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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1914)
TIIK r.KE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER SO, 1914. TWO BADLY HURT' ! Omaha Grain Marc uoing uacK 10 lis IN GAS JEXPLOSION Clerk Knox and Proprietor White of Oxford Hotel Are Pehapj Fatally Injured. DET05ATI0K IS TERRIFIC Coaeaaeloa Throws Oae Gaest from Bet Wlilowt Arc Blow Oat Il4 On Vmi Fulls Dowi Step la the 8tame. Ady Knox, elerk at ths Oxford hotel, south went corner or ElvMh and Far aam atreeta. and Anthony White, proprie tor of the establishment, are both per haps fatally Injured from the results of an explosion which took plate when the former lighted a match to find a gas leak on the second floor of the structure. Both men were Informed bjr a guest of the hostelry that the gnu was leak In. They traced the smell to the end of a hall la a bath room, and when Knox struck a light the escaped vapor Ignited and nearly all the windows on the second and third floors were blown out. The de tonation was heard and felt two block's away. Quests were frightened and a regular stampede resulted. Knox, burned all over his body, rushed to the street, closely followed by Vhlte. There they collapsed and were taken a few minutes later to Ft. Joseph's hospi tal, where not much hope Is held out for Knox. - In the rush out of the building Mlae Lula Shay fell down a flight of stair and was ptlifullr. if not seriously, in jured. Mrs. Lillian Hughes, who was asleep In a room adjoining the bathroom, from where the gas was escaping, was knocked out of bed and suffered a severe scalp wound. Fortunately, most of the escaped gaa seemed to have been exhausted with the explosion, and the rush in of free air through the buildings .ikely saved the structure from a bad Mase, Practically all of the plastering on the two floors was peeled from the walls. Crea sil Cowan Remedy. Dr. King's New Discovery gives almost tnstant relief; first dose helps; best remedy tor coughs, eolds and lung trouble. Mo and JL All druggist. Advertisement. Beed the "For Sale" ad If you want bargain of the minute. Normal Condition Following the ChilRtma liolldiy, Omaliasprnln receipts are getting back to the normal, there being eighty-five earn of wheat, 12S of corn and thirteen of oats on sale. Wheat prices were J to J cents lower, the sales being around 11.17 to 11.18 per bushel. Durum wheat did not experience the slump that hit other varieties of the cereal, but continued to make Its dally gains. Ihe high price was ll-MVa per bushel, with the bulk' of the sale a couple of cents under this price. Corn was down one-fourth to three fourths of a cent, the sales being at from 634 to 64 cents per bushel. New Granite Rate Into Effect Friday An interlocutory order of the federal district court, asked by New England railroads, to temporarily restrain the In terstate Commerce commission from put ting new freight rates on Vermont gran ite into effect January 1, was denied Monday afternoon by United States Cir cuit Judge Walter I. Smith and Federal District Judges Thomas C. Munger and James D. Elliott. rtefusal of the three judges, sitting to gether, to grant the temporary Injunc tion leaves the petition of the railroads to he heard later on the pleading for a permanent Injunction. The new rates, reducing the tariff on monumental gran ite, will therefore go into effect Friday, A motion by the government, which was made a defendant in the suit, was filed to dismiss the case. The Judge took it under advisement. If granted, the case will be ended in federal district court, but may be appealed. FIFTY OMAHANS DISCUSS THE HITCHCOCK WAR BILL Borne fifty Omahana, said to be repre sentative of the European nation now at war met at the Paxton hotel Monday to discus the proposed Hitchcock bill to prevent exportation of munition of war to foreign power and to plan a mas meeting for a declaration of publlo sentiment relative to that bill. It was decided to call a mas meeting for January S. Jerry Howard acted a chair man of the meeting and Val J. Peters secretary. RESERYIST HERE IN A PREDICAMENT Omaha Florist Hruban, Now Ameri can Citizen, is Called to Ann of Hit Fatherland. HAS FEARS FOR HIS FATHER rarest ia Old Coaatrr May Be Mal treated If ftoa Does Tmt Retara Observes Neutrality ana Employs a Servian. To be still on the roll of reservist of Austria, to be a naturalised clttzcin of the United States to have been notified now to report to the colors to fight for the fatherland, is the predicament of Albert Hruban, florist, and proprietor-of the green house at Twenty-ninth and Dorcas streets. Hruban is worried over the situation, a lie say he hae refused to report on the grounds that he is an American citizen, and that In spite of this he ha .heard that the government at home is making life miserable for his father there. This is said to be a means aotne times employed to bring reservists back to abuse the parent of the emi grant reservist or to make life a burden for some of his close relative at home. Mr. Hruban came to America a number of years ago, but was a reservist when he came. Ho wa naturalized in America am years ago and ha for many years pursued hi dally task, secilre in the sense that he was an Amerlcancltlsea like those about him. , Conaal ('all Him. Then came the call from the Austrian consul at Chicago. Hruban wa notified to report to the colors. While he ha refueed and ha heard that hta father ia In danger of great abuse at home If he does not report, he I awaiting further development. He was married in this country and ha a family of American born, children. HrafcM itrletly Ventral. HI striot neutrality in the whole Eu ropean conflict 1 strikingly shown la the fact that he ha in hi employ a hi trusted man a helper who is a Servian by birth. With the fatherland of both these men at each other's throats these many months, the Austrian and Servian have worked side by aide, and the Aus trian has paid his wages regularly to the Servian. The Servian ha brother in the Servian army fighting against Hruban' fatherland, but that make no difference to Ilrubsn. The Servian has Just received a letter from his brother at the tr f t saying he hss been wounded by a shrap nel. The soldier tells of the terrible explosion of shrapnel, stating that soldiers nearest to the explosion had their eyes actually thrown out of the sockets by the concussion. In some cases the surgeons were able to set the eyes back In place and In others this wsa Im possible, and sight was wholly lout. Thieves Take Cash from Woman as She Appears on Scene I Mr. Sarah Mongol! n. 1811 North Twenty-first street, beard a noise In the kitchen of her home early Tuesday morning and, grabbing her purse contain ing $100, rushed toward the sound, two men were quarreling over some Jewelry which they had Just helped themselves to in the other rooms. ' When Mrs. Mangolln appeared, they took her purse from her, extracted the $100, handed the empty article back to her and left the house. Mrs. Mangolln ha furnished the police with a good descrip tion of the men. In a tussel that ensued between Mrs. Mangolln and the intruders, they threw a lighted oil lamp against the wall and set the room on fire. Several neighbors answered the woman' call for help and extinguished the blase. Nearly Thousand Gifts by Parcel Post Await Owners The number of Omahan who expected certain Christmas gifts by mall and did not get any, la certainly large, according to Foreman Edward Hoag at the post office. He says that since The Bee published the fact than many package In the hand of the local postal authorities were undellverable, because the addresa tag or label had been lost, ha haa been awamped with phone call from people who wanted to know If such-and-such a package Intended for them might be tn the pile. Nearly -1,000 such parcel are awaiting the attention of the "Nixie" department, which trie to find the consignee of pack ages not undellverable. Edward Boles, head of the department, aayg that many of them will eventually be delivered to the proper persona yjjajVttl(aHjjAfMq- iifftn if i iiftm ttm iiflhri rfiffi f sflifi nf ruatAsff f mrf it is"ft 11 it H -f H r"l if Itiili f" 1 ifT -f 1Ti if T 1? tl ifllfi rial rflft aflia ifl iff sits sfla sflsa Am "g--a"ega,avjD We are first to ibow every thing new. Daring the season w carry the largest stocks and moat complete assortments. At the end of tit) rear we clear out ail the small lots left. a& , a" , ,v "Mfsimiiiiii-iwg.iimrii in -rVf.Tinvmjinji.i i.r it. no;. .nurm -. )! m siniasiisMilaliMiia,niUiTiiniii mi liiir People know, by over 30 years of experience, that after Christ mas we sacrifice all lines of fall and early winter merchandise. They wait for these sales and take advantage of them. Get your hare. Come early. - 1 Xf? AfS) rh ( -awdaaSJaWkaaaaSM at - - . ............... t It mil pay you to ehop all over the store, to look carefully in every department, be cause there are thousands of small lots here and there that we are sacrificing at the most extremely low prices. These lots are too small to advertise, but it is all good, fresh and desirable merchandise, represent ing what is left of the immense assortments we had at the height of the season. Tou couldn't put a day to better use right now than to shop carefully all over our stores both in the old and in the new building and take advantage of the merchandise offered In our Year-End Clearing Sale. " Fancy Goods THIRD FUKM Stamped Lunch Clothe On Irish linen, 64-lnca alga, neat da si sua, French or eyelet am broid ery, actual 2 value; offered ia E..!?. 1.00 Japanese Print earfs &4 Inches Ions, two-tone tola; e q 39o value, tor 1C Ertiaird & Arastrcrj'i Best Wish Ealroidsry Silk AH the good color. Ragulaiiy priced S skeins for lta. Ooarlof ale prlew 3 Skeins for Sc Mercerised Crochet Cotton Bern only. In Coate's, Perl-Lutta and Klostersllk. Values 10c and 16c per spool. Clearing sale f price, choice at DC Blankets, Comforters, Robes and Pillows Full Wool-Filled Double Blanket Large else. White, gray and tsn. Bell regularly op to M nn pair. Clearing sale ?le70 Fine Three-Quarter Wool Blanket Good, heavy, toft wool blankets for Urge beds. Bell regularly up to $4.60 a pair. Clear- f o yn lng sale price 7UJ Cotton Blanket Double blankets for and single bed. White, . gray and tan. Generally priced , up to 75c a pair. Clear Of), lng sale price... )lC Imported Italian Raw Silk Slumber Robes Beautiful colorings and patterns tor couch throws and table cover, worth up tonr 13.60 each. Clearing sal.. HOC Sllkolln Covered Comforters Large sUe for double beds. Pure hand-carded cotton filling. Regu lar $2 value. Clearing f - r cale price Bed Pillow Sits 18x25. Weight Zx pounds each. Fancy tick cov ering and filled with all clean i feathers. Worth up to tl. Clearing sale price, each.. 39c 7omcn,g tiis5cs, Smart Apparel Rdac9d to Pricts That SctnAlmott Unreasonable fSS.09 Gown, dealing Bale Prlee , - Gowns $35 tts.09 Gown, Clearing " Ann . Bale Price ,. j?7 I7B.0O Gown. Clearing ' Sale Price t$.D $51.00 Gown, aeartoc for 6aU price afKtW Fur Coats $45 $39 $39 $25 Beantifnl Silk Dresses Worth to $39.00 $19 $128.00 Long Mall&e Coat, at ... $115.00 Fancy M aline Cost, at............ $96.00 Long Nearseal poet, at. J $59.00 White Gooey., Ooat, at. Very handsome garments, in Velvets, Silts and Laces, at about half actual val- Fur Muffs $1 .89 Fur Scarfs $90 At to $4 Values, at.... t M to $ Values, at. . . . Velvet loose Vela to $10. at $5.00 Children's tweeter Ooets $1 and $L0 values, at. . . . v w Black Sateen and Gotten Petticoat S.1.!;. 69c Children's Serge and Corduroy Dreesee $3 values, at Children's Bsarekln Coats a1 II and $1.60 vml.. at pl Women's and Mlaece' 8Mrt IS to $6 values, special at $1.79 Bilk and Serge Dresses $10 to $16 values, at.. College and Sport Ceate $10 to $16 value, at.. $1.79 $5 $ AFTER XMAS CLEARANCE SALE of BOO IKS At GREATLY REDUCED PRICES Many books become) more or less soQedl and damaged by the) enormous crowds that handle and look at them during our Christmas book sale. These and many others that we wish to close out quickly have been gathered up and placed oa tables off off tVa off All CALENDARS at NEW. YEAR CARDS now oa sale. Vi PRICE. Large auortmenL Domestics aUSXMSNT Fine Quality Dreee Percales 88 Inches wide. Light and dark colors. Neat dots, stripes and figures. Worth 10c per yard. Clearing sale price, 1 Wednesday .2C Sft-lnoh Genuine Amoeksag Fleece Down Flannel In plain shades and white., Worth WViCqi yd. Clearing sale price... O2C Fine Drees Zephyrs In all the leading stylea. Neat checks and stripe. Remnants up to 15 yards long. 10c and ltttc Qoal- 1 tty. Wednesday, yard . . . , . OjC 36-inch Bleached Maslin, For 5c Per Yard Extra fine quality. Soft finish. Off the bolt. Comforter Covering In all the leading shades. Neat oriental and Persian designs. Values 6c per yard. Clearing sale j price 4C 27-Inch Fancy Striped Outing Flan nel m a choice assortment of all the wanted shades: pink, light, blue, gray, etc. Values 10c per yard. Clearing sale ' 1 Price 0C CUrkO. NX Mercerized' Crochet Cotton, 7c Ball MWa Meek BaaS Special, each , Iaiaata Oae Paata Ifro and ike values, pair Larare-Sta Hair Neta All shades; worth up to (0 per doaea. ClearlBs; sal prloe, doaea,... V ,2Jc 19c .75c ,..5c 25c 10c SlJte But rersas atse. Choice Thursday at Gee Nlckel-Platee Safety Itaa a dosea (or . SaaJtarr A ere Large atse. Special, each Saattarr Belte Made of elaa tto. He values, for....... BaabreMetr Stlasera Oood quality. Worth to ts per pair. 1 en dearing sale price .'. ." Wash Ecaee 4-yard bolts. Faat colors. Worth lta per belt, Laree Slse Beste Mate Ptaa C bueclal. dosea Ums aa Cartea Tape Beet 8 quaUUjr. for olt. OUR JANUARY WHITE- SALE Next Monday, January 4th :! i is egm Wait for it. Hi,- It will pay you. It will be the btesrest in all our history. Unusual con- -""J ditioiis, of which we have taken full advantage, will enable us to offer you values l iTl -. that, will make it worth your while to stock up for many, many months to come. w v f -i. ve e iP a 1 Don't Miss Our Great Pre-Inventory Qearance Boys' and Children's Overcoats Ma'ckinaws at Just Half Price Boys' and Children's WINTER SUITS at Just Half Price V, ! '. 4 Throngs of delighted customers took ad' vantage of the wonderful batgain oppor tunities offered Monday and Tuesday in Our Great Half Price Sale of - . M i Women's and Children's Apparel Wednesday we offer not onty the Suits, the Furs and Dresses, but a wonderful line of beautiful Chiffon Waists, Shadow Lace Waists, Crepe de Chine, Silks and Fancy Velvet Waists, val- lie nn tn $7 Zfl nt Will bo surprised if thia lot of waists lasts more than the one day, so select as early as possible. Plenty of beau tiful Suits, Furs, Cloth Coats and Dresses at just Hajf Regular Worth. . A I VI II All Silk Crepe de Chines $1.50 q q and $1.75 values; Wednesday, yd. "OC " 40-in. wide, in a full line of most popu lar street and evening shades, values sel dom ever before equaled. DRESS SKIRTS MADE FREE to your measure from choice of 100 pieces of new plaid wool fabrics. Perfect fit and workmanship guaranteed. Inquire at Dress Goods Department. Pre-Inventory Clearance Specials, Domestic Room E0c 68-ipch Mercerized Table Damask I 35 38c 68-inch Mercerized Table Damask . ,...25g .72x90 Sheet, E9c value,. 45 72x90 Sheets, 75c value, 5St 81x90, Sheet, 69c value 524 12 He 36-in. Silkoline. . . .$) 85c Stitched Cotton Batt, 3-lb. for ...654 65o Unstitched Cotton Batt, 3- lh. 55J EXTRA SPECIAT 6 He Pure Indigo Blue Apron Gingham 3 lOe value Bleached Muslin 5 Pre-Inventory Specials in the Linen Department Pattern Table Cloths, full size, bleached, $1.50 value, each $1.00 Hemstitched Napkins, 17x17 , inches, slightly mussed, worth $4.00 a dozen, six for... .....$1.00 Dew Bleached Satin Damask Eerariants, in 2 and 2V2 yd. lengths, worth up to $2.00 a yard .. . .. .. . $1.00 Towels, assorted lot In Turkish and Huck,-values to 16c at, each .. 10 Pre-lnventory Clearance Blankets and Comforters 112.50 Wool Blanket or Down Filled Comforts $9.48 $10.00 Wool Blankets or Down or Wool Filled Comforts, at S7.50 $7.50 Wool-Blanket or Corded Cotton Comforts . :..$5,00 $4.95 Wool Filled Blankets, at ... $3.80 $3 95 Wool Filled Blankets or Comforts $2.90 $2.75 11-4 Twill Cotton Blan ket or Comfort $1.98 $2.00 large Blanket or Com fort'.. ..-$1.48 $1.50 large Blanket or Com fort . $1.15 $1.00 slse Blanket or Com fort .89 1 i Great Pre-lnventory Grocery Sale $20,000 Stock Reducing Sale Before Jan, 1st. Quality Goods and a Sauing of 25 to 50 Per Cent for the People. 20 lb, beat Granulated Sugar $1.00 48-lb. sack bst hlffh grade Diamond H Flour nothing- finer for bread, plea or cakes, per sack S1.40 10 ,1b. best White or Yellow Corn meal for .lSe I lbs. best Rolled White Breakfast Oatmeal .S3o lb. Choice Japan Rice SSo .The best hand-picked Navy Beans, per lb So 4 lbs. best Pearl Tapioca.... SOo 5 6o can Cottars Milk (the milk of quality 1 BSo 4 li-os. can Cottage Milk S5o cana Lu, Lai Scouring; Soap it beats the Dutch See The best Domestic Macaroni, pk. 7Ho Gallon can Golden Table Syrup 38o Grape-Nuts, pkg. 10 Corn Flake. lOo pkr So All regular lOo Cookie, per lb., SHp All regular HHe Cookies,, per lb.. 10o All regular 16o Cookies, per lb., 1BV40 Parker Itouae Cataivp, bottle. . . ,TH 8-lb. cans Hominyi'Pumnkln. Squash or Baked Beans 7H0 can Oil Sardines BSo Snider' s Tomato Soup, can fio ,8-lb. can Yellow Freestone Peaches, for loo 7 bars Klectrio Spark Poap. . . . . . .BSo ( bars Omaha Fainliy Soap. ..... . 95a 6 bars Feia Naphtha Soap .85o 6 cakes Sllexo Scouring Soap SBo 10 bars bst brands Laundry Soap 83o Her.they's Breakfast Cocoa, lb. .'.SOo iGolden Santo Coffee, lb SOo Tli Best Creamery Butter, carton or , bulk par lb. ....A.... 84a Fancy No. 1 Country Creamery But ter, per lb 3So Fancy No. 1 Dairy Table Butter, Seo 2 lba. good Butterlne 85o Fancy Table Butterlne, lb .SOo Fancy Full Cream N. Y. White, Wis consin Cream or Young America Cheese, per lb. 80o THB SOXTABZ.B lUBXIT OB .16 lbs. best Red River Early Ohio Potatoes .804 12 lbs. Fancy Cooking Apple to ths peck .' 804 Demand your weight -th law re quires it. Hubbard Squash, per lb 8e 01,r Beets. Carrots. Turnip or Pars nips, per lb .......So Fancy Holland Seed Cabbage, lb. 1H0 Fresh Beets, Carrot. Turnlpe, Rad ishes or Shallots, per bunch. .... . S larKe Soup Bunches ,..10q S large Green Peppers '....10a 2 staaks Fresh Celery fio 2 heads Fresh Leaf Lettuce So Fancy California Cauliflower, lb. 7Wa Fanoy Cape Cod Crinberrlee. q.t. 7Vo Fancy Head Lettuce, per head...7Ua The best Mixed New Nuts, lb ISo Red Jacket P.ure Apple Cider, gal. 88o it vnw MAvncrme cincT it f!JS IUB MliirtL m bw Esai I M W I IUQI sat 4 n y if t 3 -Mi MDEOMAHA A 1 COMMIT iMPklMlNG r. 5 I 1 z ock Springs oal B SBw Mined by the Original Producers, Sold by the Following Dealers Peoples Coal Co. Union Fuel Co. Updike Lumber ft Coal Co. West Omaha Coal ft Ice Co. Dworak Wrecking; Co. Havens Coal Co. McCaffrey Bros. . Nebraska Fuel Co. Jeff W. Bedford Henry. Foley Harmon ft Weeth Howell ft Son O. W. Hula Co. C. S. Johnson Keys Lumber ft Coal Go, Lucas Coal Company if CARBON COAL & SUPPLY CGuPAfiY Nebraska Distributers. tin" 41 I1ECT&L SPECIALIST Dr. Tarry' mild system of treatment cure Piles, Fistula, and other Rectal diseases. In a short time, without a surgical operation. No Chloroform, Ether or any other general anaesthetic used. A cur guaranteed In every case accepted for treatment, and no money to be paid until cured. Write for book on Rectal dis eases containing testimonials of prominent people who have been permanently cured. un. X .-Vlkltx IWfl .miming irnana. WINTER RESORTS. HOTELS AND RESORTS. Hotel itelrn "As Iletel Wbare Cuert are Maae v to Feel at Home' Not too large, yet laree enough to afford the maximum of value at minimum expense. Exceptionally Accessible $0$ RmuMointt baaaaraat Oarf Slaal KeaaM Hrk tuonlnt Witt ll.OOteti.OOK'aay Slagls Kasats i;k Tak or Shovw $l.fl.00pwdr Dacbk) Kaoais wlik luaslnt Vsmt 12.00 m S4.0S awday Oeatl Roas vttk Tk or Skewr ti.UO to 14.00 Pr day EDWARD C. FOGG. Unmimw Pirwcf ROT U SCOWN. KUmmt f Ik ' . Before ssttltiur iust EAST COAST TO L4?fra Vautioa lttnsmnr for tit Win tar. m elairu ti im OF FLORIDA An Ma Twlleus Sea vaael Ma gorelsa IbmitwImmI Ma rear ef War's Alaxaul BUT Ideal Winter Rendezvous ( easily aenwible. witk a.liehtfni rllmati eoiuiluooa au4 lurkua surrwuulutaa. GOLF, TENNIS, FISHING. RIDING, SURF. BATHING, Eta. WUKRB TO STAY Bt. A wiiUh i ranee de Lwd si (krafeviid-oa-the-Maiiras i I'alu. huk ibrakers and ! 3J4a Mil ll nd Aleanr Reyal Poinciana Koyml fain ...... ...... Tba Colonial lmu Ktti ....Anldral fkhmt Cainn Ua.ana, t nbai Via Kay Was aad . A O. a. s. c Tn Ovar Saa Railroad witk Pullman Rr- vie allows swp oS priviHwaa at all princitisi FLORIDA EAST COAST htaakr 8yetai M rifth Ave.. NY. 10 W. A dam 8C Cakac oi. aufiHtma x brua s