Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 03, 1918, Page 9, Image 9
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. JANUARY ,3, 1918. Brie) City News Hat Rmil IVInt It .w h,po!i Vrr W.M lVA.nll.l ... . . . i ,i,,ui.- i.HM'ir.cai. Burcess- Granden Co. r- Palmer has moved his law Office to 352 Liee building. Slate Rank of Oninha. corner Six teenth and Harney streets, pays 4 per cent on time deposits. Three per rent on savings accounts. All deposits In this bank are protected by the de. positors' guarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. Adv. Omaha Club Anniml Meeting An- nual meeting of members of the Oma yha club will be held January 19 at 8 o clock at night. Preceding the meet ing dinner will be served. Three di rectors are to be elected to succeed men whose terms have expired. Many Dance Monday Another Municipal dance, under the direction of the Board if Public Welfare, will be held in the Audltm-jum hext Mon day night. From 7:30 to S:30 o'clock P: m. a patriotic program will be Indulged in until 11:30 o'clock p. m. Chauffenr'8 License No. t Lewis Betta, driver for John McShane, ob tained chauffeur's license No. 1 for 1918 in the city and county treasurer's office Wednesday morning. Betts is one of the best known private chauf feurs in the city and has always been among the first to get his license at the beginning of each year. Federal Prisoners The board bill paid by the federal government to Sheriff Clark for federal prisoners for the last three months of 1917 was $1,754, the largest in history. The quarterly board bill is usually about 1200. There are 45 federal prisoners now in the county Jail, most of them Industrial Workers of the World, bound over to the federal grand Jury. Has Two Sons in .the Army Two ons of John Nicholson, deputy clerk of the federal court, are now enlisted In the armv. fllvria fi KicVw.lunn 91 irears old. enlisted In thn Wnrrv.ninth (Pftospital unit some time ago, but has not yet been called. Donald J. Nich olson, 19 years old, enlisted in the aviation section and has gone to Fort Logan, Colo. Both were students at the University of Omaha. Tina Fireplace Good at Sunderland's. C. E. Childe Takes Up Duties in Traffic Bureau C. E. Childe, newly elected manager ot the traffic bureau of the Commer of the Traffic bureau of the Commer cial club, has taken up his duties. He probably will have to go back to Sioux City a few times within the next few weeks to look after some odds and ends there, but he will be here January S to handle the case in which the Commercial club is attack ing the round trip excutsion rates from Omaha to eastern points. The Commercial club holds that these rates are unjust to Omaha in competition with Kansas City, as the Kansas City rate is. lower. Special Examiner Gerry of the Interstate Commerce commission will be in Omaha on that day to hear the case. Many witnesses from Omaha will be called to testify as to the effect of this discrimination on Omaha. City Repaired 230 Miles of Pavement During 1917 Annual report of the street depart ment shows 230 miles of pavement were kept in repair during 1917. The following materials in square yards were laid: Asphalt, 41,986; stone, 4,307; wood block, 70; concrete, 9,082; brick, 8,786; artiheial stone, 212. Other details of the report are: Miles of uppaved streets rounded up, 302:iweeds cut. 8.792 blocks: cinders laid, 876 loads; snow removed, 208 miles; streets dry cleaned, 3,111 miles, and 2,024 miles during 1916; white wings cleaned 43,400 blocks; miles of streets flushed by auto flushers, 4,120 as against 2,"S2 miles in 1916 by horse-drawn flushers. During the year the street depart ment added motor truck equipment of the value of $30,000. Colonel Phil Hall Now In Command of the 127th Governor Neville received a tele gram New Year's morning from Col onel Phil Hall at Camp Cody, saying he had been assigned to the command of the 127th heavy field artillery. This was formerly the Fourth Nebraska, and went away from Fort Crook un dejt command of Colonel William F. Baehr. No mention was made in the message of what new assignment, if any, has. been given Colonel Baehr. Tech School Students May Enlist in Reserve Corps Men of draft age who are students in a recognized technical school may enlist in the reserve corps. They will be placed on the inactive list and permitted to continue their studies. dui a snuri nine remains lor maKing applications, which must be made to the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C, not later than January IS. Not So Many Water Bills But Likely Just as Big Water consumers hereafter will re ceive bills four times a year' instead of six times. The Water board ap proved the quarterly billing plan which was recommended by General Manager Howell. The water office will send out one-third of the bills each month, thus completing the process every three months. County Commissioners Will Reorganize Next Week The Board of County Commissioners adjourned and disbanded at the final 1917 meeting Wednesday morning. The board under its 1917 organiza tion passed out of existence with this meeting and will not reorganize until January 8, 1918, when it meets to elect a new chairman. At that meeting the machinery of the board will be re assembled, new committees will be appointed and policies for the coming year will be determined upon. There are no changes in the personnel of the bofira. commissioner j nomas j O'Connor was chairman during 1917 nmaha Real Estate Board Installs New Officers Omaha Real Estate board installed Its newly elected officers at the noon m.atmcr nf the Commercial club. They are: Harry M. Christie, presi dent; W. R. McFarland, vice presi . C. C. Wallace, secretary, and Hugh Wallace, treasurer. Short ad dresses were given Dy tne new om cers. iWnrric c.fihm Iniured When ' - Struck By Automobile Morris Cohen. 53 years old, 181V .urA t-r..t was seriously iniured when he was struck by an automobile "riven by I. Bernstein in North Six teenth street Wednesday afternoon He was taken to St. Joseph hospital. SHOWMAN TO GIVE PR00J0F HIS AGE Record in Family Bible Chang ed; U. S. Investigates Man Who Plays "East Lynne" in Tent. Was Bert G. Welshman born on July 7, 1885, or on July 7, IS87? This is the question that Assistant United States' Attorney Saxton and United States Commissioner N'eely tried to decide Wednesday morning. Welshman was proprietor of a show that' toured small towns and produced "East Lynne" and other classics in a tent, lie was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Quinley at Snyder, Neb., on complaint that he had failed to register for the selec tive draft. Welshman appeared before Com missioner Neely with Ins mother. They claimed (hat he was over the dratt age. Utiestioning by Mr. sax ton failed to produce any proof. W elshman said he had taken out in surance in a company of which he could not remember the name. He said he was going to a normal school at Springfield, S. D., in 1898, at which time he was 14 years old. Finally Mr. Saxton secured the in formation that Welshman s mother had brought the family Bible with her to Omaha from Springfield. So Welshman was sent to the hotel for it. On the front leaf of the Iflble was found the entry, "Bertie G. Welsh man was born July 7, 1885." But the 3 -appeared to have been written over another numher, previously erased. And that number, from a perpendicular stroke still faintly visi ble, seemed to have been a "7." Marshal Eberstein. chief of the bureau of investigation, secured a magnifying glass and examined the figure. All agreed that another figure had been there and that it appeared to have been, a "7." Welshman and his . mother bjbth declared they did not know anything about the apparent change in the figure. 1 he case was continued for 60 days to give Welshman a chance to prove by other reliable documents that he s not in the draft age. If he was born July 7, 1887 he was of draft age on registration day. It Ke was born on July 7, 1885 he was beyond draft age on registration day. Welshman was married in Lincoln. December 1, 1917. to Catherine Carr. formerly leading lady, of a stock com pany that played at the Krug theater here. Mr. Saxton called up the license clerk at Lincoln and found that he had given his age there as 32. Welshman claims that his arrest was brought about because of a quar rel with his partner in the showbusi- ness, J. bavage. STRAUB ENJOINED IN PROXY SCHEME Ordered by Court Not to Use Money or Employes of Company to Secure Proxies. Omaha Man Weds Iowa Girl at Carroll, la. The marriage of Miss Inez West- fall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Westfall, of Carroll, la., to Douglas Cavers, eldest son of J. A. Cavers, of this city, took place Monday at noon at the house of the bride s parents in CarrolL The wedding was a complete surprise to the family and friends of the young couple and only the parents of the bride witnessed the feremony. Mr. and Mrs. Cavers will make their home on a ranch near Chadron, Neb., where the bridegroom has been for some time. Mrs. Cavers lived for two vears in Omaha at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. F. Crook. She is a graduate of Rockford college. Mr. Cavers did not attend school in Omaha, and after his graduation at an eastern preparatory school he at tended Tome college in Maryland. Balloon Men to Give Dance At Hotel Rome Friday Night "Be with our 'Sammies' at Rome hotel Friday, January 4, 1918. Prizes to be given to the best dancers." Lit tle cards bearing the foregoing are being . distributed throughout the length and breadth of Omaha. Members of . Company C, Fourth balloon squadron, of Fort Omaha, are "up in the air most of the time," but next Friday night they will have their pedal extremities planted firmly on the ballroom floor at the Rome hotel. The "boys" will give a dance that night for the express and implied pur pose of raising the necessary loose change with which to purchase mu sic and dainty tidbits for the mess ta ble of the squadron. Boston Man Secures First License of the New Year The first 1918 marriage license was issued to Thomas J. Edwards, who journeyed all the way'froin Boston, Mass., to wed Miss Sarah May Harts horn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar b. Hartshorn, of Omaha, at the be ginning bf the new year. Edwards made a frantic search of the court house New, Year's day for an official who could issue him a marriage li cense. Clyde Sundblad finally, ap peared on the scene and appeased his wants. The license was issued on January 1, 1918, and , Edwards left apparently a happy man ;n the con viction that he had begun the new Bricklayers Still Are In Demand for Army Exemption officials have received notice to cease inducting registrants into the quartermaster's, aviation or signal corps or for the ordnance de partment, and not to ship any more men to Camp Johnson, Florida, or Kellheld, ban Antonio, Tex. Bricklayers, however, are in ereat demand. Board officials are instructed to examinine all the questionnaires that have been returned and pick out bricklayers who are available. An order was issQed in Lincoln by Judge Stewart of the district court restraining W. E. Straub, president of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska, from using any of the property, money, effects or enipjoyes of the company in se curing voting proxies for himself or other officers of the company. The order was issued on applica tion of Thomas C. Woods, a stock holder, who states that there are 32,- 000 other members of the organiza tion. Members awoke a few weeks ago to the fact that there is a clause in the application blank for insurance which gives to President Straub the applicant's vote at the annual meet ing. A number of the members im mediately took action. They mailed out thousands of proxy blanks to members, asking them to sign over their proxies to some other person than Straub. The annual meeting will be held the third Wednesday in January. The restraining order will prevent the use of the present application blanks, because they contain the proxy blanks in favor of Straub. The court set January 4 for hearing the petition for a temporary injunction. N. H. Nelson Writes of Big Profits in Grape Raising A letter from N. H. Nelson, secre tary of the Douglas County Fruit Growers association, was read before the last meeting of the Omaha Real Estate board. "Knowing there is a great deal of land in the vicinity of Omaha which is especially adopted to grape culture, 1 want to call your attention to the splendid opportunity which the grow ing of grapes offers at this time," writes Mr. Nelson. "The profits for a period of years which our growers have been able to realize have aver aged from $75 to $100 per acre. This is the net profits after all expenses have been paid and is based on the prices which have prevailed up to the present season. "Big corporations manufacturing grape juice have been paying from $58 to $64 per ton. This is an aver age of 3 cents per pound. A well kept vineyard will average, according to the seasons, from three to five tons to the acre, so that at the prevailing price it would give an income .of practically $250 per acre. This would give you a net profit of nearly $200. TRACE DISEASE TO CONSTIPATION Ob Cf the point cn which Sifferent schools of medicine prac tically km is, that shout 85 of all human dlseaae Is directly traoeatle to Intestinal putrsfac ttoa. of stomach wast due to In activity of the bowals, ot eonsU- etton. Ths ellmlnatlve procoM i an essential faotor la diiestioa, and ob Its proper Xunctionimr de pends the wetfnra ot the entire system. Constipation. It condition that should never he neglected. An soon as the towel evldenoe the e lightest disposition to slow op, a Btfid laxative should bo taken. The combination of simple laxa tive herns with pepsin, known as Jr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and old In drnr stores for fifty cents bottle, Is hlffhly recommended m corrective, acting- rently, Inan saty, natural way, without rrlp lnr or other pain or die comfort. A trial bottle of thin excellent family remedy can bo obtained, free of charge, by writlwr to Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 4M Waehlnfton St., KonUceUo, iOUnels. MB increases strength of d e 1 1 e a te, nervous, rundown people 100 per cent in ten days in many instances. $100 forfeit if it fails as per full ex planation in large ar ticle soon to appear in this paper. Used and highly endorsed by former United States Senators and Members of Con gress, well-known physicians and former Public Health officials. Ask your doctor or druggist about it INFLAMED ECZEMA HEALED BY CUTICURA On Face and Arms. Spread Rapidly; Lost Sleep. . "Eczema broke out on my face and arms and spread rapidly. At first it was only in little red spots, but later it took the form' of sore eruptions. These blotches caused a burning sen sation and my skin was inflamed and sore. The eruption caused itching, and I. lost sleep. "This trouble lasted about three weeks. Then I wrote for a free sam ple of Cuticura Soap and Ointment 1 felt so much better that I bought a cake of Cuticura Soap and box of Ointment and after using them a short time I was completely healed. "(Signed) Miss Almeta Eckes, 5l3-20th Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., June 23, 1917. Most skin troubles might be pre vented by using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for e very-day toilet purposes. Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post card: "Cmicors. Dtpt. H, Boto." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c OH! THAT AWFUL BACKACHE IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS An unhealthy body, and 'the unhappi ness and misery which follow, may be prevented by ordinary judgment and care. Keep your stomach and kidneys In ehape and you will have good health. The kid neys' work is to throw off the poisonous matters which enter the body. If they perform this work regularly and auto matically the other organs will take care of themselves. Diseased conditions of the bladder or kidneys are indicated by nervousness, nlwnlpssnesi. that tired, wornout feeling. dizziness, nausea, backache, lumbago, rheumatism, pain in the lower abdomen, many so-called "female troubles" severe pain and discomfort when urinating, bloody, cloudy and stringy urine, too ire quent or suppressed passages. All these are nature's signals to warn you of dis eased kidneys or bladder, which may lead to fatal Bright's disease. Don't wait until the danger is upon you. Go to your druKgist at once. Get a trial box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap sules. They are made of the pure, orig inal, imported Haarlem Oil, the kind your great-grandfather used. About two cap sules each day will keep you toned up and, feeling fine. Money refunded . if they do not help you. But remember to ask for the imported GOLD MEDAL brand. In sealed packages. Advertisement. I teGESS-teHWM' EVERYBODY STORE" Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1918-- STORE NEWS FOR 'THURSDAY -Phone Douglas 137 Soec ial Sales Again for Thursday, the Annual Mid-Winter White and A Big Drive Against Rising Prices EVERY time we go to market we have to face higher prices on many kinds of goods. This has been the condi tions for two years, but it has been growing worse during the past few months. In some cases the advanced prices could not have been prevented, for many goods are actually scarce and many raw materials are not attainable, except in very small quantities. Our present stocks contain the things you need in your home every one of which will PAY BIGGER PREMIUMS ON YOUR MONEY than the savings bank. T HE SALE of White Goods It will be a long time be fore white goods will again be so low in price. 36-Inch Sheer Nainsook No. 100, 10-yard bolts, $1.85. No. 200, 10-yard bolts, $2.25. No. 300, 10-yard bolts, $2.75. No. 400, 10-yard bolts, $3.25. English Long Cloths A quality, 12-yard bolts, $1.59. B quality, 12-yard bolts, $2.00. C quality, 10-yard bolts, $2.00. D quality, 10-yard bolts, $2.50. India Linons Sheer, crisp finish, three qualities, at 15c, 20c and 25c a yard. Shadow Batiste, 35c 40 inches wide, white, light blue and flesh, boxed, 10-yard bolt for $3.39, or 35c a yard. FUxon, 25c Yard A big line of checks, stripes and fancy weaves; big values, at 25c a yard. Plisse Crepe, 25c 8 1-inch plisse crepe, the gen uine Windsor, for undergar ments and gowns, 25c a yard. Persian Lawn, 15c Yard Fine, sheer white Persian lawn for waists, dresses or in fants' wear, 45 inches, 15c a yard. Burgess-Nssh Co. Msln Floor Many of These Linens Cannot be Duplicated The Prices are Based on the Cost Long Before the Great Advance PRACTICALLY our entire linen stock is priced according to the cost of two and three years ago and will remain on that low basis of price, until every dollar's worth is owned at its present low prices by our customers. This means that those who secure their supplies in this sale will be protected from the coming higher costs, either from actual scarcity or persistent profiteers. , These are some of the special groups: Pattern Cloths at Less Than Old Low Prices All pure Irish linen, made from the finest of flax, in round or square patterns, in a very extensive variety. Napkins to match cloths with but few exceptions. 72 inches by 2-yard pattern cloths, at $3.95 to $9.75. 72 inches bj 2H-yard pattern cloths, at $4.95 to $12.25. 72 inches by 3-yard pattern cloths, at $5.95 to $14.75. 72 inches by 3 -yard pattern cloth, at $3.65 to $17.25, 72 inches by 4-yard pattern clothe, at $9.85 to $19.75. - 81 inches by 2 M -yard pattern cloths, at $6.75 to $12.25. 81 inches by. 3-yard pattern cloths, at $8.75 to $16.75. 90 inches by 2-yard pattern cloths, at $10.75 to $14.75. Napkins at Less Than Present Cost 20x20-ineh napkins, in the sale, at $4.98 to $9.45. 22x22-inch napkins, in the sale, at $4.48 to $10.50. 24x24-inch napkins, in the sale, at $6.75 to $13.50, Table Damask at Less Than Cost to Make 64-inch heavy, bleached, mercerised table damask, 45c a yard. 64-inch heavy, bleached, merceriied table damask, 59c a yard. 68-inch heavy, bleached, mercerised table damask, 79c a yard. 70-inch imported, bleached, mercerized table damask, 98c a yard. 70-inch imported, bleached mercerized table damask, $1.39 a yard. Pure Linen Damask, $1.95 72-inch heavy pure linen satin finish table dam ask, snow white, splendid assortment of patterns, at $1.95 a yard. Burscss-Nash Co. Main Floor Double Satin Damask, $2.45 72-inch extra heavy double satin table damask, grass bleached, assorted patterns) an exceptional value, at $2.45 a yard. Sheets and Cases at the Lowest Prices For Years to Come N O one can tell -when the ad vance on cotton will reach the highest point surely not un til after peace is declared, mruty housewivea will provide gener ously now. Invincible Sheets and Cases Made of fine, round thread, bleached sheeting. Will give excellent service. fiavao.inph shoots, si.28 81x99-inch sheets, $1.45 72x99-inch sheets, $1.35 42x36-inch cases, 29c 81x90-inch sheets, $1.35 45x36-inch cases, 31c "R..-...a" rtiialUv Shaata and Cases Our own brand, made of round thread and good weight. 63x90-inch sheets, $1.35 72x99-inch sheets, $1.45 81x99-inch sheets, $1.45 Pillow Cases,' 19c 42x36-inch bleached pillow cases, good weight,1 eacn, isc Burgess-Nash Co, Down Stairs Store. 81x99-inch sheets, $1.55 42x36-mch cases, 32c 45x36-inch cases, 34c Gold Seal Cases, 22c 42x36-in. heavy, round thread bleached, each, at 22c iMuslins and Sheetings at Prices That'll "Stave Off" Higher Cost LIKE everything else that is made of cotton the prices on muslins and sheetings keep on the rise. These low prices will continue while our present stock lasts. Fruit of The Loom Muslin, 16c Yard Every housewife knows the merits of Fruit of the Loom muslin. We offer a limit of 20 yards to each customer, at 16e a yard. No phone orders accepted and none sent C. O. D. Bleached Hope Muslin, at 15c Yard Another favorably known brand which needs no description, which we offer with a limit of 20 yards to each customer, at 15c a yard. No phone or mail orders accepted and none sent C. O. D. Pillow Tubingt Soft, bleached, good quality, while a limited quantity lasts. 36-inch tubings, 17c a yard. 42-inch tubings, 19c a yard. 50-inch tubinRs, 21c a yard. Mesco Sheetings Good weight, round thread, full bleached. 8- 4 sheetings, 44c a yard. 9- 4 sheetings, 47c a yard. 10-4 sheetings, 50e a yard, Burgess-Nub. Co. Down Stairs Store, Pequot Sheetings Full bleached, too well known to need description. -. , 8- 4 sheetings, 55c a yard. 9- 4 sheetings,' 59c a yard. 10-4 sheetings, 63c a yard. Pillow Tubings, 30c Continental pillow tubing, full bleached, heavy weight, 45- inch, 30c a yard. BEFORE The War Prices On Hair Goods Thursday we will place on sale in our hair dressing parlors a line of switches at prices that existed before the great ad vance. Switches, $5.00 Natural wavy real hair switches, made in three separate stems, 22 inches long. Thurs day, at $5.00. .Switches, $5.00 Natural drab or .light brown hair switches, three separate stems, 18 or 20 inches long, sale price Thursday, $5.00. Switches, $1.50 An exceptionally good line of three-stem switches in all shades. Transformations If your hair has become fad ed or thin, we would suggest a special transformation which will give you the natural desired effect of a perfectly fashioned head dress. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor Our Annual Mid-Winter' Sale of Blouses At $1.00 and $2.00 Represents Unusual Saving Advantages LOUSES that are daintj jl and smart the kind every woman finds indispen sable. Scores of models, in cluding the newest in collars and cuffs and every detail Laces and embroideries have been used to makt these blouses so unusually attractive and fine looking also blouses in tailleur and sports models, with collars and cuffs of white pique oi of linen, in rose, copen, lav ender, green and gold. Hand-Made Blouses, $6.50 to $20.00 We're also showing a handsome line of hand-made blouses of the finest quality of French batiste. Hand embroidered and trimmed with real val and filet laces. Others beautifully simple with just dainty tucks and hemstitching, all hand done, at $6.50 to $20.00. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor TOWELS Less 1 Than Present Market Cost You will benefit largely by these low prices if you take ad vantage of them now. Turkish Towels, at 15c 18x3 9-inch bleached Turkish towels, soft and absorbent; sale price, $1.75 a' dozen, or 15c each. Turkish Towels, at 23c Heavy, bleached bath towels, long nap, double and twist weave, sale price, $2.75 dozen, or 23c each. Union Linen Towels, 25c 17x30-inch huckaback towels, cotton warp with pure linen weft. A very special value, at 25c each. Turkish Towels, at 35c 22x4 2-inch heavy, bleached Turkish towels, . double and twist weave, , corded borders, sale price, 85c each. Huck Towels, 25c 18x3 2-inch huck towels,' comb weave, with neat damask bor ders, hemstitched; very special, at 25c each. 1 Burgoss-Nssh Co. Main Floor QALE OF WHITE JENAMELWARE ic EVERY piece seamless, no chipped pieces, the values tre exceptional. Included in the lot are: Preserving kettles, coffee pots, rice boilers, Berlin kettles, oval dish pans, round dish pans, straight sauce pans .with cover, etc. Your choice of the lot, 65c. The offering is indeed very unusual and affords big saving possibilities. Burgess-Nash Co. Down Stairs Sore Our Entire Stock of Women's Boots. Oxfords and Slippers for Thursday at Reductions of 20 to 40 A MOST unusual offering, indeed, right in the face of a constantly rising leathei market we offer you choice from our entire stock of women's boots, oxfords and slippers at reductions of 20 to 40. There's not a single pair reserved. A wonder ful opportunity to save on good shoes. Children's Shoes at Reduction of 10 Our stock of infants', children's, misses' and boys' shoes, on the second floor, of fered at a price reduction of 10 per cent. . . Burgesf-Nssh Co. Second Floor