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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1915)
THK Hfih: OMAHA, JSATUKIJA Y, JUIA U, liUo. BRIEF CITY NEWS BBBaaBaaai are moot PrlBt t Naw BHtos Prssi Bleotrla faaa, BTBO. Burrase-Orandaa. aUe laiaraaoa Aajastsr Osorga chroeder. 4 Were block. Kd 44. Knfal Qosa rishlns; City Commit loner Kiiftsl ha son to Lake OkoboJI for a few dan. Sr. W. . Wnsrry anaounoss the aa tahllshment ot bla permanent offlcee at Suite 601 Brandela Theater building. Buys Another lre Aato The city council authorised advertisement for blda for a runabout automobile for the floutn Side chief of fire department. "Todays Complete Moris Proffraaa classified eactlon toaay, and appear In The Baa EXCLUSIVELY. FlndoSt what the varloua moving picture theaterV offer. Morae o Mala City BaU Mlaa Bertha Llchnovaky, former secretary In the mayor's office. South .Omaha, haa been engaged a stenographer by Su perintendent English of the public recre ation department. bat 33,000 ' ContraoV-Tha contract baa been let to Veter Klewlt A Sons for tha erection of the .000 Dewey apart merits at Thirty-third and Dewey streets. Hastings A Harden Is the firm building It. Architect Frankfurt drew the plans. Kloa Zathraa Church Flonle The Zlon Lutheran church will hold tta annual Sunday school picnic at Elmwood park, Saturday afternoon and evening. Various games will be played In the afternoon and at ( o'clock basket supper will be served. TJp foe Hooking Cars Frank Schute, Frank Rtanlnek, Clement Btlllmock. Frank Kapela, arrested by Special Officer Pat ton, wera brought Into police court, where tha arresting officer stated they had been making a practice of hooking cars be neath the Eleventh street viaduct and riding txASheeley. Schulte and Btlllmock, who are both 17 years old, were turned over to tho juvenile authorities, while the other two were given sentences ot thirty days, with suspended sentence. Eevenue Collector is Just$1.48 Short E. W. North, collector of Internal rev enues, Is short to the extent of $1.48. Mr. North notified a "corporation" that their federal tax was due, and that it amounted to the total - of 114. Im mediately In answer to his notification came a check for the necessary amount, and Mr. North mailed the customary re ceipt. Later he had tha mlafortuna to discover, through the bank the check was on, that the little slip of paper had nothing behind It, and s Mr. North Is out Jut that amount. It seems probable that checks will not be cordially received In hia office In tha future, although Mr. North Is a good loser, and may not go to extremes to protect himself from such games In tho future. MOTORCYCLE DISPATCH RIDERS HERE WEDNESDAY On July 21. next Wednesday, the Trans continental motorcyclo dispatch la due In Omaha at I P. m. - T. E. Meckel of the Nebraska Cycle company, who has charge of relay No. 19, haa selected three of the best rem A riders In this part Of the country to carry tha dispatch from Omaha to Columbus, namely, Hugo Heyn, Lloyd Jensen and John Strehle. Tha boya are setting their machines In shape to make this ride on schedule time. Arrangements have been made with all the towna through which they . will pass, to ride through at full speed. No doubt but what there will be a number of riders who will participate in this run, as any or all ot them can go, yet none of them have the right to pass tha dispatch riders. ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF CAR OWNED BY R. C. PHELPS William A- Ellis, chauffeur, was ar rested at noon ny Detectives Devereese and I.fthey for. the theft of an automobile belonging to It C. Phelps, manager of the Brad els tHores green room, snd also some tit of Mr. Phelps' money. It seems Phelps had a couple of autos for ssle and Ellis offered to turn the deal, but said one machine needed a wind shield. Ha was given a check for $18 and he purchased the accessory, only to subse quently assert the ' wind ahield was worthless and take It back, receiving the 118 bark, but this time in cash. Then Ellis, the 118. and one of the cars dis appeared and were not found unfll today. Tha car was recovered when Ellis was pinched. CHRISTIAN ENDEAOVRERS TO HAVE AN ACHO MEETING A Pullman car full of Omaha Christian Fndcavorers. with another from the state outside, and one from western Iowa, was 'the contribution of this vicinity to tha fifth World's Christian Endeavor con vention, which has Just been held In Chicago. , AJt a union "e(ho meeting," to which tha public it Invited, the Omaha dele gates will make their repurts, endeavor ing to reproduce the jrreot messages as well as the Jolly features of this en thusiastic convention. This "echo meet ing" will be held at the First Christian churcflv Twaiity-slxth and Harnty streets. Tuesday evening, July .20. THIRTY-SEVEN ITALIANS RETURNH0ME FOR WAR Thirty-seven young Omaha Italians left Thursday lor Italy to Join the array and engage In the great war. Roma of them paid their own traveling expenses, aorordlng to Italian Vice Con sul Antonio Vrnuto, and others had their expenses paid. All tho mm were young, none over 13 years old. and all had" already served In tha army. ' V Whether others will go from here If not known and svUT depend on Instruc tions from thei home government. WINDOW GOES ON TRIP AND LOSES TWO PANES During the Kal Thursday night one of tha eight light windows on the west side of the rily National Bank building. Just above the first floor, was pried out by tha wind, hurUd to the sidewalk and blown nearly fifty ft. Though the window fill fifteen feet and struck on tha stoae sidewalk, but two panes of glass was broken. Daa't Be t onsOpale'. All kinds of ailments result from con stipation. Dr. King's New Life Pills are mild and effective, preveut 'constipation. tic All druggists.-Advertisement. TWO MILLION ON BUDGET JEXT YEAR Larfest Levy in the Hittory of the City to Be Apportioned Kext Year. CERTIFIED TO COUNTY BOARD Greater Omaha officials January 1, nest, -will apportion a I,000.000 budget, tha largest In the history of the city. Ihe taking over ot South Omaha and Dundee and recent legis lative enactments cause the Increase. The city council In aecret conference decided to certify to the county board the maximum levy, tha amount of which, In mills, will be determined later. Formal action will be taen by tha city council next Tuesday morning. The existing maximum for what was Omaha territory before consolidation Is fl.KM.OOO for general purposes, this In cluding laoo.000 alnktng fund for bond In terest. In addition, the legislature pro vided for a bond retirement fund of not lee than $50,000, nor mora than $150,000. each year; also 1 mills tor tnotorlxlng the fire department. Added to those amounts will be approximately $326,000 for Pouth Side and $10,000 for Dundee. There also wlli b $140,000 for hydrant rentals. Tha legislature Increased he police fund $30,0ii0: park fund, fcw.ooor library fund, $20,000: fire fund, $30.0UO. Salaries of firemen and policemen will be Increased beginning January. Daniels and Edison Spend Nearly Three Hours in Discussion WEST CRAN'OR. N. J.. July Sec retary Daniels and Thomas A. Edison talked for nearly three hours over tha proposed navy bureau Invention and the civilian's advisory board, of which Mr. Edison is to be tha head. In the letter's home here tonight. Secretary Daniels said he would not announce tha names ot tha members of tha advisory board until aftor his return to Washington. "My Intention is to bava all mem bers of the board ao well known that no one will a!ik 'who Is he?" " Secretary Daniels said. "My Idea In organising this naval board is to bring about a mobilisa tion of the bralna of the country. I want to get together men who have,. devoted their llvda to science and to use their genuls and skill for the benefit of the country. My reason for coming here to confer with Mr. Edison Is to get hie sug gestions for developing tha scope of the work. "After wa get the board established and get, results wa ahall be In a .state of de fense such aa no other country, has ever known. . "My purpose la to have this board de velop the submarine and aeroplane. If wa had begun twenty-five yeara ago to encourage Inventors and Inventions today wa would be controlling tha submarine and aeroplane. The next war 'will be fought by machinery and men of brains." - Secretary Daniels returned to Washing ton at midnight. Champ Clark to Help Suffragist Campaign BAN FRANCIS. July lA-rhamp Clnrk. sneaker of the iouse of repre .ontatlve, blithely If tardily, faced a hand of auffranlsts In a hotel lobby here f day and pledged allegiance to the gen eral cause. "I expert to e Mhwourl added to the suffrage slates soon and t am going to help," ho sntd. Ha promised to write them later whether he would support what la known aa tha Susan It. Anthony amendment for equal suffrage st tha next congress. Mrs. Clark had made tha appointment for her husband. II was late In ap pearing and the women were dlwtiMlng whether he would rome at all wh-n ho arrived. The spender Is here to participate In exercises In connection with toe Liberty bell, which will arrive tomorrow night. Itent houses quick with a Bee Went Ad. WILLIAM S. KING DIES M'ARDLE HEADS THE FROM URAEMIC POISONING STAMP MEN'S ASSOCIATION William S. King, aged 1 years, died I Thursday noon st the home of his par-! ents, Mr. snd Mrs. J. C. King. MHI South Klghteenth street, from u mem If poison ing. The funeral will be held Sunday from the residence, with Interment In West IjSwu cemetery. K. J. McArdle of t? Western Stamp A Stencil Co. of th' - wss elects president nf Ihe I. err Monnl Stamp Manufacturer' assoclu' ; .i at a meeting at Portland, Ore. Wind Hits Omaha at Rate of 52 Miles an Hour Thursday Forecaster Welsh reports that the wind reached an extreme speed of fifty-two miles an hour at 7:07 p. m. Thursday evening here. The reported maximum speed for a period of five minutes was forty-two miles an hour, but for a brief space the speed Increased to the former figure. The kind ot a wind wa had last night" said Mr. Welsh, "is tha kind that Is apt to cause damage. -Often a forty-mile wind, coming In gusts, does mora dam age that a steady blow of sixty miles an hour. French to Use Knives Instead of Bayonets 'uSN'DON. July Is. Tha Dally MaU's correspondent at British headquarters In Franca says: " ' "The French are arming their troops with a short knlta for yse In trench war tare, thus displacing tha bayonet which, when fixed In tha rifle, is too long a weapon to glva a man free , play In tha narrow trenches. SONS OF ST. GEORGE HOLD DANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT Shakespeare lodge, Order of Sons of St. George, held a dance and social entertain ment Wednesdsy evening in their lodge room at Barisht'a hall Nineteenth and Fa mam streets. Fully joo persons, mem bers and their wives and friends, were present, and they spent a thoroughly en joyable evening. The proceedings wera inaugurated by an address of welcome by the president of the lodge, and an Interest ing and Instructive address by Mr. Colder of tha Sons of St Oeorge lodge of Kansas Ctty. N ELS EN IS FOUND DEAD IN ROOM WHERE HE BOARDED Nels Nelsen, aged SO years, employed at tha Stroud Wagon factory, was found dead In bla room at the homa of Mra M. Jenavn. Ttl North Twenty-fourth street. Friday aftamoon. Ha waa last seen Thursday evening. No note waa left and his death may have been acci dental. Coroner Crosby haa the body. MAN. WIFE AND DAUGHTER WALK HERE FROM DENVER Paul Krumtmck, wife and 14-year-oil ' daughter, a rived here from Denver, walk ing tha distance In six weeks. Mr. Krum bach asserts ha worked In Denver - boilermaker and had $9.75 when ha left. spending hl last cent for lodging here, Thursday evening. Tha family la on Its I way to Peoria, their former home. i Saturday, July 17,1915.. .BURGESS-NASH STORE NEWS FOR SATURDAY.. Phone D. 137. JAMES JENSEN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR BIG SEWER! i James Jensen waa awarded a contract for contraction of a storm water sewer from ThJrty-etith avenue to lunctinn with Everett Via n vbm1 In WV.n t nuJI I park. Tha lid was .MS. Bids will be shortly asked for a storm sewer from Forty-fifth, and Jooaa street to Saddle craoav atuardlay. Mere at BMirgess-MasIhi mBBmuBmBmmmmmBmmmmmm asaaasaBWsa.sBWsaaMsssHBnaieaasBMKaaxBssBiaMMsm Clearing of MEN'S SHIRTS Worth to $2,00 Saturday Choice at 69c Again Saturday - Paihamsi-Pad- fk Exposition In Miniature. A $10,000 reproduction on a small scale of the entire Expo sition, showing the buildings rrounrK with San Francisco PaV. with all the exnet colors, in perfect reproduction of the fair In every detail, even to the beautiful electric lighting ef fects. ' Ijooturcs will b. given eveT half hour from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. eicepting- from 6 to 7 p. m. No Admission Charge. Everyone Invited; children must be accompanied by par ents. BURGESS-NASH COMPANY. Delicious Sweets for the Traveler packed la dainty boxes, wrapped in tempting fashion and carefully packed, are to be had in tha Cricket Etohb Rear Main Floor. The "Cricket Room" la a pleaa ant rtreat taese warm after noons to enjoy the cool restful qess and lirht lunches. Wa feature for Saturday: Genuine salt water taffies, lb.. I Be Old fashioned caramel kisses at lb i .aoo Home-made caramels, I So kind, at, lb Chocolate whipped creams, 4r0o kind, lb M ara-a-Weli Co. Main float. Remarkable Values Carefully Planned for Saturday in njiinniinniir PLANNED with a thought of the summer needs of those 'vacation hent, or in-town dwellers, or devotees of week end jaunts. $595 I II K K) I J I I 1 1 1 S 11 - For $10.00 to $15.00 Values. Dotted Voiles Flowered Fabrics Btita liingerie. An attractive assortment of widely varying styles many strictly tailored outing typea; others less severely designed and suitable for porch and home afternoon wear. The special val ues are timely Indeed. V Other Exceptional Values Characterise These Summer Frocks at $4.95, $7.95, $10.95 )UE to tha tardy arrival ot warm weather we have assembled a carefully selected assortment of striking values In distinctive frocka for summer's ; many needs, and place them on special sale Saturday. There are frocka of sheer and firmer textures, laclly trimmed, or plainly fashioned; but the valuea are alike worthy of immediate attention. Smart Coats for Summer $7.95 to $16.50 PRICED moderately enough to allow the woman who ao Inclines to own more than one for outing wear, 'for golfing, or to wear over light frocks on cool evenings. The materials, golflnes, Yama cloth, chinchilla, and the colorings, soft tints or white, as you prefer. Bnrgesa-Xfaah Co. Second Hoar. , Sale of German Silver Mesh Bags, Usual $4 to $12.50 Values. Saturday. $J95 The Illustration Pictures Six of the Many Styles. THE result of a fortunate pickup includes reversible meshes, in all (Jerman silver or Silver and Gold Plated, or Gun Metal finish, 4 to 8-inch plain or French engraved frames; some have patent safety lock; some are Pandora shape, with 5, 6 or 7 fittings. The lot is so varied it would be impossible to give a description, so come and see for yourself what we believe the biggest mesh bag vtlues offered in tho city. ' Borreaa-Wash Co af aln floor. A Sale of Summer Footwear Regular Prices $3.50, $4, $5 and $6, $315 Om July Sale brings wonderful values la tha new sum mer styles in pumps, patent colt, dull leather, kid skin, satins. Every pair In this Sale regularly priced not leas than $3.50, ,4.00. ,6.00 and ,6, choice of all, S3.10. Child's $2.2ft Pumps, $1.83. Special, Child's dull calf. English ankle tiea and Instep strap pump, slier, s to. 11; were 12.26. Haturday, ,1.85. Misses', sites 11 H to t; were fJ 76, Satur- - day, fz.a. ' Hoya' Klk Shoes, 12.05. Boys' black and smoked elk, with solid leather elk aoles. just the shoe for vacation waar; sizes 1 1 to 13 , special, at $2.35. 1 8 lies 1 to 6, special, at $2.25. arraaa-aTash Co. Basement, TIEHK are something ljko 2,000 shirts an accumulation of broken lots and discontinued numbers, which we haw marked to clear out quickly at 09c. You'll find such materials as mohair, cheviot snd other summer shirtings, made mostly with French cuff; some stiff cuffs, coat style, neck band and collar attached. Every shirt this season's patterns, and they are In all sties 14 to 17; were to $2.00, choice, (19c. Men's Bathing Suits at 59c A clearaway that will Instruct you men's lisle on-ptece bath suits, navy, trimmed In white or red; the usual fl.oo value, at 59c DOc Wash Neckwear, 25c Manhattan, tubular and de Joinville wash neokwear, W)c kind, sale price, 25c. $1.15 Unions Suits, 75o Athletic union suit, good quality eoi Hettes, fancy eelf stripe; were$1.15,,for 75c. Bntveea-Waab, Co. SSala Itoot, The Very Best Palm Beach Suits for Men in the City Saturday at the Price NOW, we realize that is a very strong statement, but all we ask is for you to come to, this big daylight store for men and let us prove it, by comparison. Every suit is made of genuine Palm Beach Cloth, J double cold water shrunk made to conform to the "BUraASCO" STANDARD, of quality, which means the very best possible at the price. Every garment la atayed at every seam and double welt stitched. The coat has extra lined neckpad, making the coat self -retaining; arm shields, hand-fashioned collar. The pants are perfectly tailored, band shaped taped double apron, splendid fitting. In "fact the BUEQESS-NASH PALM BEACH SUITS FOR MEN ARE TAIL ORED TO HOLD' THEIR SHAPE. and they hold it. ' All sizes, 32 to 50, for stout, slims or regulars. And the price is $5. MEN'S SUITS THAT COMPARE WELL WITH THE USUAL $25.00 VALUES, $13.65. We've added to our $13.66 line of Men's Summer Suits, a number of skel eton and 4 -lined 2-plece (coats and pants) snlts that were 125.00. You will also find two or three-piece styles, In blue serges, blue flannels, fancy cheviots, homespuns and worsteds, ,1a checks, stripes, diagonal weaves, Glen Urquhart plaids and noveltlea, plain or patch pockets; strictly band tailored. Others $13.05 to $40.00 ' Barosa-aTasa Co. Toturth' Tloor. Refrigerators Greatly Reduced CLEAKAWAY of Auto matic and Century re frigerators. Automatic Refrigerators White enamel lined, solid oak case. 7a-lb. ice capacity, was $30.00, now .' $25.00 100-lb ice capacity, was $35.00, now $ao.oo 120-lb. lc capacity,. was $37.00, now $4.00 150-lb. ice capacity, was $42.60, now . $.oo Century Refrigerators 86-lb. Ice capacity, was $7.45, now ; .$0.50 tl-lb. Ice capacity, was $16.00, now $18 JW 100-lb. ice capacity, waa $24.76. now $20.00 100-lb. Ice capacity, waa $18.73, now $18.75 Barf eeavBan Oa- Baaesaeat, HAMMOCKS in W the Clearing Sale ELL made hammocks In a wide range of colors and styles to select from, guaranteed to be lasting. Some of the specials: Hammocks, were $1.76, for $1.25 Hammocks, were $i.l, for $l.BO Hammocks, were $2.26, for $1.75 Hammocks, were $2.76, for $2.00 Hammocks, were $2.98, for $2.25 Hammocks, were $3.60, for $4.75 Hammocks, were $8.98, for i.UO Hammocks, were $4.98, for $4.00 Banraae-Vash Co. assmsat. DRUGS and TOILETS Bath Baits, 60o sice; Sat'y, 85c Canthrox for shampoo, 60c else v 2v Monoxide Tooth Powder, 26v alse lac IseBelle's Face Powder, 60c else IS Abonlta Faee Powder, 60o aise .2c Pebeco Tooth Paate, 50c alse 2o Dr. O r a v e a Tooth Powder, 60c else . . SWo Demonstration of "Neo" for cleaning white shoe?, 15c & 25c. Williams' Tal cum, can. . . 10o Banl Flush. 26o site... 17c Jap Rose Toi let soap, cake, at Be Liquid Veneer, 26c slie..,17o Liquid Veneer, 50c size... 87c Red Wing Urape Juice, pint 2tc Ked W I n g GrapJ Juice, quart . .-. . .4Mc Hatblng Caps, 76c kind. . .4c Hath Sprays. 75c kind.. .40o ajrgaea Vaah Co. slain Vieo. The New Models in Virthmor Waists- Always $1.00, Always Worth More TIIEHK are hundreds and hundreds of Dollar Waists, but there is ju&t one Wirthmor and the Wirthmor is entirely unlike any other Waist that's made to sell at this low price; in fact, every waist bearing a Wirthmor label has that fineness, that daintiness, that distinctiveness, that very goodness that is ordinarily found only in much higher priced waist. If you can once learn how thoroughly satis factory these waists really arc, you will never consider go ing elsewhere when wanting a moderate prioe waist for you'll well understand how far they differ, and how much better they are than all other Dollar Waists. First Floor Bargain Square BASEMENT SALEM Men's $2.00 Straw Hats at 69c A LOT of the season's best styles that have become broken in range of sizes, all new shapes and fg styles, ere to $2.00; sale KyC prioe Saturday. V Men'a $3.00 Pants, $1.95 Men's blue and fancy material panta, waist meas ure SO to 60, splendid values to jjl QC $3.00, sale price 3 1 vO . Men's $10.00 Summer Suits, $4.95 Men's aults of light weight materials, broken assortments from our regular $10 lines; sale price Boys' 50c Khaki Blouses, 29c Boy's pants of Kbakl and fancy blouses, for ages 8 to 14 years, regular price 60o; sale price Boys' $2.00 Hats at 25c Boys' strsw, felt or cloth hats, odds and ends roui regular lines to $2.00; sale price, choice - Barf see-Mash Oo Basemsat. $4.95 . 29c 25c V""-:."f 1 3 1 VrftaL' We Develop Your films free of charge when an or-, dcr for printing la given. 'Is
