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OMAHA MAY BE
CENTER OFI.W.W.
PROSECUTIONS
"Gate City Was to Have Been
Made National Headquar
ters of Organization, Fed
eral Officers Believe.
JOHN W.FOSTER DIES
AT HOME IN CAPITAL
Formerly Secretary of State,
Minister to Mexico, Spain,
and Russia; Adviser to
Chinese Government.
Omaha was, to have the doubtfu
"honor" (if hrirtc rhniti a tti ni.
tionat headquarters of the Industrial)
Workers of the World, Omaha federal
officials believe after examining the
reat mass of office records taken in
the raid on the local headquarters
Tuesday.
"The vast number of filled-out
membership cards all indexed, severa'
gunny sacks filled with red cards and
other material, entirely too great ior
the use of a local branch, seem to
point to this program," said United
States Attorney Allen..
The fact that the "Industrial Work
ers of the World" organization has
been raided in Kansas City, St. Louis,
St. Paul and Chicago further points
to the probability that Omaha , had
been chosen as a successor to Chi
cago where the national headquarters
are now.
Invoice Records..
Agents of the bureau of investiga
tion, acting under direction of Chief
Eberstein, have started to invoice an
the records and "literature" taken
from the headquarters here, including
that taken from the vault which was
opened by an expert safe man
Wednesday afternoon after the ar
rested leaders had stated they "didn't
know the combination. This included
a number of packages of blanks, etc.,
which had not been opened and these
further suooort the idea that Omaha
was to become national headquarters,
nmihi maw be the scene of i
whnle sale indictment of Industrial
Wrtrlfrt of the World. '
'This office will act as soon, as the
bureau of investigation met! have
mart a nreliminarv examination of
the 64 men and one woman now in
the county jail," said Assistant United
States Attorney saxton. tacn mui
vidual will be Questioned and a ste
nographer will take down a full re.
tort of the examination. Then we
will go over these reports and deter
wine who shall be indicted."
' Picture of "Martyr."
Among the things taken from the
headquarters is a framed picture of
Joe Hill, one . of the "I. W. W. mar
tvrs " who was executed in Utah a
few vears airo. 'Inclosed behind the
glass is a small envelope containing
a few grains of ashes of his body,
which was cremated.
. In a tin box taken from the vault
was $78 in cash. A letter was also
found, written oy a prisoner in a
Minneapoli. jail. He asks that a cony
of the pamphlet, "Speeches from the
Dock," be sent him. lhis is a use
ful book for the "martyrs", to the
cause,' containing a number of high
faluting speeches which can be mem
orized and.detivered by convicted "I.
W. W." met when they are brought
up in the dock for sentence. They
contain trany big words and high
sounding phrases, enough to satisfy
the vanity of the most exacting "mar
tyr". ;;.'
The House of Jf V
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1613 EARN AM
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The Store for
Gentlewomen
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FRIDAY
SUITS
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PRICE
Every suit in our house will
be offered at one-half of the
regular marked price.
This sale includes the latest
demands in shade, style . and
design.
$100 Suits $50.00
$75 Suits $37.50
$50 Suits $25.00
$40 Suits $20.00
$35 Suits $17.50
Washington, Nov. 15. John W.
Foster, former minister to Russia,
special adviser of the Chinese gov
ernment, dean of the American diplo
matic corps and father-in-law of Sec
retary Lansinp, died here this morn
ing after a long illness, aged 81 years.
He at one time was secretary of
state.
The immediate cause of the vener
able diplomat's death was an asth
matic trouble, although his advanced
years and failing health had given
his family great concern for more
than a year.
With a record of practically a half
century of continuous service in
diplomacy and the practice of inter
national law, John Watson Foster
had a fair claim to the title of dean
of the diplomatic service of the
United States. He had been secre
tary of state under President Harri
son, succeeding Maine when the lat
ter resigned after his sensational
quarrel with the chief executive, and
had held three separate commissions
as a minister plenipotentiary.
Secretary of State.
As secretary of state his most no
table act wag a treaty with the Amer
icans in Hawaii who had been con
cerned in the overthrow of the na
tive queen, providing for annexation
of the islands to the United States.
President Harrison's administration
was drawing to a close, and before the
treaty could be ratified by the senate,
President Cleveland took office and
withdrew it as his first official act.
Mr. Foster was successively minis
ter to Mexico, minister to Russia,
minister to Spain and special plenipo
tentiary to negotiate reciprocity
treaties with Brazil, Spain, Germany
and the British West Indies. Follow
ing that he became secretary of state.
Later he became the agent of the
United States at Paris in the Bering
sea arbitration, and at the close of
the war between China and Japan
was invited by the emperor of China
to. participate in the peace negotiations.
Father of Mrs. Lansing.
Of late he has lived in comparative
retirement in Washington, writing his
memoirs, His daughter became the
wife of Robert Lansing, secretary of
state in President Wilson's cabinet,
and continued to make her home with
him. It is no disparagement of Mr,
Lansing's conduct of the many de
licate diplomatic negotiations which
confronted him as an outcome of the
European war, to say that he doubt
less enjoyed the counsel and ripe ex
perience of his distinguished-' father-in-law.
Mr. Foster was born in Pike
county, Indiana, March 2, 1836, the
son of a lawyer. He entered the law
at an early age end served later in
the union: army as an officer.
. ' nn. f ' .1 t
un nn outn Dirinaay anniversary,
March 2, 1916, President Yuan Shi
kai conferred tiDon him the Order of
the Golden Grain, the highest order
of merit within the gift of the Chinese
government Yuan had been the com
manding general of the Chinese
troops in the clash with Japan which
brought on the conflict Mr. Foster
took a part in adjusting.
DODDER KILLED
SELF IN MACHINE
IS JURY VERDICT
Wife of Undertaker Will be Un
able to Collect $15,000
For Which She
Sued.
Socialist Oppose Tirpitz
In Election for Reichstag
Coocnhaeen. Nov. 15v The so
cialists have determined to disregard
the agreements entered into at the
outset of the war of political truce,
and will nominate a candidate for the
Reichstag in the Bautzen-Kamenz dis
trict of Saxony. This is the seat for
which the 'conservatives have asked
Admiral von Tirpitz, former minis
ter of marine, to stand. "
To Reform Saxon Diet.
Amsterdam, Nov. 15.The Icing of
Saxony, in a speech from the throne
at the opening of the Landtag,
promised bills for the reform of the
upper and lower houses of the Saxon
Diet Its is proposed to establish an
institute for southeastern Europe and
Turkey at the University of Leipsig.
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Omaha's Beat Bagafe Builders
1803 Farnam St.
Wa Like Small Repair Johi.
Comparison is invited. Sale
begins promptly at 8:30 a. m.
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Don't Use Any Other
Than Cuticura Soap
To Clear Your Skin
That Edward L.. Dodder himself
fired the shot that caused his death
on the night, of January 4, 1917, in
his coupe on the road north of Flor
ence, was the verdict the jury re
turned at noon today in Mrs. Dod
der's suit for $15,000 on one of his
insurance policies. The verdict is to
the effect that the insurance com
pany is not liable in this case and
Mrs. Dodder will be unable to collect
the insurance.
Mrs. Dodder's attorneys attempted
to prove that Dodder had been mur
dered. The burden of proof was on
the insurance company to prove that
he had committed' suicide. Attor
neys W. II. Gurley and V. J. Cou
ncil for the insurance company
proved to the satisfaction of the jury
that the murde theory was untenable
considering . the' situation of the body
and the evidence surrounding it at
the time it was found. They were
able to establish the motive and the
circumstances evidencing suicide.
The policy upon whicfi Mrs. Dod
der brought suit is said to be one of
several upon which payment has been
denied on similar grounds.
Episcopal Convocation of
Nebraska at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. IS. (Special.)
The Episcopal convocation of the
diocese of Nebraska is in session
here, and will continue until Friday
evening. Three deacons, the Rev. R.
H. Fairchild, C. S. Darling and
Charles E. Brown, were ordained for
the priesthood.
Bishop Webb of the diocese of
Milwaukee preached, Bishop Williams
officiating. Thursday evening a ban
quet for the clergy will be given.
German Air Planes Now
Carry Wireless Outfits
Copenhagen, Nov. 15. Captain
Baron von Richthofen, Germany's
leading aviator, expressed himself as
unconcerned over the reported prepa
ration to place 20,000 American avia
tors on the western front. He be
lieves it will be impossible to get to
gether that many trained pilots, as
the training is long and costly and
involves heavy casualties.
Lieutenant General von Ardenne of
the Berliner Tageblatt, states that the
German air service, which evidently
has been forewarned by newspaper
discussion of American plans, is
steadily increasing the numbers of
aviators and machines.
German fighting airplanes, General
von Ardenne gays, now carry wireless
receiving outfits, which enable them
to engage in combat promptly with
enemv fliers. This is necessitated by
new conditions on the Flanders front,
where whole squadrons of allied ma
chines can appear oyer the German
lines in a surprisingly short time.
German squadrons starting from the
ground to meet the invaders would be
too late, so they must constantly
be in the front lines either flying or
ready for flight.
Gifford Pinchot Resigns
. As Voluntary Aid to Hoover
Washington, Nov. IS. Resignations
of Gifford Pinchot and E. C Lassater,
a Texas cattle grower, have been ac
cepted as member) of the food ad
ministration's organization. They
have been serving as voluntary aids
to Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover.
Flanders Fighting Forces
Many Changes in Method
Copenhagen, Nov. IS. German avi
ators say they have noted recently
that a majority of the British fliers
in Flanders are showing themselves
in the Dixmude section of the front
instead of the region of Passchen
daele. Lieutenant General von Ardenne
discusses various developmetns of the
Flanders fighting, among them the
decrease in the use of hand grenades,
which in close fighting are as danger
ous to friends as to foes. They are
being replaced by light machine guns
and special units whose task is to
seek out enemy batteries by sight of
hearing. The muzzle flash of a gun
he says, is observed by from three;
to five stations connected by tek-
phone and the position of the gun u '
determined easily. Special apparatus
has been designed to determine the.
distance and direction from which
the sound of a cannon's discharge
comes.
Appointed Dictators cf
War Savings Campaign
Washington, Nov. IS. H. K.
Knight of Laramie and John N. Drum
of San Francisco were appointed to
day as state directors of Wyoming
and northern California, respectively,
for the government's war savings
campaign.
BIG FIRE SALE
STARTS FRIDAY
Sea our ad on paga 14 Read avary Ham.
SHERMAN A McCONNELL
DRUG CO.
bephmble Suits and Overcoats
1512 DODGE STREET. '
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WHERE
THE
MONEY
GOES
Money Cannot Buy
Common Sense, but
Common Sense Will
Save You Money.
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If you "don't know where the next dollar is coining
from;" think where the last one went and spend the
next one wisely.
Conservation, like charity, should begin at home
and in the homes.
This is the richest nation in all the world -hut we
have not a dollar to waste. Paying for SOMETHING
YOU DON'T GET is willful waste a sin against the in
dividual and against the great nation of which you are a
part
Because you can AFFORD to pay $20 a ton for coal
does not justify your doing so, because that encourages
grasping dealers to EXACT THAT PRICE from others
who CANNOT AFFORD IT, and if you ignore their rights
simply because you have more dollars than sense, you
are knocking loudly at the door of the "Slackers' Club."
Millions of dollars are spent every year in some
Dental Offices without adequate return. Perhaps forty
cents on each dollar goes for ACTUAL SERVICE REN
DERED, and sixty cents goes for IMAGINARY REPUTA
TION AND STANDING of the Dentist.
This sixty cents on every dollar serves to keep
prices up to the eternal detriment of every
family of average incomeand you who pay
the price because you CAN AFFORD IT are
saying by your acts and with your money that
you approve of placing competent Dental serv
ices beyond the reach of your less fortunate
neighbors.
.1 have demonstrated for the past seven years, and
proved by thousands of people that honest, conscientious,
dependable, durable dentistry is possible at HALF THE
PRICES CHARGED BY THE HIGH-PRICED PRIVATE
DENTISTS, and I have proved that in THIS OFFICE the
best materials CAN be used and the work performed by
skilled graduate registered dentists, at these prices.
Do not get the impression for one moment that I am
advocating cheap or shoddy Dentistry for that would
be even greater extravagance than high-priced, GOOD
dentistry.
Do not think that my patients are not able to pay
more than my prices or that I cater only to the less for
tunate people.
MY PRICES ARE FOR GUARANTEED DENTIST
RY WORK THAT IS SKILLFULLY DONE WITH A
VIEW OF SIGHTLINESS, PERMANENCE, HONEST
VALUE, and the well-to-do KNOW THIS AND PATRON
IZE THIS OFFICE because they use their common sense
and save their dollars.
That is WHY they are "Well-to-do." ,
Painless Withers, Dentist
423-428 Securities Bldg. -16th and Farnam Sts.
OMAHA, NEB.
Office Hosnrs: 8:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sunday, 9 to 1.
THDMPSORBELQEN g- GO.
Qhe fashion Ceiiter Jor Ziomet3
There Is Trae EcEmy in Buiyiimg (Geod TMmgs
Tea Napkins
Plain hemstitched luncheon
or tea napkins that are us
able on all occasions. Nicely
hemstitched on a fine round
thread linen, 13Vfcxl3 in
ches, $5 a dozen.
Linaa Section
Children's One and
Two-Piece Suits
Kaynee garments in white
and colors that are absolute
ly fast; very practical and
serviceable garments, 2 to 6
year sizes, $1.25, $1.50,
$1.75 upwards.
Creeping-Rompers
In pink and blue checks on
white, also stripes and plain
shades of pink, blue and tan ;
65c, 75c, 85c up to $2.25.
Children's Rompers
-A One-Day Sale
Mostly long sleeve styles, in
dark and light colors, 2 to 6
year sizes, regularly sold for
50c and 65c
Friday 39c
An Extensive Showing
of Handsome New Coats
There is a distinctiveness about each
coat, due to the use of fine 'fabrics,
together with skillful designing and
the best of tailoring. Priees are
deeidedly reasonable
$25 and $35
No Extra Charge for Alteration!.
Effective Dresses
$18.75, $2$, $35
This is such a complete
and so attractive an offer
ing that it will appeal di
rectly to women desiring
distinctive apparel.
Private Display Rooms
Curtain Nets 25c
Filet and novelty
weaves, 36 and 40 in
ches wide, at the attrac
tive reduced price of
25c a yard.
Basament
A Group of Hats
Specially Priced
Friday, $5
They include a well selecte d
number of mid-winter style
in bright, refreshing colors.
The $5 Price
Is Very Special
Second Floor
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For Men
Superior Union Suits
Superior can't gap in the seat
or bind in the crotch, they are
made extra strong where wear
is hardest Your choice of cot
ton, part wool, all wool or silk
and wool garments, in sizes 34
to 50, including stouts.
Night Shirts
and Pajamas
Be it outing flannel, muslin or
silk, we are prepared. New pat-,
terns in a variety of colors.
Extra sizes in night shirts, in
eluding 20, cut full (enough for
the largest man. I. Faultless,
Universal, Brighton makes.
The Men's Shop
Gingham Dresses
New models that are, indeed,
beautiful. They come in ar
tistic combination striped pat
terns, that are new and attrac
tive for house wear, $3.50 and
$4.50.
Basement
Meredie Fluffs
Some may ask, "what are
fluffs?" They are a mere bit
of style added to the slender
woman's blouse or frock and
one worn becomes a source of
comfort and pleasure.
Made of very fine net, 85c.
Third Floor
Who Gives Electric Gifts
Gives Wisely
Thoughtful Givesi whose good eoxnmomeiBe and pfltrfaffrr
counsels wise spending and practical giving are doing their holiday
shopping in our show rooms this year. Here are displayed scores
of useful Electrical Appliances that bring added comfort to the
home Gifts that mean more leisure for the housewife, that save
strength, that do work better, quicker and more economically,
Long after Christmas is over, Meotrio Gifts endure, bringing
to the recipient dstj after day veloame evidence of your thought
fulness. ' Electric Lamps, Percolators, Chafing-dishes, Toasters, Irons,
Heaters, Pads, Washing Machines, Sewing Machines, Vacuum Clean
ers, etes, are only a few of the desbahle Christmas Gifts offered
from which to make a selection.
Visit on show room today, or eall
EUJEB THREE ONE HUNDRED
Mctoraska Puweir Co.
Tour Electric Service Company"