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PASSENGER CREW
BLAMED JOR WRECK
XftTeitigating Committee Agrt.
with Coroner'i Jurv aa to Cauie
of Fatal ColUtion.
XNJTJBZD ARE MUCH IMPROVED
larertlsatton of the causes that
brought about the -wcrcK on the Mis
souri Pacific, near OreapoHs, Friday
morning, resulting In the death of
Mike Sherlock, engineer; W. R.
Goodwin, fireman, and J. B. Wilson,
brakeman, and the injury of ten pas
nengers and members of the crew of
No. 104, the passenger train, was
commenced and concluded Saturday
morning.
A Caas county Jury, summoned by
Coroner Brendel, Friday night re
turned a verdict that the wreck was
caused and the three men killed as
, result of the members of the creW
of train No. 104 learlng La Watte
station In disregard of orders.
The investigating committee that met
yesterday came to the same conclusion
as did the ooronei Jury. General Su
perlnendent D'Bemardl, Kansas City;
Superintendent Rum of tha Nebraska di
vision. Falls City; Dr. I-ul F. Vaeter
llng. chief surfreon, and A. H. Mansfield,
chief claim agent, St Louis, and F. 1
Holt, master meohanlo. Falls City, came
In on a special. Thejr stopped at the
scene of the wreck and also at LaPlatte,
where No. 104 should hav waited and
passed No. IBS, th freight with which
It collided. They came on to Omaha,
-where they were met by J. 1L Strickland
of Lincoln, the Inspector for the Inter
state Commerce commission.
All Had Orders.
During- the Investigation It developed
that all the members of the crew of No.
10 had orders notifying them that at La
Platte they would pass No. 1M. pulled
by Ebiglne No. 1Z74. Th orders mad
no mention of Freight No. 16, drawn by
engine No. 1278. which waa running as an
extra and waa laid In on the siding at
LaPlatte.
Conductor Jcff.Hulse of No. 104. In the
employ of the Missouri Faolflo for thirty
years, asserted that aa be passed LaPlatte
he saw No. 156 on the siding and noticed
that it engine was No. 1273. while the
train that he was to meet waa pulled by
engine No. 1274. He thought that this dis
crepancy in engine number was brought
about by a mistake In the transmission
of the orders and presumed that the dead
engineer and fireman made the same mis
take. Brakeman Hatfield on the rear and of
No. 104, had order similar to those of
the other trainmen and bis opinion was
that the train they passed at LaPlatte
waa No. 168. He also thought the dis
patcher had made a mistake In trans
mitting the engine number.
Blames l'iueitr Crww.
As a result of the Investigation, the
committee placed the entire blame for
the wreck upon the men operating No.
104, holding them equally responsible. Of
these men, two, the engineer and fire
man, are dead and the other probably
'will b discharged from the servtcs of
the company. 1' ' .
The track at the wreak was cleared at
10 o'clock Friday night and train are
a rain passing over it.
Of the Injured W. B. West and James
McClurg, postal clerk, and B. L. Cotton,
baggsceman, are still In the hospital.
though they are getting along nicely,
and their injuries axe not considered seri
ous. The others who were injured have
all gone to tbelr respective homes.
The bodies of the three dead men have
ben prepared for burial and have beea
sent to relatives, those of Sherlock and
Goodwin having been forwarded to Kan-
res City and that of Wilson to Falls City.
Diphtheria Calls
Three in Last Week
SURVIVORS OF THE ATHINAI PULLING AWAY FROM DOOMED SHIP Ono of the
life boats of the Greek liner burned in mid-ocean leaving tee doomed ship with the last
of the survivors, who were taken aboard the S. S. Tuscania and brought to New York. Of
the 403 passengers and crew only one was lost.
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BRIEF CITY NEWS
Weaaimg Binga rtdholm. Jeweler,
tare ot Mat tt New Piearwa fres
UghUaf Itatares Burgesa-Grandsn.
"Tjrs oaylM Ban Tie
alasslfied secUon today, and ipptan ta
The Rm EXCLLSIVCLT. Flad out what
U various moving picture theater offer.
Ask for Dlveroe Mrs. Klta F. Oris
mold has brought suit for divorce against
Frank M. Uilswold, alleging drsrtlon.
For Safety rtrst In Life Insurance
see V. )l. lndix. general agnt Slate
Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Worces
ter, Mass., one of the oldest. 71 years,
and best companies on earth.
Breaks Rib la rail Joseph PruJln,
carpenter. 2M Park Wilde avenue, fell
from the second floor to the basement of
an unfinished building Friday evening
and suffered a scalp wound and two
broken rib.
Christian Bndeavor to Install The
Christian Kndeavor union of Omaha will
hav It annual Installation of officers at
Him Tulrj Presbyterian church, Twen
tieth and I-eavenworth, Monday evening.
September 27.
Bpeeflsrs Fined Tha following men
wer arraigned In police court, thai got
with exceeding the speed limit: John
Flke. Twenty-second and Ixithrop street,
was fined 36 and costs, suspended sen
tence; u. jo, Marahalt. 8210 Sherman
avenue, 1 and costs, and A. Wela. lTfH
Iake street, t JO and costs, suspended sen
tence. To Belay Roath iU FavtaaT Commis
sioner Jardtn of the public Improvement
department has been assured by a repre
sentative of the Kettle River Stone com
pany that 4, Mo yards of paving along the
Hoctor boulevard In the South Bide will
be relald this year. The work waa done
under a guarantee of fire year, which
Is nearly up.
Fight Lid Clamped
Down by the Police
The fight lid was clamped down in
Omaha Friday evening. The IMzon Ath
letic school scheduled a couple of bout
for Met hall for Friday night, but
Sergeant Madsen and a flock of copper
swooped down on the place before the
program wa darted and called off hos
tilities. He declared he was acting under
oroers from Commissioner Kugel,
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I LET THE DQIOn OHTFITTKie
Indian Supplies
to Be Handled in
Omaha Warehouse
A warehouse for Indian supplies ha
been provided for In Omaha according to
advices received from the Department of
Indian affair by the Commercial club.
Floor spaoe to the amount of 6,000 feet
ha been arranged for in the United
States quartermaster depot at Twenty
second and Hickory streets. All supplies
for the Indian reservations furnished by
bidders of Omaha will be delivered to
this place.
Oapt. Heitfeldt is
Pinched by Police
Captain Heitfeldt, 1826 North Seven
teenth street, charged wtth operating an
ice wagon without occupation tax. ar
rested by Special Kilptn."
The abov line is on the police record
of arrests at headquarters and is the
subject of much comment among the
members of the force. Captain Henry
Heitfeldt, who la the head of the aay
shift, la still engaged In his regular duties
and refuses to answer whether he Is out
on bond or not.
It is generally known that the captain
possesses an automobile, but he denies
that It Is an lo wagon.
The mystery -will be solved Monday
morning when the oase -is brought up In
court.
Mayor Thompson
of Chicago to Be in
Omaha Ootober 5
On Ootober t Mayor Thompson of Chi
cago is to spend several hours In Omaha.
The Commercial club will . get busy to
make him weloome. An attempt will
be made to get him to mak a brief ad
dress at the club at noon of that day.
The mayor will be on his way to Ban
Franclsoo for the occasion of "Chicago
Day" there.
ROB DUNCAN l? BACK IN
OMAHA ON A FURLOUGH
After being given up by his friends a
year ago aa a goner, Robert D. Duncan,
long connected with the water works. Is
back again In Omaha on a furlough
from the soldiers' home at Levenworth.
Mr. Duncan waa first sent to the Battle
Mountain sanitarium, but the altitude
failed to agree with him, wtitle after his
transfer to Leavenworth, he made steady
progress to recovery.
Three deaths out of eleven cases of
diphtheria reported to the health depart
ment from the South Side this week
prompted the officials to take unusual
precautions to check the spread of the i
disease.
.lohn Balkas of 3435 N street, IS years '
of age, died Friday. Joseph Lobanonaky
of 4030 U street, 3 years of age, died on
Thursday. The other death of the week
was John Spell of 39$ South Eighteenth
street, 3 years of age. Two other deaths
wem reported earlier In the month.
' Clerk Harrington of the health office
leports twenty-five cases of diphtheria in
s district south of N street this month.
Strict quarantine regulations are being
enforced. Four inspectors are on the Job.
The health commissioner is Impressing
upon South Side physicians the impor
tance of reporting these cases at the ear
liest possible moment. It la stated that
aa a rule these diphtheria deaths are due
to neglect by not securing medical at
tendance until the disease has reached an
advanced stage.
SAMUEL C0THERS TO TALK
BEF0REJTHE UNITARIANS
Samuel M. Cot hers of the Unitarian
church of Cambridge, Mass., will be in
Omaha October 1, to speak at the local
parUh house at Fortieth and Cass streets.
He will speak on the development of an
Omaha Unitarian church and there is a
possibility that he may come here to take
the pulpit of a new church.
Hayden Applies for
a Jitney License
A. T. Hayden Is the first Jltneer to ap
ply to the superintendent of police for
a license under the new Jitney ordlneno.
Mr. Hayden elects to traverse a route
between the depots and Fortieth sreet.
According to the law he must adhere to
this route and Include both termini In
his trips. He specified the hours between
: to 8:S0 s. m.. 12:80 to 1:80 p. m., and
5 to 8 p. m. He will be required to op
erate between these hours, but may op
erate during other hours if he wishes.
Superintendent Kugel told this first
applicant that he will be expected to
comply with the requirements as sped
fled In the application and permit.
BULGARIA RUSHING TROOPS
TO THE SERBIAN FRONTIER
PARIS. Sopt 8S.-A dispatch to the
Temps from Salonlkl states that Bulgaria
has been sending troops toward ths Ser
bian frontier for several days. Ftva cav
alry regiments have been dispatched to
ward the border, the dispatch say, and
Infantry regiments on the frontier have
been reinforced by troops taken frt
regiments In the Interior.
A battalion of sappers from Sofia has
been sent to DupnlUa, near the Serbian
frontier. Mounted artillery has departed
for an unknown destination.
BELGRADE EQUIPPED WITH
HEAVY BRITISH CANNON
BERLIN. Sept. 28. (By Wireless to
Tuckerton. N. J.) The Oversea Nw
agency today says:
"It Is reported that the city of Bel
grade, Serbia, has been newly fortified
and equipped wtth heavy British guns
manned by British artillerymen.
"A dispatch from Munich says that
Ludwlg Oanghofer, the German author,
who was wounded severely In the
trenches recently has undergone a uc
cessful operation on his eye."
Britain to Arrange
To Free U, S. Goods
Held in Holland
WASHINGTON, Sept to. The British
government is prepared to receive appli
cations unofficially through ths foreign
trad advisers of the State department
for release of 8187,000,000 worth of Amrr-loan-owned
goods of German and Aus
trian origin held at Rotterdam by ths
British orders In council.
At the request of the trade advisers, the
British smbaasy her will submit a writ
ten statement of the conditions under
which goods will be released.
Negotiations have been In progress for
months, unofficially seeking release of
ths vast quantity of merchandise con
signed to American Importers and al
ready either paid for or contracted for
under agreements which make the Amer
ican buyers liable for payment.
On June IB the British government re
fused to receive further unofficial repre
sentations through the trad advisers.
Blno then the pressure on the State de
partment has been heavy, American lm
porters asserting that without notice of
the order In council and without an op
portunity to protect themselves they had
oontraotsd for these goods, in some case
had already paid for them and in all
oase war llabl for the purchase money,
Bom time ago information readied the
Stat department that private attorneys
In Undon were scouring permits for re
lease of goods tied up at Rotterdam, while
unofficial efforts of the trade advisers to
fat similar permits failed. Vigorous rep
resentations war mad, seeking equal
privileges for the trad advisers. In reply
the British embassy today notified the
Stat department that arrangement had
been made to allow ths trad advisers to
maks application and proof for permits
direct to the embassy here.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
LEAGUJE0PP0SES LOAN
ST. ITUTS, Bept. tt -President Wilson
waa appealed to in a telegram from the
St. Louis branch of the American Neu
trality league tonight to as th tnflusoo
of th administration to prevent federal
reserve bank, other bank and Insurance
companies lending money to anv of the
European belligerents.
The society drafted resolutions advising
the publlo not to Invest in such special
ties of companies whose assets might In
clude loans to the warring nations. The
league also urged depositors to demand
of their banks and trust companies that
they do not aocept negotiable paper from
th belligerents.
Omaha Veterans to
Army Encampment
With Jonathan Edwards, B. A. Parma
lee and Dr. S. K. Spalding going ahead
as th advance guard, Nebraska veteran
to th forty-ninth annual encampment
of the Grand Army of th Republic, held
In Washington, D, C, will leave for th
east at o'clock Sunday eight, going
over the Northwestern and th Pennsyl
vania lines. Omaha has been mads a
sort of an assembling point, and those
who will go on th trip srei
Messrs. Tracy, Ellsworth, Hoagtand,
Hears. Stewart. Richmond, Cross, Hene.
Hooper. Spenoer, Dr. Johnson, Merrymao,
Trimble, Colvln, Turner, Barn. Ryan,
Toung. Poole, Roser, Dr. Fllppen, Norrts,
Stoneberg, Jones, Knapp, Mo her and
Brown, from Omaha and vicinity! Ful
ton. Central City, and Green and Ferris,
Columbus.
OMAHA ITALIANS RETURN
TO JOIN THEIR COLORS
Another movement of Italian reservists
going horn to join th colors and fight
with th allies against Germany Is on.
Th r ortn western is taking sot XJ0
Omaha Italians. At Chicago they will
be turned over to th Baltimore Ohio,
reaching New Tork Monday noon.
The Union Pacifio will bring in a
special train, carrying 12S Italian re
servists from the Pacific ooast. Her
ihey will be turned over to the Illinois
Central and run special to Chicago.
There they will be taken over th Penn
sylvania to Nw Tork.
"DEAR MOTHER:- A good thing to
send would be a package of Grape-Nuts,
or something of that kind that is not
expensive or heavy and is of good food
value. Your son, WILL."
JFfom a Canadian BoldUr at the battle front;
reprinted from the Renfrew (OnL ) Journal.
Wherever hardships are endured, wherever big deeds are accompliBhed, there a
food is demanded that provides maximtiTn of valu in brain- and body-bnildinfr ma
teria with minimum of bulk.
In this respect no other food equals
Grape-Nuts
In building the Panama Canal thousands of brain workers as well as brawn
workers kept themselves fit and in trim by eating Grape-Nuts dry from the package
Not only does Orape-Nuts supply all the brain- and bone-building, nerve- and muscle-making
elements of choicest wheat but also the rich nutriment of malted barley.
Grape-Nuts is highly concentrated nourishment in compact form always ready,
crisp and delicious thoroughly baked and packaged to keep Indefinitely, anywhere.
.Wherever time is precious and sound nourishment vital you 11 find Grape-Nuts.
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
Far Side Stop to
Be in Force Today
The nearest way to street car will b
on the far aide, beginning with today.
Ptreet car men have been instueted to
return to the old system.
Building Constitutions
It requires a good constitution
to withstand the 111 that man is
heir to There la none to whom
our sympathies go out mor to,
than the frail, riellcat fellow who
senilis to "catch" er-rythlng n
the category of Ills that chances
his way.
Possessing remarkabl nourish
ing qualities
Duffy's
Pure Milt Whiskey
Is a tonic which arouses to re
newed activity tlie ehauatl
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