TIJK BRIEF CITY NEWS HBTt Boot Print It Now Beacon Prt. , Life Ini.t Yt, Penn Mutual, oould. Blactrio SuppUagBurKces-Ctrnmlcn Co. Thief Oeti Thirty Daja Charles Itrown. Oklahoma City, nua arrested l- Spolal Officer Klnn of the llrandels blorcs whiU stealing jewelry, lie wns u titpiirp,! to thirty Jays In Jail. Er.nlea to Celebrate Members of the KaKlcs will congregate this evening at thrlr hall. 1410 Unrncy street, with their i t mines ami enjoy a watch party. There ""1 to dancing, canls and refreshments. TWeUtr Storage fe Van Co. Doug. 1516 Byrne Entertains Choir Hov. John llllam Jones ami sixteen choir boys vre the guests of Manager Hymo of ih Orpheum theater Wednesday after i "un. Brother and Money Oone Joseph H'lden 1(VM South Twenty-first street, n ports to the police that his brother, -Merc, took J175 from him Tuesday mom ing and slnco thut time Alex has not l"'-n braid from. Rabbi Cohn on "The luilde of the Cup," Th. inside of the Cup," Churchill's Kreat novel, wilt be discussed by Uabbl I'reilerlcU Colin 'rlday nfght, January' ut Temple Israel, at 8 o'clock. Mlsa Kny licrzog of Lincoln will elns. Clewell Back la Omaha. W. S. Clewcll, city passenger agent for tho Illinois Centrul is back from his homo In Ou l'Uque. Ia., where for three weeks ho vs alck with typhoid fever. Ho has not fully recovered, but Is able to look after the dutleg o his office a portion of 'aoh day. Kiijrel Entertains Employe A. C. Kugcl, .city commlaaluncr of street clean- 'as and maintenance, entertained thirty i'r his employes at his homo Tueeday I'lsht. Miss Maud Duvlcs. stenographer to Commissioner Kugel, being tho only 'oman employ o' of tho department, wan 'nanlruously mado guest of honor. Her TUttlnr rrlenda Arthur Dalley, fornfcrly a student at Crclghton univer sity, now attending Fbrdham university at New Yorlc city. Is In Omaha spend ing the holidays with friends. Dalley formerly lived In Omaha, but Ills homo la now in Now Turk City, whom hla father Is ono of tho directors on tho Southern Pacific railway. r Sentenced to Thirty Dnya Dan Yates, saved from death In the Missouri river by I. W. McClonaghan. toll keeper on the Douglas street bridge, from which Yatea was attempting to jump while uclirlous, was sentenced to thirty days in Jail, on' a char no of vagrancy'. lie wlljjbo closely.'-watched .or.lgns of, .in sanity during his3 cOnfineinc'i.' Unsncra. Cnxnta'Sfaag Janitjs nu;d86n, I323v Blende, Btreet. Wio.was sentenced to ninety days In fall-by Judtfo' Foster for non!"upto'rt; xjtira&ii, tiq ' ' maglatnvto roundly after tho sentence had been given. Hudson has been arraigned twice beforo cn a smllar charge ' andj was given the limit when IiIh wife filed charges against, him, the third, -time, a. J. B-ba 1U Following Operation f.nrirn .Ti5 feli-A.-"'4D2S -California-'-, street. father oC-MUs Mary iilnii'sienographer- to Secrctdry-A-.-T.,Bmirkis bC thb Board of Education, died Tuesday night, fol lowing a protracted lllnoss. Ho was 62 years old and had been living InOmaha for fourteen yeans ."Ho wasf sbQ?n. in SOME TRY OUT THE TANGO , Grotte Tells of Work of His Department of City Departments Dance Halls Are Orderly and Revelers Are Few. FLOOR MANAGERS QUICK TO ACT lllghtown, Va. Ho will bo buried at i orest Lawn. Poor Farm Xnpiata Kit toj; Truck Aleck Jolmso'n. aKed UO-yeu,rs,,'rWldInff at tho county poor farm, was struck by an automobile, said io lib tho' property of the Jetter Browing company, at Twenty fourth anil .Farnam streets' into' Wednes day afternoon, sustaining a bad scalp wound and a slightly injured right foot. Johnson's right shoe was cut com pletely in two while a pint flask of liquid refreshment In his hip pocket was left intact-that Is, by the collision. John son, who was attended by Police Surgeon Beadles, was so overjoyed -at this latter fact that he had to bo forcibly prevented from trying to share his solace with the. sr. d. Mow Vrnr I'ahrrrd In wlt'j Jollity on WiisimI Floors, lint llr- trnlnt nrnrrnll)' K. f reined. SUFFRAGISTS 'WILL HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING FRIDAY Although New Year's cvo Is h night of revelry, tho crowds which spent tho hours before and Hfter midnight at tha publlo dance halls In Omaha Wednusday were generally vory orderly and an Mi vcstlgattoti proved that there were no flagrant dlsturnera, although In tvcral Instant) a dancer was found who tad readied a point o hllar.ly as a. kuU of too much cl4-iitlon. The Douglas audltoriurx offered danr dim facilities for aoorea or lar.vr from an early hour lat night until 1 o'elix-tc an1 tlMi dMncr 'were no more enthusi astlo than at tho regular dances. Floor managers were on hand to put an ln atant stop to any disorder, but ion arose. Tho dancing was Ingltlmate ami In nearly every casn would probably pass Inaction by the social service board. At Myrtle hall, nt Plftrenth and Doug la streets, tho dancing was not as re stricted as nt the Doilglas. ltngelng uf a mild sort drow no comment and many of tho dancers took advantage of xhat fact. Many of tho dancers, though, did nono of the now dances, but woro con tent to dance tho modest unities uu;l two-steps. At tho Swedish auditorium tin Chicago streot the tango and other Into steps predominated. The majority of the , dancers were not famllUr with the new i steps and therefore ragged lit regular j fashion. A casual gltmpko of the hat! ; wouia nave given the Impression that no one was dancing anythlna but tint "walk." ' The dancers at "Washington hall were also very strong for the tango without leaving tho required four Inches oC space between partners, but beyond that no complaint could bo made. Barlght's hall at Nineteenth and Far- nam streets was tho scene of a very quiet dince. Most of the dancers danced tho waltz and two-step while tho ro mill ruler were very conservative In their tango steps. Noisy persons In tho dance halls laht night were unusually fow for Now Year's cvc. All the halls closed at 1 o'clock. Company A Men Are Becoming Active The nrlzo drills bv Cnmnanv A. 'n. braska National Guard, are proving quite successful na a medium of reviving tho interest of tho old guard. It Is expected that each succeeding rnnimt will havi a greater' effect At last Monday Wight's contost tha jnen showed ,up, surprisingly ner that did 'tlicm' credit. L'leutcnnnt w. a. tellers ana Arthur MarowlU acted as Judges, and tho prize, consisting of twn tickets to the Brandels (thn first nt th scries donated by business mon of the ," MnHmcu ujr WKiiiUlK i . Har ris to the winner. Corporal C. A. Cook. The contests will continue .day. evening top' several months, the prizes" Increasing in'valuo at Ariu .Various guard officers in the. etnti. win u-- i. s.. .. . "J . ' juriieu io sec as judges rrom time to time. ... Oases Disposed of in District Court According to figures furnished by Asel Steere, Jr., of the office of the clerk of tho district court, 1,907 cases were dis posed of In 1313, as compared with 2,008 In 1912' and 1.K8 In 1911. Although the number Is larger for 1912, according to Mr. Steere, moro cases were actually tiled In 1913. The difference Is caused ly tho fact that in 1912 a great number of old cases were (dismissed by tho Judges. Douglas county is now distributing J1.000 a month under tho new mothers' pension act. Tho number of Juvenile court cases filed was 417 in 1913, as com pared with 448 In 1912. Following Is Mr. Steele's report: Total number damage suits for personal injury filed during 191J MO Total umount Involved $3.ii5,547 'J'otul number damage suits re- fuitlng from sale of liquor filed during 1913 2 Total amount involved 29j,0UO Total -number divorce suits filed durtng 1913' C32 Ulvided,a follows: . In' decreo . sw Dismissed ,J J'ending Ovll cases filed In 1913 - 2.292 i-ivll cases filed In 1912 l.Wl I'lvll cases filed In 1911 1.T73 i'rlmlnal cases filed In 1912 ....... i Crllnlnal cases filed lu 1913 .....W. 702 Juvenile cscs filed ii. 1912 HI Juvenile ca'es filed in 1913 : 117 Total number of casos filed undor mothers' pension act Sj Total number of children Involved 2S1 Determined OS Dismissed 10 1'endlng .. 9 f3 i luUlrcu sent to Illvorview home SO hlldriMi placed wun Biaio ooaru of i-ontrol 1 "jiises. on which ienslon was urMrttrd ! Total amount of pension ier mo, 'Mi Total number Jf clilldren pro ded f6r -"0G Total number of Juries Impaneled lu civil cat-eH dining 1913 :ii0 Number of verdicts returned for plaintiff. 1U Total amount of verdicts recov ered SIM erdlcts returned for defendant.. 47 iiisacreements 15 Takrn from jury HI Total nmnlier of Juries Impanelutl i .......... .tiirt.n IUIIE -.U ! Ill ( milium vurMTn me, .rdlcts In favor of the state.... 27 A oriilcta in favor .f the delondant 23 liwagreinfl.tjtH 3 'laki-n. from Jury , i Ca pending: Janumy 1. 1911, 1.091; .lutttiuYv 1. l'Jl-. l-'O': Junuary 1, IU13, .Ti. Januaty 1. 19H. 2,!K. Jvw He filed' 1811, 1.77J; 1912, l,!l; 1 Waws'rilypuiwl of: 1911. 1.56S; 1912. 2,Cl(A; l' Trent m' n( tur Countl in t Ion. 'My daughter urpi! Chamberlain's Tab ' 1 r (Ciistiratton with good results ii recommend thorn highly," ' tcsl'i.iil . Wuhlln, Ilrunhly. La. For . .ill dftler.-Adyrtijiement. Holiday Grreetings Jrrom Many Lands The spreading practice ot iendins; messaees of Chrlstmaji rrMHni. in.... .trate'd by, the cards from all quarters of me( gione received by Victor Rosewater, the editor of The Bee, From Baron and Baroness Cederstrom, formerly Madam Adellna PattI, comes a remembrance carrying a picture of her castle in Wales, which he once visited with Mm Vi- her guest. Colonel Olossford. formerly in command at Fort Omaha, Inscribes his beat, wishes on a photograph of a typical scene In tho Philippines: Judge Loblnger posts his from Honolulu, hla mld-ocenn stop to the orient; & card from Max J. Baehr comes from Clenfuegos, Cuba, where he Is the American consul, and still others from all parts of tha United States from Puget sound to New England. Pioneers Watch Departure of 1913 The Pioneers' association held a New Year's watch party in their rooms at tho court house, and up till half past ten spent the evening In dancing. At this time the old folk, began to get tired and -by oloven o'clock Uncle Joe Red man and a mere handful were all that were left to welcome the New Tear. . qeorge R. Rathborne and Vf. II. Johns played alC tho old Jig 'steps on their Idles while "jqnele Joe" amused those present by executing a buck and wing. Next Thursday afternoon a meeting of tho association will be held to elect of flccra for this year's regime. Celebrate Advent of New Year with Corn While nobody In Omaha celebrated the fdyent of the new year by' scattering hampagno'or real money In tho streets, observance of the event took almost as extravagant a form. Corn was .flung about In profusion on the streets of the city Wednesday night by persons who doubtless have not been reading lately what the bulls have been doing to maize. Hhough corn was said to have been scat tered on the pavemcnt.to make a meal for a carload of stock. V. rt l'roi Results HO FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SYN0DICAL SUPERINTENDENT The committee of the Presbyterian synod of Nebraska, to which was referred the matter of selecting a synodlcal su jiorintendent. has met and decided that nothing can be dono at present toward carrying out the Instructions of the synod, owing to a lack of available funds. At the synod's meeting in Omaha In Octobor It was decided to relieve Rev. V. 11. Kearns, northwestern district tu perlntendent under the Board of Home Missions of the Nebraska work and ap point n man distinctly for that from Ne braska. Rev. Mr. Kcarns formerly held this position, but when advanced to the larger field by the board In New York, moved his headquarters from Lincoln to In his annual report ( lt Purchuslng Agent (5 rot to summarizes the work ot his department ns follows: During the last year 9.UM requisitions were Mailed for materials and other nec essary requirements of the forty-three ueparimcntv or the ciiy. ny purchasing for all departments materials are pur chased lu larger quantities than bou.ro tho establishing of the department, and lt Is duo to tills fact that tho city Is enabled to purchase most or nearly all of Its wants nt a miK-n less cost than heretofore. It Is to bo understood that every ex penditure ot whatever Kind must bo ac companied with n requisition of the de partment, therefore every vent expended by the city government mast necossarlly como through this department, allowing the commissioner ot accounts and fi nance to be thoroughly acquainted with ail expenditures made. t'lider the old plan of purchasing sup plies no two departments used the same methods or customs, but each depart ment having one or mote employes au thorized to make purchases In this way each department was ti luw unto Itfelt. no records being kept showing the rela tive cost of supplies bought by tho dif ferent departments, each proceeding In utter Ignorance ot what the other was doing, although buying practically the same materials. New records are main tained showing the cost thcrcqf. and when compared with tho cost of the snmo or llko materials tinder the old system the saving to the city amounts to muny thousands ot dollars In a year's ume. Each requisition Issued carries tho es timated amount of expono necessary to cover tho cost of tho expenditure to be made, thus nllowlug tho comptroller to deduct tho amount from the appropria tion of. the department making tho pur chase, so that nt any time the balance lu any fund can ho found. When a purchase Is mado tho merchant Is fur nished with tlie requisition. This allows" tho filing and allowing of claims In a reasonnblo time, never over thirty days, whllo under tho old plan claims at times took us long as a year to be adjusted. Through tho luuistance and help of Commissioner Butler, superintendent of nocounta and finances, 1 feel thnt the department lias been n success and whl continue to grow In Importance. CHATTEL MORTGAGES SHOW INCREASE DURING THE YEAR Although tho total number ot chattel mortgages filed in tho office of County Clerk Dewey In 1913 exceeds that of 1912 by only forty, tho money total Is sovoral millions of dollars greater. Comparative figures on chattel mortgages and releases for the two yearn follow: CIIATTHL MORTGAGES. No. Amount. 1913 ,W.- $5,701,204 1912 8.005 l,Ml,0ri RICLliASKS. 1915 1.213 2S3.079 1D12 1,615 320, 1(3 An important meeting of the suffrage workers of the Douglas County associa tion will be held In the council chamber of the city hall Friday afternoon at 1:30 o clock. The subject for discussion will bo the notification front the national as sociation to the effect that If the stnto of Nebraska secures 38,000 signers to suf frage petitions before February 1 It will bo entitled to a share lit the division of the national suffrage fund, which will be distributed March 1. Mrs. 'A. T. Lindsay, Mis. Draper Smith and others prominent In tho suffrage movement will address the meeting. An urgent Invitation linn been extended to nil who nro Interested lu the movement to attend this meeting. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE IN OMAHA FEDERAL BUILDING The custodian force in the federal building Is competed of thirty-two people. Repairs have been mado lu the Imlldlnf aggregating about I1S.W0. Tho old, nnti quated and unsanitary furniture In many of tho offices has been succeeded by tip. to-date. sanitary equipment, and nearly or quite all of thn offices III the build lug have been put In first-class condi tion. New light have been Installs! In the corridors, and tho lighting facilities of tho postofflco work room generally changed. Major llavcrsflc't, who was In Omaha recently and mado an InstiecMoii ot tho building, stnteu thnt the Omaha federal building wan ono of the best-kept and the best vqulpiwd bulldlngi In Mie whole country. STEALS BABY CARRIAGE AND PURSE LEFT IN IT Some thief appropriated a baby enr rlogo last night, ns his last wrong deed for the year 1913, and Incidentally canto Into possession ot 110 which was In a pockethpok tn tho baby carriage. Mrs. J. G. Jamlrson, 3010 Mason street, reported to tho pollco that about 6:30 taut night, a short stout man stole a wicker baby carriage from tho .sidewalk tn front of that residence, lie was, ap parently not In need of the baby car rlago only, for he did not return tho JIO which wW In the perambulator nt the time. Ono of tlie front wheels of the vohicln did not match the others and from this clue, It Is probable that tlie police may locale the culprit. Ladies' Auxiliary of B'nai B'rith Gives Its First Dance The ladles- auxiliary of William Mc Klnley club of the lt nal B'tlth hold Its first OiukJc Wednesday at the Muttopotltan club. Tho ballroom was beautifully dec orated In bluo ami gold, the club colors. At midnight favors, consisting ot multi colored whistles, were distributed. About ISO couples were present and danced un til a late hour. Tho proceeds of tho dance will bo donated to some worthy char itable Institution, the recipient to be de cided upon at the next regular meeting of the auxiliary. An energetic ticket-selling contest pre ceded tho dato of the dance, tho membera ot tho society being divided Into eight teams with a captain for each. Tho 'captains were: Mines Mnllln Corby, Jenuln Krnsne, Malvtua Newman, Yotta Stlcfler, Bertha Colin. Minnie Romaneck, Tlbo Meyers am' Mrs. J. Spl gle. A prize of a thoater parly has been of fered to tho winning team. The commit tee In charge of tho arrangement for tho danco consisted of Bess Monsky. chairman; Goldlo Alplru, Father Kpstclu, Kiln Fleishman und Mrs. U. A. Wolf. Tito organization has been In existence a Ilttlo moro than a year and has n membership ot 123. Its purposes, In com mon with nil B'nat B'rith organizations, are Intellectual, social and lxmovolcnt STEPS BEING TAKEN FOR REORGANIZING UNITY CLUB Friday evening at tne public llbraiv a meeting will be held looking to the re oinflhlsntliin of the Unity club. The com. mlltee In ehargo of the work cnn'IMs of Mrs. George W. Iloldrege. R, C. Capen. If. I a. Holland, .leanette McDonald, Mar garet Colvln and Janet M. Wallace. If aupcrsAtiil tn reorganization the elub w-lii put vn a courso of lectures during the balance of the winter and next prlng. .MoM'iitriitx of Oct-ntt Port l.lVKtlPOOta. IIONI) KIINO. HI HZ. TUNMHKll-TK . LlVKItl'OOl. MitiTHAMPTO.V. NRW YOHK .. ., NKW YOttK NUW YOIIK NKW YOttK NKWYOnK . Arrlrt. t'jrmrlc Mimmouttuhlrr Alillhuhm . Ilattlnnton. ... Stenniers. Halleil. . I.utnr . lUterfnrd. HI ful . Omptnla. l.tHatnle . Kroonlmd . Mnjratlr .. Vltonli. Vikings Celebrate : Dawn of New Year Orvar Odd lodge No. 21 of the Inde pendent Order of Vikings held their; seventh nnnual midwinter festival at the Swedish auditorium, 1609 Chicago strert( New Year's eve A program of Swedish songs and a twoinet playlet In the Hwed- Ish language, entitled, "Ilia Third Wife," was enjoyed by a crowd numbering clo?! to WO people. Krlc Krlcaon, violin aololst.i was forced to respond to three encores,! his wtSrlc leliig decidedly appreciated by' tho audience. Following the program and playlet the) floor of thn auditorium was cleared and' dancing Indulged lit until the dawnlngj of the new year, when national airs, both! Hwcdl.'h and American, were sung lustily) by tha throng, clolng the entertainment; Most Wonderful llonlltiH. After suffering many years with a sore. Amos King. Port Byron, N. Y-, was cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 28c For salo by your druggist. Advcrtlat: ment. FIRE BREAKS OUT WHILE FAMILY AWAY CELEBRATING While II. 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