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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1919)
r THE BEE? OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1919. if INDUSTRIES IN OMAHA ARE GIVEN LONGER HOURS New Order Goes Long Way To ward Taking Off Coal Ban, Here Must Still Con- serve Fuel. I mer- ( Continued mm P Om.) rr. broker and commission . chants, 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. ,.. Laundries,, 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Panics.- office building and offices, 8 a. m. to 4 p. in. . t Amusements 7 to 11. Theaters, movies,- dance halls, pool and billiard halls, bowling al ley and all other public places ?f amusement, 7 to 11 p. m. y Schools, colleges and other insti tutions of education may reopen with coal now on hand. Churches may hold services on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of each week until further notice. . All other public meeting places, including public auditoriums, libra ' ries, clubs and places of fraternal organizations may be reopened, but no coal or coke will be supplied by the loca3( committee until further orders are issued. - - Dealers in Automobiles. Dealers in automobiles, automo bile .supplies and accessories and filling stations and repair shops, 10 a. m. to 6 p.. m. ' Drug stores, 10 a. m., to 6. p. m., with privilege of prescription clerks being in attendance during other hours. .- The order also reads: ; "All lighting of advertising signs, window display, store fronts and all uther ornamental anl unneccessaf jr lighting is prohibited." ? The new xnder contains the fol lowing paragraph: "All places of amusement, public meeting places, churches and nones ' sential industries cannot be fur nished with bituminous or lignite coal, or coke, but will be furnished power and ltjht during the respec tive restricted hours. They will be required to operate on their pres ent supply of. fuel or provide fuel other than bituminous or lignite coal or coke." Coal Committee Statement. In connection with the new re strictions the coal committee issued the following public statement: . "The committee feel that in granting the relief provided in the foregoing order it is its solemn duty to warn the people, that even if the new restricted rules for the use of fuel are observed bv everv body and the use of fuel conserved to the utmost limit many people in this com.nunity may suffer from the lack of coal. . "There is very little coal in deal ers bins. ... ' "The usual reserve supply of fuel in the hands of industries is ex hausted. Production in severe weath er never has been able to supply cur rent needs. Under these conditions current production' of coal will be consumed as rapidly as it comes irora tne mines, mere is likely, therefore, to be times during the winter months just before us when the supply of coal will be exhausted. "We would not be doing our duty to this community if we . withheld this warning. This committee ,is the servant of the community and will do as well as it is permitted by the oeoDle to do to provide for the health and safety an4 prosperity of the community in this crisis whicn is not passed by ending of the coal I miner6 striKe, . Library to Reopen. The public library, which has been closed under the nonessential order of the coal committee, will be re opened Monday morning at 9. High school officials stated that it i probable that the High School of Commerce will be reopened Decem ber 29, on account of this institution having an all-year schedule No ac tion has been taken by the board of education to change its recent an nouncement that other public schools' will be closed until January S, .which arrangement the superin tendent of schools believes . will stand. The manaeemeht of Creighton university will not be reopened until January 5 and no change in that or der will be made, although the uni versity had considerable coal on hand when the closing order was is- iued by the coal committee. Union Pacific offices received itir srmation yesterday all except six f 29 mines in the Rock Springs dis trict southern Wyoming are being operated. ' Burlington railroad officials re ported that miners have returned to all the Sheridan mines in north ern Wyoming where v the. average daily production under normal con ditions is 300 cars. SUPREME COURT ORDERS PROBE OF BANDIT CASE Governor McKelvie Is Still .Away and Lieutenant Gov : ernor Says His "Hands . Y Are Tied.", A Grand Pianos for Christmas . We are showing Grand Pianos in the following lines. Every make named here is a reputable one which we know to be good. Weber, Geo. Steele & Co., Kurtzmann, Haddorff, Conover, Cable and Bennett. $650.00 and up. Prices always the lowest. Payments k ' . Pleasantly Arranged. ," ' . Player Pianos We have the finest player pianos made the famous Aeolian prod ucts they are good they will give you satis faction because they are properly conceived and are construct ed of high er a d e mate rials only. The Incomparable Duo Art comes in Steinway, Weber, Steck, Wheelock and Stroud-j-the greatest reproducing piano. ' Tho genuine Pianola comes in Steinway, Weber, Steck, Wheel ock, Stroud and Aeolian Pianos. Has the metrostyle and themo dist, enabling one to give real musical expression to a rendition. Price, $700 up. Easy payments. 1 1 The Aeolian Player Piano A player piano that has become a great favorite in, the Southwest' for its solid worth good through and through. Price $645. , ' ' ' ' . Payments pleasantly arranged. Call or write. Gladden Your Home With A Genuine Vocation The beautiful new 1920 models now in our stock at $115, $135, $140, $165, $195, $225 Payments, $6, $7, $8 and $10 Monthly. In the tone of this wonderful new phonograph there is greater depth , and richness less of the phonograph and more of nature mor of the subtle beauty of each voice and instrument. l. 1807 Farnam Street, KFORD MOsricCo. Omaha, Neb. (Coallna4 From Fs Om,) general, be and are hereby directed to a thorough investigation of the matters involved in said communica tion and report their findings and recommendations . without further delay." . Members, of the state oar com mission are Walter L. Anderson of Lincoln, secretary; A. B. McCand less of Wymore; Bernard McNeny Of Ked Cloud; John Ledwith of Lin coin and Joseph B. Fradenberg of Umaha. . r "I am a new'member of the; com mission, have attended . but one meeting, and have no idea as to how it proceeds in such a case," said Mr. Fradenberg. McKelvie in East. Under normal conditions, the commission conducts a private in vestigation of matters so referred to it and recommends action by the supreme court, it it deems that proper. The supreme court s action is the first sten taken by any state au thority to investigate the Kirk "fur lough" and punish those guilty of irregularity, if such exists. What effect this order wil! have on the investigation, which officials expected Governor McKelvie would order on his return to Lincoln, can not be ascertained until his arrival. A special dispatch to The Bee from Washington last night, states that Governor McKelvie and R. W. DeVoe, republican state chairman, and the man to whom the bandit is supposed to have been "fur loughed," left for New York yes terday afternoon, the governor elat ed with the success of the repub lican ' conclave in Washington just adjourned. Holds Up Probe. In a statement from Lieutenant Governor Barrows in which he ex plains why he has not acted as act ing governor in the Kirk matter, it is revealed that Governor McKelvie asked that the release of the bandit be allowed to stand until his return. Mr. DeVoe, with whom the gov ernor is traveling to New York, is the law partner of Senator Petrus Peterson, who had senator Bushee sign the "scrap of paper" order for the release of Kirk. Lieutenant Governor Barrows, in a public statement, tells what he would do, if his hands were not tied by the governor. Statement by Barrows. Lieutenant Governor Barrows' statement follows: ' "If Governor McKelvie, just prior to his leaving for Washington for the republican conclave, had not requested me to let the Kirk -matter stand until his return I would have declared the bandit a fugitive from justice at once and ordered his return to the penitentiary," de clared Lieutenant Governor Bar rows, answering statements in news papers that public sentiment de nounced lack of action in the matter. "I would have ordered these men who say they know where Kirk is to bring him back to the prison, and if they refused to make public his hiding place I would have found some means of making them do so. "When the governor went away the first of the week he asked that the Kirk matter be left alone until his return, when he said he would institute a thorough investigation to get at the bottom of the case." State circles are still stirred over the "furlough" of this notorious criminal, and are now expressing fear that unless some action is takeu at once, it will soon be too late to act, as it is practically admitted by Kirk's former associates that he has fled this section of the country. Peterson Remains Silent. , Senator Petrus Peterson, legal partner of R. W. DeVoe, to whom it is claimed that Kirk was fur loughed," has apparently decided to remain silent on the affair, refusing to discuss the matter these days. Sen. B. K. Bushee, acting gov ernor September 8, on whose order the Omaha bandit was released from the penitentiary three months later, has retired to his home in Kimball after issuing a public statement last Sunday to the effect that he consid ered his skirts clear of any wrong doing. The report on Kirk's record made by E. M. Johnson while secretary of the state pardon board, which was reported missing from the gov ernor's files last Tuesday one week following the release of the bandit, has not yet been found. California Sugar 15 Cents. Los' Angeles, Cal., Dec. 12. The wholesale price of sugar in the Los Angeles market has been increased to approximately $12 a sack. The price at retail will be 14J4 to IS cents a pound. To Heal A Cough me HATES' HEAMNQ HONOT. 850 per bottle. 75 Per Cent of Miners Back to Coal Digging ' Cntl lined From Pa Om.) Dresident as vet hid acted. The work of the fuel administration,' it was said, probably would be trans ferred to the railroad administration. Dr. Garfield refused to discuss 'the matter. . Criticize Settlement Operators representing the central Pennsylvania district, one of the largest in the United States, were the first to act today upon the set tlement proposal, and while accept ing it, criticized its terms with the utmost vigor. lhe method proposed bv Dr. Gar field for settlement of the strike was interfered with by government of ficials who knew little of the situa tion, the operators statement said. "The problem was taken out of his hands, l he ' public and the oper ators, as a result, have been delur' cred into the hands of the United Mine Workers." Raise Coal Cost F. E. Harkness. counsel for the fuel administration, announced dur ing the day that prices of fuel con traded for by v purchasers prior to the resumption of government price lixing could be legally raised to ab sorb the cost of the 14 ner cent in crease in miners' wages granted un der tne settlement. Coal mined on contract, it was said, in most cases bore a once below the government maximum of $2.35 per ton mine-run, and contracts ordinarily carried a clause binding the purchasers to pay additions in labor costs incurred after their mak ing. Fuel administration statistics. it was said, indicated that even after the addition of extra labor costs created by the 14 per cent increase the largest portion of the contract coal still would be sold below the $2.35 maximum. The government itself, throueh the railroad administration, which consumes normally 31 per cent of the coal mined, will pay the largest amounts utrfler the ruling, it was pointed out. The War department contracts were said to give power to tne secretary oi war to make adjust ments and as the settlement had the support of the administration, it was assumed that Secretary Baker would approve the increase. Consumers to Pay. Much of the navy department's coal is being commandeered and some of the supply is mined in the f ocahontas field which is nonutaion. Private and industrial consumers, supplied by contract coal, will in most cases pay the increase. A small amount of high-class coal, under the ruling it was explained, will be sold for a higher price than the govern ment maximum. Director General Hines' state ment on modifications of the con servation orders, said: "The conservation order of De cember 8, 1919, restricting the use of heat, light and power generated or produced from bituminous coal or coke, was issued to make uniform in all parts of the country the restric tions which had already been adopt ed in many parts of the country, and to save coal and coke. Until the production of bituminous coal be comes normal, it is virtually neces sary that it be conserved in-every way possible and even after produc tion reaches normal, it will be neces sary to continue to. conserve coal be cause of the loss iff production of between thirty and thirty-five mil lion tons during the trike. It' is important, therefore, that the public exercise the greatest caut'on in the consumption of coal. Increase in East "It being the desire to remove restrictions just as rapidly as pos sible, the conservation order of De cember 8 has been modified today to permit the resumption as conditions warrant of the supplying of light, heat and power restricted by this or der. Coal is now being moved and will continue to be moved from the cast to the west in large quantities as the relative situation in the two sections permits. "The first increase in production that has resulted from the termina tion of the strike, of the miners has been in the east, where already the bulk of the production was being ob tained. Conditions in the several regions differ and accordingly the ordersof the director win be modi fied on recommendation of the re gional directors as their respective situations may permit "Regional directors have been in structed today to restore all train service removed or curtailed because of the strike situation as soon as the general coal supply, in their respec tive regions, justifies in their judg ment doing so, subject to such ex ceptions as may. be ordered by the railroad administration in.Washing Probe Sanity of Woman ' Who Shot Little Daughter Denver, Colo., Pec. 12. Georgfc and Rowland Lippincott of Wyn cotte, Pa., brothers of Mrs. Emily L. Powell, filed proceedings before Judge Ira G.' Rothgerber in the county court asking appointment of a commission to investigate Mrs. Powell's sanity. The woman on Tuesday last shot and killed her 10-year-old daughter. ias Shoes for the Children What joy a shining pair of their favorite shoes bring to the hearts of children on Xmas morn I There are a hundred delight ful possibilities in our im mense and complete stock of juvenile footwear for bright ening the children's Xmas. We have their size at just the. price you want to pay. o. 16th and Douglas. SUIT PRICES IN CHICAGO DROP TO $25 AND BELOW Shoes Offered at Less Than $5 and Other Articles In Proportion at : v " LargesStores. Chicago, Dec. 12. The first "fair pricesM on clothing were listed today byx the Chicago clothing subcommit tee of the Illinois fair price commit tee to show that dependable mer chandise can be bought at reason able prices. The prices were not fixed as maximum or minimum prices. I As long as present stocks last women's suits can be purchased as low as $25, dresses at $15.25. shoes at $4.95; men's shoes at $4.95; suits and overcoats at $24.50 each. These prices were made by the subcom mittee consisting of five executives of some of Chicago's large stores and their statement said the figures were "fair prices for serviceable ar ticles, in the various lines men tioned," but that "replacement or ders at present market prices will in crease these figures." Five of Chicago's biggest retail stores prepared the price list, which Mon'a eult ......... Men'e overcoats .... Men'e ehoes Men's hosiery ....... Men's undeYwesx .... Women's suits Women's dresses .... Women's costs Women's shoes Women's hosiery .... Women's underwear F ' suits .$25.(0 , 24.(0 S.t( , .26 . 1.35 , 25.00 , 16!5 , 18.90 , 4.0( .25 1.25 6.90 Boys' overcoats Children's hosiery ... Children's underwear Children shoes 1.50 .40 .71 8 IS TU fi-.. .1 r .... .. .iv,inofc ccvi in iiic lair price list will be to bring about a drastic decrease in the price of suits, over coats, hats, shoes and all other staple articles of clothing, the com mittee declared. Sentenced -for Sending ' Bomb to Wanamaker Home Tfew York, Dec .12. A prison sentence of from one year and three months to two years and six monflis was imposed on Ernest A. G Kurth for sending a bomb to the Tuxedo park home of Mrs. Rodman Wana maker last September. Kurth was formerly a butler in the Wanamaker home. Equipped with its own electric lights, a 'camera has been designed to enable police to photograph finger prints.. Mexican Propaganda V ' For Russia Sent to " . New York, Says Youth New York. Dec. 12. Literature prepared by Mexico City comniun- -o'i ists was received by' left wing so- ts cialists in this city, according to' f" testimony given before the legis- i lative committee investigating radi- ..I ... . niuviwcg. . . ...V w. ,.v John Chabrow, a young student detained after a raid on commun ists, said several copies ot the Mex-. ican communists' programs had beet) received in August. S Chabrow testified that his brother, Nathan, had been assisted in going to Russia as a representative of the communist party of America by Ludwig C. A. K. - Martens. ' self styled soviet .ambassador to.ithe United States. " ? m- . , M -MM - THOMPSON -BELDEN &CO. Portioning out each day a part oi the Store s Christmas riches Buj Red, Cross seals for your letters and packages and help in the fight against tuberculosis. UmJ,m"',,w','","w,wm,',",!,,'""''i'."m,J Glove Silk Lingerie Camisoles with the dainti est lace and ribbon trim- , mings are priced $5.50. Glove silk vests with lace beading about the top, $6.50 each. Teddy bears of a beauti ful quality of glove silk, effectively lace-trimmed, are $8.50 each. Second Floor V Fine Perfumes Oddly shaped bottles of frosted glass, through which , the soft rose, or green, or lilac of the per fume glows most effective ly, are to be had in a num ber of sizes for a number of prices. The scents are of the fin- r est, made by well-known perfumers, and offered as a suggestion for your gift list Toilet Goods Section Christmas Furs from Thompsm-Beldert s As certain of appreciation as the soft, silky beauty of the pelts, or the charm of the style, are the known quality and genuineness of a fur pur chased here. A Most Complete Showing A mapping desk on the main floor has been estab lished for the purpose of re wrapping your smaller pack' ages into a more, convenient large one. Laces Are Back With all their fragile splendor and misty charm. And all the dainty old-time favorites vie for popularity with the more light-. some, infinitely more gorgeous products of modern day needle workers with inventive fingers. There are hand made filets, in -French and Italian patterning, fine Chantilly, and Carick ma Cross and their variety ranges from the narrowest Venetian for collars and caffs to the matched sets of flounring all a-glitter with threadings of gold and silver for the bewitching loveliness of the formal dance or dinner gown. Trimming Dept. Satin Marseilles' Bed Spreads Attractive designs in blue, pink and yellow spreads, double bed size; those with scalloped edges and cut comers are priced, $10 hemmed, $8.45 each. Linen Section Such a Splendid Assortment of New Bags Of leather seal and crepe seal purses, flat ones, with a strap at the back, or bags with a handle at the top. Hand-tooled purses of ex quisite beauty. Softly shaded brown leather, heavy and fine, with in tricately carved designs. Velvet bags made from finest silk velvets have frames of metal, or velvet covered ones, and delight ful plaid, flowered or plain silk linings; there are coin purses and mirrors to make them daintily attrac tive. ' Gold and silver mesh purses have the charming long and slender shapes, delicate frames and chain handles that daintily sug gest the feminine owneri Victory Tanks are an in novation and an attractive one, in gray, suede or brown leather, with all the convenient little fittings in the way of powder boxes and the like. Pillows Scarfs and Things for the Home Are a part of the Art Department's Christmas contribui tion. There are cuddle toys foj small girls and boys, and greeting cards tags and seals in splendid variety, and a thousand dainty things that please the eye, pow der boxes, telephone screens, vases, vanity sets and the like. Very lovely lamps are to be had, and some de lightful polychrome vases wired for lamp bases. Al- together an assortment worth viewing. ' . The pillows are the fin est ever, and many of them have table scarfs to match, especially. the tapestry and velvet ones. Then, for milady's bou doir, there's a big, puffy pillow of soft taffeta, round, gathered in at the center, with a large taffeta rose dropped just in the middle, then around the outer edges a tiny taffeta rose ap pears at intervals tuck ed down among the folds. There's a blue and a rose pillow to be had. Art Dept. Second Floor 'Kerchiefs of, Finest Linen The ever-necessary handker chief, a single one, a dozen, or a half for every member of the family. There is nothing more delight fully feminine than the embroi dered ones from France or Spain, or the Madeira Islands, with their unbelievably intri cate little patterns 'all beauti fully done by hand. Prices are surprisingly reasonable, all the way from 35c to $15 each. There are 'kerchiefs with corner designs' and hand rolled hems, 'kerchief with tiny scallops all the way 'round, but whether it be simple or elaborate, the quality is there and the fineness that a gift should have. V,, " ' ' ' In the World of Gloves In single and double-clasp gloves, Trefousse excels with his fine French kid and clever embroideries on the backs. All the favored shades are present, with a marked pre dominance of browns, dark brown, particularly. There are soft suede gloves in gray and beaver, as well. Prices are $3.75, $4 and $4.75 a pair. The sendinsr of dove certificates saves a world of disappointment over the size and color. They are to be had at all times and are re- K deemable at any time. 1 ' The Gift of Silk Hosiery Is Never Amiss And our showing is most com plete, offering fine Jiose of every description of a recog nized quality and depend ability. Pure thread silk hose with lisle garter tops and soles, come in field mouse, navy, black, white, and cordovan for $2.50 a pair. Two-toned novelties of pure thread silk are priced, $2.25. And a splendid hose of twelve-strand, pure Japanese silk, with garter tops and double soles of lisle, comes in black, navy, cordovan and seal for $3.25 a pair. : .. .V & '4. zr V n 't j , : r