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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1914)
12 THE 15 EE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. MAY 12, 1914. Receipts From Merchants on This Page Are Valuable u K h O u u DO IT ELECTRICALLY"! THIS WEEK ONLY EL GLOSTOVO $2.50 You saw the largo Ad in the Saturday Evening Post, didn't you! Well, that's the same stove wo offer you this week. Yesterday's sales took a big dip in our stock of El Glostovos, nevertheless we have more coming. But if you want an El Glostovo, order it now. If you wait too long you will have to pay $T. THE ELECTRIC SHOP 1810 PARNAM STREET. "We are as near to you as your telephone." Tyler 1414 MDO IT ELECTRICALLY D C W r n o H W O r 5 "Old Sol" Serves A Memory Jogger! Every Sun nay from now on serves an n reminder that your last summW's clothes are NOT In condition to wear THI8 Bummer, UNLESS you have some dry cleaner exorcise his good offices over them. Send 'em to Dreaders! Those porfectly good, yet badly soiled and unpresscd light colored and light weight suits and dressos; those dainty waists that wore soiled last Fall; those hesmudged straw hats that are still good beneath tho surface; thoso whlto duck coats, trousers and caPB; those summer flannels; thoso putlng costumes; everything, anything that you wore last summer. Just phono Tyler 345 and say: "Dreshor, I've got a bundle of last summer's clothes that need cleaning and pressing; please send your wagon." Dresher Bros. Dry Cleaners and Dyers 2211-2213 Frnm Street, Oauiu, Neb. Every Dollar Deposited to Open a New Account in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT of THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK Counts 100 Votes in The Bee's Panama Contest Capital, $500,000 Surplus, $500,000 Undivided profits,$240,000 Total deposits, $7,000,000 THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK 13th and Farnam Streets I.UTHER DRAKE, President FRANK i. HAMILTON, Vice President FRED P. HAMILTON, Cashier 3. H. MEILE, Assistant Cashier C. B. DUGDALE, Assistant; Cashior NOTE; Votes will not be allowed for other then bona (Id new eavlnfi accounts. Full number of votes 'will'1 be allowed up to sixty days hafore close of corneal when a limit of 10,000 will be placed on each new account. N0TICP TO CONTESTANTS Vest Tnetday we will publish the standing- of all contestants who hare turned In their nomination coupons or cash checks for rot in this con test. (Jet your reoeipts In by Satur day erenlnr, so that your standing will appear In the list, thus letting your friends know that you are competing- for a trip to the Panama exposition. Contestants' Standing name. , of votes. &.";V.M" ' 2.904,674 nth A. Pinner 3,749,346 Charles Hall V.' ,.1,704.723 Brlvla Kalin. Wllk Ward t o. x. zrrstrom Robert Ziewls Kowman I Mary J. Aberly .vaiuei a. feangreld. . . . am Steinberg;, Mr. a. B. Smith "OIWIH POttS. . Clyde J. Z.nth.r. Koe Rohalek Pred Kern...,..,j !. ... Qrace JB. Baker. Beatrice, ITeb.. Kerbert C. Wells W. J. Kettlen parts Slmonsou, mica, Web.... Julian Karris Harry J, Sererson Minor a. Kennedy Herbert O. Xmndon, Marie R. Hirers, Jennie X, Washburn Charles O. Thomas. Myrtle O. Xarrlsoa Mrs. James Mortlmore Henrietta Sweneen Mrs. Robert T. Jones James X.. Xnlakofsky Kyroa OePorrest T. o. Thompson Mrs. Qeortre S. Evarta x,oulse Pannlngrbere; Paul Xorfon , , Henry S. Ring- Mrs. Lillian Lowden..,.. Samuel X. Booh John Pliokir ,. Jnle Wacheteln,....,...,, Harry Srney t Mrs. E. Beveridga Mrs. Pinna Circle William Wlnquest Oretchen Sdg-ar james o. wisely Sara lee , .'. Wayne Riley. H. W. Beoker Mrs. Jennie Martin Xdlllan rriokson, Kearney. X'eb. John Cepleoha. Burwell. Web... Bars. Battle Osburn 337,635 33S,b87 177,418 131,99'J 01,813 0,046 7,311 3,033 4,71 a 1,03b 1,360 1,189 1.000 l.OOU l.OOU 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 l.oou 1,000 1,000 l.OOv 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 l.OOu 1.000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 l.OOU 1,000 1,000 1,000 How to Win a Free Trip to the Pana ma Exposition nnlra of Content. 1 The Bee offers mid will award three round-trip tickets and expennes to the Panama Exposition, tho total cost of each trip to be $200, as prlies to the three con testants having the greatest number of points at the close of the contest t This contest open to everybody ex cept employes of advertisers on this page und of The Bee. 1 Tho contest page will be published one day each week and will run for a perloJ of one year. 4-Foliits will be fliured on the basis of one point for each 1 cent shown on cash checks or receipts for purchases made from advertisers on this page. 6 Cash Checks must be deposited at or mailed to "Panama Contest Editor" The Bee not later than thirty days from data of payment of name and receipts will be Uiued for them. Contest to oldie November t, 1914. All rash tickets und receipts mutt bo turned Into Tbe Bee office n t inter than 9 p, m. on closing day of contest, or it mailed, must be -postmarked not later than that hour. Panama Canal Facts .40,00) . 101 . 207 533 . 1,5?.! 20 Total length of canal M mnrs Salt water, channel to Gatun dw-ks T m'.lea Fresh water, datun lake and Culebra cut M mile Fresh water. Pedro Miguel lock to Mlraflores locks 114 mile Salt water, .Mlraflores locks to Pacific stt miles Width of channel.. 300 to 1,000 feet Minimum depth, salt water... '.0 feet Minimum -depth, fresh water 41V4 feet Total angles In canal GOOd 51 m Sharpest angle, Tabernllla C7d 10 m Total excavation to September . . 1I3 211.(48,198 cii. yd. HemalnlnjT to bo done.... 21.304.SOI cu. yC. Total concrete construction 6,000.000 cu. yd. Time of passage throuKh canal. ...10 hours Time of passage throiiBh locks... 3 hours Work begun by Americans May 4, 1904 timiiiser ul men empioyeu, aver age Steam Hhovels employed.......... Locomotives employed Orllls employed Hallways earn employed '"luKts employed , francs, plledrlvers, barges, tugs and iHiiHciianeous machines employed.. 2K3 hfctl mated total cost 3T5.O0O.OOO.00 I'lrst vessel went Into Ga- lorkn Sent 6 1S13 Water let Into Culebra cuui.Oct! "l," 1913 CJamboa dike blown up Oct. 10 1913 Jocks throl,Kh Mlraflores Official iiate''orope'ninK'.'.':.'.'.'.'jaCn: ml CUI.KBRA CUT. Length o . Width at bottom. . . . . . . .'. . . .V: V " jw vS? Width at top . . i o U ml?; Ueepest excavation..:.:" .".. "rit lrvK? e.,,th,f excavation 120 feet 'mttVaV,(1 hy thc Pencil . 20,419.720 cu. yd American excavation, AJiBJ"nl """mates 89,791,493 cu yd An?cd,r0,xcnva,lon' account 5 ' to t 2' ilc' about; 2?,o:o.ouo cu. vd. Total excavation by Americans to date. March, 1911 hover ,s;'a Largest slide, Culebra.'.'.': GATTN Length Width at baio DAM. 1.728,749 cu. yd. 4.S23 nn. vri 10,000,000 cu y,l .S.oro rrPt .2.100 feet Width at water level 400 feet Width at top 100 feet Height 116 feet Volume and rock and clay .22,100,00 cu.yd. UATCN WKK. Area 164 sq. miles Hetglit of surface abovo sea level. 86 feet Water capacity 188,00O,On0.C5O cu. ft. Area of watershed 1,320 sq. miles Minimum depth, rainy season 47 feet Minimum depth, dry season 39 feet GATUN LOCKS. Length over all 3,m ft Width over all 3M ft Volume of concrete con struction , 2.043,730 ru. ft. Width of side walls at base S2 feet Width of side walls at top 8 feet Width of center walls So feet Height of walls SI feet Dimensions of lock cham bers 1.000x110 feet Depth of water In lower lock chambers .' 40 feet Depth of water In uppor lock chambers UH feet Length of loctj gate leaves 3 feet Height of lock gate leaves. ..47.4 to M feet Weight of largest gate 1.4S3.70O lbs Popular Mechanics. PANAMA-PACIFIC HANDBOOK IS READY TO DISTRIBUTE A remarkable official publication on tho Panama-Pacific International expo sition Is ready for circulation, and It Is announced that Its distribution through out the world will be made by the HenVngton Typewriter company. The Intrusting of such a function to a private business house Is a new de parture In exposition management. This action has. been decided upon by the committee having the matter In charge, because' the Remington Type writer organization, with Its six hun dred and fifty-eight offices covering every continent and country on the globe, Is tho best available agency through which to make the distribu tion. Tho handbook Is distributed free to those Interested, and a copy, may bo obtained for the asking at any Remington office. I Tho Persistent and Judicious Use of Xewjpaper Advertising Is the Road to Bulmess Success. FREE NOMINATION COUPON GOOD FOR 1000 VOTES - Send or bring this coupon to the "Panama Contest Editor" of tho Bee and you will receive lOQD votes in tho Pnnama Contest. "Only ono coupon" will be credited to a person. Name Address ' Y in OU SHOULC send all your washing to this laundry for the very good reason, that it will pay you to do so. J Have you ever counted the cost of the old way? Wash day the bluest of all days in the week steamy rooms mixed odors hard work and rasped nerves, besides the cost. of soap, water, fuel, blueing, starch, washwoman's wages, meals, and car fare. fP And after all, you cannot equal the qual ity and purity of the work that goes daily from this modern laundry to many happy homes in this city. ( KIMBALL LAliNJffiff 1507-09-11 Jackson Street. Phone Douglas 919. Kxposttlon .Viilra, One of tho most Important conventions to bo held at San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International exposition, will be the International Engineering Congress., of which the chairman will be Colonel tleorgu S . (loiithals. The Danish pavilion at the Panama Pacific International exposition at San Francisco In 1915. will bo a reproduction of the Old Castle Kronherg at Klslnore, made famous by Shakespeare as tho scene of his tragedy, Hamlet. Sir Thomas Llpton, Is building n ntw yucht to compete for tlm international cup at the international Yacht races to take, place at San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International exposition. President Woodrow Wilson and King George of England have offered trophies. Military drills by organizations from the Armies of many nations will be a feature of tho military display at the Panama-Pacific International exposition. It is probable that more than (0,000 sol diers will be quartered at the presidio grounds adjoining tha exposition slto dur ing the summer of 1315. The tower of Jewels, the dominating architectural feature of the Panama l"aclflo International exposition to be held in San Francisco, In 1915, will lx) covered with hundreds of thousands of iridescent lev. els cut rrom the hardest crystal, and hand polished. These Jewels will be hung In such a way that they will tremble and sparkle continually from the natural vibration of tho miimlng. Tha live stock exhibit at tho Panama Pacific International exposition at San Francisco Ih 1916, at which all the great cattle and stock raising nations will dis play, wjlll cover slxty-flvo acres. One hun dred and seventy-five thousand dollars has been set aside by the exposition management for premiums and prlxes for live stock, and the sum of 147,000 haa been raised by breeders' associations In the United States and abroad. D. O. Lively, chief of the department of live stock for the Panama-Pacific Inter national exposition, and one of tho com missioners sent to South America by the exposition, has returned to San Fran cisco after an absence of s)x months. The countries visited by the commission In clude Venesuela, Uraxll, Uruguay, Argen tina. Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Panama, each of which has promised substantial representation at the exposition. Paul Manihlp. the talented young American sculptor who recently won the Helen Foster Harnett pnso ut ihe winter exhibit of the National Academy of Design, will be repreaentd at the Panama Pacific International exposition by four vertical groups. Kternuy and Cnanue. "Order and Chaos." "Music" and "The Joy of living.'1 These four groups will stand upon the upper ramps of the sunken garden In the Court of theUnl verse. The social economy exhibit In the Palace of Education at the Panama-Pacific In ternational exposition will be an exhaus tive International social survey. It will contain a day nursery where children will receive care according to the latest scien tific mthr.l aIb..a. . V, , l ii . Illustrating particular systems of educa tion, laboratories where research work and experiments are Illustrated and ex plained, safety devices In Industrial op eration, and the like. The loan exhibit to be housed In the Palace of Fine Arts during the Panama Pacific International exposition at San Francisco in 1916 will, without exaggera tion, be the greatest art collection ever assembled. The exhibit will Include many famous old masterpieces which never be fore have been allowed to leave the mu seums and galleries of Kurope. where they have been hoarded. The contempor aneous exhibits from the various nations of Kurope and the new world will com prise the very best work of all the best moucrn painters Benj. Franklin Said- "Wealth is not his that has it but his that enjoys it." Poor Rtchard'a Almanac. You can protect the health of your family and insure comfort in the home by using an Electric Radiator. In the bath room and nursery it pro tects the little ones from chills and draughts and aids in keeping them well and strong. The Electric Radiator for Cool Mornings and Nights Chill mornings and cool evenings at this time of year demand some quick, Convenient method of heating. It is an unneces sary expense to operate the furnace for a few hours each day. The Electric Radiator heats quickly; can he moved readily from one room to another and is safe and convenient. - We Can Sell Right DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, OUT .GLASS. Because We Can Buy Right One hundred and fifty brnncli stores in operation through Nebraska and Iowa, and more added every week, AT WE SIGN OF W5 CROWN VP me GOLDBi STAIRS ll i i i l ii isiiiwsi mm niiiMiiiiii minium n i - Combination Sale of PIANOS The A. Hospc Co. is selling; pianos this week, in groups or combinations, at $75, $100, $150 $1 75, $200 and $250 The list contains instrunient,s-such as Prior, Hospe, Hiuze, Steinhauer, Bush k Lane, Kimball, Korl, Etc, all sold at you own term?. Remember this sale includes new as well as rebuilt pianos, and many real bargains are included in the list. . " . - t - A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas Street. Our 40th Year. You Really Save Both Time and Money When You Buy Your Drugs at One of the Four Sherman & McConnell Stores. You save time, because wo have the article asked ftfr, 996 times out of 1,000. You save money for the reason that oiir prices are generally a little lower seldom VERV seldom any higher. You get fresh and genuine goods, of courso, for our stock is on the move ail the time and purchased direct from manufacturers in most cases. Yen, We Do Sell O'Brien's Candy Some Other Good Kinds, Too BEAUTZTUL JAP-A-LAC Twenty-two Shades, in Trans parent Colors and Enamel. TOILET GOODS AT LOWEST OUT PRICES 25c Cutlcura Soap 17c 59c Carmen Powdr l!9o ROc C'nnthrox 39o 25c Trostllla ' 14o 25c Tiz for tender feet 14o BOc Viola" Cream for ...19o 26c 4711 White Rose Koap....l2o 2f,c "Woodbury Facial Boap. . . ,X4o Hydrogen Peroxide, 1 -lb. bot. .B9o J.lnterlne 9o, 14c, S9c, 53 o 26r I.yon's Tooth Powder 14o 50c Melvlna Cream for.' 39c 25e-Mazatta TUcuinfor.. l4o 25c Mertnen's Talcum Powder, four kinds .120 J1.60 Oriental Cream, OpurauriV. for sso 25c Packer's Tar Soap 14c BOc Peuecco Tooth Pafte 89c 11.00 Plnaud's Llac Vegetal.. 49c Delightful down-stairs soda and light lunch roomB at The Owl, 16th and Harney streets, and also at 16th and Dodge streets store. SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUG CO. Corner 16th and Sodfa Streets. Harvard Pharmacy, 34th and yarnam. Owl Drajf Co., 16th .and Harney Sts. Xojral Pharmacy, 307-309 W. 16th. m Omaha Electric Light & Power Company Cuts that print There ! often all the difference In the world between a. cut that shows up well in the engraver's proof and ona that shows up well when it Is printed. Cuts made for a newspaper have to be made so that they will give good results under the most adverse conditions. For that rV eon, a newspaper engraving plant produces cuts that th ordinary printer can use and get good results. If you have some engraving to be done, send us tin, Bee Engraving Department Bee Building, Omaha