THE HKK: OMAHA, THURSDAY. DECHMUKU U. 101 1.
BRIEF CITY NEWS
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Omaha General moepltsj, Son. tU.
f yptlaa Cheeolrtes 20c. Myers-Dillon
Oae, Xlee. llxtnrss, arrasQranea
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Apros Sale Friday The woman of tlie
fct. Mary's Avenue Congregational church
will hold an apron and comfort vale Fri
day at the church. The West Farnam
circle of the church will serve luncheon
the came day.
Insurance Man Meet-Thirty agents
and Follrltora of the Mutual Drneflt I.lfe
.Association of Newark, N. J., gathered at
a banquet at the Home yesterday and dis
cussed business topics. The meeting Is
the regular quarterly gathering.
In the Divorce Court Suits for divorce
as follows have been started In district
court: Laura Eulme against Charles
Eulme; Martha Jones against Frank Q.
Jones. Delia Dobbins was granted a
divorce from Walter E. Dobbins.
Bipple la Bound Over -Albert Slpple
was bound over to tho district court on
bonds of $509 n police court on a charge
of gTand larceny. Slpple Is alleged to
have stolen Feveral suits and pairs of
ehoes from n Dodge street hotel about
two weeks ago!
Tranoea WUlard Society Elects The
JVances Willard society of the high
school met In the assembly room at the
school and elected officers for this school
year yesterday. The following were
elected: President, Stella Abraham; vice
president. Mia Caley; secretary-treasurer,
Marie Galloway; sergeants-at-arms, Irene
Majors and Louise Btratbucker. The
society teachers will be Jeanette Mc
Donald, Anna T. Adams and Jennie Hult
man. Mrs. Stewart Brought Home Mrs.
James Stewart, 14:3 North Eleventh
street, who ran away from her home
bout two weeks ago, was brought back
to Omaha yesterday by Colonel J. C.
Greenman of the Kansas City police de
partment and turned over to the county
hospital, where she will be examined by
the Insanity commission. Mrs. Stewart
was' being attended by a Kansas City
physician for Insanity when she was
located by the police there.
Younger McNamara
Apt at Prison Work
BAN QLENTIN, De. 13-"Jamcs ll.
McNamara has not been examined yet by
the prison physicians for tuberculosis and
i It Is ImpoHtdhle to state wr.en he may be,"
eald Warden John E. Hoylo today.
i Heretofore the custom has been to
make. ho examinations of that kind unless
especially asked by tho prisoner or when
the . prisoner's Illness la plain to be seen,
. the warden explained. '
The McNamaras began their second
(lay's lesson In the Jute mill according to
prison rules. Owlnir' to his familiarity
. with printing machinery, James B. has
appeared the quicker of the brothers in
, mastering the mechanism. The working
cf a loom Is not simple, and several weeks
!re allowed prisoners for learning.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. District At
torney John D. Fredericks today filed a
econi. Information against Burt H.
Franklin, an Investigator In the McNa
mara murder trial, charging him with
bribery and with having attempted to In
fluence the verdict of a Jury. Franklin
already J has been held to the Tjiiperlor
court for trial on another such Informa
tion and the new one has to do with Rob
ert F. Bain, a sworn Juror, who testified
lit court that he haft taken "a bribe
The federal grand Jury today continued
to hear evidence concerning the alleged
conspiracy to transport dynamite unlaw
fully. A score of witnesses were exam
ined, most of whom were said to have
established the Identity of "J. B. Bryce"
M James B. McNamara.
Messages Written
i (m Walls of Mine
j Rouse False Hopes
BniCKVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. ll.-Mes-Bagcs
scrawled on the walla of compart
ments of the Cross Mountain Mine",
where Saturday an explosion entombed
more than one hundred men, encouraged
rescuers during the day to renewed ef
forts in the hope of finding more men
live.
These messages evidently were written
y a party of men.
When driven out of one place by gas,
they would write. Indicating where they
were going. After the trail was fol
lowed through several entries It was lost,
and liopo of finding more men alive was
abandoned.
i I'ntll midnight thirty-eight bodies had
licon found, but five of these still are in
the. mine. The position of the seven
bodies discovered today show: they died
ifrum black dump.'
Fire broke out anew late today In cross
entry No. 17 about 1.W0 feet from the main
entry. ' It was in the coal this time and
was extinguished at l.JO o'clock this
morning.
FORM OMAHA MUSIKVEREIN
l.rnnan Maglag Societies of City
t onsolldate Big- .taaual Fes.
Ilval la Planned.
Council Bluffs
DIFFICULT TO SECURE JURY
Entire Day in Marks' Trial Con
sumed Without Finding Juror.
MANY QUISIIONS ARE ASKED
Frequent Broad Allusions Made by
Both Sides to !, I hie Political
Coloring Involved In the
l'roterntlon.
After getting a late start In the work
of selecting a Jury to sere In the Marks
ease, the entire day yesterday" was con
sumed without a single Juror being defi
nitely agreed upon, and tho probability
la that all or today will be consumed In
the same effort and that even a greater
length of time may be required to get a
Jury that will satisfy both slde.j. O.iiy
one Juror. Ben B. King, undertaker, em
ployed by the Woodrlng company, ap
peared likely to reinuln in the box after
both sides get through with their chal
lenges. Two Jurors. George Tcterson of
Avoca and C. A. Tibbits. former chler of
pollee of Council lilulf.-, were excused for
cause.
Every Juryman Is keenly questioned
libotit having read alligations made In
the cae and the degree of credence he
litis given them. Tho attorney general
IS also making cuutiotis Inquiries of every
prospective Juror concerning any preju
dice that may exist In his mind against
the activity of the attorney general In
prosecuting this case. Frequent broad
allusions have been made on both sides
to possible political coloring. Involving
both state and national politics, and have
led to hot colloquies between the attor
neys and frequent ruling by the court.
John P. Organ appeared at the table?
occupied by counsel for the defense and
will take an active part in assisting
Messrs. Tlnley. Mitchell and Wright.
Fifty-four talesmen have been summoned
as possible jurors. At the rate the ex
amination proceeded yesterday nearly all
of today will be consumed in questioning
the first twelve ordered into the Jury box.
With the adoption last r!ght of new by
laws and articles of incorporation the
Omaha Baengerfest lost Its Identity to be
come a part of an enormous German sing
ing society to be known as the Omaha
Jdu.tkverelo,
T!J9 3ove, which will push Omaha far
up In the realm of music, was made last
night at the annual election and banquet
of the Baengerfctt, held at the German
home. The move was auggested by the
actions of the German singing societies
..f Indianapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis
and many other cities in combining their
various local German singing organiza
tions which represent those cltlea.
The Omaha Muuikvereln will comprise
the memberships ol the Baengerfest,
Mannerchor. Orpheus and . Concordla.
whlch will make It one of the largest
German societies in the weat. As was
discussed last night, an annual musical
festival or convention will be held In
Omaha which will bring to this city be
tween 600 and Sot) visitors every year.
It waa also auggested that the assocla
tlon would build a music hall, but no
definite actlou was takeo as to that. The
following directors who were elected last
right all! meet the first Monday in Janu
ary and elect officers:
R. C. Strehlow, Dr. It 8. Lucke, Peter
jvieiciuors, i j. reier, j. j. Hexa, W. II
Huchols, I,eo Hoffman, I'cter Laux,
Harry Fischer, Dr. E. 11. Hruenlng, Dr.
V. A. 8edlaek. Hev. B. Blnne, August J.
KKgers. C. B. IJver. P. Keerman. J k'nnn
harlea Schnauber, Henry Lehman, Kob-
rt Kosenswleg. B. F. Meile, Paul liets
ac.hmaun, Fred Delcker. George Kahn
'Adolph tltori, Albert Krug, 11. K. Ritchie
( mi. oiuucMiK Kiiu -mnp uanuschua.
K. .'. mreniow. president of the
Saengerfeet, waa chairman of the bual
Inesa seaaioa of last night's meeting. J. J.
illesa was toastmaater at the annual
banquet.
Elks' Minstrels Give
Their Entertainment
Before Large Crowd
An audience williug to be amused ap
preciated for two hours last night the
novel and harmless fun provided by the
seventy-five members of the local Elks'
club, who made their first appearance on
the stage as real minstrels. Every face
waa familiar to nearly every person in the
audience despite paints and wigs, and the
surprh-e equaled the enjoyment where so
much more was given than was ex
pected. " ......
There were some especially briniant
stars, but every face that beamed on tho
audience indicated stellar qualities. The
songs of Douglass; Evans, Hill Bchnorr,
and Elgan, were encored repeatedly. Du
quette's slelght-of-hand htunt and Tln
cher and Metzger's strong men's act were
especially funny and called for much
more 'in the way of encores than tho
young men had time to give.
Alderman Mlnijlck aa one of the black
faces also gathered p showers of bou
quets that were thrown at him the mo
ment he was recognized. Tho work to
night will be a trifle more finished, but
It could not be given more vim than' was
Injected in it last night. Following is
part of the bill:
Comlo Bong "When You're In Town,"
Bert I till.
Coon long "Mind Your Own Business,"
Art Townaand.
Tenor iS.llad "If this Rose Told You
All It Knows," Lucius Pryor.
Southern Serenade "Carolina Hag," Ed
McKlnley.
Darky lamentation "When I Woke
Up," William Douglass.
Baritone Solo "Courage, James Mul-
queen.
icai Topics "i wish i was a Little
Bird," Frank Elgan.
First Part Finale "Down In Sunny
Honey Town," sung by the Comedy Con
tingent, us.ilsted by entire company.
lnleriulhi-lon-
Ovcrture Medley, orchestra.
Olio of negro acts, specialties, burlesque.
songs and dances, by local talent exclus
ively. 1
Porcupine Riding Club Dr. Don Mac
rae, captain; Wlllam iKiuglass, bugler;
Dr. Treynor, William Coppock. P. J. Mo
Bride, George Wright. William rSchnorr,
Paul C. Mooney, Painter Knox.
Ebonyvllle Elks Reception A mlnxlrel
musical comedy with a plot; $10 reward
to anybody finding the plot. A conglom
eration of comedy, funny situations, songs
and dances, etc.
Ace and Deuce of Mystery Ed Du
quette and Grover Beno.
Two Kccentrlc I omlquru C. E. Tincher
and Ralph Metzger. Burlesque magi
cians, strong men and hand balancers.
Palm Leaf Maid Song and dunce bv
Ernie Countryman, Bob Cole. ICd t'leiutn-
son, Tom Wise. L. J. Patterson. Charles
Duquette. C. Sulhoff. II. A. Waddington.
Buck and wing dancing.
Finale "Back to Sunny Honey Town."
BLUFFS LODGE HAS MOST
MEMBERS IN THE STATE
The initiation last night of sixty mem
bers into the Council Bluffs lodge of the
Royal Arcanum at Eagles' hall brings Its
membership up to the point where it
takes the place of the banner lodge of
the order In Iowa. A xtrung rivalry has
been on for several months for this posi
tion, and early In the contest Council
Bluffs went in to win. In the last three
meetings 109 new members have been
initiated, giving the lodge not only the
largest ineinlwrahlp In the state, but the
record for the greatest number of new
members In a given time.
There were present last night A. B.
Robinson of Bt. Louis, supreme treasurer
and past supreme regent; J. N. Labarre
of Waterloo, grand regent; H. "A. Bnyder
or Waterloo, grand secretary; Charles M.
Dhkson of Bioux City, supreme regent,
and G. A. Fairley of Des Moines, grand
orator. J. A. Sanderson, grand regent of
Nebraska, was also present. They were
guests of the local officers at dinner at
the Grand hotel yesterday.
BUILDERS NOMINATE
OFFICERS FOR ELECTION
The annual election of the Omaha
Builders' exchange will be held January
1 at :, with a banquet in the exchange
rooms, followed by a theater party at
the Orpheum. At a meeting 'last night
the following nominations were made:
President Grant I'arsons, William
Redgwick.
Vhve President Robert Banderson
Charles Anderson. '
Treasurer Thomas Herd. J. M. Dow.
Directors narry Kaamussen, Albert
Borchman. Oustava Hanson, D. J. Cree
don. F. E. Blind, M. F.Jornson, R. l.
Carter. J. E. Merrlam, A. A. Newman, W.
II. Parriih, P. J. Kuns and H. E. Olsen
The annual election will be held Jan
uary t at t:30 o'clock, with a banquet, fol
lowed by an Orpheum party.
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Actual Shipments to Customers
13,671,186.1
Shipments Dpeeinher 10, 1910, to December 10, l!Ml
Shipments December 10, l'KW, to December 10, l!HO
'$n,o7i,ihi.in
12.368.5U.9o
Gain in Shipments for 1911 $1,?02,074.21
This volume is unequaled by competition from ANY
source-past or present. No other concern ever made
or shipped as many shoes in one year.
We have been in the business only 13 years. Through good years and bad
our growth has been continuous an average gain in shipments of over ONE
MILLION DOLLARS each year.
, Our standard is shoes honestly constructed from GOOD leather No substi-.
tutes for leather are ever used.
Each year- wc arc making more shoes. Our
factories produced the past year, over Six Million
Pairs. The larger the output the lower the cost.
The wearer gets the benefit of the saving.
Each season "Star Brand" Shoes have been
made better uniformly better than other shoes
sold at the same price. The growth of our busi
ness proves it.
The shoe business is conducted under more
active competition than any other great industry;
There are over 1300 shoe manufacturers in the
United States. This competition has been an AID
to the growth of our sales.
Wc carry a TWO MILLION DOLLAR
stock, replenished with over Twenty Thousand
pairs of shoes daily new styles kept up to date
every day. Last year wc turned this stock nearly
seven times. No dead stock; therefore, no losses.
The merchant who applies this plan to his
business and orders according to his needs, keeps
new-shoes and new styles coming for his customers
all the time.
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In this way the merchant can turn his stock as
often as ive do. He can do a larger business on a
smaller investment. It is all in the turn-over.
SIX POPULAR "STAR BRAND" LINES:
Tee "PATRIOT"--a fine thoe for men. The 'P1LCRIH"- ntal-lervictabU-pcpvtar price. "1FCKIR THAN THE LAW" the etrongeet and
longest wearing work ehoe. The "SOCIETY" a particular $hoe for particular women. "TESS lid TED" School Sheet for girle and
boye-look better, fit better, wear longer. "OUR FAMLY" An every day thoe for every member of the family.
Always ask for and insist on having "StarBrand Shoes." If your dealer doesn't
handle them it will pay you to change dealers.
. Look for the "Star" on the heel then you cannot be mistaken.
"STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER"
13 Factories ftoBEtf is, Johnson And Shob Co.
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MRS. WILDMAN ASKS DIYORCE
It Former Social Queen of Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
HUSBAND'S CRUELTY, CHARGE
Tker Were Married la 100T and
Ilved at Kart Omaha Two Yrara,
Tbea la the Philippine
lalanda.
A .ult fur divorce was ye.terday filed
In dixtrlct court at Council Uluff. by
Mrs. Ullsabeth Hew art Wtldman agulii.t
Captain Leonard V. Wlldinan, recently
returned from the Philippines and well
known In military circle. In Omaha and
throughout the country. Although It had
been known to a few of the Intimate
friend, of Mr.. Wildman In Council
Bluffs and Om-iha, that her domestic life
waa not all sunshine, the filing of the
ult created a decided .en.atlon.
The marriage of Miss liesnle Btewart,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Stew
art of Council Uluff., took place at the
Bluffs on February 9. 1107, and wa. the
.octal event of the year. The marriage
was performed by T. J. Markay of
Omaha In St. Paul'a Episcopal church in
the presence of 8(0 people, including the
social elite of Council Bluffs and Oma!
Captain and Mrs. Wildman lived at
Fort Crook until the captain was trans
ferred to Fort Leavenworth, where they
lived two years. Then Captain Wildman
waa ordered to the Philippines and Mrs
Wildman acompanled him to Manila.
Hera domestic troubles arose. Mrs. Stew
art went to the Philippines a year ago
to visit her daughter, and after remain.
Ing there some time took her on a jour
ney In Asia, stopping a long tlma In
Japan and at tha Sandwich Islands. They
arrived here late In July. In the meun
tlpie Captain Wildman had been agai.i
transferred and was stationed at one of
the Houth Atlantic states military coast
stationH.
Mra. Wildman did not rejoin her hus
band after his return to this country.
The petition Med yexlerday morning by
l.min.t Tlnley, attorney for Mrs. Wild-
man, allege, cruelty. No claim Is made
for alimony. Mrs. Wildman was bom
In Council Muffs and was for years be
fore her marriage a social favorite.
CARLISLE GETS VERDICT
OF $350 FROM THE CITY
The Jury which listened for a week to
the evidence In the case of Charles Car
lisle against the city, returned a verdict
yesterday In favor of Carlisle for tluu. He
sued for MI,600 for alleged damages sus
tained when he fell Into a sewer ditch,
which had been washed out by a heavy
rain. Carlisle drove Into It In tha daik-
liexs and one of his horses received In
juries that caused Its death. The case
hud been tried once and won by the city,
but the verdict was set Hilde by Judge
Ureen. Tho city appealed from his ruling
to tho supreme court, but the higher
court feUftalned Judge Ureen.
(hnra-ed wilt Theft of tirlp.
I.OOA.V. Ia., Dec. l:'.-Speclal.)-aeorge
Bailee was brought to Logan today by
Officer Myers of Missouri A'alley to
await the action of the grand Jury In the
January term of court. Mr. Ballea waa
arrested at Dunlap Hunday evening on
charge of taking a grip at Missouri Val
ley belonging to another party. Mr. Bailes
aaya that ha la 17 years nf uge and a
resident of Newark. N. J. His preliminary
trial took plara at Missouri Valley today
befora C. Alexander.
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