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THE OMAHA BEE.
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MAYOR HOLDS UP
RESOLUTION TO
t BUY GAS PLANT
Says Appraisal Price Will Be
come a Law In 60 Days If
No Other Action Is
Taken.
Debate on the gas appraisal ques
tion was not held in the city council
chamber yesterday, because Mayor
Smith decided to defer offering his
resolution providing" that the city
shall elect to take over the gas
plant at the appraised valuation if
the gas company will file a stipula
tion to waive appeal rights.
"I have been reading up the law
and I find that silence in this case
is consent, meaning that if the city
council takes no action within 60
days from the date of the appraisal,
then the city buys the plant," the
mayor said.
' Votes Some Opposition.
"I understand through the news
papers that some of the-city com
missioners are opposed to my plan,"
he added. "All right; if they have
any better plan, let them bring it
into the council."
Instead of forcing the issue
through his resolution, the mayor
has changed his tactics by inviting
his coiincilmanic opponents to "start
something."
Commissioners lire and Zimman
are leading the opposition to the
mayor's plan. Commissioner But
ler is supporting the mayor. There
is speculation as to which side can
enlist two votes from Commission
ers Ringer, Towl and Falconer.
Would "Talk it Over."
"I don't think that the gas com
pany will consider anything less
than the appraised valuation," said
Commissioner Bufler. "We have 60
days in which to act. I would favor
bringing the gas company officials
into the council chamber and talking
the matter over."
Mr. Ure believes that the gas plant
will cost the city $6,000,000, estimat
ing $1,000,000 to modernize the plant
from its present coke-burning sys
tem to a coke-producing system.
Postal Inspector
Draws Revolver as
He Arrests Broker
, R. C. Baker, a stock broker from
'Macon, Ga., was arrested Friday aft
. ernoon at Fourteenth and Farnam
streets by Postal Inspector Cellarof
the Kansas City division and is be
ing held at Central police station as
a fugitive from justice.
According to the federal agent,
Baker is wanted in Kansas City
upon a charge of using- th mails to
defraud. He is said to tie under in
dictment in Kansas City and in Bir
mingham, Ala.
Baker is alleged to have avoided
arrest on the same charge in Louis
ville, Ky., recently when he drew a
' gun on three officers and covered
them while he made his escape. In
spector Cellar held his revolver on
Baker when he placed him under
arrest and found a gun in his prison
er's pocket.
Tfce confidence game which Baker
is charged with operating consisted
of the sale by mail of theatrical
properties. He is alleged to have
collected first payments by telegraph
and then disappeared without ship
ping goods in return.
Influenza Situation
In Omaha Is Abated,
Health Head Reports
The influenza situation in Omaha
1ias abated to the .extent that the
health commission has discontinued
sending daily reports to the state
department of health. Twenty-three
new cases have been reported this
week. Deaths this week from in
fluenza, 22; from pneumonia, 29.
Dr. J. F Edwards, health com
missioner, reports that 27 cases of
smallpox have been reported this
month and that 35 are now under
quarantine.
"There are less smallpox cases
than at this time last year, and yet
there are more than there should
be," said Dr. Edwards. "I main
tain that smallpox can be controlled
by vaccination."
More than 200 pupils of the High
School of Commerce are being vac
cinated on account of exposure to
. smallpox.
Omaha Detectives In
Role of Witnesses at
Wedding of Iowa Pair
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' Detectives Danbaum and A. C.
Anderson served as witnesses at the
wtTJding of Miss Madge Brown and
James M. Day, both high school
students at Afton, la., Thursday
night at the homes of Rev. Charles
Savidge, 2228 Maple street, shortly
after the groom had Jeen arrested as
a fugitive from justice upon informa
tion wired Omaha ' police by the
county attorney of Creston, la. The
fathers of both bride and groom
were present.
The groom was arrested when he
attempted to enlist in the army. He
was- released from custody after a
conference of the fathers of bride
and groom with Chief of Police
Eberstein. The charge, "fugitive
from justice" against young Day
was ordered withdrawn by the
county attorney at Creston after a
telephone communication with Chief
Eberstein. The couple returned to
Afton this morning.
Gen. Wood Invited to Open
"Americanization" Drive
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will be
invited to take part in the opening
of the "Americanization" drive to
be launched by the Omaha confer
ence committee Fberuary 23, it was
decided at a meeting of the commit
v tee at the Chamber of Commerce
this afternoon. -Americanization
was the principal
topic of discussion" at the neeting.
It was. decided that a great mass
meeting, to be participated in by
every organization -of the city,
should' b- held when th drive
The Barber Shop
A restful place for men to
read, smoke, have a shave, a
manicure, or a shine.
Fourth Floor
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EYERYBODYS STORB'
The Cricket Room
A delightful place to eat
your luncheon or get a re
freshing hot or cold drink.
Important Store News for Saturday
Saturday The Last Day of the
-Mina Taylor
Doll Dress Contest
r IRLS who have entered the Burgess-Nash Doll Dress Con-
test must hand in their doll dresses by Saturday night at
6 o'clock. Representatives from the three daily papers will
act as judges, and the names of the winners will be announced
and prizes awarded Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock In our
Junior Section, Second Floor.
All Doll Dresses Will Be On Display
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
On the Second Floor.
Tomorrow, Saturday, February 14
Is St. Valentine's Day
GIVE CANDY FOR A VALENTINE
"Sweets to the Sweet"
What could be more appropriate to send as a Valentine
than a fancy box of delicious candy. We have a choice se
lection of the purest candies.
Mala Floor.
Final Clearance of Women's and Misses'
Winter Goats
$m.oo .
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Give Flowers for a Valentine
What more delicate and fitting Valentine could
you find for those you wish to remember than cut flow
ers or a plant?
Here are a few suggestions:
An Extraordinary Sale of Sample
Pumps and Oxfords
Specially Priced at $6.95
SATURDAY we will give
the women in this vi
cinity an opportunity to se
cure an unusual value in
pumps and oxfords.
We were fortunate in se
curing a sample lot of shoes
from a large manufacturer
at a very low price.
Your choice Saturday at
$6.95. They include all the
very latest styles and designs
one-eyelet ties. Plain and Colonial pumps in Havana
brown, black glaze and mat kid, also brown and black
calfskin, with plain or perforated vamps. Light hand
turned welt soles, military,-Cuban and full covered Louis
heels. These are sample sizes and come mostly in 3 to 5.
Second Floor.
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Attention Men!)
2 An Enormous Sale of -
i Sample Union Suits
1 At 89c, $1.45 and $2.45 j
2 A FORTUNATE purchase of more than 2,000
2 7 men's fine sample union suits of values so ex-
1 treme that you will want to lay in a supply for the
? future as well as the present these suits are in
2 spring and summer weight long sleeves, ankle
I length, i and length sleeves and athletic styles. 2
1 All suits are finest quality garments, perfect in work-
Z manship and fit; all sizes, 34 to 54. I
- Men's Neckwear, $1.15 2:
; A big purchase of these handsome, serviceable silk ties
2 will be offered in this sale at the remarkable low price. Large f
r open end four-in-hand shapes, all made with slip-easy satin ?
2 bands. A variety of attractive patterns designed to please the i.
- most fastidious man. ?
- Men's Silk Hose, 85c ;
Z From time to time we urge the purchase of certain items i
f which we know will cost more later on. These fine silk hose
2 are real bargains at 85c. ' "
; A Specially Priced Assortment of 1
Men's Hats $3.95 I
- A collection comprising discontinued lines and others of 2
2 one and two of a.kind, but all in good styles and colors. Suit- -.
able for the present and early spring wear. As there are ?
broken assortments, there is not every color or style repre- 2
sented in every size. We have marked these hats at $3.79 to
'' close them out quickly. "
Cyclamen.
Cineraria.
Primrose.
Hyacinth.
Basket of
ers.
Flo
w-
Roses.
Carnations.
Violets.
Sweet Peas.
Freesias.
Narcissus.
Main Floor.
Tulips.
Jonquils.
Calendulas.
Corsage Bouquets.
A Book for a Valentine
Something that will be a continual reminder of the
sender as well as a most acceptable Valentine.
Here are a few suggestions :
"Young Visitors," Daisy Ashford, $1.00.
"Red and Black," Grace Richmond, $1.60.
"Sisters,' Kathleen Norris, $1.60.
"Duds," Henry C. Rowland, $1.75.
"Gay Dombeys," Sir Harry Johnston, $2.00.
"Rainbow Valley," S. M. Montgomery, $1.75.
"Jeremy," Hugh Walpole, $1.75.
A good selection of gift books in leather.
Third Floor.
Have the Child's
Hair Bobbed
Saturday
You will enjoy bringing
the child to our barber shop
for a hair bob, for expert at
tendants give special atten
tion to them on Saturdays.
Care is taken in cutting the
hair in a style that is most
becoming to the child.
Black and White Room Fourth
Floor.
A limited number of coats have been
selected from our regular stock and re
duced to this price regardless of cost.
A splendid opportunity to secure a good
winter coat.
We advis an early selection as there
is but a limited number to be placed on
sale at this extremely low price.
Included are
Colored Velvets
Kersey
Coating Velours
Crystal Cloth
in all the wanted shades.
No. C. O. D.s and No Exchange!.
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Second Floor.
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The New February Victrola Records Are Here !
Popular Song Records
You'd Be Surprised ...
Billy Murray Re.
Freckles ooc
Billy Murray
Bye-Lo
Verna Dalhart
While Others Arei-85c
Building Castles in
the Air. .John Steel
Smart New
Spring Hats
$5.00
All Styles and Colors
HUNDREDS of beautifully
trimmed hats, suitable for
present wear, in all the new
colors.
They are in such a variety of
styles that everyone is certain
to find a style to suit their par
ticular type.
Satins and straws, also com
bination effects, are mostly in
evidence.
Choice Saturday, $5.00.
Second Floor.
MEN'S NEW SPRING HATS
Hats from Frank Schoble, Borsalino and E. V. Connetts
are now on display in all new colorings, styles and shapes.
Prices, $5.50 to $12.50.
Main Floor.
Sale of New
Hand Bag
Frames
$1.19
A fortunate purchase enables
us to offer for Saturday new
style hand bag frames in
French Gray and antique sil
ver plate, in various sizes and
styles.
Some of the frames have bag
pattern included.
Specially priced, Saturday
only, each $1.19.
Main Floor.
Let the Rest of the
World Go By
Charles Hart
I'm Like a Ship With
out a Sail
Charles Hart and. .
Elliott Show
85c
On
85c
85c
Dance Records
Miami Shore Waltz
Joseph Smith's
Orchestra
Peggy Medley Fox Trot
J. C. Smith's
Orchestra
Dardanella Fox Trot. . .
...... .Selwin's Novelty
Orchestra
My Isle of Golden Dreams f
Selwm s Novelty
Orchestra
Poor Little Butterfly Is a 1
Fly Gal Now Medley I oe
Fox Trot. .All Star Trio f oac
Fluffy Ruffles One Step J
When the Lanterns Glow")
Medley Fox Trot j
Van Eps Trio l,85c
Taxi One SteD. . .Josenh I
Red Seal Records
The Bells of St. Mary's
..Frances Alda. . . .$1.00
Vieni Sul Mar '. .
. . . .Enrico Caruso. .$1.00
Romance Jascha
Heifetz "7. . . .$1.50
Messiah O, Thou Tell
est. .Louise Homer. .$1.50
Paelacci Vesti La
Grubba .... Edward
Johnson .....$1.00
Thy Beaming Eyes. ...
Ernestine Schuman
Heink $1.00
Dreaming Alone in the
Twilight . . . .Reinald
Werrenrath $1.00
La Gitana Fritz
Kreisler $1.00
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Smith's Orchestra J
Fourth Floor
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Misses and Girls Will Be
Interested in the Sale of
Middy Blouses
at $1.5-
Made of Galatea and middy
twill, in all white with Copen, navy
or red collars.
They are standard makes of
middies taken from our regular
stock.
Some are slightly mussed from
display.
Sizes 6 to 14.
Also an accumulation of broken
sizes of middies, priced special for
Saturday only, all white, white
with navy, red or Copen collars.
Sizes 16 to 22.
Wool Middies
AU-Wool Middie. Off
Regular Price
School Monogrami at SOc each.
Second Floor.
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Take Home Some Delicious Home-Made
Pastries From Our Bakery Section
There was a time when the entire Saturday was given over
to baking, but that time is past, and there are few women who
care to do their own baking, when they can get as delicious
pastries as can be bought in our bakery section. Here are a
few for Saturday
PIES, 40c
Choice of apple, pumpkin,
mince, peach.
. CAKES, 75c
Two-layer. Choice of choc,
olate, caramel, white. -
Also large doughnuts, 40c dozen, and delicious Burnasco
coffee cake, 20c and 25c
New Arrivals in Dainty
New, Neckwear
XpILMY, fine and exquisite, the newest arrivals in the neckwear
-L section really merit the serious attention of every well-dressed
woman, for they are keys to what fashions says is the newest,
an, for they are keys to what fashion says is the newest.
There are dainty Vestees, to wear with the new suit, or to
brighten up the frock; sheer organdie cuff sets, beautifully embroid
v ered; exquisite lace effects, in all the new designs; in fact, there is
every style collar here for you to make your selection from.
Main Floor.
An Opportunity No Parent Will Overlook
A Sale of Boys'
Wash Suits
98c, $1.95 and $3.45
Well made, splendid quality wash suits for children, ages 2
to 8 years, will be placed on special sale Saturday1. They include
in a variety of styles and are really wonderful values at 98c, $1.95
iilKl $345o
Fourth Floor
Ah Announcement That Will Interest Every Woman in This Sale of
French, Philippine, American and Silk
Lingerie
Hundreds' of attractive garments, slightly soiled and
table mussed, offered at out-of-ordinary savings of
V4-V2 Off Regular Price
FRENCH, PHILIPPINE, SILK AND AMERICAN made
Lingerie Consisting of gowns, camisoles, petticoats, draw
ers, corset covers, bloomers, pajamas, envelope chemise and
combinations.
Gowns priced from $1.05 to $65.00.
Petticoats priced from 95c to $25.00.
Camisoles priced from 95c to $15.Q0.
Bloomers priced from 75c to $10.00.
Pajamas priced from $2.95 to $40.00.
Drawers priced from 50c to $15.00.
Corset covers priced from 65c to $15.00.
Envelope chemise priced from $1.50 to $25.00.
Second Fleer.
Drugs and Toilet
Articles
Pond's Vanishing Cream, 25c
size, 17c.
Mavis Talcum Powder, 23c.
Pinaud's Lilas Vegetal, $1.00
size, 89c.
Pepsodont Dental Cream, 50c
size, 39c.
Pebeco Dental Cream, SOc
size, 39c.
Tooth Brushes, hand-drawn
bristles, 35c to 50c values, 23c.
Listerine, 14-oz., $1.00 size,
78c.
Sayman's Complexion Soap,
15c size, 12c.
Remo Sterilized Toilet Soap,
8c.
Liquid Dress Shield prevents
excessive perspiration, $1.00
size, 69c.
Hospital Absorbent Cotton,
1-lb. package, 59c.
Lysol, the ideal antiseptic
and disinfectant, $1.00 size,
89c.
Sloan's Liniment, 30c size,
24c.
Hughes' Genuine Ideal Hair
Brushes, $2.00 value, $1.69.
Temple of Heaven Incense
and Burner, complete, 50c val
ue, 29c
Jap Rose Soap, 15c size, 12c.
Right reserved to limit quan
tities Main Floor.
Cotton Hosiery, 50c
bveciallyQ Priced for Saturday
I his store is ready to respond,
to the demands of those women
who care to wear cotton hose
and has purchased staple lines
of merchandise to be sold at
exceptionally low prices.
Saturday the women of this vi
cinity will be given an opportunity
to purchase a reliable make of hosiery
at a price within the reach of every
woman.
Hosiery, 50c a Pair
Elack and white and balbriggan
cotton hqse, full seamless foot and
double garter top, 50c.
Main Floor
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Continuing for Saturday
'An Opportune Sale of
Draperies and Lamps
At Prices That Represent Exceptional Savings.
This sale coming at a time when minds are turning to the
redecorating of homes, it will be of great saving value to those
taking advantage of it.
Saturday is the last day.
Third Floor.
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