)
4 I
1 1
i f
a I
FIVE HURT IN
BLAZE WHICH
BURNS HOTEL
9.
a;'
Firemen Rescue Three Men
Prom Flames; One Guest Fa
,v" tally Injured; Several Over
s ' ' come by Smoke.
.J', Five-men were injured, one prob-
ably fatally, when fire of unknown
origin destroyed the interior of the
St James hotel, 414-416 South Thir
teenth street, early this morning. The
-entire business block was threatened
for a time. r'-v. r ; -
Daniel Bandert, . employe of the
vVells-Fargo Express company, guest
when, in his excitement, he, jumped
I
from a third-storyv .window to the
paved alleyway. PhytTciaM "say he
will die.
, FIREMEN RESCUE THREE.
Firemen rescued three men who
were overcome, by smoke in their
rooms. Joseph Evans, baggage
checker, 1328 Avenue B, Council
Bluffs, suffered aevere burns about the
hands and face and was overcome by
smoke. In his attempt to escape from
I the burning building, a bureau fell
$ on him. Firemen found him uncon-
f scious underneath the furniture. .
I T. J. McGlynn, employment agent,
was burned badly about the feot. He
I was imprisoned in his room by sheets
of leaping flames and was rescued
V only when firemen heard his cries for
help. :.
, J R. L. Welton, Union Pacific brake
i man, was burned about the face. He
i remained in his room until rescued.
Proprietor Burned, . r
I v Harry E. Lemer, proprietor of the
j hotel, received cutsA about the arms
t and hands by falling glass,' when he
t attempted to arouse the guests.
The fire was discovered by. Night
Clerk Richard Hascall, when he heard
- windows in the second floor crash,
! Forty guests of the hotel escaped by
( descending the fire escape. . ,
, no warning.
Hascall said he was unable to reach
the roomers, as the flames had already
filled the entire building.; ..,..r
Mrs. Shrader. wife' of the former
: proprietor of the hotel, and "Mother"
i Vincent, a chambermaid, were nearly
overcome by smoke. They were try
ing to restrain Bandert from leaping
!out a third-story window. Bandert
become uncontrollably excited, they
said, pushed aside the women and
5 jumped through a screened window,
j Firemen found him unconscious in
i the alleyway. " r
W. L. Hunter, printer, found a safe
spot on a window ledge of the third
story. He was almost precipitated
from his position when Bandert acci
dentally knocked one. ol his hands
from the sill. ' '
Walter Ford, painter, climbed out
a . front window to a ledge and
climbed around to the north side of
the building to .attract' the attention
of firemen. ,
Throws Out. Trunk.
Thomas Rouan, who occupied a
room on the second floor, was awak
ened by smoke and made his escape
down the, fire escape before flames
enveloped that section f the build;,
ing. He threw his trunk out the
window. ' T v
Homer Helvie, house man, roused
many guests after the fire he'd gutted
the interior of the second floor. He
went from door. to door, knocking
on the walls and shouting to arouse
the sleepers.
F. L. Luce, salesman, wg awakened
by the crackling of flames in the hall
way. He kicked in sevwal doors and
aroused' other guests. ' x
The 10$n fcsfirnated at $6,000. In
surance, amounting to $8,500, was ear
ned on theJnterior furriishings of the
hotel. The building was valued at
$10,000.
Fire Chief Salter is conducting an
investigation ot Jhe, cstuse of the fire.
John G. Woolley to Speak
'At South Side Church Sunday
John G. Woolley, a well known
I prohibition worker, will speak at
union services of South Side churches
lit the Grace Methodist Episcopal
? church, Twtnty-fifth and E streets,
S.Sunday night. His subjecr will be,
"When Good Men Rule the .World;
He is touring the country urging the
.adoption of the national prohibition
-amendment. '
i Showers In Western Part of
. Nebraska Wednesday Night
J The railroad report a few. scattered
snowers over the western part of
.(.NeorasKa Wednesday night, no
where was there anything like a gen
eral ratn-Vilhe weather, is -warming
up, temperatures Thursday morning
'starting in at 32 -to 45 degrees above
zero. " .,
-- - v - : ii- '' n i ' i -
n
V
From Sioux Fll, 1 1 5 pMtatr
Dodge Touring Car, 1917 model.
License Number, S. D. 3402. Car
Number, 82908j Equipped with Good
year cord tires all around. Had new
cloth on top.' $25.00 reward for locat
ing car and tame amount for arrest
'and detention of thief. Phoce or wire
JERRY CARLETON, Sheriff, Sioux
Fall., S. IX ;' ' - .;
Heal Skin Disease
It b unnecessary for you to suffer with
sczema, blotches, ringworm, rashes and
ihnilar skin troubles. - A littla zemo,
obtained at an drug store for 35c. ct
$1.00 for extra large bottle, andjiromptly
applied will usually give instant reliet
from itching torture. It 'Cleanses and
soothes the skin and heals quickly and
effectively most skin diseases.
. Zemc (9 a wonderful, penetrating, dls
appearing liquid and is soothing to the
cms delicate akin. It is not creasy, if
easiW ppled and costs little. Get V
toda) and save all further distress.
. Jas&WllCJwUod,a
mm
Boy Scouts Plan Program for
Moving of Liberty Loan Tank
Boy .Scouts of Omaha plan an
elaborate program when they move
the Nebraska Liberty loan "tank"
at 5 p. m., Friday.
They will portray the famous Lyn
daecker Boy Scout Liberty loan pos
er. . The Goddess of Liberty will be
portrayed by Miss Regina Connell
and the scout by Austin Sturtevant of
Troop 9. These figures will pose
on top of the tank. '
Tangier bugle and drum corps will
head the procession. The "tank" will
be moved by boy power.
The National Boy Scout headquar
ters at New York City has offered
a prize for the city whose scouts
best portray this poster and the
Omaha council believes it has a good
chance to win the prize.
Scout Executive C. H. English calls
SALESMEN BEGIN
ACTIVE WORK IN
BIG BOND DRIVE
Thorough Canvass of Greater
Omaha Will Be Made in In
terest of Third Liberty
Loan.
Omaha's drive to sell its quota of
the bonds of the third Liberty loan is
now on in full swing and the 1.500
bond salesmen are actively at work
making a canvass of everyone in the
city. Women will make a house-to-house
canvass to sell bonds to women.
WhileOmaha has not started to an
nounce any figures of sales made of
ficially, it is known that quite a' few
bonds have already been sold in addi
tion to the figures which have been
civen nut hv th wnmpn in rhartrr n(
the : Liberty bank on the courthouse
wain, oanns nave soia large num
bers of bonds unsolicited and these
taken in the aggregate will make
quite a total.
, Quota Is Larger.
The auota for Nebraska for the third
Liberty loan is more than $31,000,000.
as compared with $29,942,800 for the
second drive and $18,000,000 for the
first Liberty loan. The increase in
quota for the third loan over the sec
ond is due to the increase in deposits
in jMeoraska banks. All previous; Ne
braska loans have gone over the too
and the committee is predicting the
same result of the present drive. ,
"Omaha and the state should be in
a position to stand in the1 front row
to welcome the boys who come
marching back and not have toi slink
in some alley and let other states
and cities be the whole reception com.
mittee," said E. F. Folda, secretary
Kissel
jfindredpoMSiji
. I T The Car of a Hundred'
Quality Features
Just You and Wife?
See the Kissel roadster the snap
piest on the market. v
Two others in the family? the
4-paesenger Sedan,
More room needed? the 5-pas-.
senge Touring x
Something extra swagger?" the
Victoria-Town Car.
I Whichever model you choose it's
Kissel-built, with its Hundred Qual
ity Features and the big Kissel
guarantee. . , ... . . .... '
Foshier Bros. & Dutton
2056 Farn.m St. Omaha, N.b. ,
"That's the
SHOE
for Me"
MEN'S Spring
Shoes for serv
ice shoes built on
lasts that will please
a man with their looks and profit him by their comfort. Shape
ly shoes that spell satisfaction for a man, from the very first
Wearing. t i,
Made for each special service that man wants his shoes
for sports, business and dress with the proper leathers for
the occasion. . . ' ,
High Shoes and Low Shoes with all the points of pep
and style that you can carry becomingly. These essentials for
correct dress are yours at
S5.00 to $8.50
Sixes 4 to 12 Widths AA to E
Brexel Shoe Co.
1419 FARNAM ST.
Mail Orders Solicited
THE BKK:
attention to the fact that the title of
the Lyndaecker poster, is "Weapons
for Liberty and believes that, since
the tank has proven itself one of the
principal weapons for liberty, it is a
fitting foundation for Omaha's por
trayal of the poster. The scout or
ganization as a whole, through its
work in war service, is another im
portant weapon for liberty.
The Boy Scouts in the Omaha
campaign are to act as gleaners after
the mam drive is over. It will be
their duty to go over the ground after
the men and women committees are
through
The Omaha executive office has is
sued an order that every scout pre
sent himself at the "tank" on Far-
nam street, near ThirtyUecond street,
at 4:45 p. m. Friday.
of the Nebraska Liberty loan "commit
tee. State Farmer Respond. '
More than 50,000 cards haveoeen
received in the last week and they con
tinue to pour in from Nebraska farm
ers responding to the call for enlist
ment by the Nebraska Farmers' War
council and the sending of signed
service cards to the state Liberty loan
committee 111 Umaha.
In addition to the programs prev
iously published the following will be
presented at the patriotic meeting to
be held tonight in school houses in
Omaha:
Vaccinate More than 400
Union Pacific Employes
' Yesterday was vaccination day at
the Union Pacific headquarters, the
scarification being done by a squad of
doctors under the direction of Drs.
Smith and Hollister. From 10 to 4
o'clock there were close to 400 men
and women vaccinated.
The health order to all Union Pa
cific headquarters requires vaccina
tion, the women, going to the lUnch
room and the men to room No. 327.
The men went through the ordeal of
baring their arms and taking the virus
without flinching, but among the wo
men there were two or three who
y -
tendance.
Opera Singer Loses Valuable
Diamonds Enroute to Omaha
A two-carat diamond ring, set with
an emerald, valued at $4,000, and an
other diamond cluster ring, valued at
$500, were stolen from Frieda Hem
pel, soprano soloist of the Metropoli
tan Opera company of New York,
who arrived in Omaha Wednesday
night 'rom Portland, Ore.
.The rings were stolen either on the
train or as she was leaving the sta
tion in Portland, Miss Herpel told
detectives. She told detectives she
did not discover the theft of the rings
until she arrived at the Union station
in Omaha.
The Bee Want Ads Are the- Best
Business Boosters.
Parcel Pott Paid
OMAHA, FKiUAY, AFK1L
POLITICAL
Ku(el Say "No Sera Spot en Him"
a- Result of City Primary Election.
SHRAPNEL
Commissioner Kugel, defeated city
hall candidate for nomination, said
he was glad that his defeat was de
cisive rather than to have been placed
in the twilight zone and be com
pelled to make a pre-election cam
paign as a tail-end i.ominee.
"There arc no sore snots on me."
he said. "1 am here to say that no
man will be haDDv as superintendent
of this police department unless he
can have absolute control and super
vision, a condition which was not pos
sible during the four and one-half
years I had the police department.
I can make more net earnings a year
out of the plumbing business than I
have as commissioner. If I could
find some of the money which some
people have believed that I made
H
liBi
r
4?
mm
9th and Douglas Sts.
12, 1)16.
j while superintendent of police I would
i go farming.
! "It may also be said that the dc
i partment of public safety, health and
j sanitation, which I have had charge
j of, offers no opportunity to make
j friends, but on the contrary one
i makes enemies right along."
Mr. Kugel maintains that a man
digs his political grave when he takes
the superintendency of the police de
partment under the present commis
sion plan of government
Who will be the new mayor of
Omaha? Dahlman, Butler, Smith,
Ure, Zimman or Hummel?
Commissioner Parks remarks that
woise luck could befall a fellow than
to be thirteenth man in list of four
teen nominees.
The Seventh ward was the "lucky
Seventh" for Jerry Howard, who re
ceived 329 votes in this section.
There is a silver lining in every
cloud, even in the cloud of politics.
Julius Smith Cooley received 190 votes
at the primary three years ago. On
s-r
Service Econo:
You
must consider not
in motoring; : j
but also the economy demanded by the nation.
Both requirements are fully met by United States
Tires,
unfailing reliability under all conditions,
economy in operation by giving you the fullest
use of your car,
-r economy in long service,
lowest cost per mile of travel.
There is a type of United States Tire that exactly
fits the needs of your car and your conditions of
service. :
Let pur nearest Sales and Service Depot dealer help
you select the right type. 1
Let him give you the careful and courteous service
"that goes with United States Tires and United States
principles of doing business.
Nobby' Chain' 'Royal Cord' 'Vsco 'Plain
Hi
Ball
OMv&H A
e
last Tuesday his vote was 193, a gain
of three votes in three vears.
National Life Insurance Co.
Subscribes $20,000 to Loan
The National Life Insurance com
pany of Vermont Thursday morning
gave the third Liberty loan a $20,000
boost. Nathan Bernstein, the com
pany's general agent, received a night
letter from headquarters in Mont
pelier, Vt., authorizng the subscrip
tion. It stated that this would be
Omaha's quota of the company sub
scription to the loan.
Mr. Bernstein drew a check for
$20,000 on the company treasury.,
North Presbyterian Church
( Has Small Debt on Building
At the annual meeting of the con
gregation of the North Presbyterian
church Wednesday night, reports f
officers indicated that the church is in
good financial condition and that the
total indebtedness is around $5,000.
This represents the sum due on the
$60,000 church building.
Supper was served by the women
mm
m
This
only your own satisfaction
BRANCH
Phone
ee
cf the church and following that there
was an address by Dr. William S
Marquis of Chicago on the. "United
Movement of the Presbytenac
Churches of the United States.
Food Agents find Flour
- Held by Nebraska Millers
Two large consignments of flour
have been found by the federal food
administration and diverted to 'the al
lies in France. Leyboldt Penning
ton of North Platte had three cars oi
flour they had accumulated before ,th
substitute ruling went into effect." It
will be turned over to the North
Platte Electric Milling company foi
shipment abroad..
Bossemeyer Bros, of Superior hao
65,000 pounds of high patent flour, and
this- also will be turned over to tht
government for export.
Will Start Official Count
Of Primary Vote Tonight
The election commissioner will
start the official canvass of the vot
on primary day, Tuesday, at 8 o'clock
tonight.
Tyler 840