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A TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY PEE: FEBRUARY 28, 1315. ROTARIAHS HOLD . BIRTHDAY DINNER Third of Club and Tenth of Orgini ' cation Celebrated at Fontenelle with Dinner-Dance. ELEGANCE MARKS FUNCTION Although I year old. tb Oman Rotary club had never celebrated a birthday until Friday night. Naturally after such a lone period of non obeerance, the 125 members left nothing undone to make their de layed fefttivltlea the acme of perfec tion, especially a their wives were jthe special guests of honor, j Bo the magnificent ball room of Omaha's wonderful $1,260,000 Hotel Fontenelle, Just opened yesterday, was the scene otj a brilliant fete last night It waa the first large party to be hdd there, with the exception 4f the hotel stockholders' dedication Winner, and it closely rivaled that Junction in splendor, I Fnoy KlalMirat Hanqart. I The JM) mwntmn sn4 their wives. Im maculate in twautlful gowns and evening Hres. began their birthday party with a banquet In the rtontenelle ball room, "where the French lest of French, chefs had prepared a repeat to honor the assem blage. Needless to say, everybody keenly enjoyed the eliut courses, slthough only French students could re4 ths menu. In the meantime a galaxy of musical talent presented a novel and delightful tilvertiscmrnt. which was fully as en joyable as the banquet It accompanied. hi was eepeclally relished because It In :l(ii1cd numerous Rotary parodies and ocal hits, among which were a song nbout the Fontenelle, written especially or the occasion, and soma personal verses thst struck responsive chords. The numbers were given by Mr. and Mrs. I.uclus Pryor, Mrs. W. T. Ilause, the Misses Daisy Illrglna, Martha Grym. Genevieve Rafferty snd Pearl Davey, the latter befng ths regular ' Rotary enter club that she was presented with a dia mond Isvsllere last Christmas, j, Following the banquet and cabaret President 1L 8. Weller of the club, chalr Tnsn and toastmaMer, explained the occa- lon of the festivities and introduced Vllllam R. Watson, The letter offered n effective .toest to ths question,' "What s Servicer Dr. E. 0, Henry, added to he wit of the evening with a toast on 8ervh e rtus." Rev. T. J. Mecsay, rector f All Saints' church and the ministerial ember of the club, pronounced the in- oration. flotarlaa F.atertalaers. ' A third pert of the entertainment con sisting ot a choice program of classical music, was given while the big ball room was being clssred for dancing. With Mrs. tlenry Cox at the piano, Rotarlans Co Ith a violin, Meyer with a flute and losers with a 'cello played' Chabrter'e Habanera" aa a prelude. Prof. Cox !eyed Krsis'er'a "Viennese Caprice" on its rare Stradlvartua with artistic feeling, aVirs. Vox accompanying him.- Miss Haael Filvsr'S lyric soprano voloe was heard to rxcellsnt advantage, following which Ro- rulans Meyer snd Rogers, . with Prof. i'ox at the planet .offered Oanne's f Reverie" In aft engaging fluta aad 'cello Huet Mrs, Cox ana ins tares wiwunu closed the program with an , Intsrmesso, 1-ellbee Nalla.'' !Then as a grand fins to the evsn ngs festivities the hundreds of birthday telebrants put the ballroom to excellent jise until the midnight hour, Olesen's or chestra' furnishing the inspiration to nu merous new steps. As aa incidental to ths party gifts wsrs 4 ere distributed to Mrs. Ray C. Klngsley, Mrs. H. A. McFarlana and. Mrs. Oeorgs Rogers, ths lucky recipients ef birthday donations to ths club by the C. B. Brown company, BurgoSs-Qranden Company and tbe D. F. "Corte Fnrnlture company, whose proprietors are members of the pmaha Rotary dub. ; The evening's festivities were arranged ty Will Clark, I V. Nicholas and Will Taylor, t lis apodal committee that outdid Itself to prepare a fitting celebration ol notary's decade of life. ' Officers of the club are: II. 8. Weller, taluer, and such a popular favorite la the Piealdent; H. O. Moorhead, vice presi dent; Tom 8. Kelly, secretary; Walter O. Silver, treasurer. -' . ' Handsome 'fcaarealra, A handsoino booklet of the evening's happenings. Including a color Illustration o. the Hotel Fontenelle, was a souvenir of the occasion that ths Rotarlans and their wives alll cherish for' a long time. Attached to those riven tbe men was a card, carrying the following words of a si tu U.ly written verse, sung to the tune at ' My Wife's clone to toe Country" by tho m.-mU rs as a toast of appreciation of tlielr wives: My wife is back from ths country, ' Jiurrah! hurrah! I missed Iter and as lonesome flnoe the day she went away; Tonight I brouiiht ber with me, Hurrahl hurrah! Yon bet your His I love my wife, . Ami glad she's going to stay! American Flag Has Right of Way on the Belgian Roads and Canals (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) BRUSflEU. Feb. 11 The American flag now has the rlrht,-of-wey on Bel glum roads snd Is flying from the were houses and stations of the commission for relief 1n Belgium, aa well as from Its automobiles. It forms about the only bit of color In this deeolste land. For a time the flying of the American flag became so general thst sn order wss given by the commission that this prsc tlce should be discontinued for fear some misuse of the banner might cause fric tion with the military authority. The rescinding of this order was due chiefly to the difficulties experienced on the road by the commission's automobile. Since the flag has been restored to the care, the passing peasant not only gives them clear way, but stamla at salute es they go by. The flag files from ths barge esrrylng relief food, and It again wsves frem the warehouses and stations, but care Is taken that It Is not used with out authority. To the Belgians the American flag If the outward symbol of their relief for possible stsrvstlnn snd they revere It accordingly, extending to It the earns re spect they would psy to their own ban ner, were they allowed to fly tt letters at the rate of i.000 a week are pouting Into the main Brussels office of the commission, expressing the thsnks of Individuals for the food they hsve re ceived. . a POLITICS HAS PART . IN REED'S ACTION (Continued from rage One.) action of the attorney general very much. coming as It does at a time when Uie commission is deep In an Investigation of the rate cases, as it tends to bring dis credit upon a department which In. the handling of the corporations already has a job which gives a chance for public criticism, no matter how Just their action may be. Attorney Ueaeral'e Dety. They say that it la the duty of the at torney general, implied if not laid down In tho statutes, at least to assist any de partment of stats In sl'forts to perform it duties and utterly out of place for him to take any action whioh would in sny way hamper the work being per formed. ' The commission hss been very success ful in ths years of its existence In at tending to Its own business without hav ing to consult tbe attorney general. Two ot the mepibers are attorneys of stand ing and for that reason ths state la for tunately situated In a department where so much legal advice might be needed. NO AMENDMENTS GO UNDER THE SENATE PLAN (From a Staff Correspondent.), . LINCOLN, . Feb, gT.Mfpeclal.) The state senate is evidently opposed to the submission of constitutional amendmente ef any kind, judging from the sentiments expressed In the committee of the whole this morning when Iloegland's bill, re quiring full cltlsenshlp to make a for eign born person an elector, waa In definitely postponed. The Lancaster county senator could muster only ftvs votes for his bill. Six teen voted to kill It and twelve were absent The four voting with Hosgland were Bushes, Kle'chet, Saunders and Shumway, Hoagland'a amendment was submitted several years ago and was defeated. He explained that 'Its failure to carry waa due more to a lack of Interest than any thing else, tt falling to muster a suf ficient number of votes; and also,' to the fact that it waa mistaken for a suf frage amendment. The Lanoaater county member said that enly two stats constitutions, aside from that ot Nebraska, permitted the foreign- bora to vote en first papers alone. He cited instances- where men la this coun try only six months had taken marked ballots to the polls with them. Ia the great majority of cases thsse msn vote only upon the direction of somebody elss, he ssld. BILL DEFINING LEGAL NEWSPAPER ADVANCED (From 'a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN. Feb. Jl (Special.) Fly-by-nlght newspapers, started for campaign ptirposea end gaining most of their sus tenance from the sole source of legal ad vertising, came in Tor some sharp raps st the hsnds of the stats senate ' this morning. Ths occasion wss advancement to third reading by the committee o fthe whole of Senate File No. lit, by Krumbach of Polk. This measure defines a legal newspaper aa one having a minimum cir culation of at least WO weekly copies and ss one printed, either In whole or in part at the place where It la issued. The original bill added another require ment Increasing the number of weeks of previous publication to seventy-eight At present a newspaper of general circula tion need onl fifty-two weeks of previous publication ta make it eligible for legal advertisements. An amendment waa of fered and carried putting the original bill back to tbe fifty-two week requirement Lahners of Thayer and several others attacked the bUl aa being unfair to the. young newspaper just getting a start. LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS DRAW PART OF THEIR PAY (From a eVaff Correspondent.) . LINCOLN. Feb. TT. (Special Telegram.) It cost the state of Nebraska IM.eoO to pay Off Its hired men thia morning, for what they have been trying to no since LEADER IN NATIONAL WORK OF THE D. A- R. i - . v x . - V! Urs. Georsa Th&cher 6uezwej Turk Losses During Bombardment of Dardanelles Forts Very Heavy T"NPOM. Feb. tt. tt Is reported from Sofia. Bulgaria, that the Turkish forces manning the fortifications at ths Dar danelles suffered heavy lomea during the bombardment by the Anglo-French fleet. Reuter'a Sofia correspondent seys that according to credible Information which he has obtained, thst about e4 wounded TurVlsh aoldlers were taken from the Dardanelles forts to Constantinople after the bombardment of February 19. liMia Kays Damas Light. CONSTANTIorLE, Feb. r.-(Vla Lon don.) At the war offlrs today the fol lowing statement was issued: "After being subjected for seven hours last Wednesdsy to bombardment by heavy guns, the outer forts of the Dar danelles were damaged at some points, but we had only ftvs killed and fourteen wounded. The enemy's fleet resumed bombardment today, but in the afternoon retreated out of range ot our batteries at Sedd-El-Behr. "Some hundreds of soldiers who landed from French cruisers on ths coast at Akabah. Arabia, were compelled to flee to their ships with heavy losses after a two hours' battle. Despite the severity of cannon and magaslne gun fire, we had only three killed and three wounded." ALLIES FORCING THEIR WAY INTO DARDANELLES (Continued from Page One.) last pay day. Thla includea only the sens tors and represents tlves. who re ceived XO each. This is the second in stallment of their salaries. There will be only one more chance to draw the aame amount. Aftsr that will come the dread famine, when no more checks will be coming. About that time the lure of the warm will tempt most of them and they will long for home and the pigs and eo a. Hughes Named for Bluffs Postoffice WASHINGTON. Feb. rT.-Oeorge T. Hughes waa nominated for postmaster at Council Bluffs by President Wilson today. Benjamin F. Stapleton waa nominated for postmaster at Denver. ONLY OKR "BROMO tIISE." To get the genuine, call for full name. Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for signa ture of E. W. Orove. Cures a cold In one day. 16 cents. . . . . - present attack on the Dardanelles forts Is a serioua undertaking, ana not merely a demonstration. Official announcementa declare that after the reduction of the four outer Dardanelles forts mine sweepers wsnt to work within the straits under the protec tion of the guna of the fleet while un official dispatches from Athens' and Roma assert that at least one French warship actually has penetrated the passsge. Oermany remains silent regarding its share In tne military operations both in the east and west, while Austria-Hungary declares that Austrian and German forces are holding their own in the Car pathians and in Eastern dallcta. Petrograd, leaa reticent announces a repulse of German attacks in North Po land With heavy losses. As a result of the desperate fighting of the last few days the Russian general staff claims to have forced' back the Germane along a front twenty-lve mnea in the Prsaasynss region. Ths impression is growing In England that the German advance in East Prussia is mainly due to political and economlo motive and that consequently It la with out great atrategta effect on the eastern campaign as whole. In the west the French continue to elaim advances In the. Champagne dis trict With quiet prevailing along the rest of ths line. INSURANCE MEN HIT IN BILL ADVANCEMENT From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Feb.. (Special.) Grace of Harlan, aided try Panda II of York, ree-. urrected Senate File No. 127 thla morning In the aenale. Incidentally drawing down upon their heada the wrath of the in surance men. The bill extends thp right to recover at torneys' fees in the case of a contested claim on a loss, so that It covers personal property as wsll real estate.' Gatea of Sarpy objected to the hill on the ground that It made the insurance companies out aa "scalawags." Friends of the bill argued .that they were not finding fault so much with the Insurance) companies as with the adjusters. Sandall argued that it waa the small claims that ahould have such protection, us the policy-holder waa always prone to give up his rights rather than go to law where only a small amount was involved. The bill was klled Friday on the re port of the committee. A motion to re consider this morning, however, easily secured the required two-thirds vote. Department Orders. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-4Rpectsl Tele gram.) South Dakota postmasters ' ap pointed: Ktngsburg, Bonhomme county, James H. Oleeson, vice F- J- Udllnck, re signed; Bedelm, Ziebach county, Leonard O. Adams vice B. F. Smith; Virgil. Beadle county, -William .C. Denison vice C. W, Magruder. removed: Went port. Brown county. Myrtle I. Young vice ' H. A. Nordlng. A postoffice has. been established at Lska City, Marshall county. South Do kota. with Frederick Morton aa post' master. ; Hslver F.. Ray has been sppnlnted rural 1 letter carrier at Sweetwster, Neb. Civil serrtre exsmlnatlnn will be held i on March TT, st Central City for post-' master st Cushtng and at Brtstow for postmaster at Brtstow. Neb. Dakota's Solons Spend a Busy Day On Appropriations PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 7. (Special Tele-' gram.) Both houeea took up the general appropriation bill thla afternoon and the senate put it through before a late ad journment In the house a campaign of obstruction was commenced by Patterson-and MoFariand, who took the post tlon that the bill should be Itemised down to the smallest possible unit and net carry a blanket appropriation, in whioh several of the Items covering a particular department were bunched into one lump sum. This method kept the house In a turmoil for most of the afternoon and re-ulted'wn-teavlna' the bill onlr nartlv com pleted when aa adjournment was taken until Monday morning. The house concurred in the senate amendment to the bill for compulsory Bible reading in the schools of the state. The bill, to gather In a part of the present state game fund and pay old time county game warrantr out of If was called back on reconsideration and car ried to take care of county claims, some of which are nearly fifteen years old. She Northwestern hospital for Insane at Watertown haa come, through the senate with only six dissenting votes, after it. was defeated in the house. ' This will bring it hack aa a house issue and strong efforts will be made by the Watertown people to get it through both at this ses sion and allow work to begin on tbe In stitution at that place. The Berndt anti-lobby hill for atate of ficers came back for the third time In the senate after being .twice "killed" and goes on the calendar for another vote. Merohant Ship Hit by Torpedo Off French Port DIEPPE), France, Feb. 17. (Via Paris.) ' It la reported here thai a British mer chant ship haa been torpedoed in the English channel off Saint ,Valllerr-flur Somme. A French torpedo boat destroyer has gone out ttom Dieppe to the assist ance of the British ship. SAUNDERS PUSHES NUMBER OF HIS BILLS IN COMMITTEE (From a Staff Correspondent.) . LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. .-Bpeolal Tele gram.) Senator Saunders of Douglas waa the busy man at this afternoon's ses sion of the senate. Before adjournment he ha4 had five of his bills advanced to third reading in committee of the whole. They were: 8. F. 134 Puts election of school board members In Omaha under primary law. H. F. 1. A Howe Bchool boards to open school buildings for public purposes. hi F. pvhool boerd of twelve mem be is elected st large In Omaha Instead of one member from each ot the eight "S"1?' '1S1 All property to be-llated at fuirvalue, but levies made on a one-fifth a F. 1ST Puts Omaha school board elections under supervision , ot election commissioner. Legislative Proceedings THOMPSON, BHDEN S GO. ! - i I I Advance Notice of a Great Dress Goods Sale About 5,000 "Yards in the, Lot Not half can be told in printer! ink. . See these goods now' on display in our (Sixteenth Street window; then come to the Dress Goods Section and get samples, take them home, look them over, show them to your friends before the day of sale. . NOTE: Watch daily papers for date of sale. HYMENEAL ' Miller-Lock. ALLIANCE, Neb.. Feb. tT. (flpeolal.)- Noma Lock and Joseph C. Miller were united In marrlase at the home ot Mr, at4 Mrs. Lew Hawkins Wednesday eve- ninC. Rev. Nornbrn O. Palmer officiating Miss Ada Hawkins sad llurh Ilaaklni acui as bridesmaid and groomsman. About fifty auests were present They will maks their home at Chappell, Neb. Cak-Oa trass. KAIREUKT. Neb.. Feb. TJ -8peclal.)-A quiet weddln was solemnised at ths Christian church parsonage. Rev. J. K. CheUentrKer of fli'lstlne. when Miss K'lssbeth Ostrora of Hebron, and Quy L. Cook were married. They were attended by Melv.ne Cock. a alstr of the (room, and Gus Erlckson, a cousin of ths brids. , -' ' Wlswsll Re-eece. DAVENPORT. Nb., Feb. n.-Spocial ) at a special meeting of the school board the entire learning staff was re-elected for the coming year, endorsing the staff Individually as bavtrej done very good work. If. O. Wlswell is superintendent. Reported y Seaate tla Cess. Blttesw. here of Grand Islsnd rioldlersf home may have ratWns In their separate cottages In- BteaO. ol ceing" riu:i w mw - at the home. . ' w . . . H. R. , rtessn oi - nvim letter law requlrlna state auditor to fur- nun supplies or terrain wmwr - Il'r. K. Fuller end Llfwett-Reduoes required number ot biennial reports of atnts officers. , . tt. K. li: Sandall of Tork-Rulatea business colleges throujh slate superin tendent's o(fU. Must, get permit for solicitors. ' 8 K. Bedford ef PoUa-las Forbids board of control or board of resents to eniiik-y architect riot a resident of ths state. ' Rrrwaasaeade te rase ? leaate - III., mt Wkolt. n .... . - . . .-.. . k. n.AlllM. legal newspaper to ie pnniea is or in part st place or Issue and a circula tion of t least 0 o.plea weekly. ney general to defend suits bmuaht aaiiisi cumi.viwr. ' . o .... n.ent of I'sients Involved la construction OI l".mpni prurjir a. r . .11 a i ir. 111 vi.'w ...' cumb law, doing aay with Joint UeMUty . . . i . . 11.. .. , I . n n.Kn llni. tiartners niav be lolued In same suit. roatpaaea by eaae Cosaaslttae f Whole. . M AJ ,1 Al-n4 .f T A M it.f fll iH n. r . i'. i- v. r. mlt conMltuUoiiai amendment ream ring full nturllsilon of (orelica born elector. Vwve at piesvmt on first paewrs. Acea Sarlr Wasaaa Dead. SUPERIOR. Neb., Feb. IT.-KSpeclal Tel-ecram-h-Alrs. Joseph Blair, aaed years. cWd Ust night, blie will be burled at . iblif, Kan., tomorrow. Rest fas- CaastllMUtoau The best medicine for ounstipatlon is lr. King's New Life PUls. nsild and ef tirtlve and keep you well. Jtc Adver-UsiOieitt. Early SpringShovingofVash Goods Basement Wash Goods Section 40-Inch Printed Voiles,, all 1915 patterns, stripes and ' floral designs, all colors,' 25c a yard. Madras Shirtings, the new- est patterns in printed and ' woven effects, from 12c to 60c a yard. Cleopatra Crepe, in stripes and checks, the most satis- factory crepe for dresses, children's wear,, etc., all the. newest designs, 25c a yard. Egyptian Tissues and Flax, on, all desirable patterns and colorings, 25c a yard. - A Complete Showing of Spring Suits, Coats, Dresses and Skirts Very Moderately, Priced February HasBeen a Remarkable Month in Our Apparel Section We have sold more dresses, coats and skirts than in any February in our his- tory. In the Suit Section the number sold is more than double the number in any other February. For March We Have Planned an Unusud Display During the first weeic of March our have planned daily specials of New windows will be closed while some Spring-Apparel. ; ' changes are made. . ' e first special is of fered Monday. Other announcements will follow each To counteract the effect of this we evening this week Monday This Day Only 15 New Spring Presses Including dancing frocks of net and voiles, and crepe de chine afternoon dresses in spring colors , Values to $36.50 Monday, $ 14. 5 On account of this low price we must make a charge for any alterations.. For the Little Girl or Boy Who Dances We would advise the use of our celebrated Pure Japan Tram 13-Thread Silk Hose. The best in the world. Colors, Sky, Pink, White and black. We have this same stocking in in fants. alses. A air t eaa tViani IV HVW WAAW Ml. Boudoir Caps Lace, lace and chiffon and lace and ribbon combina-. tions; prices, $1.50, $175, $2.00, $225, $2.50, $3.50. Third Floor. The Original "Store for Shirtwaists" Conceived two years ago, it at tained instant popularity, which has steadily increased. It is often imi tated, but never equalled in variety of really new styles, and excellent qualities, at moderate prices. A Particular Example New Crepe de chine blouses, all sixes, in white, navy, gray, sand, flesh, maize and black 8 Different Styles Monday $495 esvT...l.l7rs ' i . - ,:. i I -.' i . . j t vi.i 1 For the Purpose of Attracting Special Attention , To the Excellence of 0Rasi SHOES We have taken several choice, new models $6 and $7" Values for this special offering,' at $4-75 a Pair A Special , One Day Sale Venetian silk vests, em broidered tops, in pink . and white; regular $3.00; Monday, only ;. $1.93 Venetian silk bloomers, equally as attractive as the vests; regular price, $2.25 ; Monday, only $1.98 WOMEV8 UNDERWEAR SEC TIOX THIRD FLOOR. S3.25 Drlatcn Your Homo With the ehseiful notes ef a tweet Wnsrlas: Canary. We red suclT a Teat suoceas two weeks mo ia sellUif eur ntroaTZS axinil Mglirtl at te eveeial yitee ef ealy T.t we htn decided to kave them en sals train this week. March 1st to tn. at thla sraatly relucd prto We have re- f f 1 c-lvel another larse Umortatloe) and are able U jrWe yoa a Jf 1 very cliolco kIh1iuu. Kemeniber ttiat wo eU asxh slnar " tjAf" four 3sye anproral under eur written a-uarantee to aivs yoa -absolute aatiafacuon or your mousy cheerfully refundod. Iwn t miss this sreat chance U set a fanulne tiportei caiiary at almost as trt'. Come eariy lo bear the lirrta em- end suaaa your aelectioa, We u iilD birds by express witft rr(eot eaety. IV1AX OI21&iL.ii: BIRD CO. HIT rA&lfaJs BTBSXT y I Want To Buy A. 13 AM EC $10,000, $20,000 or $50,000. Correspondence strictly confidential Will buy 51 per cent or all of stock. C 1V1. EATON Doug. 1981 11C6 W. 0. W. BLDO., Omaha. Neb. BE A SWAPPER Malce swaps for profit. Look into the "S wapp ers GolumnM 7 f wa