THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1918.
i
LUTHERANS OF ,
i v I n TL larrT fix
NORTH LATTE
X Synodical Brotherhood Form-
ed With M. G. Learner of
Allen President; Raise
Charity Fund.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special
; Telegram.) North Platte was
chosen the meeting placejn 1919 by
J Nebraska Lutheran synod at the
closing session here today.
The benevolent tund lor the coin
ing year was increased by $1,200
making the total to lie raised $15,
000. A synodical brotherhood was
organized with the following ofti
cers: M. CT. Learner. Allen, nresidpnt-
Jamej Scbcstian, North Platte, scc-
i retary-treaMirer. v
. Last evening, three voung niiii-
. istetrs. V. . M. Stevens, Oshkosh;
j Karl A. Heyers, Lincoln, and W. A.
j Kliee, Wilber, were ordained. G.
W. Livers of Allen delivered the
irriinatinu sermon.
The Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary society of the synod t
, the closing session of its convention
elected the following officers: Pres
ident, Mrs. O. 1). Baltzly, Omaha:
Mrs. ('. U. Lewis, Emerson, first
vice president: Mrs. S. II. Vcrian,
I Omaha, second vice president; Mrs.
v.. ,:. an riect, umana, corre-
jj sponding secretary; Mrs. H. C.
Heckt. Allen, recording secretary;
. Mrs. P. M. Weiswangcr, Dakota
i City, treasurer: Mrs. M. A. Mostert,
Jjeatrice, historian.
n
s Son of Table Rock Woman
Rank frnm Rattlp Frnnt
W r W VIII MMfttfV I VIII
Table Rock, Neb.. Dec. 6. (Spe-
ported here, of influenza, bringing
i the number up to 10. Louis j.
j Chilin, section foreman, died Wed-
j ncsday. and Miss Mary R. Rubis
' (lied Thursday. Nothing has yet
been heard from the relative st the
. first named, whose mother is sup
posed to live in Denver. Mr. Chilin
j had been here for several months.
The father of Miss Rubis, Who liyes
in Wyoming, has been heard from.
' Tlvere are no more serious cases in
5 town so tar ;;s known.
William H. Wert, son of Mrs.
1 Ann Wert, who was recently
wounded in France, was in town
' Wednesday shaking hands with old
J friends and neighbors. He was
wounded in tha arm and will leave
? shortly for Rochester, Minn., nl.ere
he will receive surgical frcalmvit
3 f-
William Bettenhausen of
1 Lyons Fatally Wounded
I Lyons, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special)
I E. Ucttenhauscn, a brother of John
I Bettenhausen of the west side, was
. fatally wounded on the battlefields
Tof France and died November 7.
i 1918. The last letter received from
I v:i wpll nnil fpplinp fi fi thpn Fu
neral crrvirpc inr t!if rln.iil Qnldipr
f were held in the Cuming Countv
i Lutheran church last Sunday.
; Mr. and Mrs. John Sthulzer re
Vcived word that their nephew,
Carl lyrogcr, was killed in the great
j liattle of Rellicourt, France, Sep
i tember 19. 1918. He enlisted about
j a year ago.
Judge Isaac Powers,
Nebraska Pioneer, Dead
; Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special
' Telegram) Judge Isaac Powers,
for 35 years prominent in politics
and framer of the state constitution,
, died at 11 o'clock today.
He was once a member of the
board of regents of the University
of Nebraska, formerly attorney gen
; eral of Nebraska and district
judge. Intestinal trouble, from
which he had been suffering for a
f number of years followed by
t complications was the cause of
; death. Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock Sundav afternoon in
i the family home.
16,000 Major Casualties
Remain to Be Reported
Washington, Dec. 6. The Waring official explanation of the dis-
departmcnt announced today that
16.000 major casualties, including
killed in nlon. died of wounds.
crepancy as to the wounded:
"Ten thousand men seriouslv
wounded and reported by cable are
NEBRASKA LEAD
IN ALFALFA AND
AY PRODUCTION
AT THE
THEATERS
died of dis ;e or other causes, se-: held up because of discrepancies in
verely wouiumd and-missing, have ! initials or.enlistment numbers, and
not yet been finally reported to the
next of kin. The arrears in minor
casualties is much larger, it was
added.
From cable reports how expected.
the department hopes to clear up
the ajrears in major casualties
within" a week, except for a few
names with respect to which iden
tification has not yet been com
pleted. The minor casualties not
yet reported to the next of kin
represent slight wounds involving
relatively brief disablement, and in
most cases the men sustaining them
already have lcen healed. The
total in this class also includes
many duplications, the same sol
dier having been slightly wounded
two or more tunes
100,000 men less seriouslv wounded.
including many slight casualties, are
still to b drawn from the hospital
records, which have been forwarded
by courier from France.
"These records are not alpha
betized and work upon them neces
sarily is slow, as the same names
usually appear more than once. In
one case a single name appears in
20 different places. The work upon
these hospital reports was seriously
delayed by the influenza epidemic,
but is now going on steadily.
"The foregoing statement does
not cover all the discrepancies as
will be seen, but in dealing with so
great a number of cases it may be
assumed that the remainder is in
progress of checking and that re
The official statement issued to-. prwts will be made within a few
day shows that of the total major j days as to all identifiable casual
casualties reported by General Per-! tics."
shing on November 27, 50,928 have j The statement attributes the
been reported to the n-xt of kin, ' great delay in reporting casualties
w ith 7,550 stiil to be reported. Of and the large number of errors
the 14,565 missing and prisoners of
war sent in by General Pershing,
14.093 have been reported to rela
tives, but of the 180.955 total
wounded only 69,841
cleared up finally.
which have been found to the fact
that "our growing army was oper
ating on many fronts under many
commands and in the later fighting
have been ; it was used to press the enemy for
a quick decision, every other con-
The statement gives the follow- sidoraf ion being subordinated.'
ARLES BUCK
BOUND OVER ON
Brief City News
FRAUD CHARGE
Lighting Fixtures Uurgess-Granden
Have Hoot Print It Beacon I'ress.
Onmskas to Dunce Omaslcu
council will Kive a dance at Lyric
hall. Nineteenth and Karnam streets,
Monday evening, December !.
Steals Clothing. William Jackson
entered a plea of guilty, Friday, for
Election Inspector is Bound i judge uedtck' sentenced him' to so
. I d:iys in jail.
Many Flu Patients. The county
hospital is filled to overflowing with
"flu" patients. Applications for
more entrjes had to be tfirnod away
Friday by the county administrator.
Woman Attorney Here Mrs. F.
M. H. o'liinn, woman attorney of
Iliadnm "'pli sfnnnpil in UmJtim
was bound over to the district court I Friday enroute home from Iowa,
where she was employed in a law
suit. Army Employs Women Saven
girls were placed in clerical positions
in army headquarters Thursday
through the federal labor t bureau,
women's section, in charge of Miss
-Katherine O'Hrien.
Files Cross Petition. Louise Wol
verton denies all allegations and
charges non-support in an answer
Wrests Distinction from New
York and Kansas, Accord
ing to Latest of
figures.
Nebraska lias wrested the dis
tinction of b,eing the leading hay
producing state of. the nation from
New York, according to statistics
presented by the Chamber of Com
merce. It was this product of the
fields that placed New York in the
lead as a dairy center.
The rapid development of Ne
braska is shown by the following
table prepared by the Chamber of
Commerce statistician of the ton
nage production of all hay in t lie
ten leading hay producing states for
the three-year period for which fig
ures are available, viz. 1915, 1916,
1917:
Total tH'mlui'Ufin
in tons for the
I St ill p. Hi roe jours.
I VI,r;i.ka lti.9lil.ooo
! .vw York I'.i,?i7,000
Iowa lulls'.'. lino
I MlTllli')t:l 17."s:'.ooo
South liiikola. I4.!I12.IHHI
Wisconsin t4.Kf.l.mM
ralifornia U.L'IH.OOO
IVusvlvania 1:1, 929. not)
Kam.ns 13. HI 7.11(10
uhlo , 13.314.UO0
.Included in the foregoing figures
is the production of alfalfa and in
this too, Nebraska is justified in
emitting a loud whoop of exultation
for a lew years ago Secretary
! Coburn, premier agricultural booster
of Kansas, heralded to all the
world that Kansas led in (lie pro
duction of alfalfa. Now the tables
are turned.
The following is a list of the 10
states which led in the production
of alfalfa for 1915. l"Ui. and 1917:
Titl;i I product inn
Over to District Court on a
Charge of Tampering
With Ballots.
Charles Buck, election, inspector,
Friday on the charge of tampering
with election baJlot of the 19th. dis
trict, Third ward, hi the la-.t elec
tion. November 5.
I'uck erased crosses marking the
name of Michael Clark, republican'
candidate for sheriff, and made
crosses after the name of John M.
Hotelt, democratic candidate, on
the same ballot sheet, according to j to her husband. II. P. Wolverton'a,
charges made before Judge Bryce 1 divorce petition, tiled Friday with
Crawford i 'he clerk of the district court. She
The defendant is employed as a i Z"y ,an,lf"P!!i:,rt f
oookbmdcr m the court house.
Sl.il
Nohrasl.i
I'alifolilia
Kansas
Colorado
Idaho
W'vomintr . . . .
i;tnh
.Montana
i Hvtahoni;!
South Dakota
jo Ions for tho
throe yoars.
i;.7Pit.ooo
.'.97H.O110
Ti.-.litlO
I. 151.0110
L'. 97 1.000
2.4 19.000
2. :)::;(. ooo
L'. 030. 000
I.i:o9.nno
l.r.i t.tioo
M. M. Robertson, manager of the
Avails Laundry, was the first wit
ness called to testify against Buck.
11. iJ. W alker, . K. Kance were
other witnesses.
Ray J. Abbott and Benjamin S.
Baker prosecuted the case. A. S.
Ritchie is attorney for the defend
ant. Election Commissioner Moor
head was present at the hearing.
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Living With Wife Again;
Asks Divorce Set Aside.
their child, Robert, 3 years old.
Fine fireplace goods at Sunderland's.
OBITUARY.
JONATHAN O
years of age died Fi
resided in Omahl fi
liHKAKKY, 67
riday. He has
for the past 30
I Omaha Overlooked When
Siate Funds Are Depositee
5 Lincoln, Dec. 6. (Special) -State
funds of Nebraska are deposited in
104 banks of the state, according ,to
a statement issued by State Treasur
er George E. Hall today.
No Omaha banks are represented
. in the list while four Lincoln banks
: are credited with sums ranging
fron-$3,668 to-?27,718. The largest
amount in any one bank is given
.$27,718, while the smallest amount
jis $2,000 deposited in two different
banksS Sixteen banks have $10,000
or more while the balance seems to
run between $5,000 to $8,000. which
appears to be the popular figure..
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i Buffalo County Reports
1 MimU Pnrnotnll rticaofA
: mum wiiiaiairv uiocaoi
i Kearney, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special)
'-Federal Veterinarian rPrancis has
received numerous reports during
tthe past few weeks of cornstalk
rlicAoeA rtrAi'oiKnor in TtllfTalrk anft ad-
'joining counties. Many deaths of
both cattle and horses are reported
iaud the veterinarian, assisted by
County Agent Stewart, is making
-.every effort toheck the disease.
Alliance Man fays Fine s
I for Milk Below Standarc
j Lincoln, Dec. 6. (Special) Dan
lei R. Lawrence of Alliance has
;been found guilty of selling milk
jbelow the standard of three per cent
,'and fined $20 and costs. A food in
specting sleuth got next to the mat
hcr and Mr. Lawrence pleaded guilty
and paid his fine.- V
.Will Pay November Draft
i v Men for Trip to Fremont
j One day's pay wilt soon be forth
fconiing to men from this district
jho were srdered to Camp Kearny
She day the armistice was signed and
'who got only as far as Fremont
'hen the order was countermanded.
-This announcement was made Fri
. jday by Capt. WaltefL. Anderson,
Acting provost marshal of Nebraska.
i '
I Dee Want Ads Produce Resultr.
George Jan asks the court to set
aside the divorce decree recently
granted his wife, Frantiska. .He
savs a reconciliation has been ef-
itcted between hun and his wile and i ueanrsiiay arternon or .-.pumsn m
thttt he was living with her at the ?wn- Awaiting the arrival of her
., j , i two b-- ' -.ers from tte& balloon school
tune the divorce decreewas signed. t Ar whu CaU the funeral wiu lie
years asirt for 14 years Had been em
ployed by the Nebraska Power com
pany. JL1 is survived by the widow
and two daughters, Miss Freda at
home and llrs. Alex Morsden of
Fremont. Funeran services will be
hot,! In Iho SSrnnlr X- Vnlnnrlnr fnnpr:ll
..V.v. ... ... ......... -
V,,r,o thic flftornrtun at nV'Inclf '
Interment will be in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
MISS IDA KASSMCSSEX, daugh
ter of Mrs. A. M. Ilassmusson, 2110
.Manderson street, died at her home
C!d Colony Club to Have v
Headquarters in Omaha
The Old Colony club oi New
York City, with branches in eleven
other cities, proposes to open a
branch in an Omaha hotel.
The Old Colony club is an organ
ization for business men who travel.
It is not a social club but a business
headquarters for out of town men,
with conference rooms, stenograph
ers and all accessories of a well
equipped office.
A New York business man, for
instance, who desired to transact
business in Omaha could telegraph
ahead, have a conference room
ready for his occupancy, appoint
ments arranged and , a competent
stenographer awaiting his dictation
on arrival. lie would have at his
command a completely equipped
information bureau and could cash
his checks.
" TIS SKINNEH is jubilant over
I I the success that he has scored
in his revival of the Balzacian
comedy, "The Honor of the
Family."
"I love Colonel Philippe Bridau,
the hero of this play," lie told a re
cent interviewer. tie is such a
wholesouled old rogue. No char
acter among the many, many I have
played, has a firmer grip on my af
fections nor a stronger pull at my
heart strings. Bridau and I became
fast friends 10 years ago. At first I
was suspicious of him. When I
knew him less well than I do now, I
was inclined to look upon him as a
more onless unwholesome creature,
a braggart, and a flamboyant blust
erer, whose chief aim in life was
'monev, money, money!'
"But as I grew to know him I
grew also to understand his eccen
tricities. Then 1 began to love
him, and now, 10 years later, I find
him none the less charming because
of the years that have passed, but,
on the contrary, more human, more
delightful, more lovable thaii ever.
"Perhaps it is our increased in
terest and affection for things
French that heightens the present
day appeal of 'The Honor of the
Family.' Here we have a veteran of
the Napoleonic wars, a true soldier
ol ! ranee, as valiant as any nero oi
the present.
"cs. I love Bridau. It is like
drinking old wine with old friends
to renew my intimate acquaintance
with him." "
The prophecy is made that even
the lack of street car transportation
will dot prohibit Max Spiegel's gor
geous "Cheer Up, America!" from
opening to tremendous attendance
at the Gaycty today. The name
"Spiegel'' means to musical bur
lesque what "Belasco" means to the
drama and insures a first-class arti
cle. Today's- matinee at 2:30, to
morrow's at 3.
"The Bird of Paradise" will close
its stay at the Boyd with matinee,
and evening performance today. It is
the great play of Hawaii with all the
allurements of perpetual summer
land. On Sunday "The Little
Mothcr-to-Be" opens to engagement
of four night with daily matinees.
With matinee and evening perfor
mances today, the bill at the Orph
eum this week will finish the week's
engagement. The curtain will rise
earlv tonight, 8 o'clock sharp, and
during Mrs. Whiff en's performance
which will be first on the program
patrons will not he seated. Of the
show opening with tomorrow's
matinee, the , headline attractions
are to he the popular monologist,
Julius Tannen, and also a grand
opera act elaborately produced and
known as "Mine. Doree's Celebrities."
He cannot read Lnehsli, so was
ro able to understand the letters
addressed to him by his wife's at
torneys. He says he had a meritori
ous defense to the divorce suit, and
further asserts the almony order is
exorbitant.
FannicSunshine charges her hus
hand with failure to support her
for the last two years, in her di;
vorce suit filed Friday, against
Charles Sunshine.
Less than a year since their mar
riage in Hastings in January, 1918,
Jessie E. Blauvelt Friday brought
suit for divorce against Jesse E.
Blauvelt. She charges cruelty and
non support.
Miller Elected President of
Nebraska-Iowa Greeters
After an elaborate luncheon at the
Henshaw hotel the Iowa-Nebraska
Greeters adjourned to the Fonte
nelle hotel, where they held the last
meeting of their fifteenth annual
convention Friday afternoon.
A resolution was passed whereby
Dave Olmsteacl, a former member
of this charter, but who recently
moved from its Jurisdiction, was
made an honarary member of the
charter.
The following officers were elect
ed: President J. B. Miller of the Welling
ton Inn.
Kirst Vice President Col. WilllAm An
derson of the Rome hotel.
Second Vice President Fred Ramey.
Third Vice President William Hanold.
Secretary-Treasurer C. A. Ryan.
Serfreant-at-Arms Thomas McOuftery.
Chairman Board of Directors Fn
Rothery.
Remaining Members of Board of Direc
tors Robert Loenigsberger, Joseph Kee
nan, Harley Conant, George Cromley.
Armenian-Syrian Relief
Workers to Meet at Lincoln
A conference of Nebraska work
ers for Armenian-Syrian relief will
be held at Lincoln Sunday, Decem
ber 8r at First Congregational
church.
The conference will be conducted
by William B. Millar, national cam
paign director, and Frank C. Jack
son, director field organization. The
speakers will be Dr. Charles F.
Aked and Charles V. Vickrey, sec
retary of the national committee at
ftevv York. An Omaha delegation
will attend.
Asks Big Damages for -Injuries
by Street Car
William Anderson, 15, Friday
brought suit against the street rail
way company fr $35:000 damages
for injuries 'sustained November
29, 1918, when the express wagon
he was driving on Twenty-fourth
street, near tTass, was struck by a
street car. .Artemus V; Anderson,
his father, is prosecuting the suit
tor the minor.
held Monday at 2 o'clock from the
Stack & Falconer undertaking par
lors. JAMES BEDYAR R1VETT. 2
years of ase, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry L. Rivett. 2328 North Six
tieth avenue, died at the home Wed
nesday of influenza and pneumonia.
Funeral services, will be held at the
residence this afternoon ' at 2
o'clock, with interment in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
HARCOURT BOYD, 32 years of
age, a member of the 75th Balloon
company of Fprt Omaha, died
Thursday of influenza. His wife
has been employed in the quarter
master's department here and they
were living in the Coronado apart
ments at the time of his death. The
body will be sent to Chicago for
burial.
MRS. MARTHA L. BRADFORD,
42 years of ase, wife of R. N. Brad
ford, died at her home, 1813 North
Thirty-fourth street, Thursday. Mr.
Bradford has been connected with
the Y. M. C. A. hut at Fort Omaha
for some time past. The body will
be sent to Pittsburgh, Mass., for
burial.
CHARLES LAXIER, 32 years of
dfre, died in St. Joseph's hospital
Wednesday of influenza. He is sur
vived by his ife and father ard
mother. The body will be sent to
New Y'ork City Friday for' burial.
MISS MINNIE STARMAN, 18
years of age, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Starman of Carroll, la.,
died here of- Influenza Thursday.
The body will be sent to Carroll for
interment.
MISS FLORENCE M. TWISS, 38
years of ate, died Wednesday. Fu
neral services will be held in the
Brailey & Dorranee chapel Sunday
Directors Fred ! afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment
win oe private in roresi lawn cem
etery. PEARL MAY WALLS, 24 years
of age, died Thursday. Funeral
services will be held in Hulse & Rie
pen's chapel, 701 South Sixteenth
street, this morning at i 10:30
o'clock. Interment will be in West
Lawn cemetery.
CLARENCE WOOD, 33 years of
age, died here Thursday. Funeral
services will be held in the John A.
Gentleman mortuary This aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock, with interment
in West Lawn cemetery.
JOHN C. KRETZER, 28 years of
age died Friday. The funeral will
be held at Stack & Falconer funeral
home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Interment will be in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
T. F. CONLEY, 38 years of age,
died at the Wise Memorial hospital
Friday of Spanish influenza. He was
senior captain at engine company
No. 7 of the fire department.
Funeral Services.
Funeral services of Mrs. Sarah
Roberts, who died at the Old Peo
ple's home Wednesday, were held in
the Cole-McKay funeral parlors,
2616 Farnam street at 2 o'clock
Friday. The body will be sent to
Hastings. Neb., for burial.
Funeral services of Mrs. Julia A.
Francisco, who died last Tuesday,
WPIp bpM In tha Polft-XTrTCfl v fu
neral parlors at 3 o'clock Friday
afternoon and the body will be sent
to Oklahoma City for burial,- - j
Asks Oil Company Meeting
Restrained Pending Suit
Herman Pollack asked the court
for a restraining order to prevent
the Pollack Oil company and
George M. P-eck from holding the
annual meeting of the company
Saturday December, 7, or any time
until there shall be a hearing to de
termine whether tire secretary is
compelled to registef the transfer of
a block of stock, totaling ten shares
and to issue plaintiff a new certifi
cate. Pollack asserts the election of of
ficers will be affected by the trans
fer of stock.
Uinon Pacific Will Run
Trains' During Car Strike
Saturday Dec. 7 and Monday,
Dec. 9, Union Pacific will operate
special trains for packing house em
ployes and the public between
Omaha and South Omaha (Q
street) as follows:
Southbound Leave Omaha Un
ion station 6:15 a. m.. 7:20 a. m.,
3:15 p. m. and 5:15 p. m.
Northbound Leave So. Omaha,
(Q. street) 6:50 a. m., 8 a. m., 4 p.
jji.. 6:00 p. tn.
Trains will stop at South Omaha
passenger station, Martha and 17th.
streets. One-way fare 12 cents;,
round-trip 24 cents.
Gage "Soldier Killed.
Peatrice, Neb., Dec. ,6. (Special
Telegram) Robert S. ' Steidley, of
Adams has been killed in action in
France according to information re
ceived here today from the War de
partment. Steidley was 27 years of
age and left Beatrice last summer
with a draft contingent from Gage
county. '
The Bee's
Free Shoe Fund
To Buy Shoes
For Shoeless Children
Many parents have applied di
rect to The Bee for footwear for
their children, to be purchased
through The Bee shoe fund.
This is wrong,
Applications must be made to
the teacher of the school attended
by the youngsters. After investi
gation by the teacher the appli
cant is sent to Probation Officer
Carver at the Board of Education
offices in the city hall,
i There is no red tape connected
with the benefits from this fund.
Neither are there any overhead or
other expenses. Every cent con
tributed goes right into shoe
leather for the needy youngsters
of Omaha.
There are a great many of these
kiddies who need shoes before
Christmas.
Every contributor to the fund
now is playing Santa Claus. ,
Previously acknowledged. .5802.70
Eleanor Virginia Jeffrey... 10.00
C. O. Hammack 5.00
Cash, Craig, Neb. 2.5"
Impersonations of some -of the
composers, including Creatore,
Wagner. Sousa, etc., are offered by-
Caesar Kivoh, at the Lmpress 1 ne
ater in addition to his comedy
sketch "A Scandal in a Restaurant"
in which he appears in seven differ
ent characters. Wanzer and Talmer,
in "She's. Hard to Get Along With,"
have one of the best laughing acts
of today.
TRUCK FREIGHT
BUSINESS FAST
GROWING HERE
Good Chance for Company to
Establish Regular Routes
and Make Money, As
serts Gillan.
Probably no single point in
"Hearts of the World" has aroused
more interest than the "discovery"
of little Ben Alexander, who has im
mediately sprung into prominence
screen.
as the greatest child actor on the
"Henrts nf the World" onened its
third engagement at the Brandies
last Thursday where it will continue
for a limited engagement.
State Food Body Begins
Reducing Its Office Force
With the armistice signed and
peace on the way the reduction of
forces in the offices of the Nebraska
food administration has begun. Since
December 1, the services of 12 clerks
have' been discontinued and the end
i not yet. The number of clerks
will be decreased gradually until
only half a dozen or so remain. How
long the Nebraska offices will be
maintained is not known.
Robbins in Answer Says
His Wife Deserted Him
John M. Robbins, prominent au
tomobile dealer living at the Fon
tenelle, Friday filel an answer and
cross pt'iinon in the divorce suit
started bv his wife, Harriet S
Rabbins. Robbins denies all charges
mnde by his wife ancUilfhis answer
recites sh; is guilty of cruelty and
desertion.
No other American city has de
veloped the business of automobile
truck 'freighting as has Omaha, yet
the businest here is as yet in its
infancy and is unorganized, accord
ing to Industrial Commissioner Gil
lan of tiie Chamber of Commerce
Hundreds of trucks, owned by in
dividuals, are used to haul live stock
from rural points as distant as 50
miles, to the packing houses, taking
back loads of freight for the com
munities. There arc no regular or system
atic schedules of operation and
there is considerable waste in the
methods, due to a lack of co-ordinal
t i oil. v
Chance for Big Company.
"The success of the freighting
methods, crude as they arc, demon
strates the possibilities of this
method of transportation," said Mr.
Gillan. "There is a splendid oppoi
tunity for the creation of a strong
corporation, say one capitalized at
$200,000, to. put on a fleet of trucks
uiul operate 10 or 11 different routes
out of Omaha. These trucks should
he equipped with pneumatic tires.
The first cost of such equipment
might be large, but the prevention
cf skidding and wear and tear on
the machine, and the deterioration
of the roads, which are the natural
results of hard tires, would justify
the expenditure. This has been
proven in Ohio and other states.
"Routes should he long ones, say
50 miles. This would develop cer
tain tonnage and serve a number of
small towns.
One Route Cited.
"Right now, with Uie cessation of
int.: navigation trom Uecatur to
Omaha, there is a splendid opening
fi r seme enterprising truck owner.
:t "would be a profitable venture for
soire man to nut on a truck that
would leave Omaha and haul a
complete load of freight to Decatur
in a (lay. As there is also a great
deal of freight hajrting from Te-
mah to Decatur, he could return
to -Tekamah ' the same night, get n
load for Decatur at that point, de-
iver .it, and the next morning have
enough freight accumlation for
full return load to Omaha.
"The daily mileage in both in
stances would be the same, 77
miles. As the river is unnavigakle
rive months in the year, a route of
this kind would he profitable all
hrough the year. The roads are
good with the exception of one
troublesome hill during rainy times,
this side of De Soto."
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.U. P. Family War Service
Sends Christmas Presents
The Union Facific Family War
Service club has finished sending out
Christmas presents to the hoys in
France and in the camps and canton
ments in the United States.,,
Each Union Pacific man in the
army and navy will receive a pres
ent. The presents, consisting of
candy, tobacco and chewing gum, are
packed in the regulation Red Cross
Christmas box and sent on the way.
postage paid. More than 3,000 such
presents have been sent.
Clear Weather Promised
as Cheer for. Pedestrians
While railroad men are not pre
dicting weather conditions, their re
ports from the north and west lead
them to believe that there is no
storm in sight That is going to inter
fere with the movement of pedes
trians to and from their work, even
if the street railway strike contin
ues several days.
Out in Nebraska it is clear and
calm with temperatures ranging
from 28 to 40 degrees above zero.
Chile's Ships Boycotted
by Peruvian Workmen
Lima, Peru, Dec. 6. The boycott
of Chilean steamers by Peruvian
workmen has extended to all Pe
ruvian ports. The action of the Bo
livian government in having its con
suls take over Peruvian interests in
Chile has awakened friendly appre
ciation in Peru.
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Biggest Price Reductions
of the Season
Every department offers Its share
of seasonable stylos at lowerthan-
ever prices on
Suits, Goats, Dresses
Furs, Skirts, Blouses
All Coats
Qualities K Styles
9H
All Dresses
Qualities . Styles
Off
All Skirts
Qualities & Styles
lOff
1 All Suits
Qualities Styles.
2 35.00 to $150.00 2 -r.rr
Suits now fC
Oil $17.50 to $75.00 Ulf
Furs 4 Off
FOX, MINK, WOLF, RACCOON
20 RI OT TSFS 20"
discount
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