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Milwaukee Roads
I Will Open Books
Statu* Probed Following
Statement It Failed to Earn
! Fixed Charges in 1924.
|New York. Jan. IS.—The Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Hallway com
pany today took Initial steps to meet
it* 1925 bond maturity of $45.090,nan
bjr- authorising an examination of
tjj# road's financial position and pros
pects following the announcement of
Freaident H. K. Byram lhat the com
pany had failed to earn its fixdfl
charges In 1924.
.Plans which will he laid before the
holders of the bonds, maturing n^xt
Jane, will he based upon this inde
pendent study which the firm of
Coverdale & Colpltta, industrial engt
filers, has been commissioned to
rr{ak'e. Byram said. This course of
action was approved by the hoard of
directors after consultation wfth
Kphn, Ldeh ft Co., and the National
City company, hankers for the road.
Several months will be required to
complete the examination after which
St. Paul officials and bankers will
draft a definite plan for refunding or
extending the obligations.
“The final figures for the year 1924
of the Chicago. Milwaukee ft St.
Paul have not yet been obtained and
It will probably he a week or more
before they will he secured,'' Byram
announced.
“The preliminary forecast Indicates
that while the company has rtdne
much better during the latter part
of the year. It will not he able to
earn Its fixed rharges of $21,7*8.885
In their entirety. This is principally
due to the falling off of gross Incoffie
in the early nicnths of the year,
which the increased net earnings of
the later months have not fully over
come.”
Failure of the road to meet its
maturities. Byram asserted, would of1
course result In a receivership, but he
stated that the management was
hopeful that the refunding operation
could be carried out successfully.
JAZZ-CRAZED GIRL
SLAYS MOTHER
tt’oiitlniiefl from rase One!.
He wanted me tn run away with him
to Tia Juana. He became angry when
1 refused and In the midst of our row
mot her rante In.
''Then mother went into tier room
and that fellow went into my broth
er's room. Next I heard a shot and
when I rushed in mother was covered
with blood.”
The girl stuck to this story through
an hour's questioning, and then final
ly said:
"Oh, well; call Policewoman Sul
livan.”
Lieutenant McDaniel! Insisted that
she make her statement to him, and
she told it in detail.
Before her arrest the police had
traced the jazz trail of the girl througli
liquor parties, beach parties and late
hours A diary found in her room,
although rovering a. few days, had
told this tale In her own words.
Tn the rooming house bedroam
where she was arrested the police
found issues of all of the San Fran
cisco papers telling of the killing of
Mrs. Ellington. They were Spread
out so the pictures of both the slain
woman and the then missing daugh
ter were plain tn all who entered the
room.
Omaha New York
Lincoln Minneapoli*
I You Are Certain of the Quality When
You Buy It at the HAAS BROTHERS
Because, first, last and all the time Haas
Brothers is a quality store. Price never
dominates quality here. The woman par
ticular in matters of dress is the woman
you find with a Haas Brothers label in her
garment.
Share *m Th is Ij
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Choice of the House
Clearawavj of
COATS
An outstanding sale. A selling in which
all thoughts of costs and profits have been
eliminated from the transaction. Our de
termination to effect an absolute clearance
in record time is responsible for these
ridiculously low prices.
Coats Worth to $35.00 $ 1
Close-Out Price ^ ^
Coats Worth to $59.50 $00
Xlose-Out Price . ^iO
Coats Worth to $79.50 <jjOO
: Close-Out Price OO
Coats Worth to $110.00 $y| Q
Glose-Out Price *0
We agree that the price reduction* appear quite
out of proportion with our regular merchandis
\ policies; but, all remaining Coats must be sold,
1 and we accept the great logs in order that we may
perpetuate our policy of an all new stock each
season.
; JT ' \ lb ;
Exclusive Fur-Trimmed Coats
The richest Coats we have shown this sea- A nr A
son. Gorgeous fabrics and fur trimmings. # JC
Coats on which the trimmings alone are V KJ
worth decidedly more than $73.
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Clearance Sale Entire Fall and Winter
Stock of DRESSES
If you need a new Dress and want a value
extraordinary, choose here Friday, at—
HALF PRICE AND LESS
EXTRA SIZE DRESSES
"Cray Shop '—Fourth Floor
Choose Without Reserve at
EXACTLY HALF PRICE
-Haas Brothers
The Shojp for w omen 1
Brown 16th and
■) Block Douglas
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Modern Girl Beats Grandmother
as Pal to Husband, in Health, Beauty
Bobbed Hair, Absence of Cor
'sels Have No 111 Effect
on Maidens.
\ nntion-wide «li*«au«*lnn wmn
when H. (lordnn Selfridfp, the AmerirHit
nw tier of l/indonN InrgoM riepartini of
store, sliited flint ho believed bobbed l»«lr
U here to stu.v,
All over Ihe country lending educator*,
writer* and preacher* have taken up the
topic: “I* Bchhnl Hair Here to May?
Here i* the third article on the suibjert.
By JEAN .1. NORRIS,
Presiding MagMrHte of New 5 orU
Woman'* Court,
Now York, .tan. 15.— Bobbed hair!
Witt it remain, or won't it? Seriously,
I wish I knew. Because my own hair
is long and I pray daily for the moral
courage to hob It.
I am one woman who Is loyal to htc
sex. 1 love the modern girl.
I sec her in her very worst forms
The tendencies so much deplored
I>arents, teachers, writers, preachers,
are saintly beside the tendencies of
some modern girls T have seen al
iheir worst. I do not despair of the
reform of even the worst woman in
the world.
(ilrls today have courage. Some
call it license and freedom. Women
bobbed their hair in the face of op
position that took the form of ridi
culing Ihe "bob" as masculine. Men
took this method-—assailing the
feminity of girls who bobbed their
hair—yet in the face of that, girls
went on bobbing.
Gradually, older women perceived
that instead of making women look
masculine, bobbed hair made them
look young. And the locks began
falling.
Dignity is not lost through the cut
ting of a woman's hair. But I, my
self, belong to that group of women
whose abundant hair was once termed
their crowning glory. There are more
of us left than is supposed, and bob
bing our hair seems a too “youthlf.v
ing" process to be attempted with
dignity.
Oh, how I hate corsets. Yes, I
hate them. Therefore, how can I
deplore the modern tendency of girl
hood to go corsetless? I love the spec
tacle of a slim young filing, dancing
in her youth and Joy. Dancing with
her shingle-bobbed hair prettily mar
celled, her trim ankles glistening in
silk hose, no corset on her young
body.
I cannot perceive how the question
of corsets has a thing to do with mor
ality.
So superior is the modern corset
to the terrible things worn by our
grandmothers, that we may well sigh
with relief at the foresight of the
modern girl for her prospective ohll.
dren. The corselless girl preserves
her body for the future tax of mother
hood.
The girl of today speaks the
thoughts of yesterday. At heart she
is no different. But she is wiser.
Yes. she is very wise—in some ways
sex ways, for mention. In this she
is different from the old-fashioned
girl, who used to boast of ignorance
on all sex matters. The Ignorance
was not so complete si It seemed in
the old-fashioned girl.
Commended for Searrh.
The old fashioned girl still lives for
us in pictures. But the modern miss,
despite her rather frequent indulgence
in too much makeup, is to hi com
mended for her search of beauty.
As I see and Judge her, the modern
girl is:
Better as an Individual—more of
a mate to man.
Better In spirit—independent, not
cowed and subservient.
Better in brains—look at what she
is achieving in the business world.
Better In health—neither cultivat
ing nor paying attention to petty
ills and ailments.
Better in beauty—preserving and
abetting it.
Better in morale—facing life with
understanding, facing facts with
courage, trying to he happy.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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By THORNTON W. Bl ROKSS
Hunffr mnk#p th« timid bold
And k*on* tho wit of ynunp and old.
—Old Mother Nature.
The Hungry Hunt the Hungry.
The morning after the great etorm
found all the hungry people of the
Green Foreet and the Green Meadows!
out and about In search of some !
thin? to eat. It waa easier for the'
feathered folk to get about, because,
of course, they could fly. But It was
not easy for them to find food, be
cause most of It was covered with snow.
Sammy Jay, Drummer the Woodpeck
er and Yank Yank the Nuthatch
made straight for Farmer Brown's
house. They were not disappointed.
I loot y the Brest Homed Owl, driven
by hunger to hunt in the day time
heard the voire o( Sammy Jay.
Just a" soon a* he wa* lip that morn
ing Farmer Browns Boy had clear
ed the food shelve* of anow and put
out food.
Down In the dear Old Briar Patch
Peter Babbit and Mrs. Peter dug their
way through the anow. But w h»n they
reached the surface they found the
snow still ao soft that It was hard
and tiresome work to get about. And
there was nothing for them to eat but
such bark ns they could get from
young trees and hushes and the twigs
of the latter, that they could reach
They couldn't leave the dear Old
Briar Patch.
Over In the Green Forest their
cousin. Jumper the Hare, was a Ut
ile better off. You know his feet are
so big and so covered with stiff hairs
that they are like snow-shoes. So he
did very well In getting about. Mr*.
Grouse, who hsd been very warm,
and, aside from hunger, very comfort
able hurled under the anow. burst
her way out and made atralght for
the Old Orchard. She knew that th»re
she could satisfy her hunger with
buds from the tree*. Bob White and
his family knew that their only
chance of gelling food waa to go up
to Farmer Brown's barnyard *nd
this they did. The snow lay deep all
over the barnyard. But there waa s
shed open on one airle and little anow
osteopathy]
Relieves by Removing
the Cause
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had blown In thsra. Thera was
straw scattered about on the ground.
Bob "White led hla family straight
In there and he was not disappointed
In what he had hoped they would'
find. Scattered about In that atraw
waa grain. Farmer Brown s Boy had
not forgotten the Bob Whltea.
Now while these hungry little peo
ple were hunting for food, there were
other hungry people out hunting also.
And these were hunting the other
hungry hunters. Hunger had made
them bold. Reddy Fox had guessed
where the Rob Whltea had found I
shelter during the storm. He had)
made atrlght for that place aa »oon1
as the storm was over. He wss Just j
In time to see the Boh White* whirr
away. He watched where they went, j
Then, although It waa broad day-;
light, he headed straight for that shod |
in Farmer Brown * h*rnyard. It wss
slow, hard work getting through that5
soft snow. But Reddy wa« desperately
hungry. One of those Bob Whites
would be worth sny risk.
Terror the Goshawk, not finding
Mrs. Grouse In the Green Forest, re- ■
memhered the Old Orchard and on!
«wift wings made straight for it. His
keen eyes saw Mrs. Grouse picking
hud* In an apple tree. Terror's eyes
fairly blared with eagerness. Mrs.,
Grouse would make him a wonderful
breakfast. Faster than the wind It-,
self his gray form shot straight to
ward her.
Hooty the Great Horned Owl. drlv
en bv hunger to hunt In the daytime. )
heard the voice of Sammy Jay and
guided by It flew on allent wings toi
the top of Farmer Brown's barn.
From there, looking down, he saw
the hungry, little feathered people
at the food ahelves and made ready
to swoop on them.
(i npyrifhf 1 til )
The next story: "Kars. Byes and'
Quick Wits."
Purse Given Fire Victim.
Hoag, Jan. 15.— Kmploye* of the
Wymore division of the Burlington'
railway raised a puree amounting to
nearly $100, and presented It to Mr*.
CSertruda Mtidrow, representative of
the railway at this place. Thla wont
an, who has thtee children to sup
port, lost practically a! lher house
hold good.* and personal effects In n
fire which destroyed the railway de
pot here December ??.
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f 1 . DINNER
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Af\U *1*0
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r’«m
v\ hnl* Broilrd
V Vftiiwy^ rotting
HI FRIDAY
IS
_J»L^ Indian Grill
Noon to 7:.'10 and
,»:30 to A:30 p. m.
^Hotcl Fontcnelle ^H|
RADIANT COAL
Smokeless Semi-Anthracite
LUMP $13.50 MINE RUN $11.50 SLACK $8.50
Phone WA Inut 0300 j
UPDIKE ^lbecro&
See Sample* of This Coal at Hayden's Csrorery Dept.
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Changes Sought
in Game Laws
House Hills Would Change
Open Season Dates, Cut
Hag Limit.
Spcclsl DUpntrli In The Omaha llee.
Lincoln, .Ian. 15.—Change* In game
laws are proposed In a series of bills
Introduced Thursday morning in the
house of representatives.
One proposes a dosed season on
prairie chicken ami grouse until 1028,
another ruts the bag limit on prairie
chicken from 1<» to 5 and cuts the hag
limit on duck from 25 to 10.
A third changes open season on
prairie chicken from November 1 to
September 16.
Dan L. Ough, .Dundy county, in a
hill proposes a bounty for gophers
and Jack rabbits to he paid by the
county in which they are killed.
Proof of demise of the gopher would
he in presenting the two front feet
of tile departed animal to the board
and a Jack rabbit’s passing would he
proven when his ears were given In
evidence, according to the hill.
Ten cents would he the price on a
gopher's feet and 5 cents on a rab
bit’s ears.
Capo Hoard Reorganized.
Reatrire, .Ian. 15.—Oage county
board of supervisors reorganized for
the year by electing Tony Kchiedeler
of Wymore chairman as succesor to
R. H. Selfke*. John Kssam was re
elected highway commissioner at a
salary of $156 a month. Dr. O. I<
Roe was named county physician,
Pam McKinney, superintendent of the
county farm, and H. K. Palmer, jani
tor of the courthouse.
Penner Gets New Position.
Beatrice, Jan. 15.—H. A. Penner,
formerly engaged In business here,
has been elected vice president and
farm manager of the JJmoln Trust
company, if© was reared near Beat
rice and was engaged in business in
Omaha for some y«ars before locat
ing in the capital city.
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Bills Filed Yesterday
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By AworiHlnl Pres*.
Lincoln, Jan. 15. The following
bills were Introduced m the senate
today:
S. F, 34. by McGowan To prohibit
moving picture theater* from «1 .-pla ving
paid advertisement*; t *> prohibit selling
of standing room arid to lev} a tax uf .
rent* on ‘-very ticket
S. F. 2b, hy Ree<1 To repeal that por
tion of game law whi< h require* hunters
and fishermen to have lit ne» - upon iheir
persona, and provide* thHt possession of
lish and game are prim* fa* n evidence
of unlawful taking
S. F. 3(5. by Reed—Providing free trans
portation for owner* or caretaker* of im
migrant ear* * ontalning animal.* or ear*
• ontalning animal* for racing or exhibi
tion purpose*
S. F. 3 7, by Vane# (by request)—To
amend the primary law b> providing that
nomination papera shall be filed 4'» day*
prior to the date of primaries, that a*
■ eptane# of tha nomination shall be f led
25 day* before a primary that candidate
must be a member of the party nominat
ing him and that the name of »nv < an
didate shall not ba filed w.th more than
one party.
S y 38. by Vane#— Provding »h*' poll
book* shall be filed 111 iff.* e of the
county clerk and mi) l»« ue.nl in court
a* evideni a
The following house roll* were In
troduced In the lower legislative
branch today:
H R 37, hy t’oalfer-—Forbid* tilling of
prairie chicken* or grouse 'or three years.
H R 3 8. by < nuiter*-<'h**»g**e date of
delinquent la* *;* le* on i ea I eata'e and
forbids adding interest befor# date ot
sale.
H R *9. by Coulter- Relates *o evi
dence in mortgage foreclosure suits.
H. R 4". hy Humphrey and R*e< e—
Make* hunting of muskrats m ot • r t ur
bearing mima • on cultivated or en
closed lands without consent of owner or
****#. unlawful
H. R. 41. by Dybal! — Termlta ratten?*
in *nv inatitution **ipp#rted v h Uv «t n
part by public fund* to choose a physi
cian or healer from any 1 ensed * h- d or
syatem by himself or thfnugn a gua dlan
or relative.
H R 47 hy Aurand RolU"! bag llm t
on various kind* of game
H. R. 49 hy Hurri-iBtnn — Perm.ts s*r
nishment of wage* . f hui* employe*.
H Ft 4 4 by Ryara—out!* w* dialr.aee
claim* aga.nsr drainage .listrirts unless
notice is given i« da.* before datv.«»e
o< • ui ■
H. R 4.1 bv McF.etian Fixe* 10 <»-nt
fe** *o i>e »nlle«-fed l*> stc!# a . : or «>H
ea h public bond registered.
H. R 48, bv M l.el! an Provides f.*r
payment of refunding bonds by s* i.o »1
district* in 7“ annual * Installment*.
H R 47. by M* Master I.egaRv ticor
porates Boy Scout*. Camp Kite Girl* and
Pathfinder Hub*
H K 4« b> Humphrey* Ree-e Keyes
and T»ufche; Establishes open season on
quail durttig month of November
H. R. 49. by Johnston of Antelope—
Raises petition requirement t*» form new
mhool district from on* third of legal
voters In district to one-half.
H. R BO. hy (tough Provides for I
cent bountv on jack rabbits, proof to be
made b\ de’lvering ear* to count-, < >rk*
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Office Desks
Our “Good Value Line" of of
fice desks has already proven a
bi* seller.
It (fives you more desk per
dollar than anythin* we have
been able to offer for aeveral
years.
To further introduce “Good
Value Desks," we are making a
special discount on this entire
line until February 1st.
Note These Prices on AO-inch
Flat Top Desks—all with 5-pljr
Quartered Oak Tops.
THREE GRADESt
S 45.00 830.00 *32.85
Don’t fail to call on us before
you buy anythin* in Office
Furniture.
Desks, Chairs, Safas and Filing
Cabinets
Omaha Printing Cnmpany
”7 he Office Supply House"
Omaha, Nebraska
Jazz Credo of Broken Butterfly,
Held for Slaying, Told in Diary
By lnternntloiiMl Nfw» Srrvlce.
San Francisco, Cal., .Ian. 15. Pep
and jazz—that's the life.
That was the philosophy of 16 year
old Dorothy Klllngrfnn. who con
fessed to killing her mother, as re
vealed In a diary found by the in
vest igatiiur officers.
"No more work for me," she wrote
on one date.
Following are excerpts:
August M—Met Mary and Keith at
the New Shanghai. Nice fellow. K.
| also nli e. 1 will get along with him
fine. This is the life. We had a
wonderful time. pep. jazz. Went to
the beach, got drunk as usual.
August 24—Went to work as usual.
Warfield in the afternoon. Went out
at night on a hot time party with
Ken and his gang. When it was over
I was ail in
August 25—Slept late. May called.
Took a swim. Another auto rifle at
night. Big time. Dots of drinks. And
love! ,
August 26—Went to work. Was
late on the job. Had an argument
with the boss. Quit. No more work
for me. I am through If I keep this
night life up. „
Tuesday — (no date) — May tele
phoned. She was out last night. She
won't go out tonight. Don't know i
what I'm going to do about it, for I
will not go there h.v my lonely, j
MINORITY SCORES
FALL IN REPORT
(Continuer! from Page One).
neither the senate nor the country is
'ikely soon to forget."
Discussing the now famous execu
tive order transferring control of the
reserves from the Navy to the In
terior department which preceded the
Inn sing of Teapot Dome' to Harry F.
Sinclair and the California reserve to
IJoheny, the minority declared that
whether this order was without au
thority of law "is a question for the
court before whom it is now pending”
in action* brought by the government
against the two oil operators.
"It may be. however," the report
addled, "that in the interest of good
administration, authority for the or
der should have been given and the
order should have been made.
Order Saved .Millions.
"The minority are firm in the be
lief that the executive order saved
millions to the government and has
resulted in conserving in the ground
far more oil than would have re
mained. but for the leases.”
The senators reject nj ;ls unsupport
ed, what they characterized as the
repeated inferences from the major
ity members of the committee, that
the Navv and Interior departments
exercised undue surety with respect
to the |ea«cs. It said the heads of
these departments justified their de
cision not to make public advertise
ment of their plans because of "ex
isting international complications.”
As far as Secretary Dentyr was con
cerned. the minority held that it was
"his manifest duty" in developing the
oil reserves, ns required by an act
of congress, proposed by Secretary
Daniels in the Wilsftn administration,
to take the oil out of the ground
both to conserve it and to make *t
available for use in time of emei
gency.
(No date)—Went visitlnR Francis
and got home late. What shall I tell
him? There Roes the telephone. 1
wander? Later—Yes, It was him and
1 had to tell him. How I did try
to make him understand! I've Rot
to five and he free and my love must
ko where I wish It.
\ a$*ar Opinion on Public*
Smoking Rul<** Probed
Poughkeepsie, N. Y , Jan. 1a V
(pieellonnalre is being circulated at
Vassar college to determine under
graduate opinion on the rules of the
etud»nt government prohibiting smok
ing in public.
Large Crop of Sugar.
Port Au Prince, Haiti, Jan. IV -
The sugar grinding season started
The standing cane indicates the larg
out crop Haiti has ever produced.
cffnmpfion-Be/cfen
January—the Month to Buy
Table Linens
for less
linen damask cloths
with matching napkins
Excellent qualities—exceptional value—pure linen
damask—beautiful round designs; Empire, Scroll, *
| Rose, Chrysanthemum, and Laurel Band.
2x2-yard cloth, 1 A QQ
reduced to. Iv.OO
2x2’4-yard cloth, 1 O QQ
reduced to. 10.047
2x3-vard cloth, 1 C QQ
reduced to. 10.047
2x3*,a-yard cloth, 1ft QQ
reduced to.•- 10.047
2x4-yard cloth, 00 ftQ
reduced to. A.A..047
22x22-inch napkins to match, 1 O QQ
reduced to, dozen . 10.03
24x24-ineh napkins, to match, i C QQ
reduced to, dozen . 10.00
fine Irish linen table cloths
with napkins to match
Elegant designs such as Arabian, Scroll, Thistle,
and Chrysanthemum.
2x2-yard cloth, 1 *1 C/\
reduced to. * • «Ov7
2x2 Va-yard cloth, OA AO
reduced to. Ct\J ,\JVJ
2x3-vard cloth, OO n C
reduced to. £»£*• i O
22x22-inch napkins, to match, OCi QQ
reduced to.
(Street Floor)
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grouped all this seasons shoes and oxfords
consisting of all styles and leathers into one
lot for quick clearance at this very attrac
. tive price.
-Your Unrestricted Choice
Of our entire stork of Worthmore Shoes and
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—$5«—