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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1917. An Easy Way to Cure Constipation and Indigestion Without Medicine For distress after meals, bloating, drowsi ness and those conditions of ill health due to constipation, (ret a package of O-EAT-IT at any grocery store and eat three of these small tasty toasted slices with your meals. In a few days or a week at most you will be through with medicines. The reason for this i O-EAT-IT contains the coarse, sturdy outer parts of grains and when it reaches the lower bowel its action ie so well known and so certain that the trae of medicine for constipation and indiges tion would he a useless waste of money. Many leading doctors who have looked into the subject have been strongly recommend ing their patients to follow this rule of three slices of O-KAT-IT with meals to overcome both constipation and indigestion, and avoid ill health from such causes without pills or medicine. The results have been really re markable when the rule of three slices with men's in followed. Don't forget this rule. Better try it. You will find O-EAT-IT for sale by more than 100 leading grocers in Omaha tnd Council Bluffs at 10 cents a package. Get a package today, or it will be mailed pre paid if you send the price to O-EAT-IT CO., 22 Studcbakcr Bldg., Chicago. 111. DON'T USE DYES FOR GRAY HAIR Apply Q-Ban Simple, Safe, Healthful and Guaranteed to Restore Natural Color. Don't use dyes. They are not only sticky, dinwjrrppable and in bad taste, but actually dangerous. A good many reputable drug storcn won't sell them. Use Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer. Thia will aerorrrtlish wonderful results. Simply wet your hair with Q-Ran Hair Color Restorer. Raelt will come the natural, dark shade, evenly, gradually and permanently. This is the right way, the healthful one. Q-Ban claims no instant miracles it leaves that claim to dyes and the like. But it does re store the original color correctly and helps your hair in growth, helps it to be glossy, lustrous, soft, beautiful, charming. Q-Ban is all reBdy to use. It is guaranteed to he harmless and sold under the makers' warranty of satisfaction or your money back. At Sherman ft McConnell Drng Stores and all good drug stores, a large bottle for r0e, or iiend direct to Hessig-Kllis Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. "Hair Culture," illustrated, interesting hooklet. sent free. Write for it todav. Try Q-Ban Hair Tonic; Q-Ban Toilet Soap: Q Ran, Liquid Shampoo; also Q-Ban Depilatory for removing superfluous hair. Adv. Valuable Hints On Care ot the Teeth Great care should be exercised In selecting a dentifrice. Some powders and creams con tain grit that scratches the teeth. Others a dually eat away the enamel little by little. Others contain coloring matter that stains the teeth. Still others are so powerfully astringent thpy cause the gums to shrink and .re-cede. Most of them have little effect on discolored films or "placquea" which ad here so tenaciously and prevent many from having really while teeth, no matter how they rub and scrub. The very best thing to use on the tooth bruiih. Is ordinary avatol, which may be found In any drug store in 26-cent tubes. U Is open to none of tho objections named and, besides being so thoroughly cleansing, actually removes even the most obstinate stains or .""pots. Used daily, like a tooth . paste, It will keep all teeth glistening white, lialihy and' beautiful. Occasionally a Httle ava tol should he put on a coarse thread and drawn between the teeth, to keep the sides antiseptically clean and spotless. Adv. Healthy Motherhood Means A Healthy Baby. i The foundation of perfect baby la 1U mother's health dur ing; the months pre ceding expectancy, and nothing can take, the place of "Mother'! Friend' In assuring hereof pleasant and com fort bit conditions, and witting, nature tn lb work daring this period. "Mothers Friend' baa helped thou sands through this trying ordeal in perfect safety. "Mother's" Friend" Is an external remedy easily ap plied. Get It at any drug fiat. A free book en Mother- bood will be tent all ex pectant mothers. It Is a valuable and Interesting book you should hare. Send for one. Address The Brad field Regulator Co, Sit Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Headaches, Nerv ousness, Blurring; and Dizziness Are Due to Eye Strain. Avoid this danger. I will examine your eyes and fit tbem properly. If vou have not th ready cash, you can arrange to make it in payments. Satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. j. t. McCarthy Suite 707-709 Br.ndei. Bid;. Red 4499. The Omaha Van Is in Business to Serve and Please You We not only want to handle your business in the best man ner, but we want to keep you for a satisfied customer. One of our slogans is: "To Serve and Please." OMAHA VAIX & STORAGE CO. The Bifgett and Best Phone Doug. 4163. 806 S. 16th St. IflfJEEKS BREAK-UP-A-COLO ' TABLETS Brief City News Wed dlnj; Rim Ed holm. Jeweler. Han Root Print It Now Beacon Preaa. hones His Watch A watch valued at $10 was lost sometime Monday by G. T. Gim. 1707 California street, so he reports to the police. Towl Engineering Company haa moved to top floor New First National bank building. Expert drainage and municipal engineers. Phone Douglas 39 IS. Vaow Appointed Cory E. Vaow been appointed city inspector of heat ing and power plants, under provisions of a new ordinance. The salary will be J 1,500 a year. Improvers Meet Principal Adams of the High School of Commerce will address a meeting of the United Im provement Clubs in Commissioner Hummel's office in the city hall Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Overcome by Gas Fred Howard. 725 South Eighteenth street, was found overcome by gas in his room at 4 a. m. He was revived by po lice surgeons. A leak In a gas heater is believed to have been responsible. Killing CUy Coffer During Janu ary the receipts of the Auditorium were $1,636.82. Central police court collections were $1,591 : South Side police court, $309. The city license department received $2,366 during the month. New Commerce Teacher Miss Louise Essex has Joined the faculty of tho High School of Commerce as instructor of mathematics. She was principal of the high school at Min den, Neb. She began her new duties on Monday. Ilea ton Apartments Sold Judge William A. Ftediclt has purchased from the Beaton Realty company, through Glover Spain, the Beaton apartments at Thirty-first and Far nam streets as an investment. Con sideration, $55,000. Colonel Weller Dislocate Shoulder Colonel C. F. Weller, president and manager of tho Kichardson Drug company, is confined to his home with a dislocated shoulder. He suffered this injury when he slipped on the ice recently and fell to the sidewalk. To Check Autos at Theaters- The city council will grant to Joseph Mor row a permit to maintain an auto mobile checking system in front of theaters. The checkers will wear uni form caps with numbers and auto owners will be given numbered checks. Investigate Chinaman's Death In vestigation of the death of Fong Suey, 55, Chinese cook who was found dead in his room at 1304 Douglas street, is being conducted by police and federal authorities, in spite of the opinion of police surgeons, who declared that death was apparently from natural causes. Ugh! Ordinance Passes The city council, Butler and Kugel dissenting, passed an ordinance which authorizes the Omaha Electric Light and Power company to bill current at 6 cents per k. w. hour, with the 6-cent rate applicable If bills are paid within ten days from their date. Ukelele Quartet Organizes The Parcel Post Ukelele quarter composed of p or t office clerks organized Monday evening. The quartet will make its first appearance at the postofflce clerks' dance to bo held at the Hotel Rome February 17. Messrs. Hall, Miller, Uandhaum and Harvey com prise the organization. Prizes for Members The North Side Progressive club will give a card party Wednesday afternoon at the club hall. There will be prizes for the women bringing ten, twenty and fifty guests. The prizes for the ones bringing ten and twenty people will be pieces of linen, while the one brine- Ing 6fty will receive a half dozen hand- painted plates. Fine Fireplace Goods Bunder land. Norton Dahlquist Stabbed As Outcome of Poker Game Whether or not an ace-high "straight" Tjeats a flush, providing the "straight" holder possesses a knife, was the contention that led to the probable fatal stabbing Monday night of Horton Dahlquist, 2010 Bancroft, in a pool hall near Twentieth and Cas telar. Amos Brown, colored, wielded the knife. He was arrested several' hours later by Detectives Rinn and Wade and former Deputy Sheriff Larry Flynn. Dahlquist fs in St. Joseph's hospital suffering from a punctured lung. Omaha Sunday Schools to Give Biblical Pageant A biblical pageant in which twentv two Sunday schools of Omaha will take part, each Sunday school repre senting a different biblical character, will be one of the features of the state conference of Sunday schools, to be held at the Auditorium from June 19 to 21. under the auspices of the Doug las County Sunday School Teachers' association. A meeting has been called for Sunday afternoon at the Young Men's Christian association by the Douglas County Sunday School asso ciation to perfect plans for the con vention. Socialists Urge Wilson To Keefj.Out of the War The state executive committee of the socialist party, through its secre tary, G. C. Porter, yesterday evening addressed telegrams to President Wil son, Senator Hitchcock and Congress man Lohteck, which were identical as to text which follows: The Nebraska hoc i list a urge oar historic position aualnat -.mlxlnir In b'uropeiin,em brofffliea. Rral pntrtot.Hm la this, our crisis, means loyalty to th people of Amorlra. rather than yielding to profit mongers, who would keep American manhood wallowing In human blood. It la far reaching for good hi tho other courno la for evil. See Squadron of Japanese Warships in Hawaii Seas Honolulu, Feb. (.- The rumored presence of a squadron of Japanese warships in Hawaiian waters was given a measure of corroboration to day by reports from passengers on the Toyo Risen Kisha liner. Shinyo Maru. arriving from Japan. They told of having seen a cruiser early this morning. The war vessels reported in this vicinity are the Tokiwa, Itata and Nisshin. Dean Cutter to Attend Convention in Chicago Dr. Irving S. Cutter, dean of the university college of medicine, left Sunday evening for Chicago to at tend a conference of the American Association of Medical Colleges, to be held at the Congress hotel this week. For ChlldreD'i Coach. Tou uaanot um anything totter for your chiid'i cough and cold tban Dr. Klng-'i New Discovery. Contain! nothing harmful. Guar anteed. At druggist. BOc.-Advertlsement WOMEN WILL FORM . RED CROSS CORPS Omaha Woman's Club Pledges Service to Country in Event of War. 0. K. THE LANGUAGE BILL Omaha Woman's club members at the general meeting of the club held at the Metropolitan clubhouse Mon day afternoon, signified their patriotic feeling by empowering the president, Mrs. E. M. Syfert, to appoint a tem porary committee for Red Cross Re lief work and pledged its service to the country in the event that war be declared. The club endorsed the bill, now under consideration in the legislature for the repeal of the law providing for the teaching of foreign languages in the public schools. It also voted to use influence and any other means of preventing the repeal of the new law which deals with the election of school board members. Another meas ure endorsed by the club is the bill providing for a civil service commis sion for the city of Omaha. On the recommendation of Mrs. J. C. Hammond of the library committee of the club, magazines will be brought by the club members to the Metro politan building this week and from there will be sent to the soldiers sta tioned at Brownsville, Tex., who are opening a new reading room and have sent a request for current literature J. M. Gurnett of the United States bureau of naturalization spoke on the naturalization appropriation measures, which provides for the use of money from naturalization fees for the edu cation of the men who are naturalized The second district convention of the Nebraska Woman's club will be invited to meet in Omaha during April, according to resolutions adopted by the club at its meeting today. Names of twenty-five new members were presented to the so ciety and approved. No action was taken in regard to the investigation of conditions in Commerce High school, although report of this investi gation was made by Mrs. W. S. Knight, chairman of the educational committee. The new parliamentary law depart ment of the Omaha Woman's club gave as a sample of its work a mock national convention of the suffracats party- Two Highway Robberies In Same Neighborhood Two bandits staged two highway robberies last night in the same neigh borhood, but got only $3 from two victims. The victims were A. M. Ericlcson, 2606 Chicago, who was robbed of $2 at Twenty-sixth and Chicago, and C V. Carlson, 709 North Thirtieth, who lost $1 at Nineteenth and Cass streets. Early in the evening neighbors liv ing near Nineteenth and Charles streets, called police headquarters and reported that two shots had been fired in Seventeenth street, followed by a yell and retreating footsteps. Investi gation by Policeman Turner revealed a trail of blood running half a block and disappearing into an alley. A few minutes later he arrested two Central school boys in the neighbor hood. One of them had a loaded re volver which had not been fired. The boys are not believed to have had anything to do with the shooting, but are being held, nevertheless, for the juvenile court. Human Element Is Great Need of Salesmanship A higher degree of the human ele ment was declared to be the greatest reed of salesmanship today by N. H. Williams, salesmanager of the Cushman Motor company, Lincoln, at the second regular meeting of the (World's Salesmen congress last night at the Rome hotel. "Develop a strong personality," he advised the salesmen. "Call customers by their names. There are numerous ways in which you can find out their names without coming right out and asking them. This is a mechanical age and we are allowing too much of the mechanical to get into selling." In making of salesmen he said the first thing to give them is knowledge of the goods, house policies, proper presentation and so on. Then comes training, actual training in selling. Midyear Registration At Bellcvue Is Heavy An unusually heavy mid-year regis tration is reported by college authori ties at Bcllevue, where the second semester opened yesterday. Students from the Omaha high schools as well as students from schools out in the state have signed up for the second half of the year. Miss Gladys Wright and Miss Ruth Anderson and Carl Beal arc South High graduates who have entered Bellcvue. New courses have been arranged so that the new freshmen can take full courses. Teutons Think They Will Have War Won Before U,S, Is Ready Rerlin Via London), Feb. 5. Comment in the morning newspapers treats the breach in diplomatic rela tions between the I'nitcd States and Germany as a matter of great gravity, but all the editorials arc calm and moderate. The avoidance of insult ing language and cutting epithets is especially noticeable. Most of ihe newspapers say the news created no surprise, some of them explaining that this step was expected. All the newspapers str.ongly reject the imputation that Germany has broken its promise made in its note of May 4. laying stress upon the fact that Germany's promise was ex pressly conditioned on President Wil son's success in bringing England to an observance of the laws of nations. It is generally assumed by the newspapers that the United States will make an early declaration of war against Germany, for they say the submarine campaign can hardly be prosecuted without the loss of some American lives. The newspapers say the country must meet war with America, as the lesser of two evils. The danger of the United States as a war factor is treated as comparatively unimportant, owing to the remoteness of the area of war and the time that would be required to create an army. The opin ion is evinced in some quarters that the submarines will decide the war before the United States can take an active hand. 'Jack the Dog' Refuses to Let Police Take Him to Hospital "Jack the Dog," who is known to only a few as Jack Lloyd, civil war veteran, who lives in the north river bottom section, surprised police sur geons last night when he fell over in a faint in Steve Colombo's saloon, ap parently dying. He was in a patrol, bound for St. Joseph's hospital, receiv ing the commiseration of policemen who knew him and who thought him already dead, when he suddenly sat bolt upright and demanded to know where he was being taken. The patrol turned around and took him to headquarters. Later he was released on his own recognizance. He left $00 with Desk Captain Patrullo for safe keeping, say ing he feared to be robbed on his way to his shack in the bottom lands. "Jack the Dog" is a well known character, much liked by the fre quenters of the neighborhood. Washington Highway to Celebrate February 22 The George Washington National highway will observe Washington's birthday with celebrations at the vari ous points along the route, according to announcement from the office f P. H. Dcarmont, national secretary, yesterday. As Omaha is the location of the national headquarters of the highway the big celebration will he held here. The" program will prob ably he as follows: Rnarflnir of proclamation of highway. Oration on George Washington, the father of oar country. Reeding of eeeey by pnhllr school pnpll who hne been awarded the prise for writing the beat essay on the George Washington National highway. Ftye-mtnute teUce by good roada booatere and highway eupportors. f Patrtotlo muelc and songs to' fit tho oc caelon. Appropriate dedications. t DOCTORS SAY TIRED FEET CAUSE NERVE TROUBLES Art yon nervous. Irritable, short tam pered? Too probably have bad feet. Doc tors realise that bad feel are responsible for many nervous coinpUtrnn and are urging their nervous patients tn follow a simpl homo method of treatment that recommends Itnelf because of lt nimpltetty and Ineipen stvenees. We ( will give you this Informa tion no trmt you may profit by It without the expense of consulting; a physician. You buy a package of V -Ne-Ta from your drugfrtet for !i cants. Then, every evening you dlFtsnlve two or three of the little tab lets In hot water and allow your feet to soak tn the solution for a few minutes. Tou will be surprised how this moth? the tired nerves s nd Mood vessels of the feet and eases the whole system. Wa-Ne-Ta added to your bath Is a delightful cleanser and disinfectant, removing impurities and ban Inning body odors. If your drunplst hii.m't Wa-Ne-Ta. send us 10 cents to cover park ing and shipping costs and wa will mall you a aampk parkage prepaid to yoTir address. L. ( Land on Co., South Bend, Tnd. Adv. That Tired Feeling HALF OF THAT "tired-out" feeling is caused by ill-fitting shoes. The weight of the body SHOULD BE SUPPORTED by the arch of the fect. In ill-fitting shoes the opposite obtains the areh is left without support, the ligaments and mus cles become tired and strained and the fatigue is transferred to the whole body. "Put Your Feet in Striker's Hands for Foot Comfort and Service." Douglas Shoe Store Opposite Pott Office. HIGH CADETS TO HAVEREAL GUNS Uncle Sam Will Also Provide Youthful Soldiers With Regular Cartridges. CONTRACT NEW SCHOOL The Board ot Kducalion yesterday evening voted to award to Kienc & Busch the general construction con tract for the new Clifton Hill school, in the sum of $2,1J6, which was their bid. J. .1. Hanighen & Co., were given the heating and ventilation work on a hid of $22,1100, and tne plumbing contract on a bid of $6,558. The Johnston Kleetric company w ill do the electrical work on a hid of $2,160. This new school will he a twenty room structure. The proposed as sembly room will not be included at this time. Fiftv carbines. 350 U. S. magazine rifles and 60.0110 hall cartridges will be received from the government 'or use hy the high school cadets, ac cording to prescribed rules. The only expense to ihe school district will be the cost of transportation, hi furnish ing the rifles and cartridges the gov ernment requires that the cadets ob serve target practice. The school authorities anticipate they will he re quested by the Anir-iean Defcn.-.r : ciety to include the Omaha High school cadets in the Junior American I Defense society. It is said there are 300,000 public high school cadets in this country. Jo and Belle von Mansfelde of Ccn 1 tral High school asked to be placed !on the pension list. Kdith Partridge j was reinstated on the permanent list I of teachers. Whistles for Schools. ! Mrs. K. J. Hod of 110 South Thir ly fourlh street, asked the hoard to i equip all schools with whistles to be used as signals to advise the pupils I when schools are in session. She cx I plained the necessity of whistles hv I slating that sessions arc not held I under certain conditions of tcnipcra ! Hire. This matter will be considered ibv the teachers' committee. The I'nited Improvement club re quested that the teachers' training school he re-established. Meta Nielsen of Dundee school re signed. The high schools will be dis missed on the afternoon of February 12 on account of the Lincoln-Wash-nigton program, to be held in the Auditorium. Mrs. Bartlett Lectures On 'Pyramid and Its Message Mrs. Harriet Tuttlc Bartlett lectured at 701 Bee building Monday evening on "The Great Pyramid and Its Message." She brought out new and astonishing facts. Tuesday at 8 p. ni. she gives "Truth, the Great llarmonizer," which brings out the fact that there is a set of universal symbols that express the wisdom of the ages. She shows how their trans lation assists one to understand the Bible. The Workers ofj the World with hand; or brain, in doors or out, doors, under all conditions; and in all climes, will find in Shredded Wheat the food that supplies all the material for building healthy tissue and good brain a food that nourishes every organ of the body and keeps the bow-; e!s healthy and active tho one universal cereal food that appears on the breakfast table of thousands of Ameri can homes every day in the year. It is ready-cooked and ready-to-eat For break fast with milk or cream, or fruits. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepackagc' proves it. 25c at all druggists.) KM 3 YO' pipe in yo' coat pocket modnc a tfticfir f ri on A always at yo' side. "New" tobacco can't erive oerfect. mellow satisfaction any mo'c than a new pipe can. And "hurry-up" methods don't age tobacco. That's why Velvet is aged two years in wooden hogs heads the slow, tne expensive but the right way. You cart prove this by trying Velvet yourself. BURGESS-NASH GOMPAfJY 'EVERYBODYS store" Tuesday, F.bru.ry 6, 1917 STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY Phon. D. 137 I 1 1 "The Almighty Dollar" Washington Irving was the first man to use this well known allusion to our devotion to the dollar. He first used it in "The Creole Village," and since that time its use in our language has been universal. And our devotton to tho dol lar is unimpaired! Our entire business life is an endless effort to get as much for a dollar as the dollar will buy. And he who gives most gets most in return. This has always been our aim to give the greatest value to give all for a dollar that a dollar will buy to be of the "greatest service to the great est number," thereby obtaining our just reward in a constantly growing business. In doing this we believe that we have gained the confidence of the buying public to such an extent that a plain statement about the merchandise is suf ficient to arouse your interest, and we have eliminated the use of comparative prices in our advertisements. In the face of advancing prices comes this Clcaraway of Women's High Shoes Two Groups $3.85 and $3.95 IT is not mere prattle, but a fact, that shoes are advancing in price. This makes the clearaway sale Wednesday dou bly attractive.' A splendid assortment of women's tan Russia calf walking, sport pat tern shoes; also the well known and prac tical Wichert's arch mode boots, in patent and dull calf, welt and turn soles. Ihe price quoted is about one-half reduction. Skating and Hockey Boots Including tan calf skin, black calf Bkin, white calf skin and gray calf skin skating and hockey Tjoots; Wednesday, at $3.85 and $4.95. Burnett-Nub Cs. Second Floor. n if Well Known Makes of Corsets At $3.15 A cleirawar miisortmrnt of cor eU. including men wll known makes u B. A J., La Victoria and Anita, all W a John boned and made of coo til, broehe and treco in pink and white; atsei 10 to 2ft. We con sider these corset unusual values at the priee Quoted Wednesday. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor. St. Valentine's Day February 14th "Mont every girl T meet who gives Sty heart a double twister Will alwayi atraightwav ask ma If fine cannot be a sister.' "From window to window, To your home from mine. Go m v friendliont greetings With thin Valentine." lust two of the fienres of "differ ent" vaientinen you will find featured at Burgesi-Nash. Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor. Our Annual February SALE OF FURNITURE Brings Savings of 10 to 50 Featuring This American Walnut Bedroom Suite at $97.50 Made of American walnut, consisting of dresser, chiffonier, bed and toilet table. A beautiful reproduction in the William and Mary design. Sale price, $97.50. ' Buri.is-N.ih Co. Tbird Floor. , Women's Taffeta and Georgette Crepe Dresses Trim and Stylish Spring Models-Down Stairs Store $5.95, $9.95 and $15.95 OUR buyer preceded the arrival of these dresses just a few days, consequently they are new straight from the Fashion Center of the East. In every instance they are marked at prices most attractive. The 'Dresses at $15.95 Taffeta, georgette crepe, crepe de chine and georgette crepe combined with taffeta, made up into some very new and charming stylos, ntraight lines predominate, with pleated waist and shirred skirts. Shades of Copenhagen, gray, green, navy, rose, and black. The Dresses at $9.95 Straight pleated models, belted, pleated jacket and shirred skirt effects in crepe dc chine, taffeta and silk poplin, nicely trimmed, shades of gray: navy, black, rose and bclgian blue, compose the group at $9.95. The Dresses at $5.95 Satin poplin dresses, patterned on the ever popular straight and belted lines, trimmed with pockets and tinsel. They come in rose, navy, gray, green, and old rose. , Burg.ss.NMh Co. Down Stair. Ster.