Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1916, Page 3

FRIDAY HOTTEST OF ALL THE YEAR Mercury Btarts_nigher and Keeps Soaring as the Day Advances. * SOME HOPE OF SHOWERS Friday was-the hottest day of the year in Omaha. At 10 a. m. the thermometer already stood at 92 degrees. On the hottest previous day, July 11, the thermome- ter was only 86 at 10 a. m,, rising to & maximum of 99. “When will it stop?” is anxiously Inquired by sweltering humanity. And the weather bureau replies, “Fair and continued high temperature tonight and Saturday.” Only this and nothing more. There is a morsel of hope and com- fort, however, in the state forecast, which is for “slightly cooler in the west and central portion Saturday.” As for the “Bermuda high” which is blamed for the tremendous heat in the east at present, Colonel Welsh says this may and may not affect Ne- raska. Maybe Thunder Showers. “Conditions may develop very sul- denl.y to bring local thunder ‘show- ers,” says the colonel. “The present heat and humidity in themselves may easily bring on showers.” There wasn’t a drop of rain in Ne- braska the last twenty-four hours. The nearest point where that happy condition existed was Billings, Mont., where 1.16 inches of rain fell. Happy Billingsites! There is no reason K“ for any calamity howling about the Nebraska corn crop. And Iowa conditions are fine. But other parts of the corn and wheat belt are in dire need of rain, particularly Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Great- heat ‘holds all over the corn and wheat belt. Maximums were over 90 degrees all over the belt and they were 100 or more in southwestern Michigan, western Ohio, most of In- diana and Illinois, southwestern Wis- consin, eastern and central Iowa, four | test place in the country was Prairie “The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice $53 FOR THE BABIES. “Realizing what fresh milk and ice | mean to the little children of Omaha, | I take <freat pleasure in sending the enclosed check to your fund for that | purpose in the name of my little daughter, Elizabeth C. Richards.” So writes Mrs. J. DeForest Rich- |ards, and the check enclosec is for| $50.00. That is just ten times The Bee’s $5.00 limit on contributions to | the fund. But we took off the “limit” | in this case. | Another acknowledged today is an | “In Memoriam” contribution, a fine | way of remembering the loved ones| who are gone. | The fund is doing splendid service among the little children of the poor | these hot days. Scores of babies are thriving who would be suffering but | for the contributors to this fund. Previously acknowledged $385.30 | Mrs. J, DeForest Richard: 50.00 In memoriam, Leah Rox 2.00 A Friend .. 1.00 Total. $438.30 | weather stations in central and north- eastern Missouri, in western South Dakota and in Tulsa, Okl. The hot- du Chien, Wis., with 105, The humidity here was 42, which is | relatively low. It was 98 in New York City. Aeroplane Upsets Four Automobiles | And Kills Small Boy | Ontario, Cal, July 28. — Second Lieutenant S. H. Wheeler of the army aviation school at North Island, lost control of his aeroplane here today and crashed into a line of automobiles, overturning four, killing Harold Stoebe, 4 years old, and seriously in- juring Mrs, C. A. Stoebe, the boy's mother. Lieutenant Wheeler was not injured, although his machine was i ticularly in the south. wrecked. FORMER OMAHAN IS VISITING FRIENDS Major Eli Hodgins Returns for the First Time in Fifteen Years. G0OD ROADS EXPERT NOW Major Eli Hodgins, a former Oma- ha “boy,” who reorganized Company G of the Second regiment, Nebraska National Guard, and was the com- manding officer of the troop here from 1899 to 1904, and who after an adventurous career in ~Europe re- turned to Canada, the land of his birth, and eventually became secretary |of the highway commission of the province of Manitoba, with headquar- ters in Winnipeg, breezed into town and spent most of the day shaking hands with his host of friends and renewing old acquaintances of more than a dozen years ago. It was Major Hodgins' first visit to Omaha in fifteen years; he kept busy all day asserting to his old friends that it was the most pleasant | twenty-four hours he has spent in many, many moons. The former Omahan is making a tour of investigation of the good roads’ movement in this country, par- He will make a trip of a month through Dixieland to study conditions there. : After leaving Omaha in 1904 Major Hodgins organized the Union Gatling Gun Guards, and with seven young men spent a couple of years in Eu- rope playing engagements in the prin- cipal theaters in the capitals. v Major Hodgins gave an interesting account of the problem that confronts Canada—the problem of what to do with the crippled and blind soldiers of the overseas forces when they re- turn after the war is over. Although Major Hodgins has been away from Omaha for fifteen years, he keeps posted off what is “doing in the good old city, as he expressed it. He is a subscriber of The Bee and through its columns keeps a close tab on wgat is happening from day to day in the Nebraska metropolis. His favorite section of the paper is_the editorial page: where in the “Today” column Ee keeps a close tab on the “boys” of his Omaha. I = * TELEPHONE 1614 DOUGLAS & P Ride on the Escalator Look at the Opportunities Presented to You in This Sale of Men’s High Grade Suits going to sell at CLEARAWAY TIME NOW, and the prod- ucts of some of the best makers find their way into these two groups, which we are $9.75 and $11.75 All strictly hand-tailored and all wool. and all sizes represented. Genuine Palm Beach and Breeze Weave Suits, Values up to $10.00, at. . ... .. .. High Grade—Light Weight Suits $15.00 Hirsh-Wickwire, Society English conservative and pinch-back models $4.95 White Flannel and Serge Trousers $2.50 and $3.50 Brand and Schloss Bros. Broken lots and values up | |whites and pin to $30. | | All sizes. Hand-tailored, in newest models. Plain stripes of every description. Values up to $6.50. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits at $12.50 Finest grade Mohair and Dixie weaves, strictly hand-tailored; large assortment of colors; plain and pinch-back models. Men’s Sumlher Shirts Worth $1.25 to $1.50, at . 95¢ NEGLIGEE, Golf and Sport styles—get a goodly quantity now and save considerable. Two special lots of Men’s Athletic Union Suits, most- | 69c and 95¢ ly manufacturers’ samples; regularly $1.25 to $1.50 One lot of Men's Mercerized and special, a pair Wardrobe Trunks $16.50 Values, $9.98 STEAMER WARD- ROBE Trunks, 3-ply veneer, canvas cover- ed, brass trimmed. $7.50 suit cases, $4.98 Fibre Suit Cases, 71 inches deep, 24 inches long at 98¢ to $3.50. il § ol Comfort in Footwear Buy a pair of cool shoes to walk with during the hot weather. Included in this lot are about 15 dozen “Olus” Combination Shirts and Drawers, values $1.50 to $2.50 One big lot of Men's Silk and Silk-Fiber Half Hose; run of the mill quality, values 35¢ to H0c; sale price 96 dozen Men's Sample and Broken Lots of Negligee and Golf Shirts, regularly 75¢ to $1.00—Saturday 95¢ 25¢ 59¢ | Only & few of those fine All-Wool Men’s Bathing | Suits; worth $2.50 to $4.50; | sale price for Saturday 95¢ .. $2.98 Fibre Half Hose; slightly imperfect— Floor, Men’s Building. Men’s Straw Hats, $1.65 All the men’s $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and '$3.50 Straw Hats in one lot, Saturday Men's 65¢, $1.00 and $1.45 Straw Hats, at 45¢ - All the Men’s Straw Hats that have Been sellin, 65¢c, §1.00 and $1.45, at Madagascar Hats at All the Men’s $2.00 Madagascar Hats, at Panama Hats at $3.98 Your choice of any’ Man’s Panama, values, at Leghorn and Bangkok Hats, $2.98 All the Men's Leghorn and Bangkok Hats, $3.50 to 8 $5.00 values, Saturday — X, [ B\ 8$1.65 at S5¢ | 98¢, $5.00 and 86.00 Boys’ Headwear All the Boys’ and Children’s Straw and $1.00, in one lot, at All the Boys’ $1.25 Straw Hats, at... All the Boys’ and Children’s $2.00 Straw Hats, at Hats that have been selling at 65c Main Floor—Men’s Building. THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916. Postoffice Workers Have Varied Appare! for.These Heated Days When the temperature goes up men's shirts sleeves go up, too, and their collars go off. This is the general rule. But some men defy it. Take th2 men at the postoffice and study 'em a bit this hot weather, Postmaster Wharton appears in a Palm Beach suit that cost not a cent less than $4.35. Assistant Postmaster Woodard looks neat in a white “boiled” shirt, white trousers, stand- up collar and no coat. Superintendent George Kleffner keeps cool by going without a collar and coat. “Why do you wear those suspenders this hot weather?” he was asked. ‘To which he answered un- hesitatingly, “To keep my pants up.” A good reason! It is painful to have to refer to the summer coStume of Will Brown, as- cstant superintendent. But it must be done. So, here goes. He wears a “sport shirt.” Yes, it's true. Lack- ing all sense of the proprieties, all ideals of the beautiful, he persists in this practice even in the face of de- rision, But let us pass to some pleasanter subject, Colonel Welsh of the wea. ther bureau is never seen without a high stiff collar, a long tie and starched cuffs. He wears also ful winter regalia of gold and silver junk, including tie pin, tie clasp, gold watch chain and finger ring. The ample %orm of Sylvester Rush, assistant to the attorney general, is enveloped in a Palm Beach suit and white shoes. United States Marshal Flynn wears, among otlier things, a so shirt with a soft attached collar, and sits continually in front of an elec- tric fan. Deputy Marshil Quinley wears a Palm Beach, white shoes and Panama hat, Dwight Edson wears his shirt sleeves rolled, but clings fondly to a pair of “arm bands.” Counsman Commended For Assessment Report O. E. Bernecker, secretary of the State Board of Equalization, has writ- ten a letter to County Assessor H. G. Counsman commending him for the assessment report of Douglas county, recently presented to the state board. : ) “You have a very nice abstract with good values,” Bernecker writes. e =S ft | 'PLAN FOR POLISH RELIEF MAY PAIL Condition Imposed by Great Britain Relative to New | Harvest May Block Deal. |AUSTRIA PARTLY WILLING | Washington, July 28.—Informal as- | surances that Austria-Hungary is dis- posed to respond favorably to Presi- |dent Wilson's personal appeal for | permission for shipment of American {relief supplies to points in territory | held by Austrian forces have been given personally by Foreign Minister | Burian to Ambassador Penfield. | The State department also received fmday from Ambassador Page the | British foreign office statement of Great Britam's willingness to permit | importations ot toodstuffs into Po- land, to be administered by a com- mission appointed by President Wil- | son, provided the German and Aus- trian occupying armies would not | seize or remove products of the occu- ied territory. The condition, it is | feared, may block the negotiations. Mr. Penfield reported today that he delivered personally to Count von 3 \ | Burian on July 26 President Wilson's| plea in behalf of the famine strickem | Poles and that the foreign w.inister | promised to deliver the president’s’ | plea immediately to Emperor Francis | Joseph. i | The British communication, previs ously published in part, concludes | with the statement that if the proe posal is to be put in operation suce cessfully, no time must be lost, as the new harvest is coming on and must be placed in neutral control. The British proposal will be re= ferred at once to Germany and Aus- tria-Hungary to learn whether it is acceptable. Brandeis to Play Three Games With Union Giants Three games will be phlryed at Rourke park Saturday and Sunday by the Brandeis Stores team of Oma- ha and the Chicago Union Giants, crack colored organization from the windy city. One game will be played Saturday and a double-header will be played Sunday. BELL-ANS | Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepackage provesit. 25cat all druggists. Pre-Inventory Sales Afford exceptional opportunities to save. It will pay you to anticipate your needs. Coats, Dresses and Skirts Values Up to $25.00 at $5.00 T Tt $10.00 Dresses worth up to $49.00. .. Coats worth up to $39.00..... ) Suits worth up to $356.00..... Small lots and limited quan- Coats worth up to $20.00.. Dresses worth up to $25.00. Skirts worth up to $15.00. . lots are limited. Clearing Sale of Gfrls’ Dre Girls’ Colored Dresses, worth up to $2.00, at Girls’ Colored Dresses, worth up to $4.00, at . . Choice while they last, 853$ E JUST BEFORE parel store. have cut prices to Values Up tities—while Girls’ White Girls’ White $1.39 Second Floor. Saturday Sales Offer " Special Savings in- ventory and you will find very remarkable offerings from this ap- To make new owners for these garments quickly, we fraction of their value. | Coats, Suits and Dresses Buyers Journey to the East Monday next, and soon the new- est for late Summer and early Fall will find complete showing here. a to $49.00 they last. sses at Unheard of Prices Dresses, worth np to§2.00, 88« oo iiny 89c Dresses, worth up to $4.00, at. . ... $l.89 DRUGS | Grave's Tooth Powder, large can 298¢ Madonna Rice Powder, 20c.xiz8, ... 5. 9c Jap Rose Talcum Pow- der;sdany e 10c Babcock’s Toilet Water, $1.00 size ........ 59¢ Kirk’s Juvenile Soap, cake Melorose Face Cream, 50c size 9c Madam Isebell’s Skin Food, 60c size....29 Aubry Sisters’ Dry Rouge, at.........36c La Blache Face Powder, B0 sizelly, sl 33¢ Almond Cream at.21c Mentholatum, B0c nize iU o 29c California Syrup of - Figs, 60c size..... 29c Hay's Hair Health, $1.00 size bottle. ..58¢c Orangeine H e ad ache Powders, 50c box.,29¢ Household Rubber Gloves, pair ...... 29¢ Sanitol Tooth Powder, 25caize ST TR 14c Palm Olive Soap, ck.5¢ Peroxide Soap, 10c cake at .. :6c - Physiciaxns’ and Sur- geons’ Soap, cake..6c A big assortment of Bathing Caps. Main Floor. “The FREE” Best Sewing Machine IN THE WORLD BEST IN APPEARANCE— beautiful as a music cabinet— best in efficiency, sewing faster and better than any other ma- chine, SATURDAY SPECIALS Brandeis “C” .... Our Special Just one guaranteed White 7 NOTE—WE WILL ALLOW YOU $12.00 for your old Sewing Machine to apply on the purchase of the & "REEZ\" Cabinet. $1.00 Down and $1 Weekly Pays for Any Machine SATURDAY and MONDAY . SPECIALS Boye Hemstitcher ....... 25¢ With full instructions in hem- stitching. “Quality” Brand Needles, regu- larly 26c, at lé¢ “Quality” Brand Oil, regularly PRE-INVENTORY SALE of SHOES In the Main Floor Department [, Continues AN There are opportunities for men, women, misses and chil- dren to share in this sale and et stylish and serviceable ?’otwear and save consider- able, on Saturday. s Main Floor. Pre-Inventory Sale of Beautiful Blouses Dainty Lingerie $1.95 About hand made ment. Sat- urday, at. .. Blouses, 1,000 Dainty Lingerie Blouses, some blouses, values to $4.50. Crepe de chine and tub silks included in this assort- - §1.95 $2.50 Lingerie Blouses, $1.45 Lingerie Blouses, valued to $2.50. There are some small size Crepe de Chine and Tub Silk Blouses. Saturday, at $1.45 Lace and Embroidered Trimmed Blouses, 59¢ About 800 Lace and Embroidered Trimmed Blouses, values to $1.25, at................. 59c Second Floor. PREIINVENTORY SALE of Framed Pictures affords everyone an opportunity to invest money to excel- lent advantage. Our picture buyer goes east to tory. We have decided, therefore, to clear out our entire stock of lar priced framed pictures in one big clearance sale. It buy fall goods directly after inven- count money during inventory than it is to count pictures. Sale Starts Saturday and continues Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We are taking every pitture from our $1.50, $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 and $4.98 pyramids and marking them down to a uniform price, each— $1.00 Our picture stock has been known ever since the department started as the “classiest stock in town,” and this is our method of keeping it so. Your one opportunity each year to secure a really good picture at the price one usually pays for the cheapest prints, This stock includes mahogany framed, imported prints, gold framed, hand-colored photograveures, excellent copies of the old classics in hand-toned frames, carbons framed in fumed oak, mas- terpiece copies in real hand-carved frames and, in fact, just the pictures you would pick as a present for your home— $1.00 Each Third Floor. Wall Paper Your choice of our popu- lar priced papers at reduced prices. : All our 5¢ and 6¢c papers, borders and ceilings to match, Saturday, roll Your choice of fully two dozen patterns in all colors, wide and narrow borders to match, suitable for all rooms, values to 10c, at, roll Domestic Oatmeal papers, 30 inches wide, your choice of a large selection of cut-out borders to match, priced regularly at 15c, Saturday, roll ............. 9¢ Third Floor. Boys’ Clothing Big Reduction on Wash Suits Quality Wash Suits in all the newest of styles at a splen- did price saving. $1.00 and 76c Suits g uits . . 81 and $1.60 Suits . $2.50, $2.00 $1.76 Suits $1.50 $4.00 and $3.00 Suits are.. $1.95 Short or long W sleeve styles. Many suitable for later in fall wear. Plenty of every sizes 2 to 8 years. Third Floor. Knit Underwear Women's Union Suits, silk top, lisle body, reinforced cuff knee, ink and white. All sizes, worth 1.25, per suit........ e .85¢ Women's Fine Lisle Union luim cuff and umbrella knee styles, sizes. 60c quality, Saturday, UL cecoonesnonenraannses Women's Fine Cotton Vests, full taped, regular and extra sizes; worth to 19¢, at.e.vev... . 10¢ Boys’ Globe Union Suits, fine cotton, broken lots and siz Worth' to $1.00, at. ....... 39¢ Main Floor.