Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 16, 1911, NEWS SECTION, Page 9, Image 9
THK HKK: OMAHA. SATURDAY. PF.CFiMBF.il 1(5. 1HU. TROUBLE IN THE BEAR PIT WOMEN PAY1NGCHURCH DEBT Frofits of Bazaar Salei Are Applied 1 to New Buildings. CHRISTMAS GOODS DISPLAYED BOYS WILL ESCHEW TOBACCO President of Wool Growers Parents of a Puny Policeman Russia's Excuse for Seeking a Meal of Persian Lamb. ' SHTJSTEB, AND HIS YANKEE AIDS i '. 1 Bif MtM ( the AnirrUnim Mho ! Have ltrTrnlrd Old M ..rid .rW j In .hronkcn Kmplrc of ' Hurts. Giv Plcdgo Not t9 Emoke on HigU School Oroundi. REQUEST MADE BY TEACHERS Itndenta Also Give Their Oalataa s tn the I of ta "Wm!1" Athletlo Leasers laoof the Rpvakera. .North Mile Christian, tkirrh of Hood Miepherrii and Lone Aee Women Oondsrt Ins Sales. ln-7 : r;g(iil&,.. ..... v v - w - r -. A yrmn Amorlrati who started' In business lire ns a Htpnofrrnpher hus for the Inst fix months heon besting lte Vwmest diplomats of Kurope and AAA at thoir own same. He Is William Mor gan Shunter, jioI' S4. Ilia' official title Is treasurer-Rcneral of the Persian em pire. He is practically the receiver for that almost bankrupt country. He has four other young Americana an hla aids, i The situation which has made Shuater ft world fiKuro la one of the most dra matic of modern times. Russia. KtiRlanrt. Germany. Turkey pretty nearly every country of Kurope wants a slire of Per sia. Russia and Knxland especially have been IntriKulnt? there for years. Sore than once Russia and Kntcland have been on the verpo of war. In 1007 their open enmity was brought to 11 11 end. it vai thought, by an agreement limiting their respective spheres of Interest. Russia took the Persian provinces aloiin her owa frontier and Great Hritaln those alonK the Afghan border. The Russians con trol valuable trade routes to the Cas pian sea and the English those to the Persian gulf. Kiipiands acquisition forms a buffer between Russia and he vaet empire of India, which Russia has ooveted ever since England won It. The financial control of Persia means Its political control. Neither Russia nor England would consent to the other hav ing the key to Persia's somewhat de pleted treasure chest. So Persia was advleed to look for financial advisers from ome neutral state, like Switzer land. The Persian Parliament were al most unanimous in the opinion that the reconstructive talent should come from the United States. lAst .department and the Persian charge j d'affaires at Washington picked Mr. Shuster and his four assistants to i-eor-anlM the finance of that ancient em- Vireu Shuster and - his men have had I trouble ever since. One reason for the .Persians feellns that he Is not altogether a foreigner Is that there la a city tn j Persia called Shuster. j College Training. This youngster, who has one of the j biggest contracts In the world on his hands, was born In Washington, D. C, In 877. His parents live there still. As . a boy he went to the Central High school and was colonel of the school's cadet .regiment. After graduation Shuster spent two years at Cofumbia university. I taking special courses In law, political economy, higher mathematics, languages, , etc. He did not seem to have any par ticular course in life mapped out, but i studied those things that he liked the (best. He took his degree In law. While In' school he studied stenography and be came an expert. After Shuster had finished his course ,at Columbia he went back to hla home at Ihe; federal capital. His first Job was as a stenographer in the War department. JVhen the Spanish-American war broke out he was pecking away at a typewriter, like hundreds of other government em plojes. Vnlike his fellows, . however, he was; displaying, even at i, such marked ability that his superiors were taking notice of him, When the commission that had charge of the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish government and troops was appointed Shuster was made assistant secretary. He was then a little more ,than 2L The evacuation conmlsclon finished its work and went its way. Shuster remained I In the Cuban customs service. He stuck there three years and when he got through was special deputy collector of customs for Cuba, Klihu Root was I then secretary of war. This was In 1901, and Shuster was 24 years old. A collector ' of customs for the Philippines was I needed. It was one of the big administra tive bureaus of the government's colo nial possessions. Shuster was chosen I through Mr. Root's Influence. Shuster's j work thare was not the easy Job It is in 1 the United States. He had to revise the Philippine tariff laws, reorganise the customs service and enforce the Immigra tion, navigation and registration laws In all the Philippine islands. Five Years In th Philippines. This was a big job for a man of 24, or on e of any age, but Shuster succeeded Just as well in that. He was at It five years, and It is said his 'department was the bust administered In the Islands. liven today there 1b hardly a newspaper that comes from the Philippines that does not contain some admiring reference to the work that he finished eight years ago. Mr. Taft was (secretary of wur in l'JOS, and by his recommendation Shuster was put in charge of the organization of the educational system of the islands, with the title of secretary of public in struction. He was also a member of the Philippines commission, which was then tli sole legislative body of the Islands. Mr. Shuster had charge of the bureau of education and the employing of nearly 11,000 American and Filipino teachers; he was the responsible head of the entire prison system; he managed the bureau through which all the supplies for the government of the islands were pur chased; he had charge of the bureau of printing and the Philippine Medical col lege; he organized 'the Government uni versity in the islands. It is now known as the Philippine university. All this work seemed Just "pie" for young Shuster. He had some spare time on his hands, and became largely responsible for the codification of all the American leg islation affecting the Philippines, cover ing a period of ten years. Ho was chair man of the code committee of the Philip pine commission. He finished the most of bis work in UV7. After Shuster had cleaned up every thing In the way 'of work in his line in the Philippines he decided to return to Washington and practice law. He gave up a lucrative practice to take his place as treasurer general of Persia labt ilay. The four young men who were chosen to accompany Mr. i-'huster to Persia and aid him In tho financial reorganization of that tottering empire were all friends of ojs who had made records for ability and hard work. Frank K. Cairns, who Is the Persian director of taxation, worked with Mr. Shuster in both Cuba and the Philippines. C. L. McCaskey, the Inspector of provincial revenues for Per sia, Is of the same age as Shuster. Ralph W. Hills had no colonial experlencs be fore going to Persia as supervisor ot auditing and accounts. Ha Is a native of Cleveland. O. Bruce Q.iVUkey. the Inspector of taxation for Persia, is ths youngest of the five-only years of age. n, T ) A - ' ... V V FRANK R. QOODINO, FORM Kit GOVJiRNUlt OF IDAHO. The women of the North Side christian church are holding their Christmas bsr.ar this year to help pay for their new church at Twenty-second SDd t.othrop streets, where services will be held for the first tlinetiext Sunday. The North Side church Is one of four displaying tlielr wares at thn big Christmas fair In the rotunda of the Pre building. . . Mrs. P. V.' Painter Is president rf the Ladles' AM society nnd Mrs. C. A. Man gum is chairman of the basar. At. the fancy work counter are Mrs. J. O. Crom well and Mrs. C. 8. Marshall; children's clothes, Mrs. .1. A. Williams and Miss I.owrle; apnuis and comforts. Mr. K. C. Williams.. Mrs. M. K. I.:r!ghtw!l and Miss Josephine I.owrle; pantry booth, Mrs. R. 11 Ilc.vlley and Mrs. Hrt Cham bers; candy, MIhs Pearl Fmalle)'. MIks Grace Grant. Miss Anna Peterson and Miss Claire Whlttaker. , At tho sale held by thn Ladles' Aid o clely of the Church of the Good Shepherd Mrs. Ira Marks Is president; Mrs. Mont gomery Harris sells aprons; Mrs. A. R. lily presides at the doll Imoth: Mrs. H. R. Gould has charge of tho fancy work; Miss Reatrlce Willis, Miss Mildred Marr and Miss Ruth Gould dispense candy. Increasing; llollrflntr Fasid. The Aid society of the I.owe Avenue Presbyterian church of which Mrs. H. M. McClanahan is prexldent is plunnlng to help pay the debt on the church. Mrs. G. W. llervey Is at the doll counter; Mrs. A. O. Peterson and Mrs. J. M. Patton, house hold goods; Mrs. G-orge 1'anion and Mrs. A. M. Tampany, rugs; Mrs. C. I.. Vance and Mrs. C. U. Hutchinson, aprons; Mrs. J. M. I-eaelu fancy work; Mrs. J. M. Smeaton and Mrs. George Marshall, bags. Aprons and comforts are the stieclal articles in the sale of the St. Matthew's English Lutheran church. Mrs. L. R. Snyder Is president of the Women's so ciety of the church. Her helera at the bazar are ' Mrs. Q. W. 8nyder. Mrs. Mrs. !V. A. Spenqer, .Mrs. A. L. Johnsotl Shuster and his aids had hardly got their trunks unpacked in Teheran before there was trouble brewing. Mr. Shuster, in his capacity as treasurer general, signed checks for disbursements. Several other persons had this privilege before that, and they resented giving it up. The Belgian director of customs was one. The Miecks he slgued on the Imperial Bank of Persia, in defiance of the orders of par liament after Mr. Shuster's accession, came back marked "N. d." The Belgian backed by the Russian minister, made an awful to do over It. Tbe Belgian em ployes in the custom house walked out. The Russian minister declared emphati cally that he would introduce Russians to administer the customs before he would submit to Mr. Shuster's .single-handed control. The bank's and Parliament sup ported Mr. Shuster enthusiastically, and the Russian minister took the count jn the first round. Mora trouble followed when Shuster ap pointed Major C. B. Stokes, the British military attache at Teheran, as the head of an expedition against the deposed Shah, and also as the head of the treas ury gendarmerie. . This disturbed Anglo Russian relations immediately. Then Mr. Shuster seised the property of the ex Shah's brother, who was also a fugitive with his eyes on the throne. The Rus sian consul opposed this action, saying the property was mortgaged to the Rus sian bank, and backed up his assertion with hla company of Cossacks. ) Shuster let the matter rest over night and then sent 100 gendarmes under an American officer. Tliey got the property. It turned out subsequently that the Russian bank had no claim whatever. The middle of last week the czar Him self began issuing ultimatums against Shuster, Who had outpointed the Czar's representatives. A few days ago 4,000 Russian troops were massed along the northern border of Persia, ready to lu vade and on the 19th of this month Rus sia severed diplomatic relations with Per sia.' Next came the news that Persia had satisfied the czar temporarily with an apology; This was followed by Russia's peremptory demand for Schuster's removal in which England has acquiesced, reject ing Shuster's appeal for fair play for ths Persians. New York Press. FORMER JEWELRY SALESMAN BROUGHT IN POLICE COURT All Harriman Men to Be Moved Monday By Monday morning, the old headquar ters building of the Vnlon Pacific at Ninth and Far nam streets, will be with out a tenant. The order fixing Saturday as a final moving day has gone out and the Saturday half holiday will mark the exodus. The packlnr of books, papers and docu ments In tho office of W. II. Anderson, auditor of freight accounts, will begin tonight and Saturday afternoon the mov ing will begin, continuing all Saturday night and Sunday. When tbe 200 clerks report for duty Monday morning they will occupy the whole of the ninth and a portion of. the eighth floor of the new building. 1 ' W. H. Anderson's department Is the largest of any of the Union Pacific and some idea of Its magnitude can- bo re alized when it is stated that If the rec ord cases were place one tier high, they would form a continuous row one mile and a quarter long. The records of the. passenger depart ment are being packed, and will be trans ferred from the old ti the new building, the intention being to havo everything in readiness for work Monday morning. The school of instruction', formerly lo cated In the Brandels building, which moved last night, is pretty well settled and today Manager Buell and his clerks are at work aa usual. STATE TREASURER GEORGE RETURNS FROM TEXAS TRIP (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special.) State Treasurer George has returned from a pleasure trip to Texas. He visited Francltas. a new town in which many Nebraskans are Interested, and found all the Nebraska landholders in good spirits. He also visited Brownsville, on the bor der, and says It is a very modern city, but Just across the line the Mexicans are 100 years behind the times. (From a Staff Correspondent.) , LINCOLN, Neb., lK-c. U (Special.) WllliamF. Rugg, a former salesman In the Jewelry department of Miller & Paine, faced Police Justice Rlsser this morning to answer charges of grand larceny. Rugg admitted he bad taken property that was not his own. The gray-haired father, George Rugg, a prominent business-man of Holdrege, at directly behind wrih tear-dlmmed eyes. Thn 1iev to success In business is the Judicious and persistent use of newspaper advertising. Nats to Crack, Populsrlty depends upon how well you treat your friends and how often. Low spirits often follow In the wake of a high liver. . Some men never get religion till they have tried everything else. It's a chvap sport who is' really most expensive to his friends. The things we don't have to do are fre quently the th'.ngs we do best. 1 , There isn't anything muah more of a misnomer than a comto postcard. New York Times. MeGoortf Knocks Oat KchmMt, NEW YORK. Uec. 14 Eddie MeUoorty of Oshkosh, Wis., knocked out Connie Schmidt -of Hoboken. N. J.. In the fifth round of their scheduled ten-round bout at the National Sporting club tonight. Schmidt substituted for Buttling Rill Hut. ley ho telegraphed the club tonight that ho would be unable to fight, owing to an injury to his hand. MeUoorty was not forced to extend himself at any stage of the tight. Reserve Grand Champion BTF-KH-HF.D AND KXHIRlTEn BT Til E I N I V KRHIT V OF NEURAHKA-HK li.ri TMH IMSTINCTION OF BF.INfl THE BKHT HTFER IN AMERICA OF ANY AUH ok HRKEb. Ad THE iitiAHii CIUili'lON WAa SLAUGHTERED AFTER 1HE eilOW. vTffisr MR. AND MRS. MOSES P. MORRIS. Esm Morris, Omaha's lightweight po- llcernan. has Just received frm London the story of the celebration of tho fifty second wedding anniversary of hin father and mother, Moses P. Morris. The father I hale and hearty veteran of the Crimean war. being now M years of age, while his wife Is 78. They were guests of honor st a considerable gathering of friends on tho occasion of their wedding anniversary- Thomas Fayrea, MIks Gertrude Worrall, and Mrs. Sylvia Htough. DEPUTY IS HELD FOR DISCHARGING FIREARMS John Oewold. a special deputy at the , ' t . 1 . . . 1 . 1 )w. 1 ... wna b i.r , I r i. rrhlrtecnth and Dodge streets for dis charging rirearrua in the city limits. s-m-old emptied the contents of a forty five caliber revolver Into the air and one shot went through the root of a lunch room at Thirteenth and Douglas streets and narrowly missed striking Evrret Washmore. the proprietor. Oswold's case was continued In police court until Mon day morning. ITALIAN TROOPS OCCUPY SEVERAL VILLAGE? TRIPOLI. Dec IV Ths Italian troops took pomeaiilon yesterdsy of thn oasis of Tadjura, consisting of several small villages, eight miles along the roast to the east of Tripoli. The Turkish troops and the Arabs retired befors ths srrlval of the Italian column. It Is believed the Turks have Joined the main body further Inland, but precautions have been taken by the Italian commander to prevent a surprise. Ths key to success In business Is ths Judicious and persistent use of newspaper advertising. F.very mgli school lad made a standing pledge this morning not to smoke or to have any smoking material In bis hands on ths school premises or within a radius of two blocks of the school In the future, thn Idea being Inaugurated through tho efforts of Principal McHugh, who called" a meeting of all the boys tn the aaserasly ' mom for the purpose of settling tbe to bacco habit which has bscoms so prsva' lent at the school. Not until after aha had spoken on ths subject herself, had called upon Prof. C. E. Reed and Prof. J. F. Wootery of ths faculty for their opinions ot ths smoking habit, nnd several students had given their Ideas of settling ths problem, was. the matter decided upon, and whan MM McHugh railed for a standing pledge of. honor every one of ths 409 lads In ths ' room arose to his foet. In his talk on the "weed" habit Prof. Woolery solemnly averred that during ' his whole life all ths tobacco h bad ever smoked could be bold In his two hands. Prof. Reed and Principal lie Hugh both tried In their talks to tm- press upon thn boys the Importance of' upholding a good reputation for the high school and that smoking would reflcr , much upon the local status of the schoof. Both agreed that while wearing thalr cadet uniforms the lads should never be seen puffing the "weed." Dave Hownion, captain of this year's foot ball team; John Uldeon, right end ; on the eleven this season, and Richard Hallman, captain-elect for next year. all. gave short talks on the smoking evil ' and Its relations to athletics, especially foot ball. Frarfal slaaahter of deadly microbe occurs when throat and lung diseases are treated with, Dr.i King's New Discovery, too and fl.00. Far, sale by, Beaton Drug Co. Xey to tho Situation Bes Want Ads. vSi l 1717 A 77 Trv Grade Vll J X I 1 I kl. sv m a - ' cH tcLi p T Season $ip ' Billy Eourke needs the money, and is cutting prices in December think of it, in December. People who have traded at Eourke 's Clothes Shop ENOW the VALUES are here; they ENOW these reductions are bona-fide. SALE of BENJAMIN CLOTHES NEVER BEFORE EQUALED IN, WORTH AND VALUE-GIVING $20 Oults and Overcoats Included is every new 'stylo and fabric in the stock; blue and black staples; diagonals, eergesworsiedg, vicunas and chev iots. Suits in all models; Belted Overcoats; all the good styles; almost every Benjamin model for 1911-12. Reduced to S22.GO Suits and Overcoats , From day to day, week in and week out, for any uso that you care to" put them to for work or play these garments will more than satisfy you. They are as sturdy as a rock, wonderfully artistic in $ design and tailored from fashionable fabrics by men who ex cel in their craft. Regular $22.50, now , $25 Suits and Overcoats Our reputation for value-giving is in a largo measure built on tho full worth of our $25 garments. Many of our best-dressed men never pay more. At this sae our $23 values, which in olude every good style, reduced to 1125 11 $2 50 13 goo $27.80 Suits and O'coats .Why not dress well? These are the real Benjamin $27.60 Suit and Overcoats. Style, Quality and Kit guaranteed. You will feel more aatlsfled with yourself If your clothes are benjamin Clothes. At this sale. tbe price U $33.00 Suits and O'coats These contain the highest known qual ity of fabric and tailoring. They are designed and made In New York, the style hub of the universe. 133.00 Is their real value we are now asking S40.00 Oults and O'coats This Is a line of exclusive styles designed to meet with ideas of men of most discriminating taste; the finest custom tailors cunnot sumus our faiiiHvss ararmeuf. though thpv would ask a urice at least twice as much. Priced W'e are amply Me ti wait oil you without delay; our service is Idenilcal during; this sale with the careful attention we always gl $30.00 Suits and O'coats We have always shown every good garment made at the $30.00 price. These offerings ot the reduced price are no exception. They are all here, but tbe price is now $35.00 Suits and O'coats Beautiful is the word for these gar ments. You men of Omaha who have worn them, know this. The range of models, fabrics and colorings Is almost 11m- llless; reduced $1750 $2,0 Any Hat $2.35 Any Hat $2.35 318 South Fifteenth Street