THK OMAHA SUNDAY RFK: OKCKMRKR SI. 1916. 9 A BURGESS-NASH TO DODBLEITS STORE Historic Boyd Theater to Be Torn Down to Make Place for Modern Structure. ADDITION SIX STORIES HIGH Tlie Burgess-Nash company an nounced yesterday that it will build a six-story addition right west of its present big store, on the ground- where the Boyd theater now stands, with eighty-eight feet front on Harney and 152 feet on Seven teenth street. - . Work of tearing down the theater will start within sixty days and the new structure will be rushed to com pletion. It is expected to have it ready by December 1, 1917. .The plans for the addition are be ing made by George B. Prinz, archi tect. They speciiy that the new structure shall be built of concrete and brick, to conform as nearly as possible to the present building, with which it will be directly connected. The entire building, new and old, will be equipped with the very latest and most practical appliances for the service, comfort and convenience of the shopping public. The new structure will almost double the size of the store. It will give it a total floor space of nearly 250,000 square feet, or about five and a half acres. This would make a store twenty feet wide and two and a half miles long; that is, a store reach ing from Tenth street to Forty-third street. Show Wonderful Growth. The Burgess-Nash stores have had a tremendous growth in the three vears of their history. Sales have made the phenomenal increase of 150 ocr cent. I he store has been con tinually getting more and more cramped for room for increasing stocks of goods and greater crowds ot customers. "We feel that the Omaha public de mands a store like Burgess-Nash," said Louis C. Nash, vice president of the company. Ihe wonderful growth of our business during the three short vears of our existence, the con stant and increasing expressions of public confidence as evidenced by our sales records, which show an increase of better than 150 per cent, have demonstrated to us that there is room for a store like ours, and it also further demonstrated that our busi ness principles of merchandising of meeting the public more than half way are right. "We have just completed our most successful year and in rounding it out we realize that if we are to be able to live up to our motto, "The greatest service to the greatest, nnmber,.' we must increase our store facilities, and this can only be done bv erecting an addition to our present store, where the boyd theater building now stands. Theater a Landmark. The Boyd theater, which will be torn down to make room for the new structure, is an Omaha landmark. "There is much sentiment con nected with the Boyd," said Mr. Nash "We may arrange some sort of ; 'farewell performance' in the old the-. ater before it is dismantled. Governor James E. Boyd purchased the site in WW from General W. W. Lowe and erected the theater. It is five stories high, built of stone, iron and pressed brick and has a seating capacity of iflW. It was opened September 3, 1891 by Thomas Boyd, the lessee. Au gustus Thomas' American play, "Ala bama, was presented on this occa sion by A. M. Palmer's company. A large and fashionable audience was present Governor Boyd was called before the curtain and made a short address on the progress of Omaha and the work of erecting the theater. Hon. John M. Thurston also spoke. The estimated cost at the outset was $150,000, but nearly $100,000 ad ditional was spent on the building to carry out Governor Boyd's desire to make it the equal of any theater in the country. In the years that have elapsed since that time the Boyd has been the scene of countless theatrical produc tions, and there the "wealth and beauty" of Omaha have enjoyed the beauties and wonders of the stage. Most ot the great actors and ac tresses of the land during these years have trodden the boards at the Boyd. Banquet for Archbishop Harty at the Fontenelle Prominent Omahans will give a banquet - the Fontenelle on the evening of Monday, January 15, to honor Archbishop J. J. Harty. The committee in charge of the ar rangement are John A. McShane G. W. Wattles, C. H. Pickens, J. H. Millard, b. J. Burkley, W. M. letters W. A. Redick, T. C. Byrne, C. J Smythc, E. Buckingham, George Brandeis, T. P. Redmond. J. A. C. Kennedy, Ward Bnrgess, M. J. Mur phy and f . W. Judson. It will be en tirely a men's- affair, no women being invited. Mr. Wattles and Archbishop Glen non of St Louis are to be the speak- New Year's Cards Are Making the Mails Heavy Omaha firms are deluging the mails with New Year cards and letters. The rush is the largest in the history of the Omaha postoffice, local first- class mail eclipsing that received dur ing the Christmas rush. Carriers and postoffice employes will have a half-day holiday New ear. Unly one delivery will be made in the residence sections and two in the business districts. The Keneral delivery, stamp and informa lion windows at the postoffice will be closed after 10:30 Monday morn ing. RECEPTION TO PUBLIC Y. M. C. A. MONDAY 7:30 to 9:30 P. M. Omaha Hay Market Has Great Year On Its Initial Run That the Omaha Hay market was established at just the right time is indicated by the enormous movement of alfalfa hay from Nebraska points into this city this tall and winter. So great is the hay movement that the Union Pacific is slatting up slock cars ;to carry the product in. The cars are slatted up to prevent tire. "There is more hay in the western part of Nebraska than ever before." declared William Drummy, traveling freight agent for the Union Pacific. "One little town west of Kearney or dered 1,000 cars to move the crop raised on the land around it." And Omaha is getting more than its share of this great hay movement. For the Union Pacific will only ship to river points, Omaha. St. Joseph and Kansas City, in its own cars If ship pers wish to send their Kav to Kast St. Louis or other hay markets, they must get foreign cars. With the car shortage so acute, ihe Union Pacific doesn't care to send its own cars onto other lines. For that reason shippers lean toward the river points, and Ihe Omaha Hay market is prospering as a result. "Saps" Are Safer In Newest Style, But Not Too Safe The cold weather has brought on the annual epidemic of informations filed in the county attorney's office against persons charged with carry ing concealed weapons. Blackjacks, known as "sap." are running revol vers a close second this year for popu larity among the plebians who carry arsenals. Styles in blackjacks have changed considerably this year, according to 'Minneapolis Mike" Doyle, who says he has always kept a little ahead of the procession and managed to save a few honest dollars with the aid of the little, innocent sleep-producers. "Minneanolis Mike" avers they're wearing blackjacks lighter and longer this season. "Yu see, fren', de old style saps was hefty and had all the stuff crowded up into one end of dem. They wus dane zerus, as youse was likely any job to cave some old bloke's dome in. Wid deeze new-fangled ones youse can fan a guy's conk so's the saw-bones won't have to do any wire-weavin' through his ivory afterwards." WEATHER FORECAST FOR ENTIRE YEAR Predictions Made for Each Month by Well Known Dr. Igno Ramus of Omaha. New Bridge Over Platte River Near Yutan is Planned A new bridge over the Platte river south of Yutan will be erected at a cost of $98,000, according to a decision reached Saturday afternoon at a joint conference in the county court house between the county commissioners of Douglas and Saunders counties and State Engineer Johnson. Work will begin in the spring. The state will bear one-half the cost, of the structure and the two counties will pay one fourth each. 'She exact location of the bridge has not been decided. Close the Record Year for Shearing Lambs on 'Change New York, Dec. 30. Dealings in bonds on the New York Stock ex change during the year which closed yesterday totaled a par value of $l,158uy.WJU, a new record. jne total in 1915 was $951,798,000. Total dealings in stocks for 1916 were 234,678,000 shares, compared with 173,389,000 in 1915. The year's dealings in stocks have been exceeded only on three previous occasions, in 1901, 1905 and 1906. The record was set in 1906 with 284,063,459 shares. Increase in Paper Cost Forces Up Prices on Magazines New York, Dec. 30. Owing to the increased cost of white paper and other materials necessary to printing and art work, several magazines of national circulation announced today increases in the price of subscription. Publishers explain that many of them have had to renew their con tracts for paper at this time and to pay nearly 50 per cent more than this item has cost them heretotore. German FTye Killed. Berlin. Dec. 30. (Br Wireless to Say- vine.) Lieutenant uuslav l-rrers. tne noted German aviator, who recently waa decorated with the Order Pour I.e Merlte. haa been killed In an air engagement on the weatern front the Overseas News agency announced today. APPLIES TO ENTIRE STATE By A. R. GROH. Here is another great boon which 1 present to the people of Omaha and the surrounding country a complete weather forecast for 1917. The patent medicine companies ha published almanacs with weather predictions. But this predic tion is different. It is made by a secret process, discovered by the cel ebrated Dr. Igno Ramus, and is the only absolutely reliable long distance weather forecast known to civilized man. Here are the facts as worked oat by our trained scientists: January will be a very cold month. At times there will e high winds from the north. Snow may be ex pected. February will be a cold month also. The days will average somewhat longer than those in January. Be tween the 3d and the 27th the ther mometer will register lower, than freezing temperatures frequently. The 1st to the 20th of Maf'ch is a eold and blustery period, with occa sional days of comparative mildness, but no hot days: Various kinds of weather will mark the period from the 21st (when spring begins) to the 31st. Look for Rain. April will be marked by unsettled and variable weather. Rain may 'be looked for between the 2d and the 2Sth.-- Many days of springlike mildness, with bright sunshine, will be seen in May. Showers and thunderstorms will occur several times between the 4th and the 30th. Frost will not come later than the 25th. June will be a warm month and in the latter part some days will be un comfortably hot. Several rainy days will occur between the 2d and the 29th. July and August will be the hottest months of 1917. No blankets will be required at night nor any tires by day. The weather will be so warm that swimming in Carter lake and various outdoor pools will become a popular pastime. Temperatures may rise as high as 100 on several days. The heat will moderate in Septem ber, particularly in the latter p4rt of the month, when there will be some really chilly days. Fall Weather. October will be a month of beauti ful fall weather, with cool, comforta ble nights. Some days will be quite warm and others rather cool. In November there will be temper atures, some days as low, or lower, than freezing, but, on the whole, it will be a month of typically beautiful Nebraska fall weather. Possibly snow will fall toward the latter part of the month. , December will be cold and bracing. Snow may be looked for some time between the 1st and the 2th. the thermometer will register tempera tures below the freezing point nearly every day of the month. There you are, people. It might be well to clip this out and paste or pin it in some conspicuous place where you can check up the forecast with the actual weather, thus proving for yourself that the weather can be accurately forecasted a year in ad vance by Dr. Ramus' method, Colonel Lucius A. Welsh's statements to the contrary notwithstanding. Omaha Daily Tribune Absorbs the Volksblatt The Omaha Daily Tribune, Omaha's German daily paper, bought the subscription list of the Nebraska Volksblatt, a German weekly paper issued for many years at West Point, Neb. The former owner of the Volksblatt, E. M. von Seggern, bought the Republican at West Point and will from now on continue that newspaper. Val J. Peter, publisher of the Daily Tribune, has consoli dated the Volksblatt with the Tribune and will maintain a branch office at West "Point CABARET BALL and CONFETTI BATTLE AUDITORIUM TONIGHT George Green's Full Brass Band ADMISSION SOc COUPLE THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT Weak and unhealthy kidneys cause so much sickness .and suffering and when through neglect or other causes, kidney trouble is permitted to con tinue, serious results may be expected. Your other organs may need at tention but your kidneys should have attention first because their work is most important. If you feel that your kidneys are the cause of your sickness or run down condition commence taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid ney, liver and bladder remedy, be cause if it proves to be the remedy you need and your kidneys begin to improve they will help all the other organs to health. P.evalency of Kidney Disease. Most people do not realize the alarming increase and remarkable prevalency of kidney disease. While kidney disorders are among the most common diseases that prevail they are almost the last recognized by pa tients, who usually content them selves with doctoring the effects, while the original disease constantly undermines the system. A Trial Will Convince Anyone. Thousands of people have testified that the mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, is soon realized and that it stands the highest for its remarkable results in the most dis tressing cases. Symptoms of Kidney Trouble. Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything, but if you suffer from annoying bladder troubles, frequently passing water night and day, smarting or irritation in passing, brick-dust or sediment, headache, backache, lame back, dizziness, poor digestion, sleep lessness, nervousness, heart disturb ance due to bad kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago, bloating, ir ritability, worn-out feeling, lack of ambition, maybe loss ot tiesh or sallow complexion, kidney trouble in its worst form may be stealing upon you. Swamp-Root is Pleasant to Take. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you nerd, you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores. SPECIAL NOTE You may obtain a sample size bottle of SwnmD-Root by enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. This gives you the opportunity to prove the remarkable merit of this medicine. They will also send you a book of valuable information, containing many of the thousands of grateful letters received from men and women who say they found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed m kidney, liver and blad der troubles. The value and success of Swamp-Root are so well known that our readers are advised to send for a sample size bottle. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Be sure to say you read this offer in The Omaha Sunday Bee. VETERAN INSURANCE MAN CALLED BY DEATH. BASCOM ROBOT CALLEDBY DEATH; Cold Proves Fatal to Business j Leader Who Founded Bank ers Reserve Life Compi uy. ONCE A SCHOOL TEACHER BASCOM 11. ROB ISO N. Mother of Sixteen Makes Appeal to Mrs. G. W. Doar.e Mrs. G. W. Doane, superintendent of the Associated Charities, was in terested but not excited when her department was called upon to assist a mother of sixteen children, the youngest a babe of three months. The mother is 45 years of age and the father is 57. Six children have been added to the family during the last six years, according to Mrs. Doane's records. All but three of this flock live at home. "There is a bread anil butter prob lem for you," remarked Ihe charities superintendent. Basconi H. Robison, founder and president of the Bankers Reserve Life company, died at 6 a. m. at his resi dence, 252ti Dodge street. He had been ill eight days, hit indiposition starting with a cold and indigestion. On Friday he had a rally and mem bers of his family at that time were Micoui-aged in the hope that he would overcome the illness. He is survived by Lis wife and four children, who are: Mrs. Walter G. Preston, Mrs. Hay C. Wagner and Robert L. Robison of Omaha and Mrs. James R. Farney of Kansas City. School Superintendent Mr. Robison was 63 years old. He came to Omaha thirty years ago from Tekamah, where he had been super intendent of school. For many years he was general western agent for the New York Mutua1 Reserve Life and later started the Bankers Reserve Life company, which grew to be an extensive business institution; under his administration. At one time he was quite active in republican politics, though never aspiring to office. lie was a member of the First Pres byterian church and of the Commer cial club. The funeral will he held Tuesday afternou at 2 o'clock from his late home. Dr. U. H. Jenks will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. THE BEST OF VAUDEVILLE FOR A HAPPY YEAR SPECIAL 2 Shows Tonight First Show, 7:30. Second Show, 9:40 To allow the first audience to exit, patrons of the second show are requested to time their arrival at the theater at 9:35, not earlier. Matinee Today Regular Hour, 2:30 An Excellent Show Thousand of Happy Greetert. Join the Throng Welcoming The Happy New Year. .1 md Julius (Man NO Kl ill H LJ J 1508-1510 Douftlas St, Starting Tuesday, 8:30 A. M. THE I! TENT Or ALL IBPORTAKCK TO YOU OUR ANNUAL JAHIARY m CHARGES. IxAT-AWATS, DBUVERTKS, EXCHANGES of oar entire stock of Coats. Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Blouses, Furs ULJ EVERY SALE IS FINAL. ' NO EXCHANGES So derisive have prices been ent, so decisive has become onr determination to empty racks, tables and cabinets of every Winter garment in this immense stock, that this sale stands pre-eminent as the greatest apparel event for many a day. W(e 're prepared to care for capacity business. We predict this sale to bring out the greatest crowds of the new year. Such price-cutting warrants this prediction. Come, get your share of these exceptional values. CLEARANCE OF WOMEN'S SUITS FAR BELOW WHOLESALE COST Group One Group Two S $171? Group Three Up to J29.J0 Suits of Poplin, Gabardine, Broad cloth and Velour. Navy, Black and colors. lip lo $39.50 Suits of Poplin, Fur Trimmed, and Brown. Velonr, Broadcloth. Navy, Green. Black Up to $49.60 Suit. Chiffon, Broadcloth, Velours. Fur trimmed, wonderful styles. All popular colore. WONDERFUL VALUES IN WOMEN'S COATS DURING THE CLEARANCE Group One Group Two I HT1 Group Three Op to $26.00 Coats, street models. Ripple Cloth, Cheviots and Velours. Season's desir able colors. Up to $35.00 Coats, splendid styles. Wool Plush, Velour, Meltons. Hp to $46.00 Coats,- handsome street and semi-dress models ot Velour, Broadcloth and other choice coatings. Extraordinary Ollcrings in DRESSES, Silk, Georgette, Satin, Serge Group One at $H75 Group Two Group Three Up to $22.50 Dressed. Smart models of Satin, Taffeta and Men's Wear Serge. Navy, Black and Colors. CLEARANCE OF BLOUSES Most Dominant Sale Held in Recent Months This greatest ot all our Blouse Sales will create a sensation amongst Omaha women. Thousands of smart, new Blouses at a small part of their actual worth. $1.2! & $1.50 BLOUSES Hftf Dainty Vol) and Bat tut, llC Whit and Novlt1ea, many m uniart, new sty lea; fl choice m V $2.50 & $3.80 BLOUSES A 7Q Crepe do Chins and Voiles, VJ f ff in several colors, all siies, wide range of becomtng B style $3.50 & $4.50 BLOUSES A7Q A wonderful lot of Blouse.. B I V Georgette!, Crepe de f. Chinee, Taffetas, every popular color; choice -$5.00 & $5.95 BLOUSES ft7Q Nrw Hprlnff mnriHs in Ofp V J I V rttfts, unlimited selection,- BW ..nr.i1t-Yill tltvlpM . .. $7.50 and $10 BLOUSES 7Q Nearly 1,000 Blount of J ff (rAorgetta, Net, Uropn d Chine and Taffeta, all col ors, choice, at Up to $29.50 Dresses. Clever models of Men's Wear Serge, Crepe de Chines, Satins; all de sirable colon). Hp to $35.00 Dresses. Beautiful models for street, afternoon and party wear. Every color. Most of them new spring garments. Extra Special-Hour Sales Starts 10 A. M. Sharp-Ends 12 M. Tnesday For two hours Tuesday we feature the most sensational values ever attempted In Omaha. None sold before 10 A. M. Every sale is final-lols are limited. DRESSES WORTH TO $19.50 $ Navy, Black and colors, in Serges, Silks and Satins, all sizes; fifty Dresses In the H lot, at ..M VF COATS WORTH TO $17.50 AT tmm 45 Coats in Pebbled Cherlets and Novelty " J Coatings some fur trimmed; all slies, all A colors, at fl SUITS WORTH TO $27.50 AT 35 Poplin Suits, in Brown, Navy and Green; sizes to 42; Silk Uned Jackets, at CLEARANCE OF SKIRTS THREE HIGH POWERED VALUE GROUPS $6.50--$7.5t) Skirts $S5 Noveltj Taffetas. I'opllns, Jf in black, navy and colors, all alaea, during January SSI Clearance, choice $8,75 4 $10 Skirls $g5 New eprlng models In IK Serge, Poplin and Gabar- ' D dine; Navy. Black and col- 09 ora, all sizee; your choice. . Vi $12.50515 Skirls $ffJ85 Satin.. Taffeta., gergee. Velours. Poplins, In all col- M ora, .lie. and styles; II choice, any one, at II FURS UNRESTRICTED CHOICE OF ANY SCARF, MUFF OR SET IN THc HOUSE AT HALF PRICE