Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1916, Page 9

| it F & THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916. BRINGING UP FATHER 0 i YOUR TAILOR 1S OLUTSIDE ! WHERE O LWKE TO KEEP HiM - INDOOR GOLF AND | TENNIS AT CLUB Directorate of New Omaha! Athletic Club Plans for _ Home De Luxe. EIGHT STORIES IN HEIGHT The board of directors and advisory | committee of the Omaha Athletic| club practically decided on the plans | for the new building to be erected on Douglas street. The estimated cost will be $500,000 and the structure will be eight stories and basement. Frank Latenser of John Latenser and Sons, architects, explained the de- tails of the plans. The architects were directed to include indoor golf link and tennis courts and submit the additional features at another meet- | ing to be held next Wednesday noon. | The directors issued a called for $125,000 on subscriptions to be paid on or before January 10, this amount being sufficient to liquidate the re- mainder of the debt on the ground and enable the board to negotiate a | loan for the building. | For the Ladies. | The first floor of the building will | have a frontage of 132 feet and will be | divided into six stores, Tobby and dressing rooms for women, ‘grill for men and four elevators. Two ele- vators will be for general use, one for men only and one for women only. The plans show that the women, after entering the club house, may enjoy complete privacy as to elevator ser- vice, plunge, gymnasium, Turkish baths, dining rooms and many other features. ” The gymnasium and plunge will be constructed in a manner which will permit of exclusive use by women at times designated for them. In the basement will be six-bowling alleys, four rifle ranges, storage rooms, quarters for the help and other features. All Ultra-Modern. | The second floor will have a loung-} ing room for men, with writing and card rooms in connection; billiard | room with fourteen tables and a quiet reading room. The third floor, which will be the end of the grand staircase, GLEN WiLLIAMS At the annual election of freshmen members of the board of control of !athletlcs of Bellevue college, held OMAHANS ON ATHLETIC BOARD AT BELLEVUE. PIPE Miss Morgan and ten-round no-decision boxing bout | between Georges Carpentier, heavy | weight champion of Lurope, and Jess | Willard, the American champion, has was learned today. s Miss Morgan is trcasurer of the ed, under the auspices of which it is hoped to bring Carpentier here. Marbury, who is also actively inter- | ested m the French fund, said that | her interest in the proposed bout was | solely to see that the $50,000 which she hopes the fund would receive from the proceeds was properly han- | dled. | “Miss Anne Morgan and I willing- |1y consented several weeks ago when | approached on the subject to see that YOU'D NEVER GIT. A PARDON FROM ME VF A WOZ A JUDGE - YOURE NOT A TAILOR- YOURE A STEAM - American fund for the French wound- Miss OWE IN - FITYER! Miss Marbury Interested in Big Boxing Match New York. Dec. 6.—The proposed | the funds, whether amounting to this sum or more, be forwarded to France for the purpose intended,” Miss | bury is quoted as saying. “Georges fill. 1t will take much effort if French | officials are finally prevailed upon to | extend him leave, although they may | be told that a few months here would | mean much for French women and | children “If he finally does come over and the bout is held, the public can be assured that the money contributed through the purchase of tickets will be used for the purpose stated. That I wish to repeat is the only reason Miss Morgan and 1 are interested at all in_the proposition.” HARMAN REPORTS | Food Commissioner Says Quan- tity Greatly Reduced | Since October 1. NEAR 3,000,000 POUNDS | — (From a Staff Correspondent.) } Lincoln, Dec. 6.—(Special.)—As a | result of the investigation of cold storage plants by the state pure food department, Commissioner Harman | makes the following report on the | amount of food found in cold storage. | October 1 there was in cold stor- age 6,358,981 pounds of cured meats, but at the time of the inspection, | which was made under the recent or- | der, the amount had dropped down to 2,884,100 pounds. The list follows: | Butter (pounds) ......... Eggs (cases) casers Frozen eggs (pounds) . ..1,660,526 63,589 333,146 FOOD IN STORAGE BELLEYUE MEN ARE Coach Announces He Has Some Basket Ball and Foot Ball Games in Sight. SOME GET “B’ SOME “R’ At the first meeting of the Belle- vue college athletic board of control with the new freshman Benjamin was given a free hand in arranging for basket ball games for this year and for foot ball games next fall, and routine business was trans- acted. The following men reccived the of- ficial “B”; Captain Racely, Gustafson, Samuel Kinnier, Johns, Erwin, Stew- art, Allen, Caryl, Picotte, Charles Evans, Ebersole, Williams, Daugh- erty, Mincer, Shainholtz, Dunlap. The following men were awarded the offi- cial “R” for meritorious work on the ALL RIGHT -BOT YOU | CAN NEVER FIND YOU YOU MAKE SOME DEFINITE ARRANGE MENT WITH ME* | Carpentier is badly necded at the | | among its sponsors Miss Anne Mor- | front these days, for his duties are | gan and Miss Elizabeth Marbury, it |such that his place would be hard to| AWARDED LETTERS members present, fifteen foot ball official “B’s" were awarded, six official “R’s," Coach | will have general dining rooms, one for men being 91x55 feet and with ca- pacity of 500 at a banquet. The gen- eral dining room for women will have | seating capacity of 130. Two private dining rooms for women and dining accommodations for mixed groups will be afforded on the mezzanine of the third floor. : The gymnasium and plunge will be on the fourth floor, the former to be | 55x90 and the latter 30x70. Showers, drying rooms and offices of gymna-| sium and plunge directors will be on this floor. The mezzanine of the| fourth floor will provide spectators’ balconies for plunge and gymnasium, as well as lockers and Turkish baths. Seventy Bedrooms. Five hand ball courts; each 13x38| feet, will be constructed on the fifth floor and a portion of the same floor will be used as bedrooms. The sixth, <eventh and eighth floors will be en- tirely devoted to bedroom space. The plans show seventy bedrooms. i The elevator for woman has been | located so as to enable the women to | proceed from the first floor to any of | the departments provided for their | use without intruding into any of the men’s departments. The architects state the building can be erected and equipped within a vear from the time the ground is braken. New Hospital Will | Be Bui}ti@ Beatrice| | Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Special. =i \t a meeting of the Commercial club luncheoners yesterday, the question of | erecting a new hospital for the Ger- man Lutheran church was discussed. The proposed new building will cost in the neighborhood of $70,000, the funds for which will be raised by popular subscription. The hospital | will be erected in South Beatrice, just | north of the present hospital, and | work will probahly be started on the | structure ecarly in the spring. | Want Nebraska Foot Ball | Team to Play in Omaha| The University of Nebraska's foot | ball eleven should play at least one | game a year in Omaha. That is the| belief of the local alumni of the uni-| versity, who will meet Thursday | night at 8 o'clock in the Univers club to discuss plans whereby a Ne-| braska game will be staged here. | They want to have their eleven playi some big team from the east and to | give all Omahans a chance to watch | that battle. Liven Up Your Torpid Liver. “ To keep your liver active use Dr. King's | They insure good digestion Tuesday morning in the chapel, two | Omaha young people were elected to represent the freshman class. Glen | Williams, former assistant physical di- | rector of the Young Men's Christian | association, was chosen to represent the young men, and among the girls Miss Mattie Cassel, 3008 William street, won in a close battle with Vivian Foley, 536 South Twenty-ninth street. Iowa Boy Capfain 0f Yale'’s Eleven New Haven, Conn., Dec. temus L. Gates of Clinton, la., was elected captaip of the Yale foot ball team for next season tonight. He has been on the varsity eleven for two | years as an end and tackle. His work | in the Princeton and Harvard gamcs‘ this fall was brilliant. Taxi Driver Convicted 0f Highway Robbery! Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Charles Guinon was today found guilty in the district court of the charge of highway robbery after a sensational trial in which it was shown by the testimony that a system of fleecing the unwary has been in existence for some time. The jury returned a verdict of guilty after being out two hours. Guinon, a taxi driver, the state’s testimony indicated, took a party to Harmony Hall, a country club. On the return he swerved off the Lincoln highway, shortly after which tire trouble was affected. The driver dis- mounted and suddenly held up his patrons with a gun. He secured over $8. Many other cases of similar na- | ture are reported and the county au- thorities are vigorously conducting a campaign against this lawlessness. Huron Pastor Accepts | Call to York Church| Huron, S. D., Dec. 6.—(Special.)— Rev. L. R. Bobbitt, pastor of the First Baptist church here, has ac- cepted a call to the church at York, | Neb., and will leave Huron after De- cember 17 with his family for York. | Mr. Bobbitt has been pastor of the local church for the last four years, | and has built up the “parish to large dimensions, leaving it in prosperous | condition. | Chicago Cubs Will ‘ Train at Pasadena‘ Chicago, Dec. 6—The Chicago Na-| tional league club will establish its| 1917 spring training camp in Pasa- dena, Cal,, it was officially announced | | Cured meats (pounds) . | 6.—Ar- New Life Pills. o A ton|today. The players will depart for ind relieve constipation. ruggists. 26c. | the coast on a special train February | Advertisement. 125. 2l EoDICy R (paunoee 324244 | reserves this season: Rule, Day, John (boxes) 65,284 | Kinnier, Primrose, Redfern, Pierre | Flsh (pounds) . -+, 58264 | Picotte. Harold Shainholtz and Glen (e e D < 2260.282) Williams, who won the “B,” and Trimmings (pounds) 347,846 | Walker Rule, who won the “R," are 545,249 228,180 69,178 1,277 Pork—Cuts (pounds) , Trimmings Mutton—Carcasses Cuts (pounds) Omaha lads. The following men were declared eligible to vote for a basket ball cap- (pounds) ... § Trimmings (pounds) 59,033 | tain, as having won their letters either Feul-—Cuts (pounds) . 359 7 in-previ A A i es (oo anie) 9,914 :aqt year m.'| in lpr(\lr.).us {urs and as Apples—(Boxes) 16581 | being in school now: Allen, Racely, (Barrels) Other Frult—(Barrels) Clder S) *srmers’ meat (pounds) ed fruit (boxes) o (pounds) . getables (crates) Evans, Kinnier, Erwin, Johns, Picotte, Stewart. A basket ball captain for the scason will shortly be elected. Athletic Director Benjamin an- nounced that he is at work arranging a schedule for basket ball and will make it public within a few days. He already has some foot ball games for next year arranged, he says. Community Center Basket Ball Loop Formed by Moore basket @ Ve Wild game (number) . Meat (boxes) Beer (kegs) ..... e Miscellaneous packages (pounds) et Edgar Howard Tafls To Young Journalists (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 6.—(Special.)—Licu- tenant Governor-elect Edgar Howard A of Columbus, spoke last night before the journalistic association of the Uni- ity of Nebraska. “In no other pro- said Licutenant Governor ‘do men and women hold their heads higher.” The address was the first of a ser- ies to be given before Prof. Fogg's class of journalism. Mr. Howard will soon move to Lin- coln preparatory to presiding over the session of the senate. He has taken apartments at the Lindell hotel and Mrs. Howard and Miss Howard will make Lincoln their home this winter, community center ball league has been formed. Six of the community centers have entered the loop. They are Dundee, South Side, Central Park, School for the Deaf, Miller Park and Castelar. The first four have already organized their teams. Verne Moore is the organizer of the community center circuit. He will handle the schedule, coach the teams and referee the games. It is planned to stage one game each week, alter- nate games at each center, playing after the community center meeting is over. French Gunboat Is Sunk by Submarine More Food]spectfins Than During Year Before (From & Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 6.—(Special.)=The state food department yesterday filed a case against F. R. Smith of the S & K. meat market of this city, alleg- ing the sale of impure meat. Mr. Smith, who is manager of the market, pleaded guilty and was assessed a fine of $10 and costs, which he paid. Commissioner Harman announces that inspections for the last bien- nium have been 100 per cent greater | in number than during the previous biennium, running up to 52,450. Omaha Man Gets Place On Pension Honor Roll Washington, Dec. 6.—(Special Tel- egram.)—John Mott Mahonalis, alias John Mott, of 109 South Tenth street, Omaha, has been placed on the honor roll of the pension office. How to Cure Colds. Avoid exposure and drafts. Eat right Take Dr. King's New Discovery. It kills and estroys the cold germs, All druggists.— London, Dec. 6.—The French gun- boat Surprise has been sunk by Ger- | man submarines at Funchal, Madeira, |according to an announcement by the Portuguense minister of marine in a wireless di ch received here from Lishon. Thirty-four of the crew of the gunboat perished A few Portuguese also were killed aboard the stcamers Kangaroo and Dacia, which re torpedoed, accord- ing to the dispatch. Creighton Grid Team To Be Banqueted Friday Creighton foot ball prayers will hold their annual banquet Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Loyal hotel. Let- ters will be awarded. Los Angeles Man to Wed Young Woman of Wayne Chicago, Dec. 6-—(Special Tele- gram.)—Arthur J. Cochran, Los An- geles, was licensed here this afternoon to wed Miss Laura Fitch of Wayne, Ncb. Advertisement FOR A BILL AND ! MOST INSIST THAT 'FOXHALL P. KEENE SLIGHTLY BETTER Sportsman Hurt by Fall from Horse Tuesday Partly Re- | covers Consciousness. INJURED DURING HUNT Baltimore, Dec. 6.—The condition of Foxhall P. Keene, the widely- known sportsman of New York, who was seriously injured yesterday while riding in the annual joint hunt meet- ;ing at the Harford Hunt club, near | Farmington, Md., was reported to be | unchanged this morning. He rallied carly today long enough to ask for | something to cat and after being given some milk again lapsed into the semi- consciousness in which he had lain all night. Mr. Keene's physician today de- clined to state the exact extent or nature of his patient’s injurics or talk about the case. He said last night that Mr. Keene was shaken up and injured about the head, but that no bones were broken. The clubman was said to have been alone at the time of the accident. It was learned, however, that his horse | | | Drawn for The Bee by George—McManus {that when his mount went down! Keene was thrown heavily, landing | on his head. He was not discovered | until some time later, when he was | missed from the large field participat- |ing in the hunt. He was found un- | conscious in a clump of bushes and | taken to the clubhouse This accident is not the first which Mr. Keene has met in his carcer as a horseman. In April, 1902, he was severely injured while riding with the Melton-Mowbray pack, when his mount stumbled at an awkward fence with a ditch in front. Before that, in January, 1892, Mr. Keene fell from his horse while riding to hounds in Ire- land and the cables at first reported him killed. He has been in several minor accidents. He is the son of the late James R. Keene, the millionaire financier of New York. Scottbluff Commercial Club Discusses Live Topics! Scottsbluff, Neb., Dec. 6,—(Special Telegram.)—Judge Joseph) Oberfield | of Sidney and Division Superintendent W. G. Duncan of Sterling, Colo,, were the principal speakers last night at a banquet given by the Commercial club. The members also discussed a number of interesting subjects, such as the issuance of bonds for a new city hall to cost $35,000, a city ceme- tery and other important subjects for the advancement of this section of the state. There was a large attend- ance and the speakers were accorded | I 1 fell while taking a fence. It is though Of Court Costs, | The Bee: To persons familiar with the conditions existing in Omaha courts of jurisdiction inferior to the for the last session of the Nebraska legislature the fulminations of Jesse | Palmer in this morning's Bee are | peculiarily interesting, especially inso- | far as they demonstrate the power of the individual to contort facts and ad- vance ideas so distinctly contrary to the real truth as to make one wonder if the remarks be made consciously. The municipal court law was Mr. | Palmer's pet measure. He professed | to feel sorry for the awful costs of | obtaining judgments in the justice courts and this great addition to the burdens of the poor debtor, The re- [ sult is this: The minimum cost of a | lawsuit in justice court, including the fee of the constable is $2.60. The clerk | of the municipal court (lqmaq(ls $3 | upon the filing of a suit in justice| | jurisdiction, and the plaintiff is re- | quired to pay the constable's fee in| | addition. This T was told by the clerk | | himself. If there is any money re- maining after the suit is tried, it is refunded to the person making the ad- | vance. In one instance a poor debtor was refused the right to defend him- self unless he advanced a fee of $l, this demand having been made upon John Moriarity, who had volunteered to defend the case. Again, the costs in the municipal court for cases with- in justice jurisdiction are higher than costs in cases involving amounts be- yond the jurisdiction of a justice court, where the same services are per-| formed. So much for the relief of | poor debtors by the creation of lllt‘! | municipal court. | | The legislature of which Mr. Pal-| Omaha, Dec. 5.—To the Editor of | district court, and the proceedings be- | sires to collect his bills recept Justice Claiborne Offers Ekplanattori Collection Process tee Mr. Palmer opposed the measure and it was lost in the committee, no report having been made on it as far as 1 could learn. There was no ob- jection to the bill, but it simply “didn’t belong” in a legislature which seemed to be bent upon adding to the burdens of the poor, as is shown by the re- sults of its work. Now I hold no brief for the col- lection agencies, but | do want to say that no collection agency of whose methods | have any knowledge ever sues an account until at least three letters have been written to the debtor seeking to collect the debt without court action. | have asked lawyers who run collection departments as to their methods and 1 am assured that no regularly practicing lawyer makes as much effort to collect a bill before suit as does the average collection ent. Neither does the collection agent act independently. He is the agent of the retail merchant who de- The mer- chant has generally exhausted all of | his powers in endeavoring to collect | the bill before he places it in thcl Then | | hands of a collection agency. | fo mer was a member really materially | increased the costs upon the poor | debtor by doubling the amount of | mileage which a sheriff (and a con- stable) may charge in serving process of court. Where the fee for a serv- ice five miles from the court house was 50 cents hefore the change in the | law, it is now $1. When we know! that in cases involving garnishment | proceedings the constable serves three | papers, it can be seen where the costs increase. Take a case involving a per- | 1 son involving a defendant living in | South Omaha and working for a pack ing housc. Under the old law the constable’s c would have been .25; execution unsatisfied, . garnishee summons, $1.25; total Under the present law, the fees Summons, $1.75; exccution un- atisfied, $2; garnishee summons, $1.75; total 0. So much for the reduction of costs in minor litigation The bill which increased these costs in this manner was the work of Judge Hunter of the present municipal court. Where the distance is greater, as at Millard or some of the other parts of the county the constable’s costs a correspondingly higher, but in ar case the costs are 10 cents per mile for each paper served where they were formerly 5 cent As to the costs in justice court they are outrageous. In the last legis- | lature [ introduced a bill which would | have reduced the average costs at)| least 50 per cent, and in case of garnishment much more than that. It| was a bill designed t. materially re-| duce costs and to make payment of | judgments easier, It had the approval of every organization before whom it was presented fully. A delegation | of Omaha people went to Lincoln in the interests of the measure. At a| i | lature makes them. hearing before the judiciary commit- | MOORE CIGAR (Havana filled) TEN CENTS 4 i WELL - SUPPOSE YOU CALL EVERY MONDAY MORNIN'. the agent works for several weeks on it before suit. Does Mr. Palmer and his friends de- sire to make it impossible for the merchant to collect his bills? Is the grocer who carries a family on his books during times when the bread- winner is out of work to be denied the right of enforcing payment of his bill after the head of the house obtains employment? Just what do they mean? I have been informed that a bill is to be introduced in the coming session of the legislature which will compel the plaintiff in all cases against wage- carners to pay all of the costs of suit and have no recoursc against the de- fendant. Just why a merchant must not only lose his merchandise, but also be fined for an attempt to collect its value is onc of those things which I cannot understand. Court costs are just what the legis- I wanted them reduced, Mr. Palmer and his associ- ates increased them. Let the record speak for itself. As to malfeasance of collection agencies the matter is one wherein if any person has been in- jured he has an adequate remedy at law, and I now and here offer to take any case of any person unlawfully . injured by any collection agency and see that any such wrong be righted, and that without cost to any person o 80 injured. H. H. 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