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Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Preacher Uses Eight Watches
in His Sermon to the Children

Eight watches-time pleces-tig,ired In
an objective sermon preached especially
to children by Dr. y. r. Ernst OF Lowe
Avenue Presbyterian church. >.nUa,
morning. while older folks as well were
present, it was chiefly the children's day.
and the front pews were reserved for the
youngsters
The pastors text was: - will prsise
thee; for I am feartully and wonderfully
made."-Psalms 1884,
lie took his own watch from has pocket
and began by explaining the complex
mechanism and the muitifarious details.
emphasizing: The business OF the watch
is to keep time And the business Of the
hoy or girl is to praise God"
Then he explained something Of the
wonderful construction Of the human
body, describing the functions and the
character Of the heart which goes on.
like the watch. ticking of the seconds
and minutes, hours and days weeks,
months and years of !lte.
Now he took out an old-lokinS watch,
rather dirty In appearance But he showed
that It was keeping Just as good time as
the bright gold watch. Then came forth
Il silver-caSe watch. then small ladys
watch, and they. too. were busy ticking.
ct doesn't make mu,h differen,e about
the clothes OF the boy and girl" said the
pastor m the heart is right, the praise
of God will be just as good. OR course.
we don't praise God solely In words but
more i'm works. This pretty watch hero
would be worthless with its sold case and
its jewel works IL Il did not run Keeping
time remember ia the business OF the
watch; praising God. that OF the boy and
girl
Then came out OF a pocket deep down
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15

in the clerical coat little rusty.lcoking
old watch. its face badly furnished.
There he said, do you think that
watch is any good? Wen. let's see.
(And he put It 60 his earN Yes, Il is
running as well as the others. Little boys
and girls with dark skin can serve God
lust as we'll as those whose skin Is lighter
provided their hearts are right"
AS watch after watch was drawn from
various pockets and the people expressed
their mirth, evidently tho objective les
sons were sinking deep into the young
minds. Dr. Ernst capped the climax OF
his discourse by showing that, though
q watch may he taken apart. 70 long as
the works remain intact Il II still q
watch. Unscrewing the face Of a big,
old-taahioned silver tlmeplece and laying
IL in the table in front OF him, he said,
holding the remainder up before the child
rem:
Now. though that part OF the watch
lies there this in my hand Ia stln a
watch, isn't It."
Then lie unscrewed the back and laid
II down with the face and covered them
up with = collection plate.
There" he said. those parts. really
forming the bulk OF the watch's body, are
taken off and buried YOU might say,
under that plate, but this object that |
hold In my hand is stl'l a watch; 1t is
ticking.
BOYS and girls. your bodies are fear
fully aud wonderfully made but some day
they will die and be buried but your
souls never will and = your bodies and
your minds have been properly employed
here. praising God, your souls Will tick
on throughout eternity to the glory OF
God and yourselves"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Christians in Peril
In Turkish Armenia

LONDON, Dec. IA Petrograd dis
patch to the Times SAYS
"Advices from the front at Erzerum,
Turkish Armenia. describes the position
of 1000 Christians there as precarious.
because OF their Russian sympathies.
Three hundred thousand Turkish troops
are mobilizing at ETzerum.
Hundreds OF Arnenians have been Im-
prisoned and many hanged I'm the streets
without trial as examples. Nevertheless.
remarkable anti-War demonstrat tons
have been held in Erzerum. on one coca
sion the rioting lasting several hours"
envy Of COO prisoners and a large number
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Asks Twenty-Five
Thousand for Some
Stolen Caresses

The $4,000 suit for damages for alleged
alienation of the affections of his wife
brought by Ernest Olsen, locomotive
fireman. against Grandson Ferris. we'll
TODD young farmer or Buffalo county,
has gone to trial in Judge Troup's dis
trict court. AS a part OF the damages
Olsen is asking that Ferris be required
to pay for stolen caresses.
Olsen has been divorced by his former
wife. who since has married Ferris. She
will take the witness stand to deny Oh
sens charges.
Olsen alleges that he followed his for
mer wife when she was accompanied by
Ferris.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
HELP THE POOR Is
CRY OF THE HOUR
Zero Weather Makes a Big Demand
on the Associated Charities
for Coal.
MAKES PLEA TO COAL MEN
Responses Arc Now BeinG Made to
the CRII ny The Bee for DonR-
tions 60 Help I'm the work
OF Charity.
MAKES PLEA TO COAL MEN

90 We want work, any kind OF work"
this is the plea of the men who como to
us for help" said Mrs. George W. Doane.
secretary of the Associated Charities II
could supply any number OF able-bodied
men, many of them skilled, well-educated
men. for Jobs of all sorts"
Mrs. Doane has made a vain eddeaVor
to withhold charity from men with fam
lilies who have applied fer work, but her
utter failure to secure any kind Of a job
for them has forced che men to accept
what the people give. Donations are in
creasing and since The Fec called atten-
ton to the meager manner In which Assoc
ciated Charities were being aided at this
time, when aid is most needed, $50 and
much clothing ana food has been
donated
Telephone Girls Help
The telephone girls IN the Douglas eN-
change raised $40 and turned II over TO
Mrs. DoanD
We're making this money go as far as
possible said Mrs. Doane. IF we can
help IL a family will not feast one
week and starve for three weeks"
The Associated Charities has large
list of worthy objects of charity-families
where the man is out % work and cannot
get Job. Some citizens and some or
CARNATIONS have selected a family and
win see that II gets through the winter,
buth others insist that their gifts be APP
preciated. The Associated Charities has
refused to guarantee appreciation" but
is willing to subscribe to the fa"t that
help is needed or to investigate and re-
port.
Investigates All Cases QuIcIIy.
Many grafters. giving fake names and
addresses and telling heart-touching sob
stories appear at the office of the As
ISOLATED Charities every day seeking
money. Mrs. Doane has provided for
quick means OF investigation and will
tolerate no delay in case the applicant is
really in need and is honest
Coal is needed by the Associated Chart
ties during this cold weather perhaps
more than anything else, for without it
families will suffer greater pangs than
hunger. The coal companies have donated
little toward the aid of the destitute and
the money received by Mrs. Doane Will
not buy many tons OF coal. which is eX-
pensive.
Scores Need Help.
las far as Jobs are concerned there are
none" said Mrs. Doane. It's not a ques-
ton with many whether they's accept
charity. they have to. Good citizens of
Omaha should realize that there are
scores OF men, women and children here
who must have help. There are an UNI
usually large number of floaters some OF
them willing 10 work, Others willing only
to accept"
a. h., Il, 90 nd
the increasing number of cases to be
cared for, Mrs. Doane has asked for more
assistance in the office.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Mrs, Joseph Fels to
Speak Wednesday at
Commercial Club

Mrs. Joseph Fels, widow of the late
millionaire soap manufacturer of Phila-
delphia. is to be in Omaha Wednesday.
She and Joseph Kiefer of Cincinnati will
arrive here from Denver and are both
10 speak at the Commercial club Wednes-
day noon at the public affairs luncheon
on the Worldwide Campaign for Sin
gle Tax"
Mr. Kiefer is trustee for the Joseph
Fels fund, which the late Mr.. Fels es-
tablshed for the promotion of the single
tax doctrine. Throughout his life, Joseph
Fels was an ardent believer in the single
tax doctrine, His wife Is carrying out his
wishes as far as possible in the promulga-
ton of the idea.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Shed Burned Down;
Municipal Bath in
Shape for Skaters

Omaha's municipal bath house at Carter
lake did not burn down Sunday night. as
was reported to the police station. In
stead the building is being fitted up for
the comfort of skaters. The ice is getting
in fine shape and. unless the weather
gets warm the sport will he in full blast
IN another day.
y shed near the bath house, however,
burned down, making quite blaze,
leading many to believe that it was the
citys building.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Strong Men Weep
as They Find that
Their Jobs Are Gone

Dean Noyes, assistant to street Com
missioner J. ]. Ryder laid off nearly 100
street cleaners Monday when the snow
cleaning work ceased The majority OF
these men were jobless until they applied
to Noyes for work. Noyes himself bought
cheap but warm gloves for several of
them. Few wore overcoats. Some were
clothed in summer fabrics and suffered
intensely In the cold. One man wept
when Noyes told him there was no more
work at this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Omaha Mart Strong,
With Prices Higher
and Receipts Heavy

The Omaha grain in market was strong.
with prices higher and receipts fairly
heavy. There were 1877 cars of wheat on
sale, sixty-seven. OF corn. fifty-three OF
oats and twenty-five Of rye.
Wheat was l cent to IA cents higher
than Saturday sales being made around
S.09 TO sl.1lR. Durum kept on climbing
and sold at s1.271k. that being the top. Corn
was from SO cents to 6Ois cents, and rye
from Sill to S103
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
DAMAGE SUIT CONTINUED
WITH ELEVEN JURORS

The $4,000 damage suit of the Merriam
& Holmquist Elevator company against
the Union Pacific Railroad company will
be continued in federal court with only
eleven jurors. John Clattanoff. one Of
the jurymen. has been discharged from
further service on account OF Illness and
both sides in the case have agreed to
proceed with the eleven remaining men.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Mother Left With
Six Children Seeks
Missing Husband

Mrs. Bessie osheroff, 5l2 North Twenty
fifth street. is seeking her husband.
Isaac Osheroff. who disappeared from
home about twenty months ago, leaving
his wife and six children behind to shift
for themselves. She thinks that he is
not far away and that II he knew the
predicament that she is in trying to sup
port the family he would come back and
give his assistance. The oldest of the
children is Is years old and the young
est Just years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
PARRISH IS INVITED
TO TALK AT ST. LOUIS

+. V. Parrish. manager OF the Omaha
publicity bureau, has received an invita-
ton TO address the National Association
OF Convention Secretaries. which is TO be
in session in st. Louis, January 10 and
20. He is. invited to talk on any of sew
eral phases OF convention work.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
WASHED AIR NOW FOR THE
OMAHA FEDERAL BUILDING

The new $500 "alr-washing" plant. re-
Gently installed at the federal building, is
now in full swing. 1t cleanses the air
for ventilating and heating purposes by
passing II through a shower bath before
tanning II through the big building. As
n result, the government employees work
in as clean and dustless an atmosphere
as is to be found in any Omaha building
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
One More Case of
Diphtheria is Found

One more case OF diphtheris has been
reported 10 the city health department.
The number Of cases among the suspects
is decreasing. according TO the health
commissioner. who believes the contagion
Is under control and win soon be stamped
out. The disease has appeared In mild
form in many parts OF the city. and at
least thirty-five cases are under guar
antine.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
TIckIinn of the Thrnnt

quickly relieved by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, the great cough and cold remedy.
A safe and sure medicine. soc and g. All
druggists.-Advertisem
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
High school Notes.

Cherokee coal, unscreened, A.S; screen
Cd, $40 South Z. Rowland Lum. N Coal.
The Gsvei club OF the high school will
meet Tuesday evening, y debate on bet
ter education will take place.
Two modern furnished rooms. heated.
South 1855
The foot ball issue Of the Tooter will
appear Friday noon TO the students OF
the high school,
Petroleum coke, $3.50 ton; genuine
Son. Tel, so. SO
office space for rent in Bee office, 23lS
n street. Terms reasonable. Well known
location. Tel South %.
The senior class play, 'Milestones."
TO be staged in the local auditorium Janu-
AIRY is. will be rehearsed Tuesday evening.
The issue after this. the last OF this
semester before the midyear commence
ment, win be the Christmas and will
also be a large special edition.
Finances with the athletic association
are beginning to take on much brighter
appearance since the beginning of the
/, basket ball season. a large harvest II
being reaped at the class championship
ga mes held Tuesday evenings In the
school gymnasium
pointed by Principal S. W. Moore OF the
high school. or the three appointed,
Merle Curt, Frank Faux and Karl Lee,
this years session. PRINCIPAL Moore &C
eompanled the high schools lone repre-
sentative and Will stay in Fails city
until the conference has ended this even
ing
The Vellum society will meet Monday IN
the high school auditorium after school.
A high-class literary program has been
prepared and a member of the faculty
will be present in the capacity OF critic,
President Jordan of the senior class has
appointed committees TO take charge OF
all matters coming up for the commence-
ment exercises. as we'll as committees to
re that material is sent In for the COM
mencement Issue OF the Tooter. This issue
will be the size of the ordinary annual
and will be the first one ever published
for a midyear graduating class.
Basket ball practice Is being held daily
In the school gymnasium after school
and every Tuesday and Thursday eve
ninss. The first team may meet the
Bellevue college team OF Coach Racely
next Tuesday evening In the high school
gymnasium. II the game can be ar
ranged an admission OF 10 cents win be
charged.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
To Draft school Bill.

To Draft school Bill
committee has been appointed by the
library board consisting OF PresidenS
Mayfield and Members Breen and Hagan.
TO draft a bill 90 be presented to tho
lie ;islature providing for an increase m
the annual appropriation Tor operating the
public library. The plan is 20 ask for an
annual appropriation of about $4,000.
which would mean, II the bill should he
come a law, that the library would set
5000, as only 10 per cent Of the apTr1-
priatlon is available. With this amount
the library board figures the institution
could easily he placed among the higher
ranks OF libraries in many ways where 1t
il deficient now. Judge Breen viii draw
the hill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07

A big road building bee is planned
for August 10 when it is expected
farmers from all over Burns township,
Byron village merchants, professional
men, business men, private citizens
laborers. old and young, big and small
will congregate and with teams and
shovels and right good will, turn to
and build nearly mile of road
The road in question is one of the
poorest pieces of road in the township,
and although it would be fixed in the
usual manner eventually, eventually"
is long time coming, and the idea is
to go ahead and fix it up and 60 it in
one day. Jeptha Skinner, road com.
missioner in Argentine, has given the
assurance that he will meet Burns town
ship with the state road from the brick
school to the county line.
Commissioner John Graham will
grade the road and get everything pre-
pared and in readiness for the putting
on of the gravel, and will supervise the
construction of the road.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07
HERBERT A. THOMPSON
Candidate For Nomination For State Senator ON the
Republican Ticket.

Herbert A Thompson, of Williams.
ton, candidate for the Republican pomi.
nation for State Senator from the -Four.
teenth Senatorial District comprising
Shiawassee and Ingham counties,
solicits the support of every citizen al
the primary, August %, 1914.
Born and reared on farm in the
township of Stockbridge. resident of
the county for AZ years, for FIVE wears a
teacher in the public schools of the
county, for the past 10 years in business
IN Williamson. for 81 years an active
republican working in many capacities
for the welfare of the party and NEVER
u candidate for public Office of any
sort, with business and social &C.
quaintance that extends into every
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07

Washington, Aug. 5.-All who are
concerned in the high cost of living
will be interested in the results of an
inquiry which Congressman Charles II
Sloan of Nebraska, a member of the
Ways and Means Committee, has just
given out Mr.. Sloan compiled the
imports of twenty seven leading agri
cultural products. He found that in the
fret eight months under the Ur derwood
Democratic) tariff law importations of
these twenty.seven agricultural pro
ducts showed collective increase of
149 per cent. One of the greatest in.
creases was in meat products, which
were 1927 per cent greater than in the
corresponding period of the year before
the Republican tariff law was repealed.
For the first eight months under the
Under wood law as compared with the
corresponding period one year proceed
ing together with their respective per
centage of increase the figures follow:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07
Washington Letter.
Washington, July 90, /!

o5nihBton, July 80, iolf.
In speech on the floor Of the House
OF Representatives. Charles n. Sloan.
Of Nebraska. charged Representative
Cullop of Indiana, with having made a
state m snt ~ hich contrsdicted every
mar ket of the United states and at the
same time branded the new tariff law
as ineffective in it's leading purpose,
which was to hammer down the price
of farm products. Mr.. Sloan's speech
was In answer TO the recent statement
made by Representative Cullop that
wheat now is better price under
Democratic times than it was in 1912
under Republican rule"
Mr.. Sloan backs up his statement
with figures and declares these figures
were available at the time Mr.. Cullop
made his statements. There is no
excuse for the statement made by the
gentleman from Indiana" said Mr..
Sloan, mo object apparent, except to
deceive the farmers who have been the
most harshly used Of all the people of
the United States in the tariff readjust.
ments of this congress-"
In refuting the statement of Mr.. Gull
lop, Mr. Sloan takes five of the leading
wheat markets of the United States
and shows that there has been an aver
age decrease in these five markets of
eighteen cents bushel since Republi.
can times. He shows that under Dem.
ocratic times more than four and one.
half times as much wheat was imported
as in corresponding period under
Republican times.
Mr.. Sloan groups wheat prices for
the first six months of this year and
compares them with the corresponding
five years from 1909 to 1913 inclusive,
and shows an average decrease per
month between the two periods of six
teen cents bushel. Mr.. Sloan declares
at the time Mr.. Cullop made his state
ment that wheat in the capital city of
his own state Qndiana) was worth only
seventy nine and one half cents,
while in 1912 it was worth S1.O7t. He
declares there has not only been de.
crease in wheat prices in Indiana since
1919, but also a decrease in the price of
corr and oats, barley, potatoes, hay and
haxseed, These figures are not limited
to Indiana, he says, and in a table of
official figures he shows an average de.
crease of eight and three-quarter cents
bushel in oats in the first six months
of 1914 as against the corresponding
months in every year since 1909 and
for the same period decrease of nine
teen cents bushel in barley and sixty
six and one half cents bushel in fl lx-
seed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07

maries and elections Of the coming
months.
The Free Trade party has presented
the American usrBet to Europe with
ont money q without price. Can you
SEQ United States wages in such doc
trine2
With adequate Protection the work
is done here in America. With Free.
Trade the work is done abroad, and in
this there are no American wages.
Even though the wool on the sheep
may be black, the mutton is white.
Free-Trade is blsck-outside, inside,
upside, downside and all the way
through.
During Free.Trade times everything
American passes through the Free.
Trade sieve; wages, work, money, in.
dustries, hope and happiness; and that
which remains-foreign merchandise
and all manner Of trucks of no more
use to the toilers in the United States
than are the strawberry seeds after the
good wife, in jelly making. has passed
the berries through the strainer.
Senator Simmons gleefully calls at
tention to the fact that while the in
crease OF imports under the Democratic
Free Trade Tariff has amour ted to
bS1, 900, 900, yet from 1919 to 1913, under
Protection, they increased by Sl6O. 600,
600. But he does not state that from
1912 to 1913 our exports increased by
$3.50, OO0,0 900, while under the present
law during the past few months our
exports have actually decreased. Give
US all the facts, Senator.
When Mr. Underwood congratulated
his party upon the fact that the Treas
ury Department had reported that Gus
toms receipts for the current fiscal year
would amount to more than the esti.
mates of revenue from this source, he
said nothing of one unfortunate and
significant feature of the operation of
the new Tariff law, Increasing Gus
toms receipts mean larger and larger
importations OF goods made abroad,
and which will be sold in competition
with American products. Statistics
made public by the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce show that in
May last imports amounted to $l63, 637..
1888, compared with 1888, 1871 in May
1913 Free merchandise represented
1902, 507, 928, or 627 per cent of the
months total, compared with 500, 0O6,.
928, or 81 per cent in May a year ago
The export figures tell another story.
Domestic exports in May amounted to
1857, 400, 572, decrease of 1913, $40, 22S
as compared with May, 1913 Workers
who depend upon American industrial
concerns for employment will find little
encouragement in Mr.. Underwood
statement in regard TO customs re.
ceipts
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07

county in the state, he comes before
the people Of the district with the
record of his life among them as the
guarantee of what might be expected
+ ON him as a legislator if he should be
nomina; ed and elected
Many questions of public interest are
before the people, some Of which will
doubtless come before the next legisla
ture and his attitude toward them. the
electors may be assured, will be the
same as il has been all during his life
among the people Of the district.
A conservative business man of ripe
experience, an extended experience in
the consideration of public questions at
a newspaper man, he will heartily sp
preciate the support Of the electorate,
the most Of whom have personal &C
quaintance with him or Of him and
know that it has generally been con.
coded for the past two years that he
should be the nominee this time
he comes from he eastern half Of
lngham county, which section, a.
shown by the Michigan Manual N EVER
was represented in the State Senate.
Your vote and that of yonr friends
would be appreciated on Primary Day,
August 25, 1914. Tell your friends
about H..
Thompson Booster Committee.
Per j. T. Krumbeck, Sec'y.
Williamson, Michigan.
Advertisement
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07
Comssioners' Notice

In the matter Of the estate OF George Haines
deceased.
We the undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge Of Probats
In and for the County OF Shiawassee, State OF
Michigan. commissioners 10 receive, examine
aud ADJUST all claims and Demands OF ali per
sons against said estate do hereby give notice
that we will meet at the office OF Asa T.
Wright In the CITY of Owosso In said county
A. ID. 1914 at ten o'clock in the forenoon Of each
Of said days for the purpose OF receiving and
adjusting al claims against said estate and tina,
four months from the 18th day Of July A. D.
1914 are allowed to creditors TO present their
clai ms 10 said Commission RS for adjustment,
and allowance.
Dated the oath day OF July A. d. 1914.
ASA r. WRIGHT,
JAMES A. ARMSTRONG.
mssioners