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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1917)
THE BEE: 01 AHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24. 1917. BrieJ City News Platinum Wedding Kljigs Edholm. Bse Root Print It Now Beacon Press. Best Meal for the Money Claire morn Inn. Dr. W. K. Footc, now at 1013 first National. Vincent C. Hascall announces the opening of law offices at 901 Omaha National Bank building. Mail Exam A special railway mail clerks' examination will be held at the ' rostofflce building February 10. Skating Clear City Commissioner Hummel announces that his men have cleared the public skating places of rough surfaces. Columbian Club The Columbian club will give a benefit card party al I he Parish hall Thursday evening. The first prize will be a ton of coal. May Lose Finger Fred Hansen, 1007 North Tenth street, will probably lose the Index finger of his right hand as the result of catching it In a rip saw while working for the Ferry Screen company. Nute Shatto ' Wanted From Tur lock, Cal comes an appeal to The Bee to help And Nute Shatto. His broth er Samuel, who Jives at 189 Fourth street, in Turlock,' believes the missing man is in Nebraska Shortage of Vaccine points Health Commissioner Connell states there is a shortage of vaccine points. He wired various cities on Monday for a supply. The health officials are vaccinating pupils of Long school. A shipment of the points is expected during the day. Industrial Nebraska "Glimpses of Industrial Nebraska'' is the subject of a moving picture lecture Dr. George 15. Condra of the Lnlversity or ise braska is to give at the Commercial club roomsThursday evening, January 25. Members of the club with their families are to attend. Guardian Brings Suit Anfelt Petersen, guardian of Fred Oliver Carlson, minor son of the late Alfred Carlson, who was fatally injured December 18, 1916, in a street car accident, has sued the Omaha & Court cil Bluffs Street Railway company for 1 1.980 on behalf of his ward. Another Blaze at Barn Flames broke out anew Tuesday morning in the debris of the Levi & Gorman liv cry stable at Twenty-eighth and Leav enworth streets and resulted in an other run by the lire department. The blaze was in a pile of hay and was quickly extinguished. New Pairing Revised paving speci fications approved by the city council provide for a wider diversity of brick pavement bases and cushions, accord ing' to local conditions of the improve ihent districts. This will enable the council to recognize in a better way such governing factors as the nature of travel over a street, as well as the"! occupancy of the district. Grand Larceny Charge Charges of grand larceny have been filed in police court against Frank Pascale, jr., of Florence and his preliminary exam ination has been set for Thursday. Pascale was arrested in a raid on the "BOO" service station in Florence, which, detective assert, was a clearing house for stolen automobiles. Nine stolen carB were found in the place. Fine Fireplace Goods Sunderland. Merrj-fleld Here W. E. Merryfield, superintendent of the Nebraska lines of the Missouri Pacific, is in the city, the first time since taking charge of the Nebraska affairs of the road. He is making a trip over his division to get acquainted with the officials. Mr. Merryfield was formerly superintend ent of the north Kansas lines of the Missouri Pacific, with headquarters at Atchison, Kan. lie will reside in Falls City, Neb. Quits Job to Join Navy A salary of $25 in the navy looked better to Rob ert M. Baker, bookkeeper of the Sun derland Coal company than did his monthly wage of nearly a century mark. Baker told the recruiting offi cer that he could save more on his small salary in the navy than on his larger one as a pen pusher. The book-1 keeper Is an ex-navy man. Ho was sent to San Francisco as a hospital apprentice. I KING'S MINIONS ! ADVANCE APACE Ak-Sar-Ben Boosters Want i Three Thousand Members Who Have "Pep." ! One-Armed Soldier Tells Story Which Wins the Uni Club RULING RAINBOW IS POSSIBLE NOW Omnicolor, New Process of Pigmentation, Caters to Milady's Color Whims. SOCIETY HAS PROSPERED The goal is set at 3,000 mt mbcrs for Ak-Sar-Bcn this year. This was def initely determined at the annual meet ing of the board of governors last night at (he Omaha club. One-tenth of the members are al ready paid up for (his year. The an nual payment of $10 is due and many have already been renewing their memberships, even though the mem bership hustling committee will not be organized yet for a month or two. The result is that 300 members are already paid up. The membership last year was 2,845. This-mcans that only 155 extras will have to be enlisted this year to reach the 3,000 goal. The dales of the carnival were fixed at September 26 to October 6, though the location of the carnival grounds has not been decided. Balance in Treavsury. In spite of (he fact that Ak-Sary ben spent some $20,000 more last year than ever before, due to the large expense of putting on the his torical parade, the financial state ment showed prosperity, revealing $3o6 in the treasury at the close of the year. Aside from the extra ex pense of $20,000 for the historical pa rade $2,500 was paid as a first pay ment for additional ground purchased on the block- on which the Den is lo cated. Everett Buckingham was re-elected president. Gould Dictz was re-elected vice president and George E. Haver stick treasurer. The president will soon announce his working committee for the year. , Touched by Lieutenant Zinovi I Pechkoff's rrcital of suffering relieved ; by the American Ambulance at Paris, : prominent members of the University club are taking an unofficial subscrip-j HARMONIZES FANCY FINERY iion to enaow a oca at mc American hospital in France, just as the Omaha Xo longer need milady club did. The required sum is $600. ; annoyed and irritated 1 Ins is in addition to the sum sub scribed last Friday when Lieutenant Pcchkoff addressed the club. H. V. Picrpont. losenh Barker- Amos Thomas and the president, I)r. Frank S. Owen, are interested in the movement. Ezra Millard is treas urer for all funds collected for the American Ambulance. Notices calling attention of members to the collec tion are posted on the I'niversity club menu cards. Major Caldwell May Remain Here After All Thomas Estill, commissioner of the Salvation Army, with headquarters in Chicago, has written Superintendent Schrciber of the welfare board a let tc which indicates that Major Cald well of the local Salvation Army Res cue home will be retained ' ere. The welfare committee of the Commercial club, Child's Saving institute officers and the welfare board members have been urging that Major Caldwell be kept in Omaha. 1 Sues for Twenty Thousand, . ' Alleging False Arrest Asserting that he was falsely ac cused of stealing a rug from the Gor don Warehouse and Van company and greatly humiliated by his subseauent arrest, Walter R. Richards wants Wil liam A. Gordon, president of the com pany, and William W. Roller, secre tary, to give him $20,000 balm. Rich ards has tiled suit in distrirt ennrt asking judgment. Stops Tobacco Habit in One Day Sanitarium Publuhes Free Book Showing How Tobacco Habit Can Be Banished in From On to Five Dayi at Home. Conservative Savings Will Postpone Building Lc.-.ses have been renewed in the DavHg. block for another year, or until February 1, 1118. The Conserva tive Savings and Loan company, which now owns the Davidge black,' and in tends eventually to build on it, has decided not to build this year. In the annual report of the company issued soini weeks ago, however, it was announced that building opera tions would probablj begin in 1918. The Conservative intends to lv.:ild its future home on the site of the Davidge block. Xo longer need milady be vexed the baf fling problem of finding for her new spring creation those articles whose colors closely harmonize. For milady can now have her exquisite bits of fancy finery in any , color, or any shade or tone of color, that she de sires. A new invention has been intro duced to make this possible. It is made by the Omnicolor company of New York, the president of which, D. li. Maker, is now in Omaha on a business visit. Omnicolor means all color. And simply by dilution and by combina tion of specially prepared pigments any possible color or, any possible shade or tone of color can be ob tained. J In the pa.-.t when milady wanted to procure a pair of shoes to match her gown she had to have the shoes made to order, and even then some times the tone of the color was a trifle dilferent. The same applied when she wanted hose to match or bonnet to match. And she always had to wait two or three weeks for her order at least. Hut all this has been changed. Now in a few hours she cm secure an ar ticle of any color she wants. The Omnicolor system makes it possible. Basic Pigments. Eleven color pigments are used to niake up the Omnicolor formulas. They are three yellows, three reds, one violet, two blues and two greens. They are pure color pigments, not merely dyes, and they have to be bought in England. By dilution and by combination any possible color ran be obtained by the Omnicolor process, the only time it has ever been done with pigments. There arc hundreds upon hundreds of colors, and shades, and tones of these colors, but the Omnicolor proc ess will obtain any one and will even make new colors, the exact shade and tone of which have never been seen before. This new invention is proving a great boon to milady, for now she can purchase a gown that strikes here eye with perfect confidence that she can get the accompanying accoutrements to match exactly within a few hours. Use the telephone for Bee Want Ads. Tyler 1000 How You Can Quickly Remove Hairy Growths Prof. Hertzog Praises This Perfect Laxative Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pe osin ) an Ideal Remedy for Constipation In every family there is more or less occasion for a laxative remedy. It is to meet this need that Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin is prepared, and that this combinationof simple laxa tive herbs with prpsiiifulhlls its pur pose is proven by its place in thou sands of American homes. Prof. F. J. C. Hertzog, the well known linguist. 2341 North Oriauna St., Philadelphia, F'a.. wrote to Dr. Caldwell that he has used Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin in his household with excellent results and that he and his family consider it indeed a friend in need, and always keep a bottle of it on hand. ('onstinatinn is the dirrrt canci nl I much serious illness and is a condi tion that should never be neglected. Harsh cathartics and violent purga tives should never be employed to re lieve constipation, because the very violence of their action shocks the entire system. A mild laxative, such as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is far preferable, being mild and gentle in its action, without griping or other pain or discomfort; its freedom from all opiate or narcotic drugs makes it an ideal remedy for children. Burgess-Wash Company (Alda to Brautr). A well known beauty specialist ad vises this treatment for. the removal of hair from the face. Mix into a " paste some powdered delatone and -water, apply to hairy surface and after about 2 minutes rub off, wash the skin t and every trace jf hair has vanished. This method is quick and entirely i safe. To avoid disappointment, how- ever, it is well to make certain you t get genuine delatone. Advertisement. ' Jifv- Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold in drug .torcs everywhere for fifty cents a bottle. To avoid imitations and ineffective substitutes be sure to get Dr. taldwell s Syrup Pepsin. See that a facsimile of Dr. Caldwell's sig nature and his portrait appear on the yellow carton in which the bottle is packed. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 455 Washington St., Monticello. Illinois. Advertisement Scholarship Trustees Hold Annual Meeting Scholarship trustees for the Ne braska Federation of Women's Clubs held their annual meeting in the omce or cisnop Artnur l.. Williams Tuesday, to make awards on applica tions for loans and scholarships. The awafds will not be made public until approved by the Lincoln trustees, who were unable to attend the meet ing. Mrs. Frederick H. Cole, the chair man; Mrs. James C. Dahlman, Su perintendent Graff and Dr. JJ. E. Jenkins were present. Two loans of $200 each, which were made last year, were paid in full at the meeting. One was money loaned to an Omaha girl and the other to Miss Maud Gaechlcr, a Lin coln girl, to enable her to take a doc tor's degree in Greek an Sanscrit at an eastern school. Miss Gaechlcr is now teaching in a Pennsylvania nor mal school. City Council Creates v New Municipal Office The city council passed an or dinance which creates the office of heating and power plant inspector. The city building department ex plained that receipts of the new de partment win mane it sell-sustaining. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS V. A. Cast I o has gone to thci wool grow ers' convention at Denver. Beforo return ing he will visit at Thcrmopolln and Choy- i ne aiders hanitanum, located at 680 Main St. St. Joseph. Mo., has published a free book BhowinR the deadly effect of the .uuaccu naou ana now it can be banished in from one to five days at home. Men who have used tobacco for more than fifty years have tried this method and say it is entirely successful, and in addition to banishing the deHire for tobacco, has im proved their health wonderfully. This method banishes the, desire for tobacco, no matter whether it is smoking, chewing, cigarettes or snuff dipping. As this book is being distributed free, anyone wanting a copy should send their name and address at once. Advertisement. r - i x 11 ' " "," w 0 SO.OMAHA 'mt ' . Most Modern and Sanitary Brewerv in th Wmt. Family Trade Supplied by WM. JETTER, Distributor, 2502 N St. Telephone Douglas 4231. South 863 or 86a tr-SsV V M ft e.C-Want Ads Produce Result How to Avoid Many Child hoed Aiiments "The care of the teeth should begtn as uon as the child has a tooth to be cared for." nays Dr. Louise Allen Moore. "Usual ly lhtn 1h left until the child first com puting or toothache. Few parents seem t n-allze, that some of the more serious Hi'ments of childhood are" directly due to Jh neglect. Unhealthy teeth and In rinmrd gums are the best places for germa to start. These multpty Into millions In a day and are swallowed In such quantM that the tender body cannot reaiat the at tack. Fever, chill, stomach and intestinal d borders arc common results. "When teeth first come through the Sums I hey should be cleaned dally wlih an orangewood Btick which ha ben dtu r''.Jn ,a;?loL .vatot entirety harm leas 1 to the title once teeth and gumn. and be- I aide being so thoroughly cleansing ami 1 HtiU.scplir. in pleasant to th tn-ie Havo 1 I'tc child's first teeth in thi wMy and he ! r'l!,,1".'',' T of Jho second hlmHf. the habit being f.-nnod. Avalol. by the way, In the beat tltlng atlults can une, a wel ' MS children, to keep the teeth perfectly I clean, white, free from trains nri tartur ' ant to prevent decay. The druggist can supply avalol In a convenient tube Ii ip m y be UBed with a tooth brush the earn wuy looth paatcn aru used." Adv. mi. . .... - me price inducements this sale offers, as well as the selection makes this a Worth Your While Sale. Our special purchase of a full car of upholstered furniture for this sale is only one item of many. Chairs and rockers covered in fabrics to match. A Few of the Specials i January Regular Price. Sale Price. $19.00 Mahogany chair, with tapestry spring eat $15.00 126.00 Mahogany rocker, upholstered seat, cane hack $19.50 J30.00 Mahopany chair or rocker. .$22.50 $40.00 Mahogany chair or rocker, tap estry or veiour $29.50 $36.00 Mahogany chair or rocker, tap estry cover , , . , ,$27.00 $.52.00 Mahogany chair or rocker, tap- J estry cover $39.00 160,00 Mahogany chair or rocker, tap estry cover $48.00 $47.00 Mahogany wing back chair or rocker $35.00 $36.00 Easy chair, with loose cuehion ieat, upholstered in tapestry, like il lustration .$27.00 Don't Mis This Opportunity to buy a new Buffet orjther Din ing Room Furniture at a Reduced Price. These in Golden Oak January Regular Price. Sale Price. $87.00 60-inch buffet with plate glass mirror, full width of top, lined silver drawer, large cupboard space and lin en drawer $27.00 $30.00 Very similar to above described . buffet $22.50 $53.00 60-Inch golden oak buffet. $39.00 $18.60 Serving table to match $13.75 $33.00 Golden oak china cabinet .. $24 00 $49.00 Golden oak dining table, 64 inch round top, 8-foot extension, $36.00 Mahogany Buffets and Tables Colonial Style - . January Regular Price. Sale Price. $69.00 Mahogany buffet. 54 inches wide oo $58 00 Mahogany buffet, 48 inches wide qq $69.00 Mahogany buffet, 54 inches ide $30.00 $90.00 Mahogany dining tabic. 64-inrh round top. 8-foot extension $65.00 $49.00 Mahogany dining room table, 64-inch round top, 8-foot exten- ion $36.00 American Walnut Bedroom Furniture Period Style. Regular Price. SaTPric $49.00 Dresser, with large mirror, .$36.00 $40.00 Chiffonier to match $30 00 $36,00 Dressing tabic, triple mirror, illustrated opposite 28.on $32.00 Chiffonier, in American wtj- nut, for g24 OO $30.60 Chiffonier to match. , , , ) $Z3qq Odd Pieces of Bedroom 'Furniture In many instances there is dressing table and chiffonier to match. By select ing a brans or metal bed, a complete bed room suite may be made up. Vz Off in Many Instances oin' 1 January Rejrular Price. aae prir-. Jiifi.&O Ivory dressing table $12.75 $2-1.00 Ivory dresser, large mirror. $37.00 $68.00 Ivory chiffonier to match. .$29.00 $ 1 400 Ivory toilet mirror $7.00 $63.00 Ivory dressing table, triple mirror $31.50 $38.00 American walnut chiffonier. $28.60 $32.00 A merican dressing table to match -a aa $10.00 American walnut hair dresaing hir tfso 'EVERYBODY STORE" A Few Short Notes About Our Mens Overcoats UfYLD MAN" Winter is giving us some cold weather, and these Overcoat Values are as fresh as the air and the price reduction is as sharp as the wind. i There is no need to give a lengthy discourse on these coats, because most men haven't time to read it so here are the facts, concerning this big overcoat sale going on Wednesday The materials include fancy weaves, vicunas, cheviots, double back twill, Irish frieze, English coverts and domes tic homespuns, form-fitting, line-tracing, single and double breasted, with convertible, self or velvet collars all strictly hand tailored in the season's smartest styles. Men' Overcoats That Were $13.05, Now at Men's Overcoats That were to $20.00, Now at $075 Men' Overcoats That were to $27.50, Now at Burieia-Naih C Fourth Floor. Men's Overcoats That were to $40.00, Now at $2475 Any Cap From "Black" Stock at 25c Including blue serges, home spuns and novelties jlh ve iour lined inside ear bands or leather sweats, silk or tape lined, large or small shapes. Buritoi-Nuh Co. Fourth Floor. Your Choice of Any Hat, Soft or Stiff, From the "Black" Stock Wednesday, 95c The offertnf Includes evary favored ityla in soft haU, uch an parrow. medium and wide brim, with pencil curl, bound or raw edire, flat, roll or turn-down brim, in cloth, veiour or crutch-ops, etc.; black, green, gray, brown, eUr. The itiff hati are the latent blocks, in brown and black all at, choice, 95c. BurftM-Naah Co. Fourth Floor. rTT urgess-Nash Company "EVERYBODY STORE OP y l! fA?-fS-?0 tSOUTff fig to Tu.Ml.y, Jan. 23, 1917. STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. ' vPhon. Dong. 137. I : ; . Wonderful saving advantages Wednesday in this clearing sale of Fur Coats at TT7'E have taken every fur coat, fur scarf, fur vv neckpiece and fur set and just clipped the price in half and the furs we have to offer you are very desirable as to quality, style and workmanship, featuring such dependable furs as and Individual Pieces Price Hudson Seal Kalinsky Furs Marten Red Fox Cross Fox Mole Skin Every piece i8.guaran.teed to be exactly as represented. Burfeu-Matli Co. Second Floor Women's Suits Were to $18.75, Enter the Clearing fce nr? In the Down Stairs Store Wednesday NO! Winter is not over and that's what makes this January clearing sale of winter suits of more than or dinary importance. r Good, serviceable late model suits, made of dependable suit materials in a variety of styles. All sizes, but not every size in a style. Come in Wednesday examine the material and work manshiptry them on and we know you will say it is the "Buying Event" of the season. Suits that were formerly $12.00, $15.00 and $18.75, to go Wednesday, at $5.95. Burio.s-Nuh Co. Dowa-Suira Slow.