TI1H HEK: OMAHA, TUKSHAY, JANUARY 18, 191(1 CORN TESTS MAKES GREATJNCREASE Tret. Holden Tells of Great Gain Over Preceding Year by Seed Selection. HERE FOB DEALERS' MEETING When a field of corn raises eleven bushels more per acre than it ever did before, Just because the seed corn was scientifically tested and se lected, the farmer looks up and takes keen notice. Prof. P. O. Holden, the "Corn King" of the United States, formerly professor In the Iowa Agricultural college at Amel, now head of the agricultural extension department of the International Harvester com pany, made such a test for the plantN ing of a field of 8.000 acres. He told of this test and a lot of other interesting things about secl testing be fore a lot of Implement men and district managers of the International Harves ter company at the company' plant in Oma-ha Monday. He is here to give a series of lectures yestcrdxy and today to the International Harvester company .wen. to any Implement men that - car to hear the lectures, and to any farmers that are lntereated. Coat Per Bnahel. The particular test on the S,000-acre field of which Prof. Holden apoke cost lesa than 11 a bushel. That is the corn and labor combined cost lesa than $1 a bushel. The total cost of making the test was 11.000. That flelrj yielded eleven bushels more per acre than it had ever been known to yield before, or a total excess over for mer yields of SS.ono bushels. That means that the 8,000-field yielded 17.150 rrtoro for the test than it would havte normally had no test been made. Prof. Holden gives these facts and lets men draw their own conclusions. About 150 men, salesmen, district man agers. Implement men and others inter ested in grain yield, attended the lecture. The professor declared that the early freeze the last year had hurt the corn for seed purposes and that if good crops are to be had next year tests must be carefully made before the corn Is planted this year. "Test, don't . guess," Is his ilogan. ' I.ectares In the oh. Prof. Holden has Just completed a rampalgn of lectures and work advocating diversified farming covering seventy counties In Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, where he has dono much to convince the cotton planters that they must diversify their crops and depend lesa upon cotton alone. General agents and general managers of the International Harvester company ere In at this time for these meetings as follows! L. B. Rees. southwestern dis trict manager; A. B. Coleman, northwest ern district manager; A. H. Rice, sales manager, American Seeding Machine company; C. E. Haynle. Kansas City; Ralph Johnson, Lincoln; R. P. Kilbourne, Sioux City; L. L. Lease, Crawford, Neb.; B. B. Reppert, Council Bluffs. They are here for the , Midwest Implement Deal era association convention. Prof. Holden will lecture at intervals from S In the morning unfit in the evening and from 7 to at night. Heavy Snow in the " Mountains Delays the Through Trains Union Pacific main line trains that have been twelve to twenty-four no irs late on account of the snow blockade en the Southern Pacific in the vicinity of Reno. Nev., and Truckee, Cat., are be ginning to arrive. No. J of Sunday ram In at I Monday afternoon and Nos. I and 30. all through trains from Vho Tacifio coast, will be in later. East of Battle Mountain, Nev.. there has been no trouble, but west of there through the mountains and down into the head of the Sacramento valley, the snowstorm of last week la reported to have been the wont In years. It is as serted that in many places along the line of the Southern Paclfio in Nevada and eastern California, snow fell to a depth of three feet, followed by intense cold. As a result numerous trains were snowed In and travel to California was diverted over the 8alt Lake route. It la understood that the storm In Nevada ceased Saturday night and by late tonight the line will be cleared all the way from Salt Lake City through to the coast, - Present Plan of Industrial Work to Central Body A special open meeting of Central Lnbor union was held on Sunday after noon at the Labor Temple, to discuss the newly formed Industrial relatione com mittee. The Industrial relations committee, it was explained by speakers. Is a body formed to carry on certain phases of the work originated by tho Industrial Rela tions commission. The body Is made of members of organised labor and public men who are friendly to and lntereated In the affairs of organised Isbor. Frank P. Walsh is its chairman and John H. Lennon Its secretary. Headquarters will be maintained at Washington. Work of the committee will be to safeguard labor's Interests in legislation, to disseminate Information through news agencies, to provide lecturers and speakers where de mand for them exists, and to generally endeavor to create a better understand ing of the aims of organised labor and a more friendly feeling toVards the labor unions. After a general discussion of the topic in Its several bearings, a motion waa adopted instructing the executive board of the Central Labor union to formulate a report to be made to the body Friday evening. This report , will endorse the plan of the Industrial relations commit tee, recommend a contribution to Its sup port, and provide for the appointment of a local committee to look after the work in Omaha. ' tie Could Hardly o. About two years ago I got down oa my back until I hardly could go," writ Eolomon Bequette, Flat River, Mo. "I got a 60c boa of Foley Kidney Pills and they straightened me right up." Common symptoms of kidney trouble are back ache, headache, rheumatic pains, soreness and stiffness, pufftness under eyes, blurred vision, sleep disturbing bladder troubles, end a languid, tired feellr-r. Foley Kidney rills help to eliminate tha poisonous waste matter that causes tha symptoms. Sold everywhere. AdvertUte roent. " MRS. ELD0RA M. BIRD DIES FROM CANCER Mrs. Eidora M. Bird, wife of R. -Bird and a resident of Omaha for twenty-elglit yeears, did of cancer Monday at her home, 217 North Twenty-fifth street. Her daughter,' Kmma, is now suffering from srarlet fcyr at the emergency hospital. Besides Vho husband and sick daughter Mrs. Bird is survived by four other daughters and a son. They are: Mr.i. I-Jthel Koca, Alliance; Mrs. Flora Ferry man, Minnie and Gertrude Bird and Wil liam M. Sherman, all of Omaha. Mrs. Bird waa 54 years of age. Ths funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the Crosby chapel to Fairvlcw cemetery. Council Bluffs. CLAUDE GILLINWATER ' COMING TO THE QRPHEUM Advice was Just received at the Or pheum that Claude Gllllngwater will come for the week of January 30, re placing Laura Kelson Hall, who will come a few weeks later. Mr. Olliing water's new vehicle, "The Decision of Governor Locae." was written by fwo young actresses, Ethel Clifton and Brcnda Fowler. Whil comparatively unknown in this line of worn previous to this season these two young women have placed four playlets in vaudeville which are meeting with success. Mr. Uiltlng ws'er has a new leading woman. Miss Stella Archer. Advertiser and customer profit by ths -Claaaifitd, Ad ' habit. . Missouri Pacific Agent Experiences Pirst Zero Weather Assistant General Freight Agent Doiler of the Missouri Pacific, born and reared in the south, where he had always lived until two weeks ago when he came here from Memphis. Tenn., to succeed A. Tt Malcolm, promoted and transferred to the Pacific coast, has returned from his former station In the south, where he went to pack his personal effects. Not until his arrival here did Mr. Dosler ever experience any sero weather, lie got his first touch of it when he stepped off the train at the Union depot. He asserts that he likes tt. "To me, this sero temperature Is a revelation. I can't describe Its effects. It makes every drop of blood In my body tingle and go galloping along through the veins. It Is severe on the ears, nose and exposed parts, but really I llko It. "When I left Memphis Saturday the temperature was about t degrees above and to Jump Into sero. or thereabouts, la something of a change. I notice that you have to wear more clothing than do we In the south, but the cold makes you step livelier and you don't feel like loafing along the streets, or stopping on the corners to tell long stories." Befriends Man Who Steals Overcoat to Show His Gratitude After sharing his room with a man whom he found on the street, suffertng from cold, B. R. Davis. 2514 N street, South Side, felt the sting of Ingratitude by discovering that the strsnger, after getting warmed up. had disappeared with Davis's valuable fur overcoat. Max ' Wintroub, 219 North Thirteenth street, was left sn old overcoat by a negro, who carried off Wintroub's new one. Numerous thefts of overcoats, auto robes and other warm clothing and cover ings are being reported to the police. Other losers of such property Sunday were: John Stelger. 1502 South Fifth street, overcoat stolen from Washington hall; Walter Jefferls, 1812 Dodge street, overcoat stolen from Douglas auditorium; Harvey H. .Bryan, 414 North Eighteenth street, robe stolen from auto radiator. Owen 0'Malley of South Side Found Dead in a Barn A man Identified as Owen OMalley. no address, was found dead by HHec tlves Fleming and Sullivan in a barn In the alley between M and N streets, west of Twenty-fifth street. He was poorly dressed and about 40 years old. Death was sal3 not to have been due to freez ing. The body was taken by Deputy Coroner Larkln, who will hold an in quest. SEVEN NEGROES FOUND IN OPIUM JOINT BY POLICE As a result of being arrested in an alleged opium Joint, seven colored men and women were fined $30 and costs ; 'i In police court and went to Jail in default of payment. Harry Rudolph and Mamie Fowler, 1416 Leavenworth street, aliened to have been smoking opium and keeping the dive, have been turned over to the federal authorities for prosecition. Officers Holden, Cunnlnghsm, Barta and Peterson made the arrests Saturday night, and confiscated a complete "hop iayout." CUT THIS OUT OZiX ZBTOX.XBK HECTTFH TOM CAT Aft. gKJU DltAl STUBS) AMD HEAD STOISES. If you know of some one who Is troubled with catarrhal deafness, head nci.es or ordinary catarrh cut out this formula and hand It to them and you will have been he means of saving some poor Buf!erer perhaps from total deaf ness. In England sWentlHts for a long time pant have recognised that eatarrli la a conxtitutioiial dlsese and necessar ily requires a constitutional treatment. Sprays, inhalers and noe douches are llnhle to irritate the dellrate air pajutagus and force the dUease Into the middle ear, which frequently means total deaf ness, or else the disease la driven down the air passages towards the Iuuks. which Is equally as dangerous. The following formula, which is used extensively in the damp Ki'g'l h climate, la a constitutional treatment and hould prove especially ef ficacious to sufferers here who live under more favorable climate conditions. Secure from your Druggist 1 ounce of Parmlnt (Double strength). Take this home and add to it i pint of hot water and 4 ounces of granulated sugar; stir until dissolved. Take one tablenuoonf ul four times a day. This will often bring eutck relief from distressing head noises, f'loxsed nostrils should oien. breathing become easy and hearina immove as the Inflammation In the eustachian tubes la reduced. Parmint is uaed In tills way as it acta directly upon the blood and mu cous sulfates of the )tem ai d has a slisrht tonic action that facilitates the tecovery of the patient. The preara' I m rasy to mak. oc.sls little si 1 i n'eaa ar to tike. - Kverv person who hs a tsrivi HhoiiM this Inatmtnl a trial. dvertwement. ... IOWA MILLS BUY CORN IN OMAHA """"iw " Find Corn Most Satisfactory for Grinding; Purposes and Re turn for More. LOCAL ELEVATORS FILLING UP Hye 1T7, npft Barley 2.V)0 7.W Totals .r7,OnO J Omaht prices were fairly strong an I receipts moderate for a Monday. There were 144 cars of wheat, ITS of com and 10 of oats on the market. Wheat sold at 11.(6 to fl. IS, 2 cents up from Saturday corn, 61 to 71 cents, 1 rent tip to H cent down, and oats, at to 41', cents, 4 to of a cent up. Iowa mills have become extensive buyers of Nebraska corn during the last thirty days, the latest customer to come in being the riymouth Milling company ot LcMars. A couple of weeks ago this mill took a couple of cars of corn off tho Omaha market and it worked up in such a satisfactory manner that the company has become a regular cus tomer. Monday buyers from the mills were on the Omaha market and through the Updike Grain company bought ten carloads of corn. They asserted that so long as the corn Is available they will take ten to fif teen cars per week. So far as the export of grain to Europe is concerned about all avenues of ship ment have been closed. Word has reached the Omaha Grain exchange that New Orleans and Newport News are the only open ports, embargoes having been laid at all others on account of the storage capacity having been exhausted. Klerators Filling; t p. With an embargo on lorelgn shipments, Omaha elevators are filling up rapidly and at this time the stocks In storage are only 9.000 bushels less than on the corresponding date of last year. Tho total stocks In Omaha elevators on this date and on the same date of last year, in bushels: Now. Tear ago. Wheat l.7:t,000 3M."M Corn !24.rtiO l.l5,0ou Oats l.U.1.000 1.5:7,00b PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES PAY OCCUPATION TAX The following occupation taxes have been paid to the city by puhtlc service corporations for the last quarter of ISl.N; Omaha and Council Bluffs street Hall way company. $U,:2.H; Omaha Klcetrle Light and Power company. .f7.-,. Omaha Gas company. HO.tlM.so. The gaa company also paid royalty of tlT.TC.M. WARMER WEATHER ALL OYER STATE Mild Temperatures Prevail with Few Exceptions in Nebraska and Wyoming;. SIXTEEN ABOVE MONDAY NOON The lowest temperature Sunday night was 2 degrees below rero. which was reached a little after 3 a. m. The cold remained around that point with the northwest wind blowing for three hours and at 7 a. m. the official government thermom eter registered rero. In the next three and a halt hours it rose eight I degrees and kept rising all day. At noon it wan 16 above. 'Tartly cloudy tonight with prob ably snow Tuesday. Rising tempera ture." Is the forecast of Colonel , Welsh. j It Is much warmer to the north and t went. Prince Albert, Canada, waa 2 above . .ero at 7 a. m. today. North Tlatte, Nob., i had 8 below, being the coldest place in I Nebraska. Valentine waa 2 above and , Sioux City S below. Warmer All Over State. According to the morning reports to ; the railroads there has hern a decided I Hm In temperature all through Nebraska during the last twenty-four hours. Sunday morning, according to the ratl- road reports, thenc was not a station In the state from here above sero was ' renorted. This morning there were not more than a half dosen towns that re potted below sero. Temperatures gener ally were from 3 to 11 above, with still warmer weather In Wyoming. In Wyoming there was one town, Moorerroft, that reported 14 degrees be low, but elsewhere the temperatures ranged from 10 to S4 above, with 15 above at Sheridan. UPDIKE HOME ENTERED BUT NOTHING STOLEN During the absence of K. B. Updike and family, who are In Wellsboro, Pa., their home at 1 South Thirty-fifth avenue was broken Into Sunday night through a sldo window and the house pretty thoroughly ransacked. According to a maid servant and Mr. Updike's par ent. Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Updike, ap parently nothing was stolen. The silver ware and other valuables were left un touched. Some Jewelry, If the absent family left any at home, may have been stolen, but It Is though doubtful. U. WHY HAIR FALLS OUT Dandruff causes a feverish Irritation of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loosen and then the hair comes out fast To stop falling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, got a 26-cent bottle of I'andcrine at any drug store, pour a little In your hand and rub well Into the acalp. After a few applications all dandruff disappears and the hair stops coming out. Advertisement. Child Gets Sick, Cross, Feverish If Constipated Look at tongue! Then give fruit laxative for stomach, liver, bowels. "California Syrup of Tigs" can't harm children and they love it. A laxative today saves a sick child to morrow. Children simply will not take the lime from play to empty their bow els, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue, iriotner! If coated, or your child Is listless, cross, feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a tea spoonful of "California Byrup of Figs," then don't worry, because It Is perfectly harmless, and In a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fer menting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, play ful child again. A thorough "Inside cleansing'' Is ofttlmes all that la neces sary. It should be the first treatment given In any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a 60-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Klgs," which has full directions for babies, children of sll ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully and see that it Is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company." Advertisement. 10 0 R I Let Me Knd You My free Proof That Grey llnlr Vtt.n be lientoml to Natural Colour an! Beauty. Wo Dyt or Othsr Harmful SUtfcod K mitt in ronr Day. At ST I vm prrutiir.y grvr n4 ft f1lur bciUM 1 lfMvktxl old. To4y at I fatv trao of jrey bsilr slo1 I look younrnr tha 1 dl4 lgbt y-ir ago. I iwioret) my ivn trrmy htr tm iu naiurm! colour and beauty of youta and am a Wr ing aampl lhat frmy halra Dd no lonccr txirt. No danfterou d, ttna or other firruw of hair patnt ar DeoMiary to ktep four hair young. Old sail Grr at 27. Touni an Hpp at II. Lt m u4 you tull Information that will tarn bU toii to ruir your own hair to routhful colour mo that ou aood oev.r hav. a rrmy hair In. no rata t r ht jour wo or tho n of our irr ns. or how Imi toy bait law (ror or how man? Uilosa haa talUd. Mr frao offer U otx to Bi'ti and woman allka for a raw ! ..nr. tan4 no nooay. Juat writ ma tntao- rlvlna r"ur nam and addraaa plainly. atatlDf whathvr (Jr., Mr. or Mlmt and anrlnaa two ont ataiup for return noataaw au4 I will aaud row full particular! Dial will aaabla you to n-atora tba natural colour of youth to your hair, nutklna It aft. natural ana easily managed. Wrlta today. AMraaa Ura. Mary ' w. . i,,iiaii, ouii ji v. f. u. Dt., a'rovl. denca. 1L I. LA GRIPPE, COUGHS, BRONCHITIS Dr. John M. Maybew describes influ enza or ia Crisp as a contagious disease ihe symptoms of which are some times so obscure that a "multitude of aina 'are hid under the diagnosis. It often comes on with a marked chill, or ponsibly by several hours ol chilly sensations ac companied by aneeting, which is soon lollowed bjr adistresningrough and sweat ing, with pains in all parts ol the body. Unless checked the disease develops into pneumonia. First of all the bowels must be kept open. The patient should be Put to bed or compelled to take abso ute rest in an easy chair, the diet should be light, but should consist of nourishing food and one enli-kamnia tablet abould be taken every two or three hours. This treatment will usually break up the disease in a remarkably short time. In bronchitis, coughs, cor) ta and all grippal conditions, anti-kaninia tablet ill a) ways be found ol great service. Anti iamni t tablets may be obtained at a!' druggtfcta in any quantity. Aak for A K Tablet a. T!n-y are ! unexcelled lui jccdaches. neuralgia and all paia. New -York Life Insurance Co., .11(1 .118 liroMtlwH). New York City. SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT To the Policy-Holders and Public: , One jenr ago I stated that the Kuropean war would not have any material effect on onr Company, notwith standing the world-wide character of Its hnalnes. I now confirm that statement hy facts tmsed on experience that includes twelve added months of war. In life Insurance the financial effect of mortality it expressed hy the per rent, vhlh the total actual death losses of the year bear to the expected death losses accord init to the tables of mortality adopted by the state for vitlua tlon purpose. Through a period of years this per cent, (disregarding fractions) hits been as follows:- 1912 Actual death losses 76 of the "expected" t . 1913 Actual death losses 73 of the " expected" ' ' 1914 Actual death losses 73 of the "expected" (3 months of war) 1915 Actual death losses 73 of the "expected" ia mouths of war) In all the world, from the beginning of hostilities up fo January, 1910, seventeen months, we luid In all Ihe membership of the Company (Wl separate war claims. During the year 1015: 409 members of the Company were killed in war 448 members of the Company were killed by accident 707 members of the Company died of cancer 772 members of the Company died of pneumonia 950 members of the Company died of tuberculosis In the grim battle of life with its inevitable mortality and It unnecessary slaughter, the mortality of a worleV war, even while it is being prosecuted, aniongut a membership flint Is also world-wide, Is about 91 of that caused by accident in the same membership 58 of that caused by cancer in the same membership 53 of that caused by pneumonia in the same membership 43 of that caused by tuberculosis in the same membership. A modern war cannot be localised. Electricity, steam, and the partial conquest of the air, have made the world so small that any great international upheaval shocks the whole of civilisation. War under such conditions takes Its toll Impartially, raid In these days the nation which is an "innocent bystander" auffera proportionately with the belligerents. It Is interesting to notice that this Company had, in seventeen months, war losses from seventeen countries, and that what may be called AMERICAN IX)8SE8 exceed those ot any belligerent country except in two instances: 1 . United States (including Lusitania losses) $112,000 Australia 29,000 Austria-Hungary 105,500 Belgium..' 23,000 Canada A 49,000 Great Britain 84,000 Russia '. 76,000 ' Only In France and Germany have the totals exceeded those of our own country. Life insurance isn't designed merely for times of peace, r would confers its inability highly to serve humanity If it did not measurably cover all the risk naturally incurred by healthy men. mniNfl Tnr: vkaii ibis no poi-ici'-holdkr oh iiknf.kiciary, wiikukvkr rksidknt was denied A REASONABLY PROMPT HKTTLEMENT OP ANY Jl'MT CLAIM. VK 1IAVK 1GNORKII AND STILL IGNORE ALL MORATORIA, ALTHOUGH THESE REGULATIONS UK INVOKED AGAINST US IN HOME I'LACKS. In New Rustneas we have done well. We have made good the natural ahrinlcage on an outstanding business of $2,8 17,000,000 at the close of 1011, and increased the total amount to fa,4 0.1.0O0 ,000 at the close of 1013. Dt the f 214,000,000 new business paid for in 1913 over $ 200,000,000 was secured in the United States and Canuda. NO BOND ISSUED BY ANY BELLIGERENT COUNTRY AND HELD BY US WAS IN DEFAULT OF PRINCIPAL OR OF INTEREST AT THE CIXSE OF 1013. Market values, as a whole, are a little lower than a year ago. Bonds of belligerent nations are quoted lit our Annual Statement at the market where a quotation was obtainable, otherwise and in only one Instance as of June .to, 1014. THE INVESTMENTS OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE OF LOANS ON POLICIES AND REAL ES TATE ACQUIRED THROUGH FORECLOSURE) WERE $36,696,191.59 INVESTED TO PAY 5.13 As follows: Railroad Bonds 6,829,045.94 INVESTED TO PAY 4.69 Foreign State and Municipal Bonds ' 10,000,612.78 INVESTED TO PAY 5.27 Provincial, City, County, School District and Township Bonds in the United States and Canada 7,567,624.66 INVESTED TO PAY 4.73 Miscellaneous 168,488.52 INVESTED TO PAY 4.84 Bond and Mortgage Farm Loans , 7,692,482.89 INVESTED TO PAY 5.63 .Loans on other Real Estate .7 r 4,377,936.80 INVESTED TO PAY 5.29 ANALYSIS AND EARNING POWER OF LEDGER ASSETS, DECEMBER 81, 1913: Railroad Bonds (4.21 ) , .$416,049,120.04 Foreign Government and Municipal Bonds (4.22) 07,577,16JW Policy Loans (5-!-) 130.9M7.817J&I lVemium Notes (5-!-) . 5,104,513.21 Mortgage Ixians On Farms (3.62) ; 1 1 ,K976;1.an On Other Real Estate (4.96 ) 1 t7,628,040.O;l Stale and Municipal Bonds (4.21) O8.40S, 1 .16.80 Stocks (Received from Reorganluitious) (8.00) 294,671 .88 Heal Estate Owned (3,70 ) 12,171,919.23 ' Collateral Loan (6 ) 130,OoO.Oi Miscellaneous Bonds (4.08 ) 5 yj Cash (2.38 ) . 20,262,222.1s Total...' $837,676,332.88 Assets (market values) Dec. 31, 1915 $822,917,849.85 Legal Liabilities, Dec. 31, 1915. '. 699,353i383.57 Reserved (market values) for Dividends and Contingencies, Dec. 31, 1915 123,564,466.28 v Income 1915 131,525,014.75 Paid Policy-holders in 1915 75,921,160.24 January 13, 1916. DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, President. -