Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 19, 1910, Page 5

9 #ici ) Hurt: His Feelings, l YES, MEATS MAY BE UP A BIT Towa and L Nelrnaka Wholesalers Counctl Blaffs Suggest Diet of Rice, Dried Fralt and Canned Goods. at Eat rice. That is one to beat the butcher. Make rice the staple article of dlet. Cut Aout the tenderioin steak o you eannot atford tenderloin, cut out the plain steak and use rice. i “Rice is lower than clared members of the Iowa and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers’ association who at- Jinded a meeting of that organization yex- terday in the Grand hotsl at Councll Bluffe. The jobbers of groceries, one and all, declared that this ery of the increased cost of living had nothing to do with them, as there had been no increase in the price of groceries. In fact, some of the wholesalers present at the meeting declared the present agite- tion over the high cost of living was pure “tommy rot." It was admitted, however, by some of the wholesalers that the cost of a special 1inés” had Increascd, but as sot against this, they declared, lines” were notably lower than a few years ago. Incldentaily it may be remarked that the wholesalers and jobbers are not complain- ing of hard times and the gathering yes- terday at Counc!\ Bluffs could weil have been taken for a meeting of Wall street maguates instead of & session of men who handle sugar, tea, coffec, canned goods, dricd fruits and other articles of dafly con- sumption. Those in attendance looked as § cidedly prosperous. A Few Things Higher, Some members of the assoclation, how- ever, were sufficlently frank to admit that the cost of canned goods, such as ‘“‘corned beet,” “mineed ham a la dlable” and other delicecies had been Increased during the dlicacies had been Inecreased durlng the wholesuler or the fobber, they contended. Tho Increass in the price of these “luguries” is merely due to the prosperity that the country I8 enjoyimg and nothing more. Charles Hewitt, a veteran wholesale grocer of Des Moines, who is present at every one of these meetings, was perfectly willing to discuss the matter. Mr. Hewitt took the stand that the wholesalers were unjustly maligned by the consumers. He sald, and when he =afd it he left no doubt but that he meant it: “This agltation over the high cost of living is mostly imagination; In fact, it Is largely rot. It 1@\ ve that the cost of cereal products is nl”r then It wi A few years ago, but I can asprre you that the cost to the con- sumet has not increased in proportion to the irefenco In cost of the raw product.” Whether Mr. Hewltt meant to imply that the fafraer was responsible for the in- creased eost of these particular products was not explained. “On the other hand,” continued Mr. Hew- 1tt, “there has been a heavy decrease in all lines of Pacific coast products, such as canped, preserved and, dried fruits, and even frufts in their natural state.” way it ever was," de- Woy To Even Up. Allhenish b did not explicitly. say- so, Mr. liewiit's statement of the situstion might be taken to Infer that he was of the opinion that the “general onsumer” might got even with the packing house magnate and the butcher by adopting a daily diet canped fruits and other foods or pos- sffply dried apples or peaches, followed by W« llberal quantity of Missourl river water to make the dried product swell and give the “‘general consumer’ the feeling of hav- Ing partaken of afull meal. “Grocerles In general are Uttle, if any, higher than in previous yedrs,” Inststed Mr. Hewltt, and Willlam Gronewos, senior | PRICES? . 0, MY, No!| | Justies member of the Groneweg & Schoentgen company. of Couttell Bluffs took a simflar view of the situation. Mr. Groneweg, how- ever, sald: “Canned meats are certainly Grocer's Your Friend, and Your Wail| comewnat nigher than formerly, but in | nearly all other lines of canned goods the | prices are not high. Rice is lower now than 1t ever was before, | “Rice as an artlele of food admits of | many possibilitias,” declared another mem- ber of ' the assoclation. “let the good housewife read her cook book and she will | coe In It many ways of making numerous | palatable and wholesome dishes out of | this same rice. Why, this talk about the high cost of 1iving |s mere moonshine, noth- ng else.” | The meeting yesterday, held behind closed doors. There was a large attendance and nearly all of the whol-sale and jobbing houses haying mem- hership in the organization were repre- sented as usual, was |Postal Savings Bank Bill Will Pass the Senate / Amendments by Root and Smoot that Threatened to Wreck Measure to Be Withdrawn. WABHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Assurrances of the passage through the senate of the postal savings bank bill practically were given President Taft last night at a confer- ence In the White House. The house was represented at the conference by Repre- sentative Weeks of Massachussetts, chair- man of the committee of postoffices. The others who took part in the conference were Senators Penrose, chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads; Aldrich, Root, Crfive and Carter, the last named being In charge of the savings bank | measure. It is understood on good authority that the amendments offered and pressed by Senators Rwot and Smoot will be with- drawn. That offered by the New York senator provides for the investment of postal bank funds in government bonds, while Senator Smoot's amendments is dlametrically opposed to this plan, prohibit- ing the withdrawal of such funds from local banks, in which they may have been deposited. The agreement of both senators to recall their amendments In the interest of hae- mony clears the way for qulck consider- ation of the biil. Tonight amicable solution of the snarl into which the savings bank: bill was forced is interpreted by the majority in congress as indicated that practically all of the so-called administration measures will be advanced by similar methods. The postal bill will be taken up tomorrow WOMAN’S PILLOW LEGAI SAFE PEPOSIT VAULT rk Judge Makes This Decision in Case Involving Theft of Dismond: NEW YORK, Feb. 18 stom has de- cided that a woman's pillow is her safe deposit vault at night and such can be considered judiclally as safe a place for the security of her jewels or other val- ubles the vaults of the United States treasury.” New Foster of the 'geperal ses court handed down this opinfon toda dechining to return to pawnbrokers, with whom they had been pledged, jewels to the value of nearly 45,000, ‘which had been stolen from Ida Bmerson Hills. Miss Hills had put the jewelry under her pillow when retiring with her mother after a New Year's night party in the house of her brother-in- aw, Charles H. Zimmerman. When she awoke the next morning she found the jewelry had been stolen and Zimmerman and today was sentenced to Sing Sing for the theft. The pawnbrokers claimed that Miss Hills had been guilty of negligence in not nut- ting her fewelry in a safe place. .Judge Terter's dlctum upset thelr claim. If Your Neighbor Has Electric Light and you have not, just step mto his house some evening after dark and compare its light with your own. Study each point of conve- nience, cleanliness, cleamess, beauty carefull and then figure out for yourself if it not for woulfi y you well to have your house wired e?:ch{: light at once. Electric light today is cheaper and better than ever before, since the General Electric Com-~ fi;ny Kl{;ced its Tungsten lamp on the mar- . We have arran| tomers with the G.E.” favorable terms. These three' times as much li same current, house 15 located on any of our ing lines we shall be using I about of yowr home. to mfply our cus- ungsten lamps on very Jamps give two to ght as other lamps dis- glad advise you elnch'icmwxw OMAHA CLECTRIC LIGHT 'AND POWER (0. had disappeared. Zimmerban was arrested | BEE: THE OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 18, 1910. selling Saturday, at. . Come quick. 0dd coats and vests from suits that sold at $12.00, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00; for quick Correct Dress for Men and Boys Broken Suit Sale.... $3.75 We have quite a number of these odd coats and vests in the different fabrics and styles of make in a good assort- ment of sizes as our window shows—and the very one to fit you may be the biggest bargains of the lot. offer like this you've all to gain and nothing to lose. Get acquamted.... with our way down prices, and the unchanged qualities of our clothing-—A very few dollars just now and the introduction will lead to alasting friendship—Come to our bargain feast Saturday, you’ll never regret a purchase from one or more of the superb values we offer. Men’s Extra Pants and Odd Suit Pants Worth up to $7.50, at two special prices Saturday—$2.95 and $3.95. See our Douglas street windows and the great spread of pant styles patterns and sizes to suit and fit all kinds of men—As 1s usual with our clean up sales at the end of each season, cost and worth is never considered; explanation of the merits these garments possess is unnecessary as one glance will convince you of their splendid worth at a splendid saving— $2.95 and $3.95 Quercoats With an Broken lines and odd fancy and black overcoats that sold up to $22.50—Have all been marked for a quick sale. $10.00 Think it over. The Store That Sells More Clothing Than Any Other Store in Omaha The remarkable value they offer-to the wise buyer can best be appreciated by a look and you make no mis- take when you buy one of these fine coats for another season— T'he style will be correct and proper. Canada {8 the home of winter sports on this continent, and as soon as Jack Frost wakes his appearance the pecple of the | Deminton prepare to make merry. The great number of healthful, invigorating cutdoor pastimes and sports makes It a gala season for all. January and Feb- ruary are the months when the sports are probably at their best, especlally in Mon- treal, as the ice carnival is held there dur- |ing that time. To the majority of Amert- |cans, who know little or mothing of the | Joys resulting from months of snow, the thought of tobogganing, ski running, shat- ing and jce yachting suggests sovere weather. The truth of the matter is that the Canadian climate is far superior ta.dn reputation. . The bracing effect of northern air is shown In the rosy cheeks of the women and the active, robust types of men that are encountered on every hand Hockey I8 the great winter game of Can- ada, and the Dominion players are the finest In the worid. It is played upon the ice and all participants, including the re- fereee, wear skates. The contests occur both in rinks and gut of doors. There ars seven men to the team, and all carry stout | hickory clubs with curved ends, some- | thing 1ke the old-fashioned shinny sticks |ot Ireland. At either end of the ice fleid, | which must be at least fitty yards in | length, there is a goal consisting of a net | strung on a framework, A round, flat | piece of solid rubber, called a puck, is put in motion and the contesting sides strugsle lto lana this lively missile in the | tion’s goal. A hockey mateh Is pronounced by all authorities to be one of exciting games played in any eouniry. Is exceedingly fast, and fr tor's point of view, uncommonly roagh. ppears so on account of the high rate of speed which the players attain. They come together In their/serimmages with a momentum that shakes the oniooker's | teeth. No one without plenty of grit has any business in a hockey mateh, betiuse there are always stars and sparks a-plenty while the game is yet youns. Although the puck may be lifted from | one end of the fleld to the other “on the fly.” it is generally advanced on the ice Ly short, swift passes from player to | player,, all maneuvering and shifung with lightning-like rapicity for position and ad vantage. While clever stick-handling of course, requisite, the maln esseulial an expert hockey player is good skatin, | and these matches afford marvelous ex- hititions of the art. The astonlshing fea ture of the game, in the eyes of the novice, | 1s the force of the collisions between the | players and the manner in which all seem to invite danger from this cause. A much higher rate of speed is attained by the ontestants than ls possible in any game played on foot, yet they come together with no seeming regard for the conse- quences. It is quite remarKable that serious aceidents are so few in number. A hockey match is played in two thirty- minute halves, with an intermission of ten minutes. It is characteristic that almost All experts at this game are small of stature. Lacrosse is pot a winter game, yet It always must be meptioned in the same breath with bockey, be the principles of the two are similar and both are native | to Canada. Lacrosse is the national sport of the dominion. More peaple can be mus: tered for a ehamplonship exhibi- tion of this favorite game than possi- bly could be gotten together on sny other occasion. Whether it is because there is it is conceded that lacrosse is an Irish- | iwen's game. The Shamrocks of Montreal | have been the world’s champlons most of the time during the last fifteen years, and the list of players during that period shows | mere Murphys than any other name. Lacrosse was originally an Indlan game. Some Things You Want to Know Canadian Winter Sports. a sick to handle, or that it requires grit, | It was played in the open cdumtry with an | unlimited number of players upon each | side. In the big games which were played on certaln occasions, one entire tribe would be pitted against another. Later, when contests were inaugurated between picked squads of Indians and whites, the red men invariably won. But after stricter rules had been imposed the hardy braves grad- ually lost their prowess, until mow there is no Indian team that can hold its own against the white players. Skating is the universal pastime of Canada. It I8 not unusual for a native to learn the stroke at 6 years of age and to keep in practice until he is 60. The “winter at * given out-of-doors at Government House in Ottaws, with huge bonfires to | provide light and heat for these In at- tendance, are most enjoyable affairs. On account of skating belng so popular in Canada 1t follows that there is a demand | for skates of approved style and quality. The expert will have only those made of | the finest tempered steel. All those who engage in sports, such as hockey and rac- ing, and most of those who skate for pleasure, use runners that are attached to a speclal pair of strong hoots that lace tightly about the ankle for support. In the scrimmage which occurs during | the skating games it frequently happens that skates are broken, and as a precaution against accidents of this kind, those who take part usually have finely’ sharpened duplicate pairs in their dressfig rooms. There is one point concerning skating which should be noted. It does not foilow | charge, down the slippery surface of the incline is intensely exciting. After)a start is made there is no turning back, and the irls have no time to think of thelr back beir or-anything else except to hold on. tor dear life. Of course, when such terrible speed is attaised, a “splll” might result disastrously, but such accidents as occur infrequently are due entirely to careless: ness. A sled may be capsized if the welght is not properly dietributed, and a rear-end collision may occur if a heavily loaded sled Is started after a lighter one without allowing ample time to elapse. The steer- ing is done by sticking one foot out be- hind like a rudder. The big slides are very carefully managed in order to provide good service and prevent unpleasant oc- currences. A corps of lare takers are in and season tickets are sold to only as many as can be conveniently ac- commodated. Snow-shoeing is another standard winter pastime of the/Canadians, and it frequently 1s resorted to for purposes of utility as well as pleasure. It is not so difffcult to learn as skating. The novice can start right off, provided his shoes are properly strapped on. The trick of successful snow- shoelng is not so much in the stride as in belng correctly “hitched up.” The act is| not one of siiding as in skating; it is merely walking on-the framework bottoms which are wide enough to prevent sinking into the snow. One cannot go forward as rapldly on snow-shoes as he can walk over | hard ground in ordinary footwear, byt he | can pass rapidly over deep, soft snow in| which he would certainly become stalled without them. 4 Curling §s another sport in which the Canadlans are expert. Although orlginally from Scotland, as far as can be learned, the game has reached a greater perfec- | tion In Canmada. In Bcotland It 1s played | thal an athlete who is an exceptionally fast ru in fact, the rule seems to be rather to the contrary, Skating s an art In itself, the knack of which some possess naturally and ch others canuot attain with ~asy auiount of practice. Another popular form of amusement i) Canada Quriug the winter season is the| togoggan slid the parent of the existing aquatic diversion known as the *‘chute-the- chutes. The best slides are natural hills, wih @ short, steep drop at the beginning womentum, followed by a long descent leading to a level plain Thete is a slide in Montreal fol- this description which is a mile in and the entire course has been fifiy-nine seconds. Unlike the 3 e-chutes there s no meehani- cal arrangement for transportation up the incline, and It takes fully hal & hour to retrace the ground that may be covered In less than a minute on the way down. When there 18 & large crowd the course three of four trips are all that a party can make In'an evening. 1t is needless to say that this wiid fligh Lo uyadual h wade u 1 | | | ‘. | | } ler will be an equally swift skater, | | Boland of Auburn. A. Weber of Hunting- in the open. while In the Dominton it fs | played in covered rinks, usually as an pastime. The superiority of Can- rs over those of Scotland was | fully fitustrated last year, when for the | first time, a teim visited Scotland to | play a series of match games and returned rloue. Ice yaching has numberlss devotees. | For this sport Toronto is the headquar- | | ters. The yachts are light framework set | on three skates: To time the speed of th.se | craft it is @ Qifficult matter, What is cone sidered to be the fastest time made on Toronto ba: Wwas some years ago when John Hanlon salled twenty miles in | twenty-one and a helf minutes. Another record run wae & mile in & minute and a | | haif, which time included starting, cover- |ing the i and_rounding up. Even if there are a few inches of snow on the the yachting fs not affected, broade l mners being used. Mohtreal and Ottaws late neadquarters for horse racing on the {track, ag in both these places It 15 possibic to lay out a clicular track. The vehicles jused on these occasl re almilar to those In other races, ¢xcept that runners are subatituted for whedls. ot BY FREDERIC J, MASKIN. The Key to the Situation | eveing | ada’s pl Advertise! PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS S. M. Tigue of Nemaha, Mr, and Mrs. L B. Harding of David City, Bessle Grant, Ethel Moore of Ord, P. F. McCullough of Grand Taland and J.'N. Campbell of ®uller- } ton aye at the Murray, W. F; Todd of Burwell, G. 8. Ackerman, F. A. Smith, C. V. Work of Porfland, Ore H. G. Lochart of Columbus and R. L. Smith of Wolbach are at the Millard, E. E. Lonabaugh of Sheridan, John Slote, Agnes Slote of Hickman, H. B. l{‘a of Lin- coln, J. R, Phelan of Denver, J. MeCarthy of Nebraska City, E. B. Morford of Sebas- topol, Colo., and D. Balimer of Gozad ars at the Paxton. F. 8. Inches of Portland, Ore; G. C. ton, D. E. Scott of Denv 8an Frangisco, O. E. Hal Emnitt, O. L. Jones of Lincoln and J. V. Haves of Fort Henshaw. . R. Neweomb of of Bdgar, E. Traction Fight “in Cleveland Ends People Approve Franchise Drawn by Judge Taylor by Over Eight Thousand Majority. CLEVELAND, Feb. 18—~Turning out to vote In a howling blizzard, the people of Cleveland yesterday ended the fight for low street car fares, begun fifteen years ago, and latterly made famous by Tom L. John- son in his four terms as mayor. The new franchise, proposed by Judge Robert W. Tayler of the federal court, was approved I a referendum election by a majority of 8100, the largest majority ever glven to a public measure jn Cleveland. The grant Is said to be a hitherto untried experiment In municipal control of the profits of public utility corporations. The basis of the franchise is that street car service under control of city must be furnished by the Cleveland Rallway company at cost, plus 6'per cent to the stockholders on their investment. For the first elght months the fare will be 3 cents, with a penny charge for a trans- fer. The maximum rate of fare allowed during the term of the nt—twenty-five years—Is 4 cents cash or seven tickets for 2 cents. A street rallway commissioner, to be paid $4,000 out of the company's earn ings for his salary and expenses, acts a the adviser of the eity in the regulation the service and fares and s given p:l"lnl::u:ll’ Access to the cGmpany’s books. Gerhard M. 'Dahl, former-leutehant of Senator La Follette in Wisconsin,-has been named to | this place, The 3-cent.rate of,fage goes into operdtion temgrrow. Flashlight Powder Wrecks Building Girl Killed and Ten Men and Girls Injured by Explosion in Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—An explosion of flashlight powder this afternoon in the plant of a manufacturer of .photographie supplies at 725 Fast Thirty-ninth street killed one girl and Injured tem. men and glrls. The explosion wrocked the bullding and damaged adjoining bulldings. Miss Syl vania Brewster, 16 vears old, who was working near the powder was burned te death. 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