THE OMAHA SUNDAY EEE: DECEMBETt 23. 1917. "
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Nebraska
AR CONFERENCE
FOR CAPITAL CITY
Speakers cf National Promi
nence Coming to Nebraska to
Speak of War Conditions
and What Country Needs.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special.)
A two-day Nebraska war confer
ence will be held here Friday and
Saturday, January 18 and 19, under
tiie auspices of the State Council of
Defense; in co-operation with, and a
the request cf, the National Council
of Defense and the speakers' division
of the United States Committee on
Public Information, which will send
four or five speakers from Washing
ton and from the battle front.
Arrangements for this conference
one of a series that week in five middle-west
states which the federal
government wishes to make "an event
of the first magnitude in its commun
ity and in the state," are under the
immediate charge of the State Coun
cil of Defense Bureau of Speakers and
Publicity, recently established at the
request of the government, of which
Prof. M. M. Fogg of the University
of Nebraska, is director. The Ne
braska four-minute men will also hold
a convention then.,
Notables Are Coming.
Director George Porter of the
section on co-operation with states,
National Council of Defense, and Di
rector Arthur E. Bestor of the speak
ers' division, committee on Public in
formation, have notified the bureau
that they plan to send to the confer
ence a member of the cabinet, an of
ficer in the French army just returned
from the front, one or two United
States army officers, back from
"somewhere in France," and two rep
resentatives of the "National Council
of Defense. These speakers, which
will be distributed through the two
day program, will come to Lincoln
from similiar war conferences that
week in Illinois, Kentucky and
Kansas.
The first coivventibn of the Ne
braska Four-Minute Men, who now
number about 1,050 in over ISO cities
and towns, has been called by the
state chairman, Prof. Fogg, to be held
in connection with the war conference
on either January 18 or 19.
In attendance at this war confer
ence it is planned to have as far as
possible a delegate from each school
district in the state. Addresses will
be. made by Nebraskans at sectional
meetings on various phases of war
work.
Thorough co-ordinated organiza
tion of a state-wide educational pa
triotic campaign of speaking and gen
eral publicity is the work which the
government requests the Bureau of
Speakers and Publicity to do. This
work is sketched in a bulletin sent
yesterday by Prof. Fogg to the 90
chairmen of the County Councils of
Defense.
"The purpose of the bureau as out
lined by the government, " says Di
rector Fogg's bulletin, "s, in brief:
". To co-ordinate (not to combine
or assume responsibility for or su
pervision over), 'where they Telate to
common aims and activities,' the ef
forts of the various bureaus and other
organizations conducting speaking
campaigns to seek to secure greater
co-operation among tKese numerous
rganizatins: 'to offer a clearing house
for speaking campaign 'to avoid
duplication of effort and overlapping
of territory.'
"2. To supply speakers with usable
information from government depart
ments, to concentrate the attention
of speakers during special periods up
on different national meeds, and to
foster in all speakers a sense of the
unity of the national purpose.
"3. To co-operate with the press in
giving publicity to matters relating
to the war."
To Canvass State.
In effecting the co-ordination of
the speaking forces of the state, the
bureau, following the recommendation
of the 'ederal government, is forming
a committee on which is to be rep
resented various interests,' including,
among others, department of state
govern .ent, state war administra
tion officials, the Four-Minute Men,
and patriotic societies, which carry on
effective speaking campaigns or have
organized audiences.
. "This bureau will canvass the state
to collect information concerning all
important organized audiences to de
termine where speaking is most need
ed . and what type of speakers are
needed and to collect a group of ef
fective speakers and analyze their
capabilities.
"Mass meetings will be arranged
before and at the state war confer
ence, for strategic points in the state
to be addressed by the most .eminent
speakers available, and local cam
paigns will be arranged at these stra
tegic centers to cover the surrounding
country."
Thrift Stamps Have Good
Sale in Superior Company
Superior, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special.)
A Red Cross and thrift stamp cam
paign at the Nebraska Cement com
pany plant was 100 per cent effective.
Every employe contributed.
Sam Buck gave a four-minute
speech at the Sterling theater last
night on the thrift campaign.
Watts & Ameran have moved their
asphalt plant here from Hastings.
Looking for work? Turn to the
Help Wanted Columns now. You
will find hundreds of positions listed
there.
COAL DEALERS MUST
UNLOAD CARS AT ONCE
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Railroads and Council of De
fense Receive Orders to
Watch Situation in
State Closely.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Dec. 22. (Special Tele
gram.) All railroads in Nebraska
have been notified to order dealers in
coal immediately to unload cars as
soon as received if possible. This
afternoon the State Council of De
fense received notice from the na
tional coal administrator to watch
matters in Nebraska. The order ap
plies especially luring the holiday
season as cars must be had during
the next two weeks to enable the pro
ducing companies to obtain cars to
move the products of fheir mines.
De Witt Home Guards Take
Flag From Niemeier Store
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special.)
The De Witt Home Guards
marched in a body to the store of
Carl Niemeier at that place last night
and hauled dow an American flag
in front of his place of business, be
cause, it is alleged, he had been un
patriotic in contributing funds to
help win the war. During the re
moval of the flag he had nothing to
say. After the guards marched back
to the armory he placed a flag inside
of his store window, and says that
he proposes to keep it there.
Edgar Foreman and Miss Helen
Atwater. both of this city, were mar
ried at Lincoln yesterday, and after
a briet wedding trip they will make
their home on a farm northeast of
the city.
The Gage county chapter of the
Red Cross society yesterday finished
its holiday rush and closed head
quarters until after Christmas. The
society has shipped 585 packets to
Omaha for the soldier boys in Amer
ica' and France, and has also made
and sent 1,040 oakum pads to di
vision headquarters at Chicago. The
Red Cross drive for members con
tinues, $2,500 having signed mem
bership cards in Beatrice up to last
evening.
Mrs. Sarah Turner, an old resident
of the Liberty vicinity, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. C. Hall.
The body was taken to Humboldt,
the old home, for interment.
R. R. Cravens, who has been post
master and agent for the Missouri
Pacific at Armour for the last 16
years, has resigned and gone to Om
aha to work for the Union Pacific.
The local lodge of Elks held a
meeting last night and voted on five
members. It was decided not to
have any New Year's ball this year
on account of the war. A smoker
was held at the close o( the business
session.
Guy Burkhalter, Wymore farmer,
who was arrested at that place for
stealing nine-sacks of flour from a
Burlington car, waived preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Whitmore at Lincoln yes
terday on the charge of entering an
interstate car and stealing the flour.
He was bound over to the federal
grand jury under $1,000 bond, which
he furnished. He returned to his
home at Wymore.
Daykin Strong for Red
Cross War Work Fund
Fairbury, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special.)
The little town of Daykin, located in
a strong German settlement m the
northwest part of this county, claims
to have one of the liveliest Red Cross
chapters in Nebraska. One night this
week the women gave a game banquet
and cleared $115 for the Red Cross
and enrolled 100 new members.
Prior to the banquet the men of the
vicinity of Daykin participated in a
rabbit hunt and got 248. These fur
nished the game for the banquet:
Mesdames L. Jarchow, William Jac
obs, A. F. Nelson, D. D. Wedell. T.
J. Moody, H. Harmon, Charles San
ders and Hall Strock.
The Elks' lodge of Fairbury is ar
ranging for a Red Cross benefit to be
given at its hall December 27. The
festivities will begin with a box sup
per. "
Suit Over Land Deal.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special
Telegram.) Harry Geissler has
brought suit in district court against
Patrick E. McKillip, August J. Miller
and the Burlington Investment com
pany for $11,840, alleging that he was
defrauded out of that amount in a
deal whereby he transferred 6,000
shares of stock in the Rosin Coal
company for 11,300 acres of land in
Carson county, Colorado. Geissler
claims the value of the land was mis
represented. Use Home-Grown Trees.
Freniont,"Neb Dec. 22. (Special
Telegram.) Fremont has been hit
by a Christmas tree "famine." Owing
to a shortage of labor in the north
woods, shipments of the evergreens
have not been made this year as for
merly. Fremonters have turned to
the cedar groves on the island in the
Platte river,' where hundreds of the
bushes have ben cut toe dcorate Fre
mont homes.
Hammond Delivers Speech.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special
Telegram.) Ross L. Hammond was
the speaker at a flag-raising at Uehl-
mg Saturday afternoon, when a large
crowd turned out. Mr. Hammond
related his experiences on the recent
trip he took to the European battle
front.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
Want Ad.
Several Changes in Army
Officers Are Announced
Washington, Dec. 22. (Special
Telegram.) Captain Oliver F. Snyder,
United States army, retired, is re
lieved from duty in the office of chief
of ordnance1 in this city and wilt pro
ceed to Camp Dodge. Des Moines, for
dutv. Captain Francis Lapiana, medi
cal reserve corps, is relieved from duty
at Camp Dodge and will proceed to
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Major Ronald
E. Fisher, Three Hundred and Fifty
second infantry, national army, is re
lieved from duty at Camp Dodge and
will proceed to Camp Jackson, Colum
bia, S. C.
Postmaster appointed: Nebraska
Dewcese, (.lay county, Harvey D.
Jackson, vice M. B. Phillips, re
signed. Wyoming Boulder, Fremont
county. Mack T. Hardee, vice
(ieorge L. Baldwin, resigned, Buford,
Albany county, alter .shannon, vice
J. M. Griffith, resigned; Cassa, Platte
county, Eva L. Freeman, vice Ethel
A. Roberts, resigned.
Rural letter carriers appointed:
Lorimcr, la., Justus B. Fudge; Bcn
kelman, Neb., Harry P. Hamilton,
Plainview, Neb., Charles O. Pond;
Wayne, Neb., Albert P. C. Bastian.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion in the case of A. Schall com
pany, Omaha, against the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern Railroad com
pany finds that rate on stone rough
sawed four sides or less in carloads
from points in the Bedford, Ind., dis
trict to Omaha, Neb., not shown to be
unreasonable, but found to be unduly
prejudicial to the extent that it is
not 2 cents per 100 pounds less than
the rate contemporaneously applicable
on dressed, planed or sawed stone
in carloads from and to the said
points.
Ida Grove Man Convicted
Of Statutory Crime
Ida Grove. la.. Dec. 22. (Special
Telegram. ) Ernest Kathbun this
morning was convicted of a statutory
crime, after a jury had been out seven
hours. Trial of the case lasted four
days and was in charge of Assistant
Attorney General James Kindigof Des
Moines. Prosecuting witnesses were
Elsie Hargt'tis and Ida Ktntdson, who
testified Kathbun and Kay O'Meara
enticed them into an auto and took
them to a lonely spot in the woods
and attacked them. O'Meara will be
tried in February.
Tecumseh Business Man
Is Seriously Burned
Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 22. (Special !
Telegram.) Clarencf E. Smith, Te
cumseh business man. was severely
burned this morning when he poured
kerosene on :i furnace, fire. H liaH
his night clothes only on and the ex
plosion blew the tire all over him. He
was burned on the chest, stomach
and legs.
Western Union Installs
Innovation for Christmas,
The recent innovation in the money
transfer system of the Western Union
Telegraph company makes out of
town shopping easy. The money is
not only delivered to the payee at
address given by a special money
transfer messenger, which nullifies :
the necessity of payee calling at
telegraph office to get money, but
it is permitted to the sender of the ,
money to include in his money trans
for message words of greetings or
instructions. This latter feature is
attractive at this time as Christmas
greetings on Christmas telegraph-,
blanks will be delivered to payees on
Christmas day.
Domestic Overcome by
Smoke From Wash Boiler
Mrs. Augusta Stephens, 2707 Corby
street, was overcome by smoke from
a burning wash boiler at the home
of W. F. Bavinfccr, 2.114 South Thirty-
second, where she was employed as
domestic. She was taken to her honrc.
The police surgeon revived her with
the aid of a pulmotor. Her condition
is serious.
School Children9 i
Garment Cleaning
Holiday Week, Dec. 24 to 31,
Inclusive, Set in National
Movement as Time for Re
moving Germs and Dirt.
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FIREPLACE FIXTURES
A ift that will Und upon the
hearth of a friend for a lifetime
SUNDERLAND
Entire Third Floor,
Keeline Bldg.
In the belief that the prevalence
of contagious diseases can be greatly
reduced by the dry cleaning of ehil-1
dren'n outer garments, the National
Association of Cleaners and Dyers
has designated holiday week as Na
tional School Children's Garment
Cleaning Week. '
Statistics show that contagious dis
eases among school children arc
much more prevalent during the sec
ond half of the school year than at
any other time.
It is well known that the process
of Dry Cleaning not only removes
all dirt, grease and soil, but effectu
ally destroys all disease germs and
bacteria.
The day will come- when the au
thorities will require that every
child's garments be regularly fumi
gated or dry cleaned. Many Omaha
people now send their children's gar
ments to the cleaner as regularly an
their own, and thousands more will
do so when they learn the sanitary
benefit of Dry.Clesning and find out
from , experience that the cost of
cleaning is more than returned in
added wear. It is an actual fact that
careful cleaning and pressing adds
much to the life of any garment.
Every father and mother in Omaha
should see to it that their children's
prments are properly cleaned dur
ing vacation. Those desiring the
highest class of work should call The
Pantorium, Doug. 963, and they will
send for it, or work can be left at
their main office, 1515 Jones street,
or at the branch at 2016 Farnam
street, or 4708 So. 24th street, South
Side.- Advertisement. '
How You Mam Come to the Last Shopping Bay
And Here Are Rousing Price Reductions
to make the last few hours of your Christmas
Gift buying easy and profitable to you. 1
Our Christmas Business Has Been a Record One
and the great effort we put forth months and months ago to make
our stocks the largest and most complete in our history has brought'
to us the most wonderful December business in the annals of this store.
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Christmas is right in the foreground
your preparations for Gift making
may have been as complete as you could make
them; yet now, when Christmas is just one day
away you find that your gift list is unfinished and
you still have considerable shopping tod?.
t'sjdo late to go about muci---yoii
must stick to the store that you know
has the biggest and best assortment at
the most reasonable prices and in order
to make your decision an easy one,
We Offer For Monday in Many Departments
Reductions of 25, 33V, 40 and Even 50
On just the Christmas Merchandise that you are
seeking. Make the last few hours s'ofne of the
best of your entire shopping season.
But take a last word of good advice buy in the
pnrlv hours nf thft mnrnino for these t.hincrs
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will not last long at such remarkable prices.
Here Is a Partial List of the Merchandise On Which You Will Find Reduced Prices
Carving Sets, Casseroles, Imported Japanese Lacquer Trays, Fancy I
Decorative and Utility Table Pieces, 25 to 33J3 reduction. J
Pictures, Frames, Framed Pictures and Mirrors, 25 reduction.
One lot of Cut Glass, in beautiful patterns, at 30 reduction.
One lot of Toilet Sets, splendid Gifts, at 33i3 reduction.
One lot of Snuggle Scarfs, in excellent colors, at 25 reduction.
Jewelry and Leather Goods
3313 Off Regular Prices on
All Toilet and Manicure Sets
in Leather Cases.
"All Silver Shaving Stands
and Sets.
All Leather Novelties or any
fancy goods in Leather Cases.
All Ash Trays, Smoking Sets
and Cigar Jars.
All Ivory Sets in Cases.
White Doll Furniture, Doll Beds, Doll Houses, Fine Stuffed An
mals, Doll Trunks, Tool Chests, at 25 to 50 reduction.
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One Group of Women's Fancy Christmas Slippers, at 25 reduction.
One Group of Men's Fine Holiday Slippers, at 25 reduction. .
Two Groups of very excellent Handkerchiefs, at 25 reduction.
Fancy Art Embroidery Novelties, 25, 33 13 to 50 reduction.
Everything Bought Up to 7 P. M. On Christmas
Eve, Will Be Delivered In Time
For Christmas
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