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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1916)
THK HKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, W, X 1 i I i t ; ! i t i i: OGDEN ARMOUR IS BEHINDWEEGHMAN Chicago Packer and Other Men of Great Wealth Partners in Cub Ownership. ANNOUNCEMENT IS IMPRESSIVE B'NAI frith-day Bringing Up Father CELEBRATED HERE Dr. Coffee and Hiram Frankel Dis tinguished Guest of Honor of the Order. CHICAGO. Jan. U.-The names of Charles Wffshmin'l partner In the ewnershlp of the Cb.ii nco National lesme team came aa lmprea.lv e news to CM follow era of tho fm today. The new magnates Hr Multimillion aire J. Ogdcn Armour. president of Armour Co.. the packer. Julius Rosen--w Id. president of Sars, Iloctun k and company: William Wilgley, Jr.. a widely known manufacturer, and "one of the t'liireco's tiiKet bankers." In giving out these nmne at a ban quet last nlglit Mr. Wecghman did not divulge the name of the hanker and Identified htm only a "one of the blg sest." another millionaire. Julius Rosenwald. head of Nears. Roebuck and com peny, may oecome a stockholder. A con ference between him and Weeghman has beeh Arranged for thla week. DAY IS FILLED WITH EVENTS i Managers of Pugs , Having a Gabf est at Kansas City KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Jan. 17. Jem Wlllard. heavyweight champion pugilist, arrived here today to alk ever with Tora Jones, hla manager. hid anbmrtted yes terday for a fight between tb champion and rrank Moran of Pittsburgh. Jonea told, friend he wanted a Torrple of days to think thlnri over before decid ing. Among the pmenotera Mddfnr for the battle who waited here to aarertaln Jonea' decision were Jark Carter, who has made an offer of mj00 a Wlllards share of t&a prorewda; Barney Oldfleld, tha satomoMle racer, wise, with " Jim f" of roth, would take the racteat to Tle Juana. tier too. and WSBj Weffman, rep resenting Tea: SJdkard of Kew Tork. If Cnrley lands' ttm rSajbt fcr wHI present It In New Tork. Wlllard cxpwca to go to Ezcelsior Hp rings. Mo, anas to begin preliminary training, H detaiaa be to m flrat claaa condition. Earl Caddock Will , j Call Of Bout with i; the Terrible Turk .'"fhe Eearl Raddrfc-Telff Huaaana wrestling match carded for Conneil Bluf fa February 7 probably wflf fee cancelled. Earl Caddock ta snddenry seised with t attack of the grip and a talih fever at Creaton. Ia.. yewterAay morning, and according" to report at err III. Caddock was acbedatad to meet John Frieberg at Creaton leat ajtght. but waa forced to caU oft the koot Caddock will return to hla noma at A aft. Ta., today. Ha axprcti to caU off afl hla matches for the Beit month, tncIndlL the Martenson and Huaaane boats. Haughton Tells,. ; I Braves to Keep Out of Basket Ball BOMTON. Jan. 17. Percy Haughton, president of the Boston Natlonnia, al ready baa exerc.laed hla aathortty In dis ciplining players. Announcing himself aa oppoaed to basket baa playing by any member of the Brawta, becajiae of the poaaihlHty of injury, he wro to Walter Maraavtlle cautioning him aaaUnat Uklng part to Indoor gaoaaa. MaraavUle had staged Ma Intention of Jetnlaer a team which would tnrlnde Jaarcin f the Red Sux. Connolly ef the WakhBian. Nuna maker of the New Tork. Anaartcana and ' Rah of the ProWiac latrraaUonala. KID FARMER PUGILIST. DIES OF TUBERCULOSIS CHICAGO. Jan. n.-Benny relnberg. Im'own In pugtUatlo etrclea mm tae original -Kid Farmer." dd today at the home of hla parents cere of tubarculoala. lie foscht aa a featherweight and as a wel terweight and was said to hare had 171 encounters, of which he lost flve When he started as a pcglllit he' won forty eight bouts without a defeat. DA.HLMAN FAVORS BONDS FOR PURCHASE OF PARK It waa a full day's program with which B'nil Brlth day was cele brstert yetiterdky In Omaha. Distin guished Rii's'". leaders In the B'nai U rith order from Chicago and St. Paul were In the' rlty to take part In the program and the apeaklng. at the banquet at l:ie ioyai Hotel In the evening, at the Initiation of new members in the afternoon and at the program and speaking at Temple Inrael in the evening. The diatingiilahed gueeta were Dr. I Rudolph I.. Coffee of Chlcaao. superln- j tendent of the social aervlee bureau of . the order, and Hiram I. FYankel of ft. Paul, chairman of the propaganda onm mltte'e of thla dlatrlct. The social service department of the oritanliatlon la the neweat feature of B'nal B'rlth work. Dr. j Coffee waa called from hla place at Pitta- , burgh to Chicago to take charge of the aoclal aervlee department of the B'nal B rlth for the entire t nltel atea. Propaaanda Day. Thla annual celebration day la made a I kind of propaganda day on which time j special enthualaam for the work Is brought j out and new energy la launched In the j movement. The celebration yealerday followed a big campaign for membership : In Omaha. durtnK which time a special membership committee put forth strong j efforts with the result that sixty new members were Initiated In the afternoon j at 3 o'clock at Modern 'Woodman hall. In I the Joint meeting of the Nebraska and McKlnley branches of the order. ! B'nal B'rlth, translated to. English r meana ' xons or tne t-ovensnt. The order Is Just a trifle over sixty five years old, and now has membership In every quarter nf the globe. The mem bership Is especially strong In the United States, the European countries, and In the Orient. Tt Is organised for philan thropic and altruistic purposes. Originally there mas an Insurance feature and a sick benefit department, but these two have been entirely eliminated. Ballda Hospitals. The order now does not conduct an In surance or benefit department, nor does It do charity work In the way f direct relief, but it builds hoapltala and Insti tutions and maintains them for the care of Its-orphan and Indigent. In accordance with this policy. It lis built orphan asylums at Cleveland, At lanta, New Orleans, a national hospital for tuberculosis st Denver, and a big sanitarium at Hot Springs, Ark. An informal reception for the two visitors from St. Paul and Chicago waa hold at the Pontenetle hotel In the fore noon, Sunday. At 2 o'clock the program of Initiating the class of sixty new Omaha members In the Nebraska and MeKlnley lodges began, at Woodmen hall. Banaaet at Loyal. At o'clock sharp a banquet waa held at Hotel Loyal where Istdor Zlegler and Isadore Boes responded to toasts, and Miss Father Kpateln spoke for the women's auxiliary. Arthur Kosenblum was toastmaater. The banquet was rushed through with all neat dispatch, and by shortly after I o'clock the program began at Temple Israel. The Misses Charlotte Abrama, Cecelia Feller and Mrs. Blanche Moiihelt gave musical numbers, and Dr. Rudolph I. Coffee, Qcbbl Frederick Cohn and Henry Monaky spoke. The committee on arrangements for the day's celebration was, for the Nebraska lodge. Rabbi Cohn, John Alperson, Nathan Bernstein, M. Monhelt, Emll Oans and A. J. Miller. The McKlnley lodge com mittee is: Henry Monaky,-Carl C. Katie man, ArUiur Kosenblum, EMward Ptmon, Martin U Sugarman, Harry A. Wolf, laadore Rea and Pr. Abe Qreenberg. Mlaa Bess Levey, Mrs. Arthur B. Ros enbhim. Miss Louise Schoenberger, Miss Mai vlna Newman and Mis Sarah Leaf are the committee from , the women's auxiliary, one of the few foman's or ganisation affiliated with the order In this district. . At a meeting of tb city coancO com mittee of the tKo1 Mayor. Dahlman re affirmed his belief that tt wouM be wise for the city to vote bonds ka April for ths purchase of the I'M) up et on tract on Sherman avenuo and the Caid well, and Hamilton pro pert law on South Twentieth street. There are 4.11 acres In the Pvppleton tract, which ia aald to be desirable for park purposes. . Consideration of the snarttcr was de ferred thirty lays on account of the ab sence of Commlaalocer Kugel. GIRL SHOT BY WATCHMAN ABLE TO LEAVE HOSPITAL Utile Ida Ktrouu, who was shot by a watchman at the illy dump while she was playing solder with her brothers, has won her fljlu tor life. She is now able to lesve St. Joseph hosultal. County Attorney Magnty says he. probably will (lie a charge avail st K. C. Baker, the watrhnian whot revolver caused the damage. Stockholm Mayor, : Ford Peace Envoy, May Lose His Office THE HAGUE (Via London). Jan. 17. Dr. Charles F. Aked, Mma. Roatka eVhwtmmer, and other members of the Ford peace board after having vainly appealed to the German mtnlater at The Hague for permission for the Scandi navian peace delegatea to return home through Germany, telegraphed today to Berlin for the desired permits. Recent efforts of members of the Ford party to cross Germany have been blocked by the German military authorities with tha explanation that the delegates are unde sirables. Twenty-five aubjecta of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, who came hero with the peace expedition, are desirous to return to their home which they are I unable to do, unless by way of tbw I North 8a. This route Is rrgsrded un safe. Included in thoae marooned here is Paul Lyndhagen, mayor of Stockholm, who aays he may lose hla position un less he returns soon. Mme. Nchwlmmer, who Is a Hungarian, wired authorltlee at Berlin that the blockade against the returning delegatea la proving a great inconvenience to the expedition, and urged the lifting of the embargo. NORMAN HACKETT TO GIVE . LECTURE FOR DRAMA LEAGUE Mr. Norman Hsckett. now playing at lie lirandeia, will lecture for the Omaha net Ion of the Drama league on "Bhakes-ix-are" this afternoon.' at the High x feeol auditorium- The hour is 4 o'clock. Members of the Drama league and teach ers are especially interested in this, but the public generally ia invited. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WILLIAM BARNES TODAY The funeral of William T. Barnes. T5-yter-old civil war veieraa, who commit ted, suicide by shooting Saturday, will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from thi Cpt. SlA&Ll Burial will be Is FoiestJ iewu rmetery. Germans Fighting Russians Alongside The Turks in Persia PETROO RA D, Jan. 17.-V1 London.) -An official statement given out today says: "Western ( Russian I front: There Is no change In the situation. "Caucasus: lu the course of the fight ing January 14 we captured twenty Turk ish offleera and more than 4u0 men: a quantity of war and engineering material and previsions; one heavy gun and seven other guns and eight machine guns. "Persia: In tho fighting at Kangaver, half way between llamadirti and Kerman- eheh, we took many prisoners. The army abandoned many dead on the battlefield. Our losses were Insignificant, -' Southeast of liamadan f drove back Drawn for The Bee by George McManus. i pa, i ny,i ii i a s i aa I 4l IrMTTj H 11 K 4 ., A-e y a I I V 9 r r'Vi ft ' ... ; ' , .... - ' ,'-..,7 tKE COMES THE. j "?iNT i5 CHAM,, U "t o A VE.VT- HE MtVER OT) THROUGH Wl K'., ; . , M I f I .MR. JlCi WHEN WAb J ifORE WAvHlNTON CROSSED r ; i 1 J FOrCOTTEN fUT HELPED TO HOW HIM rJ s saw. I 11 tsTRKNCE I THOUGHT IT HAPPENED L0N4 CO i DON'T O0 VTART THINW: 'Hi -OUlL HURT TOUR- I A l s I I WELL -TELL. ME -DO TOO KNOW ABOUT VAHIN; TON HrXCKlfS .THE, CHER.RT V-, TREE.? .ft. fc I OUHT T0 I DROVE THE HrCX! r - sb. , i i l A l saJ .HV.HV ' THINK Vrt( V i ARE SPOOFING ) ALL AMERICANS ! AT MADERA SAFE! Foreigners in Western Chihuahua City Are Reported to Be in No Danger. COWMEN. THOUGHT SLAIN, 0. K. DO NOT SEE PAPEN LETTERSIMPORTANT Teutonic Diplomat at Washington Say Money Not Paid Horn Till After Bridge Attack. THINK MATTER NOT SERIOUS CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico., Jan. 17. All Americans and other for eigners at Madera, in western Chi huahua, are safe, according to a tel egraphic message received today from Cusihuirachic. These Include Roy and Bert Kra mer, who, with their father. Dr. P. Kramer, ranchman, were reported to have been slain by Villa troops. The cattlemen. Den Snell and Frank Woods, and James Locke, an em ploye of the Barbrlcora ranch, con cerning whom there was much ap prehension, were reported to have arrived at La Junta. Later it was sold the Kramers, with Wood and Bn"il, went to the mountains to bring out Vr. Kramer, and were ex pected back at Ta. Junta tomorrow morn ing. Nhot In I. eg. Dr. Kramer, T-ho was reported to have been killed, was shot in the leg: by Villa men, and he hid In the hills, while his I'ons went to Maaera for help. The special '.rain sent from El Paso to Parral to take out forelttners there, will leave tomorrow with all Americans and their families. A majority of the for eigners In this city have indicated an In tention to remain, since the excitement and apprehension incident to the Hanta Ysabel massacre has died down. 'xne Santa KulaJla mines may remain open to furnish work for Mexicans who might otherwise become discontented. The illness of General Alvaro Obregon, Carranxa military chief, is not serious, according to advices from Queretaro, the principal headquarters of Venustiano Carranxa, first chief of tho recognized Mexican government, lie Is said to be suffering from throat trouble. Itrfnaree Train Derailed. EI, PASO, Tex., Jan. IS. A train from Chihuahua, which Is said to be carrying a large number of Americans and other foreigners, who missed the special which arrived two days ago, was expected to reach Juares tonight This train waa derailed last night about half way be tween Juarex and Samalayuca. It left Chihuahua yesterday morning. Another train Juat behind It, was bear ing, according to Juarex officials, the body of Jose Rodriguez, tho former Villa bandit chief, who was captured and executed aa the commander of the bandits who massacred eighteen Americans at Hanta Ysabel last Monday, it was said, however, that this train might not reach Juares until tomorrow morning. Reports were received here today Ihat the relief train sent to bring foreigners to the border from the vicinity of Parral had left Parral this evening, but a Chihuahua City dispatch contained the statement that John Paskln, in charge of the special train, had telephoned that he would not lesve Parral until tomorrow. Train Service Discontinued. M. G. Rodriguez, superintendent ofthe Jimincs-Juarez division of the National railways of Mexico said today General Argumedo, leading a band of 1,800 rebels believed to be allied with former ad herents of the late General Huerta, was In the neighborhood of Camanlche, south of Torreou. Operation of trains between Chihuahua City and Madera has been dis continued. Funeral zervicea were held today for C. R. Watson, general manager of the Cuslhuhrachlo Mining company, and foi R. P. Macllatton of Los Angeles, two of the victims of the Santa Ysabel massacre. MacHatton was interred here. William J. Wallace, the last of the victims, will be Interred tomorrow. Watson's young son in the uniform of student of a Los Angeles military academy, was saluted by United States regulars as he marched in the procession f the members of the Masonic lodge who ccompantod the body to the tomb. WASHINGTON. Jsn. 17.-Accounts of Ihe German embassy, It became known tonight, prove. In the opinion of embassy officials that if Captain Frans von Papen. recalled military attache paid any money by check to Warner Horn, it waa not until after Horn had been arrested charged with blowing up the Canadian Pacific railway bridge st Vanceboro, Me. london dispatchea have stated that stubba in von Papen's check book taken from him by the British authorities at Falmouth, nhowed a check for $700 drawn to Horn's credit the day after the at tache had received 12,000 from the Ger man embassy. it.non Paid to Paiea. According to the embassy account a it was said, 2,000 was paid to von Papen within a few days after the explosion at Vanceboro to defray expenses In con nection with the defense of Horn, a Ger man citizen. It also was intimated at the embassy that If von Papen had paid money to Hans Adam von Wedlll, Indicted in New York for an alleged passport fraud, it had been to assist him legally. Von Wedlll fled after being indicted. Officials of the 8tate department have Indicated that It was Important to know whether the payment to Horn waa made before or after the explosion. German officials had repeatedly denied responsi bility for the action of Horn, saying they never had heard of him until after he had been arrested. State department of ficials have intimated that if they would prove Horn had received money from a German source before he blew up the bridge, it might result in diplomatic cor respondence with Berlin. Interest In Detalla, In official and diplomatic circles, much Interest was shown today In additional de tails regarding the contents of the docu ments taken from Captain von Papen, whtvh purported to show that payments were made to Paul Koenig, the Hamburg American line official tried in New York for conspiracy and to von Wedlll. In Teutonic diplomatic circles, no attempt will be made to deny that such payments had been made. Koenig, It was pointed out, was "was engaged In detective work" and It was to be expected that he would be paid. Orient Receiver Isv Found Dead in Bed wtnttTA. Kan.. Jan. 17. James Osk- j ley Davidson, one of the receivers for the Kansas City. Mexico ft Orient railroad while that system waa in the hands ef the I nlted States court, was found dead In bed today at his home, rhyslclana said that death waa caused by compli cation of diseases. Mr. Davidson was widely known in financial circles. He was ono of the developers of the natural gas industry In Ksnsas and Oklahoma and was 68 years of age. Bey Attacked by Eagle, Emmett Shortal, 10-year-old eon of Harry Shortal, a farmer living southwest of Jerseyville, 111., ws attackrd by an eagle while playing In the barnyard. Frederick iJindon. a neighbor, heard the boy screaming and ran to hie ald. The big bird was pecking at the hov e head and clawing his face. Lftodnn beat off the eagle with a fence rail. The boy was severely scratched. The eagle flew away, but returned to the barnvard half an hour later, swooped down on'a young pig and carried It away in Ms talons. Shortal estimated the weight of the pig at more than fifty pounds. Chicago Herald. - - GET RID OF SCROFULA HOW? TAKE S. S. S. Fifty Years' Use Proves S. S. S. Will Relieve Stubborn Cases. Advertiser- and customer profit by the Classified Ad" habit You have noticed the little festering pimples on the face and body swelling of the glands soreness in the legs and arm muscles. These sre the symptoms , of Scrofula. You may have some ef these - symptoms, possibly the taint of Scrofula infection. But in either case, it is a dangerous condition. Your blood is Infected, impure, an! you can never hope to gain perfect health until tha impurities are washed from the system. If you feel badly all the time, you muet crave health. If you want to feel re newed spirits, the glow of perfect health, bright eyes, clear skin, the knowledge tnat you ore well, you can do so. Cleanse . your blood by taking S. S. 8. For TTft' years it has been the standard blood purifier. It rellevea the trouble by re nourtsliing the blood, renewing It? . strength, and stimulating the flow o that tho blood regains its lost vitality, and throws off the poison. Even long- standing cases respond. Rut you. must use S. S. S. Take it for all blood infec-. tlons. Get it at your druggist's today. If von need special advice write the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Woman, Hundred and Two Years of Age, Celebrates Birthday TORONTO, S. D., Jan. 17. (Special.) One of tho most remarkable of the aged women of the slate is Mrs. Karl A. Mun- dahl of this city, who, on Janusry 13, celebrated her one hundred and second birthday. She is the mother of Mrs. B. Mundahl snd John Mundahl, prominent residents of Toronto. Karl Mundahl, without doubt. Is one of the oldest women of the northwest. She ia in the best of health, but for a period of about four years has been confined to her bed be cause of an injury. She was born in ' Norway on January IS, 1814. At the age of 28 s,ie was married to Andrew Mundahl. Three children were born to them, the two who reside in Toronto, and another, who died In in fancy. At the age of . 43 ber husband died. In 1870 herself and two children came to the United States, It requiring1 nine weeks to make the trip across the Atlantic in a railing boat. They landed at Quebec. For a time they, resided at Madison, Wis., and later took up their residence at Norway Grove, Wis. The next move was. to Amdahl, Fill more county, Minnesota, where they lived four years. In the year 1875 the plucky woman and . ber. two children made another move, and this waa to Renville county, Minnesota, the trip be ing made by ox team. After plodding Along the prairies for three weeks they arrived at Fort Ridgely, then a military post, but now the town of Fairfax. Tho mother and two children moved on a few miles to the postofflce of Bendon township, where they took a homestead. About twelve years ago Mrs. Mundahl ar rived in Toronto, and has since made ber home with her daughter. Photo Engravings Made to Order They ire used today mere extensively thin ever before in almost all lines ot work. Look at the newspapers, magtnnes snd cir cular matter going through the nuuls they -ire all illustrated by engravinga . - Tell ui the purpose for which you wish to use engravings and well tell you now to have them nude. Thit'i our business, mik ing photo engraved plstea We slso operate electrotype and stereotype plants under the same roof. Can furnish any itlnd of printing plates. i 7 GOTHIC KROW Collar Fits the knot of a four-io- hand or bow perfectly. 2 ft 25. Cluett, reabod & Co.. Inc., Makers Oi toward Peulatabad a detaohmcul consist ing of the Austrian! and Germans." bO.NDON, Jan. 1,-The Russian official official intimation that the Germans are fighting with the Turks In Persia. -Advertiser and customer prufit by the "Classified Ad' hsbit. TWO MORE DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER REPORTED Maxwell llUitbut or 4304 I, street and Clarence Frlekstn of I47S Grand, avenue. 1 yecr and J4 Mays of age, respectively. diai of scarlet fiver. Making Htel History Every room in the Fort Dearborn Hotel, Chicago, is now $1.50 per day. EVERY ROOM '-1, NO Ji 500 rooms, all with private bath or A "J- k 500 rooms, 3 ,n private toilet 1 t2Mr-jr t. FORT DEARBORN HOTEL CHICAGO La Salle Street at Van Buren i DircHosi of Hotd StMrmM Conpur 4