Till: i:KL:: UMAIIA. WKDNKSDAY. JANUAUY 1.
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,ioans, Deposits
Fall Off in City,
Hank Call Shows
Sluiun iii Dopobils Attributed
to Keii(liturcs of Holiday
Season Banker Arc
Optimistic.
A slight decrease from ihe call of
September 6. is, shown in thel total
I.viih anil deposits of Omahi Na
tional and state banks at llie jflose of
business December 31.
lotal loam dropped froit$82,54t;,
678 at the close of bushiest Septem
ber 6 lo $8.8D4,,'ol at thf close of
business December 31 Dcuosits were
? 1 02. 115,5.15 on Septe mbero. as com
pared to SfW.ZI4.297 Dccffnber 31.
.Tli decrease in deposits reflects
expenditures of tlic holiyfay season to
;i large extent, say thy bankers, who
arc generally oplinnVc lor the out
look during the ensuilg months,
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Omaha Nut. ...
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Hm k V nlia Nat.
Merchants Nut.
I.lm Mii.ik NkI.
Kliilo Hank of Otll,
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Total 1
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ftmaha, Nat
If. X. Nal
Mrnt Nal
Moi'k Yanla Nat...
Merehanta Nat
l.lva Block Nat....
f"i rtank of Om.
Nebraska. Nat......
I'ft.-kfrs N'at
Corn Kxch'tnKtt ....
N.-urlty Silate ....
American Stata ...
S. u. Savings
Union Wats
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Farmers an-i Mrr.
Hank of Florence. .
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4 151,0111
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5.!7.o:7
1.360.'i"i7
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7H9.30S
l.ASI.SoS
830.027
Jol.nt.5
4IR.1KS
104. 34
1.S3I.8X7
Total .SIM.J18.6J5 $97,214. 27
Assemble Grand
Jury at Lincoln
Lancaster Judges Order Body
Convened for Inqury Into
Blue Sky Violations.
t4 Lincoln," Jan. 3. The four district
-judges of Lancaster county yester
day ordered the summoning of a
grand jury to investigate causes ot
business failures, alleged blue sky
promotion methods and crime in the
county.
The judges will' assemble January
26. '
At the request of Attorney Gen
eral Davis, a grand jury was called
last October but it was found that
it could not be legally summoned
at that time.
Town Rumors. Blamed
for Failure of Rank
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Lincoln, Jan. (.especial.; i
Goodrich Bros. Banking company,
Fairbury, one of the oldest banking
institutions in the state, has been
closed by the State Department of
Trade and Commerce.
Town rumors bad caused a drop
in the bank's business until it .was
nearly nothing . .
A few months ago L. V. Good
rich, who had been president for
years, was forced out by the direc
tors in an effort to save the bank by
new management. John Heasty,
who had been vice president, was
made president. W. H. Barnes be
came vice president. E. R. Allen
and E. S. Goodrich were assistaiu
A cashiers.
Deposits are said to be about
$200,000. Department of Trade and
Commerce officials said the $100,000
capital stock will pay off the depos
itors, making it unnecessary to draw
on the state guaranty fund.
In the last week $90,000 of tm
bank's deposits were withdrawn. ,
State School Board Body
Meets January 26, Hastings
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 3. (Spe
cial.) The annual meeting of the
Nebraska Association of School
Boards and School Executives will
, be held at Hastings, Thursday and
Friday, January 2t and 27. Head
quarters wilt be at the Clarke hotel.
Some of the topics to be discussed
are : ' ...
How may the expenses ot tni
schools be leduced witnout ream
ing their efficiency?
2. Does education in Nebraska
cost too much?
3. What relationship should exist
between the Board of Education and
the superintendent of schools?
4. Are additional sources of rev
enue for schools needed and avail
able? .
Dr. Francis G. Blair, state su
perintendent of public instruction
of Springfield, III., who is one of
the most prominent educators and
forceful speakers in America, is ex
pected to deliver ar address Thurs
day evening.
Road Conditions
(KorniahM tiy. Omaha Aoto Club.)
Lincoln Highway. Kast Roada good to
Marshalltown; In the Odar Rapids vicini
ty roads are fretting in much better shape
thin they have been for some time.
Lincoln Highway. West Roads good to
Grand Island and west.
O. I.. 1. Highway Roads in fine shape
to Lincoln and for some distance wmt:
dftour between Imperial and Chase but
thl if in good condition.
Highland Cutoff Roads food.
S. Y. A. Roads Fine.
Tornhusker Highway Roads good.
Omaha-Topeka KighwayRoads (rood.
0 Street Road In eicellent condition.
Oeorge Washington Highway Roads in
good condition; this is the preferable
loute to Sioux City at the present time.
Black Hills Trail Roads good to Nor-
'"w'inff of Trails. Nor:h Good to Mis
ri " v.neyT norih It I- reported a lit
tle; rough at aeveral stretches.
King of Trs.ls. South Roads good to
Hiawatha: Hiawatha to Leavenwort.i.
roIaV a Vttlo rough: detour between
Leavenworth and Kansas city due tj
River0!ti River Road 1 good condi
J,on to Pe Moines.
White Toie Road In good condition
to Ues Moine?.: detour near Casey is lair.
1 o A Short Line Road goo.
H!ue Gra Trail Roads In poor ron-
41 tion to Olnwood: east of Glenwood
raift are good. . ,
Wcither rrporteJ clear at ev-ry pom.
t.-p'- ni Co:uui"aus, Central 4.ity i
tirand Island.
Wie Vfattuiw 9tiinter
By FUTH AY RES.
((aline: from gUirla.
N'ov Ih'n, what hve you cot lu
iy?'' Fernie ike4 ijuietly. "It w
genuine offer made to iUihI by
you ind pay your drbti. I'm not a
poor man, though it suited me to
pretend to be rnee I ve lived In
Soinerton, nd blood' thicker than
water!" he added awkwardly.
The Fortune Hunter turned to the
window and tood looking into the
garden for a moment without an
swering; then he replied slowly, as
if he were carefully choosing his
word;
"It's kind of vou. and I'm grate
fut, but it won't do. I took the
money, and I must mv it back. He
laughed mirthlessly. "I can work if
t like. I've tiavvitd for month with
the roughest of them.
"There'll be no nerd for you to
work at a 1 when 1 m cone, the
old man said. "Come, come; you've
got all your mothers obstinacy and
pride. I can see that, but it doesn't
always nav. Think it over, for the
ake of this cirl. if not for your own,
She cares for you in spite of them
all."
The Fortune Hunter turned slow
lv round, his eve incredulous.
"Cares for me!" he laughed. "She
said she ncyer wished to see rue
aRain."
"Women never mean what they
sav." Fcrnic insisted. The Fortune
Hunter fdirueeed his shoulders.
"I think Miss Harding dots and
she's right. I'm not lit for her or
any other woman. I've nothing to
offer her. not even a decent past,
I'll go back to the road; I belong
there. I'm Elad it's all over this
business here. I couldn't have
stood it much longer anyway.
He turned round and looked old
Fernie up and down with a softened
smile.
"Where do I get my bad strain
from?" he asked, balf-mirthfully,
half in bitterness. "Not from niy
mother. I'll swear."
"No." Fernie agreed; "she was a
good woman. If she hadn't been she
might have found it easier to live
with me. However" he cleared his
throat loudly "that's all .done with.
1 m sorry you won t let- me lielp you
out; I should have found it. a pleas
ure," he spoke awkwardly, avoiding
his son's eyes. "But you can't pre
vent me from leaving you what I've
got when I go," he added, "and as
far as Mr. Harding and the rest of
'tin here are concerned, they won't
trouble you, John I beg your par
don that's not your name, I know."
He rubbed his chin. "Do you know,
that ever since you came down to my
place the other night I've been trying
to remember what it was, and bless
my soul if I can."
"My name is Robert," the Fortune
Hunter said. Old Fernie laughed
rather constrainedly.
"Bless me, so it is! We named
you after the vicar who married us.
I remember. Your mother thought
the world of him. - Dear met How it
all comes back."
The clock on the shelf chimed,
?.nd the Fortune Hunter turned from
his contemplation of the dark garden;
it was 8:30. 1
He roused himself with an effort.
"Well, I'll be getting along," he said.
Fernie paled a little. "Not to
night. Come home with me if you
can't stay here."
The Fortune Hunter "laughed.
"Here?" he said eloquently.
"Come home with me then," the
old man urged rather pathetically.
"It's a small place, but you're wel
come." The Fortune Hunter shook his
head. '
"It's kind of you, but I'll be get
ting along." .His eyes turned wist
fully towards the door.
There was a moment's silence,
then Fernie held out his hand. "I
should like " he began, but there
was no need for him to finish, the
Fortune Hunter took his hand in
a warm grip.
"Goodbye, and thank you," he
said.
"And if there's ever anything 1
can do," the old man said huskily,
"you know where to find me?"
Their hands fell apart, and the
Fortune Hunter opened the door and
went out into the hall.
If only he could see Anne just
once more just for one moment!
But he knew he could not expect it;
she had done with him for ever. .
By force of habit he took his coat
from the hallstand the coat which
was not his and his hat and turn
ed blindly to the front door.
He opened it, and the rush of night
air smote his face with a flood of
cold memory.
Never to see her again, never to
hear her voice! His punishment was
greater than he could bear.
"John!" The name was spoken
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In a treiiiblinn whisper, and he
u heeled round, blinded with wild
hope and the agony of relief, to find
Anne standing there behind him.
For a moment Anne and the For
' tune Hunter looked at one another
I uillmtlt aneaLiilo tti.it ttlitdrill V.
before the pain and humiliation of
her eye, he broke out in passionate
incoherence:
"I'm sorry. Try to frgive me
some day. I've lost everything
everything."
Her sad eyes wandered over ln's
face and then pat him to the open
dour and the moonlit world beyond.
"Where are you going?"'
faintly.
He tried to smile, but his lips
twitched badly. "Hafk to the road
where I came from." And then,
with a desperate effort, lie steadied
his voice sufficiently to add: "It's
kind of you to say good bye to me;
I hadn't dared hope" He could not
go on; he half turned away, and
with sudden, passionate impulse she
caueht his arm.
"Don't go on. don't co!" She
pteaded. i
The words wcie only a whisper,
but they but asjin-t Ins bcatt as if
they lud been loud enough to (ill all
me spine oi the world, ana tor a
moment be stood tike a nun turned
to stone, not daring to look at her,
not daring to believe that be bad
beard straight, until she said again,
her voice all broken with tears:
"Don't go! Oh, don't go."
He turned sluwly round, bis face
marble white. "Vou don't understand
what you're saying," he broke out
hoarsely. "Vou don't know what it
means. I'm a waster, a blackguard,
everything Mr. Harding called me,
and een if I were not what have
I got to offer ou?i Nothing! I've
lied to yiMi. I've deceived you."'
"Vou said you loved me," she
whispered.
"Loved you!" He caught his
breath with a hard sound. Her
hand stole up till it rested on h's
shoulder.
"Wasn't it true?" she asked pain
fully.
He dared not trust himself to an
swer; he broke out again desper
ately: "I'm Fernie's sou, and you
always hated him!"
There wms a long silence: then she!
said, so faintly that he hardly caught I
the words; "I don't care whose sou
you are I love vou."
ihe Fortune Hunter looked away
from her to the open door and the
moonlit road; the blood was roaring
in bis ears; a thousand voices oi
temptation wluVpered at bis heart.
Why go, when she loves you?
l-ove and life and , happiness ate
waiting for you here, if you will but
take them.
He l.tujhed aloud, as if tbe voire
had been real. Love I W ithout
trust, without truth? It could never
be.
He broke out again wild!;'. "I
can't. I've no right! Let me go!
I'm not fit to touch you, I"
, Her hand fell away from his,
"And you were going without a
word to me?"
He faced her desperately. "What
else could I do? Vou said you
wished it. Vou said vou honed never
to see me again, and you are rigbt.
I've had mv sliniDse of paradise.
more than I deserve. Let me go."
"And what about me? she said, as
she had done once before that eve
ning. He made a gesture of despair.
"Vou" he echoed brokenly. ".My
dear, what can I do for you?"
"You can stay with me."
MoneySming
v t ir.
She spoke bravely enough, then
quite suddenly her courage seemed
to fail; she swayed and would have
fallen but for his arm.
lie dropped his ccat and half led.
half carried her into the library. The
tire bad burned low and the room
was empty when be put her gently
into a chair and stood watching her
with broken-hearted res.
(Continued la The Ilea Tomorrow)
State Attorneys to Fight
Motion of Aroused Cashier
Lincoln, Jan, 3. (Special.) As
sistant Attorneys tiencra! Dort and
Chase went to Wahoo today to rep
resent the state in a motion made by
attorneys for Kay Lower, cashier of
the defunct Valparaiso State bank,
for a new trial on the ground that
one of the attorneys for Lower had
at one time represented a litigant
who sued one oi the jurors.
Owing to an error it has been
stated in The Bee that Lower had
pleaded guilty the first time he ap
peared for trial. He did not plead
guilty, but was found guilty, after
which he appealed to the supreme ,
court. The court upheld this appeal
and a second trial followed.
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tout Woman's
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Actress Sister of
Omnium Jumps to
Death From Boat
l,cacs Gay New Year Tarty
on I.os AngrK's Steamer
Unileteeted; Alienee
Discovered Later.
San Francisco, Jan. J.(Sperial
Telegram.) Lea lug a giy New
Year's dance at midnight on board
the steamer Vale, enroute from Los
Angeles here, Miss Betty Mont
gomery, a vaudeville actress, leaped
lo her death somewhere oft the
banta Barbara coast. , '
Her absence was discovered the
following morning, when her travel
ing companion, Mrs. M. V. Sheldon,
of Kansas City. Mo., failed to find
her in her stateroom and discovered
a note which she had started to write
ress
ifREDuaw
CORSET'
to "Howard," but which ed:d
with this salutation,
According to Mrs. Sheldon, Mi
Montgomery Is a stage name and
she did not know her friend's family
name. Her brother, however, she
siiid, lived in Omaha, while her par
ruts live in Spokane, Wah.
An iimiruiiic policy found in Mi's
Montgomery's baggage at I.os An
gcles contained the name of Mrs. K.
J. McNowii of Omaha, as benetieiary.
R. Allen McNown, service man
agrr for the Kloptt I'riutiug com
pany, bvii'R at 41.0 lsrd street, said
Monday night that bis sister bore the
stage name of Betty Montgomery,
She had been playing in vaudeville
and the movies.
The family bad been out of touch
with her for several years, Mr. Mc
Nown said, hearing from her only
at intervals.
He said also that the policy found
in the baggage probably was made
in favor of their mother. Mrs. R. J.
M cNovvn of Portland, Wash.
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