THE BEE: OMAHA, rKIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918.
WAR STAMP M ARK
SET AT MILLION:
V0MENL00M BIG
Omaha Committee Passes
$500,000, Original Goal, But
Continues Big Drive; Tele
' phone Brigade Busy.
Omaha has passed the $500,00d mark
in the sale of war saving stamps.
Though the 500,000 mark was orig
inally. jet as the goal for the first
week's work in Omaha, the worker
are now aiming at the $750,000 mark
and hcpe to reach $1,000,000 by Sat
urday night
Several detachments of women, 50
to a detachment, have begun the work
of calling up all the residences to as
certain whether all the homes hav
solicited, and to arrange to reach them
all if no solicitor has yet reached
them. These detachments will work
in relays. As soon as one crowd tire
of the ceaseless telephoning, fresh
troops of women take up the receiv
ers, so that an endless stream of tel
ephone calls will pour into the resi
dential districts of Omaha during the
remainder of the week.
South Side "Goes Over."
It wus predicted that the South Side
committee will exceed its $100,000
quota.
Big concerns taking $4,000 anJ
$5,000 worth of the bonds will sell
them out to their various officials and
employes, as no one concern or in
dividual is allowed more than $1,00C
of the certificates.
Fifty heads of departments of the
Union Pacific Wednesday night
heard the address of R. H. Manlev
on the organization of the thrift
stamp campaign. These heads of de
partments will handle the canvass of
the Union Pacific employes. Captain
Wanzer is in general charge of the
drive on the Union Pacific. Other
public service corporations in the city
are also all organized to handle the
campaign among employes. ,
- Manufacturers Lead.
Manufacturers' group leads thus
far in the total of subscriptions. The
manufacturers are substantially ahead
of both the wholesalers and retailers.
Following is the latest list of sub
scribers: $4,000 M. C. Peters Mill com
pany. $1.000-Robert Trimble, Arthur R.
Wells, John F. Stout. Wright & Wil
helmy company, C. F. Weller, Mid
West Electric company, William F.
Baxter.
$500 R. Bingham & Son, Mary
Newton, Sara H. Cook, L. J. Nelson,
E. P. Smith, W. A. Schall, H. H.
Baldrige, H. A. Wahl, Dr. J. C.
Woodward, Henry R. Gering, Ne
braska Seed company, H. J. Hughes
company, Ralph C. Smith, J. F. Stew
art, Motor company, Van Brunt Au
tomobile company, W. L. Huffman,
Murphy-O'Brien Auto company, H.
Pelton, Nebraska Storage Battery
company. Bert Murphy, W. M.' Clem
ent,' Froderick W. Kayser, D. P. Ho
gait; W. H. Mulcahy, Crosby-Kopiett-Casey
company, Commercial Savings
and Loan association, John Sullivan.
War Nurse Tells of German
Prison Horrors
I
I HAW, - iff ' ;
MRS JWA HAS!rmCiS
Mrs. Eyla Hastings, whose husband
was killed while serving as a lieu
tenant in the British army in the bat
tle of Loos, is visiting in Chicago.
Mrs. Hastings served as a nurse in
the Fourth London General hospital.
In speaking of her experiences she
said:
"I have seen great big husky 'Tom
mies' just exchanged from German
prison camps carried fighting in their
delirium inlo padded cells, incurably
insane because of their unbelievable
torture experienced while German
prisoners."
Fcod Administrator. to
' Prosecute Sugar Salesmen
Floating salesmen in Nebraska who
are selling sugar in 25-pound lots to
consumers have the penitentiary star
ing them in the face. State Food Ad
ministrator Wattles has sent instruc
tions to some of his county chairmen
to arrest these men at once. . Mr.
Wattles says the practice will have to
stop.
The food administrator's action fol
lowed reports that salesmen repre
senting houses outside of Nebraska
are. placing sugar in 25-pound lots in
defiance of the rule of the food ad
ministration. Another order has gone out to the
county chairman of Morrell county
to confiscate 300 pounds of sugar now
hoarded by a farmer in that county.
Mr. Wattles says the sugar will be
taken from him, all except his reason
able supply. He wjll be paid for the
sugar, and it will the., be turned over
to some reputable retailer, who will
sell it out in small lots under the
regulations.
Selling price of garments offered in OQ QO 7 CA
this sale if based on today's labor yuLtyOLil OU
and fabric market . . Ain j a j of
We are selling these garments for the MZ.4U4.ZD
turn of .......... .' i .... . "
Amount saved the women of Omaha C Q Q23 25
during this sale. .
$22,327.50
Worth of Coats, Suits and Dresses (valued on today's fab
ric and labor market), from Omaha's' Finest Garment Shop
"The House of Menagh" Will Be Placed On Sale Fri
day Morning at 8:30 for
$12,404.25
i This Will Mean a Saving to the Women of Omaha of
$9,923.25 -
In this eale we will Include the beautifully tailored
Wooltex Coats and Suits. We have the exclusive sale of
Wooltex Coats and Suits in Omaha, but nevertheless we
are offering them on the same basis, including a plain tail
ored model that will be very suitable for spring wear.
This sale includes exquisite Taffeta, Georgette, Satin
and Serge Dresses, including eighty-seven spring styles.
Here is the Price Detail
All fabrics have advanced 20 to 60 within the
past six months. All labor has advanced 18 to 60
within the past six months.
A Coat, Suit or Dress that we figured to Bell at $15.00,
adding only 20 advance, would have to sell at $18.00
. This garment will sell at $10.00 Friday and Saturday.
A Coat, Suit or Dress that we figured to sell at $25.00,
adding only 20 advance, would have to sell at $30.00
This garment will sell at $16.67 Friday and Saturday.
A Coat, Suit or Dress that we figured to sell at $40.00,
adding only 20 advance, would have to sell at $48.00 1
This garment will sell at $26.67 Friday and Saturday.
A Coat, Suit or Dress that we figured to sell at $65.00,
adding only 20 advance, would have to sell at $78.00
This garment will sell at $43.34 Friday and Saturday.
-. Every Coat, Suit and Dress Offered is of the Usual
HOUSE OF MENAGH QUALITY
The House ot Menagh
t ' "The Store for Gentlewomen"
Located at 1613 Farnam Street.
OMAHA
II
WOMEN
TO TOUR STATE
FOR RED CROSS
Plans Made for Speaking Tour
by Speakers Who Have Taken
Leading Part in Relief
Work.
Red Cross civilian work will be or
ganized throughout the state by Mrs.
C. M. Wilhelm and Verna Elsinger,
who left Thursday for a speaking tour
in western Nebraska. Civilian relief
has to do with dependent families of
enlisted men and with war-risk in
surance and allotments.
Scottsbluff is the first stop. A
two-day session is to be held there
beginning Saturday. Or. Hattie Plum
Williams, instructor in applied .soci
ology at the University of Nebraska,
and W. A. Harris, acting director for
civilian relief for the Central divi
sion, will be other speakers.
Mrs. Wilhelm and Miss Elsinger
will speak in North Platte Monday,
Kearney Tuesday, Grand Island
Wednesday, Hastings Thursday and
in Beatrice Friday. Dr. Williams and
Mr. Harris will also appear on the
programs in most of these towns.
Miss Laura Matthews, volunteer ci
vilian relief worker, will have charge
of the local office in the court house
during the absence of thi two lead
ers. Three thousand letters to families
of men who enlisted in Omaha have
been issued by this department, ask
ing them to call at headquarters for
arrangement of their war-risk insur
ance and allotments. Many of the
allotments arer already arriving from
Washington. Close to 200 cases are
now under the supervision of Mrs.
Wilhelm'g department.
Mrs. Frank W. Judson has charge
of the information desk. Of 60 cases
investigated where a son had enlisted
in each case he had provided for his
dependent mother.. . .
Frank W. Judnon, state Red Cross director
and Leonard W. Treitsr, assistant, have
been called to Chicago for a Junior Bed
Cross campaign conference at Central di
vision headquarters early next week. Im
mediately upon their return next Wednea
day the Nebraska campaign will be
launched.
To meet the big; demand for surgical
dressings as against the limited number of
Instructors throughout the state, the state
chapter will Monday morning open a completely-equipped
room In the new Inspec
tion warehouse building at Twelfth and
Farnam. Mrs. J. O. Goodwin, registered In
structor, will be Id charge and will give
Instruction In the complete course of 12
dressings or fewer or special dressings as
desired. Four full days are required for the
course. No registration Is necessary as the
room will be open every day.
Nebraska's shipment of special dressings
In the December drive brought a letter of
hearty comendatlon from Mrs. Edith I
Olasa of Chicago central division headquar
ters to Miss Nellie Calvin, atate surgical
dressings head. "Tour quota was not only
oversubscribed, but It was well dona and
the work la now anroute to Ha destination,"
she wrote.
Burt county holds the record so far (or
enrollment of members In tha Chrlstmaa
week drive. Mrs, E. C. Houston and Mrs.
Oeorge McOuIre of Tekamah report be
tween TO and T6 per cent ot tha total popu
lation In tha oounty as Red Crosa members.
Many Inquiries for Land
In Western Nebraska
At the land department of the Bur
lington there are more inquiries
coming in asking information con
cerning western land than ever be
fore at this season of the year. The
letters average around 100 a day and
as a rule come from farmers of Illi
nois and the states farther east.
Burlington land officials are in
clined to the belief that during the
coming spring and summer the emi
gration to western Nebraska, Wyo
ming and Colorado is going to be
greatly in excess of former years. The
letters indicate that most of then1
are from farmers who are seeking
cheaper agricultural lands than those
in the localities where they now reside.
Navy Recruiting Officers
Begin Another Big Drive
Navy recruiting officers have be
gun another big drive for recruits
Radio men and mechanics are de
sired for reserve duty for the dura
tion of the war. In the radio depart
ment experience is not necessary, but
a higher rating will be given recruits
with a knowledge of telegiaphy. An
operator capable of receiving 35
words a minute will be rated to re
ceive $61 per month to start.
Radio men will be sent immedi
ately to training schools and mechan
ics placed on the reserve for a few
weeks until called. In addition to
these two classes 30 recruits will be
taken each week as seamen and fire
men. This order will allow the Omaha
station to accept practically all appli
cants who successfully pass the ex
amination. Street Grading to Be Held
To Minimum This Year
Grading of streets this year will be
held to a minimum, according to an
nouncement made by city, council
Wednesday morning,, when Superin
tendent Jardine of the public improve
ments department offered a resolu
tion covering grading work in New-port-Belvidere
addition. Legislative
enactment makes it mandatory that
the city shall pay half of grading costs
out of a fund and property owners
pay half.
This year's city budget has an ap
propriation of only $6,000 for half
cost of grading, which necessarily
limits this work to a total of $12,000,
a mere item compared with the work
which Mr. Jardine contends should be
done. The commissioners will have
the city charter amended next winter
to remove this half-cost feature of
grading improvements.
Mrs. Florence M. Eggers
Wins Freedom in Court
Florence M. Eggerss, wife of Hans
A. Eggerss of the Eggerss-O'Flyng
company, was granted a divorce de
cree on her cross petition on grounds
of alleged cruelty.
Eggerss sued for divorce on the
ground of alleged cruelty. He said
his wife kept "nagging" him to get
an apartment. He alleged she in
sulted him when he tried to reaso
with her on the basis that he did not
want an apartment.
They were married in Omaha, June
2, 1914.
McGuire's "Bomb Shell"
Letter Read to Policemen
Superintendent Kugel reported to
city council Wednesday morning that
City Prosecutor McGuire's letter,
charging lack of co-operation from
police department, had been read to
all members of the police department
and that hearty co-operation may be
expected in the future. He explained
that Acting Chief Dempsey, Mr. Mc
Guire and himself held a conference,
at which it was agreed that the
trouble complained of would be re
moved wtihout delay.
Alas! Protest is in Vain;
"Jail Influence" Stands
Protest against the new city jail
site at Fifteenth and Davenport
streets was placed on file by city
council without comment, as the
property has been bought and paid
for. The protestants allege that the
new jail in that location would be
discrediting to the business interests
of that district, would be an embargo
against development and "the influ
ence of its presence woulJ fall upon
the surroundings like frost upon
flowers."
Double Dose of Bad Luck
Visits Man Struck by Train
Jacob Bauer, 607 South Thirteenth
street, who was struck and injured
by a train on the Union Pacific tracks,
Thirteenth and Marcy streets, was ar
raigned in court Thursday morning
on a charge of stealing coal. He
pleaded guilty, but testified that he
had lost his job recently and needed
the coal to keep warm. He was sen
tenced to one day in jail.
Good Teeth Are
Your Best Friends
Dr. C. D. Shlphera',
Viee-Fraa, and Mgr.
You cannot abuse them
and expect that they
will remain true in time
of need.
If they are ailing, only
the best treatment
s h o u 1 d be supplied
them.
It is better to search far
to secure the best treat
ment than to accept
anything less.
Bailey Dental Co.
appreciate the value of your teeth and treat them only
as your best friends first by giving them a thorough
examination of which the X-ray is a most important
part, for it sees beneath the surface and exposes the
real trouble. Then follows a treatment that will end
your, dental troubles.
Isn't this to be preferred to the so-called "bargain
dentistry' which is trouble in disguise. Bailey or
"quality" dentistry is not expensive the satisfaction
is permanent.
Dr. G. D. Shipherd, Vice-Pres. and Mgr.
Dr. R. W. Bailey, President
706 City National Bank Building.
Phone Douglas 3420. Omaha. Nebraska.
When Writing to our Advertisers
Mention Seeing it in
The Bee
Zionists Raise $5,000
Toward Restoring Palestine
Five thousand dollars, Omaha's
quota of the $1,000,000 national Zion
ist fund for the restoration of Pales
tine, has already been raised.
Local Zionists will meet Sunday
evening in Beth Hamedrosh syna
gogue, Nineteenth and Burt, to dis
cuss further rehabilitation plans.
Beveridge to Attend
Conference in Chicago
Superintendent of Schools Bever
idge has accepted an invitation to at
tend a conference of central west ed
ucators next Tuesday in Chicago to
discuss ways and means of developing
the junior membership of the Red
Cross. It is proposed to' enlist school
children in the society on payment
of 25 cents per membership.
Burglars Overlook Money
And Quantity of Silverware
While the family of A. A. Smith,
2028 Maple street, was at a moving
picture show Wednesday night burg
lars broke into their home by unlock
ing the front door and ransacked
every room in the house.
Money, jewelry and silverware, in
cluding several diamond rings, were
overlooked by the burglars.
Examine Applicants
For Draft Exemption
Work of examining claims for de
ferred classification on industrial and
agricultural reasons and appeals from
the decision of the local boards is pro
gressing rapidly. The district board
has examined more than 200 question
naires and now has the work system
ized to make a rapid and thorough
examination. A joint meeting with
the board from the second district to
discuss possible discrepencies
ings so that the entire state will be
uniform -is being advocated by several
members of the board and may pos
sibly be held in the near future. .
THOMPSON.BELDEN - CO.
Qhe fashion Center Jor Zloman
Mom Extra Valines inn tin Januairy Sales Friday
Extra Linen Values
FOR FRIDAY
Odd Half Dozen
Napin Reduced
$4 Napkins, $1.88 a half dox.
$6.75 Napkins, $2.50 a half doz.
$7 Napkins, $2.65 a half doa.
Gueat Towels Go
40c Guast Towels, 29c.
50c Guast Towels, 39c
75c Guast Towels, 50c.
85c Guast Towels, 65c.
$1 Guast Towels, 85c.
Huck Towels
25c Qualities, Friday, 19c.
40c Qualities, Friday, 29c.
50c Qualities, Friday, 39c.
Heavy Scotch and Irish
Linen Crashes
30c Linen Crashes, 25c.
40c Linen Crashes, 35c.
Huck Toweling
By the Yard
50c (15-inch) Toweling, 40c.
65c (15-inch) Toweling, 55c.
75c (18-iach) Toweling, 65c.
85c (20-inch) Toweling, 75c.
$1 (22-inch) Toweling, 90c.
$1 (24-inch) Toweling, 90c.
Rompers. 39c
One lot of pink and whit
checked rompers, sisea 5 and
6 only. Reduced from 50c
to 39c Third Floor
A Sale of Children's
Muslin Underwear
Mothers will find a numbar of
good bargains awaiting them in
this sala.
'Children's Knickerbocker draw
ers, sisas 2 to 8 years, 50c
qualities for 39c.
Children's Muslin gowns, sixes
4 to 14 yean; 60c gowns, 49c;
85c gowns, 69c. Third Floor
Final Clearance of Dresses
Every dress in stock is included.
The reductions are exactly as quoted.
Friday Morning. 8:30 A. M.
$0.75
21 Wool Dresses, sizes 16, 18, 36, 38,
formerly priced $25 to $45, FRIDAY,
18 Silk Dresses for afternoon wear, sizes t I O (BL
16 to 44, formerly $25 to $50, FRIDAY.Y1 J
44 Silk Afternoon Dresses, sizes 16 to 44t O OCA
formerly priced $55 to $125, FRIDAY,? O.DV
All Sales Final. No Alterations. No. C. O. D.'s.
Substantial Savings on Shoes
Women who take advantage of this sale Friday will
SAVE SEVERAL DOLLARS on every pair.
$8
85
LOT ONE Fancy shoes for street and
dress wear; light gray kid, ivory and
white kid, dark gray, brown and black
kid. These are the latest models and will
be correct for later wear Sold all sea
son up to $14 a pair, FRIDAY
fl LOT TWO Desirable new models in
klaolr rA .... J - 1 1 " 1 1
niui ki a y tucuE. uruwn Kin. inn
brown kid with white kid tops. These $ 95
iu iu rvguiar hock up lO a pair
FRIDAY
6
LOT THREE Black kid and
patent leather shoes in
sizes, sold up to $7.50 a pair.
FRIDAY
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Get Your Free Copy of The
Navy Art Calendar Today
The Omaha Bee is sending free to its readers a beautiful par
triotic Art Calendar.
The illustration on this calendar, the work of a well-known
artist, sums up in a striking poster the War Spirit of America.
It shows the figure of Liberty with drawn sword pointing the
way to a staunch American sailor, while over them both wave the
folds of the Stars and Stripes.
There is no advertising matter on this calendar. It is a work of
art, intended to serve as an ornament and a patriotic inspiration
through what may well prove to be the most trying year in Ameri
can history.
The calendar itself is practical and made for service. It is of
the form which has a separate leaf for each of the twelve months,
and a complete calendar for 1918 on the last leaf.
This is the American calendar for 1918. To get your free
copy, write your name and address plainly on the attached cou
pon and mail with a 2-cent stamp for return postage to The Oma
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Enclosed find a two-cent stamp, for which you will
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Name
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Street Address
City State
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There is nothing misleading in say
ing sold up to $12 or $14 a pair, as
the case may be. There is a good se
lection of these values in the groups
as mentioned, not merely a few pairs
for leaders.
ALL SALES FINAL