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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1919. E HEADQUARTERS OF BEN HUR WILL NOT BE REMOVED Or. Gerrard, Grand Chief of . Order, Denies Rumors That Main Offices Will Be Here. The headquarters 6f the Tribe of Ben Hur is going to remain in Craw fordsville, Ind. Thii statement was made last night by Dr. R. H. Ger rard, grand chief of the order, at a banquet tendered him by the mem bers of Fontenelle court. Nearly 200 members of Fontenelle and other courts of the city, to gether with a number of prominent citizens, greeted Dr. Gerrard and loudly applauded him as he arose to speak. -The doctor spoke of the strides that the Tribe of Ben Hur has been making in the middle west during the last few years, expressing the opinion that this is the territory from which the fraternal organiza tions gather the bulk of their mem bership, and then got down to tht meat of his speech by saying that when he arrived in Omaha yesterday afternoon there was thrust into his hands newspaper clippings and an architect's sketch. This sketch, he said, purported to be that of a build ing that the Tribe of Ben Hur pro- osed to erect her as a western eadquarters. Said the grand chief: No Idea of Moving. "We have no idea of moving our headquarters to Omaha, or else where. The order was founded in Crawfordsville and there it will re main. I don't know what local members may do in the matter of erecting a home for the use of the local tribes. Whatever they may do, we will help them all we can. It is up to ftiem and the people of Omaha to build, regardless of vhether the building costs $5,000, or $500,000." Dr. Gerrard asserted that there are four cities that he enjoys visit ing. One is Omaha and the others are St. Louis, Philadelphia and Ta coma. He referred to Omaha as one of the best cities in the country a city of splendid homes and a live and active commercial organiza tion, all backed up by a rich and prosperous agricultural section. To the members of the Ben Hur tribes he expressed the hope that they would get together and erect a fraternal building, adding, "That is possible, but whether or not it is probable is a matter that is up to you." Mayor Smith Speaker. L. C. Nielson presided as toast master and introduced Mayor Smith as the first speaker of the evening. The mayor detailed the growth of Omaha and in welcoming Dr. Ger rard referred to the Tribe of Ben Hur as one of the pioneer fraternal orders to locate in the city, giving the assurance that in the event it should be decided to locate the head quarters here, the citizens would be found ready to aid in every way pos sible in keeping the interests of the organization at the front. Speaking in behalf of the business men of Omaha, Charles E. Black expressed the opinion that Omaha is about the easiest place in the world in which to borrow money. He invited Dr. Gerrard to remain here, look over the town and "then we believe that you will decide to make it your future home and the home of your fraternal order." John L. Kennedy, who apparently was under the impression that the Tribe of Ben Hur contemplated moving its headquarters, said, "Come here and we will breed into your institution this Omaha spirit. We want you to look over the city and secure the site for your build ing." Others on Program. Other speeches were made by James H. Walker, Lincoln, past grand chief, who asserted that Lin coln would work hand in hand with Omaha in whatever might be required to obtain the headquarters; W. M. Robertson, district deputy; Mrs; C S. Bryaji, George Lee, W. Dale Clark, Mrs. Vera Lee, Omaha; and J, J. Cassiday, Lincoln, state manager. Doctor Gerrard was the last speaker on the list. It was appar ent that prior to the time when he addressed the gathering all of the speaker! were of the opinion that the tribe was seeking a change of loca tion for its headquarters, for they all boosted for Omaha and detailed the benefits that would accrue to the order by locating here. Two Women Arrested With Large Quantity of "Dope" Morphine and cocaine valued at $125 were taken last night from Pearl Mickelbery and Edna Burns, 1007 Capitol avenue, by Officer O. P. Peterson and Detective A. V. Lundeen. The two women were charged with vagrancy and violation of the Harrison drug act They will be tried in police court this morn ing on the former charge and held for federal court on the second. Homesteaders in Montana Make Appeal to Congress Homesteaders in the drough stricken sections of Montana are ap pealing to congress to aid them un til a new crop is harvested. The government has decided to aid the cattle raisers. The farmers who have been burned ut for three con secutive years are campaigning with the slogan, "Has the voice of a hungry bull more carrying power than that of a hungry child?" A proTn aeUnc daily giving relief to thousands, CHIROPRACTIC is becoming nor popular m it bocomoa mora generally known. Adjustments $1, or 12 for $10.00 U. FRANK BORHORN (Palmar School Chiropractor) Suit 414-19 Securities Bldf ., ' Corner 16th and F amain SU. Doug. 5347. Lady Attendant. The Heavens in August -WILLIAM F. RIGGE- Venus, our bright evening star, which has adorned our western twi lights for so many months, will at tain its greatest brilliancy on Aug ust 7. It will then be more than 36 times as bright as a standard star of the first magnitude, or nearly 100 times as bright as the pole star. It will then give enough light to cast a noticeable shadow. Venus will approach the sun more and more during the month, and be in conjunction with it on the 12th of next month. It will be in conjunc tion with the moon on the 27th of this month. Saturn becomes morning star on the 25th, but like Jupiter and Mars, is too near the sun to be seen. The days diminish in length one hour and 11 minutes during the month, being 14 hours 20 minutes long on the 1st, 13 hours and 49 minutes on the 15th and 13 hours EIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS CASES REPORTED IN CITY Four More Children Afflicted by Disease In Past Two Days. Four new cases of infantile paraly sis were reported to the city health office in the last two days. Four were reported last week, making a total of eight cases now in the city. The new cases are as follows: Kathleen Caray, 2523 Chicago street; L. A. Wells, Ford hospital; Earl Burnap, 1717 Missouri avenue; Har riett Bernstein, 1326 South Twenty first street. All last summer there was only one case of this serious infant dis ease in Omaha. The cases now in Omaha are un der the strictest quarantine, as this is one of the most contagious dis eases known and one that in most cases leaves the sufferer with a per manent affliction. Mother Asks Police to Help Find 16-Year-0ld Daughter Mrs. Mary Wagner, 2420 South Eighth street, has asked the police to find her 16-year-old daughter, Helen, whom she thinks has left home to become a movie star. The last trace of the girl police can find is that she went swimming in Riverview park bathing pool Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday morn ing she told her mother she was go ing to the Lyric building to begin work as a movie actress. William De Wolfe Couts, who conducts a school of motion picture acting in the Lyric building, says he has never seen the girl. Woman Held as Demented on Complaint of Mother Mrs. Eva Sternberg, 27 years old, was taken to Central police station last night and held as demented on complaint of her mother, Mrs. Sam uel W. Carter, 1806 Ohio street. Mrs. Carter told the police that her daughter had told her secretly that she would slay her father as soon as he was fast asleep last night. Mrs. Sternberg is very attractive. According to her husband, she has been detained in the state asylum previously. She was held in the po lice matron's room all night and will' be turned over to her father this morning. and 9 minutes on the 31st On the 24th the sun enters Vergo and Virgin. 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The do minion government Wednesday de cided to buy and market the Cana dian wheat crop of 1919. The crop will be sold "at prevailing world prices," and the surplus proceeds will be divided among the original sellers of the wheat. Speculation and profiteering will be prohibited. The main features of the plan as announced are: Board to buy and market the crop of 1919. Cash payment on account to be made to the farmer at the time he sells his wheat. Wheat crop of Canada to be sold by the board at the prevailing world prices and the surplus proceeds, aft er expenses are deducted, to be dis tributed to the original sellers of the wheat in proportion to grade and quantity. No speculation on exchanges or profiteering by handlers to be al lowed in disposing of the crop to trie disadvantage of either producer or consumer. Direct and immediate cash sale by the farmers and a speedy movement of the crop along the usual channels of transport. Marines Start Return to Basis of 25,000 Men Washington, July 30. Reduction in rank or discharge of more than 1,300 officers of the marine corps was announced today by Major General Barnett as a part of the program of reducing the corps from its war time strength of about 75,000 officers and men to a permanent strength of 25,000. Effort to End Yorkshire Coal Strike Is Failure London, July 30. An attempt to settle the Yorkshire coal strike to day proved unsuccessful. The con ference of mine owners and strikers, held at Leeds, at which it was hoped a solution of the difficulty might be reached, failed to effect an agreement. BURGESS-flASH COMPANY WERYBODYk STOneV Continuing the Clearance of Men's Suits Jill Three Group $14.50 $19.50 $24.50 A SPLENDID opportunity to select raits for present as well as for future needs as there is a variety of styles and patterns from which to select The lots include two and three-piece suits of hard finished worsteds, cheviots and wool cassimeres. SELECT YOURS TOMORROW! BwKe-Saah Co. Fourth Flow. OMAHA WOMAN LOSES $225 TO TWOW MEN" Mrs. Florence Johnson Gives Change for $500 Bill and is Left Waiting in Store. Mrs. Florence Johnson, 2915 Er skine street, was swindled of $225, her savings of three years, yester day afternoon by two young men who accosted her at Sixteenth and Douglas streets. Mrs. Johnson was looking into a show window when one of the young men asked her if she knew where he could get a room for him self and a friend. While she was giving him an address his friend picked up a pocketbook from the sidewalk. They commented on this luck and asked Mrs. Johnson, since she was a witness to the find of the pocket book, to share the contents, which consisted of one $500 bill and one $100 bill. Neither had enough "change" to give Mrs. Johnson her part of the find. Mrs. Johnson said she could get $225 and would give them that for the $500 bill. She withdrew her savings, $225, from the State Bank of Omaha and paid it over to the two young men. They stepped into a store, asking her to wait for them. Three hours later, 8 o'clock last evening, she grew tired of waiting and called De tectives Fritz Franks and Jack Gra ham. The two young men have not yet been located. Aulabaugh Issues Pamphlet. Aulabaugh, the Omaha furrier, has issued in a new pamphlet form under the title, "North of Fifty three," an interesting and neatly il lustrated account of his experiences in the fur country, which he is dis tributing among his friends. Electric fans have made it possi ble to keep churches and theaters in Southern India open in summer months. Briej City News Have Root Print It Beacon Presa Elec Fans $8.50 Burgess-Granden Patronise the American State Bank. Adv. Four Per Cent Interest on time de posits. American State Bank. Adv. Dr. A. S. Pinto haa resumed prac tice at 1229 First National Bank building. Phone Douglas 888. Adv. Cooler Weather It's liable to snow any time after the next month or two and then you will want your overcoat. Have Jt fixed now at Carey's. Railroad Sues Oil Company Suit to recover 1301.45 from the Man hattan Oil company of, this city has been begun by th Missouri Pacific railroad In federal court Leaves for Convention A. N. Eaton of the Nebraska-Iowa Steel Tank company, left Monday for De troit, where he will attend the semi annual convention of the Barrel Men's association. He is expected to return Saturday morning. Bergen Gets Appointment H. D. Bergen, Burlington rat clerk, has Bergen, Burlington rate clerk, has Omaha district freight traffic com mittee, succeeding George W. Ham ilton, assistant general freight agent of the union Pacific. Mr. Hamilton was loaned to the rail road administration and now goes back to his old position. At the Burlington, Bergen Is succeeded by W. O. Yale. Highway Commissioners Meet A meeting of highway commissioners of the mid-western states la in ses sion in Kansas City. So far as known, there is no one in attendance from Omaha, but the state is said to be well represented, many of the commissioners from the central and southern counties being at the meet ing. It is reported that during the Kansas City meeting an effort will be made to condemn, or at least disapprove the federal road plan of distributing aid to the counties. To Begin Dodge Street Grading-! Work on grading the Dodge street hill and adjoining streets is sched used to begin on Thursday of next week. That is the date named In the ordinance. The Metropolitan Water district is preparing plans to take care of the numerous water mains under these streets. In most cases the graders will be allowed to remove the dirt to the depth where the mains are located and then the water company will dig trenches and lay new mains under the level of the new grade. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Eleven-Year-Old Boy Killed When Head Hits Bottom of Bathing Pool James Allen Fairclough, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fair clough of Bisbee, Ariz., died yester day in Riverview park when he struck his head on the concrete floor of the bathing pool after diving into 3 feet of water. Fairclough was taken from the water within 10 min utes after the accident. Four doc tors tried for more than an hour to revive the injured lad. Young Fairclough was visiting in Omaha with his grandmother, Mrs. J. E. Ulrich, 2310 O street. His mother put a card, bearing his name and address into his pocket before he left for Riverview. By that card his body was identified. About 2 o'clock he dived into the pool where the water was only 3 feet deep. He struck on his head. No one noticed him disappear, but doctors believe that he was under water about 10 minutes, when How ard Price, 410 North Twenty-second street, stumbled on his body. According to the decision of the county attorney's physician, the lad's death was due to hemorrhage. Young Fairclough also sustained a concussion of the brain. The body was taken to Brewer's undertaking parlors on the South Side. J. Q. Swanson Dies Johan Gustaf Swanson, 71 years old, died Tuesday morning at his home, 2538 Pierce street. He is sur vived by his wife, three sons, K. Swanson of Denver, A. G. Swanson of Omaha and Gorge Swanson of Poppenish, Wash., and two daugh ters, Helen and Tillie, of this city. Funeral services will be held at the N. P. Swanson chapel at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. A. T. Lor imer and Rev. Emil Chinlund will officiate. Burial will be in the For est Lawn cemetery. Bee Want Ads always get results. Band of Rainbow Division Will Play at Rourke Park The Iowa 168th infantry band of the famous Rainbow division which is now touring Iowa, will play in Omaha at Rourke park Monday, August 11. This organization con sists of 40 veterans of this famous regiment, which lost almost 800 men in action and of which 75 per cent of its members were casualties. Sunday, August 10, the band plays in Council Bluffs. The leader of the band is Sergt. Lou F. Morgans, a brother of S. C. Morgans of Coun cil Bluffs, and himself a former resi dent of Omaha. As a musical or ganization this band ranks among the best in the country. Bee Want Ads always get results. HOW TO JUDGE A WOMAN BY HER HAIR There is real common sense in just noticing whether the hair is well kept to judge of a woman's neatness, or good taste. If you are one of the few who try to make the most of your hair, remember that it is not advisable to wash the hair with any cleanser made for all purposes, but always use some good shampoo. You can enjoy thft very best by getting some canthrox from your druggist, dissolve a teaspoon ful In a cup of hot water. This makes a full cup of shampoo liquid, enough so it is easy to apply it to all the hair instead of just the top of the head. Dandruff, excess oil, and dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear. Your hair will be so fluffy that it will look much heavier than it is. Its luster and softness will also delight you, while the stim ulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Adv. John N. Willys President of the Willys-Overland Company, Manufacturer of the Overland Automobile. denies that he or any of the Companies which he controls are or ever have been interested in the stock of the OVERLAND TIRE COMPANY or its busi ness and affairs and that any of the products of said Over land Tire Company are being handled by or through the Willys-Overland Company or any of the interests controlled by him. q mm- Hash EVERYBODY STORE"' Wednesday, July 30, 1919- -STORE NEWS FOR THURSDAY- -Phone Douglas 2100 Our Last Daily July Feature Sale FOR THURSDA Y WE ANNOUNCE A Complete Disposal of Our Entire Stock of Women's Summer Suits, Coats, Wraps mi Skirts $15.00 A Price That Would Not Pay for the Making, Without Considering the Cost of Material NO summer suit, coat, wrap or skirt is reserved. The finer things, the one of a kind, exclusive fashions, as well as the more usual, have been priced for a quick clearance. The materials are : Tricolette, Satin, Pongee, Linen, Etc. The brief summary that would be possible here, cannot give adequate idea of the scope and variety of the assortment, so we will not even attempt a description. Suffice to say that they carry the Burgess-Nash guarantee. It will be greatly to the advantage of every woman to at tend this great clearance. REMEMBER, that the best values are the first selected and attend the sale early in the day. BurfMi-Nuh Co. Sacond Floor. New Mid-Summer Milli nery on Display Now YOUR summer hat has probably lost its charm, and your attention is turned toward the clever new hats that have arrived for mid-season wear. We have just received a large shipment of the very newest and smartest models, which have been moderately priced. BOYS! Have You Entered the Airplane Contest? There is but a short time left for your entree. All information may be se cured in Toy Department, Fourth Floor. Burfua-Naah Co. Fourth Floor Thursday The Last "Courtesy Day" In Our Fifth Annual Sale of Fine FURS THURSDAY you may inspect our gorgeous display of the latest fur models and select those you care to purchase during this great sale which Start 8 August First And Which Represents Savings of 25 Under the Prices in Effect After September 1st Burft-Nah Co. Second Floor. The Season's Latest Fad in Sweaters Very Specially Priced at s $2.95 NEVER before have sweat ers been the vogue as this season. A sale of this sort is very unusual, for although the pric is very low the styles are the most popular and the values most extreme. Slip on, wool sweaters in novelty stitches, running perpendicular, circular or block combinations Colors are peach, salmon pink, turquoise, American Beauty, buff, purple corn.etc. Burrtt-Nb Co. Socond Floor. 4a 'Jiii! IP