I ! THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1917. 11 'I REAL ESTATE IMPROVED Miscellaneous. TH ORBATBST GAIN tl.?ll la paid want-ad. .vsr mad bjr anr Omaha paper, ia tba raoord of TBS OMAHA BBB far BEST RESULT S LOWEST RATI . FIVE rooms, new, oak finish., fully deco rated, all modern, etc., 2,7&a; $;o8v cash, balance monthly. Golfs. 188s.' ' HOUSES In all parte ot the city. CRKIOH. SON a Ofi.. ,08 Be Bids. NEW bnnralowt also s-r.. and fardelling: your terms aad price; inv. with 1490, rent. 3 hns Icoet 8.00), S2.500. P. 8107. MODERN BUNGALOW Pine location, east front, paved street. 6 rooms, hardwood floors and finish, close to school and car. A bargain at 13,00.. Easy terms. Call owner, .tying. 1782. REAL ESTATaniiripiWed ' " ""'West Best Lot West On '6th At. nbout 200 (et north of Dodge at., t Ikrga lot on a: terrae of -2 feet, 60xll ft., only 91,100. Th beat tmrffain we know of, Act Quickly. .h Harrison & Morten, , Omaha Nat. BHk gHSgi h THE GREAT K9T GAIN .TI - Id paid want-ad over made by any - Omaha paper, ta the record of THB OMAHA BEG for It 18. - BK8T RESULTS LOWEST BJLjTS) North. AFTER looking at Ul.NNE LUHA. 308 dif ferent buyers decided thai U wu the best '.' propoaltfoi. , on the market and they hacked their judgment by buying lota. IF YOU Will come out today you will undentasd why the other are buying. CHARLES W. MARTIN & CO., 742 Omaha Nat. Bank Bldg. Tyler 187. WAVERLY PARK One oi the choice lota in the addition. size 42x128, aaat front, and on the ear line. Price 7t0; terms no cash and 47.50 per month. G. A. GRIMMEL, 849 Oma. Nat. Bank Bldg. Phone D. ISIS. TWO dandy aoutb front lota. N. B. corner S2d and Lafayette Ave. Montclaxa Addl tlon. Phone Harney liti. REAL ESI Alt B'ness Pr'pty , SEE US . 1 SOB INVESTMENT AND SPECULATIVE PROPERTY. A. P. TUKEV & SON. IIS first National Bank Bids. APARTMENT I7I.0S, Income It per oent, one year old vary ftne location; mortgage .16, 90S and will accept 810,040 In trade; balanoe cash or negotiable papers. CAUC1MB ft CO. Douglas U18, City Nat'l Bank Bldg. REAL KSTATB. Wat COI.KAX, ;" 70S KevMn- Bide Ooug ,178 perfect tot for building mercantile house or garage or oil stallon. Main car line. Harney 83&4. REAL ESTATE Investments HOME UUILDUKS announce, that Non partlclpating Uuaranteod 1 per cent pre tarred aharea will be issued wuen all par ticipating preferred shares now on band are sxnauatea, mui particulars oy man. AMERICAN BECUHl'X'T CUMPAMY. Pia. Agents, Omaha. REAL ESTATE To Exchange i WANT I trade vo new. ainall houses In Omaha for acreage, n r stoma good tows, ( In either Iowa or Nebraaka. N? -"wild uortW' or rarifled air considered. H. H. Randall, 48U Popple ton Ave., Umaha, b'OH (fiX OH AN QIC Building and machinery for cenwnt block factory and oiimii resi dence adjoining, 142 feet of Uackage. Will take good Nebraaka land. Adtiruae 132 North llth Street. 1. dcoIq, Nebraska. . HAV1S two 160-acre farms and one 80-aore farm, eastern Nebraaka, to trade for city ..property. v ; -.,,. . - AKCHEFt REALTY CO., , ' , 580 Brandels Bldg, HAVE good b-room bouae. east front, lot ivxlil, snruiwry, rr it trees and " lawn, also three vacant lota wbtcb 1 wish to apply on Omaha residence. Benson jUJ-W. ' Jp'UK TKAJJtr Buameas lot In Council Bluffs .t Kcid car. Aiau a Maxwell apo dal for ford car. . Paul asydow, am . Braudew Bldg Ooug 6 ill. WE have some good homea and rental prop ertles (or Neb. or lewa land. Edward F. wllllama Co., Uraana Nat l Bank Bldg. iUAlI.i9 4 yii,ia iiiAiJIlo. ' i-'arms, Caitie, kiu.uvUva, Wew ApartUMUta, (flats, etc. ABBOTT, 4 Patteraoo Block.' FINE, 160, Dorthorr Florida, snap, for autoa, tots or whtr owner, oouaa 4iW. 1824 Uabler; Raacb specialist, sell or trade ranches for city property, rrania, ft.e uranaeis mat, .REAL llAilir bubiarban AUilJvAUU. AHL ttittALL. 'UdUi. A lino tial wiuua leu nine radiua oi llth Mtid raruam. buiua spsmjUm bargains OEOKti-Bi J. WALUttj, 114 h.eellu BlUg Benson. 20 ACRES IMPROVED NEAR BENSON 17 ACRES NOW IN CROPS. No crops to put In. 8 acres In grapes. 9 acres In asparagus. Young orchard. 1 acre under poultry fencing. M-room House, furnace, ii-room bunk house. Barn and garage Wagon shed. .Price only $500 per acre. Call Tyler 60 and ask for Mr. Alan vl lie. HASTINGS & HEYDEN, 1614 HARNEY STREET, DlAiVi lOUH tHJMH. U iSOaXlOOAi BUY THIS LOT. 616.00 down and 61S.UU per aiusthi Pno 1200.00; size, 6m us; located on Locust St., between Clark and Burnoam, sot car from school ano cat Una Uau 1. v right. He . e, umaoa. Dunoee. oiiViiKAL iota, puuamg restriction. 88, 600.0(1 Adjomiisfe Happy Hollow Circia 14UU.00 to $1,000.00. W L 8ELBY t aUNH, Uopg 1616 A DUNaJt-sU io( baiiialii, iia scbuul aud car line. Write Box Sain, Bee. Florence. ' IHul) ACRE,, acreage sold, 8 tracts left: at $800, Last chance Call Ne tba way. Pm. 228. South Side. CHEAP HOMES, We have a large nuutoer ot awti aouaa with 2 to 4 rooms, ranging la rlos from tiiOo to 61,200. ob full sisod ois, wbioh usn sell at your own torn s. SOUTH OMAHA IN VWTM M'L OOl. 'iii M. 24th St. Pbon South U4 FOUR ACRES, Well improved. Will tal-' good bunga low aa part payment 8. P. BUST WICK . SON, Ul'yler 1604. - . IW9 Bss Bldg. REAL ESTATE- -Other Cities I HAVE for sale a n absr of good dweiU lugs, also some bt mess property. We htive a good farp tig country od our tuwn Is growing; ome and look it over .1 iid help us boo James Walton, Fort Calhoun, Neb. i- W A k k WANTED 4, and 8-roomed bouses that can be sold a $100 cash, baiauus 816 per month; t " 4 complete description first letter. W. F KNAM SMITH & CO., 13 UO F ism. Tel. Doug. 1064, LIST y- t 6 and 8-room houses with us WO dLL THEM. OSBORNE REALTY CO. JOUg. 1474, C09 to us with your reai 'argains. El KRU F WILLIAMS CO. Duug. 420. ti - v'E customers for several 6 or 7 -room : 'oujea',, , .ar.y " G- F Stebblna OR SALE See F. D. Wead. 310 S. lath St. FINANCIAL Real Estate. Loans.- Mortgages. CITY and farm loan promptly made, liateti 6. b and par ceuL ueaaonabM oom tnlaaloD, ... UNITED STATES TRUST CO.. VUS Sooth 17th. Omaha. Neb. THE GKEATB8T GAIN M.TSI Id paid want-ads evar made by any ' Omaha paper la - the word of THE OMAHA BEE for 1111 -: BUST RfaitSULTl LOWEST RATS. i PER CENT to 6 per cent on best class city residences In amount ta,v0o up; also farm loans- Reasonable commission. PETERS TRUST CO., IHtt Farnam St $4,000 MORTGAGE bearing t per cent seml- ann. t secured by properly values at 11, 0U. Taimage-Loomls Inv. Co., W. O. W. Bldg. 6HOPEN & CO.. PRIVATE MONET. OMAHA homes, East Nebraaka farms. O'KEEFIS REAL ESTATE CO.. 101C Omaba Nat'l. Phone Doug. S71&. atQNKY ti loan on Improved farms and ranches. We also buy good farm msrt gages. Eloka Inv. Co.. Omaha. RELIABLE Insurance. Bee O1 Nell's Real Sstate and Insurance Agency, Zit Bran dels Theater. TeL Tyler 1924. . MONEY on hand for city and farm loans. ' H. W. Binder, City '? National Bank Bldg. 9 MONEY HARRISON & MORTON, 0 1 Omaha Nat'l. Bank Bldg. FARM and city loans, (V-fitt ar t 6 per cent. W. H. Thomas, Keellne Bldg. Doug. 1648. "WORLD REALTY CQ.. 'Su;gw" REAL ESTATE loans, 6 per cent D. a BUCK & CO.. 912 Omaha Nat Bnk CITY andfa"mi" loans, lowest rates. E. H- LOUGEB. Inc. US Kaolins Bldg. CITY and farm loans, 6. Ett and 8 per cent J H Dutnonl A Co.. 41ti Keeline Bldg $100 to $.0,000 made promptly, F D. Wead, Wead Bldg., 18tb and Farnam Sts. GARVIN BROS.N.V,'irW Abstracts of Title. T Tltla. Guarantee and Abstract Co. JVCIA sot. S. 11th St., ground door. Bonded by Mass. Bonding and Ins. Co REED ABSTRACT CO., oldest aba tract of- nce in tseorasaa. ze orannev t cBitir Miftcetlaneoua. GALLAGHER & NELSON, Represent prompt pay insurance com panies S44 Braodels Bids., Omaba. Neb i rttiVl AiMU Ai-ri LA1XD6 Florida Lands. PALM BEACH COUNTY We have the record crop truck, garden and citrus fruit land in the United States. Buy land on easy terms from A. Parsons A Son. 662 Brandels Bldg Phone Douglas 7846. Note A personally conducted excursion to the Sunny South leaves Omaha Jaoo arv 16: already some of Omaha's leading business men have Joined us. Make your reservation early. RAISE ALFALFA IN FLORIDA (Natal Ha; ) this winter. ' First catting, SO days; $60 to $80 annually on $66 land. 626 Pai m Blk Walnut t&87 (evenings, 20 A. ORANGE and grapefruit land, near Fort Myers, Lee county, Florida. Address owner, 803 No. 36th St. Missouri Lands. SMALL MISSOURI FARM 610 cash and $6 monthly: no Interest or taxes; highly pro ductive lard; close to t big marke ta. Writs tor photographs and full Informa tion. Munger. A-116. N. Y Ufa Bids Kanaaa City. Mo. GREAT BARGAINS IS down. $6 monthly, buys 40 acrea, good fruit and poultry land, near town, southern Missouri. - Price, only $200. Address Box 808, Excelsior Springs, Mo. - ' Nebraska Lands. "Why do you sell your land if two-fifths of the crop will pay for the land in two years ?" This is a question that is constantly asked us. The answer is: "We have' more land ' than we can possibly raise money with which to buy machinery and pay hired : help to Work and put into producing order. We find that we will make more money to sell this land off to you in small tracts and get you to paying In your payment with which money we buy up-to-date ma chinery and seed and pay hired help to put large acreage under cultivation, de riving our benefits and profits from our three-fifths share of a large harvest each year, than we could possibly make in hold ing the land and just farming small tracts of it. which we are able to farm with our limited capital." Instead of organising a company and selling blocks, of stock to men who have large capital, we detdd ' to make It "The People's" association. An association of "The People," by "The People," for "The People." It la an opportunity for the wage earner. It Is an opportunity for the man . who hasn't enough money to buy a farm and move upon if, buy homes, machin ery, build a home,1 etc. Many a man who today owns a farm of his own and rents it, would be mighty glad to have this association farm his farm for him. We do not do this, but we do farm the farm we sell you and farm it under the best plan and the best system to bring forth the best crops. Come in and get one of our books and then get a contract on one or more tracts right away so as to get in on Uie 1017 crop4 Only a limited number will be contracted for work this year. t The Hungerford Potato Growers' Association. Opposite the Auditorium. 16th and Howard Sts. Phone Douglas 6271. FOR SALE OR RENT 320-acre farm In Nance county. Nebr.; about 40 A. alfalfa. 60 A. in wh""t. 120 A. pasture, bal. t.i niit in cron. This farm is all good soil, partly rolling, good improvements and well located: 6 miles from town. Mi mile from school and church. Vice, 690.00 tier acre, in easy terms. If not sold soon it Is for rent. T. M lvstf Fuller. on. Neb. KIMBALL COUNTY. 640 seres choice wheat land, in fine lo cation; good 6-room bouse, barn 82x46, good water supply; 880 acres plowed. 200 acres fall wheat, which goes with place: 39 acres alfalfa, fenced hog-tight; land well fenced and oreas-fenced; near school. Prices 626 per acre, cash, balance at 6 per cent. J. H, CAMPBELL & SON, ' V Kimball. Neb. WE FARM the farm we sell you. The Hun gerford Potato uro""era abbu., a.o-uywr-tlvs Potato Farming. 16tb and Howard Sts.. opporne Auauornun. WET iand made dry enough for crops or trsct too large or too wet. Guarantee Dra Inage Co.. uakianu, weo. "777771 ti i i L. lUal tarn hnrlv hls-h BTmAn medium pneeu tana iu n-wi vwj little t money rpuHireu. jji uicf , i- bach. Neb " CAN sell or exchange any land you have to otter C. J. Cansn, McCague Bldg. j 000-A FARM tor sale or trade. D. 6767. A. W Tolaod Co.. 448 flee Bldg. Texas Lands. TV. S. FRANKS Real estate, east Texas lands. 2"! Neville ma. uougiaa avv. Wisconsin Lands. 40 ACRES fairly level, 6 cultivated, balance oak Umber; house, barn; borders take. Price, $C00; $200 cash. Tom O' Mason, Cummeriana, wis 1-ARM LArtU WANTED RANCHES and Farm Lands bought, sold and excoangeu. d. a. nu n. u. wrai gomery ... - , fCULTRY AND PET STOCK STOCK wanted from thoroughbred Belgian hares; must be thoroughbred. Answer H. W. Goll, yon lamoun, iMeo. DAMAGED screenings, 81.60 a hundred. A W Wagner, soi w- isin. FINE Boston bull pups for sale, $16.06, Call Harney siu. Horses Live Stock Vehicles For Sale. HORi wagon and harnesn for sate. quire Vomweg Grocery, lid and Leaven- worth, LI SINGER IMPLEMENT 'CO., Omaha, htava 4iut renaivad a sunn I v nt Oiu11 )u iinar bobs. AUTOMOBlLES " G U A RAN T E E D T I R ES. Price We make one new tire from the old ones. GUARANTEED 3,000 MILES. We Buy and Sell USED CARS TIRES AUTO PARTS. Live agent, wanted. U you are a (Ma tter writ, for our agency proposition. 2 IN 1 VULCANIZING CO.. ill Davenport St.. Omaha. AUTO CLEARING HOUSE 110, farnam St Dowgtas SSI. 181. Cbvrolet touring lies 1811 UupmobU. "88," sacrifice. 1814 Tord 17i 11. Saaon 3u THB GREATEST OAUJ M.I8I In paid want-ada avwr mad. by en Omaha paper, la th. record of TUE OMAHA 3KH for 118. BEST RE8ULT8 UJWEST RATE, 15 PCT. Cash rebate on your auto loan ran os pol ley If yon car is equipped with PERRY LOCK. Phone Douglas 317 864 Brandels Bldg. s.o.s. motor co. H8rs 2406 Leavenworth. and Fireproof storage. 66 per month. Day and night aeiv.ee. Phone Tyler TH. 1 Hupp 62 roadster. 6826. 1 t-paasenger Franklin, 61H. ' 1 single cylinder motorcycle, $26. TELL 4 BINKLET. 2318 Harney Bt Douglas 1646. FOR SALE Electric coups, in good snaps, at a bargain: lust the winter car for town use. National Electric Supply Co.. CouncU Bluffs, la. CROSSTOWN Garage, 616 S 24th. D, 44. Ne'w Ford wheela, rear $160, front 61.60 ea.. Stewart vacuum system, $6; other bargains. Motorcycle presto taup, full. $4. FOR SALE Owing to my leaving city., my 1116 Overland coupe Is for sale, cheap, cash or payments. Address Apt. 807, New Hamilton, WE will trade you a new Ford tot four nld one, INDUSTRIAL OARAGF CO., 20th and Harney. . Douglas 6251. USED CARS AT REAL PRICES. C W. FRANCIS AUTO 'CO Douglas 866. 2216-16 Farnam St, FIRST reasonable cash offer takee my 1616 Maxwell touring oar, Just like new. Call Tyler 1I6 arter s p. m. ONE Whits Thirty touring car. One one ton Federal truck. .Nebraska Y'hlU) Co., 2417 Farnam Bt, F"h SALE My ,1916 Overland touring, Just overhauled and roOnlshed. Must sacrifice, as leaving city. Call P. 6661 after 4 p. m. RlvBUlLT high and low tension magnetoes. magneto pa ta or magneto repairs. Mat tox, 1426 South 16th. Tyler 1116-J. BALL and roller bearings, all makes of cars, good as new at half the price. Mattoi. 1426 South !6th. Tyler 1116-J. . BEKT8CHY "Kan-Flx-It." Soutneast cor ner 30th and Harney Sts - Douglas ttti. Auto Liver- ant1 Garages. EXPERT auto repairing, "service car al ways ready," . Omaha Garage. 6016 Har- n-v 8t Tyler ss Auto Repairing and Painting. $100 reward for magneto we can't repair Coils repaired Baysdorrer, zis N. mn NEB. Auto Radiator Repair Service. Sod prices right. 216 s. mth. u. 78u. Motorcycles and Bicycles HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES Bsr- galna In used machines, victor ftoos. "roe Motorcycle atari.'' ?708 Leavenworth. PERSONAL PILES, FItJTULA ; . ., CfREP. . . .Dr. O. R. Tarry cures piles, fistula aad other rectal dlaeases without Hirglca! operation. Cnr. guaranteed and mi money oald until oared,. 'Write for boon- , on ree tal disease, with testimonials. Dlt E. R. TABRY. 24. Bee Bldg Omaha. Neh ) ' ' 7 'M.?4 THE Salvation Army Industrial home so licits your old clothing, furniture, maga zines. We collect. We distribute, Plum Doug. 4126 and our wagon will call. Call and Inspect our new home, .1119-1112-1114 Dodge St. TUB OR LATEST GAIN 68,718 Omaha paper, Is the record of TUG OMAHA BEE tor 1616. BEST BEtoULTS -LOWEST RATE iUSS LARSON Baths, (fnassage and manl- instltute, 1606 Harney St. U. 70S7. . Open venings sd .Sundays- . -, ... , Sulphur, tam and euvayyptus baths for cnronic aistasea; exp. attenount lor laates and gentlemen 4Uat-l Hose Bldg. Ty. Hit. RUPiUKE buccesafuily treated without a surgical operation. Call or writs ur Frank H. Vray, 6U6 Boe Bldg. DR. BURHE. OMAHA'S MKN'S SPECIALIST. 21b CRoUNSE .BLK. uPPOiilTB P. O. sust. HlL'S Kb LILLY AND GOULU Bath, mas sage Uaz Karnain St. Phdne Doug:S41 MISS NASH. BRUGMAN. scientific musaeus- and tialhs. 203 . Korbach ,Blk. Red 2727. LVeVCaT wIliBSTKRr iimssage and maul curing. 618 Paxton Blk. Red 2400. ' SCIENTIFIC ntatia.gw. tu'O Be HKlg. PQoo MIS8GILK, mass., chlrop'ody. 1222 Farnam Manicuring and mass. 1632 Farnam. Rm. 19. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Fred Armbruet and wife to Charlotte 1.. P. Selver. Twflnty-second street, 165 feet north of Clark atrfrst, west Bide, 33x140 12,200 Edith Bacon and husband to Charles W. atartln, Sisteoenlh . street, 144 feet north of Central boulevard, west side, 9.X127 1 Roy U Alley and wife to Floyd N. Osborne. Tweniy-eignin avenue, feet south of Fort Omaha avenue, 40UO 300 Home Real Estate company to Charles D. Birkett, northwest earner Deca tur and Military avenue, Irregular piece - 2 George C. Flaok to Floyd V. Stafford. Saratoga street, 1BU Teet west of Twenty-eighth avenue, north side, 40 , X1S2.8 1 Oeorge C. Flaok to Herbert B. Rich-. ter, Saratoga street, ib reel west of Twenty-soventh street,1 north side, 41.6x111.1 1 Stewarts Resume Fight Over Payment of Alimony The alimony fight of the Stewarts has been resumed in Judge Sears' court, Louis L. E.' Sttwart, presi dent of the Stewart Investment com pany and wealthy realty man, claim ing that he has already settled a large income upon his wife. Nettie B. Stew art,; who is suing him for divorce. Mrs. Stewart asks for $30,000 alimony. In the original divorce suit Mrs. Stewart alleged that her husband left her, and he claimed she left him. . City Settles Damage ' Suit of Elmer Kaplan The city council authorized City Solicitor Fleharty to settle with El mer Kaplin for $800, in connection with a suit tor JIU.UOU personal dam ages brought against the city. GERMAN CHEMISTS TOKINGWOHDERS Scientists Find Substitutes for Saltpeter, Alumnitram and Even Foodstuffs. BMW TEA FROM B SERIES (OorrvapoBdsnos of Th. Associated Pres..) Berlin, Jan. J. The extent to which substittitea and imitations arc rampnt in Germany today form one of the most interesting subjects of the now seasonable reviews. The "crsati" the Germain word for sub stitute is now common not oqly in the line of foodstuff, but in the chem ical industry, textiles and metals. Though from time to time indications of this change in German life have become known abroad, there have lately appeared interesting summaries which afford a sharper focus on the situation. Some of the items in this development, under their respective heads, are as follows: Saltpeter: Before the war Ger many imported annually $40,000,000 worth of saltpeter." for agricnltural and ammtmition) purposes, "mainly from Chile, and all of' this regular supply was lost at the outset, of the war. Today countless factories in Germany are manufacturing saltpeter, whereas befo-e the war there were only a few such experimental estab lishments, and Germany is now able not only to supply the increased amount of saltpeter necessary for am munition, but also has been able to furnish all that is necessary for fer tilizers. , ' Aluminum: Before the war the sup ply of bauxite for the manufacture of aluminum had been imported from France, and the ratting off of this supply led German scientists to dis cover a process of aluminum manu facture by electricity from ordinary clay. Extracting Oils. Mineral oils: Chemical experts in the German coal fields have discov ered new wiys of extracting oils from their coal, partly relieving the serious condition resulting from the cutting off of mineral oil imports which, in 1913. amount to no less than $277,- 000.000. , . - Rubber:, Germany lost practically all of its imports of rubber, and to offset this shortage it has substituted steel for rubber in innumerable cases where rubber had been used purely tor its elasticity, further, the per fection of the submarine merchant ship made it possible to bring in enough new rubber to mix with the old in the creation of a regenerated or synthetic rubber. The supply of this has been developed until now it is said to be sufficient to last for an other eight months. Graphite: Ceylon was the exclu sive source of supply of graphite used in , Germany before the war. because the Ceylon graphite was 99 per cent pure. Since the beginning of the war Germany has been "dependent entirely upon the inferior Bavarian graphite, but German chemists have been able to find a process by which the Bavar ian article can be purified to a 97 per cent standard. Rosin: Supplies of this had come exclusively trom America and France, but Greman chemists have now be come able to produce all that is needed from the German forests, or are able.to use as a substitute for rosin the byproducts of wood ami coal. Paper as Cloth. - Textiles: Paper has been adapted in innumerable instances to serve foV cloth. By using protoxide or sodium, sulphite cellulose1 and paper, a very durable and satisfactory thread has been evolved, which, in turn, lends it self to the creation of sacks and bags, girdles, doilies, apron S working gar ments, wrapping cloth and thread and string. The inventors have discovered a way to give the "paper-cloth" great resistance to dampness. Cellulose has been found to lend itself to the pro duction of gun .cotton when combined with other chemicals, and nettles have proved themselves to be the source of cotton batting, thread, yarn, ccjlor inf? and even feed stuffs. Dresses and other clothes are being manufactured out of artificial cotton and wool, a: they sometimes were in peace times liven tile reeds that grow on tht banks of lakes and ponds are bcin used to make artificial cloths. Copper; Almost the only "tinsiib- stitutablc" substance has been copper, but there lias been found to lie plenty of that on hand in German industrial plants and elsewhere. In place of the copper thus taken by the government there have been installed aluminum and zinc, out of which wires and nlcn- sils of various, sorts have been fashioned, with perfect success In addition zinc has been found to do just as well as copper in the manu facture of a score of articles in every day use, and is a good substitute also for brass and bronze. Iron and steel also substitute satisfactorily in dozens of other cases, and are now largely used in installing apparatus of all kinds, in place of rubber, copper and brass. Zinc and aluminum and zinced iron find their use now in switchboards and the like in place of marble or slate. Imitate Foods. Foodstuffs: Imitations have played almost if not quite as large a part as substitutes for foodstuffs of which a shortage has been created by the war. Many of the limitations are of doubtful nutritious value, some of them have proved dangerous, but the authorities have kept a watchful eye on the situation and have promptly put the ban on the bad imitations and required the proper labelling of the good ones. The grain supply of the empire, originally not near enough for the consumptiomof 70,000,000 .peo ple, has been "stretched" by potato flour. And now that the potato crop is almost a failure potato flour will it self be substituted by barley during the first half of 1917. When the coffee began to run short its consumption was reduced and Germany took recourse to ad mixtures of chicory, roasted grain, so-called "fig coffffee and coffee ex tracts. Tea, which also is short and expensive, has been gradually replaced by extracts from home-grown berries and herbs. Germany has learned to alter its tastes somewhat and to be content with brews that arc probably just as wholesome as tea but not quite the same in appearance and contents. v Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Will City Dads Tax Baby Buggies And Hot Tamale Carts for Revenue? Would it be fair to apply a wheel tax to baby buggies and hot tamale irtsf That Question was raised at a con ference of Citv Commissioner. Parks, Jardine, Kugel and Hummel, special committee, Having in nana inc pro posed wheel tax ordinance. The measure as drawn exempts ve hicles propelled by human power, also those operated on permanent tracks, ambulances, bicycles and motor cycles. The ordinance provides for the fol lowing graduated scale of wheel tax: Automobiles used (or carrying pas sengers in private or public capacity: $2 to $12 a year, according to rated horse power. , Automobiles used for hauling dead freight, such as delivery trucks and heavy '.rucks: $4 to )Ai a year. Horse-drawn vehicles used for pleasure purposes: $1.50 to $3 a year. For other than pleasure purposes: $2 to $6 a year, according to number of horses. Alleged Leader Of Auto Gophers In Police Toils C. W Pipkin, detective in charge of automobile cases, believes he has broken up a gang of automobile ac cessory thieves responsible for the loss of hundreds of dollars' worth of accessories in the arrest of Ed Min ardi, an office clerk at the Powell Supply company, and William John son, colored, 2426 Burdette street. Minarid is said to have confessed that while he was employed by the Powell concern he made it possible for Johnson to steal several hundreds dollars' worth of accessories. Articles valued at $450 were found at- John son's home when arrested. Minardi is said to be the brains of the gang and police officers say that the work of the thieves was not con fined solely to the Powell company. Several other negroes are believed to have made systematic thefts of ac cessories from garages and private cars left in the streets. Charges of grand larceny will be filed against Minardi ant Johnson, and other arrests will be made. ,, Second Death from ' Typhoid at.Ravenna Ravenna, Neb., Jan, 22. (Special.) Henry Unzicker, an employe of the Burlington road, was the second vic tim of the typhoid fever epidemic. Mr. Unzicker left a wife and children. No new cases have developed for several days, and it is hoped by the authori ties that they havi the situation well in hand, even though there are several cases now in town. In Central Opened for Free Seven lllioii Mres Grass Covered, SM Raising Lands The new 640 Homestead Act ia now a law. Application for lands should be made as early at Sossible, owing to the great demand for these enlarged homesteads, They are located in Central and fortheast Wyoming, generally north of the North Platte River and east of the Big Horn Mountains. , How Reached: Some of these lands are reached via the Burlington's Omaha-Central Wyoming Main Line to Donglas for Converse County, to Casper for Natrona County or Glendo for Platte County. Another large area is reached by the Burlington's Northwest Main Line to Ardmore or Edge mont, S. D., Newcastle, Upton, Moorcroft, Gillette and Cleannont, in Northeastern Wyoming. All of these towns are points of divergence for homesteaders to these new lands ; there are f acili-ti- in each of them for the assistance of homesteaders, who may either employ the services of reliable locators or accept the direction of the Government Land Officers to the various interior ' settlements. , - How to Obtain Title: . This new 640 Acre Law is an amplification of the 320 acre Mondell law and is intended to pro vide tracts of more appropriate size for the live stock industry. Residence required, three years,, with five months' leave of absence allowed each year, or -twenty-one months' residence within three years; permanent improvements to the value of $1.25 per acre required; final proof must be made within five years. Residence must be taken up within six months of date of filing.; Gov eminent Land Offices are located at Douglas, Sundance and Buffalo, Wyo. There are land commissioners at the points of divergence. . ' ' , When to Co: Many thousands of acres, largely additional filings to the 320 acre Mondell tracts, are now being'; filed on. This new area, however, is very extensive. It contains large bodies of excellent gracing lands, and naturally those who come j first may obtain the better choice. The present season or the early spring permits a satisfactory inspection and an accurate judgment as to soil and gen eral characteristics of the land, BUT IT IS WELL TO QO AT AN EARLY DATE. Information -: and assistance will be readily furnished to applicants either by 0. S. Land Office officials or by the undersigned. Apply early for our circular of information and instructions regarding the taking up of these homesteads. ' ''; - S. B. Howard, Immigration It is proposed that all of the reve nue received through the application of the wheel tax shall be used for re pair and maintenance of streets, al leys and boulevards, the street de partment to receive 60 per cent and the boulevard department 40 per cent. Complete descriptions of each ve hicle shall be filed with the city clerk and registration tags must be dis played on the vehicles, the ordinance reads. The schedule of rates quoted are approximately the same as are in force in Kansas City and are lower than those in Chicago. The ordinance is ready for intro duction to the city council. Com missioner Jardine suggested a confer ence between the commissioners and vehicle men, in order that several mooted points may be straightened out It is estimated that under the pro posed schedule of rates the city would receive between $60,000 and $75,000 a year wheel taxes. Demand for Coal, , Heavy, but Good Supply is in Bins The change in weather, bringing on zero and below temperatures, has caused an enormous demand for coat, but. dealers assert that there is no possibility of a fuel famine in Omaha, unless the cold weather should quickly be followed by another storm, something that is not antici pated. They assert that right now the supply on hand is sufficient to run the city at least two weeks in the event that shipments should not be received in the meantime. The supply of coal on hand refers to that for domestic purposes. The poorer grades used in steam heat ing plants continue low, as is always the case in winter, it coming from the mines daily. Of this there u the nor- .T. . I 1.. Ull. mai quantity cnruuic uuu umv uiuin ades would prevent its receipt. Cash Market for Beauty - : At Auditorium Thursday If vour mirrpr tricks you into the belief that you are a handsome young man and you have ambitions to cash your beauty by letting less-favored folk gaze upon you, hie to the Audi torium and let Manager Franke look you over. He wants twenty males lot beauteous ilk to act as "supers" in the presentation of the opera, .'"Aida" Thursday night. They will not have to sing. Applicants will please pres ent their carcasses at the stage dool on or about 6 p. m. . Thursday., Mr. Franke further suggests that none but real men need apply. : : and Northeast Homestead 640 Acre Tracts Burlington Passenger Service: DIRECT TO DOUGLAS AND CASPER, WYO., Train 43, night train from; Omaha and Eastern Nebraska; Burlington service for Northeast Wyoming, Moorcroft, Gillette, Sheridan, etc., Train 41, afternoon, from Omaha, and East ern Nebraska, or Train 43, night train, from Omaha Northwest equipment ready at 10:00 p. m. , ' t . , ' Agant, C, B. & Q. R. R. Co., GASSY GHOST FLITS . MRMAYORJI Phalanx of Muny Lawyers In- vade Court to Fight Penna ' nent Injunction; TRAIL OF, A LONESOME CAR Everyone thought that the Dahlman buzz wagon ease was dead, buried and . tucked away in the dusty , archives. But it has come to life again, or rather has been resurrected, despite " the fact that Mayor Jim has a shiny, I gas-driven greyhound of his very own, , presented to him by admiring tnends. and docs not have to depend upon city-owned machines in his trips to. . . and from the city halL ' When Judge Leslie decided the casci brought against the mayor, city com missioners and city comptroller by v James D. Murphy, a taxpaying boiler- maker of the South Side, in favor o' the plaintiff and issued a temporary injunction restraining his mayorship from using a city-owned car for any thing other than "strictly official busi ness," most Omahans opined that was the end of it. '' , A Chariot Cott. 5 ' But lo and behold, when attorneys , ' for Murphy asked that the tempor- " ary order be made permanent, in trooped the city's lawyers, and pre- pared to give battle. The .expense of -maintaining a car for the mayor, his chauffeur and for upkeep was again rehashed by counsel for the boiler- .' maker. Commissioner Butler and Comptroller McDonald were haled . into court to tell what they knew about the mayor's gas chariot pro clivities. . ' ; ,'-1 ; In handing down the temporary in. junction Judge Leslie decided that the mayor had no right to use citv- owned cars for other than the per. . formance of his duties as the city's head. . State Enters Evidence ' In Railroad Rate Case ' . The state is introducing fts evi- , dence in the case involving the right of the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island roads to charge more than a. 2-cent fare in Nebraska. The hearing is being held in. the office of Frank . Gaines, special master, in, the City -National Bank building. ? The roads made their showing some time ago, seeking to lay before the " authorities the fact that they could -not keen going on a 2-cent passenger rate. The courts at the time granted the roads an injunction enjoining the ' state commission from interfering with their charging at a rate higher, than '2 cents.. . ' . . . Vvf- "J Missouri Pacific officials, rate attor neys and the members of the State Railway commission are here for the 'hearing.-', .-. . .'. ., ' '5' Wyoming Application 1004 Firian St., Omaha. Nab. 'i f 9 f : - a ' i