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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1919)
THE BEE! OMAHA. THURSDAY, JANUARY S, 1919 WELFARE BOARD TO EXTEND CITY LOT GARDENING Appropriates $1,200 for. Gar den Extension; Will Prob ably Engage Joe Ihm as Director. The Board of Public Welfare tic elded at a meeting Tuesday after noon to appropriate $1,200 for gar den extension work this year, the University of Nebraska to make a similar appropriation for this city. , A garden expert will be engaged at a salary of $1,000 Tor the year, and the remainder of the fund will be expended for incidental pur poses. Byron R. Hasting and Leo Bo zell of the Real Estate exchange appeared before the Welfare board to urge the importance of continu ing this work during the reconstruc tion period. The exchange will co operate in maintaining a list of lots which will be available for garden ing purposes, and the Welfar? "board will assist those who are willing to cultivate these tracts if they are assured of control during the garden season. Joe Ihm, who was engaged in the public school gardening work last year, probably will be connected with the Welfare board gardening department this year. Bee Want Ads Arc the Best Bus iness Boosters 'Berg Suitt Me.' Clearance Sale of Men's Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Sweater Coats and Neckwear I nur nrlrpt nnur nr a vll Fnr Vfllir .. own financial benefit, stock up on them NOW! 1 n STOP! Staf Shirts and other popular brands reduced. $1,50 Shirts, each $1.15 $2.00 Shirts, , each .'....$1.55 $3.00 Shirts each .....$15.15 $3.50 Shirts, " each $2,85 $5.00 Shirts, each $3.85 Winter Underwear Union and 2-piece styles, 20 Discount Sweater Coats V-neck, Turtle and Jumbo Roll, all col-V ors, 20 Dit count. Flannel Shirts Heavy wool Flannel Shirts, gray, blue, grass green and khaki, 20 Discount Hosiery The celebrated Radium Heavy Cotton Hosiery, 25c, all colors. Neckwear Sale BOc Neckwear 25c . . $1.50 Neckwear 1.15 $1.00 Neckwear 75c $2 Neckwear $1.45 $2.50 Neckwear $1.65 Manhattan Shirts , $2.50 Manhattan for. each ..$1.85 $3.00 Manhattans for earn . .$2.15 $3.50 Manhattans for each ..$2.85 $4.00 and $4.50 Manhattans $3.15 $5.00 Manhattans for each . .$3.85 $6.00 and $6.50 Manhattans $4.85 $10.00 and $12.00 Manhattans $7.65 .... -' i LOOK! RELIEF DEMAND , FOR RETURNING OLOIERS GROWS 1415 Farnam , Street. Red CrossCivilian RelietJCom mittee Receives Many Calls for Assistance from Soldiers. Civilian relief cases dealt with I v the local Red Cross chapter made a big increase during December. There were 445 new cases or more than one-sixth of the entire number j of cases administered since the in ception ol the department, accord ;ng to Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm, director. The total number ofases is 2,877. This is verification of the forecast made by Red Cross officials that home service and civilian relief work would furnish the big field for ser vice in the next year. Care of discharged service men now occupies the civilian relief workers to a great extent. Some of the men who return have no funds Willi wmiu iu iiiitiiaac -ivuiaiifc clothing. Where employers prefejrj to nave ineii; men aort tue unirorni, funds have been advanced to buy the needed clothing. "This department aims to assist all returning soldiers in more rapidly adjusting themselves to the old con ditions, in order that ve may be prepared to devote- ourselves more fully to the demands which will be made upon us by families of disabled s-oldieFs." said Mrs. .Wilhelm. Many Positions Open for Soldiers at C. of C. Bureau The employment bureau of the Chamber of Commerce has put up in the parlor of the club rooms a large bulletin board, on which is listed the various positions open for returning soldie'rs. There wene 60 cards on the bulletin board Wed nesday, and on some of the cards the call was for several men. None cf the cards on the bulletin board was for common labor. Mrs. Walker, whohas charge of the bureau, says there are a great many more calls for common labor than it js possible to fill. I'p to date the bureau has placed o40 men in good positions. Woodmen of the World Head Entertains His Office Force V. A Fraser, president of the Woodmen of the World, gave a banquet to the members of his of fice force Tuesday at the Athletic club. There are 325 persons em ployed in the Omaha offices of the organization and all of them were present for Mr. Fraser's annual treat. Short addresses were made by John T. Yates, Dr. A. D. Cloyd, J. E. Fitzgerald and Mr. Fraser, who acted as toastniaster. City Counsel Declines Big Salary with Oil Company W. C. Lambert, corporation coun sel of the city of Omaha, has decid ed to decline the offer of $10,000 a year to become general counsel for a big oil company engaged in pro ducing and refining oil in Oklahoma with headquarters at Tulsa, Okla. Omaha Fireman Returns from Naval Convoy Duty The submarine infested waters of the Atlantic ocoan and the North Sea had no terrors for H. C, Olsen, former city fireman at station No. 1, for he is an experienced "sea-dog," having spent ejight years in the navy. Cousin of J. Arion Lewis Killed Near St. Etienne J. Arion Lewis has received word that his cousin, Lt. William N. "Wal lace, was lost in action near St. Etienne, France, October 9. His company lost IM men in less than 20 minutes during the progress of the battle. The young man enlisted from Connecticut. He was a grand son of On. Lew Wallace. Considerable Rental. Washington, Jan. 8. An annual rental of $53,003,437 is provided in the government contract with the Pennsylvania lines, east, and six .subsidiaries, announced today by the railroad administration. i Pllei Curat I. I t 14 Oayt l'rulti rffiiiul mmT If I'AWl OINTMKXT filtl to vurfl Itching. Hliud. Blettlluf or Protruding MlM. 8loi Irriltllou. KwihM nd Hoi. )ou i'wi (ft reitful Imp tfiw tut tint ppllolloa. Price lUV. -Adv. But Little Left Here of State Food Administration The Nebraska food administra tion continues to reduce forces 'and about all that remains of Food Ad ministrator Wattles' organization that at one time numbered 75 per sons, is Victor Parrish, publicity man, and a couple of clerks. With all restrictions eliminated on the sale and consumption of food stuffs, there remains little for the department to do aside from closing up some of the final details. Just when the department will be closed is not known, but it is believed that the closing will occur within the next fev weeks. Two Airmen Drown When Airplane Plunges into River . Fayetteville, , N. C, Jan. 8. Lt. Harley H. Pope of Bedford, Ind.. and Sergt. W. W. Flemming of Providence, R. I., who were in an airplane which plunged into Cape Fear river near here early last night, are believed to have been drowned. The wrecwed plane was raised today by soldiers from Camp Brass, but no trace of thr missing men has been found. CIGAR MILD HAVANA With a fragrance all its own With a Fragrance All Its Own Fragrance tells you better than we could iti type how good ROSEMONT is. , . . 4 Shade-grown wrapper and Havana filler, plus expert mak ing all these are responsible for ROSEMONT'S rapidly grow ing popularity. ; Smoke a ROSEMONT today. It is the better kind of cigar. FOUR GOOD-VALUE SIZES: y ftnn nn 1IW r muni Fir the Pretent and Until Further , , MCvvrll"DIii 1 VU.f UMAI1A " '- L . Notice. 10c 15 ? fr 25c 20c Distributors S3 John A. Swan son, President of the ebraska Clothing Co, says: In the fare of market condi tions with the high price of pro duction making no perceptible change in clothing costs, a clearance sale at this particular time is a ten-strike for men in need of clothing. Thanks to the fact that a great season's business finds us with many broken lines of mer chandise which we must disposo of .enables middle western men to secure some startling under price bargains. In many instances there is nothing in sight at wholesale that anywhere near approaches the val ues in this sale. Stock up! JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres. : WM. L. H0LZMAN, Trcas. m2 90 Wm m 4m. rii fs&. The Event Thousands of People Hail with Delight Starts Thursday Morning, Jan. 9, 1919 The "I Will" Man Says: 'CUM HOUSE'. s and announces a clearance campaign unprece dented and "entirely unexpected. The great opportunity of the year for men to buy needed clothing at drastic reductions from our regular extremely low prices. OPENING GUN OF THE SALE FINDS BY ACTUAL COUNT: 3,298 Men's Suits; 1,448 Overcoats Involving all broken lines produced by the greatest season 's selling in the history of this store. The entire o ninth Collection Ol oullS anu uvvrcuuis ununyvu iui yuitv ovuiiiy ih mum uHHuii;, impi o 1wnniij " A Bonafide Mark Down of America s Best Clothing SOCIETY BUAND CLOTHES FASHION PARK CLOTHE HICKEY-FREEMAN CLOTHES ADLER ROCHESTER CAMPUS TOGS AND A HOST OF OTHERS Suits in Every Size and Proportion Overcoats in Every Weight, Weave and Model Read the "I Will" Man's "Clean House Prices" ;yid get your share early. This will be a smashing sale while it lasts. $40.00 Suits and Overcoats at $10.00 Suits and Overcoats at ............. $15.00 Suits and Overcoats ' flt $50.00 Suits and Overcoats af. ... . $g75 $1000 $35.00 $20.00 Suits and Overcoats at $25.00 Suits and Overcoats at $30.00 Suits and Overcoats at . . .' $55.00 Suits and Overcoats at $35.00 Suits and Overcoats at $37.50 $2Qoo $60.00 Suits and Overcoats at 30i $40.00 $45.00 Suit and Overcoats at $65.00 Finest Overcoats at $45.00 $70.00 Finest Overcoats at $47.50 STAPLE WORSTEDS, SERGES, BLACKS AND BLUES NOT INCLUDED $75.00 Finest Overcoats at $50.00 $85.00 Finest . Overcoats at $57.50 A SMALL CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS WILL BE MADE DURING THIS SALE The "I Will" Man Says: "Go on Through Clean House!" Entire Stock Women's Apparel Must Go "Let no new season find a dollar's worth of women's wear here from the year before. An all new store every new season is the only kind of a' store worth while," says the "I Will" Man, and these astonishing prices emphasize the point. Choose Thursday as follows: All $24.50 to $98.50 Women's Cloth Coats All $39.50 to $149.50 Women's Plush Coats $19.75 to $74.75 All $24.50 to $98.50 Women's Silk Dresses $12.25 to $49.25 All $24.50 to $74.50 4 Women's Tailored Suits $12.25 to $37.25 $12.25 to $49.25 All $19.50 to $74.50 Women's Jersey Dresses $9.75 to $37.25 All Georgette,: Crepe de Chine, Tub Silk, Satin .and Challie Waists at. 25 OFF All Fur Sets, Separate Scarfs and Muffs, clearing now at a discount of 25 NO C. 0. D.'s-NO APPROVALS A SMALL CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS WILL BE MADE DURING THIS SALE Men's Furnishing Goods "I Will" Man Specials Our enormous holiday trade has left many broken lines of men's furbishing goods. The "I Will" Man hates broken lines and says clean house as you never cleaned house before. So here goes! Choose Thursday as follows: Lined Gauntlet Gloves $1.50 Gauntlet Gloves, $1.00 $3.00 Gauntlet Gloves, $3.00 $3.50 Gauntlet Gloves, $2.35 $4.00 Gauntlet Gloves, $2.65 $5.00 Gauntlet Gloves, $3.35 $6.00 Gauntlet Gloves, $4.00 $7.00 Gauntlet Gloves, $4.65 EXTRA SPECIAL ' $1.50 Sweaters at 95 $3.50 Sweaters at $2.35 $3.00 Wool Mixed Union Suits, at $2.00 Natural Wool Rib bed Union Suits $1.50 Heavy Ecru Union Suits, at. . . MEN'S UNDERWEAR $2.00 .$1.25 $1.00 $1.50 HeavjrNatural Union Suits, at. $2.50 Heavy Ecru Union Suits, at $4.00 Wool Ribbed-Union Suits, at $1.00 $1.50 $2.75 For Men Who Wear Shirts Size's 14 to 1413 ' ' Limit, six to a customer. None to dealers. One lot $1.15 to' $1.65 Laun- cn , One lot $2.00 and $2.50 dered Cuff Shirts, at JUC , Laundered Cuffs Shirts at. t M.UU Silk Neckwear Wide Open Ends 25c and 35c Neckwear, 200 Three for 500 50c Silk Neckwear, 350 Three for One Dollar 75c Silk Neckwear, 500 $1.00 Silk Neckwear, 650 $1.50 Silk Neckwear, $1.00 $2.00 Silk Neckwear, $1.25 EXTRA SPECIAL 50e Silk'Hoe at 350 'Three for One Dollar $1.00 Silk Hose at 500 Broken lines Women's Beauty Boots, values to A j $9.50, af. Jpt, y O ..... ' S CORRECT APPAREL FpR MEN AND WOMEN Beauty 95