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Tariff Hike . on Wheat by Coolidge Due c President Expects Report on Wheat Duty Today—Will . Act Within 48 Hours. Hy Associated Preen. Washington, March 1.—An Increase ' In the tariff rates on wheat as a result of the tariff commission’s in vestigation was forecast Friday at the White House. The commission’s conclusions are understood to show' a difference In the production cost of wheat in Canada and In the United States greater than is represented in the present duty of 30 cents a bushel. The president expects to act prompt ly, in accordance with the report of t--V Ity Associated Tress. Washington, March 1. — The gravity n( the agricultural situa tion necessitates immediate steps toward relief for the fanners, Sen ator McNary, republican, Oregon, declared today in reporting to the senate the MrNary-Haugen bill proposing the creation of a cor poration to export surplus farm crops. _/ the commission, under the flexible provisions of the tariff act. He probably will increase the duty to 45 cents, the maximum allowed under the law. By P. C. POWELL, Washington Correspondent The Omaha Dee. Washington, March 1.—Prompt ac tion by President Coolidge on the wheat report of the United States tariff commission was promised Fri day at the^ regular newspaper con ference with the president at the White House. The assertion was mads positively in response to questioning that it was the understanding of the presi dent that the report would reach the White House probably tomorrow and It would show an increased tariff was necessary. An equally positive statement was Issued to the effect that if the ex pected proof of the lower cost of pro duction in Canada were shown in the report of the thrift commission that the president would issue the order immediately. In official circles In Washington It was stated that beyond doubt the order for a higher tariff would be Issued within the next 48 hours at least. First Farm Relief Measure. Largely through the efforts of Sen ator R. B. Howell, the White House became busy Friday In ascertaining from the tariff commission if any delay was threatened in finishing the report. It was stated at the com mission that the final checking of the report was under way last night and everything indicated it would be delivered to President Cdblldge some time today. Wymore to Vote on Sunday Movies at April Election Wymore, Feb. 29.—A petition has been signed by the required number of Wymore citizens and filed with 'the city clerk asking that the ques tion of Sunday mo^ng picture shows in Wymore be submitted to the peo ple for a vote at the coming election in April. Wymore has had Sunday movies the last year, having voted on the proposition after a stormy con test at the last election. It is pre dicted that the proposition will be hotly contested at the coming election. There are two moving picture houses in the city. North Dakota Wins Debate. Fargo, N. 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Mildred Taylor, picked by James1 Montgomery Flagg last year as one of the six most beautiful girls In the University of Nebraska, and William Bates Grainger of Lincoln, will slip quietly across the Missouri this after noon and be married in Council Bluffs. The pair will be accompanied by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Taylo# and Mr. and Mrs. J. Grainger, and the Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks, who will perform the ceremony. The wedding has been carefully preserved a secret. Guests Invited to the dinner this evening at the Bran dels restaurant had no Idea that they were "to dance at a wedding” until news leaked out through pub lication of the Council Bluffs mar riage licenses. The young couple will leave tonight for a southern honeymoon. They will spend a short time In Florida, going later to Cuba and Jamaica. On their return -to Florida they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Rus sell of Sanford, Fla., on a yachting trip. They will make their home In Lincoln. Forty guests will attend the dinner. Mr. Grainger is the scion of one of Lincoln’s most prominent families and Is engaged with his father In business In Lincoln. He attended the University of Nebraska and the Uni versity of Michigan and Is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Mrs. Grainger Is a graduate of Mil waukee Downer and spent a year In the University of Nebraska where she was affiliated with the Kappa Kappa Gamma. E. W. Taylor Is vice president of the Nye Schneider Jenks Grain com pany of Omaha. Church to Build. Columbus, Neb., March 1.—Plans for the erection of a new parsonage for the Federated (Presbyterian-Congre gational) church are being made by M. D. Karr, heading a committee composed of Dr. W. SI. Kvans, A. It. Miller and C. C. Sheldon. Mr. Karr said today that the congregation al ready had 18,000 on hand, obtained through the sale of the former Con gregational parsonage, which Would he applied on the erection of tho building. 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You deride. A splendid new booklet on Rheiimafism, Illustrated with plate*, come* free with the Drafts. Write today to Frederick Dykr. 470 Dyer Bldg., Jackoon. Mich. Send no toonsy. onlv your natn Cross Lutheran Ends Fifth Year Occasion to Be Celebrated on Sunday—Church Already Too Small. Cross Lutheran church, Twentieth and Vinton streets, will celebrate to day the fifth anniversary of the church dedication. The present | church building was dedicated March 2 1919. It seats 300 person*, but is now already too small for the whole congregation. For over a year two services, one in German and the other in English, have been conducted every Sunday morning to accommodate the wor shipers. The anniversary servlqe begins on Sunday morning at 10. It will be a joint Germar.-English service with sermons in both languages. In the evening at 6 the annual rally of the congregation will be held in the as sembly room In the basement of the church, beginning with a cupper, served by (he women of the church. On Tuesday evening at 8:05 Pastor Titus Lang will broadcast a Lenten sermon from the Omaha Grain ex chtinge broadcasting station. Such sermons will be broadcasted every Tuesday during Lent by Lutheran pastors. Young Folks in Play. The young people will present a play at the Lowe Avenue Presby terian church this evening. The pub lic is invited. A freewill offering will be taken for the missionary fund. Convicted Priest Has Disappeared LeMarg, la . March 1.—Where Is Rev Father Frances Wrenn of Akron, sentenced to life Imprisonment on a statutory charge preferred by a W est field (la.) girl* That Ih what Sheriff S. H. Maxwell of Plymouth county would like to know. The prie&t was sent to Fort Maai son a month ago. when the United States supreme court upheld the sen tence, but Warden T. P. Hollwell haj had no authority to admit him Sr Father Wrenn registered at a Fort Madison hotel to await the necessary papers. When Warden Hollwell had received the papers. Father Wrenn had dis appeared, Sheriff Maxwell said. Father Wrenn's friends say he will _ turn up later. Luncheon. The monthly luncheon of the Ladles Aid society of the Dundee Presby terian church will b« held in the church parlors next Friday at 1:18. ■ ■— — Bringing Nebraska University Extension Classes in Business to You Managerial Accounting, Business Economics and Business English, Letter Writing Courses Will Be Offered to All Omahans Under Auspices of Advertising-Selling League of Omaha Thousands and thousands of ambitious business people are enrolled in Extension Classes meeting in the evening in the great educational cen ters throughout America. This is a movement on the part of the Advertising-Selling League of Omaha to bring within the reach of the men and women of Omaha similar advantages from our State University. The mature mind to be found in the business world with a broader vision than to be found in the youth, with a background of business experience which quickens the grasp of the mind on the solution of business problems, results in the attainment of better results by Extension Course students than those achieved by the full time students in the majority of these great educational institutions. Here will be offered an opportunity for business men and • women to improve their knowledge of subjects akin to their daily occupations or to prepare themselves for future ventures in the com* mercial world. Basic subjects which underlie all business will be offered for the first ten weeks. These studies will afford an excellent foundation for continu ance in these courses year after year. It is planned to place these classes on a permanent basis, offeririg different subject? each season, . so that the length to which a student wishes to go in self-improvement is strictly up to his own dictates. ACCOUNTING I nit rue tor Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:00 P. M. Beginning March 4, 1924 Every business man and executive, while he may not be interested in the detail and technique of accounting, must know how to interpret ae counta and accounting instruments. Accounting as a managerial instrument will be the basis of this course. The significance of unit and departmental costs, cost findings, Interpretation of financial and operating statements and their application to effi cient management will be developed. THE INSTRUCTOR Professor D. F. Cole is Associate Professor of Accounting in the College of Business Administra. tion and a member of an important firm of ac countants. In recent years Mr. Cole has special- < iaed in income tax procedure and is an expert in this field. Mr. Cole is thoroughly familiar with business conditions in Nebraska and is thus able to draw upon n wealth of material, hoth theoretical and practical, for use in his classes. OUTLINE OF COURSE 1. Accounting as an instrument of executive con trol. 2. The development and interpretation of the ac counting plan. 8. The Interpretation of the financial statement. 4. The interpretation of the operating statement. 5. Importance of turnover, working capital, com parative statements, etc. 8. Budgets and standards for business. 7. Accurate cost information and how to se cure It. 8. Departmental costs and how to control them. 9. Cost finding for the manufacturer. 10. Accounting analysis for the income tax. „ •re' ECONOMICS Instructor Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:00 p. m. Beginning March 6, 1924 Economic* deal* with the production, distribu tion and exchange of goods and services, and cs such it is the basic science of business. Ever, business man needs it, because it gives an insight into the structure and working of economic society, shows the relation of his particular business to the business world as a whole and helps him to survive by adapting himself to the changing times. The study of economics is essential, also, to every citizen, as most public questions are economic in character. It enables him to form an intelligent opinion on public affairs and puts him on his guard against the fallacies which threaten the wealth and welfare of our country. THE INSTRUCTOR Dean J. E. I.eRossignol of the College of Busi ness Administration is an economist with an inter national reputation and a well-known writer and lecturer. He has a remarkable gift for presenting difficult subjects in a clear and interesting way. OUTLINE OF COURSE 1. Our economic institutions. 2. Supply and demand. 3. Competition and monopoly. 4. Work and wages. 5. I.and and ground rent. <5. Capital and interest. 7. Business enterprise and profits. 8. Public revenue and expenditure. 9. Population and progress. 10. Socislism and social reform. University Credits Allowed BUSINESS ENGLISH AND LETTER WRITING !-- ' ‘ * -‘T yfLiVnSecro ( (■•tractor Friday*, 7:30 to 9:00 p. m. Beginning March 7, 1924 Correspondence is one of the greatest mediums through which business is carried on. Better letter writing means more successful business transac tions. Credit, collection, and sales letters mean dollars to the business man. The results obtained are in direct proportion to the worth of the corre spondence. English will be considered in this course as a useful tool in everyday life. The fundamentals of the subject will be reviewed. Examples from daily speaking and writing will be used to illustrate every rule. Members of the class are invited to bring in questions for discussion and business let ters for analysis and criticism. THE INSTRUCTOR Prof. Maurice H. We'een, of the College of Business Administration of the University of Ne braska, is a very successful teacher of practical, everyday English. He has been able to bring to the business needs of this most important subject a helpfulness that is deeply appreciated. OUTLINE OF COURSE 1 Rising standards of business English. 2. Some dead letters and some live ones. 3. Inquiries, requests, and acknowledgments. 4. Preparing correct copy. 5. Words that need watching. ft. Pronunciation and spoken English 7. Effective sentence construction. 8. Practical punctuation. 9. Credit and ewllection letters. 10. Successful sales letters. / You may enter either as a student or Just as a listener. All stu dents completing satisfactory courses will be given “Certificates of Merit.” Coming from the State University, these will be recognized wherever a person might be. In addition university credits will be allowed to those who desire them on the same basis as in the classes on the campus. LOW COST The tuition for each class will be only five dollars. A registra tion fee of one dollar is required in addition by the University, but is payable by each student but once, whether one, two or three. Classes will be held in the club quarters of the Advertising-Selling League on the lower lobby of the Hotel Fontenelle. Enter through the Eighteenth Street Entrance. OPEN TO ALL These classes are open to all men and women in Omaha who are interested in these subjects, regardless of their previous educational qualifications. The successful men or women in the field of business today take time as the days go by for self-improvement, which will hasten their attainment of the goal which they have established for themselves. The greater one’s ability, the greater one's achievement, earning capacity, standing in the community and happiness. Turn your spare time to your advantage by enrolling in these fully accredited University courses. Tuition in Each Class Only $5.00 Registration Fee $1.00 in Addition Regardless of Number of Courses Taken—Required by University Classes Open Next Week—Meet in Ad-Sell Quarters Hotel Fontenelle — Enter 18th Street Entrance Mail Enrollments or for Further Information Write or Call F. O. Malm, Gen. Sec. Ad-Sell League, Hotel Fontenelle University of Nebraska Extension Courses Under the Auspices ot the Advertising-Selling League of Omaha Practical Classes Which Make Your Sp&re Time Pay Thin Advertinement Contributed by “Live Wire” Membern of the Advertising and Selling League Dr. Stuart B. McDairmid Corey McKenzie Printing Co. Tagg Bros. &. Morehead Hartman Furniture and Carpet Co. Mayor Jas. C. Dahlman Walter W. Head Union Outfitting Co. Dr. C. Thurston Logan Carpenter Paper Co. Byme-Hammer Dry Goods Co. Dr. Green of the Omaha Dentist* Bra i ley & Dorr an ce. Funeral Directors