Today
The Day Has Came and
Gone.
Now Take Stock of
Yourself.
Prohibition as a Life
Saver.
The French Family.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
V-/
Christmas has gone, only “stock
lime” remains for many adults,
the wonderful day that children
will talk of and long for, all
through another year.
This remaining week of 1923
ought to be stock-taking time for
the young that are suspended half
way between childhood and success,
the great army from*l9 to 30 odd,
that has still to show what it is
worth, if anything.
Six more days, then they will
be started on a new year, and
that will be gone, for many, be
fore they realize that it has really
started. And a little later, indif
ferent voices will be saying: “He
seemed rather promising, too,
when he was young.” Take stock
now, clear out all that is not
worth carrying over into the new
year. Time will take stock of you
and close you out at a low figure,
f you neglect your own stock
taking.
Christmas news is usually dull,
followed the rule yesterday. It
told of a bootlegger, captured with
*46,000 in his pockets. Do you
wonder that men take risks in
bootlegging.
Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler says,
no matter how much bootleggers
may collect, the people are better
off than they were before. They
have saved more than $1,000,000,
000, and prohibition has saved
S73.000 lives in four years. Mr.
Wheeler claims credit for all the
cut in the death rate. Science
has had something to do with that;
be credits prohibition-with all the
increased savings bank deposits.
Prosperity and high wages have
influenced them. However, acci
lents have diminished by 250,000,
orohibition deserves all credit
here. And while New York
■statistics show many more arrests
for drinking in 1923, compared
vith 1922, the 1923 number is 30
'er cent below the days before
wohibition.
However, the important ques
ion is not one of arrests, or sav
ngs, or even of deaths. The
luestion is “What effect will pro
libition have on the human mind,
a the long run?” We know that
•riental countries, free from alco
have amounted to nothing in
tellectually, for centuries. Was
hat caused by laclc of stimulating
tleohol, or by racial inferiority, or
>oth?
Everywhere there is prhgress.
lapan probably will give “man
lood suffrage” a vote for every
.ia», regardless of wealth but, of
ourse, not votes* for Japanese
vomen yet.
The French parliament discusses
seriously votes for French women,
n France, the shopkeeper’s wife is
usually the business woman, and
ilways she is the advisor and prac
ically the head of the family.
Imericans that think they have a
monopoly of “real family life” en
oy deep ignorance. There are
lowhere on earth closer family
ies, or more admirable family life
han in France. ,
To us it seems strange to hear
'■'renchmen demand that if women
vote, the men shall have a right
o cast votes for their minor chil
dren, “including illegitimate chil
dren, in cases where the father has
egally recognized such children.”
Votes for the illegitimate chil
Iren should be cast by the moth
■rs. They might change that in
imous part of Napoleon’s law, for
ddding women “to seek to estab
ish the paternity of an illegiti
nate child." The votes of «ich
vomen and their offspring might
improve the morals of men by
increasing their responsibility. To
discourage vice, make it expen
-ive as the old poker player said,
hen he raised the pot.
(Copyright. 1933.)
Named Bishop at Nashville.
Indianapolis, Dec. 26.—The Rev.
Vlphonse J. Smith, DP., pastor of the
it. Joan of Arc Ro.nan Catholic
ohtrch here, has re^ciyed notice of
hie appointment by Rope Fins XI aa
bishop of the dlqpese at Nashville,
r*nn., It was announced today.
Your Credit
IS GOOD HERE!
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Men. Women. Children.
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124 Persons
| Die in Xmas
Auto Crashes
8 Commit Suicide on Holi
day—8 Die From Effect*
of Drinking Poison
Rum.
By International News Service,
More than 24 lives were snuffed out
in Christmas automobile accidents In
the United States.
Illinois headed the list with eight
victims.
Maryland was a close second with
five fatalities. Three persons were
hilled In motor car accident# at 8t.
Louis, two each In Texas and the
District of Columbia, and one each at
Kansas City, Buffalo and Council
Bluffs.
S’ _______
By Intcrnalioniil News Service.
Either prohibition liquor is improv
ing or the United States ia drinking
less of the prohibition liquor that i#
getting forse and worse, for In thia
country of 110,000,000 persons only
eight died from their Christmas day
tippling, according to a careful can
vass today.
New York and Chicago were tied
for the lead, with three dead each.
Philadelphia and Birmingham, Ala.,
each reported one moonshine fatality.
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‘By AuNM-latcd Press.
New York, Dec. 26.—Despondency,
seemingly made more unbearable by
the scenes nf Christinas cheer on all
sides, caused eight persons to attempt
suicide during the holiday, police say.
Four men inhaled gas, one woman
leaped from a roof, another woman
drank poison and an unidentified man
threw himself beneath a subway train,
the offlc.al records state. Five died
immediately and the others are said
to be in a critical condition.
By International New* Service.
New York. Dec. 26.—The bodies
of two women and a man, killed by
illuminating gas, were found today
in Long Island City. The bodies of
John McIntyre, his wife and Mrs.
Mary Smith, a visitor, lay on the
kitchen floor.
By International News Service.
New York, Dec. 26.—The death roll
from poison holiday liquor was ex
pected to mount today when police
complete a check of the city’s morgues
and hospitals.
Three persons are known to have
died from drinking. Nine others, in
eluding three women, are in hospitals.
Six were reported in serious condl
tion.
Forty persons were found uncon
scious in the streets In the last 48
hours, but their condition did not
warrant hospital treatment.
Of the dead two were women—Mrs.
Anna Schuyler, 64, and Mrs. Eva
Brown, 62.
Among those seriously ill was a 15
year-old school boy.
Champaign, 111., Dec. 26.—Mrs.
Margaret White of Homer, 111., died
today of injuries received ^hen the
Doris Keane Answers
Doctor s Suit With Suit
[ rhss Cb iris' Kc&i-uz.
When Miss Doris Keane, famous
American actress, was stricken ill In
Paris she summoned Dr. Charles K.
A, Locke of New York there y>- cable
to perform an operation, and lie
spent $1,095 getting there. When she
learned what the operation would
lost, the doctor alleges, she refused
to submit to it and paid him only
$1,000. He is suing her for $20,000
in New York. She has answered with
a $50,000 suit, alleging “the physi
cian's unsympathetic attitude made
her ill."
automobile In which she was riding
was struck by a stieet car here last
night.
By International News Nervier.
Ia>s Angeles. L'al., Dec. 26.—With
three persons dead and seven others
dying as the result of traffic accidents
on Christmiia day, the. police today
hunted the driver of the “death auto
mobile," which killed William .Jeproff,
IS, and probably fatally hurt William
Knoroff, 11. The automobile knocked
the boys from the step of a street car
and sped away without halting to
render aid.
Those killed in the Christmas traf
fic accidents besides Jeproff were F.
M. Brunton, 60, and a man believed
by police to be L. L. Boswell, 22.
By International News Nrrvlre,
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26.—One
death from automobile accidents over
the Christmas holiday was reported
here today. Scores of minor accidents
were reported.
Minneapolis Omah* New York
Haas Brothers
Year-End Sale
Affords Omaha’s
Greatest Apparel Offerings
Garments of quality now of
fered at the lowest prices of the
entire season. Shrewd shoppers
come direct to Haas Brothers.
A Forceful Disposal
of Our Entire
Stock of
Regular and Extra Size
Coats-Suits
Frocks
The annual Year-Knd Clearance at Haas
Brothers is that period in our Merchan
dising Calendar when every garment must
be sold. We positively will not carry a sin
gle garment from one season to another.
On the Second Floor—Sizes 1H to Ho
On the Fourth Floor—Sizes H2 to 56
y .—“V
Haas Brothers Avoid Sensationalism
and ComjHirativc Prices
We simply announce that every
garment has been greatly re
duced in price, and we are sin
cere In the announcement. Our
customers alone are to be the
judge of the former worth of a
garment.
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As is usual with a Haas Brothers’ sale the response
hns been very gratifying. The woman who seek*
quality assurance is in the majority of instances a
patron at Haas Brothers’ sales.
HaasBrothers
JET * Shop rorWomcn "
Rites for Dead
Fiver Monday
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Air Mail Service to Be Sus
pended One Week in Honor
of J. T. “Dinty"” Moore.
Funeral of J. T. "Dinty” Moore, air
mail pilot kfiy<l when his ship crash
ed near Burns, Wyo., Monday morn
ing, will he held Friday afternoon in
Coalville, Utah, the home of his
widow.
Mrs. Moore, her baby, her father,
Dr. French, and her sister and brother
have arrived in Cheyenne, several
mail pilots and Assistant Superin
tendent Power of the central air mail
division VI ill also accompany the body
and attend the funeral.
Serious illness of Mr. Moore's moth
er In their home, Hail Center, Tex.,
prevents her or hi* father from at
tending the absequies.
D. B. Colyer, superintendent of the
Central division, said today that sus
pension of air mail service will con
tinue until January 2 in honor of
Moore and three other mail pilots,
killed on duty during the year.
"Pilots and other employes will all
remain in service, drawing their sal
aries, but pilots, of course, will not
receive their flying mileage during this
suspension," he said.
Lincoln Remembers Poor.
Lincoln, Dec. 26.—Christmas in
Lincoln was confitjed chiefly to family
dinners and looking to the immediate
needs of the homeless atid destitute.
Aside from private charities, the
Order of Elks and the Salvation Army
gave bountiful dinners to all who
came to their headquarters. Dinners
in keeping with the day were supplied
to inmates of the asylum for the in
sane, at the state penitentiary and
other penal Institutions and the cus
tomary liberties were allowed to con
victs.
Given Post by Coolidge.
New York, Dec. 25.—Bogden Chis
holm of tills city, retired banker and
well known advocate of prison re
form, yesterday announced President
Coolidge had appointed him interna
tional prison commissioner to «uc
ceed the late John Koren.
Mr. Chisholm is known as an ar
dent advocate of the international
code of procedure in the handling of
prisoners, which he said today he
would try to have adopted by the in
ternational prison congress when it
meets in London in 1925.
Auto Hits Woman.
J. C. Berry, living on North Seventh
street, reported to Counoil Bluffa po
lice that his car struck Mrs. Stewart
Evans, 186 Sixth avenue, at Broad
way and Glen avenue.
Dahlman to Head 1
Utilities Board
Major in I-ine for Chairman
ship of Directors—Meet
ing Next Week.
Mayor Dahlman is in line for the
chairmanship of the of the board of
directors of the Metropolitan Utilities
district, which organization he is now
serving as vice chairman. The an
nual meeting will be held on Wednes
day, Januhry 2.
C. M. Wilhelm has served this year
as chairman. The new vice chair
manship probably will go to F. J
Burkley, who was appointed to the
board to succeed the late C. M
Oruenther.
The terms of F. D. Wead and W.
J. Goad as directors terminate St
the Close of 1924. ' It Is understood
that both will be up for re-election.
Mr. Wead has served 11 years as
director and twice as chairman of
the board. G. T. Kountze wks recently
appointed to the board to succeed
United States Senator It. B. Howell.
Canadian Girl
Prince’s Fianee
Ottawa, Dec. 26.—The engagement
was officially announced last night of
Miss Lots Frances Booth, grand
daughter of J. R. Booth, Canadian lum
ber king, to Prince Erik Frederick
Christian Alexander, third son of
Prince and Princess Valdemar of
Denmark. The marriage, it Is un
derstood, will take place here next
spring and will he attended by the
bridegroom's lather. Prince Valde
mar.
The prince is 31 and a first cousin
LUCKY
STRIKE
CIGARETTE
Pre-Inventory
SALE
Big Four Day Clean-up of
Grands, Uprights, Player
Pianos, and Phonographs
-At Bargain Prices
We must clean up odd* and
, ends of our immense stock at
once for inventory and we
have made drastic cut* In
prices in order to move these .
i n s t r u mcnts immediately. |
Many of these instruments 1
ire demonstrators, others have
been taken in trade. All are
in perfect condition and fully
guaranteed by us. Note the
genuine bargains and the very I
liberal terms offered.
Player-Pianos Only $10 Down
Hartford .8275.00
Pianists .8298.00
Solo Concerto .. 8350.00
Schmollrr ft Mueller $365.00
Seybold .$375.00
Aeolian ... .$395.00
Free Bench and Selection Rolls
Used Uprights Only $5 Down
Kimball .8 68.00
Chickerinjf ..... 8 88.00
Erbe .8118.00
Royal .8138.00
Bush A Gerts .. .8110.00
Hardman .8150.00
Walwrath . . . 8178.00
Everett .$185.00
Schmoller & Mueller $192.00
Emerson •. .$218.00
Harvard . .. .$225.00
Sohmer .$250.00
Tver* * Pond. . .. $275.00
Phonographs Only $1 Down
$52
Columbia .9 10.00
Carnival .9 15.00
Victor .9 10.00
Brunswick ....>8 52.00
Columbia . 9 72.00
Columbia Electric. 9 75.00
Mandel .9 78.00
Columbia Electric .9 08.00
Sonora .9118.00
Brunswick. .9128.00 j
Remember: —
Only a .small cash payment down and easy terms on the bal
ance. All instruments arc from well-known makers and fully
guaranteed by us.
Sdunolkr & JDueller Piano Co
13M!6-18-Dod4e St-Omnka
Brother, Sister Meet After 55 Years
c4*ctreu) OJsett m»o 7,9. 'Ua. ssfclcjuitfi *' I
Mrs. F. B. Hasselqulst, 73. Crowell,
Neb., and Andrew Olsen, 59, Pensa
cola,Fla., sister and brother, enjoyed
a merry Christmas in Omaha Tues
day. Theyr met for the first time in
55 years to spend Christmas at the
home of R. B. Hasselqulst, 2431 Titus
avenue, Mrs. Hasselquist's son.
Mrs. Hasselquist and Mr. Olsen last
saw each other 55 years aeo at their
father's funeral In Bergen, Norway,
when the sister was 18 and the brother
was 4. Since that time Mr. Olsen has
traveled to all ports of the sevefi seas,
having roved the'sea for 20 years.
He Is How employed at the govern
ment airplane building yards at Pen
sacola. Mrs. Hasxebiuist has been a
[resident of Nebraska for nearly 50
[ yea r*i.
of King George of England and King
Christian of Denmark. Ae Dowager
Queen Alexander of England is a sister
of Prince Valdemar:
Miss Booth today wore an engage
ment ring presented to her by her
fiance. The ring, of diamond* and
emeralds, lias been in his family for
generations. Miss Jiooth will share
her husband's rank and titles. They
will res.de alternately in Canada and
In Denmark.
U. S. Court Gets
State Hum Case
New' Procedure to Be Used by
Sheriff in Liquor
Trial.
William E. Lamb. 1 SI7 South Twen
ty-fifth avenue, arrested in a raid by
Deputy Sheriff Thestrup Saturday,
will be tried In federal court.
Thla unusual procedure Is to be
pursued through a clause In the law
which says defendants can be tried In
federal court provided the federal of
fleers bad no knowledge of the raid
when it was made.
"We are doingi more business now
against liquor violators than before
the derision against prohibition agents
exerting search warrants," said
General Prohibition Agent Samardlck
yesterday as he showed a roll of
bills. To each was pinned a slip of
paper 1 tearing the address where tb«
marked bill had been used to pur
chase liquor for the purpose of prose
cution. Purchase price of liquor In
these rases varied from £0 cents to
$5 a pint.
Ijcmb Is charged with possession of
liquor and possession of counterfeit
labels and revenue stamps. The bot
tles were labeled "Old Kentucky Bour
bon.”
40 Spanish Reds Nabbed.
Madrid, Dec. 20.—Forty commun
ist 8 have been arrested in thi« city,
Neville, San Sebutian and Bilbao,
feuMrating a communist plot thit wai
to li3ve come to a < bmax Friday,
according to information obtained
here.
It is claimed that the conspiracy,
which was aimed against the Spanish
directory. was engineered \nd
financed from Moscow.
For the Gaieties of the
Holiday Season
Chiffon Dance Frocks
Are Loveliest—and
Very Inexpensive
From more than five yards of filmy chiffon
and a bit of metal lace for piquant cap sleeves,
or as trimming, the clever person may fashion
a bewitching dance frock.
\ She will find it much to her advantage to shop
s3 at Wednesday’s special prices.
Lovely
Chiffons
Yd. $1.25
Delicate tints and flaming
—in sheer and evenly
woven chiffons of beauti
ful quality, inch widths.
School girls who need an
other party frock, for the
holidays or a new one to
take back with them, will
find these lovely chiffons
most desirable.
Feather fans, small and
large, in colors to softly
blend or daringly con
trast.
Headbands
The smart bob and the
charming coiffeur alike
bind themselves to place
with a spray of metal
leaves or a narrow jew
eled headband. These
are inexpensively priced
at $1.00 and more.
Remnants of
Metal Laces
Almost \i Price
Sparkling metal laee
trimmings, half yard and
yard remnants, may be
had for almost half
their usual price. Gold ,
and silver, and ^
some pieces with
color.
-at
Thompson-Belden's
*
Ask the folks
whobum^
FURNACE ^
ANTINE
The Hard Soft-Coal ”
II it itn’t Clean',
It't not CANTINE
They’ll tell you how much more convenient it is to
handle—how relie' d they are to be through with pounding
large chunks into useable saie—how easy it is for the wife,
daughter or mother to fire—how nieely it cokes—how easily
it bums—what genuine comfort it gives, Eurnoc# Sill is rarely
available at the CANT1NE price.
Eliminate drudgery■—let your next order be for CAN
TINE Furnace Size. Order from dealers listed.
OMAHA
C. W. Hull Co.
Victor White Coel Co.
Her mon A Wc« ih
McCaffrey Broa Co.
K. A. Mar (hall Coal Co.
Union Fuel Co.
Horn-Van Kutan l hr A
Coal Co.
l.INCOl.N, NIB
Hutchm* A Hv.tt Co.
Wbttobroat Cool A l umbot
Co.
Coniurntn' Cool Co.
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Platmr Ur. A Cool Co.
Dro(« Elrvmtw Co.
Ftnkui-Wkkham Cool
( •
K rot tack Bro»
Far Halt la Carloads Oaly k
Lumaehi Coal Co., 1123 W. 0. W. Bide. Omaha_
