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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1917)
THE BRFj 0'AHA. SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1917. 15 CAN'T SPARE CASH' TO FEEDPRISOHERS Salaries Must Be Paid Out of What Little is Left in the Treasury. SHERIFF'S CREDIT IS GOOD After going on record as disallow ing Sheriff Clark's claim for lie jail feeding in January, amounting to something over $1,500, comes now the democratic county board with threadbare excuse it couldn't pay the sheriff's account for the feeding of prisoners if it wanted to. Though not enlightening anyone as lowhy this state of affairs was not explained before, Commissioner O'Connor, chairman of the board, an nounced that there is hardly enough money in the general fund to pay salaries from now till August the time ot the next levy. "I don't see how -we could possi bly pay the sheriff's claim," said the commissioner. J. he money in the general fund, together with some taxes that will be coming in, is barely sufficient to pay the salaries of county employes up till the time of the next levy. Out of Poor Fund. Commissioner O'Connor declared that other expenses, such as food stuffs and supplies tor the county in stitutions, will come out of the poor fund. Sheriff Clark says that he has been forced to borrow considerable money from banks with which to meet the bills incurred in feeding the jail pris oners. THeje loans, one for $1,000 and the other for $500, he will have to pay interest on, he avers. The sheriff also used his semi-monthly salary checks in February to help pay bills for foodstuffs and jail sup-olies. The sheriff has not been officially informed by the board that there is not enough money in the general fund to pay his claim. The impres sion created right along up till now was that the claim was disallowed be cause the sheriff did not submit item ized accounts of his actual expendi tures for the jail. "I may not have the money, but my credit's mighty good," remarked the sheriff. Booze is No Armor Plate, Cop Proves to Militant Man Too mucl. joy water led Ike Hart io believe himself considerable war rior. He chose a street car at Six teenth and Leavenworth street as a good place to convince the world of li.j p.owess as a oattler. He had no more than tot a good start than Offi cer Boegh came forward to dispute Hart's ability. The officer won the argument and Hart was given five days in the hoosgow. Count llya Tolstoy to Talk of His Great Father The life and work of Count Leo Toistoy, the eminent Russian novel ist and philosopher, will be discussed Monday afternoon at the Brandeis theater at 4 p. m. by his favorite son, Count llya Tolstoy, this being the oc casion of the lecturer's first appear ance in America. Count Tolstoy will take for his subject "The Life and Ideals of My Father." Obituary Notes MRS. LYDIA PETTEGREW, proba bly the oldest woman In Dodge county, died at the home of her daughter at Fremont at the age of 93 years. Mrs. Pettegrew was a native of Ohio and following the death of her husband seventeen years ago she came to Fre mont to make her home with her daughters. Two sons and four daugh ters are the close surviving relatives. MRS. OSCAR MARTIN, wife ot a pioneer hardware merchant of Fre mont, is dead at Denver, Colo. The Martins left Fremoat in 1870, going to Omaha. They later removed to Ashland and twenty years ago went to Denver. The husband, four daughters and one son are the I'lnne Ritrving rel atives. MRS. CHRISTIAN fWHWANK, age SO years, died Thursday afternoon at Madison, Neb., after an illness of a year with Inflammatory rheumatism. .Mrs. Schwank was a pioneer resident of Madison, having resided there since 1873. She is survived by six children, four sons, Fred, Oustave, Edward and Kmll, and two daughters, Mrs. Sophia Wendt and Mrs. Emma Froehlich, all of Madison. The deceased was a life long member of the Lutheran church. The funeral services will occur Sun day morning at 9:30 from the reel denee to the Lutheran chifrch at 10. Rev. Henslck, pastor, will officiate. PETER McCURDY, an early Jeffer son county pioneer, died at his home at Falrbury yesterday of old age. Mr. McCurdy came to Jefferson county shortly after the close of the olvll war, locating on a homestead near Powell. He was born In Muscatine, la, January 30, 1844. He helped to build the Grand Island railroad in 1887, the first railroad In south cen tral Nebraska. He is survived by three Hons, Hilton, Clyde and Clark, also six island and one great grandchild. The funoral will be held Friday at the Methodist church in Falrbury. R. P. JENSEN, 70 years old, a resident of Omaha for fifty years, died in a local hospital Wednesday, follow ing a short-illness. Surviving him, besides his wife, are two sons, James, a city fireman, and L. A., and a daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Peterson of Stock vllle, Neb. Funeral services will be under the ausiccs of the Danish Odd Kellows, of which he was a member, at his residence, 2709 Ohio street, Sun day afternoon at 1 o'clock. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. OUSTAV J. ODMAN died Man-h 1, 1917, at the home of his son, E. A. odman, Valparaiso, Neb., at the age nf 70ycars. He Is survived by three 4'lilldren, E. A. Odman of Valparaiso. Klin M. Odman of Detroit, and Elsa A. Odman of Omaha. Burial will be at Red Oa. la. What to Do for Eczema Greasy salves and ointments should not be applied if good clear skin is wanted. From any druggist for 25c or $1.00 for extra large size, get a bottle of zemo. When applied as directed, it effectively removes eciema, quickly stops itching, and heals skin troubles, also sores, burns, wounds and chafing. It penetrates, dears?! and soothes. Zemo is a clean, dependable and inex pensive, penetrating, antivptic liquid. Try it, as we believe nothing you have iever used is as effective and satisfying. Til E. W. Rom Co., Cltvtlaod, O. When the Lid is Clamped CoUor rHbw dry 1 ram7) .. Thugs Rob Victim In Broad Daylight 1 In Sight of Many One of the most daring holdups in several months was staged at 4 o'clock Thursday" afternoon near Ninth and Douglas streets by two thugs, who, in full view of many pass ing pedestrians, slugged and robbed J. E. Berg, 1618 California street, and then made their escape. Berg said he had been playing cards in a saloon at Ninth and Douglas streets. He saw two men lurking about the place and thought at the time they might have been watching him, but he gave them o more thought when he departed from the place. The two men, Berg says, followed him from the saloon and a, short distance-away jumped upon him. Berg put up a stubborn resistance. He knocked one of the bandits down, but the other slugged him from behind. He then robbed Berg of $45 in money and fled. It all happened so quickly the thugs easily made their get-away. Poor Folks Here Dine On Spuds, Thanks to Mrs. Lorig A number of poor families are en joying high-priced spuds for their dinner today, due to the kindness ot Mrs. E. V. Lorig of South Side. Mrs. Long yesterday distributed a peck of potatoes, other vegetables and. a small sum in cash to each of seven teen families receiving Telief'from the Associated Jewish charities. This was the means Mrs. Long took to observe the thirteenth birthday and confirma tion of her only son, Mark. Girl Values Her One Broken Leg As Worth $25,000 Damages to the amount of $25,000 are asked by Alice Booth in a suit filed in district court against Pleasant C. Hyson. She alleges that on De cember 8, 1916, she stepped into a sidewalk gutter in front of the prop erty owned by Hyson and fractured h-.r right leg. Chalco Cut-Off Will Soon Be Rushed to Completion With the close approach of spring contractors who are constructing the Chalco-Yutan cut-off are assembling machinery and material for the com pletion of the line. Tracklaying is practically all completed and about all that remains to be done before the cut-off will be ready for traffic is to finish the construction of two bridges, on, over the Platte and the other over the Elkhorn river. Abuttments for the two bridges have been finished and work on the superstructures is well along. It is ex pected that the line will be ready for operation by July I. THIEVES RETURN FOR DISABLED CAR I Owner Almost Traps Them, but Bandits Have the More Powerful Machine, MAKE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE Twd automobile thieves who at tempted to stearan automobile from Tom Morrisey, 192.2 Emmet street, wtte almost captured hy Morrisey and Richard Dugdale, who laid in ambush for the motor bandits and then gave pursuit when the bandits started flight. Morrisey, in company wilh his sis ter and niece, was making a visit at 4015 Irard street Thursday evening. When he parked his car outside of the residence at the above number he had a "hunch" his car might be stolen. So he removed the spark plugs from the engine. About 10:30, upon looking outside, he discovered his car was missing. Yjth Dugdale, who was also visiting at the above number- Morrisey insti tuted a search of the neighborhood, believing the car could not be very far away because it would have to be towed, the engine being incapacitated when the spark plugs were removed. Coast Down Hill. He spied the machine at Forty-second and Izard streets, two blocks down the hill. The thieves had evi dently coasted it down the incline. Just as Morrisey had placed the spark plugs back into position prepar atory to returning with the machine he heard the whir of an approaching car. Believing the thieves might be returning with another car to tow his machine away Morrisey, with Dug dale, hid behind their car in the hope of ambushing the bandits. But just after the thieves climbed out of their car they detected Mor risey, leaped hick into their own machine and started a hurried flight Morrisey and Dugdale leaped into the Morrisey machine and started pursuit. They kept up the chase for eight blocks, but the fleeing thieves, having the more powerful machine, hit up a speed of fifty miles an hour and es caped. 0h, Sherlock! One Man, Two Horses and Hayrack Gone "The Mystery of the Missing Hay rack," is "baffling" the slueths of the sheriff's office. Here are :!ie "clues" they have to work on: A large hayrack, the motive powar of which was a span of bay horses, owned by Albert E, Martin, a farmer living two iles west of Elmwood park, disappeared Thursday morning. Neither the hayrack, the horses, nor the driver, Robert George, a hired man, have been heard from since. Journal Raises $300,000 For Belgium Relief Fund New York, March 9. One meal a day for seven days was guaranteed to 1,200,000 destitute Belgian chil dren today when the Literary Digest handed Herbert Hoover, chairman of the commission for relief in Bel gium, a check for $300,000 contributed to the magazine's relief fund. WHAT IS IAM0S UX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCAM A Digestive Laxative CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi cine bnt is composed of the following old"-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN InLAZ-FostheCASCASAis improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi ents making it better than ordinary Cas CAKA,and thus the combination acts not only as a stimulating laxative and catbar-' tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-I'oS combines strength with palatable, arc matic taste and does not gripe or disturb tne stomacn. one Dottle win prove Laz-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c sad uonttrvtoujverupai Gwnplexion! ckaritwith Rginol Soap If your complexion is rough, red or pimply, don't try to cover up the defects I It deceives no one and onlywakes bad ' matters worse. Begin today to clear your skin with Resinol Soap. Just wash your face with Resinol Soap and hot water, dry and apply gently a little Resinol Ointment Let this stay on for ten minutes, then wash off with more Resinol Soap. In a very short time you will usually 6nd your skin be coming beautifully soft.clear and velvety. Raataol Snap and fteainn! Ointment art acid by ail drug. git. Try them ard are txm benendj I tliey are nut on ly fi the aktn but for tha hair, tiu. Si ttDA t a rr BARGAIN Of tremendoiu interest to everyone who has Men's, Young Men's and Boys' Clothing needs to fill, will be offered all day SATURDAY Men's Pants A special of fering of new Spring Trous ers. Extra good material; light, dark and me dium shades of gray and brown. Wor steds, cassl mere and stripes Special Satur day at 2 48 Spring Norfolk Suits , , FOB B0T8 Classy Norfolk styles, pure wool materials, extra wearing qual ities, up-to the-mlnute patterns, fast colors. All sizes. Special...,, u ma, iueu-y 12.98 Men's Pure Wool Spring Suits Faultlessly Tailored, beautiful patterns, latest erodes of gray, brown, tan and mixtures; strictly pure wool materials, double wearing qual ity. Latest spring styles. All aisea. Special I Men's and Young Men's Blue Serge Spring Suits Finch Back or Plain. Tailored by experts, and perfect fitting garmenta. All wool material. Indigo dye. Extra quality for double wear. Up-to-the-minute styles; 1 z e a 32 to 46, Special $111175 JUL SUSPENDERS Thla "Bull Do" Suspender It of unusual' ly good quality. Made like "President" Suspenders. Comes in all colors, special 1JC M c iO thing com PArr I Lf CQ1LJ4 DODQIASy SI ROY BANGERT MAY YET GETINTO JIAVY His Stubborn Refusal to Be Turned Down Might Win the Day. WADDELL ASKS A WAIVER A burning desire to seivc his coun try in the navy is probably going to laud Key A. Bangert of tiiaitd Island on one of I'ncle Sam's battleships, although he has been turned down four limes by recruiting wlliccrs be cause he was a trifle too short and under weight. "Let me in anyway, won't you?" young Bangert begged of Lieutenant V added. "I want to serve my coun try, and I'll probably soon grow enough to make up the tiny discrep ancy. He is 18 years of age, is one-fourth of an inch shorter than the minimum and lacks four pounds of meeting the weight requirements. Wants a Fight. Ever since a year ago, when he first tried to join the navy, Bangert has sought periodically to increase his height and weight to meet the re quirements. Periodically he has come to Omaha and sought to enlist. Now Lieutenant Waddell has asked Navy department headquarters at Washington to issue a waiver, so that Bangert can be enlisted in spite of the regulations. The lad passed all other examinations satisfactorily. He is now in Omaha, awaiting word from Wash ingtont "Gee, I hope they will let me in," he says. "I'm awfully anxious to right for Vncle Sam." Mrs. N. B. Updike Head Of the P. E. 0. Sisterhood Mrs. JC. B. Vpdike is the new pres ident of chapter E, P. E. O. sister hood, elected at the annual meeting held Thursday at flic home of Mrs. 1'. E. George. Mrs. G. W. Tribble is vice president; Mrs. J. A. Bryans, recording secretary; Mrs.. F. L. Adams, corresponding secretary; Mrs. F. M. Cox, treasurer; Mrs. J. II. Fitlon, chaplain; Mrs. W. A. Shrop shire, guard, and Mrs. R. BwZachary, journalist. Mrs. Updike and ' Mrs. George arc the delegates to the grand chapter convention in Fremont in June, with Mrs. Tribble and Mrs. Zachary as alternates. Mrs. W. B. Woodward, a former president, came from Villisca, la., to attend the meeting. WHAt 5 IKE CAUSE OF GOUT, RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO? Prof. H. Strauss. M. D., of the i Royal Charity Hospital, Berlin, lays, "The cause tor an aiiacK oi gout, rneu matism, lumbago, is supplied by tha increase oi uno acia in iub blood serum, the result of various-causes the most frequent of which ia renal. Before an attack, one suffer! sometimes from headache, neuralgia, twinges of pain here and there or ionnned to a single locality." Pr.Levisonand Dr. Strauss both hold that a long continued disturbance of the kidney function, resulting in an accumula tion of nric acid in the blood serum, cansea these painful afflictions. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead, when the back hurts or the urine ia cloudy, full of sedi ment, or yon are obliged to seek reuet two or inree urues during uiv night; when you suffer with aickf headache, or diny, nervous spells, acid stomach; or you have tha rheumatio pains or lumbago, tout,: sciatica, when the weather is Dad,' 4o not negleot the warning, but try iimple means. As Dr. Strausb savs, the amount of Buld ahould be regular and dlatrib nted thro the day. Take six or eight glasses of water thru the day, a flat of lukewarm water at night just before going to bed, or a pint oi not water a half hour before meala (with onehalf teaepoonful of bicarbonate of oaM Then obtain at your nearest drug store Andrio, double or triple "trengUiJ This to flush the kidneys and to act as a tonic so that the kidneys will flltei ouj the urio acid poison. Akorio, double or triple strength, is more potent than" Uthia and in moat casea it will dissolve tha urio acid aa not water does sugar. mf u w if m o; l w Burgess-Mash Company. 'EVERYBODY.? STORE' Friday. March 9. 1917 STORE NEWS FOR SATURDAY Phona P. 137 There a Certain Satisfaction About tfargess-Nash Spring Suits for at $25.00 THAT you seldom ever secure in mer chant tailored garments. There's everything about them the material the fit the style the patterns that mean satisfaction to you and, above all, a Burgess-Nash reception, which means genuine service when you buy and money back cheerfully if you're not pleased. Strictly hand-tailored through out to conform with the Burgess - Nash Standard of quality, .which means the best pos sible at the price. "Ready-for-service" suits for men is a combination of dependable fabrics, cut to fit and hand-tailored by tailors who are mottora in rhflir art,. Speaking of Models for Spring There is a dash and go in our spring models that young men will like aa well as many new modela that the older and more conservative man desires; aingle and double breasted, two nd three-button, aoft roll lapel, medium form-fitting, pinch-back, atitched or loose belt with inverted pleat run ning from center of shoulder deep vent, high waisted with tapered sleeves; one-fourth, pne-half or full lined. Greens, blues, browns, grays, checks, stripes and fancy mixtures of flannels, worsteds, homespuna and cashmeres are the fa vorites sizes to fit men of all proportion. Other Suits to $40.00 Buraa-Naah Co. Fourth Floor Men S'iiM 111 ' i Men! The New "Stetson's" for Spring Are Ready for You EVERY man-knows the real merits and worth of the John B. Stetson hats the style, quality and indi .,idiioi;tv that thpv nnsaeaa the line for spring surpasses in style that of any previous season, with a price range of $4.00 to $10.00. We direct special attention to the Stetson Feature . i:u ...,.:Uf- t,at in n mart .hflne l UK"!. Wei" it"" -- r- suitable to most any type of face like illustration in all the best dark shades, as well as gray, in either the plain or the new novelty felt. But come in Sat urday and let us show them to you. It i.vill be a -pleasure, we aoouro ( Price, $4.00. Borf aaa-Naah Co. Fourth Floor Men's Blue Denim Overalls 59c THINK of itl Men'a high back and suspender over alls, made of 220 and 240 American blue denim, with two front-swing pockets, watch and pencil pocket on bib, rule pocket on right leg, two patch hip pockets, two buttons on aide opening and two on bib; all seams double atitched and felled. None sold to dealers. Burf aaa-Naah Co. Down Stein Store Come on Tellers' Let's Go Roller Skating! Boys and girls, you know it's time and there's nothing with which you can have more fun and exercise. We bought the stock of a jobber who discontinued carry ing roller skates. All ball bear ing with the exception of group 1, which arc plain bearing, and all are adjustable. Here'a the way they go, Saturday , Croup l 35c Group 3 85c Group 2 65c Group 4 $1.00 Burcoaa-NaalvCo. Down Staira Sloro New Spring Shoes for Men Are Heres (Fourth Floor) mHESE shoes,' we are glad to report, were contracted X for before the recent advance in .earner uu wo are giving you the advantage oi mis ioi tunate move. The new "ko-ko" calf with neohn and leather soles, speedway last. Tan russia calf, modified English last. , ' Black russia calf, pep last. Black kid skin, English last. ' Black kid' skin, wide toe last. The miracle arch support shoe priced from $4.00 to $8.00. , "We are' the exclusive selling agctts fof the James A. Banister fine shoes for men. - ' . Burioas-Naah Co. Fourth Floor . . . l , 9