PART TWO
EDITORIAL
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VOL. XLVII NO. 118.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1917.
On Tralni, et Hot.lt.
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TWO CENTS
ON
LITTLE FfilCT
AS NEW POSTAGE
TAKESjFFECT
Increase Expected to Boost Re
ceipts At Omaha Postoffice
Three Quarters of a
Million.
Three-cent postage went into ef
fect today with less of confusion than
Omaha postoffice officials had antici
pated. "Nearly everybody seemed to know
and remember that the new postage
rate went into effect today," said
Postmaster Fanning. The stamp
sellers also reported that the sales
went on without much difficulty.
One bargain hunting woman held
her place resolutely at a stamp win
dow for nearly five minutes while she
argued with the clerk that she "didn't
know the new rate was going into ef
fect and therefore she should be al
lowed to send two letters at the 2
cent rate. She finally "came through"
with the extra 2 cents.
Some Forget.
A considerable pile of letters with
postage due on them had accumulated
by noon in the central postoffice.
These were mailed by ihe forgetful
people.
Under a special postal regulation,
which will be in effect for a few days
only, these letters will be forwarded
to their destinations and the postage
due will be collected from the ad
dressees. Tis is contrary to the
usual postal laws and is to be done
only until the people become accus
tomed to the 3-cent postage rate.
There was a big run on, 1-cent
stamps also. In fact, most of the let
ters seemed to have their postage
paid in a 2-cent and a 1-cent stamp.
The 1-cent stamps were in demand
also to be affixed to ppstal cards.
Omaha Mail Is Heavy.
Assistant Postmaster Woodard
says there are about 5,500,000 pieces
of first-class mail sent cmt of Omaha
every month. This includes letters
and post cards.
With 1 cent extra in postage paid
on each piece, this means that the
government will get $55,000 added
revenue from this source from Oma
ha each month. But it will be more
than this, for a surprisingly large
number of letters weigh more than
one ounce and therefore require
double or triple or quadruple post
age and that much more of war tax
postage also.
Increase Nearly a Million.
Officials estimate that the revenue
from Omaha in the increased postage
will be at least $60,Q0O a month, or
$720,000 a year. That's the, way the
pennies count up.
This depends, of course, upon the
people sending as many letters, under
3-cent postage as they did under 2
cent. The officials believe there, will
be no appreciable falling off in the
number of letters sent. People won't
refrain from writing a letter because
the postage costs them a cent extra.
One official stated, however, that
in his opinion there will be a decided
decrease in the number of Christmas
and New Year cards sent this season.
All such cards will require 2 cents
postage instead of 1 cent.
Although the new rate went into
effect at midnight last night, all iet
ters and cards collected in mail boxes
on the first collection this morning
were accepted at the 2-cent rate be
cause it was impossible to tell
whether they had been dropped in
the box before midnight or early this
morning.
Witness Would Not
Wait For a Second
Shot to Be Fired
Boyd Gater, negro, star witness for
the , defense in the Howard man
slaughter case now on trial in crimi
nal court, sent jurors and spectators
into a roar of laughter during cross
examination by Frank S. Howell,
counsel for Jesse Howard, charged
with fatally wounding Joseph Mober-
Gater, only witness to the shooting
affray in a down town garage a
couple of months ago, was testifying
as to incidents leading up to the
tragedy. He had told of seeing the
men near each other and of hearing a
shot fired.
Attorney Howell, in order to learn
how far Gater was standing from tne
$pot where Moberly was wounded,
asked the negro where he would have
been in case a second shot was fired.
"Boss," replied Gater, "Ah'd prob
ably been home by that time."
Howard's defense is that the shoot
ing was accidental. Gater testified
that Moberly and Howard seemingly
were the best of friends and had been
joking and "playing" together on the
afternoon ot the snooting. Moberly
died in a hospital several weeks after
he was shot.
Doug Fairbanks to Be
Attraction For Kiddies
Douglas Fairbanks in "The Man
from Painted Post" will be shown at
th Strand Saturday morning at 10
o'clock for the children's program.
The Muse will feature ' "The Con
queror," a story of the life of Sam
Houston. The price is 5 cents. The
Besse on the South Side will show a
child actress, Madge Evans, in "Litte
Duchess."
Friday night family programs also
have interesting things. The Lothrop
shows Shirley Mason in "The Law
of the North" and a comedy. Under
the same management the Hamilton
had two child actors, the Lee chil
dren, in "Two Little Imps" and one
of Paula Blackston's charming country
The Apollo has George Cohan in
''Seven Keys to Baldpate" and a
JJlack Diamond comedy.
The Suburban will show Vivian
Martin in "Little Optimist" and a
paramount comedy-.
Tinley On Board of Citizens
Company of Council Bluffs
Following the policy of localizing
control, the Citizen's Gas and Elec
tric company, which is an adjunct of
the Nebraska Power company, operat
ing the light plants in Council Bluffs,
at its last meeting elected Emmet
Tinley to the board of directors.
Other local members of the board
are T. D. Metcalf and E. A Wickham,
who is also vice-president, both of
Council Bluffs, and J. E. Davidson,
of Omaha. The active management
of the Council Bluffs plant remains
with A. L. English, continuing in the
position of manager.
FOOD PRICE LIST
TO BESDSPENDED
System to Be Renewed When
List of Fixed Prices For
Entire State is Work
ed Out.
Publication of Munro's food-price list
has been suspended pending the com
pilation and publication of a list of
fixed prices applicable all over the
state by the state food administra
tion. G. W. Wattles has been called to
attend a meeting of state food ad
ministrators with Dr. Garfield at
Washington November 14, at which
time their powers and duties in re
gard to fixing food prices and in
regulating the supplies of retailers by
means of control over licensed whole
salers will be explained and estab
lished. Retail dealers doing a $100,000 busi
ness must be licensed under the new
law and the list of licensed firms will
soon be returned from Washington.
In arranging the fixed prices for the
state, Food Administrator Wattles
will call a meeting of the committee
recently appointed to represent the
licensed wholesalers and the commit
tee which will be appointed from the
licensed retailers, and the wholesale
and retail prices will be worked out
and fixed, with their co-operation, by
the state administration.
The pressure of public opinion and
the power of control through the
wholesalers will operate to force the
unlicensed retail men in line with the
scale of just profits. ,The list will
probably be fixed witnin the next two
weeks.
Civil Service Appeals
For Stenographers
An appeal for stenographers, type
writer operators and typewriters has
been issued by John A. Mcllheny,
president of the United States Civil
Service commission, Washington,
D. C.
The appeal declares that it is the
manifest duty of citizens with this
special knowledge to use it at this
time where it will be of most value
to the government. Women are es
pecially urged to undertake this of
fice work. Encouragement for those
who have not the required training is
given.
Salaries for this work ranee from
$1,000 to $1,200 a year. Eighteen
years is the minimum age. Applica
tions should be addressed to the
United States Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington, D. C, Chicago or
St. Paul.
Five vacancies now exist for the
position of packer in the Omaha gov
ernment office. Applicants for this
examination must be skilled in the
packing of all classes of property,
such as delicate, electrical instruments,
and have a practical working knowl
edge of the use of carpenter tools.
The position pays $840 annum.
Applications can be secured by
writing the Eighth United States Civil
Service District, St. Paul, Minn. The
tune Iiin.it is set for November 17.
MATTERS CALLED
FOR TRIAL IN THE
FEDERAL COURT
Motion for Continuance Denied
and Case Set for Next Mon
day Before Judge Wade
of Iowa District.
Federal Judge Martin J. Wade of
Iowa refused the motion of Thomas !
H. Matters for a continuance of his
case, which is set for trial in the
federal court here next Monday. Mat
ters, with his attorney, John L. Web
ster, presented his motion before
Judge Wade in Council Bluffs. United
States Attorney Allen represented the
government.
Matters had been notified Sep
tember 28 that his case was set for
trial November 5. He stated to the
judge that he had made a trip to
Mexico City for a conference with
President Carranza regarding land
holdings which he has in Mexico. He,
returned only recently from this trip
and, he stated, had not been able to
present his request for a continuance
earlier.
Government Prepared.
Judge Wade, in refusing the mo
tion, said: "This motion is without
merit. A case of this magnitude
should have engaged the defendant's
attention earlier. It is now too late
The government has made all ar
rangements for the trial. It was even
necessary to postpone a government
case in Pittsburgh m order that one
witness could be in Omaha for this
trial."
A government accountant has been
in Oraaha from Washington for two
weeks, going over the voluminous
mass of checks and other bank papers
in the case.
The Matters case has been fighting
its way through the federal courts for
several vears. Thomas H. Matters,
Omaha attorney and banker, was in
dicted on 20 counts for aiding and
abetting President Lueben of the now
defunct First National bank ot but
ton, Neb., in issuing certificates of
a :n. it.. '
ucjjuaii illegally.
The case was finally brought to
trial in the Omaha division of the fed
eral court in February, 1915, requir
ing nearly four weeks for its hearing.
Frank S. Howell was United States
attorney then. The jury found the
defendant guilty on 19 of the 20
counts and the judge sentenced him
to six years in the federal prison on
each count, the sentence to run con
currently that is, making six years
altogether.
The case was appealed and the cir
cuit court of appeals remanded it for
a new iriai. u is mis inai wmcn win
start Monday.
Judge Wade of Des Moines will
preside. Attorneys estimate that the
second trial will take about two
weeks.
Omaha Boy Lands Safely
In War Zone in France
Word has reached Omaha of the
safe arrival of Kenneth Norton in
France, a cablegram having been re
ceived by Jack Norton, the young
man s father.
Young Norton is a first lieutenant
in the army aviation corps and, ac
cording to the cable, he reached
France last Saturday. He is said to
have the distinction of being the first
of the Omaha boys to get into the
Hying department in the war zone.
He was graduated from the Omaha
High school, had three years in Cor
nell and quit to take up aviation ar
the Minola camp.
Take It For Granted
ieatons Have What You Want
YOU mjt IT
CANDY
Freih Shipments Daily.
80c Melba Chocolate Cream, per
lb., at 49c
We are agents for Original Al-
legretti Chocolates, Huyler's Bon
Bona and Chocolates and Lowney's
Assorted Chocolates.
SHAVERS' WANTS
$5.00 French Kit Auto Strop Raz
ors, at $4.15'
$5.00 Gillette Razors $4.15
$1.00 Gem Safety Razors 79c
$1.00 Antiseptic Safety Razor
and Blade 19c
50c Durham Duplex Razor and
Blade, for 9c
25c pkg. of 6 Star Blades, fits
Gem or Ever-Ready Razors, 19c
15c Keener Edge Razor Strop
Dressing, for 9c
EDISON MAZDA LAMPS
25, 40 and 50-watt Lamps. . . .27c
60-watt Lamps 36c
We deliver and install free of
charge.
RUBBER GOODS
Complete line of everything in
Rubber Goods line.
$1.00 2-qt. Fountain Syringe, 49e
75c Atomizers .49c
$2.25 LeGrand'a 2-qt. Water Bot
tle and Fountain Syringe, $1.40
$3.50 DeMar Whirling Spray
Syringe, for $1.98
DRUG DEPARTMENT
1 lb. Powdered Borax. ...... 10c
$1 Bingo Kidney Tablets 59c
50c Japanese Incense Idol and 25c
box of Incense 39c
25c Zymole Troches 19c
$1 Wine of Cardui 79c
$1 King's Discovery.. 79c
$1 Harter's Iron Tonic 79c
$1 Nuxated Iron 89c
75c Pint Beaton's Pure Olive Oil,
for ' 59c
Stictite, light or dark (keeps the
hair in place) 25c
$1.75 S. S. S., large size $1.59
50c Kodol Dyspepsia Tablets. .34c
$1 Schieflers Colorine for the
hair, at 89c
25c Toileteer 12c
$1 Liberty Lawn Emblem Sta
tionery, for 59c
$1 Lambert's Listerine 74c
25c Vi. lb. Peroxide Hydrogen . . 7c
60c 1 lb. Peroxide Hydrogen. .23c
25c Nature's Remedy 16c
25c Carter's Liver Pills 16c
35c Castoria 24c
30c Mentholatum 19c
50c Syrup Figs 34c
French Mirrors, from 25c to $2.25
$1 Meritol Depilatory 59c
25c Woodbury Hair Tonic. . . .19c
Beaton's Olive Oil, pints 60c
Amami Shampoo Egyptian Henna,
for 60c
MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE OUR PROMPT ATTENTION
BEATON DRUG CO.
15TH AND FARNAM STREETS.
One-Minute
Store Talk
A customer said:
"Th minute I teppd in
to this (tore I was impreed
with the spirit of service
that prevails here. There's
more than a friendly greet
ing to this service idea. A
man wants to be welcomed
all right enough, but he
wants more than that. There
is a big greeting in the right
merchandise at the right
prices, and a man gets it
here."
Do you know
Greater Nebraska
Service today?
JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres."
WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas.-
1 reiclli
Qvercoa
The International Style Leaders,
and Hundreds of Other Smart Styles
"VTEVER in all the history of overcoat making has
any season produced such a vast variety of
effective overcoat models, one more attractive
than the other. You'll find here the west's -most
complete showing of ALL the new styles, ALL the
new colors, ALL the new fabrics. Furthermore,
you'll probably never again secure so much value
for your money. A tremendous demonstration of
value-giving awaits you Saturday, at-
$15 - $20 - $25 - $30
Largest Showing of Trench Coats-
In the trenches or behind the lines, wherever good
style or comfort or both are desired, you'll see the
"Trench Coat" leading as no one style ever led before.
Not a young man's style alone men of middle age; all
men who feel the spirit of the times are keen for them.
Entirely new fabrics, new colors, new pocket ideas, new
shoulder treatment. Wonderful showing at
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Fur Collar Overcoats
Full belt, belt back or conservative models. Hudson seal,
beaver, nutria, muskrat, Persian lamb or astrakhan col
lars. Most distinguished overcoats ever produced
$25, $30, $35, $40, $50 to $100
' London-Made Overcoats
AUR direct importation heavy, eoft materials;
greens, olives, novelty weaves. Entirely new
belted models, new pockets, new lines throughout.
A distinct achievement. See them, at
$35, $40, $45, $50. $60
MEN'S MACKINAW COATS Best values in the city, S7.50 to $15
Silk Lined Chesterfields
The ever-right overcoat for dress or general wear.
Carr English Meltons, St. George Kerseys War
umbo, Vicunas, French Montegnacs; many serge
lined Chesterfields, too, at
$15, $20. $25. $30, $35, $40, $50
Here's a Long-Headed Proposition, Men,
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THOUSANDS upon thousands of suits, fabrics bought at the old prices. Styles up-to-the-minute. Premier
productions of America's finest cloth makers. Military models, all the late variations of belt and full
belted styles, single or double breasted. English sacks, conservative models. Rich autumn colorings, new
blues, grays, fancy weaves, blue serges. Vast range of qt r (jon qnr qqa qor tiA(
special sizes, enabling us to fit all men and young men ... . .-. .p0 pv p0, JpOl, JpOO. p4U
Men' and Young Men' Clothing Second Floor.
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What a Shirt Store! fi Better Sweater Coats
"y OU, too will be surprised at the vast variety
tion offers, and the attractiveness of the new
"all under glass exniDit.q- j qpr r a
Thousands of shirts at. .pl W p I .OU
Including finest Manhattans,
Bates Street and Yorke; silks and
silk mixtures, woven madras,
beautiful new autumn colorings.
Neckwear Selections Supreme
500, 65. 'SI. $1.50. $2
jfiy. av v .vv nil i- a .1 w . -w
si lit .ate. ,r. ii 1 1 1 1 rrv a ua.-
THE extraordinary variety and
quality we offer in sweater
coats tells our story of prepared
ness. No such sweater values
elsewhere Compare.
Mn' Swwtw, at 82 to 88
Womn' Sweater, 82.95 to 810
Boy' Sweater, at 81.50 to 84
Girl.' Sweater. 81.50 to 85.95
Underwear Headquarters
Largest, most complete showing of Vassal-,
Superipr, Duofold Celebrated Union .
v Suits. All weights and proportions.
Union Suits, at $1 to $7.50
2-piece Underwear, 75$ to $3
Men, Get Hat Satisfaction
DEMAND the right style, the right shape, the right quality
it's to be had and there's an easy way to get itCome to
Hat Headquarters.
John B. Stetsons, $4 to $10
Crofut and Knapp, $4 and $5
Famous Borsalino Hats, at $6
Nebraska Superior, $3.50
Nebraska De Luxe, at $3
The Fur Cap Store
Inspect the most complete fur cap selec
tions in the city at jo CA t O C
a positive saving. . v--rvr to
Men's Cloth Hats and Caps, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00
Boys' Fur-in-Band Winter Caps, at 65 and $1
The Traveling Goods Shop
Our entire basement salesroom a great store in itself, filled with the
best traveling goods made in America. Compare our values.
Suit Cat., Traveling Bag, Standard, Steamer, Wardrobe Trunk, Army and Nurse Trunk.
Men's Shoes
Famous Hurley Shoes
and Arnold Glove Grip
Shoes, at $9 to $10.
Men's Good Shoes, fea
turing un
equaled val
ues at
$4 $7
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