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HIE J3EE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1918.
LEADING EXPRESS
CONCERNS UNDER
U. S. OPERATION
Government Control and Com
pensation Asked by Many
Companies; Action De
layed by. Discussion.
Washington, March 12. Govern
ment control probably will be ex
tended shortly to the leading express
companies, it was officially intimated
today at the railroad administration.
The companies that .would be af
fected are the Adams, American,
Wells-Fargo, Southern, Great North
ern, Northern, Canadian and Western.
Most express companies' earnings
last year were far below the record
of the year before and some, notably
the Adams, recorded an actual deficit
in the latter months.
Government operation and com
pensation on the basis of th: aver
age earnings for the last three years
is sought by most companies. Since
the government took over the rail
roads, representatives of the com
, panics have tonferred repeatedly with
railroad administration officials urg
ing that the government take over
their interests.
Some decision probably will be
reached within 10 days. Action has
been delayed by discussions of the
proper basis of compensation.
An application of the express com
panies tor a iu per cent increase in
'rates if pending before the Interstate
Commerce commission.
FEAR FRANCIS
HELD IN VOLOGDA
BY BOLSHEVIK
, -Harbin, Manchuria, March 12.
rConfikting reports have reached here
regarding; the plans of the American,
Japanese and other ambassadors at
Vologda. According to the under
standing fn Harbin they were to pro
ceed to Vladivostok, traveling by way
t of the Amur railway from Karims
, kaya, where eastbound traffic Is now
'. being-transferred, because of the de
; strnction of the Manchurian railway
between the Manchurian border and
Chita, in the TransbaikaL
The ambassadors were expected in
Vladivostok about March 14, it has
been understood here, but a rumor
that they were, being detained by the
. bolsheviki has been current.
i
Casualty List Ruling
, Now Goes to President
Washington, March 12.Fresident
Wilson today personally considered
the War department's new plan of is
. suing the names of American soldiers
killed, wounded or who die in France,
. i.,.'Ui, 4tiA,V mAAram A ltVll
marks of identification.
j There was no outward indication
that theV president would reverse the
War department's ruling, which was
made for military reasons, but it was
plain that protests from every quar
ter had grown to such number that
, the president had decided to inform
himself of all the facts. '
It is possible that a suggested plan
of issuing the casualty lists twice a
month, or once a week, might make
it possible to give home addresses of
troops, because the information might
then be so old as to be valueless to
the enemy.
Special Postage Rates
; , Allowed on Thrift Stamps
Postmaster Fanning received in.
etrtirtiAna f mm Aaeri in flrtrtn trt allnur
Omaha banks special postage rates in
sending cancelled thrift stamp cards
to Washington. These are stamps
which have been turned in for war
savings stamps. The postoffice de
posits them in the banks as cash.
Handling them requires much work
by the banks from which they derive
no profit and the "unkindest cut" of
it is that then they have to pay post
age on them besides. Four large mail
bags full of these stamps have already
been deposited in local banks.
German Agent Almost
Sinks Cunard Liner
London, March 12. A German
agent in New York almost succeeded
in sinking the Cunard liner Fannonia,
according to the story told in a court
here this week. The case before the
court was a suit by an English firm to
recover $10,000 damages from the
, Cunard line for wheat damaged by
water.
The steamship owners denied that
the damage was chargeable to them,
iMas it was due to the fact that a port
hole had been opened deliberately by
a German spy in New York."
Fear for Life of Arctic
Explorer, Stefansson
Vancouver. B. C. March' 12. Dis-
patches today from Dawson, Y. T.,
aid fears were expressed in the
northern city for the recovery of
.Yilnjajmur Meiansson, the Arctic ex
plorer now wintering at Herschel is
land, in the Arctic ocean.
v A Royal Northwest mounted police
patrol arrived at Dawson recently
from the Arctic nd said Stefansson
had suffered from fever and was de
lirious at times.
Sharp Recovery in
Italian Remittances
!Cew York, March 12. The decision
of the Italian government to reralate
all future dealings in foreign exchat.ee
between the United States and Italy
resulted in another sharp recovery in
Italian remittances here today. Lires
were quoted at the equivalent of eight
.to the dollar, against a recent quota
tion o( almost nine lires, which fp
resented a discount of approximately
'42 per cent
t Japan Undecided on
Question of Aid to Allies
I London, March 12. Japan has not
yet come to a decision regarding the
dispatch of troops to Siberia, Fremier
xeraucnt oeciarea in replying to a
question in the house of representa-
ttves, according to a Keuter dispatch
from shanghai carrying Tokio ad'
vices under date of March 9
NEW YORK STOCKS
Prices Trend to Downward
Course During Last Sour
Under Heavy Selling
Influence.
New Tork, March 12. Th atock marknt
today waa lethargic, prleea tending mainly
downward, eapecltlly In toe last hair hour,
under selling Influences, eicept for aeveral
peclflo Instance In which professional
preaaua waa exerted, recessions were com
paratively moderate.
Among the weakest Issues were American
Telephone and American Tobacco, General
Electric, Peoples' Gas, Pullman, Woolworth,
the automobile group and minor war shares.
Gross reversals of 2 to S points were
registered by these and lea conspicuous
specialties.
Ralls continued steady to .strong during
th morning but fell back oh Washigton's
denial that action looked to an adjustment
of New Haven obligations had assumed
concrete form.
Earl gains of I to 2 points In oils ship
pings and equipments also were cancelled at
the close. United States Steel recording a net
loss of one point. Total sales amounted to
345.000 shares.
Money conditions were confusing call
loans opening at t per cent, but rising tq
( per cent, a few renewals being reportd
at that rata.
Foreign exchange was featured by another
sharp rebound In Italian remittances, 11 res
selling at S.00 against last week's minimum
of S.I6. Much of this rally was forfcltel
later. 1
Bonds were Irregular, Libert Issues again
yielding. Total sales (par value) aggre
gated 3, 045 000. United: State bonds (old
Issues) were unchanged on call.
Number of sales and Quotations on leading
stocks: i Clotting
Sales. High. Low. Bid.
Am. Beet Sugar. .
80tt
800 41 40 40
l.00 77 7'4 7614
1,400 CH 654 66
2,400 82 80 80
400 104 104 103
19,900 106 101 101
4.900 64 61 6!
American Can
Am. Car & Fndry.
Am, Locomotive...
Am. B. at Refng..
Am. Sugar Refng.
Am. Tel. Tel....
Anaconda Copper..
Atchiaon
A. O. & W. I. S. U
800 85 86
1,700 114 111
3,100 65 66
4,000 24 22
300 16 16
200 146 146
8
Hl
GS 22
1
144
70
68
42
tm
ihk
18
16.
Stff
81
18
Baltimore St Ohio.
Butt & Sup Cop.
Cal. Petroleum...
Canadian Pacific,
Central Leather...
Chesapeake aV Ohio
C, M. ft 8t. Paul.
Chicago ft N. W....
C, K. I. A P. etfs.
1,000 71 70
T.400 60
1,800 43
(00 12
3,700 22
400 41 v.
600 10
68
42
it
21
41
88
15
China Copper
Colo. Fuel A Iron.
Corn Prod. Refng. 11,600
11
(
Crucible 8U1 ,
Cuba can nugar
Distillers Security. 1,800
Eds 3.800
18
18
16
15
16
Qeneral Electric.
3,700 120 116 186
6,800 128 126 126
Oeneral Motors.
Ot Northern pfd
91
Ot N. Or ctfs... 1,400 21
Illinois Central ,
44
17
21
31
16
32
28
16
44
7
21
31
16
32
112
21
16
10
21
67
18
72
11
106
86
2 .
20
4
67
33
80
78
17
16
24
Inspiration Copper too 45
Int. M. M. pfd... 15,800 l
Inter. Nickel. 200 11
Inter. Paper 3,200 33
K. a Southern... SOOg 17
Kenneoott Copper.' 600 32
Louis. A Nash..., ...... ...
Maxwell Motors...
Met Petroleum... 11,100 18
21
23
67
11
72
Miami Copper.... f 1,600 11
Missouri Pacific).'., 3,600 24
Montana Power.. 200 17
Nevada Copper..,. 600 18
N. T. Central..... 1,400 71
N. T.. N. H. A H
Norfolk A West.. 100 101 101
Northern Pacific
Paclflo Man ..t
Paclflo Tele. A Tel
Pennsylvania 100 46 44
Pittsburgh Coal
Ray Con. Copper. 100 21 21
Reading 34,700 ,11 10
Rep. Iron A BteeU 3,400 10 71
Shat Arts. Copper. too 17 17
Southern Paclflo. .. 100 17 87
Southern Railway.. 7,400 36 34
Studebaker Corp... 1,700 46 46
46
Texas Co 1,000 161 141 141
Union Pacific MOO 123 121 121
U. S. Ind. Alcohol. 1,800 122 130 110
V. B. Steel ., 34.100 12 10 10
U. a Steel pfd..,. 300 110 101 101
Utah Copper 100 10' 71 71
Wabash pfd. 'B".. 100 31 13 33
Western Union.'... 10
Westlngh. Electric 100 41 41 41
Total sales for the day, 341,000 shares.
Oman Stack! ana Bands. .
STOCKS Bid. Ashed,
Burgees-Nash Co. 7 pet pfd... 11 100
Beatrice Creamery Co. pfd 101
Cudahy Packing Co.. pfd 101
Cudahy Packing Co. common.. Ill
Deere A Co. pfd It
Gooch Milling Cocmfwypl , ,
Oooeh M. A K. Co. 7 pet pfd "B'MOO
Harding Cream Co. 7 pet pfd... 100
Lincoln T. A T. common 17
1 101
' lot
111
17
100
. . a,
100
H
161
CI
ioa
100
100
Neb. Power Co. 7 pet pfd.... 11
O. A C. B. 8t. Ry. pfd '.. 61
Orchard A Wllhelm Co. 7 pet pfd 100
O. A C. B. Ry. A B. pfd 66
M. E. Smith A Co. 7 pet pfd.... 101
Union P. A L. Co. 7 pet pfd.... 100
Union Ktock Tarda Co ,. ..
Wichita Union Stock Tarda 17 100
BONDS
American T. A T. notes 1111..,. It 11
Am. F.'Seo. Corp. notes 16 16
Columbus L.. II. A P. 5s, 1124. 16 IS
Chicago Sanitary Diet. 4s. 1123.. 17 . 17.36
IX of C. Is, 1111 15 I(
Bordeaux-Lyons-Marsetlles Is .. 11 It
Des Moines School Dlst 4s, Hitf 17 11
Oeneral Rubber deb. ts. 1111... 18 98
Iowa'Ptd. Cement Co. 6s 10O
Hastings School 4s 1931, op. 1127 14 IS ,
Japanese 1st 4s loan ot 1106.. II 11
Morris A Co. 4s, 1131.. 13 14
Montana Power ts, 1943... 18 81
Omaha Ath. Club Bid. ts, HJ0-J1 19 100
O. A C. B. St. Ry. ts, 1128...,, 14 81
rrootor a Gamble I tr. 7s. 1121.. 17A
98
91
99
n
99
Seaboard Airline Ry. Ca 1111.... 16V,
Toledo Traction L. A P. 7s, 1120 18
West End St. Ry. 7s, 1120 18
United Kingdom ts 2-1111.,., 99
Ex-dlV.
New Tork Money Market.
New Tork. March 13. Mexican drill. r
tlc.
Bonds Government, heavy: railroad, ir
regular.
Tims Loans Strong: sixty dava. ninety
days and six months, t per cent bid..
Call Money Strom: hlsheat. I ner rent:
lowest, 4 per cent! rullns rate. 414. ner
cent; 'cloning bid, f per cent; offered at t
per cent; last loan, t per cent.
U..S. 3s, reg.... 7D. ot C. ts, 1131 11
'do coupon... !7Erie gen. 4s.... 62
U. 8. la, reg.. llQen. Eleetrtc ts. 11
do coupon... 98Ot N. 1st 4s 18
U. 8. Lib. 3s.9i 46M11. Cent. r. 4s. 1
U. 8. 4s, rcg..V4Int. M- M. 6s.... 92
do coupon.. ,104K. C. S. ref. 6s 71
Am. For. Seo. 5s 15V,"U A N. unl. 4s 13
A. T. A T. 6s 91HM. K. A T. 1st 4s 61
Anglo-French 6s 69Mo. Pae. sen. 4a 67V
Armour A Co 4s t Mont. Power ts. 19
Atchison gen. 4a 13 N. T. C. deb. ts 13
Bal. AOcv4s !N. Paclflo 4s... 10
Beth. St. r. ts. 1 do 3s.' 17
Cent. Leather 6s hi Ora. 8. L. r. 4s 12
Cent. Pac. 1st. 19 Pae. T. A T. ts. VI
Ches. A O. ev, ts loPenn. con. 4s 95
C. B. A Q. J. 4s 12 do gen. 4s.. 11
C.M AB. I 74Readlng gen. 4a. 13
C R I A P r. r. 4s 14S. L. A 8. F. a 6s 6
Colo. A 8. r. 4s 69 8. Pao. cv. 6s.. 93
D- R- O. r. 6s. 49S. Railway ts... 91
Bid. 'Offered. I
London Money Market.
London, March It. Silver Bar, 4Jd per
ounce. j
Money 2 per cent.
Discount Rates Short bills, t 1-.6 per
cent; three months. 3 1-16 per cent.
OMAHA GENERAL MARKET.
..Wholesale Beet Prices Loins: No. 1.
1, 24c; No. t, 2!o; No. 3. 16c Rounds:
w. i, ic; N9. j, nc; No. 3. lto.
Chucks: No. 1, 17c; No. 2. 16c; No. 3 15c
Plates: No. I. 15c: No. 1. Ku- w u
..V? northern standarda, per gal.,
! ; "" He! m11 c. c; se
loots, 11.10 per sal.: lam nn. f.1.-
4-i . .. .. ' ' a. aiu,
cana 43cj eounta, 11.10 per gaL; large cans.
muii, mo small cana. 4sc: Chen.
is-r" ",,'"a, per '! 'r ".
..,.,, .. jgc. selects, 12.60 per gal
large cana 60c: amn ;
c,ley C'litornia mammoth, fresh trim-
'.'.V7.T" oieaonea, per doxen. Sua.
.vrn.H iY"""' S,aa ,,k ' . !n.
iTni JL'kC: Toana' o: bo lot h
rmg, per lb., round. !c: sack lota ius
taiub..' Pwh,',b- dr" "" Vou.'ltel
tuillbbe, white avee. 1 lh. nr is n..
box lots. 10c: Canadian V ?.Tv idl?,'
Fresh Frosen oer lh 1 n.iv.n. .
fron. lie: buck b.-. .V1. V
lots. 17e; pickerel. drassedV 16c-: rounT i!.
efp?1', .r. " lie; tlleflsh. for
steak, lie; yellow perch. He; buffal? and
-.,,, iiui ctu, i; nounders, lie
western redsnasDer. lie: allvar mi. ...
native mackerel, 11c; wh.tlng rd. O. i mA
medium large, let froga, Louisiana black
"" rr bss., jumoa. meoium. J.oo.
GENERAL BIDOLE
TO COMMAND U. S.
ARMY IN BRITAIN
Former Chief of Staff to Eng
land; Part of War Depart
ment's Plan to Train
Forces There.
Washington, March 12. Major
General John Biddle, who recently
was relieved by Major General Peyton
C. March as acting chief of staff, is to
command all American troops in Eng
land. Army orders today show the
assignment of txo officers as aides on
his staff.
Major General Qeorge T. Bartlett
has been in command in England,
where several American units, includ
ing engineers and heavy artillery,
have been training at British camps.
It is not known to what post General
Bartlett goes.
General Biddle was appointed as
sistant chief of staff just before Gen
eral Bliss made his first trip to Eu
rope as a member of the supreme war
council. He relinquished that post as
well as his place as acting chief on the
arrival of General March. Brigadier
General William Graves is now acting
as assistant to General March.
Under new regulatitfns, General
March has five assistants, all general
officers. He is understood to be con
sidering now the selection of officers
to fill these posts permanently.
General Biddle s designation revives
speculationias to the course the War
deoartment may take in regard to the
proposal that American troops be
1 Til- . I- ll-A- 1.
tramea completely wun ine oruisn
war machine as well as with the
French. The suggested plan included
front line training in the trenches in
Flanders, although after training is
completed the forces would be sent to
join General Pershing's army.
BRITISHLAB0R
LEADERS ARE TO
SPEAK TO OMAHA
. i , ... . . i
W. A. Appleton, secretary of the
General Federation of Trades Un
ions; J. Walker, secretary of the Steel
Smelters' union; Charles Duncan, la
bor member of British Parliament,
and William James Thome, social
democratic member of Parliament,
will comprise a party of British labor
leaders who will speak in the Audi
toriurfi on Saturday night, March 30.
These men will appear in Omaha
under the auspices of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy,
of which Samuel Gompers . is the
head.
An effort is being made by the Cen
tral Labor union of this city to have
Mr. Gompers come to Omaha to ad
dress the meeting.
A. C Weitzel, James Whiting and
James Courtney, for Central Labor
union, appeared before city council
and obtained use of the Auditorium.
"The purpose of this meeting is to
stimulate interest in the' war among
the working classes and to give them
first-hand information of what labor
is doing in Great Britain in connection
with the war, said Mr. Weitzel.
ANTI-B0LSHEV1KI
LEADER SVFFERS
HEAVYDEFEA T
Harbin, Manchuria, March 12.
General Semenoff, the anti-bolshevik
leader in Siberia, has retreated into
Manchuria before the advance of a
superior bolshevik force, according to
advices from the border. The accu
racy of the bolsheviki fire during the
fighting is taken to indicate the co
operation of former German pris
oneri ,
General Semenoff brought his dead
and wounded with him in his retire
ment. Nurses and a supporting de
tachment are to leave Harbin tonight.
General Semenoff s munitions are
reported exhausted, as well as the
funds at his disposal.
Negro Exempted Because' of
His Aged Grandmother
That the hearts of exemption board
officials are not made of stone vas
demonstrated Tuesday when local
board No. 2 exempted Harry Garner,
negro, 5023J4 South Twenty-sixth
street, because of an appeal front his
grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte Drum-
gocfld, Kansas Uty, who says sr.t is
104 years old and solely dependent
upon her grandson's labor for sup
port. neaso, yun honan, aoan taKe mat
boy away to wah, fo' he done make de
livin' fo his ole gran'ma. I reckon
Ah bettah be dead if yuo takes him
away," pleaded the aged woman.
Any one who lives to be that oia
is entitled to all the consideration we
can give her," said,a board member.
Her grandson isa laborer at Ar
mour's packing house.
Resume Confab on U. S.
Operation of Oil Lands
Washington, March 12. Hearings
before the senate naval committee on
the bill authorizing the government
to take over and operate oil and gas
lands in the California and Wyoming
naval reserves will be resumed
Thursday, Acting Chairman Swanson
announced today.
A. C. McLaughlin, representing the
Southern Pacific" railroad, which has
claims in the California reserves, will
be trre first witness. Many California
oil operators will be-called.
College Professor to Be
Interned at Fort Riley
Kansas City, Mo., March 12. Local
federal authorities were preparing to
day for the immediate internment at
Fort. Riley, Kan., of Dr. Frederick
Konrad Krtieirer. professor of modern
languages at Midland college, Atchi
son; Kan., who has been under de
tention here more than a week as an
enemy alien. The order to intern Dr.
KVneo-e.r for th duration of the war
came from the Department of Justice
at Washington. ' M
CARROLL COUflTY, IA., BOY
"GOES OVER"
BYRON VAN RATLEN.
Young Van Ratlen is another Iowa
Sammy to sacrifice his life in the
cause of democracy. He was killei in
action in France In the intense fight
ing of a week ago.
HUGE AMOUNTS OF
FOODTOGERMAMS
Roumania Yields Teuton Allies
Enormous Quantities Grain
and Corn; Little From
Italy.
(By Associated Frees.)
New York, March 12. Since the
occupation of Roumania Germany
has received from that territory 630,-
000 tons of grain, including corn, and
Austria-Hungary 756,000 tons.
This statement is made in a dis
patch from the official Wolff bureau,
dated Berlin and published in the
German newspapers of January 30,
which have been received here.
Apparently the dispatch was sent
out to meet misleadin? reoorts re
garding the-available supplies from
the occupied portions of Roumania
and Italy, the dispatch pointing out
that Italy could not be considered as
a factor as regards the exportation of
toodstuffs and fodder. The dispatch
says:
There have been reoeate'd rents
in the domestic and foreign press Re
garding the distribution between
Germany and Austria-Hungary of the
supplies of thi occupied Roumanian
and Italian territory, which reports
are commented on variously, accord
ing to the respective political tend
ency 91 t4e newspapers.
Italy Lacks Food. S
"An explanation therefore seems in
order. As regards Italy, exoortation
of foodstuffs and fodder cannot be
reckoned with, as the supplies avail
able there are no longer sufficient to
feed the Italian population. From
Roumania, since the occupation. Ger
many has received 630,000 and Aus
tria-Hungary 756,000 tons of , grain.
including corn.
"For the correct appreciation of
these fi .'urea Jt is necessarv tn rnn.
sider that the ratio of population of
Germany and Austria-Hungary is as
7 to 5 and that in peace times Ger
many mu9t import 5,500,00ft- tons
of rain, including corn, while Austria-Hungary
has no imports worth
mentioning of these articles. The re
maining supplies of raw materials and
products of the soil of the occupied
Roumanian and Italian regions are
allotted to Germany and Austria-
Hungary, according -to the principle
that each one of the countries re
ceives that which it needs most ur
gently." r, HYMENEAL
i , '
Covey-Struzick. t
Miss Neoma Covey and John Stru-
zick were married by Rev. Charles W.
Savidge Saturday.
Eikenbury-Meese.
Miss Martha M. Meeseirlaughter of
P. B. Meese, and C. Elmer Eikenbury,
both of Ithaca, Neb., were married by
Charles W. Savadge Monday. They
weTe accompanied by thegroom's par
ents, Mr. and "Mrs. H. E. Eikenbury,
Miss Lola M. Weil ot itnaca, miss
Pearl Meese of Wahoo. Miss Cfene-
vieve Marks and Miss Ruth Deck of
Ashland, and Miss Marcia Frosser of
Omaha.
Wakeful
Nights
-do out of style
In the family that
once drank coffee
but now uses
INSTANT;
POSTUM
This wholesbme bev
erage of delicious
flavor contains no
drug elements t6
upset heart or nerves
and its cheery .food-
neisjiisttnetrjing
v v 3
HIGH PRAISE TO
NAVAL HEADS BY
CONGRESS BODY
After Investigation Committee
Declares Navy's Achievements
for Last Twelve Months Pre
sent Remarkable Record.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 12. The direc
tion and activities of the naw in the
war drew the highest praise today
from the house committee which
recently completed an investigation
or naval anairs. ine navys work tor
the 12 months past, it was declared,
presents a record of remarkable
achivement.
Handicapped at the start of w.ar by
a limited personnel and material, the
navy, the renort said, "was snHHenlv
called on to face many difficult and
untried problems, and has met the
situation with rare skill, ingenuity
and dispatch and a high degree of
success."
Officials All Testify.
The investigating committee was
made up of members of the house
naval a'ttairs committee, with Kn-
resentative Oliver of Alhama as its
chairman. During its hearings tes
timony was . given by Secretary
Daniels, headsof all the navy
bureaus and other officials and
witnesses. if '
occasion to laud the marine corps,
and declared they are tyday no better
trained or more effective fighting
forces in France. It recommended
that the number of marines abroad
be increased, declaring both officers
and men are thoroughly equipped and
splendidly trained.
The readiness of the Atlantic fleet
for action at the outbreak of war, the
report savs. was due larcelv tn th
efficiency of the bureau of operations
unoer Admiral uenson. The bureau,
it is declared, has done exceptional
work because of the excellency of its
staff.
Another recommendation of the
committe was that the navy's great
three year building program of capital
shios as well ' as auxiliaries tem
porarily delayed because of the im
mediate need of destroyers and smal
ler craft to fight the submarine, be
resumed and that both scout and
battle cruisers be provided. Without i
such cruisers, the committee said, the
dreadnought fleet loses a Jarge part
of -its fighting potentiality,
'i Praising the navv'a bureau nf sun-
plies the report said than under its
cnier, Kear Admiral bafiwel Mc
Gowan, the bureau "has established
a nation-wide rentitatinh fnr hnsinree
efficiency." .The bureau is responsible
ror ieeoing, ciotning -ana paying the
entire personnel of the navy, and the
report said that 300,000 men and 1,100
ships now are just as promptly and
well provided for a 55,000 men and
300 ships had been before the war.
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full of fiery brilliancy, 14k solid gold
mounting. Specially priced CCAAA
for Easter, at. 31MJU
Terms, $1.23 a Week.
Mjen'3 Favorite
767 Men's Dia
mond Ring, 6
prong Tooth
mounting, 14k
solid
$75
gold,
at. . .
$1.85 a Week.
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No. SOS. Phone Tyler 204 and salesman
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Credit Jewelers
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One of Spring's pleasures is the delight of laying
aside the heavier boots necessary for winter
weather for the smart, shapely footwear appropri
ate for sunshiny days. We. show below such a shoe,
which is but a single selection from a large stock
of beautiful high and low .shoes from the best
makers which we have prepared for our Spring
Opening.
Yoit are cordially invited , to inspect the largest
assortment of Quality Spring Footwear shown in
the west.
DREXEL SHOE CO.
1419 FARNAM STREET.
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Protect
Your,' Money
'u TNVEST it only in securities which as
X sure absolute safety of your principal and
definitely guarantee a fixed rate of interest
Money invested in the First Mortgage
Real Estate Bonds we offer is protected by
the security of direct first mortgages on
large and modern hotels, apartment houses,
and office buildings in some of the leading
cities of the Middle West and earns a guar
anteed 6 interest.
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The" value of the property mortgaged to
secure any bond issue is about double the
amount of the issue thus giving an ample
margin of safety.
These bonds are unaffected by panics, war
conditions or manipulation and are always
worth 100 cents on every dollar you pay
for them. They can be converted into
cash or deposited with banks as security
for a loan.
They are the Ideal investment for anyone
j, desiring absolute safety of principal and a
guaranteed 6 interest
Our new booklet "How to Choose a Safe
Investment" contains information of great
value to anyone with funds to invest Send
for a copy today.
.
Bankers Realty Investment Co.
CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK BLOC
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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