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Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Matters Applies to the
Court for a New Trial

Thomas H. Matters filed a motion
for new trial in federal court. The
motion covers O. pages. Three weeks
ago Matters was found guilty, by a
jury on IA counts charging him with
aiding President Leubben of the de-
funct First National bank of Sutton
to issue certificates of deposit lille
gally. The case has been in court
three years On the first trial Mat
ters was found guilty and sentenced
to six years i'll federal prison. The
circuit court of appeals remanded the
case for retrial. II the motion for a
new trial is overruied Matters will
appeal the case again to the higher
court.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Villas Return to 0jinaga
Expected During This Week

FL Paso. Tex, Dec. 10.--Francisco
Villa and his main column of troops
are expected to return to Ojinaga, op-
posite Preside, Tex, during the pres
ent week, according to Mexican secret
service agents here. They claim to
have information that Villa is making
his way by a circuitous route from his
camp southeast of Ojinaga, to the bor-
der port to resist the efforts of the
federal column from Juarez to recap
ture that port.
Martin Lopez and his band of raid
ers, who were defeated in Santa Clara
canyon last Tuesday, were reported
today to be in the vicinity of Satevo,
where they were reorganizing. The
home defense troops in that district
have taken up arms against Lopez's
men and number of the raiders
were reported to have been killed Fri
day in brush with the home guards.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
BurIeson's Recommendation
Attacked by Labor Head

~ Washington, Dec. 10.--Samuel
Gompers, president OF the American
Federation of Labor, issued a state
ment yesterday attacking Postmaster
General Burleson's recommendation
that postal employees be denied the
right to organize and affiliate with the
federation. He said the federation was
prepared to resist any effort to put
the recommendation into effect.
ITO deny the right of postal en1-
ployes to organize" said the state
ment, lis to make mockery of our
faith in democracy. If autocracy is
harmful to the morals of our alien en-
emies abroad, then let us not intro
duce species of it into our largest
federal institution by attempting to
disfranchise industrially the army of
postal workers"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
CHURCH BAZAAR Is
ON In COURT HOUSE
Rotunda of County Building
Will Be Shopping Center
For the Next Two
Weeks.
The big Unity bazar is on.

The court house for the next two
weeks will be one of the big shopping
centers OF the Christmas season.
Crowds OF bargain seekers are ex-
pected to crowd the usually serene
and quiet confines of the building
dedicated to the solemn workings of
the law, and cries of cash" and wrap
Mr.. Smith this package please" will
echo throughout its marble corridors
to the exclusion of the droning man
dates of the judges.
Tables loaded with every holiday
article from fudge to slippers for
father were spread in the rotunda by
the women of the four churches, the
first relay of the 20 churches which
will conduct the bazar for the Christ
mas shopping season. The churches
represented are divided into five teams
of four, and each set will hold the
tables for two days. Churches of all
denominations in Omaha are taking
part. The proceeds from the bazar
are to be turned over to the Red
Cross.
The bazar will be in charge of ladies
from the McCabe Methodist Episco-
pal church, Mrs c. c. Sinner, chair
man; Good Shepherd, Mrs. T. A. Fry;
Grace Lutheran, Mrs. J.. F. Smith, and
St. Andrews Episcopal, Mrs. John
Douglas, for the first two days.
The ladies say they have made ar
ticles to sell which they would like to
receive themselves as Christmas gifts.
They will render expert assistance
and advice to all male shoppers. Men,
do YOUR shopping early.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Red Cross Appeals for
Women to Make BandageS

The Red Cross appeals for aid. The
central division has been asked for
100000 surgical dressings to be sent
to France by January /. Two par
ticular kinds of dressings have been
asked for especially and the Omaha
chapte. has sent out an urgent plea
for volunteer workers to help accom-
plish this task. Any women who will
help areasked to report to room 200
in the Baird building every morning.
if possible, to work from 9 o'clock un-
til | o'clock. Trained instructors will
be on hand to teach the women how
to make the surgical dressings so
badly needed by the hospitals in
France.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Second Son Of Van Rensselaer,
Enters the Balloon School

Jerry Van Rensselaer,, jr., son Of J..
Van Rensselaer,, superintendent OF the
Pacific Fruit express, travelling car
agent for the company, with head
quarters in Chicago, has resigned his
position and has enlisted in the Fort
Omaha balloon corps. The young
man is married and has one child.
Jerry is the second of Mr., and Mrs.
Van Renselaer's sons TO enlist. Frank,
an older boy, married and the father
OF three children, recently enlisted
and is now captain, attached to the
quartermaster's department and sta
toned in Washington.
Beverley. third son, has made
three applications for enlistment and
each time has been rejected on ae-
count of slight defect in>his hearing.
He Is Of draft age and is hoping that
when his name is drawn he will be
accepted for some arm of the service.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
RECORD YEAR FOR
PACKING COMPANY
Cudahy Earnings Run Into Mil.
lions Of Dollars, Accord
ing to the Annual
Report.

The annual rep~rt of the Cudahy
Packing company for the wear ending
October 81 and given out by the
president, Edward A. Cudahy, indi-
Gates that for the IL months under
consideration, the volume of business
was far in excess of that of any pre-
vious corresponding period.
During the II months under re-
view, Mr.. Cudahy says that the COM
pany earnings, i'll round numbers,
were $4,430000. This enormous busi-
ness that brought about these earn
ings, was handled without any fric-
tlon, due to the loyalty of employees
and the friendl,;- relations existing be-
tween all parties connected with the
several plants. =
Gross Sale of Products.
The gross sale Of all products dur
ing the year covered by the report
approximated $l84,000,000, as against
$l33,000,000 during the previous year,
and the volume of meat in pounds,
handled, was something like 10 per
cent greater than during any previous
year.
For live stock for slaughter in the
several plants, last year the Cudahy
company pad out $l29,000,00O, as
against $87, 100000 the previous year,
or an increase of nearly 40 per cent.
There was large increase in the
number of company shareholders and
at the time of making the report, the
individual holders of shares numbered
something like 900.
The gross proceeds from the sales
of all products derived from animals
purchased and slaughtered, amounted
to $l60,000.000 and the balance of the
$184, 100000 from the sale of edible
products and such articles as glycer-
inc, soaps, cleansers, etc.
After deducting all expenses, in
Guiding the war tax, there was a net
profit of s., 100000 left to be divided
among the holders of the shares of
stock. :
Helps Win the War.
During the last year the Cudahy
company supplied the government
with vast quantities of food supplies
for the armies at home and abroad.
In addition, vast stores of meats and
food supplies have been sold to the
allies, besides millions of pounds that
have gone to the Belgian and other
relief commissions.
In all particulars the officers of
the company have complied with the
regulations exacted by the govern
ment and the food administration
agents. They have co-operated at all
times, and are # the opinion that the
best results will be attained by a
study of economies. stabilization, and
stimulating the production of live
stock by liberal prices, rather than
by reducing or unduly restricting the
profit of the packer, which it is as
serted is so small that it is practically
negligible as affecting the prices paid
the consumer for his products. ''
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
YOUTH OF OMAHA
HASTENS TO BEAT
THE next DRAFT
Enlistments Heavy Under the
Drive of ESQ Soldiers
From Fort Crook This
Week..

The young men Of Omaha are
'issers" and not "wassers." The EN-
listment day" propaganda. promul-
gated by army officials to encourage
enlistments is being carried out to
successful fruition.
Omaha men are responding in great
numbers to the appeals of soldiers
from Fort Crook to enlist in the
army this week and not wait to be
drafted later. They must enlist be-
fore Friday.
All forenoon the clerks at the army
recruiting Office were busy explaining
various phases of army life to pospec-
tive applicants and up until II clock
more than 100 men had signihed their
willingn ST to undergo the prelimi-
nary examination. Recru ting Off
GERS are confident that fully 800 men
will enlist today.
Many Waiting Turns.
Throughout the day the corridors
OF the army building were filled with
a seething mass of humanity, from
the beardless youth of II to the gray
haired man of 40, each patiently await
ing his turn to enter the recruiting
room to undergo the preliminary ex-
animation.
Recruiting was given a great stimu-
lus through the efforts of $50 regular
soldiers from Fort Crook who are
posted at downtown street intersec-
tions importuning men of all ages to
make this week one of the largest in
history, so far as enlistments are con-
cerned.
After taking the preliminary exami-
nation in Omaha the applicants are
sent to Fort Logan, Colo, where they
undergo the real test, and if they pass
they will then be assigned to differ
ent regiments for duty.
Many young men Of draft age are
taking advantage of the opportunity
to enlist now and select the branch of
the service they desire, preferring to
go now rather than waiting until they
are called and assigned to that branch
of the service where the government
sees fit to send themI
The soldiers we're entertained at
luncheon at the Commercial club.
Up to noon Us men 4 had been
brought to the recruiting station by
the soldiers stationed about the
downtown streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
MERCURY BEGINS
UPWARD CLIMB
,2BELOW At NOON
Sunshine UShers in Crisp Win
ter Day; 0mahans SILVER
Through Force of Habit;
Cold Hits RAILROADS.

1t was cold Monday moping, but
rot as cold as some people would
make their friends believe. The thread
bare interrogation, chow cold is it,"
got a response something like this
from the average shivering Omahan:
''oh, about rs below, though / guess
it was colder than that early in the
morning"
As a matter of fact it was colder
at s o'clock than it was at o'clock.
But it was only IL degrees below at
8 o'clock, and then the mercury be-
gan to climb, reaching 2 degrees be-
low zero at noon. The official read
ing atop the postoffice at 5 o'clock
Monday morning was 10 degrees be-
low zero.
When the sun came out, crisp,
snappy winter day broke over Omaha.
With a light wind and sunshine, the
temperature is scheduled for further
drop during the day.
The storm which ragged over the
Dakotas and the northwest generally
expended itself during Sunday, strik-
ing this region with moderate force.
Warmer in Wyoming.
Out in Wyoming, at least in the
northern part, railroad men have dis
covered break in the cold wave, but
nowhere else are there any indications
that il has been fractured in the least.
According to the morning reports
coming from the stations along the
lines OF the west, the weather con-
tinues cold, with one to two inches OF
new snow over greater portion OF
western Nebraska.
All through northern Nebraska this
morning the temperatures were 10 to
y degrees below zero, the coldest re-
ported being ats O'Neill. Over the
line, at Winner, S. D., the reading was
Is degrees below. West of Long Pine
the weather seemed to be little
warmer and in several localities zero
and slightly below was reported.
The Union Pacific reported zero to
Is below through Nebraska, with SO
below at Green River, Wyo. Green
River was the coldest spot on the rail-
road map.
Throughout the central and south
ern portions of the state, tempera-
tures FIVE above to 10 degrees below,
with a northwest wind blowing.
Passenger trains coming into Oma-
l1a were one-half to three hours late,
while the freight trains were running
on. a hit and miss schedule. An effort
was made to maintain schedule, but
delays at stations disarranged all the
plans.
Perishable freight was held back
for warmer weather and the oifly
things to be speeded up were the
coal trains and those handling pro-
visions. They were kept moving. At
the stations in the stata no live stock
was loaded out, everything being held
in yards where there was plenty OF
feed and water.
Washington. Zee. i0.---Continuance
until the middle Of the week At least
OF the severe cold weather that has
overspreai eastern districts and the
south was predicted today by the
weather bureau. The western cold
wave is advancing eastward father
slowly and this morning the line OF
zero temperature had reached only
the west front Of the Appalachian
mountains. 1t extended as far south
as Tennessee. Freezing ternpera-
lures were reported on the east gulf
coast and in north and central
Florida.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
St. Vincent De Paul Society
Holds Annual Meeting

St. Vincent De Paul society, a
Catholic charitable organization Of
laymen, held its annual meeting at
the Bohemian Catholic Turner hall.
Archbishop Harty and members of
Omaha clergy were present. There
are 16 conferences in the city, with
a membership OF 2l4. 1
Reports showed that more than 900
relief eases were handled in the last
year, in addition to much special work
such as visits to the county hospitals,
St. Joseph's hospital, the Riverview
detention home and other institutions,
The Juvenile court comittee of 10
members, one from each conference,
reported 80 cases successfully handled.
Reports also were made on the work.
ingmen's hotel and the boys home
at Twenty-hfth and Dodge streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Lancaster Naturalization
Fees Paid to the County
(From a staff Corresnondentl

(From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Dec, 10,-(Special. CLERK
of the District Court ]. S. Baer OF
Lancaster county is of the opinion
that the county and pot the clerk Is
the owner of naturalization fees taken
in by him as district court clerk and
has turned over $2,4o1 for the period
ending November 80 of this year.
Mr.. Baer has steadily contendea
that the fees were not the perquisites
of district court clerk, notwithstand-
ing arguments were made recently in
the supreme court by attorneys Of
District Court Bob Smith of Douglas
county that they did not belong to the
county. =.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
More Of New Street Cars
TO Go Into Service Soon

More of the new double vestibule
cars have been put into service by the
street railway company. At this time
OF the 40 built In the Omaha shops
last summer nine have gone into
service, al on the Farnam street line.
II is expected that the remaining
81 VIII Be. in commission within the
aext ten days that they MAY be used
Ii handling the holiday trade. 1t is
the intention to equip the Farnam
street fine with these cars and those
that are not needed there viii 60
onto The Harney line.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
JOHN KELLEY DIES
FROM HIS INJURIES
Well Known Broker and Mason
Dead as Result of Auto
Collision With Union
Pacific Train.

John Kelley, aged 81, we'll known
-four broker and lodge man, who was
fatally injured when Union Pacific
flyer eollided with his automobile on
the crossing at Elkhorn, November
30th, died at Nicholas Sem hospital
Sunday noon.
Mr.. Kelley was prominent Mason.
In his 81 years residence in Omaha,
he had been closely identified with the
work in York Rite Masonry, being
at the time of his death the president
of the Masonic Temple Craft, which
has to do with the building of the new
Masonic temple, which is just nearing
completion.
Mr.. Kelley was a life member of
St. Johns Lodge, No. Is, Past High
Priest of Omaha chapter, Past Thrice
Illustrious Master of Omaha Council,
No. !, Past Commander of Mt. CAL
vary Commandery, No. l.. Knights
Templar, Tangier Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine and member of Maple Leaf
chapter, Eastern Star. He was formerly
very active in Travellers Protective as
sociation affairs and had retained his
membership in the same. y
In his commercial career, Mr.. Kel-
ley had been closely identified with
McCord Brady, Hughes Brothers
company, Updike Milling company,
and only recently had taken up the
flour brokerage business.
Besides his wife, he leaves his
mother, one daughter, Mabel, two
sons. DR.. Ernest Kelley of Omaha,
and DR.. John Kelley of Central City,
Neb., four brothers and two sisters.
The funeral will be in charge of
Knights Templar, Tuesday, at 2 p.
m, at the old Masonic temple. pre-
eeded by services at the desidence
2719 Pinkney, at 1890 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Sam Campbell, Aged Negro
Character of Omaha, Dies

Sam" Campbell, an aged colored
man, for 25 years familiar figure
around Omaha as janitor in The Bee
building and elsewhere, died at the
state hospital yesterday as result
of an aneurysm, said to be a very
rare ,aff1ction. Sam" first gave evi-
dence Of the disease about a month
ago, when lie Suffered a severe heart
attack, He was born and raised in
slavery before the war. He leaves
a wife and several children.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Morals Squad Raids Pool
Hall: IA Inmates Arrested

The morals squad raided the pool
hall OF ]. Silarus, 1911 Douglas street,
last night and arrested ii inmates
whom the officers found gambling.
They were gathered around two
large tables playing cards. A sign
which read "No loahng. This place
is for players only" was tackled on
the wall in the rear OF the place where
the tables were. All were released on
bonds.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
BREAD is BAKED
HERE NOW UNDER
THE new RULES
Bakeries Start to Turn Out
= Loaves as Prescribed by
the Food Admins
trati0n.

Bakeries began baking bread
Monday under the regulations pre-
scribed by the baker, license which
went into effect this morning. The
licenses are issued to all bakers using
10 or more barrels Of -four per month.
Under these regulations bread is
baked in 10, or 24-ounce loaves or
multiples Of these units. In other
words, bakers may bake bread only
in l6-ounce, 24Eounce, 32-ounce, 49,
ounce loaves, and so on.
Pound for Nine Cents.
The 16-ounce loaf is to cost 9 cents;
the 24-ounce loaf, IS cents; the 81
ounce loaf, II cents. and the 4S-ounce
loaf, Is cents. These are the prices
recommended for Douglas county by
the state food administrator. These
prices are for cash over the counter.
The ingredients entering into the
making of the bread are also now
government regulated. They are in
the following ratio:
Lbs.
I.our ':''''.' .''.''s'.,. ,......-u. l56
SKINNED or buttermilk. k.................. q
Fats, not to exceed. .,................. 2
Not more than IS per cent of the
fats are permitted to be animal fats.
Must Keep Weight.
The loaves must contain the stand
ard weight after-l2 hours unwrapped.
Bakers and creamery men of Ne
braska who sought to get the govern
ment regulation changed SO as to al
low a greater proportionate use of
buttermilk products in the baking Of
bread have been disappointed. The
federal food administration has re-
fused to allow the recommendation
The committee here had recon-
mended that as much as Y pounds of
'buttermilk meal be allowed in the 1876
pounds of -four, bat the federal food
administration held that six pounds is
enough, and that in this small guam
tity buttermilk may be substituted for
skinned milk at the option of the
baker.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Industry ParaIyzed :,
Bv Fort Smith Strike

Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. lO.-lndustry
in this city,as we'll as the operation OF
several large coal mines in this coun-
try, is Completely paralyzed today as
the resnlt of the general strike in.
augurated Saturday BY the Central
Trades and Labor assembly, in sym
pathy with the striking operators or
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
company. The city was in complete
darkness last night and all electric
driven machinery today isidle.
Owing to the shutting off OF cleo"
trio power, Fort Smith newspapers
were temporarily suspended.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
CUBA SOON WILL
DECLARE WAR UPON
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Havana, Dec. 9.-The belief was
expressed by several congressman
this afternoon that President Menocal
tomorrow would send message to
congress asking that a declaration
be made that state of war exists be-
tween Cuba and Austria Hungary.
Cuba was the first OF the Latin
American countries to follow the
United States in declaring war against
Germany, and the expectation is that
it will duplicate this action in the
case of Austria-Hungary.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
To Vote on Buying Gas
Plant Here in the Spring

The city council committee of the
whole has recommended Tor passage
an ordinance which provides that the
question of public ownership of the
gas plant shall be submitted to gen
eral vote next spring.
The plan is to proceed under eini-
pent domain, as authorized by the last
legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Ice Harvest at Carter
Lake BeqinS "Wednesday

Lakeside Ice company will begin
cutting ice at Carter lake "Wednesday.
Ice on Carter lake now is seven inches
thick, the ice people report, is hard
and firm and promises the best natural
ice in years. The ice company is in
need OF men for the harvest which
starts Wednesday. Men are asked to
report at Thirteenth and Manderson
streets at 7 a. nj. Wednesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Freight Rates on Hawaiian
SUGAR Increased 81 a Ton

Honolulu, T. II. Dec. l0.-The
Washington agent of the sugar plant
ers and refners here has advised them
that the freight rate on their product
from Honolulu to San Francisco has
been increased to 81 ton. The rate
to New York by way of the Panama
canal became $22 ton.
Those interested in the sugar in
dustry here computed the increased
freight bill yearly under the new rates
at S5,000000,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Grain in Storage Two
Million Under Last Year

Grain stocks in storage in Omaha
elevators are 2,4s8,000 bushels less
than on the corresponding date of
last year, according to theNreport of
the inspection department of the
Omaha Grain exchange. The figures
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Proposition to Widen goth
Street Indefinitely Postponed

The city council committee of the
whole recommended to postpone in
definitely the proposition of widening
Twentieth street, Leavenworth to
Farnam streets. Protests were filed
against the project.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Captain Morehouse Goes by
Train Instead of Automobile
(From q. staff Correspondent, ,

Lincoln, Dec. 10.-(Special) )-After
viewing with some misgivings the fy-
ing snow and a rapidly falling tenn
perature, Captain Nye Morehouse Of
Omaha and his bride, formerly Miss
Mecia Stout, who were married here
yesterday and had Planned their we'd
ding trip in an automobile to Camp
Sam Houston, in Texas, changed their
minds and took train for the south
ern camp, where the captain has been
ordered to report sa instructor.
That extra room will pay your coal
bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Two Schools Closed
For the Lack of Heat

The main building of the High
School of Commerce and the South
Franklin schools are closed on ac-
count of inadequate heating arrange
ments. 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Y. w. C. A. Drive Has Melted
Sum of $4,000 to Date

The Young Women's Christian as
sociation reports total Of nearly
$4,000 in its campaign TO raise funds
for its work. The following commit
tees reported the amounts given,
$1,000 OF which was donated by clear
iuo houss barls.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-11
Frozen Water Pipe Causes
Damaue in Uptown Hotel

The Wellington Inn was damaged
between $500 and $500 early Sunday
morning when frozen lavatory pipe
in a guest room burst Fresh air
lovers were primarily the cause.