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Alleged Slacker Arrested L. S.
Sewlers was arrested at Seottsbluff,
Neb., for failure to register or the
draft
Try the noonday 35-ct-nt luncheon
at the Empress Garden, amidst pleas
ant surroundinfrs, music and entertain
ment. Advertisement.
Retired from Police The city coun
cil granted W. T. Deverese retirement
from the police department as a bene
ficiary of the pension fund.
Kugel on Vacation City Commis
sioner Kugel will leave on Thursday
to Join his family in Minneapolis and
to take his annual vacation.
To Entertain Employes R. A. Aus
tin of the American Hand-Sowed Shoe
company has made reservations for
thirty of his employes at dinner at
Happy Hollow club Thursday .light.
Returns from Minnesota Mrs.
George A. Merrill returned Saturday
from a two week's visit with her
brother, F. V. Van Duyne. at his
summer home at Lake Mlnnetonka.
Minn. 7
Sunday Barber Shop Law
Is Attacked by Hotels
Interstate Hotel company, opera
tor of the Hotel Fontenelle, has filed
suit in district court for an injunc
tion against city and county officials
to prevent them from enforcing the
Sunday closing law for barber shops?
which went into effect last Sunday.
Hotel Fontenelle says the suit was
brought on behalf of itself and other
hotels similarly situated.
Corporation Counsel Lambert, City
Attorney Rine, City Solicitor Fle
harty, Assistant City Attorney Te
Poel, Assistant City Prosecutor An
heuser, Chief of Police Dunn and
Sheriff Clark are named as defend
ants. The hotel alleges Sunday barbering
is necessary labor, essential to the
health, cleanliness and comfort of
patrons.
State law providing for. the closing
of barber shops on Sunday is attacked
as unconstitutional and is character
ized as "class legislation."
The petition for injunction says the
law, if enforced, will amount to con
fiscation of property.
The court is asked to order proceed
ings against Ed Murray, barber, ar
rested and charged with having vio
lated the law, stopped.
Police Believe They Have
Members of Robber Gang
"I believe we have all the mem
bers of the gang of house breakers
and auto tire thieves that have re
cently been working so industriously,"
said John Dunn, acting chief of de
tectives, Monday. "We just arrested
Charles Long and believe that he is
the 'Blackie' referred to by Denny."
Charles E. Denny, arrested last
Monday on a charge of robbery by
Detectives Rich and Pszanowski, ad
mitted the robbery of the home of
James A. Flynn, 3016 Woolworth ave
nue, and four other robberies in
Omaha. He waived preliminary hear
ing and was bound over to the district
court.
Henry Wegworth, 2818 Davenport
street, known to the police as "Frisco
Pete,' is being held for investigation.
The police have several charges to
file against him for robberies con
fessed to by Denny, whom he accom
panied. , , , . ,,
Charles Long (Blackie), who
claims the Henshaw hotel as his
home, is the last member of the trio.
He is being held for investigation.
Officers expect to try him at the same
time as "Frisco Pete."
Three Boys Arrested
For Looting Boxcars
Three of a quartet of boys, 10 and
11 years old, were arrested Monday
night by Detective Unger and Special
Officer Morgan of the Northwestern
railroad. It is alleged by officers that
they have broken into seveii boxcars
recently.
A large sack was found where they
had cached it, containing tobacco,
gum, etc. Several cans of pork and
beans were found unopened and empty
cans were found scattered around
bearing the same label.
Marrian Banner, 1716 Pratt street,
one of the members of the gang, ad
mitted that they had broken into the
cars. Other boys arrested were Paul
Banner, a brother of Marrian, and
Everett Martin, 1716 Manderson
street.
The fourth member was not at
home when officers called to arrest
him, but is ell known. When told
of the trouble her son was in the
mother fainted. She has recently left
the hospital, where she underwent an
operation. Due to the delicate con
dition of his mother, neighbors will
make an endeavor to have clemency
shown him when arraigned before the
juvenile officers.
Police Not Able to Find
j Anything Against Long
: Charles Long, the young man sup
posed to be "Blackie," the tutor in
crime of Charles E. Denny,? proved
to be quite another person in police
court and received a fine of $10 and
costs for vagrancy. He said he was
a "showman" and was preparing to
leave Omaha for Sutton, Neb., when
apprehended by the officers. .
The Bee's Free Milk
and Ice Fund
CARS OF PRODUCE
DUMPED IN RIVER
Mrs. Sumney Says That is
What She Understood; Head
of Tanners' Union De
nies It.
It is a great satisfaction to con
tributors to know that EVERY
CENT they give to this fund for the
babies of the poor actually buys pure
milk or cooling ice for those babies.
The , visiting nurses investigate every
case and, where they find a really
needy family wtih a baby or small
child, they order a quart of milk or
more delivered daily by a reputable
dairyman. The bill is paid out of
The Bee's fund.
Thus, if you give a dollar to this
fund, it is precisely the same as if
you yourself found some needy fam
ily and delivered the milk there.
Not a cent is wasted. Your money is
100 per cent efficient.
Demands on this fund are very
heavy this summer. Scores of babies
are now being supplied with the life
giving milk, through the generosity
of contributors to this fund. Will you
help, too? Send or bring any sum
from 10 cents to $5 to The Bee office.
Every cent of it will help.
Previously acknowledged ....5212.30
Mrs. W. J. Fawcett. 5.00
J. E. Swanson... 1
Maud Hamilton'... 5.00
H.H 200
Total..,... $225.50
"Mrs. H. C. Sumney should come
forward with proofs or keep still,"
said R. M. Tyson, manager of the
Farmers' union state exchange in
Omaha, with reference to the reported
telegram from Mrs. Sumney to Pro
visional Food Administrator Hoover,
in which she is reported to have told'
that official that cars of potatoes, cab
bage and other vegetables are being
dumped into the river to keep
price up.
"Such a statement from her is an
insult to the intelligence of mankind,"
continued Mr. Tyson. "The idea that
any person in his right mind would
dump a carload of potatoes worth $3
a bushel in order that he might sell
what is left at $2 or $2.50 later on!
If anyone dumped potatoes when they
were $3 and $3.50 a bushel, you see
now how much he must have had by
it, for they are much cheaper than
that now."
The statements made in the tele
gram sent to Food Controller Hoover
from the woman's conservation
board of Omaha so far as they relate
to .alleged destruction of food have
been referred for investigation to Fed
eral Agent Coykendall.
Mrs. H. C. Sumney, who sent the
telegram, disclaims having any per
sonal knowledge of the condition com
plained of, but has given Mr. Coyken
dall the names of the parties upon
whose assertions her statement was
based. "Our purpose,' said Mrs. Sum
ney when interrogated, "was not to
complain of what had happened, but
to secure from Mr. Hoover an out
line of his plan that would reassure
the women we were asking to sign
the conservation food cards. Many of
these women, who had heard the cur
rent stories, have asked our solici
tors what good it would do for them
to save unless the destruction of food
by speculators was stopped."
Dump in River.
"We curried the western end of the
state with a fine tooth comb last year
to find potatoes, and we found the
country cleaned up of its potatoes.
"Every year this same charge of
dumping products to boost prices,
comes up. Last year it was reported
that dealers bought orchards of apples
and let them hang on the trees and
freeze, and that they bought patches
of potatoes and let them rot in the
field. It is all foolishness. Does any
one suppose when potatoes are $3
or more a bushel, that a man is going
to leave a single peck in the ground?"
Automobile Thieves
Blocked While at Work
A daring attempt at automobile
theft was frustrated early this morn
ing by neighbors of John R. Ring
wait, 3110 Chicago street, when burg
lars broke the lock of the Ringwalt
garage and removed the car.
The robbers succeeded in getting
the car about a block from the Ring
wait home before being chased away.
Mr. Ringwalt was unaware of the
theft, which took place! about 3:30 a.
m., "until iie had arose at 7 a. m. this
morning
Neighbors in the vicinity of Ring
wait home say shots were fired "by
those responsible for frightening the
burglars away, although no one could
be located who did the shooting.
Mr. Ringwalt directed inquirers to
Mrs. William Wappich of 310 North
Forty-first street for particulars as to
the theft Mrs. Wappich, however,
denied any connection with the rescue.
mam
MID SUMMER SALE
You'v been wanting a fin diamond and
a dependable watch to wear on your vaca
tion, and perhaps you would Ilk to make
a handsome present to friend er loved
one. It can all be easily arraafed by
opening a charge account with us, and
pay later, in small amounts, after your
vacation is over.
MILITARY
WRIST
WATCH
$1.50
A MONTH
Radium
Cial
Most useful
gift for soldier,
sailor and nurse an
swering the call to service
260 Military Wrist Wateh, leather
strap, unbreakable glass; high grade full
jewel movement; illuminated
dial. Specially priced
$1.50 a Month
rue lull
$15
Your registration certificate will soon
be soiled and torn if carried loose in your
pocket. You can get a handsome Holder
Free by stepping into our store and ask-.
ing for one. . I -
LOFTIS SEVEN-DIAMOND
CLUSTER RINQ ;,?,,,
The Diamond, are
mounted so a. to tfk
look lik. on. largo
ingle .tone.
H a n d s o meet and
most showy ring for
the least money.
Marvels of Beauty
at $50, S7S, $100 and
I2f
Credit Terms, $1.28,
$145, $2.50 and $3
per week.
( EXTRA
11 VALUE JJ
Men's Favorite
483 Man's
Diamond Ring. 6
prong Tooth
mounting, 14k
solid
gold,
at...
x a
$100
$2.50 m Week
Open Daily Till 9 P. M. Saturday. Til
9:30. Call or Write for Illustrated Catalog
No. 903. Phona Douglas 1444 and sales
man will call.
THE NATIONAL
CREDIT JEWELERS
MUNY DRYING PLANT
OPENSLAST NIGHT
First Trayful of Vegetables is
Placed in Dryer at Pub
lic Demonstration
by Board.
The first trayful of vegetables
were put in the municipal dry
ing plant established by the welfare
board in the Central Park school at
Forty-second street and Grand ave
nue. Members of the board ex
tended an invitation to the public to
witness the trying out of this new
process in a meeting at the school at
7:30 last night.
Housewives and amateur garden
ers will be able to take advantage of
these facilities for preserving food for
winter at a very low cost A fee of
3 cents a tray, each tray holding a
peck, will be charsred." said Karl
Schreiber. "Thus a bushel of food can
be dried for 12 cents, about the cost
of one glass jar which holds a quart
'put up in the old-fashioned way of
cooking and sealing.
Ihe drying process takes out all
the water, so the food loses in bulk,
but not in quality," added Mr. Schrei
ber. "A peck of beans becomes a
quart, when dried and can be kept in
a pasteboard box or a tin can. When
you want to use them, just soak in
cold water and there are your beans
again, all ready for cooking.
Citizens Willing to Work.
"The idea for this olant came
from Washington. We found a good,
live set of people out near Forty-second
and Grand who were willing to
try it. Men of the neighborhood built
the plant themselves, working nights
after their day's work.
Any one in Omaha can brinar food
for drying here. If the demand war
rants it we hope to have more such
plants in other parts of the city.
ine weiiare board did a-srreat
deal last spring to encourage garden
ing, wow tnese gardens are in fine
condition and their owners have
more than they can use. So we de
cided to help them in this way to
preserve food for next winter."
A number of donations from Omaha
citizens made possible the building of
this plant. The James Corr Electric
company donated the thirty-inch fan
and motor. C. N. Dietz and the Plat
ner Lumber company donated lumber
and the Tanner and Morton hard
ware companies donated wire screen
ing. Cash donations were from M. E.
Smith, $50; John L. Kennedy, $20;
Louis Beatty, $10.
The Women's Service league has
helped with the work and its mem
bers have promised to patronize the
plant. Those who have no gardens
say they will buy from truck garden
ers now and dry food in the plant. The
Campfire Girls will assist in different
ways.
Those Who Assisted.
Karl Schreiber,-Victor Jorgenson
and L. E. Franklin of the welfare
board will be at the plant during the
day to help the public. The plant
has 100 trays, which will dry twenty
five bushels of food every twenty
four hours.
Mrs. MacMurphy, food expert, will
tonight demonstrate the drying proc
ess. Food dried and then cooked
will be on exhibition.
The following men donated their
services for building the plant at
night: W. A. Gould, E. W. Sinnett,
H. L. Johnson, P. S. Hopkins, R. S.
Edmonds, F. S. Sterling, R. E. Mor
ton and H. E. Cox.
Policeman Gets Fifteen
Days for Playing Pool
Patrolman Oscar Knudsen of the
police department was suspended fif
teen days by the city council when
he pleaded guilty to a charge of play
ing pool at Twenty-fourth and Clark
streets on' the afternoon of July 18
at an hour when he should have been
patroling his beat.
Commissioners Butler and Parks
supported the recommendation of
Chief Dunn that Knudsen should be
suspended thirty days. The other
rnembers of the council voted for Su
perintendent Kugel's"fifteen-day rec
ommendation. "I was surprised that Knudsen
should have committed such a breach
of conduct at a time when this coun
cil was investigating the police de
partment," remarked Mr. Kugel.
The chief said that Knudsen's rec
ord previous to this offense had been
commendable.
POLICE UNEARTH
PLANTS OF BOOZE
Capture Largs Quantities in
Suitcases Brought Up
From St. Joseph,
Missouri.
Mary Such, a Roumanian woman
living at 5320 South Twenty-eighth
street, was so indignant when police
officers followed her and Joe Koveu
home from the depot when they re
turned last night from St. Joseph
with suitcases which were suspiciously
heavy and found to contain almost
every kind of intoxicating liquor that
she talked excitedly and asked the of
ficers why they didn't get the others.
They told her they would if they knew
who to get and she led them to the
home of Dan Filiph, 2423 P street,
where they found four gallons of
white rye.
Then she took the officers to S320
South Twenty-eighth, where they
found five and a half gallons of al
cohol, one-half gallon jug of whisky,
one gallon jug of whisky and two
quarts of white brandy. The men in
the party said that they had not been
to St. Joseph, but that they had
merely gone down to meet Mary Such
,and Mary Covry, who had been down
to the popular southern city.
The entire party, none of whom
cou)d speak English, appeared in the
South- Side police court this morning
and the case was continued until Au
gust 2. Mary Such, Mary Covry, Dan
Filiph, Jpe Koveu, George Such, Dan
Dodos and Dan Covry were all held
on cash bonds. All gave bonds.
Marshal Eberstein, special agent
of the bureau of investigation of the
federal Department of Justice, recom
mended that these people be held on
high bonds and the court acted upon
his suggestion.
One room in the police station is
full of jugs and jars and suitcases,
all filled with various brands of liquor.
Lavelle Heads Chalmers
Knittinq Co. in Omaha
John Lavelle, who far a number
of years was with the Byrne-Hammer
Dry Goods company as sales and
department manager, has taken
charge of the territory consisting of
Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Wyoming for the Chalmers Knitting
company, which is the largest manu
facturer of underwear in this coun
try. Mr. Lavelle has a large acquain
tance with the retailers in this sec
tion, having been connected with the
jobbing trade for the last twenty-two
years. He will have his own selling
organization and will make i head
quarters in Omaha, maintaining an
office at 209 Brandeis theater build
ing. Bee Want Ads produce results.
AMI JsKMENTS.
Cool All Th. Tim.
HOCKWALD'S
. Native Hawaiians
Sinters, Dancers Instrumentalists
Cramps of the Stomach and Bowels.
"I have a high opinion of Chamber
lain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy,"
writes Joseph Krier, Philo, Ohio. "It
will cure cramps of the stomach aud
bowels quicker than anything I know
of."
PHOTOPLAYS.
Three Kanes
"Striking A Balanca."
Joe and Vera Miller
"Vauda-illa Cnop Suay."
Vincent and Carter
An American Maid and an English
ChP
1 'Si
Earle
Williams
With
Corinne
Griffith
in
THE
STOLEN
TREATY'
(Fir Parts)
A story of tho U.
S. Secret Sarriea
Combined With a
Pretty Romance).
Hank Mann
"Hit Lot Fight"
Fox Film Comedy.
MARY
PICKFORD
"A ROMANCE OF
THE REDWOODS"
Last Times Today
VIOLA DANA
in
"Aladdin's Other Lamp"
Thursday Valeska Suratt
Last Times Today . .
EDITH STOREY
ANTON 10 MORENO
in
"THE ISLAND OF REGENERATION"
MUSE
ANITA STEWART
in
"THE MESSAGE OF THE
MOUSE"
STORE OPENS
8:30 A. M.
EVERYBODY STORE'
STOKE CLOSES
Tuesday, July 31, 1917. STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY- Phw t. vSl
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Wednesday Marks the Beginning of Our Third Annual
OF FURS
An Event of Unusual Interest Presenting a Noteworthy Opportunity to
Save 20 -to 33 Per Gent On the Finest Furs the Market Affords -
THE sale this season is of even greater importance than ever before. Furs will be in greater demand than for
many years. Our showing is very complete and extremely wide in variety and we believe our patrons will
welcome this unusual opportunity. .
The 1917 Fur Situation
The natural demand and extreme popularity of furs, combined with the fact that certain European sources of supply have been eat off from
this country for the past two years, have led to a steady price advance.
We anticipated the present high market by making our heaviest purchases months ago. Not only did this enable us to secure our stocks at the
lowest figure, but it gave us the choice of the American supply and also allowed us ample time for manufacturing our furs.
Every piece represented had to be proved worthy of the Burgess-Nash guaran- ' j
tee of quality, to insure the entire satisfaction of every customer. Therefore, you may !
be sure that every fur piece sold will be exactly as represented, and
Back of Every Piece of Fur Sold is the Burgess-Nash Guarantee of Quality,
Authenticity of Style, and Thoroughly Satisfactory Wear
Save 20 to 33Vz
rYOU will make your purchases dur
ing thi3 August sale of furs you can
effect a saving of from 20 per cent to
33 V3 per cent under the very low prices
which will be in effect after September 1.
Therefore it is not only economy but the
very best sort of an investment to buy
your furs at this time rather than later
on.
Furs Stored Till Nov. 1
QHOTJLD you desire, you may make
p your selection and we will carefully
store them for you until November 1,
upon payment of only 25 .per cent of their
value. You thus not only secure first
choice from our large stocks, but take
advantage of these extraordinary low
prices, without the necessity of making
full payment for the furs until they are
actually needed.
The New Fur Coats
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AME Fashion has some decided and certainly some very charming ideas about the way fur coats should be this fall and winter, styles that are
quite different from those of last season. Here s an idea of how the prices range : ,
Marmot Fur Coats, $79.00 to $90.00.
Natural River Mink Coats, at $125.00.
Natural River Mink Coats, Hudson Seal trim
mings, at $125.00 to $172.00.
Nutria Fur Coats, Squirrel collars, at $165.00.
Nutria Fur Coats, Marten trimmed, $198.00.
Nutria Fur Coats, Fox collars, at $239.00.
Hudson Seal Fur Coats, $172.50 to $350.00.
Hudson Seal Fur Coats, Lynx trimmed, $198.00.
Hudson Seal Fur Coats, Marten trimmed,
$198.00 to $285.00.
Natural Squirrel Fur Coats, at $275.00.
Leopard Coats, with Beaver trimming, $300.00.
The New Muffs and Scarfs-Sets or Individual Pieces
rERE are simple styles, novelty effects and combination models all the latest designs including fancy animal scarfs, long throws and muffs in
the very newest shapes:
Cross Fox Scarfs, $50.00 to $85.00.
Cross Fox Muffs, at $85.00.
Red Fox Scarfs, $15.00 to $80.00.
Red Fox Muffs, $17.50 to $40.00.
Black Fox Scarfs, $15.50 to $58.50.
Black Fox Muffs, $19.50 to $58.50.
White Fox Scarfs, $55.00 to $90.00.
White Fox Muffs, $45.00 to $50.00.
Taupe Fox Scarfs, $22.50 to $45.00.
Taupe Fox Muffs, $22.50 to $45.00.
Silver Tip Fox Scarfs, at $85.00.
Silver Tip Fox Muffs, at $67.50 to $95.00.
Poiret Fox Scarfs, at $49.50 to $58.50.
Poiret Fox Muffs, $58.50.
American Fox Scarfs, at $32.50.
American Fox Muffs, at $35.00.
American Lynx Scarfs, $17.50 to $40.00.
American Lynx Muffs, $30.00 to $37.50.
Hudson Lynx Scarfs, $12.50 to $29.50.
Hudson Lynx Muffs, $18.50 to $22.50.
Marten Scarfs, for $25.50 to $65.00.
Marten Muffs, for $18.50 to $65.00.
Badger Capes, for $70.00.
Badger Muffs, for $55.00.
Pearl Gray Wolf Scarfs, $22.50 to $30.00.
Pearl Gray Wolf Muffs, $30.00 to $45.00.
Bur(at-Nah Co. Second Floor.
Taupe Wolf Scarfs, $32.00 to $45.00.
Taupe Wolf Muffs, $20.00 to $30.00.
Black Wolf Scarfs, $22.50 to $45.00.
Black Wolf Muffs, $20.00 to $30.00.
Natural Mink Stoles, $125.00 to $200.00.
Natural Mink Muffs, for $39.50.
Kolinsky Scarfs, for $35.00 to $95.00.
Kolinsky Stoles, for $32.50 to $90.00.
Kolinsky Capes, for $50.00 to $90.00.
Kolinsky Capes, Ermine trimmed, $130.00.
Kolinsky Muffs, $22.50 to $82.50.
Mole Scarfs, for $42.50 to $65.00.
Mole Stoles, for $50.00 to $72.50.
Mole Muffs, for $35.00 to $50.00.
B0FTI5
Lbs brcs &ca;ri
409 S. 16th St
OMAHA.