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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22
Soldiers Home Doctors
court Fullest Inquiry

Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 2l.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. Police investigation
of the alleged undue familiarity by Dr.
Warner of the Soldiers home to Mrs.
Valentine, wife of barber of the
home shop, discloses that the defense
will be that the woman in calling tor
her mother-in-law and making the &C
cusations was under Authorizations at
the time, brought on by her illness
and the sedative that had been given
by the physician.
Valentine, who assaulted the doctor,
is to answer the charge in police court
tomorrow morning, when testimony
in greater detail may be submitted
The police authorities are also con-
WINGED that DR.. Wagner, the head
physician, who is not concerned in
the charge, and DR.. Warner, who is
deeply concerned, not only court the
fullest inquiry, but may request the
same beyond a police court trial of the
defendant, Valentine, on the charge
of assault.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22
Colonel Maher
Comes Out For
Woman Suffrage

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2l.-Colonel
John G. Maher, for time candidate
for the democratic nomination for
governor two years ago, and mill
tant suffragist, today issued a
statement announcing that hereafter
he will support the equal suffrage
movement. During the convention
two years ago he organized the oppo-
sition in Nebraska. His change is
due, he says to the way the enfran-
chised women conducted themselves
in the presidential campaign.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y.

Prove What Swamp Root Will
Do for You. =
November 3rd, 1915.
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet valuable in
formation, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Omaha Daily Bee.
Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar
size bottles for sale at all drug stores.
advertisement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22
State Banking Board
Sends Call for Reports

(From a Staff Corrcspondcnt)
Lincoln, Nov. 2l.-(Special. 1.-The
state banking board this morning be.
gan sending out calls for reports OF
state banks at the close of business
November II. There are about SAC
banks TO come in under the call.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22

WnlcS. ! was get
ing worse every day.
l had chills, my head
would ache, ] was
alwaystired. l could
not walk straight
because Of the pain
in myback and l had
pains in my stom-
ach. I went to q
doctor and he said I
must go under an
operation, but J. did
not 60. ! read in
the DaOer a hout
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22
WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur.
geon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y. "For two years I
was feeling i'll and took all kinds Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22

limitations and ineffective substitutes
be sure you get DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. See that facsimile of DR.,
Caldwelrs signature and his portrait
appear on the yellow carton i'll which
the bottle is packed A trial bottle,
free of charge, can be obtained by
writing to DR.. w. B. Caldwell, AS
Washington ST, Monticello, Illinois.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22

United States senator was 2l,S7S
votes. John L. Kennedy pollcd H.
sos votes in Douglas county.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22

Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue in
Advertising.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-22

Ban ii::i|I:.;; al
~ ....-tS'S:,slnmun,,.
"A lAhninIl IlllIIunInilnS,,s
y ''.'' .1.slasiln iss!$'M.
SETS THE PACE
| - Even at
VIZ This Time
~ CNI tStHtuS
| - Spirit
is pervading this store.
The Art Needlework
store is blossoming out
with scores of Gift sug-
gestions. The Station
cry store, the Jewelry
store, the ribbon store
everywhere is the
evidence that st. Nick
will soon drive his rein
deer hard and fast to
cover the land with the
spirit of joy.
| And 1t Is Not
| Only at Christmas Time
that the Spirit of Giving is
abroad in this store. That
great, but very much over
worked word SERVICE, in
terpreted as giving the most
for the least. is in evidence
here at all times.
SERVICE not only in
the transaction of SELL
ing you the best mer-
chandise for the least
money, but service in
catering to your every
want by carrying the
most complete stocks
by giving you full bene-
fit of the low prices
which our immense
buying power enables
us to give.
SERVICE in keeping
you informed of the ar
rival of the latest and
best styles and the
broadcast assortment as
soon as they are shown
in the style centers of
the world.
SERVICE in hundred
and one ways, manifest
by the ever growing
thousands Of satisfied
customers.
| SERVICE that runs
from generation to gen.
Grafton, from mothers
to daughters and grand
daughters, from father
to son and grandson.
| SERVICE that will con-
| tinue to be best at all
| times.
| J. L. BRANDEIS 4 SONS.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Cookie Takes Night OF.

Private Frank Dorrcs. second cook
IN Company e, Thirty.nrst Michigan
Infantry, stationed IA III Paso, spent a
day under guard.
Dorres, who speaks Spanish fiucntly,
got the wanderust one night aud.
his khaki garb for civilian at.
tire. walked across the internatl tlOnal
bridge into Juarez. Down the Gale
Commercial and up 10 the Plaza lnde.
pendencia sauntered the disguised
He stopped at numerous
where. with fingers crossed,
he says, he was forced TO drink 20
'Muertos los Gringos."
A Mexican dance was In full swing,
and Private Dorres grabbed himself a
senorlta and took step. The sun was
Just peeping over the well known
peaks OF the Casas Grandes mountains
when the dance broke up and Dorres
came home TO be arrested.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
indians" on Warpath.

Several Indians" from Chicago now
doing their bit for Uncle Sam have
held council OF war-a council OF war
with cold peace pipe, which is quite
unabortginal-and the reason Is 10 ba
found In the following soldiers letter:
Sunday
Camp Wilson, Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio. TeN,-Just a few words from the
'lndians' OF Company l., First Illinois
Infantry, The Indians called "A council OF
war and decided TO hit tho TRAN at 7 a. m.
After making blanket rolls they started
on tho warpath. on their trusty ponies,
commonly known as shanks mare.
by the time they had tramped for an
hour and a half they suffered their first
defeat at the hands OF General sun and
his army OF 10 (degreesl. The Indians
the shelter OF their cool and comfortable
tepees-eool ana comfortable in this case
meaning los In the shade and no shade.
We do not want the people In Chicago
TO get the impression that the Indians
are unciviliEed. as they originated In
Hamilton park. The cause OF the out
break this morning was due 20 the lack
OF tobacco for their peace pipes
As soon as We receive supply OF the
weed. which We expect from our fellow
trbesmen In Chicago peace will once
more reign on the reservation. Hoping
that our friends will see this article, We
remain.
JAMES WALKER.
HOLLY MIDkIFF, Chiefs
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Many Bryan Likenesses.

Even among the mllltarlsts William
]. Bryan must have a considerable fol.
lowing at i.lano Grande. Anyhow. n
great number of officers and men seem
TO take care TO look as much like him
as possible. aud some of the lll,enesses
are striking
The Third Minnesota infantry. rather
better on Ia equipment than the Ne
6raSGa and Indiana Infantry regiments,
arrived late one afternoon aud went
Into camp In the mud wallOw. As a
class they are tall and fair. and the
roster naturally runs strongly 10 Jen.
sens.
To the north when the country Is
dried out and practice marches are
possible the men Cf that camp VIII
come upon two heaps OF bleaching
bones, a reminder OF the strenuous
happenings that Ilano Grande and
Mercedes knew last year. The bones
and few spreads OF cloth no longer
identihable as CaTranzlsta uniforms
are all that is left OF seventeen Mexi.
cans who crossed the river ON a raid
and met posse.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Mexican Guards Crossing.

Jose Allendro holds n red flag and
the life or most Of the officers OF Camp
Wilson nt san Antonio IN his hand.
"Wava the red flag lives all save"
he says.
Jose. n Mexican. all day long guards
the crossing where trains over the
Katy come roaring out ~ the "cut"
across the roadway traversed by camp
vehicles. General Funston and Gen.
eral Bliss today passed his red flag
twice. and he was 'muy homhrc."
"sava life OF the generals" said Jose.
"and kin many Mexicans: thar ls fine.
They should be dead. some Of them"
There was lull In the mumps cpl.
demic at Camp Wilson. No new
cases. The original seven eye each In.
coming patient jealously and when he
passes TO another ward say, I'VE are
seven"
Alfred Schmidt OF Company T.. Sew.
enth Illinois Infantry. Tenth squad.
says every morning the men In the
squad have 10 inquire each others
names because I'VE need a shave so
bad" He says the boys can worry
along without smokes. hut won't some
one please help us out with a razor,
we don't care how old Il is
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
ANXIOUS 70 KNOW
THEY MUST REMAIN
Other Little Stories Of Daily
Life Of Our Boys-Razors
and Tobacco In Demand.
Need Cooler Uniforms.

which until couple Of weeks ago had
known nothing but duststorms for
more than n year have become swamps
The three mile road 10 Mercedes. the
nearest town, offers the same sort OF
thoroughfare to autos and motortrucks
that nypaper does to a fly, and half
way along 'ha. road tho men must t3.,
to reach their water supply, hooflng II.
Only two trains n day pass over the
nearby branch line railroad, and the
only other reliable transportation to
town Is handcar that the sap" kind.
ly lends TO Uncle Sam when II Is not
employed In transportation-the trans.
portation OF Mexican track hands. In
the north the wnter that repays the
men for the long, sticky haul would
hardly be considered worth going after.
IL comes from an irrigation ditch and
In unflltercd.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Writes She Got No Pay.

Here II part OF letter written by
the wife of soldier IN the Seventy.
FIRST New York regiment who refused
10 Join the depot battalion before his
regiment left New York until lac was
assured his employers were going TO
pay his salary while he was away:
New York Tuesday.
My Dear-Now. dear. don't think 1 am
crazy for writing 10 often. as Just can.
not help II. Your mother called up today
TO lot mo know that your father couldn't
get your money. I had not got cent
only hope that Queenie will never know
the hunger for something TO eat NJ 1 had
since you went away. Florrie aud Ida
and Rita have given mo some money
since you left, ana l have been down
there quite often for supper. but you
know how ! am. l don't like Co be al
ways going down there,
Well, Honey aA tho days go on seem
20 be getting more and more diagusted
with life, Here I am, can't 20 out for |
expect some one from the Seventy -frst
regiment up ! have not got cent and
nothing 60 eat ! don't worry any more
for ] really don't care what happens 10
me now tell you. Honey n II wasn't
for the children I never would put up
with a. don't know what l will do TO-
nlght. for ] have not got any supper for
tho children,
T., s-Don't forget 60 Try hard. as hard
as YOU can, TO come home, for We need
you badly,
When this case was reported one OF
the officers Of the regiment at once tel.
egrnphed 20 his wife 10 aid the family,
aud II Is supposed that the auxiliary
has considered the case also.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
MEN ON THE BORDER
HOW MUCH LONGER
Some Of the National Guards
men Fear Their Families Are
In Want, as Few Employers
Didn't Make Good In Pay.

nTATltl,N arc we going homer" Is
VIAI the question heard more Of.
Wv ten than any other around
camp these days. The men
are mt the point Of drafting n petition
To be- sent to the secretary OF war de.
mandlng the fixing Of date for their
withdrawal With definite time limit
In sight, even though II be long one,
they feel they can better stand the mo.
notony Of camp life.
Officers receive letters daily from
wives Of their men asking for informn.
tion on this subject. Some OF them
show that actual want is being caused
by the continued absence OF the bread
winner. In three instances Il has been
claimed that the offer OF the employer
TO continue the payment OF salary
while the man was nt the border has
been withdrawn now that the prospect
OF war has been nverted Three OF the
largest mercantile firms OF New York
were mentioned among those that had
failed TO live up 10 their agreement.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
YOUTHFUL SNAKE HUNTERS.
Boys Handle Dangerous Reptiles Like
Professional Charners.

Galena, Knn.-Two small boys, Wi.
lie and Robert Shorl. the elder OF
whom Is about fourteen. have prOduc.
ed new sensation In the vicinity OF
their home ut Five Mile. where they
have a cage full OF writhlng snakes OF
many varieties, They play with these
reptiles without the least sign OF fear,
going through with all the stunts OF
professional snake charmcrs.
The collection consists OF black
snakes, blue racers, chicken snakes
and three ugly looking rattlers. On
Saturdays they usually go 10 Snake
branch and hunt for more reptiles
However, these new reptiles are not
placed with their pets" but kept In a
separate cage, and are usually shipped
TO owners OF small shows and muse
ums, from whom they get from So 20
s. for each reptile.
Neither OF the boys has ever been
bitten. The older boy gave lecture
on snakes before the pupils OF the
Shoal Creek school. He surprised
teacher and pupils alike by his classl-
ncation OF reptiles. giving their Latin
names and discussing the harmless or
dangerous varieties, taking each from
a box as he explained their varied hab,
its
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Battery A Has Record.

The most distinguished organization
In the camp nc Llano Grande IL Bat
terry A OF indianapolis. formerly com
manded by James Il. Curtis. who now
has law office In Nassau street and
II president OF the Indiana Society OF
New York.
Under Captain Curtis the battery
went into Porto Rico In '0s. Its guns
had Just been trained on the mountain
passes beyond Guaymas when word
came that peace had been declared.
Battery II Is made up entirely OF en-.
ginecring students from Purdue uni.
verslty, and Battery g also was re.
cruited IN the university city OF Ia.
fayette.
Major Robert II. Tyndall. command.
Ing the artillery battalion, n consid.
cred one OF the two best posted ma.
tionnl guard officers IN the country. The
other II Major General John +. o'Ryan
or New York. The two. both captains
then, represented the guard on the
executive council of the Field Artillery
association some years ngo.
Because Of Major Tyndall's training
0pr years past he practically abnn.
doncd all other pursuits 10 attend war
schools the artlllcrymcn are the mos,
comfortable OF the troops here. They
nrc cncamped on the highest land. have
The best equipment. barring ammuni
Hon. and the best organized messes.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27

When truth is your guide you
never leave the track.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
HIS LUCKY NUMBER 10.
Farmer Tells How Mystic NumsrAls
Stuck 70 Him.

Farmer Tells How Mystic Numsrals
Stuck TO Him.
Live Oak, Cal-No matter how other
people may feel about the number l3.
Howard Grimes OF Douglas county,
Ore, considers II messenger OF good
luck rather than harbinger OF evil
Grimes was In Live Oak recently on
his way TO Davis. where. although he
is siNty-four years OF age. he is taking
a course In agriculture.
On the back OF his auto hung its H.
cense No. 1919. When reminded OF its
hOodoo procllylties the Oregonian
smiled and volunteered bit of history.
II was born on Sept. 10. 1882" said
he, "and was the thirteenth child In
the family brood. When thirteen years
old left home TO make my fortune
At twenty | married. and our wedding
fell on the 18th OF the month.
while riding a Northern Pacific
train In 1912 | was In berth l3 and the
train was wrecked. Every occupant in
that car was injured but myself. In
1918 l made little investment in min
Ing property and cleaned up $4,000. l
took the money and purchased $1,000
acres OF land. and | am farming a part
Of 1t and learning tlw TO farm 1t bet,
ter"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Guardsmen In Mud.

With quantities OF mud 10 the right
of them, mud to the left OF them, mud
underneath them, with mud In their
puttees and with mud In their hair,
5000 national guardsmen from Ne
braska and Indiana are glued in I.lano
Grande, Tex, in morass which
makes the New York encampment sites
stand out like million dollar. paved.
sidewalked, street lighted. suburban
II was raining hard when the first Of
the troops. a battalion OF Indiana ar
tillery. detralned. IL has rained hard
several days since, sun baked felds
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27

JAMES WALKER,
HOLLY MIDkIFF. Chiefs,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
Married by Mail.

Before the departure OF the troops to
the border Private Louis Bansemer,
Company IL, First regiment, New Jer-
sey national guard, was deeply in love
with Miss Ethel Maud Sergent Both
i've In Newark. When the guard was
sent away this young couple decided
at once TO have announcement OF their
engagement made public. This was
done.
Fearful lest the worst should hap
pen to Private Bansemer, who worked
for the Prudential Life Insurance com.
pany, and desirous OF being married
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27

The instinct OF self preservation
may tempt Carranza to prefer the
attacks of United States soldiery to
those of treacherous mutineers in his
own country.
, 1916-09-20

25 cannon and took a great number of pri-
soners, the number of which has not yet been
ascertaiued. On our left wing Franco. Rus
sian forces completely cleared out Bulgarian
comitadje bands, which had advanced as far
as Kozhani, from the entire region south of
lake Ostrovo for a distance of so Kilometres.
-Four French aeroplanes dropped numerous
bombs on Sofia and then continuing their
voyage, landed at Bucharest.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-06
GReputlican A. p. Leased Wirel

MEXICO CITY, April 5.-An agree ment was reached tonight between rep reSentatiVeS of the Commercial ASSo- citation and military headquarters over the matter of fixing prices on the nec- essaries of life. It was agreed that d maximum exchange rate should be used as a basis of calculating prices at the ratio of twenty paper pesos for one dollar gold.
 A committee, composed of two mer- chants, two members of the general staff and the provost marshal, will! make inspection trips to see that the agreement is enforced.
 The agreement will be binding for thirty days and it is believed here will relieve the tense situation.
 General Carranza tonight issued d decree authorizing that a reserve fund of $50,000, 900 gold be constituted to guarantee the present paper issue. The fund is to become immediately avail able by transfer of $10,000, 900 in specie from the national treasury and will be completed by the use of all the gold which will be received from the sale of public lands, from mining tax receipts and from a sum of s2o, 900 gold to
Arizona republican., 1916-04-06
Soldiers Need Clothes

COLUMBUS, April 5.-Three weeks of man hunting through the desert and mountains of Chihuahua has totally changed the physical appearance of the smart cavalrymen who crossed the bor- der under Colonel George A. Dodd near CulbersOns ranch. A vivid picture of the soldiers as they were four days ago was brought to Columbus today in the arrival from the front of truck train which carried supplies to Colonel
 Dodds command
 Men, whose shoes have been macer- ated by the stones of the mountains and sands of the desert are wearing
 Mexican sandals. and sandals made from the hides of beeves slaughtered
 for their meat. Men whose clothing has been torn into Shreds by brushes with mesquite and cactus are wearing such clothing as could be obtained from MeXicans living along the route, according to the stories told.
 Substantiating these stories mes sage came to military headquarters from General Pershng today request ing that extra kits containing extra i clothing of the soldiers of the Sev- enth and Tenth cavalry regiments (COntinued on Page TNVOl
Arizona republican., 1916-04-06
Republican A. p Leased Wire]

LOS ANGELES, April 5.-The trial of David Caplan, alleged dynamiter of the Times building, who is charged with murder, moved along swiftly after it's opening today, Seven pros pective jurors having been passed tenn porarily when court adjourned until tomorrow. Attorneys and spectators commented on the contrast between the opening of Caplan's trial and that of Mathew A. Schmidt. tried and con NiCted on a similar charge, and in whose case nearly week elapsed last jurors were obtained
 Judge Frank R. Willis formally ad- mitted Attorney Jacob Margolis of Pittsbuig. to practice in the superior court. This was done after court ad- journed and with the consent of Dis trict Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine Attorney Margolis sat with Attorney Nathan C. Coghlan of San Francisco 'at Caplan's side throughout today's session. Examination for the defense of taesmen was conducted altogether by Attorney Coghlan.
 No attempt was made by Caplan's attorneys to disclose the theory of the defense, as was done in the Schmidt trial when early questioning was de- stroyed by an explosion Of gas. Twen tv-one men remained of the panel, and if these are exhausted before jury is drawn. other divisions of the superior court will he called on to supply tales
Arizona republican., 1916-04-06
Funston Gets Trucks

SAN ANTONIO, April 5.-General Funston was advised by the war de- partment today that his request for more automobile trucks had been granted and while the addition of JOS more trucks to those already carrying supplies along the line of communica- tons to the troops in Mexico will serve to relieve the situation, staff officers here still regarded the use of railroads from Fl PaSo as essential to the sue cess of the campaign against Villa With 5000 horses and mules to feed every day and approximately that many men, the quartermaster's department realized the difficulties with which it had to contend
 No reports from General Pershing as to operations south of Namiquifa were received and officers here are lacking details of the skirmish between Colonel Browns cavalry and Villas men on April 1.