Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-10
Brief City News

Lighting Fixtures-Burgess- Granden
Have Root Print It--Beacon Press.
Frank NJ. Conlin has resumed his
practice at sol City Natl Blk. Bldg.
New Jury Impaneled-The last
! juries until January were Monday
impaneled in Judge Redick's court.
Funeral of Charles Thoelckc.-The
funeral Of Charles Thoelcke will be
| held Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock in
! Stack and Falconer's chapel with
burial in West Lawn cemetery.
DIR. Millener Returns-Dr. Fred
erick H. Millener, who went to
Washington in the United States
radio service, and who soon there
after was commissioned a colonel,
has resigned and returned to Omaha.
Woodman Circle Meeting Postpon-
ed Altha Grove No. 2, Woodman
Circle, have postponed the meeting
which was to have been held Tues
day evening, December 10. to the
evening of December "a, on account
Of the street car strike.
Lecture will be rhursday-The
lecture by Professor Albert Keim be-
| fore the French Alliance in the ball
room of the Fontenelle hotel will be
given Thursday evening of this week
and not Tuesday evening as was
stated in the paper yesterday.
Settlement is Approved--Approval
of settlement under the workmen's
compensation law is asked in a petit
ton filed Monday in the case of M.
P. Smith against Merriam & Mil
lard Grain company. Smith was in
jured October 26, 1918, while load
ing car of oats
Want More Flu" Masks-Mrs
w. l. Walker, head of one of the
branches of the Red Cross service, is
in receipt of hurry order for 900,
or more "flu" masks for use in Oma-
ha. She is requested to have them
ready for delivery not later than
Saturday of this week.
Marine Corps EnlIsrs-The United
States Marine corps is open for en-
listment under the old system that
was adopted before the war. The
enlistment is for four years, and
men that apply for enlistment at
this time will not have to have re-
leases from their local draft boards.
ETclSut oulCldlS " hdilS&tS Slly-
Practically all the freight officials of
the Omaha roads have gone to Kan
sas City, where a meeting is being
held in connection with Missouri
river freight rates. Upon the ad-
journment of the Kansas City meet
ing they go to Chicago to go into
conference over certain classical
tons of Iowa and Nebraska rates.
Want Money to Pay Debts-John
H. Broomfleld and A. s. Richie, eX-
ecutors Of the will of the late Will
liam H. Crutchfield of Midway sa-
loon fame in the old Third ward,
Monday asked the court for license
to sell $4,000 of the Crutchf1eld es-
tate to pay debts. The estate is
valued at more than $4,000, of
which $4,000 is still undisposed.
Hanley Opens Law Ofice-James
H. Hanley. an Omaha boy" who
has served as Congressman Lobeck' s
secretary, has sent cards to his Oma-
ha friends, announcing that he has
entered the general practice of law
in Washington, d. G. He states that
he will specialize in matters before
the various departments and COM
missions at the national capital.
Funston Troops Dem0bilixing-
Ernest Powell is in town from Camp
Funston and brings the information
that rehabilitation at that army
post is proceeding rapidly. At the
present time the soldiers are being
sent home at the rate of something
like 800 daily. Within short time
it is expected that nearly double this
number of men will be sent out each
day
Fine fireplace goods at Sunderland's.