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Paris Reports Losses of Teutons in
Great Battle of Verdun
Appalling.
TEUTONb Al TACKING WITH FURY
TARIS, Teb. 26. At the great bat
tic being fought a few miles north
of the stronghold of Verdun, the
eastern pivot of the French front, so
far the Germans, by sheer weight of
11 en and metal, have succeeded in
forcing the French left wing back for
three miles to Samogneux, on the
heights a hove the Me use, and for a
r'.-.ortei distance on the right, but
they have made little impression on
the center. Tire line is bent, but far
from broken, The nature of the
I country between Beaumont and
! Samogneux lends lUelf more to at
tack than to defense and the French
command appears to have brought
the line back chiefly to avoid useless
losses and to take up positions that
e more easily defended.
Artlllerjr Op-ratIoiu.
No Infantry attacks were made by the
Germans on the extremities of the battle
front, their action being: confined to
violent and continuous artillery opera
lions, but the French artillery has suc-
reded in holding lta own. The assaults
rndod at the heiKhts of HerbeboL and
the positions of Deux Jumelles. Between
these latter points passes an Important
roitd which, after skirting the heights of
the Mouse, Joins the main road from
IHaln to Dnmvllllers.
The French defense according; to" mili
tary experts, has proved ltwlf moat ef
fective by Inflicting- appalling losses on
the Germans. Prisoners taken yeater
tlay stated that whole reKiments have
been wiped out. It Is expected, however,
that the Germans will return to the
chartto with renewed fury as they desire
to get within reach of the forts. They
ere now within two miles of that of
liouaumont, ' Within three miles of that
tf Charny and about the same distance
of Vaux and Tavannes. If they should
succeed In their purpose which is thought
In military circles to be highly Improb
able it Would be at a cost of life out of
ill proportions to the advantage gained.
a . mm
weive-uyimuer
Car Being Built by
Haynes Company
The Haynea twelve-cylinder chassis Is
one of the big attractlona of the Auto
show. The Haynes company was one of
the first manufacturers of automobiles
and of recent years has built one of the
moat popular light alx-cylinder machines
on the market.
In a ahort time the twelve-cylinder
Haynes will be on the market. Charlie
Corkhlll, Omaha representative for the
Haynea, asked that one of, the twelve
qyllnder chassis be aent to Omaha for
the show and It was sent, for Corkhlll Is
one of the biggest distributors the Haynes
company haa. '
Mr. Corkhlll declares that already he
has received & number of orders for the
twelve, even though he has not received
any of the cars yet. "The light alx Is
not losing any of Its popularity, either,"
says Corkhlll. "I'm selling them even
beyond ray fondest expectations. Lota of
people want the twelve and lota of ethers
want the six. We are going to have
them both, so we'll please everybody."
HUFFMAN SUES PAIGE AUTO
COMPANY FOR $151,000
W. I.. Huffman, Omaha auto dealer.
has filed suit in district court for 1151,000
Jleged damages against the Plg-De-
tiolt Motor Car company. He alleges
breach of contract as the basis of hla
eult, following the action of the company
in taking from him the sales agency for
J'nlge autoa.
The suit was filed Thursday afternoon
end the papers immediately withdrawn
until service could be had upon a visit
ing officer of the nonresident corporation,
wliich was accomplished later.
ROLL DISAPPEARS FROM
TROUSERS DURING NIGHT
Louis Mitchell. 1623 North Twenty
second street, folded his trousers neatly
o'er the back of a chair before retiring.
In the morning they were In the same
position but during the-night 146 bad
evaporated from one of the pockets.
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL
TEACHERS TO MEET HERE
Douglas county school teachers will
meet in Omaha on March 4. C. W. Pugs
Iry, agricultural expert, and Prof. Uw
u nce Rruncr, entomologist, both of the
1'niversity of Nebraska, will be the prin
cipal speakers.
Thc.rc Mary Page
Dy Frederick Lewis, Author of
'What Happened to Miry"
Pictures by
Essanay
F CER EMERY FINDS TWO
AUTCS THAT WERE STOLEN
officer George Emery, who was de
tailed a few days ago to trace stolen
cars, returned two of the vehicles Thurs
day, which he found In outlying districts
of the city. One was the propeity of
William Stewart, BU South Thirty-fifth
street, and the other of W, H. W'oerner,
I": Tratt street.
SV.01'SIS.
Mary Psge. sotress. In neruaed of th
murder of lvld I'nllock snd is defended
by her lover. fhillp I mrcton. Pollock
w Intnxlmted. At Mary's trial rbo
stlmlts she had the revolver. Her maid
testifies that Mury threatened Pollock
"ith it previously, and Mary's leading
man Implicates l.angrlon. How Mary
(llsappcated from the scene of the crime
is a mystery. Brandon tells of a strange
hand print he saw on Mary's shoulder.
Further evidence shows that horror of
drink produces temporary Insanity In
Mary. The defense Is 'reprpaM-d psy
chosis." Witness described Marys
fllRht from her Intoxicated father and
her father s suicide. ,
CHAPTER VI.
"Will you tell us, please, what you
saw when you reached the upper land
ing?" "We saw Mr. I,angdon and Mr. Pol
lock on the floor engagnd in a furious
struggle, while from the door of Miss
Page'a room came the aound of little
hands beating against the wood, and al
most continuous screams or bursts of
hysteric laughter, lntexspered with oaths
In a man's voice The detectives went
at once to Mr. Iangdon's aid. and when
they had seised Mr. Pollock one of them
covered him with his revolver, whllo
the other ran with Mr. Iangdon and my
self to the door of Miss Page's room.
It was locked, and our cries to Mary
to let us In only brought more terrible
screams from her, so the detective, warn
ing us back, fired his revolver down
ward through the keyhole, shattering
the lock, and we burst Into the room."
She broke off as If overcome by the
memory of what had met their eyes In
that prison room, and Iangdon, his own
face white with the tensity of remem
bered horrors, prompted her huskily:
"Will you tell the court, please. Miss
Walton, what you saw when you en
tered the rooms of Mary rage."
"Miss Page was standing at the win
dow sobbing and laugnlng and tearing
at the Iron oars with hands already cut
and bleeding from her efforts. Half
croiictifd l Ice bed, : the ugly at
tendant lr. Zellsr h.'ul sent In to watch
her. and lying shattered on the floor be
side him was a whisky bottle. He was
obviously brutally drunk, but either Miss
Pase s madness or our entrance terrified
him Into a momentary sobriety, and as
we ran lowanla Mkea Page ho darted
out of the room."
"Mow long was It before Miss Page
guirtod down?"
"It was some hours. When we found
that neither Mr. Ijingdon nor I was
recognised by M1ss Page I ran "down
stairs for rr. Foster. As t came out In
the hall the detective who wss guarding
Mr , Pollock turned towards me and
the latter Instantly leapt over the ban
isters and rushed Into the office The
detective and I were close behind him,
and as we recahed the door we saw
Mr. Pollock leap t)prm,tr. Foster and
strike the revolver from his hand. Then
he switched out the light .and railed to
Zellar to "come quick.' Refore we could
stop them both men ran out througTi one
of the lonfc windows."
"Hid you see either of them again?"
"No. We at once locked all the doors
and windows and then Pr. Foster hur
ried upstairs to Miss Page. It was some
hours before he could quiet her even
with strong sedatives, and when at last
she was asleep it was so near dawn that
It seemed best for us all to stay right
there until morning."
"Did you hear Ir. Foster give any
opinion as to this second attack of mad
ness on the part of Miss Page?"
"Tes. I asked him what could have
caused It. and he pointed to the broken
whisky bottle, saying that the brutal
attendant was undoubtedly drunk even
before he had entered the room, and had
probably continued drinking In Miss
Page's presence. 'This,1 he said, 'proves
conclusively to mo that Miss Page Is
suffering from whst we term "repressed
psyohosls." superinduced by the sight of
Intoxloation!"
STARTS OUSTER SUIT
AGAINSTCALDWELL
County Attorney Magney Begins
Quo Warranto Proceedings in
the District Court.
ACTING JUSTICE OF FEACE
Tatrlck C. Caldwell, alleged to
have served for over a year as Justice
of the peace In South Omaha without
any authority or bond, has at last
been made defendant to quo war
ranto auit in district court. Intended
to oust him from his office. County
Attorney George A. Magney filed the
ult Thursday afternoon.
In the tatter's peiitlon it Is alleged
that Caldwell was appointed by the
governor in 1914 to nerve out an un
expired Vorm. till the end or the year,
and that when Caldwell ran for office
at the regular election he was de
feated. However, the petition alleges,
the defeat did not cause Mr. Caldwell
to retire from office. On the con
trary, it is averred, he continued for
over a year to act as Justice of the
peace without legal warrant, claim or
right, and without even furnishing
the usual bond required of Justices of
the peace.
The present petition auks that Caldwell
be declared not entitled to the office, and
that he be ousted therefrom. County At
torney Maguey declared he had received
no complaints against CaM well until re
cently or he would have proceeded aualnst
him before this.
During his alleged unlawful occupancy
of the office Caldwell Is said to have en-
Strong Motors Make Little Noise;
This Goes for the Salesmen, Too
Into the booth of the Mtirphy-O' Helen
Auto company at the Auto show hreeied
a well-fed. well-groomed wellsprlng of
bubbling enthusiasm.
Plump of body, ruddy of face, oily of
hair and oily of tongue also, ho swept
all before htm. .
lie asAnycd 9 44-100 to the god at first
glance
Yet this bright and shining being
spread gloom among all thoae about
him.
He did this by being an optimist -an
optimist, however, exclusively about him
self and his own exploits. lis began
nearly every sentence wnn the personal
pronoun "I." Those sentences thst didn't
begin thus he Invariably ended with the
persons! pronoun "ntc,"
He bad apparently done the undoable,
he knew the unknowable and he "could
unscrew do Inscrutable," as the colored
preacher said, lie had Come to tell the
Mlurphy-tVHrlen crew how to sell cars.
"I took orders for twenty cars at the
Kansas City show." he bubbled.' "Folks
Just fought to get at me. My hand wss
all tired out when I'd finished writing
them."
loeh, someone's always taking the joy
out of life! What ean any salesmAti
say to a person who haa to fight his
wsv out of crowds of buyers like this?
"And the funny part about It wss thst
It was the twentieth of the month when
I took those twenty orders." the Wonder
Msn gurgled en. "Course. I never claimed
any supernatural powers, but some of the
Pthrr men that hadn't nvide any sales
said I did It by black magic or some
thing "
tCrash! Poom! Wonder Man, tske to
the life boat. Tour good ship "Kgo" hss
been torpedoed. A certain chap .imnn
your auditors has shot a holt from his
submarine, "calendar").
U was, Indeed, so. One of the men had
dlscoyrrert that the twentieth was on
Put-day !
"1 should say that the most remark
able fm't of all Is that you sold those
twenty cars in a Sunday when the show
wasn't open," hs remarked, fixing the
Wonder Man with a baleful eye.
The Wonder Man stammered excuses
that didn't satisfy. And then he ooied
away and wss lost In the crowd.
Moral "The strongest motors make
the least noise."
tered many Judgments and decisions In
minor litlgstlon In Justice court. Whether
or not these Judgments and decisions will
hold good. If he Is ousted, la a question
perplexing many lltlgsnts.
ED PETERSON MAY HAVE
APPENDICITIS OPERATION
lMward Peterson, hesd of the con
tracting firm bearing his name, was
stricken with appendicitis Thursday upon
his return from an automobile trip to
Gretna. He was removed to Lord LIi
ter hospital. The attending physician
hss not determined whether an operation
will be necessary.
DELIRIOUS PATIENT TRIES
TO ESCAPE FROM HOSPITAL
A delirious patient, occupying ,a room
on the second floor of the north wing
of ft. Joseph hospital, made his escape
from the hospital by msklng a rope of
the bedclothes, by means of which he
descended to the ground. Attired only
In his night clothes the wan went two
blocks up the street snd then went Into
a grocery store for warmth. He wss
found there a moment later by two
nurses, who took him back to the hos
pital. Hospltsl authorities refused to
reveal the name of the patient.
A Hot, Nourishing Meal
one that will put vim and
energy into the worn-out
body and fortify it against
exposure Shredded Wheat
Biscuit (heated in the oven
to restore crispness) with hot
milk. Supplies all the strength
needed for a half day's work.
Also delicious with bananas
or other fruits. Made at
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
TWENTIETH CENTURY
FARMER
The Mtasonrl Valla's
Croatewt Farm Paper.
OMAHA
110,000 Copies Weekly
TS.MW an'lsia 15 mUm fOmmku
(To lie Continued Neit Tuesday.)
Walt Jar dine Tells of Happy Days
Spent at Old Omaha High School
City Commissioner "Walt" Jsrdlne ex
pects to start writing his memoirs some
of these das. One chapter will besr the
caption, "My last day In school." He
told Commissioners Hummel and Wtthnell
of the day when he graduated out of the
back door of the Omaha High school,
then on Capitol hill, and now known as
Central High school. Principal Nightin
gale wss In charge. The story, as told
by Mr. Jardlne, goes something like this:
"We were being questioned about the
races of people Inhabiting this continent
before the advent of Columbus. The
evening before I had been reading Dar
win's evolution theory. A boy named
Redfleld was standing in school near me
He waa asked the question about the
early races and frequently looked to me
for answers. On tms occasion I told him
to answer 'monkeys,' which he did, and
then he burst out into an irrepressible fit
of laughter, while I remained quite sober.
That, broke up the school. The teacher
suspected me, but I maintained an atti
tude of injured innocence.
"The teacher aent me to Principal
Nightingale, who ordered me to remove
my ooat for a reason which I understood
without being told, but Just to be con
trary I told the principal I would not
take my coat off. The principal solemnly
declared he Intended to whip me and I
solemnly told him he would not whip me;
that I had not been to blame in that in
stance. Futhermore, I Informed the prin
cipal that I had whipped every boy in
school and had submitted to his previous
whippings, 'but would submit no longer.
He frankly admitted I could whip him
and gave me the alternative of submit
ting or leaving school. I chose the latter
MICHIGAN MAN TO TALK
TO BARRISTERS SATURDAY
Thomas B. Barkworth of Jackson,
Mich., wilt address the Barristers' club
Saturday noon at the Commercial club
on "A New Outlook for the Modern
Lawyer." The Barristers' club Is com
prised of lawyers who have practiced
at least one year before the Douglas
county bar and who are under t5 years
of age.. Mr. Barkworth is a leading law
yer of Michigan, where he has followed
his profession for thirty-eight years.
ALLEGES HE WAS HURT
IN ELEVATOR ACCIDENT
When an elevator In the Omaha Na
tional Bank building suddenly dropped,
Anton Beabloom was caught and badly
crushed, la alleged In a petition filed In
district court. He asks that he be awarded
damages to the extent of 111,160. on the
grounds that earning powers and physl
clat being are permanently Incapacitated
as the result.
alternative and that waa my last dsy In
any school.
Henry Kstabrook and Win Megeath
were with me in many pranks. I re
member on one occasion we turned the
high school bell upside down, propped It
with a stick, poured In four buckets of
water and then watched the Janitor when
he received a dunking. On another oc
casion we tied several slip knots In the
rope between the hell and the end of the
rope, so that when the Janitor made
his usual swing on the ropo to ring the
bell he landed on tho floor. On April 1
we fastened a dummy on a window slit
of an upper floor. I called the Janitor
outside to warn him of the danger of
a thoughtless boy slttlr.g on the sill.
While he wan viewing the figure on the
sill I whistled as a signal for some of
the other boys ti) release the dummy
which fell to the (round at the feet of
the Janitor, whose face blanched in
frUrht.
"Those were happy days."
BRIGHTER CHILDREN
Children are probably brighterto-day
than a generation ago but are they
stronger? That's a grave question.
So many pinched faces, dulled eyes
and languid feelings make us wonder
if they will ever grow into robust,
healthy men and women.
If your children catch colds easily,
are tired when rising, lack healthy
color, or find studies difficult, give
them Scott's Emulsion for one month
to enrich their blood and restore the
body-forces to healthy action.
Scott's Emulsion is used in private
schools. It is not a "patent medicine",
simply a biffhlv concentrated oil-food,
without alcohol or harmful drugs. It
cannot harm; it Improves blood; it bene
fits lungs and strengthen the system.
Your druggist has it refuse substitutes.
Bcott a Bownc. Bloom field. W. 1. -y 141
NEW-FOUND FRIEND AND
MONEY GO AT SAME TIME
Thursday William Ferrell of the Elks
I.otel met a stranger with whom he be
came convivial. He awoke this morning
to find bis suitcase and Ho gone. Bo was
the stranger, - -
FLETCHER'S NOMINATION
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. -The senate
today confirmed the. nomination of Henry
Prather Jletcher as ambassador to the
irovernmerU of Mexiro. The- vote waa
to '11
ANK M'LAUGHLIN TO BE
PUT ON TRIAL NEXT WEEK
Frank Mclaughlin, being held on a
ciiarge of niannlauchtur In connection
wlH the hoottng of Joseph Byrne. Pouth
!e lumberman, in a saloon on Q street
fall will be tried next week.
ALLEGES AUTO SKIDDED
. INTO WAGON; BRINGS SUIT
Harry I.. Beard is asked to pay V,260
to Charles W. Hokanson, carpenter at
2r Leavenworth, In a suit filed In dis
trict court because the former's auto is
alleged to have akldded Into the tatter's
horse and wagon, throwing him to the
ground and causing serious Injuries. The
accident, it is said, happened at Twenty
seventh and Harney a month ago.
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Ileal Cause Take Dr.
Ld wards' Olive Tablets.
That's what thousands of stomach suf
ferers are doing now. Inatesd of taking
tonics, or trying to patch up a poor dl.
gestion. they are attacking the real causa
of the ailment clogged liver and disor
dered bowels.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets arouse the
llvsr in a soothing, healing way. When
the liver and bowels are performing
their natural functions, away goes In
digestion and stomach troubles.
If you have a bad taste In your mouth,
ongue coated, appetite poor, lasy, don't
care feeling, no ambition or energy,
troubled with undigested food, you should
fake Olive Tablets, the substitute for
calomel.
I Pr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a' purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil
You will know them by their olive color.
Tbey do the work without griping,
cramps or pain.
Take one or two at t?dt!me for quick
relief, so you cancat what you like. At
1'K- and ?c per box. AH druggists. ,'
The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus
Ohio.
SOME REASONS WHY
The Raymond Furniture Company
Expects Your Trade
OBVIOUSLY no one wishes to pay
more for an article if LESS will' pro
cure It. The existence of a live
WORKING CAUSE lies back of every
FJKFECT made apparent in all human
effort. i
THE FIELD WE COVER
embraces all the factors that ars po
tential in their relation to our CUS
TOMERS' INTERESTS. Low cost of
placing our goods before YOU and
getting them to YOU IS AN ESSEN
TIA L PART of our working plan.
Buying power Is another one of our
big levers that enables us to mark a
price on every piece of furniture In
this HIGH GRADE STOCK that will
leave no doubt In your minds of the
VALUE expressed In the article Itself.
Our CASH PLAN carries with It an
other GREAT REASON so obvious
of our ability to give the highest
value for the least outlay of expense
on your part that It becomes unneces
sary to say more on this Important
feature of our system of ECONOMIC
touch with the public.
OUR SERVICE embodies the high
est grade of efficiency, both In man
agement ami sales force. In selecting
your purchases you will have at your
service the benefit of intelligent sug
gestion on the part of trained sales
men, all of whom have had years of
experience in the largest furniture
concerns throughout the country,
thus eliminating much of the time,
thought and labor attendant upon
making "THE HOME PRAUT1FUL."
Our entlro stock of FURNITURE,
RUGS AND DRAPERIES will be
tastefully arranged on our six sales
floors, covering some thirty thousand
square feet of floor space and classi
fied so that no coafuston will exist
In convenient arrangement.
Our SERVICE throughout all de
partments, down to a matter of the
Minalliwt detail will be everything
that MODERN MERCHANDISING
expresses.
WATCH FOR OUR OPENING
ANNOUNCEMENT.
klTMOaD rUKNITVKB CO.,
1.115-IMS Howard St.
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Motor ahow
visitor should
by all means
n d e a v or to
take advantage
of these amaz
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Thl a a I
will not con
tinue Indefi
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aav money
now before the
great ehartc la
gone.
The Values Are Better Than Ever in the Sale of the
E1IM-PECE1 $137,000 STOCK
Those headlines are not an empty generalization, but
an actual provable fact, for we have recruited all those
Flee Suits a
id Overcoats
that were scheduled for ale at higher figures
and made three lots of them at $7.50, $10.00 and
$15.00 remarkable prices that deserve, demand
and will get the fastest action ever known in a sale
of men's clothing.
That fact and the further fact that the woolens
in these suits are selling at famine prices or with
drawn from sale entirely, makes this event of vital
importance to every man who wants to avoid the
avalanche of high prices next fall. -
Tho man who misses the opportunity to get a
fine suit or overcoat at these prices, has cither
more money than he needs or needs his money
more than the clothing that's all there is to it.
-Make up your mind to come Saturday and see
what you can get for one of the thrco prices.
Men! Saturday we will have a special selling of all the
COON SKIN OVERCOATS from the King-Peck Stock.
This ought to interest farmers and stockmen partic
ularly. Small chance of ever again being able to pur
chase one of these fine coats at such a great saving.
Never Before Such Bargains in Men's Pants
Here is tho finest stock of good looking and
good wearing pants you ever saw. The lot in
cludes the best makes, such as Paragon, Jack-Rabbit,
Dauntless and others. The best materials of
Cassimeres, Fancy Mixed Worsteds, Silk Mixed
"Worsteds, Fancy Stripes, etc. All sorts of colors
most desired plain grays, hundreds of pairs of
blue serges, blacks, browns and all the good
looking mixtures. Cuff bottoms, plain bottoms,
semi-pig tops, English models and conserva
tive models. All sizes for men and young men
from 30 to 50 waist. The entire stock is divided
into five lots
$1.49
$1.98
$2.98
$3.98
v
$4.98
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Great Sale of Sample and Broken Lines Men's Shirts
About 1,400 Manufacturer! ' Samples and Broken
Lines of Men's Shirts, from Ely Walker
(E. & W.), St. Louis.
In silk and linen, RuAHian cords, madras, soisette
and many other seasonable weaves. Collar attached
and band collar style ; French turnover and laun
dered cuffs. All new and up-to-date, made for this
spring selling. Values to 2.00. Sale QQ
price Saturday J J
One Hundred Dozen Manufacturers' Samples and
Seconds in Men's Shirts.
Madras, soLsette and numerous other weaves. Col
lar attached and band collar style; golf and laun
dered cuffs. Worth to $1.00. ACk g
Special , , C
All the Men's Kid Gloves, mocha and
cap, from the King-Peck stock that
old up to 11.25; on sale
Saturday, at HuC
Men's Hose, Hale and Egyptian cot
ton. In black, tan. navy, white and
gray. Worth to 20c. Spe-
clal Saturday 1 1 C
Men's Pajamas in solsette, madras
and repp cloth. Worth to ff
12.25, special 31.UU
Men's Night Shirts, In fine muslin
and India linen. Values to C
11.26. at Otic
We are showing a most complete
line of Men's Manhattan QQ
Shirts for Spring. $1.50 loJ)5.t O
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