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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1917)
i THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1917. . POTATOES TO GROW ON VACANT LOTS Representatives of Eleven Charity Organizations En ' courage City Gardeners. IS MOVE TO AID THE POOR Omaha will soon have a scries of market gardens sprouting potatoes, carrots, cabbages, beets ami other staple vegetables right in the heart of the city. Men. women and children, all busy with the hoc, will warn you olT the premises by day and Hoy C'iouts will shoo you away by night front the fields of precious produce, if a plan inaugurated Tuesday by rep resentatives of the city's eleven en dorsed charity - associations matures successfully. It is an economic venture rich in possibilities, according to the way it was outlined by Jacques Kieur, gen .eral secretary of the Associated Jew ish charities, who lias been elected chairman of the "vacant lot gardening committee" in charge of the enter prise. The charily associations of the city will unite with real estate nien and private property owners to get the use of the vacant lots in Omaha. Then the committee will litre-experienced farmers to plant and plough the land. Revert to Committee. Once ploughed, the land will be granted to dependent families with the understanding that they cultivate it successfully. If they fail to prop erly till the soil alloted to them, the land will revert to the charge of the gardening committee, ltut if 1 hey stick to their jobs, they are then free to use or sell the products raised on the land. Chairman Kieur says his committee plans to seed down only twenty-five ' acres at first and to conduct its eco nomic experiment with those, fl the scheme is successful, the commit tee hopes to get larger tracts of land and grant their free use to dependent families. In the latter case, tents may he erected on the land wherein the families could live during the summer time. The object of it all is to enable poor folks to cash their labors. Incidentally, it a wallop at the high cost of farm produce. Personnel of Committee. The personnel of the vacant lot gardening committee is: Jacques Rieur, chairman: Carl Schweiber, secretary; Mrs. Doane of the Asso ciated Charities. Captain Paton of the Salvation Army, Major McCor mick of the Volunteers of America, Dr. H. Gifford, H. A. Wolf, Miss Magee of the City mission, Mrs. Lcw, is of the Omaha social settlement Rev. J. W. Stensom, T. F. Slrugess of the Twentieth Century Farmer. Apperson Crew On the Job Early To Care for Buyers It was 7 a. m., admittedly, an out rageous hour for arising, after fellows had traveled far and retired very late. But telephones rang insistently in the rooms of "Jimmy" Apperson, youngest in that family of auto build ers, and T. E. Jarrard, vice president of the Apperson firm.. Both were sleeping soundly at the Fontenelle, having come here tor Omaha's big Auto Show. Aftrr finally awakening to the re neated calls of their phone bells, both ,nen answered between yawns. " This is Dc.Iong," came the voice of the Nebraska Apperson manager to "Jimmy" Aperson. "Will you come down and help us sell a mob of early birds, who are anxious to cop off some new eight-cylinder Appersons?" Likewise to Jarrard came the invi tation lo help the firm corral some impatient Nebraska coin. While lac ing shoes and adjusting lies and col lars, the two men from Kokonio re called a time honored saying about the relative important of business and pleasure. It was not long before they were assisting salesmen in get ting names on the dotted lines. Later in the day they laughed at having been put to work so early. "Omaha is certainly living up to its reputation for having one of the liyest auto shows in the country," they agreed. "And we know from ex perience that how visitors here are .-clf-starting cash customers." Has Unique Device for Keeping Radiator Warm Since autus have displaced horses, horse blankets have had more use as radiator covers in winter than as wraps for the passing eipiine. But now even this makeshift use of the horse blanket is out uf date. A patent shutter arranpmrnt in front ot the radiator is one of the nrwest novel ties on motor models. With this de vice, the winter motorist can close the front of his motor hood by sim ply touching a lever on the instru ment board. Cold air is thereby shut out effectively while the car is left standing in the garage or at the curb. The new scheme also comes in handv when the motor is run for the first tew minutes of a cold weather spin, as it holds in the motor's heat until lie mechanism is wanned up suffi-'ieutly. HEAD OF THE NASH MOTORS COMPANY. r MR. C.TV. SASM HUSBAND SHOT TO DEFEND HIMSELF Mrs. Albert Comer Gives Her Version of Fray Between Lifelong Friends. MARKS IS CONVALESCENT "He never intended to shoot him," says Mrs. A. Comer, 2826 Chicago street, whose husband, Albert Comer, is now in jail charged with shooting Marvin Marks, a life-long friend. It all happened, she said, because she had borrowed $100 from Marks to lend to her sister, who was seriously ill. "I didn't want my husband to know ahftut it. lie was awnv in California at All c time. W hen he came back he so aggravated me over my household affairs that I told him about the money. "Mr. Marks said he was very glad to lend me the money. But soon after he started to make advances toward me. 1 resented them and 1 also told my husband about them. Childhood Friends. "Albert always trusted Marvin. The two were friends trom childhood and so my husbanu thought 4t would be a good thills for Mr. Marks to stay at our home while he was away tn California. Mr. Marks had always made his home with us when we had room for him. Her husband, she said, upon being advised ot the state of affairs, went i to the room of Mr. Mark;, with the intention of telling him to leave the house and that their life-long friend ship had come to an end. "Mr. Marks didn't say a word, but seemed to spnng right at my hus band as if about to attack him. Al bert then shot in self-defense," She did not want to tell her hus band of the loan at first, she said, be' cause they had recently purchased s new home, and she did not think her husband would like to have her bor row money. Mrs. Comer and Van Loon, the latter a carpenter, held as witnesses, were given their liberty on bonds. Marvin Marks was reported con siderably improved at St. Joseph's hospital, and doctors say that he has a good chance to recover. A charge of shooting with intent to kill was filed against Albert Comer Tuesday and his bonds placed at $J,UUU. Hotelmen's Bureau Great Aid to Visitors The hotelmen's bureau, one of this yrar'.i innovations, is one of the bus-t-st places at the show. Through its help, hundreds of visitors have been t.-inii-lcd in getting rooms. Bold Thieves Steal Enough to Provision The Mexican Army Police figure that the thieves who broke into the Bee Hive grocery store at 822 North Sixteenth street must have used two teams to cart away their loot. Here is a list of what they stole: Seventy-nine cases of canned goods, ten sacks of beans, fifteen sacks of sugar, nine sacks of potatoes, nine boxes of apples and large quantities of tobacco. The loss in potatoes alone entails a loss ot jm, as there are two bushels in each sack and each bushels sells for more than $.?. Each of tiie ten stolen sacks of beans contained 240 pounds of beans at 15 cents a pound, whose total market value is about $3(0. The fifteen sacks of sugar were worth $115. The soap stolen was valued at $90, while the apples were worth $15. The value of the canned goods was about $400. The theft of tobaccos would swell the total loss to about $1,000. Entrance to the grocery store was gainedhy breaking a padlock on the basement door in the rear. The po lice have no clew to the thieve who have so provisioned themselves. An Excellent Remedy for Coughs and Colds. " uu will look a good while before von find a better preparation for :iughs and colds than Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy. Mrs. George .Bry ant, Cliirlestoii, 111., in speaking of this preparation says, "My husband r;uight a hard cold that settled oil his ,uiigs and he coughed terribly. A neighbor advised him to try Chamber lain':) Cough Kemedy. le bought a bottle of it at the drug store and the first dose relieved him. Before he bad taken the contents of the one bottle his cough and cold had en tirely disappeared." Advertisement. rrvenl Infrt-tinn. i. t.lnlni'-nt ;ijpli-l In a nr brills rrf,"nls lnf'' Mnt L';,.-. .Ml .IruiTKlsIs A.I WW AUTO SHOW Closes March 3d NOW OPEN AUDITORIUM Admission 35c J:30 A. M to 10:30 P. M. 'YOU HAVE ACOLD CRLA grippe "WCCKf IBUK-IIP COLO TABLETS" Tne art prompt If. Try than M 'iffwy' NEW TRADE BODY AIDTOAUTOISTS General Director Thorpe Points Out Advantages to Both Buyer and Seller. NOURISH FAIR BUSINESS That the organization of the Ne braska Automobile Trade associa tion, which will be consummated at a beefsteak dinner to be held at the Fontenelle hotel this evening will be of marked importance to mo tor cars twners of the state ii the belief of J. C. Thorpe, general direc tor of the National Automobile Trade association. "The contemplated organization of the Nebraska Automobile Trade as sociation is of marked importance to the owners of motor vehicles in the state," asserted Mr. Thorpe. "It will have a strong influence in the stand ardization of service, the development of better business methods and the conservation of motoring interests. The unquestioned integrity of a mer chandizing enterprise is the domi nant factor in securing, maintaining and insuring public interest and ap proval, and to this end the trade as sociation has a powerful influence. "It is the reputed accurate business judgment of the merchant, the get-at-ableness of his stock in trade, alwavs I of a quality commensurate with the prices asked, and his recognized in tent to render satisfying service, that develops and maintains public confi dence. These are the considerations i that nourish fair and businesslike re ) tations between buyer and seller that develop that very tangible asset. 'good will,' upon which the structure tof every successful enterprise is I reared. "While the stated purpose of the National Automobile Trade associa tion, with which the Nebraska Au tomobile Trade association will be af filiated as the Nebraska division, is to safeguard the interests of the auto mobile dealer, garage operator and retail supply store, its activities re flect with favor upon the interest and welfare of the car owner. "It is the pledged policy of the Na tional association to approach all trade problems in an honest spirit of co-operation with the manufacturer, jobber, dealer and consumer, to the end that the interests of all, which indeed are common interests, shall be conserved." JAIL FEEDING ROW TAKESNEW ANGLE County Board Demands Item ized Bill of "Eats" from Sheriff Mike Clark. HIS "RETORT COURTEOUS" Give your Want Ad a chance to make good. Run it in The Bee. The second chapter in the latest jail feeding row, which broke out afresh when it became known that the county commissioners had refused to allow Sheriff Clark's claim for food stuffs and meats for the prisoners for twenty-seven days in January, amounting to $1,427.20. was written Tuesday noon when the board passed a resolution requesting the sheriff to furnish an itemized statement of bis expenditures. The resolution, introduced by Com missioner Lynch, referred to the grand jury's recommendation that the sheriff be given more money than the .12 cents a day allowed by law for each prisoner for the feeding of the jail inmates, and then took notice of the fact that more than 100 prisoners signed a petition, which was tiled, in I which complaint was made that they j were insufficiently fed. Only -"Earned" Fees. Commissioner Lynch said that it j was tbe unanimous opinion of the j county fathers that the prisoncrs I should be properly fed, adding that the county was not responsible for any money other than the salary of ! the sheriff and the amount actually j expended for feeding the jail inmates. ! The resolution contained the clause Ithai "no fees should be allowed the . sheriff or any other officers other than those actually earned or ex pended." Sheriff Clark is requested to furnish j itemized bills of the foodstuffs con sumed in the jail last month. The I commissioners said that a fair basis j of settlement will be arrived at ac cording to this statement. Sheriff Angry. In the meanwhile the sheriff admits that he is pretty hot under the collar and defies any one to show him where there are prisoners better fed or treated than those in the Douglas county jail. Ho also says he would welcome any kind of ail investigation as to conditions in the jail and would like to stack his jail "menus" up against those of former sheriffs, de claring that the prisoners are being served food of good quantity and quality, notwithstanding the fact that i prices have advanced from 50 to 300 ! ner cent. Sheriff Clark borrowed $1,000, on which he is paying interest and used his mouth's salary to pay the bills in curred in buying foodstuffs when the county board refused to allow his claim. The National Capital Met At noon. ForctBii relations committee begun con iMerotliin of bill to empower president to rm ships. Mlllmry affairs rommltt fontlnud de llbarntlnn on army appropriation bill. Reading oC naval bill resumed. lJrtiat continued on revenue bill. Ta Med mtflfeltaneoua bills. I'nl vernal training provision added by military committee to army appropriation bill. Senator Stone Introduced bill agreed on by foreign relations committee to provldo for armed nsutralliy. Senator La Foltette hlorked formal refer ence of armed neutrality hill to committee. Recand at 6:It p. m. to 10 a.e m., Wednes day. Houac. Met at 11 a. m. PlKcuxned sundry civil bill. Plstrlct of Columbia committee reported aennte prohibition bill In amended form. Foreign affair committee coneldered Flood bilt to empower the president to arm ships and adjourned till 4 p. Foreign affairs committee hid another long meeting hut failed to agre on action on armed neutrality measure, Continued In session through evening. An Important Announcement By C. W. NASH President, The Nash Motors Company For some twenty-five years now I have been building and selling car riages and motor cars. During that time I have watched dozens of other men and organizations building motor cars. I have seen cars come and go. I have watched the standards of motor car building steadily improve and advance. I believe I can say that I know motor cars and know them v well. And I say to you now that I have never seen never known a great er value car than this Jeff cry Six. - Now, frankly, I didn't know the Jeffery Six was such a good car when my associates and I took over the Jeflery plant. As a matter of simple truth I hadn't concerned myself about the car. It was the plant and the organization of mechanics I was vitally interested In. And, after I had eliminated the non-productive labor costs and geared up the organization to high speed volume production at lowest cost, I knew that there wasn't another plant or another army of mechanics in the entire country that was better in any way. So I put the factory and the men out of mind and turned to the car this Jeffery Six. 1 personally went over that car inch by inch. I examined with care and thoroughness every detail of con struction. And some of the things about that car surprised me. For instance, I found it has more alloy steel than most cars several hundred dollars higher priced. x Again, I found that the white ash used in the body is the best grade grown. Few motor car builders arc willing to pay for that quality of ash. Nor was it tn merely one, two or three features that 'found such high quality it was in every feature. If there ever was a well built car, a thoroughly quality car. if is this Jeffery Six. Etit I didn't stop ttfiere. I wanted to know how the motor performed. Many a fine, healthy looking man hos a weak heart. And I meant to find out what sort of a heart this car had. So I rode in It and drove it. Not once but many times. On all kinds of roads. Up hills. In city traffic. Everywhere. I put the Jeffery Six up against every stress and strain of the road. I tested it as carefully as I would a man I wanted for an Important position. I put myself in your place. I made that Jeilery Six literally sell Itself to me. And it did. That car convinced me absolutely that it is a car which my associ ates and I would be proud to sell over our name to out friends. It is a great car a really great car a wonderful value and we can prove it anywhere, any time you say. It has a world of power and speed. And it is amazingly flexible. You can range from two to sixty miles per hour "on high" never shifting gears. It pulls powerfully, smooth ly, silently in the toughest going you can find. Furthermore, it is a low-cost car to keep. It is economical in gasoline. It rides easily on its tires and tbey last uncommonly long. And it is so splendidly constructed that repair-service Is a feature of up keep that you'll rarely have to face. It's what I caH an eager car. Step on the accelerator once yourself and you'll know what I mean. You'll get the same feeling of eager power anxious to be unleashed that I got. You know without know ing why that there's a big Niagara of power-energy on reserve in that motor no matter how fast you're driving or how hard the hill. Yet the Jeffery Six handles easlly You are never conscious of any effort in driving it. And it is par ticularly free from vibration, due , to the Inherently balanced crank shaft, which is extra heavy. Those big, smooth working springs make it hard to tell when you're off the smooth road and In the rough. Now, I've known these things about the Jeffery Six quite a long time. I've been finding out about it ever since last September, when my as sociates and I bought the Jeffery plant and the Nash organization took control. And I won't go so far as to say we were entirely satisfied with the car then. Because our engineering staff and I are pretty hard to please. But the things we have changed in this car are after all, minor refine" merits. They make the Jeffery Six a finer car, a better value, but they are not fundamental. As a matter of fact I simply did not see how the car could be made better In its fundamental features. And the group of experienced auto mobile men that came here with me agreed just 100 per cent. So we'll continue to manufacture thto Jeffery Six as it is today. We may develop more refinements later on. For we're not content to stop where we are just because we've got such a wonderful car. But a big work order for thou sands more of the Jeffery Six as it is today, with our added refine ments spoken of before, is being put through the factory. That is the best proof of what we think about this car. It is so good so unusually good- that we are proud to back It with our name and our money. There is a lot more I could say about this Jeffery Six. I don't think I've done it justice. But I want to leave something for the car to tell you. I want you to get behind the wheel and learn what I learned. And I advise you to see your Jeffery dealer right away. There are several thousand more Jeffery Sixes coming through the factory now, but our sales organization tells me there won't be enough to take care of all who will want this car. So just to make sure that you can have a Jeffery Six this spring you had better act quick now. It may save you a long wait later. Jeffery Sixes Seven Passenger Touring Car . $145 Seven Passenger Sedan . . . MM Roadster 1435 Jeffery Fours Seven Passenger Touring Car , Seven Passenger Sedan . . , Jeffery Trucks $ltW5 Rapid Service Wagon . . . . $ t5 12M All-Purpose Truck 146S The Jeffery Quad MM THE NASH MOTORS COMPANY, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN Manufacture of Jeffery Cart and Trucks, including the Jeffery Quad t i See this car at the show or at your dealer's -m NASH SALES COMPANY T. H. McDEARMON, Manager Temporary Quarters, Standard Motor Car Company, Omaha. ?020 Farnam St. Phone Douglas 1705. feed. ' ' I'rtta It cut.