l'HE -BEE: OMAHA. FKIDAY. MAKGH 8. iyi8.
POSTING OF MAIL
MUST BE SPEEDED
UP, SAYS FANNING
Reduced Facilities FolIow.Tak
ing Off of Many Trains;
Would Avoid Night Con
" gestion.
Postmaster Fanning has received
from Assistant Postmaster General
Koons instructions to urge business
houses and individuals to mail all let
er and packages as early as possi
)le in the day.
"Many trains have been taken off,
resulting in reduced postal facilities,"
says -Mr. Koqns. "Therefore to in
sure prompt dispatch of maii it should
e placed in boxes or postoffices at
:he earliest possible time. In the past
nany business houses have kept their
lay's accumulation of mail until S or
o'clock and this has resulted in an
ivalanche of letters pouring into the
office for sorting early in the even
ing." Business houses are urged to mail
letters frequently throughout the day
so that this 6 o'clock congestion will
be avoided. The assistant postmas
ter general is writing also to boards
of trade and business houses urging
them to take this conserving action
to help prompt dispatch of mails. '
Cannot be Delivered. ,
The postmaster has also-received
word that a great stream of letters is
being received by the International
Red Cross in Switzerland, each letter
having a request attachd that it be
forwarded to civilians in enemy coun
tries or portions of allied countries
now occupied by the enemy These
letters canno- be delivered either by
the Red Cross or by any other
agency and people are advised not
to send them.
The Postoffice department has sent
out a warning to postmasters that
parcel post packages must not con
tain matches, alcohol or othervfxplo
sive or inflammable articles. A
number of packages addressed to our
expeditionary forces have been found
to contain these articles. They were
mailed at small postoffices where the
postmaster neglected to inspect them,
thus violating a rule of the Postof
fice department.
Warning is given to the postmas
ters who disregard this rule that they
will be discharged if they continue to.
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aisrcgaru it.
Word has been received that a
number of district postoffices have
failed to report sales lof war savings
stamps or have reported such small
sales as to indicate lack of proper in
terest in the work. ySuch offices are
instructed to "get. busy" on this im
portant war activity.
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J. M. Weber Released on
Promise to Abide by Law
J. M. Weber, representing George
AVeber & Sonsof Sutton, admitted -to
istrator Wattles that he
had sold as high as IS of the 48-pound
sacks or irour to one iarmer at a time
at Sutton. ': - ; ' - ;
He pleaded ignorance of the juris
diction of the food administration, aria
upon making affidavit that he now un
derstands the rules arid will in the fu
ture. abide by them in every respect,
he was allowed. to go. Mr. Weber
mada affidavit that he had rcceivc1
word, from the milling division at
Kansas City that the millers were not
under the jurisdiction of the food ad
ministration. He said he had been
acting under this impression.
Food Administrator Wattles in
formed him that the food administra
tion: in Nebraska has jurisdiction over
mills and mill products.
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Soldier Boys at Funston
Want Musical Instruments
C. H Guthrie, division song leader
at Camp Funston, is appealing for
musical instruments for the soldiers
at the Kansas cantonment. A recent
plea brought many instruments and
proved a popular diversion for the
men. Others are appealing for in
struments, but the first supply is ex
hausted. It is requested that the in
struments be sent prepaid tp the mus
ical director in care of the Young
Men's Christian association. Money
acceptable and will be used for the
purchase of instruments. -
Eastern Houses Repurchase
Dry Goods at Advanced Prices
Minneapolis, Minn., March 7.
Buyers from half a dozen large cities
. fl . 1 r I !
oi tne east nave oeen in .Minneapolis
for about, two weeks tjuietly pur
chasing all the dry goods they" could
obtain," without haggling over prices
and without declaring-what the goods
are to be used for, according to re
ports today which were circum
stantially confirmed by the large
wholesale houses. Sheeting, shirting
and other materials in many instances
will be shipped back to the very
cities in which they were manufac
tured at large advance in 'prices, it is
said, "
Italian Shipping Makes
Record No Losses in Week
Washington. March 7. German
submarines did not sink a single
Italian vessel during the week end
ing March 2. An official dispatch to
day says in that period 344 merchant
ships of every nationality, represent
ing a total tonnage of 295.260, en
tered Italian ports, and 285 ships
totalling 225,890 tons, exclusive of
fishing boats and small craft, left
port. No Italian ship was sunk,
though one steamer was attacked by
a submarine without success..
Norway Food Commissioners
Arrive for Conference in U. S.
An Atlantic Port, March 7. Rich
ard Bjerke and Lauritz Derenfelt,
special Commissioners from Norway
to the United States on the foodsitu
ation in their country, arrived here
today from Christiania. They said
they would go immediately to Wash
ngton. . . !
Heaviest Snow ot Season '
Falls jn New England
Boston, March 7. The heaviest
snow of the winter fell in Boston
today. The storrf began-before day
light and by noon the ground was
covered to a depth of nearly five
inches-" ;
FINAL PLEA FOR
MEATWORKERS
Employes' Representative De
clares Wage Arbitrator
Should Be a Man Who
Works With Hands.
Chicago, March 7. Urging that all
six of the demands of the men be
granted, Attorney Frank P. .Walsh
today delivered his closing argument
in the packers' wage arbitration.
In closing the case for the packers
Attorney James G. Condon suggested
that the arbitrator fix the working
day for unskilled men at. one hour
more than for skilled labor so as to
provide for the necessary clean up of
the plants after killing and dressing
beef.
The court room was crowded with
stock yards employes and their
friends when ' Mr. Walsh began to
speak.
"The children of these stock yard
workers areN hungry because their
parents cannot earn a living wage,"
said Mr. Walsh. "They are insuffi
ciently clad and insufficiently shod:
The workmen are making a real sac-;
nnce every aay. vvnat saennce arc
the packers making comparable with
theirs?" .'
The assumption of the packers that i
they have the right to fix wages, the
lawyer denounced as undemocratic.
He extolled the virtues of labor un
ions and insisted on the right of col
lective bargaining for wages and con
ditions of service.
"Capital may not know it, but it is
the labor union which is going to
save their property and prevent a sit
uation such as that -v which had de
moralized Russia," said Mr. Walsh.
"Many employers have not the vision
to see what threatens them." '
Mr. Walsh informed Judge Samuel
Alschuler, the arbitrator, who has
been a lawyer all his life, that an ar
bitrator in a labor dispute should be
a man who works with his hands.
Armenian Relief Drive
Establishes Headquarters
Office space on the ground floor of
the Keeline building has been fur
nished as headquarters next week for
the campaign to raise Omaha's quota
for Armenian and Syrian relief work.
William J. Shallcross ,andv May H.
Finley will have charge of the head
quarters. Omaha pledged $60,000 and
will raise the remaining $45,000 next
week.
Champ Clark's Birthday.
Washington, March 7. Speaker
Clark' celebrated his sixty-eighth
birthday today, receiving the congrat
ulations of hosts of friends and being
the guest of the Missouri delegation
at a luncheon.
WOULD SELL ALL
E1MYPR0PERTY
Palmer Asks Law Empowering
Him to Put Hundreds of
Millions Into 17. S.
Treasury.
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Washington, March 7. Plans to
break up the vast holdings of Ger
man interests in the JJnited States
and place them in other hands, so
that after the war they cannot con
tinue to be what have been character
ized as outposts of German kultur in
America, were presented to congress
today by A. Mitchell -Palmer, the
alien property custodian, and unani
mously approved by the senate ap
propriations committee.
Mr. Palmer asked, and the com
mittee agreed, that legislation should
be attached tp the urgent deficiency
bill empowering him to sell these
properties to any private interests
but not to the United States govern
mentthe proceeds to be held in the
treasury until after the war. Whether
the German owners will receive the
money would be determined by "the
peace terms.
American property in Germany, the
committee was told, is subject to such
action. Like treatment of German
property in the United States, Mr.
Palmer told the committee, would
hamper Germany and help the United
States win the war.
The committee, by a party vote,
however, with republicans opposing,
also approved an amendment to au
thorize the president to take legal
title to the German steamship piers
and property at Hoboken, N. J. The
republicans opposed it, fearing that
it might lead to government owner
ship and operating of shipping facili
ties after the war.
The value of German property sub
ject to such disposition would run
into the hundreds of millions.
War Insurance Passes
12-Billion Dollar Figure
Washington, March 8. More than
$12,000,000,000 worth of insurance has
been written on the lives of Ameri
can soldiers, sailors and nurses by the
war risk insurance bureau, Secretary
McAdoo announced today.
The average amount of insurance
applied for is $8,085. The maximum
permitted is $10,000 and the minimum
$1,000. N i
Final figures show that the United
States army, both here and abroad, is
well above 90 per cent insured. In
many camps 99 per cent of the per
sonnel is protected by government in
surance. Movie Magnate Dies.
Philadelphia, March Xi-4-Stanley V.
Mastbaum, a leader in the motion
picture producing industry, died here
today. He was .37 years old.
clk e Siradivarius
F)R the noble quality of Its tone the
Stradivarius stands supreme among
violins. That tone Is in the genuina -"Strad";
it is lacking in all others.
Whatever is genuine possesses a degree
of excellence never found in imitations. . . -The
only genuine Aspirin is found in ,
BayerTablets
- Aspirin
Aspirin has been made in the United State foi
more than ten years. For your protection genuine;
Aspirin ia invariably markedevery package and
tvtty tabid with .
s"Tk
Bayer Crest
Your Guarantee)
of Purity"
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When- Buying Advertised Goods
Say You Read of Them in The Bee
Mow
"STORE OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. SATURDAY
See Our Wonderful
Window Display
of the New Spring Styles
Now on Sale
(Q)Me Qtoe tei
of Panor's Own Stock of Smart Spring
Footwear, Together With the Big
MaiirM Stock n Sfioms Gfl, Ilai
This Wonderful Stock
of New Spring
Pumps tad Oxfords
Will Save Your Prom 60c
to $3.00. on Every Pair .
Buy Your Easter Shoes
NOW!
JUST think of the opportunity that's
offered. to you just at the. beginning v
'of the season. Our Spring stock is
complete and you are offered everything
in the new styles, - and novelties, at such
big reductions.
Be Sure to Attend 'Early.
Sale Starts Friday at
Pernor Shoe Company
' 1512 Douglas Street.
which means thousands of Fine Shoes from the
Panor Stock will go at a price of '
All new Spring Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps of Nobby
Styles, from the best makers of America-
Pumps and Oxfords will be worn more than ever.
Buy yours NOW! ,
CASES UPON CASES ARRIVING DAILY
- ' GO IN THIS GREAT SALE
" ' : ' The Great . . '
"New York Craze"
Lace Oxfords
v As Cut
Fine soft kid, turn,
high Louis leather
heels, go in this
for
$C98
sale
Or
Beautiful Patent
Lace Oxfords
Fine patent, high covered Louis
heels of Ebonite, aluminum plate,
high Spanish arch, goat
$5.98
Shoe Market's
Novelty Boots
500 pairs, all colors
and combinations
$3.98
, Here They Are The New
Military Oxfords
Fine Dark Co-Co Calf. This is the
smartest style that will appear this
season. Go in this sale
$5.98
. ' U"..i r
, ' v.. One Big Lot
Colonial Pumps
Patent Leather and ' Dulls,
high French leather eels, all
go in this sale for
$3.98
4 i:ir:7K
v!tofliMalMrtifti)iiiri
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Beautiful Plain Spat Pumps
600 pairs Hand turn soles, covered real high French heels,
patents and dull leathers, go at
$498
Tan Calf j
"The Babi"
As Cut A real smart Lace
Oxford, six eyelets, fine soft
calf, - high Spanish wood coJ
ered heels, $10.00 values
$6.98
Fanor's Own Stock
Just Arrived, Spring's
Delight
"Penrl Gray"
KID BOOTS
Beautiful all gray kid
Boots, high - covered
heels of gray kid. Come
early for these $15.00
values
$9.98
rnnorVOwn Stock
Grey Kid
Boots
Boot cloth tops to
match, high Spanish
wood - covered heels ;
just unpacked; go In
this great sale
Shoe MarketVMen's
Shoes.
300 Pairs fcQ AO
A11 styles, at p0.7O
250 Pairs dQ AO
All styles, nWO.HcO
500 Pairs AQ
. All'styles, atP
iia;-:-..98
fflV-'?S flit? i
Shoe Market's
LOW CUTIS
All styles,' fancy straps, high
or low heels, patents or dulls.
Sale price v j t
$2.98
; f Trnlj a Beauty
$10.00 VALUES
Tan Calf Pump, Imitation Wing
Tip, High Spanish Arches and
"Wood-Covered, Heels;.. Just ar-
rived;. go in this
' salefor
$6i
English Walking Shoes
FOR GIRLS
In this lot Black with, gray tops, , black" with
white or all black, all low heels, go in this sale
for , ... T
$3.98
Panor'g Own Stock
Men's Shoes
600 pairs fine soft' kid,' straight
lasts, round i toes, button or
blucher styles and cushion soles;
$8.00 values -.
$4.98
Men's English
v Shoes
Black rubber soles, soft leathers;
Just 110 pairs, while they last ,
$3.48
Ladles' Fine
3-Strap Slippers
Turn soles, medium heels, soft
kid, for street, or house wear;
sale price
$2.48
Men's Herniation
Army Shoes
Sanson Lasts.
Shoe Market's, stock, $7.00 values,
welted soles; go In this sale for
$4.98
Women's Kid .
Comfort Shoes
Fine soft kid, turn soles, tips or
plain toes with rubber heels. Shot
Market's price, 14.50; sale price
$293
Shoe Market's Children's Shoes On Sale.
Every Pair a Wonderful Bargain.
Children s
Children's
Strap Slippers
Patent or Dulls,
All styles,
Sizes to 11.
$ 1 .48
Shoe Market'
of Slonx Cl7 la
Boys' Shoes
All the b o y s
shoes that sold
in this Shoe Mar
ket price t3.00.
Eo at t i
$1.98
Shoes
Sizes up to ' 11,
12.50 values; dull
or patent leath
er., cloth or kid
tops, go , In this
sale, lor
$1.88
Little Men's
Shoes
Splendid ' grade
fW calf. Just like
wears, Diu
cher or button
styles,' all . go
il.98'
boot; shop
1512 Douglas
Street
fl
Panor's Own Stock
Genuine Martha Washington
House Juliets
The very finest . soft . kid. silk
covering, low heels; go In this
sale for i
$3.48
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Mothers. Bring the Children
Sfcoe Market's
f Slanx City, I a.
Girls' Shoes
Sizes up to 2; all
styles; Patent or
Dull Leathers;
regular price,
S3.G0, all go at
$2.58
Girls', Shoes
Sties up to 11.
Fine soft calf,
black cloth tops,
plain toes, all go
$1.48
Baby Shoes
Bl-Cbt Style
$2.50 values;
fancy colors and
trimmings, with
hand - turned
soles. Go In this
sale, at 5
$1.78
White Top
Shoes
SIsea to 8; fine .
patent leathers,
white kid ,tops,
aM go, at
$1.48
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