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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1916, I.) Brief City News Plattonm Wedding Hlng Bdbola. Hoto Boot Print It Naw Bcon Front Urhtlng FlxtorM Burgess-Qranden Co. Phone Bedford's New Coal Yard 1017 N. 23d. for Paradise coal, best for furnace. Dons, lit. Holmes for Municipal Judge.' Mike and Joe Better Mike and Joseph Obradovlch,' 1214 South Four teenth street, who were Injured In a shooting scrape, are reported to be improving. Goes With Carey Cleaning Co. David B. Carlsen has disposed of his tailoring and cleaning business in Florence and Jbined forcea with the Carey Cleaning company. Sons of Veterans' Banquet Man derson camp of the Sons of Veterans will give a banquet at the Paxton ho tel at 1 p. m. next Wednesday, for the veterans of the civil war, their sons, and the Spanish-American war veter ans and friends. Clerk as a Bnnkriipt Harry W. Lowe, a clerk, of 8802 North Twenty fifth avenue, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States dis trict court. He places his liabilities at 12,936.47, and his assets at $7,300, of which he claims 3300 is exempt Fine Fireplace G-kim Sunderland. Prohibition would deprive the city of Omaha of a yearly revenue of $352, 000 derived at present from liquor li censes. All of thio large sum goes to the. school fund. It is sufficient to build five new, modern, twelve-room school houses every year of the type of the Caatellar and Vinton schools. Only by greatly increasing taxes on property can this loss, which prohibi tum w. uld cause, bs made up. Think It over. Douglas County Property Owners and 'taxpayers' League, 835 Ross building, M. J. C reevy, secretary. Light Reduction May Hinge On the Contract Election The city council will on Tuesday morning receive from the city clerk certification of sufficiency of signa tures on a petition which calls upon the council to submit to a referendum vote fhc five-year street lighting con tract recently allowed the Omaha Electric Light and Power company The council will give thirty days' notice pf a special election which will be held during the early part of De cember, according to present opinion This means there will be a cam paign between the opposing forces as to whether this contract should stind or be rescinded. The light com pany has taken the position that the iccent 6-cent rate ordinance should be contingent upon the granting of lliis "contract. Health of Public Schoolchildren Is Reported Good Health Commissioner Connell and superintendent of public schools re port excellent health conditions in the schools at this time. "We have the situation well in hand and with eight nurses examining the public schools and three nurses in the parochial schools we believe we will be able to head off anything like that which occurred a year ago," stated the health commissioner. On the Border "Indefinitely" Nebraska Bankers Begin to Arrive .i Bankers of the state began to arrive in Omaha this morning, the advance guard of .the large delegations of bankers to be here tomorrow for the two days' convention of the Nebraska Bankers' association. The Fontenelle notel is headquarters. , This evening the secretary will be at the hotel to receive the registration or enrollment of the members of the association. This will facilitate the work Tuesday morning, as it wilj get much of the early registration out, of the way. Bankers will be the principal part of the audience at the Orpheum thea ter Tuesday evenirrg, for they are to attend the show in a body that night Tickets for this event will be dis tributed upon registration. Beefsteak in the grill room of the Fontenelle' hotel is scheduled for Wednesday night as an entertainment feature. A street fair and other features are to be staged in the ball room later in the evening. 1 Until Ice Chokes River Grain Boat Will Run The Julius F. Silber, steamboat, ply ing between Omaha and Decatur, is to continue operations here for at least six more weeks this fall, ac cording to Captain Neff of the boat. The river is at present quite low, and naked sandbars are everywhere to be seen in the river near Omaha, but the captain says he is still able to keep up the trips of the boat. He expects to continue until ice comes. Men Forfeit Cash Bonds, Won't Repeat Their. Talk Joe Merento and Fred Williams, 910 Capitol avenue, so disturbed the peaceful residents of their neighbor hood with a war of words that each was arrested. They were later re leased on cash bonds. Rather than appear in police court and repeat the little pleasantries they tossed at one another, they forfeited their appear ance money. - Many Hit the Trail at North Side, Revival Success crowned Evangelist Bar nett's efforts yesterday at the North Side Christian church. Twenty-three responded to the invitation, during the day, making the total additions now number twenty-seven. The evan gelist spoke at three services, morn ing, afternoon and evening. Showcase Thieves Make Away with Women's Coats Julius Orkin, 1510 Douglas street, was yisitcd by thieves Sunday night, who broke into one of the show cases , and made away with four women's coats, valued at $240. ( m want HAPPENINGS IN THE JAGIC CITY A, C, .Rankin, Labor Leader and Orator, Will jSpeak at Red Men Hall Tonight. PREDICTS HUGHES VICTORY Constipation end Sick Headache. Dr. Kin' New Life Pills will relieve you of both, clean out the bo we la and make you feel fine. 86c, All drurrtitf. Adv. MOVING DAr FOR WILLIAM'S British Gunners Jest as They Prepare to Open on Occu pants in Trenches. SECURE RE OIK A DUGOUT The issues of the campaign will be discussed from a labor standpoint this evening at the Red Men hall, Twenty fourth and O streets, by A. C. Rankin, noted labor speaker. Mr. Rankin omes nicknamed as "the iron moulder orator" and will be entertained by Henry J. Beal of the Young Men's Hughes and Fairbanks club. Mr. Beal will be chairman of the meeting. Fosters were printed Satur day and distributed by the thousands through the city. The speaker is for Charles E. Hughes for president and Charles W. Fairbanks for vice presi dent. As first treasurer of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, he has trav eled the country over and believes that the country will go strong for the re publican candidates. Republican meetings for the remain der of the campaign will be announced today by republican managers of both the Hughes and Fairbanks and the South Side Republican clubs. Cold Air Thief Steals. The first cold air thief broke into the Nebraska Clothing store, 2424 N street, and stole a complete outfit of wearing apparel. Manager Novak of the furnishing house reported that he had found the iron fire window on a rear window pried open this morning, the window pane broken and a suit of clothes, a hat, a pair of shoes and an overcoat missing. Playground Desired. The fight for a playground and park on the West Side from Q to W street, Twenty-ninth to Thirtieth, has taken a definite stand among residents and property owners of the district. The property owners, speaking of the pro position yesterday, opposed it on the grounds that it would be up to them to pay for the new improvement in additional taxes. They admitted that it would prove a wonderful boon to the community. The council laid the proposition over for the present because of the objection of residents of the far West Q street district, who maintained that the park site should be further west in their territory. Mario Cltr OOMlp. Mrs. S. E. BHbs vl enterUln the ladles of tho Wheeler Memorial Presbyterian church at her home, 2621 K street, Wednes day afternoon. The auditing committee of ths Clover t.eaf club, No. 8. R. L. A., entertained last Wednesday evening at tha home of Orvll Neiinan. 1109 South Thirteenth street. The ladles of St. Asnes pariah will elve a card party Wednesday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock at the Turner hall. Seven prizes, besides two blankets, will be offered to winners. A Are was reported at Thirtieth and R streets last evening at 7:S0 o'clock. Two lire wagons answered the call and a blase In a small rooming house was put out with out trouble. For Sale Eleven-room house, hot water heat, down stair finished In hardwood, large lot, good location, to close an estate, will take 16.000, which Is less than cost of house. J. H. Koplets. 4713 South Twenty fourth street. Phone South S47. For 8s!e Seven-room house, pantry, four closets, large bath room; gas, electricity, Rightly location; one block from car line; IfiOO down, balance monthly, payments like rent. J. H. Koplets, 473S South Twenty fourth street. Phol, South S47, A last opportunity will t offered to pros pective students to enlist In the chemistry class at the high school this evening. Prof. Vosacek Is In charge of the class and ,'e. ports sixteen applicants for membership to date. The first lecture Is dated tor this evsnlnf at I o'clock. In order to attend the Douglas county convention of Royal Neighbors' camps, which will be held Thursday evening at the Beneon lodge headquarters, msmbers f of the Clover Leaf, No. S, Rnyal Neighbors of America, will dispense with ths regular meeting scheduled for that night. "The - Evangelist" Is a gorgeous five-act superfeature and Is shown at the Besse to night. It's a picture that throbs with the Qra of action and keeps you on'vdge as the mysteries of Its powerful plot unfold. The picture ran six weeks on Broadway, New York City. Besse tonight only, usual fee. John Lind and Daniels Will Speak Same Day at Holdrege Holdrege, Neb., Oct. 23. (Special ) Woodrow Wilson day will be ob served here the 26th instead of the 28th, as Secretary of Navy Daniels and John Lind of Minnesota will both be here on that date. The former will speak in the evening and the latter in the afternoon. (Copyright, ISIS, by The Associate! Press.) British Front in France, Oct. 21 (Via London, Oct. 23. With the re turn of fighting weather, the British resumed the offensive on a larger scale this afternoon and turned on enough gunfire and sent in enough troops to make sure Regina trench was theirs. It was the most Impqp-H taut attack for three weeks. All this month Regina trench has been developing sinister reputation. It joins on to the old first line fortifi cations in the neighborhood of Thiep val and anything in that region, with comfortable 'dugouts, the Germans like to retain in order to preyent the active battle front from broadening and for another reason which a Brit ish soldier expressed when he said: "With winter coming on we feel the need of those deep, saug dugouts the Germans spent so much ,time in build ing." Big Bite Required. Parties of the British got possession of portions of Regina trench on sev eral occasions, but the Germans swarmed in front of their burrows and repulsed the invaders. Evidently Kegina trench was not to be taken by nibbling and required one big bite. In such cases there is nothing to do but wait till clear weather when the gun ners can see what they are doing and turn on a number one artillery curtain of fire. Yesterday morning a set gunner's smile was on the face of the whole army. Instead of rain and mist mak ing a gunner's bane of low visibility, an almost wintry sun was shining in crystal clear air literally an artillery man's heaven. All the gun tribe necessary for the job were up and in position already waiting ior such a day as this, when the eyes that see for them from the observation posts can tell whether the practice shells they leisurely fire are on the target which they are to paste as far as they can see on the signal be ing given for the concert to begin. When the same kind of weather con tinued today, staff officers who ar range these affairs said: Moving Day for Germans. "This is moving day for the Ger mans in Regina trench." The Regina is a long trench of near ly three miles about the same length as the battle front at Gettysburg. Shortly after noon, when there had been the usual amount of shell fire all morning and nothing anywhere on the landscape to show that anything un usual was going to happen, a number one curtain fire was suddenly turned on, with the same effect on the ear as when all the whistles of New York start when the clock strikes twelve on New Year's eve. The usual billowy cloud of shell smoke, vaporously ex tensive in the cold air, churned and whipped the length of Regina trench, with the customary accuracy of these swathes of death and tempest, and then the British infantry were in full possession of the trench. Some Germans bolted from the first ugly breath of that barrage, knowing from experience that the only thing to do was to move on to another posi tion and force the gunners to prepare another deluge for the next step of the entente allied offensive. Six hun dred left alive were taken prisoner. Fires Are Pleasant. The gunners are smiling at the stars tonight, which promise another fair day tomorrow. The cold weather has transformed the armv into a winter chrysalis. The battalions are march ing up the trenches all wearing their overcoats. The call is for more choco late and more bacon sizzling in pans in the dugouts. The gunners, who were stripped for their work in Au gust, now warm their hands on the heated gun barrels. At night on the field where fires are permitted, the men gather around the blaze of any wood they can gather. Those digging trenches on the ground won don't mind how cold it is so long as the ground is not soaked by rain. Omaha real aetata Is the best investment you eould make. Read Tha Bet's real estate columns. UNITARIAN CHURCH HAS A HEW PASTOR Rev. Robert F. Leavens For mally Installed as Minister of First Church. FLAM TO BUILD A CHURCH With impressive services yesterday at 11 a. m. in Turpin's hall. Twenty- eighth and Farnam street, Rev. Robert French Leavens, who came to Oma ha recently from Fitchburg, Mass., was installed as minister of the First Unitarian church of Omaha. For about eighteen months the church has been without a minister. Rev. Lewis G. Wilson of Boston, an official of the American Uniterian association, officiated at the exer cises, which were largely attended. The services opened with a hymn and invocation by Dr. Leavens ind the prayer of '.installation was given by the Rev. Mr. Wilson. This was fol lowed by a vocal solo by Mrs. O. W. Eldridge and a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Wilson on the twofold character of religion. i,,;i,T r, n j- - vvunam r. uaxrer exienaeu a wel come to the new minister on behalf of the congregation, in which he em- phaisized the necessity of co-operation between members of the congregation and the minister, and he assured Mr Leavens that he would receive hearty support in his work: Rabbi Fred erick Cohn extended a welcome on behalf of the city. Rev. Ernest C. Smith was to have spoken on behalf of the western conference of the Uni tarian church, but he was unable to be present. The exercises closed with a violin solo by George Barker, Jr., and benediction by the minister. Plans for the future activities of the church have already been put into effect by the newly-installed pastor. Sunday school has been organized and will beam November 5. with a corps of carefully chosen teachers and a carefully selected course ot study. The work is in charge of a committee headed ty the new minister. The Woman's alliance, of which Mrs. George Holdrege is prominent, will continue its work and the board of trustees will hold weekly meetings. The Junior club met last night in the new minister's apartments in the Hamilton. For the present the church will hold its services in Turpin's hall. It is the ultimate plan of the trus tees, however, to purchase a lot and begin a campaign for the erection of a church building. An Inside Bath Makes You Look and Feel Fresh Says glasa of hot water with phoephate bsfora breakfast kseps Illness sway. Thla sxesllent, common-oonM health measure btlng adopted by millions. Physicians the world over recom mend the inside bath, claiming this is of vastly more importance than .out side cleanliness, because the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood, causing ill health, while the pores in the ten yards of bowels do. Men and women are urged to drink each morning, before breakfast, a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it, as a harmless means of helping to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the previous day's indigestible material, poisons, sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and puri fying the entire alimentary canal be fore putting more food into the stom ach. Just as soap and hot water cleanse and freshen the skin, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the elimi native organs. Those who wake up with bad breath, coated tongue, nasty taste or have a dull, aching head, sallow com plexion, acid stomach; others who are subject to bilious attacks or constipa tion, should obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate at the drug store. This will cost very little, but is suffi cient to demonstrate the value of in side bathing. Those who continue it each morning are assured of pro nounced results, both in regard to health and appearance. Adv. Movie Actresses r ind Their Heir Did it ever occur to you that every movie actress you have seen has love ly hair, while the most popular count their curls as their chief beauty? In fact (this is a secret), many are lead ing ladies just because of their attrac tive locks. Inquiry among them dis closes the fact that they bring out all the natural beauty of their hair by careful shampooing, not with any soap or makeshift, but with a simple mixture which they make up for them selves by putting a teaspoonful of can throx (which they get from the drug gist) in a cup of hot water and apply ing this instead of soap. After its use their hair dries rapidly, with uniform color. Dandruff, excess oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear. The hair is so fluffy that it looks much heavier that it is. Its lustre and softness is delightful, while the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Adv. Peel Off Your Freckles To remove frcktei, blotch or any com plexion difficulty, the beat thine to do li to remove the akin Itielf. Thla la eailly and baxmleealy dona by th application of or dinary mereollaed wax. The wai paala off tha dafacttve outar akin, a little ch day, ffradually brlnglnff the aeeond layer of akin to view. The new akin la beautifully aoft, clear, white and young tooklnr Juat pro. ur an ounce of mereollaed wax at any dniB atora and uae like cold cream. Adv. ASTHMA SUFFERER Write today, I wUI tall you. free of char, of a simple home treatment for asthma which cured mo after physicians and change of climate failed. I am so gnateful for my R resent good health, after years of fluff pr ig, that I want everyone to know of this wonderful treatment. Mrs. Nellie Evans, K-6, ties Moines, Iowa. Adv. Two Women Burglars Pull Bold Robbery In Broad Daylight "The Misses Raffles, robbers." The two lady burglars who rifled the home of Mrs. Todd Miller, 5021 North Twenty-second street, Sunday afternoon did not leave their profes sional cards. But they sacked every loom in the house, took away with them much valuable jewelry and $j.50 in cash. The police have a list of the stolen jewels. The women thieves were bold enough to choose the daylight as the time for their stealing. The sun was high when they clipped the wire net ting from the screen door and cut out a slice of the window pane in the rear. Nobody saw the lady burglars enter the house, but neighbors saw them ,-oming out with their "swag." Both are comely white women, young and stylishly dressrd, according to the partment dwellers in the vicinity who got a bird's-eye view of them. Omaha has not had a visit from fe male Raffles for many months. Commercial Club Offers Cup for Poultry Show A Commercial club cup will be given as one of the prizes in the poultry show to be held in Omaha November 27 to December 2. This is to be America's first great educa tional poultry show. The state agri cultural college at Lincoln is taking a prominent part. Hurley Will Talk At Bankers' Meeting Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the new federal trade commission, is to be in Omaha Tuesday to speak to the Nebraska State Bankers' convention. The Commercial club hopes to gtt him to speak at a pub.ic, affairs' itincheon at noon Tuesday. H. H. Baldrige has been seeking to com-1, l lete this arrangement Instructor at Creightoq . Dies from Pneumonia Dr. R. F. Windsor, aged 35 years, instructor at Creighton Medical col lege, died of pneumonia Saturday at his home, 2416 Spencer street He is survived by his wife and mother. Store Hours: 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. Saturdays Till 9 P. M.j Burgess-Nash Company Monday, October 23, 1918. EVERYBODY STORE STORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY. Phono Douglas 137. Continuing for. Tuesday the Pre-Holiday SALE of BOOKS At a Fraction of Their Regular Price BOOKS of love, books of humor; poems; deep atonies of life and adventure; light, popular f if Hon; boys' books; girls' books; children's books all included in this wonderful collection. A partial list: ThacWy, 10 volt. I refuUrly $20.00; Bale price, $18.00. Hugo, 10 vols.; regularly $20.00; sale price, $15.00. Eliot, 10 vols.; regularly $25.00; sal price, $18.50. Hawthorn, 13 vols.; regularly $25.00; sale price, $16.50." Msrryat, 12 vols.; regularly $26.00; sale price, $15.00. Scott, 12 vols.; regularly $25.00; Bale price, $17.80. Shakespeare, 6 vols.; regularly $12.00; sale price, $7.80. Tennyson, 6 vols.; regularly $l&00; sale price, $7.60. Whitti.r, 7 vol.; regularly $16.00; sale price, $9.00. Dumas, 15 vols.; regularly $30.00; sale price, $21.50. Longfellow, 6 vols.; regularly $16.00; sale price, $10.00-, Fielding, 6 vols.; regularly $12.50; sale price, $9.00. Stevenson, 10 vols,; regularly $25.00; sale price, $18.50. Dickons, 16 vols.; regularly $30.00; sale pries, $18.60. Dickons, 10 vols.; regularly $22.50; sale price, $10.80. Balaae, 18 vols.; regularly $36.00; sale price, $22.50. GIRLS' BOOKS AT 50c Dorothy Brooke series. GIRLS' BOOKS AT 25c The Automobile Girl series. Ths Meadowbrooke Girl series. BOYS' BOOKS AT 50c Stratemeyer, popular series. The Rover Boys series. Dave Porter series. CHILDREN'S BOOKS AT 25c Little Prudy Series. -i . " rTom Swift. Dotty Dimple Series. lJ C -J Boy Scouts, by Ralphson. Bunny Brown Series. J -ajLMotor Cycle Chums, by Lincoln. Bobbsey Twin Series. "" --Ruth Fielding Series for girls. . LITTLE BOOKS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE Five Little Peppers and How They Grew. V O T f Meow. Black Beauty. V Kp 1 Diy Downs. . Beautiful Joe. J l Dolly and Molly Series. Biirsew-Nsth Co. fourth Floor. Attractive Waste Baskets 75c OLD and white Dresden waste paper baa kets, "also white Dresden flower vases, standing about 20 Inches high. Very pretty and 1 very special Tuesday, at 75c. Stamped Linen Towels, 39c A SPECIAL assortment of all-linen towels, stamped ready for embroidering, choice of hemstitched or plain edges. A splendid value, at 39c" Stamped Hand Bags, 50c A COMPLETE line of black moire and taf- feta hand bags, stamped for beading. Very desirable for Xmas gifts. Tuesday, 50c. BurfaM-Noia Co. Third Floor. Three Unusually Good Values in FLANNELS SPECIAL from our Down-stairs Store that is of extreme importance from a saving ' standpoint as well as very timely. Outing flannel, light colors .. White baby flannel I Oj r Fancy kimono and dress flannel O tr YARD BurfwK-Mh Co. Down-Stairs Ster. Halloween Up Stairs, Down Stairs and All - Over tko S tor. HALLOWEEN paper decora tions and novelties of all kinds in the Stationery Section. Halloween Candies, favors and all sorts of little tricks in the Candy Section. , . V ' Halloween masks and noise mak ers in the Toy Store, Fourth Floor. Burgess-Nash Co. Everybody's Store Free Lessons in Knit ting and Crocheting by Mrs. J. Brown, who is an ex pert in this line of work. She will teach you anything you wish to know about knitting and cro cheting with . Fleisher Yarn ' There will also bs an attractive display of garments made from these dependable yarns. Buraou-Nuk Co. Third Floor. -16th and Harney! You Get These Distinctive Travel Features Without Charge Included in the purchase price of your ticket to Chicago via the Chicago & North Western Ry. are Smooth Double Track ' Automatic Electric Safety Signals Reduction of Grades and Curves Wide Choice of Seven Fast Modernly Equipped Doilr Trains i 7i30 a. as. 12.30 p. ra- . 6:00 p. mH 8:32 p. m, 9:00 p. as. (Overload Limited Eatra Faro Train), 10:10 p. in. and li20 s bs. No Other Service Like It The Beet of Everything You'll be pleased with the dining" service, too 0 MAKE your reservations at 14014)3 Fanum St Phone Douglas 2740