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,
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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.
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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.”
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Struck by Auto !
on Leaving Car
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Young Woman Hurled 30 Feet
by Speeding Machine and
Severely Bruised.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
