THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 'Zl. n17.
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TROOPS PURSUE 1
"BANDITS after 1
RAID ON BORDER
Canyon Where 100 Mexicans
Who Plunder and Murder
Are in Hiding is Surrounded.
Nebraska
FARMERS FATALLY
INJUREDJN CRASH
Machines Driven By Goss
Brothers Collide on Narrow
Strip of Road Near
Osceola.
Ota!:-
Urfd, Tex., Dec. J6. American
'ys early today wrrc guarding a&'
-- R outlets to Van Morn canyon,
:rc 1(10 Mexican bandits, who
'- i.t istmas morning crossed tiic Aincr-
' an border, raided the uostoirlce and
-.ncral ore on the Erite ranch 27
rlcs .v.uilicatt of here, killed Michael
Welch, a veteran stage driver, and his
'.v. u Mexican i',':5cngers, v.ou.n'.cd
-:! N'cill, torcn us of the Brie ranch.
d tarried .-.way loot esti'.-s.atc-! to
he worth $7,(100, besides horses stolen
oin the ranch, ire hiding.
Alter the Ian ,:ts d:?appe red over
run rock vhicli nes atnn'.!y
than !,'i00 feel above the K o
tie, ipc .oiuiers who were in
r.t'r.vtit Wed lr.any r.'.ir.c's at
them and are reported to have killed
and wounded many of the Mexicans.
1 he shuotinr compelled the bandits
to abandon the horses on which they
carried away the loot. Colonel George
T. Langhorne, in command of the
American forces in the Fiig Bend,
xpected the pursuit to be resumed at
daybreak.
Wlidn tlr bandits attacked the
raiKh Xcill, with his wife and a num
ber of. ranch hands, barricaded them
selves in a ranch house a short dis
tinct from the Rrite postoffice and
uvlit oft the bandits until l. :.
: U:cr had been sent to their as
. is.iiice.
Troopers Summoned.
'.'avail ymen, under command of
captain Leslie .-. Sprinkle, were
rushed to the Ilrite ranch in auto
mobiles, the soldiers leaving camp at
1 ! :.'U o'clock just a few minutes be
ou: mess call for the annual Clirist
l Mi dinner was- to have been sounded.
When the raiders sighted the ap
proaching cavalry they abandoned the
vorkof pillage and rode off over the
almost impassable rim rock toward the
.southwest, dropping over it just a few
"mnttcs ahead of Captain Sprinkle and
his men. A natural barrier is formed
tv tiie rim rock between Brite's ranch
rid t he Rio Grande, impassable save at
c.iiaiii points where winding trails
have been cut in the rock hills.
At the point where the bandits
c'ropped from s'pht f tnc pnrsuiug
troops there is an abrupt descent of
more than 1,01)0 feet. When the sol
diers had gone as far as possible in
automobiles they continued the pursuit
on foot to the edge of the rim rock,
where thev did some expert shooting
at the fleeing bandits at a distance of
vcr 1.000 yards. A number of the
Mexicans were believed to have been
kiilcd and many wounded.
Carranza Soldiers.
Captain Sprinkle reported that the
bandits had been forced to abandon
i i crything but a few horses they were
riding. In his report to Colonel Lang
horne he expressed the opinion that
'he raiders were Carranza soldiers. He
also reported that the raiders were
apparently attempting to reach the
ic Grande.
Immediately upon receipt of news
r.f the raid Colonel Langhorne dis
patched troops north along the Rio
Grande to head off the raiders with
orders to spread out over the country
'n order to prevent any of the bandits
tsxaping.
Beatrice Red Cross Sets
Goal at 3,500 Members
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 26. (Special.1)
w-Red Cross membership campaign
Jwill be continued to January 1, ac
cording to the announcement of
Chairman Ilevelone of the county
committee. He estimates that there
will be at least 3,500 members in the
city, arid approximately 10,000 in the
county.
J. S. Atherton. for nearly 40 years
a resident of Gage county, died at
his home in this city yesterday, aged
68 years. Mr. Atherton is survived
by his widow and two sons. J. R.,
of Lincoln, and Dee of this city.
Chief of Police Dillow proposes to
enforce the speed limit ordinance for
autos within the city limits and
hardly a day goes by but what some
one is fined for burning up the roads.
Mayor Saunders has given out orders
to enforce the law.
Albert Sage of this city and Miss
Frances Mahoney, who were married
at Omaha last week, arc visiting in
the city with relatives.
Announcement was received here
yesterday of the death of Mrs. M. A.
Sydenham, formerly of this city,
which occurred Saturday at her holne
at Laramie, Wyo. She was the
daughter of Mrs. William I'itcaithlcy
of this city. The body will be taken
to Axtell for interment.
Claude W. Bay, a member of the
national army at Camp Funston, and
Mis Amanada Jensen of this city
were married at the Lutheran parson
age by Rev. A. M. Rcitcl.
II. L. Dempster, who has been sales
manager for the Dempster company
! ere for the last few years, has been
transferred to Denver to become
manager of the Dempster branch
house there to succeed I I. L. Warner,
resigned. lie and his family will
leave for that place this week.
Word was received here yesterday
of the death of Mr?. Mary L. Bilyeu.
formerly of this city, which occurred
a. the home of her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Habig, at Tacoma,
Wash.
Funk (Neb.) Scores 100 Per
Cent in Xmas Red Cross Drive
Osceola, Xeb., Dec. Jo. (.Special.)
Lee Go.s and Howard Goss, broth
ers, young farmers living north of
vwn, were fatally injured last night
when their automobiles collided on a
narrow strip of road. Both of them
died this morning.
The machines crashed head-on when
they attempted to pass each other on
the road. The machine driven by
Howard turned over several times.
Other persons in the cars were not
injured. ,
Both of the young men came here
recently from the east. Lee Goss is
survived by his widow and one child.
Howard is survived bv his w idow.
MANY FREMONTERS
JOINRED CROSS
Four Thousand Memberships
Recorded After One Week's
Drive ; Sensation Through
Law Suit.
Wemyss Is Britain's
ew First Sea Lord
London. Dec. 26. Vice Admiral
Sir Roselyn Wemyss has been ap
pointed first sea lord in succession
to Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, ac
cording to an official announcement
issued this evening.
Fremont. Xeb., Dec. 26. (.Special
Telegram.') With several committees ;
in Fremont and a number f rural dis-
tricts to hear tron the Red Crss drive i
in Fremont and Dodge county had 1
netted a total of 4.000 new members i
this morning. The committee in ,
charge plans to cntinue the campaign j
through the week. the committee
has set its goal at 7,500 .
Lawsuit Over Estate.
Hearing in the case of Harriet
Stevens and Arthur B. Coogau, chil
dren of the late Richard Coogan,
pioneer Dodge county resident,
against their brother, James Coogan,
for a share in the estate of the father,
wa begun in district court. The elder
Coogan died several years ago. leav
ing his property valued at $18,000 to
his son. James,' who married two years
ago and a few months since willed his
property to his wife. Mrs. Stevens
is the daughter of his commen-lavv-wit'e,
Elizabeth Steel, who never came
to Xebraska. Letters had been intro
duced to show that the elder Coogan
had planned to provide a home lor
Miss Steel in Xebraska.
Communion Wine Stolen.
Officers have been asked to locate
the person who stole two jugful of
communion wine from the rectory of
St. James Episcopal church. Rev.
W. H. Frost, rector of the parish for
1 1 years, is preparing to remove to
Milwaukee where he has accepted a
call. lie called m a local transfer
cmpany to pack his household effects
and to the workmen offered a drink
ot the wine. He then left home and
next dav when he went to look for the
! beverage it was gone.
Money In Seed Corn.
Farmers in the vicinitv of Lcshara,
...1.. . I r ' .
who contracted tor seed corn at a
tancv figure, have made big money
this season on the crop. Twelve acres
planted by Bert l'.sty brought an
average of $141 an acre. Ambrose and
Marccllus Feist, Gilbert Winkleman,
Oscar Burt and 1). I'. Williams, are
with Mrs. W ilson s autograph sold c"llfr larmers, wno nave large acre-
for $81. Doit Cunnincham of Wavne Rcs and sold their product at good
. . , , ; a .......I r -in i i. i
was tie auctioneer. Jtc collated nis i"'s. una, oi o uuuau nacv
services. j
Russo-German Peace Meet i
To Be Held Again in Sweden ;
London. Dec. Jo. The socialist 1
revolutionary majority in the con
stituent assembly has decided to con- j
voke that body January 2, according J
to a I'etrogt ad dispatch to the Times. ;
although the Bolshcviki government i
has said it was determined to prevent !
the meeting of the assembly inde- .
pendent of its sanction. j
M. Borovsky, the Bolshcviki tcpre-!
sentativc in Mockliolin, a dispatch to
the Morning l'ost from the Swedish
capital says, confirms reports that
Stockholm will be the scene of the ,
continuation of the Russo-German
peace negotiations. He says that the i
sessions in Stockholm will begin carlv
in January, when all the delegates !
now at Brest-Litovsk aic expected in j
the Swedish capital. I
TRAIN HITS AUTO;
ONE DEAD, 4 HURT
I Union Pacific Train Crashes
I Into Family Party in
j Car at Valley,
! Neb.
Fremont. Xeb., Dec. Jt. t Spccird
Telegram.) M rs. Rueben Rithaler.
.'8 years old, was instantly killed and
her husband and one son were seri
ously injured when a I'nioji Pacilic
passenger train struck the automo
bile in which the family was riding
at Valley. The automoMIe was de
molished. Another son and daughter
escaped serious injury.
Mrs. Rithaler and three chiblien
had driven to V.h'y to meet Mr.
Rithaler, who h;d been away on a
business trip. Tlcy had slatted home
when the passeiger tt.im. which docs
top at illey
struck their auto-
North Platte Red Cross
Is Busy Organization
Xorth Platte, Xeb., Dec. 26. (Spe
cial.) On December 18 Ross Ham
mond delivered an address on what
he saw and learned on his recent
visit to first line trenches in France.
The auditorium was packed.
Red Cross is working in harmony
and is the busiest organization this
town has ever seen. More than 500
pounds of finished products were for
warded in one day. The Sammie
girls are equally active and efficient.
Registration under the new order
is in progress. All these activities
carried on by volunteer help. Xorth
Platte will do its full share from Red
Cross work by the women to service
at the front by the men.
French and Russian Labor
Agrees With Wilson's Aims i
Clermont-Ferrand, France, Dec. Jo.
At its national conference here the
General Federation of Labor todav
adopted almost unanimously a resolu
tion referring to the war aims set forth
by President Wilson, saying that the
purposes of the Russian revolution
aries were virtually the same and de
claring the position of the
not
mobile at the crossing.
Mr. and Alts. Rithaler lived south
of Fremon.' in Saunders county until
a few yca'S ago, when they purchased
a farm tvo miles west of Vallew
SENATE ORDERS
HEAVY WOOLENS
FOR ILS, TROOPS
(Continued From Viigo Vne.)
French Tex., are without woolen blouses and
Red Cross Sale at Pilger,
Neb., Nets More Than $2,000
Pilger, Xeb.. Dec. 26. (Special.)-
The Red Cross sale held last Satur
day ,was one of the greatest events in
the history of this town. The sale
netted $2,004. President Wilson's pic
ture brought $132 and a handkerchief
workers could be expressed in similar
terms. The federation was instruct!
to employ all its efforts to induce tie
French government to make a char
public statement of its conditions of
peace.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using i Bee
Want Ad.
overcoats, the combined shortage in
the several camps above named being
not less than 20,000 overcoats ami
47,0(10 woolen blouses, this committee
hereby requests the secretary of war
to take immediate steps to supply
said enlisted men with overcoats and
woolen blouses.
"It further appearing that there m.iv
be shortage of said articles at Camps
J Dodge, Donelson, Funstn, Wadswrth.
; Fremnt, Sheridan, (Sreen and Pike,
! and perhaps euher camps the secretary
j of war is also requested to ascetrain
by wire today if any other shortages
j of clothing exist in any of our camps
and it so, that he direct that such
j shortage be supplied immediately.
"It is the sense of this committee
that, with the cold season now on, the
' usual loiitine shall be suspended as to
I this matter and that the commanding
( officers of the several camps shall be
ditreted. if this is the quickest wav,
j to buv these articles at the nearest
points to their camps at winch they
can be obtained so thai our soldiers
mav be supplied as soon as possible."
Cut Out Red Tape.
Department red tape -- "paper"
i work was said bv cGncr.il O'Rvau to
I be heavy.
"1 lie general opinion m the army."
, be said, "is that the paper work -hould
be reduced, l'ood. General O'Kvan
, said, has hern .satisfactory. There
, was very little ground for complaint,
j he-aid, and that only regarding prep
( aration, not quality oi quantity,
j General O'Rvau. explained that the
British clothing seemed heavier and
superior, lie s.nd out.- ought to be
! heavier in view ot the British expe-
1 1 nee m three and one-half year of
t war."
1 Blankets furnished the cunn-. Gen-
eral O'Ryaii said, do not seem to be j
; oi as good quality as formerly, a!- .
i though flier has been no forma! com- I
j plaint. '
' "Generally .-peaking, we have am
! pic property oi all kinds fo rtraitiing
' purpose.-," he -aid, "but not enough .
' for campaign." I
His division is belter equipped i
than others, General O'Ryaii said,
because of earlier organization and ;
the Mevican border service. Officers I
from reserve training camps, accord-
ing to General O'Kvan, had been !
found "very satisfactory, zealous and !
interested, although lacking cxpet- I 1
i tencc.
WEBSTER DEFENDS
HOWARD COUNTY
Printing Commissioner Says All
Funds Have Been Subscribed
and Instances of Disloy
alty Are Few.
il'ii'in .i Staff Oorr-ornIM'.i
Lincoln, Xeb., Dec. Jo. (.Special.)
I'liuting Commissioner Wcbsfer
returned
old home
where In
that Howard county
practically nothing ti
and other activities
to
ni
Lincoln today from his
St. Paul, Howard countv
investigated charges made
had subscribed
the Red Cross
i the war. He
omnnttcos engaged
arc i porting good
You can secure a
pher or bookkeeper
Want Ad
maid, stenogra
bv using a Bee
I he ,ii ion -in
war activitie
results in Howard county. The
Young Men Christian association
liuid reached almo-t $1,500. consider
ably above the quota lor the county.
Pin" Red Cross drive was supported
by all our people and the quota for
i the county over-subscribed. The
j number of knitted article- sent to the
i soldiers, through the Red Cross.
! veached into the thousands, and the
j good ladies of the county arc still
haul at work providing more for the
d, fenders id the country. The recent
, Young Men's Christian association
drive n suited in almost $2,500 col
I lected. a fourth more than the quota
j of the county. 1 he Knights of Co
i Itmibus collection tor the benefit ot
1 the solder boys resulted in almost
; $1,500 being sub-ciibed and the
I money sent to t''e '"mt ! ! ;ll
be used to make life cas'V for the
ioys.
"In this eoiinlv. peopled bv Danes,
dc, Bohimiams ami Germans in
about equal numbers, we find lovalitv
on all sides and there is but little, if
any, work for the authorities w ho are
required to look after the disloyal
citizens."
Section of Land Near Cozad,
Neb., Sells for $55,000
Cozad, Xeb., Dec. 26. (Special Tel
egram.) A land deal was closed on
Monday, whereby A. T. Glass,
through the Fattght Land and Loan
company of this city, sold a section
of land five miles south of Cozad to
C. C. Yeiiter and II. W. Lewis for
$55,000. Mr. Glass purchased this sec
tion of land for $16,000 12 years ago.
BOMBS PLACED IN
STATE CAPITOL
OF CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, Cab. Dec. Jo. A let
ter saying tha-t nine bombs had been
placed in the executive mansion, cap
itol building, police station and resi
dences of "two head officers of the
state," has been received by Gov
ernor William D. Stephens and turn
ed over to the police, it became
known todav.
The letter demanded that $50,000
be placed ''in a rock pile," presum
ably near Oakland, Cal., December
ol. at 3 o'clock.
total of 20
been shipped out of Leshara to Da
kota and Minnesota points this fall.
Kaiser Causes Quarrel.
Growing out of alleged unpatriotic
remarks as the result of an argu
ment in a harbber shop at Dodge,
complaint has beer, made to Chair
man Ray Xye of the Dodge County
Council of Defense. Father Korte is
said to have grown somewhat warm
in his defense of Germany and during
the argument in which A. J. Clements
took part climbed out of the chair
over which Clements presided and
refu-cd to allow the latter to finish
the barberring job. Some of the re
marks bather Korte is said to have
made were decidedly unpatriotic.
bather Korte is said to have made
a statement in which he admitted lie
said more than he should have in the
beat of the argument, but insists he is
loyal. Mr. Xye so far as is known has
taken no action in the nnittcr other
than to begin an investigation.
Military Weddings.
Two military weddings were cele
brated in Fremont Wednesday,
County Judge Waldo Wintersteen of
ficiated at both. Holland S. Fhiso of
Detroit. Mich., stationed at Camp
Cody, X. M., claimed Miss Grace
Hall of Omaha as his bride, and Al
bert J. I.aher of the Balloon school
at Fort Omaha, was married to Miss
PTances M. Ferris of Omaha.
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JOHX l SWANSOX, r-res..
W.M. L 110LZMAN, Trcas.-
Enthusiastic Crowds of Well-Dressed Women Are Snapping
Up the Wonderful Bargains in Our
Yeair-EEdl Clearance
I Of Women's and Misses
TTTinTliCt
Sale
DRESSES
At Exactly
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woman understauds that, this creator si ore. "s clrnrnm-p snip am lWi.iii-1 voin,.t
t , x . ... - - j. it. v I Vz4 Ul.tlUMO
trill our Jowest-m-the-eity prices. Our unalterable noliev of n. clenn swoon nf nil wnmin
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waring apparel at every season's end forces us to shut our eves io cost or Joss this vear as
hcretore. In spite of risinjar prices, in spite of the scarcitv of nWlinndiso. wo mnsf rm.i ;n ,.1,.
this djwrtment at once, hence such bargains are absolutely without an equal anywhere. Compare
A11 Women!
JINEST COATS
One-Half Off
Including1 Richest Velours
and Plush Coats.
Xeb.. Dec. 26. (Special.)
ri-tma- camnaien for Red
oss membership results here: Popu-
l.io: lr.emuerstiip, uu; maKing
Funk.
-.e Cr.
lation.
100 per cent.
Plot to Destroy Food Stores
Reported at Cantonments
Camp Dodge. Ia.. Dec. 26. Briga
dier General R. N". Getty, acting camp
"lnmandant, received word today
roni the Council of National Deter.se
German plot to Mroy
in tin- I'nifed States
'n day -. I'll colo
red orders directing mrn
to take cv( -y precatt-
When I first conceived the idea of Specializing the
various branches pf Dentistry, my principal object was to
so reduce the EXPENSE TO ME that I could also reduce
the COST TO YOU.
The two principal items entering into every denta
transaction are TIME and MATERIAL.
I first saved valuable time by selecting Dental St
cialists for the various chairs in my offices and tjen
keeping these Specialists AT THE CHAIR insteadof
wasting their valuable time in mechanical and laboray
work.
In this office the operating dentists attend ioOU
PERSONALLY, and all crown, bridge, plate and-rther
mechanical work i3 attended to by expert mechanJS and
gold workers who do nothing else.
In order to avoid (the otherwise inevitable) aste in
using 18 and 24-karat gold I installed machin which
save every particle and by a chart of each cast is pos
sible to weigh the gold entering into every piec of work
see that it is all there and none lost, and andividual
record is thus kept of every case.
This not only cuts expenses square in Vo ('which
saving is passed oji to our patients), but alsffurnishes a
complete record and identification card o that in a
month ore ten years I can tell you just wh'1 we worked
on your mouth, which teeth we treated wt we did and
the exact cost.
This is of itself a substantial guartee of better
workmanship and better material and inother reason
why I unhesitatingly give my personal grantee with all
work.
U $98.50 COATS at $49.25
.411 $89.50 COATS at $44.75
All $84.50 COATS at $42.25
'All $79.50 COATS at $39.75
All $74.50 COATS at $37.25
All $69.50 COATS at $34.75
All $64.50 COATS at $32.25
All $59.50 COATS at $29.75
-All Women V
Smart Suits
One-Half Off
Including Finest Wool
and Velvet Suits.
1
an a'legi
.,d 'ii'V: the
JiidR'U i;-'.r-rai.der
Painless WithersDentist
423-428 Securities Eldg. 16th an Farnam Streets
OMAHA, NEB.
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M. to 8 PA Sunday, 9 to 1.
All $69.50 SUITS
at $34.75
All $64.50 SUITS
at $32.25
All $59.50 SUITS
at $29.75
All $49.50 SUITS
at $24.75
All $44.50 SUITS
at $22.25
All $39.50 SUITS
at $19.75
All $34.50 SUITS
at $17.25
All $29.50 SUITS
at $14.75
All $24.50 SUITS
at $12.25
All $19.50 SUITS
at $9.75
All $17.50 SUITS
at $8.75
A11 WomenV
WARM COATS
One-Half Off
1
Including All Cloth
and Baffin Seal.
All $54.50 COATS at $27.25
All $49.50 COATS at $24.75
All $44.50 COATS at $22.25
All $39.50 COATS at $19.75
All $34.50 COATS at $17.25
All $29.50 COATS at $14.75
All $24.50 COATS at $12.25
All $19.50 COATS at $9.75
,fAll Women's
Dresses
One-Half Off
Including All Ucauliful
Silk and Wool Dresses.
All $59.50 DRESSES
at $29.75
All $54.59 DRESSES
at $27.25
All $49.50 DRESSES
at $24.75
All $44.50 DRESSES
at $22.25
All $39.50 DRESSES
at $19.75
All $34.50 DRESSES
at $17.25
All $29.50 DRESSES
at $1,4.75
All $24.50 DRESSES
at $12.25
All $19.50 DRESSES
at $9.75
All $17.50 DRESSES
at 8.75
All $14.85 DRESSES
at $7.40
All Hudson Seal Coats at One-Half Off
brEiClAL NOTICE' !'l'.IM':LY N0 CHARGES, no approvals, no exchange
llVl 1VJ. A SMALL CHARGE FOR ALTERATION DURING THIS SALE
sEE OI I:
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TODAV.
JOHN A CWAMSOtOfK
i.'UMI'ARE
()l R VALUE:
ALWAYS.
"CORRECT AtTAREL TOR MEN AND WOMEN"
; ;;! eccuti':i of lm: pi' !
lied to t!iH camp.