Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1915, Page 2

ARKANSAS BANKER LBADS DUAL LIFE During m_{;flpl from Home Secured Large Sams Through | Frandulent Realty Deals. OPERATED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS 30~ After main- a dual Mentity of | banker and prominent citizen of For-| rest City, Ark., and an alleged forger | of realty documents in other parts of | the country, John W. Kline of St | Louis was placed under arrest here today. He has confessed, according | to detectives, to swindles nnrenungJ more then $500,000. | As @ bank director in the Arkansas | eity, Klite wos known as John W. Barn- | hardt. Me had been urgcd to become & | candidate for member of the state sen- | ate. /n Forrest City he and his family were soclally prominent. H Kiine or Barnhardt was arrested heve last night. He had escaped Jafl two weeks uno, the police smid, from Wuu- kesha, Wis, where his methods In tempting to mortgage property brought | him under suspicion Forged Deeds to Farms. j The hundreds of complaints against Kline charge that he went into a rich | farming community, inquired for goud | farns which he might buy and | #ot woquainted with men of money. When | bo had selected & farm, it was charged, he either Lorrowad the doed and raude out & bogus deed to himeelt or bought the farm, pald for it by check and took possession of the deed. As roon as the doed was safely recorded In his name Ki'ne, Ris actusers say, mortgaged it and by the time the check was returned marked “no funds” Le had gone back 10 Atkansas to become a banker agatn. The police say Kiine has a fortune of mors then §°0,000, The detectives say their prisoner, under the name of Geurge Auler, was arres.ca for forgery in Waukesha, Wis, last Jan- uary, He escaped from Jall after bear- ing his Jallor into insensibility, helmet. The helmet, made of By Fire Truck and Severely Injured W. A. Bell, 821 Underwood avenue, # yoars old, was run down by truck No. 1 from the fire station at Eleventh and Jackson streetse, as he was crossing the street at Sixteenth and Dodge. His head was serfously Injured and his right arm was broken, The truck passed over his body. He was taken to Bt. Joseph hos- pital Mr. Bell is the father of A. L. Bell, tallor, 219 South Fourteenth street. His condition was reported to be serious. The truck was making its way to the home of Mrs. Henry Nelson, 1701 Capitol avenue, where fire was started from sparks from stationary engine nearby, when the acvident ncourred. The fire was put out without difficulty, but Mra Nel- son was prostrated by the shook. Morgenthau Takes Over Interests of Italy and Russia WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople has taken sver the diplomatic interests of Italy, Russin anq Montenexro. These added re- sponsibilities for the United States, cabled o the Btate department toduy, make this government diplomatic agent at the porte " | ‘or elght Europeon countries, Zion City Druggists Must Close Store ZION CITY, I, Aug. 30-—Judge Ed- wards today granted an injunction re- straining B. E. Smmons and W. H. Fabry from oporsting a drug store, sell- ing tobacco, or harboring & physician, on helr pramites in this city. The restraining order was ap- lled for by Wilbur Glen Volivs, as head | »f the Christian Catholic church in Zion Mty, which was founded by the late John loxander Dowle. Tha lease urder which the ground was rented to the druggists, Simons and Fabry. 1a sald to prohibit the use of the lanl for purposes opposed by the Dowle | veligion, & tenet of which Is cure by | faith. | Chinese Diplomat On Way to Washington BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. % -Dr, Wel- lington Koo, re-ently appointed Chiness | minister to Mexico, arrived here today on the gteamer Persia from Hong Kong, China, on his way to Washington, D. C., where ‘he will remain for some time. Dr. Koo Is a grafuate of Columbia university | and untll his present appointment was made was councllor in the forelgn office in Peking. DANGER ZONES MARKED Adler was sccused of forgeries of realty papers in Fremont and Council Blufis whereby he got away with large sums. Kiine was knéwn to the Omaha police under the name of George Adler, besides various other alinses, and despite his of Tl years was considered one of the smoothest criminals In the country. Two years ago N. P. Dodge, of this city, was buncoed out of 84,500 by Kline, in Coumcll Bluffs, on a phoney real es- tate transaction. John O'Connor, former county eclerk of Fremont, a little over been cauxht was at Waukesha, where ‘was sentencod on & minor charge. Ly Cotton Drops More Than Thirty Points NEW YORK, Aug. ¥.—Cotton broke an average not lors of % to W points, or §1 to SL20 & bale. MAX BAEHR PROMISED NEW ZLACE IN SERVICE (From a f'aft Corregnondent.) WARHINGTON Auvw. 80.—~(Roeclal Tele- | gram)=Max J Pachr, American coneu’ &t Bernme. Switzerlond, will not return to hs present assiemment, but wi'l walt for a new desienntion which has been ™Mm by the head of the con- M of the Btate department. : g ¥ the for & and much eontused arm, whieh UPON LINCOLN STREETS Cuba, where he has land holdings that wive promise of (From a Staff Correspondent.) him a goodly fortune. After a confer-| LINCOLN, Aug. 30.—(Special)—If any enoe with Mr. Carr of the consular bu-|state fair visitor gets run over by an reau of the State denartment, Mr. Baehr, | automoblle while alighting or getting on & street car st most of the principy street crossings in Lincoln during the week of the great Nebraska exprsi‘lon 1 will not be thelr fault if they are careful . (and keep within the “danger some.” Commiseloner Wright and Chief of Po- Hce Antles have been marking out danter ®rnes at street crossings and planting slgns to show how far an automoble may go and no farther. A space about #ix foet wide along each car track for about fifty feet has been marked oft #nd automobiles must keep betwen that cha'k line and the walk and cannot park for seventy-five feet each way from the #treet corner, It Is hoped that this will make travel for pedestrians more along the line of “safety firet.” STATE AUDITOR WILL DRAW RAIL BNARD WARRANTS (Weam & Staff Co-resvondent) LINCOUN, Auve. 3 —'8rec'sl). who arrived In Washington today, ac- companied bv his son, Max, stated that offl-es. brought, the audi‘or would not state, . u PR i coMrcorE LIn NPy BRITON INVENTS BULLET-PROOF HELMET —Front and side views of E. F. Weston wearing new ballet-proof to resist the direct force of a rifle or bursting shrapnel. & 7 WESTON WEARING BuLLET PRON WELMET W. A, Bell Run Over | Villa Money Drops on - Aud'tor Emith has decided to draw wan- "rents for the pavment of salaries of the Vhether th's means that & case will be ARRIVES RFADY FOR WORV OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGU 'FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE AT LOW E8B Pound Sterling Takes Further Drop Despite Arrival of Big Consign- ment of Gold. | LIRES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Twenty million dollars of English gold and 825,000,000 in American stocks and honds, hastily shipped to New York by Great Lritain to stem the down- ward course of the pound sterling toward new depths of depreclation, falled today to accomplish the task and a new low valuation of $4.61% was placed on the English pound, in the face of the big gold shipment. This is 26% cents less than the rormal value of the pound In this narket and establishes a new low record for the fourth consecutive business day. Francs were also weaker today, quotations of $5.99% being one cent lower than BSaturday's close. Lires, however, were slightly stronger, be- Ing quoted at $6.50, as against $6.52 on Saturday. What is to be done with the $25,000,000 of American securities which formad part of the shipment was the subject of specu- lation. Beyond stating that the total of American securities sent here for Great Britain's account in this and previous | shipment was between $60,000,000 and $60,- 00,000, consignees of the shipment had | nothing to say. It had been popularly belleved thut these securities would be used as a basis for thie establishment of some sort of forelgn credit here. Adjustment of the situation, It was sald, Awaits the arrival of British and French financlers sent here from London and | Faris, | Demand sterling foll to 442 in the early | afternoon, the lowest price on ‘record. Francs aiso lost another % cent, bringing the price to 6. Drouth and Floods Damage Cotton Crop a secret composition, is said ReporfitfiHe's Slain NOGALBS, Aris, Aug. ¥.~A report that Vila had been killed became cur- rent today, cate ng Villa curreney to fail sharply in value, but Maytorena an-! nounced subsequenty that he had r‘-’ ocelved a message direct from General | Villa denying that he had been the vie- tim of any attempted assassination. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—It was stated authoritatively tonight that the next step in the Pan-Ammerican program for re- storation of peace In Mexico was under cons deration and would be taken in the near future regardiess of what migat be the nature of General Carransa s belated reply to the offer of Secretary Lansing and Latin-American diplomats to arrange for & conference of Mexican military and | WASHINGTON, »usg. 30.-Drouth, fol. yoiltical leaders. No inkling was given, [lowed by excessive rains, In the cotton however, of what form this next develop- [l elt, Jduring August, caused deteriora- ment would take, tion alightly more than the August aver- Responsce from General Zapata and his [age to the growing cotton crop. The De- | miitary advicers reached the State de- |partment of Agriculture today announced partment today, accepting the offer of [the cond tion as 9.2 per cent of normal the Pan-American confereos This 1s 61 per cent below the July » — condition. | Amerioa.n Kllled Unoffls calculations, based on gov- | by Mexican Bandits ernment averages for yicld, condition, | acreage, place the erop at 11,817,285 equiva- lent K0-pound bales, against 16,134,930 bales last year, ‘While no officlal statement explanatory WASHINGTON, Auvg. 30.—Official dis- ! patches from Vera Crus today tell of |of the cotton figures was forthcoming the recelpt of mail reports there on thi Ellling of E. I, Welles, an American, au- ditor of the Tobasco Plantation company. | SFoP estimate: from the Department of Agriculure, Leon | M. Estnbrook, echlef of the b ! No detalls wore given, further than thac | thet the report indicated a yleld this Welles was killed by bandits, who bluw | #8son of approximate y 11,800,000 bales of | up & train and shot the passengers, of | COtton as compared with an actual pro- whom Welles was one. sction of 16,1%6,9% bales last soason. The tSate department today acknowl-| ‘The condition of (9.2 estimated today, edgod receipt of General Zapata's accep- | % COmpared with 7.3 on July 2, a month tance of the Pan-American peace appeal. | *80'' Mr. Estabrook exrlained, “is a Favorable replies now have been recelved | !F'fle more of a decline than is normal. ““There is an estimated decrease in from ’ Il the chiefs e C."‘::'_:"": Fioe efs OUtAAS | | oreage of 15 per cent due to the collapse of the market in the abnormal condit'ons " respecting cotton during the last year. ANITA WINS FIRST MONEY |70 arop tn condition percentage trom T per cent in July to 6 In August is due to 'N ATLmT|c TOURNAME"T the unfavorable weather during the last month and the reduction of about 4 per cent in the amount of fertilizer used In the cotton flelds' Kansas Wheat Crop ATLANTIC, Ta, Aug. %.—Anita won first money at the base ba'l tournament whirh ended here today, when It defeated Atlant'o, 8 to 4 Griswold and Atlantio played the last game for second money, Atlantlc win- nine, 6§ to 6. M'nden was fourth, The first game of the tournament war Estimate is Lower played yesterday between Anita and Min- lother officers of the ST 31, 1915 ’Internéfl Ffefich Aviator Who Fled Returns to Berne‘ { — ! PARIS, Aug. %.—Bugene Giibert, the | | French aviator, whose return to Switzer- {1and after bis escape from Internment in | that country, was ordered by the French | government, arrived in Berne yesterday, escorted by Captain Dufour of the Swiss army, according to a Havas News agency Cispateh today from Berne. The aviator, whose recent escape was sa'd to have been effected after he had withdrawn his promise not to try to get awAy, was re- celved by the Swiss staff and Informed that he was considered as an officer in- terned without giving his word of honor. Gilbert arrived this morning at the village of Hospenthal, where he was in- terned anew. All the Swiss papers, the dispateh states, declare that a most excel'ent im- pression has been created In Bwitseriand by the return of Gilbert. Dr. Lardy, the Swiss minister to France, called on Minister of War Millerand to- day to present “the thanks of the Swiss government for the courteous and chival- rous decision taken by the French gov- ernment concerning Second Lieutenant Aviator Gilbert.” It has developed that Gifbert, before escaping, had written a letter to the Swiss general staff withdrawing his word of honor that he would make no attempt to escape. The letter was recetved sev- eral hours before the attempt was made, but was left unopemed at army hoad- quarters, nnd the general staff maintains that Gibert had not been released from his word of honor. Colorado Military Court of Inquiry Sits Behind Closed Doors DENVER, Colo., Aug. 30.—The military court of Inquiry appointed by Governor George A, Carlson to Investigate chaiges against Adjutant General John Chase and other officers of the National Guard of Colorado resumed taking of testimony behind closeq doors today. The court con- tists of Major E. J. Boughton, Captain W. P. Hersey and Captain Henry M. Pingree. It was stated that & partial report might be submitted to the governor be- fore the c.ose of the day, although there was little prospect that the court wou.d its work by that time. The appointment of the court of inquiry was the cwumination of public and secret charges against the adjutant general and militla growing largely out of the military admialstration jduring the recent strike of coal miners. Pubiished statements recently dec.ared that certain departments of the fede.al government were Investigating the charges. A detective agency also was said to be working on ‘the case. Saturday night, a few hours after its appointment by the - governor, the court of inquiry selsed a large number of letters (rom the files of the detective agency's office. These letters, according to members of the court, In- dicate that the detective agency has been announced unofficlally , eMPloyed by the United Mine Workers | of American to discourage enllstments in the National Guard and for o.her secret purposes ccnnected with prosgeu- tions growing out of the coal sti ficers of the Uniteq Mine Work that they had employed detectives to pre- vent militia enlisuments. Interpretation of Rail Wage Award Takes Sixty Pages CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—The rulings of the Board of Arbl.ration as to the meaning and applicaiion of the award which it handed down last spring In arbitrating the wage controversy between ninety- elght western raliroads and their engine- men were ma’: pullic today. | The award dealt with the western rall- road fleld as a whole and the pecullarities den resulted in a victory for Anita, 7t> 2 | TOPFKA, Kan, Aug. 30.—J. C. Mohler, Then Atlantic played Oriswold anA de |®ccretary of the state board of agricul- feated them, 14 to 8. In the gam) thie [ture, in his report issued today, estl- morning between Minden and Orlswold, (Mated the Kansas wheat yleld for this Griawol1 won, 8 to 0. 8o NH D |year at 9%,6000 bushels, as against an A 2030 0-713 ¢|ostimate of 115,700 000 bushels in July, and l‘:‘"’ 90 1 M3 § 1/12870000 in June. d‘l‘.'o'r. organ; Adame| Continued rains that made Impossible a a“‘ .| e harvesting of the Kansas wheat were alead ‘samp ; 3| held responeible for the blg loss In the b|state's crop production Batte Corn conditions are unchanged, the re- Third L@, | Port continuing to estimate the yleld at Griswo! 00 31140,482,000, as against a yleld of 87,338,273 Minden 3 00 &1In 1914, The yleld >f oats In estimated ut l‘fl:'uu'lu Smith and Scharf; nd | 35,000,000 bushiels, as against an estimated Fourth game: m |710M 18 the July Teport of MM bush- Atlantic Anita H OFFICER AND SIXTEEN BOYS DROWNED The winnings were: Ania f're IFO. ihlnlh g::‘lr& Griswold l\lrl.a. s». LONDON, Aug. 30.—~An officer and six- NO UPSETS IN KANSAS teen boys of the trairine ship Cornwall clTY TENle Mch“Es were drowned In the T ames todiy near Purfleet while eneared In hoat practies, A tug co'lided with their boat and sank it KANSAS CTTY, Mo.. Any. $.—Thers were no upsets today In the first day's | of service at certain points gave rise to | @ifferences of opinion as to whether the award appiied or how it applied in these instances. It became necessary board, consisting of two railroad men, ‘twa representatives of the enginemen and !two mneutrals, including Federal Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, the chalrman, to in- terpret the find.ngs. The Interpretations are contained in & volume of sixty-one pages and are of a technical nature. DESTRUCTION OF POWDER MILL DJE TO ACCIDENT ACTON, Masa, Ate W0.—Tonvinesd fhat the Mowing vp of the #iazing mill of the American Powder comnany yes- ‘eminy mornine was due to acc'dent. the local svthorities made no effort today to continue the investigations of the ex- plosion. At first the author'tles weve inclined to belleve the exrlosions were envsed by persons wishing to stop the shipment of munitions to Great Britain and its cllies. | to reconvene the p'ay of the Missouri Va'ley tennis cham- pisnships for women on the courts of the sas Citl Athletic club. Mrs, W w. Kansas City, the presrnt titl~ | iss Evelyn Seavey, Kanss City Missour! Valley champlon in 1910, and runner up In the central west in 1913, who returned to the tuornamnet p'ay teday after two years' absence, and Miss Mar- tuerite Chesney, Phoenix, Aris, won early viotories, Miss Mary Katherine Voorhees, Evanston, Ill., the centril west ern champlon, won her firet mateh by detault. ‘The mixed doubles champlonshiv, which also will be decided at the tournament, brought out three matches today. The teams are well balanced according to local experts and the best tennis of th week I8 expected in these matches. Miss Mary Katherine Vocrhees and Arthu: Scddon, Miss Marguerite Chesney anc Dix Teachenor and Mrs. D, B. Foster and Gordon Parker won their matches today SPRECKLES TAKLS OUT A " LICENSE TO WED IN K SAN FRANC'ECO, Auwg. M-Tohn D Svreckels. I, son of the Califaria rant talist, took out & Veense here tadav to wed Mina Sidi Wirt of Garden C'tv, Kan Brreckels former wife was marrisd = Forng'ulu 1nst week to Frank W. Wake- fleld, of this city. iImmedfately voon the and Men Wh of the CLO Wilcox receipt of & cablegram that a final de- !“!u'iv. clmh" fof APt F ey Peigk Merams e e Men and Young Men Sprecke's is 33 years old and M'ss Wirt 203 South 15th A Timely Fashion Event fcr Young Men Demonstration On Live Models STRATFORD Will Be Held at Our Store on Tu-sday, August 31, and Wednesday, Sept. 1, by Professional Demonstrator o F el Young! famous THES & Allen Near Douglas VRe I the progressives. There is a real demand ynolds Finds or i tnuien ‘ot (e Mpulicans ® Real D df T “Will the republican convention be a eman or | held in Chicago? 1 don't know. Chi- San Francisco, St. Louis, Phila Republican Return ;. | ant ex, tional ¢ Minneapolls and Cieviland ar ted to bid for it when the na- CHICAGO, Aug. ®.~James B. Rey- ommittee takes up the subject nolds, secretary of the republican nn- —_— e S St BRVIVS SE DRt LN, EUUSARD JOHNSONS ting tour,” arrived in Chicago today | IN CHICAGO DIRECTORY and was entertained at the Hamilton| club, l CHICAGO, Aug. $).—The 1915 editfon of On Wednesday Mr. Reynolds will viit Milwavkee. His itinerary Includes stops| the Chicaro c'tv Airectory will 'ndlcato #t Minneapolle, St. Paul and Pacific coast| a povviation of 2500000, 1 was stated to- cities. day. The Johnsons—10,000 of them—lead “1 find that the country is anti-demo-| «wmericollv, re they have for the last cratie,” sald Mr. Reynolds. “Mr. Roose- | two years, and are closslv followed by reflected the attitude of | (he Andersons and the Smiths. velt's attacks Thompson, Belden & Co. Apparel That Stands for Individuality in Dress for Women and Misses The distinctive originality of cur med- els 1s remeved many degrees Jrom the usual mediocre. It is the constant aim of our buying organization lo seek ailigentty arter better things in jfashion and Jurnishines, specializing in Kwocluvive Designs and Secective Adaptiens. The Autumn Dis- play of Suits, Dresses, Coa.s, Blouses, is now ready to be shown at your convenience. Business Men Read This--- It Is Important If you have use for an Arc Light— a good, stronz gas light for office, fac- tory, or any kind of business buiding or disp'ay room, you should come sze some we are offering at remarkably low prices. Most of them are perfectly new and good, but they are odd pieces of stock which we desire to close out— which accounts for the low prices. | ! No. 30-—A large single chain Are Light with three in- verted mantles, and either elear or clonded shade; was priced $12.00, now only $6.50 No. 20 Size -With a single inverted mantle, an Are Lamp just right for a small office. 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