THE REE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1914. 3 The Bankers Reserve Life Company OMAHA, NEBRASKA T Is making a unique proposition to successful salesmen. Millions of Accumulated Assets I BASObM H. ROBISON, Prer I R. L. ROBISON, Vice Pres. Guarantee Fund Life Association OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Organized January 3, 1002. Assets, January 1, 1914 $1,319,481.68 Reserve Fund 1,079,377.44 First Mortgage Farm Loans G56.29J.50 Entire Assets Are Pledged to Secure Policyholders. Policies provide death, dlsabllllty and old age benefits, and are Incontestable atter two years from their date. Unselfish men desire Hfo Insurance for protection for the family. That Is the only kind of a policy w ls3uo. Men only, 21 to 60 yers, are eligible. Since most men deslro life Insurance mainly for protection, why not buy a policy that will best sorve your neoda? Rate per $1,000 Insurance, age 35 years, $13.30. Guaranteed by entlro assets. Other ages In eamo proportion. Home Office :-: :-: Brandeis Bldg. Phone Douglas 7021. Three and One-Half Years Old Insurance In force $0,000,000.00. Issues attractive and up-to-date Policies. Liberal contracts to agents with or without previous experience. If Interested call at or write to tho Home Office, Omaha National Bank Bldg. The Commonwealth Life Insurance Company FRANS NELSON, President. German-American Life OMAHA First Class Live Northwestern National XZKirfiAFOHS, SCI NTT. Have Some Unoccupied Territory Liberal Commission and Our policies are the most "popular and the premium is lowor than that of nearly all other Old Line participating companies. C. J. 10WELL, list. Manager, 594 Brandeis Bldg., Omaha., Neb. . INYITATIONSJGO BROADCAST Samson Says He Will Make Home coming Week a Corker. SIGNS CONTRACT FOE SHOWS Parade ' Committee U JVorr Seeking Subject fop Electrical Pnrnde Other rnrnde to Be r Arranged., Former residents of . Omaha are being looked up In India, Panama and Manila in vrder that they may receive special Invitations to come to Omaha for "Home cpmlng day" during Ak-Sar-Ben week next fall. Among some 6,000 names al ready catalogued in the office of Secre tary J. D. Weaver of Ak-Sar-Ben, are a half dozen who now live In the Philip pines, several who pow live in India, and a number now in Panama. All4 will re celve Invitations to come homo for the "homecoming day." Samson now admits that "this home comlns stunt Is going to be a bigger thine than we thought at first." Names of former Omaha people are piling- up In his office faster than ho expected. And even at that, he says, they are not nearly, all In, as several of the larsa lodges and other organisation have not yet re ported their non-resident members who formerly lived In the city. All aro ex pected to do so whether they have been especially communicated with concerning the, matter or not. Hut fine Speaker. Something new may be Introduced at the Den this year in the speaking pro gram. Instead of having flve-mlnuto talks after tho big Den show each Mon day night, tho committee is considering the matter of arranging for one high ''class speaker for each evening. The Idea Is to get some speaker of national Im portance to speak each Monday evening. It is believed that this can be arranged as well as it is possible for the Commer- In One Minute! Clogged Nostrils Opei in Cold Stops Nasty Discharge, Clears Stuffed Head, Heals Inflam ed Air Passages and You Breathe Freely. . Try "Ely's Cream Balm." Get a small bottle anyway. Just to try It Apply a tittle In the nostrils and in stantly ynur clogged nose and stopped- up air passages of the Ik ad will openiipng Into the throat, and raw dryness Is ou will breathe freely; dullness and i distressing but truly needles, headache disappear. Uy morning! the Put your faith-Just once In " Rly catarrh, cold-ln-head or catrrhal sore' Cream Balm' and vj'jt cold or ratan tiviat will be gr.ne i will s'4re!v d'snp-ra Arents. Khermm End such mbery now! Get tne Iwall ji McConnell Diuj Co Au.vriihcmvi.t- R. 0. WAGNER, Sec'y. W. G. PRESTON, Treas. Insurance Company Positions for Wires Life Insurance Co. Renewals to Producers. clalclub to get once such a man for tho public'1 affairs luncheon speech each -T.hursday through the greater part of tho year. The contract has been signed for the principal shows of tho carnlvnl for ths coming festivities. "The World at Homo" is the outfit engaged this year, It embodies fourteen big shows, with the iaea or. cringing me features or ine whole world to tho door of Oman and Its Ak-Sar-Ben guests. The parade committee Is considering three different features for the theme of tho big electrical parade. One of the three will be selected within a short time, Last year the theme was "Stories from Arabian Nights." For a Torpid Liver. "I have used Chamberlain's Tablets off ana on for tho past six years whenever my liver shows signs of being In a dlsor dcrcd condition. They have always acted quickly and glvenune tho desired relief,1 writes Mrs. F. II. Trubus. Bprlngvllle,' N. . All dealers. Advertisement. First Presbyterian Plans for New Church to Be Completed Soon With George B. Prim definitely decided upon as architect for the new First Pres byterian church, and with great progress reported in the matter of finances, the building committee will now endeovor to complete Us plans soon, and expects that work will be started on the edifice within two months. Mr. Prlnr was chosen as architect at a meeting of the committee Friday, and a contract with him will be signed as soon as details are arranged. The new church will be Gothic in stylo and will seat about 1,000 people. It will be built at the northwest corner of Thirty-fourth and Farnam streets, on four lots purchased for the purpose some time ago. and Catarrh Vanish bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm dissolves gy the heat of the nostrils; penetrates and heals the Inflamed, swol len membrane which lines the nose, head and throatt clears ths air passages; stops nasty dlsctutues anad a feeling ot cleans inr, soothlngrellef comes Immediately. Don't lay awake tonight struggling for breath, with head stuffed: nostrils closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a told with Its runnlnr nqse, foul mucous drop- News from the Insurance Field ACCIDENTS OF THE WEEK XerUw of Bts Accident Headlines for Accident BLIZZARD T1ESUP TRAFFIC Worst Storm for Years Kaging in the Atlantio States. EIGHT DEATHS IN NEW YORK Three Men Fatally- Wounded in Running Fight in New York Dr. Hoffman Suffers Dislocated Shoulder Tango Party Brought to End with Killing Nose Bitten Off in Eow at Tango Party Seven Coal Miners Drowned in Belgium FIRE TRUCK MASHES THE ANKLE OF A FIREMAN WOMAN AND CHILD KILLED WHILE CROSSING TRACK RUPTURES BLOOD VESSEL WHILE COUGHING ANU uits GREAT WESTERN LftKES GUN Road Pleases Its Stockholders with the Showing Made. OMAHA BEST0f" ALL POINTS Total of nuslnrss Increase nt This Station Kcllp.es that of I2very Other Town on the Entire- System. Tho Omaha stockholders of Great West ern are delighted with the Ing made by- the road during the first half ot the present fiscal year. The . state, ments have recently arrived and they show that during the last six months tho road has made a gain of 65 per cent ovor "the corresponding period of one year ago. During the first hair of tho present fiscal year, beginning lost July, tho Orat Western ffld a gross business of J9.l47.iso. a gain of $226,000 over tho previous six months. Of this gain the freight busi ness contributed $162,000. For the same period tho operating expenses were J3.6S8. 603, or 9 per cent greater than during the last half of 1912. It is said tho Increase In expenses was largely due to charging into maintenance accounts Items which In previous periods were Included In re habilitation. The Great Western statements show that Omaha has been making the great est business gains of any station on tho system. The business In and out of Omaha for tho six months ending De cember 31, last, show an Increase of 100 per cent over the corresponding pe riod of 1312 and more than 100 per cent over any previous "six montns In tho his tory ot the road. rroflt-Shnrlnir Enterprise. The business report of the Great West ern does not even hint at tho future of tho property. There has been talk that on account of It being feederless, event ually It would have to be absorbed by some big system In order to .mako It profitable. Ilallroad men, however, In view of the statement Just out, say that this Is not necessary. Wlillo they admit thai absorption may come eventually, the management of President Felton has shown that Independently the road can bo run at a good profit for tho stock holders and others Interested. The absorption of the Great Western Is still In the air- Six months ago Wall street sent out flyers to the effect that tho property was being sought by the Pere Marquetto and color -was given this report by reason of the fact that Presi dent Felton ' of the Great Western ac cepted the position of the president of the Pere Marquette, becoming the execu tive head of the two properties. Lease llolila Them Hack. Now there Is another rumor in connec tion with tho future, of the Great Western, and this, is, that tho time Is not far dis tant when It will bo owned and operated by the Grand Trunk. It Is said that all that Is holding off the consummation of the deal Is the disposition of that portion of the road between Omaha and Fort Dodge, la. This 136 miles of road Is the property ot the Mason City & Fort Dodge company and Is operated under a fifty year lease by the Great Western. This lease has still some thlrty-flvo years to run. In order to do away with the lease and the terms, It Is said the plan Is for the Mason City & Fort Dodgo company to fall to pay the Interest on Its bonds and let the property go to sale under fore closure proceedings. This, It Is contended, would permit the Grand Trunk to come In any buy the line, after which it could easily secure control by purchase of the balance of the mileage and other proper ties. Officials Inspect System, Within the last twenty days, In private cars, Grand Trunk officials have been ovor every mile ot the Qreat Western system, have visited alt of the terminals,; and have looked them over thorough! Not only this, but it Is said they have I had a physical 'valuation of the entire! property made and that this Is In the I general offices of the Grand Trunk system In Montreal. T"e Grand Truni has lines and termin als in Chleaijo. and by ral roud men. a ; is ontendd lliat If It e . red the Great I V eslci : th ls u-niilf lenrlnal i Omuiu. i..-nux I iv und M.nntv; j it I X.st Week, Insurance. Snowing1 the necessity of Wind Storm Does Big Damage in St, Iiouis; Fifty Persons Hurt Three Swiss Alpine Climbers Meet Death Woman Hit in Neck By'aStray Bullet Quarter Million ' Fire in St. Louis Explosion Wrecks Des Moines Church FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED AT M0NDAMIN, IOWA WOMAN FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH IN A SLEIGH THIRD BIG FIRE IN ST. LOUIS IN FOUR DAYS PRACHT LOSES HIS HEEL IN TRYING TO RUN ELEVATOR BRICKLAYER SMASHES FOOT AS SCAFFOLD BREAKS would ho the greatest rallrond system in the United States. GROUND IS BROKEN FOR MEDICS' FRATERNITY HOUSE Ground was formally broken yesterday for the now house of the Iota chapter of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity of tho No hrnnVA Collece of Medlclni. The occa sion was tho thirteenth anniversary of tho founding of tho chapter In Omaha, The program was In chargo of tho char ter members. Drs. M. A. Tlnley, n. w, Christie. W. P Wherry. C. W. Poyntcr, C. F. Avery, A. If. Cooper, M. B. Mo Dowell, S. B. Hall, II. W. Heffelflnger, A. B. Llndqulst and IT. A. Relchenbacn. Tho fraternity property Is situated on Forty-second, and Dewey avenue, Jujt across from" the campus. The building will cost $15,000, which amount has nl ready been subscribed by tho alumni nt the fraternity. It will be a three-story structure with basement. Tho basement will be occu pled by garno rooms, storo rooms, eta Tho first floor will furnish the living rooms, the second floor will bo given over en tirely to study rooms, whllo tho third floor will be a large, modern dormitory fitted with single hospital beds, tollot rooms and shower baths. Phi Bho Sigma will be oifb of the few professional fraternities In the west which owns Its homo and tho only one In the University of Nebraska. Fort School for Boys Issues First ,Copy of The Bugle The first lssua of "Tho Fort School Bugle," a paper published by tho boys In the printing department of tho Fort Spe cial School for Boys, was Issued yester day. The mechanical work and tho local news In the paper was all dono by the boys In tho school. In a "Foreword" Su perintendent E. U, Graff says: "This first numberls presented to friends with confidence and good will; confidence because. It Is sure of Its mis sionto be the bulletin of progress ot the pupils of Fort school; with good will be cause It Is convinced of the support and interest of the parents or Omaha and it Is determined not to disappoint their ex pectations. Its mission Is not to con tribute anything to the art of Journalism, but rather afford pupils of the school an opportunity to show their appreciation and loyalty to their school." Under the supervision of Assistant Principal F. W. Bason, the "printers" at Fort school, have become very apt and have produced several examples of first claj job work. Key to the Situation net Advertising. FINDS WIFE AND CHILD UNCONSCIOUS FROM, GAS If, C. Alexander, employed at the Hotel Rome, refurnlng to Ids home, 2518 Ohio street, lato last night found tho house full of gas and his wife and 12-year-old son unconscious. They were revived. Tho gas Jet was open. Neuralgia if not attended to may be come acute and weaken the a stem. Stop it promptly with the one remedy ture to soothe the nerves and kill the pain SLOANS LINIMENT deadly foe to toothache, sciatica, and rheumatism. Mr. E. W. Gllleiple, of Denmark, Tenn., Il.F.D. No. V writes: "I had been ufferlnr with neuralgia for soma time. Sloia Liniment wss recom mended to tne. and I used some of it, and it stopped the pain entirely." At til dealers. Prlct 2$c EOc 4 01JM Or. Earl S.SIo:i, Ine Bestoa, hUss. Much Interest is Shown in Strength of Fire Insurance Increasing Importance of flro Insurance ns a factor in business operations has tended to create an unusual Interest In the relative financial strength of the vari ous insuranco companies. Markot volus of securities last year were depressed, from ono causo or another, and many tiro Insurance companies wound up the year with a smaller surplus than they had at the close ot tho preceding year Tho Spectator, a weekly Insurance re view paper, has prepared an Interesting tabulation of tho essential features ot tho statements of tho principal Insurance com panies In the United States, which do about 90 per cent of tho business. Of these, companies, holding a total cash capital of JU1.2S0.S09, the majority cither broko even at tho end of the year or suf fered only a light falling oft ot cash as sets, but tho total decrease In assets for tho year 1913 was 9,S17,770, whereas tor all previous years back to ltOl the decrcoso In net surplus was 3,872,9S.'. It Is Interesting to note from this state ment that the totat Income of the Insur anco companies for 1913 was 33MS3,I)S0 and that the total losses paid were 1170,K3,4O;, Tho total assets of these companies on January 1 were JCOS.OW.976. Total disburse ments) wero reported to be $.H2,2S6,K. Life Comp'any Safest of Financial Concerns It has been said that a great life Insur ance company is tho safest ot all finan cial organizations, because no run can be mado upon it during periods ot financial disaster. This Is because Its Insurance obligations, based on tho law of mortal ity, mature, with tho tamo deliberation and regularity during periods ot business and financial disturbance as during times of pcaco and prosperity. Iimurnnce Note. A tabulation of" flro Insurance pre miums for 1913 in Washington shows a material increaso for the leading non board companies and mutuals and an average decreaso for tho board com panies. The Minnesota Insuranco, department announces that numerous complaints havo been received regarding rebates, but it has been found difficult to secure satis factory evidence, aa tho complainants usually ask that their names be not dis closed. Tho Insuranco department says that the antl-rebatd law was enacted principally for tho protection of the ngcrit and unless agents will co-operato In en forcing the law It will remain a dead letter. Tho llllnolp tiro marshal's department won a notabki victory In getting the con viction of Thomas llornsby and Charles ntevlns of Falrbury on a charge of arson, Both men pleaded guilty, one only after the evidence had been submitted, and were sentenced to tho penitentiary for an Indeterminate sentence of from ono to twenty years. Blevlns was the owner of tho Illinois hotel at Falrbury and hired llornsby to help him burn It In order to collect on JIO.OOO nf Insurance. Michigan Is very much In tho Insuranco limelight Just now. In addition to tho or der of tho Insuranco department barring nonrcsiaent agents ana uroKers and an annexes after March 1, Its ruling regard. Ing the type used In policy forms has upset all tho supply departments. Tho Michigan department holds that no forms are legal In that state which aro printed in smaller than ten-po nt type.- and elim I nates tho Cash and cost value feature rrom tno Household forms. C. W. Fracker, Iowa stato agent of tho Bpringflold. has completed his nn nual tabulation of tho experience ot flro Insuranco companies doing business In that state. Tho Jowa stock companies wroto net premiums or u.oh.ko in 1913, with a loss ratio of Gft per cent. Tho 1912 premiums wero $2,193,9(3, with a loss ratio of Bl per cent, threo of tho companies having reinsured during 1913. Tho Iowa mutuais wroto net premiums of Jl.OC8.I74. with losses of $618,474. This Is an Increase over 1912, tho mutual premiums for that year ueing kizu.zzi. with losses of X3D8.GOT. Most of this gain was achieved by the iowa mutual tornado companies, which snowed an increase of nearly 2260,000 In premiums in 1913. as comnared with I'll" largely duo to tho tornado In the western part of tho stato on Kastcr day, which inuuo a ureal ueinana ior winastorm pro tection. The total Iowa premiums for 1M3 were 8,HM,7h. with a loss ratio nf w per cent, as compared with premiums of 27,563.761 In 1912. with a loss ratio ot oo per cent. PRETTY FEET CAUSE GRIEF Mr. Nat Houston Comes to Fight Her Divorce Case. 18 ARMED WITH DEPOSITIONS Drama with l'rldo When Inter- Tiewer Aska Abont Iter "Most Beautiful Fret" and Hay They Are Cause of Trouble. Although admitting that her cuto llttlq feet, said by Judges to be the moat beau tiful In tho world, were the original cause of all her marital troubles, Mrs. Clara S. Houston, who Is suing Nat C, Houston commission man, for divorce, refuses to withdraw from the chiropody and pedal boauty career which she has entered. She Is now In Omaha, stopping at the Hen- shaw, and says she is armed with depo sltlons "of a rather sensational nature," which she promises to spring In the dl vorce hearing, If her husband refuses her demands for the 15,000 settlement which eho alleges was provided for in a' pre nuptial agreement. Hearing on the question of Jurisdiction In tho divorce suit will bo held by Judge Sutton in district court next Saturday, At , the Henshaw yesterday, she said she was anxious to avoid publicity and wanted to get "as quiet a divorce as pos sible." However, when her "most beauti ful feet" wero mentioned, she beamed I with pleasure, but Immediately assumed h ! woe-begone expression, as she shoved her ' little feet out from under her skirt and glanced dowp'ut them. I'rM G'nuar llrr Trouble. "That's where all the trouble began," she said. "They're at the bottom of It. Juit becauso my feet were photographed land their pictures were published In the newspapers when people thought they wero pretty, Nat got sore at mo and I I had to sue him for divorce. , "Now I'm told by my attorney that Nat wonts to settle the matter out of court, but won't give me all I want under 1 our prenuptlal agreement. I gave cruelty io grounds for divorce In my petition, but only to spare him as much as po slble. Maybe he will mako me use my depositions," she added demurely, i The first Important question to be set tled by the court will be whether or not Mrs. Houston is within It Jurisdiction and therefore able to bring suit here. She admits having lived In Chicago for over a year and a half, but asserts that as she Is still the wife of Mr. Houston, ACCI DENT HEALTH SURETY BONDS LIABIL ITY PLATE CLASS AND We are Issuing tho most liberal poli cies consistent with good scrvlco to our fmtrona and honest adjustment of their osses. NATIONAL FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OHAHA, National Fidelity and Casualty Building Company's Property. THE HANDSOMEST COMPLIMENT whtoh a poor man can pay to his wife ia wrapped up in an insuranco policy tho payments of which aro kept up. TOM S. KELLY "raE IK?N0E TYLER 861. THE FOLTXWING COMPANIES GUARANTEE HAPETV IN Fire Insurance Homo Insuranco Company. Phoenix Insuranco Company. Conti nental Insuranco Company. Springfield Flro & Marino Insuranco Company. Now Hampshire Insuranco Company. Liverpool and liondon and Globo Insuranco Company. Franklin Insuranco Com pany. Western As.iurnnco Company, Foster-Barker Company Brandeis Bldg. Phone Doug. 29 ARE YOU INSURED? If not, wo havo tho policy you want. GREAT WESTERN POLICIES PAY., H. O. WILHELM, Manager. Phono Douglas 3316. Now Baird Building, Omaha, Neb. Lion Bonding & Surety Co. GIVES YOU Ora WRITES IDEAL m3m ACCIDENT SERVICE IN SURETY BONDS HOME OFFICES - - 9th Phono AVE DON'T WANT MUCH f INSURANCE K IflltK. TOnVinn A ITTV.fr.IMT.l. nr Ainu tfiT.aon nrttrvm BUItGLAHY, HEALTH and ACCIDENT, ALFRED C. KENNEDY 209 First National Hank ItulUllng. Phone Douglas 722. We insure insurance men the best of service, the best loca tion and the most in office comfort for your money if you office in THE BEE BUILDING "77te Building That Is Always New" Wo can show you a few choice offices today. Next month there mny, be none. Superintendent, Room 103 her legal residence remains the same as his until two years after she left lilm. This matter will ho argued next Saturday, and the dlvorco question Itself will follow soon after, If Mrs. Houston wins on the point of jurisdiction. Oonnrlis and Cold. Weak, soro lunifs quickly relieved hy Dr. King's New Discovery. Th first dosn helps. Best remedy for coughs and colds and all lung troubles. EOo and $1. All druggists. Advertisement. Commonwealth Life Insurance Company Banquets Its Agents The Commpnthwoalth Life Insurance company banqueted fifty agents from South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska at tho Paxton hotel at 6:30 o'clock Saturday evening. After the feast various topics ot Interest to both tho company and the agents were discussed. Frans Nelson, president, and a number of other officers and stockholders' of tha company were present ana gave Interest ing addressea The Commonwealth Life Insurance Com pany Underwriters' association was organized und the following officers were elected for tho ensuing years I I Tur. ley, president! It. J. Johnson, vice preal dent, ltay Branson, secretary-treasurer. Life Insurance. From the economic point of view man is a money making machine. Ho Is a provider. Whllo life Insuranco cannot remove any of the sorrow or heartache, of the living for tho dead, yet it does con tlnue, In a measure, tho economlo worth of tho breadwinner, thereby often pre venting poverty. It does tar more. It pro vides many of thji needed comforts ot life, keeps the family together, educates tho children and prepares them for bet ter and higher citizenship. There Is a very human side to life Insurance. Nothing can take Its place All tho standard forms ot policies Is sued by The Midwest Life N. V.. 8NKLL, I'nBBIDENT A NEBRASKA STOCK CO Mr ANY ttima NON-rAKTICIFATDtG LOT INJUKANCX 0N1T FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. LINCOLN. OMASA AOJ3KGT CITT XATXOHAX, BAOTC BU1XDXX(. QBOBQ8 OSOOXEX, T. A. TXKXXT, Oensral Arents. ADVERTISING IB THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN EVERYWHERE BY BUYERS AND SELLERS. HEALTH AND PLATE GLASS ' INSURANCE Floor . - W. O. W. BUILDING Dotluloa 078. JUST THE "LION'S SHARE." .J The Commonwealth Ono Hundred Thou sand club was also organized and the following officers were elected for tho coming year: Dr. W. U. Mullen, presi dent; Ray Uranson, vice president: J. A. Way, secretary-treasurer. At the con clusion ot the addresses the entire party attended the Orpheum. The Common wealth company did a pig business last year and Us outlook Is unusually bright. La-Grippe and Colds InLaQrippo and Colds, Antl-kamnla(A-K) Tablets are unexcelled, as they stop the pains, soothe the nerves, and bring the rest so greatly needed by nature to restore the system to health. 1'hyilcJans bays used these tablets for over twenty years, In tha treatment ot colds, fevers and la grippe, and have found no other remedy more useful la these conditions. Antt-kamnia Tablets are so inexpensive, so pleasant to take, so sat isfactory In their results, and so useful In all conditions where there Is pain, that A-K Tablets should always be kept la the houto for the time ot need. Many ot our ableit physicians obtain perfect remits In la grippe and colds, by cleansing the system with Ep som salts or "Aotolds". a very good csthar Uo, putting the patient on a limited diet, an administering one A'K tablet every two or three hours. This treatment will usually break up the worst case In a day or two, while In milder oases, ease and comfort fol low almost Immediately. These tablets or alio unexcelled for Neuralgia, Rheamallo Pains, The Pains ot Women, Indigestion and Insomnia. All druggist hvo them. Cnufe A'K TabltU ap th A muuk. J. S A'K Sale far Sort