THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.
Nebraska
CHARTER DENIED
TO ASHSAND BANK
Officers Asking for It Once
Sought to Resist Guaranty
Payments and Are in Bad
With Board.
O. OFFERS HALF
WAGE INCREASE
PAID STRIKERS
, (Continued from Pe On.)
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(From a Staff Correspondent.)
, Lincoln, Sept 19. (Special.) The
State Banking board rejected the ap
plication of one bank for a charter
and granted the applications of three
at its meeting today.
The apDlication of T. L. Winter.. T.
H.Barry and H. E. Winter, all of
Wahoo, for a charter for the Ashland
State bank, to be located at Ashland,
was denied on the grounds that the
men were connected with a bank at
Ceresco, which was one of the groups
of state banks which joined together
to resist paying a special assessment
to reimburse the guaranty fund a
year ago.
The call from the Ceresco bank was
for the sum of $1,593 to be paid all at
one time.. The bank with others re
sisted the payment all at one time,
urging that it should be paid in six
quarterly installments instead As the
bank is still delinquent $450 on the as
sessment, the banking board believes
that its officers have no standing be
fore the state banking board until
such time as its obligations have been
paid. The other banks still partially
delinquent are the Citizens State bank
of Wahoo, -Bank of Lewellen, German-American
(now changed to the
Continental State) bank of Lincoln,
Platte Valley State bank of North
Platte, Farmers and Merchants State
.bank of Ceresco and the State bank
of Omaha.
The banks given charters by the
board today are:
Antioch State bank, capital $10,000,
H. A. Cocksey, president; Charts
Brittain, vice president, and B.
O'Brian. cashier.
Security State bank of ' Arnold,
capital $25,000, with E. E. Butler,
president; T. W. Brown, vice presi
dent, and L. R. Chandler, cashier.
Farmers State bank of Plattsmouth,
capital $50,000, with T. M. Patterson,
president; A. J Schafer, vice presi
dent, and E. P. Lutz, secretary. No
cashier selected.
Nebraska Insurance Board
Rejects Iowa Application
(Prom a Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, Sept. 19. (Special.) The
application of the Iowa jurisdiction of
the Ancient Order of United Work
men for license to do business in Ne
braska was denied by the state in
surance board - today, Governor
Neville and Auditor Smith voting
against the application and Attorney
General Reed in favor. .
The resolution adopted by the
board sets forth that whereas the Ne
braska lodge appears to have a chance
to pay out on the showing made by
the state actuary and thus perpetuate
its organization and take in new
members, the Iowa jurisdiction should
( ,keep out and give the Nebraska
jurisdiction a chance.
The showing made by. the Nebraska
officers is that , the lodge has resources
amounting aproximately to $156,000.
The liabilities are shown to be death,
claims allowed of $219,000 and not
yet adjusted amounting o $13,500. In
the assets the lodge holds its building
at Grand Island with furniture and
fixtures to be worth $50,000, while the
actuary for the state sets the worth
. of that -property but $18,000. The
" present membership of the Nebraska
jurisdiction is 9,832. . This does not
include Omaha lodges, as these were
assigned to the Iowa jurisdiction some
time ago. . .. . ..!
. According to the report of the sec
retary of the Nebraska lodge, the
. losses in September were $41,000 on
twentv-one deaths, with an income
of $52,000, and $2,000 left over from
the previous month. In August the
death loss was only three members
with insurance of $6,000, while the re
ceipts were approximately $50,000,
The state actuary believes that under
those figures the lodge can pull, out
of its hole in a year.
Holdrege School Gardeners
Win Firsts at the, Fair
Holdrege, Neb., Sept. W.Spe
cial.) The sweepstakes winning -ex-;
hibit of canned vegetables and--fruits
, sent to the state fair by the' Holdrege
school gardeners has been on display
in a -local store's -windows- the -past
week. This collection attracted a
great deal of attention. Five of a pos
A i sible six firsts on, collections were
won at the state 1 fair, as "follows:
9: First each on city collective exhibit,
i?' fruits, vegetables, relishes and pickles;
third each on individual collection and
jellies. Gladys Ldthan won .the in
J dividual collection with an exhibit of
, 143 varieties. Irma Hultquist won
third place with 106 varieties. t
; state House Women '
Form Red "Cross Circle
(From Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln. Sept. 19. (Special.) The
; girl employes of the state ; house
formed themselves int6 an. organiza
' tion of Red Cross workers at a meet
y ing at headquarters of the Red Cross
' in the Scottish Rite temple last night.
, - ' Miss Anna O'Donnell of the state
superintendent's office was elected
president an Miss Clara Heine of the
. ,. pure food office secretery-tresure. the
organization will be further made at
the next meeting.
Presbyterians in
, Session at Valley
Valley, Neb- Sept. 19.-(Special.)
The fall meeting of Omaha Presby
tery is in session at the First Pres
. byterian church at Valley.
The meeting opened Monday after
... noon and closes Wednesday morning.
Forty-six churches are represented
by sixty pastors and elders.
Rev. Mr.-Phelps,-late of Bellevue,
gave an address Monday, evening on
"The Two Hundredth Anniversary
1" of the First Presbyterian Synod of
. the United States." ;
Rev. W. Lampe,' returned mission
ary from Korea, gave the .address
Tuesday evening.. . - . . .
Accident Follows Injury. -;
Hoskins.; Neb.. Sent 19. (Snecial.)
' While hurrying to the bedside of
Henry Longeberg,-who had fractured
his spine by a fall, his brother and
wife, Mr.' and Mrs. Henry Longeberg,
were miured in a automobile acci
dent, their car collidingwith. a cow
and ..overturning. JNeitner. was sen
, eusly hurt.
ment In cases where profits are
hich. the entire " aririitinnsl met nt
extra pay grants may be borne by the
Duuaers.
Applies to Commandeered Ships.
The cost-sharing proposal' will
apply only to vessels under construc
tion commandeered by the govern
ment to hasten their rnmntetinn and
will not affect ships ordered originally
oy . me government, contracts . tor
these cover such exigencies as wage
increases, either under ap lan to pay
cost plus a percentage profit or on
a fixed charge basis.
The total cost of the new arrange
ment is estimated by shipping board
officials as only a small proportion of
the expense incurred in- taking over
ships under construction.
Close Saloons.
San ' Francisco. . Sept. 19. Both
sides involved in the strike of 25,000
members of unions affiliated with the
San Francisco Iron Trades' council
for a 50 per cent increase in wages
marked time today awaiting the arri
val of toward H. Hurley, chairman
of the 'United States shipping board,
and William Blackmon, conciliator for
the .Department of Labor, who have
been ordered here by the government
in an effort to settle the controversy.
The strike began Monday morning,
halting work on government con
tracts aggregating $150,000,000. Con
fidence was expressed by labor lead
ers and representatives of the Cali
fornia Metal Trades' association, the
employers' organization, that a way
would be found by the federal medi
ators to settle the controversy. - An
offer by the employers of a 10 per
cent wage increase was rejected by
the iron trades council and the strike
followed.
It .was estimated that seventy-five
saloons and a large number of places
dispensing liquor were affected by the
order of Captain of Marines Harry
G. Leopold, in charge of naval con
struction at the Union iron works, in
establishing a half-mile dry zone sur
rounding the plant. A detail of 100
marines patroled the concern's
grounds.
Believes Increase Coming.
Mr. Hurley said tonight he be
lieved, the strikes on the Pacific
coast will end shortly under an agree
ment by which the men will be grant
ed higher pay, the burden of whiqh
would be divided between the ship
builders and the government, with the
government's proportion larger for
builders making small profits. He
will suggest such a plan at San Fran
cisco. Seattle. Portland and other
coast cities which he plans to visit
next week.
Militia Sent, to Astoria.
Portland. Ore.. Sept. 18. By recom
mendation of Governor James B.
Wythecombe, who acted at the re
quest of the Hammon Lumber com
pany, one company of the Third Ore
gon infantry - was sent to Astoria
today by Colonel C E. Dentler, U.
S. A., commanding " the Northwest
army to prevent-Industrial Workers
of the World pickets from intimidat
ing workers in the shipyards, where
a strike is in progress among wooden
ship builders. The troops are under
order to protect all work being done
for the government. They will open the
shipyards for work and see tnat any
men 'who apply for work are unmo
lested, it was said.
Cattle Die From Eating,
, h : Infected Cornstalks
Deshler. Neb- Sent. 19. (Special
Telegram.) J. Holtzen, ' living near
Deshler. lost seven choice milcn cows
yesterday,, and two others may die
from eating infected cornstalks. The
cattle got into the corn field, but were
only in a short time when discovered.
August. Thieme, a neighbor, has lost
three head and other losses are re
ported. The cattle die in a short time
after they eat the corn and "do not
struggle as in the, case of the corn
stalk disease. The dry weather, when
the corn growth was checked, followed
by the second growth, atter tne rains,
is thought to-have caused infection
in the stalks. 1 J .
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Diphtheria Epidemic in Cedar Bluffs.
Fremont. Neb., Sept. 19. (Special
Telegram.) The Cedar'.BIuff schools
have been closed owing to an ; epi
demic of diphtheria. h The . board of
health decided to permit no gatherins
or meetings of any kind until the epi
demic has been checked. ,
Thompson Climbs Into the
, 1 Patriotic Band Wagon
.Chicago,, Sept. 19. Mayor William
Hale Thompsonrwhose opposition to
sending troops abroad aroused com
ment all oyer the country, apparently
climbed into the patriotic band wagon
today with a proclamation occasioned
by the departure of selected men
from Chicago to the Rockford can
tonment. In the course of the pre
amble he sayst . ' -
"Whereas it is the duty of -all pat
riotic citizens to stand by our country
in times of controversy ' with any
other country and to show in an un-misttakable-way
that the American
people stand behind the army and'the
navy, which represent the majesty of
our government-." .
He calls upon citfeens of the "Sixth
German city,"; as he labeled it -some
time ago, to show soldiers and sailors
we are "united in a common love for
the blessings of our ' free govern
ment.", . - " - . ,
Austrian. Reply to
Bp Given Pope Benedict
Amsterdam', Sept. ! 19. Austria's re
ply, to Pope Benedict's peace propos
als, says the Wiener Allegmeine 2eit
iing, - will be handed to: the papal
nuncio, at' Vienna on Thursday and
will be published on Saturday.
The reply will confine itself to a
detailed discussion of the pope's sug
gestions. The report that ; it will
contain new and astonishing peace
proposals, ' the Vienna' ' newspaper
adds, is absolutely - at variance with
the facts. ' ; .
War Department Seeks
. . ; . Site for Gun School
Washington, Sept. 19. A new site
in the south for an additional infantry
and machine gun firing school, where
adequate ranges can- be laid, out for
rifle, and machine gun practice work
is being sought by the War depart
ment Boards of officers are looking
over various sites in Texas and else
where, but no recommendations have
yet been made.- .
COAL DEALERS GIVE
"STATESITUATIOH
Replies to Questions Sent Out
by State Board of Defense
Show How Much Fuel
Is on the Way.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Sept. 19. (Specials
Replies to 70 per cent of the letters
sent out by the State Council of De
fense to Nebraska coal dealers have
been returned with information asked
for. Of the 1,436 questionaires sent
out, 1,026 have been received back.
Omaha large dealers, firms which
sell over 10,000 tons, eleven in num
ber, 'sent in replies that in stock or
transit prior to September 1 they had
66,812 tons, contracts prior to August
22 for 17,545, the sales from May 1,
1916, to May 1, 1917, amounted to
307,000 tons.
Omaha small dealers answered to
the number of forty-eight and had in
stock or transit prior to September 1
39,392 tons, orders and contracts, 11,
110, and sales for the year, 152,501
tons
Lincoln large dealers, five in num
ber, had 23,600 tons prior to Septem
ber 1, orders and contracts prior to
Augnst 22 for 102,930 and their sales
for the year were 165,103 tpns.
Lincoln small dealers to the num
ber of sixteen had in Stock or transit
September 1 24,886 tons, orders and
contracts for 9,735 and sales for the
year were 63,552 tons.
Dealers outside of Omaha and Lin
coln had in stock or transit Septem
ber 1, according to answers from 841
firms, 266,691 tons, orders and con
tracts for 130,638 and sold during the
year 1,00,692 tons.
According to the figures there was
in rcock or transit in the state Sep
tember 1 421,381 tons of coal, con
tracts and' orders for 271.958 and the
sales for the year amounted to 1,689.-
957 tons.
Three Women Are Badly Hurt
When Cars Go Into the Ditch
FremonC Neb., Sept. 19. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Grant Sisson, Cot
terell, and Mrs. William Bolts, Scrib
ner, were injured when automobiles,
driven by M. A. Holbrook and Wil
liam Boltz collided near Hooper. The
Boltz car struck the Holbrook ma
chine from the rear and they went
into the ditch. With Mr. and Mrs.
Holbrook were six children who es
caped with slight bruises. Mrs. Gibson
suffered a fracture of three ribs. Mr.
Mrs. Boltz was cut about the face with
flying glass.
Jazz Band for Columbus
Park for Sunday Night
Shadv Lake, the amusement nark
near Columbus, Neb., has proven very
popular this season, and considerable
interest has been manifested by the
announcement that the original Dix
ieland Jazz band has been booked for
Sunday night, Sept. 23. The boys have
an enviable reputation, and are said to
be masters ot syncopated and Jazz
tunes. The management of this pleas- j
ure' resort feels especially proud ofj
this engagement, 'owing to the fact
that this" is their first stop from the
eastern cities and merely goes to
show again ihe progressive manage-!
ment ot, this resort. .. ,
GRAND JURY TO
PROBE CHARGE
OF JURY FIXING
(Continued from Page One.)
Joseph Vasco, manager of the Mil
lard hotel, appealed from lower court,
it took a jury, only thirty minutes to
arrive at a verdict of "guilty." The
first case against the Millard (there
are a couple more of them) charged
illegal possession of liquor. ' Vasco's
attorney announced he would appeal.
lo ask j an sentences.
Prosecutor McGuire declared he
would ask jail sentences for any per
sons found guilty of liquor violations
by a jury.
" Immediately ' after the jury re-
rported in the Millard hotel case,
twelve other veniremen began hear
ing evidence in the case of the state
against Frank Quigley, druggist.
There are two charges against
Quigley illegal possession of liquor
and transporting liquor. ,
. It is believed it'will take mere than
a month to hear all the liquor appeal
cases. There are ; twenty-eight of
them. . ' ' ""
Coin-Holders Get
the Coin
Thousands of little metal banks,
beautifully embossed, have been dis
tributed among the homes and busi
ness offices of Omaha. They may be
carried in the vest pocket, in a boy's
jacket, or kept at home, to receive
the spare coins of the children or
grown-ups. The distribution is made
by agents of the Omaha Loan and
Building Association, who are meet
ing with extraordinary success.' When
these little banks are full of coin the
holders carry them to the offices of
the - association at 15th and -Dodge
streets, or at 4733 South 24th street,
where an account may, be opened on
most . favorable terms.' The recipient
of the little bank pays 25 cents, for
which -the solicitor gives a receipt in
the form of a check which is honored
at the association ' office when the
account is opened. These banks have
become very popular, for they have
proved to be a great incentive to old
and young to save -the small coins.
They Ua.ch the leiton of thriftineti.
Home Complexion
Peeler Works Wondtrs
To IteeB the face. neck, armi and handi
truly beautiful and youthful In appearance,
the treatment wmcn aeemi most tension
ia one which will actually remove h akin
ltielf immediately it betrin to ace. fade.
coarsen or discolor. The only known treat
ment which will do this, aside from a pain
ful, expensive surgical operation, is the ap
plication of ordinary, mercolized wax, which
it as harmless as It is effective.
- The wax is put on at night, just as you
apply cold cream, and washed off in the
morning. It absorbs the dead and half-dead
surface, skin in almost invisible flaky par
ticles, a little eech-'day, no discomfort being
experienced; With the disappearance ot the
old cuticle, the newer, healthier skin under
neath ' gradually appears, richly beautiful
with the flush of youth. This mercolited
wax, which you can get at any drug .store
in original packages, is indeed . a veritable
wonder-worker. Advertisement.
Use the
New
Elevators
Southeast
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for your
Convenience
A. n
New
Fall
Footwear
$8.85
Special
Showing of
Latest
Styles
Fashion's dictate this
season' in regard to the
employment of soft cloths
is reproduced in the shoe
tops. Short skirts demand
high top shoes and we are
ready to show scores of
pretty styles.
We direct particular at
tention to five styles for
Wednesday:
Ivory Kid Vamp, ivory
kid wood covered Louis
heel, with ivory soft cloth
top.
Quicksilver 'Gray Kid
Vamp, with soft cloth top
of same tone, kid covered
Louis heel.
Field Moum Gray Kid
Vamp, with fawn soft cloth
top, kid covered Louis heel.
Pearl Gray Kid Vamp,
kid covered Louis heel,
light shade soft cloth top.
Patent Leather Vamp,
with black wood Louis
heel with biege kid top.
All these Shoes have
hand turned soles and
9 Vt -inch high tops. Lace
style and neat perforations
on vamp.
Main Floor, Rear t
T
The Newly Located .
Picture Department
offers a greater variety of pictures and
frames in a more convenient display, in the
new quarters right beside the new elevators
on the Third Floor.
Hand Decorated Standard Frames, each one
distinctive and individual great variety.
Colored Prints, in numerous subjects. These
are extremely popular right now.
Wallace Nutting's Hand Colored Platinum
Prints all attractively framed.
Silver Frame In different tones, a wonder
ful assortment of this attractive style.
Seeman Prints A fine disph in beautiful
colorings and the most desirable subjects.
And a very complete stock of Picture
Moulding for Frames. 'We will be glad to
suggest ideas and give estimates for your
framing. Consult us freely.
Third Floor, South
wwntrja
Ir.rarwTffikH
This Newly Enlarged and
Beautified
Art Needlework
Department";
Offers HUNDREDS of sug
gestions to those who would
embroider or sew and a'host of
extremely pretty and dainty
things are here for the selec
tion of every woman.
Spreading out over a great
area on the Third Floor, with a
display unequalled hereabouts,
we begin a new era for this Art
Embroidery Department with
every assurance that the best of
service will be rendered at all
times.
Stamped Linen Dresser Scarfs,
18x54, assorted designs for cut
work and outline stitches.
Were $1.00, for.... 504 each
Stamped Centers, All Linen, as
sorted designs, round, scalloped
edges, 12 inches. Were 15c,
now .9d each
18 in. Were 25c now 12d,e
Lace Trimmed and Stamped
Dresser Scarfs, 18x54 inches,
assorted designs for French
knots; were $1.00, now. . .69
Tinted Bed Spreads, Rose De
signs, full size on unbleached
cloth. Were $3.00, now $2.19
Bolster, to match above, was
$1.00, now i -59d
Odd Lot Stamped Needle
weave. Center - Scarf and
Pillow White or tan colors,
designs for cross stitch and
kensmgton work: .
86-inch Centers, were 75c, '
now .........49
Scarfs, were 75c, now. . .49t
Pillows, with backs, were 60c,
now v. ...... 29J
Special Lot of Yarns in Skeins
Good assortment of colors,
four and eight-fold German
town and Shetland Floss ty
some colors enough for Sweat
ers priced to close out skein
yarns, each 18t
. Third Floor, Center
"The Free"
Sewing Machine
Is First for Efficiency and
Service
First also for beauty of
construction and durabil
ity. In fact, everything
that you desire a Sewing
Machine.to be "The Free"
is and more.
It is made in a beautiful cabinet model, fin- ,
ished in any style wood you desire.
It pedals so easily and softly that the oper
ator experiences little or no fatigue. ,
It accomplishes very much more work than
any other machine we know of in a given time.
"The Free" is guaranteed for a lifetime.
"The Free" is insured for five years
from any loss whatever fire, cyclone or 'flood
you cannot lose anything.
We Allow You $12
For Your Old Sewing Machine
which will be applied on the first payment for the "Free"
$1.00 Down Buys It $1.00 a Week Pays for It.
Specials for Thursday
- Brandeis "E," drop head. .24.50
Brandeis "A," drop head. .'. . . . . . . . .19.75
Eldredge, box top .8.00
All Makes of Needles and AH Sorts of Supplies.
Third Floor, North . - ,
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Why Are
"BILLIKEN" Shoes
the Best
I Can Buy
For MY Child?
This is a question vital to every
mother for the old adage, "as
the twig is bent the' tree's in
clined," applies very aptly to the
footwear you make your little
folk wearas you fit 'little feet,
so will they grow, well or ill.
Billiken Shoes
Are 5-Roomed Apartments
With a Separate Room
For Every Little Toe
No tacks, no threads, no nails to hurt little feet
and these Shoes are made over nature's last. No
pinching or binding easy and comfortable at all
times. . "' .
Billiken Shoes Will Outwear
Two Pairs of Any Ordinary Shoes
The saving on your yearly shoe bill will be con
siderable when you figure that you will buy but,
one pair of Billiken Shoes at a time wherf you
would ordinarily buy two pairs of most any other
make. " r , '. ' ,;;'"",;
- We hare a complete stock of ell size in this Specialty M
Shoe Shop for Children,' Main Floor, Rear.
Priced according to tise and kind.
BOOKS
On Military Training
All books on the subject
of Military Training may
be secured in our Book De
partment. Special care has
been taken in selecting
these books so that only
the latest arid officially
prescribe editions are on
sale.
' Among t h leading
books in demand at pres
ent, are:
Infantry Drill Regulations, U.
S. Army 75
Field Service Regulations, U. S.
Army 75t
Plattsburg Manual . . . .82.00
Manual of Military Training, by
Major. Moss $2.25
Officer's Manual, by Major
Moss . 82.50
Army Paper Work, by Major
Moss ...$2.00
Junior Plattsburg Manual,
t $1.50
Military. Topography Map
Reading, by Sherrill. .82.50
Manual for Court Martial, U.
S. Army 81.00
. Main Floor
Three-Day Remarkable Sale
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In This Big
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LMI
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will
be days full of opportunity for those
who would satisfy their needs in Fall
wear and accessories and save consid
erable money.
Buy for every member of the family,
man, woman and child remarkable '
values for every age. '
Ribbons
For School Girls
Pretty Hair Ribbons and
RibbonS for adornment in
all bright colors. -
Beautiful Line of Plaids in
solid colors, also Scotch
plaids for hair bows, at,
per yard . . . .25 an(i UP
White, Polkadot Ribbons,
for ties, per yard, at 25
Fancy Warp Prints, in
light and dark grounds,
for camisoles, at 69 and
up.
Main Floor
1
Handkerchiefs
Ladies' all linen hand-embroidered
handkerchiefs, in plain
white and fancy colored era
broidery, at. ........ . . .25d
Ladjes' all linen Spanish hand
embroidered handkerchiefs, all
initials, at 39f
Main Floor. ' ' "J
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