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THE OMAIU SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 16, 1916. 3 A Nebraska Wilson refuses to bow to bryan Stromiburg Candidate for Railway Commissioner Will Not Sign Dry Pledge. HAS ALWAYS BEEN DSY HAN Nebraska Tecumseh Family Driven from Home Into Storm by Fire TECUMSEH. Neb., Jan. 11 (Special.) The family of Thomas rohlman, llvtng nine mile tut of Tecumseh, was driven out Into the torm and with the ther mometer at JO derrees below sero at 4:J0 o'clock this mornlnr when the house they were occurytnc burned to the ground. (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) , j Mrs. Pohlman and her eldest daughter, LINCOLN. Jan. 15.-8peclal.) There Is Nellie, had their feet quite badly frosen an old saying that a man Is known by Ms before they left the scene of the fire and past, but that doesn't go with Mayor sought shelter at the home of Mr. Pohl rharlcs W. Bryan, who figures that the man's mother on an adjoining farm. The other old saying, "Let the dead past bury j fire evidently originated from a defective Its deed," or something like that more J tUt, and the smoke awok Mr. Pohlman. Tittliisly strikes the ideas of the new order i He fought the flames with buckets of of things, as the Bryans would like to see ater ,nd thouaht he had the fire under them and which thry propose to see put Into effect. Victor Wilson of Stromaburg lives In a control, when It broke out anew in the wall, and the building, with most of the dry town In a dry county which has been I famIy WM ,ogt T0 by Mrs. Para Townsend, formerly of Te- , cumseh, but now of Los Angeles, Cal. It , a as two stories and had eight rooms. that way for many yeara. The Polk founty statesman hss always fought for the dry cause and has not' been afraid to spend a few of his hard earned eheckels as a banker-lawyer to back up his belief, but he Is In bad with Mayor Bryan because he will not come out and pledge himself to the Bryan plan and sign the Bryan dry plvdge. The other day when Wilson wss here attending the democratic editorial ban quet the mayor asked him if he expected as a candidate for the democratic nomina tion for railway commissioner to sicn the I lliyan dry platform pledge. , JTo Golna; to "Ian. Mr. Wilson promptly told the Lincoln mayor there was nothing doing along that line. He said he had been a dry U was Insured for I&00. Mr. Pohlman had 100 insurance on his effects. The family Is now quartered with Mr. Pohl man's mother. 'Irrigated Empire' Is Now Thinking In Seven Figures SCOTT'S BLUFF. Neb., Jan. lB.-Spe. eial.) Soott's Bluff county records and advocate all his life and had fought for i ,,,,.., ... ttslm ., , , . - the dry cause and If that was not auffl- . .th.ki. in ..v.n Nebraska Funeral Services for Pioneer of Fairbury KAISER REJECTS BRITISHJPROPOSAL Germany Will Not Agree to Submit Baralong Case to Board of American Officers. NOTE CONCLUDES WITH THREAT TAinBURT, Neb.. Jan. 15. (Social Telegram.) The funoral services of the late J. B. McDowell were held at the home this sfternoon. Rev. R. N. Orlll. of tra Methodist Episcopal church, official- JILHLIN, Jan. IS. (R Wireless Ing Mr. McDow.S was born In Scotia to RayvMe). In Its reply to the county. Ohio. September 1. 1R. He spent nTitub government In the Baralong , , ' . .. ... case, the teit or which was made dlana, receiving a college education.- afterwards located In Fairbury. III. In VUc here today. Germany takes 1W9. he came to Nebraska, locating In Iho ground that Great Britain no Beatrice, where he served as register of longer desires to observe the requlre- deeds In the land ornce tmm ut. ne rocnts ot international law in regard ,nr m., u -: : ..- to German submarines and breaks Powell, had foun.ied. ' off negotiations on this subject. In Mr. McDowell was married in lw to ' addition to announcing Its decision Miss Katherlne Campbell. Four children l to take measures of reprisal, the were born. Including Nelson. FranrK (Jrrmman government rejects Great iMrs. Edhart and Mrs. Josephine Crump. , ,..i.i.. . . ..... i I'litsins proposal for examination He married Miss Carrie Packer In V ' v and Frederick and Jay and Wood are T neutral board of the UaralonR children of this insrriage. i incident and also of three cases in He msrriod for the thlnt t'me in iro. vhith It charged Germany violated Miss Gertrude McKensle and Clyde and international law in submarine op Mlss Cora McDowell of this city are chit- ....,, i dren of this union. Mr. McDowell was , ' one of the early pioneers of Jefferson Th German note con. Hides: county and helped to shape the history ! "The manner In which the British gov- of Fairbury. He founded the Falr'oury eminent hss answered the German mem- roller Tour mills, one of the largest In- Ultutlons In this part of Nebraska. Mr. McDowell recently celebrated his nlnet'eth birthday and enjoyed excelelnt health up until a week ago when he was stricken . with the grippe. Thee body will b takn to Fairbury, 111., Sunday for burial. His funeral was largely attended by old set- tiers and pioneers regardless of cold j weather that prevailed. orandura does not correspond In form and contents with the grav.ty of the si us- tlen snd makes It Impossible for the Ger man government to negotiate fur:her with the British government In rrd to this matter. The German government, there fore, takes the ground as the final result of the negotiation, that the British aov- enimont under empty pretexts, has left unfulfilled the Justified doinands for in Inve ullnutloti of the Urn along case and thereby has made itself responsible for : the crime of defying International law ; snd humanity, showing that It desires , no lontrer to observe. In respect to Off roan submarines, one of the first rules Of Wfir namely, to spare enemies Inrapacl- i tated for further artlon-m order to pi-e i vent them from conducting warfare at ' sea In accordance with eatabllched Inter- I national law. j "Inasmuch as the British government has declined to make amends for this outrageous incident, the Oerman govern- ' ment feela Itaelf compelled to take Into Ita own hands ruiiishment for this una- toned crime and to aJopt measures of ' reprisal currcspomllng with the provo- cation." i the senate another term. If he could get there. Senator Will Ilrookler of Kdaar Is sm other democrat who wsnl to "eone hai-k." Senator Hronkley hss served two terms In the ' Nebraska houRr of loerls" and hss had enoiiKh enperlence to lndl- i cate that he would make a valuable mem ber aaaln. If he oould get votes enough to lsnd. He has filed anyhow to represent his district, the Nineteenth, compared of the countiea of Adams snd Clay. Head The I'.ea Want Ads. It pays! MATTES MAKES DECISION TO RUNF0R SENATOR (Krom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan. lo.-(Hieclal Telegram.) Senator John Mattes of Nebraska City has filed for renomlnallon for senator on tho democratic ticket from the Second d s trlot. composed of tho counties of Cass and Otoe. Senator Mattes made a pretty lively record in the Inst srsxlon and de veloped Into one of the mainstays of that body. He has been mentioned In connec tion wuh the governorship, but finally de cided that he had much rather go back to Will Your Taeth Hare ths Care This Year? The Scientific System nt Correct toting Will Give IVrfert Health. The first principles are Good Teeth; the sec ond Is to have Gums that are solid, holding tho teeth firmly In the Jaw. Deonyed, broken down tooth, with a diseased condition of the sums causes no less than 125 different allrnetts, such ss appendicitis, consti pation, dyspepsia, diabetes, eye, ear, nose and throat trouble, aort. headache, nervous disturb ances, pnenmonlH, rheumatic pilns, stomach and bowel trot'hle, tuHorcu'osis and general III health. Can jrou afford to bo rareloR3 wtth your mouth? With a good sl of tooth and gums that aro henlthy, o can cat )ourelf well. A Quality Dentlt f'r nil Tonth lit without the pain. Send for booklet on Vnumal Dentistry. DR. BRADBURY, Dentist 27 Yenr In Omaha. O-Jt-22 Woodmen of the World llld?. I'hotic I. I Toft. 11th and Knruani St., Ou-alin. Hours 8 to fl; Sundays, 10 to 12. rn clent evidence that he was entitled to be called a dry man and entitled to the Bryan support, then he would run with out it. It la said that he wa told by Mr. Bryan that past records would not count. A man must be born again and have the Bryan stamp of approval on his anatomy at time of birth or he could not expect to receive any help from the Brothers Bryan, and. on the other hand, might expect to find someone stamped with the new blrthmnrk opposing him. "Vlo" was mad. Ho had bocated for Brother Bill from the time he ran for nnticrrAsa tin tA thA flmA he landed in the president's cabinet. He had drunk water, warm and unpalatable, on a hot day many a time because he did not Tike the stuff with the foam. He had drunk cold ice water in winter, when shivering with the cold, because he would not partake of that which warmed up the inside; and If that was not satisfactory evidence that lie was a good Bryan democrat, then the mayor could go to Halifax or some other warm country before he would find the 1'olk county statesman signing pledges for no other reason than that the mayor wanted to dictate thtnss. figures." Two new banks have com into being, one at Scott s Bluff and one at Gerlng. giving the "Twin-City" seven banks, and a total of fifteen In thS county. All the older banks show an Increased business. Three hundred farm mortgages have been filed, aggregating M9.745, and 2?6, totaling toOS.030, have been released. City and town mortgages filed number 242, against 178 released. The total amounts are $331,801 filed, sgatnst 1CS7.949 released. There were 4.309 chattel mortgages filed, aggregating I3,7S4.77, agair.st 3,393 released, totaling $2,791,121. This last item Indicates a big Incresse In feeding this winter as compared with one year ago. LEONARD PURDY WEDDED TO MISS RACHEL KILPATRICK BEATRICE. Neb., Jan. 15. (Special.) Leonard Purdy. ex-captaln of .the Ne braska Cornhuskers. and Miss Rachel Kl patrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kllpatrlck. were married here today at the bride's home by Rev. C. F. Stevens. After a trip to Florida the couple will make their home hero. ADMINISTRATOR WINS IN THE O'CONNOR CASE , HASTINGS. Neb.; Jan. 15. -(Special Tel egram.) Though the heirship claims in the John O'Connor case have been dis allowed and the estate awarded to the state to be held In trust. It Is understood Ixsre that the administrator will be con tinued as manager of the property under the. direction of the county court. John Siakcrt is administrator si . salary of K a month. Mayor Madgett has won the first round in the $35,009 libel suit brought against him, by Kills B. Usher of Milwaukee, growing out of a- published statement that Madjett had charged Usher with at tempting to bribe him to support the Hastings Gas company franchise last summer. In the federal court he has se cured an order dismissing tho petition be cause It Is not specific and certain. Another order requires the company to give additional security for costs. Burglars entered the A. Pickens and O.vJ. Evans residences at Seventb street and Denver avenue last night and took about $400 In silver knives, forks and othor pfeces from the former home. Jnde nsssa.la Candidate. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Jan. lS.-(Spe-eial.) Judge James R. Hanna announoea today that he will be a candidate for re-election and is now circulating his petitions in the different counties with the purpose of securing the 600 signatures necessary to place his nauie on the new nonpartisan Judicial primary. There ar? eleven counties in this judicial district and two judges are to be elected. PLATTE COUNTY TO HAVE FINE NEW COURT HOUSE j COLUMBUS. Neb.. Jan. 15. (Special . Telegram.") With the acceptance today! by the Board of Supervisors of the petl-, lion containing S.S81 signatures, rlatte county Is assured of a new $100,000 court house. Following failure at the pells of a bond Issue the Commercial club Insti tuted a campeim for signatures In ac cordance with law, which requires 60 per cent of the voters as Indicated by the average of the tv.o preceding elections, i receiving more tlinn the required number i within a month. The petitions specify that the building , is to be erected upon the present site in J Columbus. The levy of $40,0."'0 which the ! board In its annual estimate for the first j year may extend oer a period of five years, though the work cannot be started ' before next August. DEATH RECORD James Crosgro. CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Jan. 15. (Special.) James Crosgro. a pioneer hotel man of western Nebraska, died here yesterday. His funeral will be held Sunday. Mr. Crosgro and his wife have been in tho hotel business for years at Ind snola and here. He has been a helpless invalid for a number of years and leaves his wife. ' Mra. Kllsaheth Twiggs. BEATRICE. Neb., Jan. 15. (Special.) Mra. Elizabeth Twiggs, an old reVdent of Beatrice, died Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. Donovan. She was a native of Znnesvllle, O., and ! -.survived by two daughters and one son. MAN FATALLY BURNED BY GASCLINE EXPLOSION BEATRICE. Neb., Jan. 15. (Special.) Gua Hanson, an mploje of the Union Faclflo stone crusher crew at Blue Springs, wss seriously If not fatally , burned at the bunk house at the plant ; Fridey morning, when he attempted to j slsrt a fire with gssollne, which he mistook for kerosene. An explosion fol- j lowed and Hanson wss frightfully binned about the body before the flames j could be extinguished. He was brought 1 to eBa trice by Dr. Schooling and placed in' the Mennonite hospital, where he was reported resting well Friday night. Hanson is 40 years of age and unmar ried. His home is at Alaberg, Kan. SEWARD COUNTY MAN DIES IN CALIFORNIA! SEWARD. Neb., Jan. 15. (Special.) ! John Evana of Beaver Crossing, died at t'ony ueach city, wnere ne spent tne winter. The body will arrive in Beaver Crossing Sunday for burial. -I era mar li Haaka Klert Officers). TECUMSEH. Neh.. Jan. 15.-(Spectal.)- The Cltlsens' National bank of Tecumseh I Friday evening elected the following dl- j rectors: Fred E. Bodle. Pr. M. Stewart. J. I Jscka. O. J. McDougal. J. F. Kcl ley snd P. A. Brundage of Tecumseh, snd I Dr. W. L. Dsyton of Lincoln. The dl- j lectors elected the following officers, j President. F. B. Bodle; vies president. ' J. L. Jacks; assistant cashier, C. E. ! Htewart. j The ahareholders of the Tecumseh Htate bank elected Clarence E. Smith a member of the board of directors to fiB . a vacancy, and the following directors ', were- re-elected: T. J. Pier son. A. W. I Iiuffum. E. C. Hedrlck and S. P. David- j son. Officers were not elected st this ' time. ' IP AID) In a letter to the Aeolian Company, dated Nov. 8, 1913, says: I cannot conceive of any reason why the Pian ola should not be in every home. Ak a piano-forte, when the keyboard ia used, it leaves nothing to be desired, while for ac quiring a broad musical .education, for the devel opment of the under tandtng of good ntuaic, which modern culture de mands, it is undoubtedly t he moot perfect and real ly creat medium, i There have appeared in recent year a great many mechanical d e v I c e a for piano playing. I have heard several of them and not denying their certain qualities, I have to main tain my former opinion the Pianola is still the beat, tinsurpajiaable, su preme. I. J. PADEBEWSKI. Player Pianos, so called are not Pianolas. There is but one Pianola, made exclusively by THE AEOLIAN COMPANY and obtainable in the following models only:1 The Steinway Pianola, The Steck Pianola, The Wheelock Pianola, The Stuyvesant Pianola, The Stroud Pianola, The Famous Weber Pianola. Prices from $550. Convenient Terms On sale in Omaha only at SCIIMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO CO. 1311-13 Farnam Street Train Service fcoiadel. TABOR, la.. Man. 15.-Fpec!al.V- Tabor has been without railway service , since Wednesday morning. The trsin inade the 7 o'clock trip to Malvern that ; morning, but broke don tr trie way ; back on the Gaston hill, about two mile j north of town. Mall snd pasnena-ars are l-elng conveyed bv team pending repairs I to the locomotive. I Pialhr4 (or Brraklnsi Parole. j BEATIUCB, Neb.. Jan. 15. (Special Tel egram.) Clarence Githens, wtio was brought back to Beatrice yeeter'ay from Washington, Kin., for brenklng his parole on a forgery charge, was sentenced to from one to twenty years today In the , state penitentiary by Judge Penberton. i f Piles and Fistula Cured Without Surgical Operation or Pain. No Chloroform or Ether given. Writ ten Guarantee Given in All Cases. Pay When Cured. Carfare Paid One Way to Points Within 50 Miles of Omaha.. Patients must coma tn thA of fice. Men only treated. Hundreds of the Most Prominent People in Omaha have been cured by. Diumunn cnEiGinon maxwell 408-9-10 Omaha National Bank, 17th and Farnam Ets. Phone Eed 4390. Hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 5. -JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres. The "I Will" Man Says: WM. L. UOLZMAN, Trcas. No Wonder This Sale Is 66 TP SI A I mm 99 These supreme reductions on finest clothing baffle compe tition and startle men who compare. "What's the reason for it?" thousands ask. 'To clear cases, counter shelves to Keep the New store new is the sole reason for it," says The "I Will Man. Don't miss the Greatest Opportunity of the Year America's Or'g'nal I A Li ra) mmmm ex THOUSANDS OF FASHIONS IN NEWEST FALL AND WIN TEH MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S $10:09 to $40.00 Suits and Overcoats at Exactly Half Price. Now at yv -sW f j All All Ail $50.00 $55.00 $60.00 Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield Overcoats Overcoats Overooats at at at S25.00 U37.50 NO C. O. D.'B, NO CHARGES. NO APPROVALS, NO REFUNDS. A Small Charge for Alteration!. Men's and Boys' Mackinaws at 25 to 33Va Off The most popular models of the season; the erf am of Fall and Winter fabrics; the choicest Rochester, N. Y., Hand-Tailored Clothes; values and assortments unprecedented in the history of western clothes selling. . All sizes, all proportions await your selection, and conscientious salesmen at your service to make buy ing a pleasure. Attend the sale of sales Monday. ' ant Tmb Ma's tlvtalaa-, t riaar. The "I Will" Man's Greatest Underwear Sale Men's Celebrated "Superior" Union Suits A wonderful special purchase of fresh, new Union Suits from the Superior Knitting Co., including samples and some garments with slight misweaves. All sizes and proportions at positively less than wholesale prices. $1.00 Superior Union Suits r. 65c $1.50 Super Union Suits Fur Caps A Clean Sweep $85 $265 For ttM For Caps For $30 Far Caps $25 For $4.00 Far Caps. liJH) Xossrat Cape at US t;.JM) Sealskin Caps, lUt $7.50 Ceoa or Seal (apt, IS.7S HQM Sealskin Caps at llaOW KealikJa laps at II (UK) AnyfUO r ss. Any 11 A) 75,. lap at. 10 tap at...0C Kattted Hockey Caps at Mr. Mala riMfwBast ALU. ior & 1 .00 $2.50 Superior (IJfl .50 . 4)1 Union Suits . . (Jjlrrs Men's Stiirfts "Clear em Out" Says the "I Will" Man $3.00 Superior tlJfJ.OO Union Suits . . 95 For Men's 11.60 Shirts. For Men's $2.00 Shirt. Men's 73c good quality Percale Shirts at . 50c All Manhattan, Bates Street and Yorke Shirts, Omaha's most complete stock, including our finest silk shirts at reduced prices. SUA ablrts at SI. 15 !J)0 fthlrU at 81.55 $3.00 Bulrts at 81.05 S.7i Skirts at H2.R5 8hlrti at 83.15 $iM 8blrts at $3.85 Men's 50c Silk Neckwear Hundreds of attractlre patterns in all colors and combinations, clearing st., Mea's Hansel Shirts, fl.ee and $2.00 values, Monday, at . ...25c 95c Sweaters Newest Coat Styles 95c $m For t U0 S westers For Sweaters $215 For $3.00 Sweatm $3.50 Sweaters at S2.50 17.00 Sweater! at $5.50 Men's Gloves 11.00 and $1.50 X mm Kid and Cape trlC Dress Glotes st. . . Men's Shoes $1.95 Broken Lines Worth to $4.00 aKHIN SWANSON. fi k MOtZHAN C01UIECT VQR MKN AND Women's Hhoes $1.95 Broken Lines Worth to 14.00 AJTAREL WOMEN-