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    THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AtWST 31, 191 5.
ARKANSAS BANKER
LEADS DUAL LIFE
During; Frequent Trips from Borne
Secure 4 Large Sunt Through
Fraudulent Realty Dealt.
OPEULTID Ef COUNCIL BLUFFS
ST. LOUIS, Ant. SO. AfUr main
Ulntac for ears a dual Identity of
banker and prominent cltlsen of For
rest City, Ark., and an alleged forger
of realty document tn other part of
the eonntry. John W. Kiln of 8U
Louis was placed under arrest hero
today. Ha has confess!, according
'to detortlrea, to swindles aggregating
more than 1500,000.
Aa a bank director tn tha Arkansas
'rttr, Kt.ne was known aa John w. Bern
hardt. He ba4 been urg4 to become a
candidate for member of tlie gists adn
ata. In rorraat City ha and nls fimlly
were socially prominent
Kims er tmmhardt waa arrested here
last night Ka had escaped Jail two
iem o. tha police aatd, from Wau
kesha, Wis., whera Ms methods In at
tempting te mortgage property brought
him nadar suspicion.
rrd Deeds te) Farms.
Tha hundreds of eoraptalnta against
Kllna charge that ha wont Into a rich
farming cuminuiilty. Inquired for gK4
farnia which ha might buy and
at acquainted with men ef money. Wmd
ha had selected a (arm. It waa char lad.
ha either borrow tha deed and rnaU
out a bogus deed to himself or bought
tha (arm, taid for ft by check ai.d took
pmtsesston of tha deed. Aa roon aa tha
doed waa safely recorded In hla name
XI' ne. hla accusers say, mortgaged It.
and by tha time the check was returned
marked "no funds,' lis had gone back
to Arkansas to become a banker again.
The polite aay Kllna haa a fortune of
mo-e then rr,ooo.
The detectives aay their prteoner, under
the nan of dears Auler, was arrea.ad
for forgery la Waukeaha, Wla, last Jan
nary. H escaped from Jail after beat
ing bla Jailor Into Insensibility.
Adler was accused ef forgeries of really
Papers ' In Fremont and Council Bluff
whereby he got away with large tuna
Kline was known to the Omaha potloe
under tha name of Oeorgs Adler, bealdes
various ether aliases, and despite his as-'
of 71 years was considered one of the
smoothest crlmlnaJe In the country.
Two years ago N. P. Dodge, of thla
city, was buncoed out of W.MO by Klino,
la Coutctl Bluffs, on a phoney real es
tate transaction. John O'Connor, former
county clerk of Fremont, a little over
fire years peat, donated 13.000 In a Ilka
transaction. Other Nebraaksns have been
"miked" by the aged gentleman who has
been operating throughout the country
for the last seventeen years, according to
tha anthcrltles. The only other time he
has been reuaht waa at Waukeaha, where
he waa sentenced on a minor chart e. by
a clever bit of maneuvering he broke Jail
Wednesday, August 'It, afte? which II
was discovered that he waa wanted st
many points for forgery and swindling.
Aa aggregate reward of HO.ooo has been
offered for his capture. It Is said.
During the Trans-Mlaslsstppl exposition
in Omaha, In IK. Kllna with two oth.r
men turned a tr.ek on a Kanaa city
man to tne extent of t-M'O. fJher.ff Con
dlt of Fremont recently came to Omaha
on a rumor that Kline had been seen
hare.
BRITON INVENTS BULLET-PROOF HELMET Front
and side views of E. F. Weston wearing new ballet-proof
helmet. The helmet, made of a secret composition, is said
to resist the direct force of a rifle or bursting shrapnel
YAfi- i k- is
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
RATE ATLOW EBB
Foud Sterling' Take Farther Drop
Despite Arnral of Bij Consign
ment of Gold.
W. A. Bell Run Over
By Firo Truck and
Severely Injured
W. A. Bell, 31 Underwood avenue, 64
years old, was run down by truck No. 1
from the fire station at Eleventh and.
Jar kaon streets, aa he waa crowing the
etrcet at Blxteenth and Indge. Hla head
waa eerlouely Injured and hla right arm
waa broken. Tha truck paseed over his
body. He was taken to BL Joseph hospital.
Mr. Bell Is the father of A. I Bell,
tailor. Ill South Fourteenth street His
ondltion was reported to be serious.
The truck was making Its way to the
home of Mrs. Henry Nelson. 1T01 Capitol
avenue, where fire was started from
aparka from a stationary engine nearby.
whan the aeeldent occurred. The fire waa
put out without difficulty, but Mrs. Nel-
aon was prostrated by the ahock.
Morgenthau Takes
Over Interests of
Italy, and Russia
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. -Ambassador
Morganthau at Constantinople has taken
tver the diplomatic Interests or Italy,
RuaM Monteneern. These added re
aponelbUltles for tha United States, cabled
.j tne State department today, make this
lovernment diplomatic agent at the porte
or eight Buropeon countries.
Zion City Druggists
Cotton Drops More
Than Thirty Points
NEW TOR.K. Aug. I0.-Cotton broke
violently on the floor of the Cotton ex
change today upon publication of the
government s cotton crop report. De
cember cotton fell tl.'O a bale wl.hln throe
hours, October cotton broke thirty-two
fwlnta. ee.ej from tlO.to down to WTO.
This is a drop of H.0 a hale.
Reports of Inoraaetd southern spot of'
ferlngs contributed to tha weakness and
the sloee wss at an average not lore of
HUN points, or U to $LtO a tale.
MAX BAEHR PROMISED
NEW PLACE IN SERY1CE
ITmm a a4ff CresvwdePtl
WAdHrvOTON ut. .-ao--UI Tei
grem.V Mns 3 TJa'hr. Atrerican ooru'
at Berne. 8wtier-nd. will not return
to Ms present aei"n-ent ut wl'l wait
for a new deelTnaMnn which haa bern
prom'eed Mm bv the heed of ths con
sular bureau ef the Btate department.
Mr. Baehr has been In New T-k for
ths laat month undergoing treatment
for a broken and r-uch eontused arm
whteh he received en a recent vla't to
Clettfuasoa. Cuba, where he has land
holdings that alve nromloe of brinrn
hint a grtodlv fortune. After a confer
ence wtth Mr. Can of the consular bu
reau ef the State department, Mr. Baehr,
who arrived tn Washlnrton today, ac
companied bv his eon. Mas, stated tht
he had told Mr. Carr he could not re
turn sw'taer'artd. and that tf no ether
feoeltlon In the same grade, or better,
was available, ha would be compelled
te restgn
Mr. Carr frankly told Mr. Baehr thai
the Tv-Ire would healtate to loae Mm,
but that he had a p'aoe tn mind for him
thai he believed would be to hU liking,
after twenty years In the eonaular
branch of the government
In the roe as time Mr. Uaehr baa been
given leave aval a te vts't Cube, where
he was atatioeed uv'ng the oeeupaUoa
vt the Island by the American troope,
end after their retirement holding him
eelf in readlncaa, however, te aooeot the
new appointment and If not eatlafactory
is withdraw from the service at his w W
Max J. Btehr. Jr.. he haa been In the
states etK-e early August has been epe
dal's'pg m Roman law at the University
of Berne for n year. He will enter the
Law department of the Untveralty ef Ne
braska In, the full to oomilete hie law
eourea. Ha will return to hla home In
8t Paul. Neb., on Thursday, while his
father will go to Cuba to luok after hla
Intervals there.
Villa Money Drops on
Report He's Slain
NOOALBB, Arts., Aug. S0.-A W
that Vi.ta had been killed became cur
rent today, cats ng Villa currency to fall
sharply In value, but Maytorena, an
nounced subsequent y that hs had re
ceived a meaaage direct from Oenere.1
Villa denying that he had been the vlo-
tlm of any attempted aaaaaalneUon.
WA8H1NOTON. Aug. ). It waa atated
authoritatively tonight that the next atep
In tha Pan-Ammerlcan program for re
etorat.on of peace In Mexico waa under
cons deration and would be taken In the
near future regardless of what nvgnt be
the nature of Oenera! Carranse s belated
reply to the offer of Secretary Lenalng
and Latin-American diploma ta to arrange
for a conference of Mexican military and
r optical leaders. No Inkling was given,
however', of what form this next develop
ment would take.
I;eaponss from General Zapata and his
ml Itary advlrers reached the State de
partment today, accepting the offer of
the Pan-Amerloa,n conferees. -
Interned French
Aviator Who Fled
Returns to Berne
PA RIB. Aug. 36,-Kugene Gilbert the
French svlator. whoee return to Swltxer
land after Ms escape from Internment In
that country, waa ordered by the French
government arrived In Berne yeeterday.
LIKES AE.E SLIGHTLY HIGHEE escorted by Csptaln Dufotir of the Swiss : club.
Reynolds Finds
Real Demand for
Republican Return
CHICAGO, Aug. m.-Jamee B. Rey
nolda, eecre'sry of the republican na
tional committee, purrulng his political
"couUng tour," arrived In Chicago today
and was entertained at the Hamilton
American Killed
by Mexican Bandits
WASHINGTON, Au. .-OfflclaI dis
patches from Vera Crus today tell of
the receipt of mall reports there on ths
hilling of E. P. Wsilss, an American, au
ditor of the Tobaico Plantation company.
No details wore given, further than that
Wellea was kUled by bandits, who blow
up a train and shot the passengers, of
whom Welles was one.
Ths tSate department today acknowl-
"R,f n nf flcio Of rtT.n!sdgod receipt of General ZapaU's aocep-
XUUOb VAIUOG UtUltJ i tance of
ZION CITV, III., Aug. J0.-Jude Ed
wards today granted an Injunction re
straining B. t. B mmona and W. H.
Fabry from operating a drug store, sati
ng tobeooo, or harboring a phyalclan, on
heir premises In this city.
The reatralnlns order waa ap
lled fur by Wilbur Glen Vollva, ae head
f the Christian Cathollo church In Zion
Tlty, whloh was founded by the late John
loxander IMwls.
The leaaa urtfer -thlch the ground waa
rented to the druggUta. Simons and
Fabry. Is said to prohibit the uae of the
lanJ for punaee oppoeed by ths Dowle
"elision, a tenet of whloh Is cure by
faith.
the Pan-vAmeiican peaoe appeal.
Favorable replica now have been received
from prsct.csuy all the chiefs outs.de
ths Caxransa forces.
KVW TORK, A nr. 80. Twenty
million dollars of English gold and
125,000,000 tn American stocks and
bonds, hastily shipped to New York
by Great Erltaln to stem tha down
ward course of the pound sterling
toward new depths of depreciation.
failed today to accomplish the task
and a new low valuation of f 4.614
wag placed on the English pound, in
the face of the big gold shipment.
This la 26 cents less than the
normal value of the pound In this
n arket and establishes a new low
record for the fourth consecutive
business day.
Franca were also weaker today,
quotations of 5.9Stt being one cent
lower than Saturday s cloaa. Llres,
however, were slightly stronger, be
ing quoted at f 6.10, aa against $6.62
on Saturday.
What Is te be done with the $2S,.000
of American securities which formed part
of ths shipment was the subject of a pecu
lation. Beyond elating that the total of
American securities sent here for Great
Britain's account In this and previous
shipment was between SH) ,000, 000 end t0,
Oiio.noo, eontlgneee of the shipment had
nothing to say. It had been popularly
believed that these securities would be
need as a basis for tne establishment of
soms sort ef foreign credit here.
Adjustment of the attnatlon. It was aald.
army, according to a Havas Newe asency
lil ate h today from Berne. The aviator.
whoee recent escape maa ea'd to have
been effected after he had withdrawn his
promlae not to try to get awy. was re
ceived by the Swlas tff and Informed
that he wss conaldered as an officer In
terned without giving hla word of honor. '
Gilbert arrived thle morning at the
vl'.lage of Hoepenthal, where he waa in
terned anew. 1
All the Swtas papers, the dispatch
atates, declare that a moat excel' ent Im
preaalon has been c rented In Switzerland
by the return ef Gilbert
Dr. t-ardy, the Pwlea mln'ater to France,
called on Minister of War MUlrrand to
day to preeent "the thanks of ths Swles
government for the courteous and chlval
roua decision taken by the French gov
, ernmcnl cuncern.ng Second Lieutenant
I Aviator Gilbert" I
' It hie developed that Gilbert, befcre
eecapltig. hnd written a letter to the
Swliu) general etaff withdrawing hie word
of honor that he would make no attempt
to eacape. The letter was received sev
eral hours before the sttempt was made,
j but aa left unopened at army head
quarters, nnd the general staff maintains
that Ol bert had not been released from
hla word of honor.
On Wednesday Mr. Reynolds will vl-1?
Milwaukee. His Itinerary Includes stops
ft Minneapolis, St. Paul and Pacific coast
cities.
"I find that ths country is anti-democratic,"
said Mr. Reynolds. "Mr. Roose
velt's attacks reflected the attitude of
There Is a real demand
of the republicans to
the progressives.
for the return
power.
"Will the republicsn convention be
held In ChlcagoT I don't kno. Chi
cago. San .Francisco, ft. Loula. Phila
delphia, Minneapolis and C.evtland ar
all expected to bid for It when the na
tional committee takes up ths subject"
TEN THOUSAND JOHNSONS
IN CHICAGO DIRECTORY
CHICAGO. Aug. m.-The 115 edition of
the Chlcaro c tv rMwtnry wiTI rndlcaie
a reflation ef I.S00ce. I was stated to
day. The Johnsons 10.00 of them le-d
.,.rT)r'-c-l!v. rm thev h-tve for the Is't
two years, and are rlosHv followed by
the Andersons and the Smiths.
Colorado Military
Court of Inquiry Sits;
Behind Closed Doors
DENVER, Colo.. Aug. 10. Ths military
court of Inquiry appointed by Governor
awaits the arrival of Brit. eh and French , George A. Carlson to investigate chaigis
financiers sent here from London and
I aria.
Iemand sterling fell to M.CJ In the early
against Adjutant General John Chase and
other of (leers of the National Guard of
Colorado resumed taking of testimony
afternoon, the lowest price on 'record, j behind closed doors today. Ths court con-
r rancs also lost another H cent bringing
the price to St,
Drouth and Floods
Damage Cotton Crop
WASHINGTON. Jtur. 30.-Drouth. fol
lowed by excessive rains, In the cotton
i elt, during Auguat caused deteriora
tion alightly more than the August aver
age to the growing cotton crop. The De
partment of Agriculture today announced
the eond tlon as W.J r cent of normal.
This Is CI per cent below the July
condition.
Unofficial calculations, based on gov
ernment averages for yield, condition.
acreage, place the crop st lLOT.ai equiva
lent MO-pound bales, against is. 134,130
bales last year.
lists of Major E. J. Boughton, Captain
W. P. Horsey and Captain Henry M.
ringree.
It was stated that a partial report
might be submitted to ths governor be
fore the cose of the day, although there
was little prospect that the court wou.d
complete Its work by that time.
The appointment of the court of Inquiry
waa ths cu.mlnatlon of publlo and secret
charges against the adjutant general and
other officers of the mllltla growing
largely out of the military administration
during the recent strike of ooal miners.
Published statements recently deo.ared
that certain departments of the fette.el
government were Investigating thj
charges. A detective agency - also was
said to be work In j on the case.
Balurday night a few hours after Its
appointment by tha governor, - the
court of Inquiry .seised a Urge
Whlla u.e.ffl-leJ at.m.n ., numMf or letters irom ue rues oi tne
of the cotton figure, was forthcoming . detetMve enc'e "lw- Tne,
from the Department of Agrlculure. Leon I members of the court. In-
M ( imbnok, chief of the b - w nn wikuyi Hicr n own
... .M r.1 V. .. U T I ... IT I
crop estimates, announced unofficially
that the report Indicated a yield this
employed by
of American
the United Mine Workers
to discourage enlistments
season of approximate y H.K0.CO) baJes of
cotton as compared with an actual pro
duction of 16.136,130 bales last soason.
"The condition of tl.t estimated today.
In ths National Guard and. for o.htr
secret purposes connected with proaecur
tlons growing out of the coal sti-Ue. Of
ficers of the United Mine Workers dented
Chinese Diplomat On
Way to Washington
SAN FTUNCISCO. Aug. to -Dr. Wel
lington Koo, re-ently appointed Chinese
minister to Mexico, arrived here today
on the steamer Persia from Hong Kong,
China, on his way to Washington, D. C,
ah..t. in um.i- . n. 1 Third sains
. . ... . '. Orlswold 1
too is a gracuats oi wiumoia university I jnan 0
ana until nis present appointment was
made was councilor tn the foreign office
in Peking.
DANGER ZONES MARKED
UPON LINCOLN STREETS
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Aug. IO.-(SpeclaI.-lf any
stats fslr visitor gets run over by an
automobile while alighting or getting on
a street car at most of ths prlnelptl
street crossings In Uncola during the
week of the great Nebraska expnl'on I'
ill not be their fault If they are careful
and keep within the "danger sons."
Commissioner Wright and Chief of Po
lice Aotlee have been marking nut dxater
srnes st street crossings and planting
signs to show how far an automob is
may go and no farther. A space about
six feet wide along each car track for
about fifty feet has been marked off
end automobiles must keep belwen that
cha'k line and the walk and cannot park
for seventy-five feet each way from the
street corner. It la hoped that this will
make travel for pedestrians more along
the line of "safety first"
rxxrtiieil Orders,
WASHINGTON, Aug. ). '8pHal Tale
fnua r-eO esse pea Ions si anted! Mar
tha M. Mayers, Geneva. f-I: Sarah A.
Ariwss An elmo. tli, Lunahe Steely,
Uukie Bock. IUS.
Car' W. Moore was appoints not
matter at Walton, . Pottawattamie
(-uurtv, la-, vke tftrua Peterson, re-
intd.
I t a. Heint' Hone was reappointed poet
maater at Ix-lmont I etlaa cnuntv, 8. D.
T e comperi ller of tie e r.vncy has r
clve he ap licet on te ounveit the
Kraninavlaa lej.k ef Vlberg S. D Into
'he r r t NaUnal bank f Vlborg, Cap
itol
A cnarusr was IS ueo to in nrsi p a
li. nal link of liryant, 8 P., capital !-.-'-:
Q, W. Kart, proaidanti It fcj. Um-
STATE AUDITOR WILL DRW
RAIL Rnin wRNT?
(rm a Staff CowewdeM
IJNOt.. u. 'S"wel. Sae
Aud to Smith haa Oeclded to draw war-
r-nt for the pavm-n o' salaries of the
nllvnv cnm-".lastnn end s-nnl-yee until
such time ee eo- action l k--i by the
courts o- the rl-ht of the commissioners
to boll 'h-'r ofrt-ee.
Whether th's ma-s that a case will be
brought the audl'or would not state.
ANITA WINS FIRST MONEY
IN ATLANTIC TOURNAMENT
ATLANTIC. Ta., Aug. tn.-Anita won
first money at the base ba'l tournament
which enCed here today, when It defeated
Attant'O. I to 4.
Orlswold and At'antto played the last
game for second money, Atlantic win
ning. I In t, M nrten waa fourth.
The first game of the tournament was
played yesterday between Anita and Mln
den resulted tn a victory for Anita, 7t it
Then Atlsntlo played Orlswold an1 de
feated them, 14 to 1 In the garni this
morning between Mlnden and Or swold.
Orlswold won, I to a Boors: IIHJ.
Ante o oieioioe-Tit:
Minna. a i o a a 6 o i J t I
Balterieai Nerthrup and Morgan; Ailame
and Lodsv
Second game: H.H.C
Atlantic ...4 I 1 I 1 11 0-11 It I
Or awoM 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 S 1 S I
Batteries: MoGuIre and Nletnan, New
man and Schart.
Third earns: R.H.K.
1 1 e o l s i i li i
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 s
(latteries: Smith and Boharf: Kbihd and
Lacy.
Fourth aamei n.H.B.
AtlanUo 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0-4
Anita I 1 I t 0 I 0 v .
Batter ea: Cloaaman and Nleman: Grant
and Morgan.
The winnings were: n :a f'raa. tH
Miantlo evound. Il: Grtswoll third. 1100:
M nden fourth. MO.
NO UPSETS IN KANS&.S
CITY TENNIS MATCHES
KANS18 CTTT. Mo.. A'T- r.-There
were no upsets today In ths flrvt day's
p'sy of the Missouri Va'ley tennis Oam-
pl'tnslps for women on ths courts of
ths Kansas CM Athletic club. Mrs. W
W. Tager. Kansas City, ths present tttl" I
hMder; Mlas Evelyn Seavey, Kansas City
Missouri Valley champion In 110, and
runner up In the central west In WIS, wve
returned to the tuornamnet p'ay trday
after two years' absence, snd Miss Mar
guerite Chesney. Phoenix, Arts., won
early victories, Miss Mary Katharine
Voorhees, Kvanston. 111., the oentril west
em champion, won her first match by
default
The mixed doubles champlonahlo, which
else will be decided at the tournament
brought out three matches today. The
teams are well balanced according to
local experts and the best tennis of h
week Is expected la these matches. Miss
Mary Kathertne Vecrhees and Arthu
Siddon, Mtaa Marguerite Chesney anc
tlx Teachenor and Mrs. D. B. Foster anU
Gordon Parker won their nvitchee today
as compared with Tt l on July K, a m3nth ! tnat the" employed detecUves to pre-
ao" Mr. Estabrook err alned. "is .Vent miniia enusunenis.
trifle more of a decline than ta normal.
'There la an estimated decrease tn
ecreaje of IS per cent due to the collapse
cf the market In the abnormal condlt ons
respecting cotton during ths last year.
The drop In condition percentage from Tt
per cent In July to 9 In August Is dus to
ths unfavorable weather dJring the last
month snd the reduction of about 40 per
cent In the amount of fertiliser used In
the cotton fields."
QQMcorc uiou pqiwr,pi
ARRIVES PF.-.0Y FOR WORK
Karl V. Adams, the new principal of
the Ulan School of Commerce, haa
rived from Sprlnsfle'd, Mass., and
ready te begin bis year's work. Other
members of Mr. Adams' family are ta
Chicago. They will come te Otoah thle
week.
Interpretation of
Rail Wage Award
Takes Sixty Pages
CHICAGO. Aug. lO.-The rulings of ths
Board of Arbi. ration as to ths meaning
and application of tha award which It
handed djwn last spring In arbitrating
the wage controveray between ninety
eight western railroads and their engine
men were raa'a pulllc today.
The award dealt with the western rail
road field as a whole and tbs peculiarities
of service at certain points gave rise to
dlffeiences of opinion as to whether the
. sward app.lod or how It applied In these
instances.
It became necessary ' to reconvene the
board, constating of two railroad men.
two representatives of the englnemen and
two neutrals. Including Federal Judge
Jeter C. Prttchard, the chairman, to ln
iterpret the flnd.ngs.
state's crop production I Ths Interpretations are contained In a
Corn conditions are unchenged, the re- I volume of ilxty-one pages and are of a
port continuing to eatimate tha yield at technical nature.
i
DESTRUCTION OF POWDER
MILL DUE TO ACCIDENT
Kansas Wheat Crop
Estimate is Lower
TOPFKA. Kan., Aug. tO.-J. (X Mohler,
secretary of the etate board of agricul
ture, in his report Issued today, esti
mated the Kansas wheat yield for this
year at 98.OtO.000 bushels, aa against an
eatimate of 114,700 000 bushels In July, and i
13.100.010 in June,
Continued rains that mads Impossible !
Ihe harvesting of ths Kaneaa wheat were
held responsible for the big loss In the
le,l8S,0(O, as against a yield of r7.J38.ri
In 1114. The yield tt oats Is estimated at
io.000.0no bushels, as against an estimated
yield la the July report of JB.OOO.UOO bushels.
BRITISH OFFICER AND
SIXTEEN BOYS DROWNED
LONDON, Aug. . An officer and elv
teen boys ef the tralring ship Cornwall
were drowned In the Thames todty pear
Purfleet whl's eneaved In boat praelc.
A tug eo'lHed with their boat and ssnk It
CTOV. Voaa., An. SO. fonvlne"
ihet the b'ovlxa nn of the sdlng mill
of the American Powder comnenv yes-c-rtay
morning was due to aee'dent the
local "horlMes made no effort today
to continue the InveaMwtlons of the ex
plosion. At T'st the n-Jthor'Mes we-e
Inclined to be'leve the ef-loelona were
caused by persons wishing to stop the ,
sMnment ef munitions to Great Britain
and Its r.U'.es.
A "For Hale'
furaiUu iatsi
ad U1 turn second-hand
aaah.
SPRECKLES TAKLS OUT A
' LICENSE TO WED IN KANSf
SAN rANCTrVO. Aug. . 'on P
Bnrrekrls. l- eon of the Ca'lr- rent
tsl'st took out a lree here vtav t
wed Mlao Stdl Wirt ef Oar en Cv. Kan
Soreckeuj former wife waa rearr1e) I-
I'oeo'ulu 1-st week 0 rrank W. Wake
field, of thla dy. Immediately noon the
receipt of a cab'egram that a final de
cree of divorce from Sprockets had bee
crepted her.
Bpr-eke's Is II years eld snd M'ss Wn-t.
H. She came here recently from New
Torn.
A "For Sale" ad will turn second-hand
fureltsr
A Timely Fjfhion Event f cr Young Men
and Men Who F el Young!
Demonstration
On Live Models
of the famous
STRATFORD
CLOTHES .
Will Dc Held t Our Store onTuraday,
August 31, and Wednesday, Sept. 1,
by Professional Demonstrator
Wilcox & Allen
Excluiive Clotbc for
Ivfcn and Young" Men
203 South 15th Near Douglas
Thompson, Belden & Co.
Apparel That Stands for
Individuality in Dress
for Women and Misses
The distinctive originality cf cur mcd
ets is removed many acgrces Jrcm the
usual mediocre.
It is the constant aim of
our buying organization to
seek diligently after better
things in Jashion
and furnishing
tptcializing in Exclu-ive
Detignt and Stitctivt
Adaptions.
The Autumn Dis
play of
Suits, Dresses,
Coa.s, Blouses,
IS nOW readv tn Ut erinnrn
- j Waw SfcW kg W W 4a
at your convenience.
Ml
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ousines.s lvien
Read This
It Is Important
If you have use for an Arc Light
a good, strong gas light for office, fac
tory, or any kind of business bui.ding
or display room, you should come see
some we are offering at remarkably
low prices. Most of them are perfectly
new and good, but they are odd pieces
of stock which we desire to close out
which accounts for the low prices.
No. 30 A large single chaiu Arc Light with three in
verted mantles, and either clear or clouded
6hade; waa priced $lLfK) now only . . .
$6.50
No. 20 Size- -With a single inverted mantle, an Arc
Lamp just right for a email office. Nice fluted
glass shade. These were priced $10.00,
but are uov
$6.00
Old stylo Arc Lamps, equipped with four npright
mantle and clear or clouded shades. These aro
old and will sell for half CQ flft
or less pJeUU
Omaha Gas Co.
1509 Howard St., Near 16th
AMISKMENTS.
Edward Lyncnf'
Vreaels WLsen's SeUhtfoa Comedy,
KatUeee, l&e, S5a Eva-., gjo, See, fOe.
toa Week. M ss MoOrsae ta "sn
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rheas
bee las
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a ii Akuun lDa.IUi.
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ruiw, Jmia l-rua. Tae t'taeauaa aeS Um
ltlia Tra.ai
I tnc-Mata.. lea aaS tf. Btae Inn, IS. Sal.
1 aa4 Saa. Mau.. a aia at too. IDs,
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BOYD' - Theater
acatlnee Today, g:3o. ltgM,
M. AU week.
FusVin'i Wild Lfs Pie'nres
800 AMAZING SCENKS OP
An mat, Reptile, Bird & Bus life
Kauna'alaslr SiTlaiS kr ! ka W.
RiiiAla. DwaibM el ana aip4lilsaa
Adnbii CbUdrea lOe AgCta gOe.
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"OHII'I ivg CBsTTSX
Jtrttl4I i Tally Btate..ia-gj-aoa
lasoas Opening Week ef gey
EC El mi. UTtlt . bUkLEtCUCRS
Mollis Wllllama. Aerial Curson Sis
ters. Hi ly Hart A Cirrus Gl Is, Heal ricti
Jiarlowe. Geo. Douglas, Prank Pans ng.
Terl Hums and His beauty Chorus.
X.ADIBS' SIMS MIT. Will DATS.
TURPIrt'l DANCING AlAJEMY, 2fllh aid firnatn
ibiiu. aa. leXkv Adult beainnera a.unlav and Thuredar. I P. VL Ad ilts
levanced. Tuwltr. Sept. 14. P. M. (Mole) Only new dancee tautht tn thie c'as.
High achool tH-sli nere raiuraar. nepi. is, s r. M . rupna mining ri..ssrs on ixnim
dale will be given II reduction on ticket. Alt!lcatlon rerelved now. Harney HU
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