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T Of Wilson Called
In Shiff Inquiry
Boiling Refutes Allegations
Made Before Committee
Last Week That He Shared
In $40,000 Bribe.
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' Jy'w Yofk. Nov.26.-R..W. Boil
ing; lfother-in-!w ' ?cz'it. Wil
on, and Wallace Downey, president
of the Downey Shipbuilding- Co.,
were called to tettify today before
- the Walsh congressional committee
when k resumed hearings here ou
illeged corrupt practices in the
United States shipping board.
BothJJr. Boiling and Mr. Downey
had expressed a desire for Dpo(-
tunity to refute allegations made be
fore the committee last, week by
r Tucker K. Sands.; a former Wash
ington. D. C, bank official Mr.
Sands testified that they were irpplK
rated in an alleged transaction in
volving payment of $40,000 by -the
' Downey Shipbuilding Co. to the
1 thinping board to obtain contracts.
1 The first witnesses today were
Edward S. , Malmar, cashier of the
N Corn Exchange bank here, and
Jacob Nieman. assistant, cashier of
, the Hanover National bank, who
. testified to seeing, notes signed by
Wallace Downey, which had been
' received by their institutions.
Malmar said his bank had re
ceived two notes, one on September
16, 1918. for 510,300 and the other
on March 47, 1919, for $10,600, both
iigned by DowneyXThe witness did
not state to whom the notes werel
payable J
- Nieman testified that his 'bank -
. cciveator collection two. notes
v -signed by Downey, one for$K.000
from the Tacoma Park bank in "Sep
tember. J919, and the other for $10,
. OOO.whlcft, ys finally paid after it
had been protested. Sands then
was 'recalled to the witness chair.
; $78,207,665 Will v
Be Required In"
1921 for Harbors
Washington' Nov. , 26.Harbo
and waterways, improvement and
maintenance will require appropri
ation of $78,207,665 for the fiscal
year, of 1921, according to estimates
of Major General Lansing H. Beach,
chief of army engineers, in his an
nual report, made public today. He
recommends a rivers and harbofs
, bill total of $57,206,715, supplement
) ed by sundry civil hems aggregat
ing $10,982,950- for continuing con-
tracts and other items in other
money bills. - :
- lhe recommendations -will be m
corporated in thev annual estimates
submitted to congress at its ses
sion December 6.t 1 , -i
$2,000,000 for Missouri.
i The Mississippi river, from its
mouth to Minneapolis, wilP require
$16,190,000, Including provision fpr
the Mississippi river commission,
. the renort'said. Muscle Shoals ni
rtrate plant, $10,000,000; New York
' harbor and its. adjacent waters, S3,
800,000; the Ohio river, $5,585,000;
.Philadelphia and the Deleware river
will require $3,857,000; the Deleware
and Chesapeake inland waterway,
$2,500,000; , the Missouri river, $2r
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Recbmrrrandations for appropria
y -tions in various district follow:
San' Francisco district: San Fran
Cisco harbor, $10,000; Oakland, $25,
,'.000; Richmond$400,000; Suisun bay,
$10,000; Petaluma j creek, $50,300;
- Humboldt harbor and bay, $750,000;
Crescent City, $250,000; Sin Jpaquin
river. $i'6,UU0; fsacramento river,
California
' $518,000.
ns commission,
Portland District: Coos bay,
$255,000; Coos river, $3,000; Yakima
river, $3,000; Yakima bay and har-
. ho r, $350,000; Columbia river, above
Celilo falls to Snake river, $32,500;
. Smake river. $38,000; Columbia and
( Lower Willamette - rivers, below
Vancouver and Portland. $785,000;
Clatskanie river, $3,100; JVilliamette
river, above Portland and Yamhill
river, $46,500; Lewis river, $17,800;
( Cowiit? river, $7,500.
Seattle district: Willapa river
and'harbor. $300,000; Grays harbor
,and bar, $600,000; Puget Sound, $35.
000 Lake Washington ship canal,
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Honolulu district: 'Honolulu har
bor, $150,000; Hilo, $150,0TO.
n "Omaha. Gets Little.
Porto Rico district
$410,000.
San Juan,
Kansas jity district:' ' Missouri
river, $2,100,00a; Kansas City to
Sioux City, $15,000; Osage river,
$fS.O0O; Gasconade river, $5,000r .
Ohio river: Locks and dam,
$5,000000. v, .
Chicago district: Chicago harbor,
$258,000; Calumet harbor, $200,000;
Calumet river, $210,000; Indiana har
bor. $430,000; Illinois river, $130,000.
Detroit district: St. Clair river,
-$100,000; channels, Lake St. Clair,
$34,000; Detroit river, , . $1,010,000;
Cheboyan, $31,000; Alpena, $5,000;
Harbor i Beach Haabor of Refuge,
" $27,000: Black riyer, $5,000; Rouge
river, $103,000.
Thayer County Teachers
Hold Organization Meet
Hebron, Neb., Nov. 26. (Special.)
An organization meeting will be
held for the teachers of Thayer
county in HebrotT, Saturday. Study
centers will be established at con
venient points where the work will
be carried on throughout the year.
Miss Ruth Shively, physical in
structor from the Peru state. normal
school, will be here and outline the
-work she will offer. It will consist
of 100 games for the school, for
wjtkh four college hours credit will
be Eiven.- I he extension oepartmen
of the state university will also have
representatives here who will orga
nize work under the various clubs
sewing, "cooking, pig, hot-lunch, etc.
Kansas Anti-Cigaret Law 7 s'
To Go Before U. S. Court
Topcka, Kan.. Nov. 26. The Kan
sas anti-cigafette law will be tested
before, th supreme court of trta
j United SUtes, attorneys announced
when the 4 state kupteme court al-
j lowed a wfjt of. error which permits
; an appeal u the iederal. court. I
Women Elected
To Legislature
Connecticut Leads in Number
Of Newly Enfranchised Vot-
, er to Help Make Laws.
New. ?ork, Nov. 26. Connecti
cut leads the nation in 'the number
of women in its ' state v legislature,
according to the list compiled by the
National American Woman Suffrage
association from the returns sent in
by the chairman of its state
branches. . f
' The number of women elected
this' year isqual to approximately
half the total for all the preceding
ycirs, the greatest gains being in
the eastern states.
The list of women legislators is
as follows;
California: Mrs Anna" L. Say
Ior, Berkeley; Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes, Oroville, and Miss Esto B,
Brbughton, Fresno.
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Canterbury; Mrs. Mary W. Hook
er, Harttora; Mrs. w. a. jeweu,
Tolland, and Rev. Grace I. Ed
wJrds, New Hartford. ' ,
Idaho: Mrs. uerthi. v. irwm.
Indiana: Mrs. Julia Nelson,
Muncie. . ;
' Kansas: Mrs. Minnie L. Grm
stead. Liberal; Miss Nellie Cline,
Lamed; Mrs. Minnie h. iMinnich,
Wellirrgton, and Mrs. Ida 11. Walk
er, Norton. ' '
Michigan: Eva Hamilton, Grand
Rapids. '
Montana: lrs. Margaret Smith
Hathaway, Helena. ,
ISIevada: Miss Ruth Averill, Ton-
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Rolfe Farnham, Boscawen, and
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New .Hampshire: Mrs. wary
Miss
New Jersey: Mrs. Margarft B.
Laird. Newark, and Mrs. Jennie C
Van Ness, East Orange.
New York: Marguerite L.
Smith, "ew York City. i
Oklahoma: .Mrs. Lamar LooneV,
Hojlis, and Mrs. Bessie McCdlgin,
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Oregon: Mrs. W. S. Kinney, As
toriar ; '.
Utah: Mrs. Clesson S. Kinney,
Salt Lake City; Mrs. May B. Davis,
and Mrs. Clero Clegg
Vermont: Edna L. Beard,
Prange. '
WUmcersMiiedin :
Sunday Riots in Dublin
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killed. At the same time other Sinn
Feiners attempted ' te enter. Peel's
room. At the 4ior was locked 17
shots were fired throogh the panels
Peel escaped uninjured. Meanwhile
another servant, hearing vthe shots,
shouted firm an upner window to a
party of 4 tfkers wlo had left Beg
gars Bush barracks Jo catch, the
early train southward for -duty.
These officers at once attacked the
house after dispatching twof their
number, o their depot for reinforce
ments. They chased the assassins
through the house and captured four,
all of whom were armed. Reinforce
ments ou ar.ival. were asked as to
the whereabouts of Morris 'and Gar
nish. 1 They replied: 'We know no
thing ihey never arrived at the
depot. We came' on hearing the fir
ing.' Search was made and the bodies
of Mtsrris and Garnish were found
by a Tied Cross nurst lying' a a
neighboring garden. 1
Three Murdered.
"Case C. At Brimama, 117 North
ampton road. Murder of one offi
cer and two civilians. Just before
9 in the morning a party 6f between
12 and 20 armed men knocked at
the door and it was openedby a boy
of 10 'years, the sonof Mr. Smith,
the householder. The men rushed
into the house and dragged Mr.
Smith and Captain McLean into
a front' spare bed room. Mr. Cal
dow, the brother of Mrs. McLean,
was thrust Jn beside them and all
three were shot Captain McLean
and Mr. Smith were dead before an.
ambulance could arrive., Mr. Cal
dow is seriously wounded. Thomas
Henry Smith, a civilian about 45
years of age. leaves a wife and three
children. v Captain McLean leaves
a wife and child. Both Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. McLean were in the house
when their husbands were mur
dered, s
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Bride of Year Kills
Husband Who Beat Her
While He (Was Drunk
Ckicago. Nov. 26. Mr. Genevieve
Mitciiell. Zb. ran into a (raraire last
night kc reaming, "Call the police., I
nave kmico my nusoana.
When the patrolmen arrived she
led them back to the house, where
Frank Mitchell lay. face downward.
The hysterical bride of a year then
toldher story. L r v
. Mitchell came home intoxicated
and began Seating her during the
afternoon She is about to become
a mother. She ran into the street
and remained in the rata for some
time. Thinking he hadv left by a
rear door, she returned. He attack
ed her again. During the struggle
she managed to get a. revolver-! rom
nnder a pillow on the bed. She fired
five shots. v , v-
$500 Given Midland at
Annual Foot Ball Banquet
-Fremont, Neb., Nojiv 26. Arthur
Keyser of the Realty and Home
Buildingr company of Omaha at the
annual complimentary banquet to the
Midland foot ball team, presented the
school wttha donation of $560, made
by his mother-in-law," for, the further
ance of education! at-the Western
ineoiogical seminary, a Drancn 01
the coHege. Thirteen men were
awarded the Midland "M" and two
sweaters -were presented. Herbert
Hawk was unanimously , elected
ctptain of the' 1921 foot ball team.
succeeding Captain jjcil. Three men j
of this years team will not be in the,
Ijnetip nex season.' They are Ken
topp, Enke end Beit Over 225 stu
dents, guests and grads were in at
tendance at the annual ceremony for.
the foot ball term. v x . -y
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.Practically all the textile factories
in Petrograd are now idle. -
Ohio has the greatest surphif 'of
labor that it has had in several
' Lighting Fixtures Oranden Elec
tric Co.. formerly Bcrgess-Granden
W. AO
Octoberlixports
"Increase, While
Imports Decline
Gain dWr September Totals
Nearly $150,000,000; Valued
at $752,000,000; Imports '
"Worth $36200,000.'
Washington, Nov. 26-Exports
during October increased by nearly
$150,000,000, while imports. ; de
creased approximately - $1,000,000,
foreign trade figures made public
today by the Department of Com
merce show. Exports were valued at
$752,000,000 against $605,000,p00 m
September, while imports were val
ued at $362,000,000.
' The excess of exports over im
ports in .October, amounting to
$390,000,000, is the largest in any
one month of the present year.
le month of the present year.
For the 10 months rndinc with
October experts were $6,832,000,000
compared with $6,499,000,000 in the
same oeriod last vear. and imports
were $4,720,000,000, or $1,621,000,000
more than durmg the same penoa
last year. Tln the trade balance
ip favor of the United States for the
first 10 months of this year is $2,
112,000,000, compared Vith a balance
for the same p'eriod the year before
of $3,490,000,000.
Imports of gold during October
were the largest in three years,
amounting to $117,000,000, as com
pared with $39,000,000 in September
and $5,000,000 in October last year.1
for the 10 months period gold im
ports vamounted to. $316,000,000
against $61,000,000 in the same peri
odbf 1919. . ;.
Gold exports in October were
$26,000,000 against $44,000,000 in. Oc
tober last year and tor the 10 months
ended with October exports of gold
amounted to $285,000,00 against
$270,000,000 for the same period last
year.
Trade in silver remains relatively
small, the statement said. Imports
for the 10 months ended with Oc
tober were $78,000,000 aeainst $73.-
000.000 last vear and exnort were
L$l04,000.000 as compared with $189,
uuu.UUU for the corresponding period
last year. I he figures tor October
were not given.
School Geographies Say
Wilhelm Still Is Emperor
Edwardsville, 111., NovC 26. The
school board here is op in . arms.
Just as school was opening for the
year it was discovered that geogra
phies in a new batch of textbooks
declared that the '.German empire
includes .Alsace Lorraine, that the
kaiser is its emperor and is a power
ful monarch." Also the next in
strength to the German empire is
the great Austro-Hungarian monar
chy There was a lot more along
this line, wth maps to prove it. Th;
frenzied school board discovered
that many of the books were 1 22
years old.
jQQ Binds the
Contract
Aid Place? a Beautiful' '
" Columbia Grafonola
in your home Christmas morning
, together with the records you select
and buy. Call at ones and make
your selection. We,-will make
-mediate delivery or hold till Chnst-
mas. k . j
Our Stock Is Complete V
-Ul Styles $32.50 to $250
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Choice of beautiful - mahogany,
ValnUt or oak fiaish. All sold ou
'terms off, $1.00 down and the baly
ance .ou small weekly or monthly
payments. ' ' - " ' -
All the Latest Columbia Records
ON SALE ALL THE TIME
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Out-of-town orders .receive pfbmpt attention and sent
postpaid on orders of $5.00 or more. Write for catalog. -
Schmdller & Mueller
Piano
114-16-18
60. 15th 8t.
The Home of Steinway Pianos and
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THR1 BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27.' 1920.
Collins Is Traced
To Columbus; Neb.
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er of tlie gang. Collins fequently.
borrowed his machine before it was
stolen, Moats told police.
Young Poffenbarger told federal
officials the location of the private
garage in Council Bluffs where Col
lins and he placed the machine after
the robbery. He had. rented the
garage himself and was .identified
try its owner as the person' who did
so. ' -x ,1 -. , '
The automobile found m Mrs. Al
bright s garage, believed by Omaha
officers to be the machine used by
Keith Collins the night of the big
Council Blurfs robbery, is the same
make, Fred. Poffenbarger, one of the
suspected robbers, told, the federal
agents Collins drove the night of
the robbery. Two men called at the
Albright home the .afternoon of No-
vemver o, mrs. Amrignr 101a aetec
tives,rand rented her garsrge. One
of them, she said, , gave his name -as
Collins and she identified the picture
of Collins shown her by detectives.
Photographs Sent Put
.Circulars bearing the protograpb
and a detailed description of Keith
fCollins were completed by the print
ers yesterday and are being sem,
out, to thousands of sheriffs and po
lice chiefs throughout the country
The circulars ar marked "confi-
dentialKlo not post," meaning that
they are not to be placed on bulle
tin boards or posted in public places.
They state that Collins was a pri
vate in the army during tfe war, but
that he posed as an officer and wore
a captaiu's uniform decorated by
medals. " ' v , .
TJie posters say that Collins is re
fined and affable and that he prob
ably will ppe as a man of wealth
and affleuence, since he has a large
sum in, currency and government
securities with him. They say ht
mafy be found, at winter;, resorts in
Florida or southern California.
Independent Steel
Company Reduces Its
Prices, J5ut INot Wages
PittsburKh. . Pa Nov. 26. The
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.. the
largest of the' independents mter-
ests.-ioday adopted new selling rates
en A est 1 ti 4n ietial etanl nrftrtitrf
This reduction will not affect tfie
wageB, it was undersood, of the ap
proximately 25,000 persons in the
company's employ.
The new prices, which are effec
tive immediately; are: Bars, $2.35;
structural sheets, $2.45; plates, $2.65
base Pittsburgh. Adjustments will
be made on the prices for wire and
cbld rolled steel products.
No statement was made by the
company, other than to say the
lower pnees are due to the law of
supply4fnd demand. -
ADVERTISEMENT
To Cur Cold in One Day
Take Orove't LAXATIVE BRQMO QUI
NINE! tablets. The genuine bears the
tldiature of E. W. Grove. 30c
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For Changeable
Weather
! Most-men are ' par
ticular about their foot
LCwear during cqld or wet
weather. ' Good shoes
are one of the best pre
ventatives of colds and
pneumonia. ' -
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made, warm, comfort
able shojgs in a variety
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16th' and DouglM Sts
Kappell's Troops
Refuse to Disarm
Efforts o Chinese Forces to
Force Disarmament Results
In Many Fatalities. !
, Jlarbin, Manchuria", Nov. 26. (By
The Associated Press.) Several
thousand' of'- the anti-bolshevik
;rAps formerly led by the late Gen-
THOMPSON -
. . Saturday a Showing of
Hindu Turbans '
$2.95
One of the most favored of the winter
styles. Charming little turbans of I,
brocades and velvets in a host of colors
and combinations They are espe
cialty smart when worn with a veil. ,
' ' . ' Millinery Fourth Floor
A Velvet Bag ;
for. $5.00
A good quality of silk
velvet in brown, taupe,
navy and ; black,, with
frames of green gold or
silver -finished metal. A
very good value for Sat
urday's price of ?5. ' .
... Notions Main Floor
Trefoisse -
Kid Gloves .
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Imported gltfves in a slip
on style, black, white,
mode or pastel, are $6.50
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First quality French kid
two-clasp gloves in brown.
black, navy, white and
pastel "are $6.25 a pair.
Ribbons for
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Trimming; . for; millinery
purposes, for girdles, for
little girls' hair, ribbons ,
and sashes. ' ; ; ' j . -
A variety of shades and
designs to please every -taste,
andxall quite mod
erately priced.
Just to the Right At You Enter
Fine Candies
1 Johnston's, Gordon's
and Jialduff s Egyptian
' chocolates ; are feeing
sold during the holiday
season in the center
aisle, main floor;
$L5a Turkish
Towels $1 each
Blue, pink, lavender, and
yellows bordered Turkish
towels,' $1.50 values, Sat-
,urday for $1 each. - , . . '
Lineni Main FloorX
Hand Decorated
Parchment hadesy
' Odd and attractive de
signs painted in oils on
fine parchment. Sizes tnat
- range from floor . lamp
shades to tiny " candle
, shields. Make it a point
to stop and see our selec
tions. -
1 Art Needle Work
' Second Fleor
cral Kappell. at Manchuria station,
on the Trans-Siberian railway, re
sisted disarmament by Chinese
troops and in the fight that followed
many of the Chfnese were killed.
A Chinese official report saysJthat
1,500 of General Semenoff's Buriats,
Mongols and Cossacks have been
disarmed and interned. General
Semenoff, with Colonel I some, Japa
ncse commander, is alleged to have
passed through Harbin incognito on
the way. to, Vladivostok. ,
One of the Kappellofficcrs reports
that his troops upon evacuating Chi
ta in the face of the bolshevik ad
vance organized a pogrom and killed
v These Economies on
Desirable Hosiery
$7. SUk Ho&for $4
Pure silk hose, a beautiful qualify
silk to the top with double i tops 'and
soles; may be had in black, white,
navy and brown for $4 a pair. . )
$8.50 and $9 Hose $6 '
Lace hose in exquisite patterns,
pute, silk in black, white or cordo
van. " '
$4.25 tfilk Hose $3.25
Hand-clocked hose in black, white
and navy; $3.25 a pair.
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Toiletry Values
Worthy of Note
Pro-phy-il ac-tic hair
. brushes; penetrating and
hygjenic, a $1.50 quality
Saturday for only, 79c.
Creme oil soap, Saturday
for 8V3C a cake.
Colgate's bath soap may
be had for 8 Vac a cake.
Opportune IS ale ;v
o Cotton Tights ,
, Flesh-colored cotton tights
may be had Saturday for
only $1.69-a pair.
Mercerized ghts, flesh
colored, Sterling , make,
are $3.49 a pair.
Saturday Only
Knit Underweer Second Floor
"Bed Comforts
for$4.50 each
Heavy, winter weight
comforts covered with
silkoline of a good qual
ity and filled with fine
whiiecotton. Full dou
ble bed size, very fine
values for $4.50.,
Cotton Blankets
Are Also $4.50
A very good cotton
blanket in tan or gray.
A large size (70x84),
Saturday only, $4.50 a
pair", V
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The bolsheviki are try
tig to negotiate with the Chinese for
a neutral zone along the frontier,
giving aurances thatjjtey do not
intend to invade Chinesevterritory
Blank Enterprises Win ';'
- $324,000 Suit at Columhus
Columbus, Neb., N6v.? 26. (Spe-cial)."-Judge
A. M. Post in district
court; toblc, the Swan ys. A. H.
Blank Enterprises case from the
jury and decided there was no cause
of action as against lames M. Mar
tin, local manager Jor Blank, and
BELD.
many Tevs,
Inexpensive Blouses
Attractive Georgettes for $5700 1
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White, flesh, tan, orchid and rose Georgettes
1 with beading, embroideries or lace to make
ihem charming. The designs are as distinctive
as many more costly blouses. .
v Cotton Voile Blouses for $5.00
: Overblouse and -tucker-in styles of white or '
colored voile. 'Most attractively trimmed.
Tailored Cotton Blouses J3. 50
White dimity and madras waists with high ;
or low collars. Other tailored styles range '
from $5.95 to $12.50. . , ;.-K t
Noteworthy Values in
x Silk Petticoats ,
v $3.95', $5 and upward! '
A jersey or taffka or floriswah of so fine a
quality -is seldom found in skirts so fairly
-priced. A host of shades; blues, green, navy, '
browns, purples, grays and changeable silks
are here to choose from. '
v Apparel SectionThird Floor
- AH Flannelette Wear
M Has Been Reduced
Women's gownsNand pajamas in
white and attractive colors are of
, fered for the following reductions:
$400 Qualities are now $3.00
$If.25 Qualities are now $3.25
' $4.75 Qualities are now $3J?5
v $5.25 Qualities are now $.25
s$5.85 Qualities are now. $1.85
Children's
Nm
$3.50 Pajamas reduced to $2.75
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New LouLPrices on all of our
Children's
Win ter Goats and ,Ha ts
Coats for two to fourteen-yar-olds. , Attract
tive and serviceable coats of chinchilla, of polo
. cloth, silvertone or broadcloth, some with fur
collars, some with velvet or cloth ones. A var
ied selection of warm, well-made coats for de-
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ciueaiy ipwer pnees. v - .
And HaU. White and colors, tailored . or
trimmed. A style for every need and some de
signed to serve for many occasions, All for
lower prices. .', :-r . - ,
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v- Surprising" Economies" on x
s w .Fine Apparel for Children
named as one of the defendants.
This automatically threw the case
out of court, as the other defendants
wer lael-non-residents and not liable
in ti, couhrf. : y '
The case was brought under the
JudkinV anti-trast 'net, . and the
amount of damaves asked was $324,
000. Swan allege there was a con
spiracy on the part of the Omaha
Filirf board ol tra4e, the" Blank
Enterprises and numerous film cor
porations to blacklist him and put
him C out of 4 business. When ly
could not get service he leased his
theater to A. H. Blank for a period
of 10 years, ) '
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Onc-Piccc Pajamas;
flannelette 7
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