THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEKt 'JANUARY 25,. 192
Member Same
; Of Chamber 34 Years
President of Paxton &GaIlagher Co. Started With
: , Firm in 1879, Became
Is Republican and Member of Many Clubs Be
- lieves Good. Citizen Boosts City.
To Charles Henry Fickens, presi-
dent of the Paxton & Gallagher Co.,
joes the" distinction of having
srrfced on the executive committee
of the old Commercial club and the
present Chamber of Commerce for
34 consecutive years.
His re-flectton to that body last
week markg the beginning of his
35th year of service to the city as
an executive of the commercial or
ganiiation. Ma n: i. - : : i i. .1 j r
mercial club in 1880, shortly after
it had been founded. He became a
member of the executive committee
in 1886, and four years later was
made chairman of committee. A
year later he became presidents of
the club. , After his term as presi
dent he continued to be chosen a
member of the executive committee,
even after it was reincorporated into
a Chamber of Commerce in Febru
ary of 1918.
Mr. Pickens is an ardent Omaha
booster and is recognized as an au
thority on big business generally.
He came to Omaha in 1866 with his
parents, was educated in Omaha
public schools and became an em
ploye of the Paxton & Gallagher
company in 1879, when the eompany
was located at Fifteenth and Far
ram streets. He became' general
manager in 1896 and president in
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Although Mr. Pickens says he is
not a "joiner," he is a member of the
Omaha University. Country, Ath
letic and Happy Hollow -clubs, as
well as the Elks club. He is a re-
publican and an Episcopalian.
. It is in his membership of the
Chamber of Commerce, however,
that he takes the most' pride.
" believe it is the, duty of a good
"Polly's Going Up" Is
Big Laugh Producer
Gayety Theater
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' 'rjjrney Gerard's twelfth annual
edition of Follies of Jhe Day,
'Tolly's Going Up," was uproar
iously received at its opening in the
Gayety theater yesterday. Fun is
poked at "East and West." "Going
Up," Polly With Past," "Busi
ness Before Pleasure" and "Chu
Chin Chow." I ' -
The scenery and costumes of the
company are- among the most gor-
feous shown in Omaha this seaSon.
he cafe scene in Teacock Alley"
and the ' burlesqu on "Chu Chin
Chow" are especially beautiful.
Pretty Evelyn . Cunningham' is
the prima donna and one of the
most attractive features of the show.
Sacked by a beauty chorus of versa
tile artists her song numbers are
.well received.
Harry (Zoop) Welsh slides intd
he spotlight. and any gloom. that
inay. be in the audience slides out.
The fun starts with his entrance
and becom.es fast and Nfurious on
the arrival of George b. Mays, lhese
two comedians have a list of laugh
producers that are new and enter
'aining. '
California Girl, Who s
Left Omaha Because
'.-' Or Climate, Returns
; Hiss Clara Nelson, formerly em
ployed as a stenographer in the fed'
cxH .migration office here, who va-
Hmiti cvra1 mrmthc aern fnr
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her home In Sn Diego, Cal., follow
ing the first snowfall she ever saw
in her lite, has reconsidered. She
has : decided that, despite the frigid
atmosphere "in, this section, Omaha,
after all, is a better place in which to
live than California, regardless of
the widely heralded coast climate.
. Miss Nelson is expected to arrive
the first of the week and resume her
duties as stenographer under the di
rection of Will M. Brashear, the
newly appointed immigration pfficer,
who has come to Omaha from St.
Joseph, Mo., to succeed Inspector
Holton. . Mr. Holton has been
transferred to the Minneapolis terri
tory. . Miss Nelson "learned to love Oma
ha" during her stay here last sum
mer. The city was an ideal place
' until Jack Frost's initial visit in the
Tall. Then visions of home, the land
of "sun and flowers," haunted her
dreams. Soon Mie season's first
now followed, and Miss Nelson con
cluded the wintry blasts were beyond
her. She asked to be transferred t&
California. The request was granted.
Now comes Miss Nelson back in
the conviction that Omaha is the
very best place on earth in whicho
live. '
Recover Wagon Towed fcy
'f Thieves. With Automobile
Another find on .vacant property
at Fortieth and Bedford avenue,
rented by Fred Brown, ex-convict,
now awaiting., trial for the alleged
theft of twoautomobiles, was made
yesterday when a farm wagon, sjtplen
from the implement exhibition
booth at Calhoun, Neb., Oct. . 10,
was recovered by detectives.
The wagon belonged to Wagner
brothers, and was towed away be
hind an automobile.
Omaha Man Arrives Safe
; After Stormy Ocean Trip
V "Arthur W." Taggart, son of. &
.Taggart, Omahi undertaker, -has
wired his parents of his safe arrival
"in New York after "spending ' six
days and nights on the stormbound
' Powhatan on which he was a pas
senger from France. He Is a su
perintendent of the embalmers di
vision of the ftrmy and expects to
return to France Wednesday.
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Committee
General Manager in 1896
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citizen to boost his town," he ex
plained. "I have dropped many of
my activities wun oiner organiza
tions, but I always shall try to keep
in close toucli with the Chamber of
Commerce." .
Nathan C. Kingsbury, -Vice
President1 of
Bell Company, Dies
W. B. T. Belt of the Nebraska
Telephone Co., received word of the
sudden death of Nathan C Kings
bury, first vice president- of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.. in New York, by telephone
message from Pres. H. B. Taylor of
the telephone company.
Mr. Kingsbury was well known in
Omaha, having frequently visited
here with Casper L. Yost, Guy H.
Pratt A A. Lowman, Mr. Belt and
other officials of the Nebraska Tele
phone Co.
The message stated that Mr,
Kingsbury left his office - in New
York Friday afternoon, withthe re
mark that he was not feeling well
Yesterday he was found dead in
his bed. It is believed that nign
blood pressure was responsible for
his sudden death.
Mr. Kingsbury was born at Men
tor., O., July 29, 1866. He was
gratuated from Oberlin. college and
the law department of the Ohio
State university. - During his earlier
business life "Mr. Kingsbury was as
sistant general manager of the
Marinette Iron Works at West Du-
luth, Minn- and general counsel of
the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. of
Columbus, O. In 1906 Mr. Kings
bury was elected vice president of
the Michigan state Telephone Co.
and president the following year.
At the time- of the formation of
the central group of Bell Telephone
companies, Mr. Kingsbury was
called to New York to become vice
president of the American Telephone
& Telegraph 2o. .
Omaha Teachers Hear About
Many Municipal Activities
At a "meeting of the Omaha Teach
ers' Forum club at the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday Thomas B.
Falcomer discussed improvements on
the parks and recreation activities
of Omaha.
Thomas J. Fitzmorris spoke on
the history of building and load as
sociations of the United States and
particularly in the state of Nebraska.
Charles M. Nye was unable to be
present, and a short talk was given
by Mrs. Martha W. Christian.
Principal Marrs of the South Side
High school presided.
Return to Omaha From Sad
Mission to Alberta, Canada
Bishop Wise of Topeka, Kan.,
and his sister. Mrs. Robert D. John
ston of Omaha, have returned from
Alberta, Canada, where they were
called by the death of their mother,
Mrs. Robert Wise, who was a for
mer resident of Omaha. Other
members of the family surviving
Mr, Wise are her husband, two
daughters. Mrs. C. R. Brewster and
Mrs. R. Johnston of Alberta, and
one son, Robert Wise of Flint, Mich.
Police Chauffeur Breaks '
Thumb Cranking Machine
Joe Urbanec, police chauffeur,
fractured the bone in the thumb of
his 'left hand last night when he
attempted to crank, an automobile
to answer a hurry call.
The tank and outlets of a century
old street sprinkler, in Bombay have
been mounted on a modern motor
truck. - . ', y
Dr. Frank C.Secor
1017 1ft Nat'I. Blc Bldf.
Office Phone. Tyler 2138
Fistula-Pay When Cured
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I hr Racu 1 Dim ia ort tun, without a aerer tor
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Writafor book aa RaetalDbtaMt. with
PAN AMERICAN
LOANS URGED TO
RELIEVEEUROPE
Payment of Debts of South
ern Republics in Food
stuffs Favored by
Conference.
Washington, Jan. 24. Recommenv
dation that proposed "relief for Eu
rope from the , United States be
furnished through the medium of
loans to the countries of South and
Central America, the proceeds or
which would be used to pay the
debts of those countries to Europe
jn the form of foodstuffs and other
necessaries, was considered by
many delegates to the second Pan
american financial congress as the
outstanding conclusion of the con
gress which closed its session Fri.
"f he European relief recommenda- f
tfon, presented to the congress by
Dr. Jose Luis Tejadas, was em
bodied in a series of 18 resolutions
setting forth the conclusions at the
week's meeting. Dr; Tejadas and oth
er delegates pointed out that as Eu
ope acted as the financier of Latin
America before the war many of
the southern republics were indebted
to many European nations need
ing relief and were in a position to
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Introducing New Spring
The Final Gall to Omaha's Greatest Clearance of
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pay. those debts with the needed
commodities... The United States,
it was asserted, would confer a
double benefit by allowing the
Latin-American countries , to act
as the "middle men" in proposed
relief measures. The existing ex
change rates would work to the
advantage of all concerned, Dr.
Tejadas said, at leasts Sjl.OOQjOOO.OOO
could be made immediately avail
able to Europe through the plan.
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Omaha Contractors
Ask . Representation
In City Department
Members of the Omaha Associa
tion of Contractors and . Home
Builders, at a regular meeting held
in the Swedish auditorium Friday
night, decided to ask City Commis
sioner Zimman to add a practical
home builder to the advisory com
mittee recently appointed to co-operate
with the city building depart
ment in preparing a new building
code and in the consideration of
other matters in connection with
building operations.
The association held that it would
be in the interest of the general
public to have practical builders on
this committee. The members
have agreed to give the services of
practical men without pay.
E. G. Skogman, secretary of the
association, was directed to confer
with Mr. Zimman. , -
Eighteen new members were re
ceived by the association. ,
Bee Want-Ads Produce' Results.
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EVERY express brings to this store additional shipments of clever styled New
Spring Wearables. Our buyers, now in New York, are searching the marketg
for the last style ideas and the results of their, tireless efforts are portrayed in the
wonderful assemblage of quality apparel that greets you here Monday.
The Suits-
From the simpleT tai
lored effects to the most
elaborate embroidered
creations; all the new
colors, richest of fab
rics. Early selections
are advisable.
$34.50 to $150
A style to suit your most ex
acting ideas at any price you
care to pay.
Clever Styled Women's and Misses' Winter
Cwf9 ife9 Ureses
SO EXTRAORDINARY are the price reductions on our entire stock of Winter
Wearables that no woman who has the need of a New Coat, Suit or Dress should
hesitate another day from making her selection from this dominant garment-selling
event.
Final
Up to $35.00 Coats,
Final Clearance Price..
Up to $45.00 Coats,
Final Clearance Price..
Up to $59.50 Coats,
Final Clearance Price..
Divorce
Courts
Louis Belzer has struck. - abused
and threatened to kill his wife, Dora
Belzer, she alleges in a petition for
divorce filed in district court. They
were married in 1910 in New York
Kity.
George A. Summitt charges his
wife, Viola, with extrenls cruelty
in a petition for divorce filed in dis
trict court. They have been mar
ried nine years. ( v
Lawrence J. Connor, an employe
of the Nebraska Tire and Rubber
company, was sued for divorce in
district court by his wife, InewMary
Connor, who he married in 1917.
She says he has been quarrelsome
and surly and that on January 3,
1920, he left her and said he would
have no more to do with her or
their child. She says he failed to
support her during their marriage,
but that he lived with her at her
parents' home.
Qfnton Ogden sued his wife, Lii
zie Ogden, for a divorce in district
court, charging her with desertion
and extreme cruelty. (
Theodore Milligan, an inspector
for the Omaha Grain exchange, was
sued by his wife Emma, for a di
vorce in district court. She charges
him with extreme cruelty. They
were married in 1911. She says he
never showed any love or affection
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Clearance of Coats
$16. 75
$22.75
$33.75
Up to $69.50 Coats,
Final Clearance Price.,
Up to $89.50 Coats,
Final Clearance Price..
Up to $115.00 Coats,
Final Clearance Price.;
Final Clearance of Suits
Up to $45.00 Suits,
Final Clearance Price.
Up to $55.00 Suits,
Final Clearance Price..
Up to $65.00 Suits,
Final Clearance Price..
$24.7
$31.75
$38.75
Final Clearance of Dresses' "
$29.50-$25.00 Dresses,
Final Clearance Price..
$39.50-$35.00 Dresses,
Final Clearance Price..
$49.50.$45.00 Dreaxes,
Final Clearance Price..
for her, often would not talk to her,
tonfide in her or counsel with her.
She asks for $100 a month tem
porary alimony.
Elizabeth Crawford sued her hus
band, Charles Crawford, for a di
vorce in district court on allegations
of non support. They were married
in 1898. v
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Two Highwaymen Rob
Man While Comrade
: Waits In Automobile
A lone burglar escaped from the
home of Mrs. Cs Powell, .3501 Leav
enworth street at 1:30 yesterday,
when Mrs. Powell, awukened-by a
noise dowistairs in her home, sur
prised hilt as he was starting up
the stairway.
Thfr burglar flashed a bright flash
light in her face, turned and fled
through the front door, she told po
lice. Three highwaymen in an automo
bile held up and robbed Sam Bias
ser. 622 North Nineteenth street, at
3:30 yesterday morning near Califor
nia and Nineteenth streets, of $6.50.
Blasser told police two of the
men held him and- searched his
pockets while the third remained in
the car.
Mrs. Bertha Davis, 1937 South
Forty-ninth street, reported to po
lice the theft of a half ton of coal
from her coal shed Friday night.
To compel children to sit erect
while writing in school a teacher in
Europe has invented a rod to be
attached to a desk and terminating
in a cup to hold a child's chin.
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Apparel
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The Frocks-
My, what a difference!
in tne new xiresses-
ruffles, short sleeves
lively colors, and such a
variety of striking trim
.mings. You'll be more
than delighted with
these styles.
$28.75 to $95
To view these Dresses is to
want them. The styles are
simply irresistible.
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$44.75
$55.75
$66.75
Up to $85.00 Suits,
Final Clearance Price..
Up to $95.00 Suits, ,
Final Clearance Price.. '
Up to $125.00 Suits,
Final Clearance Price..
$48.75
$58.75
$68.75
$14.75
$19.75
$24.75
$59.50-$55.00 Dresses,
Kinal Clearance Price..
69.50-$65.00 Dresses,-' oo rc
Final Clearance Price.. VOO. I O
' $85.00-$75.00 Dresses,
Final Clearance Price..
Girl Held by Force Is
Sent to Home at Geneva
Twelve-yearrold Grace Knepper
was sent to the Geneva Industrial
heme by Judge Troup in juvenile
court yesterday. She is the girl who
was found in the room occupied by
Chester Force and his wife a week
ago. Force i 50 years, old and
his wife "21. They Jived in one
are now in the county jail awaiting
trial on a serious charge concern
ing the girl
Arrest iiegrojor Alleged
Sale of Drug to Detective
Charged with violating the Harri
ses drug actr Percy Anderson, Kan
sas City tiesro, yesterday was arrest
ed it Seventeenth street and Capitol
avenue, i no prisoner is alleged to
have sold to a city detective an
eighth of an ounce of cocaine.
Formal charges were filed against
Anderson by Frank A. Peterson, as
sistant United States district attor
ney. Chief Eberstein III at His
Home With Indigestion
Chief, of Police Eberstein is ill
at his home with an attack of indi
gestion. He was taken sick two days
ago at St. Paul, Minn., where he had
been in an attempt to extradite
the two Finn brothers wanted in
Omaha on a robbery charge. Police
Inspector PatWllo is acting chief of
police during Chief Eberstein's ab
sence from auty.
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Styles
$28.75
$48.75
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Few Drops at light
Spelh "Good
Night" For '
. Any Corn. .
, It's farewell to any corn
that "Gets-It" lands ori5
If you have a "pet" corn
that you want to keep,
don't let "Gets-It come
near it or, you'll surely
lose that pet. A few drops
takes all thepep" out
of any , corn, makes . it
let go so it lifts right'
off without your feeling
You've i carried thai
misery malng corn long
enough, haven't, you r1
It's time to hand it its
passports. "Gets-It" will
convince any corn that
it's time to leave. Stopj
pain at once and quickl)
loosens the corn so thai
you lift it off whole. It's
easyWe, painless, quick
and absolutely certain.
"Gets-It" never fails to
get it. ' y
"Gets-It," the only
sure, guaranteedmoney
back corn remover, costs
but a trifle at .any drug
store Mfd. by E. Law
rence & Co., Chicago.
Sold in Omaha and
recommended as the
world's best corn remedy
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