glister* County
^rJank Is Closed
f j by State Order
Institution Held More Thau
Legal Limit of County
Fund?, According to
Report of Examiner.
Lincoln. Dec. 26.—(Special.)—The
Berwyn stale bank in Custer county
"hu closed todny by order of the state
department of trade and commerce.
Tiie president of tlie bank is Frank
Miller and the cashier and manager,
L. Cl. Eavolt.
t'apital stock is listeif at $1",,nnii.
surplus. $5,000; deposits, $224. ont);
loans, $26)1.000, and bad money, $36,
009, of which half is due to tlie War
Finance corporation, according to
Secretary J. E. Hart of the state de
partment.
An examination of the bank re
suited In .a report that $21,00') was
!■ 1 led In had debts. including
b>ane on second mortgages and to
persons now ' bankrupt, according to
llart.
Hold County Funds.
County Treasurer W. L. McCand
less. who retires In January, lias de
posits of $45,500 in county funds in
tlie hank, according to Hart, who says
tlie legal limit is $7,500. The incom
ing treasurer, E. L. Cleveland, says
lie will not accept a certificate of
deposit for these funds, and the bank
is unable to produce the cash.
McCandless was manager of the
Berwyn bank for W. A. George, for
^cf-^*Ktute treasurer, according to
PMurL and now holds $3,600 stock in
J tlie institution.
Funds in Anselnin Bank.
McCandless also had $42,000 public
funds In the Ansehno bank which
was closed a year ago, according to
llart, in which case the state won
the first round in litigation with a
decision that the state guaranty fund
is not liable for more than tlie legal
Ijmit.
j * Dan V. Crapsey, state treasurer,
L A $6,000 state funds In tlie Berwyn
| Jit. according to Hart, but this
M|«Vs within the legal limit.
”ll. C. King, assistant secretary pf
tiie state department of trade and
commerce, lias been placed in charge
of the affairs of the bank.
Program Announced
for Farm Meeting
Huron, S. p., Pec. 26.—A tentative
program for the fifth annual conven
tion of tlie South Pakota farm bureau
federation, scheduled to meet in
Huron, January 2, 3 and 4, 1223, has
been announced by George A. Star
ring, secretary.
All delegates, according to tlie secre
tary's announcement, will meet at
10 o'clock, Tuesday, January 2, irt a
conference room of federation head
quarters, in the city hall, where com
mitteo appointments will he made
Tha remainder of the first day will
he fclven over to committee business.
Music Pupils Give Recital
for Bee Free Show Fund
Gibbon, Neb., 1 >ec. 26.—(Special.>—
Mus]^pupils of Mrs. C. M. Beck pave
1 and silver tea at the hrouo
of Mrs. Beck. The silver offering
amounting to $14.05 was given to The
Omaha Bee Free Shoe fund.
Elected to Exalted
Scottish Rite Office
'Z& XATtf fr '
James K. Cain. jr.. was elected
venerable muster of kadosh at a meet
ing of Scottish Hite consistory No.
1. held Monday night before the public
celebration of Christmas at Scottish
Kite cathedral.
Other officers are Saul Levy, prior,
Theodore W. McCullough, preceptor;
Karl K. Styles, chancellor; Krnest C.
1'age, minister of state; Joseph F.
Davis, almoner; Charles A. Katterson,
registrar, and William K. Itlioades,
treasurer.
Rehearing Asked
in Newspaper Case
Attorney Says Winning of
Auto by Wife Caused Hus
band's Defeat at Polls.
Lincoln, Deo. 26.—(Special.)— In a
motion lor a rehearing of a case from
Kearney county. In which the su
preme court recently held that $40 a
week is the value of a country editor's
service, C. P. Anderberry, Minden
attorney, says that because X. J.
Thomsen, who had conrtol of the
Minden News property as an officer
of the court, allowed his wife to enter
a subscription contest, which she won,
he was beaten for re-election as coun
ty clerk.
Mr. Anderberry sots out that Mr.
Thomsen was one of the best county
clerks the county ever had yet, he
was overwhelmingly beaten because
the voters did not think he should
have allowed his wife In win the first
prize, a $1,500 automobile.
Tills assertion is made in support
of a challenge to Ihe court's decision
which said that Dean 13fner, part
owner of the paper, who made this
alleged favoritism a part of his claim
for overturning the district court,
ought to have got out an injunction
to stop Mrs. Thomsen as an entrant.
Anderberry sets up that Miss Rey
nolds, ilia editor and part owner, laid
her salary adjudicated oiice before
by the supreme court at -$20, and that
she didn't have to stay on at this
salary if she didn't want to do so.
Bee Want Ads produce results.
Two Men Accused
of Selling Wliiskv
13 J
Held for Murder
_ I
Moonshiners Arrested After
One Man Dies and Two
Are Blinded.
Shelby, O., Deo 26.—Philip Weig
anot, 36. ami Lester Ellston. 35, arc
being held to the Richland county
grand Jury on charges of murder In
connection with the death Sunday of
Raljfli Longley, 32, after he drank
moonshine whisky at a “Christmas
party.” Two other men who partook
of the liquor were blinded and a score
made ill.
Elston Was arrested Monday on bis
40-acre {arm on a warrant sworn to by
Weiganot. When arraigned both men
admitted selling {he liquor, which the
authorities believe contained wood al
cohol, but pleaded riot gullly to the
charges of murder.
An investigation into Longley’s '
death was begun by Coroner L. E. !
Here. Samples of the whisky haie
been sent to the state chemist for
analysis.
When officers arrested Elston they
confiscated a still and six gallons of
liquor. Elston said, according to the
officers, that ho had been making
whisky for several months and that
no deaths from it had occurred pre
vious to that of Longley.
He said lie purchased the farm last
October and formed a partnership
with Weiganot, the latter disposing
of the product while Elston devoted
his entire time to the manufacture,
the authorities said he told them.
Governor's Proclamation
Puts Mew Laws in Effect
Lincoln, Dec. 26.—(Special.)—Gov
ernor McKelvie returned from the
east today and issued a proclamation
putting into effect at once two laws
passed by referendum vote of the
people at the last general election:
The antipicketing law and the
amendment to the bunking law.
The proclamation also calls atten
tion to the fact that the amendment
to the primary act and the rural reg
istration amendment failed to carry.
William W. McCauley Dies.
St. Paul, Minn., Doc. 26.—William
W. McCauley, d9, assistant general
superintendent of transportation of
the Northern Pacific railway, died in
a hospital here today.
Uncle Sam Says
Save Labor in (he Laundry.
"Home Laundering" is the title of a
recently issued booklet by the states
relation service. It contains many
hints which if adopted in the house
hold, will save much time and labor
in washing and Ironing.
Much of the drudgery that has long
been considered a part of laundering
work may be overcome by adopting
some of tile suggestions contained in
this booklet and by using good sup
plies and equipment.
Headers of The Omaha Bee may
obtain a copy of this booklet free as
long us the free edition lasts by writ
ing to the Division of Publications,
Department of Agriculture. Washing
ton, D. C., asking for “F. B. 1099.’*
The Evil
# _
Shepherd
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
Author of THE GREAT PRINCE SHAN
Mr OPPENHEIM has here written a novel of English life of
a melodramatic character, so fascinating, and so stirring
that the most hardened reader can hardly fail to receive
a series of thrills. The narrative: Francis Ledsam, a London
V barrister of thirty-five, after using his wonderful legal skill in
securing a verdict of not quilty for his client Oliver Hilditch,
learns to his dismay, from Hilditch’s wife Margaret, that the
man really committed the crime. Now for the first time Ledsam
displays a sentimental interest in a woman, but later on, after
Hilditch’s sudden death, he is fearful that Margaret is responsible
for her undesirable husband’s demise. But the sinister character
in Mr. Oppenheim’s newest novel, the one who. gives it its title,
is Margaret’s father, the eccentric and wealthy Sir Timothy Brast.
Sir Timothy is at once merciful to dumb animals and merciless
in his persecution of his enemies. He possesses a vast but secluded
estate on the Thames, called The Walled House, where strange
happenings occur which bring him linder the observation of
Scotland Yard. Ledsam’s pursuit of the reluctant Margaret brings
him in close contact with Sir Timothy, whom he regards as an
arch criminal. The interest in the novel quickens as Ledsam is
for the first time given the opportunity of witnessing one of Sir
Timothy’s spectacular entertainments with the result—but it
would spoil the reader’s pleasure to forecast the ending of this
extraordinary tale. Told in Mr. Oppenheim’s best manner, “The
Evil Shepherd” is another example of his versatility.
In DAILY Installments in
The Evening Bee
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Beginning Tuesday, January 2
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Broken Lots and Remaining
Holiday Merchandise
. Reduced For Quick Clearance .
Broken Lots
Gloves $1.49
12 and 16-button lengths, strap wrist
and two-clasp styles' of imported kid,
lambskin, cape leathers.
Burgess*Nash—Main Floor
Sale of
Glassware
Piece, 10c
Final reduction of odds ami ends of
plain etched glassware, including—
Goblets Tumblers
Sherbets Ice Teas
Comports Vases
Salt Bottles
Sugars and Creamers
Some of the finer pieces have slight
imperfections. Every sale final.
BurgesS'Nash—Fourth Floor
Final Clearance of
Negligees : Robes«—
Offered Original
at Price
After our great Christmas sale of robes at half price,
we find that there are only 95 of them remaining. They
must move. For final clearance we offer them at further
reduction—
Half of Half Price
Dainty pieces that you had thought you could not af
ford, you may surely own now.
Innumerable styles trimmed in ostrich, French flowers,
ribbon and chiffon. Both imported and domestic models
in all lingerie shades of—
Georgette Corduroy Chiffon
Velvet Satin Crepe de Chine
Taffeta French Flannel Albatross
Burgess-Nash Lingerie Shop—Second Floor
Greaf Clearance Sale in
Our Gift Shop
Bargain Table No. 1
Ash trays, bud vases, bulb bowls, candy
jars, sewing baskets and pictures.
. Each, 50c
Bargain Table No. 4
Baskets, cigarette boxes, nut sets, smoking
trays, door stops, knockers, sealing wax sets
and decorated powder boxes.
Each, $2.00
Bargain Table No. 2
Picture frames, candy jars, candlesticks,
smoking trays, vases, lacquer boxes and pic
tures.
Each, $1.00
Bargain Table No. 3
Tea sets, polychrome cigarette boxes, ma
hogany candlesticks, wall baskets, smoking
stands, Japanese jars.
Each, $3.00
Gift Furniture 25% Off
Burfeai-Na»h Gift Shop—Fourth Floor
Novelties and
Stationery
Gift novelties and station
ery, the boxes of which 1 j
have become soiled or ry !
broken, at. Z
Burgrss-Nasft—Main Floor
Graniteware
Gray Granite Ware
3-quart coffee pots, each...39c
4 and 6-quart preserving kettles, each..... .39c
Large collanders, each.39c
White Granite Ware
, 12-quart combinets, with slip-over cover and
rubber bumper on handle.
Each, $1.50
Btirge*s->Na*h—Fourth Floor
All Broken Lots of
Felt Slippers, Pair, 95c
Broken lots and sizes of men’s, women’s and children’s slippers.
Leather or felt soles, a wide variety of colors and styles from which
to choose. Not all sizes in all styles, but all sizes included.
Burgesa-Nash Shoe Shop—Main Floor
’ Entire Stock of
Toys : Half Price
Toys from broken lines and those slightly damaged from Christ
mas handling are offered at this reduction. Because of this low price
please do not ask to make any exchanges.
Burfeaa>Na»h Toy Shop— Downstairs Store
Clearance
Silk Shirts $495
Fine quality silk shirts in cluster and in
striped patterns of crepe de chine, jersey silk
and broadcloth silks. All greatly reduced,
regardless of former value.
Burgeaa-Naah—Main Floor
Broken Lots ot
Leather Goods
Novelty goods, handbags,
shopping bags, collar
bags and others reduced
to sell at.
Burgeii-Nash—Main Floor
Glove Silk
Underwear
Odd lots and broken sizes, / f\CC
also slightly soiled pieces. I/q I Iff
An opportunity to buy at. . / ^ ^ ^
Burgess-Naah—Main Floor
Ivory
Toilet Articles
Complete sets and single
pieces of both plain and
decorated ivory reduced to
sell at .
. Burgess-Nash—Main Floor
Slightly Soiled
Handkerchiefs
Women’s fine linen handker
chiefs, plain or with embroid- mm
ered corner. Remarkable at,
each . Vf
Burgeta-Naah—Main Floor
Sale Prices on
Boys’ Furnishings
Odd lots of gauntlet and plain <1*1 aa
clasp gloves. Pair.«Pi.UU
Boys’ Ace caps, priced qq
Boys’ sweaters in pull-over and <|*Q nr
coat styles.$5.95 and
Burgess-Nash—Main Floor