the ojtaita srxn.vv
T?KK:
5 A
Jm
Married Fifty-Four Ye ars Ago
--'
Li i-: Mi? y ti
MRS. DUFRENE PASSES AWAY
Tragic Death of Son Prorei Fatal to
Mother When She It Appriied
of Remit of Accident-
HAD BEEN ILL A LONG TIME
Mn. Elizabeth Pufrene. ased 73 years,
and a resident of Omaha for more than
forty yearn, died at her apartment! in
the Farnam hotel yesterday afternoon.
While he had been 111 for several weeks,
her death la attributed dlrertlv to the
shock that followed when Information
wa conveved to her of the death of her
son. Fred Dufrene, who. while slok with
yphold pneumonia. Jumped from a win
dow of the hotel, sustaining Injuries that
raused his death.
The Information relative to the tragic
leath of her son was kept from Mrs. Du
frene several days. Finally, aa she fre
guently asked for him. It was found nec
essary that she should know the facts.
They were alven to her as itently as pos
sible, but the story produced the results
that had been feared and she gradually
grew weaker I'ntll she passed away.
With. Mrs. Dufrene at the time, of her
death was her daughter, Mrs. F. J. Hill
MR. -AND MRS. FERDINAND SMITH.
Mr. and Mr. Ferdinand 'smith Juet
celebrated their fifty-fourth wedding an
niversary at their apartments in the
Winona, surrounded by their children
and grandchildren. Assisting in the celt;
bratlon was Mrs. Oustava Federow, th
mother of Mrs. Smith, who last week
was 96 years old. This fine old lady re
ceived the congratulations of her chll
lren. grandchildren and great-grand-hildren
-and enjoyed the festivities as
much as the younjerr arncraUoaa.
MIEF CITY NEWS
scheme as contemplated by the recreation
board ordinance.
The mayor argued that the school play-
Fidelity Storar. ft Taa Co. Bona. S8S. ' 8round should be given a wider use
W. Jfc Stlby k loas, genera! Insurance. I months of the year and that there
Have moot fH.t rt-N.- cn Preas ! 8ho,lld be -uporvtaed play and recreation.
ine mayur uikvu iiini muio
should be spent for the Improvement of
Burgess-ftranden Co. Lighting futures.
Wasted Choice real estate loans. W,
B: Thomas, 28 State Bank Dldg.
"Today's Complete Moris nogi"
Classified eecUon today, and appears In
The JJee EXCLUSIVELY. Find out What
the various moving picture theaters offer.
Mrs. B. Muskla announces that she is
no longer connected with House of
Menagh and has opened a millinery store
at 201 North Sixteenth street.
. McShane Assigns Judgments Sheriff
iicShane has assigned to M. Dolan-two
Judgments against Douglas county for
and $1,515.93.
Judge roster SI Judge Foster, owing
to illness, failed to appear In polico court
Saturday morning, so Justice C. W. Brltt
pcrLoriuea ine uuuub v. jjuhc uinet
trate. Rich Home Tuesday Word comes to
the Union Pacific law office that lidaon
Rich of the legal department, now in thn
south for his health, will reach Omaha
Tuesday, feeling well and strong. The .
members of his family are coming with
him. I
Omaha Man Killed Word has been 1
received in Omaha that J. 13. Avondet, j
born and raised in Omaha, was run over
by a train and killed Friday at Ashton,
S. D. He was about 60 years of agd, a j
veteran printer of Omaha and his parents i
and family lived in Omaha. I
Invitation to McTann The Missouri I
Car-lot Egg and Poultry Shippers are to !
hold a convention March 8 and 9 in St.
Louis. They have invited E. J. McVann,
manager of the traffic bureau of the
Omaha Commercial club to speak on "The
Power of tho Federal Trade Commis
sion "
The Triple Alliance in office service
are location, ease of access and safety.
Are you now located where the public
the splendid boulevard system already
laid out.
One of the needs of the near future, he
said, was that of widening Twenty-fourth
street which already Is congested at such
Intersections as Leavenworth, Farnam,
Cuming and Lake streets.
POLICE ARREST M'CORMICK;
FOUND PROWLING IN YARD
Barney McCormlck, familiar figure for
years In police circles, was arrested early
this morning by Detectlvo Rooney and
Officer J. T.. Murphy when they found
him prowling about In tho rear of the
home of Mrs. Mary Bell, 1106 North Six
teenth street
Baby of Future
is Considered
Much thought Juts been given In late
years to the subject of maternity. In
quipped with modern methods. But
I most women prefer their own homes and
can find you quickly, get to you easily I them- And ,lnce tnl, ta true w know
and feel entirely safe while transacting i from the great many splendid letters
their business? The Fireproof Bee Build
ing, "the building that is always new,"
has all these requirements.
Open Session for Oloott todge The
Olcott ledge of the Omaha Theosuphiral
society will have an open meeting Sun
day night at the hall of the Dickerman
Dramatic club. 151H4 Dodge street, at
: written on the subject that our "Mother's
Friena" Is a great help to expectant
motbera TUer write of the wonderful
: relief, how It seemed to allow the
' muscles to expand without undue strain
and what a splendid Influence it was on
the nervous system. Such helps
"Mother's Friend'' and the broader
. knowledge of them should have a heloful
amatlo club, ltu tjooge su-cei. at . - habiM of th. futu
8 o'clock. Talk by Mrs. A. A. Holtman. , 8clenc nyM that aa Mint derives its
subject, "Colors Relative to Vibrations, j BenM Bnji builds Its character from
Piano music by Miss May Swift. j cutaneous Impressions. And a tranquil
Greer Sere Monday B. B.' Greer, the mother certainly will transmit a more
recently appointed assistant ' general healthful Influence than if she Is ex
recenuy an ' n tremely nervous from undue pain. This
manager of the Burlington lines west of Ja whlt a nost nf mtn beU8v. wUo
the Missouri river, came ever from Chi- 1 UP(J "Mother's Friend."
cago last night, held a conference with I -These points are more thoroughly ex-
General Manager Holdrege, and tonlcht pxainea in a nine doo mauea ir.
returns home. Monday he will be back j
of Chicago, the only surviving child and
near relative. Arrangements for the fu
neral have not been completed.
Alfred Dufrene. the husband, for a
long time one of the leading architects of
the city, died several year ago. He was
the owner of something like tTP.000 In
government bonds when he died. Home
years ago, when Omaha property was de
pressed for a short period. Mrs. Dufrene
realised on the bonds and Invested the
proceeds In Farnam street property, east
of Twentieth. For I70.0W she bought
property that Is now conservatively esti
mated to be worth more than rw.flno.
On some of this property has since been
erected the Farnam and the Illvard
hotels.
WEST RIVER DAKOTANS
RESENT "STARVING' STORIES
riF.RRK. P. n Feb. 77 fpeelal Tele
gram.) For the first time on the floor
of the house this afternoon west river
members resented the allegations of
starved-out Bottlers and those remaining
as rklng out an existence in that part of
the state. This was following a strong
appeal for such settlers made by Johnson
of fplnk.
Norby of Stanley derided that It was
time for some west river member to call
a halt on such statements which have
been nisclr In rol.it Ion In crial bills,
and Ms diM-hir.tllon was Hint ho had never
found anyone golnrt hungry In Ptanlcy
county nir anyone who was starved-out."
The effort to set the new sheriff's snl
ary bill past an adverse roinmltte of the
house Jtidlclsry committee met with de
rat and the sheriff will get alonp with
the same compensation as In the past.
The house parsed the resolution sub
mitting to the people a constitutional
amendment allowing the state or muni
cipalities to engage In a system of rural
credits. The senate amended the resolu
tion for a constitutional convention to re
quire a vote at the next general election
for members of the legislature tl-ljred
either for or against such a convention,
action of that session to be based upon the
votes on Mhlch they are sent as mem
bers. The senate railway committee, reported
against the twlre-a-month payment of
wages for railway employes, and thla will
be out for action tomorrow.
The senate after a contest passed the
Kirch hntitc bill nhlch requires a ma
jority of all votes cast nt an election to
secure liquor It.-ense In a municipality.
The resolution (Demoralising congress
to apply the appropriations for the upper
Missouri, t.i cutting channels across the
"necks" of big and llttlo bi nds to securo
basis for power plants passed the house
tonight.
Gospel Meetings
' Draw Large Crowds
ARLINGTON, Neb., Feb. IT -fPpeclal.)
The revival meetings that have been
niulm tcrl here during last week at the
Methodist church have attracted more
limn local attention and have resulted In
more than lu conversions. They will con
tinue each evening until a Week from
Nundny.
In carrying on the revival work. Rev.
Mr. Hummel of the Methodist and Rev.
Mr Dnvles of the Congregational church
have been assisted by Evangelist Jonssen.
THREE. SLAYING WOMEN
FOR LOVE. DIE IN CHAIR
OHSlNtNt.. N. Y., Feb. 77. Three men,
all from New York City, were put to
denth in the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison today for murdering women. Os
car Vogt stabled Mme Agnese Guth. a
dressmakrr with whom he was Infat
uated. Vlm-ento Campenella, a tounter-
fclter, shot his wife, after a prison term
because on bis return he alleged he found
her falthlers. Robert Kane shot Adna
Klein because, he snld, she caused him
to lose his wife's affections.
Iron Cross for Turk '
Minister of War
FRANKFURT, Qermany (via Indon).
Fob. 27. Ehiperor William has bestowed
the decoration of the Iron Cross on Kn-
ver Pasha, Turkish minister of war, ad
cording to thw Constantinople corres
pondent of the Frankfurter Zeltung.
AUSTRIA WILL CLOSE .
SCHOOLS; LABOR SCARCE
IjONDON, Feb. 27. Vienna dispatches
forwarded from Venice to the Reuter
Telegram company state the Austrian
minister of education has authorised the
employment of school chlld.-en In the
fields where labor is scarce, closing the
schools If necessary. " ' al1 ,h,t
all of the schools will be closed for the
summer ' holidays at the, end of May, a
month earlier than usual. '
ENGLAND TO GIVE: WAR !
CORRESPONDENTS CHANCE
OTTAWA, Feb. ST. A message from the
Rrlttsh war office to' the Cankdlan gov
emment Indicates that the war 'corre
spondent la soon to have a limited op
portunity of seeing fighting. The cable
gram, received late today, read:
In Omaha to take up the discharge of
his official duties and to remain here.
Held for Stealing ffhoes Charged with
the theft of a dozen pairs of shoes from
the Illinois Central freight depot, Joe
Adams salved preliminary examination,
before Vnlted States Commissioner H. 8. j
Daniel and was bound over to the grand
Jury unfier tl.CO bond. The shlpmrn
was in Interstate commerce, making th
alleged theft a federal offense. Con-.
mlssioner Daniel has Just returned frc:
an eabtern professions rl:
Mother's Friend'' is sold In all drug;
stores. Write for book. Bradflelo Itegula,
tr Co.. ell Lamar Bide. Atlanta. Ga.
Dahlman Defends
Pardoning Power
j DIP :
TAfGQ
. ...r.- tTT.j A JTvv-'
In his talk to members of the Hanscom
Park Improvement club 'last evening I
Mayor J. C. Dahlman declared he had !
seen innocent men sentenced in the po- !
lice court from thirty to sixty days. He
contended there should be a public de
fender and he made this suggestion In
connection 1th his references to the new i
public welfare board. He reviewed the
welfare and recreation board ordlnancea
He scored the city Jail aa being unfit
for hogs.
Speaking of the recreation board, he
said that one of the grealett problems!"" "f " rTI
before th. country today la that of rear-! Th tatat Tan DanCe Hit
tng a healthy generation of boys and
girls. He contended that the superin
tendent of schools should be a member
of this new recreation board and he
predicted that if the Board of Education
does not yield at this time It will later
on, his allusion being to the uncertainty
of the school boitni member deciding ttt
co-ooerete with the clty-wlde recreation
THE BIG HIT
'- Kvrrybodr Is Buying It.
It's popularity unequaled. 1Q
le latest Tango Dance Hit A
Not to play "Tallow Candle Dip"
counts you a back number.
A. HOSPE CO.
131:1 Douglas hit. .
Mall Orders Filled Promptly.
FREE FARE
EVtRYWHtRE
1-
ACCEPT THIS
10
i
GOOD ON ANY RAILROAD OR STEAM
SHIP LINE IN THE WORLD
Clip the coupon at the bottom
of this page and mail today. It starts you
on your next journey anywhere any
time by any route. You plan the details
"Shoppers' Mileage" pays the bills.
Just think how glorious it is
now that you can make every dollar you
spend for the absolute necessities of life
earn free travel.
How? Simply by saving "Shop
pers' Mileage" the free travel certificates
Issued with each cash purchase made at the
better class of stores everywhere.
Beginning tomorrow morning
every dollar you spend with "merchants"
Issuing "Shoppers' Mileage" you will re
ceive a one-mile "Shoppers' Mileage" cer
tificate. With each fifty cent purchase
you will receive a half mile certificate. With
each twenty-five-cent purchase a quarter
mile certificate, and so on down the line
to the one-twentieth-mile certificate with
each five-cent purchase.
"Shopper s Mileage" eliminates
for all time that feeling that you "can't
afford" to travel. It's the modern magic
which transports you from one city to an
other, free of cost and annoyance.
And there is nothing problem
atical about it, either. You know from
the time you start saving "Shoppers' Mile
age" just what you are going to get in ex
change for your certificates. They mean
one specific thing free railroad or steam
ship tickets to any point in the world.
Insist upon getting "Shopper's
Mileage" with everything you buy. If
your dealer don't issue it now send us his
name and address. Some live dealer in
your neighborhood will have this service
before another forty-eight hours. See that
this dealer is your dealer.
Write for our free travel fold
er, "Seeing America" via "Shoppers' Mile
age" and ten-mile complimentary ticket.
Clip coupon. Mail now.
V
Shopper's Mileage Association
Gen. Offices, City Nat. Bank Bldg.,
0mahaf Neb.
ALWAYS ASK FOR
W
OUR DEALERS
IN OMAHA
AND BENSON
GROCRRIK9 AND MEATS.
Tuchman Bros.,
26th and lavenport StS.
Tuchman Bros.,
XSth and Harncr ftta. '
Tuchman Bros..
18th and Chicago 8ts.
R. Ktilakofuky.
J4th and Ames Ave.
Tom Johnson, ' .'
30th and Lke Sts.
Morller Bros..
17 th and Clark BU.
Marks Hro..
1201 Military Ave.
Fred Haselln, '
14th nd Parker Sts. '
Henry Haman, .
17th and Clark 8U.
Henry Sohnauber.
4th and Parker Sta. '
Henry P. Marquardt. . f
10th and Hickory Bts.
diss. Kathsn, V
t4U and Leavenworth Bts. r
on rroBJct. ' '
Btrrker Shoe Co.. '
II flouth llta St.
Shoe Market.
tat South Mth St'
CLOTHfHO Aim MJBTPi
ri RAUHJXOS.
Oeo. Pray Co.,
10 South lsth St ;
OIOAH STORKS. "
Traey Pros. Co.,
1415 Iourlee St
' Tracy Bros. Co.,
II South loth .
Wote Bach band from "TRACT
SPECIAL." la strelirht rtsars will be
exohenfred at either of the above
tares for 1-IO-mlle certificate.
tRVO rroRJCft.
H. B. Klnf.
14th and Farnam Bts.
Baratosra Druar Co..
S4th and Ames Ave. '
Adams-Halvht Drus; CoH
Vith and Lake Sts.
Adams-Halcht Drug; Co..
94th and Fort Bta.
J.H.Schmidt,
t4th and Cumins; Bts.
Auditorium Drus; Co-
KOI Chlrag-o Ft,
Hanscom Park Phermacv,
Park Ave. and Woorworth.
Pone Drur Co, '
llth and Farnam Bts.
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
The Heyn Studio,
llth end Howard Bts.
COWFECTIOKIcnV.
The A. B. Sweet Shop,
124 South llth Ht.
The Olympla Candy Kitchen,
111 Harney St.
POOI, AD BILLIARDS.
C. C. Cannam,
1511 Harney St. ' ,
MRWB TAit.onixa.
Dreeher The Tailor, Inc.,
1116 Farnam Ht.
r.I.RCTKICAt, FITTIHE9.
Jsmea Corr Klectrlral Co., .
201 South llth Bt.
MILL! BRV.
Mia Butler, Hat Shop.
307 South llth St.
TAXI SKRVICB.
Omaha Taxi Service,
2102 Farnam St.
' , PAIWT ABfD OILS.
Barker Bros. Paint Co.,
1I0IH Farnam St. . .
It ARB ICR SHOP.
Hennhaw Hotel Barber Shop,
1B07 Karnara St.
i'HBBR AWI Bt'tLDIKO
MiTKHIlli.
Independent Lumber CoM
lilt Leavenworth St.
DKJVTAL PARLOR.
Dr. J. B. Klckea. ... : ,
724 City National Bank Bids;.
PUBLISHER!.
Omaha Nebraakaa, ur
Karbach Block. :
BEJfSOK, REI,
Chaa. Sprarue. Drugi.
Conrad Hwuiion, Paints, eto.
Smith Corrinston, Barbara.
C. C. Johnson. Hardware.
WATCH THIS
LIST GROW
O'1
Free Pare Everywhere
Here Is a Facsimile of
the Half Mile Certificate
CLIP
COUPON
BELOW
GOOD AS A GOVERNMENT BOND
Every certificate issued to you by the merchant
is backed by a GUARANTEE RESERVE
FUND on deposit in the German-American
State Bank, Omaha, li,S. A.
Start Now-SAVE SHIPPER'S MILEAGE
its. . 7fsc7m w
a?" ef ? J
V 4T V