r THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBElt 24. 1009. 3 4 V Y w 1 ILL) i L ii TO) High Praise from an Authoritative Source ONE of the leading figures in America's musical life, is Andreas Dippel, Administrative Manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. In a recent letter Mr. Dippel says in commenting on THE WEBER ' "My own high opinion of the Weber I find is confirmed by the individual artists of the Opera Company, who have frequently expressed to me their appreciation of your magnificent instru ments. "I cannot conceive of any higher endorsement of a Piano than to be selected and used by an organization composed of such dis tinguished artists as is the Metropolitan Opera Company. When I hear the Weber played, I do not wonder that it has been the choice of this great company for. ten years." Are you hesitating about which Piano you would prefer to have in your drawing roomt We invite you to visit our establish ment and let us show you the Piano that the foremost musicians of the world prefer to any other The Weber. Antonio SoottL world famous baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Co., appearing at the Auditorium Evening of October 30th, has selected for his accompaniment tHa famous Weber Piano. - SOLD ON PAYMENTS chmoller & Mueller PIANO COMPANY Showing a full line of Weber concert, parlor grands and uprights. 1311-1313 FARNAM STREET - OMAHA TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT OUR OFFICE. Reduced Prices to Club Members. MRS. J5ENNER ASKS DIVORCE Daughter of Lata Senator Van Wyck .Complaini of No Support" TSaj? ITRST TIME IN PUBLIC EYE Kfftbt Years A Waehlnartoa, Mae Jniy prV Out of Nuptial Bond at AltaV Jail Before They j t Were Perforated. Irs. Theodora Benner, daughter of former t'nlted Slates Senator Van Wyck, hai filed a petition In dirtrlct court seeking a dl vorc?. Mm. Dinner was Mies Happy Theodora Van WyoK. She wai born In Washington, though moat of her life has bee passed In Otoe county, Nebraska. She was born on ! the flrFt day of the year, which la reflected In the Uma "Happy Theodora." On her dlvcroi petition her Identity Is hidden In the name "Theodora Benner." Mrs. Benner will (be remembered for hay Ing ehcirlfled the whole country about eight years ago when at a prominent Wash ington shurcii she fled from the altar lust the lnstajit before the clergyman would have married her and not long after mar ried Ftrnando Benner. Mr. Benner, her petition says, has not supported, her. Ehe charges that he made 'W ,rcome but Pent it selfishly oh hJuVrelf. More than that he with plausible siateraent 'and coaxing ways Induced her i to aHt him considerable of her money. . - But yet ha "showed coldness and a lack C-(fectlon,,."whlch finally made her leave ram. "4Ier father and 'mother had died, the tjpeMtlon recites, and his treatment of her became unbearable. Mrs. Benner says she has considerable properly, left her by her father, the late Yilted States Senator Van "Wyck of Ne braska, but this 'property Is encumbered by reason of the fact that Benner did not sup port her and the money which he got from er. Mrs. Uenner says she has been tem porarily living In Omaha for the last six Daily Repair ti necessary " To keep body and brain n. In uerfect condition C-a i -A-A. a a . , CStTl-exercise are , required, and must be taken with regularity. Wi scientific food. Grape Nuts makes this rebuilding ' process simple and easy. ,91"' IT contains the "vHal" phos phates and other food essentials for certainly renewing worn-out tissues in Nerves and Brain. "There's a Reason" Read the famous lltle book. The Road to Wellvllle," In every 1 9 fctfrti pkg. Poetum Cereal C., Ltd. Rattle Creek, Mich. months because her homestead burned end that the has never established a residence during her married life because she and her husband were continually traveling. Mrs. Benner in her girlhood days was well known In Omaha, where she has been a frequent visitor. She . has one . son, " a boy of about ft. Her husband lives in New York and a summons has been issued on him there. If the case Is contested it prob ably will be on a jurisdictional ground. GRIEF CITY NEWS Have Boo mat n. fcsyn, photo, removed to If th Howard fclataart, Vhotographer, isth Tar nam. Chambers' Bohool ef Saaotag open. Circulars. Bong salesmaa required for Iowa. Ad dress t US. cars Bee. Waits Walters at ftaUlits Oafs Quick service , and courteous treatment. E.ttltaie Ufa Policies sight drafts at maturity. 1L 1. Neely. mNiager. Omaha. Toothful Couple Ess Consent A youth ful Iowa couple made their appearance In the marriage license bureau. They .were Earl Of. Qose and Oolda Pomeroy of Lin den, but they were not elopers, although only.lt years of age each. Goue had the Written consent of his parents to the match. '. Bo Improvement la Bams Miss Mary Kuncrwlcs of South Omaha has a difficult name, but she is not bettering matters In this respect, for she Is going to marry Stanislaw Stasklewlcs. Another license is sued IS to Selma Nelson and August Wed berg, both of Fremont. The groom is 48, Just twice the age of the girl. Booker T. Washlngtoa Speaks in Omaha Booker T. Washington will deliver an address In the Auditorium November 6 on the subject of the "Race Problem." bishop Grant of the African Methodist Episcopal church will Introduce the dis tinguished advocate of the Afro-American race. Xiaurl j. Quinbjr on "Jean Taljtan." Laurie J. Qulnby will address the Omaha Philosophical society Sunday at I o'clock p. n. in Barlght hall, Nineteenth and Far nam streets, on "Jean Valjean." Meetings free. 4 . SW Jswelry Company The G. W. Ryan te Sons company has been Incorporated for J6.000.- Tl: Incorporators are Nellie W. Ryan, Elisabeth Ryan and Mary E. Reese. Tht company will do a wholesale and retail Jewelery business. Assailant of Orlppla Is asd Frank Slnuns and Luther Coleman, arrested for au!t on George Lewson, a crippled pen cil redcller, Hrlday night at Fourteenth and Douglas streets, appeared before Judge Ci aw ford in police court. Simms was the Sggressur and was fined f 15. while his Companion was. discharged. rnneral of ratrlok Coyne The funeral Of Patrick Coyne, who died of apoplexy Wednesday following an attack which over took him while riding on a street car, will be held Monday morning from St. John's church. Burial win be in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Mrs. Coyne arrived from Hot Springs Saturday. tree Car Tlotlm Dies Ray Harden brook. II years old. who was run down by street car at Thirteenth and Dominion streets Thursday evening, died Friday night St St. Joseph's hospital. After an investi gation of the case Coroner Heafey has de cided that an Inquest Is not necessary. Tlie buy's legs ware crushed and he sus tained Internal Injuries. The boy lived at 1130 Dominion slrett. His father, Roy Har cenbrook. Is a street car man.' The body will ba taken to Fremont for burial. Xsrssrt Quick slpeaka ea the Kivsr tlerbert Quirk, the short story writer anj novelist, at present associate editor of La Follette's Magazine and editor of Farm and Fireside, will be one of the speakers St the Missouri River Navigation congress. Mr. Quick gained a practical knowledge of the Missouri river when he lived at Sioux City and has added to his fund of Informa tion in preparation for his book on "The Inland Waterways," which mill soon be Issued by Putnama. The Missouri river cotid.tlons are trrawd at ' considerable luugih In the ATHLETICS IN THE FAR WEST Edmundson of Idaho Great at Middle Distances. SOME NEW WONDERS ON TRACK aaasBjsasam After Wlaalaa- th Half Mile taam ploashlp, Ha la Sala ta Have Brakes the C-00-Yarel World's Record. The season's campaign In the far west, even If It served no other purpose, brought te light the champion middle distance run ner of the year and perhaps the fastest man ever seen on American soil. This crack Is Clarence Edmundson of the University of Idaho, who won the national half mile title at SeattLs by about eight yards from Harry Glssing of th New York Athletic club, and incidentally equalled th cham pionship record of 1 minute, 6S4 seconds. A tall, lean racer, the Idaho man went about his work with plenty of confidence, and from th orack of th pistol showed that he wan out to win. In the draw for position he chanced to get the pole and aligned out In the order named were Mil ler, Olympic club; Glssing, New York Alh letlo club; Ramey, Chicago Athletic asso ciation and Glarner, Olymplo club. After - they broke away there was a bit of a scramble for the lead, but at the first turn Edmundson had It, and he went down the backstretch at a fearful clip and drew right out from the field. Passing by the qaarter post he was leading by six or seven yards. The time there was 0:63 Vi, the fastest fltst quarter ever run in a fast half. When Kllpatrlck made the record of 1:63S In the international meeting of 1896 the first quarter was don In 0.64, and then he was not quite up with the leaders. However, as Edmundson tore along the wise ones predicted he would blow up on the homestretch, but they were wrong, and though he was tiring he crossed the line in pretty fair shape. Gisslng's time was 1:56, which can be put down as a first rate performance when it is considered that he had a weak leg and had not time enough to rest after the long Journey to Seattle. In discussing the merits of the performance subesquently the critics were of the opinion that Ed mundson's figures were as good as the record allowing for the difference In con dition. Kllpatrlck had a perfeot day and a perfect track, and while the Seattle track could be improved, the runners were surely hampered by a strong wind on the home stretch, and worse still, It was sur charged with a White, dustlike lime, which blew into the eyes and mouths of the runners. Whether the wind and dust would amount to 1 Seconds cannot now be ac curately determined, but it Is certain that Edmundson Is a great man and on a fast track In favorable weather should surely take a fall out of Kllpatrlck'a mark. Ed mundson represented the Seattle Athletic club, but on his shirt be sported the winged I, the emblem of the Idaho seat of learn ing. About a week after the champion ship he was reported to have run the 600 yards in the world's record time ofl:10H. but so far it Is unknown whether or not the timing and other conditions of a record breaking performance were correct. That Edmundson Is also fast for a quarter mile there Is no doubt, for he ran a fine race in the last 40 yards of th -mile relay cham pionship and after the half mile had been taken out of him. He did 60H seconds, a feat which did its share toward winning the race for the Seattle Athletic club. But If Edmundson proved the sensation, the real curiosity, of the championship meet was Harry McLean, ' a .Navajo In dian, from Phoenix, Ariz., who managed to capture the gold medal for the five miles, and Into the bargain defeated- F. G. Bellars of the New York Athletic club, last year's winner. The advent of the Navajo on th path was more of an accident than a hankering after athletic glory. A few weeks prior to the championships the Elks club of Phoenix held an athletic carnival and McLean ran away from everything In the distance race and, most Wonderful of all, he hoofed' It along In his bare feet. Then and 'there the Elks decided that he was good enough to try for national honors and he was sent to Seattle. Meantime he had learned that spiked shoes were an ad vantage in traveling afoot, though It was hard to persuade him that the spikes would not hold him to the ground. Only four men went to the starting line, but the grind developed into a duel be tween Bellars and the Indian. They took turns at the pace-making, and whenever the Indian led the crowd set up a yell like a million wolves. That th screaming pleased the redskin was evident, for as he came around in front of the stand his wiry black hair seemed to stick higher in the breeze and there was more life to his lope, For with a lope he sped along like a brave on a hot trail after a paleface. Up to four and a half miles It was a ding dong affair between the pair and then Bellars tried to shake off the Navajo. His effort was in vain, for though the New Yorker sprinted in the last lap the Indian shot by him on the home stretch and won by ten yards. A great crowd surged around the Indian on his way to the dressing room to offer their congratulations, but It was all Greek to him and he answered the huzzahs with only a grunt. He could not speak a word of English. , The week, following the championships there was an invitation meet at Frisbo given by the Olympic club, and a three mile special event was put on so that McLean and Bellars could fight their battle over again. There was a new comer in the race in the person of Joseph BaUard of the Boston A. A., whe won the mile at Seattle and who has In him stamina enough for any distance from one to five miles. Previous to the three miles Ballard had won the mile in slow time and there was some surprise when he toed the mark alongside of Bellars and the Indian. As the race progressed It was apparent that the two palefaces were using their brain against the redskin. The pace was slow and McLean was not wise enough to forco It. Ballard and Bellars were waiting for the final sprint and it came when the bell sung out the last lap. Both, tore by the Indian and on the backstretch Ballard pulled away from Bellars. The speed of the miller told at the critical time and the Boston runner won as he liked. The In dian let forth a loud series of grunts after be finished, for then It dawned on him that he was fooled. Of all the big cities In America none possesses a finer climate for track and field sports than San Francisco. There an athlete could train all the year round, or at least he could keep In trim all the time, there being no oft season with frost or sno'jr to stop his practise. A proof that winter and summer Is much alike la seen In the New Year's Day swim of th Olym pic club members at Ocean beach. It U an annual cusipra to walk out to the Golden Gate park and afterward take a dtp In the ocean. Whatever has been done around Frisco toward the advancement of track and field sports Is to the credit of the Olympic club with a history as old a any club in America, but it has the tough est sort of a Job for there is not much athletic enthuslsm around Frisco. The presenoe of another big club In the town as a possible rival to the Olympic 1 S 1 O ' DOUGLAS STREET 3E30S. '-jr ' is io iVl DOUGLAS STREET The New Distinguished Styles and Fabrics SHOWN HERE MONDAY IN Tailored SuItsP Coats and Dresses Will Attract the Admiration ol Womei Appreciative ! Artlstte Attaiamett la Fashions DRESSY TAILORED SUITS $45.00 to $125.00 Exclusive new models, exquisitely tailored, possessing all the elegance that can possibly be embodied In a tailored suit. Garments that will give you all the satis faction that yon would get if you would have your suit made to order by the best tailors In the country; and the cost is much leas, besides having a variety of styles to choose from aad the advantage of seeing how each style becomes you. . Each suit has an individuality of Its own; made in the plain tailored, braided or embroidered effects, of broadcloths or fine imported rough weave materials. Price Will- rj ( $45.00, $50.00, $55.00, $59.50 up to $125.00 STYLISH TAILORED SUITS $25.00 to $39.50. This great variety of styles will appeal to every woman. All the desirable, new models In all lengths will be found In this showing of beautifully trimmed garments. Tailored effects In fancy cuts, and severely plain tailored suits. All have that dis tinctive style touch of Orklns'. Prices $25.00, $20.75, $35.00 and $39.50. NEW COATS $19.50 to $65.00. A woman's right to Individuality has been given due consideration in our enor mous selection of new coats. In our popular priced garments there are cnly a few of each style, and In our higher priced coats there is but one of each. All are made In the very latest and most exclusive effects, in plain tailored, tight and semi-fitting models, and a great variety of trimmed styles. They come in fine broadcloths, cheviots, diagonal and fancy materials In black and all colors. Prices- ' $19.50, $25.00, $29.75, $35.00 up to $G5.00 BEAUTIFUL CAPES $15.00 to $53.50. Capes are very fashionable and we are showing them In a great variety of de signs, and in all the staple and evening shades, lined throughout with satin or peau de cygne lining. Prices $15.00, $19.50, $25.00, $29.75, $35.00 up to $59.50 DRESSES AND GOWNS $19.50 to $75.00. We are showing beautiful, new evening dresses, made of crepe de chine, crepe meteors and chiffons; in light, medium and dark shades. Also stylish, new models for street wear, In pretty braided designs and plainly tailored effects, with unusually good lines. Prices , ' j $19.50, $25.00, $29.75, $35.00 up to $75.00 NEW FALL WAISTS We are showing new waist models that reveal the season's latest style tendencies. Our range of styles equals every demand, and the special values increase interest In our showing. " Prices $3.75, $5.00, $7.50, $10.00 to $22.50 NEW WALKING SKIRTS Stylish walking skirts new, tailored models of finest worsted, serges, diag onal cloths and French voile, beautifully trimmed in braided or embroidered de signs, and plain tailored styles. . Prices' $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $12.50 to $25.00 I.J w-? U it f It V'i fL,, i - W V a S4,r!,k t j -. -':r--- -m,L - might stir matters, especially If there was a series of dual meets which would event ually win the attention of the public Not long ago a now club was organized, called the Alliance Athletic club, and y went off with a good boom at the start anu drew a fine membership, but It was soon overrun with a squad of semi-professional boxers and foot ball players. It was rapidly going down hill when W. H. Kerrigan became chairman of the advisory committee and gave the back door to the professional ele ment. Just now the club Is In a fair way to cut some figure in athletics. There is an Irish A. A. C. in 'Frisco, but iti aim la the propagation of Gaelic hurling and foot ball and other Celtlo sports. At the present tlm the Olymplo club occupies temporary quarters on the site of the club house which was destroyed by the quake In 1906. Additional land has been purchased and It is the intention of the members that there shall be a bigger and better building than the old one Inside of a couple of years. On the club's roster today are some first rate athletes, Ralph Pose and Alfred Plaw being the two fore most. Thpn there Is Dave Martin, a top notcher at the running high Jump. In the national championships at Seattle he gained second to Erlckson and In the In vitation meet at 'Frisco he won. clearing six feet one-half Inch. Another good one Is J. O. Miller, a middle distance runner, who any day can 'do the half mile In 1:R7. He was a good third and won the half at the 'Frisco meet, though the time mae ratl.er slow. WOMAN RECOVERS HER MONEI Mil. Lizzie Wendt's Fortune Taken by Man She Befriended. TESTING "NO BABY" FLAT LAW Chlcaaro Mis Proposes to Give Lead lord a Has far His 1 Lenses. Did you ever try to rent a flat In which to live with your family and have the owner refuse to accept you as a tenant because you had been blessed with chil dren? And, If so, did you ever storm around with sensations of an outraged parent and rail landlords heartless things and ask what folks were going to do who had chil dren? If so, you have within your mem ory a picture of a scene that occurred at the home of Rolla R. Longenocker In Chicago. He had lived In a flat four years, and was Informed last summer that his lease, which expired October 1, would not be renewed because he had two little ones, Donald, aged B years, and Iela Florence, 3 years old. He was angered, he says, and so ? Mrs. Longeneckcr. It rankled and rankled until when Mr. Longeneckcr, who Is a Fon of the late Joel M. Longenecker, once a judge and later state's attorney of Cook county, remembered a recently passed state law making It a misdemeanor for a landlord to do such a thing and he swore out an Information for the owner of the building and also for his agent. Attorney Longenecker discussed the case In his downtown office. He pointed out that the anti-race suicide law directed at landlords was passed at the last ses sion of the legislature and went Into ef fect July L Mr. Jongenecker Is now engaged in the organization of a protective alliance to prevent the "race suicide" property own ers from dUobeylng the new law and to obtain for tenants other rights. Chicago News. EECONFESSES AND SHE RELENTS Washerwoman Kept T,6T1 in Bex, bat Thossht It Was Only ,SOO New Haa Meaey la the Bank. To have money stolen and returned with interest is an experience few people enjay, but what seems the equivalent of this hns com to Mrs. Lisste Wendt, 2415 South Twentieth street. She lost, she thought, $6,300, and ehe recovered 17. 971. William Eschle, 61 years of age, a track man for the street railway company, took tho money, he confesses, from the woman's room while she was In his room doing some washing for him, and dc tectlves found It burled under some kind ling in a shed back of the house where the people reside. ' "I don't know how much tlere la," said Eechle. And, to prove It. the officers said th boxes In which the currency was kept had not keen untied or opened. The woman, who washes for a Jiving, reported that there was $6,300, and" the officers found I7.67L Mrs. Wendt was so elated at th recovery of her life's savings that she generously offered the detectives $5. "Here, take this, you boys and go buy you some beer," she said to Detective Donahue, tendering htm a 15 bill. Bat Ther Decline It. "No, thank you, we are only too glad to be able to get your money back for you," was the reply, "and w hope next time you will place It in the bank wher It won't be stolen." And forthwith she started for a bank a ith her boxes of coin. "And I don't want to prosecute Eschle, either, she said In her state of mag nanimity, but the law officers are not quite as certain of their desires. Deputy County Attorney Maguey baa ordered him held for the present. "Vou might as well tett where that money Is and let the old woman have It," raid Detective Donahue. ho was examin ing Eschle at the police station. "You are J an old man and you will never live to get out or prison ana get the money anyway. Eschle thought long over the situation, '.hen confessed, on tho promise of Mrs. A endt that she would not prosecute. "It Is the first misstep I never did any thing 'like It before." he said, sadly. don't know what made me do It." Eschle was arrested Friday night at th' home of his daughter. Mrs. Frank R. llerlng. 19U North Eighteenth street. South Omaha. Mis Mistake. The vender of Images, who had Just been thrown out of a large office bulls. lug. wept blitmly as he looked at his torn cluthet and bi n:rn wares. "Who did IMr'" Inquired the friendly cop. "I 1) pinch 'em, If ycu say the word." "No, it waa my fault," aald the victim, gatherinT up the remains of a plaster lmna "I Insisted on trying to sell a bust of Noah Webster to a meeting of simpli fied spellers." Denver Republican. Children like Chamvertaln's Cough Remedy and It la prompt In effect as well as pleaaant to take. Negro Binds and Robs a Woman Holdi Her Up in Her Boom at Muj cle of Revolver and ia Caught by Detectires. Bertha Kline, who runa a rooming house at 208 South Thirteenth street, was held up at the muixle of a revolver, bound and robbed by a negro to whom she had rented a room early Saturday morning. The rob ber stripped the womaa of the Jswelry she wore and, while she stood struggling with her bonds, searched th drawers of her dressing table and took M in cash. A necklace with a valuable diamond locket wss taken from the woman. Detectives Murphy and Ring arrested Ed urke and. a woman, giving the name ef Viva Burke, at 120s Cass street, their home, and lodged them in jail, charged with the robbery or eompliclty in It. Uncle saw as road builder Fin Specimens of Workmanship In ' Connection with Reclamation Projects. ' Experts of many countries are marvelling at the great roads which the United States government has constructed and Is now constructing on the reclamation projects In th far western states and ' territories. More than 000 miles of the most excellent highways that it Is possible for man to pro duce have been completed and are In dally uA These, of course, do not Include the byroads leading to many farms or the many other roads being used for the time being until the macadamized kind can bo bullti ' . , The dry farmers have had good horses and vehicles since the reclamation work be gan seven years ago, and these good roads are enabling them to haul . their products to the towns and railroad stations and to send their children to school. They regard them a th most important of all aids to progress and prosperity.. Many, of these pioneers own automobiles, and it is no un usual sight to see, on Saturdays or Sun days, a dosen or more motor cars of the latest designs In any of tho towns of the older projects. It Is Interesting to note that Uncle 8am has only fairly begun tho building of roads In this newly developed country, and that In a very few years the mileage will be reckoned In thousands where It Is now counted In hundreds. Van Norden's Magazine. Skinned from Head to Heel was Ben Pool, Threet, Ala., when dragged over a gravel roadway,, but Bucklen's Ar nica Salve cured him. c. Sold by Beaton Drug Co. A WISCONSIN PIONEER Says Pc-ru-na is 44 Worth its Weight in Gold." John Paul hi, fcr, Says; -Peruna Cured My Catarrh." . Paulln, Sr., a pioneer of Port Washington, Wis., ll'j Franklin St. I is It esteem by the residents of that place. He ia one of the oldest f Mr. John ia held in high cltlsena. In a recent letter he says "I sa Vernaa with good results for coughs aad oolda which troubled tae every fall aad wlater. It has also oared my catarrh, which always beoame worse wha affects! with a slight cold. Z air. recommsnaiur lcruna because It is worth Its weight la gold." Mr. John Paalln, l?ort Waihlagtoa, wis. SislSiSiiaiais.iaiaaiaiaanaaaaaaaa -- sJVfVJV-yV-af-j-iji n HJ1 Prtj-n Is Catarrhal Tonic Espec ially Adapted to the Declining Powers p OM Ae, Itale and hearty old age means simply healthy organs and healthy functions re tained beyond the usual time. As a rule, at the age of 60 or 70 years, the functions begin to wane and the various organs to lose their natural power. This need not occur. At least not In all cases. Many a man and woman have re tained their health and vigor much later In life. We have en file several letters from octogenarians who have found Peruna of f rlceless value to them as their declln ng years advanced. Has Reached Fpnr Score Years and Weielis J 50 Pounds, Mr. Levi Kegg, Raineburg,' -Pa., writes: ''Your medicine has done me so much good 1 Intend to. keep it en hand all the time. "I had all the symptoms of systemic ca tarrh. My eyes were, re.l and Inflamed, my throat, stomach and bowels troubled me, was nervous, had nervuui haadachea. I am now entirely cured by peruna. "1 am eighty years old, and I never weighed mora than ltd, out now J weigh lit pounds.-