Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 23, 1909, Page 2

&/ \E S - Special Sale of White Gradu- uation Dress Fabrics for 1909. Monday we commence our Great Sale of Beautiful Sheer Dress Fabrics for Graduation and Wedding Gowns, We're more than ready for the sweet girl graduate and the June bride Well have we provided ourselves with all the requisites needed. From the fluffy ribbons, the lustrous silks, the sheer white fabrics to the spotless gowns all ready made and ready for service. It's a gathering of special interest to those who are seeking gifts for the graduate or June bride. Come. It's for you to enjoy. A Great Sale of Hair Goods This Week Commencing tomorrow and the balance of the week we will place on special sale many of our best styles in ‘‘Yvette’’ Hair Goods at greatly reduced prices. Read the following interesting items: Fine Sheer French Lawns 46-inch French Lawn, Monday's price ib-inch French Lawn, Monday's price 45c per 66¢ 45-inch French Lawn, Monday's price 49c per All 76¢ 4b-inch French Lawn, Monday's price 58¢ per All 85¢ 45-inch French Lawn, Monday's price 69¢ per All $1.00 45-inch French Lawn, Monday's price 76c per All $1.25 45-inch French Lawn, Monday's price 8¢ per All $1.50 45-Inch French Lawn, Monday's price $1 per Fine Sheer French Batistes All $1.50 45-inch French Lawn, Monday's price $1.00 per vard All 75¢ 48-inch French Batistes, Monday's price 59¢ per yard All 85c 48-inch French Batistes, Monday's price 69¢ per yard All $1 48-inch French Batistes, Monday's price 75c per yard. Special Sale Linen Sheetings for Ladies’ Suits and Skirts 3 pieces $1.25 90-inch Linen Sheeting in this sale 8fc yard 4 pleces $1.00 72-inch Linen Sheeting in this sale 69c¢ yard. All All All 50c 60c 35c per vard vard vard vard vard yard vard yard Natural Wavy Switches 20-inch natural wavy hair, $4.00 value, at ....$1.8% 24-inch natural wavy hair, $6.00 value, at $2.80 16 and 18--inch natural.gray hair, $5.00 value, $2.49 Transformations for all round the head, $10.00 and $12.00 values, for .. Long Hair Switches 16-inch long hair, $1.50 value, at 18-inch long hair, $2.50 value, at 20-inch long hair, $3.50 value, at 22-inch long hair, $4.00 value, at 24-inch long hair, §5.00 value, at Paris Made Underwear is much wanted right now for gifts. Paris made Lingerie forms a class by itself. A class unapproached by any other group of undergarments Every stitch of embroidery is hand done; so is the sewing of the seams, except in the cheapest garments. > « 3 ' i S ee =] @ e Puffs at Reduced Prices Coronet Puffs (4 to set), $1.00 value, at .. Coronet Puffs (6 to set), $2.00 value, at Coronet Puffs (8 to set), $3.00 value, at.... $1.59 Physche Puffs (3 large puffs), $2.00 value, at ....$1.19 Cluster Puffs (14 to 16 puffs) $4.00 value at $1.98 Salome Puffs, a new line, $5.00 value at $2.49 Triangle Puffs, can be matched in most difficult shades, $5.00 value at $2.98. Single Puffs, $1.00 value at 50c. Single Puffs in gray, $1.50 value at 7 Hair Rolls, Sanitary and Net 14-16 inch rolls, 35¢ value, at 24-inch Sanitary rolls, 76c value, at 24-inch_net covered rolls, 50c value, at Crepe wool, regular 50c value, at, vard Tourist Nets, large 25c¢ size, two for . Pompadours of Natural Curly Hair Small size 49c. Medium size, special $1.39 Marcel Pompadours, special $1.98 Covered 59c ces e L98¢ We have French garments as low as $1.00 and then we have the more costly French Lingerie as well-—some of it very costly But thoroughly worth it Select from these for gifts. French Gowns, French Corset Covers, French Skirts, French Drawers and French Chemise. Second floor. e, L T T T Special Sale of White Linen Waistings 5 pleces 50c White Linen Special Sale White Crepe Waistings 10 pleces 50c White Crepe Mail orders receive prompt and careful attention send sample of hair. Write for illustrated free cata- logue. It restores Price 98¢ Use “La Madeliene” Hair Restorer faded and gray hair to its natural color She Will Surely Need Light Weight Hosiery White silk lisle or gauze lisle hose, 50c per pair White silk hose, plain, § per pair Embroldered silk do- mgstic or French, $4.00 to $10 pér pair. Very handsome patterns con fined strictly to us. Main Floor. hose She Will Enjoy the Dis. play of Dainty Parasols A1l the newest on display directly inside our 18th Street entrance. Pretty black and white Para- €ols with Persian and Rose borders Novel effects In green, taupe, old rose and pongees. Misses plain linen parasols in blue, pink and tan, $1.75 and $2.30 each effects are per bottle, May Sale of Aprons Monday morning we commence our great May Sale of Aprons. man will be interested, Girls who have many to attend this sale. 26c for lawn apron with hemstitched skirt, 50c for fine Every wo- showers to attend will do well lawn 45-inches wide apron, Waistings in this sale 38¢ per vard Special Sale Sheer Striped Colored Waistings. 6 pleces $1.25 Sheer Lin- en Walsting in this sale 75¢c per yard. Waisting in this sale per yard Special Sale Brown Dress Linens 16 pleces 35e¢ 36-inch Brown Dress Linens in this sale 25c per yard From the Philipine Islands We have just received from Manilla another ship- ment of those beautiful hand embroidered Waist Pat- Main Floor surplice straps. terns. 50c for Amoskeag gingham apron, low neck and sleeves cover all. 65¢ for fine lawn apron with straps, or em- broidery insertion and fine embroidery edge. 656¢c for Amoskeag gingham aprons, double bib and collar with buttons and button holes. bib and reveres. .(nr 36-inch lawn apron with 3 hemstitched tucks. 25c for 45-inch wide Amoskeag Gingham kitchen apron with pocket. 35¢c for bretelle apron of fine lawn, 36- inches wide, skirt straps and bib hemstitched. for extra quality black sateen apron. wide New Neckwear, Fans and Real Laces That Will Suit Her to Perfection. Charming display of real lace Dutch collars, also linen in the soft effects, stocks and jabots, all made of the finest materials Beautiful fans In gauze and real lace with bone and pearl sticks. Handkerchiefs that will captivate you, in all linen, embroidered and real lace Rich laces and embrofderies for trimming the bride's or the grad- uates gown. The handsomest showing in the city. Real Cluny, Irish Crochet, Baby Irish Vals and Torchon laces Exceptionally fine display of Swiss, Nainsook Embroideries, sertions and Galioons to match Have a handsome girdle or sash made to order at our ribbon de- partment by Mrs. David. This department will surely interest you. Main Floor, Special S8ale Remnants of White Goods Economy Basement, Monday one case, Remnants of 15c, 20c and 25c White Madras, Checked and Striped Lawn and White Waisting, your choice be per yard. There’s not a woman in the country who knows anything about dress that isn’t interested in the Directoire gowns. Natur. ally the proper corset for this effect is a matter of interest. The *‘Directoire’’ or Kabo style No. 880, is the latest and most striking thing in the field of fashionable corsets. Kx- tremely long over the hips and back, it reduces the form to per- Extraordinary Value—Favorite Gray Panama, $1.00 Quality, 54 Inches, Monday 59¢ a Yard. In the Gloves for June Brides and Graduation For the daintiness of finish for a graduation or wed- ding gown nothiug is more attractivé than a palr of our silk gloves. 16-Button Embroidered White Silk Gloves. best makes per pair, $2.00, $3.00 and $3.25. 16-Button Kayser and Fownes White Silk Gloves, per pair $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50. White Silk Gloves, per pair 50c, 76¢, $1.00 in- loveliest shade of mixed gray you could imagine. Not at all the harsh; hard finish, but the new finish, much gentler to the touch, though curiously enough has retained all its springiness. It will tailor as well as broadcloth. For traveling, outing or hard wear you cannot afford to miss it. All the A Bag, Too, Is Needed. To carry the many little things in. that are so dear to the femi- nine heart. ‘Never have we shown as complete a line of bags as this season. It matters not whether you want a small medium or large bag. The chances are we can suit you to a nicety. Small hand purses In brown, tan, navy and green seal. All have silk linings and chain handle, Medium size hand bags of fancy calf and seal leathér with strap handle. Large bags in black seal and Walrus leathers, leather lined Special Announcement See Skirt Model 379. Speclally designed for outing, traveling and made of the same materials we are going Wash Suitings In all the latest weaves, in all the latest colorings, with strap handles. Sliver and gun metal mesh bags in small and medium sizes, MONDAY Continuation of our great sale of Trimmed Hats at HALF PRICE. Resting Rooms and Manicuring Department, 3d Floor‘. both plain and fancies. Linen finished Suitings, at 10¢ per yard F. F. Linene yard Newport per yard. Real Indian Head Suitings, at lsc, 16%c and 20c per vard. -inch wide Sea Linen, im- ported fabric, made in white only. Washes and looks like linen, 50c per yard Galatea Cloth Greclan Shadow at 15c per Suitings, at 15c French tung. at § wears better, Al Li at at 40c per 15c per vard !ul":lonn Linen, at 28c per | JHmES Side band Suitings, at 15e and 15c per yard Mercerized Poplins, and 26c per yard yard at 18c Imported at 2bc per yard. at 20c per yard. All linen Suitings, wide, at 40c wide, at 26c Mercerized New Cunvass weave Linen, at 30c per yard Himalay: Stlk Shantupg, at.bbe And many other novelties. East Basement to sell Monday cents a yard. Plquette Cloth, Repp, at 15c yard, Stripe, Bengaline 36-inch yard 46-inches per Lina, per yar Linen 5c and 40 per y Swi 5¢ values, $1.10 values, at n Crash $1.3 yard a Cloth Suiting. at 30 51 per $1.75 values, at $1 white, at 39c. 88 See it early. $1.49 and $1.95 a pair. $1.00 quality, 54-inches wide at K9 Main Floor. Special Sale of Lace Curtains Monday The variety and styles are bewildering and the spe- clal values are appreciated by eager buyers. Ourtains With Ruffles values, at 20c & pair. | Curtains, at $2.45, $3.29, $3.69, at 39 a palr 78 values, at 95 Without Ruffles— 0 values, at 98¢ a pair. 29 a palr. Nottingham Lace Curtains Dainty white Brussel Net | $4.25 and $4.48 a pair | Curtain Nets, at 25e, and 40c a yard Curtain Swisses, just received at 10c a yard. Curta{n Rods at be each West Basement a pair. F0c a pair. | | new line perfect goods 10c spectal, 88c, 98c ‘ fect lines for the mow famons Directoire effect. 1t is especially adapted for wear with Direc- toire gowns. Price $5.00. We have Kabo corsets from $1.00 to $5.00. All guaranteed non-rust- able and unbreakable. We Sell Mc Call’s Patterns. Achieves Big Victory by Getting Into Portland Gateway. OFFICIALS ELATED AT OUTCOME Filgures Prepared by W. H., Murray of Union Pacific, as Rate Expert, Are Freely Quoted in the Decision, Harriman officlals are elated over the declsion of the Interstate Commerce com mission, which throws opén the Portland gateway, after a fight of several years with the Hill lines Contrary to the general opinion, the tight has not been a mere matter of revenue. as there was no question of the division At stake, but it was a case of Hill keeping Harriman out, so that the Hill lines would be able te get the long haul from all east: ern points and from the middle west ¢ W. H. Murray, assistant general senger agent of the Union Pacitic, was the rate expert for the Harriman lines before the commission and the finding of the commission is full of excerpts from Mr. Murray's testimony. By this decision the Harriman lines be able to participate in some of the enormous passenger business expected this summer to the Seattle exposition. One of the reasons given by the commission for making its decision was that there was A great demand for an open route to Seattle and other Puget sound points through the Portland gateway, and for this reason it was no more than right for the Hill lines to accept through tickets when bllled through Portland One Chief Argument. One argnument put up by tme Harriman lines was that the Hill lines granted the same concessions to the Canadian Pacific which they refused to the Harriman lines would accept passengers through Seattle for Portland from the Canadian Pa- cifie, but would not accept passengers for Seattle from Harriman through Portland. This eult was not brought by the Harri i will Post Toasties Thousands enjoy every day— DO YOU? ““The Taste Lingers’’ Popular plg. 16c; Large Family sise 15c. fold by Grocers HARRIMAN WINS OVER HILL| pas- | man lines against the Hill lines, but was | brought by the Interstate Commerce com- mission in behalf of the people. The Hill| lines, by the decision, are required to estgh- {lish through routes and joint rates, A | Portiand, before July 1, and maintain these | ratés and routes for at least two years. | This dectston will make the matter of choosing routes to the Seattle exposition a simple one, as the traveling public may naw go by way of any route it chooses and | return by any other route. Hill officlals in Omaha were reticent about the decision and did not care to be | auoted in any manner on the subject, while, on the other hand, the Harriman officlals were jubilant, {Fears Blindness, ; Kills Himsclf! | | | | Former Superintendent of Street Railway Company at Kansas \ City Takes Own Life. | | MUSKOGEE, Okl., May %—J. W. Carter, | formerly superintendent of the Metropol- ftan Street Rallway system at Kansas City and previcusly a resident of Chicago, | committed sulcide In a room in the Com- mercial hotel at Council Hill, OkL, last| night, shooting himself in the head. Mr. | Carter left a noto assigning financial troubles and the Jact that he was growing blind as a motive. Mr. Carter 50 years old and he leaves @ widow and four grown daughters at Kansas City. He came 0 Muskogee Thursday with $5,00 and went to Council HIll to purchase a ranch Remains were shipped to Kansas City last night. | TWO DROWNED WHILE FISHING * Belmond and Des Mol Their Death ke MARSHALLTOWN, 1. Telegram.)—While fishing on Twin lake, near Belmond, late last night, James Man- | tague, a Belmond pool hall owner, and & life insurance agent named Peckham of Dea Moines, were drowned. The boat they were in turned over. How it happened, no | one knows. The lake s being dragged for Mantangue's body. Peckham's body was | recovered last night. Peckham has a wife and three children living in Des Moines. : Mantangue leaves three motheriess children | |DECLINES CALL TO COLLEGE| E. lgentrits of Boome Will | Accept Vice Presidency at Simpson, | BOONE, la., May 22.—(Special Telegram.) Dr. E. E. Tigenfritz, superintendent of Boone district for the Methodist Eplscopal church, iving here, has been tendered the | vice presidency of Simpson college, a Methodist institution at Indianola. Dr. Tl genfritz will decline, as he owns one of the | city’s finest homes. He prefers not to re- | move from Boone Men Meet | Twin E. Not e— | Hemphill & Buckingham. | All Kinds of Plaung Il Kemper | ana nis daughter, | short time before Rogers’ Funeral Held in Private at Fairhaven Birthplace of Standard 0il Fimnciu! is Draped with Flags and | Black Bunting. Fairhaven, | Rogers, today | FAIRHAVEN, Mass., May tha birth place of Henry H paid final tribute to the memory of the | deceased financier. Proud of his success in the industrial world, grateful because uri‘ his benefactions to his native town, and cherishing him as a personal friend, the residents of the village united today in giving expression to their respect for bhim, | and treir grief at his death. From 10| o'clock In the forenoon until 3 o'clock in the afternoon business suspended. | Drapings hung from all the public bufld- | ings, most of which had been presented tu | Fairhaven by Mr. Rogers, and throughout | the town flags were at half mast. Every.| where were there evidences of the sincere | grief of the townspeople. The funeral party arrived here on a apecial train from New York last night, and the body of the capita) was taken | to his summer home at Fort Phoenix. | This afterncon it was earried to the Uni- tarian Memorial church, which was bulit by Mr. Rogers several years ago as a| tribute to his mother. | The funeral services, which were held | &t 2:30 p. m., were private and were con- ducted by Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer, the venerable pastor emeritus of the Church of the Messial New York. Rev. Frank L. Phalen, pastor of the Memorial church, isted. 1 The interment was in the Rogers family | tomb at Riverside cemetery, where rest the | bodies of Mr. Rogers' mother, his firbt wife Millicent. The tomb s | & replica of a classic Greek temple and fs situated on & knoll overlooking the Acush- | net river. | NEW YORK, May 22.—H. H. Rogers, a his death distributed a portion among his four children. It is understood he gave $4.000.000 each to his son, H. H. Rogers, jr. and to his three | daughters, Mrs. W. E. Benjamin, Mrs. Urban H. Broughton and Mrs. W. R. Coe— $16.000,000 in all. The remainder of his wlv‘ tate, mainly in the form of stocks and bonds of railroads and industrial com- | panies, will be disposed of by his will, which has not yet been made public. Ex cepting an public bequests in which Mr Rogers' early home of Fairhaven, Mass. share, (he main part of the estate is sald to be divided between Mr. Rogers' widow and his son and daughters ARREST IN HORN ESTATE CASE was . - Taking | e Caught at Seattle, | LINCOLN, May J. H. Storrs, alias | MeCarthy, has been arrested in Seattle ac cordiog Lo & telegram received today by | coay Detective James Malone of this Storrs was made administrator of the > of A Helen Horn. He left the city a month ago and is charged with tak- Ing $7,000 of the funds of the estate. Indian Guides for Auto Race “Blue Hawk Him"” and “Long Feather Pete” to Steer Machines Through Wi city NEW YORK, May 2—For the long transcontinental automobile race from this city to Squttle for the Guggenheim cup, which starts June 1, L. H. Perlman has engaged two Indians to guide the Welch car across the far western states. Mr. Perlman unnourced that Col. William F. recommended the Indians and had engaged “Blue Hawk Him" and “Long Feather Pete” to act Mr. Perlman is now instructing Feather Pete” how to handle has he Long the car. RECORD FLIGHT IN MONOPLANE French Remains in ThirtyS-even utes. Atr BOUOY, France, Latham, the French aeronaut, May ~ Herbert made a | record flight in a monoplane here today. | He stayed in the alr thirty-seven minutes and thirty-seven seconds at a height vany- Ing from thirty to ninety feet Harvard Comes In Second and Penn- sylvania Third at PHILADELPHIA, May 22.—The Inter- colleglate boat race was won by Cornell; sécond, Harvard; third, University of Penn vania. Time: 6:2%%, O Bens FBaney SANATORIUM 2k This institution is the only one in the central west with separate bulldings situated in their own amuple grounds, yet entirely dis- tinet and rendering It possible to classify cases. The one bullding being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of noncontagious and nonmental diseases, no others be- ing admitted. The other, Rest Cottage, being designed for and devoted to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases, requiring for a time watchful care and spe- clal nursing. as guides. | 'TWO THOUSAND IN PRIZES | (Continued from First Page.) home, she writes, “and wish 1 could fly | there.”” Citizens of Omaha who are from | other states, or have relatives high in the | | order, have informed the committee they | Wwill take a hand in entértaining. and will organize state receptions and picnics for off hours, Mr. Bennett's committee has in prepara- tion a folder, of which probably 250,000 copies will be sent out to the different several hundred It wil matter concerning Omaha and | views of lake scenes, military scenes at the two forts, the balloon house and air- ships and ballocns, public bulldings; in | | short, will be a compendium of what the city is, what it Ils doing and the varied attractions to be enjoyed here in balmy September In the circulars to the aeries to each contaln states, of which scparate and distinct one will be sent the committee will dwell on | the possibilities of making distinctive and | attractive showings in the blg parade by | | floats or otherwise. and it is expected that | commercial clubs all over the country w||l’ join with their home aeries in accentuating which their state is noted “The whole thing Is organized system- atically now,” says Mr. Bennett, “and we are getting busy for keeps. We have three | and a half solld months ahead of us in| which to work, and if any businces man | who has contributued to the fund, or who | | intends to contribute, doubts | money will be well spent—well | willing to show him." | | |a | to each state. | something for | that we ure his | | 1 to Settlement! | President Taft Issues Px-oclnult.iouv | Covering 700,000 Acres of | Western Land, | . WASHINGTON, May 22.—President Taft today issued @ prociamation providing for |the opening up to settlement and entry | of about 40,000 acres of land in the Flai- | head, Montana: 20 ) in the Coeur d'Alene, 1duno, and between 5,000 and 100,000 in the Spokane, Washington, reservations. |SAY ARSON CHARGE IS TRICK Honduras Who Were Under Heavy Sentence Finally | Acquitted. i Americans at | | WASHINGTON. May 22—Word reached | the State department todsy from Honduras | of the acquittal of Eugene O. Griffith and | Mrs. Caroline Beauchamp, who had been | sentenced to twenty-five years imprison- ment on & charge of arson. Griffith and Mrs. Beauchamp were partners in seversl business ventures and their success had aroused the enmity of the natives. Griffith asserts thelr arrest was merely a trick Lo’ ruln them, Mystery of New Graves Solved 0ld Negro Says God Told Him to Dig Them and Excitement Subsides. LAUREL, Miss, May 2.—The mystery of twenty-on¢ newly dug graves, discov- ered on a plot of ground adjacent to the negro cemetery near here, has been solved by the arrest of an aged negro, obviously delmented. He declared that God ordered him to dig 121 graves and to work at night | o o " | contracts that option early only. He has been engaged in the occupa tion nearly three weeks, at night. The dis- covery of graves caused intense excitement in the community Tulsa Grand Jury 1s Still at Work Reported Two Land Fraud Indict- ments Have Been Voted, but None is Returned. TULSA, Okl, May 2.—Another early start was made this mornin by the federal grand jury that is Investigating the Mus- kogee town lot frauds. It last night that the jury late yesterday had reached a partial decision and would return Stars and Stripes A beer just suited to quaff at home —a night-cap for the sociable evening —a refreshing draught for the late supper—a delightful glass to sip under the evening lamp. Stars and Stripes was rumored | | | | | [ to $1.32% | conts since the close yesterday and is more When the fury convened this morning however, the examination of witnesses was continued and there was no intimation that the jurors were ready to make any report of their findings. | May Option Still Goes Up Reaches $1.32 3:);0“ Than Seven Cents Above Patten's High- est Prediction, CHICAGO. which May to 22.~With only six more deliver wheat on May in the sessior on the Board of Trade today rose in ptice This marks an advance of 1y than 7 cents over the most sanguine pre diction made by James A. Patten, the bul leader two months ago, when the bull cam palgn was in full swing. It took only a small purchase today to send the price up. July also advanced a cent BANDITS BARRICADE STREET Hold Citizens at Bay with Express Trucks While ¥y Rob Bank. May OTTAWA, Kan, —~Robbers early 1mtfl)' dynamited the vault and safe of the Princeton State bank at Princeton, near Nere, and escaped with 32,676 in currency in a stolen livery rig. Citizens heard the explosions, formidable barricade of express but trucke | indictments today against two of the men | commanding | tormerly involved in the alleged frauds. |bank frightened them away. the street approach to the Trading Stamps $1.50 in Stamps (15) iven with each two lozen ¢ of small botties, de- sl 25 2 o livered in the eity for. 83.00 in Stamps (30) iven with each twe is a foaming, sparkling beverage for the keen palate—for th connoissieur. Have a case delivered to your home. Willew Springs Brewing Ce. Offics, 1407 Marney St Fhone Doug. 1306. Brewery, 34 and Hiokery. FPhone Doug. 1688