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    The. Omaha Sunday Bee.
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THE OMAHA BEE
BEST IN THE WEST.
WOMAN'S SECTION
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNINO, JUNE. 18, 1911.
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1 GREAT INSURANCE INDUSTRY
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Omaha the Home of an Institution of
Immense Proportions
WORK OP WOODMEff OP WORLD
Report ( lrerl(i Clcrtc to rr
rrlsTm Cmi Gives teas Xnte
eattns? Detail of Eaei-aaoaa
BulitM,
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Announcement that tha eotrtnfet for ths
Woodmen of ths World building at Four
teenth and Farnam streets haa been let
ta expected within a few day. The con
sideration of thla contract Is one of the
moat Important thing that will be taken
up by the sovereign camp, which opened Ita
session at Rochester. .N. T, Tuesday.
The report of John T. Tales, sovereign
clerk. Is voluminous, but many Interesting
facta Indicative of the gTowtnr popularity
of thla strong fraternal organization may
be obtained by a perusal of what at first
glance would appear to be a dry docu
ment. Thla report . waa presented to the
assembly In Rochester yesterday.
In connection with the -pertinent Inter
est In the building, - perhaps one .of . the
Items of most general ' interest shown In
the report is a recounting of the standing
of the building fund at the close of the
last calendar year.
Condition of the Batldlaar Fsaa.
In 1909 the receipts of the building fund
were 1319,069.66. In the same year the dis
bursement were $240,000. In 1910 the re
ceipts were $316,816.26, with disbursements
of f24.424.08, leaving a cash balance for the
two years of $371,461.84. This fund, at that
time, included $126,000 which was trans
ferred from the general fund In 1909. To
this balance $340,000 was added from the
building at Fourteenth and Farnam streets,
making a total in the building fund at
present Of $'.) 1.4C1.84.
While the figures have been kept secret
by the building committee, which recently
opened the bids in a meeting In Chicago,
t Is said that the structure will cost in
the neighborhood of S950.0W). The executive
committee is expected to ratify the notion
of the building committee at the general
meeting.
The head office of this great organization
Is an Institution the value of which can
not be overestimated, but which Is not very
v eil understood by the people of Omaha,
w here It la located. An Idea of its value
may be had from the statement that at
present It employs 250 clerks exclusive of
the officials, and that the weekly payroll
U at present $3,750. This gives some notion
oi the magnitude of the business the order
carries on.
The Woodmen of the World has Just at
tained its majority. It was organized in
Omaha In .Tuna 1U1 an la I.r
Just twenty-one. It now has over 600.000
members, with more than 10,000 camps. The
reserve or emergency fund amounts to ap
proximately $13,000,000, and oyer $46,000,000
has been paid to the widows and orphans
of deceased members. This la a reoord of
which the officers of the Woodmen of the
World are Justly proud, and one .hat an
be excelled by no other fraternal Insurance
organization.
Officers of the Organisation.
Tha sovereign officers all are in' Ro
chester this' week. They are: .
Joseph Culleri Root, ' sovereign com
mander, of Omaha.
W. A. Fraser, sovereign adviser, of
Dallas, Tex.
Morris Uheppard, sovereign banker, of
Texarkana, Tex.
Mr. Yates, sovereiim clerk, of Omaha.
. H. F. Klmrall, sovereign escort, of Co
umbus, Miss.
B. Wood Jewell, sovereign watchman, of
Omaha.
1. K. Bradahaw, . sovereign sentry, of
Little Rock, Ark.
The members of the sovereign board of
managers are
N. 11. Maxey of Muskogee, Okl.
J. K. FilzKerald of K annas City, ,Mo.
William Reuse of Cleveland, O.
T. K. Patterson of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Kllnha IS. Lewis of Kingston, N. C.
l'Juward D. Campbell of Port Huron,
Mich. x
It. T. Wella, Murray, Ky.
Dr. Ira W. Porter of Omaha and Dr.
A. D. Cloyd of Omaha are the sovereign
physicians of the order.
A trip through the home offices of th
lg Is worth the time. Hundreds of clerks
ro busy ever files and documents that
pear mysterious in their figure-covered
sheets. There are all kinds of clerks
from the ones whose duties are comprised
mostly of simple tasks of filing, to the
experts In complicated ' Insurance prob
lems. In this small army, the workers
range from young girls to aged men; men
who have been In the service of tlpf order
in some Instances from the 'time It was
organized. And every one of them is a
member of the Woodmen of the World
nl working for Its interests.
f Bnsisjess of Clerk's Of flee,
j In the preface of his report, Mr. : Tates
explains In a measure, the magnitude of
the business that Is transacted day In and
day out, year In and year out.
Twenty-five" clerks are required In the
" js. reports rrom the
"7T subordinate lodges, which average about
. . 9.000 per month, and the mailing of about
,ww special remittance each month.
The volume of business done by the cer
tificate department, when the immense
amount of detail work is considered, is
astounding. In many . ways fraternal in
surance involves more executive work in
the keeping of accounts than does the old
line Ufe companies.
The certificate department has in charge
the applications received, Mr. Yates re
cites, and the volume of business done by
this department can be estimated when
it is known that during 1910 131.370 appli
cations were received, making an average
of nearly 11.000 a month.
The simple receipt of these applications
Is not all the work involved. It Is a fac
ulty of human beings to do things wrong,
to make their own rules of conduct. In
stead of following the prescribed course.
Therefore, many of the applications. In
themselves more or less complicated to the
average comprehension, ivre filled out
erroneously and have to be returned to the
sender to be corrected. The returning of
an application is more work than issuing
a certificate, because of errors that always
are cropping out. It Is no uncommon
thing for an applicant to forget to sign
his name or to place an address upon the
blanks usefi for filing.
The details of this routine In the cer-
tifk-ate department are further amplified
I because of the checking system In use.
The correspondence is systematized and
usually Is answered on the day received
or on the following day, Mr. Tates says.
It covers every Imaginable subject per
taining to the order and many that are
not, but must have the courtesy of a reply.
vn average of 20.000 letters is mailed from
jrjh-'he office every month, which gives soma
Idea of the tremendouin volume of corre-
ysyondence. - '
He porta to State Departments.
I-awa of various states in which the
lodge has members necessitate an immense
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amount of work. Every state in which
business Is done maintains an Insurance
department. Reports of the transactions
of the order must be submitted to these
departments. In order to meet these re
quirements a certain amount of statistical
information is necessary.
A statistical department is maintained
for this purpose. Any kind of information
required by the insurance departments and
actuaries Is furnished by the statisticians
of the order. The "Mobile bill," which has
been passed in several states, has certain
requirements which It would be impossible
to meet were it not for the information
that Is immediately available in the records
compiled by the order's statistical depart
ment The clerks in the statisticians depart
ment have helped in the compilation by a
commission appointed by the associated
fraternities of America of a new mortuary
table. This table embraces the experience
of the largest orders and a great number
of exposed lives extending over a period of
years. From twenty-five to thirty clerks
have been used on this work alone after
the move had ben endorsed by the execu
tive council of the Woodmen of the World.
Peetasje Stamps Important.
In connection with - the correspondence
that is carried on in the home office the
postage expense Is an interesting Item, or
rather, expenditure. For he surely must
be a millionaire . who can talk of $27,000
worth of postage stamps a year as an
"Item." One clerk supervises the stamp
department, which is much like a bank as
far as withdrawals are concerned. From
the highest officer in the company to the
clerk lowest In salary grade, a requisition
something like a bank check is required
before a stamp Is given up.
In the mailing room of the head clerk's
office the names of the members of the
order are set In type. There are 2,400 of
what the printers call "galleys' of this
type, and the combined weight of the ad
dresses Is more than twenty-two tons. The
Sovereign Visitor, the official paper of the
order, is mailed from the home office. The
postage on this magazine is $1,000 a month.
Sixty-five tons of paper are utilized In one
Issue of the paper and it requires six and
one-half carloads at ten tons to the car
to carry It to the subscribers.
The advancement of the name Woodmen
of the World into new territory and new
homes Is exemplified In some of the figures
quoted by Mr. Yates. For Instance, the
order started In the year 1910 with 600,369
members, carrying $679,689,400 insurance.
The records on the last day of 1910 show
Insurance to the extent of $768,304,100, and
a membership of 663,406 persons. That in
dicates a net gain of 63.097 member and
$78,614,700 Insurance,
Growth of the Year. .
These figures are taken after deducting
the lapses, and Indicate only the bona fide
enrollment. In reality 118,905 members.
representing liabilities of $146,271,600 were
initiated Into the secrets of the society, but
for various reasons the usual percentage
of lapses ' was apparent, such as Is the
case in all insurance societies. With these
figures, however, there was , a , gain of
12,346 members and $14,167,600 insurance over
the gross business done in the . preceding
year. The average age of the new mem
bers wai 29.7 yeajt-JOfthtOPJhan
28,000 members who lapand.t&,000 per only
temporarily' suspended.' Experience Indi
cates, Mr. Yates 'says, that at , least SO
per cent of these -will be reinstated.
Death claims Incurred in 1910 amounted
te $6,821,200 on' 4.165 members. Disability
installments paid during the year amounted
to $31,000. - The balance In the emergency
fund was $11.295.42gj64. The total amount
realised from one assessment of the entire
membership was $680,000. The total ad
mitted assets then were $12,994,363.06. The
total liabilities were $1,142,424.93, leaving a
balance on hand to protect contracts on
December 81, 1910 of $11,861,928.13.
Further figures show that the expense
of management of the order was 48 cents
for each member or 88 cents for each $l,0u0
of Insurance that was carried in the last
year.-
Entire Tragedy Trio
Wiped Out by Death
Third Victim of Italian Imbroglio,
Frank Banderi, Dies in Hos-
pital Saturday,
The third victim of the shooting among
Italians at 708 North Eighteenth street
early Thursday morning was added Sat
urday morning, when Frank Banderi died
at 7 o'clock in St. Joseph's hospital.
Since being taken to the Institution Ban
deri was never sufficiently rational to give
a coherent account of the quarrel which
led up to the shooting that caused the In
stant death of his cousin Tony and of Flor
ence Brooks, a woman friend of both men.
In his few lucid moments Frank Banderi
Insisted his cousin - did all the shooting
after finding him in company with ' the
Brooks woman.
The coroner's Jury late Friday, which
investigated the death of Tony Banderi
and Florence Brooks, returned a verdict
that the woman waa killed by Tony, who
then committed suicide. The body of
Frank was removed to the coroner's, where
an inquest will be held Monday.
The funerals of Tony Banderi and Flor
ence Brooks will be held this afternoon.
The woman will be burled in Forest Lawn
cemetery. '
MESSENGER BOY PEEVED
BECAUSE PANTS GET WET
Bat It Tarsi Oat They Got Soaked
front a Trie o the 8 Trim -Bttiaa
l'oad.
"Don't you expect to get wet when you
go swimming," was the abrupt question
asked of Harlan Hlmebaugb, a 14-year-old
A D. T. messenger, when the latter asked
for a warrant for the arrest of Desk Clerk
Nelson, of the American District Tele
graph company, at the police station this
morning. ,
Harlan and the clerk had a mix-up Fri
day night about the delivery of a teie
rrim. which tha bov refused in "il, nut"
! because his corduroy pants happened to
be soaking wet.
"Did you get your pants soaked In the
rain," asked the prosecutor.
"N n no." answered the "hurry-up"
youth, "they got ail wet while I was In
swlmmln'."
"That wUl be about all," said Mr. Dick
inson, "you can now run along and give
that wheel of yours some exercise. People
might be waiting for messages."
Takes the Acid Home.
ABERDEEN. 8. D , June 17. (Special
Telegram.) Despondent because of 111
health Mra Andrew CUson, ' aged 35,
trained nurse, committed suicide at 7
a, m. today by taking carbolic add.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Big
Returns, 4
Monday Will Be Discount Day in the
China Section Rare Pricing
Electric nnd gas lamps In all styles, 331
Htoiiffer's Hand Painted China at.... 23 Less
Kock Crystal cut Glassware, at 23 Less
Libbejr's and Other Cut Glassware at. . . .24) liens
IV & H. French Hand Painted China, at 50 Less
All Dinner are, at 20 Less
23 7c Less
Coffee Machines
Jardinieres, at
STlokel and Copper
1 '1BII9I, IT , ,,,
raaey art Brass Ware, at
vases and Brte-a-Brao, at
Sterling Silver Deposit Ware, at....
All Banging' and arlor Lamps, at.
and Chafing
....10 1411
. . . .90 Xss
...80 Less
...80 X.ess
....80 Less
f 1st as finish the plotares yon take with yonr I I
. : Kodak today. Only Yelox paper used for pristine; V tj
" Mr" and work g-uaranteed to be satisfactory. Nffir
Household Needs Cheaply Priced for
Monday Only Great Values
Link's heavy, all copper Wash Boilers, No. 8 slse, 13 50
value, at $3.48; No. t) lre. $4 00 value, at $4-98
!1 .25 imlntei Soresn Doors, with lilnites 98o
1.50 fnnoy Screen Doors, with hliise" 81. S3
1.75 f:ini-v Soresn Doors, with Miiko 81.49
AIL LAWN MOWEKS AT TEIf ES CENT DISCOUNT
Lisa's lienvy Galvanised Wash Tuba No. 1 alze. it so
value, at 69c I No. 2 sise, $1.15 value, at 85 No. X
aire. 81.25 value, at 9 So
6c hard wood Bath Tnb Seats, at BSo
18c guaranteed Oardeu Hose, per foot , 14o
brass lawn Sprinklers, at ...49o
25c aluminum Kitchen Knives, at ....ISO
10c wire Fly Killers, at So
Beady Mixed House and floor Faints, specially priori
at, the gallon 91.70
Guaranteed White Lead, the lb. 7o
Fifty Women Will Get a Wonderful Suit for $10.00 if
They Come to This Store Monday $19.50 to $25 Values
We have always believed in giving our customers the benefit of a bargain while
the season is right for them and while they can appreciate, the money they save on
the item. This sale of suits tomorrow is no exception to the 'rule.
Just fifty suits in fabrics that are right for summer and up to late fall wear mostly plain tailored models; some with in
laid collars and cuffs and some with braids and buttons for trimming. The materials consist of sturdy, light weight serges and
a good variety of fancy mixtures in white and colors and all sizes. It will be necessary for you to get here early in the day if you
would be sure of getting the size required. ,
S19.50 to $25.00 Values at $10.00 for Your Choice
Supply All Your Summer Wash Goods Wants Monday
While assortments are at their best while pattern and color ranges afford unlimited variety
for satisfactory choosing. We make special mention of some of the most popular priced lines.
EXTRA SPECIALS FOR MONDAY ONLY
Colored Linens and French pure linens, full
Organdies, Batistes, end Dimities In pretty designs
and colorings, 7 He, 12 He, 15c, ltfc and 20c the yard.
Egyptian Tissues In all of the latest and most desira
ble patterns nearly one hundred styles for your choos
ing nearly 30 Inches wide, 23c the yard.
Ootton Voiles 'in plain and novelty effects dots,
stripes, florals, checks and bordered designs fnll 27
Inches wide, according to quality, 19c, 25c and 50c the
yard.
Cotton Foulards A "near silk" fabric in a good
range of exclusive patterns including bo me very new
bordered designs 15c the yard.
40 inches wide, suitable for suits, coats and
dresses; come in all of the most down-to-date
shades regular 75c qualities, for Monday only,
the yard, 59c.
Himalaya Cloth A rough weave that comes in a
good line of colors full 27 Inches wide, regular price
25c the yard, Monday's price, 19c.
Pure Irish Natural Linen, full 36 inches wide, reg
ular 50c goods for Monday's selling, the yard, 89c.
Bargains in
House
Dresses,
Kimonos,
Corset
Covers
A SmaU It of Per
cale House Dresses, In
light 'and dark colors,
broken sizes that were
formerly priced up to
$2.50, while they last,
fl.69. '
About Fifteen Styles
of Corset Covers, trim
med with laces and
embroideries; good 39c
values; on sale tomor
row, at choice, 25c.
We will show for the
first time tomorrow a
new shipment of Cot
ton ChaUls Kimonos,
in light and dark col
ors, that will appeal to
the woman, who wants
something light, com
fortable and service
able for summer
house wear. Empire
and loose styles, very
reasonably priced, , at
1.25 each.
Groceries (or Hoiiay'i Shoppinf list
48-lb. tiack Pride of Bennett's Flour. 81.30
Bennett's Excelsior Flour, with 10U
stamps S1.S5
2-lb. Can Bennett Breakfast Coffee,
with 40 stamps &3o
1 lb. Assorted Teas, with 50 stamps, 48a
1 lb. Tea Sittings. -with 10 stamps. 16o
H-'b. Can B. C. Baking Powder, with 15
stamps 13o
Pint Can Galllnrd's Pure Olive OH, 40o
1-lb. Vkg. Sterling Gloss Starch So
14-lb. Sack Diamond Crystal Salt.' with
20 stamps 35o
Five ibs. Jap Rice BSo
S Lai'Ke Cans Columbia Milk 8 So
3 Cakes York Rose Toilet Hoap, with 10
stamps 85c
Jar Peanut Butter, with 10 stamps, ISo
.1 lbs. Cleaned: Currants SSo
4 Pkgs. Bennett's Capitol Mince Meat,
at ' t 35o
40c Jar Tea Garden Preserved Fl(?s, 35c
Callaway Patent Flour Sifter witlj 10
stamps ....'. Boo
Larue Jar GlUatte's Mustard, with 20
stamps . . i i . . . .ISo
Bennett's Capitol Extract, with 20
stamps .180
1-lb. Full Cream Cheese, with 10 stamps,
at SOo
If It's Quality in Silk Gloves You Seek
Come Here for Kayser's and Fowne's
In these gloves you get quality in fabric, in workmanship, in dye and
finish. They are made from only pure thread silk, reinforced at the top
and equipped with double finger tips so they will give the maximum of
wear. Then, only the purest dyes are used colorings that will not fade
on the akin in the warmest weather or Irritate in any way. And they are
fashioned' .to fit in the making all of which goes to make the best glove
quality; the only kind you will find in the Bennett store. Complete lines in
both makes from which the following specimens are taken.
A Kayser Novelty Silk Glove at $1.25 the Pair
Finely made, four-button lengths, with narrow tucked wrists, "Come
in black, white and colors and all sizes.
Zayssr's Wrist fcsnffth OIotss In
Mark, white and all colors. Boo, 750 and
91.00 the pair.
Xarssr1! 16-Bntton snfftli Olorss
In black, white and all colors, 91.00 and
91.75 the pair.
Kayssr's 811k Olorss for IUssm In
li-button lengths, with double finger
tips and tops, come in white only, a very
special value at 91-00 tha pair. All sizes.
rownes 10-Bnttsn Length Sll eiores
In black, white and all colors. Special
attention is called to tha very large as
sortment of hard-to-get shades. In this
celebrated make, 91.00 and 91.75 the pair.
A Clearing oi
Go-Carts
Just about fifty to go in this
special selling which is for Mon
day only. The assortment Is com
posed of our entire lines now sell
ing at from $12.35 to $24.50, with
but very few at thex lesser price.
Several models upholstered with
hand tufted leather, corduroys,
etc., and equipped with shades,
brakes, Eeavy rubber tires, and
adjustable backs and dashes. A
few of them have pockets for par
cels at the sides of the body.
Choice, for
Monday Only
$5.75
The Most Wanted Silks at Special Prices
Many women fairly "jumped" at the chance to get these
silks at their regular prices when they were first placed on dis
play.1 We wouldn't reduce the prices now if it wasn't getting
along towards the time when it becomes necessary to balance up
the various lines. Eich bargains, sure, for those who come early
in the 'morning.
Our entire stock of 75c foulards, Monday, the yard, 49c.
$2.00 black satin duchess, full 36 inches wide, $1.49.
$1.25, 36-inch messalines in all shades, at 98c.
$1.25 black messalines, full 36 inches wide, 89c.
$1.00, $1.35 and $1.50 colored pongees, the yard, 49c. .
Money-Saving Opportunities in
the Domestic Store
90-lnoli All Linen hsetlnf, of a
medium weight that can be used for
summer skirts and suits, (1.60 value,
at 89o the yard.
27-inch, Sheer, figured White Goods.
in all the Benson newest designs:
reg-ular 25c goods, at 19o the yard.
15o, 36-inch X.ong- Cloth, of an extra
rood quality for -jmmer underwear;
Monday, the bolt of 12 yards, at 91.59.
48-inch, Shear, Trench Ijawns, of the
.best washable quality; regular S6o
floods, at lo the yard.
7Bx90-lnoh Patters Cloths, In a wide
variety of new designs for round
atb9aj8.reKUlar M' YftIues' Monday,
- Bleached Sheeting-, of a very
1st thVywi 320 v,Uue for Mondy.
B1s, Hammer Wewrht Com
forts, with coverlnKS In asnoited pat
terns and fine, light, white cotton fill
ing; regular $3.75 values, at 93.79.
"7ax90-.lnoh Bed Sheets, torn -and
hemmed ready for use; 85o values for
Monday only, 67 o.
45x38-la. Pillow Cases, of an extra
good 19c muslin; as a flyer for Mon
day only, 15c
20 Discount on All Guaranteed Willow Plumes, of1
Almost every woman in Omaha is familiar with the quality of our ostrich plumes, and all know that this
is the only store in the state that guarantees every plume it sells which fact is all the more reason why you
should come Monday and secure them while prices are so greatly reduced.
We guarantee the plumes that go in this sale just the same as if they were purchased in the regular way
and if any .fail to give satisfaction we will be pleased to return the money you paid. ,
Choice of black, white and colors, with prices ranging as follows:
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All Willow Plumes now priced at $3.98 to $37.50 ) . An T
All French Plumes now priced at $2.98 to $12.98 J al ZU Less
ROOMS FOR POSTAL DIVISION
Three Are Being Kept Vacant at the
Federal Building.
EXPECT OMAHA T0V LAND IT
Dearer la Bald Be Oalr Other
City New Betas Considered b
the Aathorlttea, with
Omaha Lead Ins.
Three rooms on the tntrd floor of the
postofftce building are being held vacant
at the present time, until a decision has
been rendered - by Postmaster General
Hitchcock on the location of the new rail
way postal division. It is expected that
the matter will be settled within the next
few days.
Authorities' at the postofflce assert that
Omaha will be greatly benefited by the
establishment of the division ere. Denver
Is now the only other town to be consid
ered, Cheyenne having been : eliminated
from the list. . Should Omaha be favored
with the decision, it will mean that about
forty-five new families will move to this
city. and. the postal receipts will be in
creased to a certain extent.
The fixing of the railway postal cars
schedule will be made up in this cRy, with
the advent of the division Instead of Chi
cago as it now la. All clerks on the road
and in the offices will be under the super
vision of the new establishment. It is the
general opinion at the postofflce that
Omaha will get the new division. Instead
of Denver as this city is the only place
for It owing to the railway facilities, both
north and aoula and cast and west.
New Thoiighters
Convene Tomorrow
National Assembly Opens at Lyric
Theater 'with Service and Music
Continues Eight Days.
Members of the various creeds and or
ganizations which object to the use of
drugs aa curative agents will ' meet In
Omaha beginning Sunday for the 1911 con
vention of the National New Thought alli
ance, which opens at the Lyric theater
Sunday morning. The convention will con
tinue with programs every day and even
ing for eight days. There will be lec
tures by 'some of the most prominent
people In the United States In new thought
propaganda and musical programs will be
interspersed with the lectures. The people
of these allied schools of thought claim a
dlsclpleship of about IM'00,000 In the United
States. James A. Edgerton, national presi
dent, will preside over most of the meet
ings. '
PRIZES TO YOUNG GARDENERS
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Bring
Results of Their Efforts.
OVER 600 BOYS PLANT GARDENS
COULD NOT KEEP TRUNKS
IN HOUSE- ASKS DIVORCE
That her husband forced her to keep her
trunks out on the porch where they were
exposed to tha elements, is one of the
grounds under the head of cruelty upon
which Mrs. Prantlska Krejlcek brought
suit against her husband ror divorce in dis
trict court Saturday.
Persistent Advertising is the Road to Big
Return.
Bat a Large Part of Them Fall to
Exhibit Because Dry Spell lias
Kept Back the Growth
of Vegetables.
Young America of Omaha is taking a
renewed interest in the farm. Prixes were
warded in the Public School Garden league
contest In an exhibit in the boy's depart
ment at the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation. '
Disheartened because of the unfavorable
weather conditions, a great number of
the boys In the league did not exhibit the
products of their season of care. There
are more than tU) gardens conducted by
the 1.0U0 boys in tbe.lcasue, but only L5
of them were exhibitors.
Will Lonergai, uf Florence, president of
the Douglas County Agricultural society,
passed upon the exhibits.
' "This has btaa a disastrous season to
the gardener, and I am not surprised that
many of the members of the league did not
bring their product here today," said Mr.
Lonergan. "The protracted drouth has
made it nearly impossible to raise things
successfully. However, the nature of these
exhibits only Indicate the extraordinary
care and interest which the youngsters
have displayed in the work.
"We should have courses of agriculture
la all our public scnools. There should be
at least $1,000 to Carry on the work which
this league represents, so as to get all the
benefits out of it that are possible. The gen
eral Interest In the 'back to the farm'
movement is exemplified In no way so
much as in the success of this association."
Six kinds of vegetables beans, peas,
beets, onions, lettuce and radishes, were
the classes in which the boys competed.
Memberships in the Young Men's Christian
association were sweepstakes prizes. Five
of these were awarded. .The winners were
Itoy Harpster, 802 South Thirty-eighth
street, who took five flrets; Casslus 6hlmer
and Frank Hurd, 4402 Harney street, with
Ihree firsts; William Dewey, 4532 North
Forty-ninth street, with three firsts; Tom
Elvins 4211 Brown street, with three firsts,
and Willie Kretschmer, 30-il tiouth Nine
teenth street, with three firsts.
Winners In Various Classes.
Winners In the various classes were:
Beans Russell Ganii. Louie Pavlik, Wil
liam Dewey, Herbert (Jrau, Uoy Harpster,
Willie Kretschmer, ilarley Anderson, Wal
ter Dunielswits, Kdwaxd Hoaglund, John
Feryman.
leas Charles Glenger, Italph Bessey,
Koy Harpster, Earnest Krause, Cufcslus
Ehlmer, Frank Hurd, Jai-k Dandalo. Bert
Chribtweli, Orlando Bruner and Theodore
Ryan.
Lettuce Frank Washington, Oscar
Thompson, Walter Campbell, James Park,
Irving Horton, William HercK, Hermann
Washington, Frank Dewey and William
Dewey. ,
Onions Roy Harpster, Harold Knee, Wil
lie Kretschmer, Louie Pavlik, Anton gtlp
anck. Tom Elvins. John Winkler, Earl
Klauschle and Russell tiants.
Radishes Ralph Bessey, Hermann Bunn,
William Dewey, Paul Gilbert, Tom Elvins,
Herbert Grau, Frank Dewey, Casslus
Bhlmer, Frank Hurd, James Park and
Arthur Klauschle.
Beets Roy Harpster, Deen Rannle, Cas
slus Ehlmer, Frank Hurd, Tom Elvlnn,
Hermann Washington, Harold Knee,
Arthur Klauschle, Irving " Horton, Willi
Kretschmer and Ilarley Anderson.
New dollar bills were given for a first
in each class. The displays were left in
the exhibition room throughout the morn
ing and afternoon, where they were viewed
by an Interested crowd.
Mark Savidge Robbed
by Fellow Passenger
Coming from Chicago He Falls Asleep,
to Awake in Morning with
Money Gone.
Mark Savidge, a student st the Chicago
university and son of Rev. C. W. Kavldge,
pastor of the People's church, was relieved
oi' all his change Saturday morning on a
tialn between Chicago and Omaha. Mark
had finished his school year at the uni
versity and was returning home to assist
his fafher this summer in his various char
llablo institutions for which he Is sponsor.
The young man had spent all his change
except J126 and as this was not sufficient
to pay for a berth lie was riding in a chair
car. He had his money in a purse and
with it his trunk check. The purse was
missing when Mark awoke at Council
Bluffs.
He borrowed a nickel from tha elevator
boy at the Union station for street ear
fare, to his father's horn.