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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 9, 1913.
COMMERCIAL GUIDE.
Hardware.
itltJiSON J.IICHEI.SON 1URUWARK
CO.. 1US. 41-U 8, Ulh Su bouts
f'li. Phon South 1T1.
Ice Machines.
BAKEH ICE MACHINE CO. .
Uth nd Nleholm. J. U Baker. Pm.
Chiropractor.
iOTH TEAR IN OMAHA; fired out of
Continental Blk.: new location, 4S4-496
Brandet Th. Blda. Ir. U N. Carpen.
ter D. 6381.
Dry Goods (Wholesale).
BVRNB HAMUKtl OIIY GuOIjS CO
- ih anl Howard Su: Douglaa lit, Cloaka,
aulta, la dice' and men'a furnishing, art
foods, millinery and draperies; all klnde
of fancy and etaple Pry liooaa,
Electrical Goods.
LB UBON EECTKICAL WORKS.
ill 8. 13th. Douglaa 2176. Largeat elec
trtcal repair works and contracting com
pany In the middle w?nt,
Engineers, Consulting & Supervising
n h:MNOSON KNU1KUKHINO Company
lith and Harney streets, Douglaa 8329.
Skilled municipal tmprovem-nt en
gineers, sewer, paving, electrlt light,
waterworks, appralnala. reports.
ANDERSON A BENNETT, M Bee Bldg.
Douglas 1430. Heating. . jtllatlng and
pnwr plHnisulKiiaJnei'raiid draftsmen.
Foundries (Iron and Brass).
pAXTON-MlTCUkLL COMll "Martha st
Ilarnt; Machine, gray Iron, orasa.
hronie'and aluminum castings.
ji.SKN SCHIINGKR. 1 407 Jackson. D.
74K1. Brass, b-onze and slumlnum cast.
'Inns.
Hospitals.
KOKD HOSPITAL, 2Ulh and Douglaa Sts.
Douglaa H9. In charge nf Dr. Michael J.
r'ord, surgmin-in-cliltf. The most com
plete hospital in the west
Ice.
OMAHA ICK AND CUM) STOUAGH CO..
.McCaguo Hilt . 15th and Dudge. Douulas
4. Wholesale and retail Ice.
Live Stock Commission.
KO8BN8TOCK BROS.. 126 Exchange Bide-,
Omaha. Slocketa feeders our specialty
Mirrors and Resilvering.
OMAHA MIRROR AND ART CLASS CO..
Itnilglas jn2. 1614 Cuming 8t
Patent Attorneys.
rATENTsJ procured, bought and sold. Inter
nsfl Patent Co. I.S3 BrnndoUr-P. 661
Stationery and Supplies.
OMAHA STATIONERY CO., THE
:;u;-3U9 a 17th. Douglaa 80i. Office,
t.pewrlter, arcliltecta' and engineers'
supplies. Looae-Jeaf devices.
Printers' Supplies.
BARN HA ITT BROS SPINDI.ER
1114 Howard St. Douglas 1076 Printer
suppllett
Tank Manufacturers.
N EUR ASK A & IOWA STEEL TANK CO
1301 Wllllaa Ave. Webster 278.
" Tin andlSheet MetaT Works.
CARTER SHEET" ME'rAL Ctr. 108-10-13
8 luih St. Douglaa 602. Skjllghta. slsel
celling and gnlvanliced sheets.
Pleating and Buttons.
VANARNAMTS DRESS Pl.KATINur
HUM STITCH I NO AND BUTTON CO.. D
.1109 Rma 358-S7 4'attnn Blk.. 3d floor.
t;A M PBBti DR8 U.. 1'hysiciaii and
Surgeon. 1S04 Fa mam St. Douglaa 123ft
School Furniture and Supplies.
D.MAHA SCHOOL SUPPLY CO.,
IHI8-I! Nicholas St. Douglaa 1912.
"I'verythlnsr for schoola."
l(.(:ilLAS I'RINTINO CO., 109-11 N. 18th.
Douglas MI. Fine commercial prlntlns.
EDDY "PRINtTnO CO., 'S2J Bee Bldg.
. Doiwlas KB47 l ine commercial printing.
Printers.
OMAHA-f uiNTINl"c6..iath "and Far.
nam. Douslaa 346 Printing. Btatlonery
and office furniture.
PacHerS'
Ol'UAHV PACK 1 NO CO.
South 234ft South Omaha.
Pa'nts, Oils and Glass.
BARKER BROS PAINT CO.. Doug. 4760
151191 Karnam St
Undertakers.
Hl'l.siT ill SPBN, 8. 16th, D. 12! 8.
, rndortakers and embalmers Personal
' uttrntlnn Riven to all calls and funerals.
IIEAFEY & HEAFEyT16I1 "FaVnTm. Wat-
my 265 Undertakers and embalmers.
CIO 'SHY "V1 1.1,18 cX251T-iTN " 24lh st
Phone Webster 47. .
"Council Bluffs Director.
Coahand Ice.
Phone 2K60 Caterers lo heat and cold.
ppnoR Kf.KVATOR CO., MO Pearl St
LEGAL NOTICE.
NOTICE OK STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING
Notice Is hereby given that the regular
snnual meeting of I hi Stockholders of the
South Platte Land Company will be held
at the offSco of said Company Room 701,
First National Bank Building, Lincoln Ne
braska, at 11 o'clock A. M., on the Fifth
ilay of March A. D.. 1919. O. H. Morrill.
President; W.r W. Turner, Secretary and
Treasurer. F-4 Slt-m.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Chnrles A. Rhoilon and wife to Bor
"" nlco A. Douglass. Bristol street.
2o ft. e. of 110 street, a. a., 40x132.1
Arthur I.. Kllker et al to Samuel L.
Robinson, Hamilton street, 14S ft.
w. of 2S street, s. s , 32121.5. . .1 950
P.lilinrd O. Dtmond and wife to
George F. Christiansen. Grand av
enue, 120 ft. e. of 45 street, s. s..
60x123. unci H 81,500
Richard C. Plninnd and wife to
Gcorgs F. Christiansen, tr , Grand
avenue, 120 ft. e. of 45 street, s. s.,
- 60x128 und H .: 81.600
Anna C. Thomaen to Grace it. Cra-
HOfL
OilllAflS FAVOR
HARD SURFACED
ROADSJNCOUNTY
Discuss Proposed Bond Issue
to Construct 100 Miles of
Highway; Favor West
Q Street Route.
The proposed hond issue of $3.
000,000 to construct 100 miles of hard
surface roads in Douglas county and
the routes that will prove the most
beneficial to Omaha where the bulk
of the taxes will be paid were dis
cussed at a meeting of representa
tives of different organizations inter
ested at the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday.
John W. Gamble, president of the
club, presided at the meeting and
W. B. Cheek, president of the Auto
club and chairman of the good roads
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce detailed the plan found most
advisable by the committee appoint
ed to have charge of the movement.
The proposed route sefected by
the committee was opposed in part
by the Real Estate exchange who
preferred a road west on Q street
in preference to improving the Cen
ter street road.
Other interests -favoring the Cen-,
ter street project compromised and
the 0 street road was named.
Strykcr Motion Approved.
A motion made bv Secretary A. F.
Stryker of the Omaha Stock Yards
company and'seconded by Gene Me
lady, commission man, was unani
mously approved by the meeting to
pave the following roads:
VVashinRton highway to the coun
ty line; Military road to -Valley;
spur from Valley to Bennington;
pave Benson road proposed; Lin
coln highway to Waterloo; new strip
of paving frpm Waterloo to Valley;
four miles north of Valley to -Mili
tary road; one mile north and west
to county line; extend paving west
on Leavenworth two miles; spur to
Waterloo: Q street to Millard; west
to a line directly south of Elkhorn;
Sixtieth street gouth to county line;
a road connecting Dodge and Q
streets; Center street south to coun
ty line; Millard to Military highway
ii.. ...:..t .i:iY . 1. .........
tno various organizations was in the
selection of a road west from Om
aha in 1 the southern part of the
county. All were united in favor of
the bond issue.
Build For Future.
Chairman Check in outlining the
reasons of Jhe committee ill favor
ing the Center street road said that
the'key to bringing business to Om
aha from the terrifiry directly west
hinged on securing a bridge over
the Platte river and that the Center
street road would run direct to the
proposed site. He urged the men
present to choose roads that would
be most advisable in the future and
not to build for today purposes
only. He opposed the Q street road
as it paralleled Sarpy county road3
and would not reach the territory
Omaha desired to reach.
Chairman F. A. Brogan of the ex
ecutive committee of the Chamber
of Commerce opposed the C?nter
street road as it paralleled the
Dodge road. He urged that atten
tion be paid the northern part of the
county and advocated paving the
High road to Blair. Chairman Cheek
opposed the suggested road to Blair
saying it would only be of interest
to "joy riders" and stated that the
Washington highway was the busi
ness tap to Blair and would be
paved by Washington county to
meet the Douglas county road. He
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
mr, Meredith street, 1B6 ft. e. of
186 ft. e. of 2 avenue, s. s , 46x
130.5 14,000
Charles W. Martin and wife to Anna
Jullen, Crown Point avenue, 180
ft. w. of 25 svenue, s. a., 45x1 24. 14. BOO
Lottie C. Osborn and wife to Statia
Walsh, Evans street, 150 ft. . of
54 street, s a., 60x128 ...$2,000
Arvlnston A. EdRlngton and wife to
Bert Howss, Lafayette street, 100
ft. w. of 50 street, n. a, 60x106.1 700
Helen J. Jeffcoat to Ona K. Morgan,
14 avenue, 30 ft. s. of Camden av
enue, w. s, 90x142 $ 1
Wright W. Cochran to C. E. Day,
a. e. cor. 48 and. .Maberry street,
60x112 ; I 1
Berthel N. Clausen and wife to
Gcorgs C. Flack. 28 avenue, 103.12
ft. n. of Camden avenue, w. a.,
44 13x90 13.225
Proof of the Pudding
Talk About Results
Cromwell Sisters Took
Horrors of
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Worked Unceasingly in .Midst
of Fighting; Nervous Break
. down Caused Their Sui
cide, Say Friends.
-By NABOTH HEDIN.
Staff Correspondent of Universal
Service.
(Special Cable Dispatch.)
Paris, Feb. 8. It is now possible
to give some details of the heroic
and strenuous war activities of the
Misses Gladys and Dorothy Crom
well of New York, who chose such
a tragic climax to "their career of
sacrifice and devotion when they
plunged into the river Gironde from
the deck of a steamer that was to
carry them homeward.
Tersoms who were closely associ
ated with the two young women in
Red Cross work are unanimous in
expressing the conviction .that a
nervous breakdown from overwork
caused their suicidal act. ,
The iMsses Cromwell enjoyed the
highest reputation among their fel
low workers and their record with
the Red Cross was spotless. Every
body who knew them remembers
them with admiration and love.
The two sisters arrived in France
a year ago and were assigned to
canteen work at Chalons-Sur-Mame.
Soon after their arrival began, the
German offensive in Ficardy which
was acconipanied'by almost nightly
bombardment of Chalons.
The hurried troop movements in-
opposed the change to Q street, as
it would tie traffic to the Ashland
bridge.
Omaha Looking For Business.
Senator E. E. Placek of Wahoo
told of the strides being made in his
section of the state and urged that
Omaha adopt the Center street road.
Mr. Brogan opposed building to a
proposed bridge and Senator Placek
told him that Omaha. was looking for
business and would have to reach to
get it, that business would not reach
to Omaha. He urged Omaha to look
into the future and build for business
and not for joy riders.
'"Doc" Whitmore of Valley, James
Wallace of Benson, a farmer, who
stated he pa'd $700 yearly in taxes,
spoke in favor of the Center street
project as did members of the Live
Stock exchange. Mr. Wallace stated
that he was authorized by the agri
cultural society to pledge the farm
ers to support the bonds.
In addition to Mr. Brogan. L. C.
Sholes of the real estate exchange,
Clarke Powell and others favored
the Q street road as the most logical
road for the business interests.
Chairman Cheek finally suggested
that in order to make a united drive
for 'the passage of the bonds the
Center street road be discontinued
and Q street substituted the balance
of the project to be practically the
same as proposed. With this change
made the meeting was unanimous
for the bond issue.
Mott Answers Critics
.of Y. M. C. A. Work in War
New York. Feb. 8. War work
of the Young Men's Christian as
sociation in the United States,
France and other allied countries,
which he said had brightened the
existence of millions of soldiers and
saved the lives of many hundred
thousand others, was reviewed here
today by John R. Mott, head of the
association's war work council, who
contrasted the "magnitude of the
service rendered" with recent criti
cism of one or two of its phases.
There had been practically no
criticism, Dr. Mott stated, of the
association's work with the army
and navy on this side of the Atlan
tic, where more than 4,000 secre
taries served soldiers and sailors in
1.000 bujWings and tents. Its efforts
for the French and Italian armies,
hexadded, had prompted the govern
ments of those countries to invite
an extension of the service, while
"nothing but praise" had been heard
of the "Y" work in Czecho-Slovakia,
Palestine, Macedonia and in the
Gajlipoli campaign.
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That's, What Happens
When You Have Tested
Bee Want-Ad '
12-10-18 -
Manager. Classified Advertising,
Omaha Bee, Local. -Dear
Sir: We are glad to state that we are gettinjf
splendid results from our advertising in the classified sec
tion, not alone in the city, but out in the state. A lady sent
us a coat today from near Wisner, stating she read our ad
in The Omaha Bee. We, wish to thank you for inducing us to
try the Want Ads "for a month or two at least." We will
surely do so. Yours truly,
CAREY CLEANING CO.
War to Heart
creased the canteen work and the
feeding of the passing soldiers en
route for the scenes of slaughter
became a tremendous task. The
Cromwell sisters were . unusually
sympathetic, taking the war tragedy
much to heart. ,
Stuck to Work.
The Germans kept bombarding
Chalons. Passing trains were
bombed from the air. The station
near which the "canteen was located
was struck several times.
Gladys and Dorotfty Cromwell
stuck to their work. Frequently
they saw civilians maimed by bombs.
The sight of wounded soldiers pass
ing through was, of course, con
tinual, i
Amidst such suffering and work
ing under such a terrible strain, it
n no wonder that the nerves of
the two young women, delicate'y
reared in a sphere of refinement,
culture and gentleness, finally gave
way.
The anticipated climax came at
midnight of July 4 when Chalons
was made tlte first objective of a
gigantic German drive. The first
morning's fight brought several hun
dred fresh wounded, bleeding Amer
ican soldiers of the Rainbow divi
sion through Chalons station.
On, September 1 the Cromwell sis
ters moved with their canteen to
Souilly, which became the center
of operations in the American offen
sive. They . continued their work
through the fall offensives, and af
ter the armistice until New Year's.
when signs of overwork necessitated,
ineir return nonie.
Big Crowd Expected
to Attend Dinner for
Sons of Ministers
The committee of arrangements
for the dinner of ministers' sons next
Tuesday evening, at 6 o'clock, at the
First Congregational church, an
nounces many acceptances. There
will be a big party, including the
daughters of ministers and the wives
of the sons and the husbands of the
daughters. It will be an informal
affair. There will be musir. The
committee cordially invites every
son and daughter of a minister re
siding in Greater Omaha, and asks
them to telephone their names at
once, or hand the names in at the
church. y
The list of toasts is as follows:
Toast master, Thomas W. Blackburn.
Words of Welcome on Behalf of our Hos
tesses Captain S. B. Jones
"The Minister's Boy In the Small Town,"
E. M. Martin
"Outside the Church".. ..Judge W. G. Sears
"following In Father's Footsteps"
Rev. Paul Calhoun
"The Minister's Daughter"
Mrs. M. D. Cameron
"The Itinerant Minister". Charles F. Weller
"Life of a Methodist Minister..
. Mrs. O. M. NaUlnger
"Our Mothers God Bless Them!"...."...
Rev. T. .T. Mackay
Benediction Rev. Harry F. Foster
Ru-Blan Apartments
Ready for Reservation
The owner of the Ru-BIan apart
ments, Mr. Harry Gross, realizing,
the demand which existed for some
time for - attractive three and four
room apartments in a close-in dis
trict, started their erection in the
spring of 1918, hoping to have them
ready for falli Owing to the scar
city of gooJ building; material upon
which he was very insistent, and to
a disastrous fire which consumed a
large portion of material bought for
use in the erection of the building,
he was unable to complete them on
time, but they will now be ready for
occupancy within a very few days.
World Program Convention
to Bring Methodists Here
The week of February 9 will bring
about 4,000 ministers and represent
ative laymen to Omaha for tlje
World Program Convention of
the Methodist Episcopal churches
of Iowa and Nebraska. This is
one of 20 similar conventions being
staged by the centenary campaign
forces of Methodists in America to
celebrate the 100th anniversary ot
foreign missionary societies of the
church.
CAREY CLEANING CO.
"35 YEARS IN OMAHA"
2401 NO. 24TH ST. WEB. 392.
SENATE VOTES
$200,000,000 FOP,
ROAD BUILDING
Fifty Million Available This
Year Under Provision of
Postoffice Bill Adopted
by Vote of 51 to 17.
Washington, Feb. 8. The annual
postoffice appropriation bill, carry
ing a total of $400,000,000, and pro
viding for the expenditure $200,'
000,000 additional for road building
in the next three years, was passed
tonight by the senate without a
record vote. x ne measure now
gpes to conference.
The principal fight over the bill
was on the committee's amendment
appropriating $200,000,000 for con
struction of roads. $50,000,000 of
which would be available this year.
The opposition was led by Senator
Thomas of Colorado, democrat, who
sought to have it eliminated on the
ground that it was general legisla
tion. I he amendment finally was
adopted, however, by a vote of 514
to 17.
Criticises Judge Landis.
Senator Thomas attributed much
of the present unrest to "petty per
secution on the part of judiciary
and criticised Federal Judge Landis
for what he called ''contemptible"
conduct. Senator Thomas said
Judge Landis had, ordered a witness
to remove a wrist watch, according
to newspaper accounts, because he
was not a military man.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, repub
lican renewed his attack on waste
ful governmental expenditures, de
claring the defeat of the democratic
party last November was not due
so much to the president's appeal
to the country as it was to the feeling-
against wastefulness and inde
fensible appropriations by con
gress and the feeling held by the
people that the motto of each po
litical party is "let the people pay."
"If the republicans continue that
sort of policy when they get con
trol, they will be driven out ot
power, too," said Senator Kenyon,
who added he hoped they would be
if they went onJn that way.
Bond Plan Defeated.
An amendment by Senator Smoot
of Utah, providing as a substitute
the creation of a federal highway
commission and giving the secretary
of the treasury authority to iss"be
bonds up to $1,000,000,000, which
would form the federal fund for road
construction, was defeated, 46 to 18,
as was an amendment by Senator
Moses of New Hampshire, providing
that any money spent by the federal
government .for the construction of
military roads in the vicinity of mil
itary camps and aviation fields be
deducted in apportioning to the
states' funds provided in the bill.
Senator Borah of Idaho endeavor
ed to obtain a suspension of the
rules in order to add as a rider an
amendment repealing provisions of
the espionage act, authorizing the
postmaster general to bar from the
mails matter believed by him to be
treasonable. This motion to suspend
the rules failed by a vote of 39 to
25.
Increase Air Mail Fund.
Committee amendments increasing
the house appropriation of $300,000
for the aerial mail service to $850,
500 and authorizing the postmaster
general in his discretion to contract
for pneumatic mail servic. in New
York were adopted. After rejecting
committee amendments reducing the
house appropriation for motor truck
routes from $1,000,000 to $300,000
the senate tonight reconsidered its
previous action and voted to sustain
the committee. ' i
The senate also reconsidered its
previous adverse vote and adopted
the amendment by Senator Freiling
huysen of New Jersey, providing
that enlisted soldiers, sailors anil
marines employed in road construc
tion not necessarily needed for mil
itary purposes be paid the same
wage as that received by civilians.
The amendment which applies to all
men heretofore employed in road
construction, provides that no en
listed man can be employed on such
work without his consent.
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ROBBERY TOLL
IN OMAHA FOR
DAYJHIRTEEN
Most of Thefts Juvenile
Work; All Sorts of Val
uable Articles Are
. Stolen.
Thirteen robberies of Omaha
homes were reported to the police
during the past 24 hours. All sorts
of valuable articles from a boy's
velocipede to lead roof flashing were
stolen, according to the squeals at
the Central police station. Juvenile
perpetrated tne majority ot the
thetts, it was learned.
A pair ot diamond ear-rings, two
watches, a pearl necklace and a la
valiere were stolen from the' apart
ments ot f. L). JJetour, Ktghteenth
and Dodge streets. The loss
amounts to $200.
Emila Leaf, Des Moines hotel, re
ported the loss of an overcoat and a
foreign make watch.
More than $100 worth of groceries
was stolen from the K. and M.
grocery, 2114 North Twenty-fourth
street. The burgJars gained entrance
tnrougli tne transom of a side door.
Police received the report tint
tlvree prowlers harassed the home of
Miss Gulick, 310 North Twenty
second street during the past three
nights, but did not enter the house.
Burglars made away with a check
for $41.90 and $16 cash from Peter
Alamon, 3034 R street, while the
family was away.
Cigaretes,.. cigars and $3 were
taken out of Moeller Brothers'
store, 1702 Clarke street, sometime
after midnight. A door transom
was found 'open.
B. C. Nielsen, 4259 Wirt street,
lost $10 to a pickpocket on a Far
nam street car Friday night.
A valuable overcoat, belonging to
Dr. D. Secord. 2709 Bristol street.
was taken from the Lord Lister hos
pital.
A boy's velocipede was stolen
from in front of the home of Mrs.
Miriam Cozard, 22b Howard street.
Saturday .afternoon. "
Several sheets of lead roof flash
ing were taken away from homes
in the neighborhood of Twenty
fourth and Sprague. according to a
eport trom bchollman Brothers.
4114 North Twenty-fourth street.
A lap robe and an automobile ttre
were taken off an automobile be
longing to F. C. Reams, 4254 Wirt
street. 1 he car was eft standing in
front of the Reams residence.
Iwo men held un Louis Kazen.
6109 South Nineteenth street, near
Thirteenth and Harney streets,
without profit. They were frigh
tened away by a passing automobile,
Detore they went through Kazen s
pockets.
In order to cope with the eoidemic
of burglaries and hold-uos. the mor
als squad has been working under
tne direction of the night captain of
police on several cases.
Mayor Smith to Speak
in Council Bluffs for
, First Time Wednesday
Mayor Ed P. Smith of Omaha on
Wednesday evening will make the
first public speech he .ever made in
Council Bluffs, when he addresses a
father's and son's banquet at the
First Christian church in Council
Bluffs. He will speak on "The
Father, the Son, the Church."
"I have never 'made a speech in
Council Bluffs, except to argue cases
in the courts there." said Mayor
Smith, when asked to make the ad
dress of the evening at the celebra
tion. Mayor Zurmuehlen of Council
Bluffs has been asked to be present.
Honors Conferred on Wilson.
Paris, Feb. 8. President Wilson
tonight received a committee of the
society for the protection of Polish
victims, who presented to him - a,
manifesto expressing appreciation
of his good offices. He also re
ceived delegations . from the Uni
versities of Cracow and Athens, who
conferred upon him honorary de
Get rid -of your jold furniture, ,
Rent that vacant room,
Sell that used car
Transact any kind of business The Bee Want
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Banker Now Office
Manager of Farmers
UnionExchange Here
4?
H. N. Eaton, now office manager
for the Farmers' LTnion State Ex
change, has risen to prominence in
the community through the chan
nels of educator and business man.
He has been a resident of Nebras
ka for 40 years and is a recocnized
authority on matters concerning the
farm.
Mr. Eaton at one time was. a
teacher in rural schools, later high
school principal, city superintend
ent of schools and head of the com
mcrcial department of Fremont
college. He began his business
career as clerk in a general mercan
tile store, and afterwards was made
cashier in the Jennings State Bank,
Davrnport, Neb. Mr. Laton was
sales manager for the Omaha
School Supply company and editor
Of the Middle West School Review,
when he resigned to accept a posi
tion with the Farmers' Union State
Exchange. He has a wide ac
quaintance in Omaha and Nebraska
and owns the property in which he
lives at 319 North forty-first
avenue. '
One Nebraskan's View
of the Importance of
More Good Roads
W. D. Fisher, secretary of the Al
liance Community club, in a recent
number of the Motor Highway,
says:
'W e all have a great deal of re?
spect and pride for our good state
of Nebraska; it is a wonderful state
m many ways, but when it comes
to the most important of all-
roads we have to take a back seat,
to the disgust of many thousands of
tourists each year and to the shame
and detriment of our communities
where these conditions exist.
"It is appalling when we think of
the thousands of acres of land whic,h
are lying idle in our state because
of road conditions. Good roads im
prove the business of the local com
munity and add to the total food
supply of the country.
Suburbanites form West of
Benson Improvement Club
The West of Benson Improve
ment club was organized Wednes
day evening at the Benson city hall.
The following officers were elected:
President, J. W. Welcji; vice-president,
Arthur ihomas; secretary
treasurer, Ben C. Roe. The direc
tors consist of the officers and the
following four: Geo. W. Hamilton,
E. W. Norris, H. E. Clapp and Geo.
M. Scofield. '
Meetings will be held the first
Monday night in each month. The
first effort of the club will be to
secure designation of the two main
traveled roads out of Benson for
permanent paving.
VACCINATION
OR QUARANTHi
jr
L
- SAYS MANNING
But Two Courses Open in
Regard to Mason School
Pupils; Doctors to Be
at Building Monday.
The grand old quarrel between
the vaccinationists and the anti-vac-cinationists
broke out afresh yester
day afternoon when a special meet
ing of the Board of Education was
Called to decide whether the chil
li re n and teachers of the Mason
school must be vaccinated.
A pupil was taken from the school
last Thursday in an advanced stage
of smallpox.
The situation has a new angle
because the principal of th Mason
school and some of the teachers are
Christian Scientists and many of
the children come from Christian,
Science homes.
Besides'the members of the Board
of Education, Dr. E. T. Manning,
city health commissioner, was pres- "
ent. as was also Lester B: NltCoun
a Christian Science practitioner.
Two Courses Open.
Dr. Manning soon made it plain
to thevboard that only two courses
are open to the teachers and pupils
of the svliool. Either they miibl
submit to vaccination or they must
submit to quarantine at their homes
for three weeks.
"It is very evident," said A. R
Wells, member of the Board of Ed
ucation, "that the Board has no dis
cretion in the case: The regula
tions of the State Department ol
Health lay down the law very defi
nitely in just such cases as that ol ,
the Mason school. It is either rat-
cinate or quarantine. The bttard
cannot overrule the state law."
Dr. Manning set fortli the atV
vantages of vaccination and dc
dared there is no doubt at all thai
it is the one and only preventive of
smallpox and is especially impera
tive when a person has been ex
posed to the disease. i
Vaccination a Privilege.
"At present the disease is not vir
ulent," he said. "Those who 4ak
it do not have it in a violent form.
But such is the nature of smallpox
that at any time the prevalent cases
may become virulent and dangerous
to.iife and likely to leave permanent
disfigurement. Vaccination ought
to be regardedigaS-'S privilege in
stead of a disagreeable duty. I
have been vaccinated myself a great
many times."
No teacher or pupil in the large -Mason
school will be permitted tt;
come to school Monday unless he
or she has been vaccinated.
They are urged to have their own
physicians do it, but the city health
commissioner will have doctors
present at the school building Mon
day to vaccinate those who prefer
to have it done there.
"But not a teacher or pupil will
be permitted to continue in school
who does not get vaccinated," said
Dr. Manning.
Navy Fliers to Make
Trip Across Atlantic
Washington, Feb. 8. Navy avia
tion experts are planning a flight
across the Atlantic. Commander
John H. Towers was ordered today
to take charge of the "development
of plans and assembly of material
and personnel for the proposed
transatlantic flight.
While it is not now Imown what
equipment it is planned to use in
the flight, or when it will be at- -
emptcd, it is recalled that the NavJ :
department during the war devel
oped a monster seaplane equipped
with three Liberty motors, giving it
in the neighborhood of 1,200 horse
power. This machine has as its
body a substantially-built boat and
has carried as high as 51 persons in
flights of considerable length.
Chaney Outpoints Hartley,
Philadelphia, Feb. 8. George
Chaneyof Baltimore won the deci
sion over Pete Hartley, New York
lightweight, in a six-round boxinc
bout here tonight