THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1917.
9
Brief City News
Platinum Wedding Rings Edholm.
Have Hoot Print It Now Beacon
Press.
Bfit Moal for Ihe Monej-Claire-mont
Inn.
Dr. W. K. Footc, now at 1013 First
National.
Admitted to Federal Practice K. F.
Daufjherty of Omaha has been admit
ted to practice in the federal court.
Flag at Half Staff The flag on the
federal building was lowered to half
staff Friday out of respect to Admiral
Dewey.
Builders' Fxohanffo Bunquel The
annual banquet of the Builders' ex
thane will be held at the Commercial
club Tuesday night, February 6.
New Son to Former Omaha Woman
A son has been born to Mr. mid
Mrs. It. M. Tomkins of Chicago. Mrs.
Tomkins was formerly Miss Margaret
Hall of Omaha.
Students' Reception to Archbishop
Students of St. Mary s and St. Berch
man's academies have a reception at
St. Berchman's next Monday to Arch
bishop Harty.
Smallpox at Druid Hill One small
pox case in the Druid Hilt school dis
trict caused the usual flurry among
pupils and teachers. The school nurses
have charge of the situation.
Welfare liourd Inspector Elizabeth
Stearns has been appointed an inspec
tor for the public welfare board at $65
a month, succeeding Ila Bridges, re
signed on account of ill-health.
Burglars Get Pennies Fifteen pen
nies and a bank book was all the loot
obtained by two burglars who Thurs
day night pried open the front door
of Adolph Kucben's store at 1822 St.
Mary's avenue.
The Fndcrtaklng Business of the
late Edward L. Dodder will be con
tinued under the management of Fred
K. Fero, who has been with the firm
for the last eighteen years. (Signed)
DiJLi-A DODDER, Admx
Audubons Meet The Nebraska Au
dubon society will hold its annual
meeting Saturday evening in the pub
lic library building. Election of of
ficers and other matters of interest
are announced. A full attendance is
requested.
Value of Bird Life to Nebraska
Sunday afternoon Dr. Solon R. Towne
will address the Omaha Philosophical
society on "The Value of Bird Life to
Nebraska" at its rooms in the Lyric
building, Nineteenth and Farnam
streets, at 3 p. m.
Changes Ills Plea John B. Early
is being tried in the United States dis
trict court for selling liquor to Indians
without a license. Early rlrst entered
a plea of guilty, but evidently changed
his mind, as he changed his plea to
not guilty and thus made necessary
the trial.
Goes to Wrest Point Glenn Paxton,
son of Mrs. V. V. Paxton, has received
an appointment to West Point through
Congressman Lobeck. Mrs. Paxton is
an active member of the Woman's
club of the Railway Mail Serv
ice. Mr. Paxton is a graduate of Cen
tral High school.
Burglars and Holdnp Men Active
Why take the. chances of loss, when
you can secure insurance on the con
tents of your residence or place of
business or the holdu'p anywhere of
yourself or any member or your fam
ily at a very low cost. Phono Douglas
136, Wheeler & Welpton Co.
To Talk on "Mules" "Mules'' is the
title of the address to be delivered at
the men's meeting of the Young Men's
Christian association Sunday afternoon
at 4 o clock by Will Jl. Houghton,
. evangelist from New Yorlk. The
evangelist took "Mules" as the title
of his address because he asserts that
there will be "punch and kick" back
of it.
Again It's UpThe heralded ad
vnnce in the price of gasoline came to
pass when the Nicholas Oil company
and the Standard Oil company an
nounced the commodity one-half
cent further removed from the would
be purchaser. This, as usual, follows
a raise in the Indiana territory. It is
now 20 cents a gallon.
Neville Honors Nurse Miss Lora
Davis, a former Blair, Neb., girl, who
, took a nurse's training at Wise Memo
rial and Nicholas Senn hospitals, has
received a state life dipjoma, signed by
Governor Neville. this certificate,
granted because of extra study, ex
empts Miss Davis from further exami
nations and entitles her to pursue her
profession any place.
Students Visit Police Station-
Thirty students of the civics and home
economics classes at Central High
school, headed by their teacher, M
Autumn Da vies, paid a visit to the
police station yesterday. They saw
how prisoners were mugged and
measured, and were shown through
the cells, court room, matron's depart
ment and workhouse.
Lines Can't Get Passport J. R
Lines, religious secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association, who left
io do association work among the In
dian troops in Mesopotamia, may be
unable to accomplish his mission, ac
cording to a letter received at the lo
cal Young Men's Christian association.
Lines has been in New York for the
last fifteen days and has been unable
to secure a passport for the war zone.
Fine Fireplace Goods Sunderland.
Court Fines Two Men
For Keeping Illegal House
Found guilty of having conducted
disorderly houses, Roy Carmelito,
itQZ South twentieth street, has been
lined $25 and costs and Roy Drury,
204 South Fourteenth, $12.50 and
costs in police court.
Dr. Hell's IMmvTar-Honey.
Honey soot hot) the irritation, Tine Tar
cuts the phlwum, relieves congestion, aootbes
Mm raw spots. 25c. All druggists. Adv.
A MOTHER'S TROUBLES
A mother's unending work and de
votion drains and strains her phvsi
cal strength and leaves its mark in
dimmed eyes and careworn expres'
sions she ages before her time.
Any mother who is weary and lan
guid should start taking Scott's Emul
sion of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil as
a strengthening food and bracing
tonic to add ric hness to her blood and
build up her nerves before it is too
late. Start Scott's Emulsion today
its fame is world-wide. It is free
from alcohol.
Scott A Browne. Bloomfield, N. J.
OMAHA'S INTEREST
DEBTJS MILLION
Wealth of the City Makes the
Tax Easy, Because the
Rate is Low.
WATER DEBT IS $7,000,000
By A. R. GROH.
Omaha has to pay out more than
$1,000,000 a year just for interest on
its debts. The exact amount is
$1,049,679.
Divide this sum by 365 and you get
$2,876. That is what we have to pay
every day on our municipal indebted
ness. We have to pay it out on Sun
days and holidays the same as on
week days. Day and night, hour
after hour, minute after minute takes
its Shylock toll from our purses.
The interest amounts to exactly
$120 an hour, or $2 a minute.
You go in to the club or restaurant
for lunch at 12:J0. When you come
out at 2 o'clock the debt has earned
$180 which we must pay. You go to
bed at 11 p. m. When you rise at
7 a. m. the debt has earned $960 which
we must pay. You go off for a two
weeks' vacation. When you return
the debt has run up a bill of $40,264
which we must pay.
Our total debt is $23,362,000. It is
made up of four debts.
Share of County Debt.
Our share of the county's debt is
$1,867,000, on which the annual inter
est is $753), or $206 a day.
The school district of Omaha has a
debt of $2,795,000, on which the an
nual interest amounts to $126,664, or
$346 a day.
The city of Omaha debt, including
all sorts of city improvements, sew
ers, buildings, fire houses, etc., is $11,
700,000, on which the interest is $532,
794 a year, or $1,461 a day.
The Water district of Omaha debt
is an even $7,000,000. That is what it
cost us to own our water works. The
interest on this is $315,000 a year, or
$863 a day.
These figures are all fresh from the
treasurer's office and are absolutely
right.
Twenty-three million three hundred
and sixty-two thousand dollars I It's
a pretty healthy debt, we must admit.
There are few if any cities of our size
that have one as big.
Of course, you can look on the
bright side. For, if Omaha were not
so prosperous and sound, it couldn't
borrow any such sum at such a low
rate of interest approximately 4'i
per cent. The debt, after all, is only
about one-tenth the actual value of
the city.
One of the little chores of the
treasurer's office is paying the inter
est on this debt. The bonds are held
by thousands of people and (inns all
over the country. As interest be
comes due the coupons are clipped
off and sent in to the treasurer. Thou
sands of checks must be written and
mailed out in payment of interest.
If there are 200,000 people in
Omaha the interest on the city debt
costs each' man, woman and child
$5.25 a year. If there are five in your
family, it costs you $26.25 a year.
Concert Club of the
Y. M. C. A. Gives Banquet
The Young Men's Christian asso
ciation concert club gave a banquet at
the "Y" Thursday evening. President
Frankfort was toastmaster and called
an Messrs. Bacherding, Davidson,
Remington, Krata and Reddan for
toasts. Musical numbers were given
by Mrs. Kellstrom, Mr. Cutter, Mr.
Skala and Mr. Good.
Randolph Olson,
Pioneer Citizen,
Commits Suicide
Conscious of the fact that his life I
had been despaired of and that his
death was expected at any time. Ran
dolph Olson, 64 years of age, and a
resident of Omaha since 1882, Thurs
day noon stole a march on the grim
reaper and committed suicide at his
home at 3609 Sherman avenue.
Olson, who for many years was a
watchman for a South Side packing
house, has suffered from tuberculosis
of the stomach for some time. Scv
eral weeks ago his physician told him
he had no chances of recovery and he
became despondent.
Thursday noon Mrs. Olson, who
was ill in bed in another part of the
house, heard a revolver shot She
hastened to the bath room and there
found her husband seated on a chair
with a bullet hofe squarely in his fore
head. In addition to his wife, Olson leaves
four sons and four daughters. Three
of the sons live in Omaha. They arc
Arsine, Oscar and Emil.
The body is at Crosby's parlors.
Wheat, Corn and Oats
Advance Slightly Here
Friday's was not a runaway market,
but it was higher all around and the
demand continued strong for all kinds
of grain. On the Omaha exchange
wheat advanced a cent and sold at
$1.9154 and up to $1.94)4 a bushel. The
receipts were seventy-five carloads.
Corn advanced to 'A cent and
sold at 95 to 95J4 cents a bushel.
There were ninety-six carloads on
sale.
Oats made a gain of cent to 1
cent, selling at 55)4 to 56 cents. The
receipts were fourteen carloads.
Pacific Fruit Express Will
Give Bonuses to Employes
The Pacific Fruit Express an
nounces that to all employes whose
annual salaries are less than $2,500.
and who have been in the employ of
the company continuously for two
years, a bonus of 10 per cent will be
given.
In giving its bonus the Pacific Fruit
Express pays 5 per cent as soon as
the pay rolls can be verified and the
checks prepared. The remaining 5
per cent will be paid July 1, next.
BETTER THAN CALOMEl
Thousands Have Discovered Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets are
a Harmless Substitute
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets the sub
stitute for calomel are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. They are the re
sult of Dr. Edwards' determination not
to treat liver and bowel complaints with
calomel His efforts to banish it brought
out these little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomel does, but h..ve no bad
after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel.
Thev take hold of the trouble and
quickly correct it Why cure the liver
at the expense of the teeth? Calomel
sometimes plays havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. It is best not to
take calomel, but to let Dr. Edwards'
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
a disordered liver. Take Dr. Edwards'
Olive Tablets when you feel "loggy" and
"heavy." Note how they "clear" clouded
brain and how they "perk up" the spir
10p -rH ?V a bnx AH drnp-cisti
Raymond's January Sale
For Saturday the 20th Features
BUFFETS
OMAHA GRAIN MEN
FACE BIGEXPENSE
Railroads Ask Interstate Com
merce Commission to Boost
Rates to Atlantic Coast.
SHIPPERS WILL FIGHT
Unless the grain men of Omaha
get active at once with the Inter
state Commerce commission they will
soon be paying an extra $6 or more
per carload to ship their grain to the
Atlantic seaboard.
The railroads have tiled, with the
Interstate Commerce commission a
new tariff which they wish to put
into effect rebruary 15. It raises
the freight rates .016 cents per hun
dredweight on grain shipped from
Omaha to the Atlantic seaboard. This
will amount to some $6 or more per
carload in excess of the rate the
Omaha dealers have been paying.
Protest at Once.
The Omaha Grain exchange intends
to make a fight at once. Attorney Ed
P. Smith, chairman of the transporta
tion committee of the exchange, ex
pects to file a protest at once.
Omaha grain in great volume is
shipped to the Atlantic seaboard all
the time, principally to New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore.
Practically every member of the
Omaha Grain exchange is affected bv
this new taritf of the railroads, and
every one is anxious that a tight be
made on the increase at once.
The new tariff will affect all west
em grain shipped to the Atlantic
coast in a degree, but the distance
to Omaha makes it as high as .016
cents increase from here. All classes
of grain are affected by the now
schedule.
Persistent Advertising Is the
Road to Success.
Andrew Hummel, Brother
Of Commissioner, is Dead
Andrew Hummel, aged 64 years,
brother of City Commissioner Hum
mel, died last night at his home in
Kontenelk park. He had lived here
for more than sixty years. He was
superintendent of Kontenelle park,
lie is survived by a widow.
Mr. Humell was brought to Omaha
by his parents from New York when
he was 2 years of age. He lived here
continuously since his arrival as an
infant.
The funeral service will be held at
2 p. m. Saturday at the chapel of
llrailcy & Dorrance on Cuming street.
Burial will be at Prospect Hill cemetery.
At any time of Ike
dav
Dakerb Cocoa
is a good drink, as
wholesome and nour- j
ishingas it is deliciou. I
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.
ESTABLISHED 1760 DORCHE5TER, MASS.
uiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimrmnra
j
Jacobean Oak, William and Mary design, 48-inch $24.75
Jacobean Oak, William and Mary design, 48-Inch $47.50
Black Walnut Buffet, 60-inch (like illustration) 849.75
Fumed Oak Buffets $12.75 $14.75 $16.75 and $19.00
(These are all quartered oak, all equipped with double cabinet
and linen drawer, and mirrored.)
A big 4-foot Golden Oak Buffet, large mirror, full quartered oak
stock $15.75
This is the second lot of these Elegant Buffets to arrive on our
floors since the first of the year. You can afford to anticipate your
later-on needs and buy now, and you will do so wben you see these.
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Z I wish to announce I
- thftt I am now th only "
JUSTICE OF i
j THE PEACE S
1 in Greater Omaha.
H. GLENN MORAN,
638 Rote BIdg., '
I Phone Tyler 588.
Attractive Shoes
at Small Prices
$3.50 nd $4.50
CLEVER SHOE SPECIALS
$4 - $5 - $6
In the very newest spring style ,
Charming Advance Models
No Credit.
No DeliveriM.
SHOE MARKET
322 SO. 16TH ST.
Our prices will not permit of any extrai
No Discount.
No Commiaaioat.
-UOHN A. SW ANSON", Pres..
-WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas..
Wk6fL: "Smashing All
Records for Crowds and Values"
FAR-SIGHTED men are snapping up these tremendous bargains in a
way that men have never bought before. Even this store might have
been tempted to hold on to these goods, considering the enormous
advances now quoted by wholesalers. But this Greater Store's policy, to
clear out all seasonable merchandise during the season it was bought for,
makes a clean sweep imperative. We must and will keep the new store new.
Get your share Saturday, delay means your disappointment. Please shop
early in the day if convenient.
Thousands of Overcoats
Our entire winter stock and all remaining lines of men's and
young men's fall and winter suits going in America's original
HALF PRICE SALE
Our $15 Overcoats
and Suits at $750
Half Price
Our $30 Overcoats
and Suits at $ 1 C
Half Price.,
10
Our $20 Overcoats
and Suits at $
Half Price
Our $35 Overcoats
and Suits at $ 1 750
Half Price... 1
Our $25 Overcoats
and Suits at $ 1 O50
Half Price.. 1-
1
Our $40 Overcoats
and Suits at$Oft
Half Price V
ALL
FINEST $45 OVERCOATS, AT $22.50
FINEST $50 OVERCOATS, AT $25.00
JflJNJSST ifbU UVJSKUUAib, AT $LlO.OO
Overcoats include every correct
model of the season. Never be
fore, even at the opening of a
sale, have overcoat selections of
fered more comprehensive choice.
The finest products of Rochester,
N. Y.'s famous journeymen tailor
shops are found in this sale. Lux
urious silk lined Chesterfields,
Belt Back Ulsters, Ulsterettes,
Storm Coats, Motor Coats, Great
Coats, Balmaccans all at HALF
PRICE.
BLACK SUITS AND KUR OVERCOATS
EXCEPTED
Special Notice
NO CHARGES
NO C. O. D.'
NO APPROVALS
NO REFUNDS
NO EXCHANGES
A SMALL CHARGE FOR
ALTERATIONS..
$5.00 SUPERIOR
Union $050
Suits, at
MM.
MM
Aiffihl $3.00
-CsSFjpRVi Union $0
SSm Suits, at
m3mm I Shirts-8ale p"
The "I WILL" Man
Says:
"What an
Opportunity,
Men!"
SUPERIOR UNION SUITS
The greatest underwear sale held in Omaha
in years. Think of the prestige this greater store
enjoys in being able to buy for your profit the sur
plus, samples and run-of-the-mill of the famous
Superior Knitting Co. of Piqua, Ohio. They're
going fast get yours Saturday
SUPERIOR I $3.50 SUPERIOR
Union $050
Suits, at
00
$6.50 SUPERIOR
Union $J50
Suits, at T"
$4.50 SUPERIOR
Union $o00
Suits, at 5
$7.00 SUPERIOR
Union $C00
Suits, at O
Included are all wool, wool mixrd and lilk and wool union suits of finest quality
Buuie are tmttnuy uiiiru nume nuve bubiii mis weaves.
Boys' Superior Union Suits Reduced as Follows:
75c Union Suits, 50c $1 Union Suits, 75c $1.50 Union Suits, $1
Annual January Sale Manhattan Shirts
Starts Saturday, January 20th
$1.75 Manhattan CI OC I $2.25 Manhattan M CC j $3.50 Manhattan ffO Off
"f1""' Shirts, sa e nrice. Kvi sh rts. sale mice.
Extra Specials in Men's Furnishings for Saturday
$1.25 Negligee Shirts
starched cuffs, Sat- 7C
urday, at Jt
$1.50 Negligee Shirts-
French cuffs, Satur
day, at
$1.50 Men's Union Suits-
heavy cotton ribbed, QC-
$1.00 Men's Union Suits
good quality ribbed, IC
$1.50 Men's Cape Gloves
A leading makers' QC
surplus, at
$6.50 Wool Sweaters
heavy ribbed, shawl tfC
collar, at PJ
Men's 50c Neckwear
! Wide end 4-in-hands: hundreds
j to pick from ; 3 for $1.00; each . .
35c
Men's $1.00 Neckwear
Luxurious Silks, new patterns, CC
extra quality, wide selection, at
Men! Choice of Any $2 Hat Saturday at $1.65
Fur Caps Greatly Reduced
At regular prices these caps are exceptional values at the reduced prices they're most remarkable.
$2.50 Fur Caps, at $1.95 I $5-00 Fur Caps, at 3.95
$3.50 Fur Caps, at $2.65 I $7.50 Fur Cape, at $5.65
$10.00 Fur Caps, at $7.65
$15.00 Fur Caps, at $11.85
All Winter Cloth, Plush and Leather Caps, formerly sold at $1, $1.50 and $2, at 75c, $1.15, $1.45
SRK
OUR
wiNnows
TODAY
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-CORRECT APPAREI, FOR MEN AND WOMEN-
COMPARE
OUR
VALUES
ALWAYS