Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1909, Page 7

Men’s Smart Sample Suits and Qvercoats Saturday we will place on sale entire sample Tin¢ of men's suits and overcoats that we purchased from THE MONTGOMERY CLOTHING COM PANY of Philadelphia. Not a garment in the lot made to sell for less than $12.50 to $15.00 The fabrics speak for themselves. The stylec are the latest and the tail- 3750 special sale price Saturday ’ cesvses - CASH OR CREDIT . $20.00 One-Piece Dresses Our dress section is beautifully stocked with the choicest, and most highly fashionable models—The identical styles that exclusive shops are showing, but at our famously low prices. Pay Us $13.95 Saturday for Our Regular 005000V NO00 The low price is not occasioned by a large output of u niform styles. Of the number of styles we show, there are many one and two of a kind, price to buy a hat to go with the dress. $20 dresses. stricted choice, for and we save you enough on the Saturday, regular s 95 Your wunre- : Pay Us $15.00 Saturday for Our Regular $22.50 Silver Tipped French Lynx Fur Sets The scarf is very large; finished with four talis; animal effect in back; lined with good quality black satin—The muff is made rug style, 27 inches long, has large head and tails; guaranteed shirred lining to match scarf, worth $27.50, Saturday onmly, our special price . YOUR (THE PEOPLES FPURNITURE & CREDIT IS GOOD CARPET CO. Bstablished 1887. CE0DGOEBSOULOCIVG Big Four Official Pays Large Sums to Blackmailers C. L. Warriner of Cincinnati, Treas- urer of Railroad, is Short in His Accounts. CINCINNATI, Nov. G+In‘the presence of his wife aud officlals of the Big Four raflway, C. L, Warriner,. deposed local treasurer of the road, is said to have cons fessed that the shortages in his accounts, varlously estimated at from $0,00 o $100000, was due to his paying blackmail to & man and a woman for the last three years, Warriner, accompanied by two detectives, arrived from New York last night, but his whereabouts at present are not known. In his confession ‘Warriner is said to lave stated that he pald the blackmallers in all §75,000. The man to whom this money given is sald to have been an old employe of the Big Four and to have had krowledge of an carlier shortage in Warri- ner's account: Por keeping lent about his shortage he demanded and figm Warriner large sums live in Chicago. Steps will arrcst him. The shortly before was receivd He is said to be taken to woman In the case left Cincinnatt Warriner arrived from New York 1s under surveillance and may be arrestéd at any time, General Counsel J. L. Hackney of New York, who is protecting the road's inter ests, sald “I cannot say yet whether thers will be any prosecution. All that part of the affair is being managed in New York. 1 am waiting now to hear from them what steps to take.” Warriner, who lived at Wyoming, O., ten miles north of Cincinnatl, has been a prominent churchman. She Banks in New Yeork to Be Merged Gotham is to Have Another Hundred Million Dollar Institu. tion. NEW YORK; Nov. 5.—New York have another’; “hundred million bank,” to be kiown as the * anics Metals National.” The pew bapking insti- tiition is a consolidation.of th®. Mechdnics National bank and the Natfonal Copper bank. The merger, already approved by the ‘two directorates, will represént com- bined assets of $100,000,000. The Mechanics National bank, founded 100 years ago, has a capital of $3,000,000, a | surplus of $3,000,000 and deposits of nearly $40,000,000. The National Copper bank, or- ganized less than three years ago, has a | capital of $2,00,000, & surplus of nearly $3,- | 000,000 ana aeposits of $35,000,000. Gates W. McGarrah, president of the | Mechantes National bank, will be president | of the new institution. 1s to doliar |BOXCAR AND BUNGALOW DAY'S FIRE RECORD nd of Lumber in Yards Near Union Pucific Shops Destroyed—Little Damage. A boxcar In the yards north of the Union Pacific car shops, loaded with lumber, caught fire last nlght and burned. The alarm was turned in at 7:46 o'clock, but the car and eonients were a mass of, flames before the firemen arrived. Other cars near were drenched to prevent the fire from spreading. The big Union Pacific shops whistle's blast gave the impression the blaze was @ big one. A second alarm was received Twelfth street and Ames avenue. One of the houses 'n Bungalow City caught fire. It was extmguished with little damage. from Tramp Robs Blind Boy of Money and Overcoat CHICAGO, Nov. listened to the story 5.~If policemen of a blind boy today had had power over a tramp who stole the who . would be better in Chicago. “We had $3 left when we started four days ago. 1 led Sam into the switch yards THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVE (GENERAL COPPINGER 1S DEAD }Former Commander of Department of | [ Platte Dies of Pneumonia. | LONG AND ' VARIED CAREER | |Me servea Armies, n a Papal United States Army Nearly Forty Yenrs, | WASHINGTON, Nov. b.—General John | 3. Coppinger died tonight at 10:0 o'clock at his residence in this ety of pneumonia. General Coppinger was the oldest son of Willlam Coppinger, Countv Cork, Ireland, where he was born October (1, 1834, He belonged to one of the most anclent and honorable famiiles in the south of Ireland. At an early age he recelved a commission In one of the ycomanry regiments then | ralsed in- England for service In 'the| Crimea, but was mustered out at' the close of hostilitles without securing any | active service He then recelved a commission in one of the papal regiments and served during the campalign of 150. He was taken pri oner at the defense of the Larocca gate and was made a knight of St. Gregory for his service. On his ‘release he was in- vited home and at the outbreak of the clvil war received a commission in the United | States regular army on the recommenda- tion of Archbishop Hughes. Ile was made captain of the Fourteenth Infantry, Sep- tember %, 1561 He served with gallantry | during the war, was severely wounded at the second battle of Bull Run and was made colonel of the Fifteenth New York cavairy January 17, 1865, After the war he setyed mainly on-the | frontier, as captain in the Twenty-third infantry, major in the Tenth infantry, Heu- tenant colonel in the Eighteenth infantry and colonel in the Twenty-third infantry. He was commissioner brigadier general April 25, 18, and commanded the Depart- ment of the Platte till the outbreak of the Spanish war. He was made major general of volunteers in July, 188, and commanded ths fourth corps. He was retired for age on October 11, 1898, General Coppinger married Alice Blaine, eldest daughter of James G. Blaine, in February, 1883 Mrs. Coppinger dled in 1890, leaving two sons, Blaine and Connor Cop- pinger, who survive. Since his retirement | he had resided in Washington. He was for years one of the governors of the Metro- politan club, to which office he was re- elected but a few days before his death. The funeral will take place Saturday morning with military ceremony. Services will be held at St. Matthew's church and interment will be at Arlington. | | General Known in Omaha. General Coppinger, as head of the De- partment of the Platte, was stationed in Omaha when tke troops were being mobil- ized for the Spanish-American war. He was in coramand of the men as they left from this department for the south, havihg been made @ brigadier general of the reg- ular army April 25, 1595. Fe was made & major general of volunteers May 4, 1898, He retired by operation of the law October u, 1888 ( The general was for a time in charge of an army corps. Packer’s Manager Again Arrested J. H. Rich of Swift Plant at Kansas City, Kansas, Must Testify in Tax I_-Iurifi. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 64T. H. Rich, gen- eral manager of Swift wnd Company’'s packing plant In Kansas City, Kan., who was arrested yesterday for refusing to | produce the company’s books before the | | commissioners of Wyandotte county, was rearrested, today under compulsory process and taken before the commissioners to testity in a tax hearin The board also issued an order directing the sheriff to selze the books of Swift and | Company. Sheriff Becker appeared at the | packing house today and demanded the | books and wher the company officals r fused to give them up the arrest of Mr. Rich followcd. C. W. Trickett, attorney for the commis- sioners, sald today: “The board expects to use every bit of authority that it has under the law to compel the packers to produce thelr records. There may be some fines and Jall sentences for contempt befors ‘we tizish.” W. J. Buchan, Company, said: “I do not understand why Mr. Rich was arrested. I appeared before the commis. sioners last/week and sald that we would have prepdred the report desired by the commission.” Mr. Buchan sald that in view of the arrest of Mr. Rich:the books of Swift and Company would “not be produced until the rupreme court acts on the question.” COUMBIE MAY KEEP _ HIS HOMESTEAD Secretary of Interior Affirma Dec of Commissioner of General Office in North Platte Case. of counsel for Swift and (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. b.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The secretary of the interior has affirmed the decision of the commissioner of the general land office In the case of |to settle an outstanding account which the |tically bankrupted, held Isaacs morally re- Swindler Taken After Long Chase Through Europe| | Martin Kaufman, Wanted in New | York for Alleged Misuse of | M Arrested in Berlin, BERLIN, Nov. 6.—~Martin Kaufman of New York wae arrested tonlght by former United States Postoffice Inspeetor Henry C. Hill on the charge of frauds amounting to $107,000 in connection with the Cotton | QGoods Converters company of New York The case has many ramifications. Kauf- | man was for a long time considered one of the most trustworthy business men of New York. His partner, M. A Isaacs, had such implicit confidence in Kaufman's in- tegrity that, according to Hill, he Induced a number of his friends to take shares in the business. One of these was named Blum, a Cincinnati merchant, who put In $2/,000. Others invested smaller sums. The business proceeded satisfactorily for six months, until Blum asked a customer customer declared was not due. An in- vestigation of the company's accounts fol- lowed and resulted in the discovery of a number 'of falsified entries, amounting to $107,000. Kaufman in the meantime had disappeared Some of the shareholders, who were prac- sponsible and he gave his check for the total amount missing. The New York Credit Men's agsociation took up the matter and had Kaufman indicted. Postoffice Inspector MUl was placed In charge of the case. It was known that Kaufman had safled for Europe, but no clue to his whereabouts could be found-until his wife, who is in busipess in Lawrence, Mass., dropped a paper containing a photograph of & hotel. | Nelther the nkime:of the hotel nor the name | of the city was mentioned, but a window was marked and above it were the words, “This is my room,” In Kaufman's hand- writing. After many difficulties the hotel was located In Vienna, where Kaufmann re- sided under the name of Marvin Kent. He had ordered that his mall should be sent | to a tourists' office In Berl!n. He called there this evening and Hill, who was ac- companied by Arthur Kugemann of this clty and a detective, accosted him. At first Kaufmann stoutly denfed his identity, but later he admitted that he wes the man and was arrested. He now awaits extra- dition papers from the United States. Martin Kaufmann is belfeved to have salled from New York on the Kaiser Wil- helm der' Grosse on May 25, when 'the steamer was chased by a tug, on board of which was a United States deputy mar- chal with a writ to prevent Kaufmann's departure. The tug, however, falled to overtake the steamer. Blum and Kauf mann conducted business In cotton goods in East Twelfth street. A petition In bank- ruptey was filed against the firm on March 22, but the creditors were unable to find Kaufmann. HALLEYS COMET WILL CROSS FACE OF SUN Father Searle Computes Time of the Transit May 18 or 10, Rev. CAMBRIDGE, Mat Nov. b~Halley's comet will pass across the sun's face on May '18 next If the caleulations made by Rev. Father G. M. Searle, C. 8. P, the New York astronofier, recelved at' the Harvard college observatory today, prove correct. Father Searle based his intricate calculations from . observations made at Mt. Hamilton, California, on September 12, 13 and 14, and at Willlam's Bay on Sep- tember 26 and October 19. Concluding the table of deductions, Father Searle states: “These elements give a geo- metric conjunction in the longitude of the comet with the sun on May 18, 6:18 Green- wich mean time, the comet's geometric latitude being then plus 4 degrees 15 min- utes. Though the result cannot, of course, be accepted as final, it seems quite prob- able that there may be a transit.” The Greenwich time referred to by Father Searle s about 2:15 a. m. May 19 or 9:15 p. m. May 18 eastern standard time. HOUSE, HOTEL AND OFFICE FURNISHERS ORCHARD & WILHELM B14.16-18 South Sixteenth Street 2 Saturday Specials 00 Rattan Rockers (like cut)—on special sale Saturday at $1.50 each. These rockers were shipped to us late in the season. We have decided on the extremely low price of $1.50 each, which is less than manufac- turer’s cost. There are 200 in the lot, all thoroughly made, natural shellac finish, suitable for living room or bed room; Saturday only, emch . i ...$1.50 TABLE (like cut)—Made of solid oak and golden finish, 24-in. square top, with pat- tern under shelf, heavy and substantial; regular price $1.75, special Saturday only, be perfect, made from the worsted yarns, with heavy a splendid line of colorings, both in Oriental or floral patterns—for one day only ON SALE IN THE BASEMENT AND CLEAN IT HAS 100 USFS This $4.50, 38x0 Axminster rug, Saturday only, for $2. ‘This rug consists of all the drop pat- terns of one of the largest rug m & nufacturers in the east, the goods are all guaranteed to best quality of al! twisted jute back, Suit Cases —This genu- ine leather SuitCase, linen lined, extra heavy corners, light --$2.65 . day only weight, suitable either for lady or gen- tleman; regular price $7.50, for Satur- each . Fruit or Vegetable Press, for mashing potatoes with or without jackets, also for mashing all kinds of vegetables. For a fruit press this article can not be equaled, easy to clean, strong #nd durable; sells regularly for 35c—Sat- urday only, each For Study and Prevention of Pellagra Corn Growers Are Advised to Allow Grain to Fully Mature Before Cutting Stalk. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Nov. 6—The National Assoclation for the Study and Prevention of Pellagra was formally organized here tonight at the conclusion of a two days’ conference on pellagra attended by nearly 900 physiclans, the first meeting of national scope held in this country for the study of this disease. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the South Carolina State Hospital for the In- sane at Columbia, was elected president ot the association; Dr. Willlam A. White, superintendent of the United States Hos- pital for the Insane, was elected vice president, and Dr. George A. Zellar, sur perintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, Peoria, 111, secretary-treasurer, The first annual pellagra congress is scheduled for June, 1910, in Peoria, IIl, which city was chosen without a comtest, The assoelation unanimously adopted the tollowing resolution: Resolved, That this conference recognize the widespread existence of pellagra in the United States, and urge upon the na- tional government the necessity of bring- ing Its powerful resources to bear upon the vital questions of its cause, preven- tion and control. Resolved, That, while sound corn s in no way connected with pellagra, evidences of the relation between the use of spoiled corn and the prevalence of pellagra seem ....16¢ 20 ap, continued and systematic study of the subject and in the meantime, we commend to corn grow ers the great importance of fully maturing corn upon the stalk before cutting. the same. Resolved, That the work of this corifer- ence be brought to the attention of the varlous state and territorial boards of health and they severally be urged to spe- cially investigate the disease particularly as regards its prevalence, and that the proper Inspection of corn products sold in the various states he had. Not alone corn and ordinary products of food made of that cereal, but the distilled spirits of that grain, corn “licker” plays an important part in the cause of the dread dlsease pellagra. This was declared today at the second day's session of the national convention on pellagra by distinguished physictans in attendanc There is also a growing conviction, cording to several of the speakers, that pellagra already 1s attacking horses, cows, hogs, etc., as well as human beings. SAYS DOLLS ARE NOT TOYS & of Treasury Department Saves Importers Fifteen Per Cent in Duty. ' ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—Dolls are just dails and not toys at all, according to a decision of the Treasury department to- day, and thereby importers are saved the Qifference hetween 35 per cent and 6 per cent ad yalorem duties. It has been a welghty subject with the customs cfficers at New York and the solemn board of general appraisers. The trouble all arose from a too-sparing use of perfods In framing the paragraphs In the new tariff law, governing dolis and toys. The same ruling holds as to doll heads, for they also are held to be taxable only at 35 per cent. Coliecior Loeb found an Involce of decorated china dollé the other day and he sought light. “Are dolls composed of china, porcelaln, parian, bisque, earthen, stone and crookerywars dutiablesunder the paragraph 431 at 8 per cent or paragraph 9 at 60 per cent?' he inquired. “Thirty-five ‘per cent,” declares {the treasury. Rubber dolls, too, came un- der the same duty under a paragraph of the Dingley law. The department has ad- vised Collector Loeb that dolls and toys are differenclated for classification purposes and that dolls and doll heads, “of what. ever materlal composed,” are subject to the lower rate, though toys “comé higher.” ———— FAST RUN BY SILK TRAIN Shipment by Milwaukee Road Wil Cross Continent in Less Than Six Days. CHICAGO, Nov. f.—Barring accident what 18 expected to prove the fastest trapsconti- | nental freight shipment ever made, reached | Chicago today, and with little delay was sent on to complete the journey from Tacoma to New York. Last Sunday four carloads of sifk were recelved from Japan at Tacoma, &nd at 6:46 p. m. this load, together with four cars of salmon consigned to Minneapolls, started over the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound rallway. The fish weré left at Minneapolis and the silk arrived .hers today at 2:19 p. m. Within eleven minutes these cars were transferred to the Penn- sylvania rallroad and tomorrow the ship- ment will be in New York, thus making the entire run In less than six days. It you have anything to’ sell or trade and want quick action, advertise it in The Bee Want Ad columns. materials obtainable— That Uneeda Makes them an ideal Biscuit are baked in surroundings where cleanliness and precision are supreme— | That Makes them Uneeda Biscuit are touched only once by human hands— when the pretty girls pack them— That Makes them Uneeda Biscuit are sealed in a moisture proof package— That Keeps them at New Orleans and we climbed into a box | car. At Memphis the other night a tramp {came Into our car and we were afraid, but | | Sam being blind, 1 could not | changing trains. b} boy's overcoat and all the money he nn-l‘ his brother had, the thief would spend the rest of his life in prison. Joseph Leonard, 16 yesrs old, and his brother, Samuel, two years younger, and blind, were picked up on the street today and cared for at the Harrison street police station. Joe picked the choice morsels from the meal furnished by, the police and fed them to Sam and then with his arm around the shoulders of the latter, told his story. ‘We lived in New Orleans,” he said, “Dad died seven yea ago and our mother, working night and day to feed us and get medicine for lttle Sam, who was sickly, wcre herself out, nd she was buried, too. It was up to me to take care of Sam. I s0ld papers and did odd jobs, but medicine 1id not help Sam much and four years ago ae went blind. We managed to save a few dollars, but I got sick, too, and when I crawled out again I could not get a job again, and we concluded maybe chances Nels Nelson against Edward C. Coumble in reversing the action of the local land office and dismissing the contest of the figure on|former against the latter's homestead en- |try located in North Platte (Neb.) land dis turned cold and I put my overcoat |trict. Hnul: Sam, because he was shivering. 1It| Civil service examinations will bé held had 2 In it, because I spent the other one (November 27 at Fremont, Plattsmouth, and at New Orleans for some sausage to eat on | geward, Neb., for rural letter earriers S d may be saved by foundations driven deeper into the earth. ‘ S —— Don't be afraia to give Chamberiain's Cough Remedy to your children. It s per- fectly safe. the way and some medicine for Sam. I| QOjyver G. Bassett was appolnted rural | id not go to sleep for a long time, because | carrier; L. R. Strelow, substitute, route 1, might kill us. I did not think about his | stealing anything. Finally 1 fell asleep, counT HousE MAY coLLAPSE gone and so was the overcoat I had put i ) | over Sam, and the $2." I(‘ordol of Police Ke Crowd Back all he wanted was a job 80 he could secure New Youls Ottw. an education for his brother NEW TORK, Nov, §.~A ¢andon of folice we'll get along fine, him getting educated |New York's $2,00.00 criminal courts build and me getting steady pay,” Joe concluded, |I"8. Which the bullding Inspectors have All traffic on the surrounding streets has | |been stopped. Meanwhile workmen ave | |structing a shield across Lafayette street |to protect the subway beneath in case the Court officlals spent today hurrying around in search of jew quarters. A num- S | ber of cases iy still on the eriminal court ano' ealendar and the stop of business means a Best Natural The construction of the subways is blamed by engineers for the slipping of con FOR the hope tonight that the eourts building Try it now I was cold and 1 was afrald the tramp|paceere, Neb. though, and when I woke up the tramp was | This simple recital over, Joe declared that | from Structure Condemaed ia “Sam's smart, and If 1 can get a job|men. 130 in all, stood guard today around Work will be found for Joe. |suddenly found threatened with collapse |shoring up the cracking walls and ' con- “‘I Ii building suddenly falls, serious entanglement. Laxative Water the foundations. The engineers expressed | Ask your plLysician