Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 25, 1916, Page 4

4 “CARMEN” BRINGS REGORD GROWDS Ellis Company Presents Great Work in Fashion Worthy of the Piece. STARS AND ALL ARE GOOD By HENRIETTA M. REES. ! Grand opera upon a stupendous scale of magnitude and magnificence - was presented to the misv-loving pub- 5 lic of Omaha Monday evening, when 3 the second season of the Omaha Re- g tailers’ course opened with the Ellis 3 Opera company in the ever melodious music of “Carmen,” Bizet's master- piece, and one of the most popular of grand ‘operas of all time. The people hereabouts know when the merchants give an opening of any sort it is well worth attending and they flock to it whenever and wherever it may be. It was the same last year, for when the merchants got together and gave a series of concerts such as they spon- sored, they, the people, were right with them from the beginning, and last night at the opening of their sec- ond series, it seemed as if everybod: . was there, for the Auditorium was full clear to the top row in the gallery, with only here and there a vacant seat, while ‘downstairs a great many extra seats were filled with people a way at the back of the building. Performance Exceeds Promise. “In the production of “Carmen” last night the Ellis company proved that its promises and glowing reports of © the stars anc the presentation of the a were based uron absolute fact, e stars were all that had been ed for them, the chorus and or- estra were far beyond any that have rly visited Omaha, and the cos- | tumes and scenery were upon a lavish | -scale, both beautiful and artistic, and m:& to the general effect. The opera with its tragic story /is How Carmen the gypsy, fter leading Don Jose to desert his regiment and follow the life of a rs, for her, soon tires of him turns her interest to the toreador. ‘m&mdl:er ‘on i:hc ;::blibc fiq‘uix-{le e circus where the bull fight eing held and in a fit of jealousy he soldiers the gypsies, the sweet e "oF Michacla, | oluru(? Michaela, the nten: 'ulfilh wilfullness of Carmen, the exultant toreador furnish contrasts y as they intertwine with swift action with ‘a- dramatic whole, and they give an :rpommlty “music which is masterful, essen- panish in its rhythms, its rich { m the action | of absence, accompanied by his b ed formerly Miss Jof Georflc J. Leovy, of the’exposition city, T a8 Escamillo, ¢ of the fame, He 3 dor. He has bers of the campany tion excellent in ~ The quintet in Biuruu. Geraldine +Fornia, Constatin tava Dua took part and awakened or must the duet unmentioned, in n and Fornia ixty, not only sang but sang them 1e women's chorus before the m..the great climax with r's song, and other highly i numbers were to their credit. Xilll spent several days on the Santa Hearst 5ropertieu. before lie and his band su day, according to a letter received|™ here today from the manager of the | ranch, ager said, hunting for caches of am- munition, which they seemed unable to find, and made their visit a costly one to the Hearst estate by slaughter- ing 600 beeves and turning u‘elr horses loose to feed in the cornfields. Villa was figh n his . Ll fll‘ 0 own prxofi- it | Lieut, W, W. Waddell e sens [ Returns With Bride,_" of Lieutenant § |in charge of the local naval recruiting station, were g:l:n that Eantlemln returned from Diego, | October 10, at Coronado, mfl! chaplain there, e d | the culmination of a romance which beng cf formerly the California, he was connected with the Pacific fleu!en:nt and Mrs. Waddell have taken temporary apartments at the Hamilton, oy But the Men They Are Ad- dressed To Have Decamped and Dead Letter Office Gets the Dimes. 25,000 COME IN ONE DAY Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 24.—Thou- sands of letters, each containing 10 cents are pouring into the local post- office daily from women in various pnr! of the country who have joined in an “endless ‘chain” scheme pro- moted by the so-called’ National Brokerage exchange. Federal agents are searching for officers of the “exchange” who are charged with using the mails to de- Thousands of Dimes in Endless Chain Roll Into Mill City Office THE BEK: ifraud. A room in a local business block, to which all the letters are addressed, was suddenly vacated three weeks ago, the authorities say. Every woman who would send ten cents in silver and write five friends urging them to join in the chain, the “exchange” promised a “new, 1917 model silk petticoat.” “The volume of mail for the ‘ex- change’ is growing rapidly,” said Postmaster E. A. Purdy, “and today we received 25,000 lettters enclosing twenty-five thousand dimes. Thous- ands of the letters have been returned to the writers, but a large majority carry no return marks and as a result, the "dead. letter office s becoming clogged. Other. channels of the local office are choked, daily by the influx of mail for the ‘exthange’.” Commission ¥ Will Fine Ball Players For Barnstorming New York, Oct. 25—President Tener of the National league takes issue with David L. Fultz, president of the Players’ Fraternity, who has protested against the contemplated ac- tion of the National commission in fining ball players for barnstorming after the league season is over. Mr, Tener said .that in each contract signed by the player there is a clause in which the player agrees not to play after the season without the consent of the commission. This clause was inserted, he said, to protect territorial rights of the different clubs. The National league president de- clared that the commission haspower to fine players for any such infraction of the rules, but would not say that such fines had been levied against the Boston American players for partici- ating in a game against New Haven a few days after winning the world’s series, He asserted that the New York Nationals and Philadelphia Na- tionals and several other individual players also had violated their con- tracts in this respect and added, “There undoubtedly would be a gen- eral disciplinin, Pancho Villa Spends A Few Days Visiting On the Hearst Ranch El Paso, Tex., Oct. 24.—Pancho nch near Namiquipa, one of the denly left a week ago Sun- They were there, the man- Thief Takes Picks * On Jack Sullivan; Flowers in Order The name of Montana Jack Sulli- van is one of considerable renown to followers of the box fight game. Montana used to be one of the very best middleweights in the business and he still packs a “wicked right,” also left. Sunday some miscreant swiped Sullivan’s $50 overcoat. Seventy-five | cents was the munificent sum the thief collected for the garment at a awnshop - where the police later ound it. Yesterday Theodore Adams, ele- vator conductor at the Merchants hotel, where Sullivan is stopping, saw a strange man enter Sullivan’s room. Theodore immediately conveyed the news to Jack, who was in the hotel lobby. Jack hiked it for his room instanter and found the man with one of Sullivan's suits of clothes, his shirts and practically all of his haberdashery gathered into a bundle with which the intruder planned to make his escape. “What's the big idea?” inquired Sullivan. The intruder couldn’t ac- count for himself sufficiently to con- vince Sullivan of any well-meaning. He tried to rush from the room. Here is where the “wicked right, and also left” comes in. Jack swung just once. The 'intruder lay in that one spot until the police arrived. Moral; pick your man, Eight Thousand Hogs Burn To Death in St. Louis Fire St. Louis, Oct. 24—(Special Tele- UMAHA, WELUNLSUAL, RIDET0 DEATHIN Four Settlement Workers Are Killed as Oar Runs Over Open Draw Into Chicago Stream. TWO WOMEN ARE RESCUED Chicago, Oct. 24—The body, of Hugo Warner, an advertising man, who, with three other persons, was killed last’ night when the automobile in which they were riding plunged headlong through an open bridge into the Chicago river, was recovered early today by the police. They continued their search for the bodies of the others by dragging’ the river, Two other occupants of the car who were saved’had been fully revived today. Warner, who is 31 years old, was + | advertising manager and director of the firm of Lord & Thomas. He was master of boy scouts of the settle- ment. The others, who wére drowned, were: Sylvan Kusel, 20 years, law stu- dent, teacher of English to the for- eign class at the settlement; Miss Lillian Kausner, ,social worker in Maxwell settlement and Hull House, and Miss Jennie Klausner, her cousin, teacher in the Jewish Normal train- ing school. Mrs. Henrietta J. Warner and Miss Sarah Bernstein, both of them settle- ment workers and sociologists, were rescued. They escaped from the closed car and were thrown against piling, where they clung. The bodies of the drowned have not been recovered. The rescued women were so chilled, it was several hours before they were able to talk to identify themselves and the other members of the party. The bridge had been open to, per- mit the passage of a boat. The wom- en agree that they did not hear the warning signal and that no chains had been stretched across the road- way. Without warning, until ten feet from the bridge, the automobile rolled down a slight incline and skidded when Warner realized the danger and applied the brakes, German Hughes Club Organized in Lincoln (From a Staft Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb,, Oct. 24.—(Special Telegram.)—A German Hughes club was organized here this evening at the Lindell hotel. About forty were present and the members reported more ready to join. Officers are: Nicholas Ress, president; Joe Hinter- recater, secretary;’, Fred Springer, gram.)—Eight thousand hogs burped to: death in a $100,000 national stock yards, fire in' East St. Lquis tonight. here. . AL ed by pur- Persistent rumors of the marr; W. W, Wadell, offi confirmed yesterday al, after a month's Iurve ride, Lucille Leovy, daughter erformed al, by the e ceremony was utenant Waddell's m: ge is several years ago while he was ed to the Ba leahig San Diego, t was while uadron that he met Miss Leovy. or Campanini; the director, |/ praise cannot be given, He ed, the situation at all times, him @ great portion of the suc- Rkl 'XXTHEN you ¥ 0 Wstoptothink, i it's little wonder that VELVET is so good. - Every bit of it has been naturally aged for treasurer; and R. Boehmer, corre- sponding secretary, Six vice presidents were elected, UULUDLI ZD, 1910, PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES WATERS OFRIVER| ASK BAKER T0 QUIT Secretary’s Reference to Wash- ington’s Men Results in Call for His Retirement. PETITIONS BEING SIGNED Washington, Oct. 24.—The Legion of Loyal Women, a local patriotic or- ganization, held a special meeting to- night and endorsed the action of its president in signing a resolution call- ing upon Secretary Baker to resign because of his alleged comparison of Mexican revolutionists to Washing- ton's continental army in a recent speech Officers of several women’s socie- ties, including somie of those of the Daughters of the American Revoiu- tion, signed the resolution, when it was circulated here yesterday. Today Mrs. William Cumming Story, presi- der.t general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, authorized a statement that the society had taken no action in regard to the remarks at- tributed to Mr. Baker and that she had never heard of the resolution until she read it in a newspaper. i e SE T Parker Eats Lunch With Wilson and Talks Politics Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 24.—Alton B. Parker of New Y‘Ly)rk, former demo- cratic candidate for president, took lunch with President Wilson today, and discussed with him the political campaign in New York state. Read Want Ads for Profit—Use Them for Best Results Enckmandhnveadiflimfive ppetizing Vor. Buy Uneeda Biscuit because they are soda crackers with a flavor, but, 5 cents everywhere TIONAL BISCUIT s COMPANY Prohibition Evils Ruin Boys 4 yet gave sup- en needed. y ts l!t"c"lnd solo dlndng‘ol & h were on a par with ag:.ul high plane of the per- ‘Several times the audience inter- u%.te_q the action of the opera with wsiastic and prolonged applause, curtain calls were numerous and :;ls“trh each e::m € opi was not over - vatil near the witching hour of mid-| ht, lur?‘l{v a person left the Audi- ibul torium’ until the close, which is in it- self a tribute. estants and Jews Will Try Slayer of Anti-Catholic ‘Galveston, Tex., Oct. 24.—Eight of elve men who will try John nd, a bank cashier of flnhall. e killing of Willam Black, an fllo;k lecturer, in that city on ary 3, —It’s DEFINITE Its DEFINITE—that's the BIG difference in this Studebaker Service, Expect you know all about the other kinds that promise this or that or invite you to “drop in if anything happens.” . Studebaker Service isa NEW development in the field. ‘When you get your car, a service of DEFINITE dates are written on acard and given you. On those days, your car comes into our garage, and expert mechanics, go over it—make 41 .distinct inspections, oilings and adjustments tightening up and tuning up the whole car. And when the car comes back, it's in tip-top shape and you are givcn advice to help you keep it so. it gets the same thorough attention. And the result is that by the time a few months have passed, your car is not only running like a clock, but you know how to take proper care of it yourself, and you know how to cut your maintenance costs dowr: 10 Month after month, the bone. 2550 Farnam Street E. R. Wilson Automobile Phone Harney 871 Co. Omaha If state-wide prohibition HAS saved the boys of Kan- sas, then we want prohibition for Nebraska. If, on the other hand, the official records show that in Kansas many more boys and young men were found guilty of committing some serious wrong or crime and sentenced to state institutions, than were sentenced in Nebraska, then we certainly do NOT want state-wide prohibition. ‘The Record L o o KANSAS, sentenced inmates Oct. 1, 1915: formatory ............... ceesasseve 330 atory .. Boys’ Industrial School.........vci0v... 264 Total for Kansas............ccv... 594 .NEBRASKA, sentenced inmates Oct. 1, 1915; (No Reformatory).. ... Boys' Industrial School....... / Total for Nebraska........ Three times as many young men and boys sentenced to state institutions in Kansas as were sentenced in Nebraska! The promises made by advocates of prohibition that “Prohibition will save the boys” have not come true in Kansas. WHY have they not come true? What is the temptation that causes so many young men and boys to go wrong in Kansas? The Alley Joint Evils So-called “joints” are part of every day life in prohibition states. In these “joints” liquors of the vilest sort are dispensed to men and boys by dissolute characters, both male and female, spreading crime and debauchery to every part of the state. . These “joints” are ‘“schools of crime” and with their insidious temptations have wrecked the lives of countless Kansas boys and young men. The fearful evils that follow in the wake of prohibition constitute a menace to every home in Nebraska in which there is a boy. The fathers of Nebraska can avert this calamity by refusing to adopt prohibition. HOW TO VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION* The squares shown below will appear at the TOP of the ballot. An X marked in square 301 is a vote AGAINST PROHIBITION. Yes N D Shall the above and foregoing amend- No 'ment to the Constitution be adopted? " . The Nebraska Prosperity League OPPOSED TO STATE PROHIBJTION. IN FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION, HIGH LICENSE President, L. F. CROFOOT Treasurer, W. J. COAD Secretary, J. B. HAYNES Send for our literature OMAHA, NEBRASKA