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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. HEALTH OFFICER DR. J. F, EDWARDS TAKES NEW POST Former Army Man Expresses Opinion That All Tubercu losis Cases Should Be Re ported to City. Dr. E. T. Manning yesterday turn ed over the affairs of the city health department to Dr. J. F. Edwards, who was chief surgeon at Camp Mills, N. Y., up to the time of his discharge from the government service last Monday. Health Commissioner Edwards arrived Wednesday afternoon and at once set about to find a place to live and to obtain citizen's attire. His appointment was confirmed by the city council during the early summer, with the understanding that he would take the position as soon as released from the army service. To Look Over Situation. "I cannot say much about the policies of the oftice until I have looked over the situation and de termined the needs," he said. The new health commissioner has been recommended to Omaha as a man experienced in hygiene and sanitation, having had 10 years' ex ! perience with th,e public health de partment of Pittsburgh. ' He is cred ited with being a specialist in dis ease prevention from a municipal point of view. In a conversation the doctor stated that he will check tip the tuberculosis situation. It is his opinion that all tuberculosis cases in Omaha should be recorded in the city health office, the same as other contagious diseases. City Concerned About Cases. "It is the city's concern to know about these cases," he said. The health department records for last year show many deaths from tuberculosis, but do not show many cases of this disease reported to the health department. The new health commissioner be lieves that no sex discrimination should be shown in the examination and tnlitment of women and men who are arrested in disreputable places. , "Men and women should be treated alike in this matter. A man who is diseased should be held for treatment if a woman is held for treatment," he said. WHISTLING COPS BEGIN MUSICAL TRAFFIC ORDERS Innovation Expected to Facili tate Handling of Comer Jams. The whistling traffic cop is the h. test object of interest in Omaha. The new system if directing traf fic by whistle signals was started yvsterday, the system being uniform with that which has been adopted in other cities, including Chicago. IJntil motorists and pedestrians shall have become familiar with the whistle system, the traffic' officers v. ill use their arms at the same time they blow their whistles. Here's the System. One sound of the whistle indi cates clearance for east and west traffic, and two sounds mean north and south traffic shall move. Three whistles is a danger signal, indicat ing the approach of the fire depart ment. J. J. Dudley, traffic officer at Six teenth and Farnam streets, demon strated yesterday that moving his arms and blowing his whistle at the same time is nothing in his young life. Two young women crossing the intersection stopped when Dudley blew his whistle. Their- hesitation caused a motorist to honk his horn several times for them to proceed. They giggled and exchanged some words about Dudley whistling at them. "Mova along, young ladies, I wasn't whistling at you," shouted Dudley. Under the order issued by Chief of Police Eberstein, pedestrians are expected to move or stop instanter with the new whistle signals. Alleged Gentleman' Burglar Charged With . . Breaking and Entering "I- ...r.S.I Mant.'fiVatinn Kir T f J ivimniCK, X niriy-imru aim niuui streets, that William H. Douglas, - 2022 St, Mary's avenue, is the "gen tleman burglar" who entered his home the night of August 8, a charge of breaking and entering has been filed against Douglas. T rA K TWirtiv Pant Siittnn. x . raid was made on Douglas' rooms at 2022 St Mary's avenue, late Tues- day night, to search for valuables stolen by the "gentleman burglar." c f fmin i .ir rn i a i uawu LiLikChs iuuuu ill Douglas possession led the detec- IVS VIIBtgV HUM "Hil l"V . of jewelry. "Those pawn tickets belonged to me. I had to pawn some silverware and clothes, because A have been sick." Mrs, William H. Douglas, 2022 St Mary's avenue, wife of the man the police claim is the "gentleman buf- rglar," collapsed last night on the steps of central police station after lnnh r rtr huehann in th She lias been an invalid since the .' death of her infant son eight years ' Captain Henry Heitfeld ordered 5 Mrs. Dojiglas taken home in an ' emergency car. Dr. A. J. Edstrom who attended Mrs. Douglft advised her to "be more careful" and not overtax her- felf. s "I'm his only help," was her - t :... ... Ttimntsr TninrArl Psiil FVdrirW- 1610' Frederick v street, a teamster, suffered a frac- nre of his rieht arm Wednesdav afternoon, when he was caught be tween his wagon and a freight load ; bs dock at 'Ninth aadjoucs streets. My HEART and My HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a Wife What Mrs. Stockbridge's Relatives Told Alice Holcombe. Early as it was when I reached the schoolhouse Alice Holcombe was before me. As I turned into the flower-bordered walk leading to the buildings I saw her fitting her key into the door. I called to her, and her troubled face brightened perceptibly as she turned and saw me. She finished unlocking the door, threw it open, then hurried down the walk toward me. "You dear," she said gratefully, "to come so early 1 We'll have the place to ourselves, and I've so much to tell you. The doors won't be officially opened for the teachers for a half-hour yet and the janitor is over in the other building." "Are you sure you are fit to be here at all?" I asked solicitously. "You don't look as if you had slept much." The comment was not an idle one. Her skin was pallid, lifeless, while her eyes, though burning with ex citement, seemed to have receded far back into her head. "Sleep!" she exclaimed mourn fully. "I don't believe I shall ever know what real sleep means again. I think counting every minute, that I have dozed fitfully about three quarters of an hour last night. And even thos poor snatches held such terrible dreams " A Frank Talk. She broke off abruptly, shudder ing. I began to wonder nervously whether she was about to break down completely, leaving me with Bayview school affairs depending on me alone, whe she pulled herself together "Don't worry she said crisply. "I'm not going to pieces. Kenneth Stockbridge needs the best efforts of every friend he has. Did you hear any comment on your way down?" She had unlocked the door of the principal s office, entered and thrown up the windows as she talked. At the last sentence, ab-? ruptly separated from the others, she tuwied to me with a searching look. I flushed hesitated, then took a firm grip upon my common sense. 'I am going to tell you exactly what I heard," I said, "in the very woras that were used. You may draw ytjejr own conclusions," I repeated the vulgar comments i had heard at the railroad station, Alice Holcombe listened frowningly, "That's iust it." she said, as I fin ished with the apprehensive words of the woman who had chided her escort for his outspokenness, "they don't kow anything, but they are all willing to damn an innocet man with the vilest speculations. And they're all talking. The village is sizzling with it. I heard a lot of it on my way over this morning." "Mere talk won't hurt aything Dut his leenngs, I commented banally enough, but I was really at my wits' end for the right thig to say in the peculiar situation. Alice was so sensitively alert to any com ment which could possibly be con strued as unfavorable to Mr. Stock bridge that my conversational' way was hard to pick. "If it were only talk!" she retort ed. "But Milly's family are doing more than talk. They got permis sion to take her body to their home last night, after the coroner had taken a look around, but they did not ask Kenneth there, and he spent the , night at his own house im agine 1" "They Told Me " "Are you sure?" I asked, startled, for that state of affairs looked like serious trouble. "They told me themselves." "Why! When did you see them? It was almost 11 o'clock when we left you at the door." "I know it, but Milly's sister had left a message for me to cowie di rectly to the house as soon as I reached there. Of course, I was Milly's as well as her husband's old est friend, but it looks to me as if there was something more than that in their minds when they asked me over as if they were trying to make sure that I would be on their side instead of his in any controversy which might come up." "What did they say to you?" I asked, to avoid commenting upon Brief City News Have Root Print It Beacon Press Electrio Wajtaers BurgeM-Gr.nd.n Co. Omaha Gasoline and Oils "Best In the Long Run." Adv. "The American State Bank at'lSth and Farnam pays interest upon time deposits and savings accounts." Adv. Dr. Glenn Whitcomb announces his return to the, practice ot medicine, now located at 826 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Adv. "Your deposits In the American State Bank are protected by the guaranty fund of the state of Ne braska." Adv. Cedar County Picnic The Cedar County Picnic association of Oma ha, an organization composed of former residents of Cedar county, will hold its first annual picnic Sat urday afternoon at s in Elmwood park. The affair will be a basket picnic. The speakers of the dav will be W. T. Graham, W. S. Weston and others. The committee which has made arrangements for sport events consists of George A. Nelson, Fred Uehling and Jack Oswald. Omahan Stricken With Paralysis In Sioux City Paul' Byerly, 3924 T street, well known South Sider, returned from Sioux City Wednesday stricken with paralysis on the left side. He was pensioned by Armour & Co. August I, after M years of service with them and went to Sioux Citv for a visit. Feeling good Saturday he de cided to prolong his stay. He is 66 years old. the conclusion which she had drawn and with which I secretly agreed. J. hey said enough! The care less phrasing was unlike Alice Hol combe, as was the vindictiveness with which she spoke, but I knew that the girl was hardly resoosible for anything she might say, so terri ble was the strain which she was undergoing. 1 he principal information they handed out," she went on, "was the precious story that Kenneth had come to them between five and half past yesterday in a terrible rage, saying that he must have a divorce from Milly. (Continued Tomorrow) A Most Extraordinary Purchase and Sale in the Downstairs Store of 400 Dozen Women3 s House and Porch prom At One Dollar and Forty -five Cents TpHERE are thousands of women in Omaha who will be certain to want several of these dainty aprons. There is a style to suit every woman in this great assortment. All colors included. Every one new and fresh, just out of their wrappings. Beau tifully made of various materials in plaids, stripes, checks, dots t and plain colors. Smart in appearance; trimmed in contrasting colors with pockets, belts and fancy collars and of a quality you will like. A Choice $ A No Deliveries, No C. 0. D's., No Approvals Burgess-Nash Company stVRQYftODYfc STOCK Our Progress Sale Offers Values Throughtout the Store. WES Store Hoursi 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. 1, everybody stork" Friday kk Downstairs Store Children's Dresses . . AN excellent opportunity to supply the children's school needs at a sav ing. Made of reliable mate rials, specially reduced to $1.00. School Dresses $2.07 Exceptional value, well made, many patterns, colors and materials. A spe cial feature of Fri day's sale, at $2.07. $1.00 Downstair Store. EXTRA SPECIALS In Our Progress Sale Ho use Dresses $1.45 Ml N A Taylor house dresses made of good .quality percale, in beautiful patterns and all the wanted colors. House Dresses $1.99 Nurse stripe and chambray house dresses, very neat. You will need sev eral at this price, your size is here. . I ... I J A M V i c&2 Downstair Store. Carpet Sweepers A very exceptional value in i an article needed in every j J home. Well made with stiff brush, metal top, nickel finish. J Each Downstairs Store. Children's drawers . . . 25c Muslin petticoats 95c Babies' muslin gowns. 65c Corsets, special. . . .$1.50 Women's skirts .... $5.95 Flannel kimonos. . . $1.49 Fall corsets $1.00 Wash dresses. . ...$2.75 Children's rain coats . $2.25 Cotton blankets. . . .$1.49 Plaid wool blankets. $8.50 Sub wool blankets . . $4.95 Heavy outing flannel . . 23c Envelope chemise .... 75c Babies' creepers. . ...95c Muslin drawers 50c American prints . . 13 1-2c 32-inch percale 26c 36-in. Apron ginghams 24c Plaid ginghams . . ....59c Window shades 70c Printed marquisettes . . 48c Petticoat flouncings . . . 69c Wool goods 29c Phonograph records ... 4c Silk poplin $1.05 Wool Serges 75c Wool jersey. . . ....$1.98 Silk pongee. . . 99c Jacquard chambray. . .32c Fur muffs $10.00 Children's rompers. . .95c Fur scarfs....... $10.00 Children's pajamas. . .95c Silk dresses $23.75 School dresses . . ...$1.00 Women's fall suits . $22.50 Babies' wool bands . . . 50c Babies' wool vests .... 50c Georgette dresses. $23.75 Children's aprons . . .,95c Children's bloomers . . 66c Women's sweaters . . $3.95 Babies' kirnonos. ... .65c Children's sweaters . $ 1 .95 Muslin gowns $1.45 Brassieres, special .... 49c School middies 75c Floor brushes . . .79c Clothes lines 95c Water pails. 29c- Ironing boards. . . . .$2.50 Iron wash tubs 89c Clothes hampers. . .$1.00 Hurry Up Boys and Pick Out the New Suit Friday $3.95 to $6.95 NOW is the time to fit the boy out with a new school outfit For boys 6 to 17 years we have suits in splendid styles, neat patterns, made of cassimeres, worsteds and tweeds. Priced from $3.95 to $6.95. Boys' Suits, $8.95 and $935 With an extra pair of pants. Every suit guaranteed. Won derful values at $8.95 and $9,95. Extra Specials! Boys' leather belt at 39c. Boys' shirts at $1.15 to $1.25. Boys' koveralls at $1.50. Boys' overall at $1.00. Downstairs Store. MEN'S WEAR Men's Underwear Lisle, 98c. Men's Union Suits Natural wool ribbed union suits, $2.49. Underwear Men's High Rock underwear, garment, $1.50. Men's Shirts High grade sample shirts, $1.15. Men's Hose Fine hose, four pair for $1.00. Men's Gloves and Mittens Made of Canton flannel, dozen, $1.85. Men's Heavy Socks For winter wear, pair, 35c. Gloves and Mittens Horsehide, from $1.50 to $1.85 pair. Men's Flannel Shirts All sizes, from $2.98 to $3.45. Men's Suspenders For dress wear, 49c. Leather Belts For men and boys, 39c. Men's Work Shirts Made of blue chambray, $1.19. Bur(ss-Nah Co. Downstairs Store m Women's New Fall Untrimmed Hats . Large, Straight Sailors, Small Matron's Hats, Medium Chin Chin Hats, Close-Fitting Turbans With a touch of trimming, a ribbon, flower, feather or a new fancy, they are transformed into very smart-looking models. Imported Fancy Feathers, 49c A fortunate purchase, which we have included in this sale at an extremley low price. Hats Trimmed Free If hat and trimming is bought here Friday. Downstair Store. Shoes for the Whole Family The whole family will Fall shoes Friday. Women s Patent Leather Strap Slippers, Misses Black Calf Lace Shoes, 13xi to (J( Women's Strap House Slippers, $2 Children's Shoes, Black and Brown, 2 to 8 QQfl sizes ". OOL Men's Work Shoes . $3.59 BurfescNash Co. I profit by purchasing their Children's Shoes, hand turned, kQ Tfl at tp&.Oa Boys' and Men's Brown Scout Shoes, dQ C"Q at , pOOt7 Boys' Solid Leather Lace Shoes, sizes 3G) Q tr I to5Vi P6vD Women's New 0 rry Fall Shoes.... $ ' Men's Regulation Army sj:: $6.39 Downstair Store
