T!IK P.KK: OMAHA, SATTKDAY, FKUIMJAKV 20, 1PI.V
KUGEL'S SECRETARY
GETS SOME YELYET
Chargei Motor License Applicants a
' Quarter Each for Notary Fee,
City Clerk Does It Gratis.
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION IS ON
A question has been raised n the
city hall as to the regularity of Sec
retary Thomas Bowie, In the office
of Secretary A. C. Kugel Of the po-
lice department, charging motor ve
hicle operators 25 cents notary fee
for subscribing his signature to mo
tor vehicle operators' application
blanks. During the last few weeks
there have been 496 motor vehicle
permits Issued under the new ordi
nance and Mr. Bowie admits that he
has served as notary for about 110
of these cases, collecting 25 cents In
each Instance. Inquiry at the de
partment of public accounts and fi
nance showed that this money was
not turned into the city funds by Mr.
Bowie.
frt Without rharcr,
Ths manner In which these application
and permits are handled discloses an un
usual procedure In the city hall. The
city clerk tsmirs all other licenses and
permits and I'.as two notaries Harry
Trlincau and Alvtn ratten who servo
the public without charge. The public
Accounts and finance department also
lies a notary and no charge Is made there
for subscrlblnK to doriimcnts. ...
The application blanks for motor vehicle
permits contain spaces for applicants to
pubsrrlbo before a notary, whereas the
ordinance Itself mukes no such require
ment. Trie applications are filled out by
Jtr. Bowie, who keeps them on file and
lie also issues the permits. The annual
iliargc for a permit Is $3.
Bowie Ksplnlns.
Secretary Bowie was asked to explain
this situation and he sa'd: "I do not re
quire any applicant to subscribe his name
licfora me as notary. Any notary Is ac
ceptable. I have, made about 1-8 or $27
out cf this."
The application blank to which the
motor vehicle operators subscribe their
names contains a list of ouestions per
talninR to- the qualifications and personal
hlotory of the applicant.
A city official who has Investigated
thl matter, but who will not consent to
the use of his name on account of per
sonal reasons, said that the amount In
Involved in Mr. Bowies notorial collec
tions may not be so large, but he con
tends that the principle of the thing Is
all wrong. With three notaries in the
city hall ready to serve the public with
out cost, he says It is unfair for Secre
tary Bowlo to charge 25 cents, or to al
low the applicants to go outside of the
city hall and pay other notaries 25 cents
for each application.
L. A. Keller is Host
to Studebaker Men
. at Sumptuous Feed
If In this wide worn any automobiles
re manufactured other than the Stude
baker, you would not have known. It had
yiu attended the aitiMet gfveft'fctfffe
IPexton Thursday afternoon, when nearly
SOQ persons interested in the destiny of
the Studebaker company were gathered.
L. A. Keller,' general manager of the
western Studemaker branch, was host to
over 260 salesmen and branch managers
from all . over Iowa and Nebraska, and
he also acted as toastmoster. E. K. Ben
son of Detroit, Mich., vice president
and the general manager of the
studebaker company, was the prin
cipal speaker. Fred T. Myers, general
manager of the commercial car depart
ment was another factor representative
who was present.
All three men made talks on the istude
baker business, its phenomenal growth,
Its future and how the Studebaker bust-
Aaa nun liitaF ) in Bl1fni.(1
Actress Buys Auto at Omaha Show
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TRIALS OF 'PHONE LINEMAN!
Repair Crews Encounter Many Dif
ficulties After Bad Snow and I
Wind Storms. (
R. A. GRIM HAS SORROWFUL PLEA
Miss Mollv Williams, who is apprsr.ng , whs Usiiicu b'.c conteniplated tne pur-
In the attraction this week as the Oayety, ihsse of a mote car. but the actress
Itnstponed decision until sne tomiw
Is now the proud possessor of a Maxwell
runabout. Miss William.) was licsirged
by representatives and salesmen at the
Kansas City show a week ago, when It
Omaha, when she ordered the Maxwell
. 1 II W'llllu miuin from the Maxwell
factory in Detroit persuad-d Miss Wll-
Hams to make the choice she did
SUGAR GOES UP ONCE AGAIN
Relief, However, in Flour Market
and Eggs and Beef Are Now
Very Reasonable
SOUTHERN GREEN STUFF SCARCE
Southern green stuff on the groccrv
market is fairly scarce, although lots of
rhubard. celery, cabbage, mushrooms and
other vegetables are now coming nicely.
California head lettuce Is here.
Grape fruit is still so abundant that
nice sizes can be had at prices ranging
from a nickel to i cents. Oranges of'
excellent quality are selling as low as
12V4 cents a dozen. Strawberries are hold
ing up to a half dollar.
Hubbard squash are abundant at Si,
cents a pound.
Sugar took another Jump of 25 cents per
100 In New York. Seventeen pounds for
for (1 Is the best one can do In Omaha
on the retail market. ''There is no rausi;
for alarm on sugar, however, as I see
It," says Al King, manager of Haydcn's
grocery department. "There Is so much
raw material in Cuba with the good crops
there that as soon as ships begin to move
surely the price of sugar cannot be main
tained at a high level very long. It is
only a little speculation from time to
time that sends It up, in my Judgment."
France bought 200,000 bags of sugar In
New York a few days ago, according to
local wholesalers, and this Is given as
one of the reasons for the advance in
New York. It Is said that a drop In ths
price of sugar was expected when the.
big order came from Franca.
Some relief Is in sight in the line of
flour. No" one can say how long It will,
last, but there has been a reduction of,
20 cents a barrel In the wholesale price
In flour In the last few days. This has
not yet affected the retail price, as the
grocers bought then present stock at the
higher figure.
Canned goods are all tending toward a
cheaper level. While there is yet no
strikingly marked reduction In this line
the tendency is right from the consumer's
viewpoint. The packers and canners are
all loaded down with a heavy supply
and spring is on the way when fresh
produce will be on the market and throw
canned goods into 111 demand.
The storage houses are laso loaded
with apples, and a decided drop in the
price of that fruit is looked for.
Coffee Is tending toward a higher level.
Potatoes nre off a trifle, so that those
selling at 20 cents a peck a week ago are
now selling at I'M cents.
Navy beans are selling at 74 cents a
pound retail, or H 50 a br.shel.
Kwaa Are Down.
Eggs have come down to a quarter a
dozen and sales are Increasing, especially
since strictly fresh eggs are plentiful.
Butter maintains Its steady price of 33
cents for the best creamery.
All cheese has Jumped up a cent a
Pound.
Ijimbs are tl a hundred higher. Hams
are steady. Inrd Is steady. Beef Is
reasonably cheap compared with the
prices during the last year or two. Pot
roasts can be had at 10J cents a pound.
Boiling beef .can be had at 9 cents and
srarcribs at 8 cents.
With Lent here the dealers have put in
a supply of fish and fresh halibut can be
hud at 12V6 cents, salmon at 10 cents, Cat
fish at 15. cents, fresh herring: at Thi cents
and oysters at 40 cents a quart.
Chickens are somewhat high, selling at
I'M cents a pound. '
"People absolutely don't gr;isp the en
ormous amount in' work mxohed for the ,
telephone linemen following e storm like i
that which wc bail here on t'elirunry I."
nH It. Allan (liliii, district plant chief
of the Nrbrnskn Telepnone company. 1
Mr. Allan 1ms charge of the lines In !
eastern Nrbrssks between the Missouri
liver and a line limning, roughly like a
seml-clrclr. from Sioux City through j
Schuyler to I'lattsmouth. '
Yet In this comparatively small district
be and his men had to replace ft'li tele- j
phone pole which were knocked down ;
by the storm.
"There were I, MS stations out of serv- '
Ice In this d Ctrl, t." s.il.t Mr. (irlm. "To
ad.l to the difficulties of the situation the
trains were almost slopped, and when we
got our ganus of men to the station to
send them out looking for trouble thev
couldn't get cut. Some who did get sway ,
found other difficulties staring them In
the face when they arrived at the places '
they were s-nt to. The livery men re- '
fused to rent teams and they were com
pelled to walk, being greatly handicapped !
because thev could carry, no . materials j
and but few tools.
"We brought ten gangs of men from !
St. Paul and Minneapolis and one gang 1
from Kansas City by the very fastest
trina .
"When we finally did get to the scenes j
of trouble we found In many instances ,
poles down by the dozen In a row. In such I
rases we made temporary repairs ny
means of insulated cables, which we laid
along on top of the mow. or where pos
sible, fastened to fence posts, this serving
until we were able to replace the poles
and string the wires.
'The company spent over IJO.OOft in ex
press bills alone to transport materials
with dispatch.
"We had 470 men out repairing troublo.
this lnoludlng linemen, ground men. gen
eral trouble hunters and foremen.
"It. was a murh bigger Job than dis
entangling the mesg made by the Omaha
tornado. That time we had our work cut
out for us. This time we had to hunt for
destroyed places all along hundreds of I
miles of line with the ground covered ;
with snow that In some places was
drifted to a depth of ten feet."
If 23ST&$ hen H, tt't h tyU
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"All Women's Winter Coats in Stock Must Go!"
That Is th definite order for Saturday. 0r buyer has just returned from
New York and new spring garments have already begun to arrive. We
simply mtist have room for the new things and tbe remaining winter gar
ments must go RKOARDI.EBS OK PROFIT OR LOSS. Our remarkable)
clearance prices for Saturday should make yon buy for next winter as well
as for Immediate needs.
Women's Winter Coats Worth $22.50, $
win..? tZTt.lZ. """"Hption. Th.ee are all late style
r.riJ ,h PP"lr materials and best models
shown this senson. Th.v .r. Arti auaa . A
and ttl.se. They all go in Saturdsy'i remarkable clearance. ,
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Don't
Miss
the
Coat
Sale
Saturday.
SILK PETTICOATS
WORTH $3.50
"Here's a Regular
Rummage Sale"
Odd rsmnta from former sales. Amy rarmeat
o e rao Is won assay times the sale artoa.
yos ekelee while tfcey iMt. Talus range
to 9ca.ao.
C1IOU: 1ft YYINTKR tXMTM CHOlfK
tfcO 7C It WINTKR Srri'8 syr
tPstse IUJ WINTKR PRIMS ICH O
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Don't
Miss
the
Coat
Sale
Saturday.
$1.98
Women's Winter COATS
Worth to $30.00
CRKrE DK rfflINK AND JAP
KEW SILK WAISTS
WORTH TO $3.00
$1.98
$6.75
J3B DOUGLAS
CREPE KIMONOS
WORTH TO $3.00
$1.25
MEHIK WAISTS
DAINTILY TRIMMED
WORTH f 1.50
59c
Genoa Defeats St. KdvrnrHs.
Genoa High school team defeated tlie 81.
Kdward teams In two g nines here Wednes
day nlglit. Scores: Hoys' game tVnoa
2; St. Kdward, 10. Ulils' game Ceuoa,
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WHY HAIR FALLS OUT
Dandruff causes a feverish Irritation
of the scalp, the bair roots shrink, Ions-'
en and then th hair cornea out fast. To i
stop falling hair at once and rid the
soalp of every particle of dandruff, get
a 25-cent bottle of Dnnderlne at any
drug store, pour a little in your hand
and rub well into the scalp. After a few
applications all dandruff disappears snd
the hair stops coming out. Advertisement
Extra Scecial
BS- Waists and 15-
Dresses. They are
soiled and mussed
on sale at 2 P. M.
one to a cus- 7f
tomer at. .... I aw
i 11; n.Tnir Mr
15XO
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IKHl
IOTTGIAS ST.
NO CHARGES
X( EXCHANGES
NO C. O. D.'a
HIRING THIS
SALE
N EARING THE END
Our Great Semi-Annual
Half Price Sale
Of KUPPENHEIMER, SOCIETY BRAND
and HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Suits and Overcoats
WILL SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST, and we urce you to
come now, aa Ur to a world of good things to be had at
A BIG SATING.
$49 Gftrntnts
$20.00
ISM evnriii
$10.00
$3S G amenta
517.50
flS Garnetta
$9.00
ISO GaraenU
$15.00
$U Garawata
$7.50
WindlMp
Sal
afluirdlay
Melrose Struck Over
, Head With Cuspidor
In an altercation that took place at 411
South Thirteenth street, Owen Porter of
that number hit Frank Melrose orer the
head with a cuspidor Inflicting two soalp
wounds, each six inches long". Dr. J- A.
Tamisea attended Melrose and was forced
to take numerous stitches in the cuts.
Porter was arrested. A hearing of the
ease has been set for Msrch 4, owing to
the injured msn's condition.
CAPITOL LODGE BANQUET
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
In respect for the late Martin W. Dun
ham, the banquet that was to have been
frlven by Caiiilol lml no No. 3, Ancient,
Free and Accepted Masons, on Monday
evening, hah been postponed until a date
to be announced later. Mr. Dunham was
to have been the guest of honor on that
evening, when it was the intention to
award him the Jordan medal, as the old
est active member of the lodge. He was
made a Mascn in Capitol lodge In 1864.
No meeting of the lodge will be held on
Monday and all work has been postponed.
It Really Does Rellere Rheumatism.
Hoan's Unlment does give almost in
stant relief. Nothing better for Rreu mat
ism. Backache and Sciatica. Only Xc at
all druggists. Advertisement.
ESCAPES FROM DETENTION
HOME. BUT IS RECAPTURED
Ruby Webb, aged 1( years, a runaway
colored girl hose horne Is In Kansas
snd who escaped from the Detention
home after being found in this city by
the police! was brought to the station by
Police Chauffeurs Buford and Armstrong,
who recognised her at Fourteenth and
Douglas streets. She has once again been
taken to the Detention home to await
word from her parents.
Tat Tkta Oat ttmm.
It you don't want It today, you may
next week. Bend this advertisement and
I cents to Foley ft Co., Chicago, 111., writ
ing your name and address clearly. Tea
receive In return three trial packages-
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for
coughs, colds, croup and grippe;. Foley
Kidney Pills, for weak or disordered kid
neys or bladder; Foley Cathartto Tablets,
a t'lessant. wholesome and cleansing pur
gative, just the thing for winter's slug
gish bowi-ls and torpid liver. These well
fcnonn standard remedies for sale by all
lr u t g ist a A d er Usenw
Ono More Chanco to Got Thoso Bargains
No woman who has any regard for the p urchasing power of 'money can afford to pass
by these remarkable bargains.
75 Ladies' Coats, values up to 19.50, all
sizes included, choice Saturday at . .
50 Silk Petticoats, values up to 3.95, all
sizes included, choice Saturday at . . . ' .
25 Fur Pieces, actual values to $12.50, in
cluding muff and neck pieces, choice at . .
100 Ladies' Waists, worth up to 5.00, all
sizes included, choice Saturday at . . . .
OVERCOATS
Great CoaU, Ulsters, Klarlclea, Ches
terfields, Balmacc&na. Raglans, Fur
Collar and 'Astrakhan Collar CoaU,
Knickerbockers and other sty lea that
are fashionable and practicable , for
the yaried needs of men who would
be prepared for an weatibers, at three
special prices
SIO.OO. S14.50. 817.50
Values that sold from $16 to 135.
Women's and Misses' Suits
and Coats, formerly sold up
to $25.00, Saturday
$4.75
Women's and Misses' . Suits
and Ooats, formerly sold up
to $45.00, Saturday,
$8.75
JULIUS ORItIN, 1510 Douglas Street
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What Do You Get
For the Other Two Thousand?
$2,850 will buy the Hudson Six-54, a biff,
powerful, impressive six-cylinder touring-car.
Tou can pay $4,000 or $5,000 and over for a
somewhat similar car. But what do you pet
for your other $2,000? The bis Hudson is
conceded a masterpiece of the engineering
skill of Howard E. Coffin, the world-famous
Hudson engineer. It gives all that any man
can ask of road performance, durability, com
fort and luxury. Prominent people who are
able to own the finest cars the world can pro- .
duce are enthusiastic in their appreciation of
this splendid Hudson. See the Hudson Six-54
before you decide.
See th Hudson si the tomobQe
Shsw. - Demonstrations arranged
daily. Call us by phone, or see our
repress ia.uv xiuoaon doom
OUY .L. SMITH, '
"inrici rrnsT"
5e3-es rtrasa HtrMt, Omafca. Vsbraska
til Kaosoa him Bvaes 10 at tb
Auto Kaow.
W'l'AUW
i . V -rVt 'jsfi t-;:sii--
mm
New Manhattan
and Sevoy SHIRTS
Beautiful' design
and rich coloring;
in madras, per
cale, Russian
cords, pleated and
plain front, laun
dered and soft
French cuffs
An. ' early selection
haa the advantage
of right siee, and sleere lengths
SI. 50, $2.00, 92.50, $3.00, $3.50
S It Mm
H HI
feN "Berg
I Suit,
Oi Me."
it. hm
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fit Garments
$12.50
flf Ganseats
$6.09
Broken line of Kuppenheimer,
Stein Block, Sehlosa Bros., Soph,
oraoro and Society Brand fall and
winter suits that told up to $25.
Many good patterns and weights
for Spring wear. Tour choice,.,
$D.(QKQ)
Boys' Extra Knickerbocker Pants
Boys' Pants, sises S to 17 years, la the 9 (I A
different materials that sold to 76c, now.... www
Strictly 111 Heel rants, sUes 5 to 17 years, che
viots, casslmeres, tweeds, corduroys and ftQfk
fancy weares that sold to 11.60, now wfG
SpvtaJ Lines ef
0TESCOAT9
2H to 9
sold to
52.45
8selal line of
SUITS
to 17 yrs.,
sold to 17.60.
52.45
HI
NEW SPRING HATS
Discrimination In
ohoosins your hat
win lead you straight
to this - store and
that moans aatfafao
Uon N e t e r hare
men's hats been so
varied In style and
color or so appeal
ing. We show them
all.
Stetson's
S3.50. S4 85
Mallory ....$3.00
Berg Special
82.50
Varsity 82.00
Ask Your grocer
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