Kecent and unnecessarily alarm ing news from Italy has disturbed Italy’s friends in this country, and what is more serious, it had, for awhile, a bad effect upon Italian exchange. It is a pleasure to announce that Italian currency recovered notably yesterday, and it is a duty to warn any gambler inclined to sell Italian exchange short that he is certain to be badly pinched before he fin ishes with that experiment. You must take with many grains of salt alarmist reports from Italy. Travelers may proceed to Italy as usual and find the usual warm Ital ian welcome, comfortable and de lightful living at very reasonable prices, and as great safety for themselves and their families as 'an Italian family would find here in the United States. The senate, after floundering, pusses the Muscle Shoals bill, which would give gigantic public property to' private corporations to be ex ploited on the usual basis of taking the last dollar that the traffic will bear. The situation can still be changed in the house. It seems absolutely certain that the people are not to be allowed to operate their own power plant on which they have spent already $140,000,000 of public money. That being the case, Henry Ford ought to come back to the fight. The house undoubtedly would vote to let him have Muscle Shoals. Ninety-nine per cent of the people would approve such a vote. And Henry Ford would use the power of the plant to give cheap fertilizer to the farmers; he would sell power to (hose that wanted it at the lowest possible cost. There isn’t any question about that, for that is what he has always done. That’s his policy. Ford withdrew, but he ought not to sit by and see a private corpora tion, with no public spirit, take take from the people a property which in Ford’s hands could be made useful to everybody. Are the Japanese able? They are, indeed, and in every line of effort. They have firm nerves, skill, concentration, capacity for sustained effort? Yes, they have. In New Y'ork City, for the first time in history, two foreigi^rs are playing for the championsnip at balkline billiards. There never was such a competition before without at least one American in it. This time, the two competitors, both Japanese, are named Suganama and Suzuki. ^0 If you know anything about balk lina billiards, you know it takes steady nerves, self-control, good balance and a brain that ten’t eas ily be disturbed by surrounding conditions, to play that game well. The Japanese can do anything requiring skill and nerve. The Japanese government will have plenty of men with courage and concentration to run those 500 air planes that they are turning out every month. Don’t forget it. Three men, Harry Malcolm. Ed ward Smith and Ambrose Geary, all young, were put to death in the electric rhair on Thursday night. They had murdered a woman. They died" in the usual way. One told the small gathering that he was in nocent, which he was not. Geary, least concerned of all, walked to the electric chair smok ing a cigaret, carrying in one hand a picture of a young woman, a cru cifix in the other. He handed the crucifix to the chaplain, kissed the photograph two or three times and died without a word. Lack of imagination enables young men to die in that fashion. Lack of imagination alse makes it possible for them to commit mur der. , ,, And lack of imagination enables the public to follow the murderer's example ami put him to a violent death. Our government says the finan cial arrangement in Paris, too deep for the average man, will gi'e to the United States its fair share of the German money, and, at the same time, will not tie us up in any way or make us responsible for German payments or anything else. That's good news, and let us hope there is no “if” in it. The Europeans are clever gentlemen and their intense satisfaction with the settlement mljrht make sus picious minds uneasy. Thirty-five years ago Ogden Mills, very rich, built the Mills building in Wall street. New York, ten stories high. It was considered a marvelous structure. Now the Equitable Trust company will tear it down and build a 34-stor.v build ing in its place, to cost $12,000, 000. There is nothing unusual about the 34-story building. The inter esting thing is the Equitable lease on the new building, which runs well into the next century. Long before the lease ends the new build ing will be torn down. . By that time the flying machine will have replaced the suburban train, and nil building will be done over to meet flying machine condi tions. And by that time our single tax man may' have persuaded the world that the only trouble with our civ ilization is allowing individuals to own land. (Copyright, jocr.) Sale Ana in n Stars at Orpheum Comedian Enters Seeond ^ eek Here; Dancing Act a Feature. Charles (Chic) Hale heads another excellent bill at the Orplieuin this week, beginning bis second week with a presentation of rural characters at a church entertainment. He keeps the audience In laughter at his quaint quibs and antics. The natural ease with which Sale entertains makes one forget lie is witnessing the art of an actor. Orpheum patrons may laugh another week with Chic Sale. ]t is quite some timo since an Orpheum entertainer has been honored with two successive weeks here. The dancing act of Harry Tloye and Blllee Maye, assisted by Constance Crowell, Penelope Howland and Eve lyn Joyce, is one of the most enjoy able offerings of tills kind seen on the Orpheum stage this season. The toe dancing of Miss Maye is of a high order and oilier evolutions which she executed skillfully were received with favor. The Misses Crowell, Rowland and Joyce offer a series of arftistic dances. They are remindful of the three graces. Mr. Rove and Miss Maye have a dance feature in which speed aud athletic prowess ate re1 quired. An amusing comedy skit Is offered by Harry Holman, Dolly Austin and Edith Manson, being Mr. Holman's 131’5 edition of "Hard Boiled Hamp ton.’* for encores at the opening Misses Austin and Manson renedered vocal solos. The act scored high for popularity. Sylvia Clark Is a lively little singer with some appreciation of humor and successful in the rendl tlon of popular congs. Ethel Waters and Karl Dancer, assisted by Pearl Wright at piano, are colored enter tainers In a program of negro songs, sayings and dances. Bob and Lucy Gillette open the bill with a rollick ing act In which the man offers one of tiie most amusing eccentric dance features ever seen here and the wom an demonstrates skill in juggling. Harry King and George Brown close with an acrobatic comedy novelty. pjoveRKn JUothcnburg Short Course Well Attended; Talks (mod SpM-lnl IHkpdtrh to The Omuhit M«*e. Gothenburg. Neb., Jan. 18.—Bud road* and subzero weather failed to stop the fanners l»f this district front attending the Gothenburg agricul tural short course offered January 15 and 1C. An Illustrated lecture on poultry raising was, perhaps, the must In teresting tiling scheduled. Talks by Miss Wlgent on home economics, County Agent ll^cht and Miss Clara Major on calf raising, and many oth ers, proved both instructive and In teresting. A Year From Now—? ^ * Will you be occupying a better position and enjoying a bigger salary than you do today? That depends upon your ambition, your fore sight, and your training. Creighton University cannot give you am bition in tills advertisement. Creighton cannot make you a gift of foresight. But, Creighton does offer you, in the Night Sessions of the College of Commerce, Finance and Journalism, the Training you will need for success. 1 The future is what you decide now to make it. if you have ambi tion and foresight and want training, Creighton's Night School will serve you well. < SPECIAL 18-WEEK WALTON COURSE IN Constructive Accounting BEGINNING FEBRUARY 4TH The Walton Course In Constructive Accounting is the acknowledged Standard method of leaching this .subject. You can take Creighton University’s Night School course in Constructive Accounting In 18 weeks—Just one-half the time usually required. The Instructor, Mr. II M. Frost, besides being a successful Practicing Accountant and head of Ills own firm of Certified Public Account ants. has the following academic qualifications: A It , Nebraska; L. L. B„ Creighton: U. I„ M„ Columbia; C. P. A., Nebraska. Tho best course, the Ju st Instructor, and the' shortest time. Open to beginners ns well as advanced students. Snerlnl accounting clnsses will be limited In numbers. Make ar rangement* at once and be sure your application Is In In time to he accepted. SOW IS THE TIME TO PHONE OK STI DR. D. B. HARMON ^ AT 0863 25th lintl Cass Sts. College of Commerce, Finance and Journalism CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY House Committee oil Taxation ^ill Start Work Today More Important Issue* to Re Discussed at Once on Floor of llotli House and Senate. By Associated Pres*. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. IS.—Legislative action on the more important Issues of state will be sought early in the session and discussion on those issues will begin tomorrow or Tuesday. The gasoline tax measure will come to the fore this week, but will prob ably not get out on the house floor fo£ some time to come; The house revenue and taxation committee will begin its .deliberations over this meas ure tomorrow, it is thought. Legislators have shown keen Inter est in forecasting figures on Governot McMullens budget, which will prob ably come before the lawmakers this week. The executive has been work ing on the appropriations recom mendations for some time, taking “15 legislative days” to do it in, as for mer Governor’Bryan recommended in his farewell message. The funner ex ecutive was required to prepare it in 15 calendar days, he told the mem bers. Willingness of all members to co operate in making the sessions of this legislature “business like” will insure rapid progress in bringing bills out of committees, according to Speaker Burke. xThe spanker Is intent upon avoiding any “waste of time,” he told the legislators. Both houses will convene tomorrow afternoon at 2. In the senate, bills on second reading, a few to be intro duced, and other routine business, will occupy the opening session of the week. Jn the house several bills are to come up fur second reading, then to be referred to committees by Speaker Burke. Lincoln, Neb., Ian. II.— A summary of bills introduced In the house Satur day follows. IT. R 73, by Auxler- Amends nets re biting to titles of second class and 'll Iage« by empowering city councils and boat Is of trustees to designate what shall b*! considered a nuisance. II. It. 74 bv Hock Provides that all moneys derived from same and fish licenses shall go to the school fund. H. R. 75. by Book Provide* that d* partment of public works, on applica tion of county hoard, shall apportion 50 per cent of the funds for construction of travel, stone or any of the higher class types of hard surfaced roads H. R. 7t>, by Dleta, Humphrey, Wald ron. Tensen—Eliminates from the present statute the provision that no district, city nr village which shall have failed to sustain « school for the required 1 enkth of time shall receive any portion of the elate school funds H. R 77. b}* Yochum- Make* minor change in publication required after will has been filed In probate court. IT. R. 79. h> Hansen —Change* open season on prairie < hit-kens and grouse from all nl* October to September 1 fi September 30, Reduce* number allowed killed In one day from 10 to five. H It Tv b> Mitchell and Martlnsm Require* bond* of cemetery association trustees. If. R. SO. },y Elliott and Miner—Pro vTijt's for and prescribes manner of In stallation of warning ami atop signs at railroad crossings. if. R. * 1, by Johnston—Increases from fl\« to 25 years lease of public lands \ by board of commissioners. If R v2. bj Johnston—Pertain* to sale of school lands under Irrigation ^__ — -- — --> The Daily Cross H'ord Puzzle k — —i--- —-J j By ItHIIAKI) II. TIM.IJA Horizontal. 3. Depicted In colors. 7. Central European states that are always in trouble. 3 3. Curdling. 34. And (French). 3 6. To become weary. 37. Above. 33. One of the Southern states (abbr.). > 19. Part of some chairs. 23. The (French, masc.). 22. Within. 23. Wine in French. 24. Plant germ. 26. Toward. 28. Dike (suffix). 29. Third son of Jacob. 30. Prussian city. 32. Moved rapidly. 34. French city. 35. Mineral spring. 30. An animal, that clings lo a tree with feet and tail. 39. Tree. 40. Personal pronoun. 41. Till sale (abbr.). ■42. Superlative suffix. 4 4. K.ve doctor. 47. To chill. 49. Jtemalns. El. Nothing. 52. Instrument (abbr.). 54. An Asian kingdom. 65. Defender of the Faith (abbr.). 5G. South America (abbr.). 53. A medley. 59. Tavern. 60. Italian river. 61. Siberian gulf 63. noddies of Dawn. 64. For example (abbr4. 65. Melodies. 67. To ensnare. 69. Chemical symbol fur nickel. 70. Kislc fbr gaiii. 72. A proposition to be proved. 73. Alt ■ raft. Vertical. 1. Suits. 2. Pertaining to (suffix) 3. No. 4. Caudal appendage. 5. Heron. 6. Expected. 7. Sheep's talk. 8. Garret. 9. King of beasts. 10. Hill. 11. One. 12. Pertaining to Spain. 15. Violating rules. 18. Dissection of living animals. 20. Table land. 23. Girl’s name. 25. Down (prefix). 27. Hounded. 28. Pours by small drops. 29. Musical note. ) 31. Negation. 33. While. 34. Afternoon. 37. Measurement of length in Mos lem countries. 38. One of the branches of Con gress (abbr.). 42. Most comfortable. 43. Compared with. 44. Bone. ' 45. Dong Island (abbr.). 45. Musical note. 47. To Insulate. 48. Wearing away. 50. Printer's measure. .63. Not. 55. Energy. 57. A great artery. 50. Banding place 52. Surety. 65. From (prefix). 66. The whole. 67. An appendage to .iiiething. 6K. Polities (abbr.). 70. Apart (prefix). 71. Negation. «. The solution will appear tomor row. Solution of yesterday's puzzle. : ' " ' A Wl Confess by" Qldele @<2 The I neiplalnrd Anger and Tears of Mrs. IXurkee. "Margaret: Margaret! Don't you know wliat day this is?” My mother-in-law's voice, high pitched and anxious, came to me through tlie partition separating her room from mine in the limkee home. Tlie call was accompanied by a thumping, which I guessed was made by tlie heel of a shoe applied to tlie casing. I sprang from bed hastily, and go ing to the wall out mv iace ctoso to it "Just a minute. Mother,” 1 called softly but distinctly, •"i'll bo right In.” A grouchy "Humph!” was her oniy answer, and as I hurried into my bathrobe and slippers, for X was too wise to wait to dress when she was in tho impatient mood her manner Indicated, I knew that I was in for a trying day. Facing the mysterious man who, I tielleve, was blackmail log Dicky's mother, was had enough, but doing it under the handicap of one of my mother-in-law's moods was piling things up a little too much, I told no self rebclllously. "Today’s Tuesday'!’ T was able, however, to present a smiling face to Mother Graham when r entered her room. But there was no answering smile upon her face. Seated upon the edge of her bed, attfred til tlie gray dressing gown which she prefer* to a linth robe, she was struggling with her shoes, her face rod and her breath short. I crossed tlie room quickly mid knelt beside her. ” Suppose you let me do this. Mother.” X said, taking the trouble some shoe from her handr. , She relaxed, relieved!}’, but her face still held a frown. "You know- today’s Tuesday,” she said accusingly, "and yet you never think about getting up. I'll warrant you'd have slept until noon If I hadn't called you.” "Hut you did call me." I said eh.. fully, “and 1 am tip: surely we ll liuvo, time for everything. What do you want me t" dll first? It's only <1 o'clock now"—I held up my wrist watch fur her Inspection-- and they don't have lireakfnst here until R." "I'm perfectly aware of the time Margaret," she retorted irritably, and from long experience T knewr (list she was sorrel Iv nshamed of her pie clpitnncy, but she would have Iieen stretched upon the ruck rather than to have admitted It, "A nlso know the breakfast hour of the Durkce family, ir you are sleepy, you e»n go hack to bed again I can tonnage by myself, I dare sav.” She jerked t . r foot mint f "m me < but I caught It again and coaxed It Into III I shoe pi' serving a "Iso »l lence the while. When | had finished. I arose and crossed tlie room to tin ,-lollies closet, being careful not to look el her as I did •<> I knew that If 1 gaie her a chums lu reflect, hei i common sense w ould get th* better of her dolor. “Which drees shnU^T tab® down Mother?" I asked, a.* casually ns If her manner had been the pleasantest possible, and her ans.«. in far more audablo a« cents, justified my rue-'. “That sorgo one," she answered It is warm, and it has a deep pock et." I glanced furtively at 1 or and saw! her hand go quickly beneath her j>il*j low. That she "as making sure of thei flOQ she had requested me to bring her. I knew as well as she dal that she meant to stow it away In the pocket she had named, when she went out to the mysterious appointment act for lu o'clock. “Is Dick) Involved?** To my dismay, I found my hands shaking with nervousness as I took down the dress she had indicated, and with the knowledge that l must be trav no agitation to her, I waited for a minute, under the pretence of brush ing and shaking the. gown before bringing it to her. I was furious with myself for my weakness, realizing the absurdity of tremor* over this expected meeting with the mysterious tramp, guarded ns my mother-in-law and 1 would bo by ],oe Chow and his henchnn n. I knew the reason for my fears, of • ours* - the dread that In some way JJicky was involved in this bizarre undertaking It was a mental quak ing which dwarf'd any other qualm I ever had xpcrlenced? but I could not lot rny husband’s mother puspcct my secret shrinking from the coming appointment. It took ex cry hit "f finesse l possess.*'!, however to keep her mind so occupied that she should not suspect my agitation, and I was relieved, Indeed, wpen the breakfast hour finally arrived. I escorted her downstairs for her first meal, out of her room, since her fall. We bad just reached the dining room when the door opened and little Mrs. Our* kce rushed out dabbing a handker chief at her fa. e, while her flushed cheeks and flashing eye** showed that her tear* were those ot anger, not grief. FRENCH TURF PURSES INCREASED t»ari*. Jm. 1v With a view to drawing stronger aggregations of for elgn cornpetlt<>> * in the rla*>ir« of the French truf, ft has been dn Ided io |m i ■ tsi the ip.'in \ p i MU. (trand l*rlx w ill he raised ftorn toe | ooo francs to r,on,ii00 francs; tin I * * »x \ «|s A rc l *i*i i» 'pi III I • i ■ i i.» 100.000 fi ill* and ’ .Jala I. .» will be added lo I Io IV«\ d' I Mam \ 11)011 g the other Mai e** to b»‘ ill . i cased me tie t*rlv du Jockex Huh.1 the t It'll nd I *f i X I toil v tile .«tnl the I *« lx |(..\ul < »o i\, 11o latte h.»Hu lmn ' ■-■•‘d I fruni GU.OOU to lUO.UUO f)anus. EMPRESS PATRONS ! ENCORE BABY STAR kittle Olive Wintrier walks away with the honors u'n the Empress tin liter program for the current week. Encore followed encore at th*' first performances Saturday and Sunday and this versatile young lady i f five summer* responded each time until almost exhausted she ran out and cried "Oh, Jet my daddy work awhile." In one »*f the musical numbers Joe Marlon sings while the chorus comes in one at a time, each representing a dance of a certain nation. I.ittJe Miss Olivo mimics each one with amazing fidelity nnd we would cay her "job” with the Empress Piaycis is secure. A musical furee is pro M«nted by Mr. Marion for the 1**1 y of tlie program, entitled "One Wild .Night," and what a vtlid one it is. Appearing to good advantage ate Bert Evans, Olsrn Brooks rind Whitey I I'd®! Mil. The specialty offering.* for th* week are numerous. The photoplay attraction for the w» ek is the screen version of Wil liam Lock* s stot' "Th* Tale of Trluno." reloaxel under the title of "Tlie Emils* Awakening.** Enid Bon non. Ilanisoii Lord and Mary Alden do some splendid xvoik, and the plot 1m one that is interest sustaining and entertaining in a high degree. I'uir V^xM-iatioii to Huild >10.0110 StriM-ture Tliiw V rar S|M*elal IMk|wtt-b to I lie Omnloi ll.-e. tlenevn. Neh . ,1an. is. \ buildinr to cost $10,000, will In* erected this spring I * \ the Fillmore County Agri cultural satiety, it was decided yes terdav. Five thousand dollars of the aillOUllt Heeded has been subscribed The st i ..tin. will i epl.it e tlm hi cut building known as Floral hall Tim foil is i hit loll Will t t le t n t’o ■*oth anniversary of its organisation this year. RADIANT COAL Smokeless Semi-Anthrncite LUMP $13.50 MINE RUN $11.50 SLACK $8.50 I’hon* WA Innt 0300 U P D I K E ^lbecro* See Smnpln o| I lut ( ntl *1 Htydrn i iirocery l)ppl World Theater Offers Seven \ets —L* * * Kulirc Program Proves Knter laiuiug; Pianist Is Re\f 1 at ion of Speed. The World theater lifts again taken ui» a ''big-hearted'' atmosphere and presents Its 1 nitron* with a seven act vaudeville hi if, and strange to say eaoh and every one is good. As a headliner, Nellie V. Nichols meets popular approval with her ren dition of comedy song*. Jane Allen assists Miss Nichols at Ihe piano. Tin1 real fun on (he Mil however Is produced by O'Neill and Brower, known as “The Young ’('ns.'' They have a new line of chatter, and their songs and dances with the aid of burnt, cork, kept early audiences In a constant chuckle. The Maxellos offer a most unusual act of foot juggling and fist acro batic*. Grace Dorn employs a piano only for her offering. The rapidity with which her nimble fingers travel over tlie keyboard make it a smart and en tertaining offering. Hager Midgiey and company have a musical farce with a plot that is obvious from the staid. With the ex ceptlon of a few comedy stunts the not drags and the players are un convincing. Kotli and Drake, a man and woman team of aerial entertainers, are pleas ing mid win the approval of the au dience. Dorothy DeVcre and her Dancing Girls provide the seventh act. a* a special added feature. Miss DeVere is assisted by Ruth Christy. I.orainc Svnek, Phil Smith and Mary Hath oryn. all Omaha girls. Miss UeVere's oriental dance, which recently < auaed quite a discussion, proves to be only a fair portrayal of the terpsichorean art. The photoplay attraction for the week, "Yesterday's Wife,’’ with Irene llich in the leading role, is typically American In nature. It has a good cast Including besides Miss Rich, lilleen Percy and 1 > wis Dayton. HARD CITY WATER HURTS WASHING The American Wet Wash, £808 Cumins: street, nays that housewives who are doing their own washing’ are having much trouble du? to the fact that the city water is so hard. They find it almost impossible to get their linens clean even whoa using soaps and long boiling. To eliminate this trouble of hard4 nater the American Wet Wash em ploy* the use of one of th*» largest | Hard Water Softening Machines to [he found in the average laundry. The firm is thus able to obtain n • lean anil white washing of every ! garment without the use of strong soaps. “To assure freshness. the firm rinses each garment in five rinses of pure soft water,” says Mr. Hannon, proprietor. „ / DR. TODD DENTIST ! QUARTER CENTURY Dr, A. W. Todd ha? i>r"fit?d by his I L3 years' experience In dentistry, He! tins nun success by the Invention of | ■ i Roofl.ss Plate "The Uoofles.s Plate is the nearest tiling to nature that has been discov ered for some time." says Dr. Todd. It is only natural that nature pro vided the roof of the mouth to assist the tongue in the tasting of food." says Dr. Todd. "Cover the roof of the mouth with an old-fashioned plate and you destroy your tasting ability. "The Roofless Plate is also- more comfortable anfl more sanitary,' sa;, s Dr. Todd. 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