THE BEE: OMAHAi SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917:
Nebraska
UNI GREEKS GIVE
OUT THEIR PLEDGES
Largest List of Young Men
Entering Fraternities Ever
Chosen at One Time
' Made Known.
Lincoln. Neb.. Sent. 21.-(Special.)
The largest list of pledges in the
history of University of Nebraska
fraternities, including 142 men, was
announced by Chairman Lees of the
Pai? Hellenic council, today.
Omaha and Lincoln furnished the
largest proportion of the new mem
ber! of the Greek letter societies:
Following is the list:
Phi Delta . Theta Burks Harley,
f rt TnntvA Tlnrnlffl 1 JtU KpWV-
lohn Hupfer, North Platte; Donald
Lyre, ueraid Mruker, umana; ue
Ross Hammond, Fremont; Joseph
Reavis, Fal! City; George Magwre,
Hiawatha,- Kan.; Bryan Stoketon,
Grant, Neb.; Clayton, Spencer; Ben
jamin Keohler, Geneva; Luther John
son, Valley; Dwight Danforth, Sioux
Falls. S. D. ,
Sigma Phi Epiilon Monroe M. In
helder, Pierce; Frederick G. Dale,
Hartfngton; Larry D. Rider, Lincoln;
Wither Sjerman, Tecumseh; Frank
Plehn, Scotta Bluff; Glenn Gardner,
Omaha; Claude F. Peters. North
Platte; William D. Coffee, Rushville;
Phil S. Burnham, Scotts Bluff.
Sigma Nu Oscar W. Hahn. Clark
son: John Starrett, Central City;
Melville M. Taylor, Plainview; Thom
as Mackey, Ansley; Paul Young, Nc,
braika City; John Selk, Plymouth;
Lambert .' Krabulik, Omaha; John
Teter, Bartley; lack Landale, Omaha;
N. L. Tyson, Elmwood.'
Delta Chi Chester Trimble. Leon
ardj Woolen, Willard Green, Horace
Jalctott, Omaha; -Fuller Austin, Law
rences Slater, Earl Jeffrey, Frank
Reida, Verne Jenkins, Lincoln; Har
old Matthew, Crofton; John Schwartz,
Emerson; Carroll Brown, George
Claifce, Fairmont; Dwight Slater, Fre
mont; Charles Lewis, Elmwood;
Leonard Frundell, Crete.
Alpha Sigma Phi-J. Gwynne Fow
ler, . Belle vue; Howard Crandall. Liv
ingston; Clarence A. Buffet, Omaha;
Harold Allan, Newport; JohnW. Det-
weiter, .Qrd. ' . ' ,
Pi Kappa PhiKenneth McCand
lessj Omaha; Stoddard Robinson; Lin
coln; Ashley Williams, ' Lincoln;
Ralph Ford, Bertrandf. Walter , Lan
des,: Norfolk: Clark Mingus, Ravenna,
Phi Kappi Psi John Stocker, Ne
braska City; George Stone, Alvo; Cal
loway, Van Pocer, York; Elmer Hen
kle, Lincoln; Edward Smith, Beatrice;
kle.J Lincoln ; Ei ward Smith, Dudley
Scolt, Beatrice;- Donald Van Orsdale,
Beatrice, Alex Crawford, Omaha; Ed
murjd F. Habegger, . Crawford; Glen
Sire, De Witt: Lyman Mead, Ash
land;; LaneRutherford. Grand Island.
DHta Upsilon J. Patty, Omaha;
R. Smith, M.c Rumbaugh, R.Scha
berg. W. MtCrory, Lincoln; D, Craig,
Claninda, Ia. D. Swann, Tecumseh;
H. Howarth, D. Scharrer, West Point;
F. t hrisUnas, Cheyenne, Wyo. I
Kupp Sigma George Mixer, T
karrtahj.Geofge Bright, Henry . Al
brecht, EarJ.Colton, Paul Sloniger,
Lincoln;', Harold, M.cKinley, York;
Fred Wart, .Arapahoe; F. H. Brown,
Delta.' Tail 'Uelta-Melvin ' Beklns,
Harold Pearson, Warren Best, Oma
ha; Carl Wynkoop, Lincoln; Norman
Gross, Abeilene, Kan.; Herman Thorn
as,,, -Webb Richard, Hebron; V.
Charles Gillilan, Hardy.. -
Alpha Theta Chi William Allen,
Glen Ludwig, Arlington; Gordon Up
lingtr," Wymore; James R. Nerud,
Minatare; Raymond Watson, Cody
Lawrence Roberts, Arlington; 'Myron
R. Gillette, Randolph, Neb,
Phi Gamma Delta John P. Gilli
gan, Thomas Brennan, O'Neill; Wal
lace Larson, Genoa; Lester ' Andcr
son, Nebraska City; George S. John
son, Richard Hadley, Lincoln; Rollyn
Smith, University Place; Ralph Coatcs
North Platte; William M. Maddocks,
Falls City; Harold M. Holmquist, Oak'
tanrl
K Alpha Tau Omega William New-
tnn nmihi' f.rant Mannara. uor-
don; Verett Lanphere, Greshara; Earl
Monahan, Edward tianey, tiyannis;
Raymond Jobes, Hubert McCoy, Te
cumseh; Wayne Loomis, Fremont.
Surma Alnha Ensilon Raymond D;
Haggart, York; Ray Withers, Ge
neva; William H. Hinman, Wesley,
Gish, Lincoln; Glen Hopkins, Ooak
land; Gerold Pratt, Tekamah; George
Newton, Redfield, la.; Ucce jonnson,
Burwell; James M. Calder, John Lud
wick, Seward.
Sicma Chi Havs Main. Wavne:
Charles Jones, Dale Jones, Spencer,
la.; Dwight Mcnois, isew castie,
Wyo.; Will Moran, Lincoln.
Farewell Reception Planned
For Red Oak Selected Men
Red Oak. Ia., Sent. 21. Prepara
tions have been made for a big tare
well demonstration for the nine boys
who will leave here Saturday noon to
join the draft army at Des Moines.
There will be a parade composed of
the newly organized v5lunteer mili
tary company, Red Cross and Elks,
headed by the Stanton band. Invita
tions have been sent to Villisca, Stan
ton. Elliott. Grant and eVery corner
of the county and it is expected that
there will be a big crowd here to see
the boys leave. The business houses
of Red Oak will be closed from 12 to
1 o'clock. Following are the boys
who will leave: -
William J. Foster, Coburg; George
H. Crum, Villisca; Erick Munson,
Red Oak: Archie L. Zaelke. Red Oak;
Frank L. King, Villisca; James Al
lensworth, Red Oak; Marvin Jarhoe,
Elliott; George S. Mulford, Red Oak.
Notice was received Saturday by
the local exemption board from the
district board that William D. Rees
of Lincoln township and John T.
Stewart . of Garfield township had
been .exempted from service in the
draft army. Stewart would have, been
one of the men to leave for Des
Moines Saturday had he not been
exempted. .
Ted Metcalfe to Fort
Sill for Special Instruction
(From Staff Corr.ipond.nt.)
Lincoln. Sent. 21. (Special.) A
letter from Lieutenant Ted Metcalfe
of C company of the Sixth regiment
to his brother, Lee, ot tne governors
official family, contains the informa
tion that the lieutenant has been, se
lected as one of five men to be sent
to Fort. Sill to receive instruction in
machine gun work.
ah the otner tour selected were
captains of companies, so that the se
lection of Lieutenant Metcalfe as the
only lieutenant of the detail is a tes
timonial of k his rapid , advancement
along military lines.
Nebraska Recruits; Roosevelt
Will Be "Delighted"
Dunbar. Neb.. ' Sent 21. Four
babies in one day two Red Cross
girls and two soldier boys was the
record of a physician of Dunbar,
Neb., a hustling little Nebraska town
of 350, yesterday. Friends have wired
the glad tidings to "Teddy": at Oyster
Bay,-and as the American flag flies
ovtrphe homes of these new, potential
recruits to the nation's army of brave
defenders, it is certain he will be "de
lighted." And the old flag waves over
these homes and flutters just a little
extra to the breeze today for some
reason, best known, probably, to itself.
All concerned doing nicely, says the
doctor. ' .
Appointment of Lindquist
For Duty at Omaha Approved
" Washington D. G, Sept. 21. (Spe-
rial Tltrram YTh aiynmn ku
the surgeon general of the army of'
Captain Adolphr B; Lindquist, medical
reserve corps, August . 28, ..to active
duty-as a , member of the Physical
Examining - board aviation section,
signal officers' reserve corps, Omaha,
Is confirmed and : approved. First
Lieutenant Andrew B, McKenzie,
medical reserve corps, is relieved from
duty at the army medical school, this
city, and will proceed to Fort Des
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two of the largest Walk-Over Boot Shop in tha
World. .
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Walk-Over Boot Shop
317 South 16th St, 8th Do0f North of Hani.y StrMt.
Special, Just RciTdU-Nw Shade In Grays and
Browns, ia Phoenix Hosiery.
COUNCIL REQUESTS
CARE IN EXEMPTION
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State 1 Defense Board Asks
Boards Over Nebraska to Give
Consideration to Men With
View of Crop Situation.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Sept. 21. (Special.) The
State Council of Defense in a com
munication to the county councils
have urged special consideration of
young men for exemption who 'are
engaged in agricultural work. The
communication reads:
"Governor Neville at a recent meet
ing of the State Council of Defense
made mention of the fact that quite
a number of young farmers, both mar
ried and unmarried, who have been
called by the recent draft have live
stock and corn crops which will have
to be cared for. He suggested that
the local councils of defense be asked
to see that the interests of these men
become a special obligation to the
communities where such cases exist
and that their crops of corn be har
vested and cared for to the utmost
possible extent A resolution was in
troduced by the governor to this ef
fect and adopted by the state council.
"We ask your cordial and special
co-operation in this important pa
triotic matter."
Canvass Labor Situation.
In another communication the
council asks for a canvass of the
labor situation with a view of securing
definite information regarding the
number of men available for harvest
ing the corn crop.
Give Party for Principal.
Holdreae. Neb., , Sept. 21. (Spe
cial.) A farewell party and reception
was given by the high school students
and alumni Wednesday night in honor
of Principal R. W. Kretsinger, who
leaves Saturday to join the new army.
More than 300 students, alumni and
teachers played games bn the big
electric lighted high school lawn.
Broken Bow Honors the Men
Who Go to Camp Funstpn
Broken Bow, Neb., Sept. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Four thousand peo
ple today did honor to the eighty-one
drafted men comprising the second
unit of the , national army, who en
train Saturday morning for Camp
Funston.
There was an open-air dinner in the
park for the boys and this was fol
lowed by a parade, in which wre the
soldiers, Red Cross, civil war vet
erans, Council of .Defense, school
children and citizens.
In the afternoon there was a pro
gram with H.B. Fleharty, Omaha,
one of the speakers. This evening
there was a public reception, followed
by a ball in the city hall. Music was
furnished during the day -by the An
selmo band. ,'':
Pioneer Resident Dies -
After Prolonged. Illness
Table Rock, Neb., Sept. ,21. (Spe
cial.) Smith A. Hartwell, a pioneer
resident of this county, who settled
on Turkey Creek, west of here nearly
fifty years ago, and later moved to
Pawnee City, died at his residence in
Pawnee City Tuesday afternoon, after
an illness of several months'. He was
a veteran 6f the civil war and was in
his. seventy-sixth year. He is survived
by a widen and one child, an only son
Walter D. Hartwell, a capitalist of
Pawnee City, Funeral services are to
be held today and the interment will
be in the Pawnee City cemetery.
Friend Treats Boys Well. '
Friend, Neb., Sept. 21. (Specials
Yesterday the people of Friend gave
the twelve boys ordered to report for
duty under the draft a reception at the
park. Local women served a chicken
dinner. Several talks were made in
which the Grand Army of the Repub
lic, several citizens and some of the
young men about to report took part
The drive to W'lber wa -made by
ninety-four automobile loads of peo
ple numbering nearly 500. Speeches
were made by the mayor and re
sponded to by Attorney Charles F.
Barth. i
Crete Selected Men
Given Rousing Sendoff
Crete, Neb., Sept. 21. (Special Tel
egram.) A crowd of several hundred
people went to Wilber in automobiles
this morning, accompanying the boys
who were Crete's portion of the sec
ond contingent of the national army.
The procession was led by the Crete
band and at Wilber were met by citi
zens with a band and then proceeded
to the court house, where a big cele
bration was held. The principal speak
ers were F. J. Sadilek, Wilber; H. E.
Sackett, Beatrice, and George H.
Hastings? Crete. After the meeting
the forty-five future soldiers from this
county were escorted toihe depot by
the Grand Army of the Republic vet
erans, Wilber school children and the
band. It is estimated that over 3,000
people watched the boys leave.
State Bank Deposits
Increase by Huge Sum
(From a 8Uff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Sept. 21. (Special.) De
posits in state banks have increased
$73,775,159 since the report of the sec
retary of the State Banking board
was issued one year ago, according
to the report of Secretary J. J. Tooley
of the board, made today, the figures
Showing that there is on-deposit to
day in the 901 state banks the neat
little sum of $224,896,229.84, as against
$151,121,070 a year ago.
State banks have increased from 824
to 901, the number of depositors from
422,124 to 486,162, the guaranty fund
from $1,183,332 to $1,577,920.
Boone County Fair Has
Good Drawing Attractions
Albion, Neb., Sept 21. (Special
Telegram.) The Boone coupty fair
continues to draw great crowds. The
cattle, hog and poultry exhibits are
unusually large and the agricultural
buildings are so crowded for room
that exhibitors are clamoring for more
space. The fair officers were com
pelled to rent ten aeries for parking
autos. A night show is also being
held, which is largely attended, i
New Artcraft
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with full spring cushion
seats, upholstered in 4 A-l
Spanish leather. Built of the
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with mortise and tenon joint
construction; quality pieces
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Even the lining is of a superior quality as well as the other small
items. ' "' . . '
A man cannot be too particular about these minor details of a
suit, for they keep the suit in shape long after its newness has been
worn off. We feature , '
Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes
for Men.
-Samuel W. Peck's Clothes Styled
and Tailored in New York.
Other , Suits $15.00, $18.50, up to .$40.00
Top Coats $15.00 to $40.00
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New Pedestals
We are now able to show a large assortment
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fumed oalc and mahogany; prices s
$2.50, $2.75, $3.25, $4.00, $5.00
See our genuine mahogany taboret, as SO 75
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Price, is only
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We Carry a Full Line of Heoaier Kitchen Cabinets
and Table. Let Ut Demonstrate.
for tea time
"A Tuck Away Table"
A convenient size for afternoon tea and in
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White Enamel
Child's
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Light, in weight, easily
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8x12, for...... $5.25
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Hemstitched Voile and Marquisette Curtains, in ivory and ecru
Pai 81.50
Lace Trimmed Voile and Marquisette Curtains, at, pair 82.50
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centers. Price, per pair. .... $2.50. 82.75. $3.25. 84.75
Special values in Cretonnes, more than thirty patterns, from 6 to
30 yards of each, regular values 75c a yard priced at, yard.. 38s
Remnants of Cretonne in special lengths pf 1 yard, 1 yards and
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Colored bordered Scrims, at 30. 35l and 50 a yard. Ef
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