..THE HEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1U2I.
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Omaha Firemen
And Police Among
Best Paid in U.S.
hiprv Snt to Ortior C,tia
Shows Majority . Pay Less
Than Departments Here
Received Before Raised
Firemen and police of Omaha are
"sitting pretty" when it conies to the
matter of wages, according to in
formation receiv-dat the Chamber
of Commerce yesterday from several
western cities relative to wages paid
their protective forces. Compared
ftith the salary checks of seme of our
neighboring cities, tliose of the
Omaha hose and club wiclders are
f a ft a t. t ....
lai ana neaitny. vvitn an additional
boost allowed by city council Tues
day, the Omaha men will be the best
paid in the west. '
When the executive committee of
Hie Chamber of Commerce went on
record Tuesday as being opposed to
raising police and firemen's wages,
Commissioner J David Larson tele
graphed several western citks toget
eight cities answering, Omaha was
found to lead a majority of thetn in
wages paid. '
Information Given Mayor,
The information was forwarded to
"Mayor Smith yesterday to substan
tiate the statement made by the
executive committee, when it pro
tested against the increase of police
and firemen's salaries, that the men
of the Omaha departments were bet
ter paid than in a majority of cities
its size. . s
Omaha's firemen receive from $125
to $140 a month. The police' receive
from $125 to $140 a month, and the
detectives, $150. to $165. Portland,
Ore.; Des Moines, la.; Minneapolis
Till I nmaii wn i inn ari inp fin I v
Cities answering the Omaha query
that pay salaries as high as those
aid here.
Salaries in Other Cities.
The following figures were tabu
lated from the information received
from the inquiries :
Ftrmen.PoHcmn.Pe1cttv.
Mln.Max. M In Mai. Min Max.
Omaha $125 $140 US 1140 $150 $15
St. Joseph.. KO 130 16 126 120 140
111 12V ill
135 120 135
US 0 116
160 136 150
140 120 140
... 120 160
166 '130 160
L'avlU. Ky. 120
Denver .... 1!0
Kanaaa City 130
Ufa Moinea. 136
Minneapolis. 120
Indlanapolla 120
PorU'd. Ore. 130
110
10
140
166
170
160
180
127
150
140
155
170
160
160
McXuley Convert to
Tell Story of Life as
"International Bum"
The story of the reclamatibn of an
"international-bum" and how a 30
year thirst ' for whisky and strong
drink was conquered will be told by
John Tyftr, 72, convert of tlie 'jerry
McAuley mission, New York, when
he speaks at the men's meeting at the
Y. M. C. A., January 21.
Tyler, who is a member of the
Virginia family of that name, left
College to enter on a career of drunk
enness and gambling, which took
him five times around the world and
left him broken in health and spirit
after he had passed 60. .
One winter night, determined to
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Lend his lite in me cnsi river, nc
wanuerea nuo ine ivic.iuicy
and was converted, from that time
he has spent all his time in mission
work and salvation work among the
wreeks of New York's underworld.
He is an unusually brilliant speaker
and his story is interesting. His lec
ture tours have taken him into prac
tically every state in the union. a
Tyler's Omaba lecture will Uc
"Chasing the Phanton Five Times
Around the World," in which he will
tell of his experiences as a "down-and-ouier"
and how he came back.
Doctor Guilty of Illegar
Operation Released on Bond
Dr. Leslie S. Fields, convicted of
having performed an illegal opera
tion on Miss Ruth Ayer, which re
sulted in her death, was released at
noon yesterday under $7,500 bond.
He had been in jail since November
13. Carl K. Cooke and Dr. Robert
Nichols, Paxton block, are Dr
Fields' bondsmen.
Students to Get
Practical Work
In Stores Here
Plan,, Adopted by Retailers'
BodyWill Give Commercial
High Pupils Training in
Real Salesmanship.
A novel method of giv'iiiR practical
and remunerative education to pupils
enrolled in the salesmanship course
at t High School of Commerce was
proposed and adopted by the Re
tailers' association at a meeting held
yesterday.
The plan, as outlined by Dwight
E. Porter, principal of the school,
provides, in a measure, employment
for the students taking the course.
The pupils will be assigned to va
hious department stores for three
months, three hours each day to be
sBent in actual work -to learn the
practical points in stock work, cash
system and care of merchandise, the
plan provides.
Students to Be Remunerated.
Pay at the rate of 25 cents an hour
will be given the pupils who wish to
extend the practical work longer
than the school hoUs. ' r
After three months of trial in, the
stores under both school and store
supervision, pupil who show definite
sins of proiuibe will be placed regu
larly in salesmanship work and will
begin to receive remuneration during
their further training at the rate of
25 cents an hour. This added work
will continue for six months, accord
ing to the plan.
During the last nine months of the
two years' ,course, the pupils will re
ceive 30 cents an hour for their wrv
ice in the stores. '
Plan Successful Elsewhere.
Nor will the course be all play, for
weekly reports will be made out on
the application of eah student to
his special line of work.
The plan has been tried and proven
succesful in eastern cities, Mr. Por
ter stated.
The school also pill have super
vision ovr the pupils during their
work in the stores so that too great
a lure for the remunerative work may
not take them out of school. X
Upon completion j& the salesman
ship course, the Retailers' associa
tion promises to assist in obtaining
permanent employment for such
graduates as have made a creditable
record during the course of their
training.
Business Men Favor Idea. N
Prominent business men of the,
city lauded the plan highly; among
those most pronounced in their ex
pression of the plan being T. P. Red
mond of the Burgess-Nash company,
W. G. Negele of the Thompson
Belden company, E. A. ( Singer of
Brandcis' stores, W. S. Stryker of
the Douglas Shoe company and J.
L. Doan of the Orchard-Wilhelm
company, v ,
Inauguration of the co-operative
plan will take place at the beginning
of the next semester, January 10,
Mr. Porter announced. The plan is
the most important step to be under
taken in Omaha schools, Mr. Porter
declared.
Funeral Services Held
For Former Legislator
Funeral services for Bert Clark
Miner, 2590 Pratt street, former
countv employe. and legislator, will
be held at 2:30 today at his home.
Mr. Miner died Thursday at his
home after an illness of a: year fol
lowing a nervous breakdown.
He served in the coimty treas
urer's office for six years, yas a
member of the state legislature in
1915 and was an employe of the
Union Pacific railroad for 17 years.
Prisoners Flip Coin to
See Who Gets Sentence
James Churchill and Pleasant
Ijiwf. arrested Thursday as prowl
ers, flipped a coin in their cell , atS
Central police station yesterday to
determine which one "should take the
blame for burglaries charged against
them. Lowe won and Churchill said
lie would plead guilty, other pris
oners informed Acting Chief of De
tectives Psanowski, who, declared he
would consult with the county at
torney on the matter. ,
Bee want ads are business getters.
Sentence of Burglar
lightened by Judge
As Friends Intercede
Friends of Jack Jphnstoiu 23,
Highland apartments, interceded be
fore District Judge Troup yester
day after a prison sentence of from
one t 10 years had been imposed
on the prisoner for burglary.
Judge Troup considered Johnston's
case and changed the sentence to
five months. Johnston wept.
Together with Ray Beechcr,
Johnston was convicted of sawing an
entrance into tlie New York Sample
store, 206 North Sixteenth street,
on the night of November 17. Evi
dence was brought out at Johnston's
trtol that he quit Beccher during the
burglary.
Beecher was sentenced to from
xone to 10 years in the penitentiary.
Brief City News
Will Attend Meeting A delegation
of women from Omaha will attend
the meeting: of the Nebraska Wom
en's Educational club at Lincoln.
January 15.
Recruit Inspector Here Capt. K.
Talbot, Kansas City, head of the
the United States marine corps, is
in Omaha on a tour of inspection.
Held As "Fence" Police Judge
Henry Dunn bound Louis Beilen, 602
South Thirteenth street, over to dis
trict court yesterday on a charge of
buying stolen goods. Beilen's bond
was set at $1,000.
Disregards Superstition Robert
K. Lawrie, 114 North Forty-third
street, appeared yesterday at the city
clerk's office and requested a chaf
feur's license with any number that
contained "13." He obtained No.
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Bound Over Three Italians
charged, with operating a still were
bound over to federal court yester
day at their hearing held before
United States' 'Commissioner E. C.
Boehler. Their bonds were set at
$1,000 each. I
Thankful Ifor Arrest Fred Otto,
Scotts Bluffs, Neb., railroad man,
thanked Police Joe Potach yesterday
for arresting him. Otto then paid a
fine of $10 for intoxication from a
roll of greenbacks that amounted to
$1,500. Potach smile,, then strolled
from the court room. N
Bond Forfeited Patrick Hanson,
bondsman for August Olson, who
failed to appear In District Judgo
Day's court yesterday on a liquor
charge, was oitlered to pay the $200
bond to the clerk of the court. "This
trifling with the court must stop,"
Judge Day commented. . t
Waive Hearing Three Chinamen
waived preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner E. C.
Boehler yesterday when arraigned
for having opium pipes In their pos
session. Omaha deterttives appeared
against them. The Chinamen were
arrested in a raid on their home at
111 North Twelfth street.
Faith Healer 111 While Worhoo
cheo Areyano, Indian princess and
faith healer, lies ill at her homo,
Charles street, four automobiles
belonging to her lieMdle. She has
been confined to herhome for four
weeks while a coterie of servants
are constantly attending her with
concoctions of her own patent. . ...
Hygiene Campnlgn Mass meet
ings in threo churches and the T.
M. C. A. . will open the Omaha
hygiene and welfare campaign next
Sunday under the direction of Theo
dore Hanson of the Nebraska state
hygiene and welfare campaign. The
central mass meeting will be held at
3 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. audi
torium. Sholwell Uot urns Franklin A.
Shotwell, co-executor of the estate
of the lata John Ncal, wealthy
Omaha tobacco man, announced no
new developments In the legal fight
to determine the beneficiary of tbt
Neal estate, upon his return yeter
day from Winton-Salcm, N. C. whore
the estate Is In the process of pro
bate. ,
Sit .Tight and Watch Jamei
Walker and Fronk O'Connor, re
publican and democrat, respectively,
adopted the policy ot "watchful
waiting" yesterday In defense of
each one's professed right to the of
lice of assistant to publio defender.
O'Connor, appointee under the for
mer publio defender, Richard Hor
ton, refuses to give up the ofllce to
Walker, appointee of John H. Bald
vlnf newly elected.!
' A LIMITED NUMBER OF
Women's. Shoes aud
JFelt Slippers
,Are Specially Priced for Quick Disposal
Felt Slippers $1.00 pair
There are 100 pairs of women's and children's7 felt slippers in
this Jot, they come in assorted colors, the styles are comfys and Juli
ettes. Oyn sale Saturday at $1.00 pair. ,
Women's Shoes $2.00 pair
Every pair of these women's shoes and oxfords is an exceptional
value, mostly small sizes, but a few'Iarge sizes are included in the lot.
Downataira Story
Burgess-Nash Wm.
'everybody! store" x
100
RAINCOATS
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Starting Saturday Morning at 9.0'clock We Will Place oh Sale
" OUR ENTIRE STOCK ' ,
and
OVERG0A
Off
THE ALREADY GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
FOURTH FLOOR
. ' We have reduced our price several times in the last few months
. and we have these reduced prices on each garment and you will
take the discount from the already reduced prices. ' Ji -
Nothing Reserved
Everything in our stock including Raincoats, Ulsters, Ulstere'ttes,
Dress Overcoats, Leather Coats, Sheep Lined Coatsx including Blues,
, Blacks, Tuxedo and full dress. Suits and odd Trousers.
Suit Prices $
12
400 Parr;
Odd Trousers
Fomrih Floor
1, $17i, $23M, $31H, 36i and 40!
Overcoat Prices $12i to $56M
Fur Goats and Fur Lined Coats Priced $66H .$23422
. " COME EARLY. WE WILL GIVE YOU OUR REGULAR EXCELLENT SERVICE
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Charge for Alterations Will Calls and C. O. D.'s as Usual No Returns
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