THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1917.
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P'BM'BOiS
ARRIVE AND. IRE
PLACED ON SALE
t Frank S. Hcwell Buys Firs
$100 Worth of Stamps at
Postofficc; Ole Meswick
Gets "Kid" Stamp.
War savings stamps arrived
Omaha Monday morning and were
placed on sale shortly before noon
at the postiffice.
Frank S. Howell, atorney, bought
the first $100 worth of stamps. They
cost him $82.40.
Ole O. Meswick, 1220 Fort street,
had the honor of buying the first 25
cent stamp. He waited in line for an
hour for the stamps to arrive.
Work of establishing selling agen
ties at department stores, drug stores.
prjicery stores and other . business
places has kept the committee busy.
The executive committee of Omaha
ijas a nem torce 01 yi county cnair
men and about 1,500 town committee
men out in the state getting the sales
work started.
O. T. Eastman, manager of the
Omaha branch of . the Federal Re
serve bank, will direct distribution of
the stamps to the banks of the state
Ask Papers to Co-Operate.
As no money was authorized for
advertising to help sell the stamps,
Frank Builta, publicity manager of
the campaign, will ask all business
hoijes of Omaha and throughout the
state to give a small amount of ad
vertising space in the newspapers
each month to boost the sale of the
stamps.
AMERICAN ARMY
Engineers
RUSH OF TEUTONS
(Continued from Pace One.)
ritlcs and joined the hard pressed Brit
ish or turned their hands to other im
portant work.
The experiences of these men and
of those who were caught behind the
German advance probably surpasses
anything which the American expedi
tionary force yet has encountered in
the way of actual fighting.
One of the trains run by an Ameri
can crew was west of Villers Guislain,
which was the first place through
which the Germans charged on the
southern flank of the offensive. Shells
suddenly began to fall about the en
geers and almost immediately they
saw a horde of grey coats charging
toward them.
The driver of the engine saw there
was no time to linger and ran for a
nearby shell hole. His four helpers
sought similar shelter and they
reached cover before they were seen
by the Germans, although one of the
crew was wounded slightly by a shell
splinter. The five Americans lay in
the shell hole for hours with the Ger
mans all about, and only escaped aft
er the British had counter attacked
and driven tie enemy back.
Greatest Sum in
History is Asked
For World Freedom
(Continued from Page One.)
t Follette of Wisconsin for alleged
Jfioyatty. His speech last Septem
ber at St. Paul, Minn., was considered
today-by the senate privileges and
elections committee in connection
with a subcommittee's investigations.
Relations with Austria.
General, miscellaneous legislation is
to come immediately before congress,
possibly including some measures af
fecting this country's course in the
war in view of widespread sentiment
among returning members for decla
rations of war againi. Germany's al
lies, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and
Bulgaria. Congress is expected, how
ever, to follow the views oi the pres
ident in this respect.
- Appropriation measures will require
much time, fourteen general - ana
probably several special supply bills
fr the fiscal year beginning July 1,
WIS, as well as estimates of addi
tional money for present war needs,
are to be considered, probably im
mediately after New ' Year. Two
bills, the legislative, executive and
judicial and District of Columbia
measures, already are under prepara
tion. With $21,390,000,000 already ap
propriated for the present fiscal
year's needs, many members believe
that, with forthcoming appropriations,
the $50,000,000,000 mark may be
reached for two years of war.
New war revenue legislation is not
scheduled for active consideration for
a month or more. A deficit of
$3,906,tK)0,000 in this year's expendi
tures remains to be provided for.
' Political affairs will come-in for
much consideration during the ses
sion, with considerable speech-making,
in view of general congressional
elections next fall at which 32 sen
ators, ly democrats ana li repuoiic
I prohibition and woman suffrage. Sen
ator Sheppard's proposed constitti;
tional amendment, whose submission
was approved August 1 by the senate,
05 to tv, will be passed in the house
while both bodies will be urged to
approve submission of the so-called
Susan B. Anthony amendment for
equal suffrage, which has been favor
ably reported to the senate calendar,
Speaker Clark soon will appoint a
chairman for the new special house
committee on woman suffrage.
Important general legislation oend
ing because of its exclusion from the
last special war session are the Webb
bill permitting exporters to combine
m toreign trade, which has twice
passed the house and is the senate's
unfinished business; the Shields wa
ter power development bill: the
v alsh-Pittman oil and coal land leas
mg measure, and the Colombian
treaty, proposing payment of $25,
000.000 to Colombia.
The administration soldiers and
sailors'' civil rights bill, which passed
the house last session, but failed to
get through the senate, soon will be
taken up by the senate judiciary com
mittee. It operates in the nature of
moratorium, suspending court proc
esses against members of the Amen.
can military forces. Other unfinished
war legislation includes Senator
Chamberlain's resolution to subiect
bills for davlieht savme and exoedi.
tious naturalization of aliens and Sen
ator Pomerene's bills to enforce gov
ernment control of iron and steel
products and for reclamation of phys
ically unht men lor military service.
Second Class Postage.
Kevision of second class postage
rates for publication also promises
to he agitated during the session.
Lreation of a congressional com
mittee to supervise war expenditures,
which President Wilson prevented
during the last session, will be urged
by Senator Weeks of Massachusetts
and other republicans. The proposal
of Chairman Fitzgerald of the house
approprations committee for a single
committee to control war appropria
tions also is pending.
Closer scrutiny f appropriations
and departmental estimates during
the present session is generally pre
dicted, with efforts to prevent extrav
agance, while at the same time pro-
lding adequate funds for war needs.
Spectacular features during the ses
sion are regarded as possible develop.
ments trom the agitation against La
Follette and others because of their
position to some war legislation.
e and Senator Hardwick of Georgia
have announced their intention to
seek repeal of the draft law, while
Senators La Follette and Sherman of
Illinois have peace resolutions pend
ing before the senate foreign rela
tions committee. . . .
Within the next few days President
Wilson is expected to send to the
senate nominations of many military
and civil officers appointed during the
recess or who failed of confirmation
at the last session.
wenty Joliet Convicts at
Liberty; Overcome Guard
Chiracn Dpr 3 Tuintv rnnvirtu
escaped from the state prison at
Joliet early this morning. One of the
number broke his cell lock and then
attacked Captain Carlson, the night
keeper. Carlson was overcome and
bound. The convict then opened the
cells of nineteen more convicts and
all made their way through the front
entrance. A large squad of Joliet po
lice is in pursuit.
The men, - who wet e in solitary
confinement, cut or sawed their way
through three sets of steel bars be
fore they secured their liberty.
The guards fired many shots at the
convicts, but in the darkness it is not
believed any of them were hit. Heavi
ly armed posses are searching Will
county for the escaped convicts.
Mexican Bandits Capture
Agua Legua on Rio Grande
Laredo, Tex., Dec. 3. Mexican
bandits said to be followers of Luis
de la Rosaf numbering about 300, have
captured the town of Agua Legua,
on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande, 50 miles below Zapata, Tex.,
according to reports reaching here
this morning. The small Carranza
garrison guarding the town is said to
have surrendered to the larger force
of bandits.
IRV1N MEDLAR, JR.,
DIES AS RESULT
OF INHALING GAS
Irviu Medlar, jr., 18 years old, son
of Irvin A. Medlar, secretary-treasurer
of the Medlar Printing company,
died at the Methodist hospital early
Monday morning as a result of gas
asphyxiation at his home, 3327 Har
ney street, Sunday night. He was
partially revived with the aid of a
pulmotor, but lapsed ipto uncon
sciousness again.
He had remained at home while
his parents went to church. When
they returned they found young Med
lar lying on the floor of the parlor,
his body stiff from inhalation of es
caping gas. The windows and doors
of the room were closed.
Medlar was a popular student at
Central High school.
He was a member of the Glee club
and of the T. K. club.
Irvin was shaving and getting ready
to go to Sunday school when his fam
ily left home Sunday morning. He
was a member of the United Central
Presbyterian church Sunday school.
Member of the Medlar family be
lieve Irvin was seated in a chair in
front of the gas grate fire and fell
asleep. It is believed a draft caused
by a door being drawn shut blew the
gas out.
The lad had his schoof books
clutched in his hand when he was
found dead.
He is survived by his father and
mother and a sister, Miss Henrietta,
who is attending school at' Cham
paign, 111.
Smugglers to Germany
To Be Sentenced Friday
New York. Dec. 3. Seven smmr.
lers of rubber, precious stonesChem
icals, medicines and jewelers' saws, in
illegal commerce between Germany
and the United States, pleaded guilty
in the federal court in Brooklyn today
and will be sentenced Friday. Three
others already had. made the same
plea and five more are yet to be tried.
A majority of the defendants, who
were arrested last September, were
sailors on Belgian relief steamships.
One, Lewis Tink, who pleaded guilty
today, was proprietor of a sailors
boarding house here. The smuggling
was done by way of Holland, the rub
ber going to Germany and the other
articles coming to the United States.
Oscar Lewisohn, Banker
Succumbs to Operation
New York, Dec. 3. Oscar Lcwis-
sohn, banker, husband1 of Edna May,
Only 19
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who was a noted actress at the time
of their marriage in 1906, died' in a
hospital here today, aged 33 years
He had been operated on for intes
tinal trouble. He was a nephew of
Adolph Lewisohn, capitalist and min
ing company president, and was a
graduate of Harvard.
Food Administration to
IV!ov.e Into New Quarters
The Nebraska food administration
will move shortly to new Quarters on
the second floor of the Union Pa
cific building. Hitherto all the busi
ness of the administration has been
handled in the, office of G. W. Wat
tles in the United States National
hank building. -
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a,uy?ana tne enure nouse meniDersnip
are io be chosen. Many members be
lieve political campaign .necessities
may shorten the session.
The democrats start the session in
control of both senate and house with
52 democratic senators against 43 re
publicans, with one seat Senator
Husting's vacant. In the house the
democrats have 216 members, the re
publicans 213, with five independents
end one seat vacant. '
Several New Members.
r. Several new members joined the
house today. Representative Lufkin,
republican, of the Sixth Massachus
etts district succeeding Augustus P.
Gardner, republican, who resigned;
Representative Beshlin, .democrat, of
the Twenty-eightlr Pennsylvania dis
trict, succeeding former Representa
tive Bleakley, republican, who re
signed, and Representative Merritt,
republican, of the Fourth Connecticut,
succeeding Representative Ebenezer
Hill, republican, deceased.
Important war legislation expected
to cwme before the present session in
cludes measures to give the president
further authority, .especially over
enemy aliens; Senator Chamberlain s I
bjM for universal military training, and j
!. hires to meet labor conditions. j
Vlilicf amons domestic concerns are
he goes, on high
and he couldn't have done
it without a set of
They are positively guaranteed
to increase your motor power 10
to 30, to cut down gas con
sumption 25 to 50,-to decrease
your oil bill 50, and to elim
inate carbon, spark plug, and
smoking troubles. ,
American Hammered Piston Rings are
made in sizes for all cars. All good
garages and accessory dealers sell them.
If your dealer cannot supply you see us.
Delco Exido Service Station,
2024 Farnarn St. Fhone
Doug. 3697. Omaha. Whole
rale and Retail Distributors.
HAMMERED;
Used
exclusively by
Virrct-Arram
Chalmers
Winion, White
Merctr.
tae&p Slfnrn. Tsxier
lailta lejeman. tie.
Trunk vTTy S
$50 nt8$8$m
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There's Real Value
in a HARTMANN
Wardrobe Trunk
You'll notice it the very first
time you use the one you select.
Its construction is of tough vul
canized FIBRE covering; every
trimming is of steel, securely riv
eted. The patented CUSHION
TOP gives instant access to every
garment when open, and holds the
garments ,in perfect condition
when closed. There's a separate
removable compartment for shoes,
and many other conveniences ex
clusive in Hartmann wardrobes.
They're designed to fill
every traveler's requirement
they permit "more clothes
in less space" $25, $28.50,
$32, $37.50, $43 and up.
FRELING & STEINLE
Omaha's Best Baggage Builders
1803 Farnam Street
' We Like Small Repair Jobs
QUICK RaiEF
MCONSMIN
Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets
That is the joyful cry of thousands
since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calomeL -
Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for
17 years and calomel's old-time enemy,
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con
stipation and torpid livers.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but a healing, soothing
vegetable laxative.
No griping is the "keynote'' of these
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
If you have a "dark brown mouth" now
and then a bad breath a dull, tired
feeling sick headache torpid liver and
are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and
only pleasant results from one or two lit
tle Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
just to keep light. Try them, 10c and
SScperboi. M druggists.
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Toyland Is Going In Full Swing
And Santa Claus ls Here Every Day
NEVER was there a more complete showing
of Toys and never was there a bigger,
merrier Toyland for little girls and boys.
BEST of all our prices are extremely mod
erate, because we contracted for these won
derful Toys months and months ago.
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You ought to see the trood times
boys have with Erector, building
bridges, towers, aeroplanes, battle
ships, machine shops, saw mills
and hundreds of other big. steel
models many of them run by the
Erector motor (free with most
sets). Get
3ESi9BBS0BwssL.
"The Toy Like Structural Steel"
for Christmas, and vou'll have
loads of fun every day in the year.
See Erector today and get leaflet
telling all about the
Fun, Fame and Valuable Prizes
GILBERT INSTITUTE OP
ERECTOR ENGINEERING
Fun, Fame and Valuable Prizes
for live wire boys!
Prices
$1.00 to $25..00 J
Trunks
for Dolls
Clot h e s,
50c and
up. Made
of wood
and bound with brass and wooden
slatsWith brass lock and key,
Drums At
25c we have
drums with
patri otic
decorations
6-in. top
with sticks.
Gen u i n e
calf skin
head snare drums, 14
inches across, $5.00.
Boy Scout Base Drum
'18 inches across
genuine calf skin head
$7.50.
Peg Lock Blocks j
u u 1 1 a s wunout.a
nail or screw. ; You ,
can build castles
and buildings, .tow
ers and docks and
anything else 'with
these won d e r f u 1
blocks. .
mi
nnm
American Metal Soldiers With
tents, cavalry, artillery and in
fantry. A patriotic toy and dear
to the heart of every little child.1'
Prices ranging from 25c to $2.00.
Humpty
Dumpty
Cir u
Sets with
funny
clow n 8
and
funny
elephants, funny mules and funny
horses. Sets at from 75c to $18.
Game War
of Wars-
played
on the
battle
fields
in France, Russia and Italy. . Also
Pollyana, Grasshopper Tennis,
Parchcesi, Boy Scouts, etc.
Toy Cannons
for tre n c h
fire, with
.eight pro
j e c 1 1 1 e s,
handsome 1 y
oainien, red, yellow and green, 60c
War Ships and Submarines The1
jrreat naval war game chasing Ihe
kaiser's U-boat A realistic destruc
tion of a super-dreadnaught by a
lubmarine.
14-inch Genuine Cork Stuffed Non-Breakable Domestic Dolls, with shoes
and stockings. Handsomely dressed with fancy costumes. Special $1.00
We are headquarters for Omaha Made Sanatoy dolls.
When baby takes me on his walks . 1
And in the dust I fall
Just wash me out with his wee socks
... .. And I shan't mind at all.
. That explains the whole story. 'You can hanir Dolly and her clothea
on the line to dry and she will be clean in a. jiffy.
Women's
Holiday Slippers
We contracted for
these Slippers almost a
year ago, and it has
proved that our judg
ment was excellent, for
it is extremely hard to
buy any right now
and, moreover, if we
could go into the whole
sale market today and
purchase them, it would
be necessary for us to
ask much more for them
than the prices which
prevail here.
Every Good Style
In Holiday Slippers
for Women Is Here
Women's Comfy Slippers,
with comfy soles, in colors
of oxford and black, with
plain vamps .$1.25
Women's Felt Everett, silk
cord trimmed vamps and
tops; leather soles, in colors
of blue, wine, oxford and
black; priced, at, pair, $2.00
Women's Felt Romeo, with
'.leather soles and low heels;
these are ribbon, fur and
silk cord trimmed; in colors
or red, wine, oxford, navy
blue, black and taupe, $2.00
Women's Felt Comfy Slip
pers, ribbon trimmed, with
silk pom-pom on the vamp,
with comfy soles, in colors
of light preen, wine, brown,
navy blue, light blue, old
rose, lavender, purple, red,
pink, tan, fawn and taupe,
at $2.00
Women's Rosebud Trimmed
Comfy Slippers, with comfy
soles, in colors of taupe, lav
ender, light blue, navy blue
and old rose, priced at $2.25
Women's De Luxe Slippers,
with comfy soles; these are
high and have beaded blue
bird trimmed .collar tops;
they come in colors of navy
blue, light blue, pink, old
rose, lavender, purple and
orchid; priced, at $2.75
We have a large assort
ment of Women's' Satin
Quilted Soles for Cro
cheted Slippers, in all col
ors, a pair 50c
Largest and most com
plete 'stock of Women's,
Misses' and Children's
Lamb's Wool Soles for
crocheted slippers, from,
a pair 35c to 75c
Main Floor, Rear
V
Neckwear for Christmas Gifts
Never Ending Variety of Styles
If you
will make
many pur
chases in
this Neck
wear Store
you will be
sure to
please
those t o
whom you
make the gifts for every
woman likes an additional
bit of neck finery and sure
ly you cannot see a more
complete stock anywhere.
Jabots and Real Filet Collars, also collar and cuff sets.
Satin Collars Collar and cuff sets, for suits and also wool dresses,
up from . i 50c
A Most Extraordinary Line of Boudoir Caps. These make an excel
lent Christmas gift. They are daintily trimmed in ribbons and
laces. , Prices ranging from 59c to $2.25
A Beautiful Assortment of Jabots Boxed ready for mailing, make
an extraordinary gift. . . , 50c to $2.75
Fiber Silk Scarfs, in colors, also black and white stripes and
Roman stripes for ladies or gents $2.50
Beautiful Ribbons
Beautiful line of Velour Ribbonfffor bags,, also fancy light and
dark warp prints for bags and camisoles. These make up very
beautiful gifts at a very remarkably low price. A beautiful line
at 25c, 3$c and 69c a yard.
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A Very Complete
Range of Styles
r- , va? t Stocks m
mi i X yWAAekleAA iSS Modest Eg
1 DaT i (ftrttttttfl f Price, i
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p mthe " ':iJSr e a
Week- ore jj
Hints
For the Gift Hunter
The Jewelry Department,
of course, contains the most
superb gifts of alp from the
simple little pieces that cost
but a very few cents, to the
diamond mounted wonderful
jewelry gifts that are simply
superb.
In Leather Goods, we are
offering in hand bags alone,
more than 500 different
styles, everyone of which
would make a very accept
able gift. Prices range from
$1.00 to $30.00. .
'A Counter With Ribbon
, Novelties is attracting a
' great deal of attention.
... Daintyylittle Rosebud dec
orations made of ribbon. Lit
tle Powder boxss and mir
" rors, Sachet bags, Baby Arm
lets, beautiful Ribbon bows
,for the school girl, Lingerie
Clasps with dainty littla
rosebuds, etc. All of these
are inexpensive, yet very
fascinating.
The Glove Section, as Usu
al, is one of the most popu
lar for gift-seekers. Boxed
in dainty Christmas boxes
ready for gift-making.';,'., r
The Christmas Book and
Stationery Store shows a
wonderful variety of holly
and red covered boxes to en
close gifts in for mailing
purposes if so desired.
I wonder how many gift
seekers appreciate fully the
number of beautiful things
to be found in the China
Store. You can't go wrong
if you stop here for one or
more of your Christmas
gifts.
The Toilet Goods Section
is making a display of nov
elty ivory goods that is most
complete. Gifts for both men
and women. .
And Perfumes just a little
way down the aisle, offers a
most complete stock of per
fumes in fancy boxes and in-'
viting the gift-seeker to,"
pause and satisfactorily fill
out at least two or three on
the list of purchases.
Linens may seem just a lit
tle out of the ordinary for a
Christmas gift, but this year
especially, they will be the
gift extraordinary. Linens,
it is predicted, will not be
imported into this country",
after five or six months and
consequently a gift at this
Christmas time will be dou
bly acceptable to the house
wife. . .
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