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Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
JMAHA AND KANSAS
CITY BEING GOOD
Tut Minneapolis, Claiming Social
Pre-Eminenoe, Does About as
II Pleases.
DOES IT PAY TO BE GOOD

~ MELLITICIA-MRrc ~, 1919.
For some reason or another. / was
possessed with the curiosity this morn
ng TO sec what our commercial rival,
Kansas city, WAS doing. or was not do
.ng. during Lent
Their calendar | must admit. looks
very hlghbrow ami prOper-lectures, mu-
sicai affairs and an occasional tea or
luncheon
on the contrary, Minneapolis. which
claims social p-e-cminence i'm the middle
west-and has got away with It In the
east-is very active, one thing follow
ing another and no sack cloth and ashes
about the season whatever.
II all hrinRs back the old quandary-
docs II pay to be good?
Here are Omaha and Kansas city.
rot recognized at Newport, conducting
Themselves with the strictest Lenten de-
corun; on the other hand. Minneapolis,
entered IN the very Almanak de Gotha
Of smartness, doing just about as It
plcases.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
Work Of Evangelists
Praised by DR.. Carr

There is not church in this country
that stands for the principles OF Chris
tianity. economically" declared Rev. Ed
ward Ellis Carr Of Chicago in an address
before the ministers of Omaha at noon
at the Young Mems Christian association.
Rev. Carr. who is editor of the Chris
tian Socialist and general secretary OF
the Christian Socialist Fellowship OF
America. spoke on the Economic Basis
OF Spirituality"
Rev. Mr.. Carr gave scathing denun'
ciatlon of what he characterized as the
'unmerciful methods OF our modern
Christian business life.
The work being done by evangelist
was praised by Mr.. Carr. He asserted
that the collective methods of modern
business life should be resorted to. In
stead Of the individual methods. in saving
souls.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
AUTO CLUB FINDS OUT
THAT SPRING IS HERE

Spring is here. and the worries, trials
and tribulations OF attendants at the
Omaha Automobile club are doubling
tripllng and quadrupling as motorists
seek information as TO condition in the
great out-of-doors.
At the Hotel Fontenelle. down town
headquarters of the club. the assistant
secretary and his stenographer are com
PEELED 20 turn down scores OF calls for
information each day from nonmembers.
over 900 calls have been turned down
this month from automobilists who are
not members OF the club.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
THIRTEEN NEW CASES OF
SCARLET FEVER IN TWO DAYS

The following cases Of scarlet fever
were reported in the last forty-eight
hours:
Howard Anderson, 1914 South Twentieth
street.
Paul and Lois Edmund. 1921 Franklin
Frank Barrett. 4sOS Grant street.
Lerona Dodd. 207 North TWenty-fourth
street.
Gilbert Swanson. lai North Thirty-first
street.
iaretta sipe, Shelby court. No 2.
Kate Southmayd. 5ls South Twenty
Paul Palmquist. 2S2s North Fifty-ninth
- Mack. 4O6 North Sixteenth street.
- Evans. 1906 North Twentieth
street.
- Burke. hospital
Kenneth Madsen. 9ls North Nineteenth
bernard Saunders. Twenty-first and
Chicago streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
DR.. J. s. Goetz and
Mrs. Louise Strauss
Joined in Wedlock
BY LA RACONTEUsE.

DR.. James S. Goetz and Mrs. Louise
Strauss were married at yesterday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. Strauss
father, Mr.. Albert Heller. The ceremony
was performed by Rabbi Frederick Conn,
only members of the immediate family
being present.
Plans for a larger wedding were COM
pletely abandoned on account Of the Sc
we're accident to Mrs. Strauss small son.
Morris. last week. The little fellows =
leg was amputated as a result OF being
hurt by transfer wagon.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
ART EXHIBIT is TO OPEN
IN OMAHA WEDNESDAY

With the unpacking and arranging for
display Of the 900 paintings by northwest
ern artists which will form the art ex-
hibit at the Omaha public library Oma-
hans viii have the opportunity TO view
some OF the best recent works OF local
and Nebraska artists.
The eanyases have arrived from the
capital city OF Minnesota. where they
we're on display at the 81. Paul institute.
Tho exhibit in Omaha, which Ni'l be IN
charge Of the Fine Arts society, opens
Wednesday
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
Bird Houses Are
Being Placed In
the Public Parks

Nearly 400 bird houses which were ex-
hibited in the city council chamber last
week have been sent to the public parks
by City Commissioner Hummel for in
stallation by park caretakers. Each
house was designated as to park pref
erence. the choice invariably being the
park near the home of the boy who made
the house. These schools boys intend to
watch the occupancy Of their bird houses
from time to time.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28

Les Amies Club Notes.

Mrs. ". NJ. Barr was hostess at her
home Saturday afternoon TO Les Amies
Whist club. Prizes were won by Mrs.
Barr and Mrs. J. NJ. Gerhard. The club
will meet next Saturday afternoon,
April 9. with Miss May Rasmussen
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
BIDS ON NEW CHURCH
TO BE RECEIVED TUESDAY

Bids are to go in Tuesday for the con-
tract OF building the new ST. Peters
church at Thirty-second and Pacific
streets. John Latenser Is the architect
Bids were asked for several weeks ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
On the Calendar.

Mrs. Daniel Webster Ferguson Of Chi
cago, house guest OF Mrs. Frank w.
Bacon and Miss Lucille Bacon. will be
entertained at two home bridge-iunch-
cons this week. Mrs. Arthur Pinto will
be hostess Thursday afternoon and Mrs.
Howard II. Baldrige hostess Friday after
noon in Mrs. Ferguson's honor.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
Personal Mention.

Mrs Isaac Humphrey OF Rapid City.
S, D.. is the guest of Miss Mary Scott
and Miss Agnes Scott at the Colonial.
Mr. J. w. Greene, who has been seri-
ously III with grippe, Is recovering.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY
PHYSICIANS APPOINTED

Drs. Charles Sheets and A. A. Ryder
have been appointed to replace Drs. =.
ID. Ryder and r. Y. Roche as assistants
TO County Physician Lee Van Camp.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
Returned from California.

Mrs, George II. Leier and children and
Mrs NJ. r. Murphy and Miss Helen Muir
ply returned home from Long Beach
Cal, this morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
NeaO H0ts for Spring Wear

An unusual turban
in brown chip straw.
the shape somewhat
resembling a mush-
room. Gros-grsin rib
bon matching the
color Of the straw is
arranged on the crown
crosswise, terminal
ing in front. back and
side in an odd series
OF loops. The oddly
shaped brim follows
the line Of the crown,
flaring slightly at the
top. A cluster of ber-
rles in a conbing tone
Of brown is set on the
brim. a 'fording suit
able trimming.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28
For Former Omahan .

Mrs. Frances Ford OF Chicago. for
merly OF Omaha. was entertained this
afternoon at the Fontenelle at luncheon
by the Omaha Womans Press club. The
table was decorated with yellow spring
flowers and the hostesses of the occa-
sion were the officers Of the club. Mrs.
Harriet MacMurphy. honorary president;
Miss Faith Lee Hoel. president; Miss Ella
Fleishman. vice president, and Miss
Elizabeth Kern, secretary and treasurer.
1,I,n ..t,nnan - IL. I'M. .......
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-28

Sport hats in sailor
shapes shown with
attractive combination
trimming in tho form
of printed cotton and
straw. An unusually
smart model is illus
trated. the brim Of
navy satin being faced
with novelty hemp
straw. The crown IL
wide and rather deep.
covered with OPEN
work printed towel
ing. A band OF white
gros-grain ribbon is
erranged around the
crown. looping on the
left side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
CHARGES GERMANS SLEW
LOST SHIPS SURVIVORS
Case of Steamer Westminster Cited
as Example of Degree of Saw
agery Teutons Have Attained"

LONDON, December 29-The admiralty
has given to the Associated Press the fol-
lowing statement concerning the sinking
of the British steamer Westminster, which
was reported lost December IS:
1.-THE degree Of savagery the Germans
have attained in their submarine policy
appears to have reached a climax in the
sinking of the Westminster which was
proceeding from Tore Annunziata to Port
said in ballast December IA. when $50
miles from the nearest land, the West
minister was attacked by a German sub
marine without warning and was struck
by two torpedoes in quick succession,
which killed four men. The Westminster
sank in four minutes.
This ruthless disregard for the rules
of international law was followed by a
deliberate attempt to murder the sur
vivors The officers and crew while
Erecting their escape in boats were shelled
by the submarine at range of 5000
yards. The master and chief engineer
were killed outright Their boat was
sunk. The second and third engineers
were not picked up; it is presumed they
were drowned
The captain of the submarine must
have satisfied himself of the effectiveness
of his two torpedoes, yet he proceeded
to carry out in cold blood an act of MUIR
der which could not possibly be justified
by any urgency of war and can only be
regarded in the eyes of the world as a
further proof of the degradation of Ger
man honor and morale"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
SAYS RAILROADS IGNORE
ORDERS TO MOVE CARS
Commissioner McChord Declares
Rules of Association Are
Disobeyed.

At the hearing yesterday afternoon
of the interstate commerce commission
on the question whether it should issue
an order requiring the railroads of the
country to return cars of other lines to
their owners Immediately upon unload
ing, in an effort to relieve the present
car shortage, Commissioner McChord
declared the railroads seemed to pay
no attention to the orders of the rail-
way association. which has adopted
various drastic measures to relieve car
shortage. The railroads. he said, mot
only have violated their written and
oral agreements. but they have DELHI
erately been engaged in the pastime of
stealing cars from each other"
When w. W.. Atterbury, vice presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad and
president of the American Railway As
ISOLATION, objected, saying that state
ment could not be accepted as true,
Commissioner McChord said that he had
seen letter from one president stat
ing that other executives were not GO
ing to heed the orders of the associa-
tons car service committee.
All of the railroad men scented dam
ger in any commission order because
of the law imposing a five-thousand-
dollar fine for violation of interstate
commerce commission orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
D. c. TROOPS ENGAGE
IN E|GHT-M|LEH HIKE
Brigade March With Third and
Fourth Illinois Regiments Ordered
With Heavy Equipment.
BY ]. CROSBY MCCARTHY,
STAFF Correspondent.

CAMP WILSON. San Antonio. Tex.
December 29.-To keep them in good
marching trim SO as to be in readiness
for any long trips that may be ordered
the men of the Sd District Infantry
were given an eight-mile road hike to-
day. 1t was a brigade march, and the
Sd and 4th Illinois regiments also par
in command. The men carried their
heavy marching equipment.
In the afternoon the non-commission-
ed officers of the District and the Sd
and 4th Illinois regiments are to en-
gage in map making on the roads
about camp. A prize has been offered
for the best map that is prepared. and
the District militiamen have hope of
winning this, for there are several
"non-coms" in the regiment who are
map makers by preference.
Lieut.. David w. Tastet of the Medical
Corps of the Sd Regiment has been
ordered to accompany the Kansas and
Missouri Signal Corps com. GAMES to
Kansas City when they start home
within the next few days to be mus
tered out of the federal service. AS
soon as the trip is completed he will
return here.
Tonight camp is to be deserted so far
as District Officers are concerned, for
all of them are to be the guests at a
big dinner to be provided at one of
Virginia regiments as the result of the
outcome of the rifle match which the
officers team of the Sd District Regi-
ment won recently at Leon Springs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
BRYAN GUEST AT BANQUET.
Speaks to Kentuckians at Louisville
on National Prohibition.

LOUISVILLE, KY, December 90
William Jennings Bryan was the guest
of honor here last night at a banquet
given by the Kentucky Democratic
Forward League marking the opening
of campaign for the submission of a
prohibitory constitutional amendment in
Kentucky. The Kentucky Democratic
Forward League is an organiza ton hay-
ing as its object the election of mem
bers of the next general assembly who
are committed to the cause of prohibit
ton.
In his address Mr.. Bryan reiterated
his intention of devoting the next four
years to an effort to procure the in
dorsement of national prohibition by
the democratic party.
Mr.. Bryan did not begin to speak
until nearly midnight. He talked for
about an hour and a half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
CLASS OF 1918 MEETS.
Former Business High School Stu
dents Hold Annual Reunion.

Members of the class of 1913 of BUSH
ness High School held their annual
reunion Wednesday evening, at the
home of Miss Beatrice Hunt. 2727 On
tario road. Greetings from the class
were signed by all present and sent to
Sergts E. Johnson and H. Spangler.
members of the class with the National
Guard of the District of Columbia, and
to R. Reed, a member of the class now
in the United States Navy.
Miss Estelle C. Drane was the faculty
representative present on behalf of
Business. Others present were Miss
Gertrude Geschickter, Milton. Benjamin
Zeiler, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Sweet, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Mccormick. Mrs. NJ. Kaye.
Misses Anna Helms, NJ. Free, Gertrude
Bornet, Emma Windridge. Gertrude
O'Connor, Miss E. Pearl Schwarzmann,
E. Croggon. X. Smalley and Ada Hunt.
William G. Moore, Henry H. Holzbeieri
lein. Tracy Campbell, Edward Wild
mayer, ]. P. Van Overmeer. H. B. Der
rick and c. w. Dixan of Cornell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
FIRE ALARMS HOSPITAL.
Early Morning Blaze in Closet
Arouses Nurses and Others.

Nurses and other persons employed
at Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital this morning about 1870 O'Clock
were hurriedly summoned from their
quarters by the sounding the fire bells
In the building. Many of them hurried
to the top floor and attacked a fire that
started in closet, and by hard work
they succeeded in checking and almost
eXtinguishing the fire before the arrival
of members of No. 1 engine company
There was some excitement among
persons in the building, it is stated
but none of them left the structure. 1t
it thought the fire was caused by spon-
taneous combustion, and the damage
amounted to $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29

Powell Clayton, 18th United States Cav
airy. who was fatally injured by being
thrown from his horse on the drill field
near Fort Sam Houston, Tex, last Tues
day. Religious services will be held at st.
Johns Church, 18th and H streets, next
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock. and burial
will be made in the Arlington national
cemetery. A suadron of the I'd Cavalry
at Fort Myer, Va, will escort the funeral
party from the church to the cemetery,
and the usual military ceremonies will be
observed at the interment.
The honorary pallbearers will be the
following named members of the general
staff of the army. who were closely as
ISOLATED with Maj. Clayton during his re-
cent detail of duty at the War Depart
ment: Col r. f. L. Niche. Col G. B.
Duncan. Maj. Douglas Macarthur, Maj.
j. r. M. Taylor. Maj. Dennis Nolan and
Capt. H. U. kutz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
E, J. MARCY ATTACKS WIFE.
Judge Mullowny Sends Him to o.
coouan for Sixty Days.

With finger marks on her throat
bruises on her face and a cut across
the bridge of her nose. Mrs Sarah Mar
cey appeared in the Police Court yester-
day and testified that her husband, Elvin
]. Marcy, had assaulted her. The wife
told Judge Mullowny her husband came
home several nights ago in an intoXi-
Gated condition. They were eating din
ner, she said, when he suddenly jumped
up and grabbed her by the throat and
beat her on the face.
Marcy denied he had assaulted his
wife. He said she fell and received the
injuries. A ten-year-old son of the
couple however. told the court of the
attack of the husband on the wife.
Mrs Marcy asked that her husband
be ordered to stay away from her. say
ing she was well able to take care of
herself and five children. The husband
was sent to Occoquan for sixty days in
default of a fine of $25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
WILL OF EUGENIA SINCLAIR.
$1,000 to the Washington Club
Among the Beuuests Made.

The will of Eugenia Sinclair. dated
November %. 1916, has been filed for
probate. Twenty shares of preferred
stock of the United States Steel Cor
poration are left to William W. King
great-nephew of her husband. Other
stock holdings are to be distributed to
her sister, Fannie NJ. Lorrain; another
sister, Alta F. King; sister-in-law,
Mrs. Joseph E. Mcdowell. and a num-
Der of nieces and nephews.
A bequest of $1,000 is made to the
Washington Club and $500 to Mary d.
Janis. Her personal effects are given
to her nieces and nephewA and money
on deposit with the American Security
and Trust Company is left to nephew,
Clyde Sinclair Ford Mr.. Ford and
Mertie L. Anderson are named as ex-
ecutors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
MEMS CLUB TO ENTERTAIN.
Concert a Feature of Program at Ia
koma Parish Hall.

A concert by the Musurgia Quartet is
to be feature of the annual Christ
mas entertainment of the Mems Club
of the Takoma parish this evening at S
o'clock in the parish hall of Trinity
Episcopal Church. Takoma Park The
quartet is composed of Mrs. Ethel
Holtzclaw Gawler. soprano; Mrs w. T.
Reed. contralto; Richard P. Backing,
tenor: Earl aCrbauh. basso. and Harry
Wheaton Howard. director.
Herbert d. Lawson, president of the
organization. which now has member
ship close to 200, has charge of the
program. William c. Beck is secre-
tary. A short business meeting is to
precede the concert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
HELD IN HOUSE OF DETENTION
Colored Lads Suspected of Sending
False Alarms of Fire.

Seven South Washington colored
boys. whose ages range from ten to
thirteen years, are spending part of the
holiday season as guests of the District
at the house of detention. They are
Carroll Buchanan, Leroy Parker. Fred
Smith. Earle Burns William Benson.
Melvin Barber and Chester Smith.
Detective Harvey and Policemen
Fields and Vaughn arrested the boys
while investigating four false alarms
of fire turned in during the past few
days. 1t is stated by the police that the
boys admitted participation in sending
in the false alarms and also in robbing
the store of William Roschinsky, 1882
Az street, and the dairy of Clarence B.
Horner nearby. They will appear later
in Juvenile Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
ALUMNI ELECT OFFICERS.
Western High Association Holds An
nual Reunion at School.

Officers of the Western High School
Alumni Association were elected at the
annual reunion at the school last even
ing. They are: President, George w.
Ofutt, '02; first vice president, Martin
Fisher, 09; second vice president, DR..
Elmer S. Newton, principal of Western;
secretary, Miss Louisa L. Carmody. 10;
treasurer, Harold H. Dutton, is; dele
gate to the Interschool Alumni Coun-
Gil, Charles S. Baker, '07; executive
committee. Misses Alberta Walker, 1sa-
bel Towner, Alice Leech, Leopold
Krentzlin and C. B. Mirick.
Members of the association are plan
ming to try to increase it's member
ship. Those wishing to join are urged
to communicate with Robert w. Dut-
ton, 1921 Kilbourne place.
DIR. Newton spoke briefly last even
ing, outlining some of the recent his
tory of the school and speaking of its
future. A dance and social followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL.
James Mason, Colored, Held in
$4,000 Bonds for Grand Jury.

James Mason, colored. was held for
the action of the grand jury in $4,000
bonds today in the Police Court on a
charge of assault with the intent to
kill.
Policeman a. Thompson of the fifth
precinct tstified he arrested Mason De-
cember 16 on a minor charge. and that
the defendant drew revolver from
his pocket saying: ''Tll kill you be-
fore | let you take me to the station"
The policeman had on pair of heavy
gloves, he said, and was unable to hold
the prisoner. Mason ran. During a
chase of eight or ten blocks, it was tes-
titled. he shot twice at the policeman.
He was later shot in the leg by the
officer and placed under arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
NINE MEN FOUND GUILTY
OF TAKING PART IN FRAUD
Used Mails in Promoting Sale of So
Called Wild Horses-Seventeen
Awaiting Trial.

OMAHA. Neb., December 29-The jury
in the case of eleven defendants
charged with use of the mails to de-
fraud in sales of wild horses in Co
conino county, Ariz., late yesterday
returned a verdict of guilty against
nine defendants and found one not
guilty. One defendant was dismissed
by the judge.
The following were found guilty:
Albert Hastings, Silver Creek. Neb.
c. w. West, Lincoln, Neb.; William
Hinkley, Brayton. Neb.; Jack Shercliff,
Minneapolis; J. S. Smith, c. A. Smith,
C. NJ. Thompson and B. F. Berkwinkle.
Ellston, Iowa. and John Bolacy. E. V.
Guidinger. Minneapolis, was found not
guilty. l.. E. West of Des Moines was
dismissed by the judge. who said the
prosecution had failed to make a case
against him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
ASKS $4,000 FOR HURTS.
Mrs. Ida K. Thorn Sues Capital
Traction Company.

Mrs. Ida K. Thorn has filed suit in
the District Supreme Court against
the Capital Traction Company to re-
cover $4,000 damages for alleged per-
sonal injuries sustained June "a, 1916.
1t is alleged that she boarded a north
bound street car at 18th and p streets
northwest. and was in the act of NOV
ing to a seat when the car started with
such a severe jolt that she was thrown
heavily to the floor of the car and her
body badly bruised, rib dislocated
and knee joints permanently injured
The plaintiff is represented by Attor-
ney Alvin l.. Newmyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Forty-Two Persons Indicted.

Forty-two persons originally were
indicted by a federal grand jury for
selling mustangs alleged to be on the
government reservation in Coconino
county. as bred from imported Perch
erons." Bills of sale for six times the
number of horses on the range were
filed at Flagstaff, witnesses for the
government testified. The prosecution
alleged a million dollars was secured
by the defendants through the fraudu-
lent sales. OF forty-two men indicted
two pleaded guilty to using the mails
to defraud, thirteen were released and
the cases of ten went to the jury. The
trial of seventeen is pending.
A majority of the 1875 witnesses
subpoenaed by the government said
they lost sums ranging from $1,000 to
$50 900 on wild horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Hughes Heads Legal Aid Society.

NEW YORK, December 29.-Charles
E. Hughes has been elected president
of the Legal Aid Society to fill the
vacancy caused by the recent resigna-
ton of Arthur Won Drissen Mr.
Hughes has been a member of the or
ganiZation for many years, and in 1871
became an honorary vice president The
purpose of the society is to render legal
aid gratuitously if necessary, to all
who may appear worthy thereof and
who are unable to procure assistance
elsewhere. and to promote measures
for their protection.
There is $500 G0G. 900 invested in
United States lumber plants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-29
Count Czernin Takes Office,

BERLIN, December 29.-Count Ger
min. the Austro- Hungarian foreign min
lister, has sent a telegram to the Ger
man chancellor announcing that he has
taken possession of his new. office and
asking for the chancellor's precious
cooperation in the fulfillment of our
task"