THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1917.
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TO BE DELIVERED
IN OMAHA ON TIME
All Records Broken for Taking
Care of Holiday Rush
Without Congestion
or Delay.
Efficiency is performing wonders in
the Omaha postoffice this year. Not
only have all records for volume of
Christmas mail been broken, but all
records for handling it without con
gestion have been broken.
Postmaster Fanning has applied
the same methods as he applied in his
contracting business, with the result
that by this evening all first-class and
parcel post mail will be delivered. In
former years Christmas eve saw the
parcel post room piled to the ceiling
with a mountain of packages and the
word went out that people must be
prepared to wait from two to five days
to receive their parcels.
Puts Boys to Work.
The postmaster this year has made
an intelligent distribution of clerks
and extra helpers. For example, three
experienced men were working on the
conceling machine, which is purely
mechanical work. He hustjled these
over to mail distribution and put three
bdys at the canceling machine.
"I took the bit in my teeth regard
ing extra work," he said. "The law
says carriers and clerks must not work
more than eight hours and those eight
hours must be put in within ten con
secutive hours. But at this one time
in the year the employes are perfect
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get paid at the same rate for extra
tune as tor regular time, iney gei
Me mail out without unnecessary de
Jay and it makes their work on the
days following Christmas easier.
There has been some mail delay
on the railroad and at the Council
Bluffs transfer. All trains have been
late in the last few days. Monday
morning parcel post room at the
postoffice was piled to the ceiling. A
force of men got out all the perish
able goods such as poultry and vege
tables within two hours and by noon
the room was well cleared and the
steady inflow of packages was being
taken care of promptly.
There will be two mail deliveries
in the business district Christmas
morning and one in the residence dis
trict. No employe of the postoffice
will work more than four hours. The
general delivery, stamp and registry
divisions of the postoffice will be
open until 10:30 a. m. The money or
der and postal savings, divisions will
be closed all day. An extra delivery
of mail will be made to hotels at 9
p m. A parcel post delivery will be
made all over the city Christmas
morning.
Holiday Appeal to
Retail Coal Dealers
. United States Fuel Administrator
' Garfield is urging mine operators and
'miners to unite in working and con
tinuing the maximum output of coat
at the mines, regardless of the noli
day season, in order to increase the
I.. .Krnimhnilt the COlintrV.
Miners cannot work unless railroad
cars are supplied at me mini!.
l- ..i;i hv the railroads
unless 'retail coal dealers unload the
cars quickly. .
R. H. Aishton, president of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway, chair
man of the central division, National
j UOUnCll IO tycicuat, is ... r, - -r -
cial appeal for the prompt unloading
. . tVio IMava usual
or coal cars 10 avum n.-
during the holidays.
Frank Walters Will
Have Birthday Christmas
For his Christmas present, as is
the usual annual custom, Frank alt
ers, general manager pi me
western, will have a birthday. Christ
mas morning Mr. Walters will be Si
years old. He will be at home all
day and will enjoy Christmas with
his wife and children. Mr. Walters
was born in Cedar Rapids, la., where
he attended school. As soon as he
was old enough to work he went rail
roading and has been with the North
western most of the time since.
Busy Week in County
Registrar of Deeds Office
' Real estate transactions for last
week from the records in the office
of Harry Pierce, Douglas county
recorder of deeds, show 97 deeds
' filed, as against 118 in th. corre
sponding week in 1916; considerations
amounting to $123,289.26 this year.
aeainst $78,418.69 last; 41 mortgages,
as against 65 in 1916; considerations
$62,413.12 this year, as against $101.
655.27 in 1916.
Brotherhood Chiefs to
Confer With President
Washington. Dec. 24.-President
Wilson has summoned the chiefs and
legislative agents of the four railroad
brotherhoods to a conference at the
White House Thursday.
It is expected that the president will
outline to the representatives of the
railroad workers whatever action he
has decided is necessary to obtain
more efficient transportation m tne
v war crisis.
Christmas Cargo of Dates
Arrive Via Cape Good Hope
An Atlantic Port, Dec. 24 A
Christmas cargo of dates irom Meso
potamia arrived here today on a
Swedish steamship which came
around the Cape of Good Hope be
cause of war conditions in
terranean. This is the first holiday
shipment of the Arabian fruit to resell
this port during the present season.
Ordinarilv the dates begin arriving
here in November.
Arizona's Governor
Quits on Christmas
Phoenix. Ariz., Dec. 24.-Governor
Campbell announced at noon that lie
would turn over the office of governor
oi Arizona to George . P. unt at
10 o'clock Christmas morning. lh
y'markable Christinas present will be
transmitted without forma cercmonj.
' Both Governor Hunt and Governor
Campbell took the oath ot oitice lat
January.
WAR BOND GAINS
ATTRIBUTED TO
PEACE RUMORS
New York, Dec. 24. The recent ad
vances in international war bonds on
the stock exchange, which continued
today, were the subject of comment in
connection with the persistence of
peace rumors in the financial district.
While the extremely low prices made
by the bonds last week are deemed
to have made the issues attractive to
investors, some observers thought the
demand, reported to have come to a
considerable extent from abroad, was
of more than usual significance.
raris sixes rose 4 per cent over
Catnnfov'e rlncp nf ahout 11 net rent
from their last week's minimum. The
group of French municipal 6 per cent
notes, issued by the cities of Bor
deaux, Lyons and Marseilles, were up
2V to 3 per cent, or from 10 to 12
per cent above last week's close. The
United Kingdom issues made further
fractional gains, as did the French
governments 5s. Anglo-French 5s,
while they reacted slightly, were to
day five or six ooints above the last
week's minimum.
One Hundred Airships Battle
On the French Front
Paris, Dec. 24. Intense aerial activ
ity is reported by the war office. In
the course of 100 combats in the air
during the last few days the French
brought down eight German ma
chines. The announcement follows:
"On the right bank of the Meuse ;
(Verdun front), the Germans made
two raids against our small posts
near Bezonvaux and Caurieres wood.
Their efforts were repulsed by our
fire. The artillery fighting was rather
vigorous on the left bank of the river,
in the sector of Bethincourt. On "the
remainder of the front the night was
calm. . '
"On December 21, 22 and 23 our
pursuit aviators were very active.
Our pilots engaged in 100 combats,
most of them over the German lines.
Eighteen German machines were
brought down. Of these 17 fell in
flames or crashed to the ground and
were destroyed. During this period
our bombarding squadrons dropped
18,000 kilograms (nearly 20 tons) of
projectiles on railway stations, fac
tories, encampments and other ob
jectives behind the enemy's lines.
Hoover Wires Season's
Greetings to Wattles
Federal Food Administrator
Hoover has telegraphed Nebraska
Food Administrator Wattles his best
wishes for the New Year. He ex
pressed to the Nebraska administra
tor "personal appreciation of invalua
ble services as food administrator."
The Nebraska plan of county or
ganizations of the food administra
tion is being more and more generally
taken up by other states, as it is
found to work out with more and
more success in Nebraska. The
county patriotic meetings held by
these county chairmen are especially
successful. D. J. Poynter, chairman
of Boone county, has been especially
active in holding patriotic meetings.
John D. Haskell of Wakefield has
just been appointed chairman for
Dixon county, and is already laying
plans for' some' mass meetings and
other county activities in connection
with the food administration work.
Many of the county committees have
already made up lists of suggested
fair prices for food stuffs and have
put them into effect.
Some Divisions Exceed
Quota in Red Cross Canvass
Washington, Dec. 24. Reports to
the Red Cross today on the results of
its campaign for 10,000,000 new mem
bers showed some divisions had ex
ceeded their quota and others were
approaching figures set for them. The
centrol division, which voluntarily
raised its quota from 1,189,000 to
1,500,000, expects to exceed the high
er figure, and the gulf division, com
prising Alabama. Louisiana and Mis
sissippi, has gone several thousand
over its quota. Oregon has gone
28,000 over its quota, notwithstanding
bad weather which has been the cause
of extending the time limit to the end
of the week in several divisions.
Pennsylvania today was within
92,000 of its quota of 1,192,000, and
the Pacific division lacked 34,000 of
the 467,000 expected. Reports from
the Potomac division indicates much
hard work will be necessary there if
the quota of 356,000 is reached.
Denies She Smoked
Except With Husband
Nellie Lewis in her answer to the
divorce petition of Marshal Lewis,
filed in district court alleges that
Lewis abducted her daughter, Mar
garet, aged 4 years, at El Paso, Tex.,
December 8, 1917, and now has her
concealed in Omaha.
She denies that Lewis has been
a good, faithful husband and says
that she was never in the habit of fre
quenting chop suey parlors at all
hours of the night. She says that she
never smoked or drank except in
Company with her husband and denies
that she ever received endearing let
ters from other men.' She says that
they were not living in Omaha dur
ing the summer of 1917 as her hus
band alleges, but says they were liv
ing in Denver. They were married in
Fort Worth, Tex., in 1909, she avers,
and asks a decree of separate main
tenance for herself and her child.
Publicity Bureau to
Urge Test of Seed Corn
The Bureau of Publicity of Omaha
will co-operate with the extension
department of the University of Ne
braska this winter and next spring in
a campaign to bring again before the
public the grea,t importance of test
ing seed corn before planting next
spring. On account of the great
amount i soft corn coming from this
fall's crop, it is known that the seed
corn question will be a serious one in
the spring. A number of years ago
when a similar situation arose, the
Bureau of Publicity conducted a no
table seed-corn campaign in the state
by arranging special trains carrying
many noted speakers and agricultural
experts throughout the state.
American Seamen Lost
Overboard From Transport
Washington, Dec. 24. Leo B. Mur
phy, a seaman, of Oroville, Cal., and
ilc'orge O. K. Vidahi, a seaman of
Arlington, N. J., were lost overboard
pirom a transport on December 17.
Commencing Wednesday, December 26
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Orkin Brothers have never before made so huge and mighty a combination effort as this "Dou
ble Clearance." This downpour of values, this brimming over of bargains, must serve TWO pur
poses. FIRST, it must keep before the Omaha public the yearly Orkin Bros.' January Clearance;
SECOND, it must serve to completely close out this stock before moving over to the new quarters
in the Wolf-Hiller-Conant Hotel, now building at 16th and Harney Sts. It's an event that will stand
out MOST prominently among the business activities of the passing year. You owe it to yourself to
BE here Wednesday.
Orkin Bros "Double Clearance" on Coats
Among the Cloth Coats will be found, of course, those striking effects in Wool Velours,
Pom Poms, Silvertones, Broadcloths, etc., while in the Plush and Velvet Garments ex
quisite plain or dashing fur trimmed kinds are In evidence. In either case you have before
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you tne nanasomest array oi women s coats yet gamereu in any uiunim
WINTER COATS, formerly $25.00 are
in "Double Clearance" dQ j-a
Sale, at . . . tplJ.OU
WINTER COATS, formerly $29.50 and
$35.00, in "Double Clear,- M 7 r A
ance" Sale, at $1 JU
WINTER COATS, formerly $45.00 and
$49.50, in "Double Clear- 497 r A
ance" Sale, at $61 dU
WINTER COATS, formerly $55.00 and
$59.50, in "Double Clear- oa r A
ance" Sale, at. . . .. JU
WINTER COATS, formerly $65.00 and
$75.00, in "Double Clear- OQ
ance" Sale, at $00 dU
WINTER COATS, formerly $79.50 and
$85.00, in "Double Clear- (in (A
ance" Sale, at $tL.DU
Orkin Bros.' Plush and Velvet Coats Included
PLUSH COATS, formerly $29.50, are in
"Double Clearance" Sale, jJQ
PLUSH COATS, formerly $35.00, are in
"Double Clearance" Sale, 5j)
PLUSH COATS, formerly $45.00, are in
"Double Clearance" Sale, JjQ
PLUSH COATS, formerly $55.00, are in
"Double Clearance" sale, 5Q
PLUSH AND VELVET COATS, formerly
$65.00, in "Double Clear- dQf A
ance," at..... $ JO. all
PLUSH AND VELVET COATS, formerly
$75.00, In "Double Clear- fr JQ
Murine
These reductions give a fair idea of what may be expected through all lines.
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Orkin Bros.' "Double
Clearance" on Suits
Broadcloths, Wool Velours, Gabardines,
Cheviots and Serges; they are all here.
Many are plain tailored, others are but
ton trimmed, while some of the assort
ments include handsome fur trimmed
styles.
LADIES' SUITS, formerly $25.00 and
$29.50, in "Double Clear- di j 7 c
ance," at $14. I J
LADIES' SUITS, formerly $32.50 and
$35.00, in "Double Clear- d1 C 7C
ance," at $10,1 D
LADIES' SUITS, formerly $39.50 and
$45.00, in "Double Clear- Ot 7C
ance," at. $1. I D
LADIES' SUITS, formerly $45.00 and
$49.50, in "Double Clear- Oy 7C
ance," at $4.1 D
LADIES' SUITS, formerly $55.00 and
$59.50, in "Double Clear- OQ 7C
ance," at $0. 1 J
Street Afternoon and
Evening Dresses
Wool Serges, Satins, Taffetas, Wool Jer
seys and Silk Combinations are represented
in the Dress section of Orkins during the
Double Clearance Sale. If you've set your
heart upon a new creation here's your
chance.
DRESSES, formerly $19.50 to $25.00, in
"Double Clearance," (JA QC
at pD
DRESSES, formerly $25.00 to $35.00, in
"Double Clearance," $14 95
DRESSES, formerly $35.00 to $39.50, in
"Double Clearance," $19 95
DRESSES, formerly $39.50 to $45.00, in
"Double Clearance," (JJJ
DRESSES of all kinds and styles must be
moved quickly via the "Double Clearance."
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Orkin Bros.' "Double Clearance" on Skirts
Serges, Satins, Gabardines, Taffetas and Others
LADIES' SKIRTS, formerly $5.75 to
$7.50, in "Double Clear- d o QC
ance," at. pJ0
LADIES' SKIRTS, formerly $8.50 to
$9.50, in "Double Clear
ance," at
$5.95
LADIES' SKIRTS, formerly $10.00 to
$12.50, in "Double Clear- AC
ance," at pU.l
LADIES' SKIRTS, formerly $13.50 to
eS-1
$15.00, in "Double Clear
ance, at.
$8.95
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Orkin Bros "Double Clearance" on Blouses
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The "Double Clearance" includes all of
those tony things in Georgettes, Crepe de
Chines, Satins and Voiles, many being
embroidered, others in beaded effects.
The assortment, too, includes all sizes
from 34 to 58. The very name Orkin Bros,
has always brought to mind "style in
blouses," and this all inclusive sales of
fering will serve to fasten the fact on
your mind all the more.
LADIES' BLOUSES Former $3.50 kinds
in "Double Clearance" gg
LADIES' BLOUSES. Former $4.50 kinds,
in "Double Clearance," 2 gg
LADIES BLOUSES. Former $6.50 kinds,
in "Double Clearance," dJQ QQ
at $J.OO
LADIES' BLOUSES. Former $7.50 kinds, fj
in "Double Clearance," gg
LADIES BLOUSES. Former $10 kinds,
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rpHE East has been fairly scoured for new
ideas and features for the newer Orkin
Bros.' store which is soon to be opened in the
Wolf-Hiller-Conant Hotel Bldg., at 16th and
Harney Sts. You've a hundred surprises com
ing. Just watch and wait.
in "Double Clearance,'
at.
$5.88 mmmmmmmmmmamw
at $31.03
Silver Fox.
and Raccoon
Uitrrc.m..vf,.v f9 r,ftW. at. Slft.ft?; Red Fox. $45.00 styles Linx Scarfs, in black or
$6.50 kinds, go now, each! MUFFS Black Fox. Wolf, a S24'95 b, $35.00 values each. ,UR
8t S1-95 Hudson Seal, Beaver and FUR SCARFS - Raccoon. gets, in $29.50 values, now,
MUFFS-Natural and Red Fox kinds, worth Opossum or Silver I ox FUR SCARFS -Linx or -
black Opossum kinds $32.50, go at. . . H."JJ ' . " ' ' , .
r . . . -1 an er T.mu m $39 rill crrades
$12.50 values, now 35.95 MUFFS Black Fox, Linx,
at 89.75
Taupe, in $39.50 grades FUR.SETS Red Fox Sets,
at $24.95 in $39.50 grades, $24.95
MUFFS Rrook Mink and U,, afn final and Kolinskv FUR SCARFS Red Fox
Musk Rat, $15.00 kinds kinds, $35 and $39.50 val- Scarfs, in $25.00 grades FUR SCARFS Fox or FUR SETS Red Fox and
MUFFS-Racco'onandFox, MUFFS Black Fox and FUR SCARFS-Fox and Taupe, in $45.00 grades- values, on sale. . .$31.95
FUR SETS Black Fox
Sets, $50 values, $34.95
FUR SETS Black, Brown,
and Taupe Fox and Lynx
Sets, $G5 values, $44.95
FUR SETS Fox and Lynx
Sets, Black, Taupe and
Brown, $75 and $85 values,
at $54.95
ORKIN BROS., 1519 Douglas Street
Please Note That This Firm is on the South Side of Street
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