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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1919)
THE BEEj OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, -1919. AERIAL SERVICE IS PUT SQUARELY UP TOJHE CITY Omaha Must Decide When System Shall Be Extended West From Chicago, Of ficial Says. "It is up to Omaha to decide when the air mail service shall be extended west from Chicago," said Col. John A. Jordan, special repre sentative of the postoffice depart ment air mail service and superin tendent of the western division. The plan for constructing expo sition buildings on the present land ing field on the Ak-Sar-Ben grounds on West Center street is delaying the government in extending the mail service. Original plans called for the use of these grounds for a landing field. Colonel Jordan, accompanied by Harley Conant, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce air transpor tation committee; J. E. George, W. A. Ellis and Postmaster Fanning inspected all available fields in the vicininity of Omaha Tuesday, but reached no definite conclusion which field to use. Field Found Suitable. A field on West xDodge street near the peony farm was found suit able, and if a long-time lease can be secured will probably be se lected. The Redick field in East Omaha also was found suitable, al though considered a little small for a city that will be used as a terminal point. Fort Omaha landing fields were found too small to be used in mail service. The Happy Hollow, Field and . Country clubs grounds were inspected for use as temporary land ing fields in case a permanent field was not ready for use when the service starts. Colonel Jordan says Omaha will have to start at once to prepare for the coming of aerial transportation if it expects to take advantage of the opportunities offered. The mail service requires that the city secure the landing field and construct hang ars. It will be impossible to com plete the necessary arrangements this year, but if Omaha completes its share this winter the government is ready to start a daily air mail service early next spring, Colonel Jordan says. Three Engine Planes. Three engine planes with a wing spread of 105 feet will be used in the Omaha service. They will have a carrying capacity of from 1,500 to 3,000 pounds of mail. Hangars to house these planes will have doors 110 feet wide and be 18 feet high. The necessary equipment for the machine shops .will be installed by the government. When the service is started Oma ha will have a 12-hour mail service from the Atlantic coast. Colonel Jordan says the practicability of I .daily service has been proven on ' the Clevetand-Chicago route. Storms that tied up mail boats on the Great Lakes and delayed trains three and 1. owen'e Value-Giving Stored as usual continues to offer depend able, value-giving Furniture at moderate prices. Hanging LogBa&xew 55 Cent artistic as well as useful,, these Baskets make beautiful decorations for the porch and aun parlor. Acme Ice Cream Freezers 3S freeie delicious eream in 5 mln- J utes. Nothing; could be mora handy J lor the making; ox in evening; des sert. Priced at 65 Cents t Electric Irons Make Ironing Easy, Priced at $2.95 Acquire the habit of shopping at J Bowen s tt saves you money. to,- to (jrpfts Dnpmrs Oa Howard, between 15th and 16th fcWUkUkte4etetathsdh4sfct4sW Brie) City News Have Root Print It Beacon Press Elec. Fans $8.50 Burgesa-Granden Omaha Gasoline and Oils "Best in the Long Bun." Adv. "The American State Bank at 18th and Farnam pays Interest upon time deposits and savings accounts." Adv. "Your -deposits In the American State Bank are protected by the" guaranty fund of the state of Ne braska." Adv. Dead Hero Honored. Pvt. Ray Martin, Ashton, Neb., who was killed in action while fighting; with the Fifteenth Field Artillery in France, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre with bronze star. New Bid Requirements. City Commissioner Roy Towl says all contractors, when submitting bids to the city council for city building or improvements, must accompany each bid with a check for 5 per cent of the amount of the bid. Waives Preliminary Hearing James Land waived preliminary hearing before Commissioner Neely In federal court and was bound over for trial and bonds fixed at $2,000. He is charged with raising the denomination of a bank note. Aviation Notes. W. C. Brooks of the Blue Star Aviation company fly ing the Blue Bird, will carry a num ber of passengers Friday evening at the Blue Star aviation field on West Dodge street For flight reserva tions, call Tyler 1572. Face Drug Charge. Victor Lopez and Lacy and Violet Williams were arrested yesterday by Deputy U. S. Marshal E. J. Quinley charged with illegal possession of narcotic drugs. They will be given a hearing before Commissioner McLaughlin today. Returns From Overseas Rev. J. H. Stitt, formerly pastor of the Mc Cabe Methodist church, and for the last several months engaged in Y. M. C. A. work overseas, has arrived in New York. He notified friends in this city that he would return to Omaha in a few days. Asked to Clear Title. Herbert W. Drexel, son of the late John C. Drexel, has asked the district court to clear his title on two lots willed to him and his brother, John H. .Drexel, and to order his brother to fulfill an alleged written agreement to pay him $2,000 for the two lots. Another Safe Blown In Omaha. Making nine safes blown and robbed in this vicinity in last few weeks. You may be the next victim. Install a yeggmen foe in your safe and pro tect yourself against loss. It posi tively prevents stealing anything from safe. Testimonials and proofs on request. The Yeggmen Foe Mfg. Co., 1218 Harney street. Salvation Army Driven Dr. W. C. Sensibaugh, state director for the Salvation Army in its proposed drive to raise $15,000,000 for recon struction work in the war zone of Europe and home service, addressed the Chamber of Commerce Wed nesday noon, explaining the plan of carrying on the Nebraska cam paign. The sum that Nebraska is expected to raise for the Salvation Army work has not yet been an nounced, but it will be within the next few days. John L. Kennedy, Omaha, is state treasurer. four hours proved no handicap to the planes which sailed above the storms. Colonel Jordan says airplane fac tories are swamped with orders for planes for individual and commer cial use and the Omaha field should be arranged to accommodate all flyers crossing the continent. The number of planes now ordered proves that the airplane will be used extensively next year and most of the orders are from western cities. Women's Army Hospital Attention Committee Has Been Discontinued The Army Hospital Attention committee, under the chairmanship of Mrs. W. S. Wiley, was discon tinued August 10. This committee, consisting of 12 women, was formed during the fall of 1917, to give personal attention to sick boys at Fort Omaha; The hospital was visited once a week, when letters were written for the boys; ice cream, cake, fruits and candy given to them, and music, flowers, books and magazines fur nished. Since it started this committee has written over 500 letters and has served 12,514 boys. The following were the assistants at Fort Omaha: Mesdames: J. H. Conrad Fred Pierce W. B. T. Belt W. A. Plxley W. H. Matthews W. J. Hynes J. L. Kennedy Mesdames: Herbert Rogers Jay Foster Frank Coad Sandy Griewold Frank Judson Erdman C. Bruner Frank Campbell The following were the assistants who visited Fort Crook on Thurs day of each week: Mesdames: Mesdames W. B. Tags Henry Pike Everett Buckingham W. B. Stryker W. E. Reed W. B. Cheek John Smith Henry Cox I. A. Alexander R. E. Schindell Wm Bavinger Elger Smith Man Sees Pickpocket Work In Movies So He Turns Thief Himself While attending a downtown mo tion picture show, in which a daring burglar and pickpocket operate, a man became daring himself and seeing in the picture "just how iris done. ' he made up his mind to do a little dip-work himself and lifted the pocketbook of H. A. Foster, a guest of the Midland hotel. Mr. Foster reported to the police that his pocketbook contained $20. Mrs. Elsie Randolph, who oc cupies an office in the Brandeis building, reports that while she left her office Tuesday afternoon for a few minutes, a sneak thief stole her pocketbook, containing $125. County School Districts 15 and 33 Consolidated Under the provisions of a new law passed bv the legislature in July, school districts 15 and 33 of Douglas county have consolidated by a vote of 23. to 0. These two districts are the first to have taken advantage of the new law to rear range the school districts of Doug las county, according to County Clerk Frank Dewey. , There are approximately 60 school districts in this county and all of them are expected to vote on the matter of consolidation in the near future. This will necessitate the revision of the tax records and levies of the various districts, said Mr. Dewejr, , PROFITEERS IN OMAHA KEEP ON RAISING PRICES No Single Reduction Here, Though Marked Decline Has Taken Place in Other Cities. Omaha continues to struggle be neath a load of excessive prices, not withstanding an investigation which has been started by the city, led by Mayor Smith, and in conjunction with the county attorney and the lo cal federal officials. While Mayor Smith, County At torney Shotwell and Assistant United States Attorney F. A. Peter son are investigating and talking, Omaha profiteers are running ram pant with their saturnalia of high prices. While federal, county and city of ficials of Omaha are investigating, sharp advances are being made in prices in restaurants, rents are be ing boosted and clothing, shoes and even some staple food products are being marked up. Probe is "Adjourned." Not one instance of a reduction can be found in Omaha as a re sult of the investigation started last Monday by Mayor Smith and which was adjourned "subject to call of the mayor." Omaha, through its duly consti tuted officials, is "resolving to re solve," while reports from Chicago, Kansas City and other cities show a marked decrease in prices since the searchlight of investigation was turned upon the profiteers. This city continues to stand in its own light as a city which suffered the highest average increase of prices during July, the government figures showing a decided increase in Omaha on a list of staple articles compiled in 50 cities. Other Cities Get Results. The federal officials in the vari ous cities have been vested with al most unlimited powers in striking at the heart of the high cost of living problems. These officials, in other cities, with the co-operation of state, county and city officials, have al ready brought some relief. They have struck down blows at the heart of the situation. In Omaha nothing has been done as yet except "inves tigate" and talk. The .effect of the local investigation seems to be re flected in ' continued advancing prices. Even the sale of government sur plus stocks in Omaha has not moved the piofiteers to see the "handwrit ing on the wall." City Attorney Weaver has re ceived information from Falls City, Neb., showing that the market price for eggs a few days ago was 30 cents On the same day eggs sold in Omaha for 48 and 50 cents re tail. Samuel Winters of South Side re ported at the city hall yesterday that on three recent occasions he bought butter in Fapillion at -0 cents a pound at a store. He said the same butter was retailing in Omaha for 58 to 62 cents a pound. Potato Prices Way Up. County Attorney Shotwell in In vestigating a report found that pota toes were retailing in Minneapol:s for 40 cents a peck and on the same day Omaha stores were charging 60 to 75 cents a peck, according to the store. Mr. Shotwell has another report that an Omaha man bought a ship ment of lumber in Sioux City be cause he saved $600 on the deal. Within the last few days a pop ular brand of coffee which is packed in two-pound cans and sold by a lo cal wholesale house, was advanced from 90 cents to $1 a can. Three years ago this coffee was sold at 60 cents a can, the advance being 66 per cent in three years. Plenty of Talk. "It is my opinion that these prof iteers are getting wise to the fact that the people are not going to stand for profiteering any longer, and the dealers will act accord ingly," said City Attorney Weaver, who is conducting the mayor's in vestigation. "I think these investigations will make the people think. The peo ple should work harder and save more and be more careful in their buying. Why, I have never worn a silk shirt in my life, and yet I see a lot of fellows wearing silk shirts on week-days," said City Commissioner Towl. Mayor Marks Time. Mayor Smith announced that he will not resume his formal investi gation until he shall have opened four municipal stores. "I am going to get these stores opened first, and then we will re sume the investigation," the mayor said. "I believe these stores will have some effect on reducing prices. "City Attorney Weaver has been directed to obtain from the local railroad officials a complete state ment of all cars of fruits and veg etables received in Omaha during July and Af,ust, and to indicate complete records of these cars, from the time they were received here, to their final disposition." The mayor stated that he had definitely decided that the municipal stores will be located in the South Side city hall, Auditorium and in fire engine houses at Twenty-second and Lake streets and Eleventh and Dorcas streets. The first store will be opened Saturday morning on the South Side, and the others will be opened next week, according to a schedule which will be announced. Ha! Ha! Say Profiteers. "The statement that prices in Omaha are higher than in other cities is absolutely true," said the county attorney. "I wish the mayor would obtain schedules of prices from Minneapolis and Sioux City and then compare them with Oma ha. I don't believe that the producers and wholesalers are as much to blame as the retailers would have us believe. This investigation is putting the fear of God into the hearts of the profiteers, who will realize that the people mean busi ness. This investigation will have the effect of reducing the prices of some commodities and of pre venting contemplated advances." Mr. Shotwell, however, has no knowledge of Omaha prices being reduced on account of the investi gation. The Department of Justice at Washington has urged its repre sentatives in the cities to "get on the job." In other cities some re sults have been obtained. Omaha is still climbing for another altitude record. What Peterson Says. Assistant United States Attorney Peterson, in the local offices of the Department of Justice, attended the hearing which was started last Monday in the city council cham ber. He is also conducting investi gations through his office, and he has all of the government machin ery at his disposal. "My idea is that prices will go down gradually. These investiga tions will have their effect. We are going at this matter to get the ab solute facts. The Depaartment of Justice is working deliberately and quietly. We are searching for food hoarding and are after it every minute. There will be immediate action if we can locate any hoard ing. We will not only prosecute the offenders, but we will seize the stocks. It is a tremendous job and we are not at this time giving out information." Fast Transports to Provide Brest-New York Service Washington, Aug. 13. Assign ment of four of the fastest trans ports to provide a regular mail service between New' York and Brest is announced by the War de partment. The present schedule, covering the remainder of 1919, will be taken care of by the George Washington, Leviathan, Agamem non and America. Army ships turned back to the shipping board now total nearly 3,000,000 tons. The Weather Local Comparatlre Record. 1919 1918 1917 1916 Highest Wednesday ...8 89 81 77 Lowest Wednesday 62 71 69 56 Mean temperature ....76 81 70 66 Precipitation 18 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal: Normal temperature 75 degrees Excess for the day 1 degree Total excess since March I, 1919 !29 degrees Normal precipitation 12 Inch Excess for the day 06 Inch Total precipitation since March 1, 1919 14.20 Inches Deficiency since March 1, 1919 639 Inches Deficiency for corresponding period In 1918 954 Inches Deficiency for corresponding period In 1917 136 Inches REPORTS FROM STATIONS AT 7 p. m. Station and State Temp- High- Raln of Weather. erature est fall Cheyenne, cloudy ....87 86 .00 Davenport, clear 84 86 .66 Denver, cloudy 88 88 .00 Dodge City, clear 90 92 .00 Lander, pt. cloudy 86 88 .00 North Platte, clear.... 86 90 .00 Omaha, clear 88 89 ,18 Pueblo, clear 90 90 .00 Rapid City, clear 92 92 .00 ?a!t Lake, clear 90 90 .00 Santa Fe, clear 83 84 .00 Sheridan, pt. cloudy.. 90 90 .00 Valentine, clear 90 92 .00 It. A. WELSH. Meteorologist. "BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be genuine must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an unbroken Bayer package which contains proper directions to safely relieve Headache, Toothache, Ear ache, Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents at drug stores larger packages also. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicyl icacid. Adv. WANTED Experienced Salespeople The beginning: of the new Fall season brings the need of extra salespeople, both Male and Female. Therefore we wish to place a number of experienced salespeople in prac tically every department in our store. Positions are permanent for those who are competent. Apply Superintendent on Balcony. Burgess-Wash Company ""EVERYBODY! ?TORF" Your Old Pal Al Comes to Open Gayety With His Big Show Just $1,754 was the size of the dent put in All Reeves' bankroll when he purchased the railroad tickets that carried his company from New York to Omaha in order to open the season at the Gayety theater Saturday afternoon. The company arrived over the Rock Island, Wednesday morning. His scenery was at once unloaded and transferred to the Gayety stage where the crew of mechanics as sisted by the crew with the attrac tion began .to assemble it and place it in form for use at the open ing performance. Mr. Reeves' equipment this sea son is the most gorgeous he has ever clothed his company with all being designed especially for him and constructed of the choicest of fabrics. The company is continuing here in Omaha the strenuous re hearsals interrupted by the 1,400 mile rail jaunt, and Mr. Reeves promises a complete performance in every detail at the opening. Gity Canning Exhibit Will Be Held in City, Hall, August 25 to 30 A canning contest and exhibit will be held in the city hall during the week of August 25-30. Entrants must comply with regulations pre scribed by Joseph Ihm, supervisor, care of the Board of Public Welfare offices. During the summer canning classes have been maintained in 25 public schools, under the direction of Mr. Ihm, who announce that $200 in prizes will be distributed to the winners of the exhibit Each school will send a team of three members to compete for the city niaiut'ii'iisiiitJi 1 ' VM v ..... ners two teams will be selected to go to the state fair. Three hundred and fifty boys and girls have been taking the canning instruction this summer. "So you are going to let your cook goT" "Yea. oan't afford to keep her, I don'l mind the aalary. but her taatee In food are out of my reach." Waahlngtom Star. URGESS-l Iash mm. EVERYBODY STORE" Wednesday, August 13, 1919- -STORE NEWS FOR THURSDAY- -Phone Douglas 2100 CONTINUING FOR THURSDAY Our Great Sale of rr tt Ak ol OUSE $5.95 $6.95 to- W n rn HE greatest purchase and sale ol blouses we have a I I I nn 1 hit ! ! Jl 1 1A Jl l" 5 I ever 0IIerea Iviaae 01 spienaia quaiuy crepe ae ; Jil chine, Georgette and striped silk, in ft. i Flesh Sunset Fawn Light Grey Navy Flame French Blue Black White Colored Stripes, Etc, All sizes. 34 to 44 NO EXCHANGES AND NO APPROVALS ACCEPTED f i? n m Our Fifth Annual August Sale of Furs Representing Savings of 25 Is Now in Progress THE fine collection of beutiful furs assembled for this sale make it an event that is of greatest impor tance to everyone interested in furs. The variety of odd furs is especially large. Included are: Mink Water Mink Beaver Lynx H udson Seal Marmot Coney Skunk Marten Muskrat Kolinsky Mole Alaska Seal Fox I Raccoon Stone Marten Wolf Nutria Squirrel The styles are beautiful, the pelts have been carefully selected and the workmanship on every piece is excellent. Every piece of fur sold carries the Burgess-Nash guarantes. Furs Stored Until November 1st If you wish, you may select your furs now and we will stor them free of charge in our vaults. Furs will be held upon payment of 25 of their value. BurgMe-Naeh Co. Second Floor All White Pumps and Oxfords 2.95 rp HIS price, which is extremely low, is less than Yz JL their real value and with at least a month more of summer, it will pay every woman to take advantage of this sale. Includes Nile cloth and white Sea Island cloth, with Louis or military heels. SPECIAL ! Choice of our en tire stock of white kid and duck shoes at exactly y regular price. Burf eea-Naih Co. Second Floor Distinctive New Fall Millinery TvARING color com- U binations are the most effective Dart of. this wonderful display r of Fall millinery. Burnt orang and black, silver blaa and black, taupe and silver. These are just three of the most popular combina tions deserving special note. Large and small shapes, including large rolling sail ors, "Off of the Face" sail ors, Napoleon and continent al shapes. Materials are: Silk duvetyn. Peach hloom. Panne velvet. Lyons' velvet. Beaver. Priced, $5.00 to $75 Buree-Naah Co. Second Floor