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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1921)
TflE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. MAY 7, : 1921. if v,' Dr. "Jennie and Mrs. Towl Quit Welfare Board Other Office Holders Prcpar , ing to Move; Mayor Not Asking Any Officials To Resign. Dr. Jennie Callfas and Mrs. E. B. TowJ resigned as members of the Board of Fublic Welfare yesterday. "I prefer to retire with our present administration," Dr. Callfas said when she gave her resignation to Mayor Smith. Other city officials and officehold ers are preparing to move when the iiev(aduu'nistation takes office. V.- L. Weaver; T. B. Murray and H.rL. Mossman say they will resign from the city legal department when the new council is organized. . Several possibilities arc being named tor the city clerk job. Dr. J. F. Edwards,-health officer, ays he won't resign, although there is talk of a new appointment, . Steps to. bring about the retention of Dr. Edwards in his present post Jiavo ncen started by the Douglas County Medical association. David Fitch and H. B. Fleharty are mentioned tor city attorney and C. H. Kubat and C. W. Brkt are talked of for the new police judge. . J. Dean Kinger, outgoing commis sioner, says he will return to his law books. Mayor Smith stated yesterday aft ernoon that he has not asked any members of the public affairs de parlmcnt to resign. "I suggested to City Attorney F., L;"' Weaver, to Assistant City At torney Harland I.. Mossman and to City Prosecutor T. B. Murray that it: perhaps would be well not to embarrass the new administration and they agreed with my position. They stated that they would resign and Would leave the city service Mav 16." saiH th iavftr "I have not even suggested to v;. l.. i.aniDert, corporation coun sel.lfhat he should resign. "L have not asked anv members of the Hoard of Public Welfare to resign, nor have I suggested this course to any pf the members." Omaha Women Found Guilty ' Of Robbing Lincoln Store Lincoln, May 6. (Special.) A Lancaster county jury today found Grace Slade and Maude Robinson of Orriaha guilty of grand larceny. They 1 were charged with stealing $265 worth of women's wearing apparel from rf Lincoln department store. Dora Metcalfe of Fremont and Em ma Rasmussen .of Omaha, arrested on Jthc same charge in a room at a Lincoln hotel with the other two M-rtmnn 1iat tlmir rasp continued. Sentences of Grace Slade and Maude Robinson were deferred. ' ;.. ., . Frontier County Farmers i;Form Shipping Association ( &,Uvi'l1e Xeb Mav 6. fSoe- i!at A -farmer' lire stock sluDDinflr association was formed for Frontier county. r armers nave ncen snipping together for some time and have foynd that it pays to do it co-operatively. The following offieers were elected: President' August Olson; vice. president,. F. H, Hecht:; secre-' tary-treasurer, Thorwold Peterson; hoard of director. Will Price, B. A. Wilford. E. J. Keogh was elected by the board as sales. manager. Supreme Court Affirm. j Woman's $14,000 Judgment j Lincoln, . May 6. (Special. Wrhe Xe.braska supreme court today af firmed a judgment of the Douglas county, district court giving Florence $. Detter of Omaha $14,000 for in juries received when she was struck J I fj .Ml. .UlUlliUIIV v. ' .... j f arnam streets more xnan a year agu. ,TJie judgment was "against Mrs. Flor; mice Hoagland and Sam Carlisle ot (pmaha, both ot ,wnom were nrivin cars and both of whom were blamed fbT the accident. . . ". C- : 1 Weekly Car Bulletins , Stopped to Cut Expense f Lincoln, May 6.-( Special.) In an effort to co-operate with railroads en deavoring to reduce expenses by cut- ting clerical help, the state railway commission announced it had con ceded to the railroads' request that the weekly car bulletins furnished it nr railroads since iw De aiscon- acuteness of the car shortage has dus- appeared and tne reports win oo little; if any, good. v Western Towns Planning .$ Municipal improvements ': i Lodgepole, Neb., May 6. (Spe cial.) Municipal improvements are feeing . made by several western towris. Public camping grounds tor tourists,.' equipped With city water, electric lights and other conven iences, are being established at Sedg wick and Peetz. Colo. - At Merino the I. O. O. F. will build , a two- story lodge building, 50 by 110 feet" J'he farmers union here will build a all for business and social functions. Petition Filed Against Light Rate Ordinance A referendum petition filed with the cityclerlc by R. Howell, against the electric light and power rate ordinance, contains the required number of signatures, according to vv. j. tfiunier, ciiy tier. The petition asks that the new city council rescind the ordinance or sub mit it o a vote of the people. Pharmacy Examinations . In Omaha Mav 10 and 13 Lincoln, May 16. (Special.) H. H." Antics, secretary of the. depart ment of public welfare, announced that the state board of pharmacy would hold an examination of would-be.- ' registered pharmacists at the Creighton school of pharmacy, Omaha, May 10 and 13. Kearney lelephone Company Q' 1 Granted Increase in Rates Lincoln, May 6. (Special.) The state railway commission authorized the following increases in telephone rates "for the , Kearney Telephone company:' SO cents "a month on busi ness telephones; 25 cents a month for residence and farm telephones. Eddie Rickenbacker On Way to West Coast Eddie Rifkcnhackcr, ace oi Amer ican aviator :md veteran automobile racer, passed 1 oii'jn Omaha on the Overland lim.ivtl yesterday, entente from Chicago to Sail Francisco. To W. I. Votaw. supcrintetidcnt of the Omaha air mail station, who met him at the Union station. Ricken backer ' said he "would fly back through Omaha within a short time. Rickenbacker is .interested .in an airplane corporation at San Fran cisco and is scheduled to pilot one of the planes made out there back to Chicago, thence on to Inflianapolis to attend the Decoration day races in that city. Of Russian invention is a fireproof building material resembling paper that can be made with paper making machinery. . Lawyers Withdraw As Fair Counsel File Letters Purporting Client's Authorization of Suit Over Administrator. firogan, Ellick & Raymond, the law firm which filed a petition in the name of Mrs. Mary Fair, widow of the late Rev. Campbell Fair, former dean of Trinity cathedral, asking that her son, Campbell' Fair, be removed as administrator of the Fair estate and that a trust company be placed in charge of it, filed a withdrawal of appearance as counsel for Mrs. Fair, in county court yesterday. Mrs. Fair denied she had author ied the filing of such a petition in a letter to County. Judge Crawford. The Omaha law tirm filed copies of letters purporting to be from Mrs. Fair, authorizing her son, James 11. S. Fair, to employ counsel. She is quoted as saying: "It seems best that my son, Campbell, be relieved of the administration work as there is a good deal of friction between the two boys and he is seldom in Omaha," ahd as favoring either a division of the estate or the appointment of a trustee. The firm also filed a copy of a telegram from a law compairy said to be representing Mrs. Fair in Balti more, giving it power to act. This is the second withdrawal of law .firms in the Fair matter, the firm headed by, Stanley Rosewater, employed by Campbell Fair, having withdrawn several weeks ago. A hearing in the case is set for May 16 in county court. Cut Municipal Expense Lodgepole, Neb., May 6. (Spe cial.) As a means of reducing ex pense the town Tjoard has eliminated Sunday daytime light service and re duced the salary of the chief engineer. F R E E GIRLS, BOYS A EVERYONE This eonuine SWISS .Wrist Wtch it dandy. nd we $rir it FREE. Hundreda hvc ben made happy with these excel lent time-pieces. Here is (rand eppor tunity to secure just what you have been looking for. We give it for selling only 30 packages of our easy selling Sachet Powder at 15e each. Tear this out NOW and order PROMPTLY. This will not appear again tomorrow. SEND NO MONEY. We trust you and send every thing POSTPAID. Southwestern Supply Co., Dept. 35 1669 New England Ave. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ''Twenty feet above the high p.ents m. m. I For Several Years Barker Has I Been Giving the Best Possible Values in Men's and Young Men's Quality up m m TTHESE are the sort of clothes jl that find favor with good p dressers everywhere smart p looking, good wearing suits for II which you'd pay a custom p tailor almost double our price j clothes with a marked repu- Jj tation for correct style, fine p tailoring and perfect fit. 1 Newest Styles, Colors I : : and Weaves . m m For young men there are clever, vigorous m models; for older men there are dignified, j , conservative styles; both single and double p breasted of the choicest all-wool fabrics; in p rich new grays, blues, greens, checks, plaids - II and stripes. 11 . ' : v Twenty of America's Greatest Tailors Contribute Their Best to Barker Stocks This brings to Omaha men the opportunity, the broadest type of style selections, and the greatest possible values afforded in each line. Here's Good Thought for the Clothes Buyer There's a reason for our sweeping claim of actual money savings on eveiy purchase here. First, we've done away with immense ground floor rentals. We've eliminated the loss that results from selling on credit. We are content wTith simple fixtures. Men, it's these points that make Barker savings a reality. . t : You Save at Least $10 When You Take the Elevator to if p) n top I Second Floor, Securities Bldg. Ait- fei. ll m ij j ssiiaw . HI . ll &VJ U) (iO) - 16th and Farnam i i Toe lit Eiiwinr'iniKRS COKUPAKRf S.E. COR. 16th A JACKSON STS. Style: Suits, Coats and Dresses for Later Wear Are In New style lines, new materjals, new colors and new ideas in trimming give a refresh ing newness to -the mid-season garments that are being sent on daily by our Buyers who are now in New York City. New Suits Styles that give a youthful sil houette to your figure can be had expertly tailored from rich-looking serges, Poiret twill, tricotine, etc., at lower prices. New Dressts These beautiful midseason dress es possess "style smartness" to an unusual degree. Materials in clude Canton Crepe, Taffeta, Crepe de Chine, Satin, etc., at Closing Out All MILLINERY In Two Great Lots This "Choice of the House" sale makes it possible to secure a Hat at less than actual cost of materials. $nv75 Wup Hats Worth Up to $10.00 $2.95 Hats Worth $20 to $22.50 $4.95 Saturday Only 5,453 Pairs of ' j.I?. i ,2: . i Lace Curtains at Scrim Curtains, 2J2 yards long; 1920 price, $1.75 a pair; 40 Saturday, at; each , rO C Nottingham and Scrim Curtains, in neat patterns, , 1920 PQ price $2.50 pair,' each. ! Marquisette and Nottingham Cur taint, in new designs, Qg vere $3.75 pair, each.. Ut Filet Lace Curtain and Panel, 2 yard3 long, 1920 djl OQ price $5 pair, each. . P tO it mean a saving of many dol lar on every pair of Curtains you select in this sale. Lace and Marquisette Curtains of good quality, 1920 dj-i PC price $6.25, each. , vl eOO Marquisette and Lace Curtains, 2y3 yards long, 1920 d 1 QP price $8.00 pair, eachP 1 J0 Beautiful Lace Curtains in 2ri yard lengths, 1920 0 1 C price $8.50 pair, each & Cable Net Curtain in exquisite ' patterns, 1920 price do AC was $10.00 pair, eachPT'0 i ' Rich Looking Nets' and -Panels, 2'a yards ltfng, 1920 dJO QD price $12 pair, each;, WwO Dainty Lace.,and Filet Curtain, good quality,. 1920 yfC price $14 pir, each". .Vpa'TtJ Fine Swiss Net and ' Lace Cur. tains, 2Ji yards, 1920 dJO QO price $16 pair, each. pOjO Swiss . Net, Filet and Lace Cur tains, 2 yards, 1920 SfA QO price $20 pair, each. pHtt0 Great Day Sale : Fiber :Furniture This One-Day Sale of Fiber Furniture is further evidence of the money sav ing possibilities on Homefurnishings here. An entire floor of beautiful pieces suitable for Sun Parlor, Living, Dining and Bedroom. Large Fiber Chair in rich .brown finish, extra well made; a-former $8.75 value, at $5.95 Fiber Rocker, frosted brown with full uphol stered back and spring seat;-$19.50 dQ 7C value. tJUe"f O Brawn Fiber Chair with full upholstered cretonne back and spring-scat; $19.50 value (Ml Pa7. U at Fiber Rocker in rich brown finish with com fortably shaped seat and back; $12.50 value . $9.75 Ivory Fiber Rocker, scat and back upholstered in beautiful cretonne; a $19.50 JJ f QC value at..PlV.70 Genuine Reed Chair, well made, in the natural fin ish; $1920 price was $20.00, at.'. .... $10.95 Large Ivory Rocker, with spring seat, upholstered in cretonne; 1920 price $22.50 at $12.50 Brown Fiber Rocker, with upholstered back and spring seat; 19-'0 $24.50, at $14.95 Frosted Brown Rocker, with full upholstered cretonne back; 1920 $34.50, at $17.5.0 Large Fiber Brown Chair with wide arms, upholstered back and cushion seat, $41.50 value, at.... Extra Large Rocker in brown fiber with wide arms, upholstered back and cushion seat; $41.50 value at $23.75 $23.75 Brown Fiber Settee with full upholstered back and arms; 1920 price $39.50 Brown Fiber Chair with full upholstered back and arms; 1920 price $59.50, r;. $29.50 Brown 'Fiber, Chair1 with ' full upholstered back and arms; 1920 price $59.50, i?v .. $29,50 Three-Piece Ivory Bed Davenport Suite; Xtphol stercd in cretonne; 1920 priTO $49, at. $195 BrowTi Fiber Davenport Suite, davenport, chair and rocker; 1920' price $4J)fr tf1'Oiri .... ClOJ "at.-K L. Scores of Other Bargains Too Numerous to Advertise t cmbw e mej t mm Mm amm) mm mmtmm mmmvm
