Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 11, 1915, Page 5

Nebraska THREE PERFECT BABIES ARE FOUND' Prize Winners Who Make Highest Scores at the State Fair Are All City Born. ORIOWA FIRST IN RURAL CLASS (From a Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN, Sept 10 (Special | Telegram.)—Three perfect babies, all city born, were found in this year's Better Babies Contest at the State Fair. They are William B. Thomas of Nelson, Horace G. Armi-| take of Kearney and Elizabeth M. Webster of Havelock, 'I'hg winners are: Rural class, boy 18 to 2 months, Wal Klatt, Ohlowa, first; Harold L. Osceola, secon Y 27 to 3 months er G, Wilkin- son, Bethany, first; John Donaid Zwon check, Dew second. Girl 18 to Palmyra, f ond. months, Mazie Fc i Martha Rous nan e, Alda, sec Girl 27 to % months, Virginia Loulse Faulkner, Lincoin, first; Dorothy Field, Lincoln, second. Cflf class: Boy 18 to 27 months, William B.” Thomas, on, first; Arthur Wil- lard Fleld, second. Boy 27 to 3 months, Horace Gregg Ar- jnitage, Kearney, first; George H. Allen, Lincoln, second. 18 to % months, Elizabeth Mar Webster, Havelock, first; Elinor nces, Strain, second Girl, 27 to 36 monthe, Kathleen Wooc Lincoln, first; Katherine Truman, Weep- ing Water, second Scores in Deta is the scoring of judges in Following detal: RURAL—Boy, 18 to 27 months— Waldmer 8. Klatt, Ohjowa. Hi 1d 1. Jones, Osceola....... Frank Clifton McGrew, Seward Joseph Henry Worthington, Waeo Thomas Kelley Clair, ,Cortland Boy, # months and under ? Roger Gale Wilkinson, Bethany John Donald Zwonecheck, DeWitt Estelles Wickenkamp, Dorchester Russell Sheldon Giles, ehawka Lewis Hufman, Ames T Girl, 18 to 27 months— Maize Foreman, Palmyra. Martha Rouse, Alda.. Ruth Ellen Timmo Janice Maxine Lu Guinevere Marie, Francke, Ruth Boettner, Roca....... rl, 27 months and under ll. lnnulhq—- Virvinia Loulse Faulkner, Lincoln....% Dorothy Grace Field, L 99 Bennet. Gladys Marie Knapp, Broken Bow . | nature of JULIL WiL LSON, THOMAS G. THOM | o ‘DUMBA INCIDENT | ALSO INVOLVES TWO OTHER MEN (Continued from Pa ! an passport may mve tech- ontributed to an abuse of that document in the view of the State de- partment, the nature of the communica- tion he sent was so far removed from the others and of such a legitimate character that his act probably would not be re- garded as offensive, Papen's Letter Offeusive. Captain Von Papen's letter, however, is | said to be decidedly offensive, as is the Consul General von Nuber's affair as disclosed by British secret ser- Archibald at Fal- tion with th e papers which the men took from vice mouth, It was believed that further steps would not be taken until the additional docu- mentary evidence comes from London and until Vienna has been heard from on President Wilson's request for the re- call of Dr. Dumba. In official and aiplomatic circles it is expected Austria will recall its ambassador without delay, but that if it resents the action of the United States and stands behind the ac- tion of its envoy, it may not send an- other. Dumba Consults Bernstorff. NEW YORK, Sept. 10.=Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba, ambassador from Aus- tria-Hungary, whose recall has been asked for by the United States govern- ment, today conferred in his suite in an uptotwn hotel with Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador. The subject of the conference could not be ascer- tained. Both Dr. Dumba and Count Von Bern- Minerva Burmood, ton CITY—Boy, 18 to months. Willlam _Bismark Thomas, Nelson....100 Arthur Willlam Field, Bethany...... % Julius Wilson, Broken Bow.. 0 Francis Marquardt, Avoca ............ 8.5 Harold Wayne Butler, 1636 Eim street, Lincoln ... . Maryland Maxwell, Haveiock.. Boy, 27 to 3 montks Horace Gregg Arnitage, Kearney... George H. Allen, South Twenty sixth, Lincoln ... . 985 Willlam Harold Mayer, 2501 Q stree Lincoln Richard S§c Ha teenth, University Place Ralph L. Blair, Broken Bow... 9. Kenneth Johnson, 1605 South Seven- teenth . o Robert_Lee Blacketer, 1 Royce Bdwin Baughan, 17 Girl, 18 to % month 1 J 41 Pepper... 17 Elizabeth Martha Webster, Hn\n lock sors Blinor Frances Strain, Univ enl!y Place .95 Elizabeth Wilson, Broken Bow. 9 Katherine Hirshner, 110 South Thlr- tieth o Low Mariel Tefft, Lincoln.. 2 Gir). 27 to 36 months— Kathleen Woods, 2010 Sauth Eight. eenth .6 Katherine Truman, Weeping Whter. Mary Ellen Emery, Virginia Sovereign, Helen Ames Wolf, 143 Washirgton % Ruth Armstrong, Oakland’ g Margaret Enid Davis, 1246 T i Fave Eetelle Broderick. On o Hus Candldate Slipped Cash Into Pocket of County Judge CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Sept. 10.—Tt was customary for the candidates in Nueces county prior to and including the general election of 1814, which is un- der survelllance by the goVernment, in the trial of County Judge W. F. Timon and forty others in the United States distriet court here, to make a ‘“slush fund” with $100 contributions, according to the testimony today of J. Dorenfield, Jr., clerk of the Twenty-eighth district court of Nueces county, one of the five county officers mnot indicted. Dorenfield testified that when he an- nounced his candidacy for office Judge Timon told him that it would require about $100 “as his end of the game" for his candidacy. He sald he gave a check for $#0, made to Timon personally, and the remainder of the money was slipped into Judge Timon's coat pocket on the day of the election. C. E. Breniman, a secret service agent, repeated as testimony a supposed con- versation between defendants Lee Riggs and Tom Dunn while the plea in abate- ment was being argued in court last Saturday. Riggs was quoted as saying: “I know I bought thirteen Mexican and Dunn is also quoted as say- I can glve the name of the man who bought twenty-fiv Forger Extradited to London Says He Will Be T:‘d 2 Spy NEW YORK t. 10.—-Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, & former member of the British Parliament, who recently admitted he had been & German spy, was today ordered by Federal Judge Veeder of Brooklyn to be extradited to England to stand trial on a charge of forgery. Lincoln's attor- neys contested the extradition proceed- ings. charging their client would be trie) as;a spy If he were returned to England. Lincoln was charged with three forger- fes In the papers filed here by the British consul. One alleged he forged a note whereby Benjamin 8. Rowntree of B land purported to guarantee the paym: of £770 to John Goldstein. Lincoln arrived in New York from Liv- erpool on February 9 last. Early in May he wrote two articlss, publshed in a newspaper, in which he purported to tell of the workings of the British War office. MORE POLICE PROTECTION WANTED AT TABERNACLE E. F. Denison and A. A. Lamoresux of the Omaha Evangelk association called upen Superintendent Kugel of the police department {o ask for more police protec- (ion at the tabernacle during the ear'y ours of the evening, before arrival of “he ushers The request was granted. Hebron nt storff remained in seclusion in their respective hotels the better part of the day. Dr. Dumba denied himselt to all callers, and it was repeatedly sald by officlals of the hotel that he had left for the summer embassy at Lenox, Mass. DEATH RECORD Bert Bohannon. Bert Bohannon, who was born and raised in Omaha, died Thursday at Stan- ford, N. Y., at the age of 39 years. He left Omaha fifteen years ago to take up a stage career. For a perfod of years he was with the Harry Hastings show which is appearing in Omaha this week. In that show he had an act under the name of “Bohannon and Corey,” and also had a supervisory position with the company. i - ' C3 = L e PSON, NELS P, WILLNER AND JOSEPH | WANTS HAlL MEN ; IN FEDERATION | {a free man. He convey | Samuel Gompers of the American Fed- | eration, “the deepest sentiment of fra- ternal feeling,” and hoped the letter | tederation A vote of thanks was extended Presi- dent Gompers and his spokesman by the convention body. Talk Insurance Rates. The matter of insurance rates of the Mutual Benefit assoclation .of the tional Assoclation of Letter Carrier: being threshed out and must bo settled before the convention closes Saturday. The Mutual Benefit assoclation ls the body of the carrlers that carries the mutual life insurance for the members. The proposition of raising the rates is up and is creating lots of discussion. O'Brian of New York held the floor for an hour and a half during the forenoon sesslon arguing for the new rates, stat- ing that one who takes a policy In the organization has always taken it with the understanding that the rates and other conditions were subject to change of the governing body. THe proposed new rates per $1,000 of insurance, range from 10 cents to §2 cents higher than the old, according to the age of entrance. Thus the old rate is 77 cents per $1,000 for a man entering at the age of from 21 to 24, while the proposed new [rate does not lump ages from 21 to 24, but starts with 93 cents for the man aged 24 vears, rises to 9 for the man of {22, %0 98 for the man of 23, to $101 for | the man of % Continuing then, the proposed new rate is higher throughout, until where the man of 49 is now able to take a policy for $1.78, it 1s proposed to make his rate $2.60, The Dallas band is feeling tine since Dallas won the conventlon for two years hence. The band was on a serenading crusade during the foremoon. They sere- naded E. V. Parrish, manager of the bireau of publicity, who won the con- lvention against Dallas two years ago. They assured him there are have been honored, Then they took the Woodmen of the World bullding, they serenaded W. A. Frazer, soverelgn commander of the Woodmen of the World, former Dallas citizen. 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The sliding ash pan has a smooth nickel front and the entire range is beautifully trimmed with the Commerce Ranges may be had on legs or flat You make your own ter ms at the Central, our st ranges, Steel Ranges supported by heavy The large oven the frame is nickel trimmed and makes it 50 muah easier to polish Your oid stove faken in as part paymeni on @ new stove or range. COMMERCE RANGES Are made with double blue steel walls, with heavy asbestos which insures a long-lasting, durable Range heaviest reinforced steel, the fiue construction is perfect and arranged so 48 to produce the greatest possible heat by using a small amount of fuel. Commerce Ranges the best bakers, the greatest fuel economical and satisfactory range on the market, priced according to size and attachments from o $60 See our beau tifnl home com ne of stecl four-room outfits, outfits, every oil heaters, cook | o erything cor:- thing complete, | * taves, gai plete for ranges, base for 381'00 burners and 3110 nn heating stove, OWARD S | carrfers might soon be afillated with the no hard | feelings now that both Dallas and Omaha ' elevator down to the eighth floor of the | where | Those Who Will Go to Sara- toga Springs. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Sept. 10.—(Special Tele gram.) to the general cor ference by the laymen the Des Molnes confernc this aftrnoon as fclows M W. C. Smith, Hancock; J. A | Henderson, Jetferson: L. ¥. Talley, Diag onal; Frank Dunning, Bedford; H. R { Howell and K. D ampeon, Des Molnes. | Reserves: M. B. Nelson, Atlantic; Ed ward Plerce, Denlson; Frank Hooker Blanchard Four out of the six ministerial dele | Rates to be selected were chosen this aft | ernoon as follows { Rev. A. A. Thompson, Chariton; Dr. J (Continued trom Page y L. Hillman, Des Moines; Dr. R. E | Shaw, Indianola, ang Rev. Enoch Hill, N College Springs The general conference meets in Sara |tos Springs, N. Y., in May, 1916, Merger. The educatiohal committee of the Des Moines Methodist conference, to whom was referred the proposal from Parsons college to merge SBimpson, Towa Wesleyan and Parsons will submit a report against the merger. The sentiment of the con- ference appears to be unanimously against the merger. In its report the committes says “Among the considerations that require us to decline & merger with Parsons are the following | Oppone College occuples a territory which it is serviag an increasingly appreciative patronage, and in which it meets with no embar- bers of the proposed merger. Second—The fact that the proposed merger with a school of a highly re- vered sister denomination, located miles from our Institution omits taking into acount another school of the same do- nomination as Simpson college. The urther fact that already Simpson col- lege 18 succeeding to resources and ap- pointments which enable it to fulfill well | the special mission of the college of moderatesize and we cannot otherwise than that any further contemplation of its participation in a proposed merger | would seriously interrupt and interfer with the growing success attending its work." 01l Fields Her Strange upheavals along the Burlington right-of-way near Villisca, which have caused that system more or less trouble may be caused by gas from ofl wells tributed to this monster ments sold. Imperial Stripes— more than double any stoi Fall H which correetly trend of style, and yet av: that make a hat out of soon as you put it on— $2.00, $2.50, Our Boys’ Clothes are economical clothes you' realize the truth of this nut ment. Autmun Suit new Norfolks with t of pants— $3.85 to $10.00 Dainty DELEGATES T CONFERENCE Towa Laymen and Ministers Choose | TWO0 ARE YET TO BE CHOSEN “First—The fact that Simpson college| with efficlency, for which it 1s receiving | rasing competition from the other mem- We are showing the new Hat express Stetson's—$3.50, $4.00, $5.00 Black, Seal Brown, Golden, Navy, Sil- ver Gray, Naples and Hunter Green. for your boy to wear, because they last longer, hold their shape longer and look and wear longer. = Afte seen our qualities pared them with you find elsewhere For Boys from 3 to § Years— “Buddy Tucker’ Wm. Penn Vestee and Union Nor- | TRUSTEE OF MAIL MEN'S SICK { BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. | Jd. 6011@/ P,Hs/mq;i near at hand, suggests J. M. Buswell of {Leavenworth, Kan., who has had consid erable experience in oil fields. The rail road company has called on the geological department at Washington to try and solve the mystery, which is as annoying as the slides of Culebra cut. Mr. Bus- | well says it's gas. “A gas mound of antictine 1s being formed,” he says. “In [the Texas ang Oklahoma ofl flolds they look for the gas mounds or antictine | ridges when they are looking for an ofl |or gna fleld. 1t the rallroad company should drill a well there deep enough, most ltkely they would tap a gas fleld and possibly a supply of oll, too.” Gravel Roads for Polk. The Polk county board of supervisors, | working with the lowa State Highway commission, will begin next week the graveling of the entire county highway | system, 190 miles, at an approximate pense of $300,000. The state commission will come to this city the latter part of next week with a corps of engineers. The party will be joined by the local board of supervisors and the county engineer, Bvery road will be gone County over. Engineer Budd will then prepare profiles which will be sent to the state commis- slon for approval, following which the work will start. Colts Are Polsoned. Word was recelved by the state veter- | inarian yesterday that three colts belong- ing toa farm near Ankeny had died and the owner was unable to account for their death, An assistant veterinarlan was The Finest Clothes Made We solicit your interest Saturday in our First Show- ing of Autumn Styles of the Finest Clothes Made. Never such a variety of Men’s and Young Men’s Fashions. The world’s greatest exponents of the tailoring eraft have all con- high-grade, If you want to make your money go the limit, you can pin your faith to this popular store as the one that is best qualified to give you the most value for your money. You will find here in Suits the richest fabrics worn— Donny Brook Plaids— Waterloo Squares— colleetion of the finest Banjo Stripes— Piping Rock Flannel, Etc.— In such striking models as ‘‘The Blake,”’ ““The Biltmore,”’ ‘“The Wayne,’’' ‘‘The Beaufort,”” ‘‘The Poole,”’ ‘“The Master,”” ‘‘The Aquitania’’—all expressing the style touches of Fashions highest class. The exclusive offerings of ‘“The House of Kuppenheimer,’ 2 for Young Men,”” ““David Adler’s Collegian,’”” ‘‘Michael Stern’s,”’ ‘‘Ederheimer- Stein Fit-Form Clothes,’”’ ‘‘Stein-Bloch’’ and other high-class grades at prices we are able to make exceptionally low because of our enormous output, re in Omaha. You are invited to see these new creations that are priced from- $10.00 to $40.00 | shown | turnea Normany Checks— sent out to the place and found that the horses had been eating musty oats, which had undoubtedly caused forage polsoning. Dr. Gibson, state veterinarian, |says there is considerable danger from such trouble this fall because so much of the grain and also the hay is apt to be musty or spolled. Extra precautions are being taken by the state department to prevent any outbreak of the foot and mouth disease here. There has been no trouble of this sort since the state was finally cleaned up last spring and the department is determined there will not be If it can be prevented. A representa- tive will b to thoroughly inspect all Towa live stock there before It is returned to lowa Wil Celebrate. The Garden Grove Corn club its annual pienic September 38, with J. W. Jarnagin, editor of the Towa Farmer, ang H. M. Havner of Marengo as the speukers. Havner is a candidate for tne | republican nomination for attorney gen | | TWENTY-ONE DIVORCE CASES | ON DOCKET AT CLARINDA | CLARINDA, Tn. Sept. 10.~(Spectal)— | Twenty-one divorce cases will be Included | every in the sixty-threo new suits on the court | | docket for the September term, which | begina here September 21. Judge Thom: A. Arthur will preside this term and has directed that both the petit and grand Jurors shall appear the first week, which calls forty-elght jurors to the court house at once, the largest number on record. Heavy Wind in Dako PIERRE, 8. D., Sept. 10.—8pecial Tel- egram.)—The roof was blown from the top of a box car on a moving train last evening in a heavy wind storm which swept thecountry in the vicinity of Blunt, 8. D, small bulldings being over- and grain shocks scattered by the foroe of the wind, At Canning there was a heavy wind and hailstorm and a general rain, covering the central part of thostate, accompanied the storm. PLUMBER BURNED WHEN METAL SPLASHES IN EYES Louls Sogge, plumber, Uving at 1774 South Fourteenth street, received severe burns about the eyes when some molten metal which he was pouring on & pipe, while working at Fifteenth and Harney streets, splashed in his face. He was at- tended by Drs. Falts and Shook and ta¥en to the Lord Lister hospital HOLDUPS GIVE VICTIM DIME FOR CAR FARE HOME J. Farrion of Tampa, Fla., was held up and robbed by two men at Elaventh and Davennort streets Thursday night. The holdups got 60 cents as the result of their effort and returned a dime of the swag to the owner “to take a jitney back home." ing dise hand-tailored gar- bi‘ are of o ‘‘Society Brand which is Full Weig Balmaccans Many special v ats models the season’s 0id the extremes date almost as $3.00 shower proof. serge. $26.00. The Newest Autumn Shirts are all here and ex- press more beauty in pattern effect and comfort of fit than we have ever before found it possible to obtain. more attractions than you have foun or expected. folks, velvet, corduroy serges v wae o wmse | MAVEACETG ot BB 000 THATS AND OAPS | ks | | NECKWEAR, 50¢, T5¢. $1.00, popular coats. Some full lined, others half and quarter lined, and all Silk lined or Italian We feature a full silk lined Oxford Vicuna Chesterfield Coat at $15.00 —others at $18.00 to $32.50, Slip-ons and Gabardines, Come in now and let us convince you that our Shirts and Neckwear offer SBHIRTS, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 ht Top Coats and Qarbordines alues offered in these are $6.00 to d sent to the Tliinols state falr | will hold | This is a store of safe, sure service—a store where patronage is be- friendship becomes a ceeding purchase, where satisfaction and greater value giving | Four Hundred Poles Are Sent to Germany | From Fallen Capitai PHTROGRAD (via London), Sept. 8, <A prominent Polish lawyer, who made his escape from Warsaw after its eapture by the Germans, made the following state- ment today: “Two days after the Germans entered the city, more than 400 of the most prom- Inent citizens who remained were ar- rosted without warning and sent to Ger. |many. About 700 familles were deprived | of thelr heads and of knowledge of their whereabouta “Arrests continued dafly. The onls known reason was that the names of the vietima appeared on a list compiled by in- | formers and sent to Germany months ago. “The Germans displayed their usua thoroughness. Within a few days afte they entered the ecity three temporary bridges were thrown across the Vistuls [ n place of the structures blown vp by the Russians. The electric light, gas and | water plants were restored, and ther: | was early evidence of industrial activity. A house to house search was made ani copper vessel was confiscated. Metal was stripped from all places where it was left. Articles of cotton and wool were gathered similarly from houses and shops. | “Hundreds of men who previously hat worked in factories were given the chofcs of internment In Germany or labor for wages at the Krupp works. Every day secs the departure of men who prefer forced labor to compulsory idleness in Germany or work in the trenches. “Prince Lubomirsky, one of Warsaw energetic public men, accepted the post at temporary president of the civic and cen- tral committees under the German mill- tary governor, He made it olear that he was a loyal Russian.' German Submarine | Sunk by Patrol Day Arabic Went Down NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Confirmation of the London report that a German sub- marine was sunk on August 19, while shelling the British steamer Nicosian, was recelved here today with the arrival of the eteamship Lapiand, It was also learned that the RBritish patrol boat which sunk the submarine In.' an Amerioan flag while approaching the scene. Just before it was ready to open up with its guns, the American flag fluttered down to ita deck and the Brit- ish ensign was holsted in its place, This German submarine was sunk on August 19, the day the Arablo was tor- pedoed, and not far from the soens of that tragio event. This gave rise to the report and bellef in Great Britain that the Arabic’s assaflant had been sent to the bottom. built on merchan- merit alone, where part of every suc- easily the keymnote ur success.