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THE OMAHA- SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 21, 19181 South Side RANCHER TELLS OF LOW PRICES IN AUSTRALIA Surprised That Omaha Banker Fears to Hurt Trade by Reducing Living Cost. Boy Suicide, His Girl -Wife, and Chorus Girl He Loved While Americans are oavinjr the highest prices on record for shoes, r "Ultl (JUUUA auu uuicr tw II1IUUU1- tics in wearing apparel, including ; woolen cloth'ng, Australian markets are glutted with hides,, beef products Mid wool, according to Charles Blanchard, a cattleman of Mel . bourne, Australia. . , M. Blanchard is said to own one , of the largest cattle ranches in the , world, covering several - thousand acres and pasturing several hundred thousand head of livestock, includ ing horses, cattle arm" sheep. For the purpose of investigating the live , stock industry of the Vnitcd States, he is makiiig a tour of the various stock yards and with a party of friends visited the local yards Satur day. . Prices Here Astounding. He said he was astounded at the prffes that prevail in this country, and gave several examples of the dif ference in this country and his. "I noticed in some of the shop windows of Omaha shoes priced at $12 to $17 a pair. In Australia the markets are glutted with cattle and jiides and one can buy a pair of shoes for a song, compared with - prices over here. have bought many boots for cowboys on my ranch for 11 shillings a pair--about $2 of your money., .-- Suits' Cost $25. "I paid five pounds, nearly $25, for the suit I am wearing and I am told the price in Oniiha would be $75, . while I can get similar suits yet in Australia for $25. The" price of liv ing in Australia is about naif of what it is here. Crops are all reported """" excellent with the exception of wool, which will be a little less than last year.'-' , Questioned why Australia did not export goods to the United States, he said the British government had commandeered 'all staples and were shipping them to England. "I was surprised to see in one of your local newspapers a statement ' of a banker that hctlid not think it .advisable to attempt to cut the cost v x r . ... ) y . . : i iV . I lir "Nl V X :'&??:, I w " i i t , - figures in tratfc love N Central triangle:. Carl Pratt, 9 years old, who ended his life by swallowing poi son after he had told his young wife he loved another. Ruth Mondeau, burlesque show girl, who was singing and dancing on the 6tage of the Gayety theater when she was told of young Pratt's suicide. Miss Mondeau is the girl the dead youth had told his wife he loved. . ( Mrs. Carl Pratt, nee Beulah John son, who offered her husband his freedom when she learned of his love for another. Mayor Will Appear in Role of Santa Claus At Omaha City Mission The Omaha City mission just had to have a Santa Claus. Mayor Smith is it. Miss Mary E. Anthony, superin tendent of the mission, nominated the mayor and he won. Not that the mission couldn't find anv one but of living until after the holidavs as , "e mayor tor the role of Santa It might disturb the market. I hat ' Is the spirit I find prevails" too much, in my opinion, in this coun try. Bankers and others do not want to disturb the present system f robbery of the people." Rides With Husband . On Truck All Day in - Fear of World's End ,' It was best not to take a chance, jf the world had blown up Wednes day, as scheduled, the wife of a South Side delivery truck driver was right on the job. She went to the store where hp was employed, and despite protestations rode with .him all day. , - In response to objections, she re lated hrr "aticles of -faith" tand 'her bill of rights" according to which she figured that when the hit; "bust" came and the world was summoned to the judgment bar, f'cre would be one awful mob and, !ie arguecl, if her husband was fathered to his fathers froitf some rV.'.ce away over on the North Side, how would she and he'1 ever get to gether again. . , . Automobile Driver (Gets Broken Ribs in Street Car Accident Gcorg-kc, yardman for the Guy G. Ellis Commission Co., residing at (."J5 South Thirty-sixth street, si:sained two broken ribs and sev eral cuts on the face and head, as'a result of colliding with a street car l-'riuiy evening at Thirty-third and . Q streets. Nice was- driving home in an au tomobile and is said to 'have run into the street car, while crossing Thirty third street, side-swiping the car. vHe was given first aid by Police Surgeon Young and removed to his home. Nice said he lost control of his automobile and was unable to stop. Stock Yards Employe Found Dead in Room by Landlady, Left Note Austin Pike, laborer, 32 years old, was found dead tin his room, 6325 . South Thirty-sixth street, by Mrs. Ella Olson, landlady, about 7 Friday evening. Police Surgeon Young was' called and said the man had been dead an hour. "If anything happens to me notify my sister, Jottie Farthing, 197 In dian Channel Road, Buffalo, N. Y.," were tilt contents of a note found on a drAser in Pike's room. The body was removed to the undertaking par lors of G. H. Brewer and his sister notified of the death. ' Pik was em ployed at the stock yards and was little known on the South Side. Returned Soldier Jailed for ; Alleged Beating of Wife - J. D. Sallee, employe of the Skin ner Packing company, was sen tenced to 15 days in jail in police court Saturday morning. He was convicted of creating a disturbance. The complaint was filed by Mrs. . Louisa Buck, 2540 Capitol avenue. Sallee is a returned soldier and it is . alleged he had abused his child wife. . The defendant pleaded with Judge Fitzgerald to be allowed to pay a fine, but his remiest'was refused. It is said that Hugo Bezdek can pilot the Pittsburgh Pirates again next season if he resigns as coach of the Pens State foot ball team. Claus, but Miss Anthony thought it would oe rather nice to have the chief city executive hand out the gifts at the annual Christmas enter tainment. The city mission Christmas fes tivities this year are expected to break all records, both in attendance and from the program standpoint. The entertainment will be given at the mission, 1204 Pacific street, Christmas morning at' 10. More than 400 kiddies and grownups are expected to be present Ward J. Burgess has donated a brg Christmas tree and the bags of candy and nuts. 1 ' The Junior club girlst under the direction of Miss Erma Reed, will have charge of the Christmas pro gram and musical entertainment, following which the mayor will drape himself in sleighbells and cot ton whiskers for the Santa finale. Lea G. Kratz, director of music, will assist in the program. Two national commissions are to be organized m the near future, one to govern boxing exhibitions and the other to keep the wrestling game right side up. I South Side Brevities For Sa!e-Ga tore. In good condition. Cull South- 2773. Scores of healthy canaries. YcUr choice. $10. Frank Byers. Phone South 3801. The Christmas program of the Letter M. B. church will be given Sunday eve ning at 7:30. Mrs. Hester Tibblts and sister, Miss Lottie Schroeder, win spend the holidays with relatives at Beatrice. Russell Derbyshire, of Divide Center, is vlsltltip his sister. Sirs. J. M. Bloomqulat, 4603 South Twenty-ninth treet. Merold Bradley, 4115 South Twenty fourth street. Returned Saturday from a visit with relatives at Sioux City, la. Superior lodge No. 193, Degree of Itoncr. will hold its annual election of officers Rt Odd Fellows hall .Wednesday at 2 p. in. The Ladles" Aid society of Lefler Me morial church will hold a bazaar all day Monday at 4717 South Twenty-fourth street. The El-Ro-Wln elub will celebrate New Tear's ere by giving a dance and card party at Eagle hall. Twenty-third and N street. The funeral of Walter J. McPhalL who died Wednesday at Sioux City. Ia., will be held today at 1 from the home, of C. C. Ryan. 1133 South Thirty-ttlrd street. The funeral ef Mrs. Agnes Fatka, who died Thursday evening, will be held Sun day at I p. m., from Koriko Brothers' chapel to the Bohemian National ceme tery. Start the year 120 right, with a sav ings' account In the South Omaha Savings bank. Twenty-fourth and M streets. It draws Interest (compounded semi-annually) wnne you Bleep, uet the habit. Ws thank our friends for thslr patron age In our 111 Savings club. Our new club for year 1920 Is now open for mem bership. 10 cents to I2.Q0 per week. The Live Stock, National Bank, junction Twenty-fourth and N streets. On complaint of his father, 3. R. Slllchell. 6621 South Twenty-seventh street, Phillip Mitchell was sentenced to 20 days In Jail on a charge of vagrancy. The parent told the court his son hung around the house and positively refused to go to work and was of no assistance. Luther Tapps, negro, 470 South Twenty si Jth street, was sentenced to 20 dsys In jail Saturday In police court on a charge of assault and battery apon his wife, Oeorgla. From evidenced adduced at the trial Mrs. Tapps has asked for a divorce. After a personal plea to the court the jail sentence was changed, to a fine of S30 acd costs News was recsiyed here Saturday of the marriage of MU Nellie Alice Lints and Benjamin E. Olson at Magnet, Neb., De cember 11. the bride Is the youngest daughter of Anthony Lints, a former rest dent of the South Side The young couple will make their home nine miles west of Wausau, where Mr. Olson is engaged In farming. , i Why not solve the Christmas gift problem by presenting one of our Economy Savings Club cards with. one or more payments? It will be appreciated. The Live Stock National Bank, Corner !4th and N Rts. Start the year 1020 right with a Saving Account In the So. Omaha Savings Bank, 24th and M 8ts. It draws Interest (com pound semi-annual) while you sleep. Get the habit The regular Christmas program of the Wheeler Memorial Presbyterian church will be presented Sunday morning at the church at, 1:45, during the Sunday school hour. The following program has been prepared: Opening exercises, primary de. psrtmtnt: reading, Orvllle Klght; ukulele selection. Junior Kings Daughters: word of welcome from Rev. R. L. Wheeler, pas tor; selected song, Mrs. Adams' class; presentation of bibles and books to the primary department by. Mrs. W. S. Derby shire and to the main -school by Perry Wheeler, ending with the distribution of present. KANSAS CITY IS DRY DESPITE ALL OF THIS LIQUOll City, State and Federal Offi cers Participate In "Orgy" of "Wanton Destruction" of Wet Goods. FUNERAL OF. BOY WHO KILLED SELF TO BE HELD TODAY Last Rites for Victim of -Tragia Love Triangle at Heafey & Heafey Under taking Chapei.' Funeral services for Carl E. Pratt, Vi years old, who took his own life Friday night because his sweetheart, Ruth Mondeau, burlesque show girl, refused to promise to write to him, will be held at 2 this afternoon at the Heafey & Heafey chapel, 2611 Farnam street. Rev. Charles ( W. Savidge will officiate and a choir will sing. Burial will be in West Lawn cemetery. The youth swallowed three ounces of carbolic acid and died 10 minutes later. ' f Pratt, who leaves a pretty little 17-year-old wife, Beulah, had told her of his lovt for the other woman, and bade his mother, Mrs. Anna Monder. 301 North Sixteenth street, goodby, and stepped to the sidewalk where he drank the poison. Miss Mondeau, who formerly lived in Omaha, and who is now connect ed with the Harry Hasting burlesque show, which ended a i week's en gagement at the .Gayety theater Fri day night, yesterday told police the reason- for Pratt s suicide. Buys Carbolic AcLd. Pratt secured the' poison from the Schaeffer drug store at Sixteenth and Chicago streets, telling the clerk he wanted the carbolic acid for an tiseptic use. A few minutes later he fell to the walk in front oi the store in his death agony. The little 17-year-old widow ac cepted the death of he' husband philosophically yesterday morning as she started to the undertaking parlors towhich the body was re meved. "I still love him," sobbed Miss Mondeau at the railroad station yes terday morning, where she . was awaiting the train to carry her to Kansas . City to rejoin her show. Between her tears she expressed her desire to forget the entire tragedy,. and said she would not return to Omaha for the funeral. The Heavens in January Will Present; Wonderful IWinter Constellations t ; . , 1919 Not a Spectacular Year'for the Amatuer Astronomer, But the Professionals It Has Been of Wonderful Importance Verification of the Einstein Theory by British Scientists Was Startling Find. By DR. C. S. BRAININ JANUARY OnlyO Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 20. The ghost of old Jawn Barleycorn must have shitfed in his grave Friday if he didn't arise out of the leaden box in which he is safely reposing, at the "wanton" destruction by Wyandotte county officers, Kansas City, Kan., police and state officials, of liquor taken in raids by the state and said to have been valued at more than $30,000. v ' With Roy Hubbard, assistant at torney general of Kansas as master of ceremonies,. IS trusties from the county jail aided the polire in the work of smashing in kegs, breaking bottles and pouring the contents down the sewer. Took Four Hours. The "ceremony"' consumed four hours, and street car traffic on Min nesota avenue, In front of the court house, where the "dirty work" was done, was at a standstill because of the crowd that watched the pro ceedings. The officers were no re specters 'of persons. Brandies of fine taste met the same fate as "moonshine" whisky, while fine wines and other liquors went gurg ling down the gutters into the sewer along with "white ' mule" "choc beer" and other substitutes for the real stuff. Business houses and office build ings were" vantage points for spec tators. Fvfry office building win dow for a' block, on either side, was filled during the "ceremony." Groans and Moans Heard. Groans and moans were heard as the officers poured out the booze. Some men even "cried" at wjiat they declared to be "wanton destruction." One man pleaded with tears in his eyes that enough be saved for use at' hospitals. The following is the inventory of the destroyed wares: f Five-five-gallon cans of alcohol. Twelve five-gallon kegs of whisky. Two 10-gallon kegs of whisky. One hundred and twenty cases of beer. Sixty-eight grips filled with as sorted booze. One hundred and ninety-six suit cases of the same. Two thousand bottles of "white mule," "choc beer" and -assorted liquors. J. W. Frey Elected Head of Omaha Inter-Line Assembly , The Interline assembly of Omaha, American Train Dispatchers' associ ation, held election of officers Fridav Lnight at the Paxton hotel J. W. rrey of. the Burlington was elected chairman, J. W. Dion of the Union Pacificsecretary and treasurer, and C M. Mortensen of the C. S. P. M, & Q., corresponding secretary. This assembly represents train dis patchers of all railroads in the Mis souri valley, and once each montlp meets to exchange views and pro mote efficiency in the movement of trains and safe operations of the railroads. ' Aged Attorney Injured By Car Driven by Boy "Sylvester F. Thomas, an aged Omaha attorney, sustained a frac tured skull and broken jaw when he walked into a passing automobile at Seventeenth and Harney streets at 6 Saturday evening. Passers-by assisted him to the of fices of Dr. L. E. -Fields. 414 Bee building, where his injuries were dressed. He was removed to a hos pital. The driver of the machine, wit nesses say, was a minor. He accom panied the attorney to the Bee build ing and then' left to report the ac cident to his parents. - Mr. Thomas will recover. ewt l ne or wrecK , Victims Is Left in The Bluffs Hospital Mrs. Lillian M. Bowden is the only one of twenty victims of the wreck on the Northwestern railroad at Missouri Valley, Friday, to remain in Mercy hospital, Council Bluffs. All others have been discharged and sent 'to their homes or are continu ing the journey that was interrupted. Mrs. Bowder's injuries have proved to be much less serious than was at first thought to be. The X-ray showed no injury to the spine but that the injuries were confined I to muscular and columnar strains. There was practically no internal injuries. It is expected she will be able to resume her . journey to the home of her parents at Malvern, Ark., within a few days. Her home is at Timber Lake, S. D., and she was en route on a, Christmas visit to the old southern Iioni. Northwestern officials have not yet fully placed the blame 'for the accident, but the statement ot Claim Agent Goodrich tl it was caused by the Sioux City-Dakota train opening the switch when it ran over the electric controlling device, after it ran on to the sidetrack, is generally accepted. The brakemen of the train have been fully exonerated. Colonel Bingham as Santa Claus Knocks the H. C. L. Out of Xmas Col. G. S. Bingham, zone supply officer in Omaha, in the role of Santa Claus, announces that he is prepared to knock the H. C. of' L. out of Christmas. A carload of candy has arrived for sale at the army store in the Auditorium and is being unloaded preparatory to being placed on sale the first of this week. The price of the candy ranges from 2 1-2 cents a package to 25 Cents a pound. The following candies will be placed oif sale: Stick cut candy, 25 cents per pound. ' - - ' Hard candy, 25 cents per pound. Butterscotch, 4 cents per cake. Mint rolls, 25 cents per package, two for 5 cents. Cream caramels, 4 cents per pack age. . Cocoa fudge bars, 4 cents each. Fruit candy, 4 cents per package. Fruit drops, 4 cents per package. Only Three Men Survive Wreck of Tank Vessel Marshfield, Ore., Dec. 20. Capt. A. A. Sawyer, master of the steam er, J. A. Chanslor, Quartermaster Kunkle and one other member of the crew are believed to be the only survivors of the steamer, wrecked late Thursday off Cape Blanco. ' Captain Sawyer is in the hospital at Bandon in a critical condition as the result of exposure. Three unidentified bodies have been found. Other bodis are re ported to have washed ashore below Bandon. The Chanslor, according to ad vices, struck a submerged rock north of Cape Blanco early Thursday night and began sinking rapidly. The fu-st boat launched, containing 12 men, is said to have been the only boat to get away from the sinking vessel. Subscriptions of 700 . Millions to New Issue Washington, Dec. 20. -Subscriptions of more than $700,000,000 have been received by the treasury to the new issue of certificates of in debtedness dated December 15 and maturing June 13, 1920. with interest at 4J4 per cent - Less than one-third of the sub scriptions, Secretary Glass an nounced, were paid for in certifi cates of other series and the result was said to be very gratifying to the treasury. - Of the Columbia rnlverilty Observatory Staff. n Adding to the wonderful winter constellations the giant planet Ju piter, the new year presents us with a sky which is interesting, indeed. The richest star field in the sky, that including Orion, Sirius ana their near neighbors, will be found occupying the southeastern quarter of the sky, from zenith to horizon. Not less than seven first-magnitude stars are here, besides a number of other less brilliant but none the less remarkable members of the heaven ly host Very close to the zenith at map time will be seen the pure white Ca- pella, whose, light resembles closely that of our own sun. Unon, tne Great Hunter, is easily recognized, with his sword belt lying parallel :o the horizon. Extended to the west, the line of the three equally spaced belt stars points toward the con stellation of Taurus, the Bull, con taining the first-magnitude , star Aldebaran and also the famous lit tle cluster of the Pleiades; extended to the east, it points almost exactly toward Sirius, ihe Great Dog Star, which is now well above the hori zon. Northeast of Sirius is the Lesser Dog Star, Procyon, and far ther north and higher above the horizon are the heavenjf-twins, Cas-.. tor and Pollux. ' v Far into the northeast, just above the horizon at map time, is Regu .lus, the Royal Star, of the group of Leo, the Lion. Jupiter is above Regulus in the sky and is much the brighter; it twinkles noticeably less than Regulus, if at all, and can thus be distinguished trom tne lat ter. In the west, on the other hand, we have now lost for some months to come the three first-magnitude stars, Vega, Altair and Deneb, which makes a fine triangle; the Great Square in Pegasus is still in good position for observation. sinus, tne urigniesi: oiar. Sirius is the very brightest of all fixed stars; of the common celestial nhiect. onlv the sun. moon and three of the planets exceed its bril liancy. Note also the beautnui Diue white color of its light. In actual light-emitting power,' or luminosity, it is equal to 48 of our suns. We also know its distance with good ac curacy to be eight and one-half light-years; its light, traveling at the rate of 186,000 miles per second, takes that many years to reach us. Its actual mass, or the amount of matter which it contains, is about 34 tiroes that of the sun. Another interesting fact about sirius is that it is really a double star, a binary, for what we see as one star wun tne naueu eye anu even in a small telescope, is really a star system of two components, 1,800,000,000 miles apart, and re volving about each other in orbits'" completed in 49 years. The two stars .are unequal in mass ana, brightness, the larger of the two be-1 ing twice as big and 20,000 times as1 bright as the smaller. Sinus the first star 'which was observed to have a motion with re spect to the other so-called fixed stars, a movement discovered by Halley in 1718, and which has con tributed greatly to a1 better under- SKY MAP 9 o'clock 8tf "MaPTBOVE hexd WITH ith rnH. EC TION9 - vrrm T- .'--try i n . ponding I ISO. - i .'l.v.jlT..v2 . y V v. : S&: . J nm ' - X W b w SPECIAL ESCORT ' TO BRING BACK YANKHODIES Ex-Sergeant of Kentucky, Whose Deeds Rank With Those of Sergeant York, Is Chosen. , jioon sr Phase& FullM.5l2 La.st Qr.l2ti NewM. 2lst. Qr. 2SXiJ STAB AGNTTUDES "ARK" CARRYING RADICALS "HOME" WILL SAIL TODAY Thick Veil of Official Secrecy Thrown About Prepara tions for Leaving. Y standing of the, sidereal universe this country, and no large comets or which surrounds us. About 1820 j ljj-illiant uovae appeared. To the its movement was so well known ; professional astronomer it has, how that a companion star existed, and j ever been a year of the greatest im portance. Alany excellent researches have been finished -and published, among others a series by H. Shape 'ley of 'Mt Wilson, , in which the dis tances of many of the farthest ob jects of the universe have been esti mated and startling and important results concerning the jhape of the universe and the distribution of mat ter within it found. - But beyond all of the rest in im-i portance is the reported verification of the Einstein relatively theory by the British astronomers, who ob served the eclipse of May 28-291 Unfortunately this does' not permit of a simple explanation to the lay man, for it is really a mathematical process whose meaning is not easily visualized, as it is apparently con trary to all our established ideas of time and space. Originally a fairly artificial device for explaining- cer tain unsuccessful physical experi ments, it has predicted that light in passingr through the 'sun's gravita tional field would be displaced by an anlgle twice that which the New tonian system of physics would al low. If the present report prove true, our fundamental ideas of theo retical mechanics will have to be re formed. Practically no change will come, of course, for the deviations are measurable only in. the tremen dous reaches of space. Gravitation still holds its 'sway, for it is a force whose existence the relativity theory does not deny, but it majr modify our accepted notions of its work ings. , ; This theory also is able to ac count for a certain movement of the planet Mercury, which ordinary ce lestial mechanics has been unable to do. On the other hand, a certain effect by the theory has not been found, so that it is as yet far from absolutely established. this deduction was verfied in 1862 by the actual discovery of the double nature of Sinus with a large tele scope. ' v The Sun and Planets. The earth will be in perihelion this mpnth, i. e., it will pass through that pqint in its orbit which is near est the sun. This will occur on the afternoon of the third at 5 o'clock by eastern standard time It may seem strange that we should be freezing with the sun nearest to us, but as we have previously pointed out in this column, the difference between our distance at perihelion and aphelion is very small, for the earth's orbit is very nearly circular, whereas the important factors in producing the seasons are the height reached by the sun in the sky each day and the relative lengths of nary and night; and these are favorable to the northern hemis phere when the earth is - in the' aphelion half of its orbit. Two planets are evening stars this month Jupiter and Saturn. The former will be found on the map; the latter is not yet risenat map time in the earlier days of the month, but will cross the horizon somewhat later and so must be looked for at a later hour, -Venus is a morning star and will continue such the entire first six months of the jnear. Mars ends its career as morning star this month and will appear in the eve ning the rest of the year. Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun, is up in the evening, but is so far away that it appears as a star just about on the limit of visibility. Astronomy in 1919. The last year has not been a spec tacular year for the amateur as tronomer. There was a total eclipse of the sun, but it was invisible from Washington, Dec. 20. Former Sergeant Willie Sandlin of Hyden Ky today was appointed special es cort for the return of soldier deat frpm overseas by Secretary Bakei on recommendation of .Major Gen eral Rogers. Sergeant Sandlin wai selected for the post becaus of hit unusual record in tHe world war Unofficially he ranks next to Ser geant York in his exploits against the enemy, beinar credited with kill ing 24 Germans and wounding and' capturing many more. Sandlin was awarded the meda of honor, the French Croix d Guerre and the piedal militaire ol Belgium for "conspicuous gallantrv and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy at Pois de Forges, September 26, 1918.' - Sergeant Sandlin advanced alone directly on a machine gun nest which was holding up the line with its fire. He killed the crew with a grenade and enabled the Kne to ad vance. Later in the day Sirgeant Sandlin attacked alone and put out of action two other machine gun nests, setting a splendid example of . bravery and coolness to his men." North Carolina Governor Commutes All Life Terms Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 20. Governor Bickett today issued an order com muting to 30 years each the sen tences of all life term prisoners in the North Carolina state prison. "I am opposed to eternal punish ment in this world," said the gov ernor explaining his action. "The prison sentence depriving a man of his freedom should not jlso deprive him of his hope." V x' L Included in the commutations are 23 negro and 12 white prisoners. The white prisoners include two women. v SOUTH OMAHA CllinOPRACTOll DR. ANNA RHODE, v D. C.f Ph. C. ' 4930 S. 24th St. , Hours: 10 to 1 nd 2 to 5 Phone South 2889 Graduate of. Palmer School Tbmeo way to recftfoe your welaht Particulars mailed frre to any addreaa. Hall Chem. Co. Devi. B -69 St Unit. Mo. ha1 n Service Quality Economy Cnly Three More Days to Shop. New York, Dec. 20. Sailing under sealed orders, the army transport Buford, the "ark," which will carry back to soviet Russia Emma Gold man, Alexander Berkman and more than 200 other radicals, will leave here early tomorrow. A thick veil of official secrecy was thrown about the preparations for departure and all passes to the Brooklyn piers, where the ship is docked, were can celed." ' The Buford, which prior to" 1898, when- she was purchased for use as a transport, was the British steavm r Mississippi, has been stocked with stores and provisions sufficient to last 500 persons 60 days. The des tination of the ship is not known' even to the captain. His sailing or ders will be handed to him sealed, to be opened 24 hourjjaway from port. The normal crew of 185 men, in cluding officers, has been increased by enlisted men to serve as guards,. and other precautions nave Deen taken to prevent any possible trouble. Buford Slow Ship The Buford is a slow ship and the time it will take her to reach a port where her passengers can be disem barked is problematical. In addi tion to the slow running time of the vessel, there must be taken into con sideration possible delays from win ter storms and frozen seas in the dis trict into which she will sail, for the radicals have been promised thev will be sent to ' red Russia." . i Nearly 250 reds were at Ellis J Island tonight awaiting deportation."! The number had been increased dur- j ing the day by the arrival of handr ! cuffed and well-guarded delegations I totaling about 150, from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, the Cleveland district j and Hartford, Conn. - J Three Women in Party. Three women were among them--Miss Goldman, Dora Lipkin and Ethel Bernstein. The last two, who are ,in their early twenties, were ar rested in November in a raid on a Russian soviet headquarters in New York. Harry Weinberger, attorney for Miss Bernstein, today asked At torney General Palmer that her fiance, Samuel Lipman, who is about to begin a prison sentence of 20 years for violating the espionage law, be permitted to accompany her to Russia. JiiSk:' PHILIPS Dep't STORE The Fastest Growing Store in Omaha. - 24th and O Streets, South Omaha Here we go for three of the biggest selling days in our history. All articles advertised will be on sale for three days. DOWN goes the prices on boys' suits just In time to make the boys' Christmas gift something that he needs and will appreciate. You will find them here in all kinds and sizes. . We are offering in this sale special CORDUROY suits, very stylish and good quality, m sizes to 6 years, -as low as 85.98. ' SUITS for olter boys in wool serge and fancy mix tures, pinch bsck and belted effects, in sizes to 17 years, as low as $8.75. ' - 4 ; SHOES - Buster Brown - SHOES We Are Headquarters for the Famous Buster Brown Shoes for Boys and Girls Our line is complete, consisting of lancy brown and black niftv shoes' for httlc folks, some high ones with two, straps and buckles: for this sale , we have priced some of them as low as S3. 75. I f Ml I, COATS COATS Our entire -stock of coats must be sold. We, have 107 left . and will sell them at 75 cents on the dollar. If you are going to buy a coat you must come early as thev will not last lone. You will find in this line beautiful oluah and cloth fur unri ?mif o tion fur trimmed coats that you can buy for less than one-half . jvu uuiu uc oaatu yay iur Liiein eisewnere. FVRS FURS You must see these beautiful muffs and neck pieces to realize what we are offering you at so little money. You will find, Black, Brown and Gray Coney, Tiger Coney, and the much wanted Man churin Wolf. These , fur pieces are worth up to $35.00. Our price for Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday will be .Single piece. - Sets '. ..$6.25 $12.00 Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, must feel confident that he is still there with the wallop when he signs to meet Joey Fox, Benny Valgar and Johnny Dundee, the three bouts to be pulled off within a' period of six weekly . Men's $10.00 McElwain English ' Walking Shoes in Chrome Cordovan the latest style, the very last word in Men's Fancy Foot v wear will be sold in this three-day sale at $5.75. Limit of one pair to a customer. WOftll 1D A visit (o our Big, Bright Basement will convince you that we are the Santa Claus of the South Side, and if there is any thing on earth that you want you will find it there, and at prices tnat win maice you one oi our Dig growing family. TOYSTOYS TOYS. More toys than you ever dreamed of, and at prices that will make you happy. Come and see us. . PH I LIPS m. Ml a