THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 7, 1919.
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DISCUSS PL ANS
FOR REOPENING
; THEATERS HERE
Managers Say They Could Not
' Make Money, But Could
Pay Salaries to
. 1,400 People.
Theater managers and employes,
i lembers of the newly fcrmed Al-
fed Amusement association met yes
:rda?, the sixth day of their en-
i -rced idleness, to discuss plans for
i openinpr, ih the ner.r future.
In a sl.ort speech Stuart Gould
: the Famous flayers-Lasky com-
any outlined reasons why he be-
tved the order of the terminal fuel
. immittee closing all theaters of the
ty was wrong.
'There are 1,400 people inthe city
'- nployed by the theaters," he said.
Many of them arc suffering as a
suit of this closing. Theater man-
:er$ are agreed that theaters can
i heated tor $2.50 each a day. This
timate i icludcs downtown houses
, i well a;; suburban theaters.
1,400 Out of Employment.
"Managers are ready to open any
' grit and prove that this estimate
; correct. They do not expect to
i ike moi ey during present condi
i ns, but they would at least be
ile to p-y salaries to tlie.se 1,400
:ople wlu) are now out of work.
. very ma-.iager in the city would be
tiling to give a free show to prove
i lis fact. (
' Chairirin Jeffers of the fuel com
i ittee sa d by closing the people
mid be ;.o effected that they would
i.-y to save more fuel. He said the
Dral effect of closing the theaters
is necessary. We believe that the
ople will lose their morale it they
not hr.ve some amusement. We
licve that this lac!: of amusement
advancing bolshevik theories,
.iich amusement would drive away.
"This was proven when theaters
?re clo.-cd in London at the bc
nning of the war. They were
ened a j short time after closing,
ien the British government found
at the people were losing their
. orale.
35,00 Would Ceve Fuel.
"Omaha theaters will seat ap-
oximately 35,000 people. This
eans that several thousand fam-
.es will spend an evening where
;tle or vo fuel is burned, and that
i light s-.ud' little or no fuel will be
irned in their homes, while they
'e enjoying-themsel ,-es. This means
it one thing that fuel is actually
aved by running the theaters.
"Theaters are running all the time
"i Chicago, five da'ys a week in Den
er and every day between 7 and 11
. m. in Des Moines. We would
e willing to run ct any time the
uel administration designates, even
mly three days a week. We would
ot make money, but we would keep
;.40O people from suffeiing, and
lake these dark days more bearable
j everyone."
Con Takes Own Life Standing
Beside His Father's Casket
New York, Dec. 6. After friends
ad called at the home, of Patrick
dxCormick, 995 Ninth avenue, who
lied Monday night, to condole with
lit son, Leo, the latter went to the
asket and with a razor slashed his
vrist and throat.
He was found deaJ at the foot
. f the casket. The father was 57
ears old and the son 39 years old.
Coal Substitute Used By
Omaha Man in Fuel Crisis
Simple Formula Can Be Quickly and Economically
Made for Immediate Use Inventor Volunteers
Services to Help Citizens, Without Coal, Make
Initial Mixture.
George D. Wolie, of Wolfe-Farrer
Co., manufacturing chemists, 1411
South Sixteenth street, who several
days ago demonstrated a coal sub
stitute for J. M. Gillan, industrial
commissioner of the Chamber of
Commerce, has offered his services
free of charge to any one who de
sires to prepare a trial quantity of
his new fuel. Mr. Wolfe declares
he will furnish the formula and as
sist' in preparing the fuel for any
one who is unable to obtain coal
and who may desire to try out the
fuel.
The chemist contends it is simply
made and can be prepared in small
quantities for 20 cents a 100 pounds.
Cap Be Made Rapidly.
The formula follows: Fifty
pounds of ashes and 50 pounds of
sawdust. Make a solution consist
ing of one pound of salt, three
ounces of oxylic acid, one gallon of
water and spray over the sawdust
and ashes. Then add to this a half
gallon of crude oil.
Ihe concoction is ready for use
after it is mixed well, Mr. Wolfe
declares. tye has asked the Cham
ber of Commerce to assist in fur
nishing him facilities for pressing
the mixture into bricks or square
chunks. This, the chemist asserts,
will consist of a simple operation
and cost little or no money. The
fuel can be pressed into bricks, it is
contended, with an old fashioned
letter press and can be moulded in
most any kind of a container. , The
chemist declares the fuel can oe
made by a child in any home in
Omaha by as simple an operation
as splitting kindling wood with a
hatchet.
Has Another Formula.
Mr. Wolfe asserts if the sawdust
cannot be obtained, he will be glad
to furnish another formula, which he
says is just as simple and cheap, in
which the body of the stuff consists
entirely of ashes. .
"1 have been heating my place of
business with it for the past four
weeks," declared the chemist. "I
have but a single small stove in
which I burned my own fuel during
the recent zero weather, and my
three large rooms were as comfort
able as when we kept the stove red
hot with coal.
Reduces Fuel Cost.
"With my fuel it costs me about
20 cents a day to heat my place
Your neighbor are buying
Groceries, Fresh Meat, PainU
and Wall Paper at Harper's.
' USEFUL XMAS GIFTS
Round Aluminum Roasters $1.45
Aluminum Cookers $1.59
Aluminum Percolators $1 .23
Aluminum Tea Kettles $2.75
Aluminum Skillets $1.10
Large size Roasters . . . .$1.60 to $3.00
Casseroles, at $2.50 to $8.00
Carving Set $2.30 to $8.00
Electric Irons $3.70
Electric Toasters S8.S0
Electric Stores $9.50
Electric Percolators $8.50
Thermos Bottles $2.50
FlarhliJfhti, complete $1.50
Forket Knives 60c
Try HARPER'S today, it will pay.
H. H. HARPER CO.
17tn and Howard Streets,
East End of Flatiroa BIdg.
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Exaggeration
, First
Cousin
to
Untruth
Keep the faith, if you
would keep your pa-
tients.
I hate exasperation more than deliWntA faUehnnA
because it is just as vicious and more disgusting.
I have tried always to keep Dental Advertising clean
and truthful, because untruthful advertising causes think
ing people to lose confidence in ALL advertisers and
causes UNTHINKING people to lose money they can ill
afford to lose.
When I see a foolish brother make untrue or grossly
exaggerated statements in an advertisement I am ashamed
for my profession and sorry for the public.
I might cusily stretch statements of fact regarding
this dental practice so that they might for a time pass for
the truth (because I have more foundation of fact upon
which to build air castles) but I have always figured
that I must make good in my office every claim made in
my advertisements, and have left deception and exaggera
tion to the adjective jugglers.
I have kept the friendship, confidence and esteem of
my patients rucause I have kept faith with them.
I challenge my best friend or my bitterest enemy to'
point out a willful misstatement of fact in any of my
announcement?. -
My simple word that ail dental work performed in
this office would be satisfactory as to material, workman
' ship, price and elimination of unnecessary pain was more
to my patients than the most elaborate guarantee, because
they knew MY WORD WAS GOOD.
Pain! 223 Withers Dental Co.
13-12& ";curities BIdg. 16th and Farnam Streets
OMAHA, NEB.
C-'ice Hccrs: 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M.
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of business. When we used coal it
cost from SO to 75 cents a day.
"I do not care to make a cent out
of my proposition. After testing it
out, I am convinced it is a good
thing, however, and in view of the
threatening danger to thousands of
persons in Omaha as a result of the
coal shortage, I simply want to
make this contribution to the public,
and I offer it thoroughly convinced
that if given a fair trial, it will Ve
lieve hardships nd t suffering in
many homes.
"I shall be glad to demonstrate
my fuel to any one who is interested,
and if persons desiring to take ad
vantage of my offer will call at my
place of business, I shall assist them
in mixing up enough to convince
them of my claims."
Cotton Brings $1 a Pound.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 6. A bale
of cotton sold here recently by W.
G. Key for $1 a pound, the highest
price, paid for cotton, it is claimed,
since the civil war. Several other
sales at 80 and 85 cents per pound
were made.
FAMILY INDIGNANT
AT TREATMENT OF
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Say Officer Refused Plea
To Call Private Doctor
For Boy.
Richard Geisler, 9 years old, son
ct Mr. and Mrs. Max Geisler, 2906
Dodge street, was a victim of care
lessness at the police station yester
day afternoon after being severely in
jured in an automobile accident at
Sixteenth and Farnum streets. The
boy suffered a fractured collar bone
and bruises about the body as a re
sult of being struck by an automo
bile driven by David VVallen, 3831
Parker street. Wallen was arrested
and booked for reckless driving.
Mother Pleaded With Tears.
In spite of protests made by the
mother and older brother of the in
jured boy against the lad being
taken to the police station to have
his injuries dressed. Policeman
Rogers, recently appointed, insisted
upon having him taken there. With
tears in her eyes at the sight of the
suffering boy, the mother begged
Policeman Rogers to allow her to
take the lad to Dr. F. J. Schleier's
office in the First National Bank
building just a few feet from the
scene of the accident.
"No, I've got to have him taken
to the doctor's office at the station,"
Rogers told her. "That's orders,"
At the police station, the injured
boy remained in the physician's
Today's Events
Universal Bible Sunday.
Observance of Elks' memorial
Sunday.
Beginning of "Christian Enlist
ment Week" of the northern Bap
tists. Cuba observes the anniversary of
the death of Gen. Antonio Maceo, a
famous leader in the war for inde
pendence. Todav is the 25th anniversary of
the death of Ferdinand de Lesseps,
creator of the Suez canal.
The llOtht anniversary of the New
York Bible society will be observed
todav with special services in the
cathedral of St. John the Divine.
room without aid for fully 20 min
utes before a police surgeon ar
rived, Alvin Geisler, brother of the
boy said.
Pronounces Injuries "Slight."
Upon the arrival of Police Sur
geon R, S. Johnson, he pronounced
the boy s injuries slight, Geisler
said. The mother of the boy de
cided to take her son to the family
physician. A request to have the
injured boy taken to Dr. Schlein
er's office in a police emergency
car was flatly refused, the mother
said. (
Alvin Geisler hired an automo
bile to take the boy to the physi
cian's office where it was determined
the lad was suffering with a frac
tured collar bone.
The mother and brothers of the
Geisler boy are indignant at the
neglect of the police in the case.
' An English inventor's machine
splits knotty and crooked remnants
of wood into evenly sized kindlings.
CLEARING HOUSE
OF IDEAS FORMED
BY' CITY CLUBS
Conference Committee of Two
Delegates From Every
Omaha Organization.
A clearing house' of ideas--for the
good of Omaha for 5,000 members
of local organizations was formed
at a luncheon at the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday by representa
tive's of 15 Omaha organizations.
The new organization is known as
the Omaha Conference Committee,
and is the outcome of a dinner at
the Masonic temple a month ago at
which 300 members of local clubs
discussed the idea suggested by the
K.'wanis club for a permanent round
table for securing more unified ac
tion of the various associations in
matters affecting the progress and
growth of Omaha.
The conference committee is made
up of two representatives each from
the Chamber of Commerce, Live
Stock Exchange, Automobile club,
Real Estate board, American Legion,
Concord club, Bankers' club, Omaha
chapter of the American Institute
of Banking, Hotel Men's association,
Kiwanis club, Rotary club, Omaha
branch of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, Advertising-Selling
league, Automobile Trade associa
tion and the Business Men's associa
tion. W. B. Tagg is chairman and
George B. Harrison, secretary. .
A resolution was passed yesterday
pledging each member of the com
mittee to ask his organization to do
everything possible to secure indi
vidual co-operation of the members
of the different associations in sav
ing coal and oil and also lights and
power during the fuel scarcity. An
effort is to be made through each
club to bring about concerted action
for the utmost conservation.
Railroads Change
Order Governing
Stock Shipments
Effective December 11, attendants
in charge of live stock shipped over
railroads under federal control, will
be riquired to present their con
tracts for return passages within 72
hours after arrivals at destinations
with cattle, hogs or sheep. In the
event they are accompanying horses
or mules, the contracts tor return
passages are expected to be present
ed within 15 days.
This announcement was made at
the general offices of the Union Pa
cific railroad today. It was de
clared that Sundays and holidays
would not be included in reckoning
time.
Under present arrangements it is
necessary to have 11 to 20 cars to
auuw two aucu'idnis irium iiijj
transportation, 21 to 30 for three
men, and two cars for two men one
way.
Negro Asks Judge for
Sentence and Gets It
M. Brockman, negro, walked into
central police court yesterday and
requested the police judge to sen
tence him to "at least five days in
"jail" as a trusty. He was sentenced
to 30 days in the county jail. Brock
man finished a 30-day jail sentence
for vagrancy last Tuesday, court
records show.
Plan to Hold Bazaar.
The ladies of the Florence Metho
dist church will hold their annual
bazaar at the Blake drug store, 4122
North Twenty-fourth street, Decem
ber 10 to 13.
Open 9 to 4 Until Coal Is Mar Plentiful.
DRESHERBROS.
Dyers and Cleaners
2211-17 Farnam St. Tyler 345.
Build Your Own Garage
We will deliver a
p ED MAD
Sectional Garage anywhere In the
Middle West. You can set it up in a
few hours. We sell one to ten ear heat
ing systems. Send for circular.
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2211 Howard. Red 3657.
Omaha, Neb.
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they jwill have the pleas-
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Eas removable glass tray.
Lake picture.
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$53.95
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as shown above
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This Regent phonograph compares favorably
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2S
Enlander
Da-Bed,
$34.25
Steel ( " :
Vernls- irtln
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Oak or mn
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This Grafonola Is very largo for th price
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"omnartment capac
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Queen Anne
"Windsor"
Queen Anne design. In mahogany, with
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d for tho mOBt par
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plays all makes of
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Similar to illustration.
PHONOGRAPHS
FOR XMAS
Nearly every make is here and yon can
compare the tones right In our record
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Our tremendous buying power makes
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Easy Terms No Interest
Type G-2
"Columbia"
A Grafonola of exceedingly artistic ap
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Italian Design
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Executed in solid oak, Jacobean finish,
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golden,
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golden
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What a Christmas Gift
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Not a frivolous gift for today but the gift that as time
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$26.75 up
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