Nebraska Newspapers

    Sutphen Claims
: Record in Dash
j for St Joseph, Mo.
* _
fSrandeu Theater Manager
Makes Round Trip From
Omaha in 11
„ Hours.
^ Joy Sutphen, manager of Brandels
3 theater, believes he has hung up a
new record for apeed. On Thursday
he entrained at 9:30 a. m. for St. Jo
: seph. Mo., disposed of a business en
gagement during the early afternoon
t and waa back at the theater at 8:30 p.
' m. He averred that he moved so
! fast at tlmea that It was difficult to
! keep company with his clothes.
"Boy, I Jes moved right along, das
all, and I ain’t saying maybe,” Is the
way he summarized his hectlo trip.
He reports arriving at St. Joseph at
! 2 p. m., and then having a confer
r ence of 20 minutes, followed by a long
; distance call to Omaha. While walt
; ing for the caM he Inquired If there
was a bue leaving St. Joseph and
; connecting at Atchison with the Mis
t souri Pacific at 3:30 for the north.
Information All Wrong.
An affirmative nod reassured *h!m.
!*■ hfe was In the bus at 2:45 and was
[>j t|ld that the Information about male
li ing connections at Atchison at 3:30
si was all to the negative. He left the
j bus and rushed to the hotel, where
i he inquired of the telephone operator
? if she could summon an able and will
J ing motor vehicle driver who could
1 make 29 miles to Atchison In 35 min
j; utes.
S * "We were delayed by two freight
t■ trains getting out of St. Joseph," Joy
|| related. "I threw a dollar to the
I driver and told him to drive over,
- under or around the second freight
• train, because I was due in Atchison
• at 3:30. We were five miles from
J Atchison at 3:30 and, Just as we reach
} ed the river a stock train was pull
ilng onto the bridge, which has only
one roadway.
Wave* to Engineer.
j I waved to the engineer to hold his
j train back, but he drove on first and
2 we followed. We got Into Atchison
Just as the Missouri Pacific 3:30 was
£ pulling out. Rushed to an oil filling
S station and gave the clerk a dollar
» and asked for ad%’ice. He told me
* the train stopped at a Junction out
2. side of Atchison. My driver made one
| more wild dash and landed me at the
g: train Just as it was beginning to pick
J: up speed out of the Junction. .
I GLEE CLUB PLAY
WELL R LIVED
Members of the Central High school
' senior glee club presented "The
* Chimes of Normandy” to a packed
house Friday night at the Central
; High school auditorium.
It was opening night for the play
which is to he presented again this
t■ afternoon and this evening.
Esther Ellis as Serpolette won a
name for herself in the annals of the
school history. Alice May Christen
sen ,as Germaine, was equally as
1 good, and Volcott Swift took part of
the Marquis of Corneville with grace.
But to Bernar Wilson went the
t highest honors of the evening. In
► the difficult roll of Gaspard, the
miser, he carried his audience with
2 him and demonstrated to them his
» idea of the thoughts of a money lov
2 ing individual.
Mrs. Carol Narhoff Pitts, musical
* director of the school, snd Lena May
'• Williams, dramatic director, super
vised the presentation of the pity.
CHICAGO SLAYER
TO DIE IN NOOSE
E ■ Chicago, Dee. 13.—Russell Scott
l. must hang.
' ’ The Jury in Judge Thomas Lynch's
dourt, where Scott was tried the sec
j; $nd time for the murder of Joseph
2 Maurer, 19.year-old drug clerk,
j ieached a verdict tonight after 45
minutes’ deliberation. He was found
* fuilty and sentenced to hang.
. Maurer was killed v.Len Scott and
2 his brother held up the drug store
X in which he worked last April. His
$1 brother Is still a fugitive. Scott was
jr sentenced to the gallows at hts first
I trial. The supreme court granted him
a new trial.
Scott, who Is 29, attracted con
siderable attention by his financial
ventures several years ago. He ne
gotiated several large building con
tracts when he waa scarcely out of
his 'teens.
Scott came to Chicago after he had
lost a fortune In a bridge bulldJBC
•project la Detroit.
PROMISE BREACH
ACTION DROPPED
| Oakland, Cal., Deb. IS.—'The 160,
100 breach of promise action Insti
tuted by Mr*. Elizabeth M. Lex of
Los Angeles against Chief of Police
August Vollmer of Berkeley, was
dropped from the superior court
nalendar here yesterday because of
the failure of plaintiff or her coun
sel to put In an appearance. Voll
mer la former chief of police of Loa
Angeles.
Warden
on Candy at
Jail
Denver, Dec. 13.—Candy, gum
and pastries went under the ban
at tho county Jail yesterday when
Warden Thomas H. Clnnnan Issued
an order decreeing the jail fare
based largely on corn meal mush,
1 would be tha only diet permitted
* prisoners.
Hmall saws, hidden In the creamy
mists of plea and narrotlrs hurled
, deep In the sweet renters of can
dles have been smuggled to the
£ prisoners, the warden declared, and
r added that I he most effective way
of stopping the smuggling was to
* bar the aweeta,
% Hum, Warden Clennan said, had
Hot yet been polluted by the smug
glers hut he had dei hied not to
risk further the genius of friends
urd relatives of llie ptisouert
Tinkers’s Son Becomes Gifted Pianist
After Dr. James E. IVagner Sees Genius
Coe Pettit.
Ten years ago a forlorn little waif
came with his father, a sewing ma
chine tlnkerer, to the home of Dr.
James Elvln Wagner In Mason. City,
la. Today he arrives in Omaha, a
youth of 20, to appear in concert at
the First Methodist church on Tues
day evening. His musical abilities
were noticed the day that Dr. Wag
ner first saw the little boy and It
has been through the efforts of the
pastor that the boy has acquired a
musical education. He is Coe Pettit,
now an accomplished pianist and a
junior in Chicago university.
On that day 10 years ago when
Coe's father knocked on the door of
the Wagner home to ask if the sew
ing machine needed mending, It was
only by chance that the boy accom
panied his father. While the father
was busy at the machine, the little
boy's eyes fel lupon the piano and
he sat do'wn to play. Dr. Wagner
heard the boy's playing and asked
the name of the selection. The boy
answe.ed that It had no name, that
he had just “made it up.” He then
told the pastor that he had taught
himself to play on an old piano in the
hayloft of the barn where they lived.
Dr. Wagner realized that the boy
hid ability and asked him to return
to play. Before hie next visit, the or
ganist of Dr. Wagner's church had
agreed to teach the bdy. For two
years the boy studied with the
teacher.
"I have taught the boy all I know,”
the teacher told the pastor, “but he
could accomplish more with his mu
sic.” Through contributions of parish
ioners th« boy was sent to Chicago
to study with Fannie Blodmfield Zels
ler, noted woman pianist. He spent
six years in Chicago, working for his
board and" room. His practicing was
accomplished by going from house to
house and getting permission from
kind housewives to play bn their
pianos. His strange request to play
their pianos for a short time for
practice was rebuffed in many in
stances.
Dr. Wagner kept in touch with the
boy who was studying at his piano
and working his way through college.
When the pastor was in Boston,
Pettit appeared in concert there.
Press notices and comments were
flattering. On his return to the west
the youth stopped in Newr York to
play for musicians there and was of
fered a lucrative position. He insist
ed that he must finish his college ed
ucation, and refused the offer. While
attending college he aided in the sup
port of his yo'unger brother in high
school at Mason City. His father,
during these 10 years, was still a
tlnkerer of sewing machines. His
mother a hopeless Invalid.
Each summer Coe earned money
for the coming school year by going
from tow-n to town to appear in re
citals. He carried a dummy keyboard
on his dilapidated Automobile to prac
tice upon. Because of an Injury to
his cheat in a “Y" camp two years
ago, Coe wa* unable to earn money
one summer. He has had to give up
his school work for a short time to
earn money to complete his eduea
tion.
His concert at the church Tuesday
evening will e his first appearance in
Omaha.
CLOTHES FOR POOR
ASKED AT CONCERT
A bundle of old clothes will be the
price of admission to a concert at
4 p. m. Sunday at the Elks club,
Eighteenth and Dodge streets. This
will be the first event of the Elks
Christmas cheer program this year.
The clothing will he turned over to
Col. F. A. McCormick of the Volun
teers of America, who Is also an of
ficer of the Elks. Women s and
children's clothing Is especially need
ed for the poor, as well as pertlcu
ularly shoes.
The music will be under direction
of John A. McCreary and Gilbert
J. Savage. Dr. Walter Conkllng will
sing. Mr*, Howard Kennedy will be
at the organ.
Coolidgc to Act Soon
on Sugar Duty Problem
Washington, Dec. 12.—Indication*
were given at the White House to
day that action by President Coolldge
might be expected at almost any time
on the sugar Inquiry conducted by the
traffic commission.
The nature of the action to be
taken has not been disclosed, but
many of those acquainted with the
progress of the two-year Inquiry made
by the commission expect the execu
tive to decide upon retention of the
present sugar duty of 1.76 cent* on
Cuban and 2.20 cents on sugar from
other foreign countries.
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for Christmas
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NOW
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Main Floor
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NOW
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Main Floor
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/or Christmas
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WITH THE ASSISTANCE of the family album
* ^ of a typical American family we are selecting
a number of suitable Christmas presents from the
1000 (Qlonderful ©ift>
eflf Inviting Loa> pricey
—We sincerely trust that our friends will
find our suggestions as helpful as the values .
are wonderful. *
nii
—for Newly Weds
Three-piece Living Room Suite up
holstered entirely in mohair, 248.50
Three-piece Living Room Suite up
holstered entirely in cut velour,
at . 169.50
338.00 fine Mulberry Mohair Sofa,
thickly overstuffed' with down
cushioned seats, special price,
at . 195.00
165.00 and 175.00 French Needle
point Arm Chairs with hand
carved mahogany frames, 100.00,
110.00.
Genuine Stickley End-Table-Book
Rack built of fine birch, finished
antique with a touch of color and
old gilt .12.75
An Oriental Table Rug selected from
the special values we have im
ported.
An Oriental Hearth Rug selected
from the special values we have
imported,
Our own late importation of Chinese
Rugs presents numerous oppor
tunities to choose very’, very’ ac
ceptable gifts at prices invitingly
low.
A full size wrought Iron Table Lamp
with amber prisms and a shade of
georgette that’s trimmed with
galloon and French flowers, 14.75
Solid Mahogany Windsor Chairs or
Rockers . 23.50
A solid Mahogany Console Table,
Octagon Table or pedestal type
Coffee Table, any one of which
is offered at the very special price
of . 19.75
Dinner service for six, in English por
celain, Grecian pattern (open
stock) . 28.75
—the Bachelor Girl
A beautiful, large Walnut Vanity
Dresser with three mirrors jn
American walnut for.59.75
Poppy red, or black and gold lac
quered Sewing Stand.12.00
Duncan Phyfe Spinet Desks in solid
mahogany . 39.50
Other spinet desks, in solid mahog
any at -28.50 to 200.00
Fret-Sided Magazine Stand in solid
mahogany, two sizes, 30.00.40.00
Blue Venetian Glass Colognes with
beautifully modeled floral topsA
• per pair .. 8.50
Italian toolad leather Photo Port
folios . 13.00
Decorated Italian Ink Welle tn carred
wood .. 4.00
Sterling and Bronre Spinet Desk
Sets . 48.00
Dutch SiVer Candlesticks, pr., 7.50
Fitted Traveling Case with fitted
Pullman Toilet Case (10 pieccsl,
at . 19.78
—with fittings In lid.17.50
—for Baby
A annltary bed-time Bear, with voire,
at .100
A aoft bed-time Dolly, with voire,
and a drean thnt Inundera . . . 2.00
White wool Doga for the toddler to
carry .2.00
Mnry’a Little Lamb, aoft and white,
with bell.4,00
Genuine akin Hearn, aoft Hnd downy,
a gift that it beautiful anti will
laat. Medium air.e 7.SO
Large size. 12.00
Tom Tinker, the wood doll that will
not break, in enamel that will not
wear off. <10c
Play Varda, in ivory enamel,
at. 10 00 13 00
Deep-aide Baby Bed*, in Ivory eu
amcl, at.11.50
—for Going-to-Bes
84-inch substantial, copper trimmed
Cedar Chest .11.90
44-inch walnut finished two-tone
Cedar Chest .27.50
Massive 40-inch Cedar Chest wnth
lock . 14.75
Roomy Cedar Chest, 45 inches deep,
copper trimmed .19.75
A solid Mahogany Spinet Desk with
tuck-away inkwell and roomy
writing bed .48.00
A solid Mahogany Priscilla Sewing
Cabinet . 12.75
A Gate-Leg Table with top that
measures 34x48 inches (a most
adaptable sire) in walnut or ma
hogany, with top of the solid
wood, at ..24.75
72x84 all-wool Kenwood Blankets,
at . 14.75
70x82 part wool Blankets... .7.85
72x80 good cotton Blankets... 3.95
Double Vegetable Dish in fine silver
plate . 10.00
Start their china service with one
doren Lenox Service Plates in the
Ming pattern, per doren . . . 36.00
—for Dick (age 4)
Teddy Bears that go to sleep,
at.1-75 to 2.5o
Circus Animals, that can be trained
to do circus stunts (unbreakable),
at.100 to 1.75
Pedal Cars.1 with ball bearings and
rubber tires.
1.75 Mechanical Train Set, Including
engine, coal car and coaches,
with large circle of track. .. . 1 00
Pop Guns, that break at the breech,
for shooting elephants and other
very wild animals .1.00
Dial Telephone, with a bell.1.50
1.00 sets of Lincoln Logs, for a com
plete bird house ..7.50c
Mechanical Train of two coaches
and coal car. on large circle of
track, complete.....3.00
Toonerville Trolley.50e
‘•The Teddy Bear That Trowled at
Night"—a new book in a gift box,
at ..75.
—for Jack (in the
grades)
Gilbert Tool Chest, with 1(5 splendid
tools . 3.00
Standnrd Gauge Lionel Train with
engine and two Pullman coaches,
at ... 1« SO
Scroll Saw for the boy toymaker,
with two steel saw* .8.00
Keystone Moving Picture Machine
to carry regular films.12.00
Structo Auto Building Toy* from
which finished automobiles may be
built .800, 7.00, 1000
Speedster Steel Sleds, 4.80, BOO,
5.50.
Flexible Flyers.7 00. !> 25
Scooters.. 2.50, 5 00, 6,50
Tractor and Trailer, of sturdy Struc
to m*ke .3.00
Wagons with disc wheels and rubber
tires .6 00
All steel dump trucks.7 00
All steel tank car* ....... ,10 00
The rubber horse shoe game 1.00
m
—for Mother
A solid mahogany, completely fitted
Martha Washington Sewing Cabi
net . 24.75
In a less expensive wood... .12.50
A Stickley Windsor Sewing Rocker
with short arms and low seat,
at . 13.75
A Coxwell Overstuffed Arm Chair
with spring filled, cushioned seat
in velour, at •.-,>....68.00
—in mohglr .tt.. .94.00
—in combination mohair.79.00
A Fireside Arm Chair with wings
and spring filled cushions, in ve
lour, at ..... • • • .47.50
—in mohair. 74.50
—in combination mohair, at...66.00
A Rug for dining or living rooms
in a good Seamless Axminster
quality, 9x12 size.62.50
_in a good Seamless Velvet quality,
9x12 size, at.47.50
—in a good Wool Wilton quality
at.»*•»
Or a fine French Wilton . .r*.. 150.00
9x12 Hartford Saxony Rugs. ..130.00
Let Santa bring mother’s gift via
the kitchen door and let it be a
62.50 Detroit Jewel Gas Range
with white porcelain parts, 49.50
Connected FREE.
Centerpiece Dining Table Bowl in
1 Stuben glass.12.00
A Junior Lamp with Georgette
shade. A special value.... 27.75
—for Jane (age 4)
Large six-room folding Doll House,
with furniture . 6.00
Gss Range, with cooking utensil',
for...2.50
Doll's 23-piece. Urge sire Tea Set,
for.5.50
Child’s 23-inch fumed oak, flat top
Desk, with blackboard.6.00
Child's very heavy 22-inch folding
oak Table.4.00
Child’s 12-inch fumed oak Chair, very
strong. 2.50
10-lneh Wardrobe Trunk, for dolly'*
clothe* .5.50
|.t8 Mamma Dolle, fully dreaaed, with
unbreakable bead and bonnet, IS
Inches high; special........... ..1.50
1.00 fully dressed Mamma Doll, with
honnet and unbreakable head. 15
Inches high; special.2.00
8.00 Madame Hendren Mamma Doll,
fully dressed, with bonnet and __
painted hair and eyes; special, 2.25
mmr k_
-for Mary (age 10)'
Child'* golden pak Prop Loaf Peak,
40 inches long.13.00
Child'* fumed oak Prop Leaf Pcsk,
34 inches long .9 00
25-inch light blue Poll Carriage, ad
justable back and rubber tired
wheel* . 7.00
20-inch Mama Doll, with genuine
hair and moving eyes.16 00
Polls’ Cedar Chests, 3.00. 6 00, 10.00
Klinch (lame .. 63c
Auto Race (lame . 1 00
l’ollyanna Game .123
Simplex Typewriter* .4 00
Blackboards on easel with dropleaf
for desk.4.00, 3.30, 6.50
—for Father
A solid Mahogany End TnVta with
trough for hia favorite books,
at..in ■ «~i itr—surfs 19.75
A reproduction of General Washing
ton’s desk executed in mahogany
will help father keep hia affairs
in order . .>..»...•*»„ ,198.50
A good bridge type Reading Lamp
such es we offer in wrought metal
with silk shade at...., . •* .14.79
A Humidor with vitraltte lined
drawer, for box of cigars, tn solid
mahogany * *n* •##* *#..i 19.75
A non-spin gunmetsd Smoking Stand,
at . i. m .>t«mo... i 15.00
A Radio from hww <.50-00 op
A Brunswick-Radlole tad Super- .
Hetrodyne that will gat father the “
market reports, first-hand politics,
grand opera or the roof garden;
the children the bedtime stories,
end the whole family anything
that’s on the air with entertain
ment of hia or their own choosing
on the Brunswick. Some custo
mers think they can gat Council
r Bluffs by way of New York on this
instrument.
Finest English Eft Bag in genuine
shark leather and leather
with bronze hardware..... .49.Ov***
—in genuine eowhide **....27,50
—for tHe BacHelor
Mahogany finished Smoking Stand,
with glass ssh tray.......... .2.95
Solid mahogany Pedestal Smoker. ^
with carry-about handle.*...5.95
Solid mahogany Smoker, with porce
lain lined drawer and nickel fix
tures ..M....M.1M5
Solid mahogany Smoker, with weight
ed base and extra good fixtures,
at . 3.95
Spanish brass pedestal Smoking
Stand, with metal cover.12.50
Smoking Sets, on trays.10.50
Mahogany, porcelain lined Humidor,
for the table or desk, 100-cigar ca
pacity (with plate for initials!,
at.10.50
Silver plated Cocktail Shaker.. 16.50
Wrought metal Bridge Lamp, with ^
enamel finish, ball swivel adjust-*
mert and pleated georgette shade.
SPECIAL ..14.75
Easy-Pack Leather Bags, with eight
waterproof pocketa for toilet arti
cles, at , *■«..H^Lce.*•• *14.50
—High School Man
Genuine cowhide Gladstone Bag
with padded corners and solid
brass hardware .19 75
Office Desk. ir. mahogany finish, with
three pedestal drawer* and cm
under bed of desk..35.00
Metal Floor I-arnp, with reflector
shade, done in baroque and bronic.
for .. 1550
Desk lamp, in metal, with glass
shade . 5 00
Book Ends (Author’s Homes), per
pair...3 00
Hammered copper Desk Set* 13.75
Small Table 1 amps, in wrought metal
with pleated georgette shade, for 4
room . .14.75
Billfolds (Mark Cross).4 00
Wrought iron, adjustable Bridge
Lamps, with parchment shade*
complete. 9.75
Radiola two tube Sets .35 00 j
Superhet:odynes (portable), with
loud speaker. 769.00
la Traveling Toilet Sets - tun*
pieces ...14 SO