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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1921)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 2, 1921. 9 A Pittsburgh Will . Be Known Soon as The Electric City i . rr Completion' of New 80,000 Horsepower Turbo Genera tor Will Make 'Smoky City' ' Appellation a Misnomer. ( Pittsburgh, Jan. 1. Mayor E. V". Habpock has lermally started the Kreat new Colfax power plant of the Duquesne Light company at Spring dale. He and several hundred pronji nent business and professional men. were guests of Arthur W. Thomp son, prcsideut ol the JJuquesne Light company, in an inspection of.Wie new plant and at the conclusion of a luncheon. Mayor Babcock pressed a button tnat set in motion the first 8(V wu ' Horsepower tm lo generator. which will be followed iti the spring oy anotner unit ot equal size. M. Thompson, in connection with the opening enunciated; a new slo. Kan,' Pittsburgh, the Electric City" to take the place of the obnoxious appillation "bmoky City. Inasmuch as the two units will consume 2,500,000 tons less coal per year tnan would be necessary in smaller individual plants to do the same work, it was predicted bv those .who witnessed the opening that the new Loltax plant will do more to make Pittsburgh smokeless than any one agency. . The Colfax plant was erected at a time when many unusual difficulties had to be qvarcome in order that Pittsburgh might have available an abundance of economical power now and; for the future. "The ultimate capacity of 480,000 horsepower will make the Colfax plant one, of the largest in the United States, t 1 The new plant, with its solendid facilities and its ability to easily meet the elastic demands of power users isi expected to attract to the Pitts burgh district many new industries seeking a favorable location with an ahtlndance of economical and depend able power. A great power trans mission ring has been built, abound the Pittsburgh district to assure con tinuity of service and to permit the most economical - distribution of electric energy possible. , Effort to Settle i t n i ' isn issue rails Young Man and Woman Charged With Passing Bad Checks on Stores Alleged to have passed forged checks on three Omaha stores, a youth, giving his name as Orville Beatrice, 21, 2142 Howard street, and a young woman, giving her name as Ruth Anderson, 22, 419 South Twenty-fourth street, were taken in to custody Friday afternoon by special officers of the Brandeis and Burgess-Nash , stores. The young woman is said to be the daughter of a wealthy farmer living near Lin coln, Neb. The wir were booked at the Cen tral police station on charges of for gery, According to officers, the two have been making small purchases at the Brandeis, Burgess-Nash and Ne braska Clothing company stores, tendering payment with checks larger than the amount of the" purchases and receiving the difference in cash. The checks are said to have been made payable to Beatrice on the State Bank of Blair and signed "Ros coe Sylvis." ' ' The amounts of the checks accept ed by the stores, according to offi cers, are: $154, Brandeis, $150, Ne braska Clothing company; and $50, Burgess-Nash. '' Twelve of 13 Planes Complete Second Leg Of Canal Zone Flight the an. Diego, Jan. 1. Twelve ,of 13 seaplanes which left San Diego yesterday on a flight to the Panama canal and reached San Bar tolome bay, Lower California, made the second "hop" of the journey to Magdalent bay Friday, according to radio messages received here shortly before 10 p. m. The thirteenth ma chine, the NC-6, remained at San Bartolome bay. 1 The NC-6 will await arrival of the NC-5, which will set out front this port at daybreak tomorrow to make a nonstop flight to Magdalena After 20 years of experimenting a German has perfected machinery that strips the husks from wheat and converts the whole grain into bread without grinding into flour. London Times Announces Ne gotiations for , permanent Agreement Are Dropped. London, " Tan, 1. The London Times this morning quotes a state-1 mcnt made in government circles that an attempt to obtain guarantees more effective than a mere truca for a cessation of hostilities n Ireland have ' failed. The newspapers says t hat negotiations through the right Rev. P.. J. Chine, bishop of Perth, Australia, oil this point have been broken off. '. :. It'is stated in government quar ters that negotiations between Down ing street and the Sinn Fein, through at least tne of the avenues recently explored, have broken down. It appears the government asks guarantees for reparation of guer rilla warfare more effective than a mere truce and encountered a firm re fusal from the radical Sinn Fein ele ment. The replies of Arthur Grif fith and Prof.- John ;MacNeil, Sinn Fein member of parliament, to the overtures made through "i: Bishop Clune are' said to have been charac terized by lack of e'efiniteness, but no such defect, is attached to the re joinders of the volunteer leaders. The government is convinced the ardor of the younger men in the volunteer movement is the most refractory ele ment of the entire situation.. ; Sir Nevil McReady, military com-1 mander in Ireland, and Qe. H. M. Tudor, commander of theBlack and Tans, bdth of whom werfin London at a recent cabinet discussion, pointed out the necessity of preserv ing the strictest discipline of the crown forces in Ireland. Police Search in .Vain For Owner of Diamonds Chicago, Jari. 1. Efforts of the police department to find an -owner for $190,000 worth o$ diamonds, aftet a search of 24 hours, proved futile. The diamonds came into the pos session rf the police last night when John W, Worthington was arrested, after displaying $15,(100 worth of fine cut stones to a prospective buyer who becafee suspicious snd called the police. " - . ; Two Alleged Shoplifters Arrested in Omaha Store Jack Belor, 25. Seventeenth and Cass streets, and Howard Hauck, 23, 7507 North Thirtieth street, were arrested by Special Officer Larry Finn of the Brandeis stores Fri day afternoon on a charge of" steal ing small articles from the store. Elevator Drops; Five Hurt Los Angeles, Jan. 1. A passen ger elevator in the (Brack Shops, a downtown store building, dropped about 15 feet when a cable broke. A safety device brought the cage to a stop. Four women suffered "frac tured legs and six pther women sus tained slight injuries. GOSSIP Dear Mabel: You don't know what a good time you missed by not attending the New Year's Eve Celebration at the Em press Rustic Garden. ' Girlie; it was wonderful and pot on only as ' Jack Connors can pot on such celebrations. It was just heavenly dancing and the music and entertainment was hard to beat. . Now Mabel you simply must not put off any longer your first visit to the Rustic Garden. Beginning Monday, they're going to have, entertainments every - evening during the week by Vincent Mar quise, that cute, little,. Frenchy looking fellow, wAo ' sings ' wonder fully. All the girls I know are just dying to see him again and hear him intr. Well Girlie, don't forget that you bar a standing invitation to go with Bill and I to the Empress Rustic Garden IDT vtnlnff. We'll fcav a 'bit of lunch and then s session of dancing on that wonderful Spring Maple Floor. . . MABLE. MR. JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres-i 'ident of the Nebraska Clothing Co., originator of the Half Price Clothing Sale, says: We sincerely hope our many friends and customers will bear with us during tbe excitement of a mammoth sale like this. We do want to give to all customers some semblance of the service for which greater Nebraska is noted. It often re quires that one salesman wait npou sev eral people at a time. It is a physical Impossibility to do otherwise In a men sure, this is a help yourself event a ad we Invite one and all to kindly realize this and co-operate with us in Oils emergency." 4 u iJOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.: "' " WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treai.: ANNOUNCES BEGINNING MONDAY, JANUARY 3d Wiinwflii flTl AMERICA'S ORIGINAL r ON'T stop to count the cost, don't stutter about, the loss. A clean house is what I demand. J-' Cut prices so deep that everybody can see at a glance that every item and every garment . is an unheard-of bargain. The "I Will" Man is determined to clean house from stem to stern. 77s Broadside of Smashing Price Reductions speaks for itselfrto every man who knows our enormous stocks of magnificent Suits and Overcoats all of which are strictly the newest 1920-1921 styles. But it must be sold NOW the need is " urgent, the occasion unprecedented, , it's truly the opportunity of a lifetime. SALE UIT Mil MONDAY, WITH RENEWED ENERGY, AMERICA'S ORIGINAL HALE-PRICE SALE SWEEPS ON CHOOSE ' FROM OUR ENTIRE . ENORMOUS , STOCKS r OF ' MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S VEECdDATS AMERICA'S ORIGINAL IE PMC .. SALE .$30.00 Suits for Men- r and Younfr Men I S Half Price A v $35.00 Suits for Men and Tounsr Men Half Price ' 17 50 I ' $lo.00 Suits , if e a Vnnil Avon-AHtsT Half Price (.'0.00 Suits and Orercoats Half Price 25 $60.00 Suits and Overcoats Half Price 30 $75.00 Suits x and Overcoats Half Price 37M $S0.00 Suits jJA and Overcoats 4 1 Half Price v $100.00 Suits tTfk and Overcoats 1 Half Price u v ouse ol liuppentieimer, Societf Brand, Hiekey-Freemari,:, Fashion Park, Campns . Togs, Langham High and many other famous quality lines of Suits and Overcoats. Men's $65.00' to $f25.00 Leath er Thousands upon thousands of garments, even' all blues' arid blacks,' included (Full Dress, Tuxedo Suits and Mackinaws alone excepted) in this sale. s oo.w to ?m.oo Leath- iQ9 KA 4. fio CA Coats at HALF-PRICE' 10 $04.DU Men's $100.00 Ulsters -. ;at; .-, Leather Lined HALF-PRICE $50.1)0 Men's $250.00 and $300.00 Fur -1 or aa 4-A 1 K( Lined O'coats at HALF-PRICE yl&OMV. 10 plOU The First Time In the I Wiir Man's History MONPAY-WE PLACE ON SALE OUR ENTIRE STOCK THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OP ' ' FAMOU AT EXACTLY HALF PRICE-SALE MAIN FLOOR announce- NEVER before at any time, lia "I Will" man made an amioi ment of a'sale of any shirts mce to say notning ot, Internationally Famous Shirts at Half Price. ,v Genuine . Eagle . $3.00 "Parsee" . Percale" i ; Shirts , Half-Price $1.50 . Genuine Eagle $3.50 "Calais Cord" Shirts : Half-price $1,75 EAGLE Shirts stand supreme for fine fabrics they weayetheir own and supreme for perfect fit be cause there's fifty years of shirt-making experience in every Eagle shirt.', Choose Monday from our (' vast stocks at Halt fnce. JNever- betore has , such a sale been offered." v v Genuine i Eagle MPutma Genuine Eagle $4.50 "Cardiff Cord" Shirts Half-Price $225 Genuine 1 Eagle 5.00 -Jlindora Madras" , Shirts 1 Haif-Price 12.50 tannine Eagle $6.00 Char lag" Shirts at Half Trice $3.00 at naif sykfrfy-frz av! f. - wm im wwssbw m m'ti r t , in ' nuism A&ffi7rnA Shirting" Bains Half-Price $1.75 Genuine Eagle $4Ji0 -Rolton Shirting" . " Shirts Half-Price $2.25 Genuine Eagle M "Xargate Madras" Shirt Half-Price $2.50 Genuine Eagle $6.00 "Wolcotrcss" Shirts Half-Price $3.00 vi.naine Eagle $10.00 I.nna Silkcloth Shirts HALF PRICE $5.00 All Eagle SILK Shirts at HALF-PRICE-as Follows: $10.00 Eagle 'Silk 'Shirts, Uajf-Price, $5.00 $12.50 ' Eagle Silk Shirts, Half-Price, $6.25 Every Eagle Shirt guaranteed . fast color and perfect fabrics. -Special Notice! $13.50 Eagle Silk Shirts, Half-Price, $6.75 Limit Six shirts to a customer, positively none sold to dealers. Every sua from 14 to 18 and a special section devoted to each size in this sale. The following rules apply in the half price sale of clothing. POSITIVELY NO C. O. D s.. NO EXCHANGES, ALL SALES FINAL. Not more than two Baits or two Overcoats to one customer. None sold to Dealers. Partial navmpnt nf nno.thir.1 m k- - (Tuase held for ten days onlj-j Deliveries by regular auto routes only.; No special deliveries. No exceptions to those rules. A SMALL CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS. SEE THE "I WILL", MAN'S EAGLE HALF PRICE SHIRT. WINDOWS, FIFTEENTH STREET MM.NOllHANdti SEE THE "I WILL" MAN'S EAGLE HALF PRICE SHIRT WINDOWS, FIFTEENTH STREET CORRECT APPAREL FOIt MEN AND WOMEN-