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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17
Campaign Money
Still Retained by
The Committee

No definite action was taken by the
executive committee OF the Republican
county committee last night because OF
lack of quorum. II was the consen-
sus Of opirion of the members present,
however that the action of the caudi-
dates in the matter OF the disposition Of
the 500 left over after the last campaign,
ought TO be endorsed. This action
included the payment OF 800 each to
Amos Thomas and Edward Simon for
their work during the campaign Mr.
Thomas, who was present. announced
that he would not accept the money.
Some present were In favor of using
the money in payment OF old bills con.
tracted two years ago by the former
committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17

Commander Herman Elsasser, cousin
of Mrs o. e. Gugier. 24O5 North Twenty
fourth street. was in charge Of tho Ger
man Zeppelin vainigen when it left
Manbeuge. France. on November 3 and
went on an extra-hazardous scouting ex-
petition over the allies trenches, less
than a mile away.
During the trip the Vainigen was fired
upon by land artillery and later pursued
by armored aeroplanes and was re-
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17

ported disabled Since then Mrs. Gugler
has had no definite information as TO
the welfare of her relative.
The photograph was taken just before
ascending, as the outcome OF the journey
was highly doubtful. and in war time
there is more or less Drotherly feeling
among soldiers in the same fight about
sending back remembrences of men that
are likely never to return, Mrs. Gugler
has Just received the copy sent to her.
Since the war has started two of Mrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17

posterity will say: There we're giants in
those days"'
The Real Question.
So much we can realize, even though
we are so close to II. The old safe extinct
saves VS. from triumph and exultation.
But what will be the position in years
to come OF the young man who has de-
liberstely elected TO outcaste himself
from this all-embracing brotherhood?
What OF his family, and, above all, what
OF his descendants. when the books have
been closed and the last balance struck
OF sacrifice and sorrow throughout every
hamlet. village. parish, suburb, city,
shire, district, province and dominion In
the empireP
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17
Beauty at
Sweet Sixteen
Comes Back When One Clears Up
the Complexion by the Quick Act
ing Stuart'E Calcium Waters.

Pimples are an offense to others and a
crime against yourself. People have only
tolerated you because they considered the
condition of your face TO besa m. sfortune
against which you have no remedy. But
now that II Is universally known that
Stuart's Calcium Waters will usually ban
ish pimples blackheads, blotches, erup-
lions and liverspots. your continued neg
ligence viii be considered inexcusable.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17
VITAL CHANGES
IN CITY CHARTER
Continued from Pose ono)

brick restricting purchases TO their
houses Tho city attorney and COM
mission have decided TO correct this
abuse aud bead OFT this one form Of gold
brcking. at least
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17

lust One Week"
The person with a pimply face is always
luattractive and at a disadvantage In So
7iety. Those ugly disligurementS set at
laught the effect of the most perfect fea-
arrest II your face and figure had the
iassical outlines of a Greek statue, q
mass Of pimples would still destroy your
cauty. A clear, fresh skin Is absolutely
essential TO any real beauty.
4 beautiful complexion Is dependent on
a rich, pure, abundant supply OF blood to
the skin Calcium sulphide has long been
recognized as one OF the most effective
Of blood purifiers. Quickly converting all
Impurities into gaseous form that readily
escapes from the pores. IL purifies the
blood in remarkably short order. Calcium
sulphide is the. chief constituent of
gtuart's Calcium Waters, which contain
BESIDES, certain MID, Alternatives that in
gigorate the blood. You will be delighted
Il the radidity with which all face disor-
lers will disappear, once the blood has
been clAansed OF its Impurities through
YouC have a right 20 beauty and health
and happiness. You have a right 10 the
qdmiration and respect OF others. Take
he step that will gain YOU all Of these.
Get a SOC box Of Stuarts Calcium Waters
OF your druggist and win back your birth
right. 4 small sample package mailed
free by Undressing r. A. stuart Co.. i75
stuart Bidg., Marshall, Mich.-Advertise-
AANAks
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17
Extend. rn,inr LImI,.

An amendment empowers the commits
sion by two-thirds vote to pave any
street leading out ~ the city as a part
OF a main thoroughiaIc any ditanCe. At
present the distance OF such paving Is
limited and tho result Is too few such
thoroughfRres in Eood condition. There Is
Faruam street going west. Tor instance.
which though having an per cent grade,
is taxed by traffic to the danger point,
while IL ought to be relieved by other
streets.
The commission is also empowered to
extend from LJo feet 20 one mile and a
half the distance Il may pave a street
without petition. The late proposed and
defeated charter fixed the limit at IOot
feet
Another paving proposal denies tho
right OF any property owner 10 come In
after a street has been paved and qucs.
ton the necessity OF IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17

A For Sale" Ad VIII turn secondhand
furniture into cash.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17
LcvyinE street benefits.

At present the commission may con
denim land for park and boulevard pur-
poses within three miles OF the city, but
may only levy special benefits for TAX
ing tho land within tho city An amend
ment proposeS to extend thS right OF
benefits to that OF appropriation, that is
&c let the commission levy benefits as
far as IT may condemn land.
Provision is made for grading two OF
moro intersection streets in ono improve
ment TO save paying for both cuts and
fills. when both exist.
The commission is given the right IN
another amendment to appropriate money
for park concerts regardless of private
contributions or collections. The present
law contains what is considered petty
provision forbidding the commission to
set aside for this purpose no more than
an amount contributed privately.
New Tax on Vehicles.
Hero IL one for the autolsts and all
others using vehicles to conJure with. o
provision enabling the commission to ro-
Quire an annual registration OF every
vehicle permanently used on the streets
OF the city The amount of the fee shall
be left for the commissioners determine
probably running from 81 to 50 pei
vehicle. acting somewhat the same as a
wheel tax" though not going by that
name. The proceeds from this levy shall
he devoted to the street and road fund
| One amendment proposes TO knock OUT
the old joker which prevents the city
from getting a good bargain In the matter
OF its garbage disposal. 1t cuts out o
the present law the words. "withou
cost to the city," which means that tn,
city may get its garbage both collected
and disposed of. where now It is onl.
getting Il disposed of.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17
Pride and Prejudice.

II q iiosb uSSAui' satu AiiSy= ne VI
ficers themselves seemed to be interested
in coal or cotton. and had known their
men intimately on the civil side. II your
orderly room sergeant or your quarter
master has been your trusted head clerk
or foreman for ten or twelve years. and
II eight out OF dozen sergeants have
controlled pitmen and machinists, above
and below ground, and 80 per cent Of
those pitmen and machinists are privates
in the companies. your regiment works
with something OF the precision OF big
business
The Washington times., 1915-06-15

NEW YORK, June l5-Brac,ng fran,
yesterdays sharp slump, the stook
market this morning recorded a general
advance ranging from fractions To more
than a point, only to sell off again dur
Ing the second hour to practically the
same figures that were established at
the close of the previous day
The reason assigned for this attitude
on the part OF the market is the fact
that outside buyers, the general public.
have withdrawn from participation in
the trading to await the outcome Of the
diplomatic negotiations between this
country and Germany. leaving the mar
ket practically to the domination Of
the professional element. and certain
large interests which have been bear.
ish for several weeks ar taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to depress price
lie, els.
Railroad stocks attracted Gerry little
attention and showed few changes,
uwith the exception of Reading, which
appeared to be quite weak. 1t sold Off
before noon ia points to 143A.
Notwithstanding the general trend Of
| stocks, few industrials broke away
from the sagging influence and regis
tered good gains. Westinghouse found
a strong market and sold up 3H points
to 1919, but later eased off, Goodrich
Company stock advanced " to 81. and
American Sugar Refining gained points
by selling at 110Ia.
The copper group and the motor
stocks stood out prominently. Amalga-
| mated made a gain of a point. and Ana
conda, Chino, and Inspuiration recorded
gains of proportions in the first hour
General Motors, Maxwell Motor, and
Studebaker were each up a full point
I at midday.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15

sponsibly responsible for more good and
evil turns than anybody.
The police knew him well. And al
though he was often mixed up in rep
rehensible matters, they were careful
not to arrest him. because he was
often so useful to them, and they
knew that at heart he was good ma
tured and not responsible for the oc-
casional harm that he did.
Freddie's reDute with the police be-
gan when he was quite small boy.
Sergeant Rafferty, tall and very seri-
ous-looking,. encountered him one day
Say, Bub have you seen man
around here with one nostril bigger
than the other and bit Of his left
ear missing?"
Sure" said Freddie. you mean Pete
the Po!axe."
"Where?" said Rafferty, He's shot
a man UP and he's wanted"
Il seen him." said Freddie, mot five
minutes ago. He give me a dime to
say I didn't
"Where'd you see him. boy?"
He was goin into O'Gorman's ice
cream parlor with Nell the Fltnger.
family entrance"
"If you've spoken the truth said
Rafferty,. "I'll give you dollar"
Ten minutes later the arrest was
made and Freddie's reputation was es-
ia blished.
Sometimes he was sent upon definite
missions. and carried them through to
perfection.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1915-06-15

-T REDDIE THE FERRET"
- was a remarkable young
man. His real name was
Frederick Appleton Douglass
and he nme of good Scotch -Ameri-
can stock. If he had been bright and
bad he might have been a gangster.
But he wasn't bright and he wasn't
bad He was neither a half-wit. nor a
whole wit. and he had almost as much
moral sense as a cat. That is to say
he had none He had neither more nor
less moral glow when he gave candy
which he didn't want to a child than
when he took candy which he didn't
want away from one.
His habitual companions, however.
were evil. For many such persons In
the city had discovered that on ac-
casion Freddie could be tremendously
useful. To begin with his luck dis
tinguished him as much as brains and
are always finding four -leaved clover.
Freddies gift. though he had never seen
clover patch or lived in clover, was
of that sort. II Freddie went through
rubbish heap he always found some
thing of value. Once he found a dia-
mond horseshoe. and, sold it to an
Italian fruiter for six bananas. If
there was n piece of money or a cigar
stump long enough to be smoked any
where In a gutter Freddie was pretty
sure to find one or the other If not
both. If Brown was looking for Smith.
Freddie was pretty sure to have seen
Smith If he hadn't 1t was his luck
that he was going to. Freddie had
seen more fires. more runaways, more
horrible accidents than any young
man in New York. he had found more
| things worth finding; and been ire
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
THE BEST
Photopldy Department in
WASHINGTON
Photopldy Gives The
( William a Better
!, Standing With
a, The Public

The william Is coming into his own
in the photo play!
For years the william of the play
has been a despised character. He
has been greeted with Kisses and
cat-calls. He has frequently been
pelted with vegetables that were
relics of the garden rather than
edible specimens. He has been re-
viled by all the faithful patrons Of
the theatre.
But the photo play, with its silent
actors. has changed all this. The
introduction of such men as Duncan
iMacRea. of the Edison company;
Harry Morey. of the Vitagraph;
James Cruze. and Frank Harrington.
OF the Thanhouser; Raoul Walsh, Of
the Reliance; John Charles. of the
Selig, George Field and Jack Rich
ardson, Of the American, and the
many other popular stars who play
known photo plays regularly-or, as
in the case of Cruze. occasionally
nave had the effect of making the pa
irons of the theater see the actor
william in his true light, as an actor
who plays a part. And 1t Is not
fuHuSudl IONduuyS " Iltdi dppiduSo
for the, villisn that Is as hearty as
the applause for the hero.
The actors who have been mem
toned, and they are only a few OF
the very popular young men who
could be mentioned. have warm
places in the hearts Of the people
who go to see motion pictures. In
fact. the man who is a william today,
might be the hero tomorrow, which
is very we'll known to the picture
patrons. Hobard Bosworth, one Of
the most accomplished of the motion
picture stars, who was also. by the
way. one Of the best known and most
capable of, stage stars. plays the
part of the hero or the william in
his plays. just Us 1t suits him. For
instance, he was the hero in the
photo play of THE Odyssey Of the
North and the deep, dyed william
both was va 1us sreatly oai appreciated. tS G'fA III
John Charles. of the Selig COM
pany, Is one OF the most consistent
Williams Of the film. He worked his
way through all the villianous parts
on the, stage before he tried out the
photoplay; having had a stock rep
from Simon Legree to Hamlet. And
Mr.. Charles believes that the photo
play has brought about a better un-
derstanding OF the artistic work Of
the Williams.
In the good old days of the ten.
twent, and thirt,' he declares, the
villa, in who always smoked a cigar
cite, carried a riding whip, and wore
puttees. was frequently Missed off the
stage. His was indeed a thankless
part, In the pictures details are
somewhat different.
while the villain wins the enmjty
Of the gallery gods right off the
bat, yet he cannot be hissed off the
screen, and. consequently, no en-
Also the Woodworking actor who
portrays the villain In the pictures
Is not present In the flesh and is not
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
LOCAL AND N. Y. FINANCIAL NEWS

Prices manifested no definite trend,
but tended to irregularity on. the Wash
ington Stock Exchange todty, with the
fluctuations confined. however, TO frac-
tons
AS on yesterday the greu er part of
the light trading INDUCED IN was CEN
tered IN the bond list. A block of 81. 900
worth of Potomac Electric Power con-
solidated 8 per cent bonds brought 101,
and 1890 worth of Washing ton Gas SIS
sold at 104A. the same pricef command
ed by these issues yesterday. Washing
ton Railway As we're fractionally under
the price that has prevailed for several
days. Two $1,000 bonds were traded
in at 80 and a $500 bond brought se%.
The only sales Of Capital Traction
stock consisted of odd loes totaling 3
shares, and were made at SS%, the
same figure at which the sales OF the
stock recorded yesterday were made,
but the bid for quotation lots was low
cred one-quarter of a point to ssh.
weaser 9enSeney eS AfteF F a'aE e9otation s lot
had been disposed Of at TN. the bid for
| the stock was dropped to 72, and 1t was
offered at TN, as compared with 72s BID
adm 72% asked the day before.
Commercial National Bank stock adj
| vanced two points over recent prices, =
block of ten shares being traded in at
1876. Mergenthaler Linotype was ALSO
compared with yesterdays price o.. 1872.
The Real Estate Title Insurance and
the Columbia Title Insurance com.
panies have each declared semi a nnual
dividends of per cent, payable June
| 80 to stockholders of record June q.
| The transfer books will be closed from
June 81 to June 30.
dividend Of ~ per cent has been
| declared by the Union Trust Company.
payable July Is to stockholders of rec
| ord July /.
Col. Robert n. Harper, president OF
| the District National Bank, returned
| today from an automobile trip through
| New York State and along the New
| Jersey coast.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15

Wv y HAT had happened was sim
An/ ply this: The moment Tom
my had entered his fathers
house Celestia had leaned
from the cab window and told the
driver to drive on. Why? Because she
thought that she was trouble to him?
No. 1t was because when his arms
had been around her and he had kissed
her and she had kissed him back. al
most all thought of her Heavenly mis-
sion to this Earth had been wiped from
her mind and she had felt that the
gates of Heaven were closing against
her return THEY had trusted her.
And she mustn't fail them. They had
told her that when she went to Earth
from the high places and put on NOR
tai flesh she would no longer be free
from the sufferings and temptations to
which the fesh is heir. And 10 and be-
hold-already she had been blistered py
the sun. had been cold. hungry, lonely,
unhappy, homesick, and had evinced
the wish to lie forever in a mans pro-
tecting arms kissed and kissing.
Where to, Miss
The cab had stopped and the driver
was speaking to her through the win
''This will do" she said. and she got
out: Thank you very much" and then,
her head bare, feet showing below
Tommy's raincoat, she started to walk
away.
Hold on. there" beloved the driver
''how about my fare?'
oh" said Celestia, turning meekly
The driver pointed to his meter.
'Sixteen dollars and forty-eight
cents" he said, with a tone of finality
Celestia stood helpless and be-
wildered.
but i have no money" she said
You haven't. haven't your"
The driver leapt threateningly from
his box. and a crowd began to gather
Through this crowd a strong. loud
voiced, we'll dressed middle-aged wom
an came pushing and struggling. She
caught Celestia by the arm and forced
her back toward the cab. the door OF
which was still open.
''rll take care Of you. dear" she
said. in with you"
To the driver she gave an address In
a voice which none but him heard. and
q moment later. amid Jeers and mur
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
Read II Here
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SEE IT LATER IN
THE MOVIES
Copyright 1915. by The Star Co. AL Foreii
Rights Reserved.
Synopsis of Previous CHAPTER.

After the tragic oath Of John Ames-
bury, his prostratsd wife, one Of Amer
teal greatest beauties, dies. At her death
Prot. stilliter. an agent of the interests.
kidnaps the beautiful three-year bab2
girl and brings her up in paradise
where. she sees no man. but thinks she
10 taught by angels. who instruct her
for her mission to reform the world. At
the age of eighteen she Is suddenly thrust
into the world where agents Of the In
terssts are ready to pretend to find her:
The one to feel the loss OF the little
Amesbury girl most. after she had been
spirited away by the interests. was
Tommy Barclay.
Fifteen years later. Tommy goes to the
Adirondacks. The interests are responsible
for this trip. By accident he Is the frst
to meet the little Arnesbury girl. as she
comes forth from her paradise as Celes-
tia, the girl from heaven. Neither Tommy
or celestia recognize each other. Tommy
hnds II an easy matter to rescue Celestia
from Prof. stilliter and they hide in the
mountains. later they are pursued by
Stilliter and escape to an island where
they spend the night. The professor steals
Celestia away while Tommy Is swimming
and takes her to the city, where che Is
held pending mental examination.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
TOday's Sales.

Washington Gas SIS, s5oOa1O4s4. $1,000
104%.
Washington Railway As, s10oOds2,
81, ,000dS2.
Potomac Electric consolidated SIS.
$3.000Glel.
Capital Traction, 2dSs%.
Washington Gas. 25Q72h.
Mergenthaler, l0dls3
Commercial National Bank. 1o91sS.
After call:
Washington Railway As, s500dS2s4.
Capital Traction, ldSS$.
Potomac consolidated SIS, 81, ,o00Ql0l.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
Man 48 Inches High
Takes 47-Inch Bride

HANNIBAL, Mo. June 15.-Miss Mary
Porter was married to James e. Bur
ton at Holiday, west Of Hannibal.
Their combined height will not equal
eight feet and their total weight Is
but 1E pounds. The bride weighs
seventy pounds and Is fortyNseven
inches in height. The bridegroom is one
inch taller and weighs seven pounds
more. Burton is forty years old. and
the bride Is twenty-six.
Each has had offers to travel with
shows They will live on Burton farm.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15

murs Of pity. Celestia was once more
whirling through the streets Of New
York. But the voice of the woman.
though course and vulgar was brusque-
ly kind, and Celestia felt that after
all her vicissitudes she had found a
friend of her own sex-a differentia-
ton. be it said. of which until that
day she had never before been con-
scfous.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
Ants Eating Temple.

White ants are reported to have work.
ed havoc recently In the ZenkoJi Tenn
pie, Nagano, Japan, a noted center of
pilgrimage by Buddhistic devotees.
When discovered by the sections the
ants had already eaten hollow the
the temple.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
By GARDNER MACK.

extended by audiences In motion pic
ture theatsrs to picture actors who
play heavy parts convincingly.
Just a few years ago such COM
pliments would have sounded very
strangely. / construe the new atti-
tude to mean that sentiments are
changing and that audiences are ap-
preciating the work of each and
everyone who assists In making the
tic and entertaining"
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
ToDAY's BEST FILMS
BY GARDNER MACK.

Herbert Ruwiinson, Anna Little
and Frank WOrthington ~ "hc
Black Box" hy n. Phthps uppcu
helm UUnivcrsnD, fnnl insta',men;
the Maryland, DI6 Ninth street nnn
Central Park, Ninth strec' "e"'
g street.
Anita stewart and Earle WI:
Iiams in .sThc Goddess," adapted
from the Gouveneur Morris story
Charles Goddard tvitRgrnph,,
fourth ,nstaiiment the Leader,
Ninth street between E ana
streets.
Pauline Frederick and Fuller
Mcllish in "Thc Efcrnni Sny
adapted from the story nnd piaS
by Hall Cninc U'amous Plnysrs-
Pnramounp, the Columbia Thc-
ntcr, Twelfth and + strccts.
Orrin johnson and Olive Wynd-
ham in "Fighting Bob'' Crnh-
dnlrs, Ninth and 4! streets.
Holbrook BIinn and Alice Brady
in "Thc Boss" adapted from the
play by Edward sheldon Worid
Film Corp, p,-Brnhy), the olympic
14J1 You street.
Francis X. Bushnnn ana Ruth
Stonehouse In "1hc slim Prn-
cess" ndaptcd from the story ny
George Adc (Essanay), the Gar
den, 423 Ninth street.
Edith storey and Antonio Nor
ePO In "Thc Island OF ReRenern-
tiop,' adapted from the story by
Cyrus Townsend Brndy Nttn-
grnpI,), the strand, Niuth and ID
streets.
Beverly Baync in "1he Gilded
Cnge" tEssnpny). the NeVcre'
Georgia avenue and Park rond.
Richard Trnvcrs and Edna Mayo
In "vengcnpce" (EssnnayD, the Ma
Honic Auditeriun, Thirteenth
street aud New York avenue.
King BnRgot and Airline Pretty
in "a Life In the Balance" (impD
the Dixie, Eighth and II streets
northeast.
Margaret Gibson and Myrtle
North" by Frederick Chaplin wi
tagrnph), the Arcade, ourteenth
street and Park road.
MIR. md Mrs. Sydney Drew In
"The story OF Glove" by Paul
(Vitagraph). the Mnycroft, south
side Of II street between Sixth
and seventh streets.
Laura sawyer in "a Daughter Of
the HiIIs' (FRmOus Flayers,, Tan
GO rnrk, Fourteenth md v
streets.
Lois Webber and philips Small
ley In "Sunshine Molly" by Lois
Weber th-Pnrnmount),
the savoy, Fourteenth street near
Columbia road.
The Washington times., 1915-06-15

obliged to dodge sundry missiles.
which frequently was the experience
of the heavy who came forth In
.Thorns and Orange Blossoms
East Lynn Only a Factory Girl
and such like plays of halcyon days.
Il find that the actor who well as
sumes a heavy role in motion pic
ture productions is complimented
for his work rather than condemned
for the part he Is compelled to play.
I have overheard many compliments
The Washington times., 1915-06-15
New York Stocks.

Quotations furnished by W. q. Hibbe q
Co.. members OF New York Stock Exchange.
Hibbs Building.