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TIIH OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 26. 1915.
LAND BANK BILL
IS UP TO CONGRESS
Joint Committee on Rami Crediti
Agree en Measure Cresting
AgricnlUrai Bamki.
TEBSOSAL CREDIT PHASE LATER
WASHINGTON. Dm. J 5 When
ronirm reconvenes after the boll
day rttA, a band Diorlaee bill
(-resting the official machinery for
system of agricultural banks en
tirely distinct anJ eeparet. from the
commercial banka will b ready for
consideration by both house. The
full Joint commute on rural credits,
which has bcea working for months
in an investigation of the aubject
with a number of old bill, as well
r the experience . of some of the
European governments aa a basis,
will meet January J, to receive and
!shr upon the bill completed yes
terday by the land mortgage ub
commlttee. Thla ' measure creates a ijnrtfm of
taelvs regional banka for the Immedi
ate use of farm borrowers everywhere,
in the Cnltfd Plates at a low rate of in
threat and control of a central board at
Washington distinct from any exist
ing government officers or fdrel bur
eaus. This board comprising five mem
bers, wilt have almost supreme authority
over land mortgages figuring In the sys
tem. Members of the board will be ap
pointed hjr the president Subject to the
approval of the senate.
The members of the aub-rommltlee on
personal credits have been ' participating
in land mortgage loan proceedings and
ss tba two sub-committees compline the
full Joint committee, the agreement on
the land mortgage bill Insures Its speedy
submission to the senate and house.
The personal credits legislation, ss s
eparste measure Is not yet In sight
although there have been oma hearings
before that sub-committee and soma of
the personal credit are taken rare of In
the land mortgage loan bllL
Heartnga en the naval appropriation
Mil will begin before tlie house naval wf-
falrs committee probably . January t. It
was announced today. The Nary de
partment s recommendation for pro
vision In the bill for a ary dock st Nor
folk, with a limit ef oost of U.S0O.0U0, la
the principal dock problem In the naval
plana.
AMERICAN GIRL CHEERED BRIT
ISH SINGISQ IN TROCHES.
Nearly Half Million
In. Stocks Stolen
From Mail Wagon
WILMINGTON. Del., hec. .-Four
hundred thousand dollars in stock cer
tificates were stolen from a registered
mail pouch here late last night while
In transit In a ens horse covered wagon
from the Wilmington postoffics to the
Pennsylvania railroad station. The pack
age contained atock certificates of the
Jupont Hercules and Atlas Powder Com
panlea. General Motor company and rail
road companies to the value of 7SO,0M but
rf.'O.OOO of the securities were subse
quently found hidden In the vehicle.
Albert Johnson and Karl Johnson, ne
groes, the drivers of the wagon were ar
reatcd today. They are not related. The
men are believed, according to the po
lice, to be the tools of the robbers. .
The securities were enroute to New
York. Rome of the steel belongs to the
Dupont company and ths remainder Is
the property of brokers In New Tor.
The postal Inspectors will not divulge
the names of the brokers.
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MIPS IX)ftOTIT UK IK L.AV
KBW YORK, Dec. H.'-WHh the rumb
ling of cannon sounding In her ears,
Mies Dorothy Itlgctnw, daughter of
Poiiltney Rtgolnw, former minister to
Oennsny sn1 a .granddaughter of the
late John HlgHow, diplomat and author,
sang to British soldiers In their tranches
In Trance and make them temporsrlly
forget the artmneee -of war snd Its ac
companying horrors. ' ....
Miss lllgelow J not returned to thla coun
try with her mother, but will return to
England after the holidays. She has hsen
studying singing snd dancing in lOntfsnd
for several yars, and wnen the war
started ahe and ether young women ar
ranged charity dances and entertain
ments for the benefit of the soldiers in
the trenches. Finally she decided to visit
the front snd to attempt to cheer up the
Tommies on the firing line. She wss
granted permission and was given sn es
cort, jone of General French's aides.
"I did not aee any actual fighting." she
said, "but I did hear the ronr of the big
guns and saw the men coming bark from
the first line trenches. The poor boys
seemed to enjoy my singing and ap
preciate my efforts to smune them."
.BaMcUat Proof.
A oltlsen wss standing on a street cor
ner looking a bit dopreserd when a friend
rauntered along.
"Whfit iwmn to be the trouble, ol 1
man?" aollcttlnualy queried the letter, ex
tending the sympathetic hand. "You are
a eight like sad scenery."
"I have lust had something of a Jolt,"
answered the sad one. "I was bequeathed
a allver service ss the solid thing a few
weeks ago. snd now I know thst It is
only plated ware."
'Horry to hear thst, old fellow," re
furred ths friend. "Hut you may be mis
taken." "Oh, no, I'm net," w the mournful
rejoinder of the sad one. "The service was
on the sideboard the other night when
burglers broke In, but they never touched
It." Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Routh High basket hall teams wilt
practice aa uatial during the Christmas
vacation. Captain Nixon plana to keen
his men In condition for the Fremont
game next Friday evening In the local
gymnasium.
Chicago Lawyer Dies trom
Automobile Gas Poisoning
CHICAGO, Dec, B Eugene M. Hum
phrry. a lawyer. Is dead at bis home here
todsy of whst physicians term "petro
tnortls," or automobile gas poisoning.
According to physirims, U Is ths first
fstal case In Chlcsgo from that cause.
An Idea of the ' violence with which
"petrnmortjs" attacks Its victims wss
given todsy by Dr. John D. Kills, head
of the department of rciinatlonal die
eases of Rush Medical college.
"The thing Is new to science in some
of Its aspects," said Dr. EUls. "Persons
who are subject to vertigo may be at
tacked when in a close, small garage.
The danger Ilea in a failure of certain
elementa In the gaeollne to oxndlte. In
any event there is a quirk suffusion of
a violent gas thst renders the victim
faint. Thue, If the exhaust of an auto
mobile continues, the results Is almoat
Instant death.
"The post mortem showslngs are those
of brain and lung congestion."
Bumphrey went to hit garage last night
to get his automobile, in which he In
tended to deliver a number qf Christmas
gifts to poor families. An hour later
his body was found on the floor Of the
garage, the engine running and the small
room filled with gas fumes.
Dr. Connell Again
Warns Parents to
Guard Children
The records of the health department
show that for the month up to Saturday
morning ninety cases of scarlet fever
were reported to the office. During the
last week there were thirty casea, a ma
terial Increase over previous weeks of
the month.
These esses are well scattered over the
city, showing that no particular commu
nltr la Immune.
The health officials are 'maintaining
their vigilance and are anxious that phy
sicians report all caaes promptly.
Health Commissioner Connell repeata
hla auggestlon that parents keep their
children segregated for a while and thus
minimise the dangers of contagion.
beginning the first of the year the
heslth office will adopt a new system of
msklng weekly reports of all contagious
diseases, a ropy to be sent every week to
the chief surgeon of the department of
health at Washington.
The health commissioner feels that with
the co-operation of cttisena and physi
cians the scarlet fever situation may
be kept checked and he wishes to em
phasise the Importance of preventing ths
spread of disease through mingling of
'children, lis explains that' one case
mgy spread contagion to many victims
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VOLUNTEERS GIVE
OUT XMAS BASKETS
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ST. JAMES' ORPHANAGE
HAS BIG XMAS TREE
A Christmas tree celebration was held
at 8L James' orphanage Chrlatmaa night.
A big Chrlatmaa tree was loaded down
with good thlnga for the children aa well
aa decorated with all kinds of pretty
bright tree fixings. A real live Santa
CI au a from the Burge.s-Nash store was
there with gifts of clothing, candy, nuts,
fruit and toys. His supply of good things
waa practically unlimited and each one
of the 147 children tn the borne received
a good ahare of his "goodies."
The Knights of Columbus have had.
charge of thla event for twelve years and
thla year's entertainment was even better,
If that Is possible, than ever before.
The committee In charge consisted of
E. W, Slmeral, John A. Bennewltu, Dr.
W. M. Riley. A. B. Henley. T. J. Don
ohue. v .
vagglng hi tall, smiling, shaking hands
with his special friends, wishing Merry
Christmas with his eyes, and beemng
good will on everybody. He was dreseed
up for Chrlatmaa with a big pink ribbon
which Mies Alice had tied taatcfully
around his neck.
It took nearly two hours to give out
all the Christmas cheer, and when the
last needy person had gone on Joyful way,
when all the toys and bankets oad dis
appeared, then there wss another cele
bration upstairs. ' . '
McCormlCks Olebrste.
Thla waa the family celebration of the
McCormlcks. A tiny ChrlKtmns tree was
there and about It and under It a perfect
sea of presents. Not one of these was
opened until all the folks downstairs
had been supplied with their Christmas
cheer. But then there wss a grand time.
Presents, present, presents, for Miss
Alice, for Mrs, MoOormlck, for Miss
Leone and ths major.
A handsome revolving office chair had
been smuggled up while the major was
busy downstair and had been carefully
covered with a shawl. It was a com
plete surprise when ths major came up
and It was presented to him as a gift of
the comrades in the Volunteers to their
leader. A gold watch came to him from
friends, too, and waa presented with a
fitting speech and accepted with a pleas
ant response.
Altogether It was the greatest Christ
mas the Volunteers and their poor have
ever had.
VAUGHAN FAMILY JOINS
IN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Christmas day at the home of Mrs. E.
J. Vaughan, 2751 Meredith avenue,, was
made doubly gladsome by reason of a
family reunion In honor of the seventy
third birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Vaughan. Bhe waa born at Marlon, Va.,
and settled at Fremont in 1880 and came
to Omaha in 1895.
Eleven children Joined In a Christmas
dinner. Their names are C. C. W. M,
F. N, and G C. Vaughan; Miss Mollis
Vaughan and Mesdames F. D. Miller. J.
T. Nichols of Bluefield, W. Va.: J. V.
Harrow, V. W. Sabln of Oases, Minn.;
O. a. N.lman and U. B. Green.
St, Mark's Lutheran
Church Celebrates
A Christmas tree that touched the
highest poln In the celling, splendidly
decorated and lighted with many-colored
tiny electric lights, marked the celebra
tion of ft. Mark's English Lutheran Sun
day school last evening In the church at
Twentieth and Burdette streets.
An elaborate program, participated In
by the children of the primary and In
termediate department, was enjoyed by
an audience that filled the church to
capacity.
Misses Ida Melcher, Martha Shults and
Marea Meyer had charge of drilling the
children in their parts. The primary
children sang Christmas songs and
spoke "pieces" and dialogues.
Charles Puis, superintendent of the
school, presided and made a felicitous
addreaa.
Mias Rachel Shults. organist, played
the accompaniments to most of the
songs. Plxteen girls of the Intermediate
department sang "eBautlful Star," and
the church choir, under the direction of
Arthur Melcher, aatig "Silent Night."
Big boxes of candy and orangea were
distributed to all the children and spe
cial boxes of chocolates were presented
to members of the choir and others
prominent In ths work. The pastor, Rev.
L. Groh, was remembered with a special
gift, as was also Victor Enholra.
One Killed as Three
Fire Trucks Crash
'BEAUMONT. Te., Dec. 2B.-One man
was killed and three injured here today
in the collision of two automobile fire
trucks which crashed together at high
speed while answering a fire alarm. Rob
ert Glass, aged Z7. met Instant death.
Of the Injured Lieutenant George Raf
ferty was the most seriously hurt, but
he Is expected to recover.
Australia Completes
Great Wheat Deal
MELBOURNE, Australia (Via Lon
don). Dec. 16. A wheat deal just com
pleted with the British and French gov
ernments Involving nearly 1,000,000 ster
ling and the price la above t shillings a
bushel.
A sale has also been made to Italy. A
cargo for South Africa has brought the
record price of I shillings I pence.
Examines Stocking
at Fire; He May Die
BALLING ER, Tex., Deo. S.-R. L.
Harwell, Jr.. 11 years of age, waa fatally
burned while Inspecting his Christmas
stocking at a fireplace tn his home here
early this morning. His nightgown
caught fire from the grate.
Peruvian Bark In Dlstreae.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec, tS. Celiac, a
Peruvian bark. etrlDned of ita Mlln ani
drifting southward toward the rocks on
the Washington coaet, waa reported in
tie tree, tonight, one and ahalf miles
southeast of Cape Beale, Vancouver
island.
General Bobles
Takes Charge of
Juarez Government
EL PASO, Tex.. Dec. IS. Chrtetmas In
the Mexican town of Juares, recently
surrendered by officers of General Fran
cisco Villa, waa marked by the appear
ance of military and civil officials of the
defacto Mexican government trom El
Paso. Andreas O. Garca. Msxloan con
aul, and staff escorted General Tsabel
Robles across the International bridge.
A reception to which tba reslfertta of
the town were Invited was held at mill
tary heedauerters.
General P. Ellas Cellea arrived from
Sonora and conferred w'th General
Obrtgon and Mexican Consul Oerce.
Cellea atated that Carnmsa troops were
to leave Naco, Sonora. today en route
here to occupy Juares.
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Unlimited , Assortments
Unqaesiionsble Styles
Uaappro&du&Ie Prices
vTgxjliiJjs (firkin
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Wants 7,500 More
Men for Marines
WASHINGTON. Dec 16.-An additional
7.(00 officers and men are needed by ths
marine corps for adequate performance
of its manifold dutlea In the opinion of
Major General George Barnett, command
ant, sa expressed In h's annual report
made public tonight I rice the policy of
the navy general board has been to keep
the corps st one-fifth of the total enllated
strength of the navy, however. General
Barnett reoomnMtnds ths addition at pres
ent of only 1.W0 men. sixty officers and
twenty-three warrant officers. Secre
tary Danlela has asked eongreaa for this
enlargement of the corps.
Oeneral Barnett recommends appropria
tion of tlOo.ouo for purvhsss of advance
baae material for the marines.
PLEA FOR RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION AT HOME
8T. LOUIS, Dec. t..A plea for moral
end religious education of the young but
insistence that this task la the wont of
the home and of the church or ayna
gogu were po'nte emphasised In tha ad
dresa ef Dr. Henry Berkowlts of Phila
delphia. Chancellor ef the Jewish chan
ts wo.ua society at ita national meeting
hre tonight. ' i
"Jewlh people" he said, "having
abandoned ths system of segregating
th.-!r children In parochial schools will
never resort to tt again. There Is the
alternative danger of having reltgtoua
and moral lint ruction In Jected Into the
public school system. We believe that
the separation ef church and state
should be inviolably maintained.
"Though we have given te the world
tl.e Bible and cherish It above alt, yet
me oiipoae bible readings and all other
t-'llgl'sua exercises In the public schools
a an infraction of the golden prlncipio
vf wiwrsti n i.f chkir-h and s ate,"
Ue TU is's pvr'' coiuiua.
STARTS MONDAY MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK
inr Eitli8? Stedc of Ladies' SiiSSeCo and
iresses Sacrificed tor Qiiclc Clearaice
This sale is the most important one ever announced by this store, the recent en
larging of our establishment virtually compelling us to cany a much larger stock
than ever before all bought within the last three months. Think of buying these
up-to-the-minute styles at the sale prices Quoted below. We expect, and nave made
preparations for, a record-breaking attendance at this sale.
COAT
All Our $15.00 Coats in ri
thin Said at... ...$f .DU
AU Oar $22.50 Co&U in Q4C PA
this Sale it.. Ig..t)U
All Our $29.50 Go&U in &4H r A
thi-Baleit Ml-DU
All Our $39.50 Cotte in ftf) r A
this Silo at $e.e.eDU
All Oct $55.00 Coats in $Q7 rt
this Bale at OI.DU
SUIT
AU Oct $19.50 and $23.50 A fir
SuiU in this Sal at ! f 3
All Our $25.00 and $29.50 &4 M nr
Suit in this Sal at. . . . . .$14. 1 D
All Our $35.00 and $39.60 f A r
Suits in this Bale at $JiMu
All Our $45.00 and $55.00 04
Suits in this Salt at. ... . I O
All Our $C5.00 and $75.00 rtQ rwf
Bults in this Sale at Li J, Id
PMESSE
All Our $15.00 Dresses go nr
on Sale at; ...$0el V
All Our $22.50 Dressos go gf A nr
on Sale at
All Our $29.60 Dresses go 4 M
. on Sale at vXto9
All Our $35.00 Dresses go &4 Q nr
on Sale at $10ef c)
All Our $39.60 Dresses go &SIS nr
on Sale at .$u&ild
Clearance ol Skirts
n Choioe of 350 Skirts, latest
models, fine materials tffQf
worth up to $10.00.
Clearance Sale Price tT
)
yisoa-isio vy DOUGLAS
Blouses at $1.69
Choioe of 350 Handsome
Blouses, some slight-f CQ
ly mussed, actual u J
value to $400...... JL
SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE
Menu and Musical Program
Cabaret Features and Dancing
Reaerrationj Moat He Mad in Advance To Insure Proper Attention.
WKLOOME THE SEW YEAR AT ,
THE PAXTON HOTEL
ItirilAlll) KITCHEN. Muuiger.
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Hie FasLon Confer of Hie Middle Wesl
Established I886
Great Clearance Sale Monday of
All Our Trimmed Hats
We are determined
to make a final clear
ance of every Winter
Trimmed Hat in
our Entire
Stock.
Three hundred
in all Small,
Medium and
Large Hats.
All the wanted
colors and up-to-date
shapes and trim
Hats That Were $10.00, $12.50,
$15.00, $18.00, $20.00 and $25.00,
At These Low Prices,
$2.50. $3.50, $4 50, $5.50
Millinery Section Second floor.
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The v Day of days is at hand!
Welcome the joyous time, clad
in gay holly and mistletoe, ra
diating good cheer and a gener
ous spirit, symbolic of the renew
al of all that is best in man. On
this glad anniversary of the birth
of Him Whose life was devoted to
Mankind, we are wishing you
a merry Christmas and a most
happy and successful New Year.
Omaha Electric Light
& Power Co.
CEO, . HARRIES, PretidtnL
These greetings, although a day late
because of a mistake of the printer, are
none the less sincere.
