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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JULY 20. 191T. 10 WINTER COAL MUST BE ORDERED EARLY Hises Should Be Worked to Capacity During summer, So Winter Supply Can Be Furnished. Wholesale coal dealers of Omaha are planning to take up the coal situ ation of Omaha and Nebraska with the State Council of Defense. They desire that the public be informed of conditions at the mines, the available supply of coal in Omahi and Ne braska at present, the laxness of the people in the matter of putting in their winter's supply and the prospect, or lack of prospect, of getting a suf ricknt supply when winter sets in. Coil dealers say the bins of the re tailers in Omaha are full at present and that people are absolutely indif ferent about their next winter's needs. The result is they are not buying the supply of coal that is here, as dealers believe they should, in order to make room in the bins for more while cars are yet available to get it and while it is yet available at the mines. Dealers insist that in spite of the popular btlief that coal will come down in price it is, in fact, apt l go up instead. . In order to obtain an outside opin ion from one who is rot a coal .lealer and yet by reason of his posi tion as a railroad man is well versed s to the situation The Bee inter viewed Gcncrat Manager George W. Uoldrege of the Burlington on the general coal situation. "On account of the great demand f r coal in the eastern manufactories, ihe steel mills and many others now running to full capacity," said Mr. Uoldrege, "little coal from the Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia fields is finding its way westward. The roal reauirements for the operation of the railroads is also much greater than usual because of the unusually heavy business being handled by the toads now. This means that coal necessarily has to be hauled longer tlstances now than usual to fill the markets. "Little or no coal is being delivered from the Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio mines by way of the Great lakes to Duluth, Milwaukee and other lake points. Ordinarily the supply de livered to Duluth alone is sufficient lo care for the markets of Minnesota. Dakota and parts of Montana. That s'upply is practically all cut off on ac count of the big demand made for ready coal in the big manufacturing plants in the east and the demand for coal for the operation of the railroads. "This means that our coal must come largely from the mines of Illi nois, Missouri and Wyoming. "It must be remembered that coal is not available for use until it is mined and delivered on can. The gen eral public does not understand that at the mines themselves there are no facilities for storing coal. It must be moved as it is mined or it can not be mined at all. A mine may have an enormous capacity al daily output, but that i's of no avail unless there is a steady demand outside that is taking it away. . "Under the "circumstances it cer tainly seems a necessary, precaution to keep the mines running during the summer at full capacity and this can be done only by everyone obtaining their winter supply as arly as pos sible." . .. -; Fremont Night Will Be Jury 23 at Ak-Sar-Ben Seven Ak-Sar-Ben boosters r;ient the day at Fremont Wednesday mak ing arrangements with the Fremont boosters for a Fremont liiglit next Monday at Ak-Sar-Ben den. Ak-Sar-Ben Governors Charles Saunders. Gould Dietz, Charley Black and Charles. D. Beaton made the trip. Secretary J. D. Weaver, W. H. Har rison, Miss Henrietta McArthur and Mrs. Gould Diets were in the party. Miss McArthur is a cousin of the Gould Dietz family and made the trip in the Dietz car with Mr. and Mrs. Dictz. V. H. Harrison is a nephew of Charles Saunders and a grandson (if xPresident William Henry Har rison. ' At Fremont they hobnobbed with Gucrncy, the ' banker; Joe Roberts, rark Perkins, George Wolz and a lot of others who have agreed to hustle up a big Fremout crowd to come to the den Monday night. Many will come by the Union Pacific, lcay- iui trcmont at b:lb and arriving in Omaha at 7:35, while many others will come by automobile. On the way down stops will be made at Waterloo and Elkhom, and crowds w ill be picked tin there. The Omaha boosters on their return last evening stopped at Elkhom and obtained the promise of Julius Schuldt and others that Elkhorn would furnish a crowd and then stopped at Waterloo, where G. A. Lindquest, the banker of that place, promised a crowd of boosters. M. E. Smith & Co. Increases Capital Stock a Million '.M. E. Smith & Co.. wholesale dry goods concern in Omaha, is increas ing ts capital stock by Sl.uoo.uw. Burns,, Brinker & Co: of Omaha are selling the. shares. This is 7 per cent preferred stock. The fact that the business of the M. E. Smith com pany has practically doubled in the lst six years has made it necessary to increase the capital of the com pany. The Burns. Brinker company says that the $1,000,000 issue will In all probability be absorbed by local investors. Paper Representatives Plan Newsboys' Outing . Representatives of The Omaha Bee. World-Herald and Daily News will meet with Chief . Probation Officer Gus Miller this evening at the court house to plan for the annual news boys' picnic, which will be held July 31 at Lake view. The Omaha Musicians club has of fered the services of a band and the street car company the use of cars , to transport the street merchants to . xk resort.'1 v 1 Mike Barto will represent The Bee newsboys, Tony Costanzo the Herald and Sam Zigman the News. : Chamberlain's the Best of AIL "We have used several different couch syrups in our family, but con sider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ahead of them all," writes Ed Whaft, Kangely, Maine. Try this remedy when you have i" couch or cold and you are almost sure to have a good opinion or it, too. Advertisement Soldiers at Fort Crook Soon To Sail For France To Fight in World War A ' ' --N 1 Picture by Herma Schonfield. Staff ,rnlrTTnrT-nr---,-w-rrr .,,11 i - Melancholy Toys Now Longing for Happy Eaces of Kiddies at Yuletide '.. By A. R. GROH. I wandered through the toy depart ment of an Omaha department store yesterday. ? I remembered the last time I was there. It was near Christmas and the toy department was jammed with eager children. Santa Claus was sit ting in his fur-bordered suit in his lit tle red house and a continual stream of eager children passed before him and whispered what they wanted him to oring mem iiom me iorin yuic v Christmas. - , How different was yesterday! Not a single child was there. In a show case stood several sad-looking giraffes, a discouraged lion and three melancholy zebras. Two white dogs, mounted on wheels, stood side by side and tried to look cheerful. A herd of ten horses, all bridled and saddled, stood silently in two ranks, au ot tnem looked sad. for their little playmates were not there and Christmas is, more than five months away. Waiting for the Kiddies. On a table was another group of animals made of wood. There was an elephant, three donkeys and quite a flock of ducks. These were regular human ducks, for each wore a hat and earned a basket on one wing, cut they, too, waited in vain for little boys. and girls to come ana piay wiui them. , Another table was filled with tin and iron railroad cars and sections of tracks. But around this table now were no eager boys with longing eyes. No one was there to looK at tnem; no one but I. , ' . , A hiar show case was full of dolls. There were boy dolls in overalls and girl dolls in fine dresses, . dolls with black hair and. dolls with golden hair and dolls with no hair at all. There were doll heads and doll wigs and doll slippers, v ; Dolls All Look Sad. Every one of the dollies seemed to be sad. Yes they did, little girls. And how could vou blame . them. They're lonely. They're longing for you. little girls.; They want you to hold. them in your arms. and play Lands in Jail When He - - Fronts for. His Pal When Carmen Boyle, was arrested Wednesday ; on his way to South Omaha by Detective Danbaum for reckless driving, he was held at the police station -under; $25 bond. Jim Cosgrove, who was riding with him,, considered it his duty, after he himself had been freed, to return to the South Side station and try to get his pal out. By the time Jini had ar rived at the station, however; J. r. Fersuson.- S024 California, had filed a complaint, with the police that his car had been stolen trom in tront ot tne Brandeis theater at 9:15. The police identified the car the boys were using when .Ferguson described it. , The' bovs 'went to Lakeview with the stolen machine and were on their way south on Twenty-fourth street when apprehended by the detectives. Ihe appearance ot Jim aiuirora in the hands of the police charged with stealing the machine of J. F. Fergu son last night from iu front of the Brandeis theater was not the first time he has experienced the sensation, Mulford, whose alias is Jim Cosgrove, was arrested on a similar charge some time ago and "did" seventy-four days on account of it The same boys stole a Hudson Super-Six about ten days ago, police assert. - Mulford. who is 20 years of age, wTll be bound over to the district Photographer for . The Be. i house with them and tuck them, into bed at nieht Whv. they'd even be glad to have you spank them. Ana Christmas is more than five months away I And they're afraid they won't see you before then. And that's why thev are sad. That's why they Sit in their show case and count the days till Christmas. Here on another table is a set ot dishes, a doll washboard, two tiny pianos, a toy drum, a tin sprinkling cart drawn by two tin horses and driven by a tin driver, a Dutch wind mill, a mechanical "seesaw" that runs by means of sand flowing from a hopper and a pile driver that oper ates by meaus of marbles dropping into a chute. ' But no little boys and girls were gathered around this interesting table. Not one I - Long for the Yuletide. Here is'a table full of picture books Tom Thumb, the Story of Aladdin, Cinderella, or the Glass Slipper; Lit tle Ones' A, B, C, Jack the Giant Killer, Animal Picture Book and Lit tle Boy Blue. But they, too, are wait ing for the touch of little fingers and the happy looks of bright eyes that will come with Christmas time. Ah, here are five chaps cwho are trying to keep cheerful through the melancholy days of summer m the land of toys.- They are five clowns, as much alike as peas in a pod. They are dressed in white suits with black polka dots and with peaked caps on their heads. They are smiling for all they are worth, as though they were just bound and determined not to get the blues. One is standing on both ; feet . with his hands extended, one on one leg, a third on one leg and an arm and a fourth is standing on his hands. '.The fifth is sitting on the neck of an elephant. . "Don't. get the blues, fellow toys,' they seem to say. "It may be lonely now, but Christmas is coming- and there'll be thousands of little girls and boys up here and every one of us will cet some nice little girl or boy to love us. Cheer up, cheer up, cheer up. John CavertFlaunts a $100 Panama at Exchange John Cavers is wearing a Panama hat that is the .envy of all of the members of the Omaha Grain ex chancre. Until recently Mr. Cavers wote a hat that was no better than J tnose worn oy ordinary .cstiiangc members. He made a trip to Chi cago and while, there did some window shopping. In the window of one of the stores he. saw a Panama lid that struck his fancy.' In the store he found' that the hat was priced at $100, but that did pot stop Mr. Cavers from buying it Now he is wearing the hat, and it is some hat, too. - . ' court, while Carmen Boyle, ''the boy wrhn ' inn j arrested with.' him. will probably be turned over to the ju venile authorities, as ne is out 10. Family Programs for , - - ; Movies Are Announced This week's Friday night family programs sanctioned by the-educational department of the Omaha Woman's .club, include "The Pinch Hitter," with ; Charles Ray, and a Luke comedy at the Suburban, Ma dame Petrova in "Bridges Burned," a Metro comedy and Pathe .News at the Lothrop and at the Apollo Earle Williams in "The Soul Master" and a Black Diamond comedy. Top Company G likes The Bee's funny page. "Bringing Up Father" surely gets to the boys. See . them laugh.. Center On the firing line with the machine gun. These three men can shoot 450 Germans a minute with this little gun. Bottom The barber shop. Private Oviatt gets a hair cut. ' ANMFFS HAVE PETITIONS READY Will Be Taken to Lincoln for Filing Soon; Will Have More Than' Enough Signatures. The petition of the anti-suffrage so ciety asking that the woman suffrage ' amendments passed by the last legis- tutt be submitted to a referendum vote to test their validity, is now practically ready to file. Just when the petition will be car ried to Lincoln and filed is not yet known, but it will be before long. The filing of the petition at the state house is being held up because the head- ?iuartrs office in Omaha is waiting or the return of petitions out ,in the state. Mrs. JU r. irotoot, president of the society, says they have the requisite number of signatures from fifty counties, whereas the law re quires signers equal to 5 per cent of the votes cast for governor in every one of two-fifths of the counties in the state. This would require only thirty- six counties. Ihe society desires to give the petition a large margin of surplus signatures to give it prestige. Woman's Missionary Federation Coming Plans are being made for the an nual convention of the Topeka branch of the Woman's Missionary federa tion, which will meet here October 10 to 14, when 400 delegates are ex pected. At the regular council meet ing the following committees and chairmen were appointed: Mrs. Charles Wright, chairman of music; Mrs. F. F. Porter, chairman of en tertainment; Mrs. F. W. Stallard, chairman of assignments to homes; Mrs. G. W. Wickersham, finance chairman; Mrs. H. N. Schneider, pub licity chairman; Dr. Jennie Callfas, chairman of the reception commit tee; Mrs. Mary Vaper, chairman of the luncheon committee; Mrs. C N. Dawson, chairman of the information bureau, and Mrs. H. T. Catlin, post mistress. Pilgrimage of Prayer Services Well Attended Omaha Episcopalians are gratified by the attendance at the special serv ices this week which are being held in connection with the national "pilgrim age of prayer" movement The services Thursday will be from 8 a. m. until 5 a. m. at the church of the Good Shepherd, with a special service at 10 a. m. At Trinity cathe dral there will be a communion serv ice "from 8 until 9 in the evening, which will be a service of prayer and praise. Saturday there will be an all day service in. the cathedral, with a special service at 10 a. m.. The clos ing service will be Saturday. The Bee'8 Free Milk " and he Fund The good people of Omaha an hsewhere are responding to the at nd elsewhere are responding to the ap peal of the helpless babies and small children oi' ine struggling poor. Mrs. A."; mother of hre, whose pitiful story was told in Tuesday's Bee. ia now reioicinsr because she gets two quarts of milk a day, instead of only .one,' tor ner two smauest cnu dren.' . ' There are dozens of other cases just as "critical as hers. The welfare and tne very lives ot tnese cades may depend on whether you ao your bit" in this necessary work. The tuna is aaministerea oy.ine visiting nurses. Not a cent is. wasted. Every cent buys mux or tee lor tne babies who, otherwise, could not Kave them. The need is very urgent Will you bring or send your contributions to The Bee office? Any sum from 10 cents to $5.00 is welcome. - Previously acknowledged $106.25 Mrsv T. T. Donohoe 5.00 Beatrix Manley .50 Richard Grotte 1.00 Dahlman Democracv.... 5.00 Cash i 1.00! Mrs. I. L. Woodward. Ogalla. - .2a W.:H. San ford 5.00 T. B. King....- 5.00 Total .$129.00: OMAHA BATTALION IS MORETHAN FULL Members Have Been Inspected by Lieutenant Hunt and Al lowed to Return to Their Homes. Members of the Omaha battalion of the "Dandy Sixth" Nebraska regi ment, who were inspected by Lieu tenant Hunt, U. S. A., Wednesday morning at the Auditorium, were al lowed to return to their homes to day. Members from out in the state were given their transportation to and from their home towns. They were told to hold themselves in readiness to report at short notice for mobiliza tion. The inspection by Lieutenant Hunt was to determine the number of men in the Omaha battalion. No men were given a physical., examination. The latter will be given when they are sworn into federal service. About 518 men answered the roll call, almost twice the number needed to stand "muster." In the meantime the Omaha bat talion will keep recruiting to full war strength. Exams Next Week. , Examination of persons for the sec ond officers' reserve training camp started Wednesday and will continue until the last of next" week. Ap plicants in and near Omaha are being examined at Fort Crook by a board of army physicians and by Captain George L. Byroade. "The class of men who applied are above the average," Captain Byroade said. "I do not think Nebraska will have any trouble in filling its quota of 200 men for the training camp." Captain Byroade and physicians will tour Nebraska as soon as all appli cants in and near Omaha have been examined. All parts of the state will be visited and applicants examined without cost. Accepted applicants will be advised of the grade given them and they will be ordered to report at Fort Riley, Kan., some time the latter part of August. Many Subscriptions On New Farm Loan Bonds Subscriptions continue to come in j to the federal land bank for the first issue on farm loan bonds. The sub- , criptions range in amount from $25 j for small investors and purchasers up to amounts of $50,000 from bankers, j insurance companies,, etc. I Among the Thursday subscribers was William J. Bryan, who enclosed a cash remittance for $5,000 of bonds. Mr. Bryan in his letter stated that he was subscribing $5,000 of the bonds in the district comprising the states North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida. He also stated, "I converted $10,000 of the United States government bonds into land bank bonds." One of the large subscribers is a fire insurance company of Lincoln, which is investing from its reserve. Richard Matthews of Exeter, Neb., has followed the practice of a num ber of subscribers to the Liberty bonds. He has subscribed for a $100 bond for each of his five grandsons. Summer Days of Highest Average Heat Are Over The summer days of highest aver age heat are already past, Colonel Welsh of the weather bureau says. These are July 12, 13, 14 and 15. Rec ords of the last forty years show that these four days record the highest average temperatures of the sum mer. "It is peculiar," he said, "that Jan uary 12, 13, 14 and 15 show the low est average temperatures of the year. Thus the days of average highest and lowest temperature are exactly six months apart." ' However, the colonel added, there is nothing to guarantee that we won't get good, sizzling summer weather in the next two months. Asked whether the comparatively cool nights are "due to the war," the colonel smiled and stated he attribu ted them rather- to the democratic administration. AMUSEMENTS. BATHING Lost Your Pep ? You Need Refreshing Rett -Spend an Evening or Afternoon MAN AW A PARK ' .. ADMISSION FREE P. S. Best Fishing Ever. COOL, BREEZY, COMFORTABLE TODAY and TOMORROW Dorothy De Shelle and Co. IN "THE GETAWAY" Comedy Playlet. YWAXY The Vagabond Violinut. . HENRY AND MOORE Bits of Muaical Comedy. CASTING LAMEYS America's Foremost Casting Act. GLADYS HULETTE ' In tk "CIGARETTE GIRL" AND George Ovey Cub Comedy. BASE BALL - OMAHA VS. WICHITA July 2 21, 22-22 ROURKE PARK Friday. July 20, LaoW Day Sunday, July 22, 3 GaniM Firat 2:15 v Casus CalUd 3:15 ; Box Scats at Barkalaw Bras. ItMHHKH "One Bottle Will Tell" This is the beverage you have been looking for. Non-intoxicating, but with that same did taste. Hops! Yes, that's it Refreshing and wholesome as the food you eat, world' 's You can get it wherever they sell good drinks. Try a bottle today and see how well y6u will like it. 3 ,1s- tii It's like the picture here. When you see tkat WOUCe tne LaDel label you know you are getting CERV LEMP, Manufacturers, ST. LOUIS H. A. STEINWENDER, Distributor, 110S Douglas St., Omaha, Neb. rllOTOl'LAVS. f Synpfeoay 1 1 no n epg1 Orchestra 1 1 iVyylia VIVIAN MARTIN SESSUE HAYAICAWA In a powerful dramatic story of a Japa nese man who is in love with an American girl, "Forbidden Paths" Bray-Pictograph Mf Comedy. Today :-: :-: :-: Saturday , . Vivian Martin Sessue Hayakawa -in "Forbidden Paths" TODAY AND SATURDAY LOUISE LOVELY . "THE REED CASE" Bee Want Ads Bring Best Results Jjj " ' Best Bvei ItCOaJ THOTOPLAY8. Orchestral PIPE ORGAN TODAY AND SATURDAY ' GLADYS BROCKWELL in "To Honor and Obey" LOUISE GLAUM "Love or Justice 1 111 HBBg&B I I