Railroads Launch
a Publicity Drive
for Public Favor
Urge Adoption of Liberal Pol
icy Toward Carriers in Or
der to Enable Thera to Aid
Industrial Development.
R.v GKORGK K. At TIUKR.
Washington r»rn*pond*Dt Omahn Be*.
Washington, Jan. ' IS.—(Special.>—
The railroads of the country today in
augurated a publicity program aim
ing to secure more liberal treatment
from the government and from the
public.
The first move is contained in a
preliminary report submitted by the
N carriers to the United States coal
commission in which the plea is made
for tlie adoption by legislative and
regulatory bodies of a liberal policy
towards the carriers in order that rail
road credit can be strengthened, thus
enabling them to Increase their fa
cilities to keep pace with the indus
trial development of the nation.”
This suggestion comes when it Is
acknowledged there Is no chance to
secure passage of any amendments
of the Ksch-Cummins transportation
act in this session of congress, with
even less likelihood of anything con
structive being done by the next con
gress.
( unimins Pessimistic.
"Any attempt to secure any rail
road legislation at this time would
he futile," is Senator Cummins’ view,
although he acknowledges he may sub
his proposed amendments sonie
time before the close of the session.
This will be for the purpose of cen
tering public attention upon the trans
portation problem. As Senator Cum
mins views It. the question is develop
ment of the present law or govern
ment ownership, while Senator Cou
zens of Michigan points out that the
government ownership idea is grow
ing and that some way must be found
» to finance future railroad extensions.
J Recognizing the difficulty of petting
I unified action In congress, cither now
or in the next congress, all sides to
the railroad controversy are prepar
ing for the eventuality of seeing the
problem a major issue In the next
presidential campaign.
Prepare Program.
Administration forces are preparing
to formulate a program and It may
take the guise of a transportation
| congress in Washington. This is be
I ing urged by the proponents of the
Orent Lakes-St. Lawrence waterways
project and Is becoming more and
more popular. Its purpose would be
to focus attention on the problem and
in this way seek a solution.
The recommendations made by the
roads for more liberal treatment arc
summarized In the following para
graphs:
‘JCjrst—Such an attitude towards
the railroads as will convince the
public that money Invested ill rail
roads will receive a fair return, there
by strengthening railroad credit and
making it possible to increase rail
road facilities go as to care for the
growing transportation needs of the
country.
Plea for Peace.
"Second—Peace tn coal industry
and in the railroad industry, with
such relations between employers and
employes as will prevent strikes, the
fruitful cause of interrupted pro
duction and restricted transporta
tion.”
The report concludes with this ap
peal:
"It is certain that the commerce of
the country will increase with result
ing Increase of traffic, and that peri
ods will continue to recur when the
railroads will be unable as heretofore,
from time ti time, to transport traffic
as offered. If the public desires serv
ice. It Is obvious that the facilities of
the carriers will have to be increased
substantially. In order to enable them
to meet the public demand, which
increase will be possible only in the
event that railroad credit is strength
ened and a more liberal treatment ex
tend 1 them than has heretofore pre
vailed ’
Gradual Decline.
The gradual decline in railroad fa
cilities is acknowledged in an address
made in New York December 18 by
Donald D. Conn, manager of the pub
lic relations section of the American
Railway association.
“On October 1, 1922,” Mr. Conn
says, “the railroads owned 2,392,918
freight cars. contVasted with 2 ""R
U60 cars on October 1, 1920. Of this
number, the serviceable cars in opi t
ation on October 1, 1922, were 2,011,
2C4, contrasted with 2,187,095 cars on
October 1, 1920. Locomotives owned
October 1. 1922, were 64,361; October
1, 1929, 61,772. Serviceable on that
date this year were 44,634, contrast
ed with 47,430 on the same day,
1920.”
According to well informed sena
tors, the roads are planning to resist
payment of the amount earned over
6 per cent, to the government, claim
ing this as confiscation. This atti
tude is prompting several of the
stronger lines to endorse the proposed
repeal of section 15 a, the socalled
guarantee clause, which also In
cludes the provision relative to the
sharing of earnings over 6 per cent
with the government. Repeal of the
section, it is believed, would prevent
the necessity of appealing to the
courts.
Little Chance of Passage.
The bill pending in the interstate
commerce committee, known as the
railroad series, one of which calls for
the repeal of section 16-n, have as
little chance of passage as any ad
ministration proposals.
The fact is, the decision has been
leached for the present to let the
Ksch-Cummins hill ride in the hope
that under it the roads will recover.
Mussolini Slightly III.
Rome, Jan. IS.—Premier Mussolini
Is slightly ill with influenza and con
fined to bed, but continues his work,
receiving visitors, dictating letters and
telegrams and keeping In touch
particularly with the the international
situation.
Gambling and public lotteries are
prohibited in Switzerland.
Fjf rrin Riot Case
in Hands of Jury
0
“It Is Murder or Nothing.”
Says Judge, Instructing
Jurors.
Marion, III., Jan. 18.—(Hy A. I’.)—
Alter more than three hours* delib
eration the jury in the llerrin riots
trial up to 2:35 p. m. had given no
indieation that any derision was in
prospect. A rumor spread that the
jury was deadlocked.
Marion. III., Jan. 18.—(By A. IM—
The fate of the live men charged with
murder of Howard Hoffman, one of
the victims killed during the Herrin
riots, was given to the jury today;
after lengthy instructions had been
read by Judge I). T. Hartwell.
In his instructions to the Jury,
Judge Hartwell said:
“It is not against the law to mine
coal without being a member of the
United Mine Workers of America. If
assaulted or killed for no other rea
son It cannot be Justified because
they were not members of that or
ganization.”
"If one of the accused men com
niltted the crime charged in this In
dtetment and if the other defendants
stood by, aided, or encouraged the
crime, it is your duty to Hnd all of
the defendants guilty," the court de
clared.
After the jury retired. Judge Hart
well said:
"It is murder or nothing."
Brookhart Cuts Short
Sinclair Statement on Oil
Washington, Jan. IS.—An attempt
hy Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of the
hoard of the Consolidated Oil corpora
tion, in testifying today at the senate
oil investigation to go Into the broad
features of the Tea Pot Dome con
troversy was cut short by announce
ment by Senator Brookhart, repub
lican, Iowa, a committee member, that
"the committee had decided not to
go into that subject.”
The announcement by Senator
Brookhart, made with the consent of
Chairman LaFollette, who has been
one of the leading critics of the ad
ministration's action in granting a
lease to Sinclair interests to develop
the Tea Pot Dome naval oil reserve,
came when Mr. Sinclair endeavored
to present the obligations assumed
by him under the lease.
Mr. Sinclair before being interrupt
ed, however, did get into the record
estimates that his obligations under
the contract amounted to 60 or 70
millions of dollars and that his hold
ings in the Mammoth Oil company,
the Tea Pot Dome operating concern,
probably had a curb market value of
about $100,000,000, although he env
phasized "it is very doubtful whether
that much could be Realized on thl
stock.”
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“EVERYBODY’S STORE’’
Today’s Advertisement
for Saturday’s Selling
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Sale of
Novelty
Jewelry
Items from a manufacturer’*
lina (ft samples—values up
to $2.50. Saturday every
piece is offered at—
69c “d 79c
Earrings, 79c
Pendant, loop and button
styles in prevailing colors—
jadp, jet, lapis, pearl, coral,
sapphire, red and topaz.
Necklaces, 79c
Black jet coat chains,
bronze Egyptian motif neck
laces, strands of graduated
beads in all lengths—jet,
sapphire, red, coral, topaz.
Bar Pins, 69c
Daintily fashioned and
beautifully set with sap
phires, rhinestones and other
stones. Also a number of
vanities and coin cases.
Saturday--Jewelry Shop—
Main Floor
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Special Selling of Fur Trimmed
COATSi
$595w- *79*°^
*8950 - fS 55#
Values up to $175
The choicest coats of the season,
bought at a concession of about fifty
cents on the dollar, enables us to offer
this extraordinary pricing. All are
beautiful fur-trimmed garments, made
especially for Burgess-Nash—many of
them duplicates of handsome wraps
sold early in the season.
Saturday—Coat Shop—Third Floor
Candy Specials
for Saturday
Cream Chocolate# — Straw
berry, raspberry, vanilla,
mint and pineapple fla
vors. Saturday, ^
pound. 0"lC
Cream Brazil*—Whole Bra
zil nuts with thick coating
of vanilla or C 1
maple. Pound... OAC
Peanut Brittle — Fresh and
crisp, with quantities of
nuts. Saturday, Ol -
pound. "AC
Hand Dipped Bon Bon* —
Glace cream bon bons in
vanilla, maple, raspberry,
pisachio,orange and straw
berry. Saturday’s dO
price, pound.
Saturday—Candy Shop
Mezzanine Floor
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Toilet Goods Specials
Energine Cleaner .27C
Mulsified Cocoanut Oil, 37C
Twink Dya Flake*—All
colors . 7*
S taco mb—For the hair.. 63C
MicheUen Imported Bey Rum,
24-oz. size . . .91.59
Orisa Antidermite Face
Lotion . 35<*
Glover'* Mange Medicine,
special . 49C
$1.95 Pure Bristle Hair
Brush .91.39
65c Pure Bristle Nail
Brush . 39<*
Gillette Safety Razor with
three blades . . , .63C
Gem Safety Razor with three
blades . 49£
Large Size Window
Chamois . 98<^
Combination Syringe Set for
hot water bottle . . .4J2<*
Surgeons’ Rubber Gloves, 49<t
Large Rubber Sponges.. 49C
25c Tooth Brushes.i.7C
Jergen’s Hand Lotion ... .39^
Rubber Gloves, 29<* and 49<*
Physicians’ and Surgeons'
Soap, cake . . . .9*
Black Narcissus Sachet, $2.98
Palm Olive Soap, 4 for. . . 25<^
Java Rice Face Powder.. 39<*
Saturday—Burgess-Naan—Main Floor
New Spring Silks
For Lingerie and Dresses
At Prices Very Moderate
Radium Pongee, Yd., $1.25
36-inch width in delicate shades
of dainty colors. An ideal silk
for lingerie, blouses and dresses.
Crepe de Chine, Yd., $1.59
An excellent quality of 40-inch
width in light and dark colors.
Practical weight for lingerie,
blouses and dresses.
Tubular Vesting
36-inch width vesting in white, flesh and pink knitted in fancy stitches.
A three-fourths yard length is generally required to make a gen
erously proportioned vest, yard.91.59
Saturday—Daylight Silk Shop—Second Floor
Saturday in the Bargain Basement
Special Purchase of
New Spring
Dresses $16.75
200 lovely dresses that immedi
ately make you like them for
their Springtime freshness, ex
cellent fabrics and their excep
tionally low pricing. Circular
skirts and basque waists—the
latest combination and others
with slim straight lines in
Taffeta Canton Flat Crepe
Wool Canton Poiret Twill
Gingham Dresses
$1.49 to $2.39
Made of pretty ginghams, checks,
plaids and stripes, trimmed with collars,
cuffs and wide sashes of contrasting ma
terial and organdy; sizes 7 to 14.
Saturday—Bargain Basement
Chamoisette, Fabric
and Silk Gloves
Broken lots of long gauntlet and two- (
clasp style gloves. Not all sizes in
all styles, but a good assortment.
Fair . ■
Imported Kid Glove*—16-button length of fine imported kid
in black and white; 12-button length in brown, d*^ QP
tan, beaver and white. Special, pair.sP*T*5rO
12-Button Kid Glove*—An exceptional value in this popular
12-button length glove of imported kid in dJO QP
medium weight when priced at only, pair.*PO*57eJ
Cape. Leather Gauntlet*—Warm, durable and nicely fitting;
these cape leather gauntlets in dark brown, gray d»0 A C
and tan are a fortunate purchase at, pair.*P«**»0
Saturday—Main Floor
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Sale of Framed Mottoes
Reduced Satur- Regular
day to, each, Ot/ C Price 1.00
Saturday—Main Floor
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Sale of Beaded Bags
Hand beaded in bright floral patterns or sub
dued conventional designs, made on shell
frames. Values up QF
to $12.50 .
Leather Bag Specials
A convenient bag of cobra seal, hand-tooled leathers, walrus
grain and crepe seal grains in swagger, envelope, pouches
and shopping styles. Values to ?5.95, Q r
at..
Shopping Bags
$1.00 $2.25 $3.50
Patent Leather Parisian Shop
ping Bags, made with doable handle
and strong metal clasp.
Nine-inch unlined Bags, $1.00.
Nine-inch mercerized lined Bags,
$2.25.
Twelve-inch unlined Bags, $3.50.
Saturday—Main Floor
Fashioned Chiffon Hosei
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It is seldom one finds a chiffon stocking of this quality J
at this low pricing. They aie all-black hose, well re- J
inforced; a regular £« j « i
• $‘2.50 value for.$ 1 ,40 j
Women’s Hose—Included are odd lots of wool and silk ]
and wool. Hose that has been selling QQ
for $1.50, now.Ot/C
Saturday—Main Floor
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January Clearance of
Underwear
Union Suits
All of the better makes re
duced for quick selling.
Low neck sleeveless, high
neek long sleeve and ankle
lengths in vari- ^ nn
ous weights. ...•?! »wU
Union Suit*
High neck, long sleeves, also
some silk and wool vests
and drawers, regular $3.00
and $2.75
quality.vl »Ovl
Union Suits
Suits made high neck and long
sleeves, low neck and elbow
sleeves; full open front
, with drop seat, well-made
garments that can be used
for both boys and girls.
Sises 2 to 16, 79
Union Suits
This lot includes our finer $4
and $5.75 values, in all wool
and silk and wool garments.
.$2.00
Saturday—Main Floor
