THE BEEi OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914.
EDITOR OF FIGARO RILLED
Movies Cami) Uses an Automobile
8
Wife of French Miniiter Takes Re
venge for Attacks on Husband.
SPOUSE TENDERS RESIGNATION
Murdered JTetTspnper Mnn llnil Keen
WnRlnir CnmpnlRit of Usiretue
niKernra Agnlnt Govern
ment llfflclal.
PAKIS. March 17.-Gaston Calmetto,
editor of the Figaro. '. wai shot by Minb.
Menrletto Calllttux, wife ot Joseph Gnll
laux, tho French minister ot finance,
lis died tonight
Mme. Calllaux went to the office of tho
Figaro to carry out an act ot vengeance
agajnit II. Calmette, who had been wag
Ing a campaign characterised by ex
treme bitterness- against the. minister of
finance. She fired at least three times,
Jf. Calmette being wounded In tho chest,
In tho side and the abdomen.
While tho editor was being transported
to tho hospital he said repeatedly:'
"I havo done my duty. I have dono my
duty."
Having committed the deed, lime Call
laux submitted to arrest and while em
ployes In the Figaro office were taking
tho pistol mm her hands she said:
Tin Justice in Country.
"Since there is no justice In this coun
try, I tako upon myself an act of Jus
tice. Take me where you will."
Mme. Calllaux was removed to & polUe
station where she underwent a prelimi
nary examination, tho substance ot which
wns communicated to the press at her de
sire. "I am sorry," sho said, "for what I wns
obliged to do. I had no Intension ot kill
ing M. Calmette and I would bo happy to
know that he will recover. I desired only
to teach him a lesson."
At the moment of the attack II. Cal
mette was preparing to Jcavo his office
in the company of Pnul Bouraet, the
author. Ho excused himself to rccelvo
Mme. Calllaux, who fired almost Imme
diately. In her statement to the police Mme.
Calllaux explained that the ' campaign
asnlnst her husband had become Intoler
able and she determined to stop It
Iecnl Proceedlne Vnln.
She consulted an eminent lawyer, who
advised her that legal proceedings would
do futile that they wore often worse Id
the case of an Innocent than In the case
of tho guilty. Slio decided then to tako
the law Into her own hands, fihe bought
a revolver, drove to the Figaro offlco
and sent In hor ?ard.
M. Calmette was most pollto and asked
what ho could do for her.
" 'It Is needless for mo to pretend that
I nm making a friendly call.' I answered.
Then I drew my revolver from my muff
and fired all tho cartridges. M. Calmetto
tried to tako .shelter behind n. desk."
Mme. Calllaux was formally charged
with attempted homicide and removed to
St. Lajgalro prison. Xater the charge was
changed to homicide. , ' '
It wao officially announced tonight that
M. Calllaux had tendered his resignation
from tho ministry of finance but that
Promter Doumerguo -withheld hla decision
until tomorrow.
MlnUter'a Third Wife. ,
Mme. Calllaux In ',tho mlnlntor'o third
wife. She Is 39 years of age and. her
maiden name was Hanrictte Ilalnouard.
She was the wife of Ueo tilarcticj brother
ot the uto Jules ClareQrffontttvbom sha.
was divorced.
The personal campaign ot CJnston
Calmetto against Joseph Calllaux bean it
January 1, nnd since then tho attacks
against the' finance minister have been H
dally featuro of tho paper. The fact that
tho campaign was Inaugurated on tho'
ive ot tho opening of the last session ot
the present chamber ot deputies created
Intense Interest In tho charges.
AmotiK these M. Calmetto usserted that
M. Calllaux offered to pay 11,300,000 to M,
Schneider, tho .legal representative of
Marcel I'rlou, who had entered claim
against the government, on condition that
SO per cent of that amount should bo
turned over to the radical party's cam
paign fund for tho coming elections.
i Tapped Batiks,
M. palmetto also charged that M.
Calllaux had "tapped" the Comptolr Na
tional D' Kscompto and other banks to
the' amount of $$0,000.
Among other accusations It was charged
that the minister had oxcrtcd pressuro
on the judges to postpone the trial of
Henri 'Rochotte, who was arrested In
Pari In 1S0S on the chargo ot swindling
on an enormous scale, thus enabling him
to f leo .to ,Mcxlco. M. Calllaux was also
charged with authorising tho quotation on
the Bourse ot questionable foreign loans
whereby vast sums were lost by French
Investors.
M. Calllaux contented himself with Is
suing categorical denials. Hut March IS
the Figaro printed a facsimile ot a letter
from JL. Calllaux to an intimate friend,
dated ''The Senate. July 16 1801." At
the time Calllaux was minister ot finance
in the "VValdeck-RousJCU cabinet, In which
he said he had been successful' in crush
ing the -Income tax, altliough seemingly
he was defending tho tax. This brought
matters to a climax, and it was under
stood that the finance minister Intended
to take proceedings against M. Calmette
for publishing a private letter without
authority either from the sender or the
receiver.
PREMIUMS OYERSHADOW LOSS
Stook Fire Companies of State Prove
Great Money Makers.
LIFE COMPANIES OVERTOP THEM
Old I.lno Innnrnnco Show Heavy
Kxcesa Over Louses of Fonr and a
Half Million Dollars in State
of Nebraska.
(From ti Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, March 17.-(Hpeclal Tele
gram.) According to a report by Insur
ance Commissioner Brian, risks written
by stock flro companies Increased from
808,000,000 In 1912 to $423,3o8,GC6 In 1913.
Fraternal companies wroto $29,983,775
Insurance In 1912 and dropped off to
iVSMUV) in 1913, tho losses being $2,618,513
In 1913 and S2.44,C30 In 1913.
Life companies wrote $31,310,000 In 1912
and $39,009,982 In 1912, while their losses In
1912 were $1,311,738 and in 1913 $1,039,82(1.
Farm mutual wrote business of $12.
403,000 In 1912 nnd increased to $54,611,123
In 1913. The losses were $320,9S9 In 1912
and $135,(23 In 1913. Hall lusuranco com
panies were tho only companies which
sustained losses more than tho amount
of premiums received as shown by the
following table:
GENERAL INSURANCE.
Written. Pre'lums. Losses.
StOCk flre......$l2G,RS5,SS3 $1,043,078 $2,871,
Farm mutuals.. M.611.1Z3 t,8l2 435,522
Hall 770,130 42,121 131,520
Miscellaneous l.aa.GW C02.W6
Ass't accident 432.H8 2JMJ9
LIFE COMPANIES,
Written. Ceased. Premiums. Losses.
Life ..$39,009,982 $,, 143 $8,204,110 $I,639,t2
A. life. 6.140.391 4.277.278 378.0S8 187.928
Frat'n! 18,144,150 25,558,508 2,899,280 2,440,090
AUTO MANUFACTURERS
ATTACK INCOME TAX ACT
WASHINGTON. March 17.-Sulta ' at
tacking the constitutionality of the in
como tax were filed In tho district su
preme court'. hero today by John P. and;
Horace F. Dodge ot Detroit, Mich., au
tomobile manufacturers. They contend ,
that the law unduly discriminates against
Individuals and partnerships In favor ot
corporations In the laying of surtaxes and
In permitting corporations to withhold
from taxation such portions of Income
as may be necessary for tho needs and
purposes ot their business. The latter
privilege Is not allowed to Individuals,
tlielr bill says.
It was understood here that tho case
Is a test suit In which all the Immense
automobile Industry Is concerned.
Children Narrowly
Escape Earth Slide
Sliding earth from a high embankment
adjoining the Train school on South
Sixth street yesterday afternoon caused
the principal to phone police headquar
ter for old, as soveral pupils appeared
to have been walking directly beneath
tons of falling dirt
Six firemen from the station at Eight
and Pierce streets, assisted by the police,
turned over every bit of the material
before they were satisfied that the little
people had escaped. Tho high embank
ments opposite tho sldowalks In this
region have made It very dangerous for
pedestrians, in the spring especially,
when the ground Is softened by the thaw.
An appeal will be mado to the city of
ficials to have these banka graded to a
degrco where the public will be frVo from'
Car Men Enjoined
from Going on Strike
INDIANAPOLIS, March 17.-An in
junction prohibiting the leaders of the
street car strike and members ot the
street car men's union In Tcrre Haute
from Interfering with the operation of
cars by the Terre Haute; Indianapolis ft
Eastern Traction company was Issued by
Judge Francis E. Baker, In tho federal
c6urt today. The order also prohibits
those members of the union who previ
ously had agreed to arbitrate their dif
ferences from going on a strike.
MEXICAN REBELS ROUTED
Column of Constitutionalist Troops
Defeated at Bustamente Canyon.
CORRESPONDENTS ARE HIT BLOW
Limit la Placed on Unnntltr of Mat
ter They Can File Fonr Kinds
of Money la Now In Circulation.
LAREDO, Tex., March 17. Decisive
defeat of a column of constitutionalist
troops, en route, It Is believed, to take
part Jn the proposed attack on Monterey,
Mexico, at Bustamente canyon la re
torted In official advices received tonight
at federal headquaiters nt Nuevo Laredo.
The rebels were utterly routed, according
to the dispatch, with a loss ot about MX)
men killed, captured or wounded. The
federal losses was not stated. Busta
mente canyon Is about midway between
Laredo and Monterey.
In their flight the constitutionalists
were said to have left behind largo quan
tities of arms and ammunition and the
federals claimed the capturo ot many
wagons, carrying arms and supplies, and
100 loaded pack animals. The rebels, re
ported to bo part of those marching
against Monterey, were moving toward
Morales, Nuevo Leon. Who commanded
the forces engaged was not stated.
Order Plane to Cblhnnhna.
EL PASO, Tex.. March 16,-Qeneral
VUja today telegraphed to Captain
Salinas, the rebel aviator, whose' mono
plane has been undergoing repairs at
Juarez, to have his machine at Chihuahua
within the next twenty-four hours. In
cidentally It was loarncd that the regular
trl-weokly passenger sorvlco between
Juarez and Chihuahua had been tem
porarily abandoned. Tho trains are said
to be needed for transporting troops
south from Chihuahua.
These two facts wore taken by rebel
officials at Juarez to Indicate that Gen
eral Villa la anxious to begin his attack
on the federal entrenchments at Torreon.
Anscelea to Front.
General Angeles, the artillery expert,
who left here yesterday for Chihuahua,
was reported to have halted only ' long
onough for a conference with Villa and
to have proceeded to the front without
further delay.
In tho telegraph office at Juarez It was
stated that the censorship Inaugurated
yesterday applies moro to tho quantity
of matter that can be filed by corre
spondents than to the quality. The single
line, It was explained, was crowded with
official business and It was found neces
sary to decrease the amount of press dis
patches being wired.
Mnrtlnl I.nw PrevnII.
SAN DIEGO, Ca!., March 16. Martial
law, though not proclaimed, Is In
force today along tho border for
miles each sldo of Tecato, Cal.,
following the destruction by fire of the
general Btore contalnlng-the United States
postofflce and customs office and tho
murder of Frank Johnston Saturday
night by three men declared to be Mexi
cans. Till last night the border was patrolled
by American troops from Fort Rose
crsns. Across the line, not many hundred
feet Mexican rurales performed guard
duty.
Four Kinds of Money.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., March U. Four kinds'
ot money are circulating now In the
Mexican territory controlled by the con
stitutionalists. These ars United States
currency, the flat Issues of the consti
tutionalist government, Sonora state
and "Villa money," or that Issued by
Chihuahua at the Instance of the rebel
military commander. United States
money takes precedence In value.
Merchants In Sonora, to protect them
selves and at the same time observe the
laws requiring acceptance of the rebel
currency Issues, have established a slid
ing scale of prlcese.
Lawyers Will Not
Be Able to Force
Premature Trials
Indicted attorneys who ore demanding
Immediate hearings will not be allowed
to force tho state to go to trial before
the county attorney Is able to secure the
attendance of important witnesses accord
ing to a ruling of District Judge English
In tho cose of Clinton Brome charged
with subornation of perjury.
Brome attempted to force a trial ot his
case yesterday, but the Judge held that
the county attorney should be allowed
time In which to locate Ruth Geddes, the
girl who confessed that she committed
perjury" In a deposition taken by Brome.
Miss Geddes In regarded as on important
witness In tho case. The county attorney
is making an attempt to locate her to
learn whether she will bo willing to
come to Omaha to testify.
Practically all tho lawjers Indicted by
tho grand jury are demanding immediate
trials and much talk of "the law's de
lay" now Is heard among them and their
friends.
AT NINETY LEAVES PEN HE
WAS IN TWENTY-ONE YEARS
SAN QUENTIN, Cal.. March 17.
"Grandpa Billy," ihe oldest Inmate of a
prison In California and believed to be
ono of tho oldest in the country, was set
at liberty today, after spending twenty
one years In San Quentln penitentiary.
At the ago of 63 ho was sentenced for
life for killing his son. Now, at 90, he
Is both deaf and blind. One of his three
living daughters dbtalned his pardon and
FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS
WEST OF "CHI" ASK RAISE
CHICAGO, March 17. An Increase In
wages Is being sought by tho firemen and
engineers on fifty-eight railroads west
of Chicago, according to a statement
mado today at a conference of repre
sentatives of the men and tho railroads.
The hearing, Is expected, will continue
for a month.
WILSON GETS SLAM FROM
DEMOCRATS OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE, Tenn,, , March lT.-De-cllnlng
to listen to tho suggestion of
President Wilson for harmony in the
cemocraxiQ party In Tennessee and en
dorsing the administration ot Governor
Ben W. Hooper, the independent demo
cratic state executive, adjourned today
after calling two state conyentiona, both
to meet April 22.
In touching on the harmony suggestions
of President Wilson, the mainritv f
the speakers characterized the action of
me president as ii-aavlsed," and de
clarnl that bo did not know tho condl
Uorva existing In Tennessee-
II S BEHIND RUSSIA IN
ENFORCING CHILD TOIL LAWS
NEW ORLEANS. March 17. Th.t th
United Slates was behind cvc. ltussla In
enforcement ot child labor laws was as
rerted In a report read by Herschel II
Jones today before the National Child
labor conference.
Dr- W. It. Oates, chief factory inspector
of Alabama, declared that comtmijirv
education was the only solution ot (ho
jiroWera as in many cases parents were
-willing their children should work while
tney uemselvea remained Idle.
Swap for Drofit or nltaxur. Vntt rnitt
oitentjnHw make good bargains If you
new ( .ptner wuuns, swappers. Watch
mi mumne oi ane te jor announce
tcct of market place.
They Can't Answer
the Claims of
This Car
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When the announcement was
made by me some two years ago
that the Cartercar was so constructed that
its power was sufficient to climb 40 per cent inclines,
dealers who sold gear cars laughed at tho idea. When
the Cartercar actually proved its claim by climbing 50
per cent grades, their smiles broke into jeers. They no
longer attempted to dispute the question but ridiculed
the car's mechanism. They said that it would'nt stand
up that it was built on tho wrong principle.
This was two years ago. Since then Cartercar sales have
grown. The people's eyes have boen opened. In two years
I have become one of the largest Auto distributors in the
west. The sales of but few cars equal the sales of the
Cartercar. I am receiving a solid trainload of these cars
this month and another June 1st.
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W. E. FO SHIER, President Cartercar Nebraska Co.
I occupy in Omaha one of the
largest quarters of any concern in
the West which sell cars and which does nothing except sell cars. Now this was possible
only with a good car the best car. The Cartercar is the car which I chose to make this possibility a certainty. I did
it with a car which dealers characterised at first as a thing of a few days' life. The truth is, no principle is so correct
as the principle of tho Oflrtercar. All are finding it out. People own them now, who at one time were envious of the
claims that we made. And when a man drives a Cartercar after driving a gear car, he never goes back to the gear car.
We have demonstrated conclusively that the most practi
cal car in the world is the friction drive car. It is the most practical
because it is the simplest. Being the simplest, it is the strongest, the safest and most
econpmical. These are the chief qualities of an automobile. They are the necessities of the business man who uses
a machine for relaxation, and who cannot afford to be bothered with its mechanism. They are the necessities of the
lady who drives a car for pleasure and who cannot become a mechanic. They are the safeguards of every one and
every class whose business as well as inclination, are apart from engineering.
The only car that I know that fully measures up to the
standard is the Cartercar, and I have studied its construction. I have
studied the people's requirements. I offer it to you, confident that it is the best product of our country today.
Cartercar Nebraska Company
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HE best way to reach a final and
clinching conclusion concerning
the value of this Studcbaker
SIX is to compare it with those
automobiles which are offered at a
trice several hundred dollars higher,
Studebaker
Detroit
E. R. Wilson Auto Co.
Local Dealers,
2429 Farnam Street
Omaha Branch
25th Ave. and Farnam St.
Omaha, Neb.
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..SIX" Tirtat Cm - - 1175
'SIX" Mn4u-IWittr Hit
"SIX" fed. 2319
Mil ":s" R.tiittr - 175
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Mol.I 'JS" Touring Cm 1390
Mll 3J" Cost 1154
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Buy it Because
it's SiItI:?
They buy it for what it does.
That's why the Ford is ser
vant of thousands. It holds
the world's record for all
'round dependability. And
it's the lightest the strong
est the most economical car
on the. market.
Fire hundred dollars is the price ot the
Ford runabout; the touring car is five
fifty; the town car seven fifty f. o. b.
Detroit, complete with equipment. Get
catalog and particulars from Ford Motor
Company, 1916 Harney Street.
DIRECTORY
AUTOMOBILES,, TRUCKS,
TIRES and ACCESSORIES
GASOLirME CARS '
B
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TJIOK ' '
Nebraska Buick Auto Company,
Lee Huff Mgr. 1912.14-16 Farnam Street,
ARMON
Marion Auto Company,
C. W. McDonald. 2101 Farnam fr
, "
AXWELL- " "
Maxwell' Motor Sales Corporation,
205-207 State Bank Building.
VERLAND ! '
Van Brunt Automobile Company,
. 2010 Farnam St., Omaha. 18-20.22 4th St., Council Bluffy
I OPE-HAHTFOED ' '
Van Brunt Automobile Company,
2010 Farnam St., Omaha. 18 20.22 4th St., Council Bluffs,
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TUDEBAKER-
E. B. Wilson Auto Company,
2429 Farnam StreK,
ELECTRIC CARS
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I 1 Van Bruntr Automobile Comnanv.
2010 Farnam St., Omaha. 18-20.22 4th St Council Bluffi,'
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T AND ARB .
Marion Auto Co., M-f
u. w. Jacconaitj. 2101 Farnam Streii
