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i THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919. COUNCIL GUTS BUDGET TO MEET CITY TAX LEVY Stormy Session in Which Planning Board Is Put on the Irons But Pulls Through. City council, after a stormy ses sion yesterday afternoon, finally squeezed the appropriations for mi ning the city government in 1919 down to the amount estimated to be available from the tax levy, to vvft, $ 1.800,085. Tii tav to ; ti R?rmn Kf I all tht is levied is collected and the' commissioners m making their pre liminary cuts didn't take cognizance of this fact. A violent argument over the city planning commission was a feature of the final bout yesterday. "I'll vote to drop the whole city planning commission," said Com missioner Butler. "It isn't giving any results. Money For City Planning. 9 Other commissioners, however. thought the commission is doing J work which will show up in years to come. Commissioner Ure said lie ? thought the city planning cominis I sion should not get the $15,000 I voted to it a few days ago, this be ing just double its last year's ap ' propriation. He asked for a cut to I $10,000. Finally the commission's appropriation was left at $15,000. 1 From the citv library's appropria- tion of $55,000 tne sum of $5,000 was I taken, giving it $50,000 for the year hinstead of $45,000 tht it had last j Budget is Fixed. f From" the miscellaneous fund I $7,000 was taken. The judgment fund was reduced by $5,000. Several other small cuts were made until the final budget as agreed on for iy iy was as tollows: Public affairs department, $105,- SOC, - Accounts and finance department, $74,180. ' Police, sanitation and public health, $434,490. Fire protection and water supply, I $640,800. r Mreet cleaning ana maintenance, $176,125. 1 Parks and public property, $112,- 800. - Public improvements, $139,500. lhe newly created miscellaneous fund has $76,390 and the muncipat garage fund, $40,000. The -budget will be , passed by resolution at the meeting of city I council this morning. V - Revoke Soft Drink License. ' An amendment to the soft drink ) ordinance was passed after an argu " ment. The amendment makes the 3 possession or sale of intoxicating liquor by a soft drink parlor sum- cient reason for the revoking of the dealer's permit. It also raises the Caprice of a permit from $1 to, $5 a year." Under the old ordinance the , permit could not be revoked until the dealers had been convicted of an offense. ' ' I "You will get farther in this ousi ness by common sense than by radi j cal ideas," Commissioner Zimman i sfid in opposing,,, the, amendment. ! "There is no more reason for this amendment in regard to the 700 or 1 800 SQft drink places than in re I gird to the fruit stands or haber i djshery stores. A man may go into one of these places with a bottle of V wtiisky on his hip and drink it in a ; side room. And if an officer sees him tire" dealer's permit may be revoked a once and his business destroyed ( tlffough no fault of his." '., Mr. Ringer said they have ' had trpuble with many of the soft drink parlors and he intends to shut down ! ort them with an iron hand, j $ Gas Bills Too High. ' y committee of women from the j Btmis park district presented their ; grievances against the gas company for greatly increased bills. Airs. G. A. Bartholomew, 1026 INbrth Thirty-third street, declared fthpt bills havt doubled and trebled f in the last three months. 1' f'Our bill went from an average of ; $ia month to $4.83 aitf the next i month to a little over $6T she said. IsSc mentioned, another which rose fri.ni $3.75 to $13. airs. A. Blomberg, 2870 Titus ave 'nue, said, "Our bill used to average $5fand we had nine boarders. Now twjien there are only three of! us we ihid a bill of $13 and $9 in tie last S .. tl,c ' . t jTmnmissinner Ure said he thought jmfcerf of this increase in the bills was dtfc to tne tact mai sonicuiucs mc readings art, for less ana sometimes fol more than a month. My last bill," he said, "was 50 per ccjit higher than the one before, but Hound the bigger bill was for a pe riod of two weeks longer than the ?rjaller one, and the cost pf gas per day on the larger bill was actually less than the smaller one." Af-.nri smith said he kllCW in some households it is customary to t;it h pas iii the oven in the rmbrnine and use it to help warm up rtht kitchen. . fhe whole question was reterrea toi Mayor Smith to investigate, j r . Protestt Repair Shop. "Clarke Powell appeared before the rit to nrotest aeainst the location of the municipal garage and repair shop m the basement oi me Auditorium.' w aKcnlniplv need that SDace !fof the Auto show, beginning March 1CL he said. " i was snocwea wnen fno.r Frtilc of the Auditorium telephoned me that we could not v.s$ tffe basement mis year uu x think it is a, great mistake to put a mSor ;n the Auditorium. It may sale you something on garage hire 10 cuy cars, uui ii HAdoo Will Not Assist in SeUlement of Peace Treaty i Washington, Jan. 6. The advisa tlinir William G. McAdoo ftofEun. e io assist ipconsideration o financial arrangements oi ic cttlmmt was discussed be- ten Mr. McAdoo and President 'i!.n several weeks aeo by cable. Sit iwas learned today, but the de cision was against it. Mr. McAdoo, it;is understood, tert tnat treasury lkrint9tivii alrtadv in EuroDe Icojbld advise adequately on foreign ti.1i9ti nH nthrr financial matters Former Omaha" Girl 4 in Red Cross Work in Paris. Called by Death y - f " V"SS,VV errtn MAUDE MAE BUTLER , A cablegram received Monday an nounces the death on Thursday of Maude Mae Butler, head stenog rapher in the bureau of construction of the American Red Cross in Paris. The cable does not state the cause of Miss Butler's deafli. Miss Butler left Omaha October 18, for New York, sailing within a few days for Paris. She was bprn in Omaha and was a graduate of Brownell Hall. Miss Butler was employed for a year in the engineer ing department at Fort Omaha, leaving this position to enter Red Cr64s service abroad. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. R. B. CVter of Ogden, Utah, and two brothers, George D. Bu'.!:r and Charles W. Butler of Omaha. ONLY ONE BID MADE ON BONDS FOR NEWSOHOOL Delay in Advertising Issue Given as Cause by Mem bers; Warfield Re-Elected Vice-President. One slitary bid was all that the Board of Education received for the $1,000,000 worth of bonds for a new High School of Commerce building. Great disappointment was express ed 'at the board meeting last night when the "bids" were opened. It is estimated that the city lost at least $47,000 because the bonds were advertised a month too late. This was. due to the fact that the capital issues committee in Wash ington was slow In approving the bonds. . .... .. . Six weeks ago, after consulting with borld firms, the board's com mittee decided that a 4yi per cent issue would sell at par. The hid received last night ' was only $95.32 for a per cent bond. In other words, the $1,000,000 of bonds would sell for only $953,200 on the 4' per cent basis. Boston Firm Makes Bid. This bid was made by Merrill, Oldham and company, Boston. Mass., represented here by Stull Bros. The firm made alternative bids of $103.08 for 5 per cent bonds and of $100.03 for the entire Issue if $400,000 are made 4'A per cent and $600,000 are 5 per cent bonds. The board realizes that every minute now is precious if the bonds are to be floated even at a higher rate of interest A new resolution was passed immediately, instructing the secretary to advertise the bonds at 5 per cent. This advertisement will be telegraphed to the New York bond papers and bids for the issue at 5 per cent arfe. to beopened here on January 20. It is hoped to es cape the expected "avalanche of bonds" which will be offered for sale very soon, and the consequent low rfrice which will accompany a large supply of bonds. ReVd Elected President. W. E. Reed was re-elected presi dent of the board unanimously. On the first ballot he received 10 votes and C. V. Warfield two. The elec tion was made unanimous, accom panied by several commendatory speeches regarding the efficient and pleasant manner in which Mr. Reed lias filled the office in the past. Mr. Warfield was elected vice president. On the first ballot he received 11 votes and A. R; Wells received one. Mr. Warfield's elec tion was also made unanimous.. The following members, elected,. in November, were seated? John Bekins. F. A. Brosran, J. H. Wallace, D. C. Eldredge. Charles J. Tohnson, E. G. McGilton and F. W. Faulk. AJ1 except Mr. Faulk were re-elected. , - Committee to Investigate. A special committee, consisting of President Reed and Members Wells, Talmage. Clark, and Eldredge, was appointed to investigate the bond of City Treasurer Endres for school funds and take actiyi on it. A bond was presented for 5500.000 but ob. jection was made that there wasn't a single underwriting company of well-known stability on it. The committee is to secure fujl reports regarding the financial condition of each underwriter before approving the bond. Leaves of absence were granted to E. D. GVpson. Eula D. Webster and Edna L.Tickering. The resignations of Hazel L. Cam ery, Helen Cornell and A. .T. Dervin were accepted. Ralph E. Himstead was appointed to the Central High school faculty. v ' Slav Minister Resigns. . Basel, Jan. 6. Dr. Benes, foreign, ministenof Czechb-Slovakia. has re signed, according to. a Budapest dispatch received here. ' T Cum A Cold In On Df Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tab lets.) It-itopi the Cough and Headache and work! oft the Cold. K. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. JOc t DENIES RIGHT TO HOLD VOMEM IN HOSPITALS Says It is Not According to Constitution; Should Go to Jail if Violating the Law. - . s ' Mayor Smith yesterday quoted the federaT constitution in support of his stand againtt the confining ot alleged prostitutes in the detention hospital unless they first have been convicted o,f a crime. "The constitution says," declared the mayor, "that no person shall be thrown into prison unless he a first been convicted in a court. "I object to this hospital also be cause in it you are trying to :ure prostitutes instead of trying to cure prostitution. If a woman has vio lated the laws let her be thrown into jail and treated while there if she has a disease. If she has not violated the laws she must be al lowed to go free." Major Leeder of the .United States public health service ad dressed the council, outlining the program o the government in fighting social disease. The mayor interrupted him to object to a statement maa in one of the framed bulletins being posted in public places. This statement is to :t:e effect that the public health depart ment believes that 20 per cent of the men from 20 to 30 years of age are suffering from social disease. Accept and Then Cure. "That is a conservative state ment," declared Major Leeder. "When the draft law was first put into operation the government de cided to accept no men suffering from social diseases. But it was found .that so large a number had these diseases that, to exclude them, would very seriously interfere with building an army. The new policy was adopted then of accepting them and curing them after they were in the army. "It was found, moreover, that . 5 per cent of men examined by draft boards and found free of such dis ease contracted it between the time they were examined by the drat', boards and the time they arrived in the cantonments. One case is on record where a woman at the Mex ican border infected 120 men :n two ;days. Such is the awful rats at which one diseJbed person may spread the disease." The major stated that 90 per cent of prostitutes are suffering -from social disease. Girls a Menace. "There is also a grave menace from gitl.jind women of loose morals," he said. "These women may work at regular work oilive at home. When infected they go to a doctor or resort to some other means of being treated, but there is liyle chance of their being dis covered through police channels." ; City council directed Commis sioner Ringer to continue with the work of the detention hosuital, but declined to vote "him the $24,000 which he asked for the work. The hospital will be moved within a few days from -Twenty-second street and St. Marys avenue to the old county jail, Eleventh and Dooge street. This will cut a large rent item from the expense. The doc tor who takes care of the cases gives his services, free. Major Leed er said the government will supply the medicine required. There are about 40 women now undergoing tieatment. 1 Last Public Words Uttered by Roosevelt Plea for Americardsm New York, Jan. 6. What was the last publicy statement by Colonel Roosevelt was read last night at an "All-American, concert" here under the auspices of the American De fense society, of which he was hon orary president. "I cannot be with you and so all I can do is to wish you Godspeed," it read. "There must be no sagging back n the fight for Americanism merely because the war is over. "There are plenty of persons who have already made the assertion that, they believe the American people have a short memory and that they intend to revive all the foreign asso ciations which most directly inter fere with the complete Americaniza tion of our people. Our principle in this matter should be absolutely sim ple. "In the first place, we should in sist that if the immigrant who comes here does in good faith become an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it any such man because of creed or birthplace or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becorrting in very fact an American and noth ing but an American. x "If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and sep arated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American. There can be no divided alliance at all. "We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, wheih symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization just as much as it excludes any for eign flag of a nation to which we are hostile. We have room for but one language here and that is the Eng lish language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans and American na tionality and not as dwellers in a polygot boarding house; and we have room for but one sole loyalty, and thai is loyalty to the American people." , Fire at Smefter Does . Small Damage to Ice House ' ' Sparks from a switch engine set fire to tte room tof the main ice house at the American Smelting""and Refining company on the' river front f near the Pouglas street bridge Mon day night. Firemen from the smelt ing company put out the flames be fore serious damage was done, - r-N- y-; -- 'V" AT THE THEATERS AFTER the matinee Wednesday afternoon at the Orphcum, the mystifying Leona LeMar will welcome the general public at a re ception to be held on the stage. Those present may ask her what auestions they desire. Thursday will be "sealed letter" day. Before you come to the theater write your questions and seal them. If she fails to tell what they are. or fails to nswer them her manager is to for feit $1,000. The Friday matinee re ception, after the regular perform ance, will be for women exclusively. During that time no men Vill be in the theater, not even the niusicians or the orchestra or the stage hands. Such an arrangement is made so that the women who go upon the stage may ask the most delicate questions without the slightest danger of embarrassment. With rarely an exception, every audience to have ' witnessed "The Sporting Widows" at the Gayety this week reward the clever two score of entertainers by a generous round of applause after the final curtain has fallen. Harry Cooper and his "side kick,", in fun, Joe Brown, are giving their best efforts and are therefore winning laughs ga lore. June Le . Veay's soprano voice shows mucii careful culture. Ladies' matinee daily all week. "The Unkissed Bride" is makific a lot of friends for the company at the Boyd this week. The individual roles stand out strongly, while the background of comedy is. full of meat for laughter. A snecial mati nee will be played on Wednesday. jeno, Keyes ana Melrose, sing their way into favor at the Empress theater. Mattie Choate and com pany have a comedy sketch entitled "Public Service," that keeps the au dience roaring with laughter. . Local Workers Seek to , Raise Money for Relief in Near East To determine the best Methods of raising the $53,000, the Douglas county quota pledged by the Selling and Advertising league to the Amer ican committee for relief jn the Near East, was the purpose of a meeting held by the league at the Fontenelle hotel last night. The committee will stage a drive for $30,000,000 for the relief of suf fering Armenians. Syrians. Greeks and Persians now under Turkish op pression, lhe drive begins on the 12th and ends on the 19th of Tan- uary. The quota for Douglas county is $53,000. . William J: Shallcross, in charge of the drive in six states, spoke to the members of the league on the im portance of making good their pledge. He described the horrible suffering of these oppressed races. "Six hundred thousand corpses mark the road from the Dead sea to the Persian gulf," said Mr. Benson, in speaking of the Turkish atroci Dr. John Baptist, himself an Ar menian, spoke of the massacre of all of his immediate family by the lurks. He advocated a free and independent Armenia. The meeting closed with a dis cussion of the best methods ad vertising the coming drive. South Side IOWA LAW MAY BE MODIFIED, SAYS PRES. J. H, BULLA Thinks There Is Chance That Quarantine Regulations on Cattle May Be Changed If the head vetenarian of the Iowa Board of Sanitation finds that Sioux City authorities are unable to en force Iowa's stringent stock inspec tion laws, there is a chance that the law may he modified, according to J.J I. Bulla, president of the" Ne braska Board of Sanitation. Mr. Bulla returned Saturday from Des Moines, where a joint meeeting of the Iowa and Nebraska boards was held. He received little encourage ment with regard to the modification of the law at that time. The Iowa vetenarian went to Sioux City yesterday to investigate reports that Sioux City was not enforcing the law. Many Returning Soldiers Employed in Packing Plants More than 200 returning soldiers obtained employment in the Omaha packing houses during December through the federal employment bu reau, according to thei statement is sued this morning by P. J. Dorii, manager of the South Side bureau. Of this number practically -140 previously had been employed in the packing houses before they were inducted into army service. Ap proximately 60 of the 200 were new men, and 270 were employed as com mon laborers. Thirty were given back their positions as clerks in the offices. Mr. Dorn's report also shows that there were 561 vacancies in the pack ing plants during December, and that out of 548 applications referred by him for jobs. 334 were placed. It was said that the demand for com mon labor at the packing houses is about equal to the supply. In the case of skilled butchers, however, it is pointed out that the demand ex ceeds the supply. OBITUARY. HANNA C. LINDBLAD, 34 years of age, wife of Arvid C. Lindblad, 3337 Maple street, died In her home Sunday. Funeral services will be held in the N. P. Swanson chapel this afternoon at 2 o'clock, in terment will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. JOHN F. BEHM, 71 years old, died Sunday in his home. Funeral services will be conducted in the Cole & McKay parlors this morning at 10 o'clock by St. Johns Masonic lodge. y MRS. NELLA DOEDYMS BUR DIN, wife of Albert Burdin, died in her home Sunday. She was 23 years of age. Funeral services will be Ireld in the Haynes chapel today. In terment will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. MRS. W. B. WTLKINS, the wife of Walter B. Wllkins, jr., died of pneumonia at Berkeley, Cal., Sat urday morning. Mr. Wjlkins was born and brought up in Omaha, mov ing to California some years ago. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilkins of this city. rnw & J ' 4-14-vt wr r CticiiMUO r ule TUDAY TTTHO.is the girl that Charlie Vy. (Chaplin married recent " ly?" has been asked by thousands, especially sinceher first appearance in Omaha in a film since her marriage is this week at the Brandeis. But few people know that she once lived at Council Bluffs, la. Mrs. Chaplin was Mildred Harris, a pretty 17-year-old girl, already a well known tilm star. She was born at Minnehaha Lake, near Cheyenne, Wyp., her father being a superin tendent of the Western Division of the Union Pacific. She is the third of a family of six children. When still a child the family came to Council Bluffs, la., Mr. Harris hav ing been transferred there. Miss Harris early developed a talent for dramatics and appearedJ VI 1 L-.L T in several scnooi prouucwona uuiu in Cheyenne and in Council Bluffs, and when later the family moved to California she started as an extra at Universal City, rapidly rising to the position of a star. In person she is small, with a clear profile and a mobile face that registers emotions well. She has made a success of the parts of a girl of the people rather than strong dramatic stories. She is a good cook and house keeper and in the film company at Los Angeles is known as a cham pion pie baker. Many have been the messages sent to Charlie rela tive to having his wife throw pies at him for practice all of which she resents, contending that pies are" too good to be thrown away. Ernest Truax, who has made such a pronounced hit in "Come On In" nrl "C.nnA Rvp Rill " in which he co-starred with Shirley Mason, . . I .1.. A. is now nara at woric yn tne ncxi Emerson-Lops production, "When the Boys Come Home." Into the movie discard: Puff ties, Wrong-font beards, Shiney Prince Alberts, Trumpet-flower Vests, Celluloid collars. Catherine Calvert and Ruby de Remer are working in the big Sal vation Army fiUjv which is being made at Los Angeles. The girl with the "flaming hair, accompanied by her aunt, was an in terested spectator. The man with the magaphone was calling his or ders to the motley group of motion picture actors and "extrasP who were rehearsing a westerrf scene. Suddenly the - girl exclaimed: "Wouldn't it be fun to De one of these players and be able to let the folks at home see me ,as an ac tress?" . ' ' Something in the 'voice attracted the attention of the man with the magapfcrne and, turniMr, he saw a sweet face illumined by great mass . ,.. ,-. .v ; ... -. On the Screen Today rialto william s. hart in "branding broadway." brandeis mrs. charlie t chap lin in "borrowed clothes." strand dougles fairbanks in Arizona." sun j. warren kerrigan in the drifters." MUSE MAE MARSH in "THE RACr ING STRAIN." EMPRESS TOM MIX In "TRE'.T ' 'EM ROUGH." SCBURBAN 24th and Ame MART MINTER In "ROSEMARY CLIMBS THE HEIGHTS." GRAND 16th and Blnney GLADYS BROCKWELL. In "THE STRANGE WOMAN." "ROARING LIONS AND THE MID NIGHT EXPRESS." BOULEVARD 33d and Leavenworth ANTONIO MORENO In . "NAU- LAHKA." HAMILTON 40th and Hamilton NORMA TALMADGE In "DE LUXE ANNIE." LOTHROI' 24th and Lothroiv CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG In "THE ROAD THROUGHT THE DAJ11C. ORPHEIM South Side, 24th and M TOM MOORE In "JUST FOR TONIGHT." of fluffy auburn hair, large eyes cf blue, fringed with long black lashes, aftd a trim girlish figure that instant ly diveted his attention. Realizing that he had made the unusual "discovery" of the "perfect camera face" the man jumped from his perch and approached the girl. "If you would like to work in pictures we'd be pleased to give you a chance," said he. ' The girl acquiesced. Taken in hand by the ' man, who introduced her into the secrets of make-up, facial expression and the rudiments of stage deportment, the girl "ar rived" and within 12 months became a leading woman. And this is how Gloria Hope, the girl with the flaming hair, now lead ing woman with Harry Carey, be came a motion picture actress. Her first picture with him will be "The Outcast of Poker Flat," based on Bret Harte's well known story. A young actor was watching Josie Sedgwick ft work He remarked to the heavv that she looked such a nice, quiet 'sweet girl. The heavy said she was. 1 he young actor men asked how the heavy came by his cut and several bruises. "Josie Sedgwick gave me those and a few you can't see in the scrap we staged yesterday." And now the young actor has his doubts. Priscilla Dean's new production tentatively entitled "Raggedy Ann," is now under way with Tod Brown ing directing. The story was writ ten by Charles W. Tyler.and scen arioizedby Harvey Gates. "Vic" Potell, former conjedy star, famed for his "Slippery Slim" por trayals, is to have an important comedy role in support of Harry Carey in his next western melo , drama, "The Outcast of Poker Flat." Thirteen Students to Take Degrees at South High; All Are Girls Thirteen students, all girls, will graduate from the South High school January 24. Graduating ex ercises, in which students from all Omaha High schools will partici pate will be held in the First Metho dist church. A play is being rehearsed by the Sluth Side students, which will be given at the South High school auditorium some day during com mencement week. Tickets at 35 cents will be on sale for the pjay,' and its exact date will be an nounced shortly. ' Professor E. R. Misner is acting as coach. A baccalaureate sermon will be delivered on the evening of January 19, by the Rev. C. C. Wilson of the South Side Methodist church. Students graduating on the South Side are: Marjory Abbott. Alice Bfal. Emma Fait. Arllne Helln. Helen Laitner. Mable MrAdami Mildred Waack.' Adella Maslowaky. Mildred Mlnard. Ztta Mullaly. Anna Murphy. Irene Neff. Fannie Sacks. South Side Brevities Wanted Teams to haul coal. A. L. Bergqulst & Son. Phone South 62. Officers of the Live Stock exchange will be elected today. The polls will close at 4 o'clock. ' Funeral services for Mrs. D. M. Cox, mother of ShermaA Cox. who died In Los Angeles, will be held In Omaha Tuesday afternoon. lhe Ladies Aid society ot St. Lukes Lutheran church will meet at the home ot Mrs. C. A. Anderson, 1711 Missouri avenue, Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The annual Installation of "officers of Nebraska lodge No. 27, Ancient Order of United Workmen will be held In the A. O. V. W. temple, Twenty-fifth and M streets, Thursday evening, January 9. If saving weekly Is something new to you, come in and let us explainxour Economy Savings Club. You will find the club to your advantage. The Live Stock National Bank, 24th and N Sts. A delegation of IS from the Union Stock Yards, will leave for the Wool and Sheep Growing convention In Lander, Wyo., today A. F. Stryker, secretary of the exchange will be one of the party. C. J. Southard, attorney, formerly of South Omaha, Is now associated In the law practice In Omaha with C. C. Shep pard, under the firm name of Sheppard & Southard, 477-481 Brandeis BIdg., Omaha. Mrs. Fred Scott of Norfolk, Neb., daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gilqulst, who until the time of their death lived In Thirty-sixth and E streets, died In her home at Norfolk. The body will be bcought to Omaha for burial. New courses of study at the South High school will be started this week. Their distribution will b made as thorough ss possible, that all lhe par ents of prospective students may ap preciate the advantages offered. Three men were found guilty ot being drunk in police court Monday. J. M. Sargent, 5201 N street, was fined 110 and costs and his brother, James Sargent, living In the same address, was sentenced to 30 days In Jail. N. M. Grady, 33l South Twentieth street, was fined $10 and costs. ' Will Ask Limit on Hogs Be Raised) to 1,500 Cars Regulations placing a 1,200 car limit n the number of hogs ship ped to the Omaha market each week did not go into effect until 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and as a conse ouence more than that number were on the market today. Hogs totalled, 15,500 head. An endeavor will be made to raise the limit to 1,500 cars of hogs each week. It is contended that Omaha should be allowed , to receive as many cars of hogs as can he dis posed of and not limited to the ca pacity of the kill. , Wni Wood Elected Head of Stock Yards Exchange The annual election of officers at the Union Stock Yards exchange resulted as follows: President, Will H. Wood. Vice President, A. E. Rogers. Directors: Charles Burkes, C. F. Cox, C. L. Peterson. Arbitration Committee: R. M. Laverty, George Francis, P. A. Jackson, C. E. Metzger, H. G. Kid doo. Appeals Committee: F. F. A. Williams, W. F. Bavinger, George McDonald, Edward Nolan, B. B. Blanchard. WILSON TO MAKE TWOTRIPSOVER T0 PEACE TABLE Wilson Will Attend Closing Sessions of Congress and Return to Peace Conference. Paris, Jan. 6. President Wilson will return to the United States to attend the closing sessions of the present congress, according to present plans, and will come back to France for the later sittings of the peace congress. The presi dent will make severah addresses to congress, and after March 4, it is expected, will return to France. President of Retailers Sees No Drop in Shoe Prices St. Louis, Jan. 6. Because of the big demand for shoes, especially those of American make, the price is not likely to drop for a long while, John O'Connor, president of the National Shoe Retailers' associa tion, said today in addressing the national convention of that organiza tion. . t Speaking on reconstruction, he said he thought it would be far simpler than many suppose, bujt if the retailer tries to cut wages and return to pre-war basis it will in evitably bring about discontent and disturbances. More than 2,000 retailers are attending. Taris, Jan. 6. President Wilsos is due back in Paris at 8 o'clock to morrow morning. There will be no formalities over his arrival and hi will proceed to the Murat residenc for a series of conferenqes which will begin to give concrete form to the work of the peace congress. Lord Robert Cecil, the British au thority on a league of nations, will be one of the 'early arrivals in Farii after the president. Premier Lloyd George, if the British cabinet situa tion permits, is expected toward th end of the week, and Foreign Sec retary Balfcur is ready to come from Cannes whenever he is needed. - Lord Robert Cecil, it is under stood, is ready to present a quite definite plan, giving the British view point on a society of nations. Leon Bourgeois also is prepared to out line the French plan, while the American delegates have been en gaged actively in putting their views in definite shape. The president is expected to take a lively interest in this subject. Others likely to see the president are Senator Owen of Oklahoma, Premier "Venizelos of Greece and a Zionist delegation for discussion of questions concerning Palestine, Syria and Armenia. Parts of the Polish, ' Czecho-Slovak and Serbian delega tions have arrived and are seekiiig interviews with the president, who doubtless will confer with all of them. 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