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FOUR FIGHT WITH
PISTOLS AND KNIVES
Charge of Swindling Back of Myi
terioTu and Bloody Battle in
St. Louis Hotel.
ALL TELL DIFFERENT STORIES
KT. LOUIS. Feb. 12. An affida
vit found In Dr. Charles W. Ken
nedy's pocket this morning ex
plained the cause of the fight with
pistol, knives and dental Instru
ments In a room in a local hotel last
n'ght In which Dr. Kennerly of
Cranlte City, 111.; Dr. A. F. Johnson.
St Louis; Walter A. Dlefenbach.
San Antonio, and Charles Lody, St.
Lou.f. were Injured. Johnson and
Kcnncrly were former college class
iiiateE. former business partners and
are lodge brothers.
In the affidavit, copies of which
have been sent to high Masonic offi
ces here. Dr. Kennerly accused
Johnson of failure to pay a It. 500
debt and of withholding other funds
anlch Dr. Kennerly claimed were
due Mm. The affidavit asked that
Dr. Johnson be expelled from the
Masonic order because of the allege
wronts to Dr. Kennerly.
Hr. John Vrrnr- Death.
This mornhie Dr. Johnson i near
drain at the city hospital, his face end
body terribly slashed nl a wound
through hips and the rroln marts hy a
single stel Jacketed bullrt. Dr. Ken
nerly, sleo .ut about the face snd arms,
was a prtwner t the honpltsl. a police
chare against him awaiting ths outcome
of Johnson's Injuria The two other par
ticipants In the flht also were prison
ers today. Dlefenbach St the hospital with
ereat -ah In tils throat', and Lndy at
Police headquarters.
Stories An t oaf llcln.
HlBhly confllctlna stories were told by
Kennerly, lody snd Dlefenbach. Ken
nerly aald he "Just happened to be In
Dlefenbat-h's room," when Ixdy and Dr.
Johnson entered, the latter with a pistol In
one hand and a knife In the other. K&
nerly said ha earn to Et Louie to collect
the money ha clatma frc:u Johnson, but
dented he used a rsvolver or that he
fought except in seU-defsnae.
ldy a!d that as assistant to Dr. John
son he accompanied the latter to Dtefon
bachs room on a professional call. Ijlef
enhaoh according to Lody, had po'ted as
"Mr. Arnold." and had requested Dr.
Johnson to perform dental work for "Mrs.
Arnold" In their room. Aa he and Dr.
Johnson stepped Into the room. Lody
ald Dlefenbach attacked Udy and Dr.
Kennerly attacked Dr. Jo'inem.
Dautmr Repreeeata Patient.
on the bed two pillows and a sheet
wrre crudely molded Into the form of the
woman" Dr. Johnson waa to treat. Lody
e.i rilued rutting Dr. Kennerly and Dlef
enbach, but aald he did It only to save
tin own life and that of hla employer.
I r. Johnson.
Ptcfrnbarh admitted registering aa "Mr.
m l Mrs. D. M. Arnold, of Mobile. Ala."
I!- said Dr. Kennerly had arranged the
dummy, on Uie bed and promised to "tell
c try thins" later In the day.
Closo Questions
Of Soldiers' Wills
Arising in, Courts
(forrenpondtmoe of th Associated frees.)
MERLIN. Feb. 8. Questions of the val
lillty of soldiers' wills. Bcncrally made In
the fluid and often In the form of Jnttera
home, have -lven the civil courts some
hard nuts to crack. If more than one
ciire the perfectly patent Intention of the
dvlaor has had to be Ipnored because he
did not know how to draw up a binding
document.
Two such caaea have Just been passed
upon and the verdlcta have been opposed
to each other through nheer accident. The
flmt Is that of a soldier who wrote from
the trenches of Prance to his fiancee
t riling her that U he anould fall he
anted her to have one-half of his projv
Hy. He aent a second letter to her
parents which he slimed "Tour Son
Frits." The first was aurned "Tour True
Frits."
By accident, rather than by design, ha
wrote out In one of the letters hts full
came and addraaa to Indicate how letters
to 'him should be made out. The oourt
held that thte accidental Insertion of the
full name legally eatabllshed the Identity
ef the testator, as hla signature did not.
and therefore upheld the validity of the
letter-wllL
A similar case went the other way ba
cauae tb letter . was signed only by a
Christian name. A mother sued In be
half of bar daughter for half of a fallen
soldlors estate, on the baste of a letter
signed only "Helnrtoh" and not dated
from any definite place. Though there
seemed to be no moral doubt ef lleln
rlrh's Intentions, the court ruled against
bla flaaoee.
Tar and Feathers
For Unionist Who
Opposes Recruiting
TV'i renpondence of ths Assoclsted Frees.)
MKLBOl'RSK. AuatraUa. Feb. l.-A
motlun recently passed by the Melbourne
Tiadca Halt council directing unlonlata
Ignore the recruiting cards which the
f-d. ial government haa mailed to every
man of military age. resulted in the tsr-mid-feathering
by returned soldiers of the
man who Introduced the motion. '
A number of labor bodies In the com
monwealth have ahown hostility to the
overnmrnt's scheme for creating the
ii w army, oa the ground that It la vir
tually conscription, but the most pro
niunc4 action thus far taken waa that
bv the Melbourne Tradee Mall council.
A few daa afterward Premier Hughes, j
who la himself a unionist, appeared at a I
nift-tins of the council while It waa fur- '
titer diacuealng the recruiting tarda. He
coke to the delegatea In ptala terma
upon their duties aa cltUena and as Brit
tab. aubjecte. denounced the council for
lta course aad advlaed It te rescind the
motloa. aa soon aa possible.
He waa met, however, by the point that
roplea of the circular containing the mo
tion had already been eeot te the various
unions and that as the council would not
meet arta until after the holidays about 1
a n.un'h must rlapee before a motion to
rii,d, of wbitii due notice mtt be
given, could be dUcuseed. It waa there
detUmi to defer action for a month.
:. hlle fort) or fifty soldiers eo-
Ur4 tie efaoe of Fredertofe Kata,
GIRL STARTS FUND TO BUILD U. S. BATTLESHIP
More than $00, including $1 from former President Roosevelt,
has been contributed to the fund started by Miss Marjorie
Sterrett, a 13-year-old school girl, to build a new U. S. battle
ship, to be called the America.
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tary of the clerks' union, who had intro
duced the motion . directed against the
reruitlni cards, snd pl Iceted the tele
phones. They had with them a can of
tar and a quantity of feathers, and when
they had tarred and feathered Kats bun
dled him Into the atreet. A woman who
waa In the orflce and waa mistaken for
Mrs. Ksts wss also tarred.
Must Raise Price
Of Sugar Beets
(Correspondence! of the Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Feb. I. An Increase In the
maximum wholesale price of augar beets
from 34 pfennigs per hundredweight to
l.M or even 1.14 la fld be necessary
If production til to 'ia eficouiaeed auffl.
clently to Insure a normal crop In 191.
Representatives of the sugar Induatry,
and of agriculture In general, gathered
recently In the ministry of the Interior
to discuss the sugar beet problem.. Ac
cording to the best obtainable estimates,
the tint augar production from the beet
crop will total only 30,noo,ono hundred
weight, . aa against a normal production
of from M.090.000 to 86.000,000 hundred
weight, i ,
The reason for the decreased produc
tion lies primarily In the high price of
STYLE F.
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It possesses all the wonderful
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Great depth, richness and "carrying quality"
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Unapproached ability to reproduce the most
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Other models from $35. Small monthly payments
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grain. Farmers find It more profitable
to plant their farms to wheat than to
boot a because the wheat brings them
higher prices. Therefore, If the beets are
to be grown again, the price of them
must be Increased. Many of the sugar
representatlvea pleaded for a maximum
price at 1.S0 marka or even 2 marks per
hundredweight. It was pointed out that
the cost of labor haa greatly Increased
and that many other fixed charges that
enter Into the production of augar from
feeeta have gone up. The majority p('
those present at the meeting, however,
agreed that a maximum price of 1 50
marka waa sufficient to Induce increased
planting of augar beeta, to . a point
whereby about 40,000,000 hundredweight
would be raised In all probability. This
taew price, it Is proposed, will become ef
fective September 1, 1911, or before the
crop la harvested. The 40,000,000 hundred
Weight, it Is believed, will be amply suf
ficient for all of Germany's needs.
The proposed lacrosse In the price of
sugar beeta wlU cause a corresponding In
creaae In the prloe of raw augar. It now
Is controlled by a m.:.lnr,um price of 12
marka- per hundredwt'g.uV and wilt go up
to at least IS marka
Far Releasee llooaer. ,
Ths Fargo club of the Northern league
haa released Kddle Hooper to enable him
to elga a manager of the Ciiamberaburg
olub of the lllue Kldge league.
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OBJECT TO DRINKING RULES
Efulationg in London Cause Many
Protests, bnt Have Little Ef
fect on Liquor Traffic.
VERT WET COMPARED WITH IT. 8.
(Correspondence of the Aaeodated Preaa.)
LONDON. Deo. 10-The new drink reg
ulations making It unlawful te buy or
aell any Intoxicant at any lloenaed
premise or In clubs except between the
hours of noon and l:M and ( JO and In
the evening and on Sundays between the
hours of 1 and I and between and ,
have led to an outburst of criticism.
From an American point of view the
drinking habtta of an claaaee are strik
ingly general here: Indeed, one of the
leadera of the British cabinet told an
Associated Preaa representative thla week
that the consumption of alcohollo bever
ages here Is more than double what It la
in the United Statea and that the efforts
to reduce the drinking by shortening the
hours of sals In munition eentera have
as yet reaulted In a reduction of leea than
15 per cent In the amount ecnaumed In
there areas. Rut there haa been a dlrau
nltlon In the number both of arrests and
prosecution for drunkenness, time-keeping
sheets In the factories reveal a alight
Improvement, crews of ahlpa are more
sober and the transportation of supplies
la attended with lea delay.
. "Seventy Women Enter One Publlo
Houae In Fifteen Minute" la the tltte
of an article that haa attracted wide at
tention aa calling notice to the general
drinking among lower olaas woman In
London. It waa written by Rev. T. H.
Gllllngham, "the cricketer-parson," who
says he counted that number of women
go Into a saloon In a quarter of an hour
In one of the poorer eectlona of London.
He adds:
"I don't suppose It continues all day at
this rate, but from many Inquliiea I
learn that during morning and afternoon
large numbera of women paaa their time
In theee placea, and one man who la an
alderman In a well known dlatrict told
me he had never aeen so much drinking
In thirty year aa since the war began."
Women Drlaklagr More.
The reaaon given for thla increaee la
the amount of money that the war baa
brought to women whose husbanda are
$250,000 FOR HEW
' CLEANING RECIPE
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Dmher Brothers will Pay this
to Person or Persons Who
Will Discover, Make or
Compound a Successful
"Substitute" to Be
Used in Glean
ing Work.
Colossal Chance for Chemists,
Inventore, Geniuses, Eta,
to Grow Independently
Rich Through an
Idea,
Coma forward ya straggling in
ventors! You've oftaa wad ,y0u
didn't have a fair ctzsts, but hr
It one if aver thare waa on.
Drearier Brothers. The Cleaners
and Dyers, at 2211-3313 Farnam
street. Omaha, will give $260,000
cash for "something" that will clean
clothing, etc., as perfectly and safely
as the "something" they now use.
The compound, preparation or
process must be perfectly harmless to
the most delicate fabric, must not
fade or take out one lota of color,
must be entirely odorless and non
explosive, must not shrink fabric,
yet remove dirt and grease to the
last veatlre.
Dresners have something new that
posacases the proper properties;
something that does Just what they
want It to do. but. It's so all-fired,
Infernally expensive that lta use
borders well nlgb on to prohibitive,
because of the rapid raise In price
of almost every commodity.
Dresners have lately reduced their
prices on men's pressing work and
would like to reduce cleaning prices
as well, but a reduction on cleaning
will be out of the Question until
prices on present materials go down,
or until some brainy or lucky genius
discovers the "substitute" for which
Dreehers are offering a $260,000
reward.
Now then get busy there's
$260,000 In It for you If yoa bare
what Dreehers need and will agree
to give Dv-eshers the exclusive right
to use it. (Bear in mind that the
$260,000 will be forthcoming in real
and not conversational money, If
your idea fills the bill).
Papers all over America please
copy this, fw the offer is not re
stricted to Omahans by any means.
A Fiji Islander can get away with
the $260,000 aa well aa a resident of
Kankakee, 111., if he has what's
wanted. -
in the meantime Phone Tyler 346
and have a Dresner man come after
the clothes you want cleaned, or
leave the clothes at the plant, at
Dresher The Tailor, 1616 Farnam.
street, or at the Dresher branches
In the Burgess-Nash or Brandela
stores. Advertisement.
TM fcastftstSM to tb Btr
la tha ecsitral wws wtca
boildtata sfartr1 ta tfeefcr rsr.
ample aosjavda. yet entirely AU
tiaot. and tendertns It peael&U to
olaaatfr osans Tbe one aidlnf
Wag ttttad tor aad de-eta4 te Ue
treatment of aov-coataa-koa and
a oa -dental diseases, ae others be
ing admitted; the other Rest Cot
tage befag deatgned tor and de
voted to tb exclaatve treatment
ef eeleet masktal eaaa requiring
for 4 time wa&c&fnl ear and ape
ctal narelag.
pop" conoEnT
avsrroBrtriK iobat it i ml
o.HBts aavaaa Baxxa,
At Taiai'SOTaJia. Ouaaaotor.
XX? aa Oiuluk oread Ovn Siady
elua, atiaa Bertaa Cod ay, aoiwiat, wlU
reader "lanaaaetee."
aU aroat I 1UMIT.
drawing separation allowanoea and to
whom opportunities for labor have never
been no plentiful. And anybody who
looks below the surface of political man
Ifestetioria can see that thla Increaae of
money among the poor haa not been an
altogether nnmlxed bleealnf and that the
atempt to preach economy and against
waste la meeting with little effective re
sults la many communltiee where spend
ing money ta more abundant than It haa
ever been before. To an American with
no prohibition pi-ocllvttlew It la a shock
than one doea not readily get aceuatomed
to, to aee women and children In thlr
arms atandlng outside the public bounce
emptying their glasses and to read the
signs en the doors that children "under
14" muni not enter. It la no atlgma to
visit or to lolte- In the "puba."
Some complain that the cabinet aet a
bad example and that only two or three
of the ministers followed the leadership
of the king and agreed to give up alcohol
during the war and there Is a great deal
of discussion along the llnea that the
Englishmen doea not like to have hla
habits Interfered with or h!s personal
liberty regulated by law. However that
may be. every movement in the line of
restriction meeta with vlgoroue opposi
tion and It reemtrsa no little courage,
aa courage goea among politicians, to
ace It even with the country at war.
Advertisers and customers profit by ths
"Classified Ad" habit.
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THE GREATEST SHOWING OF SPLENDID VALUES of any
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COMPARE THESE WONDERFUL VALUES
All small lots, all Individual pieces In Dressers. Chiffoniers.
Buffets. Dining Room Tables. Rockers, Bed Davenports,
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I Rugs, Etc., must and will be closed out at
February Sale of
DRESSERS
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18.00 solid oak Drone- f r ar
era, I draw era, prlc. ..: .
119.60 Dressers, quartered oak.
top arawera awell aia ep
shaped, aafle ertce V I Us I 9
122.60 Dreasers, solid . fie, as
oaJ. full awell fronts.
132.60 Dressers, mahoajsny fin-,
isn wo on anous, aell C fl
Ms; rsliue. at. only 91 I s3U
two short Arawera, mirror it
MOO mahogany. Dreaaersi
verjr massive, three Ion and
iwo anort arawera, mirror 2
z24 inohea; aale nl CA
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This Sals Offers You Savings
of From One-Third to One-Half.
February Sale off
Dining Room Tables
H.S0 extenalon table.' 6-1
atyle. gtlln flnlah. CO ft ft
aarie price, only .. Pws9V
116.60 Tables, American oak
finished, square ped- Q fiC
estal, sale price .... WsU
122.60 Tables. American quar
tered oak, 10-ln. bar- u a a
rel pedestal, price
127.60 Tablea, eolld oak, plank
top. Colonial deelcn, hlirh fin-
ofy.'... SI5.75
All hlrher priced aampl
tables at from one-third ta
sonenaJrnainaJ
$12.90
FOR THIS
SPLENDID
122,60 PEDESTAL TABLE.
Has large circular top, round
pedestal and Is built of solid
oak. Terms $1.00 casb and
$1.00 monthly.
Sals of Library Tables
II 60 Library Tables, aolld oak.
fuuied finish; 4 QC
ssle price 0fiJ9
616.00 Plana Top Library
Tablea. fumed. I-lnch auuare
is? nr..?!?.... S8.75
till and 126.00 Sample Li
brary Tablee. la roUn oak or
fumed finish. A DumNr of dif
ferent styles; your I 4 1 C
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IXnadreds ef 1 J Very e a sy
other equal- ff V terms dor.
ly asi rood a"s--j la tola sals
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uie oa; worm f.oa. sale price
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$8.95 W E 1-1.
MADE K1TCMKN
OAMIET. Simi
lar to tlluatratlon.
with cabinet top,
wvrth 116.00.
LITTLE DIPL0CACUS DOES IT
Aitknr ef the Katlaaal Grip Esl.
deanle Tacared ky the
Dextera.
More than a score of phyalciana held a
symposium on the recent grip epidemic
at a meeting of the Northern Medical as
sociation of Philadelphia, in the Northern
dispensary, ' OM Falrmount avenue, and
disclosed many vagartea. that developed
In connection with the malady. The real
cause of grip, according to Dr. J. B.
Mucker, director of the state laboratorlee.
Is the presence of what Is termed "the
little dlplocacus" In the blood. In his pa
per on "Grip In Adults." Dr. I Napo
leon Boaton said:
"in the recent epidemic the grip wss
more prevalent than In former yeara. but
the symptoms were milder. At the same
time there were more cases showing se
rious nervous symptoms than ever before.
There were a number of cases of acute
Insanity, due to exhauntlon, and In some
Instances a wild delirium developed even
after the patlent'a temperature had fallen
to normal. Swollen Joints were another
unusual symptom that accompanied this
epidemic.-" Philadelphia Record.
Retalne Foar Veta.
The Milwaukee club haa retained only
four of last season's players, outside of
the pitching staff.
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TERMS TO SUIT YOU
1095
For this solid
oak Colonial
Dresser
Just like the Illustration; built of
solid oak, la a colonial design.
This is an extra high trade value
and ordinarily retails at f 18.50.
Terms: ft Cash and fl per Mo.
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February Sale of
Rugs and Draperies
$7.60 Plymouth Rus. room size,
a very dnalrabla bedroom 4P OC
rua; aale price rsa.u
$31.60 Seamleaa Brussels Hub-.
else Sail feet, very SQ ir
(pretty pattern, for . . wlwilO
3.60 Vslvet Ruse, else I QO
:Tz54-ln.; your choice, VliJO
Punch mops
and one quart
of oil. a lion
Curtains,
three bis
at Mo,
$1.19
In
lots
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and
value
$1.50
price.
llOe Conaoleujn
taata, II Incline
Princess Vav
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DAVENPORTS
26.00 automatio Davenports.
American quartered oax
frames. tlfi Cfl
aaie price "iwiws
242.60 Doofold Davennorta.
golden or fumed finish, quar
' tared oak f ramea, 0OJI 7C
sale price Mifl I J
66.00 Duofold Davenports,
quartered oak fram. arehulne
leather upholster. Q M FA
ed, aale price ....wmUW
All our nia-n arale sample
Davenport at from one-third
to one-hair reduction.
Big Reductions in . Every De
partment in the House. Buy Now!
if February Sale off II
urass ana iron ueds
One lot Enamel Beda, fl tt
values to $4.60. for el.SJ
One lot of Iron Beds, enamel
finish, values to t9 QC
, 67.60; aale price...
16.60 White Enameled Beds,
masalve 2 -inch Q M ft J-
tublnv. sale price..
69.00 raae Beda, well ma!e.
full else, apeclal C Qr
sals price, only.... 9w3
621.60 Brass Beds, satin fin
ish, a splendid I CC
Value, aale price.. VIHiUtf
$30 Brass Beda, satin finish.
an exceptional
$16.75
value, sale price .
Buy Now
Pay
Later H1 1 Ofl FOR THIS BENT
wl 1 JJ POST BRASS
BED. Finished in saUn. ex
tremely durable, an unusually
bis value. Worth $17.60.
FEBRUARY SALE
BUFFETS
$20.00 Buffets, American
quartered oak f-j i aas
finish, sale pr . .y I Os I w
$25.00 Buffets, fumed
oak finish, French plate
mirror, eplen- tJI C CA
did value at . ylO.OU
$35.00 Buffets, construct
ed of genuine quartered
oak, fumed finish, very
Stylish. fArl f"A
sale price v&&s3v
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