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THE OMAHA SSUNli AY BEE: JUNE 2, i918.
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9 foointi eceuoied by the
IS. PRISONERS
TREATED BADLY
IN GERMAN CAMP
Americans Deprived o Their
Clothing and Shoes; Are Hun
. tjry and HI, and Live in
Damp Huts.
(By AuorUtMl Frtu.)
With the American Army in
' France, June 1. A Russian prisoner
yho recently returned from Germany
hit made a statement at Moscow
Which is now available here, to the ef
fect that he saw American prisoners
bf war ia a camp at Tuchel, West
v Prussia, and that they asked him to
let it be known that they were being
treated brutally. The prisoners said
ithey were hungry and penniless,
When the Americans arrived at
'the camp, according to this account,
the Germans removed all their
clothes. They were particularly
anxious to have the Americans'
ahoes. They told the prisoners they
should not wear expensive clothing
nd shoes while working and that
fcheir property would be taken care
jpf until their return to America. The
Russian said, however, that everyone
knows what that means.
Americans Go Hungry.
The Russian said that t ipht Ameri
cans who were captured several
months asto reached the camp-'st mid
day and being very hungry, asked for
bread. They wer told bread was
distributed onlv in the morning. They
were placed in a hut with Russians
fcfter being forced to stand in the
gquare, where Germans were given
fcn ODDortunitv to insult them.
The huts in which the Americans
sire living, the Russian said, are damp,
cold and unfit for habitation. Sdms
of the Americans became ill. Two
fcf them were in a hospital, had an
Spportunity there to talk with the
:ussian and it was through them that
he had obtained information on which
bis statement is based,
BUTLER TO ASK
FOR VOTE UPON
. ; HIS REDUCTION
City-Commissioner Butler intends
fo proceed this week with the eir
Jetilation of referendum petitions to
prevent the enforcement of. an ordr
, hance to reduce his department to a
iere street sweeping proposition.
He announced that he has beM
bromlsed moral and financial support
and will engage legal assistance to
ring this matter before the people.
Commissioners Towl, Ringer. Zrnt.
nan and Ure voted for the ordinance
te relieve Butler of the asphalt re
bah work and crosswalk and side
walk repairing- This action was tak
tn Friday morning, after assignments
kf depr'iments had been agreed on
.. Jand an ordinance had been prepared
(accordingly. Commissioner Towl had
. lha support of three commissioners
fit amending the ordinance. Mayor
Smith and Commissioner Falconer
tyere with Butler.
Commissioner Towl, head of the
fpublic improvements department.
Itated that a proper coordination of
Jthe atreet repair department with his
jgepartment would save $10,000 a year.
tThe commissioners who voted to re.
' sieve Mr. Butler of the street repair
work suggested that some other
Jwork might be assigned to the super
Intendent of the street department
to offset the reduction.
Mr. Butler says he will obtain 4.
PC3 flgnaturts on referendum peti
tions,1 although 2,000 are sufficient to
pvoke the referendum.
Dowlas Oil Co. Buys
Corner on South Side
William J. Sellner has sold to L. V,
JJicholaa Oil company two lots, J20x
(153 feet, at Twenty-fourth and ;H
jstreets, South Side. A filling station
"ill be erected on this comer at once,
: (The sale was made through J H. Du.
nont ft Co.
German War Craft
Reported Assembling
In Helgoland Bight
Copenhagen, June 1. Fishermen
returning from the North Sea, ac
cording to the Stifts-Tidende, re
port an unusual assemblage of
German war craft in Helgoland
Bight. The fishermen also say
there is unusual reconnaissance
activity by German vessels well up
the Jutland coast.
OMAHAN IN RACE
FOR INSURANCE
CHAMPIONSHIP
Ed Wolverton Aspires to Presi
dency of $200,000 Club; Vic
tory May Swing Big
Convention Here.
Ed Wolverton, 2004 Wirt street, is
in the race to write more life iniur
ance than any other man in the world
during the year ending June 30, 1918.
Up to date he has written more
d .'Wolverton
than $1,000,000 and he expects to
bring this to $2,000,000 by midnight
of June 30, when the annua! contest
closes. At present one other agent is
shead of him, but Wolverton says he
expects to overtake and pass him if
he "lands" what he has in sight.
If he w ins he becomes president of
the $200,000 club, an organization of
New York Life Insurance company
agents, who write more than $200,000
insurance in any one-year. He has
qualified for membership in the club
every year since 1905, but this Is the
ursi iime ne nas gone aner me presidency
The city where the president of the
club lives stands a very good chance
of getting the international conven
tion, at which members are present
from every state in the union and
from every civilized country. Last
year 290 members were present and,
with their families, they brought the
attendance to more than 600. Some?
times attendance runs up to 1,000.
Wolverton is "on the job" day and
night, In spite of this he finds time
for church and charitable work and
he did much in the Red Cross and
Liberty loan drive.
American Can Company Sues
For Alleged Unpaid Bit!
uit to recover $10,333.45 alleged
to be due the American Can Co. from
the United States Spot Ground cor
poration and Joseph E. Rosenfeld,
ss president, was started in district
court Saturday. The American Can
Co. alleges in its petition that ship
ments of plain mttal discs, number
ing approximately 2,500,000, were or
dered and delivered to the defend
ants by a subsidiary firm, the Charles
W. Shock Co., which has been tekn
over by the plaintiffs, and that th
Dili iar inc ojsci 11 sua unpaid.
Wares Down Stairs
Sold on Terns
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Tim Mo&em Electric
auhdryPlant
stAlled In your home solves the laundry prob
lem so completely and bo economically that help
)ecomes unnecessary.
Ha Voss Electric Washer not only does all the washine
and wringing from one tub to another and finally to the
clothes basket, but it entirely eliminates the lifting of
vater : in fact, it does everything but hang out the -clothes,
sd all this in so short a time as not to encroach on the 1
VaguUr roqtine of your household.
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. A Woman Saves Herself
en aha buys ft "Voss" and she saves exnenas been-
."'xa antira waihinv of tha avpracn hnma ,in ha mrrnm.
-ylishsd for half the price of a bar of soap.
Tfce First Cost of This Laundry Plant
' a.,s very small and can be made in easy payments.
fcL-CONSTP.ATION MACHINE IN OUR DOWNSTAIRS DEPT.
Orchard &Wilhelm Co.
P4-16-18S. 16th St
Omaha, Neb. I
France Far From 'Struck to Knees,
Omaha Boy Writes From Abroad
W. P. Darland, member of ambu
lance corps No. 16, American ex
peditionary force in France, has writ
ten his psrents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Darland, 1716 North Twenty-eighth
street, from the war fields that
France, far from being "struck to her
knees" by the horrors and hardships
of war, is in the main still a beautiful,
peaceful country. "While it is very
true they are tired of the war,"
young Darland writes of the French,
"they are in it like us in it to the
end above all determined to win.
He compares some sections of
France to "one vast and beautiful
park," giving the impression of a
time of peace rather than war. But
above all he emphasizes the grim
determination visible everywhere he
has been among the French to obtain
an honorable peace after victory,
Darland went to France with the
troops from Camp Funston.
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American
points occupied
troops.
The shooting down of another hos
tile airplane is reported.
Washington, June 1. American
volunteers and technical detachments
yesterday blew up 328 enemy dugouts
and a bridge, killing and wounding
more than 20 of the enemy, says an
addition to General Pershing'a com
munique of yesterday, received today.
Benton Funeral Tuesday.
The funeral of Lieutenant Charles
Edwin Benton, who was killed in ar.
auto accident at Gettysburg, Pa., Fri
day, will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock from 809 Fourth avenue.
The funeral will be military, with
Rev. E. H. Jenks of Omaha official,
ing. Burial will be in Fairview
eemetery.
Navy Recruits to Picnic
On Court House Ground?
A navy picnic will be given Mdn
day for young men who have enlisted
in the navy. The affair will'be undei
the auspices of the Red Cross and
will be held at noon on the court
house lawn. ' '
Mayor Smith will give a abort
patriotic speech.
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RAILWAY SHOPMEN
AGREE TO RETURN
TO tyOBK AT ONCE BACK U. S. TROOPS
Rock Island, 111., June 1. After a
conference with representatives of the
railroad administration in Rock
Island, union representatives of the
Silvis shopmen of the Rock Island
rosd .agreed that the men would re
turn to work immediately, pending
adjustment of the wage differences
pver which 2,000 men walked out.
GERMANS ABANDON
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
Washington, June 1. After several
repulses the Germans apparently have
abandoned, temporarily, at least, their
efforts to retake the ground captured
by the Americans at Cantigny.
General Pershing's communique for
today, issued tonight at the War de
partment, said the day was quiet at all
Here If Is
Mickls Start
f f Another
St vieirola
? This time it's on Style
I Z )q r I "IV" selling at $22.5d
f 1 f rTtrVp fVW 1 around entertainers
II fin ft J A 1 II f ever 8et tefwe the
! Ill I I ll 1 l U I M LJ pleasure-loving Ameri.
. sll 1 1 k-ar can public.
OjD 552i Remember, it's a true
I 1 r7i5T5l3n "VICTOR" Victrola
sy throush and through.
i Join Mickel's Latest
; FicWa CImEd
This is Victor-Viotrola
No. "IV." selling wSm
, at $22.50. WWi
This Is the Easy "Club" Plan.
Jlnt Pynxl 8ernth Parment TWrtnth Psm't Nineteenth rural
S5 75 81.00 81.25
eeoad raroua Ki(hth raynient roortwith Paym't Twentieth Rarm't
SO 75 81.00 8 81.25
IMrd Payment Vtnth Fanneat ruteenth Payment Ut Payment
50t 75 81.00 81.25
Poavth Payment Tenth Perineal (Sixteenth Payment ttd Payment
50 75t 81.00 81.50
ftfth Payment Klerenth Payment scTentcenlh Pay't tSd Payment
50 81.00 81.00 81.50
- Ststh Payment Twelfth Payment Eiahteenth Paymt 'h Payment
75 $1.00 81.25 81.50
Total of Payments, $22.50.
Here Is the Only "Club" Requirement,
Aside From the First 25c Paid Down.
The only requirement will be that you purchase for
CASE, at least four (4) double-faced, 10-inch Victor Rec
ords, selling at 85c each, the total being $3.40 (Remember,
tha Victrola will be delivered to you or sent to your home
tha moment you make your first 25c payment and pur-,
chase the four Victor Records in question.)
Corner 15ih aad Baraey in&9 0 . aim
And 834 Broadway, Cetcci! B'cC. Z.
414-416-418 South 16th Street '
"Fair and Warmer
Get a Hammock
For Porch or Lawn, complete with stand
ard, smart sunshade and pillowsa de.
lightful retreat ideally cool and restful.
The coverings are not only durable, but
very attractive.
Hammocks at 812.75 $16.00 $19.50 823.50 820.00 830.00 and 833.00
Standards at 80.50 87.50 and 88.50
Sun Shades at 89 50 and 811.501 Pillows at 82.00 and 83.50
Fiber Porch Swings
Substantially built and finished in an attractive
shade of brown, in four, five and six-foot lengths,
complete with chains ready to hang
812.00 814.00 816.00 818.00
820.00 822.00
Porch Suite
in Fumed Chestnut
Well finished, strongly built
and very c6mfortable. Afi
illustrated
Chair or Rocker $7.56
Table . . $11.00
Settee ......$12.00
Swings
of hardwood and fumed oak, built for hard
usage. $7.00 $8.00 $9.00 $12.00
$15.00 $22.00
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Also made in Natural Maple, Chair
or Rocker 86.50
Among' Numerous Special Items'
at Special Prices
Assembled on our Street Floor.
$18 00 Old Ivory Read Arm Chair. . . .812.25
$15.00 Old Ivory Reed Arm Chair. . . .810.00
$45.00 Mahogany Arm Chair, in blue
velour '. 830.00
$65.00 Mahogany Storage Chest 847.00
$05.00 Queen Anna Bed, in American
walnut 848.00
$150.00 Mahogany Napoleon Bed. .. 865.00
' And many other equally interesting values.
$60.00 Mahogany Triple Mirror Dressing
Table 843.00
$45.00 Old Ivory Chiffonette - 832.00
$39.50 Old Ivory Bed to match 830.00
$35.00 Poster Bed, size 822.50
$13.00 Mahogany Rocker or Chair, with damask
spring seat 810.00
$55.00 Enameled Chaise Lounge S30.00
Summer cooking shouldn't
cook the cook.
Getting dinner ready in
July is just as comfortable
as in November if you use a
Florence Oil
Cook Stove
The heat goes into the
cooking, not into the kitchen.
It does your work well and
,reJiably, and keeps you.
comfortable. It requires lees
watching and regulating
than a coal $tove.
You can keep one or four
burners at an intensely hot
or merely aimmering flame.
Come in and let ua chow
you how these Florence Au
tomatic Stovea work, how
simple and reliable. No
wicks to burn out. No valves
to leak. Once started, each
burner will keep going at th
same power until you turn
it out.
Prices-
With 2 burners 816.50
2 burners and high shelf, 818.00
With 3 burners 520.00
S burners and high shelf, 827.50
With 4 burners 827.50
4 burners and high shelf, 830.00
' 1 6IFT SHOr
Good Values
In Lamp
Standards
Really wall finished in dark
mahogany. Substantial and
heavy construction. Wired
for two lights
In buying rugs great care must be taken to get those
that harmonize with each other, with the curtains and
the furniture in the room.
For that reason it is always advisable to buy where
the selection is largest where there are many to choose
from.
And it's the very reason why you should coirie here-,-
you will find a very large stock of all sizes and U quali
ties representing the best values to be had and you'll
also find a painstaking rug service to assist you In select
ing the proper patterns and colorings.
8.3x10-9 Brussels Rugs 821.50
9 xl2 Brussels Rugs 824.50
8,3x10-6 Velvet Rugs. .835.00
9 x!2 Velvet Rugs . 840.00
8.3x10-6 Axminsters . .828.50
9 x!2 Axminsters . .831.50
8-3x10-6 Wiltons . . -. . .860.00
9 13 Wiltons 868.00
8-310-6 Jlartford-Sax-
onys l. 895.00
9 Hartford-Sax-
enys 8100.00
$
1000
Shades in a charming shad
of rose, all silk 88.00
Others in mulberry, , Hut,
rose and gold, at. .812.00
Stock limited. Shop early.
Charming
Cretonnes
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Almost any room can be successfully treated with
cretonne this year; fashion says so. There is a pattern
for almost every purpose and the ideas are so new that
perhaps yoij wonder why. The fact ii the European mar
kets being practically closed the odd corners of the earth
have been searched for designs and color schemes that
will harmonize and please. And so we have Egyptian de
lig'ns, Japanese, Chinese and Indian creations in a variety
that enables us to get "just the thing" our room most
' needs. Colors are fearless and designs are daring but
well done.
,.; Pric 65 25$ Sl,Ga sl.45 and Up. -
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