Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 25, 1917, NEWS SECTION, Page 8, Image 8
8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 25, 1917. MERCHANTS FIGHT ' LANDLORD'S BILL Delegation to Appear Before House Committee to Protest Enactment of Measure. SCORCH SENATE'S HASTE Twelve men representing imple ment houses, coal dealers, retail dry goods, shoes, music and many other mercantile lines in Omal a, are, to go in solid body to Lincoln Monday to 1: hca,rd before a house committee in opposition to what is known as the "landlord's lien bill." The bill is Sen ate File No. 164.- It has passed the senare. ' . It provides that delinquency in rent on a residence, apartment or farm shall constitute a hen on any oror. erty on the premises, with an exemp tion of IJJU. The implement men are afraid that where they sell implements on time to a renter, the landlord may drive m a day after the rent is due and haul off the self-binder, the wagons, the grass mowers and other implements which the renter has not yet paid for. 1 he coal dealer is atraid the landlord will crowd his renter customers and haul their roal out of the cellar before it is paid for. The retail merchants are afraid the furnftiire. piano, phono graph, ladies' cloaks and other goods cold on time may be snatched by the landlord if the customer's rent is overdue. Think Bill Unfair. They want to take no chances, to tbey are going before the house com mittee, since the senate committee Save them no chance to come before it, but passed the bill without giving the retailers a hearing. The delegation from Omaha is to be headed by William H. Schmoller of the Schmoller & Mueller Piano company. Other members of the delegation are Mr. Clausen of the Crane company, Frank Sturtevant ot 1 lie Lininger Implement company, James Taylor of the Burgss-Nash company, Thomas Flynn of Hayden Brothers, Ed Malone of Brandeis, H. R. Uowen of the Central Furniture company, Henry Rosenthal of the I'nion Outfitting company, H. Fel heimer of Hartman's Furniture com pany, George E. Mickel of the Ne braska Cycle company, Robert Rosen iweig of the Drexel Shoe company, Kay Goddard of the People's Coal company, W. G. Brandt of Orchard Wilhelm Company and J. W. Met calfe, secretary of the Associated Re tailers of Omaha. That is not all. . , Out-State Merchants Aroused. Retailers are coming from other towns in the state with strong dele gations to protest against the passage of he bill. Fremont, Nebraska City and Grand Island are sending delega tions of retailers to protest. Saturday afternoon the Fremont Retail Merchants' association tele graphed Representative Norton, chair. mail of the house judiciary commit tee, the following: "In behalf of the business men of Fremont we protest against Senate File No. 164. The statement that the rent dodger is the only knocker on the bill if untrue. We have inter viewed most of the business men. They are all opposed to the measure. View it as uniuat. unfair and ttnMrm.- sary." , Sneaked Through Senate. ' -Secretary J. W. Metcalfe of the As sociated Retailers of Omaha said, "We tried every way pqssible to get a hearing opposing this measure be fore the senate committee, but they dodged us at every turn, and finally passed it without giving us a chance to be heard. Senators Strehlow, San derson and Sooat were the only men ever allowed to appear on-the meas ure before the senate committee, and they are the men who have been all along crdited with having framed the measure. Merchants from Grand Island, Fremont and Nebraska City also wrote many letters to the com mittee seeking to be allowed to ap pear before the senate committee to voice opposition, but no attention was paid to them. "If this bill should go through, the retailers, would be compelled to be come at least 25 per cent tighter in the matter of credits," said Metcalfe. Mr. Metcalfe says Representative Norton, chairman of the house judi ciary committee, before whom the hill is now pending, has consented to give the retailers a hearing. The hearing is set for 4:30 o'clock Mon day afternoon. , . Dorchester Gives Annual Home Talent Plav tn Crnwrl Dorchester, Neb., March 24. (Spe cial.) The Dorchester concert band gave its annual home talent dranm entitled, "The Detested Mormon's Reward," to the largest audience in Dorchester for years. Russell Freidcll, the detested Mor mon, and nib henchman, Vern Byers. played strong parts and the rest of the cast was well balanced.. Nellie Byers, Blanche ' Smith, Lester Joy, M. M. Wall and William Sanborn flayed the comical parts with great .-asc, while Clinton Groscup, Walter llttxford, Rhea Freidcll and Damie Rettig played the character leads with ability. The play will be taken to Milford WITHDRAWAL OF THE GERMANS IN FRANCE Thi map shows the) extent of the allied advance following the German retirement in France. The lighter h lading shows the progress made by the British (north of Ham, roughly), and French troops on the first day of the general retirement; the darker shadirigsahows the advance reported on the sec ond and third , days of the withdrawal. .The "Hindenburg line," where the Germans are expected to make a stand, is also shown. WEST NOT ANXIOUS TO MAKE BIG GIFT Governor . Neville Answers Eastern Query as to View of Donation to Trance. COUNTRY DOING ITS SHARE Gage County Farmer f Says Much Wheat Dead Beatrice, Neb., March 24. (Special Telegram.) Edward Bartlett, an old resident of this city, returned today from a trip to the Ellis vicinity, where he examined the wheat in eight fields. He reports that more than half of it is dead. He says there will not be a half crop of wheat in Gage county this year. Finish New Hotel Fremont, Neb., March 24. (Spe cial.) The finishing touches to the exterior walls of the new Pathfinder hotel, which the Fremont Hotel com pany it building, have been com pleted and the contractors will turn their attention to the interior. The partitions for four of the six atoriei have been installed and a force of men it at work on the plumbing and wiring. Foreman Moore of the J. C. Mardis company saya he will have the structure complete by June 1. Persistence la the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. Two Full City Tickets In Field at Aurora Aurora, Neb., March 24. (Special.) Two full city tickets are now in the ctj 1 L. -. I ricm aim pontics Dciwcen now anu April 3 will probably be warm in Aurora. Because of trouble over the nomination of councilman in the Sec ond ward at the first city caucus, an other one was held and full tickets nominated. W. E. Lounsbury was today named to take the place of C. W. Wentz, who declined the' .nomination for mayor on the second ticket. W. I. Farley, former member of the lcgia lature, is the opposing candidate for mayor. Frank A. Burt was named at the second caucus for school board and he has declined to accept the nomination. W. S. Shaneyfelt has been named to take his place. the two city tickets are the fol lowing: W. I. Farley and W. E. Lounsbury, mayor: Glenn R. Hi- worth and John Quinn, city clerk; R. K.ChaDman. Clarence K. acovill and James Schoonover, councilmen on one ticket; John Davis, John Grisel and Ed DeWaters, councilmen on the other ticket; F. E. Edgerton and S. C.' Stephenson, for school board on ona ticket; June Klumb and W. S. Shaneyfelt on the other ticket Nebraska City Bandit' ' May Be Murder Suspect Nebraska City. Neb.. March 24. (Special Telegram.) St. Louis police suspect that Joseph Endaley, alias Ed Jackson, one of the men under arrest era for robbing the Petring garage and who later almost killed Jailer Swanson in effecting an escape from the Otoe county jail, is Frank Lewis, wanted in St. Louis on a murder charge. A description of the St. Louis man is being sent here in the endeavor to complete the identification. Mallow. Jackson s companion, has admitted that he is the son of George Mallow of St. Louis, where his par ents and sister now live. He has been implicated in a number Of minor of fenses in the Mound City, the officers there declare. ail. Suiininn fnnnittnn rfmiiii. dangerous, but not necessarily fatal. Earl Reynolds Re-elected President of Endeavorers Fremont. Neb.. March 24. (Spe cial.) Schuyler was chosen for the 1918 meeting place of District No. 2, Nebraska Christian Endeavor Union, at the business meeting Saturday forenoon. The following officers were elected: . President, Earl C. Reynolds, Omaha, re-elected; vice resident, Miss Mabel Lester, Schtiy !t: secretary. Miss Eva Kennedy. Papillion; treasurer. Miss Allie C'ruickshank, Fremont; superintend ent of missions. Miss Ida L. Wolley, Omaha: junior superintendent, Miss Pearl Holloway, Fremont: interme diate superintendent, Mrs, J. H. Ells berry, Omaha. State Buys More Land For Valentine Hatchery (From ft Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) The state of Nebraska has just com pleted the purchase of 478.4 acres of land from the city of Valentine, for the use of the state fish hatchery at that placee. Appropriation for the purchase was made by the 1915 legis lature, but the deal was not consum mated until the last week. The price was only $597.50, or $1.25 an acre. Governor Neville Refuses Requisition for Bolton Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) Governor Neville has denied a re quisition for the return to Colorado of R. 0. Bolton, wealthy cattleman of O'Neill, Neb., wanted at Sterling, Colo., on a charge of perjury. He was accused of making a false as sessment return on a large herd of cattle he owned near Sterling in the spring of 1915. ' Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. (From ft Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) Nebraskans can't get heated over a 6 per cent war loan to t ranee when they have to pay from 8 to 10 per cent for money for local development. That's Governor Keith Neville's opinion of a proposed $1,000,000,000 gift to France. He says so in his re ply to the following telegram from the New York World: To obtain loan of IIM0D.0M In Wall itreet France, has been compiled to pay more than S per cent Intereat and to de poilt 1120,000,000 tn storks and bonds as collateral. We are Imposing pawnbrokers' terme on France. Durln American colonies' flsht for Independence French government expended hundreds of millions In helping them. Not ft dollar has ever been repaid to France. The World advocates a gift by the oomlng congresa of 11,000,000.000 to France. It would pay our debt to France and would be best and quickest way we could par ticipate In war. Will you not kindly wire us your opinion aa to whether congress should not take such action or action similar to 1U Thanking you. .' Governor.! Reply To which the governor of Nebraska responded: ' People of the western states would be ' mora exercised over the charge of c per cent on war loan If a greet part of them ware. .not compelled to pay 8 and 10 per cent to sscure money for local development. Franco did not expect a bonus for services rendered the states In 177C; the United States does not expect reward for succoring Cuba In lass nor for the expenditure of mil lions In behalf of the peeople of France, Belgium and other European countries ren dered daatltuta by the war. Methodists Hear That Movies 1 More Popular Than Church Fremont, Ne"tfc, March 24. (Spe cial.) Dr. J. L. Fort of Chicago, speaking at the district efficiency cqnvention of the First Methodist church Friday evening, declared that nearly twice as much is spent in America for seeing' the "movies" as is contributed to the church for all purposes. Expenditures for all Protestant churches in the country durjng the last year totaled $300,000, 000 and $500,000,000 was spent for ad mission to the picture shows. Dr. U. G. Brown of Omaha, super intendent of the Omaha district, pre sided at the sessions. Dr, F. M. Sis son of Fremont was appointed cap tain of the group for better organiza tion and more efficiency. About thir ty delegates came from Blair, Arling ton, Kennard, Leshara, Valley and other places. Nelson High Debaters Defeat Hildreth Team Nelson, Neb., March 24. (Special.) The Hildreth High school debating team was unanimously defeated last night by the Nelson High school. The judges were S. C. Zimmerman, law, 15, an attorney of Lincoln and a former Nebraska varsity debater; Ralph Canaday of Minden, and D. C. Eldredge of Omaha, both University of Nebraska debaters. The speakers for Nelson, who supported the affini tive, were: Helen Goodrich, George Barber, Clive Ferebee, and Lloyd Follmer, alternate. The Hildreth team: Frank Samuelson, Wilson and Ohms. This was a semi-final debate, Hildreth having won over Lawrence and Nelson over Shickley. The ques tion was the Nebraska league ques tion, the abandonment of the Monroe doctrine. France Puts Further Limit Upon Articles tor Import Paris, March 24. By authority of the cabinet the minister of commerce today issued a. decree prohibiting all imports whatsoever except such as hlay be authorized specifically by the government upon application. The decree provides that all appli cations for the importation of foreign goods must be referred to a commit tee tn which the ministries interested, Parliament and the Chamber of Com merce of Paris are represented. ' All products imported and special permits on the recommendation of this committee will be distributed among manufacturers and merchants pro rata to their indispensible re quirements. Streams in North Part Of State Back in Banks Floods in the northern . ..of the state are rapidly subsiding and the streams are getting back within their banks. Service on the Omaha road has been resumed on all the branches and trains are making sch-'li ' ilnic- On the Northwestern s Aiobrara branch the bridge over the Verdigris creek between Niobrara and Verdigris, washed out Thursday, ha- been re placed and trains are running across same. Around Norfolk the streams have receded and no more trouble is an ticipated, as the ice has all run out and most of the snow has disappeared. PROCTOR GOES TO THE NEW HAT SHOP. NEW YARROWDALE CASE DEVELOPING German Raider Moewe Takes Six Hundred Captive Sailors Into German fort. PART ARE AMERICANS LeRoy Proctor, with the Pease Bros, company for the. last seven years, has taken position as manager tor the Premier Hat shop, a store tor men located in the First National Bank building. 306 South Sixteenth street, with a full line of haberdash ery. . Scarlet Fever in Gretna. Gretnai Neb.. March 24. (Special.) There are two cases of scarlet fever in Gretna. Gerald Connor and Wil liam Peterson are the patients. They are both freshmen in the high school and it is feared other cases will de velop. Copenhagen, Friday, March 23. (Via London, March 24.) The return of the German raider Moewe to a German port, having on board about 600 sailors, - the crews of merchant men captured during the last part of the cruise, may give rise to a new Yarrowdale case, as it is probable a number of Amricans who were serv ing on armed merchantmen were cap tured by the raider. According to the German rule, such men would be tt-A4 tort fie nrioMiArc n( u-ai" Among the British steamers de stroyed after the Yarrowdal' was sent to Germany, the Governor, 5,524 tons gross; Demetertoa, 6,048 tons; Otaki, 9,573 tons, and Brecknockshire are specifically mentioned in the official account of the Moewe's return as having been armed. Leg Sore A huffe sore very deep full of foul diV r iia-je. Affonjf all day; no rent at Difht Tinny -jost few drop of the gentle, cooling liquid, D. l. D. Irritation and pain gone. Sweet, re freshing alecp at night. In due time, complete cure. We guarantee D.D.D. tic, 60c and $1.00. palaaaww?MT.J TJtxss tcoiitl'Waah SHERMAN A McCONNEIX DRUG CO. aonoaonoaononoDOcaoaoDoaonononononri I n ft a rs t-i r. w . t " mere Are Dig ranor Mores in Lincoln, Des Moines , and Sioux City Buy Your Easter Boots at the big store that undersells Snow White KidV Light Gray Cab Black Vamp, White Top For early Spring these dainty boot with the new Louis heels are the most wanted; style CXCHANSI YOUR OLD RECORDS I DENTISTRY h Efficiency Reliability Economy Guarantee N Chars EataUisM IMS BAILEY THE DENTIST Br. Ballsy. Mar. 706 City Nat. Bank BIdg. Ittk Wat Harasy HimH. I !MAH.V.HI..,!ian laral Bwetlenbora's areflrt work on the 111c alter death. 400 tMfres.eoly rs cents postpaid. Msr LandssMitr, WMsw run, St. Iselt. Mo. 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T FLOOR 1 LAMPS 1 Furniture News from "The Ray m ond" Discontinuation: F price alone were the only criterion, then values would become merely a string ot figures. The unquestioned quality ot the merchandise carried by the Raymond Storj Is known to every shopper and every visitor who h.i taken the time to look over the sales floors since the open ing ot that splendid stock ot housefurnlshlngs a year ago. Since taklng-over the Raymond, and following our de. termination to discontinue It, it became necessary that we make the prices that have moved many thousands of dollars worth of these elegant fur nish 'nga front our floors Into Omaha homes during the past few weeks. For the reason, that this stock combined with our own ind many cars oi Incoming goods, bought on the past January market, made too great a retail stock for any obtainable quarters in the city to hold under one roof, hence the last of values that so large a number have en joyed because of this emergency. Alter a week ot ondrous "Dining Room Furniture" selling, we return to a THREE DAY FEATURE SEASON la Livlaj Room Furni things. Monday, iuesday and Wed nesday we will move from our floors at both stores, by actual count. One Hundred and Ten Pleas ot Living Room Comfort, Including 18 large over-stutfed DAVENPORTS, in as many different designs and covered In as many different fabrics. Tapestries, Ve lours, Damasks, Leathers and Cretonnes. 42 large over-stuffed Chairs and Rockers and 59 Mahogany, Oak and Walnut Rockers in various smaller sizes and designs. All these pieces are from the Raymond stcck whether shown at our home store or at the Ray mond location. We expect to move by actual sale every piece designated within three iays, BECAUSE the price will not permit ot any remaining pieces In stock after you have seen them. Meet the crowds Monday morning at both stores and look over there TRULY WONDROUS BARGAINS and get your share of them. No extravagant claim Is made In this statement and no word ot ' uncertain sound" is used. These will prove 3 Barjaln Days you will long remember and be reminded ot by the association with the very pieces ot enduring furniture which you will get. Big Easy Wing Chairs and Rockers Covered in every popular material among the Velours, Tapestries, Leath ers, are priced $16.75, $18.75, $22.75, $26.75. ' The Chair here illustrated is covered in an imported Cut Silk Velour of soft blue. It is amply filled with curled hair over a spring construc tion that will endure. ft j' mr. The price" has been reduced to.- , PKj0(J There's a Davenport to match it, proportionately reduced. The following general list among 1he heavier pieces are pointed out as unprecedented val ues, and described as fully as this space will permit: An Overstuffed Davenport, in very high grade of Tapestry, spring arms, all Q'f rf hair surfaced , pOuU An Overstuffed Davenport in Rose and Green Tapestry, three loose spring ft jr ms cushions, very high back, welt seams throughout .r: p4s OU An Overstuffed Davenport in a very unusual Tapestry of Green and Tan, a hair rt '7E surfaced piec and a marvel of luxurious comfort $65.00. Arm Chair to match poy, U Among the 18 Large Overstuffed Davenports are pieces yet lower priced, and there are examples of the highest type of the upholsterer's art at prices that shut out further delays in purchasing and- that compel you to decision. . BIG " ASSORTMENT OF BEAUTIFUL ROCKERS Chair or Rocker $16.75 The greater part of, the Rocker assortment com prises Mahogany pieces in auto seats of Tapestry and 1 Velours. The price range in this section, at both stores, begins among strong, serviceable Rockers in Oak and Ma hoganies, at $2.75, $3.25, $4.75, - $5.75, $6.75, and on into larger Rock ers, suited to prominent places in the living room or parlor, at from $9.75, $11.50, $12.95, $13.65. These strong, self-evident values dot the sales floors at both stores. "Make haste" to get a pleasing selection among them, as they will move rapidly. Living Room Rug Bargains 3 Patterns, Seamless Wilton Velreta, 9x12, all wool worsted, yarn-dyed 832.50 4 Patterns Royal Wiltons; these are full 6-frame fix 12, beat worsteds J $39.75 8 Patterns, choice Axminsters, 9x12 sizes.... $24.75 There are many others, especially featured, along with Living Room Furnishings All Week. This Splendid Electric Iron and Stand, $2.45 Our little Family Kitchen Scale will give you the correct weight of your grocery or. produce purchases. You can Ill-afford to do without one. There are two dies the small one weighing up to 25 lbs., 19a the - larger size, a model kitchen scale 85(k Alii J