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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1916)
THK REE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 10. 1!Hi. Nebraska GREAT HOST VIEWS TRACTORSAT WORK Biggest Crowd Ever in Fre mont Assembles to Get Line on Iron Horses. FORT CROOK TO BE RECR01T STATION Government Will Eeoeive and Train New M'o There From This Time. NEW ORDERS RECEIVED RAILROAD MAN WHO DID MUCH FOR OMAHA DEAD THOUSANDS OF MOTOR OARS Fremont, Neb., Aug. 9. (Special Telegram.) The biggest crowd that ever assembled in Fremont on any occasion, variously estimated at from 25,000 to 50,000 people, visited the tractor demonstration grounds today. From early in the forenoon until after the demonstrations started at 1:30 there was a continual stream of automobiles to the grounds. People drove from all over Nebraska and Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, the Dakotas and Colorado. Special trains were run from Beatrice, Albion and Sioux City, the Albion Commercial club, numbering over 200, coming in a body to advertise the Boone county fair to be held next month. It was esti mated that there were 5,000 automo bile on the grounds. Food Runs Low. Although special preparations were made to feed a large crowd, the facili ties were inadequate to accommodate the crowd and many people were forced to eat lunches purchased at grocery stores. Eeight tractors took the fields this afternoon on the 200 acre tract where the demonstrations were held. The crowd was so great that at times the plowing was delayed while the field was cleared. Many of the visitors were owners of Ford autos, the day having been designated Ford Owners' day by the noted Detroit manufac turer. It was estimated that 1,500 Ford cats were on the grounds. Tomorrow is expected to be an other big day. Interest in the iron horses increases and many people have planned to . visit the grounds every day. rremont homes were thrown open to farmers who came for miles to see the show and remained over night The Commercial club committee in charge of the assign ment of rooms has been able to ac commodate all who have applied. This evening tractor men were the guests of the Commercial club at the Stecher-Christensen wrestling match. While the men were at the wrestling match their wives and daughters who are here for the show were entertained at a theater party. Tomorrow after noon they will be the guests of the Commercial club at a card party' and supper at the Country club. Tuesday night tractor men were given a free watermelon feed at the Commercial club rooms. ' Cass County Pioneer Dead. Avoca, Neb., Aug. 9. (Specials Mrs. John Lohnes, sr, aged 74 years, died at her home near Cedar Creek, this county, Friday after an illness of several weeks' duration. She was a pioneer resident of this county, hav ing resided here for many years. She leaves a large family. Sewer Bonds Voted. Ogallala. Neb., Aug. 9. (Special Telegram.) Sewer bonds were voted today in the sum of $500,000. (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.) Fort Crook will be headquarters for re cruiting men for the Nebraska regi ments on the border, Lieutenant R. P. Palmer, United States infantry, who has been stationed at the adju tant general's office in the state house for the last few weeks, and Captain T. W. Jaycox of the quartermaster's corps of the National Guard having been ordered to go to that station and open a recruiting depot. The grounds connected with Fort Crook wilt be made a training camp for Nebraska and South Dakota re cruits and when the detail from the border arrives which has been as signed to the work of recruiting the Nebraska regiments, the work will go on in as lively a manner as it can be pushed. Democrats Pick Sprague to Serve State Secretary (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.) The democratic state committee held a session at the Lincoln hotel today for the purpose of organization. After talking over the deplorable condition in which the party was in the committee selected A. P. Sprague of York for secretary, Dr. E. O. Web ber of Wahoo for vice chairman and A. V. Johnson of Lincoln for treas urer. The chairman was empowered to select headquarters, which will prob ably be at the Lincoln hotel. Among those present were: Arthur Mullen, national committeeman; John Byrnes of Columbus, John M. Tecling of Hastings, James Brady of Albion and some of the state candidates. Headquarters will be opened in about ten days. The Fourth district congressional committee selected E. A. Walrath, state printing commissioner, for chair man, E. P. Mumford, private secre tary to Governor Morehcad, for secre tary and Judge J. J. l nomas ot sew ard as holder of the money sack. News Notes of Stromsburg. Stromsburg, Neb., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) The Eden Baptist church of this city has called Rev. J. L. Barton of North Platte for its pastor, and he has accepted it, at a salary of $1,700 per year. The membership is not to exceed 104 resident members, but all the branches of the church are ex ceptionally strong in proportion to the church membership. Mr. Barton begins his work here September 1. The Redpath-Horner Chautauqua is being held this week, with the largest average attendance of any year that it has been in the city. The Epworth Swedish camp meet ing is in session at the Epworth park here. Many pastors and visitors are camping on the grounds and the ses sion will close Sunday. I Jr. C'V VyviAx -k" I S t A. B. STICKNEY. 01e Christenson Wants Good Roads in Greeley (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.) Greeley county will have good roads, even if the matter has to be taken up with the president to secure it, ac cording to Ole Christenson, a prom inent farmer of Greeley county who came to Lincoln today to confer with the governor. Mr. Christenson said lie had worked for three years to secure a road through his farm so that it would accommodate the farmers on the other side of him, but was unable to get any relief until recently, when the road was allowed If Governor Morehcad will not build good roads in Greeley county, then the matter will be taken up with the Sixth dis trict congressman, and if he fails to come across, personal appeal to the president will be made. Do Something for Your Cold. At the first sign of a cough or cold take Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. You won't suf fer long. 35c. All druggists. Adv. Eye Strain Relieved wiJh th proper flute. I will cxamta your eyes and tit the propr (Iamm. I guarantee satisfaction In every cut, If you have not the ready cash you can ar range to make it in payment. dr. j. t. McCarthy 1111 Woodmen el tie World Bulldlaf. 14th ana Farnam Sta. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25cat all druggists. WiWeWagatBtaj3agSW'ISS aa , " gggggggggaggggm.., iT SeSaaTaaCg - 1 I.- a.Jas Many Families Are Taking Advantage of Oar JITNEY PIANO SALE The Wonder Workings of 5c at Hospe's Jitney Piano Sale The miraculous worka accred ited to Aladdin's Lamp are no more wonderful than the power of fe at our Jitney Piano Sale. The a erne planoa we hare been m11.uk for spot oaah, $8S down, etc., we are now offering for So down and have reduced the price to the Tery bottom. Upriirht pi anos of various makes, conatatlng of shop-worn, sllgrhtly used and second-hand pianos will be of . feral and sold on this most lib eral unique plan. Every piano Is fully vuaranteed for from five to ten years. THE JITNEY PIANO SALE PLAN 1st Week Pay Down...$ .05 2nd Week Pay Down... .10 3rd Week Pay Down... .20 4th Week Pay Down.... .40 5th Week Pay Down. . , .80 6th Week Pay Down... $1.00 Then pay 91 per week or $5 per month thereafter until ptano It paid for. A Piano in Tour Home Means More Than Pleasure Tt means an ever-ready, ever satlafylnr companion for all In the home; a help to social ad vancement and a means of bring ing the choicest companions and friends wtthln your own home circle. Muilc Is a universal pleas ure, and the piano Is the univer sal, complete musical Instrument; and a piano In the home where there are young children will mean a more contented and a more complete home. Offering you an opportunity to obtain a piano upon such terms as we are surely demands that yon visit our tore at once and make your selection. Here Are a Few of the Many Bargains We Are Offering at Our JITNEY PIANO SALE Mahogany Piano Never oat of our store little shopworn. Cannot be told from a new piano. Clearance sale price $187 Oak Piano SUgfetly shopworn. Fine tone and action. Full guaranteed for ten fears. Clearance sals price, only. $190 Mahogany Piano PaKMtlr turn piano. TJaad m little. Abaetateir ft nr. Ckaarwe. priM, .air $145 Ft'BTHFK FABTTCTnLArWt If you desire any other arrange ment as to terms, you have the privilege of paying quarterly or eemt-eammally or any other terms ta suit you. NEW PIANOS On the Double Jitney Plan $250 Pianos $200 $300 Pianos $250 $350 Pianos.. $300 $400 Pianos $350 $425 Pianos $375 $450 Pianos $400 $500 Pianos $450 To Out-of-Town Customers For no oonTenience, send fl.no with fnr order and If th piano yon older Is hare, same will be shipped Immediately! and If not, wa win write yon about some other good bargain, whleh might salt yon. Exchanged tmd Used Upright Pianos Hantaan ..........$ 75 Wellington $135 Kingsbury .........$150 Schoningor $135 Smith & Barnes ....$160 Einze ....$165 Bush & Gerti ......$175 Kimball $175 McPhail $200 6 teg or & Som $200 Kimball, fancy panel.$223 A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas Street Telephone Douglas 188 NEBRASKA EDITORS RON ONHIGH GEAR Crawford, Chadron and Bridge port Citizens Extend Cordial Welcome to Scribes. MINSTREL SHOW IS GIVEN Bridgeport, Neb., Aug. 9. (Special Telegram.) The second day of the Nebraska Editorial association ran on high gear from the start at Crawford in the morning to the finish at Bridge port at night. The Crawford people were excellent hosts, for a novel breaklast served in the city park, with a landscape of Castellated Buttes in the background Auto rides around this wonderful country ate the daily occurrence, though to save time the run to Chad ron was made by train. At Chadron a sumptuous noon banquet was ten dered the visiting editors, including an oratorical menu presided over by Mayor Allen G. Fisher. Short talks were made by ex-Senator Reynolds, Northwestern Superintendent Costely, Harry Coffey and George N. Snow on behalf of the Chadron people and by President Davis, Victor Rosewater W. R. Watson, lohn V. Cutright and V. R. Mellor lor the visitors. The same cordial hospitality is be ing extended here at Bridgeport when the train was met by a delegation headed by Judae Hunt. The ex cursion party's official minstrel show was later pulled off. KenrelrU and Shooting Pains. Sloan'a Liniment la a wonderful medl cine for neuralgia and sharp, shooting pains; applied to painful spot It stops the ache. Only s&o. All druggists. Advertisement. GORIZIA FALLS INTO HANDS OF ITALIANS Other Posts on Isonzo and Carzo Fronts Taken Along With 10,000 Prisoners. BIG GAIN BY RUSSIANS BULLETIN. Rome, Aug. 9. (Via London, 5:11 p. in.) Italian troops entered the Austrian city of (Ionia this morning, the war office announced today. Thus far 10,000 Austrians have been captured. London, Aug 9. Officials here confirm news dispatches to the effect that Gorizia is entirely in the hands of the Italians, who captured 10,000 Austrians. The Austrians, pursued by Italian cavalry, have abandoned nearly all their principal positions on the Ison zo and Carzo fronts, following the taking of the Gorzia bridgehead by the Italaians, according to a wireless dispatch from Rome this afternoon. Big Gain by Russians. Tetrograd, Aug. 9. (Via London.) Announcement was made today by the war office that the Russians have occupied Tysmienitsa, in Galicia, on tlie Verone river. On August 7 General Letchitzky't army tool. 7,400 prisoners, including 3.500 Germans, and sixty-three ma chine guns. Tysmienitsa is about eight miles east of the important Galician town of Stanislau, which is on the railroad between Lemberg and Kolomea. It is over this ground that the Russians achieved their recent important vic tory, announcement of which was made yesterday, breaking through the Austrian lines on a front of fifteen miles. Germans Announce Retreat. Berlin. Aug 9. (Via London.) South of the Dniester river, the forces of the Central powers have been with drawn behind the Niznioff-Tysmien-itsa-Ottynia line. This retirement by the Austro-Gcrmans was announced officially today by the German army headquarters staff. French Win and Lose. Paris, Aug. 9. The Germans made violent attacks last night on the po sitions taken by the French north of Helm wood on the Somme front, dur ing the last two days. The official French statement of todav says these attacks were frustrated. The fighting continues. ' On the Verdun front heavy fighting continued during the night for pos session of the Thiaumont work. The Germans gained further footing. The ; French hold the outskirts of the work. In the village of Fleury the French made some progress. British Advance Further. London, Aug. 9. A further ad vance by the British on the Somme front, north of Poziexes, wag an nounced by the war office today. Store Closes at 6 P.M. on Saturday BayerTabletsN Aspirin 3 11 To guard against coun- U If terfeits and substitutes of iSsiH I j Aspirin, remember that A H every package and tab- vl U let of the genuine bears f-jM V Tk r T "Your VJri 'stress? op The trade-nark "Aspirin" (Reg. IT. 8. : :IH T-. Pst. Off.) is gusranlea that the . , m. . Yia .rVi wonoaceticaeldester of aaltcylte- aSSsWwlww 1 foTW V acid In these tablets Is of the "Tlli l a ' uoruaal , lsJK?JJj BaeaaaaBeaenaaaeBBBBBBBOaBBapaaaaaaeeeee Bw , . 1 JS fj (? I Clos'e. J$ TELEPHONE 1614 DOUGLAS Our Annual August Sale of SHOES . SLIPPERS For Men, Women and Children All Sizes and Widths Begins on Thursday Morning at 8:30 For months and months we have been assembling a stock for this Annual August Sale. Last year's event was the biggest in our history, so we knew that to equal or surpass the record we had established would require tre mendous effort on our part. But the watchword of this store has been "FORWARD," and so we have made a supreme effort to have this sale go ahead of last year. Between 7 and 8 Thousand Pairs of SHOES AND SLIPPERS For Men, Women, Misses, Boys and Children Every pair has passed the most rigid examination and is guaranteed to give satisfaction. You will obtain shoes here at $1.25 that under ordinary conditions would in many in stances cost two, three and four times this price. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday We shall sell this wonderful lot of nearly 8,000 pairs of shoes and slippers. The best of service will be rendered here, because we shall have Scores of Extra Salespeople to Wait Upon You Women's Oxfords and Shoes There are Fine Pumps and Oxfords; also House Slippers and All Other Good Kinds of Footwear. Every size and width and all 'dif ferent styles. For example: Black Patent Leather, White Kid, Dull Kid, White Canvas, Tan Calfskin, Black Suede, Colored Kids, Ribbon Lace Oxfords, New Pumps and Ties, etc., in solid colors or in combinations. Rubber Soled Oxfords in tan calfskin, white canvas or tan calfskin trim med; new hcel3, new toes, uport styles, all sizes. Shoes that have been selling all season up to $4.00 a pair will be displayed d OP here at J)1 .a&O Men's Oxfords and Shoes Men's Oxfords and Lace Shoes in a wonderful variety Tan and Black Button and Lace Ox fords, etc.; also High Lace Shoes, made in a manner to insure best stylo with greatest amount of service, and if you had paid even more than $3.50 a pair for them in the usual way, you would have invested a d O C fair sum. Now we say vl tJ Misses'. Children's and Boys' Shoes Misses' and Children's School Shoes, Oxfords and Strap Pumps, excellent styles, solid lea ther soles; nature shaped lasts and most de sirable in every way, $J Boys' Shoos, made of sturdy stock and fash ioned in a way to bring most comfort and longest wear. Blucher or button d 1 OK styles, in all sizes V iJ Outfit the School Chil dren This sale gives you a splendid op portunity to anticipate the shoe needs of the children for fall wear. It will save you many a dollar, and at the same time permit you to purchase footwear that will be comfortable, stylish, serviceable and durable. This Sale Will Continue in the Basement for Three Days THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 11 and 12 2d BASEMENT BASEMENT