h
South Side
PACKING PLANT
OF SKINNER CO.
BEING TRIED OUT
Jmall Kills Used to Test Ma
: chinery, Then Meats to
Go On Omaha
Market.
v i "The killing capacity of the Skin
h'.fitr Packing company, after various
,j minor adjustments are completed,
.will be about 500 cattle, 2.000 hogs
Hand 1,200 sheep daily," said R. C.
Ijjlowe, general manager of the new
'concern, Tuesday.
' "At the start we will not handle
L capacity kills, but gradually will
work tip to that point. All the ma
j; chinery will be thoroughj y tested
rfwith small droves before our buyers
h are instructed to increase their pur-
lichases.
"In
due time we expect to put
Linto service a large number of
refrigerator cars, operated by the
F-company, to handle its own prod
ucts." As a test kill a small number of
jljhogs, bought on the local market,
jljjvere used at the plant Wednesday.
JjjThc number will be increased grad
ually. By March 1 it is expected
"'the plant will be well tinder way and
V'i strong competitive factor in the
jfllocal market for meat products.
) According to Mr. Howe, the plant
iil.Will open ahead of schedule despite
J'the shortage of labor and -material,
i- which has greatly hampered build
,ing operations. Pure white is the
Color chosen as a sign of the new
Company. Severs! dozen delivery
t't rucks have been bought. The re
frigerator cars of the company also
'-'Swill be painted white.
jjSwine Association to
t Encourage Raising
: J-: In South America
According to advices received at
;;fthe Exchange building at the stock
; Vyards, the National Swine Growers'
association has outlined a lan to
' develop hog raising industry in
I South America and a commission
has been appointed to make, a tour
t)f Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and
: Chili.
"' - Jt is said these countries have a
number of excellent packing plants,
iv'pperating in Argentina at La Plata
AMI SFMKNTS.
LAST TIMES TODAY
"Coy, Hamlin and Coy"
Harmony Singing
BRIERRE AND KING
Musical comedy favorites- tinging,
dancing and impersonations.
Walton A Brandt
" Comedy Skit.
Bentloy Walsh
Talk and Action
Photoplay Attrac
tion Wm. Fos
Presents
The new Screen
Sensation
Buck Jones
In
"THE ,
LAST '
STRAW"
Martin Johnson
Feature Fatty
Arbuckle comedy
Paths Weekly
Tonight 8?is
Last Tim
John Cort Offers
A New Musical Comedy
"ROLY BOLY EYES"
with EDDIE LEONARD
Chorus of Snillers, Steppers and Singers
Seats 50c, $1.00, $130, $2.00, $2.50
OPERA FESTIVAL SEASON OPENS
Tomorrow Night, February 12th
Three Nights and Saturday Matinee
The Best Musical Attraction '
of the Season
REGINALD DeKOVEN'S " ' '
Master Comic Opera
ROBIN HOOD
Presented by Ralph' Dunbar with -his
usual car of detail, completeness of
cut, chorua and symphony orchestra.
Nights, 50c, $1, $1.50, $2.00 and $230
Sat. Mat., 60c, $1.00, $130 and $2.00
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
Dally Mat. 15-25-50c
Evngs., 25-50-75C, $1
Jack Singer's Pride and Joy,
The LEW KELLY SHOWb
With LEW ("Prof. Dope") HIMSELF.
: A Frisky, Frivolous, Jaxzy, Joyous Fes
; Hval )f Gayety. "The Submsrlne Man."
.Cast of Distinction and Aurora Borealis
Beauty Chorus.
LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS
st Mat . Weak: "Sts Llmly Girls." Nw)
Dally
Matinee
2:IS
Evsiy
Nlsht
:I5
IN AWBCVIkU
ELIZABETH BRI0E Is "THE OVERSEAS
REVUE" with WILL M0RR1SSEY; MURIEL
WINDOW: AL and FANNY STEDMAN;
CARTWELL A HARRIS; Stuart Barnei: ths
Jsrosa Girls; Topics et the Day; Klsosrsms.
I
5'
THtattr il
Friday DANCE Friday
13th AUDITORIUM i3th
ALL SERVICE MEN.
Tk your girl If you'va got nt; it'll cost you 2 bits apiece.
If yoq have no girl, go to the dance and get one. There'll be
about 690 of 'em there, unescorted (that means without a man).
Thla dance la given by AMERICAN LEGION, but any soldier,
tailor, er marine may coma whether he's a Legion man or net.
.V ; ; Price i 25 cents toveryfcody. ,fc ,
and Buenos Aires; near Montevideo
in Uruguay, and in Brazil at Sao
faulp, Kio Grande, Bonitos and
ianta Anna.
The association plans to improve
the herds of swine being raised in
south America, and a large herd is
to be sent about May 1 to make"
demonstrating tour. Exhibitions
will be given in. all the large com
munities.
Athletic Talent In
South Side Police
Court Draws Fines
Members of prominent athletic
clubs of the country invaded South
Mde police court yesterday, when
two men, claiming affiliation with
the Carlisle Indians and the Read
ing (Pa.) Base Ball club, were fined
for vngrancy. .
Jack Ackermati. 21 vears old.
Santa Rosa. Ca! who told the judge
le is a haii-hreed Indian and former
star halfback on the Carlisle Indian
toot ball team, and Walter Ray. 27
years old, announcing a reputation
as former star pitcher for Reading,
Pa., were'accused of an attempt to
enter a Rock Island bunk car near
Albright. ,
Both denied the charge, but ad
mitted temporary bankruptcy. Ack
erman was fined $5 and Ray $10.
The latter declared he was enroute
to the Pacific coast for spring train
ing. J. he tormer announced a will
ingness to enter any sort- of train
ing. ...
South Side Brevities
.APPLES FOR SALE.
John Novali, 39th' and L Sts. Tell So.
40S.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Wliqpk'r Memorial Frpsbyterlan church
will Rive a r valentine party in the church
parlors Friday evening.
The hicllts or the duutu Side Christian
church will Wert Wednesday at 2 p. in.
with Mrs. William Hidgen, 4410 South
Kiuhteenth atreet. '
The I.M(llcs' auxiliary. A. O. !., will
he entertained Wednesday evening at the
heme of Mrs. David Webber, 4823 South
Twenty-third street.
Clover I.eof camp No. 8, Royal' Neigh
bors of America, will give a card party
Thursday iveninB at Odd Fellow's hall,
T wenty-fourth and M atieetH.
The I,adl"' Aid society of Grace .Meth
odist church will be entertained at a
Valentine parly Thursday afternoon at
t lie home of Mrs. J. X. Laird, 2607 K
street. i
The King's Daughters of Wheeler Me
morial church are making special plans
for Hie annual Ueorge Washington dinner
to ho given Thursday evening. Febru-
ary 1 1.
Illcliard Babich. 3506. W street., was
ai rested by South -Side, police Tiiesdaj
on-a charge of disturbance on .coinDlaih.
of Ids wife, Mary. The case will be tried i
Wednesday. ' 1
Announcement to Friends and Customers
Now taieln:; orders for next spring, sum
irer ud fall. $15 to 35 below uptown
prices No cheap woolens. Large stock.
O.scnr Metuer. custom tail r.
Fred Klrkwin. 2?IS Hurt street, an
rmploye of the King Hardware company,
was fined $1 and costs In South Side po-,
lire court Tuesday after conviction for
driving his auto p,st' a street car un
loading passengers at the Union depot.
T. J. Coulter, colored, 2tl9 Patrick
avenue, an employe of Armour & Co., ad
mitted he stole two pounds of pork butts,
valued In a complaint et II. The South
Side police court raised the price to $7.50
a pound and fined Coulter 1!. He was
arrested by atchman Heltfeld.
Clara Llndsey. wife of Clarence I-ind
sey. and ilauj'htor of Jack and Deliah
Maltbie, departed this life February 6
at 2:30 a. m age 10. years S months
17 days. Surviving are her husband n
this city and her father and mother of
Marion. Kan. one brother, t'harles o
Marlon.' Kan.: two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Tteld of Florence, Kan., and Mrs. Ella
Hnrnaby or Howard. Kan. She was a de
voted wife and loving daughter, though
she is gone, Hhe Is not forgotten and Is
srdly missed by her relatives and many
trienas. mineral was conducted at Brew.
er e undertaking parlors at 4 d. m. Feb
ruary 8. wltlr burial at Oraceland Park
cemetery.
We wish to thank our many friends for
their kindness and sympathy during the
sickness and death of our dear wife and
daughter. Clara Lindsey. We especially
wish to thank the members of the hog
Killing ana casing department of Morris &
Co., and also brother and sister members
of local 44 and Mrs. May Relder and
Mrs. John Maples for the beautiful floral
offerings, and also wish to thank the
minister and nd ladles of the Baptist
cnurcn Tor tne Kindness and service ren
dered In song and prayer at funeral.
signed, husband, Clarence Llndsey and
iatner and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Maltbie and- ,rel.itlves. ;
Stenographer Will Go tc
New Job With Judge McHugh
Miss Fannie M. Pratt, who has
been stenographer and private sec-1
..retary to Judge .yV, D. McHugh for
a number of years in' Omaha, tias
accepted an offer to fill the same
position for him in his new office as
general counsel for the Interna
tional Harvester company, Chicago
where he, will receive . a salary of
5T0O.0OO a vear. . .
Miss Pratf will go 'to Chicago
soon to find living quarters for her
self, her sister. Miss , Blossom Pratt
and her mother. "She will take up
her work in Chicago in April when
Judge McHugh assumes his duties
there. Judge McHugh is now in
California on a vacation of six
weeks.
Miss Pratt and her mother and
sister now live at 2326 South Thirty-third
street.
City Detective's Wife Says
He Beat Her; Asks Divorce
Willi am J. Turner, a detective on
the city police force, was sued for
divorce by his wife, Matina Turner,
in district court vesterday. They
were married in 1909. She says her
husband has been intoxicated fre
quently. ,
On the day before last Christmas,
she alleges, he beat hef while he
was intoxicated. He threatened to
have her sent to an insane asylum
and threatened tojiave her deported
from this country, slie charges. Last
Saturday, she says, he was intoxica
ted and inserted advertisements in
Omaha papers stating he would not
be responsible for bills contracted
by her.
She asked the court foran order
restraining him from molesting her
in tneir home, 107 bouth Seven
teenth street, while her suit for di
vorce is pending.
AM18EMEJ.T8.
PHOTO 'PIAY. OFFERINGS FOR. TODAY
THE management of the Moon
theater, have been requested to
"ooutinue showing ibr another
day,- (Wednesday) "Jubilo," the pho
to production that has been offered
at fhi's movie house since Sunday.
v The "Three Aces of Jazz Har
mony," engaged for the week as an
added attraction at the theater, have
elicited much praise from movie fans
for the manner in which they rendei
many difficult selections of music.
"Strictly Confidential." a Goldwyr.
production, starring Madge" Ken
nedy, will be the offering beginning
Thursday and continuing the balance
of the week.
Strand It is a cast of high merit
in "Mary's Ankle," the Thomas H.
Ince production, which will be
shown at the Strand theater for the
last times today. Douglas Mac
Lean and Doris May enjoy the
support of Victor Potel and Neal
Burns, and these two poverty-stricken
chums of the hero do some ex
cellent comedy work. James Gor
don, in the role of the , irascible
"Uncle George," does some very
clever character acting. Lizette
Thorfie, as "Angelica Burns," and
Ida Lewis, as "Mrs. Merrivale," add
much. .to. the gaiety of this screen
production.
Sun The brilliant pageantry of
the world-famed New Orleans Mar
di, Gras, the great pre-Lenten car
nival that has become as firm an
institution in this country as the
Passion- Play has in Oberammergau,
has been fittingly brought out by
Rex Beach in his latest production,
"The Crimsoiv Gardenia," which will
have its last showing at the Sun
theater today. The true Mardi
Gras atmosphere has been pre
served, and famed historical floats
representing the work of the coun
try's leading masque artists, ap
pear in the drama, .which was pro
duced for Goldwyn.
Rialto Everybory admires sheer
nerve, even on the part of a desper
ado like Alvarez, the central figure
in D. V. Griffith's picture. "Scarlet.
I AT THE
IN ORDER to accommodate a
number who have not had any
opportunity to subscribe for
tickets to "Robin Hood," thereby
securing first choice of seats, Man
ager Stutphen wishes to make it
known , that the list is still open.
Lorna Doone Jackson is the charm
ing young contralto who sings
in . the coming production, and,
qccjording to press continent, is the
best "Alan a-Dalc" of recent years.
Ed Andrews, known by thousands
as leading comedian of the Andrews
Opera company, plays the "Sheriff of
Nottingham" and John Mac
Sweeney, veteran Bostonian, does
"Friar Tuck." Saul Solomon, form
erly of tlie Charles Frohman forces,
plaiys "Sir Guy of Gisborme," a
comedy part of prominence. The
engagement is for four perform
ances, opening tomorrow night at
the Brandeis theater.
When Queenie Smith, tlie 18-year-old
heroine of John Cort's
musical comedy, "Roly Boly Eyes."
which will be presented at the
Brandeis for the last time tonight,
first attracted attention by her solo
dancing at the Metropolitan Opera
house, an enterprizing press agent
sought to metropolitanize her name,
and she became "Regina" Smith,
the artistic equivalent of "Queenie."
Presented in three scens, and
more lavish in its production than
any musical comedy that has come
to the.Orpheum this season, "The
Overseas Revue" is the deadline
attraction of the current bill. The
stars are Elizabeth Brice and Will
Morrissey. At the close of the war
they returned from France where
they " had been entertaining the
American troops for a half-year.
It was comedy melange, including
dances' and topical songs, and de
picted for the most part the
humorous phases of the soldier's
life. With the stars appear a com
pany of 20 carefully selected players.
hioto-plAys.
K:
o
LAST TIMES TODAY
BEX BEACH'S
Great Mystery Story of
the New Orleans Mardi Gras
"The Crimson
gardenia"
starring Owen Moore
3
c2
Starting
V A Tom Moore
n "LORD AND
LADY ALGY"
The screen version of the famous play
of the turf I
Also
Two-Part Joe Martin Comedy
, "THE BABY DOLL BANDIT"
THE BEE:' 0MAHA7 WEDNESDAY," FEBRUARY -
Neighborhood Houses
DIAMOND 24TH ANP LAKE An
ll star cast In "THE OTHKH
'MAN'S WIFE;" PATHK NEWS and
comedy.
((KAMI 1RTH AND BINNKT
LOUIS BEN'NISON in ."A MISFIT
KAH LE." and PKARL WHITE in
"TUB BLACK 1 SECRET," chapter
No. 7.
HAMILTON 40TH AND HAMILTON
WILLIAM FARNL'M In "l'l'R
PLE SAeiE." and a MUTT AND
JEFF comedy.
lOTHROr J4TH AND LOTHROP
ANITA STEWART in "MIND THE
PAINT GIRL;" two-reel comedy
and Mutt and Jeff.
Days," which will be shown for the
last times at the Rialto today. Al
varez is sought by every sheriff in
California. The arm of the law in
Sacramento posts a notice offering
a big reward for the capture of Al
varez. Wh it is his surprise to see
a young Mexican calmly walk up
and write at the bottom of the no
tice: "I will add $5 to this reward
for anyone capturing me alive. Don
Maria Alvarez."
Muse Monroe Salisbury gives
four distinctive impersonations in his
role of Count di Montrone in "The
Phantom Melody," to be shown at
the Muse theater today and Thurs
day. He appears first as a young
nobleman in love with a beautiful
English girl. Then he appears as ft
soldier in his country's service. A
dreadful experience ages him within
a few days and he is seen as a de
crepit old man, and finally as an old
music master, recovering his own
identity through the power of the
phantom melody.
Empress That William Fox has
discovered in Buck Jones, a new
screen sensation who has come to
stay, seems to be the unanimous ver
dict of the patrons of the Empress,
where the brilliant soldier-cowboy
st if made his debut this week in
"The Last Straw," which closes its
successful run tonight. The story is
strongly written and contains a love
romance as fascinating as it is un
usual. THEATERS
Scats arc selling briskly for next
week, when Mine. IPetrova will be
the star extraordinary.
It is quite the tiling nowadays to
take a comedy that has been a suc
cess on the dramatic stage and
turn in into musical comedy. That
is what Rennold Wolf did when he
wrote "The Rainbow Girl," Klaw
& Erlanger's musical comedy of
fering which opens an engagement
of five nights at the Brandeis next
Sunday.
Grace King, who appears at the
Empress for the last times today,
achieved notable success as leading
support to Elsie Janis in "The Slim
Princess." She afterward appeared
with Bessie McCoy in "The Echo,"
and has been featured in several
Broadway musical comedies. Mr.
Brierre, Miss King's partner in
vaudeville, distinguished himself as
Grcnfall Lorry in George Barr Mc
Cutcheon's "Graustark." Their sing
ing, dancing, impersonations and
caricatures are performed naturally.
Burlesque - patrons are exacting
and are always searching for some
thing new. Lew Kelly, the come
dian, is one who can always b'e de
pended upon to give the public;
something new for, while he has
for years been giving "dope" ,char
acterizing, the, stage is always set
with a new atmosphere, the situa
tions and surroundings are all new
and the dialogue is always fresh and
funnier than that of the previous
season. Mr. Ke41y appears at the
Gayety twice daily.
Fourteenth Child Born to
Omaha Woman, 45 Years Old
The 14th child was born this week
to Mr. and Mrs. James Babb, 2712
North Twenty-sixth street. 1 All of
their children are living. The
mother is 45 years old and the fa
ther 51. They are natives of Ten
nessee. The father is a laborer.
rHOTO-PLAY8.
P a
Tomorrow
A
.Val I
V
MANY REPORTS OF
GOOD TURNS DONE
BY BOYJCOUTS
One Boy Supports Father and
Mother at Hospital Citi
zenship Letters Are De-'
livered. ' '
Joseph Lampe, Boy Scout,: living
at 521 South Twenty-ninth street,
drew $100 from his savings' account
this week to help pay the hospital
expenses of his mother and father.
That is one of the reports received
by G. M. Hoyt, Scout executive, in
connection with "Good Turn Week,"
which is being observed by the Boy
Scouts of Omaha. !
Boy Cares for Three.
Woodward Hollingswprth, 3J47
Harney street, is caring for his
mother, father and brother, who
are stricken with influenza.
''Here is one from; a,, negro Boy
Scout, and I am sorry that I did not
get his name," said Mr. Hoyt "The
boy told his story . something like
this: 'I was going home from
work Monday night after dark when
I ran onto a man on the sidewalk
who had been held up by a robber.
The fellow hadn't put' his hands up
quick enough and the robber, had
busted his nose and almost knocked
one of his eyes Out. I picked him
up and helped him to a drug store,
where we put some first aid on his
face and bandaged him all up. Then
I helped him to a street car, paid
his fare and took him home.'"
Boy Scouts yesterday were doing
good turns by delivering letters ad
dressed by the bureau or natural
ization of the United States De
partment of Labor to foreign-born
residents who have applied for their
first citizenship papers. Ihese let
ters contain invitations to attend
the Americanization schools con
ducted in connection with the eve
ning public schools.
Bv delivering these letters per
sonally to prospective citizens, the
recipients are more impressed than
f they received the invitations
through the ordinary course of the
mail. I he scouts offer to explain
the contents of the letters to those
who are unable to read English.
The boys also explain the purpose
of the Americanization schools and
urge attendance.
Bov Scouts of Florence will be
guests Thursday night in the Flor
ence Presbyterian church, where a
father-and-son banquet will be held.
The feature of today will be the
Rotary club noonday meeting in
the Pal m room of Hotel Fontenelle,
with J. P. Freeman, Chicago, na
tional field commissioner of the
Boy Scouts, as the principal
speaker. W. W. Head will preside.
Longing for Silk Shirts
Leads to Jail Sentences
For the alleged theft of silk shirts
from the Burgess-Nash and
Brandeis stores, Robert ' Rice, 218
South Twenty-eighth street, and
Charles Morley, 2116 North Twenty-eighth
street, were given jail
sentences in Central police court
yesterday. Rice was. given IS days
and Morley 20 days in the county
jail. They were arrested by depart
ment s,tbre detectives.
i t j
, Bee Vant Ads Produce Results.
PHOTO-PLAl'S.
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Other New Goldwyn Releiei
Roixrt Hatha' "The Cup of Fury
Tom Moore In 'Lord and Lady Ally"
Rex Beach's "The CM from OntstoV .
WM Rogers la "Ahmet a Husband"
CaraJdlne Pamr la "Ftame of the
Desert"
PMliaa Frederick hi "The Loves of
Letty"
GaWwya Brar Aassaated Cat leans
G
1920.
Douglas Motors Corp.
Reports 1 91 9. Business
5 Times That of 1918
' Stockholders of the-" Douglas
Motors cprporation at their annual
meeting at the Paxton hotel yester
day heard with enthusiasm a report
from George Christopher, president,
that the company's 1919 business
totalled five times that of 1918.
Mr. Christopher predicted an even
greater business for 1920, based on
early sales and a heavy national de
mand for the company's motor
trucks. The surplus profits for 1919
were $121,000, he announced.
Mr. Christopher, Thomas A. Fry
and H. O. Wilhelm of Omaha, Wil
liam Nixon, Council Bluffs, and W.
H. Lamed, Haigler, Neb., were re
elected directors. J. A. Person of
Waneta, and J. D. Anderson of
Syracuse, were elected to fill va
cancies left by retirement from the
board of J. D. Bacon of Omaha, and
Fred Miller of Chappell, Neb. Di
rectors will meet at 10 a. m. today
at the Douglas plant, Thirtieth and
Sprague streets, to organize for 1920.
The meeting yesterday was at
tended by 100 stockholders from Ne
braska, South Dakota, Iowa, Colo
rado and Kansas.
At a dinner following the busi
ness session, James M. Gillin, of the
Chamber of Commerce, told the ban
queters Omaha was "proud to have
tne rapidly growing Douglas Motors
corporation as one of its industries."
Girl Says Man Tried
To Get Her to Leave
City Before Trial
James C. Donahue tried to induce
Marie Honach to leave Omaha in
order that she 1 wouldn't testify
against him in district court where
he is being tried on a charge of as
sault with intent to commit a
statutory offense, she declared on
the witness stand yesterday.
"He said he was in a tight place
and would pay to get me out ot
town," pretty Miss Honach testi
fied. I
. Donahue, on the witness stand,
said that he had been drinking heav
ily the night of August 27, 1919,
when he is alleged to have attacked
Miss Honach at Seventieth and
Center streets.
"Thomas Sullivan and I hired a
Ford car and drove to Thirty-ninth
and Meredith avenue with my wife,"
he said, "I drank eight or ten glasses
of wine there. When we drove
down town with Miss Honach and
Eva Olsen we stopped at a house
at Twenty-second and Harney
streets and bought some beer. I
drank two quarts of that. Then
we went to Krug park. Later I
had more beer."
Mrs. Donahue sat beside her ac
cused husband at the trial.
The case went to the jury late in
the day.
j
Oil Land Lease Measure :
Up to Final Stage in House
Washington, Feb. 10. Oil land
leaping legislation was advanced to
its final stage today by the adoption
of the conference report by the
house. The vote was 287 to 13 and
there was little discussion. .
Representative Sinnott, republican,
Oregon, chairman of the-house man
agers, said the measure was the best
of the many proposed, in congress
since the fight for such legislation
began 10 years ago.
PHOTO-PLAYS.
Thursday Friday Saturday
Samuel
Vresents
Madge Kennedy m
itricth Confidential
It's a wise man who knows
his wife's relations!
And they're more particular about it in Eng
land than they are over here. Here you can
marry anybody. In England, it isn't done I
But it couldn't be helped in "Strictly Confi-I
dential."
Imagine twenty-three relative all in one
house, and Madge Kennedy went and married
the Owner, after lying about her social con
nection. Funny? It no word for it. It'e
a riot of risibilities! .
Fancy pnlttnd the hell rope for Uncle! Or pnshtni a
button twice for Couata Kmlly to bring trn a brandy and
eoda (yes, they're still erring them in England). But
all this le premature. The play's the thiol!
See Madge Kennedy. She's Inimitable. And If year
wife acts imcaay, be charitable. No wife Is responsible
lor her relatione. She doesn't want to be t- that's why
she la Brant under aa ssimtiid name Yourst
O X D TV Y'N
MOTION PI.GTVRE
MAY RAISE ARMY
ESSAY PRIZES TO
$5,000 IN STATE
Great Interest Roused In
Omaha by Silver Trophy
Cups for Children's
Contest.
Strst. A. C. Rogers of the Omaha
army recruiting station announced
yesterday that business men of Ne
braska cities are offering $500 in
prizes in the school children's essay
contest on "Benefits of Enlistment
in the United States Army." He ex
pects additional offers to bring the
total prize list in the state up to
$5,000 before the contest takes place
in .November.
Interest of the children has been
greatly stimulated, he said, by the
exhibition here of the three silver
cups offered by the War depart
ment as trophies to winners in the
national contest. The trophies were
shown at Central High school Mon
day and at Commercial High yester
day and children are flocking to the
recruiting station for information
about the army, Sergeant Rogers
reported.
Maj. W. A. Cavenaugh, in charge
of the Nebraska recruiting district,
received yesterday a request from
Adjt.-Gen. J. T. Conrad that children
here be notified to ask for informa
tion on the contest through the
Omaha recruiting office. The army's
New lork and Washington offices
are being flooded with mail from
children from all sections of the na
tion, General Conrad stated.
The War department trophies ex
hibited here by Sergt. Robert L.
Johns, first American soldier to en
ter "No Man's land," and K. M.
Patterson, of the Fort Sheridan Re
call, are expected to be taken to
Denver tonight.
The volume of sound obtained
from small grand pianos has been
increased by the; invention ot a
method to admit air beneath their
sounding boards to respond to the
boards vibration.
PHOTO-PI.AVS.
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LAST TIMES TODAY
Moon Great Eclipse Show
Will Rogers in
"JUBILO"
That Merry Musical PrelucU
"THE THREE ACES OF
JAZZ HARMONY"
Century Bathing-' Girl Comedy
"GOOD LITTLE BROWNIE"
Moon News Moon Travel
' Moon Overture
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Goldwyn
rrlOTO-PLAYB, r'pj' f
Special
American
ization Program
February 12th, 13th
and 14th
In accordance with re
quest of Secretary of
the Interior Lane, the
will offer a special
Americanization pro
gram consisting of.
A story taken from
a page in the life of
Abraham Lincoln en
titled The
Land of
Oppor
tunity
With Ralph Ince
as Lincoln
AUo
Longfellow's Immortal
Poem
Evange
line . The Tragedy of
Acadie
Secretary Lane Says:
"America is a spirit.
America is an inspira
tion. And we must keep
alive in ourselves the
thought that this spirit
is Americanism that
it is robust and daunt
less and kind and
hearty and irresistible
and through it win out
against all adversity."
:
Douglas MacLean
Doris May
-in-
MARY'S ANKLE
Worth Going Mile to See.
Last Times Today
SCARLET DAYS"
A Tale of the Olden Wait
. t Direction
D. W. GRIFFITH
2
Monroe Salts
bury in AdaeS
"THE PHANTOM Atlra'tlea
MELODY" Nat Wsjae
A drama of pros- ,
ent day Italy in all -JS-its
artistic splen- "',
dor. ' .j
Comsdy
"Nausnt)
Lions
and
Wild
Men"
I fT U D aft D 24th ud
ft.ef i n i vr i
Lothrop
ANITA STPWART
In "MIND THE PAINT GHU.
2-Reel Comedy j Also Mutt sk Jed.
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