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OMAHA, T1U'K.SI7AY MUHMAO, .JAM Alt 1, 1!4.
TO GET AFTER AUTO THIEYES
Motorist Offer $100 Reward for
Arrests and Convictions.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
(Gould Dicta Appoint Thine Who
Are to Attend to Various
Plinurn of thr Cltib',
Intrrmta.
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At tho meeting of tho directors of the
Omaha Automobile, club, held Wcdnes-
day at tho Commercial club rooms, a
revolution was passed offering a. reward
of 3100 for tho arrest and conviction otl
ur person or persona unlawfully up.
propriallng or stealing an automobile
belonging to any member of tho club.
A oommttteo of threo was also appointed
by the president to assist In the prose
cuting of Joy-riders, stealers of cars or
Accessories.
During the last year Uiero have been
numerous cases of car stealing In Omaha
and In Council Bluffs. The club alms
to put an end to this, at least no far
a stealing from Its members may be
concerned. Tho car of every member
carries the trl-colored club omblsm.
Tvhtoh It is proposed to bo tho same I
safeguard against stealing or tamper
ing aa Is tho plato of the American
Bankers' association that Is in plain
view over the cashier's window of every
bank which belongs to the association.
Tho following chairmen of committees
were appointed by President Gould XHctz:
City laws and ordinances, Harry Law
rle; finance. Colonel H. W. Jewell; mem
bership, P. II. Ocarmont; entertainment,
W. V. Hosford; publicity, Rome Miller;
runs and tours, W. I). Cheek; road signs,
C. L. Gould; stato legislation, J. 15.
IQeorge; street and boulevard rnatnten-
nnce, Randall ' K. Brown; good roads,
Samuel Bums, ' Jr., and P. A. Wells,
counsel for tho club.
On the first Wednesday in February.
the members of all committees "will tneot I
with directors and a general discussion I
of plans for tho 1914 season will be had.
Offers to Sell Her
Husband to Other
Woman for;$l,000
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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- '
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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
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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.
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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.
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