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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1916)
DAT ITTfl I T DAT TC IVLlliUrtU 1U1 ID AGAIN ON THE BOIL Corey Understood to Have Am liklons for Congressional - or Bate Board Post. CLARKE'S NAME IS SPOKEN (Prom a Staff Correspondent. ) i : i r-- re:i di: L.I1II.IMII, j. .jpci.i. j un ties ia beginning to simmer again, notwithstanding 'that the last elec tion is hardly a thing of the past, and the latest is tb connecting of the name of Merton L. Corey with polit ical ambitions. The political dope gives it out that Mr. Corey will move to Hastings and when the proDer time comes will come out as a candidate for congress on the democratic ticket. There is only one thing standing in the way of the perfection of the plan and that is the present congressman, Mr. Shal lenberger. However it is said that the Alma congressman has never quite given up a hankering that he would like to be a United States senator, and it will be up to the interested ones to cultivate that "hankering" until it de velops into a well rounded out deter mination to get into the fight. Corey's Other Ambitions. The'n again it is said that Corey would like to go on the Interstate Commerce commission provided the commission membership is enlarged as proposed. It has always been un derstood that if the commission was enlarged that there was another well known Nebraskan who has won his spurs in many a fight who would stand a mighty good show of landing a place on the commission, and he is Henry T. Clarke of the 'Nebraska State Railway commission. Mr. Clarke is recognized all over the country as one of the really strong men connected with affairs associated with the work which the commission has to do and for some time his name has been mentioned whenever a place on the commission has been talked of. Members of the national com mission are acquainted with Mr. Clarke and have more than once tes tified to his ability and so when if comes to a place on the commission, unless politics will be the standard for membership, Mr. Clarke can real ly be considered as having the Inside track. - . . , - But to return to Mr. Corey and the United States senatorship, and its connection with other political things. Will the interested friends of Mr. lenberger that he ought to run for the senate and after doing so will the way b clear for him? v . i ' Other Barkises. It it known that there are other democrats besides Mr, Shallenberger who are making eyes at the senator ship. Governor Morehead would not throw the nomination away if it should come to him, and it it sus pected that he would not dodge to keep from getting hit if it should be thrown in his direction. Then again there Is Attorney General Reed. The attorney general haa gone to Wash ington this week, and it il suspected will make an investigation of the chair now held by Senator Norris to see just how it will fit him. There it only one thing, apparently, against Mr. Reed, and that it that he comet from the North Platte country. How ever, that it not likely to discourage the attorney general. When' he looks over the last election results and teet the majorities he received in tome of the South Platte countiet, he timpty smiles and thowt no tignt of worry. With Governor, Morehead, Attor ney General Reed and Congressman Shellenberger in the fight for the democratic nomination, there will be interest enough all along the lint of democratic trenches to keep prog nosticatort; busy for some time to come. - ' TIT'lU TTJ -1 . .. ... rKilled When Auto Turned Into Ditch Cambridge,' Neb., Dec. J. (Special Telegram.) William Vickery, .well known horse buyer from Sabetha, Kan., was instantly killed last night when his car overturned between here and Holbrook. His body was tent to Kansas today. A well dressed unidentified man was found yesterday under a railroad bridge west of Bartley with his throat cut and a razor laying by his side. He had considerable money as (well as other valuables on, his per son. There' was nothing to identify him. The coroner held it to be suicide. Balance in the State ; Treasury Smaller Prom a Staff Correeoondpnl.l Lincoln, Dec. 3. (Special.) The balance in the Nebraska state treas ury continues to grow smaller, the report of State Treasurer Hall for the month of November, showing $85,217.39 less than the report of a month ago. The report for the month ending November shows a balance' in the state treasury at the end of the month of $1,288,674.29. while the balance for the report the month previous was $1,373,891.75. . . Receipts for the month amounted ' to $278,176.66. while the disbursements were $363,394.02, a dropping off of $85,217.36, practically the same de ficit as the deficit in the balance from last month, , The report shows cash on deoosit of $1,023,577.68, and $9,880,148.33 in vested, in the permanent school fund. Doctor Charged With f . An Illegal Operation irrom a vutn uorreoponaeni.) Lincoln, Dec. 3. (Special.) Dr. C. E. Lewellen, owner of the Wesleyan hospital at University Place, wat ar rested charged with performing an illegal operation upon Lucy Schultz of this city. - , . Herbert C. Heath, a piano sales man was charged with being respon sible for the condition of the girl, who is said to be of teeble mind. , The charge alleged against the doc tor is that he performed the opera BEATTY TO COMMAND BRIT ISH GRAND FLEET. I -!L (1 Li. 1 MMWISU1IX Sir David Bcatty, in command of the British battle cruiser squadron, and hero of the battle of Jutland, is to assume command of the , British grand fleet,, succeeding Admiral Sir John Jcllicoe, who becomes first sea lord of the admiralty. Announce ment to this effect was made in the House of Commons by Arthur Bal four, first lord of the admiralty. Sir David, whose wife is an Ameri can woman, daughter of the late Mar shall Field of Chicago, was m com mand of the British cruiser squadron which encountered the entire German high seat fleet and wat in command of the squadron at the time of the sinking of the German battle cruiser Bluechcr, WILSON TO TALK TO OH H. CI President May Deliver Brief Address on Subject to Houses. HIS PLANS YET INDEFINITE Washington, Dec. i. After Presi dent Wilspn has concluded hit address before congress Tuesday, it it possible he may deliver a brief address dealing with the high cost of living. The president's plana on the sub ject are as yet indefinite and may not be r-ctured until the last moment be fore he goes to congress. It is known, howevir, that the administration con siders the cost of living one of the most pressing questions before the country and that many of the presi dent's closest advisers favor consider ing it in the legislative program. Thousands of petitions are pouring into the White House calling for some sort of relief from the present era of high prices for food, many of them demanding an embargo on foodstuffs exported to fcurope.. . ihey are re garded by officials as a strong trend of Sublic opinion toward an emDargo, at, it is understood, will not influence the administration in favor of it. The course, which the president it understood to favor, ia rather an ex tension of present laws to meet al- icgea conspiracies lor corpenng ioous and price-fixing. ' 1 Change of One Word , , Cause for Law Suit The changing of the word "thirty- one to "twenty-one In a telegram is the basit of a suit in district court for $2,625 damages brought by Albert H. Marshall. Omaha, a manufacturer's agent, againat the Western Union Tel egraph company. , The telegram was sent to the Haes lip Molasses and Sugar company, New Orleans, Marshall alleges, and has to do with a bid on a quantity of syrup. Marshall claims that tnrougn tne neg ligence of the Western Union the sum in question was lost on the deal, - -rr JSMJ If If rvj JONES sometimes wakes up feeling cross and in consequence the family know it without his telling them in so many words. Mrs. Jones attributes it to biliousness and if it doesn't wear off during the day she gives him a dose of liver medicine at night. The next morning he feels better and she , gives him coffee for breakfast, and the next morning, and the next morning. And in a few days Jones has another spell. Dear Mrs. Jones means all right, but she doesn't seem to realize that if she didn't give Jones his morning coffee she wouldn't have , to give him the liver medicine and Jones would feel all right without both. Housewives everywhere have found out that Instant Tostum takes the place of break fast coffee perfectly. And that is only one of the reasons why Instant Postum , has wholly supplanted the use of coffee on thousands upon thousands of American breakfast tables. THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1916. GREECE BOWS TO ALUESVDEMANDS Shells From Naval Cannon Fall Near Palace of the Monarch. SOLDIERS ARE WITHDRAWN Paris, Dec. J. The firing at Athens diminished during the night and now has ceased, says a Havas dispatch. The entente troops have been sent back to Pireaus. The Greek government lias offered six mountain batteries to Vice Ad miral du Fournet, but the entente ministers have received instructions that it is no longer merely a question of the cession of war materials, but that reoaration must be made corre sponding with the gravity of the as sault on the allied troops. Athens, Saturday, Dec. 2 (Via Lon don, Dec. 3, 10:15 A. M.). The en tente powers have agreed to remove their representatives who have been in control of the Greek postal and telegraph services. Widows' Society To Start Raising A Building Fund Another fund raising campaign is coming this one by "The Society of American Widows," to raise funds for a building. The project calls for a building cost ing between $50,000 and $75,000, laid out in apartment!, to be rented or sold to widows at reasonable rates. According to the prospectus all de partments of the society's work will be located in thit building, including office, auditorium for meeting!, which will alto be used as a gymnasium and play room for the children, an indus trial department, t co-operative store for the members and a laundry for use of all the occupants. Thit it the tociety ttarted last April on a unique plan to help widowt in their struggle for existence along practical and business like lines, and In a way that will benefit them perma nently. The promoters insist ft is not a charitable organization, but an uplift movement, intended to lighten the burdens of widows who are thrown on their own resources, with children to both care for and support. A bazar is to be given December 8 and 9 at 206 Crounse building to raise money to carry on the work of the society. During the campaign bricks will be sold in the way of red boxes filled with candy. Every man, woman and child will be given the opportunity to do their part in helping to swell the fund for thit grand and worthy cauae by either purchasing a brick or send ing in their subscription. Cement Show Association Is to Give Away House ' The Mid-west Cement Show asso ciation ia to give away a house. The contest it one in which you are to se lect the best name for the house and give the two belt reatont for the ute of concrete. The annual convention and thow it to be held in Omaha March 6 to 10. In thit contest the winner will be fur nished with complete architectural plana for the house and all the ma terials with which to build it. 1 York CeUete. iltav. Mr.' Rmlth, the new paetor of th. local Evatiaelleal chureh. conducted the ohepel eervlo. on Tueaday mornlnf. Mia tuaiin uone ana rroi. ana Mm. u. ?. Davie are vlaltlns In Lincoln durlnv the hankevlvlng vacation. . The tamo with Weeleyan proved" to e the real home-coming day, Judging by the number of graduatca and former atudents who were preaent for thle game. They were net ttleeppolnted In aeelng a good brand of foot ball nor In aeelng their almameter win. A crowd of MOO saw Turk win the atate chemplonahlp. Tne iooi oan rally lor in. v evieyan game waa held at the opera houae on Wednesday forenoon. Bach claea had prepared a epe olal stunt. Speochea were made by several of the cltlaena of York. The Pord band was much In evidence and made a happy climax for the moat oucoeeefut rally held thin h' 'aeon. CONGRESS BEGINS BUSINESSAT NOON (ConUnaad From Tmg One.) ttruction in the elaborate three-year building program authorized at the last tession as part of the admini stration's plan to strengthen the na tional defense. There also remain to be acted upon important conserva tion measures which the president ana many members of both legislative branches have been advocating. Beside those measures President Wilson wants congress to enact the Wehb bill to make it leizal for Ameri can corporations to maintain col lective selling agencies for foreign countries. Under terms of the Clay ton anti-trust law such agencies would be unlawful. The president was disappointed over failure of the senate to pass the till in the closing days of the last session and expressed his regrets in a tormai statement. Detente Measures Pending. With regard to the national defense there are, beside the regular army, navy and coast defense supply bills, several measures bearing on the mili tary efficiency of the country. Among them is the Chamberlain bill for a modified form of universal military training modelled after the Swiss sys tem. Hearings are to be held by the senate military committee, dm action before adjournment seems improD able. Estimates on, the naval bill call for an expenditure-next year of approxi' matelv HOO.000,000 and authorization for construction of three dreadnaughts and at least one battle cruiser to add to the four dreadnaunrhts and four bat. tie cruisers ordered constructed as soon as possible in the big naval bill of the last session. "To keep up with the three-year building program pro vision also should be made for addi tional scout cruisers, destroyers, fleet and coast submarines and auxiliary ships. ' Water Power Bills. Conservation legislation will be de manded by its champions, but wheth er lime win permit .is a uuuiyuo inci ter. Water power bills, which failed at the last' session will be revived! They include the public lands water power bill and the measure to provide for development of water power sites in navigable streams by private capi tal. There also is pending the New lands' $60,000,000 bill for general de velopment and co-ordinated control of the country's waterways. Measures are pending also for conservation of mineral resources and improved con trol of the flood waters. Measures left over for which attention will be asked arc the Shafroth bill to provide civil government for Porto Rico and the Hoke Smith bill to create a sys tem of vocational education with fed eral aid throughout the states. Three New Senators. The senate will have three . new members to inaugurate when the gavel falti tomorrow. It also must elect' a new president, pro tempore, owing to the death of Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas. A new ma jority leader mutt be elected for the next senate, owing to the defeat of Senator Kern of Indiana, and there is considerable maneuvering among democratic tenatort for the honor of president pro tempore. Some sena tors who covet the leadership in the next senate are being urged to ac cept the vacancy, but are reluctant to do to. . Among those under con sideration are Senators Saulsbury of Delaware, Walslt ot Montana, Over man of North Carolina and Bankhead of Alabama. In the selection the democrats must take into considera tion what is likely to be done with the majority leadership next year. If that is to go to a southern demo crat and the tuccessor to Kern most prominently mentioned is Martin of Virginia the new president pro tern. pore probably will be chosen from the northern democrati. , Three new senators, who will take their teats tomorrow, are James E. Watson, republican, of Indiana, elec ted' in place ot l nomas taggart, democrat, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Shivety; Bert M. Fernald, republican, of Maine, who succeeds Senator Burleigh, deceased. and William F. Kiriiy, democrat, of Arkansas, succeeding the late Senator Clarke. The election of Watson re duces the democratic majority in the senate from sixteen to fourteen, the senate now being composed of fifty five democrats and forty-one repub licans. In the new senate the ma jority will be reduced to twelve. There will be three new members also to take seats in the house, Thom as W. Harrison, democrat, .succeeding James Hay of Virginia; Harry C. Woodyard. republican, of West Vir gina, who succeeds Republican Moss, deceased,, and Henry S. Benedict, progressive, of California, elected for the short term in place of Repub lican Stephens, who resigned to be come lieutenant governor of his state. Vice President of ., " B'nai Brith Here H. D. Frankel, national vice presi dent, and Gustavus Loevinger, direc tor, of the Independent Order of B'nai Brith, were the guests of the local lodges Saturday, when a din ner was given at the Fontenelle in their honor. This morning a reception will be given them at 10:30 at the Fontenelle and at noon they will be the "hondr guests at a banquet to be given at the Henshaw by . all the members. Judges of the juvenile and district court have been invited. Following the banquet there will be an initiation of new members. In the evening the guests will be the visi tors of the Council Bluffs lodge. Mr. Frankel and Mr. Loevinger are from St. Paul, Minn., and are here in an effort to boost the membership of the organization. Hacking Wight Congh Believed. . Dr. Bell's Plne-T.r-Honey taken a little at a time will atop your cough; eoothea Irri tation. Only 2Gc. All druggists.- Adv. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. mm . $4 Mrs. Hazel Meyers Pneumonia Victim Mrs. Hazel Irene Meyers, 19-year-old, wife of R. J. Meyers, teller at the Nebraska National bank, who lives at 3918 North Twenty-eighth, died yesterday afternoon from pneu monia, after illness of only two weeks. Mrs. Meyers, daughter of' Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fowler, 2658 Douglas, achieved wide notice several years ago when she made her debut in Nineteen Hundred Odd Years Ago The world started observing Xmas by the gift of Jewelry For these many years we have observed Xmas by making it the day of all days for gift giving. Some of us have forgotten that a Xmas gift to be appropriate should be jewelry others of us never knew To the forgetful . ones this epistle is a reminder, and to those who were unaware, it is knowledge of a fact - This year, 1916 A. D., will witness more appropriate gift giving at Yuletide than ever before, because it is an age of "Do It Right." Jewelry For Xmas. The Spirit bfChrittmas THE spirit of Christmas is the spirit of service! The faithful carrier of parcels in Charles Dickens' "The Cricketof .the Hearth was an embodiment of this spirit, John Peerybinele typified personal service in transportation for his day and age. He never dreamed Charles Dickens never dreamed of the magnitude of Wells Fargo Service, nor of its thousands of devoted expressmen, upon whose efficient work the convenience, comfort, and pleasure of so many depend. Steadily the express has builded its reputation . for both fidelity and dispatch in the handling of its business; yet it is in the flood-tide of . Christmas shipments that its service is put to the greatest test. It is at this timeithat Wells Fargo needs most the co-operation of its patrons in order that it may handle without tjelay its millions of Christmas packages. Thererpre we make an earnest request that you ship early this Christmas. To help you do this -we furnish attractive lal requesting the re cipient of your packages not to open them until Christmas day. Wells Fargo & Co Express Advantages of Early Shopping Complete Stocks! Good Store Service! Comfortable Travel !i If you wait till the last minute you wil find stocks of merchandise depleted, salespeople tired and rushed, street cars crowded. DO IT NOW! ' i Omaha & Council Bluffs Street , Railway Co. ) vaudeville, after winning an enviable local reputation as a dancer. She was a pupil of Prof. W. E. Chambers. Be sides her husband and parents, five sisters and a brother survive. Chicken Show at Atlantic. Mlantic, Iowa, Dec. 2. (Special.) -The Botna Valley Poultry show starts here Monday. There are I, WW entries so. far, and many of the prize winners from the Omaha show are to show their birds here. A hall in the heart of town has been engaged and from the large advance sale ot season tickets, a good show is looked for. Jl 1 tion without ' consulting . with two V - " physicians as the law requires.