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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, .NOVEMBER 17, 15)13. 7 AFFAIRS ATJOUTH OMAHA Two Firemen, Who Were Dismissed, Return to Duty. ACT UPON ORDER OF COURT Will Bp Entitled in Their Vny for the Tire Month Dnrinc AVhlch Thej- llnTP Item I'ncm-ployed. Klremcn Al Bolcourt unci John Hugle wlcz. whom tho South Omaha lire and Police board tried to discharge, from tho fire department more than five months bco. returned to work yesterday morn Ing a an outcome of Judge James Eng lish's recent finding that tho Fire and I'ollco board, had not acted wisely In the discharge of tho men. Both men will he entitled to salary during the time of thtlr enforced lay-off. Tho restoration of Holcourt and Uuglewlcn to the fire de partment Is a victory for tho civil service principle In South Omaha. The Fire and Police commissioners, at least tw6 ot them, were very intent on appealing from the findlntr of Judge English, but tho city attorney's office Informed the board that on the record nwdo by tho board's own witnesses there whs no chance of appeal and recom mended that tho men bo placed back at work. Bolcourt was found not competent vi mo amies no nan perrormca ror twelve years when tho board tried to fire him. Buglewlcz had also served a num ber of years. Both men will serve In No. (i house. (joins; In Con venl Inns. Around the circle to attend the dif ferent live stock conventions at Salt Lake City, Denver and other places Is the program marked out by the publicity and advertising committee of tho Live Stock exchange of Kouth Omaha. At a meeting hold yesterday In Secretary F. A. Stryker's offlco It wns decided that n largo party of stockmen would leave South Omaha to attend the National Wool Growers' convention to bo held nt Salt Lake City January 15, i and 17, 1914. From Salt Lake City the com pany will go to Denver to attend the Western Sttrck show nnd the annual con. vtntloti ot the National Live HtoCK as sociation, rind Ntolrn Meat. Frank Dukls, a laborer, residing with Mrs. M. Michaels at Thirty-first Bnd U streets, was arrrsted Saturday morning near Swift's loading dock when, accord ing to blatemutits made by Special Of ficer J, Kidder, Dukls attempted to make away with a bo of meat hidden In a cache under the loadlnic dock. Tho po lice claim that the arrest of Dukls gives tho first Inkling of what may turn out to be an organlxed effort to rob the packing houses of large consignments of meat. Officials of SvWft and company com plained to tho police some tlmo ago that they were losing large shipments ot meat. Tho lofs always occurred between tho loading dock and tho point of des tination. Lookouts wore posted and the consignments going out counted over and over and certified as right, yet when the cars were opened there was always tho missing meat to bo accounted for. After a good many boxes' of meat had been lost the company, through ' do-, tectlves. finally discovered that when the meat wm being loaded Into tho cars from tho loading dock a box of moat would occasionally fall down between the load ing dock base and the car wheels. No ono would notlco tho box that had been dropped. Finally a few days ago a box was dropped and tho houso officials posted watchers under tho docks to sco who would como for tho meat. Karly Saturday morning a cut of box cars were pushed near tho loading dock. From one of tho empty cars tho company police say Dukls Jumped dow'n to where the meat box lay. It Is claimed that he at tempted to make away' with It, but waa prevented and brought to tho Soutb Omaha police station. Dctectlvo James Sheehan searched tho rooming houso of Dukls for tho rest ot the meat, but the search was not successful. Dukls Is be ing hold at tho station on suspicion. Death nf Frank It. Mmlth. Frank I. Smith, for many years a resident of South Omaha, died yesterday at the home of his brother In Wolbach, Nob., where ho had gone two weeks ago Uncle Sam Has Awakened to the importance of eliminating indiscrim inate production of oysters according to Harper's Weekly, Oc tober 25th issue and he will "begin a sys- tematiCjSanitary study of the entire question of oyster production." ,This is exactly what we. have been doing for a number of years, and today when you j Get Booth Guaranteed Oysters you - get a guaranty with every oyster from the oldest and largest oyster house in the world. They come in three sizes: "Standards," "Se lects" and "Jumbo Counts." But the size has nothing to do with the quality they are delicious in all sizes. Booth Fisheries Company Branches in all principal cities Omaha 1308 Leavenworth Street library Ep in wry can for the benefit ot Ills health. He wns (1 years of age and had leen siting for a number of months. Frank L. Smith was for many years killing boss at Cudahy's and was ac counted one of the landmark figures In the packing business of South Omaha. He was known by every man and loy who worked lit tho big packing houses of South Omaha within tho last twenty i ears. Somo years ago Mr. Smith burled his wife, who had been a cripple for years before her death. He was a big, strong man and his devotion to his wife during her long Illness Is said to have been touching In tho extreme. After his wife's death ho seemed to loso Interest In life Iti'cenlly he was compelled to relinquish his Job nt Cudahy's by rrtisou ot poor health. Two weeks ago he went to Wolbach. hoping to visit his brother. Tho news ot his death came yesterday. Tho body of deceased will be brought from Wolbach Monday nt 3:15 p, in. Tho funeral will bo held Tuesday after noon nt 2 o'clock at trie First Presby terian church, Dr. Ilobort U Wheeler presiding. Interment will bo mndo In Laurel Hill cemetery. Jmlnlnnr Ten in Coming. Traffic Manager Joo Shellbcrg of thn t'nlon Stock Yard rompany has received word front tho stock Judging team an nouncing that the members of tho team would visit all the stock farm stations in Nebraska. Illinois and Iowa on their trip to and from the stock show at Chi cago. Tho team will send back dally ac counts of tho different farms and meth ods studied on their trips. South Onmlin tt MlilneM. When the seventh annual bowling tournament of tho mlddio we."t opens nt St. 1ouls on November 27. 191.x South Omahn Is to 1m represented there by a bowling tcajn known as tho South Omaha Merchants. Tho team Is composed of orack players selected from tho bowling leagues ot tho Mngio City und is com posed of tho following men: H. Fritschcr, llay Cooley. Jay Lcflor, J. J. Fltigcrnld, a. S. Kennedy and F. M. Leplnskl, captain. There will bo about 100 five-man teams from Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Joseph. Sioux City, Des Moines, Omaha. Kansas City, St. Paul, Minneapolis, South Omaha and nil large cities In the mlddio west. This will bo th8 only team from Bouth Omaha tlds yenr. H. W. FrltHcher was a member of the Old Saxon Urau team last year at Kan Baa City, which won first place, and LeplnBkl and Kennedy were members of the I'. Petersen team of South Omahn. which won thlnl place out of tho 175 five man teams that were entered. The team this year is much stronger than the Peter sen team was last year and aro looked upon to do well In St Louis. Htzgerald and partner were tho rhnm. plon two-mnn team In tho South Omaha tournament last year. J. Lcflcr and Pay Cooley are two good steady bowlers, but aro now at going to tournaments. Lcflcr has an average of 183 and is the second nign in tne league, llay Cooley Is a member of tho Martin Tlcers. Tfi. also was second In the all events last year in tho Omaha city tournament. ilio following South Omaha mcrehnnt.i are backing tho team: O'Donovan & Pease, tho CItlxon Print LnJ? .FEpaPi-Mft1? City Printing com- puny, chock i arus National bank. Jctter Brewing company. Ouro Mineral Springs. P. J. Martin. M. Culkln & Co.. Hlnchey Jr"1 "jnirany, is. it. tiodfrey. C. P. S. Tobln. F. A. nvmut- ir "William Stokes, I. Peterson.' Union lfnnrJ Laundry. Petersen & Mlchelsen, J. Flynn. Packers Natlonni iuni Ti,mn. White, Koutsky-PaAlIk company, South Omaha Ice and Coal company. Live Stock National bank, Sol Goldstrom. To Open Training- School. Kverythlng Is ready for the formal opening of tho new Manual Tralnme school at the South Omaha High school annex. Custodian of tho annex, Bob Mc aompsy saj'a that ho has everything ready for tho teachers to begin their work with tha classes of manual train-1 Ing and domestic science. No certain date has been set for tho opening, but It Is thought that a start will be made within the week. Pioneer to Meet. President J. J. Broen of tho. South Omaha Pioneer society has announced the annual meeting and banquet of the society to be held at Masonic hall on December 0. A delightful program for the occasion has been preparod. Includ ing some speeches and music. President Breen reports much progress In tho work ot the society. neat Inrrntmrnli. A good Investment Is that which elim inates chance and offers facts and rea sons and common sense as evidence of merit for the consideration of the careful Investor. Every careful Investor Is naturally anx- loua to select tho one best form of se curity out of the many offered for his consideration. How to best do this can be easily de cided by applying one slnmlo test. in me i-umiiiuuiiy or service upon which tha security Is based absolutely neces sary to purchasers and users at all times under all conditions? The best investments, therefore, are those based upon absolute necessities iluch as food products and clothing and land and a roof over one's head for home or business all of whleh arc necessary In caa times as well as good times. The Bankers Ttealty Investment com. pani offers South Omaha people such an investment. Its stock represents the ownership of nmn graue ouy real estate and tho busl ncss of Improving It. It Is. therefore, a safe as well as a profitable Invest. rnent. For full particulars concerning this company's stock call or wrtta to Mr. J, j Gillln, 612 North Twenly-fourth street! "yum wiiiuna, nvot Stnvrm una Itungra. - .w- uail ueiOTO WA mnrfl You better take advantage of our low prices on stoves. They go at factory cost. Koutsky-Pavllk Co. k -Mnulc cily Gossip, i .'57,; ,,.?J5ichJ5r...w"!. be. ho.f tX c.1 'v iiuu Muesaay pvenlng Northe'r,st,r'eeUr fr reUt I2W' C Detective Michael Qlllln is sloww fever "Vere atUck ot typhoid Mrs. LulU B. Malhnu-n o.l , hind 'pindiaK ,h eek-end at Aihl Miss Anno Ollloglv will be hostess for tho hmanon Kensington club Ti.pm.,, evening. , Dr. AieCrann McCrann have movod building"1"5 rm" 1 ftn'' Miss Ella Peterson will entertain com. Pllnjontary to Mis, Ward of Siwha on Mr. and Mrs. If. Pike will entertain the (w.,iuii-i'..ufi. www v uicir nome ruos day evening. Office space for rent In Bee office sis Tre7"5 rea,0.!ial)Ie' we known Mrs, Georse Condon entertained Satur- irv auernouii. uni'iimtniary to Ji Mittle Ward f Omaha. Tie ho iseholj economics department of tho S uth Onniha Woman s bib iicft Tuesday afi n n at the heme of Mrs K. It. Leigh. 73S North Kighteenth j stret. The Inquest upon the death ot Jno Duffy, Jr . will be held Monday at I-arkiifs funeral parlors. Tho women of the New Cenlur club will give a card parti' at the home, of Mrs. D. Ha.innn Wednesday afternoon. Fred J. Iong has been promoted In tho auditing department at Cudahy's, where he has been employed since he was II years ot age. For llent Suite of offices, second floor. 31th street front, steiim heat, gas and electric light, stationary lavatory; espe cially suitable for physician, dentist or attorney; low rent. Inquire Silt N St. The members of tho P. 14. O society enjoyed their annual festival Thursday evening. Dinner was served In the lunch rooms of tho I'tilted Presbyterian church, when etivers were laid for lift guests. Mrs. J M. Caughey. Mrs. A. 1 lott nnd Mrs. O. M. Schlndel cntorlnlned com plimentary to Mrs. 10, H, Shug.irt of Sari Francisco. Monday afternoon nt an In formal kcnslugton. Kighteen guests weto prent. Mrs. William Kelley wns given the M.ftXl denth benefit yesterday on the death nf her late husband. William Kelley. The, money was paid over by Michael Cogglna, representative of tho Knights ot tho Maccabees. . Tho women of the I'nlted Presbyterian church will give their annual chrysan themum baiar at the church. Twenty- third and H streets. November 20 and 31. Mrs. Clinllls of Omaha and Miss Ohman of Hellevue will give readings. Mr. and Mrs P J. F.irrcl! celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Friday even ng by entertaining the mem bers of Adah chapter No. hi. Order of the Knsteru 5 1 nr. and their husbands Tho invited guests were Messrs, and Mcsdames J. Bednnr. I. A, Bravton. J. V. Miller. W. Nvtnali. A B. Majors. H. vermilion, r . K. num. Robertson. George French, C. Talbot. C. Miuihl, I. I Van Rant. J. M. Campbell. G. W. Urecn. Dr. and Mrs. William Bern anil Mrs. Allco Jcwett The la Mlsntns club wns entertained at the boms of Miss Margaret Maurer Thursday afternoon. Miss Catherine Shanuhrtn was avilst.int hostess. Prizes a games warn won by Misses I.ols ItlcK ard and Dorothy Davis. Those present were: ausses tirace ssiurrocK. Mary O'Nell, Iluth Derbyshire Tresea Miillaly, Mario Krug, Malx'l Lee, Ethel Ituyan. Patience Kelly, Helen Ture, Agnes Heal, Margurlto Carley, Dorothy Davis, Lois Rlckard, Ada Bayncr, Mary Wyness, Cathcrlno Shanahnn ana Margaret Maurcr. The Ad Mortem club was entertained Thursday evening at tho home of Samuel Hodscn. Prizes at a guoeslng contest were won by Misses Margaret McCarten nnd Mamie Mullen. Those present were: Misses Mamie Mullen, Cecelia Mullen. Agnes Hcavey. Alyce Mahonoy, Mary iioimnnv. NVll llrwinrn. MarnreL McCar ten, Margaret Connor, Haxel Atier. Anne- iloswell. Messrs. wawara vurrmi, duiiuibi Hodsen, James Fitzgerald, uornoius i-cn-tmil. nnnnlil Kreirnn. Herbert Hcavey, Donald Jonaschelt, Arthur Duffy, Mathew O Keefo and Thomas itcanc. IllKli .School Notes. Howard Kggers has entered the high school orchestra ob player of tho bass and snare drums. Tho orchestra still lacks a bass violin. The Gavel club of the high school will meet In tho Board of Kducatlon room next Tuesday evening In u regular meet ing. A good program has been prepared and a debate will be held. Equipment for the domestic science elium hna been Installed and experimental work is being performed dally by the class, under the Instruction ot Miss Bookmeyer, head of the domtstlo science department. The several lathe machines which were ordered by tho school board for the manual training department nrrlvod last week and are all Installed and ready for use. The machinist class lias not been definitely organized yet, but will bo soon. Tho girls' basket ball team, under the direction of Miss Wyniaru instructor of the gtrls' physical training class of tho high school. Is making tapld strides to ward learning the fine points ot the game. The team win enter mo state glrlB' banket ball contest and a schedule Is now being made. Tha South Omaha foot ball team was defeated by tho alarming score' of 13 to 6. by the Deal Institute team of Omaha. The local team has been defeated In every game but one that It has played during the Present season. The last game will bo played with Ashland on Thunkslglvlng day. Benson Residents Celebrate Coming of .Mail Delivery A Urge crowd of residents of Benson got together nt tho Benson city hall last night where they enjoyed a Jollification In celebration of tho coining of free postal delivery In Benson. This is to begin Mon day morning as a result of a new order that consolidates the postofflco sjstem of that town with that of Oninha. The poMofflco In Benson will be a substation In tho future to be known as the Benson branch. Two carriers will go to work on the. routes Monday morning and resl dents of that town will for the first time have freo delivery of malls. Postmaster John C Wharton of Omaha and Postmaster James McGuIro of Ben son delivered addresses. Postmaster Wharton congratulated tho citizens of Benson on finally getting free mall de livery, which they have long desired. Ho assured them of the best of service from tho central office nt Omaha and hop'xl they would find the new Arrangement satisfactory and efficient. Postmaster McOulre. who after nildnlgnl Sunday night will bn ex-postmnstrr, talked of the new arrangement, pointing out the In crenscd fnclllty It would afford. Aged Couple Burned Out of Humble Home Neighbors who could not rind It In their hearts to be rharltabte to an aged couple that the city had taken caro of, nre thought by tho authorities to bo responsi ble for the burning of a smail, two-room shack at Tenth und Ornco streets last night. August F. Herman, aged C", and his wife were not homo when the flrn started, and as no one was around to fight tho fire, it was uncontrollable by the time the department arrived. The old couplo were given permission by tho city to build a hunrnle shack on the property, which belongs to the city, and the City Mission furnished material. Mrs. Q. W. Alqulst has been caring for them and the old people were snugly fixed for tho winter. Complaints had been made by other residents In the neighborhood, and sev eral times tho management of the City Mission had to stop in to prevent tho couplo from being harmed. It la thought that tho tire was started last night for the purpose of evicting them from tho neighborhood. Breathe Freely! Open Nostrils and Stuffed Head End Catarrh Instant Relief When Nose and Head aro Clogged from a Cold. Stops Nasty Catarrhal Dis charges. Dull Headache Van ishes. Try 'Kly s Cream Blm" Get a smalt bottle anyway. Just to try It Apply a Httlo In the nostrils and In stantly your clogged nose nnd stoppel up air passage of the head will open; yon will breathe freely; dullness and headache disappear By morning! the catarrh, oold-ln-head or catarrhal soro throat will be gone. End such mlrery now I Get the small bottle ef "Kir's Cream Balm' at anr drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm, dissolves by the heat of the nostrils,' penetrates and heals the Inflamed, swol len membrane which lines the nose, head and throat: clears the air passages, stops nasty discharges and a feeling of cleans ing, soothing relief comes Immediately Don't lay awake tonight struggling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a cold, with Its running nose, foul mucous dropping Into the throat, nd raw dryness Is distressing but truly needless. Put your fallh-Just once In "Ely si Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh will surely disappear. Advertisement. Death Proves Terror to Men Who Laughed But a Moment Before News of the death of Jack Steyperk St. Joseph's' hospital last night came to two undertaker's assistants employed at tho county morgue wlilio they were pre paring tho body of the unidentified man killed near Krug park for burlaL But a moment before they had smiled when they noticed the whitened countenances of others nearby. "We learned long ago to take death philosophically," one said. "There Is nothing In being sentimental." Just'' as ho finished speaking the tele phone bell rang. "Jack Steyperk is dead" came from a sister at St. Joseph's hospital. Tho assistant's face went white and the receiver dropped from his ringers. He re peated the words to his comrade and both broke into tears. Jack Steyperk, 23 years old, and em ployed by the C. B. Liver company had been a closo chum of the two until the very day last week that he went to the hospital suffering from spinal meningitis. 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Ask your druggist for a M-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs;" then see that t Is made by the "California Mr fJjrup Company," Don't b foo!ed:-Ad-'.crt.ionjtnt, Bulletin No. 1 A Campaign of Education Omaha Ad Club active in the national movement against fakers and frauds in advertising -IK I.J i The Advertising Clubs of 135 cities, with a membership of more - than 10,000 business men, form tho Associated Advertising Clubs of America. These clubs have joined in a national organization, realizing that country-wide co-oporation is essential to the successful establishment of n movement of national importance and affecting the national wolfare. The clubs are working as an organized unit to create, assemble and distributo valuablo ideas to their members, to proraoto tho welfare of all hon orable advertisers, and to safeguard tho buying public against advertising of fakers and frauds. Club starts campaign of education The Omaha Ad Club, in addition to tho work of its Vigilance Committee in seeking the prosecution of unscrupulous advertisers, under the Slate Law and City Ordinance, will carry on an educational campaign through a scries of advertisements, of which this Is the first. In these advertisments the value of truth in all publicity will be emphasized, and the value therefrom to both the advertiser and consumer will be fully explained. Most advertisers, today, are truthful, sincero nnd honest and are offering full val ues, good goods and honest service. Our work has their approval, because the club wishes to In still public confidence in the prlntod word of all ad vertlsers by eradicating the thieve and liars in business who prey upon their follows for gain. In waging this war for fair, honest and believable advertising, wo bespeak the co- . operation and support of the seller and the buyer of merchandise, bb it is to the advantage of each' that statements regarding the sale of goods, shall be truthful, dependable and trustworthy. . OMAHA AD CLUB of the ASSOCIATED ADVERTISING CLUBS OF AMERICA