E BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1918.
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ARMOUR SAYS
MEATLESS DAYS
EFFECT SAVING
Statement to Stockholders
'Shows Net Profit of 21 Per
Cent on the Capital
- Stock;
n . ... ,
Armour & Company made a net
profit on the packing business in the
United States last year of $21,000,000.
The volume of business done amount
ed to $575,000,000. These figures are
taken from a statement issued by J.
Ogden Armour to the stockholders of
.'.it corporation.
The firm's business in products
riginating in this country, fold both
ere and abroad, was $50,000,000
greater than the world business of the
tirm in 1916. ;
According to the statement the net
income was 14.5 per cent on the in
vested capital, or 21 per cent on the
capital stock.
Cut Down Consumption.,
Mr. Armour declares that' the in
itiation of meatless days has proven
beneficial, as it enabled the company
to meet the unusual demands upon
it'S facilities. He estimates that the
meatless days have resulted in a de
crease in. the consumption of meat
of at least 25 per cent. This saving',
he says, has more than consumed in
caring for the number of men in
training for' the army and navy, and
in taking care of orders received for
the allies. ,
- The profits fronf our gale of meat
and other; food products, said Mr.
Armour's statement, amounted to 2.21
cents on each $1 of sales. In 1916
Armour's . total profits were $20,100,
000,' or 14.7 per cent on the invest
ment, and 20 per cent on capitol
stock." t
The company has segregated all
its foreign and South American in
terests from its North American and
local corporations have been formed
to operate these properties. .
Agree to Mediation. .
In concluding his statement Mr.
Armour says: '
"To insure as far as practicable
continuity of the operation of our
packing plants -during the war we re
cently agreed at the instance of the
United States Commission on Medi
ation to submit all questions arising
during that time as to wages and
working conditions of our employes
to an administrator selected by them
for that purpose. At the present
time we have a total of 57,546 em
ployes in all branches of our activi
ties. Our payroll for the fiscal year
under revjew totaled $49,519,952.05.
"I believe we may point with par
donable pride to the part our organ
ization is playing in the war. We
have 1,493 employes in the service,
approximately one-haM of whom en- i
listed voluntarily . befort the draft,
and 3,500 subject to. call. Of those;
heretofore: called less than' twenty
ere compelled to ask for exemp
tion. InUddition we have gladly
furnished f nany men now in civilian
service atiWasliington'and elsewhere,
serving without cost to the govern
ment. OY the two tyberty Loan is
sues our 'employes, . with 'our aid,
jnbscribed; to a total of $2,000,000 of
Bonds, in addition to the subscription
of the company itself of $3,000,000."
Plainer Elected Head
I Of Lincoln Copper Co.
Reorganization figured in the an
nual meeting yesterday of the Abe
Lincoln Copper company, in which
Omaha men Jiave invested large,
sums of money George W. Plat
ner, head of the Platner Lumber
company, was "chosen president: M.
M. Robinson, president of the Model
Steam Laundry company and Omaha
Towel company,, vice president; and
Edward W. Gotten, of the Getten &
Wickham cigar stores, secretary
treasurer. Dr. T. E. Sample was add
ed to the board of directors.
The company' property is located
at Wickenburg, Ariz., and adjoins
copper minea recently bought by Sen
ator Clark,' copper king. Mr. Getten,
who came to Omaha to attend the
annual meeting and started on his
return last evening, reported that ore
yielding 25 to 30 per cent copper and
somt silver is being taken out at the
rate of many tons daily. The main
shaf: is down 218 feet and 600 feet
of tunneling is part of the develop
ment work. Omaha men own most
of the stock and none has been on
the market since last fall. The prop
erty comprises six mining 'claims, all
paid for. i ..
Perfect Figures of City
In Race for Prize Cups
Silver loving cups will be the prizes
awarded tonight to the winners of .the
perfect figure contest at the Gayety
theater, where Omaha artists and
cloak models will vie with each other
for the verdict of the audience. The
contest will take place immediately
after the close of the first act
Invitation for models to participate
in the beauty contest which will con
sist of a perfect figure exhibition.was
issued last night by Emmet Callahan,
Briej City News
Ht Boat Print It New Beacon Pre.
Military Wrlut Watfh Ed holm. Jeweler
Lighting Fixtures. Burgeso-Granden.
John Davles jr. has gone to San An-
nlo to work for the war department
- a bricklayer.
Kobt. C. Drneseriow & Co.. stocks
and bonds and local securities, 8(0
Omaha Nat Bank Bid.
Have moved my office. from 306-7-8
McCague Bid, lo 508 First National
Bank Bldg. Charles Battelle, lawyer.
Clan "Gordon No. 63 will celebrate
Burns' birthday on Tanuarv 25 at
Swedish auditorium, lt0 Chicago
street.
Lean pork chop. "5c per pound.
Sirloin steak, 22 He per pound. Ham
burger and nauaage, llftc per pound.
Washington Market. 1407 Douglas.
Mission Bund Postpones Meetings
Owing to the coal shortage, the Mis
sion bund of Kountze Memorial
church will not meet Saturday after
noons until further notice.
Stnfr Hnnk of Omaha, corner Six
teenth .nnd Harney streets, pays 4 per
cent ) lime deposits; three per cent
on i- 's accounts. All deposits In
this i -t'-i are protected by tho de
iwU.th' guarantee fund of the state
of NehfuMka. Adv.
Mas New' Headquarters Mrs. Nel
lie ft Farnsworth, federal represen
tative of the food administration for
Nebraska, Is to establish her head
quarters In the ofllces of the food ad
ministration on the second Door of
the Union Pacific building.
Had Not Heard or Draft Ralph
Wyson, charged' with vacancy, told
Police Judge .Fltzxerald Friday morn
ing that he had not registered for the
draft, because he "hadn't heard any
thing about it" He stated that he had
been sick for over a year. He will be
registered, and taken to .the. county,
hospital for. treatment. " '
Fine fireplace good at Sunderlands.
Eleven Automobiles Stolen;
KTwo So Far Recovered
.. During the last two days eleven
automobiles were stolen in Omaha,
two of which were recovered by the
police. ' ' ,
A. E. Rogers, 1914 South Thirty-
third street, reported to the police the
theft of an automobile from Seven
teenth and Jackson streets Wednesday
night.
An automobile belonging to J. E,
Rowe, 4427 South Eighteenth street,
which was stolen from Iwenty-sixth
and Harney Wednesday night, was
recovered shortly afterward at Twenty-third
and Howard streets.
Another automobile, belonging to
Gladys Rohrbough, 3016 Mason, which
was stolen from in front of 530 Park
avenue, was found at Thirtieth and
Woolworth avenue. '
Automobiles belonging to the fol
lowing were stolen in the last two
days: E. II. Scripps, 2S2S Farnam
street; 'W. O. Harrison, Iter Grand
hotel; H. Harper & Co., 1013 City
National bank; W. J. Johnson, Junc
tion City. Ia.: Walter Deitz. 312 South
Twelfth; A. Ferer, 812 Douglas street;
Robert a. Organ, Council Bluffs, and
Dr. Cotts, Lorenza apartments.
Mrs. Rose Vanderford
Dies After Operation
Mrs. Rose Vanderford, wife of Jo
seph Vanderford, 2521 Spencer street,
former officer on the Omaha police
force, died at. 11 o'clock' Wednesday
night in Saint Joseph's hospital fol
lowing an operation.
Mrs. Vanderford was born In Coun
cil Bluffs in 1855. She spent her girl-,
hood about DeSota, in Washington
cdunty, and when 16 yeara old moved
with her parents to Omaha.
She was married July 10, 1978, to
Joseph Vanderford.
She is survived by four children:
Eddie L. Bark, Homer C. Vander
ford and Frank C Vanderford of this
city. A fourth, Joseph W, Vander
ford, who lives in San Diego, Cali
fornia, is here to attend the funeral.
The funeral will be held at 2 p. m.,
Saturday, at the Immanuel Baptist
church. Rev. Mr. Morris officiating.
Royai Neighbors to Hold
County Convention Here
The Douglas county convention of
the Royal Neighbors of America wilt
be held Monday afternoon and even
ing, at Druid' hall, Twenty-fourth
street and Ames avenue.
The Supreme Oracle, Eva Child,
Supreme Auditors Burkella Pierce
Snyder and Frances Robinson, State
Supervisor, "Nora Kidder, will be in'
attendance and address the assembly.
The afternoon session will convene
at 2 o'clock and the evening session
at 7 o'clock.
a member of the "Spiegel Revue,"
which is the week's attraction at the
theater. Entries ; will close at 8
o'clock this evening. v Any Omaha girl
can enter any time today by leaving
her name at the box office of the the
ater. Final Disposal of Two Great
Lots of Coats and Dresses
SATURDAY
200 Naw Spring Draiaat and 120
Beautiful Coats, to b of for J . at
ABOUT HALF PRICE.
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CRONIN BELIEVES .
NEED EXTRA SESSION
Holt County Member Believes
It Necessary to Change Law
to Permit Sammies
to Vote.
Governor Neville should call a spe
cial session of the legislature to
remedy certain defects in the elec
tion laws granting the right of suf
frage to Nebraskans who are now
United States soldiers, is the opinion
of Dennis H. Cronin, republican
member of the state legislature from
Holt county, and editor of the
O'Neill Frontier.
Mr. Cronin was one of the spon
sors for a bill introduced in the last
session of the legislature providing
for exercise of the franchise by
electors of Nebraska who are in the
military service of the United States.
At the time the law was enacted none
of the legislators entertained any
thought thaf within a short time
thousands of Nebraska boys would
be doing military duty in France
battling for democracy and freedom
of the seas.
"The law. as it now stands, pro
vides that only those Nebraskans
who are in the military service with
in the boundaries 61 the nation can
exercise the right of franchise," said
Mr. Cronin, "and in order to give the
Sammies a square deal it will be
necessary to amend the law. I am
certain that Governor Neville will
call a special session for the express
purpose of amending the law so as
to embrace our state soldiers who are
now in France. I wouldn't care to
state at this time what method of
procedure will be followed, but I'm
strong for the special session."
Mr. Cronin came to Omaha Thurs
day to meet his son, Julius, who is
with the aviation corps at Camp
Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla. Young
Cronin was granted a 10-day fur
lough and left for C'Neill Tuesday,
but received a telegram while en
route td return to the fort at the
earliest possible moment, and the
father came to Omaha in response to
a wire from the son.
Bond Dealer to Approve
All Securities Issued
. YV'aetiinortnn Tan 25 Allan R.
P-irh n( Viixr Vnrlr tnimlir r! the
bond-selling firm of Harris, Forbes
& Co., has been appointed cnairman
of a board of three advisers to the
federal reserve board to pass on ap
plications for approval of securities
issues.
"LIBERTY SIX" .
PAINT FRONTS
OF 4 CITY STORES
The Liberty Six; who are they?
According to their leader, their op
erations against violators of the ear
ly closing ruling of the fuel adminis
tration will not cease until all stores,
required to close early, comply with
the ruling.
Last night the leader of the Liber
ty Six called The Bee office and told
over the telephone that four more
stores in the north part of the city
were streaked with yellow paint af
ter the proprietors failed to close at
the prescribed time.
"Liberty Six" in large letters was
painted over the front of the stores.
The leader of the party said that
the following grocery stores were
painted last night: S. Harmel, Six
teenth and Yates streets; Joe Lewis,
Sixteenth and Clark; William Tenen
baum, Twenty-fourth and Blondoi
and D. A. Marsh, Twenty-fourth and
Franklin. I
According to the men, proprietors
of several more grocery stcres were
given warning to close their doors
from further business at the time set
by the fuel administration, or "the
yellow paint would continue to flow."
Fiance's Former Wife
Throws Coffee on Woman
When Miss Agatha Zimmerman,
514 South Twentieth street, went to
a dance in Metropolitan hall last
night with John Alfred, living also at
514 South Twentieth, she did not
know that her fiance's former wife
was there to serve hot coffee to the
guests.
Later in the evening, Miss Leta
Turpin, former Mrs. John Alfred,
found the couple together in an ante
room and threw an urn of boiling hot
coffee on Miss Zimmerman.
Miss Turpin then ran.
The Injured girl was taken to St.
Joseph's hospital, where it was dis
covered she received superficial burns
about the body.
Mrs. Zimmerman, mother of the in
jured girl, said she will swear out a
warrant for Miss Turpin's arrest.
English Leaders Go to
Paris for Conference
Paris,' Jan. 25. Premier Lloyd
George and Viscount Milner, member
of the British war council, are coming
to Paris to confer with Premier
Clemenceau, says Marcel Hutin in his
newspaper, the Echo de Paris.
Their visit will coincide with the
meeting of the supreme war council
at Versailles.
HERBERT ADAMS
IS CHARGED WITH
WIFE DESERTION
"Boy! page Herbert Adams, late
of O'Neill, but now of the world-at-large.
Sheriff Pete Duffey of Holt
county wants him on the charge of,;
wife desertion."
Adams, it is alleged, left his wife
and three children on a farm some-
where in Holt county when he ship 4
ped a carloac' of cattle to Omaha and
sold them on the Tuesday market.
Also it is claimed that previous to
leaving O'Neill, he drew about $1,200
from a bank and taking the money
derived from the sale of a carload of
cattle, disappeared without making
provisions for his family.
Two Masked Highwaymen
Hold Up Victim and Escape
Anton F. Novak, 2423 South Six-,
teenth street, reported to the police
that he was held up by two masked
men at Fifteenth and Castelar last
night. The highwaymen obtained
$475 and a pocket knife from Novak.
That extra room will pay your coal
bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad.
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NOW THEN YOU LADIES WHO HAVE REGARDED SOME ORKIN BROS.' COAT
WITH ADMIRING EYES, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET IT AT A BARGAIN
As we have made up our mind not to move a garment to the new store, and the time is
getting short to close out our large stock we intend cutting the prices to the core for a com
plete clean-up for Saturday
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THIS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE SALE OF ALL SALES
Every woman interested in getting the biggest bargain to be found in the city will turn her steps to this big bar
gain event. Hundreds of high class garments will be arranged in four large groups. Sale starts at 9 o'clock sharp.
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Opma '1
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A.M.
Clot '
at
P.M.
COATS
LOT 1
Coats in Wool Velour, Kerseys, sty
lishly trimmed, value to $29.50, at
$ 12
.i
LOT 3
Coats in Broadcloth, Velour, Pom Pom,
Beautiful fur trimmed or plain models,
values to $45.00
$)50
L0T2
Coats in Wool Velour, Kersey, Pom Pom
and many other leading materials. Val
ues to $39.50
$
72
LOT 4
Coats in all the season's latest colors and
materials. Kid, fox and beaver trimmed,
others plain models; values to $55.00, at
$27
PLUSH COAS DROP AS FOLLOWS
Plush Coats,
Values to $39.50.
Plush Coats,
Values to $43.00 .
$21.95
$27.95
Plush Coats,
Values to $49.50
$27.95
Plush and Velvet dJOQ QC
Coats, Values to $55y0. JD
ft 9 A.M.
P' M'
GREA SALE OF DRESSES
Beautiful' dresses in Georgette Combinations, Satin Charmeuse, Chiffon Taffetas and Wool Serges. There are
about five hundred dresses included in this great sale, also about two hundred new spring dresses that were pur
chased for the new store will go at three great prices
Dress Values
up to $29.50. . . .
$295
Dress Values
to $35.00, at.
$1(5.95
Dress Values
to $39.50, at
$215
ORKIN BROS, 1519-21 Douglas, SOUTH SIDE
D3. E R. TARRY
240 Dee Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
