THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920.
STATE TO MAKE
PROBE OF BOOKS
SKINNER PLANT
Note Signed by R. C. Howe,
.Whom Skinners Seek to
1 Oust, Are Taken Up Di
rectors to Meet.
Upon the instance of Governor
McKelvie, G. T. TouVelle, assistant
tttorney general of Nebraska, yes
terday began investigation of the
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The physician who originated the
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cians and druggists as "five-grain
tablets Arbolone" is being praised
and thanked by scores of women in
the class known as "society dev
otees." A literary woman in Los Angeles,
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end expresses deep gratitude as well.
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!when tablets Arbolone are used reg
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for such foods as are not desirable
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lone is superior to all other anti-fat
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comes the abnormal, perverted ap
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ly druggists in sealed tubes with
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kaow that lefioM o( peraona hara overeoma
thaae troDblea through a genuin ladiaaa
Mctp. which will b mailed you fraa with a
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Mat. KotaJko, if you send only 10 eta. (ailver
Msaampa) to pay tb oat of this aotios, to
XllrittiirfZ-IOI. Stitws F, New Isrk
books of the Skinner Packing com
pany. The action was also made
6ti behalf of the State Department
of Trade and Commerce tor which
TouVelle is counsel.
A number ot auditors will be put
to work on the company's books to
determine whether or not any of
the assets have been removed.
"To Protect Stockhofders."
The action was taken by Gover
nor McKelvie, TouVelle explained,
to protect the 5,000 stockholders,
many of whom are Omahans. The
state can intervene in the dispute
without giving bond, whereas in
dividual stockholders would have to
furnish bond double the valuation of
the plant, involving many million
dollars to accomplish the same ends
as the state's action, he said. The
Skinners say they welcome the
state's investigation of the books as
the company's financial condition
never has been questioned.
A statement was issued yesterday
by the Skinners that the company
has taken up notes signed by R.
C. Howe, president-manager of the
company whom the Skinners seek
to oust. These notes total $1,400,000
and form the basis of Howe's con
tention that he remain in his $31,500
a year salary, the statement de
clares. The Howe suit enjoining the
company from ousting him will be
taken up at the earliest moment and
a directors' meeting called imme
diately upon the settlement of the
suit, the statement adds.
Huge Plant Is Idle.
In the meantime the huge packing
plant, said to be one of the finest
in the world, is practically idle. It
is charged that Howe has discharg
ed more than 85 per cent of the
employes and thus "thrown a
monkey wrench in the machinery."
Howe, for 23 years with the
Armour Packing company, became
general manager of the . Skinner
plant the first day of the year. On
March 1, he was made president of
the company, on condition, he says,
of underwriting $1,400,000 in loans
for the company. These are the
notes referred to in the Skinners'
statement as having been taken up.
On April 8, Howe was discharged
and filed an injunction suit to pre
vent the action being fulfilled.
Beveridge Assumes
New Control Over
Parochial Schools
J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of
public schools, has started to exer
cise supervisory authority over all
parochial schools in Omaha, ac
cording to the provisions of an en
actment of the last session of the
state legislature. '
Yesterday lie visited St. Agnes
school and several schools in the
South Side accompanied by Belle M.
Kyan, assistant superintendent.
"Under this law," the superin
tendent explained, "I am directed to
inspect these schools to determine
whether the course of study con
forms with state requirements and
also to observe whether the English
language is usea according to the
state law on that subject. The fa
tor of patriotism also enters into
this work. The law is liberal and
I intend to be liberal in my new
duties.
Real Estate Salesman
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Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Emma Marsh. 63 yean eld, wife
of John R. Marsh, 2120 Douglas atreet.
died yesterday at her home. She hat!
been 111 but a brief time. Mra. Mawrt
had been a resident of Omaha for 15
years. The body will be taken to Ne
braska City for burial.
Funeral servk-ea for R. Russell Rnea,
H years old, son of the late R. Rusaall Ruea,
former Omaha man, were held yeeterdav
afternoon at Crosby's funeral home. The
boy died three days ago In Marahalltnwn.
Ia., where he had been making his home
with his grandparents alnce their removal
frrni Omaha 12 years ago.
Mrs. Bertha J. Tripp. 18 yeara old,
wife of J. W. Tripp, 614 South Twenty
fourth street, died Tuesday at her horn.
Surviving are her husband, infant son
and parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Johnaon,
of thiB city. Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Interment
w'.ll be In West Lawn cemetery.
Ftneral services for Arthur E. Miller, 1S-vear-old
I3n of Mr. and Mrs. C. Miller, Sit
Stutsman street, Council Bluffs, who died
of pneumonia at the naval training sta
tion in San Francisco April 2s, will be
held at the home In Council Bluffa
Thursday at 1 p. m. Elder John Hansen
of Weaton, Ia.. will conduct the service.
Burial will be In Falrview cemetery.
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Charles R. Glover.
Celebrates Her 86th
Birthday by Going
To Base Ball Game
Going to the opening game of the
base balj season in Omaha with her
son, Gould Dietz, was the way in
which Mrs. Lenora Dietz celebrated
the 86th anniversary of her birth
yesterday.
Last night, a double birthday par
ty was held in the Gould Dietz apart
ment at Hotel Fontenelle in honor
of Mrs. Dietz and Mrs. A. M. Put
nam, mother of Mrs. Gould Dietz,
who have made it a point to observe
their birthday anniversaries together
ever since the marriage of their chil
dren. Miss E. Picton-Tuberville was
the first woman to preach from an
Irish pulpit with the Archbishop of
Dublin's consent.
YOUTH CHARGED
WITH CAR THEFT
IS FOUND DEAD
Charles Glover Asphyxiated
By Open Gas JetConfessed
Stealing Auto for Money
To Pay Debt to Brother.
Charges of automobile stealing
will not be pressed against Charles
R. Glover, 20 years old, who was
arrested last Saturday. Early yes
terday his mother found him dead
in bed at the residence at 1512 North
Forty-first avenue. A partly open
gas jet had caused asphyxiation.
Opinion at the county attorney's
office is that the death was acci
dental. When arrested while trying to
sell an automobile stolen from H. S.
McNabb of the VanBrunt Automo
bile company, Glover begged the po
lice officers to shoot him, they de
clare. He later admitted the theft
of the car and declared that he
needed money to pay a $1,600 debt
to his brother.
Glover was a second lieutenant in
the United States marine corps dur
ing the war and since his discharge
had been employed by C. W. Martin
as a salesman.
Victim of Speeders Dies; ' -Unconscious
to the End
Without regaining consciousness,
A. Weber, 61 years old, 1750 South
Twenty-ninth street, who was found
critically injured in the street at
2411 South Twentieth street Sunday
afternoon, died in the Swedish Mis
sion hospital yesterday. Police be
lieve that he was struck down by
a speeding motorist, but were not
able to confirm the theory because
of the continued unconscious con
dition of the injured man.
Ninth Annual Banquet
Of Noon Day Club of
Omaha in C. of C. Rooms
President Frans Nelson of the
Noon Day club of Omaha will pre
side as toastmaster at the ninth an
nual banquet of the club in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms to
night at 7. A general reception will
be held at 6:30 p. m.
Arthur L. Palmer will give a toast
to the women; J. David Larson will
speak on "The Spirit of a City," Dr.
Carl G. Wallenius of Chicago will
speak on "The Immigrant from 'Ul
tima Thule.'" Music will be ' fur
nished by the West sisters, the Noon
Day club quartet and Master Samuel
Carmell. 9-year-old protege of Miss
Emily Cleve.
The Noon Day club quartet is
composed of Howard Steberg, F. Al
Carlson, Albert Sand and Gus Wick
strom. Baby Boy Playing in Front
Of Home Is Struck by Auto
Three-year-old Robert Smith, 2611
Hamilton street, was injured yester
day afternoon, while playing in front
of his home, when struck by an au
tomobile driven by F. Knott, 2719
Sprague street.
Knott told police the boy ran di
rectly in front of his car from be
hind a passing wagon. Robert suf
fered concussion of the brain and
face abrasions. He was taken to
Wise Memorial hospital.
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SIXTEENTH AND JACKSON STREETS
Our Entire Stock of
Tiny bottles Frttunt" ast
but a few cents at drug stores
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Coats
On Sale at
20
Off
A smart looking coat is so
indispensable to the spring
r.nd summer wardrobe that
this liberal discount is of
particular interest when
made so early in the season.
Camel's Hair Cloth, Ve
lour Checks, Polo Cloth, Sil
vertone, Tweed, etc., are to
be had in a big variety of be
coming styles.
Charge Accounts Invited
OUR NEW HOME
Under Construction at
13th and Capitol
Ave.
40,000 CUSTOMERS
In This Territory
We selJ every conceivable
need of the Farm, Ranch,
Home or Workshop at
Wholesale Prices.
Mail Postcard
Today for Big
General Cataloc
No. 17
and 48-Page
Grocery Book
Invest iti a Growing Business
T AEGER quarters being necessary to take care of our rapidly growing business, we have begun the
-L erection of a new home on ground which we recently purchased at the southeast corner of Thir
teenth Street and Capitol Avenue 120x132 feet. This building is now under construction by the G. W.
Stiles Construction Co. and will be completed about July 1. ,
Though we have been in the mail order busi
ness but four years, we now have more than
40,000 customers, and the number is Increasing
day by day.
In making an investment there are four
prime factors you must take into consideration,
and they are Location, Management, Profits and
Safety. We call your attention to our advan
tage in reference to each one of these four
points.
Omaha, an Ideal Location
The railroad facilities bring practically every
point in Omaha's big trade territory several
hundred miles nearer this city than Chicago.
Twenty-two lines of railroads with many
branches run out of Omaha, and only ship
ments directed to a few far western points are
transferred from original- cars. The freight
rates in and out of Omaha are lower than for
any other large market town in the United
States. With this great advantage, and with
the added advantage of quick delivery, a mail
order house can be developed in Omaha to a
volume of business equal to that of the largest house operating.
(World-Herald, April 20.)
SEARS-ROEBUCK VOTES .
40 PER CENT DIVIDEND
Chicago, 111., April 19. Directors
of Sears, Roebuck & Co., a mail or
der house, today voted a 40 per cent
stock dividend to be paid July 15 to
stockholders of record June 15.
The company's outstanding com
mon stock now totals 175,000,000.
The new issue of $30,000,000 will
have a value in excess of $60,000,000,
as the stock is quoted at $236 a
share.
Sears-Roebuck stock sold as low
as $20 a share in 1907, when $30,000,
000 was outstanding. With stock div
idends paid the stock now has an ag
gregate market value of $690.
the Hartman corporation and the National
Cloak & Suit Co., have made comparatively as
good a showing.
The participating preferred stock of Brad
ley, Merriam & Smith should show even a
greater value in a few years, when you consider
our rapid progress of the last five years, t
At the rate we are growing, and with the in
creased business made possible by extra capital,
a much larger dividend percentage should be
made from now on than ever before.
Your Investment Is Safe
.We in
cur no
losses, as the Mail Order business .is conducted
on a "Cash with Order" basis and we deal in
the Staples of Life, the things we eat, wear and
use.
Managemsnt-
The officers of Bradley, Merriam & Smith
scarcely need an Introduction to the people
of this territory. They have for over thirty years been in business
in Omaha and Council Bluffs and they enjoy a well earned reputa
tion as keen, progressive and successful business men, which Is
evidenced by the fact that they have averaged 21 cash dividends for
their stockholders since they have been in business. The heads ot
the various departments are specialists in their lines. Many of them
have come from responsible positions with some of the largest mail
order houses in the United States.
Unusual Profits-
.A thousand dollars invested in Sears,
Roebuck & Co. thirteen years ago has
today a market value of $25,000, to say nothing of the big cash divi
dends paid each year. For the last six years Montgomery Ward & Co.
has earned on Its preferred stock an average of 58.13 per cent. Many
younger and relatively smaller houses, such as Harris Brothers t.'o.
RefereDcs: Any Rank or Trust Company in Omaha or Council
Bluffs.
Bradley. Merriam & Smith ;
"The Great Mail Order Houte"
918 Jones Street I
Omaha, Nebraska
The PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
which we are offering you is secured by a first
lien on all the assets and earnings of the Com
pany and receives the first 1 in quarterly
dividends on the first day of April, July, Octo
ber and January the common stock receives
an equal amount. After the regular dividends
liave been paid, your investment participates in all the profits same
as the common stock share for share these EXTRA DIVIDENDS
are payable annually at the close of our fiscal year.
Besides the cash dividends you receive we have every reason
to believe your investment will increase rapidly in value.
It Is understood and agreed that none of this stock will be
sold for less than $125. We require only $50 on each share with
your subscription and the balance on or before six months with
interest at 7. A certificate" of stock will be issued in your
name for the number of shares purchased on the date subscription
is received by the Company and you begin to share our profits. On
completion of payment the certificate of stock will be delivered
to you.
Hundreds of our customers, influential in their communities,
and others who are shrewd investors, have taken advantage of
this opportunity. If YOU wish to share in our profits, mail the
coupon below.
COUPON
Financial Department,
BRADLEY, MERRIAM & SMITH.
407-9-11 Brandeis Theater BIdg.,
Omana, Nu.
Gentlemen: I am interested, and would invest
$ provided I am convinced your shares are a
good, safe Investment.
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Dress Suits
or
Tailored
Suits
All Are Reduced
20
. Such a wealth of styles little
Btons with accordion plaited
(Skirts nipped-in waistlines fin
ger tip length coats strictly
tailored models jaunty bolero
effects, etc.
Men's Wear Serge, Tricotines.
and Poiret Twill are favored
materials.
Charge Accounts Invited
Your Unrestricted Choice of
Any Hat
Hats in the latest modes
new, small hats, poke shapes,
graceful large ones, etc. In
taffeta, straw, etc., trimmed
ever so smartly ; in three bar
gain groups.
Values up to $20
$C95 $795 $Q75
Thursday! Boys' $1185
$20 Spring Suits J-T
The suits in this sale are the "better grade" kind.
You will like the way they look on your boy better still
you will be pleased with the way they wear and hold
their shape. Some of them have two pairs of pants and
every suit is an extra value.
Men's Spring Suits
We don't claim to do impossibilities, but a glance around
our Men's Department will convince t y-v rr
you there is a saving here because of I
our location "Out of the High Rent - X
W Up
District." Men's Suits are .