THE BEE i OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1918
AILMENTS NO BAR
SAY WITNESSES
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Hearing on Application for Re-
" ceiver for Mutual Co. Brings
Out Startling Financial
: Manipulations.
Tales " "of financial ' manipulations
..a.:u rtmi tne most intricate
mum wwuiu . . --
' methods' t)f Wall street brokers were
' revealei Friday morning at the hear-
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v mission on the - application of the
German-American State bank ot
I thako, Neb., to place the Mutual
i Benefit Health and Accident Insur
J ance association of Omaha, into the
I hands of a receiver. ,
The lame.- the sick, the Jialt, , the
. A tU. .nkar wrrf insured bv
. agents ol the, company -witfiout dis
v crimination,! witnesses testified., Un
I man told the agent that he had only
a few months to live and that doctors
had "given him up." He was signed
f tip just the same, he said.
One man, whose right side was
i paralyzed was signed up for a policy
without physical examination, he
- said V '.. ''
I ' Operated fa ''Drovei ,f
1 The agents operated in droves in
I workin their prospects, it was stated
' by witnesses. Eight agents in two au
itomboiles descended upon Bellevue
i one morning. Before nightfall they
nhaA combed the town and had their
s pockets stuffed with promissory notes
'vaVn'ln navmenfot the first prem-
5 Jura upon policies Most of the notes
Shave provea 10 e wotimcu, u
; The ' 'underworld - saloon, imtll
, towns, barber shops, small tailoring
'establishments, auto repair gyges
T...,I fruitful fiIH tor
;the agents, testimony showed. The
agents, witnesses said. accepted the
'nnt, ftl tlmnit evervbodv and then
sold the notes at a discount of 10 per
" cent tf the Chalco bank, which
1 bought-$36,000 worth of the notes
i before tumbling" to "the smooth
nhndt' nf the aeents.
James T, Lewis, colored, swore that
the application for a policy which he
jhad signed was ft long sheet of paper
.with the words 'application blank at
jthe top- The note produced in court
' nrifii no .itrnainri" ma ins uuuci cuke
? ragged, as though it had been torn off
; larger sheet oi paper. i ,?,;
i, ..Chorus Girls Present'
Bruce Vanoy, formerly a bell boy
at the Savoy hotel, testified that he
liaH signed an aoolication for ft policy
I which he djd;not discover until later
vwas si note in ft room at the hotel in
! the presence of three agents and eight
chorus girls. "He told the agents that
th', .slt--rr.luiive ot tiDS. amountea
to only $10 ft month, he said, but they
'had told him that if he couldn't pay
i the premium he could easily drop the
"(insurance. 1 " i" 7 ' ' (
Thr.Banlr of Chalco has applied to
h ctate in lurance board for the
revocation" of the license of the Mutual
-'Benefit insurance firm(nJ tor tne ap;
!nfi;nmint of receiver-for the com'
pany so that its assets- may be. Jearned
v and SO tnat cne oanic may ue m w
collect $26,000 worth of notes which it
bought from agents of the company.
Attorneys for the insurance com
pany Insist that the company is not
responsible for the acts of its agents
.and refuses to pay the notes, al
though it has already paid about $2,500
on the notes to the bank, i, , ?v
American Aviator Captive
Of Huns, Cited for Bravery
Paris, July 49 Six American cita
tions appear in the Official Journal
today. , Two of them make mention
of Lt Paul F. Baer of. Mobile,
United States1 flying corps, 'praising
''his remac kable audacity in - making
six flights in one day and bringing
, down f tvia , Grman." ' The . second
citation, dated June 4 says:
i. ''Lieutenant Baer brought down his
eiirhth enemy airplane and did not
hesitate the next day to attack within
the enemv lines a catrol of suoerior
numbers, with which ha engaged in a
fierce combat, from which he did not
terurn."
. Lieutenant , Baer was reported
Tnissin early in June. Since' then
it has been officially announced that
' he wa- a prisoner in a German camp.
Whistles Tooting. Thursday
fijmsH fw Allipd Vif.torv
It was th report of the victory of
the allies tvtr, the Germans ' ihat
, taused the Union ...Pacific, shops " and
other whistles' to shriek Thursday
afternoon.' Union Pacific officials an
nounce' that hereafter whenever the
news of an allied victory is received
the shop ;wbjstles: will blow,.; :.-,..
To supply steam for the shop whis-
, ties to blow for a period of five min
utes requirei .the consumption of a
ton of coaL , However, the railroad
officials: do hot believe that- the coal
administration will raise any objection
to themsfc of coal for this purpose.
Three Seek to Be'Sent to
' V; !2,Ugislature,at Lincoln
- C W.-Peasinger ha filed his peti
tion for municipal judge as a non
partisan,1. His petitions have been cir
culated and . almost, enough names
have already been" secured.
: A. G: Harte has- filed as a republi
can for '.state representative. : A. F-
Hanson has also filed for- the legisla
ture as a republican, as has James L.
lohnson" on the same ticket'
John "ErGibney has'filed fts a non-partisaa-f
or county superintendent of
- public amstrnction. -
Two Nebraska Boys Wounded
? In Battle on French Front
Two Nebraska boys were named as
severely wounded in action on thr
fio-htincr front in France in the cas
' jaltv list issued Friday. v
, They are Lloyd"1 F. Blair of Bartley
and Vigrgo-Li Olsen of Minden. Both
ire privates with- the American, expe
ditionary forces. ' .
Soft Drink Dispenser is Hr
Herd on. Liquor Complaint
Pete Heillman 1482 Binney street,
TMnt'ttr r,t inff drinlf narlrtr at
Sixteenth and Corby streets, was ar
rested on, ft charge of" illegal 'posses-
Eton pi jinioxjcafing; yquur Al'ursuay
night Detectives found 11 gallons of
whisky at his home, they allege
State Dairymen Want
To Prevent Slaughter
Of 1-Year-01d Heifersj
"Save the heifer" is the slogan of
Nebraska dairjjfnen.
Thursday reoresentatives of the
creamery concerns of Omaha and Ne.
braska held a meeting in which new
ideas of conservation were advocated,
among them being a movement to
prohibit the sale for slaughter of hen
ers less than one year old.
The meeting was addressed oy
Prof. T. H. Fransden. head of the de
partment of dairy husbandry of the
Universitv of Nebraska He called
attention to the great waste of poten
tial fooa wealth' at present m the Sale
fnr slaughter of heifer calves for veal
and immature "baby beef," due to the
high prices prevailing for this class of
meat, the shortage ot pasture ana
scarcity of labor.
It. was brought out that Holland,
the greatest of dairying countries,
would be compelled to kill more thafi
half of its cows as an emergency food
measure this year.. There has been a
tremendous inroad made on perma
nent herds of breeding and food pro
ducing herds of dairy animals m
every country in Europe. i
America will be called upon to re-
. . . .t -e.
oair the waste at tne conclusion oi
the war and must supply the founda
tions or replacement herds.
Prof. Fransden urged that steps be
taken by the dairymen to interest the
federal food commission m putting
into effect a rule prohibiting the sale j
ot heiters less tnan one year oia tor
slaughter purposes. He assured his
hearers the packers were also in favor
of this. The speaker said if the rule
were out into effect in Nebraska for
one year it would double the number
ot cattle in the state.
Prof. Haecker, secretary of the as
sociation anditormer dean ot tne
dairy department, state school of ag
riculture, spoke on the silo as an in-,
surance against drouth. 1
Mrs. Holdrege Will Visit
Husband in Government Work
Mrs. H. A. Holdrege and little
daughter left Friday to join Mr.
Holdreee in Wilmington, N. U Air.
Holdrege left Omaha' the latter part
of June and went to Wilmington to
serve the government in the installa
tion of electric apparatus in the ship
building yards there. Mrs. Holdrege
will remain with him until he returns
to Omaha. Their stay will be in
definite as Mr. Holdrege is under gov
ernment orders.
Mr. Holdrege was formerly gen
eral manager for the Nebraska Power
company.
Farewell Dinner in Honor of
H. M. Fross, Drafted in Army
H. M. Fross, expert accountant
with, the Dworak-Ure Audit com
pany,' was given a farewell dinner at
the Henshaw hotel by the company.
He was presented with a handsome
wrist watch by his associates. He
will leave for Camp Dodge with the
draft army July 25. Those attending
the dinner were E. A. Dworak, F. P.
Wright, W. G. Free, O. D. Kruse,
F. C. Eckard, Frank Meyers, T. G.
Kinney, Clara Olson, Fay Sellers,
Mary Jelinek, Agnes Anderson and
Florence Olson. , u .-v.
Welfare Board Will Hold r "
' 1 First Meeting in Weeks
Mavor Smith has called a meetine
of the Board of Public Welfare Mon
day evening. This is the first meet
ing in some weeks, owing to the ab
sence of Rabbi Cohn, president of the
board, and the resignation of two
members, making it impossible' to get
quorum. . '
The two new members of the
board. Dr. Jennie Calfas and Mrs. E.
r rr . ' ! i i 1 . A r I
d, aowic, , win 09 present wonuay
night Plans for the future work of
the board will be taken up.
MiinMiiiHiiiifiHini
SATURDAY '
We offer hundreds of Julius
Orkin quality blouses at the fol
Ing reductions: .
$16.75 and $12.50 Blouses, $95
$10.75 and $8.75 Blouses, $5.98
$7.50 and $5.95 Blouses. . .$5.00
-Considering the fact that our
regular prices are lower, quality
and . style considered, than any
other store in Omaha,: hence these
reductions will make these blouses
real bargains. Please attend in
the morning.
JULJOS ORKIN,
Fifteenth and Douglas,
Th World-Herald'a Comment
on 'the Dodg Honctt. Election
law we f "The greatest tep to
wards good gorernment that
was ever undertaken in Omi
oa." Vote for N. P. DODGE
for Congress.
Leading Store
for Men
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Stores
All in the One I
E
Building J
MenV Soimh at Special Prices
Movies of Rickenbacker
In Action Shown in Omaha
Eddie Rickenbacker, famous race
driver and former Omaha boy, will
appear in Omaha Saturday in a series
of aviation pictures taken of him
while on flying service in France.
The scenes are shown In the Screen
Telegram, run at the Sun theater, and
show Eddie, now a well known Amer
ican, ace, in a number of hairbreath 1
stunts over the lines in France.
GREAT
CLEARANCE
SALE
$3.00 Wash Skirts. . S1.98
$7.50 Silk Sktrts. . . .S4.98
$1.50 Waists,'. 98
75c Silk Hose.......ft9
Boys' Wash Suits . ; . ; . 98
$7.50 Silk and Yarn Sweat
ers, small collars . . . $4.98
$3.00 and $3.50 Pumps and
blippers on sale. . .1.98
J. HELPHAND
CLOTHING CO.
314-16 North 16th St.
Shirts
Broken Lots.
(Three Groups.)
In these groups
you will find
Shirts that cost
more in whole
sale market to
day than we ask
' for them.
Shirts,
85c
Broken lots of all regular
stock; neckband or collar
attached. Madras, Percales
and Crepes.
Shirts,
, $1.65
Broken lots of $2.00 and
$2.50 Shirts. Pine quality
Satin Striped Pongee, Ma
dras and Oxford weaves
great value.
Shirts,
$4.95
Odd lots of high grade.
Silk Shirts; Silk Crepes,
Broadcloths, Jersey Silks
and Silk Fiber. All sizes.
Bathing Suits, $3.95
One-piece wool and worsted,
fancy stripes. ,
Wash Ties, 12c ,
Silk fiber, new patterns.
50 dozen in this special.
Silk
Scarfs
at
39c
59c to
$1.00 '
Quality
39c
1500 Beautiful Scarfs of Imported and Do
mestic Silks, made by one of the best Neck
wear manufacturers. Large open end and
medium shaped Four-in-Hands; many lined
with mohair, adding to the wearing auality
and making them keep their shape. All with
."slip-easy" band which makes them easy to tie.
Not a Scarf worth less than. 59c and worth up to $1.00.
Buy enough of these to last you for many months. Patterns
are all new; neat and pronounced effects, in plain colors and
stripes.
At 39c They Are Wonderful Values
200 Dozen Silk Lisle Hose 19c
A grouping of odd lots, some slightly imperfect. There
are Silk Lisle, Silk Fiber, Fiber Plaited, Plain Lisle and Mer
cerized. You will make no mistake if you buy at least a
dozen pairs.
Main Floor Men's Building
,
Union Suits
Broken Lots.
(Three Groups.)
You can buy a
goodly supply of
' these and m the
end pay very lit- :
tie. They are all
remarkable bargains.
Suits,
69c I
Athletic Union Suits;
many samples. Manhattan'
and Shedaker make; Nain-;
sook, Mull, fancy Madras.
Suits, ; 1
95c I
Summer Ribbed Cotton
and Lisle Union Suits, short i
And loner sleeves. Best? I
makes in this lot. Values I
run up to $2.00.
Suits,
$1.25
Fine Athletic Union Suits,
Manhattan, Lewis, Munsing.
Silk Mixtures, Faney4 Ma-
dras, Kepp , notn, etc , i
Muslin Night Gowns
Cut extra full, in light and j
medium weight, sale price, i
onlv .-95c
Pajamas at $1.69 ,
Odd lots of $2.00 and $2.50
Madras and Pongee Pajamas
Men Cool Clothes
Hart Schaffner & Marx
A wonderful low price' on this best
of all makes of clothes. Outing s.
and Cool Summer Clothes. A re
markable offering iar below to
day's' cost. , ,
PALM BEACH SUITS
at $5.00
Choice of our entire stock at this extremely
low price. The season for ralm Beach Suits
is just beginning and that's what makes this
off ering doubly interesting. Get into a Cool
Suit right now.
$12,501
Best Summer Weaves
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And Schloss Brothers
And these excellent clothes, too,
, at this low price. Breeze Weaves,
Cool Cloths, Light Weight Crashes
and Mohairs. Will give long and
satisfactory service. -' : .
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KINGLEY TROUSERS
$3 to $5 :
Hundreds and hundreds of Trousers in scores
of the newest Summer weaves and colors.
Worsteds, Cassimeres, in light, cool, but
strong weaves. Grays, browns, blue stripes
and mixtures. Every size up to 54.
Blue Serge Suits a great stock of them $1.8.00 to 35.00
Hundreds of Slip-Oik Raincoats, at $3.50 to $1 0,00
For Men Who Want the Finest Suits Produced We Offer
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes $35 to $60 ;
'A good many men want the finest quaUtyi-first of aUprice is secondary .to them, .tm! of ffie of S
V quality, because they know it is economy. For such men we have taken tli JESS ade.
nottAa ,40w i rntwri mnrlpls- Tailored in the best manner possible by clothes craitsmen oi me mgne&L giauc.
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$40. . $40 $DU
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$35
li
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Sporting Go ods---Lo west Prices
Opportunity for everyone who loves the great outdoors ana wants 10
get the most out of it this perfect weather. Lowest prices of the season
: Tennis Rackets Half
w 4uvuvwr j
$35 to $40 Bicycles, $30;
$2 Croquet Sets,
Tennis Shoes, $1.
Camp. Grids, 50c and $1.
Boys' Bats, 50c
T Roller Skates, $1.50.
Canoe Paddles, $1.00.
Main Floor Men's Buildlne. "
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Clearaway Men's Oxfords $2.95
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m- ui-1. ViH otirf mm mora rn IT. IflPP and niucner.
medium and narrow toe shapes, values to $5.00 and $b.00.
k
Men's White Canvas
Oxfords,
$2.48, $3.50, $5.00
Several styles, English lasts.
These are very special values.
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Boys' Shoes and Oxfords,
One hundred pairs of discontinued
styles, all leather, high and low
shoes, on a large bargain, table,
at $1.95
Main Floor Men's Building.
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