliiinsrs that
have been tinder discussion air the pro
viding of a sinking fund for retiring bonds
and the extension of the levy si that de
partments will have more money.
Councilman l'avls Is an!ous to luixs
some proxlsion made for n city xvorkhouse
which will be run In connection xxlth the
garbage crematory which has been dis
cussed by other members of thr council.
The. success of the Minneapolis method of
disposing of garbage as a means of sani
tation and as a producer of cheap power
for heat and light in city buildings lias
recommended Itself to those whfl have seen
It. and the legislature probably will be
asked to make souk provision for It on a
bond Issue of about S100.000.
Pleasant Surprise
follows the first dose of Vr. Kings Nexx
Life Pl'ls, the, painless regulators thai
strengthen you. Guaranteed. !5c. For salt
by Beaton Prug Co.
Persistent Anvcrttslng Is the Ilond to
Big Returns.
Little Girl Plays
Mother No Longer
Juvenile Conrt Authorities Decide to
Place Children in Private
Homes,
KVESEK, SANE, GETS RELEASE
Haa Sentenced for Contempt to Mala
freedom After Servlasj
llalf of Time.
James Kvesek, the Hungarian sentenced
by Judge Howard Kennedy to serve thirty
days In the county Jail for contempt of
court last week, will be released on order
of the Judge next Saturday after having
served a little less than half the sentence.
Dr. George Tllden, physician to the board
of commissioners of Insanity, haa reported
Vo Judge Kennedy that Kvesek while
nervous and excitable and pivbabiy not
entirely responsible for his actions could
not be called Insane. He waa an inmate
of the state hospital for the Insane sev
eral years ago, but was discharged as
cured. The man will be watched after
his release and If he develops symptoms!
of Insanity will be brought before the!
commissioners to be committed to thej
atate hospital. i
Kvesek threatened to enforce what he
declared his rights with a shot gun when
Judge Kennedy refused to let him tell his
siury in ins ukii wueii no v. na iu
fylng In his damage suit against Swift
fc Co.
The pathetic struggle of Ida Tj-obauh".
16 years old, to be a mother to her four
little sisters Is ended. The little girls,
practically abandoned by their parents. Ida
for months has struggled bravely to keep
up the Httle home at 254 South Eighteenth
street, South Omaha, to keep her little sis
ters clean and well dressed md to keep
them In school. Judge A. C. Troup, acting
as Judge of the Juvenile court in tha ab
sence of Judge A. L. Sutton, Monday
morning made an order that the children
shall be placed In private homes In which
they may receive proper care.
A year ago Ida's mother secured a di
vorce and six months ago she remarried.
The children, the smallest of whom Is
only IS months old, were left without a
mother. Since then the father has given
them little care, and al'. the duties of
mother have fallen upon the shoulders of
Ida. A brother, 19 yeara old, has con
tributed some money, and th's has pur
chased the food and clothing the children
have had.
The care of four little children was too
much for Ida. She could not keen them
clean and she was unable to discipline
her oldest little sister, a girl of 11, who
would stay out nights and once waa away
from home for three days.
Two weeks ago the Juvenile officers
found the five girls and their brother In
the squalid little house of two rooms. All
five occupied one sleeping room. The other
room answered for all other purposes.
Escaped Boy Bandit
is Retaken, Kearney
Joe Trimble Had Disappeared When
He Was Trusted to Take Him
self to Industrial School.
Joe Trimble, the boy bandit, who was
sent to Kearney last week, traveled alone
on his honor and who separated hlmt-elf
from his honor and went to Iowa Instead,
was recaptured by the police Monday. 11c
will be taken to Kearney this time as
will also Sam Baxter, one of the gang ol
boys who stole the flowers from William
Krug's grave and also stole fifty-seven
pigeons.
MRS. H. L. HELLER TO LINCOLN
krw Appointee Mill Take Ip lutlea
at Woman' Uutldlaa- of
Mate I nlveralt)-.
M s. Harriett I.. Heller, superintendent
Of the county detention home, will assume
her dull i as superintendent of the Wo
man's I'liiveriity building. Uroo'n. January
1. As mperlniemlent, Mrs. Heller will be
official and ocia head of the building,
ranking as a member of the faculty of
the Nebrska State university. It la the
hii!-ines of the superintendent to be a
mother to Hie 130 co-eds who llxe in the
building, while attending tha unlveraity.
YEISER FILES AFFIDAVIT
DENYING PERJURY CHARGE
l.awier Takes Step Toward Mesial
a nee of Motion for New Trial
lu Hond Knit.
Affidavit In support of his contention
that William F. Taylor committed no per
jury in the trial of the case of William V.
Taylor against John Blanck and the Title
Guaranty and 8urety company waa filed
by John O. Telser, Taylors attorney. In
district court Monday. The affidavit Is
signed by Mr. Yelser and Is a part of Ills
Knowing In resistance to the motion for a
new trial, filed by A. G. Ellick oil behair
of his client, the bonding company.
Velser'a affidavit asserts thut he never told
Taylor to tell a perjured story, that he
had settled his case and recites that Taylor
told him that A. K. Ritchie, as attorney
for the defendant, blanck, Induced him to
sign what he thought waa a -contra, t to
sell books on the life and trial or 1'at
Crowe, which Ritchie publishes; tliat he
later learned that he igned a settlement.
A hearing on the chargea of subornation
f perjury agatust Yetser and perjury
agaiuat Taylor and his wife will be held
before Judge Sear In district court Tues
day morning.
Formal complaint, charging Taylor with
a statutory crime, was filed in district
court by County Attorney English Monday
morning, Taylor having waived hearing In
police court.
m
Sectional Book Cases that fit snug have that
decorative effect strong $3.75
Smokers' Stand just what Papa likes fumed
oak solid $3.25
Comfort Giving Morris Chair velour and imi
tation leather serviceable. $9.50
Choice Desk Clock, with mechanical perpetual
Calendar attached accurate $8.00
Useful Corner Oak Cabinet handy for medi
cine supplies pretty.' $5.50
Most Beautiful Library Desk quartered oak
place for everything durable $9.50
Colonial Plate Mirror will make mother clap
her hands mahogany. . $7.50
Luxurious Inlaid Tabourette attractive to
femininity dainty '. $7.00
Massive Mahogany Pedestal, with Grecian lines
made to last pleasing ....$10.00
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hat Wi
Rememlbered After Sua
Whole Sheepskin something that will cover
the table in colors odorless $2.80
Brass Candlesticks surprisingly cheap sure
to please all Colonial period large.. $7.00
Bridge Indicator, that is necessary to enjoyment
of game infallible $4.50
Large Commodity Boxes will keep skirts un
soiled it will please dainty .$7.50.
Quarter Sawed Oak Rocker two-inch posts
genuine leather seat comfortable. . .$15.00
Commandinf Mahogany Muffin Stand of best
quality inlaid and strong fancy. .. .$9.50
Circassion Sewing Table not cumbersome, but
extremely stout decorated $20.00
Brass Jardinieres neat and solid liberal di
mensionsthey satisfy attractive. . . .$3.50
Solid Oak Magazine Ifciek shelves are set solid
wood is fumed ornamental $3.50
The memorandum on the
reverse Bide of this Tag-Policy
Is guaranteed to correctly
represent the exact' status of
the article to which this tag
was originally attached. Not
only are the facts exactly as
stated, but no essential fact
is omitted.
Be certain that the article
Is named, that its construc
tion Is specified, that all
trade terms are avoided, and
that the guarantee Is clearly
x.i.tteu out.
This Tag-Policy is issued
as insurance against mis
understanding of sales-Htate-ments,
trade terms, etc.
Every article sold by this
house is tag-insured in this
manner.
Miller, Stewart
& Beaton Co
Cedar Chest made of selected wood a sliding
tray that moves easily handsome. . .$18.75
Telephone Table and Chair both . made of
fumed oak useful $5.50
Strong Brass Library Lamps two sockets
chain-pull lighter heavy $8.50
Silver Ash Receivers has self cleaner and neat
cigar rest nifty; $4.00
Medicine Cabinet imitation oak neat, solid
shelves mirror front roomy $3.25
Cheval Mirror that heavy beveled French
plate glass kind solid $20.00
Irrefutable! Good fur
niture may be cheap,
but "cheap" furniture
cannot be good.
Open evenings
Out -of -Town
Customers
may take advantage of our
Tag-Policy; we will accept
the responsibility of filling
orders, no single article to
cost more than twenty-fivo
dollars. Should our judg
ment fail to please we will
bear Cue freight charges
both ways if you want to
return the goods. Send a
written description and the
price you wish to pay. We
will act promptly This
stock of satisfaction-insured
furniture surely meets your
needs.
"Tag-policy" is the policy
of making each tag a policy
insuring quality, durability
and price. v
Siller, Stewart & Beaton Co.
Established 1884
413-415-417 South Sixteenth Street, Omnho
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