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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1922)
Rate Reductions Cost Railroads $471,000,000 Year Statement by Executives Says i Further Cuts “Menace to Reaving Prosperity of Country.” Chicago, Dec. 23. — Reductions of railroad frieght rates have averaged 12 per cent within the last year and are costing the railroads $471,000,000 annually, the western railways’ com mittee on public relations said In pro testing against agitation for further reductions. Additional reductions would constitute a "menace to the reviving prosperity of the country,” the slatement made public, by S. M. l’elton, chairman, said. While railway rates and earnings or commodities have advanced, the statement said. Total freight earn ings of the country roads for Septem ber alone declined $17,773,000 through the rate reductions. Asserting the people In western ter ritory and particulary farmers, were making the loudest clamor for lower rates, the statement said that largest reductions have been made In west ern territory because rates on grain, grain products and hay were re duced more in proportion. On west ern lines, the statement continued, the overage rate of reduction from Sep tember, 1921, to September, 1922, was 13 per cent, western railways In Sep tember earning $22,000,000 less than ^ they would if the reductions had not been mane. Because of rate re ductions earnings of western lines have been reduced nt an annua! rate of about $203,000,000 the statement said. The result of the reduction in rail road freight rates while prices of oth er commodities advanced, has been such that the average freight rate per ton mile for the country is only 61 per cent higher than in 1913, tho statement continued, ndding that the average wholesale price of ail com modities other than farm products is O', per cent higher. The average price of form products as compared with 1913, is now higher than the average rate of western railways, the average j per ton per mile for western roads In September being 38.fi per cent high er than in 1913, while the average price of farm products for November was 43 per cent higher than for 1913, according to tho statement. Tho railroads aro not only suffering from rate reductions, but from in creases In the prices of material they must buy, (he statement said, ex plaining metal products increased 20 per cent in the last year; coal raised 40 per cent since the strike, and lum ber has increased from 39 to more than 80 per cent. In the four months following the reduction of rates July 1, for which the figures are available, the rail roads of the country earned almost |S7,000,000 less than In the same months of 1912, although 1912 was a poor year, said the statement, add ing that the western roads had $38, 000,000 less net return for the same period. The reduction was due part ly to the shoperafts strike, but most ly to rats decreases, the statement said, — « « Liquor Charges Against Master of Yacht Dropped Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 23.—Ray mon Ruiz, master of the Cuban yacht Miguel Fcrrarer, seized several days ago by federal prohibition agents, and H. Lewis, representing the vessel's owner, wore released from charges of violating the prohibition laws follow ing a hearing before Federal Com missioner Carl Noble yesterday. Ste'fcis were taken by counsel for the men for Immediate release from the $45,000 bond placed by customs of ficials on the vessel and Its liquor cargo. The defendants testified that the yacht put into Fernandina in distress. AVhite there, the vessel was seized by prohibition enforcement authorities. The vessel Is now at Fernandina un dergoing repairs. No effort lias been made to unload any of its cargo at this port, it was testified at today’s hearing. Slayer of Two Sioux City Men Is Declared Insane Sioux City. Dec. 23.—Martin Chris topherson, who confessed to two mur ders following his arrest in connection w ith attacks on the home of a Sioux City family, was adjudged insane by the insanity commission of Woodbury county yesterday. A Morningside college student, John Miller, and an ex-soldier. Dean Chan dler, were shot down by Christophcr son In 1920, he admitted when ques tioned by detectives. <v)uict Xmas at White House. Washington. Dec. 23.—Christmas at ttie White House will lack much of the usual spirit of times gone by be cause of Mrs. Harding's Illness. There will be no house guests and no Christmas tree. Neither the pres ident nor Mrs. Harding lias made any holiday plans. She may come down stairs In her wheel chair and preside at the table for Christmas dinner, but otherwise the day will be like any other since she was taken 111. To add a little cheer, the White House has Yuletide wreaths In the windows, and there will be a profusion of flowers. As a Christmas present to the thousands of government employes. President Harding issued an executive order closing the government depart ments at noon today, and at that hour most high officials as well closed up their desks and went home.^ Bank Uses Savings Plan. Columbus, O.. Dec. 23. —A local bank lias adopted a saving system similar to that used by the federal government in Its war saving cam paigus. Patrons of the bank may buy for $S2 a certificate that will be redeemed In five years at $100. Pay ment of $S20 may be made for a cer tificate that will be worth $1,000 In five years. y -- Snakes Cross Breed. Sarahsville. O., Dec. 23.—Two large snakes—one a copperhead, three and a half feet long, and the other a hlacksnake. six feet In length—were found together and killed on a farm near here. With them were 41 young snakes, each resembling both the cop perhs^d and the blacksnake varieties. Here’s Pete, Back Home This is ‘'Fete,” pet setter of Dr. J. K. Summers, who was lost, but 13 | found; who started out from Omaha I for his old kennel on the ranch in Cherry county; who was picked up in Louisville by a boy who tried to get him to hunt rabbits contrary to Pete's training, and who was given from boy to boy until finnlly Lou Vaughn meyer got hold of I’ete, saw the story in The Omaha Bee of Ur. Summers' sorrow over Pete’s disappearance and called Omaha. Pete is again in T. J. O’Brien's barn, his Omaha home. Cudahy Makes $1,231,499 Profit Sales for Last Year Show Fall ing Off—Tonnage Equal to 1921. Chicago, Dec. 23. — The Cudahy Packing company made a profit of $1, 231,499 on its business for the fiscal year coding October 28, according to a financial statement to stockholders, made public Friday. While the sales for tho year showed a decrease in dollars over tho preceding year, E. A. Cudahy, president of the company, in a statement, said that there was no falling off in tonnage. Sales for the year ending October 28 were $160,1(14,000, while sales for the year closing October 29, 1921, were $173, 695.000, the report showed. Mr. Cudahy called attention to the fact that regular dividends had been paid on preferred stock, while the surplus was increased to $3,552,750 during the year. Fifteen million dol lars was borrowed, part being used to retire notes valued at $4,000,000 and the rest being used to reduce current Indebtedness. Notes payable at the close of the year amounted to $13, 133,200, but Mr. Cudahy said that at the close of November these had been reduced to $6,712,200. More Crown Jewels to Go. Vienna, Deo. 23. — According to Vienna papers, ex-Empress Zita has lately been reduced to such financial straits that she is obliged to sell some more of the Austrian crown jewels which the former imperial family took with them into exile. At present two of the most valuable diamonds—-'the renowned •'Badener” and the still larger "Frankfurter,” one of the most precious stcyies in exist ence—are said to be up for sale. Ow ing to the present stagnation in the international jewel trade, prospective buyers for such valuable stones have so far been scarce. Wooden Skates Shown. Chauneey, O., Dec. 23.—A pair of old-time wooden skates, made 55 years ago, have been placed on display in a store here. Harvey Nyc. owner of the skates, declares they have been used almost every winter since 1S57. He said he expects to use them this winter. _ Musician Sued for Second Time Wife Charges Calviu Brader Broke Promise to Be Good Husband. Calvin Brader, musician at the World theater, has been paying too much attention to one Peggy Penrod, 1S21 Davenport street, according to a second dlvprce petition filed Saturday in district court by his wife, Ethel Maude Brader. The Binders were married in Lin coln in 19)0 and have two daughters, Dorothy. 9, and Lolland. 7. Last August, Mrs. Brader won a di vorce decree, accusing her mate of being too familiar with Peggy, and after the divorce he came to her and promised he would be a good husband if she would get the decree vacated, her petition alleges. But he again started to go with Peggy, she charges, "holding her up to ridicule and ignominy.” Ho makes a good salary, she al leges, praying the court for alimony and custody of the children. One Man Dead, Many 111 From Fumes of Swamp Fire Klmira, N. Y„ Dec. 23.—One man is dead, an entire family of five is seriously ill and many others are affected by what chemists and local health oflicials declare to bo monox ide gas, produced from a smoulder ing fire in an old swamp in the heart of the residence section of the village of Sayre, Pa., near here. Fast night chemists and mine experts have been sent for in an effort to locate and extinguish the deadly Are. Robert A. Decker died yesterday after attending physicians said he hud been poisoned by monoxide gas. The Decker home, where five per sons are dangerously ill, has been closed to all but officials. Tourists Flock to Hawaii. Honolulu, Dec. 23.—Predictions for a recordbreaking tourist season in Hawaii are being made here. An ex ceptionally largo influx of winter vis itors to the islands is expected from Dos Angeles, according to advance re ports of Robert F. Cullen, district pas senger agent of the Dos Angeles Steamship company, who recently ar rived here. Arrest Made in j Union Pacific • Safe Robbery I Broker Held in Chicago May Clear Up Mysterious Theft in Omaha Last March. The mysterious robbery of the Union Pacific treasurer’* vault here last March 10 Is on the verge of being cleared up, as a result of the arrest of John W. Worthington, Chicago broker, and the finding of securities believed to have been stolen from the headquarters here, according to an official of that railroad's auditing department. J. C. Gale, special agent for the Union Pacific, is in Chicago and caused the arrest of Worthington, ac cording to W. M. Jeffers, general manager. “I believe Worthington, a broker, was arrested In Chicago Friday,” said Mr. Jeffers. “He was charged with receiving securities stolen from the Union Pacific In Omaha. How quickly the robbery Is solved may de pend on whether or not Worthington will talk.” Approximately $16,000 in bonds and money was taken In the robbery from the vaults on the seventh floor of the Union Pacific building at Fifteenth and Dodge streets. Mr. Jeffers reite rated Saturday previous statements that the Union Pacific had only a very small amount of securities in the safe. "Thels were some bonds belonging to employes who were elds to furnish the serial numbers," said Mr. Jeffers, when asked how Special Agent Gale might have been able to trace the theft. Worthington was charged with re ceiving securities stolen from the headquarters here. He was released Saturday on bonds of $2,5.0. Two cases against Worthington in Chicago courts, based on alleged transactions in stolen securities, have not been tried. Worthington denied any guilt and declared he ‘‘merely deals in bonds.” i -■ Struck by Auto ! on Leaving Car _ o Young Woman Hurled 30 Feet by Speeding Machine and Severely Bruised. — When alighting from a southbound j Itlverview car In front of the Union station Friday night Miss Marie Pa- I vik, California apartments, was struck ( by a speending automobile driven by an unidentified motorist. She was hurled 30 feet by the machine, which came from the south, according to G. A. Gaines. 2740 Mere- I dith avenue, who witnessed the acci dent. Miss Pavlik is employed In the Burgess-Nash store and was on her way to meet her sister, Julie, and her friend, Rose Safranek, who were scheduled to reach Omaha from Wes ton at 10:80 Friday night. "This won't seem like Christmas," , smiled the girl, gritting her teeth to keep back tears of pain. "I was to meet the girls and then we were : all to go to my home In Weston for Christmas." Police surgeons who attended Miss Pavlik stated that she had suffered no broken bones, but was severely ! bruised. Funeral of Ralph Clapp. Funeral services for Ralph Clapp, 24, di edSaturday morplng at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Clapp. 3107 North Fourteenth av enue, will be held this afternoon. Interment will be In York, Neb. i Here’s the Most Delicious Christmas Dinner in All Omaha! Metropolitan Dining Room Keen Hotel, 316 So. 18th Street Will Serve a Real Old Fashioned Christmas Dinner « Continuous Service From 12:30 to 9 P. M. Assorted Nuts Choice of Canape of Caviar Oyster Cocktail i Choice of Strained Chicken Gumbo Royal Consomme Choice of Celery Hearts Queen Olives Ripe Olives Wafers , Filet of Sole, Pomme Hollandaise Julienne Potatoes Choice of Roast Mallard Duck, Spiced Apples . Stuffed Young Turkey with Chestnuts, Sauce de Cranberry Roast Prime Ribs of Native Beef au Jus Braised Domestic Goose, Chipalata Whipped Potatoes in Cream Candied Sweet Potatoes Green Gage Sherbet Choice of Cauliflower Hollandaise Brussel Sprouts in Butter Asparagus Tips on Toast Choice of Fresh Fruit Salad with Whipped Cream, Mayonnaise Christmas Salad, Metropolitan Choice of Christmas Plum Pudding with English Sauce Home-Made Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream Frozen Nesselrode Pudding and Cake Roquefort Cheese and Crackers Cafe Noir Please Phone JA ckson 3808 for Reservations The Metropolitan Dining Room 316 South 18th Street KEEN HOTEL Phone JA ck»on 3808 With the Tick of the Clock! At the Hour of 9 Tuesday Morning Begins Our 41st Year-End Clearance Sale f With the Greatest Reductions of the Year in Every Department of This Big Store This is in accordance with an annual custom, but on this occasion the stocks of merchandise will be larger and in greater variety, ior the sim ple reason that during the past year The Brandeis Store has in marvel ous degree grown and developed in merchandising power. It was necessary from the beginning of the year to lay in larger stocks and select those stocks in greater variety. In consequence, when it comes to the year-end clearance sale our customers have the advantage of ob taining not only the radical reductions incident to such a sale but they ob tain those reductions upon one of the largest and best assorted stocks of merchandise ever offered at the close of a wonderful selling year. We in vite you, then, to visit this store Tuesday and avail yourself of real, op portunities in buying high-class merchandise at greatly reduced prices. So many departments participate in this sale that everyone is certain to find the things needed. We Call Special Attention to the Clearance Sales of Our Entire Stock of Ready-to-wear for Women, Misses and Children Coats—Suits—Dresses—Furs Everything in finely made and beautifully fashioned Ready to Wear which the heart of a woman could desire will be offered in this sale at greatly reduced prices. Also— Men’s Clothing Boys' Clothing Brassieres Draperies Furs Gloves House Dresses Hosiery Handkerchiefs Millinery Infants’ Wear Blankets Domestics Women's Shoes Veilings Dress Goods Trimmings Neckwear Silks Satins Petticoats Sweaters Ribbons > Notions Underwear for Men, Women, Children Drugs and Toilet Good? Leather Goods and Jewelry Embroideries and Laces Men's Furnishings / In Fact Clearance Sales With Marked Price Reductions in Every Department in the Store Our Year-End Clearance Sale will begin Tuesday at 9 a. m., and cn each succeeding day new bargains will be offered. In many advertisements we advise early shopping, but we give emphasis to this ad vice on this occasion, for while the stocks are large and varied there is, naturally, a limitation on the supply in a Year-End Clearance Sale. Come to This Store Tuesday and If Possible Do Your Shopping During the Morning Hours, for There Are So Many Who Find It More Convenient to Shop in the Afternoon