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THE OMVITA SrXPAY BKE; JAXyMtY 1913. 5 A THE FAMOUS STOC of Ladies' Suits, Coats, Furs WKT MONDAY you will be surprised at tha bargains that wrwill offer you. Never before during our Successful Business Career has our Store beon so crowded with eager buyers as Saturday every one a satisfied purchaser. This big stock of LADIES' SUITS, COATS and FURS from THE FAMOUS STOCK is going at UN HEARD PRICES, and in order to make Monday a BIG DAY we have cut the prices to the CORE. Come Monday and take advantage of these prices: $3.50 and $5.00 Whipcord Skirts, Monday. $1.48 $25.00 Mountain Wolf Set $4.98 $1.50 House Dresses 69c $10.00 Voile Skirts $2.98 $1.00 Ladies' Waists 29c Messaline 98c $25 and $30 Evening Gowns and Wedding Dresses $9.75 $1.50 Long Flannelette Kimonos 59c 75c House Aprons 39c 75c Ladies' Petticoats 19c $10 and $12.50 Serge Dresses $2.48 $10.00 Black Kersey Coats $2.48 $12.50 Plush Coats $4.48 $4.00. and $5.00 I uun. nuu Chiffon Waists $1.98 $1.00 Union Suits 39c $15.00 Willow Plumes $4.98 $1.00 Corsets at 39c LEGAL HUNCH HELPED SOME Court Analysis of Sporting Proposi tion that Didn't Pan. PITCHED IN THE MABRAY KEY UK of lleil llnlilirr llrvrnlfd Trick lir Which tfn.OOO Wnm llmjipcil In rouiicll niuffi.. Play $7.50 and $10.00 Wool Serge Skirts, Monday. $2.98 HPy n TASTEST- Growntt Store In the WSTU Jj3m The novelty & h-B JVo. IS ST OMAMA WHEN MAN'S NERVE HELD Tragic Test on Destroyer Walke Off Newport, R. I. SOLDIER SHOWED HIMSELF HERO life llcuilllj- Offered for Life Wlien Acclilrnt Imperils. Men Be- lntetl STossntrr of Coiu-meiiilntlori. out Into the smother of spume twenty miles off Urenton's reef near Newport, bumped four doughty destroyers of Uncle Sam's the Mayrant, the Perkins, the Kterett and the Walke, A southerly gale, blowing out of rain laden skies, scared up the seas Into yel low foam. The long, lean, leaden-hued little warships of the third group of de stroyers were having their test trials for (speed. A bell Jingled down in the cnglno room of the Walko and the valves wero 'opened wide by tho men who stood at their stations. Take a peep down Into the engtuo room of tho destroyer Just then. Boats of the Walke type are 2S9 feet long, and pretty much half of this length is boilers and engines. It Is merely a jhull capable of floating 12,000 horsepower. The entire ship aft of Mm superstructure Is a maze of pipes and chests and big cylinders and valves from deck to keel pon. H'fl a twin turbine boat, with oll burnlng furnaces. And chief of ull tho machinery In that crowded engine room are two huge cylin ders, sonic four feet in diameter and ten feet long. In these are the roters the twisting things which work the .crews in turblno fushlon under steam pressure. Nino men were below that dun morning In the engine room. Two wero thero to observe officially TJcutenant Jlobert Ii. Montgomery of tho destroyer Fanning, and Gunner's Mato T. B. Craw ford of the destroyer Patterson, to assist him. Mini OwrlMittnl. At his post stood Lieutenant Donald J'etllt Morrison, engineer officer of tho Walke, and urouud him In that con quieted, machlno-fllled room were tho oilers, machinists mid firemen. Above, the rest of the crew of eighty-two men veio on duty. One of these was Dpyle. 'ov Edward F. Doyle, ablo seaman, wasn't feeling well that misty morning. Uu had a broken rib, but he didn't know It. This Is how he got It. At Newport, a week before, Doyle had fallen In the dark between tho boat and tho piling of Its dock, llo went down below tho side plunking nnd came up between two docks. Morrison, the lieutenant, heard tho cry "Mini overboard!" and plunged over board In full uniform, lie could not find Doyle. -Anybody been him?" he spluttered. Nobody had. Morrison took a long dive In tho dark, straight down under the planks between two docks, and there he found Doyle struggling to keep hold an a slippery pile. Morrison grabbed the H.'-druwneil sailor, plunged -down again Into tho water nnd under tho piling and won had hlin in his bunk, safo and itiuiid. Uoylo's Hide hurt him, but ho didn't rcjIUc then that he had cracked a rib. So he went on duty that niornlng; of tho Ipetd tests. "I ought to be in my hammock!" ho growled, "and not here." The Walko wan hissing along and doing iplendldly. Ntenm Chest Shuttered. Lieutenant Charles E. Train, its cap lain, drenched and chilled from the cas lhat were smashing over tho bridge, had gone below Into his enblti to get Into Voinc dry clothes. The engines had (worked the boat up to tho best that was ii It A crack from below, llku the crash of b six-Inch suit. A hiss, a roar, a scream then sllenco for a moment. The Wulko quivered, stopped and wal lowed In the rough trough of the sea. Out from tho hatches civmo clouds of whlto and the shrill snarl of escaping stenjn something had burst! Lieutenant Train came plunging out of h)s cabin. ".Engine room!" yelled Lieutenant F. Thlbault, who had been on deck "Casing of 'the roter's explodedl" Down below In that white-hot Inferno were nine men, scalded without and within. Every breath was searing their tortured lungs Into leather. But there were men on the deck of the Walke Just then men who could keep their wits. Two husky lads shut off Uie steam valves Instantly. A sailor Jumped into tho smothering hatch and tried to put himself down tho blistering la'dder. Men grabbed him. He thrpv them aside. "Let me go!" he yelled, squaring off to 'fight. "Morrison's down there he saved me I'm going to save him lemmo go!" It was Doyle. Doyle was going down atone Into the engine room to get the man who "had saved his life the week be fore. But they batted him back and their energy picked out his broken rib. One man held his arm oyer the seeth ing pit and drew It back with a yell of pain.- Another tried to peer down and fell back gasping. The trim, sandy haired young Train, calm and level headed, bringing hlsl An napolis training Into play, shot out a few staccato orders. Men. Jumped to obey. Tho' helmsmen had its head around Into the sea again. Not two minutes had ' passed. Upon the ladder crept a gasping shape. Ills face peeling off, ho stumbled and fell on the deck. Then another crawled up and another and nnother, till thero were five. "My God!" gasped one, as they picked up his parboiled body and boro him inlo tlio officers' wardroom forward, Mr. Morrison's down there yet. He was neai est to tho ladder and he stood aside to let us up first. Get him, for God's sake, get him! 1 can't go back," , Stood Aside for thr Men. And. then tho poor fellow passed away 'Intel merciful unconsciousness from which I he never awakened. Them two men got below Chief Ma chinist Mate Christiansen and Chief Ma chinist Mate Olseil. And at their hools Jumped Chief Quartermaster Spear and Chief Boatswain's Mute Ingham. It was burning hot down there, but th" briH'o petty officers who had plunged Into the scald could at least breathe. They stumbled over a man. Ho was lying on tho floor, his faco burled In the bilge, burned to a crisp along his back, but still he had saved himself. He had stuck his head down a holo Into tho bot tom of tho ship whero ho could breathe fresh air nnd held on while the1 steam seared his hack. Ingham and Spear lifted hint to his feet It was Frank Conway, oiler. ".The ludder, quick, man!" yelled Spear. Conway tottf red to bl feet. "There's Mr." Morrison!" he yelled, "foe hlnir'Qver there by tho ladder I saw him stand asldo for the men. I must get him out!" Craned with pain, Conway started toward the hottest part of the room Lieutenant Morrison had been nearest tho turbine casing when It exploded. He jay crumpled up on the floor three fet away from tho ladder by which ho might have escaped to ulr and life. Conway grabbed frantically at tho body ho hadn't strength to lift. "Get him out!" screamed he. crazy with pain hlmujlf. "Here, lot mo bear a hand." And so they carried tho poor, scalded body of tho young nontenant up the ladder. Conway fainted when the lifted him out along with two others not so badly scalded. Just ai gently ns they could these rough sailor men tried to take tho uni form from tho voting officer he was only i years old. Ho gawped for a few min utes and settled down calmly to death. He had never been conscious. Ills lungs wero all gone those sturdy lungs which could hold a breath for two minutes at a stratch, those lungs which had kept him alivo under the water when ho went In after Doyle. Doyle was weeping. He knew. Ho hud seen. Fin KM Spelled Disaster. Up tho forward mast leaped a lot of flags. They looked gay, but the destroyer fleet knew thoy spelled disaster. Tho cool-headed Train had set his signals for help. The Perkins bore down, but it couldn't come close tUe seas were run ning too high. Train had found out that one turbine was working, and ho signaled ho could get homo under half steam. But the Perklqs poured oil over the waters and tho men of the Wnlke did tho same so a hospital steward with medicines and moro oil managed to get abonrd. Thirty-five minutes after tho catastrophe young Train had his boat running back to Newport und tied up to the hospital ship. Solace. When the navy doctors saw tile suf ferers brought on board they shook their heads. J. W. Kumpf and H. L. .Wilder, both crackajack machinist mntos of the first-class, lived a few hours, and then they Joined Morrhon In death. E, B. Crawford, gunner's mato from the Pat terson, died next day; John Delaney, first-class flrumnn, lasted ono day more, and then thero were flvo dead. That was all. Conway and the three Other Injured will get well they wero the farthest away from tho steam. "Perjjups wo will need some skin to graft," came tho word from tho Solace to the Walke. Itfiuly for iltf SuurlrJce. A big sailor shuffled toward tho cap tain that afternoon and saluted when word of what was wanted sifted through tho ship. "Tell 'cm, sir," he stammered, "that this Niero wholo crew'll givo up all the skin they want for the boys.." But It hadn't bpen needed. That night Mrs. Donald P. Morrison, j with her baby of a month, was speed . Ing by train to Newport to join her iius- uiiiiii oi u. year. j loiegrnm sioppoa ncr with tho news and she went back to Annapolis her father's home to await tho mangled body. "I know why ho died," said Lieutenant Train. "Ho stepped nsldo to let the men up the companlonway first. Conway did his best to save hint, burned as he was, and Doylo tried to get down after him, too. Thoy may say what they please about navy discipline every one of our eighty-two men was a hero. Every man was at his post, and the. moment a hiu man being could llvo below thero were a dozen trying to get down that burning hole." "Mall for tho Walko'." A natty marine with his leather pouch slung over his shoulder came abroad, after dusk, when the ship was quiet again, "Letter from the Navy department, sir," said the marine, handing out a big cnveloie, 'all covcrrVl. with seals nnd franked without postage.' "Lieutenant Morrison?" - "I'll tako that," said Captain. Train, with Just a lilt of a quaver In his 'voice. It was the letter mailed from Wash ington by the acting secretary1 of the navy, commending young Morrison for saving Doyle. Hut tho bravo soul of i Morrison wus no longer on carthi to hear its nloisage. ,! "It wan for saying me!" wept Doyle, when he heard tho name called, it has gone on now to tho poor little wohiMi at Annapolis, a girl only wid owed that day. New York Wprid. Ncfr Year Hmoliilloim "The Willlamses certainly have mado queer New Year' resolution:'!" "What are they?" "Well, Mic resolved not to smoke hiiv more cigarettes, drink any more highballs or take nny trips to woman's rights con ventions " "nd he"- "H resolved to make her allowance ' small that she would bn compelled to ktep her rcaolutlonl ' Judge. Innls was not much of a sporting man, but In tho Innocent sporting events that enter Into n business man's life ho , rather prided himself on being "gamo" nnd rt "good loser." When he realized however, that n stranger was walking awny with B.000 of hi dollars, his brain I nn wen nn inn ncrvu who puiuiKru aim a moment. He. saw the other men lift Walker from the spot on the track whero ho had j lauen, nis jips uyni wiiu woiuiik enra son, and carry him away to a waltlnp- I touring car; but, though he had counted Walker as a friend, he could not go to ' him. Hs turned In another direction, walking -blindly, his ono idea being to get away from the sceno that had marked so trnitic a failure for them both I He did not reallre that ho was stag 1 gerlng like a drunken man until he Jos J tlod against some ono on tho aldowalk, The stranger looked at him curiously and then dropped a hand on his shoulder It was a lawyer he hnd known some ' years before In Denver. Ade by name I "Hollo, Innls, what good luck brings I you to Colinclt Bluffs?" Ado asked cheerfully. "Good luck!" sxclalmed Innls bitterly "Devil's luck!" "What's tho matter?" "I have Just dropped $T,(y): that'? what's the matter." Ade whletled. "How did you manag to do that?" "Out there." Innls nodded toward the deserted cinder track, which lay half n block away a port of tho permanent , equipment of the fair grounds. "A foot race. It looked like a sure thing would have been, too, If Walker hart held out He broke a Wood vessel. I supposo I ' ought to romember that It Is hard on him, but I haven't got nway from my own trouble yet." Mnn Who Itroko Illnoil VospioI. "Where were you going now?" "I don't know to the street cars, I ' suppose." j "You are headed In tho wrong direc tion for that. Tho cars are on tho other , side of tho grounds. Here, we can cut across lots whllo you toll me about It. I didn't know you went In so Ircavlly for I sp'orts." "I don't," confessed Innls. "I never did before. I wouldn't havo gone Into this, oxcept through knowing Walker." "The man who ran and broke a blood vessel?" "Yes." "Who ran against him?" "Some fellow from New York. You see, the race was arranged by somo men bore In Council Bluffs, who knew about Walker. He told me about It last week in Denver, and asked mo to come on with him and act as stakeholder. I hadn't bought of betting himself; but when his brother-in-law. Johnson, put up $5,000 on him, It seemed so sure a thing that I couldn't keep out. So I put up $5,000, too." "But weren't 'you stakeholder?" "No; Wentworth wan stakeholder You see. Johnson didn't want to bet his money In his own name, so ho gave It to mo to bet for him. Wo agreed on Wentworth for stakeholder. He is a deacon In tho Olivet Methodist church here, and every body was satisfied with him." Ade looked surprised. "Sure everything was all straight," he asked doubtfully. -"Oh, It was all straight enough. Walker and I went to tho Grand Central hotel, and Johson camo thero to meet us and talk tilings over. They were both abso lutely certain that Walker could run all around this tyurphy from New York. Tho men that wanted to bet on Murphy came in, and everything was arranged per fectly Bquarc and abovo board. There was a regular contract drawn up and signed by everybody. Wentworth was mentioned for stakeholder, and he camo over und took charge of tho money. I'm not a fool. Besides, I've known Walker for years, and he is simply great on ! tho track. If It had not beon for his accident everything would havo been an right." A llulilier Slitn. Tho two men had been walking directly across the race .track, whllo Innls talked and Ade listened. Thoy were approach ing tho corner whero tho waiting motor had stood that carried Walker away, when Ado stopped isuddcnly nnd walked back a few steps to pick up a small ob Jcet from tho ground. It was a shriv eled up bit of thin rubber, such as toy balloons ore mado of. If a balloon, It must have been n very small one. It left n red stain on his fJnBers. "What have you found?" asked InnlB, not seeing plainly what his friend had picked up. "I don't know," said Ade slowly. Then he said abruptly: "Tako me back to tho place where Walker fell when lie broke down." "What for?" "Oh, perhaps,"' stild Ado enlgmatlcolly. "Call It morbid curiosity. . You say ho broke a blood vessel. Thero may be lomc blood stains on tho ground." Innls stared nt his friend in astonish ment, but yielded to his urgency. He had been near enough to tho track to ico plainly the sickening red stream that hod oozed between Walker's pet Hps as ho lay on tho giou'nd. To his surprise. Ade. dronped on his nknees and carefully sornpeij up Konio of tho gravul whero It Hhowvd a dark stain. This he foldel away In a piece of paper, which he marked. "What am you doing?" asked !nnln In amazement. Instead of answering directly. Ade Asked: "What sort of o looking man was Deacon Wentworth?" "An elderly man. gray side whiskers." "You're sure It was the Olivet church?' "That's what )in said." "Well," said Ado, triumphantly, "I am a deacon In the Olivet church myself, and I know for a fact that thero Is no Deacon Wentworth connected with the church. What's more, these stains are not blood stains. We will prove that chemically later on; but In the meantime I a m willing to stake my reputation on It. "They aro tho stains of a rod coloring fluid and they came from th's little rub ber bulb which Walker had lk his mouth while ho was running, and which he broko at tho right moment to make you think that lio had broken a blood vessel, I'll stake my reputation also, that Walker Is In no hospital at this moment, but that ho and Johiifton and Wentworth arc di viding Uao loot between them. IV up to You Selected r Piano or Organ a hano, from Our Great Clearance Sale? Wo wish to impress upon your mind that ovcry instrument offered in this big Clear ance Sale is guaranteed to be absolutely first class in every particular, and any one of them will givo you lasting satisfaction. Never before in the history havo we sold in one year 30 many Steinway, Weber, Steger & Sons, Hardman, Emerson, McPhail, Wheelock, Steele, Stuyvesant And the Hand-made Schmoller & Mueller Pianos. This is the Most Important Piano Sale That Omaha Has Ever Known nntl (IKKATKIt VAM'ICS nro Riven tlinn any sale horotororo ofrrrotl In our .11 yours of iilnno.buM Vtni onn make no mUtnko In l)nylnK from u firm ostahllsttcil in JOur own city anil Mate, slnoo 18511. nosa. Tho largo number of sales wo mailo during tlio pant wook rontlncos us that customers niipreclnto vnluo nntl tlio ureal bargains that will bo offered during this coining week will attract hundreds of btiyors from nil over this section of tlio country. The following comprises the largest variety or pianos over offered for salo by nny plnuo company In this country: Former Hnlo l'rlco. Prlco. Steck Upright, ebony case ..$200 $ 45 Boudoir Upright, mahogany $200 $ 75 Erbe Upright, oak $275 $100 Hallet & Oompston Upright, ebony $300 $120 Bradford Upright, walnut ..$300 $125 J. & 0. Fisher Up'ht, walnut $275 $140 Kimball Upright,, mahogany $300 $130 Reed & Sons Upr'ht, mahog. $325 $150 Smith & Nixon Up 'ht, Mahog. $325 $160 - Former Salo l'rlco. Price. Kurtzman Upright, walnut . .$325 $165 Emerson Upright, ebony $450 $180 Steger & Sons Upr'ht, walnut $500 $175 Art Stylo Upright, mahog. . .$450 $195 Steger 8s Sons Upr'ht, mahog. $500 $225 Crown Upright, mahogany . .$450 $225 Mehlin & .Son Upright, wal. $475 $260 Knabe Upright, mahogany ..$550 $290 $295 Hardman Upright, mahogany $500 $1,600 Steinway Grand, only $590 No Other Piano Hou3e Offers the Following Wonderful Terms No Money Down. Free Stool, Free Scarf, Free Insurance, Thirty Days' Free Trial Then $1.00 a Week. WE ARE EXCLU SIVE REPRESEN TATIVES FOR THE MATCHLESS "STEINWAY." Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. Manufacturers Wholesalers Retailers 1311-1313 Famam St. Omaha :a, Hibr. I wmm0 fFo Meet the Cold Wave You may need coal on short notice. We have the coal. We have the delivery service. May We Have Your Order? Have you ever thought of the tonnage of coal that can be carefully handled by 120 fine horses, in 60 YELL'O WAGONS from 3 big yards in 10 hours? Sunderland Certified Coal is all stored under roof on dry concrete floors and is THOROUGHLY RESCREENED before it is leaded into the wagon. It is your kind of coal. underland Brothers Co. Phone Douglas 252. Yards in All Parts of Omaha. New Main Office Northeast Corner 17th and Harney Streets. Entire Third Floor State Bank Bldg. I uh to flml tliem before thoy ect out of towtj." you mean tliat I havo been done by n conflJtnco Kamo?" demanded Innls. 'you've been done, ull rlRbt; but whether It Is technically a confidence Ktuno or not tho court will have to de cide. I rather think, however, that thlH llttlo bit of rubber will Bene to gair Mr. "VValker'H defeime. You wunt to f llo a cotnplnlnt, I biiiiikjkh?" "You bet I do. If he stundu wtliln tile Jaw. If It whs n confidence uanie " "If 1 remember the Colorado ntututen. mere wordx of proinixo, however fraud ulent, nro not enough to constitute n confidence game; Jiut there must bo tronie Internment or device by means of whch tho fraud is consummated, I nhould ny K. . ..I ....It. ...1.1. .I.iu.a.. I I. waa a devlco; but yoi uover can tell how the courts will look at It. Still. It Is at least a sportlnB proposition." Mr. Ado'H hunch proved to be "the one best hot " The court dlhUnKUlshcd Wheeler aKnlnst People, Jl3 Puclflo lie porter, 312, mid on the authority of Powers aKulnxt People. 123 Pacific Reporter, 012, Mr. Walker was duly sentenced. Th Docket. Itenenerutlon of Siiriitomi! RaraloKa, havlnfc wustod the substanco of Uh eprliiBs In Ions years of riotous llv InB, Is now maklmj n bid for public favor as a winter resort. It appears that since the state compelled the companies which were depletliiK the springs of their gns to cease operations "tho pressure has grad ually Increased until come of the sprlnKs throw a stream of water twenty-five and thirty feet In the utr, und other uprlnss which were lonjr since thoiiKlit exhausted aro now flowing nulte stronBly " Mean while Canfield'r, where tho wheel oX the block Boddcss, Fortune, used to revolve In ' a iiiuhoBuny sanctuary, hus been turned Into u public museum- which oukIU to bo i an edlfyluB use. If HuratoKa Is to return to Its former splendors, minus the track mm me Kuine, unu luun a cuntserviiiion u the waters, it will be necessary first to do line of two thlnKs Install several hundred miles of steam heatliiB apparatus In those Biiunt old hotels of theirs or revise the winter climate of northern New York state. Boston Transcript. A llnilirlMr'M Ilff Ipptlmia. ! KuyliiB experience Is dolus business at n total loss. What mukes u trirl specially afraid she mlKht loso her complexion Is If she's at reudy done It? The reason the kucss of a woman Is so often rlKht Is she backs It against her husband's JudKinent. One of the most comfortable things for rich cople miiut be how they don't havo to keep up appearances. Nothing makes a man feel so unselfish as what lie would do for his family with his monoy if he didn't need It for hlniseir, A Birl falls in love with a man from force of example; a woinun stays In from force of Imblt. A man's idoa of appreciating his wife la if he comet home late at nlBlit and there is HOinethlnB In tho Icebox for httn. The way for a man to llvo a long llfo Is for you to bo one of his helm. Now York Press, Unroin eiitlonnlltlen. "Htop a moment, ScroBBlns; don't pre tend you fall to recoffnlze me. Itemember tho ti.75 you borrowed of me about four years aBo?" "OotnB to call on me noxt Thursday evenltiK. ro you Mrs. Oaddor? Thank you for letting mo know, I'll find some txciibo for being" away from home." "Perhaps, Mrs. Nexdore, If you fed your cockroaches a little better they wouldn't come over to my house foraging for some thing to cat." "Hero's tho f, Dlnsuss; we'll call It a loan, but you and I know it's u sift. Chicago Tribune, Quality Cigars at Quantity Prices A o are doing an immenso cigar bun! ness, necessitating tho purchasing of largo quantities hence wo are content t retail tliem at wholesale prices. Que cigura are never old or Htalo us our largo out-put keeps them moving. As to fuiallty. wo do not handle "no name goods hut buy whero we are auro that products wll be uniform as to quality and workmanship. A few of our many brands and pricesi 10c Colon Arvanten l Porto Hlcan) So each, 6 for 25c, 12.00 for box of 50. 10c Carmen (after dinner) Co each, G for 25c. $1.25 for box ot 26. Garcia Cabinets, 10c straight, $2.25 for box of 25. Garcia Kutrcactos, 5c caah. 6 for 26c, $2.00 for box of 60. (larcia Knickerbockers, 10c straight, $2.50 for box of 25. Garcia Pcrfectos 1'"1iioh, 15c each, 2 for 1'Dc, $2.75 for box of 25. You cannot obtain hucIi values in clear Havana clgarx elsewhere. You can get cigars or prices at either of tho HHXALL BTOUKS. Sherman & McConnell Drug Go, Cor. 16th and Bodge 8ts. OWL DRUQ CO., Cor. 16th and Hrney. THE OMAHA BFK Tho Homo I'aper of Nebraska. A. WD THE Twentieth Century Farmer Best of Its Kind In tfie West VOU SHOULD HAVE TIIEM BOTH,