THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 8. 1918.
SOLDIERS CALL
FOR WARM SOCKS
: AND 300 HELMETS
Red Cross Women of Omaha
ASKea to speed up on
Knitted Articles for
Troops.
A distress call from Fort Omaha
for 300 helmets ;.nd 600 pairs of socks
came into the Red Cross inspection
warehouse Monday morning. The
socks are on hand, but there are not
enough helmets.
Seventeen of the best knitting units
in the state were immediately enlisted
to make a special drive on helmets,
each unit to furnish between 15 and
20 helmets in the next two weeks.
The warehouse Saturday furnished
Captain Davidson's company, from
Fort Omaha, with 1,280 pairs of
socks, 645 pairs of wristlets and 300
helmets.
Many Articles Supplied.
Fort Omaha and Fort Crook have
been supplied with 9,758 knted arti
cles in the last month. Thirty-three
boxes, totaling 7,035 articles, have
been shipped to France in the same
period.
Surgical dressings headquarters in
the Baird building received an
emergency call from Chicago head
quarters for close to 25,000 dressings.
The order for the state is more than
95,000. Omaha women are to furnish
150 pneumonia jackets, 10,000 cotton
gads, not oakum; 5,000 4x4 wipes,
,000 gauze strips and a large num
ber of rolls before the end of Janu
ary. Mrs. Walter Silver begins the
drive to complete the order Tuesday.
She already has 7,000 gauze strips on
hand, but will make another 1,000, as
8,000 are needed to fill a box.
The Baird building workers com
pleted 95,796 articles from May 1 to
January 4, according to Mrs. O. C.
Redick's report. The state is asked
to do this work in one month, so
jjfreat is the need for dressings.
Miss Verna Elsinger, Red Cross
civilian relief director, this morning
opened the second course of lectures
for volunteer work in the Younir Wo
men's Christian Association building.
Among those enrolled in the class are
Mesdames E. L. Bridges, John Battin,
Duncan Vinsonhaler, Maxwell, W. T.
Page and Misses Esther Wilhelm,
Virginia Offutt, Hilda Hammer,
Helen Walker and Chamberlain.
Miss Nellie Farnsworth.recently
named government agent lor home
demonstration work in Omaha, and a
home economics expert, has offered to
co-operate with the Red Cross by in
structing dietetics classes. Mrs.
Charles T. Kountze announces regis
trations will be received by Mrs. A.
L. Reed. The dietetics branch of Red
Cross work suffered in the organiza
tion of classes last spring because of
the scarcity of instructors. But one
class finished the course. ,'
The Junior Red Cross drive in Ne--braska
is scheduled for the middle of
the month. The Red Cross society
will try to enlist every school child in
the 25 cents membership list and will
as the schools to devote at least
one hour a week to Red Cross
work.
Children can knit, make surgical
dressings and help in other work after
school, the Red Cross points out.
Mrs. C. E. Scarr of the South Side
Red Cross auxiliary is teaching surgi
cal dressings this week to new auxil
iaries in Leigh and Howells, Neb.
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McCormack Will Sing
"Star Spangled Banner"
John McCormack, the celebrated
Irish tenor, will include the national
anthem, the "Star Spangled Banner,"
Mn his program when he appears here
in recital at the Auditorium Friday
evening, January 18.
Commenting on a recent perform
ance at Carnegie hall, New York, a
noted musical critic said: "He per
formed a feat in singing such as
people tell their grandchildren about
in after years. Singing the 'Star
Spangled Banner' as possibly no one
else can do as well as McCormack,
the audience, which filled every nook
and crany of the immense hdl, rose
as one person, and stood perfectly
quiet and attentive until he finished,
when they burst into a storm of ap
plause which lasted for several
minutes.
"Never in the recollection of local
music houses had a singer been given
such a reception, and never before
lias an artist so completely swayed
the people before him by the majesty
or melody of a sublime voice."
The seat sale starts at the box
office of the uditorium Thursday,
January 10. Mail orders accompanied
by check or mail order, including 10
per cent for war tax, will be filled in
order of tleir receipt.
Empress Market Opens
Again for Business
Jake Rosoff. proprietor of the Em
press market which was partially de
stroyed by fire Saturday night, an
nounced th'at the market would open
for business at once.
"We have been filling all orders
from the Public Market," said Mr.
Rosoff. "We will not keep the market
closed awaiting the insurance ad
justers, as the loss was small in com
parison to the inconvenience it would
cause patrons n we rcmamcu nuu.
The fire was discovered about
11:30. The stock is valued at from
$10,000 to $15,00C and was partially
covered by insurance. Repairs on the
building were started Monday morn
ing. - ,
The can mentioned in ounday s re
port of the fire was found to be an
oyster can and lit not contain oil.
Haverstick Leaves All
Property to His Wife
The will of the late George E. Ha
verstick, vice president of the United
States National bank, filed for probate,
bequeathes his entire personal estate
to Belle Dinturff Haverstick, his
widow, and makes her executrix with
out bond.
No disposition of real estate is men
tioned. The personal property is esti
mated in the probate petition at $15,
000. The will was executed in 1904.
Mr. and Mrs. Haverstick were mar
ried in 1902 I
'Elevator Conductor
Makes Self Useful
I Emil Peterson, elevator conductor
in the city hall, believes in doing
tne next Dest tning wnen tne hrst
best thing is temporarily beyond
reach.
During the early morning hours
the elevators in the city hall were
out of commission on account of the
electric power being cut off. Mr.
Peterson made use of his idle time
by carrying infants for women who
were required to climb several
flights of stairs.
POVER is shut off
AND PEOPLE WALK
Stair Climbing Popular Pas
time When the Electric
Light Plant Goes
Wrong.
Downtown office buildings, manu
facturing plants and newspapers
which use the service of the Ne
braska Power comp-iy were handi
capped Monday morning when gas in
a manhole at Thirteenth and Jackson
streets ignited and burned the insula
tion from the electric wires, causirfg
them to short circuit, thus shutting
off the power for several hours.
Passenger and freight elevators
were not operating and people had
to walk up and down stairs. One live
stock paper on the South Side at
noon had not turned a wheel on its
presses.
Stair climbing was the favorite ex
ercise at the court house. Bells jan
gled without stimulating any notice
able activity on the part of the lifts.
Judge Sears, Sheriff Clark, Proba
tion Officer Andreason and other
weighty members of the court house
staff with offices on the upper floors
had little difficul. in getting down
stairs for dinner, but experienced con
siderable difficulty in getting back on
the job after taking on the extra
weight of a "square meal" at noon.
Ernest Stehr, Arrested by
Police, Held for Fed Officials
Ernest Stehr, arrested Sunday by
police, was fined $100 and costs by
Police Judge Fitzgerald on a charge
of illegal possession of liquor. Wit
nesses testified that Stehr, three sol
diers and a woman, were acting riot
ously. Stehr will be held for govern
ment officials.
EXEMPTION BOARDS
ON LAST LAP OF WORK
Final Batch of Questionnaires
Will Be Mailed to Regis
trants January 9; Many
Are Returned.
Exemption board officials and clerks
are now working on the last lap of the
big task of mailing out questionnaires
to registrants in Omaha. The last
batch will be mailed out on the night
of January 9. If a registrant does not
receive his questionnaire it is his duty
to apply to his division and ascertain
why he has not received it.
Several divisions of the board will
make every effort to locate the regis
trant and do everything within their
power to prevent having him classi
fied as a delinquent, but so many
young men have changed their ad
dresses without notifying the exemp
tion boards that it will be a physical
impossibility to locate all of them.
In many cities the boards are mak
ing a list of those who are delinquent
and are putting their names in the
hands of police. According to Omaha
officials, this method will not be fol
lowed here, as it is not the intention
to penalize the registrant other than
placing him in class one and classify
ing him as a delinquent. Each division
has a stack of questionnaires that
have been returned on account of non
delivery by the postoffice.
Too Much Home Made Wine
Was This Man's Undoing
Following his arrest by Deputy
Sheriff Flanagan on a charge of
drunkenness, Frank Borash, 1114
Fort street, told the source of the
"whereby" of his tottering condition,
and upon investigation officers found
20 gallons of Hungarian wine in the
cellar of his home.
The liquor was not confiscated by
the officers and no charge of illegal
possession of same was booked
against him.
Official Population of
Greater Omaha is 225,000
The population for Greater Omaha
is 225,000.
Officially, at least, that is the popu
lation. .
City commissioners adopted that
figure and directed the city clerk to
notify all departments to state the
population at the total named when
answering inquiries.
Mayor Dahiman and Commissioner
Butler announced that 225,000 had
been their figure for some time.
Commissioner Kugel brought the,
matter before he council for consid
eration, explaining that different fig
ures have been sent from the city
hall.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Senator Hitchcock Is here from Washing
ton for & few day.
Former Council Bluffs Man
Killed at Fort Worth, Texas
R. F. Guston, former well-known
Council Bluffs man, was killed at
Forth Worth, Tex., when his cloth
ing caught in machinery at the United
States aviation water plant. He was
night engineer.
Guston left the Bluffs three years
ago. He was prominent in fraternal
circles.
- His body will be brought to Coun
cil Bluffs for the funeral services and
interment.
He is survived bv his widow and
three children of Forth Worth and
his father and three sisters of Coun
cil Blnffs.
Brief City News
Hnva Root Print It New Beacon Prma,
For Everything Electrical, Burgciw-
Uranden Co.
J. P. Palmer has moved his law
office to 652 Bee building.
Attend Stockholder Meeting Mr.
and Mr. Robert C. Druesodow havo
gone to Denver to attend a meeting of
the stockholder of the Marlln .Mining
Milling and Power company.
Flies Bankruptcy Petition Janicn
J. Reeves, 3030 Fowler avenue, hn
nied a petition in bankruptcy In fed
eral court. His assets are given at
J2.610 and his liabilities at $1,000.
Reception at City Mission A pub
lic reception will be held at the Citv
Mission, Twelfth and Pacific streets,
Friday a.ternoon and nieht The oc
casion Is the 41st anniversary of the
institution.
Ed Ryder Bound Over Ed Ryder.
Third and Hickory streets, was bound
over to the federal grand jury by
united states commissioner Neely.
He Is charged with stealing coal In
interstate shipment. Ho gave bond
of 1750.
improvers to Meet A meeting of
tne Houtnwest improvement club will
be held Wednesday night at 882 South
Twenty-fourth street. Lighting of
Lieavenwortn street, repavlnsr in 1918
and election of city commissioners
will be the topics discussed.
Tine F1 repine flood at Rnmloiinnit'.
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Monday, January 7, 1918.
STORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY.
TaUphona Douglas 137.
The Mid-Winter White Sales
The Great Drive Against Rising Prices
CONTINUES as one of the most important events of the New Year. A "staving off"
of the advance in prices on practically everything you need in the home. Re
member, this drive against high prices can protect only those who share the goods
offered. We can't stop the higher prices from coming. We can only "stave off" the
advance with
Prices That Are the Lowest For Years to Come
Included are such stocks merchandise upon which the prices will not be ad
vanced while the present supply lasts.
TABLE AND HOUSEHOLD LINENS SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES
MUSLINS AND SHEETINGS WHITE GOODS, BED SPREADS, ETC.
An Important Announcement
For Tuesday
Women's, Misses' and Children's
Coats, Suits,
Dresses, Skirts and Furs
at prices that have been reduced fully a
Vs to
1
NOT a winter coat or suit or a single piece of fur
reserved. You are offered choice from our en
tire stock of ready-to-wear at this extraordinary
price reduction.
Every garment is this season's veiy latest model,
individual and distinctive in point of style, a charac
teristic so noticeable in Burgess-Nash ready-to-wear
and which every woman seeks. All offered to you
at a saving of from a third to a half.
If you have a suit, coat, dress, skirt or fur need,
this is an opportunity you can not well afford to overlook.
Burf-Nah Co. Second Floor
A Special Sale of Housefurnishings
Tuesday in the Down Stairs Store
Toilet Paper, 3 for 10c
Crepe tissue toilet paper
priced for Tuesday, at 3 rolla
for 10c.
Chair Seat, 10c
Fiber chair seats, in assorted
sizes, choice, Tuesday, at 10c.
Stove Polish, 5c
E. Z. liquid stove polish,
Tuesday, at 5c a can
Enameled Ware
Gray enameled tea kettles,
first quality, No. 8 size, special
ly priced for Tuesday, at 35c.
Gray enameled, seamless
preserving kettles, 8-quart size,
priced for Tuesday, at 49c
Flour Bins, $1.95
White Japanned flour bins,
gold lettered and trimmed, 50
lb.' capacity. Very special, at
$1.95.
Steel Toasters, 10c
Steel toasters that hold 4
slices of bread at once; for
Tuesday they have been priced
at 10c.
Wood snow shovels, with
steel protected end. Priced spe
cially, at 45c.
Bath brushes with long
curved handles, priced, at 39c.
For Tuesday a sale of dust
less broom covers, priced at 10c.
Bath Stools, $1.39
White enameled bath stools,
mads strong and rigid and
priced, at $1.39.
Ash Cans, $2.69
Galvanized iron ash or gar
bage cans, sides reinforced with
steel, good size with cover,
Tuesday, $2.69. v
Big Wonder cedar oil polish, I
7-ounce size, at 10c. I
kips. ..
Medicine Cab
inets, $1.39
White enamel
medicine cabinets
with glass shelves.
Very specially
priced, Tuesday,
at $1.39.
Bnrym-Nash Co. Down Silr Storo
uanai
DELIVERIES CUT
TO ONE PER DAY
Omaha Merchants Fast Adopt
ing the Rale Now in
Vogue in the
East.
Omaha merchants showed interest
in the news tha merchants in Wash
ington, D. C, are cutting down de
liveries to one a day and arc plan
ning to throw the trucks ar.d delivery
wagons thus released into the work
of relieving congestion at the freight
terminals.
J. J. Cameron, secretary of the !
Omaha Retail Grocers' association,'
said: "Most of our members have a!-'
ready put their business on a one-dc-;
livcry-a-day basis, and have thus cut i
down the amount of useless driving 25
or 50 per cent. Some of them did it
three weeks aso. Some did it 10 days
ao. At the last meeting of the asso
ciation we voted to do it as an asso
ciation all over Omaha. Those who
have not already adopted the system
expect to do it within 10 diys, when
they can get matters adjusted prop-1
erlv." !
Funeral of E. P. Wallace
Held Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for the late E. P.
Wallace, speculator at the stock
yaruB, were held at St. Luke's F.pis- j
copal church Sunday afternoon. Leo I
Fitsimmons, George Francis, Fred !
Lang, Harry Buckles, George Mc-j
Adams and Louis Nicholsen were the
pallbearers. Rev. Mr. Yerien
preached the funeral semon. Intc-
ment was in Forest Lawn cemetery. .
Helping Hand Society ;
To Sew for Children j
Helping Hand society of Kountze i
Memorial church will pass all day j
Wednesday of this week sewing for ;
the Child's Saving institute. The
so , ing will be done at the institute,
w l crc the women will go early in the
morning to spend the day in patching,
mending and fitting for the little ones
of that place.
CONSTIPATION IS
A PENALTY OF AGE
Nothing b so cMtntial to
health in advancing- ago fr
dom and normal activity of th
bowel. It makes on foci
younger and fronhef, and fore
stall cold, pita, fevers, and
other dependent ill.
Cathartics and purgatives arc
violent and drastic 5n action and
should be avoided. A mild, of
fectiv laxative, recommended by
physician and thousand wh
havo used it, i far preferable.
Thi is the combination of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin sold
by druggists under the nam of
Dr. Caldwall's Syrup Pepsin. It
costs only fifty cents a bottle; a
trial bottle, free of charge, can be
obtained by writing to Dr. W. B
Caldwell, 456 Washington St,
MonticeSIo, Illinois.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
'Vant Ad.
k km now
ym i$ i
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I 'w I
If you knew
conditions
in the cloth
ing market
you would buy
more than a
year's supply
today.
The "I Will" Man's Thousands of
friends look to him for supreme clothing values,
and he has prepared for mid-winter selling: the greatest cloth
ing values obtainable in America!
Months of the hardest work ever
done by this organization is back of these cloth
ing values. Everybody knows about the appalling shortage of
woolens and that the U. S. Government's demands upon cloth
ing makers has made it necessary to almost ignore civilian
needs. Yet this Greater Store is offering world's finest cloth
ing at less than present wholesale prices.
Thousands Upon Thousands of Suits
and Overcoats at Saving Prices
The "I Will" Man sayi: foA f
Suits and Overcoats that will M I II
Bell fit $20 to $25, now at
The "I Will" Man sayi:
Suits and Overcoats that will
sell at $35 and $40, now at. . . .
Vhe "I Will" Man sayi:
Suits and Overcoats that will
sell at $50 to $65, now at. . . .
The "I Will" Man sayi:
Suits and Overcoats that
sell at $30, on sale now
$25
$30, $35, $40
Buy now lor future as well as for prebent needs. No such values will come again
until at least two yearn nftcr the war t
Mm' and Yesnf Mta's Clotbins;, Rond Floor
Buy Furnishing Goods Too!
Every item in our enormous stock will cost you more when present
stocks are sold. We consider it our duty to give our patrons the benefit of
the low prices we are enabled to quote now. In justice to yourself, don't
miss this opportunity. liook at these prices:
Men's Sweaters
83.50 For Swnalfrs that -vfill
sell at ?C00.
85.00 For Sweaters that will
sell at 6.50.
S7.50 For Sweaters that will
sell at !).50.
88.00 For Sweaters that will
sell at $11.50. ,
Shirtsand Drawers
81.50 For Wool Underwear
that will sell at $2.25.
82.00 For Wool Underwear
that will sell at $3.00.
83.50 For Wool Underwear
that will sell at $5.00.
COMPAEE
Ot'R VALUES
ALWAYS.
Underwear
81.50 For Union Suits that
will sell at $2.00.
$2.50 For Union Suits that
will sell at $3.25.
$3.00 For Union Suits that
will soil at $4.25.
$3.50 For Union Suits that
will sell at $5.00.
S4.50 For Union Suite that
will sell at $6.00.
86.00 For Union Suits that
will sell at $7.50.
$7.50 For Union Suits that
will sell at $9.00.
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Men's Shirts
81.50 For Mill's Shirta that
will sell at $2.00.
82.00 For glen's Shirts that
will sell at $2.50.
$3.00 For Men's Shirts that
will sflll at $3.75.
85.00 For Men's Shirts that
will sell at $6.00.
Flannel Shirts
$2.00 For Flannel Shirts'
that will sell at $3.00.
$3.00 For Flannel Shirts
that will sell at $4.00.
$5.00 For Flannel Shirts
that will sell at $6.50.
SEE OUR
WtNDOWg
TODAY.
CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEK
