THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
COCHRAN FINED
FOR FAILURE TO
REPORTDISEASE
Health Commissioner Connell
Testifies Attorney Did Not
. Notify Him of Son's
Smallpox Case.
H. E. Cochran, 1021 South Thirty
sixth street, and his son, Wright W.
Cochran, were fined $10 and costs m
1 police court Thursday morning, for
alleged failure to report a case of
smallpox to Health Commissioner
' Connell.
The decision was appeal lo district
court.
' H. E. Cochran is an attorney and
a leader of the anti-vaccinaiion con
troversy of several years ago.
Doctor Finds Disease.
Dr. Louis Dermody testified that
he'had gone, as a representative of the
? health department, to the Cochran
home and found Cochran's daughter
convalescing from smallpox.
Further inquiry developed that the
' ' 'son, Wright Cochran, had a'so been
afflicted with the disease.
? - H. E. Cochran said that notwith
standing the rash on his boy's face
" ' and the subsequent illness of the
t- daughter, he-had no intimation that
they were afflicted with any conta
. , gibus disease.
' He admitted studying smallpox and
vaccination "in a statistical sense," but
asserted that he had never seep a case
v . of smallpox.
The son, Wright Cochran, said that
he had been in bed about 18 days, but
Benied any knowledge that the disease
was contagious. He asserted that they
had fumigated their home following
his illness, only as a precautionary
measure. n
' "Have you ever been vaccinaled?
he was asked.
"No, sir," he answered with em
phasis. He testified that he had been sick
last spring, and had ' later been told
"by expert authority" that he had
typhoid fever.
Wattles Receives List of
New York Prices for Fowl
New , York ' poultry dealers have
voluntarily agreed on the maximum
price of 36c for fowls, 35c for chick-
.' ens and 27c for roosters, according
to informatiari received by Food Ad
ministrator Wattles from Adminis
trator Hoover. These p'riws will ap-
ply to New York, Philadelphia and
! Boston. '
Five and one-half-cent reductions
will be made below the New York
" price -in Omaha, Kansas City, Min
neapolis and St. Paul. St. Louis will
receive a 4yi reduction, Chicago ;4c,
Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit and
Louisville 3c, and Buffalo and Pitts
burgh 2c.
Squires Funeral Friday ? .
. At the Family Residence
l Funeral services for George C.
f Squires, pioneer, Omaha coal dealer,
and civil war veteran, who died Mon
" day of heart disease, will be held
. Friday at 2:30 at the family, resi
dence, 616 South Thirty-seventh
' street- Interment will be in Prospect
Jtill. cemetery.. '. ' ' ".
7unral arrangements were delayed
. until the arrival of Mr. Squires' two
sons, both of whom are now in serv
ice. Clarence Squires, gunner's mate
on a submarine, stationed at New
London, Conn., arrived Wednesday
night. The other son from Camp
Funston is also here.
Excessive Rate Hearings
Before Examiner Nelson
' Examiner Nelson of the Interstate
Commerce commission is taking evi
dence in the Federal building, in two
complaints hy local firms against rail
roads. C. W. Hull Co, alleges that the
Milwaukee and Union Pacific rail
'roads charged unreasonable rates on
ro cars of coal from Duluth, Minn.,
to Muncie, Kan., in 1916.
Sunderland Brothers complain of
an overcharge by the Northwestern
, and Union Pacific railroads on nine
cars 'of brick from Bodne, la., to
Clafks, Loup City and Grand Island,
Neb. ' -
Fort Omaha Lieutenant
Killed in Auto Accident
A Fort Omaha authorities have been
notified of the death of Lieutenant
- Perry D. Gribben, aviation section,
. who left the Omaha post recently on
...a furlough to visit his home at St.
.. Paul, Minn. . '
" Gribben was seriously injured in
''an automobile accident early Thurs
day morning, dying a few hours later
. "at his home.
' No Mail Deliveries on
Washington's Birthday
k No mail will be delivered in Omaha
! Friday. Washington's birthday. Win
dow.'No. 13, in the central postoffice,
wiU be open from 8 to 10:30 o'clock.
, , .'in the morning for the delivery of
,. " ' rtiail" to business houses. The stamp,
; registry and general delivery windows
1, . will be open until 10:30 p'clock. All
Vother divisions will be closed all day.
T Knights of Columbus tc
. . . Hold Big Patriotic Rally
; Several hundred Knight sof Colum
bus will meet at the Blackstone Sun--v
day night for a patriotic demonstra
tion and to hear addresses by prom
inent speakers. During the after
. noon a business session will be held.
Knights of Columbus from Nebras
ka and other-nearby states will be
in attendance.
Sixty Hogs to Be Sold for
f 4 Red Cross on South Side
' Two carloads of hogs, donated by
--farmers of Genoa, Neb., and vicinity
To the Red Cross, will be auctioned
off u the South Side stock yards.
' . The market value of the stock is
estimated at $2,400. but it is believed
v;y Red Cross officials that they will
. bring twice that amount.
1 Indict Manufacturers. .
New York. Feb. 21. Eight clothing
manufacturers, two employes artd a
clerk in the quartermaster's depart
ment of the army were indicted by
the federal grand jury here today,
charged with being concerned in ex
m tensive army uniform cloth frauds.
PREDICTS GREATER
SHORTAGE OF SUGAR
Omaha Attorney Says State
Growers Will Raise Less
Sugar Beets This Year
Than Last.
Beet growers in the Northv Platte
valley will raise less sugar beets this
year than last, according to George
C. Porter, Omaha attorney, who has
spent some time at Morrill and othe,
sections of that' North Platte valley
studying the situation. "The sugar
shortage next year is apt to be greater
than this year," he told State Food
Administrator Wattles upon return
ing.
He produced an elaborate set of
figures wherein he attempted to show
that, though an acre of beets produces
an average of $69.55 worth of beets,
the farmer, when his costs are paid,
has left a total of 89 cents to pay for
seed, risk and glory. ,
By another elaborate set of figures
lie attempts to show that the sugar
beet company gets a net clear profit
of $6.60 per ton on the beets when
they are made into sugar.
Average Beet Yield.
"The average beet yield for the
North Platte valley," says Mr. Por
ter, "was last year 10.7 tons per acre.
The price paid by the Great Western
Sugar company at Morrill was $6.50
per ton."
This, he shows, would yield a gross
return per acre of $69.55. :
Then he gives the following figures
of cost of raising:
Plowing f
Harrowing three times... i I
Leveling 50
Planting . , 1
Cultivating and ditching 5
Irrigating 1.J0
Loosening beets from ol for toppers. 2
Thinning, weeding and topping, reg
ular price. jo
Hauling 1C.7 tons to market at 12
por ton ' 11.40
At least one-sixth to landlord on
share rent 13.24
Total $68.46
Balance left to pay for seed, risk,
and I glory gi
Mr: Porter says the farmers have
all these facts before them and are
not planning to raise beets the com
ing season.
Alfalfa, he says, pays the farmer
tar greater returns.
Extreme Cold Moderates;
Warmer Weather Predicted
The extreme cold began to mod
erate at 4 o'clock Thursday morning
when the thermometer reached 40 be
low zero. Under the influence of a
fresh wind from the south and bright
sunsnine the temperature rose all
through the day and the weather
bureau predicts warmer tonight and
tomorrow. Freezing temperatures pre
vailed inursday morning as tar
south as northern Texas and Louis
iana. There was a fall of 48 degrees
along the Atlantic coast in the 24
hours ending at 7 o'clock Thursday
morning. New York City had only
8 above zero and a 60-mile wind was
blowing.
ELEMENTS FROM
REMOTE PARTS
OF THE GLOBE
Famous Tanlac Draws Medic
inal Properties From Points
Far Away From America.
CELEBRATED CHEMIST
DIRECTS LABORATORY
Opening Day of Introductory
Sale in Omaha Proves a
Splendid Success.
The inizredients or medicinal ele-
njents which make Tanlac come from
many remote sections or the earth
West Indes, Mexico, Peru, Central
America, the Alps, the Pyrenees,
Africa, Russia, Asia, Arabia, Persia,
and our own Rocky Mountain states,
are among the points from which the
principal parts of the preparation ar-:
obtained.
In the laboratory of the Cooper
Medicine Company, Inc., in Dayton,
O,, under the efficent direction of a
celebrated chemist, these medicinal
roots, herbs and barks are assembled
in the rough and painstakingly de
veloped so as to obtain that high
standard of effnciency shon by the
unifrom preparation Tanlac.
In sterilized' bottles, made Expressly
for the purpose, Tanlac is placed, la
beled and cartoned; the preparation is
in spected again and then crated, ready
for shipment to points over the world
where the demand requires.
Hundreds called throughout the day
yesterday at Sherman & McConnell's
Drug store to find out just how the
famous medicine Tanlac was sold,
how it was prepared, and what the
preparation actually looked like.
In commenting upon the wonderful
amount of interest shown, the Tanlac
representative said:
"The success of the opening day of
the introductory sale of Tanlac has by
far exceeded my expectations. I have
been agreeably surprised by the
knowledge the public seems to have
of the preparation. While many came
merely to see what the medicine ac
tually looked like, equally as many
came prepared to obtain the prepara
tion. These people simply asked for
Tanlac and the facility with which the
medicine was distributed throughout
the day proved somewhat of a reve
lation to the management of our local
agencies.
"I am, indeed, gratified," he con
tinued, "to see such marked enthusi
asm and I now feel justified in pre
dicting that Tanlac will prove just as
successful in Omaha as it has in the
larger cities of the east and middle
west. I do not believe that I am over
estimating the success of the medicine
when I state that I am convinced that
from three to five thousand people
will call and obtain Tanlac during the
next ten days."
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by Sher
man & McConnell Drug Company,
corner 16th and Dodge streets; Owl
Drug Co.. 16th and Harney streets;,
Harvard Pharmacy, 24th and Farnam
streets; N. E. corner 19th and Farnam
and West End Pharmacy, 49th and
Dodge streets, under the personal di
rection of a special Tanlac representa
tive. Advertisement.
uur
Tribute
To
George
Washington
The best way to
perpetuate the
name of George
Washington i s
to live a Wash
ington life to
day. Truth extolled
in story is good, but truth
practised now, is better.
To tell the truth about
the things we sell, to tell
it persistently day after
day that is our note in
the swelling song of
praise raised this day by
a grateful people to the
memory of a great man.
ess-Imsh m?m.
Thursday, February 21, 1918.
EVERYBODY STORE"
STORE NEWS FOR FRIDAY.
Phone Douglas 137.
Here's The Forerunner of the Big
"Doin's" Scheduled for Friday in the
Down Stair:
Store
Children's Dresses, 75c
Beautiful new line of wash
dresses, percale and ginghams,
in plaids and neat dainty styles,
ages 2 to 6 years at 75c.
Burgess-Nub Co. Down Stair Store
Children's Rompers, 59c
Made of ginghams, reps and
percales, plain white also light
or dark colors, age 2 to 6 years
at 59c.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
Women' Aprons, $1.25
An almost endless variety of
light and dark colors in stripes
and checks, some slightly im
perfect, at $1.25.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Here's Another Group of Those
Mina Taylor House Dresses
Which were the cause of such
active selling last Tuesday even
with a blizzard raging outside, at
$1.23 and $1.85
And the values are just as great and the range of selec
tion equally as good as they were the first day of the sale.
It's a special purchase of "Mina Taylor" dresses known
as "factory seconds," but the imperfections, which include an
imperfect seam, an oil spot or something of the sort, are so
slight that they'll have to be pointed out to you before you de
tect them.
fhe dresses are made in a fresh variety of styles of ging
hams and percales in plaids, stripes and figured patterns, light
and dark colors, finished with pockets, belts, organdie, pique
and self colors. The values are most extreme at $1.23 and
$1.85.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stairs Store,
lr
Burgess-Nash
Choir Will
Give Patriotic
Program Friday
at 12:15
mO fittingly.
commemor
ate the birth of
George Wash
ington, the choir
will give a patri
otic program on
the balcony of
the main floor at 12:15
sharp.
Among the songs which
they will sing, will be:
"America"
"Red, White and Blue" '
"We're Tenting TonigU"
"TheMarseiUaise"
"Battle Hymn of the '.
Republic" ;' '
"When Sammie Comes
Marching Home"
"Star Spangkd Banner" .
The public is invited.
Women's Blouses, 69c
Big variety of atyles, some
plain white, some pretty new
effects in colors, all sizes 34 to
44 at 69c, v
Burfeeo-Nash Co. Down Stairs Store
Middy Blouses, 49c
Sizes for misses and children,
also a few women's sizes, plain
white, also pretty fancy collars
and cuffs, at 49c
Burgess.Nssh Co Down Stairs Store
Women's Gowns, 59c
Muslin night gowns, prettily
trimmed with lace and durable
patterns of embroidery; mostly
small sizes, at 59c ,
Burges-Nssh Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Women's Novelty Lace Boots
Reduced to Less Than Price
$3.85
WOMEN'S novelty lace boots and good staple
styles on which we've clipped the price for
quick action. Included are:
Women's gray kid vamps with cloth tops.
Patent colt vamps with gray cloth tops.
Patent colt vamps, kid top, button or lace.
Patent kid vamps, kid or cloth tops, button
or lace.
Choice $3.85. :
Women's Shoes, Small Sizes,
Reduced to $1.00
Also several hundred pairs of pumps in
patent, black kid, gun metal and dull kid.
The sizes are 2 hi , 3, 3 H ; widths,
A, B and C.
If your size is here you can share in the season's greatest shoe
values, for they're priced at less than M regular, at, pair, $1.00.
Girls' Shoes, at $2.65
In gun metal calf, tan Russia calf, patent colt and kid skin ; sizes
11 to 2, at, $2.85 a pair.
Infants' Shoes, at $1.19
Black kid, button, patent tip, turn sole, at $1.19.
Children's Shoes, at $1.45
Black kid shoes, button and lace, turn soles, at $1.45.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Women's Union
Suits Reduced to
About Vi Price
$1.95
Women's fine quality white
mercerized union suits. Wom
en's white or gray, part wool
union suits, with high neck,
long sleeves and ankle length;
samples and broken sizes, most
ly large sizes, at $1.95 each.
Union Suits, $1.25
Women's white cotton union
suits, medium weight, ankle
length, special at $1.25.
Union Suits, 50c
Women's union suits, low
neck, sleeveless and knee
length; special at 50c.
Burfss-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL'
Men's Shirts Specially Reduced
' for Friday Down Stairs Store at
69c
HHHEY consist of a big lot of men's shirts of a higher
l- grade, which have become soiled or mussed from dis
play, also manufacturers' samples, v
Shirts with stiff cuffs, soft French
cuffs and collar attached, negligee.
There's a wide variety for selection,
and at Friday's price, 69c, the values
are most extreme.
Canton Flannel Gloves, at 10c
Also mittemt. Simn Tnr man mi1
- w -' uitu uuj a.
Gauntlet or wrist style, plain or leather lined,
a lew jerseys in the lot, at, 10c a pair.
.Men's Sweater Coats, at 98c
Sweater coats and jerseys, end of season
cleanup, at 98c.
Men's Work Hose, at 12 Vic
Men's Rockford work hose, snecial Fridav.
pair, 12 He t feArV
Men's Union Suits, at $1.45
Men's fleece lined union suits, specially priced at $1.45.
Buri.ss.Nash Co. Down Stair Store
in I
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Crepe De Chine Silks
for Friday at 49c Yard
CREPE DE CHINE with fine cotton warp in all
the pretty .light shades for waists and under
wear, 36 inches wide, special at 4& a yard.
Silk Poplins, at 59c
In. an assortmmt of colors, desirable for
dresses, 24 inches wide, special at 59c yard.
Silk Tussah, at 98c
A regular pongee weave in pretty shades of tan,
gray, wisteria, blue and brown also white and black,
36 inches wide, at 98c yard. "
Wash Goods, at 13V2c
Mill ends of fleeced percale, batistes, lawns,
serges and fancy voiles at 13 He yd.
Mercerized Prints, at 10c
Mill ends of pretty prints, gingham effects, in
lengths to 8 yards, Friday at 10c yard.
Burf.ss-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL!
An Offering of Smartly
Trimmed Hats for Spring
At $1.75
W1
E'RE certain you'll
not find smarter or
more stylishly trimmed
hats anywhere at the
price, and don't let the
price influence you to be
little the styles or real value.
Medium or large sailors and small close-fitting hats
made of straw and satin, crepe and straw and all straw.
The trimmings are the new and popular effects in a
score or mors of the most fetching styles. Just the sort
of a hat for early spring or between season wear. Your
choice of the entire collection Friday, at $1.75.
Burf.se-Nali Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Knitting Yarns Specially
Reduced to 19c Skein
THE offering. consists, of yarn8 that are broken
skeins and slightly soiled but very desirable
for tieing comforts, and knitting afghan squares.
Germantown, Saxony and Shetland floss at 19c a
skein.
Knitting Needles, at 25c
10 and 14-inch sizes 5 and 7, special Friday at
25c.
D. M. C. Cotton, at 10c ball
Odd numbers or original D. M. C. cotton, white
or ecru at 10c a ball.
Slipper Cotton, at 10c ball
Large balls of slipper cotton, gray, black and
navy m sizes 3 and 5 at 40c balk
Children's Bath Robes, $1.12 V'2
Ready made of Terry cloth with girdle, pink,
blue or white at $1.12 H.
Burgess-Nash Co. Down Stairs Store
Children's Dresses, 59c
Fancy plaid and solid colored
gingham dresses and madras
cloth dresses, also broken lots
of ladies' aprons, skirts and
dresses, the entire lot priced at
59d.
Bur(ess-Nasb Co. Down Stairs Store
Jewelry Novelties, 10c
Special hi of jewelry novel
ties, including hat pins, cuff
pins, scarf pins, tie claspc, bar
pins, etc., at 10S
Burgess-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
Flouncing, at 25c
Embroidery flouncings, cor
set cover and allover embroid
ery, wide bands and galloons, 9
to 27 inches wide, at 25
yard. , -
Burgess-Naah Co. Down Staire Store
Handkerchiefs, 5c
Women's plain white or col
ored edge handkerchiefs, very
good quality, special Friday, at,
each, 5t.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
EXTRA SPECIAL!
House Furnishings Specially Priced
G a Ivan
ized i ron
wash boil
ers, with
s tationary
wood han
dles. No. 8
size. 12.19.
Wash Bouers, $2.95
Copper bottom boilers, No.
9 size, extra heavy tin, at $2.95.
' Clothes Props, 19c
Clothes i line props, 8-foot
size, for 19c.
Clothes Racks, $1.25
High folding, 54-foot drying
space, at $1.25.
Gas Plates, $2.50
Three-burner laundry gas hot
plates, at $2.50.
Wash Bench, $2.25
Hardwood wash bench, holds
two tubs, at $2.25.
Wash Boards, 39c
Extra wide, well made, spe
cial, at 39c.
Ironing Boards, $1.25
Basswood ironing board, with
stand, well made, for $1.25.
Water Pails, 35c
Galvanized iron water pails,
first quality, 35c.
Cedar Polish, 9c
Big Wonder cedar polish for
furniture mops, floors, etc., 7
oz. bottle at 9c
Scrub Brush, 5c
Tampico scrub brush, good
size, for 5c.
Furniture Ouster, 19c
Chemically treated making it
dustless, adjustable hand'e, (spe
cial at 19c.
Toilet Paper, 5 for 14c
Crepe tissue toilet paper spe
cially priced at 5 rolls for 14c.
Mops, at 25c
Cotton string mops at 25c.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stairs Store
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Curtain Stretchers, $1.29
Basswood curtain stretchers,
full 6xl2-ft. size, special, at
$1.29.
Vacuum Sweepers, $1.39
Odds and ends of hand pow
er vacuum sweepers, to clean
up at $1.39.
Vacuum Washers, 69c
Hand vacuum washers that
are well made at 69c.
Clothes Baskets, 59c
Oval splint clothes baskets,
wood bottom, good size at 59c.
Scrub Brushes, 15c
Tampico scrub brush solid
back with handles at 15c.
Women's Hose, 15c
Women '8 black or white cot
ton hose, seamless, known as
the "run of the mill," Friday
at pair 15c
Burgess-Nash Co. Down Stair Store
Children's Hose, 25c
Odd lot of children's and in
fant's cashmere hose, specially
priced for Friday at pair 25c.
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stairs Store
Boys' Pants, 98c
Good mixtures, well made to
stand the hard wear of the boy
hard on clothes, Friday 98c. ,
Burfess-Nash Co Down Stolrs Store
Men's 1 -in-Alls, $2.50
Men's 1-in-Alls made in plain
blue, stripes and khaki color, all
sizes at $2.50. .
Burfess-Nash Co. Down Stairs Store
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