Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-26
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Have Root rrtnt Tt--Now Res con Press
Xmas Tree EiEhting outfits-BurgsSs-
aaidrigs-Hraddsn oo.-Compensation In
surance insrrctions Tor Spec al rates free.
Charles Rattens has removed his law
offices to rooms 900 and 46 McCague
building. Telephone, Douglas 5ll1
Bsautiful All Modern Homes for sNls
on the easy payment plan. Bankers
Realty Investment Co. Phone Doug. 1925.
BE Insured OF better business for 1915
hy locating your office In The Bee build
ing, the building that Is always new
Office room 1oS.
'roday's Complete Movie Program"
classified section today, and appears In
The Bee EXCLUSIVELY. Find out what
the various moving picture theaters offer.
Mrs. Knowles Heavily Fined-Mrs. e.
NJ Knowles, 29OS Lesvenworth street, was
fined $50 and costs in police court for
conducting a disorderly house.
Miss Goethe to Aurora-Miss Doris
Goethe, secretary to Manager Parrish of
the bureau Of publicity, expects to spend
tho Christmas holidays with her parents
at Aurora.
Miss Levy wins Psnnaut-Miss
Blanche Levy. 1903 North Thirty-third
street. was awarded a school pennant in
scholarship contest at the Van SAINT
school. Thursday afternoon.
More Licenses Grantsd--City commits
soners granted thirty-six additional sa-
Don licenses. The protest against the
saloon of L. c. Wroth was withdrawn
and wroth was given license.
Goes into Bankruptoy--Louis 1. Rate
shevitz, a Dodge county merchant, has
filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in
the United States district court. He
lists his debts at S1.63O.24 and his assets,
partly uncollectible, at H,S4S.eS,
Mr. ana Mrs. Parrish to Kirksville--
Mr.. and Mrs. E. " Parrish have gone
to Kirksville, Mo-, to spend the holidays
with Mr. Parrish's parents, who reside
there. This will be the first holiday sea-
son at his old home for Mr.. Parrish in
good many years.
New Years AEsssage--"A Happy New
Year Message TO Men" will be delivered
ut the Young Mems Christian association
Sunday at 4 p. IN. by Rev. o. d. Baltzly
pastor of Kountze Memorial Lutheran
church. All men are invited, and
musical program win be given.
DR.. Caldwell Coming--Dr. II. W.
Caldwell of the University of Nebraska
will speak to the school teachers of
Omaha January 8 at the Omaha High
school auditorium on THE Problem OF
World Peace" He may also address the
Omaha Commercial club.
Protection for Clerks Heads--Bffort is
being made at the federal building to
prevent snow on the big skylights over
the heads of the clerks. Steam pipes
have been arranged near the skylight
gutterlng. so that the snow and ice will
run off into the sewers as fast as II
melts.
Police Make Saloon Raid-Sam Kap-
Ian's saloon at TweDty-fourth and Frank
lin streets, was raided by the police and
half r dozen men who were caught drink
ing in the place, were sent to jail. All
were subsequently released on bonds.
Kaplan was charged with running a dis
orderly house.
Much Mursery stock Received-Six
carloads of young trees, shrubs and other
nursery stock from France and Holland
have been examined and passed through
the port OF Omaha for nurseries at Shen-
andoah, la. Collector of Customs Cadet
Taylor says that about forty cars OF such
stock are expected here this winter, the
war seeming to have no effect on the
business.
EIIiok Recovers In west-Frank l. Dl-
lick Of the Omaha Printing company, who
went to California for his health, is re-
ported to be getting along nicely at Pasa-
dena He is a member of the Omaha
Rotary club, and Rotarians on the Pa
cific coast write that Mr.. Ellick will only
require an extended rest and good care
to become himself again. Mrs. Ellick Is
with him.
City Ticket offices Clos0-christma
will be observed by all the railroads
operating into the city. Trains will run
as usual, but aside from this there will
not be thing doing. The general Of
fices will be closed ali day, as will be
the city ticket offices. In the freight
departments, goods will be received on
both out and inbound business, but no
efforts will be made to encourage ship
ments
Quiet Christmas at r. n. G. A.--Today
will be an unusually quiet one at the
Young Mems Christian association. The
building will be run practically ON Sunday
schedule, with no activities planned The
cafe and lunch room will be closed, tur-
key dinners having been served yester-
day. The big holiday celebration OF the
association will be on New Years day.
when the annual reception and 'open
house will take place. Christmas has
been arranged as a real holiday for the
employees by General Secretary E. f.
DeniSon.