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. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 22, 1918.
HURLEY, SCHWAB
WILL ATTEND BIG
CONGRESS HERE
Transmissippi Conference on
Reconstruction to Be Held
in Omaha Early in
February.
Charles M. Schwab, president of
the American Steel company, and
Edward M. Hurjey, who has been
in charge of the government ship
building industry, two of the coun
try's biggest men in the industrial
and commercial world, have signified
their intentions of attending the
Transmississippi "ongress to be
held in Omaha February 4, 5 and 6
ceived here yesterday.
The chief purposes of y the con
gress is the problems of after war
, adjustments, respecting agriculture,
banking, labor, livestock raising and
marketing, transportation and high-
rv i t. i
.ways, tne congress nas neen en
1 dorsed by the United States Cham-
;'a ber ot Commerce, tne organization
! that concluded with success the Na-
tionai war emergency ana Kecon
s struction conference at Atlantic City
j ' :arly in December.
The congress will be made up. of
delegates from every state; in the
Union west of the Mississippi river.
;i A meeting of 100 representative
, V bi siness men of Omaha met in the
, rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
'; Saturday noon, at which a resolution
endorsing the v proposed meeting
' was adopted.
. The resolution follows: '
( ' "Be It Resolved, That we ap
; prove and endorse the action of the
.executive committee of the Omaha
;' 1 Chamber of Commerce in provW
ing for a trans-Mississippi readjust
!;'inent congress to be held in Omaha
i?n the 4th, Sth and 6th of .Feb
i "ruarv. 1919.
! ''We invite all the Omaha com
mu'nity and other commercial com
L1' munities in the state of Nebraska
:; to. join with Omaha in welcoming
f - the delegates and speakers and all
others who may attend the congress.
"We approve of the plan to in-i-Wite
leaders of national prominence
);. in the several lines of. industry,
'; : finance, labor, agriculture and civic
'improvement, to discuss before the
i ..rrmorco t Vi new iccnpe that nrp.
'isent themselves to the people of
' this country in the period imme
diately following the close of the
' world war.
' "We sugges that , the people of
, Atbe" trans-Mississippi " stateSi the
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Omaha' Has Confidence in
Ads in the Newspapers
Brandeis Advertising Manager
Thinks City Has Greatest 1
. Possibilities of Any
in Country.
"The first impression I received
of Omaha as a newcomer was one
of satisfaction, for commercial pro
gresslveness seemed apparent im
mediately," said Lawrence W. Har
ris, who recently came here from
Chicago to take charge of the ad
vertising department of the Bran
deis stores. .
Mr. Harris is a young man in
years, for the responsible position
he holds, but is old in experience,
as he has been in publicity work
since his boyhood, having been con
nected with some of the largest ad
vertising agencies and mercantile
establishments in the country.
When pressed further for' his
opinion of Omaha, he said: "From
a mercantile standpoint Omaha has
greater possibilities than any city
in the', country, and I do not think.
any town is putting forth the pro--!
gressive efforts that the people are
here. Another thing that impresses
me -is the ; confidence the people
have in the advertisements jn the
daily papersj' . '
Mr.- Harris also said that display
newspaper advertising had received
a great impetus all over the coun
ts) :
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RMKES ANSWER
TO CHARGES OF
FT.
OMAHA
MEN
try from the fact that the United
Slates government found, in selling
Libecty bonds, war savings stamps,
etc., display advertising and news
paper publicity were important fac
tors in the results of these war
time .undertakings.
of the principal cities, representa
tives of the chambers of commerce
or commercial clubs,- and repre
sentatives of the agricultural, labor
and other organized activities be
invited to take part in this congress.
"We pledge the community of
Omaha to enter into and perfect
the necessary organization to carry
out atl the details and to finance
them, to bring this enterprise to a
successful conclusion."
Paris Delegates Proclaim
Armenia Independent State
New York, Dec. 21.--The inde
pendence of Armenia has been pro
claimed by the Armenian national
lielegation in ' Paris, according to a
dispatch from the French capital re
ceived today by the Armenian Na
tional Union of America here.
The dispatch states that the proc
lamation of independence is on be
half of "integral Armenia, including
Cilicia." The delegation has placed
the embryo state under the guaran
tee "of the entente and the United
States and the society of nations."
Mackay Demands That
Carlton Terminate His
"Dual" Wire Capacity
New York, Dec. 2f Clarence H.
Mackay, president of the Commer
cial Cable and Postal Telegraph
companies, demanded in a statement
issued here' tonight that Newcomb
Carlton, director of the government
controlled cables, terminate 'his
"dual capacity" as an employe of
the postmaster general and presi
dent of the Western Union Tele
graph company.
Mr. Carlton's continuance in both
positions, Mr.. Mackay declared,
"with the right to control and pry
into the business policies of his com
petitor, "are antagonistic to the de
cent instincts of the American peo
ple." The same thing, he said, applies
to Theodore N. Vail, president of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph company, who is acting as an
adviser to Mr. Burleson.
Miss Tobitt Says Deposit Is
to Insure Safe Return of
; Books; Regulations Ap
ply to Civilians.
Charges made by men in. uniform
stationed in Omaha, that the public
library is discriminating .- against
men in the service by exacting a $5
deposit on, books ' borrowed from
the local institution, are answered
by Miss Edith Tobitt, librarian.
"The $5 deposit is collected by
libraries all over the country on ac
count of the loss, during the- first
six months of war, tof hundreds of
expensive, technical, books, which
are difficult to replace, said Miss
Tobitt. "In the" general rush to
place everything at the command of
men in uniform, we issued all books
on demand. On account of hasty
movements tf . troops or careless
ness on the part of . the rrien, few
of these books were returned,' t
. , ,,. Covers Six Books. '
"This crippled the1, library In
serving the .soldiers who later ap;
plied for the same necessary books'.
The $5 deposit, which covers the
loan of six books, is the same sum
exacted from all non-resident per
sons who take books. Its purpose
is to insure the return, of the.
books for the next user. The $5
is returned immediately upon ap
plication. f
"If a soldier" takes ut but one
book, only the price of the volume,
not the entire $5 is charged. The
charge is made only in the central
library, not in any of the army posts
where 'Y. M. C. A. workers issue
books and follow up their return
before the men are ordered from
camp."
Stands Responsible.
As an instance of the difficulty in
tracing books when the deposit is
not made, Miss Tobitt cites the
case ofa soldier who told one of
the librarians he could not afford a
deposit on a text-book he desired.
The librarian offered to personally
stand responsible for the return of
the book. Several months elapsed
and much correspondence between
various army posts ensued until the
soldier was located and returned
the book. In the meantime, in
numerable calls for the same vol
ume had not been met.
Bee Want Ads are the Best Busi
ness Boosters.
MURDERED MAN
FOUND IN DITCH
AT MILWAUKEE
Body Thrown from Automobile
Police Believe; Woman's
Dainty Handkerchief
in Coat Pocket.
1 Milwaukee, Dec. 21. A post mor
tem examination of the body of a
well dressed man about 30 years old,
found in a ditch beside the Mil
waukee road tracks about two miles
south of the city this morning, was
followed by a report to the coroner
by physicians that death was caused
by suffocation and a fractured skull.
A brick clotted with blood was
found a short distance from the
body. A diamond ring, a signet
ring with the initials W. R.; an oak
leaf scarf pin with a diamond and
pearl setting, a. -working contract
and $1.25. in silver were also found.
The working cc itract found was
made with the ('.,.ldliagen' Employ
ment company, Kan-0, N D., giving
employment to William Romaizew
ski, as a harvester on a farm at
Casselon, N. D.
The fact that no traces of a strug
gle could be" found near, the, tracks
nor in the ditch K ads the police to.
oeneve tne man w a ; probably murd
ered while., riding m .an automobile
and his body throw into the ditch.
With the finding of a woman's
daintly perfumed and embroidered
handkerchief in one of the man's
coat pockets the police are working
on the theory that a woman has
some knowledge ct the crime.
First of Nation's Fighting
Ships Reach Home Port
New York, Dec. 21. The first of
the 'many units of the nation's fight
ing, ships ordered, hue for-Christmas
time ceremonies arrived.in port
today. They ..were six battleships
the Illinois, .Alabama','; Mississippi,
Iowa, Indiana and Kcarsarge and
the.? hospital ,: ship , Salace." These
vessels 'will' puf asho' c their men on
holiday leave from time to time and
will be here to greet 'he home-coming
battleships,. en route from active
duty in the North sea, when they
arrive next week.
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fll THE FXJLTOrCHASSIS lias won its face in the fleets
, of the largest truck operators ly consistent day -aft erclay
performance with the lowest operating cost of any truck of
its delivery typey
q NOW THE GOVERNMENT after exhaustive test and
service have approved the FULTON chassis for all hranches
of the government service and
q UNPER , GOVERNMENT! TEST th FULTON
chassis again showed the greatest mileage loth gasoline and
oil of iiny truck of its capdeity (1 TON) or larger, with
a margin of 7 over 40o greater than its nearest competitor.
9 BY REASON OF the cost of the high grade material and
experts su&er-careful workmanship which are incorporated in
the FULTON chasas- .
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and phenomenally low-cost-o -operation of the FULTON
chassis, the list price $1850 F. O. B. FARMINGDALE is perman
ent and will not he subjected to any decrease.
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The Furniture Gift
can be a pre-eminently sensible one and still reflect personal solicitude
atld good will. The permanence of the worth and the year ;;
after year usefulness, together with the fact that everybody in
i the home where such a gift goes, en joys it, makes Furniture . '
the choice of thoughtfulness and soundest judgment.
Martha Washington1
Sewing Table, in ma
hogany
Muffin Stand
in mahogany, as
illustrated. This
piece is not only
very useful, but
a rare bargain at
Drop Leaf Liberty
Table, in American
walnut, with grace
fully turned legs
and well finished.
An extra value, at
Gateleg Table, as
pictured, in solid
mahogany
$28.00
820.00 $4.00 811.50
Vict 01' ' Special Pieces of Orchard & Wilhelm's
ecords Furniture at Special Prices,
Italian Rennaiseance Brown Mahogany
Library Table, top 26x50, with , M C
two secret drawers beneath; price VO
Toys
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Make Ideal ; Cifts
The fact that the world's
.best music and entertain
nuent is possible, through
the medium of Victor Rec
ords' makes choosing easy
' the intimate bond ' tetween
. you and your friend, .mother,'
father, sister, brother ' is per-
haps "best reinspired ' by the
. strains of an orchestral triumph
perhaps it's a song, or an in
strumental solo it brings to
mind again a place, a vacation,
a dance or some other happy
day, worth remembering and
YOU'
What more would ypu wish,
a gift to do than to revive life's
dearest memories.
A Most Complete Stock of
. Victor Records Awaits You.
. ,. JPhone TYLER 3000
$56.00 Ivory' Reed Baby:
' ; upholstered In : Corduroy.1. . ..$40.00
$47.00 Old Ivory Dresser, Adam
type $39.50
$'15.00 Old Ivory Triple Mirror Dress
ins Table .'. $32.00
$35.00 Old Ivory Dresser, Adam
type $23.00
$115.00 Old Ivory Chiffcnette, Adam
. type ' $85.00
$67.00 Old Ivory Dresser, Adam
type, oval mirror, at $49.50
$56.00 William and Mary Chest of
"' Drawers,' mahogany, at . v.. $42.00
$61.00 Triple Mirror Dressing Table
to match ,. $48.00"
$39.00 American Walnut. Triple Mir
ror Dressing Table, Chippendale
. style $29.00
$36.00 Louis XVI Dressing Table, in
mahogany, with triple ..mirror,
at I $27.00
$48.00 , American 1 Walnut Buffet.
Queen Anne style $37.00
$70.00 Quartered Golden Oak, . Mas
sive Colonial Dresser, at... $55.00
$65.00 Chiffonier to mafch, at $48.00
$48.00 Triple Mirror Dressing Table
to match $35.00
Carriage, $6.5ti Adam Walnut Rocker with cant
seat .....' ' $4.50
$88.00 William and Mary Dressing
Table in mahogany, at $60.00
; $16.00 'Dressing 'Table, Chsir to
' match '. $12.00
$2.6.50 Old Ivory, Adam type Bed, ,
at w. .j.. , . $18.0(
$68.00-Golden Oak Parlor Suit, p--holstered
in black leather, 8-picce
suite, special at $48.00
,$70.,00 . Colonial Mahogany Dressing.
Table with triple mirror. . .$58.00
$1.7.00, ' Hepplewhite '' Bureau, and ,
, Mirror, in gray enamel, hand deeo
, rated, pair $89.00
$45.00 Jacobean, 48-inch Top, Drop
Leaf Table, special at $35.00
$48.00 American Walnut Chiffonier,
with mirror, at ............ $35.00
$39.00 Dressing Table to match,
at $29.00
$34.00 Mahogany Cane Wing Chair,
William and Mary style. .. .$23.00
$32.00 Wing Chair In velour upheli-
" tery '. $20.00
$39.00 American Walnut, Triple Mir
ror Dressing Table at. ... .'.$2t00
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The kind that please the
girls and boys and that
commend themselves to,
your own" good Judgment.
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Children's Furniture -" " f
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Pianos Drums 1 1
Dishes Stoves Books i i
.Games. Guns'"!
Kiddie Kars 1 .Sleds j
Electrical Trains jl
, Mechanical Toys jrr
VVagons Automobiles ' I .
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Second Floor-
Main Floor.
.Especially
Attractive
Are;. These
Xmas
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Suggestions
from our Drapery
Department
Couch Covers
of moquette in Oriental and
Chinese designs, wonderful re
plicas of. age-old and time-honored
motifs. Prices .
$20 to $27.50
... Table Runners
of Tapestry, Moquette, Damask,
in Oriental, Chinese, Verdure
and Portuguese embroidery ef
fects. A splendid assortment:'
12, 17, 27 inches wide, 50, 72,
84 inches long. From-
$4.25 to $15.00
Sofa Pillows
Covered in Velvets and Dam
asks, good, substantial, usable
kinds. Specially priced, at
$4.00 .
From the days of King Solomon "and then some"
a Rug has been considered a Very acceptable gift.
It would be difficult to think of anything better even
today, and so we say, consider
Rugs
as Xmas. Gifts
-HEAVY AXMINSTER RUGS in size 36x63 inches. Oriental and
floral patterns, in good colorings $4.80
WILTON VELVET RUGS, very soft colorings, that will match
the larger sizes, mostly in Oriental patterns. Size 27x54 inches.
Good values and a lasting gift, each. $8.25
OVAL HAND MADE RAG RUGS, suitable for daughter's room,
made of fine cretonne or wool; can be matched up in various sizes
and are practical and beautiful to look at ; upward from . . $6.75
AN ORIENTAL RUG lasts nearly a life-time and is admired by
all, and never comes amiss as the richest of gifts. We have made
special efforts to have some unusual offerings for this Christmas
and have many rare wonderful pieces in both small and larte
sizes to. offer. A list of suggestions follows :
Anatolian and Belouchistan and Chinese Rugs in dark, rich blues,
reds and browns, sizes up to 4-10x2-7; a number of excellent
pieces to select from, at, each : $27.50
Silk mats for table covers, about 3x2 in size, each $12.50
Daghistan Rug in wonderful coloring, size 3-9x10 $45.00
Bokhara Rug, princess pattern, soft rich reds, and blues, splendid
size 5-4x4-9, for $67.50
Finest Saruk Rugs in wonderful blues and rose colorings, quality
equal to the finest of Oriental rugs in designs showing the won
iders of this difficult weaving, from 3x5 in size.
BISSELL'S GUARANTEED AMERICAN QUEEN CARPET
SWEEPER, nickel plated, Cyco, ball-bearing with best quality
brush and latest improvements ; a splendid gift, at, each .... $5.75
Downstairs '
Xmas
Suggestions
" From Our Kitchen
Wares Dept.
$1.25 Patent Sanitary .Salt and
Pepper Shakers, the pair
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Cheese and Cracker Platters,
uune in line nicnei piate
(guaranteed) $5.50
PYREX Casseroles, $2.50 Up
Handsome Crumb Trays, in 2
nfckel or brushed brass,'
at ..$3.50, $3.95, $4.50, $4.95 2
UNIVERSAL Electric Coffee ; I
Percolators . . . .$13.50, $14.00. ; 2
$16.50, $17.50, $18.00, $19.50
UNIVERSAL Electric Chafing ? j
Dishes, $15.00, $15.75, $17.50 $ 'J-
UNIVERSAL Thermos Flasks, '
in large variety, $3.00 to $7.50 X.i
WEAR-EVER Aluminum Ware
a practical gift. . ' 2
WAGNER CAST Aluminum
Ware, sets of 20 pieces in hand
some mahogany case, for set,
complete $30.00
Carving Sets
$2.25, $3.00, $3.75, $4.50, $6.50
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"Hot Point" Electric Irons. 5
lbs. and 6 lbs. (guaranteed),
for ...... ...$7.oo
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Royal Rochester Sandwich s
Plates, in nickel (guaranteed), - T
for $4.00 I
Nickel Plated Game Shears x s
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