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Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
GIRL is BRUTALLY TREATED
Ryllis Kenzie Imprisoned for Days
in a Willard Hotel Room.
ONE AssAnANT IS ARRESTED
Iowa Damscl Comes 10 omnha I'd
study TeIcRraphy, hut Falls
Into the Hands of Two
Rnilrosd Men. i

~ f.year-old girl from
Sheldon, Ia, lies dangerously III at the
hi.I..a motel as the result OF brutal treat
ment received from two men while she
was stopping at that hosiery. She
charges Frank Potter. formerly auditor
OF dining car conductors accounts for
the Union Pacific, as her chief assailant.
John Franklin. dining car conductor.
was arrested Tuesday night by the police
on suspicion OF being one Of the men
wanted.
The police arc told that the Kenzie
girl came to Omaha about two weeks ago
to study telegraphy. She secured a room
at the Willard hotel. Owing TO the late
hours she kept and her suspicious move
ments the clerk ordered her TO pay her
rent and leave. This was ten days ago.
She paid her bill. and II was supposed
she had left the hotel.
One Of the guests at the hotel reported
TO the clerk last Friday that the girl
was still there. hiding In the room occu-
pied by Frank Potter. The clerk sent
word up TO Potter that he would Ike to
see him. However. he was called out OF
the hotel shortly after, and Potter slipped
down. paid his bill and left.
Saturday the chambermaid went into
the room formerly occupied by Miss Ken
xie and found her In bed very sick. Dr.
waggoner was called and gave her med
teal aid. Tuesday the police were nou-
fled Of the case. and Police Surgeon Har-
ris found her to be critically I'll. suffer-
ing from acute peritoniis.
The police have been searching the city
for Potter. but cannot find him 1t was
learned that he had gone to Cheye"ne,
but word was received from there yester-
day that he left that city two days ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
OMAHA ALUMNI OF STATE
UNI TO ELECT OFFICERS

Election Of officers for the University
Of Nebraska Omaha Alumni club viii
take place Thursday evening In the club
rooms Of the University club. Fifteenth
and Farnam streets. Other business win
also be taken up and = discussion per
tanning 10 athletics Of the Cornhusker
school will follow. Information about the
foct ball schedule Of the cornhuskers for
next hezson 10 In the hands Of some Of
the present officers o. the Club and IT
probably win be given out. All alumni
Of the university or any ono who ever
attsnded the state school are invited to
the msstinS
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
THUMMEL UNRAVELS TANGLE'
Accounting of Water Plant to Be
Completed Within a Month.
MASTER MAKES INVESTIGATION
Hand, Company's Demand for
Reimbursement and Bonds
0utstandinE.

Rapid Roadway in unraysling the water
works tangie Is being made by George
II. ThummeL special master IN ehancery.
and the prospect Of the plant being cp-
Grated by the city this year Is growing
bright. The accounting ordered by Judge
Munger has been commenced and win be
completed within q month.
Mr.. Thummel Is investigating four mat
ters. First. an inventory OF supplies on
hand; second, hydrant rentals as bearing
on the company's demand for reimburse
ment for money expended for forced iiti-
CATION: third. the amount Of bonds now
outstanding against the plant; fourth,
the capital expended In improvements
and extensions Of the plant sines the
original appraisement.
Attorneys LAkin and Stout for the
water company made q statement setting
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
STATE MASONS GET DEGREES
Fourth to Thirty-Third, Inclusive, to
Be Conferred Here Next Month.
FOUR DAYS SESSION IN OMAHA
Sevcnty-Five from Various Parts Of
Nebraska 20 Gather at the Ma
sonic Temple In This City
for the Work.
FOUR DAYS SESSION IN OMAHA

Seventy-five Masons from various parts
OF the state win receive the degrees Of
Masonry from the fourth to the thirty
third. inclusive. at the annual reunion
Of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite. Orient OF Omaha, to be held at
Masonic temple in Omaha. March IL. II.
10 and H. The orient OF Omaha conf
prises the entire state, except Lancaster
and Adams counties.
II will require afternoons and evenings
Of the first three days to confer the
degrees from four TO thirty. and the
thirty-first and thirty-second win be con-
ferred by Nebraska consistory No. in
ceremonies beginning at S o'clock on the
afternoon OF the fourth day. March H. A
class banquet will be held after the final
degree Is conferred. ~. Il
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
BRIEF CITY News
Have Root Print It.

aavs Root rrint It.
Gas, Elso. Fixtures. Hurrsss-o-a
Thos. W. 5isckourn for congrssr -Aa.
Woodmsn Council Msets-The execu-
tive council OF the woodmen of the World
Is holding q regular session in the head
quarters building. The meeting began yes
terday and will continue week or ten
days.
Technical club to Msst-The Omaha
Technical club will meet at the University
club at $50 o'clock this evening TO per-
feet its organization President A. l.
Mohler Of the Union Pacific railroad will
speak.
xolsff May Get wsrl-chris Koleff.
the man who was held UP. slugged and
left lying In gutter at Twelfth and
Capitol avenue over q week ago and been
In St Joseph's hospital. is reported to
be In slightly improved condition.
wallace VIII Rscover-Robert wal
lace. the young man who was injured in
collision with an automobile while he
was riding a bicycle about a week ago.
and who has been confined to the Wise
Memorial hospital. is reported to be out
Of danger and viii recover.
sootusn Scotia, and pane.-Tba Iad,ss,
Auxiliary Of Clan Gordon No. s., Order
of Scottish Clans, will give a lean year
social and dance THURSDAY evening I'm
MYRTLE hall. Fifteenth and Douglas A
f1ne program has been arranged and good
,np.,c engagea Ratrssbran,. vii, h.
1900
'ss Ioi Dspef.msn. oommAnast
campaign IS oeins "aseo py tne local
posts on tne drano Army OF the hepuo-
10 on nenalt OF Jonn A. Dempster' VINO
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
Date Determined
for Conservation

Father McGovern will be consecrated
bishop Of Cheyenne on April IL The date
was determined yesterday and II was also
decided that the conservation ceremonies
shall take place In st. Johns church.
The ceremony will DO conducted by
Archbishop Keane OF Dubuque, as con-
secrator. assisted by Bishop Garrigan Of
Sioux City and Bishop scannell of this
city and bishop Then OF Lincoln.
Bishop scanneii IL expected TO return
home early In March from California,
where he Is sojoarning for the benefit Of
his health.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
SOL IERS AT OMAHA FORTS
NOT TO GO TO MEXICO

Mexican uprisings near the American
border win have no effect upon any SOL
diers CHARTERED at either Fort Crook or
Fort Omaha. according to . statement
madeyestsrday by Major p. c. March, who
is acting commandant Of the headQuar-
tsrs In the absence Of General Smith.
Major March says that he has received
Instructions from the War department at
Washington to notify the commanding
officers OF both posts TO grant leaves Of
absence to soldiers as heretofore, and that
the 'get ready order has been rescinded.
Acting upon this information q large
number Of requests for leave Of absence
that have been on file for the last few
weeks were granted by the officer In
charge Of both forts. Not a few permits
to leave were for periods Of time longer
than q Hyynth.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
Equipment at Fort
Omaha Condemned

As the result Of the inspection Of the
various divisions Of the Department OF
the Missouri by Major Eli r. Kelmick OF
Chicago several thousand dollars worth
OF equipment and paraphernalia at Fort
Omaha has been condemned. The ma
jority Of the condemned articles are can
toens. haversacks and ANTICIPATED small
arms. Tho small arms will be sent to
the arsenal AZ Rock Island. Ill, for re-
pairs and general overhauling. but the
cantssns and havsrsacks will be dis
oarded for new ones. A number Of worn
saddles and sets Of harness have been
singled out for the discard. and requisl-
tons have been sent In to the depart
ment headquarters for new equipment 10
replace the condemned stuff.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
MethodiSts Rally
at Pearl Memorial

Prominent Methodists addressed large
gathering at Pearl Memorial church Tues
day evening to impress The public with the
necessity OF maintaining Nebraska Wes-
leyan university. An effort is being made
TO add to the 10000 endowment already
made.
DR.. Edward Hislop was among the
speakers and he introduced Bishop ]. L.
Nuelsen and Chancellor c. A Fullmer.
All told of the great Christian work
that Is being done at the university and
urged the earnest support Of the CON-
munity. In addition to the speaking
there was program Of music. A. H.
Gross sang. accompanied BY Miss Bradley.
Mas Nispel and Miss Goodale.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

John Hayes Hammond. the mining en-
Ftnesr. left San Francisco yesterday In
the special car Pilgrim. and VIII arrive
in Or1aha at us q. m Saturday morning.
General Frederick A Smith Of the De-
partuent Of the Missouri, who has been
spending the last few weeks at Hot
sprfugs' Ark. with his wife. is expected
to return to Omaha this morning. Mira
Enifl.s health II greatly improved
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
CHANCE FOR BOY OR GIRL
TO GET A GOOD HOME

Does any girl or boy between the ages
OF u and 1s years want q good home on
q farm near Emerson. Ia
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A MCGEE have written
20 Rsv. c. W. savidge, asking him to try
and find q girl or boy who wants good
home. The McGees have no children and
wish the company Of q boy or girl.
McGess address is Emerson. Ia. Route
M L
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29

forth the eompeuy's views OF accounting.
touching upon the points to be investi-
gated. and this statement was taken I'M
der sdvisemsnt by the master. The next
hearing will be held next Tuesday IN the
north court room Of the federal building.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
DUh'T GET RUN DUNN

Weak and miserable. II you have kidney OF Blad.
Der trvubls. dali head pains, DrEnssa. Nsyousness
pains 10 the back and feel tired All over get pack
aEs e MOTHER GRAr's AROMATIC LEAF, The
pleasant hsre cure Il never falls We have many
tes,imoniss from ETateful people Who have ussd
tails vonderfui remedy. A. q regulator Il has no
equal Asa fer Nothss oray's AROMATIC LEAF
a. Druggists sect BY nail for 70 eta Sample
Free AtfrsA Ths Mother Cray Co. Leroy ~ Y
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
THIEVES STEAL RECORDS
ALONG WITH PH0N0GRAPHS

Lydia McIntyre, 50 North Twenty.
third street. reported to the police that
her house was entered by thieves Tuesday
night and phonosraph and twenty rec
ords stolen.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
HAVE YOU READ TT?

The Adlsr-i-ka book. telling how you
can EASILY guard against appendicitis
and get 'INsTANT relief from constipa-
uon or gas on the stomach. IL being read
with much interest BY Omaha people. II
IL given away free By Sherman & Neon
nell Drug Co. Cor. 18th and Dodge. Cor.
18th and Harvey. Cor. zilh and Faxnam
and 07 North 18th 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29

A remedy Of superior merit for Coughs, Hosrse-
ness and irritation Of throat, giving wonderful
relief In Lung Troubles, Bronchitis and Asthma.
Free from oplatss or any harmful Ingredient
Sold only in bones. sample mailed free.
JOHN |. BROWN SON, Boston, Mas.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
pynamfte wreck. BaIidinss

as completely as coughs and cold wreck
lungs- Cure them quick with DR.. Kings
New Discovery. 50c and sleo. For sale
By Beaten Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29
Nlot60b
I1jofl0

drug stores. Write for free book for
expectant mothers, which contains
much valuable information.
DRADFrEID REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29

Health Is the foundation Of ali good
looks. The wise woman realizes this
and takes precautions to preserve her
health and strength through the pc
Rod OF child bearing. She remains q
pretty mother by avoiding as far as
possible the suffering and dangers Of
such occasions. This every woman
may do through the use Of Mothers
Friend, q remedy that has been 30 long
In use, and accomplished 30 much
good, that It Is In no sense an expert
ment, but q preparation which always
produces the best results. II Ia for
external application and 80 penetrating
in Its nature as TO thoroughly lubricate
every muscle. nerve and tendon IN
volved during the period before baby
comes. II aids nature by expanding
the skin and tissues, relieves tender.
ness and soreness, and perfectly pre-
pares the system for natural and safe
motherhood. Mothers Friend has been
used and endorsed by thousands Of
mothers. and ite use will proye n com-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-29

Tort and benefit
TO any woman In
need Of such q
remedy. Mothers
Friend 10 sold az
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
JAYHAWKER JOT.S

Don't be too modest, advises the
Sterling Kansas Bulletin. People new
er criticize an old hen for cackling af-
ter she lays an egg.
Mrs. Kelley of the Toronto Republi-
can remarks that it's curious, but the
Plugs and the Highbrows are always
picking at each other.
by Jove," the correspondent of the
Belle PLANE News on Rural Route No.
?, remarks: when the spring time
comes, gentle Annie,'' is all right in
songs otherwise, nit!
Blue Rapids was quite railroad
center for a time this morning, re-
place recently. A train of four or five
engines and a snow plow were at the
Missouri Pacific depot.
Evidently the folk at Lawn Ridge
are strong believers in better late
than never The correspondent at
reported last week: I'VE have never
had our Xmas tree and treat given out
yet on account of bad roads. But
next Saturday night we are to have
them"
In concluding a lengthy argument
Moline Review says: The whole theory
of government is that the voters
should have what they want regard
less Of who gets the candy in the
not the practice conform to the
theory?
Speaking of optimists, the grand
prize belongs. on the chest of f. E.
kelley. editor of the Toronto Republi-
can Listen to what he said the 9TH
er day: While most of Kansas had a
big fall of snow the past few days the
fall was light here. Cheer up. It is
only so days until the peach and the
plum trees will be in bloom.
There always seems to be a lack
of definiteness about 1.-THE Man High
er Up" no matter in what line of en-
deavor he may be cast. Just now some
of the subscribers of the Eureka Her
aid are pursuing this gentleman of
John Doe similitude. They are COM
planning to the boss of that paper be-
cause the concluding chapters of a SER
ial story entitled 1.-The Man Higher
Up have failed to make their APP
pearance in the paper. They want
to know what became of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
SAYS UNCLE CAV

always feel sorry for the man with
conscience that sticks out like a blood
boil. Most of us have need of all the
conscience that We can muster, and
would be better off, perhaps, if we
could borrow little, but too many of
US make the wrong use of the moral
mentor with the still. small voice. We
keep it busy with other peoples affairs
until we become wry-necked busy
bodies. We develop moral far sight"
We can discern the mote in the eye of
the fellow who lives around the corner,
and that without half trying, but we
can't find the beams in our own eyes
when we neglect to pay our grocery
bills or beat the laundryman.
The most highly moral man in my
neighborhood is an unmitigated old
metropia of the conscience and doesn't
know it. He's so thoroughly good that
he can't do any wrong, except to poster
the happiness out of the existence of
his neighbOrs who refuse to live ac-
cording to his little ruIe-of- thumb
ideas. Having set his own standard and
succeeded in reducing his life to a
machine-like round that exactly cor
responds to that standard, he has a. lot
of time left over for the regulation of
the morals of his neighbors, and he
makes good use of it. Having no fur
Their use for his highly-inf1amed con-
science in his own affairs, he gives the
rest of US full benefit of it. He sadly
1aments the fact that I, who attend the
theatre on Sunday, am going to the
devil, and that the man next door
smokes six cigars a day, whereas his
self-appointed mentor smokes but
three. The boys who romp joyously
over our unfenced lawns and who oc-
casionally make too much noise, are
imps of Satan and are daily greasins
the long slide to destruction. The
young man who prefers cigarettes to q
pipe is simply unspeakable; the woman
who buys more than one new hat a
season is in league with the evil one or
she wouldn't be setting young girls an
example of extravaganza. This is a
very good old man. He never does
anything wrong If he did, we'd see
that he went to Jail in order that We
who must live near him might have
peace. If there Were any law for it
we'd have him imprisoned for life for
numbering joy, and We're it possible
we'd have that fostering conscience of
his amputated.
He's an extreme example but there
are far too many of his kind I take
it that his chief fault lies in the fact
that he doesn't realize that conscience
is made for home consumption, and
that an habitual display of such one
as his is indecent exposure
Keep your conscience at home It's
probable that THAI is where it is most
needed.-(Copyright 1912, by w. e.
Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
QUAKER NIEDITATIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
Persons who look for the worst usually
get it.
The world sends her choicest gifts
collect.
Life is one bank that gives you back
just what you put into 1t.
II some men got just what they de-
served the bread line would be twice as
long
Even the expert horticulturist may hesi-
tate in describing his wife's lie locks
Gink-"You are sure Bjones viii faiI?"
Dink-''Absolutely. He refused to take
my advice"
BIobbs-"Why do poets insist that death
is followed by a quick journey2' Slobbs-
Il presume II is all down hill"
Say, pop what's a church," -
church, my son, is a place where women
sit behind a $50 hat and try to convince
themselves that Thou shalt not coYet ~
not in the Ten Commandments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Nothing counts much against deterni-
nation.
You mean to do the right thing always,
but do you?
Very few failures are due to selling
goods below cost.
A good nights sleep is the best time an
insomnia sufferer can have.
It is the losing political faction which
talks most about the Steam Roller.
An Atchison dictagraph has gray eyes
and yellow hair, and she is always on
the job.
If you are growing better, you needn' t
worry much about whether the world
is or not.
You can't see the cards that are stacked
against you because they are generally
imaginary.
Probably most people will agree that
the basketball season is long enough.
Winter is the basketball season.
People believe so much they hear that
a man can't save much but money by
winning a breach of promise suit
You may have observed that the price
of booze never gets too high for a man
until he begins to feel he has to have it.
1t is possibly true that Pocahontas
saved Capt. John Smith, but most of the
other Indians are too shiftless to save
anything.
It so often happens that the women
who undergo the most surgical operations
are not the ones who really need little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
ADVERT TALKS
~ WILLIAM 9. FREEMAN

An advertising representative of several
out-of-town publications told me the fol-
lowing experience:
Il called at the store of Smith Gray &
Co. mt long ago to buy a hat, as they had
advertised sale of hats. looked over
some of the hats, but none fitted me.
1.-THE salesman waiting on me said: I
think I know the style of hat you want
The style have in mind is not in stock
at present. Are you in the neighborhood
frequently" 1 answered, Yes Well
he continued, please give me your tele-
phone number / Will get the hat Tor you
and will call you up when get 1t.
He was so courteous that told him
to get the hat for me and would call
for it in a day or two The next DAY
called again, but was too quick for him
He hadn't yet gotten the hat, but the
day after, when / called again, ne had II
for me. 1t was all right and / bought IL.
He told me If found 1t did not suit me,
after wearing IL, to bring IT back and ne
would get me another one.
81 thought this was mighty fine treat
as the hat l bought
was at a price advertised Tor the sale.
The point about this story that's worth
recording is the desire of the salesman to
make good to the customer who had re-
sponded to the advertisement put out BY
the house.
would have told the customer. I'VE
haven't anything to suit YOU" and let It
go at that
did his house a lot of good. And IL Is
lust such attention to details, On the
part of the sales force of a store, that
builds a business surely ana successfully.
advertising has not the power to work
miracle in q business, but II will bring
customers to a store and they will stick
if they receive proper attention and good
SCI ITO be continuedO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
ny THE WY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

One may gather from dispatches
that pipe smoking has become a fad
with the ladies of the 400" in San
Francisco. But in this fad, Frisco is
far behind. a dozen years ago pipe
smoking was the favorite pastin1e of
the ladies of Topeka's 400" Gone
should add, however, that the word
| ladies" is used in the Bill Whitian
sense. and that Topeka's only 400
was notorious HOP joint in Smoky
Row.
There are several unusual features
noticeable about our county attorney s
latest bid for fame,-that custer suit.
The most noticeable is that SO far as
we can ascertain, it is the first case
entailing no side fees he ever brought.
Some talk is being made about the
protection of the American Flag in
Mexico, but the really wise Americans
who are marooned in that country
an English accent, and purchase a
monocle.
A Dresden Shepherdess has decided
that Mamma Schuman- Heink is
spending entirely too much money on
her family. So the Dresden young
lady, after settling it in her own mind,
sues Madame's oldest chee-ild for
breach of promise. So that one may
presume that having a mamma who
per diem has it's drawbacks as well as
its advantages. In choosing a mamma,
young man should pick one who
doesn't make quite so much money.
Got your garden seeds from your
congressman yet? We got ours today:
and by the way, what the heck IS
"endive ?" Lodge says it is species
of curly-haired lettuce, but Lodge
came from New York where the only
salad trimming raised is long green,
and we would like a little competent
testimony on this "endive'' thing.
It is rumored that the South Pole
has been discovered; as there are no
Eskimos in that end of the world, gum
drops would be out of the question,
and the jolzesmiths are invited to get
busy and find a substitute for the gum
drop gag.
Tt appears that our lifelong effort
hiring of careful, painstaking keepers
in all departments has been unavail-
able. We pipe by headlines that Mrs.
Lease is Out.
Cucumbers are only two bits each
on the local market. We had thought
some of pricing a strawberry, but have
decided to wait until next pay day.
< Now Stubbs is home he may proceed
To get our nannygoat,
Because we do not choose to read
The Letters T. r. Wrote;
Disfranchisement shall be our lot
Oh, fol de roland other rot!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08

'sDuping films is the prase used
by moving picture men to describe a
f1ourishing Illicit trade in counterfeits
of the current films. 'Duped" or
duplicate films are made by photo
graphing the entire contents of NOV
ing picture films as the scenes are
projected upon the screen. An ordi-
nary moving picture camera is used
for the purpose. These copies of films
afford a very large margin of profit,
because the dishonest producer may
avoid the cost of mounting plays; he
avoids paying the salaries of actors
and other studio expenses, and in the
case of outdoor productions or travel
pictures he avoids the cost of trans
portation and delays. Moving picture
manufacturers have found it necessary
to combine against this traffic.-The
Argonaut.