5
FIRE DOES $15,000 DAMAGE
Blase Starts from Overheated Stove
pipe in Crounse Building.
CACKLEYS SUFFER THE MOST
Scene at Fire When Many Women Were in Grave Danger COUNCIL AGREES ON BUDGET j
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS WELL
ADVANCED JNTHEIR DRILLS
The first Indoor drltt of the school
semester will bo held at the high school
this week If tho cold weather remains.
I'p to tho present time all of the rndet
maneuvers have been held out-of-doors
and as a result the gcltool regiment Is this
year farther advanced In company and
battalion work than In former years.
when drill within the building tn-iufy
began with Thanksgiving. Indoor prartl.
allows nothing but manual of arms dr
and handicaps tho regiment In lurg
formations.
The cadets have this year received tr
structlon In rcglmontnl ceremonies and
parades which In other years have not
been attempted until after the beginning
ot spring.
City Dads Finally Reach Decision on
Distribution of $1,130,000.
FIRE AND POLICE INCREASED
Bnlk of Lous I Stmtntnril fir Them
m Stock nnd Flxtnrea I.oiTer
Floor tif nnltillnR Aim
Iladlr IlnniaRrd.
Vnxr Minor Chances, lint Majority of
Official Will Work DnrlnK .Net
Year with Mnntr Amount at
Money na l.nat Year.
Key to the Sltuatlonr-Uee Advertising.
THE BEE. OMAHA, " EDXIOSDAY, .lANt A UY 7.
Tin, starting from an overheated stove
ripo of tn the tailor Khop ot M. Brook
eteln, located In tho basement of th
Crounso block, Sixteenth and Capitol ave
nue, did estimated damage Tuesday morn
ing of JlS.CXl. Tho bulk of the losa was
sustained by the stock and fixture ot
Cackley Bros., wholesale liquor dealers,
and the flrat floor nf the building, taadore
Santl, shipping clerk for the liquor house,
discovered tho flro and Immediately sent
in the alarm.
According to Edward Cackley, his con
cern carries a stock of $25,000 worth ot
liquors, but the fact that much la heavily
casked kept It fiom harm. Smoke and
Water did most ot the damage, ruining
the stock of the Stewart Seed company,
which adjolps the I'quor house.
Klninm Sprontl.
In three-quarters of an hour the fire
on the main floor and In the basement
was under the control ot tho firemen, but
flames had eaten through to the second
story and, In addition to thtc'glit lines of
hoee which had at first Iwen stretched,
two more were ndded and played upstairs.
No one was hurt, although sleep'ng on
the third story was Peter Loch and h.s
brother, Charlie, s'stcr. Clara, and mother,
Sirs. Mary Loch Patrolman James Mur
phy, ono of tlio first on the scone, en
tered tilt; building In a stlding cloud of
smoke and blindly groped his way to the
third story to the occupied rooms. lie
then awakened the quartet, who were
noundly sleeping. A few minutes mors
and they would undoubted'.' have ben
overcome by tho smoke which was rap.
Idly filling the room. All reached tho
street in perfect safety.
Other Klnna I,e.
Above tho Cackley house, on the cor
ner, the Stato Medical 'nstltutc suffered
loss from water and smoke, as dlij tho
clothing cutabllRhment of Jacob Hinder,
which Is directly above tho entrance ot
Cackley's. On the second floor to the
rear John Edwnrds, colored Janitor of
the building. InakcB h!s home with his
wife and child. All wcro out of the build
ing when the flro started.
Tho building la an old one, and about
elx years ago a portion of It was con
demned. At that time a 'lodge met on
the third floor, and because of the un
safely the lodge moved out. Tho struc
ture Is owned by the Sti4 IToraco Plunkett
eatate, .for which .Conrad Young is the
ugent. It Is well covered by Insurance.
Within two hours after tho flro depart
ment arrived tho broom squad were at
work clearing the water from tho main
Hnd -second floors. Tho flro was a dan
gerous ono and much 'comment was made
upon the systematic way in which the
lire fighters put it out.
Baker Spends His
Oar Fare to Buy
i Two-For Stogies
Judge ,Ben. B. Halter, city, corporation
counsel, smoked the best stogtos, fold two
tor a nickel, but he resolved to quit to
bacco on and after tho first of the year.
Until today he held flrnily to the reso
lution, but his keen analytical mind got
busy and he has figured out a way to
RVold tho resolution, which ho said was
made primarily to reduce the high cost
or living.
"It will take me 'twenty-five minute
to walk .from my home to tho city hall,'"
said Judge Baker. "Now tho walking
would off-set the bad effects of cigars
(he means tho stogies), and If I smoked
two on my way down that would be Just
what I would, spend for car fare. So
there you are. What's wrong with that?"
The Judge aays If street car fares
should by any chance be Increased to 21
cents ho could rmoke high priced cigars
and still not lose any money.
Cough Medicine tor Children.
Never give a child a cough medicine
that contains opium In a.ny form. When
opium Is given other and more serious
diseases may follow. Long 'experience
has demonstrated that there is no hotter
or safer medicines for coughs, colds and
croup in children than Chamberlain's
Cough Itemed)', It Is equally valuable
for adults; Try It. It contains no opium
or other harmful drug. Kor sale by all
dealers. Advertisement.
GOLDS AFFECT
THE KIDNEYS.
5V K ifi'l
TROUGH
TARRHOFWDNE
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Lucky Day Almanac for 1914.
STOP THAT
ACHING TOOTtL?
INSTANTLY,
INSIST
UPON
DENT'S
ALL DRUGGISTS' 15
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Article XVII.
Omaha's Public Schools
Diversification of Instruction (Continued.)
As a student ot American rural llfo and
Its problems, Sir Horact Plunkett raises
the vital point of the defectiveness In the
education of young pcoplo on the farms
as one reapn why It Is Increasingly dif
ficult to hold them there.
Kor Instance, as nnyoilo who has given
serious thought to the rural life question
will admit, the tendency haB been to
educate the farmer's boys and girls
away from the country to tho city In
stead of vice versa as it should be. In
tho first place, a young woman, with no
knowledge or experience In country life,
goes from graduation In the city schools
to tench and train the. children from the
farm. There they are, boys and girls
whoso whole heredity and environment
aro rural, sitting 'at tho feet of a sweet,
demuro Miss Gamaliel, whose .whole
heredity and environment are urban. Is
it any wonder that under such a system
country youths are not more closely" at
tached to the farm?
This problem Is at least comprehended
In tho scope of tho revised curriculum of
the Omaha. High school, where five or
six years ago the regular normal course
comprising Instruction in agricultural
branshes was installed. Those younsr
folks who Intend to teach are re
quired to tako this normal courso which
comes In the second term of the fourth
year. Of course, what knowledge of
agricultural problems they receive Is
elementary, but deemed sufficient', at
least, to give the graduate a senso of tho
Importance of agricultural knowledge to
the child of the farm, where her lot as a
school teacher may be cast.
Agriculture as a study, therefore, has
no place In the graded schools and only
In the high for those taking the normal
course with a view of country teaching.
Thus tho Omaha schools have preceded
one step toward fitting their teacher
graduates for Intelligent aervlco in tho
rural schools. Many additional steps, of
course, have to be taken by the teacher,
herself, before anything like aSequato
proficiency is reached.
At best, the slip of a gtr! who ventures
from a city to the country as an in
structor of tho sturdy farmer boys and
girls Is regarded by the farmer, more or
less with ridicule, so It Is time, from
that and other more serious standpoints,
for such an awakenhig on thoApart of
the preparatory schools.
As already stated, the Omaha public
schools follow no definite system .of
teaching, except such as Is calculated
to produce Individualism In the pupil.
This Is. kept always In mind. The effoit
is made to throw the boy and girl on
their own resources as early and all that
is possible. Rather than being inductive,
the method alms, at the root meaning ot
education as. derived from the Latin
verb "e-duco," to lead out. So the aim is
a leadlng-out process, the only real way
of developing the pupil to think and act
for himself. Much latitude Is here given
the teacher.
A new and confusing aspect of the
Omaha public school system Is created, by
the law enacted by the last legslature
License Inspector
Warns All to Pay
Before February 1
David Berkowitz, city license Inspector,
has notified ICO pawnbrokers, second
hand store proprietors, moving picture
show owners and proprietors ot other
businesses, that his office will begin
prosecutions without further notice unless
their licenses have been paid before Feb
ruary 1.
"Many of the licenses are paid and oth
ers have promised to pay within the next
few days," sold It succtor Herkowlts. "I'm
going to take them at their Word. Whole
sale prosecutions will be started tmmed'.
ately after the first of next month It
these licenses are not paid."
Inspector Ilerkowftz, at the Instance ot
tho mayor and city commission, permitted
a few places to operate the last half of
last year witnout licenses, oecause trie, Tlrklluir of Thnml
tornado destroyed their property and , Quickly relieved by Dr. King's New DIs
caused suffering. Now that no such ex- covery, the great cough and cold remedy,
cuse is available, the Inspector Intends to a safe and sure medicine. 60o and 1.00.
force literal obedience to the law. 1 All druggists. Advertisement.
Hj- r Member of The lice S(nff.
compelling the teaching of foreign lan
guages under certain conditions. Tho law
provides:
In every high school, city school or met
ropolitan school in this stato tho proper
authorltlen of such school districts shall
upon the written request when made at
least three months beforo tho opening of
the fall terms of such school by the
parents or guardians of fifty pupils above
tho 'fourth grade then attending school,
employ competent tenchers and provide
for tho teaching therein above tho fourth
grade, as an clectlvo course of study, of
such modern European languages as may
bo designated In mich request.
Already petitions aro on flto asking for
tho teaching of three languages. Patrons
of Comenlus school desire Bohemian
taught there: of Kellom, Yiddish; of Can
teller and others, German. Thpse urn
dominant peoples in these respective
schools. As previously pointed out, COO
of tho 1,000 children at Kellom, tho largest
graded sc)iool in the city, are Jewish,
mostly Russians; there are 100 or more
Bohemians at Comenlus, and fully 150
Germans at Castellaf.
But aa yet tho prayers of theso peti
tioners have not been answered, because
the petitions were not filed In time
three months beforo tho opening of tho
fall tenn-to got results for the current
school year. They go over, therefore,
until next fall, at least, Tho fact Is.
many of the school authorities would bo
happier if they never had to be granted.
It Is not lack of deslro to teach tho lan
guages, bo' much as the alleged Imprac
ticability of the task as specified under
the terms of this law. Tho Bee voiced
the feeling in an editorial discussion ot
the subject some weeks ago when it
aid:
The purpose behind the promoters of
tills legislation may be laudable In seeking
to keep alive among tho younger genera
tion a know;cdge of the native language
and literature familiar to their parents,
but making It compulsory on tho public
schools to provldo at public expense in
struction In all the modern languages
opens the way to overdoing It.
And that Is putting It mildly enough.
The fact Is, that, carried to Its logical
sequence, such a movement might create
an Impossible situation for the schools.
If three petitions aro In now, how many
may be In by the opening of next year?
If threo languages are to be taught, there
Is nothing to prevent a demand for thirty-three.
The feeling Is that, unless this
law Is In some way amended so as to
make it less onerous In Its provisions, it
will lead to a very distressing situation.
Omaha, of course, has a large mixed
foreign population, several elements ot
Which arc represented In the membership
of the Board of Education as well as the
teaching force' of the schools, so that It
will hardly do to say that tho objection
to this law arises from antl-forctgn
prejudices. It rises from a sense of thu
extreme difficulty of ever complying with
the law.
Foreign languages are not wholly neg
lected In the publla schools, as German,
French and Spanish are taught In tu
high school' course, which, of course,
also comprises the classics, O reek and
Latin, though late revisions of the curri
culum have made them elective.
Farmer Swears He
Never Used 'Phone
H. C, Jensen, prosperous farmer 01
Litchfield, Minn., 60 years of age, never
talked through a telephone, according to
testimony given by him In a suit for
J10,00o damages for breach of promise to
marry her brought by Miss Jenslne Ped
ersen of Omaha.
Jensen combatted evidence that he had
said he was to marry Miss Pedcrsen In a
telephone conversation by the statement
under oath that he never had used Boll'i
popular device. "I liave no telephone at
my farm," he said, "and have never used
on."
District Judge Etellc Is hearing evi
denced the suit. The plaintiff formerly
was Jensen's housekeeper at his Min
nesota farm. Bho is the mother of a child
several months old.
MEN MAY PROMOTE WOMAN
SUFFRAGE IN THE STATE
The organization of a men's league
to promote woman stiffi-ago In "Nebraska
Is planned for Tuesday, January 13, at
the Paxton hotel. Sovcrat hundred men
nro expected to meet with woman suf
fragists then and after tin a la carte
luncheon, start plans for tho successful
circulation of the petitions for tho sub
mission of tho stato constitutional amend
mont for woman suffrngo to popular vote,
James Itlchardson, 635 South Thirty
fifth avenue, who with Mrs. Itlchardson,
Is an anient woman suffragist, mado the
arrangements for tho luncheon and meet
ing. Ho acted for a romnilttco of Omaha
men who nro co-operating with tho womon
In thu efforts of tho latter to bring tho
wonwi BUffrago question beforo the
voters at an enrly election.
HOTEL LOBBIES ARF. ALL
FILLED WITH IMPLEMENTS
"S-say, I guess I've got Into the wrong
place,"' a now arrival at one of tho hotels
remarked at noon as he approached tho
desk to register. "This used to bo a
hotel, but It looks more like a farmyard
now."
"The implement dealers' convention,
sir," the clerk volunteered apologetically.
"You Bee, they all have tholr displays In
the lobby, so that's why you don't soe
much but wagons, buggies, saddles, Im
plements, machinery and salesmen.
"They're a flno bunch, though, and nil
tholr exhibits uro really interesting, oven
to a city man," tho clerk concluded.
STICKERS TO BOOST THE
LINCOLN HIGHWAY OUT
Red, whlto and blue stickers nt SI a
thousand aro to bo sold to the business
houses In the stato to bo used on their
stationery, preferubly on tho outslilo ot
envelopes, to keep tho Lincoln highway
project constantly before the people The
stickers are scarcely moro than an inch
and n quarter long. They are the copy
righted Lincoln hlffhwuy sign, tho same
sign that oxlsts on tho telephone poles
along tho Lincoln highway. II. K. Fred
rlckson Is sending out n'lot of circular
letters to Interest tho business men In
tuklng those and using them on their
stationery.
NORMAN TAYLOR IS BOUND
OVER TO DISTRICT COURT
Norman Taylor, ox-convlct and con
fessed burglar, lins been bound over to
the district court on two charges ot
breaking and entering. The complaints
named tho homes of Frank Judson and
A. Anderson aa tho places entered. Bonds
of $2,000 were placed on the former and
i.60O on the latter.
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS'
FEDERATION TO MEET
A meotlng of tho Federation of Im
provement clubs will bo held Thursday
evening at the city hull, "Improvements
for 19H" will be tho subject for dls
cuselon. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Thomas l Flynn. manager of tho wom
an's suit department at Hayden Bros.,
has returned from a buying trip to New
York.
Take a Glass of
the Kidneys
Advises folks to overcome Kid
ney and Bladder trouble
while it is only trouble.
Eating meat regularly eventually pro
duces kidney trouble In some form or
other, says a well-known authority, be
cause the urlo acid In meat excites the
kidneys, they become overworked; get
sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of
distress, particularly backache and mis
ery In the kidney region: rheumatic twin-
I ges. severe headahe. ai'ld stomach, con
stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness, blad
der and urinary Irritation.
Ths moment your back hurts or kid
After practically two days In executlxe
tesslon the city commission lato yester
day afternoon reached an agreement on
the apportionment of tho annual' budget,
Which totals 11,130,000.
City Commissioner Thomas McGovcrn's
department ot public Improvements was
cut $10,000. Ho has a surplus ot K,000.
Pollco Commissioner J. J. Ityder's de
partment waa given $,15,000 moro this year
than last and the flro department, under
Commissioner C. II. Wlthnell. was raised
lao.ox
With a few minor changes the other
departments received tho same amounts
this year that wero apportioned to theni
last year. The apportionment agreed
upon follows:
For file department I KS.OOO
For police department 1J2.KM
For the public library SO.WX)
For electric lights on streots and
public grounds 58,972
For gas lights on streets and pub
lic grounds 31,023
For ordinary street repnlr and
grading li&OO
For Park board 5,W
For cleaning and sweeping pave
ments ,
For repairing pavements, modify
62, CM
ing, reforming or changing aim
maintaining curbs, gutters and
asphalt repair plant . ,ww
.Mayor, superintendent puduq ai-
fairs
.Mayor's office
Inspector weights and measures..
License Inspector
Pollco court..
lias commissioner
City chemist
t.,00)
4.241
1,76
r.sto
t,ro
1.M6
City clerk U,80
legal department... J'.JJJJ
Judgment department
City hnlt maintaining -il.Mjj
Election expense W
Accounts and flnnnco superin
tendent .;
Comptroller . ...7
Treasurer
Purchasing department
Superintendent pollco
Health department ..;
Detention hospital........
City Kmcrgency hospital
Garbage emergency
City dump ...............
City veterinarian and slaughter
house Inspector
u..n..i,.i,lnl flr nrntrctlon and
S.750
30,000
5.MW
11,00)
30,300
1,201
I,7
water supply
IlllUUtng inspcuiur '"'
Boiler Inspector
Plumbing Inspector
Ulectrlclan
Fire warden
Superintendent street cleaning...
Superintendent parka
Superintendent public Improve
menta
Knglneer's office
uwrr maintaining
3.6M
1,G&
4,MW
t.trOu
4.500
45,000
16,000
Bridges and culverts
4,000
Crosswalks and sidewalks 10,600
Htreet cut inspection 3.-W
General Inspection B.WO
Miscellaneous expense fund S,KW
Collecting dead animals H
iieals for prisoners 3.M0
Official bond premium 1.6M
nocordlng deeds 100
Duos and subscriptions.. -W
Water troughs and repairs !00
City appraisers J)
Cutting weeds J.WJ
Advertising
Repairs to buildings 9.600
Municipal BtatementB and annual
reports
Refund of loan 2o.ooo
Half cost grading 600
Drayago, weights and measures. 100
Standard weights S&
Grand total 1, 130.000
The apportionment as agreed upon was
approved by tho council In regular ses
sion this morning,
A. C. Wcltzel, plumbing Inspector, had
his salary lncrca,sed J130 a year. Huper
Intendcnt McDonald of the garbage de
partment secures a, salary Increase of J23
h month. No other salaries wcro In
creased. Several employes had asked for In
creases in salaries and others who did
not ask expected the council to boost
their pay.
BUSINESS MEN NEGLIGENT
OF THEIR DUTY AS JURORS
That tho members of the Builders' ex
change, as welt as men In most all lines
of business In Omaha, are negligent espe-
clally in point ot Jury service was a point
made by J. A. C. Kennedy. In an address
i delivered at the annual banquet of tho
Builders' exchange at tho Commercial
club rooms last night. Nearly thirty at
tended. Harry Lawrle, Grant Parsons and Will
iam Rcdgwlck guvo short Impromptu ad
dresses. Cabaret fnaturos were intro
duced by an array of clever local talent,
consisting of singing, dancing and Instru
mental musla by Miss Florcnco Bnsler,
Sidney K. Powell, Miss Josephlno Lyman,
Aims itiary irccuon ana uick i:iommcns.
The annual election of tho Builders' ex-
chango was held In the nttcrnoon at the
Builders' exchnngo rooms In tho Barker
block. Grant Parsons was ro-elected
president. William lledgwlck was elected
vice president. J. K. Mcrrlam was elected
treasurer. For members of the board of
directors the following wero chosen: Far
ley S. Hamilton, Charles J. Johnson, John
J. Toms, W. C. Bullard, W. II. Parrlsh
and Robert Sanderson,
UNIVERSITY CLUB MAY
ARRANGE LECTURE SERIES
To meet a growing request among mem.
bers of tho University club for a series
of addresses by speakers of acknowl
edged reputation, the entertainment com
mittee has circulated subscription blanks
to ascertain what proportion of the mem
bership would bo willing to defray the
expent.es of such a step. In case thero Is
a sufficient number of signers an effort
will be made to secure some nationally
prominent men to appear before the club
from time to time.
Salts to Flush
if Your Back Hurts
neys aren't acting right, or it bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Baits from any good pharmacy; take
a tablespoonful In a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous salts
Is made from the acid ot grapes and
lemon Juice, combined with llthla, and
has been used for generations to flush
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity; also to neutralize the
acids In tlie urine so It no longer irri
tates, thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Baits cannot Injure anyone, makes
a delightful effervescent llthla-watcr
drink which millions of men and women
take now and then to keep th kidneys
and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding
serious kidney disease Advertisement.
Better Than Wealth
is perfect health; but to enjoy good health it is necessary
first to get rid of tho minor ailments caused by defect
ive or irregular action of tho stomach, liver, kidneys
and bowols, ailments which spoil life, dull pleasure,
and mako all sufferers feel tired or good for nothing.
BEECBAMsPHLS
(The Largest Sale ef Any Medicine tn the WerM)
havo proved themselves to bo tho best corrective or pre
ventive of theso troubles. They insure better feelings
and thoso who rely upon them soon find themselves so
brisk and strong they aro better ablo to work and
enjoy lifo. For that reason alone, Beechams Pills aro
The Favorite Family Medicine
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Directions with crtcy bos shair th wsf to food bttltk.
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