THE BEE; QMAHA. SATURDAY. , DECEMBER 17, 1921,
Tacks Strewn in
Main Streets of
Zone of Strike
ScorM of MotorisU Report
Punctures 12 Mm Ar
' rested for Waylaying"
k ' Street Car,
Frietire ol aabotaee beaan yester
!iy in the strike of packing houc
"workm.
Hundreds of pounds of roofing
racks were strewn on the itrrr U long
before davlisht veterdy.
Tolice reported that scores
automobile tires were punrtureij.
'.' The tack have large head and
are from half an inch to an inch and
a half long. They are of such shape
that they gjway fall with the point
up if thrown in the itreet.
, - Squad of police were sent out as
' soon as the word came, to sweep tip
'the tacks from the streets and to
'warn motorists on the tack-strewn
streets. ,
i Twelve Men Arrested.
Police say they already have clues
;t the men who are responsible and
; that arrests will soon be made,
i Several crosstown street cars were
stopped .by a gang of 40 men at
i Twenty-fourth and Castelar streets
jtarly yesterday.
( Men going to work in the packing
houses were warned to stay away
land several were pulled from the
1 cars. t v
Police rushed to the scene and lay
;in wait until another car came along
iand then arrested 12 men who had
stopped the car. Most of them are
. j negroes. " They were charged with
(disorderly conduct'
) This is the - zero hour of the
'strike," union officials declared yes-
terday, "Everything is bright in spite
!of statements by the packers. We
have information that the Morris
'plant killed not more than one-third
I of its normal kill yesterday, that
Dold's and Cudahy's are doing noth
ing worth mentioning and that
, Swift's js doing only a little killing.
! Besides, they are saving none of jthe
: by-products and, operating as they
are, with few skilled workmen, they
J are operating at a loss."
' Robert K. Hunter, chairman of
! the strikers' publicity committee, de
clared the packers are losing SO per
cent on every animal killed,
i What Packers Say. '
i The packers asseited the strike is
practically over.
t "The strike is all done for, as fat
i as we t are concerned," said M. R.
" Murphy, manager of the Cudahy
.plant. "Outside of a little disturbance
jon the streets, we wouldn't know
I there was a strike on. Our old men
;are coming back right along."
t Operations about the same as
Thursday were reported by the Mor
i ris plant, all departments running
j and air orders being filled with the
situation improving daily. '
Swift' reported plenty of meat on
ihand and production, proceedinglast
''enough to keep up' ajraod PHPpJy.. '
i- Johni Blaha, district president! of
; the butcher workmen s union at But
; falo, N. addressed several hun
: dred strikers in union hall, South
' Side,'" this morning, urging them' not
i to hang around headquarters but to
; remain "on the picket lines and keep
in touch with what is going on. He
warned them not to congregate in
I groups. '
i- "If you stick now," he "said, "the
I strike will- soon be over."
Theodore Gallagher, 92,
,,- Is Dying of Pneumonia
Theodore Gallagher, 92, "pioneer
f Omaha;- resident 3 and . formerly 'a
" wealthy real estate owner, is dying
j of pneumonia in a rooming house at
1909 Douglas street.
J His .physician, Df. Raymond Rice,
j said there was no, hope for his re
1 covery, Gallagher has no relatives,
I according, to Dr. Rice. He was di
i vorced -from his second wife, whom
j he married about . two years .ago. Dr,
Rice says. Gallagher at one . time
I owned the site of the present suburb,
j Benson; "' .
j i i 1
i Fremont C. of C. .Seeks to
1 Have Train Time Changed
Lincoln, Dec. -16. (Special.)
The Fremont Commercial club filed
'' a protest today with the state rail
i vay cotmnission, asking that a train
S on the Albion branch of the North-
( wpstprri railrnaH Vip srhHn1pH in ar
rive at Premont two hours later than
at present. The present schedule
keeps trade away from .Fremont, the
club claims. ,.
' Nebraska Engineers Urge v
j Omahan Rail Commissioner
Lincoln, Dec' 16. (Special.)
Waldo M. Poor, president of the
University Nebrsaka Chapter of the
j American Association of Engineers,
! has wired to President Harding sug
gesting that W. R. McKeen of Oma-
ha be appointed on the Interstate
i Commerce commission.
! Opposes Anti-Gambling Bill.
1 Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec 16. Thom
j as R. -Williams, president, of the
1 American . Newspaper Publishers'
, association, - today -called upon all
J members of. the organization, as well
as publishers generally, to use. their
: efforts to defeat house bill No. 6508,
cmS the cround that '"no such mis-
i thievous interference with press
fiVedont has' ever before been sefi
; ously proposed . in, -this country."
j Keep tights at Night
j Friend, Neb:,-. Dec. 16. (Special.)
The city council -has ordered that
alt street lights be' left on all night
' the night watchman.
T T : T : c - r i
Fares for the Holidays. "
j Round trip holiday excursion
s tickets between all points on the
YT T ' r f 1 . I
way fare is not over $25.00 will be
sold December 22, 23 and 24 at one
1 and one-half of the regular one-way
fare. Minimum round trip fare for
adults, $2.50: for children of half
fare age, $1-25. Good to return until
January 4, 1922. - From Omaha, the
round trip fares will be: To Colum
bus, $4.44; Grand Island," $50;
Kearney, $lft.O?; - North Platte,
$1520; Cheyenne.' $27.54;. Denver,
$29.03; Fremont. $2.50. War tax 8
t-er cent additional. For fares to
other points and full particulars ask
the Consolidated Ticket Office. Fif
teenth and Dodge streets, cr Ticket
Agent, Union Station, Omaha.
Adv. 1
Heroic Homer Hello Girl
To Be Decorated Sunday
Governor and Telephone President to Be Present
.When Citizens Meet for Award of Medal to
Operator Who Warned of Flood.'
There's a Urge party to t staged
in Homer, Neb., Sunday afternoon.
Mrs, Mildred Lothrop, telephone
operator it Homer, is to be pre.
tented w it'll a gold medal and a cash
award ol $1,000 for having per.
formed the most noteworthy act of
public service during the year of
1920.
Mrs, Homer distinguished herself
by remaining at her post in the ex
change office during the flood at
Homer on the night of May 31, 1920.
She is credited with having saved
the lives of at least 100 persons by
awakening them over the telephone
snd warning them of the impending
flood. .
Debt of Gratitude.
"Hurry to the hills, the water's
coming," was the warning which her
clear voice carried over the wires.
The warning still rings in the ears
of many residents of Homer. And
iunday tliey are going to turn out
to pay their debt of gratitude to the
brave operator.
Governor McKelvie and W. B. T.
Belt, president of the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company, will be
among those present.
I nomas Asmoru, mayor or
Homer, was in Omaha yesterday to
aid in completing arrangements for
the, event, He, too, most decidedly
will'- be among those , present, , he
stated.
On the program for Sunday .. are
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iff ' '" '" , , ; 65 ' H 12.50 Men' House
m Jh m 8lpp?' $pee,a'
m . ... 1 A ... ,.,, , , , , ulmijim , ..,?iz-,--r--n . m il Pr pair 1
p suggestions JJM fllfeJI suggestions m
M Console Table . and Mirror T 'J Polychrome Hall Mirror " m
m Mahogany HaU (lock " AttracUve Piano Lamp If
m Se 'ers Kitchen Cabinet J ' Quaint Gate Leg Table m
M tolumbla Grafonola 3i ' Torrington Electric Sweeper M
' Orerstnffed Parlor Snite ' r.rCI. 1 ' T.nm. Ttinnnnri t0ki , . ,
m , Sectional Bookcases . - WiiiwS Gift EnTelope With Kecords m
Wk . Electric Table lamp " T&Ftifrfck Enamel Breakfast Set
g Neat Sewing Cabinet PracMcal Tea Wafon '
I ...;.P: Toy f Bargains! : I I ;
iv 'Inte?el .1. MOtHerToysEly I As HER Gift- 1
p i aoie ana zzooi as Low in Price A Matting Box m mjJ
il Biturflay 1 bargain day In our bawment. g J . . r . f. ' - m' 1 T tha person deslrlnj to give Mattlnr W Wf ' '
I . Shoo Fly This Range 1
Wi U il S Thi la ,tha lft of glfta for Jurt what ovary llttla tot M ' f fctf SLaQivy ifflill ",IJSBHh"S
V? v . the youngster. Lot Ak Pi wanta. Aa shown, a , u . 2T ' IB" jTW ' ' B1 B Tmm
A them sea these t Kll with Individual 7Qn M " grf IL 1
p roster oeos . -uW . cooking etc t Spinet Desks Jp.fi
; Red or Brown , If A fln 11 A Delightful S &
m Mahogany Finish I , A Genuine . I Christmas Gift M S
yyy. i i i i i i i sss. -w-
ZSSS I Trt nwsitrt. rerrasharl r-nm . -A -T-- . I Si I . i- T-MI-"I ME7 A mm It I I , . . I K8
m tht U one .loV-liv a'nd T a 1 , I , ff ; iSfon Tf you 7: W
il """op ejnuort cannot m Arfcas H II B I for Saturday's selling. Tttl" Wi Hit
P I Imagined. Bargain ..... MtS I i JL g t "XI . p W
" Pn't miss this!,
5 l II I I S Sixteen inches Ions snd 1 Seventeen Inches long and. S VlL 1 sllf! ftj
on mp p I J I seven inches high, -1 i inches high. a, S "1(MB XfJJ ti
IU u J u 1) 1 ee,..s.:.?..95c ..r:. $1.65 g Iky. : W mw
1 Phone Set Smoker 1 1 : -J 1 sPecial Windsor p
$ Bargains j I ' (f ; : -: -1 ' ' -gs ' 1 S-caS!!. Rocker S -
g .rayouwhi,. fCome. w'.Th" I Jf ' - ' fTBi ' 1 ' Sl " I
1?,! , i 8 J?, Pnon8; metal ash tray, p . :JW . J I g pictured and surroundings In the llv- BW
Wt Obtain this phon set at b ' l.aLL!' ' . - V)yl(&PAr S only " Ing room. Rich mahog- . P H
i. this special price' J Arw I tfSZ-X is any finish. Very spsctaj
i . . . m Mwmt v i i mcuc iui uaijuiuav ii i ; I oi":u.i ya ' n ii i 554 jin
r; ; scinch Horse Toddler -1 ' -ai
Jgjj" v g Coma In with the children jp ' j " J$
t - s Every liltla tot likes a Teddy Saturday. They will go wild H TITn vA v..V Tln "D ,1 Srf
i Converts to Double Bed ?:?-rVi:t $1 oc $4 2; 1 Wardr?be Day Bed . 1
ffe m also. Only ........ f 'Vji show It here, at.. '(''' a The frames are rich mahogany finish. an ?
Steel framea complete with -: as shown here. Choice denim .
all-cotton mattreaa, art ere- JO?7S i32H!X!I39!OTMSBiffi5S upholstery and complete with $0075
tonne and finished ruffled ltV: pillow to match. Has the box- " X jfiii
flounca on both aides of bed. V" couch arrangement undem'th. vas' ZjgZ t
W - Torrington Sweeper, $60 HLVl'r c'.S! p
P ! A Reclining p ZZZZ- ' ', j See This '. Ti
'Fl 11 ?a 5 - -JnJf:' ' maA ' Secretary :. .
n ha adjusted ta" " Wj'jy IHimilmi -As shown jpilh nuar-
L M - r Jj Wy Fumed or golden- oak - Iff II Ktt lnJM.Miil IN lmIntl&4M " Jacobean fWlsh. Is 48 , L-ff
(UJ aj?' f f'hlsh with Epsnish a- SWt vssbsswwsw-sw -Inches high and IS fl5Sftij ggj
K" jf j Srday tpboiMttrlf' ' 1 - :- prhMi wide. . .Full fejj t 5 JJ
U Lr ' i J T275 SIXTEENTH Between Harney and Howard jlg 1 0 &
m - mm
many notables of Homer and vicin
ity. Besides the outide "talent" al
ready mentioned, H. G. Taylor,
chairman of the state railway com
mission, will be there, with a speech
on "The Humane Element in Public
Utility Service."
Governor McKelvie will speak on
"Nebraska's Heroic Citizenship' and
Guy H, Pratt, vice president of the
Northwestern Bell company, is shed
uled to speak. Mayor Ashford is
slated to make an address of wel
come; there will be decorations, music
by the Brown Family orchestra of
Homer, and perhaps a band.
Will Share' Honors.
The medal which Mrs. Lothrop is
to receive is known as the Theodore
N. Vail medal, and is given only in
case of an exceptionally noteworthy
act of public service. The idea orig
inated and was carried out by the
widow of the late Theodore N. Vail.
Mrs. Lothrop, who is chief operator
at Homer, was xhosen from among
260,000 telephone workers through
out the country as being the most
worthy of the honor, telephone offi
cials here say. It is the first time
the medal and the cash award have
been given, they declare.
Frank H. Forrest, area manager
at Dakota City, Neb., who also dis
tinguished himself during the flood,
also will ccmtic in for his share of
honors. He and Mrs. Lothrop will
be presented with Theodore N. Vail
bronz medals by Vice President
Arthur A. Lowman of the North
western Bell Telephone company.
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Food Prices Show
Marked Decline
Three Months Contract by
State Board of Control Is
Below 1921 Prices.
Lincoln, Dec. 16. (Special.)
Contracts entered Into by the board
of control for mipplies for state in
stitution for tne first tnree montns
of 1922 show a big decrease in
price over contracts, for the same ar
ticles tor the three months begin
ning in October. 1921. A table
showing the differences follows:
Present Next
Quarter. Quarter.
Beans, cwt. ...$ 570 $5.34 -
Rice, cwt 573 523
Oatmeal, cwt.. 3.25
2.60
Codhsh
Cheese, lb.
.18 1-5
6.19
15.50
8.64
21.75
1.10
.52
2.85 . '
19 1-2
5.71
15.
7.47
15.
1.19
M 1-2
2.27 1-4
Sugar, cwt.
Paeon, cwt
Beef, cwt.
Ham, cwt.
Cornmeal,
Bran, cwt.
Flour
cwt.
Same both quarters.
Annual Poultry Show lo Be
Held at beneva This Month
Geneva, Neb., Dec. 16. (Special.)
Annual exhibition of the Fillmore
County Co-operative Poultry associa
tion will be held in Geneva, Decem
ber 19-23. Inquiries concerning
space indicate that the show this year
will be large. On Wednesday eve
nine R C Olrls of (he state col
lege of agriculture will speak on
j f (. . : .LI
naicning ana inciiDaiion prrjoieuis.
Frln Smilpw of Seward, official of
thi American Poultrv association.
will act as judge of poultry at- the
annual show. -
tate Employe Higua
To Take VVtlf ral Position
Lincoln, Dee. 16. (Spechl,) An
nounceinent wa nude today of th
resignation ofAV, S. I risbie, chief of
the state bureaji f foods, drugs and
oil in the agriculture department, to
lake a position in the office of co
operation in the federal bureau of
chemistry at Washington, I), C.
Baptists Hecall Million.
The hrst rmtestaut church in Ne
braska was a Baptist mission started
at the Brllrvue Indian agency in
1808, according to proofs offered bv
H. D. Rhodes at a meeting ol 200
members of 12 local Baptist churches
in the Y. W. C. A. Thursday night.
The First Baptist church in Omaha
was established in 1855, he said.
LIMBERS DP YOUR
SORE STIFF JOINTS
iTHER exiWMlin anrf ford
work bring pains and ache In
mnorla anA ,.,: II. -
fcottle of Sloan s Liniment handy and
apply freely vthout robbing, Jot it
ftnettaUs,
You will find at once comforting
oense of warmth which will be followed
by a relief from soreness and atirTnes.
Wonderful to relievo all sort of
external ache and pain rheumatism,
neuralgia, sciatica, lame backs, spraina
and strains, over-exerted muscles.
For 40 years 'Sloan' Liniment haa
helped thousands the world over.'
You aren't likely to be an exception.
It- certainly does produce results.
Ask your neighbor.
At all druggists-35c, 70c, $1.40.
Liniment
The Landlord Will Soon Hang the "For Rent"
Sign Over the Door Because the D. & M. Will
Positively Quit Business in Omaha
Every Garment Goes at a Traction of iti True Worth Saturday
COME PREPARED FOR SEAL BARQAIN8
Unmtrlctcd Choice
Suit or O'Coat in
Regardless of former worth
Slaughtering Prices on Dunlap S hoes $550 and s7oo
20o Cotton Sox; q
I per pair C
ES5rZJtr..:...$2.4S
Pura Silk Qn V
Hose; pilr ... JJC j
' Extra quality Dreit Shirts, Biu Brummel and
Arrow Brands,
98c, $1.49 ,nd $1.98
Dress Caps with or without ear laps
48c, 79c, 98c ,nd $1.29
flannel Shirts, good quality; rf 4 q
13.00 values, priced at 1.4a7
Wool Flannel 8hirts; M.00 vsIum;
jrlced sxceptlonally low at
DISAPPEARED
Several of our customer
fully paid for. '
Player Pianos Pianos Phonographs
These instruments will be aold at once for the balance due ua.
Some of them are nearly new, some are nearly paid for.
Balance can be paid on very easy weekly or monthly
';:. ' paymenta.
Call at once and jsecure one of these extraordinary bargains.
XHACHEJR PIANOS C.
" Baldwin Line of Pianos - - - :
1824 Douglas Street Phone Jackson 3066 ' ; Mailonic Temple Bldg.
A Set Free With Every Sale Totaling $25.00
You'll want one; your neighbors will want one. Come
&4 yours. Supply the garment
fa Sale affords the most wonderful bargains of 1921.
Overwhelming Valued for
v in this stupendous
Year
Just one more week of this sensational value-giving. '. Grasp this oppor-'
tunity to save. Supply your every clothes need. Our generous credit
terms make the payment easy. . ; -f .
Women's and Misses'
Winter Coats
Normandie '
Velour '
Coats up to $35
'.
Coats
$1085
Plushes
Mochatez
Coats up to $55
28i
Coats
T Tq Vrktir CYoAtt" Dres3 up for Christmas. Get that new suit
yC 1 UUl VxfCtlCC or coat. A small payment down is all we
ask. The balance can be cared for on terms to suit your convenience.
of Any
s
the House
go la two lots
jS5o Lisle Hom; 1 ft- C Fiber SUM A A I
I per pair IvC I I Host; pair ... J
" $4.95?.'a"-v:......47c, 79 c, 98c
Arrow Soft 1ft. j f Flno Wool AQ
Collsrs; sieh.. 16C I Ciihmn Hn40C I
11.25 and $1.50 Silk Knit TIssJ a beautl- ?Q- '
ful rang, of patt.rns, go at OtC
Leather Lined Vests, with leather frA AO
ileeves; special price J)t'sv0
Extra Heavy Blue Chambray Work JO '
Shlrti; all siie DOC
Extra H.avy Union Made 220 weight blue QQ '
Denim Overalls and Jackets iOC
Fleece Lined; Ribbed and Wool Ribbed Union Suits.
. 98c, $1.49 $1.98
$2.98
4f
CLOTHES " SHOP
1312 Faruain street
have disappeared, leaving
. .".,.
During This Store-Wide
Year-End Clearance
. we are giving away absolutely free
5,000Cut Glass Water Sets
needs of the entire family.
End.
j' j,Men's jahd Yourigr Men'
Bolivia
Veldyne
Values to $35.00
, Year-End Price
up to $45
23 18? -23
Pom Pom
' Chamo
Values to $49.50
, Year-End Price
up to $65
$34i $28
1417 Douglas Street.'
Men's Pants
per pair -$1.45 t
$4.95
instruments that were not
down Saturday and get
This gigantic Year-End
Saturday
v;,. , . - .
ale
and U coats
Values to $39.50
K Year-End Price
!
Values to $59.50
. Year-End Price
$33
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