Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1910, Page 4

WESTERN RAILROADERS WI| Defeat Increase in'Rates Sought hy} Eastern Railway Men. { NEW DATES TO FAVOR PATRONS | Touriat, Coloniat and Convention | Rates from Omahn to Coawt Polnty Wil Remain Practieally as ey were, Western ‘wifirdad ‘managers have tri- | mphed over the cast in the matter of | reduced rates to.the Paclfic coast for the summer of 1910. There will be no Increase in teurist, “ecolonist or oconventivn rates, soukht by. the eastbrm men, and there fs a No C‘ut in Price of Meat Yet Made by the Packers |One Housewife Surprised to Find an Extra Charge is Made for Slicing Bacon. No out in prices was made by the pack- | ers at their distributing staffons in Omaha Monday, although some 6f thd big Tetall. rs made small reductions on some of the products, One firm had a big pile of hams | which it was seliing for 114 cents, and | another a blg plle .of bacon on which a |eut had been made | The packers were foreed to pay |eonts & hundred more for pork Satu [than the day' before. One packer pald | #8.07% for two loads of hoge, the top pric {ana then had @, per cent of the lot co {demned by the government officials. possibllity that the dates of sale for spe- cial tickets will be changed to favor the passenger. Colonist rates to common points on the Pacifie coast will be on sale in Omaha from September 15 to October 15 for The summer touriet rate of $60 for the round | trip will be In effect from Omaha from May 20 to September 3, with the expira- | tion 1imit Oetober 3. It fs probable that date of sale of tofirist tickets will bémade | earjlef o adcomshodate thée early spring tratte. In addition to these rates a special con- vention rate will be offered, limited to ninety. days, for séyeral great conventions to be held on the Pacific coast. This rate is 3650 from Omahd! $260 from Chicago and $7.60 from Bt. Louls for the round trip, Eastern rallrond managers endeavored to raise the selling price of the summer tourfst tickets approximately $2.50, insist- ing the income from the sale of the tickets was Insufficlent. This would have made the round trip from Omaha $:250 and from Chicago #75. Willlam B Muyrray, assistant general passenger agent, afd W, A. Cundiff, chief rate clerk of the Union Pacific raflrond in Omaha, attended the meeting of the Transcontinental Passenger association in Chioago, at whigli the rate question was threshed out. Pasenger officlals in Omaha look te an extensive expdus of tourists to the west during the coming summer. There are six Breat attractions on the coast, to which the $0 round trip rate applies. These attraclons are the Portland Rose carnfval, Jné 6 to i1, and the convention of the American Bankers' assoclation at Los Angeles, in October; the Ameriean Institute of Homeopathy in Los Angeles, July 40;. the Anclent Order of Hibernlans in Portland, July 19; the Hotel Men's Mu- tual Benefit assoclation in Los Angeles, April 11 to 15, and the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoos in San Francisco, September 9, " PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS M. "Ford of Cedar Raplds, M. A. Albright, B, F. Perry of oud, 8. W. Eustice of Aypurn and J. A. Shoemaker of Little- ton, Colo., ‘are at the Henshaw. . R. H. Franéls of Union, V. G, Allen of Allen, ; Blagk of Nebrauska City, G. F. Dunn, J. R, Collins.of Fremont and T. H. Elliott of Tekamah are at the Merchants, Post. ter B. F. Thomas, who is at Ex- celslor Spring, Mo., undernoln% treatment for his eyes, expects to return home about Wednesday. He: writes to Omaha friends that he ls improving very encouragingly. P L Carey, who.retired rom the hotel business a few month ago, was stricken with paralysts Friday evening ‘and taken to St. Joweph's hospital. Dr. Dwyer pro- nounced the case serious, but entertains for his ultimate recovery. r and .. Fisher of Fayette, Wyo.: B Lo Stump efubenver. C. 0. Woods ot Colymbus W PRI o Wakefield, R. J. Call of ‘Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. W 1) Driskill of Bheridan, J. H. McGee of Bur: lington, \Wyo.; Eaward' Harvey and’ Saney lpnl'r'.‘;htb of Ten Sleep, Wyo., are at the axton. R Ratlway Notes and Personals. Robert A. Smith, advertising manager of the Unfon Pacific’ raliroad, is in Chicago J. M. Davis, general superintendent of the Oregon Bhort Line, passed through Dmaha Monday _morning. enroute from Chicago 'to 'Salt Lake City. e, . | One woman shopplug at an outside shop discovered that a chargo of & cents a pound wag made for slicing bacon. The woman asked for sdme bacon and was told it was cents a pound, ) Thirty cents a pound?”’ she asked In I guess you don't want it slice that will make it 2% ocents a pound,” responded the meat cutter, Inquiry at the department stores vealed the fact that they charge 2% cents a pound for slicing, the charge being made because of the waste ends. WHERE IS THOMAS HELMUTH? He Used to Operate Saloon In Omaha and His Folks Now Want Him, Anna Meyers of 2002 Madison avenue New York City has written the Omaha post- office authorities asking for Information of a Thomas Helmuth, who was engaged In the saloon business In Omaha’ in 1870. She also asks of the possible whereabuuts of her father, Herrhan' Newgarten, who was also. In Omaha for some years pro- ceding 1870, and both he and Thomas Hel- muth were then recelying thelr. mall in lock box 206. The postoffice was at that time located on Douglas strest between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, and al- most every business man in the city had thelr mail directed In care of a postoffice box. It was before the days of letter car- riers in this part of the country. Herman Newgarten, the father of Mrs. Moyers, was a soldier of the civil war, be- Ing a member of a New Tork regiment, and was present at the capture of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, The postoffice, of course, has no means of tracing the whereabouts of Helmuth or Newgarten, but It {8 thought that some old- time Omahan might know of Newgarten, if he should happen be be yet lving: OMAHANS IN_ LOS ANGELES Reunion of 014 Friends at Homes of Mrs. J. 0. Corby and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ten Eyok. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. $1.—(Special:) ~Mmt. J.'O. Corby and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ten Eyck threw open- their beautiful home in Hollywood a week ago Saturday and delightfully entertalned a small por- tion of the Omaha ‘colowy’ now living in southern Callfornia. The event was a céle- bratien of ‘the birthdays 6f Mrs. M. G. McKoon and Mrs. Cyrus Rowe:' An elabor- ate dinner was served: . /oafeteria’’, style. Among the former Omahans.present. were Mrs. J. O. Corby, Mr, and Mrs, W. B. Ten ck, Mrs. Ellen ,and Miss Nellle Ten ck, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. McKoon, Mn, and Mrs. W. B. Ten Eyck, Mrs. Ellen and Mre. W. J. Welshans, Mr. A, C. Welshans, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McLain, Mr. and Mrs, Cyrus Rose, Mr. and Mrs. George King, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hawyer, Samuel Hawyer, jr., Mrs. E. L. Crain'and Mrs. 'M. ‘1. Pritchard | | | | | THE BEE: MRS, PRATT BLAMESLAWYERS| for Divorce. | ACCUSES VINSONHALER AS CHIEF Declares that Before He and Brome Got Busy She Was Living Ha, i with Her Aged 3 et - tian association Monday afternoon. J. C. b 204 | Prall, executive secretary, presided at the - | meeting.: Joseph W. Smith of Counéll In the sult of Mrs. Julin Montgomery | Bluffs and Judge A. L. Sutton of South Pratt against D. M. Vineonhaler for $50000 alleged damages, now filed in county court, OMAHA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 191( YMEN LAY NEW PLANS { FOR THEIR BIG CONVENTION Says They Induced Her to Sue Colonel e Ask the Churches February 27 the Work. | Plang for the furtherance of the Lay- | men's Missionary movement and the econ- | vention to be held in Omaha March 17-20, were formulated at a meeting of the éxeo- untive committee of the Omaha co-operating committee held at the Young Men's Chris- Omaha, chairmen of the committees from | | their citles, wers present The resolutions that the Buns Rolls Muffins Biscuits Waffles Pop Coffece Made overs Bread with WASHBURN - ( ROSEY S Mrs. Pratt re-echoes charges which ap-| adopted ask peared by Innuendo at least fn the divoree| Churches of the ecity set aside Snnday, case when attorneys for Colonel James| February 27, for the promotion of. the in- Harvey Pratt charged too great activity | terésts of the movement in & special ser- on the part'of Mrs. Pratt's then lawyers, |MON. It was further provided that pub- A fierce attack fs made upon Attorneys |leity through the church bulletins should Vinsonhaler and Brome in the petition. [ be & feature of the campaign. They are accused of having misrepresentieda| J:- H. Franklin, ehairman of the educa- the nature of the pre-nuptial contract to | t0nal committes, will have charge of the Mrs. Pratt, with having persuaded her (nto | '89Uance of circulars and bulletins. them A deputation committee s to send out signing a contract with with to sue for divorce and having mismanaged the litigation. One of the Interesting things in the pe- | ftatistical committee Is to gather informa- ttlon ix the pleture painted of the happy | !lon concerning the churches which wii domestic lite of Mrs. Pratt beforo she was | D® 8vallable for use after the convention The statistics will include the total church. led into bringing sult against Colonel Pratt and for which Mr. Vinsonhaler principally and Mr. Brome partly awso are blamed by her, Broke Up Her Happy Home. The plaintiff recites that she, “notwith standing the great disparity of ages, dwelt | happlly In a beautiful, comfortable home, surrounded by every luxury.” There was also enjoyed the society of hospitable | friends, whom she entertained and who en- tertained her in turn For the loss of this Messrs. Vinsonhaler and Brome are again blamed A large part of the legal docament, which s #n answer and cross-bill to Mr. Vin sorhaler's sult, 1s devoted by B. M. Part- lett, the attorney who drew it; to defending himeelf against the charges of Vinsonhaler with respect to the way final ettlement was brought about. Another chapter is devoted to early af- forts to settle the Pratts’ difficulties, which “Colonel Pratt and Colonel Pratt's relatives desired to the end that further publicity, scandal and -disgrace might be avolded,” but which the Iawyers who had fastened themselves onto Mrs. Pratt wanted to continue. p —_— ' The successful medicines are those that aid nature. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan, DRIVER FIND FOR BREAKING RULES OF THE ROAD LAW Officer Wilson Takes In Thomas B: nell and Police Magistrate Fines Him One Dol nits I don’t want to bring people to the po- Lice court. I just want them to observe the traffic regulations.” It was thus Officer W. R. Wilson ad- dressed Police Judge Crawford when bring- ing under the notice of the court a case of persistent disregard of the traffic regula- tlons by Thomas Bunnell, a driver in the employment of the Merchants' Express and Transfer ecompany.” Bunnell, who, -ficcord- ing to Wilson, only does: right when he fs under” the officlal eye, cut acro#s the In- tersection of Sixteenth and Farnam streets to thé northwest corner when ‘the officer's back .was- turned instead.of ‘making the turn cut across to the northeast corner. Traffic was, Interrupted for some minutes and as Bunnell was an old offender he was taken to the station and fined §1. Officer Wilson stated that he handled some 2,000 vehicles from 8:30 in the morning to 6:30 o'clock In the ‘evening, and he added that he had always had a lot of trouble with Bunnell. This morning the ! lattér bécame “sassy” when ordered o ob- serve the rule of the road. in Hven youth, tions of a dire fate others, wrong road. Cohen {8 16% years of age. This was set- tled after some argument and a confes- Cohen' that she could not remember -whether ‘the boy Is 16 or 17, The 1ad was In court because he was with two boys who worked a short change game with great success on Mrs. A. M. LeBlond, proprietor of a small store at 2215 Cuming street, and on Miss Cora Jensen, who I an employe of a nearby bakery. complicity attaches to Cohen is not defl- slon by Mrs. the him too, i OMAHA Patsley and Cahipbell Aw “W. O. Paisley, assisting in the promotion of Minnesota Conservation and Agricultaral Development congress, which will be held |/ of the publicity bureau of the Commere club, representatives to each of the sixty larg- est cities In the Towa-Nebraska district. membership of the towns of the district, to- gether with the amounts contributed to the various branches of church work and the average per The convention it & big banquet to the 1,500 delegates in the Auditorium, COURT OFFICERS SHOCKED AT PROBLEM OF ONE YOUTH His Head member. will open the Judge akes in Contemplating His Cane. If Hymie Cohen took seriously the words of his elders he would be a badly worried Predio- for Cohen were rife among’ asserting that Cohen was on the instead of a smiling one, juvenile court, Judge Estelle, ely shown. What shall I do with this boy?' asked Judge Estelle of the people standing at Mrs. Heller of the Detention home shook her head In perplexity, Probation Officer Bern- stein admitted that Cohén's case puszzled and at that the delegation of amateur sociologists who were present in | numbers, shook thelr heads, too. Cohen has been appearing with regularity in juvenile court sinoe he was 12 years of age. He has béen at’ the Detentlon home and has often promised to be good. Each time he edges a little nearer Kear. ney and this 1s Hkely to be the outcome if he appears once more, Monday Judge Hs- telle let him go home with a lecture, CONVENTION BOOSTERS IN. DEMAND IN MINNESOTA long table in juvenile court. 977 sl ernor Eperhart—Other Omaha Men Muking Good. tional Corn exposition, March,” said ‘W, A. Campbel] on March 17, How much ting Gove ssistant manager of the is in St. Paul, the First A akta Takes Br COPYRIGHT 1500 FLOUR Sue st who I8 also helping the governor of Min- nesota in promoting the congress. “One sees many former Omaha men in St. Paul. Joseph Strawhorn, formerly a conductor on the Omaha road, is general manager of the South St. Paul stock yards and Willard Mogiveney, formerly with The Bee, is president of the same company. St. Paul maintains a publicity bureau similar to ours for which the city appro- priates $8000, and the citizens the same amount. St. Paul-is just awakening to the fact that 250000 immigrants went through that gateway western states, while there are still over 1,000,000 acres of government land to be had in Minnesota. “The Minnesota Field Crop Breeders' as #oclation has collacted nearly all the M nesota grains which were shown at the Natlonal Corn exposition in Omaha to show at the conservation congr GETTING READY FOR MEETING OF FEDERATED RETAILERS Omaha Jobbers and Commercisl Club Publicity Bureau Are Mak- ing the Plans. Omaha jobbers and the publicity bureau of the Commercial club, working with the officers of the assoclation, are arranging for the Federation of Nebraska Retailers' convention which will be held in Omaha March 8, 9 and 10. The program is now about complete, ac- cording to President. Fred Diers, who Is active In urging from 2,000 to 3,00 Ne- braska retallers to attend. Among the addresses arranged are, |“Gooa Things Accomplished In Minnesota,” by J. J. Ryan of the Minnesota Retall Merchants' association; ‘‘Cash vs. Credit," by John Moran of Callaway; ‘Parcels Post,” by :jeorge E. Green, secretary of the Illinols Retall Grocers’. assoclation; “In- surance.”” by W. H. Elbourn of Omaha, and “Advertising,” by Penn P. Fodera, editor of the Trade Exhibit. E..F. Trefs of the Sheldon School of Salesmanship will also be one of the speakers. The publicity bureau of the Commercial club will issue a special booklet for the retailers and the club proper will extend visitors' privileges to every retaller attend- ing. The convention comes at a time when the Jobbers and Manufacturers’ associa- tion is refunding rallroad fares and this will have an influence on attendance. — Ir' you want to sell anythng quickly ad- vertise it in The Bee Want Ad Columns. last year to other | WRECKED YM’;;'IT IDENTIFIED 115 Steamer Willena of Oskosh Lost Off St. Andrew’s y——All on Board Safe. MOBILE, Ala,c Jan. 81.—The yacht Wil- lena, reported last night as having gone to pleces on Bt, Andrew's key, west coast of Florida, was the property of W, H. Fahr- ney of Oshkosh, Wis. The Willena arrived at Mobile October 18 last, having come down the canal and river enroute from Lake Michigan to the gulf. From the mouth of the Mississippl it was i to have proceeded to Pensacola to get its | owner, but rough weather in the gulf neces- sitated putting Into Mobile, the first port in reach. It remained hers until last Wednesday, when it left in tow of the tug Leroy of Moblle for St. Andrew's Bay, Fla. Nothing further was heard of the boat here juntil last night, when news of it having been wrecked was recelved. APPALACHICOLO, ¥la., Jan. 31.—The wreck reported on Bt. Andrews' bar in Fri- day's storm hae been identifled as the cht Willena of St. Louls, Mo., bound for Havana, Cuba. It was temporarily dis- abled and in tow of & tug, but parting its cable, attempted to make St. Andrews and went ashore. The tug then put to sea | with all aboard and made port safely in St. Joseph bay. The Wlllena is a total loss. ALTON, Iil, Jan. 31.—Friends In this city are worrfed for the safety of C. F. Sparks, a millfonalre milling man, and his family, in the bellef that the yacht Willena, wrecked off the Florida coast, may be the boat fn which the family has been crusing in the Guif of Mexico. Sparks, with his wife, son and daughter, left here November 15 In a new ocean-going yacht, a sixty-footer, which had not been christened when it departed. The last heard of the party was two weeks ago, when it was reported at Hobe sound, on the Florida east coast. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy: Silver Wedding at West Point, WEST POINT, Neb., Jan, 81.—(Speciel.)— Mr. and Mrs, Carl Will, well known farm- ers and ploneer settlers of Cuming county, celebrated thelr silver wedding at thelr home in Garfleld township yesterday, They have resided here nearly forty years, com- ing to thik county to homestead, and have now acquired over 600 acres of land. Nu- tves and friends were presen: — Reémarkable ‘curés have beem ' rmada By ! I HE BREAKE QUES1T AST 1ON Announcements of the Theaters. Just at a time when the strikihg shirt- walst makers are making ‘a fight and the Wwage earning girl Is enllsting noted patronesses to their cause Is certainly well timed for “The Agitator,” the playlet Helen Grantley 1s presenting at the Or- pheum this week. 1If the great current fn- terest In the theme 18 good for “The Agle tator” the gain Is reclprocal for the char- acter created by Miss Grantley 1s uner- ringly ocaloulated to win sympathy and sup- port for the strikers. Rose Stahl's engagement at the Boyd in- cludes a matinee on Wednesday after- noon, when “The Chorus Lady” will smile at & host of her Omaha lady friends. Miss Stahl's work in th ¢ t and the company supporting her s a wplen- did organisation. The engagement ends on Wednesday night. Jules Murry's production of “Class- mates,” In which Norman Haokett is star- ring this season and which s now at the Krug for four days, will close its engage- ment Wednesday night with the usual Wednesday matinee. This is one of the most massive scenic attractions taken out of New York this season, “The Jersey Lillles,” one of . the best extravaganza and musical comedy suc- cesses, plays at the Gayety twice dally this week. Among the ollo are Leon Hrrol, James and Lucla Cooper, Fannle Vedder and the National four, Robert Jackson, three Alvarettas, James and Prior, Stella Chatelaine, Mackey and Crolx, which make one of the strongest companies playing the clrcult this season. Ladles' matinee daily. Two of the chler features of the Lam- bardi Grand Opera company is the magnit- icent symphony orchestra of fifty instru- ments and splendid charus of sixty voices, Speclal attention has been given this year to these. cardinal bardl promises the greatest chorus and of- chestra that have ever appeared here. “La_Boheme" will be the offering for Thursday evening, the opening of the three-night grand opera season. In this cast will be featured Signor Attillo Mau- rinl, hailed as one of the three , great tenors, and Marina Salyl, a lyric soprano of note. “Faust,” “Lucla” and "Il Trova- tore” will complete the repertoire for Omaha. A Fine Time to Work OQOut the Food Problem The widespread “shriek” about high prices for meat will induce people to plan meals with more reason and better judg- ment. of food strength and cost. " Many of our strong men, College Athletes and others, learned from actual breakfastin experience that a vegetarian diet produced better results than a diet including meat. P vegetarian list. * Many famous names appear in the Names whose owners are champions and prize winners in their chosen field of athletics. Plen After all the argument for and against any particular kind of diet, the question can best be solved for the individual by personal experi men't. AS TO PRICE: — One 15¢ same today as this food has al “that's not all-- Certain it is that those who have never tried it, have some facts to learn by g this way: A LITTLE FRVIT either fresh or stewed A dish of GRAPE-NUTS ask and cream A cup of some hot beverage— Postum—Tea—Cocoa or Hot Milk Some bread and butter and there you are— ty! Plenty! Plenty! for a strong man, day worker or Brain Worker. Looks “thin” you say. Our word for it, you will reach lunch time fully sustained—food well digested—head clear and ready for the noon-day meal. Where is the sustaining power? You InGrape-Nuts which we believe to be the strongest, most digestible food known. Five important points should guide the wise selection of food. Must be made of nourishing ingredi- ents—Grape-Nuts. Must be easily digested—Grape-Nuts, Must taste good—G rape-Nuts. Must be economical—Grape-Nuts. Must be guaranteed under the Pure Food Laws—Grape-Nuts, package of GRAPE-NUTS contains 14 portions, practically ONE CENT each. Sold the “There’s a Reason” for Grape-Nuts Postum Cereal Company, L.td., Battle Creek, Michigan. ways sold. No rise in price. There's a pathway to reasonable economy in food and \(‘