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    THE HEK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1014.
THREE KILLED AS
BAMDITSTRAPPED
Canadian Official and Two Robbers
Slain in Battle North of Inter
national Border.
ONE, WOUNDED, TAKES OWN LIFE
Gaasr Believed to llavs. Looted Dank
la Dt'aaataa-toa Mrt j Doailnloa
Officials and lien Flabl
Follow.
BLAINE, Wiih.. f1 21 -Th lanl f
Wen who are helinvrrt U have rcibhrd
th Bank of H1rowoolley it lii.OO late
Saturday night, and hrs vrourrss
northward through the sparsely ai-ttlml
part of Skaglta and Whatrom rn:ntl"
has bn rnrtlmmiis slm-e the rulilxry,
frll Into a trap thro nill-s nuith of Hip
International boundary her early this
morning and two of thlr nwnhrr iro
killed and a third wounded when a r""
Intercepted them. A member of the posse
was also Instantly slntn.
The dead:
CLlFrOKD A HAMS, aed 2f.. Panndlan
Immigration Inspector, Mint through
train and heart.
TWO ROUPlCnS, both young, and
Wearing belts heavy with gold coin.
Wounded :
K. II. Kleth. aperlal detective for the
Great Northern railroad,
Unidentified robber.
Th robbers, walking north on th.
Great Northern railroad track, wore ob
served when they passed through Blaine,
nd word was telephoned to Canadian
Immigration Inspectors at Hailrmulr, II.
C. Adam. Keith and Canadian Immi
gration Insi-ector A. E. Knrk met the
robbers on the track, and Hurke ordered
them to halt. Instead, tha foremnat rob.
ber drew a pistol. Uurka Immediately
hot the bandit dead. Firing then became
general. Adama wa killed by the rob
ber first volley. Three of the surviving
fobhera took to the woods. The fourth
fled down the track and was brought
down with a bullet tn his thigh. Just
before noon third robber wa wounded
at Hall's prairie. He ihot and killed
The two robber who escaped are being
closely pureued and can scarcely escape,
lirmeelf while officer ran to eis lilm.
Collect Tobacco for '
English Army Lads
(.Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON, Oct. 1 Messages from the
front saying that tobacco Is like gold
dust to the soldier has to touched the
sympathy of smokers that mall to the
ontinent la now filled with rlgarettea,
pipes and plug eut. Societies are formed
for th collection of tobacco lit Ita va
rious forma and boxes for aueh contribu
tions are now prominent on hotel desks
and club tables and other places fre
quented br smokers.
While all classes are helping Tommy
Atklas to get hla smoke, temperance so
cieties are fervently urging him not to
drink. These socletlea want men to vol
unteer te dA what was made compulsory
In th Russia, array by th esar's anti
vodka decree. One weil known Anglican
bishop ha asked th men to pledge
themselves to refrain from drlnklnf even
beer or light wines, although they may
know the water to be polluted. Th bishop
himself la not Joining the expeditionary
fore.
MISS WILLARD ADDRESSES
SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS
Miss Mary Bannister Wlllard of Now
Tort; CHy addressed th opening meeting
of the Oenaha Hoclety of Fin Art at
the Young Women' Christian associ
ation auditorium Thursday afternoon on
Tl Modern . Movement in Art." Miss
Vi'tllard, who was brought here to lecture
through th courtesy of Mr. Kdgar Mors,
roan. Jr., and Mr. Leonard Vvrrctt of
Council Bluff, won by her charming
manner th large audience that had as
sembled to hear ir. Mrs. Clement Chase,
president of the Pine Art aucicty. In
troduced the speaker.
Mis Wlllard spoke along the line of
poet-lmpreutonism and cubism. She
aid that a adequate picture of th
North American Indian had ever been
painted. 'There U a great field for any
poat-impreaalonlst who would live with
th Indiana for awhile and leer a them
thoroughly, their childishness a well
aa their shrewdness, tbelr rellgtou fervor
and thelr brutality," she said.
FRANCE DEGRADES A TRAITOR Corporal Crualt of
the French infantry, photographed as he was being
marchsd from the barracks yard after he had been de
graded as a traitor. He was convicted of plotting to sell
documents that would hare enlightened the Germans as to
the various wireless systems used by the French army.
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Englancl Protects
Itself Against
Foreign Banks
(Correspondence of the Associated Pres.)
lJNDON, Oct. 11 Amending llftense
have lieen Usued to each of inn British
establishment f Uanrns aad Auatrla
bank, th effect of which la that, no
llabllltlc will be recognised b th Ixh
don branch exceit such In th opin
ion of th comptroller, Hlr William Pan
der, arise out of the transactions which
have been entered Into by or on behalf
of these branches. This excludes all lla
bllltlc which originated wlth or aria
out of transaction with the head office
or other branches which are not liabilities
of the Ixmdon branches. '
The comptroller ha absolut discretion
to refuse to admit any payment which
may appear to him to b contrary to th
Interest of the nation; to permit any
such new transactions as are. In his
opinion, necestaxy or desirable for the
purpoe of th completion ef transaction
referred to m paragraph 1 of the licenses;
and to permit or to refuse to permit the
completion of any particular transaction
whatsoever.
Th resumption of business, though
limited to the completion of transactions
entered Into before the declaration of
war, present many difficult!. In om
of th bank, the aiwet If collected would
4PPur le he approximately sufficient to
meet th liability to be discharged under
th term of th amended license. But
Immediate royment In full of liabilities
which have actually matured might 'op
erat hurshly against othr creditor. Uni
formity In treatment I essential. I th
case of certain of th bank there 1
shortag between th aseet which tr
available here for collection and th lia
bilities, by reaaon of th faot thai tha
head office I a debtor to London. This
does not imply that creditor may not
receive payment tn full at a future time,
a th head office would, after th de
claration of peace, remain answerable,
fur Uabllltlea which were not capable of
BEATRICE HIGH TAKES
FIFTH STRAIGHT VICTORY
BEATRICE, Neb.. Oct. 3S.-SpcleI Tel
egram.) Tb Beatrice High school w'on
l( fifth straight victory today by de
feating Kearney, K to 0, and th second
team lost to Cotner university reserve',
to 14.
In th first quarter Beatrice mad It
first touchdown when Clarence Kllpat
rick blocked a punt, Herman recovered
tha ball and mad at fifty-yard dash
down th field for a goal. A series of
op a play preceded two touchdown in
th last quarter by Bohner and lay,
making the score to 0. fk hulls, Bohner
ajad Herman starred for Beatrice. Lewie,
rich halfback, and D. Lant, quarter, were
Kearney's apeedleat players. They were
elMThtly injured Just ; befor the game
Cloaed.
being discharged out of the assets under
th Immediate control of th London es
tablishments.
Tb question of making a distribution on
account (other than to allnn enemies) Is
receiving very serious consideration, and
all effort are being concentrated to se
cure It accomplishment. The proportion
of assets to liabllltiea differ In the cue
of each bank, and distributions when
made cannot be on the nma scale.
The difficulties In aecurtng collection
are mainly due to the fact that debt
due to the bank from peraon and In
stitutions In neutral countries on the con
tinent and la North and South America
ar not capable of sneedy realisation be
cause of th moratorium which exists In
many of the countries, and also on ac
count of the interruption (now being
remedied) In the foreign exchanges; e
curlUca ar now readily marketable and
loan hav not been repaid, aa tb bor.
rcwer In many case plead th mora
torium. Holder of check Issued by the cus
tomer of tha banks and holder of domi
ciled bill accepted by customer cannot
be regarded aa creditor.
CLOSE FIGHTSJOOKED FOR
Three of '"Big Five" Teami in Eait
Face Real Foei Today.
DARTMOUTH MEETS THE TIGERS
Carlisle ladlan aad ralverelty of
eansylranla Eleven Claah,
with Proepret ef
tereatlas Pray.
SATIRIST GIVEN CHANCE
IN GERMAN SHOE FACTORY
(CorresrXindence of th Associated Press.)
KRFURT, 8pt. n.-fthoemaker Yogi,
better known a the "Captain of Koe
penlck," ha now been given a chance
to assum a military role. He I working
In the local military shoe factory, where
he I looked upon a a most proficient
workman.
Vogt earned ponslderabl notoriety sev
eral year ago wben, dressed as a cap
tain of the Oermaa army, he took charge
of th burgomaater'a ofloe at Koepenlck.
an Incident which for a Jons' time wa
repierobered by th German publlo a a
clever satire upon Oerman military and
Peasant to TrUeo.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. tt.-Thr Pacific
Coast Base Ball league seaaen wut close
next Sunday, with the Portland, Ore.,
team, champion of 1913-Jt, again win
ning the pennant.
an2falrp,nratVCalwaH(
NEW YORK, Oct. JJ. The approach of
the crucial period In eastern foot ball 1
Indicated by the Increasing Importance
of the week-end game. Threo of tho
so-called big five team face opponents
tomorrow with llttl better than an even
chance of victory.
Partmnuth will play Princeton In the
new Palmer Memorial tadlum. Prince
ton's schedule to date ha contained
nothing but hard jrnrnes and th Tliters
by now should be thoroughly prepared
for a gruelling struggle. Dartmouth on
the other hand. Is more or less of an
unknown quality. The team has run up
larire scores against opponent of fair
in-ngth, but ha yet to face an eleven
of all round power.
Rattle at New Haven.
Almost aa much Interest att hes to
the Yale-Washington and Jefferson game
to be played at New Haven. In view of
th battle Washington and Jefferson put
against Harvard, the outcome of the
game with Yale will be awaiting with
Interest and the result used aa a baals
of comparison of the work of the two
teams which play the most Important
contest of the eastern season at New
Haven on November 21.
Philadelphia, the Carlisle Indian will
meet the University of Pennsylvania and
another close contest la predicted. Both
team started th present season In poor
form and are Just beginning to rlira to
the usual standard set by eleven of these
institutions.
Intersections! Oasie,
In the on Interseetlonal cam of th
day will b Played at Syracuse, where
tho looal university team will tackle the
irnlveraity of Michigan eleven. Tb Bait
City collegian hav a powerful com
bination and In th game played to date
have urn up double figure score exoept
against Princeton, which won, U to 7.
Yost Invader will be handicapped by
tha absence of several of the strongest
player of the tin up because of Injuries.
Harvard will face Pennsylvania State
with several regular missing from the
team. Th frame between Brown and
Cornell in thla city 1 expeoted to de
velop ome spectacular open play.
The leading frames to be played on east
ern gridirons tomorrow, with the 118
score where the same college team met
last season, sre appended:
Dartmouth at Princeton. M:
Wslilngton and Jeff at Yale, 0-0.
Carlisle at Pennsylvania, 7-7.
Pnnnsylvania State at Harvard, 0-29.
MlclfKan at Syracuse, 43-7,
Holy Cross at Army, no meet.
Western Reserve at Navy, no meet
Oeorirtatown at Pittsburgh, no meet
Amherst at Wealeyan, 0-.
Williams at TCnlty, no meet
Vermont at ColgiUe, no meet.
Villa Nova at Lafayette, no meet
Urstnu at Swarthmore, S-8.
Muhlenburg at Lohlsh, 0-7.
Brown against Cornell at New York City,
no meet.
Rutger against Tuft at Newark, N. J.,
no meet.
Wolverines Arrive at
Syracuse for Game
STRACV9EX N. 1., "Oct. .-Twnty-
four Michigan foot ball player, with
Coach Yost and Trainer Farrell, arrived,
here today to meet the ' Syracuse uni
versity. lven In the stadium tomorrow.
Only one of the men who starred
against the Orange last year I In th
lineup, Lyons alone having retained his
position. Most of th other players are
comparatively green Syracuse wilt use
nine of th men who starred againtt
Princeton thla fall.
Spalwn, Michigan' star, kicked eight
een out of twenty-one fleTu goals at
tempted from drop kick this afternoon.
He remained behind the thirty-five-yard
line.
Standard Captured
By French Soldiers
(Correspondence of the Associated Pre.)
PARIS, Oct 1 L Figaro publishes th
following account of the captur of th
battle flag of ttit Thlrty-!xth regiment
of Prussian Infantry by three soldier of
the Two Hundred and Nlnety-elgth regi
ment ef French Infantry, for which It
own flag wa dooraxd with tb in
signia of the Legion of Honor:
"On Feptember 7." th article rends,
"the Twenty-second and Twcnty-thlri
compsnles of th Two Hundred and
Nlncty-elghtb regiment were deployed
In skirmishing against a group of the
enemy frgm 700 to SOO meter distant. 1
When the distance diminished th Ger
man raised their hand and shouted:
'France, England, friends'!'
"Our men, advancing without distrust,
were fired upon point blank. Without
allowing themselves to waver, they re
piled with a bayonet charge. A half
raised flag was observed, under which
two Oerman were lying. The oldler
Oulllemard transfixed th bearer of th
flag with hi bayonet and kicked the
hand which held the pole. Corporal
Mlchalet thew himself upon the other
roan, permitting Oulllemard and Bergeant
Antole to selxe the flag."
London Prepares for
Visits of Zeppelins
(Correspondence of th A'soclated Press.)
LONDON, Oct i Not sine the olectrla
light upplntd gas has London been so
sombr at night as at present, when th
Oerman Zeppelin fleet la not aa unlikely
visitor. The Illuminated signs of Picca
dilly Circus, the lamp-studded cafe fronts
of Leicester Square have been extin
guished. No more light is allowed than
Is necessary to traf'lc. Along the main
ways ef London, Thredfied!e and Fleet
streets, the Strand, Regent and Oxford
streets, comprising the principal financial
and shop district only every third street
arc lamp la m use, and th upper L-alve
of these ar masked with black paint so
aa to throw down a cone of light on th
roadway, it Is aa tJUoe Use that tha
Bank of England, St. Taul's cathedral.
Trafalgar monument the National galUry
and th British museum II. The sub
urbs, where the restrictions are easier,
ar now the brightest part of London.
The war ha put a damper on London's
gayety in otjier respects. The "pubs," or
saloons, must shut door at 11 at night
instead of 11:30 a formerly. The liquor
regulation ha also practirally ended th
theater supper business of the hetela
Th restaurant habit has declined In gen
eral. There as still twenty-twe theater
running, whoee business depend not on
th state of the weather, but on how the
war new goes. Good new means good
business, while a bad reverse to th allies
leave stalls and gallery empty.
The people are not nervous and trust
to the searchlights which play over Lon
don at night to save them from the Zep
pelins. .
It csme. Sir Frederick Cowen declared,
they must recognise the fact that for
eign musicians had for many years
Uaurped th place which could be filled
by equally competent Britisher.
"It I not a question of animus," he
aid. "It I a question of our being able
to come Into our own."
The prevailing opinion wa that the
war offered an exceptional opportunity
for English musicians, since it also called
away French, Russian and Italian competitors.
England Boycotts
Foreign Musicians
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON, Oet (.The boycott ef Ger
man and Austrian musician, If cm
ployed te the detriment of EnRllnh mu
sicians, ha been approved at a meeting
of the London musicians, over which Sir
Frederick Cowen presided. A committee
composed of the chairman, Sir Edgar El
gar, Edward Herman, London Ronald,
Sidney Jones; Hubert Bath, Fred James
and Gilbert Wabb, was appointed to cir
cularise the profession on this subject
Whil English musloians should not
taboo good mutc front whatever souro
Twla for 'Wolvertea.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Oct a. When
the stork appeared today at the home of
Harrv Wolrerton, formerly manager of
the New York American base ball team
and now of the Fan franclsoo Mission.
It left a pair of healthy klrls. With the
twins, Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton's family
new numbers five daughter.
iujlimuy ill--. we
Appetite Follows
Good Digestion
Nearly everyone Indulge their ap
petite and the dlgetlv organs are
abused, resulting In a congestion of
noiaonous waste that clog the bowels
and cause much misery and dis
tress, v
The moat effective remedy to cor
rect this condition U the combination
of slmole laxative herb with pepsin
known a Dr. Caldwell' Syrup Pap
ain. Thi is a natural, plwisant
tastlng remedy, gentle yet positive
In action, and quickly relieve indi
gestion, constipation, sick headache,
belching, etc Drug store sll Dr.
Caldwell Syrup Pepsin at fifty
oents and one dollar a bottle, and in
thousands of home It 1 th Indis
pensable family remedy. For a free
trial bottl write Dr. W. B. Caldwell,
; 451 Washington St., Monticello, I1L
tiun.norir.-.-n' rr '---
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
INSURED AGAINST RAIDS
LONDON, Oct U-Weatmlnster Abbey
ha been Insured for tTOO.OM agalast dam
ages from aircraft attaoks
Be Want Ad Are tho Best Business
Booster
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GERMAN GENERAL AND
STAFF REPORTED SLAIN
LONDON. Oct. ti A d spatcii to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Flushing says:
"Wednesday night and todjy the Ger
mans mad a violent attack en . en
viron of Ostend. which was repulsed by
aa eaergeUa counter attack by th Bel
gians.
"El British warship fired on the
Gentian again this morning. Oeneral von
Trip and his staff, who were together In
Lsftlnghe, near Mlddelkcrke, were kttU-d
by Brit'sh naval guns."
tea Those t-arlr Hro Baikal reach.
T&y hang oi all winusr If not cbecked,
aad lev tb wy for eeriau throat and
lung diseases. Oct a boll of Foley's
Houcy and Tjr Compound, and take it
freely. Stop cougUa and colds, heal raw
Inflamed throat loosen and rhlegra and
t mildly laxatlv. Chas. T. Miller, Kd.
aqulrer, Cannciton. Ind., had bronchial
trouble, got very hosts, coughed con
Hantly from a tickling Ibroat He used
nly FoUy- Honey and Tr Compound.
V'Vi rtlrly relieved. Went other to
kouw Foley Jluaey and Tar. All
DoW
Reali
omen rxeanze
That They Will Be Compelled
To Serve. on Juries
If Woman Suffrage
Carries This State?
Read how seven women in Seattle were obliged to
6erve on a jury with five men to try a man accused of
MURDER, the trial lasting three weeks:
Do YOU want
Your Wife
Your Mother
Your Sister
Your Daughter,
summoned assuror)
If the thought of women as
jurors in Murder trials is repel
lant to you Vote Against Wo
man Suffrage Amendment.
TU StattU Daily Tbmm
Fddag Etminf. N. 14. 1913
Peter Miller Jury
Fails to Agree on
Verdict; Discharged
Seven Women and Five Men Deliberate
Twenty-lour (lour on tueanea at
Caik or Innocence of Accused,
After deliberating twenty - loaf hours
without leaching a verdict th jury before
whom Peter Miller, charged with the mur
der of Hu.h KkMahoaw November 27.
1906, ha bee on trial for th las three
week, was 4icharg4 at IZ.3Q today by
Judge Mitchell Ltilltaio. the lury w
t sevea wosaaa ao are rm
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