THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2G, 1921.
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Better Business
To Bring Large
Crow d to Omaha
Merchants Fall Market Week
Will Have Record At
tendance Reports
Indicate.
Indications that business coudi
tionj in the middle west are grad
ually returning to a normal state
are shown in advance notices of an
enormous attendance to the Mer
chants' Fall Market Week in Oma
ha beginning next Monday.
The Omaha Wholesalers and
Manufacturers' association is mak
ing immense preparations or
grand tesiivai. l raveling men
throughout the middle west have
written W. A. Ellis, assistant com
missioner of the Chamber of Com
merce, that merchants are optimistic
about an early resumption of good
business and that Omaha will set
its share of the fall and winter buy
ing.
Dances for the visitors will be held
next week in the Auditorium.at the
1'ield club and Prettiest Mile club,
Following a reception at the Cham
ber of Commerce club rooms Mon
day night, visiting merchants will be
taken to the Ak-Sar-Ben den for
entertainment. A box lunch and pic
nic will be held at Miller park next
Wednesday.
Hungry Thief Finds
$ 1 50 Hidden in Ice Box
Bert 1'c.lgue, who operates a soft
drink emporium at 8J4 North Six
teenth street, entertr.ir"( a wholesome
respect for yeggmei, yhd burglars.
So, scorning the afe, it has been
his custom to concenl each day's re
ceipts in various hid ig spots about
the store when locking u; for the
night.
Wednesday night he selected the
ice box at a likely spot for $150.
But a hungry burglar found his
way to the ice box and seiaed upon
a choice ham contained therein. And
hidden behind the ham was the $15U-
Police now are looking for the
thief, the $150 and the ham.
Log Rollers, M. W. A. and
Royal Neighbors to Picnic
Omaha District Log Rolling as
sociation, Modern Woodmen of
America, and Royal Neighbors, will
atage its annual picnic at Fapillion,
Neb., Saturday, August 27.
A double-header base ball game
and contests by the drill teams of
the different camps vill feature the
afternoon program. In the evening
there will be dancing.
A band concert and a tug of war
between six men from any one camp
to pull tlx men from another camp,
are also on the program for the aft
ernoon. ;
Cars will leave Omaha every hour,
starting at 9 a. ni., and every half
hour, starting at 1 p. ni., from
Twenty-fourth and N streets.
Fire Alarm From City Hall
Causes Clilef to Dash About
Clang I Clang!
"City hall's on fire!"
That was the alarm at 11 a. m.
yesterday that caused Fire Chief Sal
ter to dash from his office.
The corner at Eighteenth and Far
nam streets was red with fire
trucks. Smoke? There wasn't any.
Fire? Chief Salter couldn't find it.
Some one yelled; "Oft the sixth
floor." Another shouted: "In the al
ley." A few more suggested the
stock room.
Finally the chief discovered a box
of rubbish burning quietly and safe
ty in the alley. What he said is
withheld.
U. S. Attorney Kinsler Called
To Capital by Daugherty
J. C. KinslcrUnited States district
ittorney, has becu summoned to
Washington for a conference with
Attorney General Daugherty.
Kinsler said he did not know what
would be taken up at that time. He
loaves Monday, stopping enroute at
Cincinnati for a meeting of the Amer
ican Bar association, but expects to
be in Washington the following
Monday.
Police Hunt Girl, 14, Who
Disappeared From Home
Police were asked to locate Violet
Capaldo, 14, Twenty-first and Ave
nue K, East Omaha, who dis
appeared from her home Wednesday
morning.
The parents told police they were
unable to understand why the left
home. ;
State Pen Filled;
So Is County Jail;
So Is City Hostile
The penitentiary is filled. So is
the county jail. And so too the city
jail.
"What arc we going to do?" Chief
of Police Dcmpsey want3 to know.
"Don't make any arrests," suggest
ed Chief of Detectives Van Deusen.
"Get a work house," decided Demp
scy. "But we haven't any funds to build
one," he added ruefully. "So still I
don't know what we're going to do."
A tide is a wave of the whole
ocean, which is elevated to a cer
tain height by the attraction of the
moon, and then sinks.
Dempsey Will Probe
Release of Negro
Held for Robbery
Investigation of the dismissal of a
highway robbery charge against
Simith runes, negro, 1011 Capitol av
enue, will be made, Chief of Police
Dtmpsey stated yesterday. Tolice
officials are wondering how Hines
brought about his release.
Edward Koch. 60. 1404 Bancroft
street, identified Mines as the man
who held him up last December and
robbed Jiim of his watch and $10.
Following his arrest. Hines' hearing
was set for August 31. Investigation
by Koch disclosed that Hines was
dismissed Tuesday.
"Why, he Was innocent and dis
missed by Assistant County Attor
ney Yeager," an attorney .who visited
Koch Wednesday niaht said. Yeager
admitted he did not call Koch when
Hines was dismissed.
Bobbed Hair Causes Row;
Father Lands in Hoosegow
New York, Aug. 25. When Dor
othy Wilson, 16, of Plainfield, N. J.,
bobbed her hair, she started some
thing. Her father, Theodore Wilson, is
much opposed to bobbed hair and
when he returned from his office he
started to slap her. His wife came
to the rescue and the father at
tacked her. Neighbors called the
police and when Traffic Policeman
Dale arrived Wilson tried to throw
him downstairs. He was doing a
good job of It when Patrolman
Nolan arrived and the two officers
subdued Wilson. He was fined $100
with an alternative of spending 90
days in jail.
Police Drag River in Hunt
For Body of Hermit Suicide
Omaha and Council Bluffs police
yesterday were draggina the river
with grappling hooks in an ertort to
recover the body of C, H. Young,
70. the "Hermit of Bethany." who
threw himself off the Douglas street
bridge Wednesday afternoon.
Before jumping into the river he
hung his cane, inscribed with his
name and address, on the bridge
rail to identify him.
Family troubles are thought to
have caused the suicide. Young,
who once was wealthy, was irt
straitened circumstances. bor
rowed $2 to come to Omaha.
Exam's to Be H el J at Ft. Crook
For Veterinary Commissions
Announcement was received
Thursday at Fort Crook headquar
tcrS for the Seventh army corps area
oi a competitive examination Novem
ber 14 to 19 for commissions and ap
pointments in the veterinary sur
geon corps.
There are 16 vacancies to be filled,
the announcement says. Candidates
must be between the age of 21 and
30 and citizens of the United States.
Dorsey Prepares
Evidence for
Probe of Stocks
Special Attorney General
Delves Into Affairs of Al
leged Fake Stock
Concerns.
Fined on Liquor Charge
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 25. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Frank Vicers
pleaded guilty today in the district
court to the charge of illegal pos
session of liquor and was fined $100
and costs by Judge Colby. .
Papillion Notes
Ernest ZeiJck and Miss Alice Bell were
married Saturday.
Mrs. May Piatt spent the week-end
with friends in Lincoln.
Louis Dnup of Kansas City spent Fri
day with Papillion relatives.
County Treasurer J. P. Spearman re
turned Friday from Wyoming and other
western points.
Mrs. Frank Fish. Mrs. Fred Ross and
Mrs J. A. Frye entertained the Presby
terian Aid society Wednesday.
Papillion and adjoining tdwhs are en
joying the weekly dances given on the
platform every Saturday evening.
Mr. ahd Mrs. Frank Hahn and Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Pflug drove to North Dakota,
where they will spend seme time visiting
relatives.
Charles Pike sold 48 residence lots In
South Papillion Saturday, ranging In price
from ISO to 1125 apiece. He also auction
ed a fine lot which was drawn by Adam
Mohr, jr.
The Sarpy county commissioners, the
hew court house advisory committee and
other boosters went to Clay Center, Neb.,
Monday to Inspect the new court house
recently completed there.
li! I,
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to order your coal
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dozen tons, do not delay, but
ORDER NOW
Prompt Delivery
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Phone WAlnut 0300
The work of preparing evidence to
be submitted to the grand jury next
month by Attorney General Clar
ence A. Davis, has been started by
Judge W. C. Dorsey of Blooming
ton, who is in Omaha as special
counsel for the attorney general's
department.
The judge will have several as
sistants in going over the voluminous
reports which have been prepared
by the state examiners, who have
been delving into the affairs of
various concerns in Omaha and other
Nebraska towns.
"We have a big job on our
hands," said the judge. "We expect
to prepare for the grand jury evi
dence in connection with alleged be
trayal of trusts in connection with
stock concerns gnd other institu
tions whose officers have been crim
inally negligent in their disposition
of the interests of the stockholders
or depositors. This office will con
tinue along this line of work even
after the grand jury shall have con
vened." The iudsro explained that he can
speak only in general terms of the
work at this time, but expects to,
have more detailed information to
offer as the work progresses.
Brief City News
SouU Leavre Scott's caravan of
motor cars and 2S families from
Brooklyn left Omaha at 8 yesterday
mornlnt continuing on their route to
Buhl, Idaho, where the colony will
settle on irrigated land.
8oy Ucnns Grown Here I. H.
Stewart of the university extension
department will relate experiences
of farmers growing the aoy bean in
Nebraska at a meeting to be held
Monday afternoon at the farm of
Otto Pfeitfer. one mile north of Elk
horn.
tCAa It to Player Police Judge
wappicn in central police court yes
terday dismissed Paul Barnard,
Twenty-fourth and Burt etreet, with
a lecture, on a charge of throwing
pop bottles at the umpires at the base
ball game Wednesday between the
Burruioea and Wichita.
tict n Key So securely were two
automoDUta locked together in an
accident yesterday at Twentieth and
Ptnkney streets that an auto am ba
lance was called to pull them apart
The ears belonged to V. C. Edwards,
Hotel Fontenelle, and Fred A. Mit
chell, 4413 North Thirty-first street.
Alleged "Peeping Tom"
Pleads to Intoxication
Alliance, Neb., Aug. 25. (Special.)
Arthur Reynolds, Burlington pas
senger brakeman, accused by a num
ber of Alliance residents of "Peep
ing Tom" activities in the residence
districts, pleaded guilty in county
court to a charge of intoxication and
was fined $50. Reynolds was ar
rested following an escapade in
which the complainants said they saw
him peeping into the windows of
their homes late at night.
The entire neighborhood was
aroused and pajama-clad heads of
households, revolvers in hand, sought
to intercept the intruder as he flitted
from house to house, but he was
captured only after a chase of sev
eral blocks by two husky young high
school lads.
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and j$f
A cigar has to be mighty
good to win and hold
a million smokers.
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CIGAR CO., DISTRIBUTORS
Hansen's Quality
Used Car Sale
Buy a Good Used Car Now
at a Great Saving in Cost.
Ride While' You Pay.
Twenty rebuilt, guaranteed cars to
select from Dodges, Buicks, Hudsons,
RE-NEW-ED Cadillacs, etc.
A Safe Place to Buy
How is this for a snap? Late 8-cylinder
Cole Sportster. Good tires. Fine paint.
Mechanically a good car. Cost $3,500.00.
OUR PRICE NOW $1,550.00. Look
once ! See if you can beat it anywhere !
We have the equipment to make used
cars RIGHT! We are financially re
sponsible to insure satisfaction.
Come Inspect Our Stock.
Note How We Have
Slashed the Prices
on Quality Used Cars
Open Evenings
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co.
Farnr.m at 26th.
Harney 0710.
Burgess-Nash Company's
Downstairs Store
mnamt Day
Bargains in All Departments
Silk Hosiery
$1.75 a Pair
An exceptionally nice quality
women's pure thread silk
hose -semi-fashioned; lisle top,
toe and heel; in black, dark
brown Bnd gray. All sizes.
This is NOT a sale price, but all
exceptional value.
Fiber Hose
69c a Pair
Women's fiber silk hose
drop stitch; in black, African
brown and Russian calf; special
Friday at 69c.
Downstair Stor.
787 Pair High Grade
Satin Slippers
$2o4
In Black :
Brown : Gray
All Sizes
Remarkable purchase in one and
two-strap models with baby or full
Louis heels. Light turned soles in
black, brown and gray. All sizes, 212
to 8 ; A to D widths.
Downstair Stor.
Boys' School Suits
$6.95
.With Two Pair of Trousers
Well made, of excellent
quality, in brown and gray
mixtures and cashmeres some
in all wool; nicely lined
throughout. Special Friday,
at $6.95. , Sizes 6 to 16.
Wash Trousers 69c
Boys' khaki and cotton crash
trousers in almost all sizes.
Downstairs 8tor.
Men's Derby Hats
75c
Broken lines from our regular
stock about 300 in all. For quick
clearance, 75c. All sizes. Many
derbies of; finest qualities are in
cluded. Men's Shirts, 69c
An excellent quality and make,
but slightly soiled. In sizes 13 to
15 only.
Men's Overalls, $1.25
Cut full and roomy, high back, sizes 34 to 42.
Downstairs Store
n
Clearance of Dresses, 5
Imported Dotted Swisses, Georgettes, Jersey Guimpes. Sizes 16 to 38.
All-Wool Serge Coats full length navy and black. Sizes 16 to 40.
Downstair Star.
Cafeteria Special:
Friday
Dried Filet of Sole with OA
Tartar Sauce A.UC
Silk Bags, $1.45
Most excep
tional value;
silk moire
bags, attrac
tively lined ;
with change
purse and mirror.
Letter Paper, 50c
Pound - package homespun
linen paper and two packages
of envelopes, in white, pink,
and blue. Complete, 50c.
Downstair. Store
Box of Notions
35c
EACH BOX CONTAINS
1 card of good quality
Buttons.
27 to 30 i .ehes of In
side Skirt Belting:.
1 fast colored Darning
Cotton.
1 bolt of Tape.
1 spool of Machine
Thread, No. 50 or 60.
1 card Dress Clasps.
1 pktc. Hair Pins.
1 bolt of Colored Wash
Edging.
1 piece of Elastic.
1 card of btays.
Downstair Stor.
1 card of Hooks and
Eyes.
1 bolt of Lingerie Rib
bon. 1 pair of very strong
black Shoe Laces.
1 bolt of Wright's Bias
Tape in white.
1 card of Safety Pins.
1 paper of Pins.
1 Vanity Case with
Powder Puff and Mir
ror, and several other
very useful Notions.
Drugs : Soap
Sun , Brite Cleanser, 2
for 15c.
Lilac Rose Talcum, large
cans, 19c
Soap Flakes, 3 for 25c.
Snap Pulverized Soap fo?
washing machines, 3 for 25c.
Rose, Violet or Baby Tal
cum, 15c.
Pride Washing Powder,
2yrlb. pkg., 19c ,
Naphtha Soap, 10 bars
for 49c.
DowasUir Stor.
Remnants of Colored Wash Goods 100 Pieces of Newest Dress Voiles
V2 Price at 29c and 49c yd.
Remnants of Muslins: Sheetings: check and Hd Ginghams at
Quantities Limited Downstair Stor.
Limit of 10 Yards to a Customer
Sanitos Sets
95c
Luncheon Sets in 5 or 13
piece sets round and oval
shaped doilies with center
piecesattractive colors. Limit
of two to a customer.
Downstairs Stor.
Odd Lots of Merchandise:
50c
Infants' Whit. Cashmere
Hose.
Infants' Vests.
Infants' Gertrude.
Infants' Gowns.
Women's Futurist Underwear.
Women's Gingham Petticoat..
Children's Bloomers.
Women's Two-Piece Breakfast
Set.
Children's Apron.
The Downstair. Stor.
Blanket Swatches
2c to 25c
Salesmen's blanket and
comfort samples, suitable
for making children's
blankets, small comforts,
etc.
Downstair. Stor.
Government Canopies : Containing
Many Yards of Fine Cable Net
mm
or Marquisette
79c Each
Each of these Government Mosquito Canopies con
tains enough excellent quality marquisette, in ecru and
white, to make (with many small pieces remaining for
other purposes) :
2 Pair of Ruffled Curtains, as pictured at left.
Or 3 Paira of Hemmed Curtains, about 1 yard in length.
Or 1 Full Sized Bed Spread with deep Valance.
Some are slightly soiled. All .ale final. No Refunds. No Returns. No C. O. D's. Limit of si to a customer.
Downstairs Stor.