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TILK IJKFi. OMAHA, SATIHD.W. MAIU II Js, um. WILL SUE FUEL CORPORATION Civil Suits to Follow Conviction of Officers. Berg Suit Mc Right Now! When "Clothes" Are Uppermost in Your Mind WILL DEMAND RESTITUTION norr.rmnrni Wnntn Qnnrter Million Untlrn A Urged to llnrp Ileefi Hvmlcil hy Vnrloua Frnnil ntrnt Devices. SAX KKANCISCO, March 27.-The, Western Fuel company la not yet out ot Its troubles. The United States attorney's office announced today that the govern ment would Institute suit against tho company In about two weeks for the re covery of J27t.S43.24 for duties on Imported ccal alleged not to have been paid and drawbacks alleged to have been misstated. Tho complaint grows out of the recent criminal prosecution of officials and em ployes of the company for conspiracy to defraud the government out of customs duties on coal. Three wero convicted and sentenced and an appeal to the circuit court Is sow pending. The specific Hems In the civil suit Under preparation are: Duties not paid, 2,416.90; "Malms for drawbacks misstated. Pacific Mall Steamship company, $225,12."S, Oceanic Steamship company, J20.313.JS, American-Hawaiian Steamship company, J4,7?8.1t; Pacific Coast Steamship com pany, JITiW. MAGNEY MAKES A STATEMENT (Continued from Page One.i statement to counsel for Brome and they did not hesitate to say they did not like It In fact, after the indictment had been dismissed they told the court the state ment' was "not as they would novo writ ten It." Attorneys for Brome together with W. D. JIcHugh. W. F. Gurlcy. who Js attorney for the Dally News, and H. C. Brome discussed It among themselves and pleaded with the county attorney to make it more favorablo to the defend ant. The discussion lasted more than half an hour. The lawyers persuaded Mr. Magney to make some slight changes In the state ment and tho county attorney started to alter the original document. "It would bo better to rewrite It," said Mr. McHugh. Tho county attorney consented and 6mo portions of the statement were re written. After the indictment had been quashed by the court, counsel for Bromo told .ludge English that It must bo understood that tho action was not taken with the consent of Brome, but that he was "ready for trial." Connty Attorney' Statement. Mr. Magncy's statement Is follows: "This case having been heretofore set for trial today, Friday, March 27, 1914, I desire to set forth In this manner the reasons why the state Is not ready for trial and my reasons for asking that this case be nollcd. Tho indictment In this case charges the defendant, Clinton Brome, with subornation of perjury, and alleges that In the case ot Lacey Peyton against Hugh AV. Williams, pend ing in the district court of Douglas county, one Georgia Ruth Geddes testi fied in a deposition which she gave in that case to certain acts on tho part ot the defendant, Hugh W. Williams, and when tho case was called for trial she appeared on tho witness stand and testi fied that the statements testified to by her in the deposition were "false and that she had been Induced to testify falsely at the time the deposition was taken. It Is further charged In the Indictment that the defendant,- Clinton Brome, In duced and persuaded this witness to testify falsely when the deposition was taken. 'Georgia IlUth Geddes is therefore an Important witness; in fact, her testimony would bo the only competent testimony tho state knows anything about that could be used to prove the allegations In the indictment. Tolil hy Geddes Woman. "Immediately after the indictment was returned I learned that Georgia Ruth Geddes was a resident of Sioux City, la., and I wrote her a letter Informing her of the allegations in tha indictment and asked her it she could and would appear whenever wanted as a witness in tho trial of the case. I stated to her that her testimony was necessary and that she would be paid the usual witness fees and mileage. I heard nothing from this letter, and as It was never returned to me I have every reason to believe that she received it. About ten days ago I called her over the long distance tele phone and talked with her about coming to Omaha ns a witness in this case. She told mo in that conversation that she was rick and unable to come, and I asked her to write me a letter at once telling me why alio was unable to rome so that I could give a reason for isklng for further delay in tho trial "ot the case. I also asked her in that con versation if Clinton Brome, the defend and, said anything to Iter about what she should testify to in tho deposition In question, and whether he In any manner induced or persuaded her to testify falsely. She told me over the telephone :hat Clinton Bromo said nothing to her about what sho should testify to In that deposition, but that sho thought he knew what she was to testify to. I asked her to make a full statement in her letter to me as to what Clinton Brome said to her about her testimony or what he did in reference to the taking of her deposi tion. She promised to write this letter at once, but she has not written and I have received no letter from her. I,etter ver Came. "Gn last Monday, March 23, the court set tuts case for trial on this You will find our assortments most complete and prices most interesting s Three Big Groups f Suits for Special Selling: Saturday , $15, $20 and $25 OUR SUITS at those prices load all others, be cause thc' are tailored better, hold their sluipo better, fabrics and linings are better and their wear service is better. For these reasons we urge you to weal one of our new models at $.15.00, $20.00 or $25.00. You will find that at whatever price you see clothes marked else where you can come to this live store and do BETTER. We sell so many suits at $15.00 that wo figure, profit on volume iustead of indi vidual sales. Every one of our $15.00 suits looks to be worth from $3 to $5 more than we ask "and they're as good as they look." $15 3 Groups of Women's Suits Wonderful values offered for Saturday. All thelatc models, al) the new materials, all the popular colors. Hundreds of new garments in these three big special groups $17.50:$24.50$ 29.50 For Women's New Spring Suits in gabardine, Berge, Mcator crope. crepe pop lin; In all colors and with nil the latent stylo skirts ind Jackets. You will ntl mlt they are wonderful values. Saturday $17.50 For Women's Ncir Spring For Women s New Sprlnj: Suits In popular silk and 'Swlts in taffeta, molrc. silk jfaliie. crepe poplin and ; gabardines W r n d e rful 'values In silk suits in tills wool matorlals, in tango, reseda, labrador. wistaria, plumcot n u d leather l.nrf.o .lll O.rn.l r -." "''"V11 (lounred skirls and all the latest Jacket models. Saturday $2450 Kvery suit In the lot you would expect to bo (much higher priced. I Saturday $29.50 Spring Shirts The good looking kind with the custom made appear ance and patterns, $1.00 and $1.50. The celebrated Man hattans from $1.50 Madras to fine wash silk at $4.50. Neckwear and gloves to add finish to your new clothes or tone up the old. Neck wear 50o up, gloves $1.00 up. Initial Showing of Boys'1 Spring Suits Even a kid wants a now spring rig either a Norfolk or a jaunty sack. "We have the plain blue or black and serviceable mixtures, for hard wear that mothers know. Splendid values in worthy merchandise. $2.50 and up Spring Hats In nil the nobby new styles, $2.00 and $2.60, and John B. Stetsons at $3.50 embody all the latest ideas in fashionablo headwear. Our Opening Display gave you a truly magnificent view of the new things world fashions decree as correct. EVERY DAY hereafter is opening day, in faot. both as to importations as well as our own chic styles. Thore are the quaint bonnets or gorgeous tilted Wntteau ani other reminis cences of past glory in the world of art. Your hat is here at practically your own price You Never Saw Such Coat Values As Ours and Everyone Moderately Priced In the Cloth Coats wo offer all the new weaves In materials, all the new colors and the very latest tyles, with Roman striped collar and cuffs and tho popular flare at tho bottom. All silk lined. Satur day at $12.50, $15, $17.50 Silk Coats are tho fad ot tho sea son and we havo the best showing ot these to bo found, Handsome moire or brocaded silk coats, all silk lined. In black, navy and col ors. Two Saturday specials at $15.00, $17.50 HERE ARE SATURDAY'S BARGAIN SPECIALS $1.60 Lingerie Waists Dainty batiste and Voile WCp 111 v w Waists, with low necks and elbow sleoves a dozen different styles. CLOAKS, SUITS, DRESSES, WAISTS, MILLINERY 2D FLOOR Orepe de Ohine Waists Beautiful crope de chlno Cl Qfi shadow laco Waists, in tVvO the now high shades, $2.50 Messaline Petticoats In nil silk mesuallno and 1 C In all the new colors toVww match tho new spring suits. A tatecn necks. $1.50 Sateen Waists splendid grade of black QCf en Waists, In high or low0"-' Fine for business wear. 76c Women's Silk Hose Closing out our Women's QCa Silk Hose. Tan and whit aaK only. A regular 75c value. $4.00 Silk Petticoats In elthor messaline or 9 Qfi silk Jersey top. In all col- ors; a dozen different styles. the colirt room on Monday I wrote and mailed another letter to this witness tolling her that the" case had been -set for trial oh Friday',. March 27, and that It was absolutely necessary for her to bo here In order to try this case, and urged her to come, and also requested her to write mo a letter as soon ns she received mine, telling me whether sho would come or not, and also stated In thlH letter that her witness fees and ex penses would be paid. I have heard nothing from that lotter and sho has not appeared as a witness. On Thursday, March 26, I endeavored to reach her over the telephone, but was Informed by the telephone company that their messenger, sent to her home, had returned with the Information that she had left the city, so that I was unable to talk with her again. I am satisfied from the talk I had with her over the telephone and SHIPPERS 61YE VIEW OF PROPOSED RATES (.Continued from Pago One.) deficit of $217,172. Taxes for that yeur wero 85,K3. In 19ld the operating expenses were Jl, 4'i7,S5 and the revenues $1,153,831, showing a deficit ot SV"0, tho least of any of tho years quoted. The taxes were J77.02S, and the lncume tax $4,733. In 1909 the operating expenses were J1.4C6.472 andthe revenue $1,230,195, a deficit ot J170.27C. Tho taxes were SS0.421. Of the 51,790,979 ot operating expense of VilZ. Mr. Johnson said 70 per cent of It was chargable entirely to Nebraska from Jntra-atatc business. All of the terminal exnense In Omiihn. was rhnrired un to Ne- from tne iact tnai sne na not wm uraska tho same as In other states. that she does not want to appear as a witness and Is determined not to do so. "I desire to state further that this wit ness was not before the grand Jury, but that the Indictment was based upon her testimony taken in the trial of the Peyton-Williams case and some other hear say testimony. Tho testimony presented to the grand Jury, under the rules of evi dence, would not be competent In the trial of this case In the district court. I desire to state further that the testimony tefore the grand Jury further disclosed tho fact that tho deposition in question was taken in Sioux City, la. Tho indict ment was prepared In accordanco with the Instructions of the grand Jury, but when I returned it to It I called Its attention to the fact that the allegations In the Indictment were to the effect that tho subornation of perjury on the part of Bromo occurred In Douglas county, for the reason that the Indictment would not bo good It It was charged that tho subornation of perjury occurred In the state of Iowa. "For the reason that I am unable to procure the attendance of the witness Georgia Ituth Geddes and for the reason that from what she said to me over the telephone, I feel that her testimony would not be sufficient to warrant a convic tion if sho wero present, I respectfully ask the court to nolle this esse. "GEOFtOE A. MACINKY. "County Attorney." The Persistent and Judicious Use date, i Newspaper Advertising Is the Itoad March S7. and Immediately after leaving Business Success SICKNESS OR OPERATION It is a pathetic mistake to accept drugs or alcoholic mixtures when nature craves nourishment to repair the wasted body and restore the vigor of health. For forty years the beat physicians have relied on the wholesome predigested nourishment in SCOTTS EMULSION which is totally free from alcohol or opiates. Scott's Emulsion sharpens the appetite renews blood nourishes nerves strengthens bones and restores the courage of health to make life bright. Scott's Emulsion sets in action e very forces that promote linlf-l-i- It nnn'rv. 1 richness and strength has stood the test of forty years. f AFTER AW Improving? the Line. Considerable discussion took place be tween Mr. Johnson and Commissioner Hall as to what the Improvements made on tho line from Omaha to the state line near Falls City had cost and what was charged up to betterment and how much to operating expense. In an effort to ex plain that part, Mr. Johnson Said that in laying the new ninety-pound steel rails, tho difference between those rails and the Old sixty-pound rails was charged to betterment, while the labor was charged to operating expenses. The laying of the new white oak ties on tho same line were charged to msln tenance, under a ruling of tho Interstate Commerce commission As an Indication of what these ties had cost, Mr. Johnson said, In 1910, 328,270 ties were laid, costing 3S.8 cents each, while In JM3. 140,607 ties wero laid, costing 60 cents each. D. n. Lincoln, general freight agent of the same road, gave the commission a mass of figures regarding receipts and expenditures, saying that the bulk of the business done by the road came out of Omaha and Lincoln. McVann Mnkrs Comparison. E. J. MoVann, representing the Omaha Commercial Interests, made a comparison ot freight rates out of Kansas City and St. Joseph, and also out of Omaha, and furnished the commission with a number of maps to assist them In tho work. Ho showed the rates for different dis tances out of the Missouri towns, In com parison with the average as would be In force under tho proposed rte per 100 pounds, as follows: 100 MILES. No. 13. St. Joe. Cents. CVnta t'lrsl claw 3vi.O Second class 22.2 Third class ,; Fourth claes 15,6 JM MILES. First class ,.. 41.0 Second class 34.fi Third class 2S.7 Fourth class 24.6 200 MILKS. Vlrst class 51.0 Second class 43.3 Third class M.7 Fourth class 30.ii 360 MILKS. (First class fll n Second class 31.9 Thlru class 42.7 Fourth class 35.0 3f MILKS. First class 71.0 Second class 00.4 Third class 49.7 Fourth class 4S.6 llntea from UltiiLi, Mr McVann was asked If he did not know that Atchison, Kan., competed with Nebraska towns, and answered that he had never heard of It. He said that he was not attempting to show that rates from Omaha were too high as compared with Kansas City, but thought, however, that they were. He said the attitude of the Omaha Ocmmer'ial club, which he represented, was not so nvKh for lower rates as an oquallty In rates which would enable that town to stand on an even footing with other Jobbing points'. He was willing to leave that proposition to tho commission. He said that ho wanted to see the rights of Nebraska cities and those cities Im mediately outsldo of tho state preserved, Mr. Kennedy, a railroad representative, did not think tho Omaha Commercial club showed very much interest In tho rate hearing and said he did not believe many of tho Omaha members or tho club knew a hearing was on, so little Interest was taken In It. Mr. McVann replied that the memcbra of the Omaha Commercial club wero not Interested very much In what the rate was as they were In having Omaha placed upon an equality with other Jobbing points. Stnml lij- I.culaludirr. AVhcn asked us to certain ncta of the legislature regarding rates, Mr. MoVann said he was willing to assume that when the legislature passed a law that it rep resented the wishes of the people. Edson Rich, attorney for the Union Pa cific, raised a laugh by saying that he 'hardly thought so In all casss." In continuing on the subject ot Kansas City and Bt. Joseph rates, Mr. MoVann said that as far as his experience went he believed those rates had been unjust In comparison with Omaha "Omaha has first rail on Nebrnska business as against any town outsldo of the stte," said Mr. McVann. His reason for saying so was based on the fact that business In north Nebraska on the Klldiorn road belonged more to Lincoln than to Sioux City or any other point. He thought the pro posed now schedule would tear tip con ditions ns they are at present to tho best Interests of tho state. Tho proposed schedule would, In his estimation, break down competition, as It gave each Job bing point a certain zone or territory and the result would be to keep compe tlon out of that territory to the detri ment of the retailer and consumer. Wist Mnkcs Protest. Grand Island and Hastings Interests, represented by AV. T. Thompson of Lin coln, protested against tho modified rate and wanted a continuance of present conditions. They showed that In the earlier days of the Jobbing business at Grand Island and Hastings no equalization of rates ot any kind existed. Later, through the efforts of the shippers located In those cities, the carriers In a measuro equalized Grand Island and Hastings with other cities located on the Missouri river by establishing rates on fourth-class ship ments In the following manner: The present fifth-class rate from Mis-1 sour I river crossings to Ilastlngn and Grand Island Is 25 cents per 100 pounds. In the "establishment of the equalized rates to those points above mentioned the fourth-claan rate to theno points la found by deducting the 23-cent rate from tho fourth-class rate established to sta tions west of Grand Islnnd und Hastings from Missouri river cltlus. If revised No. 19 Is put Into effect on the basis ot fifth In nnd fourth put tho Jobbers of Grand Island will ho put to a disadvan tage with the Jobbers of Omaha. In other words, tho Omaha Jobbers can ship In lees than carload lota to Alda for 31.8 cents, while Grand Island will havo to pay .14 rents, with the same conditions at Hastings, Kelley's Army on Way to Julesburg DENVER, Colo., March 27. More that! 100 members of "aeneral" Kelley's army of unemployed men, on the wny east from the Paclflo coast, left Denver In box cars last night, having been ted by the police and escorted to a railroad track. They expected to stop todsy at Julesburg. Colo., then to continue their Journey Omaha Is the next 'city of Importance at which they planned to stop. Fight on Director Kellogg is Failure IOWA C1TV, la., March 37. -(Special That the movement to oust Athletic Director N A. Kellogg ot Iowa has proven a failure and that the petition for his dismissal, which was to have been pre sented to the state board will be dropped wuu practically admitted by those In charge, of the documents today, Tho athletic board has Issued a statement denying tho charges. I FRENCH LINER DELAYED FOUR DAYS IS SAFE NEW YOn'K, March 27 The French liner La Touralne, whose four days' tardi ness In reaching this port caused appre hension for a time, was reported 110 miles east of Bandy Heck by a wireless dispatch at 6: JO a. m. today. It should reach Its dock late today. La Touralne Is bound from Havre, from which port It sailed March 15 with 350 steerage and 209 first and second class passengers. A 'Previous dispatch reported It proceeding slowly with deranged ma chinery on account ot heavy seas. r7.o 24.0 20.3 11.5 37.-5 K.r. 17.0 2J.5 40..'. X,.i 2D.0 33.0 4H.0 13.0 sj.r. 27.5 52.0 4S.0 33.5 SI. 0 Simplicity is Vital in All Mechanical Construction I will try to tell you in this letter why an automobile should be simple in its mechanism, and the only way in which it can be more simple. It should be simple, because this means safety. The mechanism of a cor whioh a family uses should be an open book, where every member, even to the children, should understand. By this means I am sure that the element of danger, to a gTeat extent, is eliminated. This is vital in all machinery, because all machinery is more or less dangerous. The moment that you tamper with an automobile of today, capable of fifty miles an hour, without full knowledge of it, you are toying with your life, and tho life of your family. It is doubtful, even at that, if one owner out of every ten, of a gear car, knows the mechanism of his car, to say nothing of the other members of his family. If he does know his cor, the chances are that he is a machinist or the son of one, beoause it takes a s Wiled-, man to handle a gear car intelligently. Above all other requirements is that of simplicity in automobiles. The business man who now goes out for relaxation into the country must free his mind of everything except keeping in the road at the proper rate of speed. In a car, after a busy day, is no time or place to study meohanios. No housewife hopes to become an auto designer; she is only interested in going ahead and keeping away from danger. The gear car of today is as intricate as a locomotive enjrine. Think of it. 8 Now the Cartercar is designed and built to obviate complex con struction. Its principle is tho oldest in the world. Its construction ie the simplest of all automobiles built. It is designed to increase both the business and pleasure of man, and is that from whioh a woman may derive the greatest enjoyment. Tlioy can understand the Cartercar. They can drlre It without being en gineers. We hare only to nwye a lerer and nse a pedal. Thejr go fait or slow by a slight moreineut of the leier. There are no geori to strip when you change from ono apeed to another. It Is all done without n Jar. Thin Is due to (fearless drlre. The simplest, (he strongest, the most economlrnl of all designs. This Is the Carte.rrar the car that I sell aud stake my reputa tion as an lionost man on. There is no prettier car made than (he CaHerrar, or one with more suh. Mantlnl finish, luxurious upholstering, or more complete equipment. There Is nothing larking about the Carterra to make It what I claim for It. W. E. FOSHIER, Pres. Cartercar Nebraska Co. CARTERCAR NEBRASKA COMPANY