Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1916, Page 2

ROOSTERS OF BEAUTY DOPE BACKED UP Tncle Sam Puts 15,000 Crooks Out of Business in Four Years. HUGE GOLD*iIiE PLUGGED Unele Sam is the largest collector of beauty recipes and prescriptions for health, happiness and wealth in the world In the archives of the Postoffice de- partment in Washington there are thou- sands of these recipes which are said to produce any of the much-to-be-desired re sults In an astonishing short time, and the toll charged fs All the way from a postage stamp to thousands of dollars However strange as it may seem, the for tunate thing is that after they reach the department, In nine cases out of ten they never reach the public again, but are carefully filed away for future reference. During the last four years these over- night beauty producers, instantaneous health helpers, get-rich-quickers and hap- piness promoters have swindled the pub- lie out of over $253,000,000, or at the rate of about 360000000 a year; and this in epite of the fact that Judge Willlam H Lamar, wolicitor fot the Postoffice de- partment, together with his assistants, gets up early and works over time trying 1o keep gullible people not only from be- fng imposed upon by quacks and fraudu lent schemes of every description, but from endangering thelr lives and property by finvesting in the thousands of such sthemes advertised all over the country. The promoters of the achemes do not Wack victims, for this is proved by the figures presented by the Postoffice de rartment showing that in four wears the department has dealt with bver 15,000 cases involving fraudulent uke of the THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 8. 8. LA PROVENCE, French auxiliary cruiser on which over 3,000 lives were lost, goes down with nearly 4,000 people on board, including many officers of French army. I | | | A PROVENCE N P T T AT g i . § Skt o] i ©OINTL Frrr SERVICE brain and éure appendicitis at the same time. After tho blank ih received, §1 be- Ing the charge for it, & letter follows say~ ing that for $40, 360 or §75, as the éxigency of the case may demand, the treatment will be sent. However, whatever the symptoms, the same treatment was. pre- soribed—"Do ot eat butter.” Home of these schemes are hatched in Washington, and so cleverly are they worded In their Nterature that the im- pression 1 given that they are conducted under (he government guarsntee, and fré- quently with . the .assistance of the sci- entific deparfments of the government. malls for such schemes, and his received and answered something over 200,000 com- munications relating to the fraude., Last year alone the investigations were under- taken in over 4,000 such cases, and more than 40,00 complaints and inquiries were received. Kicking &s Results. The 40,00 complaints and inquiries re- cefved by the department last year repre- aent only a small percentage of the peo ple who have been defrauded, as there are hundreds of men and women who have been taken in, but who do not like to conf However, now and then a woman, for example, whose complexion ‘has been Irretrievably ruined by a prescription from some quack beauty doctor will become so Infuriated that she will ery out in her rege and dieappointment for help and revenge. Then the wheels of the Post- office department will be set going and to 15 cents, in order to make the pro- of this stone $44,000 annually, i i tH it i It Is the perversity of human uature to want biond hair if one {s the possessor of black, or to have & desire to preserve the charms of a 0o fast fleoting youth by dyeing the siivered locks a beautiful chest- hut brown: nor when avolrdupols is in- creasing at a race-horse rapidity is it un- natural for one 1o be taken in by & glow- ing advertiscment to the effect that the anguish felt when the manly or girlish figure begins to take on the burden of flosh may all be set right by a small dose of lavender or blue pills, ‘A gigantic scheme of the latter s~ii Wwhich robbed the public of $1,00,000 in & comparatively short time and spent in one year 87,000 on postage stamps alone Tepresented its promoters as being able to teach any one the secret of magnetic power by which he cotld hypnotize sub- Jects at a distance of 1,00 miles. and thus m™ake himself supremo masier of any The letters “i. 8. 8c.” In many cases are appended’ to. the fHume of the author of proscriptions ahd quack nostrums. These letters aimply mean that the party using them is a “fellow” of the Soclety of Sels ence, Lettors and Arts of London, the payment of § allowing the use of the letters. Balt for Easy Money. A fow yearh afo ‘s Dbig businoss was conducted by a concern which offered to the publi¢ for $1 a tinely executed por- tralt of George Washington, engraved by expert government erigravers. Thé ma- Jority of thops who received for this amount the portrait of George Washing- ton engraved on a 2-cent postage stamp felt too foolish to complain, 8o the busi- ness continued for some time before it was stopped. Land schémes, mining and bond get- rieh-quick schemes thrive like green bay trees, though many of them seem 80 ab- surd on their face that it is diffiowit to belleve that people would pay attention to them. During the year ending June, 1914, 1,500 lottery enterprises were suppressed. Judge Lamar says: X ’ 3 “Many of thess schemes are mo#t viclous, & all the vicds and al- lurements: inhefent in the ordinary.lot- tery, and in addition to their harmful i~ | fluence they opened wide the r {0 fraud. Becauss of’ tHe ' and - TEUTONS HAMMER AT VERDUN GATES French Infantry Reported to Be Dis- | puting Every Inch of Territory. FIOHTING FOR ROAD TO PARIS The German armies at the gates of Verdun are hammer{ng them hard with heavy artillery, but at latest accounts had suspended infantry at- tacks. In the last fighting reported the inittative was on the slde of the French, who desperately drove back et the Germans in a counter attack which gained them ground. The German thrusts”in the new phase of the titanic struggle are be- ing delivered with heaviest force at | present on the sallent to the north- east of the fortress in which lies the Douaumont plain. Nere the French last week were driven out of Fort Douaumont, and just now from Dou- aumont village to the west, Rages with Violence, In and around the village the battle has been raging with violence and with heavy losses on both sides. Unofficial accounts assert that there has been nothing on the weantern front to eqial the fafocity of the attacks delivered by the Germans, while the French infantry is declared to be dls- puting every inch of ground and In their latest effort to have forced the Gérmans to rest on the laurels so far won and leave the continuation of the battle to their, artiflery. | . . Parls advices show Ahat no doubt re- maing in the minds of the French that | there is nothing In the nature of a feint for he llkes & aquare deal in all such cases. Woe be to the individual Who trifles with the affections of any of his people, whether they be 16 or 70! It anteed checks to close the transaction. The Inspectors of the department find these cases very hard (o ‘unearth, as wounded affections are delicate things to deal with, ) Unele Sam often ‘finds it aifficujt t6 prosecute ‘these dispensers of enchantin beauty recipes and . prescriptions. promoters have a monopoly in the gets rich-quidk part ‘of the scheme, and ape able to pmploy legal talent to defend them when they are haled before the depart- ment to show cause why a frand ordet should not be issued against them.— Washington Star, an Who Wounded Guard Says He Was Hired_b! Strikers NEW YORK, March 4—~Willlam Sher- wood, arrested for the sheoting of Hennle Welnstein, a guard employed by 1. Kap- lan & Sons, shirt walst manufacturers, confessed today, according to the police that he was employed to do the shooting by & shirt waist makers' union, the mem- bers of which are now on strike. Inspector Cray, head of the detectives bureau, sayam that Sherwood stated that he was offered a “‘contract” by the union Undeér which; he was to receive $100 and to be u;m o pay toll AL §15 & week in retuen his pervices” in *'shooting ¢ fup” the Kaplan guards. Of the subject was not necessary. The amount charged for instrugtions in this art was 825, but, If the applicant could mpt, afford that much, In some cases it Waas reduced to 3. The postoffice inspecs tars found that the promoters of this were ignorant men ef hypnotism. A modern Moses offeredl to lead the and helpleas from suffering to the brtliant light of health, wealth and happlacss for the sum of 8 cents—for the first treatment. His ciroular was a deep, black-bordered card, on which was “Remember my ress in the approaching death.” The “cures”’ be made by means of a diet, the prescribed for all, regardiess of the described. Just how the dlet 10 Increase the bank account was i 2 3 Weinstein vhd seven other guapds ‘were eacorting 100 3irls to the Kaplan tactory yesterday ‘when four men Gpensd fire upon them. Weinateln was shot in the Lmek And 1 in & serlous condition. SALARY REGULATION BILL FOR SPECIAL EMPLOYES UP (From a Staff Correspondant.) WABHINGTON, March 4.—~(Special Tels egram.)—Congrossman Lobeck's commit- teo on expenditures in* the Tressury db. partment had a meeting . today to con- slder o bill for the regulation of salury in the custodian seorvice in the Treasury !department, Assisiant Seeretary of the | sreasury Byron Newton and the superin- {tendent of the maintenance division of 'the superviclon architect's office, H. @, |Bherwood, were heard in behalf of the b, in.which & number of employes of the city nostotfice are interested, coming A they do under the charge of the cus- todian of the toffice. Representative Sloan attended the meet- Ing also, several federal employes resid- in his Qistrict being interested bilk 4 a new clarsification to employes and senerally in- the salaries of charwomen, la- firemen, watchmen, elevator con- Jenitors, coal passers, elec- engineers, ars'stant ongineers !i e & | the possession of the villag in the German etfort, the bellef exis that the erown prince has determined to anpture Veérdun, and If “possible break through the French line and open up the way, to {uh. g g i French Official Report. [PARIS, March 4.~The official munication lssued by the war office Y.m- regarding the fighting around Verdun reads as follows: “In the reglon of Verdun a very violent bombardment has been in progress all day on the left bank of the Mouse at Hill 34 and Cote de L/Ofe, On the right bank the enemy, after an Intense bom- bardment directed on the Haudromont woods east. of Cote du Polvre, lnunched against our positions an attack ‘whioch Was stopped by our machine gun and in- fantry five, "In the morning the Germans had sue- ceeded. in again gaining a foothold in the village of Douaumont, from which we, had driven him last evening by a counter ! attack, ““The struggle continues desperately, With alternative advances recolls, for DEATH RECORD Ludwi Carlow, Ludwig Carlow, aged 77 years, Thirty- third and A streets, South Side, died Friday local hospital, He {s mur- vived by a wite, two sons and two daugh- ters, Funeral services will be held Sun- day afternoon at 3:3 from Gentleman's chapel, with interment in Graceland Park cemetery, ¢ Dorothy Go: Dorothy Gordon, 1-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gordon, 712 South Forty-fourth street,”died Friday evening, after a short lllness with throat infection, PFuneral services, conducted by Dean Tans cock of Trinity Cathedral, were held Sat- urday afternoon from the home, with ine ferment in Forest Lawn cemetery. The family had just completed preparations te ¥o to England to lve, but will now re- main here. Stephen E. 'Weaa . LAUREL, Neb., March 4.—(Special )— she body of Stephen L. Wedding will ar- Tive late tonight from Sioux' City. Mr. Wedding went to a hospital in Sloux City three woeka ago for an operation for ap- pendicitis, but his age, €7 years, and health were against him: He was & prom. inent farmer north of town and leaves & widow and several children. Abrahdm Sedan, FREMONT, Neb., March 4,—(8pecial) Word has been recelved In the eity of the death at Sioux City of Abraham Sedan, for years a prosperous farmer on the bluffs north of Fremont. Te Ice Jam Breaks. PIERRE, 8. D, March {.—(Speclal Telo gram.)-—The ice jam up river flooded the low lands on “‘Peoria bottom' this Torenoon, broke this afternoon and brought down a six-foot rise in the river here. eartying-it up to the fifteen. tions ‘of Fort Pierre on the whst side of the stream. Tonight the river is falling and very little ice is rinuing. ——— Key to the Biluation—Bee Want Ads. T — Department Orders, WASHINGTON, March 4.~(Spacial Tal- v"m.)dl\l"‘l letter urr\vr‘- ?;l‘\.)}n‘lr:: Nebraska—Fliger, Rollins Jetfries; lowa Coy lonville, (_““{Dl‘ L Law: G) . Caley: Lemai Yaoioh 1 ter ¥ ‘arvice _exai tons will Jarch B for postmasier which | foot ‘mikik rand flooding the lower por. | | iowa. Wili fiavé Record Number of ' . Eleotions This Year | DES MOINES, Ia., March 4.—lowa will | have more primaries and elections this | year than ever before in the history of the state. Issues at stake also are of more interest than for years part. For the first time In the history of Towa politics presidential electors will be seclected by direct vote of the people. Jowa {s unusually interested in the presi- dential campaign this year, as one of her favorite sons, United States Senator Al- bert B. Cummins, is a candidate for the republican nomination for the presi- deney. Another {ssue of decided importance to | the Iowa electorate will be settled June 5, when a constitutional amendment giv- ing the ballot to women will be voted upon, In addition evéry state, city, county and township office is to be filled. Beginning | with this month, primary elections for cities of various classes will be held. The presidential primary will be held April 10 and the state and county pri- mary June 5. April 25 is the last day of filing for state cand'dates and May § tor county candidates. So far the exact dates of none of the party conventions has been seclected. However, the state conventlons of all of | the politital parties must be held the latter part of June or‘early in July under | the laws of the state. The democratic party will hold a speclal convention at Clinton May 10 to ratify the selection of delegates to the national convention to be held in 8t. Louis, June 14. Des Moines has been selected as the place for holding the regular democratic convention. | Sunday Schools of Towa Will Exhibit At th_e§tate Fair DES MOINES, Ia., March 4.—Towa Sun- day will bo represented this year at the State fair. They will have an exhibit of the latost lesson materials and samples of the work of the younger students, if the rocommendatlons of a conference held recently at the Des Molnes Young Men's Christian association meets with the approval of the state con- | vention of the Towa Sunday Sohool asso- elation to be held in Dubuque, June 22 and 23, . The proposal was made by fitty-five presidents and secretaries of county Sun- day school assoclations, Though the con- ference has no legislative authority over recommendation to the state convention. It I8 the plan to have medeling and other hand craft work displayed in the exhibit, NEBRASKA CITY BANKER IS AN OMAHA VISITOR Robert Marnell of Nebraska City, the Mark Hanna of the Nebraska Bankers' assoclation politics, was in Omaha yes- terday visiting with J. €. MoNish, for- mer president of the assoclation, and now located in Omaha Incidentally they are doing some boost- ing for the big ..og show of the National Swine Growers' association, which 1 to be held in Omaha this fall. There is considerable rivairy between these two bankers as to which can grow the best live stock on their farms. HYMENEAL. Herfel-Raber. i RANDOLPH, Neb., March 4.—(Special)) | Elmer Herfel of Allen and Viola Raber of this place, were married here Wednes- day. They will make their home on the groom’s farm near Allen. 3 This tastitution is the oaly one in the central west with separste bufldings situated In their ow. ample grounds, yet eatirely dls tinet, and rendering it possible te classify cases. The one bulding being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of non-comtagions and | non-mental diseases, no others be- ing sdmitted; the other Rest Cot- being designed for and de- voted to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases requiring for & time watchful care and #pe- clal nursing. \A—Mmm‘tufi-‘h advertise, can't afford to hire clerks, or pay rent—it all comes in the course of business. Advertise in THE BEE. MARCH was cailed {o the story appearing in cer tain papers that the president had re- gned or was considering resigning, he saia | An American newspaper that would } Grand Army Will Camp at Kansas HOUSE WILL TAKE, UP ARMED SHIP ISSUE TUESDAY | (Continued from Page publish & story of that kind i & situa- C y N Y Gon iiks. the oas Which ew ooutroRts ity Next Year America, dishonors Itself.’ | v Administration officials sald today that | KANSAS CITY, Mo, March &—The practically all senutors who voted yes- |nationai encampment of the Grand Army terday to table the Gore resolution were | of the Republic will be heid in Kansas voting for the president's policy, and | City from August 2 to September 1 next, that should the house fail té vote to UP- | |y was announced here today, after a hold the president in decisive form, the | meating of national Grand Afmy offi- fight might be carried back te the sen- | o ate for a direct vote to defeat the Mo- Cumber resolution warning Amerieans off armed ships of belligerent nations. | The . One.) he votes to make thelr victory compiete and undisputed Many Members Absent, Leaders explained that the postpona- ment was agreed upon because of the ab sence of o many tripe. Many left nression members on weck-end terday under the im it was said, that the house scs- sion today, which began at 10 o'clock, was to end at moon and would consider only claim bills. Sharp Statement by Tumulty, Aroused by the publication of reports vesterday that President Wilson, because of tha strain of the foreign situation, | was considering resigning from office, | |the White House today fssued this for- | mal statement: | “When Seeretary Tumulty's a Right to Fil] Lake Heds. PIERRE, 8. D., March {.—(Special Tele adjourned with no for-|gpom ) 1n’ affirming the case of C. L. mal dcti pt & decision to hold & Apgerson et al. against Frod Ray et al., rules committce meeting at 3 o'clock lo-fy, o gectsion of the supreme court by day. A so-called gentleman's Agreement |, . iqing Justice Polley, what is known ‘|‘ o8 made not to have a vote before Tues- | . ") " ned Lake.case” in Brilq county, "o bt ——— in disposed of and the right of communi- Tt takes but & minute of time to save |!ies to flood old lake beds which have [dollars when you read The Red®\Want Ad | beon meandered is austained, as against | olumna, |1 | the claims of adjoining property. owners, ention | | THOMPSON-BELDEN & CO, +— The fashion Certer of the Middle West —- Established 1836. Women's Neck Fixings New Every Few Days Lketehsd from Stock. ~-To keep posted on the latest fashions one has but to visit the neckwear section, where the newest things are shown first, ~~New collars of lace, crepe and embroidery, —Collar and cuff sets that are different. —Vestees of laces and crepes are good. ~Colored vestees and collars in blue and pink are a striking novelty. ~—Rufflings in all the newest styles. ——All are clever designs and are finished with unusual attention to hav'ng details perfect. | me———ee— | The Store for Shirtwaists New Bl&uses Will Be Shown Monday for the First Time Two Glove Specials Trefousse Duplex Fabric Gloves, regu- :z‘\;.lftly'oo - 690 New Val and Torchon Laces A large shipment has arrived; six hundred dozen Vals alone.- Pat- terns that are new and pleasing. : 5¢ca Yard Ask to see them Monday. Mocha Gloves, in gray and black— $2.00 quality, $1.% $1.50 quality, 1.0/ Among the new styles is one of par- ticular charm-a Rose Georgette Crepe —trimmed with cream lace. A most be- coming style. Price $6.50 Many other new blouse fashions just as attractive and new are found in this showing for Monday. —Second Floor. Wash Goods | DRESS VOILES (40 ] inch). All new color combinations, . plaids, checks, 'stripes and flor- al designs. 25¢ A YD. EGYPTIAN TISSUES, the always '~ popular wash fabric for dresses, waists, etc. All new pat- terns; colors absolutely fast (27'inch). 25¢ A YARD. Unusual Values in New MERCERIZED POP- COTTON FOULARDS LIN (27-inch) in every (36-inch) for dresses, conceivable plain shade, kimonos, ete. A large ""l' hivh riety of patterns an fast colors, a very hig new color combinations. finish, 25¢ A YARD. 25¢ A YARD., SHIRTING PERCALES | TUB SHIRTINGS in (36-inch) flat fold, light woven and striped ef- g fects, also dress fabrics grounds, with neat stripes and figures, at of silk and cotton. A large assortment (27 12%-15¢ A YARD. inch). 25¢ A YARD. Basement Wash Goods Section. Have You a BUSINESS of Any Kind? Do You ADVERTISE That Business? If you do not you are not conducting it in a money-making way. One of the best ways t get new business is by using the Want Ad cg¢ umns of The Bee. Trying to make money out of your busingss without advertising is like trying to reap jthe harvest of the fields without a harveslfting machine. ‘ If you have anything to sell, no matter what it may be, and you want speedy results, use Bee Want Ads.