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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1923)
I. C. C. Puts Value of $395,353,655 on | Great Northern Tentative Valuation 11 Million More Than System’s Own Estimate—Road Ha9 9,391 Miles of Track. B.v GEORGE F. At TIIIKR. W ashington Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Washington, April 10— Upon the vast properties of the Great Northern railway system the Interstate Com merce commission has tentatively fix ed a valuation of $335,353,655, which compares with the company's own liook value estimate of Its holdings at $3*4.273.673. Against this holding of actual prop erty employed in transportation serv ice the Great Northern company has issued total stocks and bonds with a par value of $607,755,422, the com mission report said, but in addi tion to Its own railroad, the company, has stocks and bonds of other nail road corporations—chiefly half of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy com mon—which has a par value of $132. 1 10.304, and an actual net market worth of $227,376,317. These were the main conclusions of the commission after an exhaustive investigation and the compilations of statistical totals which filled three sizable books. The Great Northern system Is the largest for which the commission has yet found a value, un der the 1307 statutes which order a physical valuation of all railroad prop erty in the United States, that rates hereafter might be fixed at a point which would yield a fair return on in vestment. instead of ny guess. Results Satisfactory. Observers pointed out that the Great Northern company has comp out of the Investigation in a most satis factory position,' since the commis sion's tentative value of its railroad property is greater than that which the company's books themselves have so far fixed, and its total assets show entire absence of stock “watering." since the par value of its security issues arp considerably smaller than the actual value of its total assets. In the Great Northern system valu ation, the commission found 9.391 miles of railroad, and 144,342 acres of land use for carrier purposes. Con siderable amounts of what the com mission classifies as “noncarrier” property, holdings not used in ren dering transportation service were also considered and referred to in its sta tistical summary, hut not clearly valued. Of the carrier land holdings, 37.576 acres are in Minnesota. 40.361 in North Dakota and 40.596 in Montana. On Its tracks the Great Northern has 1.280 locomotives, four of these elec trical. 53,674 freight cars, 1.181 pas senger train conches, 3,585 work and wreck train cars of various types. Rolling Stork 51 Million The value of this equipment, con *- dering depreciation, the commission found to be $51,168,000. The valuo of roadway, buildings and fixtures was placed at $245,701,793. An addition al sum, made up of general items not clearly falling within either category of $29,267,635 was added to the total value to cover general and office property. Actually, the great North ern is the owner of $391,740,302 in property in transportation service, the commission findings continued, but by reason of small amounts of lend, trackage and buildings leased, the total property in Its transporta tion machine, on which it is entitled to earn a fair return of 5l4 per cent under present law, is worth, as stat ed, $395,353,655. As n means of assisting state com missions to fix intrastate rate, the federal analysis also attempted a partial allocation of the values of the Great Northern system within each state. In Minnesota, the system was said to have $81,142,309: in Wiscon sin. $12,748,979; In Iowa, $2,777,346: in South Dakota. $5,415,540; in North Dakota, $52,015,404; In Montana. $87. 477.071; and In Washington, $73,876 - 583. A very large proportion of the Great Northern's property, however, the commission found to he not sus coptible of direct allocation to any a.ngle state. Chance to Protest. Under the system followed by the federal commission, the Great North ern is now given 30 days in whieh to «t"udy the tentative valuation, and to enter, if it desires, any protest against its fairness or completeness. After this opportunity is given, the commission will, if necessary, put the findings of lta engineering staff under a critical examination at open hear ings. The tentative value, with such adjustments of changes as may be made in it by this process, will thereafter become the final value assigned to the Great Northern for •ate making purposes. TJ^ife Drinks Poison Before Her Divorce Suit Is Filed Mr*. Nell Miller, 712 South Six teenth street, whose divorce petition Vas filed yesterday, attempted a lulcker way to quit her unhappy mar ried life with Julius Miller, who oper »tes a billiard hall, by swallowing poison eight hours before the suit vas filed. The couple were married on Febru ary 22, 1922. Mrs. Miller alleges that sine# a New fear's eve party Julius has beaten «nd neglected her. Her condition Is serious, I Misses' Check Suits I l Cr,»,# $29.75 Lin,d : Plaid Sport Coats £ i I f 1812 Farnam I It ’i’!ai<iiii«ii>aiisoiiiai)i'isiiaiia"i"ao|"a aoi’ a i » i “ THREE TaTaT ^1 LAST MORE Iwl'l'ill TIMES DAYS FRIDAY MARSHALL HEILAH’S Photoplay with 23 atara “The Strangers* Banquet” Harold—As Was and as Is! On the right we see Harold Lloyd looking somewhat »uspiciotisly at the young man to the left of him. But there's no reason for that, as the small party is no other than Har old, himself, but he probably dots pot recognize liiinself, due to tlie fact tlint the smaller "himself" is not wearing the official tortoise shell glasses. And on the other hand, the Juvenile Harold is. no doubt, cooking up a comical bit of business that be will use later in life. Here we see him, clinging to a table, little realizing that some day he’ll be starred in a hilarious picture called "Safety Last" and will be climbing the side of a 12 story building and be glad to cling to anything. Right now, he is proba bly figuring he is just "Grandma'* Boy,” and that's exciting enough. REEL REMARKS By tile M. P. Kditor Goldwyn Pictures has announced a reward of $5,000 for a preventive for "Klieg eyes," a painful affliction caused by too strenuous work hefore the bright lights used in interiors The reward was announced following ilie discovery that 113 members of the Goldwyn forces were on the hos 'pital list during a two weeks' period. But if they find it—what's a poor actor going to do for an alibi for a day off? Considerable interest has been mani fested for weeks past in arguments of Kentucky lawyers over the mat ter of juries being permitted to see picture shows where juries are held intact during trial of murder cases. A new version came in from Catties burg, Ky., this week, in which a Bap tist preacher refused to go to a pic ture show, thus preventing the eleven other jurors from Indulging. The jury retaliated by refusing to go to j church on Sunday. We knew l« was coming, hut we lidn t know who'd be first under the wire. " Ilham P. S Karle, brother of Ferdinand Karle. famous artist, is making "King Tilt" for the movies and his astounding publicity agent as ! tores us that young .Mr. Karla began his work on the king months liefore ^ the wires began to hum with the ! Egyptian discoveries. Incidentally, brother I’erd ought ' AT THE THEATERS FRANK McINTYRK is seen as th# head line attraction at the Orpheum this! week in the one-art comedy. ' ' Wednesday at the RlU." In this amus ing farce he Is capably supported by Joan Storm and two other effective players. One of t tie featured offerings is Mine 1’orec's oiegalogue pre.- ntlng The Most Famous <f Operatic 8we*th«*arts." There ar*- eight admirably trained vocalists In j this attraction Birdseed," an amusing sketch by Frank Davis and Adel* Darnell, j is also a featured part of the current show. ' Next week the bill la to be h*aded by j those supreme favorites of the Orpheum j circuit. Will M. Creasy and Blanche Dayne. They are to appear in their latest one.act I sketch, "Without a Will There's a Way." ! "Stars of Yesterday" and Joe Cook are f-* be featured On n»*xt Saturday night j the curtain is to rise at 7:50 o'clock sharp. With "Bits and Pieces’ starring Patton; and Marks as the feature attraction, the, < urrent bill at the World theater is at-! trading extremely large patronage. Hamil ton and Barnes, a tram of vaudeville fun makers *e« ond to none, ar* likewise an nexing applause honors Jack Goldie, the blackface comedian who makes an appear ance In a palm beach suit and a fur overcoat. Is one of the biggest successes of tho bill with hs chummy chatter and fast whistling final- Th* other ai ts main tain ths quality of the hill while the pic ture i« a clever satin* by Rupert Hughes, entitled ‘‘Gimme" Anniversary week with th# famous Benson orchestra of Chicago, as ths headline attraction of a ape- ;al j six act bill is scheduled for th* week- start j ing Saturday. "Doc* Dorman, principal comedian with Mary Brown's Tropical Maids, now at the Empress, lias many opportunity s to keep hie audience In an uproar a* the vehicle he appears in is written for laughing pur poses only. Htarting tomorrow Mis# Brown will have an entire new show to offer Empress patrons. It is entitled "Private; C. C. Pill" and the action of the Pl»y , takes place in a French village outside j a Fremh cafe after th* armistice. Horne of the musical numbers to be offer'd dur ing this show are "Many Broken Hearts " by Orayre Robertson. "My Heart Is In the U H A.." by O J Post, and a musi cal specialty by Frank Duggan, ths trom* bo, saxo, banjo king. At 1:40, A;40 and t a. m today Fred Webster’s company of "0 will stage for the final times the tuneful llttls musi cal comedy, "Egyptian Hkles," ut th* Gaysty Htarting Thursday afternoon the company will present for th* balance of the week the rollicking musical conceit, "The Roof Garden Revue " Mr Webster will continue his portrayal of "Abie" in th# new production, which will still closer cement th* approval that Omaha has j placed on this « npable organization The program of movies and tabloids la con tinuous, noon to 11 p. tn I tc get a line of P. S (publicity stuff!, lie's just finished the "Rubaiyat," for which the same puhlloity hound as sures us many large firms are heated ly bidding, and Is at work on a screen I production of Goethe's "Faust.” Pauline Gar on 1ms purchased a home from the money she has earned In pictures and she's one of the newest of the stars. Discovered. Del Andrews who is directing "Judgment of the Storm'' for Palmer Photoplay declares that the reason the director uses a megaphone in a parlor is because the actors are so absorbed in their parts they can't hear an ordinary voice. When the ghost walks he must wear cowbells. "(jet It* \(ork!"’ '1 hoy Did. A brush fire blazed spectacularly against the sky on n hill overlooking Universal City. Harry Forbes, chief cameraman at Universal City, grabbed Jack Mulhall, s*ar of ‘The Social Buc caneer.” and rushed him up to the fire line to photograph him in action irt the hope that the fire seen* could ;e successfully used In his current chapter play. “What are y-ou fellows doing here?" ; sl.nl a deputy sheriff. "We"re here to photograph this thing,” answered Forbes." "Here's a wet bag." said the deputy lo Forbes, “Here's a shovel for you.” he said to Mulhall. “Get to work.'* Ho instead of making movies the star and the cameraman Spent a warm afternoon putting out a fire that for a time threatened to wipe out the studio. Hoot Gibson. Reginald Denny, Art Acord. Itoy Stewart and other cele brlties. U)Vkrtin»;m knt. EASY TO DARKEN You Can Bring Back Color and Luster With Sage Tea and Sulphur. When you darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one rail tell, because it's done so naturally. so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and troti blesome. At little cost you can buy at any drug store the ready to use preparation, improved by the addition of other Ingredients called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound.” You Just dampen a sponge or soft hrusli with it and draw this through your hair, taking on small strand at a time. By morning all gray lialr dls appears, and after another applica tion or two, your hair becomes beau tifully darkened, glossy and luxuii ant. Gray, faded hair, though no dis grace. Is a sign of old uge. and as we all desire a youthful and attrac tive appearance, get busy at on -e with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound and look years younger. JeNW.V.V.V.V.V.V.W.V.V.V. :: brandeiSs Apr. 12 < C MATINEF. SATURDAY •! C WORLDS RECORD BREAKING ■: I; MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESS ' WtHUCWYMCW '■ •»o (9SM«rv«rn | «* 1 jr muftnnu SOtHurrMMiitiSO ■! i" ntfj/ tittr «" p n IP tt. NitkU. SO. >0 $2.00 •* ■. r II I V C«, Mstinrr, 50c to $1 .50 ■* C SEATS NOW SELLING •; WW/W/A'W.'W/.V.V.'. POLA NEGRI "BELLA DONNA MM -_ Supported by Conrad Nagel Conway Tearle How this woman can love! You’ll never know what a fascinating, fiery beauty she is till you see this, her first “American-made” picture. TOMOmOW fi STRAND SM^NTM: || DRAli/^ Strand—"Thorns and Orange Bios i soms.” Sun—"Trifling Women." Itialto—"Safety East." Moon—“Strangers’ Banquet.’’ World—"Gimme." Empress—“When The Desert ! Calls." Muse—"The Probation Wife." Gayety—"Romance Igintl Victoria—"Primitive E<\ • r." Grand—"Eights of the Desert.** Beautv in Homes Furniture \rtist Shows Ugly Room Transformed at Little Cost. "Aunt Matilda's dining loom had a ici! table cloth, gaudy colored litho graph* of uneatdble fruit hanging on the walls, heavy lace curtains that kept out most of the air and a large part of the light, sea shells, and other curiosities, symmetrically placed on the sideboard, figured wall paper in large and obtrusive patterns, and In this room the family was supposed to eat with that calm and content ment which makes for good dlges ,tion." That is the way Hunt Cook who Raisin Toast —!j a delicacy that you should try with tea. Get a loaf of real, full-fruited raisin bread, and see how good it is. Get the bread at grocers or neighborhood bake shop — they have it now. Its a tempting innovation to serve to guests or friends Bakers everywhere are mak ing it for you, using Sun-Maid Seeded Raisins the best raisins for bread, and all borne cooking uses. ___________1 ! will lecture at the Belter Hornes Ex position. describes the type of din ing room which everybody has seen In bis lecture. “The Dining Room Beautiful." he sets up on the stag** exactly that same kind of a dining 100m that was so dear to Aunt Matilda, so that anyone who does not know how inpossible and inartistic a dining room can he. can see it for themselves. Then Mr. Cook takes Aunt Matil da’s dining room apart, throws away its unattractive elements, re-arranges what is left. adds one or two simple and artistic pieces and, behold, here i- a dining room, beautiful and art istic. which is within the reach of t*vt n the most moderate domestic in come Cheet ful. artistic sun oundinga at mealtime are as Important as prop erly prepared food," says Mr. Cook, “Children brought up In homes where good taste prevails will be healthier and happier in every way." In Germany, where there are ap proximately 00.000.000 people, the birth rate is increasing, while in Kranee. with 40.000.000 people, the birth rate is steadily falling. Doyou Know? The wholeaotne between meal* bite. LORNA DOONE Shortbread The abort cut to abort celte. Eaay to digest (• made by the token of Uneeda Biscuit The National Soda Cracker NATIONAL HiCUfT COMPANY ----/ ONLY THREE DAYS MORE TO SEE REX INGRAM'Sj L Greatest Success Since m k “The Four Horsemen” LAST f TIMES * FRIDAY NOW SHOWING also WILL ROGERS IN “Fruits of Faith” 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Vaudeville—Photoplays EET W.»: NOW PLAYING Patton & Marks in the Musical Revue Extraordinary “BITS and PIECES” Other Vaudeville and - Photoplays SATURDAY T Anniversary Week With the I BENSON ORCHESTRA ■ of Chicago I Im Uaaki Dm » pn •aalmg it* raitri •ritfc an uuurpuMd Spart Paga—all tfca a aw* Ip tka warM af LAST DAY Berth* M Clay'* Immortal Story, ‘THORNS and ORANGE BLOSSOMS" Will* KENNETH HARLAN EDITH ROBERTS I AST TIMES 1 OD A > MARY BROWNS TROPICAL MAIDS in •‘HELLO BILL” A COMEDY IN 1 HREE SCENES WITH A FINE l KOHL'S OF DANCERS t aatura Photoplay, \ nlrt Naming In **WHLN THE DESERT CALLS" I A SenniAUl, Compelling Rnmanrt of . the Burning Sonde. ' l*ue Daily 2:1?, 5 15. No* Playing | Frank McIntyre A Co. | In “Wednesday at the Rit* Roy* A May* Frivi A Wilion Frank Adelr I DAVIS A DARNELL Of far "B ird»rr<f“ _ | Carlr, Tranci* A Claira Cry *tal Brnnrtt A Co Topic* of ikr Dav. Ar*op‘» Fakir* Path* Naw rMME rtOREk'S OPf RAt OGl'E Pi**rntinf "famou* Oprrati* _Swaathaort*** IMalmtM 1 Sc to SO* Plus ! II V Ta« I Nights fe lb€ tO tl | NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS VICTORIA.2«th and Fax HOBART BOSWORTH III "Till cue OF l IFF PF.ARI. WHITE in "PLUNDER" GRAND 14th and Riana? SHIRLEY MASON in ''Lifhta of Iho Doaorl" PEARL WHITE Hi "PLUNDER" HAMILTON - • • 40th and Hamilton Fnatoro and Camodr *>MAYPEX&» Pay Cash And Buy for Much Less Wednesday Grocery and Market Specials _Fruits_ Vegetables Fancy Grape Fruit. V? _ Each .<3C Fancy Winesap QQ Apples; box ... t5^aO*7 Roman Beauty CjO /IQ Apples; box .. Fancy New Cab- ^ 1 „ bage; lb.I 2"L Fancy Ripe To- "J Q „ matoes; lb.ll/L Jersey Corn Flakes, small size; pkg.4 2L Vanilla Crisp "S Qr» Wafers; lb.-La/L Fancy Seedless “| OJL^» Raisins: lb. . .. 1m2v Fancy Cleaned Currants; lb.■t/V 16-oz. Jars: euaran- OPCp ;eed Pure Honey ...aiitFv ~FREeT Fiery l*urcha»er of Coffee at the toffee t'onnter Wednesday Will BeceBe FHEE 1 Loaf of Bread _Grocery Specials 150 cases No. 1 tall. Fancy Pink Alaska Salmon; can, 11c; per doz cans— $1.30 125 cases Fancy No. 3 sieve sifted Early June Peas: can, ISc: per dozen cans— $2.10 100 eases Red Wing Catsup ISoz. bottle. 25e; per doz.— $2.93 150 eases No. 10 Pumpkin: per can, 35c: doz. cans— $-1.00 100 cases Oil Sardines; 6 for 25c h»0 cn«(S Breakfast Cocoa; 1 lb. can, .'10<>; pep doz.— $3.00 I'M casts No. 5 Lemon Cling Pea-lies it Heavy Syrup: can, 25c: dozen cans_ $2.95 •Diamond 11 Coffee. 40c \ab uc: Wedn Om lay. :> lbs. for— I $1.00 I Hayden's Deluxe Coffee; no I better coffee grown; 1 lb. b’e; \\ tdi *sdi ■ . 3 lbs for— $1.25 Fancy (Range Pekoe Tea: 75c value: Wednesday 3 lbs' $15 Hiaino: d H Flo 1 $1 .70 Hayden's Health Flour, sack $1.75 Puritan Malt Syrup. Hop flavor; per can— i'0c 1 s ii/ ean t 'an t' el \ P k and Beans: per ear. 10c Market I Specials Pip Sparoribs. A _ lb. Fresh Cut Ham- 1 A burpor; lb. . . J.UC Kib Boiling Poof p Per lb.DC Cudahy’s 4 to b Kr\ A A | Bacon ; lean; lb. . mm •* Kxtra Choice Pkg. 4 A ^ Creamery Butter . . ~x«*C 'selected Fresh ( ountrv l-.ggs . —t)C Snappy Wiscon- A A | sin Hai'.v Chocs —m ’jC Fancy Wisconsin Brick Cheese; ’ > mOI