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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1918)
V 1 rtiuj bee;: umaha. saiukuai, jaisuaki iz, m&. try .1 im J SALESMEN STUDY ART OF SELLING THRIFT STAMPS - HaT Root rrlnt It -Xew B-acon Pre. 4. P. ' llilmrr 'tins movea his law I office to 551' L;oe building. OUR KI.F.CTJUC WASHFJIS Willi pay lor themselves. Special terms. .rvirS ,aB at Hall A large service flasith 51 stars has been nung in the rotunda of the city hall. Returns from PW York Dr. W. . Miner has returned from New Jork City and Camp UptJn. L. I., Where he went to visit his brother. Lieutenant O. S. Pruner, who sailed .lor France shortly. Statu Bank of Omaha, corner Six teenth and Harney streets, pavs 4 per cent on time deposits. Three per cent dyings accnts. All deposits in tnisbank arc protected by the de positors' guarantee fund of the state or .Nebraska. Adv. Itev. G. A. Porcival Vmlrr Sur Scons Knife Kev. George A. Perci val of tho Presbyterian church of Co lon, Neb., has come, to Omaha for an operation and is in the Immanuel hospital, where he is getting along nicely. Mrs. Percival and the baby are staying with Kev. Mr. Percival's parents. Salesman Files Bankruptcy Petition Raymond M. Austin, a salesman do ing business as the Austin Tire and Rubber-oonipany,nled a petition in federal court asking to be adjudged a bankrupt. His liabilities are $10, 256 and his assets are $680, Most of his liabilities are debts owed to persons and firms in Salt Lake City. Praises Marine Corps Charles A. Thompson of Fairfax, S. t).,' nephew of Mayor Dahlman, is visiting in Omaha for a day enroute to his home from the marine barracks at Paris Island, S. C. lie spoke enthusiasti cally of tho marine corps service, stat ing that he had gained 19'pounds and good health since he went into train ing. ( Wants His Money Isaac Krasne lias llled a writ of attachment in dis trict court to secure $2,250 which he alleges he loaned to his sister-in-law, Dora Stein, in the operation of her delicatessen store at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets. He avers she is about to convert her property into money for the purpose of defrauding her creditors. lino Fireplace Goods at Sunilerlnnd'it, Receive Instruction at Commer cial Club, and. Will Begin Work in Earnest Monday Noon. Mid-Term Students of Commercial High Announced Principal Porter of the High School of Commerce, announced the follow ing mid-term students will be gradu atedit the joint exercises Friday night, January 24, at the Auditorium: FOUR-YEAR COURSE (Diploma). Catherine A. McCabe. Ruth A. Stiles. I.nah Helen Osborn. Ralph H. "Whitney. Jrma Rump. Ben B. Winshlp. THREE-TEAR COURSE (Certificate). Ethel r. Furrey. Irene B. Tauchen. Fannie B. Ruback. TWO-YEAR COURSE (Certificate). Mon H. Bedford. Ram Klaver. i Ruth E. Filnn. Bess Kroupa. Porothy Hamilton. Mabel Michaelsen. Roy A. Nelson. Martha Peterson. Clement Rosengren. Kathleen V. Hand- echuh. Stacla h. Hog.m. District Board Appeals v For Clerical Assistance District .xcmption board is swarrfped with clerical work and an appeal has been made for volunteers. The only requirement exacted by the board is good penmanship. Those de siring.to volunteer are requested to report to Ray J. Sutton, chief clerk, and inform. him whether they will work, nights or days and when they can gpare the time to'the best ad vantage. Chief of Police of Norfolk Married Here Thursday Marcus Brush, chief of police of Norfolk, Neb., and Miss Myra Briggs, also of that city, were mar ried here yesterday. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. F. V. Leavitt i. 5 o'clock at his resi dence. Mr. and Mrs. Brush will return to Norfolk to live. Thrift stnip salesmen who will par ticipate in the drive next week, attend ed a school of instruction on salesman ship at the Commercial club rooms last night Robert Manlcy presided. A special series of cards devised by the committee for local use, were ex plained. Although the big $500,000 drive does not start until noon, Mondaj, sales men will be allowed to free lance dur ing the remainder of the week in an endeavor to make ?1,000 and $500 sales. In order to test the success of the plan outlined, a committee headed by C. E. Corey, visited 12 printing offices yesterday. The shops visited easily raised $11,000, and a promise was made that this committee would sell one-tenth of the total allotment for Omaha. Charles O. Talmage, who will head a committee working the manufactur ing district, gave further details of various ideas evolved. D. C. Buell spoke briefly on the Thrift stamp arid the values attached "to the different sizes. Arthur Mullen, a member of the ad vertising and publicity committee, told of the co-operation to be expected in advertising the drive. He told about the colossal amount of motley needed by the government during the" coming year. Appropriations for the coming year exceed the total appro priations of all the presidents by mote than $4,000,000, he said. Trainmen Buy $500 Worth Of War Savings Stamps War savings certificates amounting to $500 have been purchased by R. T. Paxton, treasurer of Success lodge, No. 135, of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen. He purchased the certificates for the lodge out of its funds. Boy Scouts have decided every scout in Omaha is to own at least one stamp, if not more, and thtis make the scout organization 100 oer I cent in the war savings membership. Three troops already are 100 per cent. They are Troop 43, headed, by Scoutmaster Father Worden; Troop 21, headed by Scoutmaster P. ,T. Hill, and Troop 31, headed by Scoutmas ter Fred Hill. Husband Says Wife is Erratic. And Asks His Freedbm Robert M. Harris, suing Dorothy K. Harris for divorce, alleging she. is erratic. .'-' Margaret Coleman alleges . Russell Coleman does not contribute tocher support. ' ... Other petitions for divorce 4 were filed by; Mary Lichr against Sol B. Licht, and Ruth Christensen. against Casper Christensen. . OMAHA RED .CROSS HAS MANYWORKERS Five Thousand Women Enroll ed for Work in Local Chap ter; 127 Auxiliaries Are Busy. Omaha Red Cross chapter has ,a total of 127 auxiliaries working under its direction, according to a list just compiled. Fifty-eight work in hos pital supplies, 34 in surgical dressings and 35 are school auxiliaries. Five thousand women are estimated to be enrolled in Red Cross work in Omaha, but leaders hope to double that number in a short time. A yarn shipment, delayed in transit, is working havoc with the knitting de partment of the Red Cross, which is out of yarn to furnish the Nebraska armv of knitters. Judge Curtis L. Day of Pender, chairman of the Thurston county chapter, won distinction in his county by knitting a muffler. The muffler is now at the state inspection warehouse. Mrs. Franklin Mann is the new ( chairman of St. Mary's avenue church j auxiliary, replacing Mrs. A. C. Troup, i The South Omaha Woman's club has organized a new surgical dress ings class which meets Fridays at library hall. War Makes Great Inroads On High School Attendance More than 400 pupils have left the High School of Commerce and Cen tral High since the beginning of the fall term. Half of these are from Commerce High which has only abotit half the enrollment of Central High. "The only way I can account for this," said Principal Masters, "is that the war is making greater economic pressure at home." The faculty of Central High has ; committee to help pupils who wish to remain in school. Miss Towne Talks. Miss Jessie Towne, dean of girls at the local high school, delivered a lecture yesterday at the Young Women's Christian association audi torium to the student's club of Cen tral High school. She emphasized that it was necessary for the students of today to take a short time each day for meditation, even if for only five minutes. WAR NURSE. ONLY 23. WEARS TWO VALOR MEDALS Mrs. Virgil Lewis, Former Bal timore Belle, Saw Actual Serv ice in Military Hospital at Front. War nurse medals from both French and Russian governments are the decorations proudly worn by Mrs. Virgil A. Lewis, a former Baltimore girl who is at the Blackstone while her husband, a former ambulance driver in France, is now a flying cadet at the Fort Omaha balloon school. Mrs. Lewis is the daughter of Mrs. Andrew Melville Reid ot Baltimore, with whom she was traveling on the continent when war broke out Though only 23, Mrs. Lewis has al ready served as directrice of the Rus sian hospital at Dinard, France, and surgical nurse io the chief surgeon at French hospital 28, also at Dinard. Her mother's niece is married to Marshal Joffre, whom they visited at his Paris home in the weeks preceding the declaration of war. Dr. Henry Van" Dyke, former minister to the Netherlands at the Hague, is Mrs. Lewis' uncle. He obtained her release when she was held under suspicion of being a spy at a chateau in Nor mandy. Lieutenant Wentworth Is Ordered to Report Lieutenant Will Wentworth, son of Lew Wentworth, S012 Davenport street, has been ordered to report for immediate duty at Fort Wayne, Ind. He is a reserve officer in the airplane service and recently received his com mission in a training camp; He is a graduate of the Omaha High school and the state university, where he was a member of the Delta Epsilon fraternity. 0. L. Finch, Omaha Boy, Dies Of Pneumonia in Army O. L. Finch, an Omaha boy, died of pneumonia last Wednesday at Jeffer son barracks, St. Louis. , He was- a son of O, S. Finch, a theater man. He was a member of the ngineers corps. The body was taken to Cherokee, la., for funeral services and interment. Alleged Army "Vamp" f Charged With Bigamy Mary George, alleged array "vamp," charged with bigamy, wis arraigned in police court Friday morning. She waived preliminary . examination and was bound over to- district court under $500 bond. Mrs. George is alleged to have married Frederick J. Ravome " while she was still the wife of George, a soldier, for the purpose of obtaining a monthly allowance from his ualary. According to her attorney, Mrs. George was under the impression that she was al ready divorced. Passenger Trains Into Omaha Delayed by Cold Owing to the intense cold, alt pa sengcr trains were late, generally one to two hours. There were excep. tions. For instance, the Burlington's Kansas City-Omaha train that left Kansas City on time Thursday night arrived four hours late, having lost one-half of its running time. The Northwestern's St. FauN Omaha train due Friday morning did not arrive. It was consolidated at Sioux City with a later train and came in on the second train's time this afternoon. ' Say John Buggy Prompted . To His Appeal by Lynch A -motion to dismiss the three ap peals, made, by John Buggy protest inthe decision of the county board to allow Sheriff Clark's last iail feed ing bills was filed by Attorneys Ben c- r..T l T7 t ."it 11 -ii : o. ojukili auu i-nim iiuncii, alleging that Mhe. appeals were made at the instigation of John. C. Lynch for the purpose of harrassijig Sheriff Clark. Omaha: Manufacturers - - Elect Six Directors Six directors of the Omaha Manu facturers' association were elected at the noon meeting of the association ajc the Commercial club. They were Tames Allen, W. J. Monaghan, Penn P. Fodrea, A. F. Bloom, J. M. Hard f ing and A,N. Eaton. Soldier and Former ' Wife Are Reconciled How absence makes the heart grow fonder, the storv of a soldier's longing for reunion with his wife, A who divorced him. and his . love ' for a little 5-year-old daughter are related in the petitions of HaeJ M. Marv'n, Carpathia apartments, and David M. Marvin of Camp Cody to set aside the decree. Mrs. Marvin was granted a, de cree August 13, 1917, She alleged' Marvin spoke only in monosyllables , about the house and would not help with the housework of help tend the baby. Now she joins in- his plea tljat the decree be set aside. . r- - '.-gsma Follow the Beaton Path For Saturday Specials 25c Mentholatum . . . 17c 35c Castoria 24c $1.00 Payne's Celery com pound 79c 60c Syrup Figs 39c 25c Wright's Silver Cream v 16c 15c Solid Alcohol 10c 25c '4 and 6 in. Flexible Nail Files, .. ...... 12c $1.25 Pocket Knives . .65c i : j a.: IIJlcriva ifiauc imjiii tftottles of 100 5 sr. tab T ' lore fi9e Box of 16 ,5 gr. tablets, 16C Boxes of 8 5 gr. tablets, 8c inn 25c V lb. Peroxide Hydro gen 6c 1 lb. pure Epsom Salts,. .7c 50c Goutorbe Rouge.. 29c 25c Goutorbe Nail Cake, 16c . Mail Orders Receive 25c Lufetrite Cuticle Ice, 16c Denatured Alcohol, gal lon, $1.00 25c Toileteer, for sink and toilet bowls, .12c $2.25 Legrandes Combina tion Hot Water Bottle and Fountain Syringe, for $1.40' $1.00 2 quart Tyrian Foun tain Syringe, 69c $3.50 DeMars Whirling Spray Syringe, . . .$1.98 65c Rubber Gloves. . . .39c' 35c box Linen Stationery, 19c $1.00 Rholoids, for rheu matism, ,.v67c 50c Nadinola Cream,.. 29c $5.00 Durham Duplex Ra zors, 89c Edison Mazda Lamps . 25, 40 and 50 watt Lamps, 30c, 60 watt Lamps, 35c Our Prompt Attention Beaton Drug Co. 15th and Farnam One-Minute Store Talk A national figure in tho clothing trade a visitor to our store recently said: "If any of your customers feel disappointed because men's clothing prices are not higher than he expect, let him wait with patience ' and his expectations will he fulfilled. If the war con tinues a couple of year more a good suit or OTer?! will cost $100." Good clothes would cost a lot more right now If Greater Ne braska bad not prepared far ahead of advanc ing prices. JOHN A. SWANjSON, Prer.. .WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treos.- . , i x y Bmy (Mies .for a Yei Here Are the Reasons Why! n 6 PRICES are advancing so rapidly arid x so radically that every dollar's worth of cloth ing we offer is worth from $1.50 to $2.00 Today. Such values make our present extremely low prices of more importance to economical men than the most radical reductions of former years, and explains why bona fide mark-down sales of men's clothing are absolutely out of the question, and will continue to be so until long after the war stops. Consider These Clothing Facts Government contracts are taking the total output of over 75 of the woolen mills of the country without regard for civilian needs. Raw wool has advanced from around 30c to over 70c' . per pound. Predictions are for $1.00 wool. ; 'es of the Way Prices on Fabrics in Men's Clothing Have Advanced: Men's Suit Materials Men's Overcoatings Men's Mackinaw Cloths Men's Flannel Shirts- Standard Overalls "have advanced from ? 12.00 Raw Cotton, 10c per pound has . advanced to 30c bale" campaign, on 10c cotton ot a 1917 1918 , Price. Price. . $1.60 Fabrics to $2.75 per yard. $2.60 Fabrics t!Tf 4.00 per yard. $2.25 Fabrics to $4.25 per yard. $3.00 Fabrics to $5.00 per yard. . $1.25 Fabrics to $2.55 per yard. $1.60 Fabrics to $2.75 per yard. 35c Mixture Flannels to 65c per yd. 75c All Wool Flannels to $1.50 yard to $24.00 per dozen wholesale. per pound. Remember the "Buy a few years ago., What Our Foresight Accomplished: To make our position doubly secure, we have pro- vided"$150,000 worth, of more heavy and medium weight cloth ing, bought at the old prices, than we had in stock one year ago today, enabling us to offer Worlds Best ready-for-service clothing at prices. 25 to 33 less than you'll find equal quality elsewhere. : Prices, are much lower here today than you'll pay when present stocks and contracts for future delivery are exhausted. y Anticipate Your Future Clothing Needs Saturday Suits and Overcoats that will geU at $20 to $25, now at 115 Suits and Overcoats that will' sell at $30, now at....... Suits and Overcoats that will sell at $35 and $40, now at.. $2S Suits and Overcoats that will sell at $50 to $65. The finest (3 OA' 9(7' A . hand-tailored clothing in the world, now at. ... .... .. . ... . . .' ,dv tlv ' . Men's High Grade Trousers,; $3.50, $5.00, $7.50 : In justice to yourself, heed our advice. This' store does not want to frighten anybody, but the confidence of our thousands of patrons demands a plain statement of facts, that they may understand conditions and prepare accordingly. Men' and Trait Mea'H Clotfclar-Sccand Floor. fiisk Our Annual Sale of TWOtMiCT UNION SUIT Union Suits Saturday I UITUI luiumol VfWaf We were indeed fortunate in securing the surplus .stock, salesmen's sample lines and run-of-the-mill of celebrated Superior Union Suits. Because some , are slightly soiled and have very slight imperfections,. we are enabled to sell at these sensational prices. . Please note that our reduced prices are based on. the 1916 and 1917 values, not on the advanced prices that will prevail in 1918. Such an opportunity actu ally gives you America's Finest Union Suite at prac tically two for one. This great sale opens Saturday, Men's $1.75 Superior Union Salts, $1.00 Men's Superior Untoi Salts, $1.50 Ken's $&fi0 Superior Union Suite, $2.00 Ken's H00 Superior Union Suits, , $2.50 Men's $&00 Superior Union Salts, $3.50 Men KUO Superior Union Salts, $4.00 Men's $7.50 Superior Union Suits, $5.00 Included in this notable sale of Superior Union Suits tre finest silk and wool, sllkateen, all wool, wool mixtures and cotton ribbed, all weights and all sizes. Every man knows that such an opportunity to buy underwear may sot come again in years. , Sale Starts Satnrday Morning; Promptly at Underwear Department, Main Floor, Center Section. Our Semi-Annual Sale ot MANHATTAN SHIRTS Is Now On! Headquarters for MEN'S FUR CAPS Iowest-ln-the-Clty Prices. JOS1N A SWfcMSOKMN. WM 1 WOITHMM ' jt Largest Showing; ME3TS WETTER HATS An the 5ew Rough Finishes. IfU UfOMlj 'CORRECT APPAREL. FOR MEN AND WOMt.N