THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 4. 1920.
RAILWAY BOARD
INTERVENES IN
; CAR WAGE FIGHT
f Both Sides Confident State
jCommission's Award Will Be
I Favorable Union Asks
'it 13-Cent Raise.
, i I the state railway commission,
' fCtinjf as mediator of the contro
,t f ersy between the street car men's
jt iinion and the Omaha & Council
,. Bluffs street railway, decides that the
.', Itreet car company is unable to
f ' grant a pay increase to employes,
; flemand made by the union will be
dropped, according to an agreement
reached yesterday at a meeting held
between company officials and union
leaders.
Following failure of the company
to grant a 13-cont increase to the
employes, a strike vote was taken
last Saturday by the union members
and carried.
Union leaders expressed confi
dence yesterday that the commission
would allow an increase.
R. A. Leussler, vice-president and
general manager of the company, as
serted the company officials were
confident the commission would de
cide in their favor.
"We have no agreement to pay
higher wages in case the commis
sion finds we are able," Mr. Leuss
ler said.
Moderator Elected.
Greeley, Colo., June 3. Dr. A. T.
MacFarland of Belie Center, O..
was elected moderator of the na
tional synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian church in session here.
HUSBAND FREED
WHEN JURY SAYS
WOMAN SHOT SELF
Mother of Accused Taxi Driver
Faints a Witnesses Tell
Of Tragedy.
An inquest held Thursday after
noon, cleard Joe Buckley, Omaha
taxi driver, of all responsibility for
the death of his wife, Mrs. Marion
Buckley, 2861 Whitmore street. Mrs.
Buckley was found dead in the base
ment of her home early Tuesday
morning.
Physicians testified that only one
shot was fired, the bullet having
split into two pieces after the skull
was penetrated. Marked powder
burns unmistakably pointed to sui
cide they said. Witnesses testified
tha she bad been thwarted on for
mer occasions in her attempts to
Ir.ke her own life. Mrs. Merle
tiraner of Burlington, i la., a sister
of Mrs. Buckley, said that recently
she received a letter from her in
which she inferred that she was
despondent and morose and that if
Mrs. Graner "happened to hear any
thing like going up in an aeroplane"
she should not be surprised.
Mrs. Charles Buckley, mother of
the accused man, fainted during the
hearing and her testimony could not
be heard.
Boy Held as Thief, Can't
Tell Police Where He Lives
Worth Winans, !3 years old, who
was arrested while trying to pry
open a window in the Updike Lum
ber and Coal company Monday
night, is the new "mystery" boy.
He is held at the Riverview deten
tion home. He does not know his
address, having moved here recently.
No one has inquired about him.
Apartment House
Dwellers Lose Sleep;
- Want Noise Stopped
A committee of three, represent
ing 380 families who live at the
El Beudor and Morris apartments,
Eighteenth and Dodge streets, con
ferred yesterday with attorneys in
regard to night work on the grad
ing of Dodge street.
An anvil, steam shovel and three
wornout locomotives are the cause
of the deafening noise, the tenants
state. People in the neighborhood
say they can't sleep on account of
the noise.
Absence of Mayor Smith and Po
lice Commissioner Ringer from
their offices yesterday prompted the
irate protestants to seek the advice
of prominent attorneys concerning
the alleged nuisance.
The committee comprised Richard
Grotte, John H. MacGregor and T.
A. Secord.
Formerly Benson Thorne
TicStwedSpccidiy Shops
Announce Their 4th Annual June Sale of
High-Grade Seasonable Merchandise
Starts with exceptional Groups of Genuine Reductions
i
Friday and Saturday, June Jth and 5th
Friday and
Saturday
June Sale
of
Entire.
Stock of
Summer Millinery
Regularly $8.75 to $27.50
Unrestricted i (C
Choice or . v'
Over 200 beautifully trimmed hats for dress, for sports
wear, for traveling and street wear, including pattern hats,
taffeta hats, leghorns, sports hats, sailors.
Millinery Shop Second Floor
June Reductions20Q Pairs
Women's Pumps and Oxfords
Regularly to $12.50
Friday, I (7 QC
Saturday--1 P
Sizes 2Vt to 8. Widths AAA to D.
Pumps in plain opera and tongue effect oxfords in mili
tary or full Louis heel.
Shoe Shop Main Floor
Sensational June Sale Reductions
on Distinctive
Summertime Dresses
Values to $25 ;
Friday, I fc 1 C
Saturday PJ
Delightfully fashioned in airy summer -modes simply or elab
orately styled from sheer organdies, plain and fancy figured voiles
of finest quality, in both light and dark colors.
New Summer Frocks of refreshing simplicity as charmingly
distinctive as they are original in style treatment
$15 to $25
June's Sweeping Reductions on
45 Coats
Regularly $29.50 to $49.50
Friday, J (fcOJ. TA
Saturday 1 PT.OU
Including Day Coats Traveling Coats Capes Sport Coat
Motor Coats Wrap Coats.
' Unusually smart and distinctive models of Silvertone, Polo,
Velour, Tinseltone, Jersey, Tweeds. j
Third Floor Shop-
Remarkable June Sale
Silk Petticoats
Regularly to $10.95
Friday, . (Z QC
Saturday J $V.S O
Including all-silk Jersey Jersey top
with satin flounces straightline Jersey,
and satin petticoats. Plain, pleated, three
tiered, and contrasting flounces. In all
suit and dress 'colors.
While They Last!
All-silk Jersey Jersey top All-taffeta
petticoats.
, Regularly $6.50, for $4.95
-Petticoat Shop Second Floor
June Sale Specials in
Women's Silk Hosiery
Lace Hose ,
$2.00 Values
$1.35
Pure silk and fiber com
binations in blue, brown,
black, grey, mouse.
Hosiery Shop
Ladies' "Sox"
or "Hosette"
$2.25 and $3.50
The real thing for hot
weather wear for comfort
and style all colors in silk,
plain and clox.
Main Floor
June Sale of
High-Grade Novelty
Summer
Blouses
Most wonderful values of fthe
season, regardless of former sales.
40 Georgette
Values to $25 '
Friday, MC
Saturday
Overblouses and regula
tion styles hand embroi
dered, lac trimmed.
52 Cotton
Values to $25
Friday, $ 1 A
Saturday PAv
Overblouses and regula
tion novelties in imported
voiles, organdies, Swisses.
Demonstrating Genuine June Sale, Value-Giving
in the "Original Children's Store of Omaha"
Values offered without regard to former prices or reductions.
100 Girls' Coats
Junior sizes 13, 15, 17 years; also 8 to 14.
50 Regularly to $22.50 50 Regularly to $45
Friday. $1 2 7C Friday, .. J $92 7C
Saturda P1090 Saturday i PJ. J
Saturday 1
Including correctly styled, smart,
long dress coats, or jaunty sport -models.
Saturday
Styles, -colors, fabrics effectively
smart in long and short sport mod
50 Girls Taffeta Dresses
For the larger girl, 12 to 17.
30 Values 'to $45
Saturday
J $23.75
An alluring variety of styles and
trimmings, in pretty shades of
beown, navy, rose.
For the smaller girls, 7 to 12.
20 Values to $22.50
Saturday
$13.75
For all occasions in quaintly
simple or attractively dressy styles,
including all popular colors.
'Girls' Shop-
20 Girls' Spring Suits
Junior Sizes 13 15 17 Years
Regularly to $39.50 $2475
-Second Floor
Boys' Middy Wash Suits
Agei 3 to 10 years.
Blue and tan stripes $3.95
2 suits for $7
In plain blues, Copen, grey, brown, white.
Special at $4.25 and $3.85
See Window Display
Rousing Special! .
Wash Knickers
$2.45 each 2 pair, $4.00
Strongly made of Crash, Kool Kloth
and Khaki.
Finest Selection in the City of
' Bathing Suits
: $3.65 to $7.95
All-wool suits striking high colors for boys
. and girls 2 to 16 years old.
Children's Spring Coats
Price
Regularly 1
$9.75 I.
to
$19.60 J
Mo 7l9il22510l
lAges ....11121 31 TB!6I
Children's
Summer Hats
For Quick Clearance .
Values rl?2 Or
Deficit in Mexican Treasury.
Mexico City, June 3. A deficit of
2.400,000 pesos exists in the Mexi
can treasury, according tr
newspapers. They quote Gen. Sal
vador Alvarado, minister ot l.iu..t:
in the cabinet of President de la
Huerta, as authority for the state
Bee Want Ads Produce Results, i
Celebrate Winning Fight.
Stockville, Neb., June i. (Spe
cial.) A celebration was tendered
the voters of Frontier county heu
in honor of winning the three cor
nered fight with Curtis and More
field for the county seat. More than
3,000 persons were served at a free
dinner. Base ball, horse racing,
vrestling and dancing cutertaincd
the crowds.
Bee Want Ads' Produce Results.
Our Big
Cut
THE TALK
OF THE
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P
rices
OF
Men's Clothing
Here Is Food for
Thought
Our entire stock of high-grade woolens, including imported goods, to be
sold at an enormous discount. The tailoring in every suit sold is guaranteed.
Divided in three great lots to be sold at $45, $50 and $55 for suits that sold as
high as $80.
LOT NO. 1.
YOUR CHOICE AT
i in- m
Values Up to $55
Extra Pants Free.
LOT NO. 2.
YOUR CHOICE AT
Values Up to $65. ,
Extra Pants Free.
LOT NO. 3.
YOUR CHOICE AT
. Values1 Up to $80.
Extra Pants Free.
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en! Think of This
EH RA TROUSERS
of the same material as suit. Made to your measure. There are no "ifs" and
"ands" about the extra trousers being free. No exceptions the extra
trousers free go with every suit.
FREE
WARNING.
Be sure to come to the
right store. This store
has no connection with
any other Omaha store.
HERE'S HOW WE
DO IT.
We operate stores from
coast to coast. We are the
world's largest Union Tail
ors. . No mark-ups or mark
downs in this store original
price tags are not touched.
Colors, Perfect Fit and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
BE YOUR OWN
SALESMAN.
The patterns are all piled
in three great lots marked
at $45, $50 and $35. Pick
out the pattern you like and
one of our expert fitters will
measure you. Remember !
When we say extra trousers
FREE that means FREE!
Positively No Mail Orders
Store Open
Saturdays
Until 9 P. M.
Store Open
Saturdays
Until 9 P.M.
N. IV. Cor. 15th and Harney
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to $7.50 WO. 73
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Tots Shop -Second Floor
-Blouse Shop-
-Second Floor-
I Boys Shop-
-Balcony
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