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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 'JO, 1908. L I 111 Dour- a oth rhense Bfaeh All Pagto. in. A-1S41 TARIFF OR CHEAP LABOR Extra for Friday 500 Beautiful Dress and Skirt Lengths to Be Sold Friday Judging from wha we have already sold during this special one-week sale of black drees goods, at Friday's spe cial prices, we expect to cut at least 500 skirts and dress lengths.. People bought for Christmas to a surprising ex tent. You cannot make any mistake, as black is always good. NOTE Come here for the best man-tailored skirt in the city made to your special measure. The charm of new ness and delusiveness of these advance models is fairly captivating. See them whether you wish to buy or not. On Saturday we will sell a large assortment of children's 85 $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 Astrakhan ami -Bearskin Hats, at, each .49c See Howard Street Window. mm Bee. ll-l-'0. CODERS' REPORT DEBATED (Continued from First Page.) ' amendment were adopted by a. vote tf VI, 272 to J.67S. Report ob Political Actios. The next section of the prealdent'a report referred to the political action of Mr. Gmper, and. the executive council during the 1 to presidential -campaign, under the , caption, '.'Legislation-and Political Aotlon." , .The report describes the actions of the I rVfldent and executive council alone thia ,Unfc. The committee in Ha report endorsed .their actions, The committee quoted thret . sections from the report which it especially ' commends. The first says: . ,The American labor movement Is not T.aitl'm to a political party; it Is partisan to a p.lnclple of equal rights and human freedom. , ., " The second quotation saya: -Our conventions have frequently declared thai our movement has neither the right nor the desire to dictate how a member hall enst his vote. It has been my prlv lUge and honor always so to insist, t have not departed and cannot now depart from I flit true trade union oourse. At the Us r prills convention the following declaration was adopted: i "We must have with us in our eronomlo movement men of all parties as well as of nil creeds, nnd the minority right of the humblest man to vote where he pleases ,erd to worship where his conscience dic tates must be sacredly guarded." The committee. In its remarks on the 'quotation, sayst , We hold thHt this does not hold in the rase of an 'executive officer while he re mains as such. If he is unable to agree with this and must oppose, for con scientious reasons, any policy the commit tee believes In. it is his right and duty to resign his office. Shot Aimed at Keefe. j (This recommendation was aimed directly at Daniel i. -Keefe, who aa a member of the executive council came out In a public statement la support of William H. Taft .for president after the council had declared ror W. J. Bryan. The third quotation is the words of Mr Gompera o$ .th,e.M.PQlJ.lcaJl , campaign. Jn which he said: Jt has 'heeiY'rMr-pilervW to 'place before you the entire matter In my participation in me political campagn, wnatever conse uuences It may entail. I submit It to you ' for such Judgment as you may deem best .to render and such action as you may care to tiike. I am deeply conscious of thls'one fact, that I hsve endeavored to give voice to the wrongs which labor has endured and to which the tollers are subject. nave plesded fir the righting of thess wrongs. I have Dressed home to the full the sufferings and the Injustice done my fellows. To the -very limit of what ever ability or power t may possess I have mrown it into the scale of the cause of my ciow worxers. V Max Hayes of the Typographical union objected to the report of the committee and argued that If the federation wanted to go Into politics It would be better for Jt to support the socialist party in prefer rnce to the democratic. . 8everal other delegates spoke In oppost Hon to the committee, report, but a vote was not reached when the convention ad journed until morning. Dolan Calls at White Hoaae. WASHINGTON, Nov. la-Another labor conference was held at the White House today whrfi T. J. Dolan, secretary of the Steam Shovellers and Dredgemen's union, Called to see the president. Mr. Dolan was a guest at the Tuesday night ''labor dinner." Ha Is in favor of the passage of a bill authorising a publicity commission to In vestigate proposed strikes and lockouts and give the facta to the public as speedily aa possible. This is the plan approved by Mr. Taft In a letter to a prominent New York man during the campaign. Mr. Dolan ex plained his views to the president, who lis tened attentively, but refrained from ex- pressing any opinion. HAPPINESS FORBALO HEADS Ninety Per Ont of Them Can Raise Crops of New Hair. Champ Clark Gets Answer from Cali fornia Fruit men. r TELL HIM WHERE THEY STAND Competition with Cheap Prod eels of Soatnera Coaatrlea Readers Fro teetloa a Neeealtr Com ilttee Hears Growers. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-In the prepa ration of a new tariff bill to be presented at a speclat session of congress, March next, numerous changes In the schedule covering agricultural products and pro visions will have to be considered by the ways and means committee of the house. The principle article about which there is a contention for a change in the duty ap pears to be citrus fruits, oranges, lemons and grape fruit. After hearing arguments from the Florida and California citrus frlut growers, all urging high protective duty on those fruits, Champ Clark, the most active questioner on the democratic or "duty for revenue" side of the committee, asked one of the witnesses "whenxare you fellows going to stand on your feet and have your trade self-supporting without the perpetual pro tection of the tariff?" "When the democratic party gets Into power and labor Is reduced to twenfy-flve cents per day," was the sharp rejoinder. The ways and means committee's private room adjoining the committee room is ss sumlng the appearance of a exhibition hall. Several crates of oranges, grape fruit and a crate of lemons, the latter being entirely neglected by members of the committee, were submlttel as samples by the California Fruit Growers association. Several of the members of the committee discovered be fore the session began this morlng, that California fruit makes good breakfast food. TWENTY YEARSp OIL (Continued from First Page.) TRAFFIC IN SLAVE WOMEN Discoveries la Seattle Will Beeolt la Shaken? la Immigration Offices. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 19. With the ar rest today at the instance of Secret Service Agent Miller of Captain T. R. Gawley, for mer master of sound steamships Edna and Advance, and K. Katayama, Japanese inter preter, charged with the importation of Japanese women Into the United States, a general shakeup In the affairs of the local as well as the British Columbia, Immigra tion offices is expected. A ' few months ago the department Washington sent a woman decoy to Seattle, who upon her arrival here began her ne gotiations with the dealers in women. Ac cording to her statement she learned that Captain Gawley could furnish her with women and completed negotiations for as many Japanese women as he could get ut 1300 a head. A retainer of $200 waa .given him and a few days ago, upon request or demand, he was given $25 more. After fur nishing the decoy with five women, Gawley became auspicious and was preparing, to leave town last night when Secret Service Agent G. A. Miller, who had been shadow ing him, pointed him out to the polloe, who arrested hlmV ' Gawley makes his home In Belllngham. It Is thought that his manner ofMoing busi ness was through the mosquito fleet at Van couver and Victoria, ' K. Katayama has been handling the legal phase of the business for Gawlsy and the othera who have been Importing women into the country. Fpr two years conditions have been such that to smuggle Japanese women Into the country has been an easy matter. Chicago, New York and other cltlea of the east have been supplied at various times with Japa nese women, for whom the price of $200 a head was paid. IT'S ALL IX PKOPUK TREATMENT. Omaha Htars About XX. Hott's Q ' Bestorer Which Brings Back to radsd, Orsy jr.lr the natural . ' Color of Tonth. In '"The Prisoner of Chillon" Lord Uvron wrote: "My hair is gray, but not With years." Grsy hair Is not alwaya a Sign of age. Nebraskana Just now are evincing considerable interest in Dr. Mott's Q-ban Hair Restorer, which Is really responsible for a happy nutlonal shortage in Ita gray hair crop. There are enough preparations for the liair on the market to float a battleship. The promises given for some of them are laughable. For this Southern discovery of " Dr. Noll, however, no extravagant clalnu are made, but positive restoration of gray, faded hair to-its natural color Is ensured. Proof In support of this are abundant, but people who prefer a guarantee are met with the proposition that If three bott'e of Dr. NotCs Q-bsn Hair Restorer do aot turn hair from gray to the de sired darker color, the druggist of whom the preparation hae been bought will re turn all the money paid for them. Dr. Nott s Restorer has arrested many casee of premature baldness. The problem of reitoring color lo gray hair, arresting falling hair, the rure of dandruff anil all diseases of the scalp was made a life study by Dr. No'.t, and In Ms Restorer he has offered a solution. It can be had of Myers-Dillon Drug Co., the druggist. One bottle can be obtained free. Ask about this plan. WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Grief Over the Recent Death of Her '- .Mother Said to Bo the Caase. PIERRE. 8. D.. Nov. 19. (Special Tele gram.) Miss Nettle Perry of Rush mors, Minn., thia evening took a dose of laud anum while In the toilet room at the North western depot In this city. A short time after she was found lying on the floor. with the partly emptied bottle In her hands. After hard work she partially re covered and waa taken to the hospital, where she la not yet out of danger. 8he came here from Rushmore to visit a brother, who Uvea near Fort Pierre. Grief over the death of her mother Is supposed to be the cause. plant In Philadelphia, Including the plant of the Atlantic Refining company, the Model Oil company and reflnerlea in Pitts burg, the latter being under the name of the Standard Oil company of Pittsburg. The aggregate of the property purchased Mr. Rockefeller estimated at $3,000,000. The object of these purchases, said Mr. Rockefeller, was to extend the export busi ness and secure the valuable specialties in cans and of the brands of oil. Asked about the Smith's Ferry Oil Transportation company, Mr. Rockefeller said he could not recall distinctly anything about that company. "There were pipes and some thing, but I don't recall," he said. "I am haxy at the moment. I know there was such a place In the early days." '.'I come to your dealings In 1875 with Porter, Moreland A Co. and Bennett, Warner Co.," said the examining at torney. "They were located In Tltusvllle. John D. Archbold was Identified with Porter, Moreland Y Co. Mr. Rockefeller said negotiations for the purchase of these firms were consummated In 1876 With the ob.lect of extending the company's business. The Acme Oil com pany waa organised to purchase the prop erties. Mr. Rockefeller said his attention was first directed to lubricating oJl about 1878. About 17 the Standard Oil company pur chased the American Lubricating Oil com pany of Cleveland and the Mica Axle Grease sompany. The purchases were made with the Idea of further diversifying the business and securing a lubricating trade. I want to bring to your attention the Em pire Transportation company and what Its relations were." Transportation Companies. The company was the owner of cars and the transporters of nil and other prod ucts on the Pennsylvania railroad. As we understood, the company was controlled by Pennsylvania Interests. The company had gathering pipe lines In the oil region." The company, said Mr. Rockefeller, also engaged In the refining of oil, controlling the Bone-Fleming Interests here and a re finery In Philadelphia. "What conditions came about In 1378 or thereabouts with regard to this company?" Railroads and refining interests wore disturbed. There was a great cutting t rates. The refining Interests were dis turbed as were the railroads, which laid considerable stress on the amount of oil they should carry." "What relations would be affected on the New York Central, Erie, Atlantic fc Great Western nnd Baltimore & Ohio by the Pennsylvania having a refining business?' They were much concerned as to what loss of the oil trade to them would follow and there was a heavy cutting, of rates.' Mr. Rockefeller's counsel asked htm If It It wss brought home to him, Mr. Rocke feller said, that the Improvements were neceoeary and as the oil supply Increased new pipe Unes were built "It was a big undertaking and very Interesting," said Mr. Rockefeller. ' "It waa necessary to see that there should be no waste of oil and no delays. Wherever there waa oil we had men to take care of It. Our conserva tive men felt that we should not go Into such expenditures, but our men In the field came In and made pressing demands for 500.000 barrels of tankage. We gave It to them. Millions of barrels of tankage were built and through It we saved much oil that would otherwise have been lost under the old system. It was a Godsend to the country thst we moved boldly In the mat ter." Mr. Rockefeller said that all the pur chases to which he referred were made by the Standard Oil company of Ohio and that the money was taken from Its treasury Instead of being .collected from the stock holders. The' stocks of other companies which were members of the Standard Oil company of Ohio were held for Its stock holders.. He said that In 1879 this plan of ownership 'was put In written" -frfi-m and when he was shown the psper on the wit ness stand today he Identified It. It was shown by this paper that Vilas, Keith and Chester were also trustees for other stock held for the benefit of the Standard's stock holders. The capital stock of the Standard OH company of. Ohio at that time was shown to be $3,500,000. Drawbacks and Pooling;. Mr. Rockefeller waa shown a pooling contract for the distribution of oil carrying between different railroads, fixing rates on refined and( crude oil and. containing a pro vision for "drawbacks" to refiners for certain shipments, to the seaboard. The wit ness said the contract Was drawn to put the different refining points on a parallel. "The effect of this agreement was that It would cost the man In Cleveland no more to ship refined oil to seaboard than a shipment made from any other point. It also assured reflnera that the same rates for shipment would be alike on all lines," said Mr.. Rockefeller. He added that the contract further showed that shippers of crude oil to sea board received 23 cents a barrel drawback, If the pipage rates were maintained as agreed upon by the piping company. Mr. Rockefeller said he had not been closely familiar wUh the freight business for nearly thirty years. "This agreement produced steadiness and did away with the discrimination against Cleveland, as Thomas Scott promised to do," he declared. John G. MUbura, Rockefeller's counsel, announced that Mr. Rockefeller's direct examination ended at this point and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow, when Frank B. Kellogg, the government's counsel, said the cross-examination would begin. BIG DEAL IN BURLEY TOBACCO Friday Will Bo a Day of Exceptional Bargains in Boys' Clothing ImmeDee lota from the Wholesale Stock of LTVY and WEINSTEIN. NEW YORK Retiring from business. At Unheard of Reductions This great pun-iiuse contained boys' clothing of high grade all on sale Friday oelow cost. 300 doz. boys' $1.50 Bloom er and Knickerbocker Fants all wool ages f dTk 4 to 16 years, iFMp 500 dozen boys' straight KNEE PANTS ages 4 to 16 and worth up to 50c a pair, at, per pair. . . . 25c will go at 200 dozen boys' fine all wool Blue Serge Knickerbocker Pants positive ly worth $1.50 and $2.00, at . 85 c All the Boys' $2.50 quality Knee Pants Suits ages 6 to 14 from the Levy & Weinstein UlO cf1r of J J DtVVIk 41 eeeeeeeea All the Children's $3.00 Russian Over coats ages 3 to 8 years from 48 the Levy & einstein stock, on sale Fndav at sr. I I- Your unrestricted choice from the pur chase boys' Knickerbocker suits 98 . ages 4 to 15; Boys' Overcoats (black and gray), ages 9 to 15 made to sell at $3.50 and $4.00, at p Your unrestricted choice of any Knick erbocker Suit, Overcoat or Reef ermade to sell at $4.50, $5.00, and $6.50, at 1,) if- T75 - - Boston Store GOAT PROVES TOO LIVELY (Continued from First Page.) Trust Bora rounds Nearly Eighty Million from the Growers' Combine. CHANGE MAY MEET IN IOWA national Association C'oneladea l)t- llberatloas in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. U.-Tho National grange, Patrons of Husbandry, which has been In session here for a week past, con eluded Its labors today and adjourned to meet next year at a place aad time to be designated by the executive committee. It waa said today that In all likelihood Pes Moines, la., would be selected for the next meeting. The principal event ot the closing srs sion wae the visit of a delegation from the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Among the number was Prof. J. L. Snyder of the Michigan Agricultural college, who In an address predicted that forty years from now there would be 200,0u0,000 people In the United Etates; that the tendency now waa toward segregstlon Into classes, as Is dene In Europe, and that this could only be averted by consulting the farmers. PILES CURED I m -rn la OATS. PAZO OINTMENT Kuaranteed la cure any rase of Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding Piles In t to 11 days or money refunded. Mc. Dollars I Pays a month's rental on a Beautiful Upright Piano. WU you go without music in your home when for so little you may have it! Rental allowed if purchased. " Free' moving on six months' rental. Call or phono ; your oorder today. ' Sclmi oiler & Mueller Piano Co. 1511-1313 F&rn&m Street -'Phone Douglas 1623.. ' Independent A-1625. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Nov. 19.-The big deal between the American' Tobacco company, ' and the Burley Tobacco society for tho 190 and part of the. 907 crops of tobacco, which has been hanging fire for several weeks, was closed here late today. The price agreed on In the transaction which was said to bo the largest of Its kind ever put through, la an average of 304 cents for the ISCtf crop and 17 cents per pound rorthe 1907 product. The deal Involves ..nearly 80,000,000 pounds of tobacco held In . the tool by the Burley Tobacco society -and. an outlay of some thing like $H,000t-n the part of the American Tobacco, Company, practically all of this money being placed In circulation ot once In central Kentucky. The tobacco aold Includes the larger part of the holdings of the Burley Tobacco Growers association, which was formed several years ago, which pooled Its crop In 1908 and 1907. No crop was raised by the members of the association In 1908, though a number of Independents raised large crops In cen tral Kentucky under guard. According to many who are In position to know, the sale of tho pooled crop will mark the end of night riding . In central and eastern Kentucky, at least for the present, as It Is though with these crops out of the way practically all the, growers will raise to bacco next year. , The sale has nothing to do with the crops fn the dark district or western portion of Kentucky, and northern Tennessee. - ESTATE OF NELSON MORRIS Property ot Late Packer Estimated at sixteen Millions, Some in Sooth Omaha Stocks. CHICAGO, Nov. 19. (Special Telegram.) An Inventory of the estate of the late Nelson Morris shows property valued at 116.000,000, of which $10,000,000 Is In stocks. were true that the rates obtained by hlni including aeventy-flve shares Union Stock during the period of the Standard Oil com- , Ttrdg Katlonal bank of South Omaha, and S38 shares of the Bouth Omaha Land com pany's war with the Pennsylvania railroad were to crush and cripple the Empire Transportation company, so that ttie Stan dard Oil company might acquire Its prop erty. "It Is not," replied Mr. Rockefeller. Empire Transportntlon Company. Resuming his testimony after the recess. Mr. Rockefeller said that when the Empire Transportation company was organized "our Interests presented the matter to the rail roads and protested to the Pennsylvania. We stopped our shipments over the Penn sylvania and used other lines." he contin ued. "We objected to the Pennsylvania railroad engaging in the refining business. We did not know where we stood. They were shipping their own oil over their own lines and discriminating against us. Other railroads agreed to stand by us, but there was much bitterness between the railroads. We made our shipments over the Lake Shore. New York Central and we purchaaed the Empire Transportation company and pipe lines to which I have referred. The Pennsylvania railroad acquired the rars of the Empire company and Issued car trust certificates, which we purchased." Mr. Rockefeller said that when this trans action was completed and the Pennsylvania railroad atopped refining the railroad war stopped and an agreement was entered Into between the roads whereby they obtained a percentage of the oil carrying trade. The Standard Oil interests were called upon to make thoee arrangements effective. The witness said that the war between the rail roads to obtain the oil trade bad been de moralising to the oil business. Mr. Rockefeller said that the company guaranteed tne Pennsylvania railroad a certain number of barrels of oil a year and In consideration the railroad company guar anteed to pay back 10 per rent of the rate PHld on the oil shipped. Baylnsj ef Pipe Lines, Mr. Rockefeller said that the Standard began acquiring pipe line Interests In lbTi and Increased Its ownership from time to time until 177, when they were assembled Into the United Pipe line. The Standard also had the American Transfer Pipe line. The pipe lines were regarded as an Impor tant adjunct. Mr. Rockefeller then described the gath erlng of pipe lines Into a system to carry the oil from the wells to the railroads be fore the trunk line system was established. There were many small systems which eeuld not teach the oil wells becai.se of financial Inability to construct new lines. pany, all with a par value of 1100. COMPLETE VOTE OF KANSAS Taft's Plurality la Over Thirty-Six Thousand Bryan liana Be hind Botkln. TOPEKA, Kan.;' Nov. 19 Complete offi cial returns of the Kansas election show that Taft's vote 'was 197,298 and Bryan's vote 161.0F8, giving Taft a plurality of 36.210. W. R. Slubbs, republican. 196.M7. and Hot- kin. 162,529. Stubs was low man on the ticket. Whea The Little One is Peevish Restores good humor with a delicious dish of golden brown Post Toasties school year ending July 8, 1907. This direc tory shows there are 6,783 school districts and 6,874 school houses. The number of teachers employed was 10,059 and their wages amounted to 3,627.476,4, or arr average of 148.69 each a month. There are 372,648 school children or children of school age' In the state and the total enrollment was J76,4G4. School district property Is listed at I12,7G5,384,S9; amount paid for books and supplies, S2S4.2S3.27, making the total expenditures for the year $5,759,222.96. The cost of education on enrollment was $20.83 a pupil. The total indebtedness of the districts Is $3,296,413.49. There are 504 graded schools In the state and $,809 teach ers In graded schools. Hyder Ready to Quit. At the hour of 12 o'clock noon, or there abouts on the 7th day of January, 1909, Colonel John J. Ryder, who has made the office of labor commissioner famous, will, unless something Interferes to prevent, shake the dust of office from his feet and retire once more to the more quiet, digni fied and remunerative and peaceful walks of life, a private cltixtn. He will bid fare well to the troubles of a fire escape In spector; to the Inspection of packing houses and laundries and school buildings and opera houses; to women's clubs who have advice to offer regarding the enforcement of the child Ubor law; to the 900 crop cor respondents whom he has Joined together as one happy family. He will change from "Nebraska's official booster" to an ordl nary boosting Ncbraskan. "When I hear the approach of my suc cessor on January 7." said Colonel Ryder It will sound to me like an Invitation to depart and depart I shall. Without regret, too, for to the victor belongs the spoils, and my office will be In shape to turn over." From a financial standpoint office-holding has not been a howling success with the colonel, for his salary has been sufficient about to pay household expenses, so when his family caslres up he will discover he Is In a lot of experience and out the cost of moving from Omaha and back again. Object to Raise la Salaries. Modern Woodmen are being Interested to take one side or the other In the matter of the action ot the head camp In raising the salary of the head officers. Today there was circulated in Lincoln copies of the True Woodman, which has been started to knock on Head Consul Talbot and others for what the paper designates as the "salary grab." The publication contains a letter from Ita editor to Mr. Talbot regard ing tho action of the head camp and the reply made by Mr. Talbot. The paper shows numerous camps have adopted resolutions condemning the Increase In salurles and expenses. Barton Looks Over His Job. Auditor-Elect S. R. Barton' was In Lin coln today and called at the office of the. auditor and shook hands with those wiicso heads he la likely to snif off ere long. "I have not decided on any appointments yet," he said. "I shall make some appoint ments before the first of the year, but Just how many I do not know, but I have lots of good material from which to select and I shall not be In any hurry to get my force together." MEN WHO KNOW ARE NEEDED next week for complicity In the holding up and robbing of Northern Pacific train No. 7 In Northtown Junction last spring. The reason for the refusal is that Sher cllffe Is under Indictment. He Is also undei sentence to twenty years In the Colorado penitentiary for murder. FORMER OMAHA WOMAN GUILTY Jury at Rnpld City, S, I). Holds Mrs. Barbour Killed Her Fos ter Daughter. RAPID CITY, S. D., Nov. 19.-(8peclal Telegram.) After having been out over fif teen hours the Jury In the trial of Mrs. Mary Harbour, formerly of Omaha, for the murder of her 17-year-old foster daughter. Rose Rosso, commonly known as Rose Adams, returned a verdict this forenoon convicting tho defendant of manslaughter in the second degree. Mrs. Harbour has not yet been sentenced, but probably will be brought before Judge Rice tomorrow morning for that purpose. One "Solitary Reason WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Postmnaters Named for Towns In Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (8peclal Tele gram.) Postmasters appointed: In Iowa Marysvllle, Marlon county, T. L. Conrey, vice John M. Watts, resigned. South Da kota Templeton, Jerauld county, Walter mlng Gray Rocks, Laramie county, George If. Boswell, vice B. E. Atchlnson, resigned. is enough to bring you here , for your wedding garments. It's that the most particular and punctilious people patronize ua every time they have to attend or be attended at a marriage. Nice Dlack Suits to order " ' $25 nd UP Full Dress Suit to order ' 350 nd i. ' Perfect Fit Guaranteed. MacCarthy-Wilson Tailoring Cs. S04-80T3 South 16th St. ' Near Southwest Corner 16th and Farnam. DEATH RECORD. P. II. Graves. SH ELTON, Neb., Nov. 19. (Special.) P. H. Graves, a respected business man and cashier of Melsner's bank, died suddenly at his home here today. The direct cause of his death was a stroke of apoplexy which he suffered a few months ago. He leaves a wife and three children. Mlas Agnes Field. Miss Agnes Meld of Humbolt, la., died of typhoid fever In Omaha, Wednesday evening. The body is now at the Dodder underteking parlors and will be taken home by the two brothers of the dead woman. She was twenty-seven years of age. Frnnels Smith. CLINTON. Ia., Nov. 18. (Ppeclal Tele gram.) Francis Smith, aged 72 years, and operating one of the largesVbox manufac turing plants in the Mississippi valley, died suddenly today. It is a crisp, sweet flavovy food made from selected white corn. With cream and eujrar, treat for old and younp. "The Teste Linjjer." POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Clvle Problems of Today Require Sac rifice by Persona Fitted for Control. PITTSBl'RG. Nov. 19. At the session of the American Civic association today discussed "City Tlannlng." Frederic Ford. city engineer of Hartford, Conn., aald con cerning the problem of finding ways and means of meeting legitimate current ex penses without excessive and prohibitive taxation: "The curse of this nation lies In the wastefulness and extravagance of Its peo ple, due to the unnecessary sacrifice of human lives from preventable diseases and accidents; due to the disastrous fire losses, to the rlver-floodlng nuisances and to dis honesty. Incompetency snd Inefficiency In the administration of city affairs. "What we need more 'than anything else to help solve the many municipal problems of the future are men who are willing to consecrate a few of the best years of their lives to the public service; men who can detect right from wrong and who will In sist upon a high standard of public morality." Many Weddlna-s la One Dny. MITCHELL, 8. D Nov. 19. (Special.) Five weddings took place between early morning and evening yesterday. At 7:30 a. m. Miss Ethel McHenry of this city and Con C. Toohey of Sioux Falls were married at the Catholic parsonage by Father Shea. The couple left for fcloux Falls to reside. At noon Miss Louise Bras, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Bras, was married at a quiet home wedding to Mr. Arthur RJod strop In the presence of immediate friends, Rev. A. Craig Bowdlsh performing the cere mony. The bridal couple leave Wednesday of next week for Long Beach, Cal.. to spend the winter. At 4 o'clock Miss Anna Spears and Mr. Samuel F. Krug were mar ried In the presence of friends and relatives, the ceremony being performed by Rev. A. Craig Bowdlsh. The day was flnlahed up at 6 o'clock, when a double wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Craft, when twin brothers married sisters. DeWItt Craft was married to Miss Emma Kurcher and Decker Craft was married to Miss Katie Kurcher, and the ceremony waa performed by Rev. A. Craig Bowdlsh, making his fourth wedding for the day, which establishes a record for one day's work. me CALUMET For quick service, wholesome food, and good things to eat, has no equal In Omaha. Ever increasing patronage Is proof of this saying. The Twentieth Century Farmer The Paper that Produces Results for Advertisers. AMUSEMENTS. Boy ds Theater TONIGHT' AMI SATURDAY MATINEE Klaw & Erlangerk Great Show THE RIGHT. OF WAY With Guy Standing; nd Theodore Roberta. WHAT AWD HOIOAT Cohan and Karris Presents . Oeo. M. Cohan's Musical Triumph 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY With Scott Welch and Oreat Company CBBZOKTOV JUG.' INClAHw ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Matinee every day, 2:15; every night, 1:11 The 7 Hoboes; Amelia Summervllle; Foui Baltua; Melville snd Btctsnn; Barry and Hushes: Frank McCfea and Co.: Pan' La Croix, and Kinodromt). . ,.' FRICES-lfc. Mc. SHERCLIFFE TO STAND TRIAL Governor of Mlnnevota Refasea (o Honor Requisition for Ills Httsrs to Colorado. ST. PAUL, Nov. 19. Governor lohn A. Johnson today refused to honor a requi sition made by the authorities of Colorado for the person of Frank Bhercllffe, who will be placed on trial In Mlnutepolls Aeronaats Fall to Land Record, fcT. IOI'IS. Mo., Nov. 19 The balloon Yankee, which sailed from here yesterday shortly after noon, landed near Tiger, tlu. The pilots, Albert B. Lambert and Captain H. K. Honeywell, had announced their In tention to try for the I.olim cup, the trophy flvtn for long olstance flight in America n this they were unsuccesn. Hie n-cord "f Captain H. I Forrest Chandler of 7o0 miles not beng approachtd. The Yankee covered about T5 miles. What's Your Guess? Bvery persoa who takes a snsal at Tolf Hanson's basement reetauraat may guess the number who visit lasre daring the gay. The nearest gaess wins a saeal book, (very day this week.) Tolf Hanson's Lunch Roam Tho most attractive, brightest, airiest snd most economical lunch room in Omaha. ;l?iF.A,Tin 15c, 25c, SOc, 75) y-TONIQHT BAIANCEJ.OF WEEK The Oyeat Melodramatic Sensation ' -SOLT) INTO SLAVERY SUNDAY- THE COUNTr CHAIRMAN Yeomen Masquerade Ball! Omaha Homestead of the Yfomen will give a Masquerade Hall at . their hall In the A. O. U. W. Temple UlUg . 110 North 14th street, on T Trtday Ursalng, lortmbw Oth. Cash prises gtveu for beat rtvrf enta tlon of character and for most comfi-sc) tuine. Admission 25c. laaasfil Phones i Deng. lgOSl Sad. A-1608. MATS. I TAMK maCOST. IU T1., 9 ITHS PBOTEllOa'l I '. T J H HM.i Iliivi STCt( .... I Karris. THVRS. SAT. unday Thj Costume UigTUiU, AUDITORIUM Roller saSRntlna T HIS W"EE Ik Stasis by Olliri BASfO.