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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,-1913. Such Practical Apparel Yesterday and today .we have shown you the newest and best of practical autumn styles, without any touch of the bizarre or the freakish. Fashions, chosen to meet the de mands of refined, well dressed women, r rices are reasonable, lull value for each dollar expended with a range which meets the require ments of every purse. You will ap preciate the serviqe rendered in this department. Suits, $19.50, $25, $30, $35 Dresses, $1650, $25, $35, $45 . Coats, $15, $19.50, $25, $29.50 These prices include the charge for alterations. September Sale Prices of Blankets and Comforters continues. Prices are considerably lower now than later oft. An incentivo to early purchasing. As the time for using is almost hero why not anticipate your needs and take advantago of thes'o lower prices? Basement. Tapestry, Poitiers, Couch Covers and Table Covers Shown in the Drapery Section. This is an entirely now display as wo have never before carried any of these goods. All designs aro now and desirable HOWARD SIXTEENTH STREETS W BEST OF CRIME BARED BY THE POLICE . fflJDRDER mi .(Continued from Pago One.) who U a forger of, great skill, mpcbanlo enough to coin money, and who might hive dabbled in medicine. That indicate no ordinary mind." William Flynn, chief of the United States secret ervloe, reached New York today and began an Investigation of Schmidt and Muret'a counterfeiting meth od and plant. Muret tofd the police fie' "war born In Chicago. Framed In his office waa a membership cerUficate Issued at Chicago, December 13, 1311, by the Dental Troteo. tly Association of the United States of America. When arraigned today on the technical charga of having a pistol In his posses nlon. Muret was held In $5,000 ball for trial, lia waived examination. The Zech woman was discharged after a, brief examination. Detectives examining Muret found that in addition to dentistry, photography, sanrery and printing, their prisoner pos MHci a working knowledge) of law. In hla desk were found a number of post card bearing the a&me Inscription as those teind Sunday morning In the apart ments of- Schmidt Chief Flynn.of the secret service after flawing the prisoner and the counter fettle Want, said; ' VT priest and the dentist resemble an nearly answers the description of the two wen Vho have recently passed counterfeit-twenty-dollar bills In Boston, New Haven and other neighboring cllUs." Thfse atftrrious bills, circulated in New England, first came to tha attention of the seem service men on. April zii liiz. The Treasury department ant out the usual notice of warning. Recently tha check - letter and plate number' appearing on these bills was changed, -and bn August IS last the Treas ury . department Issued- another warning, notifying banks of this change, XJouldrt't Stand Schmidt's Stare. Tbozaaa J. aTcsaner, Schmidt's cell mate, in. murderer's row, pleaded so hard wtyh the prison officials to be placed in another .cell that they acceeded to his request today., .Messner' said that Schmidt stared at him so strangely he could not sleep. Continuing their search of Muret's flat, detectives found this afternoon evl dence that tha occupant had planned to make rob only spurious $34 bills, but 15 and $10 certificates. lit tho camera in the flat was a power ful lens capable of faithfully reproducing the halrllke details of engraving on gen ulne bills. A groat many negatives of S3 and $10 hills were found In a closet. Many of these negatives had been broken, but half a dozen or more were Intact. Tha detectives also found, en. gravers' tools. 0cb.mlU .Hereditarily, Alinprmnl. ASOHAPFENBUKO, Germany, Sept. 18. Tho parents of tho Itov. Johannes Sefimfdt confessed murderer tor' Afina Aumullor, declared today that theiyoungl priest Is hereditarily abnormal. Several m'embera'-of tho family aro confined In asylums for tha demented and than have been four suicides In the1 family within five? years. Tho letters sent home by tho young priest aro .said by his relatives to bo writ ten In a confused and haxy style. Local physicians consider that tho mur derer's perverted instincts were accent uated" by forced atudy, It is known that he resorted to forged certificates even during his boyhood and by this means was enabled to enter the classical high school at Mainz, where he was educated. Ito waa arrested and charged with tho offense, but released by the court as weak minded and Irro sponsible. Diggs and Harris Found Not Guilty . i BAN. FIUNCISCO. Sent tt.-Maurv I. Jjlggs,. Jormer stnta architect, and Attor ney Charles U. Harris of Sacramento wero found jpot guilty by a, Jury In the jjllnHpd States dlstJictreourt lato today "of (suoornatton of porjury 4n connection with tho DlgBs-Cnmlncttl .white slavo trial. WILSON IS TOJASHINGTON Executive Finds Currency Bill Well on Way in the House. TARIFF BILL IS NEARLY BEADY President's Advisers Think It Wilt -lie Presented ..for Ills Slpiua fnre Mondnjr Two Sec retaries Call, WASHINGTON Sept. 16.-Presldcnt Wilson returned ' from Cornish. N. H., today on a train, that was on hour lato and was driven at once to the White House. " - . . Tho president returned to his desk to find the administration currency bill well on Its way through the house, with the democratic majority holding It firm against attacks so far, and the tariff dif ferences between the house and senate well on the way to settlement. Borne of his advisers thought the Underwood Simmons bill might come before him for signature next Monday. i Outwardly -the most pressing question In the Mexican situation was whether a congratulatory message should be dls- J patched to Mexico City on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of Mexican in dependence and to whom it should ho addressed. Some "officials wero of the opinion that such a message would be In a mcanure a recognition of the Huorta government. The White House had recovered from its summer renovation, tho winter deco rations were in place and blazing flrep greeted the president. The list for the day was small. The first thing tho president did was to recelvo several hundred delegates to the International Congress on Refrigera tion. The long line passed through the president's room in the executive offices, where the president shook hands with all, but made no speech. Secretary Bryan had a conference on Mexico, while Secretary McAdoo had an engagement to talk over the collcctorshlp of the port of nostqn. It was not ex pected that any final action would be taken on tho collectorshlp. until the presi dent has conferred with Massachusetts members of congress, with whom he has engagements tomorrow. FAST TIME ON CUIlItENCY DILI, LAST BIG MABRAY MIKER ENTERS PLEA OF GUILTY COACH MILLER'S APPEAL BRINGS MEN ON FIELD Twenty candidates for foot ball honors was the result or mo persona.1 appeal mada by CpacU Milter to tho. students of Crelgbton university Monday. .Miller has been dissatisfied with, the manner In which candldatea are coming out for the foot ball team, there being only about twenty in uniform each night, so he visited all the professional departments Monday. At each of the law, medical, dental and pharmacy departments, he made speeches to student gatherings, urg ing all those who could possibly do so, to tako the field. He asked that all stu dents who weighed over ISO pounds don uniform, whether they had any ex perience at the college gamo or not, and that all who weighed less and had played before, should get Into the harness. That Minor's appeal did not go un heeded, was evidenced by the fact that about double the usual number were In suits. No more of the veterans have re turned,, however, and the task confront ing Miller Is a difficult one. Joseph E. Wright of San Ontoilo, iTex., yesterday entered a plea of guilty in the United States district court at Council Bluffs to swylndllng T. E. George of tho same city out of J15.CS0 on a fake horso vaco and was given a sentence of $300 fine, which ho paid. Wright Is the last of tho principals in tho larger operations of JT. C. Mabray and his associates to be convicted. Qeorgo lost his money March 9, 1007, on a wrestling match in New Orleans. Wright has been under (Indictment, three years and his bond of $3,000 was declared forfeited last- March. The order was abated when he appeared beforo the court and pleaded guilty. Important Amendment Mnde to Ile illsconnt Provision. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Wlth de tailed consideration of tho administration currency bill in the program progressing more rapidly than democratlo leaders Mad hoped, the banking committee today agreed on an amendment by Represen tative BulKcley of. Ohio to permit banks .unlimited rediscount privileges with fed eral reserve banks. wopresentatlves Rulkeley, Glass and Fhelan contended that to limit the re discount of banks to the amount of their capital stock would defeat the Jnaln pur poses of the bill to alltfw ample means for securing currency on commercial paper In times of stress. Representatlvo Toung, republican, North Dakota, proposed an amendment to allow all banks no matter what tholr capital to enter tno system. It was rejected. 81 to 43. Progressive Leader Murdock offered a voluminous amendment embracing recom mendations of the Pujo money trust fcom-mltreo- of the' last congress, including a prohibition against interlocking direc torate, Chairman Glass contended that the amendment had no place on the bill and r$ad a statement from Samuel Un tormyer, counsel fpr the. Pujo. committee, setting forth that currency legislation should not bo complicated by considera tion of" the Pujo recommendations. Speaker Clark took the floor to urge that the bill be passed as speedily as possible. The Murdock amendment was beaten, 61 to 43. Representative Undberg proposed to allow state banks to enter the system Ir respective 6f tho amount of their capital ization. Under tho bill state banks capitalised at less than $25,000 are In eligible. His amendment was defeated, as were others seeking to change details ot the bill. f PENNANT COUPON i 1 This Coupon and 15o entitles bearer to choice of one AkSar-Ben orOtherPennant when presented at THIS BBS OFFICE, 103,Bee Building, Omaha. GOLD STOLEN FROM MASON CITY DENTAL OFFICES MASON CITY, la., Sept l.-Speclal Telegram.) Wholesale thefts ot gold from six and perhaps mora dentists' offices, last estimated at a loss of from $S00 to $1,000, Jiave been discovered. Alleged take salesman, who made the rounds of or flees Saturday, pre believed to be guilty and officers are on their trail.. A man giving his name as Sohults, ! now under arrest at Charles City, Is be lieved to be the man wanted here for robbing dentists' offices. He, Is wanted In Cedar Rapids and other cities for similar offenses. CAMPAIGN HALTED THROUGH RESPECT FOR LATE MAYOR NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-A hat In political activities In New York City's municipal campaign, through respect for the late Mayor Gaynor, was called today by John Purroy Mitchell, fusion candi date for mayor. Edward McCall, bis Tammany opponent, agreed, and the political lull will last until after tho mayor's funeral. Thirteen Thousand Dockmen in Dublin and Liverpool Strike DUBLIN, Sept 16. Over 10,000 men have Joined In the strlko movement started by the transport., workers here, and the building and other trades are greatly affected. It Is estimated by tho leaders that unless peace between the men and the employers Is soon reached, 6,000 more men will be thrown out of work, as their labor depends on that Of tho men who have struck already. There Is considerable suffering among the' poorer classes, both In the Irish cap., Ito! and In other towns of the south of Ireland, owing to tho -rise In the prices! of food stuffs brought about by lacK ot, transportation facilities. Vessels laden with commodities" aio lying In dock here unable to discharge their cargoes. LIVERPOOL, Bcpt ' 16.-The effeot of tho transport workers' strlko In Dublin was felt on this side of the Irish channel today when 3,000 workers at the Liver pool docks and at the various railway stations struck .In sympathy, refusing to All the railway stations and tho north All hte railway stations and the nortn prn docks Were thus made idle and great plies of goods. Including largo amounts of provisions which arc badly needed In Dublin and other parts of southern Ire land, have accumulated In, tho yards. German Socialists Reject' Strikes as Political Weapon ' IT. JENA, Germany, Sept 16. Tho "gen eral strike," as a political weapon, as It was employed last April in Belgium and at earlier periods In France and Russia, was the subject of a." warm debate In the socialist convention here today. It found few friends aa a measure for immediate use. . , The failure i of the. socialists to 'gain substantially at the last elections, for tho Prussian -diet and the evident. Jfnpossl blllty of their doing so under the., exit ing conditions of tho-Prusslanfranchlsa' led to' the debate. . Tho radical section -demanded, today, that the. Germans should start a fight on similar lines to those whlchero success ful In Belgium. A resolution was intro duced by the central committee, -which approved "in principle" of such a step; but held that the time "Is. not ripe for It" The resolution waawpa'ssed .attar sup porting speeches had been made, 'by Eduardo Bernstein, -George Ledqbousi Phlllpp Scheldmann, Eduard Davids and other leaders, Dr. Karl Llebknecht' de clared that a .political strlko at the pres ent moment would be a catastrophe. EXPERT WILL INVESTIGATE WELLS FOR IRRIGATION (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept 16. (Special Tel. cgram.) An expert from the North Platte experimental station is to visit Chase county for: tho purpose Of reporting -upoti, the possibility of artesian wells f6r ir rigation purposes. II. C. Dlesen is to make the investigation which has been arranged for by Senator Norrls. This means of irrigation Is', said to be In sue cessful use In that nr,t $f t&e.c'oUntry. FIRE BURNING IN PEAT , : BED UNDER ILLINOIS TOWN STERLING, 111.. Sept lC-Flre In the hugp peat bed underlying JIumo town ship threatens tonight to' Undermine the entire town. Thirteen acres of iand al ready have been destroyed, while the fire is burning at-tho rateof in '.acre or more a day, three -or four fefefbeneath the' sur face, leaving only a thin crust ot soil. THAW WIUS ANOTHER POINT Federal CoaA; Continues Hearing on Writ of Habeas Corpus. WILL CHECK ANY EXTRADITION Attorneys Can Fall Ilnck on It In Cnse (lorernor Honors Requisi tion Put tn Custody of MnrshnI nd Sheriff. BULLET FIRED AT CHARIVARI HITS MOTHER OF GROOM LINCOLN, Neb., Sept 16.-Durlng a charivari following a wedding tonight on the outskirts of Lincoln someone fired Into the house of John Varga, whose son was married, the bullet striking Mrs. Varga, the mother of the groom, in the back and passing through her body. She was taken to a hospital, whero it was said she could not live. Charles Wler Is under arrest charted with the shooting. Wo can aell you a ton of screened lump coal for Ji.wi aenverea. uooa Broadwell-Roberta Co.. South 9. 2112 N St value, Phone LITTLETON, N. H Sept. 19.-Harry Kendal Thaw, fugitive from Matteawan, won a victory in tho United States dis trict court hero today when Judge Aid rich indefinitely suspended a hearing on i wrltOf habeas corpus, obtained by the Thaw lawyers. This means that Thaw will have a federal writ to check his im mediate return to New York state In the event, tljat . Poyernor Felker orders his" extradition ' after' the hearing to be held, at Concord. ' In an open discussion with William Travers Jerome, after announcing the suspension, Judge Aldrlch said that court that the application for the writ had veal to him arty law under which a man In Thaw's position, a lunatic .charged with a 'crime, could bo extradited. Jerome Objects to Postponement, Mr. Jerome, specially deputized to bring about Thaw's return to the asylum, tried to block the postponement on the ground that the writ had been obtained ns a matter ot expediency. He produced an affidavit from a newspaper . man quoting Thaw's counsel as saying this biit he was unwilling to press the matter after counsel for Thaw had assured tho court that the application-or tho writ had been entirely regular. "What do you propose to do then?" In sisted the Judge. Jeromo hesitated. "The Immediate question," continued tho court, "Is whether tho proceedings shall go on or bo suspended. It Is the Jujdgment of the court that a suspension' would not menace the Interests of the other side and In view of tho fact that the governor "hesitates to proceed with tho extradition hearing until the Btaluos of this matter Is assurer, I suspend It. It Is not adjourned, but suspended and I' sliggest that either SIdo notify mo within: six days when they aro prepared to go on with ltM Drew and Nute to Hold Thniv. Thaw sat with his eyes riveted on tho cdurt. His lawyers were grinning. He was remanded back to the Joint custody' of Sheriff Drew ot Coos county, who ar rested him after his recent deportation from Canada, and United Sttftes Mar shttl'Nute. Counsel for both sldes'after talking with, thb governor by ' telephone agreed that the extradition hearing would not bo held until Tuesday, September 23., The law-, yers then went Into conference to de cide where to hold Thaw meanwhile. Crowds packing Main street In front of the court building, cheered Thaw as he was driven to a hotel for dinner. Marshal Nute announced this afternoon that he would Keep Tbaw hero over night. Thereafter his plans for tho prisoner were undecided. contest lor championship honors With Colonel Smith In a three-mile race. The race also will bo run Thursday afterjnoon. Theso veterans are George W. Howe, aged TO, of Port Huron, Mlch.j Colonel S. O. Barnes, nge'd (8. Pittsburgh, and William A. Helnshon, aged 09, Cleveland. if. Veterans Will Run Foot Race Thursday II" SCrfATTANOOGA. Sept-1.-The .chal. -ienge for a- foot raco recently Issued by Colonel K. L. Smith, aged 69, of Detroit, IflchV, a unlontveteratir hasCbii accepted1 by J3rlvato it Wolf; aged-), a local con federate veteran. The race will tako place at Chamberlain field Thursday afternoon, socord'lng to announcement mado today. Ono hundred yards Is the distance. When Colonel Smith Issued his chal lenge he also was quoted as claiming the veteran champIonshlp of ' the United' States for any distance. Three other union veterans have announced they wilt Jewelry of Omaha Woman Who Killed Herself is Found CHICAGO, Sept 16. At the Inquest today over the body of Mrs. Grace ;E of Omaha, Neb., who committed su yesterday, the Jewelry and other "oroo- erty of the decedent, at first reported missing, was accounted for. Mrs. Scott left a note for her husband. Arthur H. Scott, of Omaha, from-(whom she separated a year 'ago, readlnc:- ' "I lavo Arthur better than my life "apd 1 am willing to die rather than live with out him." -i Mrs.. FTed Myers of Omaha, mother ot Mrs. Scott, said that Mr, Scott hoS.cn sending his wife $12 a lnonth fllnco'Uho separation and that on August 1, lastlUie was to have made a final settlemeric'of IVflflO XvliVl linr Thn war.1 t I ..nlv.ri.1 I ...... - - ' - J ' ' V. .v,fc UMU,VU Mrs. Myers said, .and her daughter had mado a number of frujtless .efforts "to obtain a reconciliation with herl husband. . . NEVER FAILS TO STOP THE ACHE USED BY MILLIONS FOR 25 YEARS' GET DENTS ALL DRUGGISTS 15 NEW LOCATION . . 1316 FAENAiX ' Bell Drug Co, HARD COLDS When they first come, the best tlme.tA break them up. One standard remedy-j-Ajjer's Chemj Pectoral. .1 run i uui isuvat SLEEP DISTURBING BLADDER WEAKNESS BACKACHE-RHEUMATISM, QUICKLY VANISH Even Most ,01rpnic Sufferers Find Relief From Few Doges of Oroxone Croxone soon relieves such 'conditions because it reaches the very roots of the disease. It soaks right Into the stopped up, inactive kidneys, through' the walls and linings; cleans out the little filtering cells and glands: neutralizes and dis solves the poisonous uric acid substances that lodge In the Joints and muscles to scratch and Irritate and cause rheuma tism; heals the inflamed membranes of the bladder, s,nd cleans out and strength ens the stopped up, lifeless kidneys so they can filter and sift all the poisons from the blood, and drive it out of the system. So sure, so positive, so quick and lasting, are the results obtained from the. use of Croxone, that three doses a day for a few days are often all that is required to end the worst backaohe, regulate the most annoying bladder dis orders, and overcome the numerous other similar conditions. Croxone is so prepared that it Is prac tically impossible to take It without re sults. ' An original package costs but a trifle, and all druggists are authorized to nt turn the purchase' prjee if Croxone falls to give desired results, regardless ot how old you are, how long you have suffered, or what else has failed. Advertisement. AMUSEMENTS. fT Mat. Every Say ailB; Every Wiffht.B'tie. , ADVAJTCED VAUSX3VXX.E, , ' ThU Weki Detctlvft.Kn, Chief Cut6lU;n, .Walter Do Leon & "Mjsslps"-'. bronv & Yoico, The Three Co) leal am,. Dupree. A Dupree. Fred a Albert. Motion pictures ot Harry K. Thaw. rrlcea; Mat. (except tiati nd sun, Qallerr. Jfe; Beet Seat!. 25c. Nlahta, lOc.iSc, Wc and Tic. - "OMAHA'S rUH CBWTXOt," " S5'i,SrKar Bg.. 16-35-60-78 SSSSSSu. Sam Howe's L0VEMAKERS THE ONLY MXTSIOAX BKOW ITT TOYTM As presented ion uUhti, Columbia 'ToeiUr, Broadway, If. Y. City. The Soaion'e Bl Inci dent. Bam Howe, Beautiful Florence Bennett. Great Cut and neeuty Phorua ot 10. LADIEB1 PIKE MATHTBB TODAY AMERICAN THEATER E V A (AXXAKX)T CIKCUIT, Xrtssee) Saturday nignt, Bepvemoer so. LANG Playing "IN SEAB.OK OF A SINKER" Seats now Jfnces aoo una quo "BASE BALL OMAHA ts. TOPEKA ROURKE PARK September 17, 18 and 10. Friday September 19 Ladles day. Cars leave lBth and Farnam at .3:46. Games Called at, 3 P. UL SOUTH OMAHA BELOW OMAHA PRICE NOT ONE DAY BUT EVERY DAY HOME FURNITURE CO THIEVES BREAK INTO AND ROB BRANCH P0ST0FFICE United States Postottlce Station, Ko. 1, located in the O. II. Wlrth drug store. 123) North Fortieth street, was broken Into Monday night by burglars, who se cured U.S0 In 5-cent stamps and t3 In pen nies. Entrance was gained through a cellar window. In their hurry the thieves overlooked several dollars Jn !-cent stamps and 134 In the cash register of the store. Glasses fitted, optical repairing dona, any broken lens duplicated correctly. Leffert's, Opticians. UB Broadway, Watches repaired promptly, old and broken lewelrv mada Ilka nn' at If. 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