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6 THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1919. HOTEL MEN AND GREETERS CLOSE JOINT MEETING . f .... ' President Miller and Secre tary Ryan Re-Elected and V Lauded for Work : During Year. ' One hundred members attended the Joint convention of the Nebraska Hotel Men and Nebraska-Iowa Greeters' association in their four day session in Omaha this week, i Officers elected for the coming year by the Nebraska-Iowa Greeters were: J. B. Miller of the Welling ton Inn, president; George Papineau, Paxton hotel, vce president; Jack Egan, Sanford hotel, second vice president; John Barrett, Lincoln, third vice president; Charles Ryan, Henshaw hotel, secretary; Frank Wright, sergeant-at-arms. The fol lowing were also elected to the board of governors: Paul Stanton, chairman; C. H. Goulden, Ira Moore, Joseph McCaffery and J. H. Stafford. ,. During the meeting the president and secretary, who were elected for a second term, were lauded by the members for theis work during the last year, and the convention closed with a luncheon at the Hotel Loyal. At the afternoon session of the joint convention of the Nebraska Hotel Men and Nebraska-Iowa Greeters' association, talks were were made by members and plans discussed for the coming year. Officers elected by the Nebraska hotel men for the next year are: C. O. Weingand, North Platte, presi dent; P. J. O'Conner, Norfolk, first vice president; W. A. Kingsley, sec ond vice president; B. M. Johnson, Fairbury, third vice president; Ralph ' Bryant, Hastings, fourth vice presi dent; V. P. Koenig, Grand Island, fifth vice president; I. A. Medlar, secretary and treasurer. The convention ended successfully last night with a banquet at the Hotel Fontenelle, given by the joint convention, at which 75 members, ' and their wives were present. During the evening short talks were made. The program, however, was Cut short because of the ruling 'of the local fuel committee against banquets and gatherings of any kind. ' The next meeting of the conven - tion will be held at Sioux City, la., in 1920, and plans are being made , to have Jhe convention merged with the Iow$ Hotel Men's convention, which is to be held In Sioux City in February. Geneva High School Boys Cut Wood to Continue Studies Geneva, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) With the coal bins almost empty, it was decided at meeting of the hoard of education, at which Mayor Aldrup, fuel administrator, ' and Sunt. L. W. Weisel of the schools were present, to keep the schools' open by burning wood. Dead trees in the vicinity have been offered for fhe cause of education and a force of men began cutting them into fur- nace fuel. In their eagerness to continue school 60 high school boys donated their services and, equipped with , saws and axes, will spend Saturday ' in securing firewood to be hauled to the school grounds. The volunteers will work in four squads, with a man I from the high school faculty as fore man. Enough wood is assured to : heat the school building until Christ- ,mas and the aim is to provide a sup- ; ply for three months. When the day's labor is over a 6 o'clock dinner will be served all the workers by the domestic science girls under direction of their teacher and women members of the school board in the school dining room. Barbers Raise Prices. Beatrice. Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) .The barbers held a meeting here And decided to raise the price of hair cuts from 40 to 50 cents and shaves from 15 to 25 cents. A few of the barbers adopted this scale some time ago. Mystery of Death Will Soon Be Solved By Science Claims Student of Metaphysics Calmly Declares She Has Been in World Beyond. , By MARGERY REX. Wrtttaa for International wi Scrrlca New York, Dec. 5. Death the great mystery, the greatest riddle of all earthly conundrums 1 Who has not wondered and pondered over the icy enigma, the lonely last exper ience of mortals, the one-way street of spiritual experience? Death and the Beyond 1 Heaven of Hell or nothing or something, whatever you believe, hope or fear. And now the efforts of the scien tific world are to be co-ordinated in an attempt at a solution. Such is the object of the International Insti tute of Metaphysics just founded in Paris by a group of such celebrities , as Henri Bergson, Madame Cufie and Charles Richet. The institute will start immediately one school for occult propaganda and another for the study of spiritualism in all its phases. The research work will he headed by Dr, Gustave Gorey, famous spiritualist, who says: Soon Solve Destiny. "Our scientific experiments will soon solve beyond doubt the prob lems of life and destiny." On the very day that the dispatch epitomized above was received from Paris came a statement from a New York woman, writer and student of metaphysics, Miss Ella Smith Law son, who declares she knows what it is to die "for I have been through it." Miss Lawson calmly declares that she has been in the world beyond. She says that it resembles this world; that its people are clad as on this planet; that it is a world of service, creation and work; that it is governed by standards of excel lence and not by monetary rewards; that when we reach a height of rea son and scientific understanding we all shall be able to traverse the realm. Tremendous Vibration. "It happened six or seven months ago," she began. "I had been studying and writing continually for a period of two weeks with scarcely any sleep or rest. One afternoon I was sitting in my easy chair studying and suddenly I felt a tremendous vibration. I didn't know what to think at first. I was perfectly conscious of everything about me. "Then I was carried 'across' by this vibration. I was in the other world of which the conscious world we live in is but half. There are two people there, two friends of mine. You would say they were dead, but I do not recognize such a condition as 'death.' There stood a friend of mine, Aurelia Pierce. She spoke to mel "I started across the room yes, there 'are rooms, houses, all these things we have here are in the other world too. I looked down at my waist, not too fresh (my rolled sleeves soiled from working so 1 i s;mfSs:;mi'V w . - :K:f;;::::S:is:;':.: Miss Lawson is a well known writer and stu dent of meta physics. In ad dition to extend ed study of the problem of death she claims the actual e x p e rience of a visit to the other world. She tells of a conversa tion with friends in the sphere be yond, and de scribes scenes there. ,4isiiiiiPKi hard) and seeing how richly tliese two were dressed in modern clothes, and realizing my appear ance in contrast with the exquisite nature of their surroundings, my concentration was fixed on these trivial things, and I lost what they were saying to me. But, nevertheless I learned much of that world. All this time I was quite conscious. I could hear the noises in the street the trucks rumbling below, on the earth. ' "Vibration it was that accom plished its crossing, like the throb bing of a motor. Let me expjlainl "We are all so blind here because we have no vision in this earthly world in which we dwell. Our exist ence will be made complete by an understanding of this other world, usually called the spirit world. "We can gain appreciation of all this by complete knowledge of the fourth dimension, a condition of existence beyond time, space and matter. , "And the age of the fourth dimen sion is at hand. "The two worlds are coming to gether, not by occultism or spiritual ism, but by the reasoning and dis coveries of pure, cold science. "To reach the other half of our world we must reach a pinnacle of pure reason, a foundation of scien tific knowledge. The task needs a free mind, great courage then sail on. "Let no creed or ceremony stand near to scare you. "We have funny ideas in this would about knoweldge and ignor ance. We think the highly educated people are the wise ones. No, the educated and really learned man is the one that is closest to life. Life it's all life life itself is the key note of all this talk of another world. "In the other world we shall live differently. There will be no money standards to make us unhappy. "In the other world all must cre ate and work. The rich man who had always lived by the toil of others will be in a'ssorry plight. That will be hell for him because he must perform at first the most mental tasks in order to fit himself for service of some higher' sort later on. mum Quality! 5 A quality filler rolled up in a quality wrap- : per that's Medita ; ;tion. A quality blend : of fine mild Havana i that makes, critical : smokers pronounce : Meditation the best : bet on the market Wherever this superior 3 - ciPHr lias uceu uiiiu- I duced, it leads in popu- . i mi o laruy. x nere are o shapes to suit eight fancies the price suits' everybody 10c, 2 for 25c and 15c straight. At AB DaW HARLE-HAAS CO , I Council -Bluffs, la. . - . -- -1- j EE Arrest Drug Clerk On Charge of Theft From Omaha Concern Ogden, Utah, Dec. 5. Special Telegram.) Loot valued between $1,800 and $2,000, part of which is telieved to have been stolen from the Richardson Drug company of Omaha, was recovered here follow ing the arrest of Leo Jordan, em ploye of the Ogden Wholesale Drug company. It was found in his resi dence and consisted of high priced articles of various kinds carried in the drug trade. A large portion of the loot bore the stock marks of the Ogden Wholesale Drug company and much of it had cost marks said to be used by the Omaha company, according to Paul Franke, secre tary and treasurer of the Oeden Wholesale Drug company. sheritt ti. C. .Peterson said the arrest of Jordan, who was formerly employed by the Richardson Drug company of, Omaha, may lead to breaking up a ring of thieves operat ing throughout the western country. Omaha police officials have been notified. Jordan came to Ogden from the Richardson Drug company, where he was said to be a trusted employe. He took the position of Capt. Wal ter E. Linquist in June, 1917, when Captain Lindquist went to war, and had charge of the sundry depart ment. Upon return of Captain Lind quist, Jordan was employed as order clerk in the sundry department. Much of the loot stolen had in creased jn value more than 50 per cent since carried in stock by the local firm. He is married. Say Kansas Miners Will , Break With Union Head Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 5. Sched ules of the 12 railroads operating through Kansas City are being re vised in the offices of the roads here for theTurpse of cutting the serv ice 33 per cent, it was announced Friday. Arriving here from the coal dis tricts of Kansas, Richard J. Hop kins, attorney general of Kansas, predicted that the Kansas coal min ers will break away from the lead ership of Alexander Howat, presi dent of district 14, United -Mine Workers of America. He added that the miners have no ill-feeling against the volunteers now operating the strip pits. "Spirit Detective" Unable To Prove Law Violations Kearney, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) Joe Carlson of this city was given a hearing before the county insanity board, on complaint of federal offi- kials, and ordered sent to the state asylum at Hastings, state agents and federal officers have made sev eral trips here investigating reports of violations of the liquor laws made by Carlson, which included many of the leading business men of the city and a few ministers'. Investigation of Carlson's charges showed that his information was se cured by revelations given him from the spirit world. An attachment to eject the burned end of a cigarette features a new cigarette holder. Tekamah School Teacher Named Dodge County Agent Fremont, Neb. Dec. 5. (Special.) R. N. Hauser, for several months during the last" year assistant to L. C. Christie, county agent of Dodge county, has been elected county agent to succeed Mr. Chris tie, who goes to Seward county the first of'tlje year. Mr. Hauser has been teaching agriculture in the' Te kamah High school since leaving Fremont last summer. The farm bureau voted to employ Mr. "Hauser at a salary of $2,200 a year and an allowance of 10 cents a mile for au tomobile expense. Five Beatrice Men Leave To Work in Kansas Mines Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special) r Five volunteers for work in the coal mines at Pittsburg, Kan., were sent from this place to Adjutant Gener al Paul at Lincoln. They will leave for the Kansas coal fields with other voluteers at Lincoln. Mayor Heffel finger recevied a letter from parties at Marietta, Kan., stating that they had an unlimited amount of wood for sale. The mayor furnished the Kansas men with the names of .lo cal dealers and it is likely a large shipment of wood will be brought to this place to relieve the coal situ ation. Business Hours Limited By Madison Fuel Committee Madison, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) Rigid regulation of working hours in all business houses has been or dered here by the fuel administra tion ! committee, appointed by the city council. Business firms are limited to hours of 9 to 5 and all public meetings and amusements are prohibited. The schools will remain open for the present. Churches are limited to one service a week and union services are urged. Municipal Wood Choppers Star! Work Near Deshler Deshler, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) A ' gang of men began cutting trees this week on the 20-acre ad dition to the Deshler park and Thayer county fair ground, recently purchased by the town board of directors of the society. Sixty-five trees have been marked for cutting and others will be condemmed. The trees will be cut into lengths small enough to be dragged to a central location, where they will be cut into stove and furnace lengths by a power saw. The wood will be sold to those in need of fuel. There is no suffering for fuel in Thayer county, but strict economy is being practiced. Arrangements are being made by the Commercial club to operate a gang of wood cutters on the Blue river, and every effort will be made to rush the pro duction of wood for fuel. Texas Breeders Will Buy , 300 Hogs in Gage County Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) Four Texas stockmen, headed by Secretary Houston of the Texas Swine Breeders' association, are in Gage county to purchase about 300 head of pure bred Duroc-Jersey and Poland-China hogs from Gage county breeders. They were shown the various herds in the county by L. Boyd Rist, county agent, and F. C. Crocker, head of the state farm bureau. Farmers Cut Wood. Stockville, Neb., Dec. 5. (Spe cial.) Farmers in the vicinity of Stockville are cutting large quan tities of wood and hauling it to town fpr fuel during the coal shortage. Beatrice Shade Trees Are Being Cut Down for Fuel Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special.) Some Beatrice people are thin ning out shade trees which will be used for stove wood. A large amount of wood is being hauled to town each day and readily sells for $10 per ton. Capture Jail Breaker. Stockville, Neb., Dec. 5. (Spe cial.) Jess Caudle, who escaped from the county jail November 26, has been recaptured. -He was be ing held for the next session of the district court on a forgery charge when he escaped. ALUMINUM WARE , Why not buy an aluminum percola tor, aauc pan or skillet or tome other useful aluminum article for an Xmas present ? Special Sale Saturday. Aluminum Fereolatora $1 .23 Lkrga Aluminum Sauce Pan.... $1.49 Large Aluminum Double Boiler. .$1.54 We have only a limited supply of aluminum ware on hand, so you had better come early before it is all gone. Try HARPER'S today, it will pay. H. H. HARPER CO. 1713 Howard Street, Flatiron Bids;. rnn vuacjxeliIperpound' I Vl vritteJ J J ' POSTPAID Rich Meat Thin Sheila. Beat Pecans in i Years. Will ship five pounds or more pre paid on receipt oi money. jooxiz3jTart rortfz, Texas Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee EMPLOYES ARE SELECTED FOR CONVENTION Delegates to Draft Constitu tion Hold First Session As Committee of The Whole. Lincoln, Dec. S. (Specials There are at least seven men in Ne braska who were members of one of the former constitutional conven tions of the state, and on motion of Selleck of Lancaster all members of these conventions will be invited to be present at the time John Lee Webster of Omaha, who was' presi dent of the last constitutional con vention held in 1875, addresses the convention. Who these men are no one appeared to know and so a com mittee was appointed, consisting of Selleck .of Lancaster, Sears of Douglas and Hastings of Saline, to ascertain if possible the names of all members now residing in the state and have Secretary Barnard of the convention invite them to be present. , Appoint employes. The committee on employes re ported th following as having been selected for positions in the conven tion; James Morrison, Gretna, first assistant secretary; t. L. conn, Crofton, second assistant secretary; Leila Whitney, Lincoln; Naomi F. Schenck, Omaha, stenographers sec retary's office; Jerry Wilhelm, Dor chester, postmaster; W. J. Wells, Lincoln, custodian cloak room; a. Forney, Albion, assistant sergeant-at-arms; C. A. Crawford, Lincoln, mimeographer; Harry Bradley, Sew ard, janitor; R. Cooley, Lincoln, as sistant jrnitor; Cecil Farsons, uma- ha; Marsell Davis, Lincoln, pages; W. H. Morrow, Beaver City, time keeper. James Morrison, tirst assistant secretary, was a member of the last legislature, and F, L. Bolin, second assistant, was a member of the 1913 session. As a ceneral thing all the other appointees have had experi ence as legislative employes. Name Two Committees. The committee on committees an nounced that two committees had been selected, the comittee on print- mar and exoenditures and the com- mitter. on nrivileees and elections, Privileges and elections; Evans of Adams, Wiltse ot Richardson, t-ieve of Otoe, McLaughlin- ot Douglas and Tvler of Madison. Printing and expenditures: Haldeman of Pawnee, Keete ot ihurston, Marvin of Gage, Cornell of Cherry and Taylor of Luster. The convention for the first time of the session went into committee of the whole for consideration of the rules as reported by the rules com mittee. and on motion Vice Presi dent Jackson, speaker of the house forxtwo sessions, was called to the1 chair. President Presents Applet. The members of the convention were treated to apples by the presi dent of the convention. Mr. Weaver. The president is a large apple grower with an orchard in Kicnaro- son county and a Dig oarrei oi( nis choicest fruit was brought up to the convention. "In drafting the constitution, full recognition of personal and property rights shall be observed and also the elimination of legislative mat ters," was the gist of a resolution introduced by E. M. Pollard of Cass county. The resolution also pro vides in submission to the people for ratification, each article of the constitution shall be submitted sep arately so that if defeated the orig inal article shall stand. P. A. Barrows, Correspondent" Attorney General Objects to Use of His Name by Salesmen Lincoln, dec. 5. (Special.) At torney General Clarence A. Davis objects to people using his name in order to bolster "up their business, unless he is- connected with that business. Recently ft was called to his attention that certain stock salesmen were using his name, rep resenting that he was director- of the company, ; in order that they might sell stock. They also used the name of Mr. Burnham of Nor folk and Representative Good of Peru. Regarding the matter Mr. Davis says: "I want it made clear to the pub lic that. I am not now and will not be associated in any capacity at any time with any company which is in the process of organization in this state, and that any stock salesman or officer of any company who un dertakes to use my name, or the name of the other officials of the department who are charged with supervising these promotion schemes, is guilty of false represen tations, and I would - appreciate it if any person to whom it is repre sented that I am an officer or stock holder or connected in any way with any concern in the process of organization, would immediately no tify me of that fact that appropriate action and prosecution may be made of th'e agents making such misrep resentation." 1 About 95 oer cent of the motion pictures shown in New Zealand are American productions. I GOVERNOR WILL SEEK ACTION IN COAL SHORTAGE Will - Endeavor to Have Railroads Make Arrange ments to Move Fuel From West. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. S. (Special.) Governor McKelvie on his return from a conference in Denver with the governors of Colorado and Wyoming on the . coal situation, Friday sent telegrams covering the situation to Director General Walker D. Hines at Washington, Director Garfield of the U. S. Fuel adminis tration at Washington and Hale Holden of the fuel adminstration at Chicago. The governor left for a conference wiw Mr. Holden at Chi cago and will then go to Washington to confer with Mr. Hines and Mr. Garfield. The governor found the situation in Wyoming and Colorado to be about as follows: Wyoming is pro ducing about 50 per cent of its normal output of coal, while Colo rado is putting out about 80 per cent. However, the fact that the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.. has shut down its plant gives the state about a normal output. In Wyoming the local consumption leaves about 30 per cent for outside transporta tion, but the lack of cars or rather the lack of railroad co-operation makes it difficult to get the coal shipped out. The great drawback to efficiency in the way of transportation comes from divided authority. Governor McKelvie will urge upon the administrators the necessity of putting the handling of the ' final situation in competent hinds out Mde of the railroads and for Ne braska will recommend that John L. Kennedy of Omaha, who handled the fuel situation during the war, be made administrator. Wyoming can use volunteer! in the Sheridan district, for the coal is not hard to mine, but Governor McKelvie insists that volunteers from Nebraska shall be given need ed police protection and provided with suitable places to sleep and eat. Guards are now patrolling the state house grounds at Denver. Governor Harding of Iowa has wired the governor to know if there are any miners in Nlbraska who have had underground experience. . ANOTHER COFFEE SALE Our early purehaee of eoffee. before the present high prices, hai made it pnaaible for ua to offer you eome EXTRA FINE BULK COFFEE at 40c per pound. Yea, thia eoffee ia worth 65a per pound and we are charging 15c per pound to our advertising depart ment. If you want to take advantage of this sale, eome in Satur day. Remember this eoffee is guaran teed to give satisfaction. Hundreds of people will take advantage of this sale. Your neighbors have been buying Groceries, Fresh Meats, Hardware, Paint and Wall Paper at HARPER'S. Try HARER'S today, it will pay. H. H. HARPER CO. 1713 Howard Street Flatiron Bldf. Opposite Hotel Rome. Out of High Rent District H4ld OTFHTTIIKI IIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII The Srexel Hiss says, "My Mamma always buys my shoes at Drexel's because their shoe always wear best." DREXEL'S I Children's Shoes Service and good looks are the two important qualities 1 Children's Shoes must possess. . You -will fiid both to your entire satisfaction in ' 1 SERVICE CH00L HOES The prices are no higher for these better shoes than you are accustomed to pay for poorer quality. Bring the I children in Saturday and let us prove to you the truth of I our statement. I DREXEL I ! SHOE CO. ! ! i 1419 Farnam St. I i ifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiitiiiii 3. E. COR. 16B! A JACKSON STS. MSB Extraordinary Value-Giving Marks This Sale off DMESSES This event makes it nossihle t.n riavp rWnminrr hnlirlav an. " parel at moderate cost. Every dress is a smart mid-season model and the quality for the prices is most remarkable. $45.00 Silk, Satin and Tricolette Dresses, $30.00 $47.50 Silk, Satin and Tricolette Dresses, $31.67 $56.00 Silk, Satin and Tricolette Dresses, $37.67 $60.00 Silk, Satin and Tricolette Dresses, $40.00 $62.50 Silk, Satin and Tricolette Dresses, $41.67 $74.50 Silk, Satin and Tricolette Dresses, $49.67 Serge, Tricotine and Georgette Dresses Also Reduced Xmas Furs A Queen Would Be Proud Of Women love furs because they are warm; and too, they lend added beauty to the face. We placed our, orders for furs before the big advances took place and can give you furs of exceptional beauty at moderate prices. , Fur Muffs at $6.95 up to $37.50 Fur Scarfs at $14.75 to $110.00 Undermuslins " At About Half Price Gowns $1.50 Quality, 83c. $2.25 Quality, $1.24. $2.50 Quality, $1.38. $2.75 Quality, $1.52. $4.00 Quality, $2.20. Teddy Bears $1.25 Quality, 69c $1.50 Quality, 83c. $2.00 Quality, $1.10. $3.00 Quality, $1.65. $4.00 Quality, $2.20. The Union Guarantees a to Saving on Toys SO Planes are 69c. $1.45. ud to $10.49. Combination Horns, 15c. ChrlCtmas Stockinsrs. onhr 56c. V Automatic Sand Tov Cranes at $1.04. Rocking Horses at $5.32. $7.75 to $13.29. Flexible Fiver Sleds at $1.23. $1.48. $1.62 UD. Velocipedes at $2.59, $2.83, $3.19, $3.95 up to $16.39. Electrical and Spring Wind Trains with Track at 89c, $1.29, $2.39 to $11.27. Large .Pool Tables at $5.39 and $10.79. Drums are 33c, 69c, $1.49 up to $2.09.