THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 7, 1919.
Policeman Had His
Troubles at Hill
f On Douglas Street
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A traffic policeman stood at 5er
eiiteenth and Douglas streets during
th rush hours yesterday, as for
lorri as the famous boy who stood
on the burning deck.
He had orders to keep teams and
automobiles from going cast on
Douglas street, for the hill was very
slippery, but the automobiles came
flying down f the hill through the
deep snow; and shot past him. '
He stopped one man in a Ford
and lectured him for not obeying
the signal mora promptly. While
he lectured, a dozen other cars shot
put and down the hilL
'This is a crazy job," he coo
fided to a friend. "I don't know
what they wanf to keep 'em off this
hill-for. I. can think of better sport
than this." .
We Have Not Raised Our Prices
One Nickle Because of Christmas
Which ia another proof that the Oakford Plan of telling Pianos, Pianolas,
Phonographs, etc., is logical and fair to one and- all alike.
At thia store you will find not only every instrument marked in plain figures,
but we guarantee these prices toTe lowest in the U. S. ,
To those desiring privilege of time payments we' charge the bankers' rate of
6 simple interest.
This Fine Aeriola
"Aeolian
.Made"
Player
Complete With .
18
Rolls , '
Your Own .Choice
' and Good 1
Player Bench,
$595
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Outfit Complete $148.20
Deiirered to Your Home f;r a Moderate Down Payment
Balance
$7
Monthly
The cost of ths styU 310 Vocalion is small. Yot it will fill' raw
bono with such a wealth and variety of beautiful music as you have
never heard from a phonograph before. Every dollar that you expend
to obtain this fine instrument will pay you far greater return than
any other home investment "you could possibly make.
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The Vocation's tone is supreme in depth and richness and in the
fidelity with which it reproduces the individual voices and instruments.
Combined with its unequaled clearness and power, this artistic phono
graph possesses a delicacy and refinement, in passages requiring these
qualities, cot to be found in the ori nary- phonograph.
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Many of the world's greatest musical artists "hsve heard this
beautiful phonograph. Net one has denied that it marks a wonderful .
advance in tha reproduction of musical sound. -'"
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FOR XMAS
- We Are Showing
the Wonderful Toned
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omy $995
Also OLhzr Fins Grands
in Our Stock cn Sale, at
$650, $700 and $850
.Payments Pleasantly Arranged
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A Full '
Carload
of 20
New
Clarendon
Pianos
Arrived Yesterday.
There) re some es
pecially nice ones in
. oak or mahogany at
$425
Also many fine bar
gains in used Pianos,
S150
$265
8300
S250
S275
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OMAHA HARD HIT
OY FUEL FAMINE:
MUSTSAVECOAL
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Terminal Committee An
nounces City Will Be Called
Upon to Make Addi-
tional Sacrifices
Yes.
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through the coal committee.
terday afternoon a mother and two
orphan children were given: a ton of
coal.
The coal committee has announced
that it will hear claims or statements
in connection with the fuel situation
every afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30,
New Orders Issued.
The following orders were issued
by the committee last night
"It is the intent of this order that
all manufacturers, jobbers, whole
salers, brokers and commission mer
chants close all branches of business
at 2 p. rn. This includes loading of
freight, on delivery wagons, trucks,
transfer vans or any other vehicles,
but doeSnot prevent the transporta
tion and delivery of freight loaded
before 2 p. m. tothe freight houses
within their prescribed closing hour
and to retail stores in time for them
to receive and store the goods prior
to 5 p. m., their closing hour.
"Transfer or other companies fur
nishing drayage facilities for manu
facturers, jobbers, wholesalers,
brokers and commission merchants
are required to load and unload at
their various places of business
within the hours of 8 a. m. to 2 p. m.
and for retail stores . between 'the
hours of 10 a. m. to S p. m.
Should Haul Wood.
A. J. P. Bertschy haj submitted
to the terminal coal committee a
recommendation that municipal au
tomobile trucks now used for haul
ing snow from downtown streets,
should be diverted to hauling odds
and ends of lumbef, old trees and
other materials that could be used
for emergency fuel.
"There are many trld buildings
that should be "condemned by the
city and torn down, improving the
appearance of the property and at
the same time furnishing fuel in an
emergency," said Mr. Bertschy.
"There are also many -vacant prop
erties that have old dry trees and
Shrubbery that could be cleared
away and hauled in the municipal
trucks to a central distributing
point." . ..
. He also suggested that old paper
in -bales , or otherwise in junk
houses be confiscate(tvand used for
fuel. '
Protection for Buildings.
Mr. Bert?hy has also advised the
conimittecV how buildings -may be
protected in cases where water has
been drained from the sprinkler
systems. He recommends filling
these systems with compressed air
and then turning the city water
pressure against the air, both of
which would be released when f.
fire would open a sprinkler head.
Mrs. Alice Neale telephoned toi
The Bee yesterday from her homei
in Fort Calhoun, to state that shell
has four large trees in her yard andf
is willing to give the wood to nvl
one who will remove the trees and!
take the branches away with, the1
timber. The trees are 34 years old"
snd contain much wood that might
be used for fuel during the coal,
stringency.
Many Need Work.
Ice at Carte-'lake yesterday was
six inches thick, with snow condi
tions not" favorable for early freez
ing to ice-cutting thickness of eight,
inches. "
The ice-cutting season usually
commences between December 20
and 31 and a few days of zero
weather at this time would result in
a call for ice cutters.
The free employment bureau
maintained by the board of public
welfare in the city hall registered
1,000 applicants for work last week,
"We furnished employment for
about 6ne-tenth of those who ap-.
plied," stated C A. Davis, superin
tendent of the bureau.
The board of directors of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce yes
terday afternoon adopted a resolu
tion, concurring in 4he action of the
Kansas-City Chamber of Commerce,
! that all fuel oil distribution be
' placed within the jurisdiction of the
! United States fuel admin istratiou.
i Thisraction was taken upon a tele
graphic request trom the Kansas
City Chamber of Commerce, through
Governor McKelvie.
Draw Strict Line
H. L. Snyder, acting chairman
of the terminal coal committee, dis
cussing the coal situation, yesterday
stated that nonessential industries
wil be tfiYown upon their own re
sources, and is evident that the coat
committee is drawing a strict line
between essential snd nonessential
industries.
Discuss Wood Cutting.
The proposition of cutting wood
near Omaha has been discussed in
formally in the city hall, although
nothing definite has been decided.
Thomas Falconer, city commissioner
in charge of the park department,
will make a survey of dead timber
in the parks. City Commissioner
Towl reported thst-ther are 1,000
seres of timber land near Teksmah
and that most of this timber is avail
able for fuel Dr. Harold Gutord
stated there are enough dead trees
in the timber land south sof Omaha
to furnish thousands of cords of
wood. , :
Persons knowing of wood-chop
ping work- are requested to noury
the city hall employment bureau,
where many men cau in quest of ein
nlovment.
A municipal wood yard has been
suggested, but " the -city council has
taken no action.
Tack Beacom of the University of
Omaha returned yesterday trom
Lincoln, where he was advised by
state officials that a call will be made
next week for volunteer mine work
ers. Two hundred have registered
here at the bureau which . was
opened in the Chamber oL Com
merce.
The coal supplies of many local in
dustrial slants which are manifestly
of the nonessential class, according
to the Garfield order, are nearing
the vanishing point. The Storz
Beverage and Ice company,' for in
stance, exhausted their coal supply
Friday afternoon when the plant
was closed and 50 employes dis
missed. Some plants closed yester
day and others will run along
through this week, according to the
condition of coal yj hand.
Theater Outlook Dark.
The Omaha theater situation is at
standstill insofar as the opening
of amusement places is concerned.
A contemplated test case in federal
court in behalf of an attraction
booked fof the Brandeis this week
fell by the wayside yesterday morn
ing when J. C. Kinsler,. attorney for
the plaintiffs, moved for a dismissal
of the action.
Snyder is Optimistic.
With the coal on hand and ex
pected, and with further restrictions.
Omaha may go along tor some
time," Mr. Snyder said. He referred
toKansas City as being nearer t"!
the natural gas and oil supply and
adopting more drastic fuel regula
tions than have been imposed in
Omaha. He also referred U Kansas
City as contemplating the refusal of
coal to any except the most essen
tial uses; namely, hospitals, homes,
apartments, bakeries, restaurants, of
fice buildings', hotels and public utili
ties. "It looks as if all nonessential in
dustries will be thrown upon their
own resources," he remarked n
connection with his reference to
Kansas City, and tacitly indicating
further restrictive measures in
Omaha. , y-
- Candy Plants Hard Hit
The candy manufacturing industry
of Omaha and Council Bluffs is
threatened with suspension, affect
ing nearly 500 employes Ai the
Omaha plants, and nearly 400 in a
large plant already closed in Coun
cil Bluffs. This is the busiest time
of the year in these plants which
have been speeding p, filling
Christmas orders. '
"We are open and that about all
We are waiting developments," ,
stated A. L. Rainalter of the Gordon
, ,
Rainalter Co., employing 12S candy
makers. ,
Voegele & Dinning company, em
ploying a force of 80, reported that
they have a coal supply for a week
to' 10 days and" do not expect to ob
tain more unless there is a decided
change in the Coal situation this
week.
The candy factories, like other
nonessential industries under the
Garfield order, wi(l be permitted to
use coal stocks on hand. The ter
minal coal committee Friday denied
several applications from candy
manufacturers for more coal, which
action affects the entire industry
in Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Won't Divert CoaL
W. H. Guild, assistant trenerat
manager of the Union Picific, yts-
terday gave this statement: The
nroduction of the Rock Springs
mines was 26 per cent of normal ca
pacity Friday.- The Union Pacific
will not divert any more coal"tp
Omaha except what is actually con
signed, and that will be in compara
tively small quantities, until, of
course, conditions improve, four
teen of 29 mines in the Rock Springs
disrict were operated Friday and the
production was low."
The terminal coal committee re
ceived information that the packers
will suspend the manufacture of all
byproducts daring the- period of
coal shortage. One. of the large
packers at South Side took this ac
tion two weeks ago.
Coal on Way Here.
F. S. Martin, wholesale coal deal
er, 6Vi City wationai HanK nuiia
ing, reported that he lias four train
loads of anthracite steam coal en
route from Pennsylvania and due in
Omaha -next Wednesday or Thurs
day. He added that if Omaha in
dustries will use this coal, he can
obtain further shipments in train
load lots.
I. E. Davidson, general manager
of the Nebraska Power company,
advised the terminal coal committee
tnat his company has 3,000 tons of
coal on hand and is consuming Z40
tons per day.
The coal committee is against a
curtailment of street lighting.
Street Railway Situation.
The street railway company does
not contemplate further curtailment
of service, at least for the present,
according to an announcement to
day by R. A. Leussler, general man
ager, wno saia:
We are about Holding our own
now. ihe snow niterierea wun our
service Friday night, but there was
an improvement Saturday We are
lengthening our"schedules to obtain
more regularity of service We have
been advised that there is no em
bargo on fuel oil in Kansas Gty,
which information makes us more
hopeful of early shipments of this
product."
Theater managers assert tfrai
Omahans are becoming restless for
amusements offered by the play
houses and movie theaters. A com
mittee representing these managers
impressed the terminal coal commit
tee yesterday with the fact that 1,000
persons identified with the theaters
are out of employment and that the
aters in other cities are open regu
larly or on part time.
More thaji 2,500 employes in the
The Bee's Free Shoe
Fund
Again the mighty army of little
children in. the Omaha elementary
schools have come to the front with
their pennies and nickels for the
shoe fund.
Some one in the school organiza
tion in taking up this collection.'We
don't know who it is, but the work
is a noble one.
Many poor xwaifs will soon have
shoes to join "their more fortunate
fellows at school.
rrevleawlr arknon i-dged
Kalph Karri .
Omaha Elrsaeatarjr Huiiool
Children ........ f
noil ifuaoaa . . .
Mr. Haawah Peterson, Cedar
Hapld, Neb ,
fatal ...a3.40
If you can join these helping chil
dren and grown-ups, your money
will-ALL go to buy shoes for des
perately poor children who can get
them in no other way.
Send or bring your "mite" or more
to The Bee's Free Shoe Fund, care
of The Bee, Omaha, Neb.
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allied printing trades are threatened
with unemployment on account of
the coal shortage. Most of these
industries will be able To run
through next week or at least part
of the week.
The Beacon Press, employing 75,
reported a few days' supply of coal
on. hand. The Klopp & Bartlett
company has coal for about one
weeK. Others report a coal supply
of one day to Que week.
vArmy Orders.
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THOMPSON - BELDEN
COMPANY
The Season's Best r
CLOTH COATS
Are fashioped to express
the keynote of all this sea
son's fashions, with the
comfort of soft-surfaced,
jvarmth - without - weight
materials, the coziness
. of rich furs, and the
leep tints of' out-of-door
olors, there'sthe new tan
'ailed "moose," the new
blue called "dragonfly,"
'he new brown called "fly- .
ng fox." not forgettin?
nulberry, reindeer and
.leather a score of lovel.v
shades, enhanced by the
artful weaving of the fin
est fabrics.'
As for style there's a won
derful variety, every one
is different, after it's own
particular mode, in a clev
er, original, and notably
well-tailored way. -
Apparel Section Third Floor
Washington, Dm. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) Capt. Wllllkm J. Roberts, medi
cal corps, la relieved from duty at Csim
Dodga, and will proceed to Fort Moultrlll
South Carolina. Llet Col. Robert VanN
Agnew. United States army, Is relieved
from duty nt Fort T. A. R. Russell
Wyoming, Will Droceed to Den lloinea
Major Georre H. Koon, United States-
army. t relieved from duty at Camn
Dodse. upon the arrival of Lieut. Cn
Robert V. Agnew, and will proceed to Chi
cago. '
VANTS GARFIELD
TO TAKE OVER
OIL SUPPLIES
Omaha Chamber ofjbommerc.
Telegraphs "Governor
McKelvie to Mab
Request.
Urging the federal fuel adminis
tration to assume direct" and im
mediate control of the distribution
of fuel oil in the United States, the
Omaha Chamber. of Commerce yes
terday adopted a resolution and
communicated with Governor . Mc
Kelvie, who now is in Chicago, with
a view to having the state s chief
executive take the matter up with
Administrator Garfield upon liis ar
rival in Washington Monday.
This action was taken by the lo
cal Chamber of Commerce .follow
ing the adoption of a similar resol
ution today by the Kansas 'City
Chamber of Commerce.
It is contended by both the com
mercial bodies of Omaha and Kan
sas City that fuel oil is being ship
ped through the two cities to east
ern points for use in connection
with the conduct of nonessential en
terprises, while in thisVsection of
the country manufacturing plants
and industrial concerns, whicli are
absolutely depending on fuel oil, ar
short.
Tlans contemplating a campaign
to ,urge Omaha homes to burn rnore
wood for fuel also were discussed
by the chamber. The idea was ad
vanced that the public could be
brought to appreciate the importance-
of such an undertaking if
arrangements were made to in
augurate "wood chopping contests.
This matter would be taken up
later, it was announced.'
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g$-$ Like many other things, are good, bad IEEE!
many other things, ar
and indifferent. Everyone wants a
good diamond and wishes to be posi
tive that he has a good one. We have
stood for and maintained quality for
over twenty-nine years in Omaha, and
we stand for it today. We will be glad
to give you the benefit of our years of
experience in judging and choosing
diamonds. '
Platinum Ring Mountings, ' .
$50.00 to $285.00
DODGE.
2gjOT
We have a complete stock of all sires
of Sleds at' ,
$1.10M4.50
ICE SKATES
Come in and look over our complete
line of Boys' and Girls' Ice Skates.
Real Bargains
$1.10
H. H. HARPER CO.
1713 Howard Sts., Flatiron Bldf.
THOMPSON - BELDEN
"COMPANY
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Silk Lingerie
Delightfully Fresh and Dainty
There is no ift with quite the direct appeal to
feminine hearts that lies in a frilly, silky bit of
lingerie. Our collection is beautiful, varied,
and most fairly priced.
Gowns of trousseau silk,
satin or crepe de chine,
simply hemstitched or
elaborately lace and ribbon-bedecked,
are priced
from $10.75 up.
Teddy bears of individual
design or to match cer
tain gowns, are made of
, the same silks, and are
priced from $4.75 up.
Bloomers of crepe de
chine or satin, come plain
or prettily trimmed.
And negligees of delight
ful originality are fash
ioned from Georgette, in
flesh, light blue or orchid,
ribbon and lace-trimmed.
Glove silk undergarments
are most practical; flesh
colored bloomers of a
fine quality of silk are to
be had for j$5 a pair.
Teddy bears of glove silk,
trimmed with lace and
ribbon are exceptionally
fine for $8.
Silk pantalettes iri flesh
color are $9.25 a pair.
Second Floor
A Variety of
Dainty Fans
Graceful affairs of curled
ostrich feathers with
stick of shell and amber
come in a number of ex
quisite shades for even
ing wear the black ones
are particularly fine,
Gauze fans, hand-painted
or pangled, with
sticks bf iyory, pearl and
mother of pearl. One ex
quisite thing is of real
lace, with sticks of pearl.
Shown in the Neckwear Dept.
White Ivory
Toilet Articles
Ivory mirrors with long,
slender handles or dng
handles, $5 to $8 each.
Ivory brushes, in which
the bristles are of a splen
did quality, are to be had
for $3 to $8 each.
Velvet Bags
Fine siHc velvet bags,
with frames of Dutch sil
ver and shell, come in
brown, taupe, navy and
black, fitted with coin
purses and mirrors.
THOMPSON -BEL
' & COMPANY
WINTER BEDDING
To Please the Woman
Who Desires the Finest
SOFT comforters, in large, double bed sizes,
are covered with mull, sateen, or silk.
Designs and colorings are lovely and the com
forters are light, but very warm. Priced, $14,
$15 and $18 each.
BLANKETS, all-wool or
in attractive plaids of
mixed-wool, come
all colors, ana in
plain gray or white with colored borders, in j
or double bed sizes. Priced all the way from
$9.50 to $25 a pair.
A SPECIAL value is offered Monday in bed
sheets of a fine quality of material with
a three-inch hem, 72x99-inch sheets for $2.35
each. -
Bedding Section-
-Second Floor