THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 20'. 1917.
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RED CROSS MEMBERS
PUT ON MORE SPEED
Housing Eally Inspires Work-'
ers With Renewed En
thusiasm for Pinal-Efforts.
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The 200 patriotic Omahans who at
tended the rousing Red Cross rally it
the Boyd theater
yesterday real
ized as never be
fore the spirit o(
the Red Cross
and the necessity
ot making the
campaign a great
success.
Ardent cam
p.a i g n workers
were inspired
with renewed en
thusiasm anJ zeal
to make all Omaha fully appreciate
the privilege of joining the Red Cross
and make today's efforts a grand
finale.
, -Secretary W. G. Ure reported that
15,7.13 memberships and $.'7,612.23 had
ueen turned in at the Red Cross head
Mudricrs inis morning, this does not
inciuae numerous donations and men
berships obtained by workers in out
lying districts or various workers
wnose results have not yet been com
piiea.
A colored orchestra donated the-
services for the occasion and played
patriotic airs DCiore tne rally began.
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x-uvyiu . an jeuKs. onerea
Rev.
prayer for the success of the Omaha
Kea cross and the unit" of American
citizenship and love throughout the
war.
rrank Judson, membership chair
man, presided, and exoressrH'lhe orLi.
itude of the Red Cross authorities to
tne umana newspapers, which, he
said, had given up their most mi
portant columns for the benefit of
the Ked Cross with a spirit unknown
ip otner cities.
Announcement that John Irving
Crandeis would give $100 to the work
er who turned in the largest number
ot $1 memberships during the day
gave the workers additional zest for
the final day s drive.
Leo Bozelle said a few words and
Sam Carr, 2903 Farnam street, played
me star spangled Banner on a man
dolin, while the audience rose.
Whole State Watches.
Osgood T. Eastman said that all the
towns in the state were watching
umana, so it was up to the metropolis
to set a good example. He predicted
that the membership in the state
would multiply ten times in six weeks.
Ward Burgess, treasurer of the
chapter, said that if he wanted to
start a successful business he would
employ the Red Cross workers.
Robert Cowell, who was treasurer
of the tornado fund, gave a stirring
talk, telling ot the deep gratitude
Omaha should feel to the Red Cross
society, because of the $40,000 sent us
at the time of the tornado,
.Victor Roscwater said that nothing
but the interests of the Red Cross
could have taken him away from The
iice on the busiest day ot the week.
Mrs, C. T. Kountze, in behalf of the
women, said Omaha must not fail her
boys who were leaving and that we
must continue to work to provide sup
plies, an ambulance company and, if
necessary, a Dase hospital.
Seeks Aid for Lincoln,
Mrs. Howard Baldrige, chairman of
the booth committee, who just return
ed from Lincoln where she and Mrs.
Kountze assisted the wome in start
ing the work there, urged Omahans
to go to Li-.coln to assist in the cam
paign there.
She told uf an old German man who
appeared in Lincoln with an Omaha
chapter button. When asked why he
had bought a membership in Omaha,
lie replied, "Ach himmell, I could not
escape the Omaha wdmen."
' W. B. Cleek, chairman of the South
Side, said that $5,000 had been donated
by the South Side, which amounted
to a $1 subscription for every head of
a family.
One hundred and twelve employes
of the Stock yards railroad turned in
$114 and the Cudahy Packing house
reported they had a check for $1,120
for the Omaha chapter.
Mrs. W. L. Selby said Dundee
women had collected $410 in -the
house-to-house canvass and had
pledged 100 memberships. She also
said they had four boxes of surgical
supplies ready to be sent to the front.
Randall K. Brown, president of the
Commercial club, praised the work
done by Gould Dietz and Frank Jud
son. Other speakers were Mrs. F. J.
Birss of the Bemis Park district, Mrs.
Charles Morrison of Prettiest Mile,
Mrs. Bryce Crawford of Kountze
Place who reported 200 memberships,
Mrs. Harry Doqrly, George Kelly
of the Manufacturers' committee, T.
O. Warfield of Clifton Hill, W. E.
Reed of the School board, Neal Jones,
Arthur Palmer, Mrs. G. W. Hervey
of Walnut Hill and C. H. English of
the Boy Scoutj.
Railroad Rushes Work
On Its Grain Elevator
Foundation excavation for the tank
age of the grain elevator to be con
structed by the .Great Western Rail
road company along its trackage near
Sheeley is completed, and Monday
morning the pouring of cement will
begin, 150 men finding employment.
The new elevator is in the nature
of an addition to the old one and will
be completed in time to handle the
crop of this season. It will consist of
fortty-three reinforced cement tanks,
:ach fourteen feet in diameter and
ninety feet high. The tanks will have
a capacity of 390,000 bushels. This
will give the plant a total capacity of
1.590,000 bushels. The cost of the new
tankage will be approximately
$250,000.
Dollar Lunch Thursday
For Secretary McAdoo
A dollar luncheon will be served at
the Commercial club dining room,
when Secretary McAdoo it the guest
of honor next Thursday noon. The
number of tickets will be limited to
550. That is the exact number of seats
to be placed at the tables. There will
be a seat for every ticket issued.
Secretary McAdoo is to speak, but
his subject has not been announced.
The subject will be of his own choos
ing. Prominent delegates to the State
Food Conservation conference will be
at the luncheon, including perhaps
Governor Neville. J
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Omaha Boy Invents "Mole
Torpedo" for Trench War
Harry Peterson, an Omaha boy,
employed by the M. E. Smith com
pany, may become famous aa an in
ventor of man-killing devices for
trench warfare.
Nothing that will bore through
the ground and into the trenches
had been thought of prior to the
Omahan'a device.
Peterson has invented this kind
of death-dealing machine, but he is
not saying a word about it, as it
has been taken over by the govern
ment for examination and experi
mental purposes.
Peterson is 23 years of age and
comas from a family of inventors.
He has been working on his in
vention for some months, and, in
the presence of army officers, is
said to have made a number of ex
periments in the hills north of Flor
ence. It is said that with the pro
pelling power that is given t the
torpedo by its internal mechanism
it can be driven a mile or even
more into a solid earth embank
ment and timed to explode at any
time or place determined upon.
While the infernal machine has
not been classed officially, it is
known as a "mole torpedo" and is
said to be the first of its kind
called to the attention of the of
ficers of the War or Navy departments.
Mayor Names Delegates
For Conservation Meeting
Mayor Dahtnian has appointed the
following additional delegates to rep
resent Omaha at the conservation
meeting in the AudiTorium next week:
L. J. Piatti, H. H. Harper, Mrs. E.
A. Singer. Miss Clara Thomas. Mrs.
E. W. Exlev. Mrs. t. S. Cross Mr.
G. F. Copper, Mrs. 2 R. Mills. Mrs.
Edgar Scott, Mrs. cowrie Childs,
Mrs. Helen froote. Mrs. Leeia A.
Holdrege, Mrs. E. C. Twamley, Mrs.
Major McCormick, Miss Marjorie
Howland. Miss Helene Kixhv. Mr
Victor Rosewater. Mrs. Everett Buck.
ingham, Mrs. J. W. Welch. Mrs. Emil
Hofinann, jr.; Mrs. George Brandcis.
Thirty Court House Clerks.
Given Raise in. Salaries
Thirty clerks employed in offices
in the court house were eranted
raises in salary by the county board
at its meeting Saturday noon. The
raises ranged from $5 to $15 a month.
it win bring most ot their monthly
lanes up to $iw.
The inaioritv of the clerks affected
by the salary increase are emoloved
in tne county clerk s, assessor s and
treasurer s offices.
We realized that thev needed bet
ter salaries to help battle' the H. C.
of L., said Chairman .O'Connor of
the county board.
Assault is N'oUhe "
Work of the Strikers
Chief of Police Dunn and Secretary
Hall of local union No. 38. Interna
tional Brotherhood ot Boilermakers.
Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of
America, investigated an assault made
upon Dominick Scorpello and found
tnat tne assailants werei not identified
with the brotherhood members now
on strike here. A letter from Secre
tary Hall states that he and Chief
Dunn gave tins matter a careful in
vestigation. Scorpello is a boiler
maker employed by C. G. Johnson
company.
Postcards Held Up Many
Years Before Delivery
R. C. Hovt. clerk of federal court.
received four postal cards in the last
few days that have been on their way
for more than twenty-one years. The
last card came Saturday. It was
mailed frorh Lincoln April 20. 18.
and is a receipt for lodge dues. Mr.
lioyt lived in Beatrice at that time.
It bears the Beatrice postmark of
May 18, 1917. Where it and the three
other cards' have been so long Mrs.
Hoyt does not know.
Say Harries Appointed
As Army Colonel in East
General G. H. Harries is reported
to have received an appointment as
colonel in the army. He has been a
retired officer for a number of years.
xle will retain the presidency of the
Omaha Electric Light and Power
company and will hold that position
even if called to active army duty.
He is a member of tlie National
Council of Defense He is in the east
now, but is expected back in Omaha
soon.
TO BURN MORTGAGE
ON ITS ANNIVERSARY
Clifton Hill Ohuroh to Celebrate
Its Growth, With Three
Former Pastors in
Attendance.
The Clifton Hill Presbyterian
church will celebrate its twenty-fifth
anniversary Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock. The church was organized
May 22, 1892, with a charter mem
bership of twenty-four. The nucleus
ouf of which the church grew was a
mission Sunday school conducted in
the northwestern part of the city.
The field at that time was sparsely
occupied and restricted by large real
estate holdings. The meetings of
the newly organized church were held
in a carpenter s shop.
In the first vear of it existence ih
organization -bought a lot at Forty
AM
Henry T. Clarke is Named
Grain Exchange Counsel
Henry T. Clarke is the new general
attorney for the Omaha Grain ex
change. His election was by unani
mous vote of the board of directors.
He succeeds Ed P. Smith, who now
has general supervisory charge over
the traffic affairs of the exchange.
Mr. Clarke was a member of the
Nebraska State Railway commission
several years.
ohn Hannighen Passes
His Exams at Snelling
John Hannighen oasseM his examin
ations for the training camp at Fort
sneiiing ana receiver, an A, but nti
fication of his appointment arrived
after orders were out to receive no
more at the camp, so he is now wait
ing assignmcnt-somewhere else.
BJf. VAN den LIPPS
fifth and Grant streets for $800.
church edifice was soon built upon it,
John Reynard being the contractor,
the building was dedicated Decern
Per lu, iM.
kcv. samuei i. uavis. M. u.. was
the first pastor. He came to th
church in the fall of the year of its
organization and resigned April 15,
'1895. He was succeeded bv Rev.
James D. Kerr, D. D.. who was called
from the church at Bcllevue, and re
mained in office five years. During
the pastorate of Rev. Robert M. Dil
lonJanuary 2, 1902-August 1, W04
tne church building was moved to the
corner, its present site, and was raised
and remodeled.
Of the six pastors in the twenty-
five years of the church's history
three have died; the last three are ac
tively engaged in the ministry and
win participate in the anniversary
ceieoration.
Charter Members.
Upon the roll of membership ap
pear the names ot some prominen
men, among them George D. McDill,
executive secretary of the tnternation
at committee or the Young Men
Christian association. He was a char
ter member and an elder and trustee
for many years, until he moved
Chicago. Also, Harry Rowley, the
present manager ot the Keystone
Type Foundry of Philadelphia. Mr.
Rowley served as chorister and trus
tee during his residence in Omaha.
He and his family still retain their
membership in this church. F. W.
Booth, superintendent of the Nebras
ka School for the Deaf, is at present a
ruling elder and has served in that
capacity tor the last five years.
In recent years several real estate
additions have been laid1 out contigu
ous to tne cnurcn property and the
church is now central to a Jarge and
rapidly growing community. It has
a membeiship of 200, approximately,
and a flourishing Sunday school. The
average attendance of the school is
larger than any Sunday school in the
city in proportion to its membership,
A. u. Barre is the ehicieiit superin
tendent and perhaps ' the youngest
man in such office in the city.
The present pastor of the church,
Rev. B. Robert Von der Lippe, has
been in charge for three years. He
resides at the Young Men's Christian
association.
Program Tuesday Evening.
The Lanyon orchestra.
Introductory remarks by the pastor.
Prayer, Rev A. F, Ernst.
Solo Mrs. Don Adams
Addressee by former pastors. Rev. R. t,.
Fumy and Rev. T. B. Oreenlee.
Solo Dean Smith.
Greetings Rev. R. L. Wheeler, represent-
ins me rresnyiery.
Anthem The church choir.
Remarks and burning ot mortgage,
Georite Taylor.
Remarks president of board of trustees.
Prelude and seml-jubllee procession.
Social gathering In church parlors
Even the Roots of
Superfluous Hair Vanish
(Entirely New Method Works Wonders)
What ts the use of merely talfine- off the
hair-ends and not destroying the roots of
superfluous hslrr Do you know that you can
easily and quickly remove the hair entire,
including- the roots, with ordinary ohelactlne?
Just try itl It is odorless, non-irritating, and
so narmiesa a enua could safely eat it. f ar
superior to depilatories, electrolysis, etc. It
Is sold by yur druggist on a satisfaction-or-money-back
basis. Get a stick of nhlartin
today and have the pleasure of actually re
moving the offending hair-roots at last be
fore, your Verv eyes. Advertisement.
"Why not? We pay enough
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Colonial scroll
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mirror meas
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i$15.50
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Elegant Mahogany China Cabinet,
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Solid Mahogany William and Mary
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Handsome Mahogany High Back
Tapestry Fireside Chair. $22.50
Standing Mahogany Piano Lamp with
Z4-lnch old rose silk
shade SI 8.75
Large size Mahogany Blue Velour
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Elegant Jacobean Rope Leg Drop-
Leaf. Table 812.00
Silver Gray Fiber Tapestry Seat
Rocker 812.00
Mahogany "Windsor Arm Chair or
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Handy Study Table, golden or fumed
finish 87.50
Massive Golden Oak Imitation
Leather Rocker 86.00
Mahogany Table Lamp with Hand
some Old Gold Silk Shade, 86.38
Gray Enamel Tea-Wagon, rubber
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Mahogany Candlesticks with Artistic
Glass Shade 84.88
Extra size Willow Clothes Hamper,
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Convenient Folding Clothes-bar,
58.
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