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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1919)
fHE EEt OMAHA'; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919. GOLD RESERVE OF RUSSIA NOW IS UNPRECEDENTED Soviets Prepared to Pay 400 Million for Food, Machinery 'i and Necessities Desire y Peace. ; London, Nov. 2S. Russia' gold reserves are unprecedented and the soviet government if prepared to pay 400,000,000 rubles in. gold for ood, machinery and necessaries, ac cording to a statement ascribed to colleagues of Maxim Litvinoff by i the Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Mail. LiU-inoff is now in Denmark to negotiate with -the al lied nations relative, to an ex change of prisoners, having been ent there by the bolshvik govern- mrfit of Russia. "Members of Litinoffs mission say an effort will be made to make peace and secure the raising of the blockade xf Russia." the corre spondent writes. "Great Britain alone is considered to be preventing 1 'peace between the soviet govern " mcnt and the Baltic states, as well ;as Finland, whose idependence the bolsheviki are prepared to recog nize." , i Lenine is said to eagerly desire peace and a resumption of i foreign .trade. . Thieves Takev Rest ! for Thanksgiving Overcoats Only Loot Burglars, highwaymen and "high- jackers" evidently held a respite ' Thursday night from their crimes, according to a lack of reports of 'robberies to police. v V Thefts of three overcoats were re- forted to police, during the night. . L. Kernan, manager of the Ala 'mito dairy, told police his coat was stolen out of his car that was left standing ; on a downtown street. .Some -shivering thief also stole an overcoat belonging to Andrew Woodward, 1514 Howard street, ac cording to a police report. Amack inaw was stolen from a clothes rack . in front of the pawnshop of B.- Shaf " ton, 724 North Sixteenth street, a ' police report states. , The cold weather of the past two days appearsto have hampered au tomobile thieves also, as no reports of stolen cars have been made to -police since November Z6, Yo! Ho! Skinny, C'Mon Over With Your Sled, Slidin's Fine " " liliiii ' i I v m ma -av .. .wmr W-JT Saii Willi Omaha's first snow brought joy to the hearts of the kiddies, who are seen on almost every hill with their sleds and "toboggans" making the best of their first "coasting" of the season. With the foot ball season gone, when the youngsters scrambled on vacant lots with 'the pigskin, Omaha boys and girls have now turned their attention to the winter sports. . Young Omahan Home From Siberian FronY As British Lieutenant : K Charles A. Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hall, 115 South Thirty ninth street, who saw service on the Siberian front with the British army in the grade of lieutenant, has re turned home. j Young Hall, who was rejected for the -United States army in July, 1917, enlisted with the British, and was sent to the front in Flanders. He was severely wounded in the knee by a German machine gun bul let, and while recuperating in the hospital, was recommended for a commission and sent to a training school for engineers. He received his commission just before the sign ing of the armistice. He will be discharged-from the British service tomorrow. He wears two campaign ribbons, a wound stripe, and the Russian cross of St. Stanislaus. His Siberian service against the bolsheviki was decided by the toss ot the com. fie lett Siberia on October 3 and arrived home in time to eat Thanksgiving dinner with his parents. Will Use Movies to Counteract Effects of Riot Publicity Inw an attempt to counteract the unfavorable nation-wide publicity received by Omaha as a result of riots on December 28, the Chamber of Commerce bureau of publicity yesterday anndunced that steps would be taken at once to distribute the recently filmed Omaha picture, "East Meets West," in every large city in the country. The bureau plans to place the film in'50O of the leading picture houses of the United States. The cost of this distribution is estimated at "525,000. A drive will be started soon to raise this amount. s "The houses in which the film will be shown will be carefully se lected,", said Harvey Milliken, chair man of the bureau. "We hope to reach most pf the leading citizens of the entire country." , WIFE OF FARMER CLAIMS SHE WAS DRUGGED IN CAR Mrs. Claude Holly and Daugh ter Stranded Here After " long Automobile " trip. T ' Mrs. Claude Holly, wife of a farmer livtog.near Stanton, Neb., yesterday was sent to herhome by T. H. Weirich, superintendent of the Board of Public Welfare, after she told a story of having been drugged while in the company of vtwo men and a woman who brought her to Omaha jn an automobile and left' her stranded in the strange city with her 3-year-old girl. Mrs. Hollv asserted that .while she was going from Stanton to Nor folk to take her daughter for med ical treatment, she accented the hos pitality of strangers who offered td take her in their automobile. In stead of going to Norfolk, she stated, the strangers took her to Central City' and then promised to take her home in the automobile. but they brought her and the daugh ter to Omaha. She said she was in a half-dazed condition during the ride from Central City and that she was unable to give descriptions of the. strangers. .. , Mr. Holly promptly telegraphed money for the return of his wife and daughter when their plight was made known by Mr. Weirich and the husband explained that he re lieved his wife had gone to Norfolk to have the daughter treated. Postmaster Advises Omahans to Do Their Xmas Mailing Early .... v . "Do your Christmas shopping and mailing early," advises Charles Fan ning, postmaster, who is beginning to think of the busy days ahead for his department. : He stated that palkages for over seas " shipment should be at Ho boken not later than December 8 to insure delivery for Christinas.- A maximum weight of 11 pounds has been prescribed bv the Post- office department for ' Christmas packages to Europe and a further maximum of two pounds for each article of food sent overseas by mail, "1 have been receivine manv in quiries rom Omahans who Want to send remembrances to their rela tives in Germany," the postmaster said. , . . Germans to Send, New Note In Behalf of War Guilt Men Paris, Nov. 28. (Havas.)--Ger.-rriany is expected to sen,d new notes to the peace conference concerning the surrender of those charged with responsibility -of crimes committed durine the war. and the reolacement of German warships sunkat Scapa flow by tneir crews, according to the.Presse de Faris. Brie j City News , Huve Koot Print It Beacon Press Vacnmn Cleaners Burcus-Qrandaa Co. lx';ion to Meet The annual meet ing o" the American Legion, Doug las county, will tie held Tuesday night in tho-Auditorium. , Vnivcrsity Club Dance The Unl verslty club will hold an informal dance a its club house tonight at 8:30. A college night entertainment will be held December 11. Grain Cars Furnished W. P; Thlehoff, assistant general manager or the . -Jiurlington railroad, an nounced that cars have been fur nished to handle all grain laying on the ground in western .Nebraska. Nebraskan on Navy Team Mid Khlpman h:.' A. Cruiarv who is a member of the third class at the United States Naval academy.- An napolis, Md is also a member of the naval acadeniy 'foot ball squad. He is holding down a position in the back field. Midshipman Cruise's home is. in Hebron, Neb. ' . i Court Order Stops work HenryW w. Seerus secured an order in dis trict court temporarily stouDlne workAn the Elkhorn drainage proj ect recently authorized vby a vote of. a majority of the land owners. He posted a bond of $500. He alleges that the ditch being d"gr across his land is a great injury to' his prop erty. v The funeral of Dr. ' B. G. Willis will take place from the Elks lodge room at 2:3(1 p. m., Sunday, No vember 30, instead of at,2 p. m., from the residence as previously an nounced. Friends are invited to at tend. The service will be in accord ance with the Elks funeral ritual and burial will be in the Elks Rest in Forest Lawn cemetery. Mrs. J. K Willis Dies Mrs. .Nellie Parsons Willis, 48 years old. died at the Providence hospital, Washing ton, D. C, of pneumonia. The body win do nrougnt to Omaha ror burial, She is survived by her husband, John E. Willis. Washington; her mother, Mrs. A. A. Parson, and a brother. Fred C. Parsons. 6104 jzara sireer; u. K. Farsons, -a brother, (113 Underwood atvenu. and a brother. Dr. Irving U. Par sons, xtiaivern, la. uiaaniiin Letts Recall Envoy to ; Germany and Declare War Berlin, Nov. 28. (Via , London.) The Lettish government has re called its diplomatfc representative from Berlin, amf in view of the at-tack-of Colonel Avaloff-Bermondt's troops, Letvia .regards herself in a state of war with Germany, accord ing to semi-official sources here to day, i i ' The German representatives still in Kiga.and Libau, it is stated, will, therefore, be recalled. Spurious Half Dollars, Seized in Raid by U. S. Minneapolis, Nov. 28. Federal agents late today raided an. alleged counterfeiting plant in Minneapolis, placed one man under arrest and seized 500 spurious half-dollars, sev eral moulds and dies and a quantity of metal.- , PIMPLY7WELL.D0N TBEv People Notice It Drive Them Off with Dr. Edwards v Olive Tablets , ;'. A pimpiy face will not embarrass you much longer if you gel a package of Di. Edwards' Olive Tablets. The sJda should begin to dear after you bars taken the tablets a few nights. Cleanse the blood, bowels and Hver with Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, tba successful substitute for calomel; there's no sickness or pain after taking them. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do that which calomel does,, and just as effec tively, but their action is gentle and safe instead of severe and irritatfaw. Na one who takes OKve Tablets m ever cursed with a "dark brown taste," a bad breath, a dull, listless, "no good feeling,, constipation, torpid liver, bad disposition or pimply face. Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you mil know' them by their olive color. Dr. Edwards spent years among pa-' tients afflicted with fiver and bowel complaints, and Olive Tablets are the immensely effective result. Take one or two niffhtlv for a weolr ftu hn. . better you feeland look. 10c pad 25c, Progressive Women Use The Omaha Bee Advertising Col umns as Their S hjerp ping Guide. ' J Youth Who Violated Parole Sentenced to Penitentiary Joseph L. McColLister stood be fore District Judge 'Redick yester day 'and could give no reason why sentence to the penitentiary shotrrd not be pronounced against him. lie had violated the parole on which he was allowed his liberty after plead- nsr euilty to robbing the Brandeis stores of $100 worth df women's ap parel February 27, 1919. ' "Why did you violate your parole after we gave you a chance to make good? asked the judge. "Don't know." was the only in- swpr the voiitli rave. "I sentence yon to the state peni tentiary at Lincoln for a term i of from one to seven years," said Judge Kedick. 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MEN'S, YOUNG MEN'S AND BOYS' . CLOTHING ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR MAIN BUILDING AND ANNEX S a CORRECT APPAREL EDR MEN AND WOMEN. L- Davenport Tables at 46 and up. An unusually good showing of the very newest Ideas in period and straight line styles. All finishes to suit your very taste. A delightful piece of furniture as a, gift. Mahogany and Cane in I . - .v,...v. rouriua IU figured blue or mulberry velour upholstering. The frames are made of mahogany; cane panels in the uitus ana unaer me arms add character and dis uncnon. oiks wno can appreciate real quality will be attracted to tnis suite. Saturday (27522 Floor ' Lamps 3 An immense display of beautiful piano lamps embracing every con ceivable type. Here you will ftnd that gift she has always longed for and a variety of handsome shades from which to select. 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The day when the whole world rejoices. and the home should ring with music and song. , - AST fOLOJBIA A WEEK All MODELS 25 to $250 Red Cedar Chests Large enough to hold all of one's fine clothes, and it will keep them safe from . the destructive moths. A special, con per trimmed and 37 , inches long inside meas- I OD urements JLS Mahogany Cane Rockers Rich brown mahogany with cane back and seat. A rocker which -will add to the appear ance of your living room. Not only com fortable but decorative as well. Several styles to select from, at JJTT m Table Lamps at m ' Several different styles in shades in a vari ety of fascinating" colors. Bases of the 'newest styles in the mahogany finish. An ideal gift at a special price. . WX?M . Give good furniture Not for today but 'for always. Suit Sixteenth- Between Harney and Howa-" Consisting of 48-inch top table and five leather seated chairs. Offered Jn brown ma hogany, exactly as shown. T tTri - Hi - jL r W N 7