THE OMAIU SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 16, 1916.
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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
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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
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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-