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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1916)
8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1916, NEBRASKA ELKS GO ' EAST TO CONVENTION Large Delegation from Omaha and Other Cities in States Win Attend Meet. ' SESSIONS AT BALTIMORE A large -delegation of Elks from : Omaha a ndNebraslta' departed at 6 o'clock thii evening over the North western to attend the national con vention at Baltimore, July 10 to 15. Many of the delegatei are to ac companied by their wivea. They will arrive in Chicago Sunday at 7:30 a. m. and depart from there over the Pennsylvania railroad at 8:45 a. m., arriving in Pittsburgh at 8:45 p. m. Sunday. The delegates will be enteruinned by the Pitts burgh and Allegheny lodges, and will leave at 1 1 :20 p. m. for Baltimore, arriving there at 7 o'clock . Monday morning. 1 Headquarters for the Nebraska delegation will be at the Albion ho tel in Baltimore. , ' Program la Announced. The program for the convention iucludes an automobile floral parade Monday evening; luncheon and sight seeing trip Tuesday afternoon; grand ball, Tuesday evening; steamer ex cursions on the bay and crab feast on a Chesapeake bay resort, Wed nesday, and grand parade, band con-! test and grand regatta, illumination and fireworks, Thursday. The following went from Omaha; NMr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Young, Mr. and Mrs. I. w. Minor, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Stryker, Mr, and Mrs. S. H. Ratledge, Mrs. Kate Robinson, Miss Elva Par tridge, C E.. Partridge, Arthur Blakeley, D. B.1 Hints, C A Miller, - N. L. Crisa, of Omaha,. The former Omaha men who will Join the pirty at the Albion hotel, iiltimore, are: D. T, O'Brien and J. S. Little of Great Neck, L. I.; H. C Mourning of Quinnimont, w. Va.: Mr. and Mrs. Robert U. Wolf of Bridgeport, Conn.; T. F. Boyd and Walter C. Hulett of .the National Elks' home, Bedford City, Va.; T. B. McPherson of Thurmont, Md.; J. H. Hanley of Washington, D. C. The following from other parts of Nebraska will travel on the train from Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McCloud I and Mr. .and Mrs. Wade . Reed of York; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ledwith. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Funic, Frank. E. Green, Frank M. Grady, Vincent Grady and R. O. Graham of Lincoln; Mr, and Mrs. W. W. Scott of Beatrice, Rev. W. H. Xanders of Columbus, J. B. Sallows of Alliance, C. W. Baylor j Plattsmouth, H. C. Hanford of Fair-' k..u VA t ttrian A (IranA T. . land, A. G. Christensen and Frank !' a( R,.mnn I -ft VTn.in.ln nA Clyde Frlsto of North Platte and B. L. Yoder of Falls City, C OvSwn of . Kearney. , ; 1 Mary Roberts Rinehart, Writer, Is to Pass Through Omaha Mary Roberta Rinehart, the novel . ht and short story writer, will be in ' Omaha short time this evening en- route west on her vacation trip. . Mrs. Rinehart will occudv a compartment and two sections of one of the sleep ers en the Burlington's Wyoming i train. She taking a party with her. From Omaha she goes to Eaton's ranch, near Ranchester, Wyo where she will get the settings for a series of western stories, '.After spending a few weeks there she will go to Glacier park, where she Wit spend the bal ance of her vacation mountain tlimb '"; ... , BRIEF CITY NEWS '11 t" i Morton Son, IlMt Weddta Mmr . Ed holm, J-wtIetV Eleetrle Fkuu, V7.S Burfra-Orandan Ca. Hmwm MMt PHn ftNew Bmtn 1tmi, Tkst ksvsttnff, appeatlaf f Uttr. Tm a Lentil.' PV Tou." Hava you hard IIT at tha Vletrole relWry. Orchard A Wll bolm'at . A Better Lemtloa for your efflee can not tw foun4 when you aaleet Tha Baa BulMlnr, tha build inf that la always -Daw. Offlea room 101. Tartar. Movie rravraM," elaetlfled aae tsOfi today. It appear In Tha Baa asela alvaty. Find ao( what tba vaiioua tnortnf Dioiurt theater efTer. Seek Divan Aftar thlrty-ene yaara of marriad Ufa. Ads Frit auad William for divorce. Thay war, marriad Jo Wapello county, Iowa, February It, illl. Keep Year Masar And valvablca In tha American Safe Depoalt Taulta, IIS Bomb 17th t., Baa Bldf. Boxes rant 11.09 for I month, open from I a. m. to I p, m, FleBja at HlbMer tofeA picnic and dance will be ariven by tha Jtwlah National Worker alliance at Hlbbler park Sunday. Tha proceed are to e-o toward aldlna- tha atriklnv eloakmakara of New Tork. Jewtea Cfcarltlea I Meat Tha rartilar monthly meetlnt of tha Aaaoclated Jew Ish Charities' hoard of director will be held at the office. 714 Brandt bulidlnr at 1 o'clock Sunday mornlnf, Better Called to MtoepeMaClty Com mtoiloner Butler haa ton to Minneapolis to attend a funeral and haa requested that consideration of tha electric llghtlne; situa tion be deferred until hie return neat Tnea. day. , . Bemeaee Short I4rad Boae A, Dillon ap piled for a dlvorea from Clarence- to whom she waa married less than two years ago at Alma, Neb. She allefoe eitrame cruelty and asks restoration of her maiden name. Alien. tae lfc City McKaber B. Koorr fllrd suit against tha olty of Omaha for 11,100, which ha claims a damages to hie prop arty by the ehantini of the grade of Thlr teeath street between Mercy And pacific streets. Gate Mltr Par .Morgan Aenue of Com..' ell Bluff, arretted for the theft of a watch which he tried to pawn with tha merchant from, whom the tlmeepleca waa stolen, waa sentenced to sixty days to tha aoonty jail by Police Judge Kubat. Xlha 0 E Fifty Ban Francleco Blka, en route to tha annual eonyantlon In Bel tlmore. will be in Omaha an hour thla evenlna. . They will occupy two cars over tha Union Pacific, and will leave over the Milwaukee for Chicago. 'AVrfvea far Hotel Meal Meet W, F. Miller of Davenport la., p reel dent of tha Northwestern Hotel Moon's aaaoclatlon, ts at tha Hotel pontenelle. where he will make hie fieadquartere during eoftventioa time, the firat three days pf neit weak. Waad Maldew -Kaaa Ma-Magdalane Itamm asked the district court for a di vorce from arl and restoration of her maiden nam, Baky. yNon-aupport and a trome cruelty are tha charges. They were married at Shenandoah, la., February It, llitv. 1114 far Invoottgatfoaji James Brenten, 101 North BUteenlh street, is being held at headquarter ponding an Inveetlgatton as to his sanity, Brenton waa arrested near the hem of Dr. A. F. Call, Thirty-ninth and Cuming a tree to, which ha aald he was guarding from attack. .- BraawoUst at MBUlyw aaidy flrrand Bvangellst O. O. Bernstein of New Tork, who la giving a aarlea of lecture In a big tent on tha old "Billy" Sunday tabernacle grounda at Fourteenth street and Capitol avenue, will leoture Sunday on "The Mlltenr lumt Satan Bound 1,000 Tears,". Say nnhhy Stnick Her--Although her has band Is a plumber, making good wages, Anna A. KraJIcsk says In her petition for divorce that .he haa falted to support her. They married in Omaha In 1005 and she allegea ho atruck her, oalled her names and accused her of Infldelltyv 1 She asks cue tody of tholr two children. - Auction of Parcel Post . .. Packages Will Be Held Postmaster1 Wharton has announced an auction of Unclaimed parcel post packages for July 17. These sales usually are held three times a year in the corridor of ' the postoffice, but this year the selling will be done from the north steps of the federal building.- ': "i ' ,' ' i : . Lincoln Man Overcome ; r By Gas Dies at Hospital Frank Webb of Lincoln, 60 years of age, who was overcome by gas in his room at 2550 Davenport street, died at St. Joseph's hospital without regaining consciousness. Coroner Crosby has taken charge of the body. INSPECTORS RETURN FROM 'OUSTING' TJIIP if , P.. Postmaster John O. Porter of Bridgeport, Ordered to Give Up Office, Puts Up Fight. GETS OUT AN INJUNCTION Postoffice Inspectors W. N. Coble and George H. Booker returned Fri day evening from a trip to Lincoln, Bridgeport and Bayard, during which they succeeded in ousting John G. Porter from the posrmastership at Bridgeport and installing Earl Steu teville as acting postmaster. The trouble at Bridgeport arose over Porter's request to the depart ment for more help in the postoffice for handling the mails. When his re quest was refused he wrote a letter to which the department took "excep tion and ordered him to give up the office. He refused, and when In spector Coble went to take 'over the office he got out an injunction pro hibiting Coble from taking the office by force. The injunction, however, did not Include other employes of the .department, and Coble telegraph ed for Inspector Booker, to whom the order did Jiot apply. Porter is Arrested. On Monday a warrant 'was sworn out in Lincoln and a deputy marshal accompanied the inspectors to Bridgeport, where Porter was put un der arrest, the office taken over by Inspector Booker and retransferred to Steuteville. The officers took Por ter to Bayard, where United States Commissioner Cronkleton heard the charges and bound Porter over to the federal grand jury, which will meet in the fall, Porter furnished bail and was released. The charge against Porter Is technically one of embezzlement. Sec tion 1675 of .the , postal regulations says in part: ' "Any postmaster who shall fail to account for," or turn over tc the proper "officer or agent any money or property when required to do so by law or the regulation of the Postoffice department, or upon de mand or onler of the postmaster gen eral, either directly or through an authorized officer or agent, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement" The penalty is fixed at a fine equal to the value of the property retained or to not more than ten years' imprison ment, or both.' Porter, it is expected, will make a fight for reinstatement on the grounds that his letter was not suf ficient cause for an order of removal. Month Starts With Bush . At Army Recruiting Station The first week of July was one of the best in the history of the Omaha regular army recruiting office, both in the local office and in the branches under its jurisdiction. Seventy seven men applied for. enlistment and f FOR LIMBrTROUBLES &VL Non-Elaetic 1 Lace Stocking . Th Idl Supltmt for -VARICOSE VEINS. . SWOLLEN LIMBS, SANITARY, WASHABLE ADJUSTABLE, luu Ilk ltiS. .. Cool, Comfortable NO RUBBER . PRICE fl.IS Mch. tara for the tame limb S3, poet- for eata- loa: and elf-meeeurement eid. Call or aend i C bl.nk SS. CORLISS UMB SPEC. CO, Lonfacre Butldtaf, u at. 333 1476 B'way. Car. 3lW VERDICT THE The satisfaction "enjoyed by the owner of a Packard Twin Six is an authentic judgment of its' capacity. ' 'Ask the man who- owns one ' ' is more than a popularized phrase; It is a public , acknowledgment of good will built up by the intrinsic wortaof the Packard. The Packard Twin Six is such a for ward step from all ordinary standards of design and value that in iusticeto yourself you must measure by it any 'contemplated purchase. v - . , Thu16"vMuny0pm6odjf,mS0,f.o.h. Detroit Tki "1SS," with my Opm Body, tSlBO, f. o. b. Detroit ORR MOTOR SALES COMPANY Famavi ani'iOth Street ' Ask the, man who owns one TWIN-SIX thirty were accepted as physically fit. This does not indicate that' the army is accepting more than a third of the applicants, as several of the men enlisted had applied in June and did not take the physical examination until July. Tbe&vtrtge number' ad mitted to the army is about one in five applications. Of the thirty men the Omaha office furnished twelve. Thirteen came from Des Moines, four from Sioux City and one from Lincoln. Shriners and Their Wives Depart for Conclave in East Nearly 100 members of the Tan gier temple, Ancient Order of the Mystic Shrine, many of them accom panied by their wives, departed for the annual conclave at Buffalo, N. Y., on a special train over the North western at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning. At Council Bluffs a number of the Shrine who reside there joined the party. Fred Rogers, illustrious potentate of Tangier temple, took along with him a pair of Angora goats. These goats will pull a small cart in which he will ride in the'parade at Buffalo. Twenty delegates from the Denver Shrine passed through Omaha at 6 JO o'clock, occupying a special car on the Burlington s east bound train, in Chicago their car will become a part of a special train that will proceed on to Buffalo. Twenty-two members of the Lin coln ahrine, occupying a special car, will pass through Omaha at 11:30 o'clock tonight. . Nmt PMtnuMtm. WMhlnvton. July S. (Special Tlemam) N.braikft pMtmaat.ra appointed ; Ctdama, nugkoiw county, naipn v. iiws, tic. d. u. Hy.rs; Drmftno. Frontier county, Alfred -"W. Harklna, vie. Arthur E. Baker: Proaaer, Adama county, Ray L. Wooda. rice Mn. Loulaa Moora.. EXCITING SESSION IN FUTURE MARKET Traders' FigkV WaJ to Wheat Pit as Bullish Bumors Per meate Grain Exchange. HUGE LOTS CHANGE HANDS Local traders in options on the fu ture market of the Oiaha Grain ex change got their first touch of the real thing yesterday mor'uing, ajid for a few minutes the excitement was at white Jieat. It was estimated that more than 1,000,000 bushels of wheat changed hands inside of ten minutes, most of the trades being in 5,000 and 10,000 bushel lots. It was a wild wheat market and it alt started on account of reports com ing in that continued hot weather, combined with black rust during the last four days, had worked havoc in the wheat fields of the Dakotas and Minnesota. t On the Omaha Grain exchange the September wheat option opened at 98' cents per bushel, and then it commenced to climb, going up VA cents untjl $1.02& was reached. In the meantime, the December option that had' opened at $1.01f climbed to $1.05H, nd everybody was rush ing to cover. The cash floor was de serted and everybody hurried to the option pit, where . the buyers aud sellers were about equally divided. "Longs" Ready for Cleanup. The "longs," who during the last two or- three daya had been taking :M C.n,.mk-C urh9t at fimiinft Q3 to 95 cents, and December at consider able under a dollar a busnei, were ready, to let go and clean up a nice profit, and at the same time the shorts were just as anxious to get the wheat. They had agreed to de i liver wheat at low prices and the i rapid advance was giving them heart I failure.. They bought everything of I fered and were triad to set hold of lit, fearing. that; prices were going. "to continue to soar. Toward the close of the session prices eased off a little, but the close was much above the opening. It was a real day with the traders and dur ing the greater portion of the session the wheat pit was crowded. Men pulled and hauled and fought for op portunities to get in and trade, while the gallery filled with spectators watching the excitement. The Omaha cash market- was strong all around. Wheat advanced 1 to 2 cents; corn, V, to 1 cent, and, oats, Vt cent. Wheat sold at 93 to 98 cents; corn, 73'i to 75 cents, and oats at 37 yi to 38 cents per bushel. Receipts for the day were: Wheat, forty-two carloads; corn, twenty three carloads, and oats, twenty-six carloads. Asks Court to Prevent Hubby from Sharing Home Lettie Alice Dumbauld asks the district court for a divorce from John P., to whom she was married at Rhoades, la., in 1888. She has bought a house in Omaha out of her earnings as a housekeeper since he failed to support her and she asks that her husband be barred from any share in this property. ' Finn's Band to Play at Riverview Park Sunday - Finn's Greater Omaha band will play a concert Sunday afternoon at Riverview park, under the auspices of the park department. A march, "Neutrality," by Bernard, will be a feature of the program. The concert will start at 2:30 o'clock. BOOSTERS RETURN FROM MID CUT Longest One -Day Trip by Com- mercial Club Men Is on Scheduled Time. FOURTEEN1 TOWNS VISITED The longest one-day trip ever made by the Omaha Commercial club ex tension boosters was successfully completed Friday evening, when the sixty-five local men, in seven teen automobiles, arrived back In tha city from their 170-mile jaunt to David City and intervening towns. The trip, which was the one post poned from June 23, on account of a heavy rain that washed out bridges and culverts at that time, was made on scheduled time, the boosters leav ing Omaha at 7:30 o'clock In the morning and returning at the same hour in the evening. Enthusiastic receptions were ac corded the Omahans at the following towns: Elkhorn, Waterloo, Valley, Yutan, Mead, Wahoo, Weston, Brain ard, David City, Bruno, Prague, Malmo, Colon and Leshara, At David- City the Commercial club of that town acted as host at a dis ner to the boosters from the metro polis. The dinner waa served in the Commercial club rooms. Speeches were made by Victor Rosewatcr, Ran dall K. Brown and others in the Omaha party, the mayor of David City and several members of the Commercial club of the town respond ing. . . Accompanying the boosters on their trip waa Dan Desdune's band, an or ganization of musicians made up chiefly of employes of the Omaha Commercial club. WS WIST TO fMPKBfld IPOTT 10V THAT THB BIGGEST YALUM HT OMAHA ABB HBBX F0K I0BH 1B8PBCT10J AH 8KLEC- Tioir. rots choicb or thb world's largest and host cohplktb stock of fukiuturb ak hohb FUBJIISHIKSS THAT TTTLL EfSTABTLT APPEAL TO TOP. 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Entire set specially priced at. 31.50 3d SANITARY WKl'I'U ENAM EL LINED REFRIGERA TOR Made of well seasoned wood, double wail construc tion, thoroughly Interlined, removable lea chamber, 40 pound ice capacity, two re movable ruckle wire shelves; specially quoted at only........ SS.M Cell tl.e a Meets IC BUB1YVB, $9.90 OUR SPECIAL COLUMBIA GEAFONOLA OFFER! Get the tan meaning of this sensational oiler. , Any sise or style) of .GENUINE "COLUMBIA GRAJONOLA" acknowledged to be the world's beet talking machine de livered to your home without one cent in advance, PAT CASH ONLY FOR FITS RECORDS no money in advance on your Orafonola nothing to pay for thirty days. We illustrate here our COLUMBIA NO. ,SS Cehtnet of eeleeted quarter-goldea oak. Top enclosed by lid. Piers three rocorde with one winding. ' Non vibrant motor.-TBeautlful tone that carries the real tone of the orchestra or voice or the singer. Free concerts daily. drop in and hear lti Only .....i NO MONEY DOWN $3 a Month After 30 Days jjjjurr.JOiurf rrrrrrrr- .ii.jeejeeeieJ oi ine orcneeire. 335.00 THIS VHRT PRBTT1 D! KR u made of hmcim wood ftnd tlnlshed in AxbtI o&n quartr-Mwed hattsttoB oak, baM flttd with twtlar uid two mnall drawara, beU hwrj voroU front poaU, jar? daw t Mt, Fnoota b a 1 plate mirror. Very P-etal... $IM Wa f1 a $9.75 A GENUINE BARGAIN IN A SOLID OAK EXTENSION TABLE with large 42-inch top extending to six foot, artistically turned pedestal sup ported by four Colonial scrolled feet, finished fumed. Regular 64 A OA selling price $19.50, spe-, A I II.Qal ctal for thla week, nly.v v 7 NOTICE! TO THOSE WHO ARE RALLYING TO THE COLORS . For National Defense NY enstomert of this store head or support of a family A owing us money, who "goes to the front" in response to the call of Uncle Sam, serving either in the militia, regu lar army or navy, will be given the benefit of these concessions: FIRST Granted an extension oi his accoint sntil be retains. ' SECOND la ease of death or IncapadtaUna while ' la military or naval ser!c, the amonnt will be can celed oa onr books and a receipt In full will be seat - to the family. ' ' ' SANITARY COMFORT KITCHEN CABINET Built of Bottd oak throughout Large Toomy cabtaet for dishes. Utensil shelf, silver ware drawer. Handy bread board, bread and cake box Entire cab inet oil rub finish. One of onr very beat bargains for thla week, only 1 SUM ..$13.95 Caakaua a anaaaa HI"" Orders'. rTST sYjli Freast H,r,"" Flkr T'lr " FULL SIZE PULLMAN SLEEPER REED BABY CARRIAGE has full tubular steel frame; it-inch i wheels, heavy rubber tires, fin ished either in Colonial brown or I natural, upholster- (MO A PI A a Alf EXTREMBLT WELIMADB SOLID OAK THRBB-PIEC8 LIBRARY ainTE1 rnnaia,in Af i. nr. ai. iihr&rv table, comfortable chair and rocker, upholstered In high grade Spanlah Imitation leather, steel spring construction below seate; norary laoie in stationery drawer and magallna shelf. A oargaln at t20.M, our unusually low price only...; , . v Sl.oe Cali 1 SO a Maeth er. B(el aprina $11.98 i A S PLEN D I DLY CONSTRUCTED 80LID OAK MISSION STYLE PORCH OR LAWN ROCKER Has full roll shape seat, broad comfortable back, ex ceedingly roomy and very comfortable- . I Mace to witnatana onraoor ass., . ape- -( eiaiiy quoieo ior uiis Iweek. or while the quantity lasts, at....... $1.9$ AMERICA'S GREATEST HOME FCBItlSHERS 1414 - 16 - 18 DOUGLAS ST. W4 PI V wis ROOMY FOUR-PASSENGER . LAWN i SWING--Made entirely of seasoned timber, extremely well braced and thoroughly re-intorced, frame stands eight-toot ' high,' seats thirty-six inches wide, finished natural. Our low price for this week's selling...