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DR, (JOHN ON PROTESTANTISM
"Habbi Says Hoot Principle is lib
erty and Progress.
GOAL AND CRY "BACK TO JESUS"
Revolutionary Force la Felt In Its
Appeal, from Outward Authority
to Autonomy and Independ
" encc of Individual.
Dr. Frederick Cohn. rabbi of Tomplo
.'Israel, gavo the second address of his
""'Protestantism " He pursued in this the
same 'sympathetic and objective method
ot treatment as in his first address, that
on "Catholicism." The root p'rlnolple of
'Protestantism, he said, was liberty and
progress;, and this principle asserted its
revolutionary force In Its appeal from
'outward authority to the autonomy and
independence of the individual,
r "Protestantism," said Dr. Cohn, "as lta
lliame Implies, was a protest against the
ftuthority and dogma, the institutions
and Practices' of the Roman 'Catholic
fphurc'h. . s 1 ,
2 "Tho movement aroseVwltliln -the church.
Htself. Luther, Calvin' and Zwlngli. the
Tflrst great reformers, 'Were sons of the
church. Luther was .a priest and an'
v'Augustlan monk. Calvin had taken or
tilers.
"Tho movement had been long.prepar
'Tng. Beforo tho sixteenth century there
were efforts on the part of popes and
councils to reform the church in head
and in members. The renaissance and
'the. rise and spread of humanism con-,
'stituted. a great intellectual awakening,
.The .discovery of America and the in
Mention of printing broadened men's out
look and gave a great Impetus to the
'Propagating of new Ideas. Men's minds
.were prepared whon In 1517 Luther posted
, tils ninety five theses on the church door
.at Wittenberg and later defied thepower
.of tho Roman Catholic hierarchy by
burning the pope's bull. All Europe
broke Into a religious conflagration. The
result was that Catholicism was rent In
twain and Christianity divided into Cath
olic nnd Protestant. Protestantism was
a return from ecclesiastical tradition to
the' authority of scripture' It took twelve
centuries for this return to be brought
about Luther appealed from an' infalli
ble church to an infallible book the
Bible. 'Biblical Christianity took the
place - of churchimado Christianity.
Faith and Worlu,
"The doctrine of justification by faith
altogether supplanted the doctrine of
justification by works. Christianity be
came Paullnlan instead of Petri ne. It
was shameless peddling of salvation by
the scandalous Tetzel that had aroused
Luther. Moreover his mind had long
been brooding over the difference be
tween the Christianity as he saw It prac
ticed around him and the teaching of the
Bible, a copy of which he had read in
the monastery of Erfurt. Emphasis was
henceforth laid upon the spirit as over
against the form, upon the inner life in
contrast with the outer rite.
"Here is the great revolutionary prin
ciple -In Protestantism Its appeal from
outward authority to the autonomy and
Independence of the individual. It is
true that Protestantism erected an au
thority of its own lit the pages of a lit
erally Inspired, divinely infallible bible,
but It brought to the Interpretation of
this bible the principle of private judg
ment, which is the prinoiple of liberty,
If individualism the guaranty of the
priest and fullest development of unlim
ited progress.
"One consequenco of this principle was,
of course, the rise and multiplication 6f
eccts. Hence the many denominations
within Protestantism, from tho more
orthodox Lutheran and Episcopalian via
the Intermediary Presbyterian and Con
gregational, Baptist and Methodist, to
the more literal and even radical Unl
versallst and Unitarian, as well as such
sects aa Christian Scientists, Mormans,
et cetera.
Iloot Principle Here.
"But the root-principle of Protestant-
Ism U- that of progress, over against the
self-acknowledged, unchanged, unchang
ing, and unchangeable character, for In
stance, of the Roman Cathbllo church.
"Hence the so-called Protestant na
tions, suoh as. England, Germany and
particularly America, are progressive
nations, characterized by tho greatest
amount of freedom of thought, productive
energy, political Initiative and independ
ence and religious liberty.
"The four Protestant centuries, as we
may call them (from 1617 to the present
time, we shall soon be celebrating the
Quarter century of Protestantism) have
been centuries of pre-eminent progress.
Th sixteenth century witnessed the ref
ormation Itself and the great movements,
political and- religious, that were a di
rect result of the acts of Luther, Calvin,
Zwlngli and the other great reformers.
Th Catholic church Itself waa' thor
oughly reformed and purified as an Im
mediate result of tho Protestant reforma
tion. The seventeenth century witnessed
the rise of Puritanism in England, which
has meant so much for liberty and the
spread of democracy throughout the
world.
"America, with Its Institutions of civil
and religious liberty, was one of the
grand rosults of the victory of Crom
well and the Puritans, over Stuart's dl-
vlr.' monarch and despbtlsm. The eight
eenth century saw the world-wide up
heaval of the French revolution, for the
influence was not confined to France, ns
it spread the seeds of liberty, equality
and fraternity to every nation of Europe,
and furnished a leaven that Is still po
tent in the uplifting of peoples and the
molding of the ideas of freedom, justice,
and humanity and the rights of man..
The nineteenth century was the great
century of science and of the rise of tho
great transforming, philosophical prin
pie of evolution, which has revolutionized
our whole view of life and given the
mightiest Impetus to foroward looking
efforts of all times. The twentieth cen
tury bids fair to be known as a social
century with lta preoccupation Intellec
tually, politically, and, latterly, rellg
louBy, with the all-absorbing question of
the social improvement and social wel
fare of mankind. All these movements
have been due primarily to Protestantism,
to the forces and energies released by
the Protestant principle and the Pro
testant spirit, and would have been Im
possible without It.
What Is the Oonlt
"What, It may be asked, is the goal
of Protestantism?"
"Protestantism has exhibited endless
progress. It has latent within it the
germs of unlimited development, as John
Robinson said to the Pilgrims when they
left Holland: 'New light will break from
the word of God.' Christianity in Protest
antism has run the whole gamut from
Roman Catholicism to Unitarianlsm. The
process will not stop there. There will
be further development. Already we hear
the cry in the churches on the part of
ministers and theologians of the most
varied denominations, 'Back to Jesus!'
As the cry once was, 'Away from the
Jews, In tho keeping of the command'
ments -
"Back to Jesus means back to the
ethical monotheism of Judaism.
"The goal of Protestantism, as of all
Christianity, of all religion, is the goal
of history, as Tennyson deecrlbed it:
"That God which ever lives anil loves.
i One God, one law, one element,
Ana one tar otr divine event.
To which the wholo creation moves."
JOHN A. SW ANSON, Pres.
WM. L. IIOLZatAN, Trens.
Court House Finished
and Settlement Made'
With Contractors
Final setlement with Caldwell & Drake,
contractors who built the court house,
was effected yesterday by the county
commissioners, when Issuance of a war
rant for $519.69 was authorized.
The court house was to have been a
$1,000,000 structure, but a balnnco of t3,9G!
remains In the building fund, with but
one bill remaining unpaid. This Is a
claim which' the estate of the late 'Dan
Shane, superintendent of the ' building,
fIledfor services rendered by him.
John La tenser, architect, received the
congratulations of- county officials, who
Bald'! that 'probably never before In the
history of public buildings in the United
states has so largo a structure been
erected within the original estimate of
cost.' (
A balance of JM&.C9 remained from a
fund which the commissioners had with
held to Insure completion of the north
approaches of the court house, according
to contract.
In addition to the 11,000,000 expended in
the construction of the court house, sub
sequently bonds for 1250,000 were voted
nnd the proceeds used In the purchase of
furniture and paying for plumbing and
some of the fixtures not provided for in
the original contract.
Bryan Will Talk
at Lincoln on Date
. He First Planned
LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. -Secretary of
State W, J. Bryan, who three weeks ago
accepted an Invitation to speak at the
annual banquet of the Lincoln Commer
cial club January 6 and was later com
pelled to cancel the date, tonight wired
the secretary of the club that he had
found It possible to come and will speak
as first arranged. The subject of his
address will be "The New Bra."
The plan of President Wilson to leave
soon for the south made It possible for
Mr. Bryan to defer Washington engage
ments and come west as originally
tended.
In-
Nebraska Guards to
Revive the Drills
The GRIME of the AGE
Kill
At the last meeting of company A, No-
braska National Guards, the officers dls
cussed plans for interesting the members
in various phases of work, and hit upon
, the idea of reviving the competitive drills,
, which. In years gone by, have protrod
; popular among the men. These drills.
j however, are to be conducted upon an cn-
nnnivn nafv t r Kj,nrtv,,Mta " n , . k i t . . . .
; Aunougn mo goia meaai, won over a
oaay is -Away rrom man-maae creeds year ago by by Lieutenant W. A. Fellers,
to tne woras and teachings or Jesus, will be brought to light, a number of
Himself.' Away from the theological ' unique prizes have been secured through
Christ to the historical Jesus!' Back of donations from Omaha merchants and
tfiiiZl IS ITIYRTCI &TClTOV& ! institutions.
hacK of the aposties, back of both Peter 1 The plans and arrangements for this
and Paul, back of Him who was greater ' series of competltve drills, which begin
than them all. back to the hero, if not Monday night, have been left entirely
the founder of Christianity, back -to j wlth Lieutenant Arthur Marowitz, whose
Jesus, back to the moral and religious "Port on his work among the merchants
teachings of whom all Christendom re- I 01 mana proved encouraging.
veres as the foremost of mankind.
Is committed every day by the wearing
of wrong glasses. They effect the nerv
ous system, Impair
the Mght and result
in misery and blind,
neaa. Avoid this dan-
fici ujr IMtvlJl. )UUI I , - uwim vmiiuo.wuw mm UIO UUI11U1
eyes scientifically lno Distinctive leaiure Commercial club Joined forces in enter
examined by a ape-, " me jow, me people or talnlnc the students and faculty of the
1 fUlist or reputation. . -u was a jew in religion as Commercial High school at an assembly
I will examine your well as In race. He omM m Jnr An ti.,.. . v.
eves And fit tham , , - - . wn -,,ua n.icwiuuu. 4 110 nujiiwrs uuii-
Sun - ,TZ "U"1 have ever done, to the Father. Who tHhmH wr .. fi !...
as 12.00. . Don't put In heaven. His creed, like the Jews'. Piano Solo-Sadie Welti.
COMMERCE STUDENTS
"When Christianity shall have done
ARE ENTERTAINED
that it shall have returned to the ethical !
monotheism pf Jesus, the Jew. which J The Social Culture , eiub and the Junior
?rmlVe ! M ,n one sentence. -Here. ,
now and PAT WHEN YOU'CAN. I have n' Untl, is our God, the Lord Is one.' flu
served the people of Omaha for fifteen Religion meant to Him. as it did tn th
warn, and guarantee satisfaction in I tw. 1 -.. ... ' . . I
every case I take. Office hours 8:30 t:;"" , """""" " ntn
5:30. Sundays until 1 p. m. and ul and might and to love one's
M'OARTHT. neignoor as ones self.' Ethics and
DR. J- T.
UU W. O. W, Building
morality consisted for Him, as for the
Recitation Sam Brown.
Vocal Solo Amy Zchaw.
te Polo William Nielsen.
Double Quartet Social Culture olub.
violin solo Charles fsimanek.
Recitation Anna Luttbeg,
Vwcal h"olo-l.ona Gordon.
Violin Solo Eugene Oglebay,
Recitation -Grace Thorn.
Chorus Members Junior
Mlko Gllllsplo and Edwnrd Fennell.
who havo the reputation of being two
of the most congenial men In tho cm
ploy of tho city, siiy tney always ap
preciate a good Joke, but when anyone
steals fish right from xuulcr their very
noses, and then asks them to a restau
rant to enjoy tho meat, war has Just
commenced. So they aro on tho war
path for John Fennell, street Inspector.
Hans Hike, a fisherman residing near
Bellovuo, brought C.llllsple and Fennell
two large fishes as a Christmas present
Thursday. Having no other placo tu
put the fish they hung It up In the
city tool house. Both lorgot to toko the
Friday meat home. Yesterday morning
whon they visited tho tool house they
discovered the loss of tho treasures.
Johnnie Fennell asked the two enraged
men to have dinner wun mm at a
local restaurant ycBterday. Ot course,
being Friday, fried fish was ordered.
Both men commented on tho cxcollont
taste of the dish and complimented tho
proprietor on his exccllont cholco ot
meat.
After the meal Johnnlo told his guests
that thoy hud Just eaten tho fish thoy
had received as a present, and taking
tho situation In hand Just faded up tne
street beforo his two infuriated com
panions could selzo him. They looked high
and low for Johnnlo yesterday, and
promlso to Inflict all kinds of torturo on
him whenever thoy Buccced in captur
ing him.
Christum at Schools.
Christmas. excrclo participated in by
all the schools yesterday afternoon,
ushered in tho hodlday season which will
last two weeks for tho students aliu
teachers. In somo schools entertainments
wcro given by the upper grado scholars
and tho children' purents attonded.
Teachers wore ullowed their pay by
tho board this week In order that they
might do their Christmas shopping. Many
ot tho teachers aro planning on spending
Christmas out of town.
Children's ChrUtmn Stolen.
While g6lng to work yesterday morn
ing at 6;30 Joka Swea was held up at
the point of a gun by two highwaymen In
front of No. 2 fire hall, Thirty-first and
U streets, and robbed of $11, which ho
had saved out of his wages at the pack
ing houso for Christmas presents to send
to his children in Austria. After frisk
lnc their victim the two footpads hurried
north to 9 street and disappeared. Swea
rushed Into the fire hall and notineu mo
firemen, who telephoned the police sta
tion. . . .
Pollen Dctoctlvea Corey and Lepinsxi
arrested Lowls Yonk, an Austrian, on sus
picion of being one of the robbers. He is
being held at the police station ponding
Investigation, but denies connection with
the affair.
Swea, who can barely speak Lngusn,
told the police a pitiful tale and begged
them to get his money. For months he
has been saving a llttlo money out of
each week's wages "and laying It aside.
Hej tookd this money, which he had
hoarded up from its hiding'' place In his
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room yesitroay moriiij-K;T; j.-ioivw
ernoon he planned On getting off from
wprk early so as to, purchase Christmas
presents for his llttlo girl and boy, who
live with a distant relatlvo in his native
country.
In broken English he told how they
would have to bo denied tho pleasure tho
few toys and glittering trinkets would
bring Into their lonesome little hearts
as he could not afford to expend any of
his meager stipend for gifts.
Tho police promised to do all In their
power to return his money, but he went
from the station to work, big tean
streamlng down his checks.
Woman on Wnrpath,
Bell Henderson, a colored woman ot
flrey disposition, got on tho warpath yes
terday afternoon and headed for Fort
Crook to tear tho government station
down and vowing vengeance on the hand
ful of soldiers stationed at the almost
deserted post.
It appears the woman became Irritated
by one of the soldiers at the fort. Be
fore the troops left for Texas she was
employed as a domestic there. Learning
that the soldier was In town she boarded
a car for the post armed with a big re
volver and enough rounds of ammuni
tion to frustrate an attack of an army ot
Mexican warriors,
The woman Is booked at the station
as a suspicious character and will be
given a trial in police court this morn
ing.
Arrests lr Poller.
Harry Ellis, a youth, was arrested by
Detectivo Zaloudek yesterday afternoon
on suspicion 01 breaking into a Rock
Island box cor and stealing a valuable
hide. Ellis maintains) his Innocence.
Dave Rankin was arrested on the
charge of beating his board bill. He is
said to have taken French ieavo from a
boarding house In the packing district.
leaving a debt of 132 unpaid.
Htraiuer Tleket IlrirKlnir.
The police are in communication with
a steamship company in Philadelphia,
who have forwarded a check for 132 to
buy transportation to that city for two
children, Agnes and Anna JuhaB, who
they said were In the care of a police
officer by the name of Collier, No such
man lias been employed on the local
force.
Church Services,
St Luke's Lutheran, Twenty-fifth and
it streets, hcv. . 11. yerlan, pastor.
Hewlett for fourth Sunday In Advent,
Sunday school at 9:45 o'atock. Morning
service at H o'clock and confirmation
class at 1 p. m.
Baptist I'hurch. Twenty-fifth and II
streets. Rev, William It. Hill, pastor
Special Christmas music morning and
evening. Eermon at 11 o'clock; subject,
"The Democracy of Christmas.'' Sunday
school at IMS u. m. Baptist Young Peo
ple's union at 6:30 p. m. At 7:30 o'clock
Christmas scenes by the Italian artists
will bo illustrated on a canvas In the
church. 1 Chrlstmaa exercises by the Sun
day school class will bo held Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
First Christian church, Twenty-third
and I streets. Rev. E. H Murray of
Crelghtbn, Neb., will preach. Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Christian Endeavor
class will meet at 6:30 p. m.
First Presbyterian church. Twenty
third and J streets. Christmas Sabbath,
December 21. Morning at 11 o'clock:
Organ Prelude March of the Magi
Kings Du Uoiso
Hymn Joy to the World ,
Class in Catechism.
Anthem Festival Te Deum.. Dudley Buok
Baptism of Children and Reception of
Members Into Church Member
ship Organ Offsrtory Solo The Birthday
of a King Neidllnger
Anthem Give Unto the Lord
Dudley Buek
Pastor's Address
Hymn Hark, the Herald Ancels 8ng.
roHiiuaoMarcn
Evening at 7 30 o'clock)
Christmas Special!
Women's
COATS
Heretofore priced up to $35; on sale Monday at
$1 C75
A wonderful salo of .splendid coats in an oxten
sivo variety; practical and dress models in all
desirable lengths.
Mt 10 nro Moleskin Cloth, Fur Cloth,
lfiateHaiS Pil0 Fabrics, Astrakhan, Mate
lasso Novelty Zibeliuos, Duvotyne and Chin
chilla. Beautifully lined with brocaded messa
lino silk or satin many aro intorlin- M Q
cd. Extraordinary values Monday. .
Coat for Little Girls
Your opportunity to glvo tho llttlo miss a
real Burprleo Christmas morning Ono of
these sntiR, stylish, warm conts and all are
specially prlcod. '
TiifiV fYinf A ,ar8 variety ot
Vjuris clovor stylos, uorvlcc
ablo fabrics; sizes 3 to 14 years. Coats un
equalled olsowhore at 15 and rfQ Oft
$7. CO, Monday, at J3iU
Girls' Coats
Fashioned In tho now
est fabrics, including
molephiBU, brocades, bouclo, corduroy ana
chinchilla; sizes 3 to 14r considered groat
valuo olsowhoro nt $8.50 JlC ffcfl
Monday special, at pOeIU
rlile, Pnafe Beautiful modolfl
Jlrl5 VOdXS mado of zlbollno and
novelty strlpos.wlth bountifully ombroldered
edging, volvot collars and cuffs, low 'bolt;
slzos 3 to 12 years, $10. and frrj qa
$12. GO olsowhoro, Monday special P f JJ
Largest Showing of Acceptable Xmai Gifts for Everybody
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MMJ. HOUnjWf.fJVWal
UOUUECT APl'ARISL FOR. MEN AND WOMEN.
Tho Now
TANGO PUMP
The regulation Tango Pump with
Inlaid diamond
of rubber In
center of sole
patent leather
or black satin:
comes with an
kle strap or lac
ing, same aa
cut. priced at.
$3.50
to
$5.00
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Organ Prelude Nazareth..., Gounod
Hymn It Come Upon the Midnight
Clear ,
Orfertory-Silent Night -.
Christmas Cantata (in four parts)
The Hone of the World Schnecker
Hymn While HheDherds Watched....
Postluda Btern
The West O Klrwt mlii nn nt h Klncf
Presbyterian church will hold a Christ
mas program tomorrow afternoon in the
school house at Forty-eighth and Q
stroots. Tho entertainment of the main
school of tho First Presbyterian church
will take placo on Thursday evening In
tho lower assembly room of the church.
Then, wilt be an Interesting program fol-
loweu vy uisiriuution ot uiuies uy nupor
Intendont C. M. Rich and distribution ot
books for attendance for the year. Christ
mas will be observed by a service In
the church at 10 o'clock, which will be
conducted by Dr. Wheeler. Tho Ladles'
Aid society will sorvo dinner In the lower
ansomoiy room ot the cnurcn on isew
Year's afternoon from 6:30 to 7:39 o'clock.
On Christmas Sabbath there will be a
special service, when baptism will be ad
ministered and members received Into
the church. "The Hope of the World,"
a beautiful Christmas cantata, will bo
rendered by the choir.
ainxio t'lty nossip.
Judge Levy has returned from & visit
at Des Moines, la,
Mr. and Mrs. James Whalen of Salt
Lake City. Utah, are snendlns the
Christmas holidays with Ifugh Kennedy,
Twenty-seventh and B streets.
The Southeast Improvement club will
meet Friday night at 7:30 o'clock at the
Madison school house. The Semi-annual
election of officers will bo hold.
The Phil Kearney Woman's Relief
Corps will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clook
at the homo of Mrs. J. O. Eastman and
election of officers . will take place.
At the last regular meeting of Como
No. 40. Modern Woodmen of Amortca,
the following offloers were elected for
tho coming year? Thomas F. Conley,
consul; James J, McManus, advisor;
Charles Swanson. banker: J. J. Preen,
clerk; Fred F. Pearl, escort; Robert Girt-
horier, watchman; Paul Noweixonkl,
w.ntry; Drs. W. J, McOrann and William
uavis, physicians; William Aieicniorson,
manager.
BBIEF CITY NEWS
tOopl.y, J.w.l.r. SIS 8. lth, 35th year.
rid.Uty Storage fc Van Co, Doug. 1516.
Have Soot Print It Now Beacon Press.
Z.lfe Ins? Y.s. P.nn SCutnaL Oonld.
Xmas Lighting Burgess-Granden Co.
A. it. Davis1 aualltr oards is the thing
for Christinas. A. Hospe Co., 1513 Douglas.
By ICaklna- This responsible trust com
pany executor and trustee you will avoid
all contingencies and disabilities of Indi
vidual trusteeship at moderate cost to
your estate. Peters Trust company, 1623
Farnam street.
Clnb to tr. Bsd Cross Stamps From
now to Now Year's the Commercial club
will use Red Cross stamps on all Its cor
respondence. A large quantity of the
stamps has been secured for this pur
pose.
Barnes with Psttrs Trust A. K.
Barnes, son ot Justice J. H. Barnes of
the supreme court ot the state of Ne
braska, has become associated with the
Pctera Trust company and will enter
the work ot preparing wills and trust
Instruments.
Railroad Boosts Highway The Lin
coin Highway Is outlined In red on a new
folder Just Issued by the Chicago Si
Northwestern Railroad company. Tho
folder advertises a new train between
Chicago and the coast.
JTo Christmas Dinner at Clnb Com
mercial club members will not have din
ner at the club rooms on Christmas day.
No lunch Is to be served there on that
day. Most ot the members desire to have
their Christmas dinner at homo.
Follows Brothsr on Operating- Table
Dudley Wolfe, son of Mrs, Joseph Bald
rlge, was operated upon Monday at tho
Clorkson hospital for appendicitis. He
arrived from Andover Sunday. A year
ago, on the same day, Grafton, younger
brother of Dudley, underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis at the same hospital.
CHRISTMAS CHEER PROVIDED
More Kind-Hearted Oitisena Send
Donations to Help the Poor.
MORE MONEY IS YET NEEDED
Associated Charities Has Many
Families to Whom Chrlstmaa
Cheer May Be Provided by
Seudlnjr Money to Bee.
Two more Omaha people have taken
advantage of the opportunity for prac
tical Christmas charity through the As
sociated Charities, aa presented In Tho
Bee.
One man has sent his check for 35, to
he used as Is thought best among the
deserving casea cited by The Bee. An
other chock for 35 has bean received to
be used for the eolored family of seven,
who need groceries to tide them over
until the parents recover from Illness
and are able to work again. A 110
check was also received Friday to pay
the rent of a poor widow with three
small children, who are constantly In
need of assistance.
'These remittances wll mean a merry
Christmas to three very worthy, but un
fortunate families," said Miss Mabel
Porter, secretary of the Associated Char
Hies, when she learned ot the checks
received by The Bee. "I hope other kind
cttlsens will also adopt this means of
spreading the Christmas spltlt"
The seven cases described In The Be
several days ago are all needy and do
sertvlng. Persons wtw are disposed to
contribute to the good cause may remit
to Miss Porter or to The Bee, and the
contributions will be acknowledged In
the paper. The cases offer opportunities
for real charity through practical giving,
and contributions will tend to perma
nently relieve suffering, as well as bring
Christmas cheer to the beneficiaries.
A check for 115 was received at tho
Associated Charities.
Heavy Sleepers Now
Have Best Chance
The sluggard who waits for the sun's
rays to awaken him In the morning, or
the thrifty Individual who retires at sun
set, will Jn his own respective fashion
enjoy a shorter day than usual for Sun
day, December 31, Is known aa the short
est day of the year.
According to the grade school geogra
pmes and good old tradition Sunday Is
the shortest day of the present year In
Omaha as well as other cities north ot
the equator, According to the reckoning
of Father Rlgge the shortest days of the
year are between the 19th and 23th of
December, when the day is nine hours
and eight minutes long. The World al
manao fixes the rising of the sun at 7:20
and the hour of sunset at 4:35.
MALK0 GETS BIG DAMAGES
FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED
irney Malko was given a verdict of
110,000 against the Rock Island railroad
by a Jury In Judge bay's district court
for injuries received when he was struck
by an engine In the south part of Omaha.
Ho has lost partial use ot his arm and
shoulder.
Persistent Advertising Is the Rood
Big Returns.
Personal Parnitriilis.
M. F. Harrington of O'Neill. Neb.
K,a I stopping at tne raxton on his wa;
' a tll., i ..a nil.
to
.v tn
Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois on legal
buslnesa
COMMERCIAL CLUB COLLECTS
NEW YEAR'S STATISTICS
The bureau of publicity Is anxious that
manufacturers and Jobbers should at
once send their cards received from the
.bureau asking for Information on the
condition ot business during the last year
This Information Is necessary for statis
tical purposes.
Eoad from St, Louis
to Connect Main
Line at Clinton
The highway to connect St Louis with
the Lincoln highway is not to connect
at Omaha aa was hoped by many Omalut
boosters. The matter has. just been set
tled at a meeting in Bt. Louis that the
road ts to feed Into the Lincoln highway
at Clinton, la. This waa decided because
thero was a desire to connect with tho
goreat artery at the nearest possible
point, eo that both those) desiring to go
west and those desiring to go east on the
great highway can reach that line of
travel without going out of their way.
Omaha is still expecting, however, that
another line will be built from Bt. Louis
to Kansas City and from Kansas City to
Omaha to connect with the Lincoln
highway. II. E, Fred rick son, state consul
of the Lincoln highway, says Kansas Ctty
ana Bt. Louis are very anxious to get a
good direct line to the coast, and In order
to do this they are shaping plana for a
road to feed Into the Lincoln highway at
Omaha,
Eastern Slope of 1
Mountains Getting
Real Winter Touch
While a flurry of snow follow! th.
rain Friday night, and the aaow In turn
was followed by sunshine la this Tidal ty,
In the western part of this state and Is
Colorado and Wyoming there waa an
other touch of real winter, according to
the reports to the railroads.
AH Friday night, say railroad weatha
reports, there waa a general rain' ot
from one-fourth to an ineh, later turning
to snow. At Denver, seven Inches of
snow waa added to the three feet that
covers the ground from the storm of last
week.
North Platte reported a heavy rain
from early evening, until midnight, when
It turned to snow. The fall waa seven
Inches deep, but lying where it fell, thero
being no wind.
Up through northern Nebraska, west of
Hartlngton, the snow Is from one to three
Inches deep and temperatures are slightly
below freezing.
Persistent Advertising is the Road
Big Returns,
to
LABOR TEMPLE COMMITTEE
CLEARED BY CENTRAL UNION
Charges conoernlng the operations of
the Labor temple committee brought at
the last Friday's meeting of the Central
Labor union, were Investigated during
the last week by the executive board of
the Central Labor union, at the request
of the committee. The executive board,
making Its report at last night's gather
ing, found that the charges were without
foundation and beside absolutely clear
ing the committee complimented it
highly on Its good work.
It was generally decided, however, that
to centralUe the efforts of the project
for the new temple, a labor temple board
from the Central Labor union exclusively,
will be elected after tho first of the year,
following the election of officers. Gen
eral business and reports of the various
delegates constituted the business for tho
remainder of the evening. With an eye
to reducing the high cost of living. 70u
bushels of potatoes offered the body by
a farmer nt a price 20 per cent below tho
regular market price was unanimously
accepted as a buy.
0RKN BROS, STORE OPEN
UNTIL NINE THIS EVENING
The type In the Orkln Bros, advertise
ment which appeared in this morning's
Bee mode it appear that this store would
remain open until 10 o'clock tonight. This
statement was Incorrect as this store will
be open for business only until 9 o'clock:
tonight