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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1!H7 3 Briej City News M nTe Boot Print It New Beacon Press. for Xmas Everything electrical t;urgess-Granden Co. numbers 100 Per Cent The T1 umbers' union received a 100 per in Red Cross flag by paying for ' "0 memberships. Home for a Week G. W. Doane home from the south for a week. . He is engaged in government work 'n the Old Dominion. l ead Is Out of Danger J. W. Fead 'f the city comptroller's office is out f 'lanaer. He was struck by an au ' mobile last Saturday. iets Leave to Join the Army Fred i .ilmlag of the police department was i-'':intod an Indefinite leave of absence "'i account of military service. ed Man Injured W. S. Wedge, v: years old, suffered a cut on the i' k of his head when he slipped and f' II on the ice at Eighteenth and Har ney streets Tuesday morning. Have (TBrien to Cross Pond D. J. I'Brien of Omaha and Chicago is -pending the day distributing hand--iiakcs and smiles. He will cross the lnd shortly with some of his wares f"r the soldiers. Stale Bank of Omaha, corner Six teenth and Harney streets, pays 4 per cent on time deposits. Three per cent m savings accounts. All deposits in this bank are protected by the de positors' guarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. Adv. Thirty Years With The Bee Harry Thacker. night foreman of The Kee 'imposing room, is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of his connec tion with Tin: Hoe. Thirty years ago Thacker started in as a galley boy and has been with The Bee continuously ever since. Parcel Post Rush Starts The reat parcel post rush at the postof ticp has started. A long line of tables has been placed in the main corridor where clerks are busy with scales weighing packages and telling what he postage is. This year the job is more complicated because a revenue stamp has to be placed on each pack 'is;e carrying more than i'5 cents in postage. Scott Wires Help to Y. W. Charles K. Harrison has received a telegram from Edgar If. Scott of Crofoot & Scott, who is now in the south, pledg ing $300 to the Young Woman's i christian association war fund. Mr. r s. ott said in his telegram that the arsociation was doing a vast amount f good in southern camps. The tele gram came from Houston. Mr. Scott aid he would give more if it were needed. line Fireplace Good nt Sunderland'. West Leavenworthers Take Action for New Poor Farm West Leavenworth improvement club transacted much business at its meeting Monday at the Modern Woodman hall. ' A committee was unpointed to wait on the city cou".L'i!vwi;!i a petition to nave a public road built over Saddle creek sewer. At present the city is planning to run a dO-fout boulevard in this vicinity. Tom Murray w'as 'nam ed chairman of the committee witu I R. J. Sutton and .1. I'. Jacob.-on. j Resolution nil be Mihmittcd pro-! ostium the 1 5,000 expenditure which he county is p'-i.pu-ing to make cm he counlv poor 'anii. and rccoin nendinK the sale i the properly and lie purchase ot a new .-lie. iv.j. -utton. Y. !'. Hammond. Jolm (iil ian and Join Wilier were appointed draw up the resolution. The club will pre-tnt a petitiw" to the city council i-kipK that a m i:u iniuR pool be i tailed in Klmwoud l':irk- I he street car -iniation was dis cussed, the -trcet car cotupanv -harp-ly criticised and the committee on street car -ervicc conmieuded lor L'ood work. Major Abbott Desires to i Meet the "Political Pirate" ! Who is the "political pirate"' who, has 311 alleged underhanded scheme 1 I" i.n t'nnt In ruin lllc status Ol the "I. Il-i lucky'' Seventh regiment." Major Ab bott wains to know. "I do not know where those stories concerning the so-called "Unlucky Seventh' originate." -aid Major Ab bott. "One tiling is certain, the Sev enth is a National Guard regiment, organized under the federal and state laws pertaining to the forming of such an organization. The fact that we have not been recognized by the War department is due to the fact that at present the department has ceased to draft t;uard regiments into service, which cannot lie done except bv executive order.'' Hoyt Has Photos of His Predecessors in Office K. C. Hoyt, clerk of the federal com t. has placed in his office pictures of the seven men who have held that office since it was created. It has taken him months to collect these pictures, but he kept up the hunt, in person and by correspondence, until lit secured all. Beginning with Eras tus B. Chandler, who took the office in 1867, they proceed with Watson B. N-nith, Elmer D. Frank, Elmer S. Dundy, jr., Oscar I?. Hillis, George. II. Thumniel and R. Cleveland Hoyt. Woman Socialist Fined $300 For Sedition Uiica. X. Y., Dec. 18 Julia R. An ' uster aged 26. of Syracuse, a member of the socialist party, pleaded .guilty to sedition in United States court here today and was fined $J00. Judge George V. Ray, presiding, said this sentence is a warning that sedi tious utterances will not be tolerated. 5.300 MEMBERS OF RED CROSS IN FIRST DAY'S DRIVE Omaha Workers Make Good Start in Their Campaign; Con gressman Stephens Tells of Experiences on War Front. Fifty-three hundred persons signed up for membership as a result of the first day's drive for members of the Red Cross Monday in Omaha. Congressman Dan Vr. Stephens stirred a big audience at the Audi torium last night with an account of what he saw on his recent trip with the delegation of congressmen to the battle front in France. It was a "booster" meeting for the Red Cross drive of this week. "I cannot find adjectives strong enough to express what I feel about the grandeur of the work of the Red Cross, the Young Women's Christian association and the Young Men's Christian association in that land of darkness," he declared. "I remember one dark, rainy night at the port where we landed in France. In a doorway at the station were two Red Cross nurses. Their faces were pinched, their uniforms stained, their boots muddy. 1 learned that they were waiting for the mid night ambulance train. There they were, working from 10 to 21) hours a day, and 1 realized how little we do here who only contribute of our money in comparison with what they do. It is for these nurses that the Young Women's Christian associa tion is raising a fund to build shelt ers where they may rest when off duty." Describes Air Raid. Mr. Stephens was in London dur ing an air raid. He says the people paid little attention to it. ""We were seated around a table with sonu of England's leading men when the alarm was brought in," he said. "Our friends paid no attention to it beyond showing some annoy ance that they should be disturbed in their important work by such a trifle. And later when we went out into the street and the messengers were hurrying past giving the alarm of the raid we found that the great majority of the people paid no attention, but went about their business as usual. Only a few of the timid ones hurried to the shelters provided for the pur pose at various places. The whole of that great city was in absolute darkness. Not a street lamp, nor a store lamp nor a house lamp show ing. Policemen were going about and if they saw a single ray of light show ing through a shutter they entered and railed the attention of the house holder to his carelessness. "In Paris we dined with General Pershing and spent the evening with him. We were all 'profoundly im pressed with him. He is not only a great soldier, but a great adminis trator. He knows exactly what needs to he done in moving his troops, getting supplies to them and .-o on. "From Paris we 'were taken out in miliiary automobiles to the battle' front. Before we had advanced more than 20 miles from Paris we came to the place, already historic, which I marks the farthest point of the Ger- , man advance in those first weeks of J the war. That was a tragic moment , for civilization. Five mighty German j armies swept down upon France the j armies of V on Kluck, the army of ! Von ISuelov , the army of the Sax- otis, the army of the German crown j prince and the army of the Bavarian ( crown prince. It was the mightiest j ho; i that had ever been assembled up to that time. Rolls Back Germans. ''Against it was arrayed an army ot ' only (it H '.I 'DO Frenchmen, most of ! them long out of military service, j They were commanded by General , Jolfre. a man whom I admire beyond j Farmer's Daughter Says Husband Was Stingy Adrya Fayth Kimball, daughter of W. R. Locke, wealthy Stanton farmer, gave a dramatic recital of the trials and tribulations of a , young and pretty wife with an in significant allowance, before Judge Leslie, in her plea for divorce from i R. J. P. Kimball. She says she thought Kimball was getting five times as much a- he was per week when she married him and ex plained that in order to have any good times at all she had to pay her own hotel bills. The decree was granted. words. And he said to them, 'we will advance and we will not stop as long as a Frenchman remains alive.' That advance rolled back" the hosts that Germany thought invincible, the hosts prepared throughout a quarter century. I asked our guide how on earth such an army could defeat the German avalanche. He shrugged his shoulders and said 'it was God.' I told this to a French colonel. 'Well,' he said, 'if God did it, He did it with the French army.' " Mr. Stephens spoke in high terms of the allied fighting forces both on land and on sea. On the ship going over he found, among the navy gun crews, a boy from Sac City, la. "It seemed a car cry from Sac City, la., to the lonely deck of that ship, plowing its way in at solute darkness through the sea," he said, "and it impressed upon me how unitedly wc are advancing against the common enemy." Boost Red Cross Work. W. A. Schall presided and intro duced the main speaker. Before this Arthur Palmer made a four-minute talk on the Red Cross stickers which I the merchants are giving free to all customers who carry home their packages instead of having them de livered. "Lick and stick and stick and lick the kaiser," Mr. Palmer admonished the audience. The military band from Fort Crook gave a oencert before the speaking. Application blanks for membership were distribtued by 25 girls in Red Cross uniforms and a large number of these were returned tilled out and i with cash accompanying them. Families of Enlisted Men Incensed at Local Boards Many Omaha families who have re ceived questionaires addressed to sons already in the army have lodged vig orous complaints with the local boards, accusing them of trying to have their sons listed as slackers. "Such is not the case in any sense," said the chairman of the Fifth dis trict exemption board. "We are re quired to send out questionaires to the men whose names appear on our books. If a man has enlisted since registration, himself or his family up on receipt of the questionaire have only to return it with evidence of his enlistment. Certificates of enlistment can be obtained from the recruiting headquarters. I 1 i U Mr Our photograph cot no mora B than tha othtr kind. Thty art bettor, too. Rinehart-Steffens Of Court. 300 I8th St., South. Wtad Bid. Just Oft Famam. J In the interest of economy and caving the Carey Cleaning Co. (best glove and tie cleaners in Otnahn) wisheo to make the following announcempnt : We will closp at 6 p. m. promptly. We will not be open Saturday nitrht and, of course, will be cloned all day Sunday and holi days. We will do no wholesale work. Give no discounts or free work to any one and have no agents or branch offices. Our business will be limited strictly to hitch class retail trade on a cash basis. Our customers will gain in price, quality and service. Checks on Omaha banks re ceived same as cash. Adv. Obituary T. B. McCLELLAND died at his home in Edgar yesterday morning ifter a brief Illness with pneumonia. Mr. McClelland was one of the pio neers of this county and was one of '.he best known men in that section f the state. HELEN L. RHEA, 8 years old, died Monday night at a hospital following -everal weeks' Illness. Th body will :e taken to Arlington. Neb., where the child's parents reside. Burial will be in the Arlington cemetery. Bright Eyes indicate buoyant health. When the eyes are dull, liver and bow els need regulating. Quickly restore healthy conditions with a dose or two in time of BEECHAM'S PILLS Large,: Sale of Any Medicine In th World iiold t,erjherc la boie. 10c, 2v Possess the Power of Aladdin Aladdin had merely to rub his wonderful lamp and instantly the slave stood at attention. Compared to the power which Thomas A. F.dison offers you, Aladdin's was limited. For, ownership of that wonderful instrument, the New Edison, means that a group of the world's greatest artists is constantly at your service. A mere turn of the hand and presto! right there In the room peals forth the glorious voice of Anna Case, Margaret Matzenauer, Marie Rappold, Arthur Middleton, Thomas Chalmers, or any other of our eminent Metropolitan stars. It is exactly as though the singer were there in the flesh. No human ear can detect the slightest shade of difference between the living artist's interpretation and that of The New Edison -The rhono&raph irith a SonP Conceive yourself in a crowded eon- cert hall. One of our Metropolitan stars, Marie Rappold, for example, begins to sing. Through the building soars her brilliant soprano voice. Now watch the audience. Note the sudden stir. See the amazement reflected in each face. 'What has happened? The singer's lips have ceased to move. And still the beautiful aria continue! Surely, Marie Rappold Is still singing. She most be. Every lingering over tone, every subtle shade of color is there. But her lips are motionless. What is the answer? In a sense Marie Rappold is still singing. The. New Edison which stands beside her is playing a Rap pold Re-Creation. The explanation is simple. First the Instrument is started Then Rappold joins in. Suddenly she stops and the Re-Creatlon continues. And so completely, so utterly satisfy ing is the Re-Creation. that the list eners refuse to credit the evidence of th( ir senses. This is the famous Edison tone test; the demonstration which convinces the most skeptical that Thomas A. Edison has succeeded in actually re creating music. Come in to our store and see for yourself just what we mean by Music's Re-Creation. (Helen Stanley, who sings at the Boyd on the evening of Decvem ber 20th under the auspices of the Tuesday Musical club, is an Edison artist. After hearing Ler then come to our store and listen to her Re created voice.) Rouse's Phonograph Parlors Twentieth aad Famam Streta. Open Evenlnsrs I'ntll Xmas. ill Mil Buy Another War Saving Stamp Tuesday, December IS, 1917. ess-wash Com Vfie Ciristmas Store for CveryBody STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. Pay Your Red Croat Dues Today Phone Douglas 137. St ore Open Evenings Till Christmas Our Stock of Jewelry (Excepting Watches) Wednesday Morning for One Hour (9 to 10 A. M.) Exactly Vfc Price "VfES! There's a reason for this most extraordinary announcement and offering a two-fold reason. Owinjr to the congested - shipping conditions that have existed for the past months a bi shipment of jewelry novelties has Just arrived which should have been here several weeks apo. With this added diipment our .stock is abnormally lano and we take this means to reduce it. Then, too, we make, this very unusual offering to induce early morning shopping and relieve the rush and eon- I r . 1 r. 1 'i'L . . jt . .: : l . . ! , . . gesuun 01 me aiieniuun iimn. inr uiieiuiK iiiviuues. Rings, Lavallieret, Brooches, Bar Pins, Cuff Buttons, Scarf Pint, Bracelets, Pendants, Hat Pins, Neck Pieces, Rhinestone Jewelry, Novelties of all sorts, Plated Silver Novelties, Bud Vases, Toilet Sets, Shaving Sets, Smoking Sets, Candle Sticks, etc., etc. Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor 1 ! 1 12 I PRICE A Pretty Negligee Garment, Bath Robe or the Like is Always Acceptable to a Woman as a Gift TTTIIAT woman would not bo highly pleased and appreciate a eift of W this sort. Our line is very extensive and you'll find selection ex ceptionally easy. Boudoir Caps, 50c to $5.00 in lam o'Mianters, mine mirke, i.inn t run, teg o .My Heart and hundreds of other styles made of the most bewitching combinations of lace, ribbon, flowers, satins, silks and chiffons in every conceiv able color. Women's Corduroy Robe, $1.95 to $21.00 Robes of narrow or wide wale corduroy. Many of them silk lined, desirable colors. Beacon Blanket Robes, $4.95 to $10.00 Made of the best quality of soft beacon blankets in all those new two-toned effects, exquisitely tailored. Satin trimmed, panels, pock ets, collars, cuffs ami rope girdles. Breakfast Coats, at $16.50 In sntin, pussy willow, armura Keussa silk, in blue, flesh, orchid and wisteria, at $16.50. Japanese Robes, at $9.75 Hand embroidered shaded silk, exquisite shades. $9.75 to $50. Crepe de Chene Negligee, at $16.50 Lace trimmed, dainty pnstol shades, at $16.50. Albatross House Gowns, at $19.50 Lined with crepe de chine or satin, hand embroidered scalloped and faggeted; wisteria, Copenhagen, rose, flesh and blue, $19.50. Dainty Boudoir Sacques, $3.95 to $10.00 Also mattmees of albatross, crepe de chine and satin, trimmed with lace and hand stitching, at $3.95, $5.00 to $10.00. Boudoir Slippers, at $1.00 to $2.50 Dainty and serviceable slippers to match negligees, Burts-Nash Co Second Floor $1.00, $1.50, $1.95 and $2.50. 111 pRETTY Brassieres for Christmas Brassieres, $1.00 to $1.50 Beautiful brassieres, trimmed in wide, heavy ecru laces, made of batiste and linen and silk trimmed both top and bottom, sizes 34 to 48, at $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Brassieres, $2.00 to $5.00 Now French brassieres, made of fine filet laces, designed for sheer blouses. A dainty accept able Christmas gift, at $2.00, $3.50 and $5.00. Burgesa-Nash Co. Sfcond Floor The Burgess-Nash Choir Will Sing Christmas Carols Daily at 8:30 A. M., 12 Noon, 6 P. M. and 9 P. M. Come and Hear Them. Party and Dancing Slippers Make Beautiful Holiday Gifts OUR entire line has been specially reduced for quick disposal. Party Slippers Reduced to $3.95 Short lines of sold and silver cloth slippers, reduced to a fraction of their original price, at $3.95. Women's Party and Dancing Slippers from $4.00 to $10.00 Included arc: Beaded satin slippers. White satin slippers. Black satin slippt Patent kid slippers. Black kid slippers. Bended kid slippers. Bronze kid slippers. Gray suede slippers. White buck skin slippers. Brown kid slippers Gray kid slippers. Ivory kid slippers. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor Give Him One of These Bath Robes for Christmas, $2.98 to $37.50 IT'S doubtful if you could please him more than with a trifi of this sort. For Wednesday we have ar ranged a special display anil sale that should prove interesting to everyone with a gift-thought of this kind. The color and pattern selection is very extensive, most of them made with large shawl collars, seams piped, the pockets, cuffs and edges are finished with cord. The price range is $2.98 to $37.50. Slippers to Match, 50c to $1.50 .Slippers to match bath robes, in all sizes, special, at 50c to $1.50 the pair. Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor All White French Ivory Purchased Wednesday Engraved Free of Charge AND what's more, we'll do it while you wait if you so desire. Our stock of white French ivory is still very complete and affords an unusual range of gift-selection. SPECIAL! Toilet Sets, $2.50 to $25.00 White French ivory toilet sets, wide se lection of styles, exceptional values, $2.50 to $25.00. Manicure sets, 5 pieces, at $1.19. Manicure sets, 3 pieces, at $1.00. Powder puff boxes, at $1.00. Manicure pieces, 25c to $1.50. Buffers, special, 75c. Combs, small, 25c. Combs, medium, 44c. Combs, large heavy, 75c. Powder boxes, 65c. White ivory clocks, at $1.98. Hair brushes, special value, $1.95. Heavy block ivory, heavy brush and comb, at $2.98. Burgess-lash Co Ivory hair brushes and combs, at $3.75. Shaving stands, $6.50 to $11.00. Perfume bottles, 35c to $3.98. Hand mirrors, $1.50 to $7.50. Trays, 35c to $4.50. Picture frames, 50c to $5.00. Jewel boxes, $1.00 to $7.50. Manicure sets, $2.25. Soap boxes, 25c to $1.00. Hair brushes, $1.98 to $15.00. Toilet water bottles. $1.00. Bud vases, $1.95. Compact manicure sets, $15.00. Main Floor Dainty Silk Night Gowns at $3.95 to $25.00 MADK of heavy crepe de chine or wash satin, in empire, kimono or sleeveless effects, tailor stitched or trimmed with filet luce or cluny or val laces; hand embroidery, chiffon, ribbon or French flowers; white an ' flesh. Knickerbockers, $2.f to $3.95 Made of satin or crepe 1 chine waist or knee finishe with lace or hemstitched ruffl Silk Envelope Chemise, $2.95 to $15.00 Made of crepe de cnine, satin or KCorpette, in cor set cover or ribbons strap effects, dain tily embroidered; or yoke effects of lace, com i,;,wi ... ; u hand embroid- e r y, jreor cette. ribbon- run beading and ribbon flowers, white and flesh. Camisoles, at $1.50 to $5.00 Satin, crepe de chine, georgette, ribbon, Italian silk combined with daintiest of laces, chif fon, rihbon and embroidered motifs, white or flesh. Burges-Nah Co. Second Floor ink, i "IMJ A And don't Forget Toys and Dolls THEY'RE WHAT THE CHILDREN WANT AND EXPECT AND you'll lind generous stocks here in our big Toy town for selection. Toys of every kind and description, mechan ical toys, engines, automobiles, trains of cars, and the like; games, sleds, wheel goods, toy pianos, Teddy bears, stuffed animals and dolls. My! what a great family to choose from dressed dolls, undressed dolls, dolls of every nationality. But come, join the merry throng; it will take you back td your childhood days the happiest time of POUr life. Burgess-Na.h Co. Fourth Floor