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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1918)
12 SOUTH SIDE G.A.R. VETERANS . TO HONOR DEAD . ON SOOTH SIDE Flowers and Automobiles to Be Furnished Old Soldiers; . Eagles to Hold Serv ices Sunday. Phil Kearney Post No. 2, Grand Army of t!ie Republic Women's Re lief cprps, old soldiers, Sons' of Vet trans an?l Spanish War Veterans will meet Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the home of Major J. W. Cross. 4427 South Twenty-third street, where flowers and automobiles will be furnished to enable all to visit the four South 'Side cemeteries and decorate the graves of departed com rades. ' At Laurel Hill cemetery the pro gram will be as follows: Post A, Woman's Relief corps, will meet at the grave of Comrade Samuel Dcu rfis at 10 o'clock, where the ritual service will be held; Rev. J. A. Greer of the United Presbyterian church i will offer prayer; Lincoln's Gettys burg address will be read by Alfred E. H. Thompson, Spanish war-vet-rran; reading, General John A Logan's order No. II, by V. A. Ag- ncw of the Sons" of Veterans; post .ritual seryice; Woman's RelieLcorps service to the unknown dead; national hymn; benediction and taps. ) Immediately following. the services visits will be made to St. Mary s. , German Catholic and Graceland Park : cemeteries. , Those desiring to donate flo'wers are requested to leave them at Major Cress home not later than VVcdncs day evening. ' Eagles' Service Sunday. The Kagles, South Omaha aerie No. 154, will hold Memorial services next Sunday afternoon at J o clock at Ragle home, Twenty-third and N streets. Rabbi Frederick Conn of Temple' Israel will deliver the prin cipal address. Rev. R. E. Wheeler Nril offer the opening prayer. ' Seat reservations will be made for relatives of deqeased members. The ' urogram follows: , Selection, orchestra; prayer, Rev. iVheeler; tenor solo, "The Lord Is My Light," H. W. Chrisiensen; open Ing ceremony, F. G. Mower; prayer, Chaplain John Martin; selection, 'or chestra; "Our Duty," L. L. Moesch ler, roll call, Secretary C. Christen en; soprano solo, "The Lord Is My Shepherd," Miss Eleanor" Alexander; iddress, Rabbi Frederick Cohn: selec tion, orchestra; closing ceremony, of ficers of South Omaha aerie No. 154; ''NearerMy God to Thee," by; the tudience. : John F. Buckley Pneumonia Victim in South Omaha "" John F. Buckley, 47 years old, died Tuesday evening of pneumonia at 320 ' "North Fifteenth street. He is suri vived by three sisters and a brother, Mrs. James R. Dunn, Mrs. Ida Mc Carthy, Mrs. Mike Brennan of Chi cago, sisters, and Michael O'Lough lin of South Side, brother. Funeral will be held Frilay morning at the residence of Michael O'Loutjhlin, 3609 Brtej Qily News Has Bool Mat It -New Beacon Preaa. Kia., Fans, $8, Burgess-Granden Co. Improvers to Meet A meeting of the United Improvement club wtll be held at the council chamber in the city hall at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Prudent saving In war times a hostage for opportunities of peace. Pipy sate by starting an account with Nebraska Savings & Loan Ass'n. 211 S. ISth St tl to $5.C0O received. Union Pacific Iunr The Union Pa cific Family War Service club will Klve a dance in the city auditorium Wednesday evening for the benefit of th Union Pacific employes with the colors. Auditorium for Colonel The city commission has granted the us of the Auditorium free for therneeting to be addressed on the night of June 8 by Theodore Koosevelt. The hall will be properly decorated for the occasion Kxtra Fare Dropiwd The circular notifying all railroad ticket offices that extra fares are taken off the overland Limited Union Pacific de luxe train were received at looai ticket omces Tuesday. The extra fare goes off on June 2. . Kxamlnation for Clerk An exam ination, for postofflce clerks and rural mail carriers will be held in omanu June. 8. Many vacancies have oc curred in tr.ls branch of the service since the outbreak of the war and it Is proaosed to .employ as many women In the rural service as can be secured. Sun Kt'llnsc Map The Union Pa cific railroad has Issued a man show ing the path of the eclipse of the, sun June 8. The line where it will be total extends from southeastern to north western United States and includes Denver, Pocatello, Idaho, and Port land, Ore. The sun will be about four-fifths eclipsed in Omaha. The eclipse occurs in the evening about 6:30 o clock. Fine fireplace icods at Sunderland South Twenty-fifth street, South Side, to St. Bridgets church, and burial at Holy SepulCher. Cudahy Packing Plant to . Build $150,000 Addition A new seven-story refrigerating and storage plant, 50 by 100 feet in ground dimensions, and costing $150, 000, will be built as an addition to the Cudahy packing plant in the near future, according to Manager M. R. Murphy. The contract has been let to the William Adams Construction com pany, Chicago, in a competitive bid. Excavation will begin as soon as ma teria! can be obtained for the con struction of a spar track, which will be used to remove the dirt from the site. ' ' The new electrically driven ice ma chines, with a capacity of 600 tons, and cfc,ting $100,000, are now in course of construction. Omaha Traders' Exchange . Calls Meeting for Wednesday " A special meeting of the Omaha Traders' exchange will be held in Exchange hall Wednesday at 11 o'clock. All members are requested to attend. Homer L. Van Amburgh, who has resigned his position as secretary to Everett Buckingham, vice president and general manager of the Union Stock Yards company, to enter train ing at the Great Lakes naval training station, was presented with a gold radiolite1 wrist watch by fellow em ployes Tuesday. Women Aid Base Hospital. ifesdames Blaine Young, Hardin Bean, Maynard Schwartz, Fred Ham ilton and Miss Helen Bixby visited the Stock Exchange building Tues day afternoon and sold a large num ber of tickets entitling the purchaser JERKY HOWABD, ON JOB, SQUELCHED BY MAYOR SMITH Jerry Howard, always on the job, was squelshed in his effort to address council meeting Tuesday. He had addressed a communication to that body asking that action be token to abolish the postage charge of 3 cents to carry letters from Florence to Umaha. He criticised the Postal department and the con gressionial delegation from Nebraska and Douglas county in - hts com munication. Jerry contended that as Florence was a part of Omaha a letter mailed at Florence should be delivered to any part of the cify at the 2-ccnt rate. "He has no right to address the council in sucji language," said the mayor, "and he has no right at this tinue to criticise the government. We shall have a motto placed in this council chamber forbidding anyone to criticise the government in time of war. Howard arose from his scat and at tempted a reply. "Sit down," was the mayor's per emptory orders. "We do not want any expression from you, Jerry." to a chance to obtain a Chalmers automobile, donated by Mrs. H. H. Ifarpcr to be sold for the benefit of the Nebraska base hospital fund. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Midlam To Sail for San Paulo Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Midlam. 1542 South Twenty-eighth street, will sail from New York June 1 for San Faulo. Brazil, where Mr. Mfdlam has been appointed manager of the Ar mour interests in that city. He re cently resigned his position as super intendent of the Armour plant here, with which he has been connected for several years. They will sail on the same boat with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Said, who after a two weeks' visit -on the South Side, are returning to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Mr. Said Jias been stationed for the last three years as manager of the Armour plant. Mr. Said was formerly connected with the accounting .departmen: of Armour & Co. in Omaha. Demonstrates War Bread. Miss Inez Flynn, Bellevue, will give a demonstration of a delicious war bread made from a recipe of her own invention, at her father's store, Twenty-fourth and N streets, Wednesday afternoon and evening. Samples of the bread will be baked and eiven away with copies of the recipe. MY TIRED FEET ACHED FOR "TIZ" Let your sore, swollen, aching feet spread out in a bath 1 of "Tiz."' Comfortable, Good Looking Oxfords Your summer oxfords must be styl ish and feel good on your feet; they must wear well' and look neat until they're worn out. There's a style for you : among the many summer oxfords we're showing. We've pro vided for every style of foot; you'll ; get quality, style and comfort in the ' shoes you choose here. Specially Priced from $5.00 up roiTo Passemigeir Tiraomi Ih'aoDges .' Effective June 2d, 1918 TRA1N NO. 20: For Kansas City, will leave Omaha earlier; at 8:50 a. m., instead of 9:05 a. m. a TRAIN' NO! 22: For Kansas City, will leave Omaha earlier ; at 10:45 p. m., instead of 11:25 p. m.; ' A TRAIN NO. 7: Afternoon train for Lincoln, will leave Omaha ' ; earlier; at 1:20 p. m., instead of 1:50 p. m. ( TRAIN NO. 41: For the Northwest, Black Hills, Sheridan, Montana, etc., will leave Omaha at 4:20 p. m. TRAIN NO. 3: For Denver and Colorado, will leave Omaha at 4:25 p.- m. TRAIN NO. 42: From the Northwest, will arrive Omaha at 2:50 p. m. , . ' . : TRAIN. NO. S: From Chicago, will arrive .-Omaha at 9 a. ml - ! u0lt.il TICKET OFFICE, 16TH AND FARNAM Phones: Doug. 1238 and Doug. 3580. 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Sjype other cities, in cluding Chicago, suspended publica tion of a new directory this year be cause of high cost of materials and labor. Publishers of the Omaha book state that there have been more changes during the last year in Oma ha people's addresses than in those of any other American city. The new directory contains 1,486 pages, 150 more than the 1917 di rectory. Industrial Agent D. E. King Of Missouri Pacific Dies Dan E. King, industrial commis sioner for the Missouri Pacific, died Mondav at his home in St. Louis, fol lowing a short illness. Mr. King was 70 years old. He had been with the Missouri Pacific tor many years ana at one time was company contracting freight agent, with headquarters in Omaha He va a brother of Ben Kinir. formerly on The Bee editorial department. Divorced Couple Decides To Try Married Lfe Again Aflur lum mnntli nf "sincrlp bless edness," Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spam pinata, 315 North Seventeenth street, decided Monday to again enter the mnre even tenure, of married life and applied for a marriage license. The couple was divorced in Iowa two months ago. AT THE THEATERS In the Silent Drama. Strand Charles Ray will hold forth at this theater starting today and continuing lor the balance of the week In "The p'amlly Skeleton." which promises to be one of his best photoplays. The story Is a humorous aocount of the struggle of a young mil lionaire against an Imaginary Inherited t.bit, and the manner in which his chorus girl sweetheart proves to him the habit (an be overcome. A typical Strand remedy and the JStrand Fathe News of current events completes the bill. Sun Douglas Fairbanks in "American Aristocracy" starts out as a bug hunter oniy to fall in love with the daughter of a mil Ponare who passes him the bug of love when she kisses him, she having vowed to kiss the first real man 'she meets. From that moment on Fairbanks and the villain of the play have a thrilling scries of adven tures in the battle for the girl. He wins the girl and applause from tha audience at the end of a whirlwind chase in a hydro plane. The part of the heroine is piayed by Jewel Carmen. Muse Photoplays which afford such un deniable satisfaction as "C'onfesslon." feat uring Jewel Carmen, the attraction here ir loaay oniy. are tne exception rather than the rule and Is one of the best offer ings at the Muse for some lime. Charlie Chaplin in "Easy Street" wtil also be shown. pear In the select production "The House of Glass" today, a comedy drama played with-skill by tha actress and her company. The story of modern life told la forceful and holding tense Interest to the last. Lothrop Mary Pickford In her first play Ir.g of a dual role, appears In "Stella Maris." Ftrfectly produced the play shows the actress and Invalid daughter of the rich and a poor slavey on the same screen. "Stel la Maris" shows one day only. Suburban Alice Brady In "The Knife," playing today only, has tackled a sociological problem of whether or not criminal tendencies can be cured by the use ot the operating knife. It Is a good play and interesting to the layman as the plot unfolds what can be accomplished for de fectives by scientific treatment, and the happiness that can result when success Is finally obtained. 800 11.100 3.900 Security 44.600 'ST1, 1.500 16 NEW YORK STOCKS." Kmpress Daniel Roach and James Mc Curdy, Impersonators of rural characters, tell of the trials and tribulations of an old "rubo" and his eon becoming Infatuated with circus life. Headlining the new bill which starts tomorrow is the "Golden Troupe," a singing and dancing spectacle. Charlie Chaplin In "Hts New Job" will he shown for Iho last times today. Virginia IVarson in "The "Firebrand" will also be K'en for the last times today at the Empress. Hipp In "American Puds" the two little slars, Jano and Katherinc Lee. are shown i i a play of American patrioiism, but not even their respect for this can keep them frcm upsettintr an orphan asylum and an r.rmy post with a series of mischievous tricks, .lane solves the mystery of an Aus trian spy. in the American army and the rightful rarent nf the two orphans is found by the same discovery. Industrials and Specialties Under Treasure; Rails Strong; Prices Rally Sharply. New York. May 28. The strength of rails ! and renewal of pressure against industrials and specialties were the sharply defined features of today's active but unstable Block market. These divergent movements were regarded as the direct result of such recent develop ments as the railroad rate increase and the government's proposed taxation program, the latter bearing most heavily upon war shares and kindred Issues. Over all, however, hung the foreign situ ation, bulletins from the western battle front contributing to the scattered liquidation and giving further encouragement to the short Interests. Selling was at Its height just before noon, when steels, equipments and speculative Is sues as a whole reacted 2 to 6 points, Su matra Tobacco making a sheer descent, of almost It points. On the Increased activity of the last hour prices rallied sharply. In some Instances showing actual gains as against the severe reversals of the forenoon. United Slates Steel closed'. -it a loss of a nominal fraction, Sumatra made up the greater part of its loss and rails were at their best. Number of sales and quotations on leading Baltimore ft Ohio. Butce &J5up. Cop. CaL .Petroleum .... Canadian Pacific. Central Leather... Chesapeake & Ohio C, M. & St. Paul. C, R. I. ft P. ctfs Chlno Copper Colo. Fuel & Iron. 1M00 Corn Prod. Refng.. ,700 Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Distillers' Erie General Electric... General Motors.... CU. Northern pfd.. G. N. Ore ctfs.... Illinois Central.... Inspiration Copper. Int. M. M. pfd.... Inter. Nlchel Inter. Paper K, .C. Southern. . . . Kennecott Copper. Louis. & Nash Maxwell Motors... Mex. Petroleum. . . . Miami Copper Missouri Pacific... Montana Power... Nevada Copper.... N. Y. Central 5,600 N. Y.. K. H. & H. 87,400 Norfolk & West.. Northern Pacific. Pacific Mall Pacific Tel. & Tel Pennsylvania 1,400 Pittsburgh Coal... S00 Ray Con. Copper. r i,700 Reading 60,000 Rep. Iron & Steel. 16,800 Sflat Ariz. .Cop Southern, raclfic... Southern Railway.. Studebaker Corp... 1.09A ti 64 tl 1.100 :ih :ot 2ii 400 17 . 16 ,164 2.109 146 1444 US 1,600 Si , 63 & 64 700 68 '4 3.700 v44tt 700 tl 47- 40 '4 30 it 80 40 . . 44 ' is 60 29 64'i 15 1743 43U 21 ? 40 19 V 61 2 :9w 16 , 2.100 145 1424s 145 4,300 118 116ia jns 4( 6,100 7,000 41,000 1,100 3,200 1.100 3,000 6.400 900 3,100 "'200 89 't 30 '48 96 27 36 It 9!4 27 , 19 72 45 V, 89 30 47 24 27Vi 33 17 31H io4 37 ii i 71 41 89 10 0J 41 13 . 27 34 17V, 31 114 25;. 91--37 22 66 73 200 103 103 103 600 700 85 30 ' 50 24 87 83 85 29 ' 48 23 85 81 85 29 20 - 43 49 23 86 81 16 84 23 Hamilton Clara Kimball Young will ap- stock: Am. Beet Sugar.. American Can Am. Car & Fndry. Amer. Locomotive Amer. S. & Refng. Amer. Sugar Refng Amer. Tel. & Tel. Amer. Z., Lead & S Anaconda Copper.. Atchison A. G. & W. I. S. I.. Sales. High. 8,300 3,400 2,400 4,600 4Si 75 63 'i 74 Closlni Low. .lid. 71 i 2.100 84 83 2,900 23 22 5.900 40 38 Texas Co 4.200 145 142 144 Union Pacific 7.100 121 120 121 -, u. s. ina. Aiconoi. s.auu izjs iisvs hv 252,100 104 102 103 1.300 110 109 109' n.nA noli ow f 28 000 9014 S9U S9U V 2.900 41 40li 40K .. U. S. Steel U. S. Steel pfd... Utah Copper Wabash pfd. "B" Western Union... Wcfitingh. Electric Total sales for the day, 950,000 shares. 42 74 62 . 73 43 75 2 44 600 111 110 111 1,600 99 97 98 600 15- 15 16 17.900 62 sn;ju 300 85 84 Sl 2,000 105U 103 104 I.ondon Money. London, May 28. Money 2 per cent. Discount Rates Short bills, 3 per cent three months' bills, 39-16 per cent. Silver Bar, 4Sd per ounce. Xew York Sugar. New York, May 28. Sugar, raw, market.' nicauy, ceuu uubm, o.uou, 11110 Bianuiaiauc 7.45c. 1 li!g!L ffeyiw I Le. -s b M-e .1 i IT TH l tor n A Size very r urpose Adaptability to owners' requirements is the first thing to make sure of in purchasing tracks. That is why Kissel builds his trucks in a range of sizes that insures meeting transportation require ments in a made to order fashion. 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