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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 12. 1919 13 A COMMERCIAL GUIDE. Auto Painting. ISOKdSlU. V F.. 144 S 4iiti. Har. 144 W muke old sutos l-iok Ilk in-w nni Auto Repairs. AMlilUCAN SIAl'iyNK WuHKS,l liT sT 11th. I). 4SS1 Automil work, cyl. bor Ine. pistons fitted, auto part maila to oriiT Ei : h r scTi v ili Ij-:-iTnu i n v. v. h i so co S R. Cor. !Uib and Harney sts , old rsrts m,n1n nfw, n-w inns mad. Ino I). 2552. Auto Tires. aWO-i.N-ONK V f LC A NHZ I N J "CO.. 15U riavpnpnrt i4L DniiKlns 2914. Auto Tops and Trimmings. L.NGUSll. THOi, K.. : 3 )tl U niey . Lo u ti lae 2', Hi Satisfaction' guaranteed. Th best Is nona too aood. Abstracts ofTftle. III'LAND TITI.K UuARANTUB A AB STRACT CO., 1714 Kurnam St. Douglas Butter (Wholesale). U.KAl.FA 141 TTKK I'H, 1 ;..; 4 N 1HU St. lnK. 33". W W. RlrlmtilMn, Prt- Biscuit Manufacturers. 1TKN luscurr en . imnioi Ave.. 121 b to ISin. St. Doui! CISJ Snow White bakery. Mfrs tt criu'kt'rn, rakra and cookies. Baggage and Transfer. OMAHA THANSl' KH COMPANY. TUB ONI.T WAY." Telephone DnuK. 14th and Jackson Attorneys. I'I.HiTkK, H.. 141s First Nut. Hunk Bid. 1. lDtilj Attorney and counsellor at law G fi A WtU M U A I ;i : 1 1 3 - 1 ' Om a ha Nat Hank Hldg lied 31(7 Uoneral prac. tire In state snd ffilral courts. 10 fi D T 1 '.A N MK 1 J It l X7 1 J I) OA IKliisS t7 Tyler 3 "Always st your sorvlce,'' Boiler Manufacturers. DUAKK. WILLI VMS. MOUNT Co., 13J and 'Hickory. I). 1013. Mfis. ot boilers, tanks. smok.'Ktorks : oxy-au-tione weld. Cash Registers. feT4"Rrir ' a s 1 1" a" n t "i: kKXiiT "Kttiid" 1STEU Co., 219-221 flty Nafl Hank Plil IT. PoubIus 44H9. K. W. Hart. Pres. Electrolysis. Superfluous hair removed, electric lit y ; needle work guaranteed. Miss Allender. 624 He BldK. Chiropractors. ToTH YEAR IN OMAHA; . fired out of Continental Blk.: new location, 494-49 Brandels Th. Bids;. Dr. L. N. Carpen ter D. 63S1. Cement Products. OMAHA CONCRKTI3 STONE COMPANY. 8sth Ave. and S:ihler St. Colfax 8S6. Dry Goods (Wholesale). iiYK.Nli At HA.UMliK UKY tiuU3 CO.. tth and Howard Sis. Doutclaa 2J6, Cloaks, ulta, ladles' and men's furnishings, art foods, millinery and draperies; all kinds of faniy and staple Dry Goods. Electrical Goods. 1,B BHON EL H ( ' i'l 1 1 C A L WORKS. SIS 8. 12th. Doualas ai7H. Largest elee. trtcaJ repair works and contracting com pany In the middle wrst. Hardware. JKTliltSoN & AllCHlil.SI.iN IIAKOW'ARE CO.. TH13, .4:116-18 S. 4th St.. South Bide. Phone South 171. . Ice Machines. Hakkh iok mac H 1 N b" C 6. 19th and Nioholas. J L. Baker. Pres. Engineers, Consulting & Super vising iENNlNUSON fcNGINHKRlON CO., 1122 Farnam, D. S2-9. Skilled municipal lm provement engineers; aewer, paving, elea light, water works, appi 'sals, reports. ANDERSON BrpjNEl'T, 4 Bee fifdg Douglas 1430. Heating, . minting and power plants. Engineers and draftsmen. Foundries (Iron and Brass). rAXTON-MITCHKLL CO., atiH Mart'ia at Harney 161. Machine, gray Iron. Crass, bronze and aluminum castings. 5lSKN & SCHMNOKK, 14U7 Jackson. D. 7491. Brass, bronza and aluminum cast- Hospitals. FORD HOSPITAL, !0th and Douglas Sts. Douglas 240. In charge of Dr. Michael J. Ford, surgeon-ln-chief. Tha moat com plete hospital In the west. Ice. CMAHA ICE AND COLD STORAQE CO., McCague Blk.. 15tS and Dodge. Douglaa 864. Wholesale and retail Ice. . Live Stock Commission. feoSENSTOCk BROS., 126 Exchange Bldg., Omaha. Blockers feeders our specialty. Mirrors and Resilvering. 6-maHa mirror "and "art glass co., DoukIss 6555. 1614 Cuming 8L ' . i' Patpnt - Arfrvrnevs. PATENTS pro-cured, bought and sold. Inter nat'l Patent Co., 583 Brandels, P. 6691 Packers. Eudahy packino co. South 2340. South Omaha. Paints, Oils and Glass. Barker Bros, paint co.. Doug. 4750 1 16091 Farnam St. Printers' Supplies. BARNHART BROS. & 8PINDLER 1114 Howard St, Douglas 1076, Printers? supplies. Physicians and Surgeons. 1 Davis, dr." William" windle. Physician and Surgeon. 1180-31-52 1st Nat. Bk. Bldg. Tyler 738 CAMPBELL. l)U. S. M.. Physician and Surgeon. 1804 Farnam St. Douglas 1220 Pleatingand Buttons. ; VAN-AltNAM'S DRESS PLEATING, HEMSTITCHING AND BUTTON CO., D. 3109. Rms. 336-37 I'axton Blk.. 3d floor. Printers. CMAHA PRINTING CO., 13th and Far nam. Douglas 348. Printing, stationery and office furniture. Tank Manufacturers. NEBRASKA & IOWA STEEL TANK CO.. 1301 Wllllaa Ave. Webster 278. School Furniture and Supplies. OMAHA SCHOOL SUPPLY CO.. 1108-11 Nicholas St. Douglas 1911. "Everything for schools. DoUULAS PR1NT-INU CO., 109-11 N. 18th. Douglas 644. Fine commercial printing. tl'DY Pin.NTTNlJCo!7S-2 Bee Bldg. DoukIbs 8647. Fine commercial printing. Tin and Sheet Metal Works. CARTER SHEET METAL CO.. 108-10-13 S. 10th St. Douglas 6u2. Skyllghta. aleel ceilings and galvanized sheets. Stationery and Supplies. 4JMAHA STATIONERY CO., THE , 307-S09 S. 17th. Douglas 805. Offlca, typewriter, architects''- and englneera' supplies. Loose-leaf devices Undertakers. lil'LSE & K1EPEN. 701 S. llth, D.1226. 1,'ndertakers and embalmers Personal attention given to all calls and funerals. iiOFFMAN. LKO A.. Cor,i4lh and Dodge. Douglas ;'-901. Experts In embalming and funeral directing. Private chapel. liEAFEY & HEAFKY. 2611 Farnam. Har ney 265. Undertakers arid emtalmes. fltOSfSY, W I LLIS "c2sTli 3N. 24th St Phone 'Wehver 47. Council. Bluffs Directory. Coal and Ice. I'hone 2H0. Caterers 10 heat and cold. 'TRlXSK EI.KVATOR CO. SCO Pearl St. REAL ESTATE TRANSFES. ltarry K. Johnson an- wife to Anna Edwards Henderson, et al. Grand ave.. 96 ft. w. of 31th ave., s. s., 4SX128 t S.OOO Boy E. Smith and wife to August staroska, tsth st., 115 ft. s. ot G. St., w. s.. 50x130 : . l'30 L. V. Nicholas Oil Co. to Sinclair Refining Co, n. cor. 19lh A Ijike st.. 53x6! - other pr.-ipefty 6. Of" ' Isabella Bell and husband to Frank B. Kurts, 23 st. 45 ft. n. of Ban croft St., e. 45"o 3.600 Barker Co. to Otis K. Lawyer. 45lh ave, 257 ft. a. of Military ave.. e. s.. 60x125 2a Willtsm C. dullard to Harry li . Shedd, 40th. su, 10. ft. a. of Tage St.. w. s.. 50x111.5 und. 4.... 1 Irene K. Grler, guardian to Thomas Flood, a. e. cor. 2ith & G. st., 3SSX130 und. 2-3 1,440 Trene E. Grler to Thomas Flood s. e. cor. 20th & G. st..32Vsxl30 und. 1-3 733 Thomas Flood to Margaret J. Kldod s. e. cor. 20'.h G. st., 32x130 und. H 1 I'lward P. O'Connor to Chrijilina Plnei, tvirt ft., jai ft. w. t.t 7th i . . 1. t, l"'')r;3& o;hir jiroycrt' ' 1,503 LIVE STOCK Omaha. January 11, 1311. Heclpts were; Cattle. Hogs Bhsep. Official Monday .... .6S 11,42! 17.100 Official Tuesday 12,161 17.SS1 20,:H Oflicial Wednesday .. ",765 19.:4 11.137 orfii-lal Thursday 7. 20 Hi.975 11.618 nfficlal Knilay S.eTO 2 1 , (". 0 5 10.807 KstlMiulo Saturday... 200 1.700 1.J00 Six rfys this wk.. 45,424 96,977 78,810 Sain" il.ua laht week, 32,141 92,4r,6 3I.8S0 King two weeks sgo.l4,9S 46.974 1S.1U0 Sam., three ska. afto.4MU 95,9So 43.4S3 amt days year ajjo. .:a,i07 64.1?t 1,415 Cattle Receipts were light In the cat tle division this morning, estimated at seven cars, or 200 head. Trading was nominally steady on steers and fully steady fur thtj week on aood to choloa grades. ' ranging In prlre from !1C50 to f 17.50, fair to good kinds (-hanging hands any I whvro from J15.U0 to !16.50. Yearlings ! nut-slile it the good to choice grades have I h-eti 011 the crttrh-as-catch-can order, 1 l.ut closed steady with a week ego, best 1 kinds selling freely at from 116.50 to l?16.25. Butcher stock was nominally steady this morning and sternly to 25 Stic, lower for the week. Good feeders w.re strong and light grades steady for the we.-k. Quotations on cattle: flood to choice beevs. 116. 60S 18 5U; fair to good beeves, $14 0O57 lit. 00; common to fair beevss, $12 75M4.0f); good to choice yearlings, $15 son; 17.50; fair to good yearlings, itO're is.r.u; common to fair yearlings, tin imfi 13,00; choice to prime grass steers, 13.ti'i((ilii.00; fair to good grass beeves, $ 1 '!. 00 rL( 15.00; common to fair grass beeves, $9 OOfc 12.80; Mexican beeves, J8. 0010.00; gnod to choice heifers. $10. IHlg 12.50; good to choico cow. $1.0013.50; fair to good cows, $ 2&(6'9.fiu; common to fair cows. t7.onfli8.i5; prims feeders, $1!.G015.60; good to choice feeders, 11.00013.60: fair to good feeders, $s.609.60; common to fair feeders, t7.008.00; food to choice Blockers. $9. 60$ 12.60; stock helferi, ts.64 JfS.60; stock cows 6.!67.60: stock calves, 7 0U9.60; veal calves, t7.60 13.50: bulls, stags, etc.. IS.26010.60. Hogs Receipts today were 123 loads es. tlmatod ot 8,700 head. Trade was uneven, the market on the whole being generally .steady with yesterday. At the best time sales looked steady to 5c higher than the best time yesterday making a top of tl7 .60. Yesterday's weak closa was duplica ted In practically every way, opening steady to strong and closing week covers tho market with Ita variation. Bulk of sales was I16 9017.25. Quality of the receipts has been extra good this week and the market has been fairly active during the early hours generally strong but with the exception of Tuesday, when the close of the market was at the best time. The market has weakened with the closa at the lowest figure of th day. Today's trade la fully lOo higher than last Saturday. Sheep Eight loads of sheep and lambs were reported In today, estimated at 1,800 head but most of these wera billed through. The few head" on sale at gen erally Btead;- prices compared with yes terday. Trade for the week has been good with a strong demand moat of thetlme. Wed. nesday saw the highest price for the week on fat lambs reaching a top of $16.60 only a little bettor than steady with last week Friday. Feeder supply has been light but prices have firmed up If anything being a trifle higher than the oreceedlng week. Aged sheep have shown and maintained the largest advance of the week, fat ewes selling yesterday and today at tl0."5 with a few heal at til. 00, which la a quotable top, fat ewea are fully 607f.o higher than a week ago. Yearlings made and maintained a top of $13.35 at the week end. Quotations on sheep Lambs good to choice tl.0016.60; lambs, fair and good, tl4.0016.00; lamb feeders. I13.00O15.40; yearlings good to choice, $12.0013.35; yearlings fair to good, $9.009.50; year-It..- feeders, $9.6010.00; wethers fat, 10.60; wether ' feeders tS.5010 60; ewes, good to choice, t9.5010.60, ewes; ewes, fair to good, t8.009.60; ewe feed ers, $i!.00 yearlings, good to choice, tl3.00 Kf 13.35; yearlings, fair to good, t9.009 50; yearling feeders t9.5010.00. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago. Jan. 11. (United States Bu reau of Markets.) Cattle Receipts, 1,000 head; compared with a week ago, good to best beef steers and butcher cattle, strong to 26o higher; low grade she stock. 25o to 60o lower; bulls and stockers and fseders, strong to 2Sc higher; veal calves, tl 00 higher. Hogs ReeelpU, 36,000 head; left over, 38,245: better grades weak; 6o lower than yesterday'a average; very little doing on light mixed; butchers. M7.55il7.0: lights, 17.0017.60 ; packing, 116.76 17,40; throwouts, $16.00 6H6.60; pigs. $16.7516,60. ' Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 5,000 head; mostly direct; compared with a week ago, ,fat lambs and mature sheep, mostly 16c to .lao higher; yearlings, 26o to 60c higher; feeding lambs, 60o higher, " " : Kansas City Live Stock, Kansas City, Jan. 11. Cattle Receipts, 3.000 head; market steady: stsera, tlS.00 i20.00; western, tlO.OOH7.00; cows, $7.00 H.OO; heifers, t8.0016.00; atockors, t7.6516.00; calves, t7.0014.00. . Hogs Receipts, 4.600 head; market steady; heavy, 1 1 7.00 -fj) 17. 65 ; butchers, tl7.10iffl7.60; lights, tl6.76t817.S0; pigs, 11,0016.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 600 head; market steady: Iambi, tl3.6016.86: year lings. 111. 60T 13.00; wethers, $10.00 11.60; ewes, t9.0010.25. Sioux City Live Stock. Sioux City, Jan. 11. Cattle Receipts, 1.000 head; market steady; beef steers, $11. 6016. 00: fat and heifers, $.0O 13.00; canners, 15S06.76: stockers and feeders, t8. 00 12.50; feeding cows and heifers, 16.00 9.26. . Hogs Receipts, 6.000 bead: market stendy; light, 116. 9017.00; mixed, 116.90 17.10; heavy, tl7.0017.15; bulk, $16 90 fel7.10. Sheep and Lambs Receipt!, 3,000 hed; market lower. y St. Joseph Lire BtoO. St. Joseph, Jan. 11. Cattle Receipts, 1.000 head; market steady; steers, 110.00 (0518.25; cows and heifers, t7.0016.60; calves. 17.00916.50. Hogs Receipts, 2,000 head; market weak; top, tl7.40; bulk, tl7.00tSH7.30. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 600 head; market steady; lambs, 113.0016.60; ewes, 17.506 10.50. FINANCIAL REVIEW. New York., Jan. 11.' A heavy oversub scription to the first important financing of the new year marked relaxation of call money rates and the director report of the United States 8teet corporation, disclosing a substantial decrease of un filled otders, constituting the the main feature of an irregular week In the se curitica market. The Joint ottering, of t65,0OO,0OO of new bonds and notes by the American Telegraph company and Ha subsidiary, the New York Telephone company, was easily absorbed in one day'a offering, In dicating the eagerness of Investors to seek an outlet for surplus capital. Decrease of almost 750,000 tons la the business of the Steel corporation was somewhat in excess of estimates, but oc casioned little surprise In view of the in creasing realization that this Industry as a whole is operating at reduced ca pacity. - Ecsing of '' call loans, which waa with out effect upon the market for time funds, was attributed to the release ot larpe sums by way of Interest and divi dend payments. Commercial paper was in better demand at a moderate rate reduction. ...... Developments In the slock market scarcely warranted detailed comment Speculative Interests renewed ' their ac tivity in numerous specialties, but re ceived a partial setback when oils yielded much of their recent advantage. Balls suffered from the neglect which has been their portion ever since their future assumed Its more doubtful status, but minor or secondary shares of that group were relatively active and firm. Xew York Cotton Future. New Tork, Jan. 11. Cotton futures opined steady: January, 27.5c, March, 2ilc:May. 24.85c; July. 24.15c; October. 22.10c. ,1i&W!tfi,I..U4 ft , SitAvr A PUaschi J? IWrfK UfcMofttyh' All kinds of safety raior blades hanenMl at our factory. We are equipped ?or hiiih prade work and Quick service. Mail ut your blades, we guarantee satisfaction. VIBRATING ELECTRIC RAZOR CO., 507', North 18th St, Omaha, Neb. m ADVERTISING IS 1919 SLOGAN OF JjEALTORS W. R. McFarland, Realty Board Head, Urges Co-Op-eration by Realtors and Other Business Men. The value of advertising was one of the chief topics of W. R. McFar land, new president of the Omaha Real Estate board, delivered to the board in his annual address last Wednesday. Following is Mr. Mc Farland's address: "We have chosen by unanimous consent to support a campaign of advertising. We have pledged the funds to support this campaign and we have started in a Very definite way to carry out our plans. "We are fortunate in having with us Leo Bozell as our executive sec retary, a man of splendid experience in newspaper and publicity work. He has already started the ball roll ing and I am sure the members of the board will give him their hearty support. "We have every reason to believe that we are coming to an era of sub stantial development in all lines of business and particularly in real es tate. , "I am a great believer in what might be called cumulative adver tising. We are not likely to realize all of the benefits of this campaign this year, but our effort, put forth now, should demonstrate whether or not we have taken a step in the right direction. "I would also recommend a plan to better acquaintance of the real tors, bankers and business men of Omaha and our neighboring cities. If we expect business outside of Omaha we should cultivate the ac quaintance of our neighbors. I be lieve the question of appraisements should receive our early attention. In Leo Bozell's report two weeks ago, we were given a very clear idea of what the Kansas City board had accomplished in this department, and there is no reason why the sarrie results cannot be secured in Omaha. I am in favor of the board outlining a definite program for this com mittee and authorizing the chairman to present the matter to the city commission with the object of tak ing over the matter of appraisements for the city." World Realty Company Buys Muse Theater; H. B. Watts to be Manager An announcement is made that the Muse theater at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets was sold yes terday by R. D. Shirley to the World Realty company, which concern also owns and operates the Sun theater. Possession was taken yesterday by the new people and H. B. Watts, a well-known local man, has been installed as manager. Mr- Watts has been identified with the motion picture business in, this city for the past five years. ' The World Realty company is fast becoming one of the most for midable factors of the show business in the middle west. Besides operating the Muse and Sun theaters, another beautiful Stage Set for Drive for $53,000 for Armenian War Sufferers if S- ' ': ?X 8- - "I J : . ... - - (1) O. Duncan. (2) Victor White, (3) H. H. Baldrige, (4) Edwin T. Swobe, (5) E. W. Halm, (6) W. F. Baxter, (7) Lloyd H. Mattson, t8) Ralph Van Orsdel, (9) Fred Hall, (10) Fred Hall, (11) Robert E. Leav-r'JtyZ- G; DeVanney, (13) C. J. Shaw, (14) Mrs. R. A. Finley, (15) Roy Towl, (16) F. S. Larkin, (17) H E. Gnffin, (18) Guy Leavitt, (19) Mrs. Joseph Duger, (20) Leo Rosenthal, (21) E. Lewis Holland, (22) GL?u?,cha' 23) Charles D- Nolan. 24 Dr. John Babstist, (25) J. W. Barnhart, (26) L. W. Harris. (27) F. J. Berg. Thomas D. Heald, London, to Tell of Turkish Cruelties at Chamber of Commerce Monday Noon. Before intensive' work to raise a fund of $53,000 in Omaha and Doug las county for stricken Armenians and other unfortunates in the near cast, the Advertising Selling league, which will have charge of the cam paign, will listen to an address Mon day noon at the Chamber of Com merce by Thomas D. Heald, London, England, who will give first hand in formation of the conditions prevail ing in the various countries as a re sult of Turkish cruelties. Mr. Heald, who has come to this country to assist in raising a relief fund of $30,000,000. Nebraska's por tion of which is $320,000, is an Eng lish business man and classed as an organizer of unusual ability. He was sent to Russia by the Friends' War Victims Relief committee under Cattle Stealing of Old Has Been Replaced by More Up-to-Date Auto "Rustling" Jail Has Become Almost a "Gentleman Thief's" Place and Old Time Crooks, Who Were Daredevils of Their Profession, Are (Gone for Good. Like the cattle "rustlers" of fron tier days, and the masked, two-gun, mounted bandit of the early west, the cool and calculating professional criminal has almost become an ex tinct type. With his picturesque sobriquet, such as "Dandy" Jim, cracksman, "Kid Glove" Murphy, yeggman, "Butler" George, society burglar, and many others, dyed-in-the-wool crook, has nearly disappeared. "Can't explain it; guess they're' dead or in jail," laughed Assistant Chief of Police Dempsey . when asked about it. "Its true, though," the chief con tinued, "the old-time crook is cer tainly not on the job any more." "Oh, there arc forgeries and fel onies of a minor sort.' he went on, "but the big jobs, such as safe-blowings, 'sticking up' paying tellers, and daylight bank robberies, are almost past history." ' . "Maybe they've gone into the auto stealing game," he continued. Auto Stealing Present Style The conclusion isn't far off, for automobile stealing is less danger ous than safe-blowing and highway robbery, the risk of capture is not so great, gunbattles, always the clever crooks constant dread, are almost nil, and the reward is im mediate and large. Then, the pen alty is less, the worst that can hap pen is a jolt for grand larceny. The astute criminal mind has seen all these things -and from actual criminal operations has turned to the occupation of "fence" or re ceiver and distributor, wholesale, of stolen cars, for the capture of "higher-ups" is rare. Police are loath to acknowledge the existence of an organized ring for the sale and distribution of stolen motor cars, but the fact that some are recovered, sometimes in bunches of three to six in southern and western towns, seem to prove it. That automobile "rustling" is as sa4e a criminal occupation as the professional can pursue was borne out last winter in Omaha when the Kirk gang of bandits, operating in Omaha, Minneapolis and ottyer cities, lived in freedom and luxury as long as they stayed only at that form of crime. They "fell" here when the gang theater is now in the process of con struction, located on Douglas street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, and is expected to be opened not later than Decoration day. Flans are now being completed for another theater on the northwest corner of Fifteenth and Douglas streets, which is promised to be the most elaborate and beautiful theater of all. Library and Market Plans to Be Discussed Wednesday The Public market which the city proposes to build at Fifteenth and Davenport streets, and the plan to increase the size of the Omaha Pub lic library will be presented to the Omaha Real Estate board next Wednesday by Myor Ed P. Smith. the auspices of the British Red Cross, and for a time was in charge cf the war refugees in that country. From March, 1917, to March, 1918, he worked in the Caucasus for the Armenian and Syrian refugees under the auspices of the Lord. Mayor of London's fund, an organization working in co-operation with the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief station at Alexan dropel. In March, 1918, because of the shortage of funds, he left the Cau casus with an Armenian army,, which fought its way through the enemy's lines after railway communications had been cut off. Mr. Heald was in Baku when the Russian bolsheviki and Armenians defeated the Tartars in a three days battle, and saved the city from de struction. Mr. Heald tells an intimate and graphic story of the conditions pre vailing in the Near East and voices great hope in the promise for de velopment in the Armenian .people after liberation from the cruel dom ination of the Turk. :.."W: "Sf staged the Malashock diamond rob berv in broad daylight. Then fol lowed the gun battle with police in the sumptuously furnished bunga low on North Fourteenth streei and their capture and trial for the kill ing ot Detective Kooney. lhree of them are serving terms in the Nebraska state prison. Experience of Omaha detectives with car thefts has been that the machines are stolen by youths, paid, as one of. them said when captured, $25 for each car delivered to a pre determined "plant" in a residence section of the city. In July and August of last year police 68 automobiles were taken here and not recovered. Their value totaled $35,000. October, 1918, is illustrative of an average "haul" in a city the size of Omaha. Cars valued at $15,000 were stolen and not recovered. To offset this, the number of cars recovered by Omaha police has been remark ably large. But automohile stealing is not the only form of crime which drains great sums annually from persons in a metropolitan city. Operations of sneak thieves cost citizens an enormous sum every year. Usually they ply their trade in rooming houses and the middle-class residence districts, but burglaries it. the pretentious homes of Omaha have became almost un known. In fact, the old-time burglar who mapped the home of a wealthy family preparatory to an onslaught on the silver is as scarce as a mem ber of the bank-robbing gentry. Jail, Tpo. Lost Fame. And with the passing of the trained professional criminal into the auto "rustling" game, the Oma ha jail, once one of the most noted clearing houses for crime in the country, has come to be a mere har boring place for petty criminals and persons accused of minor offenses. It has been the setting for the last chapter in some of the most famous crimes in the annals of criminal his tory. Through its doors have passed notorious yeggmen, famous "con" workers, burglars with a country wide reputation, and pickpockets familiar to police in nearly all met ropolitan cities. At night, the time when the jail n.sed to be a scene of activfcy be fore reform legislation was enacted, it now is almost as quiet as the dark ened buildings around it. At 3 a. m. the dog-watch, a cap tain grown gray in the service, can be seen in a little office, nodding drowsily over the subordinate's re port. A grizzled turnkey dozes over a burned out pipe in a small ante room connected with the cells. A half-dozen figures, barely awake, are sprawled like Y's in short back ed arm chairs waiting for something to happen. The telephone rings softly only to transmit the droning report of a copper on the beat, whose words, "nothing doing," signify the passing of the old time crook. -si . 3 The following plans will be an nounced at the meeting Monday. ' " Advertising Selling league in charge of Douglas county. Drive week is January 12 to 19. Douglas county quota $53,000. Downtown district will be handled by men's committee, who will work under the block sysiem. E. T. Swobe to be in charge. Women's committee in charge of Mrs. Joseph Duffy,, will han dle the tag-day drive Friday, Jan. 17, in downtown district. Advertising publicity, window posters and automobile tagging will be in charge of the Adver tising Selling league. Speakers in charge of R. A. Van Orsdel. Mrs. Duffy has called a meeting of the women workers to be- held at the Fontenelle Tuesday to arrange fnal details for the tag day drive. Headquarters for the committee will be established in the small build ing on the courthouse lawn during the week. Business Outlook Good Say Shafer Salesmen A . ; ' N 2fey: J.JIefcAep In contradiction of the opinion1?1 voiced by many predicting a slump in the business and industrial fields after the war, H. E. Griffin, sales manager for M. E. Shafer & Co., declared yesterday that the volume of business done by this company this year had increased over 200 per cent compared with the same period a year ago. Mr. Griffin also .-said that the prospects ahead were even brighter. "But it is no wonder," he contin ued, "for .we are right in the heart of the world, and the rich, red blood of the richest part of the country is being pumped in and out through Omaha. The only regret 1 have is that I did not come to Omaha many years ago instead of only a few months ago." Mr. Griffin recently was made sales manager of his company. Prior to coming to Omaha he was in the newspaper business several years, and for twelve years he was as sociated with two of the largest calendar houses in the country. Benjamin H. Fletcher, the new superintendent of the Shafer; com pany also is of the opinion that business conditions will improve in the country rather than suffer a slump; Mr. .Fletcher recently was promoted to iiis position at the head of the progressive printing and advertising specialty concern at Seventeenth -and Webster streets. He has had a printing experience covering a priod of 16 years. He came from Fremont, Neb., to Oma ha eight years ago, and three years ago became identified with the Shafer company. December 1, last, he was appointed superinten FRANC EUTU, E IS FOU ME. YAH E WRITES 'Armistice Day Was Celebrated by Kissing Everybody Who Happened t6, Pass Their Way. "I'll take the U. S. style for mine," wrote Sergt. Sigvald Jensen, Coun cil Bluffs boy,know in France, in' describing the 'manjier in which French people celebrated the signing of the armistice. "The night the armistice was signed, the French ran up and down the streets, men grabbing , other men's wives and kissing them; girls grabbed soldiers and kissed them. They were sure wild," he wrote in a "father's Christmas letter," writ ten from Aix La Chapelle Novem ber 24, to his father, Joseph Jensen, 1823 South Ninth street, Council Bluffs. Young Jensen, who is onjy 20; and his pal, Rudolph Nelson, 19, enlisted last June, ten days after they gradu ated from the Council Bluffs High school. They passed a six-weeks course in radio at Limoges and were recommended for a sergeantcy.- "You may think this is a fine place. It is, but the way the French have built the country, is what spoils it. The streets are narrow and crooked. The houses are built of itone 1,000 years old and crumbling and falling down. The streets are of rocks crushed by a thousand years of use. The wagons are drawn by oxen, and the streets show the ef fects of that. - "They never do clean the streets in this country but we soldiers have' to do it." Sergeant Jensen is expected to re turn shortly to the United States. He is with the Sixty-seventh artil lery, trained at Fort Winfield Scott. Realtor to Plat 25 Lots i in Sterling Park Addition Ground for twenty-five lots in Sterling Park addition on Fonte nelle boulevard, between Fowler and Grand avenue, has been taken over by Temple McFayden, realtor. ; ' - ) . L 1 T Griffin dent. Mr. Fletcher, who is a mem ber of the Chamber of Commerce, declares that second only to his interest in the growth of his com pany is the advanpement of Omaha. Enlarge Service Force. In anticipation of continued pros perity and bigger business, the Shafer company recently obtained the services of Guy W. Bilsfand as advertising manager and chief of the service' department. Mr. Bils land has had a varied experience in the ' advertising field, having been connected with a large calendar con cern and a large Chicago direct-by-mail advertising agency. For three years he was a charter member and secretary of the Advertising club, of Joliet, 111. Early in the summer he volunteered for army Y. M. C. A. work, in which he was cng.iged prior to coming to Omaha two weeks ago. "Omaha looks to flie," said " Mr. Bilsland. "It is the logical trade center for the great plains states, and the opportunities for growth in this territory are limited only by the imagination of the advertising men." C. J. Myler, assistant superinten dent, is another specialist recently annexed to the Shafer official fam ily. Mr. Myler was mustered out of army service several weeks ago, having served as first sergeant in the transportation service of the Fort Omaha balloon school, lie has had an experience of 14 years in the printing business. He is c garded as a valuable addition to his growiqg organization, and an nounces that he is in the city to grow with growing Omaha. and he will develop the property this year, cut it up into lots and build houses on it. Practically all of the lots are on Fontenelle boule vard. Improvements to be made th ere will include water, sewer and sidewalks. Plans are now being drawn for some of the houses, G. C. Flack to Develop Eleven Acre Tract in Belvidere Heights George C. Flack has purchased from the Alfred Millard holdings, Belvidere Heights, an 11 -acre tract on the high ground west of Miller park, overlooking practically the en. tire city. This site will be developed by Mr. Flack into a fine residential sec tion, on which he plans to have several homes erected this year. This ground offers a view of several miles up and down the Mu jiouri river. Alfred Millard, who began buv ing the ground in 1902, planned thu erection there of a $40,000 residence. There plans were abandoned by Mr. Millard because he moved from .the city. While he had it, however Mr. Millard set out on the place 17 different kinds of trees, besides fruit trees. These trees are still on tho place. Belvidere Heights is regarded by planning board members as one of the choicest residental sites in Omaha. The site will be graded, paved and equipped with an ornamental lighting system. The work of de veloping will be in charge of some young real estate men who have just been mustered out of the serv ice McFayden is to Develop Section for Residences Temple McFayden, realtor, has taken over ground for 25 lots in Siding Park addition along Fonte nelle boulevard, between Fowler and Grand avenues, and will de velop it this spring into a residen tial section. Most of the lots will overlook Fontenelle park. Mr. McFayden will build houset on the lots and will improve the addition with water, sewers and sidewalks. Plans are now being made for hcuscs. BIG DOWIITOVII BUILDINGS OF OMAHA FILLED Income Value of Downtown Property Attracting At tention All Over the Country. The question of the income valu. of downtown property in Omaha brought up as a result of the policy of the advertising committee of th Real Estate board, caused the board's headquarters last week tc make a survey of the conditions. The advertising committee's policy ii to concentrate on investment am business property within the next 30 to 60 days. The survey made during the lattet part of the week, showed thht good downtown office buildings are from 98 to 100 per cent full, and that good store and warehouse spac " at a premium. , Most of the building managers, especially, managers of office build ings, have long waiting lists of pro spective tenants. Omaha Pkns Expansion. Owners aild managers of busine. property attribute this condition to these two general causes: First That following the war. Omaha firms, whether in offices or stores, immediately began to mr.!;c plans for expansion. Second Outside interests ait being attracted to Omaha because ol . the remarkable records this city made in all financial campaigns' aiM drives throughout the war. Concerning the second cause, they point out that Omaha was on o: the very few cities where busines' during the war did not depend upon war contracts and war business, an. I that as a result Omaha will lose nothing with the ending of war con tracts, The fact that Omaha went through the war with such a good record, and with the highest percentage o( gain in bank clearings in the coun try, has caused investors to. look this way. As concrete evidence of the way investment property is paying, in Omaha, realtors point to the condi- tion of Harry A. Wolf's rental busi ness at present: Mr. Wolf, with a monthly rental income of $24,000 has only $265 a month vacancies. Mr. Wolf says he now 'has H inquiries from out-of-town firms, wanting to locate in Omaha, either in stores or warehouse space. The City National bank building'. office sp-ce is now 100 per cent oc cupied, ai.d the' manager. E. S. Jew ell, has a long waiting list. H. G. Loomis. manager of tlu Omaha National bank building, esti mates that the better class uown town office buildings are oil. 'ar average of 99 per cent filled. The Bee building office sdhcc i now about VSji-per cznt full, '. managers say. The First National haul: build'i"; at Sixteenth and Farnam streets store space and all, is 99.3 per. sem rented. The manager of this building, F. G. Solomon, in the last two months rented five ground floor stores iv the First National building, all on five year leases. The Securities building, operate' by the Armstrons-Walah Co.. is nov practically filled, with a Ioit wait'nv list, according to A. H. Walsh. Real Estate Men, Back from ; War, Reopen Their Off tC2 L W. Bedford and S.. B. Juh.r. ston, realtors, who closed their ji fice last summer to go to war, li v.t returned from the army and havv opened up the firm of Bedford Johnston, in the Yvorid-lic;-M building. , ' . - , Mr. Bedford bus been in the- rj c:tart business for 12 vears and b: 1 been associated with Mr. lohiisu?!' for the last four years. Ho me-Owner Loans Up to 60 on residences less than five years old. Monthly payments. Special privileges and t?rms. Abo straight loar.s at semi annual interest. f ?;jJSw"' ..-'Pi , ' i ltjl.,., A il id ascuAk rrficv m .S5rtsr.' i,t--w.-nmr "'', rifTrxi i? mrrc malc 'II a luLt M. lTA.-a.s7Wfi. . BIG PROFITS! Tlifrt n no IniMncM of ant . m ... kind lhtu if I'Avln nwrT 75 Will xiwrt mntg?nicitt Ar high fi itart you :iut per cent net profit lit . made in six month under or- r 1 " dlnnry firm condition. hog in if rmi lure Idle mt-W ftr r ... imffttment i$7.1 or mom. In- vaiiiorow. rt4t tn hcf( under ur n'w under our nroflt-atiarlnt ,)lo. No etoclt nr Ijid tclieim. 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