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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1923)
Legion Puts State Bonus Up to People at Next Election Members Refuse to Ask for or Oppose Measure—Endorse National Committee** Ruhr Invasion Stand. Predicted heated arguments over the attitude, of members of Dougins county post, American legion, failed to materialize Tuesday night nt the regular monthly meeting. After remarks by various members, a resolution presented by A1 May, recommending that the question < f awarding a state bonus bo left to the people of Nebraska, who would pay the bill, at the next general election, was adopted unanimously. Two resolutions favoring changes in the existing state language law were tabled Ruhr Invasion Endorsed. The Ruhr invasion "as brought up and arguments for and against mili tary action were made. Some de clared the question was trivial in comparison to matters before the legion. “We do not know enough of the existing facts in connection with the French occupation of the Ruhr dis trict to form an opinion in the mat ter.” said others. A substitute motion was finally adopted to the effect that the Douglas county post approve the action of the national executive committee which met at Indianapolis and which en dorsed the French advance into Ger man territory. .Membership Drive Winners. Winners of the membership drive were announced. Sam Reynolds, past commanded, headed the first team. It was presented with a painting by Rob ert F. Gilder. "A Winter's Morning.” The team, in return, presented the picture to the post. Announcement of a legion dance, to lie given at Kel-Pine academy next Saturday evening, was made. Members were urged to visit their comrades who are confined to their homes or hospitals through sickness. A hand-made, felt lamp mat. from Frank Corliss, disabled veteran at the government hospital at Logan, Tex., was won hy W. S. Timberlake, 2111 Pinkney street. The five-bed ward recently estab lished in St. Joseph hospital is now in use and has had several calls for service. Traveler Drops Dead at Railway Station Robert E. Ford of Lehigh, Mont., dropped dead at Union station sort ly after 10 yesterday morning, while en route from Lehigh to Carney, la. The body was taken to the Crosby Tuneral home, and relatives at Le high notified by telephone Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION INDIOCSTH*/ 6 Bell-ans Hot wat^r Sure Relief ELL-AIMS 25* end 75< Pocksges Every*her* I Sun Yat Sen Starts Journey to Canton Dx» Ysjt j| 1: :: Hongkong. Feb. 21.—(^)—Dr. Sun Vat-Sen. f irmer president of the South China republic, sailed today for Canton. He booked the entire river steamer for himself, and entour age. Disease Closes Bluffs Sehools Eight Hundred Pupil.* and 15 Teachers Stricken by Grip Epidemic. As a result of the ravages of the grippe in Council Bluffs, taking more 1 than 800 pupils and 15 teachers from the public schools, the schools were j closed temporarily at the close of : sessions yesterday afternoon, it was announced yesterday. They will not reopen until next Monday, It was said, and if the epi- ! demlc continues to spread, may be closed for a longer time. Approximately 5,000 children are j enrolled in the public schools of the city, am 250 teachers are employed. Today, Washingtons birthday the schools would have closed any way, school board officials pointed out. so that if conditions warrant re opening the schools Monday, only j one school day. Friday, will have been i lost. Road Conditions (Furnished by he Onutlm Auki Club.) I.'ticoln highway, east. noa«l* good, fine ' to Denison, good east to Ctdar Rapid’. I 'ncoln highway, ** est: Road* fin* to i Schuyler, good west to Grand island ‘ 1. D.. Road* good. Mer.dlan highway: Roads good. '■<*rnhusker highway: Road* good Highland cutoff. Roads good, h X. A : Road* fine. Black Hills trail. Roads fair >o good to I Norfolk. Omaha-Tulsa highway: Roads good to Topeka. Omaha-Topeka highway: Roads fair to good to statu line. Washington highway: Roads fair to • good to Sioux City. K ig <-f Trails, north; Roads good to , Sioux City. \ ng of Trails south: Roads fine to Hiawatha, fair to good to Kansas CJty. River to River road. Roads fine to I»is 1 MnlnerV White way “7" highway Roads fins to he* Moines, <ast of h*-s Monies, fair, somewhat muddy in str tches. ' T. O. A. *hortlinr: Road* good Blue (irasa trail: Roads good Weather reported clear at all stations. After Every Meal WWIGIIYS Most ol ns eat too hastily and Ido not chew our food enough. It people realized how much more good their food would do them If properly masticated, and followed up with a bit of WRIGLEY’S to assist the digestive process, we’d have far better health. Keep teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen and diges tion good with WRIGLEY’S. Wax- WRIGLEY’S Is the perfect gum, wrapp»<t made of purest materials, to bring It to you froth and fud. flaoorod The Great American Sweetmeat Increase Shown in Payrolls of 9l United States 10 Industries Show Addition to Number of Employes ! for Year. Three Decrease. Washington, Feb. 21.—Employment throughout the country during Jan uary Increased 1.4 per cent over the preceding month, according to a report made public today by the bureau of labor statistics while a decrease of 2.8 per cent was registered In the total amount of wag.-a paid. The llg arts are based an reports from 4,153 establishments in ?2 industries. Increases in the number of employes for January as compared with De cember were shown in 24 industries aDd decreases in 18, while in one industry remained stationary. The pottery industry showed an employment Increase of 36.9 per cent. 11.1 Per Cent Increase. Women'* clothing was next, with an Increase of 11.1 per cent, and the fertilizer industry next with 10.8 per rent. The greatest decrease was shown in the brick industry, it being 7.7 per cent. The flour industry was next with 7 per cent. Increases in the total amount of payrolls for January, as compared with December, were shown in only 12 industries and decreases in 31. The greatest Increase in payrolls was in the pottery Industry, it be ing 54.5 per cent. Women's clothing was next, with 24.9 per cent and the fertilizer industry next with 9.3 per cent. The greatest decrease in total payrolls was shown by the flour in dustry, it being 11.4 per cent. The piano industry was next with 9.3 per cent and the brick industry next with 9 per cent. Increases in employment, for 1922 were shown In 10 in dustries and decreases in three. Au tonioblles, iron and steel, and car building and repairing showed in creases of 47.7, 40.2. and 35.8 per cent, respectively, while men's clothing showed a decrease of 9.3 per cent. Total of Payroll*. The total of payrolls for the year Increased in 11 of the 13 Industries, two showing decreases. Automobiles. Iron and steel, showed increases of 135.7 and 103.fi per cent respectively, while men's colthing and hosiery and knit goods showed decreases. Of the 43 industries reporting for January, 81 per cent was opeiating cn full time. 17 per cent on part time, and 2 per cent were closed down. Wage adjustments, effective Vie tween December 15, and January 11, showed increases in various establish mente of 40 industries that reported, with the exception of three instances v here decreases were reported. Merchant Asks Bankruptcy. Prank E. Wroe. a Fremont rner chant, filed a voluntary petition i:i bankruptcy in federal court here yea terday. statin? his liabilities as $13 196 and hit assets as $6,020. Former Omahan Die*. J H. Nash. 60. former Omaha man died yesterday at t'leveland. accord.tie to information reaching here. M t Nash, who survives, formerly w.m Miss Foda I,. C'astetter of Blair. Neb. Woman Representative of Fascisti in London Signorina ( ittedini, the first woman Fascist! to visit Ixmdon as a repre sentative of tlie ruling party in Italy. Her appointment created a furore. She wears the ‘'black shirt,” emble matic of her party. Spontaneous Combustion Cause of Asylum Fire New York. Feb. 21.—Spontaneous combustion was advanced Monday as the cause of the disastrous Are which killed 27 patients and nurses at the Manhattan state hospital for the in sane on Ward's Island last Sunday. Testimony that defective wiring could not have caused the fire was given at the inquiry pressed by Medi cal Examiner Norris, while acting Mayor llulburt w»as in Albany con ferring with Governor Smith on steps to protect other institutions in this city against fire menace. Inquest Over Nurse Delayed m Postponement Again Ordered While Contents of Stomach Heing Analyzed. Shenandoah, la.. Feb. 21.—(Special) Inquest into the death of Kathryn Lukaahavac, 30, former head nurse of Hand hopltal here, was postponed again today and will probably beheld Friday. County Coroner It. E. Har mon said. Postponement was taken to await further information regard ing contents of the stomach of the dead woman, which are being ana lyzed at the University of Iowa. Charles McMahon. 24. in whose au tomobile tbe nurse was found dead early last Friday morning, Is in jail at Clarinda, Relatives of the woman who took her body home for burial, inserted a card in a local paper, thanking the doctors. hospital attendants and others who showed kindness to them. Relatives first believed she had died in an nutomobi! accident and did not learn the real circumstances un til they arrived here. Veterans Bureau Probe Decision Postponed Washington, Fel). 21. — A decision regarding proposed investigation of the veterans bureau, including charges of waste, extravagance and improper administration, waa post poned yesterday by the special senate committee headed by Senator Suther land, republican, West Virginia, until i next Friday. To do most good a food must taste good THE crispness and flavor of Grape-Nuts help to make this delicious cereal food most nourishing. From the very first taste of Grape-Nuts the digestive processes start converting the rich nutritive and mineral elements of this wheat-and harley food into body-building material. Grape-Nuts, with good milk, is a complete food, affording that real enjoyment so necessary to good digestion and perfect assimilation. Most economical, too, because a moderate quantity of Grape-Nuts provides an unusual amount of nourishment. Sold by Grocers Everywhere! Grape-Nuts the body Bun.p^ “There’s a Reason” FEBRUARY SALE OF FURNITURE It is now in progress. Our low rent and small overhead makes it possible for us to quote prices that competitors cannot begin to touch. We charge you no interest and charge nothing for handling goods, either in a retail or wholesale way. We buy direct from the largest manufacturers of high-grade furniture. Special Offer for this Month Beautiful 3-piece Living Room Suite in tapestry or velour. Loose cushions, spring construction. A regular $225 value, priced for this isle at only $ggoo m Dining Room Suite I ’87” i 0n'y Beautiful 8-piece Dining Room Suite, period deaign walnut. Thia ia an exceptional value auch aa ia to be found only at tka “State." Sale of PHONOGRAPHS A real value in an upright phono graph. Li mi ted stock. 25 records free with instru ment. $2075 » 1 | 75c and $1 Records—Special, 25c Sale Bed Room Suites Beautiful 3 - piece Bed K oom Suite. Walnut finiah, per iod deaign. Regular (195 value, apecial at— REAL BARGAINS IN I Floor Coverings 40% off 9x12 Velvet Rug ....$34.50 8-3x10-6 Velvet Rug...$26.50 I Authorized Agents for IifertffMvufr We carry a complete dock of Brunswick Phonographs and Brunswick records. Complete Outfits If you Inttnd It furnish an apartmrnt or a bungalow, hsrt art soma raal I abruaiy Salt Valuta In complatc outfits! 5 room* complete $297.50 4 room* complete $225.75 3 room* complete $197.50 7-6*9 Velvet Rug $19.50 6*9 Velvet Rug. $16.00 Exchange Dept. Turn tn vour old lurttllur* on now pioroo Wo allow high prlioo for your old piocoo and toll you now pio« oo at lop pitcro. t oil or phono Jarkoon 1317. We Make Term* to Suit You. State Furniture Co. Corner 14th and Dodge Guinn%d Electric Iron >3.58_ Danseuse Gets $25,000 for Disfigured Nose New York, Feb. 21.—A verdict for $25,000 was awarded by a jury in the supreme court yesterday to Miss Flor ence M. Glover, danseuse in the Met ropolitan opera ballet, against Dr. Oswald P. Stackhouse of Broadway. Khe charged he had disfigured her nose. Miss Glover told Jusice Ei larger yesterday that three years ago the style In noses suddenly veered from Grecian to the retrousa ttyie and, be ing blessed with one of the former, she hastened to Dr. Ptackhouse s of fice to have her nose made up-to date. When the plaster was removed, Miss Glover said. she saw wiih alarm, that her nose was bent out of shape. Then she found she had lost her sense of taste and that her upper lip was paralyzed. Man Hurt as Auto Crashes With Car Driven hy Woman Frank Flacher, who gave his ad dress as 20tl F street, was injured yesterday when a car in which he was riding with Mike Zonsky struck another car, driven by Mrs. Sylvia Myers, 2618 St. Marys avenue, at Thirteenth and Harney streets. Flacher received a scalp wound which required several stitches. He was taken to central police station and attended by a police surg'-on. No arrests were made. Five Chicago Parkers Lost *60.000,000 in 1921 Chicago, Feb. 21.—The five Chicago pa'ketg lost an aggregate of about icO.OOO.OOO In 1S21. according to state ments made by I,. D. H. AVeld. for merly of Yale university but now head of the commercial research ds psrtmcnt of a large packing concern, in a e|»eecli at the University of Chi cago last night. j FRESH \ j CRANBERRIES 1 I rich in iron 1 | Nature's 1 I greatest tonic I durmqJentj&tf Skinners ** rfhe Superior MACARONI BEK W ANT AlJN BK1NO KKNIL.TS An Intimate Talk BUSINESS is very quiet. February is not a month of de mands in the realm of wearables. We are disposed to rationally accept the situation and await the change of weather that will start the RUSH for spring apparel—and, in the language of the street, it will be “SOME RUSH” this year, with Easter on the very first day of April. We have, however, this suggestion to make to those who enjoy shopping in peace: There is now ample time for selection and ample service from able helpers available. OUR STOCKS in most lines are FULLY SUPPLIED. We can consistently urge all such to make our store their objective NOW. THE NEWEST Springtime Versions —In Suits and Suit Costumes —in Capes and Coats —in Silk Frocks IN THE NEW twill weave* and colorings Whether >o.. choice be a two-piece suit with its mg, narrow shoul ders and superb tailoring or the suit costume, which may be used as a dress or suit, the important factor is style— and, too, an early selection, so that you mar be ready for Easter. The blouse to the suit costume is characteristic of the patterned fabrics, including Paisleys, Eastern Motif*, stripes or geometric designs SWAGGER lines wherein a belt is unessential. Came, a Hair in natural and shadow plaids with novelty touches, including those with decorative leather trim and cab!* stitching The new flare capes are notably smart, while soft tones tn Gerona and Marvella go to make up wondrous style garments; wraps and capes with contrasting linings CHARACTERIZED by their lovely and jouthfu! simplicity. Noticeable is the penchant for the oriental in fascinating Egyptian patterns—flat crepes, Cantons and novelty «ilks. Also. Paisley and batik lend warmth and delightfully fresh colorings and forecasts a springtime popularity. Blouses. Swearers and Skirts—Inimitably beautiful in their hieroglyphic patterns and designs. • >—-- - - - - Wool Fabrics Are Fascinating —for Drawing Room or Street —for Sport or Outdoor Wear —for Capes and the Newer Wraps Weaves of curious interest and intriguing attractiveness Veldync A soft, drapv fabric. ‘ Wool Velvet" aptly de tcribes It. Gerona Made with a deep silken pile, in the shades of the season Twillcord For tatlored garments. A tenure of most adaptable suppleness and appropriate weight. Wool Crepes and Poiret Twills Share In popularity for opening season dr esse*. Color? that meet all call*. Plaids and Stripes In Ratine, Tweed, fine Velour and lTune. a Make skirt* that individual!** the wearer. All-Wool 56-in. Homespun In all staple shades. A rugged < lotli of great possibilities not only for the unusual little dress, but for the sport suit or skirt as well. Yard— $1.69 All-Wool Canton Crepe An excellent qu.illtT in all new spring shades 40 inches wide. Specially priced, per yard — $2.50 Wash Materials—Captivating Cottons Early purchases of foreign fabrics will be economy. Ratine In plain and varied nearer Ix>ad* in urgent demand. Ratine Voile A sheer weave combined with a rough ratine stripe or plaid. Ginghams Of course a n ide variety but rmpUasIting naturally the leading makers P a ,!. Ander sen from Scotland. Ioraine from Ni» i.nglsnd Irish Linens In shade* that sell, in the wanted weight. Ksportally pref«ared in finish to resist ail tendency to wrinkle or crush. Paisley Ratine Rohes of desert and harem «opied in color and blend for a eery unusual dress material. Burton's Tissue The best of all—and tissue.* wil, lx ui 4.sat demand