THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919.
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EXPLANATION BY
CITY COUNCIL
rotest Reducation of Boule
vard Funds When Wheel
. Tax Raises Additional
Money for Streets.
The municipal affairs committee of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Omaha Automobile club insist that
(the city council shall explain why
$31,000 revenue already received this
year from the collection of wheel
tax, has not been distributed to the
street and 'boulevard maintenance
funds, as stipulated in the wheel tax
ordinance. .
The paradoxical explanation of
fered by City Commissioner Ure of
the department of accounts and fi
nance, is that the. wheel tax money
hag been credited to street and bou
levard maintenance funds, and yet it
has not been so credited.
Mr. Ure stated that when the city
budget was made up by the city
commissioners last January it was
understood that proposed reduc
tions of the street and boulevard
maintenance funds would not be
made because $40,000 was antici
pated from wheel tax collections.
What actually occurred in effect
was that these funds were cut to
the, extent of the expected wheel
tax money and then the wheel tax
was added in, making the net re
sult in the budget the same as last
year.
The Chamber of Commerce com
mittee and the Automobile club
argue that the funds in ..question
should have been increased this year
to the extent of the wheel tax col
lections. City Commissioner Towl has
raised his voice against what he be
lieves to have been a questionable,
though quite legal, procedure.
Coal Dealers Ask the
Mayor to Tell People
Of Coming 'Fuel Famine'
Mayor Smith has been asked by
the coal dealers of the city to issue
a proclamation calling attention of
the people to the necessity of im
mediate purchase of coal in order
to avoid a "fuel famine" this winter.
The coal dealers of Omaha have
no Organization, but it was stated
by the officials of one of the larg
est companies yesterday that all the
coal companies were mailing letters
direct to all their patrons, advising
them of the seriousness of the sit
uation. Reports from the east are that
the coal barons are trying to create
au artificial shortage in order to
pave the way for a big price boost
this winter. The New York World
sent a representative into the coal
fields, who investigated and re
ported that thousands of tons of
coal were piled up and that ; the
threatened coal famine" was pro
paganda put out by the big coal in
terests, who were imposing on the
smaller dealers and the public.
CONFIDENCE
Only by selling pianos
that have borne out our
every representation, have
we been able to show such
a substantial growth in this
lino; -
Pianos are like people
external appearances don't
count. It is really what is
under the luster of a highly
polished case that deter
mines your satisfaction or
your disappointment.
HOMRT M. CABLE
HOM-ELECTRIC
PLAYER PIANO .
Here is a beautiful player
piano which smashes the pre
judices of years and delights ,
even the most skeptical
musician. Because of what
it does it would justify a
price double that for which
it is sold and that price is
exceedingly modest. ;
The Hobart M. Cable
Player Piano brings to you
the bewildering art of your
favorite pianist and com
poser reproduces touch,
tempo and interpretation'
-faultlessly, and Oh, Boy!
what jazz music for dancing!
It's the finest all-purposa
piano ever mad. Just hear
it and judfee for yourself.
Easy payments.
OUR MUSIC-ROLL DE
PARTMENT HAS
LATEST HITS.
NICKEL'S
Omaha's Musk Center
Brief City News
Have Root Print It Beacon Press.
Klec. Fans $8.50 Burgesa-Granden
Patronize the American State
Bank. Adv.
Meroe-Arrow Ambulance Service
stack & Falconer. Harney 64.
Four Per Cent Interest on time de
posits. American State Bank. Adv.
, Southern Home Cooking and serv
ice; Alfred Jones, cater; merchants'
lunch. 11:30 to 3, Hotel Castle cafe;
table de hote dinner, 5:30 to 9. $1.
Made Traffic Manager Chas D.
Blaine has been made traffic
manager of the Iten Biscuit com
pany with headquarters at Omaha.
Returns From Pes Moines W.
B. Howard, former state auditor of
Nebraska, now pjesldent of the Ne
braska Live Stock Insurance com
pany, has returned from tyea
Moines, la., having secured the ad
mission of the company to do busi
ness in that state.
To Aid Ei-Soldlers In their
respective parishes, rectors of the
Episcopalian , churches in Omaha
will act as heads of committees to
receive and welcome soldiers re
turning from overseas. The princi
pal purpose of the committees will
be to aid the -boys in obtaining em
ployment. Two Bank Promotions P. : B.
Hendrieks, former cashier of a
bank in Malvern, la., has been ap
pointed assistant cashier in the
United States National bank, Oma
ha. H. K. Rogers, who has been
discount clerk, is promoted to the
position of assistant cashier in the
Omaha bank.
To the Young Men of Omaha
Read "The Men I Left Behind Me"
in the July number of the American
Magazine. No one knows who
wrote the article, but it tells why
a few men succeed in life and most
men fall. Two chums started to
gether in a hall bedroom. One is
now getting $22.50 a, week. The
other, whose salary is 110,000.00 a
year, tells of the men he left be
hind him and why they did not suc
ceed. It will cost you 20c to read
this story, but it will be worth from
$20.00 to $20,000.00 to you. Read
this story and you will telephone
me your thanks for calling it to
your attention. H. B. Whltehouse,
sales agent, National Cash Regis
ters, 219 South 19th St., Omaha,
Neb. Telephone Douglas 162. Adv.
Telegraphers of Civil
War to Hold Reunion
In Cleveland in Fall
" The United States military tele
graph corps will hold its annual re
union in Cleveland, O., September
10-12, jointly with the Old Timers'
association, and according to advices
from the office of the general secre
tary, this will probably be the last
reunion, as the survivors of the two
organizations have become too aged
to withstand the travel to such
meetings.
Members of the United States
military corps, are the men who
worked wires during the war of the
rebellion nearly 60 years ago, and
so far as is known, but one resides
In Omaha. This man is Ten Eyck
H. Fonda. He does not expect to
attend the convention.
The late Edward Rosewater was
one of the prominent members of
the association.
Of the veteran telegraphers of
the '60's, numerous descendants saw
servicein France during the recent
war, and a considerable number of
them rest beneath the flower-cov
ered fields of Flanders. Of these,
Lt. Scott McCormick is one. He
was an Omaha boy, 26 years old; a
grandson of Ten Eyck H. Fonda,
and a son of Harry McCormick.
Third Man Fined in City
Under U. S. Law Since July 1
Ross E. Kellv. arrested Wednes
day hv federal officers with 12
quarts of whisky in his possession,
pleaded guilty to violating the Reed
amendment before Federal Judge
Woodrough yesterday and was
fined $50. He is the third man to
be fined for the transportation of
intoxicating liquor into Nebraska
since July 1
OFFICERS VTELL
OF INVASION OF
PURUCELLO HOME
Police Admit Couple Did Not
Strike Them Until They
Entered House.,
Policemen who entered the An
tonio Furucello home, 804 Pierce
street, without warrant early Sun
da morning and subjected Purucel
lo and his wife to physical violence
testified yesterday morning in police
court that neither Purucello or his
wife struck them until after they
had invaded the home.
Detective John Herdzina, recent
ly white-washed by the city council
for the part he played in the Brown
raid, gave his testimony yesterday.
Sergeant Olaf Thestrup, who ad
mitted striking Purucello over the
he.d with a revolver had testified
previously. '
Forced Way Into Home.
The Purucellos are being tried on
charges of unlawful possession i of
liquor.
The police morals squad, with
Thestrup and Herdzina, forced its
way into the Purucello home at 3
o'clock last Sunday morning, beat
the occupants with a gun and their
fists, and then seizing four unlabel
ed botles of whisky, charged them
with unlawful possession of liquor.
Purucello was dragged to the city
jail bleeding from the attack made on
him by the police officers and de
nied medical attention for five
hours. 1
Mrs. Purucelo is still in bed suf
fering from the effects of the un
lawful invasion of her home.
Cain Gives Testimony.
Oscar D. Cain, 2616 Brown street,
a volunteer worker with the morals
squad and serving without pay, ac
cording to his testimony in police
court yesterday, was the first to
enter the Purucello home the morn
ing of the raid.
He said he stood by without offer
ing help while the fight between
Thestrup and Herdzina and the
Purucellos was being staged.
Under examination he said he
bought a pint of whisky from Pur
ucello, and shortly afterwards Herd
zina and Thestrup rushed into the
place.
The case was continued until Fri
day following cross-examination of
Cain by Purucello's counsel.
New Hearing Asked
By Dwyer in Suit to
Annul His Marriage
Francis Dwyer filed a motion in
district court yesterday asking for a
new hearing" of his suit to have his
marriage with Clara Dwyer an
nulled. He alleges that she has
more than one-eighth negro blood
and that therefore their marriage is
invalid.
Their case attracted much atten
tion in district court where, two
weeks ago, Judge Troup decided
that there was no evidence to prove
that Mrs. Dwyer has one-eighth of
negro blood. Her father, Douglas
McCary, testified that he is a white
man though his appearance indicates
that he has negro blood.
Mr. Dwyer states in his motion
for a new trial that he did not an
ticipate that his father-in-law would
deny that he has negro blood. He
says he has discovered since the
hearing that Mr. McCary had ac
knowledged himself in Washington
and Omaha to belong to the negro
race; that his brother was married
to a negro woman by a negro min
ister and belonged to a negro
church; that Mr. McCary was
cashier of a bank in Washington,
organized and operated by negroes;
and that Mr. McCary's mother, now
living in Washington, is known as
belonging to the negro race.
UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Director General of Railroads
Improved Sleeping
Car Service
Omaha and Cheyenne
Two Sleeping Cars are now
operated locally between
Omaha and Cheyenne. The
. "No - loss - of-business-time-car"
leaves Omaha 4:25 P.
M.; arrives Cheyenne 10:30
. A.M.
The "late evening car"
leaves Omaha 1:20 A. M.
(ready for occupancy at
v . 9:30 P. M.), arrives Chey
enne 4:Q5 P. M.
Eastboimd both cars leave
Cheyenne 3:30 P. M.; ar
rive Omaha 7:05 A. M. .
The foregoing service is also
available between Omaha
and all important points,
North Platte and west.
Passengers for the Haig
branch should use car de
parting at 1:20 A. M.
Union Pacific
'. ' ' ' A. L. CRAIG, ' . . '
, General Passenger Agent
FRIDAY T& DOWNSTAIRS STORE
BURGESS
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Thursday, July 10,1919-
-STORE NEWS FOR FRIDAY-
-Phone Douglas 2100
Our Daily Feature Sale For Friday
In the Downstairs Store
Limns, Wash Goods and Pom
T F we could but give you the former price on this you would be
astonished, but suffice to say that the reductions on these lin
ens, white goods, etc., are most extreme.
All merchandise is first class, perfect and most desirable.
The prices are positively for one day only and that day is Fri-
eshes
Bed Spreads, $1.69
Bed spreads, full size, excel
lent quality, $1.69 each.
Luncheon Sets, $1.85
13-piece luncheon sets, 6 doilies, in
two sizes and one center piece, embroi
dered in white and colors, $1.85 set.
Dresser Scarfs, 79c
Lace-trimmed dresser scarfs in beau
tiful design and splendid quality, 79c
each.
Long Cloth, 12c
Long cloth without dressing or filling
of any kind. 12c yard; not more than
10 yards to customer. Limited quantity.
Table Cloths, $235 .
Bleached damask table cloths with hem
stitched edge. Size 64x64 inches, $2.25.
Bath Towels, $1.69 Dozen
Bleached bath towels, heavy weight,
generous size, $1.69 dozen.
Outing Flannel, 24c
Our best quality of outing
flannel for one day. Limited
quantity, 24c yard.
Huck Towels, $U5 Dozen
Large size huck towels of splendid
weight and texture, $1.95 dozen.
Suiting, Wfo
Linen finish suiting, a quality that
will retain its pure whiteness, 18 He yard.
India Linon, 25c
White India linon, beautiful quality
and finish, 25c yard.
Gabardine, 39c
White gabardine; this quality comes
in short lengths and is priced at about
Vi regular price, 39c yard.
Remnants at Half Price
This lot includes voiles, per
cales, ginghams, sateens and
challies, marked at half regular
price.
Poplin, 39c
White poplin, 36 inches wide and ex
cellent quality, with silk-like finish, 39c
yard.
Challie, 22V2c
36-inch challies at 22 He yard, several
good colorings; for one day only.
Flaxon, 35c
Very fine flaxon in wide range of beau
tiful plain and fancy designs, 35c yard.
Burfess-Naih Co.-
Tissue Gingham, 42Y2c
32-inch tissue gingham in a complete
range of the most beautiful designs and
colorings, for one day, 42 He yard.
Suiting; 39c .
Linen finish suiting and poplin, 36
inches wide, this comes in seven good
colors. For-one day, 39c yard.
Chintz, 35c
English style chintz in a splendid range
of good colorings, 36 inches wide, at 35c
yard. 1
Dress Lengths,, $1.69
6-yard dress lengths for $1.69, a splen
did quality of voile in the season's new
est patterns.
V
Ginghams, 59c
32-inch ginghams; this is an unusually
fine quality and our regular price on
this number is much more. Special for
one day, 59c yard.
Voile, 28c
36 and 38-inch dress voile, an unusual
value, in several handsome designs, 28c
yard.
Voile, 49c
36, 40 and 42 inches wide, colored dress
voile and organdies in all the newest
plain and foulard designs; for one day
only, 49c yard.
-Downstair Stora
Percale, 16c
Light and dark percales of
excellent quality in ' several
good patterns, 16c yard.
Madras, 29c t
36-inch colored madras in a beautiful
range of neat stripes in all colors.- Spe
cial for one day, 29c yard. ,
Pillow Tubing, 39c
45-inch pillow tubirj, a fine quality,
no filling or d. easing; a limited quan
tity. . , -
Cheese Cloth, 6Y2c
Bleached cheese cloth, 6Hc yard. Not
more than 6 yards to a customer.
Sheets, $U9
Bleached sheets, seamless, sjzes are
81x90 and 81x99 inches, excellent quali
ty, $1.59 each.
Pillow Cases, 98c
Envelope - pillow cases with perfect
scalloped edge and embroidered design,
regulation size, 98c each.
Blankets, $375 Pair
Plaid blankets for full size
beds, in handsome plain designs,
$3.j75 pair.
Special Purchase and Sale of
Children's Pumps
At $1.45, $1. 79 and $1.98
WE were very fortunate in securing a limited num
ber of pairs of children's patent, dull, brown and
white pumps in many pretty styles, all hand turn Bole of
extra good quality. (Not all sizes in each lot.)
Sizes 1 to 5,' $1.45.
Sizes 4 to 8, $1.79.
Sizes 8 to l'l, $1.98.
An Opportune Sale of
Men's and Women's
Outing and Sport Shoes $1:39
But a limited number of men's and women's white canvas
tennis and sport shoes, oxfords and pumps. High or low heels.
In many instances and less than Vt value. Choice, $1.39.
Not all sizes. ,
Burg ess-Nash Co. Downstairs Stora
Women's Khaki Outing
SKIRTS
$2.25
FOR that Bike or picnic you
have been planning, you
should have one of these khaki
outing skirts. Well made of
good material. Very special at
$2.25.
Burgess-Nub Co. Downstair Stora
Women's Fine
Silk Hose
85c
INCLUDING pure thread silk,
silk boot, silk to the knee,
fine quality silk lisle, in black,
white and colors. For a quick
clearaway, at 85c a pair.
Burgess-Nsh Co. Downstairs Stora
Beautiful Wash Goods Remnants
REMNANTS left from the season's most! - .
popular weaves, including gingham, or- g
gandy, and voile in plain and figured, lengths "
from 1 to 5 yards, 36 to 40 inches wide, at Va
price. i
Burgcss-NasD Co. Downstairs Stora
Children's Good
HOSE
25c
RIBBED cotton, with double
heels and toes; black, white
and tan. Fine ribbed. Very
specially priced for Friday at
25c a pair.
Burgass-Nash Ca. Downstairs Stora
Sale of Dainty and Practical
House Dresses
$1.29
JUST the kind for the hot summer
days to wear in the house, on the
porch, or in the garden. Made of a
splendid quality -
Gingham and
percale
in light and dark colors, in a great va
riety of styles, that will be most becoming
to any type. Sizes up to 44. Very spe
daily priced at $1.29.
Burgass-Nash Co. Downstairs Stora
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Three Large Lots of Bathing Caps
15c
20c
49c
A BECOMING bathing cap adds so much,to
f an attractive costume and in this assort
ment there is a style and color to suit every
one. In three lots, at 15c, 20c and 49e. '
Burfsas-Nash Co. Downstairs Stora
Men May Purchase Very Profitably
In the Downstairs Store Friday
JUST a few items to give you an idea of what to
expect:
Men's Nainsook Union Suits, 79c Each.
Made from closely woven, light weight cloths in checked patterns, loose
fitting knee length, knitted ribbed, fabrics across back to permit freedom
of movement. Sizes 34 to 46. Special at 79c.
Men's Washable Neckwear, 25c '
The material is of exceptionally good quality and the shape and patterns
are the season's latest. ,
Men's Hose, 4 Pair, $1j00 ,
Knit from a very fine grade of mercerized yarn. Summer weight, re
inforced heels and toes (fully seamless), elastic ribbed tops.(Sizes 9 to 11.
Men's Pants, $2 JO to $4J95 , '
Fine quality medium gray worsted pants in neat striped patterns. The
fabric is medium weight, firmly, finished, has a very dressey appearance.
Made with usual five pockets, belt loops and plain or cuff bottoms.
Men's Khaki Pants, $U8 '
Men's and young men's serviceable drab twill khaki pants, tunnel belt
loops, double stitched, usual five pockets, cuff bottoms. Sizes 26 to ,42
waist measure. $1.98, special.. -
Burgcss-Nash Ca. Downstairs Stora '
A Wonderful Sale, of
Children's Wash Dresses
$2.95
WHEN mothers can
purchase children's
dresses of dependable
materials such as these
and at such an extremely
low price it will pay them
to lay in a supply for the
future.
They are made of plaid
and checks, ginghams,
chambrays, ages 6 to 14;
very specially priced at
$2.95 each.
BurgsS'NasaaCo Dowastalrs Storo
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