KIDS IN THE PARKS OFE THESTREETS That it Commissioner Hummel's Idea of Extending: Playground System of Devices. IESSENS HAZARD TO CHILDREN Mid. Paul Grtnrhmsnn of the SorUl cn-lct board hu declared through The "r that Omaha mint do more In the way fi pU-Rtounda for it chtldron. rark Commlsslonrr Hummel, without, I rklna up Mrs. (Jctiw-hmnnn's statement, lias tlio anm Idea and he believes he haa done the boat he could with available re sources to conwrvf it. ! 'Anjono who haa taken time ta obnrvr," aj-s Mr. Tlurnmel, "knows the enormous rowda of. boya and glrte lvo spend most of their spare time In the -wanner l-rlocia In our psrks. now equipped; ar i-asi. to some extent, with devtres or iheir entertainment and plpssurf. And ihrse crowds will continue to increase, i hat means boys and girls off the street. 't'h, welly someone, says, 'Children will find their own- places of amusement without making special provision for ll;em.' But. I believe the one who makes ui h a remark haa not given his best I might to the subject. Children will, of urso. find their own places of amuse ii.ent. Sometimes hundreds of little boys ii. .d ftlrls will discover excellent enter tainment In the streets, but It mleht be lt hss In seme casos been very perilous rnlcrtalnment.- Den.e An to Traffic. "O ir auto traffic has Increased of late year about 300 per cent. There is Nine teenth street, lor example, a boulevard, along which lame families are charac teristic. The children floik to the street o play. It. Is dangerous even for grown ups to spend too much time In that and .' any other similarly congested thorough-i.-rrg, not to speak of downtown streets. "Wee need the playgrounds. We are ' I g the parks for them and must ex- t'Wi the system. That la one reason vhy when I came into this office I t m;ed a deaf ear. to the proposition of! ontlnulng to use Kontenelle park for a ow pasture. I have had it made Into a' le:iuliful. magnificent nubile nurlt. t.iv- 1 r-out apreadln? these benefit and pop u i ll-In; them, why that Is precisely '.hit we are doing. And It is building ui ; ivi iH;i!ig residence districts, too. Look ;.l.tl!e n. y. homes going up Just this side .' i. l'.itcne!lo park." THE lKK: OMAHA.' SATURDAY, JANUARY !. 1015. i: PRINCE HENEY OF. PRUSSIA, who, rumor says, aa re sult of recent conference attended by Emperor William, is to be given supreme command of the German navy. Im mediately after the conference Prince Henry sped to Kiel by special train. 11 i i . - l, ,, ' :-.. i . -- J I ! ilk. .. 4 .- "Stale Bread" Clubs : Result of Flour Up ''Itli'AOO, Jan. 8. Wheat, flying lilgher i. I !;;pher on its war wings, had a gro : - f.'e r-onsequem e today In Chlcago-the piiijlc advocacy of the formation of "stale i'i-i:t'J cljbs' throughout the city. To fore s U atUmpt to raise the- price of bread : . cat a loaf, making the retail ccst 6 cents -e id of 5. was the purpose w hich It was I tii .proposed clubs would effect Members of the "Stale Bread clubs," it wa-j- explained, -would simply pledge ih inselves to buy bread one day old, and nt Insist on the article hot from the iven. Superior health values were as- cited for day -old bread by Its advocates, v. ho declared that what the matured loaf Ir.r-ked in flavor was more than offset l y ease eC digestion. iiuss unnstTTiasf Nat . fin nicnr TtrifV TIutt T r-rtTRCKIRAbrf Jan. S.-fVIa London.) Uuxsla4 today is- celebraUngr Christmas. VarH shadow' has faibd to darken the v.hlomary; Christmas' ' apirft which Is tvi variously and Intensely manifested it. tho Russian capital than elsewhere in. .the world. ' ' -N m In, other places In Europe tho war I as interferred to some extent with the t lirlstmar customs In' Russia, such as reastlng and drinking, which suffer from the 'rigid 'enforcement of the prohibition laws and the difficulty In importing fruite and Christmas; dainties. Gill's Old Chief of . Police Is Pardoned JLIMPIA. Waah.." Jan. t-Charles v. VappnjCel!t,' former chief of police of Seattle, convloted In 19U of having ra telved bi,be'"and' sentenced to three to ten yeans in atata'a prison,, was pardoned unconditionally today by Governor Lister. Wappenstsln was chief of polio under Hiram C. GUI, who, after being- recalled from the office ef mayor on the ground that he permitted vice to flourish, tried again for. tha mayoralty last year cn a reform platform and was elected. - HIGHEST PRICED MOVIE STAR EN ROUTE T0; COAST Kn route to the hills in the vicinity of San Diego, Cal., where she will star, in movies that are to be produced, snowing hairbreadth escape- from critical -situ-' tlons, Mary Pick ford, the highest' sal aried woman in tha works, went west on the Los Angeles Limited. It Is asserted that she draws' a salary of 150,000 an nually far being the-heroine for one of tha film., companies that produces the movier ' ' Washington Affairs Opening .the -republican fight against tho government hlp purchase bill. Ben a tor Burton of Ohio assal.ed the measure hs a dangerous experiment in government ownernliii, and asserted that it wouldi open the way to the building up of privi-l-ed Interests. Tha senate confirmed the nomination of fc.Us.ar M. Harber of Trentun. Mo., as . ..Hector of internal revenue for the Kan I" City district of Missouri. Confirma tion had been held up for some time, but Ihe MUsourt senators finally decided not io opposo favorable action. The Federal Reserve board' approved tm following rediscount rau-a for the r, nerve banks in Kansas t'ltv and Rich mond: Muttuiliea up to thirty days 4 i-r cent, maturities, thirty to sixty days, .. per cent: maJurlttea, ,lxty t ninety dsys. tl per cent; maturiUes over ninety usjs. k per cent. Postmaster .General Burleson directed postmasters ta give the widest publicity possible to the fact that the 1-oent letter postage ratu djea not apply, to Australia and ftew Zealand. Tha failure to affix a i-oent stamp requires collection of rioublo the deficient postage upon the -iellvery of short-paid letters. Ui a conference with democrat! and leniihHcun leaders of congress President vioi ake4 for an sppropriatiua o( ,9 to d':fray expenses of the calehra iui planned for the opening of the I'an i a ranal next klarch. Although all de tail' of tha program aere rut made pub !, the president told the delegation that tlie entlmaled expenditure for the cele bration would be about a quirtur of a ii.UIiuu dollais. iHtiiiovrats and repub h. ai aliko ai-provcd the )lans and ex-ueiiditun). , 4 . , ' f ( fM Hlv,- V V 1 1 I ' ft. V . ,- , V - - - FLOUR TEN. XENTS HIGHER Breadstuff Goes Up Twenty Cents Per Hundred, While Fruits of All Kinds 'Are Seasonable. ' SOME MEATS LITTLE CHEAPER Flour has Jumped 10 cent a sack and may Jump more. That Is easily 20 cenW a 100 ppunds. as the regulation sack con tains but forty-eight pounds. The best flour now costa $1.75 a sack and the in ferior grades tl.EO. Sugar has made a little, advance In price, so that stores . that were giving twenty pounds have cut it down' to nine teen for $1.00. Grapefruit, oranges . and lemons are cheap and abundant. The best ' oranges that can be bought can be had for 30 cents a doien, while good oranges can be had for . 15 and 20 cents a dozen. Good slsed grapefruits can- be had for & nickel apiece. Apples are still plentiful and rea sonable. Excellent ; eating and cooking apples can be had- for $136 a bushel, box. lemons ara cheaper" than they hare -been for years. Good lemons can- be had -for a quarter a dosen. - Potatoes of good 'quality are still on the market at To cents a bushel. - Cabbage is selling; still at lVi cents a pound, which la tha price- it has maintained since early fall. Sweet potatoes are scarce and high. They are bringing $3.50 a hundred. ' Pork Is up a dollar a hundred. Some of the retailers are still stlllng at about tha same price, although a general ad vance, affecting tha r.'tall price also, Is looked for, since tha wholesalers are al ready, demanding a dollar a hundred more than a week ago. , Lambs are a trifle cheaper. Hind quarters are selling at lit cents and front quarters at Mj cents. Round steak .lq a bit cheaper, retailing; now at 1H cents. Fish are abundant on the market. Hal ibut ara selling at 12 cents, salmon. 12ft cents; smelt. 15 cents; catfish, 17to cents. Salt mackerel are a little. . higher than they have been. They are soma $3 per 100 higher than a few weeks ago. SENIOR CADETS TO HAVE RECEPTION FOR PARENTS . . - v - This evening the senior, classes of Central High school -will give a reception, for their - parents at the - school audi torium. - ' Art tha parents of the February ; and June seniors ara lnvfted to ba present. A program will oenniet of vocal and Instru mental solos,1 talks and music by tha glee club.: , - . This is the second year that these re ceptions have been given for tha parents. The student council will be In evidence on Friday '. evening- in tha capacity of guides and assistants . to tha ' teachersi The whole faculty will also ba present NICE CHANCE FOR MARRIED . ; MAN TO GO TO COUNTRY A nice farm home, with cows, chickens, garden and all the other trimmings, and with wages of IX a month, is offered by a farmer 'near Hulleiion, to a man and wife who will go out there and work. A. A. Remington, secretary of the em ployment service of the Young Wen Christian association, has been asked to find a couple to fill the place. It Is ex plained that only the man's work is re quired at those wages, but a married mail is - desired. That oucht to suit a man with "back-to-tbe-Iand" fever. Rem ington says. .; . - WOMAN ASKING DIVORCE ALLEGES A SECOND WIFE Mrs. Lucy Jane Chapman, who ha a.iked the district court for an annulment or her marrUgs to William E. EX aris. gives as a reason the existence of another wife who she found had a prior - claim on Evans. His second marriage, she asserts, occurred June f. 1N3. at Council Bluffs. MRS. SPIESBERGER FINDS , VALUABLEPIN SHE LOST sirs. N. A. tipiesberger. who' reported by wlra to tha Oniana police that she had lost a $1,500 dlamind breast pin as sha was boarding an Omaha train for Chicago, now wires that she found the pin. which had In some way become un fastened and was clinging to her ditss. MANY FAULTY RETURNS OF INCOME TAX LISTS So many fciulty and Incomplete returns under the Income tax low have been made to E. W. North, acthig collector of in terns! revenue here, that he has been forced to use up stack i of government envelopes In .sending buck the returns for corrections or additions. One question asked is: "Were you mar ried or single, with husband or wife liv ing with you on December SI?" Many people making the returns merely an Sewered "Yes." Collector North scratches . his head and remarks In such cases, "Yes, the person was married or, single, but -we want to know which conditions prevailed." FOSTER SEEKS TO DELAY HEARING 0NJIS CONTEST A special appearance filed by Police Judge Foster, by, which he sought to de lay hearing of R. J. Madden's election contest, ow'ng to the dating of a sum mons ,19H Instead of l!il5, was overruled by County. Judge Crawford. The case waa assigned for hearing next Monday morn lng In county court. , ' Judge -Foster asked delay of five days. In support of his request he filed an affidavit setting forth that he devoted from three to five hours each day to the duties of his office and that he was un able to make ready for immediate trial MANY INTERESTED IN GERMAN MELTING POT I'Every mail from out In tha state is bringing In contributions of gold and sil ver jewelry toward the melting pot of the German war relief fund for. widows and orpliuna of soldiers," said Mrs. Paul Getsschmann, who Is chairman of the Iron ring committee of the" local German J.adlea' Aid society. As soon as a ship ment of the Iron rings reaches Omaha a ring will be given to each person wbo makes a donation to the "melting pet." WHY HAIR FALLS OUT ) Uandruff causes a fevM-i7h"ZTr. of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loos, en and then the hair comes out fast. To stop railing hair at onoe and rid the scaln of everv naj-tlcl nr AA.rt - au.t a 25-ceut bottle of Danderlne at any drug store, pour a little In vnnp and rub well Into the scalp. After a few applications aii aanaruit disappears sad the hair stops coming out Advertise ment. 0manaSlJEAL.y0mari3 r " i LIQUOR -nnd- DKUG Treatment 1802 8. 10th St. Phone D. 7SC6 , OMAHA COMMERCIAL ENGRAVERS PHOTOGRAPHERS ELECTR0TYPER5 ALIUNDE RONE-ftOOP OMAHA -DEE ENG RAVING DEPT OMAHA-NEDR. -J 'i; n:"i ii ,,1:1,, E f PriWMMt ft klWIWl TW , v ie Vine to Doctor f I uir to it TmiiUa O r.- r-a.,, ah.nll bir ffciltur. HAIR BALSAM W iMtS Snwth. WsU WILL REFUND POST CHARGES Amount of Stamps on Packages of 1 Food and Clothing; Sent Bel- j gians to Be Returned. SEND TO THE NEAREST STATION 1 Refund of parcel post i-tiai-srs on ship- ments of food fe.r Buffering Ileislans hns been arrangeO hy the I'omtniHsion for l?e- I HeC In Belgium, rostnmt-tei- flrncrnl A. ' S. Burlejion hss ent out a bulletin, whl.-ii Asitlntant lv-ttna.-tei James 1. Woodarrt i will place in the incul pontoff ii-e , cer rldors. It explains how American can rend nniiperl-hahle foodstuffs by pavi-H poM and huve the tranKjioitatinn tiiat-ges paid by tho commission, whose Ivui- quarters are H Broadaay, New Toik. Flour, wheat, lice. peas. hean. coffee. canned Roods and new blankets and clethlns may It sent by parcel post from sny postofflce lo the nearest assembling depot in any state, from whence the gunds will be sent hy carload Irelght to Xi seshnsrd. tf the shipnient weighs twenty xiittri or more, all parrel post chaises, paid In advance by tha donor, will he refunded from the New York of flrn on leqnest mnrle at the time. The Nebraska assembling depots are the umaha Van and storage 'warehouse, Omnha. and the farter Transfer and S'niage warehouse, l.lnipln. The western Iowa deiwt Is In csre of the Merchants Transfer company, lvs Moines rroe1 post shipments for Belgian relief should be sent to the nearest of these depot, and all transportation charges paid by 'the sender will be. refunded. If the ro. u'Hiemrnt of the 'Commission are fulfilled. Ce Want Ads-Produce Results. TO SUE ON FORFEITED BONDS Hearing of Police Court Appeals is Finished in the District Court by Judge English. FORFEITED BONDS OF $34,000 Hearing cf foliro court aPleal cases ws flnl'lied by IMstriot Judge Kngllsh Tlmrsdsy evening with the following re sult: l:nds forfeiteil, averaging l-tO each. Kl. Cases illsmlSMd on motion of the cty prosecutor, thlrty-nlne. Cases dismissed by JiidR Kngllsh for men in evunnce, lorty-eign:. fonvlctlpns. nineteen. Tiial number of rases consi.leied. 3TT. Forfeited bonds smn;mted to a face value of .14,00J. Of those not more than ore half ai. bi o-lloied. aci-eril.ng fo an fMlinnte of oin! y Am irir ,- Mriiw, ho evpeefs to beRin fiiM-i iigniiist Imnrisi mn wltnln a rooil tlnu The revenue derive,! frf.in i-ollc-tlon of the tint's lu giv et. to tti s- hool fund by statute. Owing to l!io pinctl-e in police court ni r.rc-rptlng liomlsi of riublou wortlt, however, the revenue derived from this soui -e has leen fit s tirgliglblc char ail'i. Tt;rr,. hss rlo hen some con-troer- a to whether the county at torney ir the attorney for the school hoard shoiil.l make efforts to compel the bondsmen to pay. G0THARD FALLS FROM CAR . AND SUSTAINS BAD CUT ' A," tloihaid, Tw-rntieth and Cuming 1 streets, sustained a severe cut over the left rye. when he fell from a street car at Sixteenth ami Leavenworth streets, lie I wss attended "hy --Dr. Tamisea. poll-o I surgeon, and taken home. Tho Gtores fo Men and Ooys tVMsAflr m vt'VU VL',,'iwV Men s 11 ill m vf 11 ill 'Ifil and .Fur-Liiie 0 vercoats Marked Down for Quick Clearance The winter has only started. Most of the cold weather is yet ahead of us. Every man who owns an automobile, every man who is out of doors a whole lot .wants one of these fine fur lined overcoats. Be on hand early Saturday morning when the sale begins. Buffalo Coats $33.0O and 4.0O values offeree! Saturday for $23.50 Northern Coon Coats Worth HD.1.00 Specially 0fC priced Saturday, at pUtsUU Finest imported Deliver Shell, with Persian Lamb Col lar and selected Natural Muskrat Lining. Black Beaver Shell, with Persian Lamb Collar and Marmot Lining. k Gray Kersey Shell, with' Persian Lamb or Blended Muskrat Collar and Marmot Lining. . Finest St. George Kersey Shell, with Select Persian Lamb Collar and Northern Natural Dark Muskrat L'ning. Note the Former Prices and Reductions: $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 $45.00 $50.00 $60.00 $65.00 $95.00 13.50 17.50 '21.50 $ 31.50 $34.50 42.50 44.30 '65.00 i , - Another Big Money-Saving Event for Men and Young Meu Saturday. . All Fall and Winter Suits and Overcoats Marked Down i. No merchandise U carried over from one season to another In the Brandels Stores, and the same ruls obtains In our Men's Clothing Section. Prices are reduced one-third, one-half, and In some cases more. Men's Suits and $rf P A Overcoats worth rill $12.50 to S15 for UV Men's Suits and $ Orercoats worth $17.50 to $20 for... 10.00 Men's Suits and 4 Overcoats worth' $22.50 to $27.50 at 12.50 Sale of Meti s Trousers Choice of our entire stock of high-grade pants that sold from $2.50 to $6.00, Saturday in three big lots: $5.00 and $6.00 Pants $2.50 and $3.00 Pants $3.50 and $4.00 Pants r& as) . J Big Warm Mackinaws Here is your chance to buy one of those fine warm oats at . a very tyw' -price. e oner, you 'Choice of : f all mackinaws that sold at from $7.50 to $12.50, ir Saturday, for. . , . Clearing Sale of MEN'S HATS We always carry the most populai styles of men's hats and our sales for fall and winter have been enormous, leaving us with Innumerable small lots lhat we are going to clear out Satur day In a hurry. SOFT AND STIFF HATS that have been selling at $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 (some slightly oiled). Choice Saturday, at u, .vu ana 50c Men's Far Caps Now Half Price $7.50 $5.00 $9.75 $6.50 Sesdskin tQ )E Gaps reduced to. . P3s50 $7.50 Healsktn $Q 77 E Caps reduced to. . f3s O $10.00 Sealskin Cap reduced to. $5.00 $15.00 Sealskin Cap reduced to. $10.00 Coouskln Caps reduced to. $19.00 Tei-stan IiSinh Caps Men's Cloth Caps at Half 50c Caps, with fur inside nr band, special, it... ,'asOC 76c and $1.0O Caps, Q f" ' choice Saturday at. . . OuC Oiiaren'sHeadwearHalf Price Boys' S So aaa 35e Caps, I fir orfersd Saturday, at Uw BOs and 660 Bats aaa Caps, OCn offered Baturdsy. at a. WW S1.8S and I1.M Bats and Caps, 85c Semi-Annual Sale; of Men's Fine SMrs Boys' Chinchilla Overcoats At a Very Special Price Saturday IJere is a bargain for 200 boya Sat urday, for wo have just received that number of fine Chinchilla Over coats in grays, blues and browns to fit boys 2 to 10 years. None of them are worth less than $4.00 and from that up to $6.60. The price, Saturday, will be Other Splendid Chinchilla Overcoats with Caps to match. Also Fancy Balmacaans, $ Fully lined. Fine Novelty Overcoats, worth up to $8.50, on sale, Saturday, for . . " S lit 1- $4 Boys9 Long Pant Suits Clearance We are clearing tip our stock and w are offering extraordinary values tor boys 14 to IS years. Suits that sold at $10.00. $12.50 end $16.00 Plenty or In differ- (serges Included) desirable patterns ent models - Mackinaw for Boys up to 18 Years Values up to $8.60, offered Saturday, at Knickerbocker Suits Marked Down Including Blue Serge Suits and all Two-Palr-Pent Suits: $5.00 to $6.50 Suits S3.0Q $7.50 to $10.00 Suits. .85.00 $13.60 to $15.00 Suits. .Ut..r0 $7.50 $4.25 Suits for Little Chaps Reduced Oliror Twists. Middles, Veste and Ualkan styles:. $3.50 and $4.00 Suits. . . 82..f5 $5.00 Novelty Suits for.. $3 45 $0.60 and $7.60 Suits.. 4 lr Manhattan, Emery, Earl & Wilson And other high grade maktt .This is the sale, gentlemen. Come Saturday . and get a season 's supply. All the fin Silk, Silk and Linen, French Flannel, Russian Corded Ma dras and Percale Shirts in cluded. Note the prices: 41.15 $1.38 All IM.00 MANHATTAN and Other Hlah-Orale Shirts, at.. gg All $3.75 MANHATTAN and Othk- HlKU-tirade Shirts, at. . gtj All $4.flO MANHATTAN and Other HlKh-ftrade Khlrta. at All $1.50' MANHATTAN and Other Hlgh-Grade Shirts, at. All $2.00 MANHATTAN and Other High-tirade Shirts, at. All $5.00 Silk and Silk and Linen Shirts 5 Saturday at. $3.55 -$285 All Broken Lots of Our Reg ular $1.C0 Shirts q Choice Saturday. . ,0C Men's Union Suits , Price Also the surplus stock and samples of the best makes, such as Mus sing, Cooper's, Wight's and other lllgh-Grade Drands: Union Suits, worth 7E to $1.60; Saturday at I DC I'nlon suits, worth nr to $1.75; Saturday at a DC I'nlon Suits, worth f QC to $2.60, Saturday Pl ssCO I'nlon Suits, worth t ZtZ to $3.50; Saturday 4 1 DD Union Suits, worth r jj to $4.00; Saturday 4 1 saO Union KuitM, worth OO CC to $4.50; Saturday $AUU Hosiery, Sweaters, Neckwear at Clearing Sale Prices Fin Quality Wool Hoao 1 C r-t Worth J 5c, at ..... . 1 0 C Clioice of 25c Silk Four-ln-Hands Newest patterns; 1 Ol Saturday at.., 1-2C Odd Lota of R.V and 50c Silk I our-lii-ItantU Choice or Saturday at OC Wk Sweater Ooats Worth $2.50 andS.00, t 1 OO 'at 7 A iO U Saturday ' Men's Hne . Wool and ' Hweater Coats (t ry ff Worth to $4.50, at. )6tOU 10c LUle Hose Black, gray, white, nary and tan. Special, per pair. . , . . . 35c and 50e QuaUty IJsle n Susnvmdera, per pair.. LC Worsted 9c Silk Fiber H,ose and Seconds of una I'ure- Bilk . loe Worth. 50c a pair; special 1 ft Saturday at. ...... . T. i VC Fine Wool and Worsted rhoeolx Mufflers Worth to nn 75c, for OtC Men's Lined and ' Unllned Street and lreaa Gloves, worth . to $p.00 a pair. Choice qq Saturday, per pair.... tOC Men's and Ik)'s Uned and Un. lined Dress Gloves; also Hoys' Ciauntlets Mostly samples, wprtn to $1.00 pair. Special Saturday at. . Pajanms : Made of fine aolsatte and madras Worth to $1.60. Offered Saturday at.. 39c quality cloths. 89c