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AMERICAN BANK "EIZED AND HELD BY BOLSHEVIKI .nager Stevens of City Na tional Bank's Petrograd Branch Arrested; Vaults Under Guard. Petrograd, Thuaday, Dec. 27. Sol ers acting under the orders of inance Commissioner Menshinsky oday surrounded and seized all pri ate banks in Petrograd, including the ranch of the National City bank of 'ew York. The manager, R. R. Stev ns, was arrested and detained for a hort time. Many bank directors were ar csted. Several surrendered the keys o th bank vaults, but Stevens re fused. J. B. Wright, counselor of the American embassy, called upon Mr. Stevens during the afternoon. Bar Entrance. At the time for the opening of the anks detachments of the Red Guard .fathered in the streets and barred the entrances. Later the banks were entered, under the leadership of M. Menshinsky. Orders were given that work cease and that the banks sur render their papers and the keys to their vaults. In most instances no resistance was offered. , Mr. Stevens declared his bank had no vaults, but only small 6afes. After his arrest he ,'was permitted to return to the bank, which was placed under suard. The bank directors who were arrested were accused of "sabotage." Tele phone service throughout the city was stopped for an hour. In explaining the seizure of the banks, M. MenshinsW said: "We let it be known long ago that private banks should send ' reports weekly to the State bank. This was done, but the reoorts were incorrect. It was then decided to occupy the banks, revise their activity and then see that they resumed business1 prop erly. The keys are in the hands of Commissioner Cbolensky of the State bank, as are the books and documents which have been seized." The National City bank of New York was granted a license last Jan uary to begin business in Russia with particular reference to the financing of railroad construction. The license m .( M hi,, frtlA f.fflt .A ttt fti, vii vva in. uifc fiiaiiitu iu ivi - eign bank to do business in Russia since 1879. You can secure a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee vvaiii nu 'The Greatest .' i Sale of the Year Will Close the Year of 1917-at Omaha U 1 3r 4 S FINEST, CLOAK and SUIT HOUSE The House of Menagh 1613 Farnam Street 14 rA 9 i i Will Offer 250 Exquisite. Coats, Suits and Dresses i ,s fl From Our Regular Stock. Values up to $69.50 Your Choice at I 1 1 i Nearly All Colon. Nearly All Sizes. Nearly All Materials. Coats for Afternoon and Street Wear. Suits for Business and Dress Wear. Dresses for Morning, Afternoon and Ever !- n m W a ' A $ - i This Sale Will Last Two Day Saturday and Monday SHIP BUILDERS WANT T0R0B D. S. Former Rear Admiral Bowles Says Pacific Coast Contrac tors Want Jobs, But Ask Exorbitant Prices. (Br AwMwiated rrm.) Washington, Dec. 28. Former Rear Admiral Bowles, assistant to the general manager of the emerg ency fleet corporation, testifying to day before the senate committee in vestigating the shipping situation de clared that Pacific coast ship build ers were anxious to get contracts, but only at very high prices. J'acinic coast plants he said have increased their demands $15 to $20 a ton on steel ships, making the prices asked from $180 to $185 a ton while some even are asking $200 a ton. Mr. Bowle3 made these statements in connection with an outline of leg islation wanted by the shipping board, one portion of which was a suggestion that congress protect the ship builders from operations of the war excess profits tax law. "Some contractors are acting in good faith while others are trying to take advantage of the govern ment," said the witness in replying to questions regarding the general attitude of contractors." "I think we ought to know who is holding up the government," said Senator Nelson, but Mr. Bowles re fused to give any names except in executive session. He added, how ever, that hi- policy has been to "deal pretty vigorously with those contrac tors who attempt to hold up the gov ernment," and that if .they are called by the committee he wanted to ques tion them. Haig Honors Americans In Nursing Corps Units London, Dec 28. Field Marshal Haig, the British commander-in-chief, has submitted a list of names of persons serving on the western front as deserving special mention., The list, vhich was published today in the London Gazette, contains the names of many Americans attached to the American army nursing corps. Miss B. M. Alexander, Chicago unit; Miss S. Briggs, Lakeside unit, Cleveland: Mrs. J. Christie, Pres byterian hospital unit,' New York; Miss C. Cuppaidge, St. Louis unit; Miss M. Dunlop, University of Penn sylvania unit, Philadelphia; Miss G. M. Gerrard, Harvard university unit; Miss C. Hall, Harvard unit; Miss H. G. McClelland, Philadelphia unit; Miss L. Marsh. Presbyterian hospital unit; Miss J. C. Stemson, St. Louis, Miss I. McKe. Lakeside unit, and Miss D. Arch of the Chicago unit. , ' i w. HIE BEE: OMAHA,' SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29,1917 France Exceeds Quota In Third Big War Loan Paris, Dec. 23. The 10,000,000 frances asked for in the third war loan has been exceeded, according to a statement made in the Chamber of Deputies today by M. Klotz, the minister of finance. M. Klotz said that the returns for the loan were still incomplete, but that the subscription, not in cluding those from abroad, aggre gated 10.276,000,000 frances. TEUTONS STEAL" iivr umnior mi mil wuimor uiii ITALIi TOWHS .:troy Priceless Frescoes and Other Objects That Cannot Be Carried Off and Plunder Villas. Washington, Dec. 28. Germany's creation of a so-called commission of experts with functions announced as the projection of works of art in in vaded Italy is declared by semi official dispatches from Rome received here today to be only a cloak to con ceal the looting of art works.: "It has been establ'shed," say the dispatches, "that the enemy has trans ported to Vienna, Budapest and Ber lin whatever could be removed from private and public buildings and churches. "The equestrain statue of Victor Emmanuel which stood in the public square of Udine has disappeared, while the Italians respected the monu ment of Emperor Max'milian at Cor mons, notwithstanding the fact that this particular monument had been erected as a provocation and chal lenge to Italy. All the sumptuous villas of the Venetian noblemen have been pillaged and the wonderful ar tistic collections transported to Aus tria. Villa Soderini, near Mervasa, conta'ning a fresco by Tiepolo, has been destroyed. Similarly, the temple that Canova erected at Possagno is badly damaged. Fortunately, tire Italian authorities had placed in safety all Canova's works which the temple contained. "Some hundreds of America.! avia tors, assigned to a school instituted in a southern Italian town, constitute the first American corps to reach Italy. "Austrian troops from the Rou manian front have been observed to arrive behind the enemy lines at our front." Government Takes Over Niagara Electric Power Washington, Dec. 28. To assure the adequate supply of electric power for establishments engaged in war work at Niagara Falls and Buffalo, the government today requisitioned the e! ctric power produced, imported and distributed by the Niagara Falls Pow er company, the Hydraulic Power company of Niagara Falls and t!ie Cliff Electrical Distributing company. Dies in Berlin. Amsterdam, Dec. 28. The death of Toby Rosenthal, an American painter, is reported by the Tageblatt of Ber lin. Mr. Rosenthal was born in New Haven 69 years ago. He studied art in San Fransico and subsequently took up his residence in Munich. Baby Shoes You can't be too particular about the shoes you put on your baby's feet if you have any care for their shapeliness when it grows up. . Our children's shoes have brought us many an entire family's trade. It's ' the care with which they're made and the high value our shoes the money. BRING THE CHILDREN HERE i it) -as;!;.. a? Mr 1 i & M , s efWrT-irft. 1 i a. ? h When Buying Advertised Gocds Say You Read of Them in The Bee MERCURY DROPS WAY BELOW ZERO; WARMER IN WEST (Continued From Page One.) this morning when the Burlington and Northwestern reports were filed. Farther south in Wyoming the weather was still warmer, the Union Pacific reporting 30 to 60, with con siderable rain west of Cheyenne and warm weather in Nebraska as far east as North Platte. Throughout the Missouri valley section the railroads report tempera tures of 2Q above to '5 degrees be low, the coldest point being in the vicinity of O'Neill. In the southern part of the state temperatures were 15 above to 6 and 8 below. Extends Eastward. Washington, Dec. 28. A marked cold wave has overspread the upper Missouri and upper Mississippi val leys and is extending eastward and southward toward the Atlantic coast, where the weather will be much cold er Saturday in all sections north of Florida. Snow in the north and rain in the south precded the cold. High est barometric pressures of the winter accompany a disturbance extending from Minnesota northwestward into the Canadian northwest, with centra! pressure this morning at 31 inch pressure this morning at 31 inches. The movement of this disturbance southeastward is being preceded by the cold wave. The cold will continue in the east until Monday or Tuesday, the weather bureau announced. Some moderation in the northwest will come after Saturday. In the south the cold will not be so severe as already has been experienced there this winter. ( Colder Predicted. Chicago, Dec. 28. The cold wave made its appearance in Chicago to day with a 30-degree drop of the mer cury to 4 degrees above zero. Ten be low is predicted for tomorrow. One of the Msxicans Who Killed Two Americans Shot Washington, Dec. 28. At least one of the Mexicans who killed Lee Sharp and Clarence Sellers near Piedras Negras recently has been shot and killed by Mexican government troops, the American consul at Piedras Ne gras reported today. Information obtained by the consul was that Mexican troops shot one Mexican December 26 and arrested three others, one of whom was being sent to Piedras Negras. The men confessed that they had murdered the Americans, adding that they were on a cattle-stealing expedition when Sharp intervened. Rock Island Railroad Declares 7 Per Cent Djvidend New York, Dec. 28. Initial divi dends of ZYi per cent were declared today by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway company, recently re organized, on its 7 per cent preferred stock, and of 3 per cent a share on its 6 per cent preferred stock. THE FIB Damaged Us But Slightly, and We're Doing Business as Usual Chas. H. MALUM v 202 North 17th St Phone Douglas 3614 give you for : si ir WSHO&CQ Mich 1913 Almanac NOW READY This famous weather Almanae should tbe in every home. Some features of -A.a II - 1. U A lae ivio Almanac are nnu-iune re- ; productions of photos of the Moon by . the ereat Yerkes telescope, accurate u illustrated weather forecasts for the I year on the Hicks system, and many H other practical items. You can get it at any news siana. PRICE 30 CENTS The publishers of this popular Al manac also issue monthly a practical, aniiv familv mnraine. Word and Works. Costs only $1.00 a year, in- manac. Sample copy of magazine sent for 5 cents in stamps or coin. Write to W0HDfiH3W0nSPySLISH!NSC0. 4401 Fnnllia Annua. St. Louis. Mo. GERMANS BOMB AMERICAN CAMP AND KILL THREE Aviators Flying Low Over French Town Drop Bombs With Deadly Ef fect. (rty Associated Trrfia.) German bombs and shells have Lrought death to three American sol diers in France. Bombs dropped on a camp resulted in the killing of two soldiers. A German shell, which dropped near a party of American en gineers working in trenches on the French front Christmas eve, killed a corporal of engineers and wounded a private. In the Argonne the French repulsed an enemy surprise attack. On the right bank of the Meuse the activity of the artillery on both sides con tinued very lively in the region of Caurieres wood and Bezonvaux. Nortiieast of Bezonvaux an enemy troop concentration was dispersed with losses. Check Surprise Attack. Repulsed in their attempt to break the trench line northeast of Verdun, the Germans have ceased their ef forts, while the artillery on both sides keeps up a lively fire. In the Argonne yesterday the French checked a Ger man surprise attack and French ar tillery broke up enemy troop concen trations northeast of Verdun. On the British front the artillery engagement continues at various points. On the Italian northern front the Austro-Germans have not followed up their success of early in the week west of Brenta and which they had a hard fight to maintain. Enemy ar tillery fire on the Asiago plateau is intense, perhaps in preparation for other attempts. In aerial battles over Treviso British and Italian air men accounted for 11 of 33 attacking of Special Line of Furniture Remaining From Our Holiday Stocks. At V2 and Less Than V2 Price for the NEXT 15 DAYS Antta'pate yur future needs now and buy during this sale. We will hold the goods for you until yon want them and will also arrange accommodations to suit your convenience. Deliveries made free to any part of Omaha, South Omaha or Council Bluffs. i 3? DINING TABLE! Some exceptional bargains are offered in Dining Tables, in a variety of styles and finishes and Cfi 7i reduced as low a FINE DAVENPORTS A few to be closed out at ridiculously low prices, and as low $1675 Also special reductions an Library Tables, Rocker. Cedir Chests, Buffets, Dressers, Beds, Staves, Ranges, Rugs, Etc. Railroad fare free within 100 miles with 20 purchase or ever. STATE FURNITURE CO., CORNER 14TH AND DODGE STS. Telephone Douglas 1317. Resinol keeps skins clear in spite of everything The smoke and dust of city life, the sun and wind of the country, the steam and dirt of housework ail spell ruin for good complex ions. But the regular use of Resinol Soap, with an occasional applicationof Resinol Ointment, keeps the skin so clean, clear and fresh that it simply cannot help being beautiful. All dnt reals set! Resinol Soap sod Oint ment. Why don't you btfin atinf theraf The Useful Lptl Should your 6ns Lamp need attention DAT OB SIGHT Call Douglas 60S, er, Maintenance Department, only Douglas 41SC Omaha Gas Co. M09 Howard Street OlnsingOut Sale mrrnv machines, emercm? un scathed. Engineer Officer Killed. With the American Army in France, Dec. 28. A corporal of American engineers was killed and one private was wounded Christmas eve, when a German shell dropped near a party of American engineers wnrkinc in trenches on a section of the French front. The engineers for several weeks had been working along the front with veteran French engineers for purposes of instruction. Baby J:rr. of Sideshow Fame Dies at Philadelphia Philadelphia, Dec. 28. "Baby Jim" Simons, colored, said to be the heavi est man in the world, died here todny. He weighed 800 pounds and for years had been one of the sights of circus side shows. He was 3? years old, and is survived by a widow and two small children. The body will be tahen to he former home of Simons in Texas. For its transportation it was neces sary to charter an entire freight car. THOMPSON.BELDEN -'CQ ; 3he Qashion Center for WomorP i New Low Prices Saturday on the Best Winter Furs V Separate pieces and fine fur. coats of the very best and most dependable grades go at reductions, you'll appreciate. Utmost reliance can be safely placed on Thompson, B e 1 d e n furs. A certainty of quality and fashion that are known fac tors in all furs, sold by this house. Women interested in new furs will do well to investigate Satur day's savings in prices. The Fur Shop Second Floor. AJ1U8KMKNT3. Last Times A Musical Military Satire Today. "Miss America" With Jeanne Water and Macklin Megley LAKOMA Arthur Rigby Sensational Equtlib'st in Darinf Faats Black Face Comtdlan eweiynStaney "Runaway Romany" The Photoplay r-feature with anion dauies Admittedly America's Most Beau tiful Young Star BILLY WEST in The Candy Kid f Douglas Superior Vaudeville MATINEE TODAY 2:15 Early Curtain TONIGHT 7:55 Sharp Note Gertrude Hoffmann in her big revue first on the program. Patrons are re quested to be in their seats when the curtain goes up. DRANCEIS TODAYS PLAYERS iast two times Th Successor to "P 0' Mr Heart" ; CiaDEfiELU hW A Plar of Youth, Lova and Laughter Matinee, 25c; Tonight, 15c to 50c. 4 DAYS BEG. TOMORROW NIGHT Minea Tw Years and Wedne'day First Time In Omaha, A. H. Woods Presents PStMr "IN SOCJETY" Mats, 25c to $1.00; Nights, 25c to $1.50 The Shepherd Vision Cantata by Irenee Bergc will be sung by the FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH CHOIR Under th Leadership of IRS. C. O. PICKETS DAY NIGHT, AT 7:4 J W urge you to accept our invitat on and come. When Writing to Our Advertisers Mention Seeing It in The Bee. Nebraska Boy in France Dies of Pneumonia Washington, Dec. 28. The names of the American engineers killed and wounded in action on December 23 were as follows: Killed: Corpora Russell . Sprague, Mid- d'etown, N. V. Slightly wemnded: Corporal Charles G. Hewett, Rockland, Me. Among the deaths from natural causes reported by General Tershing today were: Private Erjc O. Sayre, aero squad ron, December 2.?. broncho-pneumonia; father, David O. Sayre, Water bury, Xeb. Private James C. Traill, engineers, December 25, pneumonia; father, J. Traill, Bakersfield, Cal. Cool Weather in Duluth. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 28. The tem perature was 32 below zero here to day and bitter cold was reported else where in northern Minnesota. AMUSEMENTS. OMAHA'S FUN CENTER t2fart7s!3iXy Mat, 18-2S-50c- 2?-yEvcninSs, 25-50-75c-$l. AN AUSPICIOUS START FOR 191 Spiegel's IVSerry Rounders bUsJ. Abe Reynolds, Superb Florence Mills and a Typically Spiegelesque Production of Limit less Prodigality. The Ultra-smart in Burles que. Liveliest Shew in Town. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS z tumrttit anuwa Mend iv Nite. Starting '5'jHb UV7e liiuvi aui pa wca EV.IDN.TE OmMw's One Live Snot NEW YEAR'S EVE AM Over at 1 145 A. M. "OWL" CARS HOME BOYD Return En gag) Musi TONIGHT LAST TIME Matinee Today Return Engagement of the Popul ilar Musical Comedy "Very Good Eddie" Popular Matinee 1 oday. Best seats, 1 .00. Nights, 53c to $1.80. Sunday "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" Jan. 34-5 Matinee Saturday MAX NOTHING BUT FIGMAN I THfc TRUTH PHOTOPLAYS. ' 'SB MARY PICKFORD in "The Little Princess" His Smashing Career (Sunshine Comedy) MUSE CONSTANCE TALMAGE SCANDAL" A story of a willful debu tante, a wealthy caveman. Smart society at its .ot. float is ifir TfT-mraiiTi nme fmm w mim a jyassasviownyai iaj us -mm int-,mltT'1- VI VIVlViN LAST TIMES TODAY Earle Willisms, in 'The Maebtrcm" SUBURBAN cKSii Today BELLE BENNETT, ia "ASHES OF HOPE" IllFPODRCf,. 25th and Cuming Today MARIE DORO, m yW4 mm rm - m QS33. ' "LOST AND WON