Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1916, Page 8

/G W, WATTLES SPURS * HALL WORKERS ON &,’“ Another $5,000 to " Brownell Hall and Scores Lack of Interest, YOTAL ‘IS NOW $51,493 ‘;:Men the subscriptions for the re- building of Brownell Hall did not mount high enough for the day to suit G, W. Wattles, that individual got up from the table at the Hotel Fontenelle at noon and declared he would raise them another $5,000. This brought prolonged applause. Mr, Wattles had already given $5,000 10 the cause, and this additional sub- 'Esi tion brings his donations up to ; “T am ashamed of the lack of inter- est shown by the Peoplc of Omaha in this. work to date,” said Mr, Wattles, in the remarks preliminary to his an- nouncement of another $5,000. “When we built this hotel a few years ago we did it for the material advancement of the city. This campaign now is for a higher and nobler interest, so much so that the other sinks into in- slgmficnncc Many citizens of Omaha are gmng far too little to this cause.” The total eubzmptlons announced on the second day of the campaign were $12753, which with the $38,740 previously announced, totals $51,493. Two. Anonymous Donations. Two annoumcements of individual subseriptions of $500 each from per- sons who did not want their names known were made, Besides these, the folldwing subscriptions of $250 or over were announced for Saturday: Otchard-Wilhelm company Mrs. Violet Joslyn McGow pson-Belden company Dr. Harold Giffor b o 4,000 Mayor James C. Dahlman, who is a memb of the hustling team of g Williams, addressed the com- mitted, dc:laring that'a school of the ) character of Brownell Hall is needed olfl.hl and is a great asset to the city. He informed * the committee fitioully that ‘he had walked to the tenell: instead of riding in the city’s automobile, so he was sure this g not be official business. He . made other pumerous, allusions to ' therestraining order which has jast been issued m the courts enjoining him from using the city automobile for, private rides. Girls Create Enthusiasm. young girls, students of Hag, marched into the 5 to the accompaniment o music, bearing banners with ites De%emlm 8 for ten succes- first bore the inscrip- ecember 8, $38,740.” The re- inder bore that date, only with the e for the amounts left blank. Elizabeth Beecher mlde a statement, :pg g for finan- aid for the re ng. of the o0ol, and the ten girls in chorus y “We're School Fellows All To- " Following is the list of wnell girls in the chorus: iss Mildred Krumm, pianist; Beecher, Hastings, Neb.; Castetter, Blair, Neb.; Mnry or Bridenthal, Wymore. Neb.; Roberts, Omaha; Harriette Seward, Neb.; Elizabeth Wil- bm las, Wyo.; Ruth Kindred, Grove, Neb,; Della Holslcn, ce, Neb.; Irene Pmt, Kearney, % \hfpret Carey, Red Oak, Ia. Rnport of Teams. ‘ dlowing is the report of the re- jetive teams for the day: H. Marple, captain. Potter, captaln. arion R, Towle, capt MEN'S DIVISION. Barker, .captain. Carmen Are ulled by Police in it -0’-Wa.r Contest k Omaha an{leedt ‘nr men, all well , were pulled last nlghl by po- De Luxe dance academy, in “of sturdy reslsunct THE Will You Help a Poor Family? 5 Here are three morg families, DESERVING families upon whom the people of Omaha are invited to bestow some of their surplus bounty. By helping them you will help yourself. By making their Christmas merry you will make your own merrier. self-respecting. But unavoidable misfortunes have overtaken them and today they need help. The Associated Charities have investigated them and KNOW they are deserving in every respect. Old age, sickness, desertion have laid their heavy hands upon these good people. It should be a real pleasure to help such as these: - Colored family. Deserted woman and three children. Boy, 14; boy and girl, 6. Mother does day work. Unable to earn enough to support family. Need clothing, shoes |nd rent. Mother 70 years old. aughter tubercular; granddaughter, 8. Mother’s health broken down fr m overwork. Son, the sole support of the lamlly. died last year of tuberculosis. Daughter refuses to go to a sanitarium because she is afraid she will not live to come home to her mother and her child. Need rent and fuel and nourishing food for the daughtes. Family of five. Father 68, broken down in health. Mother almost blind with cataracts over both eyes. Three children, girl, 10; boy 6. and girl, 4. Mother tries to do a little washing. Father does odd’ jobs. Make , only enough to pay their rent. Need food, clothing and fuel. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. George W. Doane, secre- tary of the Associated Charities, 1716 Dodge street, or to The Bee Mur(lerCar Comes . Back to This City City Commissioner Parks has re- ceived back from St. Louis the auto- WIFE DESERTER T0 THE DISTRICT COURT Andrew Leonard Bound Over by Police Judge Following fily hafll a month ago and found in 4 ront of a St. Louis drug store, where Wife's Testimody. one robber was killed and another r—— wounded during an attempted rob- FLEES TO MEAD, MBMKA bery. The machine was used in a | rough manner by the thieves. Accused of abandoning his wife and / R two children, one sml\,gll years :;ll. There'llBB Plellty Of Guards On the Train and a daughter, 3 years old, Andrew Leonard was bound over to the dis- trict court under bonds of $500 by | A carload of insane soldiers and sailors. from the Pacific codst, enroute to the federal asylum in Washington, the police judge. Her husband d will pass through Omaha Sunday charged, deserted her night, over the U g L” with Jaat:: 5 ght, over the Union Pacific-North- cents in the house. Previous to that | =L Leonard about four Mrs, These families have been independent, self-supporting,iSupreme. Gourt Upholds Act, mobile which was stolen from the| OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 10, COURT COMMISSION LAW IS VALID Except Part Which Says | Governor Must Appoint. KEEPS THE POWER ITSELF jEai Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 9.—In a judicial pronouncement upholding the con- 1916. before the state a iation meeting to lobby for the Lincoln candldate The plea was made by this women's organizatior? that as 90 per cent of the teachers of the state werc women, a woman should head the association. Though Mi Pyrtlc was gefeated, a woman, Miss Zowell, is sfill to head the association. H. H. Hahn of Wayne was clected | vice president. John F. Matthews of | Grand Island was re-elected treas- urer over C. A, Gregory of Crete by a vote of 1,274 to 606. To Meet Here Again. Omaha was again chosen as the meeting place of the convention by OMAHA TEACHER HEADS ASSOCIATION Martha Powell Pnnmpal of the Long School, Chosen Presi- dent of State Body. DEFEATS LINCOLN WOMAN Marthe Powell, principal of the Long schoel in Omaha, is the new stitutionality of the supreme court commission, handed down by the su- preme court today, that court de- clares that it, and not the governor, | has the power to appoint members of the commission, and- any other assistants that it may need td in the ucrforn}ancc ‘of its duties. Under the mission, as passed in 1915, the gover- nor has power to appoint ‘members of the commission and did appoint the present members. The decision made today deglares null and void that part of the law giving the govcmor power =| to appoml Girl Blackmailed All Through Life by Lover of Her Youth " Chicago, Dec. 9.—Miss Anna E Sharpley, amateur | playwright and chicken farmer, disclosed the trials of her profession and told of how she had been blackmailed for $60,000 by an old sweetheart during a hearing into her affairs by a referee in bank- ruptcy here todfy. Miss Sharpley told how in her youth she had com- mitted an indiscretion with a man ‘in England, whom she named as Clar- ence Shubert, and how he had dogged her footsteps, extorting money under ain of publicity, until his death ‘somewhere in France” several ] monlh:. ago. time, she says, he failed to contribute to the support of herself or her little ones, declaring that she harcly man- aged to eke out an existence with the assistance of kind neighbors. In addition, he would take such money as she was able to procure and spund it for his own pleasures, she testi- fied. When Leonard finally deserted her, neighbors found a position doing household work for Mrs. Leonard. She took the 3-year-old daughter with her, but §ent the 13-ycar-old son to her mother, who lives at Mead, The H. time is the logical Neb. . Holden's Ruse, \ bination of circumstances over Frids - which the dealer gseems to have no y the mother called up Mrs. vohtiol ' Leonard and informed her that Leon- control. The car shortage is a real ard had come to Mead, had taken the menace, not an son and had boarded a ffain _for Omaha. Mrs. Leonard swore offt a complaint and Officer Johnny Holden went to the depot to take Leonard in charge. Holdep went to the depot,.intend- ing'to meet Mrs, Leonard there. Mrs. Leonard was to idertify ber husband./ Holden had no description of the man and did not even know whether the child was a boy or a girl. Mrs. Leonard was unable to get to the depot and Holden, after scanning the large crowd that got off the train, was about to give it up as a bad job when he was seized with an inspira- tion, He saw a man with a little boy get off the train. Stepym *o one side he yelled “Leonard. fio the man and the boy turned at. the call. Holden knew' he had his man and promptly placed him under ar- rest. The boy was turned over to the juvenile officers Friday night, but the judge advised the mother to send back to -his grandmother when he bound Leonard over. big demands in - " facilities, to force up, the luxury if it were tions. 0 e B S . A a0 . Big Damage Suits Filed Against Railway Company Two personal injury suits for $10,- 000 each have been filed with the clerk of the district ‘court against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail- way company. Susie. Finny alleges that she was permanently injured in a collision be- tween two street cars, William Kerns wants damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered when he alighted from a car. NEBRASKA FUEL LUMP. A dandy furnace ‘coal, and is than the very low prite in- sgB RST SMOKELESS MI.ANTHRACITE COAL economical, absglutely soot- less furnace coal. Good for Fresh supply just | in, & or Coke at worth more 75 dicates, per ton. A long lasting, therefore the H. C. of L. 5900 ton, unscreened. Arrangements Made for . Better Care of Perishables Through the efforts of the traffic bureau of the Commercial club, ar- rangements have been made for bet- ter care of shipments of perishable freight at the various freight depots in Omaha. The report of the fruit marketing and development commit- tee some weeks ago made clear the need of better arrangements for the c:n'c of pcrlshabll; C. of C. The high cost of coal at the present Exports-on coal are heavy and the \ grinding of the war factories makes, many parts of, the'country the sup- ply *has been ‘cut down because of labor scarcity and transportatlon . All these things conspire Prices at the mine to a point where coal would be a lute necessity. We have been for- tunate in lining up a goodly supply .+ of high-grade coal and are perhaps the least affected by outside condi- Try us on your next order. 1t’s Real Economyto Buy Coal NEBRASKA F UEL CO. 411 South Sixteenth St. outcome of a com- iridescent 'dream. this ‘country, -In not such an abso- These Prices ‘RAMPTON LUMP, EGG OR NUT is a very good grade of Hlinois coal s 50 and ig suitable for all'domestic uses, per ton . ELKHORN BY-PRODUCT COKE. The cleanest fuel for furnaces ever marketed, and produces the greatest heat. “No dust and ver y llnlo Phone Douglas 430 NEBRASKA FUEL COMPANY MLION R ey were not pulled" to jail, how- § It ‘was the tug-o’-war contest 0 the strong men of the police ment and the muscular motor- lnd conductors of the trolley ||¢l1 utweighed nearly 150 the carmen made a splclldld "1 and succeeded in staying on throu[honl the thirty min- losing ‘only about sixteen o( rope. xollce team, captained by Scr‘ | Samuelson, was made uj Frank McCabe, auc‘:or i Patgolman Peter Jolly, knots- , Patrolman Ole Knutson, re- Patrolman Ed Slezewski, Pa- n Jack Graham, Patrolman Bob and Patrolman Charles Jensen. istreet! car men were directed by Hes Neiby, captain; Charles Curry, man; James Anderson, knots- L. eman, reserve; Richard son, ob Johnson and Foster T hlt police-street car men "a six-foot farmer named Bolen oun challenged anyone in ill His challenge was accepted rlson, carpenter, and mem- ot tllc championship Swedish n was outweighed at 150 youndo. but he made short o( his opponent. al Neighbors of Rock Springs Camp Elect Officers . John Wisler, Mrs. Charles and Mrs. R. J. Sutton are the board of managers clected nesday by the Royal Neighbors Rock Springs camp. The oracle n is Mrs, Emil Groman; vice Mrs. E. A, Winn; chancellor, rank Fox; r:corder, Mrs, Joe receiver, Mrs. George Cole; Mrs. Frank Cecayne, TOASTERS 1 USEFUL GIFTS “-0&. 0504-25 Step in and See Our Display Electric Grills . .. .$6.50 Electric Percolators— 86.75. $8.50. $9.50 & and §11.00 Electric Chafers— l‘:131‘1_0 75 llnd $I13 .50 & ectric Curling Irons— f $2.50 and $3.75 CASSEROLES 3 Regularly $3.25, ial shop euly nce. $g2“ Fancy C Bottles "}%5 g ELECTRIC M You Ave Looking for ( : = o Vncuum CARVING SETs | Univore s%,,“‘;g s 3-piece Sets ... .. 2.75 | Au Gratin Sets. . Scissors Sets . .. .. 2.00 | Boy Scout Axes. . Pocket Knives .. ... 5¢ | Boy Scout l(mvu, Manicure Sets ...$2 00 | Air Rifles....... &me g;rven ...81.75 ll-'oo! Balls ... me Shears ) e D0 | Ice Skates. . Roller Skate: \ 1515 HARNEY 1515 HARNEY S] ELEGTIIO Elec!nc Wuher— Electric Sweeper s Electric Heater. ssg g0 Aluminum Percolnter—— Pepper Mils. ... ... 75¢ Fancy Pie Server.$2.65 N. P. Coffee Pots, N. P. Tea Kottle 51,03 law-making provision “for the com- |V president - of the Nebraska State Teachers’ association. She defeated Ruth Pyrtle of Lin- coln by a vote of 679 to 587. A. O. Thomas got 392 {otes and H. H. Hahn of Wayne 249. Miss Ruth Pyrtle is the candidate who had the support of the Nebraska Women's Educational association, which sent a_vote of 1,263, &s against 600 for Lincoln. The time is to be during ‘|hc first half of November, 1917. Executive committee members were clected as follows: First dis- | trict, Fred Hunter; Second district, |E. U. Graff; Fourth district, E. J. | Bodwell; Sixth istrict, H. O. Sutton. The ballots were can‘/assed by the executive LOmmlll(‘C m the office of s Mary Foster (n Omaha a v\eek Llflll(lfl . Middle West Gets U. 8. Armor Plant Washington, Dec. 9.—~The special naval board appointed by Secretary Daniels to consider military aspects of proposed sites for the $11 ,000,000 gov- ernment armor plant has submitted its report, whicl, although not made pub- lic, indicates there is little possnbflm that the plant will be located in any of the coastal states or in wroximity to the Canadian border. Some point in the middle western area, having good connection with the, mineral supply’ sources and transportation facilities to coast points, but sufficiently remote to remove danger of destruction by any * hostile invading force, is virtually cer- tain to be selected. ML I e Persistence s the Cardinal Virtue in |, Advertising. The Kind You Enjoy Columbia Grafonolas Entire Year Xmas Reminders Music of just the kind you enjoy— iclassic selections of instrumental or vocal artists, ragtime of our best comedians, or the good old-time _ 2 tunes rendered as you wish them. A Grafonola for every home at any price you choose Yo _pay and any se- lections of Columbia Records you de- sire. Grafonolas sell the world over | at from $15 to $350, and at this store you pay the same price and make your own terms. Grafonola and Record @Cabmet like cut 522 50 Grafonola with 1m})roved Record Holder, $75 lm T like cut Cedar Chests, in all sizes, plam snd co;per bound at 85.75. 25. 8$8.50. 310 and up. & SMOKING STAnDS An excellent assortment of | P Smoking Stands, in oak or - - i mahogany and almost any | Quartered Oak Ladies’ Desks, with style you desire. Some per- | pigeon-hole compart- 5 5 fectly plain in design; other | mants, like cut ! styles to harmonize with spe- | cial smoking room furnish- m Priced at 1.75. 5 34 50. $6.00. | sure to ‘please you on account of our D ln up. | guarantee of satisfaction. . | Tool Chests,~the practical | gift for boys, at $2 40 o 40c to Child's Desk and Chair, in fumed oak, like cut $3.25 . Wood Wheel Coaster Wagons, il Doll Cradles at 45¢, 55¢. 65¢. ' 75¢. 80¢ and up to $2.50. | $1.10. Suggestivé Christmas Gifts " and Hope To Receive Our interest in securing the many Items for serviceable Christmas Gifts now on display at this store is more thoroughly appreciated when you see them and realize that you can save from 20 to 50 per cent on every purchase; and, as usual, you make your own terms. Dressing or Toilet Tables, in quar- i tered oak, mahogany or walnut wood, with single or triple mirrors, $7.50, $9. 810.50. 312. 814 and up, Wlnlaver you buy at the Cenlr-l is | Folding Card Tables, line gr felt, covered tups, at $1.40, prland W\ill'Surprise and l You Toy Pmnos, with real keys, that play real music, like cut, at 20¢, 25¢. 45¢. 85¢. 81.40 gltv $1.70. $2.20. $2.65 and All Metal Wagons, 75¢, 98¢ and Guwing with morocco- $2.10 and up. ke “ Doll Go-Carts at 40¢, 65¢. 90¢. $1.25 and up to $7.50. >