COAL DEALERS IN
SMALL TOWNS KICK
Eailroads in East Gobble Com
missions as Jobbers an I West
J era Dealers High and Dry,
Says Defense Council.
(From a SLff Correspondent
Lincoln, Oct 12. (Special.) The
small coal dealer in the country
' towns faces a proposition in handling
; hard coal that is becoming serious.
1 according to Vice President Georjre
: Coupland of the State Council of De
' fense.
It appears that in the government
arrangements made with the owners
: of the coal mine of the east which
. produce the bul of anthracite coal
the railroads, which own the bulk of
these mines, were permitted to sell
coal at $4 per ton. However, the
; entire product of the railroad mines
" was contracted for by the industries
in that section of .the country.
The remainder of the mines, or
practically what is left of the hard
coal producing companies; are per
mitted to act as jobbers, v The gov
ern ment allows these jobbers in hard
coal to sell at a profit of 75 cents per
ton over the mine price of $4 per ton
set by the government: ;
. With tht. coa. from the mines
owned by the Pennsylvania and other
railroads taken by the industries un
der a previous contract the other pro
ducers, known a the Big Five com
panies, have taken advantage of the
fact that they are not only producers,
but jobbers als 3, and take the extra
75 cents per ton as jobbers,, leaving
the big companies in cities like Oma
ha and Lincoln ir this state, which
have always furnished coal to the
dealers in small .towns, Jo face the
proposition of handling loal without
a profit because the Big Five com-
. panics have already taken the 75 cents
per ton allowed the jobber.
s Therefore, the citizen in the small
town who has a hard coal stove has
' no coal to burn unless he has seized
time by the forelock and laid in his
supply beforehand. ,
Notes From Beatrice j
And Gage County
Beatrice, Neb., Oct 12. (Special.)
The Wymore library board held a
meeting yesterday and voted to ac
j cept the offer of William Whitson of
two lots for the library site. Work
will be started on the new library
building at once. The matter of a
site was brought up at a meeting of
the city council Wednesday night and
the council tabled the proposition of
Mr. Whitson because a number of
citizens favored a site selected in the
northwest corner of Burlington park,
near the railroad station.
Victor E. Stewart and Miss Ethel
Souder, both of this city,: were mar
ried at Marysville, Kan., yesterday.
They arrived in Beatrice last evening
where the-' will make their home. '
Harry-Haney, who enlisted as a
cook with Company C of this city
when the company went to Camp
Cody, returned home Wednesday aft
ernoon, havinr ' failed to pass the
physical tes He lays that Company
C now has 2IS members, sixty-five of
whom '-are Indians. He says that the
health of the camp is good. -
The city , council f . Wymore has
called a. special election, to be held
at that place Tuesday, December 11,
to vote on the manager plan of city
government. Under the present meth
od of city government the water and
lighting plants are being operated at
a Iqsj, and many citizens believe that
the manager plan would, improve
present conditions., .... Vu ' ,
; Company D of the Seventh regi
ment, this., city., last. evening ,he!l a
meeting and decided to make a drive
through the county for recruits. Colo
nel Neville hat ordered the company
to secure 100 men in order to be .rec
ognized by the War department and
the company officers have arranged
a schedule for next week to visit near
ly all f the towns in the county in
automobiles for the purpose of seeur
ing the necessary recruits. Buglers
and a male quartet will accompany
the officers and eury effort will be
made to push : the company up to
Otto Dorn and a number of other
residents of the Plymouth vicinity
have a field of 535 acres In filnto
beans in eastern Colorado, which they
estimate will yield from 1,000 to 1,200
pounds an acre. They figure that
they will clean up about $40,000 on
the crop alter all expenses are paid
Mrs. Katie Stegelmier, an old resi
dent of Plymouth, died at her home
there yesterday, aged 74 years. The
deceased leaves a large"; family, her
husband .having passed -away some
, years ago, . . v . . . ,-.. ,,
Buys Large Farm to
' ? Raise Pure Bred Hogs
: Fremont Neb.. Oct 12. (Soecia'
Telegram,) One of the large land
deals of this section was completed
when John L. Proke. told his farm
south of .Schuyler, containing 580
acres, together with 123 head of cat
tie, to August Arps of Dodge. Mr.
Arps, who is a large breeder o( pure
bred hogs, will - trove on "the place
and engage in hog raising on a h
scale. :r
Greeting to South Carried by
Veterans From State of Nebraska
(From a Stiff Correspondent.! .
Lincoln, Oct 12.- Special.) On
the eve of departure f veterans in
Nebraska of the civil war for the
peace jubilee at Vicksburg, cards have
been printed extending greetings to
their former antagonists in the south
who wore the gray. The card is the
work of Colonel McClay, who is not
only a civil war veteran but a Spanish-American
war veteran. These
will be distributed among the veterans
and read: "Veterans of Nebraska to
Veterans of the So'jth:
"Greeting: More than half a cen
tury has been registered on the
columned eras of time since the close
of the civil war. In these years be
nign nature with her returning season
has carpeted in verdant green battle's
grim terrain, and with vine and flower,
has with loving hand, garlanded in
beauty alike the graves of those who
wore the blue and the graves of those
who wore the gray. These years have
tempered the judgment of men and
brought us to the twilight zone in
life's journey.
"Let the remnant of the blue and
the gray with chastened memory on
Vicksburg's fateful field, light again
the campfire, and in its beacon light
large
Dodge County Veterans
1 WilF Attend Encampmen
Fremont, Neb, Oct 1Z (Specia
Telegram.) A dozen civU war vet
eratis front. Frehjdr.t and Dodge coun
try' will leave Sunday for Lincoln to
join the Nebraska delegation who will
take a special train out of that place
for Vicksburg, Miss., to attend 'the
last annual reunior of the wearer of
the blue and thi gray., Those who
wi1 go from Fremont are: Chief of
Police J. A Welton, J. C. Robinson.
E. N. Morse, L. B. Thomas, Wesley
MUST PROVE RIGHT
TO WITHDRAW NAMES
Secretary of State Pool Says
Applications on Suffrage Pe
. titions Must Be Witnessed
in Proper ' Form.
(From a Staff Corr.apond.nt.)
Lincoln, Oct. 12. (Special.) That
there is an organized effort to make
void the petitions signed and filed
with Secretary of State Pool for
a recall of the partial suffrage . law
passed by the last legislature, if evi
dent by the receipt of a package of
notices to the secretary of state, ask
ing that the signer's name be re
moved from the petitions now on
file.
These notices are all printed and
are alike and all come from Norfolk.
They are not witnessed and the
secretary of state says that has no
way of knowing whether the same
person who signed the petition now
on file is the one who .signed the
request received to take his name off
the petition. , ;
The petition has been filed and the
secretary of state is of the opinion
that he has no right to change any
document filed in his office after it
has been officially filed: In any event
he will require that persons asking
to have their names removed, give
some proof that they have the right
to make inch request
Anti-Patriotic
Element Opposes
: ; BedCrossffork
Washington, Oct. l2.Declaring
hat efforts to disparage the work of
the American Red Cross-are being
made in various sections of the coun
try as part of an anti-patnotic proga
ganda, General Manager Harvey D.
Wilson ' today telegraphed all Red
Cross division managers to begin a
nation-wide campaign to trace the
movement to its source ana combat
''It is evident that tumors and in.
nuendoes, critical of and calculated to
embarrass, the -Red Cross, are being
industriously circulated as part of an
anti-patriotic propaganda," the tele-
gram reads.
"The.Rcd. Cross is being runout an
open book; it has no secrets,, it is
making a sincere effort to serve man-
I " 1 J .)j j . 1
Kina ana is aoing u as careiuuy anu
economically as it . knows hew.' Ita
accounts are to be audited by the War
department and utmost effort is being
made to give publicity to all us ac
tivities." , V. .- ..i . '
United States Minister
To Switzerland Returns
An Atlantic Port. Oct 12. Pleas
ant A. Stovall, United States minister
to Switzerland, arrived here today
on an American steamship. His pur-
ose in returning to America for a
rief visit is to consult government
officials regarding shipment to
Switzerland, and to discuss other war
phases. - .-.
Dr. Otis A.' Glazebrook, an Ameri
can consular official, who has been in
Jerusalem, was a passenger on the
same atrip. .
Fifty Thousand Dollar
Fire Loss at Liberty
Beatrice, Neb, Oct ll(Special
Telegram.) The Searle and Chapm
lumber and coal yards at Liberty,
this county, were destroyed by fire
early this morning with a loss of
about $50,000, partly covered by in
surance. A Burlington freight crew'
in iaawg uiruugn lown discovered
the fire, but citizens of the town were
unable to save the yards. The cause
of the fire is unknown. -
which proclaims peace on earth, good
will to men, pledge a friendship that
will be more enduring than if never
broken; a friendship that shall be aiv
inspiration to the sons of the north
and the sons of the south, who this
day with unbroken ranks stand to
gether to the front of battle for
human rights, for human liberties, and
let this be our benediction to which
all our countrymen may say Amen
and Amen." "NEBRASKA."
Charles H. Beaumont, Former
Bank Examiner, Drops Dead
(From a Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12. (Special
Telegram.) Charles H. Beaumont
cashier of the Nebraska State bank of
this city, dropped dead at the Rick
Island station this afternoon. He had
accompanied Mrs. Hutton tothf sta
tion, bought her a ticket to Omaha
and was checking her baggage when
he was seen to fall. When assistance
arrived, he was dead.
Mr. Beaumont was for several
years state bank examiner. This is
the third surf den death of officials of
this bank within two years.
Dental Students to Receive
Exemption Now From Draft
(From a Staff Correspondent
Lincoln, Oct 12. (Special.) The
dental students wili be given the same
consideration as medical students and
upon application to the surgeon gen
eral of the army will be given blanks
to fill out which tipon presentation to
the exemption boards of their dis
tricts will excuse them from the draft
that they may continue- their work
in school. They will be transferred
to the reserve and called later.
This is the instruction received by
the governor from Provost Marshal
Crowder today. . -
lion ik
Johnson, J. R. ' Beeraer, George S.
Mittienng, fremont: J. J.
F.
Kelser,
Heine,
v, i
North .Bend, and John
wooper,:, t ,. ,-r.:iJ:
Horse Wins Conflict vX:i:
; . With Lowly Automobile
Fremont, Neb., Oct 12. (Special
Telegram.) An automobile belong
ing to J. J. Miller, Omaha traveling
salesman, was damaged when a horse
tied behind, a farmer's wagon kicked
the car a number of times as Miller
drove by the rig west, of Fremont.
The animal struck the car three
times, bare'y missing Miller, .The
driver of the Wagor Refused to divulge
his name. Mille.. came to Fremont
and put the matter in the hands of
an attorney. :;. VT,.'-'' ..
-j t. 3-.V " ' "' '-
Suggests Wilson Pay (
Visit to the Allies
Paris, Oct. 12. The suggestion that
President Wilson visit Europe is made
by the Information in its leading edi
torial today. It. says the allies need
the president's counsel, that his influ
ence would be powerful in establishing
nniiy in regard io democratic laeais,
and that such a visit would be of ad
vantage also to America.
Maine Professor Given f"
" Position Under Hoover
Orono, Me., Oct 12. Dr. Xowell
J." Reid, professor of mathematics at
the University of Maine, has resignec,
it was announced today., to' become
statistician of exports under Herbert
u Hoover, national lood administra
tor. .. . - . ...
; :,J HYMENEAL V.; ;
Snapp-Tavenor. v -
Beatrice, Neb, . Oct 12. (Special
Telegram,) Henery ; U. Snapp of
t-ort Kiicy. Kan., and Miss Eva
Tavehor of Lovettville, Va were
married here today by Countv Tudze
O'Keefe. The bridegroom is a mem
ber tif jhe , regular . tray at . Fort
iuiey. '
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StorQ f Individual cfvo
Women's New Boots
$6.95 ' - -
THIS separate shoe shop is crowded with
the newest accepted styles in footwear
for Fall and Winter.
As a special for Saturday, we have: as
sembled ten different styles of high boots
to sell at this moderate price. Included are
dull leather, dark brown walking boots
and patent leather with gray or ivory tops.
Medium or full Louis heels.
SERVICE-During this sale we assure
you of the same prompt, ' efficient and
courteous service you have always been ac
customed to receive. Business women will
appreciate our noon and afternoon service.
20 Styles Shown in . ,
Women's Boots at $8.00
A SMART and - dressy pair of boots the essential to the new,
Fall dress or suit. Twenty styles to choose from, in dark
jrray, dark brown, tan with cloth tops to match, coco brown and
black kid and tan walking boots. Choice of full Louis or 1-inch
walking heels, welt and turn soles.
Incomplete size assortment of Women's
Boots at $4.75
Regul
Saturday Will Be "Tam Day"
ar Pom Pom Tarns $1.95
NOT the flimsy, no-shape kind, but reg
ular fitted bandeaux crushed Tam,
with silk thread Pom Pom in solid black,
bjack with white, Burgundy and old rose.
For Saturday only, $1.95. h
V Silk Velvet Tarns, $4.50.
Fitted bandeaux, trimmed in banded
taffeta and taffeta novelty. Comes in
black, rose and Copenhagen.
Also Tarns with full shirred silk tops,
fitted bandeaux, trimmed in fancy ribbon
ornament and tassels. Colors, green,
brown and Copenhagen.
Remarkable One Day Sale of '
Trimmed Millinery at
85.00
Values that Will Be Hard to Duplicate
A BEWILDERING array of the
newest creations of the season.
Sailors, mushroom, tricones, turbans,
pokes and dress hats-and every one
so stunning and smart that you'll
have a hard time deciding which is
the prettiest, j
Almost every one is an adaptation
from higher-priced millinery selling
at. .several times the cost, making
ftem an UNUSUAL VALUE. v
'''it .Wings in exquisite colors and com
binations, ; swagger-looking quills,
ostrich and other "fancies" in great
variety, odd and attractive orna
ments, ribbons in every conceivable
'color, and- weave-all sorts of novel
ties "such as the fashionable woman
i likes to have upon her hat are includ
ed in;.the trimmings. , Comparisons
solicited.
From
GOOD. To
tb Cbp.t That's mWIMmmIwQ1
the Beit Tlf Md. " j?
SAMPLE SALE
OF HIGH GRADE
BRASS
BEDS
We have taken a number
of samples that have become
slightly marred from han
dling, and placed them apart
from our regular stock, re
ducing the price on ech
bed at least one-tVrd and in
some cases even more.
To give you an lit of the bargains we offer, juit consider this:
Some of those Beds, based upon present cost, are worth $32.00,
and they were priced in our stock at $23.50. but in this sale, on
account of scratch or slight imperfection, we d1 C AA
shall sell them at,. V telrv
Others, showing similar reductions, at $20.00.
S21.00. S22.50. $32.50, etc.
liana Silk Mattress
The Hana Silk Mattress is filled entirely with a long, silky filling,
known as new select Java Kapok, which we show you by opening
the specially constructed pocket at the corner of the mattress.
The Kanok is sterilized, sanitary and absolutely free from cotton
. i .. . .nn nni i
or any oiner aauueranis, oeing xuuyo pure, a no watuissD, al
though somewhat thicker and having great resilience, weighs
only 33 lbs., or about one-third less than the ordinary mattress,
which enables you to handle it with ease and eomfort. A written
guarantee of satisfaction with every mattress, 00
Genuine Curled Hair Mattress
A MattreBS made of a million tiny springs of curled hair. Made in
attractive assortment of tickings; weighs 40 fcO"7 Cft
lbs. Price P OU
The Ens
DOUBLE DA-BED
As illustrated, in white enamel or walnut finish. 30 inches wide
and 6 feet 6 inches long. Is a very suitable piece of furniture
for sun room or living room. Quickly converted into a full width
bed; price, with mattress
i In White Enamel, $41.00 I In Walnut Finish. $43.00
f Cretonne. Covers and Pillows, as shown, extra.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE demonstrating ENGLANDER
PRODUCTS for "sleep and rest" here SATURDAY.
The Englander
COUCH BED
M 11 ae K?lM,r i
Comnict with roll tixm
sA mattm.. Only en o
tion is r.qulwl to rn it
from a couch to a full
iid bd. Oriy khH
eov.ring to m.ttreji. frtm.
and .print- finished in
wart rujtproo fray
48 and 54 Inches Wide.
. Englander Wit Edge Bed Spring
The sideguards or wit edge of this spring, holds the mattress in
place and prevents the side from sagging. Finished in rust-proof
gray enamel. Price 12.00
Similar springs without wit edge, ,$8,5Q
Slightly Soiled
Felt Base Floor Covering on Sale
Fine printed Linoleum patterns en a eood reads felt base.
that will outwear many much higher priced floor coverings hav-,
ing wo canvas oacs.
Tile, Mosiac, Parquet and Conventional designs, for
Bedroom, Bathroom, Kitchen or Hall. It can be washed
and eared for in the same way as any other Linoleum,
but, having an absolutely flat laying base, it does not re
quire any nailing or cement,
This grade of floor covering
sells universally at 50c the
square yard. On sale Saturday
and Monday, at, the square yd,
36 c
t Wf-
lUS .T. til
A Little Cart With
DRAPERIES
Makes the Whole House HOME
Voile and Filet Net Curtains, In white,
Ivory and ecru, per pair, , . , , . $X,50
Plain and Fancy Voile and Filet Net1
yard goods, in white, ivory and ecru,
aW Pr yard "
45, 65, 85tf 81.00
Portieres, In repp and armures, in s-p
greens, browns and blues, at
85,00 d 86.00
Couch Covers, in rich Oriental designs, at, , , .83.00 nd 82.25
Wear-Ever Aluminum Special
11,05 8 -quart Preserving Kettle, '
special, Saturday, for.,,,,,..,,... OavC
$1.25 8-quart Lipped Saucepan, 0f.
special, Saturday.'for ..v. ..,. 0C
1.25 3-quart Preserving Kettle, - 0ft
special, Saturday,. for .,,. ,,...,,,..;, Q7C
$1.60 Brown Ovenware Set Special
Including Casserole, Mixing Bowl, Pudding Dish and six nr
Custard Cups; the set, special , . . , , ', 01 C
; 60c 8-inch Brown Oveaware Casserole, .gg
When Bujring Advertised Goods
Say You Read of Them in The Bee