Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 13, 1916, Page 5

\ l f E2 N ? ' Brie f City News “Townsend's for Sporting Goods.” Have Root Print It—Noew Reacon Prees. Electric Fans $7.50—Burgess-Granden Co. Hulf Karat White Diamonds $75—Edholm Need More Elbow Room for your office? Try The Bee bullding—the building that is known to all. Keep Your Money—Ana valuables in the Amarican Safe Deposit Vaults, 218 South \m St, Bea Bldg. Boxes rent $1.00 for months, Open from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. “l‘mlm s Movie Program,” classi- setfon today. It appears fn The usively. Find out what the noving pleture theaters offer l’h nio on Labor Day—The annual Welsh soclety pienfe will be held at Miller park afternoon and evening on Labor day. Four Fined for S{lfl‘dlng— “our of- fenders of the traffic regulations ap- peared befora the police magistrata and were fined $1 and costs for their miscalculations. Parents Unable to Correct Son's Ways, Is Sent to Kearney Continued incorrigibility despite ef- , forts of his parents to correct his hab- s resulted in Henry Swobeck, aged 13, being sent to the State Industrial school at Kearney. The lad expressed his \nllm;,mw to go where he will receive an cducation. The parents, and Mrs. Joseph Swobeck, 2415 Indiana avenue, appealed to the pro- bation officers for assistance and asked that the two hoys, Henry and George, aged 11, be arrested. Both liave been kept at the Riverview home pending action by the courts. Gmrm was again 1\lne(l in the care of his parents. Ida Knepper, aged 16, who for a week has been in charge of juvenile authorities charged with associating with undesirable people, was com- mitted to the state school at Geneva by Judge Sears after a minute ex- amination of home conditions. The commitment was suspended on prom- ise of the father to provide oppor- tunities for the girl’s advancement and protection. “I am klmrl\ml to see your face in court again,” said Judge Leslie when Mrs. Lela Fox, girl-mother of Wal- ter, aged 213 years, appeared asking that the haby now being luld by ju- venile authorities be placed in charge of her mother, Mrs. Anna Kennedy, 5228 North Thirteenth street. “I gramcd you a divorce less than a yeek ago and now I find you an- * nouncing that you are already plan- ning on marrying again and asking your mother to ku‘p the baby. Don't be too hasty in selecting another hus- band.” The child was awarded its grandmother. Burlington Men To Have Outing in Yellowstone Park As a part of an educational plan for the passenger representatives of the Burlington route a group of nine Nebraska agents and ticket men will leave Linfoln August 17 for a twelve- day trip through Yellowstone and Es- tes parks. This group, which is one of six groups who will make the trip at different times this summer, will be led by Chief Clerk L. M. White- head of Omaha and will include J. B. Reynolds, city passenger agent, Omaha; J. E. Swan, city passenger agent, Council }lluhs, L. R. Wether- ald, traveling passenger agent, Beat- rice, and the followin, comjean;{y agents: J. M. Dunham, Crete; Gingrich, Superior; L. E. Ost, Sew- ard; A, W. Vetter, Holdrege, and E. G. Whitford, Fa ity. The party will assunble at Lincoln and go to the Gerdner entrance to Yellowstone park, passing through ¢he park in five days and coming Sack by way of the Cody entrance and back to es park. Several Granted Divorces for Cause Maude G. Grant, wife of Will B., has been perpetually enjeined from using the name of her husband, a di- vorce having been granted by Judge lLeslie. The wife's maiden name, Maude Hempstedt, was involuntarily rewurned to her. Ada M. Fritz has been divorced frem William D. on the grounds of jailure to provide. Henry Waibel has secured a di- vorce from Mary D. on the ground of a abandonment. They were mar- vied in Portland, Ore., February 14, 1909, Gussie Wendt irom Welton for cruelty. William A. Glasson has secured a decree against Christine as well as the custody of the two minor chil- dren. Cruelty is alleged. Julius Will Begin Transporting Grain Te has been divorced alleged extreme Missouri river navigation com- mittee of the Omaha Commercial club has announced that the Julius Silber is ready to bring boat loads of grain from the Decatur district, start- ing next week. Heretofore the ship- has been confined largely to live l:lm k ‘I'he Decatur farmers, according to Captain Neff, pilot, are anxious that an unloading device for grain be installed in the Omaha barge house so that greater speed in delivery may e accomplished OF Special Interest to Teachers and Families Without Music. FOR RENT AT LOWEST PRICES 300 Beautiful New and Used Grand and Upright Pianos. Free tuning, free insurance. Choice of following make Steinway, Weber, Hardman, Steger & Sons, Emerson, Mc- phail, Lindeman, Schmoller & Mueller, Chickering, Knabe and many others. Finest stock in Omaha to select from. Six months’ rent allowed if pur- , chased. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. Headquarters for Columbia Grafon- olas and Aeolian Vocalions. 1311-1313 Farnam Street. Tel. Douglas 1623. l MYRIADS OF LIGHT BULBS || Street illumination for Ak-Sar-Ben week will be more elaborate and cost ly this year than ever hefore Announcement of the street light g scheme for Omaha’s big fall spec tacle by I. B. Zimman, contracting agent for the Omaha Electric Light and Power company, who will super- vise the installation of the brilliant night illumination, was made today . The big feature of street decora- tions this year is to be the hanging of paintings of the ecighteen former governors of Nebraska, the present governor and the state seal from ca- bles in the middle of the street in twenty blocks in the downtown dis- trict. The canvases, which are being ainted in Omaha, will he suspended rom cables strung across the street in the muddle of the block. There are to be paintings on both sides, the frames to be studded with incandes cent lights. The six feet square. Show State Seal. paintings will be With Governor Morehead there will be paintings of nineteen governors, the twentieth canvas to an artistic reproduction of the state seal. The general lighting scheme for Ak-Sar-Ben week 1s to be carried out with huge arches, reaching from curb to curb, and illuminated with thousands of incandescent lights, Arches and columns will be placed on the streets in the line of parade. Five blocks of the arches and col- umns will extend from the Audito- rium to the carnival grounds. The Ak-Sar-Ben arch at the en- trance to the carnival grounds will be larger and more claborate than any of former years. Exclusive of the columns there will be in the neighborhood of 12,000 in- candescent lights used in the illumina- tion for Ak-Sar-Ben week. Traver Brothers Are Enjoined from Building Flats Orders restraining Traver Brothers, builders and apartment house owners, from erecting or attempting to con- tinue building apartments in the sub- division known as Traverhurst, Twen- ty-fifth and Jones streets, were issued by Judge W. G. Sears in the Douglas county district court Saturday. Suit was filed against Traver Brothers by the Imperial Investment company, charging them with misleading the city council and securing the passage of a resolution favoring the paving of the streets in this district: Traver Brothers are at the present time erecting apartment houses in the dis- trict, the plaintiffs alleging that these buildings are but two feet from the strect at the rear entrance, and that the completion of these structures will make Twenty-sixth street in the vicinity an alley. The hearing in the injunction case will be called before Judge Leslie on August 26. Officer Catches Man About To Attack Wife With Chair Ernest Fulton, 2417 Ellison avenue, was sentenced to fifteen days on the rock pile for nonsupport of his wife and children. Fulton was about to attack his wife with a chair when the arresting officer arrived. The offi- cer spent ten minutes in impressing upon Fulton the severity of his error, and then brought what was left to headquarters for trial. Dreshers’ Put “Snap” Into “Tired” Summer Togs! Ever know that clothes get tired? Sure they do! At least they show the effects of wear, tear and usage the same as you do yourself. Bnl. as they emerge from “Dresher” Cleaning Pro- same garments as though they a refreshing vaca- Let Dreshers’ take your soiled, “played out” appear- ing summer togs and clean ‘em up for you; the re- juvenation won’t cost much and the service will be quick. There are ONE HUNDRED employes here awaiting to do your bidding if you will but phone Tyler 345 for a man. Phone—keep the “spirit” in your togs. Dresher Brothers Cleaners - Dyers 22112217 Farnam St. Phillips Fits Glasses Correctly MODERATE PRICES 807-9 BRANDEIS BLDG, SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1916. Beginning Monday---Third Annual August Thls Store Tells Its Story Every Day By Its Service--the way its clerks and salespeople speak and act. HE cleverness, courtesy and manifestations of being interested in what the customer wants to know or do is the best illumina- tion that can be given to all comers of what the store actually is. Unless our people are in good health and well bal- anced by knowledge, pa- tience and promptitude to receive our friends when they call, the largeness and freshness of the stocks and proper price on everything count for little. In stocks, assortments and character of merchan- dise, not to go backward would be something, for we provide most liberally, but this will not satisfy us, we must go forward—Forward every day. blankets featured in this quality and workmanship. tion from will greatly surprise any time since the Civil War. stocks. The fine White combinations, in pretty plaids, Clearaway of | i e andons i Dinnerware 50c Single Blankets, 25¢ Each OUR big groups that represent remarkable values. At 10c An assortment of English semi- porcelain ware, including egg cups, cups and saucers, dinner plates, oatmeal dishes, fruit saucers, bone plates, pickle trays, etc., worth to 25¢ each. At 15¢ French china dinner plates, soup plates, bowls, bakers, etc. At 25¢ Bavarian china meat platters, covered butter dishes, after-dinner coffee cups and saucers, pickle trays, ramikins, sugars, creamers, bouillon cups, bone plates, fruit dishes, etc., worth to $1.00 each. At 50c French china sugars, platters, | covered butter dishes, dishes, etc., worth to $1.50 each. Burgess and $7.50 Each three robes, and the saving these robes is fully 13 during August Sale. stantly wins favor, the com and durability, the soft, crisp texture the beautiful designs will please. 25¢ to 39c Wash Goods, stripes and figures, imported | sues and dimities; ash Co.—Down-Stairs Store. You can save 15 to 259, if you buy your Furs now That’s The Result of This Second Annual Au ust Sale of Furs Vl-lRY plec f fur represontvd hns been pro\ en wurlh\ of the Burgess-Nash guarantee of quality, to insure the entire satisfac- tion of every customer. Therefore, you may be sure that every fur gcco sold will be exactly as represcntml and ack of Every Piece of Fur Sold Is the Burgess-Nash Guar- antee of Quality, Authenticity ®f Style, and Thoroughly Satisfactory Wear. Hudson Seal Coats, $85.00 to $400.00. Marmot Fur Coats, $69.50. Water Mink Coats, $75.00 to $115.00. Silver Pointed Fox Sets, $100.00 to $150.00 Cross Fox Sets, at $100.00 to $175.00. Natural Mink Sets, at $75.00 to $250.00. Ermine Sets, at $50.00 to $210.00. Natural Mink Neck Pieces, at $15.00 to $50.00 Jap Mink Neck Pieces, at $10.00 to $30.00 Water Mink Neck Pieces, at $5.00 to $12.50. Black Marten Neck Pieces, $12.50 to $35.00. Natural Mink Muffs, at $35.00 to $75.00. Jap Mink Muffs, at $12.50 to $35.00. Water Mink Muffs, at $6.50 to $15.00. Black Mavhn Muffs, at $30.00 to $45.00. Burgess-Nash econd Floor. CLEARAWAY OF FLOOR SAMPLES OF Sewi Machi THE BEST VALUES OFFERED ANYWHERE ONDAY we expect to clearaway all of our Floor Samples and demonstrating machines at greatly re- duced prices. Some of these machines are slightly marred from being moved around in the department: some were taken in exchange for Standard Rotary and there are a num- ber that cannot be told from brand new—every machine is fully guaranteed. Terms $1.00 Down, $1.00 a Week A partial list of the machines included in this offering 2 Standard Vibrators, were $50.00, now $33.00 2 Clevelands, were $45.00, now...... $26.75 3 Howes, were $40.00, now. . . 2 321_50 1 Paragon, was $45.00, now. .$27.50 1 Singer, was $48.00, now. .. Lt $24:75 92 Standard Rotarys, were $50 rm now $34.75 1 Wizard, $ )0, now $11.75 1 Arrow, w 2000 mowai i sy $10.9% r, now $ 2.50 Burgess-Nash Co.—Down Stairs Store tion and enables us to pass the good word along. Never a Better Time to Buy Blankets Than Right Now During Our Practically every blanket in this assemblage was bought in large quantities and in this way we obtained prices on big orders that affords the extreme savings of 331 g is an important item just now, as wool and cotton blankcts are more difficult to obtain now than at The United States Army, whose specifications are most exacting, are now using on the Mexican border, wool blankets to the amount of $21,000.00, sold and delivered to the Government from our The same rigid specifications that characterize the Army blankets are met in the blankets offered for your selection during this sale. This sale will particularly appeal to Institution, Hotel and Boardine House stewards, as they realize the selecting of proper $12.50 Blankets, at $7.50 Pair Australian with delicate striped border, and extra large double bed sizes. $10.00 Blankets, at $6.98 Pair Pure California, Ohio and All-Wool Blankets, white with colored borders; also two-tone plaids for twin and double beds. $6.50 Blankets, at $4.75 Pair The celebrated St. Mary’s Wool Blanket and Kentucky Wool Blankets, all the attractive color Each pair is handsomely finished. $3.75 Beacon Blankets, $2.98 Pair Eiderdown finish, two-tone plaids in various color combinations for double beds. For children’s beds, cribs, cots, ete. An unusual blanket special. Wool Auto Robes, $3.98, $4.98 | Every auto requires from one to The smart ugpvamncn- ined warmth | Burgess-Nash Co.—Down Stairs Store. Remarkable Clearaway of WASH GOODS for Monday HREE big groups, embracing practically an entlre 9tock offering and the reductions are most remarkable. Consisting of pretty voiles, gingham in checks, stripes and plaids: covered | over 50 different styles in colored tis- were 25¢, yd., BURGESS NASH COMPANY. “"EVERYBODY’S STORE" STORE NEWS FOR MONDAY. PHONE DOUGLAS 137. i (Saleof BLANKETS At Fully 33’ OMPREHENSIVE—that symbolizes our Third Annual August Sale of Blankets. sale, Large quantities bought months ago, put us in on the “ground floor” Per Cent Under Regular Prices. Throughout the entire collection of ure up fully to the l{nrg«-«w Nash standard of of the blanket situa- The seemingly unlimited variety that you will find to make your selec- you will not find one that does not mea you. Third Annual August Sale per cent under regular. This blankets is just as important as any part of the bed. $5.00 Jacquard Blankets, at $3.50 Pair These all-over designs will harmonize with smartest furnishings, they are striking and beau- tiful in pattern and so cleverly designed in various color combinations, that they will rivet the attention of everyone the minute the eye falls upon them. All are double bed size. $3.00 Blankets, at $1.98 Pair Wool Surface Blankets, white, gray, tan and various pluids; extra size. $2.50 Jacquard Blankets, $1.35 Each Attractive color combinations in a great variety, which can be used for throw blankets, comfortables and bath robes, etc. $2.50 Wool Finish Blankets, $1.69 Pair In gray, tan and fancy colored checked blan- kets, all are double bed size and nicely finished. | $1.50 Blanket Sheets, 98c Each Large assortment, block check and blue, gray, pink and tan; these single blankets are just the thing for bed sheets, extra covers | and porch use, ete. ‘ $1.00 Single Blankets on | 50c Each our | We have hundreds of gray anc in- | tan single blankets for sheets, and after seeing these you will at once be con- vinced that a better blanket bargain has never before been offered. Wool Blanket, ull bed, twin bed Amana Society for full size beds. and | there's almost every fav ored weave you can think of in the 98¢ to $1.50 Wash Goods, 69¢ Including imported embroidered voiles and crepes, silk striped voiles, printed voiles in figured, striped and plaid designs; also silk and cotton mixtures in colors; also black and white effects; were 98¢-$1.50, at 69c. 15¢ floral Scotch | 49c to 89c Wash Goods, 39c l Fine voiles in pretty patterns, flow- | I ered silk mull, striped marquisette, silk stripe crepe, and many other pret- ty novelty weaves; good assortment of ‘ qtylw and colors; were 49c to 89c, at, | the yard, 39c. I Burgess-Nash Co.—Main Floor. August Sale of Furniture With Saving Posslb litles of 15 to 50 Per Cent URNITURE of the most dependable sort—for every room in the home—all reduced during this Annual August Sale. 15c. 4. Plece American Walnut Suite at $85.00 A beautiful William and Mary reproduction, consisting of dresser, chiffonier, dressing table and bed, constructed of thoroughly seasoned, genuine American walnut, with satin finish. August Sale price, $85.00. 4-piece white enamel suite, was $195.00, now $97.00. $25 Mahogany Library Table, $16.75 This White Enamel Bed, $4.45 This $6.00 Solid Oak Rocker, Mahogany Library Table, with All steel, with two-inch contin $3.45 28x4b-inch top, the popular scroll uous posts, witk five filling rods Solid Oak Rocker, finished a | Colonial design, dull finish; the in head and foot, white enamel | decp golden color, broad arms and | regular price, $25.00; August Sale finish Sale price, $4.45. l shaped saddle seat. August Sale | Price, $16.75. Burgess-Nash Co.—Third Floor. price, $3.45. Nash Co~~Third Floon them- THEE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 13, 1916. 5—A OIL PAINTINGS OF Restrains Wife from ‘ll-l\\mg_mv\)' m:( <:"n|w|n |nl|\k‘ac- |||\|v'w, (l.~|(1‘m-~-. that l»(l-. .:uw Ivhe Contractor Given Until ll».| the \;'j.r:h 'l':vr'nll\'klnurt‘l; ."Nil . . counts, $300 and $900, deposited in [ lodging house 18 recorded in her | paving. Failure to take action wi Drawing0ut8Denosits! s s s g diat e imaerial ool i s i e Monday to Get BUSY | requit in the city taking over the con- FORMER GOVERNORS Herman Betten, who has sued his [ lodging house at 1017 Cass street, | the same as any pther lodger Commissioner Jardine of the public| tract, Mr, Jardine announced. A wife, Johanna, for divorce, has been | which property is also listed ander improvements department has noti The commissioner stated that other . = granted a restraining order by Judge | the wife's name. Betten alleges in Persistent Advertising Is the Road| fied the Cathroe company he \\||l’<n|vl|:uln|\ are bestirring State Executives to be Shown || . i preventing lis wife fvom [his petition that his wife, a practical |to Success give them until Monday to get busy | sclves on their paving work. as Part of Ak-Sar-Ben - Decorations.