Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 24, 1917, Page 5, Image 5
THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1917. Brie City News Have Knot I'rlnt It New tteaeon Press . Tor Xmas Everything electrical ! 3urgess-Granden Co. . . Loses Coat "nnd .Pin P. H. Phllbin i reports to the police that Saturday a sneak thief stole his coat, a diamond oin, and a buneh of keys from the limpress Garden, of which he is the. Going to Student ConventionA student volunteer convention will be held in NortUfield, Mass- on January 4. 5 and 6. C. S. Holcombe, student college secretary, and six students will attend, from the state of Nebraska. Membership anil Turkey The Richardson Drug company subscribed a lied Cross membership for all the employes and in addition to this will follow the usual custom of SO years and give each one a turkey for Christ mas. - - Wild Horse Case Appeal The tran- ' icript of testimony in the famous ''wild horse" case in the local division of the. fedferal court has been com pleted for the defendants' appeal' to to. circuit court. It covers 2,800 type written pages. Slate Hank of Uninlia, corner Six teenth and Harney streets, pays 4 per cent on time depositsS Three per cent on savings accounts. All deposits in this bank are protected by the fle positors' guarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. Aov. To Keep Open House Christmas Night Young: Women's Christian as sociatlon will be open to Omaha girls and friends Christmas night from until 10.' No pros-ram has been ar ranged, but music and Jollity will be in order throughout tne evening. Philosophical Society Meets The Oraafia Philosophical society will meet Sunday at 3 p. m., Lyrio build inirT Nineteenth and Farnam streets. Colonel C. G. CuHhingham will speak upon the subject "Moral Responsibll it.v and the Element or Time." Messenger Injured in Crash Edfiie Burdish, messenger, 1481 Plnkney ' street, received several sca'p wounds and body bruises yesterday aiternoon when an automobile which he was driving collided with a southbound Hanscom park car at Twenty-fourth and Binney -streets, causing tne auto mohlla to. overturn. Depot Warehouse The H6me Builders Incorporated association has been awarded the general contract ifor the construction of a,$12,000 de pot warehouse at Twenty-second and Hickory streets, to be used by the quartermaster department of the United States government. The work is under direct supervision of Lieu tenant Colonel F. A. Grant. Work on the. building Will be started Imme diately and will.be tushed" to comple- tipn. Flue Fireplace Goods at Sunderland's. HUNT WOLVES TO HELP THE RED CROSS Crawford (Neb.) Sportsmen Round Up Nine Animals and . Give Proceeds to Fund of Local Cnapter. Colonel P. G. Cooper and Dr,i A, W. Sprague of Crawford, Neb., tell ' of a unique method of raising money for the Red. Cross that they con ducted in their vicinity during the .- v i- The wolves had been bothering in the vicinity pf Crawford and Colonel Cooper who is an enthusiastic raem- . ber of the Ked cross, conceived me idea of exterminating the wolves for the benefit of the Ked Lross. He organized a bunch of their citizens nihi Aimnn ntv inn irn pri nine wolves. The hides were sold for the benefit of the Red Cross from which they realized more than ?50. E. L. Havelone, chairman cam paign -committee,. Gage county, Be atrice, has iust telephoned that" in two days they gdt 2,500 Christmas memberships for - American Red Cross, and that one township in their countv reoorts a total membership of 168, which is near luu per cent oi tne population of that jownshlp. He also advises that the farmers in that territory are telephoning their mem bershio not even waiting for , the solicitors to call. Pender Sends Challenge. A few days ago Judge Curtis L. Day, chairman of the Thurston, county chapter at Pender, Neb., announced the enrollment of a two day old jn fant' and challenged any other point in the state to produce one as young. Omaha renlied that thev had en rolled an entire family including an unborn child. In reply to this Judge Day has Just wired the state office as follows: , ' , ; "Pender's census population is 900. Its total Red Cross registrations to night 1,070 and Hancock's pup. Shall : we copy Umaha ana begin registra tion of unborn intantsr - JUDGE CURTIS L. DAY." Dawes county chapter, Chadron, Neb., report membership money for first day's campaign $543; two days over 1,000 members. This does not (include any of the branches. ' x W. E. Hardy, chairman of the Lincoln chapter,' Lincoln Neb., wires ' that Lincoln secured up to Friday 15,500 new- members with more to . fnllnw - "Omaha Boys Return From ' r -Naval Training Station Enlistments in all branches of the service are on the decline, owing 'to -the nearness of Christmas. Six men offered themselves for service in the navy, and enlistments in the army were light.- Six men from army headquarters have received leaves of absence extending over the holidays, one soldier departing for Ogden, Utah. . . ... Omaha boys at the navat training 'station who have received permis sion to come home are beginning to arrive, and it is expected .that the spe cial coachful will arrive Monday morning. Norte of the recruiting sta tions will be open on Christmas day. Practically all the navy men who registered are filling out their ques tionnaires, notwithstanding that they are. already in the service. Report Conditions in . Armenia Terrible According to Jofvn C Wharton. rVf 'the Nebraska branch of the Armenian relief fund, rfnore than r 1,-500,000 roubles (?750,uw; are neeaea monthly to take care of the orphans and destitute people in Armenia. A copy of a cablegram says the situation ,is alarming since the advent of the Maximalist governments Petrograd The condition of the refugees in Caucasus 'is terrible and no kinds are available for the 'maintenance of asylums and orphanages previously maintained by the 'state. An urgent anneal is made for funds with which to carry on the great work ot taking care of the thousands of destitute vic tims of war. ' ' , OMAHA CHURCHES CELEBRATE THE BIRTHOF CHRIST Most Have Special Services Yesterday Instead of on Christmas Day, Which Is Tuesday. Weather that was almost JuneMike contributed a share toward bringing big congregations into the Omaha churches yesterday to celebrate the birth of Christ. f It was the Sunday immediately pre ceding Christmas and in all the churches he "story that is old, yet ever new," was told by the pastors and read from the scriptures. The choirs of nearly all the church es sang special anthems and Christ mas carols at the morning services and at some churches the choirs had entire- charge of the evening service, sinking Christmas carols, many of which, like "Good King Wenceslaus," were composed in the middle ages and have been sling in Christian churches for hundreds of years. -Special Masses Sung. In the Catholic churches there were special masses. Some of the Protestant churches, including Zioi Lutheran and Grace Lutheran, had special matin services at ,6 a. m, ' Because of the fact that Sunday comes just two days before Christ mas this year, a number of the Omaha churches gave their Sunday school programs of recitations and singing, with distribution of gifts last night. Most of the churches, however, will have these programs either tonight or tornorrow night, when the gaily-decorated trees will be in their places and the time-honored candy and or anges will be distributed to the chil dren. GIVE RUNT PIG Food Conservators 1 Figure on Big Saving. - ON CHRISTMAS Stockmen Point to "Squealers" as Most Patriotic Gift Pos , sible to Make at Yule Tide. By MABEL GUDMUNDSEN. "Give a runt pig for Christmas," is the slogan at the South Side stock yards. Stockmen contend .that there is no more patriotic gift than a runt'pig. It ranks 100 per cent as. the ideal present among the S. P. UG.'s. It will be more than a plaything for the children it will be a playmate, they declare.' - "The American hog will win Ihe war, said Gilford rinchot, -and so every patriotic home in America has thrown open its doors to the, hero of the world war. Every boy or rirl who makes a 200-pound porker out of a little 10-pound pig will be doing a big bit to feed the soldiers and to win the war. Colonel James H. Bulla expects to buy a litter of six little srrunters for his six grandchildren for Christmas. I hey may squeal on me when I'm putting them in fie stockings Christmas eve," laughed the colonel, "but I'll try to manage some way." v Heln Win War. W. B. Tag, resident of the Oma- haLive Stock exchange, said: if you can t give a Liberty bond or a thrift stamp for Christmas, give a jpig or a calf and help will the war." Irene Meiady endorsed the plan with characteristic enthusiasm and little Eugene, aged 5, can hardly wait until Christmas to get his runt pig. He already has decided to christen it "Caddock in honor of his father's find, Earl Caddock, the wrestler. b. M McAnany lives in an apart ment house. His children keep their Red Cross dog, Laddie, there, but Mr. McAnany is dubious about bringing home his, pockets full of runt pigs Christmas eve. He approves of the plan so strongly that he has offered to give a runt pie to some one wno will promise to. give it a good home in tne suburDs. A.v F. Stryker admitted that his friends are likely to see him hurrying protruding from one pocket and bottle with which to feed ;t from the other. ' Christmas Different. War and the food shortage will make this Christmas different from all others. Jewelry, expensive turs, and pretty novelties are nasse. . The times demand i useful) patriotic gift and so the runt pig has squealed his way to the limelight. He fills the bill, the conservators insist. . - ' Leaders of the movement have fig- urea mat tne umaha. stock yards will saVe $8,800 worth of pork for the na tion by their "runt pie Christmas.'.' They also estimate that if the 20 other markets in the country follow their example, a total of $176,000 worth of pork will be saved. They baseheir figures on a" 10 pound runt weighing 230 pounds in a year,""and that 220 men each will give a "squealer" and that , pork will sell at 20 cents ner pound next year. , Retailers of Insecticides - Need Not Obtain Licenses Retail dealers in insecticides are ex. empt from the 'licensing provisions issued to the united Mates food ad ministration, according . to informa- lon received yesterday by the federal bod administrator for Nebraska. The only companies required to ob tain licenses are wholesalers and job bers in white arsenic and arsenic in secticides. ' To Continue Dances. Emma B. Manchester grove will continue their dances as heretofore and invite all members and friends to attend, at Ancient Order nf United Workmen lemple, December 27. Department Order. WnshinBton. Dec. 23. (Special Telegram.) Civil service examination will be hld on Wyo. Salary $1,S00. The poetofflce 1 Mandel. Atoany county, Wyoming, h&j been discontinued, mail to Morgan. John R. Ruther ha been appointed post master at Athboy, Larson county, South Dakota, vice Rajpn A. Moore, resigned. C J. CHILDE CHOSEN TRAFHCMAHAGER Sioux City Man Will Succeed v McVann, Who is Kept "Busy in the East. C. E. Child?, manager of the traffic department of the Sioux City Com ruercial club, is to be traffic manager of the traffic bureau of the Omaha Commercial clft, beginning Jan uary 1. Clark Coit, chairman of the gov erning committee of the traffic bu reau of the Omaha Commercial club announced yesterday that Mr. Guide who formerly was connected with the traffic bureau here in the capacity of assistant, was unanimously chosen by the governing board as manager of this organization, He was selected from among a list of applicants be cause of his wide experience in traffic affairs, his ability to handle matters in short upon his record of success ful work along this line. "Mr. Childe suggested in his ap plication that the bureau should be operated as at present until, suth time as he lias become thoroughly familiar with th situation and might make other recommendations. . For a time there was a strong movement on foot to consolidate the traffic bureau under Commercial club management, but under the present. arrangement the bureau is to remain a separate organization, receiving only a paft ot its support from the Commercial club as an organization aud deriving most of its support from the .members of the bureau who maintain it by subscriptions. Will Get Successor. Mr. Childe has promised his Sioux City employers that he will help them get a successor, and leave the office there in working order. For this reason, it is believed it may be little later than January 1 when he finds it possible to come to Omaha to take up the active work here. Something over 3 years ago Mr, Childe was assistant to E. T. McVann who was manager -of the traffic bureau at Omaha. He went from here to Sioux City as traffic manager there, and has been making good to an exceptional degree. Now that Mr, McVann has severed his connection with the bureau, the board turned to Childe as the logical man to come back here and step into McVann's place. j Mr. McVann., now maintains two law offices, one in Chicago and one m New.' York, and is kept busy handl ing important traffic cases for large eastern associations and corporations Install Women's Lunch . Room in U. P. Building Furniture will be 'installed and the equipment in place forShe opening of the women s lunch and rest t;oom on the third floor of the Union Pa cific headquarters building immedi ately after the first of next year, There will be easy couches and chairs tor the comfort ot the women em ployed in tne building, and in addi tion there will be a cafeteria, where daily, with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays, hot tea and coffee will be served free of charge from 11:30 to 1 :30 o clock. While the Union Pacific women are going to have free tea and coffee after the first of the year,, the men who are in the company employ ar going to have to pay tor what they get. An order is out, effective the first of the year, to the effect that the is suance of -hotel department cards for meals at reduced tates will be dis continued to all officers and employes who have expense accounts. For those who do not have expense accounts and when traveling on company busi ness, there will be reduced rates ior meals., British Customs Board To Pass Gift Parcels British board of customs announces conditions whereby gift parcels con taining dutiable goods may be deliv ered free of duty. Such parcels in- tendedjor officers and men of United States navy in United Kingdom should be addressed for delivery on board ship in which addressee is serving. When intended for members of American army in United Kingdom, should be addressed to regimental ad dress of recipient; when intended for soldiers of American nationality in British or Canadian armies or for American medical officers serving in British military or base hospitals, should be addressed in care of com mittee for American soldiers and sail ors of the American Red Cross.. 154 XT. which committee will verify right of addressee to duty-free concessions and arrange for delivery of parcels. Dutiable goods must be specifically described as tobacco, cirgarets, choco late, etc. Foregoing relates solely to dutiable goods imported by parcel post. Old Timers Witnesses ; In North Platte Cases Howard Saxton, assistant United States attorney, has returned from North Platte, where he took deposi tions in lana cases. "Among the witnesses," he said, "were grizzled veterans of the days when cattlemen and homesteaders shotseach other on sight. One man had served a year in the penitentiary. He said he was starving and when an other man visited his homestead and suggested that they sneak out some nigh and kill one of the cattle com pany's 'critters' for food, he agreed. When the steer was killed he found the stranger was an agent of the cattle company and it was his testi mony that ent the homesteader to the penitentiary." Passenger Men Say AH Holiday Records Broken Railroad passenger men are satis fied with the holiday business. Ihey say there has never been a year when the travel has been as heavy. In ad dition to -the usual number of stu dents who are coming home from schools Jhere is a great number of parents,- brothers and sisters and other relatives going to the. camps and cantonments to visit the soldier boys. ' In addition to all this, the number of people going and coming is said to be in excess of former years? There has been considerable curtailment of equipment and as a war measure pas sengers are packed into the coaches a little closer than usual. . ' POLICE ON TRAIL OF JACK SHERMAN Mysterious Note Book Is Sent Through Mails to Chief of Omaha Detec- tives. Police are still on the trail of Jack Sherman, who is wanted here, as well as elsevhere, to make ;ood a large amount of credit which he is alleged to have obtained from 30 merchants, while he was "president of the firm of Sherman, Devine & Sherman," with offices in the Paxton block. A mysterious notebook addressed to the chief of detectives came through the mail yesterday with nothing to identify the sender.. In the notebook there were written reports in terse sentences and phrases of various dances which were held in Omaha. A card with the inscription of the firm, Sherman, Devine & Sherman, on one side and a note on the other side was in the notebook. The note read: "Please give meals to Frank lin free of charge." and was signed, "Jack Sherman, Pres." While Sherman was here he leased a restaurant known as "The' Sani taryat 2422 Leavenworth street. He also attempted to buy the De Luxe dancing academy from the manager, who was introduced to Sherman by Leroy Franklin, secretary of the Wel fare board. Franklin also introduced Sherman to Mr. Keep, owner of Keep's dancing academy. From the latter Sherman leased the building for his "midwinter festival." Women Should Be Employed As Cream Testers Everywhere As a means of releasing man pow er, the suggestion has been made by the dairy department of the United States food administration that women be employed as cream testers throughout the United States. Ad vices to this effect reached the office of Federal Food Administrator Gur don W. Wattles yesterday. George E. Haskell, dairy specialist of the U. S. administration, i urging this means. In Nebraska .alone it is conserva tively estimated that there are more than 2,000 stations employing men testers and samplers. However, it is stated that many of these men would be unt for army duty because of their age and physical condition. Were women employed, it would necessitate, the rebuilding of many station platforms, Nebraska creamery men declare, so that the cream, which is received in . 100-pound cans, could be handled by the women. Kugel Denies Any Friction Between Himself and Seroy "I emphatically deny that there has been any estrangement or trouble be tween myself and E. J. Seroy, my sec retary stated Superintendent Kuuel of the police department. Mr, Kugel said he wished to contradict a story which appeared in a local paper to the effect that he sent two detectives to the home of Mr. Seroy. "That is absolutely false," declared the super intendent. ' The incident arose over a statement made in the city council chamber last Thursday by Patrolman O. H. Thorn ton, who was under charges of having been intoxicated last bunday. 1 he officer said he met E. J. Seroy and Sam Cussack at 4:15 o'clock and could refer-to them as having been sober. Mr. Kugel said Seroy did not speak to him of the meeting. Hold Back Your Hogs, . Says Administrator Cotton IT P. Cotton, head of the meat divi sion of the food administration, said today: "Hold back your hogs. Largely owing to transportation difficulties in the east, there is now, a glut of hogs on the 'Chicago market, and more hogs than the packers can kill and handle. The farmers and commission men in this territory must help by holding back hogs temporarily, especially from that market. If there is co operation the minimum will be main tained. Do not sacrifice your hogs by dumping them on an overcrowded market." Receives Token From V. Her Hero at the Front T.itM F.thel Denison is the proud possessor of a Christmas token from her cousin. Tohn Whalen, of the Cana dian anny, as evidence that he is alive and liappy. The token is a beautiful silk flair with lace edees. with the flags and colors of the allied armies worked in the corners. tWhalen enlisted in the Canadian forces two years ago and is giving a good account of himself. - Ethel is a pupil in Central Park school and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Denison, 4529 North Fortieth street. Her cousin, John Whalen, was formerly employed at the Union Facihc headquarters. Real Estate Board Scores ' ' On Red Cross Membership The Red Cross committee of the Omaha Real Estate board prides itself on being able to rebort at the Wednesday meeting that out of a membership in the board of 74, there had been secured 75 Red Cross mem berships, and that the board would show up 100 per cent. A number of members of the board are also ac tively pushing the campaign of the Youne Women's Christian associa tion war work and have done much to round out the sum desired by this or ganization. Farm Boys May Be Allowed Furlough From Army camp Washington. Dec. 22. Secretary Baker has a plan to permit farmer boys in the army to return to their homes at periodical intervalsto assist in crop production.' He outlined it to day to a delegation of New York farmers who protested against condi tions created by scarcity of farm labor. Bomb Explosion Wrecks Eastern Rubber Factory Neward, N. J., Dec. 22. Four men were reported missing today aften what is believed to have been a bomb explosion in the Newark Rubber com pany s plant, wnere raincoats were being mtade for the United States government. A number of employes were injured by flying glass. Restrict Funston Men To Avoid Epidemics Camp Funston, Kan., Dec. 23 To prevent possible introduction of'Con tagious diseases into the cantonnient here, all men who go home on Cht'st mas furlough will be assigned upon their return to the detention camp, it was annnunced here today. The men will be held in the detention camp for two weeks before being allowed OUR CHRISTMAS SET the Christmas I Spirit outlast iVay it linger in lovin tiiouhts and unselfish1 service onnging . and, all your daij ttves. ife i$ our Christmas (jreeSid. m it. .it i 3 Hotel Loyal Special Christmas m, utnner... 5 02 to 9 P. M.) Hotel Dyckman Minneapolis FIREPROOF Opened 1910 Location' Most Central 300 Rooms with 300 Private Baths Ratei $1.75 to $3.50 Per Day H. J. TREMAIN Pre, and Manager Yfru will want to aenj the but photographs. Rinehart-Steffens i Of Court. 900 South ISth St Wead Bldf. Juat Off Farnam , . The Useful Light Should your Giu Lamps need attention DAI OR NIGHT Call Douglas 606, or, K Maintenance Department, M . only Donglas 4186. m Omaha Gas Co. ,1509 Howard Street 1 Cuticura Soap -Is Ideal for the Complexion and Skin Because So Delicately Medicated You can secure a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee Want A' - to rejoin their regular organizations. . Spirit of 1917. Frank and John, the two youngj r I l W . r- K r A T sons oi Mr. ana iurs. r. luuniiuii, Chula Vista apartments, appeared in the rotunda of the Exchange building Saturday- with a drum and bugle ami played military music that aroused en thusiasm for the last lap of the Red Cross drive at the Exchange, Frank is the boys played martial airs that fill your learte witii joy tmt the festive ' season. throughout the comtort, peace, dood thinds into Inll 1 - ..M..wai l MMgm MMI 1 .. . I ... v , -.' ; r- '' V'TWfifV"?' ' ' 1,1 i'lBifilil ? ? - L. U$Nn tfa& - . : ' , ' ,rv.it.'-...-,:;-fi--. j - Fait Udins on convenient schedules arrive Englewood Union Station !, (63d St.) and La Salle Station-most ;5 convenient locations in Chicago connecting with limited trains f or v all Eastern territory. - The Limited. A Leaves 6:08 p. m. daily. trainarrive La Salle Station, Chicago in the heart of the business district ready for the dayno time lost. - 1 Carries sleeping car for Tri-Cities may be occu pied until 7 :00 a. m. ' , Low round trip tickets to points in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Caro lina and to Havana, Cuba, on sale dally, with long limits and liberal stop overs. - . V i Automatic Block Slgnsla Finest Modern Alt-Steel Equipment Absolute Safety Write, phone or call' at Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1328 .Farnam St., for tickets, reservation., information. , J. S. McNALLY, Dir. Past. Agent Phono Doug. 423 411 South 15th St., Railway Exchange Bldg. brought a big crowd out to the rotunda. They were both drjssed in khakiuniforms. They are Red Cross boys and their big collie dog, Laddie, is also a member, . Army Order. . , Wanhlngton, Dee. 3. (Special Telegram.) Fimt Lieutenant For A. McOuIr in r ifeved from duty at Fort Riley, Kan. - First Lieutenant Frank R. Mehler, med. leal reaerv corpi, la aMlcned to active duty and will proceed to Fhlrfleld, Ia and report, " sham - eW . .. , kji :i 'it ; .v.i- Have dinner on the 9 b y