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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1911.
CHANGE SEATS IN
CANOE AND THREE
PERSONS DROVN
Boat Rocks, Occupants Are
Thrown Into Water and, Be
ing Unable to Swim, Soon
Sink Beneath Surface.
Crete, Neb.. May 26. (Special Tel.
egram). Sunday night, while riding
on the Blue river, just above the
Crete mills, three persons, the occu
pants of a canoe, were thrown into
the water and drowned in sight of
a considerable crowd that had gath
ered on the river bank. The dead:
Francis Walkin, Doane college sen
ior. Royal McDonald, Doan college
freshman.
Evelyn Masek, Doane college
freshman.
Brautitisch, a Crete high school
boy. one of the party, was saved.
The story as told by Young Brau
titisch is that the four started from
the mill, going out in the canoe for
a boat ride. This was about 7:30
o'clock Sunday evening. When near
the center of the mill pond and
where the water was 10 to IS feet
deep, Miss Walkin and Royal Mc
Donald started to change seats.
This rocked the boat and it cap
sized. Immediately all the occu
pants were thrown into the water.
Only Brautitisch could swim.
He struck for the shore and secur
ing a boat started back to where the
canoe had capsized. By this time
his three companions had disappear
ed. The river was dragged today
and the bodies recovered.
Sixty Babies Enter
Contest, One Boy and
One Girl Taking Prizes
More than 60 pretty babies, boys
and girls, competed in the Rialto
theater contest Monday afternoon
and first prizes were won by the
little son of Mrs. Emma Noble,
314 No 15th street, and the daughter
of Mrs. A. M. Hegelund, S46 So.
26th avenue.
Choosing of the prize winning
babies was made by applause by the
audience and a great deal of en
thusiasm was aroused by the little
ones, all of whom were under six
months of age. The babies seemed
to enjoy their first appearance on
the stage and were immensely pleas
ed when applauded.
Today's contest will be for infants
from six months to one year, and
Wednesday the babies from one to
two years will compete.
Starts Suit Against
U. P. for Damages for
Death of Soldier-Son
Mrs. Josephine Wineinger start
ed suit in federal court yesterday
morning for $37,500 damage against
the Union Pacific -railroad as the
responsible party Ior tne death of
her son, Leo A. Duke.
Duke was killed by a Union Pa
cific train while guarding a railroad
bridge just east of Waterloo, Neb.,
on April 9, 1917, while he was serv
ing with Company D of the Fourth
Nebraska. He is said to have been
the first American soldier to be
killed after the formal declaration
jf war.
Mrs. Wineinger charges that the
iccident was due to carlessness on
the part of the railroad in not giving
a signal before crossing the bridge
which her son was guarding.
3oy Scouts of Omaha to Hold
Poster Contest June 8 to 14
Omaha council of Boy Scouts will
hold a poster contest in connection
with Scout Week, June 8 to 14. Con
testants must have their work at
scout headquarters in the Patterson
block not later than June 5. Car-'
toonists of local newspapers will act
as judges of the contest. Posters
must depict scout activities and prin
ciples. The prizes will be: First, two
weeks at Camp Gifford; second, one
week at Camp Gifford; third; atum
,num cooking kit; fourth, scout
knife; fifth, bird book.
Weaver Asks Hustling
Committee to Report Early
Secretary J. D. Weaver of the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben asks that all
members of the hustling committee
who are going to serve on the big
drive on Tuesday report to his
office promptly at 9 o'clock a. m.
"Have $10 ready in your hand
when they call," is the advice Mr.
Weaver offers to Omahans.
He explained that the money is
for Ak-Sar-Ben memberships.
Paid membership is now 2,501.
'Abbott Funeral Services.
Funeral services for George A.
Abbott, ticket agent at the Union
station, who died Saturday, were
conducted b ythe Elks lodge and the
Masons at the First Presbyterian
rhurch Monday afternoon. Rev. E.
H. Jenks, pastor of the church, of
ficiated. Burial was in Forest Lawn
:emetery,
Far East a Powder Magazine,
Says Bishop Back From China
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz Tells of Horrible Civil War Be
tween North and South of ChinaPredicts That
Country Will Be Split in Two Factions.
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz and Mrs.
Stuntz arrived in Omaha at 7
o'clock yesterday morning from a
mission to India, China and the
Philippine islands, on which they
started on September 15, 1918.
Bishop Stuntz, who is Methodist
bishop of the diocese of Nebraska,
went to his former field, where he
had spent many years, to relieve
Bishop J. E. Robinson tf India, who
was very ill.
"I return to the United States
filled with the gravest apprehensions
regarding affairs in the far east,"
said .the bishop at his home, 3167
Farnam street.
"China is torn by dissension.
North China is developing int. the
'Prussia' of China. There are to
day more than 1,000,000 men under
arms in China, fighting each other.
They are poorly equipped and poor
ly officered, but the bloodshed is
terrible. Eventually I would not be
at all surprised to see the Chinese
empire split into two, the r. -rth
separating from the south.
Japan Satisfied Onlooker.
"And Japan looks on at this in
ternal strife, I think, with enti. sat
isfaction. "The peace conference, in trans
ferring the Shantung peninsula to
Japan, committed a mistake of the
gravest nature. There was certainly
no excuse for this on the grounds of
justice. It was a wicked thing to
do. Perhaps the peace conference
was powerless at the time to do oth
erwise but it has committed a blun
der which may have terrible conse
quences in years to come.
"Of course, in Japan, too, there
are two parties and what happens
will depend, as in other countries,
on which party is in power."
"Do you think there is a likeli
hood of an outburst in the far east
soon?" the bishop was asked.
Great Powder Magazine,
"The far east is one great 'powder
magazine' at present," he said. "A
match may be dropped any day
which will cause the explosion. And,
on the other hand, it may smoulder
along for 10 years. It is a very
complicated and delicate question,
which we don't realize in this coun
try." Bishop Stuntz says that India is
turning toward Christianity at an
astonishing rate.
"Within 100 years India will be
predominately Christian," he said.
"This fact is admitted by those who
have observed the trend of the peo
ple within the last few years. It is
no longer a question of getting the
people, to embrace Christianity but
of taking care of the thousands who
are anxious to do so.
bishop Homer CSfanfz
"The momentum of 30 years of
patient missionary work is begin
ning to show in a manner undream
ed of. Whole towns are turning to
Christianity. I baptized an entire
village of 50 people at one time dur
ing this trip. The plan now is to
baptize no one in a village or town
until every soul is ready to be bap
tized. "My son, Clyde B. Stuntz, the
only Methodist American mission
ary in the Punjab district of India,
has 20,000 waiting to be taken into
the Christian church but because of
lack of help he can't receive them
at once., He has about 50 ex-Hindu
helpers working under him.
Many Hindus Christian.
"The Hindus, especially the mid
dle and low cast Hindus and the
'outcasts,' see a 'way out' in Chris
tianity. Christianity offers their
women freedom and their children
education. Out of 46,000,000 middle
and low cast Hindus, 5,000,000 are
already Christians. We are also
converting many Brahmins. This
mass movement of India to Chris
tianity is the most remarkable fea
ture in the Christian church to
day." Bishop Stuntz plunged into a
great accumulation of work that has
piled up awaiting him. He will es
pecially devote his attention to the
activities of the Methodist centenary
movement.
Company to Prepare
Stories of Famous
Authors for Movies
Famous writers of the English
language have incorporated a com
pany to produce their stories on the
motion picture screen in connection
with the Goldwin company under the
title "Eminent Authors, Inc." All
the works of such people as Rupert
Hughes, Mary Roberts Rinehart,
Basil King, Gouverner Morris, Ger
trude Atherton, Leroy Scott and Rex
Beach will be included in the list of
plays to be made. Rex Beach is
president of the new concern and
Samuel Goldvvyn, vice president and
chairman of the board of directors.
The plan of operation is to comb
the world for the most famous books
of peoples whose names are well
known. Each picture produced will
be under the personal supervision of
the author. Distortion of the au
thor's story will in this way be
avoided and the author can no
longer complain that the screen ver
sion is totally different from the
thought of . the book. Immense
studios at Culver City, Cal., and at
New York City have been obtained.
The move is a radical departure in
the motion picture world as hereto
fore the authors have simply sold
the "screen rights" of their books or
novels to. a producing company
which generally had the whole re
written to fit screen needs. Each
picture will be sold separately to
exhibitors.
New Columbia Records.
The new selections on Columbia
records this month include three
popular war songs sung by grand
opera stars, 14 other popular songs
two comedy monologues, two novel
ties, two home melodies, two hymns,
two band pieces, two symphony
orchestra selections, and 10 dances,
comprising five fox-trots, three one
steps, and two waltzes.
Amparito Farrar sings the French
war songs, "Madelon." for Colum
bia records this month in just the
same way this plucky soprano sang
it in a Paris hospital to our boys
just back from the Chateau Thierry,
fight, the way she sang it standing
on gun carriages back of the front,
the way she sang it in "Y" huts all
over trance.
Brief City News
Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Granden Co.
Have Root Print It Beacon Press.
Burglary Ins. Wheeler & Welpton
Improvement Club Meets The
new Omaha Improvement club will
hold its regular meeting Tuesday
evening at 8 at 2219 Military avenue
Judge to Deliver Address District
Judge A. C. Wakeley will go to
Bloomfield, Neb., next Thursday to
deliver the annual commencement
address to the high school graduat
ing class or that town.
Husband As.ks Divorce George J,
Litton asks the district court for a
divorce from Josephine Litton on the
ground of cruelty. He asks for the
custody of their child. They were
married in 1913 in Council Bluffs.
Loch Asks Accounting Peter
Loch says he was misled in the start
ing of a drug store at 2308 Cuming
streets a few years ago and he has
filed suit asking district court to
order an accounting of the affairs
of the Cuming pharmacy.
No Camp This Year Cadets of
the High School of Commerce will
not go to camp this year as planned
by Commandant Scriven of the
school battalion. The Cadets have
been waiting for tents and guns, but
they will not arrive until next year.
Socialist Meeting Tonight "Re
construction Problems" will be dis
cussed this evening at Metropolitan
hall by Ella Reeve Bloor, former
candidate for the office of lieutenant
governor of New York. The meet
ing will be under the auspices ot
Omaha socialists.
Crop Conditions Excellent Unless
rain falls thU week in southwestern
Nebraska, the wheat crop there will
suffer greatly, the Burlington weekly
crop report says. Crop conditions
are excellent, from 2 to 5 per cent
better than reported last week, the
report continues.
Appeals to Court T-.. ..in T.
Swobe, dealer in investment securi
ties, complained to the district court
that he has only received 20 per cent
of the amount of preferred stock in
the Brictson Manufacturing com
pany which he sold, instead of 25
per cent, which, he says, he was to
receive, according to a contract made
in January, 1917. He asks a full ac
counting of transactions under his
contract and an award of the sum
alleged to be due to him.
South Side
Raise Police Salaries.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 26. The
police salary increase bill for patrol
men in St. Louis and Kansas City
was signed by Governor Gardner
today. The increase is $25 monthly.
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General Ciiat Co.. Inc.
Best & Russell Branch,
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JOSEPH GREEN,
REPORTED DEAD,
RETURNS HOME
South Omaha Boy Back Home,
After Having Served Uncle
Sam Two Years and
Once Wounded.
Joseph F. Green, once reported
seriously wounded while in France
and later killed, arrived home Sat
urdav night and is now with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Green,
3902 V Street.
Two years ago Joseph enlisted
with the 6th Nebraska and after one
year at Camp Dodge, was sent over
seas with the 32d division. October
16, last year a dispatch from Wash
ington stated that the young man
had been seriously wounded.
Nothing more was heard until just
before Christmas when the govern
ment notice of Joseph's death was
received. His mother was ill and by
the time she had partially recovered,
telegrams were received that her son
had not been kjlled, but severely
wounded.
The young man was wounded in
the battle of Chateau Thierry,, and
after released from the hospital he
was assigned to the 110th infantry,
Pennsylvania National guards.
Mr. Green has a brother, Thomas,
who is with the 3d division of the
regular army of occupation in Ger
many. Four $100 Fines Are .
Imposed In Liquor
Cases On South Side
Four $100 fines were imposed by
Judge Foster, sitting in the South
Side police court yesterday morning,
on men convicted of illegal posses
sion of intoxicating liquor.
Peter Ault, 5524 South Twentieth
street, proprietor of a soft drink
parlor, is alleged to have had three
bottles of intoxicating liquor in his
possession at the time of his arrest.
William Hettlinger had just lett tne
soft drink parlor owned by Ault
when taken into custody and
searched. One and a half pints of
liquor is said by the police to have
been found in his pockets.
Another soft drink parlor pro
prietor, Tom JmsIi, low JN street,
was fined for illegal possession of
two pints of intoxicating liquor.
Fish stated that he was on his way
home when arrested and that the
liquor was to be used by him for
medicinal purposes.
Po ice raided the home ot 1 nomas
Wesneski, 3821 H street, early Sun
day morning and found three pints of
liquor in the cellar.
Garage Proprietor
Loses $625 When Two
Men Come to 'Rent Car'
A reward of $100 has been offer
ed by L. W. Rushing, proprietor of
a garage at 4426 South Twenty
fourth street, for the apprehension
of the two men who took $625 from
his safe Sunday.
A ruse enabled the thieves to ob
tain the large sum of money.
Sunday afternoon the two men
entered the garage and asked Rush
ing to rent them a car. Forgetting
about the safe, which was open,
Rushing went to the rear of the ga
rage to obtain the desired car. Upon
returning with the machine he found
that the two men had left. With
them had gone $625 which had been
in the safe.
Doran Finds Shortage
of Men for Packing Houses
Owing to a shortage of help and
increased demand for labor, P. J.
Doran, manager of the South Side
federal employment bureau, will be
temporarily transferred to the Oma
ha office at the court house for aft
mnnn urnrlr The South Side office
will be opened mornings, but closed
during the afternoon.
Doran will continue to take charge
of the office and the change is only
temporary. The office has calls for
40 men in the packing houses at
wages from 424 cents per hour up,
with a 10 per cent bonus.
South Side Brevities
SOUTH OMAHA.
For sale. 6-room house: full basement..
6025 South 42L Call 8. 3416.
The Ladles' Aid society of Wheeler Me
morial church will meet at the home of
Mrs. D. F. Clark. 3614 South Twenty
third street, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
The epeclal "Win One" campaign, con
ducted by the South Side Christian church,
closed Sunday with good results. There
were 33 additions to the church. Sunday
morning- Rev. Ford A. Ellis preached on
"Fellowship Wtth God."
Mother Pleads With Judge
To Send Her Son to Jail
An aged mother asked Judge
Fitzgerald to send her son to jail
for 15 days yesterday morning in
police court.
"He's a good boy, judge, only
when he drinks he's bad. A week
ago Saturday he took too much and
was arrested. Judge Foster ' stn
tet)ced him to 30 days, but released
him a few days later upon his prom
ise to behave.
"He wasn't out three hours before
he came home in the same drunken
condition.
"He earns $25 a week and is good
to me, but I want you to put him
in jail for 15 days to make him
behave.
"He doesn't get along well with
his stepfather, but my husband is
good to me."
Judge Frtzgerald told the woman,
Mrs. John Remick, 63 years old,
that he would have to make the
sentence 30 days.
"All right," she said. Then turn
ing to her son, Arthur Belmont,
she excoriated him for his behavior.
The young man said:
"I'm sorry mother; I'll promise
you it does not occur again."
The family home is at 1741 South
Jwenty-iiTtotfc strat,
' EVERYBODY STORE
Monday, May 26, 1919-
-STORE NEWS FOR TUESDAY-
-Phone Douglas 2100
Extraordinary Clearaway Tuesday of
Cloth Coats, Capes
and Dolmans
Representing Radical Reductions
Vz t V2 tne Regular Price
( UR entire stock of high-grade coats, capes and dolmans is by far,
J much larger this season than ever before. But incoming summer
apparel makes it necessary for us to offer a quick cleanup of these
garments.
We are crowded for space ; that's the reason for the startling reduc
tion? offered. Every cloth coat in our stock is included in this great
clean-up.
Reduced to $15.00
Korea nr1 nnnlin mats, somp half lined, in navv. t.an. and blark. The
reduction is about 4 price, at $15.00.
Reduced to $29.50
Garments of serge, gabardine, velour, checks, poplins and silvertones, In
navy, black, walnut, copen, henna and tan. Some full lined, others half lined.
Braid and button trimmed, clever collars and cuffs, $29.50.
Reduced to $49.50
Garments of tricotir.e, gabardines, poiret twill, silvertone, serge, velour
and silvertip Bolivia, in navy, black, walnut, tan, copen, full fancy silk lined.
Every garment is made of best quality materials and the workmanship is
of highest standard. Every coat, cape and dolman is a clever model, $49.50.
Burfss-Nsh Co. Second Floor
of
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Burgess-Nash Downstairs Store
Tuesday Will Be the Day of
38 Special Sales at $1.00
Ribbed balbriggans, porous knit and nainsook, high neck,
short sleeves, athletic
styles
No 1 Boys9 Union Suits
2 for $1.00
No. 2 Sale of Infants9 Hose
Cotton or mercerized, seamless, blacky d 1 ff
or white. Very special Tuesday at. . . t pallS X . V U
No. 3 Women's Union Suits
Good quality white cotton, low neckO tnr & 1 OO
and sleeveless, cuff or lace knee. . . . L IOl pliVV
No. 4 Women's Lisle Hose
Fine quality, white cotton or lisle, fullj ,-QJ..c j! 1 OO
seamless; double top and soles. ..... w pallS P 1 .U vf
No. 5 Women's Cotton Hose
Good quality with seamless foot, black or white. Very
Sly 10 pairs $1.00
No. 6 Women's Cotton Vests
Ribbed white cotton, low neck and I A d AA
sleeveless; full taped; Tuesday XV IQT p 1.11
No. 7 -Women's Cotton Vests
Odd lots of white or pink cotton vests, A C ft d 1 OO
low neck and sleeveless " IOl pX.UU
No. 8 Scrim for Curtains
All-over and decorative border de-C vAe 4 1 OO
signs, in pink, blue and yellow, at..U VUS. ylaUv
No. 9 Fancy Ball Fringe
Especially desirable for adding attractions to scrims, ere-
h0annnginga,nd .w!nd0.w 13 yds. $1.00
No. 10 -26-Inch Percales
In blues and greys, also a few light Q J d1 ff
patterns; excellent colorings. ....... i7 jUJ pieUV
No. 11 Japanese Ginghams
The genuine, a splendid material foro J d1 ff
shirts, dresses and outing wear, at O jus. p X .JJ
No. 1 2 Bleached Surgical Gauz e
Bleached or unbleached surgical to J M flO
gauze, good quality; special Tuesday lO jUd. p A eVv
No. 13 Bleached Pillow Cases
Full size, 45x36-inch pollow cases ;P fnf djl AO
good quality white bleached, at O IOl p X UU
No. 14 Women's Boudoir Slippers
Odd lots of women's boutioir slippers, assorted A A
colors. Broken sizes, at, pair JJ A W
No. 15 Infants' Mary Jane Pumps
Infants' Mary Jane pumps, black, 20 - djl AA
to 5. Tuesday, special pallS pX.UU
No. 16 Women's White Pumps
Good ouality canvas, ankle strap style, low heels; d 1 A A
sizes 2tt to 64, at, pirt P A .MM
No. 17 Infants' Barefoot Sandals
Infants' barefoot sandals or ankle strap ties. d 1 A A
Assorted colors. Sizes 2 to 5, pair P A .V v
No. 18 Women's High Shoes
Odd lots of women's black high shoes; small d1 A A
sizes only. Special, at, pair . t J A .Vvr
No. 19 Women's Shoes and Oxfords
White canvas high shoes or oxfords, odd lots of d1 OO
broken sizes, at, pair P X .MM
No. 20 Infants' Black Shoes
Infants' and children's black button or lace shoes. d A A
Sizes 2 to 5 or 5 to 8, at P X .UU
No. 21 Infants' Strap Pumps
Infants' black patent or dull ankle strap pumps. d 1 A A
Sizes 2 to 5, at P X .UU
No. 22 Misses' Canvas Pumps
Misses' or children's white canvas ankle strap d 1 AA
pumps; sizes 84 to 11 or 114 to 2 P X UU
No. 23 Embroidered Voiles
$1.00
40 inches wide, in shades of navy, old rose, tan,
lavender and copen, at, yard
No. 24 Boys' Khaki Pants
Good quality, cut full and well made, for ages tf 1 A A
6 to 16 years, at P I .UU
No. 25 Boy's Overalls
For knockabout wear; sizes 2 to 8 O fni, J1 AA
years. Very special Tuesday u OX pl.UU
No. 26 Men's Union Suits '
Athletic style, broken sizes, but veryO fnt, d1 OO
specially priced Tuesday, at U IOl pX.Uvl
No. 27 Men's Lisle Hose
Men's lisle or fiber silk hose; specials r-aJe Cil C
for Tuesday in Downstairs Store.... 1 pallS pX.UU
No. 28Dunlap Cream Whip 1
Or egg whip. No splatter, no waste, complete d 1 AA
with bowl; Tuesday, for V X .UU
No. 29 Waste Paper Baskets
Waste paper baskets, made of steel,, either green d 1 AA
or mahogany finish for .UU.
No. 30-Enamel Water Pails I
White enamel water pails, seamless and assorted d 1 AA
sizes. Special, Tuesday J A .UU
No. 31 Crepe Tissue Paper
14roIIs$1.00
Crepe tissue toilet paper, large sizei
rolls, bpecial, Tuesday.
No. 32-Oil Mop Outfit
Consisting of triangle shape oil mop, dustless t 1 ff
mop, 2 handles and pint cedar oil v 1 .UU
No. 33 Laundry Outfits 1
Large splint clothes baskets, good quality wash d1 A A
board and 10-quart galvanized pail for P A .UU
No. 34 Columbia Food Chopper
Complete with full set of cutters, family size. d1 A A
Tuesday, special P A .UU
No. 35 Galvanized Wash Tubs
Galvanized iron wash tubs, first quality, large t f fg
No. 3 sizes. Tuesday for 4 1 .UU
No. 36 Aluminum Tea Spoons
Pure aluminum tea spoons; very spe-tO f M
cial for Tuesday, at YL 10X tX.UU
No. 37 Aluminum Table Spoons
Pure aluminum table spoons; very f f ff
special for Tuesday at O lOr pl.UU
No. 38 Women's (Burson" Hose
Fashioned leg, seamless, ribbed or ;. M fr
plain tops 4 pairS $ 1 .UU