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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1918)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. APRIL 11, 1918. 9 f i MONEY ROLLS TO ! OMAHA BANKS FOR LIBERTY BONDS Country Districts Making Earlier Returns Than the City; Were Organized First. Omaha patriots are not all waiting tor the captains to come to them to sell them Liberty bonds to help swat the kaiser, but are going unsolicited to the banks and buying as never be fore. Salesmen do not start out un til Thursday, but in spite of this large numbers of Third liberty loan bonds have been sold already, according to bankers. At noon the Omaha Rotary club moved the huge war tank which will :nark the program of the sales throughout the state. Other organiza tions will move it each day until the uota is reached, which will bring the tank in front of the Libert.- bank on the court house walk. The Bs are busy in Nebraska. The counties which have oversubscribed their quota to date are: Buffalo, But ler and Burt. The quota for Burt -ounty was $35'J.ROO and the subscrip i ion s to date amount to $460,000. Women to Move Tank. The tank on West Farnam street, marking the progress of the Liberty loan drive in Nebraska, will be moved "f hursday noon by members of the Omaha Woman's club, and not by the Woman's Liberty loan committee, as previously announced. Dakota county's quota was placed at $128,700 and already $150,000 has been subscribed. Fanners in Lead. In the previous Liberty loan drives the city districts were better organ ized than the country. Judging from early returns, the cities will have to look to their laurels. The oversub scriptions so far are coming from country districts. The following is a typical letter received by the farm ers' war council: I am 66 years old, never had a day's schooling in my life, raised a family ,of atn childreu, have been on my present farm two years, have been continually pay ing out with little doming In, but I want to gee the United States the leading factor in winning the war and humiliating the murdering kaiser, so I have really strained myself by buying f 500 worth of war sav ing stamps and 1300 worth of third Lib erty bonds. I hope the government can find some way to send all slackers to the front. Rev. J. F. McCarthy of St. Peter's parish reports securing pledges for over $12,000 worth of the third Lib erty bonds and has already turned in 11 signed subscriptions totaling $1,650. He is only one of many clergymen who are active in bond selling. Mrs. Rudolph Rudel of 1424 Gust street, recently made her first trip to the business district for one year. She went down town to buy Liberty bonds. Music at School Houses. Those in charge of the patriotic meetings in the school house Thurs day ev:ning are paying particular at tention to the musical and other en tertainment features. At' the Dundee school "the Boy Scouts will sing "Keep the Home Fires Burning." George S. Johnson Will lead the singing. A fife and drum corps will add to the gaiety of the occasion. At the Lincoln school Miss Joselyn Charde will sing "The Marseillaise." Community singing will be lead by Mis McCumber, principal. Each member of the Bohemian society is especially requested to come and bring her husband and the children are to stay home and take care of the babies. The school teachers have ar ranged to act as ushers. Meeting Place Changed. The meeting scheduled for the Mad ison school has been changed to Lef ler Memorial church, Fifteenth and Madison streets, to take care of the crowd which is expected. The chil dren of the Madison school are pre paring special music. At the Edward Rosewater school the school victrola and a singing so ciety will furnish the music. The Castelar school is planning a big celebration. Chairman N. H. Loomis, in charge of all school house meetings, calls particular, attention to the fact that no subscriptions will be solicited or iccepted at these meetings. Program at Franklin. The following is the program for the Franklin school at Thirty-fifth and Franklin streets: Dust. "Liberty Bell" Mi?s Beryl Tubbs ano Mr .Emll Kygard. Soprano solo, "Keep the Home Fires .... Burning" Miss Beryl Tubbs introduction of speaker by M. O. Cunning ham Afldresn, "Fight the Huns" Hev. E. H. Jenks Tonor solo, "Marseillaise," (In French) Cart Sehbert Msdley of patriotic airs Liberty Quartet Miss Florence Ellsworth, Elinor Lockie, Al- legra Fuller. Merrlam Parker. Accompanists, Mrs. A. D. Bradner and Mrs. John Haarman, jr. The following is the program for Castelar school: Patriotic airs, piano and victrola. Salute to flak by a small German girl, whose parents can barely epeak Eng lish, but have proven themselves pa triotic Americans. America." by pupi's ef the eighth grade. "Hats Off for the Flag Goes By," by pu pils from the seventh grade. Address by A. O. Elllck. 'Star - Spangled Banner," by the audience Uoy Scouts act as ushers. Trial of Accused Rooney Murderer Gets Under Way Louis R. Bostwick, Dr. Samuel Mc Cleneghen, Charles S. Rife and De tective Felix Dolan testified Wednes day morning in the trial of Samuel Stone, second of the alleged diamond robbers, on trial for the murder of Detective Frank Rooney. Bostwick identified pictures of the house at 3207 North Fourteenth ave nue. The coroner's physician gave his testimony as to the nature of Roon ey's wound and Mr. Rife related his story of notifying the police and of the alleged bandit's actions prior to and during the police battle. The novel situation which developed in the trial when Juror W. F. Peter son was called from the court room to his son's bedside is removed by the 'eturn of Mr. Peterson. It was feared for a time that Stone would be freed dirougli the discharging of the jury, this being necessary if only 11 jurors remained to continue the trial. Dis tj'ct judges say there is no precedent Jr the situation which conlronted 'UNION PACIFIC'S "NO WASTE" Campaign That Was Started Long Before U. S. Took Over Railroads Shows Results. SYSTEM SAVES THOUSANDS Long before the government took over the railroads. Union Pacific of ficials inaugurated a "no waste" cam paign that has since been carried on, thereby saving the company thou sands of dollars. The amount saved has not been figured out, but it will be made public in the annual fiscal statement that will be issued the last of June. The "no waste" plan in no wise im pairs the efficiency of the railroad, or the work of the employes. It simply plugs up the little holes and stops the leaks. As an illustration: Several months ago G. C. Smith, Union Pacific general storekeeper, concluded that he could save the com pany a good many thousand dollars each year if he would discontinue buying ink. of which there are several barrels used daily in the headquarters and in the offices along the lines of the system. Mr. Smith started his chemists at work and in a few days they were turning out great quantities of red and purple ink. It was a difficult matter to find a formula for lasting black ink, but the difficulty was solved by the manufacture of ink tablets. Now these are made in gross lots and sent out to all the offices. All that is necessary to get an excellent quality of black ink is to dissolve a tablet in cold water. Another big saving was brought about when Mr. Smith concluded that it was better to manufacture than to buy mucilage. Several months ago he ordered the company's chemical de partment to manufacture mucilage and daily ever since it has been turn ing out barrel lots, bottled and dis tributed, a The layman would laugh if he were told that money could be made by saving pencil stubs. However, the Union Pacific saves them and thereby adds a neat sum monthly to the com pany's revenue. The method of pav ing is this. Long pencils are used until they are worn down to about three inches in length. Then the stubs, are placed in neat metal holders and worn away until they are not more than an inch in length. This pencil saving will amount to sev eral thousand dollars this year and the plan is entered into enthusiasti cally bv all the employes. The saving of waste paper during the last six to 12 months has been a great revenue producer for the Union Pacific. Every night in the head quarters building and at every sta tion on the railroad system the waste paper baskets are emptied and the paper placed in containers. At each point on the system, when there is a sufficient quantity of the paper ac cumulated, it is baled. It all comes to the Omaha headquarters and when there are sufficient bales to fill a car, shipment is made to the paper mills. The sale of this paper during this fiscal year will bring in several thou sand dollars. Metcalfe Says Washington Looks Forward to Long War "The general feeling in Washington and the east generally, is that this is not going to be a short war. Of ficial Washington is looking forward to a long war," said R. L. Metcalfe, member of the Nebraska State Coun cil of Defense, on his return from Washington, where he has been in at tendance at some important meetings. "The first meeting we attended was the Americanization meeting called by Secretary of the Interior Lane. It was gratifyng to us cornhuskers to see the general meeting take the same view which had already been taken in Nebraska in regard to teaching German in the grade schools. "The second meeting we attended was the general defense meeting with Secretary of the Navy Daniels. The feeling has fast; gained ground that we must not be so lenient with those found guilty of treason. It is too much of a joke for any man to be able to commit the worst kind of an offense and to know all the time that the worst that will be done to him will be to be interned for the dura tion of the war." Captain Glidden Speaks In Front of Liberty Bank Captain Charles J. Glidden. signal corps officer, famous balloonist and traveler, spoke in front of the Lib erty loan bank at noon. The captain quoted in part the words of a dis tinguished American general return ing from the front, who said: "We need an American army of 5,000,000 men, an army of home defense. It matters not whether the battles are fought in France or America, they are for the defense of the homes of Omaha. Let us hope these battles may all be fought on foreign soil, but un less we supply the government with money and this promptly to main tain a vast army of men, these battles may have to be fought on this side of the Atlantic. Therefore, buy a Lib erty bond and buy it now." Railroad Live Stock Men Will Hold Their 01a Jobs Live stock agents of the western railroads are to continue in their po sitions, according to instructions re ceived at Omaha offices from Wash ington. The live stock men, however, are not to resume solicitation of busi ness, but only to continue to visit the cattle and sheep men, furnish infor mation on market conditions, ship ping directions and methods for im provement of the stock. Nebraska Railroad Men Operate Train in France Howard Kennedy, switchman in the Norfolk yards of the Northwest ern Railroad company, and Glen Willey, fireman on the Bonesteel branch, who went to France to en gage in railroad work in that coun try two years ago, are members of the same crew over there. Willey is conductor on one of the passenger trains and Kennedy is engineer. They write that the road is doing a big business, operating between two of the leading French cities and that they are not in the war zone. Marine Corps Accepts Certain Men of Draff Age Men of draft age will be accepted for enlistment in the United States marine corps if they obtain certifi cates from their local exemption boards stating they will not be called to fill the current quota. Twenty thousand additional ma rines are needed and recruiting for that branch of service is brisk. The Omaha station is at 210 South Six teenth street and is in charge of Ser geant Carpenter, a marine, who has seen both land and sea service. Thief Steals Stamp Machine From Confectionery Store A sneak thief snatched a stamo ma chine from the counter of the Rogers confectionery store, Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets, Tuesday night, in sight ot many people and escaped. The machine contained $3 worth of stamps and a small amount of change Several pedestrians pursued the thief, who outran them in the dark ness. Stock Damaged Slightly by Fire at Korsmeyer Company Fire, caused by defective wirinsr. did small damage to a large stock of electrical fixtures in the basement of the Korsmeyer Electric company, 209 South Eighteenth street, early Wed nesday mprning. Firemen extinguished the blare be fore further damage was done to ad joining store rooms. Thieves Make Big Daylight Haul in Downtown Room P. W. Cotcoran, Wyi North Fif teenth street, reported to the police that thieves entered his room Mon day afternoon and stole his suit case conaining $154 in money, a suit of clothes and other articles of clothing. Our Boys at the Front Our boys are distinguishing ; themselves by their cleanliness ! and jovial spirits while at the : t . ti i 1: - it. rM.n.- i liness is next to Godliness." It is an indisputable fact that people can keep healthy and well in no better way than by keeping their bodies clean, inside and out Many thousands of people are killed every year by allowing toxic poisons to accumulate within the body, and then they fall victims to fevers and all sorts of maladies with special names. The only way to keep thoroughly well is to drink plenty of water daily, bathe frequently, and take some good laxative like Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Cleanse the system inside as well as out side. These w Pellets" of Doctor Pierce's are made of May-apple, leaves of aloe and jalap. 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WOODWARD '301 Securities Bids.. Omaha, Neb. Store Hour: 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. SURGES EVERYBODY STORE" IPMl Buy A Many Liberty Bonds s PoaaibU. Wadnoaday, April 10, 1918. STORE NEWS FOR THURSDAY Phone Douglas 137 Extra Special Crepe De Chine Blouses Specially Reduced for Thursday to Two big tables are given over to this uncommon offering for Thursday. There's a seore or more of the newest spring style! from which to choose TOO much stress can not be brought to bear on the real bargain importance of this of fering. An opportunity to choose beautiful new blouses of a superior quality of crepe de chine at a big reduction from the original price. M 1 The style variety includes tuckings, pleating and hem stitching, as trimmings. The collars are flat, rolling or convertible. Long sleeves with smart cuffs. The colors are the newest spring shades, including flesh and maize, also white. There are all sizes in the offering. Some are slightly soiled, but greatly reduced, to $2.95. Burg sss-Nash Co. SocoimI Floor I TS a Good Time Now to Knit a New Spring Sweater. We are showing a complete line of colors in Fleish er's silk and wool Teazel yarn, knitting, worsted Shet land floss and vicuna. New models and books on knitting. Free lessons daily in all branches of kni Miner and Red Cross work by an ex- HLT perienced instructor, Mrs. G. Bolton, winner of Second, prize in Daily News Sweater contest, Steel Knitting Needles, 18c Set Five to set suitable for knitting oeks and helmets, best quality steel. All sizes.. 18c set. Sox Needles, at 25c Red, white and blue sock needles, four to sot. Special, 2Bc set. Knitting Needles, 29c Pair Amber, metal and white knitting needles, 14 inches long. Sizes five, four, seven, nine and ten. 29c pair. Shoe Bags, at 39c Four pocket shoe bags. Neatly made and bound in colored tape, pretty pat terns, 39c each. Burg sss-Naso Co. Third Floor M J 1 YOU'LL Appreciate These Corset Valuesr eatured for Thursday The result of some special merchandising efforts, and we give you the benefit of the saving advantages. Corsets Reduced to $3.85 Very special values in some of the well-known makes. Models of every, type. . Low, medium and topless corsets of fine coutil, and broche in pink and white; whale boned. Sizes 19 to 36 ; very special, at $3.85. Corsets Reduced to $2.00 White coutil corset with low bust, long skirt, free hip, reinforced abdomen, elastic back, three pairs supporters, double steel boried. Sizes 19 to 36. Spe cial, $2.00. Corsets Reduced to $1.50 Pink broche, low bust, long skirt, free hip, double steel boned, three pairs supporters. Sizes 19 to 30. Special, $1.50. BurfOM'NaiB Coy " Saeani Floor kj :it $ Burgess-Nasli Down Stairs Store DRETTY New Lingerie Waists Specially Priced Thursday at 98c Fresh, clean organdie and voile waists, tucked with lace and em broidery trimmed, shawl'and square collars, 98c. Silk Skirts, $6.50 Taffeta skirts in black and navy, jlaids and stripes. Pleated and chirred trimming, with ppekets and separate -belts. Very good value, $6.50. Burfsaa-Nash Co. Down Stairs Stort QMART New Trimmed Hats Featured for Thursday at $2.98 A very unusual selection of new trimmed hats, com prising the sample lines of several prominent martufar turers. . In fact, hats for everyone, and at a price that is uncom monly low. There's a style here to suit every fancy, and thlre is no doubt but you will find the hat best suited to you and at an extremely low price. Burftsa-Nssh Co. Down Stairs Start Home, Lawn arid Garden Necessities Specially Priced TAKE advantage of these special prices on necessities for the Rome, which you will need in preparing for the warm days to come. ' ' . Refrigerators, $19.50 Illinois refrigerators, 3-door, side-iceing type, white enam eled food chamber with 3 heavy retinned shelves. Automatic trap, outside made of ash, with 8 coats of varnish 'Solid brass hardware, ice capacity 60 lbs.t very special at $19.50. Garbage Cans, $2.25 Galvanized iron garbage cans with galvanized cover, 12-gallon size, at $2.25. Curtain Stretchers, 88c Adjustable curtain stretchers full size, nickle plated brass ping, extra special, at jf Varnish at 79c Quart can of varnish and varnish brush com plete, at 79c- mm Spading Forts, 79c Spading forks, 4 prongs, strapped D handle, special, at 79e. Burpee's Seeds, 2c Burpee's flower and vegetable needs are the best, seeds and they are specially priced Thurs day at 2c package. Garden Rakes, 29c 12-prong malleable iron gar den rake, long handle, priced at 29c each. Burfuss-Nuh Co. Down Stain Storo All-Steel Hose Reel Electric welded. Galvanized steel drum. Very strong; $2.69. Hose reels made of hard wood, natural finish; holds 100 feet hose. Special, $1.15. Step Ladders, $1.19 6-foot Norway pine step lad ders which are well made, at $1.19.. f . Window Boxes, 39c Wood window boxes, painted green and made very strong. Priced for Thursday at 39c. Li a