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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1918)
" V I:. f " t ". I. THE OMAHA SSUNli AY BEE: JUNE 2, i918. '4 .A ' : ' : ; : ' - . . 9 foointi eceuoied by the IS. PRISONERS TREATED BADLY IN GERMAN CAMP Americans Deprived o Their Clothing and Shoes; Are Hun . tjry and HI, and Live in Damp Huts. (By AuorUtMl Frtu.) With the American Army in ' France, June 1. A Russian prisoner yho recently returned from Germany hit made a statement at Moscow Which is now available here, to the ef fect that he saw American prisoners bf war ia a camp at Tuchel, West v Prussia, and that they asked him to let it be known that they were being treated brutally. The prisoners said ithey were hungry and penniless, When the Americans arrived at 'the camp, according to this account, the Germans removed all their clothes. They were particularly anxious to have the Americans' ahoes. They told the prisoners they should not wear expensive clothing nd shoes while working and that fcheir property would be taken care jpf until their return to America. The Russian said, however, that everyone knows what that means. Americans Go Hungry. The Russian said that t ipht Ameri cans who were captured several months asto reached the camp-'st mid day and being very hungry, asked for bread. They wer told bread was distributed onlv in the morning. They were placed in a hut with Russians fcfter being forced to stand in the gquare, where Germans were given fcn ODDortunitv to insult them. The huts in which the Americans sire living, the Russian said, are damp, cold and unfit for habitation. Sdms of the Americans became ill. Two fcf them were in a hospital, had an Spportunity there to talk with the :ussian and it was through them that he had obtained information on which bis statement is based, BUTLER TO ASK FOR VOTE UPON . ; HIS REDUCTION City-Commissioner Butler intends fo proceed this week with the eir Jetilation of referendum petitions to prevent the enforcement of. an ordr , hance to reduce his department to a iere street sweeping proposition. He announced that he has beM bromlsed moral and financial support and will engage legal assistance to ring this matter before the people. Commissioners Towl, Ringer. Zrnt. nan and Ure voted for the ordinance te relieve Butler of the asphalt re bah work and crosswalk and side walk repairing- This action was tak tn Friday morning, after assignments kf depr'iments had been agreed on .. Jand an ordinance had been prepared (accordingly. Commissioner Towl had . lha support of three commissioners fit amending the ordinance. Mayor Smith and Commissioner Falconer tyere with Butler. Commissioner Towl, head of the fpublic improvements department. Itated that a proper coordination of Jthe atreet repair department with his jgepartment would save $10,000 a year. tThe commissioners who voted to re. ' sieve Mr. Butler of the street repair work suggested that some other Jwork might be assigned to the super Intendent of the street department to offset the reduction. Mr. Butler says he will obtain 4. PC3 flgnaturts on referendum peti tions,1 although 2,000 are sufficient to pvoke the referendum. Dowlas Oil Co. Buys Corner on South Side William J. Sellner has sold to L. V, JJicholaa Oil company two lots, J20x (153 feet, at Twenty-fourth and ;H jstreets, South Side. A filling station "ill be erected on this comer at once, : (The sale was made through J H. Du. nont ft Co. German War Craft Reported Assembling In Helgoland Bight Copenhagen, June 1. Fishermen returning from the North Sea, ac cording to the Stifts-Tidende, re port an unusual assemblage of German war craft in Helgoland Bight. The fishermen also say there is unusual reconnaissance activity by German vessels well up the Jutland coast. OMAHAN IN RACE FOR INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Ed Wolverton Aspires to Presi dency of $200,000 Club; Vic tory May Swing Big Convention Here. Ed Wolverton, 2004 Wirt street, is in the race to write more life iniur ance than any other man in the world during the year ending June 30, 1918. Up to date he has written more d .'Wolverton than $1,000,000 and he expects to bring this to $2,000,000 by midnight of June 30, when the annua! contest closes. At present one other agent is shead of him, but Wolverton says he expects to overtake and pass him if he "lands" what he has in sight. If he w ins he becomes president of the $200,000 club, an organization of New York Life Insurance company agents, who write more than $200,000 insurance in any one-year. He has qualified for membership in the club every year since 1905, but this Is the ursi iime ne nas gone aner me presidency The city where the president of the club lives stands a very good chance of getting the international conven tion, at which members are present from every state in the union and from every civilized country. Last year 290 members were present and, with their families, they brought the attendance to more than 600. Some? times attendance runs up to 1,000. Wolverton is "on the job" day and night, In spite of this he finds time for church and charitable work and he did much in the Red Cross and Liberty loan drive. American Can Company Sues For Alleged Unpaid Bit! uit to recover $10,333.45 alleged to be due the American Can Co. from the United States Spot Ground cor poration and Joseph E. Rosenfeld, ss president, was started in district court Saturday. The American Can Co. alleges in its petition that ship ments of plain mttal discs, number ing approximately 2,500,000, were or dered and delivered to the defend ants by a subsidiary firm, the Charles W. Shock Co., which has been tekn over by the plaintiffs, and that th Dili iar inc ojsci 11 sua unpaid. Wares Down Stairs Sold on Terns ' - JOT cei yu Tim Mo&em Electric auhdryPlant stAlled In your home solves the laundry prob lem so completely and bo economically that help )ecomes unnecessary. Ha Voss Electric Washer not only does all the washine and wringing from one tub to another and finally to the clothes basket, but it entirely eliminates the lifting of vater : in fact, it does everything but hang out the -clothes, sd all this in so short a time as not to encroach on the 1 VaguUr roqtine of your household. f . A Woman Saves Herself en aha buys ft "Voss" and she saves exnenas been- ."'xa antira waihinv of tha avpracn hnma ,in ha mrrnm. -ylishsd for half the price of a bar of soap. Tfce First Cost of This Laundry Plant ' a.,s very small and can be made in easy payments. fcL-CONSTP.ATION MACHINE IN OUR DOWNSTAIRS DEPT. Orchard &Wilhelm Co. P4-16-18S. 16th St Omaha, Neb. I France Far From 'Struck to Knees, Omaha Boy Writes From Abroad W. P. Darland, member of ambu lance corps No. 16, American ex peditionary force in France, has writ ten his psrents, Mr. and Mrs. John Darland, 1716 North Twenty-eighth street, from the war fields that France, far from being "struck to her knees" by the horrors and hardships of war, is in the main still a beautiful, peaceful country. "While it is very true they are tired of the war," young Darland writes of the French, "they are in it like us in it to the end above all determined to win. He compares some sections of France to "one vast and beautiful park," giving the impression of a time of peace rather than war. But above all he emphasizes the grim determination visible everywhere he has been among the French to obtain an honorable peace after victory, Darland went to France with the troops from Camp Funston. ff- h-fp'X m r ' i f J-- & ''''' by American points occupied troops. The shooting down of another hos tile airplane is reported. Washington, June 1. American volunteers and technical detachments yesterday blew up 328 enemy dugouts and a bridge, killing and wounding more than 20 of the enemy, says an addition to General Pershing'a com munique of yesterday, received today. Benton Funeral Tuesday. The funeral of Lieutenant Charles Edwin Benton, who was killed in ar. auto accident at Gettysburg, Pa., Fri day, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from 809 Fourth avenue. The funeral will be military, with Rev. E. H. Jenks of Omaha official, ing. Burial will be in Fairview eemetery. Navy Recruits to Picnic On Court House Ground? A navy picnic will be given Mdn day for young men who have enlisted in the navy. The affair will'be undei the auspices of the Red Cross and will be held at noon on the court house lawn. ' ' Mayor Smith will give a abort patriotic speech. j 1. 1: i.t'ifffi jf,fi;i!!i!iiiiiiiTiinii:iiirinfi!i'ii!'i!'ii:iMiitini'ii Phone Tyler 3000 M.:iniHsni;ii.iuiiii!.i.ii:ii.i"i..iiiiHiH.ui..iMiMii.iiswir. i i I RAILWAY SHOPMEN AGREE TO RETURN TO tyOBK AT ONCE BACK U. S. TROOPS Rock Island, 111., June 1. After a conference with representatives of the railroad administration in Rock Island, union representatives of the Silvis shopmen of the Rock Island rosd .agreed that the men would re turn to work immediately, pending adjustment of the wage differences pver which 2,000 men walked out. GERMANS ABANDON ATTEMPT TO DRIVE Washington, June 1. After several repulses the Germans apparently have abandoned, temporarily, at least, their efforts to retake the ground captured by the Americans at Cantigny. General Pershing's communique for today, issued tonight at the War de partment, said the day was quiet at all Here If Is Mickls Start f f Another St vieirola ? This time it's on Style I Z )q r I "IV" selling at $22.5d f 1 f rTtrVp fVW 1 around entertainers II fin ft J A 1 II f ever 8et tefwe the ! Ill I I ll 1 l U I M LJ pleasure-loving Ameri. . sll 1 1 k-ar can public. OjD 552i Remember, it's a true I 1 r7i5T5l3n "VICTOR" Victrola sy throush and through. i Join Mickel's Latest ; FicWa CImEd This is Victor-Viotrola No. "IV." selling wSm , at $22.50. WWi This Is the Easy "Club" Plan. Jlnt Pynxl 8ernth Parment TWrtnth Psm't Nineteenth rural S5 75 81.00 81.25 eeoad raroua Ki(hth raynient roortwith Paym't Twentieth Rarm't SO 75 81.00 8 81.25 IMrd Payment Vtnth Fanneat ruteenth Payment Ut Payment 50t 75 81.00 81.25 Poavth Payment Tenth Perineal (Sixteenth Payment ttd Payment 50 75t 81.00 81.50 ftfth Payment Klerenth Payment scTentcenlh Pay't tSd Payment 50 81.00 81.00 81.50 - Ststh Payment Twelfth Payment Eiahteenth Paymt 'h Payment 75 $1.00 81.25 81.50 Total of Payments, $22.50. Here Is the Only "Club" Requirement, Aside From the First 25c Paid Down. The only requirement will be that you purchase for CASE, at least four (4) double-faced, 10-inch Victor Rec ords, selling at 85c each, the total being $3.40 (Remember, tha Victrola will be delivered to you or sent to your home tha moment you make your first 25c payment and pur-, chase the four Victor Records in question.) Corner 15ih aad Baraey in&9 0 . aim And 834 Broadway, Cetcci! B'cC. Z. 414-416-418 South 16th Street ' "Fair and Warmer Get a Hammock For Porch or Lawn, complete with stand ard, smart sunshade and pillowsa de. lightful retreat ideally cool and restful. The coverings are not only durable, but very attractive. Hammocks at 812.75 $16.00 $19.50 823.50 820.00 830.00 and 833.00 Standards at 80.50 87.50 and 88.50 Sun Shades at 89 50 and 811.501 Pillows at 82.00 and 83.50 Fiber Porch Swings Substantially built and finished in an attractive shade of brown, in four, five and six-foot lengths, complete with chains ready to hang 812.00 814.00 816.00 818.00 820.00 822.00 Porch Suite in Fumed Chestnut Well finished, strongly built and very c6mfortable. Afi illustrated Chair or Rocker $7.56 Table . . $11.00 Settee ......$12.00 Swings of hardwood and fumed oak, built for hard usage. $7.00 $8.00 $9.00 $12.00 $15.00 $22.00 I i M -. ...I ii .1, i., i Also made in Natural Maple, Chair or Rocker 86.50 Among' Numerous Special Items' at Special Prices Assembled on our Street Floor. $18 00 Old Ivory Read Arm Chair. . . .812.25 $15.00 Old Ivory Reed Arm Chair. . . .810.00 $45.00 Mahogany Arm Chair, in blue velour '. 830.00 $65.00 Mahogany Storage Chest 847.00 $05.00 Queen Anna Bed, in American walnut 848.00 $150.00 Mahogany Napoleon Bed. .. 865.00 ' And many other equally interesting values. $60.00 Mahogany Triple Mirror Dressing Table 843.00 $45.00 Old Ivory Chiffonette - 832.00 $39.50 Old Ivory Bed to match 830.00 $35.00 Poster Bed, size 822.50 $13.00 Mahogany Rocker or Chair, with damask spring seat 810.00 $55.00 Enameled Chaise Lounge S30.00 Summer cooking shouldn't cook the cook. Getting dinner ready in July is just as comfortable as in November if you use a Florence Oil Cook Stove The heat goes into the cooking, not into the kitchen. It does your work well and ,reJiably, and keeps you. comfortable. It requires lees watching and regulating than a coal $tove. You can keep one or four burners at an intensely hot or merely aimmering flame. Come in and let ua chow you how these Florence Au tomatic Stovea work, how simple and reliable. No wicks to burn out. No valves to leak. Once started, each burner will keep going at th same power until you turn it out. Prices- With 2 burners 816.50 2 burners and high shelf, 818.00 With 3 burners 520.00 S burners and high shelf, 827.50 With 4 burners 827.50 4 burners and high shelf, 830.00 ' 1 6IFT SHOr Good Values In Lamp Standards Really wall finished in dark mahogany. Substantial and heavy construction. Wired for two lights In buying rugs great care must be taken to get those that harmonize with each other, with the curtains and the furniture in the room. For that reason it is always advisable to buy where the selection is largest where there are many to choose from. And it's the very reason why you should coirie here-,- you will find a very large stock of all sizes and U quali ties representing the best values to be had and you'll also find a painstaking rug service to assist you In select ing the proper patterns and colorings. 8.3x10-9 Brussels Rugs 821.50 9 xl2 Brussels Rugs 824.50 8,3x10-6 Velvet Rugs. .835.00 9 x!2 Velvet Rugs . 840.00 8.3x10-6 Axminsters . .828.50 9 x!2 Axminsters . .831.50 8-3x10-6 Wiltons . . -. . .860.00 9 13 Wiltons 868.00 8-310-6 Jlartford-Sax- onys l. 895.00 9 Hartford-Sax- enys 8100.00 $ 1000 Shades in a charming shad of rose, all silk 88.00 Others in mulberry, , Hut, rose and gold, at. .812.00 Stock limited. Shop early. Charming Cretonnes SiluliiliiluliiliiliilMliiliiiiilulu(uttliiliiliiliiliilii4iiiiiliiliiliil Almost any room can be successfully treated with cretonne this year; fashion says so. There is a pattern for almost every purpose and the ideas are so new that perhaps yoij wonder why. The fact ii the European mar kets being practically closed the odd corners of the earth have been searched for designs and color schemes that will harmonize and please. And so we have Egyptian de lig'ns, Japanese, Chinese and Indian creations in a variety that enables us to get "just the thing" our room most ' needs. Colors are fearless and designs are daring but well done. ,.; Pric 65 25$ Sl,Ga sl.45 and Up. - , Orchard & Wilhelm Co. aju una na:iajii tntaiiaiiauai iBuaiiaiMuaitajiumuiui 1,