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Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
BACKS DEATH MYSTERIOUS
Recluse Found Dead Apparently
from Self-Inflicted Wounds.
AUTHORITIES SCENT MURDER
Gun Was CIutched I'm Hand wheH
Found, but House showed
signs Of struEEIe-De-
tectives InveatiGating.

Police are puzzled over the cause OF
the death Of NJ. F. Back, aged a, who
was found Tuesday with bullet hole
through his forehead In his bed at his
home, go Pacific street. Rack had a 80
caliber revolver with one chamber empty
tightly grasped in his hand at the time
he was found by Sergeant Russell. and
officer Al Anderson. II will not be
known until after the coroner's inquest
whether the bullet that killed Back was
the caliber Of the gun he had in his hand
IL appears to he from a gun OF at least
.t5-caliber
The officers found that the door OF the
house in which Back lived had been
broken in. that chairs were overturned
and he'd disturbed, showing signs ap-
parently OF struggle. Bruises on the
mans body. discovered after Il was taken
to the coroner's. indicate strongly that
he mad been in some kind OF \ mixup.
The thumb OF his right hand was firmly
pinched between the trigger and trigger
guard OF the gun. II is hardly probable
lie would have used his thumb TO dis
charge tho gun. Detectives are working
on the case.
Back was employed as elevator man by
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17

OF property, and the later payment Of
huge war indemnities enormous bond
Issues will come. and they will be a
mortsase on the future Of nations for
many years hence
Nebraska and all America, as well az
the countries and peoples OF Europe. will
feel the pressure. But we bankers are
confident that no financial crisis will re-
suit in the United States. especially in the
west. and we believe that our financlers
and those OF the old world will be able
to meet the situation successfully"
AnLines of Trade Change.
J. G. French. president OF the Omaha
Clearing House association. made the sd-
dress OF welcome, and he. too, touched
on the war situation. He declared after
extending omahas glad hand TO the 400
visitors who have already arrived
Conditions In the financial and bust
ness world are most unusual war has
completely thrown out Of gear the com
plicated mechanism Of international ex-
change. and has slowed down many lines
Of trade until new methods can be de-
vised to meet the new conditions.
The present situation. resulting from
the war. has been termed a paralysis Of
the markets of the world, which. under
normal conditions, have exchanges OF
over $4,000 oHO,OOo. This is, therefore. the
hour when the financisr rises to a SUI
preme emergency In the management OF
credit and funds and by their service
commerce will be sustained"
Other speakers included j. II Cain, jr.
president Of the State Bank Of Omaha
and president Of tas Rankecs association
He made his annual address. and Henry
w. Yates, purosident OF the Nebraska
National bank and chairman of the
Bankers executive committee, also spoke.
He was chairman OF the entertain
ment OF the visitors at the Ak-Sar- Ben
Den. Last night Very Rev J. A. Hancock,
dean Of Trinity cathedral pronounced
the Invocation at the opening OF the con-
vention.
Reports made by the association's
secretary. William B. Hughes. and bS
the treasurer. w. F. Rhodes Other ad.
dresses OF the opening session were h,
President r, A. Nickel Of the Unior
State bank Of Beatrice, President ]. B
Harsh Of the Creston Nationl bank oil
Creston Ia, and by President A. L. Mob
Ter of the Union Pacific railroad com
pany,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17

the John Deere company. lie was man
OF regular hsYlts, II Ia said. lie Ia sur
vivcd by two brothers. Peter and John.
both living IN Omaha
Peter Back 10 a former city councilman.
He lives in rear or 1918 Park wilde ave
nue., where J. T.. Peterson committed sui
eide by taking gas Wednesday morning
Peter Back was the first person TO sec
Feterson's dead body.
VIII Hold Post Mortem.
Coroner Crosby and Dr. McC1eneghan
will hold post mortem examination.
Crosby says that tho wound made in
Backs head IL much larger than 30
callber bullet ordinarily makes There
were no powder burns on the skin. indi-
eating that the pistol was fired from n
distance and not held up TO the head
Neighbors declare that Back, though
he lived alone, always kept his little
house in perfect order. and that no had
few visitors. II IL neighborhood gossip
that he was exceedingly thrifty. and that
he was reputed TO have a large sum OF
money hidden In the house.
Detectives Lahey. Dunn. Kennedy,
Pszanowsk and Rich have been put TO
work on tho case, In addition to Officers
Bsrta, Rooney. Williamson and Sergeant
Russell. who investigated last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
Watch for Powell's
Matchless Cables
From Seat of War

f. Alexander Powell, who has won an
enviable reputation as q correspondent of
unusual alertness. accuracy and descrip-
tive power during the great European
war, has had a training which peculiarly
fitted him for such capabilities
Not long after he had finished his edu-
cation at Syracuse university (he Is a
native syracusan and IS years old. and
Oberlin college he was in active news
paper work for two years. Then he be-
came the first editor Of the Craftsman,
after which he went to London In 1904.
He became at home in nearly all the
countries of the world. He was Amerl-
can deputy consul general at Beirut,
Syria. and then consular agent at Alex
andria, Egypt, in 1907-OS. He served as
an American war correspondent during
the Persian and Turkish revolutions, was
present at the capture of Constantinople,
and was the only unofficial foreigner ad-
mitted to the investiture OF Sultan Mo-
manned ". .....-
He. has written extensively of Arabia
and Central and South Africa. and Is a
fellow Of the Royal Geographic society
and a member Of the National Geographic
society.
Mr.. Powell was abroad at the beginning
OF the present war and Immediately pro-
ceeded to Belgium. where he got into the
thick of things. He has been with both
I the Belgian and German armies and is
now the only correspondent at the direct
front with the German army. His great
dispatches will appear regularly in The
Bee
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
Charges Are Filed
Against Officer
Peterson; Assault

Charges that Police Officer Otto p.
Peterson wantonly assaulted George
Cathros, a health Inspector and injured
him by striking him In the face with his
club have been laic before Police Com
missioner A. c. KugeI and the other MEM
bers Of the city commission. A public
hearing may be given.
According to Cathroe's complaint Pet
erson arrested the young son of the
health inspector without cause. When
Cathroe, who was reading a newspaper
I'm his home, came out to inquire why
the boy, who had been playing in front
of the house. had been arrested words
followed.
Cathroe says he then turned away and
after his back was turned Peterson hit
him with his club over the head and
then struck him in the face
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
BOHEMIAN RELIEF SOCIETY
IS STILL RAISING FUNDS

The Bohemian Relief society. raising
funds TO be sent to Bohemia after the
close Of the war in Europe to aid needy
persons there will not hold another mass
meeting for perhaps several weeks. The
committees are now at work and from
time TO time they Will report to the
executive committee the collections and
pledges. The money when collected, will
be deposited in one OF the Omaha banks
there 10 remain until called for by the
head Of the general organization that has
its headquarters in New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
Announcement of
Cadillac is Ready

George REIN has received advanced
information on the 1915 Cadillac He says
a big surprise is in store for auto owners
and buyers.
What the Cadillac is going TO bring
out. has become a question most often
asked by dealers and the auto public in
general. Guesses withuot number have
been made. The supreme motoring ex-
perience OF your life awaits you when
you take your first ride in this new re-
markahle Cadillac" said Mr.. Rein.
The announcement Of the 1915 Cadillac
will be hade in tho columns OF the
Omaha Bee. Sunday September %.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
P0SPECTS AT CREIGHTON
NOW SEEM BRIGHTER

Prospects for fast squad at Creigh-
ton university this year are assuming
rosy hue as the coaches begin to drive
the men hard. Although a comparatively
small squad was out Tuesday the prac-
ttce. consisting OF forward passing, signal
work, mauling the tsckling dummy. and
lodging, was snappy and kept on the
move from the first gong.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
SUFFRAGISTS TO HAVE
RALLY THIS EVENING

A suffrage rally will he held Thursday
evening az the corner Of Fifteenth and
Douglas streets. Mrs. Mary McCreery OF
Wisconsin will be the principal speaker
OF the evening
A meeting Of suffragists will be held
this evening at Fremont, when John l..
Kennedy will address the assembly.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
BANKERS TALK OF The WAR
Consider Its Effects on the Business
of the Country.
EXCHANGE is OUT OF GEAR
But Bankers Think No serious RE-
suits Will FoIiow-Visited the
, Den Last Evening to Ride
~ the Goat.

War and its relation 70 American
banking was leading subject at the
opening session Of the eighteenth annual
convention of the Nebraska Bankers as
sociation at Happy Hollow club yesterday
morning and afternoon.
President +. r. Quincy Of the First
National bank Of Fremont in responding
to an address OF welcome. voiced the
ideas Of the visiting bankers on the ter
vihle world conflict. lie said in part:
''Out Of the present gigantic destruction
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
|ssL1S7!'l|3IE
A Particularly Good Place
to Buy 1t.

Good selling reasons make
the best possible time for
buying and here that time is
Right Now when New Stock
is Crowding In, making it
necessary to clear our floors
of used instruments.
Some Of them have been so
slightly used that you'd find it
difficult to distinguish them from
brand new instruments fresh from
the factory.
All have been put i'm first
class condition and we guar
antee every purchaser salts
faction.
Act quickly IL you want to beat
the other fellow to first selection
of the Best Piano Bargains shown
in Omaha.
/, Here Are a Few Bargains
No. GIL
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
KUGEL SAYS He Is SHORT
OF SOME DOG CATCHERS

Does anybody want job With the city,
said job to give one the right to wear a
badge and gun-and a shroud. ultimately.
Police Commissioner Kugel appeared in
police court to investigate the arrest OF
one of the city dog catchers who was
fined SIS and costs and during the in
vestigation took occasion TO say that the
dogcatchers give him more trouble than
the entire police department. There are
several vacancies on the staff OF city
canine apprehenders and Mr.. Kugel com
plains OF a lack of applications.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
Local Grain Mart
Reacts and Prices
Go to Higher Level

prices were 3 and cents per bushel
higher than Tuesday. Omaha cash wheat
went 10 No3, though the bulk Of the
sales we're made around % cents TO 81
per bushel. On the market there were
elghty-eiEht loads OF wheat. eleven OF
corn and fifty OF oats.
Chicago cash was at S1OS for high. with
tho December option at stOe TO Slips.
with May at St.i5i5 To 81 1915
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17
Cost Kept DOwn-QuaIity Kept Up

Cost Kept DOwn-Quaiity Kept Up.
No better medicine could be made for
coughs. colds. Group. hoarseness. tick
ling throat. bronchitis. etc. than Foley
Honey and Tar Compound. That's why
they can't improve the quality. and war
or no war, the price remains the same.
e. J. Sargent. Dallas. Tex. says: Il
believe Foley's Honey and Tar has no
equal for it completely relieved me OF
all symptoms Of tuberculosis and my
cough has entirely disappeared" Don't
accept any substitute. for Foley's Honey
and Tar 10 the best All dealers.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-17

Electric, Brand, Bitters
Helps dyspepsia, aids digestion, increases
appetite. keeps liver and kidneys healthy.
Buy a bottle today. b0c and 500. All
druggists.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-12-17
SYNOPSIS.

Challis wrandall ia found murdered In
- road house near New York. Mrs. Wran-
DAN is summoned from the city and iden-
sifes the body. A young woman who ac-
companled Wrandall to the inn and sub
Pequently disappeared. Is suspected
Mrs. Wrandall starts back for New York
N an auto during q binding snow storm.
On the way she meets a young woman In
the road who proves TO be the woman
who killed Wrandall. Feeling that the
girl had done her a service in Kidding her
or the man who though she loved him
deeply. had caused her great sorrow.
Mrs. Wrandall determines TO shield her
and takes her to her own home. Mrs.
Wrandall hears the story OF Hetty Cas-
tleton's life. except that portion that re-
lates TO Wrandal. This and tho story OF
tho tragedy she forbids the girl ever to
tell. Bns offers IIetty a home. friendship
and security from peril on account of the
tragedy. Sara Wrandall and Hetty re-
turn TO New York after an absence or n
year In Europe. Leslie Wrandall. brother
OF Chaliis. becomes greatly interested In
Hetty. Sara sees In Leslie's infatuation
possibility for revenge on the Wrandalls
ard PREPARATION for the wrongs she sur
fered at the hands of Challls Wrandall by
Leslie, IN company with his friend Bran
don Booth. an artist, visits Sara at her
country place. Leslie corfesses to Sara
that he is madly In love with Hetty. Sara
Hetty. Booth has IL haunting feeling that
ne has seen Hetty before. Looking
through a portfolio OF pictures by an un.
known English artist he finds one OF
Hetty. He speaks to her about IL. Hetty
declares II must be a picture OF Hetty
Clynn. an English actress. who resembles
her very much. Much TO his chagrfn
Leslie is refused by Hetty. Booth and
Hetty confess their love for each other,
but the latter declares that she can never
marry as there Is an insurmountable bar
her In the way. Hetty admits to Sara
That she loves Booth. Sara declares that
fFetty must marry Leslie. who must be
mads to pay his brothers debt to TIE
girl. Hetty again attempts to tell tho
story OF the tragedy and Sara threat
ems to strange her II she says a word.
Sara insults Hetty by revealing that all
time she has believed Hetty to have
sinned In her relations with Challis Wran-
DALI. Later she realizes that Hetty is In
nocent. Leslie again proposes to Hetty
and is rejected. Hetty prepares 10 leave
Sara, declaring that after what has hap
pened she can remain no longer. .Hetty
for Europe. At sea she receives a
message from Booth that he has started
on a faster steamer and will be waiting
for her on tho other side. Booth meets
der and accompanies her TO London.
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Failing In that, he would accept the
situation as hopeless, for the time be-
ing at least. She should know that he
loved her deeply enough for that.
She joined him in the little open-air
cafe, and they sat down at a table In a
remote corner. There were few peo-
pie breakfasting. In her tender blue
eyes there was a look Of sadness that
haunted him, e as she smiled and
called him beloved.
"Hetty. darling" he said. leaning
forward and laying his hand on hers,
cant you tell me what It is?"
She was prepared for the question.
In her heart she knew the time had
come when she must be fair with him.
He observed the pallor that stole into
her warm. smooth cheeks as she re-
garded him fixedly for a long time be-
fore replying.
There is only one person In the
world who can tell you, Brandon. 1t Is
for her to decide. l mean Sara wran-
DALI"
He ssH 9 queer, sickening sensation
q naeasirees sasak into existAncA u
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of Challis Wrandall. There was some
thing uncanny in the persistence with
which that ruthless despoiler. of peace
forced his way into his dreams, to the
absolute exclusion Of all else. The voy-
age home was made horrid by these
nightly reminders of a man be scarce
ly knew, yet dreaded. He became
more or less obsessed by the idea that
an evil spell had descended upon him
in the shape OF a ghostly influence.
The weeks passed slowly for Hetty.
There were no letters from Sara, but
an occasional line or so from Mr.. Car
roll. She had made Brandon Booth
promise that he would not write to
her, nor was he to expect anything
from her. If her intention was to cut
herself off entirely from her recent
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CHAPTER XIV.
Rattlinu Old Bones.

'aAA''hH Wv NV
They ~journeyed to Paris by the night
mail. He was waiting for her on the
platform when she descended from
the wagon lit In the Care du Nord.
Sleepy passengers crowded with them
into the customs department. She,
alone among them all, was smiling
brightly, as IL the world could be sweet
at an hour when, by all odds, 1t should
be sleepiest.
Il was up and Oh the lookout for you
at Amlens," he declared, as they
walked off together. You might have
got off there. you know" with a wry
grin.
II shall not run away from you
again. Brandon" she said earnestly.
Il promise, on my honor"
by Jove." he cried, that's a re-
lief!" Then he broke into a happy
laugh.
Il shall go to the Ritz" she said,
after her effects had been examined
and were ready for release.
Il thought So" he announced calm
ly. II wired for rooms before l left
London"
Really, this'is ridic-"
Don't frown like that, Hetty," he
pleaded.
As they ratified and bounced over
the cobble-stones In a taXi-meter on
the way to the Place Vendome, he de-
voted the whole of his conversation to
the delicious breakfast they were to
have. e~xpatiating glibly on the won
derful berries that would come first in
that always-to-be-remembered meal.
She was ravenously hungry by the
time they reached the hotel, just from
listening to his dissertation on chops
and rolls and coffee as they are served
in Paris, to say nothing of wafles and
honey and the marmalade that no Eng
lishman can do without.
Alone In his roora, however, he was
quite another person. His calm assur-
ance took flight the instant he closed
the door and moodily began to prepare
for his bath. Resolution was undi-
m~inished, but the facts In the case
were most desolating. Whatever it
was that stood between them, there
was no gainsaying it's power to infiu-
ence their lives. 1t was no trile that
caused her to take this second flight,
and the sooner he came to realize the
seriousness of opposition the better.
He made up his mind on one point
In that half-hour before breakfast; II
she asked him again to let her go her
way in peace, 1t was only fair to her
and right that he should submit to the
inevitable. She loved him, he was
sure OF 1t. Then there must be a very
good reason for her perplexing attitude
toward him. He would make one more
attempt to have the truth from her.
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CHAPTER xIy.-con,lnued.

When the night boat from Dover 70
Calais slipped away from her moor
ings that evening, Hetty Castleton and
her maid were on board, with all their
bags and trunks, and Brandon Booth
wal supposed to be completely at sea
In the heart OF that glittering London
town.
The night was fog-laden and drip
ping. and the crossing promised to be
unpleasant. Wrapped in a thick sea-
ulster Hetty sat huddled up in the lea
of the deckhouse, sick at heart and
miserable. She r%eproached herself for
the scurvy trick she was playing on
him, reviled herself and yet pitied her
self.
A tall man came stumbling down
the narrow space along the rail and
stopped directly in front OF her. She
started In alarm as he reached out his
hand to support himself against the
deckhouse. AS he leaned forward, he
laughed.
You were thinking of me. Hetty."
said the man.
For a long time she stared at hir,
transfixed, and then, with a low moan,
covered her eyes with her hands.
"Is 1t true-is II a dream?" she
sobbed.
He dropped down beside her and
gathered her in his strong. eager arms.
you were thinking of me, weren't
you? And reprcaching yourself. and
hating yourself COR running away like
this? ! thought so. Well, you might
Just as we'll try to dodge the smart.
est detective In the world as to give
me the slip now darling"
In mufied tones. She lay very limp In
his arms.
Il did" he confessed, without shame.
Cad, when / think of what / might
be doing at this moment IL / hadn't
found you out In time! Think of me
back there In London, racing about
like a madman, searching for you In
every"
please, pleased" she implored.
But luck was with me. You can't
get away, Hetty. l shan't let you out
Of my sight again. I'll camp In front
Of your door and you'll see me wither
and die of sleeplessness. for one or the
ether Of my eyes will always be open"
"Oh. I am so tired, so miserable"
abe murmured.
poor little sw~eetheart!"
81 wish you wonid hate me-"
Lie where you are, dearest, and
hrget!"
III / only coald-forget!"
REST I will hold you tight and
keep you warm. We're In for a nasty
crossing. but II IL paradise for me. |
nm mad with the delight of having you
bsre. holding yOs close to me, feeling
y1u In my arma. The wilder the night
Ne better, for I am wild with the Joy
q Il all. love you! l love youl" He
strained her closer to him in q sort OF
DAToxysm.
She was quiet far a long time. Then
gAe breathzd intp his ear:
.You wfl nsvee know how mitch I
go loaging for ysu. just as you are
~. Brandon, aat In the midst Of II
r yon cane. u u like q fairy story,
nd oh. I shall always believe In
ioirfes."
4 long time afAsrward the throbbing
nased. beii-bucvs whistlAd and changed
shout them; the sea suddenly grew
anlm an6 nfsless; they slid over II ~
Y q were ) ~Quavefing sheet u Isl
- Mats snoatU1 out Of the fog an1
approached e1rh stealthy swtftnsas
6aIls r-ns tsIsv ga ahoss tAAAs