I
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G. W; WATTLES SPURS
HALL WORKERS ON
Give . Another $5,000 to
" Brownell Hall and Scores
Lack of Interest.
TOTAL IS HOW $51,493
j ,Whtn the subscriptions for the re
building qf Brownell Hall did not
mount high enough for the day to suit
G. W. Wattles, that individual got up
from the table at the Hotel Fontenelle
at noon and declared he would raise
them another $5,000.
-This, brought prolonged applause.
Mr, Wattles had already given $5,000
to the cause, and this additional sub
scription brings his donations up to
$10,000.
"I am ashamed of the lack of inter
est shown by the people of Omaha in
this work to date, said Mr. Wattles,
in the remarks preliminary to his an
nouncement of another $5,000. "When
we built this hotel a few years ago we
did it for the material advancement
of the city. This campaign now is
for a higher and nobler interest, so
much so that the other sinks into in
significance. Many citizens of Omaha
are giving far too little to this
cause."
The total subscriptions1 announced
on the second day of the campaign
were IVS,1, which with the $38,740
previously announced, totals $51,493.
Two- Anonymous Donations. '
Two announcements of individual
subscriptions of $500 each from per
sons who did not want their names
known were made. Besides these, the
following subscriptions of $250 or
over were announced for Saturday:
"Ofehard-Wllhclm company , ...S 3fifl
Mr. Vtoltt Joalyn ,McGowan 5ft
Thofnpaon-Bldn company 360
Dr. Harold Clifford 1M
I Own Tlldn.... J,....,.., too
Charlea T. KountM , 1,000
Mayor James C, Dahlman, who is
a mcmb. of the hustling team of
Bishop Williams, addressed the com
mittee, declaring thafa school of the
iTtxharacter of Brownell Hall is needed
'ft in Omaha and is a great asset to the
'1 city. He informed - the committee
facetiously that he had walked to the
Kontenelh instead of riding in the
city's automobile, so he was sure this
could not be official business. He
; made other aumeroust allusions to
i " therestrainirig order which- has just
i been issued in the courts enjoining
i him from using the city automobile
I for, private rides.
; Girls Create Enthusiasm.
!Tcn young girls, students of
Brownell Hall, marched , into the
5 ' dinihg roomlo the accompaniment
of piano' music, bearing banners with
I the dates December 8 for ten succes-
siVeVdays.- The first bore the inscrip-'
J tn, "December 8, $38,740." The re
I nttinder bore that date, only with the
I place for the amounts left blank.
J Miss Elizabeth Beecher made a
short statement, appealing for finan-
cbl aid for the rebuilding of the
school, and the ten girls in chorus
stoic, "We're School Fellows All To
gether." Following is the list of
Brownell girls ia the thortfs:
. tMiss Mildred Krumm, pianist;
Elizabeth Beecher, Hastings, Neb.;
Frances Castetter, Blair, Neb.; Mary
Kleanor Bridenthal, Wymore, Neb.;
Frances Roberts, Omaha; Harriette
Tipton, Seward, Neb.; Elizabeth Wil
liams, Douglas, Wyo.; Kutli Kindred,
Meadow Grove, Neb.; Delia Holsten,
Alliance, Neb.; Irene Pratt, Kearney,
Mrb.i Margaret Carey, Red Oak, la.
. i Report of Teams. -Following
is the 'report of the re
spective teams for the day;
t. WOMEN'S DIVISION. . "
Mm, Loula 8.. Clarka, captain....,
MRjiJPrank W. JudHOn, captain...,
Mi, Ckarloa H. Marpla. captain...
Mr.. Philip Potter, captain.,....,,
Mlpa-iMarlon B. Towla, oaptaln..,,.
.1 sit
. 1,135
. 1S
. , too
. IM
,.II,I0
4 (: MEN'S DIVISION.
Joseph Barker.1:. oaptaln I MS
Ooorto Brandala, captain
Jotcpb. J. Dodda, oapuln,..!
Arthur H. Ftra, captain.'!..
Chart! C. George, captain
Barton Millard, oaptaln ,
Abraham L, Reed, oaptaln....,
WHllam S. Rhoadea. captain..
Harry A. Tukey, captain ,
Chattel M. Wllhelm. captain..
Arthur U Willlama, captain..
' lJUI -'--'
.. 1,1(0
.1 1(1
.. 1(0
.. 411
.. ' 111
. . 1(0
.. 1,730
.. 430
.. 171
.. S00
.$S,0T1
reet Carmen Are
led by Police in
, flTug-p'-War Contest
Six Qmaha street car men, all well
known, were pulled last night by po
lice at De Luxe dance academy, in
spit of sturdy resistance.
Tf hey were not "pulled" to jail, how
"evtrt It "was the tug-o'-war contest
between the strong men of the police
department and the muscular motor
mt and conductors of the trolley
toypauy, r
$ Rough ' Outweighed nearly 150
: pounds, the carmen made a splendid
: shewing, and succeeded in staying on
thc'.rack throughout the thirtv inin.
utM, and losing only about sixteen
incbes of rope. -. . .
Jht police team, captained by Ser
geant Al Samuelson, was made .up of
1'alrolman frank McCabe, anchor
man;. Patrolman Peter, Jolly, knots
mafM. Patrolman Olc Knutson, re
serve; Patrolman Ed Slezewski, Pa
troinun Jack Graham, Patrolman Bob
HeHer and Patrolman Charles Jensen.
THM street1 car men were directed hv
Chrles Neiby, captain; Charles Curry,
anshohnan; James Anderson, knots
mall i L. p, Nieman, reserve; Richard
Anderson, , Bob Johnson and Foster
juitr me- ponce-strect car men
roa$h a six-foot farmer named Bolen
from Calhoun challenged anyone in
thhall. His challenge was accepted
by ius Carlson, carpenter, and mem
ber,, of the championship Swedish
tqud. Carlson was outweighed at
least 150 pounds, but he made short
wotk oi nis opponent.
- ,
Royal Neighbors of Rock
Springs Camp Elect Officers
' iSrs. John Wisler, Mrs. Charles
. Black and Mrs. R. J. Sutton are the
new board of managers elected
Wednesday by the Royal Neighbors
- ot fiocK springs camp, i he oracle
chosen is Mrs. Emil Groman; vice
oracle. Mrs. E. A. Winn; chancellor,
Mrs. Frank Fox; recorder, Mrs. Joe
Byer; receiver, sMrs. George Cole;
vursnai, airs, r ranis ixcayne.
! Witt You Help a Poor Family? -
Here are three more families, DESERVING families upon
whom the people of Omaha are invited to bestow some of their
surplus bounty. By helping them you will help yourself. By
making their Christmas merry you will make your own merrier.
These families have been independent, self-supporting,'
self-respecting. But unavoidable misfortunes have overtaken
them and today they need help. The Associated Charities have
investigated them and KNOW they are deserving in every
respect. , ' - '
Old age, sickness, desertion have laid their heavy hands
upon these good people. It should be a real pleasure to help
such as these:
Colored family. Deserted woman and three children. Boy, 14; boy
and girl, 6. Mother does day work. Unable to earn enough to support
family. Need clothing, shoes and rent.
Mother 70 years old. Daughter tubercular; granddaughter, 8.
Mother's health broken down from overwork. Son, the sole support of
the family, died last year of tuberculosis. Daughter refuses to go to a
sanitarium because she is afraid she will not live to come home to her
mother and her child. Need rent and fuel and nourishing food for the
daughter.
Family of five. Father 68, broken down in health. Mother almost
blind with cataracts over both eyes. Three children, girl, 10; boy . and ,
girl, 4. Mother tries to do a little washing. Father does odd jobs. Make ,
only enough to pay their rent. Need food; clothing and fuel. ,
Contributions may be sent to Mrs. George W. Doane, secre
tary of the Associated Charities,
Bee. .
WIFE DESERTER TQ
THE DISTRICT COURT
Andrew Leonard Bound Over
by Police Judge Following
i Wife's Testimony. .
FLEES TO MEAD, NEBRASKA
Accused of abandoning his wife and
two children, oni son, 13 yeap old,
and a daughter, 3 years old, Andrew
Leonard was bound over to the dis
trict court under bonds of $500 by
the police judge.
Her husband,
charged, deserted
weeks ago, leaving
cents in the house.
Mrs. .Leonard
her about four
her with Just 5
Previous to that
time, she says, he failed to contribute
to the support of herself or her little
ones, declaring that she barely man
aged to eke out an existence with
the assistance of kind neighbors. In
addition, he would take such money
as she was able to procure and spend,
it for his own pleasures, she testi
fied. When Lronard finally deserted her,
neighbors found a position ' doing
household work for Mrs. Leonard.
She took the 3-year-old daughter with
her, but lient the 1.1-year-old, son to
her mother, who lives - at . Ulead,
Neb. .
Holden a Ruse.
Friday the mother called up Mrs.
Leonard and informed her that Leon
ard had come to Mead, had taken the
son and had boarded a "(Tain for
Omaha. Mrs. Leonard swore oft a
complaint and Officer Johnny Holden
went to tne depot to take Leonard
in charge.
Holden went to the depot, intend
ing to meat Mrs. Leonard there. Mrs.
f I . - I - - l I 1 I I
L,cunara was to lucniuy rer nusurinu.1
Holden had no description of the
man and did not even know whether
the child was a boy or a girl. Mrs.
Leonard was unable to get to the
depot and Holden,' after scanning the
large crowd that got off the train,
was about to give it up as a bad job
when he was seized with an inspira
tion. He saw a man with a little
boy jfet off the train. Stepping to
one side he yelled "Leonard. Both
the man and the boy turned at, the
call. Holden knew' he had his man
and promptly placed him under ar
rest. The boy was turned over to - the
juvenile officers Friday night, but the
judge advised the mother to send him
back to his grandmother when he
bound Leonard over.
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Big Damage Suits Filed
Against Railway Company
Two personal injury suits for $10.-
000 each have been filed with the clerk
v iiit; uiaiini luuii agaiiioi MIC
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company.
Susie . Finny alleges that she was
permanently injured in a collision be
tween two street cars.' '
William Kerns wants damages for
injuries alleged to have been suffered
when he alighted from a car. v
Arrangements Made for
Better Care of Perishables
Through the efforts' of the traffic
bureau of the Commercial club, ar
rangements have been made for bet
ter care ot shipments ot perishable
freight at the various freight depots
in Omaha. The report of the fruit
marketing and development commit
tee some weeks ago made clear the
need of better arrangements for the
care of' perishables.
IMELTOM B
AVJOL &SONS CO JJjX
ELECTRIC ;
TOASTERS
$4.00, $4.25
$5.00
Electric Grill ....$6.50
Electric Percolators
$6.75. $8.50. $9.50
and S1 1 .00
Electric Chafers
$10.75 and $13.50
Electric Curling Irons -
$2.50 and $3.75
CARVING SETS
3-pieceets $2.75
Scissors Sets .....$2.00
rocket Knives 25r
Manicure SeU . . . $2 OA
Game Carvers ,. .$1.75
Game Shears ....$3.50
Razor Sets'. ... . . .$1.00
THE OMAHA
1716 Dodge street, or to The
-
Murder Car Comes .
Back to This City
City Commissioner Parks has re
ceived back from St. Louis the auto
mobile which was stolen from the
city hall a month ago and found in
front of a St. Louis drug store, where
one robber vans killed and another
wounded during an attempted rob
bery. The machine was used in a
rough manner by the thieves.
There'll'Be Plenty of .
Guards On the Train
A carload of insane soldiers and
sailors from tire Pacific coist, enroute
to the federal asylum in Washington
will pass through Omaha Sunday
night, over the Union Pacific-Northwestern.
The H.
The hih'cost of coal at the present
time is the logical outcome of a'com
bination of circumstances . over
which the dealer seems to have no
, control. The car shortage is a real
; menace, not an iridescent 'dream.
Exports on coal are heavy and the
grinding of the war factories makes
' big demands in this country. r-In
many parts othe ' country the sup
ply'has been cut down because of .
labor scarcity and transportation
facilities. All these things conspire
to force up, the jjrices at the mine
to a point where coal would be a
luxury if it were not such an abso-
v lute necessity. We have been for
tunate in lining up a goodly supply
,. of high-grade coal and are perhaps
the least affected by outside condi
tions. Try us on your next order.
It's Real
s or Coke at
NEBRASKA FUEL LUMP.
A dandy furnac coal, and Is
l, and Is
6
worth mora
than th vary
low price, in- '
dicatet, par ton.
SUNBURST SMOKELESS
SEMI-ANTHRACITE COAL
A long lasting, tharafor
economical, absolutely soot
less furnaca coal. Good for
VJOOC
9
thaH. C. ofL. J
Froth auDnl ' J
00
just ia, paV
ton, unscraened .
NEBRASKA
; 411 South Siiteenth St.
If You Are Looking for
USEFUL GIFTS
Step In and See Our Display
j CASSEROLES
Regularly $3.25, special
shop early price,' $2.95
Fancy Crumb Sets, $1.50
Vacuum Bottles. $1.25
Universal Lunch Boxes
' " $2.75
Au Gratin Sets. .. $7.50
Boy Scout Axes.. ..75
Boy Scout Knives, $1.25
Air Rifles. . $1.25
Foot Balls ......$1.00
Ice Skates...... ...75
Roller Skates..... $1.48
SUNDAY BEE: DEjCEMBER, 10, 1916.
COURT COMMISSION
LAI IS VALID
Supreme. Gourt Upholds Act,
Except Part Which Says
Governor Must Appoint.
KEEPS THE.POWER ITSELF
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 9. In a judicial
pronouncement upholding the con
stitutionality of the supreme court
commission, handed down by the su
preme court today, that court de
clares that it, and not the governor,
has the power to appoint members
of the commission, an1 anv other
assistants that it may need to in the
nerformanee 'of its duties. Under the
law-making provision 1 for the com-1
' :-mi i
mission, as paaacu in i7u, mc guvci
nor has power to appoint members of
the commission and did appoint the
present members. The decision made
today declares null and void that part
of the law giving the governor power
to appoint.
Girl Blackmailed,
AH Through Life by .
Lover of Her Youth
Chicago, Dec. 9. Miss Anna E
Sharpley, amateur i playwright and
chicken farmer, disclosed the trials of
her profession and told of how she
had been blackmailed for $60,000 by
an old sweetheart during a hearing
into her affairs by a referee yi bank
ruptcy here todiy. Miss Sharpley
told how in her youth she had com
mitted an indiscretion with a man in
Encland. whom she named as Clar
ence Shubert, a,nd how he had dogged
her tootsieps, extorting money unuer
pain of publicity, until his death
somewhere in France" several
months ago.
G of C.
to Buy Coal
These Prices
RAMPTON LUMP, EGG OR
NUT is a vary food grade of
Illinois coal
and ia suitable ,
$750
f or alrdomaitic -
tuni par ton . v . ij as
ELKHORN ' tiY-PRODUCT
COKE. Tha cleanast f ual for
furnacas evar markatad, and
producat tha graatatt heat.
-No dust and f
11
00
vary little V
ashes.
ton...
Par
FUEL CO.
; Phone Douglas 430 v
mER'S
1515 HARNEY S7
ELECTRIC
IRONS
$4.00, $4.50
; $5.00
r, v $52.50 y1
Electric Sweeper, $18.50 W
electric Heater. . .$3.75
; 00. iO IJ
later j
75 Y
Aluminum rercoiater
.$3.50
Pepper Mills, . .
t.anfy p, Senw.$2.65
N. P. Tea Kettle.. $2.00
SilAr KnWas and Forks, $4
Tool Cabinata. ... ... . .$4 55 5
Tool Banchaa $11.75
Boys Slads , . ..... .-. . 75
Girl.' Skatas.. .$1.25 '
fleaibla Flyar Slads. . .$2.50 .
OMAHA TEACHER
HEADS ASSOCIATION
Martha Powell, Principal 6f the
Long School, Chosen Presi
dent of State Body.
DEFEATS LINCOLN WOMAN
Martha Powell, principal of t!ie
Long school in Omaha, is the new
president of the Nebraska State
Teachers' association. ,.
She defeated Ruth Pyrtle of Lin
coln by a vote of 679 to 587. A. O,
Thomas got 392 votes and H. H.
Hahn of Wayne 249. Miss Ruth
Pyrtle is the candidate who had the
support of the Nebraska Women's
Educational association, which sent
Miss Mary. Foster to Omaha a week
Suggestive Christmas Gifts
The Kind You Enjoy Giving
' and Hope To Receive
Our interest in securing the many Items for serviceable Christmas
Gifts now on display at this store is more thoroughly appreciated
when you see them and realize that you can save from 20 to 50 per
cent on every purchase; and, as usual, you make your own terms.
Columbia
Entire Year Xmas Reminders
iliilic
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SMOKING SImiSDS
An excellent assortment of
Smoking Stands, in oak or
mahogany and almost any
style you desire. Some per
fectly plain in design; other
styles to harmonize with spe
cial smoking room furnish
ings. Priced at S1.75.
82.50 84.50, $6.00.
$7.50 and up.
Toyland Will Surprise and Please You
Child s Desk and Chair, in dJO OC
fumed oak, like cut PO.Q
Doll Cradles at 45. 55t. 65. '
75. 80 d up to $2.50. , -
before the state association meeting
to lobby for the Lincoln candidate.
The plea was made ky this women's
organization that as 90 per cent of
the teachers of the state were women,
a woman should head the association.
Though Miss Pyrtle was defeated, a
woman, Miss Towell, is sfilt to head
the association.
H. H. Hahn of Wayne was elected
vice president. John F. Matthews of
Grand Island was re-elected treas
urer ever C. A. Gregory of Crete by
a vote of 1,274 to 606.
To Meet Here Again.
Omaha was again chosen as the
meeting place of the convention by
a, vote of 1,263, as against 600 for
Lincoln. The time is to be during
the first half of November, 1917.
Executive committee members
were elected as follows: First dis
trict, Fred Hunter; Second district,
E. U. Graff; Fourth .district, E. J.
Bodwell; Sixth districtH. O. Sutton.
The ballots were canvassed by the
executive committee in the office of
Grafonolas
Music of just the kind you enjoy
classic selections of instrumental or
vocal artjsts, ragtime of our best
comedians, or the good old-time.
tunes rendered as you wish them.
A Grafonola for every home at any
price you choose To .pay and any se
lections of Columbia Records you de
sire. Grafonolas sell the world over
at from $15 to $350, and at this store
you pay the same price and make
your own terms. , 'y
cf Graf onola and RecdrdffQO Cfl
Cabinet, like cut )U.d)
Grafonola with improved
Record Holder, fflC fin
like cut JJ.UU
Cedar Chests, In all sizes, plain and
copper Dounn at t.au.
$7.25." $8.50. $10.00, d P.
,4
r
Quartered Oak Ladies' Desks, with
pigeon-hole compart- JC CA
ments, like cut ipOiOy
Whatenr you buy at the Central is
sore to please you on account of our
guarantee of satisfaction.
Tool Chests.'Hbe practical
gift for boys, at
Wood Wheel Coaster Wagons,
cut, $1.70. $2.20. $2.65
$3.15.
All Metal Wagons, 75. 98
$1.10.
E. U. Graff of Omaha, secretary of
the Nebraska Slate Teachers' asso
ciation. MiddfelVtGeFs
U. S. Axmor Plant
Washington, Dec. 9.-Thp special
naval board appointed by Secretary
Daniels to consider military aspects of
proposed sites for the $11,000,000 gov
ernment armor plant has submitted its
report, which, although not made pub
lic, indicates there is little possibility
that the plant will be located in any of
the coastal states or in proximity to
the Canadian border. Some point in
the middle western area, having good
connection with the . mineral supply
sources and transportation facilities to
coast points, but sufficiently remote to
remove danger of destruction by any
hostile invading force, is virtually cer
tain to be selected.
. Perltenea Is th Cardinal .Vlrtna In
Advertllna .
Dressing or Toilet Tables, in quar
tered oak, mahogany or walnut wood,
with single or triple mirrors, $7.50,
$9. $10.50. $12. $14 and up.
Folding Card Tables, with morocco
line or felt covered tops, at $1,40.
$1.85. $2.10 and P.
Toy Pianos, with real keys, that play
real music, like cut, at 20. 25.
45. 85.' $1.40.
like
and
and
' Doll Go-Carts at 40.
65. 90. $1.25 and up
to $7.50.
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