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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1918)
THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. MARCH 30. 191. 9 V 447,000 MARCHERS ALREADY LISTED FOR PARADE Various Divisions Make Esti t ' mates of Those Who Will Take Part in Liberty Loan Pageant. More than 47,000 people arc already listed for the Liberty day parade which is arranged for Omaha April 6, between 2 and 4 in the afternoon. This figure is compiled from the numbers estimated for the various division already definitely counted on. Division No. 1 will start at 2:30 p. m. at Tenth and Farnam, march on the north side of the street to Twenty-fourth, and countermarch on the south side of the street to Tenth. Division No. 2 will also start at 2:30 p. m. at Twenty-sixth and Ear- nam, march on the south side of the street to Tenth, and countermarch on the north side of the street to Twenty-fourth. These two divisions will pass each other and will allow the marchers to review each other. When these two divisions complete their evolution they will retire to the edge of the W street. Military and Red Cross. Division No. 3. which includes the military and Red Cross contingents, starts from Tenth and Fawiam, after the other two divisions are at rest. The divisions will be composed as follows: Division I. Section 1. Wholesalers, Joseph Kelley. marshal, 4,000. Section 2. Manufacturers, Howard Goulding, marshal, 6,000. Section 3. Labor, T. P. Reynolds, marshal, 10,000. Section 4. Railroads and smelter, T 3,000. Dixjsion II. Section 1. Students, J. II. Beve ridge, marshal, 1,000;-: - Section 2. Business men, John W. Gamble, marshal, 4,200. Section 3. Professional and civic, Charles L. Saunders, marshal, 1,400. Section 4. Women's organizations, Mrs. E. M. Fairfield, marshal, 5,000. Section 5. Retailers, Charles E. Black, marshal, 4,000. : Section 6. South Side, W. B. Cheek,' marshal, 6.00Q. Division III. Section 1. Military, Colonel F. A. Grant, grand marshal,' 1,000. Section 2. Red Cross, Gould Dictz, marshal, 2,000. The marshals of the wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers and South Side sections have already announced Iheir captains. Reynolds Announces Captains. Tom P. Reynolds, marshal of the labor section, announces the follow ing captains: H. J. Dernstedt, L M. Gibb, John P. Hansen, William Chase, A. N. Chase, F. B. Judge, John Redelf, Robert Rice, John , Becker, Samuel Grace, Jaiuas JameS, James Whiting and Charles Baker. J. H. Beveridge, marshal of the students' section, announces the fol lowing captains: J. G. Masters, Dwight R. Pqrter and Father Phee. John W. Gamble, marshal ot the POLITICAL Filing for the City and Charter CommtMton Will Clot Tonight. SHRAPNEL Filings for the city commission and the city charter commission, as well as registrations for the primary, will be closed tonight in the election commissioner's office. The office will be open until 9 o'clock. "Votes for women" is one of the declaration of principles printed on the backs of Ed A. Smith's cards. Mayor Dahlman and the present city commissioners are to address a meeting tonight at Thirtieth street and Ames avenue. business men's' section, announces the following captains: William B. Hughes, J. A. Linderholm, Clarke G. Powell, J. E. Davidson, Joseph Bar ker, R. E. Sunderland, W. W. Car michael, H. M. Christie and I. A. Medlar. The captains of the remaining sec :ions are yet to be organized. RAINFALL OVER STATE "OF BENEFIT s TO WINTER WHEAT Heavy rain fell over practically all of central and western Nebraska, from far up in Dakota and south into Kansas, according to reports to the railroads, has been of incalculable benefit to the winter wheat. Not only this, but it is said tjut the precipita tion has wet-the ground, until it will be in perfect condition .for plowing for corn. , The Burlington reports an all-night rain over all of that portion of the state lying west of York, Stromsburg and Hebron, the area yisited including a large portion of the winter wheat Delt. Generally tlie precipitation was unusually heavy, McCook, Holdregt and Benklcman reporting three inches; Minden, Arapahoe and Ox ford, two inches; Orleans, Red Cloud and scores of other towns in the southern and central portions of the state reporting an inch or more. On the main line of the Union Pa cific there was a heavy rain continu ing most of Thursday night, all the way through on the main line and from Grand , Island through to Wyoming. Fairly heavy rains were reported from the branches to tile north and south and down into be yond the central portion of Kansas, Along the Northwestern there was a heavy rain all Thursday night be tween Norfolk and Chadron and light rain as far east as West IPoint. On the line to the southwest there was heavy rain most of the way from Geneva to Superior. GERMANY PEEVED AT FRANCIS' NOTE TO RUSS PEOPLE Moscow, Thursday, March 28. Germany has protested again to the bolshevik government against the declaration last week of David R. Francis, the American ambassador, that Russia will' become a German province if it submits to the peace terms of the central powers. According to the German conten tion, this was a violation of the peace treaty. The government replied that the ambassador's statement was merely a reproduction of the telegram which he addressed to the All-Russian congress at Moscow, which rat ified the peace treaty. The govern .nent declares-it maintains toward the ambassador' declaration the same attitude that was..adb'pted in respect of the telegram sent to Moscow. That extra room will pay your coal bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad. "Tom" Hoctor, former mayor of South Omaha, "dropped into" Benson Thursday night. He stated his opin ion that the present city commission ers would all be nominated and that the labor ticket will receive support in the packing house district. Dan Butler is passing out coin shaped aluminum campaign souvenirs which remind the recipients that he is a candidate for city commissioner. He resented the intimation, though, that the lightness of these bogus "coins" measures his vote-getting abilities. "He is on the level!" is an inter esting line which appears on Tom P. Reynolds' cards. Some of the merry villagers out Benson-way have been inquiring of each other as to the identity of "Mr. Ed P. Smith," who was advertised to speak in their fair village. They had heard of several Ed Smiths during the primary campaign. Some be lieve the situation suggests the old line about "were either dear charmer away, etc. Up to noon 70 candidates had filed for city commissionerships, with in dications that the number will be in creased before closing time tonight. Election Commissioner Moorhead noted that if 77 should file, each can didate would have his name twice at the top of the ballots and twice at the bottom, under the rotated ballot system. There are 154 voting pre cincts in Great Omaha under the new districting. The following have so far filed for the city charter commission: H. A. Foster, Cornelius Farrell, Dan C. Whitnev. 1. I. Dunn, W. r. Baxter George S. Collins, W. W. Cole, John A. Rine, H. A. Tukey, Charles Mar tin and John C. Reagan. Clyde Sundblad, for the past 18 years clerk of the,, county court, has announced his entry into the city pri mary race. During his tenure of of fice Mr. Sundblad has served under three judges, Vinsonhaler, Leslie and Crawford. Mobilization of New Draft Army .Starts Today Washington, March 29. With the exception of a few districts in the large eastern cities, where delays have been permitted because of religious ceremonies at Easter time, the mo bilization of 95,000 men comprising the last increment of the first draft, and 15,000 men of the second, began to get under way today. The first of 70,000 white men and 25,000 negroes began moying to the national army cantonments. RAILROADS MAKE PLANS FOR LIGHT SAVING RULING ' Expect No Confusion in Opera tion of Trains; Old Time Cards and Schedules Are Retained. Qrders have been issued by operat ing departments of the railroads en tering Omaha and everything is in readiness for daylight saving, which begins at 2 o'clock Sunday morning and remains in effect until the last Sunday in October. x The new law, the application of which will add an hour ot daylight, is not expected to cause any confusion in the operation of trains. The old time cards and running schedules will be used and the entire proposition will be worked out by simply push' mg the clocks up an hour. The railroad order that is general, provides that at 2 o'clock Sunday morning the clocks in all railroad of fices shall be pushed ahead one hour. At the same time railroad men in every department of the service are instructed . to turn their watches ahead an hour. That having been done, an extra hour will have been added to the morning end of the day and automatically an hour will have been cut oft at the night end. Start On Old Time. General instructions to air operate ing men are that where trains are to they are to start .on the old time ana run through to destination, not at? tempting to make up the extra hour enroute. The same order is to be ap plied to trains that are enroute at 2 o clock. On their return trips, these trains will take the new starting time and run according to the card. Trains starting before 2 o'clock, or those enroute at this hour, will run on orders and an hour late to destitv ation. On all roads trains that are sched. uled to leave starting points after 2 o'clock Sunday morning will run in conformity to the new time, ror in stance, a train that is now Scheduled to leave Omaha at 2:15 o'clock Sun day morning, will leave at 2:15 on the new time, but if your clock at home has not been pushed along an hour and you expect to catch this train, you will be an hour late if you go by the time shown by that home clock, li you have pushed your clock tip an hour, you will make the train, provid ed you start from home at the right time. Railroads operating men are iiv clined to the opinion that Sunday morning there whll be a few people who will miss their trains by reason of forgetting about the time change, but after that they do not expect that the traveling public will notice the difference. Baker at Paris. Paris March 28. Secretary of Wat Baker, arrievd in Paris today from London. You can secure a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee Want Ad. CIBMTML BIG- Value in Every Yard of this Floor Covering TN Pretty Tile Patterns de signed from original inlays of finest Linoleums, It has a hard and durable surface and holds the colors well. It is an attractive and good wearing substi tute for expensive Linoleums. It comes in 6-foot width, and is cut to match, to fit your floor, in a dozen different beautiful designs 49 c per square yard. WASmtZZL... 3ffi"5sll 17 ii AY II Howard Street Between 15th and 16th. WE OFFER SUBJECT TO SALE: On Hundred (100) Share., or Part, 1 NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY 7 Preferred Stock To Yield About 7 BURNS, BRINKER & CO., INVESTMENT SECURITIES . 443-432 Omaha National Bank Bid. Omahans to Attend National Chamber of Commerce Meeting Ten delegates and 10 alternates have been named by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce to attend the national convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to be held in Chicago. April 10 and 11. The ilclcR.ttes appointed are: C. C George, John V. Gamble, Randall K. Brown, Howard H. Baldrige, Howard M. Gouldinft, F. A. Hrogan, J. E. Davidson. YY. D. Hosford, J. A. Sun derland ami Robert II. Manlry. The alternates, who are also ex pected to attend and who will have a seat with all the privilege! of a dele gate, are: John L. McCague, Charles H. Tickens. T. A. Fry, Gould Dietz, George Brandeis, C. W. Wilhelm, R. S. Trimble. Ezra Millard, G. V. Holdregc and YV. R. Wood. Senator Gallinger is 81. Washington, March 28. Senator Gallingcr of New Hampshire, the re publican senate leader, today received many congratulation! upon hia 81st birthday anniversary. He was born in Cornwall, Ont., Canada. Jn 1837. 1508-1510 DoujjlasSt. Julius Orkin 3S . s3 SAI No values in the city quite so remarkable as those made possible by this Easter Saturday ,E of COATS Two Value Groups that will Make Buying Doubly Active NEVER have you had such an opportunity to buy an Easter Coat for so little money. Hundreds of strikingly attractive Coats which were intended to sell for decidedly more money have been grouped under these popular price heads. We advise morning buy ing while the assortments are unbroken. All new colors, new fa brics, new styles. Coats Worth to $35.00 Coats Worth to $29.50, Your Choice Saturday, Your Choice Saturday, m I fa Vr w yijr For Saturday A most fortunate purchase enables us to offer tomorrow more than 800 beautiful I BLOUSES $5 $6.50, $7.50 $8.75 and $10 BLOUSES, SATURDAY... Cherry, American Beauty, Peach; Coral, Beige, Sand, Gray, White, Flesh, Sky, Turquoise, Black, Navy, Nile, Maize, etc., shown in Georgette, Crepe de Chine, and Pussy Willow Taffeta. That are Actually Worth and- Sold up to $10.00 for Dainty new Easter Blouses in many . instances at exactly one-half their ac ! tual worth. SO EXTRAORDINARY are the values, that we anticipate the greatest buying activity ver witnessed in our Blouse Department. Our Mr. Orkin recently secured several hundred truly beautiful Blouses at a most decisive concession in price. These, together with several hundred additional Blouses from our regular stock, constitute the great displays we are offering for. Saturday. " The Slow But Sure Home A few years ago two Omaha workmen were rent ing houses at $25 per month. One decided to "Own a Home." He therefore made arrange ments to purchase a $2,500 home and pay for it at $25 a month. The other decided that this method was too slow He would wait till he could buy a home outright. Today the one man "owns his home", free of incumbranpp and the other has a drawer with 120 $25 rent receipts in it. But the party of the first part also has 120 $25 receipts just as negotiable as the rent receipts and worth just as much per pound for paper rags. He also has another document and it has a notary seal and two witnesses' handsi on it and some style around the edges. It is 1 call a warranty deed and is negotiable for $2,500. Do you own your home? Get the habit of watching the Real Estate offerings in the Want-ad colums of The Bee. These offerings are changed daily and one of them is the door to your opportun ity. Your careful reading and watching is the key that will fit. When you find it act without delay. "Own Your Home" and "Keep Your Eye on The Bee" , Improving Every Day . IllllilllllllltllllllllllllllllllliiliilllllAllllillulllllllHiunilHIlllll I , f . f Than Rent And our Fireproof War, homo affords a safe place to ttort your household zoodik etc., until you find a more suit able home. . i Omaha Van & Storage Co. Phono Doug-lot 4163. 806 South 16th St. iiaiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiitiiiijiniiiiiiiiiiiniHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniittiiiin APRIL 1, 1918 IS TAX DAY Cv.rx p.raon In N.brcik will roqulrfd to litt for t.xatlon U U bl. prop.rtf ovned by blm Or unS.r bl control, guardian or truate n April 1, lilt. Art your Inv.atmenta tat M.mptT Fid.ral Farm Loan Bond flvt jrou Exemption from lofa.1, alat. and r.drral taxation, 4V4 per cent Intoreat. payable, aeml-annunlly, eafetjr aasiu4 by I'. 8. government eupervlelon, M opportunity to help your country by financing food production, Denomination. $1,000, $500. $100. W0, S5. Prloe 100. Mall lubacrlptlon. er writ, for fur ther Information to E. D. MORCOM. Treasurer. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF OMAHA 1249 W. O. W. Bldg, Omaha. ADVRTIS wiihPkhirs MBit Made io order ai . THE BEE ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT OMAHA . (