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Budget

Furniture is such a
serious investment that
budgeting is as necessary
as in buying the home
itself. Our budgeting is
fair, as prices are the
same to those who pay
cash or charge purchases.
Budget credit arranged
at time of purchase, on
the Fourth Floor.
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Sixth Floor

The finest in hoorcov-
erings-rare Persian and
Chinese rugs and the
finest from native looms.
Linoleums. Draperies and
Hangings, Curtains, Cedar
Chests. All with Half
Yearly revised prices at
tached.
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Logic

The Half Yearly. Furni-
ture Sale increases in
size as surely as it
recurs. The reason is
logical and very plain.
Prices are SO low, and
new stocks are so inter
esting, that people have
learned to wait for it to
fill all home needs.
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Third Floor

The floor that makes
housekeeping easy-with
all its electrical home ap-
planes and III in in g
white kitchen furnish
ings. w a S lin g ma
chimes, vacuum cleaners,
electric refrigerators,
electric irons, electric
stoves and a thousand
other useful things.
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InCIuSive

Il tbLtCVOHNS
Nothing that you need
for your home escapes
the price cutting of the
Half Yearly Sale-Furni-
ture, rugs, draperies,
lamps, mirrors, linens,
kitchenWare.
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3-Piece Solid Mahogany Mohair Suite

Showing the fashion of occasional chair charming
davenport and club chair Here has solid walnut
and beautifully covered in handsome velour tapestry
coors that blend with the aove moha coverings of the %
davenport and matching club chair in solid mahogany frames
Web bottom construction Reversible mossedged cushions
Moths Guarded mOfar
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Fourth Floor

Here you will find not
only Living, Dining and
Bed Room Suites, but
all of the artistic odd
pieces which kill the bar
renness of a room, and
give to it that touch OF
individuality which de-
ponds on your own selec-
ton.
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The decacy of backs (gvng illusion of spaciousness
makes this the very suite for small average sized living
The three really extra large give effect
of heavness The spring cushions covered charming
patterns Of damask and the pillows shown in the sketch in
uded with the suite Solid mahogany frame designed
graceful comfortable lines Here three splendid pieces
very good suite.
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FOur-PieCe Shaded Walnut Bedroom

The gracious proportions and dignity of this suite will appeal
to all lovers of the conservative Genuine walnut and
gumwood attractive shaded effect Consists of large full
length vanity 5Oinch dresser conveniently arranged
corobe and popular bowend bed An ensemble that
fail to please permanently.
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Exclusive

While furniture of mod
crate cost is in the sale,
there is a vast stock of
exclusive suites and odd
period pieces which can
not be exactly duplicated.
Nor can their price be
equaled, quality con-
sidered.
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The graceful framed effect of this suite quite step with
the modern trend AS the scheme the mohar up
hostery which daask in the springfield cushions
Three handsome comfortable pecesdavenport
chairs If you furnishing refurnhing be this
moderately priced suite.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-29
ALLEGED CATHOLIC
 FANATICS ARE SHOT; MEXICAN BATTLES
TWO BRISK COMBATS WITH FED- ERAL TROOPS IN STATE. OF
 JALlSCO

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2s (P- Thirty-four rebellious Catholic Fana- tics" were killed and Catholic priest was captured. After a summary court martial they were executed. The capture was made following two brisk combats with Federal troops in the State of Jalisco, says a bulletin. issued by the Presidential Bureau.
 One corporal and two soldiers were killed and one officer and nine sol diers wounded in the first fight which took place at Losmetz Quites where 3S rebels, headed by Habano and with another chieftan named Placenoia, en- trenched. The fight lasted four hours Fourteen rebels were killed and two captured. The second engagement lasted three hours resulting in IS dead and many wounded.
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|A|RPLANE SERVICE
 ]. OVER ATLANTIC IN 1928 SAYS FONCk
HAS AMPLE FINANCIAL BACKING SIX PLANES; ROUTE IS DEs-
 CREED

NEW YORK, Sept .29. (P)-A regu- lar passenger and mail service by air between America and Europe will be routine reality next spring if hte plans of Capt. Rene Fonck material ize. The French ace says he has un- limited financial backing in both this country and France for the pro- ject which will put six planes into commercial cross seas service.
 The company will obtain added rev. enue from mail contracts for which he is negotiating with the American gov ernment. The planes would fly be- tween New York and Paris, following a southerly route, with a stop at the Azores and Northern Islands with stops at Newfoundland and Ireland
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BODY OF AVIATOR
 THOUGHT SEEN IN
 SEA, NEWFOUNDLAND
OCEAN SWELL PREVENTED TWO MEN FROM RECOVERING
 BODY; HAD ON HELMET

HARBOR GRACE, Eept 29. (P- The reported body of man with a helmet on his head, similar to those worn by aviators, was seen floating between Belle Island, in Conception Bay, and this town.
 The story told here was that two men reported that while going from the mainland to Belle Island in a mo- tor boat they saw the body and tried to recover it with boat hook but the heavy ocean swell prevented this This rumor immediately started spec ulation among residents as to whether the body was one of the lost airmen.
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SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE

"All sorts of stories have been cir fculated to account for the disappear ance and among them is one attribut- ing the death of fish at sea by sub marine earthquake disturbances. We have no record that government reg ulations which have been adopted in Alaska in rcent years for protecting the fisheries have anything to do with the matter. Tn spite of the disappear ance of the fish this year there is every reason to presume salmon in l 1928 and later years will continue to make their appearance on the fishing grounds at the outset of the spawn ing season.
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WERE PLENTIFUL IN 1925

we are entirely at loss to know why salmon failed to put in an ap- pearance on the fishing grounds this season. !" stated MT. O'Malley. 'The pink salmon variety, which is the fish which lives through a two year cycle in salt water, was plentiful on the spawning beds in 1925 which should have brought the schools back into the fresh water streams of Alaska. There should have been large numbers this year but for unknown reasons the fish has been killed off or for some other reason have failed to appear.
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TERRIFIC RAINS AND WIND STORMS KILLS
 SEVEN, q. LOUIS
HOUSES UNROOFED; SCHOOL COLLAPSES KILLING NUMBER
 PUPILS

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29. P)-At least seven persons were killed in terrif- ic rain and wind storm which struck shortly after noon The 80 mile an hour wind caused heavy damage, un- roofed houses and caving in walls;
 many trees were unrooted and all communication interrupted. The corn CT of the Central high school collap- sed the pupils and teachers immedi- ately taking shelter in a nearby thea Ire. It is reported several were killed when the school house collapsed.
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WINS EXECUTION CAsE..
 NOW OPPOSES HANGING

CHICAGO, Sept. 2s (P-Edwin Hedrick, a former assistant prescott ing attorney of Peoria county, has talk en the stump against capital punish ment. He says he became disillu- stoned about the death penalty after prosecuting successfully his first hanging case, for which he waited 12 years Hedrick was one of the coun- sel for William D. Shepherd, who was acquitted on charges of complicity in the death of his millionaire ward
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TELEPHONE SERVICE
 AMERICA, MEXICO . |S |NAUGURkTED

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (P-Ex- traordinary advancement in communi- cataion between Nations has been one of conspicious accomplishments of the present age. President Coolidge told President Gales of Mexico during 8 conversation which inaugurated the telephone service between Washing ton and Mexico City.
 Speaking through the transmitter before distinguished gathering Presi- dent Coolidge expressed the view to the Mexican executive that these new facilities would promote "a better un- derstanding between the peoples of our countries"
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Salmon Pack Millions
 Cases Short Declares
 Commissioner O'Malley

HENRY O'MALLEY, EXPERTS AND SALMON MEN ENTIRELY AT LOSS TO ACCOUNT FOR STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF SALMON EVERY REASON TO PRESUME 1928 AND LATER YEARS FISH WILL CONTINUE MAKE APPEAR ANCE ON FISHING GROUNDS
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POPCORN POPS ON STALK

SAN ANGELO, Tex, Sept. 29. [P)- Tho weather here has been so hot that farmers in west Texas complained that it popped their popcorn growing in the fields S. A. Stowe of near Olney brought in several ears of corn, hah-popped, from his fields. Other farmers told of the same condition.
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TO THE PUBLIC

Notwithstanding false rumors to: the contrary, parties taken out by: the yacht Westward this fall have been we'll satisfied and have: drought home the game Unfor-:
 :tunately, misrepresentations on the
 :part of our competitors have caus-
 :ed one party booked for the West: ward, to give up their hunt and leave Alaska disgusted. We are: every much surprised to find an or: ganization of Alaska business men so short-sighted in their methods.
 Surely it is poor business which
 !: :has to be supported by knocking the other fellow. Alaska is big country and there is room for us
 : :aII; so let's pull together.
 Captain ROE DYKEMAN
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ARMENIANS ARE HELD

NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (P)-Twenty- eight Armenians, in the employ of the American Near East Relief, are held before the Russian Soviet authorities for questioning concerning revolution ary movements or propaganda.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-29

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. QH9}-For reasons as yet a mystery to the fishing industry and to government perts the salmon catch the Pacific coast this year has been reduced to about 50 per cent of the normal Henry ka catch has been to three and half million and on Puget Sound it has been reduced to 675OO0 In Brit ish Columbia the catch amounted to 35 900 about half of last years pack.
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ARKANSAS TORNADO

RUBY, Ark, Sept. 29. (P)-Ten per- sons were injured and one, probably fatally. when a tornado cut path through the village leaving only ten buildings intact
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WATSON NORTHBOUND

SEATTLE, Sept. 29. (P-The s. s. Admiral Watson, of the P. s. s. Co.,, sailed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with 24 passengers. Alma Ford and one steerage passenger are booked to Seward.
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BASEBALL SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington, 2-6; Boston, 1-4.
 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York, 5; Philadelphia, 4. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Seattle, 10; Hollywood, 3. Portland, g. Mission, 0. San Francisco, $; Oakland, 1. Los Angeles, 3; Sacramento, 13
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Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, March "a (SpeciaD.-
Potatoes. 100 pounds. 1.25a2 so: new
potatoes, barrel, ! l GOA | 5. 90: sweet po-
tatoes. barrel. 2.25a2.75: yams, barrel,
2.00a2.50 bushel. 50a125: asparagus,
dozen, 2.50a7.00: beans. bushel, 1.50a
500; beets, bushel. 1.25a1.50; broccoli,
barrel, LOCAL so: cabbage, ton, 10.00a
1900; caulifiower, crate, 2.50a2.55; GU
cumbers, bushel 6.00a9 90; carrots, 100
pounds, 1.50a1.75: celery, crate, 4.00a
500; kale, barrel, S5a1.10: lettuce,
hamper, 1.25a2.25; onions, 100 pounds,
2.o0a3.75; oyster plants, 100, 4.00a6 90;
peppers, crate. 250a4.o0; parsnips,
basket. Scars; peas. bushel, 2.25s3.25:
radishes, bushel, 1.00a2.25; spinach.
bushel, 65a90; squash, crate, T. 00a5. 90;
tomatoes. crate, 2.00a3.75; turnips,
basket. 40a75.
l.5O; grapefruit, box. 2.50a3. so: oranges,
box, 275a4.25; Strawberries, quart,
35a65; open crate, 10a30.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. red Winter, domestic,
spot. 1885; No. 2 red Winter, gar
licky, spot, l.34M; No. 3. garlicky.
spot, 1909.
Corn--Domestic. No. 2 yellow. 79as0;
ANO' - @PCht '772 W. o. 81 COD
new, 390a4.00 per barrel.
Oats-No. 2, new, 50, nominal, per
bushel; No. 3, 40, nominal
Rye--Bag lots Of nearby, LOCAL .05
per bushel
Hay--Reciepts. IS tons. The supply
OF hay of all kinds on spot at present
Is light, and for the better grades of
timothy as we'll as for good clover hay
and heavy clover mixed there Is a
fair inquiry. General situation steady.
Low-grade and inferior hay is dull and
of uncertain value.
quotations today per ton -- No.
timothy. 2350a24. 90; No. 2 timothy.
22.50a23.00; No. 3 timothy, q .OOa22 90:
No. l light clover mixed, %. 00a25 so;
No. light clover mixed, 23.OOa24. 90;
No. | clover mixed, 2450a25.0O.
Straw-No. ! wheat. 1350a14.0 90 per
ton; NO. j oat, 14.00a15.00 per ton.
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THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
Good Humor i'm business

Two tallors compete for the press
ing and cleaning business in my neigh
borhood. First, | patronized one, and
though he did satisfactory work. |
switched to the other at a suggestion
of a member of my family, exercising
the right of consumer TO be capri
cious
The first tailor. who lost my trade,
called at the house several times to
ask for business, and was courteous
and polite when informed that we had
found a new tailor whose work was
satisfactory. After that / frequently
met the first tailor on the street, and
he bowed with the same friendly cor
diality as when | gave him my work
| was impressed by his good humor
and good sense and began to feel
FESTIVE about Withholding my patron
age from so admirable a man. Finally,
when my new tailor lost a part of one
of my suits and tried to wiggle out of
his responsibility, L found an excuse
for going back to my first tailor.
When / returned to him he asked no
questions. and acted as though l had
never left him.
The owner OF this small tailoring
establishment possesses elements of
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Once

Durant shares, however. continued TO
be favorably Influenced by eXpecta l.
tons of good things in store for the
corporation and went into new high
ground for the year before the de
mand was supplied.
The usual block of Cities Service
common was taken at the opening at
a price fractionally below the previous
final After this the price fiuctuated
over a narrow range.
South American issues gave GOOD
account of themselves in the oil group,
notably Garth Syndicate and Creole
Syndicate, but others were neglected
The recent demand at new hlSh
prices for .Newmont Mining appeared
to be justified by disclosures in the
report for the year ending December
81 last. This showed net equal 10
$9.08 a share on the $40 par stock'
against only $49s a share on the
smaller amount outstanding In 1870
Formal announcement OF the merger
Of Noranda Mines with other prom,
nent mining companies is expected
later this week Noranda was trac-
tionally higher again today.
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RANGE IS NARROW
IN COTTON MARKET
Opening Rise Meets New
York and Southern Selling
in Today's Trading.


NEW YORK. March 24.---The cot.
ton market opened steady today at un-
changed prices to an advance of 4
points, in response to the fairly
steady showing of Liverpool. but met
Southern and local selling probably
promoted by better weather prospects.
May contracts eased off from 1410
to 14.04. and October from 1448 to
14.41 by the end of the first hour, net
declines of about to points on
active positions. Trading. however,
was quiet and prices showed a fairly
steady undertone at the decline.
Private cables said there had been
trade calling and speculative buying
in the Liverpool market, with hedge
selling light but that Manchester was
quiet owing to lack of confidence in
prevailing quotations for cotton
goods.
New Orleans Market.
NEW ORLEANS, March "a GD).--
early today with traders awaiting
fresh developments.
Gains of ] to } points We're shown
at the opening. but prices turned
downward on fears that the acreage
was not going to be reduced as much
as early responses had indicated and
on hedge selling. May declined to
1906, July l4.20 and October 1870
or points down from the opening
and to G points below yesterday &
close.
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d.. & w. SECURITIES
COMPANY IS FORMED
Segregation Of Coal Properties and
First Step in Merger Plans
Seen by Some.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Directors
of the Delaware. Lackawanna q West
ern Railroad yesterday directed the
formation OF the Lackawanna Securi-
ties Co. the transfer to 1t OF tS2..
o06 900 in treasury ASSETS, including
SIS. 500 900 4 per cent Glen Alden Coal
Co bonds, and the distribution OF the
securities company's stock to railroad
shareholders on the basis OF one share
OF new stock for two shares Of rail-
road company stock.
This action was characterized by
railroad officials as the final step in
the segregation OF the coal company
properties. Wall Street, however, was
inclined TO regard 1t as a preliminary
step in the eventful merger OF the
road with some other Eastern trunk
line system No Official comment on
merger prospects was obtainable.
Under the tentative consolidation
plan OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. made public on September 2S,
1921, the Iackawanna was included in
the socalled Erie System" which
comprised the Erie. Delaware q Hud-
son. the Wabash lines east OF the Mis-
souri, River and others, or, IS an alter
native. grouped II with the New Eng
land Great Lakes" system. including
also the Delaware & Hudson, Buffalo.
Rochester & Pittsburgh. New Haven,
New York, Ontario & Western, Boston
& Maine. Central New England and
others.
Recent changes in railroad align
ments indicate that neither grouping
will be effected under the original
lines. Some time ago Wall Street
heard that the Big Four" in the East.
ern consolidation field had tentatively
agreed to permit the Van Sweringens
to add the Lackawanna to the eastern
end OF the greater Nickel Plate" sys-
tenn. At the time it was pointed out
that a distribution of LAckawanna' =
surplus would be necessary before an
agreement on terms for an exchange
of securities could be made. The same
reasoning applies as IL a leasing OF the
Lackawanna Railroad properties was
contemplated.
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MEN AND MONEY
By NJ. S. Rukeyser.
Copyright. 1927

The New York police commissioner,
George V. Mclaughlin. who formerly
was head of the State banking depart
ment Is showing no respect for one OF
the oldest industries in the common
wealth which had come to feel that 1t
had vested rights. His men are en-
couraged to harass the practitioners
of commercialiZed gambling, despite
the political Affiliations.
The new zeal of the police has caused
a stir in Gotham, but the heightened
interest is likely to be temporary.
There seems to be in human nature
fatal weakness for the wheels OF
chance. and police vigilance in one oil
rection leads only to an expression OF
the gambling impulses in another
Gambling and Bookkeeping are the
twin outstanding tax-exempt and IL
legal industries in the United states,
with a heavy turnover each year.
The statistician of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau at Washington is author
ity for the statement that the Govern
ment tabulates no figures on the aggre-
gate income from gambling. Accord
ing to the best statistics available,
1852 400 individuals in the United states
are engaged in gambling as gaintul
occupation.
Laws Don't Abolish Gambling.
Federal and State laws seek to set
up an administrative machinery to
suppress organized gambling and bet
ting. Anti-betting laws, however. do
not seem to abolish gambling, but
merely encourage the art OF bootleg
ging the emotions to which gambling
gives expression.
Speculation in securities and com
modities, no matter how i'll informed,
is technically not gambling. but psy-
chologically il gives play to the same
instincts as gambling. Many big
traders, when away from the market.
bet on horses and participate in games
of chance at the great spas Of the
world. Even at the innocent pastime
of bridge. big operators, playing for
stakes as high as 500 a point or
more, get involved in large commit
ments.
Apart from the moral aspects, gam
bling is economically wasteful and in
defensible. In this connection, a. dis
tinction should be made between reck-
less gambling IN which individuals
play for ruinously large stakes in the
hope of making a killing and purely
friendly parlor games in which no one
loses more than he can afford.
William j. Cameron, editor of the
Dearborn Independent. testified that
Henry Ford is lenient toward the So
Wet experiment in Russia. What Wall
Street really wants to know is whether
Mr. Ford will be lenient toward the
Chevrolet Motor Co. in announcing his
program to meet heightened competi-
ton.
Investment Fashions Shift.
Fashions shift rapidly in the invest
ment market.
Until comparatively recently. Euro
pean credit was in relative disfavor,
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business genius, which are too rare
among small business men. The aver
age small business man will be friend
ly to YOU as long as you give him
business, but win grow sulky il he
finds YOU are dividing your trade. If
you go to the chain stores on week
days 10 buy groceries. the corner
groceryman will he reluctant TO sell
you goods when you find in an emer.
gencY that you need them on Sunday,
Tho average storekeeper will he
courteous TO YOU as long as you re
main a customer. and then when you
stop patroniZing him he will be dis
posed to ignore you IL he meets you
on the street
The average small merchant expects
to make profit on every transac.
ton. and is sometimes disposed to be
irritable when you purchase only
stamp. or a spool OF cotton thread
or some other narrow profit item. On
the other hand. the wise storekeeper
is always affable. forgetting the i'm
mediate profit involved and remem-
boring that each visit OF customer to
his store gives him an opportunity
to make a friend.
The storekeepers rent is in large
measure determined by the number of
individuals who reside in the neigh
DOrhood. lie is thus paying the land.
lord for access to each potential Gus
toner. Thus, when he irritates, an
noys, repels or discourages potential
customers because they happen to
displease him he Is in reality destroy
ing his own intangible assets.
Customer Always Right.
+. NJ. Statler's slogan is THE Gus.
toner is always right" The epigram
is based on a false assumption, but
the policy implied is wise one.
Although sometimes customers are
unrea sonable and wrong. in the long
run it pays to satisfy the whims
and peculiarities OF those who patron
lie you.
A neighborhood store. which makes
sales at the cost OF losing customers
who are likely to become dissatisfied
with the merchandise Is in reality
using up capital-a perilous course.
The chain stores and the depart
ment stOres-which represent big and
scientific business in the merchandise
ing field-have caught the business
significance of being eager to render
service. The progressive small bust
ness man can succeed by pursuing
the same course, and can go even fur
Their by heightening the human touch
with his own personality.