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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1912)
i 10 THE BEL: OMAHA, SA1TKDAY, NOVEMBER yo, 1U1L i 4 .1 -Pi Brandeis Store for Men Saturday We Offer Special Lots Rogers-Peer, Hirsh-Wickwire and Stratford System Overcoats Made to Sell Regularly Up to $35 and $40. I at $1750-$20-$2250.$25 These overcoats are from the shops of the most advanced wholesale tailors in America. Most of them were made up for show room models, and they are all priced considerably lower than their regular selling price. Here arc long, dressy ulsters, convertible collar coats with belted backs, dress coats and English guard conts, all of imported fabrics specially priced in four lots, at $17.50-$20-$22.50-$25 SPECIAL LOTS OP HIRSH-WICKWIRE AND ROGERS-PEET Suits for Men and Young Men Those are suits of tho highest character mndo as only the best lailore in the foremost shops in the country can mako them. They aro in now two and three button models shadings and fabrics sutHi as are only found in suits of the better sort. Many of these suits were made to sell regularly as high as (I 1 ryQ (jOA j!OO50 T0 C $.'15, in four groups for Saturday main floor, old store P JL 1 ')J)jj -)i0 SATURDAY WILL BE THE FINAL OLEAN-UP All the Odd Lots of Men's Overcoats and Suits CULP-HORTON STOCK from tho STORES CLOSE AT 9 P. M. PLEASE DO YOUR BUYING EARLY. Men's Flannel Shirts French Klannol an California 11 a n n r 1 Shirts in all 8lr.es medium and heavy weights attached collar worth tip to 12.50, at 98c Sale of Men's Warm Underwear Men's Extra lieavy Fleeced Under wlilrts niul Drawers, well made, all sizes, at, OCp garment C Men's Kxtra Qunllty Medicated Under- shlrtH and Drawers, perfectly propor tioned, on Bale at 50c Men's AH Wool Undershirts and Draw ers, values to$2.00, on salo at 75c and Men's and Boys' Lined Gloves, worth to 2, at 50S 75d and and 98c Unllned 98c Men's and IJoys' Wool and Worsted Sweater Coats worth to $3.50, at 98c nml$1.98 Great Sale of Wardrobe Trunks A small lot of these wonderfully conven ient trunks for men and women, made of 3-ply veneer birchwood, covered with hand vulcanized fiber that will wear like Iron they are regularly worth .cKntsvKn the 29: Odds and Ends MEN'S SUITS and OVERCOATS From the New York Mfgrs. $10, $12.50 and $15 Values, in BASE MENT, at And the New York Wholesale Stock Assembled. At HALF OR LfiSS THAN HALF FORMER PRICES We will disposo of all tho overcoats and suits in those special sale lots at once. We have put pricos on theso clothes that will attract any man in Omaha who needs a serviceable, up-to-date overcoat or suit at a medium price. $8.50 SultB aro bluo aorges, all worsteds, aU wool tweeds and chovlotB. Overcoats aro short or lonjt, with volvot or convorto collars black? brown or gray mixtures. Hoy's 84 and $5 Suit at $2.715 WojstodB, tweeds and chovlota In browns, blues and gray mixtures, some frtx nre nro strictly all wool, at ....?& J Hoys' 83.B0 and $4 Overcoats at fftMH urowns, grays ami union; j-s no agos 2 to 8 years, at,. KfSgfrllJraBa Boys' Overcoats and Suits SSTS Second Floor ore A Fine Knife Free With Every Suit or Overcoat. HojV $5 Htrlrtly All Wool KiiUh at. fiKS.ni) Double breasted styles ao well as Norfolk styles most de sirable patterns and now mid winter shadcB. Heniombor ovory suit Is made of' strictly (tjo all wool fabrics, at .. jpO.OU Hoys' 80.no and 87.B0 Suits at ijtt Now patterns and shades, from tho best makers, many Norfolk Btylcn, ages 0 to 17 yoarB, at $5.00 Hoys' 85 Overcoats at $.1.50 Chin chilla coats In bluo and gray, ker sey coats and mixture coats In brown and bluo and brown and groy strictly all wool fabrics ages 2 'M to 9 yoars, at ; $3.50 Hoys' 80.50 Overcoats for 85 Ages 9 to 17 years, convertible collarH, some with new raglan sleevo and patch pockots; good, rfjjj ff long coats at pO.UU Ho j 8' Corduroy Norfolk Hulls In brown nud drab shades, at 83.0H and 85.00. Kxtra pants to match, at 81.00 and $1.50 l $50.00, wonderful values at sale price , Men's One-Half size Steamer Wnrdroho Trunks, made of three-ply veneer birchwood, covered with hand vulcanized fibre--hold a lot and take up llttlo room $25 values ft 1 rt dn sale at 3) 1 .OU Manufacturers Sample Traveling Bags Men's and Women's High Uut Oxford Bags made of serviceable Sole leather, in 18 and 20-inch sizes, also handsome Black Walrus and genuine Senlakin Bags, in 16, 18 and 20 inch sizes, all full cut with sewed frames, edges and corners values up to $18, three great special groups, on sale at $4.98-$7.50-$9.95 o Boys' Caps f with Fur lined Bands, at .25c, 49c and 98c Men's Genuine Seal skin Caps, at $4.98, $6.50, $7.50 up to $15 Stetson Hats for Men,$350 Our new winter stock Is complete In every detail all tho wanted new styles in soft and stiff hats at this moderato Prlco $3.50 Wilson's English llat, equal in appearance and wear to most $3.50. and $4 hats many styles at S2.50 Genuine Austrian Vclour Hats, In the latest styles and colors worth up to $0.50, on sale at S2.95 Men's Sample Soft and Stiff Hats, worth to $3, at 1.25 Men's Sample Winter Caps, actually worth to $2, on sale at 50tf mid 98t Block Coney and Near Seal Fur Caps, at $1.50. S2 59 aDd S3.50 Brandeis Store for Men WILL ASK APPROPRIATIONS State Historical Sooiety Wants $24, 800 for Current Expenses. THOMAS CALLS FOE $169,000 Superintendent ait Itmttlute fur iUr Irelilr-Mlnded Semi In Hstl innte for Year Mny Trans fer luiunp Patients. Bays that a few miles of Government road will bo constructed near where) It will bo used by settlers and administrating of ficers ot the forost reserve. Tho sum of J1.511D0 Is available for a complete road system In what Is known as the Halsey nursery. Ntiiul (llvt'ii JnilKiuenl. A verdict allowing .lohn 8. Stoul, an Omaha attorney, nruutlcally nil ot the 'fro which lie aliened wan due him for three years' servlco as attorney for the Omaha, llncoln and Beatrice railroad, was returned by the jury in Judge Cor nish's court hero yesterday. Stout asked for $3,000 and wns given $2,800. The fury went out ut 0:30 o'clock Wedncs-doy afternoon and returned with Its verdict at 10:25 o'clock Thursday morn Ins. With Interest slnco 1909 the total amount of tho Judirmont 11 r. Htout will secure Is $3,M.S3. Htout allesed that ho had worked for the company for three yearn and received no compeniatton. i It rmilult Inn from Armltnur. In addition to Its former a rcotisltlon has been cranted by Oov. ernor Aldrlch for the return of 15. I. ArmltaHe. arrested at Prkln. III., to Omauu, where he In wanted on a choree ot pausing a bud check for t"A Armltaso claimed to bo a travoltni; man and col lected on that representation. Tnx .Money from Comities, ' The state treasurer's oftico Is now re- reiving dally large remittances of 1911 taxes from the county treasurers. He ceipts now exceed disbursements and the general fund deficit has been reduced to about $150,000. This will be wiped out by the first of the year, as tlio treasurer's office estimates. George P. Davis, who was a commissary steward on tho Louisiana. Davis Is al leged to be one of tho conspirators und has been under court-martial, according to local federal officials, at Norfolk, Vn. ! Advance in Lumber Tariff from Dixie Held UpTJntil May The traffic bureau of the Omaha Com mercial club Is In receipt of formal or ders of tho Interstate Commerce com- FOItT WOHT1I. Tex.. Nov. W.-Armi- lomiwr m.. rm a,i,.. menta wero heard todtt- In tho trial Of' Texas and MtssltHlnnl nnlnf, tr, Omnha. . U. Sneed. charged with tho murder until Mbv 29. 1912. This minnoiuinn ordrr Arguments Begun in Sneed Murder Trial (From a Blaff Correspondent.) MNCOI-N, Neb., Nov. SS.-(Hprdat.)-An appropriation of $21,800 to meet cur. rent expenses ut operation', Is asked ot the state legislature by the Nebraska State Historical society. In an estimate furnished by Secretary C. 8. Paine to tho state auditor. Two years ago the legislature gave the tocloty $19,730. which was lei than It says it necas. uttlvtlrs. tho sodoty now has a largo -zoological museum In Its charge, recently dqnnted by a cltlxen of Curtis. Superintendent Thomas of the Ueatrlee Institute for feeble minded, tcqucsts an aggreguto appropriation of $169,000 to fi nance that Institution for the two years. He apportions tho amount as follows: salaries. $13,000; employes' wages, $.t5,000; maintenance. $90,000; repairs, $.000; boiler house. $5,000; dairy, $1,000. Two year ago Hie Institute for feeble mlndd was al lowed a total ot $106,000. Somo of the Hems are tho name this jfar, but others Chow a slight Increase. 3I- Transfer limmie I'ullrnts. If the Doard ot Publto I-antls and llulld- ings oxtends Its uptTovwl to the plan. thirty-six inmates of tho Insano asylum l)rro will bo transferred to tho Ileatrlee jWltuU for feeble minded, where the quarrV nre not crowded. Dr. D. W. Williams, of tho asylum, re imnfil today from IJeatrico where ho In spected tha avallabla wards at tho request ut the board. II states that there aro two empty wards there, each capable of accomodating twenty-six Inmates. The rooms aro large, well ventilated and clean. He says there can be no hardship worked on tho patients, as their new (juartcra will bo much better than their own, since the facilities aro greatly im proved. If the board decides to transfer a num ber to the Beatrice home, only those harm!eltf demented will be taken. Care wj!l bo taken that none will bo transfer red who might Interfere either with tho UUclpllne ot the home or the safety of the Inmates. I'r'ilrral lload lu Thniimn Count-. Information has reached Governor Aid rich from IV. U Moore, acting secretary of agriculture, that a limited amount of road construction will bo undertaken un-1 d-r tho direction of the forestry reserve uear iUIscy, Thomas county. Tho rougreatiunal appropriation does ft pwnlt of ro-operatlon with state or toumv aultvorltWo for tho Improvements Of roads extensively used by thh puWIe. js s1 the money must be spent xltliln "'fiie turrit reserve. The letter from Acting Secretary Moore of Captain A. O. Uoyco. Scarcely had Y. Cummins, tho first speaker for tho prosecution, opened In denunciation of Sneed. when llttlo Qeortla 6-year-old daughter ot the defendant. burst Into tears Sim was led from tho court room. Snccd's daughters, need fi and 11. were at tho trial for the first time. Itclatlves and friends of tho Bovce and Kneed families, both of which represent widespread business and social Interests In Texas, wcro gathered In separate groups In tho court room. Interest was Intentn In tho final ataco of the lonir legal strugRlo that grew out of Snecd's sensational dealings with problems raised by his wire's elopement with young Al noyce. Leonora Sneed, tho elder daughter, list ened Intently as Mr. Cummlngs shouted that a verdict of manslaughter could not save Bnerd. She studied the troubled fan. of her father, then Impulsively threw her arms about his neck and kissed him. Miss Boardman Given Decoration by Japan WASHINOTON. Nov. .-MIs Mabel noardnmii, secretary of tho. American tied Cross, today reclved from tho Whlto House tho Insignia ot the Fifth Order of Crown, conferred upon her by tho Jain nes- emperor for distinguished, service, 8o fur as officials here know today. It Is the first time an American woman has been so honored by Japan. This order conferred upon Miss IJoardman waa spe dally established to recognise meritorious service done by women. Tho Insignia was sent to President Tatt president of the American Ited Cross, by Marquis Matsukatl. head of the Japanes lied Cross. President Taft haa written t the marquis And to tho Japanese em peror, thanking them for tha honor paid Miss tBoardman. Cash Stolen from Warship Recovered JHnSRV CITT, N. J., Nov. ,-A ches i-ontatidng SI.M) in cash I in the posset- klou of United States marshals here today and tho srlxpro ts alleged to be part of $11,000 which several petsy officers o( the battelshlp Ioullana i.tole white th vessel was In New York ht.rbor last October- Tho money was found In a search of th houie occupied by connections of SUFFRAGETTES RUIN LETTERS Acids and Black, Sticky Fluids Poured Into Mail Boxes. NONE DETECTED BY THE POLICE Paste Substituted for Stolen Jewels Triple Wedding at Rushville, Mo. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Nov. 23.-H. H. See- T of Itushvllle. Mof obfwrved Thanks. glrlng dinner as n marriage feast of two daughters and a aon, all under legal age, ror whose rnarrlage he gave consent. Klrrier C. Seovcr, a sou aged 19, was mar ried to Miss Ituby C. Kelly, aged H years; Miss Florence Seover, aged 10, was married to Hoy Ylrgll Drown, aged 20 years, and Miss Alice N. Scever, aged 17, wedded Archie M. Russell of Atchison until May 29, 1913. This suspension order will keep lu effect for a period of six months the 25-cent rate which was put In by the commission on August 1, 1910. The rallroadH sought to advance this rate to 2iili cents on August 1, 1912, and tho commission suspended the advanced tariffs for four months and the supple mental order extends this suspension fur a period of Btx months further. In order to give the commission ample time to In vestigate tho advance. Tho matter ot tho advance In theso lumber rates will now bo set down for hearing and the rail roads will bo given on opportunity to present evidence In support of their de sire to Increase tho rae. Tho law requires that tho railroads must satisfy tho commission that they are Justified In making the Increase. If tlieyy- fall to do this tho commission will condemn tho advance and order the 25-cent rate to remain In effect for a period of two years. The lumber dealers of Omaha. South Omaha and Council muffs are now assured of tho 25-cont rate at least until May 29 next year. There Is every reason to believe that tho railroads will be unable to Justify the advance and that the lumber dealers will be able to convince the commission that the 25-cent rata should remain In effect. Militant "Women In I.onilnn nntl Kutiurlin Turn InKCiitiHy Into .iv Clitiiim-U lu Carefully Organized Outrages. Body of John T. Brush is Laid to Rest INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29-Muny base ball arid business assbclatcs arrived to day for the fjpferal of John T. Brush. president of the New York National league base ball club, who died early county, Kansas, tho only ono of tho six i Tuesday In his private car near Louis who waa of legal age. liana. Mo.. whIU en'roulo west for his health. The funeral was announced for : o'clock this afternoon at St. Paul's KpUcopal church und burial at Crown Hill cemetery here. Many friends called at the home of the daughter. Mrs. Harry N. Hempstead, to day to view the body before It waa taken to tho church. John J. McOraw, manager of tho Xew Tork National league club, was to be ono of the honorary pallbearers. Among tho base ball men hero to attend tho funeral are: President T. J. Lynch. Na tional league; Ireldent n. a Johnson American league; President M IJurrow.1, International league; Charles Comlskey, Americans; i.. w. Murphy. Chicago Na tionals; August Herrmann, Cincinnati manes Ebbotts. Urooklyn. and Secre tary John Heydler, National league. OLD CONFIDENCE GAME CATCHES OMAHA SALESMAN CHICAGO, Nov, .-(Speclat Telegram ) The old confidence game know to tho police aa "drop tho handkerchief" cost John S. Sleber. an Omaha traveling sales man, $350 hero today. He exchanged the money for a handkerchief wrapped about a bundle of tissue paper, which resembled a huge roll of hills. I)omrtl Trouble (uuavt Vulrlilr, COLUMBIA, a Nov Ji-Mrs. Mabel Smith, wlfo of looter Smith, proprietor of tho Columbia hotel here, committed suicide, last night by swallowing a dose of strychnine Domestic troubles are al leged to have caused tha act. Key to the Sltuatlon-Oee Advertising LONDON. Nov. 29.-Tho Ingenuity of the militant sutfrugetto party has broken out In a new direction and In a manner likely to cause Inconvenience and loss to thousands ot persons. It took the form tonight of an orgunlzo-1 raid on tho pillar letter boxes throughout tho city of Lon don. In tho west end and many of tho suburbs, and also In several provincial towns. Including Birmingham and Nottingham. Whorf tbjMpostmen wont on their even ing round to collect tho letters they dis covered in the boxes acids and black sticky fluids of various kinds, and tn some cases inflammable material, such as rags soaked tn paraffin An a result ot this tho addresses on the letters In a largo number of cases were partly or wholly obliterated. Tho outrages were carefully organized. Tho method generally employed was tho thrusting Into the box of a long un sealed envelope containing an open bottle ot fluid. Another, method was to potlr actda and varnishes Into the boxes by means of India .rubber tubing. In a few cases the contents ot tho pillar boxes were set on fire. Not a stpglo arrest had been made up to a lata, hour tonight, but police have been detailed to watch alt the boxes. DETROIT, Mich.. Nov. 29.-A thief en tered tho home of C. P. Ycrk In this city last Sunday and stole a quantity' ot Jew elry. Tho owner of tho articles taken Placed helr value at $3,000. Yesterday It waa discovered tho Jewels were paste. Mr. York Insists tho, thief made tho sub stitution slnco the burglary, but tho po, llco believe the Jewels wcro stolen once before and that the first thief to insure his pjcapo put paste In place of tho real gems, A mun giving the name of L. W. Haz ray and describing himself as a waiter from New York, lias confessed, the po lice say, that ho took tho Jewelry from the York home, but says he did not change the stones. In fact ho ts much Incensed at tho way he was cheated. All the stolen articles have been re covered. "I am certain tho Jewels never were stolen before," said Mr. York. Pipe Line Companies Must File Rates WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. .-The Interstate Commerce commission today directed tho pipe line companies oporat Ing In lnterstato oil traffic to submit schedules of their rates and charges for oil transportation by February 1 next. The order is directed at tho Oklahoma l'Jpe Line company, tho Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the Undo Sum Oil company of Kansas, the Prairie Oil & Gas Co., the Standard Oil company of Louisiana the Ohio Oil company, the Tidewater Pipe company, limited; tho Producers & Koflncrs Oil Co., Limited, the United States Pipe Lino company, the Puro Oil compo-ny,. tho Pure Oil Pipe Line company and the National Pipe IJue company. The commission already has decided these pipe lines coses, but an nppcal h pending In the commerce court, neces sitating today's action. West Point Cadets Off for Philadelphia WKST POINT, N. Y., Nov. 29.-Itrady for the gumo with tho navy tomorrow the army foot ball squad consisting of fifty men. with Head Coach Captain Krnet Graves, his assistants and trainer. Harry Tuthtll. left hero for Philadelphia In a special train early today. Tho corps of cadets, headed by a band, marched to the station and gave the squad a rousing sendoff. Cadets Larrabee. Coffin and Klsec bower were on crutches. The bquad went without llerrlck, tho big guard, who wan detained by his studies. Cadets McDer- niott. scrub quarterback, and Sttckney, substitute tackle, also had to stay back for the same reason, but all three wll' Join the aquad tn Philadelphia this even ing. The corps of cadets, band and officers and civilian residents of the pot will go on to Philadelphia tomorrow morning Low Round Trip Rates Tickets on sale daily to all WINTER RESORTS in Florida, Cuba, The Gulf Coast New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Central America and Panama LIBERAL STOP-OVERS AND LONG RETURN LIMIT nixtolm lUl! V.'l-PM. ST. PKTr.nsuilIta. Nov. IS. -The fourth Ilushlnn Duma assembled today for the first time slnco tha election, which be gan In September. For fall information address J. E. DAVEMPMtT, D. P. A., SLLeaU, Ms. P. W. H0ER0W. H. W. P. A, OOap, I