Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 21, 1916, Page 5

. b 2ol | “city council authorized BRIEF CITY NEWS *“Townsend’s for Sporting Goods.” “Electric Fans, §5.50. Burguess-Granden Co. Goodrich Garden Hose—Morton & Son. Diamond Engagement Rings—Edholm. Have Root Print It—Now Eeacon Press. For Sale—514 and & per cent city and farm mortgages. J.H.Dumont, Keeline bldg “Today’s Movie Program,” classified sec- tlon today. It appears in The Bee exclu- sively, Find out what the various moving picture theaters offer. Andirons, Fire Screens—Sunderland's. Two New City Autos—The city council awarded a contract for the purchase of a new five-passenger automobile for the mayor, the cost to be $1,650. Bids will be advertised for a five-passenger car for Commissioner Parks of the street cleaning and maintenance department. Contract for Lamp Posts—Paxton & Vier- 1ing company was awarded a contract by the city for furnishing standards for a street lighting extension on the Happy Hol- low boulevard, Western avenue to Blm- wood park. The bid was $14 per standard and the contract will be in the sum of $770. Resolutions for A. D, Brandels—Suitable resolutions on the death of Arthur D, Bran- dels are to be adopted by the Assoclated Retallers of Omaha at the next meeting to be held Wednesday, June 28, A committee hap been eppointed to draft the resolutions THey are Robert Rosenzwelg L. C. Nash and C. C. Belden. Blds for Fontenelle Park Lagoon—The city will advertise for bids for excavation work for a lagoon in Fontenelle park. This improvement will cover four and one-quar- ter acres and will be parked in an at- tractive manner. Bathing and wading ac- commodations will be provided. It is pro- posed to open the lagoon next spring. Use “Tox-Tile” Shingles Sunderland’'s. Judge Day Decides Hummel May Hire Bands He Chesses That the resolution passed by the city council which barred nonunion musicians from obtaining employ- ment for public work concerts, is not binding, was the decision of District Judge George A. Day, at the conclu- sion of the hearing on application for injunction proceedings brought by Ned S. Reeves, who sued on behalf of himself and sixty other nonunion men. Judge Day held that the resolution was not mandatory and that the ques- tion of hiring bands is one that is entirely up to the jidgment of the park commissioner. . In his petition, Reeves declared the resolution passed by the council, be- ing discriminatory, was, therefore, unconstitutional. He also alleged that an attempt was being made to give monopoly to certain interests. MAY RAISE LIMIT OF LIFE MEMBERS TO ATHLETIC CLUB President Fraser of the Omaha Athletic club says he expects to call the directors together this week to arrange details of admitting women to membership and to determine whether or not to raise the limit on life. memberships. The membership committees say the demand for the $500 life member- ships is going to be larger than the 300 limit placed by the directors. Directors also plan to take up this week matters pertaining to selection of an architect. TRAVELING FREIGHT AGENT ARRIVES WITH BUT ONE SHOE George Carlson, traveling freight agent of the Chicago Great Western, surprised the employes of the com- pany’s local office by arriving on the scene wearing only one shoe, the other foot covered with a stocking. Carlson came in from St. Paul, and some time during the night, while in the sleeper, some person stole one of his shoes. He blames the theft upon some man with one leg, assert- ing-that if the thief had been a man with two legs, he would have stolen both shoes. TO OPEN BIDS FOR WORK ON CITY HALL ON JULY 6 On July 6 the city council will open bids for remodeling the city hall ac- cording to plans and specifications prepared by W. E. Stockham and now on file in the city clerk’s office. The for the bids. The cost of this remodeling will ap- proximate $35,000 and will be paid proportionately from the general city, water and school funds. From sixty to ninety days will be required to complete the work. TWO GRANTED DIVORCES: FOUR FILE PETITIONS The following decrees for divorce have been granted: Jessie Leroy Cops, from Ida Cops;‘Lcuise Brown, from Clayton P. Brown. Petitions filed are as follows: Abbie from Joseph Stoss; married in Coun- cil Bluffs in 1893; cruelty. Francis W. Kiersey from Margaret; charges desertion. Henry Lee from Esther Lee, desertion. Margaret \{aughn from Jess Vaughn, deser- tion. KANSAS CITY MAN ASSAULTED AND ROBBED IN YARDS Arriving in Omaha on the “rat- flers,” Frank Cookman of Kansas City, instead of being handed the keys of the city was handed a brick on the head. The assault occurred in the rail- road yards. Cookman reported the loss of $9, which he was holding in reserve for a "rain)‘ day,” he said, in- stead of spending it to ride the "cush- ions.” He announced his intention of returning to Kansas City and never visiting Omaha again. SWEDISH SINGERS T0O HAVE . SPECIAI. NIGHT AT DEN Sampson has issued a call for all members of the working crew to re- port at the den this evening in order to provide thrills for the visiting Swedish singers, who will be the guests of honor of his majesty on that night. NEW AUTO FIRE TRUCKS INSPECTED BY CITY DADS Mayor Dahlman and other mem- bers of the city council inspected the new fire apparatus ct Fire Station No. 3. Chief Mechanician Faulkner explained some of the points of the trucks. The machines will be put in service this week. Stomach Troubles and Constipation. “I will cheerfully say that Chamber- lain's Tablets are the most satisfac- tory remedy for stomach troubles and constipation that I have sold in thirty- fou;lcars' drug store service,” writes S. Murphy, druggist, Wellsburg, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere.—~Adv. advertising | Keeping 'Em Guessing THE BEE: la France,” etc. FIFTH INSTALLMENT. SYNOPSIS. Lieutenant Jarvis Hope is detailed by the nited States _naval board to investigate and report hfs findings on the Invention of Dr. Ralph Burke, ;which serves to bring the submarine to a state of perfection. The lieutenant arrives in Valdavia and is wel- comed by the inventor ahd his daughter, Cleo. On the trial trip of the inventor's boat, a Japanese helper is surprised in the act of examining the mechanism of the ven- tilating device. Hope reports favorably on the new device, but there are others inter- ested In it. An attempt to burglarize Dr. Burke's laboratory falls, but later Cleo finds him murdered Il his bedroom. Cleo sells her father's library to get money: later she finds a note, from which she learns that they con- tain the gecret formula. Witk Hope she races to the auctioneer's store, only to find it in flames. Olga Ivanoff and Gerald Morton, two sples In search of the formula, attempt to capture Cleo when she calls at the house of Stephanskl, the anarchist. Hope rushes to her ald; Morton shoots at him, but the bullet hits a bomb, in the cellar, which ex- plodes. (Continued from Yesterday.) So Cleo told how she had waited at the hotel until long past the hour )at which Hope and Hook had pro- mised to rejoin her; how, fearful of missing Stephanski and thus losing the opportunity to examine the book, she had gone to the house in the Edgemere road alone; how she had been seized, bound and gagged; how a masked woman had threatened her with torture if she did not reveal the key to the cryptogram; how, upon hearing Hope's motor, a man, also masked, had carried her into the cel- lar;'how she had succeeded in ridding herself of the gag, and how Hook, prowling about at the rear of the house, had heard her screams and had dragged her from the cellar in the very nick of time. “The scoundrels,” exclaimed Hope, as she concluded her amazing recital. ~*“And the book?” inquired Hope, eagerly. “Did you have a chance to examine it before they attacked you?” “Yes,” said Cleo, “I went through it, page by page, from cover to cover. There was nothing in it.” “Well,” said Hope, as Cleo and Hook aided him to his feet, “there’s no need to be discouraged. It isn't likely that we would have found the formula in the first book we looked in, anyway. We still have eleven chances left. The thing to do now is to get in touch with the IEeo;:-le: who bought the other books. Let's see—" and he took from his pocket the page from Dawson’s ledger, “—the next name on the list is that of an old friend of ‘mine—Mrs. Reginald Del- mar. She’s the wife of the British consul in San Francisco; I used to know her when her -husband was at- tached to the embassy at Washington. S%m'll do anything she can to help us.” Little they dreamed, as they de- parted from the shattered house, that two shadowy figures, lurking behind a curtain had overheard every word of their conversation. Still less did- Morton and Olga dream that the Jap- anese, Satsuma, crouching in the darkness outside one of the broken windows, had overheard the conversa- tion, too. The following morning Hope and Cleo motored out to the handsome residence of the_ British consul on Ocean View avenue. Mrs. Delmar, a handsome, gray-haired woman, gave them a cordial greeting. “It's been ages since I've seen you, Mr. Hope,” she said. he last time was at dinner at the Russian embassy, wasn't it—or was it at the New Year's | reception at the White House? What | do you mean by coming to San Fran- cisco and not letting me know?"” | Hope briefly sketched the remark- | able chain of events which had brought him from the nation's capital to the shores of the Pacific, telling of the mysterious death of Dr. Burke, | of the disappearance of the formula, | and of the thrilling chase of the! books. il i “Why, it's a regular romance,” Mrs. | Delmar exclaimed, clapping her hands | with excitement as through she were at a theater. “Someone ouxht.lu write | a play around it for the movies— it's | the most exciting story I ever listen- | ed to in my life. Two of the books ou describe 1 bought yesterday at| éawson’s auction rooms. [ got them | quite by accident, too. I went in there | to look at some Chinese porcelains 1 had been told about just as the| auctioneer was offering these two | volumes on u?ec!rici!y. I don’t know | an earthly ting about electricity—I don’t know the difference between a magneto and a volt—but my nephew, Francis Leyland, is taking the course in electrical engineering at Leland The Secret & Submarine By E. Alexander Powell Author of “The End of the Trall,” “Fighting in Flanders,” “The Road to Glory,” “Vive | Copyright, 1918, by E. Alexander Powsll. Stanford, so I bought the books more as a joke than anything else, and sent them down to him.” “Do you think he would let us see them if we motored down to Palo Alto?” asked Cleo eagerly. “I've a better plan than that,” said Mrs. Delmar, who dearly loved a ro- mance, “I am giving a reception this evening and you are both to come to it—yes, you must come, Miss Burke. 1 simple won't take no for an answer. My nephew is coming up from Palo Alto for the occasion and T will tele- phone him to bring the books with him. Then you can take them upstairs to the library and close the door and look at—" and she smiled “—at the books to your heart’s content.” “I shall be very glad indeed to come if Mr. Hope cares to bring me,” said Cleo simply. “When I saw you shake your head I thought that you didn’t want to go,” said Hope as he helped Cleo into his car, “Of course I want to go, Jarvis," she answered, with a trace of embar- rassment, “but I haven't any evening gown—at least none that would do for Mrs. Delmar's reception. And I didn't feel that I could afford to buy one.” Her lip quivered. “I haven't very much money, you know."” “Bless my soul,” said Hope, rum- maging in an inside pocket until he found a letter, “here’'s something that Dawson asked me to hand you yesterday, but there was so much ex- citement last night that it entirely slipped my mind.” i “Ft’s the money from the sale of father’s library,” said Cleo, holding up a pale-green slip. “I think," she added happily, “that I'll spend this afternoon shopping. I didn't want you to be ashamed of me tonight, Jarvis.” Hope and Cleo were scarcely out OMAHA, RETAILERS SCORE ‘RETURN G0ODS' EVIL WEDNESDAY, is Against Wearing So-Called “Second-Hand” Apparel. PROBLEM IN LARGER CITIES Omaha retailers are going to make a renewed effort to overcome the “send on approval” and ‘“return goods” evil in the retail trade. They are determined that the prac- ’lice of taking out so much goods and |then returning them on a slight pre- |text must stop. The campaign against these evils is spreading rap- idly all over the country and St. Louis asserts it has alrcady reduced the evil some 50 per cent in the last year, “We want to shut off the chronic returners,” said Secretary J. W. Met- calfe of the Associated Retailers of | Omaha. “We have lists of some of | the chronic_returners in our files in | theMassociation office and with the aid | of these we are able to check the evil |to some extent, but we must do more than we have done. I talked to the head of a large dry goods house in St. Louis a few days ago, a man whose store does a $40,000,000 annual business. When I told him the evil was not so great in Omaha as it was in St. Louis, he told me not to crow, for he assured me that the evil would grow as the town grew. He also con- vinced me that the only way to han- dle the situation is to nip it in the MRS, MAY’S LETTER to WOMEN More Proof that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- | poundRelievesSuffering. Chicago, Ill.—*1 suffered from a bad caseof femaleills. Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound was recom- mended and I took about six bottles. It fixed me up all right. The common symptoms of such a condition — pain when walking, irri- pains and backache, ] nervousness and dis- Blordered digestion— soon passed away. I look much better now than I did before, and I recommend the Compound overy time for female troubles, as it did for me all it is claimed todo. Youhave my permission to pub- lish this letter.”” Mrs. J. MAy, 8548 8. Lincoln St., Chicago, Iil. 1f you have any of the symptoms men- tioned in Mrs. May’s letter, remember what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound did for her, and try it your- self. It is a good old-fashioned medi- | c:ne, made from roots and herbs, and it has helped countless numbers of women. If you need specialadvice,write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held in strict confidence. Mattress and | Pillow Sale JUNE 21, 1916. the evil spreads it becomes harder and harder to handle. ning to take the fight up themselves, They Contend That Public Sentiment [other woman has taken out and worn bud, because as the city grows and [to a ball or to some other function and then returned. They say it is just like wearing secondhand goods, and they are urging all women to have consideration for each other:in this matter.” The problem is coming up for dis- cussion again at the next meeting of the Associated Retailers of Omaha. AUTO STRIKES DOWN BOY AND THEN SPEEDS AWAY Cecil Barnes, 15 years old, 2717 Capitol avenue, suffered a broken right arm when he was struck in front of his home Monday evening. The driver of the machine did not stop. In New York the women are begin- insisting that they do not want to wear garments and hats that some e e (s Store Hours, 8:30 to 5 p. m.—Saturdays Till 9 p. m. BURGESS-NASH GOMPANY. “EVERYBODY'S STORB” STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. Remarkable One Day Clearaway Wednesday of WASH MATERIALS Involving the Season’s Most Favored Weaves, Patterns and Colorings at Prices That Are Simply Ridiculous HE season’s backwardness has prompted us to make this very unusual offer- ing, which embraces practically our entire stock of imported and domestic wash goods. /Five big groups: Wash Goods, Were to 49¢ ] For Wednesday at 25¢ Including— 40-Inch printed voiles in stripes, fig- ures, plaids and floral éffects. ’ 36-Inch seed voiles in gray, blue, zsc Tuesday, June 20, 1916. Phone Douglas 137. Wash Goods, Were to 75¢ ) . For Wednesday at 39¢ Including— . 40-in. marquisettes in floral effects. Silk mulls, neat stripes, Tigures, plaids English silk voiles with pretty stripes. Crepe de chine, 36-in., plain shades Silk warp skirting, stripes, plain colors l’;fiua for sport skirt; silk stripe crepe Striped voile, new coin dot effect. Striped palm beach suitings. 4 Were b69c to 76c, very special at 39¢ a yard. Wash Goods, Were $1 39¢ pink and lavender. 27-Inch tissue in stripes and plaids. 40-Inch woven stripe voiles. 36-Inch wash poplins. 36-Inch flowered organdies. Scores of patterns, were to 40c, at 28c per yard. Wash Goods, Were Imported iephyr 25c¢ to 39¢, at 9¢c to $1.25, at 79¢ Ginghams, Were 29c, i it Including— i Inc;u.dmg wash _suitings Fine gmbroidered voiles and for 19¢ n plain shades of tan, ' crepes. 79c Over 50 different styles brown, Copenhagen, light Woven silk stripe voile and in plaids, stripes, checks and blue, also prettr stripe in marquisette. plain colors in t‘m range o pink, tan and lavender in Plain marquisette, silk selection—beautiful new ef- ratine effects, all 36 inches stripe crepes, etc. fects that were 20c, very [N wide, were 25c to 39c, l Plain white volles with pretty em- specia) for Wednes- lsc- | 9 broidered borders, light tints. lur.ur:-rf:lh Corm lh‘.l‘hm"'. % day at, yard...... Remnant Lengthé of New 1916 WHITE GOODS - Formerly 25¢ to $1, Wednesday 9c, 19¢c and 29¢ “NIE have accumulated a big lot of remnants from the season's selling of long cloth, nainsook, batiste, organdie, voile, lawn, pique, shirtings, waistings, novelties, etc., for a quick, decisive clearaway. We will place them on sale Wednesday in 3 lots. WHITE GOODS, WHITE GOODS, WHITE GOODS, Were to 25¢— Were to 50c— Were to $1.00— O¢ 19¢ 29c¢ 40c White Organdie, 29¢ Beach Cloth, 17¢ Fine sheer white organdie, especially desirable White beach cloth, 84 inches wide, desirable for for cool summer waists and dainty dresses; regular | skirts, middies; yard, 17c. 40c value; specially priced Wednesday at yard, 29c. 3sc Wilih Voile, 25¢ h Co.—Main Floor. Fine mercerized voile, white only, full 36-in. wide. Full Size Canvas PORCH SWING Exactly Like Illustration, Wednesday, $5.95 M ADE of an extra heavy canvas in the popular and easily- kept-clean khaki color—steel frame and steel springs; seat with adjustable head rest and comfort- able mattress; complete $5 95 o L] Wednesday, yard Burg - < O XXX ; All-steel standards, as v et andacrrere | UNION OUTFITTING COMPANY from the shelter of a drug store on | the opposite side of the street, was | ringing the door bell of the Delmar | illustrated ... This Reed Rocker,Wednesday, $7.85 Made of hand-woven imported German reed in & soft chains; Wednesday at.. AL S residence. | “Mrs, Delmar is not seeing anyone today,” said the butler, sizing up the Japanese as an dpplicant for employ- ment. “But it is on a matter of importance | that I wish to Satsuma. “Mrs. Delmar cannot see you to- day,” repeated the servant firmly. “She is busy pregaring for a reception she is giving this evening. If you wish to see her you can call tomor- row.” see her,” persisted (To Be Continued.) PACIFIC JUNCTION MAN IS RMBBED OF HIS WATCH Frank Martin of Pacific Junction, la, reported to the police that his room was entered by an uninvited visitor, who stole a valuable gold watch and a considerable quantity of wearing apparel. Constipation and Sick Headache. Dr. King's New Life Pills will relleve you of both, clean out the bowels and make you feel fine. All druggists.—Ady Whether your preference is have the broadest range of styles have to offer. Summertime Footwear That Apswers Every Demand of Dame Fashion New Models---Evolved Especially for the 16 Summer Girl to White or to the altogether charming new two-tone effects—you Colonial and severely plain high waistline, pumps are pre- eminetly the vogue and they represent the last word designers Priceg Avre $3.50 and Up | 16th and Jackson Streets. | SATURDAY, JUNE 24 | A big special purchase of high grade mattresses and pillows, bought by us just previous to the heavy ad- vance in price of cotton and cotton materials. The prices paid by us were 50 low compared with the manufac- turers’ prices of today, that we are enabled to put the entire purchase on special sale for this one day only at prices that will mean an absolute ing to you of at least one-half, cluded in this big purchase are a |l number of 46 and K0-pound elastic felt mattresses with beautiful art and stripe tick coverings, as well as com- bination mattresses, felt tops, felt top and bottom, ctc., ete., ete. Also & big assortment of very fine pillows, such as downs, goose, duck and mixed feathers. . Come to this big sale, expecting to tind extraordinary values and you will not be disappointed—and, as always, |l YOU MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS. | | | shade of brown finish, upholstered in first quality tapestry. A splendid value Wednesday at $7.85. A Variety of Odd Pieces in Reed and Fibre Furniture Reduced 25 to 33 1.3 Per Cent Burgess-Nash Co.—Third Floor. Individual Salt and Pepper Shakers, Like Cut, Each 9¢ TTRACTIVE silver plated individual salt and pepper shakers, exactly as illustrated—just the thing for auto trips, RSSO To the People Going Away—Don’t Forget About Your FUR S HE moth family are keeping an eye on them, you may be sure. Mother Moth probably has her mind al) made up already as to the particular plece of ermine fox she will camp in to secure the richest food, the rest of the camping, fishing parties, picnics, etc., as well | "R i, as being desirable for ' the family’ table. | to et them waic: "the- Bursers-Nodh Fur Vault will attend to it, if you tele- phone Douglas 137 and ask to have their auto call, BURGESS-NASH COMPANY. Wednesday, specially priced at each, 9c. Burgess-Nash Co.—Main Floor. - Y toward the new Pastel Shades— to choose from here, RS0 i ) \ $2_“Hold Heat” Women’s a\ld Misses’ Jaunty Electric Toaster)\ GTRIPED SPORT SKIRTS and Utility Stove $1.95 HE fashionable woman and her in- separable sport skirt are to be seen everywhere this season—on the street; in the car; on the golf course, ete. A new shipment of sport skirts is an interesting new feature in the Ready-to-Wear Section of the Down- stairs Store Wednesday. Made of gab- ardines and grass cloth, characterized with broad Roman stripes; all sizes for VERY housewife will appreci- ate this utility stove, be- cause it means many cool, free- frum-worryh hours during the | women and misses, in one group—$1.95. warm weather. N : ew Sport Skirts 1 “Hold Heet” electric toaster P Skivts, ¥ 3506 Women’s and wmisses’ broad Ronfan striped silverbloom sport skirts in fast colors; also skirts made of soft finish corduroy in this season’s best-liked sport effects. White Pique Skirts at $1.00 An entirely new assortment of women'’s and misses’ white pique skirts; and utility stove will f;‘y, broil, stew, toast and warm. qmppe& with 6 feet of cord and attach- ment plug to fit any light socket. If you haven't time to come in and see this handy labor saver, let us send you one for a ten days’ free trial and we know you’ll never be without one. easily tubbed and very pretty. Burgess-Nash Co.—Down-Stairs Store. Burgess-Nash Co.—Down-Stairs Store. S Burgess-Nash Co.—Everybody’s Stote—16th'and Harney Sts.