THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919.
First Catholic Mission In
Five Years at Geneva, Neb.
Geneva, Neb, Oct 16. (Special.)
A mission is being conducted at
St. Joseph Catholic church this
week, the first service of this na
ture to be held in five years. Rev.
Father George Nolan, O. M. I.
speaks daily. Father Nolan was
formerly in charge of a parish at
Lowell, Mass, and is now mission
ary for the United States and
Canada.
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P. A. Banowa. Correspondent
BOARDS UNDER
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH NAMED
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Doctors Lehnhoff of Lincoln,
McGuire of Mead and
Spatz of Fairfield
Medical Examiners.
Lincoln, Neb., Octv 16. (Special.)
Actin under authority of the new
code law. Secretary H. H. Antles of
the department of public welfare has
appointed the following boards in
ihe department ot health:
Medical examiners: Dr. H. J.
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Lehnhoff, Lincoln: Dr.' E. T. Mc
Guire, Mead; Dr. j. E. Spatz,. Fair-
heia.
Chiropractic: Dr. Joseph C Law
rence, Omaha; Dr. J. P. Laub, Chap
man; ur. J. i. uallamore, fairbury.
Chiropody: Dr. F. E. Silvers, Oma
ha; Dr. H. F. Gartner, Lincoln; Dr.
l. U Mullins. broken bow.
Osteopathy: Dr. J. E. McCraclcen,
Beatrice; Dr. Byron S. Peterson,
Umaha: Dr. E. N. Cramb. Lincoln,
Dental Board: Dr. F. A. Allen,
Loup City; Dr. Ferdinand Gness,
Sutton; Dr. M. O. Frazier, Lincoln;
ur. u .M. Boehler, Alma; Ur. J. H
Wallace, Omaha. x
Embal'mers: William Maloney,
North .Platte; Leo Hoffman, Uma
ha; E. A. Miller. Kearney.
Optometry: B. B. Combs, Oma
ha; I. C. Calhoun, Pawnee City;
rl. K. Iillotson, Harvard.
Board of Nurses: Marie C.
Wieck, Omaha; Louise Brakahahn,
Omaha; Ida Gerding, Beatrice.
Board of Pharmacy: T. K. Mc
Dowell, Lincoln; G. F. Strelow,
Long Pine; Nels Mikkelson, Kene-
saw.
Board of Veterinary Medicine:
Dr. J. C. Bowman, Nelson; Dr. S.
W. Alford, Lincoln; Dr. I. W. Mc
Echran, Geneva.
There boards are all appointed
with terms which expire automati
cally with the term of the secretary
of the department of public wel
fare except such boards as the stat
utes state for a certain term of
years.
Blacksmiths of State
Vote to Raise Prices
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special
Telegram.) York won the 1920
convention of the Nebraska Black
smiths, Horseshoers and Wheel
wrights' association over Omaha at
the closing session of the convention
here, by one vote. The following
officers were elected: President, G.
C. Casten, Grafton; vice president,
J. G. Savage, Holdrege; secretary
treasurer, C. C. Good, Auburn. Mr.
Casten and Mr. Goode were unani
mously re-elected.
A boost in the price of horseshoe
ing and other blacksmithing work,
amounting to from 10 to 20 per cent,
was voted. A banquet at the Hotel
Pathfinder was tendered the dele
gates. Among the speakers were
President Casten, Secretary Good,
Dietrich Spetsmann of Grand Island,
who has been blacksmithing in Ne
braska for 51 years; John Dennis,
Omaha, and T. E. Koberson, St.
Louis.
Lincoln Professor Urges
Amusements in Churches
Fremont, Neb., Oct 16. (Special
Telegraii.) More amusement un
der proper supervision was advo
cated by Prof. O. H. Venner of
Lincoln in an address before the
newly organized Men's ciub of the
First Fresbytericn church here. Mr.
Venner said that the young people
must have entertainment and that
the cnurch should provide it. He
favored tne idea of the :hurch be
coming the community center. The
club srranged for a series of seven
weekly meetings and named the
following officers: President, T. H.
Elmore; vice president, Dr. Andrew
Harvey; secretary,; R. P. Turner;
treasurer, Julius Anderson.
Saline County Register
Quits After 22 Years
Wilber, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special.)
Hon. F. J. Sadilek has resigned
as register of deeds for Saline coun
ty, to take effect November 1 Dep
uty Sidney L. Broz was appointed
to fill the vacancy. MrSadilek was
register of deeds for almost 22 years.
His intention is to go to California
until summer. ,
EFFORTS BEING
MADE TO RELIEVE
CAR SHORTAGE
Vigorous Appeals Made to
U. S. Grain Corporation on
Behalf of Nebraska
Wheat Growers.
Injured in Wreck.
Fremont. Neb., Oct. 16. (Special
Telegram.) W. A. Hand, employed
by W. W. Blackman, local poultry
dealer, is in a hospital at Erie, Pa.,
suffering from injuries sustained
when the train on which he was a
passenger in charge of a car of poul
try for New York was wrecked near
Erie. The poultry car turned over
in the ditch.
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ifcti Social Maids Edi
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Sif. Frans Troupe, Bennington A Scott,
Perrone t Oliver, Dorothy Vaughn.
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Mack Sarin tt Comedy.
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SAT. MATINEE
OSCAR F. HODGE PRESENTS
MCII A'DDICM CrMt American
New Sonff, Dance, Jokes and Act.
Nights 23c, $130. Matinee 25c, $1.
Su "Bringing Up Father in Society."
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STUART WALKER Present.
"SEVENTEEN"
With GREGORY KELLY and N. Y.
Original Cast. Night.! SOe to $2.00.
Sat. Mat 600 to $L50.
Skinner's the Bet
Macaroni and Spaghetti
Recipe Book Free Omaha
Buy Combination COAL AND GAS
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HARPER'S
Flatiron Bldg 17th and Howard.
Lincoln, Oct. 16. (Specials
Secretary J. E. Hart of the depart
ment of trade and commerce is
sued the following statement Thurs
day regarding the effort being made
to relieve the car shortage in Ne
braska: "Reports received in railwav cen
ters in Lincoln would seem to indi
cate that the car shortage that has
existed in western Nebraska is
about to be relieved. Governor Mc-
Kelvie, the railwav commission and
the department of trade and com
merce have all been making vigorous
and repeated appeals to the United
States grain corporation at Omaha
and Chicago and to Congressmen j Turn Old COUTt HOUSe
ivmiKiiu diiu nuurews, ana unuea
Former Mill Manager
Guilty of Having Sold
Stolen Omaha Autos
Aurora Neb., Oct 16. Milan
Sheppard, former manager of the
Farmer' Elevator company, Hord
ville, was found guilty of receiving
a stolen Hutomobile with intent to
defraud the owner. The verdict of
the jury was on the first ballot. Mo
tion for k new trial was overruled
by Judge Corcoran, and he was sen
tenced to the penitentiary tor an in
teterminatet sentence of from one to
seven years.
The evidence showed the sale and
transfer of a number of stolen cars,
but the prosecution was compelled
by the court tc elect and did so by
electing the car formerly owned by
Lloyd Mngney, a lawyer of Omaha.
Magney's car was a 1918 Ford with
vellow wheels and demountable
rims. The evidence showed that
Milan traded the yellow wheels to
C. A". Johnson, and sold the car
with Johnson's wheels to J. E. Ben.
son. "Speed" Seymour testified
positively to an arrangement with
Milan Sbeppard for the delivery at
Hordville of stolen cars. Other
stolen cars which the testimony
showed were sold by Milan Shep
pard were identified by their for
mer owners, George W. Jewell of
Council Bluffs, and J. E. Shaffer
of Omaha.
States Senator Norris at Washing
ton for relief for the western Ne
braska wheat growers. The Terri
tory west of Hastines nroduced a
large yield of wheat and being a
new country many of the farmers
were not provided with bin room and
the wheat was piled on the ground
in the open without any protection
and tne recent heavy fall of rains
have started these piles of wheat
to growing and threatened serious
loss. The banks and the business
men in western Nebraska have fi
nanced the raising of this crop of
wheat, the harvesting and threshing
in anticipation of early and abun
dant financial returns, but owing
dant financihal returns, but owing
to inability to market the wheat and
the further calls for funds to finance
the seeding of next year's crop,
have made serious inroads on the
reserves of the banks in many lo
calities and numerous and vigorous
calls have come for relief. The
railroads lay the blame on the ter
Into Modern Shoe Store
Fairtmry, Neb., Oct 16. (Spe
cial.) Ihe oln Jefferson county
court house, built one-half century
ago, has neen sold to John Pulos
for $6,550.
The building has not been used
as a court house for more than 25
years, and has been rented for an
eating house. It will now be fitted
for a shoe store.
Escapes Death In Battle
To Die From Electric Wire
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) Charles Loudes of Howells,
25 years old, was electrocuted while
doing repair work on an electric line
at Stanton. He returned recently
from serving two years with the
army.
Beatrice Man Marries.
Beatrice. Neb.. Oct. 16. (Special.)
minal elevators and the restrictions Jude Wallace, a
member of the
of the United States grain corpora- Beatrice police force, and Lillian
tion, and the embargo upon exports. May Miller of Wellfleet, Neb., were
The United States grain corporation i married last evenine at the home of
attributed it to shortage ot cars
and all efforts1 to obtain relief
seemed to be a source of "ring
around Rosa" process. However,
definite word has been received
that 1,300 new freight cars have
been diverted from St. Louis to
western Nebraska to be loaded with
wheat and sugar for eastern ship
ments. This will be welcome news
to the farmers, bankers and business
men of western Nebraska who have
been patient and exerted every re
source in their power to tide over
the difficulty." ' j
Government Men Probe
Riverdale Safe Blowing
Kearney, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special)
The safe of the Riverdale post
office located in the gener"l store
of E. E. Hill, was blown open some
time during Tuesday night and its
contents, amounting Xo about $57,
removed. There were indications
that the robbery was executed by
professional yeggmen. Nitrogly
cerin was used in blowing up the
safe. Two government detectives
are here to investigate the matter.
Seven Events of Puppy
Stake Run at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb.. Oct. 16. (Special,)
Rain Wednesday afternoon inter
fered with the coursing meet, races
at the driving park, only seven
events of the puppy stake , being
pulled, with the following results:
London Whiff beat Laurie Wrin
kle; John M. Wild Bill beat Hoddy
Jones, 2 to 0; Flying Stone beat
Jack Grogan, 5 to 2; Bonita Ross
beat Runaway Dick, 5 to 4; Perfect
Delight beat Smoky Cole, 5 to 2;
Delona Cannon beat Klad in Khaki,
7 to 3; The Rosary beat Messenger,
2 to 0.
The finals will be run next Satur
day. Former Leading Populist
Honored With a Banquet
Aurora, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special.)
A dinner was given Wednesday
evening in honor of Judge W. L.
Stark, who, with Mrs. Stark, is mov
ing from Aurora, where they have
resided most of their life. Judge
Corcoran of the district court. Judge
Jeffers of the county board, and all
of the members of the local bar
were present. Judge Stark repre
sented the Fourth congressional
district in congress for eight years
and was at the time the leading
populist of the state.
Airplane Firm at Gibbon
Buys New Curtiss "Ship"
Gibbon, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special
Telegram.) Gibbon has bought a
Curtiss Oriole airplane, forming a
company capitalized at $10,000.
This plane will attempt to establish
a record for the fastest time be
tween Kearney in the next two or
three days.
This is the type of plane that won
the Toronto-New York aerial derby
against 54 competitors from five
nations.
Former Omaha Woman Gets
Divorce; $$18,000 Alimony
Aurora. Neb., Oct 16. (Special.)
Ernestine Bush was in district
court granted an absolute divorce
from hr husband, Ira Bush, with
an awird of $18,000 alimony. The
defendant is one of the wealthiest
farmers ot Hamilton county, evi
dence showing him to be worth
more than $100,000. Mrs. Bush was
a resident of Omaha prior to her
marriage.
Three Marriages at Beatrice
Rrir. Neb.. Oct. 16. f Soecial.)
The following couples were mar
ried here Wednesday: Dr. Charles
Anderson and Miss Meryl Abbott,
both of this city; Charles rsaatnon
of Marysville, Kan., and Miss Sophia
Schuster, Beatrice; Hiram Alyworth
and Miss Verona Bell both of this
city.
Mrs. E. M. Buswell. Rev. J.
Darby officiating.
FAT WOMEN
1. 0. 0. F. ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
AT YORK MEET
Grand Lodge Will Be Held
at Hastings in 1920
Rebekahs Name
Leaders.
York, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special
Telegram.) The Independent Order
of Odd Fellows of the state of Ne
braska closed the sixty-second an
nual convention here. From 1,500
to 2,000 Odd Fellows were in the
city. The 'main feature was the elec
tion of officers in the various or
ganizations and the dedication of
the Odd Fellows' monument.
The registration at the Rebekah
assembly was the largest in the his
tory of the organization, and 175
delegates were given the assembly
degree. Miss Quiggley, president
and Mrs. Miller, acting warden of
the Rebekah assembly of Iowa, were
present. Mrs. Marie Hogeland of
North Platte, past president and
delegate to the past presidents' na
tional assembly, held in Baltimore.
gave a report of that meeting.
Xhe twenty-sixth annual depart
ment council, Patriarchs Militant,
held one of the most successful ses
sions in the history of the organization.
The Rebekahs elected the follow
ing officers: President, Laura M.
Knapp, York: vice president Harri-
ette Cain, Fremont; Warden, Alice
McCoy, Broken Bow; Secretary,
Emma L. Talbot, Omaha, treasurer,
Mary E. Stuht, Omaha.
The grand lodge officers are as
follows: Grand master. M. G. Rat-
cliffe, Benkleman; deputy grand
master, Charles Naylor, Chadron;
grand warden, Lew tter. South
Omaha; grand secretary, I. P. Gage,
Fremont; , 'grand treasurer, F. B.
Bryant Omaha.
The department council patri
archs militant elected the following
officers: Department commander,
W. V. Hoagland, North Platte; vice
president L. E. Coy, Broken Bow;
secretary, Maj. L. H. Gage, Fre
mont; treasurer, J. F. Conger. Loup
City, Neb.
. The 1920 grand lodge will be held
at Hastings.
Aurora Citizens Stirred
. By New Steam Heat Rates
Aurora, Neb., Oct 16. (Special.)
Considerable dissatisfaction has
been droused by notices sent out by
the Public Service company from
district headquarters in York that
steam heat rates from th- central
power plant were raised October 1
from 85 cents to $1.25. Although the
notices are effective October 1, they
were dated October 6 and mailed
October 8.
By unanimous vote, the council
ordered the new schedule held up
until October 11.
City Commissioners Will Be
Guests of the Kiwanis Club
The city commissioners will be
guests of the Kiwanis club of Oma
ha at its regular meeting today
noon, in the south room of the
Chamber of Commerce. There will
be no set speeches, conversation be
ing directed on the subject. "Omaha
the City." The county commission
ers are to be the guests for the
meeting next week.
Blakely Homes Will Be
Lighted With Electricity
Beatrice, Neb.. Oct. 16. (Special.)
Farmers of Blakely township fa
vor connecting their homes with the
transmission line to be built between
Beatrice and Plymouth. Accord
ing to the franchise, lights are to be
turned on in Plymouth January 1.
4 Persons Are Burned
In Fire at Methodist
Park In Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 16.
Fire starting in a summer home, de
stroyed 70 cottages at the Metho
dist assembly grounds, Groveland,
Lake Minnetonka, early today. Four
persons, two of them children, were
seriously burned in escaping from
their homes.
One hundred persons, many only
partly clad, were brought here and
housed in hotels. .
Few of the houses at the Metho
dist assembly grounds were occu
pied. Pioneer of Dodge County
Comes Back Home to Die
Fremont. Neb.. Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) George W. Braucht, 72 years
old. woh settled in Dodge county
in 1S3, later going to Idaho and then
to Washington, died at the home of
his son. Dr. F. E. Brauht in Fre
mont. The funeral this afternoon
was under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Visits in Washington.
Washington. Oct. ' 16. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Will Israel, wife
of the editor of the Havelock Post,
and chairman of the republican
county committee, is on a visit to
her brother-in-law, Frank Israel, an
employe in the Treasury depart
ment. Lincoln Firm Gets Contract
Wilbur. Neb.. Oct. 16. (Special.)
Marts Bros, of Lincoln have been
awarded the contract for the con
structiin of a sewerage system here
for $42,000. Work will begin Monday.
Buy PAINT at
HARPER'S
Flatiron Bids., 17th and Howard.
Get rid of that burden of Obesity
this very Summer.
Here is a chance, Miss Fat Woman, to
try a recipe for superfluous fiesta, with
the guarantee of a reHablt firm that it
will not cost you a penny unless it gduoes
your weight, while, if it does rid you of
fat, the expense is trifling.
Simply get a little phy-no-Ia from
Beaton Drug Co.. Sherman & McConnell, or
any drug store at small cost and use as di- j s
reciea. .ic is enurejy axe, as 11 reauceg iat
in the natural way. There is no dieting, no
strenuous exercising, no annoyance, just
a few grains of phy-no-la four times a
day and in a short time your weight should
be reduced to normal on all parts of the
body.
Be sure to ask for and get the genuine
phy-no-la. It usually eomee in little sealed
packages that are plainly marked, "phy-no-la,"
but the outside of the package does
not say it is for taking off fat, so be sure
and get the real phy-no-la.
Buy EGGS at
HARPER'S
" Flatiron Bldg., 17th and Howard.
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In Friday Evening's Bee
We'll Announce
-the Greatest
Blouse News
ever issued by any Omaha
Store to Omaha Women
It will be thrilling, you can depend on
that, for it will tell of the greatest
blouse values of the past two years.
Read Friday's Bee and plan to be
here Saturday when the doors open at
9 a. m.
"Tell Your Friends of this coming event"
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$E00
QJj Down
Placea an Electric Washer in
Your Home.
Thor
$125 Time Payment
$118.75 Cash
Payments
Those buying during the
first week of the sale can se
cure their Washer with a first
payment of $5.00, then $5.00
& month thereafter until
Washer is paid for.
Second Week Terms: $5.00
Down; $7.50 a Month.
Third Week Term: $5.00
Down; $8.50 a Month.
Fourth Week Terms t $5.00
Down; $10.00 a Month.
Omaha's Greatest
30-Day Sale
of Guaranteed Electric
WASHERS
October 15 to November 15
YESTERDAY
THE FIRST DAY
Sixty Washers Sold ,
Watch for Your Check It's a Cash Refund.
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Mail Orders promptly filled. Send us a letter of credit
from your local banker, after which we will send you a con
tract to sign and ship you your Washer.
Only 26 more days remain of our 30-day sale of Electric
Washers. Until Tuesday night the terms are
$5.00 Down; $5.00 a Month
seoo
Qj) Month
Thereafter Until Electric Washer
Is Paid For.
Clarinda
i9i9 OCTOBER.
Sua. Moo. Tne. Wc4. Tho. fri. Sat.
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Thor
Hiring a laundress
costs money.. Sending
out the washing costs
money. A Thor not only
saves all this what is
vastly more important,
it saves your health.
With a Thor you can do
your washing, positively
without wprk.
Don't let the days
on the calendar be
crossed off before
you Buy Your
Washer.
Clarinda
Think what a saving
in time, money and en
ergy will be yours with
a Clarinda Electric
Washer in your home.
At a cost of 2 cents an
hour, and no labor, yoil
can do your washing,
and have the satisfac
tion in knowing it is
done right.
$85 Time Payment
$80 Cash
Cash Rebate
When 100 Washers are sold the
sum of $1.00 will be remitted hj
leheck to each of the hundred pur
chasers; when 200 are sold a total
of $2.00 will be remitted to each of
the two hundred purchasers when
300 are sold a total of $3.00 will be
remitted to each of the three hun
dred purchasers; when 400 are sold
a total of $4.00 will be remitted to
each of the four hundred purchasers.
NEBRASKA POWER CO.
Your Ekctric Service Company"
Phone: Tyler, Three One Hundred. South Three.