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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1918. 12 COAL DEALERS ARE LIMITING SALES TO EACH PERSON - - , ;; y ; One Ton to a Customer is Rule Now Being Followed in Omaha; No Shortage Yet. The frigid spell hat irnow setting in has thrown a scare into the con sumers of coal and orders are piling in on the dealers, most of whom have applied the rule of not more than one ton to a customer. The one-ton rule is not applied on account of iany alarming shortage, but ' rather that theft may be enough fuel to supply the demand. Dealers assert that there is no cause for alarm unless there should be a severe storm that would tie the railroads up for several days. This they do not anticipate, yet they admit that they have no means of ascertain ing the kind of weather that Is in store. ' Buyers Cannot Select While stocks of coal continue pret ty fair so far as quantity is concerned, there is a shortage when it comes to a buyer making a selection of any kind. Many of the dealers are entirely out of the semi-anthracite, and what is more, they don't expect any large shipments for some time, due to the fact that this particular coal is going south and southeast. In most of the local yards the Illi nois coal is a negligible quantity and there is not likely to be any large shipments into Omaha for several days. It is said that the home de mand for this coal is so grea that but little is moving out of Illinois. On the Omaha market there Is an abundance of Wyoming and Colorado coals and long trainloads are arriv ing daily. ... Aside from the steam coal that is used only for the large heating plants, about the only coal on the Omaha market in large quantities is that com ing front Colorado and Wyoming. This will continue to come with great ' regularity unless 'traffic should be shut off by a snow blockade. Says Stepchildren Keep ; Too Late Hours for Him Worried until he became peevish any forgetful by the alleged midnight rambling of his step-son and step daughter, Edward Barrett, who says his only sin is that he is an Irishman, told the tale of bis woes to Judge Leslie Wednesday' in his suit for di vorce from Katie Barrett, ' , Mrs. Barrett was formerly Mrs. Flood, and brought her two grown " children to. live with him in 1912. Since then he has been seriously han- dicapped, he said. The children will not respect him and persist in staying out late, nights, disturbing his slum v bcrs at unseasonable hoijrs when they return. .--,. "I've had a weak heart for IS years and sometimes the way she sets the childern agin me, and me work- ing and accumulating property all the time, seems like I'm working for a dead horse all the time an' it's a awful handicap. Seems she's just settin' t' git rid o me all the time," was we plaint he offered the judge. Comes to Enlist. But is Sent to Exemption Bord , Arthur Alexjort, who' says he lives ""somewhere in North Dakota," came ill the way to Omaha to enlist in the law. but after the recruiting ollicers had looked into his registration his tory he was turned down cola. According to Aleftson, he applied :o hi exemption board and was given a certificate showing, that his name toas so low on the list that he would not be called in ihe next draft. Two ' days later he received notice to appear before the board for physical exami nation. Disregarding the notice, he went to the navy recruiting station at Sioux Falls, S. D., and from there : was aerit here. Everything was lovely and the goose hung high, but Alex son soilled the beans by showing his exemption board notice. The navy of ficers gave him transportation hack to Sioux Falls and told him to "beat if Postman Sells $15,000 Of War Certifcates Fred Jorgensen, a postman residing at 1120 North Thirty-fourth street, says he is proud of the Omaha m ; tional Bank building occupants. In the early stages of the war certificate ' camDaitrn he Contented himself with . ''showing the ladies how to save their money" by loaning it to Uncle Sam. Then he established a record by sell ing six certificates in one day. "Within the last 'three days." he ' now. says, "I deliver certificates amounting to $3,000. Seven people in .the building took $1,000 apiece during the drive, and I now have, all told, averaged on six floors the sum of $15,000." Navy Appeals for x More Binoculars Washington, Jan. 30. Another ap peal for binoculars, spy glasses, tele scopes, sextants and chronometers for use in fighting"' the submarines was made today by the navy. i Several weeks aeo a simitar anneal brought in more than 6,000 glasses of . various kinds, but the navy needs many thousands more. AH articles should be secure! tagged, the appeal says, giving the . name and address of the owner and forwarded by mail or express to As sistant Secretary. Roosevelt of the . tiavy. ' - Arguments for New Matters' Trial to Be Heard by lowan Federal Judge Wade of Iowa is ex ceded in. Omaha soon to hear the argument of Thomas H. Matters' at torney for a. new trial Matters was found guilty of aiding and abetting President Luebben of the defunct First National bank of Sutton to is sue certificates of. deposit illegally. His attorney has already prepared and placed in the hands of the United States attorney the bill of exceptions for appeal to the circuit United States court. ...... HARRY G JORDAN IS CALLED TO REST Secretary-Treasurer of the Byron Beed Company Dies Following Pneumonia ' Attack. Harry G. Jordan, secretary- treasurer of the Byron Reed company, died at 12:30 last night at his home, 115 South Thirty-third street. He was 54 years old. Mr. Jordan was just recovering from an attack of pneumonia, and had so far mastered the ailment that dur ing the few warm days of last week he was seen on his front porch. The HARRY G. JORDAN. pneumonia, however, left him weak, particularly his heart, and last Sunday he showed signs of distress and was again confined to his bed. From that time he had beed unable to retain food or water. Shortly after midight, Tuesday night, the nurse says he turned over on his side and passed away. Ill for Some Time. For some years Mr. Jordan's health had not beeff good. It had long been recognized that his heart was not strong, and, he had been sub ject to occasional strokes due, it was said, to neuritis. When he became ill with pneumonia several weeks ago many of his friends feared the worst, for the reason that it is well known that a weak heart seldom sutvives the heavy congestion accompanying pneu monia. Friends were greatiy- pleased, however, when they heard that he had apparently passed the crisis, and that the fever, had left him some weeks ago. It was after he was out of bed and the hopes of relatives nd friends had again been revived that le was suddenly taken. Mr. Jordan was born, in at. Louis. He came to Omaha and took up his work with the Byron Reed company about 30 years ago. He had remained with the company steadily until now, and was secretary and treasurer' when he died. He is survived by Mrs. Jordan and two sons, Channing M. Jot dan, em-1 ployed with the telephone company, ana jacit, aucnuuig vciurai u'K" i v i j r t t r u school. Two sisters also dtirvive him, Mrs. J. i J. Dickey of Portland, Me., and Mrs.. J. R. Scobie, 36V Dewey, avenue, Omaha. . Families Will Report on Amount of Food Consumed Two hundred and fiftv families in Omaha will be asked Thflrsday to make a full Ind detailed report of the amount 6f food they have actually consumed in a week or in a given length of time. The federal food ad ministration will make this survey all over the United States on tins day and 250 families out of Omaha are considered enough to give a good gen eral average. The government will base its esti mate of the years consumption of foods of all kinds in the country on the result of this survey and will also base its estimate of what is available for export upon these, returns. Miss Nellie . tarns worth, -the city home demonstration agent for the food administration in Omaha, wil send out cards to 250' homes. The cards will be in the nature of a Ques tionnaire asking for detailed informa tion as to the amounts of various foods consumed. Miss Farnsworth explains that no one receiving these. cards need have any fear that their home stocks of foods will be confis cated as i result of this survey and says the survey is made for the pur pose of furnishing the government ac curate information as to' how much food of various kinds will likely be consumed in the country before the next crop comes on. Telephone Company Employes Buy Quantity of Thrift Stamps More than $15,000 worth of war savings stamps were subscribed tor by Nebraska Telephone company em Joyes in greater Omaha during the ig drive. The exact amount was $15,226.50, according to . the figures which were completed by -the com mittee in charge of the telephone em nlnvri' ramn.nffn . - More than ou employes suDscirtDea for.this amount of stamps, or an -aver ace of about $21 apiece. This is be' lieved to be the largest total sum subscribed by employes of any of the public service corporations in the city. More Than 2,000 Enrolled In Central High School New entrants to the public high schools this week make the total en rollments as follows: Central High, 2,056; High School of Commerce, 1.013: South High, 558. Students received from the elemen tary schools were: Central High, l78High School of Commerce, 214; South High, 90. . Lake Shippers Protest. ; Washington, Jan. 30. Representa tives ot Oreat Lakes shipping inter ests protested to the shipping board today against the removal of more lake steamers 'for ocean service. Their spokesman. Levy Mayer of Chicago, declared a further removal I of ships from the lakes would seri- i ousiy iniencre wiin commcrr m Q V.-..H SUBSTITUTES TO . EQUAL AMOUNT OF PURE FLOUR SOLD Wattles Interprets Pound-for-Poun,d Sales Order and Gro cers of Omaha Will Obey it. Substitutes with wheat flour-must be purchased in amounts equl to the total amount of wheat flour sold. The -purchaser can make up the amount either by using one or all of the substitutes named, in the list, or any combinations in the list. Dealers, in selling these substitutes, must sell them at a reasonable profit and the price on each substitute must be quoted separately. Those two interpretations of the pound for pound sales were given last night by Gurdon W.. Wattles, federal food administrator, to settle the confusion, which was expressed frequently yesterday by retailers and consumers. Some retailers interpreted the or der to mean that consumers must buy an equal ajmount of one substi tute and one report was made where a purchaser was suldvthree different substitutes each equal in amount to the amount of white flour bought. Omaha adapted itself more gen erally to the new ruling yesterday. Grocers throughout the city ptit the prder into effect and as a result sub stitutes moved faster and oftener than ever before. ' The substitutes that may be used, according to the food administration are: Corn meal, corn starch, corn flour, hominy, corn grits, barley flour, rice, rice flour, oatmeal, rolled oats, buckwheat flour, potato flour sweet potato Hour, soya bean flour, and feterita flour and meals. - , Camouflaged Whisky Causes Some Trouble Ernmett Lindsay of S"outh Side was fined $100 and costs by Judge Britt in municipal court, where, he was tried on a charge of illegal sale of intoxi cants. Charges of illegal possession and illegal transportation are pending against him. Officers of a raiding squad allege that Lindsay sold to Anton Paskus, South Side barber, a barrel supposed to have contained 45 gallons bf whisky, the cash consideration being $450. When Paskus exhausted a gal lon of real whisky from one end of the barrel and was unable' to draw any more of the liquor he tapped the other end and drew , pure water, whereupon he made complaint. The barrel is now in the office of the chief of police. y Cfcmmonwealth Insurance Co. Holds Annual Meeting At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Commonwealth Life Insurance company George A. Nel son and Paul Wupper were re-elected directors. The following directors hold over: Frans Nelson, George I. Parker, F. J. Uehling, A. B. Det weiler and Clark O'Hanlon. The board organized by electing the following officers: Frans Nelson, nresident: Paul Wupper. vice presi dent; George I. Parker, yice president; F. J. Uehling, secretary; Uark U Han- Ion, general counsel. ,lne company reports $18,200,000 insurance in force. It is operating in seven states, extend ing from Canada d the Gulf of Mexico, Chauffeur Overcome by Gas Fumes While at Work R. . L. Cumings, chauffeur, 2049 North Thirteenth street, was over come by gasoline fumes at a garage at 1102 North Eighteenth street Wednesday morning. He was revived by a doctor and was able to con tinue with his work. This is the second Occident of this kind reported to the oolice within a week. Accord ing to physicians, gasoline fumes are more deadly than gas fumes. Tennessee Man Released On Charge of Being Slacker Taar Crlacr who.- home in Mo hawk, Tenn., wus Released by the fed eral authorities after being held in jail 10 days on the charge of being a "slacker." At his hearing before Commissioner Neely he stoutly main tained taat he had registered in uooa man, Mont., and filled out a question naire Authorities, at Mohawk wrote that his questionnaire is on file there. IF KIDNEYS ACT BAD TAKE SALTS Says Backache is sign you have been eating, too muci meat. When vou wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have been eat in tr too much meat, savs a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; removing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, diizy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is Dad you nave rheumatic twinees. The urine is cloudy, "full if sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obhired to seek reliei two or three times during the night. Either consult a good, reliable phy sician at once or get from your phar macist about four ounces oi jaa Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made irom the acid of gTapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been nsed for generations to clean and stimulate sluirgisn kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder Jad Salts is a life saver for regu lar meat eaters. It is inexpensive, can not injure and makes a delightful ef fervescent Uthia-water drink. Adv. BROWNELL HALL TO CLOSE WAR B'shop Williams Makes An nouncement in Behalf of Trustees of Fashionable School !or Girls. Brownell Hall . will close in June for the period of the war. Bishop Arthur L. Williams makes this an nouncement in behalf of the trustees of the fashionable Episcopalian school for gjrls. The school is 50Vears old. "Pour reasons for the decision, which was made after erious con sideration, are assigned by the bishop. Two are financial, one has to do with the falling off of attendance in the day school because Qmaha's residential district has grown away from the present site and Miss Eu phemia Johnson, for seven years prin cipal of the school, decided not to re new her contractat the end of the present school year. ' ' Would Spend Large Sum. "Within another year, the physical condition of the school building will necessitate the expenditure of a large amount of money, which the board is not in a position to undertake," said Bishop Williams. A recent report by th inspector of sec'orrdary schools of the University of Nebraska indicates that such repairs and improvements must be made in the near future, but even then that the could be regarded as being only temporary in character. The resources of the school will not permit an expenditure." "While the boarding department is well filled, the day school attendance has fallen off. The uncertainty of ob taining a capable successor to Miss Johnson is felt to be too great a risk to be undertaken To Push Campaign. "It is the intention of the board to push to successful completion the campaign begun last y.ar for the erec- tion of new buildings in another part of the city. One hundred; and forty thousand dolla i have already been subscribed by the public for that pur pose, the time conditions of which will unloubted.y be extended by those who have so generously prom ised to ai( the enterprise. It is ear nestly hoped that the sum necessary to carry out the plan can be raisedj after the war is over, out on account ofthe war and the duty and necessity of personally and financially aiding every movement to strengthen the hands of the government the trustees have decided not to go on with the canvass until the country has come back to normal conditions." ' Kitchen Calls Meeting of Hotel and Restaurant Men Richard Kitchen, chairman of the Douglas county hotels and restau rants committee of the state food administration, has called a meeting of the hotel and restaurant people at the Paxton hotel Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Wattles will ht present to go over the details of the new regulation a. Here's News for because we made this purchase months and months ago, from Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits for Men and Young Men, Short, Tall, Stout, ' Slim and Short Stouts. Srzest or Everyone I wmmmmmmm " ' i isssMssa.sssss.a.ssiss.asBisaassaaaswssassaM m,. . I I aaassssaaaaaaaaaas tj KITCHEN SENDS INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOJ) SAVING Wheatless and Meatless Meals Added to Similar Days; Sat urdays Are Porkless Now. Instructions advising all hotel and restaurant men of the city and state relative to the meatless and wheatless days were sent out yesterday by Richard Kitchen, assistant state chair man, to hotels and restaurants. The letters urge rigid adherence to the wheatless Monday and Wednes day "and the wheatless evening meal each day, the meatless Tuesday and the meatless noonday meal each day, and the two porkless days, Tuesday and fciturday. Proprietors, however, should begin observing these days and meals im mediately, according to Mr. Kitchen, and this publication is sufficient no tice to everyone in the state. "The time- to begin is right now." Uaid Kitchen. "No excuses of not knowing the rules or waiting for offi cial orders will be accepted. "I have had repeated calls wanting to know when observance should be started and what should be served. The days mean just what they say, wheatless and meatless, and the meals mean the same thing. "Today is ' wheatless day. and the noon meal is meatless.' I urge every hotel and restaurant to put up the sign, and stick by' it. ' The pfcrkless day should maintain in every place next Saturday." . Pclice Say They Found Booze , In "Strictly Private" Room Clyde ,V. Howland, salesman, re quested arjsolute privacy when he rented a room from a Mrs. Mowery, 2019 St. Mary's avenue, the landlady, testified in police court Wednesday morning. Acting under those instruc tions, she never crossed his threshold, and he cared for his room even to making the bed. Tuesday, the morals squad "dropped in" with a search war rant for the house and found eight pints of booze in Howland's suit case. Police say that Howland has been "peddling" booze for some time. He was fined $100 and costs and Mrs. Mowery was discharged. Indians Get Plenty of - Booze in Sioux City O. L. Babcock, superintendent of the Winnebago Indian reservation, is in Omaha on business. "There is more liquor on the reservation now than when Nebraska was Hvet,' " he said. "The Indians go to Sioux City and get it. They pay as high as $10 for a half pint. They will pay any price asked for a thing they want, fW"- r-Jrf Vyl.,... SrC - , rff wife .f? On Saturday We Shall Offer 2100 All-Vool At Less Than Cost of See Friday Papers for Details SECURITY LEAGUE ELECTSOFFICERS Francis A. Brogan Succeeds General Harries as President of Omaha Branch of Patri otic Organization. , .The official roster of the Omaha branch of the National Security league is now headed by Francis A. Brogan as president in succession to George H. Harries, with James E. Fitzgerald, vice president; Fred A. Cuscaden, treasurer, and Charles G. McDonald, secretary. , v The election took place at a meet ing at the Commercial club, which also empowered the new president to appoint an executive committee of 50, and also to name and commission five delegates to the Chicago Conference of national service which is to be held February 21, 22 and 23. A mo tion was also unanimously adopted offerings the support and co-operation of the league for the forthcoming meeting at the Auditorium. It is the purposr of the league to exert its activity as a stimulus to pa triotic work along the lines pursued by the national organization. Women Busy in New Addition To Red Cross Public Workshop The addition to the Red Cross pub lic workshop was opened for the first time Tuesday night to accommodate the crowds of workers. Eighty-six women came to mak j 2x2 wipes, .of which are assigned to Omaha for February, and to complete a lot of 1,500 triangular bandages. Twenty-five, girls from the Deaf in stitute and a large party of girls from the South Side were among the work ers. ; Mrs. Frank W. Carmichael. chair man of the shop, calls back into the ! ranks a number of Red Cross work ers who gave up their places in ths public shop in order to make room for the new workers. "Our shop can now accommodate 100 women every day, so we hope the women will come back and help us." she ' said.' m . . One thousand split irrigation pads. 200 five-yard rolls and 200 scultetus bandages are included in Omaha's February quota, according to .Mrs. Walter Silver. Omaha Pioneer Dies Just Affer Reporting for Work James Pasmore, 70 years old, pio neer resident of Omaha, died . Wed nesday morning of heart disease a few minutes after reporting for work at the M. A. Disbrow company, where he was employed-as a cabinet maker. He resided at 2825 North Twetity third street. He is survived byvhis widow and four children. Funeral services will be held Friday at the , home. Interment will be in Forest ; Lawn cemetery. ; . , r"a:y.4,-. i tm ism livery i Siii is Worsted) :, ' Manufacture Today mm You can nip colds in the bud Clear your head instantly fTryKondon'sl for ihe Cold-in-head (at no cosi to you) SO, 000,000 have and fhU 3-jw! remedy. For chronlo ctrro, n on, oooglu. colds, toewlng. nwe. bleed, eta. Write us (or compllmen. tiry oan, or buy tube at arumit . It wUlKmofit yon FOCB times more than It eons, or we py monei back. For trial can tree write to KOiMIMTtCO niiuMUt,ma. 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