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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1914)
TJiK BKK: OMAHA. Tlll'KSDAY. DWT.MHKIJ 17. 1H4. 11 BOQDETALL THERE; MISS KAELRED ISN'T Efforts to Deliver an Armload of American Beauties Discloses a Managerial Mystery. SUFFRAGISTS UNEARTH PLOT Knthaslaats Who peek i ompll neat One Who Had llelprd Tktm Brlasr Oat .Hews of Change. A beautiful hoiKinct of costly iH-lhoisi flowers )sy at the box office of the Brandcla theater List nishl. Intended for Mill Katherlne Kacrred, with the com pllmcnU ot trio sutfratrists of Omaha. Mlsa Kaelred .Is eumrtohrro In tlie pur lieu of Broadway, N. Y awl to the big butach of American Beauties was not delivered to her, nor l It at all likely It will ba. It developed after persistent Inquiry that Miss Kaeireil hns not been with the company since l'ecember 6. This very essential (act was known to the manager of the company, Mr. White, but he pre ferrej td maintain a profound secrecy until matters came to a showdown on ac count of the persistency of a messenger boy, who had the bouquet In charge and who had been commissioned to deliver It. Then he admitted that Miss Knelretl had not been with Iho company for a week and that the role, of Zuleika In "Joseph and His Brethren" Is now being ; . played by Miss Lamer, or some such name as that. ... ' ' itetvat, (Copyright. 1914. by Press Publishing Co.) .Vmi learning that Katherlne copjtnuaok.V. Dec. .-Bpcial Ca- Cormorant, German Cruiser Is Interned At U.S. Port of Guam WASHINGTON. Ie. 16. Voluntary In ternmcnt today of the German converted cruiser Cormorant and Ita twenty-two offiecre and 3Sft men at Guam, an Amer ican Taclflc ocean consular possession, btought what promises to be troublesome questions Involving the observance of American neutrality to a prompt and final adjustment. Aa soon as It was learned at the Navy department that the Cormorant had put Into Ouam, short of coal, food and water, there was Immediate discussion of the extent to which the warrhlp could replen ish Its supplies In an American port. In view of Ouam'a remoteness from any German port, the decision to interne was expected, but In the meantime Captain Maxwell, governor of the faraway naval station, was Instructed to observe, strict neutrality In all his dealings with the German commander. The Cormorant Is a converted .rulser of 1,600 tons displacement, acquired by Germany from Russia. Information as to how Germany acquired the vessel from its present enemy Is no, obtainable. It k supposed the ship had been emuloytd by the Or mans aa a destroyer of com merce. In the I'aciflc. DHCOYER EVIDENCE OF "ARSON SQUAD" Police Onard Italian Who Is Said to Hare Furnished Them Infor-mation. LETTER TELLS OF PLANS Twa Nr. roand pradlaa- ( na naetlMea la Irjr Theater Are Held l aaer Boad and Ttto Released. Austrian Defeat is Gloomy News for People of Berlin Med'll Cormlck'a suffrage movie, ."Your Girl and i Mine," local suffrages announced their intention lo honor Miss Kaelred by send ing her flowers, i Mm. II. C. Sunmey telephoned the Bran rels theater and was told that Miss Kaelred was probably at the Loyal ho lei. The flowers wero sent there, but were returned with Ihf statement that .Mbs Kaelred was not at the Loyal. Another call to the theater apprised the women that the woman and -.he com pany was at the Rome. Forthwith the i lowers were dispatched to the Rome ho tel, together with another box of flowers intended for Mrs. Joseph Fels. The man In charge, discovering that Miss Kaelred was not in the hotel, sent both boxes of flowers up to Mrs. Fels jnd then informed Mrs. Sumney that Miss Kaelred was not In tho hotel. "Where do you suppose she can be?" H.sked Mr Butnney. "Well, considering that 'Joeeph and His . Urethren' la a religious play, maybe you will find her at the Young Women's christian association," replied the hotel i harge d'affaires. As a last resort Mrs. Sumney hailed a newsboy,, gave him a ouarter and asked h!m to deliver the flowers (which Laurie Qulnby had tactfully recovered from Mrs. Wis) to the theater for Miss Kaelred. Orrthe arrival of the flowers at the the ater. Mr. Fytphen got after the manager of the company and was very much as tonished when told that Miss Kaelred was not with the company and hod not l;een (or a week before the show reached Jmaha, It is up to the women now to determine hat to do 'with the flowers that would " v-e been Miss KaelreJ's had she Come A)'Omaha ' blcgram to New York World and Omaha j lie.) I lie news oi me aeicai ot ine aus- trians in Servla created a panic In Berlin, where, not long ago, tho capture of Bel grade) fronted a great Jubillatlon. and especially in the German press. The sud denness of the reverse has taken Berlin by surprise. The defeat will be a heavy blow to the Austrian troops operating with the Ger mans against Russia and of far-reaching effect on the general situation through out the whole battlefield. Another Attack on Zeppelin Sheds May Have Taken Place (Copyright, 1914. by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN. Dec. IS. (By Marconi Wireless to London Hpeclal Cablegram to New York World and Omaha Bee.) A great deal of cannonading has been heard again on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance, proceeding from Frtedorlchshaven, where searchlights also are very busy. It Is supposed that another attack on the Zeppelin sheda is taking place, but noth ing certain can be ascertained. Omaha police are guarding the family of an Italian In the south part of the city. Following the arrest of four Italians last week, who were caught by detectives hidden In the Ivy pioture theater at Hlx teenth and Burdette, an Italian laborer, whose Identity the police refuse to reveal, haa received several letters threatening hla life. Monday thla man narrowly escaped being drawn Into a fake quarrel which was started, he believes, for the purpose of hla aasaaslnatlon. Immediately afterward he appealed to the police for protection and Chief or Petectlves Ma loney haa detailed plain clothes officers to keep the man from harm. Two Mea Are Held. The four men arrested In the picture theater by the police detectives were up for preliminary hearing in police court yesterday, the charge against them being that of attempted arson. Two were dis charged and the remaining two were held under heavy bond to await the action of district court. Their arrest waa encompassed. It Is aid, when tha Italian whose life is now threatened found a letter written In Italian. . This letter had the addresses of nearly a doaen houses and stores marked for destruction, and the dates when the torch waa to be applied. When tho translation of the letter came to the police. It was the date set for the destruction of the Ivy theater. Several of the places on tho list had already been destroyed by fire. The local police have Information which leads them to believe that at least a dosen men are connected with, an "arson squad," but their efforta to make further arrests have thua far been without avail. Insurance companies who Issued fire in surance policies protecting property In the Italian colony have within the last few day cancelled most of them, It was learned yeatorday, because of the aus picious circumstances surrounding most of the tires. file! a claim against the Burlington for over charges for switching grain of ITU had received the claim in full from th company. Bee Want Ada Are the Best Bualneaa Read Pally by People m Search of Ad vertised Opportunities. Mrs. Daated Klepser. WEEriNO WATER, Neb., !. 15. (Speelal.) Yesterday morning the body of Mrs. lHiicl Klcpsr w bi might here for burial from tlentry. Ark. 8he was a pioneer srtitier In this community, com ing t the county with her husband from Iowa tat W. Mr. Klepeer died twelve years ago. Relative who attended the funeral were a son-in-law, J. W. Beatds ley of Gentry. Okla.; a son. Frank Klep aer, of Omaha; a niece. Miss Abble. Rardeter of Lincoln, and a mn, N. O. Klepeer, and family of Weeping Water. "JJefW Biggs E PROTECT YOURSELF Hjrninst the severe winter weather the quick changes in temperature, etc., by keeping the system strong and well fortified the blood rich and pure. A very reliable help to this end will be found by taking 1 , HOSTETTER'S dVtTeSS Railroad Claim Paid. LINCOLN, Dec. 16. (BpeclaJ.)-The railway commission has been notified that Bossemeyer Bros, of Superior, who CHRISTMAS IViHES and LIQUORS AT CUT PRICES Our Stock of Fino Wines, Mellow Old WhlaklM and Hr Mquont I'th LargMt in the City, and Our Price lcfjr Competition. Fine Mellow Old Whiskies, Right and Ten Years Old. Old Taylor, 8 year old, regular 1.25, full quart Old Crow, 8 year old. regularly 11.25, full quart Spring Hill, full quart gunny Brook, full quart.... Pony Creek, 6 yeara old. full quart Cedar Brook, $1.25 quart Clark's Kye. $1.25 quart.... Greenbrier, $1.25 quart (iuggenhclmer, $1.25 quart Green River, $1.25 quart , Imperial Special Whiskey, full quart Private Stock, fine old whiskey, full quart OS 08 IMjW OS 80 08 08 08 08 OS TO 50 1B-TBAK-OI.D nSBWOOB T. .ai.aa rats MWBJXU. Peach or Apple Brandy, bottled In bond, full qt. tl.M $1 IS Hennessy Brandy, quart $1 Superior Brandy, quart. 760 Cognac Brandy, quart. Bfle Superior Blackberry Brandy, full quart 690 wnrza. California Port Wine, full quurtsst. . . .8Bo, 3Bo ami BOe California Port Wine, per gallon, at. . .l.as, ai.eo, ta.00 Home-made Wine, per gallon I1U Vlrglnette. better than Vir ginia Dare, quart BOo Per gallon $1.78 Mloaigan Apple Older, per gallon ; SOo Two Quarts Bottle Beer See Koaey mefaaded If Oeods Hot Satisfactory lota of Christmas Ctoods in Xm press Stock at &s Thaa Wholesale Vrloaa. HAIL OUSM JTLLED. CACKLEY BROS. . Tie Quality Xouae, lflth aad Capitol Are, oYou P3eed Goal U Tomorrow Morning? If your pllo of coal is running short if you can't wait long for more if you want rush service the best Coal, and a written guar antco t o please you LUMP ecq NUT Econonv! $6.50 Per Ton A quarter ton delivered for $1.85 Then Gall on Sunderland Bros. 60. 70 Teams 70 Ycll-o Wagons Yards Everywhere is: "Taxi Shopping" Takes all tho grief, discomfort gnu nurrjr IMS GIFT D0V1UG! Battenberg Halted In SeaTight Plan BEJU4X,, Dec. 1G, (by wireless to -ay-vllle). Atnong the items riven out to rt ay by the official press bureau were the following: "The English naval perlodiral Nautilus reports that the former first sea lor J, l'l'lnce Louis of BattenberK. planned to cv.t off the German fleet In Norwegian waters the night of the first to the second of August, but that the wavering of the ' ,J'rUlsh cabinet frustrated his plan. .""Two American steamers laden with 'tv!:rain for' Italian buyers have been '(.topped by the Kngllsh and taken to -Oibraltar. ' 'The reichsbank gold reserve, la 2.019,-' i.'j'j.ooo marks (about JC04,7.V,ono) which la ' Si.'W.OOO marka (about C,73O.OO0) mora i'linn that of last week. ' t'onrftantlnoulo reports that the van J tfuard of tho Senussi tribesman (a Mus--.iralman brotherhood of North Africa) has : arrived at the Egyptian frontier." Warsaw Celebrates, Hears Cannon Roar WARSAW (via London), Dec. 1. Not withstanding the proximity of Warsaw to the battle front, the business of the city Is proceeding aa In times of peace. Although the sound of cannonading may be 'heard at tlmea. Christmas crowds throng the 'streets. Shops and cafes are decorated ' rally and ' the holiday spirit has dissipated the gloom of war. In every rank and class of society tliefe IS supreme confidence that Warsaw cannot be taken by the Germane. LEHIOH VALLEY COAL SALES CO.! German Premier's . Son Hurt; Captive BERLIN, Dec. l.-via The Hague and london). The Imperial German chan cellor. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg today received word that hla eldest son, who Is a lieutenant of cavalry, haa been made prisoner by the Ruasiana in Poland. He Is suffering from a bullet wound In the i thigh which he received while patrolling. ... -The announcement front Ucrlin con ftriiui a previous dispatch that a' son of ".the German chancellor had been seriously , injured at Piotrkow, rtusslan Poland, and was la the hands of the Russians. Grand Duke Tears Stripes from General STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1.-The Swedish professor SJoegren haa returned f com Russia and describes In a Stockholm newspaper how Grand Duke Nicholas, tha Russian commander-in-chief, tore off General Safimoff's epaulettes and struck him down. GERMAN NOBLE IN RUSSIA TO SIBERIA COPENHAGEN. Dec. 16,-Baron Carl von Muiteuffel, who owns a fine estate at Kardangen, near Libau, and tha moat prominent German noble In the Russian Baltic provinces, haa been banished by tne military cuier of his district to Dwlnsk, near Tomsk, Siberia. The excite ment of the Baltlo nobility because of this Incident is reported to be great. An Ideal Woman's LaxatlT. No better laxative than Dr. Klng'a New Life Pills. They help the liver and bowela to healthy action. 35c. For sale by all druggists. Advertlsomcnt. TWINS ARE BORN BY MEANS OF CAESARIAN OPERATION Twin babies, both girls, were born to Mrs. George H. Helntie by means of the Caesarian operation at Wise Memorial hospital. This is. the -.first esse of tho kind .known in Omaha, according to doctors. One of the babies weighed six and three-quarter pounds and tha other five and one-quarter. MUSTN'T RAP TURKS IN WRITING TO THEIR LAND WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. -Americans writing to their friends In Turkey should be careful not to write anything about Turks or their govertimt nt. According to authoritative advices reaching here today from the Ottoman empire. The Turkish authoritiea open most letters, it was stated, and Americans in Turkey may suffer Inconvenience as a result of un neutral statements. Washington Affairs Myron T. Merrick, former anil. hm. lor to France, visited the Mate deportment to report on hla woik during thi trying tinjea In Paris. Jle haa an engagement to meet President Wllaun today. Administration leaders won the first skirmish on the ship purchase bill today when they blocked ' publli; hearings in the senate comtrifrce committee. I)emo rrat predicted the measure, which has President Wilson's harking, would be re Vrlei favorably to the eenate beiore the holiday recess. Nothing was done in the senate on the ratilicattdn of the London safety at sea invention, although several senator promised to continue their opposition President Gompers of the American Ked oraUon of Labor, Issued a tatement characterising the convention Without tiie propoaed amendments aa a surrender by the United states of the right to legislate in 1U own Interest. The foreign trade bahince in favor of the United Ptatea for the week endaiK lecember 1?. showed a decrease of al most ll.OOO.fcoO front the previous week It waa 2.S4,4fni aa shown by the statis tics Issued today by ths IJ, pai tnH-nl of iJomincrw, giving the value of- Imports an export of the country's twelve Prin cipal customs districts, handling SO ih-j tent of the exports. RHEUMASALTS IS FINE FOR TORPID LIVER Learn How to Secure Quick, Safe Relief The liver is the Isrgest gland In the body, weighing nearly four pounds. Its main purpose is to aid digestion and make giycosv'i lor the blood. Ho It la Import unl tu kvcp it working right. If your Uer Is ltu.y auu your kidneys throb with a dui acne, you need the act enUticallji Mended and chemically pur carbonated lithla Urin called itneuuia suits. Lame bark, shooting pains, tired feeling, disauiaaa and iiervouau.ii s.inply mean triut your liver and k.dueys are closged with iuiiurtLies and that, pvuunoui uric scld is retarding tneii- work of aiding the dlaestlv functions and filtering tne blood. If your liver needs flushing and your kidneys arts not working rlgnt, ask your arujigiat for about live ounces of Ithsu nuisails. Take two teaspoonfuls lo a glass of water bWore break lad each morning and In a few days all the pains In your back will be gone and you will feel as "fine aa a fiddle." Kheumasalta is a delightful carbonated drink that clean out the stomach and in testines, eliminate toxins and poison and leaves the intestinal canal clean and sweet. It is a urio acid solvent as well a a saline laxative. Acts quickly without griping or nausea. Kins lor (rowing Children. 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