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JAIL INVESTIGATION TABLED Ryder Only One to Vote for Probe Into Police Court Methods. COMMISSIONERS CHANGE FRONT Dnlilntnn (ilvr II In Urnxnn for He IrcMluir Sn Mirny I'Huhut. nml Snj lln Viatic Hr Unit Ilrlrnsril More. Police Commissioner Kyilefii resolution to request Police Judge Foster and Slier Iff McShane to appear before the com mission and tell what they Knew of fraudulent releases of prisoners from Jail was killed yesterday by a vote of six to one. Ityder cast the only affirmative vote. The only commlwloner to explain his sudden switch of sentiment from favor able to the unfavorable on the rosnlu- tlnn was A. C. Kugel. He said he had decided It. was the mayor's business to Investigate if any Investigating won to ba done. Mayor Dahlmon spoke on the resolution tho minute It wan introduced, lie said, he had himself released a large number of prisoners from Jail and his only regret was that ho hadn't gono down there every day and released others. He declared the Jail was n rotten hole, fit only for dogs; His speech was fn vin dication of the releases of prisoners. He said ho believed the commissioners were engaged In too much Jangling and ought to mind their own business, but if there was to be any fight he was ready. Silence followed his speech, and Com missioner Kugel broke It by moving tho resolution be referred to tho mayor. Mon day Kugol had said he would vote for. tho ordinance. The motion was wcondod nnd tho roll called. Commissioner Hum mel was tho only member of tho com mission who hesitated. Ho didn't appear enthusiastic about voting either way, but at last supported Kugel's resolution. Pollco Commissioner llyder made no argument for his resolution. He simply called for a vote. He had .expressed the belief that it would carry and waa de pending on th votes ot Wlthnell, Kugel and HummoU This puts an end to the possibility ot any Invci-tlgatlon by tho commission into methods that have been employed at the pollco station. Tho charges were that two city officials hod violated their oaths of office by fraudulently securing the release of prisoners by the use of the police Judge's rubber Btamp signature. 'iilK Ubh: OMAlLv, M)M1A, hi.Ulbiat is. i:m. CATARRH TREATMENT FREE! TO PROSECUTEJIRLASS GIRL Y. W. C. A. Lassie Must Answer for Taking Diamond Ring. SOME CASES WILL BE DROPPED Valuable .trcureil nt ltcpnrt nient Store" HcroTerril nnd They Probably Will 'nt l'roac cntr the (ilrl. CASE AGAINST DR. JENSEN DISMISSED; NO PROSECUTION The charge of wife abandonment and non-support filed against Dr. Robert P. Jensen by his wife was dismissed In police court by Deputy County Attorney T. Fitz gerald upon failure of the 'prosecution to appear for trial. Dr. Jensen was arrested last week. The case was set . for last Friday, but Mrs. Jensen failed to appear In court. Upon motion of the prosecution the case was set over because neither- side was able to rorae to trial. Neither Mrs. Jensen or her attorneys wcrq in court. Upon motion of the de fense tho case was dismissed. Ill Stoinncli Trouble Over, Mr. Dyspeptic, would you not like to feel, that your stomach troubles wore over, that you';cou!d eat any kind of food you desired without Injury? That may seem so unlikely to you that you do not even hope for an ending of your trouble, but permit us'to assure you that It Is not al together Impossible. If others can be cured permanently, and thousands have been, why not you? John It. Barker of liattlo Creek, Mich., Is one of them. He rays. "I was troubled with heartburn, indigestion and liver complaint until I used Chamberlain's Tablets, then my trouble was over." Sold by all dealers. 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BILLY GOAT BUTTS INTO JAIL William is Arrcstcfl While Trying to Break Into House. j Omaha department stores. Miss Blenorn Pruss, 271S California. street, whose diamond ring valued at J300 was stolen from a locker In tho Young Woman's Christian association bulldlnir by the Urlsss girl, will com, to Omaha from Chicago and prosecute the case. The department stores probably will drop their end of the case, according to Chief Maloney. All the property taken from the stores by the Urlass girl has been recovered. Chief Maloney received a letter from Miss Hazel Tuey, a I'lattsmouth teacher. to the effect that she lost two valuable rings at the Young Woman's Christian association while she was here attending tho teachois' convention. She placed the rings In tho wash room nnd forgot to take them when leaving. Returning twenty minutes later tho Jewelry was gone. She asked the chief to question the girl In regard to the rings In tho hop.) that she might have taken them. The Urlass girl Is still being held at tho police station. ' PROVES AN UGLY PRISONER lie 1 Held In Jnll on Fare of Tin Can nnd Old .Shirts nnrl Will He Held Tntll Owner C'nII for Hint. On the pages of tho police blotter there appears In large letters the name, "Mr. Billy Goat," with the names of Detectives Dunn and Kennely ns the arresting of ficers. The charge against Mr. Goat Is a serious one. He was arrested by the de tecttv'es'as ho was breaking into a house at 1109 South Fifteenth street. In response to a call that someone wa-j breaking Into the house on South Fif teenth street Detectives Dunn and Ken nely ' was detailed bv Chief Maloney to make an Investigation. Mr. Goat had; succeeded In opening the door by, a series of well placed bunts and was In the act of walking into the house when tho detectives placed him under ar rest. Ilnril Prisoner to .11 mill ire. While Dunn was telephoning to the police station for the patrol wagon Ken nely guarded their prisoner. Kennely could not weigh Into the heavy-weight class with his pockets filled with lead, and consequently was having a hard time managing his prisoner while his co worker wm calling the police bus. With the assistance of Offloer Emery tho four-footed, prisoner was put Into the wagon prisoner became so rough that Emery was compelled to put the handcuffs on him. He was placed in solitary confinment at the city Jail. Emery, who has been placed in carrge of Mr. Goat until the owner calls for him, has to provide the pHone.r with three meals a day. For dinner he gave his prisoner a hearty repast of tin enns and three newspapers for desert. Pursuit by Woman Drives Man to Ask the Court for Help Tuisucd by woman, Albert Itorr-n-bloom. a solicitor for tho C F Adams company, appealed, to the district court for Jielp. At least this Is the story Itosenblooin tells in n petition fur his release trout Jnll on a writ of habeas corpus. Monday Police Judge Foster committed him In Jail for ninety days after finding hint guilty of falling to support his wife V woman calling herself Hachaot Koscn bloom was the complainant. Hosenbloom is K years old; the woman, who says she Is his wife, Is about sixteen years his senior. According to Hoscn buoom's petition, tho woman's real namo is Hay or ltnchel Cohen. Savcrul years ago she met him In llussia and Induced him to be a party with her to a cere mony, by virtue of which she claims to be his rlfe. He says Ihey never were civilly married; tho ceremony waa t. Jewish religious one, not recognised by tho Russian government. After having paid the woman several hundred rubles Uosenbloom fled to New York: she fol lowed him; be fled and she pursued him to Missouri nnd then to Omaha, The police court complaint against Rosenbloom called him Aaron Hosen bloom, alias Albert Adelson. Withnell Prepares to Celebrate Fifty Fifth Xmas Here Charley Withnell, city commissioner of flra and water supply, Is preparing to celebrate bis fifty-fifth Christmas In Omaha. He was born in this city In June, fifty-four years ago, and this, therefore, will be his mty-flfth Christmas. Withnell says th first Christmas pres ent ho had any recollection of receiving was a pair of red-top boots. He thought there was never another pair of boots tike them and stuffing his overalls In them ho paraded the streets with great pride. There wers only about ROO people In Omaha when Withnell came. His father arrived here before the territory was admitted to tho union ns a state. School Teachers to Be PaidThis Week School teachers will bo paid this week In order to provide them with Christmas money. Many of tho teachers will leavo the city for the holidays. Schools will dismiss Friday. Children In nil the public schools are arranging Christmas pro grams. Many of them will have Christ mas trees. They are making presents for their Jiarents. The older pupils will see On the wnv n fl. .itt h ' Kinaergaxiners nave a Pleasant lime, an aevrrui nunoum ine upper graiin students will play Santa Claus to the little tots. Short Pipe Order is Short-Sighted "The completion of tho forty-elght-lnch main to Florence, which, by the way, Is not qulto completed, will not end the troubles," declared a city hall man Tues day. The break In one piece of pipe has already disclosed the folly of the Water board In buying the plpo Itself, and plac ing the order for barely enough material to do the Job, for with thlB break fixed not three feet of pipe are left for future emergencies, and, wo are told, that this slzo steel pipe Is not carried In stock, and any rush order could not be filled. I too that Water Commissioner Howell tries to explain away this break by de claring that the pipe was cracked when diopped off the wagon. But what kind of Inspection could he have had that would permit the laying of oracked plpo? If turning on the water devclopes more cracked or defective sections, how are they going to. be replaced with no ma terial at hand for that purpose? CORN IS BEING SHIPPED TO CENTRAL NEBRASKA Local grain dealers aro receiving buying orders for corn to be shipped out Into cen- trnl and western Nebraska to stock feed ers, not becauso there Is any shortage of corn there, but because tho farmers re fuse to sell at present price. On the Omaha exchange No, 3 com, the going grade, Is selling around 43 conts, while out In the state, ISO to 250 miles, farmers refuse to sell for less than V) cents. Their claim Is that corn Is worth tho prlco asked and that It will fetch thin price long beforo next May. As a result of the price put upon their corn farmers are sending but little to market from Ne braska. Iowa farmers aro sending In some corn, but nothing llko the quantity that was coming In at tho corresponding time one year ago. Grain men agreo that for May delivery corn will be somewhat higher than at this time, but they havo doubts about It going to CO cents. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Q. K. Deaver, son of D. Clom Denver, Is in Omaha for a visit (lining tho holi days, Mr. Deaver has a homestead near Gillette, Wyo. Omaha's Greatest Clothing House Gifts a man will really appreciate If you're puzzled about what to give a man come here you'll find that our store is full of the kind of gifts men like to get of the kind that they will really be thankful for, that will give them continued pleasure. Smoking .InHuMs from $1.45 to $25.00 iUO t -Winn ) Jjra Nook-wear, sill; nnd knit... 25c to $2.50 Hntli ftohos $2.50 to $15.00 Cuff Button Sots 50c to $3.50 Fancy Yosts $2.00, to $5.00 Fur Cups $2.00 to $20.00 Suit Cnsos $2.50 to $35.00 Combination Sots 50c to $8.50 Traveling Hags $5.00 to $35.00 Gloves, fur and dross. . . .50c to $10.00 Mufflers 50c to $6.00 Sweater Coats :..$1.00 to $7.50 Seo Our 28 Windows Filled With Holiday Gifts If It's From Berg It Will Suit Him Tho l'erslstent anfl Judicious Use of NewsiKiper Advertising is the Road to Big Returns. Nelirnakniis nt tli lintels. Mr. and Mrs. C K. Heeler of Sidney. John Peterson of Hampton, Qrey Qulglor of lied Cloud and J. A. Rodman of Lin coln nre nt the llentJiaw. Charles 12. Kll of North I'latte. J.. Peterson of Pender, W. 1j. Delaney of David City, Luther Reenter of Comstock nnd Willie Cotton of York have tuken rooms at tho Merchants. W. S. Clapp of Kearney, S. Avery of Lincoln, A. O. Campbell of Impcrlnl, J. R. Green of Fultcrton. B. W Olds of Roca and C. S. Nurman of tTtlca aro staying at the Paxton. It. P. Rahman of Leigh, O. L, Mell houte of Sumner and C. Peterson of Sterling aro guests at the Paxtou. O. 11. Davis of Gretna J. C. OlBnn or I TiVoinnlit .lnttt, Jnrr1ijn .if TJnrlli lln(.. nnd William Carter of Sprlngflold aro at the Loyal, Beaton & Laier Oo. to Open With Giant Christmas Grift Sale The Reaton fc Laler company, who have purchused the Miller. Stewart & Reaton Btock, will open the i-toro Wednesday mornltiE with itn Immruxe nalo of furni ture, rues and draperies. Hvery nrttclo In tho store Is anuouueed for the sale, and every ono Is said to cut deep In price, most of tho reductions being -front 2G to 60 per cent, tho only cuts which lire smaller beliiK those on tho famous Gus tavo Stlckley Craftsman furniture and tho Mncey sectional book cabinets, the prices on theso exceptions are cut 10 per cent. Genrtro W. Lnlor. active mnmiKtm; bend of the new firm, announces that every section of tho storo offers excellent bar Ktilns for Christmas buyers! that there nre hunclredH of excellent Christmas Rlfti nnd that shoppers will find splendid op portunity to net splendid Christmas pres onts at prices far below those ever or fered beforo on such high class Roods, An extra force of clerks has been en- caiicd to talH enro of tho crowds who will attend the mlo on tho opening day Tho doors of tho store will be oiiencd at 8:: o'clock Wednesday mornltiR. Shop pers nro bcliifr urged to go to the store curly, so as to hava choice ot the larps selections. -Advertisement. MA NICl'RK S RT8-IH 11SN55 12R. shinton Crisps nnraiESlrliCUAimf or T0teMN7ruKtsriMti'icB The SUPREMR quality of Washington Crisps Is absolutely beyond question. Thoroughly steam cooked , toasted, dellclously crisp, ready to serve. On every rackace the unqualified GUARANTEE that every Ingredient It of as HIGH QUALITY at the Ingredients In cereal foods of ANY other male REGARD LESS OK COSTt and GUARANTEE that Washington Crlspt are made under MOST PERFECT SANITARY CONDITIONS possible to create In SPOTLESSLY CLEAN MILLS, by hlgh-cUtt -workmen. Washington Crlspt, from field to mftat, never touch human hnJ everything done by automatic machinery. "We give I10TII the CONSUMER tnd the GROCER a Square Dealt. Washington Crlspt $HiratliViife and both Grocer and Consumer Instantly recoffnlied thlt hence our Kg tales of SUPREME quality Washington Crisps to millions and millions of Americans. IWaflaomatt Food PacVmro Is Atnarlca Two tuperb portrait of George Washington on every package, handsome enough to frame, or utouoframed, to decoraU your " Den " or Living Room. WASHINGTON CRISPS aro (180) "First in tkt HOMES of his Countrymtn" iTt;yBotHC'utUTY:ofiwgTTtr.i:oBn:faiitt m akibic;aji8 4 More THAN'lfrANV OTHER CEREAL) Q0D. PACKAGE) . SHE TALKED A&OUT IT. BTKRLING TOILET SKTS-KItENZBIL I A Trjr B? tll,nff . do PcllU!jr A Swtll Affair Toothache Gum STOPS TOOTHACHE Instantly OmuM t&a cavity, praveota daeay. Ail deuc stores or by mail. ISc c. b. Dt ht Co., Drrnorr. Mich. S3."- - T BELLEVUE DEBATERS LINE UP FOR CONTEST rrollmlnarles for the Manderson prize debate were held at Uellevue collegr) Mon day and Tuesday of this week. Fourteen men are trying out under the coaching of Prof Gist of tho Latin department, and from the winners will be chosen ) .two teams of three men each with alter- 1 nates who will compete for the Mander- j son cash prize of ,50 In February. The j same tuo teams will also represent the oollega In the tilangular debate with Doune and Cottier early In March, for the Intercollegiate championship. The subject for the home contest a j well as the Intercollegiate debates Is 'Resolved, That the truists should be 1 regulated rather than prevented." Prof. ! X. Cross of tho sociology department. ' Prof. Schmeldel of the mathematics chHlr and Hon. R. M. Crossman of Omaha will act as Judges in' the home contest which Is to be held at t o'clock in Clarko hall. ' The annual oratorical' contest between the senior and punlor classes will be held on January 10. Px of the upper classmen have entered to date, one of them being a young woman. The contest Is for cash prizes of J30 and 10. The contestants are being drilled by Prof. Olst of the Latin department and Mltn Fitch of the department of dranmtlo expression. DIGGS NOLAN IN BAD FOR TEXAS FORGERY A copy of an Indictment and a warrant for the arrest of Digs Nolan on the charge of forgery has been received by Chief Maloney from the county attorney at Temple, Tex. Nolan forged a check for a large amount on B. IS. Mellon of Temple. In a letter to the chief the rnuntf at. torney states that they havo a strong J case against Nolan and will be able to ' send him to the penitentiary for a long , term. I It's Cranberry Season Now! Yes, right now any day in the year. It's a long way from Cape Cod, but you can have Cranbeny Jelly, Cran berry Pies and other things made from cranberries just as fresh and delicious as back in New England. How ? Why, by using MAKEPEACE Evaporated Cranberries Soak these Evaporated Cranberries in water and you have the juiciest cranberries. They're not like other evaporated fruit they have all the self-same flavor and richness of the fresh-picked berries at their ripest and best. Makepeace Evaporated Cran berries are vine-ripened, thus the flavor is more fully developed tlurn in ordinary cranberries sold in bulk from battels. And they will keep indefinitely. There is no waste every berry is good thoroughly sterilized before being evaporated ' you don't even have to " pick them over " or wash them. Ask your grocer today for Makepeace Evaporated Cranberries. Cooking receipts inside the package just follow directions then if you don't say they are better than any cranberries you ever bought simply take them back to the dealer and he will cheerfully refund your money. Comparison is the real test. You be the judge. In the unlikely erent of your dealer not haying Makepeace Evaporated Cranberrie, tell him to get them for you from his Jobber. A. D. MAKEPEACE CO. Warehaa (or Capo Cod), Mast. CAMPBELL & WEST Distributors, - - - Omaha was hor own doctor Unit sho talked with, fiho wmitnil Ln Irnnur olmnt I Hall'i Hair HeBower for falling hair, aanunm, ana tor promoting growtli of the hair. Now lio Is going to use It, will havo every conildouoo in 1U No coloring ot the hair, not In the least. tit 0re 0 ...;: ... l r i 'iV.5'.Ui"v-i 'i'.' iVV v. ; i ; v'tf The Gift Problem Solved! Your Order and Gift Subscriptions Willi Insure This Man's Livelihood and Pension 15 Other Sufferers Why not slve your friends and rela tives "an nil j wtr" ClirlBtnian iirment of I Homo popular imiKuzlnu and nt thn namo . . . .. iiuiiiiii ii i; n mice io inukc ilia living, nnd help other tmfor. tunatfi? Olft aiibocrlptlotid will bn announced with a beautiful and npproprintii threo colored ClirlatiiiiiH folder mulled eltbnr to yourself or to leueli your friend C'lirlstmus, Uurlntr tho lust two years Gordon, tho inHBazino Auent, nt 2423 South Twenty fourth street, urned K.UOO for charity In prize money on Curtln publications. It cost him Ills profits on all other bus). miss to accomplish this. Tho fund of Is hold In trim by tho Invalids' Pen sion association ut tho Conservative. Buv IntCH and Loan association uud (limlnn Kets tho interest, which now itiiiniiiitH in tTii a year. TIiIh amount Is by no mentis Biimcient to support a paralytic, who ut terly frlendlcHS with Incurnblo wounds, unable to evon sit oroct. niust pay a woman for his care. This year Mr. llordon is striving to add a 2,000 prlzo to this fund fur tho In- 1 vnlldn' I'enslou association, which, with 1 the Interest on thn fund already earned, will Klve him an Income of 132 a month. ' This oiiRht to nsstirn continued public Interest and patronaKe. and with co-nper. utlou this Invalid could make a ltvell- ! hood from tho commissions on mlscel- ' laneous business. 1 7W subscriptions to tho lidlos' Uomn , If people only Knew and realized what Journal, Huturday Kvcnlns Post anil in terrlrla flRht for existence this man ountry (Itntloinun In uocembor, prizo nltli a broken back Is maklnir, nnd what ' $l.f each, lio also needs your subscrlp iinselflsh, noble plans ha is trying to I tlons to other maeazlnes. Call Douglaa I curr throUKh, surely no one would hcsl- 7164. tat a moment or even forget when their magazines vxplro to send them to Gor don, thti mugazlnu man, Omaha. Tole phono Uouglus 71G3. lie Is working day and night. siukitiH deeper and deeper Into debt, while worry and fear caused by tho world's Indiffer ence Is killing him by Inches. It Is time to rally to his support or hn will bo over whelmed by failure. Don't hesltato! fend. tn yuur onler nt once. Ho still nedn RUP ruHt I liave a onTtalii rarro for rirptirre -WUtv-(uit refliirtlitcr tu '. painful and uncertain surslsul npenitlini 1 an.- thn only mi ntalile physician ln this Hue of wnrit who will take such cases for treatment upon a guarantee to cure, or makn no (thnrgo, Vnu uuiy deposit the money In a bank, In your own nume, and whan you are satisfied a etirw has been inudo you then Instruot tlio batik to pay X money tn inf. Hy duing this you are ulxtolutaly aertain "f a curt;, or It will rout vnu nnthlnf;. If I wu3 not perfeatly sure of my work I cm)l not do busi ness In this way vary long, but instead, have been doing buslnus so for 20 yeurii. nnd adnptsd turn plan because so many have been swindled by ouaoks and faH- erx. Nat one of them will penult a pa tient to dapoMlt his money until a -euro ha bran made. Whan toiilnK rrjy treutmuitt, patlunts must come to my office once each week for four wiwk-s,- untl if they Itvo luarliv ran return home unci work during the lutervul Z do nal axis -'"f nBrftna Wftn traatment, aa It ta dongmrou. Cull or ktub fnr literature, A FEW OF MY CURED PATIENTS A. F. Born, Norfolk, Nub. . tV H. Nolle, poHtmaxter, Uoisteln, la., Dan "Hurri i&he no. isiu ai.. umaiia i . . jiuin. Mnnrhonri in lnhn ir nuuAr m.i. nf.t. Orrin Reed. Ogullala, Neb.. Itev. .1. a, Btanard. Hearer Croaalnc. Neb. John X linehnr, Winner, Neb. Milluuu lines. Sr., Lawrence, Neh,, II, jr tteige. Dorchester Nb, Jolui Coe, Sioiut City. la., J U, Hitch, iVt Bn. SltU Rt St Joseph, M8-. J. jC tneunwui,, uu-i iv. a i nijinujo m ointxa coiua lie aaaed to Uus utt. I - ..4 - wiu jmi iasv Willi, . i