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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1915)
4 Till I IKK: OMAHA. FKIDAV. PKCKMBER 21, KIDDIES HAYE JOKE ON OLD SANTA CLAUS How They Sid Latig-h at Firit Pres byterian Sunday School When Loft Whiskers. BUT HE'S "THERE"' JUST SAME With Christmas eve only two days off, and all little boys and girls sup posed to be on their best behavior, dear old Santa Claus has been laughed at and Joked about. And ri(?ht here In Omaha, too, where the kiddles visually art as good as can be. It happened last evening at the Christmas entertainment for the First Presbyterian Sunday school. held In the auditorium of the Young rU.i..ti i.ii L..iui. finnl ir t Iho Itustlnn h, fore moling out his gift list for Friday night. 1M was trlllnR the yo'inse-frs what sord children they must tw If they wsntsi lilm to remember them, when s-'meUilns went wronc with his bushv, ln; white whiskers. Mayhe the warm room had something to do with tt. Anyway, old Santa's whlker actually dropped off tils fHt. smiling face, and for nn liietnnt lie looked for all the world like Dr. W. O. Henry. All the Roya l.anaheil. Hut only for a moment. Me cauht hla fsltlng facial dec rnM ma and fastened them on agsln. and tried t'i continue with hla talk to the children. But they couldn't help laughing, for they not Only, had solved the mystery cf the Cbrltma snlnt. but also had witnessed a food joke on a former auporntendent of their Sunday school. Santa hlmaelf thought It was such a kood Joke that ha didn't even dlccrlmlnate against the children who Inuthed at hla obstreperous whiskers, tie save out hun dreda of hoses of candy and didn't over- j look a single child. : t.lfts tin to Mission. Many sifts .of tluthlns and toys for poor children were brought by the well-to-do members of the Bunday echool and deposited around a big brilliantly trimmed Christmas tree. These sifts win be dis tributed through the City mission to teat fortunate youngsters. The tree will alsj be passed on to gluddon the hearts of the children who attend the Grace Chipel mission of the First rresdytcrlan church, Fifth and Pierce afreets. "A Boy's Dream" was the tills of on number on the entertainment prosram. Junior Preston appeared as a lad d nam ing of a bountiful Christmas d nner, and as he dreamed of each part of the feast In auccession boys and girls drresed to represent roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potato and gravy, aweet potato, mine pie, oranges and other Turkey day delights passed before him In review. Many Characters Depleted, Then "A Girl s Dream" was presented In similar fashion. Huth Orlmmol playing the part of the dreaming girl. Boys and Klrls dressed to represent characters In Mother Ooose rhymra, and to represent Chrletmaa toys, were parts of the visual ised dream. Ophelia Adair as Mother Hubbard was a aopular participant In that section of the entertainment. Rhe also opened the prosram with a piano solo. A chorus of little (Iris sang- several numbers. Miss Nellie Watson was the pianist for the dream acts. Miss Marie Horry and Miss Elisabeth Klewlt drilled the children for the affair. Oeorse Scott was chairman of the committee and Frank E. Clarke, superintendent of the Sunday school, pre sided during the evening. Takes Life of His Friend and Pauper ; In Eailway Station sssassassss BATOV ROOLT5, La., Pae. a. -Robert I Knox, surveyor of customs for the port of New Orleans and prominent Louisiana attorney, shot and killed Ben jamin Foater of Ilattiesburg, Miss., a close friend and former business associ ate, and Alexander rraenklln, believed to be from Natchitoches, La., in the Tasoo Mississippi Valley railroad depot here today. According to witnesses, Knox walked Into the crowded waiting room and. with out uttering a word, drew a revolver and fired three times. Foater, who waa pur chasing a th-ket, was instantly killed. Frasnklln was struck by the second or third bullet and died twenty minutes later. After the shooting Knos left the waiting room and surrendered to the po lice. District Attorney Holcome. who at tempted to obtain a statement from Knox, declared that all the prisoner would ssy was "he ruined my life." It was said Knox did not Snow Fraenklln had been killed. Relatives of Knox declare that he waa suffering from mental aberration, as he end Foster had been friends for msny ears and no cause was known for a grievance. Knox recently devalnn.td menial trouble and laat September was taken t. u... ... . , , . taken to Washington and placed In a Banllarlum for treatment Ha arrived here from Washington several days sgo. rrsensnn was T years eld and was a pauper, lie hsd been accompanied to the depot by an attache of a local charitable organisation which had arranged to send him to relatives in Donaldson. La. Gas Company Is to Play Santa Claus Following Its usual annual custom, the Omaha Gas company will entertain Its employes and the members of thtlr fam iilta at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The entertainment will be held In Washing ton ball, the program being as fallows; Christmas Greeting Holy Mght Qrubs, Harry Msbrow. liecitaUon Bess and Manta Claus .,. .. Fredeiicka Campbell. Holke BrUliaia .........A joha fronts Hon of (iyld Medal (Frank WMd, lSHU-l)Sj . O. W. Claba'igh". Jocb Lomond -Old b.otih Melody.. . .. . Harry Lubrow. t-anta daua' Work bhvu 4 ornet (jusrtet Arrival of Hanta Claua"l"" freeoBtatloa of Oltts '. KING OF SPAM SIGNS DECREE DISSOLVING CORTES MADRID, tt-Vla Parl.)-King Alfouao today signed decree dissolving the 'orts. New tlectlona w!H be held be4 fure llarvb. ' lniiaii it siji i Hiiun uuiiuiiib. ,ni uiy wtM. 0ri(, masea trends by Tho program was nbo' t over, when K nrd, do you know, smiling alda Saint Nick dropped In to make a'tr dicrston Just try u for yoursif." Popular Girl Who at the Krug Jusnlts HslMsh. miKl rf of lh! ho offlcs at ths Km thfstrr, hss nn hr way from Toronto to Omaha, via Chi rat and Ploux fit. v. by hr frtchlns emlls. Whsn Msnsr W. W. (Bll) fole of th thtsr looked srounrl for femlnln adjunct for th box nffli-e, h tond MIm Hawlflnh ami at orvo decided he hart msde a find. r(rrn f the North Brothers' Stock company n'runlv are growing: to spprs r at' the ' Indy with the smile," -tho young woman, mho gives n smile with rvery ticket. This riistod'sn of tho tickets ss horn at Toronto, where aha mode her dehut In a thester hos office. I l.ster she went to ('hh-sso. then to Blnus. ' My. and now delrcs she hna found I Hi city of her Meals, j "I ifally ticliove in the smile. Yon hiivp heard It aald, I'mlle and the worii i""'1"" with you.' A smile will rirlva mj In.llnntlon to aay the ahort n r. y ",wl She f miles all the while.' FORD PARTY VISITS NOBEUNSTITUTE Reception of Pilgrims by Dii tinfuished Body Regarded as Significant. HOPES MISSION' STJCCXEETS CHR1STIANIA (Via London), Dec. 23. Members of the Noble In stitute unofflrlally received mem bers of the Ford peace expedition on Wednesday. The president of the Institute without promising to sup port the peace mission, expressed hope for Its success. He said that neutral countries throughout the world desired a speedy termination of the war. Tho Norwegian people look upon the reception by the Institute as significant, as such occasions are rare. The expedition starts for Stock holm Thursday morning. The Swed ish Peace and Arbitration league telegraphed that It would hold a mass meeting for the Ford delegates ! on Saturday. j Members of the Norwegian cabinet who were Interviewed aald that Norway whb ' unable officially to take any action that j would seem' to be an Interference with the natural course of events In the Euro pean war. This statement was in response to questions as to whether Nor- j way was ready to take official action ! oln,r neulr' zoning towards tne of lh w"r' in ooiy or i-ioya uingnam, a member of the Ford peace party, who died Wednesday of to New Tork. pneumonia, will be sent Villa's Brother is Accused of Issuing Worthless Checks EL PASO. Tex., Dec. as.-The warrant on whloh Hlpollto Villa waa arrested lo San Antonio last n'ght by state authori ties charges him with obtaining tlO.WO ! from Victor Carussi by means of a ' check whhh was returned from the bank j marked "insufficient funds." Carusso la j a commission merchant, and during the last two yeara has supplied thousands of j dollars worth of munitions to the Villa : faction. j Colonel Villa left here Wednesday night ! In an automobile and boarded the train at a email station thirty miles east. ' When the owner of the car called at the ' garage for hla machine, he dlacovered a wallet containing IM.00) American money, which, he said, had been overlooked by hla passenger of the night before. The money later was sent by express to New Orleans. Culled from the Wire. Complete returns to Springfield from etsht of the thirteen districts In III nols Indicated the it-election of Frank Far X nflto.n .S: 8trator as President of th United Mine Workers of Illinois. Charles M. Junkln, m vears of ase foMy yaars editor ot the Kalr.teld (Iowa) Ledger, was alrt.-ken with apoplexy while at work In his office, lie died two hours later, tie had been prominent In state republican political elrelea f r more than thirty yaars. The fste of Jos-ph R noi-k a miner who waa trapped Monday iiminlns: behind a larse fall of coal at the Khhards cl llerv uf the Kuaquehenna Coal compnny at Bhaniokln. l a . Is still unknown de.Miini tha efforts of 30) experienced men hi started the work of rescue shortly after the accident. tity Attorney Ewing filed suits again flva former Naahvina city officials an thslr bondsmen for the recovery n '.').t(A sllesed to l rfn. k,-" T ,'''n;n,s are I.yle Andrewa. former coiiunlesU.ner cf finance; W. U Murrav former au.Utor; Ch-rl.-a Myera f 'ITS r treasurer; R. Miles Bums, former romp. roller, and A. l. Andrews, former deputy In the revenue office. Prompt Relief from the all-toocommon ills of the dieesUve organs weak stomach, torpid liver and inac tive bowels is found in the always safe, sure, quick-acting BEECHAM'S PILLS I H Cards I dUKCJPECO. n? I l,lUe5riv 1 Tvvi i f Sells Tickets Theater Box Office ' V JuaidU Emleigh Quarrel is Fatal to Serb King's Cousin NBW. YOrtK. Kec. 23,-Herman Mer rhowltch, 40 yeara old, second cousin of King Petar of 8rha, who had been em ployed for yeara as a porter In a fur rier's establishment, died today in a hospital from a fractured skull received In an altercat on yesterday with an Au strain and the letter's aon. The younr miin, under arrest on a charge of homi cide. Is accused of knocking down the rrb, whoae head atruck the pavement. Merchowltch, who was 40 years old, was the son of Prince John of Serbia, who came to this country In 1W2, became a naturalised cttlseen and e gaged In a fur rier's business In this city until his death in 1906. fount Eenpeiln Howored. I.ONIKJN. pec. Z2 A Central News dlspntrh from Ampteritam says that fount Keppelln, bull ier of dlrlglDles, has been elected a memlwr of the first cham ber of YVuerltemberg. ' Give Him Cigars That He'll Enjoy This Christmas : Women of Omaha, when you want to buy a tlishpan, you go to a hardware store; when you want medicine you go to a drug store when you want cigars, come to a cigar store. We are cigar experts and we will be only too glad to give you K1 P. and we can show you how to select a brand for a Christmas gift that will be a real source of pleasure to the recipient. Here Are Some of Our Special Offerings C0RINA Queen of. Havana cigars. Tampa. Fla. Boxes of 25 and 60. 3 for 25c to 3 for 50c each. LA AZ0RA King of broad leaf wrapped " Havana cigars. A very pop llar and well known brand Je, 10o and 2 for 25c. . N LUCIUS Pure Havana cigars. Boxes of 10, 25, 50 and 100. 5c to 25c each. We Carry All the Popular Brands of Cigars We) Invite you to look over our big stock ot cigar humi dors, cigarette and v cigar cases, holders and pipes, etc. Cigar humidors, 11.50 to 120.00 Choice baccos to .... smoking to la Jars. .90c 12 00 Place your Christmas order now we will deliver when you dlr It. We close at noon Xnm dsy In order to let our boys have the balance of the day at home. Getten & Ugar lo. The Heuse of Values Store. 1322 Parnam ftt 502 e. 16th St. Opposite W. O. W. Bldg. Opposite Her Grand Me tel. WAR BRINGS WALL STREET PROSPERITY Christmas This Tear Will Be Season of Joy for All Connected with Exchange. PROFITS FOR EMPLOYES, TOO NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Christmas In the financial district will offer many striking and happy contrasts to the same period a year ago when Wall street had barely emerged from the gloom precipitated by four and a half months of suspended activity on the Stock exchange. flanks, trust companies, private banking houses, brokerage firms and Institutions of all kinds have profited very generally by the boom In stocks, which began with movements in "war brides" early In the yer and sent those and kindred securities to prices under command of a few months before.. To be sure much of the advance regis tered by thnae and other mercurial issues has been forfeited and rountleaa "paper profits" have evaporated Into thin air. Nevertheless, Wall street has been and attll Is very bus, and its attendant activ ity and prosperity are being shared y all, from the humblest "runner" to the mightiest captin of finance or Industry. Glfta t Km ploy es. Many of the financial Institutions and banking houses hgve already distributed gifts or bonuses among their employes for the year and by thla process many employes have averaged 10 to 16 per cent of annual salaries and one trust company, pension funds have been strengthened and numerous profit sharing plana have assumed substantial proportions. Oltts to , long known for Us generosity. Is said to have given as much ss 60 per cent. All the exchanges have taken up sub scriptions for their employes and tt la fair to assume that individual disburse ments will be larger than at any time of recent years. Last year the Stock ex change, for good and sufficient reasons, refrained from asking Us members to subscribe to the Christmas fund, but drew on Its private funds so that the several hundred employes mlnht not be utterly deprived of some holiday cheer. Insert Bites and Infection Dancerons. Apply Sloan's Liniment to any Mte, sting or bruise, it kills the poison and heals the wound. Only 25c. All druggists. Advertisement. the benefit of our long experience in dealing directly with discriminat ing smokers. We know how to please them. We do not cater to any one class of 1 smokers but offer high grade cigars to satisfy all we are selling cigars all the time not just for the Christmas trade EL GENIO Clear Havana cigars. Made In bond at Tampa. Boxes or 25 and 60. 3 for 25c to 25c each. EA&LMONT Mild Havana. A cigar w guarantee) to please. Triple wrapped In boxes of 10, $1. Also boxes of 25 and 50. '-"e1 Wickham (j saaassw v a i ir Pa SJ sf M ASK SCHOOL KIDDIES TO GIVE BIRDS CHRISTMAS rtemcmher the birds on Christmas: This Is the slnran whir the Daughters of the American Revolution have adopted, In connection with their work along the lines of bird conservation. Mrs. William Archibald Smith, resent rf Ma'r Isaac Sadler chapter, has Is sued an appeal to all S'hool children to give the blrda a Chrl tmis tree th s year. "Put out S"me bread crumbs or tie a piece of suet to a tree," says Mrs. Smith Mrs. Smith has asked the aid of Super intendent Graff and the local Audubon society In the work. A "For Sale" ad will turn second-hand furniture Into csvah. CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR CHILDREN AT M0VIE HOUSE The Bex theater, 13W rouglas street, of which Sam Adler Is manager, is to give free ad rlsshn to chl dren only from 10 to 1 o'elo-k f-'attird'4V. f hr'.stmas morn- Ing. Viuslc and phuto plays will make up the bill. No tickets will bo sold during those thee toirs and all c illdren up t li years of as:e will be admitted free. Z6 Where to Eat Xmas Dinner K DONT LET MOTHER or XMAS DINNER NO LONGER A TERROR TO HOUSEWIVES Hotels and Eeitauranti of Omaha Have Arranged Excellent Menus at Prices Within Beach of Everyone. IT MAKES CHRISTMAS MERRY Women Need Ho Longer Slave All Day to Prepare a Dinner While Others Make It a Holiday. AND IT REALLY COSTS LESS Christmas dinner la no longer a terror to housewives. Customs are changing because the men of the house and the rest of the family are beginning to ,be more considerate of moiner or wi e. Thouaands of families will this year keep the homemaker out of the kitchen so that she too may have a holiday. The hotels and restaurants of Omaha have recognize j the turn In sentiment and have prepared for it Thla year they are offering special menus at prices within the reach of everyone. Besides the menus, which are of extraord na y quality, they have In many inatancea ar ranged to have high e aaa music airt cabarets during the dinner hour. Christmas dinner at a cafe Is now In good form and entovatle tn nna because mother or wife la not slaving all day over a hot stove. Thero is a wide range of hotels ani restaurants to select from in choosing your place to seat Chrletmaa dinner. No trouble to suit yourself from the stand point of service desired and the price you wish to pay. A family of six can get a dandy dinner from W.OJ up, and that la really consider ably cheaper than the same meal could be prepared In the home. Bulgars Reported to . Be Entering Greece COPENHAGEN. Dee. J3. (Via London.) Tr Deutsche Tages Zeltung of Berlin, a copy of which has been received here, says that Bulgarian troops are entering Greek territory, but that If they are not attacked by Greek troops they will confine their operations to setslng the Kalonikl railroad. HOTEL LOYAL Christmas Menu f 1.00 I'ER PLATE 12:30 to 0 P. M. Oyster Cocktail Stuffed Celery Assorted Olives Hot House Radishes Cream of Chicken, Belle Helene Baked Whit Fish, Sauc, Colbert Potatoes, Surprise Roast Mount Vernon Turkey, , Chestnut Dressing Cranberry Jelly Candled Sweet Potatoes Carrots and Peas In Cream Tomato Salad. Thousand Island Dressing ' Hot Mince Pie or Pumpkin Pie Kngllsb Plum Pudding Hard and Brandy Sauce Demi Usm A REAL CHRISTMAS DINNER For Fifty CVnts AT THK Dutch Mill ' ISIS Harney St. Then why let mother or wife spend tho tUy In the Kitchen while yt have a good time loafing. BRING THE FAMILY HERE FOR DINNER They'll Enjoy It So Will Yon, and It Is Cheaper. A Splondid Gift (Final Suggestion) THIS IS Dachshund Mud-Scraper 'WuddleV' Is a full-blooded, hnTtest-to-irondness, naturalised, strictly neutral, wt iron IA(HSHt"M. "Waddles" weighs JW Ins., nnd will stay "put." "Waddles" stands O Inches high, 21 Inches long. Ilace "Waddles" at the foot of your front steps and he will not only remove mud from the shoes, but will force a Jolly laugh from every comer. "Waddles" takes the place of a real dog; doesn't haTe to be fed: can't run away; won't bite or hark; too heavy to be stolen. Delivered Price S4.GO "WAPni,r.H" is a cut eat joy maker. Sunderland Bros. Co., Omaha ENTIRE THIRD F1XMJR KEELI.VE HL1KJ. "Z! 2A fJLS- WIFE SPEND the DAY OVFR th. KITCHEN STOVE JUST TO GET YOU ACQUAINTED WITH THE MILLARD ..HOTEL CAFE.. Douglas, at 13th Street Finest Kitchen in Omaha SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS We Serve a Five Course Poultry Dinner 11 A. M. to 2 P. M. 5 P. M. to 8 P. M. BIG RESERVE YOUR TABLES FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE. MAKE CHRISTMAS DAY A REAL HOLIDAY FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Come to GANSON'S CAFE 1508-10 HOWARD ST. FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER UNEXCELLED MENU, 75c THE BEST CABARET FIRST CLASS SERVICE IT SAVES A LOT OF WORRY AND HARD WORK BESIDES IT'S CHEAPER The Mandarin Cafe Offers You tho Best in American and Chinese Menus. SPECIAL DINNER, 11:011 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. $1.00 Per Plate. Reserve Your Chairs For New Year's Eve. THE MANDARIN CAFE 1409 Douglas Street. LNDEK XKW MANAGEMENT THK COLLEGE INN 910-218 S. IHth Ht. The Cltv Hall is Across the Htrtsft From Vs. We Serve a Koerlal XMAS DINNER Like You Would Have at Home For 50 Onts. It Sure To GIVE IS A TRIAL. WHAT tXlLl BE BETTER THAN A SOUTHERN HOME COOKED XMAS DINNER Like Tboae Served at The Carlton Cafe It will eoftt l-s than a Dinner at Home and We Mpeclellae on SERVICE AND POPULAR PRICES Try l's ob Sundays, Holiday Or Any Day. Galloway & Co. IVoprlclora. "wadim;s" CABARET Phone Douglas 2S40. Omaha's Classiest Chinese Cafe. KING JOY American and Chinese Dishes. Arrange to be at KING JOY CAFE CHRISTMAS. FINEST CHOPS and STEAKS In the City. Reserve Your Tables For New Years Eve. King Joy Cafe 1415 Faniam Street. For Your Xmas Dinner Come to Louie Ahko's OMAHA'S BEST CHINESE CAFE. The Best STEAK and CHOP HOUSE In Omaha. Served In Chinese and American styles. CHOP EUEY Y ET-GOUR-ME1N CHILI CON CARNfiV Louie Ahk OS (Upstairs) 1411 Douilaa. Tel. Doug. 4 61.