Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 13, 1915, Page 6

! | | " | i | THF W. C. T. U. FOR THIRD TIME. ES By MELLIFIOIA. Thursday, August 12, 1915, v~ 3 AVE you ever noticed how every tallish young man simply must fib | H that not one will confess to & fraction of an ineh léss than six feet 1t it 1s quite obvious they are five feet ten inches, they will| on'this score just as constantly as the woman of near 40 fibs about her | age. Women seem to hate to acknowledge anything higher than 39 until Apropos of this rhapsody comes to mind the well known matron, who is always comparing her age with one of our strikingly handsome hlond1 At all functions this youthfully disposed matron No. 1 will insist she is just so much younger than good looking matron No. 2. Lagerquist-Hawkinson Wedding. ELECTED PRESIDENT OF A wery pretty wedding took place on home of Mr. and Mre. A. F. Hawkinson, #4156 Layfayette avenue, when their daugh- bride of Mr. Hugo Lagerquist of Des Motnes. plants and baskets of flowers. A very pretly cormer was ararnged for the A. T. Lorimer. One hundred relatives and intimate friends of the family were Just before the ceremony, Mr. Howard Steberg sang, “All for Thre.” Then as ding March, played by Mm. F. B Miller, Miss Mabel Bern and Miss Irene tons. Mr. Walter Johnson was best man and Miss Ragnhila Lagerquist was mald ring on a satin plllow, and little Johnson earried a basket of flow- ( - about his helght? Try it on all those you know. You will find assire you most impressively, they are just an even six feet. They fib| they are 53, matrons. The latter’s home just now is in and out of Omaha, Just what whim can induce this competition? Wednesday evening, at & o'clock, at the ter, Miss Ruth Hawkinsom, became the The house was decorated with palms, ceremony, which was performed by Rev. present. the musl¢ changed to the Lohengren wed- Palmguist came in, stretohing the rib- honor, Little Howard Hawkinson car- in with her father i H i the shoulders. Her fjises iy 1t i " B. Miller and & number of telegrams letters of congratulations were read. MR8, #,.3, WASERIER, Mrs. N. J. McKitrick was re-elected president of the Omaha Women's Chris- tan Temperance union for the third term at the annual meeting held Thursday at the Young Men's Christian assoclation. Mrs, Fannle Manning is the first vice president, Mrs. Flora Hoffman, second vice proside Mra. B P, Sweeley, re- cording secretary; Mrs, W. T. Graham, corresponding . wecretary: Mrs, Thomas Dunlop, treasurer. Delegates ‘to the " | county temperance convention to be held at Klk City August 31, were also selected. Reports from the departments of rescue work, medal contests and flower mission wers given. g 13 Christine Swanson, and Mr. and Mrs. ¥. A. Hanson. The bridge and groom left for a two l'ii;: I i i ,;‘ i % § { : 4 i S H iz | of “éntertalnea at her £ 251 HH F | 2 i E g £ i i rE g | ! 7 i : fim‘r"“"' orrt?w Bolomeon, rom. H i i H Bz | | that both men will be ratified by the | | year's contract to start with | THE AUGUS' WASTERS AND ADAMS ™ NAMED PRINCIPALS' Head of Oklahoma City High School | is Chosen to Take Charge of | Omaha Central High. | ADAMS TO COMMERCIAL HIGH BEE: OMAHA PRINCIPAL OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Joseph G. Masters, prineipal of the high school at Oklahoma City, has | been selected as principal of Central | High school, and Karl Adams, prin- | eipal of the Commercial High at| Springtield, Makd., will come here as principal of the High 8chool of Com- merce. Both men wete the unanimous cholce of the teachers’ committee of | the Board of Education and Superin- | tendent Graff. The recommenda- | tions will bé made to the B8chool | board at the mext regular meeting | Monday evening, and it is understood | board. The new principais will come under one | The Cen- tral High prinéifal will receive $3,000 a ! year, and the principal of High School of | Commerce agreed to come for $2,700 a year. They will be here as #oon as they | can arrange thelr affairs, { New Men Were Here. The teachers’ chbmmittes met Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with Superintendent Graff, discussing various candidates and negotiations. Messrs Masters and Adams were here Monday and Tuesday and met thel committee. Mr. | Masters ia at present attending the Uni- versity of Chicago, where he ia Drepar- ing for a master's degree. Mr, Adams 1% 1n Chicago and expects to be in Sprin fleld, Mass., Friday. Final negotiations with him were held over long dlstance telephone. He sald he will pack his ef- fects at once and return to Omaha with his family. J. Q. 'MASTERS. and debating and egupped with a general | administrative knowledge. Adams Studied Abroad. Karl Adams has been prindipal of the commercial high school at Springfield, | Mass., for three years. He was head of the Blair academy at Blalrstown, N. Y., four years and was in the finanbial de- partment of the New York Telephone company four years. He was superintend- |ent of the fres work of the New York Tribune and tudied abroad. He I8 six feet two inches tall and is de- | scribed as being a “typical live wire. The new commercial high principal 1s & graduate of Hamilton college and is & short story writer. Hé s marribd, has one child and is 3 years of age. Mr, Masters has two ohfldren. During his recent trip east Dr. Jenkins, chairman of the tuchqtn‘ committee, in. | terviewea Mr. Mastershand Mr. Adams and recommended them to the board. There were other recommendations, but the two men selected seemed to be the most available. - Buperintendent Gvaff says he is pleased with the chofes of the committee. Three States: age, and graduated from the Kansas State normal in 1902 gnd L at tho University of Calitornla. “He in five feet nine Inches in height and holds a bach- olor's degree from the University of Chi- cago. [} The Oklahoma, City High school, which Mr. Masters has administéred for three years, has an enrollment of 1,762 pupfls and ranks high among public - high schools. The school has & faculty of fifty<four teachers_ and during three years has been brought 'up to a high standard of efficlency. Among the recommendations submitted in behulf of Mr. Masters was one from Nathaniel Butler of Chicago, one of the foremost educators of the country, Mr, Mast will come recommended as spe- clally interested in high schol llhlafc‘ T 13, 19 @. Clinton Halsley Tries to Pass a Large Check on Which He Had Changed Name. Charged with an attempt to pass an |altered check for §281.90, which he ob- tained through his position as a clerk of {the Credit Clearing company, G. Clinton | Halsey, ageq 2 years, son of Rev. Walter IN. Halsey, dean of the University of | Omaha, 1s held at the city jail. | Young Halsey for o perfod of some HELD FOR ALTERING GHECK CLERK 'PHONES FOR POLICE| | In 1920 Omaha In 19% Omaha. Without the least inflation, Will be a city. this we know That, just in population, Wil stand well in the topmost row Of citles of the nation: A fact that's largely so because It practiced annexation. A R |1n 1920 Omana With loud ejaculation. Reachea out n to pull in more Burrounding population. {length has been emploved by the Credit |'Two bundred thousand was the goal | Clearing company and was considered ab- {solutely trustworthy. Followinz irest the story was learned in detafl by that Halsey, who had been taking the able to the Omaha Clearing House. This eradicator and after removing the name of the Omaha Clearing House from the face of the check placed the papér in a “window” envelope with the erased lin of the check directly in the “window," {from which the transparent covering had been removed 3 After this he 1s sald to have gone to the public stenographer in the Omaha resenteq himself as a tenant of the build ing, desirous of havine some copying done. He handed the stenographer the |envelope containtng the check and had | her write a fictitious name on the space it Is stated, he went to the Burlington ticket office and presented the paper to purchase a tioket to San Francisco The clerk became suspicious and stating that he did not have sufficlent money on hand to cash the check at once, told Halsey more cash notified police headquarters. It was here that the young fellow was taken shortly afterward by Police Officer Charles Pipkin and Special Officer Gor- | man. The lad was just married last June, and, according to a representative of the firm employing him, who appeared at police headquarters, rocelved a good salary. P S — A “For Bale" ad will turn uconflvh:nd furniture into cash. 1S BOUND OVER ON A WHITE SLAVE CHARGE Mrs. 1da Rockafeller, 1618 Webster, waived examination before United States Commiesioper Singhaus this morning on & charge of violating the Mann white tlave act. She has been hound over to the grand jury, and her case will come up about the last of September. Her bond was reduced from $3,000 to 42,000, Mrs, Rockafeller is charged with hav- ing brought 19-year-old Mrs. Marguerite Lewls to Omaha from Manhattan, Kan., for Immural purposes. The case was up in policc colrt some little time ago, when Mrs., Rockafeller was arrested for keep- ing a disorderly house. National Bank building, where he rep- | as a sample of her work. From there, | to walt, and on pretext of phoning for | | | Chiet of Detectives Maloney, who relates | check had come by mistake through the | mail to the Credit Clearing company. Hal- | Make our city what it ought to be, sey is then said to have procured ink | A crecit to the natlon: i 4 It had in incubation. his ar- |7t scored the mark with some to spare, And held a jubilation CHARLES R. ALLEN. place of the filing clerk, appropriated a In 1920 Omaha check for the above amount made pay-| Will be of great dimensions. If the men of Benson and Florence, too, Still have good intentions, Protect legitimate business from Narrow-minded legislation. SAM L. Parsons Pays for His Dinner, but He (ets New Members “Where is the Ak-Sar-Ben bunch tak- MORRIS. ing lunch?’ | Thus spoke F. H. Parsons, newly ap- pointed member of the Ak-Sar] | hustitng committee, as he stepped the Paxton hotel lobby. The bellhop peered into the dining roem, saw a man with an Ak-Sar-Ben pin, and said, “Right in there at that table.’ Parsons waltzed in and squatted down at the table. By the time he had fin- ished his dinner the fellows at the table one by one were dropping out. “Maybe I'm in the wrong pew,” Per- sons apologized as he began to intro- duce himselt to what was left of the group at the table. "I came to attend & meeting of the Ak-Sar-Ben hustling committee. Are you it?” “"We are not,”” came the reply. Caught “in the right church but in the wrong pew,” Parsons did not hurry away to find his committee room, but then and there flashed application blanks and began to solicit membership for King Ak. In parlor B the real hustling committee ‘was just lightl cigars and easing back in their chairs after dessert, when Par- wsons came wheesing up the stairs. ‘The hustling committee luncheon is free, furnished by Ak-Sar-Ben, ,but Parsons had to pay for his lunch down in the dining room, Nevertheleas the committee voted him a hero for hustling membcrs when he accidently fell into the wrong crowd. The membership Is now 2,48, and the total membership for the year has been limited to 2,600 A Men’s Shirts Next Saturday. A lucky purchase, which 3,600 men may sharé in, Watch Friday evening's papers. Over 6,000 A rare, unusual LOT NO. 1 i LOT One big lot of Messaline, Peeau de Cyne, Pal- cuded and ‘sotitaned fgured chomes: including and " ects; Inclu brown, blue, tan, green, lavender, maize, u: and evening shades. Mr, and Mrs. Morris Milder have leased an apartnient in the New Carey on Park avenue, [ Dr. and Mrs. H. A, Adams have re- turned from & trip to the Pacific coast. Kearney Reports to Weather Man on Bmg_gonditions ' Forecaster Welsh ix In dally receipt of reports frow: the Kearney Commercial olub telling w detail of the showers and conditions along the Lincoln high- Shelton to North Platte, a dis- dinal, pink, cerise, wistaria, black, white, etc. Good dress lengths. Black Chiffon and Grenadine, 36-Inch In lengths from 114 to Stripsd Tub 8ilka—1l4 to 6-yd. lengthe. Thousands of Yards of Black and White Mesegline and Taffeta. T Werth to 88¢, at, yard YARDS and mill renmants of high grade silks, worth to $1.75 a priced manufacturers’ 1%to 12 yurds; colors and patterns that are up at the tip-top of fashion; such silks are seldom One big lot 42.inch Stripe and Figured Chif. fon, 36.Inch Taffeta and Messaline In street 40-inch Crepe de Chine, Krinkied Crepe, Char meuse, Meteors, Jap and China 8ilks and Moire * 27-inch Pongee, Rajah, Shantung and Bengal. ine, in shades of rose, gray, brown, reseda, mulberry, cerise and natural. Worth to 89¢, at, yard 39c HE MAIN FLOOR FRIDA NO. 2 shad 40- 6 yards. All colors, - i ortelia o SRR = ot g SILK REMNANT LOT NO. 3 40-inch Brocade Satin in all desirable | ; one lot of 42-Inch Noveity Chiffens. I h Canton Crepe in light pink, tan, Co- penhagen and other shades. 42.Inch 8ilk and Wool Popling In navy, tan, wistaria, brown, black, etec. 42Jnch Satin de Luxe in all street shades for separate coats, skirts, dresses or suits. One small lot of the wanted Scotch High-Grade Black Silks In Crepe de Chine, , Meteors, Satina, Charmeuse, Crepe Indias, Bro- caded Crepe—42 Inches wide. Worth to $1.75, at, yard like these. It’s a great chance. in lengths from ids. w19 Jo/ e Are Very in all the : I i i i ] | i 7 ¥ S : 1 underskine, Friday, %’3 b i Cotton Fabric Prices | Low Friday Rl | Paney fall ear ance - OF ALL Women’s and Misses Dresses regardless of former values. You who We have decided to run a final clearance sale on all Women’s and Misses’ good values should be at our Basement early Friday. They will go quickly. Women's Wash Skirts, many different styles, Mdmuxu.duek. Bedford cords, etc. they last Frida y, cholce .39:\ About 1,000 Dresses, suitable for street, ham, ratine, crepe and fancy lawn dresses, in fact, most any material wanted. Sizes from 34 LOT NO. 1 LOT NO. 2 Y take your cholce of Woman' Hundreds of Women's, Misses' and Juniors' actuaily o $6.00. 198 dresses to choose and embroidery trimmings; also fancy colored from, every dress & correct style; all sizes. and flowered crepe mat Sizes from 32 Cholce for— to 44; values to $3.00, special Friday— to 44, Friday, special— A Lot of Wash Waists formerly sold $1.00; the materials are cotton crepe de LOT NO. 3 Materi are of fine ging- china, 3% | WHEAT AND CORN BOTH SHOW ADVANCE IN PRICE On account of the milling demand wheat | continued to make good gains, the md- | vance for.the day being one to three cents per bushel on old on the Omaha market, selling at $1,38 to $1.40 and new at 8§18 to $1.21 per bushel. Reccipts were fifty- two Car loads Corn was one-fourth to onme-half cen( | up from Wednesday, sales being made at 1% cents to 76 cents perd bushel. Re- ceipts were twenty-elght cars. R 1 l |INEeSINOo | o o . || healed it in no time! Yes, I know all about how it itches | § and burns—I went through torments “n{le", and tried every treatment 1 heard of, just as you are doing. Bat at .ast an old doctor told me to use Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap—then it was *‘Good night, eczemal'' Take it from me, ol man, your troubles will be over when you get Resinol on the job. Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap contain nothing harsh o injurious and can be used freely for all sorts of skin-troubles even on the tenderest or most irriated surface. Every druggist sells them. For trial free, write to Dept. 13-5, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. The Stroud Pianola A GREAT PIANO and the GREATEST PLAYER Price, $550 Delivered to youmr home on small down payment. Bal- ance in convenieut amounts monthly. The '@ wonderful playing capa- bility of the Pianola cou- pled with the delightful piano quality of the Btroud means musical enjoyment in your home such as you never have had before. Free bench, scarf and musie with each instra- went. 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Such opportunities—chances to provide pleasure and heaith for the family, and at the same time to in- crease your wealth-—are yrflontod‘ in THE BEE daily. Read the Real Estate columns and you are sure to, see chances of profitable investmenty