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Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Real Estate Dealers
Indicted on Charge
of Misuse of Mails

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 29-Descrlptions of
the twelve men indicted by tho federal
grand Jury for alleged fraudulent boom.
ing OF "spottswood Manor" New
Jersey subdivision. together with copies
of indictments, will be mailed to Chi
cago, New York and other eastern cities
In an effort 20 bring about the Immediate
arrest OF the indicted men, II was an.
nounced today.
Thomas II. Smart. chief promoter OF
a land and bookselling enterprise and one
Of those indicted. is~in Chicago. accord.
ing to Jepha ID. Howe, his local attorney.
Tho twelve men are charged with mis-.
using the mails in connection with the
sale of lots and books. IL is charged that
on the strength OF a beautiful prospectus
they sold ground which in reality was
under water In q swamp.
Smart sold a set of books for $50 and
threw In a piece OF property with the
sale" Attorney Howe said. He has not
criminally guilty OF any fault"
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
BoWater Elected Lord
Mayor of London

LONDON, Sept. 2s.-slr Thomas vanslt-
tart Bowater was elected lord mayor Of
the city OF London today He will as
sumo office on November 3.
Sir Thomas Is the first Lancastsrian
to attain this high position. After him.
however there will be, barring accidents,
a succession OF Lancasterian lord ~iayors,
for Sir Charles Johnston, who will sue
ceed him, was born In Liverpool and Sir
Charles c. Wakefield and Sir william
Dun, who are next In rotation, are ma
tives respectively of Liverpool and
Clitheree, in. Lancashire.
Sir Thomas Bowater Is a Manchester
man. He was born I'm 1862 and came to
London as a young man 10 enter bust
ness. He is now at the head OF large
firm of paper makers. His rise politically
has been rapid. Every lord mayor must
have served as alderman and sheriff, and
usually an alderman must walt some
years before being elected sheriff.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Steamer Mohawk
Goes Aground and
Passengers in Panic

POUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y, Sept. %
Three hundred passengers of the steamer
Mohawk OF the Manhattan Navigation
company were transferred from the
vessel early today after II had gone hard
aground on embankment off Hyde park.
seven miles north Of here Most OF them
resumed their journey to Albany over
the New York Central railroad.
In the panic which followed the ground
ing several passengers were slightly hurt.
Many had ben thrown from their berths
by the impact, Which tore a great hole
in the Mohawk's bow and forced II nearly
thirty feet up the river bank, almost to
the New York Central tracks.
Nearly every one had retired when the
ship hit the rocks The excited pas
sengers swarmed to the decks, and while
the crew tried to calm their fears the
life boats were made ready to lower.
The vessel was so fast aground however,
as TO be in no danger of sinking, and 1t
was decided TO wait for assistance.
In response TO the vessels whistles of
distress the steamers Trojan and Iro-
quois of the same line came up and took
off consignments of passengers, many of
them hysterical women. There was a
long wait in the station at Poughkeepsie
before they could take the train for
Albany.
The accident was due to a break in the
steering gear.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
TURKEY AND BULGARIA
SIGN TREATY OF PEACE

CONsTANTINOPLE. Sept. 29.-The
treaty Of peace between Turkey and Bul-
garia was signed by the plenipotentiar-
les here today.
The menacing language OF the news
papers representing the Turkish military
element, which practically occupys the
government saddle at the present mo-
ment. confirms the incorporating at
titude adopted by Turkey in It's demands
on Greece.
One paper declares that II Greece fails
to yield It is doomed TO be driven from
salonlki and Epirus, within the limits
OF it's old frontier"
Another says; Greece Is bound to
yield on the question OF the islands In
the Aegean sea before the united Bull
gaTian and Turkish armieg."
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Dried Fruit May Lose
OF Take On Weight
During Shipment

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-Ten carloads
of dried fruit are on their way from
Los Angeles. Cal. to New York, WASH
ington and other cities OF the east as
part Of extensive tests being conducted
by the United States Bureau of Chemistry
to obtain data for the drafting of regu-
lations for the new net weight law, which
requires that the contents be plainly indi-
Gated on the outside of every package of
food. The tests are to determine the
amount OF shrinkage which takes place
in transit from the Pacific to the At
lantic coast.
That many niceties OF calculation must
enter into the preparation Of the regula-
tions and the figuring of the allowances,
which justly must be made on account
of the shrinkage during shipment is
shown by the fact, as stated by officials
Of the bureau, that certain products fire.
quently will lose weight when shipped
from city where the climate is moist
to one which is in high. dry place,
whereas they will take on weight when
sent from a dry to a moist climate.
Some crates of macaroni, for instance,
recently shipped to Denver and Ari.
Eona lost weight, while those sent to New
Orleans, San Francisco and Seattle gained
owing " moisture in the air.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Eight Foreigners
Are Captured by
Chinese Bandits

PEKfNG. Sept pa missionary tele-
gram received at Hankow today from
Fan Cheng, in the north of the province
OF Hu Peh, says:
''On Friday bandits looted and still hold
the town Of Tsao Yang. Eight foreigners,
according to authentic reports, were cap
tured by them"
There is a mission at Fan Cheng be.
longing to the Hauges Norwegian Evan
gelical Lutheran Synod of America The
station is officered by five men and six
women.
Edward T. Williams, charge d'affairies
OF the American legation, made represen-
tations to the Chinese office today, call
ing for protection of the American mis-
sionaries.
At the request OF j. Paul Jameson. act
ing American consul at Hankow General
Ii Yuen Heng, vice president of the Chi
nese republic, is sending troops to the
district, but Tsao Yang is a long distance
from Hankow.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
INCUBATOR BABY CASE
UP TO SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Sept. Bone Of the
unique cases 10 come before the supreme
court during the session which begins
in a few days. is one in which the court
will be called upon to determine the
parentage OF the Incubator baby"
viewed by thousands at the Louiana Pur.
chase exposition at st. Louis.
Mrs, Lottie Bleakley OF Topeka, Kan.
claims to be the mother of the two
pound mite. She has fought in the courts
of Illinois and Kansas for possession of
the child. now years old. and appears
now before the court as prosecuting wit.
ness against a detective who is charged
with having kidnapped the girl from her
home
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Barclay Of
Douglas county, ILL.,, claim the child as
an adopted daughter. Barclay. who was
an employe at the fair grounds. watched
the baby in its glass home. The Barclays
declare investigation shows Mrs Bleak
ley is mistaken about being the mother
OF the child. They claim that her child
died a few days after it was born.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
FEDERAL VICTORY CONFIRMED
No Question Of Defeat of Revolution
lists Under General Gonzales.
TROUBLE BREWING IN TABAsCo
Rumors of Hostilities in State Quiet
for Considerable Time.
NEW PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Washington Refuses TO Express Any
Opinion About Significance of
Entry of other Men In
the Race.

WASHINGTON, Sept 29-The admin
istration has reluctantly concluded that at
present there is no constitutional means
OF opening communication on an Off
cial basis with insurgent parties i'm Mex
ico This fact developed today as the
result of an inquiry whether Mr.. Lind,
the presidents special commissioner to
Mexico, was able to get into communica-
tion with the constitutionalists with a
view to securing an agreement from them
to respect a truce while the projected
october elections in Mexico are under
way.
The administratioh is much interested
in the bringing forward Of new candi-
dates for the presidential nomination,
though not willing to express any opin-
Ion as to the Significance Of these en-
tries in their bearing on the settlement
OF the question whether the Huerta gov
ernment is genuinely complying with the
desire of the United States government
for free and fair election in Mexico.
Confirmation of the defeat of the con-
stitutionalists under General Gonzales at
Baratan by General Mas, federal COM
mander, and of the retreat OF the rebels
to Sabinas has reached the State depart
ment from the American consul at Ciu-
dad Porforio Diaz.
Trouble is brewing in the state Of Ia
basco, which has been quiet for some
time, and there are rumors that the in
surrectionists in the southern part of the
state are only awaiting the arrival of
expected reinforcements to renew hos
tilities.
The rebels who have been besieging
Mazatlan have now sought to compel sur
render of the federal forces by cutting off
the water supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Houston Speaks at
Detroit Road Congress

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 2S-secretary
Houston of the United States depart
ment of agriculture in an address be-
fore the American Road congress here
today expressed his approval of the ef-
forts OF the organization and explained
the interest of the federal unit with
which the federal government might
deal
1t would seem that the basic feature
would be such cooperation between the
states and federal government as would
leave the states the initiative in the Sc
lection or roads to receive aid and as
much Of the immediate construction and
maintenance as would be practicable.
1T is also reasonably clear that there
must be some automatic check upon the
demands to be made upon congress and
that this should be afforded through the
requirement that the states and the To-
calities should contribute an amount
both for construction and maintenance
at least equal to and possibly double
that contributed by the federal govern
ment."
Other speakers before the congress to-
day included: Logan Walter PAGE, pres
ident OF the American Highway asso-
ciation and A. w. Campbell, deputy min
lister of railways and canals in Can
ada.
At the opening session letters were
read from President Wilson, Speaker
Champ Clark, Senator Robert M. La
Toilette and Representative o. W. I'm
derwood, who expressed their regret be-
cause they were unable to attend, and
voiced approval of good roads legislation
Every man who wishes to see this
great country made the most of must
sympathize with the efforts now being
made to weave its parts together by
good roads" wrote President Wilson.
In his opening address to the congress
President Logan Waller Page Of the
American Highway association con-
demned what he termed the "haphazard
issuance OF long-term bonds for road
building"
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
CARNIVAL ATTENDANCE.

Because the weather cleared late in
the Afternoon yesterday when most OF
those who had intended to attend the
arrival had lost the notion, the after
noon attendance was not laree. But
as tvening came on and the lights
blazed forth the crowds began to as
semble. The carnival attractions are
now all in place, and doing a big bust
ness. Irwin Brothers pulled off their
show In the afternoon in spite OF the
rain OF the night and morning, but they
did 1t In the auditorium.
A great deal OF interest ls being shown
In the Douglas county fair, which is
being held in connection with the car
nival. There are dozens of fine horses
on exhibit. several score of hogs that
are excellent representatives OF the best
Nebraska products. Many OF these hogs
were. prize winners at tho. Htatar, .faiEs
The assortment OF shetland ponies 10 a
large one ana ID OF especial interest to
the children. The agricultural exhibits
occupy O booth over a block long. They
reveal many surprises to those who
were OF the opinion that on account OF
tho dry weather the crops were a fall
ure. There Is much corn and other pro-
duce that has perhaps never been ex-
celled In the county.
Floral Parade To-day.
When thje foiarl parade sails out on
the street this afternoon at o'clock the
firss parade spectacle OF the season will
be witnessed. AS the parades are among
the great features of the festivities the
trains coming into Omaha yesterday
a. IL, anlN Af thD
threatening condition of the weather.
II is held both by railroad men and
Ak-sar- Ben officials that the rain kept
many back yesterday, but In spite oe
that most OF the trains that pulled in
at the stations were packed to their
capacity.
The information bureau now has list
OF 1,00O rooms In the city that are avail
able for keeping visitors The crowds
began yesterday afternoon TO seek rooms
In earnest from the information bureau.
Signs have been placed over the eleva-
tors In the railway stations directing
the people to 1875 Farnam street where
they can consult the list OF 1000 rooms
to decide where they want to select their
lodging for the week.
VIII show at Auditorium.
With the Irwin Brothers wild West
show performing In the Auditorium yes
terday and two of the big attractions
OF the carnival grounds just moved |into
place for the first time, the Ak-sar-B Ben
festivities was in fun swing yesterday
afternoon. on account of the mud at
Rourke park It was decided yesterday
that the IRWIN Brothers wild West show
Is to be held in the Auditorium every
afternoon and evening.
Early yesterday the tent and appas
ratus for the big Hippodrome show on
the carnival grounds were put into place.
and the first OF the shows in the HIP
podrome were staged yesterday afternoon.
This Is the show that contains thel bunch
OF attractions that have been looked for
Continued on Page Two.)
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Former Congressman
Lacy Drops Dead

OsKALOOSA, Ia. sept 29.-John F.
Lacey former Iowa congressman for the
Sixth Iowa congressional district dropped
dead here today from heart disease.
Major Lacey fell dead at the door
way OF his home. after having returned
from trip downtown. When he was
greeted by his wife AT the door. he com
plained OF feeling H. and she handed him
glass OF water, which he did not fn-
ish before the final stroke, The family
physician pronounced his death due to
apOpleXy.
Major Lacey, who was prominent In
the civil war as a union officer, repre-
sented the sixth Iowa district IN congreBs
from 1889 TO 1907, being elected as a re-
publican.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Field Hospital in
Ordinary BOxcar

CHICAGO. Sept. ga hospital I'm an
ordinary box car, the first OF It's kind TO
be operated by railroad. was put in
commission here today near the scene Of
track elevation work by the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific railroad. IL will
be In charge OF surgeon. who not only
will give first aid to the injured. but will
lecture to employees, instructing them
how TO aid themselves and warn them
against carlessness.
The car has a completely equipped
operating room and a ward. The interior
is enameled I'm white and a screen parti-
tion separates its two rooms. Gas light
running water. an electric fan and many
other Accommodations have been installed
The beds are broad canvas litters sus-
pended from chains and springs.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS
Throw Little Light on the
Death of Mrs. Rexroat.
MIR. SPENCER IS STILL MISSING
Former Husband OF Woman and the
Man She Married Last spring
VIII Testify mt the
Inauest.

CHICAGO, SPIT. 2s.-Intarest-i In the nayss
terious murder OF Mrs. Mildred Allison
faexroat oentered today In the inquest set
for hearing at West Chicago.
Among the more important witnesses
expected were W. II. Allison, who mar
ried the woman seventeen years ago.,
and Everett A. Rexroat. the infatuated
farmer. of Macomb. McDonough county,
who married her last spring. within two
weeks OF her divorce from Allison. A
warrant charging Rexroat with murder
was sworn out last night, but this was
largely to compel his attendance at the
Inquest.
Mrs. Allison Rexroat was murdered at
Wayne. a suburb OF this city. where
many wealthy men have their country
homes. on Friday night. last She was
shot In the head the body placed on the
railroad tracks. and she was robbed OF
jewery and money or the value OF about
$40
She was lursd TO the spot by asman.
descriptions OF who vary greatly. from
tall and slender TO short and stocky. Her
friends understood that she was on her
way to Wheaton. by arrangement over
the telephone with one Spencer" known
from the manner of his speech as the
imam with the drawl" When she left
home she carried a rattan suit case
Neither the suitcase nor the pistol with
which the murdered was committed has
been found.
Husbands View body.
Allison. before the inquest began, was
taken into the room where lay the
mutilated body OF his former wife and
the mother OF bis three children. He
looked long and silently and then burst
into tears
Rexroat was also subjected TO the same
ordeal Friends OF ReXroat declare he
was In Macomb Friday night.
Patching together fragments OF a let
ter found on the scene OF the murder
eliminated as clues, but suggested that a
gang OF wire tappers were plotting to
swindle Charles E. Heron. an Alaska
mining man now in Chicago. The let
ter was addressed 10 Ralpr Coleman OF
Wayne and was signed by Mr., Heron,
who is prominent in Alaska politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Thaw Challenges
Jerome's Veracity

CONCORD, ~ H., Sept. 29-Harry
Thaw today issued a statement, amplifying
the declaration made by John +. Ring
wood, one Of his counsel, at Pough-
keepsie n Y, that the fugitive would
return voluntarily, TO Duchess county
and answer the indictment for conspiracy
to escape from the insane asylum at Mat
teawan, N. Y. IL such indictment had
been found at the time that William
TTavers Jerome, special deputy attorney
general Of New York, stated at the ex-
tradition hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Wanted!
At Once!

Nearly every legitimate en-
deavor is advertised today.
Banks advertise, so do rail-
roads and public service cor
porations while political parties
give their arguments in the ad-
yertising columns.
There should be at least one
representative of every line OF
business activity in the city ad-
vertising in The Bee.
Do you conduct a business
that Is not advertised at all?
II you do, the columns of The
Bee offer you a unique oppor-
tunity.
Readers OF this newspaper
really want some information
about your business.
Why are you not the first to
tell them?
The advertising manager of
The Bee will be glad TO talk
this over with you.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
SENATOR LODGE Is ILL
FOLLOWING OPERATION

NAHANT, Mass. Sept Ex-senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, was operated on
last Thursday for a growth on the right
side For twenty-four hours aftsrward
his condition was serious. Today IL was
said that the patient was as comfortable
as could be expected. Senator Lodge re.
turned from Washington a few days ago
on the conclusion OF the fight over the
tariff bill and at that time appeared 20
be in his usual health. though showing
somewhat the effects OF the strain due
to the prolonged session Of congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
HOMESTEAD ENTRY BILL
NOT YET TO PRESIDENT
From a staff Correspondentl

WASHINGTON, Sept 29.-Cspecial Tel
egram.) )-Rules and regulations for open
ing the North Platte forest reserve TO
homestead entry will probably be COM
pleted by the general land office tomor-
row The bill authorizing the president
TO control these rules has not yet been
signed, however. and cannot be signed
until Wednesday.
After passing the bin on Thursday the
measure went back 10 the house and IL
now reposing In the office Of the chief
clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
BlOodless Battle in
Hills of Colorado

WALsENBURG, Colo, Sept. 29.-Oak-
view a mining camp twenty miles west
of here, was the scene OF bloodless
battle today, when a crowd of strikers
fired from the surrounding hills into
the houses OF strikebreakers. The ex-
change OF shots continued about half an
hour The mine guards rushed their as
sailants, who scattered through the hills.
So far as known none was wounded. A
posse is reported In pursuit
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Douglas County Exhibit of Live Stock
Attracting Attention.
PARADE THIS AFTERNOON
Will Be Most Pleasing Spectacle
with Many Entries.
WILL SHOW AT AUDITORIUM
Irwin brothers wuI Give Their Per-
formances Every Afternoon aud
Evening Under Roof for
Rest OF Week.
Ak-Sar- Ben Carnival Dates

Automobile Floral Parade, tuesday
afternoon.
HlsotrioAl Parade, wednesday night.
German nay Parade, Thursday Rfts
ernoon.
Coronation Bail, Friday evening.
Douglas County Fair ana Live stock
show each day at carnival grounds.
Irwin Bros! Frontier nay Wild West
Show, every afternoon.
Ak-sar-BSn q irwin Bros! Indoor Cir
Gus at the Auditorium. avery evening.
Kings Hlgaway open daily from
q. m. to IL D. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES
DESTROY GOLF GREENS

YARMOUTH, England, Sept. 2s.-Mili-
tant suffragette larson squads" were
again busy today. They destroyed the
greens OF the municipal golf links here
with acid, leaving a confession OF their
crime on the ground and a note saying:
The timber yard was set on fire by US"
This had reference TO fire Saturday
which destroyed $4,000 worth OF lumber.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Omaha Will Have
Headquarters of
Commerce Body
From a Staff correspondent.)

(From a staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sept 29.-(Special Tel
egram.)-A division OF the Interstate
Commerce commission in charge OF the
physical valuation work will be estab-
lished in Omaha. Commissioner Prouty
gave this information to Congressman
Lobeck and Senator Hitchcock The de-
tails Of the headquarters will not be
completed before the first OF the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
Curtain of Smoke
Hangs Over Chicago

CHICAGO, Sept 29-chicsgo was a
city OF night this forenoon. The sky was
black wtth rain clouds and In the alb
hung over the city. Office buildings and
stores were illuminated and work went
on as usual. but wherever buildings were
not equipped for night work, business
had TO be suspended
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
FLORAL AUTO PARADE FINE
Chairman Beaton Promises it Will
Be the Most Beautiful Ever.
FIFTY-s1x AUTOS IN LINE
Besides These There VIII he bands
and Policemen and Members
of the hoard of Governors
ahdshoto-cycIes,
Rout&f Fioral Parade.

Start at. Twenty-fourth and Farnam
streets at p. r.
East on Fatnam street to Fifteenth
street.
North on Fifteenth street to Douglas
street.
East on Douglas to Eleventh street
South on Eleventh street to Farnam
street
West on Farnam to Fifteenth street
South on Fifteenth street to Howard
street.
West on Howard street to Sixteenth
South on sixteenth street to LeavenS
worth street; countermarch north on
Sixteenth street to Chicago street; west
on Chicago street to Seventeenth street /;
south on Seventeenth street to Capitol
avenue and disbRnd.
Fifty-six magnificently decorated auto
mobiles are to bloom forth upon the
streets of Omaha at o'clock today.
when the automobile floral parade.
the first of the parades of the
Ak-sar-Ben festivities. moves forth.
Charles Beaton, chairman of the COM
mittee handling this parade, gives his
word that IL will be the finest ever seen
In Omahe. He also has the word of the
imported decorator who has worked on
tn cars and who has worked on cars for
similar parades from coast to coast.
While the cars are being decorated at
less cost this year, they are also being
more elaborately decorated. How can
that be? Well. It is easy. Last year con-
tractors came here from Chicago and
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Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
The Weather


Foreease till p. m Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Unsettled, with showers
TanuarafuPe mt Omaha NsaHerdav.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30

Democratic Leader Underwood pre-
sented tariff bill conference report and
secured agreement for meeting OF house
at II a m. Tuesday TO debate report
Adjourned al l2ls p. m. until II a. m
Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-30
The National Capital
Monday, September 20, 1913.
The senate.

Senator Kern secured unanimous con-
sent for adjournment until Wednesday.
Senate and house conferees agreed 10
the conference report on tariff bill, re-
publicans Withholding thG4r approval.
Samuel Untermyer, before banking
committee. gave his views on the cur
rency legislation.
day.