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J Hi: OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: DKOEMnKli 10. A' NEBRASKA AND IOWA LOSE Both Trami of Thii State Defeated in Debating LeafUCTl-"- G0P3ERS SMOOTH ArlXYESlj Mtaarsota Trims riWiitr "TalVf ers la This style llllaalsMeleats , lana and Jl DefeatV - i Wlacansln Ieatrr.' . 'SltNNKAJOMPj Mjun ., Icc. !. (jr.eeUl Talegram.J-Hy rather delivery the Minnesota debatlne- ta-'.. srs.'Jlr.B'- for poller o fKhlrrplnir'e'rbfi 5'..; Jfi'tMJM:t-T ...... . f. . y .... r. two io one H'-e; yn en' iT,e, ,r"Tu .v t,m, rompored. dT k.!if.'vrp J,tI;l ?J of ioup city; utte&l.'' rnnK, f Orsnd Inland. an ttJa-iB. llarsrsx e( 'L of 'Wymore. The Jl.'ilS'r srre three nni her of the l"n;vr:fl'y. of "Wisconsin fa ulty. Curl R. Klsli, professor' of Amerlc.i'n history; 8. W. Oilman, rf"f' ' Busi ness sdmlnlstratlcn. and CJeorgs t fM bwy, professor of Kuropean history.. The Nebraskar. excelled In givo and tese. attack, while the Mimiesotans were smoother as speakers. ' For MlnneKotc Hr.mlry Gilla-vi opened In a polished a!''re emphaprxirlf; the need of the I'nlteil rtat-s for new m.ir kels and tho in e 1 of direct steamship Hues to the oriei.t sad South American markets. , ' Rln stated the Nebraska nu hy re quital evidence F' lriR lo rhnw that h!i Hii-s are not the first thing necled to get these mnrket". It furthermore concluded thnt a ship :ih6y policy 1.1 conomlcally Inexpedient bemuse the sub sidy Itself ivnuld bo a direct economic low and because a subsKy mould lie a lotig-lssting retaliation. 'Theodore L'tney. '12, of Minnesota, Ignored Itetn's attack on economic grpumls and lnnirtcd thnt a sublily policy fa necessary to get the navy, the auxilia ries and men It needa for war. Prince came back for Nebraska with an airay of naval expert testimony showing that naval and commercial need are antagonistic because the fuHt ships which the naval expert call for as auxiliaries arc unprofitable for commercial purposes. , The Minnesota third speaker was iutthlas N. Olson. '0 A. M. '09, law '11. Who emphasised the example of foreign aations which are subxldlxlng lines and who dwelt on the need of a subsidy to treak these foreign monopolies) which, tt alleged, fix freight rates for American Shippers. I Thomas Jesn Hargrove of Wymote ent after Olson, showing, flr.it. that a subsidy pulley ht not needed to break the So-called monopoly because the rates are competitive; and, second, that passenger and freight facilities to tho orient and South America are now adequate. II further maintained that, trade does ot follow tho flag, the only commercial defense for a subsidy so long as facilities sirs adequate. ' Nebraska Loses sit llame. . : v LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. .-Hpcial Tele gram. )--Tne Iowa university debating t4tn defeated the Nebraska team hers last )t(ht. The subject of debate "Re solved, That tits United States should adopts policy of shipping subsidies." Ne-bi-jkA "was reprtaenu-d toy Jeseph ttoht stein, n'.-W. Garrett and A. R. Raymond; Iowa by It. .N. Ueebe, S. II. KrWln and K. K. Clough. - . . ,. . The Judge 'ra rret C, D. Allan. Prof. D. V. Ewenson, I'rol. A. B. White, all of tha University of Minnesota. Ne braska had ' the affirmative. ' , IIMwoU HIm Iran lavra. IOWA C1TT. Ia.r Dec. .-(Ppeclal Tel-gram.)-A ots of S to 1 gave Illinois a victory over Iowa at Iowa City last night In the. Intercollegiate debate be tween those schools over the question of tha ship subuldy, Illinois supported tha negative tlds of the question and was pushed to victory mainly through, tha brilliant work of Its leader. A. V. Ks Ington. lis was followed In turn by t. E. Kralley and K. CI. Real, O. K. Tatton. GRIP LEFT HER WRECK PE-RU-KA RESTORED HER. Tje""TT s?s,ryefyreirffry'?vs" j 5 v; . t 1 iia. I, ( klK. LAIKA bLhuLKiCK. 1 Grlj aMtd t'atarrli. i- - r Mrs.- Lsuira UerWrUk, No. 1111 Wll ow Ave., iloboksn. NVw ' Jersey, wrltus: 'our' year's ago I had a seveio atlaiK ( la grlppa, and u co.it: nod tl bed, Dd when I cam up after n.y sh kusss J': was troubled witli tioarsencss and kilms In bead and throat, and ai told 1' bad cs,tsvrrb. .Xlocsi!ne uieduiue, J 'Every- salatas alnt a.. or. foujj e ars, 1 tava d; 1, aT'PP ('aat wlntr three (linss), and the catarrh grew worse. HAD lJVKKV L si iii'eLi.aiiijrt Xdli and tei rlbls "l.iid" 1 ' "Vcwr.H'W ! waen 1 wuka up, ani had no blood i , Wwugl,t botlla I'urvtJBtff .t.a fceiug tuise wines t-j rvnei. i ti una li. 4.. Mmmm anl ,f. K. Al.ton repro fiel lows, the lut named leadlnjj for $ 4. Mswkeyc. nols made a strong point of the f rt :i - 'Um m( former suhelcliei nii'l the etrau usiitr resultins; from Ihelr operation. Tl Is the flrrt time Iowa has loot a fta. In the last six years. PoC. ' K. Knslgn of Iowa presided iti the Contest and the debate was Ju'!kI t-V iisan r. U. Hustings of the Nebraska folUge 'of Law, I'rof. K. II. Conant and Hrof.'t'. K. rerslnger, both of tlie l.'nl- ver4:y of Nebraska. y la froai Iseonstii, . CHAMMoN. III., Irc. V-fpecitil Tele gnirn )-Ill!nols, by upholding the affirma tive ox1 Ihe question of nhip subsidies, won It luiiiual debate sgslnrt the I'ulverslty Pf.Vv'iJi'iinstn by a decision of two to one. TT o Jlnols debaters were C. M. Ifobart, V. J. Trlncn and V. ):. Leonard.- Win- confln debaters were Alvln Ilelw, Fllchtcr anil Harry Melspner. 1L Dr. Charles Brenn Acquitted by Jury ' FA mill ' It T, Neb.. Iwc. .-(Hpeclal.)-T)r. Charles Itrenn of Western was found not guilty today of a charge of criminal assault up Miss Alta Chambers, a nurse at tr. Lynch's hospital. It was alleged Hie offense wss coininlttel August , lull. County Attorney Krank I Haln, as sisted by John lleasty, appeared for the state, In the prosecution, whllo former Adjutant (eneral John C. Hurtlgan and K. A. Wunder were counsel for the de f rse. MURPHY DENIeVwTlL HAVE INTEREST IN BOSTON TEAM CHICAfW. Iec. !.-Charles W. M trphy, president of the Chicago National league baie. ball team, returned from a few clays' visit lo Cincinnati today, and de nied that he had any Interest In a com pany to acquire the Huston National league team. "I would not take a hand In the deal, because I am nppused to syndicate base ball," raid Mr. Murphy. INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. .-Kol. Meyer, treasurer of tha Indianapolis base ball club, said , tonight that be Is at the head of a syndicate lit which Chicago capitalists are Interested tu secure con trol of Ihe Honlon National league fran chise. .He says a pi Ice has been made and probably will be accepted. W. H. Wslklns, also of the local club, will bs In New York next week to represent the syndicate's Interest. Mr. Meyer aays that If the dcul goes through the new owners will rebuild the lloston plant. OWLS ELECT THEIR OFFICERS 0 Dssqsel anil Proa rani Follows Gen sral BnlnM. Meet lug f Order. Annual election of the Omaha Owls lodge, No. 1003, was held Wednesday evening, resulting as follows: ' C. B. Hyde, piesldent; John. V. Bhean, vice president; Hugo A. Peters, lnvocator; U. ni Johanaon, secretary; John Leonard, treasurer; T. L. Huber, warden; Harry toungren, sentinel; Charles A. I.tnter, picket; John C. Lynch. Dr. B. O. Willis and James McN. Martin, trustees; Wil liam A. Hostetter . and F. J. Kchlelr, doctors l Clyde O. Jlosklna, . captain of Initiation team. ) After business aud election a banquet waa spread for about 100 Owls. During tha banquet Prof. JCd Hofuiann, accosu panled by Henry lxlt at tho plann, favored the crowd with several xylophone solos, which were favorably received. William Uaxtcr at tha piano sang several good songs. Girl Adjodxed Insane. CHICAOO, te. "May Palnier." the mysterious young woman who thraw a brick through tne front door of Mrs. Potter Palmer's residence when refused sdmlsslon, waa adjudged Insane In the court for the Insane today and sent to an asylum for treatment. "I V f has been a great benefit to my health It has given me blood and atrength. can lie down and sleep without being troubled. 1 have no rein, headache, or nvlse In my bead.'' Catarrh of Head. Mrs. A. 1. WeUel, Ohio street Terra Haute, Indiana, writes: 'Whim I Iwuu to v-...,.. f could not ami II nor bear a church bell rlr.g. Now I can luth smell nd hear. When I began your treatment my head waa terrible. 1 liaJ KMK 1,1.1 Ml AM v HKAKINU JU HlOHfcl) bjixzlng and chirp irg noises In my hem adv I 'followed Your i advice falihfully and took Peru no. as n.lxht say I am told me Now I 1. 'i'hres months ago I went around IU a rr.all,, now I feel brlak and ac- , live, i win ! (raise t irun. PROSECUTION IS IN DOUBT Testimony Before Grand Jury to De termine Dynamite Indictments. M'MANIGAL CONTINUES TALE Maanfactnrer of llrog I errl n ays ' nl4 Kxalaalves to Three tss fraaet Dynamiters and Other Persona. LOS ANOICLKH. Cal.. Dec. 9. -The scope of the Investigation undertaken by the federal grand Jwy here and the one In Indianapolis, Ind., so far as could be horned tonight, haa not been sharply defined. fVivernmont officials; It Is thought, will be able to determine only after tho testimony of witnesses has pro ceeded further whether to return Indict ments hern, or In Indiana axalnut those persons alleged to have been Implicated in a conspiracy unlawfully to transport explosives front one state to another. Iloth James K and John J. McNamara remained In their cells today, reiterating that I hey would tell nothing, even If called before the grand jury. Oscar Las er, the government's special prosecutor. saw them, but obtained little satisfac tion. Whether they actually would ap pear or not tonight wan a doubtful ques tion. It was suggested that perhaps after the McNamaras bad bad a tasta of prison llfo and had been vMted by labor leaders who sre aaxloua to cleanse organized la bor of alleged charges of lawlessness and ht might persuade them to aid the ends of Justice, they might ba prevailed upon to jfivo tho desired Information. Dynamiter Continues glory. Ortle K. McManlgal, confessed dyna miter, today continued to tell the grand Jury his experiences ns a dynamiter, and ho was followed by J. W. Kaiser of Muncle. Ind., a nitroglycerin manufac turer, who says he sold explosives to J. 11. and J. J. McNamara as well as to Ortla McManlgal. The latter corroborates Kaiser's story. Though knowledge of the proceedings before the grand Jury Is kept secret. It Is assumed that Kslser, who Identified J. J. McNamara In the court room recently, told of the people to whom he sold explosives. F;ar1ler In the day John Crulkshank, a railroad man, testified. The evidence, gathered by District At torney Fredericks to show that the Times building was destroyed feloniously smnunts almost to mathematical demon stration. A model of the Times building with four glass floors on which the surface plan of room and Interior walla Is outlined con tains on each floor small wood markers with numbers thereon Indicating where 103 persons stood in the building at tha moment of the explosion. . Klghty-slz of these represent witnesses from whom the state gathered signed statements as to the directions of the flames and debris. . ICsplualan Photographed. The placing of tha bomb and tha conse quent effects are portrayed by photo graphs made In a test explosion conducted by the state recently. Deputy District Attorneys Oeorgo Vcltch and J. A. Hill caused to hrsutH small stone structure modeled closely after tha Times building. By mathematical calculations on reduced quantities of ' explosive,- with du'e con sideration to resistance and other faotors, an explosion was accomplished which. when phutographL resembled almost Identically photographs ot the ruin of the Times building. This was the evidence the state had In tended to bring to court, but the federal authorities now will have the benefit of the maps, drawings, models and exhibits as an object of the alleged conspiracy. Mrs. Lena Ingersol of Ban Francisco. keeper of the lodging house where J. B. McNamara, lived In that city, arrived here today and will testify before the grand Jury. Tho bank accounts of Clarence 8. Dar- row and Lecoinpte Davis, attorneys for tha McNamaras, have been attached by Dr. J. H. Bullard. Tha latter Is tha assignee of J. II. IJverlnton, who claims 14,'Ct) Is due him for making plans, models and blueprints of the Times building to support the gas theory of the defense. Report on UefssM Knnd. INDIANAPOLIS, Dee. 9.-Hoplng to dispel doubt and curb criticism of meth ods used In obtaining and distributing the McNamara defense fund, a report of all money collected and disbursed up to October 25 was made public here tonight, with tha consent of Krank A. Morrison, secretary of tha American Federation of Labor, who la custodian of the fund. The total amount received up to that date was I1W.61J 53 and tha total expendi tures were tlSt.8WJ.iJ, No accounting is made of the sums received and apent since that time. Clarence Darrow. , chief of counsel for tha defense of tha McNamaras, had been paid tha sum ot $170,000. a is asserted that Durrow was to pay his assistants from this amount. In this connection local International union officials stated that It is understood Durrow will not continue his offk-e In Chicago. IXM-al attorneys who have been looking after tha Indianapolis end ot the case have been paid 11.000. Ieo M, Ilappaport has received, according to the report, $8,600 and Henry rVyfrted $2,000. Frank T Mullholland, an attorney ot Toledo, wa.j paid $-.li) for legal service given in that city. Other Items ot expenditure are listed as follows: ' ' McNamara buttons, which were sold In all parts of the country, II, lM; McNa mara stamps, IH&.; representatives' ex penses for addressing meetings, printing and mailing American Federa tion of I.ahor weekly news letter, II, 113.15; postage. $3H: Incidentals in ' connection with McNamara moving picture films. KM. Clinton Man tailed. CLINTON, la.. Dec. M. Kshoe, proprietor of a local hotel, has been sub- IKK-naed to appear before the federal grand Jury at Indianapolis on December 14 with the hotel register bearing the nume at W. It. (irovle, who arrlvod in Clinton Fbruary H 1J08. A largo steam derrick was blown up by dynamite here at that time. Oitle Mc.Munlgal, confessed dynamiter lit the McNamara case. Is believed to have been registered here under an as umed name. I. It t l J I 111 IMIItTs TIIIIKK M t karaed wllb Attempting; to) ,aflaf Federal llod. MOt X FALLS. 8. I).. Dec. J. -Charged with attempting tu Influence Ihe federal grand Jury In avaxloii he.e. Ix.gau Fain Joe H. Maker, Hrle W. Ilarman and An son Wagner, all ot tiregory, 8. D., to day were Indicted by the body they are alleged to' have sought to sway. The men aro rharged with secretly conveying two letters to the Jury concerning the cases of Fain, leaker and ltarmati un der deliberation en land fraud thargas. II Is said the objectionable ml.ifciv reached the Jury disguised as (tinted mutter from a local pi luting ho;. Prrsiktent Advertising Is the Road to li g Itvluriis. Methods of Farmers' Association Are Held' to Bo Illegal DECORA H, la.. Dec. l.-(Speclal)-members of fxrmers' co-operative so cieties will find much to Interest them In a derision Just made by Judge Hob son of the district court. In which he held that farmers' co-operative compa nies cannot enforce special requirements from their members, but that they must enter the open market on eo,ual terms and In competition with others In the same line of business. Itecause the method complained of has been adopted generally by co-operative companies the decision Is likely to have a wide influ ence In their business. The Decorah farmers' Co-operative so ciety, organized In 1908, has a by-law which Is fn effect that any member of tha society who sells hogs or ot.er live stock to any other individual or com pany must pay Into the farmers' com pany treasury b cents per 100 pounds fur the animals sold to competitors. This virtually put competition at a disadvan tage of not lesa than S cents a hundred pound. ' Officers of tha company, not content with this, went into the open market snd hid for hogs owned by persons who were not members of the company. Henry Reeves, a hog buyer, complained In a petition filed thut such action was a combination in restraint of trade. Tho court sustained him and permanently en- Joined the society from exacting a bonus from those who sold to competitors. GABLE PLEADS GUILTY TO . . SHOOTING REX KEBBLING MA RON CITT. la.. Iec. .-(Special Tel egram.) The Indictment against him for attempting to murdr Chief of Police Locke was dismissed today and Robert Oable this afternoon pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Ilex Kebbllng, and will tomorrow morning be sentenced by Judge Clark. Thirty years. Indeter minate sentence will doubtless be meted eut. Imi Nisi Notes. ESTHEIIVILLE Arthur Ramble ot Lemmon. 8 D.. and Miss Marie Jacob- son of this city were married at the Luth eran church last evening. They will re side st Lemmon. CRKSTON Miss Alice Henry of this county and Perry Shoemaker of Carlisle, la., were married at tha home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Van Curdy, near this city. Thursday afternoon. CORN INO Harry Hnuck, aged 1". a pupil of tha Corning High school, com mitted suicide this morning by hanging himself in a livery barn. No causa is known. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Krank Houck, are old residents. CRKSTON A publlo sale held by M. 3. Jordan & Son. a few mile from this city, Wednesday, is said to have heen the most successful c.na held In this vicinity for many years. Three hundred head of stock was sold, totaling over !1 i.Oil. rtetween "00 and 800 buyers Vere In attendance. MALVF.RN Rev. A. B. Klser. former pastor of the Malvern and Creston Pres byterian churches, has sccepted a posi tion as state field worker for the Iowa Prohibitory Constitutional Amendment as sociation, with headquarter? at Ies Moines, and enters Ut once upon his new duties. MANCHKSTER Delaware county la probably the only county In the state of Iowa where all the taxes due in 1911 wera paid and where not one piece of property was sold at the snntial sale for unpaid taxes. A few properties wera advertised, but tha taxes on all of them had been paid by the time tle tat sale was held. KSTHERVILLK Arnt Kspeset, 'son Of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. K.ipesel, and Miss Hannah Hagnr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August linger, were married at the home of the bride's parents by the Rev. J. J. Akre of the Lutheran church. After a short wedding trip through the Dakotaa hey will return and make i-stliervllla (heir future home. . CRESTON Iegal proceedings were begun yesterday before Judge MePherson In the federal court at Dea Moines to force Into bankruptcy P. J. Henderson, a olnthlng merchant nt this city. The action was begun by New York and Chi cago creditors. The petitioners charge Mr. Henderson with lavonng other credi tors and a Creston bank by payments within the last few months, but leaving them In the lurch. Omaha Girl Honored By the President of University of Iowa IOWA CITT, la.. Dec. 9.-SpecJal.)- Mlss Esther Thomas of Omaha was named today by President John (1. Bow man ot tha University of .' Iowa as a member ot the greater university com mittee, ona of tha most Influential organ isations ot Iowa's educational Institution. Miss Thomas will be one ot the repre sentatives from tha college of liberal arts. She la a senior In that college and will leave the university this year through graduation. . Other raembers of tha committee are as follows: Chairman, President Bowman; Dr. II. J. Prentiss. Dr. K. II. Voliand. Dean Austin Scott, I'rof. F. C. Knslgn. Iowa City; K. C. Uobblns, Cedar Rapids; Jacob Van Der Zee. Iowa City; Arlo Wil son. Edgar Ashtnn, Iowa City; Esther Thomas, Omaha; Elizabeth Martin, Van Meter; Raymond Murphy, Ida Grove; W. M. White, Sioux City; Anton Fried. Davenport; It- A. l'enton, Marcus; P. K. Hagan, Onawa; Philip Hazard, Iowa City; David . . Anderson, Iowa City. DELAY GETTING JURY TO TRY CLAUSSEN CASE SHERIDAN, Wyo. Dec. .-(Speclal Telegram.) At 2 o'clock this afternoon, with tha Jury In the Claussen case finally eompleto lifter a day and a half of spar ring between prosecution and defense and the trial about to begin, Juror S. 1L Wymer. a rancher, received a message advising him of the critical Illness of his wife, necessitating his excusal. Judge Parmelc-e, presiding at the trial. Imme diately announced an hour's recess and ordersd a third special venire of twenty- five talesnten Issued, but at tho adjourn ment ot court at 3:30 tonight the twelfth Juror had not yet beeu accepted. One-half tha Jury are ranchmen, tha balance clerks, professional and laboring men of Sheridan, Wyo. Whllo Cluuasen and Mies Vogeler are charged with the same crime, they are to ba given separate trials. Claussen will face the ftrtt Jury and. If convicted. Mlse Vogeler s case will be tried Immediately. Should Claussen ba acquitted the case against his tlater-ln-law,wtll be dismissed, as the state considers the case against him the stronger of the two. The state will rely heavily upon the loatlinony of Dr. Levers and Dr. Steffen of Sheridan, who made the poet mortem examination of . Mrs. Clauasen's remains. Evidence will also ba Introduced to show that Clausxeti Intended to marry Miss Vogeler. Hats tea teas Heaberr, HOCK 181. AND, III., I fc. t.-Klve boy, all under W vars old, of prominent families. cfnfe,l txlay tu a sertia. of rkiMrts that hate mllfiJ. the police dt'jrtiiic.'ht fur incutha. TEARS ACCOMPANY STORY Lillian Graham Tells of Association with W. E. D. Stokes. SISTER GAVE HEB WARNING Millionaire Hotel Proprietor Ac cused nt Morrter of .41 Adams la Hotel Ansoala In Mne- I lees-lei en. NEW YORK, Dee. 9-An almost con stant flow of tears accompanied tho re cital which Lillian Graham gave today of tho sordid romance which led tip to her shooting William K. D. Stoker, the millionaire hotel proprietor, on the nlcht of June 7, Tho hearing was punctuated with sen sations. Ona came when the woman was asked if her sister. Mrs. Stella Singleton, had ever talked to her about Stokes. 'She told me that I should be ver er note very careful and not Fee him any m than I had to," replied the witness, "be cause he wns a very dangerous mnn and not to trust him. She told me. too. not to- enrago him because she had good rea son to believe he had murdered Al Ad ams." 'On the nislit that Mr. Ad.ims w.ts murdered she, saw Al r. stokes come, out of a buck entrance of the AnsOiia, between 11 and Vt o'clock. She said that Mr. Stokes had said, next morning, he had been in bed at 8 o'clock the night before. She raid that when she opened the door she saw Mr. Stokes runhlng downstairs muttering something." Al. Adams, tile "policy king." died at the Ansotila October 1. 3!K7. and ths death was recorded as a case ot suicide. Prompted by her counsel. fc I. .- Jordan. the young woman sobbed her renllea to questions which covered her girlhood In California, and came gradually up to her relations with Stokes. These made up a story of her having been lured to Mr. Stokes' stock farm and of her hav- ng been detained there for two nights and forced to sign self defamatory let ters, releasing him from responsibility in order to ba allowed to go away In pey?e. ona declared the letters were written In Lexington before she left und that Mr. Stokes made her write them, under threat to write to her brother-in-law and tell him that she had been there and forced herself upon him. The statement. In aha letter, she said, were not true. Bua testified that during her acquaint NO MONEY B PAY IE Our Holiday Credit Kelp Will Make Your. Gift Buying Very, Very Easy. AVe want you to understand tliat our credit service in gladly extended you on such gift arti cles as you might have to mind to purchase. 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S-fiW-KJ B.I r- l UU ance with Stokes he had paid her $1,3)0. which she asserted, fell tj0 short of $1,700, which she said she previously hal given lilrir fnf; Investment and- W hich he had reporttefl -had been lost. The girl told the story of the shooting In rapid tremulous phrases, denying posi tively that she had Invited Stokes to her apartment. . Kither Conrad opened the door and when she heard them talking she rushed out and demanded to know what business he had there. Tried to Choke Her. "He grabbed me by tha throat and tried to choke nie.'" she eald. "He forced ine back into my room and against the bureau. He cursed me and called me tcrriblcs names. I thought he was going to kill me. I opened tho drawer where the revolver was. lie seised the weapon and struggled with tno for It. At last 1 got my finger on the trigger and it went off. Then he got the gun uwny from mo and I ran into the front room. Miss Con rad cried to him "Drop that gun or I'll Bhoot." Then sho shot. The next thing I remember I ran out Into the hall screaming for help." Miss Graham when asked what Stokes had said, replied: 4"IIe ald: .'I came here after my letters and I'm not going to leave without them.' " "Did he say anything more than you have told us?" continued her attorney. "When he took me by the throat he said: 'You won't have to commit suicide when I get through with you." " When the cross-examination came to an end the witness seemed to regain her composure, but with almost the first questions askd by the prosecutor, ob jections by Miss Graham's counsel brought an argument and Justice Marcus declared an adjournment until tomorrow. MRS. PANKHURST GETS INTO TROUBLE FOR OVERSPEEDING PROVIDENCE! n. I., Dec. 9-Tho rigors of the Rhode Island traffic laws were demonstrated to Mrs. ICmmeline Pankhurst, tho Knglisli militant suffra gist, yesterday, when her automobile was held up for overspeedlng as she was com ing into this city from Sherbourne, Mass., to address a meeting of women emanci pators, according to news which leaked out today.- The suffragist leader ex plained to the traffic officer the urgency of her engagement here and the chauf feur was allowed to take her to her destination before being haled Into court. She was fined $15 and costs. . . Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Big Returns. FOR THIS MASSIVE aa ta Timsisu ROCKER. A most delightful Christmas gift, and one that every member of the family will take delight in having. They- are massively ever-stuffed in fabiicoid leather of a durable quality and have patent spring arrangement. CKILDS TIN BOILERS Worth S5c, spe cial..'... 10c 'WtfrTlTi' V. $5. For a HANDSOME $10 MUSIC CABINET A most accepta ble Christmas gilt. Union utfittingCo' t OMAHA mm : t B ULltli lil .L JtLJ i-H J- ' its " a iu fid a e-.i i" au jr-. rum y. ''"y''tiWiiiiL floods pur- . 'Asp, n.uiswi ; h 'I lv i I ' chased now t.-AV' -V";a vSlJ' Clfl 7K for this massive iP Buy Sensible ; M ' f WW, Vltf-I $32.50 TURKISH -rr- Ym. is:fi. . I" ! j tir'ii fi I U if ' at 1 tX)XSOLIHATKI WITH PEOPLE'S STORE Thousands Killed by, Uhmese Troops in Sian-Fu Fights rKKINCl, Dec. n. The first direct end uneensored news received from Sin-Fn since the leoent outbreak thero was brought hero today by messenger. It consists of letters to tins Hrltivh and American legations and the director ot posts. The letters say $, Manchuii were slait by Chinese and that there was much looting. Several mission houses In the, province were destroyed snd eight foreign ers, some of them children. Were killed. Four of the dead were AmericuiiS. According to tho letters, foreigners in the province of Shen-.1, of v. hlcli Slan-Fu is the capital, numbered seventy-five, In cluding seventeen Americans. A majority of these nre now In Sian-Fu, but other fled to tho province of Kau-Su, whcii trouble Is expected. "We apparently are safo new," cays or. of tho letters, "but the lawless aie in '.hi majority." This letter Is' signed by V. J. riyniirc of the Christian and Missionary alliances at Taochow, province of Kan-fc'u. Jt U dnted November "6. Tho terms which the Imperial ilclcRates will take to Shanghai or Nanking' in nn endeavor to settle tho questions In dis pute between the government and tho rebels are believed to provide, first, thut the emperor shall be retained, though ho will be entirely without power; second, that a president nud cabinet shall bu elected by the nation and the president rhnll possess the Fame uuthorlty as tho president of a republic; und, third, if tho foregoing conditions are accepted; the government will grant provincial auton omy. These terms are considered largely a bluff. FRED F KANERT ON TRIAL BEFORE HALL COUNTY JURY GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. ?. (Spe cial.) Yesterday afternoon and all ot this morning tho district court , was oc cupied with the work of selecting a Jury In the case ot the state against Fred I-'. Kanert, on a statutory charge brought by Miss Waddick, a girl of but 14 or ii years. Kanert Is a well-known sportini,' goods dealer. 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