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2 A THE OMAJIA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 25, 1914. Spring Dresses and "Waists We invite you to. inspect this entire show ing. The styles are unusually pleasing and we believe they will appeal to your ideas of beauty. We have endeavored to select a compre hensive display of Fashion's newest fancies for the spring season, and ask this opportun- ity of presenting them. First Showing of Dress Cot tons for the Spring Season It's hard to realize that such beautiful fabrics can be woven by machinery, they are truly the finest achievements of art in colors and fine weaving, and many of the designs ! originated in Europe, so that they can be had only m exclusive patterns.. The dainty colors and fine f ab-v rics typify spring and will delight! every woman who sees them. A Special Display Monday. January Linen and Bed Spread Sale Monday Monday morning we will place on spe cial sale all our Crochet, Dimity and Fine Im ported Marseilles Bed Spreads and Sets in all sizes, suitable for double and single beds. These imported English spreads are all scal loped and cut corners cut in three sizes: 72x99, 81x98, 90x100, Priced from $1 to $15 Monday Special Table Cloths $8.75 2x2 Square Cloth, Monday, each' $500 $5.00 2x2 Square Cloth, Monday, each .... $3.75 $7.50 2x2 Square Cloth, Monday, each $4.89 $3.50 2x2 Square Oloth, Monday, each $2.38 $10.00 2x3 Square Oloth, Monday, each $6.89 Monday Special January Sale Table Napkins January Sale Linen Sheets. January Sale Towels. January Sale Embroidered Towels. Monday Morning We will have another case on sale of the 1240 Huck Towels, each 5c One dozen to a customer. Last Week of Our January Clearing Sale of Blankets and Comforters at Greatly Reduced Prices. $1.25 Silkoline Comforters 98c $1.75 Silkoline Comforters $1.48 $4.00 White Wool Blankets, pair $3.29 $4.50 all wool gray, tan or plaid blankets, pair $3.69 $7.50 Down Comforters, each $5.69 $2,50 extra large and fluffy Cotton Comforters, cambric covered, each $1.98 $7.00 Wool Comforters, covered both sides with figured silk mull, each $5.88 $10,00 Real Camel's Hair Blankets, each $7.50 AMERICA MOST PROSPEROUS Redfield Says Business Here is More Active Than Abroad. DEPRESSION NEARLY PAST Sccrffnry Sny Manufacturers Ilnre Ailjuatetf Themselves to New Tnrlff I,htt and Tnlnt Rosy Vlcvr of Fntnre. the murder of George Mulr of this city, nn August 11. Campbell was wanted In Cincinnati for the murder of two women. SOROSIS SHOES are now at Reduced Prices HOWARD AND SIXTEENTH STREETS Exclusive Agents for the McCall Patterns RICHMOND -BOOSTING HEBLE Believe Omaha' .Kan Would Make Firit-Cksft Governor. MAKXS TRIP . TO CAPITAL CITY, h . Chancellor Avevr PV &Mt to Sec retary St PrlallaK1. BearA Vritkv Kespect o UhIvWsHt ot Nebraska Work. (From a. Staff Cornttpondcnt.) LINCOLN. Jan. 2t-(apeclal.)-Henry C. Richmond of Omaha vr.a at the stato lioueo this morning endeavoring to ar range another banquet of the legislative association somo time soon Ho waa ad ttnclng claims ot Bophus F. Ncblo for tho democratic nomination lor governor. He said that Mr. Neble possessed quallttoa which should roako him a good governor. Besides ho was from1 Omaha, and editor of the biggest Scandinavian paper in Uie world and that ought to count aorae. SiMt-tnl HwltoMnir Bate. . The railway commission has granted a special switching rato on tho Union Fa dflo at Omaha ot W a car from other reads switching car to and from tho establishment ot Kennedy & Persona at 1500 Jones street This applies to all leads but the Great "Western, where the rato Is made J2.50. i UnlrrmUr Printing;. .Chancellor Avery was a caller on Sec rotary Ludl ot tho state printing board recnrdlnc contracts for printing stato university reports. The court of Lan caster county has decided that all unl- wtrIiv nrintlnu must co through tho Mate printing board and whllo It Is tho intention of tho chancellor to carry the taso to tho hlghor court, pending tho out come of the caso he desired to have tho printing commissioner handle tho work legally. The new state laboratory is nearly ready for business and Is already receiv ing applications for chemical analysis ot water. The town of Seward has ueon getting water from a well that has been pronounced unsanitary, and expects to make several attempts to locato good water and desires the state to analyse the water and Judge of Its purity. In connection with other letters tho farmers around North Platte artt complaining that the septlo tank used- there does not do tho business expected of It and that water In the river from which their c'at- tlo drink has become contaminated be cause at tho defective service of the septlo tank, and aslc for somo relief. Work for State Chemist. A deputy weights and measures rep resentative of Commissioner Harman has been doing a big business in condemning weights and measures In Fremont. Twenty-two liquid measures which have been usod as dry measures wore con demned. Eleven scale weights, one plat .form scale and several other measures wero condemned In that town. LINCOLN ADMITS TREND OF BANKING ISTOWARD OMAHA (Continued from Page One.) Peculiar After Effects of Grip This Year Leaves XldnejTto Weakened Condition Doctors in all parts of tho country have been kept busy with the epidemla ot grip which has vUiled so many homes. The aymptoma of grip Uils year are often very distressing and leavo the system In a run down condition, particularly tho kidney which seem to suffer most., as almost every victim complains of lame back and urinary troubled Which should not be neglected, as these danger signals often lead to dangerous kidney troubles. Drug gists report a large sale on Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Root which so many people say soon heals and strengthens tie kidneys after an attack of grin. Swamp-Root Is a great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, and, being an herbal compound, has gentle healing effect on tho kidneys, which is almost immediately noticed in most cases by thoso who try It. Dr. Kil mer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y., offer to tend a sample size bottle ot Swamp-Root on receipt of ten cents, to every sufferer who requests It- A tilal will convince any one who may be in need ot It. Reg Liar size bottles CO cents and tlM. For sale at all druggists. Ue sure to mention th's paper. handla tho business ot a regional banK than Omaha. Judgo A. W. Field said that population ought not to cut any figure In the loca tion of tho bank. Lincoln is a purely agricultural city and no city which de pends mostly upon agriculture is ever a big city. Rasing the population ot Lincoln on the territory covered by its street car service ho said there were 70,000 people. Ho said that Lincoln had not been ablo to support a packing house, but thought It could support a regional bank. State Kxperta Make Maps, L. A. Wettllng, physical expert for tho state railway commission, a former Lin coln banker, exhibited several maps lire pared to show tho secretaries the terri tory which could bo covered by Lincoln It made a regional bank, lie was as slated In the preparation of these exhi bits by IS. C. Hurd, former cmet en gineer ot the railway commission and C. II. Qerber, present chief engineer. Secretary W. S. Wltten. of tho Lincoln Commercial club, admitted it the matter was' to be decided upon tho amount ot business done by a city that Lincoln could not any where compare with either Omaha or Kansas City. Others appear ing for Lincoln were 11. 8. Freeman, vice president ot tho First National bank and W. R. Mellor. ot the Stato Board of Agriculture. The latter, however, stated that tho showing he would make would bo favorable to Nobraska oa against any other city and he made a good showing, During the hearing, Governor Morehead came into the room and waa introduced to Secretaries McAdoo and Houston by W. Bryan, and then tho hearing con tlnued. No l'ollllcx, Saya McAdoo. The Afternoon session ot the hearing was devoted mostly to listening to prom inent business men ot Omaha In favor ot tho location ot a bank In that city and developed into something ottu. sensation when a telegram waa handed to Secre tary McAdoo purporting to have been sent out by the Omaha clearing house, urging bankers out In the state who had not already replied to letters sent out by tho clearing house asking for their opin ion as to the best location ot a regional bank to get busy right away as political Influence was being used to thwart the location ot a bank in Omaha, At the time the telegram wan handed to McAdoo. II. W. Yates ot Omaha was on the stand and tho telegram waa passed to him to read and the question asked him what he knew about tU Mr. Yates said that he know nothing about It what ever, but that it must have been written by some enthuslastlo supporter ot Omaha who bad simply let hla Judgment get away with his good sense. He said, how ever, that Inasmuch as the matter hod been brought up. that while he knew nothing ot any auch telegram being Bent, there was a rumor afloat that in order to get the votes ot eel tain senators out side ot Nebraska promises had been made, but ho did not taks much stock in tho rumor, present that there was no politics mixed up In tho location and that tho sending out of tho telegram only went to show that the' "fools were not all dead yet." Ward Burgess of the M. E. Smith com pany ot Omaha paid that the' general trend ot business In this locality was to ward Omaha in his business line and ho thought that any deviation from tho usual practice would result In much dis satisfaction. W. S. fright of tho .Wrlght-Wilhelmy! company was of about the same opinion. In the wholesale hardware business, in which his firm was engaged, he found that most ot tho trade had a natural trend toward Omaha as the natural sourco of supply, Ho cald that Omaha and Kansas City were the natural cen ters of agrloulture in this country, but that Kansas City did very little business In most ot the district covered by Omaha. J. C. French of the Stock Yards Na- tlonnl bank of South Omaha said that tho banks ot that city did business with twenty-four states and territories and 0) per cent of it camo from the territory covered by the mops showing this dis trict. Practically all of tho business done by Omaha and South Omaha banks was with Chicago and only a small per cent with Denver. Ynten Submit Ilrlef. II. W. Yates submitted a brief which was prepared by a committee ropreoent- ing the banks of Omaha, and was pro pared on business actually transacted and not on futuro, prospects. He was asked many questions by the two secre taries, and tho hearing at this point de veloped into u general educational dis cussion ot tho currency bill, Mr, Yates saying that he thought that the best In terests ot the country could be better served by the establishment of more banks and not by tho arbitrary selection ot a few. In speaking ot tho Importance of locating a regional bank at Omaha Mr. Yates 'said that ever since Omaha waa located, before even the railroad came to tho state, the natural drift of everything In a business way had been toward Omaha. Kvery railroad that had been built had verged In or out ot Omaha, and to place tho bank In any other lo cation but Omaha looked to him like case of the tall wagging the dog. He showed that by letters sent out by the Omaha clearing house to banks ot tho couutry embracing Nebraska and adjoin ing states asking their choice of a loca tion for the regional bank 1,333 favored Omaha, 2S7 Denver and Lincoln 03. "All Fools Not eu4 Yet." Secretary McAdoo simply remarked that lie waa surprised and assured the people Luverno, Kossuth county, Earlo D. Lov ell, vlco Carl Millar, resigned. South Dakota Mystic, Pennington county, Hamilton F. Wartenberger, vlco E. Hetts. resigned. Reappointed: Fair bank, Sully county, William 11. Spencer; Lowlston, Sully county, J. O, Wclschedcl. Nebraska pensions granted: Lucy H. Bads, South Omaha, $12; Mary L. Goodwin, Dakota. 12. GOETHALS WISHES TO QUIT THE CANAL (Continued from Page One.) LIngard. Tho gun was discharged and Lingard's right lung was punctured, Ho died in four hours. There will be no action against Dancon. Mltchel and told him there was a possi bility Colonel Qoethals might accept the commlsslonershlp. The mayor -immediately took up the question with George W. Perkins, with tho result that Mr, Perkins went to Panama and has just returned with Colonel Qoethal's condi tional acceptance. Try to aii-ot Conditions. The conditions ho named and which Mayor Mltchel has announced ho will mako ovory effort to meet la that a law depriving tho courts ot the power to re view tho dismissal by tho pollco commis sioner of poflco officials bo passed. An other condition named by Colonel Qoo thals was that he be retired from the army, In which ho has served thirty-four years. The publication of Colonel Qoethals' letter drew from Washington tho state ment that it was the understanding that President Wilson had all along intended to appoint the builder of the canal as first governor of tho canal zone. In discussing this reported Intontlon of President Wilson to name Colonel Qoo thals head of the now Panama govern ment Llndley M. Garrison, secretary of war, In Now York today, said: "I consider tho services of Colonel Goc- thals invaluable and I hope ho will re main In Panama." AVnulilniclou Nut Informed. WASHINGTON, Jan. M. White House officials stated today that the' first In timation conveyed to them officially con cerning the plans of Colpnel George W. Goethals with respect to tho pollco com mlsslonershlp of New York City was con tained In his letter to Mayor Mltchel. It was said that Colonel Goethals was given to understand Informally some time . Municipal Store Opens at Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 24, Chicago's fh-s rnii ntclpal store; which tho city council re cently authorized with an appropriation of 23,OO0 and of which groceries are sold at cost to the poor was opened today. If tho market proves a sucess, meats and wearing apparel also will be sold and other stores opened In different sections of the city. "Tho municipal market? never will be opened In 'pauper neighborhood,' " said Joseph Meyer, county agent, who is in charge of the enterprise, "because the county agent's offlco was cated to give stuffs and clothing to persons without funds. Tho municipal markets are to help working people practice economy by purchasing their provisions at cost." Senator Oullom is Eeported Dying WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Former Sen ator Shelby M. Cullom was very low again today and his 'family was prepared for tho end at any hour. A rally after a sinking spell yesterday renewed hope that lite might be prolonged, but he grew weaker during the night. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 24.-An af firmative vlow of business was tho key note ot a speech Secretary Redfield mode here today before the Chamber of Com merce. He praised American manufac turers for their ready readjustment to new conditions and declared that the flood of foreign manufactures which It was predicted would flood Amcilcan mar kets with tho passage ot the new tariff had not materialized. "Aye, but you say, look, at the depres sion. Well, look at It," said Mr. Red field. "Look at it sanely, without pas sion and without prejudice. What do you see? But before you answer let mo ask a second question, Where are you look ing? Get the horizon big enough, elso your picture will be but partial and may mislead. Where then Is trade depres sion found? In India, In Argentina, In Brazil, in Germany, in England. Where is It least? In America. Where Is tho rising tide from such depression as exists felt first and most? Here In America, TnvA nnlflA thA nltlfnl nnrn.b1ea of tha prophets of evil who for political pur poses preach national pain. Look calmly at tho truth. America suffers from no I disaster. It la better off when tha worst Is said than Its sister nations. From the bottom, which at most was not deep, It has already risen far and is rising. There was jUBt cause for hesitation tn that which has happened In tho past. The re action from tho Balkan war, which had tied the purse strings of Europe and shut down tho mills, was naturally reflected here In some small degree. IlenilJnxtmcntH Arc Over. "It was perfectly proper that business men, whoso output was affected more or less by the new tariff, should give thoughtful heed how to readjust them selves to It. They would have been fool ish had they dono otherwise. Frankly, tho men who dreaded tariff changes must have said, and are saying, that readjust ments are over and tho new is at its worst notlilng Uko ns bad as they feared, and that at its best Is helpful. "Europe begins to see Its way out of Its deep depression, and last and best of all you know that sympathy with all that Is finest and best in business life and with the highest Ideals of our in dustrlal activities In regnant at the seat of government. This is no longer tho day of doubt, but tho hour of hope. "Too much perhaps there has been the spirit on ono side that 'what Is, is wrong,' end tho as&ertlon on the other hand that 'what is, is right.' 'Big Business' hns often foiled to see that its methods havo arouajJ a just popular resentment and that many of Its past ideals and pur posed were impossible and intolerable In iv democracy. The men of financial and corporate power have had to learn that the weal of the whole people Is a supremo law to which their private interests must cbodientlf bow. The business conscience has Itself awakened to a realization of wrongs Tsummltted' in the name and on the alleged behalf of commerco and ln flastry and will tolerate those wrongs no more. Even the men of might in iinance are becoming men ot light and leading lr. the necessary readjustments that are pending. Tho business conscientiousness is becoming less Individual and mora social. Business neaar to Co-operate. "I am not here, therefore, on any er rand to arouse the business conscience or to raise the banner ot revolt against buslnoiu procedure, certainly not to de nounce or to destroy. The senso of what Is fit, tho knowledge of what is duo to their own fconor, Is now so keenly alive among the business community tnat when tho achievements of our recent dis cussions shall have been finally wrought Into law they will be, In my belief, not found whntlng In willingness and power to take up such 'further work as may remain." To Secretary Bryan, he asserted, be longs htgh credit for his co-operation with the Department of Commerce In smoothing tho way to business progress In foreign markets. Mr, Redfield spoke at lengtn on new methods adopted by tho department to bring business men In closer touch with both domestic and for eign trade opportunities. DAVID GILL. PROMINENT ASTRONOMER, IS DEAD LONDON, Jan. Sir David Gill, tho Scotch astronomer, died here today In his seventy-first year. Sir David waa ono ot tho most widely known of scientists. He was a former president of tho Brit ish association nnd held scientific de grees from many universities. Ho was n member of the Academies of Science of Washington, New York, Boston, Phila delphia, Rome, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Amsterdam and Stockholm, and a corre sponding member of tho French Institute. Ho was knighted by King Edward In 1900. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Big Returns. Solvay Nut Coke For Base Burners J9 50 Prssent this ad for M credit SOo on first ton. ordtred. Central Coal & Coke Co. Or OMAHA, 40S S. IStn St. 'Phone Song. 1231. QUALITY, RELIABILITY and SERVICE Plus Thoroigh Knowledge of the Laundry Business Is What Makes Us Omaha's Quality Laundry mONE DOUG. 2560. BOY BANDIT CONFESSES THIRTEEN BURGLARIES' SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Jan. :4.-(Spe-clal.) Arrested after an exciting chase through several Iowa cities, a 13-ycar-old Sioux Falls boy has, been brought back to tho city, and In tho Juvenile court con fessed having, with tho aid of two boy companions, committed thirteen bur-1 glarles. In several Instances smalt safes' were broken open and cash taken. The 1 boy companions are only 14 and 15 years MAN WANTED IN OHIO HANGED. IN CANADA MONTREAL, Jan. 34. William Camp bell, a negro, was hanged here today for a TYPEWRITERS FOR RENT THREE MONTHS, $5 Not many years ago J5.00 month was tho prico; now our price on better machines Is cut to ono-thrd. Rent ono and apply rent on purchase. We aro tho oldest Typo writer Exchange In this terri tory eleven years In the busi ness. CENTRAL TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE, 307-309 South 17th St. v TVnn Omaha's Oozy Picture H lr r Theater, 15th and Harney x. aaa a where Everybody does. Onsn from 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Bo TODAVS PSOQKAM-5o 'The Husband's Experiment" (Drama) "The Blinded Heart'' (Drama) 'The Perplexed Bridegroom" (Comedy) "Decoration Day at Old Soldiers' Home'1 (Topical) Business Trend to Omnhn. F. H. Davis ot the First National bank ot Omaha spoke In favor of tha location in Omaha along lines already covered. Frank Fowler ot tho Nyo-Schnelder-Fow-ler Grain company ot Fremont said that all ot the business connected with their long line of elevators trended toward Omaha. Ho said, however, that as a sec ond choice he would favor Chicago. A banker from North Platto sold that 90 per cent of the bank business ot his city went to Omaha. Ho favored Omaha first and Chicago second. A. M. Welpton of Ogallala said that he lived closer to Denver than he did to Omaha, but that S6 per cent ot the busi ness he did through his bank went to Omaha. He kept a email balance In Denver banks and also a small amount In Lincoln banks. Several others testified in favor of Omaha as the most logical location of a. regional bank for the district which It Is supposed will be covered as a part ot the regional bank system. of nge. Under the laws of South Da-1 ,. . ,,,. ;.," ,,. ... i kota tho newspapers ore prohibited from SS? oMhrdnalonr HeTano! ! , vunommu ocwmwji u 4a i ,ii,i k WAnM Ult IW(U V4 MstJ HUtt.lUI4V Mb WIS fcM V spect to leaving. The White . House of ficials lndtcatod'ihat until the subject was' officially brought to the attention of the Washington government Inquiry would not be made of Colonel Goethals con cerning his plans. NAMES OF POSTMASTERS WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN (From a Staff Correspondent.) WABHINQTON. Jan. 24. (Special Tel egram.) Postmasters have been ap pointed aa follows: Nebraska Pine Camp, Keya Paha county, aertle Hoilenbeck, vice O. 11. llollcnbeok. reslcned. lowadUUiboro. Henry county, William H rcrree, vice w crree, resigned, BANKS 0F THREE, STATES WOULD ENTER SYSTEM (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L-(Speclal Tel egram.) Tho following banks have filed applications to join the new banking system: Nebraska Aurora National Aurora: West National, Lawrence: First National, Hubbcll; Stock Yards National. South Omaha; First National, Wynot; First .-National. uaKiana. Iowa-First National. Aurella: the Na tional bank, Keokuk; First National, De Witt: First National. Burlington. First National. Lost Nation; First National, Rock Valley; Farmers National. Vinton; First National. Armstrong; First Na tional, Clearfield. South Dakota First atlonal, Kennebec, Redfield National, Redfield: First Na tional, Gerretson: First -National, South Shore. YOUTH OF SIXTEEN KILLED WHEN COMRADE POINTS GUN FORT DODGE. la., Jan. lt-(Spclal Telegram.) iterrltt LIngard, aged Is, of Otlio, bled to death last night because a companion "did not know it was loaded." Four boys had been hunting and retturn- irff. dropped their guns to engage in a friendly tussling. John Dancon "Just for tun" picked up a gun and pointed It at court Tho amount of the thefts ot the thrco boy' bandits ranged from furs j valued at $125. taken from the establish-) ment of a fur dealer, to a few cents and some candy taken from a grocery store. AN EDUCATED OAHAKY. Have you ever heard one of our educated Canaries and their Bweet songT Ihese CanarleB are really musically educated especially for us In Germany and ore Imported direct by us and registered as the "living Muslo Box" U. S. Patent Office No. 608G3. .... . Come In thin week and make your selection of one or these famous singers to mako your surroundings more cheerful and pleasant. These sweet singers will entertain, amuse and charm you In many ways. Their song Is en tirely different from that of any other Canary. 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