12 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 28, -1919. South- Side -ratita nnnn 10 ru I ft i u unur io -BELOW PAR THIS . YFARIN NTATt mm $ m m VVWUtfUIUII VVUlilj . rroauciion vviui ioa ouu ;,.- els Per Acre, According :': to South Side Report. According to information received t the Exchange building there is a decided falling off of the commer cial potato crop for the past year V.kraeta The vield was OIllv 44 per cent of normal and the state has "at thiY.time but a 1,547,000 bushels surplus. . .,! The total revised estimate of acre age from 10 counties. Box Butte, Phcrrv. Dawes. Sheridan. Brown, Garden, Kiball, Morrill. Scottsbluff and Sioux, is 44,825 acres, as com pared to 47,475 acres last year. The total production of those counties -... 'Jn05?Jt httcholc nr sliffhtlv waa v,u-'',' ...... ... , v. -.-o more, than 69 bushels to the acre. Scottsbluff county ranks highest with 155 bushels to the acre and Sheridan county lowest with 40 bushels to the acre.' , The commercial potato crop for the entire United States is estima ted at - 93.186.000 bushels for this j in: fto nnrt year as compared io iw.uuo.uvv bushels last year, or 87 per cent of last vear's crop. Eastern Automobile Man , Tells of Industries Growth v ''Two million passenger automo biles were produced during the past year in the United States," said George Moorcroft, an automobile, representative of an eastern firm at the Exchange building Saturday, where he was visiting. "There vere 400,000 motor trucks nd 200.000 tractors. This estimate is said to he conservative," contin ued Moorcroft, "and just think 20 years ago the horseless car was a Joke, an al'eged dream. Today the manufacture of automobiles is the third largest industry in the world. "In 1896 there were only four au tomobiles in the United States and in 1908 the price of gasoline, was only 6 cents a gallon." Cattle Shioments Denend On : Hay Supply, Says Stockman Albert Mrrtin of Sturgis, S. D., was avisitor st the loc?l market Fridayiwith a shipment of five car of cattle, and he said it depended greatly , on the hay supply in that section; whether there would be many more cattle from there this winter. , He said there were fullv 30 box cars in the train he came on, that were, utilized for shipment of cattle, , caused , by. the scarcity of stock cars. 1 Hie Bee s Free Shoe Fund . "We are two little girla, 10 and 8, of a family of seven We would like a pair of shoes for Christmas. So we can go t0 , school." Just another scrawled little let ter, such as comes to The Bee's fund every day. , . . Every case is carefully investi gated and if it is found worthy the which are fitted right at the shoe store. , ' " Some of these little ones- haven t received their Christmas presents of Previously acknowledged rfprry w. nurBwi From TwA Kalends h-.i. ...,.818.9g ..... 1.00 10.00 IIA Mrs. 8 Class of Loyal Boys, Congregational Church. Verdon, Seb. ., S.OO Ch. ftenoa. Neb .00 G. W. i 5.00 raid K. Howard, Aonn nena, ato.. Total . $953.80 Send in a contribution for those who. perhaps, didn't have as merry . . . JtJ A .1 J a cnristmas as you ma. rvuurcss The Free Shoe Fund, care of The Bee. South Side Brevities Salesgirl Wanted Apply Wllf Brothers, Twenty-fourth and N streets. , The women or t. Agnes uouri ot foresters will meet Sunday afternoon at St Agnes halt ; I, V. Ely of Boxeman, Mont., Is a guest tikis week of' Mr. and Mrs. F. A, Van Sant, 4110 L street.. ".Frank A. Aftnew, Lawyer, Vacsk block. A80 South Twenty-fourth. Many people rlnU my new office. Z Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Kads, 2528 A treat, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. A, W. Ballam at Lincoln. ' Miss WUhelmlna Auchmuty, 2315 South Thlrty.flrst street, spent Christmas with her grandmother at Waverly, la , ""Tiie H-Ro-Wln club of St. Agnes church will celebrate New Tear's eve with a card, party and dance at Eagle hall. Rev. J. M. Bloomqulst and wife were Christmas guests of the parents of Mrs. Bloomqulst, Mr. and Mrs. William Derby shire, 2304 O street. The South Bids Pleasure club will give dance at Eagle hall, New Year's night. The olub will also give a dance Sunday evening at the earn place. Join our Cash Bonus club or start some friend Its a fine thing to do at this holl- j . i L' ..... U n..1.. Qn.l.D. kanlr utty mi, v. duuih uiii.u. " . " " ' corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets. The regular weekly .dances of the soutn oi.i. c I i g.ttUn..iit will htt hpM Snt- vdav evening for children from 7 to 8:30 p. and from 8:30 to 11 p. m., for grownups. Mrs. 1. G. Stewart and son. Lyle, of Aberdeen. S. D.. on their wa to Pasadena, Cal., stopped" off Christmas and were guents at the home or Mr. ana Mrs. j. i Duff. 1523 Missouri avenue. , , n. . . I . .11., with man inti yr ip-w ..... o.- lrgs account In the South Omaha Savings Bank, Twenty-fourth and M streets. ' It draws Interest (compound semi-annually) wnilO you Bleep Bet ma iiauifc. ' r e.ul - Aira. UOra yumipy mum, a miiiei .co.- dent of the South Side, who has been teaching In the government school for re turned soldiers nt Chicago. Is spending the holidays with relatives in South Omaha. Our Foonomy Club makes It so easy to save. The smnll amount you pay In week ly will never be missed by you. Do hot put oil .itiinuiK. I '" vtiw ... ...o j. - Stock National Bank, Junction 24th and .......1 li .. . i .. ,. ,'AHninw v.tf nrfu.r. K'lo. aen and tilenson. on a charge of assault .nd oalierv, on comniaint oi ms wne, win, iluets her husband beat her. The case i-ill ha trie! Monday. Mrs. Marie Newell and son. John Phitlp. returned Saturday from Chicago, after a four months visit with Mrs. Newell's pa rents Mr. and Mrs Anton L. Kolorratek, tf m numher nf ven.ra were former residents of the South Side. It's a good time to play safe your money pnt In the South Omaha Savings Bank Is safe and grows. No chance about it. It's mighty comforting to Know you have a nice savings account in tne oniy savins bank In Omaha at .Twenty-fourth and M streets. Employes f the South Side postofflce liandled the largest amount of Christmas business In the history of the office, ac cording to Lew Ettcr, In charge. Accord ing r Mr. Etter over 10.000 Christmas pu reels were handled, aside from the other matter In the office. , J. L.Haygood of Arcadia came In Fri day with a choice load of Chester White hogs, for which he said he received a good price. Mr. Haygood said He had had better luck In raising the white variety thah tho red breed and that he was more than pleased with the financial outcome on hhv hog raising thetJast year.- ,- i South' High class of 1918 will hold Its first reunion Monday evening at St. Bridget's hall, Twenty-sixth and F streets. Mary of the members of the class who have been attending the . universities ar home for the holidays and a large turn out Is expected. ThV evening will, be spent In dancing and entertainment. News was received Saturday af the-Exchange building at the stock yards of the death, Monday, at Denver. Colo., of Ora Haley, one of tho most prominent stock men of the Rocky Mountain region and well known oi the local market. He was 77 years old at the time of his death. Bu.. rial was at I.eramle. Wyo., where the fu neral was held Friday, ; Mist Anna Radii, assisted by the Misses Anna and ' Marie Hoffer, entertained; a, number of her friends Saturday evening t the home of her sltserr Mrs. Owen Henkln, 4614 South Thirty-third street, he evening was spent In games and music ter which refreshments were served, "'hose present were the Misses Ceclllar 'handler. Rose Bosanek, Francis Vlcek, Rose Rouse, Anna Hoof fer, Gladys Kerwin . . n..,n 1 1 1 r-wu TiiiiAg ana Anna jisuii hum wemns .. Joseph Kerwin, Joseph Zelensky, B. Burke, n. Mgniingan, Junepii .ni,, j... ....-.. Olewecke. George Guerln, J. wllfoug and Albeit Radii. i The Swift Get Together piub held an en tertainment. Including Christmas tree, for the members, their families and friends at the Swift & Co. plant garage. About 1,000 attended and every person was presented with a stocking generously filled with candy, nuts and fruit, with tops for the children. The entertainment consisted of a five-piece orchestra, piano solos, selec tions by the Swift Glee club and a chil dren's aet Was put on by Mrs. Al Benson, formerly with the Gus Edwards' , show. George Perdue acted the part of Santa Claus and made a grand entry down the chimney and through the fireplace to the delight of tho children. ALLEGED FORGER REFUSES. OMAHA IDENTIFICATION Secret Service Man Denies Story of Reported Love Affair of Prisoner In This City. David W. Barrows, former clerk in the bureau of war risk insurance, Washington, D. C, who was arrest ed here Christmas night on a charge of forging government obligations and padding payrolls, refuses to give federal authorities any information concerning his Omaha identification, according to David , Dickinson, United States secret service officer, who made the arrest. I positively deny having madt the statements attributed to mq in t local newspaper Friday afternoon," Mr. Dickinson said. "Nothing has been said about a Christmas wed ding or a society woman being con nected with this atfair. Harrows won't even give us the Omaha ad dress where he lived during the last month, He is smoother than horse radish. He was here about a month and shaved off his mustache. "Our department has been looking for him for three months. I arrest ed him at Twentieth and Farnam Streets, on the sidewalk, and identi fied him from a photograph . sent from Washington. He immediately told me he was Barrows, the man I was looking for. He has a woman acquaintance here, and I don't be lieve she knew anything about his alleged misdeeds until after his ar rest." i The prisoner gave the name of T. T. Edwards when booked at central police station for the federal authori ties. ' ;.. , ' Omaha Boy Returns After Long Service in British Army Dorcas Club Gives Needy Stockings on Christmas The South Side Dorcas club met Tuesday of las: week at the home M Mrs. Del Green, 4422 So tK Twenty first street, and filled 16 pairs of new stockings with candies and fruits for children of needy families, and Wednesday the stockings were Jeliverd to homes on the South Side. During the last year more than 500 new and made-over garments have been turned over to the South Side office of the Associated Charities by the Dorcas club, and every two weeks the club meets to sew for poor children. The officers of the club are: Mrs. Peter Ault, president; Mrs. C. C. Harlan, vice president; Mrs. J. A. Keh, secretary and Mrs. Del Green, treasurer. Other mem bers of the club are: Mrs. F. Lucke, Mrs. R. L: Laborde, Mrs. Lester H. Sroufe, Mm. R. Campbell, Mrs. F. L. Furness, Mrs. F. Moran, Mrs. R. Hankinson, Mrs. E. R. Knight, Mrs. F. Patterson, Mrs. J. Murray and Mrs. E. Bradley. South Side Army Store to Extend Business Hours The United States ' Army retail store ' in the South Side city hall, commencing Monday, will be open for business from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., to give the working people of the city an opportunity to take advan tage of the cut prices of goods be jng sold by the government, which includes canned corn, peas, pork and beans, all of which are sold at 9 cents a can, A large supply of . English black tea was received Saturday which will be placed on sale, at 45 cents a pound. Three-pound cans of to- matoes are sold at 11 cents a cah and dried apples at 13 cents a pound. Several truck loads of. wartime corn flour has also -been received, which will be sold - at $5.23 a hunderd pounds. A large supply of clothing, including overalls, gloves and shoes, have been placed in stock at low prices. . , Montague fcldncock. Following i three and one-half years' overseas service with the British forces Lieut. Montague Tancock received his discharge in England and has returned to his home in Omaha. He is the son of Dean J. A. Tancock of the Trinity cathedral. A student at Princeton when he enlisted, ypung Tancock will not return to school, but will remain in Omaha, he Says. The young officer spent 18 months with Lady Paget's hospital unit in Serbia. He was later affiliated with the Royal air , force for two years. During his term of service as an aviator, he was visited in England by his mother, who. made frequent trips with him in his machine. On one occasion he flew with his mother across the English channel to Brus sels. . 13,700 Pairs of Army Shoes Arrive for Big Sale Here Capt. A. J. Hofmann, amy zone surplus supply, officer, announced yesterday that ,13,700 pairs of new army shoes had arrived in Omaha and would be placed on sale nt retail shoe stores early this wtek. Of this amount 3,700 pairs are of the field style and 10,000 pairs are hob nailed shoes in assorted sizes. Both styles of shoes will tfe sold at $7,50 a pair. A shipment of chocolatc-rok red marching 'shoes is also expected here shortly. These shoes will be sold at $8.50 a pair. This sale of army shoes was made possible when the War department recently adopt ed a universal shoe for field march ing and dress use. More than 1,900, 000 pairs have been declared sur plus and will be sold in all parts of the country. Utile Girls Badly Hurt'; When Sled Strikes Truck While coasting down South Twen tieth street on I street at nocn yes terday. Hazel Brown, 10 ye?n old, 4410 South Twenty-first street, and Ismay Miller, 10 years old, 4407 South Twenty-first street, crashed into the rear end of a Swift Pack ing company truck, driven by . Krejci, and received severe injuries about the head and shoulders. The little Brown girl may suffer from concussion of the brain, police surgeons stated. 'Both children were removed to their homes. The driver of the truck is held by police for investigation. Waterproof lap robes have been invented in England for automobile drivers that remain in pla"ce should a wearer leave his car. Service Quality Economy 24th and O Streets South Omaha anna D E PA R T ME NT ST O RE The Fastest Growing Store in Omaha TV Cleara nee Sal e In, starting our Annual Clearance Sale at this time, we have two obje'ets in view, filling your wants with dependable Merchandise and reducing our enormous stocks before inventory. . For Thi Clearance Sale Commencing Monday, Dec ember 29, We Will Of fer 2742 Yards High Grade Outing Flannel at 23c Yard t 27 Inches Wide Limit 20 Yards to Customer These are all high grade Canton and Outing flannels, of such well known Brands as ELANDES and HALF CENTURY, in. beautiful plain colors, strip es and checks. SERGES Good quality, wool and cotton mixed, French and Storm in Tobacco Brown, Alice Blue and Wisteria, 36 and 40 inches wide, ,1 en VJ Clearance Price. . .... I 0. TRICOTINES Just what you want for service able Dresses, Suits and Skirts, in Red, Wisteria, , Green and Brown, 38 inches wide, i no VJ Clparanrfi Pnre. : .1 OKJ A U i-3 COATS All Women's and Misses' Coats in tion Bolivia and Duotories, Fur and all sizes COME and SEE THEM. Velours, Imita Plush trimmed; 12 price Men's Socks Men's soft lisle socks, linen heels and toes, in black white, corduroy, gray and navy; worth 50c a pair. Clearance Price, 1 7C 6Paire.......,....l Men's Rockford socks; all colors and sizes, Clearance 5EL..........I.OO Bang! ! Going Down Soap 10 Bars Hammer Brand, C(r Clearance Price. . . . . Matches 10 Boxes Good Quality, , r CAr Clearance Price. ... 'wvC Basement Its time to Women's $10 All Leather Walking Boots In Black and Brown ; long and short Vamp; Louis Military; medium and low heels, all sizes. Clearance , .6.90 MEN'S JERSEY GLOVES, CLEARANCE PRICE, 19c 1WATCH US GROWS CONFESSES TO COMPLICITY IN "HIGHJACKING" Swihart Turns State's Evi dence Against "Pals" In Attempted Christmas Rob bery of Hamilton Home. C. P. Swihart, 2710 Cuming street, confessed yesterday in Centra! po lice 'court to complicity in the at tempted theft of six cases of whisky from the home of C. W. Hamilton, 1112 Park avenue, at 2 a. m. Christ mas clay. . H. H. Daniels, 904 North Forty ninth avenue, and L. A. Young, 111 South Twentv-sixth avenue, alleged accomplices of Swihart, were bound over to district court on charges of breaking and entering. ; Bonds were set at $2,500 each. Swihart pleaded guilty to break ing and entering and turned state's evidence against Daniels and Young, who pleaded, not guilty to the charges. , Carl Anderson, chauffeur for the Hamiltons, did not identify Daniels and Young as the two men who pressed their, guns against his side when he surprised the burglars car rying liquor out of the Hamilton home. Swihart testified that Daniels and Young induced him to accompany them on a "little party" Christmas eve. Daniels and Young entered the basement pf the Hamilton home while he remained on the outside, Swihart testified. No testimony was introduced, in regard to the three automobiles found by police in the vicinity of the Hamilton, home and which are said to have' been in the possession of the trio of alleged "highjackers" on that night. NEITHER PARENT GETS CHILD BY DIVORCE DECREE Woman Who Yawned During Trial Flits Gaily From Court Room. ' Adelaide Short was given a di voice from Thomas Short ve!e-day by Judge Wakejey after" a hearing lasting several diys in divorce court, and accompanied by a cataract of oratory by attorneys. But custody of the child nt the Shorts was given, for the present, to Mrs. A Perkins, Twenty-fourth and Spraguc streets, because testi mony showed that Mrs. Short tele phoned her husband several weeks ago and told him he could have the baby if he wanted it and that he got it and took it to the Twenty-fourth and Sprague streets address. Mrs. abort, who had sm'ed and yawned and jested throughout the trial in a most unconcerned manner, flitted and fluttered gaily out of the court room with her bosom friend, Mrs. Pearl Crabtree, a widow about 18 years old. "You bet, I'll take rare of the baby," said Mr. Short. "I'M buy it clothes and milk and everything. I'll pay its way." He was also ordered to pay court costs am a fee of $100 to his ex V'ife's attorney. The Shorts were married m April of last year. He alleged that his wife insisted -on moving all the time. They moved 13 times in one year, he said. "Public dance halls are a bad place for young people either mar ried or single to spend their time," said Judge VVakeley in his decision of the case, commenting on Mrs. Short's alleged frequent attendance at such places. "Acquaintances formed at such places are usually not good and may often be harm ful." . Serve Summons On "Johnny" Lynch After Search of One Week "Johnnie" Lynch was servd Fri day' with a legal summoni to ap pear in court after deputy sheriffs had beer on his trail since last Monday when his wife, Mrs. Agnes Lynch filed suit in district court for a divorce Sheriff Clark had deputy sheriffs watching the home of Lynch's brother, Frank, Twenty-second and Mason streets, in an effort to get service on "Johnny," but without success. Friday he got a tip that the former county commis sioner was working on a plumbing i'ob at 3501 Lincoln boulevard )eputy Sheriff Christensen found him there and served the papers. Mr. Lynch was married to Miss Agnes Moran in Idaho, March 29, 1919, just after he had been released from the county jail 'at , Fremont.. She returned to Omaha list summer and is now employed in one of the large stores. . Fortunes in Oil $50,000,000 Of farad for ona Man' Oil Holdings in Tasat You can share in fortunes similar to those being made by thousands of small investors in oil shares in' Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana Oil Companies. Learn of wonderful opportuni ties for huge profits and of for tunes made by people in all walks of life, who are making big prof its from investments of $1.90 or even .less. You may get in on these big winnings. There is a chance for all. 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BIdg., Omaha Year-End Clearance Sales I Drastic Price Reductions in All T ines Winter Merchandise g There never was a more opportune time to provide for your future needs than J U right now, when many thousand dollars' worth of choice winter merchandise is of- g I! fered at less than actual factory cost today, in order to greatly reduce stocks before g g inventory; January 1. , v , 1 MONDAY, TUESDAY n n TT TTnvTFlTX TO l MONDAY, TUESDAY 1 g AND WEDNESDAY, 1111 A W MiIh lvJ90 AND WEDNESDAY, g s uku. zy, 30 ana 31. f ill II JLU'lLJlM VV DEC. 29, 30 and 31. g STORE HOURS NJ STORE HOURS- M 9 A.M. Till 6 P.M. JLL dJm THE CASH STORK tJJ 9 A.M. Till 6 P. M. Women's, Misses' and Children's Ready-to-Wear Outer Apparel V4 to y2 off Regular Retail Prices All Cloth Coats At Just HALF 25' All Plush and Baffin Seal COATS DISCOUNT AH Fur Coats, Scarfs, Sets, and Muffs , At 25 ; Discount Our Entire ychii Our Entire Stock of X Children Winter Suits At 25 At Just ; X Off HALF PRICE s Coats A A. Our Entire m Stock of jj Dresses Just HALF PRICE Never before in the history of this store, at this season, have assortments for selection been more varied or the styles more beautiful. Stocks were selected with the same high standard of quality in view that we have always maintained. Buy Now and Save 25 to 50 1 Big Savings in FOOD PRODUCTS of All Kind The ver best that the market affords at money saving cash prices in our pre-inventory sales beginning Monday. Lay in a generous supply n wui pay you. BUS FLOl'K NOW. It will br 23c hichrr in Irs than week. IS-lb. sncX best HlBB-srule Diamond H Flour ....$3.15 J4-lb. sack best hllfh-trrade Diamond H Flour $l-0 48-lb. sack of our famous Henltn Flour for $3.13 Ths best White or Yellow Cornmeal. per lb Ac The best Rolled White Breakfast Oatmeal, It) .......5c The best No. 1 Navy Bdans, lb. . Irtc U-ounoe can Condensed Milk..,. 18e The best domestic Macaroni. Bps. phptt! or K Nodl-,s. t)kc. . . ; i,.c Fancy Jup.in Rice, II 13c No. 2 an Sweet Sugar Corn, fumy ripe Tomatoes or Sweet dugar l'eaf for .. l'4c Grape Nuts, psr pkg. lVc S bars Hcat- Km-All or Diamond C Soar for 2e Kamo Assorted Soups, can 9c No. 3 can Pumpkin or Kraut..lle No. 3 can California Muscat Grapes for , It No. can 'Golden Phmpktn for.. ..6c Advo Jell or Jello. pks; 14c Veast Foam, pkir. 4e T.nrjre bottle Vinegar or pure Tomatn Catsup for lee Large jar pure Fruit Preserves. .S9e Oil Sardines, can 6c' FOH A tiOOU LP OF (.'UFFKK UU TEA 1K ilA'lr;.V.S lilt I. Our famous Uoluen Ban ton (Joft-.'S. per lb 38c Diamond H Blend, per lb 4Uc H. B. C. Special Blend, per lb. .42'ic M. & J. Blend, nothing; finer, lb.. 4Ac The best Tea 8 ftlnirs. lb 17 Vie Choice Purlett Fired or Sun Dried Japan Tea, per lb 43c Briskfast Cocoa, per lb. 30c FRESH VKC.ETAHI.FS AT LOWEST PRICES. The best No. 1 Cooking Potatoes, per peck 80c Fresh Cabbage, per lb .....8c Fresh Beets. Carrots. Turnips or K&illshes, bunch ...6c Rutabagas, Beets or Parsnips, i. i lb. . t 3 l-3c Fancy Head Lettuce, head IV l.args Soup Bunch for 5c A CARLOAD OF FLORIDA CRAl'K FRITT. This Is all 64-stze that retails at IS Vic each; special sale price, each 74e No. 1 storage For, dozen 53c No. 1 Select. Frrsb Etjrg, dozen. 73c The best Creamery Batter, lb. pfce. for ...Sc It Pays -TRY HAY DEN'S FIRST- It Ps III?