Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1915, Page 6

By MELLIFICIA. event, and of twofold interest. Following the game Joe Stecher will give & wrestling exhibition and for the affalr Mr, Stecher's father, mother and sweetheart will motor In from Dodge, Neb. They will be guests of honor in a box and one of our local enthusiastic fanites has donated a huge box of candy for Mr. Stecher's sweetheart, It is to be presented with some ceremony at tomorrow’s game. Mr. Robert Manley is president of the boosters’ committes, and the Thursday, August 5, 1915, F keenest interest just now to soclety is the Boosters' aay game at the ball park tomorrow afternoon. following committee is in charge of affairs: Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Hogan, Mr. | and Mrs. Harley Moorhead, Mr. and Mrs. Al Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kings- ley, Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Cameron, R. V. Besley and Mr, Jack Byrne. Boxes will be occupied by the Commercial club, F. W, Judson, D, J. O'Brien, W. J. Foye, Congressman Lobeck, Charles Black, Howard Baldrige, Charles Metz, Fred Metz, George Brandeis, W. A, Ellis, Arthur Metz, M. J. Hinchley, Dr. and Mrs, F. J. Schller. The Manufacturers’ association of Omaha has en- gaged a section, as also have the Ak-Sar-Ben board of governors, Ad elub, Rotary club and the Retall Grocers' association. The same admission fee is asked and it will include two attractions. Society Goes to Races. Scott, daughter of Mrs. Laura L. Soott, and Mr, Edward F. Bausman was' cele- From all reports it promises to be a very gay and interesting ' FRIDAY THE BEE: OMATIA, AUGUST 6, 1915, 3] JITNEYS MUST PAY POuCE KEEP CROWD BACK BOND AND LICENSE ™ sl ol St 2 ™ Shoe Sale Until Space is Ordinance Call-i Cleared Out. |xo'rm WITH EIGHT KIDDIES ; Policemen had to be called in to help handle the crowd that surged into the basement of the Brandels stores yesterday at the opening of the annual §1 shoe sale. Although a space of 11,000 square feet with broad aisles running between the nance for the regulstion of the jitney oo ' oo orovided, the crowd that jhullneu, the measure to be In force ... (o buy far exceeded capacity. !at once under provision of a 1&8W The doors were besieged long before | which places ‘“‘urgency ordinances’ opening time. When they were finally beyond the operation of a referen- Sdmitted policement were stationed among the people and at every stairway dum, but does not preclude court , 4o aown to the basment. Those { action. |waiting to enter were held back until The bond requirement feature is: For the floor had cleared somewhat Then & car of five passenger capacity, $2,000, & few score more would be let in. | and $500 additional bond for each passen-' All 6f the big space recently excavated | ger beyond that capacity. In place of under Douglas street was devoted to the i"'" occupation tax provision in the for- sale, and a large part of the old base- { mer ordinance, the new ordinance re- ment. | quires an additional licenss fee of $10 Seventy-five thousand pairs of shoes | for cars of five-passenger capacity, and ond pumps were piled on the tables and $15 for cars of larger capacity. City COuhters, and the crowd went for them | Bollcitor Fleharty, who drew the ordi. With & great rush. They were clustered nance, told the council that the jitney *rUnd each table three and four deep. I men belleve a bond of 3500 would oe! beniches were provided, and every | muftictent, but he explained that in sev. PéTIOR Was his own clerk, selecting the eral courts the bond provision of this Sn0e® &nd then nitting down and trying City Council Passes ing for $2,000 Bond and Ten Dollars License Fee. ‘GOB INTO EFFECT AT ONCE The city council passed an ordi- Boclety attended the opening of the horse races at the Speedway this after- noon in great numbers. The boxes were gay Wwith enthusiastic spectators and all Omaha welcomed the return of the equine rt. Mr, J. A. Cavers gave a box party at this event, His guests inciuded Mr. and Mre, Wiekham of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Charles Marsh. After the races Mr. Cav- ers will entertain his guests at dinner at the Country ciub, With Mr. and Mrs. E. 8, Westbrook in their box were Mr. dnd Mrs. 8. 8. Caldwell, Miss Louilse White and Mr. Channing Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. M, C. Peters entertained for Mr. and Mrs. Wil Burns and Mr. and Mrs. Raiph Peters, Other well known lovers of the horse in prominence this afternoon were Mr, and Mrs. T. C. Byrne, Mr, and Mrs. Everitt Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs, J. 8. Voater, Mr, and Mrs. Joel Wright, Miss Lucile Bacon, Mr. Raiph Morrison, Mr. Ed Peck and Mr, John A, Kubn. At Happy Hollow Club. \ Mrs. Palmer Findley entertained at luncheon today at the Happy Hollow club in honor of Miss Janet Brownlee of Wash- ington, Pa., who is the guest of her brother, Mr. J. T. Browniee, Covers Were placed for ten. Miss Helen Garvin was hostess at a préttily appointed luncheon today at the club, in honor of Miss t. The guests were seated at one long table, which was artistically decorated with quantities of pink and white astors. Covers wer placed for: Garvin, Hewn ingwerson, Margaret Hustin, Cimire Fatterson, Eleanor Austin. uid, ley, ux&nn of po t Nattinger, of HC’:."A lrllt. luft Lucy Garvin, entertalning at luncheon Happy Mollow club were: had five guests; Mrs. | M. Shirley four.| omas H. Fell will| lve & dinner of six covers lnturw{ at the Happy. Hollow club, nnA! Mr. H. G. Loomis will have nine guests dinner Saturday evening. 1. Sibernsen today at lunch- Happy Hollow club were: Boy Lillian Tead, n e Je Stone, E Bl ;I i : H i Z L i i ; $pfk i i o II*E ni B pis 13 i ehi h; I i | i s. ; fe I [berta Blinn of Sioux City. them on, and finally taking them to tho ordinance has been upheld, & recent case, y yppers and paying the bill. | Up in the balcony, which overlooks the new part of the basement, a crowd of spoctators watched the amazing sight. | Haia a military looking woman to the jpollremnn at one of the stairways: “My husband and baby are down there and T must go down and find him." “You can't go down yet, madam,” re- plied the stern minion of the law. “He'll get along all right.” A wiry little woman was there early and picked out a corner of the benches, where she seated elght small children of assorted sizes. Then she made a raid !on the shoe tables, rapldly picking out foot gear to fit the various kids. Rap- 1dly she tossed the shoes to them. ‘‘Here, Amella, try this pair; “Susan, see if this pair will fit little George,” and so on. And finally she marched up to the desk |and had about & dozen pafr wrapped up. ‘“Well,"" she sighed, "I hope that'll keep 1us in shoes till Christmas anyway.” |All Houses Must Be Supplied vflh Screens Health Commissioner Connell's fly screen ordinance, outlined In detail a week ago, has been introduced by Com- ; missioner Kugel. It 18 proposed to re- quire that all owners or agents of prop- erty provide adequate screen protec- tion against flies. This applies to own- | ers occupying their own houses or rent- | Ing them to others. JACK FAUST PINCHED AS HE LEAVES COURT ROOM Jack Faust, colored, was before Police Judge Kubat charged with vagrancy, It was learned that he had been tried for the murder of a woman in Kansas City, but had been released, and fnasmuch as brated in Sloux City Saturday, July 8L | The Rev. Mr. Hamilton of the First Presbyterian church performed the cere- mony. The young couple will be at home In Omaha after September 1. in Des Moines being cited. The monthly cost for the ordinary small jitney under this ordinance will be about $10, Must Speelfy Routes, Before being granted permits by the superintendent of police jitney men will | be required to mpecify in thelr applica- | tions the routes they expect to traverse and to state frequency of service, all Summer Trips. Mra. 8. 8. Carlisle left last evening for Lake Prior, Minn., for the remainder of the summer, Miss Helen Sedilek and Mrs. George Swoboda left Wednesday for Colorado, to spend one month. Mr. Jerome Heyn left Wednesday even- ing for Charlevolx, Mich. His brother, Lester, returned the early part of the week, from gpending his vacation at Charlevolx, regoad schedules for stated periods. For House Guest, Interior lights will be required only in Miss Annabelle and Helen Sinclalt|cars of more than five-passenger ca- the superintendent. In this way it is expected congestion of jitneys on any street will be avolded and a distribu- tion of routes will be obtained. Exceptions will be made to allow jitney ! men to haul passengers off regular routes or to abandon their regular routes and entertained at . luncheon today et their| pacity, the exception being In favor of | home in honor of thelr guest, Miss Ro:| those not carrying storage batteries. The table | Weekly furgigation of ‘was decorated with yellow dalsies and | quired. nflm:..f:g o-l;:: a:mr-:.ulrr:a lavender china asters and yollow aster by the first ordinance, will not be obli- place cards marked the names of | gatory, but signs must plainly show twelve guests. routes traveled and fares charged. oy The superintendent of police is em- For Mrs. French. powered to revoke permits upon comvic- Mra. J. C. French entertained at %0d | yion for intoxication or for violation of this afternoon at her home In honor of| provisions of the ordinance. Chauffeurs Mrs. Herbert French of Loulsville, Ky, | ot jitneys will be required to pass ex- who is her guest. The rooms were | ..,;q¢ions, v a-bloom with garden flows In the din- ing room a color scheme white and " . pink was used, and large baskets of F,u-eman is Injured On a Practice Run pink asters decorated the table. Mrs. Joseph Forman, 1409 South Thirteenth Frenth was assisted by* ngm rge W. Johnstop street, a fireman at the Eleventh and Dorcas street barn, was painfully injured ) lara, while on a practice run, when a horse ks Among the Vl:lhf;. P Mr. and Mra. John F. MeGlinn of Read- | fell, and his hand caught in a snap on B B S R e s 5 e, T e e e s 'Ihc ; sts: o ls doh nearly tore it from his hand. With efal yardmaster of the Pennaylvania-Erie rallroad, Miss Marlon MoDonald of Duluth, Minn., fe visiting Mre, Leo Hamlin, 8he will probably stay until the first of Soptember, 3 aged to tear the hook out, preventing the serliously. Dr. Shook attended him, an- nouncing that he was in no danger as long as the wound did not become in- fected. News of the Wayfarers. Registoring at the Hotel McAlpin of New York City, from Omaha, during the last week have been: Mr, and Mrs, L. G. Doup and the Misses Louise and Nina Diets, The Best Medicine for Coughs. The first dose of Dr. King’s New Dis- covery helps your cough, soothes throat; ®ot & bottle today. S0c, All druggists.— Advertisement. MANY DIVORCES ARE GRANTED WEDNESDAY Two husbands Wednesday secured di- vorces from wives who had deserted nforma] Luncheon. Mrs. W, H. Taylor entertained in- formally today at the Omaha club. Covers were placed for six and later the guests attended the matinee at the Brandels. At the Country Club. Mr. F. J. Burkley will entertain six Buests at dinner Baturday evening at the Country club and Mrs. ¥, P. Kirkeddall :.Ill give & dinner of twenty-six covers t ¥ At the Brandeis, Miss Ruth Beutty gave a theater party this afternoon at the Brandels in honor Miss Mary Butler of St. Louis. Thir mor, who sued Helen Negomir. Mrs, cree against Norman Ghyst on grounds A Weaver, In which she charged cruelty. wife of Aubrey Potter. Mrs. Ruth A. #irls who used to rave over Morrison when he was leading here for the Eva Lang company, may be interested to know that he is taking roles with the New Post theater company in San Francisco, where billed as “the handsomest leading For the Future. Miss Mary Burkley will give a dinner of “Enlargement Sale” values ce of which will be subject to approval by plunging horse from injurtng him more them, They were John E. Graf, who sued Eleanor K. Graf, and Peter Nego- Emily 8. Ghyst was awarded a de- of cruelty, Mrs. Cynthia A. Weaver ‘was victorious In her sult against Ernest Mrs. Mary K. Potter 1s no longer the Budd was granted legal ssparation from Harry H. Budd on grounds of non- conalderable presence of mind he man- . DA work the judge turned him loose. Tle had hardly gotten out of the door, When John McGivney, a transient, rushed in to Inspector Steve Maloney and whis- pefed gomething in his ear. Maloney rushed out of the court room, and re- i turned In a moment with Jack, who had not Jeft the bullding. It turned out that he was chargefl by McGivney with rob- bery, McGlvney having lost $28 in eash to Him Wédnesday night. The exact amount ot McGivney's loss was found on the | person of the arrested man, and he was sent up for ninety days In the county Jall 'HOWELL GOES TO LEXINGTON | To BRING BACK HIS AUTC Frank 8, Howell, retiring United States attorney, has gone to Lexington, Neb. to bring home his touring car, which he ' left there last week and came on by | train, when he was notified that Thomas | Allen, his successor in office, was in a hurry to annex the emulments of the oftice, Mr. Howell was assured by the weather bureau that the roads from Lexington | to Omaha are now in good condition and likely to grow better. Mr. Howell used the car in golng about in various parts of Wyoming and Colorado, taking evi- dence In a government suit. very Foot Filled with Buyers Yesterday were lrresistable and the conse- the largest crowd of buyers ever waited upon in an and suit house. But there are enough values remain- try club, complimentary to Mrs. Her bert French of Loulsville, Ky. originally rendered; ‘garment from the present stock will be shown in the store will have been finlshed. Everything must sell Miss Cora Bennet: and Miss Elisabeth SOUTH | Party of Thirtyfilhptndl Time Al- lotted to Omaha at the Stock Yards. CARRY THEIR OWN PROVISIONS The Weeks' Public Library Hours in Other Cities Council Bluffs— Our libraray is open from 8:30 a. Western tour crowd of m. to § p. m. During the period the i)ty tourists spent five nours tn Omahs | public schools are closed in the sum-| Wednesday, on their 9.000-mile journey. mer, we close at 8 p. m,, except on |Prof. C. R. Weeks, Saturday, when we are open until § | NOrmal school, and ore time professor P n’d raspihg °s ”d |at the University of Nebraska, now in B o s w1 4 | charge of the department of agriculture e \ CAROLINANS HERE| formerly of Peru | of Winthrop college, Rock Hill, 8 C, 18| Omaha was on the itinerary for a fives hour stop. Miss Doris Goethe of tha bureau of publicity took the party in charge while in Omaba and conducted them to South Omaha, where they wers particularly anxious to get a compre- | hensive survey of the packing industry. They got it, for they spent the whole five hours there, going through the hog, sheep and cattle yards, visiting the horse barns, and then taking the trips through soveral of the large packing plants. Bighty spring chickens on ice. That 18 one of the items the special car carried from the agricultural college at South Carolina. Bushels and bushels of corn on the cob is another item they carried. Cream, milk and butter from their own agricultural cows they started out with, although these they have had to replenish aince. The party is traveling in & special buf- |fet car. There are thirty in the party, made up largely of swudents of the col- |lege, professors, business men and their A thousand miles in thirty-one 0 f New H penlng 9___ ol Ome‘rmr, Weeks has made up the schedule club at noon to plan for the opening of | trip from South Carolina, through the Twentleth and Harney streets. The blg open house and reception will be held, Old wheat on the Omaha market wes | Uni Glub Plans for | conducting the party. | *“Nine | days” is the slogan of the party. | In fact that is the schedule of the party. The board of directors of the University |and itinerary carefully to cover the club held a meeting at the Commercial |PoInts of most interest in a big circular the new quarters In the former Inde-|CO8st country and back home. pendent Telephone company building at opening will occur the week of August 16, and some day during that week a OLD WHEAT DROPS OFF A CENT ON OMAHA MARKET a cent lower, selling at $1.40@1.41, while new remalned steady at the prices of ‘Wednesday, the sales being made around $L15@1.2l. Receipts were twelve car- 10ads. Corn was strong and three-fourths of & cent up, the prices being T@c. Fifty- six carloads were on the market. Oats were a cent up and sold at 614@ 8140, with two carloads offered. at The Plaza. Single Rooms with Bath, $3.50 up To reserve Z-PLAZA HO NEW YORK FIFTH AVENUB and FIFTY NINTH The cpolest hotel in New York. Overlooking Central Park. Within easy distance of all theatres and shops. rooms or to secure furthes address FRED STERRY, Mans EL Your address known the world over while you stop OUTDOOR TERRACE AND SUMMER GARDEN Special Dancing Features Double Rooms with Bath, $5.00 up information Director Emphatically Our Dollar Shoe have- ever ' had. We know that they got.for $1.00. The sale is continued Friday need look far for what is wanted. There are over a hundred salespeople to give. you good service; 11,000 square feet of selling space; if you are an average human be- ing, all the king’s horses couldn’t pull you away from this sale. Sale Sale Thousands and thousands of people have literally surged through our doorways the first day in response to the greatest shoe sale we thousands left our store astonished at what day. We started with over 25,000 pairs, over a thousand each of some styles, so that no one Continued Fridayand Saturday Greatest these same and Satur- e Buy Dfesses In the Basement At es to choose from. 50c¢ 2 to 6 and 6 to 14 years. 18¢c Children's Wash Dresses and Friday ;-Awaz Prices Your choice of any Women’s or Misses’ Summer Wash Dresses—Former prices $3.95, $4.95 and $5.95; every dress a correct summer style; about 200 dress- Any Girl's Summer Wash Dress—Ages Rompers ~—All good wash materials, many dif- 4 Remnants of Table Linen 2,000 yards of alllinen damask In remnarts, some slightly soiled; all good lengths. Vals. in this lot up to $1.25, yd... 75c $2.25 Spreads, $1.75 Extra full sise crochet or hemmed. quality; rem- 0-yard lengths. » durable nants of 5 and I ferent styles; 25¢ to 39¢ values. Ages 2 to 6 years.