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10 OMAHA, T1U'K.SI7AY MUHMAO, .JAM Alt 1, 1!4. TO GET AFTER AUTO THIEYES Motorist Offer $100 Reward for Arrests and Convictions. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED (Gould Dicta Appoint Thine Who Are to Attend to Various Plinurn of thr Cltib', Intrrmta. I At tho meeting of tho directors of the Omaha Automobile, club, held Wcdnes- day at tho Commercial club rooms, a revolution was passed offering a. reward of 3100 for tho arrest and conviction otl ur person or persona unlawfully up. propriallng or stealing an automobile belonging to any member of tho club. A oommttteo of threo was also appointed by the president to assist In the prose cuting of Joy-riders, stealers of cars or Accessories. During the last year Uiero have been numerous cases of car stealing In Omaha and In Council Bluffs. The club alms to put an end to this, at least no far a stealing from Its members may be concerned. Tho car of every member carries the trl-colored club omblsm. Tvhtoh It is proposed to bo tho same I safeguard against stealing or tamper ing aa Is tho plato of the American Bankers' association that Is in plain view over the cashier's window of every bank which belongs to the association. Tho following chairmen of committees were appointed by President Gould XHctz: City laws and ordinances, Harry Law rle; finance. Colonel H. W. Jewell; mem bership, P. II. Ocarmont; entertainment, W. V. Hosford; publicity, Rome Miller; runs and tours, W. I). Cheek; road signs, C. L. Gould; stato legislation, J. 15. IQeorge; street and boulevard rnatnten- nnce, Randall ' K. Brown; good roads, Samuel Bums, ' Jr., and P. A. Wells, counsel for tho club. On the first Wednesday in February. the members of all committees "will tneot I with directors and a general discussion I of plans for tho 1914 season will be had. Offers to Sell Her Husband to Other Woman for;$l,000 1 1 BOSTON, Dec. 30. "I am wlllUig to cell my husband for $1,000 cash," wrote Mrs. Agnes Bedell, of Qutncy, to Miss Mary E. Chandler, In a letter which Miss Chandler mado public tonight. William Eedell, tho husband, Is alleged to liavo expressed his willingness to be "sold." Tho letter, niter explaining that Mrs. Bedell had seen Miss Chandler's name In the newspapers, continued: "I see where you need a husband to tako care or., your property and be a father to your baby. My husband Is a working man. tired of supporting a family on small pay. I want money to open a boarding house. He will be con tent to sit with you and tend the baby. As for me, I'd rather have my cat" Chicago Handles ' mi Tkn xnree Simon Pieces of Mail CHICAGO, Dec. Sl.-Itecelpta of the local pos'offlca for 1913 wero 325,853.3, an Increase of 21 per cent, or H,M5,370. I. according to the annual report mado public today. The interesting statistics In the report were: Money orders were issued for 118.000.000. Nearly ,l.O00,AOOO pieces of mall were delivered. The mailing division received over 2,000, 000,000 pieces -ot mall weighing 271,961,705 pounds or 130,000 tons. In addressing mall, writers made 13,979, CiS mistakes, or roughly, one error to each ISO pieces. Dead letters numbered 1,310,3(0. PRICE OF GOLF BALLS WILL BE REDUCED NEW YOrilf, Dec. M.-At last the. Ion threatened cut in the price of golf balls has become a reality on this side of the 'water. On the other side the cut came earlier and balls at ono shilling (25 cents) and upward are profusely advertised in tho golfing Journals. Robert C. Watson, president of the United States Golf as sociation, after a conference with a lead Int manufacturer, said the retail price would be reduced from 33 to 37.50 & doten. COLONEL BEVANS, MEMBER OF LINCOLN'S GUARD, DEAD ST. PAUL, Minn., De?. 31. Colonel Henry T. Bovsus, civil war veteran and member of the secret service detail which was guarding President Lincoln on the night of his assassination, died at his home here yesterday. Colonel Uevans, who occupied a theater box near Presi dent Lincoln on the night of the assassi nation, saw John Wilkes Booth enter tho president's box and shouted a warning Just as the assassin opened fire. Colonel Uevans was born in Marietta. Ill, In 1S39. TRAFFIC IN GERMANY IS DELAYED BY SNOW BERLIN, Dec. 31.-The German capital was covered with fourteen Inches of snow at noon today and the fall still contin ued, A heavier snowstorm has been re corded only once in thirty years. Near Halle, a passenger train orowded with people passing to their homes to spend the New Year holiday, was blocked by snow at midnight and people were still prisoners at noon today. Reports from other parts of the empire show that the snow fall Is general, Tho gale on the north coast has subsided. CUTTING WINS FIRST TITLE IN TUXEDO CHALLENGE CUP TUXEDO. N. Y.. Dec 31-Hy the de fault of J. Gordon Douglas of New York today. R. Fulton Cutting, Jr., of Tuxedo won the first title to the Tuxedo chal lenge cup in court tennis. Tho final match was to have been played tomor row, but Douglas announced his Inability to play, as he Is incapacitated by .water on the knee. In addition to getting the first leg on the new trophy. Cutting will be awarded a special cup. In -the semi Xlnal, Cuttlpg wn from C. H. Lee, while Douglas defeated V. Lorlllard, Jr. I AMES B?YCE GIVEN 'TITLE OF VISCOUNT LONDON, Dec 31 James Bryce. for merly ambassador at Washington. Is given the title of viscount V the New Vmn'munnrm' .lilt. Father Thousands of Student Mission Volunteers Meet in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 3L-"We are here to further the purpose of this move ment to Christianize tho entire world and it can be done with your help," said Dr, John R. Mott of New York City, In opening the quadrlcnnlal convention of the Student Volunteer movcment,for for eign missions in convention hall. Five thousand college students repre senting 800 universities nnd colleges in the United States and Canada wero In their seats when tho convention was called to order. Dr. Mott devoted most of his address to an explanation of the movement, the possibilities of the gather ing nnd the. , attitude 'rftudehts should assume to the Ideas trf be unfolded In tho convention. "To tho man who feels the necessity for tho'.ovongel'laatlon of. tho world," eald. Dr. Mott, "thero Is no homo field and no foreign field. Social barriers are battered down. Wo aro baptised Into a senso'of'our oneness with all common humanity And wo ore quickly responsive to Ihe needs and Bufferings and sor rows of the human raco." Tho great audience of students, . said to be the largest ever gathered In Amer ica, listened toDr. Mott's wordsln Im pressive silence. Itohifft Horton of London, known in ternationally as an expert on missions. urged tho students to enter the spirit of tho convention, to forget self and to think of the needs of the world. "We are engaged here In a revolution, a general change from self to God," said be. Robert IS. Speer of New York, secre tary of the Presbyterian board of into slons, spoke In a similar vein. The students will begin to hoar tonight the messages from the foreign lands that are In need of missionaries. The first ad- dress at the evening session will bo de livered by Dr. F. E. Zowemer of Cairo, Egypt, it will cover tho need of the Moslem world for Christianity. Most of the students arrived this morning, Spe ciai trains arrived from all parts of toe count ;r. The sectional conferences will begin to morrow. Tomorrow's conferences will be devoted to missionary conditions In vari ous countries. The convention proper will hold tnet ings mornings and evenings, while the afternoons will be devoted to sectional garnering. Grimm Expected in Town Friday; Sons of Burns to .Wrestle W. E. ("Polly") Grimm. Paclfio eoa.t champion wrestler, who la to take on Housaon, Farmer Burns' Protege. Satur day evening In a finish bout at the Krug theater, Is expected Friday. Grimm Is wrestling today at Kearney In exhibi tion uouts. In the preliminaries Saturday nlcht it Is announced by Farmer Burns that ho will stage his two sons, Raymond and Charlie, against each other. It Is under stood that they are both chips off tho old block and their work is being looked forward to with considerable Interest by fans ot the game. Dr, Gladden Retires from Active Work COIiUMRUS, O., Dec SiRev. Dr. Washington Gladden resigned here last night aa pastor ot the First Congrega tional church, after a pastorate of thirty one years. He will remain as pastor emeritus at a salary of 12,000. Rev. Dr. Carl S. I'atton. associate pastor of the church, will succeed Dr. Gladden, Dr. Gladden is 78 years old. Ills reilunutir.,, I waa due to a desire to bo free of re- ' .,,,,,,, ., ,..... . . sponnlblllty from the leadership of thu church, because of his advanced ag. Time The Sporting Jinx: Receipts of Live Stock at Chicago Show Decrease CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Llve stock, the value of which was estimated at 3565,000,. 000, was recolved at tho Chicago stock yards during 1918, according to figures compiled today. Thla exceeds the records of all previous years. Sheep receipts ot 237,730 head Jn ono week was another new record established during the year. Bccauso of a shortage, calves reaohed tho, price of I13.B0 per hundred weight. This Is the highest price paid for calves on the Chicago marke't In years. Heavy cattle did not sell as well ns In 1912 be cause of a liberal markotlng. Sheep re colpta for the year also fell behind those of the previous year. The hog receipt afone showed an In crease over 1912. This was caused by an epidemic of oholcra ln Iowa and southern Illinois, w;iicli forced farmers to market. Despite tho liberal marketing tho domand was largo and prjees remained higher man in ivvc Although they sold at mi ,prpximateiy 35 a head higher than proviousiy, rtdrao receipts showed a slight falling off. A comparison of 1913 receipts with those oi iv a snows: X?t Cattle. l3-"" 2.601,560 WIS 2.652,3 Year. Sheop. JWU 5.899.731 1912 .....6,056,510 Calves. 354.S61 605,401 Horses, 90,175 92,977 Hoirs. 7,531.775 7.1S0.9C7 Cars. 2S7.SM 2S5.0SS Wilson and Bryan Men Declare War on Tom Taggart INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 31.-At a mM Ing of tho state Independent democrats, tho Wilson and Bryan lcacuo of in. dlana was organised with the purpose of trying to overthrow the regular demo- cratio organization In this state, as led I,.. tTV. .. . m . . "i iuuMiuu iOKKurx, uemocratic na tional committeeman. Democrats from evory congressional district In tho state were present at the meeting. Club Women Read Books on Sociology CHICAGO, Dec. Sl.-Books on dries and social problems are taking the place of lovs stories and other fiction on the reading list of the club women of Chi cago, according to Henry E. Legler, librarian of tho Chicago publto library, who addressed tho Illinois Library asso ciation yesterday. "It may be the passing of the suffrage law In Illinois or It may be the natural development of women and their new In terest In live present-day problems," sold Mr. Legler. "Their demand for books on clvlo and social problems has Increased enormously In the last year." REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE IN OMAHA FEDERAL BUILDING The custodian force In tho federal building Is composed of thirty-two people. Repairs have been made In the building aggregating about 116,000. Tho old, anti quated and unsanitary furniture In many of tho offices has been succeeded by up-to-date, sanitary equipment, and nearly or quite all ot the offices In the build ing have been put In first-class condi tion. New lights have been Installed In the corridors, and the lighting facilities ot the postofflce work room generally changed. Major Haverstlck, who was In Omaha recently and made an Inspection ot the building, stated .that the Omaha federal building waa one of the best kept and the best equipped buildings In .he whole country. llliidru WunU llimUrt Ilall Games. HliADUN, Neb., Dec. 31. (Special.) The Hastings Young Men's Christian associa tion tiuskcl ball team met defeat lmr RiitilrilHV nlKht In a contest with the Uladen Athletic association team, tho "'0, Ending 92 to M. The Hladcn boys air unxlouu for matili games with some of the tlub or city teams over tho stati They have lost but ono game during the . 1 Frisco Operators and the 'Receivers Sign Wage Agreement ST. LOUIS, Dec. 31.-The compromtso agreement by which a strike of telegraph ers on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad Is averted was signed by the receivers and by the representatives of the Order of Railway Telegraphers shortly before noon today. The agree ment is effective Indefinitely, but may be terminated by either party on thirty days' notice. The 300 members of the order who wero suspended will be taken back without discrimination as fast as places for them are found. This statement Is mode on the authority of W. C. Nixon, receiver and chief operating officer. It developed today that one ot the chief Points nt Issue between tho grievance committee and the receivers' was that' of promotion to the position of station agent This point finally was setlled. Other points sottled In the agreement signed today follow: Wages increased 6 per cent. Working hours at stations where only one man is .employed reduced 1o ten hours.' a day. Operators nt relay stations to. be al lowed forty, minutes for lunch1 Instead ot twenty minutes. Overtime Is to be paid at the rate of 35 cents an hour Instead of 25 cents Telegraphers at stations where one Is employed, relieved from the work of scrubbing floors, but must keep stations clean. The matter of handling malt to and from postofflces to be investigated. Omaha Postoff ice Makes Big Gains in Month of December While the Increase in the volume of! business at the Omaha postofflce for last year was 16 per cent greater than it was In 1912, December showed up the uesi or any month with an Increase of 27 per cent In comparison with the corre sponding month of tho previous year, For December, 1913, receipts totaled . . 201.04 and for tho same time the year wore iiH,uw.3-a difference and In- croose or ZS,17X65 for tho month. or 1913 the total receipts wero ti.sM. A-A in ...i ...... .. "iiunui lor ivn tney were 31,141, an increase of J18S.S27.40. While the parcel post Is larsrelv r sponsible for the extraordinary innron.. there has also been a natural growth In jTuciicaiiy every department. Gross receipts of the Omaha uecennw, 1313 December, 1912 . w..,Vo, .. 132.2M.C4 .. 101,(00.39 IncrenaA (97 n For yw; lis.::..::: : ! or year, 1912 28,173.65 ..31,333,4o9.-40 .. 1,144,632.00 Increaso (1G per cent). .3 1S8.S27.40 FEAR RAIN MAY HALT BOUT IN "SUNNY" CALIFORNIA RAN FRAfTCTSCO, Dec. 31.-Bettlnff on the weather tomorrow was brisker today than on the outcome of the twenty round bout set for 3:30 o'clock between Gunboat Smith and Arthur Pclkey, top liners of the white hope division. For If It should rain there probably will be no fight, and I twas raining today with continued rain predicted for tomorrow. Dettlng on the fight remained languid today, with the odds 10 tc 8 on Smith. rclkey will weigh between 500 and 205. ringside, and Smith between ISO and 1S GILMAN. IA.. MAN KILLED WHEN AUTOMOBILE UPSETS MAIISHALLTOWN, la., Dec. St.-B. P. Tngraham, a Oilman blacksmith, was killed when his automobile turned turtle last night. YOUSSIFF HUSSANE, The Wonderful Turk, va. "POLLY" GRIMM, 390-pound Champion Faclflo Coast, will wrssus 10 uium, a xaus out of 3. KRUG THEATER BATOBDiT SHORT, JAHUABT 3. Two rattling rood preliminaries to a fin- . ish. Pats Xiooh, rsfsrsa, Sztra. Partus r Barns in dsmoastratlon of famous to and othsr wrestling holds. SSATK XOW OX SAXiS. Copper Miners Ask Federal Mediation Under Erdman Act CALUMET, Mich.. Dec. 31.-Federal In tervention . under the amended Erdman act has been asked aa a means of settling tho copper miners' strike, by the Western Federation of Miners. A telegram calling attention to the possibility of such ac tlo,n waa today sent to President Wilson by O. N. Hilton, chief counsel for tho Western Federation of Miners, as a sequel to a talk late last night between him and John B. Densmore, solicitor of the Department of Labor, who Is "hero to find a means of settling the 'contro versy. The telegram follows: Under the recent net of congress Creat ing a labor commissioner, authority Is ample under the general welfare- clause tf , V. .nmlltnil., . - . .. mont, itxUuenca In settling the strike. It involves a xeaeral question. Conditions in the strike district aro apalllng. One miner for twenty-six days hard labor received 11.75. Another less than 30 a month for five successive months. Any assistance you can render In settling tho strike would mean a happy new year indeed to these humble and very' deserv ing people. Will you Wridly confer with Labor Commissioner Wilson and the at torney general? A representative of the former Is (tere. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The board of meditation and conciliation under the amended Erdman act Is used to act only in railroad disputes where questions of Interstate commerce aro Involved. For the board to act In the Michigan copper strike situation, therefore, officials, here say, would be outside Its statutory duties and In an unofficial capacity. Body of Man Found in Trunk is Identified NEW YORK, Dec. 31,-The body of the man found in a trunk on tho East Side Monday has been positively identified ns that of John Kremen, a Polish laborer who had recently been employed on road work near Garrison, N. Y. Why resist the allurements of Florida's mid-winter life? Be grateful to the good fortune that en ables you to go and go. Its but a day and a half's ride away via Frisco Lines. Leave Kansas City at 5:55 p. m., reach Jacksonville 8:40 a. m., second day. The whole train goes through, KjMissQy Florida Special Trains from points north and west make good connection In Kansas City with this splendid through train. Ftor fares, reservations, a new book about Florida, address J. O. LorrUn, Slrislon Passenger Agsnt, Prlco tlrni, Kansas City, Xo, Wat. PUaally, TraTeUag Passtsgsr Agtat, Soutosrn Jtyw Kansas City, Xo. EIGHT ARE BURNED TO DEATH Incendiary Fire Starts in East Side Tenement. FIFTEEN PERSONS ARE INJURED Ifoase Is Crowded and Many Are Ilesenert by Firemen nnd Others Escape to Hoofs of Ad Joining DalldluKi. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Elght persons, flvo men nnd threo women, were killed in a tenement house fire at 96 Monroe street, In the crowded East side district, today. Fifteen persons were Injured, four so rlously, by Jumping from fire escapes. The fire started on the ground flor, cutting off escape by tho stairway. An hour before dawn the tenants In the house wero aroused by the cries of per sons in tho street. Finding escape by way of the stairway shut off, they crowded on tho fire escape platforms. Many Jumped: the calmer waited for the firemen to raise ladders. A few made their escape over the roofs of adjoining tenement houses. The dead: aSw?dow?ECKY KAPLAN- K old. BARNEY KAPLAN. IS, her son. I'OUIS 1 KAPLAN. 16. another son. SAMUEL COHEN. 64. ISAAC WEISBERQ, 60. &8.,WBERO- M' ISRAEL GOLDEN, 33. rteturna to Her rinm. The Mazsln girl, after assisting her father and mother and five brothers to mo nro escape, lost her head nnd rn. turned to her room, where she was found dead. The bodies of Mrs. Kaplan, her sons and Samuel Cohen, a tailor, who occupieu a room with them, were found on tho fifth floor. Israel Golden was found dead In his bed on the fifth floor. The Welsbergs were In their apartment on me tnira noor. All indications, wero that the fire Was started by an incendiary and an IhvmH. Kuiion was negun. Formosan Plotters Executed in Public TOKIO, Dec. 31. The public execution of thirteen Formosan conspirators was carried out at Talhoku, Formosa, today. according to dispatches received by the government here. They were sentenced to death in con. nectlon with a plot discovered early in November to overthrow Japanese rulo In Formosa. Tho plotters had planned to raise an army of 100,000 Formosans and to massacre the Japanese garrison, after ward handing over the Island to China. Besides the thirteen plotters sentenced to death, 123 others were condemned to long tcrmsof Imprisonment. J . Arkansas Saloons Have Bargain Sales FORT SMITH, Ark., Dec. 81. Under a new liquor law which becomes effective at midnight, all saloons In Arkansas must olose and remain so until the courts can pass on petitions asking for licensed liquor. In anticipation of having to re main closed' for several days, possibly several weeks, most of the saloons, held bargain sales" of liquor today. mi ggj DR. BRADBURY DENTIST IBOO Farnam Street 2 TTearaSam. Of floe. Phono Dong. 17110 Extracting 25c Dp mBLmjfk Missing Teeth supplied Fillings ...60o Up fSSSSSRSA. without riates'or Hrldse Bridgework ....$2.50 Up 'VVAfcJTjjH work. Nerves renored Crowns $2.50 Up Nnff1 TTl tvlthout pain. Work guar. I'lates $2.00 Up miI antccd ten years. Twelve-Hour Work Day is Slavery and Prison Combined WASHINGTON. Dee. 31. Laborers compelled to work twelve hours a day are "worn out more rapidly than were the slaves on the southern plantations and are more effectually debarred from the common pleasures of life than many of the prisoners In penal Institutions," was the declaration made by Dr. Basil M. Manly today before the American as sociation for Iabor Legislation in Join session nere wun me American monacal Science association. Dr. Manly, who recently investigated for the federal bureau of labor, coad!4 lions of employment In the Iron and steel Industries asserted that tho number of twelve-hour men was enormous In the manufacture of Iron and steel, gas, ce ment, paper and pulp, starch, beet sugar, glass bottles. In manybranches of tho chemical Industry and In bakeries, and, ho added that they form the labor force) also In a long list of minor Industries. "These men," he said, "aro little better than slaves to the machines they operate. The twelve-hour worker has no time for his chtldren, to whom he Is a dull stranger, who comes and goes and whom they see less frequently and know less Intimately than their school teachers. Austin B. Garretson, president ot the Order of Railway Conductors, condemned long hours In railroading. Bryan Coming West on Speaking Tour WASHINGTON, Dec 31. Secretary Bryan will go tomorrow night to fulfill a series of speaking engagements In tho middle west. He will be In Kansas City January 3; Topeka, January 6 Lincoln, January 6; Chicago, January 8; Toledo, January 9, and expects to return to Wash ington January 12. rr Ground Floor Space Bee Building About 1,500 square feet with Farnam street front age. New show windows being installed. This room has a large vault. Also extra entrance from tho court. Rent Reasonable. 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