Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 11

LJ PART THREE EDITORIAL PAGES ONE TO EIGHT THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. B Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Bes or to Anyome Oonmected with The Bee \Stock Yards Breaks il l Receipts of Sheep Sends Load of Provisions, Bfiyingi Sadidia } Estimating He Remembers Time He Was Hungry Here. vesterday's run of sheep | |and lambs at fifty-four cars, 13,266 head, stock the year's receipts at the local | vards market to date amount to 3 head or more than 2,277 more than wer FRIDAY IS TO BE SHOE DAY | cccived in any previous full twely | months in the history of the stock An Omaha family will enjoy & fine 'yards. The previous banner year in Christmas dinner which has been ®heep was 1913 when 322213 head ar t rived By the close of the vear the sent by express from a farmer living present vecord - Will e " bekten by ove near Omaha and who does not want g0 read kis name published. In a letter he The above statistical m-rm: is only one . of the weekly and almost daily records states he has not forgotten the time ., ", "reing made at the local yards. | ke walked the streets of Omaha 100K- mye varde company officials are dally ing for work, his wife and children congratulating themselves on the vast } increase in stock that is being received knngry. Now that he is prospering he feels it is his duty to spread a lit- | & ' | tlo Christmas cheer along ghe way.| VVDArton to Give | The box received by Secretdfy Doane | : ! ol m: Annflifle(]l :'hnrhin-: contained FIVG Flfteen'POuIld I Turkeys for Xmas | a spring chicken, pork roast, rice, sugar, pound of tea, pound of coffee, mince meat and raisins, lard, butter, Five fat fiftéen-pound turkeys will b eggs, honey ,strawberry and Tasp-|presented as Christmas presents by Post- berry preserves, apples, wild grape master Wharton to t chief men in his julee and crdbapple jelly. 'I“'fl";m ”'{"y“'”',""“ K' ey e s ¥For Unfortunate Family. fatmi. ey Bl A portion of the letter sent by this master Woodard rtendent of Mails farmer reads “1 desire that this box be W.J pttlin and Assistant Superintend given to some unfortunate family. 1have ents Kleffner, Willlam BPrown and Law- lived In citles and know something of the |rence Proulx. sutferings of the poor. 1 know their dis-| - Nor will the postmaster forget the fair tress is not always caused by their own |ladics. fle has a soft spot for the “de acts. 1 have myself walked the streets creatures.’” Yes, h and every one of the fair sex will veceive a nice box of | candy from him of Omaha, vainly seeking employment. 1 know what it 18 to be hungry and to know that my wife and children were hungry. | 1 regret that after 1915 years of preaching | : : ina protessing otnerty tove ana meace | GOUL. 18 Candidate that so many of us are still unable by | . y our own best afforts to aiways obtain | for Builders’ Head sufficient food and clothing in a world in | Which a most bountiful Providence be-| prank b Gould is to be a candidate stows an abundance, and more than|for the presidency of the Omaha Build- | enough to fill every mouth. If through ers' exchange. His name is to be placed | the press and pulpit, or any other Way, on the ballot for the election January | this habit of giving to the poor in the |3 in place of the name of W. I. Deverell, city by the farmer could be extended,|who was one of those regularly nomi- don’t you think many hearts might be|nated. Mr. Deverell has declined to make | made glad on Christmas days; and do you | the race, and the name of Gould has | “now that the farmers would mot even|been put on ‘instead by the exchange. | miss such slight gifts only once a year?| The candidates now are B..O. Hamiiton (We do not have the poor in the country | and Frank P. Gould,, At the election a as they do in the cities.” president, vice president, treasurer and | Distributes Shoes Friday. six directors are to be elected. | The co-operative Christmas work being done by The Beo and the Associated | TWO HIGHWAYMEN MAKE Charities has assumed considerable pro- | JOINT DEMAND FOR COIN portion, and in a few days will have OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMB SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. On Trains, at Hote) News Stands, eto., Seo. WHARTON SHOWS ing the d2-centimeter thus he spends his days. The man seems to know no fear. He 18 seales manned, MOVING AN AUSTRIAN MOUNTAIN BATTERY TO A NEW POSITION—In order to remove this battery to a new position, the Austrians have been compelled to pack much of ) always where the packages fly the the machinery of their guns on their backs. ; How TO LlGK EM | Thoush ia Gemetkad o A0, CeRssed | R | Colonel Wharton is a man of peace. | | Your correspondent, during s brief in- In’tr‘?“" Workers at Postoffice wjumn while the troops were at lunch, Lick the Stamps for Patrons ! | asked the colonel, “What do you think T, | in a Rush, |of the war BN | “War s the postmaster began e e ang halted abruptly. “'No," he continued POSTMASTER IS A BUSY ml"l must not say that. I am a Pres! Vi | terlan elder. However, General Sherm ’wu right. General Sherman was right. And so saying, he cantered off agaln There seems to be simply no limit to the prodigious deeds of valor beln er- formed these days by Colonel J-:m“ c. ‘ho o ‘mm'._____ Wharton in the postoffice tre ches } Like white-p! lllwl Henr ('; Nn\'nr"‘cuND'FF SAYS KANSAS or Moratiun at the bridge or stonewall | HAS GOOD WINTER WHEAT Jackson, Omaha's postmaster is ever In the thickest of fight, directing the | Warren K. Cunaifi, assistant general operations of h's tried and trusted troops | passenger and freight agent of the Union against the onslaught of the Christmas | Pacifie, Is up from the Kansas City packagers headquarters and brines wonderful re- ple. returning from the front are ports of crop conditions throughout ating many Incidents of his kind- | Kansas. Corn has turne out better than n « his courtesy, his unflinching cour- |the farmers anticipated apnd the yield is enormous. The winter wheat is in prime condition and farmers are looking forward to a large crop next year. | Clyde Baumgartner on Wednesday, penetrated to a pesition in the first line laf trenches called the “stamp window {Mr. Baumgartner s a large, ablo-bodied man and hq was sustaining the pressure of those about him to fairly good effect | while he purchased stampe to Ko on a package. The clerk delivered the stampa | 7HE to him. Just at that moment he heard a | ‘/‘ clurion yolce behind him, vibrant with 7- L ang be obeved. He 100 about and | STR saw Commander-in-Chisf Wharton THIRTY FOUR EET | “Here," cried the c. tn e, “don't you AT PARK AVENUE know how to do that?" N )/‘ Hin query was addrossed o the elerk. | EW YORK Thereupon the tmaster took the stamps, I'cked them and fastened them The most to the package of Mr. Scarcely | | Baumgartner. pAUKIing to hear the thanks of ’ | conveniently situated hotel P S I TR P % S |the astonished citizen, the colonel was in New York . © INTL. £Vt SERVICE off to another Hnvt of the battle line BUSTRIAN PMOUNTAIN BALTERYLA | where he was telling an old lady exactly %k =10 A STV LA SR AL Fea —_— what time on Christmas morning her At the {son in Bivins, Ore., will reccive the Thirty-third Street Subway WALTON H. MARSHALL |package she was matling him |ing an encouraging word here, smiling | € Al gallantly on the pretty ladies, seeing that | {the ammunition wagons keep tho nnmp~ | department suppiled with stamps, keep- fi’héfiever You Do, Here's a Chance to Help Some Needy Christmas is almost at hand, and will soon pass, but the needs of | some unfortunates will go on BAND WILL PLAY | through the winter. | It is possible for YOU to help| these. WILL you? Mrs. Doane here presents three FINISH PLANS FOR CITY'S XHAS TREE. Celebration at Auditorium Will Be Open to All and Girls and Boys Will Get Presents. County Commissioner Tries to Pile] hoi from Third District, !?llxi;:oor- | --—————————————.-~———-==\§ b Merry Christmas LITTLE BUSY BEES We are going to give you FIVE DOLLS THIS WEEK, WILL START TEST SUIT SOON _____ | | Commissioner Harte has taken the first step toward a lawsult by which he will seek to invalidate GREEN'S The municipal Chrigtmas tree cel- ebration at the Auditorium will be cpen to everybody. After the pro- gram Santa Claus will take pousen-‘ County been concluded. Mrs, has recelved a number of responses to the appeal for children's shoes and ex- Doane says she | While on his way home Tuesday even- |ing Axel Gilstad of 2004 Charles street | was stopped at Twenty-sixth and Charles sion of the stage and will distribute | sacks of nuts and candy to all girls in the courts the law passed by the more mvestlgated i which she last legislature establishing a county recommends as worthy of immedi- because it is Christmas, and we want you all to have a chance to win one. pects to have quite a shoe distribution on Friday, A letter received from a mother reads: “Husband is without work. Seems Im-|research work, which netted $9.40. possible to get work. Have three small| After the cash transaction had been | children and would be thankful for any | completed Gilstad was ordered to pro- | kind of help offered us to make a little | 0oed westward, under penaity of death Christmas for our little ones," if he should turn around. When he Clty A gk Rini reached his home he did turn around, but Jardine h&ve given the use of thelr auto- | o ierel (ny o a4 ™ | furnished the police. mobiles and chauffeurs for the Associated PR o C s T SES I "y Charitied e i IBIG FOUR WILL MOVE INTO Secretary Doane was Impressed when a { MORE SPACIOUS QUARTERS #mall boy on Wednesday told her that The Big Four Rallroad company since street by two men, who presented a joint | i demand for money. One of the strangers | held a revolver, while the other did the | never in his whole life had he received | enough to eat at one time, His wish was | it opened freight offices fn Omaha a few enough to eat, bven If only for once. His | months ago has found business so good wish will be gratified. The charities will furnish a merry |Office room and move to the eleventh Christmas for a negro mamniy % years|floor of the Woodmen of the World of age. The woman's two great-grand- | building, where L. M. Coffey will be in | couple of assistants. In connection with . the Missourl Pacific the Big Four has hlnese Susnected | inaugurated and is maintaining a fifth ' . Of Brlnglng Bogus | New York. Within thirty days this busi- . 3 | ness has been butlt up until two to three son to Thls Clty | cars of this fast freight arrives dally. Henry H. Moler, inspector in charge ot hon R B i bt MONDAY IS SOME BETTER at Denver, s In the city looking up the | g S. F. Booth, general agent for the Union posed to be in Omaha, The Chinaman ! Pacific at San Francisco, wires the offics is suspected by Un brought @ bogus “son” back with -him | passenger traffic manager of the Western from a recent trip to China. | Pacific, stricken with paralysis Monday, “It 18 a strange thing,"” said Mr. Moler, | passed a fairly good night and that the | to his native land he invariably returns' gy | with a ‘son’ Daughters seem never to| Mrs, Lomax has wired President | be born to them, always sons. Of course.| Mohler, notifying him of the stroke sus- | :":‘ll of ";" ::‘::‘“h;rv"‘:;'“:"“i? ‘""r:‘nmn.h.n that - his condition improved | “hinmen ] Vi ore he ac! v Tues wae passed to bring i thelr chiMren | PRUY Guring Tussday, | that on Christmas day he could have !that January 1 it will take over more children will arrange the spread. |charge as commercial agent, with a ! morning deliery on freight shipped from | E. L. LOMAX. STRICKEN ON case of a “heathen Chinee” who is sup- | Sam of having of President Mohler that E. L. Lomax, “‘that whenever a Chinaman goes back, doctors in attendance are feeling hope- the exclusion act keeps all Chinamen | tained by her husband, expressing the e et B vy manner 13| JOE DANIELS SENDS GUN commissioner district outside the and boys. There will be a supply |ate assistance in the Wway SU- |y ., iile Jimit adjacent to Omaha. LILLIAN is the for 2,000 children, and if more|gested: Mr. Harte walked into the office biggest and prettiest should come, more sacks will be| No, 19, Family consisting of |t Election Commissioner Moorhead. and is for the little found somewhere. The formal pro-| gram will be started at 7:30 tonight. The Omaha Musiclans’ assoclation has volunteered its band under the lead- mother, father and three chil- | dren. Father met with accident last summer and not able to “I have heté & réceipt for a filng fee and I desire to file as a repub- lican. candidate for county cnmmh-i girl that sends us the most pictures, EDNA is second, IDA third, ersbip, ol G Greep.These | playegs. 79 . of family .| sioner from my old = district, the hare Siginged B btordifing Dlaralr h‘,w’ \fi'moth‘u oiny’ assistance | Third,” he told the election offictal, ||| HELEN fourth and Fullowing the barid progrim ' Mayer b i “I will refuse the filing, since your | “BOBBY”’ is fifth Dahlman will extend greetings of the | gladly accepted. former digtrict has been abolished by | No. 20. Deserted mother and |, » gaiq Moorhead, “but I desire two children, 5, 3 and 1 1-2 years | pefore making a final declsion to| of age. Children just over diph- |confer with the county attorney re- (““‘Bobby”’ is a girl, but they call her ““Bobby,”” because season. Miss Grace Poole will sing “Birth- day of a King." “That Sweet Story of 014,” Wil be sung by Charles Gardner. Henry W. Dunn will also sing. A quartet c ed of . Errol Strickler, Kdward : | she plays with the ;’\;}’1:':’" _h,h‘:, G\,',,': _,,,,' “:,:,,‘,,, ;MA theria, which necessitated mother | garding one or two features of the| Py o 2 . boys all the time). gers will render Hawallan selections, staying at home from work, |case.” | 'l:rtmb\e brothers have lflrnilhl'd a large ‘ thereby clfllilx her lDle income. | The new law had thrown Commissioners Christmas tree which will be flluminated | g Harté and Best into a battle for the same | by the Omaha Electric Light.and Power | Food, rent and clothing needed. district. The measure was passed, it {s company. No. 21. Widowed mother and | #ald, for the purpose of leaving Harte | The following program will be offered " P without a district. by the band five children, ages 11, 10, 7, 8 Best Has Own View. You just ought to see her run and jump and play . pump-pump- pull-away and all the ;?:urmn h:;l'io‘l‘nl‘s:!;:x':t‘t'! et l‘l::'h'l" and 1 1-2 years. Mother trying Commissioner Best, however, In a recent | rest of the ?“w“or :gm: ? K‘r, () "Glory' 0 the to support family with day work. :::;:‘rl:: charged that Harto had en- ||| game. That’s what New-Horn mng..... . BTy : d a plan by which he county N Vocal Solo—Ave Maria. ..\ igiiman | Seldom asks aid. Food and | hoard was to redistrict the county. leav.|| Puts that sparkle in LD EsoRna i it clothing needed. ing Harte a district and making Best the ||| her eyes and the roses it T * Christmas Songs—A Yuletide Potpourri e vietim i se est o el Tobani | If you are willing to help one of | Then the commissioners socured an on her cheeks. I just love her myself, them all, Carrle Jacobs Fona these, Cerntt folo—A Pettost because she hag such winning ways—dear little ‘‘Bobby.” T wonder what little girl will get her. If 1 was a little girl, wouldn’t I try, though! Remember, you must send your pictures in ONE DAY EARLIER this week, because Saturday is Christ- mas, so the CONTEST WILL CLOSE 4 I'. M. FRIDAY, instead of Saturday. communicate with Mrs, Doane direct at the Associated | Charities or send word to The Bee. opinion regarding the validity of the mew | law from Attorney Myron L. Learned, | who gave it as his opinion that the meas- | ure is unconstitutional, Following Moorhead's refusal to accept | Harte's tiling a test suit will be started in the courts n an effort to invalidate the law, Dr. A, D, Laird Grand Medley—Children's Games..Ascher 1—Ali Around the Mulberry Bush. 2—London Hridge 3—Nine O'Clock is Strikimg. Stanily's Tued Koo | FATHER OF NINE JAILED e e Griis. FOR FAILURE TO SUPPORT 7—Round and Round the Circle. S—Let Your Feet Tramp, Tramp ‘ b The two-mile limit establishes an arbi- 9_The Farmer in the Dell A. Vickers, 1320 J o Bollins ATound s Rosy. T 57V S amrrip g - "‘"::"_‘V'::‘l"::‘: trary division line, passing in some in- These dolls will be given free to the liitle girls under 12 years ll-Ramnn‘und English. ’ ¢ {o ninety days in .the eounty il by | ftances in the middle of farms and houses. | of age, who bring or mail us the largest number of dolls’ pictures Bl ATVl YouzGe.Up Jurge Foster. Vickers in the father of SUL:ONE<0E (SDR Tiily: and Sunday Beg before $ p..m., Friia) Sy cember 24, This pleture of three of the dolls will be in The Bee every day this week. Cut them out and ask your friends to save the pictures HYMENEAL Relmer-Kublmau. nine children and, according to testimony offered at the hearing had done nothing toward their support for some time. The Annoying Winter Cough. mother, who takes In_washing, has also| Bessle Kuhlman and Carl Reimer, Jr., | in their paper for you, too, BSee hnw&x‘\nnkx;lclur‘u you c;:ilat, Bn: The first dose of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-| been the recipient of a mother's pension, | were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge | be sure to turn them in to The Bee office ore 4 p. m., day, at k cember 24. (Honey will help you. It kills the cold | which, with the income derived from her study Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock, | B D acoety, (LD 0 AT A AU 7 Moa: s ) You Can See the Dolls at The Bee Office You'll soon Persistence is the cardinal vir- know all tue in advertising; no matter about it! how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be Watch this run frequently and constant- newspaper ly to be really succcessful. OLD RELIABLE prove that a ‘son’ is not a real son, but TO OMAHA NAVAL OFFICE simply some other Chinaman that s try- s ing to sneak in.” Friend Joe Daniels, secretary of the United States navy, has sent a big gun RAILROADS TO CALL IN THE to the loca] recruiting office. It has al- ready been unpacked and mounted by | TWO-CENT MILEAGE BOOKS | Gunner's Mate Dixan, with the assistance —_— !’o! the other strong-armed lads of the | Effective December 28, according to cir- | office. culars lasued by the raflroads, the 2-cent | The.gun Is 8o nicely balanced that It | per mile mileage books will become |can be moved by a child. It has five things of the past, so far as being used |barrels, each of 37 millimeters caliber, | for Interstate traffic is concerned. Notice | this being equivalent to about an inch | is given that on the date named, all such |and a haif. It loads autogatically and books will be called in, and that in their | Will shoot just as fast as you ean turn stead, If the holders desire, mileage books |the crank | s0ld on the basis of $45 for 2,000 ratles will I ——— | be issued. In the event holders do not | GEORGE S. POWELL DIES | want the books, cash representing the | A | unusued mileage will be sent to the | AT AG,E,QF SIXTY-FIVE holders | George 8. Powel), department manager The increase in the charge of mileage ! for the MecCord-Brady company, died | beoks for interstate use is in keeping | Monday night of pneumonia at his home, | with the recent degision of the Inter-|Z7i5 Poppleton avenue. He was 6 years | state Commerce commission, permitting of age. | the railroads to charge 2.4 cents per mile| Mr. Powell came to Omaha from his on Interstate business, instead of 2 cents | birthplace in Illinois in 158. He {s sur-| per mile, as now. | vived. by two sons, Dr. B. Willara and | The change in the price of mileage Powell, and one daughter, Mra. | books will have no effect upon those sold L. Bradley, all of Omaha. | for Intrastate travel, but the presypip- uneral services will be held from the tion s that after the end of the present Masonic Temple Thursday at 2:3. The | year there will not be any mileage books ' body will lie in state from 10 o'clock until sold for intrastate travel. However, up | 2 o'clock at the Temple. Interment will to the present time there is no order out | be In Forest Lawn cemetery. | on this class of mileage. i —_— | SKATERS MUST HIE FOR {BODY OF MIKE CROW WILL HOME AT HALF AFTER NI l BE RETURNED TO OMAHA | 2 il NE The body of Mike Crowe, former| Commissioner Hummel has posted at | Omaha police patrolman, who died re-| all public skating places signs which |cently at Los Angeles, will arrive in inform skaters that orders of the officers | Omaha Thursday evening and will be in oharge must be observed and that |taken to Heafey & Heafey's undertaking skaters must leave when ice bmum(--“eslnhllnhmem From there it will be soft and when the clock in the steeple | taken to Fort Dodge, la., for interment, strikes balf after & Friday morning,