Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1916, Page 16

e — THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 30, 1916. . spent lcst week at on_home while on City ““Somewherein France’’ the Rogerson Boys Write to Brothers in Omaha - Dundee \ Society Notes James Cox of Houston, Tex., is the guest of his sisters, Mrs. Charles O'Neil Rich and Mrs. Leonard Aber- | crombie. Mrs. C. E. Niswonger entertained | . seven guests at dinner at the Happy| 3. Hollow club last Saturday. - Mr, and Mrs. Norris Brown had six guests at Happy Hollow last Sat- sembly at Lincoln. urday evening, and R. H. Swartmont, | them this week. four, Mrs. WAR AND THE COST OF WAKING: PAPER Every Item of Material Used in Publishing Has Advanced at Least Double. REVIEW OF AOTUAL FAOTS As a result of the increased cost of print paper, a number of news- throughout the gountry are g:fi&e;s:ompel ed to an their sub- scription price, among them b ng the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, whic has gone up from 1 cent to 2 ce.nul a copy. Before making this radica change, however, the qlobg-D:gno- crat instituted careful inquiry into the conditions of newspaper produc; tion, with comparison of the cost of materials going into the makeup o the different branches, which brought out much infortaation of interest to the public, but not generally known. rive ne S0 sot. for a two weeks' “trip through iack Hills, Neb. letcher. Crossman, | daugh was formerly Miss Mrs. Guinter of Sioux Falls and| Greer of Benson. Mrs. Patton of Memphis are guests| A daughter was born to Mr. of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Guinter. Miss Margaret Dow is visiting Mr.|on Friday morning, and a son to Ia, | day Mr. and Mrs, R. C. Peters, Mr. and | a week at Clear Lake, la. son. who bears all these inc d -costs. tances, it has been Elt?d‘.! ;roiu have bee greatly reduced and his difficulties greatly increased, Some publishers have been obliged to l\llpe?d publication becatse they couldn't. get print paper. What the War Has Done. “In dle‘v ewspaper Muineu" as in il:cmem? hflld t'eo:'llmony wfi ::'n fiz;t.llgerm t' of the war, r f Th fi‘{%‘.}."'& trade between Bee. Three sons for Miss Lula Hirsch of Sioux City. Miss Florence Dow had seventeen ERIC AND ALLAN ROGERSON. he Wwill engage in field work for { Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Burrill guests at the matirree dance at Happy Hollow Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sunderland en- tertained sixteen guests at dinner at Happy Hollow Tuesday evening. Mrs. F. J. Ellick gave a supper party at Happy Hollow last Sunday, when her guests were: aret Leake, Fremont, Neb.; G. C. llick and R. C. Amstead. Dundee people having supper at gapgy Hollow last Sunday were: H. » Br “Somewhere” in the French trench- es are Eric and Allan. Rogerson, only 20 and 18 years old, broth- ers of Bert Roger- NOTHING s to Do written un tils side exoept the date and signsture of tne sender. Sentences net ronsird may be arased. 1t anyihing uine e aceed e post eard will be destroyed. &, | made many friends here. Olga Sorenson, 1 am quite well and' nine grand- ropean nations. Raw. ma- dbaopomadmiliod iniodiopilal . own, five guests; H. W. Hay- \ds, Clifford Ellis, Clyde t.flpl.: oluall ldnd.n:vhl;h enter in:: n.;t:.lb'uhteio n":; (g ward, four; Ezra Millard, three; G. :?d" i?::fl"{’/,n’ Ho:n.or o4 e W. Updike, three; Leigh Leslie, five, oy rson, [ and vf; L. Selby, four. ch of Siillwell, Kan., eat Wediiescay to spend time with old fricnds in Ben- Dr. and Mrs. Loechner leave today Miss Martha Covey of Fairbury, b., arrived in Benson last week to a year with her sister, Mrs. Mrs. J. Calvert and children left Saturday to attend the Epworth as- MroCalvert joins | . Middaugh and children from Mrs. Wilson of Atkinson, Neb., is | Fort Wayne, Ind., are visiting her the guest of her sister, Mrs, A. C.|mother, Mrs. C. Herndon. hlrs(;ll\lfild' adys | Mrs. J. D. Butler of McKinley street and Mrs. Norman Dow at Sioux ("ity,iand Mrs. A. Schiffbaur on Wednes- Mr. Claude H. Reed and family of Mrs. W. E. Rhoades and Mr. and|Rupert, Idaho, who are guests at the Mrs. C. O. Talmadge are spending|Reed home, will soon locate in Ben- Rev. Mr. Burrill and family moved on Monday to Alliance, Neb., where | been pastor in Benson three years and Miss Maud Van Horn entertained |on Thursday evening for Miss Marie Lawson. Those present were: Misses | Minnie Merman, Alice Hooper, Alice " | Flynn, Mary Morton, Marion White, Maud Van Horn, Marie Lawson; Messrs. Fred Irwin, Clyde Van Horn, Arthur Johnson, Harold Ruffner, Willie Rasmussen, Then Benson aerie of Eagles will hold its memorial services this after- the her many already rented who want to « furnace heat i Assessment, Of Real REAL ESTATE ME WANT A LAND BANK em as soon the Meetings to Plan Campaign to Bring Institution. is vear b L.c county assessor ~Though this is a kind of "‘fati"”[gssessmcnrc, has ceased to hold regular weekly meetings during the hot weather of | the summer, the exchange has dur- ing the last two weeks, held two special meetings. In the absence of C. F. Harri- son, president, who is taking a lit- Ite vacation, Vice President Ed Sla- d at both meetings. They _especially to consider lities of getting one of the twelve federal land banks located i their just share of taxes. and Mr. 3 sonal property 2ll taken together, $17,215215 - This is greater than last year. 6% per the poss erty in the city. Real estate men say they want one | of these banks in Omaha, and they point out that this is a splendid field or_one. | Frank H. Myers, former president | of the Real Estate Exchange, points | out the great volume of farm loan business done in Omaha and in the state. In an opening statement, in- | troducing ~ Senator Hitchcock to | the Commercial club a few days ago to talk on the federal land banks, Mr. Myers declared that farm loans are annually made in Omaha aggregat- ing some §$15,000,000. He stated that the rest of the state does amother $15,000,000 worth annually, so that the entire state does a land loan bus- $200,000 of the the had have ceased to exist as such Work to Start Soon On the 0ld People’s Exchange fiolds Two Special| Estaot(l S;IGW'S Big Gain Over Last Year MYERS IS—BiE /BOOSTER | hA painstaking effort has been made = | thi of the unfurnished ones are 1 sed to persons as to iprotect home owners from unfair At the same time, the season for the real estate men, and |assessed valuation upon many pieces the Omaha Real Estate Exchange!of business property has been raised, {especially on those the county as- sessor believes did not formerly pay The assessment fcr 1916 for Doug- las gounty real estate is much larger than m the past. The assessment of real estate, improvements, and per- is larzer thah the 1915 assessment by cent The total value of assessable prop- souglas county, a:cording to . bk s B | i . i - he new assessment, is %257,739,625, as ls entering The Missionary society of th Miss Madeline Horton entertained : il 3 ; ,739,635, he conodoft,mle;fnthe ey e Dundeec P:Losbar!)t’ria:“t’%urcf;'l mei St Anekon Tnesfiay” Girntis AR ot (())n:u::ia tle”“ lx;ealkcstatc men wall\; compared with $240,524,420 in 1915. into the production A Yy roC i { St oAk d iem. bankers say it would) “The slight decrease in the total as- ewspaper has increased nearly 50 Friday afternoon with Mrs. J. M.|Birkhimer of Shenandoah, la, and on | yaye'ng difference to them on 2 g s nper |:eri c.e. the beginning CJ"“ Dow. T 7" 7| Wednesday in honor of her birthday or the otler, that it w:ou.ldcnceirh:"‘ sessed value of PC"‘SOHRI property is wa{e:ly:nthe ll’;ifili Sl Mrs. G. M. Durkee entertained at 3,“""’“5:‘5’3'- Covers were laid for help nor hinder the other banks of ,l];':‘fiftl‘ m:{c' ;050875061?:;5;:? sf{:g(x “And it is the publisher, the o " luncheon at Happy Hollow Monday |$iX Buests. p NGt . ease of the City National bank and the German-American State bank, both of which institutions Home On West Side A large sign now marks the new location of the Old People’s honte, which is to be built shortly on Fonte- nelle boulevard. Plans for the new structure wil' be completed during the coming week and it is expected , ‘'who esd-bopocdododischengedeonn Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Crossman|noon in the lodge rooms. Rev. Mr, |in€ss annually of some some $30,000,- | that ground will be broken soon. Al- the old returned Tuesday from an eastern|Cylyert pastor of the Methodist > though checks have been coming in true of lhomestead at ¢ Eomsduwirapprmidontr e, trip of seyeral weeks. church, will give the address and spe- Bank for Four States. rapid_l{ for this charitable work, there > nndbfl:li'fi E“f; &f!- Henry C. Van Gieson had a|cial music will be rendered. The Flor-| He gave what he considered an is still a shortage of about $20,000 in , waiting for family party of for dinner at Hap- py Hollow Tuesday evening, Mrs. Willis Todd, who went east to attend the graduation of her news of her boys. Eric, the eldest, was in the midst of o{n‘fi'dfl:&k\: it wou la e - possible to print a newspaper. "‘Ahlilt or e raw_materials that its services. enters into e production of the e . aper. looks like a com- | the fighting on the n Miss Mildred, i e m:n inn:e::gry”o( a paper mill, 4| Gallipoli peninsu- Lelter ollows at first opprlunlty’" ?t?::hit:r'xm'::n C‘ityfe Mics Todd & Whflt chemical llbofhl::l’y' a g":‘“"'ym:e?::; :" ?;:l'ls'n:d:n:}fa.: \ visiting school friends in the east be- a «{,M. use, 3 Siv wovaded asd !_MW"W nd letter fromgyou fore returning home. Women Are u#dfie manufacturing plant. with acetic acid, one can fod R oot ity 3 , ether, B ;201 hflnkm, asphaltum, castor oil, water colors, Mrs. A. J. Beaton and children are at the Keeline ranch at Gillette, Wyo. Twenty were present at the game and luncheon of the Dundee Women's Bowling club Wednesday. Miss Helen Nieman gave a dancing q‘uty at the Happy Hollow matinee ‘uesday. Mary Elizabeth Hamilton had a few guests at the anpi{Hollow mat- s thus invalided back to the hospital at Manchester, When he recovered he re- turned to the front. i tth;;’n in training e boys were forced e : i fi_.:m. The art of just the proper mflt'}: e m‘?ch’wiul science of Legge, who is recovering from operation. children motored to Grand Island Monday and spent the week there. Miss Evelyn Bancroft entertained at a luncheon at her home Saturday for her guest, Miss Kathryn Lynch of Madison, Neb, and for Miss Ruth Hurst of Louisville, Ky. Miss Mercedes-Coughlin enter- tained at luncheon at her home Thursday for Miss Hazel Doran of South Dakota. The afternoon was spent at Happy-Hollow bowling. ; an with fle‘ir ayonets, to- hard- h'::\.for actual Their fa- A Wi, Whete 2.%0m 4160 I K 80e. Led (THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE POSTCARD Ufig}D“_B)Y THE BRITISH SOLDIERS AT THE Fuller. day. the card bears scant.information aside from theassurance that they are well. James Ford, the o?lniat who is to ! T s before the war, has up and Ig‘ h?owhelpin; to ammunition. ' Omaha Rogersons live at 2017 B S e give a recital at the Trinity cathedral next. month, o old ly friend, "He succeeded a brother of Fred Rog- Electi site of the art department, no longer sehenioty Monday from a visit in Lincoln, Neb. She was accompanied home by Miss Mary St. Clair. supply reduced as it is ef- obtained the advance then noted was 200 Pyer cent above the antewar price. “Prussian blue has advanced 100 per til the October meeting. : Miss Marlowe Hitch entertained contributed, cent and all reds and carmines have Esther Powers and Sallie cor ner at Fa,rna,m mz‘m‘“’:fl:’z{g‘“ pulp also gone up to the same estent. D;nwin[ of Omaha last week at An d T t fif th instruments are quoted at an advance arty. - f of 200 per cent above the former.cost.| Miss Lorare Proux and Mrs, F. wen y J. Trucky have gone to Dathart, Tex., to spend the rest of the summer. Miss Grace Forney has returned from a two-weeks’ trip to Colorado Springs and other Colorado points, Mr, E. E. Paddock and famil on Saturday by automobile visit in Sioux City, Ia. g The corner includes 130 feet Mrs. William Huntzinger ‘enter- frontage on Farnam street. tained at dinner Wednesda for Dr. Barnes and Mr. Art zinger of Fremont. 2| Mrs. gone for & visit in Missouri. Mrs. George Iradale entertained last week in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brant of Nebradka City. Rev. Mr. Angell of Valley will fill | byild. the Baptist !pulpit this morning. Union services will be held this evening on of gr Speci pecial pens. formerly used by this ine powder, treating it with department, which were manufactured other ‘chemicals, i [this with an' issue” obtained by chip: | 1%, 054" 1o longer are to be ob- _L':.‘ fi'nh: 8 cooking that product and Some Detailed Figures. with sulphurous acid, and en running whole liquid mass| So the story of high and rising oyer drying rolls, dome chemicals are | prices goes all along the line in every used for cooking and bleaching, the|department of newspaper production, print [cost of which has been increased. Here is a list giving increases on e of the chemicals are reported |prices of paper since the war began: “extinct,” in 8o far as the American market is concerned, and substitutes not 8o satisfactory are being used in In some instances rags bstituted for the wood fiber in the above mixture; but the price of rags also has gone up. Rags Jump Three Times. r Hunt- | site. o July 1, Quality. 194, White paper, per cwt., when urchased under col for large amounts. Frelght on same. . White times this sum. : Barker has not disclosed what of a thing _that manufacturer or ol {98 m&mmfl:lnt“kmem the &flu ptoblm‘,tq'cl?. n wh “Before the war rags were imported | Brown & i iati Bilbher and that serves m.lt'wm.fl: in large quantities ;‘r:p the Eur an un:;n "o i m;&ie:pjt;tnil: "Di left on Monday fucted thefnsh cHatiofie ¢ the cost of production. 1?_. nations combini g 5 farl a five-weeks' visit in Platteville, Brings Mar Chaf ed With f acco sl . olo. s m(qu!fifl whed ar ;:::Q:Tnl:. per Ib N1 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wulff have 0 dredweight. When the foreign supply was cut off by the war they jumped until the price stood at $5,50 per hun- dredweight. At this'point the federal government took a hand, issuing an appeal to housewives and others to take care of their waste and con- serve them for aking, with the result that the visible supply was in- creased to some extent and the price fell off to $3.75. ' But, at that, it, is more than double the original cost.” Metals and Chemicals Advance. Type metal, the most important item next to paper, has more than returned home from a vacation trip to the west. % Mrs. H. W. Colson has returned from a trip to Dakota and is now I}:a;ing for a visit in Stromsburg, el Prices of Chcmic.lll. The following list shows the enor- mous price advances in chemicals us: in the engraving, photographic other departments of newspaper "y the editoriat ahd _reporto Srle oty o composition f;pi.h': printey, and 1 rinter himself uses large g t; :i'h quali in g s d‘fin gfiep:r"nu as it is set. 3 ' of paper, and s ‘fif::h‘n t?b: furnished for them. Deputy Sheriff Hoagland kas wanted here for murder. Mrs. K. M. Sawtelle entertained at lunch'last Tuesday in honor of Miss Blanche Stevens of Shenandoah, Ia. Rev. Mr. McClung and Mr. James Horton returned home Monday even- ing from a three-weeks’ stay at Prim- rose, Neb, Miss Lena McGlasson of Wood July 1, duk uly 1, \July 1, Matertal, Uit} Calctum chloride, per Ib A 1d, 60 wss recenly arrested at Grand land, where he was working as a borer. sin than they ured 3 t‘t:mri'neruwelyiu of- zz-.':::fl'o e Sunday editions, the :::ln he ence lodge will join with this lodge in Doing in the World Members of the Benson King's Her- alds and Woman’s Foreign Mission- ary gave a fruit shower on Wednes- day for their president, Mrs. P. [ £ inieeM neldayl for Miss Mildred Olney e . A : ion. Postage must od arty lotter or of Minneapolis. The annual election of officers of A b sddremed o \be seader of this bard ] Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Braden and |the Benson Women's Christian Tem- perance union will take place Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. C. Members of the Sermo club will hold a picnic at Elmwood park Tues- The Business Women’s council will hold its weekly luncheon and prayer meeting at the courthouse Tuesday between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock. resident for the Bap- % t tist Woman's Missionary Quarterly : under. normal conditions to d ta- . Ki s i though the weather is hot. Thus the them in. operation; with the {:ot:.::‘;:d'\)l\?henet‘lml:rl'l::‘l:':pg:m | Monday from oy returned home | which was scheduled for Friday at daily record of deeds filed shows a Grace church, has been deferred un- Sold to Joe Barker . The northwest corner at Twenty- fifth and Iarnam streets has been left | sold by Leonard Everett of Council or a | Blufis to Joe Barker for $104,000 cash. ter- | f No build- Kcvenmg ings /are at present located on the u Everett bought the corner in 1910 W. M. Coryell and son have | for $20,000. He sold it for over five intends to do with his newly acquired property, but it is presumed he will Harrison & Morton, for Everett, and George & Co. for Barker, con- Murder from Grand Island turned from Grand Island, Neb.,, bringing with him Andreas Adolphe, Adolphe is alleged to have killed Tresina Leava, an Italian laborer, in a cutting scrape in the railroad yards in “Sheeley” on October 25, 1915, He Bee Want Ad~ produce best results ideal land bank district for this mid- dle agricultural west as Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa; and Missouri, He would have the land bank for this district, of course, located in Omaha. The Real Estate Exchange at its two meetings, decided to gather all available data on Omaha and Ne- braska as a favorable place to locate a land bank and decided to work jointly with the rest of the organiza- tions in the city which are boosting for such an_institution, Senator Hitchcock the aged and needy of this city. funds to complete the structure. Autos Stolen While Automobile thieves plied their explained to he had presented both the claims of Lincoln and Omaha for a land bank to Secretary McAdoo, and that the senator himself is interested first of all in getting a bank for Nebraska, and secondarily in the matter of which city shall have it. Erection of First National Changes Skyline of Omaha Big real estate deals are not being made every day now. It is too hot, and too many of the:chaps who have A. an were attending a performance in nearby theater. to the police were Mrs. R. Root, 2502 St. Mary's avenue. Man Seriously Wounded put in a home are not always able to go fishing, so they occasionally buy a home during the summer, even fair volume of sales of moderate sized homes. ) Building, however, is hammering and troweling away at a rapid rate, in spite of the heat. The First Na- tional Bank.building has at last had its steel skeleton of fourteen stories entirely enclosed in brick and terra cotta, so that today the public is able to see what this structure will look like. An exceptionally large force of masons worked Friday to complete the cornice at the top. This structure has entirely changed the skyline of Omaha, Instead of three skyscrapers, Woodmen of the World, i City National, and Fontenelle, now greeting the eye from the distance, the First National looms up like the Devil's Tower in Wyoming, and gives four skyscrapers to the first view of Omaha over the horizon. Dozens of apartment houses are being finished or being rushed in the hope that they may bel finished before the cold weather comes, as the apartments in = e Heavy Hoisting E. J. DAVIS of STARVE THE FLY! PREVENT DISEASE! Make the dog hunt another back yard! Keep your garbage from fer- menting in summer and freezing in winter. f’our garbage pail last ong. BY PURCHASING THE NEW MAJESTIC UNDERGROUND GARBAGE RECEIVER SANDERSON IRON CO. I Doug. 1236. 601 Barker Bk, he re- Is- la- 1212 Farnam 81 Tel. 5. 353 doubled in price since the war. Plctur‘n in the paper urel made by . Raw More, mplex process requiring many “White paper is /prepared from |3, G200 % process k prices’ of these have pulp made ‘from d | coared because most of them were | gy made by secret processes in Germany and are unobtainable elsewhere. The article continues on this uub’ect: “Edinol, a German chemica , is non- § existent at present, pyro has umped | Be A REAL ADVANCED TYPE OF MOIST AIR HEATING PLANT TODAY IS THE FAMOUS Vacuum Furnace Furnace Protected m U. 8. P; Nos, - The Name SV o 'atents Nos. 1165122-1171 lrhqm S}:JS per wm;g to ?‘ , sul- Patent Office, No. 101202, > rered U 8. ( phites have gone up 10 to 15 per cent, o i f fhas m 39,1010 13 per cent, The “VACUUM” is the most widely ColAlr MatAk ColdAle . {ritated Furnace.on the marker Why? First, Because it is a big success. Sec- ond, It can be put in an old or a new house in one day. Third, Very moderate in cost. Fourth, Saves one-third in fuel bills. Fifth, Gives abundant heat and ventilation. ;. Thousands in use in Nebraska and Iowa. Come in and see this furnace or ask for free elulcgwmd testimonials. absolute Sold under guarantee. Tmulfyouwflh. oy Orchard & Wilhelm Co. cents to $1.50; hydrochinone, one of |G d | the substitute chemicals, has increased ten times, moving from 75 cents to $7.50. Other rare chemicals Sore which are used in the process are held onto tightly by those possessing them, . being as high as $80 some quot per: d for valuable product mk‘"fl p'ktu;v:" |l|‘;. c::tl: Jases Now Being Taiked About f ea have gone per| A free service bureas Omaha i it t powder, which i i ¢ s gfceati) : m : w. her:,“m being talled of by tue wholesalers 10 $8 per pound, ow- dmu sium, one i " certain features of their business.' special pictures and | number of the mlnnflc!nur.:‘lnfi in ‘the art de-| wholesalérs held a meeting at the as ever;yrhere‘ else, [ Commereial club rooma, where W. G. scarcity of original | Griffiths explained the ' plan, = My als. . directed .. b of thi umw‘ i paper, & requie irec: hmuu of this other markets Our Furniture Packers Are Experts And they ‘are equipped with the necessary mater- ials for packing furniture, glass, pictures, ornaments, ete. If youare going to locate elsewhere, let us crate and wrap your goods for shipment or store them in OUR FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE until you are ready for them. Fireproof storage offered to you at rea- sonable rates. Sepa- rate locked piano rooms, silver vault, Omaha Van & eSt'orage Co. 806-818 South 16th £t. Phone Douglas 4163. the amount needed to complete the work which will care for so many of A request, has been made for additional Owners At Theater 3 ; y game, Friday evening with unusualhdnr|ng,"~‘ " 2 T I stealing two cars parked in the mid- the Commercial club in his talk that dle of the street at Eighteenth and Douglas streets while the owners a The car owners reporting the thefts X Y Warren Switzler, 2064 St. Mary’s avenue and In Bowery Cutting Affray A Graico, a laborer, was seriously wounded in a cutting afray in_a saloon in the Bowery district this morning. He received several severe wounds in the free-for-all fight that was staged following a quarrel. Several men who i they | Women of the Hillside Congregation- . jwere in the saloon at the time were ! el w‘the:é .de{l n't{A_:dlrpn:. ig'uqn, J;mei‘ W.hRogenma as Iorl‘m; al church will serve luncheon. t gl!:ckmm!;?s'g toarly:l); dar:hec“rtllc'v‘;‘th g‘?‘: Areeated. to printed post- |ist in the church at Bading, Isle o 3 i i - cards like the illustration, from which | Wight, and when he gives his Omaha Benson U. S. Grant Woman’s Relief corps ::l::’bussi::::i:'g:i;;hér::eOf-f;:[ feesl_ are marked off the sentences not in-|concert will play’ two -selections of | will hold its picnic, postponed from ¢ ! reaatl | . “o A . g P! lows who have $2,000 or $3,000 to normalitended to be sent. As can be seen, [James W, Rogerson's composition. sOOlal Glmles last week, Tuesday at Miller park. ry in the fallg % \ ~d { . ( .1