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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1914)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914. LUCKY STREAKS IN 1913 f The Stirring Sale Event That Hundreds of Women Have Eagerly Awaited Ominous Figures Bring Fortune to Many Persons. CURIOUS EVENTS OF THE YEAR Instance of Good Fnrtnnc 'Which InU Discredited 'Thirteen In it Cln by li ar If. Nineteen Thirteen has been a luoky j car. If you don't believe It ask the Bnt!fh workman who plekcd up from a London gutter a strlne of pearls worth more than J300,0(to. Or Inquire of the man In Chicago who, with but IS cents In his pocket, received news that he hd fallen heir to JOO.OCO. And If neither of these Instance satis flcs you, turn back through the files of the dolly papers and read how pearls of price havo been dlfccovrrd In the era braco of lowly oysters; how dull, ugly pebbles Ioiik forgotten, have suddenly been Imbued with rare beauty through tho discovery that they wero uncut dia monds; how a doctor who "grubstaked" a luckless prospector became part owner of a valuable mlnoj how employes, as an appreciation of faithful service, have been rewarded by largo sums of money, and how lonely men have died to leave vast fortunes to distant relatives who did not even know of the existence of tlie'r benefactors. The treasure-hunllni? party which set out from London headed by Miss CJene vlvo Davis to discover tho ovcr-eluslve horde of burled gold on Cocos Island, and who, after trials and tribulations In plenty, turned up empty handed In Pan ama last February, might bo forgiven for heaping maledictions on the flguro thirteen. And the English lawyers who wasted, most of the year In a fruitless search for the heirs of tho vast estate loft by John Smart when he went to his death with the 111-fatcJ Titanic might bo Jus tified In looking askance at tho dreaded numerals. Fortune for n I,nborer. Perhaps the most stupendous piece of luck that fell without warning during the year was the finding of the pearl neck lace In the London gutter, A firm of Parisian Jewelers assembled the wonder ful bauble, using In Its manufacture fifty nine pearls of the finest luster, weighing 1,260 grains. On July 16, whllo the bauble was en route from Paris to London by registered mall. It disappeared. Two months later, to the day, nn En glish workman was plodding1 through Highbury, a northern district of London. His heavy brogans struck a little ball of paper. The workman stopped, looked and started to pass on. Then ho saw that what appeared to be a bead liad rolted from the paper. He picked up the little package. Within were fifty-eight of the pearls, with two loose pearls which had not belonged to tho original necklace. Hurrying to tho nearest police station, the workman surrendered his find. Tho pearls were taken to Scotland. Yard, where Max Mayer, the owner, Identified them. The workman received $50,000, thu reward offered by the firm of Jewelers for the recovery ifthe Betns. . ,.j The dpftth on Ids. llltln. farm rienr Man tua, .Italy, in 1 013, recalls One of the most interesting pieces of ltlclc which ever came to a lowly man. Annlbalo Toscl was a Neapolitan beggar, lie. was as ragged and as worthless as any Italian mendi cant who ever begged for alms. And like nil of his class was possessed of an In satiable curiosity. f-ecrcl of nil Inscription. In Naples at the beginning' of the nine teenth century, nn eccentric Frenchman erected a monument which bore the In scription, "On May 1 every year I have a golden head." It was such an Inscrip tion as might be expected to, ratio to the highest pitch excitement And speculation among the Neapolitans. On tho first of May following the erec tion of the statue, crowds gathered to see, whether, by some miracle, the head of the statue would turn to gold, nut they wero disappointed. Then the au thorities, believing that the Frenchman bad buried the treasure beneath the statue, caused it to be torn down. Find ing nothing, they had it rebuilt. Hut while Toscl basked In his rugs in the warm Italian sunshine he fell to pondering upon tho inscription of the statue across the street from his loafing place. Gradually a solution of the put lie came to him, and on ono first ot Way, at mm Hue, he appeared In tho square with a pick and wliovcl. Care fully noting where the shadow of the head on the monument fell, he began digging. A few feet below the surface he brought to light a small satchel. He shoved the satchel under his rags and uneaked to his home, where he found that the bag contained 5,tt. Two Surprise. Twenty-eight years aco a young man who had been a world wanderer re turned to Itavenswood, TV. Va. lie rave to one of Ills woman relatives a dull pebble, assuring her that it was worth a good deal. She thought that he was merely teasing her. and tlirew the pebble Into the tray ot her trunk, where It lay forgotten until January I, Itli, when tho woman in rummaging through tho old trunk came across It. She took it to a Jeweler, whero the pebble waa pronounced an uncut dia mond, worth about tl,0. A man down at the heel, and Jingling his last 45 cents In his pocket, called at the general delivery window of the Chi cago city postotflce May 16 lost, and. Inquired for mall. To his surprise, he was handed a letter which informed him that his father waa dead and that he was heir to an estate worth more than 30.900. It was the first word the man had received from Ms home since he had run away aa a boy, thlrrteen years before. Ten years ago a New York dentist was traveling through Arizona. A "desert rat" prospector who had never made a "strike" ln his life met the New Yorker and poured Into bis. ears all the tales ot hidden gold which the great American desert has produced. t?o that before the two parted tho dentist had "grub-staked" the old prospector on an agreement that he waa to share any strike that the old fellow made. Then the doctor returned to his Long Island home and almost for Sot his transaction. But January L 113, there came a letter out cf the reaches of the west a letter Which carried the news that the old "des rt rtJtT had at last found hit Eldorado and a few days later came a sample of re which assayed J700 to the ton. The mint turned out to be wprth ir.O09.CO0. Bom Hevrartl. Cases of reward are numerous. Totally CiffstMi from any ot these, and yet fall in taief the same general heading, cow Uit ease of the John Maatcrson JBurtoa s4s.t. Mr. Burke died several ytrt lut testimony in connection Jpr'.th-tk fraUl ot his estate last July EXACTLY PRICE HALF 1510 DOUGLAS STREET EXACTLY HALF PRICE Sale The Most Important of All Genuine SalesOur Annual January Clearance Friday morning at 8:30 we start our annual January Clearance Sale, the one event to which all economical women annually turn to for tho hest values of the year. This is the time of the year when every garment must go. Cost prices will not stand in our way and even if we should lose money on a sale at this time, we consider it a good investment and acquaint more women with the high character of the garments sold at this store. That's our aim to convinco the public that there !a a vast difference between the Julius Orkin Tailored Garments and the kind found elsewhere. Tliis sale offers a rich harvest of values for the women of this vicinity. It's a grand clearance of our own stock of Ladies' High Grade Tailored Suits, Coats, Dresses, Furs, Etc., Etc. AT HALF AND LESS THAN HALF $22.50 TAILOKKD SUITS January Clearance. Halo Prlco. . $25.00 TAILORED SUITS January Clearance Snlo Price. . $20.75 tailored butis Jnnuary Clearance Snlo Prlco . . LADIES' SUITS $17.50 TAILORED SUITS Q "7C January C'lcaranco Snlo Prlco. , . . J O D $19.50 TAILORED SUITS rf Q 7C January Clearance Snlo Trice. . . . J O .$11.25 ..$12.50 ,$14.85 $35.00 TAILORED SUITS tfj ry r-rx January Clearance Snlo Price. . . . J 1 .DU $30.50 TAILORED SUITS & 1 Q 7 E January Clcaranco Snlo Price. . . . tj X O $45.00 TAILORED SUITS $0 GA January Clearance Snlo Prlco. . . . HfDU $49.50 TAILORED SUITS dQ 7C January Clcaranco Sale Price. . . . O $55.00 TAILORED SUITS Ann r-fw January Clearanco Salo Prlco .OU $59.50 TAILORED SUITS Anv nr; January Clcaranco Salo Price.-. . , P S05.00 TAILORED SUITS dJOO CA January Clcaranco Salo Price. . . . pJa3U $69.50 TAILORED SUITS doi n C January Clcaranco Salo Price. . . . P3fr. D S75.00 TAILORED SUITS $07 CA January Cloaranco Sale Price. . . . J5 OU 879.50 TAILORED SUITS on mp January Cloaranco Sale Prlco. . . . J5. O FURS AT HALF PRICE We bought heavily for our now and enlarg ed Fur Dept., but tho m i 1 d wea ther has natural ly caused a backward sea son and we must dispose of these beautiful furs at about half price. LADIES' COATS SIO.UU A'Ail.iMKI COATS t J- AA January Clcaranco Salo Prlco ij O.UU $12.50 TAILORED COATS A January. Clearance Salo Price J .$ .$ $15.00 TAILORED COATS January Clcaranco Salo Prlco. . . $17.50 TAILORED COATS January Clcaranco Salo Price. . . $19.50 TAILORED COATS January Clcaranco Salo Price..... 6.25 7.50 8.75 9.75 $22.50 TAILORED COATS t -i - January Clearance Sole Price. , . , P 1 i .0 $25.00 TAILORED COATS 1 O C A January Clearance Salo Price. . . . P ImiUU $29.75 TAILORED COATS 1 A QC January Clearanco Snlo Price. ... X T'tOO $35.00 TAILORED COATS $1 7 Eft January Clearance Snlo Price. . . . J) JL iiJU $39.50 TAILORED COATS Aiq wjj January Clcaranco Salo Price. . . . P JL 4 O $45.00 TAILORED COATS j00 Eft January Clcaranco Salo Price. . . . Pa3U $49.50 TAILORED COATS IK January Clearanco Salo Price. . . . vPnb. O $55.00 TAILORED COATS d97 EA January Clcaranco Salo Price. . . . 4 iUu $59.50 TAILORED COATS 9Q7C January Clearance Sale Price. . . . J)7 O $65.00 TAILORED COATS fcOO E A January Clcaranco Snlo Price. . . . P)aiUU FURS AT HALF Choose from a larga and beau tiful stock of high class muffs, scarfs and sets that Jiave been in the store less than three months. Our en tire stock on salo at one-half the original price. $ .$ 3.75 4.25 5.00 6.25 7.50 8.75 9.75 $ 7.50 TAILORED DRESSES January Clearance Sale Price . . . $ 8.50 TAILORED DRESSES January Clearance Salo Prlco... . $10.00 TAILORED DRESSES d January Clearance Sale Price.-. , J) $12.50 TAILORED DRESSES d January Clearance Salo Price j) $15.00 TAILORED DRESSES jj January Clearance Salo Prlco. . J) $17.50 TAILORED DRESSES January Clearanco Sale Prlco.. M P $19.50 TAILORED DRESSES rf January Clearance Salo Price...,, p $22.50 TAILORED DRESSES $11 Qf- Jantiary Clearance Sale Prico. ... pl 1 iu $25.00 TAILORED DRESSES Ain January Clearance Sale Price. . . . P ImiOU $29.75 TAILORED DRESSES rtj a qj- January Clearance Snlo Price...,. tpJL'x'.OO $35.00 TAILORED DRESSES Aih -a January Clearance Sale Price...... P Ji 4 iOU $45.00 TAILORED DRESSES d00 EA January Clearanco Sale Prico ps.DU $49.50 TAILORED DRESSES tf9f January Clearance Salo Prico. . . . Pcx, 4 k$ $55.00 TAILORED DRESSES Ann EA January Clearance Salo Price. . . . J)f 4 iuU $59.50 TAILORED DRESSES AftQ lyc January Clearance Salo Price. . . . O f brought to light several InterostlnR facts. Chief anions tlieso was the Item of S39,3 left ln his will to his housekeeper, VlncontaSt. Kenslcy. Such a sum as this, would be a wcloome addition to anyone,' but further testimony also revealed tho fact that previous to his death Sir, Burke had given M housekeeper 2.C0O shares of Union Pnclflo slock, the value of which is $150,000, Mr. Burke In 1001 put In trust real estate worth $4,000,000 for tho estab lishment of a home for convalescents, and In his will left more than $:,O(So.O00 additional for tho same fund. Do you bellovo In dreams? If yoii don't Jus nsk C. H, Bhockley. e Pennsylvania railroad man, what their truo value Is, and listen to this: Mr. Shockley fre quently acted as relief agent at stations and In his many walks up and down the tracks nelcod that nuts on bolts holdlnu the rails together would frequently loosen and fall off, This set him to thinking. There must bo some way, he thought, of nnaing; a safety bolt. Then ono morning he awoke with tho realisation that the nlsht beforo he hud dreamed of a bolt that would fulfill the necessary requirements. That day ho thought hardor than ever, and thon, tho next morning, he remembered that he had dreamed the night before, too. And again on the third night. That waa enough for him, and he Immediately set about pre paring nis dream lues, so It could be pat ented. The fact that It was a good dream Is proved by the offer of $31,000 which he received for his patent rights. "I.tieky" nnldnn'a I'lle. Many Instances are to bo found In which kind fortune has been an actlva figure. When "Lucky" Baldwin, world wldo known turfman ot California, died several years ago his property wos heav ily debt-burdened. Yet but a few month ago when finis was written at the bottom of tho cao by the courts thero was more than $08,000,000 to bo divided between tho heirs. The administration of the estate which was brought to such a successful end was In the hands of Henry A, Unruh, brother of Baldwin's first wife, and Brad ner W. Lee. an attorney. For their work each roan received $1S0,W0. The fees wero fixed by the men themselves, and tho court suld If such had not been the case thoy would have been awarded $K0,00O apirco. Tho estate goes to Baldwin's two daughters. When Jerry Moynlhan. known as the "millionaire ragpicker." died It was found that ha had left $61,000, As soon as this fact bocame known applicants began 'o appear In great numbers, and It finally got to the point where the courts had to find the nearest relative out of 600 appll. cants, among them several "widows" nnd a score of sons. Benjamin Foster Moynl han of Ottawa, Canada, was finally gtvon tha estate, when It was established that he was a son of tha" millionaire. Oth true relations applied, but aa only col lateral relationship was claimed the es tate went Intact to the son. Oood Old (irandna. George Todd Is a stableman, or rather was, In Maryland. Not so very long ago ho was summoned to Wilmington. Del. When he arrived he was Informed that his grandfather had juft died and left him $300,ca. Then, being ourlous, some body promptly asked Mr. Todd what he was going to do with his money, to which h replied: "Bepay those who have befriended me." Even rnen heir to a great estate, xnU. fortune, may follow one closely. Such waa the case of a young marine, who died last summer In a Philadelphia hos pital. Comrades claim ho was bono- flclary under an unolo'a will for $10..- 000, provided ho would complete his term of enlistment, which would have ex pired last Boptember, lera than two months after his death. A man known to the pollco as tho "perfumed burglar," and who was serv ing a twonty-year term In prison, sud denly found himself the possessor ot $M,000 when his father dlod. But $30, 000 In prison meant nothlng-ond so ho escaped. But It wasn't long beforo tho prison authorities found It out, and then sixty men with horses and automobiles were out looking for him. Tho end of tho story Is still untold. What would you do If you had a bill which waB fifty-eight yearn old-that is. of course, meaning tho bill was owing, to you? In l&B Mrs. William II. Felton. wlfo of former Keprescntatlve Felton of Georgia, befriended a prospector by the name of Slocum. Because the story of this man and that of J. It. Blocnm. father of Mrs. nussell Sage, agree. Mrs. Sage sent Mrs. Felton a chock for board, with Interest, which amounted to $2,MX. Mrs. Felton haa announced that she will apply the money to a fund for the es tabllshment of a nchool tor mountain girls, which she plans to found near Car tersvllle, Oa. Washington Star. THINK OMAHA IS OVERBUILT Seal Estate Members Air Their Divers Views. OUTLOOK IS GOOD FOR SOME Mnnr Are Optlnilstlo About Fu ture Iluslncaa nnd Itecjard the Development tin Ileitis; About Normal. William Dillon Dies of Injuries in Fall William Dillon. Kl South Thlrty-slxth street, who fell from an express wagon last week and fractured his skull In two places, died Tuesday night at St. Joseph's hospital. Tho accident occurred at Twenty-eighth and Leavenworth streets ln a runaway. Dillon drove a brewery wagon for seven, teen years beforo he became 'established In his own delivery business. Ha had a family and camo here from 8t Louis. YARDMASTERS GIVE A DINNER FOR L M. DOOLEY General railway yardmasters ot Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs, gave a dlnnor at Ed Maurer's Wednesday noon for U M. Dooley, superintendent of ter minals for tho Missouri Pacific railway, who is leaving that road to assume tha duties of transportation Inspector tor the Texas & Paclflo railway, with head quarters at New Orleans. During: his stay here Mr. Dooley haa been Instru mental in forming an organization of the yardmasters ln and about Omaha. The general yardmasters who were pres ent at the dinner wero: U Kendall, Union Pacific; p. II. AValdorff, Illinois Central: M. Gallagher. Chicago, Mil waukee & St Paul: C. H. Huxhold, Mis souri Pacific: F. H. Kern, Burlington; O. S. Ketchlm. Wabash; C. W. Morrow. Chicago. Bock Island & Pacific; It II. Short. Burlington. Council Bluffs; W. J. Mahoney, Great Western; It Itlchardson, Vnlon Stock yards, South Omaha, and II. It. Larson, Union Pacific, Council Bluffs.; rerslttent Advertising is tht Itoad Big Returns. to A program ln tho nature of a Now Year's review was conducted by the Omaha Beal Instate exchange at noon yesterday. Various members were called upon to give short ltnprom,plU talks. W. T. Graham gave It as his opinion tho city had been overbuilt In tho lant year A dozen others disagreed from him and ha did not push his argument. Harry Wolf said tho rea.1 estate men had been conservative and sensible in the last year, and he belloved they had all made money. "We nre not overbuilt," ho said. 'but, on the contrary, tho real estate men havo been conservative and have acted on good advice throughout tho year." President F. II. Myers believed the new year would start off with business good, aa he said, "I think the country is be ginning to reallzo that President Wilson has the welfare of the pcopla and tho business Interests at heart" C. C. Wilson disagreed from the Idea that the city is over-built. He went on to point to somo possibilities for the future for the city. "I believe we should look to Interurban development," ho said. "I believe the man that will bring us a good system of Interurban roads will do more than did the man who brought us the packing houses or tho grain market" S. Artan Lewis, who asked for tho privilege of talking to tho exchange on somo economic questions. Including a roply to tho slnglo tax doctrine as pro pounded by W. F. Baxter, I J. Qulnby and Frank G, Odcll beforo the exchange a few weeks ago. was invited to deliver his address at the next regular weekly meeting. The exchange delegated Secretary A. I. Crelgh to attend the Tampa Social Ses slon of the National Beal exchange February 5, 6 and 7- woman and teaches me how to dance It another way. "Sometimes you dip on the third count and sometimes you don't." Rlchardbon says if one is looking' for a real exciting danco the "kiss waltz," as performed at the Orpheum two weeks ago ought to fill tho bill. "in this kiss waltz," he said, "the man throws the girl all around. That ought to be rather exciting." Itlchardson sayB ho will probably aban don the tango lessons becuuso he behoves he will not more than have learned the steps until the tango Is unfashionable. Richardson Says Tango Step Has Too Many Variations Jimmy Blohardson, militant member of the Board of Education, haa gone In for the tango, and says he now feels free to admit he "doesn't know whero he's at." Blchardton's explanation ot the tango follows: "If a good firm clinch Is all you're looking for, the old round dancea are tho best, for the way I've learned this tango you must break the clinches every so often. "ine instructor nas oeen teacning a hesitation waltz, but I've hesitated to try It. The tango, I find, is danced differ ently by every dancer. When I think I've got the steps down pat here cornea a Cold Came Headache nnd Grip. Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets re move cause. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine" It has signature of E. W. Grove on box. 23c. Advertisement. PAUL F. GOOD S NAMED NEBRASKA RHODES SCHOLAR (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Doc. SI. (Special Telegram.) Paul F. Good, son of Mr. and Mrs, B. F. Good of Lincoln, was this afternoon selected as Nebraska's Rhodes scholar for tho next three years at Oxford by the spoctal committee appointed by Chancellor Avery. In addition to securing study at Ox ford the scholarship provides Good with extensive foreign travel. Two others, Leslie Stevens of University Place and P. V. Means of Orleans, passed the ex aminations. Tho three met with the committee today. Every college actlv. Ity was taken Into consideration In mak ing the award, Including scholarship, athletics, dobatlng and literary work. Young Good is a former student of Amherst and took post graduate worl at Nebraska. Ho attained remarkabU scholarship standing at both colleges. Women and Wet Feet. Cold and wet feet are a dangeroui combination, especially to women, whe aro more prone to kidney diseases thai men. Congested kidneys come from, f cold, and backache, rheumatism, urin ary irregularities and rheumatic forms are not unusual results, Foley Kidney Pllla restore the regular and normal ac tion of the Idneys and bladder, and so remove tho cause of tho trouble. It li an honest and curative medicine thai always gives results. For sale by at dealers everywhere. Advertisement Ganklll-Bowercock. TIIATElt, Neb., Dec 3L-(Special.) -Lloyd Gasklll of this village and Miss Bess Bowersock of Litchfield were mar ried yesterday evening. 'THE STORE OF THE TOWN" Browning, King (Si Co. Announce Important Price Reductions IN EVERY DEPARTMENT Merchandise of Known Quality At Money-Saving Prices Friday, January 2nd- All Young Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing and Furnishings The reductions in this department will be more than . severe in many cases equaling almost half. Saturday, January 3rd- Men's Suits, O'coats and Furnishings TEMPTINGLY REDUCED Tempting because the merchandise is absolutely su perior; and tempting because the heart of the season is at hand and there are months of cold weather ahead BROWNING, KING (l CO. GEO. T. WILSON, Manager