THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1J, 1919.
OMAHA GROCERS
DINE AND DISCUSS
TRADE POLICIES
Membership of Association
More Than Doubled in Year;
Co -Operation Stimu
lated by War.
The annual banquet of the Omaha
Retail Grocers' association was held
at the Rome hotel Tuesday evening.
About 400 members and friends
were present and manifested great
interest in the discussions of mat
ters pertaining to the grocery busi
ness. The association has increased its
membership by over 100 per cent
(luring the past year. It is now com
posed of a,bout 400 retail grocers.
After an elaborate banquet E. E.
Wise, the president of the associa
lion, delivered a short discourse on
'.he relationship between the jobber
and the retailer. He urged a policy
af co-operation between the two for
mutual benefit of both.
Golden Rule in Business.
X. Sachs then spoke on salesman
ship. "The golden rule is as important
in the business world as it is in the
spiritual one," he stated. "Business
must be established on the sound
foundation of honesty in order to
exist. After the business is estab
lished it must be able to sell its
goods. Will power and, presever
iice are essential in doing this." '
He was follo.wed by J. Penfoldy
of the I ten Biscuit company. Mr.
I'cnfoldy spoke on "Mutual Rela
tions Between the Wholesaler and
the Retailer." According to Mr.
Penfoldy, both the wholesaler and
the retailer are essential in the dis
tribution of food.
Other plans have been tried but
they have all ended in failure he
stated. The wholesaler gathers the
food from all parts of the world and
the retailer distributes it.. The two
are therefore inseparably linked and
one is dependent on the other. It
is important that harmonious rela
tions exist between them. He
stated that the most successful re
tailers are those who do business
with only one or two wholesalers
and he urged the members of the
association to confine their business
to thg least possible number of
wholesalers. ,
W. R. Watson of the World
Herald spoke on the opportunities
of the retailer for city building. A
broader interest in civic affairs was
urged by him.
Past Year Successful.
J. J. Cameron, secretary of the
association, "read a paper on the ac
tivities of the organization during
the past year. Though the coming
of the war had placed many restric
tions on the retailers, he said, the
past year had been more successful
than any other for them. It has
forced them to co-operate, and to
systematize their business. He out
lined methods to combat the chain
stores which bade fair to drive the
independent grocer out of business.
He recommended that two meetings
should be held each month instead of
one. He discussed the Food Show
to be helld at the Auditorium on
October 25 and also the national
convention to be held at Salt Lake
City, Utah.
John L. Kennedy spoke on the
grocer's responsibility to the public.
He urged the handling of only foods
by the retailers for the welfare of the
nation and ultimately for their own
welfare. John Kirk also spoke.
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Urge your akin to become .clearei,
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Police and Friends
Conducted Fruitless
Search for Miss Evans
Police and relatives of Mits Lucy
Evans, missing school teacher, con
ducted a fruitless search for the
little woman Tuesday. Further ef
forts in hopes of finding trace ot
her are being conducted day ana
night. Mrs. L. J. Edwards, 1904
Corby street, sister ot Miss Evans,
fears that the woman, suffering
from a nervous breakdown, may be
in some vacant house where she
might have gone, unconsciously,
for shelter from the cold. When
she. left the Ford hospital between
midnight and 6 o'clock Monda
morning she was wearing a dark silk
skirt, small black hat, blue summer
coat and pumps. Because of the ser
ious condition of her failing health,
Miss Evans weighs scarcely 100
pounds
She taught the Second, Third and
Fourth grades at Central school for
25 years. On August .51 she wa
confined in the Ford hospital as
a result of a nervous breakdown.
Judge George Carson
of Council Bluffs
Dies Very Suddenly
V
Apoplexy or heart disease brought
death to Judge George Carson yes
terday morning. While engaged in
dressing at his home, 741 Madison
avenue, he fell across a couch.
Judge Carson was 78 years old.
All of his active life was spent in the
Bluffs. He was one of the leading
members of the bar, and the firm
of Smith & Carson did not change
until 1897, when it became, Smith,
Carson & Harl, the late Charles M.
Harl becoming the junior member.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons and three daughters. One
son, Hiram, returfled from France
this winter with the rank of cap
tain and is now at Cedar Rapids,
where he was married, on his re
turn from overseas. The other son.
George, was associated with his
father in the law business. The
daughters are Mrs Fred G. Burrill,
Council Bluffs; Mrs. S. L. Irvine,
Omaha, and Miss Louise Carson,
at home. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Turkey Hoped to Turn on
Germany, Says Dr. Jones
That Turkey hoped to have turn
ed against Germany after the Huns
had helped her to overthrow Rus
sia was one of the secret facts of
the war disclosed by Dr. Guernsey
Jones of the University of Nebraska
in a lecture on Turkey, Syria and
the Holy Land at the Central High
school auditorium yesterday after
noon. Dr. Jones showed how Germany
had set about to overpower Turkey
before the war by financing the
Bagdad railroad. Turkey needed
help against the great power of Rus
sia and turned to Germany as a kin
dred nation in their manner of .wag
ing war. The Hun mode of warfare
especially appealed to the Turks.
Each nation expected a speedy con
quest and planned to turn against
its ally when the victory had been
won, according to Dr. Jones.
Turkey played an important part
in .prolonging the war by blocking
the way to the wheat fields of Rus
sia," said Dr. Jones. "She also was
partly responsible for the collapse
of the formerly great nation."
New Arabia, Mecca, Armenia and
Zionism were also discussed by the
speaker.
Rotarians Give Hearty
Greeting to Major Henry
Hearty cheering was accorded
Major E. C. Henry, former presi
dent of the Rotarians, by hundreds
of delegates to the convention
when the major, wearing two gold
chevrons, entered thf assembly hall
in the Masonic temple Tuesday
morning. Major Henry arrived
from France Tuesday after having
spent one year in evacuation hospi
tals there.
Dining the past few months, Ma
jor Henry was stationed at the hos
pital at Savenoy. Most of the hos
pital cases that can stand the j'ouh
ney are being sent back to the Unit
ed States for medical treatment, he
said.
During his stay at the base hos
pitals abroad, Majttr Henry took
charge of the operations of trepan
ning skulls, in which he is recogniz
ed proficient.
Remove Restrictions.
Washington, Feb. 18. The war
trade board announced today that
the Belgian government had re
moved all import restrictions on
wines and tobacco.
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper.
Triniisands unon thousands of
women have kidney or bladder trou
ble and never suspect it.
' Wnmpn'si eomnlaints often Tirove
to be nothing else but kidney trou
ble, or the result of kidney or Diaa
der disease.
If the kidneys are not in a
healthy condition, they may cause
the other organs to Decome dis
eased. You may suffer pain in the back,
headache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous,
irritable and may be despondent; it
makes anyone so.
But hundreds of women claim
that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by
restoring health to the kidneys,
proved to be just the remedy needed
to overcome such conditions.
Many send for a sample bottle to
see what Swamp.Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder medicine
will do for -them. By enclosing ten
cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y., you may receive sample
size bottle by Parcel Post. You can
purchase medium and large size bot
tles at all drug stores. Adv.
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men than you. Break
Yawn with Klaf'a Catarrh Craan. '
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POLICE START
THEIR ROUNDUP
TO GATHER MS'
Seventeen Persons Arrested
Within Distance of Five
Blocks in Campaign by
City Officers.
The round-up has begun. Within
a space of five blocks on lower
Douglas and Dodge streets Tuesday
detectives arrested 17 persons for
vagrancy and six for drunkenness.
the largest number of similar arrests
made collectively in one day since
last July, during the "work or fight"
ordinance.
Police say the arrests on charges
ot vagrancy are Ixnng made to lessen
the number petty thefts, so numer
ous throughout the city and which
are accredited to vagrants loafing
about pool halls and soft drink par
lors. Service to, Public Keynote
of Insurance Men's Meeting
The group meeting devoted to
the interests of fire and casualty in
surance was held at the court house
Tuesday evening. Henry H. Lovell
of Omaha acted as chairman. Serv
ice to the public and to the coun
try was the keynote.
The first address was delivered
by Herman L. Ekern, former in
surance commissioner of Wiscon
sin and now attorney for several
national organizations of mutual in
surance companies. He said this
congress should ask that the gov
ernment spend money to give work
at this time to all men who want
work.
C. J. Doyle of Chicago, associate
counsel of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, said that the
great danger to business of all
classes lies in the fact that business
men of every character are willing
that the government snould take
control of the business of others so
long as it leaves theirs alone.
Brief talks were made by L. R.
Welch' president of the Fitchburg
Mutual Insurance company of
Fitchburg, Mass.; C. A. L. Purmort,
secretary of the Central Manu
facturers Mutual Insurance com
pany of Von Wert, O., and J. C.
Adderly, president of the Integrity
Mutual Casualty company of Chi
cago. Declarations of a specific charac
ter will be brought before a meet
ing of the entire insurance group
this morning by a committee
named by Chairman Lovell
Foreman Reports Jurors
Will Not Discuss Evidence
New York, Feb. 18. The federal
jury in the case of Scott Nearing.
one time college professor, charged
with violation of the espionage act
filed before Judge Mayer at 11:30 p.
m. tonight and the foreman an
nounced several members had re
fused to discuss the evidence in the
case or to answer questions. After
instructing them it was the sworn
duty of every juror to discuss the
evidence in an effort to arrive at a
verdict, Judge Mayer sent them back
for deliberation.
The case was given, to the jury
shortly after noon today.
New Endurance Record
Made by Navy Dirigible
Cape May, N. J., Feb. 18. Re
maining aloft for 33 hours and six
minutes under the most unfavorable
weather conditions the naval dirigi
ble C. X-3 last week established
what is claimed to be a world's en
durance record for the non-rigid
type of balloon.
Ensign Clarence W. Tyndall of
New York was in command.
In its first endurance'eruise about
three weeks ago the C-3 remained
aloft 27 hours and covered more
than 1,000 miles.
Insurance Agent Found
Guilty in Gem Theft Case
New York, Feb. 18. John Scott
Anderson, an insurance agent, of
Montclair, N. J., was found guilty
by a jury in the state supreme court
here today of knowingly buying a
stolen pearl necklace, valued at $22,
000, which was part of the loot of a
$260,000 jewel robbery in Chicago
January 26, 1918.
Governor Harding of Iowa
Is Suffering From Mumps
Carroll, la., Feb. 18. "Governor
Harding is suffering from a severe
case of the mumps and a cold in
the head," DivO. C. Morrison, who
is attending the chief executive,1 said
this afternoon. "He is resting easily
and is in no immediate danger."
Gen. Berdoulet Appointed
Military Governor of Paris
Paris, Feb. 18. Gen. Pierre E.
Berdoulet has been appointed mili
tary governor of Paris succeeding
General Monier, who died suddenly
last week.
Balboa Camp Abandoned.
San Diego, Feb. 18. Orders for
demobilization of the enlisted per
sonnel of the navy training camp at
Balboa park, and for discontinuance
of that camp for further war train
ing work were , received from the
Navy department today. There are
ahout 2.500 men at the camp.
Victor Illinois Coal
$3.50 per ton
ILLINOIS
$9.00
Domestic
Nut
$7.50
per ton
EIreftek
4 Phone
B'way and
Brief City News
Rual Sweepers, Burgeaa-Oranden Co.
Have Root Print It Beacon Tress.
Observation Cars Now The
Milwaukee has again put on its ob
servation car service between Oma
ha and Chicago.
For Sale Storage battery charg
ing outfit, Wotton Vertical circuit
ed type, been used. Guaranteed.
Prioe reasonable. Box 1, Omaha liee.
Council Bluffs.
Sues on Stock Transaction Mor
ris Milder riled suit in district court
to recover $2,894 fromMhe Lonan
& Bryan Co. for failura to deliver
a certificate for 1,000 shares of
Smith Motors stock, money to pur
chase which was advanced to the
defendant.
Dr. Jones' Fourth Lecture "The
Destruction of Turkey; Syria and the
Holy Land," was the subject of
Dr. Guernsey Jones' lecture at 4
o'clock yesterday at the Central High
school auditorium. The lecture is
the fourth of a course which Dr.
Jones is delivering at the school on
Tuesdays as a part of the world war
course.
Quarterly Issue of "Commerce"
Members of the April graduating
class and students of the Journalism
class of the High School of Com
merce are planning to issue the first
quarterly number of ".Commerce,"
the weekly school paper, early in
April. The volume will contain pic
tures of the faculty, classes, grad
uates, etc., and will have 36 pages.
Files Petition for Pension The
petition of Vinney J. Connolly to be
placed on the pension roll of the
city of Omaha for $71.50 per month
was today filed in district court. Hec
husband. Captain Patrick Connolly,
who served on the fire department
for 19 years, died in December from
injuries received while on duty.
There are two children to support.
Wants Pay for Ills Bike Linder
Hoyt, 14-year-old drug store er
rand boy, has addressed another let
ter to the city council, asking-why
his bill for $7.25 for damage to his
bicycle when he ran into a city
sprinkling wagon has not been paid.
"I hope you will take note of this
matter, as the repair man may think
I am not honest if he does not soon
get his money," says Under. The
bill will be paid at once.
Young Children to Dance By re
quest the young pupils of Mrs. Jack
Conner's repeated last night at
Conner's Academy, Twenty-eighth
and Farnam streets, several dance
numbers which they gave at Krug
Park last summer. Master William
Ronan. "Rose Dance;" Miss Marque
rette Sismel, "Shepherdess Dance;"
Miss Marion Smith, "French Skirt
Dance;" Miss Evelyn Smith, "Pic
catia;" William Ronan and Jack
Garrett, "Comedy Special." Follow
ing these numbers the art of posing
and the benefits of gymnastics will
be demonstrated by above young
folks, assisted by May Stuart Robin
son and Eleanor Palmer.
Chinese Merchants' Club
Raided by Chicago Police
Chicaeo. Feb. 18. Thirty-four
cans of opium and $15,000 in cash
were found in the "Chinese Mer
chants' club," which was raided to
day. Six Chinese were arrested.
IN THE DIVORCE COURT.
John Morris brought suit for dlvorre
from Oorlnne Morris, charging cruelty and
desertion.
Johanna Betten today Instituted divorce
proceedings from Herman Betten in dis
trict court. She charges cruelty, non-sup
port and "other acts of misconduct."
Judge Troup granted Marv E. Twiggs a
divorce from Roawell and Pearl Goodman
a divorce from Fred Goodman on the
ground of non-aupport.
Judge George A. Day annulled the mar
riage between Joseph and Alice Curry.
The couple had no right to marry, the
court declared, because the woman was
not divorced by her first husband.
Judge Bay dismissed the divorce suit
of Herbert H. Heath against Ames Heath,
granting her the divorce. The marriage
of John E. and Cora Golsan was Also
annulled by Judge Say.
Gladya Rasmussen was today granted
a divorce from Oscar Rasmussen on the
charge of cruelty. Judge Troup heard the
case.
Samuel and Lena Nathan today filed
an answer and counter claim for 12,490
in district court, In a suit instituted by
Esther Kramer to recover 13,(00 for
money advanced In a business trans
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joy is taken out of both
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to the stomach troubled
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and definite.
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Wyoming Smokeless
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Tuesday, February 18, 1919. STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY Phone Douglas 2100
W e Welcome The Visiting Rotarians and the Members of
The Trans-Mississippi Re-adjustment Congress
to our city and cordially invite them to make use of the many conveniences of our store.
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WE'RE going to tell you some more about
those suits we're featuring at TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS-and after Wednesday many
more women will be singing their praises. Every
woman who sees these suits tells us we don't say
half enough about them.
With all we have said about them, there's always
something new to tell about. Style after style, and al
ways something "different" some jaunty feature of col
lar, a new taper about the shoulders, something at the
belt line to attract, some new arrangement ot Draw,
something about the hang of the skirt that you hadn't
seen before. Buttons find new ways of adding to the
charm of the suit they adorn. New vest effects, new
ideas in silk over-collars all adding their "bit" of new
ness. The materials are fine serges and wool poplins in the
shades of tan, rookie, gray, silvertone and navy. Every
suit has that dainty style feature of individuality that lifts
it far above the commonplace and they are so youthful
in their lines.
Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor
Yards and Yards of New
And Beautiful Silks
A
BIG special lot of silk for skirts, dresses, lining, kimona and
underwear in all good styles and colors.
Including:
36-inch plaid silk taffeta.
36-inch Japanese kimona silk, light and dark.
36-inch silk poplin in pretty plain shades. '
36-inch stripe taffeta in neat stripes.
32-inch imported pongee silk, plain and fancy
natural colors. .
Burgess-Nash Co. Downataira Store
Children's School or Play
Clothes Specially Priced
Baby Rompers
A large assortment of romp
ers for the baby in sizes from
6 months to 8 years. On sale
Wednesday at 66c
Burgess-Nash Co.
Wednesday Will Be Dollar Day-a Day of Unus
ual Advantages in the Housefurmshing Section
Enameled Ware at $1.00
Blue and white and all white, every
piece seamless.
Included are:
112 and 2-quart coffee pots.
14 and 16-inch wash basins. '
5 and 6-quart mixing bowls.
Convex sauce pans with cover.
Convex kettles with cover.
Preserving kettles.
Crepe tissue toilet
paper, large size rolls,
14 for $1.00.
Step stools, very
handy around the
home, varnished,
$1.00.
Steel waste paper baskets, old cop
per finish, $1.00.
Floor brush with handle, $1.00.
14-inch size, solid back with black
and tampico stock.
Johnson's floor wax, 2-pint cans,
$1.00.
'EVERYBODY
About These
O TV
n
95c
Yard
66c
Children's dresses in a va
riety of styles suitable for
school, from 2 to 6 years
of age. Choice, 66c.
Girls' Middies
Peter Pan middies in a va
riety of styles in ages from
6 to 20 years. Your choice
at 66c.
Sateen Bloomers
Children's bloomers, made of
a good quality of black sateen,
in sizes from 2 to 14 years.
Wednesday at 66c each.
Downataira Store
Lamb's wool
handle, $1.00.
Dunlap silver blade
cream and egg whip,
no spatter, no waste,
complete with bowl,
$1.00.
Tate's cotton floor
brush treated to ab
sorb and hold the
dust, will not scratch
M
the most delicate sur
face. Complete with
inches wide, $1.00.
6-Piece Enameled
Kitchen Sets, $1.00
Every piece irst quality, with
turquoise enameled outside and
pure all-white enameled inside.
The set consists of:
One 2-quart handled sauce pan.
Two 9-inch pie plates.
One large basting spoon.
One 2-quart pudding pan.
One soup ladle. ,
The set, $1.00.
Filtrola coffee machines, complete,
at $1.00.
' Burgsft-Nash Co. Downitalrs Stort
STORE"
Smart New
O a.
tics
House Dresses That Are Factory
"Seconds" Special Wednesday
At
A . MOST opportune sale of
dainty French and An
derson gingham dresses, also
pretty percales, in light and
dark colors, plaids, stripes
and figured:
They're trimmed with
organdie and pique vests
and collars: self collars
and fancy belts.
The reason for this extremely
low price is because the dresses
are slightly imperfect, not enough
to be noticed, but they cannot be
sold at the regular price, therefore
they have been specially priced.
They are all fresh and clean and
will go on sale Friday at $2.98 each.
Burgess-Nash Co. Downataira Store
polisher with. short
5-piece yellow
mixing bowl
sets, consists of
one each, 5, 6,
7, 8 and 9-inch.
$1.00.
Parlor brooms
made of best
quality broom
handle. 10
corn, varnished
handles, at $1.00.
Mop Outfits at $1.00
Consists of:
1 O'Cedar triangle mop with
handle.
1 bottle O'Cedar polish.
1 Tate's dustless dust cloth.
Oval splint clothes basket with
wood bottom at $1.00.
1'
6-Piece Aluminum Sets, $1.00
Consists of:
1 loose bottom cake pan.
1 regular cake pan.
1 oblong cake pan. ,
1 salt shaker.
1 pepper shaker.
1 Aluminum handled cook's fork.
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