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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1, 1915.
Omaha
OMAHA OVERTOP
IN WAR DRIVES
ON DURING 1918
Gate City Makes Reputation
by Exceeding Quota in
All Its Undertakings.
Omaha went over the top with a
vim in every war drive but one. the
Salvation army, during 1918. There
lis a good explanation for the one
f failure. It was the announcement
!that the Salvation army would share
m the United War Fund drive, re- j
leased while the "dmictinnu f.ir 1
V? doughboys" fund was being raised
V in Omaha.
Sp Huge over-subscriptions were fea-
ft tures of each campaign. Figures for
J the number of French orphans
'ladopted in Omaha families do not
iyet reach the quota the, local work
ers nave taken tor themselves be
cause there was no definite organ
ization to handle the work until the
'"Fatherless Children of F ranre
"I took it up this fall. Mrs. Barton
I s .uniara, ine new chairman, Hopes to
Ihave this war work reach its quota
t before many weeks.
It Here is a summary of local war
fjlrives in 1918.
f Omaha Wnr Drive In 191ft.
if Quoin Raised Kxoess
l id Liberty
f? loan ...I 5.0SI.G00 $ 8.478,200 $3,396,000
ii'tth I.lberly
loan ... 10,541,000 1 2.2RX.350
iVar savings
Stamps 3,500,000 4.000,000
!d Red Cross.
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Bank Clearings Gain a Billion in 1918
Bank Clearings
443. 366
1,740,350
500,000
211,366
550. 000 225,000
a Punt!
L'nited War
Drive . . .
Knights of
C'olumhus
Jrwlsh War
Relief ..
Armenian
Relief ..
i C7.echo-RlovaU
Salvation
i Army
. Relelan Baby
'ii- Day .......no quota
CySmlleaB
(Mfted Cross members. 71.000 in 1917, 86,400
: in 1918, excess 1S.400.
filFrench Orphans adopted, quota, 1,200;
325.000
15.0m)
50,000
45,000
3,000
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75,000
60,000
60,000
64,000
60,000
15,000
10,041
60,000
10,009
15,000
61,000
6.641
Jndres Has Over Four
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nuion uoiiars Lasn in
the Various Funds
Report of County Treasurer En
tires:
COUNTY.
Balance on hard December 1,
1917 $ 612,016,24
'."ollerted for the 12 months
ending -December 1 1.8S4.495.0S
Makln a total of $2,396,511,33
Disbursements for period end-
ing December 1, 1918 $2,247,090.73
' Balance December - $ 149.420:60
CITY OF OMAHA. 8CHOOI DISTRICT
OF OMAHA, AND METROPOLITAN
POLICE RELIEF AND TENSION
FUND;
Balance, on hand December 1,
1917 $3,084,129.04
Collected for period ending
December 1. 1918 7,276.362.05
Making a total of $10,360,491.09
, Disbursements during year
ending December 1 7,477.305.49
Balance December 1 $2,883,185.60
'METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF
OMAHA.
I Balance on hand December 1.
1917 $ 973,299.90
t Collected during year ending
December 1, 1918 1,343,603.42
Making a total of
f Disbursements during
lng December 1
year
.$2,316,903.32
1.214,378 35
Leaving a balance on hand
December 1, 191S f $1,102,524.97
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rtalance on hand December ,1
1917, In all funds $ 4,569.445.18
Total receipts for 12 months
ln all funds 10,504.460.55
Making a total of 15,073,905.13
disbursements during 13
months in all funds 10,938,774.66
f Leaving a balance on hand
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llosts for Upkeep of County
Roads for 1918 Are High
Costs for the upkeep of county
oads, the building of new concrete
nd steel bridges, and the laying of
fiew mains throughout Dou&las
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i.. county amounted 10 jo.io ui
he year 1918, according to the an
" ual report of the county engineer,
,'ouis E. Adams.
The ereater nart of the public
feunds were expended for the bet
terment of the Lincoln Highway in
IDouglas county and the construc
tion of new bridges along that
t-oute. More than 8,000 miles of
:ounty roads were dragged and im
proved with culverts. Several
fridges are still in the course of
,-onstruction.
i leal Estate Board to List
Vacant Lots for Gardens
C At the meeting of the real es
tate board Tuesday noon a resolu
t ion was adopted to formulate some
hv4n wherebv the real estate men
I .f Jhe city will list with Leo Bozcll.
,ui)licity man, all vacant lots
.f'ShreuRhout the city which will be
l- ivailable as gardens for the boys
'pearly in the spring. Mr. Bozell will
'iiwork in conjunction with the wel
. '(fare board in the distribution of the
ft -riril-n nlnl-e and it i tboticht that
ff J ome nominal charge will be made
r.lioy tne ,ease- as ;t 's thought that
Mllnli llldlft, Ul S'i "1 iiiviv, v-
rtrrtinfli Trt mp snarp win rii" n
i guarantee of good faith on the
,iart of the boy gardener.
District Court Settles Cases
' to Number of 71 in 1918
A 1 1 1 Hamt,AW 91
rmt!K IUIU ILUUiLfCl Ul ri v a - -
Aried in district court during ms
i 'i innre man one-nan were liquor
-aSes, of which 18 were given ver
llicts of jjuilty. 20 found not guilty
!:nd tiiree cases uisusu. ""i's
tr'teA M He-
aiot guilty and two dismissed, ac
cording to an annual r&Dort of the
district judge.
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One of the most remarkable records in the history of the
Omaha Clearing House since its establishment in 1887, is the
high water mark of Omaha bank clearings for the year just
closed, which is far in excess of any previous record. Though
thirty-fourth in population, Omaha stands twelfth among
the cities of the United States in the amount of its bank clear
ings. The bank clearings for the year just closed show a total
of $2,819,665,975, as compared with $1,873,581,133 for 1917
showing a gain of practically $1,000,000,000. In the months
of January and February the clearings were slightly under
the $200,000,000 mark, but in March they jumped to $293,
574,000 and made an average during the year of slightly
over $235,000,000 per month.
The following tables reported by the Omaha Clearing
House gives in idea of the wonderful commercial develop
ment of the city since the year of 1887:
Year. Amount i Year. Amount
1887 $ 274,441,069
14,000 MEN FROM
DOUGLAS COUNTY
JOIN II, S. COLOR
Draft Boards Start Out Eight
Thousand of These; One
Thousand from State
Enlist Here.
More than 14.0(H) men from Doug
las county joined the colors during
the war and marched away from
Omaha to training camps and later
went or started to the battlefields
of France where their courage and
bravery helped to turn the tide of
the war in favor of the allies.
The six draft boards in Omaha
inducted more than 8,000 men into
the service. For the most part the
local part of the enormous draft
machinery ran smoothly and for
many months (luring the war these
hoards "made soldiers" by the hun
dreds every month. They now have
complete records of every man in
the city between the ages of 18 and
45 years.
The Omaha recruiting stations
ranked among the higher in the
country. Xowhcre else were men
so ready to answer the country's
call. The army recruiting district
hero included all of Nebraska and
half of Iowa and more than 50.000
men made application for enlist
ment. About half of the number
were accepted.
The navy and the recruiting sta
tions here, each obtained several
thousand recruits. -
Many Yards of Asphalt Are
Laid in Repairing Streets
The city street cleaning and main
tenance department did the follow
ing work during 1)18, according to
a report by t'ommissioncr Butler:
Thirty-live thousand two hundred
and seventy-three square yards of
asphalt laid in the repairing of paved
streets; 51( lineal feet of culverts
constructed: 2.008 blocks of dirt
streets repaired; ()18 blocks of dirt
streets repaired and rounded up;
WlOUi blocks of paved streets dry
cleaned by "white wings;" 20,192
blocks of paved streets dry cleaned
by wagons, trucks and laborers: 14,
218 loads of sweepings hauled olY
paved streets; 20,212 blocks paved
streets flushed; 6,0t0 blocks of weeds
cut; 2.01(i blocks of snow cleaned;
40,892 loads of snow hauled; 2,021
loads of cinders hauled for repairing
unpaved streets; 602 cave ins and
wash-outs repaired.
Daniels Wants Quarter,
Million Men in Navy
Personnel Next Year
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Washington, Dec. 51. Secretary j
Panicls aske,d the house naval com
mittee today to provide lor a teni- j
porary increased naval personnel ol ;
250,000 men for the year beginning f
next July, leaving the question of a!
permanent peace-time personnel to
be determined later. He also sought
authority to transfer 1,000 ofhccrJ
among the reserve force to the per
manent naval establishment.
Mr. Daniels also asked the com
mittee to write into the new approp
riation bill a provision making per
manent the war-time pay increases
tor enlisted men. This would givt
increases of $o to $15 a month ovci
the pre-war scale, making the pa
range from $5( to $51 a month.
Holiday at Savannah.
S.o.iniKih, tin. IVe. 31, No
Nt.ii.s market Ituliiy, lioliility.
na al
BUY IT NOW
As a safeguard against coughs and colds
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy should be kepi at
hand. lt is almost certain to he needed before
the winter is over. Buy it now and be prepared.
Price 35 cents. Large size 60 cents.
1888 332,041,006
1889 402,500,332
1890 490,124,013
1891 442,257,790
1892 545,879,384
1893 682,833,745
1894 483,472,168
1895 381,286,477
1896 420,282,668
1897 243,338,798
1898 319,461,528
1899 297,432,370
1900 315,785,196
1901 329,043,688
1902 361,511,755
1903 392,880,920
1904 398,985,212
1905 442,285,685
1906 504,388,764
1907 567,515,738
1908 602,525,867
1909 735,225,568
1910 : .. 832,971,607
1911 753,107,353
1912 860,881,557
1913 908,947,578
1914 882,717,101
1915 982,670,880
1916 1,279,158,591
1917 1,873,581,133
1918 2,019,665,975
New Brand of Booze
Named After the Chief
Enemy of Bootleggers
James H. Daily, the new head of
the department of justice of tho
Omaha district, has been compli
mented by the bootlegging frater
nity. A new brand of whisky, bearing
nis honored name, was produced in
police court Tuesday morning as
"evidence."
Further courtesy to Uncle Sam
was shown on a caution label,
which warned: "The contents of
this bottle should not be sold or
given to any soldier or sailor."
There was no prohibition, how
ever, of the violation of the Reed
amendment, with its bone-dry pro
visions. Detectives testified that the liquor
had been in the possession of Tom
Damall, negro, who, when he found
he was being suspected, threw the
bottle full of licmor a distance of
half a block.
The whisky was so "hard" that
the bottle was not fractured in the
least.
"A regular hand grenade," re
marked Judge Britt, as he imposed
a fine of $100 and costs for illegal
possession on Damall.
Four Children Die; Mother
Burned by Gas Explosion
Huntington. V. Va.. Dec. 31.
Flames from an exploding gas tank
car near here yesterday flashed
across vacant ground to the porch of
a house 150 feet away where four
children were playing and all of
them were burned to a crisp. Mrs.
Sarah Walker, 40, who was in the
house, rushed out to help the chil
dren and was probably fatally
burned.
Real Estate Exchange
Elects New Officers
At the annual meeting of the
Omaha Real Estate exchange Tues
day noon tlie following officers were
clected:
President, W. R. McFarland; vice
president, I. Shuler; treasurer, L. D.
Spalding; secretary, E. F. Williams;
executive committee, Byron Hast
ings, C. V. Harrison and E. M.
Slater.
Major Wilcox Resigns
as Chairman of Local
Chapter of Red Cross
On orders of his physician, Maj.
R. S. Wilcox, recently named chair
man of Omaha Red Cross chapter,
is forced to resign. His successor
will probably be chosen at the next
board meeting, which will be held
Thursday at 4 o'clock in Omaha
chapter headquarters.
The chairmanship, duties of
which are pressing, has been ard
to fill. Robert Cowell, elected to
succeed Gould Dietz, the first chair
man, resigned at the next meeting
following his election. Major Wil
cox, who succeeded him, served one
month.
Superintendent Bcveridge of the
public schools is vice chairman. His
school duties will prevent him from
serving.
Randall Brown, member of the
executive committee, is mentioned
as the popular choice of Red Cross
workers to fill the office.
Many Inquiries from
Eastern Soldiers Who
Want to Come Out West
Many of fie soldiers being re
leased from the army are evidently
taking the advice of Horace Greeley,
to "go west and grow up with tlie
country," ac:irding to the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce. Many let
ters are bcin received by the em
ployment department from eastern
boys saying that they want to come
west to start acahi in civil life.
Officials of the Chamber believe
this is because- of the tendency of
army life to broaden the boys in
their ideas, and also that boys from
every part of the country have bcea
thrown together in the military
service, thus making them much
more familiar with the commercial
and social life of the entire country.
Children Adopted.
Eighty children were adopted dur
ing 1918, as compared with 66 dur
ing the previous year.
Only One "BR0M0 QUININE"
T Bet the gamine, call for full name LAXATIVE
JVROMO QI'IMNK Tablets. Look fur stsnature if
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New Year Greetings
LOOKING backward, at the year re
treating, we feel impelled to express
gratitude for the cordial relations ex
isting between a satisfied clientele and the
store, where is emphasized the ethical side
of merchandising.
Looking forward, we hope to continue
worthy of this confidence and esteem to
be ever the home of service in our mer
chandise and in our labors.
And as the dawn of a new year draws
near once more, may it be peaceful and
prosperous.
J. L. Brandeis & Sons
CLOSED WEDNESDAY
Store opens Thursday
morning, starting the New
Year and the January white
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For the Past Twenty-four Months
These official figures furnished by wZmtuTS
(Not juggled by any interested party)
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BEE -
World-Herald
News
1916
191,945 Inches
.366,079 Inches
.195,544 Inches
BEE
1917
220,312 Inches
World-Herald 256,917 Inches
News 194,824 Inches
1917
220,312 Inches 28,376 Inches Gain
256,917 Inches . .: 9,162 Inches Loss
194,824 Inches 720 Inches Loss
1918
257,093 Inches-36,781 Inches Gain
284,483 Inches 27,566 Inches Gain
237,851 Inches .43,027 Inches Gain
Both Years:
BEE'S TOTAL GAIN,
World-Herald Total Gain,
News Total Gain, - - - -
65,157 INCHES
- - 18,404 Inches
- 42,307 Inches
What Better Evidence of the Progress of The Bee Could You
Ask?
Steady Growth as Shown by the Above Official Figures Spells
Nothing Less Than Victory.
YOUR EYE ON THE" BEE
Still Greater Improvements in 1919
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