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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
DRESHERS FEATURE
velvet CLEANING
Velvet Coats and Suits May
Now Be Steam Cleaned
BY Special Device.
ORIGINAL SURFACE RESTORED

The ordinary cleaner is put to his
wits ends when asked to bring the origl-
nal pile" or Nap back into a lady's
velvet coat or suit, and to date no other
Omaha cleaning establishment has been
anxious to take in work Of this charac-
ter.
But it's different at Dresher Bros
Dry Cleaning Establishment at 22ll-22l3
Farnam ST., for this lively concern has
just installed a special steam cleaning
device to ne used exclusively for clean
ing. steaming and pressing velvet gar
ments, restoring the original shape
Not only this, but Dreshers have Sc
cured a special operator, who has spent
most of his time for years in difficult
velvet cleaning and shaping work.
Ladies' velvet coats and suits may be
steam cleaned here for 81, $3.50 and S.,
and the original pile" brought up like
new.
If you wish TO know more about this
new cleaning feature of Dreshers, phone
Tyler 1900 or Auto A-2225 or step into
Dreshers' branch in the Pompelan Room
Of The Brandes Stores, or at Dresher
The Tailors, 1915 Farnam ST.
Dreshers pay express one way on out
Of town shipments amounting to So or
more.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
To Make Your Hair
Soft, Bright and Fluffy
,Fashion,s GnldeN

The reason many women find il diff
ficult to arrange the couture pleasinEly
Is because of the toC-free use OF wet
shampoos, which make hair dull, brittle
and 'stringy.'
"One Of the most pleasing things
with which to cleanse the scalp of i'm
purities and keep the hair clean, fluffy
and silky. is 4 ounces Of either orris
root or corn meal and ounces of
therox. Mix together and sprinkle a
tablespoonful on the scalp, then brush
thoroughly through the hair. This ribs
the hair and scalp of dust and dandruff,
and few times using tones the scalp
and hair roots, causing the hair to grow
soft, brilliant and easy to manage
Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01

Iuuonary paper Is being redeemed i'm
mediately on presentation.
Wen Informed persons believe that "
the next few days pass without an out
break there will be a strong possibility
OF tho situation being passed through
the appointment OF Yuan shi Kia as
premier with younger Manchu as a fig
urehead in order to comply with the pro-
toool Of 1910; the forming OF a cabinet
composed entirely OF Chinese. the imme-
date convocation OF parliament and the
abandonment Of the railroad plan.
Flags Down at Hankow.
CANTON, oct 81 Cvia Honkong). Guns
have been posted at the admiralty build
Ing and the Chinese Runboats are cleared
Tor action. Armed guards patrol the
water front and guard all the landing
places Au the shops are closed. The
dragon nag no longer floats over the
Chinese imperial customs building, the
craft OF the Chinese Merchants steam
Navigation company or the steamers and
ferries OF the Hankow & Canton railway.
The customs officials have removed their
imperial badges.
French gunboat landed an armee
party OF sailors today to protect the
French concession. The British staff OF
the Canton & Kowloon railway has been
ordered to 20 for safety to shamcen
island, whore there are nine foreign war.
ships In the harbor.
The viceroy has issued proclamation
that no flag denotlng independence may
be displayed.
The proposals OF the people, I'm which
the viceroy and the Manchu and Can
tonese Zimmerman have acquisced, in
eiude the declaration OF military and
financial Independence for Kwang Tung
province and the appointment OF a board
OF supervision elected by Representatives
OF the guilds to whom the officials shall
be responsible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01

may pick up some OF the good things OF
| this company at the auction block"
AssniIs Motives of Law Officers.
Mr.. Nicoll assailed the motives OF the
attorneys general Of Virginia, the Caro-
| linas, Kentucky. Wisconsin and New
York who have appeared. protesting
against the dlsintegration plan. Il have
heard II said,' he declared. that these
men are attempting to build for them
selves trust busting records for future
campaigns"
James =. Duke, president Of the Amer
lean Tobacco company. was among the
officials OF the defendant trust present
when court convened. Attorney General
Wickersham was prepared to present the
governments attitude toward the plan Of
the trusts dissolution.
Mr. Nicoll during his argument was in
terrupted by Judge La Combe, who an
nounced that a belated petition Of profess
on the part Of the state Of Wisconsin
had just been filed. Louis d. Brandeis.
representing Wisconsin as petitioner, ex-
planned that the Wisconsin tobacco grow
ers were opposed to the reorganization
plan, and he asked the court for the
Il Htbt VI llt5tlIHB lllt case rum lllelI
standpoint. This was granted.
Mr.. Nicoll declared that at every step
in the efforts to reach an agreement as to
reorganization, counsel for the so-called
trust were opposed by the attorney gen
eral Of the United States, who was in
sistent upon drastic and radical condi-
lions, which imposed on stockholders Of
this company enormous burdens, limiting
their rights to an extraordinary degree"
Il do not find in the Sherman law any
justification for the imposition Of such
penalties on our clients" said Mr.. Nicoll
but we have yielded. Yet there come
into this csurt protestants who charge
that We are attempting to avoid the law"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
SEEKING TO AVOID DISASTER
Continued from First Page)

A1buliHueu lIptu rlISL IaBe.l
circuit court judges when the tobacco
hearing resumed this afternoon that II
there Is Incorporated in the reorganiza-
ton plan the suggestion OF Attorney
General Wickcrsham that the govern
ment be granted the right 70 appeal TO
the court for further relief at any time
within five years, none Of the bond
holders would consent to the dissolution
plan and that 1t surely would fail.
Charging that independent tobacco
dealers, who protest against plan pro-
posed by the American Tobacco company
for dislntegration OF the Tobacco trust
are attempting TO destroy the American
company for the purpose Of picking up
It's profits on the auction block" De
lancey Ncoll replied in the circuit court
OF the United States today to attacks on
the reorganization proposal.
The Independent tobacco and cigar
manufacturers who opposed the plan Mr..
Nicoll declared represented combina-
ton doing business worth $4,000 a year
and that they were combined IN this
cause ito cripple a small competitor"
'"rhese are the poor, downtrodden ana
suffering persons" continued Mr.. Nlcoll,
whom Mr. Brandeis. Mr.. Yerkes and
others described to this court yesterday.
These interests one firm alone OF which
manufactures more than 100000 cigars
year. are the oppressed and starving
competitors whom you have been urged
to protect.
what do they want? They want the
the hands of receiver in order that they
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
DES MONIES IN BLUFF GAME
City Thinking Of Moving 10 Build
Own Water Plant.
TESTIMONY IN RATE CASE IN
shippers of Iowa Capital Conclude
Their Case and Roads Ask for
More Time Express Rates
Now In Effect.
Grom a staff Correspondent

OFrom n staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Ia. oct. a.-tSpecial
Telegram Another turn In the contro-
versy between the city Of Des Molnes
and the water company came today when
the mayor and city council threatened 10
change the plan Of attack and begin the
building Of city water plant in case the
company succeeds in having the con-
femnation proceedings transferred to the
federal court. Mayor Hanna believes that
the step taken by the company Is solely
for DELAY and that the city would be Jus
titled in planning 20 build. The con-
demnation court after hearing the ap-
pllcation OF the company for change 20
the federal court adjourned for two
weeks to consider the matter.
shippers Finish Case.
Presentation Of testimony on behalf OF
the Des Moines shippers in regard TO dis
elimination In rates was concluded before
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Har-
ian today and the testimony OF repre-
sentatives Of other cities Of Iowa was
commenced. IL became known that the
railroads will ask Tor THIRTY or sixty
days time IN which to secure the evi-
dence In defense and that the case can
not be fully presented for some months
All the testimony given today tended to
show that Iowa shippers are placed at
great disadvantage
Freight rates In and out Of Des Moines
arc the aggravatlon Of my life" declared
H. c. Kllngman. a Des Molnes vehicle
dealer, while on the stand.
II never have any assurance what the
rates will be on my orders because |
ncves pay the same rates on the same
articles / have been overcharged a num-
Der OF times"
New Express Rates.
NThe new express rates for Iowa became
effective tonight at midnight. The rates
make general approximate reduction Of
10 per cent In the express rates OF the
state, although 1t Is expected that when
they are actually worked out the fraction
VIII be even greater than Is per cent.
The most important feature OF the new
rates IL the maximum graduated charge
which the express companies will be per-
mitted TO make under the now rule Of the
board OF railroad commissioners.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
Unconscious More Thnn weel,

IOWA CITY, Ia, oct. a.-(speclal-
Miss Lulu White OF Colo, Ia, the homeo-
pathic nurse student at the University of
Iowa who was Injured one week ago Sun
day by falling from the Cedar Rapids
Iowa City interurban bridge, has not yet
recovered consciousness. For little more
than 200 hours she has been In an uncon-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
WILL INVESTIGATE DEATH
OF CHICAGO POLICEMAN

CHICAGO. oct. 31.-Coroner Hoffman
announced today that he would know by
Friday whether Arthur Blssonette, Chi
cago policeman who died at a hospital
last Thursday, died OF poisoning.
Bissonette became III at the home of
Mrs. Vermilya, whom he boarded with,
and to whom 1t is said he was engaged
to be married Mrs. Vermilya was
questioned by policemen, who failed to
connect her with the death.
Coroner Hoffman declared that IL he
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
MECUM BROTHERS ARE
GIVEN TEN YEARS EACH

Mecum brothers, who were principals In
the sensational delivery from the state
reformatory here when Guard Hamaker
was shot and killed have been SEN
fenced 10 ten years at hard labor at
Winnipeg, Canada, according 10 a tele-
gram received by Warden Marquis Barr
II is believed the state will seek to
arrest the brothers when they have
served their time in the Canadian prison.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01

WASHINGTON, oct S1.-(special Tel
egram.)-The secretary OF the interior
has awarded a contract to Robert Kin
kaid Of Newell, S. D., for constructing
a drainage ditch involving the excavation
Of approximately $1,000 cubic yards Of
material in connection with the Belle
Fourohe irrigation project.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
Legislature Spends
Cash and State Funds
Are Much Depleted
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent

IL
LINCOLN, oct 3i.-(special Telegram
For the first time in many years within
the next few weeks persons holding gen
eral fund warrants against the state OF
Nebraska will have to sell them II they
desire TO realize on their paper at once.
According to State Treasurer Georges
report made today only SeO7isN stands
between this proceeding and the brokers
who buy az discounts. and this will soon
De exhausted according TO statements
made al the treasury, These warrants
VIII be registered at the treasurers Of
ice and viii pay Z per cent interest to
the owner
The cause Of the shortage OF the gem
eral FUND Is generally attributed TO the
anxiety OF members OF the last legisIa.
ture TO make many appropriations and
the unusual amount OF debts incurred
for new buildings for which the last SEES.
sion provided. The proceeds OF the 1910
levy is all that is left and the 1911 levy
proceeds Will not be forthcoming for
some time.
The investment OF permanent school
funds In bonds and other securities leaves
that fund more or less depleted. The last
legislature appropriated 81 ls4.56 for the
biennium, which is $3.50, 79952 more thar
was appropriated by the 1903 legislature
The state treasuTer's report shows a
total OF iiS2,Oi5s3 for which he Is &C,
countabie, whereas on the same date last
year the amount was s7si .s7OsO OF IN,
money on hand tfS5.OO Is on deposit IA
the banks. while $1,000 Is cash on hand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01

should find evidence that Bissonette had
been poisoned he would cause TO be
exhumed the bdles Of seven relatives Of
Mrs. Vermilya, who have died during
the last few years, having left her
insurance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
Owas7 savings Hank SOLD.

ELDORA. Ia, Oct si.--tspeoiall-
The Interest in the owasa Savings bank
held by Messrs. Dickerson. Korener ana
Van Orsdel has been purchased by M. n.
McI.enon OF Efnngham, who succeeds
AR. Van Orsdel a. cashier.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
Hoods SarsaparIIIa

IN usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets known az sarsataba. 100 doses 81
Nasal and other local forms OF ca
taffh are promptly relieved By Antisep-
Ats or catarTlets. soc. druggists or mali
c. l. Hood Co. Lowell. Mass
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01

scious conditions and physicians have
almost given up hope Of her recovery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01

IL originates IN impure blood and re-
cures constitutional treatment, acting
through and purifying the blood. for NJ
IauieAi ana permanent cure. The
greatest constitutional remedy Is
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

compartments, in which other dead but
terffies of variant beauty reposed.
so I become a private secretary till
the time offers something better" Brett
mann stared at the sea-
IT am sorry. / wish 1 could help you
Better let me try" Fitzgerald stirred
his coffee. You are convinced that there
is some cabal working against you in the
newspaper business? That seems strange.
Some of them must have heard of your
work-London, Paris, Berlin. Have you
tried them all?''
Yes. Nothing for me but promises as
thick as yonder sands"
The little man rose and walked out OF
the room smiling,
''Splendid!" he muttered- What a
specimen to add to my coIlectionr'
DO you know what your duties will
be?' Fitzgerald inquired.
They viii consist of replying to beg
ging letters from the needy and deserv-
ing, from crazy inventors, and ministers.
In the meantime, am to do translating,
together with indexing a vast library de-
voted to pirates. Dron, isn't it?" Brett
mann laughed, but this time without bit
terness
1T is a harmless hobby" rather re-
senting Breitmann's tone.
More than that quickly; 'it is phi
lanthropic, since it will employ me for
some length of time
When do they expect you?'
'At half-after 10.''
Wen go up together. then. Did you
see the admirars daughter?'
"A daughter? Has he one?' Brett
mann accepted this news with an expires
sion of disfavor.
Yes; and charming, / can tell you.
It's all very odd. In Paris that night
they both sat at the next table,
why did you not speak to themT'
Didn't know who they were. The ad-
mtral was one of my fathers boyhood
friends, and 1 did not meet them till
very recently which was all true
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
MRS. CARRIERS FIRST CRITICS.
How She Leap~d Into Fame in n
single Night.

1t is commonly said that the critic
rarely discovers latent talent in bud
ding histriOns. He is supposed to he
so husily engaged in looking for faults
that any real talent is overlooked. Fur
thcrmore, when a stage aspirant with
out the customary training appears in
= big role. the natural inference Is that
the tyro is an upstart and lacking in
all those qualities which go to make
successful player
But that genuine stage talent will! he
recognized even under the most ad-
verse circumstances is instanCed in tho
case of Mrs. Leslie Carter. Prior TO the
night Of her debut as a star at the
Broadway Theatcr. New York. on No
vcmbcr IN. 1890. Mrs Carter had ncvor
appeared before an audience. 1t is not
too much to say that the critics went
to the theatcr that night as to a Rn-
man holiday. They expected, as they
all admitted at the time. the usual
fasco. but here was a case where the
unexpected happened.
The criticisms make astonishing
reading at this time. Nym Crinklc said
in the World that Mrs. Carter is al
most ClairvOyant in her temperament,
with a mobile face. Capahl" Of every
shade OF expression. In III" pathetic
bits. she Cvinced the true heartbeat.
and was touching and tender without
strain OF aTeCtati"n."
Equally astonishing were the opin-
ions of other writers. Franklin Fyles.
then the critic of the sun. said: The
debut of Mrs. Carter was not a haSco
nor bare escape from a failure. noe
even a scant success, but the disclosure
OF an actress who rose into stage dis
tinction with her first essay"
The critic OF the Herald said: En-
couraged by its applause. she grew
more and more fOrCible as the play
progressed. until she reached her great
scene in the third act. she was almost
heroic. and deservedly won the bravos
that greeted her" The Times critic
said that Mrs. Carter demonstrated in
no doubtful manner her possession Of a
dramatic temperament" These sew
eraI extracts demonstrate in a remark
able way the utility OF criticism. and
they are prophetic in an unusual de-
gree.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

enough For some unacccuntable rea-
son Fitzgerald found that he was on
guard II have ordered an open car
riase. II you, have any trunks can
take them up for you"
TT win be good Of you"
, They proceeded TO finish the repast
and then sought the ONCE, for their reck-
oning- Later, they strolled toward the
water front. Fitzgerald, during moments
when the talk Jagged, thought over the
meeting. There was a false ring to 1t
somewhere. II Breftmann had been turned
down in all the Offices in New York,
there must have been some good cause
Newspapers were not passing over men
of this fellows experience, unless he
had been proved untrustworthy. Brett
mann had not told him everything; he
had even told him too little Still, he
would withhold his Judgment till he
Cathewe hadn't been enthusiastic over the
name; but Cathewe was never inclined
TO enthusiasms.
Passing the angle OF the freight depot
brought the little harbor into full view.
A fine white yacht lay tugging at her
cables.
There's a beauty" said Fitzgerald,
admiringly.
she looks as If she could take care OF
looksI She'll be fast in moderate wealth
er; fair thousand tons, perhaps?'
"a close guess
'1 understand she belongs to my en-
ployer. i hope he takes the sea soon. 1
suppose you know that 1 have knocked
about some as a sailor"
That will help you into the good graces
of the admiral
How dull and uninteresting the coast
liners are here! No gardens, no palms,
nothing of beauty
You must remember the immensely of
this coast and that our summers are
really less than three months. Here
comes one who can tell US about the
yachtr' cried Fitzgerald. espying the
peg-legged sailor. 'I say" he hailed, as
the old sailor drew nigh. You are On
! the Laura, are you not?''
''Yessir. An I've bin on her since she
wus commissioned as a pleasure yacht,
sir. Capt'n."
"Ahr
Fought under tn commodore in tn
war, sir; an he knows me, an I knows
him; an when Flanagan rs on tn bridge
he doesn't signal no pilots between Key
West an st. Johns"
Il am visiting the admiral said Fitz-
gerald, amused.
"Oh!" Capt. Flanagan ducked. with
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

his hand to his cap. On land he was
likely to initiate landsmen in manners
and polfteness, but on board he tipped
his hat to nobody; leastwise to nobody
but Miss Laura, bless her hearti Il
reckon one o. you is tn new secretly"
Yes, am the new secretary" replied
Breitmann- unsmiling-
''Furrin parts?"
We'll, welI-' as if, while he couldn't
help the fact it was none the less to be
nitied You'll be comm aboard soon
then. on for tn Banks. Take my word
for il, you'll find her as stiddy as one o.
your f1oatin' hotel, sir, where you don't
see no sailor but a deckhand as swabs
tn scuppers when a beam seas on.
Good mornin'!" And Capt. Flanagan
stumped of toward the village.
Breitmann shrugged contemporary.
He may not be in European yachting
FORM" admitted Fitzgerald, but he's the
kind of man who makes a navy a good
fighting machine"
But we usually pick out gentlemen to
captain our private yachts
"Oh, this Flanagan is an exception.
There is probably a fighting bond be-
tween him and the admiral; that makes
some difference. You observed, he called
the owner by the title of commodore, as
ne ulu InlrIy -lVe years dSO lSh " SiOSh' >
we should be going up
The carriage was at the hotel when
they returned. They bundled in their
traps and drove away.
The little man now dropped into the
railway station and stuck his head into
the ticket aperture. The agent. who was
seated before the telegraph keys, looked
up.
NO tickets before half-past 10. sir"
Il am not wanting a ticket. / wish to
know if I can send a cable from here"
"A cable? Sure. Where to?'
paris"
Yes. sir. I telegraph 1t to the cable
Office in New York and they do the rest.
Here are some blanks
The other wrote some hieroglyphics
which made the address impossible to
decipher, save that it was directed main
ly to. Paris. The body of the cablegram
contained a single word. The writer paid
the toll and went away.
Now, what would you think of that
murmured the operator, scratching his
head in perplexity. "Wen, the company
gets the money. so it's all the same to
me- Butterflies, and all the rest in
French. Next time it'n be bugs. All
right, here goes"
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
CHILDREN ATTEND FUNERAL.
Rites for Murderer and Suicide a
Undertaker's Rooms.

The four young children of Samuel
Shipley, who shot his wife and then COM
mitted suicide Thursday night in Mrs.
Shipley's home, 514 Ninth street southeast,
attended their fathers funeral in the
chapel of Geier's undertaking establish
ment in Seventh street yesterday after
noon. The children were accompanied by
Mrs. Nellie Engel, Mrs. Shipley's mother,
in whose home, at S23 NJ street southwest
they have found an asylum since the
double tragedy by which they were Or
phaned.
The two oldest children, William and
Ethel, aged fourteen and eleven respec-
lively, bore up bravely under the ordeal
The younger children, Villa, nine years
old, and Alfred. seven years old, were
not so greatly impressed. Others present
were the father of Shipley and his sis
ters Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene, of the
Calvary Baptist Church, officiated. In
terment was in Glenwood Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Shipley will be held
from the residence of her mother to-
morrow afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Aaar... nv DR.. winbisIer.

The Washington Psycho-Therapeutic
Society will hold a meeting at the head
quarters of the woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. Sixth street northwest.
below street. on next Wednesday even
ing. at s O'Clock. DIR. Charles F. Win
bigIer, director. will deliver an address
entitled ''The subconscious mind and its
powers"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
ENTERTAINMENTS FOR BLIND.
VIII BE Given In Lecture Hall Of
Public Library.

The following is the programme for
volunteer readings and music in the lee
ture hall of the Public Library: February
IA, p. m, f. F. Dickinson; February 10.
p. m, Bird Lyrics with bird song
imitation, by Miss Mabel Goodhue.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
cIaytor Burial I'm Maryland.

The body of Richard Claytor, who died
Of paralysis at his home. 132s New Hamp-
shire avenue northwest Friday night,
was yesterday conveyed to his former
home. West River. Md. for interment.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
A Reversion.
From the IIluarated Bits

From the IluSrated Bus
'Matrimony," said a modern benedict
the other day. produces remarkable re-
volutions. Here am I. for instance. in
few short months changed from a
signing lover to loving sire"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

Tea GOWNS often have hanging sleeves. and the
peasant sleeve cut in one with the bodice Is b. no
means as yet discarded