Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 8, 1915, Page 8

By MELLIFICIA, —_— | Mary Sheets and Mr. Robert Vance, which is to be celebrated Tues-| VETERAN IS NOW 88 YEARS OLD{ day, July 13, in Chicago at the Auburn Park Methodist church there, | Mr. Vance's father was organist and choir master in this nmn‘“c church for years, and later was married from there by his brother, SE\'ERAI, interesting coincidences will surround the wedding of Miss Rev. Mr. Willilam Vance A few years later the same minister married Miss Mary Sheet's father than ex-Justice of the Peace Eben K. | Arthur Sheets, and in order to preserve this family sentiment, Miss Sheets and her flance will go to Chicago for |y, 1. g3 years old and has been an their wedding and if possible the same minister will perform the ceremony. g maha resident forty-seven years. Beckman of Fort Worth, Tex., aunt and uncle of the bride-to-be, will meet Miss Sheets this week in Chicago and Mrs. Beckman | seventy-five years ago, when he was 14 | and mother, the late Mr, and Mrs Mr. and Mrs will give the bride away. The ceremony will be performed at 10 o'clock in the morning, and -tl‘ THE 0N Wednesday, July 7, 1915. 1 o'clock the young couple will start on the lake trip At Happy Hollow Club Mre. Charles Leslie entertained at a ehfldren’s party" this afternoon at the Happy Hollow club in honor of har little daughter, Alice. The g nectuded Minner— Minson— Catherine Adams. Dorgthy Jones h; Carmichael Francea Ed.erley, Ruth Rimberiey, — Trances Hathaway, Pauline Crowell, Charlotte McDonald, Ml Crowell, Josephine Hamlin, Mar; Hooking, Marjorie Tampoast, Pau'ine Johneon, Ruth Durkee Puth Buffincton Jean Eva Lesie. Emily Hoagland Masters— vd Lesile, nes Buffington The Ladies Bowling club was enter- tained this afternoon at the Hapoy Hol- low club. Mrs. W. 8 Burke will give a luncheon tomorrow at the Happy Hollow club. House Party. The Misses Grace Gibson and Ruth Welch, daughters of Mr. W, W. Weich, entertained at a house party at their apartment in the Page over Sunday. Four- feen guests were entertained and the Paily wern sl members ¢f the Omegs Tau sorority and all fron: (larinda. Ila. The guests were: M Dan Misses— Misses— Aletha Earhart, Helen Stra lola Hobson, Dorothy Al uth Sharp, eneviove Web rene Burwell, ‘atherine Bafley. Lorayne Sherman, Beatrice Lee, Entelle Spry, Mrs. Bert Green. At the Country Club. Mr. and Mrs, Charles T. Kountze will give a dinner of eight covers this even- ing at the Country club in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barber. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Page will enter- tain twelve guests at dinner this evening Fugenia Cral, Ada ‘Ammons, at the Country club and Dr. Bridges will | have ten guests. Miss Erna Reed will entertain st din- ner this evening at the Country club, complimentary to Miss Ella K. Lindley, the house guest of Miss Marjorle Smith. The guests will be: s It u"m"_n iith, ey, A mith, Congdon, Viry nrlzomm. lo, ly Keller, Naoml Towle, Margaret Rustin, < 3 McIntosh, i Daugherty. " Eatner Witheims Girnce Allison, Mesers.— in fllard, d Millard. n, Burdette Kirkendall, Charles Allison, ikeley, Char Q'lfl Mhlw-u. Saquires, Denman Kountse. ing club met Tueaday for luncheon at the E % | club and the members present included: H. D, use, Myers, %" ‘Jfi gomn 3 v Bassett. 1 Past. entortained were: Foote and family. B e a3 320 fam and family. M. was Copley, EE EF = i i Carter Lake club house. The afternoon was spent in swimming and bowling. | e, traffic at Deeatur will now be Mrs. Joseph Zipfel was the guest of the | piyponed until it 1s certain that the Omabha enthusiasts of river navigation Bert C. Fowler gave a| the auto race Monday at|loss in welght, Fred Brodegaard has re- _summer home at Florence Helghts. | turned to Omaha after an extended visit & , Where he went following Mre. Nettle Sallsbury. | Humphreys officiated. & member of the class of the Omaba High school. The X Jeft last cvening for their | | In Omaha forty years, and during that time have been fast friends. While cele- Hollow club, ,Francisco, where she has been spendinf | made in 15%, when the bell was tolled | the winter with her daughter, Mis. Lester |in memory of the nation's first chief jus- | H. Drishaus. Mrs. Drishaus will remain {tice, John Marsball |for a few weeks longer, visiting with | But the bell's condition when Mr. Long | friends |first saw it was almost perfect, com- 'Board Divided Over Letting Janitors The Board of Education is on a center regarding the question of missing for the summer twenty engl and Janitors of the various schoole. subject has | At the present time E. [R. F. Williama, C. V. Warfleld, ¥. J. | Taggart, W. A. Foster and F. H. Wood ‘There was no rallroad to New York | { 1and of the board are against the proposi-| City then, so we had to take a steam- | { tion of summarily dismissing these men. | boat. We found the city to be small and | | Taking the lead for the opposition, Dr. |extending north only to about Center | Holovitchiner made this: statement | street on the island. North of Center | | “These men do not receive much ro- | street the streets were graded up twelve | | muneration for the work they do during {to fifteen feet higher than the natural ele- | the entire year, It should be remembered | vation of the land, and the blocks were | that during the winter they {are at work at 4 or 6§ in the t the fires, ready for the if their labors are lessened.” session Fridey evening. Those who favor the dismissal of { when there s not sufficlent them to de. The estimated saving | about 2,7, | Decatur Fete Over Julia is Postponed Omaha enthusiasts. will not make the trip to Decatur for the celet™tion of the arrival of the barge Julla at that place. On account of the heavy rain day night, which made much of the road ‘between Omaba and Decatur impassable, the whole celcbration has been poned until a later date. Quite a ber of ('mahg men had planned to o on the United States frigate Constitu- |return with recommendations for the the trip by automobile. % e ntime the “Julla” having tion and he fired the shot that nearly de- |local committee. Mayor Nahlman has discharged its cargo at Decatur, is re- - R ——— — — — — loading, and expects to start dow viver for Omaha with a cargo of thirty tons of corn on Thursday. | The hoat is expected to reach Omaha with its corn about the lattor part week or Sunday. The elebration for the inaugurat can ba there to participate. It will ably be held the next time the “Julia™ reaches Decatur if the weather permits, !Brodegaard Back, Improved in Health Showing a gain m nealth, but in Califo a physioal and nervous broakdow to overwork. For the last few months Brodegaard was the guest of John N, Westbers, former city comptroller here, who now has a 1,000-acre ranch in the Sacramento valley, near Hutte City, and ralses fruit, wrain, alfalfa and hogs Mr. nuts, | Westherg appears much younger | California. Whils the Omaha jeweler was a |twelve-pound baby. Roberi Brode | was born to his wite. .| Break Friendship of | Forty Years in Fight John Ordman, aged 5 years, living at | 1915 Vinton street, and Hamond Trenkle, aged 83 yoars, reslding at 717 North ty-fitth street, South Omaha, hav brating the Fourth they engaged in arganized bridge olub for the | POUL Of fistiouffs and each sustained a | blackened left eye. The case came be- fore Police Magistrate Foster, who dis- “'he | Missed the charge when the pair agreel | to shake hands and resume the ship of forty years. | GOVERNMENT LAND IN to 0167 acres. s ‘This land was all subject to entry under the provisions of the Kinkald homestead law, entitiing the entryman to a tract of 640 acres. During the period on which figures are avallable. there were 134.83% filed upon, meaning that the we. Out for Summer been discussed in several | executive sessions and the end is not yet Holovtchiner, frequently morning to opening of schools and they are at the schools on| 33 Sunday - afterncon during the cold| 'New York had no rallrosd south | | wenther. It is only fair to keep them | ®ither, 50 we had to take another steam- f during the summer vacation time, even |boat to Amboy, N. J., where we found ‘The board will hold another executive men say it is in the Interest of cconomy; that they do not belleve In keeping men work for is sald to when he left here, Mr, Brodegaards as- serts, and is amassing quite a fortune In NEBRASKA IS SCARCE The Burlington land devartment has recelved government data on what was |done during the vear, July 1, M3, to July 1, 194, in the way of filing upon and settiing the public land in Nebrasks. For years practically ail the government land in Nebraska has been in the sand- hill country. July 1, 1013, 405,000 acres of {thia land wag subject to homestead entry. July 1, 1914, the quantity had decreased LAHA, TIT JULY SDAY, 'EBEN K. LONG SAW | THE BELL IN 1840 Omaha Pioneer Remembers Relic| { Before it is Cracked—Will See | It Here, When the old Liberty bell is pub-| ly exhibited in Omaha Friday| he | morning, there probably will be no | more interested spectator to view it Long, 529 South Thirty-first street, | He first saw the famous bell in 1840, |yvears of age. Mr. Long declares that at that time the bell was sound and un- blemished, at least he noticed no cracks in it, although there was a slight crack, which he overlooked. T erack was pared with its present badly cracked and |time-worn condition. He is anxious to | |see it again and note the changes in it | |uppearance. He will go to the place of |exhibition for the purpose, in spite of | his vears. In telling of his first view of the na- tion's cherished relic, he said “In 1840, when I was 14 years of age | and lived at Lowell, Mass., I started on 4 tep to Washington, D. C., with four other boys of the same age and | town. The Boston, Worcester & Springfield rallroad was then completed | to Altany, N. Y. We went there and | found Albany a flourishing city. dead dis- | neers The mostly occupled by pigs, geese and wash- | ing hung out to dry. Goes by Boat. raflrond leading to Philadelphia. Arriv ing there we looked around that fine cfty. which was. much bigger and better thar New York at that time “We went to Independence hall and in| ‘"% the third story found the great bell, ap- parently sound and without cracks or blethishes. Then we went to Washington, | where we saw the ruins of many build- | ings which had not been rebuilt since the fire of 1814." The famous bell was removed from the tower of Independence hall after the first | slight crack appeared, and for a while| was kept on the third story, where Mr. | Long saw it. Later it was taken down te the lower story and given a perma- nent resting place, where many thousands of people have seen it since Grandfather on Constitation. Mr. Long, in connection with his story of meelng the liberty bell many years ago, mentions the fact that his grand- father, Willlam Long, was chief gunner these Mr. was of t be Unit Tues- Col poste BUST OF PETRUS STUYVESANT, by Toon Dupuis, to ‘Il be presented to the city of New York, formerly New Am. sterdam, on the occasion of the third centenary of the city’s foundation. AETRUS STUYVESANT “by TOON DURUIS { molished the British ship Guerriere dur- father was severely wounded. asserts that was the first rallroad in the ished as it is today. Kugel Goes to Get general committee to receive the Liberty Bell, F! Buys Prétty Dress | With Prize Money | from Her Garden| | As the result of her skill in gardening, | 11-year-old Cornella Brown, 24 North | Beventeenth street, a member of Lake | | School Garden club. is now wearing a {pretty new dress. Bhe bought it with ! prize money won at the early vegetable exhibit, held ldst week. at which time | she received first prize for the best beets | and third prize for beans. 14,000 Bells to Ring g for Omaha Rotary; When the Rotarians go to Frisco, 4,000 | bells will ring for Omaha out there, so it was announced at the weekly luncheon in explanation of the use to which the | specially collected publicity fund would be put. President Harley Moorhead sat | at the head of the table and let “Dad” Weaver talk about the success of Rotary | night at the Den and invite the boys to |come out and sing for the deaf when they are Ak-Sar-Ben's guests. ! A delegation will meet the Mullhonan | special when it goes through Omaha next | Monday night. The new members intro- duced were: W. F. Megeath, 8. F. Mat- | tison, L. C. Buresh. { LIBERTY BELL BADGES i READY FOR THE COMMITTEE The liberty bel] reception committee badges of the Pennsylvania society are | out and are being distributed by M. J. | Greevy, secretary of the society. They contain & picture of the liberty bell, | crack and all, and a picture of the key- | stone, Indicative of the Keystone state.| The secretary is to be at the pioneers | room of the court house Thursday to | | distribute these badges to the native | | Pennsylvantans. | | A meeting of the general liberty bell committee is to be held at the ecity hall | this evening at 8 o’clock. This is to com- plete the arrangements for the liberty Dell recepticn July 9. | é R ) Dog Bites Off Man's Thumb. 1 | YANKTON, 8. D, July 6—(Special)— | { Frank Pyncheon, a ploneer printer, lost i the first joint of his right thumb on Sun- !day when trying to eject a dog from {the Methodist church. The dog bit the | thumb so badly that amputation was nec- essary. Harry Phillips confessed to a statutory charge and was sentenced to one vear i been authorized by the city councll to incur necessary expense on account of the visit of the bell and sixty Phila- delphians Friday. A band will be engaged and automobiles placed at the disposal of . the visitors. Milly V. Brega and Cassius E. Varne in the state penitentiary. X girl of 14 was Callaway, Neb, are the latest descend- H o R Llc K sent to the state reform school, ants of the signers of the Declaration of | Independence to signify a desire to "'1 'rhe own.l placed on the local committee. Mrs. 11 Brega 1s regent of the David Conkling MALTED MlLK‘ - | hapter, Daughts f the American | Umloss you say “HORLIOK'S" v oty m"(m[ you may get a Substitute, the war of 1812 Later his grand- . Long's father, Willlam R. Lons, in 1837 the first ticket agent at Lowell he Boston & Lowell rallroad. He ed States that was completely fin- Pointers on the Reception of Bell chairman of the mmissioner Kugel, Remodeling A HOSPE (0. SA L.E 1513 DouglasSt has gone to Des Moines to observe reception of the bell there. He will n the some of the A Few of the ltemsm Specially Featured | for Thursday } lon of prob- a big n, due ‘We do not mean to a While we have not chandise at lower prices. than WAY, & gaard, SPECIAL SALE A Display of 8ilk Petticoats and Summer Dresses om~ the Main Fioer Bargain Squares. | Fine 8ilk Petticoats—Almost every style, color and ssrvice- able silk that woman's heart could wish for. Regular $2, §3 T and $4 values. Extra special e lived at— $139 | Women's and Misses' Summer Hundreds of splendid street dresses, porch dresses, house dresses—all grouped at one price for a Thursday special. Dozens of styles, white and col- ored dresses, every kind of want- ed style and material; plain cloths, black and white ma- terials, fancy figures, ete. A great lot of up-to-date dresses right when you need them, at wonderful savings. Specially priced at— . $1.49 friend- chandise entitles us to the premier positon we occupy as Omaha’s representative store. compare favorably with any other in the United States in volume of business and in resourcefulness. past two days of our clearing sale, thousands will testify that they have never bought standard mer- We advise prompt purchasing of the numbers you require, for no further dupli- cating or re-ordering can be again made in the primary markets. Fine Materials on Sale Now at | Striking Savings | ppear boastful when we say our ability as collectors and distributors of mer- This store will computed the actual amount of money saved by our customers during the UNUSUAL! | Prices Cut in Half on a Lot of Economical Chances in * ’ Fine Laces. i Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear |7 %" o | . Shadow Floun- Worth We are very enthusiastic about these unusual values, |cings .......... There are hundreds of other items not mentioned here ;:?c;ul:xccli]ng?"mm §0c equally as good, which no woman can afford to overlook. House Dresses, stylish and serviceable, worth to $1.50, at 79¢ Colored Tub Dresses, ‘worth $2.98, splendid values, at. .$1.89 18-inch Fine Cot-| Thursday ton Allovers, in) | cream and white..( zsc 36-inch Flowered Women'’s and Misses' Coats, all Kinds, worth to $15, at $6.76 | %"f:‘g;: tegnaes Yord Women's and Misses Lace and Net Dresses, to $20, at. 310 | tioln‘ Nets, in all i Women's Dainty Summer Frocks, worth $25.00, to sell ;'o b .—‘__ | . 815 | Hosiery Women's All Fiber Silk Hos- | iery, worth 50c, pair. ..28¢ Women’s Full Fashioned | Hosiery, double heels, toes | and soles. Black, white and split soles. Worth 25¢. Spe- cial Thursday, pair....,18¢ ues, Clearance of Muslinwear : One lot of Women's Gowns, lace trimrp_ed,‘_w'or!h to 81, For Chil_dren ‘1 Children’s Barred Dimity | | Sleeping Garments, 50¢ val- | RN ek oo ho s R 33¢ ‘ Infants’ Rubber Toys, four | styles, worth 25¢, sale price | o i . 18¢ | Ft bbbt bbb bbbddbddbddbbdddtbbdbbdbdddbbdbbdbbdbbbbddddddtdd Double-Panelled, Scalloped White Petticoats, 75 values. .39 Knit Underwear Women's Lisle Union Suite— Cuff snd umbrella knee styles. |. Sizes 4, 5 and 6. 50c walues at, BRIR esnisnshes nnss YR 39¢ Women's Fine Lisle and Cotton Vests—Plain and dainty lace yokes. BSizes 4, 5 and 6. Worth 19¢ each. .. .. 12'%e E‘L‘l,"fi Chemise, lace trimmed, worth 65¢, sale price is 315 White Embroidered Petticoats, worth $1.50, clearing sale 89¢ White Lawn Dressing Sacques, worth $1, sale price. .. White Lawn Kimonos, worth $2, on sale Thursday. . ONLY A SMALL EXPENDITURE IS Required to Purchase a Beau- tiful Piano or Player Piano During Our July Clearance Sale Of High Grade Pianos that have been Rented for Short Periods. Also Discontinued Styles of New Pianos. Every Piano sold with a Bona Fide Guarantee. There never has been a sale of Planos to compare with this sweeping clearance of our Floor 8tock. The prices quoted are in many cases actually less than the cost of manufacture alone. SMALL WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS may be arranged to suit your conven- ience, in order that every fam- ily can take advantage of the bargains. World Famous Piano Bargains $350 Vose & Sons, upright,$125 $250 Fischer, upright ..$ 75 $300 Ivers & Pond, upright, . . $10¢ $300 Marshall & Wendell, upright R ...8165 $375 Kimball, upright ..8$122 $425 Emerson, upright . .$200 $300 Schmoller & Mueller, upright ..............8150 $675 Steinway, upright . .8$500 $600 Chickering, upright, $115 $326 Camp & Co., upright,$185 $300 Mueller, upright . $400 Steger & Sons, right . . . . $1,100 Chick grand $200 $900 A. B. Chase, grand .$290 Only a Few Player Pianos in This List, But Every One a Bargain $500 Mahogany Player ..$220 $5560 Schmoller & Mueller Player .. ............$350 $250 Pianola Cabinet Play- W Ay dTeta e s's 8 50 $700 Btuyvesant Pianola .$3905 $800 Wheelock Pianola .$480 $550 Aeolian Player ....$395 In addition to these special bargains we are making extra- ordinary inducements on our complete line of Hardman Emerson, Me- Lindeman & Sons, and Pianos Steger & Sons, Phail, Schmoller & Mueller and Player Pianos. SCHMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO CO. 1811-18 FARNAM ST Oldest and Largest Piano House in the West, Established 1859, During July and August Store Closes at 5 O0'Clock, Except Saturday, at 9 O'Clock, Served Hot or Ice Cold Itis Delicicus The Economy Cofiee gllillbyclrns 60%::. ' Gas Roasted direct in the flame quickly — not in ovens slowly—saves you the strength and delicate aroma—that is ecomomy. Then buying in a 2.1b, can at 60c—the quantity price —is economy. A trial can will make you a constant user. Your Grocer - He Sells It. Paxton & Gallagher Co. OMAHA, NEB. closed her leaves 1his she will give awn For The Bee and : m:‘ -'?'l of the 2 last x work for Bee readers el . and Sen | ’