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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1916)
T1IK HKK: OMAHA, SATCKDAV. IT.WU'AKY V. V.W. Chief Figures in Sensational Wisconsin Poison Case a1 ke Advantage of the Offerings Made on These Pages 21 -7.lfi i9 Y.j0iijf WEI COME VIEWERS AND BOTTLERS OF FINE BEER ONLY "The Old Reliable" Welcome Auto Dealers 'AXTON HOTEL LOCATED IN THE HEART m OF OMAHA rellent (lafe in Connection Serving st Meals in Omaha at Reasonable the t J The greatest tiencher kj on "Earth -is- l.L.t 1 FRED KRUG BREWING CO. Consumers' Distr butors jinjMercaiitile Co. iuugiao AUUS Omaha Auto Show, February 21-26 MATINEE DAILY 2:15 0 LY The Eest cl Vaudeville itrilOIaii I Itail EVERY NIGHT 8:15 TONIGHT Mat. & Eve. ORPHEUM. ROAD Direction MARTIN BECK SHOW HASHING REG EDDIE FOY And the Seven Little Foys NONNETTE CONRAD & CONRAD LEO & MAE JACKSON THE LEIGHTONS FREEMAN & DUNHAM Orpheum Travel Weekly "ATIMA AUTOMOBILE WEEK SPECBAL ANOTHER BIG VAUDEVILLE TREAT Funniest Girl in Vaudeville "Dinkelspiel's Christinas" Page, Hack & Mask Sluart Darnes Two Tom-Boys Bert LaLlont & His Cowboys Orpheum Travel Weekly MANUAL QUIROGA The Young Spanish Violinist PRICES Matinees: Gallery, 10c; best seats, 25c, except Saturday and Sunday few at 50c. NIGHTS: 10c, 25cy 50c and 75c. 5" WW Bandits Hold Up Motor Bus Near Los Angeles, Cal. l.oS ANGF.LKM, Cal., Feb. K The Ue AiiKPlm police department wee search ing early today for IncN of four' armed men who are believed to have llfi reted in a acrlee of holdupa which look place laat night botwurn l.oe Angcle ml VmliT, a beach reaort. Althouah It waa unofficially reported t tint wvfn automobile pert lea aad an In terurban afreet car were robbed, tho pullr havt rrcolvrd flrat-hand Inform tlun of but one crime, the. holding of a motor hua oirntln between to Angrlrn an Venice and the robbing ol the ern mm aeengera and the la if friir of W In iiinney and a amull amount of Jewelry. One of tho paanengera atated that one of, the tobbera aald that thla waa the acvonth automobile "e tiaT held up tonight." Ke alao reported that two of the robber a wore women'a hata and veil? and the olhera maaka. They ar be lieved to have traveled In an automobile. All the alleged robbeiiea era aald to have taken place In the eame locality. Insurance Man Who Meets Many Rebuffs II aa It come to thtaT An ambltlnua young Insurance man who haa an offlra In tha Keellne building agreed to circulate peUllona Ii Omaha for tha aubmlaalon of the name of W J. Bryan at tha April primary aa dela- tntc-at-lame to the democrat lo national convention. " When he aaaiimed thla taak upon ra queit of a l.lnroln friend he thoUHht It would prove a huelneaa bonaler for him- eelf. Ho viewed with conaldcrable rla lion the proapect of meeting the demo crate of Omaha and aaklng them to algn for the man whoae leaderehlp here a few joara ago waa aomelhlng to conjm with. Thla young Inauranra man entered tli city hall with hla petition and told a aJ atory of having met with many rebufra lie aald at leaat M democrata had to fused to algn hla petition. He did not venture beyond the flret floor of the city hall. t-hadea of 1W4! IMlWI!WIIMfl1HIjrf(lHtl liEiiiiMiiiiiiifcli iiai!l4liiliiia'tiiftiiMilliillliilliaiwii JIp&. TAICE HOM AB OTTLE I Make Your Selection from Hiller's Large Assortment of America's Finest Whiskies, Wines, Liquors, Champagnes, Etc. 9 FREE COUPON Tear this out and bring to Hiller's Store at 1309 Farnam Street, and re ceive a valuable souvenir. CALL AMI fiF.F. 18. SEND YOUR MAIL ORDERS. 1309 Farnam Street TWO DOORS EAST OF W. 0. W. BUILDING LOOK! OLD TAVTiOH. CKUAIl liltOOK, HOMI & MMiAltl), CLANK'S KVK. GICKKMIKIMLU, And many others, at 0 qoart. ffi. ask ron vntcK list. WE PREPAY EXPRESS CHARGES ON FOUR QUARTS OR MORE GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS MEFTINGAT DES MOINES UKS MOINES, Ih., fell. U. I'crliapt the oreatrft met l.ng ever henl In loaa. at whli b tl e beiteunent of Iowa hlghwaya waa the chief and only Biibject, n Lo gun here today by nearly l.oflu goo I roada' enthuaiaata. Plana fur the convention weie made b the Jefferenri pnd Lincoln hlghHV ami' Ciattona, the Iowa P.ankera' aaao'-lnllon, commercial organlanllona of t.e a. ale, tha Pea Molnea automobile aliow and I'k Greater Lea Molnea committee. V. C. C arton of Iowa Clly, K. II. Spauldl-ig (Irlnnell and W. A. tlopklna of I jm -il made many of the preliminary arrange menta. The convention la being Ii' lit In con junction with the Dea Molnea automoMI" how. whleh opened laat Monday. Amonj the apeakera on tha program are mem here of the alate better road comnilxa oi) and the atnte highway commlaalon. One of the anbjecta to ba conalrterrfl a the convention will be the placing guide ponla on the Lincoln Highway. Vsirr.fm'Mwiiin(iiip'n;(r!!'fij r rnwrHtl!)! l"H"ii II nit tft T '.TTK'i "' W:TrV?rl h'TI C'"":'! V JF r TV PT f !lll"Hl!ll' T'l'WH I'Tf W) P getreaatTfaiaf aiigaai MaajiaBiiBiiiiiiiwaiiaaiiigiBjtiiiiiaaiiiaiiiiiii wiiipiiwan mmmmwmml: Ctg.ii''i'i'''aJ '''' i4wamiJiif.itiiiiliUiii'tl MwlSi vMm wmfoJbMMkMikV MM.mmmti Mm I Mt!ui,;i:i.!iiiiiaii:ii.iiiwii:iiii:.:;iliilii:liiiikiiiMyij BILLIARD PARLOR 1511 Harney Street The Finest in the Middle West 28 Tables Popular Prices Have your friends meet you at the 3 0 Bil liard Parlor while in Omaha attending the Auto Show. Just a block north of the Auditorium. 3,. C. C. CANNAM, Proprietor 5V I B rni7TTfTTTri. IE 1 1 J Apex Whiskey BOTTLED IN BOND 4 Full Quarts. . . $3.20 & Pull Quarts. . . 6.25 12 Full Quarts. . . 9.25 OUR OWN BOTTLING 4 Full Quarts. . $ 3.09 12 Full Quarts. . 8.00 20 Full Quarts. . 11.75 i GOOD ROADS BOND ISSUE ; GOES THROUGH WITH WHOOP i i Offlieia of the Omaha Auto i: b a e murh elated over the paaaage, S to I, f a H.00,000 bond laaue for good roada purpoaea In HI. lunula county. Mleaouri. thla week. The Auto club of Hi. Intuit I waa largely Instrumental In the auccess j of the lond laaue. Ixcal auto club men regard tha 8' Ixiuia bond laaue aa a favorable omen ii the coming aubmlaalon of a almllar bond Inane propoaltlon for iouglaa county, by which the roada here will be greatly im proved for auto and farm traffic. The Ht. Ixiula laaue waa the largeat of 111 kind ever peeaed In the mlddle-weit. Aenletant Secretary H. C Smyth of t.ie club aaya. CRONES WRITES ANOTHER LETTER Tltn Wlo Put Poison in 8m? st Chicago Banquet Gives Hi Point of View. HANDWRITING IS IDENTItli'D NEW YOttK. Feb. 18. Uel;i Ing that Jean C'ronea, the (.'btcago clie. acitieed of poisoning the aoup at dinner of Catholic clergymen and lpymen In that city. In in New Yorl: or near by, tha polica mad every effort today to run him down. The authoritlea think Cronea ta the author of two lettara mailed in thla clly to tha New York Timea tn which tba writer boaata that ha haa escaped arrest and makes veiled threats. Tha Identification by John M. Mc Ccurt, assistant United States dis trict attorney at Scranton, Pa., ol tba fac simile or tba first Cronea let ter received here aa tba handwriting o' the man wanted In Chicago stimu li' ted police efforts here. Crones' writing waa Identified by Examina tion pa pars be had aent to a corre spondence school In Scranton. The second letter, apparently alrn-td by Cronea, received by the New York pap laat night, contained what purported ,u ba hla finger prlnta. The police are en deavoring to learn by thcae pi In whether Cronea had a revord In t e .o Ilea bureau of Identification. I Teat of Ilia letter. In thla letter "the writer attempt I t tell ta an incoherent manner "why I dil It." Many of tba words are mlsspellaj, sa was the caaa in tha pravloua -leticr. The writer aaaerted that "while at Kurope mllllona of Chr!a;tan ai achlauchterlng each other In the in a bloody maaaaore, and In theie free oun try thouaanda of men and women ar tramping tha atreeia without food au4 i helter at Ue Weiy aama time t churcii holds d nera and pay lit for each cover uhlch starts with fteluga Caviar . ant Champaaane, the same money which wn begard from pour work.nsmen' and omen the aama mony were, t.ie blood of pcur workera haa run for. 'Thcae condlllona." tho writer con llntid. 'aie an acandal. Th'. Ii t.ie falli i of flirlatlsnlly and an Ilia ill to ward honeaty and a challenge humanity. Lei tun Cliui.h ana.er .hoa my chargea toward Ihe 'world nnt I at hall atand for the rhargea mad a a na'. me. "The police makee uie laugh. When 1 waa in Buffalo two aplea wheic n t"r ue. After a while they went back. How foolish la Ihe police not for two centa bralna. Traterla Ii workint fur an hour around the police head quattera but no one came out un1 it me. J am glad that the srlea from chi eneo arc com ng than t know better ni wat lime to let n- gu." rrWia Kvldeave uf riot. I'lllCAOU. Keb. lk.Kotlowiiig the pub lication thla mnrn'.ng In New Vork ra:ra cf a not er letter believed to have been written by Jean Cronea. former aaflatant chef at the I'nlveralty club of Chi ago, local pollre of 1 ' ta la put on New York author Ilea the burden of reaponalblllty for Cronea" arrect. rronet '.a wanted In connection with tha putting of poiaon Ii the aoup at a banquet recently give i Archblehop Mundeleln. Federal agents here continued today their effort a to aaalat local authorltl In running down reporta that the plan Ing waa tha reault of an antl-clorlval plot of nation-wide proportion!. it van learned tooay that federal operative rereUed warning of aucU a conaplrac more than three montha ago. At fiat time it waa reportej anarchiatlr leader were ho'd'ng aecret meeting. n Silid. Colo, dlactia.lng plana for the Inrrp'fkn of a "relun of terror" throughout ,h I'nlted Htatea by the deatructlon a' ehurehea and bulldinga. amoi j thans being the pew tJ.SOO.fOD federal bi.lldluj at Ucnvcr. l!l l'rail in Iowa and NchruKku. Outside of low and Ncltruakg uu inuHt ftdd Diet quart or 40c KI1" to Im prrpnid. WHISXiY -afl?3a :i-ce- THREE METHODIST BISHOPS SPEAK AT 0TTUMWA. IOWA JAKE KLEEN FAMILY LIQUOU UKALKH HV'f for Complmt Prlet LUt. 1314 Oougla St., OmsSi, Nei OTTl'MWA. Ta . Feb. it -The Mellio- t dial forward movement waa outlined to- diy at tha Iowa conference at the Ftrat Methndlat Kpla-opal church here, by Bis ho pa Theodore 8. Henderaon of Cliat tonooga. Tenn ; K. W. Hughes of fat. Kranrlaco and Frank XI. Briatol of Omaha, reaident blahup for thla terrltor). Thla movement, whlrh haa aa Ha goal the acquleltlon of ao.ono new church membeta. originated In tha mind of Blabop Itendrraon when he waa chalr man of the evangellatlc commlaalon. Aa Aid Ulaeellaa. irkn . tftil . Hull nA Mflinlrf .fi.. I " ' - ' " Vour ineala, irequenuy nave aour aioru- a' h and eruclationa you ahould take one k or t namneriain immruiaieiy L . it.-, dinner to aid digntton. Obtainable ifcj teiywhiie. Advertlannent. UPTON'S STEAM YACHT IS AUXILIARY CRUISER NKW VORK, Feb. IS.-SIr Thomaa Li,v ton's ateam yacht. The Krin. which haa often been Been In American watera aa a tender to 8lr Thomaa' challengers for tha Amertca'e cup. la now an auxiliary erulaer In the Hrllleh navy, attached to the fleet that la guarding the North Sea agalnat aubinarinea. Thla Information waa contained in a letter reoelved her from Blr Thomaa. In which tha yachta rnan atated that ha Is recovering from a long lllneaa and Intends aoon ta - leave England for the . United Statea and Canada. 8ir Thomaa waa taken HI after returning from Serbia, where he took part In tha organlaatlon at rcllnf wort during the tvprua epidemic. The Erin carried the American contin gent of nuraea and aurteort to Serbia. Before that It waa tn aervice S4 a boa illai eaael. ta