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THE BEE : OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 191T. Brie) City News LlrhtiBff Elitnree Burgtss-Grandea Co Hre Hoot rrint 11 Nw Hvn Ptu. Metal dies, pressw'k. JuDlleellfs. Co. Platinum Wedding Rinss Edholra Try the noonday S5-cent luncheon . w impress uaraen, amiast pieaa ant surroundings, music and entertain m en t Advertisement Auction Sale Holsteln cows and neiiera, xsewmeyer barn, Council Bluffs. Ja., Thursday. September 6, 1:30 p. m. Danish Pinnln T.nAe-a nf th Ttgn. ish brotherhood In Omaha and Ben- : 1 1 1 I ) rn . bvu win noia a. picnic csunaay, septem ber 9. It will hA a. T?ri rrns. hono. fit and all funds derived will be turned over to that organization. New Members of Police Force waving passea the physical and all other required examinations. J. T. Kwasniswski, J. V. Janka, W. C. curry and H. L. Bolar have been ap pointed members of the police force. Zimmerman fJn Fc v. TP 7im merman is in New London, Conn., at tending a meeting of the New York Life J200.000 club. He will visit in New York, Philadelphia and Washing ton, also his mother in Wilmington. Dela. SEND PICTURES TO DEMIHGFOR GUARDS Women's Service League Will K Beautify Buildings Used by Nebraska Soldiers; No "Sob Stuff" Included. cigiu pictures vo Dngnten tne wans of the Nebraska building at Deming, , will be forwarded the end of the week by the National' League for Woman Service. The request for pictures came from E. F. Denison, Young , Men's Christian association secretary, there in a letter to Mrs. William Archibald Smith. Mrs. L. J. Hcal'ey has given a framed pictured of President Wilson. Mr. Denison suggested a head of Christ, "The Gleaners." and a few more familiar works of art, but told the women to exercise their own judg ment. "We've been told the boys don't want "sob stuff" for their pictures if there are to be any, so we shall try to cnoose pictures tney will like, said Mrs. Smithy The motor mechanics class of the Service league which was to begin work Wednesday, has been postponed until Monday morning because the instructor, Mr. Moehrle, is out of the city. - Service league headquarters move Wednesday to 320 Bee building. Large Decrease in Grain Stored; Mostly jn Wheat Though grain receipts on the Oma ha market continue pretty fair, the stocks in storage, owing to unprece- AantoA AamnnA . .... A ts AAtfAnm The following figures of the inspec tion department of the Omaha CJrain exchange indicate the different kind of grain in storage, in bushels, as compared with the corresponding date of one year ago. Now. Tar Ago. Whf&t , . 11,000 2,274,000 "orn 200,000 131,000 Oati , 438.000 998,000 Rye , 3,1)00 20,000 Barley ...... 4.000 34,000 ,Total:.,,. .....v-".... iSi4,O0O . 3,449,000 The' decrease is 2,795,000 bushels and it will be noted that the most of the falling off is in wheat. More Ground Secured For Ak-Sar-Ben Carnival The Ak-Sar-Ben carnival grounds will be larger this year than last. Ad ditional street space has been con tracted for. The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company has agreed to switch its cars, off Thir teenth street to Howard and then north on Fifteenth, so that additional space might be allowed for the car nival grounds. ' Thus the crounds this vear will comprise Thirteenth street from Dodge to Davenport, Fourteenth street from Dodge to Davenport and Capitol avenue from Twelfth to Fif teenth street. Here Was One Banquet With Oratory Cut Out: Elmer Beddeo of the Beddeo Cloth ing company gave a banquet and dancing party at the Hotel Rome Monday evening for his employes. The fifty people present thoroughly en joyed themselves and alo the special entertainers provided by Mr. Beddeo to pass away the evening pleasantly. A new departure from (ordinary banquets was the fact that there were no speakers on the program. When his guests had their fill of good things to eat Mr. Beddeo led the way to the ball room, where they also en Joyed their full meed of pleasure in pursuit, of the art of terpsichore. : Municipal Coal Yard , Being Urged for Omaha , H. C. Timme, R. J. Sutton, improve ment club officers, and Dan Butler, city commissioner, are agitating the . matter of establishing a municipal coal yard in Omaha to furnish coal to consumers at a price lower than that at which coal can new be bought ' at the retail yards here . An effort? will be made to get the city council to open such a yard in Omaha under the provisions of the state law passed! by the last legislature giving the council power to open a municipal coal yard and sell coal to the public. Senator John F. Moriarity is the au- ., -f 41. I Uior oi me mw. Enforces Request for Match With Iron Bar While returning home from work at the American Smelting and Refining company Thomas Mathews, 1515 North Eleventh street, was stopped and asked for a match near Seventh and Burt streets. On refusing, Math ews was struck on the head with bar of iron, receiving a deeo gash o-er the right eye. He was attended by Dr. Duncan. Auto Thieves Take , Two Cars from Streets Thieves Monday night stole the ,aut,omobilee of A. Patach, Avery, Neb., from Fifteenth and Harney streets while he was attending a thea ter. The machine of E. J. Polsen, 2614 Avenue B, Council Bluffs, was taken from in front of the Hotel Rome ' at 9:30 p. m. ,. Omaha School Kiddies Are Mobilizing at Fifty -five Stations for Winter Drive Twenty-five Thousand Report on the Opening Day to the Thousand Teachers Who Are on Hand to Muster -, in the Recruits, All' Anxious to 60 Their Part in the Juvenile Army. v ( M'HUGH TELLS HOW RIOT WAS STOPPED Military Discipline Enabled Of ficer of the Day to Control Large Crowd With a Few Men. A mighty army mobilized yesterday in Omaha an army of 25,000, equal to 150 infantry companies of the present size. At the storke of 9 in the morning 25,000 children, their long summer vacation at an end, marched in orderly ar ray 4o fifty-five training stations scattered over the city and work began. In fifty-five school buildings, the principals each commanding officer of enough lads and lassies to make from one to four companies of infan try had their staffs on hand early to receive the recruits. , INCREASED BY ANNEXATION In the city school system of Omaha, enlarged this vear bv 2.000. due to the annexation of Benson and Florence, children enrolled, in num bers equal to more four times the number of federalized guardsmen that Nebraska will send to Deming this year. - ' j ' It was with a prayer on their lins and a fervent desire for divine guid ance in training this mighty army of young souls , that the 1,100 ianthful teachers ot Omaha began their work. ;- "We have, so far. no new plans for the year's work," said Miss Belle Kyan, assistant superintendent of schools. "Our aim is to make this the best year so far in the Omaha school history. We will not know just what changes should be made till reports are all jn, after a few days. Every school in the city, fifty-five in all, will open with a full staff of teachers. ' v . " - "Last year, on opening, day. Sep tember S, the schools opened wjth a roll call of 23,000 pupils. This, year there will be several thousand more, I am sure. Benson and Florence have been annexed with 2,000 pupils and four new schools. "Since then Omaha has grown also, and many new families have come to Omaha. 1 expect a large in crease of attendance reported." , Men Are Scarce, i . , The .difficulty of getting teachers: has caused much grief for the super intendents and their staff this, sum mer. Miss Ryan, among others, took but' two weeks' vacation. TJuring all the summer months she spest -most of her time at her desk, planning for the winter's work and trying to get teachers. A man in the teaching force is be coming as rare and valued a treasure ONE OF THE ABLE OFFICERS OF THE FIFTH. Captain Crosby of Company D is one of the ablest men in the Fifth Nebraska regiment. Because of his convincing power and ability to judge men he was sent out in the state to muster in recruits for the Fifth and Sixth regiments while his company was encamped at Fort Crook this summer. He is now at Deming with the company,, which was one of the first m the regiment recruited to full var strength., . : " ' To Tfghten City's Grip On All Taxi Drivers Taxicab driver and the drivers of all automobiles for hire will find them selves without licenses , if in the fu ture they fail to conform to the pro visions of the ordinance regulating their business and actions. At the meeting of the council an ordinance providing for the .revocation of such ordinances was passed. It will be effective as aoon as publication is complete. Under-the provisions of the ordi nance, whet a license is issued to an auto driver and once revoked he is forever barred from securing another license to drive within the limits of the city of Omaha., as a big blue diamond in the South African mines. And there is as much rejoicing over one nailed down by a contract as over a Koohlnoor brought to the crown jewels. "Saturday the South High school faculty was elated with its new acqui sition, George Johnston, a young sci ence teacher, whom they had obtained with great toil and tribulation. They brought him to the teachers' meeting Monday and exhibited him proudly. But pride goeth before a fall. At the close of the meeting the science teacher met a telegraph messenger at the door. The. blue-uniformed Mer cury brought news for the South High school, though the young man seemed pleased. The message was a summons for the science teacher, who had been dratted, to report at Fort Riley, Kan. In a few moments the science teacher had vanished. In ad dition to its other problems of open ing day the Omaha Board of Edu cation is looking for another science teacher.; , Many Vomen instructors as well have s'ought qiner fields. The call of the wild andi tncidentally, the call of a substantial increase in salary has taken several of the most capable young teachers to Alaska. There they expect to find adventure, a la the movies and Re. Beach. They can also get about, $150 a month in Alaska, much more than they can get here, although last, year Omaha voted its teachers a good increase in salary. A number jof teachers transferred to the Pacific coast this summer. Seat tle, Portland and the Califdrnia cities have an, appeal that teachers' with the wanderlust, can't resist; ' . To offset this migration the" Board of Education has brought in about thirty new teachers this year. Many come from the smaller towns of Ne braska. 'V ; A number are from eastern towns. One hails from as far east as Fre-- donia, ,N, Y. Many find teaching in the west a delightful experience and expect to spend a while at least here to get to know this part of the country. OMAHA BOY NOW ON ' S. CONVOY SHIP Ronald Kane Aboard Seattle' Guarding American Troops v Crossing Atlantic Ocean ; In Paris July 4. Ronald JCanc, son of Harry Kane of the C. W. Hull company, is now on a battle ship convoying United States troops across the Atlantic to France. His father has not heard from him for ten days and the boy was expecting his ship to leave for France, so !the conclusion is drawn that he is now on the ocean. Already young Kane, who is on the United States ship Seattle, has helped one set jof troops across. He was in Paris Jtily 4 and witnessed the great demonstration there. . , Joined Just in Time. The day after war was declared, Kane, then in his third year in high school here, joined the navy. He was not a moment toe-. soon, tor a, short time after, the navy, lists, were closed to await- more training schools and his friends who, waited a week or so to join did not get to go till last week. Kane's parents seldom know where he is, but they address letters to the postmaster of New York City, who always knows where the battle ships are and sends tHeni on. When he got back' from his first trip to France, he found fourteen letters from home awarting him in New York. ; Germafis and Austrians ' , Cause'of Armour Strike 'General Manager' Howe of the Ar mour Packing company late Tuesday afternoon i stated that the cause of labor agitation in their plant and the striking of about 140 men 'was caused, by the entrance into the plant of one German and two Austrian la borer. "These men were; hired Saturday afternoon and only worked two hours," said Mr. Howe. "During that time they worked in two different gangs and told the men. they were, working too cheap. This is undoubt edly the reason for the men quitting and I expect them back to work as soon as they understand the situa tion. I do not anticipate any fur ther trouble. . We are on the look out for these men and will undoubt edly find them." MB mm (mmm V Lieutenant McHugh of Company A, Sixth Nebraska, went on duty at the Auditorium as Officer of the day Mon day morning at 11 o'clock for a twen-, ty-four-hour stretch. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning Lieutenant McHugh had officiated at a fire and a near riot and had got just two hours of baauty sleep. When found the lieutenant was seated at the front entrance with a wild and rov ing eye on the alert for more trouble. It was due largely to Lieutenant McHuglVs foresight that a riot was prevented at the Stecher-Plestina matclu As officer of the day, on 'him devolved the duty of preparing for trouble, although none was antici pated. "But you know something is al ways likely to happen when there is a crowd. And especially a crowd at such an event as last night," explained McHugh. Mattes Plans Early. Early in the day he made his plans.' Every officer of Companies A and D and the machine gun company was detailed for guard duty in the even ing. Every noncommissioned officer of the three companies had instruc tions to have his men lined up ready for. any command. At the beginning of the match the three companies were placed accidentally it may have seemed to the .public near the ring side. "And at the first sign of trouble a few quick words to the soldiers near est the mat was sufficient they were on th$ sppt in a jiffy. The soldiers headed off trouble just in time, was the opinion of all ob servers. There was no riot because they did not let' one start. Had they not rush4 in at once, real trou ble might , have resulted. "What were your plans if a riot started," was asked Lieutenant Mc Hugh. "Form a wedge," said the lieuten ant briefly. "Push Tight in and break up the crowd 1 Not let them get to gether; one wedge push in one direc tion, another cut through in an op posite' way 1 Keep the crowd sepa rated and in circulation gradually push them out the door!" Fortunately this part of the pro gram did not have to be carried out. The soldiers snowed their training splendidly. The crowd far outnum bered them, but with their fine or ganization they would have been able to end the riot. Lieutenant McHugh received his military training at Culver' Military academy and m the guards Some of the City Funds Are Running Short The, city council has made the dis covery that the following, funds have been exhausted, or nearly so, iiid that in the future the garments will have to be cut to fit the cloth, so to speak: Prison labor, recreation, curb and gutter! street repair, Auditorium, dead animal, detention home, emer gency hospital ana municipal court. J'he shortage in funds amounts to abbut $25,000 in the aggregate. The depletion, it is asserted, has been brought about by extraordinary drains that had not been figured on. Even with the shortage, the mem bers of the council figure that there is a way out of the dilemma and that public work and the institutions that arc close run for money will not ma terially suffer. By skimping a little along the edges the members of the council pre dict that the business of the city can be run along business lines until the next levy is available. The sale of the crane and engine used at the dump is considered a good one It originally cost the city $7,127 and has been sold for $12,000, f. o. b., Omaha. McCord-Brady Shorten , ; Working Hours at Plant Working hours have been shortened in McCord-Brady . wholesale plant in Omaha, W. H. McCord announces. During the summer months the floor men worked from 7 to 5 and the of fice force from 7:30 to, 5. Now the workingmen will work from 7:30 to 5 and the office force from 8 to 5. Saturdays work stops at 1 o'clock as usual. Mr. McCord says he believes the employes get as much done in these shorter hours as they fbrmerly did in the longer hours, WOMEN TO PROYIDE B00KSF0R TROOPS "Library War Week" to Be Ob served Over Nation Sept. 24; Mrs. Paul Calls On , Women to Help. i'iiiiiin;ii:niniiliiiiiii;iiiiiiiiiniiiirnMiiiiiiii!iiiiii f I Fireproof j i Storage 1 I If you plan to close your ? I house for the winter talk l I to us about storing: your f I household goods in i our ; fireproof storage. 1 m : Omaha Van j & Storage Co. I I PHONE DOUG. 4163 f 806 South 16th St Z iii!l;iliii;ilNliiliillill.li.iilnl!Hliilii!,li!i!,i,!i:liin "Library week" ill be ob served nation-wide the week of Sep tember 24. The American Library association, together with the General Federation of Women's Clubs, is sponsoring the work , of providing books and magazines at more' than fifty military training camps. Mrs. J. N. Paul, president of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs, issues the call to women of this state. "I hope and believe our clubwomen will do all in their power to 'aid this worthy move, thereby cheering many an otherwise lonely hour for our boys iiY Deming or 'somewhere in France,'" writes Mrs. Paul. The secretary of war has appointed Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowlcs, president of the General Federation of Wom en's Clubs, a member of the library war council, which is advisory to the American Library association in its work of providing library facilities at all cantonments and training camps. The campaign will be conducted through the public libraries. Whisky for Sick Friend Lands Farmer in Jail Xcls Anderson, who says he owns a farm near Papillion, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged w-ith illegal possession of intoxicating liquor He stated in police court that someone asked him to step into the soft drink parlor of Charles Mack, 322 North Fifteenth street, and buy some whisky for a sick person. Ander son agreed, but was caught with the "goods" on him by detectives. Ander son was released on bonds and his case continued until Thursday. City Council Attends Funeral of J. W. Bedford Members of the city council this afternoon attended the funeral of the late Jefferson W. Bedford. Mr. Bed ford was a former member of the council. Messrs. Jardine and Parks were appointed a committee to pre pare resolutions, present the original to the council and an engrossed copy to the family. 1 But Two Straw Hats Found . ? " On Exchange to Destroy At the Omaha Grain exchange cus tom has decreed that the first day after September 1, all straw hats that appear on the floor arc sent to the dis card. In the past, on this occasion, generally straw hats have appeared in large numbers and upon their en trance into the room, they have been grabbed from the heads of the owners and sent flying out of windows, into the street. This year the men who are partial to wearing straw hats after Septem ber 1 fooled the grabbers. They ap peared on the floor of the exchange bareheaded. As a result, but two straws were found and marked for destruction. Fanning to Have Auction Sale at His Postoffice Postmaster Fanning will (hold an other ol his semi-occasional auction sales at the postoffice next Monday. He has accumulated 750 unclaimed and undeliverable packages of mer chandise of various sorts, the flotsam of the parcels post, and these will, be sold to the best bidder. The mer chandise will ibe on display at the postoffice on ' Friday ' and Saturday of this week. ' Sold Only in Speqal Waxed Wrappers 10 reserve lis uany jwirny ana iresraie ss fnrj'KJ Saturday Evening, Vl ll 6 to 8)30 o'clock To Servo Thoio Who Oofiro to Save. Nebraska Savings and 1 ' Loan Ass'n. 211 S. 18th Street, City Hall Block The NeV Home Treatment for Ugly, Hairy Growths '(Boudoir Secrete) . Here is s simple, yet very effective method for removing hair and fuzz from the face, neck and arms: Cover ts objectionable hairs with a paste made by mixing s6me water with a i). Ue powdered delatone. Leave this on for 2 or 3 minutes, then rub off, wash thtfeskin and the hairs have van ished. No pain or inconvenience at tends this treatment, but results will be certain if you are sure to get real delatone. Advertisement EVERYBODYS STORE" Tosday, September 4, 1917. STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY Phon Douglas 137 . . , 1,1 " " This Is.,Homefitters' - Week THIS store has thrown its fullest merchandising service to the interest of the housekeepers this week. It has planned to be of the greatest possible helpfulness in assisting the housewives in the fall time housecleaning and in the brightening of the home for the new season. The sections that contribute" to th'is sale are: ' , . Furniture Housefurnishings RiilW Cases Rus, Mattresses Draperies, Beds Victrolas Silverware ! Blankets . .. Sheets, Etc. Closing Out Our Entire Stock of At 40 to 60 Under Original or Forriier Price XTE know you'll not find furniture of auch VV dependable character at anywhere near the low prices at which it is offered and it ia doubtful, indeed, if prices will ever again I be so low. There's a reason for such wonderful val ues, of course. We must have tlje room in October to take care of our Holiday lines and, therefore, we have Greatly Reduced Every Piece From the Former Selling Price that such an end may be accomplished. The furniture is of the very highest standard suitable for any room in the home, and of fered to you at an average saving of better than half the original price. In most every instance the stock is made up of odd pieces or single suites. Owing to the fact that we Are closing out the stock and that the prices are so low, each sale must be absolute. No returns or ex changes.. ' Burgeii-Naih Co. Third Fleer Sky Homefittrs Sale of iouselibld Linens splendid values afforded by this section EVERY housewife will appreciate the for Homefitter's. Week, Table Damask, 89c 70-inch imported damask, fine linen finish, assorted patterns. A big value, 89c a yard. Linen Table Damask, $1.45 ; . 70-inch pure linen damask, full bleached, as sorted patterns, $1.45 a ;yand. ' ' t Bleached Table Damask, $1.69 70-inch bleached satin damask, puTe Irish linen. Good designs. A big value, $1.69 a yard. Odd Napkins, $5.50 Dozen r 24x24-inch heavy double'satin damask, pure, linen, handsome patterns, priced far below real value. Pattern Cloths and Napkins ' Fine bleached satin, damask, pure linen, bor dered all around. Round designs. 72-inch by 2 yards cloths, at $5.00."' . : 72-inch by 2ft yards cloths, at $6.25. 22x22-inch napkins to match, $5.50 per dozen. , Extra heavy, double satin damask cloths and napkins, pure linen, selected patterns: 72-inch by 2 yards, $6.00. 1 72-inch by 2 yards, $7.50. ,; ' 72-inch by 3 yards, $9.00. - ' 24x24-inch napkins, $8.00 a dozen. Buriets-Naeit Ce. Down Sulrt Store ' Home-fitters' Sale, Wednesday, of Bed Mattresses and Feather Pillows Down Stairs Store AN offering that will appeal to hotels, roomin homes alike, for the values are most unusua Cotton Top Mattresses, $6.75 - Gateway Mattresses, c6tton top 'and bottom, roll edge, art ticking, regular double bed size, at $6.75. Regal Combination Mattresses, $9.50 Edge filled with cotton felt and wood wool, good, heavy grade art ticking, regular size, at $9.50 each. Eureka Special Mattresses, $12.00 Roll edge, all felt, built in layers, heavy art ticking, regular size, $12.00. Acme Roll Edge Mattresses, $15.00 Three rows stitching all White layer felt, heavy art ticking-, weight 48 lbs., regular size, $15.00. Hen Feather Pillows, at 49c Gem curled hen feathers, clean and sanitary. Art ticking, medium size, 49c each. houses and Champion Mixed Feather Pillows, $1.25 All new feathers, so lighf and downy that it feels and looks like a much more expensive pillow. Good grade fancy art ticking, size 21x27 inches, weight 7 lbs. to pair, each, at $1.25. Eldorado Waldorf Mattresses, $19.50 Four row imperial edge, fine grade white layer felt, best grade art ticking, weight 50 lbs., regular size, at $19.50. Mixed Feather Pillows, $1.49 Premier mixed goose . and duck feathers, fine grade art ticking, size 21x27 inches, weight 6 lbs. to pair, each, $1.49. Down Pillows, at $2.50 Special down pillows, well filled, size 21x27 inches, at 5 lbs. to pair; assorted style tickings, a special among big values, $2.50 each. v Burfeet-Naeh Co. Dow& St aire Stere