THE BEE: OMAHA. FT ID AY, OCTOBER fi, 1911. SOLOMON'S WISDOM IS CITED fatemting Argument Made in Dis pute Over Two Children. MOTHER IS REFUSED CUSTODY Dorothy and Helm Sendbere; Ar Glren lata the rotiriilna ol Their Aunti, AroordlnK to Jadge'e RallBC King Solomon methoi of determining -hlch of two wivei the mother of a child In contra iry was the frasts of argument of Attorney A. S. Ritchie and Alvln Johneon before County Judge lie Wednceday afternoon. Dorothy and Helen fandberg. two little daughter of the late George Sandberg. being the children In dispute. Mr. (Joorge tf. Lovett of Minneapolis, mother of the children, and Mr. C. J. Johnson nd Mi Ellen Eandherg. aunt and guardlsji. were the disputants. Judge Leslie ruled in favor of Mrs. Johnson and Miss Band berg. An opinion of Willi D. Oldham, demo cratic candidate for supreme judge, re garding the wisdom of Solomon also was brought Into the olscussion and thor oughly picked to pieces. When Mr. Sandberg fell 111 several years ago the mother surrendered the children to her husband sister. After Sand berg's death she married Lovett. Re cently ehe started her county court ac tion to recover custody of the children. According to Judge Leslie's ruling the testimony Indicated that the guardians of the children are better able to car for them than Mr. and Mrs. Lovett would be. In one of his characteristic speeches Ritchie, representing Mrs. Lovett. pleadel that her little ones be returned to her. He mounted to lofty oratorical height and dwelt upon the beauties of mother hood and childhood. Mother, he said, la the most beautiful and sacred word In every language. Mr. Johnson, representing the guard lans. produced a Bible a a lawyer would produce a law book and read the entire caae In which Solomon made hi famous decision. He declared It not a caee in point, it merely was a di pute between two women of questionable repute over the parentage. In' this case, he said, the parentage is admitted and the sole question is, what. In the cir cumstances, i better for the children? He declared Mr. Ritchie and former Commissioner Oldham in error when they sought to compare the quarrel between two women a to parentage of a child with a contest to determine whether two children are better off with their mother or with their aunt. Demos Will Abandon Their Omaha Off ice The state democratic headquarter which have been maintained at the Pax ton hotel as an auxiliary to the general headquarter at Columbus, are to be abandoned. After Friday night the democratic headquarter on the second floor of the Pax ton wlU be dark. Already the work of packing has begun. The expense of maintenance is not Justified, is given as the reason for shutting up shop, so fax a Omaha is concerned. i At democratic headquarters Thursday among the callers were Fred Ash ton of Grand Island, who . once upon a time came within twenty-seven votes of beat ing Non-U, republican, for congress, and W. H. Green of Crelghton, who last fall was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the democratic ticket, but who fell by the wayside. WILL OF MRS. HIMEBAUGH IS FILED FOR PROBATE Financial aid in the sum of about 30,000 would have come to the House of Hope and other charitable Institu tion of Rev. Charles W. Savage and to the Young Women' Christian asso ciation from the estate of the late Mrs. Annette C. Himebough if she had sur vived her Bister, Mrs. Carrie Coomea, of Wood River, Neb., and her daughter, Mrs. O. C. F.edlck. of Omahi. As It 1b, the entire estate, valued approximately at 130,000, goes to the two woman, under the will. Mr. Hlmebaugh's will was filed for probate In county court Thursday. On request of Mr. O. C. Redlck. named as executrix In the will, O. C. Redlck was made executor. Mrs. Coomes receive $6,000 worth 'of Union Stock Tarda company stock. Mrs. Redick receives the remainder of the estate. If Mrs. Redlck had not sur vived her mother her share would have 'gone half and half to the Savage insti tution and the Toung Women's Chris tian association. If Mrs. Klmebaugh had survived both Mrs. Redlck and Mr. Coomes the entire estate would have gone to the Eavage institutions and the association. The heirs at law are Mrs. Redlck, Mrs. Coomes, and two brothers, Charles B. Johnson of Omaha and Alba L. Johnson of Ogden, Utah. No bequest for the two brothers is made in Mrs. Hlmebaugh's will. MAN WHO KILLS SELF SAID TO HAVE BEEN DELIRIOUS Alva F. Wetzel was deltrioua and In no condition to be left unguarded when he was taken to the Omaha General hoarjl tal, suffering with typhoid fever, last February, according to testimony given before the Jury In Judge Button's court Thursday by Mrs. Fannie F. Wetsel, the widow, in her MO. 000 damage action against the hospital. She charges the hospital authorities and nurses negli gently left her husband alone and he jumped out or a window to his death. Mrs. Flora Ferguson, mother of Mrs. Wetzel, corroborated her daughter's tes. timony. Officers Believe Cohn Yarn Faked by Wild Reporter The police unanimously discredit the torr circulated to the effect that Mark Houver, a Ploux City farmer. Is here to unravel the secret of the Herman Cohn murder which occurred on March W. According to the account Houver Is a lifelong friend of Detective Flem ing and that he would appear at the police station to reveal the Identity of the murderer, who, he Is reported to have said, stayed at the Houver home following the murder. All yesterday a storm of calls came to headquarters asking If there was any truth In the story. Relatives of the murdered man and his friend kept the police buv making denials. Concerning this life-long friend Detect ive Fleming says: "I do not know any man by the name of Mark Houver, nor has anyone railed to ee me regard ing the Cohn murder. I would gladly sea anyone who could clear up the case, and I will investigate, but I do not think anything will come of it. I was in the station last night when this Houver. If there Is uch a man. is said to have been looking for me, and 1 was nt told that anyone wished to see me. " Captain Savage does not take stock in the story, and Captain L'empsey laughs at the idea. Sergeant Madsen says the whole thing Is a Joke worked off on an unsuspecting person. It is an absolute He, the whole atory." said Savage. "There was no founda tion for It whatever and by writing uch a yarn the reporter has made considerable trouble both for the rela tives of the Cohn family, their friends and also for the police." Hotels Overflowed by Visiting Crowds Tool tahles served a beds for nearly twenty tired visitors AVednesday night in one of the large hotels, and In every hotel In tho city extra watting rooms, writing parlor and hall were filled with cot for visitors who were unable to find other accommodations. All of tne room ing houses were full and the hotel were forced to use every possible foot of space for sleeping quarters. All of the larger hotels hired special watchmen to look after the sleepers. The majority of the visitors remained in the city for the week to attend the military' parade and the coronation ball Friday night, and long waiting lists for rooms are In the possession of all of the hotel clerks in the city. NEW GAS LAMPS ARRIVE, TO BE INSTALLED SOON On carload of the new gas lamps that the city will Install have arrived, and as soon as Superintendent Scott of the street lighting service can arrange his forces he will commence replacing the old lamps with the new ones. In the car that came Thursday there were about 400 lamps. Two more car loads are expected within a few days, which will bring the number up to 1,240. This is the number of gas lamps now In use on the streets. The new lamps cost 17.60 each f. o. b.. and then there is a governor for each lamp. They cost 50 cents each. . The freight Is 60 cents per lamp and the cost of Installing la going to bring the aggre gate cost up to about 9.60. The new lampa are more ornamental than the old ones, and it is claimed that they will give more light. The old lamps will be in the nature of a dead horse unless the city can sell them to some smaller city that Is about to put In a gas plant, which Is not considered likely at this time. ( PRINTER-PREACHER IS STILL AWAY FROM HOME W. ' A. Black, the printer-preacher, 2510 Capitol avenue, who mysteriously disappeared from hi boma Tuesday morning with over $100 in hi pockets had not returned at noon Thursday. Tb polio have been notified of the die appearance and are keeping a lookout for the man. Black left his home Tuesday morning as usual at 6:30. He kissed hi wife goodby and apparently was in the best of spirit and left for his office, the Omaha Printing company, where It was his duty to open up every morning. The first news of his disappearance came about when his wife went down town at 10 o'clock to tell him he was to go to Blair and preach during the month of October. She was then in formed that he had not been to the office all morning. No cause for his disappearance can , be given by his wife. other than foul play or temporary insanity. MRS. PAISLEY TELLS THE WOMEN OF DRY FARMING Mrs. W. O. Paisley spoke at the. open ing meeting of the household economic department of the Woman's club Thurs. day morning on the women's work to be carried on In connection with the dry farming congress to be held this month at Colorado Springs. Mrs. F. J. Burnett. leader, outlined the work for the season, and reports were made. The members swapped vacation storle and packed up their book, papers and other belongings preparatory to the removal of the club to the Metropolitan building. A Shootlaa; scrap with both parties wounded, demands Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Heals wounds, sores, burns on Injuries, tbc For sale by Beaton Drug Co. REGIMENT OF SOLDIERS TRIES TO BOARD ONE CAR Fifteen hundred Nebraska militiamen attempted to board one street car at camp John H. Mickey at six o'clock Wednesday evening in order to reach Omaha for the electric, parade. The conductor and the motorman pleaded in vain for order. With yells and songs the guardsmen clambered into the car. hung to the sides and a dozen made their way to the top where they re mained for the friv although the danger or in act was careruuy explained by the conductor. About five hundred walked from the Twenty-seventh street station to Fort Crook, where they boarded the cars which were passing through the crowd at Twenty-seventh at full speed. Several extra cars were put In service as soon as the street car company was notified of the congestion, and In the space of three or four hours the guardsmen had been transported to the city. INFORMATION BUREAU FOR OMAHA LAND SHOW The Tauna Man's ChrUMan tlon s free Information bureau has done a big buslnes this week in directing AK-par-jsen vis tors to eating and lodg. In houses. The association in the bureau during the Omaha Land show ana tne meeting or the Nebraska Teach era' association. Tha boy'a appetite Is orten the source of amazement, it you would have uch an appetite take Chamberlain' Tablet. They not only create a healthy appetite, but Strengthen the stomach snd enable It to do its work naturally. For sale by all dealer. Key to the Situation Be Advertising. NEW QUARTERSARE CHOSEN Commercial Club Will Occupy Top Floor of Woodmen Building. TEN-YEAR LEASE IS TAKEN Annas! Rental W ill Be ttl.ROO end I lob e Given Optloa of Bfw lac Lease at Expiration of Ten Years. The long-sustained negotiation to ecure more Commodious and dlrabl quarters for the Commercial club came to an end Thurdy when the offer ot the Woodmen of the World wa ac cepted. The rlub will take the seven teenth and eighteenth floor of the build ing when It I completed. The leas will run for a period of ten years at an an nual rental of 111, MX), and the club Is given the option of renewal at the ex piration ot the lease. The action carrying the acceptance of the Woodmen offer wa taken at the noon luncheon of the Commercial club executive committee, on the recommenda tion of the location comittee which Is compoed of W. M. Purge, chairman; Edgar Allen, David Cole. Thomaa Fry. O. E. Haverstlck and F. W. Jwlson. Represented at the conference were J. C. Root, J. E. Fitzgerald and W. A. Fraier of the Woodmen of the World. In speaking of the action regarding the new quarters. Chairman Burgess aid: 'In all of the dimension over the loca tion of the club there never ha been a location offered or considered that mot with more unanimous approval of the membership at large. When It was an nounced at the beginning of the year that the Woodmen deal had been closed there was not a dissenting voice and It Is expected now that every member will take hold of the proposition of meeting the new conditions that the location of the club in these new and expensive quarter involve." Early Morning Fire Destroys Wooden Packago Plant Fire completely destroyed the wooden r"kfte plant owned by C. P. Norwell t M30 Martha at S o'clock Thursday morning, causing a lo of about $10.0.. partly covered by Insurance. .The fire I thought to have been started by tramp The coal shed of the Partrldge-Shelley-Thompson company acrosa the track were damaged to the extent of $KW. The wooden package plant was a two story frame structure about M feet square. There ere two smaller addi tional buildings clce by which were also destroyed. Twenty wood working ma chines were destroyed, a w a large quantity of finished work ready for ship ment. The plant was owned and operated tip to a year ago by the Wooden Package Manufacturing company. The plant failed and ha been Closed during the summer and hs been In the hands of Kir. Bpaul dlng of the Merchants National bank, who was the receiver. About a month ago he sold the plant to C. P. Norwell, who haa been running It since. Enter Omaha Milk in Milwaukee Tests Dairy Inspector Bosle will ship twenty quarts of Omahn mlik Friday to Mil waukee, where It will go Into competition with milk from all over the United States. This shipment was secured from five of the dairies located In the vicinity of Omaha, each furnishing four quarta. Tne occasion for sending milk to Mil waukee arises by reason of the fact that at this time. In that city, the Interna tional Association of Dairymen is in ses sion. The purpose is to show that the Omaha milk is of a high class and at the same time try and secure some of the prize. REGISTRATION IS LIGHT F0RJTHESEC0ND DAY Tho second day's registration of voters totals 4.130. The registration ot Tues day I almost 4.0UO short ot the first day's registration, September 8. The figure for the two day follow: Ward. Flrt Second day. day. First 635 283 Second 771 Hi Third 2 ' 835 Fourth &3S 277 Fifth 489 Sixth 6M 417 Seventh 6S0 412 Eighth m M Ninth 7h0 615 Tenth M4 874 Eleventh 615 874 Twelfth l.Oul m Totals 8,747 4,820 Believing that tne registration of the third day, which come just before elec tion, will be the heaviest. City Clerk But ler clings to the opinion that the grand total, when In. will bring the figures up to not far from 22,000. The figures at the office of the city clerk do not attempt to give anything to Indicate party affiliation. This Is some, thing that will not be known until the registration books are returned, which will probably not be before the first of next week. NATURALIZATION ATTORNEY OPENS AN OFFICE IN OMAHA Headquarters will be established In th federal building here In the near future by Charles C. Redwood of St. Louis, Mo. United States v naturalization attorney and he will appear In behalf of the gov ernment In final hearings for natural ization papers granted In Nebraska and Iowa courts. Judges In the various dis trict courts will be heard instead of the present method of hearing them on th first day of each term of court. INMATES AT ST. JOSEPH'S ARE GIVEN A SERENADE Inmates of the St. Joseph hospital were given a musical treat Wednesday when Father Jennette. P. C. Heafey and D. J. O'Brien took ' Dlmlck' band to the hospital for the annual serenade given during ,Ak-8ar-Ben week. The band played on each floor of the hospital. The day happened to be the birthday of Father Jennette, chaplain of the hoi pital. The mother general of the Fran ciscan order in America is here from the mother house at Lafayette, Ind. Renovating Complexions by Absorption. (From Popular Topics for Women.) Do not delude yourself with the Idea that cold cream, lotions or cos metics will effectually remove or conceal pimples sallownsss, tan, freckles, liver spots or other com plexion ills. They only aid your ap pearance temporarily and In time will work more harm than good. You should get st the root of the matter by treating the akin ltaelf. Just get an ounce and a half of pure coleated tlaam from your druggist and apply It at night after a thor ough cleansing of the skin with warm iter. This acta upon th skin quickly and harmlessly, fleck ing off ihe thino uter veil In tiny particles Ilk flour and giving th fresh blooming skin underneath a chance to breathe and asert Itself. You will never need to use cos metics, cold cream, lotions, etc I again, for your complexion can be kept perfect by the use of coleated balsam. TEST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHlin ' VuWmum'i aooTaiaa tvirr has bees J.?.il?I,?'.,r.6lXTy VKA8by MILLION ol llKhTHlNQ, with PEKfiCT SUCCE& fi fyVIi?S:!..'lh CHILD. fcUHTENS th. GUMH, : ....... wulil. loa u Inc bat remedy for DIAaftHCEA. It ab eoluteiy karuile.a. He sure sod Hk fat "Mr. JVio.ioW, oohing Syrup," and Uk ao tun! auoo. Twuijf-6v crou a buiue. Pawnee Pioneer lianas Himself. PAWNEE. Neb, Oct. 4 -imperial Tele gram.) William F Oveibay, sr., an old resident of Pawnee county, committed suicide by hanging himself this after noon at the home of hi son, A. D. Over bay, of this city. Ills health was falling him and he was very feeble. Mr. Over. bay wa 87 years of age. CHILD'S HEAD SOLID Of m HUBOR It Was Awful. Cried Continually. Had to Hold and Watch Him to Keep Him from Scratching. Suffering Was Dreadful. Had not Used Half a Set of Cuticura Remedies Before Head was' Clear and Free from Eczema. "I think the Cuticura Remedies are the best remedies for erxema 1 bar ever heard of. My mother had a child who had a rash on its head when it was real young. Doctor called it babr rash. He cave us medicine, but it did no good. In a few day the head was a solid mass, a running ore. It was awful, the ohild cried continually. We had to hold him and watch him to keep hlmj from scratching the sore. Hi uffenng was dreadful. At last we remembered Cuticura Remedies. We got a dollar bottle of Cuticura Resol vent, a box of Cuticura Ointment, and a bar of Cuticura Soap. We gave th Resolvent a directed, washed the bead with the Cuticura Boap, and applied the Cuticura Ointment. W had not used half before tha child' head wa clear and free from ereema, and it has never come back again. Hi head was healthy and he had a beautiful head of hair. I think the Cuticura Ointment very good for tha hair. It makes th hair grow and prevent falling hair." (Signed) Mrs. Francis Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 19, 1910. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are for sale throughout the world, but to those who bare suffered much, lost hep) and are without faith in any treatmwt. liberal sample of each with 32-p. book lot on the skin will be mailed free, on application. Address Potter Drug k Cham. Oorp Dept. 12B. Boston. Magnificent Array of Office Furniture at O Almost Cost Figures HPHIS statement is not made sim ply to challenge your atten tion; it is printed to let you know that we arc disposing of all our np7 np. plJTj large stock of ultra-fine office furni- , U v( ture at prices that cann$t be duplicated f mo policy in Omaha. This is durable, beautiful, new furniture upon which we base our reputation for dependable, veracious dealings when we say that you cannot equal it in the city for the prices, and wc invite you to test our statement by making: comparisons any plaoo that you choose. These are not cheap, trashy articles, sold at reduction in order to be rid of them. They are the very top notch poods, priced at non-profitable figures because we must have room for new departments that are to be installed soqn. This sale affords you an opportunity to place new pieces in your office that will give it a prosperous toue. The prices asked are so ridiculously low that we know the furniture will not. remain long on our floors. The pale is on now, and we quote a few prices here to give you a hint as to the bargains that await you in this store, where we have the goods at almost cost-prices to back up this advertisement. L ' I T-1 . 1 $90.00 Banker's Sanitary Roll Top Desk Solid quarter sawed oak; 60 in. wide; 5-ply writing bed; large, spacious drawers. . . . $50.00 $45.00 Sanitary Roll Top Desk Quarter-sawed oak; 55 in.. wide; an article that will endure for years and years $28.00 $21.00 ' Sanitary Flat Top Desk Beautiful oak, 54 in. wide, roomy drawers; strongly built; ( distinct design, very durable $15.00 $45.00 Flat Top Sanitary Desk Quarter-sawed oak; magnificent article; 54 in. wide; spacious, easy sliding drawers; excellent quality, at $28.00 $27.00 Sanitary Typewriter Desk Flattop; quarter-sawed oak; 38 in. wide. Strongly con structed; highly finished $10.00 $43.00 Sanitary Double Flat Top Desk Quarter-sawed oak; 44x60 in., spacious, durable drawers; most excellent article $30.00 Very largo assortment of office files, $12.50 Quarter-sawed Oak Office Table Strongly built with par ticular regard to every detail; 24x. in.; one large drawer; ' highest grade . ; $7.00 , $26.00 Quarter-sawed Oak Office Table Very strong made; 30x48 in.; one large, drawer; excel lent article $15.00 $28.00 Quarter-sawed Office Table Made for long service; 36x72 in.; two spacious drawers $19.50 $13.75 Quarter-sawed Office Table Very strongly made, 30 x48in.; two commodious draw ers, for $10.00 $B.0O Revolving. Office Arm Chair Quarter-sawed oak, com fortable, durable $4.00 4 $18.50 Flat Top Typist Desk- Sanitary, quarter-sawed oak, 24- x36 in.; spacious drawers, strong $13.50 finest quality, at a great discount. Miller, Stewart & Beaton Co. The Tag-Policy House Established 1884. 413-18-17 South Sixteenth Street. 'IT jnay den Broth Ak-SarBen Special iano Sale is attracting a great many buyers, and as the sale will continue for the bal ance of the week, we are going to extend to all the people of Omaha and Nebras ka, a cordial invita- JP31 tion to visit our salesrooms and view the many beau tiful pianos that are on sale at exceptionally low prices Below are a few of the many bargains. Wheat & Son $45 Kimball : . . . S50 Kimball 365 Singer $90 Singer . . . $98 Shoninger $100 Fischer (used) $100 Decker & Son $125 Geo. Steck&Co $125 Vose & Son $125 Haines & Co $140 Chickering $145 Kranich & Son $150 Chickering $190 HAYDEN IBIROSo Piano Department Douglas Street Entrance