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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1915)
THE ttKE: OMAHA, THTHSDAV, DlX'KMnKK .'JO. 197. iY. M. C. A RECEIVES MWMR'SMY 1 deception Both Afternoon and I Ireningr Saturday in All Parti of Building. ALL FRIENDS ARE INVITED The Toting Men's Christian association M to keep open houss Saturday afternoon Whd svsnins;, when the following program will te carried out: 1:30 D. m Onm hoi la All tsrtS Of tti hulldlng open, decorated In hoi day attire. Puhllc Invited. It In especially Kleairpd that parents of boys, meinoers of linn dots aepartment, attend. Kerreshments In the boy' depavtmeit Froaram in the svmnssium by the b yl konsistinc ef omn. uunxs, tuniOiiiiK 4 pwimmlng. . T:t p. m. Open house throughout Uie Ifcuildliig. I FIRST IT.OOR. i Beceptl.-n by tne board of directors and jtheir wives. ! A churl rfomonstrotlon of the work of t)ie Young Men's Christian association. .in the gymnns um speolsl features: fTeAdy brotnon in a new act, tumbling, leaders in special apparatus work, swim unlng. FOrRTH AND FIFTH FLOORS. Dormitory men receiving in their rooms. THIRD fl)fm , Rooms d-co-ated ty merchants of the 'iiefreshments In the cafeteria. De-nonstrailon of class activ.tics in dif ferent class rooms. In the Young Men's Christian 'sssorla fon's state secretary's office, reception ff state secretarv. members of the state Jommlttee ard wives. Presbyu-rlHii hrsu4 jarters and studio (f L. G. Knits open. SECOND FLOOR, i Reception br boys. Chart demonstration (of work of the hoys' department. Mustrnl and reading prugiam In the !ud'torfum. JEANETTE M'DONALD was sick and her papa was sick when dolly "EdnaM came to her house to live with them at 1111 Fourth avenue, Council Bluffs. A kind lady had in terested herself in gathering pictures from The Bee and won this doll. for Jeanette in. The Bee's contest last week. IThe Junior Omaha League to Boost Omaha is Formed '-The Tunlnr Omaha league was organ ised Tuesday n'ght at the Court house. iThls Is an organization to which twenty iflve years' residence In Omaha is require! (for membership. Tli object of this or ganization li eald to bo to boor.t for IQmnha. f The follow'ng were elected officers: jJtoDert Houghton, president; Charles L. fWUllaiiis, icc predHent; Alex Heck, itreaaurer; J. F. Hurst, secretary; com 'imiltco on bylaws and application, VV. A. 5ecU, August Cline, A. Harte, K. LallBjn. II. A. Pierce. Following are charter members; J.bert Houghton. Peter Jenson. c um rv inn. i , jtmini iiui iiiihii. & ' - n 'lll-JLr.- M. n. Al IIoul'.i, AURUHl OlilC, Aiexandc ISjch, ii. J. Hurst. It. 1.. Julll.SJU, John And. I SO.:. John A. Canson, C. It. Villinins. C. II. MuOonald, C. A. Trrcy.. J. A. Hegen. Ha Fritz W.ttorff. A. Allen, F.. J Hail. W. F. Stoecker, Henry I.ehinRii, Med Butch, K. M. Alison, J Dimen, C har.c F. Netson, V. t. Siubu-ndorf. J. Monenan, ri'tf A. (Jolrrf. ITnipv Afnlit Frank Bpargenboi'S. t'hmtes Anderson, t hris Hanson. n A. )"p',irrrey. JR. K. eler. H. H. Boulh. ICE CUnERS WILL GO i TO NORTH PLATTE FRIDAY f i One hundred men will be sent to North Platte at 4:30 p. m. Friday to engage In Ice cutting.- This will be the first large txodus cf Ice rutters of the season. The party will be gent, under thedirec- i tlon of Captain Kline of the Salvation Army. Some of these men have been I waiting for weeks for the Ice cutting sea son to start. The captain has an order for fifty more men next week. n i Try 1 1 1 r- r 1 vr iir- i c im-r nnunic dHid nc, io uui FINISHED WITH CONTROVERSY William Ritchie, Jr., of Bridgeport, 7eb., attorney for the bondholders of the JUUancv Irrigation district In Morrill Bounty, who la attending the convention lot the Nebraska State Bar association 'in Omaha, la not yet through with hta it ISnntrnvAPiv with Rtmtm Tnd fnmmla. 4j "VvWoner Beckman In regard to Beckman'g f NMfusal to Invest the state's money for irrigation bonds. ".. ,: , fc- -J S "ft hi 1 'V FederalJanitor is Arrested for Robbing the Mail "Fred II. Jackson, colored, was arrested at the Union station postofflce on a charge of robbing the mails. He waived preliminary examination... before United States Commissioner Singhaua and was bound over to the grand Jury under 11,000 bond. Jackson was formerly a Janitor In the federal building. Following the disap pearance of a number of valuables there ho was transferred to the Union station office. The thefts transferred themselvea at the same lime. . - ' . -.j ' Superintendent of Malls YT. J. Mcttlln and Postal Inspector W. M. Coble did a bit of detective work and confronted and accused the man. He was Immediately placed under arrest. He Is alleged to have taken a number of parcel post packages. JARDINE TO PUT HOBOES TO WORK NEXT MONDAY City Commissioner Jardlne will begin next Monday morning to work city prisoner on a grading Job at Sixth and Dorcas streets. A protest from the Greater Omaha Labor Forward Move ment will not deter the commissioner from carrying out his plan to make Omaha an undesirable place for hoboes and thieves. John T.Yates, Sovereign Clerk, is Seriously 111 John T. Yates, sovereign clerk of the Woodmen of tho World, is seriously 111 with pneumonia. Mr. Yates went to Des Moines Monday to attend a convention of the order and was taken 111 soon after hl arrival. He returned to his home here Tuesday evening. Y'esterday his condition was regarded as serious. JULIUS 0RKIN FINDS ' L t BUSINESS IMPROVING Julius Orkin has returned from New York, where he was engaged In buying stocks. While In Gotham the Omaha man observed that business conditions are Im proved and business men generally looked for a prosperous new year. The weather was miserable. MANY TO ENTER HIGH SCHOOLS AT MID-TERM The superintendent of school reports that on January 31, at the beginning of the second semester of the school year, 6:4 eighth B pupils will enter the three high schools. On January 28 eighty mid year graduates will leave these hlgb schools. Astroll in Florida! with blue waves to the right of you, green palms to the left of you, and overhead a sun tnat casts warmth as well as shadow -Florida istAe place for you now. A day and a half; that's all the time it takes to reach Florida from Kansas City via Frisco Lines aqd Southern Railway the direct route. The , Ins-gis (fifty fflorid leavgs Kanggg City at 5:55 p. m. and gets to Jacksonville 8:25 a. m. tece-nd ity. AU-ttcel train of coaches, sleeping cars and Fred Harvey dining cars. Write the undersigned for new Florida literature -an4 full info matioa about fares aad reservations. J. C. Lavnaa. Dlvisioa PaMerger Ageat, WaUaaisa Butliing, Kansas City, Mo. Low fares to Florida and Cuba It 4 trip, Kaasas JacktMTine U2.it St. AsgasUae Taaisa rskaaWk MiasU Key West Navaaa CaUa tl4S.MsaN.M (Canal Imi) IJVsraJ stop ever prlv lief m sod loDff reiura lliull. OorrsaoBdui(ly low laras to otter re sorts Id Florida. Cabs sad U late el iloa. 44.M M.10 I.M MM 7S.H Tf.N EX-FIRE CHIEF IS CALLED JY REAPER Former Head of Council Bluffs Fire Department Dies Suddenly at Hit Home. WAS IN OMAHA ON TUESDAY Charles Nicholson, retired chief of the Council Bluffs fire department, died Wednesday morning about 2 after a two-week siege o'. the grippe, lie wag 63 years of ace. Ntrholson ss s mrmber of the Coun cil Bluffs fire department for over thirty years, lie mas chief of the drpsrtnient for a greater number of these years. He a retired from the department on a pension a year ego last May. lie was also preoldent of the Iowa State Kire-men-s association and the Interstate Fire men's spsnt'lation. The latter organisa tion consists of the Iowa and Nebraska associations and was formed for the pur pose of staging a big tournament in Omaha next summer. About two weeks ago Mr. Nicholson suffered an attack of the grippe. Tues day he recovered sufficiently to go out of the house and he was feeling In the best of spirits. About 9 o'clock Tuesday night he waa stricken suddenly ill again and shortly after midnight he became unconscious and passed away an hour or so later. Mr. Nicholson celled on chief Salter nt the city hull at !:. Tuesilsy afternoon. Mr. Nicholson wsited In the office a while for Commissioner Wlthncll, whom he wished to see. The visit of the Coun cil Hluffs nun was In the nature of a roc'al call, as he had, known the Omaha fire department men for ninny years. lie Is survived by h i wife and two sons. Dr. Bell's Plnr-Tar-llonr? cases your cough, loosens tho mucous, ::t lengthens the lungs. The first done helps. Get a bottle today, only !'.c. All druggists. Advertisement. Advertiser and customer profit by the "Classified Ad" habit. Many Complain that They Do Not Receive Their Xmas Gifts Now the folks who didn't get Christ mas presents that they think they ought to bv. received are telephoning and making persons! complaints at the post office. More than seventy-five such co-n-plslnts have been recwlvcd. These Hre not. by any mesne, all from persons who have been notified tlifit presents have been sent. "Kverybody, nearly, lias friends or relatives from whom tliey think the should have received presents," snld I'ost maMcr Wharton. "If Aunt Tolly has sent Niece Mollis a present for the last ten or twenty years and If Niece Mollle liasn'l received the present this year she le lleves it must be lost In the mails aivl khe calls up about it. "Some of the complaints come from people w no have been notified by letter that th gift has been sent, but th.s seem to be In the minority." Out of the seventy five complaints re celvcd only three packages have h.-e, found and delivered. STRICKEN XMAS DAY WITH DIPHTHERIA LITTLE GIRL DIES I'lphtlierla caused the death Tuesday night of little S-year-old Helen Vlnrant, 1J1.7 South Sixteenth atreei. daughter o' Mrs. Martha Vlnsant. The little girl look sick cn Christmas dny. There are fon othi r children In tho family, but thus fsr ncn have shown symptoms of halng taken the disease. rimslT IMnt nn !). te.llarr. Chrlstrcas, New Tear'a and other fefst dsys cause many disturbed dlgs'lons The stomach and bowels ahould not V prmlttej to remain closged tip. for In digestion end const' ratlin are often fol lowed by serious diseases, resulting fro rT uni'luesied poisonous waste matter. F;le Catha'llo Tablets should be In ever home, ready fur use. No griping; no u. pleasant after effect. Relieve, dislres: a ter eating, rexulste bowels, sweeter stomach and tone up the liver. Bolt, eeryht re. Advertisement. Please Answer Yes or Ho Why Don't You Buy Your Coal From Sunderland? There oxe many reasons why you should. We can't think of nay to prevent you. CERTIFIED COAL (31 KINDS) h tho Ijc"L tlint money ean luy, Jt id All "eleetetl and Insjvrlril on mi experience of more thnn I0 yenrn, It In nil utoretl under eover on dry rnnrrein floors, You don't buy writer, eiiidern or dirt when you order from U". Wo. carry in dloek the best kind of fuel for eaeh epnrnto need and our expert ndvleo In freo for tho asking. Our 70 YELL-0 WAGONS offer a delivery her, vice, cspoeially in emergency, wliieh n unequaled in Omaha. "We love fine horses, too, antl hnvo more than a hundred and forty of them nt your norvlc nlways, Especially do we appredato tho friendship of Omaha as evidenced hy our exteiiHiyo patronage. It is the best proof of our reputation for nquaro dealing and for selling nlways The Biggest Value for the Money Paid TRY ECOHOL'iY COAL $6.50 PER T0!l SUnDERLAUD BR0TE1ERS CO. Main Office Keeline Bldg. 17th and Harney Sts. Phone Douglas 252. . One of our yards is near your home. 7izzzz:: vv 1 . V A Sale of Odds and Ends of Gloves Odd and Enda of Wom an' long and abort kid gloves, not all alzea, which formerly aold at double this) price and more, will be offered Thursday In one big lot on the main floor P'' 49c All Sortt of Beautiful Thingi for the January White Sale Next Monday In one direction it becomes white underwear of exquisite beauty. From another direction it returns as charming blouses and dainty dresses. Here again it comes as beautiful little things for babies or as dainty dimities, lawns and all sorts of billowy, snow-white merchan dise. Everything that cotton, brains and machinery does for us is in cluded in the January White Sale. Our purchases were made while cotton prices were normal, and painstaking effort have resulted in splendid and well-assorted stocks vjvot. wnue gonaa ai especially low price. Year -End Cfle&rie Pretty Neckwear Dainty Effects Greatly Reduced Hand-Imbroidered Col lars, $1.50 values.. 98o Embroidered Collars and Collar and Cuff Bets, 50c values, sale Tr4rn 39o U k v w , all Clearing sale prices extend to practically every depnrtment in the whole store. The items offered here are but a very few suggestions of the thousands of genuine bargains the thrifty shopper may have the benefit of. Merchandise is just as desirable as it was a week ago; but this week is clearing time, and the goods must move on. We Have But a Few of Each of These Lots They Must Be Cleared, So Prices Take a Drop eMBaBssBaaaBBnaaBaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaa oMaasaaaaasaasaasHasaiaasBaMBBa) -eaaaRaanBssBBasaes asaaitasaaBMeBnaaBaaaaaBaaaaaaasaBSBBjBBBSBBSBBSBBSBsaaM bbbmsbbbbbbbbb eaaaaBaaaaaaBBaaaaaaaaaaBaaaBaaBaNaBe eBVsaaasaaaaaisaajBBsaBaeaiBaaasBna aasM aaaaaBaaaHaBaaMaaas Clearing Sale Bargains in Women s, Misses' and Children's Wearing Apparel V One rack of Fine Beacon Bath Robes, $3.98 values... $2.75 Children's Colored Dresses. Worth to $2.00, at $1.00 Children's Colored Wool Dresses. Worth to $3.00, at.... $1.89 One Pink Crepe and Chiffon Mati nee. $33.00 value. Clearing sale price only $19.00 One lot of Fine Silk and Wool Dresses, worth to $33.00. Sale price $11 coo ILU One lot of Fine Tailored Suits, fur and braid trimmed. Worth to $:52.50. Clearance sale price $11 075 13 One lot of Fine Tailored Suits, fur and braid trimmed. Worth to $49. Clear ance sale price $11 A00 10 FINE FUR SCARFS REDUCED TO HALF PRICE Fur Scarf, worth to $3.00, at... Fur Scarfs, worth to $3.00, at... Fur Scarfs, worth to $7.00, at, Fur Scarfs, worth to $10.00, at.. ..$1.50 ,.$2.50 .$3.50 ,.$5.00 Fur Scarfs, worth to $12.50, at $6.50 Fur 'Scarfs, worth to $15.00, at $7.50 Fur Scarfs, worth to $20.00, at $10.00 Fur Scarfs, worth to $25.00, at $12.50 Women ' s Cro cheted Wool Shawls, .white and black. Worth to 59c. Clear ance sale price, ,35c Good Wool Sweat er Coats, all colors. Worth to $3.50. Clearance sale price only $1.50 Women's and Misses' Raincoats. Worth to $3.50. Sale price ....$1.08 Shoes and Slippers Quilted Satin Boudoir Slip pere, felt aolea; alao Sheepskin and Indian Moccaaine and Pull man Slippers. Worth to 11.50. Pair, year end clearing. . -50c Bath 8lippera for Men and Women, worth 60c a pair; all alzea. Year end clearing. -25c Slumber 6llppera for Women, worth 25c. Year end clearing aale price, at, per pair.... 15c Chlldrcn'a Felt Slipper, pad ded wool aolea; boot style; warm and comfy, worth II.GOc Women'a Shoe, edda and ande. White and gray cloth top, alao black top. Worth to 93.50 a pair. Year end clearing V Hosiery and Underwear Some lots from regular stock whose only fault it that they are so good that we pur chased heavily but must reduce quantities X Drugs and Toilet Articles Locust Bio. Perfume, oz. -24c Field Violet Perfume, OZ...480 60c Grave' Tooth Powder. 29c DJer-Klaa Talcum Powder. 24o 10 Seldlltz Powder, for... 12c 85c Fletcher' Caetorla ....21 0 Pure Castile Soap, Mb 2o 1 lb. Johneon'a Floor Wax. .29c Household Ammonia, bot..!2o Diamond "C Soap, 10 bar. 24c Fel Naptha Soap, 10 bara.38o 6O0 Polly Prim Floor Oil...29o 12 V Women's Pure Thread Silk Hosiery, double soles, spliced heels; slightly mussed and used in decorating. Worth 69c to 98c, at, pair, 69c. Women's Pure Silk Boot Hosiery, double solos, heels and toes, wide garter tops. Worth up to 50c, at 29c. Women's and Men's Lisle Hosiery, in black and white. L'p to 35e quality, 19c. Women's Fine Cotton, Fleecy Lined Fnion Suits. Regular 50c quality, each 39c. Women's Union Suits, in cluding well-known makes. $1.25 values, special, 69c. Handkerchiefs After-Christmas Clearance Sale of BOOKS S"E V40FF S0"E I3 OFF SME I2 OFF During; our great Christmas book sale many books be came more or less soiled and damaged bj tho enormous crowds that handled and looked at them. 'All such books and many others that we wish to close out quick have been g-athered up and marked at reduced prices as above. All CALENDARS at HALF PRICE Book Dept. East Arcade. Ladle' and Men' All-Linen, Slightly Mussed Handkerchief, worth to Z5c, eale price. 12v4c Ladle', Men' and Chlldren'a 19c Initial Handkerchief, ail pur Irish linen, apecial at-lOo A Big Lot of Chlldren'a Fancy Colored China Silk Handker. Chief, worth up to 12c, at.Qo Thousand of 10c Handker. chief tor Men, Women and Chi I., mussed In decorating. .5q All 5c and 8'2o Handkerchlefa that are mussed and aoiled. All kind for women, Children and Jl 1 1 - AI , . M.., ops. 10 ini Biicmtni.'pi f Hats, Bags and Trunks $5 Trv. Bag, Suit Caaea.$2.08 $8.50 Steamer Trunk. , .$4.08 $2 80ft and Stiff Hata, at..Q5o $5 Alaa. Seal, Near. Capa. $2.98 50o Boys' Hata and Cap.. 10c 14 $15 Steamer Trunk. .$7 Qg $50 Wardrobe Trunka..$37 OO $45 Wardrobe Trunka. $3250 $25 and $27 valuea. .. .$1050 $65 Wardrobe Trunka. $47 50 $35 Wardrobe Trunka. $2250 bnuarena ei rieadwear.. JJ JK