T1IK HKK: OMAHA, TUKSDAY, NOVKMBE1. 2, 1915.
BRIEF CITY NEWS
WsadiaJ aUa-s Xlhelsa, jtirtltr.
fclasaalst. Tan Pmiton
Llgatlaa; Fixtures DuriM -Orendsn.
era aVott Prist 1 Now Beeon Frees
To Bell Baal Svtats Hot It with J H.
Dumont, Stats Bank Bid-.
"To4ays MtU rrogrram elaaalfle
section today. It appears In Tba Baa
EXCLUSIVELY. Find out what th v
rtoua moving plctura theaters offer.
Admitted to Bar Morrill C. Rohr
bough of Omaha haa heen admitted to
the pratlce o. law In Nebraska by tha
aUta a u pre me court, and will probably
open law offlcea here.
Tas Stats Bank of Omaha pays P
cent on time depoalta and I par cent on
sayings accounts. All dOostts In thla
bank ara protected by tha depnaltora'
fc-uaran' a fune of tha atate of Nebraska.
newspaper Men Oo Waat Occupy Inf
a special car, going west over the North
western and Union Pacific, twenty-five
newapaper men of Toledo, O., will pan
through Omaha today on their way
to the Paclflo coast. The trip la a vaca
tion. Jaffsrs at General eada.nartsrs Oen-
eral Superintendent Jetiera of the Union
Paclflo haa moved hla office from the
Commissary building and la now located
on the twelfth floor, south front, of the
hearquartera at Fifteenth and Dodge
streets.
Bbr Party to Stop Bar Representing
tha National O range of New ling land, 140
men and women, en route to tho Paclflo
coast, will be In Omaha three hours to
day. They are traveling on a special
train ' that will arrive at 10.S0 In the
morning and leave at 1:30 over tha Union
Pacific.
Mrs. Altkea to Preside Mrs. J. M.
Altken, president of the Toung
Women's Christian association, will have
Charge of a woman's business meeting
at the hall of the Volunteers of America,
115 North Fifteenth street, Tuesday noon.
These meeting are to be held every
Tuesday noon from 11:30 until 2 o'clock.
Kohlar at Biplsy Sinner President
Mohler of the t'nlon Pacific Is back
from Chicago, where last Saturday night
he attended a dinner Riven President Rip
ley of the Santa Fe Rallroud company
upon the occasion of Ills seventieth birth
day. There were S00 guests at the ban
quet, spread in tho main banquet hall
of the Blackstone hotel, most of them
prominent railroad men from all part
of the country.
SMITH DECLARES
DEATH OF WOMAN
WAS AN ACCIDENT
tContlnuel from Page One.)
tills strange, and after getting something
to vat. I decided to go back, before re
turning home.
"In the afternoon t returned and was
waiting In the hall for her to dress, so
1 could come In. Aa I did so a different
man entered tha house and went into
Mrs. Campbell's room, and I heard them
talking. Then he came out and went
upstairs. A few minutes later aha ap
peared at the door and I entered and
told her I was returning to St. Louis
Sunday night.
"I waa Just about to leave when tha
fellow who. bad gone upstairs cams back.
I thought It strange that she had mar
ried so soon after her first husband's
death, but said nothing about It I
finally got up to go, and went Into tha
hall. He followed ma and clutched ma
by the throat, telling me he waa Camp
bell. I raised my left arm to bnlsh off
hla hand, and with my right ripped
open my vest and grasped an automatio
revolver which I carried there. It was
my Intention to strike him with tha gun.
Hit br Woraaa.
"As I got tha weapon free Frances,
who had followed her husband Into tha
hall, sprang at me like a tigress and
struck me twice In the face. In throwing
up my right arm to ward off thla second
attack the weapon was discharged, and
she fell. A crowd rushed in and a man
took the revolver from me. I had no In
tention of shooting anyone, boya, and If
Francca had not come Into tho hall, it
probably would never have happened. I
struck Campbell on the head, after she
fell and sank n a chair, exhausted, Just
Inside tho door. He hurried to her and
lifted her on the bed. Then the crowd
rushed In."
Smith said that In St. Louis Mrs. Camp
bell has several times came to him with
black eyes, and bruises, which she aald
were inflicted by her husband while ha
waa intoxicated, and on one occasion
h.-id told him that she had secured a
divorce from him.
Knew Kntire Family.
Smith went on to tell how ha had
known her father and mother, brothers
and sisters for years, what business they
were engaged In, and that her brother
Robert Mitchell, who was pit boss In a
coal mine at Cartervilli- had been killed
about two weeks ago. when a block of
lata fell on him.
Smith, says that he Is still a deputy
United States marshal, and that the
badge which was taken from him at the
police station, and which It la asserted
he flashed at the Wldener residence, la
legitimately his own. He declared that
he Is at prrs. nt in the real estate bus
iness, but was formerly claim agent for
the Illinois Central, lie says his daughter,
who is 32 years of age, and has been
married, lives In St. Louis and Is critically
ill, also that his wife recently aualatned
two broken ribs and a dislocated hip, as
she was alighting from a street car In
St. Louis.
Campbell, who Is still held at the station,
sticks to his story that Smith shot his
wife, deliberately and without any provo
cation. The time for tha Inquest has
not been set.
Taxpayers Hustle
to Get Under Wire
Crowds filled th county treasurer's
office to save their properties from sale
for delinquent taxes. November 1 Is the
data when delinquent tax aales legally
U-gin, but opportunity was given all who
cam to save their houses snd lands.
Mad Oyer Aarala.
Mrs. Jennie Miner, Davidson, jnd.,
writes: ''I can truthfully say Foley Ca
thartic Tablets are tha best I ever used.
They ara so mild In action. I feel like
I have been made over again." Oood
health haa no greater enemy than con
stipation. Foley Cathartic Tablets keep
the stomach sweet, liver active, bowels
regular and banish biliousness, sick
headaches, sour stomach. Wout persona
welcome the light, free feeling they give.
ScM everywhere. Advertisement.
WOUNDED WOMAN
DEADFR0N SHOT
Mr. Frances Campbell Diet of
Wound Which She Sayi Was In
flicted by R. M. Smith.
REFUSED TO LEAVE HUSBAND
Mrs. Francfs Campbell, 218 North
Nineteenth street, aged 89 rears, wag
shot and killed at her home late
yesterday afternoon. The bullet, she
said, In a statement made at fit. Jo
seph's hospital before she died, was
fired by R. M. Smith of East Bt.
Louis.
Smith and IUley K. Campbell, hus
band of the wounded woman, are be
ing held at the city jail.
"Save mo tor my dear mother's
sake. Where Is my husband, why
won't you let him come to me. I'm
going to die. I tried to lire right,
but he wanted me to lear my dear
husband." This and similar excla
mations were made by the woman
while doctors were examining her
wound.
Later, at the station, a telephone call
was received by Captain Maloney that
Mrs. Campbell waa dying, but waa able
to make a statement. With several wit
nesses and Assistant County Attorney
Fitzgerald. Maloney hurrtad to the hos
pital. Statement by Wowaded Woman.
Between pleas that her husband be
summoned Mrs. Campbell said:
"Ho followed me here from Bt. Iouls.
He said he would shoot me If I didn't
run away with him. He threatened to
shoot mo before I left St. Louis. I didn't
see tho gun before he shot, but I saw
the flash. It was done too quick. Ha
wanted me to run away with him and
leave my husband. Tou know I'm not
going to live. I'm done for. Ha shot me
on purpose. It was not an accident. lie
atiked ' about my money and about my
caae against the street railway company,
and wanted me to run away with him.
Puulrh that man. I'm done for. Don't
say I'm not. Ood doesn't love a story
teller. I want my husband; please send
for him. Now let me die in peace. I
feel a lot easier. Jesus!"
At this point Mrs. Campbell lapsed Into
unconsciousness.
Kven among the officers present who
are used to similar scenes, tha woman' a
atatement caused signs of emotion. The
ward in which she lay Is near a chapel,
and as ahe talked the music of an organ
and the singing of hymns could be dis
tinctly heard through the open window.
Severitl women In the ward wept.
NevTacomera Here In Omaha,
Tha Campbells cams to Omaha from
East St Louts, but a ahort time ago and
had taken rooms at the home of Mrs.
Ella Wldener. Yesterday Smith cams to
the house. Telling Mrs. Wldener that ha
was a United States officer and waa
watching the Campbella, ha gained
entrance to the house and later to tha
room occupied by Mrs. Campbell, .who
was alone. While ha was In tha room
her huaband entered and as Campbell
asked who the man was, Bmlth shot the
woman above the heart with a pistol.
wheeled on Campbell and after firing at
him and missing, struck him over tha
head with the weapon.
The polios were called by Mrs. Wldener
and they arrived on the soene, to find
Mrs. Campbell stretched on the bed.
mortally wounded, her husband stand
ing at the foot, with his arms folded,
and at least ten feat away, Smith seated
calmly on a chair with his legs crossed
and tha revolver in his hand. Tha air
of tha room was heavily laden with gas.
one of the jets being turned on, ac
cldently Campbell said.
Smith Hate randy. .
Smith was calm. When the officers
and doctors entered tha room ha ex
claimed, "Don't crowd around the bed
so close, give the woman some air.
With thla ha took a package of mints
from his pocket, deliberately opend
them and began eating the confection,
apparently with relish.
On tha way to ttia hospital, to which
the police allowed Campbell to go, his
wife kept calling, "He's got me. It's In
my heart."
"I tried to live right, and he wanted
me to leave my huaband. Live right
Ed. for my sake."
A statement made by the woman In
At Once! Stops
Indigestion, Gas,
Stomach Misery
"Pape's Diapepsin" makes
sick, sour, upset stom
achs feel fine.
Neutralizes acids in stomach,
starts digestion and
gives relief.
If you had some Diapepsin handy and
would take a little now your stomach
distress or Indigestion would vanish In
five minutes and you, would feel One.
This harmless preparation will digest
anything you eat and overcome a aour,
out-of-order stomach before you realise
It
If your meala don't tempt you. or what
little you do eat seems to fill yeu or lays
Ilk a lump of lead In your stomach, or
If you have heartburn, that 1 a sign of
Indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist for a W-cent ease
of Pape's Diapepsin and take a little
Just as soon as you can. There will be
no sour risings, no belching of undigested
food ml gad with acid, no stomach gas
or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling
In th stomach, nausea, debilitating
headaches. dUsiness or intestinal grip
ing. Thla will all go, and, besides, there
will be no undigested food left over In
th stomach to poison your breath with
nauseous odors.
Pap' Dlapepaln Instantly regulates
out-of-order stomachs, becaus It pre
vents fermentation and takes hold of
your food and digests It Just ths same
as If your stotnacn wasn't thara.
Relief In five mlnutas from all stomach
misery is st any drugstore waiting for
you.
These large Co-cent oasea contain more
than sufficient to thoroughly overcome
any c,3 of dyspepsia. Indigestion of any
other stomach disturbance. AdvereUu-
nitnt.
the hospital elicited tha following history
of the affair. Mr. and Mra. Campbell
have been married twelve yeara and
lived in St. Louis, where ahe had met
Smith. The latter is about 60 yeara
of age, la married and has a grown
daughter. Mrs. Campbell has IR.eoo In
the bank, and a suit for damages against
the St. Louis Street Kail nay company
for a large amount.
Visile Hoaee titlre,
Fmtth professed affection for her and
threatened her life, she asserted. If she
would not leave her husband. He came
to Omaha Sunday morning and went
to their rooms where ha renewed hla
pleas and threats, lie returned In the'
afternoon.
Campbell, who Is employed as a
switchman for the Northwestern rail
road here, asserts ha never saw or heard
of Smith before.
To Mra. Wldener Smith said that both
of the Campbells were Important wit
nesses In a case in St. Louis and he had
been sent to bring them back. Thla,
Campbell denied.
At police headquarters a I'nlted Slates
deputy's badge was taken from Smith's
person. To Captain Maloney'a inter
rogatlona he offered no explanation,
further than that the gun went off ac
cidentally, as tha three were tussling In
the room for its possession.
MISSING MAGAZINES
WANTED AT THE LIBRARY
The following magastnes are missing
from the flies of tha Omaha publlo library
and MIfs Tobitt would be pleased to have
them supplied by tha public If possible:
Ladles' Home Journal, all 1914 Issues;
Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
April and June. 1116; Technical World,
February and December, 1914; North
American Review, May, 3914: Good House
keeping, August and September, 1914; St.
Nicholas, May, 1913; Sorlbner'e, January,
1914; House Beatulful, October and No
vember, 191S; Everybody's, August, 1914;
Forum, August 1914; World's Work, May,
1914, two copies: Popular Mechanics, De
cember. 1913; Nature Study Review, Feb
ruary and April, 1913; Forest ami Stream,
February SI, 1914: Living Ago. October 17,
1914; Edinburgh Review, April, 1911
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DETERMINE RENTS
FOR AUDITORIUM
Commissioner Agree On Scale of
Prices to Be Charged for Use
of Municipal Building.
WITILNELL IS F LACED IN CHARGE
la executive session the city com
missioners, with exception of Mr.
Butler, agrood that Commissioner
Wlthnoll should sssumn charge of
tha Auditorium tn connection with
his other duties of supervision of the
firs department and the city building
Inspection department. Commis
sioner Butler was given temporary
charge of the Auditorium a lew
weeks ago.
The commissioners adopted the
following; schedule of rental for the
Auditorium:
Athletic Entertainments Twenty per
cent of gross receipts, with a guarantee
of san
City. County, State and National Con
ventions Aotual expenses of the Audi
torium.
Industrial Shows-Jo0 per day, 11,000 per
week.
Dances SIM per night.
Concerts, Operas, Itramsttc Kntcrtaln
ments or Lectures to Which an Admis
sion Is Charged 200 per night.
Rehearsals- CS for first use and tU for
each sucoaedlng occasion.
It was explained that only operating
expenses shall be charged for conven
tions. HEAD OF EASTERN ROAD
PASSES THROUGH OMAHA
Occupying a section on Northwestern
Vnlon Pacific No. 1, James II. Hustles,
president of the Boston & Maine rnll
road, went west, en route to California.
UMPEMWEA
URGE
JEVE R YBODYJl3 STORE
Mr. Hustles asserts that business all
through the east I showing decided
signs of Improvement, especially In the
inHiiufncturlng line. Mr. Hustles Is de
lighted with the country through tha
Missouri valley and asserted that never
before had he seen such a prosperous
agricultural area.
Omaha's Gift to
"Billy" Sunday
Reaches $19,324
V. Cl. le, treasurer .f the "Hilly"
Sunday campaign, sent a check Monday
to the evangelist tor eW.s"7. bring the
additional amount which came In after
Tilly" left the city.
Mr. 1're gave Tilly" a check fnr Sis.
4M.W Just before he left Omaha. This
makes a total of I19.K4 4 received by the
evangelist for bis Ona.ha campaign.
This figures out to I2.7W a week as
"Tilly's" earnings in Omaha. He received
M4 for every day that he worked. He
, preached ninety-five sermons In the
tabernacle, receiving IIXB for each ser
mon. I.Iyer Complaint Makea Yoi t'n
fcappr. No ley In living If your stomach and
liver don't work. Btlr your liver with
Lr. King's New Life Pills. All drusclsts.
I Advertisement.
llAIMTCD OJUCAT IPOCIPr
iiii lull 'ik.ni nvintsui.
IS TO BE UP TO NORMAL
Per the week ending Saturday the Bur
lington has Issued a sort of a post-season
crop report and therein agents along the
Nebraska lines estimate that the quantity
of good corn this fall will be equal to
that of most yean In the past and that
tn addition there la a good deal of soft
com that will be used for early food.
It Is estimated that the sowing of fall
wheat has been finished. Wheat that waa
sown early Is coming up and growing
rapidly. Tha acreage la fully up to tha
normal.
Tse The Hee'i "Swapper" column.
Satisfaction"
Single Pieces, 50c to $1.50
Women's Union Suits, $1.00 to $2.50
Men's Union Suits, $1.00 to $6.00
Mash Wm
Teachers Register
for Convention to
Open Wednesday
1 Hiring the sessions of the Rtate Teach
ers' association at the Auditorium this
week, no person wilt be seated or al
lowed to leave during the rendition of a
program. Kxceptlons will be made In
cases of ll'ness or death.
The locnl committee announces that
this rule will be enforced strictly. Ie.
flclent nc iiistlo proper" ut tl.e Audl
toiluin Is in.- reason Klven for this strin
gent regulation.
Tli school nffl'-isls say they have
looked over Omnha for an acoustic ex
pert, hut without result.
Hoys of the Fort school are nsHistlng
Ip fltt'ng the Auditorium for the sts's
I convention of teachers. A tcmporsry
atnire will be extended beyond the regu
lar stage.
Registrations of tem hers of Omaha was
start.-,! Mondty afternoon at the Home
hotel. .1 to J p. m. The convention will
be held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Teachers of Elgin, Neb., are the latest
to srnd word that they are coming en
mass to tho convention.
Tho souvenir programs of the conven
tion sessions are now ready for distribu
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It la inexpensive and entirely vegetable,
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ik mMsll 111
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'When morning dawns and you hay
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