THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 17, 1918.
U. S. WOULD TAKE
OYER PHONE OF D. C.
Postmaster Burleson's Pro
posal Now Before Cong-ress
First Adventure in 'Munici
pal Public Utilities.
Call for Girls to Take Up Nursing
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Three hundred voluntreri fori
nursr's training re wanted by the j
woman's committee of the Nebraska
Council of Defense. An appeal is be
sns made to the young womanhood of j
the si.ite by Miss Mary ("oil chair
iii.m of (lie nurses' trainiuu division.!
! "Nurses are needed not only in the j
I Red C'ross rank to send abroad, but 1
are needed to till the aps at 1
I home 111 the nnrsuijc M.ilis to prevent ,
a breakdown in the health standard '
,ive M
1 ostnMter deneral
er. to establish adequate
at reasonable rates."
;r:arer general's proposal
v-e e'jiax of an attnr.pt by
re con'.pan to increase its
elisor its serv i e. c i m" c as
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!n Irs a-rnc.l reports to c.npres
the postmaster general has repeated
ly lecoivi-e-i.'e.! co ernir.rnt opera
tion 0! i".tersti;e telepb.cne and tele
graph burs as p.ot of the postal
rst.tbilshirert I viocnttv be recarit
tbe tune opiviture to propose that if
cor.sresi w.-uM Ktve ant'nority, the
Postofllce dep.u tment woul.l male a
Start bv operatnc the local system
rexer.nes ol t".e posi.n
wtbout irereasirv; rates
p,, of r:v.p!.' es. b vpetisf
, '-. csttnutc! can be re
bv ore bi'.i under KOV-
: ! T! e en in e revenue
aci o;:r,:::uT system, he
' e r'.ict.ca'lv displaced
ana tne iviis
tvil'.v to one of niain-
cc and dcvc.opment.
RI.ir.ies Private Interests.
"The n-f of these threat facilities nf
comtiiiir.icatir.i; by electriety," said
Mr. Huries vi in a letter to Vice
President Marshall, "is woefully re
stricted among the masses of the
people by the necessities of the inter
est of private persons who own and
manage them. Among the masses of
tbe people, even here in Washington,
the capital of the richest country in
the world, tbe majority are shown to
be denied this great convenience.
Service should be provided at reason
able cost, in fact at as low cost as ef
ficient service permits, so that the
largest number possible may use it.
"The conclusion cannot be escaped
that private rate-making is responsi
ble for the out-of-date and inadequate
telephone service and for its result
ing break down from congestion of
traffic in Washington. And the local
company proposes relief only by de
stroying, through higher rates, even
more of the existing traffic, of the
citv."
Referring to the telephone system
of the entire country, Mr. Hurleson
disclosed "it costs the American as
much to send his communication over
the wires, mile for mile, as it costs
him to ship a ton of freight on the
railway."
Comparing toll line rates in Conti
nental Europe and America, Mr. Bur
leson gave congress figures to show
that the average American rate for
100 miles is 60 cents against .'0 cents
abroad; $1.80 for .HW miles as against
37 cents abroad; $2.40 for 400 miles as
against .39 cents abroad; $3 for 500
miles as against 46 cents abroad, and
$4.20 for 700 miles as against 53 cents
abroad.
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'.1 I'll tl'liT 1 1 til mi ......in
over and j in the lmte ' States" sas Miss Co
itai's le'c-'gil. She is particularly mteie.sted in
aVs the first veil-. seeming young women who arc well
, ' ' . .educated to volunteer for nurses'
.;u goxrinniri.. in I ,:: .,, ,- a.t
1 rlt'CS.
-rrvice here reprr
es in modem rom-
trauiing at tins time, ami savs that
school teachers male mighty good
nurses.
Nebraska has 1 400 registered
! nurses. Of these 200 are Red Cross
I nurses, wlii 'h represents more than
N per ifnt of our number. Ne
braska's quota of Red Cross nurses is
1 245, which is 45 more than have al
ready ctihsttd. Nebraska has about
,125 1 1 1 1 r -os graduating this year from
! the various training schools in the
state Tins number will fall far short
of tilling the gap in the nursing
ranks."
Miss Cogil lias secured an opening
tor special c'asses for Nebraska col-
I lege graduates in New York hospitals
i ! lackwell's Island, the New York
wili take a special class of 25 college
Kirls from Nebraska. King's county
hospital will do the same and Mt.
inai will take 20 girls. Girls with
the proper credentials will be given a
Goodyear Tire Company
Employes Are Stockholders
"For years the Gofdyear Tire and
Rubber company of Akron, ()., has
believed in making stockholders of
such of its employes as have shown
special ability and rendered highly ef
ficient service," asserts Joe M. Dine,
local branch manager. "The result of
this policy has been so satisfactory
that the company recently offered to
its employes a stock purchasing op
portunity, carryigg one of the most
attractive investments that any large
body of employes have ever had
placed before them.
"Tabulation of the results of the
two weeks' stock offer shows that
more than 6.000 employes have be
come stockholders in the company,
through the purchase of from one to
10 shares of the new issue of Good
year second preferred, 8 per cent
cumulative stock. The amount sub
scribed by employes at Akron and the
various branches throughout the
country reached in excess ol $1,
300.000. "A comprehensive plan was worked
out by which all employes might ac
quire the stock on the installment
payment plan. Payment is made by
deduction from salary of the sub
scriber at the rate of $4 a month for
each share of $100. No person was
allowed to purchase more than 10
shares, on the special plan, although
many indicated a desire, to obtain
more than that amount.
New Balloon Field Will Be
Constructed at Fort Omaha
Construction work will begin in
Florence field, the new addition to
Fort Omaha, Monday morning. Mess
halls and other buildings will be con
structed and roads will be built.
The new field contains more than
100 acres and is larger than the pres
ent site of Fort Omaha and, accord
ing to Colonel Hershey, experts have
inspected the place and pronounced
it one of the best balloon fields that
could be found.
Funeral Services Sunday
For Barnard W. Capen
Funeral services for Barnard W.
Capen will be held at 3 o'clock p. m.,
Sunday at First Unitarian church.
Mrs. Pettingill of Portland, Me., a sis
ter, has arrived. Mr. Capen was a
member of the American Society of
Electrical Engineers, the Field club
and University club. He was 3? years
of age and is survived by Mrs. Capen
and child. He was in the engineering
department of the Nebraska Tele
phone company.
Station Agents Report
Farmers Busy in Fields
Weather reports to the railroads in
dicate that out in Nebraska spr.ng
has come with a rush. Station ag;nts
reported temperatures of 25 to 46 de
grees above zero at 8 o'clock Satur
day morning.
Some of the reports sent in by the
Igents told of farmers at work in
their fields, and all recorded bright
lunshine, with indications of warmer
weather.
Indiana Steel City Does Not
Have to Observe Lightless Nights
special concession of si months.
which will make it possible for them
to complete their courses in two
years.
Miss Cogil will furnish all informa
tion to interested girls. Her address
is Apartment 202 Lei I.au I'arl Lin
coln, Neb.
(OrrMpondont of Aiioclttrd PreM )
Gary, Ind., Jan. 12. Gary is one of
the few cities in the country that can
snap its fingers at the fuel adminis
tration's order to observe "lightless
i nights" in order to conserve fuel. It
! is not because the city is unpatriotic,
j but because if it does not use the
' electricity it has on hand to light
the city, the current will have to be
dissipated in the blue, thin atmos
phere. The peculiar condition is the direct
result, moreover, of war necessity.
The government must have steel. In
order to have steel it must have coke;
in order to hav coke a certain
amount of coal must be burned and in
the coking of the coal so many by
products are formed that it would
be sheer waste not to use everything.
When coal is coked, there are 750
by-products taken off. The most
worthless of these is gas and the most
valuable is benzol. The gas obtained
here drives 56 engines in the power
houses, each of 33,000 horse power,
besides running the blowers for the
blast furnaces and performing other
taks. The gas engines, in turn,
generate electricity, not only all that
is used for the steel mills, in which
there are 12 blast furnaces continu
ously turning out pig iron, but also
enough to operate the cement plant,
five miles away; a bridge company's
plant; some big tin mills; lighting for
the entire city and to run a couple
of street car lines.
The coke ovens also make enough
gjjs for all purposes too much, in
fact, for at each end of the steel mills
there is a four foot exhaust pipe
which sends a tongue of flame, four
feet thick, 50 feet into the air at all
times when the ovens are running
full blast.
Hence Gary is in no danger of be
coming a dark city because of "exces
sive use" of its light sources.
A Swift Dnck.
"Mr. Flint, I er ah! that is, can
I er h'm! will you "
"Why, yes, my boy; you may have
her."
Eh? Hav whom?"
"My daughter, ,of course! Tou want
to marry her, don't you?"
"No, sir. I came to see If you
would Indorse my note for $100 "
"Certainly not! Why, I hardly
know you!" -Puck.
Son Born to Marshal Haig, i
Commander English Forces
London, March 16. A son was)
born to Lady Haig, wife of Field Mar
shal Sir Douglas Haig, commander in
chief of the expeditionary force in
France and Flanders, on Friday
night.
Field Marshal JIaig, then Generai
Haig, was marriel in 190S to the hon.
orable Dorothy Vivian, daughter ol
the third lord Vivian. They have on
daughter who was born several years
ago.
Chatter and Chaff
Out of the City Hall
Bessie Wilson of the Hoard of
Public We. fare says she dislikes a
man who is always talking about
himelf.
"Jim" Jelen of the city clerk's of
fice has smallpox.
Ralph Roach of the engineering
department points with pride to the
candftlacy of Mickey Mullen for
city commissioner.
These sre busy days in the city
clerk's office, with politics and
things.
"Hot Shot" Murphy was seen in
the city hall yesterday.
Charley Withnell says he is pre
paring a campaign speech that will
make the folks sit up and take no
tice. George Parks, head of the street
cleaning department, expects to
"clean up" in the South Side on
April 9.
Belle Ryan can sing "Over
There" without musical accompani
ment. City Attorney Rine is wishing
that he had his stolen automobile
back.
Italy Suffers Defeat
In "Battle of Bourbon"
Italy suffered a decisive defeat in
the "Battle of Bourbon," in police
court Saturday when Paul Graconi,
723 South Seventeenth street, was
fined $200 for illegal possession and
sale of liquor. On behalf of the Irish,
Judge Fitzgerald presided and pro
nounced sentence.
Cither warring nations were repre-.
seuted by one pint of "Old JotTre,"
whisky for France, one pint of "Amer
ican Pride," for the United States, and
one pint of "Old Kmden Club." in
memory of the German cruiser. The
whisky was used as evidence.
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ICK-FED OIL CUPS-lnstead
of the usual grease cups prr
w f vide continuous lubrication au
tomatically, They do not have to
be screwed down. They are filled
from a long spout can without soil
ing hands or clothes. This uniform,
adequate, unfailing system makes for
easier, quieter running, elimination of re
pair bills, and longer life. The West
cott is the fir$t to lubrioata the
chassis by oil oupa exclusively. Not
a single grease cup is used.
Swn Mod.U, $1890 to $2790
f. o. b. Springfield, Ohio
Let us demonstrate all the Westcott
superiorities to you.
STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO.
CARL CHANGSTROM, PRES.
Distributor
I Sl CARL CHANGSTROM, PRES. fl2X.JZl
kaaL Distributor ymmZi
2020-22 Farnara St. Dougla 1705. 5H'
Npjgy OMAHA, NEB.
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Buy Now and Save
Price Goes Up April 10
Here's our offer. Place
your order for Saxon
"Six" before April 10
and you can buy at the
present price.
On April 10 the price
goes up.
Many other cars have
made price-raises over
night
We give you this
chance to make a real
saving. Take it now
while you can get it
It is almost sure that
there will be a short
age of Saxon "Sixes"
this year. The supply
of motor cars will not
meet the demand this
season.
Later you may not be
able to get a Saxon
"Six" at any price. So
come in today.
Remember midnight
of April 9 is the last
minute today's price
stands.
Noyes-Killy Motor Co.
2066-68 Farnam St.
Factory Distributor
Omaha Phone Douglas 7461.
Removing
80 Needless
Parts
Reduces
AN eifclit cylinder motor without
l. complications 1 Think what this
new Apperson invention means to
youl Yon want eight cylinder speed,
power, efficiency.
But yon don't want repair expense.
You want to keep the car in use every
day. Complications are out of date
and costly.
That is why the Apperson Brothers
worked until they produced "the sim-
lest eight cylinder motor builttoday."
t has no trigger board with its count
less trouble-making details. It has one
camshaft.
It has two gears only. More power
less waste.
We want you to learn from first hand
eiperiencehowtheAppersonBrothers
have evolved a big, deep-cushioned,
distinctive 130-inch whcelbase car
that will operate at an astc nishingly
low cost
When may we bring the Apperson
around for a trial run? We want you
to drive it yourself. Learn what it
means to have this tremendous power
at your command. Call at
tne otnee or telephone
for a demonstration.
APPERSON MOTORS CO.,
2060-62 Farnam StrML
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Omaha, Neb. PK. n i AV I
"Our chief lack is men of the higher grade.
"One first-class man, plus an automobile, becomes
THREE first-class men, for he can do the work of three."
Reprinted from an editorial in
Great National Newspaper.
War Economy Sale
Final Announcement
This is the last opportunity to buy a high grade, well
known car at a reasonable price. After this sale closes
tomorrow night, current prices will prevail on all Stude
baker cars, which means an advance of at least 30 in
prices over which you will have to pay during this sale.
There are only Six Special Bargains left:
Two practically new Studebaker
Sixes. One a beautiful De Luxe
model. Another new five-passenger
model (first announced
last October). These cars carry
a reduction of about 20 per cent
from the list prices.
There is one practically new
Studebaker 2-passenger roadster.
Driven less than 1,000 miles. It
has been equipped with new tires
and we guarantee it to be as good
as new, and it carries the same
factory guarantee and service as
a new car. You can buy this car
at a saving of $200.
Two 6-Cyl Touring Cars. These
cars are brand new, but are
placed in the sale as storage
worn. You can buy them at a
saving of $285.
During our War Economy Sale we have sold nearly
30 automobiles, and undoubtedly we could sell as many
more, but with the offerings listed above, the sale posi
tively closes tomorrow night to make room for the
arrival of 19 Series models.
Studebaker-Wilson. Inc.
Farnam at 25th Ave.. Omaha.
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