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Omaha Daily Bee
PART TWO
EDITORIAL SECTION
PACES 11 TO 18
VOL. XL VII. NO. 77.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 15, 1917.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
HANSEN JUMPS 'Hello There, You Guessers, Get Busy! All These Men Are j ROADS PLAN TO USE
TO DEATH FROM
HOTEL WINDOW
Prominently Officially Connected With Telephone Company
CARS TO CAPACITY
Brother Unable to Prevent
Wealthy Ranchman from
Jumping from Fourth
Story of Rome Hotel.
Alfred Hansen, aged 42 years, and
unmarried, of Cone, N. M., formerly
a resident of Shelby, la., committed
suicide at 5:30 o'clock Fiday morning
by jumping head-first from a fourth
story window of the Rome hotel. He
died instantly. He crashed to the
pavement at the corner of Sixteenth
and Jackson streets, falling on the
back of his head and crushing it.
Alfred Hansen was strongly af
flicted with nervous trouble, according
to his brother, Otto, and has been
despondent for some time. Hansen
was returning with his brother, Otto,
to their old home at Shelby, la., when
he became so ill that he was taken
from the train to the Rome hotel.
A doctor who called at 3:30 a. m. gave
him a sedative to quiet his nervous
, i nesi.
' Call Doctor.
After the doctor left Alfred threat
ened several times to kill himself. His
brother soothed him and told him to
go to bed. Otto then took a position
near the open window, in order to
prevent him from carrying out his
threat of jumping out.
Suddenly Alfred made a dash to
ward the window, dived over his re
clining brother, who was not prepared
for such swift action, and hurtled
out into space. Police Surgeon
Mullen, who attended him, said that
death was instantaneous. The body
was taken to Hulse & Riepen's un
dertaking parlors.
"When he smashed out the win-j
dow." said the brother, "I tried to
catch hold of mm, but he was too
heavy, and I could not hold him."
In Sanitarium.
According to his brother, Alfred
lias been ill for about two years. On
September 5 to 8 he was in' a sana
tarium at Dehort. Tex. He then
went to Clayton, N. M., to aid Otto
in proving up on a new claim there.
Alfred has been a ranchman at Cone,
N. M., for the last four years.
On the journey here from Clay
ton Otto says that his brother repeat
edly attempted to jump through the
window of the train, and that he was
only prevented from doing this by
the strict watch kept over him. He
was continually having terrifying
visions, and it was to escape these
that he tried to leap through the car
window.
His mother and two half brothers
of Shelby. Ia., who survive him, are
on their way to Omaha.
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Group will be printed again next Sunday with names and present-day pictures.
New System to Be Put in Effect
October 1 Which Will In
j crease the Number
of Cars.
ncginniii nct month thr railroads
( oi the country will adopt a new rule
relative to the loading of freight cars,
its principal purpose bcinsr to reduce
delays in the movement of freight,
hi the past it has been the practi.ee
of railroad agents in smaller towns
and unimportant shipping points to
load into cars freight without regular
waybills for it. As a result, a large
number of cars have been held at in
terchange points and at destinations
of shipments, in many cases for long
periods.
To da away with the delays, be
ginning October 1, the new ruie, pro
viding that no carload, or less than
carload freight is to be loaded into
cars unless accompanied by regular
waybills, fully tilled out.
To Load to Capacity.
Railroads officials are sending out
thousands of letters and circulars
urging grain shippers to load every
car to marked capacity, doing this to
get away from any possible car
shortage that may occur during the
time when the movement of grain is
at flood tide, which is expected to oc
cur during the next six weeks.
It is pointed out that the railroads
of the United States own about 2.
400,0(10 freight cars, of which 1,000,000
are of the box type, suitable for hand
ling grain. If these cars were loaded
to capacity, it would add an average
two tons per car, which would be
equivalent to adding more than 200,
000 cars to the number available for
public use throughout the country.
Rumors of Efforts to
Hold Back Seed Wheat
W ord reaches the Omaha Grain ex
change that in a number of localities
in South Dakota and Minnesota farm
ers are banding together in an at
tempt to resist the government by
holding their wheat for $5 a bushel.
So far as Omaha trade territory is
concerned, Foo Administration
Agent Neal ays there is nothing to
indicate that the farmers are in sym
pathy with such a plan.
Wheat receipts today were ten car
loads, all of which was taken over by
the government fof distribution
among the millers.
Uruguay Forestalls
Attempt to Sink Ships
Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 14.
Uruguayan marines today boarded
all the German ships in the harbor
here, the government having heard of
plans to sink the vessels.
NEW COMMISSIONER
ATTENDSMEETING
Bauer & Johnson Ask County
Dads What They Are Going
to Do About Letting1 New
Paving Contract.
Omaha Drafted Man at
Camp Funston Promoted
Frank O'Connor, son of County Com
missioner O'Connor, has been pro
moted to corporal at Camp Funston,
according to word received in Omaha.
Young O'Connor, who was employed
in the public defender's office in the
court house, was among the first 5
per cent of the national army to leave
for camp. The commissioner has sent
a foot ball to Camp Funston for the
use of his son and other soldiers dur
ing their spare time. The Omaha
boys are organizing a foot ball team
and will challenge an eleven made up
of Kansas City national army men to
a game.
Leo Hoffman, new county commis
sioner, who was appointed to till the
vacancy created by the death of the
late Jeff W. Bedford, attended his
first board meeting Friday morning.
His first official business was to vote
on a few minor claims. Democratic
friends sent him a big bouquet of
flowers, which were in a vase on his
desk when he "began work."
A representative of Bauer & John
son, paving contractors, who recently
won a fight in district court against
the commissioners and the Callahan
Construction company over the let
ting of a contract for resurfacing
county roads, went before the board
to find out what the "board is going
to do about it."
Judge Redick, sitting in law court,
knocked dut the contract let to the
Callahan people and referred the pav
ing matter back to the commissioners.
Two Women Divorced
Would Reopen Suits
Two wives recently granted 6t
crees in divorce court have filed mo
tions to reopen the suits. Mrs. Zorah
Zwieble, freed from John Zwieble,
wants the court to amend her decree
of divorce so she can get alimony.
She alleges she has discovered since
the decree was granted her former
husband owns a lot of real estate
she never knew he had. She says
he has the property and insists it
must be the result of "accumulations
during their married life."
Mrs. Mary E. Brown, divorced
from Willis F. Brown, alleges she has
discovered "he concealed property
and assets from the court when the
decree was granted." She says he
misrepresented his holdings in or
der to mislead the court in making
a proper alimony allowance.
According to Mrs. Brown, her for
mer spouse conveyed all his proper
ty in Union county, Iowa, shortly
after the divorce decree was granted.
She declares she has had a hard time
collecting what the court did allow
her.
Federal Grand Jury to
Report On September 24
Four Nebraska newspaper editors
arc included among the twenty-three
men called to be federal grand jury
men for the Omaha division of the
t'cdcral court. They are Ross Ham
mond of Fremont, Dr. C. C. Barnes
of Albion, C. C. Jones of Ainsworth
and James R. Sutherland of Tekamah.
The following are the others named
to serve on the grand jury:
L. A. Arthur, Grand Island; Barney
Becker, St. Helena; C. J. Cornell,
Valentine; O. E. Crannell, Tekamah;
Charles H. Flower, Minatare; E. Von
Forrcll, Scottsbluff; Frank L. Hay
cock, Callaway; Henry Korff, Hart
ington; John Kuhl, Randolph;
Charles McComb, Blair; William C.
Mitchell, Coleridge; L. H. Neble,
Omaha; Frank Pierce, Belmont; J.
W. Ransom, Norfolk; S. S. Van Horn,
Fremont; A. J. Viele, Norfolk; Elmer
Weber, Papillion; Ed Wideman, Co
lumbus; Lew J. Young, Newman
Grove.
Alternates Edward Catour, Genoa;
J. C. Duggan, Goodwin; George H.
Clayton, Canton; E. J. Fletcher, Na
cora; C. F. Harrison, Omaha; James
B. Miner, Ravenna; James G. Wood
man, Morrill.
The jurors will report at the
Omaha federal court September 24.
Army Draft and Enlistments
Cut Down Available Jurymen
A smaller number of jurymen than
usual will be available for the fall
docket of district court, which opens
next Monday, according to Election
Commissioner Moorhead, in whose
offices the names of ISO veniremen
were drawn. Election Commissioner
Moorhead says the army draft and
the lasge number of men who have
enlisted in different branches of the
service have taken many prospective
jurymen. Jurymen will report for
duty next Monday morning.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
BERNSTEIN'S FOR VALUE
MEW
ARRIVALS
DRESSES
Of Styles and Quality for
Particular Women
At MOIIEY-SAUING Prices
Private
Fitting
Rooms and
Expert
Fitters to
Serve You.
Alterations
Free.
For afternoon and evening wear, stylishly made in silk taffeta, serges
and panaraas, all the latest fall styles, with beautiful draped fold
skirts, plain or box pleated front or back. Some with drop pockets
or tunic effect, with silk embroidery collars and silk chiffon sleeves ;
a cnoice selection at tnese exceptionally low prices
$12.50 and $15.00
BEAUTIFUL FALL SUITS AND COATS
A GUARANTEED SAVING IF YOU BUY NOW
Wonderful creations in the new Fall Styles with handsome large
buckles in back or front. Some with cape or convertible collars,
richly trimmed and lined with silk; gracefully draped skirts in all
wool serges, poplins, gabardines and velours, pretty grays, green,
brown and blue, special at
$15.00 and $20.00
CHILDREN'S DRESSES
Neat, classy, dainty Dresses for little girls, made of striped gingham, madras and
percale, high waisted effect, prettily trimmed with embroidered stitching, with belt or
flat pockets, in Shepherd checks, browns, greens, blues and pinks
69c-98c-$1.48
HlSal6thSt,
Dainty
Boots,
$3.95
$4.95
$6.95
Saturday
Special
Ladies'
Blouses,
$1.00
One-Minute
Store Talk
The vital question of qual
ity in clothes is solved at this
greater "Quality - Clothes
Store." Months ago wc foresaw
present conditions of the
woolen market and prepared
for the shortage.
What all this effort
to maintain Quality
Standards means to
you is demonstrated
today in unparallel
ed Fall and Winter
clothing values.
Poitive Saving! of
25 to 33 for
Greater Nebraska
patrons this
Compare
JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.'
WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas."
Men't, Young Men', Boys'
fi Women's and Children's Shoes-
Main Floor. North.
1 1 II TODAY
Ji
A Fall Clothes Display
That Is Interesting All Omaha
HERE'S the one cosmopolitan clothing display of the mid
dle west; the one exhibit that involves the combined
productions of the acknowledged leading Quality
clothes makers of America; the one showing so vast that ev
ery man's requirements and style preferences are considered
and provided for without stint or limitation. From every
standpoint, the most complete, comprehensive and diversi
fied clothes exposition in all our store-history. Your inspec
tion invited Saturday.
Strikingly Smart New Fall Suits
$15, $20, $25, $30, $35, $40
Double or single-breasted Sacks in a range of belted ,
models, presenting every conceivable combination and
application of this extremely dressy and attractive style.
Full belted, half belted, half concealed belt, yoke or
inverted pleat style two, three, four patch pockets, welt
or vertical pockets. High shoulders, high waisted effects;
toft roll sacks. Beautiful new Autumn colorings, soft
browns, greens, grays, fancy mixtures, patriotic blue
flannels, serges. Many entirely different and distinctive
styles for young men exclusively at this greater store.
True Blue Serge Suit
Headquarters
You wouldn't know from our prices that
blue serges have advanced heavily. Again
our early contracts blocked the raise and
our customers save the difference. Serges,
unfinished worsteds, flannels, self stripes,
hair lines. In justice to yourself, don't buy
serges without comparison of our values,
a guaranteed saving of 25 to 33 V4 at
$15 to $35
Hard-to-Fit Men's
Fall Clothes
Big men, you're not hard to fit; short men,
tall men, stout men, either. Greater Ne
braska Special size ranges involve every
conceivable proportion. The development
of years of scientific grading of sizes
stands back of this store clothes service
to all men. Wonderful
value Fall Suits at. ,
$15,. $40
Fall Hat Store of Omaha
Be sure of quality and style in your headwear. Select from trie larg
est showing in the west of the world's foremost makers' new fall
productions. Choose from wonderfully complete stocks Saturday
'John B. Stetson Ht, I Borialino Italian Hati, I Crofut and Knapp HaU,
$4.00 to $10.00 I $5.00 and $6.00 ' $4.00 to $5.00
NEBRASKA SUPERIOR HATS, NEBRASKA DE LUXE HATS,
at $3.50 at $3.00
Newest Cap Styles, at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00
Men's Quality Haberdashery
Our early fall showing in a class by itself for variety,
quality and values.
New Fall Shirts, from Bates
Street, Yorke and other
makers. Special values, at
$1.50, $2 and $2.50
Superb New Neckwear The
most luxurious wide-end four-in-hands
on record, at $1.00.
Others at 50tf to $2.00.
JOHN A SWANSON.MKS.
WM I hOkZMAN.TuJ
Wool Sweaters for Everybody
Complete showing of wool sweaters for men, women and
children surprising values
Men's Sweaters. Women's Sweaters.
$2.00 to $10.00 $2.95 to $8.75
Boys Sweaters, $2.00 to $4.00
Girls' Sweaters, $2.50 to $5.95
Hurley Shoes for Men
In presenting these famous Shoes for men we take an
other step in the upbuilding of our shoe section, the
phenomenal growth of which is directly traceable to effi
cient service and better values. See the new Fall Hurley
styles Saturday. They're here exclusively..
COM TARE
OUR VALUES
ALWAYS
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CORRECT APfAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
