- THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1919.
South Side
GROCER ACCUSED
OF PROFITEERING
ON ARMY GOODS
Alleged to Have Sold Govern
ment Food for Personal
Profit Federal Agents
On Alert.
Sam Bronstein, grocer, 5100 South
Twenty-fifth street, was charged
Monday by Sgt J. M. Brill, in
charge of the army retail store at
the South Side, with violation of the
federal, profiteering act. '
It is alleged Bronstein purchased
canned tomatoes at the army store
at 9 cents a can and sold them for
IS cents. Bronstein, it is said, ad
mitted he had been buying govern
ment goods and selling them at a
profit. His case has been turn.-d
over to the Department of Justice,
and, according to Sergeant Brill, will
be prosecuted to the limit.!
, Other cases are being watched
where persons are said to be buying
government goods and selling them
,at a profit. Federal agents hive
been assigned to investigate whole
sale purchases of army g;ods.
Contrary to a rumor that the army
store will be closed this week, an
nouncement was made Wednesday
that the store will continue in
definitely, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m
daily. Cold storage beef, chickens
ducks and other fowl will be placed
on sale commencing Wednesday.
In addition to several thousand,
cases ofTcorn, peas, pork and beans,
tomatoes, a number of tons of table
salt, have been placed in stock. The
salt will be sold at half a cent a
pound in SO-pound lots.
Car Shortage Said to
Be Cause of Decline
In Price of Cattle
. i
.Shortage of refrigerator cars, said
to be partially caused by the fuel
shortage, is reported to have mate
rially affected r the cattle market
Buyers ,. representing the packing
houses at the stock yards have been
slow in purchasing cattle and some
have intimated that their respective
plants had all the beef they could
handle at present and as a conse
quence prjees for beef cattle have
declined. '
Reported slumps of retail prico
of meats in Chicago have not affect
ed "the local situation, according to a
canvass of .several markets "in
Omaha. '
South Side Brevities
l Tot Sale Cow and three tuss. 2715 9.
SaU-Everythlng. E. V. Lor!g,2l N
itreet. .
. . Scores of healthy canarlei. Ybur choice,
$10. Frank Byers. Phone South S8Q1.
Lout A tan-colored aide curtain (or a
, Douglaa roadster. Call South 712. Reward.
Modern Woodmen of Amerloa camp-No.
1096 will meet Thursday night to hold Its
annual election of officers.
Kensington of Adah chapter O. K. S.
will meet Thursday at 1 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. J. E. Miller. 4425 South
Twentieth street.
Team strayed from barn Sunday night,
at 11 o'clock. One bay horse and one
black bay, with a white spot on head.
Finder please call South S712." John
Gredy, J623 8 street.
' Why worry about the Chnntmas gift
problem? Solve It for the y?ur 120 by
Joining the Economy Savings club, at the
Live Stock National bank, corner Twenty
fourth and N streets.
, THANKS TO TOU.
Compliments of the season we wish to
all a merry Christmas and a happy New
Tear with heartfelt thanks for the iberal
patronage given us. All we can offer In
return and make It go around w a promise
of renewed efforts in behalf of our trade
. and some advice. We would advise ex
treme care of your clothes. Make one
outfit go as far as two. All kinds of
t-lothtng will be higher notwithstanding
come news to the contrary and the only
avenues of relief .In our vision Is more
production or less consumption. Let us,
4o our part. Learn to wear overalls
where overalls belong; woolens where
- woolens belong and taboo silks only as
luxury. Good American wool and cot
ton Is good enough tor good Americans.
Don't criticise us. We, are not appointing
ourselves your guardian, but wa do think
the American people are'getttng dipped on
llks. Save 10 per cent of the pay check
for the rapids ahead and don't rock the
boat while wa are going through the cur
rent. She's doing fairly well if you will
. Just float her out nice and evenly' Into
the open waters where we can put on
mora steam. JOHN FLTNN CO.
i
Invite Astronomers
Of Omaha to View
ty . r
rictures or moon
Special invitations have been
' mailed to every scientist in Omaha
to see the first moving pictures ever
taken of the moon. The Di'ctures
were, made with the famous Hooker
telescope, the most powerful instru
ment of its kind in the world, which
was recently completed at the Mount
Wilson observatory at the Carnegie
institution at Washington. v
The mirror . of this telescope is
100 inches in diameter and required
ove years to complete. It brings the
.moon in closer range than ever seen
v before.
; A queer coincidence of the picture
is that the pictures ot the moon will
be shown at the Moon theater. Thev
will be shown December 28,. 29, 30
and 31 in addition to the regular
feature.
v Christmas Package
' Delivery Expedited
By Postoffice Plans
An organization has been formed
- at the postoffice for the handling of
the Christmas rush season, in a
manner which Postmaster Fanning
believes will insure prompt deliv
eries. Stalls have been arranged in the
basement of the postoffice for the
distribution of all incoming parcel
,post packages, which will give addi
tional space on the first floor for the
outgoing packages.
All parcels "for the outlying dis
tricts, formerly delivered from the
substations, will be dispatched direct
from the main office a departure
which Mr. Fanning believes will ex-
pedite deliveries
Supreme Council Is
Again v Discussing .
German Peace Terms
Paris! Dec. 17. :German claims
in connection with settlement of
peace terms details were again be
fore the supreme council today. In
dealing with these the council
reached a unanimous agreement to
permit the "Germans to collect their
customs duties in gold.
In a further discussion of the
question of compensation for the
sinking of the German warships jrt
Scapa Flow a discrepancy was de
veloped between the estimates of
the reparations committee and
those of the German experts re
garding the total of mercantile ton
nage and floating docks available
for reparation purposes at German
ports. This discrepancy amounted
to about 100,000 tons.
Begin Investigation "
On Conspiracy Charges
In Recent Coal Strike
Indianapolis, Dec. 17. A grand
jury summoned by federal Judge
A. B. Anderson began an investiga
tion of charges of conspiracy on the
part of coal miners and operators
to limit the production of coal. The
charges brought by the government
allege violation of the Lever fuel
act, wartime measure and of the
anti-trust laws, which have beert in
force for years.
The grand jury received instruc
tions from Judge Anderson to let
its conclusion be an answer to the
question "whether the United States
government or a group of men shall
rule this country and whether we
shall be governed by law or force."
Rotarian Christmas
Meeting Hears Ahout
Freight Car Equipment
Nearly ISO men were present at
the Christmas meeting of the Rotary
club in the Hotel Fontenelle yester
day noon. Fred Montmorency,
general freight agent of the Burling
ton railroad, addressed the Rotar
ians on "Freight Car Equipment."
"Demand for freight cars has in
creased 60 per cent in the past five
years, while the supply of cars has
increased only 31 per cent," Mr.
Montmorency declared. "The re
sult is that grain elevators have
been forced to hold up grain and
other raw products'- have not been
transported to markets."
' The Rotarians will hold their next
meeting on December 30.
First Primary Candidate.
Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special.) The
first candidate for the primary to
file with the secretary of state is
Norman T. Johnson of Upland, who
files for presidential elector on the
republican ticket from the Fifth con
gressional district
Briej (Jity News
Have Hoot Pnm It Beacon Preaa
Vaoomn Cleaners Burgeas-Granden Co.
- A. O. V. W. Meetings Besomed
The regular meeting: of the central
committee of alt the A. O. U. W.
lodges of Omaha was held at the
Temple last night ,
Grand Larceny Cbanced-r-Frank
Millar, giving hia address as St.
Joseph, Mo., ia being: held by police
on a charge of grand larceny. Ac
cording to the police. Miller stole a
check for $87, an overcoat and a
suitcase from Carl Frederickson,
2511 South Twentieth street.
Firemen Lose Chain The firemen
of engine house No. 12, Twenty-seventh
and Jones streets, will ap
preciate the return of a wheel chain
which was lost from their apparatus
while making a run Tuesday night
on Jackson street, between
Eighteenth and Twenty-seventh
streets.
Former Omahan Dies A. Martin,
pioneer Omaha tailor, died last week
in Chicago, where he moved a few
years ago. He came to Omaha in
1868 and started business on Tenth
street. He ia survived by a eon,
Harry, and two daughters, Mrs. Fan
nie Cohn and Mrs. Anna Herzka. All
of the children live In Chicago.
Personal Injury Suit Mary Toth,
10 years old, by her mother, Mary
Toth, nied suit in district court
against the National Refining com
pany for $10,000 damages' for in
juries alleged to have been sus
tained when the child fell from a
truck belonging to the defendant
March 10, 1919.
Hotel Changes Hands Harry L.
Keen, for the last five years man
ager and owner of the Hotel Keen,
Eighteenth and Harney streets, has
purchased the Flatiron hotel. Sev
enteenth street and St. Mary's ave
nue. Mr. Keen will assume owner
ship January 1 and will retain H. L.
Greer, the present manager of the
hotel, who will conduct the business
along the same lines as in the past.
Inspects Fort Omaha Col. C. E.
Alley, U. R A., of the general staff
at Washington, D. C, who fs making
a tour of inspection of the govern
ment vocational schools at the dif
ferent forts throughout' the United
States, visited Fort Omaha Tuesday.
According to Lieut. W. C. Burns,
acting adjutant. Colonel Smith re
ported that Fort Omaha was the
best he had seen since the start ot
his tour. '
AT THE
THEATERS
,rnrlK bOUMfcKANG," played
I at the Brandeis last night,
. was a real treat. f
It is the story of a doctor, just
home from studies abroad, whose
first patient is on the verge of a
nervous breakdown caused by jeal
ousy in love. In his ' prescription
to his patient the doctor finds a
return blow when he suddenly
awakes to find himself in love with
his nurse whom he has assigned to
his wealthy patient to foment jeal
ousy in the heart of the object of
his affection.
Of course it all works out nicely,
with the audience hugely enjoying
one case where the doctor is forced
to take a good stiff dose fvhis
own medicine.
Robert Conness, as Dr. Gerald
Summer, carried his part extremely
well. Lillian Concord, the nurse,
who served the doctor with his own
prescription, won the hearty approv
al of the audience. .
Harry Hayden, as , Bud Wood
ridge, the first patient, whose mal
ady is lovesick jealousy, gave a
finished 'performance, receiving ap
preciation from the audience through
the entire play. x
The company arrived over the
Burlington from Lincoln, just in
time, hurriedly to prepare for the
evening performance, after Man
ager Joy Sutphen of the Brandeis
was forced to abandon hopes for
the promised matinee. -
The splendid quality f the a6t-
BLOUSES
Special at $5.95
We have taken 300 blouses
from our , regular stock
which formerly sold for
$7.50,N $8.75 and $9.75. For
quick clearance we offer
them special at $5.95.
JULIUS ORKIN
1508-10 Douglas
FAMOUS FOR BLOUSES
f
Christmas Greeting Cards
A LARGE AND CHOICE
LINE TO SELECT FROM.
MANY ARE OUR OWN:
ORIGINAL DESIGNS:
Ladies' Stationery Engraved Cards
I. A. MEDLAR CO.
416 S. 14th Street"
ing in "The Masquerader",is greatly
enhanced by the artistic lighting
effects employed. "Dimmers" are
no novelty at the theater, but as
used by Mr, Guy Bates Post at the
Boyd this week, they add a distinct
quality of "atmosphere" to the play;
The ' audineces senses rather than
feels' the chirm, but it is appreciated.
The. mechanical' arrangement of the
stage fs such that shifting from one
scene to another is accomplished
with such facility that the waits are
reduced to a minimum, and the con
tinuity of, the action is thus pre
served fromhe tedious interruptions
experienced when the settings are
handled in the unsual way. The
engagement is forthe entire, week.
"Tea for Three," which will be
the Christmas week attraction at
the Boyd, is one of the sprightly,
sparkling comedies of modern man
ners that have been, so popular in
late years. It is presented by a
very capable company with Norman
Hackctt'at its head. The engage
ment opens Sunday evening.
One of the features of the new
show opening at the Empress today
will be the offering of Kalaluhi's
Hawaiians, in which seven people
take - part. An entertaining vehicle
is "to be presented by Heim and
Lockwood, in which frivolous smart
talk and some new songs with danc
tntc are interminKled. Work and
Keit have combined some starring
sensational acrobatic feats with
dancing and comedy. A novelty
entertainer is "The Love Girl," who
will present an act of diversified
talents.
. In the Italian character role of
the musical comedy "Not Yet,
Marie" the work of William Ed
munds is extremely amusing. He is
one of the principals in a cast which
includes IS people. The attraction
is the stellar feature this week at
the Orpheum. 1 One of the laughable
acts of the bill is the musical farce,
"The African Duke," presented by
four people, with the blackface
comedian Farrell Taylor in the lead
ing role. An offering which delights
children this week is Carl Emmy
and his big troup of trained dogs.
"Behind the Grandstand," a comedy
sketch presented by Harry and
Emma Sharrock, is one of the de
cided hits of the show. i
Announcement is made by Man
ager Sutphen of the Brandeis that
the date for "The Chocolate Soldier"
is December 21 and week. This
production, by Ralph Dunbar, is on
the same elaborate scale as "Robin
Hood," which many herabouts heard.
"The Chocolate Soldier" is not only
scenically and musically beautiful,
but is a regular riot of fun.
The Harry Hastings' big 'show,
with Dan Coleman, is at the Gayety
the current week. This year's en
tertainment is 4ne riot of fun. The
book and lyrics are entirely new,
being the second edition of "After
the First of July." The music is all
original and brimful of . harmony,
having been written by Mr. Coleman
and Richard Cosby for this produc
tion. Ladies' matinee daily at 2:15,
Forjner Employe of Omaha r
Smelter Dies at Home Here
Patrick Riorban, 49 years old, died
at his home, 805 North Twentieth
street, yesterday. He moved . to
Omaha 30 years ago and for IS years
was employed by,the Omaha Smelt
ing and Refining' company. He is
survived by his widow, six daugh
ters and. one son, all living in
Omaha. Funeral srvices will "be
held in the Holy Family church on
Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Bur
ial will be in Holy Sepulcher ceme
tery. Four cities in Sardinia have been
linked by an airplane mail service
that connects with a daily steamer
for the Italian mainland.
A Blouse
FREE
With Every
Blouse You
, Buy
CLOAK CO.
I5iq-Sl DOUGLAS STREET
Starting Thursday
9:00 A. M. Sharp
We Launch Omaha's Original
ffl
Select now for
all future and
Christmas time
needs. Never
again will yon
hare bo bonntl
fill an opportu-.
nity.
HOU
essTIash Gon
7ie Cfirisimas Stor?for6veryofy
r sa:
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Thursday, Dec. 18
From 9 A.M. to 10 A. M.
Children's
Gloves
One large lot of Children
Gloves and Mittens; made of
knit wool; thousands of pairs for
"one ETour. ,
Limit of two to a customer. "
45c
Main Floor.
Misses'
Skating Sets
Children's Skating Sets, consist
ing of scarf and cap in brushed
wool, camel's hair and knitted
vicuna; in plaid, stripe and solid
color; some finished with, fringe.
No C. O. D.'s no phone calls
limited number to a customer.
' Limit of two to a customer.
50c
Downstairs Store.
From 7 P. M. to 8 P. M.
Picture
Frames
Nontamishable Imperial Silver
with velvet back; oval style with
ball feet.
Three desirable sizes.
FOR ONE HOUR ONLY
Limit of two to a customer.
Each 25c
Main Floor.
Sweaters
Men's and Boys' Heavy Ropq-
stitched Slipover Sweaters; gray
and browns; 175 of these sweat
ers placed on sale for 1 HOUR.
Limit 2 to a customer.
A practical gift. -
Limit of two to a customer.
$2.00
Main Floor.
No C. O.D.'s
No Phone Orders
No Exchanges
J?
- The whole city is keen for just such a sen
sational Blouse event. ' Blouses for personal
' use Blouses for Christmas Gifts. What a
wonderful opportunity this sale affords. '
Buy any blouse in the house and we
' will give you absolutely FREE another,
blouse of equal value.
Thousands of Blouses FREE!
Grecian Blouses Medieval Blouses . The Orerblouse
The Tailleur Hand Embroidered " Costume Blouse
Georgette Crepes Crepe de Chines Striped Satins
No strings or red tape to this offer. Simply
buy one blouse and get another blouse of -equal
value FREE. , . '
Buy one $ 4.95 BLOUSE Set another $ 4.95 BLOUSE FREE
3!
Buy one $ 6.95 BLOUSE Get another $ 6.95 BLOUSE FREE
Buy one S 8.95 BLOUSE Get another $ 8.95 BLOUSE FREE
Buy one $10.95 BLOUSE Set another $10.95 BLOUSE FREE
Buy one $12.95 BLOUSE Get another $12.95 BLOUSE FREE
Buy one $14.95 BLOUSE Set another $14.95 BLOUSE FREE
Buy one $16.95 BLOUSE Set another $16.95 BLOUSE FREE
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Service
Quality
Economy
hi
24th and
O Streets,
So. Omaha
; Store Open Evenings Until Christmas
iartaent Store
The Fastest Crowing Store in Omaha
Special Offering in Mina Taylor Dresses for .
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
What could be appreciated more by a home-loving
woman than a Mina Taylor Dress for a Christmas present?
This is a sensible, inexpensive suggestion try it. We are
offering beautiful, well made gingham and percale Dresses.
High, low and V-shaped necks, in checks, plaids and stripes;
braid, button and fancy contrast trimmings, belted and pockets.
At prices that will cause you to think twice before you buy that
present for wife or mother. All sizes. - 1 N
We have them as low as $2.49
Others at $3.50, $3.75 and $3.98
Remember We are still selling Cloth and Plusn fur-trimmed
Women's and Misses Coats at 75 Cents On the Dollar
OUR BIG BRIGHT BASEMENT is the busiest place in Omaha.
Why? - Because we are headquarters for toys and
- smart Xmas gifts. . ' .
PHILIPS Watch Us Grow!
Special Sale of
ALUMINUMWARE
1,000 pieces of aluminumware
will be on salo Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday Saucepans,
tea kettles, gkillets, coffee per
colators, bread pans, rice boilers,
cake pans, pie pans,' dish pans,
and numerous other aluminum
articles. Do not forget to take
advantage of this sale. Do your
Xmas shopping at HARPER'S.
Try HARPER'S today; it will
pay. .... '
H. H. HARPER CO.
1713 Howard Street,
. Flatiron BIdg.
BronphialTroubloo
Sooth the Irritation and you fdtev the
dutreaa. Do both quickly and effectively
by using promptly deoendabta remedy.
Why Not Try a
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