Tin-: OMAN A SUNDAY HKK: DECEMBER 26, 19U
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00L DEBATERS
TO TALKOF ARMS
Preparedness Will Be Subject of
Arguments of Nebraska High
School Leagues.
NINETY SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART
LINCOLN, NEai., Dec 25 8pclal)
The Ninth annual debate of the Ne
braska High School Debating league,
which begin In February and end with
the state competition at the I'niverslty
of Nebraska on High School Fete day
In May will be on the live question of
Increased armament The proiosltion 1st
"Resolved. That congress should sub
stantially adopt the recommendations of
the secretary of war and the navy for
Increased armament."
Thla question will be thrashed out In
some ninety schools In all parts of the
state under the auspices of the largest
debating league In the country. league
was organised with thirty members
in 1908. In each district the members are
aired for the first-series debates, the
winners then go Into the second-series;
and the two winners there then meet to
decide the district championship which
school shall have the honor of sending
a representative to the state debate.
Slsteem Seek Adealsstoa.
Sixteen new schools have asked to be
admitted to the league this year. They
are:
Arapahoe, Supt. A. J. Margate: Ben
kelman. Supt. C. 8. Strtckler; Coiad,
Supt. Norval Pearce: Crawford, Supt.
R. I Iloff; Crete. Supt. O. A. Gregory;
Hosklns, Supt. Harold Boyce; Lyons,
Supt. P. L. Franklin; Mason City, Supt:
Sherman County Pioneer, H ale and
Hearty and a Hundred Years Old
Michael Kneiss, Ravenna. Neb,
born In Bavaria. November 11. WIS. Ha
la quit vigorous in mind and body, and
declares he never was attended by a
pyhslclan In his life, lis fought with
the Austrian army during the war with
Russia In 184S-1S50. He came to America
when S years of age and lived In east
ern states until 1S71. when ha located on
a homestead In Sherman county, near
Ravenna. He has lived In Ravenna
about ten years. His wife. l years old.
Is still living, though very feeble. A son
lives In western Nebraska and a daugh
ter, Maggie Kneiss, has always lived
with her parents. Although deaf and
dumb, she has more than ordinary In
telligence and energy and Is a most
faithful and competent companion for
her parents during their declining years.
W. A. Rosene; Nelson. Supt. C. K.
Mtorse; Newcastle, Supt. W. F. Richard
son; Newman Grove. Supt. E. L. Mar
tin; Overton. Supt. H. O. Stout; Rising
City. Supt. T. Z. Zacek: hock County
High School. Supt. H. A. McFarland.:.
Phlckley, Supt. O. II. Wrlghtman; Wayne,
Supt. O. R. Bowen.
The director of the twelve districts of
thq league for 1915-16, appointed by the
president. Prof. M. M. Fogg, are as
follows:
Supt. E. L. Meyer, Geneva, Central;
Principal S. B. Moore, South Omaha,
Eastern: Principal V. G. Mays, Lincoln,
Ks'st Central; Supt. W. B. Mtarrln,
O'Neill. Northern; Bupt L. J. Knoll,
West Point. North Central; Supt. J. R.
Armstrong. Oakland, Northeastern; Supt.
W. R. Pate, Alliance, Northwestern; Supt
C. W. Uwlnn, Edgar, Southern; Principal
A. P. Hlllyer. Beatrice, Southeastern;
Supt. S. K. Chadderdon, Oxford. South
western; Principal J. C. Mitchell. Hast
ings, Western; Supt. Don R. Leech, Sar
gent, West Central.
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saved by the quick work t other em
ploye who reached a nearby switch and
shut off the current.
Hall Figures Up
Sums Still Due
To Spanish Vets
(From Staff Correspondent.
LINCOLN. Dec. 2o. (Spectal)-Adjutant
Oenoral Hall has spent some time look
ing up claims due survivors of the Span
ish American war ard has prepared a
list of the same so that It Is known how
much Is due each one. The total runs
up to fcl.WW and runs all the way from
eighty rents up to I.T7.7S, the highest i
auiount due to Lloyd I Shaffer, a mem
ber of the regimental band of tha Third
regiment
The post office address of most of the
parties to whom these amounts are
due Is unknown and In many cases the
poatofflce address given hss been changed
so that it Is difficult to find the parties.
The lnrger amount is due members of
the Third regiment, the First and Sec
ond regiinenta running W and $4.
Red Urt llarler.
Frsnk Canorel. a pitcher of the F.lmlra
New York Plate league team, has been
sold to the Cincinnati Reds.
MicJizel Kneiss
Electric Worker
Nearly Meets Death
SUPERIOR. Neb., Dec. 25. (Special
Telegram.) Thla evening while working
on an electric light pole to make a con
nection for a line to attach to a sample
siren whistle which was being demon
strated to the local fire department, an
employe took hold of two live wires In
full view of the onlookers. His life was
Long
Dr. Bradbnry in New Officet
Life Dental Work
It Is Policy to Get The Best
Anyone who buy, my Dentistry is Insured
against the trouble of having it done over. Once
ia enough for you and me, too! If I did not
do it right the tlrst time my ten-year guarantee"
would compel me to do it over and you don't
want lo go through it again, because it takes
time and you need it for other things.
PAINLESS TREATMENT
AVhether it Is for swollen face. live nerves,
removing decay, crowning, bridging or extract
ing your teeth, my special treatment for each
ruse Is made easy by several means of Killing
the pnin.
Gum diseases' need first attention. It Is
really more dangerous than decay of the teeth.
Write for mv home triatment.
Plate, $2.50 Vn.
Write for llooklet on I'nusual IentiHtry.
DR. BRADBURY, Dentist
27 Years in Omaha.
021-23 Wuodnten of Ihe World 111. Ilione P. 175fl.
1 1th and Farnam 8t., Omalui. Hour, 8 to 6; Sundays, lO to 12.
-JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.-
-WM. Ii. HOLZMAN, Trcas.-
The Event That the Weil-Dressed Women of the West Wait forOur
Of Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses,
and Furs at Exactly
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Starts Monday Morning, December 27 ait 8:30 O'clock
. '? : Our one aim now is absolute clearance. The prestige of this greater store and its sweep
ing measures to effect cleared stocks is known to everybody. This Year's End Sale will be the
greatest from every standpoint, because assortments have been kept up to a high state of
completeness, and now out they go at exactly one-half off. Choose Monday as follows:
COATS-
At One-Half Off
Velonr, Flush and Wool Coats.
$64.50
$54.50
$49.50
$44.50
$39.50
$34.50
$32.50
$29.50
$24.50
$19.50
$14.85
$12.85
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SUITS'
At One-Half Off
Velvet, Wool and Corduroy Suit.
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...827.25
...$24.75
. . .$22.25
19.75
17.25
16.25
14.75
12.25
9.75
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$59.50
$54.50
$49.50
$44.50
$39.50
$37.50
$34.50
$32.50
$29.50
$24.50
$19.50
$14.85
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DRESSES
At One-Half Off
Farty,' Afternoon and Street Dresses.
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At One-Half Off
Coats, Sets, Separate Muffs.
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Today
$49.50
$44.50
$39.50
$37.50
$34.50
$32.50
$29.50
$27.50
$24.50
$19.50
$17.50
$14.85
$12.85
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. .$ 8.75
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ALL .$93.50
ALL $89.50
ALL $79.50
ALL $74.50
ALL $69.50
ALL $64.50
ALL $54.50
ALL $49.50
ALL $44.50
ALL $39.50
ALL $34.50
ALL $29.50
ALL $24.50
FURS AT $49.75
FURS AT $44.75
FURS AT $39.75
FURS AT $37.25
FURS AT $34.75
FURS AT $32.25
FURS AT. ..... . $27.25
FURS AT $24.75
FURS AT ...$22.25
FURS AT $19.75
FURS AT ..$17.25
FURS AT....... $14.75
FURS AT $12.25
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$3jj)0 Women's Blouses,
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300 Washable Blouses, em
broidered fronts, sailor
collars. Slightly soiled
from handling. Worth to
$3.00. Year-End Sale
Monday, at
Radical Clean-Up
$3.45 All Wool Middies
$1.29
Reductions For Monday:
Misses' All-Wool Bergs
Middles. Come la nary
with red or white trim
mings, sizes 14 to 20,
worth to $3.45, la Year
End Sale Monday, at
156.95 Women's Skirts,
$ 1 .95
One hundred Women's All
Wool Skirts, nary and
black, all sites, sold as
high as $8.96, to clos out
Monday, la Year-End Sale,
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$2.00 House Dresses,
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One lot of Women's House
Dresses and S-Plece
Breakfast Bet of madras,
percale, gingham. Worth
up to $2.00. Monday,
choice, at..,
All Our Finest Waists
at One-Quarter Off
All fancy and high rado
waists, in beautiful laces, chiffon,
georgette and crepe de
chine. Year End Sale
Monday, at..... Off
$5.95 to $14.85 Children's Coats, One-Half Off
These eonsiit of martly styled Plushea, f A J . (J r-y i r
and aJJeVa tU eP.iJ
All late fall and winter of 1915 models.
Persianaa, Matalam, Chinchilla
Astrakhan. Full lined. Belted.
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$14.85 Women's Dresses
Choice Monday at S195
125 Women's and b
Misses' Ail-Wool 11
Serge Dresses, this season's mer
chandise, green, black, navy, Co
penhagen; worth to $14.85.
Year End price Monday. ...
"CORRECT APPAREL TOR MEN AN!) WOMEN
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Agency for McDougall Kitchen Cabinets
Beaton & Laier Co.
415-17 South 16th St. Phone Douglas 335 I
AH Cedar Chests V Less
T ir in iiimi in iimi in wwni l
Better Choose) Yours Early Tomorrow
To reduce a long stock of Cedar Cheats before Inventory, a
discount Of 25 per cent will be allowed from the regular prices
this week. Our chests ere thoroughly well made and finished as
they should be. Here's how prices are affected:
$12.: 0, 11-Inch Celr Chests. o at $0.75
$15.00, 4 4-Inch Cedar Chests, go at tt.S
f 19.00. 4 7-Inch Cedar Chests, fro st (14.25
This Range Guts Fuel Bills
and Burns Both
Gas and Coal
Come In and see for yourself
the many advantages of having
a Moor Combination Gas-Coal
range in your kitchen nuflt
to last a llfetlmo and save Its
purchase price over and over
a&ln, not only In fuel saving
but by saving time, space and
labor, as well.
Sold on Easy Terms
25 Different Kitchen Cabinets
Priced to Please
Vhy not start the new year by
providing your kitchen with a
means of saving thousands of
a ... .A.J. .
nceuics steps in imo na riv- .
Ing yourself more time out of the
kitchen.
We have' the Cabinet that will
fit your kitchen to best advantage.
Price range from $13.25 to $13.50.
Sold on Easy Terms
Closing Out All Office Furniture
At Big
Price Cut
Aiming to close out every
piece of office furniture In the
store as quickly as possible,
prices have been stripped of
every vestige o( profit. It will
pay you to come In and check
over the line, Mr. Office Man.
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Roll Top Desks and Office Chairs
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Oak and Mahogany
Birch mahocsny 5 4 -Inch
Roll Top Desks, at S8S.T5
snd I3S.73.
High grade quartered
golden oak Roll Top
Desks, at S4S and t.60,
One Oolden Oak Douhl.
Flat Top Desk, to close
out, at aT.ea.
Plain and RevoMng
Quartered Oak BSTOlvlag
tools, $3.(8 asd 8430,
A Dosen Patterns Arm
Chairs, from S4S np.
Mahogany KorolTtor
Chair, to close out, S9.TS.
Typwritr Chairs, $5.40,
7.7S, 97.SS, .1S and
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Flat Top Desks and Office Tables
tint top oak desks, to close
out, st $10.75, $40.85 and
$52.00 each, exceptionally good
desks everyone.
8-foot mahogany office tables,
to close out, $29,75.
Other office tables at $4.50
$10.75, $16.50 and $20.85.
Your Credit i Good at Beaton & Later'
sxxxxa no. a.
Are You Gifted
WITH COMMON SENSE?
Are you uslns; It to advantage in reference to your health? Tou wou'd
take offense If somebody told you you were not, wouldn't you 7
oomcoaT acsTaa
tell u It Is natuie tliat throw out any and all dead tissues from ths
body, a a protection to health,
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common sens.' tells us that the poisonous suppuration of pus from decayed
teeth ha the unit effect on the system aa a larse boll or even canuer
would, and a om as a tooth ! dead nature Immediately uses it utmost
endeavors to throw it out.
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ran be found of ihe poisonous nature of dead or decayed teeth from the
breath of anyone unfortunate or short-sighted enough in having them.
let your health become Impaired?
Why hav. a foul breath T
Wny let yi.ur lace sink, in from loss of your teeth, and become old before
your time?
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you can, by eiendlng a little time and money avoid all these trouble.
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W. are equipped vlth the latest, modern, painless methods In all our de- -perlmcat
and alien necessary can comslet your work In one day.
OHOB AOAXST
At the first sign of danger let some competent Dentist examine your teeth.
We will gladly do so KKKli of chaise, and tell the truth.
(Series No. 4 to appear soon.)
jt Are Vot rPrlmsnUng AU Work Ooaraateed 10 Tears.
Bee Oar Frloe Ust and Compere It Wit. ts Prlees Tea Hve Vald
(or Work Slsewaere.
4.00
t t t S4.00
.".' SS.OO,' gaoo aai'l.aoo
11.00
Best S3-K. Q-ald Crown
Bridge Work, per tooth .
Best riatee
Treatmeat
We Olve BOleag (or Fifty MUes oa AU Out-of.Towa Coatraots of 110.00
or More.
McKENNEY, Dentists,
ltk a ad raraam Street.
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