TI1K RKK: OMAHA. THURSDAY. AllilST '20, 1!14. . S3 BRIEF CITY NEWS aTa Boot Print It Now Fenron fres. Xitf Monthly In com Gould. Ree Bld. fidelity aUorag-a and Tan Co. Doug. 181. risstl- Ittur flur je.-Urandtn company. "Today'n Com plat Mot FTormm' may l found on th first pace of th classified section today, and appear In The fle EXCLUSIVELY. Find out what th various moving pl.-tura theater offer. Oroh Yi siting- rather A. It. "5roh of Philadelphia Is vt.-altlnc; at the horn of lit father. Rev. Pr. 1 Groh. T Pol Ketnrn from Vacation As sistant City Attorney K J. Te Piwl has returned from a vacation eprnt nt Chero kee Turk, Colo. Sua day School to Plonle The Sunday hool of the First Christian church will give Its annual plrnlc Thursday at Film wood park. Member will meet at the church at :30 o'clock. Stockmen CH to Ohjrnn Twenty- five member of the South Omaha Live Stock exchange have left over the I'nlon Paclflo for Cheyenne, where they will attend the Frontier dny show. They travel In a cpecial car. oyer Blaad on Bond C. J. rtoyer, who ran Into Walter Hansen Monday nlirht at Twentieth and Kmmct streets, and which resulted In the death of Han sen the following evening, was released In police court on a IKO bond. Chisam Betnrn Komi Assistant General Freight Aitent Chisam of the Oreat Western I back from seven weeks spent lr southern California, where he made Ix Angeles his headquarters. While In Txib Angeles Mr. Chisam saya two of the largest ships on the l'aclflo coast loaded nd cleaied for New York hoth being routed through the Panama isnal. BLAMES ENGLAND FOR EUROPEAN MUDDLE. Mrs, Nye Critically 111 at Fremont Home Mrs Caiohue Xva. widow of the lute Theron Nye, nf the Nye-SVhno.lder tlralti company. Fremont, is critically at her home there, and Is not expected to live throughout the week. She is one o' the first settlers in Fremont, coming there In the spring of 18.V with lier small son Fred, to meet her husband, who had pro ceeded them to the frontier. . w here he erected a log dwelling. She waa accom panied on the trip by lier brother, .-arino Coleon. and her sister, Mrs. Charity H Hustalen. .Mrs. Nye Is Rl yesrs of age and Is the mother and two children. Fred Nye, who whs killed In a street car accident In New York City several years ago. where- he was an editor on the New York World, and flay Nye, who resides at Fremont. Frr.d Nye was well known among the nliler generation of newspaper men in Omaha and did work on local rul.llca-tions. CARL MEYER DIES AT HOME OF HIS PARENTS Carl Tzschuck Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Meyer, died at the home of his parents on Tuesday afternoon after a prolonged Illness. He was born In Omaha on June 5, 1S91, ''fend grew to manhood here. After grad uating from the Omaha High school ha entered the University of Nebraska, where he attended for two and a half years, until hi health broke down. He waa a member of the Phi Delta Thela fraternity and a very popular member ot the etudent body. He waa a grand son of the late General Bruno Trschuch. ITls parents and one brother, C. Louis Meyer, also of Omaha, survive him. Ar rangements for the funeral will be an nounced later. The funeral service will be held at ! c'clock Thursday at the family residence. 210 South Thirty-sixth trect. Burial will be at Forest Lawn. M - If - - ' ! 111 J i 1 J. P. MOIlllAX. WASHINGTON, Aur. 17..?. P. Morgan who conferred with President Wilson with regard to a proposed loan of many millions to France oy the Morgan Inter ests, received no encouragement for the project from the president. It was pointed out to Mr. Morgan that the United States wishes to remain strictly neutral and tnat such a loan might lie construed by Cer muny or Austria as an attempt on the part of the United States to eld the triple entente. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Store Hour., 8:30 A. M. to 5 P. ML Saturday till 9 P. M.! Town is Stupefied Oyer Seeming Dii- interestedness of Voters. HOWELL SLATE IS SUPPORTED BEATON & LAIR FIRE STOPPED BY SPRINKLER What might have been a disastrous fire early yesterday In the upholstery department of the Beaton I.Jer Fur niture store was prevented by the auto matic sprinkling system for fire protec tion, with which the store la equipped. A park from a machine used In the up holstering room caught in a pile of moss and In a moment the room was ablaze. The heat melted the "heads" of the sprinkler, and automatically turned in an alarm at the American District Tele graph company. By the time the fire department got there the room was full of smoke and water, but no tiro. The damage was about MX). CONNELL URGES CHILDREN BE MEDICALLY EXAMINED Dr. R. W. Connell. city health com lulHstoner, will urge the Board of Kduea tion to compel children, who will enter school In September, to submit to a medical examination for diphtheria. 'There has been a considerable number ft diphtheria cases," said Dr. Connell, "and there la danger that with the open ing of school a contagion will break out, unless great precaution Is exercised." Dr. Connell said it would be an easy matter to start a contagion by neglect ing to examine children, and that In such ius the blame for It would fall on school authorities. Heavy Rain Falls Over Big Portion of Western Country Kain Tuesday was general over prac tically all of that portion of Nebraska lying aouth of the Platte river and west of a line lirty miles or so back from the Missouri river. Partick coming in on trains this morning assert that along the Union Pacific there was a hard and steady rain most of last night all the way from a short distance this side of Grand Island, through Into Wyoming. The Union Pacific report dhows the precipitation to have been from one-half to one Inch. North of the main line there were fairly heavy rains on the Ord and St. Paul branches. Along the Burlington the rain of the night covered the country from Table Rock, in Pawnee county, far out into Colorado. The precipitation ranged from one-half inch to one and one-fourth inches, being heaviest in the southwest corner of the state around Eugtls and Curtis. There was an Inch of rain at Table Rock, Superior, Minden and Pauline. DIETZ TO BUILD HIGH FENCE FOR KANGAROOS MILLWRIGHT AT SWIFT'S KILLED AS TANK FALLS Michael J. Rowley, aged 44 and em ployed as a mlllrlght at- Swifts' waa instantly killed yesterday morning when a heavy Iron tank fell upon him from th econd floor. Rowley, with others were raising the tank by mean of a rope which broke suddenly. He lived at 327 North Twenty-third street South Omaha and la survived by lis widow. Rowley had resided in Pouth Omaa for more than twenty-five years. The body was taken In charge by Deputy Coroner Larkm. DR. W. L SHEARER BACK FROM LONDON CONVENTION Dr. W. L. Shearer. City National Bank building, who ha been In London attcn l i i iK the International congresa of sur geons, ha returned home. He came via Quebec on the Virginian and report a pleasant voyage in fao of too war initiation on th Atlantic Word baa been received from Judge Ben 8. Baker, now in London, aaytny h and Mrs. Baker will return to Omaha some time in September. Th European developments, th judge write, changed their vacation plans considerably. Or. Klaa' -ew I.f pills. for constipation, torpid liver, sallow cumple-xion. Their frequent lie will strengthen and sdd tone to your system. : . All .Irurgi.'ls Advertisement. Th highest fence in Omaha will be built by Could Met, who is attempting to construct a. cage for two kangaroos he will receive next week. He lias a fine lit tle plot of ground already for them with a low fence around It. but suddenly real ized that the kangaroos of the particular species he was to receive used their tails for springboard and leaped as far a twenty-five to thirty feet, to he let the contract for a fence high enough to "hold" the beast. PETER SMITH HURT IN MOTORCYCLE MIXUP Peter Smith. 520 North Twenty-sixth street. South Omaha, was thrown from his motorcycle and badly bruised when he collided with an automobile driven by M. R. Clough of 2tf5 Kmiuct street, at Twentieth and Emmet street. The two. machine) were damaged slightly. Police Burgeon Kdstrom at tended the injured man. who was not dangerously hurt. Dmitri was taken to the Wiae Memorial hospital. VICTOR WHITE SENDS LONDON NEWSPAPER TO BEE Victor White sends The Iii a copy of the London Star, published on the even ing of August 4, containing the latest war news of that date. It ha very little that was not ituhllvhed In The lice of the aire day, other than the purely local lews. The Star 1 singular among Lon don papers, however.' in that it use a modified American style, of heading for Its new Item. Only Owe la Rare, that wen' l nttti- ftt-enth. He. Be. lac pllt la Different Way. South Omaha today Is !r. .-. 'tale border ing on stupeflcation over the results of yesterday's primary. The fact that John Brlggs has probably won the nomination for sheriff has helpeil some. The cause of wonder, however, Is not so much the success of this or that candidate as It ws the light vote cast.vThe Howell slat was supported steadily by Howell fol lowers nd those opposed to It were split up In dozen wy. P. 3. Trainor. former mayor, with prc tlcally the field against Mm, won out for th republican nomination for county commissioner while "lng Tom" O'Con nor won the democratic nomination for the same place. For police Judge H. W. Heed will probably be the republican can didate while Tolloe Magistrate Callanan carried off the renomlnatlon among the democrat. The primary day wa a day of slate making and breaking. Only the liowell slate showed anything like a steady sup port. Kverythlng else waa topey turvy. Kvery candidate had out his own slat. Men who Wanted to vote aginst the How ell slate appeared If they wWa be wildered and although th packing louse and the arris were interested, many of the'r employe went home nd styed there without going near the polls. This was apparent In the light vote cast, which ran between 50 and 60 per cent of the total registration. Towed Into ake by Gray Wolf. Harry Parker brings back the best va cation story of the sea;on. Parker, with Merle Harrington and Frederick Bray ling of Lincoln spent two week camp ing at a resort near Minneapolis. One evening P.irker wss alone In a boat, fly-casting for bass when he saw a dark object wlm out Into the bay from the near hank. At first he thought It wan a big dog, but a the object came closer he taw that It was a great gray wolf. The animal was quite close to the boat, Parker lain, and he lashed out at It with his fly. The hook caught In the beast' 1'clt and, stung with pain, it redoubled its efforts and towed Tarker, boat and all, for nearly a mile, when the hook tore out. Tarker threw again and once more succerded In snagging the animal anJ another ride ensued. A the South Oma han was thinking what a fine souvenir the wolf pelt would be and what a fine story he would have to tell his compan ions, the fishllne broke and the wolf, now only a few yards from shore, got away. Married Three Month Ago. Friends of Robert Mcrkle, employed In the offices of one of the packing plants, liavit Just discovered that, for three months their supposed bachelor friend has been a benedict. Mrs. Merkle waa formerly Miss Sadie Harrison of Omaha. The young couple was married In Council Bluifa, May 12. Now that their secret is out they will hold a reception In the near future to receive the congratulation of their many friend. Johnson to Retnrn. R. H. Johnson, who resigned as the head of the commercial department of the South Omaha High school a year ago because of insufficient monetary In ducements, wa re-elected by the school board and will take his position at the opening of the fall term. Mr. Johnson was well liked In South Omaha. During the last year he has been In the south wert. Miss Helen C. Lane, teacher, offered her resignation, which was accepted. Mr. Mary Lutr wa elected Janitor of the Field school and Airs. Whalen ha been transferred to Highland, where he will be assistant Janitor. The contract for laying the walk and steps at the Cnrrlgan school waa given to Eugene Conklln. A new radiation y- tem ta to be Installed in the Jungman school. The board adjourned until Au gust 31. Hoffman Bitten by Cat. George Hofiman, formerly a member of the city council and one of the best known of the Independent packer In South Omaha, Is in the hospital In a dan gerous condition as the result of blood poisoning caused by the bite of a pet cat three weeks ago. Physician administered an antitoxin yesterday In the hope of counteracting the poison. Magic (Hy Gossip. Offlre space for rent in Bee office, 131S N street. Terms reasonable. Well known location. Tel. South 27. The Merrymakers' club will give a dancing party this afternoon at th Moose, home. Twenty-fifth and M streets. The Christian Kndeavor of the Fimt Christian church will glv an Ice cream social next Thursday evening on the church lawn at Twenty-third and I stieets. The Kensington of Superior lodge No. 13. Degree of Honor, will picnic at Han scorn park, Omaha, next Thursday after noon and evening. , Nineteen boxes of far.cy toilet soap, stolen from the Cudahy warehouses, were recovered from a clump of weeds nearby, where they were hidden, yesterday. Po lice Captains Shehan and Zalondek made the find. Card of Thanks We wish to thank kind friends and neighbors, F. O. K. l."i; A. O. U. W. 227 and employes of Cud aliys' for sympathy and beautiful floral tributes during the nines and death of our son and grandson. J. W. Burn, W. M Burn and Family. The Sunday school of the First Chris tian church will hold its annual picnic next Thurfcday at Kim wood park, Umaiia. Members will meet at the church, Twenty-third and I streets, at il : a. in., from where they will go to the picnic grounds. Every mother Is urged to attend. tVeorge Cbllds, conductor on the Inter urban line for year and who ha missed casting his vote uiny once In his lifetime, teturned to South Omaha yesterdav from hi vacation in order to vote. He has been spending . hia furlough visiting friends and relative In cevcral eastern citiee. Assistant Postmaster J. I. Woodrd t Omaha Is In pouession of two bill folds, which, papers contained therein, indicate belong to Arthur le and Michael Scud era of South Omaha. The pocketbook were found In mall boxes In Omaha. Mr Woodard think they were filched by plekp'M'kets while their owner wer In Omaha. They may have their property by calling upon him and making proper Identification. FIVE STUDENTS ADMITTED TO TEACHERS' CLASS Fl additional students ha been ad mitted to the teacheia' training class by Superintendent K. V. Graft There were twenty In the ciss before the five were admitted. Those who livo been accepted are: Mildred .Turk.. Fjoren. Anderson, tirace Howell, Llsie Muffm.asen. Ueitrude Smith. Lawn Handkerchief 5c $ometMn vott can tievi nave too nisnv of. tlood election of lawn hsndker chiefs. Hold reclllsrlv S 15c. specially priced for Thursadv. at, each e Barce-ah Mala Fl. Wednesday. August 19, 1114, t j r:ti c -J-1- mc ana niuuun krviau iBURGESS-MSH C0.ft EVERYBODY'S STORE" STORE NEWS COR THURSDAY. A large sortment of f Ibhon 4m rtnr.l ai.il nlnln na. 1 1 ,rn regular ISr. and Hoc viwue..le Sixteenth and Harney SfVatta. The Sale of Silks and Silk and Cotton Mixed Goods in Ecbmony Basement, at Yard, 15c Not one Yard Worth Less Than 25c Nearly the Entire Lot4Vorth 50c a Yard. . Sale Starts Promptly at 8:30 A. M. T WE AKK most enthusiastic over this sale. It is raro-vory rare that any store is a We to Rive such values in anv kind of merchandise as we offer in these silks and silk and cotton mixtures Not one vard is worth less than 2;; nearly the entire lot is worth oOc a yard. The widths are 2,, 30 and. 36 inches. Thousands of vards, too. Enough for everyone. , , The assortment includes lioman' stripes and fancy stripes in all the new colorings fancy TussaJw, Persian and floral designs, Ealiennes," fancy jacquards and dresdens suiting n- "tW iS 'iwill ratines, dotted silks, crepe de chines, China and drapery silks, plain weaves, black, white and in all COltWy woman in Omaha should buy enough material at this great sale to complete her wardrobe, for early fallyand uinter wear, rienty of clerks to wait ufon you quickly. ' Hareas-sfe C. - T Int. Dainty Practical Muslin Underwear Women's Coret Covert nd Drawers, 25c MADE of nainsook and cambric, trimmed -ith lace, embroidery and ribbon run beading, knicker draw ers, finished with band of embroidery. Women's Corset Covers and Drawers, 50c MADE of nainsook and crepe, corset cover trimmed with lace 'medal lions, embroidery and lace insertions and ribbon run beadings, knicker and full drawer styles, trimmed with lace and embroidery. $1.25 Women's Gowns, 98c MADE of nainsook and crep. slipover style, trimmed with dainty lare medallions, lare and embroidery Insertion and ribbon run beadlnits. Bnrr-'aah Ce. eenS Floor. Specials in A"rt Goods Thursday Pillow Cases, Pair 29c STAMPKD pillow rases on best quality tubing, site 42x36. hemstitched edges, new eyelet and French de signs. Thursdsy, per palc.2e Pillow Cords, Each 15c tIUiOW cord, mercerised, i . in sll colors, plsln snd mixed, sold regulsrly for 2Rc, Thursday, each 15o Silk PUlow Cords, 39c PRBTTY silk pillow cords In all colors, formerly priced st 60c, speclsl for Thursday, at, each 39o Sartiu-Xiit CM Fler. fain Thursday Mcn'sBathingSuiti TMK3E bathing suits are mads by one of the best manufacturers In this country, of lisle, cotton snd Woostsrd yarns. Look OTer our list ot former prices snd cut prices snd see what a snap they are. SOc yaluss. Thursday Mc fl.OO values. Thursday B5e 11.25 values. Thursdsy 8e 1.60 vslues, Thursday.... $1. 18 12.00 values, Thursday ... .11.69 $1.60 vslues, Thursday. .. .11.89 13.00 values, Thursdsy. . . .2.45 I860 vslus, Thursday.... 92.19 $4.60 values, Thursdsy.... f3J BaraeM-IVaan r). Male Flaon. Thursday S pecial in White Goods P-KR81AN lawn, sheer snd cool, suitable for waists and dreies, very specially priced for Thursdsy, tin ysrd .. He nnr-e-Wh r-Mln Tablets 3 for 5c ALARQB sssortment of fine pencil snd some Ink writ ing tablets, slightly soiled, many large Jumbo slr.e. sold regularly for 6c, Thursday, k for 6c. This Is a rhsnee for school children , to get their supplies at a big saving. Bnrass.Wan '. Main PI. Knit Goods Here " Thursday Women's Union Suits, 39c WOMEN'S regular a.nd extra size union suits, low neck and sleeveless, wide umbrella style leg, sec onds of the 5oc quality, special for Thursday, 39c Women's Union Suits, 25e WOMEN'S extra, size union suits, low neck and sleeveless, umbrella style leg. specially priced for Thursday, at 25c 25c Hose, 15c WOMEN'S black silk lisle seamless hose; regular 25c quality, pair.ISc SOc Hose, 25c WOMEN'S black lisle thread hose, neatly embroidered insteps, regu larly sold for 5oc, special 25c nnraesa-Hash " -Mln Flenr. Store Gossip From the Different Departments YOU will find bargains in everv section of the store at this time of the year when stocks are being re duced to make room for the new fall goods. Ribbons, gloves, notions and shoes are sections in which unusually strong values are being offered. -Burgess-Nash Co Everybody' Store 16th and Harney; JJ WOMEN SPANK DRISCOLL News Reporter Given Healthy Lei ton in Ethics by Charwomen. DRAWS AN AUTOMATIC GUN LONDON NEWSPAPER MAN TRAVELS AROUND WORLD Kdmund Jam Wolf, Jr., Iondon newspaperman, who My he I In th rmploy of lh Ktndrd n! Tld-Bit. lsild Onulii yesterday In th course of trip on foot round tho world. He spent several yrr In the old v-orld. having begun hi Journey In le. He I traveling- eastward and expert to arrive In London next winter In -ai'h rlly visited by hlm h secure slgnslvi.t of prominent men. After Rrleaalnr Himself He Strike One and Reaches for Plato!, Which la Knocked from Ilia Hand. A couple of hard-working srrut) women employed at the court house, resenting; slurs and Insinuations heaped upon them by a reporter named Princoll, employed on the staff of th Daily News, cornered the latter In the corridor of the county building and, removing one of his shoes, gave Mm a good paddling. They then pulled hla hair, Jammed hi coat up over hi head, pulled, off hi collar and slapped hi faca, all the while demanding that he apoloelz. I'rlacoll finally wrenched loose nd crashed hi fist Into th bresst of one of the women. He tben pulled an auto matin gun, but before he could raise it several men who were enjoying the scene, knocked It from hi hand snd took it way from him. Th pistol was fter ward turned over to County Attorney Magney. Th reporter, accompanied by a num ber of politician, charged up and down th court house, shrieking that the at tack was an attempted assasxlnatlon, fos tered by "the gang." Iater the spanked reporter went to County Attorney Magney, demanding warrants for the arrest of "gangsters" and "gunmen" and accused everyone but himself of using firearms. Th Incident caused a commotion In th county building. The reporter wa uin jured, save for hi outraged feeling. "The scrub women will be suspended If we learn that the attack wa provoked," declared Superintendent Calabria, "How ever, If It la shown that the women merely defended their reputation, I, for on, will help protect them." RECEIVES NO ENCOURAGEMENT in PROPOSED LOAN TO FRANCE. Clothing Identified; Belongs to Wehlem Th clothing found on Sunday night by Officer Nichols near the municipal bath ing beach and turned over to th coroner In th belief that It might belong tc th man who body wss recently found floating In Carter lake, waa Identified last night as belonging to Carl Wehlem, a millwright, who lived at 173 South Tfii tj -fourth street, South Omihi, an J who ha been missing from his boardinv place sine last Thuraday. Th clothe wer Identified by Adam Backstrom and O. Olluson, both fellow millwright of 8outh Omaha. They said that the body plckad up In th lak wa not that of ,Wchlem. DIVORCE AS CHEAP AS $3.50 Jarist Hraaa hleaga a Warld' -Clear!; Hoim" for Mleflf Marriage. Branding Chicago a "clearing hou'' for divorce, Circuit Judge Jess A. Bald win expressed himself on th evil of bivorc here and nlsewhere, comparing the aituation in Chicago with that In lnn don and New York. He attributed the Urge number of Uliuict heard srly l.-'f . . .,.. lv T, " V -T i a . I S o) nr gaM tatts BY THE SACK 1G4 Lbs G6.7S 1.00 Cane, sack, 6.95 16 lb .'..81.00 Amount sold each customer limited st any ot tbe Four net Sior No. 21-816 No. 16 ' No. 22-1406 Ko. 24 No. 23-1807 Vinton No. 24-2127 Famani UEORGE CKRNAItI KHAW. In signed article published In a I-ondon dally, (ieorge Hernard 8haw, the famed playwright, lay the Vhole blame for the present European war at Great Britain's door. He admits that "Prussia ought to have Its ' head punched and all the militarism knocked out of It," hut say If KiiKland had told Oermany it would land by France, the kaiser would never have thought of war. In Chicago to the d extra of out-of-town people to hurry their suit by havlnu them heard here. "If It wn not for thi fact." he Mid, "wa would not have such long divorce call. The morality of the eople I not to be determined by the number of di vorce. There re other factor to be taken Into consideration, such a the fact that In New York there la only one statu tory ground for divorce, adultery, while we have seven. "Again, the great discrepancy between the number of divorce granted In Ixin con and here doe not mean tiiat we arx lesa concerned with the seriousness of the evil. .We have four time a many divorce In Chicago a In lnlon, which mean sixteen time a many In propor tion to population, but In Ixindon th minimum coat of obtaining a divorce is more than SKA, while in Chicago the minimum coat may be a small as $3 50 Chicago Herald. A Prescription. Here 1 on that waa told by Congress man Henjamln O. Humphrey In throwing the. harpoon Into a medical friend who wa a fellow guest at banquet. home time ago trie kt-eper of a muurn waa engaged In placing some new curios that had lust arrived from Kg) pt when ha noticed a perplexed look on th far of hia attendant. ' V hat the matter, Smith?" h queried, going to the assistant. "I ther anything you don't understand?" "Yea," anawtred rlmith. 'Here la a papyrus on which the character are so badly traced that thev are Indecipherable. How ahull 1 lars it?" "let met see,'' returned th keeper, ex amining the curio. "Just call It a foe. tor rrencrlytioa la tha liru uf th i'tiaraoh.' Get your price :Y There is nothing in the world that talks as impressively as RESULTS. You do not care about the set-up or illustrations of a "Want Ad. You judge it by a single staudard cold, hard, but just DOES IT PAY! ' . ,j Advertisers of real estate are not in busi- ! ness for their heal.h. THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR PROPERTIES FOR WHAT , THEY ARE WORTH AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET THEIR PRICES FROM 1 THE WELL-TO-DO AND MORE RE SPONSIVE READERS OF THE BEE. ; The liee is spending thousands of dollars in its own adver tising columns and in other mediums to more vigorously fix attention upon its real estate columns. j That's the answer Get YOUR price. 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