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Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
Presbyterians Hold
Their HOuseWarming

A housewarming was held by the
congregation OF the Westminster Presby-
terian church last evening at the church.
After a dinner prepared by the women
of the church and served by the young
men of the congregation speeches were
made by several Of the church members
and visiting ministers.
S. A. Searle acted as toastmaster. II.
j. Stirling gave a toast to the young
people, to which the response was by
James Houston. The toast TO the women
was by Warren Switzler and Mrs. Stout
responded.
Rev. William Kearnes Of Lincoln talked
on the "Church's Wide Outlook" and
Rev. Lton d. Young of Beatrice on
"Signs of the Times"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
SLEIGH TURNS TURTLE
AND OMAHA PEOPLE HURT

Returning at 2 o'clock Saturday morning
from social gathering at Weston, twen-
ty-two miles east OF Council Bluffs. the
sleigh In which a party of Omaha merry
makers were riding, turned turtle when
Il struck railroad crossing near Council
Bluffs. and all OF the occupants were
thrown out and badly shaken up. DR..
and Mrs. i. y. Cochran of 1901 North
Twenty-fourtl. street and Charles Ma
loney, Thirty-seventh and Charles
streets. were the worst injured, and they
were taken TO the Mercy hospital in coun-
ell Bluffs. Maloney suffered a badly torn
face and Mrs. Cochran n twisted ankle
Dr. Cochran received serious internal in
juries.
All were given first aid and cared for
until late Saturday afternoon, when they
were brought TO Omaha in the Council
Bluffs ambulance
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION

Sample ballots, with the names of 100
nominees for the directorate of the Com
mercial club, have been mailed to club
members. The annual election is to be
held next Wednesday, when sixty direct
ors will be chosen and new articles of
incorporation for the club adopted.
In the list OF 40, each line OF business
in the city IL given a number Of nominees
commensurate with the ratio that the
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL is
PAR0LED TO TEACHER

Because she persisted in keeping com
pany' with divorced man l5-year-old
high school girl was brought before the
Juvenile court and paroled TO her teacher
IN the high school The man was Billy
Clark. who had taken the girl to two
dances Complaint was made by two
friends. The father and mother said
they had seen nothing wrong In Billy
Clark. as he was a young FELLOW appar-
emily very nice" The court gave the
girl specific instruction 10 hereafter cut
Mr.. Clark from her calling list
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
Nick Dato Drinks
Glass of Beer, Dies

Nick Dato, laborer living at Twenty
first street and Poppleton avenue went
into the saloon at Twentieth street and
the avenue at / o'clock Saturday afternoon
lie ordered and paid for glass OF beer.
He took Il to table. sat down and after
taking a couple of swallows OF the LIQUID,
appeared TO be In great distress, soon
he became unconscious and the police
were called.
In the ambulance Dato was hurried 10
81. Josephs hospital, where he died a
couple of hours later.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
CASES ARE TO BE ARGUED
BEFORE COURT OF APPEAL c

United States Attorney Howell and
Arthur Wells, attorney for the Burling-
ton, have gone TO st. Louis, where Mon
day they viii argue two cases before the
court of appeals These cases, IN which
the Burlington is alleged TO have vio-
lated the 2s-hour law regarding the ship
ment of cattle, were decided by Judge w.
II. Munger several months ago against
the railroad They were appealed.
In one Of the cases 1t is alleged that the
Burlington kept seventeen carloads of
sheep on a train from Clearmont, Wyo.,
to South Omaha for period OF thirty
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
UNION PACIFIC HAS
RECEIVED ITS MEDAL

The gold medal awarded 70 the Union
Pacific by the Canadian government at
the exposition recently held at Toronto
has arrived and has been turned over TO
the passenger department of the road,
II is of solid gold, about the size OF a
$40 gold piece. On one side II Is appropn-
ately engraved and on the reverse bas
relief heads OF the king and queen OF
England.
The medal was awarded to the Union
Pacific on account Of the excellency OF
its block signal system, a working model
OF which was installed and In operation al
the Toronto exposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
JOHN WESTBERG IN RACE
FOR c0MMISSl0NERSHlP

The latest asplrants for the nomination
for commissioner are c. w. Pitkln and
John Westburg.
Forty commissioner blanks have been
taken from the office OF the city clerk
ana all except one are being circulated
for signatures, This ono Is now on file
with the proper number of names
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07

club membership of that line bears to the
full membership of the club, with the
exception of two or three lines, in which
the membership is small and which are
classified as miscellaneous.
Proxies have been sent out for the vote
on articles Of Incorporation, as the adop-
tiol OF new articles requires a vote OF
&C., or two-thirds the membership of the
club. Proxies may also be used in the
election of club directors. according to
the bylaws OF the club.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
|. ]. DUNN A CANDIDATE
FOR DELEGATE-AT-LARGE

l. ]. Dunn announces himself as a
candidate for delegate-at-large 10 the
democratic national convention, subject
TO the April primary in his proclama-
tion Mr.. Dunn reasserts his fealty TO tho
cause OF william Jennings Bryan in this
language:
Il consider the influence OF Mr.. Bryan
and the confidence that progressive demo-
Gratis have in his leadership. courage.
honesty and devotion TO the principles of
true democracy the most valuable asset
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
TUKEY HELPS SELL LOTS
FOR OLD PEOPLES HOME

Even a real estate man sometimes
does work for charity said Harry A.
Turkey.
A year ago Turkey & son agreed to sell
some property for the Old Peoples home,
without commission, and Saturday they
succeeded in doing so, with the help of
Reed Bros. The sale was that OF two
lots in Dundee, owned by the homie, to
J. T. Palmer
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
South Omaha Men
Protest Against
the Special Taxes

South Omaha property owners. under
the leadership OF Charles Il. Kunci, have
started action in district court 20 restrain
~the South Omaha officials from collect
ing special taxes for sidewalk. building
and grading. The taxes are alleged TO be
excessive and TO certain extent coAfis-
catory, and the ordinances under which
they are levied are alleged to have been
irregularly passed. The assessment
against each lot is about $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
THREE CHILDREN SENT
TO The CHILD lNSTlIuIE

Throe children beloaglng TO Mr. aud
Mrs Fred Peters were sent 10 the Child
Saving institute By Judge Howard Ken.
nedy Of the Juvenile court. The mother
and father have been divorced and the
children have been living with the
mother. Their environments led proba-
tion Officers 20 believe that they would
grow up vicious"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07

This institution is the only one
in the central west with separate
buildings situated in their own
ample grounds, yet entirely
distinct and rendering II possible
to classify cases. The one building
being fitted for and devoted to the
treatment Of noneontagiOus and
nonmental diseases. no others be-
ing admitted. The other Rest
Cottage. being designed for and
devoted 10 the exclusive treatment
OF select mental cases, requiring
Tor q time wRtchfnl care aud spe-
cial nursing.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
Den or Not the Den
Depends on Weather

Cold weather will be considered in de-
clding on the place for the annual meet
ing OF the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, for
which both date and place are to be de-
cided by Ire board OF governors next
Monday evening at the Loyal hotel. II
the board decides that the Den can be
made warm enough. the meeting viii be
held there. otherwise, somewhere else,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
BANK CLEARlNGS SHOW
INCREASE FOR THE WEEK

Bank clearlngs started the new year
with great PROMISE. ClearinEs for thc
week were about Ss,SOO,O00 ahead Of the
same week last year, the figures being
SIS. .76g. 59l and Sis.g73,6s5, respectively.
Omaha has reached fourteenth place in
the list Of cities and shows larger per
cent Of gain In bank clearlngs than any
city IN the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07

two hours. In the other It is charged
that some cattle shipped from Mime
apolis to Bertrand, Neb., by way of
Sioux City, were not watered, fed or re-
leased from the cars for nearly forty
hours
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
More Auditorium
Stock Given City

City Clerk Dan b. Butler has received
several new donations of Auditorium
stock which will apply on the purchase
price Of the building IL the city buys it.
The latest donors are:
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07

our party has today or will have in the
coming campaign"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07

Ksg to the situatlOn-Bee AdvsrtiaInE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14
PEACHTREE REALTY
UP 100 PER CENT IN
SEVENTEEN MONTHS

Nearly 100 per cent profit in IL
months was represented in the sale to-
d9y of a small parcel of Peachtreo real
estate. This sale was of lot , of the
}. T. Grass subdivision. on the east side
of Peaehtree street 22S feet south ~
CuriCr street. 20N9S.4 feet. for $4,000.
or $1,000 a front foot 10 was bought in
April 1911, from j. r. Grass. for $llS00.
or $3.50 front foot, and sold Deem
her II 90 II, A. Almand for $4,000 and
Mr., Armand has transferred IL to a
client of the W L. x John O. DuPree
agency. The lot is 33 feet in the rear
ard runs back To- am alley il win be
held for investment purposes.
There is much more activity in this
section and more interesting an
rounl cmcnts are expected soon, Prop
etty owners ura watching for the ro-
eradns and repaving of Ivy street and
expect value, to jump stiH higher
Deeds have been recorded I'm the sale
OF ten acres ON Virginia avenue for $50
090 by w. b. Morley to C. A. Rich
ards. This is in land lot I.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14
Don't Forget to Toss a Coin
into the Barrel for AtIanta'S
Poor Riddles.
By Lett Hook

Como on, you guys BE good sports,
AN of you KICK in with quarter or
two for the kids You won't miss the
price of "a white chip or a couple Of
smokes or more
Come on down Peachtrce to Five
Points and lamp the pretty girls sell
ing papers. Ease up and slip one Of
them an iron man and don't wait for
the change. II you're girl shy, slide
over to the barrel and play it's the
Kitty in no-limit game. Feed it with
dollar bill, or half, or quarter.
It's all for a good cause.
What's q quarter to any OF YOU good
sports? There isn't a one of you who
wouldn't slip that much of tip to your
barber or the ham boy, or the Greek
who shines your shoes in this before
Christmas time
Dig Deep This Time.
Why not hand that much to some
poor kid who hasn't had a taste of real
candy or q regular square meal in a
year? It's a cheap sport and a piker
who'd make a stall in a ease like this.
Dig. and dig deep as YOU can. This is
pay day, anyway
It doesn't make any difference
whether you're jew or Gentle, Protes-
taut or Catholic. or whether YOU have
any religion at all This isn't case of
religiou-its brotherhood You fell
lows with the Elk pin ON your lapels
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14

or the Red Mems button or the Shrin-
or's emblem, or you who Just belong to-
the general crowd-youre all in on this
If some poor little gin with her toes
sticking out of the holes in her shoes
came up to YOU at the cigar stand and
told you she hadn't got a thing for
Christmas and didn't believe in Santa
Claus any more, you'd dig up the price
mighty quick, wouldn't you? If YOU
didn't I'll bet my pay envelope against
"a beer check the cigar you bit off woulG
taste like rubber boot on fire.
We're Not the Real Hard Luck Kids.
The trouble with us fellows is that
we can't see other folks troubles until
we jam right up against them. We
don't know what's going on just around
the corner. = We think were in hare
luck because we can't afford a racing
car and have to take Milwaukee brew
instead of bubble water.
| heard a friend of mine raising II
long howl last night because he had to
buy readv-to- wear overcoat when he
wanted to have a tailor survey him for
a $50 kimono with fur around the edges
Hard luck, wasn't 1t?
I'd like to take that guy over across
the tracks beyond the gas works and
show him some of the kids playing in
the dirt and making believe a broken
beer bottle wrapped in a rag was a
sure enough doll with a "Papa" and
Mamma" attachment on its insldes
Why, you fellows don't know what hard
luck is.
This Goes For the Kiddos.
Remember this collection doesn't go
to buy hymn books for the Choctaws
or flannel chest protectors for the Sa-
hara Arabs. 1t doesn't send amy mis-
sionaries to Gool-a- Boola or teach Lat
in and Greek to hrst-rate cotton field
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14

hands, 1t goes, every cent of it, to fiji
the stockings of hundred or so poor
kiddos with dolls and jumping jacks
and toy steam engines and all that sort
OF truck that you used to think was all
there was TO Christmas when you We're
kids
The Georgian isn't going to ask
whether Johnnie or Susie go to Sunday
school once a week or whether they
know the alphabet backward or for
ward. II doesn't care continental
whether the kids have been good or
bad during the year.
All it asks is: as this little fellow
going to have toys and candy on Christ
mas day, or is he going to wake up and
find nothing in sight, but an empty
stocking with a hole in it and mighty
poor breakfast to start his Merry
Christmas one"
Join the Bic Brothers!
That would be nice kind of Christ
mas for a kid, now wouldn't it? And
it's up to you to fix it the right way.
, Chicago has a bunch of good sports
called the Big Brothers. They're club
men and oflicemen and fellows who
work hard for their weekly pay envel-
ope. Some of them are married and
some of them just stays; some of them
are Sunday school superintendent and
a lot OF them take theirs straight and
have a rugSide seat at every fight
that's pulled off But they all get busy
a week or two before Christmas and
riase enough coin to give every poor
kid they can find enough to eat and
something to play with on Christmas
morning. And they don't confine their
enthusiasm to soliciting money from
other folks. They dig most Of it out of
their own jeans,
Why not join the Big Brothers Of
Atlanta today? You don't need a badge
and there won't be any meetings The
dues are Just a quarter or a half in IN.
barrel at Five Points. where Gus Ed
wards and his gills viii give you some
thing to amuse you, and the pass word
is Keep the Change" Are YOU on?
Don't give me that stall about having
.little nepheWs ANA uieces OF your own
sure. you've got to send them some
thing. Bat you can rake off a quartet
.or SO from their outfit without their
missing it, Ii would surprise YOU To
know how far the price Of a couple of
drinks win go toward filing a stocking
No Limit on the Ante.
These Kids i'm The Georeian's list
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14
DE BERRY G. DUMAS TO
HEAD MODERN W00DMEN

The Modern Woodmen of America
have elected officers for their camp for
the ensuing year 49, follows:
Venerable consul DeBerIy g. Du-
mas; adviser Howard Heron; banker.
A. r. King clerk. A. NJ, Crosby; es-
cort. W H. Cheek, vatchmau, W. p
Bodies. sentry r. y. Daniels; past con-
sui shepard Bryan. medical eNamin-
ers. Or ! r Stone and Dr. Frank Esk-
ridge; managers Frank h. Huse. w. l..
Brady and NJ. h. DuUey
Fourteen applications for membership
were received and acted upon showing
active work for the camp.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14
WINE KING SHOT;
j. 6. DIVORCEE
SUSPECTED
Walter DeMumm Victim of Two
Bullets in Woman'S Apart
mentS- Jealousy Motive.

| PARIS, Dec. lathe Paris authort-
ties today asked the London police to
prevent Mrs Marie Barnes. a beautiful
young American divorce, from leaving
that city for the United States. Ms
Barnes is accused by the Paris police
Of shooting Walter DeMumm, the young
millionaire sportsman and member Of
the celebrated champagne making fam
lily, who was seriously wounded in Mrs
Barnes apartments at IS Rue Des
Bellies F'euilles, a fashionable district Of
Paris.
DeMumm, who is lying in a private
hospital at Neuilly, took a turn for the
worse today and physicians are in con-
slant attendance on him. 1t is because
Of his serious condition that the Lon
don police were notified. One bullet
entered the stomach and the other
crashed through the right lung Peri
tonitis is feared.
Woman Twice Divorced.
. An Investigation by the police of Ms.
g. Barnes past life revealed that she had
, been twice divorced Her first husband
was David Barnes, Of Baltimore. Nd.
and her second husband was George II.
lCreel, Jr.. wealthy CHILEAN. After her
divorce. f:om Creel. Mrs. Barnes re-
lsumed the name of Barnes. Mrs. Barnes
is beautiful blonde, % years old and
has lived considerable time in New
York
( Sensational reports followed the news
,of the shooting today. one was that
the DeMumm family had appealed to
Police Project Lepine never to allow
Mrs. Barnes to set foot in Paris again
Anothce report was that the woundc3
man had become so low that his life
was despaired of and an eXtradition
warrant for Mrs. Barnes. charging
murder, had been sworn out.
The police have established JEALOUSY
as a motive for the shooting. Letters
were found in the womans apartments
Showing she was madly infatuated with
tDeMumm and deeply resented his DE-
termination to break their friendship.
Couple Quarreed.
The shooting occurred during a quar-
Irel when DeMumm made his final cell
upon Mrs. Balnes to tell her that they
must not meet again. He told her that
his family resented the gossip arising
from their intimacy and that their
friendship would have TO be severed
at once. A quarrel followed. The p3-
lice refused to say whether there was
third person present during the quar-
rel and they have not diyulged tile
statement which they secured from De-
Mumm in the Neuilly hospital
Mrs. Barnes has been living in Paris
since She was divorced from her seconi
husband. She is rich and has taken r
leading part in social life of one branch
J of the American colony
Woman Shot First.
Friends OF Mrs. Barnes declared tais
: afternoon that DeMumm had fired first
and that Barnes had been wounded
twice before DeMUmm was shot. MIS-.
Barnes went Immediately to a private
hospital in Paris where she was treat
ed.
This information added further COM
plications to the sensational affair and
friends of the woman said that proba-
bly, other information would be forth
4 coming later, which would put a differ
ent light on the matter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14
NAME TRIPLETS THEODORE.
WOODROW AND WILLIAM H

NATCHEZ. MISS, Dec 14.-TripIets.
born to Mrs. f.. NJ. Floyd have been
named Theodore, Woodrow and Will
liam Howard.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-14
NEW COURT DISTRICT OPPOSED.

grand jury of the United states dis
trict court. which has just adjourned
passed resolutions expressing strong
opposition To- the creation Of new
Federal district in Georgia which might
affect the Southern district as now com
posed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-11

ARM

WE CALL your special attention to
nVe real Farm Snaps. They will each
pear n closest inspection and we are
are the best deals to be had
IN northwestern land. No trades con-
sidered. Ii interested we shal be glad
TO near from you or better still to snow
o the lands.
III $50 ACRES-20 miles north OF
Fargo, 3 miles to good market town,
located on the Red River. Rich, black
loam, clay sub-soil, no gumbo, We'll
drained. Set of fair buildings; fine
WE'LL school across road from build
lngs; church n mile. A fine farm.
l-3 to liz cash, balance eight equal
payments, 6 per cent. Per acre. $4,000
Cd 100 ACREs-SE Ia, 20-142-49.
. La miles to two good towns; IL miles
to Fargo. 80 acres broke, all a be
cultivated; well rented for next year
tenant to break up 80 acres or more In
1913 n sow to fax. Small set OF
buildings; good well; n rich soil; no
gumbo. A dandy quarter section. $25OO
cash, $4,000 mortgage 3 years, 5 IL per
cent; balance three annual payments
per cent, Per acre. ...... .$9O,OO
CD $40 ACRES-Lying three miles
east Of Grandin on the line of Trail
and Cass counties. This farm is every
foot tillable; has no gumbo, but rich
black loan soil. A good 8-room house
barn, two granaries ana other out
buildings. A fine flowing well. "A rare
snap. Ia cash, balance to suit at Z
cent. Per acre. .......... .S41sOt
"a GAO ACRES of fine, rich, Red
River Valley land; about five miles
west of Grandin, N. D., and about 81
miles northwest of Fargo. This farm
lies on the Elm River and has pertec
drainage; all under cultivation; rict
black SOIL no gumbo, no sand or stone
The buildings are first cIass, consisting
Of a good S-room house, large barn
elevator and machine shed; good well
This is a beautiful farm. la to Ii
cash, balance to suit at 6 per cent. Ad.
joining farms held at sos per acre. III
health cause Of selling. Per acre $JO.Ot
90 $40 ACRES inc wild Lar in
Bottineau County, North Dakota. Three
miles to Lansford and two miles to
Truro, North Dakota. Every acre oil
this farm can be broke n n croL
of fax would pay for 1T. A rare snap
for some one. Ia cash, balance eight
annual payments, 6 per cent. Pei
Let us show you these n other
farms. Hodgson Realty Company, OPP
posite Postottice, Fargo, North, Dakota
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-11
A T
Houston, Tex, Votes $2,5oo,oo0 TO
Municipal improvements,

Municipal improvements.
The American City: AT an election
held July 8 the people Of Houston,
Tex, gave striking evidence of their
progressive spirit by voting an is
sue Of $4,000 in bonds To be ex-
pended for public improvements. The
money will be distributed as follows:
For drainage, $3.50, 900.
For sanitary sewers, 100000.
For a high school building, $500, 600.
For paving streets( the City's one
third, $500, 000. ss.
For public parks. $250,000.
For building bridges, 5000, 900.
In commenting on the vote The
Houston Post says: e
BY the approval of the bond issue
the citizens of Houston have taken
a mighty step forward. Within ninety
days the most extensive and .compre-
hensive system of municipal better
ments eve authorized by a Texas city
will begin and be rapidly carried for
ward to completion. Since the .ex-
penditure Of the paving fun of $780,
600 thus authorized will entail an ad-
ditional expenditure of $4,000 00 on the
part of property wners, 1t will be
seen that within a short time Hous-
toms streets will present an entirely
different appearance" -aH
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-11
HOTEL HASTINGS

Minneapolis. Mimi, 18th and Haw-
thorne Park. Latest and most modern
fre-proof hotel in the northwest. Take
any car to 12th and Hennepin. Within
easy walking distance OF theater. re-
tail and wholesale district. Why pay
q big price for a noisy room In the
Ioop district when-you can secure a
frst-class. comfortable room with pri-
vate bath overlooking Hawthorne Park
for $3.50 per day3 Weekly and monthly
rates especially arranged. Dining room
and cuisine unsurpassed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-11

Mrs. Peter Holan, 1851 Buckeye Rd,
Cleveland, O., says: Eyes, indeed 1 can
recommend Foiey's Honey and Tar
Compound. My little boy had a bad
a Of ~whooping cough, some times he
was blue in the face. / gave him Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound, and 1t
had a remarkable effect and cured him
in a short time Contains no harm
full drugs. Fargo Drug Co.; Economy
Drug Co. -Advt-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-11
The Real Reason.

Father (after a long search)-WelL
here it is. l wonder why one always
finds a thing in the last place in which
one hunts?
Boy-I 'spect it's cause after folks
find it they stop hunting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-11

Vacation and Christmas are the two
great agencies for putting money into
active circulation.