Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA. TIIIIISDAV MOKN'lXli, AI'lilL 1.:. I'll I.
SINULF. COl'Y TWO CKXTS.
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HE DOES NOT COUNT YEARS
"Only Old as I Feel," Declares General
GrenTilla M. Dodge.
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WORKING EI HIS EIGHTIETH YEAR
till the nmr Man Point to C 111
War rM of the DeTet-
nril af the Wralm
Conntrf,
Years count more rapidly In the world's
progress than In the life of man, declared
'ieneral tSrenvllla M. Dodge, as he noted
the date on hi office calendar, which
marked the" beginning of his eighty-first
earx
Klghty year ago Wednesday ieneral
Dodt;e wan hoi n. Yet Wednesday found
Mm busy at his desk in Council Blurfs
proceeding with ht hushes, with all the
Kcst of a middle Hgcd man. v
"A miin Is only a old as he feels." re
marked the general, ax he began to turn
over hln morning mall with energetic Inter
eat. "Aae cannot he unvernerl bv euv
"While my life bus bech h busy one. I
had comprehended as the vears went hv
the Rir.it future of this country; but now
as I look brick and ace It great develop
ment and Ms standing among the nations
of ("lie woild I ant astonished.
' Our great progress, I believe, came
from the rh II wai." the Keneral added.
' The five yours of struggle and conflict
taught the turn engaKed In that war, on
both sid''t. confidence In themselves, that
at Its conclusion they were ready to take
hold of any , problem. It waa the neces
sities rif the civil war that caused the
building of the I nlon I'aclflc railroad and
It a the officers and soldiers of the civil
war who did that work In three years
when they bad ten years given them for It.
"Its completion was the loadstone which
drew every other railroad in this latitude
to thla center and while all the roads were
built in advance of settlement and the nec
essity of the country, still they drew a
population to the undeveloped countries
west of the takes, and as they explored and
iiiltlvated these vast plains from Canada
to the gulf, they yielded mineral and agri
cultural products far beyond the expeota
tlona of any of the people.
"Then the great Improvement In mechan
ical appliances, Meam, gas, electricity, air,
etc., has added greatly In this development.
It has caused the country to progress, as
the result of the civil war. In fifty years
a' much as it would In normal conditions
In IflO years.
"To the soldiers, captains of Industry, the
railroad builders and the statesmen of our
country is due great credit and honor for
the great work they have accomplished. It
Is an object lesson for the coming genera
tion lo continue to Improve upon."
OMAHA STUDENTS WIN HIGH
HONORS AT UNIVERSITY Of NEBRASKA .
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FOUR WILL LOSE CITY JOBS f ;
"PROFESSOR" IS ARRESTED
Far Temple. Isalrsrtor in Itramatlu
Art, Held tot Taklna
' - ' Jewels.
Kay Temple,, charged with swindling
Edith Hunter, to whom he waa giving
lesions In "dramatic art,", was arrested at
a (Sixteenth street boarding house Wednes
day morning.
Two Omaha girls, graduates from
high school, have been given at the Univer
sity of Nebraska the coveted key of Fhl
Beta Kappa, the highest scholastic distinc
tion thiit Foes with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts. Miss Julia Nagl and Miss Alice
Mcfullough are ttie recipients of this
honor, which Is the more noteworthy this
.tear because'of the standard for Its presen
ilation linvlnif' been raised. Both the girls
are welt known locally. Miss N'agl has
been before the public many times In ama
teur theatricals, especially with the al
fresco perfot-mances of Shakespearean
plays put on by Miss Fitch at Hanscom
park. At the university she also has been
very popular. Although not a sorority
girl, she has been prominent In the school
activities, especially with the dramatic
club, of which she is one of the principals.
Miss McX'ullougli, had many honors at
the Omaha High school, and was on the
commencement program of her class. She
was a 'member of the Margaret Fuller so
ciety at the high school. At the university
she Is a member of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority and of the Interfraternlty
societies of XI Delta and the Silver Ser
pent. She was a delegate to the biennial
convention of. the Kappa Alpha Theta na
tional sorority two years ago, has served
two terms as president of the University
of Nebraska Kqual Suffrage society and
Is a member of the Interfraternlty council,
which has in charge the matter of regulat
ing fraternity affairs at the university.
Rhe Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
McOullough, who live at the Winona.
Employes of Comptroller! Office Are
to Be Dismissed.
POLITICS BACK OF THE CHANGE
Heorannliatlnn Scheme May Involve
C osarnve la Tana'e and t'nnfllrt
nllh l.nhei'k, Ilia Predecessor.
Notices that thir res enntions would be
accepted at any time were served on four
employes of the city comptroller's depait
ment Tuesday night by Compt toller Cos
grove. Those receiving the blue slips were
Otto Wolff, bookkeeper; Frank Plank, as
sistant bookkeeper: William Hevers, ward
clerk, and Miss Amy rtrrgslrnm. stenog
rapher. Others will he appointed In their stead,
it Is said, all of which may Involve the
city comptroller In a merry Jumble before
his reorganization scheme Is consummated.
Comptroller Cosgrove refused to state
whether he had served the notices Wednes
day morning, evading the question by say
ing that he would not be surprised If he
received the resignations of three In his
employ hv the end of the week.
"Of course. If they resign. I shall have
to appoint others to fill their places, ' said
Cosgrove. 'Ve can't run the department
without assistants and two at least will
he necessary Immediately."
Politics Is said to be behind the reorgan-
lzatlon schemn In the comptroller's office.
The men to be dismissed are appointees
of C. O. Lobeek. former comptroller, whom
Cosgrove succeeded.
Comptroller Cosgrove has admitted he ex-1
pected to reorganize hls.force, but action
was not anticipated so soon. It Is sal'd
that the employes slated for the axe have
sent the distress signal to Lobeck, who
is In Washington, and It would not be sur
prising to see him In Omaha by the end
of the week.
Successful Bidder
Expects to Buy Cheap
Gas from Local Plant
Representative Says He Hopes to Se
cure Gas for One Dollar Per
Thousand Cubic Feet.
The American Street lighting company
of Baltimore will make a desperate effort
to get $1 gas If It lands the contract for
lighting the streets of Omaha for the next
three or' five years. This statement waa
made by E. 8. Newbold. a representative
of the company, who is In the city looking
after the Interests of his" company.
Newbold'a company submitted the lowest
bid Tuesday night and waa the only one of
the three to differentiate between the three
and five-year plans.' The Baltimore com
pany offers to light the streets, furnish
entire new equipment and all labor for $26
a lamp per year on the three-year contract
ard for J25.50 on the five-year plan. The
Welshach company bid IK.60 under the
same conditions, while the Omaha Gas
company a-sks $2S per lamp a year for fur
nishing gas and labor, the city to furnish
Its own equipment.
"Of course. If we get the contract, we
will have to buy our gas front the Omaha
gs company," said Mr. Newbold. "We
believe that consuming gas In such quan
tities as will be necessary we are entitled
to a $1 rate per thousand cubic feet. How
ever, when we submitted our bid we esti
mated that gas would cost us 11.15 per
thousand, the same as It Is sold to private
consumers. At this latter figure we can
about break even on a three-year contract.
If we can land SI gaa we can make a little
money. .
"Should we secure the contract we will
put In new equipment, throughout the city.
This will eost from 111.000 to 115.000, but we
wilt give the citlsens of Omaha a modern
equipment In every respect."
Berka Secures Rock Pile
to Conserve Hobo Energy
IMtia Berks, councilman. Is father
of a new civic enteinVlse a munic
ipal rx k pile for the conservation
of hobo eneigy.
With the experience of the offices
of police Judge and councilman be
hind him. Berka has come to a de
cision of his own about the petty
offenders of Omaha. Work Is hU
prescription.
"Kither hoboes will nlake a wide
detour about Omaha or we will have
tons of good road building material,''
says Judge Berka.
Judge Berka Is a candidate for the
presidency of the" council aa suc
cessor to Goodley Bruckcr.
The resolution creating the city
rock pile was put through the coun
cil Tuesday night. A second resolu
tion set aside IS" to buy hammers
for the use of the prisoners scn
. tenced to the rock pile.
The stone yard will be located at
the northeast corner of F.leventh and
Nicholas streets. A letter from the
Woman's club endorsing the rock
pile plan was received by the coun
cil last night.
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I.OUIS BKIIKA.
Marriage and Home
Duties Take Y.W.O.A.
Secretaries Away
National Secretary Explains the
Trouble in Keeping Workers
in the Field.
JUDGE SMITH OF COUNCIL
BLUFFS TALKST0 WOODMEN
Meeting- of B. St M . Camp to Celebrate
Winning of Banner for flreatent
Membership Inoreaae.
Judge Walter T. Smith of Council Bluffs
waa the principal speaker at the open j
meeting of B. & M. camp No. 945. Modem
Woodmen of America. Tuesday evening at
Modern Woodman hall. The meeting was
held to celebrate the winning of the banner
offered by the head camp to the local
camp In the state making the greatest
membership Increase during the last year.
Head Consul A. R. Talbot was to make
the presentation speech, but was unavoid
ably detained and sent Ralph E. Johnson
of Lincoln, supreme organizer, to represent
him. He presented the banner in an In
teresting address.
Judge Smith's address was highly com
mendatory of fraternal societies in gen
eral and the Modern Woodmen of America
in particular.
Several other prominent Woodmtn spoke
and a mandolin orchestra furnished, music.
A Life Problem Solved
by that great health tonic, Klectrlc .Bit
ters, Is the enrichment of poor, thin blood
and strengthening the weak. 0c. For sale
by Beaton Drug Co.
Marriage and the call of home duties are
responsible for a large percentage of the
depletion each year1 In the ranks of the
Young Women's Christian association sec
retaries. Miss Elizabeth Wilson of New
York, who Is the national secretary. In
general charge of the secretarial training
schools, and also statistician In regard to
the secretaries in the field. Is authority
for this statement, and Miss Wilson ought
to know whereof she speaks. Miss Wilson
is spending Wednesday and Thursday in
Omaha examining the three young women
who have lust completed the course at the
Omaha association, which Is a training
center.
"The young women." Miss Wilson ex
plained, "who are attracted by association
work are the kind of young women who
are called upon in ease of emergencies at
home, and who respond to the call and
gv ip their work to go home. A sister
who Is married dies, and the secretary
gives up her work to give her care to the
children: . or parents need her and she
leaves association work. The home duties
come first In such cases. That Is the as
sociation training."
There are 1,165 Americana actively en
gaged In association work in the cities of
this country and In foreign fields, so that
the call for new workers Is naturally larre.
The call for American workers, Miss Wil-
son says, comes also from the countries
where the association Is established, but
where they are not trained for the work
as they are In this country.
"At New York." she explained, "the
training school is for the worker of ex
perience. Here workers from different
countries come to broaden their Ideas of
the possibilities of the work and of meth
ods. But a few years ago it was felt that
there was a need for a special training for
the young women Interested and anxious
to take up the work, and so training cen
ters have been established, some in each
terrltory.l The young women are given a
course of lectures, practice In association
work, and are then examined according to
national standards."
Harem Skirt Again
Invades the City
Girl from Lincoln Walks from the
Train to a Street Car on
a Bet.
Dressed in the now fashionable harem
skirt she invaded the Burlington station
Wednesday and waa hardly noticed except
by the men.
A tall girl, who could have passed for IS
years of age. alighted from the train from
Lincoln Wednesday and Inquired of Joe
Mlk, passenger director, where she could
catch a Council Bluffs street car.
"I want to walk to It," she explained to
fatherly. Joe. "You see I'm winning a bet.
What do you think of them?"
"Fine," replied Mlk, and blushed becomingly.
BUTTER MAKERS ARE COMING
Meeting: is Sthfduled to Discuss the
Cold Stciage Bill.
ENTERTAINMIi IS PROVIDED
In the Kimliiii toe Isltnrs Will At
tend the l.noil I'rllonahlp Din
ner to He l.lirn by the
Co tit m r rein I I Inb,
Kepi esentatlvn l' .,i. . manufacturers, ln
chidina some of toe lie-t known men lit
the Imisjio!-s from .Wvv York end San
Fiunciseo, v. i t rt'illu r in t'maha on April
IN to attoi.il the imwlng of the executive
committee of the Amvi: nn Creamery But
ter Manoliirtiiiers' a.- so- iatsvt.
While there will he an elaborate banquet
;it the l'nxton and other ploasino features.,
the munufui t on rs will .come purposely t"
disci.ss proolcius that Interest them most.
'nc i t too iiiicm Minn topics will concern
tlio il.vbuiu i c (I st'iiiige bill, which all
cicuin i,, i iinu poulirv men oppose.
The biil provides Ccat products hsndled by
tliern sloill not be cpt in cold storage
nioio than n 'lie l y da. s.
Kdnur T. Uicior. vnf president of the
J'iiiriuont Cm amor,,- inmpai.y. w ho Is ar
r.iicitm' to utcrUin tlio vN.ting manufac
turers, who will number about fifty, has
JuM received a letter from Secretary
Giorge L,. McKay of Chicago utattng that
Urn date of the tueetlnt; bad been changed
I rum April :i to the lth. He has ar
ranged that the Mtolors thall have a spe
cial tuble at loo Com.i.crclat club's good
fellowship bHio,i,t, which will be held on
Cue hame linte as the butter men's meet
ing They will be sucst of honor at this
affair.
t Isltors Lnlertnlnrd.
It has ben arranged to hae a meeting
in the morniiiK ut U :S o'clock, at which
t nie there will l.c uiscusMoiis of various
Interest itifr subjects. At noon there will be
a luncheon al li.o 1'axton. and the local
committee will manase to keep the visitors
interested during the afternoon until time
for the good fellowship banquet in the
evening.
! Omaha Is now regarded as the larget
butler center in the country, and It is
esix cliilly f.ttliikf tlmt this meeting should
be held heie. The following subjects have
beeen announced fur discussion at the
moinlnic acsion:
George I,. AlcKav. Chicago. "Relation of
Our Members to IJacli Other."
George. K. Haskell, Lincoln. "Improve
ment In Quality, Fewer Cream Buying- Sta
tions and More Intelligent Help for Buy
ing." J. II. Rushton. Omaiin, "Discussion of
Evidence Submitted at the Cold Storage
Hearing In Washington."
Charles Harding. Omaha. "Defects rn the
Present Methods of Operating Creameries."
T. A. Borman. Topeka, "Kducation of
Farmers lo Bring Better Cream."
Bert Johnson, Chicago, "Improvement of
Quality and Marketing- of Butter."
Enter the Bee's Booklovers' Contest now,
Hotel Burned In Uoldfleld.
GOLDFIELD, Nev., April 12.-The Mer
chants hotel was destroyed by fire early
today. It was the home of many mil
lionaires during the mining boom several
veins ago. and the resort of gamblers for
blah stakes. On one occasion linoon
changed hands In a single game during a
nix-hour session of the players. Loss
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