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    THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918.
rjal McCcrd in Rochester
Hospital for Operation
Hal McCord of the McCord-Brady
company lias gone to a hospital in
Rochester for an operation. It is
said that his condition is serious and
local medical men could not diagnose
his ailment.
Delivery of Municipal Ice
To Start Next Monday
Ammonia was turned into the toils
at the municipal ice plant Friday after
noon and ice is expected Monday
morning. Deliveries to the jitney ice
stations will be started Monday afternoon.
Obituaries
JOHN M. MELCHER, 37 years old,
died Thursday at the home of his son.
F. W. Melcher, 819 North Sixty
eighth street. Mr. Melcher was born
in Germany and came to the United
States in He came to Nebraska
in 1863 and settled in Cuming county,
moving to Omaha 15 years ago. He
is survived by two sons. Burial will
be in the cemetery at West Point.
COP SUSPENDED
FOR 5 DAYS BY
CITYJOUNCIL
Mayor and Witness Argue Char
acter of Hold Complainant
Had on Post When Of
ficer Made Arrest.
Policeman Hans Boegh was sus
pended five days without pay by city
council, following a hearing of
charges that he arrested Mrs. Emma
Kosenfeldt, 1145 North Twentieth
street, without due process of law in
the form of a warrant.
On the night of July 26, Mrs., Abe
Walk, 1923 Paul street, and Mrs.
Kosenfeldt engaged in an altercation,
said to have been caused by Jealousy
due to the employment of Mrs.
Kosen feldt and Mr. Walk in a pack
ing house. ...
Doegh was also charged with using
i miecessary force in arresting Mrs.
Kosenfeldt, who held to a post ot
her porch with arms and limbs. Three
policemen were required to get her
tot he patrol wagon.
"She had a scissors hold on the
post." said Dan Cahjll, witness.
"You mean a Stecher hold," inter
posed Mayor Smith.
Commissioner Zimman told the
council that he believed the five-day
recommendation of Commissioner
Ringer and Chief Dempsey did not
meet the requirements of the case;
that he believed the policeman should
be dismissed from the service for
making the arrest without a warrant
and for rough treatment of a wonia.
Boegh denied the charges of
abusive treatment. Mrs. Rosenfeldt
admitted that she retarded the ef
forts of the policemen to place her
in the patrol wagon.
Civil War Veterans Have
Charge of Miller Funeral
Funeral services for Franklin D.
Miller, 74 years old, who died
Wednesday at his home, 2436 Patrick
avenue were held Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the North Side
Christian church. Interment was m
.West Lawn cemetery. Mr. Miller
was a veteran of the civil war. The
services at the grave were in charge
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He is survived by his widow, four
sons, Bert, Clint, Hiram and Forest;
three daughters, Mesdames Lulu
Hoffman, Effie Dinuzzo and Mabel
Stocking, and two step-daughters,
Mesdames Lawrence D. Crizer and
Ada Roesch.
Omaha Boy Scouts Are
To Try for Sea Scouts
A dozen boy scouts have applied
for admission to the first troop of
sea scouts in process of formation.
The charter has been applied for and
will be granted soon. Uniforms and
equipment are expected soon there
a f t c r.
Wr.' . Hackett, scoutmaster of
Troop 3Awill be boatmaster -of sea
scout Troop No. 1. Mr. Hackett has
had four years experience in the navy
Boys admitted must be 14 years old
-,i i.iat tiaue merit hadsres in life-
saving and swimming. No actual
water work is done the first year, the
ship being built on land.
Cosgrave, Former Omahan,
Goes to Work for Uncle Sam
P. H. Cosgrave, who for a num
ber of years was with the Union Pa
cific in the Omaha shops and who
later- went to the Southern Pacific as
master car repairer, has cast his lot
with the federal railway administra
tion. Mr. Cosgrave was called to
Washington and when he returned he
brought with him the commission of
supervisor of car inspection and re
pairs for the zone including Cali
fornia, Washington, Oregon and Ne
vada. His headquarters will be in
San Francisco,
t
Union Labor to Protest
Coming of Hagenbeck Show
Tiio n't, rnnnril nnce refused a li
cense to the Hagenbeck show billed
for Omaha September 2, Labor day.
Then it about faced and voted to
grant the license. Now the Central
Labor union has entered a protest.
The protest will take the form ot a
picket line.
When the circus comes to Omaha,
out on the grounds, men will be sta
tioned by the Central Labor unii
and persons will be requested to re
main away from "the show.
Goddard Made Chairman
Of Salvation Army Drive
R. C. Goddard. president of the
People's Coal company, ftas been
named general chairman for the Sal
vation Army war fund drive for
$60,000 during the week of September
9. He at once called a meeting of
the campaign executive committee
for yesterday afternoon, when chair
men of subcommittees were named.
Brie) City News
tlloc. Fans, $8. Burgess-Granden Co.
Have Root Prim It New Beacon
Press.
Reopen Surgical Class The Omaha
chapter of the Red Cross will reopen
its surgical dressing department in
the Masonic temple on September 2.
Concert In fclmwood Turk The
Gate City band will give a popular
concert Sunday evening at 6:30
o'clock in Elmwood park.
SOUTH SIDE
William Adams, Pioneer
in Cattle Business on
Omaha Market, Dies
Captain AVliipporman Overseas
Capt Frank Whipperman has cabled
friends in this city of his safe arrival
overseas. He is assigned to Company
v, pioneer iniantry.
llliam Adams, one of the old
time traders .in cattle, died Tuesdav
at his home, 2b2i South Ttirtv-secr
ond avmie. He had had as much to
do wi"i the upbuilding of the dairy
business in Omaha as any one in the
trade. He was a good judge of dairy
t i , came aim uiu niuc l to neiV) Door
Lunch and Danee for Soldiers Fort Lt.nr.,nl- , . ct..ri 1 puV!.
Omaha soldiers win ent0rtnin,i . dairjmen get a start. He was 66
a social and dance Sunday niehr ;iri'ears old . and bad been a dealer in
the Swedish auditorium. The lunches I cattle at tlie yards tor about 2o years
will be auctioned off. Harry Cohen
violinist, has arranged a musical and I at the Dodder chapel. Rev. Titus
closes Labor
Mr. and Mrs.
Evans street,
dramatic program.
Robert Ostroni Reaches lYemii
Port A cable has been received by
Mrs. H. E. Ostrom that her son,
Robert, has arrived safely i.t an Eiiff-
jisn pori. KoDert is tne youngest son
of the late Henry E. Ostrom. He en
listed in the signal service at Fnrt-
Omaha and was sent to Camp Mor
rison, Va., early in the year, but was
later transferred to the aero service.
Dies from Accident The body of
Arthur Ehleis, 25 years old, who died
in St. Joseph's hospital Friday morn
ing from injuries received last Wed
nesday, when he was crushed by fall
ing sheet iron at the Union Pacific
shops, where he was employed, wili
be taken to Des Moines Saturday for
burial. He was born in Germany and
had no relatives in Omaha.
Chest for Mai ager Palm Em
ployes at Manawa park, led by George
W. Adams, Thursday .gatherer1, at an
informal meeting and presented to
Manager and Mrs. Carl 1. Palm as a
1918 season souvenir, a hniro fPiinr
cnesc. Manawa park
day. Septeml .- 2.
Palm live at 2590
Omaha.
l P. Ofliccs May .Move -A re-
arrangi nent of the offices, of the
I nion Pacific is being considered.
With uracticallv nil r,f th t..
v"- t". mull I tt-
cific corporation ofliccs here, the plan
-a io get mem an on one floor of the
headquarters building. For this pur
pose tha eleventh floor is looked upon
v.ith the most favor. If this floor is
taken over by these forces the railroad
officials now under government direc
tion will seek rooms on floors below.
Fine fireplace goods at Sunderland's.
Mayor Smith Hears That
Kapek Is Married Man
Mayor Smith believes that if Ed
ward F. Kapek, the subject of a let'er
he has received from Mine. Proignard
of Clermont, France, is of Pleasant
Dale, Neb., Kapek will have a diffi
cult time explaining his present affair
ot the heart. The French mother
wrote to the mayor, stating that Kap
ek has been making love to her
daughter and she wished to know
whether he was married or single.
The mayor examined the records
at Lincoln and learned that an Ed
ward F. Kapek of Pleasant Dale is
attached to the 86th coast artillery
corps now in France. He also learned
that the Kapek he investigated has a
wife who is now with her parents in
Niagara Falls, N. Y. The Niagara
Falls young woman became a war
bride about a year ago.
Funeral services were held Thursday
Lowe officiated.
Lawn cemetery.
Burial was in West
South Side Brevities
A. Cressey have gone to
on a vacation.
HanitiB was called to Rocks-
Mr. and Mrs. .
Estes Park, Colu
Mrs. K. C
Ford, Colo., by tin- death of a nephew,
Lost Srotrh collie dog. Return to 3410
Prexel and receive reward. J'hone South
Mr. and Mrs. (Jroiher are entertaining as
their house quests Mrs. H. K. Weir and
two sons of Cedar Kapids, la.
A P. Stryker secretary ot the Omaha
Live Stock ei lianc, returned yesterday
from a trip to Washington, D. C.
John Hldgivay, petty officer, on fcoard the
t'nited Slates ship Nebraska, was at homo
on a four days' furlough,
Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes and Miss
Jano Hushes, Havid City, are guests at the
John Hughes home. Fort Crook boulevard.
Telephone South 9011 and order a case ot
Oma or Laeatonade, the healthful, refreshing
Hi, me Beverage, delivered to your residence
Omaha Beverage Co.
Rev. and Mrs. c. C. Wilson- of Grace
Methodist chim h r. turned from a visit with
friends out in the slate.
Rev. Robert L. Wheeler hn gone to
Sarpy county with his family to pass a
f"v days with friends at Bellevue college.
He will leave the last of the week for
Maryville Mo.
The burial services fur the lato Mrs. lda
Kerst will be held al '1 o'clock Saturday
from th'e Brailey ,fc Porrance chapel.
Rev. C. C. Wilson speak Sunday
morning from his pulpft, Grace Methodist
church, on "A Keeonstruetlonlst." The
services ill. begin at II o'clock.
Sunday night the last of the union serv
ices for the summer will be held In Syndi
cate park, F and Twentieth streets. Rev.
R. C. Harding will speak.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Wheeler Memorial church will renew its
services the first Sunday in Septembei at
i o eloek.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Long, who have been
the guests of Itev. and Mrs. C. C. Wilson
for several days, returned to their home in
Holdrege yesterday. Mr. Long ia a
brother of Mrs. Wilson.
Itev. K. C. Sit tw of the rresbyterian
church of Rapilllon will conduct the morn
ing services in the Wheeler Memorial
church Sunday during Jhe absence of the
pastor who Is taking a vacation.
R''V. S. H. Yerian, St. Luke's Lutheran
church, will speak on "The Good Samaritan"
at the morning service in his church, be
ginning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school will
begin at 9:4!i.
Huy Coal Now Our Dletz No. 9 nut coal
for bascburners and Arkansas Spadra for
furnace use Is in and we still have a limited
amount to offer. So phono today. Don't
wait and be disappointed. We have plenty
ot Cherokee coming. Also In stock. Carney.
Sherlden, Rock Springs, Colorado Lump
Walnut Block, Semi-Anthracite and still
have soino Illinois egg left. Phone South 33.
G. K. Harding Coal company.
CLIFFORD WOLFE
HELDJRISONER
Son-in-Law of Dr Donlad Mac
rae of Council Bluffs Be
lieved to Be Alive in
in Germany.
Clifford Wolfe, son-in-law of Dr.
Donald Macrae of Council Bluffs, re
ported missing in France, is not dead
as feared by his relatives, but is a
prisoner in the hands of (he Iluns
somewhere in Germany.
Mrs. Weston, sister of Mrs. Ma
crae, la it evening received a cable
gram from Dr. Macrae, saying:
All evidences shows Clifford is a
prisoner.
Mrs. Weston immediately forward
ed the message to Mrs. Macrae and
her daughter, Mrs. Wolfe, who are
at Fort Sill, Okla., with Lieut. Donald
Macrae.
Details of the capture of Clifford
Wolfe have been furnished in a letter
from Lieutenant Lee of the ambulance
corps to which young Wolfe was at
tached. He says on the night of July
14, the opening of the bisr Hun offen
sive, Wolfe had been sent to a listen
ing post near a French village. Ik
was accompanied by another Ameri
can boy.
soon after thev had reached the
post the Hun bombardment broke,
and Lieutenant Lee savs that words
are incapable of describing the ter
rors of the bursting shells and all
of the other enginery of Hunnish de
vising. He says when fhc Americans ad
vanced in the morning they found
no trace, of the men. The village
was also completely destroyed, ami
there was not li living human being
left alive in it. The conviction then
was that the two men in the post
had been obliterated.- Dr. Macrae
Million Pounds of
Sugar Nebraska's
Share i
or banning
Nebraska's September allotment of
sugar, 1.000.00(1 pounds, for canning
and preserving purposes, wil be ap
portioned among the various -oun-tics
on a nonulation basis ari-ntdmo-
I to announcement of the federal food
administration. This has been neces
sary to get an equitable division of j
tlie sugar during tue coming mmMi
Should the demand of sug.v for
cannincr purposes exceed the allotment
of any county, provision will be made
by the Omaha office to meet the re
quirements, as the food administra
tion desires all fruits and vegetables
to be canned. However, addit.onal
allotments by counties can be se tired
only through the Omaha office, but
the allotment will be distributed by
the county food administrator.
Douglas county, the most populous
cottntv in the state, is apportioned
135 000 pounds.
Thursday Oscar Allen. Douglas
countv food administrator, out a
further check on sugar for canning
and preserving by requiring appli
cants for certificates to state what
they were going to can and also
whether the fruits and vegetables
were on hand. Some have been get
ting sugar, it develops, for use r. the
future. To equitably distribute stiqar,
Allen is requiring the use of sugar
within a reasonable time and is ask
ing those who anticipate canning later
to get their sugar when they are ready
to use 'it. There will be sufficient
sugar at all times, 'announces Allen,
for canning.
has been untiring in his efforts to ob
tain defiinite knowledge of the young
man's fate, and the message last
night is taken as absolute confirma
tion that he is still alive, whatever
his condition may be.
Wolfe is a son of Mrs. Joseph Bal
ilrige of Omaha.
Postmaster.
Washington, Aug. 23. (Special Telegram)
Rudolph Adams has been appointed post
master at Amelia, Holt county, Neb., vice
B. Anderson resigned; Jennie J. Swartz,
Dixon, Gregory county, S. D., vice H. L.
Prlnn, resigned.
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1S08-1S10
Douglas St.
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i'JBm Douglas St,
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hat Sort of a New Fall Dress
Ought I Buy?
That is the question foremost in
the minds of thousands of
Omaha women. That is the
question we are prepared to
solve for you quickly,
satisfactorily and economically.
Hundreds of latest style thoughts
embodied in Dresses featured at
$ 1 815 and $24
75
Satins, Serges, Jerseys, Crepe de Chines, Taffetas.
UNDER these two attractive prices we are show
ing hosts of extremely pretty and practical
afternoon and street dresses rich autumn shades,
novel style ideas, plenty of styles for the miss or her
mother; values are most pronounced.
Wonderfully Complete Showings of Clever
FALL DRESSES
?2975-$3475-$3950uapnfo$65
Ip OR the woman desiring distinctiveness of style In her
new dress, these will surely appeal. Daring creation?,
subdued somewhat by the rich dark autumn shades, models
for every type of wear. Involved are many new slim-line
stouts. Seeing these garments is the only way to appre
ciate their real style superiority.
Jlsb Will
We Are Ready With the New Fall Suits
Why Not Take Advantage of First Showings and Choose Yours Saturday
RICH Silvcrtones, Tricotines, Gab
ardines, Men's-wear Serges,
Broadcloths, Tweeds, Velours, Pop
lins and Unfinished Worsteds,
Suede, Duvet-du-Laine. Many are
generously trimmed with attractive
furs.
AMONGST the favored colors
shown are Navy, Tobacco
lrow, Oxford, Black, Keindecr,
Mulberry, Sand, Military Blue, Nov
elty Stripes and Mixtures A gener
ous exhibit of stout line models arc
ready for your inspection.
THE silhouette, straight-line ef
fect, dominates the entire range
of suit styles the three-quarter
length jackets are becomnig to all.
Skirts are narrower than for sev
eral past seasons.
Moderately Priced at $29.50, $35, $39.50, $45 and Up to $195
28,000 mm
10 REGISTER FOR
NEW ARMY DRAFT
Members of Exemption Boards
Make Plans for Huge Reg
istration to Be Held in
September.
More than 25,000 men will register
for military service in Omaha and
Douglas county when the govern
ment calls for the registration of all
men from 18 to 45 years of age.
Members of exemption boards who
met Thursday in the ofljee of Elec
tion Commissioner Moorhead esti
mated that 28,000 men will register
in this county in the September roll
call.
Plans are under way for conducting
the registration. An executive com
mittee which has been appointed
plans to establish lOo polling places
in Omaha and 18 outside of Omaha
so that every registrant will be able
to register at some place near his
home.
II. G. Moorhead has mailed letter!
to all who assisted in the registration
work in June, 1917, asking them tc
again volunteer their services. Many
interpreters will be needed to help
with the work.
The governor designated Election
Commissioner Moorhead to supervise
the taking of this registration. An
advisory committee was selected with
one representative from each exemp
tion board as follows:
Local board No. 1, Henry F.
Meyers; local board No. 2, J. J.
Hreen; local board No. 3, T. F. Eng
lish; local board No. 4, Moses Camp
bell; local board No. 5, Charles Fos
ter; local board No. 6, Way land
Magee.
Aviator Killed in Fall.
Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 21 Lt.
Samuel H. Topping of Binghamton,
N. V., was fatally injured and Joseph
D. Cary, .student aviator, sustained a
broken leg at Park field today when
their airplanes went into a tail spin
and fell 400 feet. Lieutenant Topping
died an hour later. The accident is
attributed to engine trouble.
"Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, Aug. 23. The senat(
today confirmed the nominations ol
11 major generals and 44 brigadier!
sent to the senate yesterday by Presi
dent Wilson.
ilrVS Aspirin I
ftffffylprd For the past fourteen years 1
vifV jT the Hudson
m W Bayer-Tablets and Capsules of Aspirin contain
J genuine Aspirin.
Demand them in the original packages. For your pro- 1 1 i
f tecrion every package and every tablet is plainly and
A I invariably marked with
J IW "The f Your Guarantee
K Bayer Cross of Purity"
Bl The trademark "Aspirin" (Reg. V 8. Pat. Off.) 1. a fuarantM
a that the monoacetlcacideeter of aalicylicacid in thee, tablet.
H f'l aod cap.ules is of the reliable Gayer manufacture.
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"BKHO NI ITS MK"
The Finest
Clothing
in the Land
Ready-to-Wear
Fall Model?
Ready
Kuppenheimer
Hirsh-Wickwire
L System
And Other Famous Makes in Men's and Young Men's
1 Models
W E
Suits at
Suits at
$15 $18 $20 $25
And Up to $60.00
You Are Invited to Look Them Oyer.
Suits at
Suits at
Fall Hate
Are Ready-
, Every New Block, Color and Finish.
Makes that are familiar to all and acknowledged as the
best-to-be-had
Mallorys (Cravcnetted Hats). .. .$3.50 to S6.00
(kmnetts $3.50 to $8.50
Stetsons $4.50 to S10.00
Ilorsalinos, Italian $7.00 to $15.00
Manhattan Shirt Sale
CONTINUES
Silk Shirts
$5.00 Shirts $3.45
$G..r0 Shirts $4.95
$7.50 Shirts $5.95
$8.50 Shirts $6.45
$10.00 Shirts $7.95
Berg Specials
$1.50 Shirts $1.15
$2.00 Shirts l.45
$2.50 Shirts $1.95
$3.00 Shirts $2.15
$4.00 Shirts $2.95
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BABY HAD ECZEMA
On Face. Spread Rapidly,
. Cuticura Healed,
"When my baby was eight month
old eczema appeared on the side of her
face, and it spread rapidly. It first
came in the form of a rash, the skin
becoming dry with a chapped appear
ance. She was very cross and irritable
and she scratched and rubbed her face
almost constantly.
"After noticing an advertisement for
Cuticura I decided to send foraeample.
I purchased more, and I used one fifty-
cent box of Ointment with the Soap
and her face was healed." (Signed)
Mrs. R. E. Kirk, 702 Jackson Street,
Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1317.
When Cuticura has cleared your skin
of pimples and redness keep it clear by
using the Soap assisted by the Oint
ment for every-day toilet purposes.
H.npl. Eft FrM br Mali. Addrcu po.t.rard:
"Cutlcnr., D.pt H, Botea." Hold everywhere.
Soap 25c. Ointment 26 and 60c. Talcum 'J6c,
.arW2Baai3aT4fiaaa3'TT:
Absolutely Safe
That's what we claim
y for our fireproof ware
1 house, and the cost of stor
l! ing your household goods.
f sonable.
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Omaha Van &
I Storage Co.
I Phone Douglas 416&
i 806 So. 16th St.
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