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    THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 4. 1813.
RED CROSS lHN
GUARD AGAINST
; ALL TAMPERING
Surgical Dressings Mad3 in
Public Workshop Arc Closely
Guarded; Materials Rig
idly Censored.
Strict watch gin tampering
with Red Crow surgical dressing i is
kept It the public workshop in th
Keeline building. Mrt. F. W. Car
tnichlci reported at a meeting of
aaxilisry chairmen at the Young
Women'! Christian aaociation
Thursday, when inquiry on thii point
may raised. "All working material
rt provided by the luptrvisor in
charge, and all completed work ii
rigidly censored. The lockers where
wraps are hung are away from the
workers' tables," aaid Mrs. Car
tnichaeL , '
' A amall'ified panic leized women
workers in the Eaird building re
cent!y when cotton Intended for
oakum pads was found red-stained.
Examination revealed that moisture
on the red paper lining of the box
in which the cotton had been packed,
produced the red tain. More than
95,000 suYgical dressings is Ne
braska't quota for the January drive,
according to word received Thursday
from Central division headouarters,
Omaha'i apportionment will prob
ably be 25,000.'
Mr. A. W. Jefferis is calling in all
completed knitted articles in prepara
tion for the January IS .shipment,
which is to go direct to France.
Sweaters for AIL
"Most soldiers In campl In thii
country are already provided with
a welters," said Mn. C. T. Kountze.
"Ipvestigation of reports that men at
Camp Dodge and Fort Crook had not
received sweaters revealed that the
men had sold iweaten furnished
them by the Red, Cron, because they
needed money." . ,
Girli who can drive can will ioon
b Impressed into service in Omaha.
They will be used to deliver surgical
dressing! and hospital supplies from
the Baird building to auxiliary work
hops. Three hours a day Ii the
volunteer time asked. Omaha chap
ter is contemplating the purchase of
a $150 machine for cutting gauze.
This will expedite the surgical dress
Ingi work. , . ,
Course! for supervisors and In
structors in surgical dressing! begin
Tuesday morning at 114 South 17th
street, under the direction of Mrs.
Leigh Leslie. Classes will meet
Monday, Tuesday. Thursday and Fri
day mornings. The fee is $4.
Kaiser Sees His
: reace Terms uasi
, Aside by Russia
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(tontin From rag One.) '
for both Germany and Austria, the
dispatch continues; ' 1
' "It is a sounder policy to regard the
rank and file of these men as the ad
vance guard of commercial conquest."
"What will be the strength of that
combination of races when the man
power of 150,000,000 Russians;, added
to their inexhaustible agricultural
wealth and vast mineral stores, come
under the organizing hands of the
Germans f Germany stands to gain
an undue proportion of the fruits of
victory."
Countess Panln, former secretary
of state for public instruction, who
was Arrested by the Bolshevik! owing
to her refusal to turn over to' them
the funds of her department, has been
released under bail of 93,000 rubles,
This is the amount ot tne money
... . ...... a t . i.
wjhicii sue decided to nana over to tne
Bolshevik! commissioners.
Soldiers Drive Brisk Trsde. ,
The Fetrogrsd Den publishes a
deseriotion of a visit to the German
lines on the Russian western front,
where, it says, brisk trade Is going on
among the fraternizing soldiers, to
.1 . .. t t - 1 ! . -
The trading is done by cash and
barter. The Germans sell goods at
suspiciously low prices. They refuse
notes ssued by the revolutionaries
accepting -only money issued under
the imperial regime. The daily turn
over amounts to hundreds of thou
sands of rubles.
Four Bureau Chiefs Are
Shifted to U. S. War Council
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SAYS MEAT WASTE
COMBINE CAUSED
HIM $50,000 LOSS
Threats Used in Business to
Force Price-Fixing Agree
ment, Is Charge Made
by Witness.
Philadelphia, Jan. 3. Investigating
the business of dealers in meat waste
the federal trade commission today
heard testimony of W, S. Billin, an
official of the M. L. Shoemaker com
pany, dealers in butchers' scraps and
While the senate committee on
military affairs continues its investi
gation of the ordnance department
Secretary of War Baker has started
what is reported to be a shake-up in
the War department, with the trans
fer of the chief of ordnance and four
other bureau beads to the new Waf
council of the War department, the
full membership of which nas not yet
been announced. The general officers
transferred are Major General Wil
liam Crozier, chief of ordnance; Ma
jor General Henry G. Sharpe, quarter
master general, who is slated to be a
witness before the senate committee;
Major General Enoch II. Crowder,
pfovost marshal general, who handled
the selective draft, and Major Gen
eral Efasmus Weaver, chief of coast
artillery. Major General Goethals
has been asked to succeed General
Sharpe as quartermaster general.
Farm Loan Banks Would
Raise Maximum of Loans
Washington, Jan. 3. Important
changes in the farm loan bank sys
tem are the features of the first an
nual report of the federal farm loan
board made public today. The board
recommends that borrowing through
farm loan associations be tried for
another year before making borrow
ing more direct that the maximum
which can be loaned to any one bor
rower be raised from $10,000 to $2$,.
000 and that farm loan bonds be is
sued in denominations of $20 and $40.
The board also recommends that
congress authorize the treasury to
take up $100,000,000 ot farm loan
bonds to counterbalance the with
drawal of foreign and domestic capi
tal from the farm loan field as a con
sequence of war financing.
Indiana Defense Council
Endorses Woman Suffrage
Indianspolls, Ind., Jan. 3. The In-
diana State Council of Defense went
on record today as favoring an
amendment to the federal constitu
tion providing for woman suffrage,
not as a war measure, but as "a mat
ter of sheer right and common jus
tice.' The council took this action
in adopting the report of the commit
tee on public policy, which endoned
and presented a telegram from
Charles W, Fairbanks, chairman of
the committee. The telegram read in
part: - .
"I am not In favor of any legisla
tion upon women suffrage as war
measure, but I am enthusiastically in
favor of it, as I always have been, as
i matter of sheer right and common
justice." .
American Marine Warmest
Dressed Man in Service
Washington, Jan. 3,The American
marine is the warmest dressed of all
America's fighting men, the senate
military committee learned today
from Michael E. Driscoll, a cloth ex
pert from Raritan, N. J and the Ger
man trooper in his "gray dawn" uni
form has clothing 50 per cent heavier
and warmer and more costly than that
of the American' soldier. ' ' .
A worn, stained scrap of gray cloth,
cut from the overcoat of the first
German prisoner taken by General
Pershing's men, was held up to -the
view of the committee for examina
tion. Mr. Driscoll agreed with prev-
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ioui wiincsici iruin uic vwuum vi
National Defense that cloth with "re
worked wool" mixed In was cheaper.
He favpred heavier uniforms for the
men in Eurore.
BOOK ISLAND
.TURNS FREIGHT
i TO OTHER LINES
' j!. CBttou4 Fram rt On.)
be carried out," said Mr. Fort, "and
probably future contracts curtailed to
barest needs. This, however, was de
termined p6n by the roads them
selves before Secretary McAdoo took
control."
No Radical Reduction.
"Western railroads have not de
cided upon any radical reductions in
. passenger service," R. H. Aishton,
president 6f the Chicago & North
western railway, declared today after
attending a meeting of executives
of the roads. .
"Exclusive of troop movements," he
added,' "the passenger travel in west
era territory is heavier than ever be
fore. Many persons are compelled
to travel, because of imporant busi
ness with various departments of the
government. A committee of rail
way officials is now making a study
ot the situation to decide what cur
tilment can be made in the passenger
aarli uMthmit inrnn vrnince to the
public
Farmers' Union State
- Exchange Is Wholesaler
A final ruling regarding the status
of the FarmersV Union State Ex
change was made yesterday by Gur
don W. Wattles, federal food adminis
trator for Nebraska. Mr, Wattles was
" given full authority by the United
, States food administration, .
I In his order he directs that the
exchange shall be permitted to con
tinue business as wholesalers: that it
shall not sell food commodities direct
to the consumer; and that as wnole
tayers the exchange must comply
with all the rules and regulations
laid down by the federal food admin
titration covering wholesalers. .
" Pet Want Ais Bring Results,
LOFTIS BROS. & CO.
JANUARY SALE
Make a resolution to save money
this year. The beBt way to keep
your resolution is to buy a Dia
mond on credit and pay a small
amount each week or month, as
the New Year grows old you will
have a genuine Diamond paid for
and wonder that it was so easily
done. Repeat the same resolution
each New Year until you have a
handsome, valuable collection of
Diamond Jewelry. Many or our
customer! have adopted this plan.
it 11 the ideal way to aave.
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Omaha Buys Lot for New
Central Police Station
A new central police station will be
located at the northwest corner of
Fifteenth and Davenport streets, on
a site 132x132 feet, purchased by the
city council for $23,650.
Harry A. Tukey arranged the deal
for the city. Hattie L. Hoover of
California owned the property.
The city sold $100,000 police station
bonds and .Superintendent Kugel ex
pressed the belief that proceeds from
the sale of the old site at Eleventh
and Dodge streets will more than cay
for the new site, leaving the $100,000
intact for a new jail and station with
modern conveniences.
Plans will be drawn soon for the
new central police station.
Baker Fined $10 for Using
Bad Eggs In His Pastries
David Specter, proprietor of the
Chicago Bohemian bakery, 1206 North
Twenty-fourth street, was fined $10
and costs in police court on a charge
of using bad eggs in making pastries.
The eggs were ordered destroyed.
Theatrical People Hit
By New Rail Order
War board order prohibiting the
supplying of theatrical companies
with baggage can for carrying their
equipment la now being enforced
to the letter by the railroads. As
a result it is anticipated many of
the companlei will be forced off
the road, Many of the larger com
panies, it is said, cannot put on
I their plays unless they have the
usual quantity of scenery and scenic
' effects. In many instance! this
equipment is sufficiently large to
occupy the space in two and some
times three baggage can.'
. Some of the railroad men sug-.
gest a remedy by placing freight
can at the service of the show
companies, though the majority of
them aay that this Is impracticable,
owing to the fact that the freight
can would have to be put into the
passenger traini and because of
their not being constructed for
high speed, their use In this man
ner would be hazardoui and might
cause derailments.
HARTMAN
WARDROBE TRUNKS
$25
TktM trunks am-
My tha boat fa-
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Mm, which pra-
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from falling, and I
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nllrtm rat'
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of wrinklMi an ctothbi( la raady to
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Freling & Steinle
Omaha's Bast Baggage Builders
1803 Farnam St.
Wt Like Satan JUpair Job.
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Look at Your 9
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gZ lamrlnt whatbar (t waa J!
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Tr7 M. F. SHAFER ffi
W & COMPANY
(f Oawba'a Oalp MTfC,
Calaadar Haaaa. , (jffQ
Dandruf fy Heads
Bcome Hairless
t vm want nlantv of thick, beauti
ful o-taftxv. xilkv hair, do bv all means
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get rid oi cianaruir, xor n win eiarve
vnnr hair and ruin it if VOU QOH t.
It doesn't do much good to try to
Vnm wah it Ant. Tha onlv sure
If MO Vft " Wvaa v v w. - r
way to get rid of dandruff ia to dis
solve it, theft you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get aooui xour ounces ot
Ordinary liquid arvon; apply, it at
nigns wnen retiring; use chuukh v
moisten the ecaip ana tud n in genny
with the linger tips. i
H7 mnrainff most 11 not ait o
your dandrufl will be g6ne, and three
ftnnlffltionfl will com
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pletely dissolve ana entirely aestroy
very single aign and trace of it
Vnn finS. too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will atop.
and your bair wiu iook ana icet m
hundred timei better. You can get
liquid arvon at any drug store. It it
lneicpenaivo and four ouncea ia all
you will need, no matter how much
j..j'.n mvm Thin almtila ram-
edy never fails. Advertisement, . ,
refuse, and independent Tenderers and
dealers in fertilizers.
The witness made tke charge that
fte American 'Agricultural Chemical
company attempted to force his con
cern into a price-fixing agreement and
when it refused, declared war. which
since last May has cost the Shoe
maker company $50,000,
Mr. Ballin testified that E. J. Mur
phy, of the American company, in
September extended the olive branch
and when the overture was refused be
threatened to "put me out of business."
Mr. Ballin said that Murphy acknowl
edged that the competition had, also
cost the American company about
$50,000. He produced letters from
Murphy to the effect that the bitter's
concern is paying 20 cents a pound for
butchers' scraps in Philadelphia 6
and 7 cents in New York and half a
cent a pound in Detroit
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
Want Ad.
Prisoner Does Not Care
If He's on Front Page! o'clock a the moving :
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rineeatn aca v.H3irjt ircc a v..-
Harry Mechanick was a mot un
concerned prisoner as be sat in the
defendant's chair for his hearing be
fore United States Commissioner
Neely on a charge of receiving prop
erty itolen from interstate commerce.
He imilingly gave his came to the
reporter! ind even showed it en
graved on hit watch so they'd get
it spelled right.
"Will it be on the front page?" be
inquired.
Four witnesses testified for the
government. Three of them, Nell
Chrisinger, Harry Goeken and George
McDaniel. told how they had, con
spired to rob a box car in the railroad
yards of Plattsmouth; how they had
taken 10 blocks of tin weighing 1,000
pounds altogether from the car at
night; how they had loaded them into
McDaniel's automobile and how Mc
Daniel had taken them to Omaha.
McDaniel said he sold them at the
tv. . nn all nWdtd frailtv in
the Plattstcooth district court and
were sentenced to one year each ir.
the penitentiary. Sentence is im
pended because all hare large fam
ilies. McDaniel is a blacksmith and
the other two men are railroad men.
Commisskner Neely bound Mecha
nick over to the federal grand jury.
Philadelphia's Foreign
Trade Greatest Ever Known
Philadelphia. Jan. 3. Foreign trade
through the port of Philadelphia for
the first 11 months of 1917 was the
greatest in the history ot the city,
according to rlgyres made public to
dav The total value of exports wis
$4ol,808,143, exceeding those Jor the
same period in 1916 by $165,826.24.
Import valaes for the first 11 months
of 1917 amounted to $97,071,661. a de
crease of $1,168,936 compared to 1916.
Yarns and Needles
For Knitting
Heavy Khaki Yarn,
Gray Mixed, light and
dark, All White Khaki in
three shades.
All sizes of needles.
Art NaadUwork Third floor.
THE FUR SHOP
$37.50 Fox Scarfs, $28.13
$52.50 Fox Scarfs, $39.38
$75.00 Fox Scarfs, $56.25
All other Fur Coats,
Capes, Shawls, Muffs, and
Scarfs are reduced 25 per
cent.
( f Second Floor.
House Apparel
Newly Priced
Look around for yourself.
Bargains on every side. Have
you seen the $1.69 House
Dresses of Amoskeag Ging
ham? Basement.
THOMPSON.BELDEN - CO.
Qhe fashion Center Jor VJomerP
A Fine Sale of
Men's Shirts
Arrow and Eagle makes
French and stiff cuffs; good
looking patterns and desir
able colors. Select several at
these savings in price. Sizes
1312 to 18.
$2.50 Shirts for $2.00
$2.00 Shirts for $1.65
$1.50 Shirts for $1.35
To the Left A You Enter
Baby Blankets
Only 4c a pair.
White with fast colored bor
ders of blue and pink, good
'weight, size 30x42 inches
40c a pair.
Basement.
Facts Concerning Linens
1 Today at wholesale, linens (when you can buy
them) cost more than present January sale pnees.
prices.
2 There is no chance of a change for the better.
3There are no stocks of linens either here or abroad
in Ireland and Scotland.
4Linens we have on hand were purchased many
; - months, even years ago, at prices now utterly out
' T of the question. - s
5 Our savings are being passed on to you.
Friday's Linen Bargains Include:'
Damask Table
$ 4.00 PATTERN
$ 4.S0 PATTERN
$ 6.00 PATTERN
$ 7.75 PATTERN
$11.00 PATTERN
$13.50 PATTERN
' $20.00 PATTERN
Cloths
CLOTH, $ 2.98
CLOTH, $ 3.75
CLOTH, $ 4.85
CLOTH, $ 6.00
CLOTH, $ 8.99
CLOTH, $10.89
CLOTH, $15.00
Odd Napkins
Special Prices
Heavy Irish Linen Damask Nap
kins reduced.
THE $4.00 QUALITY TO $3.75
THE $6.75 QUALITY TO $5.00
THE $6.89 QUALITY TO $5.38
John S. Brown's Napkins,
$12 Quality at $8.75 a dozen
As oar quantity is limited, we must
, take the allowance to each patron,
only ona doian.
Huck Guest Towels
50c GUEST TOWELS, AT 39e
75c GUEST TOWELS, AT 59c
$1 GUEST TOWELS, AT 85c
'I Hack Taweli
20c HUCK TOWELS, AT 15c
25c HUCK TOWELS, AT 19e
40c HUCK
50c HUCK
65c HUCK
$1.00 HUCK
$1.25 HUCK
$1.50 HUCK
$1.75 HUCK
TOWELS,
TOWELS,
TOWELS,
TOWELS,
TOWELS,
TOWELS,
TOWELS,
AT 29c
AT 39c
AT 50c
AT 75e
AT $1.00
AT $1.25
AT $1.50
Turkish Towels
25c TURKISH TOWELS, AT 19c
35c TURKISH TOWELS, AT 25c
40c TURKISH TOWELS, AT 29c
50c TURKISH TOWELS, AT 39c
75c TURKISH TOWELS, AT 59c
85c TURKISH TOWELS, AT 69c
$1 TURKISH TOWELS, AT 75c
Linen Glass Toweling
25c CHECKED TOWELING, 20c
25c STRIPED TOWELING, 22e
30c CHECKED TOWELING, 25e
Extra Heavy Crashes
Of Scotch and Irish Linen
25c LINEN CRASH, AT 22c
30c LINEN CRASH, AT 25c
40c LINEN CRASH, AT 35c
Sale of Wash Cloths
8Hc Turkish Wash Cloths, 5c
MM a Turkish Wash Cloths, 10c
15c Turkish Wash Cloths, 12 He
Turknit and lace knit wash
cloths, 2c each.
Fine Hand Tailored Suits
A January Clearance
Offering Great Savings
Tailored suits, exclusively Thompson
Belden garments, all from regular stock,
correctly fashioned, finely tailored ma
terials IN WEAVES AND COLORS that
have met with the greatest favor this season.
Women With Foresight Will Surely Attend.
$125 Suits - - $64.50 $50 Suits - - $35.50
$100 Suits - - $59.50 $25 Suits - - $15.75
$69.50 Suits - - $44.50 Real Reductions.
Other Suits at Proportionate Reductions.
A Small Charge for Alterations.
Such Wonderful Values
in the Fabric Sections
The Days of January Sales
Haskell's black silks, ex
traordinary savings.
Quality and style con
sidered. One cannot pur
chase better than Has
kell's. Satin de chine
$2.25 quality $1.75.
Satin Duchess
$3.50 quality $2.65.
Silk Faille
$2.75 quality $2.25.
Pure dye taffeta
$2.50 quality $1.95.
Plain taffeta
$2 quality $1.65.
Haskell's satin R a y e,
twenty-five colors, a fab
ric that gives excellent
wear. The quality sells
regularly for $2.50. For
Friday the price is $1.95.
Not a large quantity is
left come early.
Woolen Goods
at Special Prices.
Women who investigate
the values offered will
buy Women who buy
are acting wisely.
No Exaggeration.
Thompson, Belden Fabrics Arc Dependable.
Envelope Pillow Cases,
$1.25 and $1.50 a Pair.
Scalloped all, around, embroider
ed and hemstitched, excellent
quality muslin. $1.25 and $1.50
a pair.
Basement.
Seamless Sheets,
$1.50 Quality, $1.39.
Size 81x99,, made from a fine
grade of bleached sheeting. Our
regular $160 quality, reduced
Friday to $1.39.
Basement.
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ASSETS $12,600,000.00
, Shelton, Nebraska, October 31, 1917.
Old Line Bankers Ufe Insurance Co.,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
DEAR SIRS: This is to acknowledge the full cash settlement
($602.39) on my $1000.00 Fifteen Payment Life Policy No. 11188,
through your General Agent, Chas. M. Stewart. This gives me all of my
money back and $147.89 interest, besides the protection of $1000.00 to
my family during the full fifteen years.
I wish that I had taken out more insurance with your good com
pany at the time I took this policy, as I think that it is a mighty good
savings investment for a young man and if they take out a good sized
policy whenthey first begin making wages and keep it up to maturity,
they would have a great deal more money in middle life than the aver
age man. Nebraska people are proud of a company like the Bankers,
and I would advise every young man to start a similar policy that com
bines savings and insurance. I know of nothing better. I am
Very truly yours,
660 JOSEPH OWEN, Jr.
FIFTEEN PAYMENT LIFE POLICY
Matured in the
OLD LIFE BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY ,
of Lincoln, Nebraska
Name of intured, .Joseph Owen, Jr.
Residence , Shelton, Nebraska
Amount of policy $1,000.00
Total premiums paid Company .... $454.50
SETTLEMENT
Total cash paid Mr. Owen $602.39
And 15 Years Insurance for Nothing
' N There is not a man or woman In the whole state of Nebraska that can give one
solid reason why he or she should buy life insurance 6f Companies outside of this
state. Twelve and a half million dollars backs every policy contract We issue and we
pay greater dividends to policyholders on lower premium rates than any company in
America. Write us and try us. Home office Lincoln, Neb., Dept. H.
Bankers Life will continue as in
the past to base its claim for patron
age on service rendered