THE OMAHA SUNDaV BEE: FEBRUARY IS. 1913.
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South Side
: TO LEVY TAX OF
! FIVE CEIITS FOR
H EACH GAR HOGS
r I
f Money Will Go to National
f I Live Stock Shippers Pro-
f 1 tective League; Storm
i Cuts Down Receipts.
:J
I At a meeting yesterday morning
' j members of the South Side Stock
, (exchange voted to levy a S-cent tax
; (on each car of live stock shipped
to the Union Stock yards. This ac
f j tion was taken at the request of the
I ! Xational Live Stock Shippers Trotec-
I live league, an organization of ship
: j ;ers with headquarters at Chicago.
' i Last year 137,39.' cars were
. shipped to the South Side market.
i Receipts are expected to be at least
as large this year and tlie result will
.be a large revenue for the shippers'
i organization. Edward Kiefer is the
local secretary and manager of the
, National Live Stock Protective
; league. It is the league's duty to
oversee railroad rates, transporta
tion facilities and bedding.
Hog receipts at the South Side
market showed the effect "of the
srreat storm wave which has swept
: lh country. Only 51 loads of hogs
f were billed to reach the South Side
! market yesterday and a large per
rentage of these were purchases
: niade by packers at other markets
i and shipped to the Omaha market
! for slaughter.
Only 20 loads, approximately, in
i eluding Friday's holdover, were on
sale yesterday. Of these, the pack-
rrs purchased only one car, the
shippers securing the rest. Receipts
i for the week total 88,400 head, coin
pared with 83.300 last week, and
; 71,000 head for the same week last
; year.
k South Side Man Member of
i Odd Fellows for 50 Years
j A remarkable record has been
established by Peter llinkel, aged 77
vcari, 4721 South 1 wenty-httn
(street. Mr. llinkel, who is em-
! ployed as an elevator conductor at
S the Exchange building, LTnion Stock
tvards, has been a member of the In-
; Jcpendent Order of Odd Fellows
i for over 50 years. He is at present
) a member of Council Bluffs lodge
Nro. 40, and has also been a member
of the encampment branch of the
,i order, the highest branch of the
" Odd Fellows, for 50 years.
Mr. Hinkel is not only the father
; A 8 children and grandfather of 28
5 more, but has recently become a
'' creat grandfather. He and his wife
' ive alone, however,
"I'll probably live to be an Odd
' Fellow for 60 years at least," he de
clared. South Side Breities
" SHMIANTHRACITF Bet coal for your
! fnrnnnB. Phone South 33. G. E. Hardinf
; '.'o.ii Co.
Bprnard. Jr., 4-yfar-old son of B. J.
r.arkln, 4003 T street, Is seriously 111 with
pneumonia.
A prlie masque ball will be Riven at
Hushing hall on Saturday, February 16,
'V the "Gassed Four."
The children' dancing: class was held
'last nlsrht at th Social pettltment, South
!dv from 7 to S:30 a'clock.
We have Christopher, the best Illinois
coal, $.20 per ton. Plvonka Coal and Teed
,'uiiipany. Phone S. bit or S. 617.
home of Mrs. Del Pearce, S82S South
, Twenty-fourth street, Tuesday at 9 p. m.
There will be prises and refreshments.
'I it you want money to buy or build a
home, see the Home Savings & Loan As
i.. nation, 4724 South Twenty-fourth street.
( ILLINOIS COAL We have received
'eral cajs of the best Franklin County
Illinois coal. Phone South 33. Q. E. Hard-
'nj; Coal Co.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will
five a card party and dance Monday eve
j mnir, February 17, at the A. O. L". W.
. nn.ple. The time Is i p. m.
! t'prhuroh lodge Degree of Honor, No.
t 3. will give a card party and dance Wed
rjiiiiy evening, February 1, at the Eagles'
lull, Twenty-third and N streets.
The ladles auxiliary of the Ancient Or
Ar of Hibernians will be entertained at
he home of Mrs. P. J. Lennahan. 2623
Uiiredlth avenue, Wednesday evening, Feb--visry
19.
Mrs. Frank Clark, 2414 B street, will
ntertaln the Woman's Home Missionary
:: vix'M.a of the Qrare Memorial church on
; Friday afternoon, February 21. The hostess
; Till be ai.-ted by Mrs. T. O. Inghram.
j Mary AVInndovskl, 8120 K street, plead
i i-X guilty to having nine pints of whisky
f a tKr possession and was fined 10t and
:-iek In the South Side police court yes
? :."iiay. She waa arrested on a warrant,
f All members of the Bee Hive lodge.
'i -So. 184. Masons, are requested to meet at
1 lie lcrixe hall Sunday, 12:34 p. m., to at
, '.end the funeral of Brother Bert H. Wll
which will be held at the Wheeler
Memorial church at 1 p. m. v
CltUens if Jewish faith will have a mass
f ietmg at the Congregation Beth Israel,
Iweiuy-fifth and J streets today at 4:31)
: p. m. Prominent out-of-town speakers
; ho will be present Include Habbl Tascom
i nd Pr. Philip Sher. A musical program
,i s planned and ft big crowd Is expected.
1 Andre Fribourg to Give
Lecture on Paris During War
j One of the most notable guests of
f'lie week will be Monsieur Andre
I Fribourg, who has been recently sent
j o the United States by the French
j government, not only a. an official
ccturer for the French Alliance, but
i !o cement the long-established
I friendship between the two reptib
J ios, and to make such observations
f is will enable him to further his
vork in France upon his return.
i He was stricken blind during the
j ,ar while at the front, but continues
i o give his lectures. He will speak
I hi "Paris During the War," Thurs
day evening in the Blackstone hotel
jail room. The lecture will be il
j ustrated with slides and moving pic
i 'tires.
Driver Throws Man in
Street When Unable to Pay
t After having been beaten into in
! M-nsibility and robbed of 85 cents,
j lerrv Shahan, 55 years old. living
t it 708 South Sixteenth street, was
I i -rown into the doorway of 710
i -outh Sixteenth street by an un-
identified taxi driver. Mrs. Dora
j MuiHn, living nearby, found the in
I iured man and called the police,
j shahan was given medical attention
; iy the police surgeon and returned
j io his home.
Incoherently he told police he
trdered the taxi driver to take him
, lome. and, when he was not able to
1 ay the full fare, was beaten,
i re are looking for the driver,
Po -
They Were Happy Mourners, the Boys In
Montana, the Day They Buried Old Booze
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Golden Days When the Judge
Played "Rummy" with the
Cowboys Are Gone
Forever.
By JOHN FRANKLIN LEWIS.
(Photographs by the Author)
They tottk a plow and plowed him down.
. Put clods upon his head.
An' thev have sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn was dead. Burns.
Ekalaka, Mont., Feb. 13. (Special
to The Bee.) Who says there is j
nothing new under the sun, when;
the Montana, with its Calamity
Janes, its wild cowboys shooting
up the towns, its bad men running
amuck and starting something; its
dance hall, hurdly gurdies and gam
bling hells; its road agents, cattle
rustlers and painted Indians, with
tomahawk and scalping knife the
old Montana of the blood-and'-thun-der
past is as a tale that is told?
And the midnight bell of the dying
year, 1918, tolled the knell of John
Barleycorn in the Treasure state.
Funeral ' announcements appeared
in all the newspapers and on the
fateful night the crowds at the "Old
Stand" rilled the room to bid a last
farewell to their old comrade and
lifelong associate, and take a last
nip at the cup which cheers: and Old
John cheered them on to the last,
even with his dying breath.
Many "Old Stands."
Nearly every Montana town had
an Ultl stand.. Miles City had an
"Old Stand" and a "New Stand,"
and numerous other stands, which
were calculated to put a fellow in
a condition where he could not
stand at all.
"Beware," Says Judge.
In the old days the first business
house to open its doors in a new
town was the saloon. At a famous
murder trial held last year in a lit
tle Montana town the judge, ad
dressing the prospective jurymen,
warned them against crowds. He
said: "I understand there are just
two places where crowds congre-
gate, at the 'Old Stand' and at the
Corner. Govern yourselves ac
cordingly and withdraw when the
(murder) case is up for discussion.
Whatever may have been Old
John's faults, he was no snob, and
his court, in Montana at least, was
thoroughly democratic. In a Mon
tana bar room all met on a common
IS. Will FINDS
LOST DIAMONDS;
WERE HOT STOLEN
(Continued From Pace One.)
to or been accosted by anyone on
her way from the hotel to her moth
er's apartments.
Saturday night, it was about 7
o'clock, Mr. Heyn was called to
the phone. "Is this Mr. Heyn talk
ing?" a strange voice asked. Re
ceiving an affirmative answer the
voice continued: "I'm former State
Agent Beuel. I have your wife's
rings. I found them in front of the
Drake court apartments. You see,
there was nothing in the handbag
to identify the rightful owner and I
waited for papers to come out and
ftll of the loss. I was cut of town
today but as soon as I returned and
got The Bee today and saw your
advertisement and the story about
the loss, I have been trying to lo
cate you."
Ten minutes later Heyn met Mr.
Beuel and identified the jewels.
Beuel Refuses Reward.
"I offered Mr. Beuel a reward but
he wouldn't take it," Mr. Heyn
said. "I don't know what to. do to
repay him. While the jewels repre
sent a large financial value, to my
wife they could not be replaced.
There is so much sentiment attach
ed to them.
"One of the rings, a $1,000 soli
taire, was bequeathed to the present
Lord Ashley and sold by him at a
private auction in London. Another
one was a solitaire diamond willed
to Mrs. Heyn by an aunt, Mrs. W.
D. Soule of Chicago, who recently
died.
"The other jewels were Mrs.
Heyn's engagement ring, a solitaire
diamond in a ' platinum- Tiffany
mounting, and a platinum bar pin,
set with 33 diamonds of unusual lus-j
ter and brilliancy. j
Mrs. Heyn formerly was Mrs.
Beatrice Morris of Chicago. Her
marriage to Mr. Heyn took place
last August.
Many American Soldiers
Dying of Disease at Brest
Washington, Feb. 15 Maj. Samuel
V. Ellsworth, of the medical corps.
recently returning from France, told
the senate military committee today
that many returning American sol
diers were dying of disease at the
embarkation cams at Brest. France,
1 after coming from the front line in
(good physical condition
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level the roustabout, with scarcely
enough kale to pay for his supper,
chummed with the wealthy ranch
man, whose possessions, told in
acres, ran up to live figures. The
eminent barrister, whose eloquence
could sway the multitudes, joked
famililarly and clicked glasses with
the roughneck, while the judge sat
at a table smoking cigarets and
playing rummy. The rugged hand
of toil was gripped just as firmly
and with the same glad welcome
that was extended to the white
and jeweled fingers of the clubman.
Rich and poor looked alike to John.
No evidence of grief marked the
obsequies.
"Banjo Jake," a celebrity from
Belle Tower, Butte, twanged the
strings while assqeiates sang melo
dious songs; old timers danced to
the strains of "Turkey in the Straw"
and the mirth and fun grew fast and
furious.
The Old Lion Just Grinned.
The grim old mountain lion, trophy
of some hunter's prowess, from his
lair on top of the ice box looked
down and grinned sardonically for
the last time at the long row of
thirsty ones quaffing the nectar over
the mahogany bar; and the soft
eyed doe looked shyly down at the
unusual and tumultuous scene and
dreamed of other days when such
scenes were not unusual.
Surplus Stock Auctioned Off.
At the eleventh houf the surplus
stock was put up at auction. The
jolly, red-faced auctioneer was full
of spirits, and he knew he was cry
Musical Burlesque
This Week Is Unusual
in Having Real Plot
Jack Conway and his "Liberty
Girls" present the unusual at the
Gayety theater this week in their
two-act production with a plot car
ried through both acts. The musical
burlesque is entitled: "Reilly and the
Seminary Girls."
Jack Conway as Tim Reilly, later
known as Prof. O'Lunar, is good for
a laugh every minute of his time on
the stage. His droll humor keeps
the audience in an uproar. Larry
Clifford, in black face, plnys the part
of a janitor and has the center of
the stage part of the time.
A galaxy of Dollies, Pollies,
Annies and Fannies with more than
the ordinary customary physical at
tractions add to the entertainment
features. In addition to their good
looks they have pleasant voices.
The plot, the unusual feature of
the play, shows Reilly hunted by po
lice for his part in the festivities.
G. Whitaker Wise, known to his
friends as James J. Collins, is at
hand as the fixer and lands him a
soft (?) berth as Prof. O'Lunar, an
Irish astronomer at a girls' semi
nary. The plot thickens with the arrival
of a naval officer in love with one
of the girls. The fier and the sham
professor ensnare the officer in their
toils and prevail upon him to take
the faculty and students on an ocean
voyage. A storm wrecks the ship
on a desert isle.
Mogulus, the king, has the ex
kaiser bested for authority and
Brigham Young outdistanced for
wives.' The king falls for the fixer's
supply of liquor (time, before July
1) and the professor is made king.
He finally leaves the island to the
king when rescued by his wife. .
Snappy song hits and dancing fea
tures are introduced during the show
by Misses Barry Melton, Norma Je
rome, 'Hilda Giles, Larry and Sally
Clifford and Messrs. Kelly and Mar
tin, i
Police Catch Man in Act
of Tearing Off Girl's Clothes
When emergency officers re
sponded to a riot call at Seven
teenth and Chicago streets Satur
day night, they saw-M. E. HamUlin,
engineer at the Wright block, tear
ing the clothes from the 10-year-olu
daughter of Mrs. J. W. Linehan,
No. 25 . California apartments.
Hauiblin was booked at the station
on charges of drunkenness, and as
sault and battery. Mrs. Linehan
told the police that Hamblin threw
the girl into the street when she
told him to leav the place
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ing a sale such as comes but once in
a lifetime. Nearly everybody bought
a bottle Or jug and some both jugs
and bottles galore.
It was surprising to see a funeral
without mourners. It seems that
John's friends were mostly of the
class known as fair weather friends,
ready to speak slightingly or even
speak evil of him when he was no
longer in a position to do anything
for them.
Chapter of History Closes.
Thus closes a chapter in Montana
history extending from the days of
Lewis and Clark, down to the pres
ent time the dynasty of John Bar
leycorn and a research of the lit
ature of this period reveals the fact
that no figure looms larger or plays
a more conspicuous part during the
epoch just closed, than this same old
humbug, this fascinating magnetic,
deceitful, disreputable imp, John
Barleycorn.
In the wild west Old John reigned
with absolute sway. Like Robinson
Crusoe he could say:
I am mnnnrt h of ail I survey.
My right there Is none to dispute.
and in high jinks he went the limit
ran a mad and spectacular career
then vanished like Burns' rainbow.
He is gone and forever. The senti
ment is not "Peace to his ashes,"
but "Plant him deep, brothers, plant
him DEEP."
There are a few sad dogs who de
clare the old geographers were right
when they labeled this strip of ter
ritory the "Great American Desert,"
but the majority rejoice that Old
John has been dethroned.
ELGIAN GLAiM
FOR INDEMNITY
TO IE EXA
NED
Supreme Council Appoints
Special Committee to Study
Problem; Russian Ques
tion Taken Up.
Paris, Feb. 15. The supreme
council today appointed a special
committee to study the claims of
Belgium for an indemnity. The
American members of the committee
are Charles H. Haskins and Col.
S. D, Embice.
The peace conference commission
on reparations continued today its
examination of the principles upon
which rests the right to reparation.
The committee heard Baron van Den
Huevel for Belgium, M. Stoyano
witch for Serbia and Finance Min
ister Klotz for France.
The supreme council at is meeting
this afternoon began examination
of the Russian question, according
to an official announcement. The
council also heard delegates of the
administrative council of Lebanon,
Asia Minor.
Butte Car Service Resumed;
No Violence Is Attempted
Butte, Mont., Feb. 15. Brig. Gen.
Frank B. Watson, commander of
the Twenty-sixth infantry brigade
of the Thirteenth division, who
commanded United States troops
during the recent labor troubles at
Tacoma, arrived in Butte to tal e
command of the military situation
here,
Butte's street car service, which
suspended last Monday morning
when threats are alleged to have
been made against the carmen by
striking miners, was in operation
tonight in virtually every part of the
city. jo violence was reported.
Safety Movement Hampered.
"Washington, Feb. IS. Members
of the house education committee,
considering a bill to appropriate
$12,500,000 annually for work in go
operation with the states to educate
native illiterates and aliens, were
told today that the bureau of mines
has progressed to such a point in its
safety movement that further im
provement will be difficult uniess
foreign born workers are taught the
language of the country. :
SENATORS URGE
LAWS TO CHECK
'RED' CAMPAIGN
"We Are Frittering Away Our
Time While We Are on
Eve of Upheaval "
Warns Thomas.
Washington, Feb. IS. Drastic
laws to check the spread of radical
propaganda were advocated in the
senate today by Senators Thomas of
Colorado and Weeks of Massachus
etts. In discussing the appropria
tion bill, Senator Thomas said "red"
publications were "springing up like
mushrooms."
"We are frittering our time away,"
said Mr. Thomas, "while we are on
the eve of a volcanic upheaval.
These 'red' publications are not only
encouraging and advising insurrec
tion, but are preaching the doctrine
of the dagger and the torch, an
nouncing that universal massacre
and destruction will soon begin. We
are minimizing the magnitude of
these conditions. Officials of the
government are supine for lack of
legislative authority.".
Cummins' Proposal Beaten.
Immediate study of reconstruction
problems by joint congressional
committees was urged today by
Senator Cummins of Iowa, and other
republicans, but bv a strict partisan
vote the senate refused to lay aside
the rivers and harbors appropria
tion bill and take up his resolution
for creation of six joint committees
of investigation.
Senator Cummins declared there
had been little concerted effort to
ward study of reconstruction legis
lation. Although he conceded action
at this session was impossible, he
urged adoption of his , resolution
so that committees could work after
congress adourned and be ready to
report at the next session.
Soldiers Return Discontented.
"We are 'drifting into a most un
fortunate situation," Senator Cum
mins said, "regarding demobilization
of soldiers. I believe a very large
part of our soldiers are coming home
discontented, particularly because
their country has done nothing to
provide for their transition fromjwar
to peace pursuits."
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts,
republican, pointing out that com
missions of England, France and
Italy had long been studying recon
struction problems, deplored alleged
inaction by the United States.
Senate democrats again failed to
press their program for holding late
sessions to expedite appropriation
bills. Adjournment was taken
shortly after 6 o'clock tonight after
a day of debate on many subjects
other than the rivers and harbors
bill which was the special business
Runaway Boy Found
by His Mother After
Four Week's Search
Denied the aid of juvenile au
thorities and police in an effort to
find Harold Ivens, her runaway
boy, Mrs. Nellie Ivens, 1609 Leav
enworth street, mother of the boy,
conducted a personal search during
the last four weeks and found the
11 -year-old lad locked in the room
of John J. Ebel. 714 South Sixteenth
street, last night.
The lad is in a serious physical
condition, due, it is charged, to
abusive treatment by Ebel, who was
arrested by city detectives and
booked for investigation.
Young Ivens had been missing
from his home for four weeks and
when found was clothed in tattered
garments. He told his mother that
Ebel had not allowed him the privi
lege of a bath during his detainment
in the man's room.
Father Flanagan, head of the
Working Boys' Home, took the lad
to his mother.
Ebel told police he kept the boy
with him to give him a home. Young
Ivens said that Ebel forced him to
go to Council Bluffs each day with
mm to load lumber for his living.
airs, ivens said sne will appear
against tDei in ponce court.
Poindexter Attacks
League Constitution
in Vigorous Manner
Washington, Feb. 15. Vigorous
attack on four articles of the league
of nations constitution those pro
viding for disarmament, arbitration,
supervision of the munitions trade
and for mandatories of foreign
countries was made by Senator
Poindexter of Washington, repub
bean, in a statement tonight. He
declared the disarmament and muni
i
uons iraue paragrapns were un
constitutional, the arbitration pro
vision unconscionable, and the
clause for mandatories "abhorrent."
The article on disarmament, Sen
ator Poindexter said, "transfers to
the league the sovereignty preroga
tives of fixing the relative and ab
solute size of the armies and navies
of the several countries. There is
no power in the president, nor in
the senate nor in congress itself,
nor in all combined, to transfer in
this way the sovereign power of
the nation."
Major Henry Discharged;
to Meet Wife in Chicago
Mrs. E. C. Henry left yesterday
for Chicago, where she will meet
Major Henry, who is returning from
France. They will return to Oma
ha Wednesday. Major Henry re
sponded early to the call for sur
geons in the army and during his
absence Mrs. Henry has busied her
self in conducting the Lord Lister
hospital. Mrs. Henry has just pur
chased the Cannon residence at F'if-ty-fifth
a,nd Dodge, which they will
occupy as a home. Jesse Hyatt
made the sale.
Pay on Russian Bonds.
New York, Feb. 15. The National
City bank announced today it was
paying some of the coupons due
yesterday on the Russian internal
5 1-2 per cent bonds, in accordance
with the option given holders of ac
cepting 15 cents per ruble, the rate
tixed by the financial attache of the
Russian embassy at Washington, ,
Omaha Welfare Worker is
Now at Chateau Thierry
Miss Minnie Rabinowitz Tells
of Life and Prices of
Food Prevailing in
French Capital.
Miss Minnie Rabinowitz, Omaha
girl in Jewish Welfare Board service
abroad, has been assigned to Chat
eau Thierry, historic battleground
in the late war and may possibly be
sent to work in the Jewish Welfare
Board hut in Coblenz, Germany,
This information is contained in a
letter written from Paris, received
Saturday by Miss Esther Belmont, j
of the B nai a nth woman s auxil
iary which sponsored Miss Rabino
witz for overseas work.
Living quarters are at a premium
in Paris on account of the great in
flux of visitors for the peace con
ference. "Every one in France who
can possibly get a leave is here in
Paris and a great many of them are
A. W. O. L. (absent without leave)"
she wrote.
Butter $3.15 per Pound.
"Butter is $3.15 per pound; bread
cards are still in use. and Americans
are permitted but little sugar," she
writes. "Irruit is off the bill of fare
entirely. One can get some candy
here now 1 am told and they are
just beginning to bake cakes. Ice
cream is 1 fr. 50."
The Omaha girl lunched one day
n the Hotel Tctrograd, the Y. VV.
C. A. hostess house, where only peo
ple in uniform are served.
Poverty on Every Hand.
Conditions in Le Havre are piti
able, according to Miss Rabinowitz.
"Poverty strikes one on every
hand. It is the first thing one sees
Women do all sorts of work, even
cleaning streets in their wooden
soled shoes. We saw horse meat
sold and maybe ate some, too, for
all we know.
"The market street in Le Havre
ITISil PRESS
PLEASED WITH
LEAGUE DRAFT
Papers Agree "Sound Start"
Has Been Made, But
Point Out Much Has
Yet to Be D5ne.
London, Feb. 15. British news
papers generally praise the draft of
the league of nations. Many hail
it as the most important and most
memorable document in history and
congratulate the framers, especially
President Wilson.
The morning newspapers express
satisfaction over the "sound start"
made, though several point out thai
considerable work has yet to be
done before the ideal of the league
can be fully realized.
A few provisions are criticized,
namely, the omission of a provision
tor a general conference, as in
cluded in the league of nations plan
of General Smuts. While deploring
the absence of this feature, the Man
chester Guardian, long a champion
of the league, savs:
Apart from this, the Guardian
finds that the document cor
responds with all the hopes that
have been founded on it."
The Evening News calls the docu
ment "the great charter which will
put an end to war. The Star says:
"We rejoice exceedingly, for here,
at last, we have the magna charts
of mankind, the covenant of human
I lie Liverpool Post, after analyz
ing the draft, complains that it
looks a trifle official, and savs that
although this is not the moment for
unsympathetic criticism, for the
league "to obtain the full moral au
thority that should belong to it, it
will sooner or later have to derive
its direct inspiration from a gen
uine parliament of men."
French Piers Lukewarm.
Paris, Feb. 15 Comment in French
newspapers on the constitution of
the league of nations as presented at
yesterday's plenary session of the
peace conference reveals little en
thusiasm over the shape the project
has taken.
President and Mrs. Wilson arrived
at the Invalides station at 9 o'clock
iu a pouring rain. Their departure
for Brest was without that demon
stration which marked their arrival
in Paris on December 14, but there
was every evidence of official and
popular cordiality.
K
DIG SALE ON
LIVING ROOM SUITES
No better quality ever offered
for anything near like
the money. '
Richly upholstered, overstuff
ed tapestry, very flexible seats
and backs, springs reinforced,
the best in modern construc
tion. Three-piece suites, lux
urious, robmy, comfortable.
Big value at $250.00. Under
priced this week 25 per cent.
A large variety of Living
Room Suites, lower in price,
which will attract the atten
tion of the careful buyer.
We Take Liberty Bonds.
We Pay the Freight.
STATE
FURNITURE
COMPANY
S. W. Cor. 14th and Dodge Sta.
Opp. U. P. Bid.
as
MinnfeRabindwitz
is worse than the east side in New
York. All the wares are displayed
on the sidewalks, most of the things
on the walk, others on stands ed
ibles, wearing apparel, cooking uten
sils and everything. Some are on
carts, which dogs help to pull, but
u is not uncommon to sec women
and girls drawing high loads on
carts or balancing them on their
heads."
"American soldiers are so anxious
to get home. We hear some wonder
ful tales, yet, with all they have gone
through, the boys are extremely
modest."
TREVES REPORT
SAYS TRUCE HAS
BEEN DCTENDED
Berlin Telegram, on Contrary,
Announces German Com
missioners Have Sus
pended Negotiations.
Basel. Feb. 15. The armistice
has been extended indefinitely, ac
cording to a Treves dispatch to the
Havas agency. The Germans are
required to cease their offensive
against the Poles and carry out the
previous terms of the armistice un
til completed.
Geneva, Feb, 15. The Swiss Tcle-
grajh Agency received a telegram
from Berlin this morning, stating
that the German armistice commis
sion has suspended negotiations
with the allies at Spa, because they
considered the new allied conditions
too severe.
The Germans, according to the
telegram, continue to complain
against the British blockade and
future controversies are predicted
over the occupation of the Rhine
towns, the expulsion of undesirable
Germans and the lack of railway
transportation.
Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 15.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Ger
man foreign secretary, discussing
Germany's foreign policy in the na
tional assembly yesterday, declared
he had resisted and would continue
to resist allied attempts to make
Germany demobilize all its military
forces.
Lodgers Frightened by Flames
Lodgers of the Douelas roomine
house, 1207 Douglas street, staged a
snake-dance down the stairway and
through windows to the street last
night when heavy smoke from a fire
that eutted the oawnshoo of B.
Abludiznir, poured into the rooming
house. The entire stock of oawned
goods, valued at $2,000, was dam
aged by the fire of undetermined
origin. The proprietor carried full
nsurance to cover the loss. No
damage was done to the interior of
the rooming house and the awak
ened lodgers returned to their
haven.
Economy Coal!
Again on Hand
A brand new stock
' of
the same old coal.
Same old sizes.
Same high quality.
None better from Illinois.
We can deliver now.
Smokeless Furnace Coal for Spring
Mild weather coal should be slow-burning
and smokeless.
Nothing better for this purpose
than
Arkansas Anthracite (Spadra)
or
Arkansas Semi-Anthracite
Both are ready for prompt delivery.
Sunderland Brothers Co.
PHONE TYLER 2700.
Main Office Keeline BUg. Entire Third Floor.
17th and Harney Sts.
HALF MILLION
ARMY PROVISION
FACINGJEFEAT
Objection Raised in House to
Committee's Plan as It
Is Not Germane to Ap
propriation Bill.
Washington. Feb. 15. Defeat
through parliamentary tactics of
legislation proposed by the house
military committee authorizing a
temporary army of 500,000 men foi
the year beginning next July was in.
dicated tonight in the house. Rep
resentative Humphreys of Missis
sippi (deni.) gave notice that he
would make a point of order against
the army organization provision on
the ground that it is legislation and
has no place in an appropriation bill.
Expecting defeat through this
move, Representative McKenzie of
Illinois, a republican member o( the
military committee, submitted a sub
stitute proposal, which, he said, had
the approval of several members of
the military committee.
The fight on army reorganization
will come before the house when
work on the military bill is resumed
on Monday or Tuesday after com
pletion of the unanimous consent
calendar.
Mr. McKcnzie's proposal would
authorize organization of a regular
army of 175.000 men through volun
teer enlistment of three years, as
provided by the national defense act
of 1916. and would give the presi
dent discretionary authority to in
clude in it new units, the usefulness
of which was demonstrated by the
war.
To Pay National Guard.
Dttrine consideration of the bill
tonight the house adopted without
objection an amendment proposed
by the nt',:tary committee, appro
priating j4,467,000 for pay to na
tional guard members for attending
drills. Other provisions relating to
the guard, including that contem
plating organization of a force of
105,000 guardsmen under the na
tional defense act of 1916, and ap
propriating $10,165,000 in addition
to the amount added for drill pay
were approved without dissent.
Flames Sweep Two
Apartments in Absence
of Their Occupants
Nearly overcome in her sleep by
smoke issuing from burning apart
ments next door, Mrs. G. II. Run-
yan, II south .Nineteeiitii street.
was awakened by the crackling of
flames Saturday night and gave an
alarm.
Two apartments at 209 South
Nineteenth street .rented by J. Jl.
Calvert, and A. M. Rozenbaugh,
were much damaged by the hre,
caused by an overheated furnace,
during the absence of both families.
Firemen were compelled to use
smoke masks to play streams upon
the flames.
A complete household set of up-to-date
furniture recently purchased
by' Rozenbaugh was damaged. No
insurance was carried on the house
hold goods.
All the belongings of J. H. Calvert,'
who lived downstairs, were burned.
Mrs. Calvert said she had been hav
ing trouble with the furnace during
the past two months.
Try Mrs. Connor's
School of Dancing
28th and Farnam.
WE GUARANTEE TO TEACH
YOU IN TWO LESSONS.
Phone Har. 6985 or Benson 107.
NOTICE
Disappeared Monday, Jan. 13,
1919.
EARL LITTIG
1535 South Street, Davenport, Iowa.
Age 14. Height: 5 feet. 2 inchen.
Complexion: dark. Brown hair and eyes.
Weight: 110 pounds. Wore: brown
knee trousers; sweater of blue and red;
mackinaw of red and blue plaid;
brown stocking cap and high tan shoes.
Identification: front tooth has chip
broken off and also scar on forehead.
Notify JOHN LITTIG,
Davenport, Iowa.