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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1918)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY' BEE; OCTOBER 20, 1918. 5 'A A- South Side SOUP KITCHEN ON SOUTH SIDE IS BUSY PLAGE Large Quantity of Egg Nog Also Prepared for Those Sick With the Spanish Influenza. "Fighting Fourth" Motto Will Cause Trouble For Germans. I'! lhe soup kitchen, which was opened at the St. Martin parish house, South Twenty-fourth and J streets, three days ago, is doing a rushing business and the women in charge are kept busy making soup, cooking rice and preparing food for the numerous "flu" patients who are .being fed bv this Red Cross kitchen. Saturday 60 quarts of soup and 12 r i i quarts or egg nog were oispenseu ' to the patients, while rice, jelly, , crackers and a few eggs were added to the baskets going out, as well as soup meat, which could he used by the members of the family. . .Mrs. Koy ueniiis, who is in charge of this kitchen, is ably as sisted by Mesdames F. E. Ames, A. C, Ellsworth, Manley McCarthy and Ernest Ball, the latter acting as cook. Mr. McCarthy was kept busy Saturday driving the nurses on their rounds. "All donations from interested parties will be most welcome as well as the use of cars," said Mrs. Den nis. "Today we had to hire a car. We are now busy making custards for Sunday. "AH inquiries for help or offers of food or help will be gladly received if phoned to S. 1247." Daniel Kennedy Victim Of Spanish Influenza Daniel Kennelly, 38 years of age, died at his home, 3915 T street Sat urday. He was well known on the South Side where he has resided for a number 1 year?. During the summer months he worked in South Dakota and was delayed in returning home with a broken leg. He reached home two -weeks ago and as his vitality had been depleted during his stay in ,the ho!pital he fell- vic tim to Spanish influenza and later pneumonia. He is survived by two sisters, .. Marie and Elizabeth, and three brothers, Thomas, John and Patricks Funeral services will be held Tuesday. South Side Man Is Freed on Charge of Owning Liquor Ralph Carley, proprietor of a res taurant at South Twenty-sixth and O streets, who was arrested last reek with his chauffeur, Dan G. Quinlan, 2211 O street, and charged with the illegal possession of intoxi cating liquor was discharged by Judge Fitzgerald. Quinlan was fined biiu tints, varicy iimuicu ne knew nothing of the car containing the 17S pints of whisky found there. The car in which the liquor was found was turned over to George Rcim, who held a mortgage on it. South Side Brevities ' For Sal Furniture and houns furnlsh- inst 4409 South Twenty-fhird. Wanted to buy a flv or nix-room bun galow or cottaga in South Omaha; must bo moern and convenient. Call South 1736. Dr. T. J. Sohleler. who has been east for several weeks taking: a post gradual course In surgery. Is expected home next week. Mr. Lydla Khyno, financier of Superior lodge, Peftree of Honor No. 191 will be at tha hall, Twenty-third and N" afreets. Wednesday evening to collect dues. There ' John Kluaos, J323 Y street, reported to tha police the theft of a white pig from the pen at the above address. The pig Was valued at 19 and weighed 50 pound. Miss Anna Lindsay, who died In Tulsa. Okl.r will be burled Sunday In the Belle, vba remterq. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 11 a. m., In the home of her aunt, Mrs. Polph Tamtag, South Sev enteenth and H streets. Charles - Bllek, 0613 South Fifteenth ' street, died at St. Joseph's hospital Fri day morning of Spanish Influenza. Fu . nerah services will bo held Sunday at a. m., In the Korlsko chapel with Inter ment at Oraceland park eonie'ofy. , FunrsI services of the late Mary Routt, which had been arranged for Saturday af ternoon have been postponed until Monday afternoon, October 21.) at 2 o'clock, to await the arrival of the deceased's brother, William, from Newport News, Va. Funeral services of Marcus A. Duncan J24 North Twenty-fifth street, who died of Spanish Influenza, will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Burial will be In the Holy Scpulcher cemetery. The deceased Is survived by his widow and three chil dren. Mrs. Cecelia Johnson, aged 35 years, died October 16 at her home, 2816 N street of Spanish Influenza. She Is survived by her husband and three children. Funeral er icea were hold Friday In the residence. Intermnt was made in Forest Lawn cem etery. Charles Skalak. 4932 South Eighteenth street, died Thursday at his home of Sapn lstl Influenza at the ae of 19 years. He Is survived by his pait-nts, two sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 pr-m.. In the Korlsko chapel and Interment will be In Laurel Hill cem- "cARD OF THANKS Mrs. Melvln Brown, Thirty-seventh and R streets, wishes to thank her friends 'and neigh bors for their kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of her hus band. Mr. Melvln Brown, and for the beautiful floral offerings. John Loflnk, 4908 South Twenty-sixth street, reported to the police the theft from his room of a coat, a pair of black shoes and 110 in cash. Floyd Gwln. who " rooms at the same address, reported that i some one had entered his room and stolen his coat at th-; same time. . George Albert Beck. 4720 South Twenty, fifth street, died Friday at the South Side hospital of Spanlfh Influenza at the age of 29 years. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 20. at 3 p. m.. In the Brewer chapel, with open air services at Uraceland park cemetery. Mrs. Emma Erlckson, wife of Victor ' Erlckson, died of Spanish Influenza, at her home.. South Forty-elgth and S streets, Friday, at the age of 3S years. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m.. Sunday. In the Brewer chapel, and burial will be In Gracetand park cemiery. Sh survived by her husband and three small rhildren. Mm. Olga Prochazka, South Ninth and Dominion streets, died Thursday morning at 12:30 o'clock at the Lord Lister hos pital of Spanish Influenza, at the age of 11 years. She la survived by her husband. James Prochazka, and a 1-year-old daughter, besides her father, Joseph K. ' Stnkule. a sister and a brother, who Is ' Bow In service lit France, Funeral services will be held at t o'colck Sunday afternoon la the Kertska chapel, and burial will be y in the Bohemian National cemetery. ' Carl Gusak, South - Forty -scond and I Streets, Mied Friday night in the Lord Lister hospital of Spanish Influenza. He la survived by his wife and two chldrn. - Funeral senrtce win be held Sunday room ing at 12:59 la Larkin's chapel and inter ment will be in St Mary's cemetery, t - Aloysias Baker." the S-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker, til South Thirty-third atreet. died Saturday. October J I. Funeral services will be held Sunday It I L m, Io'fJ4 Jill be la 8 1 atari' wttre, . . " if I harry Gould. "Ten Huns for every day spent in camp and double for time in quar antine," has been selected as a mot to by the 127th field artillery, for merly the "Fighting Fourth" Ne braska, according to a letter re ceived by William H. Gould, sr.. of the Pasadena apartments, from his son, Harry Gould, a member of that regiment now in France. The Ne braskans have selected a big task, but their fighting qualities are well known at home and their friends feel confident that they will succeed. BAN ON POLITIX REMOVED AFTER BIG LOAN DRIVE Influenza Will Probably Prove Handicap to Politicians, but Fireworks May Be Expected. The open season for injecting par tisanship into the political campaign will now be resumed, as republicans adjourned party politics during the Liberty bond drjve. The influenza situation will prevent meetings for a while, but the county committee is working away with the details and will make the best of the situation. Ed. D. Beach, state chairman, while here on Saturday reported that statewide indications favor re publican victory. "I received a letter from Custer county from a man who wrote that Neville and Morehead were pulling the old stuff about joy in Berlin,' Mr. Beach stated. "I think that this Second congressional district should be ashamed of its present, misrep resentation, but Jcfferis will be elect ed and then the district will have occasion to feel proud of its repre sentative. "As to the soldier vote, an effort has be e.n made to obtain lists of the Nebraska boys in the training camps, but the governor has refused to give the lists, saying that it is against the orders of the War department, and of course we don't want to do any thing which micht be against win ning the war. We have heard that some soldiers in cantonments have received democratic literature, prob ably by accident. I received word from a soldier who wrote mat ne had been reauested by the democrat ic state chairman for a list of the Nebraska boys in his camp, and to be fair he sent me a copy of the list, but the addresses were not jn cluded." - No Ballots for Omaha Men. County Chairman Baker has re ceived a letter from an Omaha man, who wrote that his son, at Camp Dodge, advised, him that soldiers Except those from Douglas county have received their ballots. j State Chairman Beach stated that State Secretary Fool went to a southern camp before the last pri mary and returnd with a lot of soldier ballots which had been voted. Pool told Beach that he saved the state $40 by making that trip personally. i "There is not much difference be tween aVepublican and a patriotic speech," was the comment of a re publican Saturday afternoon at the headquarters room, 1619 Farnam street. Hi Albert W. Jcfferis, congressional candidate in this district, and Sen ator G. W. Norris were visitors at republican headquarters ..Saturday. Funeral of Mrs. Mitchell Held Saturday Afternoon Funeral services in memory of Mrs. Will M. Mitchell, who died of Spanish influenza at Stf Joseph's hospital, were held Saturday after noon at the Hoffman funeral hdme. Besides her husband, two boys. Ora, 9, and Will M., jr., 4 years of age, survive. Interment was made in Forest Lawn cemetery. OBITUARY. SIMON" THOMAS LAUBAU died at th home of Mrs. S. C. Carson, r602 California street, Wednesday afternoon, aged 31 years. Funeral will be Saturday afternoon from the 'Crosby Undertaking parlors. Inter ment in Forest Lawn cemetery. A. D. -FLIXTON". president of the Feature Film Corporation and the Kansas City Film Co., died at his home, 371S Holmes Ave., Kansas City, Mo., of Spanish influenza. He is survived by a widow and son, who is captain of marines, and is serving in the trenches somewhere in France. 4-ir.T:iim-riii'? iTHj SALVAGE FUND TO MAKE REGORD DURINGOGTOBER Receipts for Month So Far Are More Than Two Thousand ..Dollars, Which is the High Mark. Mrs. H. H. Green, manager of the salvage department of the Red Cross, announces that the month of October will be the banner month of the department since its organi zation. Up to the present, she says, the largest receipts of the depart ment has been $1,695, while the re ceipts of the present month up to Saturday night will be more than $2,000, with nearly two weeks more to go. Mrs. Green says the greatest need of the department is more stuff to sell. "If only the people realized what an amount of money can be realized out of these articles which are cast aside in the household, it would help out wonderfully," she said. "If you ask me what to bring I shall answer: 'Almost anything about the household that is not in use, provided it has a value.' " Clothing, books, varnishes, paints, trunks, suitcases, jewelry and fur niture of all kinds are among things which have been brought and have found a ready market. , Take a look through your store room, bring what you can spare, and look through the salvage store. One person found an old walnut parlor set there of antique style which struck his fancy. He bought it and is going to have it refinished for his home. He says it will have a very great value when refinished. There are still other articles of fur niture possessing considerable value, which can be purchased at a nomi nal price. And there is a complete set of surgical instruments, all equipped wiiii leather and in perfect condi tion, which were sent in by the widow of a surgeon who recently died. , Men Who Have Trades Will Be Inducted in Navy, Starting Monday For the first time since the new draft, the navy recruiting station, now a navy sub-mobilization station, will open at 9 o'clock Monday morn ing for the induction of those whose trades make I hem specially desirable fo naval service. v The age limits for this work has been set at 21 to 40 years, inclusive. Men holding deferred classifications at their local board, who registered prior to September 12, and who are qualified are eligible for induction No Class 1-A men who registered prior to September 12 can be accept ed. AH men registered in the last draft within the required age lim its are eligible. All men upon induction regardless of trade and qualifications will be rated apprentice seamen and sent to a training station for thorough train- ! mg where competitive examinations will be hld for advancement to the special ratings at higher pay. Men from the following trades can be inducted. Boilermakers, black smiths, carpenters, cabinet workers and finishers, coppersmiths, acety line welders, machinists and men of high speed motor experience, instru ment workers,, capable of repairing delicate instruments. Men are need ed also for the hospital corps. Women Sell Nearly Twff Million Dollars Worth of U. S. Bonds The bond total is still climbing at Women's headquarters, Saturday noon having reached the amount of $1,936,260. Many lieutenants, anxious , to swell the total for Nebraska, are still working their districts, so that the majors of the wards have been unabll to lose their books. "So long as there is" a bond to come inNe will remain open," said Mrs. W. A. C. Johnson, secretary. "I will be at my desk until Wednes day at least." Even after -the camouflaged out posts had closed, the captains con tinued to make sales, boosting their aggregate total to $121,000. A subscription of $9,000 from Crane & Co. and another of $2,500 from the Rialto theater brought the hotel outpost total to $50,000. Crane & Co. subscribed an addi tional $9,000 through the store out posts, bringing their total to $71,500. "The women have worked like, Trojans," said Mrs. Frank Judson.' "The results have far exceeded my expectations." T. C. Byrne, state chairman, made the statement that the reports from both the Women's headquar ters and Liberty bank were "accu rate and in perfect condition. a re mark most pleasing to the women bankers. LHieafs the WDnoi IHIouse JEFFERIS FOR CONGRESS He Will Stand by Your Boy in the Trenches. The Rogers' One-Pipe Furnace Burns Any Fuel. TT T7TT All from one register. Keep comfortable save coal and money by get ting a Rogers' One-Pipe Furnace. 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A Marvelous Money Saving MILLINERY SALE in Three Great Groups Monday 235 Smart Hats worth $7.50 to $10 1 ' , f 369 Beautiful Hats worth $15, $12.50, $10 269 High-Grade Velvet Untrimmed Hats worth $2.95 to $5.00 Extra Special $.1.00 NEW YORK" OMAHA" 1 SIOUX CITY ' 1 LINCOLN" OrMn Announcing a Sale of Distinctive 316-18 South 16th Street Co 4. i Wraps Models CREATED BY THE MASTER DESIGNERS OF PARIS CHERUIT . BEYNARD PAQUIN BULLOZ CALLOT DOUILLET All Samples; Exclusive Bought From New York's Foremost Coat Specialist at GBEAT PRICE CONCESSIONS. They Have Served the Purpose as Models for Which They Were Made and We Arc Coins to Sell BEAUTIFUL STREET COATS, SMART MOTOR COATS, WONDERFUL EVENINC4 WRAPS 1 x At ABOUT ONE-HALF The new" style features off these beautiful coats arc the double sleeve and narrow skirt effects and ' the new collars. There arc only seventy-five of these wonderful models, only .one of a kind, so we advise early selection. 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