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THE OMAHA SUNDAY JBEEr DUCttJUtffcK lv. iVZV.
Rules for Mail
Pilots In Bee
Race Announced
Sailor Inherits $60,000
But Will Stay in Navy
Agile Millionaire
Of 90Saytf Simple
Life Health Secret
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Likes Jazz Music, Dances and
Enjoys Society of Pretty
Girls Is Visiting Daugh
ter Here.
Live Simply and You'll
Live Long, He Avers
Police Seek Man
Of Ministerial Mien
Who Defrauded Bank
ville police began search today for a
gentleman of clerical garb and min
isterial mien whose fervent prayers
cost" the Somerville Trust company
$J00.
The gentleman, introducing him
self at "The Rev. George Maurice
Parker, D. D.," arrived several days
ago, attended the Methodist church
and there prayed easily and fluently.
The next day he opened a bank ac
count with a check upon a Wash
ington bank a,nd a few hours later
withdrew $300 on the strength of his
prayers, which a bank employe had
heard- Then he disappeared.
Fire Docs Damage.
' St. Paul, Dee. 18.-Fire late last
night destroyed the Traveller build
ing, a six-story structure in the
downtown district with a loss esti
mated at $150,000. The blare was
still burning fiercely ; at midnight,
Sonierville, N. J., Dec. 18. Somer-
rut eariy today was under contro'
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Aero Club of America De
cides On Point System of
Scoring Landings, Take
Off, Punctuality Count.
Conditions covering the awarding
of $1,000 in cash prizes in The Bee's
ir mail contest have tfeen presented
to E. R. White, acting second as
sistant postmaster general for ap
provaX by the contest committee of
the Aero Club of America.
These prizes are to be awarded
air mail pilots by The Omaha Bee.
the Salt Lake Tribune, the San
Francisco Examiner, 1 lie Chicago
Tribune, and The New lork Lven
11 ing Post. First prize is $500 cash,
second prize, and third prize,
$200.
The contest covers the first six
months of transcontinental air mail
service, from September 8, 1920 to
March 8. 1921.
Use Point System.
According to the'- conditions of
fered Mr. White for approval by
the contest committee, the priaes
will be given to the pilots having
to their credit the greatest number
of points earned during the pre
scribed period.
The points will brf-irtvarded on
the following basis:
For each completed scheduled
trip, the pilot shall receive one
point for each mile flown with mail,
air line measurements.
For incompleted trips, the pilot
will receive no- mileage credit excepH
m the case of a forced landing due
to mechanical trouble made without
damage, in which case the pilot shall
teceive full mileage credit for this
trip. .
Must Land Safejy.
For each safe ta'ke-off at the start
of a scheduled trip, the pi'ot shall
receive one point for each 20 pounds
cf mail carried.
For each safe landing at the end
of a schfiduled'trip, the pilot shall
receive one point for each 20 pounds
of mail carried.
The pilot shall receive 10 points
for .punctuality each time a trip is
Started on schedule time, and for
each time that the pilot was on the
field and ready to start for a sched
uled trip, on time, even though the
- start of this 1ri;i be delayed or can
celled througlwi.tiicchaiiical trouble,
or"oTj account of weather conditions.
() Schedule time for starting to
be within 15 minutes after the ar
' rival of the mail on the field.
Handled Pulitzer Race.
Delay in getting out thenc condi
tions was due to the vast amount of
work done by the contest committee
of the Aero Club of America in con
nection with the Pulitzer Trophy
airplane race, according fc C. S.
Bragg, chairman of the committee.'
A further delay occurred in col
lecting all ot the Postofrtce depart
ment's data sheets and in 'studying
them in order that the recommend
ed conditions might be operative,
he declared.
' "These Conditions were drawn up,"
lays .Mr. Bragg, "after a careful ex
imination of the records kept by the
Postoffice department end arc ac
cordingly drafted along the, lines
which the postoffico department has
otfnd by experience thejnostf ssen-
Abraham Sclmeider, a sailor on
the United States destroyer Wads
wprth, is probably the richest gob
in Uilcle Sam's navy- He recently
inherited $60,000, but in spite of his
new wealth will stick to the navy.
."There's nothing '.ike the life," says
Schneider.
t:al for th; betterment of the service.
"At the same time, the contest
committee endeavored to view the
situation from the pilot's stand
point and tried to. make a har
monious blending-of the two N s
Mr, Bragg also acknowledges, for
the committee, the assistance' of
Maj. Leon. B. Lent, of the post
ollice department, not only in ex
plaining the, manner in which the
records are Kept, but in emphasizing
tle important elements which are
the backbone of the service.
Net Income of Roads Falls
Below 8 Per Cent Guarantee
Washington, Dec. 18. Estimating
the net operating inconrfe -of -all the
principal railroads for October at
$91,761,090, the Association of Rail
way Executives in a statement today
said, this figure fell approximately
$20,674,000. or 18.4 per cent,, short
of the amount' necessary to pay a
6 per cent return on the property
value, as provided in the transporta
tion act. On the basis of the Oc
tober net earnings, the association
said, the railroads would earn an
nually 4.9 per cont on their property
value, as tentatively fixed by the in
terstate commerce commissimr at
$18,900,000,000.
Millionaire" Sued by Woman
To Vindicate Her Mother
' Los Angeles, Dcc 18. Five hun
dred thousand dollars for the "vindi
cation" of the names of her mother
and brother, both dead, was asked in
a suit filed in the superior court here
today against Joseph L. Giroux, millionaire-mining
operator of Los
Angeles and Marietta, Nev., by 'his
daughter, Mrs. Virginia Saucer.
Land Promoter Dies at
Home in Boone, la.
Boone, Ig., Dec. 18. Hamilton
Browne, one of the promoters of
the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and
Southern railroad, died at his home
in Geneva. III., yesterday.
Benjamin F. Smith, 90-year-old
millionaire of Glenco. Me., who ar
rived 4 in Omahaj Friday to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Baldrige,
is aiv advocate of the simple life.
To the simple life he attributes his
ability to travel, alone from the east
coast to Omaha and his ability to
out walk men 20 years his junior.
Yet Mr. Smith is not adverse to
worldly pleasures in moderation.
For example:
He likes jazz music and says px
can scarcely keep his feet stilhwhen
it is played. ' -
Likes Pretty Girls.
He has always been temperate, but
when invited out to dine he will ac
cept a cocktai! without protest.
lie enjoys the society ot young
and pretty girls.
He 'ntver misses an opportunity
to dance", and. although he hasn"t
learned to shimmy, the rftysteries of
the one-step and the icx-trot are an
open book to him. Moreover he
boasts that the 'ladies compliment
him on his dancing and tell him they
en joy dancing with 'him.
He doesn't ride horseback, but en
joys driving spirited steeds.
He believes above all other things
that he should keep posted on cur
rent events. ' 1 '
Now Mr. Smith does not Taim the
simple life is exacty a fountain of
youth. If it were he says he wouldn't
be over 21, while as a matter of fact
he admits he feels about as the or
dinary healthy man of SO feels.
Carries a Cane.
He," carries a cane, but it isn't be
cause he needs it to walk with far
be it from that. He stepped lightly
out of his daughter's home this
morning, inhaled with delight the
brisk Nebraska atmosphere and set
out briskly for W. Farrtim Smith's
office, some two miles distant.
Nor did he keep silent to conserve
his breath. He discussed thevfinan
cial situation ajid politics, displaying
a keen insight into both.
"Keeping out of the league of na
tions was the best thing this'coun
try ever did.7 he declared. "If this
country had been called into some
country to enforce peace, as the
league provides it can be, we'd im
mediately incur the undying hatred
cf that particular country." '
Expresses Confidence.
"An orderly readjustment of finan
cial matters is what will result from
the present period of depression.
There will be fewer joy rides for,
the youth of our country, but there
will be no panic."
Mr. Smith expresged absolute con
fidence in Omaha, because, he ex
plained, its future is based on agri
culture and "there is no more solid
basis." i
"On February 13, 192!, it will have
been 61 years since I set out from
Omaha for Dcnver,with three teams
and wagons. I was doing it for my
health. I have held property in
Omaha for many years and I still
consider Omaha propertya wonder
ful investment." - ' ,
Mr. Smith holds much property in
w
New York City and owns a country
nome at uiencoe, in Maine.
Never Smoked,
"The thing .for the young man to
do s to think twice on important
matters, he observed. ' And he
should remember the simple life pays
the biggest ,Ndividend. 1 ve never
smoked in my life and I'm better
off for it.. And I never borrow
trouble,"
At this point Mr. Smith spied a
street car approaching. 1 v
It a little cold to walk so far."
"Guess I'll take a car after
debonaire youth, his
his gloves
he said,
all."
And like a
cane under cne arm and
in the other hand, he mounted the
ateps or the car lightly, ana con
tinued his journey downtown.
Casper Police Hold
Man Sought for the
Murder, of Tennesseean
Casper, Wyo., Dec1. 18. Police of
ficials today believed a nation-wide
search for the slayers of Leroy Hart,
Knoxville, Tenn., millionaire, was
ended with the arrest here of Martin
Hunter and information which they
saia iftill lead soon to the arrest of
Maud E. Moore, once convicted Mit
said to have jumped a $10,000 bond.
Hunter and the woman had been
Jfving at Lovefl, Wyo.. until a news
paper appeared in tovvn with a story
of the crime and their pictures.
They escaped in an automobile.
Sheriff Royce announced that the
woman, had been located in a west
ern . state but he "would . make no
statement pending her arrest. Ru
mors said tn,e woman was at an inac
cessible Idaho town.
Columbus Auto Thief
Taken to Penitentiary
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 18. Sheriff
Kavanaugh took Will Stoll, a pris
oner whohad been ordered to the
penitentiary several months ago, to
Lincoln. Stoll was convicted of
stealing an automobile.
Iler-Grand Turkish Baths,
Uth and Howard Sts., new management.
Concannon Bros Adv.
The Work Mother Has
to
Do
This Christmas and every .succeeding Christmas will be materially les
sened if ou teniember her with an, ' .
Electric Wasjter t ,
and an
Electric Vacuum Sweeper
- Think of Mother the work she has to do and how an
Electric Washer
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Clioson from our stock makes soiled clothes spotlessly clean in a
few minutes, without a bit of hfirm to the flimsiest of fabrics."
You will always have plenty of clean, crisp table linen loads of
soft, white towels and always a fresh supply of dainty things to
wear! , , . , ' ; -
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lust in the saving of wear, and tear on all your washablesan
Electric Washer will pay for itself handsomely!
$10.00 DOWN; $13.50 PER, MONTH
AN EtECTRIC VACUUM SWEEPER
Gets the Dirt Everywhere
There's not a spot in your home that ybii cairt reach with an Elec
tric Vacuum Sweeper. It gets the dirt and dust everywhere un
der chairs, sofas, etc. .
You will be surprised at the thoroughness aud ease with which the
Electric. Sweeper cleans. Modern housewives all clean ihis new,
jimprovepl way.
GIVE MOTHER ONE THIS CHRISTMAS
' . $5.00 DOWN AND $5.00 PER MONTH
See the. Display of Electrib Household A ppliances at the ELECTRIC SHOP and
: , x Use Your Credit Privileges
l 1 Electric Shop Open ' Eveningi Until .9 0 'Clock v
Nebraska III
PowerCo.
YOUR ELECTRIC
Bowen's Announcement
of Remarkable
- t-
for Christmas
Valines
Week
' Mahogany Gate Leg
Table
Sereral Designs to Choose From
Thi
,. Fornur Wttk't
Prlci Prlc
Oral Solid Mahogany
tor ......$65.00 $34.50
48-In. round Mahof any
tor ....... , 67.S0 37.50
54-in. round Mahogany
tor .73.00 42.50
35x40 fequare Mahogany
for 57.50 29,75
Store Opens Every Night Till 9 0'Clock
For Monday's Selling
All Table Scarfs Specially Priced
f812
y ' Pric?
1Sx4S Silk Damask 6.50
20x48 French Velour 10.00
24x45 French Velour 8.75
24x48 Tapestry 8.75
18x72 Damask .......'. 7.73
12x48 Tapestry : 5.30
12x78 Tapestry .., 6.75
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This Week's
Price
$3.05
5.95
4.95
4.95
4.45
2.95
3.95
Baby Blanket Special for Monday
.Either in Beautiful Blue or Pink.
, Former Thie Week's
v ' Price Price
Size 38x52 $ 4.00 $1.80
f Size 31x40 2.75 1 20
Tea Wagon in
Mahogany or Walnut
Former
Price
Mahogany with remov
able serving tray.. $25.00
Walnut drop leaf.... 88.50
Solid Mahogany, re
movable tray 62.50
Thlt
Week's
Prlee
$12.50
19.25
31.25
Console Table and
Mirror
Former
Price
This
Week's
Pries
Genuine Mahogany
with mirror
Genuine Mahogany
with mirror
.195.00 -447.50
99-00 48.50
Solid Mahogany
Cane Chairs
Special for Christmas Week.
- This
Former Week's
Price Price
Fireside Wing Chair. $48.60 $27.50,
Rocker to match... 48.50 27.50
Extraordinary Cedar Chests
For Christmas Week Selling at Just tfce
Former Price
y ' Former This Week's
Price , Price
48-in. Copper Banded Chest. $50.00 $24.00
48-ia. Colonial design 47.50 23.75
54-in. Plain Ches) 55.00 26.00
48-in. Queen Anne... 60.00 29.90
Drapery Dept. Specials
- Christmas Suggestions
Plain and Decorated Christmas - Candles t in many
sizes and colors at, each...... 35 25, and 15
Picture Cords with tassels in many colors and sizes.
A splendid room decoration and appreciative Christ
mas gift Special, at, each.. $2.95 611(3 $1.45
Floor Lamp Cord with Tassels, in Gold, Rose, Black,
Blue and- combination colors. Special tt, per
Pair - $1.95 and $1.45
Shopping Bag Tassels, Lamp Shade Tassels, French
Gold Tinsel Tassels and ornaments for bags and
fancy box trimmings, at special reduced prices.
Drapery Goods
Plain and figured Madras in 50, 35 and 30-inch"
width. AH colors and patterns; some guaranteed
sunfast goods In this assortment at special prices.
50-inch goods, per yaTd. . .$3.95, $2.75, $2.45 and $1.95'
36-inch goods, per yard. . .$2.95 , $2.45, $1.95 and $1.45
30-Inch goods; per sard... $1.95, $1.45, $1.2$ and 95e
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Curtain Nets
Creain' White and Ecru Curtain Nets for curtains
and lace shades, 36, 45 and 48-inches wide, at prices
from $3.75 per'yard down to 65 per yard.
Ladies Writing Desks
In Mahogany, Walnut or Oak
, ' Former-'
- Price
Quar. Oak Desk.. . .$25.00
Quar. Oak Desk 0.00
Mahog. Ladies' Desk. 40.00
Walnut' Ladies' Desk 40.00
This
Week's
Price
$12.50
15.00
20.00
20.00
Sasy Rockers in
Mahogany or Oak
Special for Christmas Week
This
Former
Price
$ 8.50
Fumed Oak Rocker
Mahogany Windsor
Rocker
Week's
Price
4.25
23.000 12.50
Smoking Cabinets
All specially priced for
Christinas week from
$6.75 to $15
Dining Suite at 'the Former Price
for Christmas Week
This splendid genuine walnut dining suite in 8 pieces with
genuine blue leather seat chairs. Former d0 Q T C A
price $675.00. For this week JDO OU
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Davenport and
Library Tables in
Mahogany and Oak
Special for Chrlettnss Week
Former
Priee
Mahogany as il
lustrated $65.00
Quar. Oak
Colonial 40.00
Quar. (mk
straight line... 45.00
This ,
Week's'
Prlee
$39.75
19.50
22.50
Store Open
Every Evening
Till 9 O'Clock
' Only 5 More
Shopping Days "
Before Chrutmu
s
OttAAAS VALUE CJV1NG STORC
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Faroam at Fifteenth
2314 M. St So. Side'
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