l Woman Cuts Off Brother in Will; Money to Steno. Sislrr of Dr. Jamrs S. Foolo of Creighton Dental College Left $60,000 Estate to Employe. Dr. James 5. Foote, 102 South Fifty-second street, professor In Creighton Dental college, receives nothing from the estate of his sister, Mrs. Jennie Holbrook, who died In St. Louis last Sunday, according to the will, which leaves her $BO,OOU fortune to Miss Billie Edith Stanley, 22, a stenographer, formerly of Louis iana, Mo. Dr. Foote, a nationally famous man In medicine and dental surgery, said he was on good terms with his sister, though he has not seen her for sev eral years. He declined to state whether he intends to file a contest. Par Value .$181,000. >Th# par value of the estate was said to have been $181,000. An effort was made Thursday In Rt. Louis to probate an earlier will, In which the estate was left to the Centenary Methodist church, St. Louis, and two women friends, and Dr. Foote was given $1,000. The court refused this. Met on Street Car. Miss Stanley says ehe met Mrs. Holbrook first on a street car. Later when the girl was 111 at the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Holbrook, who did much ^ for ths betterment of living conditions of working girls, took her to her own home. Miss Stanley says she first began to live with Mrs. Holbrook three years ago when she wanted to adopt her. This the girl refused because her parents were then living. She and Mrs. Holbrook lived at the Del Monte hotel In Rt. Louis. Five Divorces Granted by Court at Madison Madison, Nov. 21.—District court was in session here Thursday, Judge Chase presiding. Walter M! Rees was granted a dlvoree from Edith A. Rees, and Beatrice Blank a divorce from Otto Blank, alimony being de nied. Oscar Malm was allowed a divorce from Violet Malm and the question of alimony was continued. Helen Tritten was given a divorce from Arthur Tritten, with maiden name restored, and permanent all . mony awarded In sum of $200. Ra.v I mond Hillls was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Hillls and plaintiff will pay the defendant permanent ali mony In sum of $S00 and the costs of suit. All these partlee reside at Norfolk. Two Women Dead at Upland. Upland. Ncfv. 21.—Mira. F. A. Scheets, 6S, wife of a retired farmer, who had lived In Upland for the past 13 years, died at her home, Wednes day, after a lingering Illness. She had an operation about eight months "* ago to remove a tumor on the brain. Mrs. Charles P. Davis, who lived on a farm between Bladen and Blue Hill, died suddenly about noon Thursday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Kile, here. She had been visit ing at the daughter's home for the last three days. Death Is sakl to have l>een caused by heart failure. Alabama Drouth Broken. Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21—Rain fell here today for the first time In 53 days. The last rain was on Sep tember 2K. I Knowing That “We Must Move” and | That “We Must Sell,” Why Don’t YOU Buy Christmas Gifts Now! y Christmas looms near! Soon that endless trudge, search and query for choice, uncommon gifts. Why not forestall all that? Select jewel ed gifts now; leisurely; especially so since we are undermining the price of most every line in this establishment. We "Must Move,” “Must Sell.” Select what you will need as Christ mas jrifts from any department here. Make whatever deposit you wish and the piece will be held for you, if necessary, until the very day before Christmas. This sale means much to you—if you will but look into it—SOON. 1 Men of Now Enthuse 5; Over the Very Name I "GRUEN” Our Christmas showing of g watches in general,nnd “Gruen” H watches in particular, is re markably complete; more hand some than at any time in our § career. But, even so, an im 5 mediate DISPOSAL is in order, i “Must Move”—"Must Sell.” i _ GRUEr* Here's a Man's Exquisite “Gruen" WATCH , At $27.50 A white gold filled watch with raised numbers on dial; beauti fully engraved bezel; a watch that may be termed EXQUIS ITE at the money. Best of all, ^ it’s a “CJruen” and any man > who reads knows what THAT j means. ! Never a Better Time to Select Gleaming Loose ,j | Diamonds Than Right NOW (Use 'em as Gifts) j --- 14 Carat $67.50 \ V2 Carat |$ 157.50 3A Carat $275 One Carat | $405 * C. B. Brown Jewelry Co. U. S. National Bank Bldg., 16th and Famam. Comedian Backs S. 0. S. for “IVise Cracks” With Cash, Theater Tickets f—-- ^ These Rules Govern JT ise Cracks Contest Purpose—To furnish Billy Glnsnn. the Orpheuni comedian, with "wise rroi-Us" for tils art. first Prise—15 In rash for heat "wise iTSik." Herojiil Prize—55 In rash for second best "wise crack." Third Prize—si In rash for third hcst "nlse rrark." Ten prizes of two scats fo the Orpheuni theater. t lose of Contest—Friday. November IS. Mall vour "nlse cracks" to the Wise Tracks Kdltor, The Omaha Bee. In submitting "wise cracks" he aura to enclose niur nttme and address. V_/ Girls are Just about the funnies’ things on earth, If you believe every thing Billy Glason says. Billy has told so many Jokes about “his girl" In the In at few years that he can hardly thlnlt of anything new to say about her. But he still believes (or pretends to) that girls are funny, so he wants Omahans to play "turn about" and tell him some jokes on their girls. He wants to have these new stories to tell when he appears at the Or pheum theater during the week of November 23. He's willing to pay for his fun. For Instance, he'd pay J5 for a Joke like this: "My girl's so skinny that I heard | a man say: ‘That fellow must he go ing to build a girl; he's got the frame up already." But Billy saw that one fir«t