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THE BEE: OMALIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE OMAHA BANKS MAKE |Regular Spendthrift and He Has REMARKABLE GAINS Deposits and Loans Show Big Ad- % appeareu A young man of perhaps at the “Money Orde ved ' w low f vance Over March and Also Over |7' Bestutites. Moty SNt predved 4 | Same Time Year Ago. Miss Clara Peterson, the clerk, a !lank | - filled out for a money order SHOW BIG BUSINESS GROWTH| The voung man was slim and pal: and —_— | wore large giasses His face was ‘sick Bank deposits are about three-|liec o'er with the pale cast of thuught e« gentle Will Shakespeare has aptly quarters of a million dollars greater | . ", now than in March, at the time of |y pererson lookea at the filled out | the last call by the United States| bienk comptroller, Loans by the banks| “Why-" she said I beg pardon,” sald the youth, starting as if from a revery. Why, this is for 1 Yes?" he replied, and there was stern Imquiry In his voice. “Do you mean that you want to get a | show a gain of approximately $1,- 500,000 in the same period. Com- pared with a year ago, the gains are| sti'l more remarkable, being about $7,000,000 in deposits and $2,400,- cent,” she sa'd 54 1n loans. :Hl\rnlylr’v:'h-, for 1 cent?" fnquired the | e y ¢ owings | 7 € B e e ‘ 1 belleye the blank which 1 have pre Omaha's banking territory, as well as | sented you Indicates that desire on my the usual healthy growth from year to | Sl Mt (AICHEE year. The call reveals the fact that on | PETE S0 X o for (Bl m.oliey June the total deposits in Omaha | ” st oen! or this ney crder,” sald Miss Peterson banks were 162,444,442, as against $61,707, 67 on March 4 ‘Yes, and it will cost 2 cents for post- berositk ' the letter which shall carry the | A 1 one order,” sald the young man' *I First National am aware of all that. Neverthelces 1 TR, Nauansl want the order.’ Merchants Natic The wondering young woman, without Stock Yards Na further ado, proceeded to fill ou! the Nebragka N order. Never before had there hwen a Uity Natio Live Stock demand at the local office for a mone order of less than 25 cents. When it was made out the serfous youth awoks once more from his rever I presume | have broken another rec he He was informed of the previous ent minimum., It pleased him Breaks Many I am very glad to ¥ e maid I may say for your information that I, who now stand by this window, have broken probably more records than any cther man now extant ! tip the waiter 1 cent hut 1 had the est tip anyway At lunch today He refused it, credit of offering the small- | didn't 17 I tried to buy half an orange at a| frult stand down the street, but as the tan wouldn't sell it at half the prize of 1 whole one, of course it would have been no credit to me to purchase the citrus, 8o 1 desisted. At postal s=avings bank 1 found they had no provision for accepting deposits of less than 10 cents, and of that denomination were common 1 was no longer interested. “If the the dis- tinction of writing the biggest checks and distributing the largest tips, 1 can have the distinction of writing the Yes, there is a distinction in that to bid you good morning.” And the young man wandered dreamily, ind solemnly away. the as deposita millionaires can have smallest ) beg Packers National Corn h. Natlonal State Bank of Omaha Security State bank J. FRED KERR DIES FROM TONSILITIS | Prominent Young Business Man | Gives Way Under Complication of Throat Trouble WAS GRADUATE AT BELLEVUE $6).70 DEPOSITS Totals First National Omaha_ Nation U at Merchants National Stock Yards National Nebraska National City National Live Stock Nationa Packers tional Corn Exchi. National State Benk of Omaha Security State bank Totals J. Fred Kerr died Monday following unexpected complications resulting from an operation for ton- LOANE March 4-'1 38207600 8 ], ine 23 First National o g T L e {silitis. He was indisposed for sev- u’m-’n-vm:ds;lb?nl ; 9| eral weeks, but it was only a few Stock Yards National {days ago an operation was decided 60 | DOCessary. Mr. Kerr was 32 years of age, resided | at 3008 Poppleton avenue and was the| Nebragka National City National ........... Live Stock National Packers National Corn Exchange Nat'l nights | tion of his father at that institution and always took a lively interest in cutdoor athletics, He wns endowed with a splen- 414 physiqie and was esteemed by many business aind social acquaintances. He was born In Jamestown, Pa., and lived most of his life in Omaha and Bellevue. | MANY SIGN PETITION [ AGAINST LOCUST DumpP W. H. Crary, heading a delegation of citizens Interested in the northeast part of the city, appeared before the eity councll with a petition of 59 signers, pro- | testing against a noxious dump on the bottoms south of Locust street The city council will give this matter special consideration Thursday morning. MANY ARE TO ATTEND CONVENTION OF DEAF Word comes to the bureau of publicity that several hundred delegates are ex- | pected to attend the convention of the | National Soclety of the Deaf, July & to 12, in Omaha. Headquarters are to be at | the Hotel Rome State Bank of Omaha head of an abstract company bearing TP e Baak: . " his name, He ls survived by a wife and Totals...... 0,857,135 42, two children, Katherine and J, Fred, ir., LOANS {8 and 3 years old, respectively. The June 20.°14. June | funeral will be held this after First National g 51 [} | noon from the family residence at 3| 0"\"‘- National |a'clock, with the Interment at Forest aiipel Lawn cemeterv. Rev. E. H. Jenks of I(archnnu Nationai Stock Yards National Nebraska lonal City Nation .- Live Stock Natlonal Packers Nationa! Corn Exchange N State Bank of Omah: Security State Ban Totals. Improvement Clubs to Have Big Day on the Fifth of July The Federated Improvement clubs of the Twelfth ward are expecting to make ono of the biggest “nowses” in Omaha at their celebration of the Fourth Fon- tenelle park next Monday. This is an association of a dozen clubs. More than $1,000 has already been subscribed to pay for the pyrotechnic display in the even- ing. A number of good prizes h: offered in the athletic the First Presbyterian church will offi clate. He was a son of Rev, David R® Kerr, D, D, at present the head of Beechwood | school for girls, Philadelphia, and for- 5 one of the first pastors of the Bouthwest Presbyterian church, Twentleth and Leavenworth streets. Brother in Ka Willls Kerr, a brother, is librarian of the Kansas State Normal school at Em- porla. Mre. David Page of Topeka, a sister, s here for the funeral. Julla C. Kerr, another sister, lives in Philadel- phia. David R. Kerr, jr, of Emporia, and Robert H. Kerr of Lehigh, Okl., are brothers. The bereaved wife Iy a daughter of Judge and Mrs, Robinson of Harting- ton, Neb, Mr. Kerr was a member of the Field olub and Ak-Sar-Ben. He attended 909,042,910 $42,310,000 7| merly president of Bellevue college and | Bellevue college during the administra- || The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice | Plenty of fresh milk and ice is ‘whn the children need in hot ;velther. It isn't always possible to send ,t.hem to the country or to take them | to & baby camp. It is possible, however, to supply [the milk and ice to them right at home., A little help from many people will do the work. will be extraordinarily numerous. , A new school house for Druld Hill is one of the most needed improvements in the city,” sald John Nickerson. “In the iittle old bullding that we now have chil- dren are taken only as far as the fifth grade. For the rest of their education in the grades they have to walk to the Lothrop, the Howard Kennedy or the Monmouth. Park schools. Omaha Paying City Taxes Faster Than Any Previous Year According to Treasurer Ure, city taxes that become delinguent July 1 are being vaid at & rapld rate. Up to the close of the office Monday night the receipts on 1815 taxes amounted (o $1,604,006, as sgainst $1,12000 on the corresponding date of one year go. LUp to Monday night $112,000 had been pald In on back taxes, those that had be- come delinquent, as against 92,000 on the same date one year ago. All ety Wia taxes become delinquent July 1 and after that date a penalty of 10 per cent Is added. Indications are, however, that this year the delinguent 1ist will be much smaller than heretofore. HOLDUP MEN ARRESTED AND ARE HELD FOR TRIAL | In leas than twenty-four hours eince Frank Donaldson was held up and robbed of valusbles worth 8210 Detectives | Murphy and Rooney had arrested J. J. Doran and Thomas Hodges as the hold- | ups. Besldes this, the two men were positively identified vy thelr vietim and | are Leing held for trial, with bonds fixed ut $1,600. | | | A Suwum the Lunws. | Dr. Bell's Plno-Tuthn:y stops the | cough and prevents your cold getting | worse. It's guaranteed. Only e Al | druggists.—Advertisement. | JUDGE GARY AND HEARST TO BE IN OMAHA FRIDAY Judge Gary of Chicago and W'lllam influence in its behalf, which m Until the end of his life Liberty was the b-'lymfllhmd the elegant pleasures of life, of Revolution he was ane of the most active and influential members ‘A—--&h*::‘:-*w-h- awskened the gratitude of the people of Massachusetts breath of life. He would have frowned | any other property owner. he @ honor him. In the the Sons of Liberty. To this tireless worker upon any legislation which would restrict the natural enactments. It was upon the tenets of our National Spoken Word their great institution, To-day throughout the length and breadth of the Free famed for quality, punty, mildness and exquisite flavor. Their brand BUDWEISER Mufiim#mfl.fldnmhpflchflh“ exceed any other ANHEUSER-BUSCH - ST LOUIS, U.S.A. Anheuser-Busch Co. of Nebr. KUGEL WOULD $TOP | | | \ Penchant for Breaking Records (ARS ON NEAR S[DE ‘Aaks Legal Depmnntn! to Draw Up | Ordinance Which He Will In- l troduce for Passnge Commissioner Kugel of the police department maintains that all traffic should be required to stop on the near side of intersections | Acting in line witk a communication from the Omana Automobile club, he has asked the city legal ordinance on this subject Explaining his contentton, the commis- sloner states that under the present sys- \ there are frequent instances of auto: ybiles intertering with traffic within in rsections when th ehicles ar sed behind street tischargin gors. 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Whatev tooth cream, or powder you are now using, may be very pleasant to the taste and may leave your mouth feeling fresh and ‘.-a..r——\nn it is not actually accom- i one particle of good in the fon of disease germs that are constantly attac king lII»Knnll and lh?”\ All this talk about “acid mouth” and yarious other clever catch phrases, used by¥ so many advertisers, are of no real importance as compared with the germ- feldal and antiseptic properties of Ben- | etol Tooth Cream. 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She succeeds Mr Jennie McPhergon, who resigned after $10.00 $10.00 twelve years' service N—— S Month End $1.00 Sale Wednesday In Domestic Room Cloak Section Dresses Worth to $5.00 — Silk Petticoats that sold to Silk poplins, shepherd $2.50 Jersey and fitted checks, white embroldered tops, in American beauty, lingeries, pure glnshams Kelley greens, sand, putty, all daintily trimmed. and other popular shades. Coats Worth to $8.05 — Misses' White Middy Suits. Wool coats, linen coats, In fine quality, 8-0z. drill— rain and auto coats, rep 36-in. coat with 4-in. belts, coats, etc., In all styles and 3 pockets, full circular sizes. / \skirte; regular $2.98 values. “SER om Pons 65¢ 20 dozen pomn pons go on black, two of the sale Wednesday, white and colors, styles here illnstrated, sev- eral other styles for selection $2.00 Panama Hats, 95¢ Vacation Baggage Greatly Underpriced Wednesday. Trunks—Worth $5.00 up tc $20.00; big assortment for selection; on sale— .$3.95 to $14.95 Suit Cases — $4.00 to $15.00 values, all styles and kinds; on sale...$2.95 to $9.95 Four Rousing Specials —i— Furnishing Goods Men’s Silk Shirts — High grade tub silks, in all best new patterns, and finely tail- ored, made to sell at $3 and $5--two lots, $1.98-$3.45 Men's Athletic Union Suits, to $3.00 values, in fine quality nain- - | is large—therefore economical sook, conde, satinette and silk | . . » to your druggist tod get a tri bibiies, <) A Black Teather Traveling Bags— § cent tube of this cream, and ask him |} Stripe fabrics, A1l pixcs; on sale |, e lned, regular $6.50 val about Benctol products, Or if you pre 5 : % - : r to try before you buy, fill out the 33 -81.45 and 98¢ bad from druggists, n or se ination 8. us a postal for a tr to_us direct if you wish one. mended Sherman othe M; Benetol | | Benetol preparations are sold, recom and nteed in Omaha b & McConnell Drug Co., an leading druggists. e only by The Benetol Co. Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. Free Trial Coupon The Benetol Co., Benetol Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. Please send me without cost or obligation, your combination trial package of Benetol preparations, Name Address Town was the first sub- pledgudhulaficmd investments in proposed o bombard Boston, that no regard be Snn.l\eusedhh wines, social dinners stirring events preceding the for American ackage of Benetol prepar This trial package is not to b 50 you must write | 144 ues; on sale $4.45 In Domestic Room. - 0 to $7 7 ikl Men's Summer Underwear—Shirts ERRAS HRm=sys 8 or drawers, to 50c values, in 3 blg W”'n{ purchase, all - || mesh, balbriggan or rib; all sizes | Stvles: on sale Wedneeday at— gy TR T SRR 25¢ | from ....... 82.95 to $4.95 o Silk Hats and Caps — To $1.00 values, big assortment, all sizes and colors; on sale........29¢ Month End Clearance of Laces Four big counters of staple and fancy Laces at less than half retail worth. COUNTER L LACES Worth to 25¢ Yard, at, Yard. .. ..ol Torchons, Clunys, Plat Vals, Shadow and Oriental Laces. COUNTER 2. 19¢ LACES Worth to B50c Yard, at Yard Fine Clunys, Orientals, Venice and Point de Espirit Laces, wide assortment. Children's Wash Hats, to 50c¢ val- ues, in all colors and sizes; choice at | 19¢ COUNTER 3. LACES Worth to $1.25 Yard, at, Yard 490 Beautiful Novelty Flouncings in Orientals and fine silks—ex- ceptional bargains. COUNTER 4. LACES Worth to $2.50 Yard, at, Yard. ' 98¢ A big assortment "ot fine bands, flouncings and allovers. Read This Big Special Grocery Sale for Wednesday Put up your Apricots Bow. M buhu extra fancy Calif bs. best Pure Cane Granulated | Aprio B rar, ¥ s Setae onr s GaATDRR 25 now. 48-1b. sacks best hizh grade Dia- mond H_Flour—nothing finer for bread. ples or cakes, rack....81 10 bars Beat-'Em-All, Diamond C or Laundry Queen White Laundry Soap for . 330 The. best Domestic Macaroni, Ver- micelll or Spaghetti, pl 7Ho 1-1b, can California Ripe Olives 100 Tall cans Alaska Salmon Ofl or Mustard Sardines, can 3}g0 A nut “\lllfr f(ir or urnips . 8o S oiohes T uo 8 bunches fresh Radishes .80 E. C. Corn Flakes, pkg. 6 bunches fresh Onions 8o W. O. C. or Krumbles, pkg. n Fresh Peas, quart, 7340, 4 260 Large bottles Worcester Sauce, | 2 large Cucumbers .8a Pure Tomato Catsup, Pickles—as- .60 sorted kinds: or Prepared Mus | 3 heads fresh Head Lettuce..8o tard, bottle ... . 4 bunches fresh Rhubard .Bo 4 Ib- Fancy Japan Ri 2 bunches fresh Asparagus....8¢ 2 "large Green Peppers .......50 f‘,’?,’"p{";‘"'fi:n"fi':::f.{‘ ok Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, 1b.....00 Hershey's Breakfast Cocoa. Fresh Spinach, peck . Bo ound A full line " of 'Raspherries, Ayuull’h(-l‘l’l?l Blackberries, Logan- he best Tea Siftings, 1b ‘)\errlel etc at less than Golden Santos Coffee, Ib. Put up your Apricots now. e Co-Pa-Co Paints Best for Wear and Weather Varnishes, Stains and Enamels 1812 Farnam Street C.R.Cook Paint Co. Omabha real estate is going to take a jump this fall. Buy now.