THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918.
ncn nonee may
' ulu unuou IIIHI
REACH 90,000
MEMBERS HERE
Report Monday Morning In
' dicates 83,000 Had Joined;
Further Reports Are
; to Come.
" Official tabulation of Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call returns for
Dmaha chapter show figures in ex
cess of 86,400 memberships. Thjugh
the campaign closed Saturday night,
returns made Monday indicate the
figures may be boosted to 90,000.
Headquarters at Sixteenth and
Farnam streets closed Monday
night. Late returns will be made
to Omaha chapter rooms in the
Court house.
Practically no solicitation was
made in the county on account of
, bad roads and influenza. Robert
Smith, county chairman, estimates
ihere wi!l be at least ,.0O0.
Samuel S. Caldwell, vice-chairman
of the membership campaign com
mittee, Monday received a letter
from the American Red Cross in
RomeItaly, informing him the or
ganization had furnished employ
ment in its own workrooms for
Madame Le Granzi, a gentlewoman
refugee for whom an appeal had been
inade by an Omaha friend, Mrs. Yolc
f ollenz, Twenty-sixth and Howard
street Mme. Le Grangi's estate was
confiscated by Austrians.
The local Italian colony expressed
great satisfaction at this direct evi
dence of assistance given to their
countrywoman through the agency
of the local Red Cross.
Private Van Housel
Victim of Pneumonia
airs, vcrna nousei, i.0J. iNorin
Eighteenth street, recently received
i telegram from Washington of the
death of her husband, Priv. Harlan
V'jrn Housel. member of the Eighty
fourth machine gun battalion, Three
hundred and Thirty-third infantry
in France, from bronchial pneu
monia. - Private Housel enlisted in the ser
vice last June and went to Lincoln,
frhcre he was in training for about
ten weeks, as a member of Company
A of the Radio department. He was
later transferred to Chillicothe, O.,
from which place he was sent over
seas early in October.
The last letter which his wife re
ceived from him was written No
vember T7, a week before his death.
In this letter he told her that be
soon would be home.
Besides his wife, Private Housel
leaves a father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Housel; one sister, Mrs,
Rosalye Basse, and six brothers,
Eugene, who is in the service; Ken
neth, Chester, Glen, Donald and El
wood, all of whom except Eugene re
side at Madison, Neb. His father,
N. A. Housel, is county superintend
ent of schools in Madison county.
Holdup Men Get Poor
r Returns for jheir Labors
v Hold-up men were busy Sunday
night, but their results were meager.
T. J. McTee, of 1301 South Twenty
seventh, reported that he was held
up by a lone man in an alley between
Park - and Georgia avenues, near
Leavenworth street, and robbed of
2S cents and his pocketbook.
' W. R. Wesner, i 3212 Lincoln
boulevard, told the police that he
was held up by a man at Thirty
third and Davenport streets. The
robber secured nothing.
A patrolman surprised four men
attempting to break into the Nebraska-Iowa
Mercantile company, at
Ninth and Howard streets. Three
of the men were already in the build
ing. .The fourth gave the alarm and
the1 men fled. The patrolman fired
several shots without result. Nothing
was missing.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
" Sir. and Mrs. M. B. Park of the Evans
hotel, Columbue. Ntb.. are In the city
"doti$r nmt Christmas ihopplnr.
" Mr. and Mra. Ward Burgaaa "turned
bom Waablnfton, D. C, Monday to spend
Chrlstmaa with thalr children, Margarat,
C. W .and Raymond, who are home tor
th holiday.
Brief City News
Dave Root Print It Beacou Press.
Carey Cleaning Co. "Web. 392
S5 Per nt Discount on electric
tabla lamps. Burgess, Granden Co.
Harware Men Banquet The Lee-Coit-Andreenen
Hardware company
will be hosts at a banquet at the
Rome hotel Saturday. There will
be about 150 present.
Herbert Daniel Here for Holidays
Herbert Daniel, one of the custo
dians In the alien enemy property
department at Washington, has re
turned to Omaha and 'will remain
over the holidays.
Parking Company Banquet The
bn annual get-together meeting and
banquet of the Swift Packing com
pany will be held at the Rome hotel
Friday. Covers will he laid for
about 200 people, consisting of the
heads of the departments and travel
ing salesmen.
Five Antos Reported Stolen Five
automobiles were reported stolen to
the police Sunday night. The own
ers were E. A. Higgins, 401 South
Thirty-ninth street; h. W. Knight,
1204 Howard street; Simon Bros.,
Twelfth and Howard streets; Frank
Selders. 3715 North Eighteenth
street, and M. C. Evas, 2436 Evans
street.'!
Remembering Help at Club An
order Is in effect at the Chamber of
Commerce against the tipping of the
help around the club rooms. This
is offset each year by a generous gift
of cash donated by the members of
the club to be apportioned to the
help the day before Christmas in
accordance with the length of time
of service. The fund donated this
year has already passed the $1,000
mark, and will be materially in
creased by the time the gift Is mad.
Fine fireplace goods at eunderiand'g.
Retail Grocers to Discuss
Pure Food Show Thursday
Preliminary plans for the 1919
annual pure food show will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Retail
Grocers' association to be held
Thursday night in the Chamber of
Commerce at 8:15 o'clock. Arrange
ments for the annual banquet to be
held sometime in January will also
be made.
LIBERTY BONDS taken at full
market value in exchange for mer
chandise. Hayden Bros.
IN THE DIVORCE COURT-
Maud 8. Neal seeks a decree of divorce
from Wilbur R. Neal on the srounds cf
Infidelity. They were married In Omahn,
September, 1901. The wife alio asks for
cuatody of three minor children.
CITY IS ADVISED
TO USE CAUTION
IN GAS GASES
V
Commissioners Are Warned to
Do Nothing Which Might
Give the Company a
Franchise.
City council decided, after anx
ious discussion, Monday morning,
to proceed iu all dealings with the
gas company now with the utmost
care.
"It would be a very easy thing
for the city or some of its depart
ments to do something that might
be construed by the courts to give
the gas company a franchise," said
Commissioner Ure.
"No department," said Mayor
Smith, "should transact any busi
ness with the gas company without
getting the approval of the corpora
tion counsel. If a permit were is
sued to the company to open up the
street to make a connection it might
be considered as giving the com
pany a franchise.'
Coinmissioirer ' Zimman advised
that a formal resolution be passed
by the council, ordering the gas
company to vacate the streets of
the city. ,
Suppose They Should.
"What would you do if
obeyed the order?" inquired
mayor.
"Of course, they wouldn't obey
it," said Mr. Zimman, "but it would
be a safeguard against any legal
trickery. We are all anxious to see
$1. gas or 75 cent gas for that mat
ter but if we introduce any ordi
nances to that effect now against
the advice of the corporation coun
sel, it might form a basis for ac
tion by the company to secure an
extension of franchise."
they
the
A divorce action filed by Jacob against
Annie Jacobaon, the husband, alleges !c
aertion from November 15, 1915, five weeks
after their marriage in Omaha.
Driver Uninjured as Engine
Demolishes Express Wagon
An express wagon driven bv M.
II. Smith, 1113 South Fifteenth
street, was struck and demolished
by a switch engine at Fourteenth
and Marcy streets Monday. Smith
is in the employ of the American
Express company. Neither Smith
nor the team he was driving was
injured.
THE GREAT LEADER
OF OUR ALLIES
Our boys are now following the
great leader of our Allies "over
there," fighting the battle of th
United States, fighting without
thought of being heroes but fight
ing that men, women and children
may not be tortured, burned and
mutilated. Fighting againit the
bestial foe of America and mankind.
No greater heroes nor braver men
ever fought on the battle-fields of
France than our " Sammies." Men
with dauntless spirits men of red
blood, courage, energy, vim and
vigor are needed every day behind
the lines as well as behind the guns.
You need iron in the blood I Every
healthy man or woman should have
about as much iron in his or her
body as there is in an ordinary
. "tenpenny" nail. To gain this iron,
the best way is to take an iron-tonic,
called "Iron-tic," a combination of
iron in its most soluble form, dis
covered by Dr. Pierce and experi
mented with by his physicians at the
Surgical Institute in Buffalo, N. Y.
"Iron-tic" is a form of iron readily taken up by the blood, the blood
tells get round, rich-red in color, the cheeks are pink, the appetite
Improves, and one feels full of "snap" "pep" "vigor "instead of
tired before the day is half done. Tre eyes take on a luster and the
body feels that tingle which one gets from a cold bath. If you want to
try this new " Iran-tic" Tablet send 10 cents to the Surgical Institute in
Buffalo, N. Y., and obtain a trial package. This 20th-century Iron tonic
is sure to do you good. Druggists sell "Iron-tic" for sixty cents
South Side
Alleged Practical Jokers
Have toning in Police Court
Alleged practical jokes between
Emmet Lindsay, proprietor of the
O. K. garage, and John Gazeta, 4313
South Twenty-ninth street, reached
the serious stage in police court
Monday.
The testimony as told in court
where Gazeta faced charges of grand
larceny filed by Lindsay showed the
entire case to be a joke. It was al
leged that Gazeta took the tires from
Lindsay's automobile as he was pre
paring leave on a hunting trip and
hid them away. Lindsay suspecting
his friend decided to turn the tables,
filed criminal charges and then
failed to appear to testify and the
charges were dismissed for lack of
prosecution.
The seriousness of the jokes were
shown to the two friends by the
judge and deputy county attorney.
Hog Embargo is Puzzle to
Many South Side Officials
The hog embargo on the Omaha
market is proving a conundrum to
men interested in the live stock in
dustry. According to the recom
mendation of the stock exchange the
embargo was to have been in effect
fttm Friday until 6 a. m. Monday.
Some officials allege they never re
ceived notification of the embargo
and that' it was never in operation.
Other officials say it has never been
removed.
Hog shipments totaled 6,500 head
Monday and 7,900 holdovers were of
fered for sale. The receipts and
holdovers were sufficient to supply
the demand and little worry was ex
pressed whether an embargo was in
operation now or ever had been.
Fourteen Hundred Renew
Red Cross Memberships
With 68 firms representing 90 per
cent of the members of the Live
Stock exchange 100 per cent in the
Red Cross Christmas membership
drive the committee feels well satis
fied with the results. The ?1 mem
berships totaled 1,187 and the $2
memberships 237 making a total
membership of 1,424. The receipts
from the drive were $1,661.
South Side Brevities
Edward Bygtand of Albion arretted for
illegal possession of Intoxicating liquor
forfeited a $100 bond In pollca court Mon
day. Two plnta of whliky yrn found In
his possession.
Will buy Liberty bond. Room list.
Woodman Bld.
Flack. 14 per ton. A. I Bergqulat, Sod
& Co. Tel. South 2.
Toya and useful clfta for everybody
Koutaky-ravllk Co. Store open evening.
CltESSEY'S Shoe More will be closea
all day Christmas. Open evenings until
then. Our atock of ehoea and slipper will
pleas you.
Tec cents a week deposited for each
child In our Kconomy Savings Club as
n,i tf a, merry Chrlstmaa for all next yoar
Jolt. now. Live Stock National Bank, Cor.
2Uh and N Sti.
Ruxsell Bailey, 1018 N street, was given
a 90 day suspended sentence In police court
Monday on a- eharga of muUclous de
struction of property. l'ollre testified
that In an attempt to escape Jail ha broke
the plaster around thai door.
L. B. Clark, Thlrty-fourth and V
streets, 'was fined $10 and costs on each
of two counts in police court Monday. It
was charged that ("lark became Intoxi
cated and entered the aoft drink parlor -if
Ike Klein, Twenty-aixth and N Hire i.
where ha became Involved In an trgur, '
with the bartender. The argument e I
In throwing glasses, according to the tests.
mony and Clark received alight acalp
wound. i
Dean Ringer Returns from
Y. M. C. A. Conference
City Commissioner Den Ringer
has returned from New York City,
wheie he attended a Young Men's
Christian association conference.
Regarding the recent criticism ol
the association work in France, he
s.Md:
"When you remember that the
Young Men's Christian ssociation
maintained 1,537 huts abroad and
that the next greatest organization
maintained only about 100 you can
see why some critic-sm might creep
in. The association with the funds
at its disposal could not give away
things in its canteens like other or
ganizations which had comparatively
few huts in proportion to theii
funds. The great work of the 'Y'
speaks for itself.
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7ie Cirtstmas Store for &vetyBodtf
Monday, Dae. 23, 1918.
STORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY,
Phon. D. 2100
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THe Weatherman Says We Will Have
Snow and Every Boy and Girl Will Want
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F or Christmas
E WERE fortunate to secure a big shipment of "Flexible" sleds the kind every
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j0y an(j gjjj likes ana we oner mem io you m nine iur guia iirwuiifto iiiuiu.
Flexible Flyers
No. 1 Size at .....$3.00
No. 2 Size at $3.50
No. 3 Size $4.50
No. 4 Size at $5.50
"Bully" Flexible Sleds
No. 9 Size, $1.89 No. 11 Size, $2.75
No. 10 Size, $2.35 No. 12 Size, $3.25
Pagoma Flexible Sleds
Ml'
.32x6x12 Size,
at .......$1.29
28x11x6 Size,
at 98c
Burfeaa-Naah Co- Fourth Floor
ssfci El
VfieJZiristmas Store for 6vertodtf
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Monday, December 23, 1918. STORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY Phone Douglas 2100
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Call to
TUST one day left to finish your Christmas rift buy-
ing a few fleeting hours to do the hundred and
one little things necessary to complete your plans to make, everybody
happy. They will slip away before you know it. It means a great scurry
Tuesday. It's too late to go about much you must stick to the store that you
know can be relied upon capable to give you the service you are entitled to on
an occasion like this. To those who have put off buying Christmas gifts until now,
we announce a
Great Mark Down of Prices
On All Kinds of i
Holiday
Merchandise
Affording Reductions of
y3
an
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These Goods Are Gathered Into Lots for Quick and Convenient Clearaway Tuesday
In making these reductions before, instead of after Christmas, we can clear our
stocks effectively and shift from holiday to regular merchandise with much greater facility than we could
were we to hold out for profits to the last hour. , ' x
The advantage of the belated shoppers is evident, for there are hosts of cases
where the purchasing power of the customers' money is doubled. All kinds of gift goods are subject to this
selling of profits. But take a last word of good advice
Buy In the Early Hours of the Morning
For these things will not last long at such remarkable prices. Come early Tuesday morning and make
these last few hours the best of your entire shopping season.
Store Open Tuesday Evening Till 9 O'clock
Plan to spend the day
downtown Tuesday and
enjoy a
Special Christmas
Dinner
IN THE
Cricket Room
60c
11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P. M.
MENU
Cream of Celery Soup
Roast Young' Turkey
Oyster Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Whipped Potatoes
String Beans
Hot Mince, Pumpkin Pie
Tea, Coffee or Milk
Burfaaa-Naali C. Mala Fleer.
Merchandise Bought Up to Closing
Time Tuesday Will Be Delivered in
Time for Christmas
THE importance of this announcement
will be appreciated Tuesday, when
people check up their Christmas lists and
find tha they have overlooked many
things, making hurried purchases a mat
ter of necessity.
Our deliverysystem has proved its ef
ficiency during this our busiest season,
and can be relied upon for the fulfill
ment of every promise.
All goods bought Tuesday or Tues
day evening for delivery, in territory cov
ered by our motor trucks, will reach their
destination Tuesday or early Christmas
morning.
BURGESS-NASH COMPANY
5 ALE of Christmas
Nuts
THE nuts we offer are all
1918 crop, well filled and
meaty.
Mixed Nuts, 29c
Including English walnuts, 'fil
berts, Brazil nuts, pecans and
almonds.
ALMONDS
California No. 1, Of"
at, lb OOC
ALMONDS
Drake's special, Q q
at lb eSOC
FILBERTS x
Sicily's, special, rm
at, lb Z C
PECANS
Large size, ' O O
at, lb at-OC
ENGLISH WALNUTS
Full of meat, OQ
at lb a&OC
ENGLISH WALNUTS ,
California, O T
at lb .....Ol C
Buritaa-Nash Co. Pownstalra Storp