THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917.
ROADS HAUL MORE !
COAL THAN BEFORE
Vice President Jeffers of the
Union Pacific Says Coal
Shortage Cannot Be
Laid to Railroads.
If there be a shortage in coal dur
ing the coming fall and winter it
- cannot be charged against the rail
roads, is the opinion of William M.
Jeffers, vice president and general
manager 6f the Union Pacific. How
ever, should there be a shortage, Mr.
Jeffers does not say what will bring it
about, nor does he say how the neces
sary relief could be secured. In an
interview on the coal question Mr.
Jeffers says:
"The railroads can in no way be
blamed for a coal shortage. The
records of increased coal movement
proves trns conclusively.
"Th Union Pacific railroad has
handled 9,819 more cars of coal since
January 1 than it handled during the
same time last year, an increase ot
nearly 20 per cent. This means an
increase in coal tonnage available for
consumption of 490,950 tons. At
eight tons to the family this increase
alone would supply the winter's stock
tor 61,356 families. In July alone we
handled 1,543 more cars of coal than
in July last year.
"I hav
ive just received from Wash
ington figures giving the record of the
railroads for the entire country. These
figures show that the railroads car
ried 129,721 more carloads of bitumin
ous coal from the mines in July this
year than during July. 1916. This in
crease, -which amounts to 20.4 per
cent, makes available tar consumption
6,486,000 tons of coal in excess of the
amount that would have been avail
able had the railroads merely dupli
cated their July.' 1916, performance.
"During April, May, June and
July this year the railroads handled
578.536 more cars, or approximately
28,8X6,000 tons, than during the same
period last year. This is 25.1 per cent
more than the amount handled for
these four mouths in 1916 and is in
dicative of the increased efficiency
shown by the railroads since they
voluntarily agreed to merge competi
tive activities and co-ordinate their
operations in a single continental
railway system in order to produce
a maximum of national transportation
efficiency during the period of the
war. This was possible through co
operative efforts on the part of the
roads and by giving preference to the
movement of coal.
"The first problem to which the
railroads, acting through the War
board, addressed themselves after the
agreement to operate the railroads of
the United States as a single trans
portation unit, Was that ot increas
ing the movement of coal and iron
ore. The results so' far achieved re
flect great credit upon the effective
ness with which this work has been
accomplished.
"The railroads also achieved an in
crease in their average daily loading
of bituminous coal in July this, year
over the average amount loaded vin
June this year, loading an average of
30,599 cars a day in July, as compared
with 30,059 cars in June. .
"The most notable increase in the
total shipments in July this year as
compared with July, 1916, occurred in
Illinois, Indiana and western Ken
tucky, It amounted to 84 per cent.
"It there is a coal shortage any-
it'll r tVttm urinrar tt i !! rrAa
going to see to it that it is not their
fault." . , i
Had Whisky Concealed
In Automobile Tank
An improved scheme for distribut
ing liquor in dry Nebraska, was nip
ped in the beginning by Detective
iohn Dunn Tuesday, when Frank
assen, 1113 South Sixth street, and
B. Mullen were arrested for selling
liquor. -
An automobile in which they distri
buted the fiery liquid is now held by
the police. An arrangementwas per
fected -whereby a separate tank, in
side the gasoline tank, with a separ
ate pout was tilled with whisky. Mul
len, it is declared, drove the automo
bile after Hassen had solicited the
business, stopping his car at the des
ignated points and turning the crank,
the whisky coming from the invisible
tank. ,
Omaha War Notes
Ssrftant Major Mk haa taken up hit
dutlea aa aorgcant major ot tha Omaha bat
talion. W. A. Luk. Tounf Men'a Christian aaao
etatton worker asslfnad to tha Nebraska
revlmanta. had chsrga of a musical In th
Auditorium. Tba marina corpa quartat ot
Nw York lava tha ntrtalnmnt. Thla la
tha llrat of a. aartca plannad to ba (Ivan
In Omaha. Tha fount Man'a Christian asso.
elation haa tba aulatanca ot tba beat talant
ot tha country who art giving- thalr aarvloes
fraa and ara making toura of tha aoldlera'
training campa all ovar Tba country.
A lettar from Llautanaot Ted Motoalfo ot
Company C, Sixth Ksbraaka. which l(t last
Friday for Darning, baa com to hla brothar.
Captain Buahlar Matcalfa of tha macblna
gun company of tha aama raglmant.
"Every ont ot tha boya ia dellgbUd with
Iteming." ha writes. "Tha cllmata la Ideal,
cool and delightful. All man are In flna
iplrlU and have been enjoying themselves
eiplorlng th aurroundlng country. And
tba water la tha boat 1 ever tasted."
Mrs. J. F. Coad of Omaha, road In Tha
Bea of the destrsfor base ball gloves In
tha machine gun company. At onre Mrs.
Coad railed up Captain M'-tralte aftd told
him to get whatever the men needed and
fad tha bill to her. Captain Metcalfe joy
fully proceeded to carry out Instructions, so
now tba company has bats, balls, glovaa and
masks, A number ot other people have aent
In florae. Cone ilyer ot Omaha also brought
in a ftiia one.
Captain Burmaater, who has been drill
ing tha machine gun company ot the Sixth
while on hla vacation for two weeks, was
expecting to return to hla work as auditor
of tha Woodmen of tha World. But when
hla employer. Mr. Patterson, beard how hla
vacation bad been spent ha told him to
go ahead and drill tha men aa long as he
wtahed and come pact to worn oniy wnen
tba company left, bis aalary to go on as
usual.
Robert Webb, bandmaster af the Blxt'h
Nebraska, who baa bean In Lincoln, re
turned to Omaha to diacuas with Omaba
business man plana for equipping tba band.
Mr. Webb has collected his musicians from
all ovar tha country, ma awn wine expert,
nn aa a musician having glvau him ai:
nnalntanca with many fine band men. All
hla men are professional musicians and have
had experience in large orcgteiraa ana ia
mous circus bands.
Th only thine they lack now la Inatm
menu," ' he aald. "Thla wtll be he beat
hul In Damlne-. I can promise, when we
at the taatnuoanta needed. Tha band of
the Fifth la backed by tha buatneaa-tr.en ot
T.tnMla nt la well fitted oat. We are anx
ious for tha Omaha men ts belp ua and let
as show them what we can ao.
The Omaha Ainbu'.anc company la on the
final finish ot it whirlwind campaign for
a mm fund. The performance at th
Gayety theater Friday night promUea to
ha a rreat aueceaa. Already the company
haa I2.ISI deposited In tha bank from the
aa a of tickets and similar enterprises.
The ambulance company haa not yet
bean federalized, so Its members draw no
ealartea and nave BO mesa fund allowed
Clash of A rms More Appealing Than
Battles of Wits Before the Jury Box
Many attorneys of Nebraska have
forsaken the courts and the law li
braries to follow the call of the drum
and bugle and for many the' clash of
arms has more charm these stirring
days than the clash of wits before the
jury box.
One of the best known of these is
Captain Alan A. Clements of Com
pany I, Fifth Nebraska infantry, now
at Ord.
Captain Clements was on the border
last year and there his thorough
knowledge of Spanish served his regi
ment in good stead. Through him in
formation was gained that an ordi
nary interpreter could not obtain.
Captain Clements' wife, who ac
companied him to the border last
year, was the idol of his company
and th. men are hoping she will go
to Deming, too. She is a splendid
horsewoman and just the "pal" for
an army man, say the boys.
"I bet Mrs. Clements would be
willing to put on a uniform and come,
too," said one. But Captain Clem
ents prefers she shall stay safe at
home when he goes to France.
DISTRICT BOARD AT
THE COURT HOUSE
Army Building Quarters Found
to Be Too Small to Accom
modate the' State Ex
emption Board.
Finding that the work was too
heavy for their quarters in the army
building, the district board is moving
to more spacious rooms.
The county commissioners have
granted them the use of the rooms in
the court house formerly occupied by
the Douglas County pioneers. This
takes in the southeast corner of the
basement.
"This will probably last us for a
few days," said a member of the
board, "and then we will have to ask
forbore rooms."
Ifvvill probably take twenty-five
clerks to take care of the correspond
ence coming before the board and
the question is "Where to find the
clerks?"
Receive Many Letters.
On Monday over 700 letters came
to the board, sixty-four being regis
tered and having to be signed for.
Each letter (has at least one enclosure
to file away, while some have as many
as three or four.
The Fourth district has called 226
more men to pick the balance of their
quota from. They do not require
many, so the work will be light.
First district examinations are go
ing on again to get the balance of
their quota. Out of 12(5 .examined
Monday ninety-three passed and thirty-three
were rejected because of phy
sical disabilities. Fifty-four have been
examined since then, forty-one pass
ing and thirteen being rejected. Ninety-three
men have to be taken out of
'the 400, but the biggest share are mar
ried men wtih families.
Selects First Quota.
The Benson district haa Ihosen its
quota of 128, but still has the 10 per
cent, or about fifteen Inen, to choose
for the reserve in case any of the cer
tified men are rejected at the district
board or at the army camps. These
ftten will be chosen Friday, having at
ready appeared for their examina
tions. -
The Third district has not certified
any more men as yet, but will publish
complete list ot the men chosen
within a few days.
Jsorae of the men that failed to show
up for their examinations have heen
traced and found to still be working
in Omaha. Their names have been
certified to the district board, who
will notify the men that they have
ten days in which to appear before
them, alter that time the names be
ing turned over to the governor to
have action taken on them.
McCabe Reckoned as Real
Athlete of Police Force
The Omaha police are proud of the
fart that there is one athlete among
them. That man is Fran.' McCabe,
officer at the Municipal beach. Mc
Cabe is going to compete in the div
ing contest which will be held at the
Gayety theater Friday evening. And
rrank s; t he is going to capture
high honors. The life guards at the
muny beach will also compete.
McCabe weighs ZVO pounds, but
he v . sv ' '00 feet in ten seco. s -
is the fleetest runner on the police
force is known as a wrestler and a
good m l:sman.
At the annual police marksmansnip
co.,.ct McLabe tied serg. : ; ;rns
for highest honors.
When l.e goes swimming he is
rather a conspicuous-appearing per
son, wearing a bright green bathing
suit. He is expected to don it next
Friday evening at the contest.
City to Close Streets
For Ak-Sar-Ben Shows
The city council honored a request
from Secretary Weaver of the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. asking that
the following streets be closed from
September 25 to October e, on ac
count of the fall festivities: Capitol
avenue, Twelfth to Fifteenth streets,
and ! Fourteenth and Thirteenth
streets, from Dodge to Davenport
streets.
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storage for your furniture,
pianos, rugs and other house
hold furnishings. . ,
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Autoists Violate Dimmer Law,
SaysS. E. Smythe of Auto Club
"It is surprising to observe the
number of motorists who seem to have
no regard for the automobile road
laws," says S. K. Smyths of the
Omaha Automobile club. "Despite the
state law regarding dimmers on auto
mobile headlights which went into
effect on July 24, a very large per cent
of owners have made no move at all
to obtain dimmers for their machines.
And this is particularly exasperating
to the man who, having gone to the
trouble of securing new lenses, meets
a machine coining from tlte opposite
direction with lights turned on at full
glare and with Minding effect."
Mr. Smythe said that lie stood at
the intersection at Boulevard and
Amcsvenue for two hours one even
ing last week and during that time
he counted seventy machines with
out dimmers which passed this one
spot.
"Something will have to be done to
overcome this evil," he concluded,
"and a good start can be made by a
much stricter enforcement of the
law."
Beat your own sales records see more cus
tomers, close more sales, cover -wider territory.
The Studebaker Roadster Las power and
speed on bad streets and billy streets and Jor
every emergency of roads, hills or weather.
It is probably the most-powerful car of its
weight on the market.
It is so accessible thayou can take care of
it yourself it doesn't require a chauffeur. It
Price advance September 15th. Order now and save money
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H. J. HUGHES CO., Wholesale Distributor, Omaha,
MERRY OUTINGS FOR
MERCHANT GUESTS
Omaha Wholesale Market Pre
sents Busy Scene on Sec
ond Day of "Mer-
chants' Week."
AH the traveling men of the Omaha
wholesale houses are in town at pres
ent and are serving as areception
committee to look after the wants of
the merchants from a dozen states in
Omaha's trade territory who are here
this week to buy their fall and winter
stocks of goods.
Merchants' market week was
progressing nicely on the second day
of its course. Merchants by the hun
dreds came in Tuesday morning to
swell the crowds that arrived Mon
day, and the shopping in "wholesale
dom" in Omaha is brisk.
The biggest entertainment of the
week is booked for Wednesday and
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Wednesday the guests will go from
Fourteenth and Farnam streets by
street car at 4:30 to the Happy Hol
low grounds, where a program of
comic athletic events and other fea
tures will be staged. Gifts and prizes
amounting to $500 will be awarded
Wednesday. The gift list includes a
Ford touring car, a round trip ticket
to Yellowstone park, a ticket to Cali
fornia and return and ten Liberty
bonds valued at $50 each.
Again on Thursday at Krug park
further gifts totaling $500 will be dis
tributed. A big barbecue is the after
noon feature at Krug park for Thurs
day. ; :
Woman Bound Over On
Charge of Manslaughter
Viola Smith, 815 South Seventh
street, hold on a charge of ..man
slaughter for the killing of Louis T.
McCarthy, the result of a brawl in the
lower section of the city, was bound
over to the district court Tuesday
morning in police court under $5,000
bond, which she was unable to fur
nish. McCarthy, who lived at 508 Pop
pleton avenue, was killed by Viola
Smith during a card game where
drinking was freely engaged in, the
liquor having been obtained from
Guy Brown, 1212 South Fourth street.
A career of wrong living was given
by Miss Smith as the cause of her
act. The killing occurred on Au
gust 17.
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Yon can drive all day in a Studebaker
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Farnam Street and 25th Avenue
OMAHA, NEB.
Held for Obtaining
Large Sum by Fraud
Mrs. Margaret Davis, alias Dora
Elwood, charged with obtaining
money under false pretense, was
bound over to the district court by
Judge Fitzgerald in police court
Tuesday morning. -
The complainant is Joseph Homan,
55 years old, whose wife Recently died,
leaving three children. Mrs. Davis
also has several children, one of whom
is at present in a local hospital with
blood poison in the foot.
Homan alleges that Mrs. Davis ob
tained $900 front him on promises of
marriage and mortgages on property
she claimed to own in Kansas. Ho
man. who resides it 2710 South Twenty-fifth
street, met tMrs. Davis while
she was working in a Jailor shop on
North Sixteenth street.
Junk Dealers Make a
Plea for Protection
The Omaha Junk Dealers' associa
tion, desiring to place their business
on a substantial and respectable basis,
adopted resolutions asking the public,
press ana police to co-operate in the
abatement of certain adverse condi
tions. Memberi of the association wear
accredited badges as a protection
against unscrupulous junk men who
buy from minors, knowing the goods
were stolen. The association also
wishes to protect its members against
assaults "by thugs and ruffians who
believe that the peddler is legitimate
prey for their assaults."
Will Not Take Unaddressed
Papers for American Troops
The Postoffice department has been
forced to discontinue allowing news
papers to be mailed to the American
soldiers in France by merely placing
a stamp on them unaddressed. accord
ing to information received by Post
master Fanning. In the future this
order will apply to magazines only.
The tremendous number thrown, into
the mail for the American troops
forced the discontinuing of the per
mit for unaddressed papers.
Burglars Rob Barber Shop
And Then Cash Checks
Burglars entered the Sanford hotel
barber shop Sunday through the
basement door, that had been left un
locked, and stole checks amounting
to $28.20. One of the checks was
cashed at the American State bank
Monday afternoon by two men. Po
lice have a good description of the
men.
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(John D.'s Truck Hits Car
Ana uomes uui Aneaa
John D. Rockefeller's automobile
oil truck No. 8 struck Farnam car No.
895 at the intersection of Eighteenth
and Farnam streets, jarring the front
end of the car and jolting the pas
sengers. The oil truck cleared the
crossing without being detoured from
its course. The front end of the street
car was badly damaged. The impact
We Happen to Be Living
In the Good Old Land of Freedom
Where the accident of . birth does
not give anyone the right to sit
It is monstrous to think that a body of so-called
"Conscientious" Dentists, who had the confidence of the
people to start with, would -so conduct themselves that
the Profession of Dentistry itself is now thought of with
'fear and trembling.
Fear of physical painj fear of 'being overcharged,
fear of faulty work, fear of needless treatments to extract
FEES rather than TEETH this is the state of mind in
which the average person approaches a Dental Office
when they can put off the dreaded visit no longer.
I call attention to this because I beliqve it is a slander
on my chosen profession, and entirely unnatural and un
necessary. A Patient should no more fear his Dentist than his
Doctor, and should have the same implicit confidence in
his professional. skill and integrity, and with the help.
of the good people of this community I am going to lift
this cloud from the Practice of Dental Surgery.
I have revolutionized the extraction of teeth by the
introduction of my safe and painless method.
The best evidence of my success is the deadly hatred
of the Dental Trust and the compliment paid me by, the
yipping bunch of imitators, who are even too crude for
the Trust to shelter, and who seek to eke out a living by
crying "Me too" and copying my announcements as far
as they dare.
I have forever dispelled the patients' fear of being
overcharged by my- public announcements each week
so he who runs may read.
J have overcome the fear-of faulty work by select-,
ing as ray associates only Registered, Graduate Dentists,. ,
of special skill and training, who work under my direc- ,
tionr and my guarantee is back of every piece of work
done in this office.
It is the policy of myself and my staff of associates
to eliminate every unnecessary twinge of pain and to han-
work.
How well we are succeeding is best told by ' our
crowded reception rooms and the patients who have had
work done here.
One of the conveniences I have given the public is
the opportunity for the business man, working man or
woman to have their dental work done after work
ing hours. ,
I have arranged to give you the same attention
and treatment evenings until 8 o'clock that you would re
ceive during the day. Also Sunday hours from 9 to 1
o'clock.
Painless Withers, Dentist
16th and Farnam Sts. 423-428 Securities Bldg.
Douglas 4604. or Rose
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' , " CARL J. HAMMONS, Manager.
Rates? Room without bath, $1-00 to $1.50. With Bath, $2.00 to $3.50
Correct Service -:- Excellent Cuisine -:- Popular Prices
-:- FAMOUS PENNANT CAFE -.-
Under- Same Management
! was heard for a considerable distance
from the collision. Motorman Ru
dolph Uraska escaped injury by plac
ing him arm before his face.
Shippers Pay $19.60 for Hogs,
Breaking South Omaha Record
Shippers again broke all records on
the South Omaha market Tuesday
when they paid $19.60 for hogs. This
is an advance of 35 cents over yes
terday's top.
on somebody
else's neck and
judge as to the
eternal fitness of
things
I am'rapidly remov
ing the fear of the
dental chair from
the minds of the
people; and by the
same token implant
ing fear in the hearts
of the unmasked
Dental Companies.
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