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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1917)
i THE; BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1917. CAIN BUILDING AT YORK IS DESTROYED Five Apparently Incendiary Fires Start at About Same Time Thursday Evening. THREE STORES BURNED York, Neo., Feb: 16. (Special.) Fire in the Cain building last night destroyed the stocks of goods of Dean & Co., wall paper, paints and electrical goods; the stocks f the Olympia Candy company and the Gould & Northup queensware and notion stock. The fire originated in the room over the Dean store and was between the ceiling and roof and was almost impossible to get at. The entire building is badly damaged. The loss to Dean & Co., is about $5,000, with $4,000 insurance. Gould & North nip lost about $7,500, with some in surance. The fire seems to have been of in cendiary origin. Fire was discovered about the same time on two floors of the First National Bank building, on the second floor of the Wirt building, on the west side; in the Commercial building, on the north side, and in a closet in the Opera House building, but all of these were put out before i.ny damage was done. Gould & Northrup had just sold their stock to a local man and had just completed their invoice, the trans fer to be made March 1. .There was $16,000 insurance on the Cain building. A local man is suspected as hav-, ing set the fires and his actions are being investigated. North Platte Valley Highway ' To Join the .Lincoln Route '': - Mitchell. Neb.. Feb. 16. (Special.) ' At the Community club dinner to day the North Platte Valley High way association was formed, having , for its object establishing, grading and marking an automobile road to be known as vjhe North Platte Valley Highway, diverging from the Lincoln Highway at North IMattc or at point west of there and connecting with the Yellowstone Highway at Wendover. Wvo. This highway will shorten the distance to the Yollow- stone park and will pass through the full lengtlv- of the North Platte valley. , Representatives were present from Bridgeport, Bayard, Minatare, Oenng, Scottsbluff, Morrill and Henry, Neb., and Tornngton, WyO. C. H. Blackburn was elected chairman of the associa tion and a director is to be selected . by each commercial organization, on the route to arrange the details of getting the road located and put in shape. Actual work will be begun at once and tle success of the project is assured. About 100 representative citizens of the entire valley were pres ent and all pledged their support to the movement. The association also passed a reso lution endorsing the bill before the legislature making available the gov ernment tunds lor aid in building state roads.' ' Charges Filed Against Beatrice Police Chief ; Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 16i-(Special.) Lafe- McKioiicy, who recently re signed as night policeman here, yes- ' terdav filed a complaint with the city y.--i r-i-:r ..c n tuilimiSMUlicri tiKtiiiisi imci ui r u- lice Ylenrv Harden charging him with drinking while on duty and also with consuming the whisky taken from prisoners at the police station. Mr. Haydcti has asked that the case be heard as soon as possible. Jacob7 Woclke, a pioneer of this city, died here Wednesday night, aged 87 years. He is survived by a widow and several children. Fhineas.S. Noble pi Haxtun, Colo., and Miss Agnes Steinmeyer were married yesterday at noon at the home of ,thc bride's parents, Mr. and - Mrs. Frederick Steinmeyer, who also celebrated their golden wedding anni versary. The ceremony was witnessed by 190 guests and was performed by Kcv. Earl Harper of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Noble will make their home near Haxtun. Mrs. Laura Boop of Johnson- died at a local hospital last evening, aged .i,l years. Slie is survived by her husband and two cMldrcn. The Beatrice Gas and Electric company Thursday announced a cut in its rate for residence lights 'front 12 to 9 cents per kilowatt. Funeral of A. O. Sumption. Kearney, Neb., Feb. 16. (Special.) -r-The funeral of A. E. Sumption was held- from the Methodist church thisj inorninp. i nc ootiy was laKen 10 to lnmbiis, Neb., for burial. Mr. Sumption died here late Wednesday at the age of 63. He is survived by a wife and two children. The deceased had been connected wilh the Union Pacific for thirty-six years, having acted in the capacity of traveling auditor for the last few years. Six months ago he was placed-on the retired list, tailing health making it necessary tor mm to lake a .prolonged rest. Last Novem ber he was operated upon for a stomach trouble and never fully recovered from the effects. RuildeM Endorne WlUon. ' AtlantarTlH., Feb. 15. R8olutlonn enrlors Ing President Wilson's stand In the Inter national rrtsls, were adopted today at the animal convention of the National Aaaoola- tlon of Builders' Exchange!. Pittsburgh was selected for the 118 convention. Wonderful SILK SHIRTS All Week ' Sale Price ' $3.45 QUALITY SHOP 214 South IStk St.. fa WORLD-HERALD BLDO. From Our Near Neighbors TrA Winter and faintly of Berlin hro moved to Avoca, PeMer MrOahlel and family left thla waek for Kanaaa, where they will raaide. O. W. Breasal left th first of tb week for a few weeki' atay at Chappall, Nh. ' Mr. and Mra. E. T. Qearhart hare re turned from a visit with relatives at Ki dora, la. George Hart h mac, ., ha returned front a several weeks' vlalt with relatives at Traer, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mt-Andrews are the happy parents of a baby boy, bora the first of the week. " Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Harqaardt were at Ut tea this week attending tb funeral of Mrs. Marquardt'S father. Mrs. Carter was hare from Weeplnt Water Wednesday avenlns; for a vtalt with hr daughter, Miss Irene Jones. Walter Davis arrived from Chappeli, Nub., Wednesday evenlns; for a tew days' vlalt with relatives and friends. Mr. 'and Mrs. William Leudeke were at Omaha Wednesday for a visit with her sis ter, who In at one of the hospitals there. William Kahnestoek was here from Coun cil Bluffs the first of the week for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. U W. Fahneatoek. ... Elhhorn. Mra. Any ttalvert went to Omaha Toes day Arthur Wltte la visitm relatives at Os mond, Neb. The T. and N. club was entertained Wed nesday br Mrs. Ida Vnn A 1st. Theodore and Henry Denker are able to. be out after their sles;n or eryxipeiaa. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gibbons and C. P. Betts wore Fremont visitor Thumday. Antlers lodge. Knights of Pythias, Ini tiated two candidates in the first rank on Wednesday evening. Jack McCormick left Tuesday for Colo rado In his car. Mrs. McCormick will go later. They purchased a quarter section near Wlllard. Henry Miller's sale Thursday was well auenaea ana gooa price were obtained. Mr. Miller and family will leave In a taw days for their new borne near Chappeil, Neb. . Greta. Sidney Rtghtmeyer la 111. Mrn. Oub Nelson slipped on the lea, and felt nnd broke her lea last Tuesday. Minxes Thelma Secord and Mary Langdon spent Saturday and Sunday as guests of Muis Hazl Von of Millard. The Kpworth league is equipping the Methodlat church with electric lights. It will have n fair soon to earn the money to pay ror inem. , MIhb Jt?ttle Ttianchl. who Is attending nenpvuf, enirriaineo me memDera or ine Bellevu Dramatic club at her home here laat week end. The neighbors of the Jake Johnson fam ily, which lives four miles southwest of flretna, avc a farewell party for them Friday evening. Thfl t'-Hhers of the Oretna school enter tained the juniors and seniors atva Valentine party Wednesda evening. The feature of the evening waa a clans hunt. The seniors were given an hour In which to hide any place within the city limits and the Juniors had an hour in which to hunt for them. The Juniors divided Into grade!" and searched diligently, but failed to find the seniors, who were In a local elevator. After the hunt the pupils went to thf hiirh schanl, where games were played and later a two-courge luncheon was served In the domed I tic science, room. Mpringfleld. Mrs. Martha Meiklnger la visiting in Omaha. Mra. John Harbeiff of Omaha Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harberg. W. W. Briscoe of Meivera. Kan., Is here renewing old time acquaintances. Miss Isola Paniell of Ullmorc was the guest of Mlas Alice El well this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Cockerill left here laat Wednesday for Emerson, Neb., where they make their home. Mr. Theodore Qlessman and Mlas Marie Vlerregger were united In marriage Wed nesday. They will live in their new modern home north of town. A luncheon was given on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Carl plderog to the. mem ber of the Grand Army of the Republic In honor of her father, Mr. Theodore Graham, ! We're Slated to Sell This New Spring Stock Down to the BareFixtures Within the Next Ten Business Days-and Below Are Apparel Values That Will Do It $28.75 (J $26.50 ' $23.75 $31.50 SIXTEEN SENSATIONAL APPAREL OFFERS 1174 Wonderful. Values in Spring Suits Wonderful, not alone because of low prices, but because of superior styles and better workmanship. All our New Spring Suits, bought to sell at $25.00 and $29.50. s Removal Sale Price All our New Spring Suits, bought to sell at $32.50 arid $35.00. Removal Sale Price All our New Spring bought to sell at and $39.50. Removal Sale Price. . AH our New Spring bought to sell at and $45.00. Suits, $37.50 Suits, $42.50 Removal Sale Price The Opportunity for You And no ahtewd shopper will allow to pass without enjoying full advantage of It The sav ings are -jjnusuaL The opportunity rare In deed , who celebrated his aeveaty-eventh birth day. Mlai Ava Rtchart and Mr. Roy Free berger were united in marriage In Hiawatha. Kan.. February t. They returned to Spring field Wednesday, where they will make their home. The Womans' club gave a Valentine party at the home of Mr. nd Mra. W. H. David son Wednesday evening. The leading feature of the evening's program was an old fashioned spelling match. PapilUon. Frank Dowllng of Mermen a, la., was call, tng on old friends here Monday. Grant Chase has returned front Cherry county, where hn has a homeatead. The senior class of the high school gave a valentine tea at the school house Wed nesday afternoon. , Mrs. Fred Hay how entertained Wednesday afternoon at a valentine party for her granddaughter, Violet Begley. MIks Lillian Griffith returned to Tekamah Wednesday. She wm accompanied by het sbiter. Mlas Olive Griffith, who will apend a few weeks there. Mrs. C. R. Tower and Mlas Kllxa Wllnon entertained the Christian Kndeavor of In Presbyterian church at a valentine social Tuesday evening at tha homo of Mrs. Tower. The Boy SeouNs gave a demonstration of scout work and showed a aeries of pictures LrtfTi the life of Lincoln at the achool house monaay evening. rne demonstration was given under the supervision of HcoiH Mas ter h, A. Collins and his acatnlan". Rev. -J. Wallace Lark ins. The regular meeting of the Woman's i club was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Steenken. Mrs. Steenkn "nl Miss Ida Frlcke were hostesses. Miss little Welsh led a very interesting lew-cm on the Nebraska state prison, ihieh she nhtftrated by postals. The club voted to endorse the suffrage bill which Is before the legislature. ( ' Weeping Water. , Mrs. ,Tlm Wade of Springfield was a Fri day night visitor at the John Wade home. Mlas Anna Kant er day of Union vial ted the first of the week at the Frank Jameson home. Mrs. W. D. Ambler has gone to Lyndon, fll., to attend the funeral of a stster-in-law, Mrs. Frank Fitch. Mrs. Charles Poore has gone to Atchison, - Kan., for a two weeks' visit with her sister, Mra. George 8c hrocder. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Card and son of Beatrice visited over Sunday at the home of Mrs. Card's parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Day. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carter attended the funeral of Mrs. Prlscllla Noyea, held at Louisville, Sunday. Deceased was 79 years of age. Henry Meyers shipped forty-two head of fat cattle to the Omaha market Monday. They averaged 1,300 pounds per head and sold for 110.26. Mrs. J. M. Leyda has returned to Pla'tts mouth after several days spent here helping to care for her mother, Mrs, Emma Defi baugh, who has .teen very Ira Paine and sister, Miss.. C. M. Paine, of Grand Island, returned to their home at Grand Island Wednesday after a visit at the home of their sister, Mrs. Stella Butler. The local high school debating team waa defpated by a two to one decision at Elm wood Wednesday1 nlKht. The tram Is' com posed of Carl and Sheldon Tefft and Grace Stattyt. v Valley. Mrs. L P. Bysrs returned to her home In Benson the first of the week, Mr. and 'Mrs. Arthur Peterson moved to the farm vacated by Harry Adams this week. ' . ' Dr. D. V.. Jenkins of Omaha preached at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening. Mr. and Mrs. X. J. McDonald. Mr. and Mr. Alex , Krascr nnd Mrs. Holdsworth went lo Omaha Friday to visit the packing houses. Mrs. Fred Whltmore, Helen and Mary Emma were released from quarantine and the children re-entered school Tuesday. Neither of the children had scarlet frv r. The Young People's society of the First Baptist Ahurch gave an- enjoyable party at the home of Mr. and Mr! F. M. Butts Monday evening. About ,100 were In at 1 tendance. I The regular meeting of the Valley All our New Spring bought to sell at and $25.00. Removal Sale Price. . All' our JJew Spring bought to sell at and $29.50. Removal Sale Price.'. All our New Spring bought, to sell at 'and $35.00. Removal Sale Price. . All our New Spring bought to sell at and $39.50. Removal Sale Price.. m "Ve , U. Woman's club waa held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Fltagerald. Mrs. Lawrence Cog read a paper on J. G. Whit tier and Mra. F. C. Kennedy gave a raid ing oa the Lincoln highway. Grand Island Students -Throw Eggs at Teacher Grand Island, Nel... Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) fersistent violation of the rules of the institution against daiic-: ing has led to friction between the I authorities of jhe Grand Island Busi-1 ness college and the students, the fa- ( culty finally suspending twelve stu-. dents from sixty days to six months. At the Union Pacific depot, upon the , departure of several for Central City I to attend a dance, and more recently j as one of the members of the facukv j was about to enter the Liederkrant : annex for a social function, did the friction break out in public demon- j strations. Upon the latter occasion a j shower of eggs dropped around the professor. And they were good eggs. The college has now, however, ; quieted down. ' Man Caught in Machine; Arm and Leg Broken1 Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 16. (Spe- cial.) Louis Behrine's iumner be-' came caught in the machinery while he was trying to oil the apparatus with which wood was being sawed, on the farm of Mr. Ijingenheder, north of the city, and Behring was hurled to the earth in such a manner as to fracture the right leg and the left fore arm. He is recovering from the in juries in one of the local hospitals. STOMACH UPSET?" Get et the Real Canse Take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That's what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to patch up a poor digestion, they are attacking the real cause of the ailment clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets - arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are per forming their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach troubles. If you have a bad taste in your mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor, lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition r energy, troubled with undigested foods, you should take Olive Tablets, the sub stitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color, i They do the work-without griping, cramps or paia Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so yon can eat what you like. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25cat all druggists., READ BEE WANT-ADS ,$19.75 Remarkable Sale of Spring Coats All new colorings, fabrics and styles in spring coats are evident in. these Bplendid re moval offerings. Supply your coat idea now. Coats, $22.50, Coats, $27.50 Coat, $32.50, MfflN EKDTHE S. NAT'L BANK BLDG., JUST A FEW DAYS LONGER Then Comes the End of Our Great 25 to One-Balf-011 Sale SUITS Stetson's New Spring Hats Ready $3.50to$I5.00 ... mm I Ml 4 March 1st we move into our new honje and we'll notmoveadollar'swortlv of our present Spring Stock And judging from the enthusiastic buying this sale has produced, we may be obliged to add Borne of the unpacked merchandise intended for opening of Jiew store to this sale so as not to sell clean several days before we intend moving. Never before have Omaha women had the op portunity to buy fresh, new Spring Apparel at clearance prices during the month of February. We're going to start our new home with an all new stock. This determination accounts for this remarkable value-giving event. FOR SATURDAY'S SELLING -OMAHA'S BEST iCompare Values in Spring Dresses You'll readily find them the greatest in all Omaha. Every favored fabric and color is represented in this display. All our New Spring Dresses, bought to sell at $.19.50 and $22.50. Removal Sale Price All our New Spring Dresses, bought to sell at $25.00 and $27.50.' Removal Sale Price . All our New Spring Dresses, bought to sell at $29.50 and $32.50. - ' Removal Sale Price. All our New Spring Dresses bought to sell at $35.00 and $37.50. Removal Sale Price 16TH AND FARNAM STS. hero srrrs me ON: and OVERCOATS THOUSANDS have taken advantage of the royal values we have offered at these splen did savings, and every one should prepare now while this sale lasts, for another season's wants, ESPECIALLY IN OVERCOATS -a $g $750 $1050 $1250 $1500 $1750 A Guaranteed Saving From 25 to OneHalf Boys'SuitandO'coatSale llroken 8lw In HOTS' 8U1T8- That sold up to J6.00. Sizes 2 V4 to 16 years $1.95 BOYS' OVERCOATS That sold to 15.00. 2 'a, to 6 years HOIS' OVERCOATS- That sold to $10.00. Sizes 8 to 18 years , . ,1 t1r HOTS' KNICKKIillOCKEHS 65c HOTS' W A1STS , $1.95 .$4.95 79 .....39 1519-21 Douglas St. That's the address of our new home. After1 March 1st, we'll be able to serve you better, offer you far greater assortments, and care for your wants in many new lines. Plan on this store for better things than you'll encounter elsewhere. These MVS IP All our New Spring Skirts, bought to sell at $6.75. Removal Sale Price........ All our New Spring Skirts, bought to sell at 8.75. Removal Sale Price. . All our New Spring Skirts, bought to sell at $9.75. Removal Sale Price. All our New Spring Skirts, bought to sell at I , $12.50. Removal Sale Price !.. For never again will such low prices prevail on the garments we sell, which are acknowledged the best in the world; that include such brands as 1 Kuppenheimer Society Brand Adler's Collegian and Kirschbaum's -AT ' Furnishing Specials $5.00 Shaker Sweaters, ' $2.75 $1.00 Outing Flannel Qowns 79 $1.00 Fleeced Union' SuiU 79 $1.50 Fine Madras Shirts, soft euf fs 951 $1,00 Madras Shirts, soft cuffs. . . .69 . $3.00 Blanket Bath Robes ..s.91.95 Exceptional Savings on Spring Skirts New Sports Skirts withall their gorgeous colorings, as well as the conservative style skirts, all alike affected by these reductions. M4? Because of Excessive .Redactions We shall consider every sale final as made, and will permit no exchanges, returns for credit or refund. The extreme low prices make tali measure a necessity.