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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE ' 18, 1918.
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MARKET OWNERS
HELD FOR PROBE
OF RECENT FIRE
New Proprietors of Empress
Market Undergo Inquisition
at Hands of Fire
Commissioners.
Simon Epstein, Wolf Jonisch and
J. Cohn, owners of the Empress mar
ket, in the Bushman block, which
was damaged by fire, believed to be
of incendiary origin, shortly after
midnight, were Uken into the office of
Sheriff Clark, under escort of Deputy
Fire Warden Troutman and Barney
McArdle, deputy state fire commis
sioner. There they were subjected to an
inquisition which lasted for several
hours.
State Fire Marshal Morris and Chief
Salter of the fire department occu
pied a number of hours in the store
after the fire investigating condi
tion. They found that 44 gallons of a
mixture of turpentine and lard had
been ditributed .throughout the store
and this mixtue, exposed in six open
buckets, had generated gas. The
flopr was also saturated with the mix
ture and oil-soaked rags were found
hanging from the buckets.
- Started in Basement.
According to their investigation the
fire officials found the fire had started
in the basement near an open register,
around which a quantity of paper had
been strewn.
On Saturday, t is alleged, the pro
prietors had employed a negro named
James Peoples, Twenty-sixth and
Patrick avenue, and four assistants
to paint the interior of the store. Dur
ing the busiest hours these men put
in their time painting a display stand,
extending, in front of the west front
age of the store and around the north
side on the alley. They had covered
two-thirds of this stand or bench,
which was about five feet wide, with
a thin coat of gVeen paint.
The woodwork on the two sides
'of the narrow show windows had alsd
beent painted in white. "The five man
accomplished, the work which one
man could have done in two hours,"
said Warden Morris.
The proprietors claimed that the
men had worked until 11 o'clock Sun
day morning on""the job, besides the
time that had been put in Saturday.
Curtains Are Drawn.
Heavy curtains had been placed
over the show, windows to obscure the
view from the street Sunday morning,
while the work was in progress.
Simon Epstein sad that he haj
been jn the store as late as 8:15 Sun
day night and had found everything
all right He gave as his reason for
being at the store at the time that he
had promised Hugo Bilz some hard
shell crabs, had forgotten them and
had gone to the store after having
been reminded by Bilz. to make -his
word good.
Peoples, the colored painter, having
charge of the job, was subjected to a
police examination lasting for two
hours at the central station.
One of the most important items
brought out in the investigation was
the statement to police of A. Savad.
1445 North Nineteenth street, who
claimed that he was passing by the
store about an hour before the alarm
had been turned in and that he saw
men inside moving a heavy object
around the windows. Firemen say
that this was about the time that
the fire started.,
Lives In. Jeopardy.
Had the alarm been turned in five
minutes later the building would have
been doomed and human lives put in
jeopardy, is the statement of the fire
men. The heat generated would have
expanded the gas in the room and
there would have been an explosion
which would have menaced the lives
of firemen and spectators for half a
block around.
Deputy Fire Warden Morris took
samples of the mixture of turpentine
and gasoline to the city chemist to
have it analyzed.
The market was purchased June 6
from Rosoif Bros, by Sim'on Epstein,
Wolf Jonisch and J. Cohn. They
claim $3,500 was paid for each sec
tion of the store and $5,000 for the
fixtures. They carried $10,000 insur
ance on stock and fixtures, and the
damage done by the fire is estimated
at $12,000.
Boost Wheat Priceto Care
For Freight Rate Increase
Food Administrator Wattles of Ne
braska is advised by Herbert Hoover
that the recent advance of 25 per cent
in freight rates will not cut into the
profits farmers make on wheat.
Freight traffic experts will hold a
meeting June 25, when they will
work out a scheme by which the sel
ling pice of wheat will be increased
at terminal points sufficient to ab
sorb the increase per bushel in freight
rates.
IOWA DETECTIVE
AND WOMAN ARE
HELD BY POLICE
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J. N. Wilkerson and Mrs. J. W.
Noel Are Held in Connec
tion With Alleged Visit
to Ottumwa.
J. N. Wilkerson, private detective,
who gained considerable prominence
through his connection with the Red
Oak trial of Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly J
during the Villisca ax murder case, j
has been arrested at Ottumwa, la.,
with Mrs. J. W. Noel, widow of a
Villisca photographer.
It is charged that the detective reg
istered as L. R. Johnson of Center
ville and that he registered his com
panion as Mrs. N. Norton and baby
of Albia, la.
Wilkerson, admitting the false reg
istrations, obtained bail for himself
and Mrs. Noel. He asserted that he
and the woman were on business in
connection with insurance claims in
connections with the death of J. W.
Noel at Albia.
Wilkerson and Mrs. Noel will be
tried in justice court at Ottumwa next
Wednesday.
Noel. Villisca photographer, who
was found dead last fall in the rail
roads yards at Albia. was one of the
principal Wilkerson-Kelly supporters
at Red Oak. His death was surround
ed by mystery, but the indications
were that he shot himself.
The detecive who fs in trouble at
Ottumwa was nominated a few weeks
ago for county attorney of Mont
gomery county, of which Red Oak is
he county seat. His name was writ
ten, on the ballots.
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' We maintain . a WANT-AD and INFORMATION
DESK in the lobby of the BEE Building, to the
right of the elevators, a . step off Farnam street.
"Keep your-eye .on the Bee"
I Store Opens at
8:30 '
1 Closes at
3 5:00 Daily
1 Saturday at
I 6:00
miijaiHwim!i!MtR
5raite Stores
Store Opens at
8:30
Closes at
5:00 Daily
Saturday at
6:00
Tuesday Thrift Sales
Affording Excellent Economies
"Thrift" has a double meaning these days it means no curtailment in buying things you need but
rather getting" just what you want at prices that are well below those you could rightly expect to pay.
If it were not for the fact that this is a big establishment, and makes, its purchases on a scale commen
surate with its greatness, we could not offerIN THESE TIMES, merchandise at the prices quoted
here and a fair warning is this even this store cannot expect to make announcements like these
very long. . '
Special Sale "Viko" Aluminum Ware
Very Excellent Weight At Lowest rrices
ALUMINUM is so much more satisfactory than any other ware
for kitchen and cooking purposes, that when it may be obtained
for little, if any more than you would pay for other kind? of
ware, no housewife will let an opportunity tp .profit by this
pass by.
"Viko" Ware is made by one of the oldest and largest Aluminum
Ware factories' in America FIRST QUALITY in every respect
and of good, substantial weight.
2-quart Rice Boilers .
6-quart Berlin Kettles
8-quart Preserving Kettles
10-quartSkillet (wood handles)
2-quart Coffee Pots
lirQuart Tea Pots
114 -quart Tea Pots, with ball . .
6-quart Kettles with cover ....
5-quart Tea Kettles
Values to
$2.25,
Choice at
$1.49
4-quart Sauce Pans with cover
44 -quart Mixing Bowls ....
1 1- inch Colanders
1 V-quart Rice Boilers
12- cup Muffin Pans . .
1
3?quart Lipped Sauce Pans.
3-quart Stew Pans...... v
3-quart Mixing Bowls
2-quart Sauce Pan with cover.....
9-inch Fluted Cake Moulds .... . . . . . . . . . .
9-cup Muffin Pans
Basement Brandeis Stores
Values to
$1.98,
Choice at
$1-19
Values to
98c,
Choice at
59c
IV.
Soaps and Washing Powders at Remarkably Low Prices
10 Bars Diamond. C Soap for 38c
10 Bars Pearl White Soap for 42c
10 Bars White Borax Naptha Soap
for c
10 Bars Fels Naptha Soap for 57c
6 Bars Ivory Soap for 33c
Excel Soap, (it floats, a fine
white soap for toilet and bath),
- 7 bars for 33c
3 Packages Britt's Powdered Am
monia for . . , '. . .21
6 bars "Goblin" Soap, superior
for toilet and bath for 24c
Steri Foam, cleans toilet bowls,
a cleaning brush with each can,
the two for 27c
Rex Lye, 2-cans for 15c
Old Dutch Cleanser, two. canj,
for 15c
Sunbriba Cleanser, 2 cant for 10c
Mb. Package Powdered Borax,
i for
10e
2Mlb. Package Powdered Borax,
for 22e
5-lb Package Powdered Borax,
for 43c
Boa Ami, bar or powder, 2 for lie
Large Package Golden Rod Borax
Naptha Washing Powder,forlf
Small Package Golden Rod Borax
Naptha Washing Powder, ft
for !--Jf3
No phone or mail orders accepted.
Basement Brandeis Stores
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Frame That Soldier
Boy's Picture
Here are Standard
Frames in beautiful de
signs, complete with
glass and backs, at the
very low price of. .98c
This is a Third Floor
"Thrift" offering.
Domestics
Mill Remnants Dreis and
Wrapper Percale, light and
dark colors, in serviceable
lengths, a yard 9c
Mill Remnants 36-Inch White
Voile, very sheer and clingy
with tape edge, very desir
able for waists and dresses,
very special fojr Tuesday a
yard 16 H
36-Inch Fancy Printed Dress
Poplin in a splendid assort
ment of new printings and
color combinations, very de
sirable for wash suits and
skirts, worth regularly 35c,
at : 22tfc
Mill Remnants 36-Inch Seed
Voile and Fancy Printed
' Drets Voile in long service
, able lengths, special Tues
day 15c
Basement Brandeis Stores
Lawn Porch Dresses, $1.29
Also for House and Street Wear
Fancy Figured and Striped Lawn, several styles.
In today's market they are worth $1.50 to $2.00. Com
plete range of sizes, 36 to 44. -
Middy Blouses at 49c
For Misses and Girls. Several styles and some are fancy trimmed.
One-style Coat effect with belt. They are worth 75c to $1.00
Children's White Dresses, 50c
Sizes 2 to 6 years, and trimmed with fancy laces and embroidery.
This price does not pay for the material, let alone the making.
Several styles and mighty good dresses.
Lingerie Blouses at $1.00
Draperies
One Big Counter of Odd
Curtains, many can be
matched in pairs, some worth
up to $3.98 a par, special
each 39c
750 Pairs Nottingham Lace
Curtains, 2V and 3 yards
long, in white, cream and
Beige, worth $2.00, special,
at 98c
Curtain Remnants, odds and
ends accumulated during the
season's business, all on one
table at half price.
Basement Brandeis Stores
A lot in white and colors, voiles and organdies, many different
styles and all sizes in the lot As good a .blouse as you ever
bought at $1.00. Hundreds of them on sale for this Thrift Sale
Basement Brandeis Stores
Basement Shoe Items
Low prices on Footwear is almost a thing of the
past, and if it were not for thertact that fortunate pur
chases gave the opportunity to obtain these at a con
cession, we could not quote these prices now.
TENNIS SLIPPERS 500 pairs, for men, women,
misses and youths lace styles, with rubber soles.
.Men's Tennis Slippers 85c
Misses' and Youths' Tennis Slippers. .89c
Women's and Boys' Tennis Slippers. . .75c
. Barefoot Sandals at 89c
These are seconds of the $1.25 quality and sizes
range from fcifc to 2 if your size is in this lot
buy them.
Basement Brandeis Store
Toilet Needs
And Bathing Caps
Mme Isabell's Face Pow
der, 50c size, at. . .29c
Palmolive Soap, regularly
2 for 25c, a cake. .10c
Milk of Magnesia, 8 oz.
bottle, special .... 19c
Bathing Caps, assorted
Styles and colors, at 29c
Majn Floor, Rear
Brandeis Stores
WAKE UP, AMERICA Wake up everyone and go to see the
moving picture at tho Auditorium Wednesday and Thursday sights
FREE TICKETS IN THIS STORE.
tafe Stores
Notions
Men's and Boys' Collar i
Bands, each ..... . .5c
Fast-C o 1 o r e d Darning
Cotton, 2 for ...... 5c .
200-Yard Basting Thread,
8 spools ie. .... .25c ,
Elastic Sanitary Belts,
each 15c
Shell Ha!r Pins, good qual
ity, each lc'
Skirt and Suit Hangers,
each 5c -
Best Dressing Combs . . 25c
Baby Sock Garters, fancy,
2 pairs .25c
12-yd. bolts Rick Rack, all
sizes, for ....... . 35c
Rust-Proof Hooks and
Eyes, black and white,
card .......... .lV4c ;
Boys' Pants Bands, all.
ages, each ...... 10c
Girls' Ribbon And Bow
Holders, each 5c
Ocean Pearl . Buttons,
card ....... . . .... .5c
Knitting Needles, pair, 10c
Main Floor Brandeis Stem
Improving Every Day
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