Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1916, Page 8

- gro an 8—A THE .OMAHA SUNDAY BEE LITTLE SYMPATHY IN WORLD TODAY Groh Tells of True Incidents He Encountered on Streets of This Oity. ALL NOT FOR THE DOLLAR By A. R. GROH. A blind man at Fourteenth and Douglas streets was singing “Killar ney” and accompanying himself with numb fingers on his little organ the other morning. Two young fellows watched him for a while. Then one said something to the other and they went up and ad- dressed the sightless one who was rubbing his cold hands “Charlie. play ‘Don’t Bite the Hand That's Feeding You,'" one of them said. s “All right,”" "agreed the blind man and began to play and sing. The young fellows joined heartily and bois- terously in the chorus, accompanying themselves with burlesque gestures. When the classic had been duly ren- dered the young fellows each drop- ped a quarter into the blind man's cup. He took the coins out and ex- pressed profuse thanks, but his bene- factors were half a block away Wold is Cold Today. This true incident simply shows us that the world today is a cold, un- sympathetic world, and woe to those who fall by the wayside in life's race As a coal wagon was passing Fif teenth and Farnam streets the end gate slipped out, spilling about a ton of coal. A truck driver coming down Fifteenth street stopped his horses, took a scoop shovel from his wagon and went to work, helping the coal man clear up the coal. Soon a coal wagon belonging to another firm came along and this driver also stop- ped and helped. That ton of coal was back in its wagon in a little bit and then the two good Samaritans rushed to their wagons and hurried about their busi- ness. In this rushing modern world, it's “every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost.” Rush for Almighty Dollar, The wheel of a delivery wagon came off on North Seventeenth street near Nicholas. A big automo- bile came along, driven by a prosper- ous-looking business man. The busi- ness man stopped, got out his auto- mobile jack and in ten minutes they had the wheel on again, Today, in the rush for the almighty dollar, all consideration for humanity and helpfulness seem to be forgotten. I saw a man at Seventeenth and 'HECKLERS ANNOY A" AS HOWBLL TALKS Get Water Works Manager to Admit Rates in New Light Contract Are Fair. WON'T PROMISE 3 CENTS Considerable opposition was voiced when R. B. Howell, general mana- ger of the municipal water plant, Friday evening addressed the provement club section of the Cen- tral Park Social and Civic league in the auditorium of Central Park school. Mr. Howell is campaigning against the five-ycar clectric street lighting contract which will be sub- mitted to a referendum vote on De cember 5. He wants this contract, passed by the city council, rejected so he may go before the legisla- ture this winter with the backing of im- a popular vote as an argument in favor of his competing electric light plant in connection with the water plant. Admits Rates Fair, I. R. Healy questioned Mr. Howell, who finally admitted that the rates in the contract were fair and even lower than those charged in Cleve- land, that Ohio city being Mr. How- ell's favorite reference “If ‘you should succced in estab- lishing a competing plant here, wou! you guarantee the city a 3-cent rate?” asked Mr, IHealy, “No," replied Mr. Howell, "but I would give as low as any city in similar circumstances.” “To sustain the five-year contract would delay municipal ownership and would prevent installation of a com- peting plant at Florence," stated Mr, Howell. h “Both of those statements are in- correct,” retorted E. W. Sinngll, prominent improvement club official. “There is nothing in the contract to prevent Mr. Howell going to the leg- islature and getting all the legislation he wants,” added Mr. Sinnett. It was the evinced sense of the meeting that to renounce the con- tract and to accept Mr. Howell's prop- osition, would be like dropping the substance for the shadow. Members of the club on a former occasion went on record as favorjng the contract, a committee having gone over it care- fully to make sure the city's rights had been protected. \ Hecklers Keep Busy. Mr. Howell was visibly perturbed when: members of the club fired ques- tion after question at him, “Of course,” said one of the heck- lers after the meeting, “we were Farnam buy the six big boxes of matches that an old woman had left in her basket and for which he ap- parently had little use. “Now ‘you can have a vacation the rest of the day, auntie,” he said. Sympathy is in Dictionary A person that's old and poor finds mighty little sympathy in this rush- aday world. A blind man came thump-thumping along_with his cane at Fourteenth and Farnam. Two newsboys spied him at the same instant and both ran to guide him across the strect. They nurl‘\:. had a fight as to which should be his guide and finally, one on each side, they steered him across the street. The rising generation séems to be lacking in the fine qualities of sym- pathy for the poor and unfortunate. Widow Seeks Her Married Daughter . Mrs. Lucy C. Cook, a widow, resid- ing at Oak Bluffs, Mass., has written to Postmaster C. E. Fanning asking him to find her daughtct, Mrs. James W. Grace. N Wheat and Corn Prices Both Show Decline Here With a big falling off in the demand for wheat for export, there was a big drop in prices on the Omaha Grain | exchange, as well as elsewhere. Wheat sold off 2 to 3 cents, corn about the same, and oats 3 to % of a cent per hu‘lvh;l. eat prices ranged all the wa from $l.7§ to $1.80, corn around 9)1’ cents and oats 54% cents to 54% cents per bushel. Receipts were heavy even for a| Saturday, there being 102 carloads of wheat, seventy-four of corn and forty- three of oats on the market. M. R. Murphy in Charge Of All Cudahy Plants M. R. Murphy, general manager for the Cudahy Packing company, left Friday on the Los Angeles Lim- ited for Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake City, and expects to be gone about three weeks. Mr, Mur- phy now has full supervision of all the Cudahy Packing company plants from Memphis to Los Angeles, eight in all, and this added work will neces- sitate Mr. Murphy being on the road most of the time. The Los Angeles and Salt Lake City plants were re- cently added to his supervision, Sea Surgeon’s Scalpel Makes Him Good Sailor The mere fact that“John W. Barett of Dunnelleon, Fla,, had a severe case +of tonsilitis did not keep him from joining Uncle Sam's navy. He applied for enlistment, passed the ordeal with colors, with ‘the exception of his tonsils, and is now an apprentice seaman. His tonsils were removed by the naval surgeon. Another re- cruit who showed up unusually well in tbeihwtul and mental tests was john alker of Gulf Port, Miss. enlisted as a machinist. — Pulled Into Doorway and Separated from His Money B. E. Robinson of 1541 South Twenty-fifth strect reported to the polide that he was pulled into the doorway at 1313 Davenport by a ne- robbed of $50. C. Gray, 719 North Twenty-sec- ond street, also reported to the po- lice that a man entered his place of business at 1501 Jackson street yes- y evening and stuck him up. He ‘seported that nothing was taken. pleased to hear Mr. Howell's side of the case, as we like to hear both sides of every question, but the more he talked the more he convinced us that he should look after the water plant and leave electric light matters to those who understand such affairs. As for this five-year contract, we are sat- isfied it is for the best interests of the city at this time, and during the oper- ation of the contract we can leisurely discuss the advisability of taking oyer the present electric light and power plant.”’y Cambridge Claims Southwest Title Cambridge, Neb., Nov. 18.—(Spe- cial Telegram,)—Cambridge High yesterday won from Harvard, 14 to 7, in the best game seen here this sea- son. Cambridge had the better of it from the start, the only time that its goal was threatened being when Har- vard scored. Including this game, Harvard has scored 348 points to 14 by its opponents, winning from Clay Center, Edgar, Aurbra, Minden, Su- perior and Hastings. Cambridge has won from Oxford, Minden, Beaver City, Curtis Aggies, McCook and Harvard, This gives Cambridge the South Platte cham- pionship beyond a doubt and also a right for consideration in the state championship. Carrollsof Cambridge had his nose broken, The Harvard team was ac- companied by 100 rooters, including their band and business men, who wagered considerable money on the outcome of the contest Connell Will Not Try _@cago Idea Health Commissioner Connell has no thought of emulating the action of the Chicago health commissigner’s “diet squad” idea, but he is willing to co-operate if any Omahans want to offer themselves as subjects for an experiment to reduce the H. C. of L. t is the intention of the (hlcqgu official to show that a person can live on 40 cents a day by eating a simple and well-balanced ration. Central Boys Attend Schook- in Old Clothes The annual “bum” day was cele- brated at Central High school Friday. The boys came to school decked in all styles of clothes. The teachers had been tipped off to the celebration and many of the most conspicuously dressed were met at the door or es- corted from the class rooms and sent home to change their costumes, Others who were more plainly at- tired survived the day without mishap. : The first prize was awarded to Warren Best for the best costume which consisted of a boiled shirt and reversed collar, Lec Huf! took sec- ond prize with a blood red shirt and a checkered vest. Cre'ighton Literary Societ Holds Debate on Prohibition A debate took place among the members of the Creighton Literary society over “Prohibition” yesterday. The question, “Resolved, That the high license method is preferable to prohibition for solving the liquor question,” was defended by Messrs Beiterman and Robert Burns against Messrs. B. Carey and E. Slattery, who upheld the negative, The arguments of the former that the high license method has been in the past more effective and is more in line with the idea of human lib- erty had the effect of obtaining an unanimous vote from the members. } \Borglum Art Now For the first time in Omaha, works of art created by Gutzon and Solon Borglum, former Omahans, are being shown, in connection with the Fine Arts society exhibition of contem- porary art at the Hotel Fontenelle. Thirteen or fourteen bronze, marble, stone and wood picces of sculpture by Solon Borglum are on exhibit, in- cluding a reproduction of the cele brated “Gallant Buckey O'Neill of the Rough Riders,” a heroic statue, cast in copper bronze, now placed at Pres- cott, Ariz. “Blizzard,” “Washing- ton, 1753, “Waters,” “God's Com- mand to Retreat,” “Prospector,” “On the Trail,” “Bucking Bronco,” “Paul,” “Ben Franklin” and “Monico” are others, By birth, training and sentiment, Solon Borglum is a son of the west. Having been a cowboy himself, he know him, and knows, too, the cow- boy's companion, friend and slave, the horse. _Mr. Borglum did not give up ranch life until twenty-five years of age, when he left the frontier for the Cin- cinnati Art school. While there, he spent all of his spare time in the study of the anatomy of the horse. Then came Paris—where honors were bestowed upon him so long as he remained. His “Little Horse in the Wind” excited pronounced tention at the Salon the first ye Paris, “lLassoing Wild Horses,” tampede of Wild Horses” and the -ame Horse,” all were reccived with favorable comment Mr. Borglum lias given the horsc | and the Indian the greatest attention and is one of the greatest sculptors | of the red man in the United States. | In Mr. Borglum is united the im- aginative and realistic motive. His art is akin to a great art, fresh in the | inspiration, large in feeling, poignant In repose or vigorous without exag- eration; morcover, it is unmistakably | Shown in Omaha | With Other Treasures of Galleries J]ba .3az-£7um American. It does not suffer by com- parison with the grand art of foreign origin Nine pieces of Gutzon Borglum are included in the exhibition as well. They are as follows: Head of Lin- coln; Lincoln, seated figure; Mares of Diomedes, a fragment; Wonder- ment of Motherhood; Gerneral Sher- idan; Bolivia, Ruskin, Phyllis, Two Masks—"I Have Piped.” NEW HOTELON SCHLITE GORNER Harry Wolf Completes Plans to| Build Twelve-8tory Struc- ture in the Spring. HARLEY OONANT IS LESSEE| — 7 A twelve-story hotel building is soon to be erected on the Schlitz hotel ! corner, northwest corner of Sixteenth and Harney streets. Harry A. Wolf, who obtained a ninety-nine year lease on this corner over a year ago, has now completed arrangements to build, Harley Con- ant is to take the lease on the hotel when it is completed, and is to run it. The first floor is to be used by the preeent tenants of the old buiiding, all having signed up new leases for | space in the new and larger building for their stores. ‘. The present occupants of the old buildings are the Owl Drug company, one of the Sherman-McConnell drug stores, the Schlitz hotel, the Parisian Cloak company and the Shoe Market. The ]present leases expire April 1, 1917. It is intended to begin tearing down the present buildings at that time so fhat all m;‘y be in shape to| begin building by May 1. John Me- | Donald is the architect. | Mrs. McGee Discloses Some High Lights 0f Married Life Some high lights in the married life of Mrs. Cayton-Casey-McGee are being thrown on the screen in Judge | Leslie’s court. Mrs McGee seeks a divorce from | her latest spouse, Hugh McGee, whom she declares amounts to less than zero as a hubby. Mrs, McGee is 54 years old, but, as she testified on the witness stand, “she is afraid of no man.” According to the testimony in the case of McGee against McGee, the plaintiff first took a chance in the bonds of matrimony when she was 15 years old. It was a poor invest- ment, averred Mrs. McGee. Her second husband’s name was Casey. And “shure” Casey figures in the present suit. The court re- porter has “Old Casey”—as he was referred to in the testimony—down | in his stenographic notes many times. In her suit for divorce against Mc- Gee, Mrs. Cayton-Casey-McGee charges divers and sundry things. Cruelty is one of the mildest. She testified that McGee on one occasion picked her up by the ankles and stood her on her head in a closet. Mayhem | is another allegation. | Mrs. McGee, upon cross-examina- tion on the part of Hugh's attorney, admitted that she chased her hus- band from the house with a butcher knife. She declared that Hugh was not exactly what one would call a teetotaler and averred that she took a nip herself once in a while “furI her stomach's sake.” “Did you ever see your husband stagger?” Mr. McGee's attorney inter- rogated. “Oh Lord; hundreds and hundreds of times,” was the answer. Co-Operative Stores Favored by Unions Everything from politics to the high cost of living was discussed at the regular meeting of the Central Labor union last evening. The soaring prices of food was the chief subject oranack A conm\i.nec appointed some time ago to look into co-operative stores declared favaorably on (“e matter and recommended that a number of such enterprises would be the real solution of the high cost of living. The Central Labor union went on record as opposed to the city council passing the light ordinance as now proposed. After a great deal of dis- cussion over the proposal to have City Attorney Rine appear before the union and explain the merits of the light ordinance, the matter was finally voted down. G. C. Porter, who was socialist can- didate for congress, talked at some length on the advisability of Omaha owning its own electric light plant, COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER PETTY ‘SPAT Young Swift Employe, Chided by - Wife, Sends Bullet Into Heart. HIS HOME IN MISSOURI George T.a Work, 29, member of Masonic lodge No. 177, Elwood, Mo., shot himself through the heart last evening at 7:57 o’clock on the rear porch of his flat at 4731 South Twen- ty-fourth street, South Side. A petty quarrel with his wiie 1s said to have been the cause. The body was first discovered by his wife, who had been in one of the inner rooms. The young couple lived in two rooms on the third floor, let by W. H. Van Wie. They have lived there three weeks, coming from FElwood, Mo., their former home, April 28, Trivial circumstances led up to the shooting. L.a Work, according to his wife, came home in a happy mood shortly before 6 o'clock. The two had their evening meal fifteen min- utes later and joked on various mat- ters. Chided Husband. Mrs. La Work said she chided her husband for smoking, sweaing and drinking, and entreated him' in- seri- ous tones to banish the habits, A quarrel followed in which La Work asked where his gun was. His wife. told him and he went out on the orch.- She followed to look for him, ut came back, after searching three stories of rear porches and the yard. As shere-entered her room she heard a shot and ran back to the porch where she:found her husband dying. Captain of Police John Briggs con- ducted the investigation, assisted by Officer Joe Baughman, LaWork was an oiler in the engine room at the Swift and Company plant. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow of Forest City, Mo, His mother, Mrs. W. R. Williams, lives at Tyrone, Mo. Mr, and Mrs. J. M. West of Forest City, Mo., parents of the widow, were notified last evening. Didn’t Expect Deed. The little woman was stricken with grief, and for a half hour was uncon- trollable. She said she had least ex- pected the shooting when it happened. She is 23 years of age. The two had been married a year ago ‘his month. There are no children. Deputy Coroner Bernard Larkin took charge of the body. The police held no witnesses, but secured names of several who saw the body immedi- ately after. A coroner’s inquest will be held, the date to be announced later, Neighbors testified that La Work was an upright, well-meaning young man and a hard worker. His record | at the Swift plant is an excellent one and the few acquaintances he had made while here spoke highly of him. Iowa Minister Will Take London Pulpit London, Nov. 18.—Rev. Dr. Joseph Font Newton of Cedar Rapids, la., has accepted the pastorate of the City Temple, but will not arrive here be- fore next spring. Rev. Dr. Newton received a call to the City Temple of London last June. A dispatch from Cedar Rapids on September 12, last, said that Dr, New- ton had declined the call because he did not wish to leave the United States. Second Degree Murder Verdict in Henry Case Eremont, Neb., Nov. 18.—(Special.) —Murder in the second degree was the verdict of the jury which sat in the case of the state against William Henry, who shot and killed John Witte of Scribner, last July. “The jury deliberated from 9 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. yesterday. The trial of John Norman, colored, for thé murder of Henry Moore, also colored, at a local rooming house, Septemebr 30, was begun this morn- ing. Nerman shot Moore while the latter was engaged in a scuffie with another negro over a dice game. A Edeliowishnild | Persistenc¢ Is the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. ’ OVEMBER 19, 1916. ! BMPLOYMENT LAW | ANGRY AUTO MEN UNCONSTITUTIONAL| REVOLT AT RENT Judge Holds it Impairs Right of | Prices High and Nabobs of the Contract and Smacks of | Devil Wagons Will Move to Class Legislation. Other Section. MAGNEY I8 SATISFIED | TO BUILD A NEW AUTO ROW The law passed by the last legis-| Landlords who own auto row on lature regulating private employment | West Farnam street may be left agencies in the state was held uncon-| “high and dry” without tenants most stitutional by Judge Sears of the dis-‘my day now. They have been rais- trict court, who handed down a de-|ing rents too high, the automobile cision releasing three employment | dealers say. agency managers in Omaha charged with breaking the law, . The following men, who were at J‘Ereigcy ;L‘a‘]:, bonds, were released by | when the signs are just right. R Spcl}c(“ manager of the Co-| The Omaha Automobile Dealers’ Operative Reference company. | association held a special meeting “,Harr_y l«}-(knapp- mansges of the| Friday noon and considered this mat- liof;m" neterence and Bond assoca- | .. Many of the dealers expressed Fay M. Watts, manager of the|thcmselves freeiy and frankly on the Watts Reference company. imaucr of exorbitant rents along auto The feature of the law held uncon- | row on Farnam street and favored a stitutignal by the Omaha judge was |bodily treking to better fields. How- that it barred the registration fee in |ard street, Harney street, St. Mary's advance, paid by laborers and others | = secking work through the employ- ment agencies, Judge Sears ruled that the act in| question is broader than its title and that it interferes with the right of con- | tract, % 1 Other Objections. Some of the other reasons given by Judge Sears for his ruling were: | That the law has a tendency to create a new executive officer in the person of the deputy state labor com- | nnls_aNmEIj. [hat it assumes to control em- ployers not in the employment agency business, ' _That it gives judicial and legisla- tive powers to the deputy labor com- missioner, j‘l\at it grants the right to search private records. That it is class legislation, in that all employments are not affected alike. Judge Sears advocated the passing of a labor agency law which could be interpreted as being constitutional. Averring that in all probablity such a law would be passed by the next leg|slaturr. Lounlv'Anomcy Magney said that no appeal in the present case would be made. Team Captains All | Set for Campaign For Housesof Hope Considerable interest was mani- fested yesterday afternoon at a meet- ing of the House of Hope building fund campaign committee at Hotel Fontenelle. Team captains are get- ! ting their crews lined up for the big | drive beginning Wednesday, Novem- So the dealers are looking around for a new street to which they may | move the auto mart bodily some day Acknowledged by all leading artists and scientists as the standard piano of the world, will be used by Oscar Seagle The American Baritone and . - Henri Doering Accompanist who appear in concert at Met- ropolitan Club House Sunday afternoon, November 19th. We show a complete range of styles, both Grands. and Up- rights, from $550 to $1,350. Terms if Desired. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Company 1311-13 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Exclusive State Representatives. — ] T |avenue and other streets were con- sidered. s “The automobilc dealers and the automobile business have absolutely made West Farnam street,” said Clarke Powell. “Anybody knows what it was before the automobile busi- ness opened here. Now that the dealers have made an important strect of it the landlords are holding them to_exorbitant rents.” President Powell was authorized to appoint a committee to investigate the matter of a proposed new loca- tion for the auto mart. He appointed William Killy, Herbert Pelton and Felix McShane. They are to report in about two weeks at a meeting to be held at that time. Harney street was, of course, ously considered at first as the logic place to go, but later it was said to be a question whether room ecnough could be found there. el The dealers spoke some of building their own buildings in the future, wherever they decide to locate the new mart, instead of renting and per- mitting rents to go up again just as soon as their presence and activity in the neighborhood begins to create a_value _in_the locality. Put the Children’s Shoes in My Hands Thousands of Omaha Par- ents buy the children’s shoes in our exclusive children’s department. The salesmen in this department devote their entire time to children. ERVICE CHOOL HOES come from Drexel’s and they will outwear two pairs of or- dinary shoes. Children’s 8% to 11, $2.25 Misses, 113 to 2....$2.50 Young Women’s, 2 to 6 $3 DREXEL Shoe Co. 1419 FARNAM. ber 22, and'lasting six week days. Dr. Paul Ellis was released from T. F. Stroud’s team, that he might or- | ganize a team of his ewn. CoE: (Hatty) Black.likewise announced he would have a strong team. W. B. Check reported that he and associ- ates would take care of the Union stock yards in good manner. Robert S. Trimble and N. H. Nelson are ready to attack the Grain Exchange building. A team is being organized at Burgess-Nash stores. 2 he campaign committee will meet again_at luncheon at the Fontenelle next Tuesday noon at 12:15. Those ! interested in the work are invited to | meet at that time and place. Next Wednesday evening captains and members of their teams will dine at | 6:30 at the Fontenelle for a rally | before beginning the real work of raising a building fund 'of $50,000. Ex- planation is made that no part of the building fund to be raised will be expended for expenses of the cam- paign, as cost of luncheons, printing and clerical help has been given by friends of the House'of Hope. | D. W. Van Cott, Pioneer Jeweler, Died Friday David William Van Cott, aged about 63 years, died at noon Friday at the residence, 612 South Twenty- seventh street, of paralysis aftetr sev- eral months of ill health. Mr. Van Cott is survived by his widow, Louise, and one son Wilbur E., connected with the Orr Motor Sales company. He was a prominent retail jeweler herc before retiring ! several years ago. When the Elks established lodge No; 39 in Oma Mr. Van Cott became one of the fi members, and held at the time of his | death an honorary life membership. | He also was active in Masonic work here during his business career. The funeral will be held from the residence Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with interment at West Lawn cemetery. 3 Stack & Caskets for 24th and Harney. (Ttem in last week's papers.) Does Not Mean We Still Sell These $70.00 Broadcloth All Other Prices in Proportion We don’t belong to any trust or combination. STACK & FALCONER Omaha's Only Independent Undertakers Falconer Douglas 887. |We Want to Remind ! Carving Sets | You of a Few Three-piece sets, guar- anteed— | | Thing' 1 2 B2 00 er ?et.‘ndi You Need for | é ol Thanksgiving. pecia rmtd b One three-piece set, Food Chopfié;; gne two-piece set, both $1.25, 31‘50,: e 200 81,75, $2.35. | PERFECTION OIL | ‘e HEATER |Donble Resstarsiarge) holds 4 quarts of oil;|65¢c. Others, at $1.10 special .$3.49 'and up to $3.85. |OAK 1515 HARNEY S PREPAREDNESS ¢ | SILVERWARE |82.75. $4.00 and |85.50 Set. STOVE, with 13-inch fire pot, nickel trimmed, at, only $11.95. Waffle Irons, round or square, high or frame. Sp;cill. RADIANT HOME STOVES AND RANGES QUICK MEAL RANGES:. A.B.NEW IDEA GAS STOVES and CHAMBERS’ FIRELESS GAS RANGES, Sold on Payments if Desired.