Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1916, Page 2

Authoress Kills Herself Because of Long Illness YORK, Jan. 19 —Mrs. Dora :mn-vnnn Rareous, authoress, mown as a transiator of Irench and Utallan literature, committed suicide at Ber home today by inhaling gas. Dread lof a repetition of two paralytic strokes from which she had suffered and con tinued f1l healta were ascribed by her friends as the motive for ending her life Mrs. Raneous was a widow To friend and literary coworker, Dr. Rossiter Johnson, she ler: money for funeral ex- penses and a note in which she said I am so weary of my broken life, with & prospect of worse to come, that I can not bear it any longer. God will not & angry with me. 1 have confessed every- thing to him. 1o knows how much I can bear, and must know 1 can bear no more. Mre. Raneous was bern In Ashfield, Mase., and was about 60 years old. She translated into English with Dr. Johnson Gabriele d'Annunzio’s “The Fla a with Robert Arnol editions of Guy Maupassant. At one time Mrs. Raneous was on the stage as a member of Augustin Daly's lcompany, playing with John Drew and Ada Reban. Fugitive Texas Militia Officer is in Mexican Army BROWNSVILI Tex., Jan met E. Walker, under indictment in fed- eral court at Austin, charged with con- spiracy to defraud the Unfted States government in connection with the alleged sale of $100,000 worth of United States army ordnance, is serving as an officer in the Mexican do facto army, according to well authenticated informa- tion here today. He is said to have en- tered Mexico In February, 1916, just be- fore the indictment was returned. Walker was sarving as assistant quar- termaster general of (he Texas National guard at the time 1o ‘s said to have sold the ordnance, wl was supposed to been condemped and destroyed, It is charged that part of this government property was sold to Mexican warring ‘actions. The case qf .Captain George 1. Tlead, tormerly jn compwand of the Brownaville guardsmep, . who .15 under a similar jin- dictment, s set for the term of the' fed- eral court opening At Austin tomorrow. De Daniels Regards Report on Disaster as Inconclusive WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The findings of the naval boar] of inquiry which made | would turn this country into a milltary | .0 flasniights, shells, ete., and got a preliminary investigation to determine the, cause ,of, the explosion aboard sUb-igave ambition to overcome by force of inu-lvu from Peter Vondonselar's garage. ne B-2 at the New York mavy yard Batt y, are regarded by Secretary Dan- the report of the naval court of inquiry, widely | 19,~Bm- | ‘i.’.lectriciafi on E-2 Says Edison Sells Were Reversed NEW YORK, Jan, 18.—~Ramon Otto, an electrician and member of the erew of | the -2, who is still suffering from burns recelved In the explosion that destroyed the submarine, testified before the naval | court of inquiry today that he believed | two cells in the marine’s on bat- whic | tery were b | time of the explosion d become re- This con¢ their fon he sald wo being a while the | result ild result in itomatically recharged ells were discharged and generation of hydrogen gas, ignition of which caused the explosion Miller Reese Hutchinson, who is attend- the inquiry as a representative of Bdison, gave out a batteries were to and attributing it ventilation. enant Charles M com ménder of the E-2, told the court of | inquiry that when the Bdison batteries | installed on the submarine last September he realized the danger of gen- tion of hydrogen gas and sent a re- quest to the Navy department for a hy- drogen detector. Lieutenant Cooke said that he had seen his letter subsequently with the indorsement of fifteen naval of-| ficials, but that he had never received other in ing Th denying the r the accl to im- | proper Cooke were | the thirteen-months OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUA RY Van Bittner Hre;a,dsA Scale Committee of the Coal Miners INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 19.<Van Bittner of Pittsburgh, president of the Western Pennaylvania Miners, was made chairman of the scale committee of the United Mine Workers of America, which was appointed today by John P. White, international president of the organiza- tion The duty baste V }Socialist Leafler Fears Madness And Kills Himself | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., Jan, 13.—J. O. Welday, state chairman of the socialist party, committed sulcide by shooting to- | day in his room in a hotel, He left a | note saying he feared madness. He was to have been married tonight DYNAMITE USED TO STOP CONFLAGRATION | CORNING, N. Y., Jan, 19.—A large sec- tion of the business district at Galeton Pa., was destroyed by fire today. The flames spread to the residential section | sefore their advance could hecked by dynamite twenty homes were irned. The loss was estimated at $150,000, of this committee is to fix a scale - on which negotiations are d with the mine out the country. The aving been drafted subject to the approval of the convention the Bommittes will confine its labors the soft coal situation. The committee is made up of the presi- | dents of the twenty-four districts into which the international organization ls divided The report of the auditing committee, made today, contained the statement that $13,706 was expended to purchase for Ohlo miners and their families during strike that last year. The total membership o union on December 1, 1916, was of whom 79,445 are anthracite miners NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS GET PRIZES AT DENVER | con throug ope demand. eady be to HYMENEAL. Tolles-Petersen. LYONS, Neb, Jan. 19.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—The home of Mr. and Mrs, Peter | Petersen was the scene of a very mretty | wedding Tucsday noon, when their | daughter, Miss Bernice V., was united| in marriage to Perry K. Tolles of Lau-| rel, Neb,, the youngest son of Mr. and | Mrs. L. C. Tolles. Clay Newmyer sang “Oh, Promise ) The marriage lines were spoken by the bride's pastor, Rev. | shoes the detector, | |Traffic is Partly | | Resumed in Los | Angeles District | | 108 ANGELES, Jan. 19.—Southern r'.-l cific traffic along the coast and San Jouquin valley lines was opened from | here to 8an Francisco today after having | been more or less interrupted by floods | and landslides for two days. Wealthy eastorners trylng to get in or out n(; Santa Barbara, a doast resort, were ablo | to do so, although those coming into this city from the east, including Frederick | W. Vanderbilt and a party, were still | crawling across the degert today, having | been storm-bound since Monday. Sixteen washouts on various roads are reported | in the 125 miles east of Los Angeles Debris in the Arroyo, a big gully in the northern part of Los Angeles, was dyna- mited today to prevent flooding | Ralns began falling again and further floods were feared, CUMMINS TALKS OF | MUNITION PROBLEM | (Continued trom Page One.) {hrough il the channews and ali the in- strumentalities ~ whioh - mould public thought, all the forces at their command for a comploteness of preparation that camp and practically destroy all ambition, |arms the entire world.” p ! | Emphastsing the etfect of the European | United States, ho told the senate that | egram.)—The fsllowing stalled when oity officers caught up with « lels as inconclusive, and he will await|war on private munition makers in \Im%h“" now making an investigation. since the war began there had been 171 ‘The board heid that the explosion Was) new: corporations organized in this couns due; to gms generated by the new Kdlsen|ry ‘for the manufacture of musitions, storage battery and ignited by & spark ,;q the value of arms and munitions of unknown origin. Jive men were killed | axported In fifteen months had aggre- James G. Clark, the Presbyterian minis- ter of this place, and the vows were sealed with che ring service. After a short weddigg trip Mr. and Mrs, Tolles will be home on their farm near Laurel, ; Martin h Neb., where a new modern home is being | Comoer 1 OO R "Greehs, Genon, rib- | made resdy for them bon. | s Hereford steer, spayer or Martin heife S e O B, Grecas, Genoa, | I("-'-r('l)?r'*rnn g-ysar-old stalllon, North & In all matters pertain- ing to the settlement of estates, the Peters Trust Company acts without (8pecial Tel awards to Ne- braska men were announced today by the judges at the stock show Hereford steer, yed or Martin heifer, DENVER, Colo., Jan Pola hina barrow, 1% pounds —and under 280 pounds, Fhil Dawson, Endicott, second, §7; third, $3 | Poland-China pen of three barrows, 176 pounds and under 260, Phil Dawson, En- dicott, first, $12. " hineokle of Cozad won sever; first, s and third prizes for Du Jersey barrows. and P, P. Cedar of Genoa, third prize of $. N. O. Denny of Omaha was one of the Judiges. Tho first prize of $0 for the finest car- THOMPSON-BELDIN 6 CO -— The fashion Center of "the Middle West — Established 1886 SON PRICES. 5% SERGE for $1.00 QUALITY for. deep old rose, for of black, for for Robinson Co., Grand Island, third, $10. | . bias. load of registered yearling bulls was cap- tured by Mortimer & Bon of Madison, Neb., who sold them today to the Tom kins Cattie company for $460 per head. There were twenty in the lot, North & Robinson of Grand. Island were awarded a third ptiee of $10 for the best Percheron 3-year-ola stallion Automobile Thief Caught , é‘fter Chase YANKTON, 8. D, Jan. 19.-8pecial Tele- gram.)—A young man giving the name of Joe TMinton, was arrested elght miles east of here last night, after a wild automobile chase. Ho had robbed Art Reetz' store ot Its officers are always pleased to advise with and guide beneficiaries with entire partiality. We act as Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian, Capital $500,000.00 PETERS, TRUST CO. [ 1622 FARNAM STREET | away In a six-cylinder Studebaker car, Flinton ran the car into a ditch and was He was well armed but surrendered without a fight. Advertiser and customer profit by the “Classified Ad" habit. 4345 YARDS 40- stri U. , for 6Y. S 36-INCH FIGURED SATIN, $2.25 UALITY, stylish print warp...$4.98 OH SILK POPLIN, navy blue, satin stripe, blue and white, for 41, YARDS 40- trimming, for......... 18 Party Dresses 15 Wool and Silk Dresses . . 24 Winter Suits 41, YARDS PARISIAN MATTLASSE SILK SUITING, 42-INCH, $3.50 QUALITY, 434, YARDS PRETTY NAVY BLUE PLAID SILK FOR WAISTS, $1.00 QUALITY 6% YARDS 36.INCH BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETA, $1.76 QUALITY, for CH SILK POP; side band, color brownm, $2.50 A $7.85 saeor Women's Apparel To _Clear the Balance of Our Winter Stocks Thursday, OVER 6,000 REMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS AND SILKS IN THURSDAY'S CLEARING SALE We can't tell half enough in this space. sented are conservative. COMPARED WITH THE ACTUAL EARLIER-IN-THE-SEA- Tae facts and figures here pre- A PLAIN STATEMENT OF PRICES AS Dress Goods and Silks of every reliab'e quality from a waist length toa full dress pattern. Only a few of the prices are quoted here, and these Just to illustrate hundreds of othsr value; tor which we have no room. INTERESTED? THEN COME EARLY'! SILK REMNANTS [ YARDS 36.INCH, ALLSILK, $1.50 | BLACK AND WHITE CHECKED ....92.98 5 YARDS 40-INCH BROCHE POPLIN, $2.25 QUALITY, new shade brown for $3.19 6 YARDS ALL-SILK NAVY BLUE SATIN MESSALINE with pin stripe of white, REMNANTS OF COLORED AND BLACK WOOL DRESS GOODS 5% YARDS PARISIAN NOVELTY, wisteria ground with black figure, $3.60 QUALITY, 4!, YARDS STORM SERGE, all-wool, 52- regular $1.25 QUALITY, for.....$2.43 21, YARDS B4-IN! LARGE PLAID FOR SKIRTS, Cope blue, s T g ...$2.19 6 YARDS 40-INCH SILK-AND-WOOL CAN. 'fI'ON CREPE, brown, $1.75 QUALITY, or . $2.39 $3.92 6 YARDS GRAY OHIFFON TAFFETA, 36. | $3.89 INOH $1.76 QUALITY with pin stripe | 5 YARDS OTTOMAN NOVELTY, 66.INCH, color brown mixture, $3.50 QUALITY, 200 ¢ .. $2.98 2%, YARDS NAVY TAILORING SERGE, $1.25 QUALITY, for separate skirts, remnant 007 1k 1.59 AR- DINE, dark brown, $2.25 QUALITY, for ... 2.19 YARDS 54-INCH NAVY BLUE PLAID SERGE, $2.256 QUALITY, for 98 5, YARDS BLACK SILK -AND.-WO00 f(71!:1’3 DE CHINE, $1.25 QUALITY, OB 5 e v b .13 51, YARDS BLACK ALL-WOOL BA' $1.00 QUALITY, for 4.98 , satin .19 Linen Specials for THURSDAY only 35c Hemstitched Huck Guest Towels. .25c 50c Hemstitched Huck Guest Towels. .39¢c $2.50 Bleached Table Cloths. ....... $7.85 No Exchanges No Approvals NoC. 0. D’s. ALL SALES FINAL $3.60 Bleached Table Cloths. . 76¢ Turkish Towels ... 60c Turkish Towels ... 8Y4c Turkish Wash Cloths. $10.00 Table Cloths. ........ .$6.89 and nine others seriously injured In the | putoq §161,064,278, He submitted a table Saator. showing the following estimates of the The question of the future use of the| .oyt of war contfacts of some of the Edison batteries on submarines may de- |, cor corporations. The Store of the Town The Store for Shirtwaists f pend upon the ovtcome of the report of the court of inquiry, as Secretary Danlels hopes to determine from it whether the East of Bukowina OapiEa_;l_ Repulsed BERLIN, Jan. 19.—(By Wireleas to Sayville.)—A new offensive movement has been inaugurated by the Russlans to the east of Csernowits, near the Bessarablan frontier. The official Austrian statement of today says the Russians made four successive attacks at several pldces, but ‘were repulsed. The statement follows: “'On “the eastern front yesterday was calm. This morning new battle was begun near Toporoutz and Royan, on the frontier east of Cmernowits. At several places the enemy made four successive attacks, but was repulsed everywhere, “Itallan front: Weak detachments of Ttalian troops were repulsed near Lusern and north of the-bridgehead at.Taolmino. “Balkan front: A delayed report from Virpazar stated thattwenty steel' can- WOOD SEES NATION SOFE FOR INVADER (Continved" from" Page' Ore.) * ficlent, to be definilly ass! o war stations. Equipmen. for members of’ the reserve would be kept at'their'stations and once every two years they would be required to join the ‘coors for ten days' training to keep them wp to date General Wood sald that:.if universal military service was not !to be ohtained he favored a continentz! army sehem: substantially as provided by the War de- partment, “provided it is absolutely di- yorded from the organized militia.” Calls it Inadequate, The ine for.the regular army pro- posed by tary Garrison, however, he characterized as “‘absurdly inadequate and indicating & failure to appreciate the lessons of the Puropean Wwar particu- Jarly as to the proportior of field artil- lery. He fecommended that the propor- tion of field guns be fixed at five % every 100 rifles or sabers. Tho present army standard iy 3.9 per 1,000, although in actual equipment the regulars are nearer 2 per 1000. The board recently created In the War department has fixed on 5.9 per 1,000 as the number necessary. Reverting to the condition of the coun- iry to face war wtih a first class power, the general sald the United States was utterly unprepared and’ knew unothing of List of Larger Exporters. American Car and Foundry, $5,000,000; American Locomotive, 366,u0,000; Ameri- can Steel Foundries, $15,000,000; Baldwin Locomotive Works, $100,000,000; Bethlehem 1 company, 1,000 shells per day to- | gother with fleld guns and other like | arms; Colorado Fuel and Iron campany, 6,000 tans of steel rounds; Crucible Steel | of America, $10,600,00; General Flectric, $68,000,000; New York Alr Brake, §20,242,000; ‘Westinghouse Alr Brake, §20,000,000, and "Westinghouge Manufacturing company, $100,000,000. “The does not include,” the senator con- tinued, *‘the contracts of the Allis-chal-| mers Manufacturing company of shrapnel | sheels, or the Dupont: Powder company | of explosives, or the Klectric storage | Battery company r the General Chem-| fcal company, or the General Motors company or of the Lackawanna Steel | company, or of the Tennessee Copper | company, all of which are immense con- cerns and have been largely engaged in| the same general, H\mflay » 1 Einent PRyiclans Faied - Kdney Tromie T wish to inform you of the great bene- fit T have derived from the use of Swamp- Root. I had been a sufferer for more than three ypars from Kidney and Liver trouble and was slmost constantly treat- ed by the most eminent physiclans, who could only give me temporary relief. 1 |could \hardly get from one room fo the {other without help, and had been in bed five: days when I began the use of | SwampRoot. 1nside of twentysfqug heurs I tou)d see somo benefit. I contipued to “Swamp-Root until I had used two tles when 1 really folt that my old was completely cured: and I am ve that’any person suffering with kidney or liver trouble can be guréd by the use of this preparation. I am 50 years of age and in good health. Tt has been fourteen years since I had this trouble and I do not know how to ex | press myselt as strongly as I destre in |favor of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. I | @i sure that it saved my life, and that my “health s due to this remedy. 1 heartily recommend it to every sufferer | of Kidney “trouble. Yours truly, 8. E. TAYLOR, | Gainesville, Ga. State of Georgia, Hall County Personally came S, E. Taylor, to me | pefBonally known and who on oath says the facts stated on the opposite page are true. | Sworn to and subsceibed -before me this 234 day of January, 1815, C. B SMITH, Notary Public Hall County, Georgla o Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do for You Send 10 cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bottle. "It will convifive’ anyéne. ‘You wil Suits and Overcoats Browning King & Co. A Word in Season Do not be Misled by ‘ Specious Advertising Clothing of the well known Browning King & Co. Standard is Always Worth what it costs you. It is Worth a Third More Today at the present prices of .woolens. 5 This Sale Starts FRIDAY Morning--- All of our Men's $22 and $20 Suits at $14.50 All $30 and $25 Suits are Reduced to $18.50 All $40 and $35 Suits are Reduced to $24.50 On allOvercoats formerly from $15 to $55 And all Blue and Black Suits 20 %Discount We have in | Stoék: | 75 Children's Overcoats---Sizes 2 to 16 years; in Chinchillas and Fancy Mixtures. And 50 Boy's Knickerbocker Suits that are Broken L[i§s| This is na Opportuntyub otiy not for| this season alone, but for next year. Browning King & Co. Geo. T. Wilson, Mgr. There Is Only One “Bromo Quin " . Yo Get The GENUINE, Oall For The Full Name Laxative Bromo Quinine ! %180 recéive u booklet of valusble infor mation telling about the kidneys and . . Used The World Over to Oure a Ocid in One Day |BRANDEIS |or three days A Clearing Sale of Winter Blouses, $2.95 All Sales Start at 8:30 A. M. $2.50 90-inch Linen Sheeting. .$2.25 a yard 50c Figured Huck Toweling. . ..40c a yard 650 Figured Huck Toweling. .. .56¢ a yard 760 Figured Huck Toweling. .. .65¢ a yard AN INVESTMEN THAT PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS A BEE WANT AD LAUGH! LAUGHE! LAUGHK! See This Great Comedy at Als "’" ity Thy '0 I, 0 ame Is, good feat dmis i CONTINUOUS BOY 1TOUP. M. TODAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY “The King’s Game” A Pathe Gold Rooster Play with Pearl White and George Probert. B Mat., and Bvag., Sat. Jan: layers . 24 The Neb. University Cure Any Cold Over Night Without Quinine or Dopuu‘la Drugs. This Remedy Is Guaran or | Money Back. You can break up that cold abso- | lutely and completely by this time to- | morrow. Your head will clear up, eyes and nose stop running, ' bone achins | stop, lassitude gnd tiredness go away | and you will be yourself again. Even if. vau have grippe or influenza infec- tion you can get complete relief in two Bromo-Lax {s the remedy which will da this. It's the most wonderful treat- ment known -for wll sorts of coughs, colds, grippe, influenza, etc., and as & | preventative against deadly pneumonia. | It is the only remedy which cures 1d without seriously disturbing the | stem for it contains not one partic e quinine in any form. It acts gently by stimulating the system and opening it #0 all the germs are thrown off at once. Colds are The presen: idemic has caused tens of thousands of deaths this winter, Do not let & cold run, 't take a chance. Pneumo- nia can kill in & few hours and no cold sufferer is safe. Bromo- is guar- anteed. Money back if you are not sai- isfied. It is the one tried and proven edy. Bromo-Lax is sold by all good druggists at 26 cents a box, or sent pre- | pald upon receipt of price by Trib Chem- fcal Co.. 350 N. Clark St., Chicago, 11l.— Advertisement. dangerous. AMUSEMENTS, o et SO AMUSEMENTS. WE SAY T0 YoU CANDIDLY AND CONSCIENTIOUSLY that our program today and to- morrow consisting of SYD. CHAPLIN The Keystone Scream The Submarine Pirate plus MARY BOLAND The Edge of the Abyss s the strongest ever offered by any local theater at any time. Daily Mats.,15.35.500 Bvage., 15.35.50.750 M oAl 20TH CENTURY MAIDS asion Just the show for Implement Dealers’ Couven Sisters, Julla De Kelety, the Old Town Four and big Ladies’ Matines Week Days, —— T T8 TR Dave. Phone Doug 404. The Best of Dally Matines, 2:15 Week Starting Acts this week RING & CO., Kirk & F Chiidren of the Buddha,'™ Bert W! Co., Shirlt Rives & Bea Hurrison, Orpbeum Travel eekly Prices: Matines, gallery, 106: hest seats (sxcept Saturday and Sunday), %, Nights, 10c, He. St and 75¢ Further, that if you pass up thia attraction, you will not see others as strong and unique for some time to come. Today 'KN EWgs Tonite 2:30 MRUW 8:20 NORTH BROS. STOCK CO. “NIOBE"—The Girl in White THURS., FRL, SAT. ONLY THE NIGHT CLERK ng MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANSA sugh Provoking Comedians 24-PEOPLE, MOSTLY GIRLS--24 Catchy whistable musical numbers PHOTO PROGRAM THE DEVIL IN CHIBF Powers. Chickens. A Farce, m.ln‘o‘ ¥ 10c—-Admission —10c¢c Reserved Seats 100 Bxtra. Turpin's School ot_l!gnm Twenty-eighth & Parnam. TAst your name now. Private lessons any HARNEY 5143, 6 : : THE OMAHA BEE— Lo Wisnrd of Atcatdecs . - —_ Coustauce, ‘armers —THE HOME Pu“. ‘READ THE BEEWANT ADS :m..m.- v B e and Dancing. Three Foremaost Athletes ‘Whenever you feel a cold on think of the full name LAXA' E MO QUININE, Look for this ure on the box. Price 25 cents. Dy . Regular t and §! mize: botiles for sale ab all Jdrug stores. :’wtu mmi A Woman Wik "