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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1913)
TUH 0MA11A SUNDAY BKE: JAM'AliY ft, 11 A We SEMI-ANNUAL OFFER Omaha Men All Wait For It. It is the Season's Most Important Bargain Announcement to Men WX1 Any Man's Overcoat or Suit in Our Entire Stock Have Been Selling Regularly up to $35 (Fur and Fur Lined Coats Excepted) SATURDAY, JAN. 11TH WE POSITIVELY WILL NOT LAY ASIDE A SUIT OR OVERCOAT ANYONE UNTIL THE DAY OF THE SALE. FOR ROMANCE , IS 3SH0R1H4PP Mrs." Louise. Storz lody Sues Hus band for Divorce. ALLEGES EXTREME CRUELTY on he Umiilin lVnuian Fall In Love with Ccrinmi Youth While Muklne Tour of World Midi Friend. New-Made Bride Asks Diyorce Shattering of another International so ( lety romance, the rude awakening from a loacate dream tliat lasted less than two months, was marked. In. district court I-ody, udopted daughter of Gottlieb Storz, Lody, adopted daughter of Qotlelb Store, Instituted suit for divorce agalimt Carl Hans Lody, late of Berlin, once a lieu tenant in tho kaiser's navy. Physical cruelty is charged. It Is ulleged that 11. -it Lody btat his wife on December 29 und again on Now Year's day. r. and Sirs. Lody were married In the me of the bride's foster parents Oc tober 29. it wus a "society" wedding, 'it., homo was beautifully decorated with ilirysanthemums, palms and ferns. Tho , ercniouy and the details that preceded It I were elaborate. About seventy-five guests attended. After an extended western honeymoon tour Mr. and Mrs. Iody es tablished u residence In the Clailndu. Met on World Trip. A tour of tho world by Mrs. Lody and (several other Omulia young girls Inst cummer resulted In tho romance which now Is ended. Hero Lody, handsome, pre possessing, was u conductor of tours for tho Hamburg-American lino of steatji ships. It became his duty to escort around tho world tho party of several hundred, among which wero numbered Miss Btorz and her friends. Before the oyago long had continued Herr Lody mid Miss Storz wero In love. They wero engaged before the return to this country. Miss Storz stopped In Berlin to be the guest of her fiance's parents. After ,the .wedding journey Herr Lody. proposed to take 'a position In the Storz brewery, .but his knowledge ot theJbrew- er's art was limited.- Department headsvj said there was no place for htm. Here he Was liuthe United States with a wife to support and no position In sight. It was arranged for tierr Lody to go to' ivorks mi", accountant , or clerk lnthe rnioii Pacific railroad headquarters. There-' 'he now Is employed at a' salary somewhat less than 'J100 a month, per forming his simple duties side by side with Xiherlcan workers. iir', T.rilv has not been satisfied with his condition In the states. The petition for degree alleges, that-his attacksthave been without provocation. 1 ip i zi "imiwir Br HE una cAitL ii. lody. who was i-mnsu STonz. bhk was whddkd on . OCTOBKR 29. 1912. A8 OUTCOME OK A ItOMANCK, HAVING FIRST MIST HEK HUSBAND IN UKItUN WHILF. ON A TRIP A HO UND THI3 WOULD. On tho nt'ti'l'iioon of that (Into wo take un inventory survey of our business. It is important that wo reduce our general stock of Watches, Fine Jewelry and Silverware, as well as Out Glass, during the month of .Innunry. AVe bought heavily last fall, and although our skillful manipulation of the manufacturers' market brought us the heaviest Christmas trade wo have ever enjoyed yet there are certain lines that must be reduced further and at any sacrifice. We have retained our force of experienced clerks and it will be a pleasure to shop in our roomy store during tho coming ' INVENTORY SACRIFICE SALE STARTING MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH Outside a small allowance for running expenses during the month we stand ready to quote AOTUAL COST PRICE on a stock that was bought originally at the closest morgain. No better opportunity will offer itself in our line anywhere in these parts AND YOU KNOW IT! WATCHES GonUctnfin'H Watches, 1G slio hunting cbbo, guarantor 20 ypars fitted with tin Illinois or Rockfonl 21-Jmyui movement; regular price $40.00 Inventory Stilo Prleo, each...' 831.75 Gentlemen's Watches, open fnco, 20-year aunrantoed case, fitted with a Hnmpdcn 17-jewel all nickel patent, regular movomout; regular price 18. 50 Inventory Salo Prlcf S9.75 I-julIes small 0 bIzo Watches, Elgin or WrtUham movement, flUotl In a 2R-year solid gold filled H-karat caflo, wiltTfioltd gold bow; regular price $20.00 Inventory Salo Prlco, each . . . .$12,60 Solid Gold CUFF LINKS Gold Front Solid Gold Cuff Links, plain Roman and fancy designs; regular prices ffi.00 to $15.00- -Inventory Salo Prlco 2.50 87.50 Solid Gold Front Cuff Links, all tho latent designs; regular $1.76 to $4.00; all go at one prlco, each 81.10 SCARF PINS Solid Gold Scarf Pins, plain Roman and stone mounted; regular prices $2 to $25 Invontory Salo Prices. .1.00 to 812.50 LOCKETS LOCKETS Solid Gold Filled Lockets, plain. Itoman and fancy stone mounted designs, exceptionally protty patterns; hundreds to solect from; nil go In threo Iota as follows.: Lot 1 Lockota Regular prices f'1.00 to $6.00, cholco. .82.38 Lot 2 Lockota Regular prices $6.00 to $9.00, choice k 83.48 Lot 3 Lockota Regular prices $0.00 to $15.00, choice. 85.08 Don't fall to tako advantngo of this offer. BRACELETS High grade Solid Gold Filled Bracelets, plain, Roman and hand engraved designs; regular prices $8.00 to $15.00; all go In ono lot, regardloss of former prlco, each 84.08 BAR PINS Solid Gold Front liar Pin, plain, Roman and stone mounted de signs; regular prices $1.50 to $2.75; your cholco, oach...79 HAT PINS Newest creations In Gold Flllod and Stono Mountod Hat Pins; ex ceptional values ttt our-regular price. $1 to $2.50, cholco. -30i , FLATWARE Nrodcgaard's colobratod 25-yea'r guaranteed American IJoauty pattern Tablowaro the nowust pattern of any Sterling sllvor plntod Bllverware on the market to buy. Our name stamped on each plcco."' What more ofaKuarirntco could you ask for? Now Is tho time to stock up. Note prices: Vt dozen, Ten Spoons, regular nrlc $2.00, now 08 H doton Dei-Bert Spoons, regular prlco $3.50, now 81.65 H dozon Tablo Spoons, regular prlco $4.00, now 81.05 Herry Spoons, regular prlco $2.25, now 81.05 Cold Meat Fork, regular prlco $1.50, now 60 Mutter Knives and Sugar Sholls. regular prlco $2.25, now. .f)8 2 0-pleco chest. Including fi hollow handlo knives, G forks, G tablo spoons, 0 tea spoons, butter knife and sugar shell, all In satin lined mahogany cheat; regular prlco $24.75 January Sale Prlco, at 810.00 Kxtra Special Urodegaard'n 16-dwt. Knlvc and Forks, plain and satin finish handles; regular prlco $4.50; salo prlco, whllo they last, for each V dozen knives and i dozen forks 82.08 HOLLOWWARE Wo carry nothing but tho very highest grado quadruple platod articles In hollowwaro. Toa Sot, quadruplo plated, 4 pieces; regular prlco $16.00 Inven tory Salo Prlco, per sot 85.25 Rako DlshoB, quadruplo plato, neat destgn; regular prlco $10.00 Invontory Salo Prlco, each 83.75 Casserole Plo Plates, qundruplo plated mounting; regular prices $4.00 to $5.00 Invontory Salo Prlco, each 81.80 UMBRELLAS Ladles' and Gontn' Gold Filled nnd Storllng Silver Mountod Um brellas; regular prices $9.50 to $15.00 -Invontory Salo Price, each, at 84.50 Sterling Silver Deposit Ware (Veamors and Sugars K-egular price $7.00 Side price, $3 At the sign of WE CROWN UP WE COLMH STAIRS Souvenirs Monday Ask for them ENLARGE AGAIN MAIL AT DEPOTVERY HEAVY Parcels Post Packages as Numerous t as Was Expected. COUNT IS NOW BEING MADE lleuoril to Hp Jliitlr- of Kverr I'nck uk So Shipped for the Klmt 11 ft cen Ilayn or the l'res put Month. Association Secures Several Attractions The Young Men's Christian assifclatlon hai secured three attractions for the men's meetings for January. The meet ings will be held every Sunday afternoon it 4 o'clock. Oean Charles Fordyce of the teachers college of the state university, Lincoln, will on Sunday afternoon deliver his lec ture on "The Koctal Evil." Sunday afternoon, March 1!, the Qlee ilub from Ames college will be the at traction. Tnls organization haa ttrtrty voices. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author, for merly of Topeka, Kan., but now engaged in lecture work, will be the attraction for January 19. Persistent Advertising Is the Iload to Big Returns. School Board Finds Fault With Its Coal; Will Investigate Is the school district of Omaha (differing a heavy loss from unnecessary waste of fuel? The buildings and grounds com mittee of the Uoard of Kducatlon thinks so and has Instructed the attorney to find out whether the fault can he remedied by revoking the present contract and read vertlslng for bids on coal. If this can not be done the commltteo will Investi gate the system of firing used by the janitors. Architect John Latenser first called at tention to tho fact that 000 tons ot roal have been burned at the Omaha High school this year, and that tho heat pro duced was not sufficient to justify the amount of fuel burned. He is also under the Impression that a lot of the smoke from school buildings U duo to the coal or to Improper firing, A short time ago the buildings and grounds committee advertised for steam coal to supply the buildings now U:lug furnished under contract with Illinois nut. The bids wero received and In tho came mail came a note of warning from the Hull company saying they had tho con tract and would resent any Interference with their rights. The bids on steam coal were not satisfactory anyway, said some of the members of the committee, and It was doubtful If steam coal could be used at all, so tho bids were filed and no new contract was made. COUNTY WILL NOT PAY FOR PRISONER'S CLOTHES RUINED The Union depot postofflce stntlon has proved a very popular place for tho mailing of purcels post matter, accordlmr to officluls at the Omaha postofflce. Thm is due to tho fact that that station is easily accessible from the lUrgo whole sale district of Omaha. Friday afternoon parcels were brought to the' station in small wagonloads from somo of the vvnolesale' districts and malted under the parcels post system. A horso and wagon delivery of parcels post matter was made In Omaha Satur day. Tho first day's dollverlts were mado with an automobile, the driver of which volunteered the Fcrvlces of the car with out remuneration. The next day vhe Omaha carriers delivered the parcels afoot. If tho horse und wafc'on method proves successful this will bo continued for a time. The postmaster is authorized by tho department to employ horso and wagon If necessary. After the parcem post has been tried out for a few month the department expects to be able to make some regulations for the handling of the deliveries. Pncknsren lo He Counted. Kvery parcel of parcels poat matter mailed In Omaha and every parcel deliv ered in Omaha for the first fifteen days of January will' he counted. A report will be made from this and nil other post offices In the I'nlted States as to the amount of business handled during that time. Shortly after January 10, when the report will be made, tho general commis sion which made the regulations will again be called Into session at Washing ton to go over the reports of tho volume of business and make some recommenda tions as to the appropriations that In Its Judgment wl" likely be needed to carry on the business. The mailing of parcels In Omaha Is still heavy. At noon and shortly after that tlmo the mailing Is usually the heaviest of tho day. At that time as many ia thirty persons are often In line awaltlnir their turn at the stamp windows. Hefore tho parcels lOHt went into effect Superintendent Stlce of the fourteenth division of the railway mall service es timated that tho increase of the railway mall business would be about 16 per cent In consequence of tho Inauguration of tho parcels post In the fourteenth division. So far lie says he has no reason to change his estimate. Ho has reports from some branches estimating Unit the Increase In the quantity of mall has been from 2 to S per cent or more. As yet the system has not gotten completely under way. "Wo can handlo an Increase of 25 per cent In the mails without discommoding us to any great extent." said Superin tendent Stlce, "but I do not now, and never have, anticipated an Increase nf over 15 per cent. We can handle u U tho the gas company will be discussed. It tho agreement Is ratified the people will be given an opportunity to vote on an" extension of franchise, tower raUs aro not provided for In the agreement until the franchise is extended. Plan Now to Unite County of Douglas With Sarpy County Proposed changing of county boundary lines to place South Omaha In Sarpy county, the county scat then to be moved from Papllllon to South Omaha, will bo countered In tho state legislature by a bill to annex Sarpy county to Douglaa county. Announcement to this effect waa made by State Heprcsentatlve-eloot Sam O. Hoff and Kmest Simon. The bill now In being prepared. Fearing annexation of South Omaha to Omaha and consequent ruin of them selves, the political bosses ot South Omaha have doslsed tho Sarpy county South Omahn alliance scheme. They plan a fight In tho legislature for chang ing tho boundary lines so as to put South Omaha In Karpy county. This done, it ts believed thoy would have no trouble in a special election In removing tho county seat to South Omaha. Tills would ef- fectually thwart nny efforts of Omaha and the cltlxenshlp ot South Omaha to merge the two cities. Messrs. Hoff and Simon believe If there Is to he a merger and change of boundary line at all It will be oa well to con solidate the two counties In their entirety and let Omaha be tho county Beat Uoard of County Commlrsloners will not pay for clothing of prisoners ruined in fumigation by the county Jail authorities. Alfred Oallehue, whose olothes wero al most ruined, called upon the board for per cent Increase In the malls with relief. Chairman Lynch sent him back 'addition of seventy clerks In the four- to tho sheriff for "redrees." Mr. l.ynoh teenth division." said the aherlfrs department Is responsl-1 ble If anyone is. REDUCED RATES ON GAS Oallehue had Just finished a thirty-day PnKfcmCPPn MONDAY sentence for nlleged theft of whisky from UUINOlUCntU lYIUPiUAl the Northwestern railroad, which had cm ployed him as delivery clerk. Key to the Situation Bte Advertising, At the meeting of the city commission In commltteo of the whole Monday, the question of approving the agreement with Labor Board Holds Annual Meeting The executive board of the Nebraska State Federation of Labor held Its first annual meeting yesterday following a meeting of the legislative committee ot the federation held Friday. All members ot tho board were present. They ore T, W. Parker, Lincoln, president of tho feder ation; H, F. Barman, Omaha; M. H. Till, Fremont; If. C. Peate, Lincoln; John Lynn, South Omaha; C. n. Lent, Havo lock; W. A. Chrisman, Omaha. H- J. Tol- liver of Lincoln, member of the year book commltteo of the federation, also met with tho executive board. The committee spent the day auditing the accounts of the organization and taking up mattorn pertaining to needs of labor organizations throughout the state. It Is nt tho meeting of the executlvo board that disputes of labor organizations are taken up and settled. It Is said, how over, that at this meeting there Is little or nono of this rlass of buslues to handle. Tho members of the Hoard and tho visit ors wero entertained last evening by tho stationary engineers' union of Omaha at Ite annuat festivities at the KaKles' club, 1110 Harney street, Will Install New Minister on Sunday Itev. Clarence N. Bwthart, formerly pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church of Denver, will be Installed pastor of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran church of Omaha this evening at 7:39 o'clock. Tho installation ceremonies will be con ducted by Itev. Luther V. Luddcn, gen eral secretary of tho board of home mis slons, and Itev. Luther M. Kuhns, general secretary of the Luther League of America. HAS RIPE STRAWBERRIES AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR 1. T. nouns of the Burlington has con cluded that there is no necessity of going' to Florida or California to grow fruit In winter. Whllo he is the owner of a Florida fruit ranch, he has proved con clusively that ntrawberrlos can bo grown right hero in Omaha any month in the year. At his homo place In Omaha, Mr. Uoans grew strawberries and had rlpo ones on his tablo for Christmas dinner and another picking for tho Now Year's feast Not only this, but he has another crop coming on that will be ripe about Wash ington's .birthday. He does not grow and ripen tho berries in the open, but he pots his plants and puts them in a shed that has a glass front and a south exposure. There, without artificial heat, the plants blossom and bear berries month after month. The berries aro largo and red and have all the flavor of those ripened dur ing tho summer. THINK THEY HAVE ONE OF THE STREET CAR ROBBERS In the arrest at 2:30 yesterday morn ing of Peter Dargacweskl, the pollco be lieve they have one of tho men who held up the Dundee car at tho Happy Hollow terminus and robbed the conductor ot $9, Dargacweskl tallies with the description of ono of the men, given by Conductor Nixon, Nixon will appear at headquar ters this afternoon unci attempt .to iden tify the prisoner. Dargacweskl waa sen tenced to serve thirty days in tho county Jail on a charge of vagrancy. Piles Quickly Cured at Home Instant Ilellcf, Permanent Cure Trial Package Mailed Freo to All In Plain Wrapper. Tu Pyramid Bmllt. Many cawes of Piles have !een cured by a trial package of Pyramid Pile Hemedy without further treatment. When It proves Its value to you, get more from 'your druggist at Wo a box. and be sure you get tho kind you ask for. Simply fill out free coupon below and mall today Save yourself from the surgeon's knife and its torture, the doctor and his bills. Advertisement Local Cleaners Purchase Still More Equipment. MORE AUTOS ALSO Rnnld ('rotvth nt Dreoher Ilroa.' Plant Mean More Kniplor ment for Oiunhnna. FREE PACKAGE COUPON PYRAMID DUUO COMPANY. 403 Pyramid Uldg.. Marshall, Mich, Kindly send mo a t,amplo of Pyramid Pile Hemedy, at once by mall. FIIK1C In plain wrapper. Name. Stmt... City... .State. Rvery time on .Omaha manufacturing Institution, or plant of any kind, Increases Its capacity for business, It takes on mora employes, arid mora employes means a larger and better Omaha. Among tho greatest "enlargers" and "Improvers" In Omaha in recent years Is the Dresher Hrof.' Cleaning and Dyeing Establishment at 2211-1213 Far nam til. This firm', not content with having originally started with a K0.0OO equipment, is now adding even newer and larger ap paratus for use in, tholr Immenso plant. During tho past fow days Dreshora have again spread out; this time adding about $6,000 worth of time and labor-saving de vices, to be scattered where needed to accommodate a business that is growing like magic. Not only Is the plant equipment of Dresher Dros, being added to, but the iDrcsher Delivery Service Is beln,j strengthened by a brand new automobile as an addition to dozens of autos anl wagons, Dresher Uros. are firm believers in Im provement; they aro perfectly well aware of the old, but sure, adage: "One cannot stand still and must either go backward or forward." From the number of Im provements and strides made by tills firm In a mere matter of months, you may rest assured of the Dresher tendency to "go ahead." With the Improvements and enlarge ments now bclmr made Dresher Dros. ara operating that wlilch is popularly ad mitted to be one of the foremost dry cleaning and dyeing plants In America- The coming of tho Parcels Post wil cause even more "enlargement" in the fu ture, for Dreshers will receive hundreds of additional packages dally, now that, carrying charges have been lowered. A suit or dress may be sent hero by Parcels Post at' a price tha.t Is scarce noticeable; If tho package Is so large that It must go by express, Dreshers will pay charges one way If the work amounts to tS or over. Dreshers still maintain and are adding to tholr out-of-town agencies, while their local branches In The Pompclan Uoom Jt Tho Brandels Stores and at Dresher The Tailors. 1515 Farnam St., aro more pop ular than over. Just 'phone Tyler 315 and get In con nection with Dreshers' information clerks. Courteous answers aro in order whethjr wa send In work or not.