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OMAHA, SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 4, 1920.
GIRL FINDS HER
MOTHER AND MAN
DEAD IN CISTERN
Woman Asphyxiated In Futile
Attempt to Rescue Work
man Overcome by 4
Gas. t
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35,
Grand Island, Neb., Sept.
(Spccial.)j-Clarence Newman,
md Mrs. Carl Leffelbein, 45, wer:
isphyxiated at Palmer today when
the woman failed in an effort to res
cue Newman, who had been over
come by gas while excavating or a
cistern. (
Newman was excavating a second
cistern alonarside a former one in
close proximity to later drain 'the
filled excavation. The narrow vwall
between gave way unexpectedly
when the woman attempted to res
cue the prostrate workman.
The pair were found dead in the
excavation two hours later by Mrs.
Leffelbcin's daughter , when she re
turned honfe from work in Palmer.
Newman was single.;. Mrs. Leffel
bein was the wife of a cream agent
in .Palmer.
Athletic Coach Marries.
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 3. (Special)
Telegrams received here an
nounced the marriage at Bendena!
Kan., of Robert Sisty. athletic coach
at Midland college, and Miss Ger
trude Albers. They will come to
Fremont next week, when the coach
will assemble his men for foot ball
oractiSe. ,
AL SAL
Our g
Great HB
Is Recognized as the Greatest Event of Its Kind Today.
OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF ' j
PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS
Must Move; Quickly
r
ft mat Dtpwainct in Nam
AND PLAYERS
( AND D!4nn'
USED ) I IUIIUO
BRAND NEW
$600 PIANOS
ONLY
$395
Small clsh payment bal
ance divided into 36 month
ly payments.
Greater Values Cannot Be had. Act Promptly.
, ' Make Your Dollars Count. . i.
' BARGAINS IN HIGH GRADE USED PIANOS '
$450. x $500 $600
. Rhodes-iWalKutr- Smith A Nixon, "" h,yo.nf H,a,K
Walnut, case,
case, very fine, mahogany ease, n,w '
only $300 ' only $285 only $35o!'
$605 ' $550 $450
Steger Piano," "4 Chute A Buifiy.; Sehmoller A
mihMv Walnut case, .., u Mueller,
mahogany case, ug- JuJt a tt(( wk MM
only $350 " , only $325 ( only $250
IF TOtT UVB OUT OF TOWN USE THIS COUPON. WE , SHIP
EVERYWHERE TO APPROVED CREDIT,1" MARK WITH CX1) TIANO
INTERESTED INV. , ;, Jf ,
NAME ...t. .?..!
ADDRESS
Sehmoller & tVIueller
Piano Co.
Leading Music Houzc cf the r7est
114-1M8
$e. 15th 8t.
Phones
Doug. 1623.
STOCK RAISERS
ASKED TO MEET
WITH PACKERS
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Conference of Stockmen, Rail
Qfficials and Bankers Call
ed to Discuss Plans for Fi
nancing Production.
Chicago, Sept. 3. Representatives
of the Chicago packers today sent
letters to stock raisers, railroad offi
cials and bankers of th middle
west and far west, askinjf trfem to
attend a conference here on Sep
tember 10 to distuss plans for fi
nancing increased production of
live stock. v' . ;
The letter urged bankers, pack
ers, live stock producers, r railway
representatives andothers interested
to meet here with represenHitives of
the federal reserve banks "to fnd out
whether there is not a better plan
by which the live stocky industry
can' be protected arid financed to the
end that confidence and normal
food production be restored and ab
normal shipments of young and
breeding Jive stock be stopped."
' The letter was signed by J. Ogden
Armcur, Thomas E. Wilson and L.
F. Swift of the packers; Hale Hol-
den, president of the Chicago; Bur
lington7 & Quincy railroad; T. C.
Underwood, president of the Wyo
ming Mock urowers association; J.
M. Wilson, presidenet of the Wyo
ming Wool Growers' association;
J. S. Howard, president of the
Smcrican harm Bureau federation;
. G. Smith, president of the Na-
ticyial Farm congress, Kearney,
Neb., and others.
"The summer of 1920 has , pro
duced one of the greatest crops of
hy, corn, pasture and Other feeds
known in the' history of the coun
try,", the letter said. "However, the
farmers and feeders find it very dif
ficult to secure funds with which to
purchase live stock 'for their usual
operations."
Gambler.at Trapshoot
, Forced to Return Money
Fremont. Neb., Sept. 3. (Special)
District Jutfge Button today sen
tenced three men who pleaded guilty
to ganjbling at the Ninks trapsnoot
ers tournament last April to make
restitution to the men who lost to
them, and who claimed marked cards
were used. - .
The gamblers who pleaded guilty
are. James C. Dorc, H. C. Patterson,
and. E. E. Sanders. The men to
whom they must make refunds, and
the amounts, arc: Jack Smith, Hast
ings, $80; Niel Nielsen, Grand Is
land, $37; Howard Kerr, Ansley,
$140; George Nicolai, Kansas City,
$8 and Harlev Flvnn. Grant. $60.
The gamb!ers alsoi paid fines of
$100 and costs.
Sunday .School Workers irv
. , Fremont for Convention
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 3. (Special)
How to bring the Sundav school
into every home is being, discussed
heit by 40 Sunday school mission
aries of. Nebraska and South Dakota
attending the annual conference of
this section of the American Mission
ary union. Nejct Sunday every., pul
pit In the city will be occupied.by the
Sunday school workers.
Gas Meter. Robberies. .
Sorherville, ,Ma"ss., Sept. 4. The
string of local gas njeter robberies,
each involving breaking and en'er
fg, rias grown tp 13. v ' I
PIONEER OMAHAN
DIES AFTER MANY
MONTHS ILLNESS
W.H. Larkin, Fortune Hunter
In EarlyDays, Victim of
" Pneumonia.
W. H. Larkin, 84, early Omaha
settler, died yesterday in the Odd
Fellows' home at York, Neb. Death
was due to old age.
Residents of Omaha when immi
grant wagons drawn by oxen were
commonplace recalled Mr. Larkin
as one of the leaders among for
tune seekers enrouleAto the gold
fields of California.
Mr. Larkin drove an ox team
across the western plains in 1860
and, failing in his treasure hunt, re
turned several years later to, take
up fanning in this-section.
He had been a member of .the
Odd Fellows for 50 years. He had
bden an inmate of $he Odd Fellows'
home a York for the last six years.
Last winter he suffered an attack of
pneumonia, from which he never
completely recovered.-
Two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Brown,
4736 -North Forty-eighth street, and
Mrs. C. A. Philbiin,' Hotel Sanford,
Survive. -
The t body , will be brought to
Omahavfor burial Sunday afternoon.
Services, in charge of the Odd Fel
lows, will be held at Brailey &,Dor
rance chapel, Nineteenth and Cum
ing strrtts. Burial will be in For
est Lawn cemetery.
Miss Catherine Dodge of
Fremont Weds Lincoln Man
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 3. (Special)
Of unusualr interest to Fremont
society was the marriage here
Thursday evening of Miss Catherine
Dodge, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Dodge, and Everitt Angle
of Lincoln, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Angle. .Miss Virginia Lewis,
Springfield,, tJl and. Miss Luella
Patt, Crestorv la., were bridesmaids,
and Earl Ketcham, Omaha, was
Best man. The wedding took place
at St. James Episcopal church. Rev,
George St. George Tyner, former
rector, performing the' oeremony.
The couple left for Boston, where
they will make their home while
Se groom completes his studies in
edicine, begun at the state univer
sity. Omaharfs at the wedding were
Miss Loa Howard and Ms. Phillip
McCullough. -
ML OFFICER
WHO AIDED JAPS
DIES IN FLORIDA
Henry Walton Grinnell, Who
Became Admiral in Japa
nese Navy, Built Up
Imperial Fleet.
Boston, Sept. 3.The death, in St.
Augustine, Fla., yesterday of Heniy
Walton Grinnell, a naval Veteran of
the civil and Spanish wars, who be
came an admiral 'in the imperial
Japanese navy, became known to
relatives in this city today. His
work in the training of seamen was
said to have been largely respon
sible for the development fof the
Japanese navy which 'turned back
the Russian fleets.
Born in, New Bedford 84 years
ago, of a seagoing family,1 Grinnell
fought .with Farragut at Nw Or
leans and received honorable men
tion for running the confederate lines
with dispatches. . He left the navy
as a lieutenant at the close of the
civil war and went to Japan, serving
throughout the China-Japanese war.
Admiral Grinnell's father was
Moses Grinnell of New York, who
financed several Arctic expeditions
and for whom Grinnell land in the
Arctic was named.
Wahoo Marks Road to Aid 1
Visitors to State Fair
Wahoo, Neb., Sept. 3. (Special.)
The Wahoo Community club has
placed temporary signs at princi
pal corners of the county and
through Wahoo, marking the way to
the state fair. Last year there were
many automobiles that got away
from the maSn roads because of in
sufficient road signs and the club
desires to assist strangers in every
way possible this year. ' ''
Baltimore Newspaper
Buys Plane for Staff
Baltimore, Sept, 3. A knowledge
of airplanes will be necessary for the
journalist of the future!
The Baltimore Evening Sun has
started a new era in the gathering
of-news by purchasing an aeroplane
to be used in getting stqries from
points not quickly accessible in any
ether way.'
TiniEinsrojmTiiiinmsi
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at 8:30
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Salatladiet to
Take Car
of You
- Promptly I .
Saturday One Day Only
DRESS
SALE
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As an Extraordinary Feature.
Wey Are Going to Otfe'r Brand
New $25 to ' $39.50 Silk and
Cloth -Dresses at Only . . V . .
Here is a Splendid Opportunity to Test
the Values That Have" Made Ou Dress De
partment the Talk of Omaha.
VI:
x icuu rr nai ry c jom 10 vc in
. 1 This Dress Sale 'Tomorrow at $19.75 '' '
Charmeuse Satins
Serges -"Taffetas
Fine Tricotines
Beaded Georgettes
Mostly Navyk Black, Brown and Taupe featuring the lorTg
waistlines of the Moyeh age picturesque girdles, sashes, also
many with tunics of dyed laces. Such dresses at $19.75 cannot
be found anywhere else in the city. , : ,
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Saturday, men
who appreciate real
clothes values will find much
to interest them here. Two
really remarkable specials.
These in the face of a "short" clothes
market-higher manufacturers' prices
, .-riewfreight rates, and increased
'-wage schedules. Don't delay buying.
Today is the opportune time to save
' money, on your New Fall Suits. V
About 150 fine Suits the
best lines that we carry
wonderful styles, woolens and
tailoring worth up to
$100.00, Saturday your choice
$75.00
Others that we bought for
4, our Opening Sale--Collegian
v models in - desirable .styles
and! of the best fabrics
worth to $75.00, choice .
. n $50.00
The Home of GOfLEGIAN Clothes
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N. EI Corner '
17th and Harney
interest in Raj Cloud Bank
Is Sold to Kansas Men
-Red. Cloud, Neb., Sept. 3. Spe-iifri-f-J.
V. Auld ha sold a minor
ity interest in the State bank of Red
Cloud to D. C Henderson and J. .W.
Scott of Kansas, who will take an
active part in conducting the affair
of the bank. This institution was
founded by the late W. T. Auld, and
is one of the leading banks of this
part of the state. J. W. Auld will
maintain an office in the bank and
give a part of his time to directing
its affairs.
Otoe County American
LegionPosts Hold Picnic
Nebraska City, Neb., Sept. 3.7
(Special). The first annual picnic
of the American Leffion posts of
Otoe county was held at Brown's
park,where A. J. Weaver, chairman
of the constitutional convention was
the orator-of th day. He dealt
with the'work of tlie convention and
explained the operations of the body
in detail and urged the voters to
adopt the proposed constitution.
Chaplain Capsey of the Nebraska
American league also spoke to the
crowd. He'tcjuched upon the work
ings of the legion in American Kfe.
A basket dinner was held at the
park at noon and the balance of the
day was devoted to athletics, a fea
ture of which was the base ball
game between Nebraska City and
Syracuse, in which the former wtn
by a score of 2 to 1. The evening
was devoted to dancing.
Fair Travel Will Test Highway
Wahoo, Neb Sept.' 3 (Special.)
The engineers in t charge of the
graveling of the Cornhuskerhighway
from Fremont to Ceresco will watch
the results of next week's travel vith
much interest. Thousands of auto
mobiles en route to the state fair
will make the trip .from Fremont to
Lincoln over this route and they have
made special efforts to put this road
in best possible shape to test out
its" possibilities as a 365-day auto
road rain or shine.
Girl Motorist's Foot 7 , ,
Slips and Highwa)
Bandits Are roiled
Beatrice, Neb., Scpi. 3. (Special)
Two masked bandits with drawn
revolvers last, night attempted to
hold up an automobile party con
sisting of Mr. and Mrs. 'John
Wagonseller and their daughter,
Helen, of Junction' City, Kan., on
the main highway north of Beatrice-
Miss Wagonseller was driving, ndl
when the bandits commanded her to
halt, she touched the feed valve and
the machine plunged" forward, leav
ing the bandits behind. Officers
were notified of the attempted hold- .
up but were jmable to get any trace
of the highwaymen.
The most extensive deposit of hard
coal ever known on the main island
of Japan, intending 18 miles along
a mountain ,rauge, has been discov
ered. .
y -The greatest bargain ever offered for real
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Saturday the Last Day of the
Prepare-Your-Children-for-School Sales
PROVES that our method of striking. out straight and hitting the point in our
advertising statements about 'quality quantity styles -price- and value is
the best policy in merchandising. , .
WE achieved a greater record in this sale, than we started out to accomplish and '
we have broken air previous records in the Girls' Shop and Boys' in total
up-to-date sales. '
, Saturday we are going to beat our latest record. Come in and see us do it.
Four Big Specials In
Boys' Extra
Pants Suits
Features the extra pair that gives extra wear.
For boys, 16 to 17 years.
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Two Pant Suits regularly to $25
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$15
Suits that have proven that'they are made of wear
proof fabrics. ; . 1 . '. '
Two Pant Suits regularly to $30
$20
Serviceable material and tailoring with style that
lasts. . , . - ' ' . ., .
- . wear service The coats are heavily lined
with-four outside patch pockets every seam
- taped trousers have strong belt tuunel. '
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;Two Pant'Suits regularly to J
, ; - " :. $37.50 :
$25
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Exceptional in style tailoring linings fin-
, ish quality colors. . ,
; ALL BOYS' Sweaters, O'Coats, Mackinaw$, at 20 Rduction from'
'' y ' , N Regular Prices ' . ' .' t '
BOYS' SHOP- 2
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Suits for the High School Boys, aged 15 to 19 years
. '.. , " -sV ' 'Regularly $50.00 - . . '
-BALCONY
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$35.00
Suits made expressly for his growing athletic figure, tailored for durability- up
to the minute style suits of true value, v 7
MEN'S SHOP-
MAIN FLOOR
To clothe your daughter properly; stylishly,' healthfully for school and col
" - i . lege, you have your choice of the -i. '
v ' Entire Fall Stock of the Girls' Shop now on Sale a 33 Reduction
Girls' School Girls' Serge
Coats , Dresses v
Ages & to 16 Sizes to 16 Years
Made f rom splendid The three big f ea
weiglt mixtures and tures1 of these dress
plain colors with es are all wool qusll
. smart pocket and ,'ity, serviceable and
. belts. 1 '' i - smart style. ,
Regularly $15 Regularly
vLess SZy3, $5 $16.50
Selling Price Less 33, '
$10 ' Sale Price $11. N
Distinctively New Girlj' Coats
-i "Sizes o to 10, Also junior sizes, .m
f 13, 15,17 ; . f
Handpom'e models, light weight in youthfuV
; plaids, smart checks and plain colors, also ,
, s swagger winter coats. ,
,i 25 to $65, Less 33
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. New Autumn Modes in
) ; GIRLS' DRESSES
' i ., Ages, 8 to 16 and
. '' ' Junior, Sizes, 13, I5t 17 .
Of crisfl silks and tailored serges. Possessing
oramentation that only specialty artists can
:' give to the girlish modes.
r.!rU SrKonl SWiri
. - SAges 12 to 16 Years .
These ages include lsfrge and grow
. ing girls. In plaids and plain,
, navy Blue serge pleated gath
ered box pleated.
GIRLS' SHOP
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- MIDDIES
Sizes 6 to 22 - ' , Sizes 8 to 22
In all white cotton, white,' r. . )
with colored collars'- and Of fine and Wfclue flan--
cuffs, in khaki, copen blue, nd deep scarlet red,
and navy. for fall and winter wear.
SECOND FLOOR
Formerly Bensorv Thorn6
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