Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 5

BIG GAIN MADE IN | OMAHA BUILDING| Operations in llovember Total $656,- 075, as Compared to $133,583 for Same Month Last Year. REVENUE RECEIPTS INCREASE Bullding npenuonq in Omaha lnst nonth reached a total of $656,0 .| same month last year, $13,683. Total | fcr this year to date, $4,741,179; cor- responding period last year, $4,393,« 981. The city building department expects the total for this year will be Petween $5,250,000 and $5,500,000. November was exceptionally active| for the time of vear. | Receipts of the internal revenue office Auring November were $306,9801. During | November last year they wers $222,0 The growth of “dr territory around Omaha 1s sald to be largely responsible for the increase Speelal Tax Continues, Chiet Deputy Collector North sayva there 1s a widespread impression that the spe clal war tax on mortgages, deeds, bonds, etc., expires December 1. Th'i is a mis- take, as It continues until December 31, and there s every reason to expect that congress will renew it before its expira- tion, A gain of over $19,000,000 was made in Omaha bank clearings for the month of November. The clearings for the month were $90, and for Ngvember R‘ year ago §7 16. Graln Busineas Nix. The Omaha Grain exchange did an enor mous business during the eleven months ot the year just closed, handling 356 cars of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley. | For the year, however, it iz anticlpated | that the total receipts will fall slightly | Lelow those of 1914. This is due probably 10 the fact that during 1914 Omaha was | the great corn market of the country, Omaha trade territory having been the one section that raised a bumper crop of The following table shows the various | ¥inds of grain handled in carload lots by | the Omaba grain market and through the Omaha Grain exchange: “ Wheat. Corn. Oat Jonuary .. 1,00 icebruary March . April May June qu ¥ Avgust September. 1 October November. Totals. . Grospel Mission is Reorganized; Broadens Scope| The Union Gospel Mission assoclation Tuesday evening held a meeting at the Fitst Congregational chureh which had been calleg by the late J. F. Wilhelmy, one of its most active workers and sup- porters, The meeting was for the purpose of re- orggnizing the board and taking stens to broaden the work or tne mission which is taking on new life and activity since being in its new quarters at 1306 Douglas street, The following were elected to the board: A. A. Lamoreaux, R. te. Dan'els, E. G. | Jones, R. A. McEachron, D. W. Merrow, Dr. J. H. Vance, R. O. Babcock, Fred Larson, E. G. Pugh, V Dickey, F. M. Parsons, George T. Prince, A. M. Eaton and Rev. W. R. Hill This board will hold a meeting Friday evening to organize. E. F. Denison presided at the meeting | and introduced Charles Robel who gave | a talk on general missions, Rev. W. R. | Hill talked on the great work that has | | | been done by the Union Gospel mission, | Lew it reaches the “down-and-outer” and in many cases sets him on his feet and makes a useful citizen out of him ! A. M. Perry, superintendent of the mis- | slon, himself a convert of the mission, | told of the great results that are occuring st the fmproved new. location at 1806 | Douglas street, seventy-five conversions being the record for one month. With physical comforts in the way of food, lodging and clothing secured to hundreds. Mr. Perry says he has at the mission reveral rellable, respectable men whom he will send out to do any work. He can make use of several overcoats as well as other second-hand clothing. and will come and get such things if notified. PENNSYLVANIA PUTS ON NEW TRAINS TO THE SOUTH The Southland is a new train put on by the Pennsylvania and the Louisville & Nashvilie rallroad between Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla It is a complete Pennsylvania train with equipment of slecping, dining and observati~- cars. The train is all steel. The schecule has been arranged so that | the interesting trip through Kentu'ky and Tennessce, via the Cincinnati gate- way, 1s' made in daylight hours. The journey takes one through Knoxviife, Tenn.; Atlanta and Macon, Ga., and many other points of interest. THREE WHITE SLAVERS ARE GIVEN SENTENCES Pleading gullty to violation of the Mann act In bringing two girls from Kansas in a covered wagon, three men were sentenced by Judge Munger in fed- eral court, as follows: Clarence Earl, fifteen months in federal prison at Leav- enworth, Kan.: Earl Phifer, six months in Adams county jall; Alfred Oehler, nine months in Lancaster county Jjail. They were arrested at Red Cloud, Neb. WITHNELL WANTS MORE FUNDS FOR AUDITORIUM City Commissioner Withnell has pre- pared for intrcductin an ordinance de claring that an ‘“emergency exists whereby it Js necessary to appropriate $1,000 for maintenance of the .suditorium for the balance of the yec. and to clear off some outstanding debts. Recommended for Croup. Coughs, colds, croup, hoarseness, in- flamed throat, bronchial troubles or sore | chest are relieved by Foley's Honey and Tar, which opens stopped air passages, #oothes and heals inflamed surfaces, gnd Testores normal breathing. W. C. Allen, Boseley, Mo., says: “T have ra'sed a family of four children and used Foley's ! toretgn invaision. ! who is billed to appear at the A ——————————— A AL s S Y Y s N (A0 w8 o 8 WS MRS WiklAAT ALEXANDER. Preave 8 y ROCHLITE NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—In at least twenty states women are today observing the first “American Defense seeking signatures to appeals to congress urging that the nation prepare to resist day" by The movement for this day started with the Special Relief so- TELLS ROTARIANS HOW T0 MAKE GOOD Advertise and Then Deliver the Goods as Advertised, Says Harry Tolles of Chicago. MUCH DEPENDS ON EMPLOYES “‘One of the greatest ways to build confidence in a business is to adver- tise and then deliver the goods as advertised,” said Harry Newton Tolles of Chicago at the Wednesday noon luncheon of the Rutury club at tité Henshaw. He said that confidence in a busi- | ness house was also made or de- siroyed by the kind of correspon- dence, window displays, delivery and billing service tained by the firm, and by the per- sonalities of the people in it. “No business house is any stronger | than its weakest personality,” he de- | clared, “and business men and their employes must be healthy to be effi- cient. Ellminate the Knocker. “The man who sceks success and ef- ficiency ‘in his business never lets any employe g0 home ‘knocking' frame of mind. Service, whith is really quality, quan tity and the method of doing business, is what makes for success. club’s motto, ‘He profits most who serves best,’ applles to business, and likewlse, tne greatest mahan is the one who ren ders the greatest service to the city. In introducing the speaker, Chairman E . practical things of life, Mr. Tolles sald that practical psychology and logic were | atudies In | r ‘ong the most important business, and that men are not educated but simply seeking all the time to be come educated, in the college of experience. RUBBER MAN STAGES SHOW IN MAYOR’S OFFICE | Yesterday afternoon a woman and three | men walked into Mayor Dahlman's of- fice, carrying a box, which measured twenty-four inches square. They opened the box and the woman, who gave her name as Mrs, Yuma, assisted & seven- foot figure of a man dressed in the uni- form of a soldier. The apparent figure walked around the room, shaking hands and taking broad strides to the amaz ment of a érowd which gathered Then the figure was returned to the box, the cover fastened and within thirty second the same figure reappeared as a live man smoking a such costume as his might wear. The figure really nearly seven feet tall and was clgarette and in satanic majesty proved to a “Yuma, Empress theater the rest of the week Constipation Can Be Cured. Start a two weeks' treatment of Dr. King's New Life Pills today. Good for stomach and liver. 25c. All druggists —Advertisement VESTA CHAPTER TO GIVE BIG DANCE NEXT TUESDAY | Vesta chapter, Order of the Star, will give the second of a series of dancing parties at Chambers’ Tuesday evening December 7. The com- mittee In charge of arrangements in- cludes Messrs. and Mesdames W. J. Catt'n, Thomas Falconer. Dr. A. W. Fitzsimons Mre. Laura Marti Mr, H. P. Vandercreek Use The Bee's “Swupper” column. Honey and Tar wtih all of them. 1 find it the best cough and croup medicine I ever used. I used it for eight or ten years and can recomamend it for croup.” 8nld everywhere.—Advertisement. Eagles Will Meet in 8 SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 1.—The Fra- ternal Order of Eagles will hold its na- tional convention in Savannah, July 31 to August 4. Willlam L. Grayson, president, anrounced today. Women Campalgn for Defense in 20 States telephone, | main-i disgruntled or in a | The Rotary Graff asserted that the tendency | tod-y 18 to connect education with the | first in schools and later man | Eastern academy | HURSDAY, DEC | clety, composed of prominent New York | women, with Mrs. Willlam Aiexander, wife of the secretary of the Kquitable | Life Assurance society as presidcnt. The Special Relief soclety was organized in rope and was thus brought inio thy realization of what America's defenseless condition means. LANE CUT-OFF BRIDGE WILL BE READY. FRIDAY Work on the Unton Pacific's Lane cut off bridge, destroyed by fire, is progress- ing night and day, with as many men as possible employed, but the new strue- ture will not be in place before Friday. In the meantime all trains over the road are being operated by way of Paplilion OMAHA ROCKFORD COLLEGE The Omaha Rockfore coilege assocla- tion met yesterday with Mrs. Hal R. Bixby. The members of the association handed in the dolls they dressed the last week and discussed plans for the philanthropic work for the coming year. | and have gone to New York have been CLUB DRESSES DOLLS | srome o, o BELL-AN s RAILWAYS IN BAST {You0an Take This ARE IN BAD SHAPE " What Ivs Wo What It's Worth‘ No Kope for Rehel at Atlantic Coast! Just to set at rest ail specuiation as ‘to | Terminals Says W. L. Derr of lthe kind of winter this Is going to be, | tellow oitizens, observe closely and cares Great Wntem [fully what the first four days of De ember are. EVEN SWITCH YARDS LOADED! As they are so will ba the four winter | months. December 1 is the key to Des cember's weather; Dacember 2 to Jan- ALL | Thursday, Friday and Saturday Only Starting Thursday morning at 8:20 a. m. we offer, divided in two great lots, 2,008 Suits and Overcoats, These Suits and Over- coats consist of a cash purchase made from an overstocked manufac- | | | “Atlantic coast rnnnmd terminals uary's; December 3 to February's, and | have never been in such a deplorable | ;. ber ¢ to March's turer. Before making your selection see these extraordinary values. cendition as now,” asserted W. L.| Colonel Welsh of the local weather Regular $12.50, $15, $16 Values. $18, $20, $22.50 Values | Derr, superintendent of the Chicago bureau himself stated that such is the Great Western railroad, who has just|¢-#¢. At least, he xaid that it is what | a | people belleved In the olden days. returne rom a month spent in New One of those wise old weather saws, ;h-rk. Boston and other east coast is what the colonel callad it, with sub ities. Mr. Derr came over from 'lime sarcasm Leadquarters at Clarion, Ia, and Is You can take it for what it's worth he sa'd [locking after some Great Western | (yvuion fs true. But how much is it | business here. Discussing the east-|worth? The thermometer did an unusual thing this morning It went down four de | grees between 7 and 9 n. m., reistering a minimum of 26 degrees at 8 o'clock. Up houses and docks are filled with K\-fl-il\ln Minnesota and Nort™ Dakota the tem- for export. Not only have the bulldings | perntures this morning ranged from 4 to | 10 degrees above zero. ! ern freight situation, Mr. Derr said: | | “In New York, Brooklyn and for that matter, every eastern coast city, ware- but ware- | and platforms been capacity back in the country has — | | Her Strength Rousing Three- chandise and about everything that the comtries of Kurope now at war would | want, and still more keeps rolling in “The worst of It all is that there ls no immediate prospect of getting the stuft| Keeping house s out. There are a few vessels In the enough Buropean carrying trade, but nowhere | well. The woman who near enough to apparently reduce the has a bad back, blue, hard when stores that are constantly accumulating. |nervous spells, dizz In sending shipments abroad, foodstufts headaches and kidney have the righ-of-way, they going firs'. | or bladder troubles. Semi-form fitting, English and conservative styles, soft voll and the new wide lapels, newest stripes and plaids, Fabrics are worsted cheviots and serges. OVERCOATS Then come the munitions and after that |has a hard lot, for there is not much chance for general | the family cares and treight/to get aboard a ship tasks never let up Re-Ship to West Con | Probably it's all the ‘In some instances big consi result of kidney. trou that have originated in the middlewest | Lle and not the much feared “w o m a n iments reconsigned and sent by rall to Seattie | weaknes Strength Balmoral form and semi-form models, single and double- and San Francisco, with the hope that en the kidneys with | breasted. at these points they \ynay catch some | Doan's Kidney Pills, p e e ™ itk | et ke e SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY However, the possibility of getting stuis by women the remote. world over, They are just as harmless of the eastern [as they are effective and may be used couragement as | for children with weak kidneys, too. to when the congestion will be relieved In fact, there is no hope in aight Omaha Proof: “If the shipments could be gotten out.| yyo 8 Hadlock, 1018 N. 20th 8t | the export business would increase bY | avy: I was annoyed By ek leaps and bounds, soon attaining propor-| .. .’ My kidneys ac irregularly tions more gigantic than have ever been | gng | felt drowsy and worn-ou 1 used through this way s very one of the manage shipping lines give any e dreamed of. Furope needs the products|poun' Kidney Pills and was pleased of the United States and is willing to pay with the results, They strengthened for them if they can be sent across the [« Ljaneys and relleved all the wil- ocean, ments."” DOAN' Use The Bee's column. CASH AND FUTURE WHEAT BOTH MAKE AN ADVANCE | Wheat futures were 2 to 3 ¢ nts higher | and cash wheat up 1% to 2 cents per bushel, selling at 93 and-97% cents on the Omaha market, with receipts of forty- “Swapper KIONEY PILLS 50¢ at all Drug Stores Foster-Milburn Co.Prope. Buffalo,NY. REESE JEWELRY CO. ANNOUNCES From Dec. Ist to Dec. 25th Our Store Will Be Open Evenings. p-ices, the old crop fetching €4% ana (8 and the new 62 and 67 cents per bushel Receipts were twenty-two carloads Oats were % to 1 cent up, selling at 31 and 38 cents. Nineteen carloads were on the market, Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at ail druggists. | Building In the erection of modern buildings the primary thought is for endurance. The same #hould body and brain thought verted into the kind of brain, | life and health, but lacking in make up the ordinary diet. sound health of years to come, T EE S8 & i . For Years to Come but few give it. certain cssential food elements which, within the body, are con- of enduring the severe tests of w | Grape-Nuts is scientifically made of whole wheat and malted barley, and sup- ‘ plies, in splendid proportion, all the nutritive values of the grains, including their vital mineral salts, which are all-important for A dally ration of Grape-Nuts food is good “building” for “There’s a Reason” ; Diamonds, Waiches, Solid Gold Jewelry and Sterling Silver Novel- ties of all kinds at POPULAR PRICES We urge comparison of quality and price: REESE JEWELRY CO. 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