Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY KEE: JANUARY 13. 1918.
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NURSES ESCAPE
FROM FIRE SWEPT
HOSPITAL HOME
Five Young Women Flee From
Blazing Building in Scant
Attire; Heroine Saves
Her Valuables.
Fire, started by a defective furnace,
destroyed the nurses' home ti leth
odist hospital, 710 North Fortieth
street,- Saturday morning.
Five nurses, Misses B. Stciner, L.
Thompson, I. Cratty, B. Bierberand
and Cornelia Pond were asleep in the
bouse when the flames were discov
ered. They fled into the cold, scanti
ly attired, and were cared for at the
home of Edward Zust, 708 North For
tieth street.
Undaunted By Flames.
Miss Inez Morcroft, a day nurse,
was the heroine of' the Kfire She was
at the hospital a block away when the
alarm was sounded. Hurrying to the
scene, she rushed into the burning
building in an effort to save some of
her belongings.
She recovered a diamond lavalliere
and a set of furs, and managed to save
a diamond engagement ring, the prop
erty of Miss Harriet Blair, whose
fiance is in the aviation corps in
France.
Nurses Heavy Losers.
Clothing and other effects belong
ing to the, nurses, valued at $800, were
destroyed. Grace Lowry and Dorothy
Fulton were heavy losers.
The house ii a tivo-story frame
dwelling, the property of Mrs. Cnrad
G. Fisher. The furnace had Keen caus
ing much trouble of late. Nurses fre
quently had to throw water onto it
to prevent a fire starting.
Salvage Department of
Red Cross Gets Good Start
"We would like all Omaha to save
the big Sunday newspapers," said
Mrs. Philip Footer, chairman of the
Red Cross salvage committee. "We
noA'shave a volunteer truck that will
pic tip papers and old rubber in fact,
Anything in a salvage way we can get.
Sunday papers will help greatly. Save
them and call Douglas 8123 when you
have a good-sized bunch.
"We appeal to offices to save type
writer ribbon boxes, carbon paper
boxes and ribbon spools' for us. We
ask contributions of tinfoil, rubber of
any kind (fruit jar rubbers and auto
tires), discarded clothing, rags, bid
magazines, old iron, old furniture and
old brass. Every Monday we have a
newspaper drive. We ask that tinfoil
WELL KNOWN IMPLEMENT
x HAN ANSWERS CALL
FIREMAN LOSES
LIFE. PIPE BURSTS.
RECORD FOR COLD
Steam Pipe in Boiler Room of
Alamito Plant Gives Way
and John Brandt
Killed. .
! ELECTED HEAD OF OMAHA
COMMERCIAL CLUB
tubes are worth buO .few cents to
the owner, but mean mufh to Red
Cross work," she said.
"How many yards of Red Cross
thread have you used?"Avas a ques
tion put to Mrs. O. C. Redick. Inves
tigation proved that the Baird build
ing department of the Red Cross has
issued 2,448 spools of thread to auxil
iaries,, or 489,600 yards.
Scoutmasters Hope for 100
Per Cent Record in Campaign
The Scoutmasters' association of
the Boy Scouts of Omaha resolved to
attain a 100 per cent record for 900
local Scouts in the war savings cam-,
paign during the coming week. In
addition to putting over 100 per cent
themselves, the boys are going out
to promote the work.
The program is to work ajnong the
school bpys and girli on Monday and
Tuesday, canvass their respective
neighborhoods on Wednesday and
Thursday aim do general work on
Friday and' Saturday. ,
Service band's will be presented to
Scouts who" obtain 10 or more war
savings subscriptions.
Moline Reports Ground
7 ' Glass in Omaha Flour
Chief Eberstein of the bureau of
investigation , received information
against an Omaha flour mill because
ground' glass was found in a sack of
the flour by a woman in Moline, 111.
He believes the presence of the glass
was entirely accidental.
"People are running up here on all
lorts 6f false alarms nowadays," he
said. "One man brought me a piece
of sausage with 'ground glass' in -it.
I called up the market man and he re
membered that someone had leaned
on his showcase and-broken it and a
piece of the glass had evidently fallen
on the "sausage."
Fort Omaha Soldiers
Presented With Slippers
One hundred boys at Fort Omaha
are enjoying the confort of warm
bed slippers of eiderdown made-and
sent to them by Mrs. A; M. Pinto.
The money used in the purchase of
eiderdown was the proceeds Mrs.
Pinto derived from renting the lot
adjoining her house for parking autos
the day of the Camp Dodge-Funston
foot ball game.
College President Will
Preach at First Methodist
Dr. Alfred C. Craig, president of
Morningside college, Sioux City, la.,
will occupy the pulpit of the First
Methodist church during the absence
of Rev. Titus Lowe, who is in France.
Dr. Craig will make the week end
trip to Omaha each Saturday night,
returning Monday morning to resume
his duties as head of Morningside.
Rfed Cross Arranges for
t Sisterhood Day Tuesday
Tuesday will be P. E. O. sisterhood
day at the Red Cross headquarters in
the Baird building. Mrs. N. B. Up
dike, president of Chapter E, and Mrs.
Gporge Lehnhoff, president oj Chapter
B. N., Saturday completed arrange
ments with Mrs. Walter Silver of th
surgical dressings department, for all
P. E. Os. in the city to wbrk on that
day. , ' "
hodstrom Studio.
C C TROXELL.
C. C. Troxell, formerly manager of
the Atbraska Moline Plow company
and prominent for 30 years in the
wholesale implement business jn
hOmaha, but for the last seven years
looking after his personal interests
died at his residence, y 1618 Emmet
street, 'Saturday morning at the age
of 58 years. Mr. Troxell was well
known over the central west. He
cametto Omaha in the fall of 1880.
He started at the bottom in the busi
ness world and climbed to the top.
He is survived by his wife and
three children. W. W. Troxell of Ban
croft, Neb.; Mrs. C. S. Bowman and
Miss' Alice Troxell of Omaha.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at the residence. In
ferment will be in Foresf Layn ceme
ery.
SHIPPERS AID IN
SHAPING POLICIES
Industrial Traffic League Ap
points Committee to Confer
With Director General
McAdoo.
Shippers throughout the country
desire to .have a part in shaping the
policies of Director General ot Kau
roads McAdoo in the matter of trans
portation. The' National"' Industrial
Traffic league, which just closed its'
special session m Chicago, has ap
pointed a committee to go to Wash
ington and laythcmatter before Mc
f nnr follpH. 3c it must all he lairlJ Adoo. They will ask that a represen
out flat in shipping. Old inner auto native of the shippers be given a place
on the director general's advisory
board.
C. E. Childe.inanager of the traf
fic bureau of the Commercial club of
Omaha, attended the meeting in Chi
cago. "The committee going to Wash
ington," said Mr. Childe, "will offer
Mr. McAdoo the co-operation of the
shippers to promote transportation
efficiency, and ask that a representa
tive be placed on the advisory board.
The Shippers and their representatives
believe that the proper co-ordination
of the railroads and shippers could
not be -brought about unless the ship
pers had a voice in shaping the pol
icies that are to control transporta
tion. "The immediate occasion of the
Conference was the order of Mr. Mc
Adoo abolishing the average demur
rage agreement. The shippers believe
that this would result in increased
detention and an increased expense
to carriers and shippers alike in haul
ing cars for loading and unloading."
Pure Blood
Brings Beauty
Pimples, Blackheads, Boil and Poor
Complexion Vanish by Using v.
Stuart' Calcium Wafers.
John Brandt, fireman at the
Alamito Dairy company, was scalded
to death when a steam pipeburst in
the boiler room of the company's
plant, 2601 Leavenworth street, late
Friday afternoon.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. The boilers were tested
within the last week and declared in
good condition, according to the com
pany. The bursting pipe blew the
hot water to all corners of the room,
and came down in a scalding shower
on Brandt. Death vas almost in
stantaneous. Hr G. Schwager, 2421 Poppleton
avenue, Frank M. Wavra, stationary
engineer at the plant, and General
Manager F. L. Kernan .vere in the
next room at the time of the ex
plosion, and hastened to the stricken
man's assistance. Police Surgeon
James O'Connors was summoned, but
Brandt was dead when he arrived.
Brandt is survived by a wife and
two small children, who reside at 4523
Brown street. He was about 45 years
of age.
Peters Trust Co. Re-Elects
Directors and Officers!
t the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Peters Trust company
all of the former board of directors
were re-elected, viz: R. C. Peters,
V. B. T. Belt. Howard Kennedy, M.
D. Cameron, C. J. Claassen, Foster C.
Hennion, H. H. Fish, John F. Stout,
Dr. W. O. Bridges, Reed C. Peters,
Robert Dempster.
The board of directors re-elected
the former officers, as follows: R.
C. Peters, president: M. D. Cameron,
vice president and treasurer; C. J.
Claassen, secretary; Kecd U reters,
Sssistant secretary; Howard Ken
edv. trust officer; Herbert "W. Pot
ter, assistant secretary; toward
Gisin. cashier. 1
The trust officer, Judge Howard
Kennedy, reported an increase in
business in the trust department and
that more people are availing them'
selves of services of the corporate
executor and trustee, and also in the
transfer of stock for corporations as
registrar and transfer agent.
Ihe bond department has handled
a good many municipal bond issues
during the year, and also quite a
volume of high grade, short term se
cunties. which have been attractive
on the market during the last six
months.
BantTWill Be Organized
Among Omaha Boy Scouts
Scout Executive English is 'arrang
ing to organize a Boy scouts band
during the next few weeks. Henry
Cox has agreed to train the young
musicians.
"Other cities have Scout bands and
I see no reason why Omaha should
not have "one. We have the talent, I
am sure," Mr. English stated.
Bov Scouts who wish to join this
band are requested to notify Mr. Eng
lish at Scout headquarters and ad
vise whether they have instruments.
n HAS ONLY
LIMITED SUPPLY
OF COAL IN BINS
Must Conserve Fuel if Short
age Is to Be Averted; Cold
Weather Has Delayed
Trains.
Dr. Lee W. Edwards, 24th
and Farnam, wishes to call the
public' attention to the Chiro
practic talk on Page 2-B.
TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE
AH your dreams of beautiful, clear
complexion can be made to come true.
It makes no difference how eppoted
and disfigured your face may be with
pimples, blackheads, eczema or liver-
To get the very best remits talc
Dr. Humphrey' "Seventy-seven" at
the first sneexe or i hirer.
"Seventy -seren" breaks up Cold
that bang en Grip All Drug Stores.
C. C. George was elected president
of the Omaha Commercial club at
the first meeting of the new board of
directors Saturday at the club rooms,
Mr. George was chairman of the ex
cutive committee during the last year.
It is customary in the dut to elect
the chairman of the executive com
mittee the president for the ensuing
year.
Clarke Powell was elected secre
tary, and Tom Ery was elected
treasurer.
The new executive committee was
also elected. The executive committee
next Tuesday will organize by elect
ing its chairman for the year.
The members elected . to the ex
ecutive committee arc Ezra Millard,
Dankers;.lJaul W. Kuhns, H. 0.,Vil
helin, financial; Charles D. Beaton,
publicity bureau; Clarke J. Coit, traf
fic bureau; II. H. Baldridge, Francis
A. Brogan, and Dr. E. C. Henry, pro
fessions; J A. Linderholm, grain deal
ers; J. E. Davidson, railroads; Everett
Buckingham, stock yards and packing;
Roy T. Byrne, J. W. Gamble and W.
R. Wood, manufacturing; B. R. Bast
ings and John L. McCague, real es
tate; Charles E. Black, George Bran
deis, and L. C. Nash, retail trade;
Randall K. Brown, Gould Dietz, C H.
Pickens, H. S. Susmann, and R. S.
Trimble, wholesale and commission.
Many Penmen Needed
, And But Few Respond
The S. O. S. call of Chief Clerk
Sutton of the district exemption board
for volunteer help in caring for the
questionnaires now flooding the of
fice has not accomplished thcdesired
purpose.
The board can use between 10 and
IS clerks a day and but four have re
sponded to the call. The only require
ments aje that the volunteer be -a
good penman. Clerk Sutton dgfires
that those who can donat their "erv
ices communicate with him as soon
as possible in order that he can ap
portion the help over the various days
of the week. Night work can also be
furnished those who prefer it.
i While there is no alarming short
age in the supply of coal in Omaha,
conservation is the rule at all the
manufacturing plants, at the big of
fice buildings and in most of the
homes.
Dealers in coal assert that there is
enough fuel on hand to take care of
the demands for a reasonable length
uf time. However, should the weather
continue cold and with below ?ero
temperature, consumers would be
forced to take what they could get.
Right now time are nunurous grades
that are neatly out of stock. This is
particularly true with the Pennsyl
vania and Arkansas coals.
Owing to the continuation of the
storms in the east, little hard coal
has reached Omaha in the last three
weeks and as a result the bins of
sdme of the dealers are empty. Others
have limited quantities on hand, but
stocks of hard coal are low.
Semi-anthracite, or Akansas , coal,
came along in fairly large quantities
until the cold weather of the last
three weeks set. it. Then it let up
to a considerable extent and during
the last week but little- has arrived.
There is plenty of this coal on the
way, but the cold weather has delayeJ
the trains and right now the stocks
are running low.
Illinois Coal Plentiful..
While their bins are not full, it is
asserted that most of -the dealers are
well supplied with Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas coal and that with a break
in the cold spell within the next few
days there is little danger of a seri
ous shortage.
Stc2m coal proposition is the most
serious at this time. The handling of
this fuel is a sort of hand-to-mouth
proportion. Owners of the big build
ings and the manufacturing plants
Have storage capacity tor only a lim-
tcd amount of coal. Consequently
they keep their orders placed in such
a manner that the supply will come
along at intervals. A tieup of the
railroads quickly reduces the stocks
and if it continues long a coal famine
stares them in the face. At this time
they are not confronted with any
alarming conditions, but another week
without fairly heavy receipts of steam
coal might force the shutting down
of some of the plants unless other
and higher grades of coal were sub
stituted. ,
. Public service corporations are pret
ty well supplied. They all have stor
age for large quantities of fuel and
have been buying from time to time
during the winter- Most of them have
enough coal on hand to run 10 days
to three weeks in the event they
should not be, able to replenish their
stocks in the meantime.
Revival Meetings in
Benson Methodist Church
Revival meeting are being held in
the Benson Methodist church. Miss
Mary F. Turnball o Chicago, a wo
man evangelist, is conducting the
meetings. A special service will be
held Monday night. '
Acting Chief Dempsey -'
. Closes Two Pool Halls
Acting Police Chief Dempsey has
ordered the pool halls of Charles
Johnson, 505 South Sixteenth street,
and Sam O. Kezlan at 406 North Six
teenth street, closed on account of
conviction in police court for viola
tions of law. Johnson was convicted
on a charge of keeping a gambling"
place and Kezlan for allowing minors
to frequent his pool hall.
.QfJiruIK
IN OUR BIG
CLEARANCE
SALE ,
Never again, or at least for many years to come,
can you buy shoes of this quality at a like sav
ing, as., materials are going sky high in price.
Buy shoes for ne&t year and save more than the
shoes wilLcost you now. The entire balance of
our stock of women's and misses' shoes, consist
ing of lines and sizes that we could not dupli
cate, which have been selling at this sale, at
$4.95, $4.45, $3.95, $3.45, $2.95 and $2.45, will
be placed in one big lot for quick clearance, at
Past experience has taught you that our reductions-
are genuine. Hundreds of pairs to se
lect from. Come early while the"assortment i ,
at its best. Sale starts Monday and will con
tinue until the entire stock is sold.
Douglas
117 N. 16th Street
Opposite Postof fice.
80 PA6E BOOKLET
Relieves the Mfndof
a NIGHTMARE '
i5
Scouts Will Celebrate
Their Eighth Anniversary
The eighth anniversary of the or
ganization of the IJoy Scouts of
America will be made an eventful oc
casion in the Auditorium on February
8. A program will be held at night.
Governor Neville will speak and will
present the Second Liberty Loan
medals to the Scouts who have won
them
You'll Dance with Joy to Se How
y and Quick Suart Calcium
Wafers Clear Your Skin. '
spots, you may reclaim your heritage
of good looks. There are thousands
of people today whose fresh, clear
faces are a living proof that Stuart's
Calcium Wafers do cure pimples and
cure them to stay, in'only a few, days.
Stuart's Calcium Wafers cure pim
ples and similar eruptions by thor
oughly cleansing the blood supply, it
is simply "impossible for a pimple to
remain on your face. And the in
vigorated blood will replace your dead
sallow skin with the glowing colors of
a perfect complextion. ' ;
Your self-respect demands that you
avail yourself of this remedy that
thousands have proved before you.
Get a 50c box of Stuart's Calcium
Wafers of your druggist today. Make
your dream of beauty come true.
Also mail coupon today, for free trial
package. ,
Free Trial Coupon -
F. A. Stuart Co., 504 Stuart
Bide., Marthall, Mkn. Send me at
once, by return mail, a' free trial
package of Stuart's Calcium Waf
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Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver,
and bowel poliont before
breakfast
To feel your best day in and day
out, to feel clean inside ; no sour
bile to coat your tongue and sicken
pour breath or dull your head ; no con
stipation, bilious attacks, sick head
ache, colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid
itomach, you must bathe on the inside
like you bathe outside. This is vastly
more important, because the skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood, while the bowel pores do,
jays a well-known physician.
To keep these ' poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before
breakfast each day, a glass of hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it. This will cleanse, pur
ify and freshen the entire alimentary
tract, before putting more food into
the stomach. v
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. It
is inexpensive and almost tasteless.
Drink phosphated hot "water every
morning to rid your system of these
vile poisons and toxins; also to pre
vent their formation. x
As soap and hot water act on the
skin, .cleansing, sweetening and puri
fying, sc limestone phosphate and hot,
water before breakfast, act on the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels.
Advertisement.
Dental
Work
That
Pays
It is better to do a
thing right in the first
place than to make it
right later.
I have no time for experiments, and no room for in
competents in this busy office. Every Dental Specialist on '
my staff has passed THREE EXAMINATIONS one at
the college from which he graduated another, by the
State Board of Dental Examiners and a third by myself.
My examination was the hardest of the three because
the other examinations simply require the doctor to pass
A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE (equal to the qualifica
tions of the AVERAGE dentist), while I require that he
possess MORE THAN AVERAGE SKILL in some certain
specialized branch of Dentistry before he can fill a posi
tion in my office. ,
I personally instruct my associates that the VERY
- BEST WORK is the very least I will accept from them
That to slight a patient or to allow inferior work or ma
teriaHo enter into any transaction in this office is equiva
lent to resigning. ,
I appreciate the fact that my patients EXPECT
MORE 6F ME, and I intend to give them more. I, there
fore, -demand of my associates tle same attention to de
tails, the conscientious workmanship, and the same first
class materials that T would use if it were physically pos
sible for me to personally wait updn every patient.
My success has been built upon and still depends
upon the GOOD WILL OF MY PATIENTS, and to lose
that good will would most surety encompass my undoing.
That is why I am so particular that everything be
done right AT FIRST, and every effort made to satisfy
my patients beyond their most exacting demands.
My personal guarantee stands back of everjr opera
tion. Pain!essUitliers,3entist
423-428 Securities Bldg., 16th and Farnam Sts., Omaha.
Office Hours-U:30 A. M. to 8 P. M.; Sunday, 9 to 1.
Salts Fine for
Aching Kidneys
We eat too much meat which clogs Kidneys, then
' x the Bach hurts
,
I 4.
neys, like the bowels, jget sluggish and
clogged and need a flushing occasion
ally, else we have backat he and dull
misery in the kidney region, severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and
all sorts of bladder disorders.
Yob simply must keep your kidneys '
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
uio Uiuu oi feuu lemon juice,'
combined with lithia, and is harmless,
to flush clogged kidneys and stimu-"
late them to normal' activity. It also
neutralises the acids in the urine so
it no longer irritates, thus ending
bladder disorders, '
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
tfater drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their Sid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious com
plications. . ; . "
A well-known local druggist says
he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble. Adv.
YOlTllE LOOKING YOUNGER EVERY DAY, MOTH!
Gray, faded hair turned beautiful
ly dark and lustrous almost over
night, is a reality, if you'll take the
trouble to mix. sage tea and sulphur,
but what's the use, you get a large
bottle of the ready-to-use tonic, call
ed "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" at drug 6tores here. Millions
of beetles of "Wyeth's" are sold an
nually, says a well-known druggist,
because it darkens the hair so
naturally and evenly that no one can
tell it has happened. "
You just- dampen a sponge or soft
brush with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphuf
and draw it through your hair, tak
ing one small strand at a .time. Those
whose hair, is turning gray, becoming
faded, dry, scraggly and thin have a
surprise awaiting them, because aftei
just one application the gray hair
vanishes and your locks become lux
uriantly dark and beautiful. :
This is the age of youth, ; gTay
haired, unattractive folks aren't
wanted ground, so, get busy with the
Sage and Sulphur tonight and you'll
be amazed at your youthful appear,
ance and the real beauty and healthy
condition of your hair within a few
days. Inquiry at drug stores here
shows that they all sell lots of
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur" and
the folks using it are enthusiastic.
This preparation is a delightful toilet
requisite. It is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention of dis
ease.' Advertisement. - ' . -
m
Fistula-Pay When Cured
A mild crttem erf treatment that com Pile, Fistula and
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OMAHA NEBRASKA