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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
Advocates Cooperative Buying to
Combat Present High Cost of Living
Mrs. Craighead Explains the
Aims of the Newly Organ
lied North Omaha Con-
sumers' League.

Cooperative buying and munici-
pal market to lower the high cost of
living were urged by Mrs. D. G.
Craighead, in explaining the aims of
the newly-organized North Omaha
Consumers league. Mrs. Craighead's
talk was given before the social sci
ence department OF the Omaha Wom-
ans club Monday.
Il do not believe in boycotting,
though, OF course, there will be less
buying, because people cannot afford
more said Mrs. Craighead,
What is the reason for the high cost
of living? Who is to blame? What is
the remedy? Is there anything the
consumer can, do to lower the prices? ;
These are some OF the questions we
are striving to answer,
Our plan is to organize leagues
in different parts OF the city. If
enough women join they may bring
pressure to bear on the market. We
haven't definite plan of action yet,
but want suggestions"
A meeting will be held Thursday
evening at the home of the president
of the Consumers league, Mrs. Yer
non c. Bennett, 2733 Fowler avenue.
Mrs. Bennett will speak on this
subject next Sunday at meeting of
the PHILOSOPHICAL society
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
Traffic delayed
By Grading S;roat

Working jointly in measure, the
Union Pacific, Burlington and the city
are making good progress in reducing
the grade of Thirteenth street from
the tracks south to beyond Pacific.
While the city is reducing the grade
of greater portion of the street. the
two railroads are looking after that
portion inside their right-of-way. The
greatest cut is a short distance south
of the railroad viaduet over Thir-
teenth street. The carrying on of the
work interieres with traffic on the
street. vehicles of all kinds being sent
around. The street railway company,
having line on the street, is put to-
considerable inconvenience, as pas
scngcrs on the South Thirteenth
street line are forced to transfer,
walking over the gap where the inn
provements are being carried on The
mail is transferred by automobile, one
of the street railway motormen driv-
ing the machine
Persistent Advertising Is the
Road to Success
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
New Bridge to Be
Moved Into Place
During the Month

If there are no changes made in
the plans, the Union Pacifc's new
bridge being constructed over the
Missouri river, alongside the old
structure, will be shunted into posi-
ton sometime during December Is,
the exact hour of the move not hav-
ing been decided.
The four spans of the new bridge
are being built just to the south of
the old bridge, resting on the piers.
When the move is made, the spans of
the old bridge will be pulled to the
north and those of the new bridge
pulled into place. 1t is figured that
changing the location of the spans
will not consume more than cou-
pie of hours of time and that traffic
over the bridge will not be seriously
DELAYED.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

Bean soup without beans-that is
what many restaurants in Omaha are
now serving.
There is a reason, for beans have
climbed steadily in price, even faster
than corn or wheat, until now they are
selling at from l212 to IS cents a
pound.
If anyone were so rash as to desire
to buy whole bushel of navy beans
he would probably be required to pay
somewhere between So and SO for it,
if, indeed, the grocer would sell him
that many in these days when there
is so much danger that man may
be trying to corner the market.
So bean soup without beans is be-
ing served. For years bean soup has
been one of the very cheapest dishes
at the restaurants. Bean soup could
be had for dime most anywhere. To-
day it may still be had, but it has
merely the flavor of the bean, while
the beans themselves are religiously
strained out and kept back in the gen
eral pot to flavor the bean soup for
the next day. OF course, some of them
become so soft from constant boiling
that they will eventually mash up and
slip through the strainer. This tends
to keep up the favor and makes it
necessary once every few days to add
another handful of beans to the pot to
replenish the loss.
Two and half or three years ago
beans sold as low as eight pounds for
quarter and one could get a bushel
for $3.50 or s.. Thus they havesgone
up over 800 per cent in three years.
Those who used to get eight pounds
for quarter now get two pounds for
that money.
Oatmeal has been climbing stead
lily. That staple breakfast dish has
reached price where it will soon be
prohibitive also for many. About
three years ago the companies pack
ing oatmeal in standard packages be-
gan to cut down the size of the pack
ages. They did this just as the baker
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

New York. n. UT is conservatively
estimated that five million people
daily in this country alone are taking
Nuxated Iron. Such astonishing results
have been reported from its use both by
doctors and hymen, that number of
physicians in various parts Of the country
have been asked to explain why they
prescribe it so extensively, and why it
apparently produces much better re-
suits than were obtained from the old forms
of inorganic iron.
Extracts from of the letters re-
ceived are given below:
Dr. King. a New York physician and
author, says There be no vigorous
iron without iron. Palor means
anaemia. Anaema means, iron deficiency.
The skin of anaemic men and women
is pale. The flesh nabby. The muscles
lack tone, the brain fags and the memory
fails and they often become weak. ner
vous. irritable, respondent and melan-
choly When the iron goes from the blood
of women. the roses go from their
cheeks"
In the most common foods of America,
the starches, sugars, table syruns, can
dies, polished rice. white bread. soda
crackers, biscuits, macaronL spaghetti, tani-
Oca, sage, farina, degerminated cornmeaI
no longer is Iron to be found Defining
processes have removed the iron of Mother
Earth from these impoverished foods. and
silly methods of home cookery. by throwing
down the waste pipe the water in which
our vegetables are cooked is responsible for
another grave iron loss.
Therefore. If you wish to preserve your
youthful vim and vigor to a ripe age, you
must supply the iron deficiency in your food
by using some form of organic iron just
as you would use saA when your food has
not enough salt.
DR.. Sauer, a Boston physician, who has
studied widely in both this country and
in prominent European Medical Insti-
tutions says: las | have said a hundred
times over, organic iron Is the greatest
of all strength builders. II people would
only throw away patent medicines and
nauseous connections and take simple
Nuxated Iron, l am convinced that the
saved who now die every year from
pneumonia, grippe, consumption. kidney
liver and heart troubles, etc. The real
and true cause which started their
diseases was nothing more nor less than a
weakened condition brought on by lack
of iron in the blood"
Not long ago man came to me who was
nearly half century old and asked
me to give him premilnary examina-
ton for life insurance 1 was astoniahed
to find him with blood pressure of a
vitality as a young man; In fact young
man he really was. Notwithstanding his
age The secret. he said. was taking
iron-nuxated iron had filled him with
renewed life. At 80 he was in bad
health; at 46 he was careworn and nearly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
DEATH FOR UNFIT
BABIES IS WRONG
Three Clergymen, DR.. Lord and
T. F. Sturgess Oppose Bal
linger Baby Theory.
sTURGEss WRITES OPINION

DR.. ]. P. Lord, Rev Edwin H.
jerks, Dean J. H. Hancock, Rabbi
Frederick Cohn and T. F. Sturgess
are against killing unfit infants at
birth.
Mrs. H. c. Sumney and X. L.
Schneider take an opposite view OF
this proposition.
Mr.. Sturgess, as member OF the
advisory board OF the National Board
of Review of Motion Pictures, was
asked for an opinion as to the advisa-
bility of indorsing The Black Stork, y
a photoplay presentation of the sub
ject of killing the units" He wrote
Omaha social workers for expressions.
Mr.. Sturgess is chairman OF the
Board of Public Welfare.
His reply to the national board fol-
lows:
Personally, l do not think it ad-
visable for your committee to approve
the photoplay "The Black Stork," be-
lieving that the alleged advantages to
society at large will be offset by the
damage that might be done through
wrong impressions. 1t IS my belief
that there is an increasing tendency
to value human life too lightly. In
my opinion, the strongest impression
and the greatest influence of photo
play of the character of "The Black
Stork" would be stimulating to the
growing tendency to regard lightly
the value of human life. In other
words, the total influence of this pho
top1ay would be for evil and not for
good at this stage in our social de-
velopment.
* will leave to those who have ex-
pressed their opinions to me to state
more fully the reasons why this pho
toplay should not be passed by the
national board"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
What is the Cause
= of Rheumatism,
Lumbago and
Govt?

(By Valentine Mott Pierce, NJ. D.
Ever since Scheele, in l775, discov-
cred that uric acid was present in
the system, scientific men have been
making experimental Investigations
and it is the almost universal opinion
of our best medical men that the
presence of uric acid in the system
in excess is the cause of rheumatism
and govt When the Sufate salts are
precipitated out of the blood into the
solid tissue-structure the person SUI
fers from govt or rheumatism in the
muscles and joints or suffers from
lumbago and pain in the back mus
Giles. The first aim of the sufferer
should be to get rid of the uric acid,
which, in excess, is a poison, and to
do this it is we'll to drink a pint OF
hot water morning and night-get
tablets of Anuric at the nearest drug
store and take them before meals
regularly. Anuric will do no harm to
the system and will carry off the uric
acid by stimulating the kidneys. Then
tincture iodine may be painted over
the swellings, or in more severe cases
hot linseed poultices may be applied
to soothe the local symptoms. But
most important it is for the sufferer
to abstain from red meat, to diet,
drink only lemonade or hot water,
and take Anuric for a considerable
time as it causes drainage outward
of the uric acid and is many times
more potent than lithia and usually
one finds that it dissolves uric acid
as hot water does sugar.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

all i9-now at IN. miracle of vitality
and his face beaming with the buoyancy
of youth
Iron is absolutely necessary to ena bic
your blood to change food into living
tissue. Without it. no matter how much
or what you eat. your food merely passes
through you without doing you any good
and consequence you become weak,
pale and sickly looking. just like a plant
trying to grow in soil deficient in iron.
II you not strong well you owe
it to yourself to make the following test !:
See how long you work or how far
you can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two FIVE grain tablets of or
binary nuxated iron three times per day
after meals for two weeks. Then test
your strength again and how much
you have gained. ] have seen dozens of
nervous rundown people who were all
ing all the while double their strength
and endurance and entirely rid them
selves OF all symptoms of dyspepsia, liver
and other troubles in from ten to four
teen days time simply by taking iron in
the proper form. And this after they
had in some cases been doctoring for
months without obtaining any benefit.
But don't take the old forms of reduced
iron, iron acetate or tncture of iron
simply to save few cents The iron de-
manded by Mother Nature for the red
coloring matter in the blood of her chill
dren Is, alas not that kind OF iron. You
must take iron in form that can he
easily absorbed and assimilated to do
you any good, otherwise it may prove
worse than useless. Many an athlete and
prize fighter has won the day simply
because he knew the secret Of great
strength and endurance and filled his
blood with iron before he went into
the ARRAY; while many another has gone
down in inglorious defeat simply for the
lack OF iron"
Dr.. V. Won Unruh, Medical Director in
Chief OF the New York City Clinic. said
Il have given Nuxated Iron fair and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
Sleuths Seeking
Men Who Stole the
Roof from City Hall

City commissioners. sitting as a
committee of the whole, ordered an
investigation into alleged thefts of
copper sheeting from the roof of the
city hall and materials being torn out
in connection with remodeling of the
municipal building.
The contract for a new roof pro-
vided that the city should receive all
of the old copper, which is valued at
nearly $1,000.
Detectives from the police depart
ment will be assigned to trace the
missing material.
City Purchasing Agent Grotte re-
ported the matter to the commission
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
Bean Soup Without the Beans is
NoW Served in ON aha Restaurants

cut down the size of his loaves. The
difference is that the oatmeal manu-
facturer thinks it still shrewder
scheme to cut down the size of the
package than to raise the price of the
standard package, as the baker sought
to do in going to lO-cent loaves.
But there is bulk oatmeal and for
years many have bought this to avoid
paying for the package and the cost
of packing.
A few years ago one could get nine
or ten pounds of bulk oatmeal for a
quarter, Three months ago one could
still get eight pounds for a quarter
A month ago one could get only seven
pounds. Today one can get but six
pounds for quarter and in fact oat-
meal is moving rapidly toward the
class of navy beans in the matter of
Dr1Ce
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
SPECIAL ELECTION
UPON LIGHT TODAY
Voters to Decide Whether They
Will Sustain Five Year Con-
tract Passed by Council.
TWO BOOTHS ARE CHANGED

A special election, under the refer
endum law will be held today
from a. m. to 6 p. m. to determine
whether the hve-year street lighting
contract passed by the city council on
October ) shall be sustained by the
voters.
TIL. ballots will contain the full
text OF the proposed contract and the
question upon which the voters will
express themselves will read: Shall
the passage OF Ordinance No. 1890 Of
the city of Omaha. passed by the
council on the third, of October, 1915,
entitled, An ordinance authorizing a
contract between Omaha Electric
Light and Power company and the
city of Omaha for lighting streets, al
leys and public places Of said city,
and fixing the terms and conditions
of such contract, be approved by the
qualified electors of the city of
Omaha?
Voting "Yes" will sustain the con-
tract.
Howell Calls for Election.
R. B. Howell circulated the refer
endum petitions which held up this
contract and called for the special
election at a cost of more than $4,000
to the city, to satisfy his municipal
ownership ambitions and give the
Metropolitan Water board more au-
thority. In his addresses at meetings
tract ordinance on its merits as bus
mess proposition, although he has
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
Drive away HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples

"A headache remedy without the dan
gers of headache medicine" Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at once |!
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better than a
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
affect stomach and heart, as some in
ternal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con-
gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago
all pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains,
frosted feet, colds of the chest (it often
prevents pneumonia).
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
Three and 0ne-Half
Million Bushels of
Grain Are Stored

While receipts were fairly heavy
last week, grain stocks in storage in
Omaha elevators decreased close to
100000 bushels, as compared with
Monday of last week, but were 1884,
600 bushels more, as compared with
the corresponding date of one year
ago. The following shows the bush
els in. storage now and on this date
last year:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
University Club Will
Hear Hon. Peter Jansen

The Hon. Peter Jansen, a student
of Russia and its despotic govern
ment, will talk Wednesday noon be-
fore members of the University club
He will tell his personal observations
of the people, the laws and the land
of the car
Mr. Jansen was commissioner tC
the St. Louis, Paris and San Fran
cisco expositions and was one of the
foremost colonizcrs of Nebraska. He
is an able orator and long -time stu
dent OF social and economic prob
lens.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

Total .----...--......S,4 66,O0O 2,232, 900
Total increase, 1,254000. Oats, it
will be noted, continue to hold the
greatest portion of increase.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

been challenged several times to OK
press himself along that line.
No Bar to Municipal Ownership.
Those who are supporting the con
tract maintain that it will not inter
fcrc with municipal ownership. nor
abridge present rights of the city to
Mr.. Howell failed to attack the CON
buy the existing plant or build a COM
perng plant 1t has been shown that
the contract is fair and that it will
afford Omaha l07l new lights, give
an up-to-date ornamental lighting Sys-
TEN downtown and it also has been
explained by experts that the city
could not build competing plant and
have i, ready in less than five years.
Approval OF the contract will carry
with it acceptance OF the cent rate
ordinance by the light company with
out opposition and thus give light
patrons immediate reduction OF IS per
cent in their lighting bills.
Howell Sends Out Circulars.
Circulars sent to voters attacking
the contract were addressed by the
addressograph in the Office of Gen
eral Manager Howell, public property
being used for this purpose The
contract ordinance was passed by the
city council after long and careful
consideration and has the approval of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05
City Physicians Explain Why
r They Prescribe Nuxated Iron
To Make Beautiful, Healthy Women and Strong v


Quickly dwo
per @ in W weeks time
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

Prevents Infection.
Sloan's Liniment applied to a sore, cut
wound or bruise prevents infection and
blood poison. csc. All druggists.--Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

Dr. James. late of the United States
Public Health Service, says, Patients in
an enervated and devitaized state of
health-those, for instance, convalescing
from -protracted fevers those suffering
from a long standing case OF anaemia, all
such people, In my opinion, need iron. OF
late. there has been brought to my at
tention Nuxated Iron. In practice I have
found this an ideal restorative and up
building agent in those cases above men
toned"
NOTE-Nuxated Iron, which is prescribed
and recommended above by physicians in
such a great variety Of cases. Is not a
patent medicine nor secret remedy, but one
which is well known to druggists and whose
eminent physicians everywhere Unlike the
older inorganic iron products, 1t IL easily
assimilated, does not injure the teeth, make
them black nor upset the stomach: on the
contrary, 1t is a most potent remedy in
nearly all forms of Indigestion, as well /as
for nervous rundown conditions. The manu-
facturerS have such great cofidence In Nux-
ated Iron that they offer to forfeit 800. 90
TO any charitable institution II they cannot
take any man woman under so who lacks
iron and increase their strength 200 per
cent, over. in four weeks time, provided
they have serious organic trouble. They
also offer to refund your money II It does
not at least double your strength and en-
durance In ten days time 1T is dispensed in
this city by Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co
and all good Observation-Disclosures
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

Tt IHyHtTT ~
and Civ
on It to y
my patti
cnts with
most surpris-
ing and salts ~
factory results.
And those who ~
wish quickly to
increase their strength,
power and endurance will Z
find 1t a most wonderful
ly effective remedy"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

all ip-now at IN. miracle of vitality
and his face beaming with the buoyancy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-05

been challenged several times to OK
press himself along that line.
No Bar TO Municinal Ownership.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-02
'SEARCHLIGHT" TURNED
ON ACTS OF CONGRESS
New Publication Dishkes Methods by
Members in Swapping Pen
sion Allowances.

new Washington publication made
its appearance yesterday, issued by the
National Voters League with headquar-
ters in the Woodward Building. The
Searchlight on Congress" is its title,
and II will be issued monthly.
Congress is dealt with in no approv-
ing fashion. The fact that many appli-
cations for pensions are handled by
special acts is denounced. Congress Is
compared to many boards of county
commissioners meeting together and
trading among themselves, each for his
own locality. The claim is made that
of the 5000 bills introduced in the
Lower House before the holidays. 4,144
were for private pensions. 1s1 to change
individual military records. over 1000
were for private claims, $50 for local
improvements, and but 75S of national
character.
The paper contains letter sent by the
league to Senators asking them if they
favor an open vote on Presidential
nominations sent them for ratification.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-02
RETAILERS MAY
Fight DRY BILL
Effects of Prohibition in Con-
6scating Property May Be
Strongly Opposed.
WILL MEET ON MONDAY
Board of Governors Re-elects Presi-
dent Andrews. Secretary Columbus
and Other Officers at Meeting.

The Retail Merchants Association, of
Washington, will go into special session
Monday night. in the Willard Hotel, to
discuss and probably take action on the
bill introduced by Senator Sheppard, to
make the District prohibition territory.
1t will be the first time the liquor ques-
ton will have been considered by the
association, which is composed of a ma
jority Of leaders of business in Wash
ington.
The Sheppard bill was one Of the topics
most discussed by the board of govern
ors Of the association in annual session
yesterday. I'm view of the biness of
the question generally, it was determined
that it was a matter for the entire body
rather than the board of governors, ,
state the minutes of the meeting.
The board considered the bill at length
in reference to its confscatory features
and the particularly unfair effect its op-
Grafton would have in the annihilation of
the Corby Yeast plant" reads the re-
port. Certain provisions of the bill will
undoubtedly receive the associations op-
position.
The board also considered the annual
report OF the president and other officers
submitted at the yearly meeting two
weeks ago. directed the president to ap-
point committee TO Investigate the
-chedule Of boats of the Maryland, Della
ware and Virginia Railway Company op-
Grating between Washington and Leon
srdtown. and recommended the appoint
mcnt OF another committee to cooperate
in conducting a national prosperity day
on February %.
oricers of the sssocia ton were re-
elected as follows:
r. p. Andrews president: NJ. A. I.eese.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-02
COL. G. B. BERGE BURIED.
Fort Myer Detachment Fires Three
Rounds and Taps" Is Sounded.

Funeral services for Col. George B.
Bergen. y, who died on Sunday morning
at his residence. 1874 sixteenth street
northwest. were held yesterday afternoon
at his home. Rev. J. NJ. F. Mckee. OF
the Episcopal Cathedral Chapter. oficiat-
ing. Interment was in Arlington Ma
.ional Cemetery.
Col Bergen was a veteran OF the civil
war. having served throughout the struE-
gle. mounted detachment from Fort
Myer escorted the remains to the ceme-
terry. where three rounds were fired and
taps sounded. Col. Bergen leaves A
widow. Mrs. Ella w. Bergen, a son and
a dauEhter