THE BEE: - OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1911 Stylish Easter Footwear For Children and Misses No matter Low carefully and tastefully the children are dressed for this great fashion day, unless one selects neat, well -fitting footwear, the child's attire will not only be incomplete, but the cleverest and prettiest outfit will appear to disadvantage. We are howlng wonderfully com plete lines of pumps and strap slip pers In patent leather and white can vas and our experienced shoe filter guarantee perfect fit and the beat quality procurable in every shoe. Only two days left for Pre-Eaater (hopping a selection tomorrow Is advisable. - CHILDREN'S Sizes 5 to 10i2 Patents.... 81.25 to 82.23 White Canvas.. $1.25 to 83 Hi TOf m ovaayoat AST 1518-1520 FAUN AM STREET 8PRIXU AND BUMMER CATALOGUE KOW READY Peterson Bus. company. All are eaten live plants. Besides these plants the lumber yard ef I'phaa Agler. with millions of test of hardwood lumber was submerged. The Chicago mill also had a tremendous stock ef lumber. Jt la estimated that the aumber of homes, business houses and stbsr structures flooded la the drainage listrb-t numbered nearly l.ON. .Future City, a negro settlement In the Oooded territory hss a population ' of Bote than La. Urbandale, with a whits population of a boot IN had many Well built homes. No loss of lite is re sorted se far. Hlslaa at All relets Below Cairo. . WASHINGTON, April l-Wlth the Mis esslppt river at Memphis three feet ibere the high record mark and at Cairo 1.1 feet above the highest prevl.ua mark, weather bureau officials today were ua ible te predict any cessation in the can irsjitly rising flood below Cairo. Reports te the bureau. Indicated the water would eonllnue to rise slowly and e prediction was made as to when the leod would turn. The river at Cairo this morning stood U U.I test, a rise,, of two-tenths slnos issterday. The previous high rsoord at ?e Ire waa IS. I feet, mads in ua At Memphis the stage was M feet, a rtn f eight-tenths slnos yesterday. The pre rio us record at Memphis, was 4M test. M Vlcksburg the river stood at reef, a- rise ef nve-tsnths slnos yesterday. President Taft today directed toe quar termaster general's department ef In trmy te furnish rations te any sufferers tt the Mississippi and Missouri river looda who are found te he In want. A resolution Is now before the bouse mmmlttee on appropriations Which would since fKO,wt at the president's disposal lor tbs relief ef the homeless la lbs flooded districts. Ills order for the die jibutlcn of army rations did not call tor tny special authority by congress. raeasaade ef Befageee at Hleksaaa. HICKMAN. Ky., April t-riood refugees were cheered after an all Bight vigil at the levees, by the announcement that a train would reach Hickman this afternoon, bringing food and clothing. Fhe food situation this morning was erloos. There are loot refugses here. The city borrowed IKS) from a local tank to pay express charges en MS gov iroment ten is which arrived on the first '.raia alnoe the levee broke. Tbese and he seventy tents furnished by the stats tre being erected In the highlands thle awning. They will relieve the con tested condition of improvised sleeping manor set up la churches, schojl leusns, balls sod evsa barns. Excepting those engaged on relief work rvery sole bodied man has boss) Im- ireseea lor service en the levee. A leputy sberlif rods through town today tad ordered groups of Idle negroes te the eves, threatening to shoot those who H sobered. Disaster eonfronu some of the mer teuts by rsasoa of the lose of their ttocke, losses in the contributory ur tlory and the Idleness ef factory em loyea, who WIU bs out of work tor eeks. , '. s, , Mere Water at Memphis. MKMPHI8. Tens.. April v-Whlle shew n the effects of the Hood ail the main lae levees la Arkansas. Tennessee and disatsslppi are today reported Intact, but t le ceaeeded that a hard fight must bs Miiady'a Toilet Table y auaa. fiuui I A auuiylo home treatment that keep, lie uui riue, cleau, tuify sun aiuuy U) suauipvoiog once or twice a HMttu with. Uiecx. le prepare the vautr, put a cupful of corniueal tor ur uuikos of powdered orris root) la fru.i ;i aud mis wuu it a s.nau oriv wi i im of tnerox. sprinkle a lit- on Lne ueed sua oruea it out .Hor net1'), and it vU luve all dirt, dan ruff and exeeso oil with it. A Litiiiwi etcru u.:i necessity f til cvneet material tan be ma.le '. borne at utile cet uy skuply ssulv !t original pectaire of maatone 11 . ai( viut witch haseL Cover the face i arms Willi luis auiuliini. .,u te putity. lbieea aad velvety eoflneA Hi prOvs denlieole and refreshing to t-e uiMi eeiiaUive saio. It beasnflee 'tiii'Ul tlAt "powdered" apparaace rd "belos" se no powder does. A pWiidld reined? for sores, skin ruplions, pimples. erien.a and similar eeuty deatroyera Is Mother's Salve. It Ue cut, buma and ecslda without saving a scar. It Is antiseptic as we.l e healing aad tends to prevent blood laontng. Prdohably nothing Is more humullat ag to a woaiaa than hairs ea her '.- iowever, tleee caa be quickly remove. I 'y appivlng dels tone paste Mix eoeuxh Kvwdered delatooa with water to cover fee hairs; leave on for two minutes, ihee wipe off. wash the skin, aad toe lairs will be gene. Adv. MISSES' Sizes 11 to 2 Ptenu 82.25 to 83 white canvas.. 82 to 82.75 norm msde, especially In the upper Bt Francis district, to savs the embankments. The Tennessee levee west of Hickman, Ky., which protects the Reel Foot Isks region, Is crumbling to some extent and water Is wsshlng the crest, but It la thought ths levse can be saved. ' At Star Landing in Arkansas, opposite Lake Cormorant. Miss., the bsnk la cav ing near the base ef the levee and gov arnment forces are being concentrated at that point' South of Memphis the flood has not reached the acute stags. In Memphis the flooded area In the northern section ef the city Is steadily increasing in length and breadth. Or ganlsed relief for those driven from their homes or thrown out of employment was taken up today. River Hlslaa at at. I.eals. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April l-The -sls-elppl river registered K.t feet here todsy, a rise of .1 feet feet in twenty-four hours. It Is predicted that the river will go to II fast by tonight and will remain sta. tlniery. at tl feet for several days. From Hannibal, where the gauge stood at M.J feet today, a rise of 1.1 feet In twenty-four hours, to St. Louis, the river le rising rapidly and has spread over the lowlands. No great property damage baa been done by the rise, as the people were prepared. The Missouri river is reported te be falling slowly. One Death at Sew Madrid. NEW MADRID. Mo., April 4,-Huslnrsa la at a standstill here todsy, the same as it pas peen since nunoer, Because or tne unprecedented flood. No mall has been received this week and the two railroads Into New Madrid have not moved a train since Sunday. Mayor Conrad telegraphed Congressman Russell that government aid la needed One death, that of a negro, has been re ported. Only one residence In the city has escaped having Ita first floor flooded. On the streets the water le from six Inches te five feet deep. The public schools have beea closed for Instruction, but are open aa places of refuge, aa are the court house and the churches. The two weekly papers of the city will not publish this week because their offices are flooded. Oaat la Fox River Oat. AL'ROKA, III., April 4-The Fox river dam at St. Charles went out this after noon, an Ire gorge tearing a huge hole la its center. The beck water from the Ice Jam flooded the lower portions of the city and some of the eltlxens are panic-stricken. Dynamite Is being used to break up the Jam. DRYS DEAL WITH SOCIALISTS (Continued from First Page.) At the city election Tuesday too ei ticket received 4 votes; dry, M. This wsa the only Issue. MILFOHU. Neb.. April t-Kpeclal.-Ths village election Tuesday resulted In the selection of Oeorge K. Ballaetln aad Frank Newton for the two-year Una and Frank ilsrreid for the one-year terns aa member of the board of trustees. Ths towa continued dry by majority. Drrs Wla at Fallertaa. FULLEilTO.N, Neb., April .-Special.) -.The city election held here yeiterda passsd off very quietly. Ths following were elected te the various city offices fur the ensuing year: Mayor, John A. Wssms; city clerk. T. B. Davis; city treasurer. M. J. Flaherty; police Judge. A. F. Kllese; city engineer, A. B. Klla eorth; members of the school board for three-year term, E L. Thomas and (ieorgs Caswell; councilman. 1. B. Koh ner, 1. N. Campbell and P. H. Pitch ford. The license question lost by flftv 'x votes. Fullertoa baa now bees dry 'or five years. LAP AT TAMMtMT DKLIVBRKD Mew Verk Drssarratls Committer Table Meaolalloa hy Keith. NEW YORK. April 4.-The proceedings of the democratic stats committee, which met here today for organisation, were rsllvened by the Introduction of a reso lution by Heery P. Keith, representing the First district, which declared thai "the future welfare and success of ths democratic party In the state requires that Charles F. Murphy and Tammaay Hall confine their actlvltlee te the bor ough ef Manhattan, city of New Tors." The report wsa tabled. Announcement was made that Secre tary Seymour Van Saatvaord of Trey, legal adviser te Governor Dlx. would he temporary chalrmaa of the state cea ventloa te be held here oa April U. Congreeemaa James Fitsgeraid will be permanent chairman. Tits four delecateSHU-largs te the dem ocratic national coaventioa to be selected st the convention, tt was anaouacea. will bs chosen from the following: leader Straus. Samuel L'nteraarer. Governor Dlx. t'alted States Senator O'Goraua. Charles F. Murphy. Altoa B. Parker. Wilhaia J. Caynor and Hermaa Bidder. Key to the Situation Bte Advertising FIGHT UPON NORMS BILL Attorney from Greeley, Colo., Op poies Wider U. P. Eig-ht-of-Wsy. GEIAT DAMAGE TO BUSINESS Firms Usg Established Will Softer If Meaaare Passes Klakeld Bill to Lower Lsrease aa Adal terated Batter. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April l-Specia! Tel egram.) Attorney J, H. Todd, represent ing ths Oreeley (Colo.) Commercial club and land owners In that community, ap peared today before the Judiciary com mittee of the house en the Norrts bill to limit the width of the right-of-way of the Union Pacific and urged that the provlalona of the bill be extended to meet the Colorado conditions He de clared that a large number of property holders la the city of Oreeley would sus tain a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars should It at any time be held that the railroads had a right-of-way through Greeley greater than M feet, which, he stated, waa ths width fixed by deed and agreement between the Union Colony of Colorado, former owner of the townslte, and the Denver Pacific Railway company and Tsiegrsph com pany, then owner ef the railroad. Pursuant te that agreement, Mr. Todd alleged that the townslte waa platted t a hne within fifty feet of the center of the track and thereafter sold lots up .e that boundary, which have been In ad verse possession of grantees for over forty years. Among these grantees, he states, were a very large flouring; mill. electric light plants, gss plants, ware- houses aad other business buildings, worth, approximately, tSW,O0. Read ta Have Heartagj. Mr. Todd alleged further that a simi lar condition existed at Brighton, as well as In othsr towns. At the close of Mr. Todd's statement Chairman Clayton announced that on Saturday morning representatives of the Union Pacini would be glvea an opportunity to be beard. Mr. Norria said that Mr. Loomla waa la the city at present and would appear for his client, the railroad, and added that early action on the bill would be further delayed by the Intervention of the Colorado situation. Tax aa Ratter Dealers, The Klnkald bill te reduce ths tax oa dealers In adulterated butter from V te CO per annum and te penalise only those "knowingly" selling the product, has received the approval of the Treasury de partment. Secretary MacVeagh atates In a report to the agricultural committee that the measure should be passsd, but adds that s nether change should be made reducing the tax oa wholesale dealers from tut to M per annum. ( "Experience has shown." said the secre tary, "that the present special tax of MOO aa manufacturers and MUD as wholesale dealers In adulterated butter Is unneces sarily high, and that the law could be more effectively executed under condi tions proposed." At recent hearings on this measure, the vicious element In the present law wss exemplified by an Instance cltsd, In which the department collected C.SOu on one tub of butler, each man through whose hands It had pa seed being held a "dealer," ua- der the wording ef the ststute and there fore liable to payment of the lax. - The Insertion of the word "knowingly," proposed ky the Klnkald amendment, will obviate further repetition of this abuse. It la declared. F. M. Wolcett of Valentine was pre sented to President Taft by Congressman Klnkald today. H. C. M. Burgess was nominated for re appointment aa collector of the port at Lincoln by the president today and the name submitted to the senste for ap proval. NEW ORLEANS EDITOR GETS VERDICT AGAINST DEAD RIVAL NEW OHLRANH, April 4 J. D. De Baro ocelli, editor of the Wasp, was today awarded flat damages la ths United States district eourt against the estste ef Arrnand Capdevlelle. who was editor of The Bee. The editors of these tws French pub. U cations, after a controversy through their editorial columns In which stinging French epithets were freely used, cams to blows oa the streets bore several months ago and M. Capdevlelle stirred the French colony by Issuing a challenge to a duel te his contemporary. M. De Baroncelli declined the challenge and brought suit Instead for tSMOe. After the filing of ths ault M. Capdevlelle died and the damagee granted by the Jury were awarded against the editor's estate BODY OF SENATOR TAYLOR IS LYING IN STATE NA8HVILUE. Tenn.. April l-The people of western and middle Tennessee paid their final trlbuta to the memory of "Fiddling Bob" Senator Robert Love Taylor-today. Through the hall of ths bouse In the state rapltol thousands of persons walked past the body of the senator, who succumbed la Washington Sunday. ' Nashville today suspended all business and the capital gave Itself ever te pro viding for the thousands of people who came te witness the ceremonies In final honor of the man who three tlmee has besa governor of the stats aad thes a federal senator. Tomorrow funeral services and burial will take place In Kaosvllie. BANDITS KILL EXPRESSMAN . ON HIGHWAY NEAR PARIS PARIS, April . Four bandits today leaped onto aa expressman's wagon In the vicinity of Cbotsy Lsrol. shout six Bailee from Parte, strangled the driver to 'leath, looted the wagoa of a large quan tity of valuables and thra tossed the body te the reaosMe. rio trace ef the bandits baa been found. THREE PERSONS KILLED IN GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT CHICAGO. April t -Three persona. In cluding a woman and her I-year-oM child. -ere killed and elghteea Injured today wbea a CMosgo gt Altoa train crashed late a street car filled with passengirs at South Kedxle and West Thirty-seventh street. Wtlews Will Speak la Mlaaeaaalta. MINNEAPOLIS. April l-Jamee Wil son, tvretary of Agriculture, will make aa address here during the eecrreorion la June ef the Mlnaesota Beaker' as sorts! toa. tt wss anewed today. His stibject milt be "Deeaosiratiaa Work the Oorernment Is N w Doing a the Fsiou.' Arkansas Planter Kills Three Employes MARIANA. Ark April t-Wllllam Lynn, a planter. Is under arrest here charged with having shot and killed three of bis farm hands, negroes, snd wounded Cordon Wright, a bystander here tonight- Lynn and the negroes, who had brought cattle and farming equipment from the Lynn plantation, which is In danger of overflow, to tlila city, became Involved tn an argument. It Is asserted, aa to whether they should return to the farm and the shooting re sulted. Wright In only slightly wounded. Vice President of China Assassinated LONDON. April 4.-A dispatch from Tin Tain to the Exchange Telegraph company says that the reported assassi nation of General Li Tuen-Heng. vies president of the Chinese republic, le con firmed. There Is no confirmation of the rumor from any other source. CAPTAIN WILLIAM DALY OF NOTED FAMILY PASSES AWAY BOSTON, April 4. -Captain William Daly, the last male member of the the atrical family of that name, died today at his home at Revere. "Captain Bill" was one of four broth ers who, with three sisters, wers oa the stage at the same time, a record said to be unequalled by any other family. Captain Daly had been retired from the stsge for many years. The late Dan Daly was a brother and the late Mrs. Margaret Daly Yokes wss a sister. An other sister Is Mrs. Lucy Daly Ward, wits of "Hap" Ward. Captain Daly was 55 years old. WHOLESALE PRICES OF FOOD RISEJWO PER CENT WASHINGTON, April (.-Wholesale prices of food products Increased t per cent In 1911 over the previous year, al though wholesale prices generally of J57 articles declined 1.7 per cent. An Invest! gatlon of ths bureau of labor Into whole sale prices, results of which were an. pounced today, disclosed the facts. There waa a noticeable decline In prices of metals and Implements. Whole sale prices tn 111 were only J per cent below the high average of 1107, the year of highest prices within the period, ISM to 1ML They were 17 per cent higher than In 1W, 44.1 per cent higher than In 1SD7. Primary Law far Marylaad. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 4-Governor Ooldaborough today signed the Harper presidential primary election bill. The bill, which provides for the voting on presidential candidates before the gen eral election on a county unit system, and ths Instruction of delegatea to ths state convention baaed on the result of this ballot, also provides that the can didates shall have their names placed on the primary ballot by certification of candidacy to the secretary of stats fif teen days before the primary election, which la to be held May 1 While Slave Case la Mlaarapolls. MINNEAPOLIS. April 4.-J. M. Bowen, specie! federal sgent connected with ths secret service, is In Minneapolis today Investigating chargea of "white slavery" In connection with a story of Margaret La Rue, aged if, who says she was lured front Eatavan. Paak.. to Mlnot. N. D. The girl has named two women and one man In connection with her atory. Ortaaell Sloe Olnb Mere The members of the Orlnnell college glee club of Orin nell, la., are spending yesterday and to day In Omaha. The club Is making a tour in Its own car, and having two open datea decided to spsnd them tn Omaha. Say! Post Tavern Special Have you tried it? .s Made of selected wheat, com and rice, so blended as to create a rich, new flavor. Serve hot with cream. Merely Pa V v Your new hat may be seek the aid of Mrs. Isabel will adapt just the right French or American style to harmonize perfectly with your jV features. Brandeis Hats Always Possess Individuality. & 1 rT h ifr m f7 "a, ifr- ifr m iT- m RAILROAD BRIDGES REPAIRED Barling-ton Now Ha Direct Line Be tween Lincoln and Omaha. TKADTS SO LONGER DEIOTOID Northwestern Alee Hae Its Llae Re paired ta i"rexeeat Aeeaaaala tlaa af Freight Being Seat lata the State. The Burlington's brtdgs over ths Platte river at Ashland, damaged by the recent floods, has been repaired and trains both east and wsst are being routed over It With the opening of this bridge Burling ton trafflo between Omaha and Lincoln Is established over Its short line, and at the same time direct communication has been established with every Burlington point In Nebraska, except those along the Columbus branch. On that Una the bridge over ths Platte Is stilt out of oommlsslon. but It Is expected that It will be ready for trains today. The Burlington has also completed the repairs on Its Omaha-Bt. Louis line near Hamburg. Ia., and Instesd of trains being detoured by way of Creston, la., they wars sent over the direct route. The Northwestern has completed the rebuilding of Its bridge and tracks waahed out at Arlington and all trains are being sent over the company's own line. Now that the railroads have restored the passenger service they are lining np the freight. Krom all of the Omaha yards the local freights went out oa schedule time and through tralna to all points were stsrted. Roads from the esst wers not hampered to any great extent by floods snd the a" nulatlon of freight In Omaha has beea Immense during the last week. To get .i out of the wsy extraa are being sent out by sll of ths roads to the west, but It will be several days before the yards s jes are entirely clesred. Laee Cartala Sale Meaday, April Sth. 160.009 worth of lace curtains go on sale at prices one-third less thsa regular. ORCHARD WILHKLM CARPET CO. That new food For Tomorrow's Breakfast. Cereal Co, LkU P Food Factories. Batik Creel. MkUgs. EASTER MILLINERY authentic and artistic designs shown at BRANDEIS STORES Every woman realizes the great satisfaction that j comes of being correctly dressed when Easter opens the Spring Season. A The Easter hat is either the crowning beauty of the costume or it is the impossible. both strictly modish and individually becoming if you will Cabus, our chief designer, and -a. a - mi r7- a m Taft Republicans Will Meet Monday Republicans will hold a big rally at tho Boyd theater Monday evening to which prominent republicans from over the state will come. Thu meeting win be heid In the Interest tif President Taft's candidacy. ANCIENT WHISTLERS IN ROCK Aatlqaily af the Meeawlte. Ita Masle aad BUI. Traced to l're htstorle Tlmee. If ths dispatches from Washington are true, the government has a semi-official message from the world of w),X)0tt years ago. Assistant Secretary of State Auee received a curious prehistoric deposit from Brazil, and. In chemically analysing It, found two minute larvae inside the rock, lie was so astounded that he sent the embryonic animals to the Agricul tural department. Under scientific de velopment the larvae produced two mag nificent mosquitoes. It Is too bad that this was not wholly covered by estab lished official Investigation, for Mr. Ados, after all, ia not a government chemist, though a chemical expert However, the authority covering the case seems good snd it will go to strengthen the assertlooe made by workers In stone quarries from time to time that they happen, in split ting the living rock, on toada or frogs living In a state of suspended animation; There have been several such discov eries in Indiana a moat notable oae flf- teen years ago in the stone quarries near LogansporL It waa true that the toad in this case, as In some others, waa shown, but It looked like any other toad. Though In some Instenees the little her. metlcaily sealed cells in which such living things have been held, for nobody knows how long, have been shown, the stories have been generally discredited, or it has been Insisted that there waa some mis take. The Smithsonian Institution haa, how ever, taken np the Investigation of the prehlstorlo mosquitoes. Ita experts de clare that the rock In which they were A false note that makes Harmony her skillful associates, who m ifr m rr mj rr m rT m iT "m ifr" mi 7" i I feund Je not Issa . and it nrjaafliby may lunej been aaauMB jean Jura. JX ; aad the trace c fiat salian Bruce of ; aertytar tax acs-tasa af HaaUy aacaiasd. we bare a far eloquent message from the ages ef the eartb'a formation than Is found la the mute tracery of ferns and fishes la tl strata. It Is declared that the moequitoee that developed brought with them ths song that we know. Thsy ware yellow fever mosquitoes, Just like the ones found In Central America today." We have known that the mosquito waa very old, for la the Egyptian excavations they have been found In honey of iOCO year ago. lndlanapolla Kewa. For the Lawn SHEEP FERTILIZER Seeds that Crow, Need Any? Iormw battjbdat iTsnrwa The Nebraska Seed Co. ISIS MOW ABO tt. raon povo. imi rrpp BEAUTIFUL ALBA rrpp NcB LOSTSE VASE I CtJ With each purchase made at thla atore Saturday wo will give aheolute ly free a beautiful Alba Luater Vase. Order your Teas, Coffees and Spices here tomorrow and get one of these gee window display. UNION PACIFIC TEA CO. 1SU Seward g treat i Beer AMCgBMENTI. BOYD'S BJLTB oomtsji.0- I. X. efTLXA SOTHERN & MARLOWE la Uakeepeareaa aeprtotre Tonight: "Tan.tng of the Shrew." Friday night: "Merchant of Venice" eat. matinee: "Komeo and Juliet" Saturday night: "Hamlet" racis cos to 3.oo ' Note: Plenty of good seats may still be obtained for every perform- BRANDEIS THEATER Ut WX DAXLT BtATOTBM Vhoie Flaye Xe X.aas SAKAH BER.NHAKlrT. ia Mac Ores test ueeesa "CAiULLZ" jrurkve. Ise te ape. Kate, Ho, SSe. tan.. 4" Pays. TWE grmnro htarp Mat. very Bay. HIS. leery Might, tils ADTAVbED TAVBBTXU.B Theodore Roberta; Reynolda Done (tan; Juliet: Carson Wlllard: The Kout Rlchles: The Far ber Girls; Ernie end Mildred Potts; Kenetosrope: Orpbeura Concert Orchestra: Prices. Night. Mte. Sc. Mo end Ttc; Matinee. Me, best seats 2tc except Saturday and Sunday. American Theater foalgafc Kate. aea, Vaaim, Bel MISS EVA IASQ aad the VOOBWABB STOCK COamjTT Is THS STOM Or TXB CBOSS Bast Week TSB BXOXTXBO ion KRUG 1 HEATER Marines Today- SHO Bleat Sa Beet Seats Sue MERRY MAIDENS and CHOOCEETA LADIES' BAXBY DXaTB Unni "OMASA'S TV CBBTXB- . The Show That Always Packs "Ens Tonight aad Balance of Week MADAM X-osemc! : Bovery Barleaqnr wiUi Lizxl. s ia. m-sartl. ftt arave-alrf T . r ITllfn aaa J a..s- fcwili 1 V ILf Javck Wutnn. caagftt ta dsn a xsser xar Ha tha eana ara Next 6uatis aou wee .anitjr fair