Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE goes to the homes—is read by the women—sells goods for advertisers. 4 AT WHITE HOUSE A 1 1 a . n {/ntention 3 4 » » L] Yorother, Frank B. Smith, ) “ v . ) - 3 XIX NO. 29. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, "ANUARY 2, 1910—SIX SECTIONS—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COPY PEOPLE'S DAY President and Mrs. Taft Give First Anual Reception to Officials and Public, FUNCTION LASTS THREE HOURS #In that Time Chief Executive Shakes Hands with 5,515 Persons, TAFT 18 SMILE ON New Chinese Minister and Daughters Attract Attention. SPEAKER CANNON IS He Does Not Arrive in Time to Head Congressional Contingent——Gen= » Miles nnd Bell Lead Army Delegntion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—President Mrs. Taft held thelr first New levee at the White house today. Mrs. Taft has not yet regained and her ful strength and seemed rather pale in a gown of white silk, she carried out her original receiving of remaining in the line until all of the members of the cabi S¢ elrcle, the foreign ambassad, isters and members of their pald thelr respects. minutes Mrs. Taft reti dent and all of the members of the cabl net, with the exception of Secretary of State Knox and Secretary of War Dickin. son remalned in the receiving party unti the last of the general public had passed. The reception began promptly at 11 a. m. and ended at 1:5 p. house doors were closed. and fifty-five minutes position at room, President exactly The vice presi that Taft 5 people. last years of the Roosevelt administration The day overhead was well nigh ideal, but made conditions underfoot The line of citi- melting snow anything but desirable. gens began to form, however, at 10:30 a. m., although they were not scheduled to enter the White house grounds until 11 o'clock, Taft Smile on Duty, President began and ended the session with a smile. For his personal friends among the diplomats, the government offl. clals and the navy and army contingent Mr. Taft had hearty words of greeting. Occasionally a cltizen had a word to say to the president and the latter listened at- tentively until his aldes hurried the visitor along to make room for the crowds in the rear. The president stood the ordeal splen aialy. forty people to the minute. Eave each a strong clasp, declared he felt no fatigue, in one position so long, however, him declare that he felt almost as though the presiden he would have to learn to walk all over again. Although the usual precautions taken, the reception pagsed off without In cldent. A tcurist or two were temporarily of (helr cameras at trance (o (ha blue room, the en. DUTY LATE evar's Although min- households and the justices of the supreme court had At the end of twenty m., when the White In the two hours he held his the portal of the famed blue- shook hands with This number fell con- ) siderably short of the figures during the The average time of passing was Although he The standing made were | cattlemen were taken to relleved Gorges Menace All Shipping on the Ohio River Boat Cables Are—l—.ikely to Break When Threatened Floods Come. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 1&Coal barges and every type and kind of craft on the Ohlo river in the viclnity of Loulsvllle representing a value of hundreds of thou- sands of dollars, are in danger today. Practically all the boats have been fastencd by means of cables or otherwise anchored, but it is the prediction of ex- perienced river men that It the ice gorges break quickly the trees will be uprooted or the cables srapped. Along both shores of the river, as a precaution against loss of life or Injury, guards have been stitioned to warn work- men and the curious away from the ice. The weather is much warmer than yester- day. EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 1—Many of the monster fce gorges in the Ohlo river today still defled the thaw and old river mwen are expecting disastrous floods from a the back water. At Caseyville, K the water rose two feet in a few minutes this morning be- | |hind the gorges beloty the town. This gorge fills the chanzel and extends down to the mouth of the Sallne river. At Enterprise, Ind., elght miles this side of - |Ovensboro, Ky., theré is an immense gorge and another towers above the river at Three Mile Island, near Newburn, Ind. At Hawsville, Ky, the river ls frozen over smoothly and farmers are hauling their produce to different places in sleds. -| At Jeffersonville, Ind., a wharf boat of ¢ | the Monongahela Coal company, valued at - |$16,000, was cut open by an ice floe and 1 | sunk. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.—All of the 150 work- men, who were imperilled when the false work of the McKinley bridge across the Mississippl river collapsed late yesterday, have been accounted for. The false work was torn away by fce fles. The workmen today were none the worse for their experlence. Newspaper Man and Sheriff Mix Controversy Results Over Ill-l‘eelingl Growing Out of Trials of Cattle- men Recently at Basin. BASIN, Wyo., Jan. 1.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Felix Alston, sheriff of Big Horn county, this morning assaulted G. C. Mor- rls, a newspaper orrespondent, in the of- fice of a well known Basin real estate dealer, striking Morris a stinging blow in the face. The feeling on the part of Alston dates back to the cattlemen’s trials, Mor- ris sent out verbatim reports of the testi- mony of the Investigation of the method of drawing juries which was heard just before the cattlemen's tridls, and which resulted In tho indlctments belng quashed. | In affidavits filed in court at that time serfous charges were made and Alston's name figured In them. Just before the Rawlins they - | sent for Morrls and the sheriff denied | him access to them. Morris later secured -!an order from the court and Alston was | compelled to let the cattlemen recelve the t | tle. The diplomatic display this year rivalled | any in the past Practically every mem- ber of the corps was in the city and each ambassador and minister was attended by a brilliantly-uniformed staff of aldes and secretaries, The new Chinese minister and | his staff In_heavily-embroidered robex and | to hats attracted the usual amount of atten- tlon. The Marine band rendered music during the reception. The band was divid:d Into two sections and when one air was fin- ished by one section a new tune was be- gun by the other section, Cosby Makes Introductions. ab: over five feet, visitor, Alston is nearly six feet tall and weighs out 180, while Morris is only a little welght about 13 and Is 50 years of age, about fifteen years the sheriff's senlor. Morris did not attempt defend himself, but maintained his po- sition with respect to Alston verbally, Gaynor Takes Qath of Office The introductions= were made by Colonel | For First Time in Years Most of New Spencer Cosby of the army, major domo | of the White House, assisted by Captain Butt, Lieutenant Commander Paalmer and others. As usual the public early was in evidence. It being the president’s first New Year's reception there was great pressure for the honor of wishing him tho compilments of the season. The “‘citizen” contingent was | made up largely of Washington people. | he time for thelr reception had been | Ot fijed at 1 o'clock, but three hours earlier | Cit wi thi hold to witness the brief ceremonial, York Officials Are Anti- Tammany. NEW YORK, Jan. L—Willlam J. Gaynor was installed as mayor of New York today, th simple ceremonies. There Was a rong as big as the mayor's office would The ner newly elected officers of the greater y and its five boroughs also formally e crowds began to gather and by 11 |@ssumed their dutles. lock the liue stretched for blocks, ex- tending beyond the State, War and Navy department bulldings and down Seven- teenth streot. During the diplomatic portion of the re- | fI¥ ception the greatest interest was attracted | th to the four daughters of the new Chinese minister, ranging in age from 13 to 18 years. In oriental robes of white and |PO with pink ribbons on thelr dark hair they | PO added pleturesqueness to the scene. i Speaker Cannon is Late, Wi Speaker Cannon was half an hour late in reaching the White House and had to 0 through the line long after the other members of congress. Representative Mur- dogk of Kansas, one of the insurgent lead- of other than the Tammany ticket. ATLANTA, All the other new city, officlals, the New York county officers and the presidents the five boroughs are men who were on For the st time in six years the chiet offices of e municipality are filled by men not allied with Tammany hall. Mayor Gaynor announced that he would t make public the names of intees before Monday next. OULD DEBATE TOM WATSON any ap- Former Populist Candidate Asked to Defend His Attack on Misstons Ga., Jan. 1.—Thomas E. ers of the house, got & most cordial recep- | Watson, one time populist candidate for tion from the president. So did Giffora | Pinchot. It was reported that Mr, Pinchot [PY | the presidency and recently a critic In the blic print of foreign missions, today was challenged to a public debate by rep- ntatives of the varlous Protestant urches of Georgia. The challengers have med as Watson's opponent Willlam T. Ellis, a Philadelphia newspaper man. BRITISH POLITICS LESS STRENUOUS Campaign Passes from Stage of Per- sonal Abuse to Discussion of The Hague. POLLINGS ONLY FORTNIGHT AWAY Many Nominations Left Open to Avoid Three-Cornered Fights, HAVING FUN WITH PEERS Many of Them Shine More at Fox Hunting Than in Statesmanship. BETTING FAVORS LIBERALS Curzon’s Statement that Hereditary House ix Sure to Have More Able Men Than Elective One is Much Discussed. LONDON, Jan. 1.—With the first pollings of the general elections only a fortnight away, the campalgn shows less popular excitement than the last stages of most previous general elections. Since the firat tremendous uproar over the rejection of the budget by the House of Lords and the general explosion of oratorical fireworks with a remarkable amount of personal abuse by rival politiclans, the contest has settled into & dull bombardment of speeches and newspaper articles dealing with the House of Lords and tariff reform. The list of candidates is still far rom complete, while factional squabbles be- tween tariff reformers and free traders, in the unfonist ranks, forces the radicals and laborites, in the government forces, to leave many opportunities for changes in nominations already made in order to avold three-cornered fights, H Fan with Peers, The peers on the platform continue to furnish a pleturesque element in the bat- They feel compelled to face the pub- lie in order to vindicate the claims of thelr class to power and as a good proportion of them shine more brilliantly at fox hunting than statesmanship, their audliences get plenty of fun out of them, and frequently how! then down. Punch displays a can- vas at a fair with the yokels pitching balls At it Conditions In America and Germany under a protective tariff are made the prin- cipal topic of the debates and each side finds many fllustrations of the blessings or the drawbacks of a high tarif from those countries, The newspapers are wrangling over the questions whether the cost of living is higher, and more unemployment exists in Amerlca and Germany than in Great Sritain, Tariff and the Navy. A. J. Balfour, Lord Curzon and Lord Mil- ner are leading the opposition's tight with Austen Chambertaln putting tariff reform to the front and Lard Charles Beresford accusing the government of neglecting the navy. David Lloyd Gearge and Winston Churehill of the administration’s forces draw the largest crowds, larger even than Premier Asquith, Lord Curson's declaration that a heredi- tary chamber is sure to contain more able men than an elective one, has been the most discussed utterance of the week. Betting at White's club, which is the sporting rendezvous for the arlstocracy, is even that the Liberals will have a small majority independent of the laborites and the Irish members. The Liberals already are conceding the loss of some London constituencies which turned the color of the last election and which will be the first to poll in the coming election. Battersea Is likely to reject John Burns, president of the local government board, because the workingmen say he has deserted them. He is making a hard personal fight among his old neighbors to keep his seat in Com- mons, Liquor Bane of Allotted Indians Fifth Murder Among Sisseton Tribe as Result of Overindul- gence. SIOUX FALLS, 3. D., Jan. 1L.—(Special) —~The acquittal a few days ago of a Sis- seton Sioux Indian, who was charged with murder, calls attention to the serious prob- lem which confronts those who are in chargo of the affairs of these Indians, due to the demoralization which has resulted from many of the Indians being afflicted with an overpowering desire for strong drink. . Since the year 1892 five murders have been committed among this tribe as the result of over-indulgence In liquor, As these Indlans have a'l taken thelr allot- ments of land they have the same stand- ing as white men and there is no way, ex- cept by moral suasion, to prevent them drinking ljquor to excess. The guilty perties in each of the murder cases were arrested, but the outcome of their trials also has contributed materially to the demoralization of the drinking In- dians, as only one conviction resulted, this belng responsible to a great extent for the smal! value placed upon human life by the drinking and move reckless mem- bers of the tribe. and Secretary Ballinger shook hands, but | this proved incorrect. fhee ®he delegation of army officers was | " headed by General Nelson A. Miles, re- P& tired, and General Franklin Bell, chief of staff. Admiral Letuzee, in command of the Washiugton navy yard, led the navy contingent. Admiral Dewey did not attend. Mrs, Sherman, wife of the vice president, and a number of the women of the cabinet reecived at thelr homes, the number in- cluding Mrs. MaoVeagh, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Wickersham, Hrs. Meyer, Mrs. Bal- linger and Mrs.Naegel, all of whom had as thelr assistants the women of the families of officlals connected with the departments Switchmen’s Strike May Involve Twenty Thousand WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—"If an amicable over which their husbands preside. Following the death of Mrs, night, the secretary and Mrs. Knox re called ail Invitation: Knox's on Thursday adjustment of the differences between the northwestern rallroads and the switchmen is not reached through the mediation con- ference here, the strike will spread and probably 20,000 will become invelved,” de- clared H. B. Perham, head of the Rallway department of the American Federation of TOM JOHNSON STEPS OUT 1 Cleveland Mayor Ends Eight Years of Service with New Year's Day. CLEVELAND, Jan. 1—While the offi. elul term of Tom L. Johnsom, for elght |t years mayor of this city, closed last mid- night, the formal transfer of the office to Herman C. Baehr took place at noon today. The retiring mayor will take a rest for several weeks and then will re- turn to keep in touch with the local demo- cratie organization. strike If these plans for medi: Mr, Perham, who hastened here from St. Paul to urge an action on the federal med- latlon board with a view to bringing both sides together, mediation plan would strike that would tie up raliroad traffic. Labor today. This incremse will not be among the switchmen alone, but will come from other organizations the boller makers and such affiliated as- soclations, like the frelght handlers, The switchmen are for peace possible, but are determined on a general lon fail.” sald that fallure of the mean & general No affillated organizations will take sympathetic action pending the result of Mr. Perham's conference with the media- tion board, which will be resumed Monday The American Federation of Laber has left the whole matter In the hands of Mr. Perham, who Is head of the order of rall- way telegraphers, which carrfed on the recent strike against the Northern Pacific and Great Northern rallways and is a mem- ber of the executive committee of the federation. Mr. Perham had an opportunity to have a little talk with President Gompers of the Federation today, but his call was largely incident to the new year's open house re- ception at Mr. Gomper's home. No decision has been reached by the mediation board as to the selection of a third arbitrator In the case of the dis- pute between the Illinols Central and its switchmen. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Snow; cold wave. For lowa—Partly cloudy. For weather report see page 5 THE AFTER PROPHETS. CUMMINS TALKS ON TARIFF Jowa Senator, in Address at Des Moines, Says Fight is Only Begun. CALLS PROGRESSIVES TO ACTION He Asks Them to Send Men to Lower House Who Will Ald Sehators in Their Efforts for Lower Dutles. DES MOINES, Jan. 1.—Senator Albert B. Cummins, in a speech before the guests at the Progressive Republican dollar dinner at the Savoy tonight served notice that the tight for progressive and Roosevelt princl- ples is not ended, insisted that defeat In tariff revision should not dishearten but progressives in fowa to send to congress from thie state men who will support the senators instead of neutralizing their ef- forts. He inttmated that the state administra- tlon of Towa should not be allowed to rest In the hands of the standpatters when the gentiment of the state Is clearly progres- sive, The senator spoke plainly agalnst Con- gressman Hull, insisting that he has not been as faithful to the business interests of the distriet as a congressman would be interested In securing freer freight rates as woll as in securing military tourn- ements which seemed to be the extent ot tho ambition of the earnest adherent of Speaker Cannon who represents this dis- triet. State Senator C. C. Dowell presided at the dinner. Scores of republicans from over the state were present. Conferences were held along the lines of the senator's speech and it 1s not unllkely that a progressive @i ndidate for governor will be brought out soon against Governor B. F. Carroll. Judge F. Prouty of Des Moines was one of the speakers and as the sole candidate agalnst Captain Hull his faithful support of the progressive cause was alluded to by Senator Cummins, What Senator Cummins Said. In the course of his speech Senator Cum- mins sald: “With respect to the tariff, the stand- patters feel that it makes lttle if any dif- ference how high the dutles are if they be high enough to exclude exportations. Their first, and I have sometimes thought their only, concern is for the producer. They are so much afraid of hurting him that they clase thelr eyes to every voice save his and assume that, knowing what he wants, he will not ask for more than he deserves. The echos of the platform of 198, which contains the pladges of the republican party to the people of the coun- try, have become so faint in thelr coun- cfls that they are drowned In the cries of impoverished manufacturers. On the other hand, the progressives remember that we promised the American people that the duties on imported competitive commodities should be measured by the difference be- tween the cost of production in this and rival lands, and that we made the promise in order to give at once protection to'the producer from unequal competition and protection to the consumer from a vora- clous extortion,” We know that in many flelds of industry home competition had been substantially destroyed and we' In- tended to subject our home producers to the fear of forelgn competition if prices were raised above a fair and reasonable profit. Pight is Not Ended. “I do not attempt to obscure or to mini- mize the extent of our defeat, but If any one harbors the delusion that the passage of this recent tariff law ended the fight for fair and reasonable protective dutles, it would be wise for him to at once reform his conclusion. “The progressives, after years of strug- gle, brought the convention to a full acknowledgment of justice of thelr position ‘With respect to further regulations of interstate commerce, the stand-patter oc- cupies just the same position that he has always oceupled. “It Is suffielent to say that the agitation for the strengthening of the law regulating common carriers became acute about 1509, It finally resulted in the amendment of 16, It was a long, weary campalgn. The stand-patters were either silent or in op- position. Canmon, Aldrich “Joseph G. Cannon was the most conspleuous tional nd Hull, then, as now, member of the na- house of representatives. In all “(Continued on Fifth Page) {should encourage progressives and. urged’ Depot Platform Full of People Torn to Pieces Gas Accumulating Under Boards Explodes and Injurey Score of Holiday Travelers. A MONTREAL, Jan. 1—Twenty-two were injured In the explosion which wrecked the train platform at Place Viger station at the east end of the city last night. Most Charles Bruneau of Montreal, cannot live. The explosion was caused by the lgnition of an accumulation of gas under the long wooden platform paralleling the statlon. “Phe midnight train of the Canadian Pa- cific 67 QUebéc was standing on the tracks adjoining the platform and an unusually large number of holiday travelers were bidding good-bye to friends when suddenly a score of them were hurled into the air as though shot from a giant catapult. Some went stralght up twenty or thirty feet. Others were thrown over the top of the train and one man with both legs broken was found on the roof of one of the coaches. Head-on Collision Between Limited Interurban Cars Five Persons Injured, Two Probably Fatally, in Wreck Near Green- field, Indiana. GREENFIELD, Ind., Jao. 1—Five per- sons were seriously Injured, two probably fatally in a head-on collision between two limited interurban cars on the Terre Haute, Indlanapolis & Eastern line at Philadel- phia, four miles west of here late today. The injured are: Claude Roland, New Castle, Ind., motor- man; chest crushed, probably will die. Charles Byers, Greenfleld, Ind., crushed and cut; Injured probably fatal W. 8. Royla, Cleveland, O. chest crushed. W. B. Bradshaw, Indlanapolls, head | badly eut. Jerry Kloutz, Indianapolis, head cut and brulsed. | The cars were the New Castle lifited, west bound, and the Dayton limited, east- bound. They met at a siding as the west- bound car was preparing to enter the switch. The Dayton limited was sald to be run- ning at full speed when it crashed into the westbound car. So great was the impact that both cars were telescoped for ten or twelve feet. Both moformen stuck to thelr posts in vain attempts to stop thelr cars. There was such a heavy fog that the motormen could see but a short distance ahead o fthem. Kansas Conviets KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.—Thomas Cook and Frank Moore, the conviets who es- caped from the KaKnsas state penitentiary at Lansing late Wednesday last, were arrested here today at the home of Mrs. Belle Moore. Moore, who was serving & sentence for highway robbery, says the woman Is his wife. Cook ‘was up for burglary, of the injurles consist of broken legs. Mrs, | BULLETIN — © — Dr Cook’s PoLar CLAIMS REJECTED BY THE COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY. ~From the Washington Star. BREWERS IDLE FOR PRESENT None in Omaha Makes Beer While Litigation is Pending. WANT TO KNOW RIGHTS ms'r‘ Henring to Determine Result License Fight Will He Resumed Before Judge Estelle To- morrow Afternoon. of | No brewery In Omaha Is manufacturing beer or will until the litigation affecting its rignt to a license is determined, aud | that s indefinite, as the matter s still| before Judge Estelle, who says it must be carried out to a complete finish. Some 600 or 700 brewery employes, most of them married men, are temporarily out of work as a result of this litigation, and | will have to seek new employment if the ceee stands against the breweries. “We have too much besr on hand to make any more while our rights are in jeopardy,” sald one of the brewers yester- day. Hearlng on the question of brewers licenses before Judge Estelle has been put over until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The | court announced that the hcaring will then o to & finish before adjournment “I want all the counsel to understand this and govern themselves accordingly,” sald Judge Estelle. John C. Cowin, representing the Krug Brewing company, appeared when court opened at 11:30 Saturday and told the court he had been out of town, hence did not |know such a case was up until Friday | night. “The fmportance of the case’” he sald, “requires that we be given some little time | for preparation. If it goes to the conciu- slon insisted upon by the appellants it might mean the closing of all Omaha breweries for a year.” Judge Estelle conceded the importance of the case and asked the Anti-Saloon league attorneys to express themselves. Elmer B Thomas said he was compelled to go to New York for two weeks, leaving Sunday night, but thought L. D. Holmes and W. R. Patrick could handle the appellants’ end | all right Mr. Holmes sald he was willing to con- cede the delay asked, as thelr rights could not be in any way affected, and then the hour for resuming the argument on what form the order shall take was fixed as| stated above. THREE MEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPT TO BLOW BRIDGE Suspects Alleged to Have Tried to Dynamite Railroad Property in Baltimore, BALTIMORE, Jan, 1.—Following an at- tempt last evening to blow up the Gay street bridge of the Baltimore & Ohlo rallroad three men were arrested on a charge of conspiring to dynamite the bridge and also the Mount Claire machtne shops of the rallroad company. ‘fhe bridge was not serfously damaged Willlam B, Shipley, Hamilton W. Lightner | and Willlam H. Zimmerman, all machin- ists, were later taken into custody. De- tective Captain Pumphrey claims to have evidence directly implicating the men. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, ~Jan. 1 — (Special) — Little Nemo, the squirrel which for so long has gamboled about the state house lawn with his partner, is no more. The little fellow met a tragic death under the wheels of & motor car at Fourteenth and H streets yesterday morning. There are some who say the little squirrel committed suleide. Whether he did or not the facts In the case are these: Several weeks ago the other little squirrel which played with Nemo and which had also adopted the state house grounds for & home was run down and Killed by an automobile. Since then the janitors about the buflding have roticed the remaining squirrel strolling most of the time up and down the street car track. Little attention was paid to him and no effort was made to cheer his loneliness. The remainder of Little Nemo, Capitol Pet Squirrel, Commits Suicide the story is told In the words of Captain Persinger of the state bapking department “I was on my way to the state house. At Fourteenth and H streets I saw a our coming from the south. At the same time | I noticed the squirrel near the track. Aw | the car crossed H street I notieed the| squirrel dive under and I did not see it come out on the other side. When the car had passed I went the track and investigated, There I found Little Nen decad. The lttle fellow had run under the car, turnéd around and faced the direction | from which he had come. His head only was touched by the car.” The conclusion is that the squirrel had contempiated sulelde since the death of his mate and for weeks had watched the street car tracks for a car and had jumped und the first one he had scen going fast enou, 10 do the deed without prolonging his | | the CENTS. FIVE JOY RULES THE NEW YEAR'S DAY First on Cn]enda_r of 1910 is One of Rollicking Mirth and Frolic. FATHER TIME MAKES FAST RACE Day Passes Quickly, with Variety of Holiday Features. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN MEET Christian Associations Hold Open House and Receive Multitude. OMAHA GUARDS HOLD RECEPTION New Armory in ¥ Milltary of Columbus Gatner for ternal Hall Scene Splendor—IKnights Merriment. The first of the New Year days was one of mirth and frolic In Omaha. Everywhere there was jollity and ,even though the grizzied old year for some passed into the lusty youth dlality on every memory in a veil of regret 1910 was heralded with co hand. Father Time moved down the hours of the first day on the calendar in quelk suc- cession, for they passed rapldly with holi- day joys, and each passing moment brought in a harvest of good cheer. Weather—and there were tyvo kinds of It on New Year's day—was of the best brand. The morning dawned bright and warm, but as the day dawned the cold north wind swept the city and the pleas- ant warmth became crisp, bracing atmoss phere. This change In weather only added to the dlversions of the day. It was a grand holiday for everybody. In the churches, in the clubs, among the soclety folk and among the children ther was New Year's joy. There were arause. ments galore. The playhouses entertained large audiences, the churches rendered ap- propriate programs and the cafes served the hungry with cholce holiday viands. Skipping about tha streets and boule- vards were countless automobiles. Many contained peoplo out for & ride in the open alr and others—the coupes and limousines —bore society folk here or there an thelr fashionable New Year calls. Strect cars, too, helped carry the pide of man to and fro across the clt Big Day at the Y. M. C. A. New Years is always an eventful day In the annals of the Youns Men's and the Young Women's Christian assoclation, Both assoclations maintained “open house’ Sat- urday and welcomed thousands of visitors to their buildings. For nearly a dozen years the Young Men's Christian association has observed the initlal date of the year with a house warming of some kind. They have wel- comed at tmes as many as 5,000 visitors to thelr building in one day. THe new bullding at Seventeenth and Harney streets is especially well fitted to entertain com- pany. Throughout the day the big bullding was thronged with people.. Entertainment was provided on every floor from the swimming poal In the basemont to the dormitories on the fifth floor, There were special events of two hours duration in every department and throughout the evening an orchestra turnished music in the main lobby. In the big swimming pool there was an aquatic events and in the gymnasium athletic exhibitions. | In the evening there was a two-hour moving picture show in the second floor assembly room and re- fieshments wers served in the third floor main dining room. The dormitories were open to the public and viritors were glven a view of the manner n which the 130 or more young men live—young men who are away from hcme and who are enllsted in one big fraternity. The dormitory boys also provided special stunts on each floor. The Boys' department was also a scene of activity. The juveniles put on special stunts and their quarters and the game rooms were opeén to all visitors. Young Women Hold Reception, New Year's day was an exceedingly eventful one at the Young Women's Chris- tian assoclation ‘bullding. ““Welcome'' was the watchword of the day. The day's program began at b o'clock in the afternoon with a musicale in the audi- terlum, The entertainers were Miss Oliv Carpenter, violinist; Lena Ellsworth Dale, scprano; Mrs. Dale, Mrs, Harter, H. C. Jessen and Harry Burkley, quartet; Cecil Berryman, planist; Mrs. Lloyd Harter, contralto, and Mr. Vernon C, Bennett, acs ccmpanlst, From 5:46 to 8 o'clock the domestie sclence kitchen was open to visitors. Demonstration were given by Miss Mare garet Coffin, in structor in household sclence. There was an exhibition of preserved foods such as hellies, jams and marmalade and a table properly set for dinner. Varlous recipes were also glvens In the gymnasium, beginning at 7 o'clockk there was an athletic exhibition by the various classes and basket ball games. Farcy dances were also given as a part of the entertainnent. Refreshments were served by a committee on the fifth floor, At B o'clock the day's activities closed in order that the young women could join the reception given at the Young Men's Christian association bullding. Omauha Guards’ Reception, The Omaha Guards, Company G, Beo- ond regiment, Nebraska Natlonal guards, entertained its members and friends In the new armory in Fraternal hall, across from the public library bullding on Harney street. The affalr was in the nature of an open house, commemorating the opening of the new armory to National guard uses. Clgars, cards and miscellaneous refresh- ments were the program features, and the occasion was avalled of by a large nu ber of young men not now assoclated with National guard, with the result that this company at least, will shortly recelve numerous additions to its membership, “aptain B, E. Sterricker acted as master of ceremonies and saw (o it that every visitor was made welcome and perfectly at home, The new armory 18 convenlently located and will be utilized by the thres com- panies of the Natlonal Guard in Omaha a8 permanent quarters, The machine gun platoon of the Omaha Guards Is also quar- tered in the new armory with its equip- ment. Arrangements are now about completed for the formal opening of the new armory as Omaha National Guards' battallon and the organization of a provisonl battalion in Omaha, This will take place January agony, (Continued on Fifth Page)