THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1918.
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WOUNDED, BUT
GOES OVER TOP
FIGHTING HUNS
Joe Pankowsky, Omaha Boy,
Tells Story of Big Drive on
War Front Chasing-Off
v German Hordes.
Joe R. Pankowsky, formerly an
, employe of the M. C. Peters Mill
company, was one of the first Oma
ha men to be drafted and one of
the first to be wounded. He is with
Company C, Three Hundred and
Forty-first machine gun battalion.
To Mr. Peters he has written as
follows and under date of Oc
tober 6, from somewhere it France:
"It's been sometime since I have
dropped you a line, and, in fact, I
was a busy man in the past two
months and I had no time, nor writ?
ing accommodations. I had been in
the 'trenches 22 days, where I had
several small skirmishes with Fritz,
and had been in several small bar
rages that he sent over, which he
would follow up with an attack on
our trenches, but each time failed
to accomplish anything and would
suffer with losses.
Goes Over vthe Top.
"On my return to a small town
we received our first bath and shave
and were fully equipped with new
clothes. Here we intended to rest.
Well we were here three days when
we were ordered back. We started
the evening of September 12 and ar
rived there about one hour before
the big barrage, that took place be
fore the big drive. We went over
the top with our machine guns at
5 in the morning, following close
behind the infantry that was going
through the Hun lines and cleaning
up the Huns so fast that it re
sembled one of our cutter machines
in the mill. We Only made short j
Hops to clean out the thick woods
and underbrush with our machine
' guns and drive them out into the
open, where we took thousands of
prisoners. ,
"It was one big chase, taking sev
eral towns that the Huns had oc
cupied for four years and large num
bers of their guns. We advanced
about nine miles and we were stop
bed by the staff officers, who re
fused to let us go on account of our
artillery couldn't, keep up. We Were
ordered to dig in so we built
trenches and implacements for our
machine guns and here we stayed
for a few days, making ; another
small drive and taking up our gun
' positions in a graveyard, this being
my 19th day and I was over the
top three times. '
, ' Many Shells Missed.
"I had many a shell miss me, al
though I had been knocked down by
the concussion from them. I was
getting ready to go back to the
rear when Fritz sent over, a small
barrage that morning and hit the
big graveyard wall that I was lying
alongside of with a shell as large
as mysejf. It buried me alive, caus
ing a couple of small shrapnel
wounds, my head crushed a little,
a couple of teeth knocked out and
a gas shell put on top of this that
put several burns on my leg and
sent me to a hospital, where I am at
at the present time. I am getting
along fine and the nurses and doc
tors claim I will be back soon and
be as strong as I ever was. I am
only afraid that the boys will have
them licked before I return and spoil
my. chance lor revenge."
Stirring Poster Sent '
from France Will Be
Exhibited by The Bee
Mrs. Lola Risch has received a
picture , from her husband, Major
P. A. Risch, who is in France in
charge of the billeting of soldiers.
The picture is a big poster show
ing, in brilliant colors, the crushng
of the kaLer by the onrush 0f the
allies, exemplified by the flags of
the allied rations.
The picture will be hung outside
of the Bee building.
Major Risch was formerly cap
tain of Company D of the "Dandv
Sixth," Nebraska volunteers, and,
has been in Trance since last Jan
uary. 1 '
Mrs. Risch is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lew Pixley. Her father
is a civil war veteran and has been
a prominent ar worker. ,
The poster was designed to boost
the Fourth bond drive in France.
Estate of H. D. Estabrook
Is to' Be Assessed Here
County Judge Crawford has been
asked to assess the inheritance tax
on the Omaha portion of the estate
of the late Henry D. Estabrook
prominent New York lawyer who
formerly was a resident of. Omaha
This tax will "be about $400. The
Omaha property was assessed at
$105,000.
Mrs. Estabrook is now residing
with jier brother-in-law. R. C.
Clnwrv. Tarrvtown-on-the-Hudson
Mr. Clowry was formerly head of
'.he Western Union Telegraph com
pany and started his career in
Omaha.
Mrs. Estabrobk was Mary Camp
bell of this city, her father having
been O. C. Campbell -
Mr. Estabrook was a pfesidential
aspirant in 1916, but withdrew from
the race before the primary. He
was prominent in legal and musical
circles of this citymany years' ago:
OBITUARY.
H. B. EIXJOTT, 33 years of age,
2813 Poppleton avenue, a city fire
man, died ' Tuesday afternoon of
pneumonia.. He had been-in the
fire department for the last 10 years
and was stationed in engine house
No. 1 for the last eight years. Fu
neral will be held at 2 o'clock p. m.
today at the home. .
MRS. ANN ELIZABETH CHRIS
TENSEN, 34 years of age, 2527 '
North Sixty-second street, died Tues
day of pneumonia following influ
enza. The husband, Thorbald Chris
tensen, died about a week ago of the
same i disease. Mrs. Christensen is
survived by three small children. The
funeral, was held Mn Swanson's
chapel Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock and Interment was la Mount
Hobs cemetery. . ; .
Four Omaha Girls to Sing
For U. S. Soldiers in France
Our boys "over there" will indeed
be cheered when this . coterie of
pretty Omaha girls the "Victory
quartet" arrives in France to lend
its talent to entertain them. These
attractive singers, who have been
known as the "Liberty quartet"
heretofore, have now changed their
name to one more fitting in these
days of peace and rejoicing. The
young women have been accepted
by the Y. W. C. A. for work over
seas and will prove able entertainers
for the men in the uniform of their
country.
The personnel of the. group has
been changed a little, for Miss Ruth
Gordon, whose picture appears at
the top of the group, has been
forced to resign and Miss Margaret
Teten of Nebraska City will take
her place. The other girls are Miss
Eleanor Lockie, Miss Beryl Tubbs
and Miss AHegra Fuller.
. A lyceum tour will be covered tv
'the quartet before it sails for France.
They leave Friday for Fargo, N. D.
John Mallett, Pioneer
Omaha Blacksmith, Dead
John Mallett, who. with Andrew
Murphy, was the first blacvsmith
in Omaha, died at his home 4421
North Twenty-thrid street, last
night of penumonia following influenza.
Mr. Mallett for 35 years has had
his shop at Nineteenth and Vinton
streets. He was 67 years old.
Surviving besides his wife are two
daughters, Mrs. Leroy Klceman of
Scribner and Miss Frances Mallett
of Omaha.
Man, Who, Was Shot
During Scrimmage, Dead
Fred W. Davis, 1223 Chicago, who
wa snot during a scrimmapre with
Susie Tarwater, a negro woman,
died last night of his wound.
Prelate's Wish To Be
Fullfilled by Interring
His Heart In Alsace
Paris, Nov. 13. (Havas) Sen
ator Delahaye, in discussing Alsace-Lorraine
in the senate, re
called the famous letter written
by the late Monsignor Freppel,
the bishop of Angers, and the
bishop's wish before he died that
his heart be interred in recon
quered Alsace. Alsace, said the
senator, now will be able to take
back to Obernai, the birthplace of
Monsignor Freppel, the casket
containing the dead prelate's
heart.
Brief City News
Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Granden
Have Root Print It Beacon Press.
Visiting Omaha Relatives Dr. W.
H. NIpps of Colorado Springs is vis
iting his sister, Mrs. Emma Millard,
while in Omaha in the Interests of
the Big Six Oil company of iKt Car
son, Colo.
Sues for Attorney's Fees-uy R.
C. Reed has started an action in dis
trict court against Augustus DoU for
$4,400 attorney's fees in connection
with the Doll estate which was in
litigation for several years in the
local courts.
Ten Per Cent Dividend The
Standard Oil company of Nebraska
declared its regular semi-annual div
idend of 10 per cent, payable De
cember 20. The dividend was de
clared at a meeting yesterday of the
board of directors. 1
Car Goes Over Bank Chris Heine,
2010 Valley street, sustained numer
ous bruises and a deep cut over one
eye late Tuesday afternoon, when
the car he was driving plunged over
a 25-root emDanKmeni ai xwenuein
and Deer Park boulevard.
Reavis Does Not Speak Con
gressman C. F. Reavis, who recently
returned from France and was to be
gue'st of honor at a luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
noon, was unable to attend because
of the illness of his wife.
Go to Pick Out Seats State Rep
resentatives Allen, Berka and Dyball
went to Lineoln Wednesday after
noon to select the sittings to be oc
cupied by the Douglas county dele
gation at the next session of the leg
islature. They constituted a com
mittee to act for all the members.
Company Denies Charge Attor
ney General Reed appeared in Judge
Troup's court yesterday in connec
tion with a blue sky case against the
Painless Withers company of Oma
ha. The defense insisted that the
operations of the company have not
violated the law. The court will an
nounce his decision within a few
days. j
Leg Broken in Auto Accident A.
B. Tower, 1836 North Eighteenth
street, sustained a broken leg and
numerous bruises when the car he
was driving was struck by another
car driven by an unknown woman at
the intersection of Eighteenth and
California streets Tuesday evening.
Tower ,was taken to the Lord Lister
hospital.
Fine fireplace goods at Sunderland's.
Bavarians Desire No
Mercy for Members
Hun Military Party
Copenhagen, Nov. 12. The new
Bavarian government has sent a
message to President Wilson
through Switzerland expressing
its fears that the armistice terms
will bring chaos to the disordered
young republic and requesting that
Great Britain, France and Italy
be asked to punish the guilty.
The message adds that the Ger
man autocracy and military party
do not deserve mercy.
Why Compare Beef and Coal Profits?
Swift & Company has frequently stated that its profit on beef
averages only one-fourth of & cent a pound, and hence has practically
no effect on the price. ,
Comparison has been made by the Federal Trade Commission of
this profit with the profit on coal, and it has pointed out that anthracite
coal operators are content with d profit of 25 cents a ton, whereas the
beef profit of one-fourth of a cent a pound means a profit of $5.00 a ton.
The comparison does not point out that anthracite coal at the
seaboard is worth at wholesale about $7.00 a ton, whereas a ton of
beef of fair quality is worth about $400.00 wholesale. '
To carry the comparison further, the 25 cent profit on coal is 3Vfc
per cent of the $7.00 value. .
The $5.00 profit on beef is only 1 per cent of the $400.00 value.
The profit has little effect on price in either case, but has less effect
on the price of beef than on the price of coal.
Coal may be stored in the open air indefinitely; beef must be kept
in expensive coolers because it is highly perishable and -must be
refrigerated.
Coal is handled by the carload or ton; beef is delivered to retailers by the
pound or hundred weight. s
Methods of handling are vastly different. Coal is handled in open cars; beef
mast'be shipped in refrigerator cars at an even temperature.
' Fairness to the public, fairness to Swift & Company, fairness to the packing
industry, demands that these indisputable facts be considered. . It is impossible to
disprove Swift fic Company's statement, that its profits on beef are so small as to
have practically no effect on prices.
' Swift & Company, U.S. A.
Omaha Local Branch, 13th & Leavenworth Streets
F. J. Souders, Manager
Burgess
Hash
Go
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Wednesday, November 13, 1918.
STORE NEWS FOR THURSDAY
Phone Douglas 2100.
There's a Great Big Juicy "Sugar Plum" Here
For You Thursday, the 4th Day of Our
"Sugar Plum" Hospitality Week
f HAVE jutt re
ceived an ex
cludv picture
showing Klttr BUI
reviewing my "Vic
torious Armies" oa
their advance back-!
ward from the Bui
lawa line of detente.
In the foreground
1 an American
cootie, trained bjr
Doc. Langfeld, the
Omaha bacterlolo
(1st, and which
retrieved Hunt,
blindfolded.
CAPTAIN KIDDER.
SUBSCRIBE ,
to the
United War Work
Fund,
And by so doing demon
strate to the boys in the service
that you are backing them up
that you are helping to keep
the "Hut" fires burning till
the boys come home.
JICTORY Lockets,
at, Each,
65c
Something new in Victory
lockets; in shell color, space for
one photograph; each, 65c.
Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor
nUNKER HILL
Writing Paper,
, 35c
Handsomely boxed, 24 sheets
with envelopes to match, white
and coIots; box, 35c.
Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor
5ANDWICH
Trays, at
$1.45
Sheffield silver sandwich
trays, craftsman hammered
style; each, 1.45. '
Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor '
A LARM Clocks, at
$1139,
Good time keepers, nickel
plated; Thursday, at, each,
$1.39.
Burget-Nath Co. Main Floor
L ARSIGHTED Folks
Are Baying
Victiolas
THE Victrola factory is
working hard on war
winning Ap rod ucts for
Uncle Sam. Thousands
of their men have gone to
the trenches. That's the
reason Victrolas are so
hard to get. That's why
we urge you to buy now.
The ,
Burgess-Nash
Outfit Plan
will assist you in getting yours
we will deliver it later, if
you wish. Are you familiar
with this plan? If not, it will
interest you. Better stop in
our Victrola Dept. and have it
explained to you the first time
you are down town. .
Burgeit-Naah Co. Fourth Floor
Here's Your "Sugar Plum"
For Thursday
With a Purchase Amounting
To $5.00 or Over
One(l)
Mina Taylor
Apron Dress
THEY'RE made of splendid
quality of gingham, tcham
bray and madras shirting in reg
ulation apron-dress style. Collars
cuffs, belt and pockets of self or,
contrasting material. Light or
dark colors. Sijzes 34 to 48. 1
Limit of one to a customer.
"Sugar Plum" Booth in Downstair Store
4 qf
KJOTION Specials
V for Thursday
' Every one a juicy "Sugar
Plum."
Dress shields, good quality;
sizes 2, 3 and 4, regular shape;
pair, 19c.
J. & P. Coate'i best 6
cord sewing thread,
spool..... "C
Skirt belting, sizes 2, 2
and 3; white or black; yard,
10c.
Invisible hair pins, box, 4c.
Sewing thread, 200-yard,
3-cord, white only: doz
en, 28c i spool,
at
2ic
Skirt markers for the home
dress maker; each, 25c
Lawn bias tape, bolt, 5c.
Goat hangers, assorted styles,
each, 7c
(Main Floor)
50CIETY Satin
Camisoles at $lJD0
Made of best quality of sat
in and trimmed back and front
with a lace insertion; flesh col
or and white; Thursday, at,
$1.00 each. '
Burgess'Nash Co. Second Floor.
(
Here's More Good "Plum Picking" for Thursday
Trimmed and Tailored Hats
Featured at a Fraction of the Price
At Which They Were Intended to Retail
$3.95
THERE are scores of smart, new models becoming
and individual. There is every noDular stvle. in-'
eluding close iittmg turbans, the ostrich trimmed, the
'large sailor, in every new and wanted shade, including
such as henna, brown, blue, purple, taupe, etc.
Dress Hats Evening Hats
' Tailored Hats Party Hats
To sum it all up, we can not impress upon you too forcefully the rare and un
usual importance of this offering for Thursday.
Cold type can not impart to you the real value worth and beauty; you must
Come and See. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor i y
1
High
We Can't Help but Direct
Your Attention Again to This Sale of
Qrade Corsets
In a Few Groups at Prices That Are
Less Than Cost to Manufacture
$l-$1.50-$242.50
TN the excitement of tb.6 tast few rl VSt nnp WflQ nrnne tr lot
1 exceptional buying opportunities slip by; you really can't
afford to do it in this instance. Corset prices are steadily
advancing and the government has limited the corset manu
facture to less than half their former output another point
to be considered.
Months aeo we nlanned this Rale and fVirnno-k
enabled to offer to you a vast assortment of the very latest models of the
best manufacturers at prices that cannot be duplicated again for at least
' some time to come. '
The immense assortment of styles offered in both front and back laced
corsets aords an opportunity whereby every figure form, the growing girl or
petite young miss to the stylish stout woman, can be properly fitted-with her
favorite corset. The corsets are made of coutil, broche, batiste, treco, in white
or pink. Experienced corsetieres will see that you are properly fitted. Sale
prices, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. ;
j Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor.
These Shoes Were 60 Days Late
In Arrival andYou Save About x ,
ffTT'S an ill wind that blows nobody good," as the old saying goes; in this in-
stance you are the one benefited by at least of what the shoes were bought
TWO GROUPS: N
Two Dressy Afternoon Models
At $8.45
Consisting of .
Taupe gray kidskin, "cravenette top, light velt
soles, full Louis covered heels.
. Field mouse kidskin, cravenette top, light welt
soles, full Louis covered heels.
Two Splendid Walking Models
At $7.45
Brown kidskin, cravenette Ijop, welt,soles, li2.inch leather Cuban heels
4 Black kidskin, gray cravenette top, welt soles, 1 -inch leather Cuban heels
Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor UWIS.