THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1917.
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FINE SCRAP OVER
CUnilDOUGLAS
Planning Board's Scheme Calls
for 6 2 -Foot Street; Some
Want 80 Feet; Question
of Corners.
Representatives of property owners
interested in the proposed extension
of Douglas street west of Twenty
fourth clashed in a stormy word bat
tie in the city council chamber yester
day, when thejordinance providing :
the extension came before the council
The city planning board's sugges-
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lion in extending ine street cans
a 8ivtv.tuffi.fnnf street witlf a fwi
ty-three-foot jog at Twenty-fourth
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street, inis jog was ine oonc
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rnntpfltinn
Francis A. Brogan objected to the
nlannincr hnarH'c ' ciiorfTPctinn " and
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urged the street be extended directly
west witnout tne jog ana mat
should be an eighty-foot street
Narrow Streets Dangerous.
Mr. Brogan's contention was that
a narrow street with a jog tn it
rlanorprntia nt a rnnppstcd corner.
TtMpntir.fniirth anrl Dnue-las would be
He said the jog, if it must be maHe,
sJinnM h? as far west as Possible.
Th fiffht seems to be over corner
locations. If the jog is made, two
property owners will have choice cor
imp Inratinns. while, if the street 1!
: cut straight through, other property
owners win nave ine corner sues
TViiia tlii. crran
It was even intimated during the
nitre nf VicatpH areMiments that the
planning board scheme was to make
possible the choice , corner locations
for owners of the property.
Over for Two Weeks.
TVi rnnnril laid the nrOOOSed Ord
nance over two weeks and also passed
a resolution commanding the legal
department to draw up another ordi
' nance providing for the eighty-foot
....f out ctrnicrht thrniich.
The council, in addition, ordered
that the appraisals be maae on Dotn
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plans. The limit set Dy ine last icg
fciit,ir (nr onttStiGr streets through 11
$100,000, providing the planning
board s scheme is accepted, in lisc
the council wants to make the im
provement without .the. planning
board's recommendation, the limit is
$50,000. I
TV, lottiner nf a rnntract for Oaving
five miles of county road on West
Dodge street, commencing ai r air
acres, now lies with the good roads
committees of the Commercial club
and the Omaha Automobile club.
County commissioners Monday
morning referred the paving matter
to delegations trom tnese two or
ganizations and instructed them to
report back in writing what they
the road oaviner.
which has been hanging fire several
months. ....
Tti rnntrart fnr a test mile Of road
originally was let , to the Callahan
Construction company on a basis of
76 cents a square yard. Bauer &
Johnson, rival paving contractors, bid
4AVi cents for five miles o road and
later brought injunction proceedings
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Sainst me county uuaru aim uic
llahan people.
TV Tallalian rntnnanv and Bauer &
Johnson have dirterent processes.
Kemcir KtiocKa uui uontraci.
Judge Redick, sitting in law court,
knocked out the Callahan contract
and ruled that the board had no legal
right to let a contract for one mile
when bids were made for hve miles.
The matter was referred back to the
commissioners, who in turn referred
it to the good roads committees of
the Commercial cluD ana the Auto
infi1 rlnK
"We -will let the contract according
to the recommenaations ot tnese com-
tnitte " e-iirl fMiairman O'fntinnr nf
the county board. "If they decide
they want the roaa put in accoraing
to the Bauer & Johnson bid and pro
cess, we will let the contract to them."
Corn Takes Sensational
Drop on All Markets
The greatly improved condition of
the corn crop and the fact that farm
ers are letting go of large quantities
of the holding of last year caused a
sensational drop in the cash prices,
not only on the Omaha Grain ex
change but at all other markets. '
On the Omaha market, cash corn
sold at $1.80 to $1.86 a bushel, 11 to
16 cents below the prices of last Sat
urday. The receipts were. 123 carloads,
with a strong demand.
There was a good demand for
wheat, it coming from the millers of
the Omaha zone. The receipts were
thirty-three carloads, all of which was
disposed of through Food Administra
tion Agent Neal.
Oats followed corn, yet the decline
wass less, being only 1 to Vt cents a
bushel. Sales were made at lA to
S7'A cents. Receipts were fifty-four
carloads.
McGhan Comes to Meet
Omaha Master Painters
A. H". McGhan, secretary-treasurer
of the International Association of
Master House Painters and Deco
rators of the United States and Can
ada, will meet with ' the Master
Painters ef Omaha at a special meet
ing 1'riday night. ,
He is traveling over the United
States and Canada stimulating inter
est in the Clean Up and Paint Up
campaign. A $500,000 appropriation
has been made by manufacturers, job
bers and dealers in paint to advertise
thismovement. . . ' '
An endeavor will be made to in
augurate this campaign for Omaha
next spring. The movement is na
tion wide and stimulates civic pride
and incidentally causes more pain to
be used. ,
"LADIES FROM HELL"
WILL PLAYIN OMAHA
Canadian Highlanders Kiltie
Band Will Entertain Ak-Sar-Ben
Guests with Fife and
Drum Music.
Omaha Plans to Help Float
The Second Liberty Loan
At a meeting held at the Commer
cial club today, plans were made for
the handling of the second Liberty
Loan drive in Omaha. The meeting
was called by -T. P. Byrne.
Franklin Mann addressed the meet
ing. Those present were: Judge Mc
Hugh, Max Stryker, E. F. Folda,
John L. Kennedy, Fred Thomas, O.
T. Eastman and W. E. Rhodes.;
It was decided to revive the com
mittee who so successfully had charge
of the first Liberty Loan drive and
place it in charge of the second. The
committee will be supplemented in
case it is found desirable.
A meeting tof the committee to
make further plans will be held at
the Commercial club rooms Thurs
day noon.
"The Ladies from Hell" are coming
to Omaha for Ak-Sar-Ben week. They
will appear in the parade and the ball
clad in their baldic, tunic and green
Scots plaid. In addition to furnish
ing music for King Ak-Sar-Ben they
will endeavor to encourage recruiting
in the British and Canadian army and
the Seventh Nebraska.
Arrangements were completed this
week between the Canadian Highland
ers' Kiltie band of Winepeg and Sam
son to bring the band to this city
during the carnival. The band is
composed of fifes, drums and bag
pipes. .very member ot the band is
an ex-service man on furlough due
to wounds received on the French
front. Thy have volunteered their
services in the interest of recruiting.-'
This band was secured for Ak-Sar-Ben
week through the efforts of Ser
geant L. T. Edney, Canadian expedi
tionary forces, in charge of the Brit
ish and Canadian recruiting statiop,
1612 Fa'rnam street; Flight Sergeant
H. C. Hill, Royal r lying corps, in
structor of balloon work at Fort
Omaha, and George J. S. Collins, late
of the Royal engineers, now stationed
at the recruiting station. The band
will make their headquarters at the
recruiting station during their stay
here.
Many are the tales told by these
men of conditions in the war zone.
Undoubtedly the most interesting are
told by Pipe Major Sutherland, who
was a bagpiper with the Twenty-first
battalion, Royal engineers, and was
wounded in the battle of Viny Ridge
Major Sutherland will have charge of
the band on its visit here. He stopped
in Omaha the past week and played a
few selections in front of the recruit
ing station, but was forced to leave
for the west after spending one day in
Omaha.
Major Sutherland, as part of his
equipment, carries a dirk, with a large
amethyst set in "the handle and two
smaller dirks, that has been a family
heirloom for years. It was in the pos
session ot his lather tor the twenty
one years he secyed In the British
army.
During their leisure hours the band
will be at the recruiting station and
will gladly answer any questions
about conditions as they found them
in the war zone.
Sheriff Clark '
Hopes to Land
Big Dope Eing
Jailor Clayton of the county jail has
nipped in the bud what Sheriff Clark
believes to be an underground dope
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ring wnicn nas oeen supplying pns
oners in the county jail with dope.
In sorting the letters that have ar
rived for the prisoners Clayton
noticed two suspicious lumps under
two 1-cent stamps on a letter ad
dressed to Margaret Sumers. Upon
investigation it was found that a
shot to cocaine was deposited under
each stamo.
Sheriff Clar!; knows the parties who
sent the letter and has deputies in-
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vcstigaung in:, matter, n is nis oe
lief that an organized dope ring is
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wonting ana .-.tresis are expected
shortly.
Every Individual Must
Help in Food Conservation
A campaign to make every indi
vidual a food saver will be launched
under government direction the latter
part of October. Edward H. Foot of
New York is in Omaha to consult
with G. W. Wattles, state food admin
istrator, about the campaign. Mr.
Foot is a field reoresentative of the
United States food administrator.
In districts where the plan has been
tried out. Mr. Foot savs. 90 ter cent
of the people have signed the cards.
The signers pledge themselves to con
serve food in their homes to the best
of their ability. Cards are given them
to hang on the walls or their homes.
These' cards give concise and orac-
tical suggestions for conserving food.
They tell how to substitute corn, po
tatoes, beans and the like for wheat
products in the menu. They suggest
the use of fish, rabbits, poultry, etc.,
to take the place of beef and pork.
The campaign to get signatures to
these pledges will be staged during
one week the latter part of October
and it will go on simultaneously all
uvcr ine tuuniry. j
Taft Talks Here Afternoon
Instead of in the Evening
William Howard Taft. who will lec
ture here under the auspices of the
Omaha Society of Fine Arts, will
speak at the Boyd theater the after
noon of October 19 instead of in the
evening as first planned. ,
J. he committee m charge has been
in a quandary as to a place to hold
the lecture and was unable to secure
the Auditorium or any of the theaters
?br an evening lecture.
All proms after the expenses are
paid will be given by the society to
the Red Cross.
Although the subject of the lecture
has not yet been made known, it will
be along lines of Red Cross and war
work, as Mr. Taft is chairman of the
central committee of the Red Cross.
Jurymen Nearly All
Admit Visiting Dentists
Each venireman examined during
the impaneling of a jury to try the
$10,000 damage suit of Mrs. Bessie
Tolliver against Dr. George W. Todd
before Judge Troup, sitting in law
court, was asked if he ever had any
dental work done. Practically every
one admitted having had experience
with a dentist some time or other
during his life.
One juryman was excused for cause
because he expressed dissatisfaction
with dentists in general.
Mrs. Tolliver is suing Dr. Todd for
alleged negligent crown work, which
she says "changed thjs shape and
expression of her face."
The case was continued over from
the last term of court because of the
illness of one of the lawyers,
For Capital Punishment
In All Cases of Treason
. Michael J. Kelly, 1809 North Eight
eenth street, when being examined
as a juror to hear the testimony in
the case of the state of Nebraska
against John Pitloun on a charge of
killing his wife, was asked the ques
tion: . ,
"Do you believe in capital punish
ment?" ";
"Only in one case he responded,
"If it is treason to ouf country I will
kill them myself P. -
MOVIE ACTRESSES AND
THEIR HAIR
Did it ever occur to you that every
movie actress you have seen has
lovely hair, while the most popular
count their curls as their chief
beauty? Iq fact, .many are leading
ladies just because of their attract
ive locks. Inquiry among them dis
closes the fact that they bring out
all the natvffal beauty of their hair
by careful shampooing, not with any
soap or makeshift, but with a simple
mixture by putting a teaspoonful of
canthrox (which they get from the
druggist) in a cup of hot water and
applying this instead of soap. This
full cup of shampoo liquid is enough
so it is easy, to apply it to all the
hair instead of just the top of the
head. After its use, the hair dries
rapidly with uniform color. Dandruff,
excess oil and dirt are dissolved and
entirely disappear. The hair is so
fluffy that, it looks much heavier
than it is, while itslustre and soft
ness is delightful. Advertisement.
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Md Impressions of This Fall FasMini Bbxm
THE newly enlarged and beautified Apparel Departments on this Secorid Floor enables us this year to make
a bigger and broader display of the most beautiful garments brought out for Fall and Winter season, 1917.
The newest and most fascinating styles are arriving every day and will be placed on sale as soon as
they get here.
Chenille Embroid
ery with silk pend
ants and tne elab
oration of fur trim
ming is shown on
the coat of this suit.
Large buttons, nar
row sleeves, trim
med with deep cuffs
of fur.
Gold embroidered on
a black satin suit is
shown plainly on the
back of the coat.
Deep, full band around
A til a linttnm nf tha .not
Note the very large fur
collar.
Two characteristics
recommend this idea.
The new portmanteau
fur pocket and the
sleeve with a big flar
ing cuff thrown over
and buttoned back.
Vivid among the impressions gathered are those de
picted in the small sketches shown here and as a particu
larly attractive exhibit, we make special mention of the
three suits and hats designed by Joseph and .brought
here especially for this Fashion Show.
The Costumes of the Allies
France, Russia and Belgium, shown in the picture
below in the order named, reading from left to right
Shows the draped
bustle skirt nar
row at the bottom
Fashion's whim
of referring back
to the influence of
the early 50s.
The accentuated
side effect a new
belt and sash com
bination that recom-,
mends itself a tun
ic effect overdrape,
on a narrow skirt
Represents a tight
fitting, flary coat.'
Fitted tight to the
waist line and then
flared. This is one
of the exceedingly
smart and new
styles.
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Filet Laces
Hand Made
HAPPILY, just at the
time when Fashion
has decreed that Filet
Laces shall be an ex
ceedingly good trim
ming, and employed
lavishly upon the gowns
for the season of 1917,
we are in a position to
state that we have an
exceptionally fine and
broad showing of these
desirable laces at prices
that are, to say the
, least, very modest.
TheCircumstancesare these:
W hT secured th
samples of the highest
grade Filet Laces from
a New ,Yprk importer.
These laces coma in
lengths of from two to
five yards and we are
offering them at these
. prices:
$1.50 to $5 Yard
Bands of Silver
A special showing of
bands of silver for col
lars and the trimming of
dresses. We have these
in a very beautiful dis
play and in all widths..
Main Floor
Three New Elevators
Are Now In Operation
At the southeast corner of the store, three) new
and very beautiful passenger elevators are now
in operation, running from the basement to the
third floor. This is an added convenience which
all of our patrons will appreciate as the old ele
vators have been taxed for some little time.
When this
new build
ing was
completed
three ele
vators were
deemed more
than suffi
cient in
deed, only
one was in
use for
some time. ,
Today, the
three older
elevators
are so
taxed that
it became
an urgent
necessity
to complete
three more
to care for
the ever
increasing clientele.
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Velvets
Complete Display
NOW, at the begin-,
ning of a season,
when-' Velvet will hold
sway as never before,
we are able to make this
announcement:
, Our showing of
Velvets was never '
so complete.
40-inch Chiffon, Paeon,
Lyons erect pile Coating
Velvets,. Chiffon Ve
lours, Boulevard Suit
ing .Velvets, Dress and
Suiting Velveteens,
Plushes, Velour du
Nord, Imitation Fur
Cloths, Novelty Coat
ing Plushes, and a host
of other Pile Fabrics.
The colorings include ,
Flesh, Pearl Gray, Old
Rose, Gold, Gobelin ,
Blue, Copenhagen Blue, .
Delft Blue, National
Blue, rtunter's Green,
Bottle Green, Myrtle
Green, Dark Brown,
Seal Brown, Wisteria,'
Plum, Wine, Burgundy,
and Black.
The Prices Are
Particularly Pleasing .
Main Floor
i AUIe of Silk