WAR AGAINST CRIME
Nov
Tlhoiuiglhts
Right now is the time to get busy with your winter shopping. We've
been thinking hard for you and this week's offerings is the result of
our thought. You will find every one of them to be money savers.
A WOMAN'S
HARVEST
TWO GREAT SPECIALS IN WOMEN'S
SUITS.
50 dozen Women's Union Suits in gray
or ecrue, all sizes, a good value at
50c; special now 43c
25 dozen Women's Glove Fitting Union
Suits, cream, white, light fleeced, all
sizes, $1.00 value. . 83c
OUTING FLANNEL
GOWNS
20 dozen Women's Night Dresses, made of
blue and pink outing flannel, sizes 15, 16
and 17, special 45c
25 dozen of extra heavy Outing Flannel
Night Gowns in assorted colors, all sizes,
$1.00 values 75c
10 dozen Children's Sleeping Garments, as
sorted sizes, made of outing flannel, special
this week . ...45c
We also carry Dr. Denton's knit sleeping
garments for children, prices according to age.
SILK PLAIDS 69c
20 pieces of Silk Plaid Suitings and Waist
ings in the newest combinations of colors,
including 27-inch shepherd checks in all
colors, silks worth to $1.00, on sale this
week 69c
FANCY SILK TO CLOSE
47c
25 pieces of Fancy Silk Suitings, 27 and 20
inches wide, a lot bought by. us at a price
worth to $1.00, to close now 47c
SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON ALL BLACK SILKS.
WORSTED PLAID
SUITINGS
15 pieces of Scotch Worsted Plaid in Assorted
colors, special .at. . . . j . ... .15c
A lot of 34 inch Worsted Plaids and Check
in a wide range of colors, special at 23c
38 inch Worsted Plaids, assorted colors, values
reasonable at 50c, special. '. .'.43c
All Plaid at prices higher than mentioned
above at a special discount. .
CLOAKROOM NEWS
WHEN OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR, YOU
SHOULD HEED THE CALL.
Our Cloak Department is crowded with the latest created
models in Cloaks, Skirts arid Waists. Now is your time to make
selection, when the stock is in its best shape. Our special prices
will make your choosing easier. , ,
Kersey Coats, in correct lengths, half lined, tastily silk braid
trimmed, special priced at $17.50, $15.75, $12.50, $11.50,
$9.95, $7.50 and $5.95
Regular values at $19.50, down to .' ; . $6.95
BROADCLOTH BLACK, BROWN, WINE.
Correct length, full satin lined, handsomely silk braid trim
med, special priced at $22.50, $17.50, $14.95, $12.50 and. . $9.95
Regular values $25.00, down to .$11.50
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THE $9.95
SKIRT
Just received a shipment of skirts,
black silk finished wool taffeta
made iti deep pleating with -3 rows
of taffeta trimming black Chiffon
Panama made to large sweep in 47
gore burned orange Chiffon Pan
ama made in deep pleating, with
3 rows of taffeta trimming. These
three attractive models are worth
$12.50 and $11.50, special
priced at $9.95
MISSES' COATS, SIZES 14, 16, 18 AND 20.
Grey and wine Plaids trimmed with wine velvet to match.
$7.50 values, special .$6.50
Brown and green Plaids trimmed with brown velvet to
match. $7.95 values, special. .$6.95
Kersey in castor, brown and blue trimmed with velvet and
straps. $9.95 values, special $8.95
Do not miss to see the dressing sacques and kimonos; cut
price at 98c, 79c, 49c and - - 39c
KNIT GOODS SPECIALS.
10 dozen of wool knit Scarfs and squares in -assorted com
bination of colors, also all the desirable plain colors;
, special this week .'. .......50c
A lot of Women's Golf Gloves, special priced this week
at ..23c
15 dozen Children's Mittens in assorted colors and sizes,
worth to 20c ; to close, pair 10c
We carry a complete line of Infant Hoods, Sacques and
booties at the very reasonable prices.
917-921 O St. OPPOSITE CITY HALL
BOYS' SHOES
that will do their duty ' ' is what we 're saying. ' '
We 've had our eye on that strenuous boy of yours
and we've had some special shoes built for his
particular use. We know the combination re
quired in Boys' Shoes, and we've struck it. Boys'
shoes of boxnd marine calf, in lace or Blucher
styles well stayed inside and out, durable oak
tanned shoes. No detail omitted that could bet
ter the shoes. ' - 1
All sizes, 2V2 to 5y2,$2.50, $2.25, $2.00 and. , .$1.85
All sizes, 1312 to 2. ...... . .$2.25, $1.75 and $1.50
All sizes, 9 to 13 . . $1.75, $1.65, $1.58 and $1.39
About time f or overshoes ? A complete as
sortment of Men's, Women 's; Misses' and Chil
dren's Overshoes. Buy now. t
Great Sale of Stamped
Goods at 10c, 15c, 25c
We have just bought a great line of Stamped
Linen and Pillow Tops from a commercial man
which was used as a sample line by him and was
sold to us at about one-half of the manufacturers'
first cost. Among this lot are Stamped Pillow
Tops, Center Pieces, Doilies, Pillow Shams, Linen
Pillow Tops, Shirtwaists, Corset Covers, Laundry
Bags and many other articles. : The prices will be
as follows: Any article . , '. . ' . '
-Worth to ' 25c how. ...... .10c
Worth to o 50c now . .15c
Worth to $1.00 now. ', . .25c
Now is the time to select these goods for
Holiday Gifts. '
FLANNEL
SHIRTINGS
We carry a complete stock of skirting flan-'
nels at, per yard, 50 to. .. . .$1.35
Wool skirt patterns in assorted ' colors at
60c, $1.00, $1.35 and ................... . $1.50
AND EVERYWHERE, TOO.
What Cleveland Is Doing Every Other
American City Should Do.
The Cleveland, Ohio, city council
has passed a resolution directing the
city clerk to notify the various de
partments that it was the desire of
the council to have them purchase
supplies only of such concerns as are
admlted to be fair to the labor unions
and the Consumers' League, the lat
ter being an organization which fights
sweatshops and child labor. Wiiy
should not our city fathers do as
much? They do not Btand for over
work and sweatshops, do they? They
did not during the vota getting.
Springfield Tradesman.
PHOTO ENGRAVERS' GOOD MOVE.
Photo ' Engravers want a home for
conBumtiveg and ' in the near future
a referendum vote will be taken on
the proposition to levy an assessment
for the purpose of creating a home
fund. It Is more than likely that the
proposition will carry.
WHAT IT MEANS.
Judge Thompson's Decision in Press
men Case Means .Slavery.
If Judge Thompson's decision in the
case of the Presmen and the Typo
thetae holds good, It simply means
wuge slavery. It means that the of
ficials of a union may, without war
rant or authority, bind the member
ship to maintain specified conditions
for two, twenty or two hundred years.
It means that weak officials may be
bribed to betray their fellows, just
like that trained steer in the Chicago
stockyards leads Its unsuspecting com
rades into the slaughter pen.
The officials of the Pressmen and
Assistant's union hltd no legal right
to bind the entire union. The matter
should have been left to the member
ship. The pressmen should have the
assistance of every union that is op
posed to a system that , may lead to
Industrial slavery. -
Already the officials of the Press
men and Assistant'3 Union have been
cited for contempt, it being claimed
that they have violated the In
junction. The membership voted to
enforce the eight hour day on NoVem
ber 18, and President Berry merely
notified the membership of the re
sult of the vote on that question. ..Of
course Berry is likely to go to jail
tor exercising his legal "right to use
the United States mails for legal pur
poses, but Berry In a cell will cut a
much better figure than a 'Thompson
on the federal bench.
MARSHALL EN TOUR.
John E. Marshall put a "sub" on his
"Merg" at the Star office last Tues
day and violated the precedent of p
lifetime . by paying cash for a home
seeker's ticket for Oklahoma. He will
spend a week or ten days in the new
state, looking around for a possible
location' to embark in the weekly
newspaper business. He goes first to
Frederick, and after looking that field
over will "pesticate" around Oklaho
ma City, El Reno, Kingfisher, Enid
and' other live cities.
FOR ARBITRATION ALWAYS.
Labor Abhors a Strike and Seeks Al
ways to Avoid One.
Labor stands for arbitration, first,
last and all the time. Labor Is will
ing to meet its employers, and strikes
are caused in nearly every instance
by the employers' refusal to treat with
men in a collective capacity. ' .
This is back of every "open shop"
fight that was ever waged. It caused
the Machinists' strike, excepting the
Pope incident. It caused the Iron
Moulders', the Printers', the Tinners',
and all others, and was back of the
Bakers'( troubles, whose ' employers
took Boectker's advice and abrogated
a contract. ,
The Telegraphers' strike is caused
by the companies' refusal to treat.
The railroads take the same position
with their Clerks.
How will "arbitration" settle any
thing when the boss repeats George
Pullman's dictum: "We have nothing
to arbitrate?"
'Stop feeding us these sops about the
benefits of arbitration", when cor
porations refuse to arbitrate.
. Whafs the use of indulging in these
nothings when the advocate , of this
theory confine their utterances to
strikes and boycotts? !
Let's talk plain. ' .
When did a labor union ever refuse
to arbitrate?
Do corporations refuse to arbitrate?
Who's the blame for strikes and
boycotts, those wealth destroying
weapons that the workers are too
often forced to seize?
A strike or boycott is the cause
, the symptoms for a disease. '
iLet those dabblers in pretty phrases
take strong ground against any one
be he employer or employe who re
fuses to treat with one another.
'In heaven's name, tell how strikes
can be avoided when labor is not met
half way. We know we have the
right to organize Labor has estab
lished that right after years of fight:
ing, during which time our "friends"
remained silent. r
Xow tell us how w.e can arbitrate,
when one of the parties refuse. ' We
are not interested in word pictures on
arbitration we want the real thing.
Toledo Union Leader.
OTTO KLUSMAN.
Otto Klusman, a member of ' the
Lincoln Cigarmakers' Union, . died at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Mark
Wilber, last Thursday morning. . The
funeral was held "at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilber and was attended
by the cigarmakers in a ' body. A
handsome floral offering was placed
over the casket by 'his fellow crafts
men. Mr. Klusman was a single man
and for several years had boarded
with his sister. He was an active
member of his union and was a fa
vorite with his fellow workers.
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REESE ELECTED.
Manoah B. Reese, republican, was
elected justice of the supreme court
last Tuesday. He defeated Judge Loo
mis of Fremont, who, while a member
of the legislature, opposed the garni
shee law and defeated it. Reese was
elected on a platform drawn by Ross
L. Hammond, an advocate of the open
shop and now running a "rat" print
ing office because he refused to rec
ognize the Typographical Union.
MUSICAL ITEM. ,
Musicians of Lincoln, Neb., have or
ganized, and Maupin, the ''sweet
singer" of The Wageworker, will now
have company in soothing the "savage
breasts." Washington Trades Unionist.
GOOD WORK DONE BY POSTAL
SERVICE. ,
Mighty Army Ever Engaged in Serv
ing and Protecting the Public
Swindling. Advertisements
Detected and Barred.
Just how much of its amazing de
velopment this vast country owes to
its postal service would take volumes
to tell. A mighty machine is this,:
whose pulsing is felt in every home
and-'place of business, however re
mote, from Alaska to Florida. It is
served by a mighty army of 319,898
employes, strategically . disposal in
some 70,000 offices, haardled last
year 11,361,090,610 separate pieces of
mail. . ; j -
It is evident that to protect these
postal myriads, and to see that their
units are not used for fraudulent n$ir
poses, is the work of a Titan, who,
however, looms unobtrusively as Post
master General George von L. Meyer.
Crimes of all kinds connected with
the post office are published in a jour
nal never seen by the ordinary 'public
the depredation bulletin of the serv
ice, which must be read by every sol
dier of the postal array under pain of
fine. And, as you may suppose, the
work of what I -may call the secret
service of the post office, is Immensely
interesting.
Monday morning; frequently brings
a startling; wire to a state center
"Post office . robbed last Bight; sale
blown with ' gvncottoa or nitroglycer
in." An inspector is on the spot as
fast as express trains will carry him.
And a stringent iffquiry is begun m
the spot Occasionally suspicion falls
on an inside man, who, if convicted, is
taken before the federal courts . and
sentenced to at least three years. I
may mention here that every post of
fice in the country is periodically over
hauled by an expert and everything
from staff to 1 stamps checked and
passed "All well.". And incidentally
all . complaints against postmasters,
carriers and clerks ' are sifted, for
charges more or less well founded are
often laid against these for intoxica
tion, laziness, loitering, carelessness
or downright dishonesty. V
But the fraudulent use of the mails
through swindling advertisements is
vastly more difficult on account of
legal technicalities and flaws of which
swindlers know so well how to .avail '
tnemseives.- jonn hiu, jr., oi ine um
cago board of trade, estimates that
every year the people of the United
States contribute the enormous sum
of 1100,000,000 to get-rich-quick and"
"safe investment" . swindlers , alone.
All classes are affected, from the
laundress to the lawyer, clergyman
and merchant. There are victims in
the cities, on farms, ranches and, plan
tations, and in every hamlet and little
village. For distance is swiftly
bridged by the United States mail and'
the public's money flows freely and
quickly through that gigantic artery.
Only the other day. an enterprising
"seed" merchant was sentenced to a
year's imprisonment and a fine of $500.
Amateur florists all oyer the country
had for years been receiving gorgeous,
colored catalogues from him and in
every case he announced the discovery
of a rare and marvelous flower and he
agreed to send a small quantity of the
precious seed for one dollar a package.
In the first flush of enthusiasm few
amateurs let such a chance go by.
Even professional' florists subscribed.
On each package was the usual trade
notice that no guarantee could . be
given as to germinating power, but as
such a notice is quite usual in the
trade few buyers balked. .;-, , ,
Much : anxious watching, careful
watering and weeding availed nothing,
however, and for the most part the
gardeners concluded their methods
were too crude for so exotic a flower.
A New York woman thought other-
wise. On receiving her packet she
took it to an expert and found that
the priceless-"seed" of that wondrous
bloom consisted entirely of palm leaf
fans crushed into seedlike fragments.
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Science Studies Your Baby.
Science takes a large and compre
hensive Interest in modern babies and
baby-statistics, says the September
Delineator.
-The average weight of boy babies at
birth is seven pounds; girls about .six .
and a half pounds. During the first
three days the child loses weight;- aft-,
er it is a week old it steadily in
creases. A child should increase in weight
two pounds for every addition of an
Inch in height between, three and four
feet, and two and one-half pounds for
very inch between four and five feet.
The healthy baby triples its weight
at birth in one year, doubles this in,
six years, quadruples this weight in
13 years, and at 21 a man weighs 21
times his weight at birth. , ' -
Better Than Steel Safe.
' Iron safes being '"difficult to obtain
and his subjects' being in many cases
adroit thieves, the king of Anam some
time ago resorted to the ingenious
method of safeguarding his treasures.
In the interior of his palace the king
caused a large tank to be constructed,
which he kept constantly filled wjth
water. Several teak logs were bored
out, and in the holes he packed his
Jewels and treasures. The holes were
then closed and the logs put into the
tank. A number of large crocodiles
were placed in the tank and kept on
short rations, so that any thief who
attempted to get at- the treasures
would be a tempting meal. .