THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918.
SOUTH SIDE
sine give
LUNCIIE0NT0150
OMAHA CITIZENS
"Get Together" Meeting-Pre-,
sided Over by H. 0. Wilhelm,
f.Whb Welcomes Chamber
j of Commerce Members.
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' One hundred nd fifty members of
the Omaha Chamber 'of Commerce
Were guests at a luncheon given ,by
So'uth Side stockmen in the exchange
' fining hall Frnday noon. ;
vja. O. Wilhelm, chairman of the
good fellowship committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided as
toastmaster. Other speakers were
Everett Buckingham, John W. Gam
ble, W. B. Tagg, James H. Bulla,
Bruce McCulloch, E. H. Benner,
Pean Ringer and W. B. Cheek.
' Music was furnished by the Con-
' eordia quartet, composed of Messrs.
Wallace, Smith, William; and Ach
moody. ' " "
The luncheon was a "get together"
' bft'air, with the object of affording the
"uptown" business men a more inti
mate acquaintance with the big in
dustrial enterprises of the South Side.
This was' the first of a series of
visits which the good fellowship com
mittee Villfcnake to other towns in
t the interests of "Growing Omaha."
New Reading Lists Prepared :
- f For South Side Pupils
New reading lists for pupils of the
third and fourth grades of the public
schools have been prepared at the
South Side public library. The books
flow ready for circulation are: Third
grade,. ..- "Fables," ' Aesop; "Fairy
" Tales," Anderson; "Seven Little Sis
ters," Andrews; "Fifty Famous
StSries Retold," Baldwin? "Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland," Dodg
sin; "With Trumpet and Drum,"
Field; "Household and Fairy Tales,"
Grimm: "Cat Stories," Jackson;
1 "Blue Fairy Book," Lang; "Mother
Goose Nursery Ryhmes;" "Cave
Twins," Perkins; "Toto's Merry Win
ter," Richards; "Kins of the Golden
River," Ruskin; "Book of Folk
Stories," Soudder; "Child's Garden of
Verses," Stevenson; "Story Hour,"
yViggin.' ;
"Fourth grade: "Stories Mother
Nature Told Hr Children," And
rews; "ArabianNights; "Four Great
-Americans," Baldwin; "Juan ' and
Juanita," Baylor; "Sara Crew," Bur
nett; "Book of Electricity," Collins;
'Another Brownie Book," Cox; "Little-
Lame, JPrince," Craikf "Nights
With Uncle Remus' Harris; "Water
Babies," Kingsley; jungle Book"
and "Just So Stories," Kipling;
"Green Fairy Book," Lang; "Boy's
Life of Abraham Lincoln," Nicolay;
"Hollow Tree and Deep Woods
Book," Paine; "Little Star fGazers,"
Schwartz. . . V - f -
South Exemption Board
V ':.'.. , . Asks for Mechanics
Local exemption board No. 2 of the
South Side has issued a call for 45
. grammar grade registrants in Class Al
. who , have some knowledge of me
chanics or radio to enlist for two
months' training in the university at
Lincoln, commencing Julie IS.
' The training is free, and those that
do not apply will be 'drafted the fol
lowing, week. ... f
South Side Brevities
t Mrs. Mry B. Moore of New York U vis
iting at the home of her brother, ,G. H.
Brewer. .
Funeral services for Harry ' J. Luti, 2
fears old, who died at his home In Ralston
Thursday night, will be held at Brewer's
ohael Btinday afternoon at . 2 o'clock. Th
. tiody will be taken by automobile to
Plattsnjrouth, the young man's former home,
for Interment. . -
- The Security State bank has ' purchased
the Joseph Koutsky property. 4837 South
' . Twenty-fourth street, and will move to Us
new location as soon as extensive remodel
ing can be completed. The remodeling will
begin within a short time, but the build
ing wll not be ready for occupancy before
, fall, bank officials said, I .
TWO IN SHACKLES
, FOE DISLOYALTY
BBOUGHT TO CITY
Two men were brought here from
Falls City, Neb., in shackles Friday
night to face federal charges of di$-
Ioyaltyv Earnest Schmehel, alleged
pro-German, stoutly contended o
, Chief Eberstein of the Department vf
Justice; to whom thermen were turned
-over, that "the United States had no
business to enter this- war." ' . . -
.. As. be was led into his cell at the
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cuuniy .jaunc saia: uermany win
win this war." ,.. , . ,
Thomas Grist, member of the In
', Justrial Workers of the World, is
- charged with being a glaker. ... i
-.. Urtnnn R-irlnoo onrl
Conferred at School for Deaf
A program of exercises axjd enter
- tainments was- given' last night at the
closing of the semester at the Ne
braska School for the Deaf. Nine
Mother Goose rhymes were given,
with one person acting and another
"speaking. An exercise in manual
alphabet reading was given by Mrs.
' Blankenship's class, intermediate
arithmetic exercises were performed
by Miss Sherwood's class, and inter
,. ' -nediate geography exercises .were re
rited by Miss Ruth Wyckoff's class.
Badges were- conferred upon the
following Whose names appear on the
team donor roll:., ;..
Edith Anderson, Albert Barber,
Victor-Beran, Viola Bilger, Cecelia
Birk; Julia Commeridella. Viola Cor
nel!, Aflnie Cunningham, Henry Dietz,
Viviait' Epley, Rosa Gammon, Neva
Jackson Mine Jensen, Miriam Lisy.
Thomas Petersen. John Reed. Minnie
Rentsehler, Hilda Rundstrom'.jFlor
ince Sessler, Katherine SIocumAnnie
- Suhr. '. : , -, ," ' , ;. '
, The 'school letters r were conferred
Albett Krohri, Joe Kalina, William
' Koitsch, Greely Terpenriing, Arthur
Cox. Albert Johnson, Harry Christen,-
s n Beniite Jelehoy, Alvin Kennedy.
BeftAYant Ads Produce Results.
Bnej City News
Have Root l"rlnl It-Ntu Beseon Press.
Elec Fans. $8. Burgesa-Oranden Co.
City Fireman Divorced William
D. Kierstead, city fireman, was grant
ed a divorce by Judge O. A. Day in
district court Thursday from Lena
Klerstead on grounds of cruelty. ,.v
Prudent aavlng in wax time in a
hostaga for opportunities of po&ce.
Play safe) by starting an account with
Nebraska Savings ft Loan Ass'n. Sll
& 18th St- II to 15.000 received.
Returns to Omaha Fred Phllpot,
Omaha boy, who for the last three
years has been traveling passenger
agent for the Union ; Pacific, with
headquarters in Cincinnati, has re
turned to Omaha. '
Orders Vaccination Health Com
mtssloner Hannlnar has ordered gen
eral vaccination among pupils of
Webster school, where five children
were stricken with smallpox.
Man Fined $100 for Obscene Letter
J. R. Montgomery of Missouri en
tered a plea of guilty in United States
court Friday morning to the charge
of sending an obscene letter through
the mails. He . was fined (100 by
Judge ,Woodrough. ,
Enlisfe In "Tanks" John J. Dineen,
insurance man, has enlisted in the
United States "tank" service and will,
eave Omaha soon for instruction at
Gettysburg, Pa. He is 39 years old.
While her husband is "rolling through
Germany" Mrs..Dlpeen will make her
home with her parents in Lincoln.
' Wife Seeks Divorce Gertrude
Thurber asks divorce from Bruce
Thurber, 2120 Emmet street, in a pe
tition filed in district court Friday.
The couple was married in Omaha on
February 21, 1918. She alleges that
Bruce, who is an employe of the Un
ion Pacific railroad, receives a salary
of 1125 a montn, but refuses to sup
port her and that he Insisted that.ehe
earn her own living.
Hurt In Auto . Crash Miss Nettle
Bruce, 1822 Chicago street, was taken
to the Lister hospital suffering from
the shock sustained when an automo
bile driven by H. L. Spriglngs col
lided with a machine driven by N. V.
Miller, 201S Izard street The acci
dent happened at Eighteenth and
Chicago street at 12 o'clock Thurs
day night The drivers of the two
machines were uninjured.
Fine fireplace goods at Suhderlands.
Skinner Packing Company
Purchases, Seven More Acres
The Skinner Packing company has
filed warranty deed to seven acres ad
joining their present site on the
South Side for their new independent
packing plant. vThis gives them a
square 40-acre tcait and is considered
by experienced packing house men an
ideal location with ample room for
txpansion.1 ' -. .
' The grading and excavating work
is now going, on and the foundation
and basement rk iwill be started at
once. .v-f;-". ..,.' )-..' ' ,
. Charles F. Kamrath, who is the con
struction, engineer for. the new plant,
has had years of valuable experience
in the construction xf packing plants
as well as the practical operation of
them. Mr. Iamrath is permanently
connected with the Skinner Packing
company. He states that in the new
Skinner plant Omaha will have the
most modern, sanitary and efficient
plantin the United States and one that
can be shown any experienced packing
hcuse man with pride and the knowl
edge that it will be pronounced the
best.
- Many new original ideas and ef
ficiency, methods will be incorporated
and j all up-to-date sanitary features
will be a prominent part of the plant
so that the company's slogan of
"Omaha's Daylight Snp.w White Inde
pendent Packing Plant"" will be an
actual fact.
H. C. Christensen of Christensen &
Co., packing house architects,
Chicago, is preparing Jhe plans and
specifications.
All products of this plant will be
under United States government in
spection. )Jf
Forty British Tortured
v To, Death by Germans
London, June 7. The slow murder
of 40 British prisoners sent by the
Germans to wqrk under fire cm the
Russian front is related by a member
of the Royal Naval division who has
just reached England after escaping
from Germany. ;
it had been decided, he says, that
outpf a party of 500 British prisoners
36 should die in consequence of an al
legation that 36 prisoners had been
ftiurdered by their British sentries.
! Ihree groups were taken from
working parties at the end of the day,
made to moiint on a block and then
tied to s; Dole. The block afterwards
was kicked away, leaving the men sus
pended with their feet a little off the
ground. In. this position they were
kept for two and a half hours! each
night for 14 "nights in intense cold.
1'ortymen died under the treatment.
Three-Cent Passenger Rate
Goes Into Effect Monday
Washington - Tiin- 7 Tpwr ' nas.
senger rates of three cents a mile will
go into effect Sunday midnight, de-
Knire ntpaa in tneninA nr mXlifv
them. It was officially stated today
mat 4 passenger em route to desti
nations at' that rim will h mrricd
according to terms of their tickets as
originally purchased, except that
stopover will hot be permitted at
tne old rates. Keturn stubs ot round
trip tickets 'purchased before then
also will he honored.
Mileage books will nftt he rrrncniz-
ed, but unused pprtions will be re-
aeemea at tne rate ot tne original
charge.' ' ' -..v
A conference of "regional passenger
traffic corffmitteea ha hern ratted ta
Imeet in Chicago, June 7, to discuss
moaincation ot the rates tor tourist
and excursion trips.
Federal Agents Arrest 1,500
: Men in Raid on Slackers
Globe.' Arii.. Time 7 fifteen hun
dred men -in Globe and Miami were
taker, into custody last night and early
today by federal officers for examina-
xion 10 aeiermine wnetner tneywere
draft .evaders. Of 500 men taken in
Globe til but fiftv were a.hle tn Drove
tlfat they had registered and were re
leased. The other fifty were held in
jail for further Investigation. ;
rvuer compieiing tne examination 01
the men taken in Globe early this
mnrnincr the nffii-fri tn rh-irae rtf tht
O, - - - ' . ivnaig. v. ...w
roundup went Miami to examine 1,000
men held there. ; '
Negroes First to Hoist Flag
' New York, June 7V-A negro, regi
ment carried the first Americtn. flag
to the,firing' line, ana another ' negro
regiment took the first New - York
state' flag, to .the American front de
clared -Governor Charles' Whitman
in dedicating the new Brooklyn
YVM. CA, buildipg for colored, men.
MRS. HARRY SMITH
HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Wrenched Back, Internal In
juries and Possible Fracture
, of Skull Result ot Collision
. in Omaha.
(Mrs. Harry Smith, Blair, Neb., was
perhaps fatally injured late Friday
afternoon in an automobile accident
on Thirtieth and Fowler avenue. Mr.
Smith, driver of the car from which
his wife was thrown, escaped Injury.
Three occupants of the automobile
which collided with Smith's car were
thrown, into the street, but were un
injured. .
"Mrs. Smith received a possible faac
ture of the skull, a wrenched back
and internal injuries. She was taken
into the home of Dr. L. J. Cooke,
2921 Fowler avenue, and given medi.
cal attention. She was unconcious
from , injuries for more than two
hours, and unable to be removed.
F. . Nielsen, 3310 Spalding street,
Miss O. Drew, visiting here from
Dixori, 111., and Mrs. M. Lampen, 522
South Thirtieth street, were in the
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The reason for; this Tremendous Sale is, that we feel that the same may happen soon to the Clothing
and Shoe game which has happened long before this to the wheat market, food, coal and other necessities.
We feel that there will he a slump in prices some day, so we prefer to play "SAFETY FIRST" and reduce
our stock in due time One-Half . Hence the greatly reduced prices which follow: .
Eight Hundred and
$10.00 Men's and Young Men's Suits princi
pally conservatives, made well, in dark colors
only. All sizes, GZ2 OCT
at-....,...;..... OiO
$22.50 and $20.00
Suits, made of all
guaranteed to give
lute satisfaction. At.
$2.00 Men '8 Pants, made well, principally
dark colors. Very durable A
materials, at P I
$4.00 and $3.50 Men's and Young Men's Pants,
made of fancy worsteds Qg
plain or cuff bottoms PfaiOO
' $5.00 Boys' Knickerbocker 0 OC
Suits very fine 'mixtures. . . . J)3is3
$3.00 Men's Dress Hats The very latest styles
and colors. Very nifty Agf
shapes, at.., 2a aOO
$2.00 Hen's Dress Hats, more & 4 AtZ
on the conservative order. . . J) trO
$1.00 Men's Dress
collars very nice patterns,
at:....... :
$1.50 Men's Dress Shirts, with or without col
lars. All the latest
at.
It is to your
Mail Orders
Shipped
Same Day as
Received
and Shipped
PREPAID
automobile which struck Smith's car.
Nielsen, driver of the car, was taken
to the police station and booked for
investigation pending the outcome of
Mrs. Smith's injuries. Both cars
were damaged badly.
Body Found at Oes Moines
Thought Last of River Victims
De Moines, June 7. (Special Tel
egramsThe badly decomposed body
of a woman, thought to be that of
Mrs. George Campbell, was, found
lodged against an abutment at the
Des Moines Ice company's house at
East First and Maple streets. If the
body is that of Mrs. Campbell it will
be the last of a party df four who
were drowned June IS, 1917, when
their boat upset near Waconsa park,
while they were boating in the Des
Moines river.
Chicago Court Blocks
Extradition of Chubb
Chicago, June 7. John G. Chubb,
an architect, today in criminal court
was freed on a writ of habeas corpus
from extradition to Iowa on a charge
of involuntary manslaughter. A
pupil was killed several months ago
at Harlan, la., when a piece of
masonry fell from the school building
of which. Chubb was the architect.
oes m Mb at Sreatly
AND CONTINUES FOR TEN DAYS ONLY
Men's and Young Men's
wool materials. Each suit
abso -
$14.25
. . .
3,675 Pair of Pants to
$2.50
$5.00
made
rials.
Shirts, with or without
59c
patterns,
89c
benefit to attend
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'PEESINGEE UPON
STAND TO TELE
HIS ATTITUDE
Lincoln, Neb., June 7. Testimony
in their own behalf was given by two
professors of the University of Ne
braska today at the hearing ' the
university's Board of Regents is con
ducting into charges by the State
Council of Defense that some of the
university instructors have not proved
themselves to be aggressively Ameri
can. Testifying in defense of himself,
professor C. E. Persinger declared
he was a hostile critic of the autoc
racy of the German government. A
short time after, the United States
entered the war, he testified, he at
tempted to enlist in the United
States army but was rejected by the
examining physicians because of
broken arches.
Professor G. W. A. Luckey,
whose' attitude has been under criti
cism, took the stand during the morn
ing session of the board and asserted
that he was a lover of democracy and
agreed with President Wilson in his
war aims.
Following Professor Tersinger'a
testimony the board summoned C. L.
Wednesday,
Sixty-Five
$13.50 Men's and Young Men's Suits. Made
of nice worsteds in fancy or Q A t?
plain fabrics. All sizes 3OsHaO
$30.00 and $25.00 Men's and Young Men's
Suits, made of pure wool materi&Js all hand
tailored, in conservative and young men's pat
terns. Sizes up to 50, -j Q 75
Men's Dress Pants All the latest
and fancy fabrics very
special at
$1.85
and $4.50 Men's and Young Men's Pants,
of pure wool mate- CiO Id
Sizes up to 50 POa"w
$2.00 Men's Dress Shirts, in it hp
thejnost beautiful stripes... p I Ww
$6.00 and $5.00 Men's Bilk Shirts, without
collars only. All the Ct4 OK
, latest patterns.
$1.00 Men's Union Suits the ath- r-AA
letic style. Sizes 34 toftS. . . ...... 057 C
$1.50 Men's Union Suits, short or long sleeve
the best makes in the country, Qg
$1.00 medium weight two-piece Underwear for
Spring or Fall, in black, pink and PAA
gray. Sizes 34 to 46.......
this great money saving Sale as early
Rein of Lincoln, an attorney, who
testified that Professor Persinger had
said that the United Stats was not
justified in entering the war. Rein's
testimony closed the day's session
and Frofessor Persinger will be
given an opportunity to resume his
defense tomorrow.
Fairbanks Laid to Rest
With Simple Service
Indianapolis, June 7. In the pres
ence of members of the family, the
honorary pallbearers and a few inti
mate friends, the body of the late
Charles Warren Fairbanks, former
vice 'president of the United States,
was lowered into a vault here this aft
ernoon. Bishop W. F. McDowell of
Washington, D. C, college mate and
lifelong friend of Mr. Fairbanks, read
the committal services of the Metho
dist ritual. '
Girl of 8 Struck by Wagon v
, Suffers Severe Injuries
Ollie Gross, 8 years old, 419 South
Twenty-fifth avenue, was struck by a
bill poster wagon at Nineteenth and
Harney streets Friday night, and suf
fered severe injuries of the chest and
arms. J. P. Carlarid driver of the
wagon, was. taken to the police
station and booked for investigation.
Wueed fnm
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Suits to Pick From
$17.50 and $15.00 Men's
Suits in all the late fabrics. Made in conserv
ative or fancy models, s
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$20.00 and $15.00 Men's and Young Men's
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Overcoats. Samples .Z7TW
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styles
$3.00 Men's and Young Men's Pants made of
nice fabrics and service- fcf "i C
able patterns, at. .... i ity&m y
$6.00 and $5.50 Men's and Young Men's Pants
in the most up-to-date styles, hand-tailored,
every pair guaranteed, 425
65c Summer weight two
Underwear.
$3.50 Men's Work Shoes in black and tan.
Sizes 6 to 12, Ct0 OC
at... ................ $d;,00
$3.50 and $3.00 Men's Dress Shoes in lace or
button. Sizes 5 to 11, AC
black. p&mrO
$5.00 Men's Dress Shoes All late styles in
black and tan guaranteed J C
all leather '(pOiTw
Firemen Suspect Incendiary. ,
Fire completely gutted the under
taking establishment of Obie St Hun
ter, 2101-2105 Cuming street, at I :
o'clock Saturday morning. Firemen
suspect the fire of incendiar origin.
The loss is estimated at $1,500 on the
contents and $2,000 on ihe buildings.
One thousand two hundred dollars in- ,
surance is carried on the contents. The
building was owned by Met Brothers.
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New Deputy County Clerk.
D. M. Haverly has succeeded J. V.
Chisek as deputy county clerk. Mr.,
ru: i- u. 1 j
x...viv .a fcv itvn uiun mm uauj
inspector.
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