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„ Business Men of City to Work for 1925 Legion Meet Meet to Discuss Plans for Raising $50,000—Omaha Post Pledges Support in in Campaign. A strong effort to bring the 1925 American Legion conventioh to Oma ha will be made as the result of a meeting held at the Chamber of Com merce Thursday noon, when some 75 leading business men of the city voted In favor of an aggressive policy to bring big conventions to the city. The meeting was called by the Chamber of Commerce bureau of pub licity to determine whether or not $60, 000 could be ralsedtto bring the legion convention, with its 30,000 to 5D.OOO delegates to Omaha. One hundred and fifty leading business men were Invited to attend. Harley G. Conant, chairman of the bureau, presented the case, explaining that in order to make a strong bid for the big convention it would be necessary to have a certified check for $60,000, the amount declared necessary to stage a convention by the legion executive board. Enthusiastic Endorsements. Conant pointed out the desirability of bringing the convention here from several standpoints, including the * financial one, estimating that the dele gates will spend fully $2,000,000 dur ing the four or five days they are here. He read reports from Kansas City, New Orleans and San Francisco to bear this out. These reports were all enthusiastic endorsements of the value of the convention to the city. He offered the services of the bureau of publicity In helping to land the conventton and In the preparations to make It a success. Leo Bozell, president of Omaha post of the American Legion, pledged the strongest efforts of his post In land ing the convention for Omaha in 1925, and predicted success. Strength of Legion. Robert Trimble inquired If the amount necessary to handle the con vention here would not be somewhat reduced and was informed by Hird Stryker that while $50,000 might not be required it is essential that a certified check for that amount be presented when the legion men go to St. Paul in September to fight for the convention. The national conven tion this year is to be held in St. Paul. Both Bozell and Stryker pre dicted that the support of Iowa, Kan sas, South Dakota and Nebraska posts could be obtained for Omaha, and called attention to the strength of the legion in this section of the coun try. Marshall Craig, speaking for the railroads, pledged their support in the effort to bring the convention ► here. Fred Thomas of the First Na tional bank also spoke in favor of it, as did W. R. McFarland of the World Realty company, speaking for the Amusement houses of the city, and John Welch, speaking in behalf of the restaurant men. Speaks on Publicity. Harry Hough spoke of the publicity obtained by the legion convention City, and O. H. Weller declared that properly apportioned $50,000 should not be so difficult to raise. John L. Kennedy of the United States National bank brought the business men to their feet at the close of a speech which he concluded by asking for an expression as to whether or not those present favored a wide awake and aggressive policy of bringing big events to Omaha. Every man in the meeting rose, indi cating that they did. Chance Is Excellent. Chairman Conant closed the meet ing by announcing that the bureau of publicity Is convinced that it will receive the necessary financial sup port and will begin a. campaign with the aid of the Legion to bring the big meeting to Omaha. Conant pointed out that Omaha's chance of getting the convention is excellent. Inasmuch as It is so cen trally located and in view of the fact that the convention is practical ly pledged to Philadelphia in 1926, when the exposition is to be held there. Rome competition is expected from Atlanta, Ga., however. * Ellis—William H. Carpenter, 72, for 25 years a resident of Ellis, died at his home there after an illness of three weeks. He is survived by his • $ wife, five sons and a daughter. Omaha’s Welcome to You unTFI FONTENELLE 350 Rooms—350 Baths Rates $2.50 to $4.50 Noted for the excellence j of its dining service. J___ __. __ I Wind Burned Skins Soothed By Cuticura After motoring, golf and other outdoor pleasures anoint the (ace and hands with Cuticura Ointment. After five minutes wssh off with Cuticura Soap and hot water. There Is nothing better for red, rough, Ir t rltated skins. Don't forget to edd Cuticura Talcum to your toilet preparations. s.apr.. fr*. e* trail A 'Mr». "OatlAirA UWt .AaruM, D.pt lAr M^A.n «l. M... " Hold •fry whara Soap2br Ointment26 and60c Talcum 2f.c 1RT Cuticura Producta Are Reliable. Dr. Edwards Given Five-Year Sentence ____ 1 SV. SdxO^dts | Dr, Frederick A. Edwards stood nervously before District Judge C. O. Stauffer Thursday and said he had nothing to say why sentence should not be passed upon him for the death of Lillian Holman In performance ol an illegal operation, of which he was found guilty last March. “The sentence of the court is," said Judge Stauffer, “that you be con fined in the state penitentiary at Lin coln for a period of five years at hard labor, no part to be in solitary con finement.” Deputy Sheriff Yates took the phy sician to the county jail, while an attorney left for Lincoln to ask the supreme court to allow a supersedeas bond. Louis and Margaret Meeker, 811 Scuth Thirty-fourth street, signed the $7,000 bond, and when the higher court allows it Edwards will be free until his appeal Is decided. Dr. Edwards is 50, a wldow'er and was born in England. WHEAT DROPS TO $1.10 AT BEATRICE Beatrice. Neb., July 81.—The price of wheat dropped to $1.10 on the lccal markets, the big supply of grain reaching the elevators being given as the cause. Hundreds of cars of wheat are leaving this section almost daily for the Omaha and Kansas City markets and there is still a large quantity of grain to be threshed and hauled to the elevators. W. F. Roszeli, W’ho has Just re turned from a visit to his old home in Ohio, says that crops in that sec tion do not compare with those in eastern Nebraska. He states that there is only a half a crop of wheat in Ohio and little corn. PeWitt, Neb.. July 31.—Threshing is in full swing in this vicinity and the yield 1» much better than expect ed in both wheat and oats. Corn never looked better at this time of year than now. Two Divorces Granted. Beatrice, Neb., July 31. Judge Raper of Pawnee City, who Is holding court here for Judge Colby, who is 111, granted divorces in district court to Blanche Cox from R. E. Cox, and to Ruth Hanson Cadman of Wyrnore from Lester B. Cadman. Cruelty was charged in both cases. Endlcott—Pete Knobel and Ed Williams were arrested Tuesday night and lodged in the county jail at Fair bury to answer charges of drunken ness and hilarity. --——— Court Requested to Name Receiver for Burgess-Nash Five Creditor Join in Petition —Head of Firm Says Sol vency Can Be Atta ned With Patience. Two involuntary petitions in bank ruptcy were filed against the Burgess Nash company in federal district court Wednesday afternoon. Application for the appointment of a receiver for the company was filed Thursday morn ing The first petition Involves $500, naming as creditors H. J. Heinz com pany, Pittsburgh; A. H. Heasey & Co., East Liverpool, O.; C. John Byrne and E. O. Merschelm, Red Oak, la. Four New York and North Carolina firms state that the Burgess-Nash company Is indebted to them, collec tively, to the extent of $8,000. Receiver Is Asked. They are: Slegel-Levy company of New York, $1,257; Jacob Siegel, doing business under the name of Majestic Costume company of New York, $725; Hoover Chair company, Lexington, N. C., $1,284; Joseph Envelope company, New York, $2,554.25. The four creditors named in the second bankruptcy and a fifth, A. and M. Ivaraghurisian, Inc., ask for the appointment of a receiver, stating that the Burgess Nash company is financially involved. Statement by Company. In the absence of George Woods, the acting president of the Burgess Nash company, who is in New York attending a conference with the cred itors committee together with Frank Woods and several of the interested attorneys, the following statement was made by Mark Woods, one of the directors of the company, with ref erence to the bankruptcy proceed ings recently filed. "We regret that certain of the cred itors thought it necessary to file court proceedings at this time, but we still hope to work out the reor ganization of this company In spite of these proceedings and the plan of reorganization which was agreed to by more than 95 per cent of the cred itors is still pending and being worked out. By means of these re organization plans we hope to keep the store open as a going concern and eventually to save the investment of not only the creditors, but also the preferred stockholders." Stock Not Issued. The second petition named 18 cred itors to whom, It is alleged, the Bur gess-Nash company paid $67,000 and maintained that this was an act of bankruptcy. C. John Byrne and E. O. Mer schelm, both of Red Oak. say that they bought a certain number of profit-sharing preferred shares in the Burgess-Nash corporation but they never have received them. The Cambridge Textile company filed a petition Thursday morning asking that it be adjoined to the first petition filed Wednesday afternoon The amount due it is $4,632.97, ac cording to the petition. Mr#riWgj Schmeller & Mueller PIANOS Best in the West Backed by Half a Century Experience $25 Down, $2.80 Per Week i,n Piano Merchandite Free Bench and Roll* LThey arc constructed along the latest improved lines and compare favorably in finish and tone with the Inchest <|iial ity instruments. ■—. -.I Every Instrument S. & M. Guaranteed 1 Upright Pianos for 25 Ye#r» Our low price* *n<l easy terms « M Ha make It possible for everyone to own a sweet-toned Schmoller $10.00 Down * Mueller Plano. Pay only a $2 00 Per Week small sum down, then three to fBEC nwairu five year* to pay tha balance. Trade In Your Old Instiument a* a »ubstantlal part payment m16-®Dod$e St”.- Omsk* . ' / Burgess Bedtime Stories i --+ By THORNTON W. BURGESS. Th« h®ed!«mi, foolish, young and frisks Are prone to do the thing that’s risky. —Old Mother Nature. The Foolish Young Happy Jack. Mra. Happy Jack made the foui little Happy Jacks look long and hart at Redtall the Hawk circling arounc high up In the blue, blue sky. He was so high up that he didn’t look big at all. Because he didn’t look big lie didn't look dangerous. Bui their mother told the four little Happy Jacks that Redtall was one of their most dangerous enemies And she made them look and look al him so that they would know him whenever they saw him. "But why do we have to keep si stlll?" asked one of the little Happj Jacks. He was a foolish little Happj Jack. He was foolish because he wai headstrong, and Inclined to have « very good opinion of himself. ‘‘You have to keep still so that hf will not see you,” replied Mrs. Happj Jack. “As long as you keep perfectlj still he is not likely to see you. Bui if you should move ever so little ht might see you.” "Pooh!” said the foolish little Happy Jack. “He is too far away tc see me. whatever I do.” “The young and foolish talk aboul things they know nothing about. Anc j-ou are both young and foolish,” de dared Mrs. Happy Jack. ''Redial! has wonderful eyes. No squirrel evei had eyes to compare with those ol Redtail's. High as he now is in the blue, blue sky. he can see plainly al chat lies beneath him. If little While foot the wood house, who Is mud smaller than any of you, should stari to move about out In the open Recital could and probably would see him. II ever Redtall tries to catch one of yoi your best chance of escape will be tc dodge around the trunk of a tree. II you try to run from him he will catch you before you have taken hall a dozen jumps. He Isn’t In sighi now, so I guess he has gone to look over another part of the Green For est and you can resume your play But never forget what I have told you. And never fall to keep a watch ful eye open for Redtall the Hawk.” Somehow the little Happy JackF didn’t feel so much like play. It was the first time that they had under stood that there might be danger in the sky above them. Three of them went over to sit near the doorway ol their home and talk over this new thing they had learned. But the fourth one, the foolish little Happy Jack, went off by himself. For two days he had been trying to get up his courage to jump from the tip of a branch over to the tip of a branch of the next tree. He had seen his mother make that jump many, many times. It wasn’t any kind of a Jump at all for her. But for him It was a very venturesome Jump. His mother had warned him not to try It yet. Perhaps that Is why he was all the more anxious to try it. New he went off by himself way He pretended to be just sitting there, doing nothing. out on that particular branch. He pretended to lie Just sitting there do ing nothing. But all the time he was watching for a chance when no one was looking his way. He saw Mrs. Happy Jack disappear among the trees. He saw that the other little Happy Jacks were paying no atten tion to him whatever. Now was his chance. He took a long breath and jumped. For a moment he had a (ireadful fright. He almost missed the tip of that other branch. But he didn't quite miss it. He caught it with his hands and pulled himself up. Then he scampered over to explore that new tree. (Copyright. 14J4.) The next story: "The Little Happy Jack Pays for His Foolishness.” Plattsmouth Stores to Be Open Two Nights a Week Plattsmouth, July 31.—Plattsmouth business men have arranged to keep their stores open Wednesday as well as Saturday nights during August for the benefit of the farmers who are busy harvesting the biggest crop of recent years in Cass county. Bee Want Ads produce results. Our Annual August Fur Sale Starts Friday Our Mid-Summer Prices ' Mean Substantial Savings : l9T-£ and FAR.N AA\ ST* — ^U»l 35fe oridinal tfdtftfrfflB Pure Halt WiMmIHP Product The finest of ingredients are put into the manufacture of IDEAL MALT. ^^F Chemical testa show that it contain* less unfermentahle material than any other malt On its merit alone, IDEAL MALT stands against all com* ^ petition. Ask for IDEAL MALT by name—insist on tfcttinR it. ff The COUPON below and our LABEL n refund are guaranteed to the dealer by the following authorized diatributorat Baker*' Specialty Co. Paxton A Gallagher Moracok.Schneider Co. Sherman Fruit C*. Moyer Fruit Co. Simon Brothare Trtmbl# Brother* Ideal Food Products Co. CUPAR R A ril'd. IOWA HARRY , f ■ FREE OFFER - S SCHIFFERLK Th'!' rouPon «»ul two of our 1YC circles, cut Co. ”"t *1'^ label on our can, may be exchanged * Rrokrrt 1 ^nr '?0<! ,'ns*’ °r nterchandiss at your dealer, I t or direct from factory. ( Oitih r + m 9 m - m m m — ( 1 Dead. 7 Hurt: in Bus Acqident Nebraska Girl Injured When Brakes Fail on Mountain Road. Estes Park. Colo., July 31.—Mary Hannon of Chicago was killed In stantly and seven others, three of them from Chicago, were Injured about 10 last night when a large sight seeing automobile In which they were returning from the Wellington gas well fire near Fort Collins, over turned on Saw Tooth mountain. The accident occurred when the brakes on the sight seeing car failed to hold, causing it to overturn. All of the injured were removed to hos pitals at Fort Collins, Colo. The others injured were: Mary Fleming, Katherine I.illis, Julia Gel alto, all of Chicago, Etheyln Ellis of Alliance, Neb., Leota Becker, Jim Robertson, owner of the bus, and R. E. Upton, the latter three from Estes Park. Upton, according to advices from Fort Collins, today is suffering from a probable fracture of the skull and his condition is critical. All of the others are expected to recover. I MOTHERSF HT FOR BA1 LIVES Heretofore *rknnwled*e«.HH .** Get Arnuelnted rlub. 8.bn Jeeee I.. Root. 8.00 P. F. F. elub, Irvington. Neb. B.on M. F.. F. 1.0» A. White. lootnln. Neb. 1.00 A Mother, Newman Grove, Neb.... 1.00 Total ..*880.13 Hot! O, boy, but Isn’t It hot! We can find relief—take a car ride, buy a cold drink, take a swim, do a dozen things that our good fortune per mits us. Many babies, In poor homes, where mothers struggle alone against great odds to keep them alive, must suffer, and sometimes die Just for want of milk to keep the spark of life In them during the hot weather. You can help tnem by contrib uting to the Free Milk and Ice Fund, every penny of which Is used to sup ply milk to such starving babes. Check made out to the fund, or cash sent to the fund, care of The Omaha Bee, will be thankfully ac knowledged. Co-Operation Is Theme of Lions’ Club Address Atlantic, la., July 31.—Mrs. T. L. Smith, head of the women's farm bureau organization In Cass county, was chief speaker at the weekly meet « Ing of the Atlantic Lions club. Mra Smith emphasised the need of closet cooperation of business men and farmers in matters of community In terest. She aso told of her visit to Camp Brewster, Omaha, where the various farm bureau .clubs enjoy periodic outings. /■ V" Salesmen who know As an exclusively photo graphic store, our salesmen | are able to specialize in l their subject They know picture-making not only from the instruction they have received but because they are themselves enthu siastic camerists. Whether it’s a question of new equipment or the solution of a photographic puzzle, you’ 11 find that they want to help—and can. E&atm&n Kodak Co* 'The Robert Dempster Co.) 1813 Farnam St. Brmneh Store 308 South 18th St. J . I BRANDT’S August Furniture Sale _ i i Q Q The Coxwell Chair (Like illustration.) Covered in tapestry with plain velour trim, moss edging on seat cushion, under arms and on back; ma hogany frame. OH August Sale. A Real Sale Starts Friday Morning August 1st at 9 A. M. InfhkTSale you "will find furniture of quality, character and indi viduality. Not the kind that is made and bought for sale purposes, but regular merchandise selected for a discriminating public. Here you will be able to buy good furniture for the home at wholesale »nd less. <r^v i \ Rocker CUke Illustration.) Brown ma hogany finish; spring uphol stered seat In fine tapestry. isr.*-.$17.50 : •I ir » (Like Illustration.) Genuine ma hogany with gum wood posts, 34 Inches wide; antique brown ma hogany finish. (P ()Q jrfl August Sale I / V >^=1' ; Cabinet Desk and Bench \ vr-__ ; (Lika Illustration ) Dull Tudor if tf \ mahogany: Interior nicely ar- U ranged; desk 28 Inches wide. Cs' t^wo'pieces*!.$53.00 Two-Piece Davenport Suite End Table (Like illustration.) With arm chair to 'U*e tUostratiOB.) Has match, covered in linen velour with moss 1)0011 un<5erneath edge trimming. August Sale P7 fk/k !°Pi maho*an>’ toP- 121:4 price. t»o pieces. $1.0/.UU <ncbM: br°*P ®a' hogany finish (PQ JTik August Sale . tPO.O" J 1 ■■ _ Breakfast Suites Dining Suite Several patterns in different sizes, :n putty and (Like Illustration.) Duncan Phyfe design eon green. putty and blue and Ivory with blue trim, sisting of Buffet, Table, Five Side and One Arm Suite consists of four chairs, table and buffet. Chair. Table has oval ends. 42x64 Inches when Six pieces at— closed, extends to eight feet; buffet 66 Inches $79.00. $57.00 ~4 $44.50 .... $225.00 Hundreds of Suites and Separate Pieces of Furniture in Our August Sale WILBUR BRANDT, Inc. Opposite Hotel FonteneUe , 180911 Douglas St. 1__ WHAT SCHOOL OR COLLEGE? The School and College Bureau of The Omaha Bee will help you in the selection of a school, col- | lege or university. 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