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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1915)
Y T11K HKK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, IWCKMBKtt 4, 1!U5. 4 J 4 (I ) 1 I, TURN IN INTEREST MONEY Treasurer of Arthur County Hands in Small Bunch of Interut Collected. LAPSE IN LIBRARIAN'S FUND (From a Btaff Corre tpondent ) LINCOLN. N.b. IX:. a. (Sprclal.V-No oonrr hu Superintendent Fast of the Institute for Keeblo Minded at Beatrice Sained considerable favorable comment fcy turnlns over Interest secured on de posit of state mcney In bank, than alonn cornea the treasurer of Arthur county and aends to the secretary of atate the Bum of ll.f) interest on a warrant which ha had collected Mndaar lets SI. 07 l apse. ?he report f Harry Lindsay, state librarian and clerk of the upreme court, filed today, shows that there are 71,490 volumes In the Nebraska state library, an Increase over the June report be cavse of 611 volumes donated Hid WW purchased In the fund collected for the printing of supremo court reports there la on hand $7.63.1.1(1. For printing reports It hns cost $1.30.56. When the clerk was not looking the amount of $1.07 lapsed back Into the state treasury because things wore run so nicely that It was not needed. Irrigation Meetings. Meetings In which the State Board of Irrigation are Interested will be held this month as follows: State Irrigation association, at Bridge port, December 7. $ and . County commissioner, at Columbus, De cember 14, 16 and M. Nebraska Engineer' society, Lincoln, December 17 and IS. Auditor's Warrant. There were 8.714 warranta written In the office of the state auditor during the month of November, aggregating S306.W7.T1. During the year, beginning with January 1, 14.864.S78 in warranta were Issued from that office. GOVERNOR BYRNE TALKS TO DAKOTA DAIRYMEN SIOUX FALLS, a D.. Dec S.-(Speclal Telegram.) Governor Frank M. Byrne was the chief speaker at the closing ses sion late thla afternoon of the annual convention of the South Dakota Dairy men and Buttermal:era' association, which opened here Tuesday Other speak ers Included W. A. McKarrow of the United States Department, of Agricul ture; T. A. Meehan,. dairyman of the United State and state agricultural ex tension department, and Prof. C. Larson of the South Dakota Agricultural College. The place for the next annual convention will be decided by the executive com mittee. The following offloers wore elected for the coming year: Tresldent, W. Will ander, Beresford; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Ryger, Brookings. Former Omaha Minister's Daughter Prima Donna at the Hippodrome The appearance of Belle Storey, whose family name is (irace Leprd. prima donna in "Hip Hip Hooray" at e New York Hippodrome, who is but ZS, Is the daugh ter of the late Rev. Asa Leard. a Vres byterlan minister, formerly of Omaha, later pastor of Calvary church at Spring field, Mo. Mrs. l,eard took Oruae abroad while she studied In Milan. Berlin and I'arlg- for two years. Returning to New Torn, she continued her study, and in 1910 began a concert tour of the south and middle west. (She waa with Evange list W. E. Blederwolf one ye-r while he waa making a sawdust trail of Oklahoma and Kansas, and she confesses to trom bone solos played to attract sinners to Rev. Biederwolfa sermons. Sometimes thess trombone solos were on street cor ners. It was her concert manager who persuaded her to try dramatic work, and Miss Leard changed her name to Uelle Storey. Her first appearance was at Hammersteln s Victoria, where she sat in a box and sang the chorus ol a song sung by the performers on the stage. Two years In vaudeville followed and then Miss Storey was engaged for a part In "Chin Chin." Following a year at the Globe she waa transferred to the Hip. pod rome. J, : $ -v - "... , . ,-vC , : : : v' vs.ar v-;yf--f Grace Zeard Australia Asked To Send 9,000 Men A Month to Front Att-r.I rarpenter Kills Himself. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Dec. 8. (Spe cial Telegram.) Frans Koenlg, carpenter, aged 74, committed suicide at his board ing place by shooting himself twice through the temple. The act was " de liberate, Koenlg fully changing his at tire for his best olothes before com mitting the act. It la telle- from his request to his landlady, before going to hie room, for a leadpencll, that he wanted to leave a note. She had none, however, nd no note waa found. Koenlg waa a widower, but leaves a step-daughter re siding at Kearney. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Plattduetsche v'ereln. Culls from ttie Wire Earning of the New York. New Haven & Hartford company for October Indica'ed that New England Is ahnrtne to a larva deiree In the prevailing industrial boom. Operating revenue of 86,5.12,814, shows an Increase of s84,G00 over the corresponding month of last year, while net oomorate Income f $716,834 Is Increased by $C0,M. Charles S. Molten, former president of the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad, admitted on the stand at the New Yorw trial of the eleven former di rectors of the road, that some 81'J0,"0) in New Haven money had been spent in publicity and lawyers' efforts to block proposed extensions of the Orand Trunk railway of Canada Into New England. The report of the Council of the Na tional Civil Service Reform league which began its thirty-fifth annual meeting at Philadelphia, says that a campaign should be initiated looking forward to the demolition of the "spoils system" by which the senate must confirm appoint ments of officials who have nothing to do with the determlnat on of public policy. The finance committee of the Philadel phia city council reported favorably an ordinance for a S.TO.CO0.00O loan to be sub mitted to the voters at a special election, February S,-1918. The proposed loan In cludes an Item of $46,00O.ow for subways and elevated rellways, $,OjO,000 for port developments $.l.ono,ooo for a municipal art gallery, 2,OnO,00i for the Philadelphia General hospital and $1,000,000 for a con vention hall. The second aero squadron which will be stationed at Manila will be composed of six Junior military aviators, thirty five mechanicians and four hydroplanes, according to an announcement made at Pan Diego, CaL Captain Arthur s. Cowan, U. A. A., head of ihe signal corps aviation school at North Island. The squadron will leave Ban Dleso for fnn Francisco late this month and sail for the Philippines. January 6. Answers to the arguments of the gov ernment In the suit to separate the Cen tral Pacific from the Southern Pacific railway were made In the federal court at St. Louis by counsel for the Southern Pacific. The argument waa based largely on the propos.tlon that the government having secured the dissolution of the Union Pacific merger on one contention could not come into court now and on a contention seek the dissolution of the Southern Pacific. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. a. "We want over 8.000 a month that la the irreducible minimum." said Senator George F. Pearce, minister for defense, a few days ago in reference to recruiting in Australia. 'The army council has asked us to In crease our percentage of reinforcements ! for the expeditionary forces. We have been sending them forward in a propor tion of from 10 to 16 per cent a total of about 6,600 per month. It has now been asked that we shall inorease this to 20 per cent which will mean over 9,000 a month. This intimation should stimulate recruiting throughout the commonwealth as It shows that the need for men Is In creasing rather than decreasing. I feel sure that the manhood of the common wealth will be capable of keeping up the requisite supply for the front." Thus far' about 150,000 men have enlisted in Aus tralia. OUgandra, a town of 2.600 inhabitants In the wheat region of New South 1 Wales, haa since blossomed Into war fame by reason of the fact that a squad of thirty volunteers from that place have started on a 820-mlla march to Sydney to go into training there. The residents of the town contributed $1,000 toward the in itial cost of the march, and all along the route donations of cash and articles of general use are being made by Inter ested men and women, and at almost very stopping place fresh men are Joining aa volunteers. The movement waa originated by the captain of the OU gandra Rifle club. William T. Hitchen. a storekeeper, and haa the approval of the defense department. A group of forty-flvo South Sea Island volunteers, also recently arrived in Well ington, New Zealand, from the Cook group, sonorously singing popular war songs in England in their native tongue. When the natives left the Cook Islands their friends and relatives bade them farewell In native fashion by kissing their feet. When Wellington was reached the recruits marched to Parliament house singing "Tlpperary" and "Are We Down hearted?" in the language of the Cook archipelago. The Maori members of Par liament addressed them with patriotic speeches, after which there was a haka or Maori war dance by the Maori legislator!. Di. Edmunds Makes Magnetic Survey of Portion of China (( Vrrrnpondeiiee of the Associated Proas ) PKK1NU., Nov. l.V-lr. t'hail.-s K. Kd ltiiinrta. president of the Canton Christian college, la aho.t to complete a magnetic survey of I'hlna. whlrh the Carneglu Foundation of Washington, I. C.. au thorised him to make several years ago. lr. Edmunds experts the preliminary sur vey to le completed by next May. Thla will embrace not only China, but all of Eastern Asia. When tho work Is coin pleted there will be no point In this section of the world more than 160 miles from a station where magnetic conditions have not been Investigated. Dr. Edmunds waa engaged with the L'nlted Rates government In magnetic survey work before coming to Chins to ucct'Pt tho presldeuey of the Canton Christian college. He has traveled widely throughout Asia at sueh time aa he could leave his educational work, ana has had the co-operation of a number of ascistants in the survey. At each point where investigations are made, the aolentist determines three things: The angle of variation of the magnetic needle from due north, tlic depth of the needle from the horlaohtai ond the intensity of the magnetio force. In discussing the practical value of the magnetic survey, the Carnegie Founda tion is making of the entire world. Dr. Edmund said the results will make pos sible a more accurate use of the compass at sea by navigators and will be of grea: assistance to railway and mining engi neers. Dr. Edmunds expects to pursue his investigations in Tibet throughout the winter. A "For Sale" ad will turn second-hand furniture into cash. UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA IS IN STATE OF SIEGE The University of Omaha wag virtually In a state of alege Wednesday afternoon when two youngster armed with a shot gun threatened to shoot the school Janitor. Not being able to find him they proceeded to look for several members of , the foot ball team and finally disappeared before the police arrived. Since the foot ball season started a number of small boys have been attempt ing to make the shool their rendeivniM. On one occasion they made away with the batteries connecting the clasa bells j A number of other thefta about the uni versity has been traoed to them. Monday afternoon when ordered away from the school premises, one of the gangsters In throwing a stone at tho Janitor broke a largo plate gfkss leading to the office. The police are on the trail of the offenders. Washington Affairs Beet s'igar production this year will be SW.20I, short tons, the Department of Agriculture announced. In a prel mlnary report. That la 122,000 tons more than lant vear'v total. Production of be"ts was ,42, short tons from about 4.0 aerea, the principal produo'ng states being "olorado. with 2,T7,!n) tons; California, J03 tons: Michigan, UV.auO tons, and I'tah, 87,3110 tons. John H. Fahey, president of the Cham tier of Commerce of the United Slates, told President Wilson that business men want congrexs to establish a nonpartisan tariff commission and provide means to strengthen the merchant marine. Mr. Fahey declared there was great need for more ships to carry tne exports of the United titatea. The president told Mr. Fahey he was studying both ques tions very carefully. The new administration shipping bill, which would create a board to con'rol water traff'c. ar d provide for con "truotl n of merer ant veasels delgned for use as naval auxiliaries, was the sublect of a conference attended by Secretaries Sle Adoo and Hedfield, Senator Fletcher and Repreaen'ative Alexander, cnairman of the cenf r. sMlonal merchant marine com mittee solicitor; Thurman of the Depart ment of Commerce, and Commandant berttiolf of the coast guard. Regulation! were issued by the Federal Reserve board as applying to hunkers' domestic acceptance whre state hanks and trust companies permitted tinder state lam.i to dal in men paper d. s r to avril themselves of rediscount thruiKh federal reserve tanks The principal r--nuirtment l that such an acceptance must be based on a tranacilon civ rn a shlptiM nt of goods, to hi e I ience l by the accompanying shipping documents or secured by warehouse receipts. 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Real estate purchased ten years ago has shown advances in values little dreamed of at that time, and Omaha is now only coming into her rightful position as a city of the greatest agricultural and stock raising district of the United States. IF Values in real estate are going to in crease faster in the future than they have in the past, and if you want to be one of the profitors, now is the time to secure your real estate interests. Omaha offers numerous kinds of real estate investments within the reach of any investor. By buying a little in advance of the develop ments, the small investor can secure acreage tracts or residence lots in various locations, which will be sure to show handsome increases in value; while the large investor can secure properties that will double in value within a short time. Cf In today's BEE you will find a number of choice properties located in various parts of the city, offered at prices which will make them very prof itable investments. THE OMAHA BEE