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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1909)
77 8 THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 17, 1909. aonoaononoDonoD U o n WINTERS u o Your Unrestricted Cholo of All Our Women's ICLOAKS 5 Thathav9 jj beenaellnlg P I"T p up to $12. at kJ K30E3OX30I a O a o D o n IOE30E30E30 u oao paoaononoaoaoaon 0 WOMEN'S $4 p 8 Blanket Robes g n ridnrl Cloth. c4no K wlTh Cord, aClMring Sale at 1300000000000 onononoaoaononoa 5 Your Choice All Our O g WOMEN'S Cloaks g D Have been g D 2 selling up to 18 I n g $20. Monday AVr g OE30I30aOCXOE30E30t30I3i aonocaoi30C3oaoaoc3 O Your Cholcw All Our Q D Women's Cloaks 2 That Hav Peon C CfA H I Selling up to $23 3 O g MONOA? at m n IfaonoaoaoaoDonono The Bargains Are Greater Than Ever New Goods Brought Forward for the First Time Monday in Our FID. onoDonoaocl jaonocj we Sales o n o D c a o D o D o a PUKK LINN 1 LACE Si and INSERTIONS I Torchons and med Icl effect!, closely resemble real lace. 1 to I Inches wide, worth up to 12c, yd. DJ a' o D O 30E3C Saononoaoaono onoaononoaonoa B Val. Laces g Come to Branflels Monday If You Want Your Share of the Greatest Bargains Any Store In the West Ever Offered to Its Customers. These Tremendous Price Reductions Are Forcing Out Every Piece of Winter Goods n ana iimmuk i tuna o D o New shipment, all this season's In tout design many to match, worth up to 12 ho ya., ai ya O a o n Our Big Clearing Sale of SHOES 151 Kg ret Shoe Bargains Ever Offered In Omaha. All Our Women's i All our Men'i $4.00 and 4.50 Hliofg 8O50 !2 a.oo and 93.50 CTUUtD SQ29 2 Our Dig Qearing Sale of MEN'S SUITS (El Overcoats Worth S15, $18. $20 and $22.50, at $g88 S A Great Special Purchase EMBRO IDERIES s s 1 Zoc embroideries afllc lard t ( t rt rr "K ? ' l T 1 - j.o-incn line iamsooK aim camDnc r louncings, i Skirtings and Corset Cover Embroidery, 9 Just Received from Our New York Buyer 22 and 27-inch fine Swiss and Nainsook Em- i broideries, Skirtings, Corset Covers and Flounc- J ings, elegant new designs in English eyelet, floral, I Grecian and shadow effects, worth up to 75c yard, at per yard 29c 'Jannary Sale oslin Underwear 5c !oaoaoc30iaoaoc3oc3op poaoaoaonoaoaoao 2 Women's SS Striped TEASLEDOWN ROBES U Clearing sale O i rl P- - onoaonononoaonon gnooononoaonoaocg g 59c Tokio Silks g Q X7 Isches wilt, ' strtpes. m fl January tale 2 D Bargain Square ... U uonocaoiaQaoaoiaocxS SJ.39 jj The most immense stock of Undermuslins and the biggest bargains wo have ever offered. and 39c signs, worth up to 25c yard, at, per yard ' r S choice, new de- 2c J REAL FRENCH LINGERIE Tbis is the dainty real French hand made Under wear, daintiest of needlework: Corset Covers, at 75c np to $7.50 Chemises, at 08c up to $f5 Gowns, at $1.50 up to $10 Drawers, at 08c up to $7.50 Child's EOc Outing r.'!'....25c Child's 50c Outing Flannel Night Gowns. rnn at VW Combination Suits in Lingerie These practical combinations of corset cover and drawers or corset cover and skirts prom ise to be In greatest demand for the coming season. They come in lace or embroidery trimmings, at 51.50, l.98. 2.50 3.98??.12.50 s s Groat Clearing Salo of Several thousand yards of all kinds of silks on sale on bargain squares. Dresfe and lining Taffetas, 1 S S s MM 11 Messalines, Paillet de Soie, pretty Foulards, ft rough and plain Pongee and Rajah effects, etc. (i 1 1 from 20 to 27 inches wide flA " l j rptTard$!f.r.ff....."c-()3C jV r . . I if UNDER MUSLINS Great lots of prettily trimmed Undermuslins, made from fine sheer fabrics and all care fully sized, splendid CIQ values, at JOG Govms, Chemises, Skirts Drawers and Corset Covers, a great variety of styles, many are quite elaborate, a splen did group $!39 a each j January LINEN SALE) lATTtKA TAULE CLOTHS ?S Atistiiiin and Irish linen Pattern Cloths, double satin ilamnsli. all hi 8, each 3.08 J5.00 extra heavy Irish Linen Pattern Cloths, 2, 2 Vi and 3 jards long, each $2.50 I $4.00 All Linen Pattern Cloths, 2, 2 and 3 yards long, I each $1.08 $2.50 Pure Irish Linen Pattern Cloths, 2 and 2 Mi yards f long, each 81.75 i h at s v i i at if Ml SI.IX U X DER WEAR These are the prettiest Btyles muslin underwear ever Bhown in Omaha at such a price, se lected materials, beau- Si 98 tifully trimmed, at... JL Child's Outing Flan nel Sleeping Gar ments with feet, worth 75c, at 35c S S S s PATTERN TABLE DAMASK $1.50 quality extra fine Damask Table Linen, 72-lnches wide, at yard 05 $1.00 quality Pure Irish Table Damask, full 72-lnches wide, yard 68c 60c quality Mercerized Table Damask, all good Patterns, at yard 30c JANUARY SALE NAPKINS $10 Napkhia Including all the bent lint'im In lrlHli and Aus trian mtikt-H. extra apei'lal, at per dozen $8.00 5.00 Irish anil Auotrian Linen Napkin. lai'Ke dinner Htze. at per dozen 93.08 14.00 Dinner Size Napkins, all pure linen, very good quality, January sale price, per dozen $1.98 $1.98 all pure Linen Napklnw, fine quality, large size, per dozen $1.85 January Wh ite Goods Salel! Our $1.25 Black Bonnet Guaranteed Taffetas, yard 08 C J Our $1.50 yard w4do Black Dress Taffetas, special edge, i at per yard 08 Our $1.50 yard wide black Peaw de Sole, yard 08c Our $1.60 Bonnet Black Mesealine Directoire, yard 08c Our $1.50 Bonnet fancy weaves, yard 08c 1 f In Main Dress Goods Dept. Suit and Skirt lengtha In French and Austrian Broadcloth. ( all the newest shades, worth no C 1 r A . $2.00 and $3.00. at yard.... 1100-1. J 8 In our white goods department are all the latest novelties for dress and fancy waists. New satin damasks, embroidered piques and dimities, hand embroidered mulls, St. Gaul Swisses, etc. White Pique with colored dots and stripes, also light blue and pink; regular 35c quality, yard 19c French mercerized mull, 3C-ln., at, yard 25J French Triercerized mull, 46-ln., at, yard 35 Sheer v.ulte linen, 36-in., at, yard 25 20 and 35 Fine pin dot Swiss, 30c quality, at, yard 15 Imperial long cloth, bolt of 12 yards 80 Imperial English NalnBook, bolt of 12 yards 05 Our Best Long Cloth, 25c qual ity, yard .14 Indian Head linen, 34 Inches wide, yard O Our special 35c lingerie cloth, yard 21 i Th Now Wash Fabrics Dress Linens, fancy Voiles, silk and linen Sheer Saltings, plain and fancy Banzai, Tuscan and Sueslne ir ' Silks up from ' JLDC j Boys' Clothing j Your unrestricted choice of any winter weight boys' Knickerbocker Suit, ago 5 to 17. Child's Buster Brown Russian Sailor, ages 3 to 10. Boys' Protector Overcoat or boys' box back, ages 8 to 16. Child's Russian Overcoat, Child's Teddy Bear Overcoat or Child's Reefer, ages 3 to 10, $15, $12.60, $10 and $7.50 value, at GINGHAMS It's a pleasure to buy ginghams where so many new styles of the finest Imported and domestic cloths are shown new woven stripes, checks, bordered Btyles, plain colors, etc. colors warranted fast, at 8ic-10c-12ic-15ct"op25c PERCALES The biggest and brightest stock of fine percales ever shown ideas in great demand for early spring, including all the new, pretty bord ered effects, 36 inches wide, at. yard 10c-121c SOISETTE Here is a bargain that Is worth your spe cial attention. The genuine Soisette that sell everywhere for 25c yard, each yard bears the original mill stamp "Soisette" on the selvage white, cream and colors, yard 10c it ( Clearing Sale Dress Goods i H i 49c J j SEVEN Genuine Utica sheets, size 90 0 hemstitched, worth $1, at, each ...60c SPECIAL Oenulne Utica sheets, size 90 90, plalm hem, at, each .... B9c BARGAINS We will sell the genuine Lons dale Cambric Monday, from the bolt, yd. 10c IN OUR MUSLIN DEPARTMENT We will sell yard wide Bleached Muslin that sells regularly for 9c and 10c yard, off the bolt, at, yd. 60 45 inch wide bleached pillow casing 14o val ue, at, yd.8&c 4 2 Inch wide bleached pillow casing, 12 Vic value, yard..7Wc MONDAY Thousands of 42-36 and 45-36-ln. pil low cases, worth 12 He, one day only at, each....7Hc s5 s s This sale Is for one day only, lng this sale or after. s Hero Arc Extra Special Bargains for Monday S The newest Dress Goods at & big reduction, .Also are closing out several lines from our regular linos of our regular stock. 60-lnch grey mixtures In broken checks, barred patterns, and self stripes. worth $1.25, at per yard 46-incn an wool Kajan errects, Panama weare, Q to $1.50 yard, at per yard fJC 44-lnch all wool German Henriettas, worth CO i $1.00, at per yard OZfC J 40 and 42-lnch Novelty Dress Goods and La Porte yf CI- i Woolen Mills, worth $1.00, at yard T.W J 40-lnch Check all Wool Panama, worth 85c, at per yard 39c (f Fancy 'White . Goodi i at loc Yd. .11 the wanted stripes, Red isovelty white goods In waist , 1 and dreBS lengths, equal to Cross nurso ginghams off crrtedwhrte 1 the bU &t' ft VoP materials at, yard . . w yard Vl 2v Cambric Sale Genuine Fruit of the Loom, Warn- 36-m- Wlde soft flDlsh nam- sutta, Berkley, etc., de- sook and long cloth ; greater sirable lengths; up to 18c bargains than these are sel- values, at, per hi dom ever offered, C yard 2 C at, yard J C Dress prints, pretty grey pat- Take advantage of the spec terns; perfect goods off the ial India Linon bargain bolt; Monday fore-1 Monday the regular 25c noon only at, yard. 2C and 30c grades off the bolt; , , . . , . , t on bargain squares Odd lengths various kinds of . d 2Q very finest linings, includ- Li. . ing sateens black and col- 30-inch wide soft finished ors; beginning at 1:30 Mon- bleached muslin remnants; day afternoon, at, C a quality that will C yard please, at, yard OC No exchanges made dur gs2Q02fjBflHXLs9BHaBL!MsBBBSB9sas 1 BRANDEI S s s S Great Millinery Sale J. H. LICHTENSTEIN'S : Pattern Mats Hundreds of stun ning models all from the famous J. II. Lichenstein, the most fashionable milliner In New York. Every hat is a new mid-winter or early 1909 de sign. Worth $25 $30 and $35 TORES DAT FACTORIES ARE TIED DP Union Officials Say Fifteen Thousand Worken Are Out. HTJJTDBXD PLANTS ARE AFFECTED Hitttn Will Appeal Direct to the Aaitrltti Federation of Labor, Whlrh la Caatodtn of Paade. NEW TOIUC. Jan. l.-Importnt fleveV opmenU In the strike of the hatters tn the hops of the Aeaoclated Hat Manufacturer! are expected today as the result of a fathering- of the ati liters' leaders In this city. President Mofflt and the members of the national board of the United Hat ters of North America were to confer and receive report froin the various branches at the union Involved In the strike. It was stated by Secretary Martin Lawler of the United ' Hatters, that the tie-up in the plants of the Associated Hat Manufac turers wae complete. Fifteen thousand tnea In kO factories all over the country had gone out, he said, and would stay out until the difficulty with their employers was adjusted. The strike so far ha been a peaceful one, no disorders being reported any where. Will Appeal to Federation. NBWARJC V J.. Jan. 1. The posit,-.? statement was mad today by one of .lie big-beat officials ot the United Haitera of WorUl America that a direct appeal would ba nvade to the American Federation of Labor for aid In the present strike of hat (era. TUls appeal Is made neceaeary, ac cording to the officials of the hatters, be cause the federation la now custodian of the hatters' funds, which amounts to be tween $300,000 and MOO.000. Vice President Frank P. Shalvey of' the hatter, addressing the Essex trades coun cil of the federation last night, expressed the opinion that the discontinuance of the hatters' label was the first step In a gen eral plan of manufacturers' associations to dispense with all union labels. hood for them for a number of years, have pointed out with some force that the plat forms of both of the great political parties declare for statehood of both territories. However, there are only forty legislative days remaining, and practically all of the big supply bills remain to be passed. NEW STATES MUST WAIT Me loo and Artaona Bills Probably Will Be Sidetracked br Sen ate Leaders. WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Numerous dele gations from New Mexico and Alisons, which have come here to press the claims of those territories for statehood, have learned that the senate leaders do not In tend to permit the statehood bill to pass at the present session. This decision has been reached at an informal conference of aenite leaders. It was said that there Is not enough time remaining of this con gress to enact the nenesaary legislation. Statehood measures Invariably provoke prolonged discussion. An additional reason advanced by senate loaders against the proposition Is the fact that members who have discussed the qualifications of these territories differ widely as to the character of the popula tion and Its ability to carry the responsi bilities of statehood. It Is said that there are a number of questions to be settled which will be answered by the coming de cennial census, and many members of con gress therefore urge that, statehood be de layed until after It baa been taken. Many jther members. Including Senator Foraker, who has been an advocate of separata stats- LABOR LEADERS RAP KEEFE Object to II U Confirmation aa Immi gration Commlaeloner Oore TaJiee I n Fight. WASHINGTON, Jan. l.-0nslderabla opposition to the confirmation of Panlel J. Keefe of Michigan, who was nominated by the president on December 1 to suc ceed the lata Frank Barge nt as commis sioner general of Immigration, has de veloped In the senate under the leadership of Mr. Oore of Oklahoma. The objection to confirmation advanced by Mr. Oore Is the fact that a report has been made to him by certain labor leaders that Mr. Keefe received the appointment as a re ward for breaking with President Oorapers of the American Federation of Labor dur ing the recent presidential campaign. Borne labor leadera have gone so for as to send tetters to members of congress charging that Mr. Keefe, as a prominent lubor leader klmuelf, has been a traitor to the cause of labor. Several efforts have been made by Senator Dillingham, chair man of the committee on immigration, to obtain action on this nomination In com mittee, but thus far he has failed. Senator Oore has given notice of a desire to ap pear before the Immigration committee and to argue his objections to Keefe's confirmation. Meat Foe la Falsa to ths dyspeptic. Electric Bitters curs dy spesla. liver and kidney complalnta and dtblllty. Pries too. Fur .sale, px Beaton Drug Co UNCLE SAM'S STILL HUNTERS Nerve Center of Secret Service Work in Washington. NATION-WIDE EANGE OF ACTION Notable Men In the Service Hot the Membership la Recruited Monetary Rewards Only Moderate. The United States secret service, which is receiving a good deal of attention these days In congress and In the newspapers. Is frequently called the "least known branch of our government." Its operations are at present restricted pretty closrly to apprehending counterfeiters and the protec tion of the person of the chief magistrate. Until a somewhat recent date, however, secret service operatives were assigned to other duties, such as obtaining evidence In land fraud cases, exposing the "cotton report leak" in the Department of Agri culture and in investigating charges against naval officers. Originally for Counterfeiter. Beoauae Us primary purpose was the trailing of counterfeiters the secret ser vice was made a branch of the Unite! States treasury department, but while shadowing men suspected of counterfeiting the secret service has gathered much In formation of great value regarding Black Hand organisations and the operations of anarchists. Until congress shut down on It last year the Treasury department also used the secret service to detect smuggling enterprises and other frauds on the cus toms service and to Investigate robberies and irregularities of many kinds. The headquarters of the secret service are In the Treasury building at Washing ton. Here are the private offices of the chief of the service, John E. Wllkie, who receives a salury of $4,000 a year, and the assistant chief, William Herman Moran, who receives U.OfO a year. There Is a cleri cal division, employing some half doien men, and a large storeroom, where confis cated counterfeiting outfits, spurious coins and other contraband seized are deposited and allowed to accumulate until, at Inter vals of about a year, a committee Is ap pointed to superintend the destruction of these unlawful articles. The Nerve Center. The bureau at Washington Is essentially a nerve center from which are directed operations In the twenty-five districts Into which the country is divided on the secret service map. In each of these districts an operative la stationed, Just as a patrol man Is on duty on his beat, but 'In ad dition to the men thus detailed to Indicated geographical dlvlaiona there operate from the central office at Washington a num ber of trained detectives who may be sent to gny place at any time. It la this field service which makes It necessary for every secret service man to abandon all thought of fixed habitation, with social and family ties. He may be ordered from New York to Texas or from tho mountains of Tennessee to San Fran cisco at an hour's notice, snd It Is Impos sible to predict Jn advance how long he will remain at any given place. True to Its name and policy, the secret service alms to let the public know Just as little aa possible regarding Its personnel. N operative allows his photograph to be made, much leas published. If ha can help It, and he seldom acknowledges hla Identity. At headquarters thsrs Is a rule ssjatnst disclosing the name or address of sny of the operatives. A new recruit in the service starta out aa an assistant operative at $3 a day, and, If he proves worthy, Is promoted In due course to the rank of operative, at $G a day. His pay may then Increase to $7 a day, but he whose salary reachea thla point, just short of ISO a week, must have proved his worth by long service. Monetary Rewards. For- all that the monetary rewards of a secret service career are by no means excessive, there Is never any dearth of applicants for the limited number of places In this confidential corps. Following any occasion when the secret service Is brought conspicuously to the attention of the pub lic. Chief Wilkte receives applications by the score from young men In all parts of the country who are ambitious to shine as government sleuths. A majority of the aspirants naively confess that they have had no experience whatever which would fit them for this highly specialised field. Seven hundred namea are now on the "waiting list" of ellglbles. - Some of the most capable operatives now on Undo Sam's payroll have come from the claim departments of ths great railroad. Others have gained their training- with mercantile agencies, and still others have come from law offices, where certain classes of detective work are fre quently necessary. Two of the best men on the force were formerly heads of mu nicipal police departments. Others served for years In legitimate private detective organisations or Independent police depart ment maintained by the great railway systems. A certain proportion hare bad the benefit of preliminary service as United States deputy inarshala. and not a few bave coma to the secret service from the departments of public safety In for elgo countries. The latter, by reason I of their knowledge of foreign tongues and mannerisms, are valuable. The average age of the field operatives 1 under 36 years, and some of the best men in uio corua are una- i Chief Wllklo himself, who wss on of the bright young men whom L.yman Oage i brought from Chicago when he was sec- rotary of the treasury, la now 46 years! old. and waa only J6 years old when he stepped Into his present placs.-New Tau Tribune. LUZON TROOPS TAKE VfilzV Division Meet, Army of the Pblllni J lnes. Comes to Close at 'A, Manila. fl MANTUA, Jan. 1.-Tha division m.. which came to an end this sfternoon. n the largest and mnt knn....,i . ... by the army In the Philippines. The clo I Ing of the meet Included a review of Uk i troops by Brigadier Oeneral Tasker ' J Bliss and the distribution of prises o ' Pasay field. The Department of Luxon cap- ) ' tured a first place and the Department of ! Mlndanoa was second. Troop t, 0f th ' First cavalry won the cavalry cup, i Company F of the Thirtieth Infantry c i rled away the Infantry cup. f KERN WILL NOT TAiir im..' HUT 1 Defeated Candidate Will Net Fl J Ip Charges f Vmtmlw A I ' Treatment. , FT.. U INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. IS-JoVAj' ... . . qetnpcraUc, set atonal caucua which iViited tn hla d.f. It had been ex pec Led he would follow hla charges of unfair ln.im.nt ..' Thursday evening, by mors peoiflo accu I uons. tie saia today he would Issue , statemsat now and perbsps not at all.